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void).MU XXIII.
■ jjY LOVE S OOOD BY.
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BH on.! 1 ' ,‘ it ~,, wl.lUMhd Ixtncll,
l ||V 1 | v “ in,.Ml) 4 HOUlftlllJOK to tiO
I*; lf n ( touch :
H l , , ,h, r.'H*-intlio ovonliitf
V u ' ',i i o-n>oiTow, dt'OT;"
v ~, i.n„ht lvit into anight
■ ]iiift I call In vain,
i „ I.rui tuml bitter tears.
V‘,,, I, m> nuHWoiinK Htv.iln
H li tl.f Innclv, silont years j
ml ■ nr,. ~f tho senrlot flush
■ ’ml,'. t..r til" blood-reil vma
H _ , pi th bca itooui blush
■ j£ |iuU'.l t■•> 11 rift of suows.
■ , tin- )ii?.-}i of flic iluxk, I hear,
t jmUeloss soa,
I M 111 l! . t ar *
i,\ { , (.1 ilr li- art of the withorod roßo
H * ih,■.lon H\voet porfumo;
(i| , mid my boul but knows
y v Jove ib iu the iojai.
■ , v ;, ;u ti- still; tho dusk grows bright
H j i! : o "low is on tho gloom,
i ‘ t , turns to a crown of light,
SB L iovnk "k a tomb;
oi, t. ■ s’ !i. -t fn rin golden bands
m ljos on the purpling sea,
|h i,iv o.iger, waiting bands
\\!it u m> love euiuos back to mo.
■ p„ t t ifr.,. vnuco sweet dies in tho rose,
H %mlin’. heart-ache throbs my loa.
u ! \ il it love till o’ tho twilight gO 8
H V the w * "f tiio gleaming cross ;
t> it v s it in de ith-mist gloom—
■ w/diu dt.r i t its intent—
■ til. ->!• iwhi to cross by a lonoly tomb
■ jiurk tin' way my true lovo wont.
I ■liffl’SFATE
I OR.
■The Maid of the Tyr-
I olese Valley.
I by h. bird, esq.
■ CHAPTER IIL
■ in'nmn raino early that year. The Iroos
BdlOfit their fruit, and their leaves, dry
Kjreilmv. were dropping to tho earth, and
KsJi scattered all about, while on the
Kgmtams might he Been the white wolf
King chased by the huntsman.
I I *
B ‘Weil, AU<o!t, if you must go away from
Bn, go, in heaven’s name. To-morrow I
Briildrive you to Bosonheim. But are you
Bnlly letter ! Aio you st'.ong enough to
Hrsve your home?”
B TLc'c words were addressed by old
BfnterwiM to his son, who were sitting in
Bn arm-chuir. looking very pale, and much
Bimed in body.
■ “Yes, father,” answered Albert, rising
HircmhiS seat, and standing upright. “I am
Ittweilas ever I was in my wliolo life, and
■lts: longing to be employed.”
■ 'I hope you’ll have no more sudden at-
H tack -of brain fever,” observed the old man,
■•bakinghis head. “Yet your illness was
■not to be wondered at, after all. Study and
Hmiiety had shaken your nerves; then came
■the test/nl, and all tho excitement attend
■iu'.’it. No. 1 was not much astouised to
■nee yon fall sick on the follow.ng day,
■knowinghow hard you had worked prior to
Bl Bat. my son you still look very pale.”
■ “I thi ik change of air will quite recover
Bm." Albert’made answer. “1 wish I had
BMethiLg to do. I want work—work—
Bk!”
■ “But do not go far away from us, my
■ton."
■ “Imust-I must, father! Tho further 1
■go from Yolothol the better for me in every
Ppect Believe me, father,” he wont on to
|y, ;n passionate accents ‘ believe me, I
Itm only doing mv duty in going hence.
■Every added moment I remain hero will
■only render my going away a harder task
■for me to perform.*
I 1 nterwald regarded tho speaker in sur
prise and perplexity. “It is well, my boy,”
I tie old man said; “yet I can not tuider-
ItUndwhy you so urgently desire to leave
I 5 " The people around you respect and
■love you, and your homo is the best home
I|D'olotliol. Put there! I will not seek to
I inquire into the motives of your conduct.
■I would you had chosen a farmer s life, and
■ married. I thought last night, when I saw
I von dancing with Franzi, what a handsome
Itonple you would have made. Tho girl has
IJo money, and no friends, poor creature!
I But, for all that, I should not have had any
■objection to her for a daughter-in-law.
I lou loved her when you were a boy, and
It'en when you were ill, during the last two
peeks, you talked of her, and you fancied
[Jou were once again playing with her in
| Ike holds.”
Here a look of extreme suffering passed
per the countenance of Untei wald’s lis
7!' Hut the old man remarked it not.
fue mere ravings of a distempered
JJjn, father,” Albert rejoi ’ed, in a voice
“At was far from being steady.
At this point of the conversation, Madame
pterwald burst into the room. She was
Jjuite breathless, and sank upon a chair
without uttering a word.
L What is the matter, wife?” demanded
tmerwald, looking at her in surprise. “You
Jwe been running, I should suppose, or
Jon have just seen a ghost!”
thave been imining,” she responded,
i have some good news for Albert, and for
Ourselves, also. Oh, lam so very happy!”
uoon, wife!” said her husband, laugh-
you know that our chaplain is ill,
Jj °Wiged to go to Munich for further ad-
Jce. Now ho is worse—so much so, that
can not come back, and our son is ap
pointed in his place. The vicar gave me the
pleasant office of convoying tho good news
0 Jon, Albert,” she said, turning to her
“and commissioned me to give you
“ij letter, in which all is set down in black
u white. And now, mv dear son will re
“Ainwith us, think heaven! Oh! at tho
oughts of such happiness I don't know
iiv, sa .Y for joy!” she added, presenting
I'crt with tho paper she hud brought.
eW i "us leaning over the back of a
looking half-scared, but his parents
marked not his emotion, or, if they did.
jaunted it to a cause widely dill’er
,n‘fr °ra tho real one.
tbi l- J "tiom, do you imagine, wo have io
-., for this piece of good fortune?” the
“Why, Miss Isidora! Ah,
i an excellent woman, and a pattern to
Von must not forgot to acknowl
thia?’’ k lm 'ness, Albert. ISut how is
n, , 6110 continued, after a pause; “no one
, a "ord! Aro you not glad to remain
, tty son?”
