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HER MISTAKE;
—on,—
Howard Thorndike’s
Loves.
♦-*
BY IH Itr ARNOLD.
CHAPTER 11. - Couinued.
He was standing oppoeito the right lower
enhance, end looking across the stage to
the left ho could see a small battalion of
ama/oiis, whoso original features could
possibly l;o recognized by their relatives
after a I beral npplication of soap, water,
ami K.-.nd, with the QHsistai.ee of a corn
whisk broom. They were rtady to go on,
and stood thoro shivering in brass corse
lets cut decollete and pompadour. Their
faces were thickly bedizened with paint;
tlieir ghastly checks wore carmine spots
like wafers; their vermilion bps, their eye
browfl i ud eyelashes, made dark by the un
sparing use of lampblack and tallow, con
trasted strangely with blonde or auburn
wigs, which were crowned with tin hel
mets ornamented with turkey feuthers.
These valiant warriors wore urmod with
nickel-jduted spears and targets, but evi
dently they feared no attack on their nethei
limbs, which were almost entirely without
protection—possibly the better for their
free* use in case of a reliant. Coarse laughi
were indulged in between them ands
group of genuine negioes attired in black
tigh sand white waistc oths, who were cut
ting uu grotesque antics.
In such an atmosphere was his Efhe, and
by such creatures was she nightly sur
rounded- creatures many of whom ths
foulest jest or the rudest of jokes would
have failed to shock.
It maddened him to think of it.
Just theu he oaugbt s ght of Effie, whe
was singing a duet with the couveutional
lbver in the piece, rosting her head upon
his shoulder while she poured forth a rich
volume of sentimental melody.
A oncer sensation pervaded Howard
Thorndike's system ns he saw the fierce
black mustache of the greaso-painted here
brush his sweet Elbe’s cheek.
Could it be possible that she was en
amored with such an existence as this?
The duet ended, and brass trumpeting
signaled the entrance of the chorus for thi
grand finale.
He waited to nee no more; he wandered
round to the prompt box, and there stood
until the performance was through.
The curtain wan rung down. He could
hear the voices of members of the ohorui
and others laughing and disputing, or ex
plaining th e thing or that to each other af
they made their final exit for the night and
repaired to their dressing-rooms to remove
their stage toggery.
Suddenly he beard the suave voice of thi
manager in conversation with a woman wht
appeared to be quite violently excited. Sh
talked in loud, threatening tones as sh<
made some demand of him.
At first he thought it was Effio’s voice,
but she would not talk as this person.
At length the manager acquiesced to hei
wishes, and, entering the office, he lookec
in a book that laid on the table. Then,
after figuring on a slip of paper, he filled
out a blank receipt and counted out a verj
small sum of money and placed it upon it
Stepping to the door, ho said to the offici
page:
“Go and call Number 29. H
How ud Thorndike was walking up anc
down in the shade of the first groove. See
ing the boy about to start on his errand, hi
called him, and, ttndoiing him a dollar,
said:
“You will please give this card to Made
moiselle D union d.”
The boy returned thanks and departed.
A minute later the petite figure of i
chorus gill, whose handsome face wai
half buried in a large bouquet of hotliousi
flowers, from which che was inhaling thi
perfume, passed Howard on her way to thi
office.
“Ah. Number 29!” he heard the manage]
say. "there is (he money due yon, includ
ing to-ni jbt. lam wry sorry to say that 1
am obliged lo dispense w ith your eel vices.
There is a icec-ipt which you will pleasi
sign.”
Howard Thorndike pricked up his earl
nt her reply. Something iu the tones oi
her voice seemed famiiiar. Also there baa
seemed to be n farni iar look about her eye!
as she passed him in tho dusk. Uncon
scious'y lie paced nearer to the office, try
ing to fhiuk where ho could hnve seen hei
before, Lul he could not remember. Thee
he thought of Effie, aud the little chorm
girl’s trouble faded from his mind.
Again the trembling tones of her plead
ing voice awakened him from his reverie,
nnd ho listened to the conversation, which
he could not well avoid hearing from hii
position.
"■Oh, sir. do not discharge me now! Mj
mother and invalid sister are both ill, and
1 have no other employment. I must buy
my mother medicine or she will die," plead
ed Ihe girl.