Hied BSn “p ly * nm ' ho quietly re
“Ot this news of yours is so unex
pc' I havo been contemplating other
U V ' ' lnco it was my desire to remain in
illl 11 village; hut now—well, heaven’s
iL.a ne! * IOW weak my recent
into 11118 made, me!” he added, as he sank
i 6eat ' !°°king quite overpowered.
■anti.. re, 'P°nidd ('nterwaldnodded signifi*
left tv 01)18 wife, and they both silently
Pe, 100111 together.
Wdti 0m ? tlu . lo after - Albert sat with
ttiictrni . B badoWH of evo were
b,ll„ ns 111 st around, and the vosper
towers r il “ 1:i d out from the ancient chapel
Crii,/”? UOOR t my heart, oh, heaven!” he
W,'. ['’"ntly. “Thou knowest that I
Thon hal i m V,ored to Ru bdno this weakness!
Io , t ' ltlei l nio thus severely in order
p 1 . strength of ray dvotion to
® 9 Tliv !? lillu V'liou with me, then. Show
Inland i ‘‘V 1 C A. and let me live Thy faith
(in tCy’g "crvant ever.”
-Heat tel. , ll *°"'ing morning, tho young
oloi ai : n . r l | V,H ' a note from Miss Isidora,
h.tbo ’ll| 111 lllnt >t was tho vicar's wish
ieiiee at it! ,ort 1 should tako up his resi
toil ur, 0n if Vloar age, and bogging him to
Nght concifn i* ouce * in order that she
Ult him concerning tho apart
uonta in which ho would like (o he lodged
uid other mutters. ‘
y hen M"d ‘Uie Untcrwuld was made ao
lunmtod with the contents of the lu.lv s
" tor, she hit, and her hands and her oyes'iu
a uum. and delight It waa not alto,
g, thor an nnuH.tal t iu,- for the chaplain to
no m tho vicar house; nevertheless, Al.
' n i niothcr seemed to consider Ibis invi.
dum on the past „f tho vicar to her son
1 ’ 15,1 f'l ccu ‘ Uouor, uml sho rejoiced at it
iceoidiugiv. J
Wlk n Aiboit reached tho viciraße, ho was
'ej icc'ly astounded to peroeivo tho porch
' ll : ‘'b‘ l\\ ith ovt rgreeusnnd autunm flow
'<s‘ an i! for Homo festivo occiHion; and,
uoro twin that, all tho servants, headed
*v Isi flora horself, ranged on either side of
ip house-steps, ready to weioome tho new
m nii/cr of the household.
Aiiic ng the luuid'Servauts stood Franzi,
" oh i:>'r eyes bent doward, and her cheeks
lovt red with oonfusioa end nhame. She
i id been milki (* the cows, nud her whole
ippen unce wan in accordauco with her la'o
ioj loymeiit. And in such haste had she
J on Kuinmoned, that she hud not had time
'veu to ciiango her apron; so she was striv
n< to hide herself behind one of her corn
unions. J>ut presently Miss Isidore bade
her f-taud forward, and g ive hor a red em
roidered cushion to hold. On that cushion
lay a i-urso of blue and silver. Jt seemed
• s if she had been placed in this position
>n purpose that Albert s eyes m ght fall
upon her.
Isi dura was attired richly, and looked
very handsome indeed.
Ail ei t glanced first at tho garlanded porch,
Ihen at the lady, and next at the cushion on
which tho purse was resting.
lie felt very uncomfortablo. There was
iu all this parade that he did not
understand, and which ho did not like
mil l e thought to himself, “What did it
ill mean?"
laidora welcomed him with a graceful in
clination of her heul, and a smile.
She then beckoned toward her the maider
who held the cushion.
“What! is it you, Franzi?” she exclaimed
iu pretended surprise. “How can you pusfc
yourself thus forward? Just reflect upon
your dirty appearance!” she added, speak
ing in angry accents. “Go away this min
ute!”
And with those words sho snatched tin
cushion out of the hands of the ill-use(
ind crushed girl, who instantly disap
peared.
i siGora then turned, smilingly, to the new
comer, and, with a curtsy, commenced:
“Ivevertnd sir, I am deputed by severa
ladies belonging to the religious, society o:
which I myself am a member, to expres;
the heart-felt pleasure with which they wel
come you into our holy church. This pursi
is a tritle w’hicfi we wish you to accept as a
proof ot our good-will toward you.” Auc
she held fo.tli the cushion.
“Miss Isidora,” returned the youn|
priest, ‘be assured that I will do my utter
most to fulfill the trust committed to me,
My path in 1-fe is quiet and humble, and
quietly and humbly let me walk in it. 1
would rather not take your present; and
pardon mo when I say, I am no friend tc
conventielcß. Give your alms to the worth)
poor and to the wretched sick!”
As he ceased speaking, the vicar appeare.l
npon the scene, greeted his new chaplain,
and conducted him into the house.
For a few moments, Isidora stood as ii
rooted to the spot, with the cushion on hef
still hands, and her eyes fixed on vacancy.
Presently she recovered her presence of
mind, threw the cushion on the ground,
ilruist the money back into her pocket,
rushed up tho steps, and disappeared.
Soon afteward the vicar and his young(
assistant left tho house: the former went to
visit a sick farmer, the latter, for the first
time, to call upon the village schoolmaster.
At the back of the vicarage sat Franzi,
occupied in sewing. She looked very
miserable, and ber eyelids were red
swollen from the recent tears she had shed.
She was, evidently, not paving much atten
tion to her w’ork, for every now "and then
she suffered tho needle to drop out of her
fingers upon her lap.
Presently she sprang up and uttered a
startled cry. Katrina, who had stolen upon
her unperceived, had just laid her hand
upou her friend's shoulder.
“How you frightened me, Katrina!”
Franzi said, turning to the new-comer.
The woman, who had her miiking-pail
balanced upon her head, stood for some
few minutes, steadily regard ng tho other.
“I do believe.” 6uid she, “you are fretting
bec'uso the mistress has been again scold
ing you! You ought to be used to her ill
teuipers by this time, and pay no attention
to them.”
‘Ah, if it were only possible for mete
do so!” sighed the damsel.
Katrina an wered not a word, but put hei
pail and >wn, and settled herself for a gossip.
‘ Formerly .‘■he was so good and kind ic
mo; now I can do nothing to please her,’
Franzi added, ns before.
Katrina hummed a tune half aloud, and
sat in meditative attitude for several
seconds.
“It's ahvays the way with old maids,*
sho by and by said.
Franzi laughed.
“If that were the case,” she returned, “wbj
are you not iil-tempered also? Are you nol
likewise ”
“An old maid? Yes, heaven bo praised
for all its mercies! Put that, you see, will
me is a very different thing. I work and
bustle about all day long, and I almost for
get myself; but those who sit and do noth
ing from morning till night, Ih ;<k, and re
member that time is robbing them of all
their beauty. ”
“I do not bolieve such is tho case with
Miss Isidora.”
“No? Well, perhaps not. How long i!
it since her manners became so very much
:• hanged toward you? Is it not since you
spore a garland maid at tho festival? ’
“ Ye*,” Fmnzi admitted, after a moment’s
lef'eclion.
“To b 1 sure! Sho was disappointed nnc
vex<‘d be cause you were chosen instead ol
liersc-lf. ”
lit re Fmnzi’s clear laugh rang out likeo
beU „ w .
“ W hat folly you talk!” sho cried. >v by,
the mistress is ”
“Too old, you mean? Ah, she probably
does not think 6o! Then, her second dis
i] pointment was because tho now priesC
look yon, instead of herself, for his partner
m h.s last dance. From that instant she
has regarded you with eyes of bitterness.
Uh, I have watched her, and heard hei
tongue cruelly rating you the whole day
long! Fee how she behaved to you a little
whi e ago, when she made you stand in
your rou li apron, with that cushion in
vour hand—i-ho, all the while, decked out
like a’peacock and afterward balmed you,
•nd a cused you of pushing yourself for
ward!”
TO HE COKTIKUED.
His Report,
“Mr. Jones,” said the managing editor
to one of his reporters, “did jou attend
the spiritual Borneo at Library Hall last
evening?” , ,
“I did,” replied the reporter.
“I hope you have treated the medium
fairly Mr. Jones. You know a good
many spiritualists read our paper. HoW
have vou written it up?"
“Pair to medium,” replied the ro
porter. —-Tems Cyclone.
The Old Man’s Mistake,
yfrs Hendricks was entertaining some
were being served, may
../‘^rdpaaaTthere would he lots of
it." - ’
'MY GOUXTHr.- MAY SHK EVER 1)E RIGHT; RIGHT OR WRONG, MY COUNTRY /"— Jkffkuson.
FEVER SPREADING.
TIIE DREAD SCOURGE APPEARS
IN MANY NEW SPOTS.
A TtIOID SHOT GCN (JUAHANTHt rUKVAtI.*
—tHII.Y STOIIIUH ABOUT KUIIBKU AND
I’UYSICIANS—NOTES.
Wednesday la Jnckgonvillo, Fla., was
cool ami bracing, ami everybody holies
that the worst is over. I>< s|>itu the fact
that Dr. Noul Mitchell f-ave notice to
the country through the medium of tho
Associated Press that no more uurees or
physicians were needed, comphiint is
in ard ou every hand that it is extremely
dilli ult to secure nurses when wanted.
Nearly 400 are under charge of the med
ical bureau, but many of them, especially
the colored contingent, quit the service
a. soon as paid off. Theso are not given
plates ag:du if they enn bo identilied, hut
m nine eases out of tcu, this is practically
impossible. Many nurses are proving
wholly incompetent and unreliable. Dis
sension nn l dissatisfaction continue iu
relation to physicians’ orders for nurses
and delicacies for convalescent patients.
By reason of their refusal or neglect to
report yellow fever cases to the Board of
Health, three physicians have been de
nied the right to make such orders. A
letter was sent by President Mitchell to
Mr. Porter instructing him to honor no
more orders from these doctors. Yellow
fever has been rather disastrous ts the
liquor drinkers. However, this solemn
fact seems to be no restraint to some
meu, as four or five have been noticed of
late fully under the influence of strong
drink.
Tne steamer Gulfstream sailed on
Wednesday morning from Fernandina,
Florida, with ne ; .rly all the people
who desired to leave, and took back
freight consigned to interior points. One
lady passenger was taken oil the boat too
ill to proceed. Many of the stores are
closed. There have been tliree hundred
cases of sickness of all kinds at Fcrnan
dina, with twen y deaths from the
dreaded disease during the month. A
special from McClcnny says there were
three new cases on Wednesday and oue
death. A special from Gainesville says:
"There are no new cases, or symptoms of
any. The convalescent are all doing
well, and will be moved to the hospital.
A special from Gainesville says: Fitch
Miller died of yellow fever this evening.
No other cases have developed. Pliny
Keasoncr, the noted Florida horticultur
ist and botanist and proprietor of the
celebrated tropical fruit and plant nur
series of Manatee, died at that place of
yellow fever soon alter liis return from
the Cincinnati Exposition. Reasontr,
though a young man, had a world-wide
reputation as an investigator and botani
cal writer.
The Illinois Central Railroad people, in
order to render all the assistance possi
ble, established a quarantine station two
miles above .Jacits.-li, Miss., at what is
known as tlic asylum switch. Here it
was proposed to put off all freight, ex
prei-8 and mail for Jacksonville. On
Wednesday night about twenty-five or
thirtv men flagged the bwitch engine
down before it reached the switch, and
declined to allow the station to he es
tablished there, or anything taken away.
What was put oil Wednesday night was
brought away because coming from New
Orleans, St. Louis, New York and other
poinls. There might have been infec
tion, hut under the penalty of death all
wero warned not to visit the switch
a-rain. This higli-handed outrage was
participated in even by some of the state
officials. There were not enough provi
sions in town on Wednesday to feed
those remaining there one week, if every
store in town was depleted. Amongst
the negroes great suffering is now ex
perienced. .
The situation is encouraging at Deca
tur Ala. No deaths have been reported.