“Well, I can't help that, can I?” gruffly
questioned the manager.
" "Why am X discharged? You told ml
only a week ago that you liked my singing.
The audience applaud me, aud for three
nights have sent me flowers. Although 1
need more mouey instead of less, I would
rather have less than lose my place in the
chorus now. ”
“I am sony for you, young woman; but
I can do noth ng about it,” he paid, in an
apparently unrelenting tone. “Perhaps li
you did not sing quite fo well it would bi
bt tier for you. At present that is about all
the reason* I care to give you. I would like
to have you leiuain; but vour singing de
tracts from tho attention that would o her
w se bo paid Mademoiselle Dumond, and
she Cowers you receive—well, I might ai
well tell you and be done with it. Made*
aioiselle Dumond demanded that you
should be discharged, or phe would throw
i bb i hbbb^b
Behind the scenes,
too many Tokens of nnpre<TaTlon from oui
patrons, and she is jealous.”
“Oh. she would not bo if 6he knew how
little I care for them, and that all I care foi
is what little salary I can get for my sing
ing. 1 would not sing if I were not so poor.
I need the money for my mother. Oh, tell
her this! JTell her she can^ have all the
lowtMH. Uvome a dtnerent part Any
hing for a little while’ I do so much need
i. mossy, * sobbsd t L-• poor girl.
The man tgor was evidently touched aud
A ished to relent.
Howard Thorndike burned with indigna
tion at tin* idea Elbe could J>o so cruel.
,; J pleaded for you with Madeiholsello
Dumoud myself." replied tho manager. I
told her that I knew you were a Indy, and
tluii Is spreted you were iu need. I told
tier you were not of tlm ordinary class of
lifts who apply for nitres in the chorus,
ind for that reason I find assigned you the
part which you have been sustaining no
ae.l; but it was no use. She was inoxor
ib’e, and 1 ora thereby in a position where
t cannot help mjself or yon. I would rather
oeo any other singer in tho chorus, yet 1
dull havo to let you go. The beßt 1 cau do
for you will be to allow you to draw your
salary up to iho end of the week, if that
cvill hc!n you any. 1 am hut a libeling hore
myself.
No! I do not w ish for anything save
what I have earned,” replied the poor girl,
prouuiv. i hope XRuvavineuo
will never be p need in a similar position.
Although if she had bon she would have
more feeling for others Tes 4 fortunate than
herself. lam thankful to you, Mr. Egan,
for your kind offer; but I must decline to
accent it. Good-night, sir.” And she walked
slowly away, with the now detested bou
quet dangling by its ribbon at her side,
while bud* dropped to the floor with every
faltering stop sue made.
bhe stopped within a few feet of Howard
Thorndike, and he had a good view of hen
face as she drew out her handkerchief and
w iped her eyes.
7*he certainly did have a familiar look,
a :d he resolved to know more about her.
After she had gone he stepped to thi
manager’s office and asked for her naml
and address, lie was acquainted with Mi.
Egan, who, knowing ho would not have
asked for it with other than a pure motive,
readily gave it to him. at the same lira#
praising her ns a respectable and deservin|
young lady who was out of her element in
an opera chorus.
By this time the page returned and said
that Mademoiselle Dumond was waiting foi
him.
He met her at the stage door, and the3
passed out together in silence. Throwing
open the door of her carriage he belpec
her in, then getting in himself, gave direc
tions to the diiver.
Settling himself back on tho cushion*
opposite Effie, he exclaimed:
“Oh, Effie! How could you?”
CHAPTER IH
A NOBLE MAN AND A SELFISH WOMAN!
Effie Desmond sat drying her dampenec
shoes by the glowing open grate fires in
her cosy parlors at the Victoria, while How
ard Thorndike stood by the window, gaz
ing into the gloom outside and listening tc
the palter of rain-drops against the win
dow-panes.
A cheerful picture to an observer, but
not to the observed.
Effie was moody and silent; Howard
vexed and sorely distressed in mind. It
was their first positive disagreement; theii
first lover’s quarrel.