Two new eases, both colored, wero re
ported on Wednesday. Money is badly
needed, and every Decatur citizen,
wherever found, is urgently requested
to send in his pro rata for the relief of the
''flic Board of Health of Memphis,
Tenn. declined to modify the resolution
placing all trains on the west side of the
river under strict non-intercourse quar
antine regulations, and therefore the
same law will apply to them as now gov
erfis the trains on the east side of the
river Drs. Willford and Ilenn'.ng were
called to attend Berry 11. Biuford, a res
ident of Memphis, who travels for a Cin
cinnati coffee and spice house. Biuford
had a chill, which was followed by a
hi<di fever. The hoard ordered Bmford
removed at once to the yellow fever ward
at the city hospital, and this is the first
case of fever this year in Memphis.
Notwithstanding the great labor and
expense attaching thereto, the Kniplits
of Honor, Free Masons, Odd Fellows and
Grand Armv of the Republic are look
ins closely after the sick of their respec
tive fraternities. All stand on a com
mon level in these societies, the most
humble in life is the equal of any mem
ber. Never have the brotherhood prob
ably ever known the good work that lias
been accomplished there in a
unostentatious manner by these chara
table societies since the begmmg of the
epidemic. Each family of a Knight of
Honor who dies in good standing, re
ceives the sum of SI,OOO, besides the best
of care while he is sick. The deaths on
Wednesday were 8, and new cases 103,
mostly colored people.
On Wednesday Birmingham quaran
tined against Memphis, and all parties
who have been there within twenty days
will be sent out of the city. Mayor Lana
was notified that there was one case of
suspicious sickness in Memphis. A pas
senger train from Chattanooga, the first
in four days, arrived at Birmingham on
Wednesday, bringing an immense amount
of delayed'mail. It went no further than
that city The officials hope to have
trains running through to New Orleans
in a few days.
notes :
Two cases of fever are reported at Per
kin's Mill, Miss.... A suspicious case of
fever is reported in Coffeevillc, Miss....
The excitement at Selma, Ala., on ac
count of the yellow fever scare lias sub
sided Baton Rouge and Vicksburg are
practically bottled up by quarantine reg
ulations. .. .Meridiau has raised her cm
bircoon the railroads, so as to allow
freight to bo delivered Mayor Feeks,
of Wavcross, Ga., is in Savannah, solic
iting money to quarantine that town.
He has raised about $300... .Montgom
ery has raised her quarantine against
Albany Ga., as investigation shows there
has been no yellow fever there.... Dr.
Ditticrer, of the Fernandirfk Board of
asked the Surgeon-General hv
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 188,s.
telegraph, if ho would permit refugees
from that city to go to Camp Perry. Dr.
Hamilton replied that Camp Perry could
take fifty or sixty refugees that day, and
as many or more the next day. The touts
now at Camp Perry arc all lieiug put in
shape for the Fernandina sufferers.
POOR BABY!
A startling story was orought in fo
Wichita, .Kansas, from Seward county.
It is to the effi ct that a baby of a farmer
named William Beatty, who lives on the
Winmaron River, was killed by an eagle.
Beatty went to work in the morning,
leaving at His dug-out His two children,
one five years and a baby two months
old. A trout noon Beatty returned homo
and found his girl in tears. Hhc told him
that she had takcu the baby in the yard
and left it lying on a blanket, she herself
going to the house. In a few minutes
sho heard a cry. She looked out and saw
tho baby flying away. The father knew
at once that an cag e had visited his
homo, ns they had done those of the
neighborhood. A party organized, and
dividing, came up with the engle. One
of the men wounded the engle and was
engaged in deadly conflict with it when
his comparions came up. lie had emp
ti*d his gun at tho bird nnd broke a
wing, and was using Bis guu as a club
when reinforcements arrived. Thecagl •
fluttered in tlic huh, and then the father
saw his infant dead, the body horribly
lacerated and parts of it gone.
MODERN HIGHWAYMEN.
When a passenger train on the South
ern Pacific Itoad was two or three mile
cast of Harwood, Texas, the engineer
was signalled to stop, which lie did; just
after the engine had stopped moving, a
broad-shouldered man boarded her and
covered the engineer with a six shooter.
Another man, apparently not over twen
ty-two or twenty-three years old, leveled
a revolver on the fireman nnd ordered
him to go back and uncouple the express
car, which was done. Two young men
named West nnd O’Neil opened on the
robbers and shot one of them. They got
safely away, however. Dan Toomey, the
engineer, was badly wounded. West
says he saw only two men while the fir
ing was going on, hut thinks from the
niimbcr of different voices heard that
there must have been between Eix and
ten in the gang. He is of the opinion
that the men making the attack were
green country boys, and that the leaders
sat off some distance from the track and
directed affairs.
IMPORTANTTO THE SOUTH,
Fir?t Comptroller Durham, of tho
United States Treasury has decided au
important point arising out of the act of
making appreciations for the improve
ment of rivers aud harbors. It is in sub
stance, that the appropriations mado in
that act are specific in their character
and can he drawn upou from time to
time until exh lusted, us the object for
which they were made shall have been
accomplished. The decision is based
upon qutstions raised by the acting Sec
retary of Wnr as to whether unexpended
balances, of appropriation for the opera
tion of snag boats, removal of snags,
gauging of waters aud surveys in the
Mississippi river, would lapse iu the
Treasury after the expiration of the pres
ent fiscal year. The comptroller holdi
that the r.ver and harbor appropriation!
are not "annual appropriations” and that
their expenditure is not based to auy par
ticular time.
FARMERS’ LOSSES.
The answers received at the Depart
ment of Agriculture to inquiries sent out
ay Commisioner Henderson, some days
since, as to the damage of the principal
crops, caused by the recent unprece
dented rains, cover the state generally
ind were compiled on Tuesday. They
stimate the per cent of damage in the
different sections of the state as follows:
North Georgia—To cotton, 10 per cent;
corn, 13. Middle Georgia—Cotton, 19;
coin, 15. East Georgia—Cotton, 23;
corn, 14; rice 15. Southeast Georgia—
Colton, 21; corn, 9; rice, 21. Southwest
Georgia—Cotion, 18; corn, 7. The es
timated damage to tlie cotton crop oi
ihestate by the rains is placed at 19 per
cent; corn, 11, and rice, 18. Many of
the correspondents report much cotton
sprouting oa the ground or rotting in
the boll, so that it is almost impossible
t) give an intelligent estimate of the
damage to the quality of the staple.
s TERRIBLE PLACE.
Ye:low fever reigns supreme both in
Juno de Cuba and at the military hos
pital outside. Of tlic battalion of San
Quentin, on dutv in Santo Espiritu
twenty-three have fallen victims to the
vellow fever, seventeen more have been
attucki and with it, and three are danger
ously ill- Of the detachment of mi n
on duty at Parda, a spot noted for it)
salubrity and good sanitary condition,
all were attacked, and seven died of the
fever The mortality has been terrible.
The epidemic has been sweeping tho rs
-Imd of Cuba. The terrific inroads made
bv tlie fever mav be gathered from the
following: Out of a full company of
men all but eight h ive been swept away
in St, Jago. The island of Nassau,
knowing the danger, lias declared forty
days’ quarantine against Cuba.
FROZEN TRUTH.
The State Health officer of Alabama,
now at Decatur, has issued the follow
ing : “I desire to say through the Asso
ciated Frees that, in iny deliberate judg
ment, a 1 the town and county quaran
tines in North Alabama, along the
Louisville <fc Nashville, and the Memphis
& Charleston Uailioads, may be safely
removed. There may be a few cases
among them, but I don’t bclievo the
fever will spread at this season of the
year, and with the sort of weather we
are having. The case at Hnncoville, Boh
Stewart, is yellow fever; West, at Ilart
gell, lias not yellow fever. In Decatur
not more than ten cases are under treat
ment—all doing well. No new cases are
reported. The relief committee is ready
to give help to all that need it.” Jerome
Cochran, State Health Officer.
HE GETS THE CAKE.
James W. Brown, of Detroit, Mich.,
was faced by a jury on a charge of biga
my, and in four minutes after the judge s
charge, was found “guilty.” It was
shown lie had married 33 women since
1883. Ilis usual method was to adver
tise for a housekeeper, marry sucli of
the applicants as he selected for the
place, representing himself as a widower.
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
THE WASHINGTON SOI.ONS GET
TING IN THEIR WORK
WHAT IS lIEINO DONE POH THE AIIMY AND
NAVY —LIVELY DEBATES IN CONOnEBS
—NOTES.
CONOKHNIONAU
In the Senate on Thursday, Senator
Call introduced the following resolution ;
‘‘Resolved, That the President of the
United States call up a academy of sci
ence! to convene in the city of Washing
ton at as early a day ns practicable, ami
tlut that the President shall select and
leanest the attendance of such persons of
different schools of medicines und of such
other persons ns may be distinguished for
their attainments iu science and natural
rcli to take evidence, examine into
oml report upon all methods that shall be
submitted to them for the cure, preven
tion und suppression of yellow fever an 1
Oth.. contagious or infectious diseases.
Section 2. That the President is author
ized to invite the attendance of men emi
nent for learning and attainments in
science and natural research of foreign
countries, and to order such per diem
compensation to them and mileage from
and to their homes to all persons who
shall be requested to attend and
shall attend the convention,
including the members of the
academy, of science, and tlic
sum of SIOO,OOO, or so much thereof as
shall be necessary, is hereby appropri
ated to pay the expenses of such conven
tion. Section 3. The President shall
appoint the time of meeting of such con
vention and the length of time which it
shall continue, and may adjourn it or ex
tend the time of its contihuance. Sec
tion 4. The money appropriated shall
be paid upon the order of the President
of the United States and as shall he di
rected by him.
In the Senate on Wednesday, the hill
reported by Mr. Hoar on the Cth of Feb
ruary last, “to provide for inquests un
der national authority,” was taken up
and Mr. George proceeded to address the
Senate on the subject. At the close of Mr.
George’s speech the bill weut over, with
out action. Mr. Daniel then proceeded
to address the Senate on the resolution
tp refer the President’s anmial message,
but it went over without action.... In the
IJouse, Mr. Harvey, of Alabama, pre
sented the conference report ou sundry
t|vil appropriation hill. Mi. Mcßae, of
Arkansas, Irom the committee on public
lands, reported, nnd the House passed
without debate, tho bill to forfeit cer
tain lands granted to the Northern Paci
fic Railroad company. The Senate hill
was passed, changing tho boundaries of
the fourth collection district of Virginia.
Mr. Burnes, of Missouri, fiont the com
mittee on appropriations reported back
with amendment, the Senate joint reso
lution appropriating SIOO,OOO for the re
lie! oEyellow fever sufferers, uml it was
passed ns amended. It rea ls as follows:
“That the sum of SIOO,OOO be and the
same is hereby appropriated out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise ap
propriated, to he immediately available,
to be expended in the discretion of the
president of the United States, in aid of
the state and municipal boards of health,
and otherwise to prevent the introduc
tion of cholera or yellow fever into the
United States from foreign countries, or
from one state and territory into another,
or in the suppression of, or preventing
the spread of said diseases, or cither of
them, in infected districts.”
(J OSSIP.
James W. Harper has been appointed
postmaster at Deep Spting, Cheatham
county, Tenn., vice Hiram W. Strong
fellow, resigned.
The President has nominated Civil Ser
vice Commissioner John If. Oberley, of
Illinois, to be commissioner of Indian
affairs vice John D. C. Atkins, resigned.
Mrs. Ernestine Baker, in tlie redemp
tion division of the Treasury, has been
found $944 short in her cash, and dis
charged. She was appointed in 1865 by
President Johnson.
Justice Matthews, of the Supreme
Court, continues in a very feeble condition
and iie will in all probability be unable to
take his seat on the bench when the Oc
tober term court begins.
President Cleveland promptly ap
proved on Thuisday the joint resolution
of Congress appropriating $200,000 to
suppress infection in the interstate com
merce of the Untied States.
Gen. MacFecly, acting Secretary of
War, telegraphed to General Stanley,
commanding the department of Texas,
to send troops to Bio Grande City for the
protection of life and property, and nbo
to take such steps as may be deemed ad
visable for tlie preservation of peace and
order in that vicinity.
President Cleveland has directed Mnj.
George M. Sternberg, surgeon U. S.
army, to proceed to Decatur, Ala., and
to such other points in tho infected dis
tricts of the Southern States as he may
deem necessary, to continue his scientific
investigation of yellow fever.