Turning from the window he let his eyes
rest upon her for a moment. There was a
yearning expression in them at first as he
watched the nervous working of her pretty
features: but it was replaced by one ol
annoyance. He thought to himself, how
could it be possible that such a beautiful
face and form could possess the cruel and
obst uite disposition she had evinced dur
ing the conversation of the last half hour.
iShe-was a perfect picture of loveliness
as she sat there.
Her dainty little feet rested on the bright
gilt fender; her carriage cloak was thro n
back frt m her shoulders and laid over the
back of her chair, displaying the perfect
symmetry of her form to advantage. She
was picking bon-bons from a package that
rested in her lap, and ihe fitful flame of the
fire occasionally threw her handsome face
nnd golden hair into bold relief against the
navy-blue 6aiin lining of her jaunty hat,
which hat slipped partially off her head as
she leaned baok.
There was a determined and unconquer
able lookiu her well-shaded blue eyes, and
they assumed a piquant and saucy exprei
sion at such times as she glanced iu the
mirror above the mantel nt the perplexed
and anxious face of her lover.
To ree hor conveying confections to het
rosy mouth with her almost childish little
hands, indifferently nibbling at them with
her pearly teeth, one would scarce suspect
her of temper that would induce her to
throw her diamond engagement ring at hei
lover s feet in a pet
Yet there it laid, glistening and gleaming
as though angry in itself nt its treatment
Howard Thorndike did not know what
lo do or say; he was completely taken
aback. His pride was hurt. He could not
understand suoh a nnture as hers. She
was thoroughly changed from the girl he
had wooed nnd won but two short years
igo.
Should ho marry her he would be tied to
i woman who was thoroughly enraptured
with her profession, the pursuit of which
■he obstinately refused to give up, although
he had pleaded with her in the strongest
terms. That ho still entertained a lilting
for her thoro was no doubt; but wkethel
it was ihe seme liking lie once entertained
toward her was a quo.-tion.
He put iln (]ue tion to himseif and h
doubted if it was: jot i ride kept him from
speaking ;ho words lie kneWeould s- paiate
them forever. lie3id s, her sweet little
figure plend6il for itself; aud. as he stood
watching her, her perverseness, her cruelty
to the poor chorus girl, her deceit toward
himself, all vanished from his recoilec
tion ns the sweetm ats she was eating van
ished from his sight.
lie iding over, he raised from tho floor
tho ;cwet she hid spurned; then holding it
between his thumb and forefinger, he said,
iu a decided tone:
“l’ut it ou. Effie, and wear it."
Snc hesitated a little; but he still held it
there.
Coyly glancing in his face to see if he
meant it, sho looked into eyes more reso
lute than hi-r own; then, vwihout one word,
,he held up her finger for him to repl ice
the ling, and her face reddened with sliamo
ts she thought of the foolish display of
bmper she had made, that nearly lost to her
the man whom she really thought, she
loved.
“Now. dear,” said Howard, “do not lotus
iisngree again. 1 will never say anything
more to you about your stage matters.
When the stage has lost its charm for yt u,
?ome to me or send for me and we will be
married. Wear this always; it may be a
piotcction to you. Let it r- mind you that
there is someone who will think of you
and have your welfare at heart always.
You will soon tiro of the life you have
cboaen, aid then my aims will be open to
receive you. I am sorry you are not my
wifo to-night and under my protection; for
I have more than sutlici* nt for both our
needs, l.et mo again ask you to write to
Mr. and Mrs Desmond, and to let the”}
'-row where you are. what- von are doing,
and whatWpou intend to do. You are nod
do ng right in keeping it secret from them.
Will you please promise mo you will do
BO V”
“There is no necessity of my doing so,”
replied ElFie, “and I cannot write letters.
You do not know how many quires of pa
per I used trying to write you letters about
it, but it was* of no use. I burnt them as
soon as they were written. If I could not
write to you, how can I write to them?”
“Allow me to write for you; or, better
still, they expect mo to dinner next Sun
day, and, with your permission, I can tell
.hem then. I think this would be the best
way. ”
“Just as yen please, as long as I do not
tmve the writing to do. Give them my best
•egards, and te l them I like what I am do
ng very well, and that as long as I do I
ihall continue in the business. At that
•ate it wiH probably be until 1 am too old
o sing. So, Howard, you can see hat
“MY COUNTRY: MAY SIM KVKR UK RIGHT; RIGHT OR WRONG t MY COUNTRY!*— Jbffkmo.n.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 17. 1889.