Tho Senate has passed bills granting
pensions to the following Tennesseans:
Susan E. Latturc, widdow of Jacob Lat
ture, private in Company D, stli Tcn
ecssce Volunteers, Mexican war; Henry
Reese, private in Capt. Deering’s com
pany, Florida war; Washington Ryan,
private in Capt. Netherlands company,
Florida war; Thomas Rains, Captain of
Company B, sth Tennessee mounted in
fantry.
POOR FELLOW.
In the course of a discussion before the
Jacksonville, Fla., Board of Health, one
innocent-looking practitioner related
hat lie recently signed an order for sev
ral articles for a patient, but, trusting in
he general honesty of mankind, had left
ome space between tho last line ami his
signature. Into this space the following
was sub-equently inserted by some party
>r parties to tho deponent unknown.
“Oue case Mumm’s quarts.” Another
r ler for “one chicken” had been ad
roitly raisid to “twelve chickens” by the
insertion of a “2.” This physician was
lie center of much sympathy as he
mournfully, almost sobbmgly, took his
eat.
LEVANTED.
William R. Dosher, Jr., and $68,000
belonging to the gratuity fund of the
New York City Produce Exchange, have
disappeared. He was couusel for the
Exchange, and the robbery was effected
by false registration of bonds similur to
the case of Bedell, reocutly arrested.
SOUTHERN STRAYS.
A CONDENSATION OF HAPPEN
INGS STRUNG TOGETHER.
MOVEMENTS OP ALLIANCE MEN —KAIL-
ItOAIJ CASUALTIES—TUE COTTON CHOP
—FLOODS —ACCIDENTS —CUOP lIETUBNS.
FLORIDA.
Tho Evening Metropolu, of Jackson
ville, w ill uppear after a suspension of
two weeks, which was caused by the
prostration of its entire forco by yellow
fever. Messrs. Carter & Bussell, the
proprietors, had at first concluded not to
start again until frost, as they feared
their few remaining men, now conval
escents, would he unable to work; hut,
finding that such would not bo the case,
they have determined to resume tiro
Metrojwlii, and propose to run it right
along.
uEonou.
Policeman Veal, of tho Atlanta foroo,
was shot by a negro burglar whom he
wus trying to arrest, nnd will die.
Street railroad cais are now being
mauufactured in Atlanta. The cars urc
made of wood grown in Georgia.
The Atlanta Board of Police Commis
sioners are weeding out their incompe
tent policemen, aud discharged Olliuer
Lynum for sleeping on duty.
Sam Francis a Georgia Pacific Rail
way car coupler, was cut nd crushed to
diuth on Thursday night iu the railway
yard just in the rear of Haiman’s plow
factory at Atlanta. lie was nearly cut
iu two.
Spence Everett suicided on Tuesday by
shooting himself in the side with a shot
gun. A farmer liding along the road
found the suicide's body near Almand, j
a small station about three miles from
Covington.
Mr. Brossius, an Atlanta mau, has in
vented a motor for sewing machines,
which consists of coiled springs, and a
strong company will soon manufacture
them. It is the only practical machine
for the purpose yet invented.
The last rail on the Thomasvillc &
Mouticello Railroad wus lai i on Thurs
day. The completion of this new line
into Florida opens a route far and slant
from the fever district and furnishes the
people of Middle and West Florida means
of shipping their produce and getting
supplies that is not likely to be interfered
with by epidemics.
Judge Milo Olin, a white-haired and
aged justice of the peace in Augusta,
left for Jacksonville, having volunteered
his services as a nurse for yellow fever
patients. He is sent by tho Augusta
Exchange, lie has bten very successful
as a yellow fever nurse, and has had
much experience in tlic epidemics in
Memphis, Norfolk, Wilmington, Pensa
cola, Savannah and Fernandina.
MISSISSIPPI.
A. A. Hamblen died of fever at Vos
burg, a small village on the New Orleans
& Northeastern Railroad forty miles
south of Miridiun. Mr. Hamblen bad
been on a visit to Camden, Miss., and in
returning stopped at the union depot at
Jackson one hour and forty minutes, and
it is thought contracted the disease there.
MISSOURI.
The Switchman's Association adjourned
at St. Louis and will meet again next
yeur at Columbus, Ohio, on the third
Monday in September. Tlie plan of fed
craliou as proposed by tho Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen at Atlantu, Ga.,
was unanimously adopted.
NOI TII CAROLINA.
Capt. Hubbard, of the steamer Planter,
plying between Charlestown aud George
town,"claims he met a serpent, while on
one of his trips, fifty Let long.
Maj. Eliphns C. Smith, a well-known
farmer, of Spartanburg county, died at
Iris home, Rockford, near Glenn Springs,
110 was descended from an historic fam
ily. His great-grandfather was one of
the original rcttlers of tlie old Iron coun
ty and shared in the perils aud privations
of the pioneers.
A telegram was received at Gaffney
City, that tlie dead body of P. G. Petty,
whore homo is at Gaffney, had been
found floating in the water off Pratt
street, Baltimore, the man, it was sup
posed, having been accidentally drowned.
Petty was a drummer for Robertson,
Lane & Cos., hardware dealers, of Balti
more, and was well known.
For tho first time in tlie history of
South Carolina, a woman will be a candi
date for office at tiie approaching elec
tion. Miss Eliza Garner, a lady about
thirty-five years old and a native of Union
county, is out, announcing herself as a
candidate for school commissioner for
that county. Miss Garner was a candi
date at the primary election for the nom
ination, but only got forty votes. She
has decided to bolt the ticket, and will
run as an independent. She has abun
dant mean*,and announces that if elected,
she will devote the salary and emolu
ments of the office to the purchase of
text books for poor children.
TENNESSEE.
Memphis has raised her quarantine and
is open to the world, except from in
fected places.
TEXAS.
Five white convicts mado a break for
liberty at Dallas. Two were killed, two
got away and one was recaptured.
A GRAND LADY.
Mrs. K. L. White, of Bluffton, Mich.,
went to Jacksonville on Thursday. She
is a memlierof the Women’s Relief Corps,
No. 8, of Muskegon, which is connected
with Phil Kearney Post, No. 7, G. A.
R., of that city. She is the postmistress
of Bluffton, and asked of the postmaster
general sixty days’ leavo of absence, in
order that s‘ic might go there to nurse
the sick among the G. A. R. men. It
was acrorded her. She has taken rooms
at the St. John’s Houre, and will go to
work at once. She was from 1862 to
1865 tinny nurso w ith the Army of the
Potomac.
PRAIRIE FIRES.
All of the. western part of Lamoui
county, Minn., and tho southern and
western part of Sturtevant county were
burned over recently. The strong wind
drove the flames betore it with great ve
locity. Instances of where the fire ran
faster than horses and wugons are nar
rated. Many farmers will lose every
thing and much distress will be expe
rienced. A distance of fifty miles wus
all ablaze. The prairie grass is thick
and dry and ordinary fire breaks were
ineffectual in the face of the gale that
drove the fire ou.
THE WORLD OVER.
INTERESTING ITEMS BOILED
DOWN IN READABLE STYLE.
THE FIELD OP I.AUOIt—BKETIUNO CAUL
DRON OP KUKOI'KAN INTIUGUK —KIBES,
SUICIDES, ETC. —NOTED PEOPLE DEAD.
The prospects are that tho cotton crop
)f Egypt will bo superior in b ith quan
tity and quulity to the crop of 1888.
Ninety-one hales of wool have been
seized at Philadelphia Pa., by U. S. rev
jnue men. Each contained a pair of flue
English blankets.
Ex-United States Senator Charles W.
Jones, of Florida, is slid in Detroit,
Mich., in good condition mentally aud
physically, and is engaged in journalistic
work.
At Paris, the budget committee per
sists in its demand for reduction of naval
estimate* by five million Iruucs. Admi
ral Krantz, minister of marine, w ill re
sign.
Tlie Greek minister has presented to
the Porte a note from the Greek govern
ment against the illegal seizure of Greek
ships at Chois nnd demauding the re
lease of the vessels and the payment of
an indemnity.
Twenty-one little girls, ranging iu ngc
from nine to fourtien years brought from
Europe to New York by Mormon ciders,
were on Wednesday oidercd to be sent
back to Europe on the return trip of the
Wisconsin.
Two severe shocks of earthquake were
felt at Guayaquil, on Wednesday. The
shocks were followed by flushes of light
ning. At Mount Helen, Ecuador, a
sharp shock of earthquake was felt about
as at Guayaquil.
Mr. Dodge, of New York, cashier
of the legal film of Shipley,
Barlow, Laroque A Slioatc, com
mitted suicide by turning on gas in his
bed room. This fitm is the same recent
ly victimized by the forger, Bedell, lie
was in no way implicated with Bedell.
Most of the Lancashire, England, cot
ton mills are running on short time. The
mill owners think lhat they will have
to run on short time two mouths before
the riDg is broken. The Liverpool bro
kers attribute the increase in prices not
to ring operations, but to natural causes.
The mills t-pinniug Egyptian cotton ure
not much affected.
The rebels at Suakirn made an attack
upon the water fort. They were re
pulsed with severe loss by the heavy
artillery fire of the British. One British
gunner was killed. The gunboats con
tinue firing into the rebel camp. Desert
ers reported that there is much sickness
in the camp. Cholera has broken out in
Khartoum.
A north bound engine on the South
west branch of the Pennsylvania Rail
road, running at a rate of about thirty
miles per hour, struck a cow between
Fair Chance aud Uniontown, Pa., throw
ing the engine off the track and com
pletely overturning it, instantly killing
one man minted Leandcr Miller, residing
at Fair Chance. It is supposed he was
stealing his way to Uniontown. En
gineer Thompson, of Uniontown, Brake
man Rush, of Uniontow n, and Conductor
Dinges, of Pittsburg, were also severely
injured.
A young butcher named Tom Whisky
was dashed to pieces by falling from a
I alloon at a height over one tliousai and
feet in the exhibition grounds at Ottawa,
Out. A balloon ascensionand parachute
drop were adyertised as the drawing card
of the day. Among the volunteers to
hold down the balloon was Whitley,
who, with others, grasped tiie stout roj e
running round tlie bate of the balloon.
When the order to let go was given, all
released their hold w ith the exception of
Winsicy, who, retaining his hold, was*
swiftly borne upwards. The acronai t
WIIB unable to help him. At tiie height
of 1,000 feet he let go and was dashed to
pieces on the ground.
The negro Harrison and Morton clubs
of St. Louis, East Bt. Louis nnd Brook
lyn, 111 , gave a parade there on Tuesday,
which resulted iu what threatened to bo
a serious riot. A mail wagon, driven by
August Zohn, got mixed up in the pro
cession, and the negroes beat the driver
badly und prevented the mail reaching
tho depot. A squid of officers arrested
the ringleaders, nnd while Officer Han
non was conducting Johnson Powell, a
burly fellow, to jail, he whs set upon by
a mob of negroes, and used bis revolver.
Powell was shot in the back and danger
ously wounded. The negroes threatened
to lynch tlie officer, and it was found ne
cessary to call out u heavy force to quel)
the troubles.
AFRICAN AFFAIRS.
Advices received by tlie German
Planters' Company from Zanzibar, state
that the rising extends along the whole
coast. The Arabs aud blacks have united.
The plantation at Leva belonging to the
company lias been twice attacked. Each
time the attack was repulsed. Several
officers of the German African company
been have murdered.
GIVE HIM A SHOW.
Wm. Radam, a florist, of Aits'in,
Texas, stated to an Associated Press re
porter that be bad discovered a pan
ncea in a microbe killer, and offers to cti
ter the yellow fever district and cure anv
case in front fifteen minutes to one hour
FLOUR GOES UP.
A boom in wheat caused an advance
of forty cents a barrel on flour in New
Yotk, Wednesday. The transactions iu
wheat in tlie “troduce Exchange aggre
gated $10,000,000.
Vaccine in Sodit.
In the window of a Main street drug
store is displayed a conspicuous sign,
“vaccine.” A young lady from Canada
w alked into tho store to get some soda
water. “What syrup, please!” asked
the slender clerk.
“Vaccine,” promptly replied the fair
creature.
She took it for the latest thing in soda,
only she didn’t get it. Tlio clerk famttd.
—Bujjalo Courier.
A Difference in Sisters.
“How is it, my dear,” said a husband
to his wife, “that while you and your
sister Ellen are so much alike in most
respects, you are married and she prefers
to remain single! Surely sho has had
offers •uough.”
“Yes, love, but Ellen was more diffi
cult to please than I.” — Nea York San.
NUMBER 48.
THE MILL POND. .. ,
ll,to ones the grocn-odi;od mill pond spraad
Its mirror to tho lt;;ht ot day,
And Lore I came when I was young :
'I n while tho truant hours away.
Hero golden sunflah, llvory roach-
I lauded proudly oa tho hank,
And onei—ah, what a thrill it gavuV*
A pickerel, lonz and lank.
Dm pond today Is filled with ooze; -
Tho dam is broken, fish aro gone;
Dio mill wlied rotten—ncverthuloe^
’1 he stroam runs merrily on.
At tim -s upon tho hank I lay, ___
Pennt li a spreading boachen tree? ■
And watched the shadows como and g*
O'er what was quit? a lake to mo.
i listens 1 to tho noisy mill,
And heard the merry voleos sound,*
From whore In groups the (armor boys ’
Waited till grist was ground, y
Tho mill is roofless now ami still.
The beet-hen tree I siw has gone,.
rim boys aro men perhaps, and still
Tlie stream runs merrily on.
'Tis sixty years since I was here,
A c.vi '.-.'o - barefoot boy of ten;
To-day. 11l spltcof silver locks,
I seem to be a boy again.
I hear the clack, I see tlie wheel
From which the water gayly falls;
But waken from my midday dream
When yonder hoarse-voiced bittern calls.
Fades out the picture of the past,
By memory on the vision drawn;
Tlie pa-t Is dead; but nevertheless
Tuo stream runs merrily on.
—Thomas Dunn English.
mii AND POINT.
Booksellers deal in yarns. •
A soar spot —The eagle’s nest.
A ditty that is very unwelcome to the
New Yorkers is humidity.
The wagof a poodle's tail ithe nearest
thing to purp-pet-ual motion.
r lhe sue essful lover thinks he is get
ting ahead when he is getting a heart.
A cornet player who cannot attend
the band meetings should send subs-to
tooL ...
‘‘A baby’s life is a constant series of
surprises—both to tho baby himself and
to the people who liavo him in charge.-
iS vmeinille Journal.
A story lie told her of tenlerest love, P
< If eternal devotion and more,
But sue heeded it not; all his words failed to
move
Sho had hoard it so often before.
Merchant Traveler .
‘‘A tribo in the palm region of tho
Amazon cradles tlie young in palm
leaves.” In this country a palm also enters
largely in tho work of bringing up the
young, hut it is used more in threshing
than in cradling.
'I lie Hat Went With the Boy. At the
Mountain Kosort—Fond Mother (whose
son had just been rescued, by De Jones,
from a watery grave) —"Thank you,
ever so much, Mr. De Jones, but you’ve
forgotten to get Tommy’s hat.” — Pitts
burg Huileton.
Tiie Secretary of State lias just issued
alicenseof incorporation to tho “Gegen
seitiger Interstitzungs Yeroin Bei
Fciimcide Wagenumcher von New York.”
He is expected to be out in the course of
ft week if no unfavorable symptoms set
in. —New Y rk News.
First Brooklyn Citizen —"Say, Per
kins, I see by tlie papers here that the
annual output of cigars iu this city is
65,000,000." Se ond Brooklyn Citizen
‘•That so?* Well, I shouldn’t wonder
nbit. Mine’s gone out four times already
this morning.” —Burlington Fra Brest.
Enterprise —“And is that yellow dome
which rises in the field yonder the roof of
another dwelling!” asked the city vistor
of his country friend. “On, no,” said
the farmer; “that is my prize pumpkin
you see, which is growing right along
lor the agricultural show.” —Detroit Free
iVt.w.
West End Society of London —Lord
Periwiuklc, an admirer of “Buffalo Bill”
—“May I—aw —have the pleasure oi
roping you in for the next, Lady Some
body?” Lady Somebody—“Oh, thanks
awfully, Lord Periwinkle, but I have
already been corralled by Mr. Deadwood,
of Dakota.”— Harper's Bazar.
“Will nobody separate those dogs!”
exclaimed tiie humane man, with
righteous indignation. “Have you no
feelings, sir?" he continued, addressing
a big fellow who seemed to be taking a
delighted interest in the combat. “Feel
in’s, paid!” was the reply. “Feelin’s?
I’ve got S2O bet on this fight, aud my
dog’s on top. ( haw ’im, Zeke!”— Chi.
cagj Tribune.
Business Methods in Ecuador.
It is a peculiarity of the Indian ot
Ecuador that he will sell nothing at
wholesale, nor will he trade anywhere
but in the market place, in the spot
where he and his forefathers have sold
“garden truck” for three centuries.
Although travelers on the highways
meet armies of Indians bearing heavy
burdens of vegetables and other supplies
upon their backs, they can purchase noth
ing from them, as the native will not sell
his goods until he gets to the place where
he is in the habit, of selling them. lie
will carry them ten miles and dispose of
them for less than he was offered for
them at home. We met one day an old
woman trudging along with a heavy bas
ket of pineapples and other fruits, aud
tried to rel.eve her of part of her load,
olfcring ten cents for pineapples which
could be obtained for a quartilla (24
cents) in market. Slie was polite, but
firm, and declined to sell anything until
she got to town, although there was a
weary, dusty journey of two leagues
ahead of her.— American Magazine.
A Persian Fable.
A rat, says a Persian -Ksop, seeing a
eat approaching, and finding no avenue
of escape, went boldly up to her and
said: “.Madam, I have just swallowed a
large dose of baue, and in accordance
with tho instructions upon the label
have come out of my hole to die. Will
you kindly direct me to a spot where my
corpse will prove peculiarly ofiensivo.”
“Since you are so ill,” replied the cat,
“I will myself transport you to a spot
which I think will suit.” So sayingshe
stuck her teeth through the nape of his
ueck and trotted away with him. This
was more than he lnul bargained for, and
be squeaked shrilly with the pain.
“Ah,” said tho cat, “a rat who knows
lie has but a few minutes to live never
makes a fuss about a little agony. I
don’t think, my fine fellow, you have
taken poison enough to hurt either you
or me.” So she made a meal of him. If
this fable docs not teach that rats get no
profit by lying I should bo pleased to
know what in the name of common sense
or uncommon sense it docs teach.
When Lawyer Henkle, of Washington,
had first to reply to Lawyer Belva Lock
wood in tho district court, _ he referred to
her as “my learned sister-in-law.” ,