' our own prospects are for oer luuiryiug
' no.”
‘ Well, be that as it may, Effie, I am 008-1
1 4‘nt to wait, nnd will try to think 1 shall
■ iot have to wait long. 1 will say nothing
| urthf-r about it; but 1 do wish you would
il.ow your manager to ro engage tho little
•.horns singer whom ho discharged to
light. She needs all her © linings for her
nek mother and sister.”
' I shall do nothi gof tho kiud. That
Aould bo very silly of mo, indeed. She is
i ;oo good - look lug, sings 100 well, nnd at
racts too much attention. Why, be
! fore last alio got four baskets of flowers,
! uid Ilm l but one. I should not have any
it all to-night if inv man gor Lad not paid
I ? or them nnd sent them to me, and tho ex
i <>©nse came out of my own pocket ”
Howard i horn dike smiled at this explan
lion, and said:
‘1 nin sorry; yet your motive soe ms tome
j what selfish to me."
*■Teihaps so, aud it is in one sense. I can
not afford to have opposition bo near. I
aspire to fume as a ciugrr. 1 will acknowl
edge to you what I would not to any out
else. Tho litt'.e chorus girl of whom you
speak has naturally a finer nnd n sweeter
voice for piu.ing tb-;n 1 have myself; and I
do not doubt that, with a tittle training, she
could fill my rolo even better than 1 nil
Such a person is. theiefore, dangerous to
have in tho same company with me. If t-.he
is needy I w ould rather pay her more to stay
sway than i-m* ran car i iu her position as
chorus lea ’er.”
“1 tii ck she would he too independent fo
accept it, no mutter how much she might
need it.”
“Then she is too proud for her own good.
I did intend to do something for her; but if
that is she kind of a person sho is she shall
receive no assistaoco from mo. * She who
steals iiom mo mv purse steals trail; but
she who filches from me my fame ’
“Ob, don’t, Effie; pray do be serious. Nc
more Shakspinre, phase.” m
“I am serious. You have no sympathy
with my theatrical ambitious, and, there
fore, do not understand anything iu con
nection with them, not even myself. Al
though I jested, it is a Fcrious jest about
that glil. 1 will not have her acting in the
sam< company with me as long us I c*n
help t."
“Thorough y unmindful of others,"
thought Howard, but he *a : d nothing.
He wondered how he ever came to be
wound up in the fa e of a woman of
such strange chftr.:c eiis‘ies r.s Effie \ os-
He must have been blind? Yet it
was only of lute she developed them. Could
he ever b ■ happy with her- an actress? It
was doubtful. Ihur nature end ttstes were
GY o! J do not wink for anything save
tchat I have earned
fir too dissimilar. 'J im?, however, would
prove. T me i:upiov, and a great many things,
snd perhaps it would improve her more to
bis liking, bring her nearer to the standard
of his ideal.
He drew a deep sigh and looked at his
watch. It was late—almost midnight.
He drew on his coat and goves; then,
hesitating a minute, ha said a simple
“Good-night ” lie would have said more,
but her indifferent air was repellent to him.
She merely turned half round toward him
and he’d out her hand, saying:
“You will excuse my not rising, I know.
You must call again while I am here, and I
will try to to in better humor. I know you
are angry with me, but you must not be. A
love for the stage was born i<i me; so 1 am
going to give it a fair trial, and if I fail
to make a success, or do not like it as
well as I expect to, there is no harm done,
for no one knows who I am or where I
came from. Better try an l forget me, dear,
as you go bom©. 1 think it would be the
very best thing you could do. Jt is rain ng,
but you will find my carriage is st 11 at the
door. I told the diiver thi-. afternoon thd
he was to wait for you, and you wi 1 prob
ably find him asleep on his box, ns usual.
Good-night, dear." And she hel l her pink,
velvety cheek toward him f< r a partin '
salute, with as innocent an air as thouga
she had not been probing him to Ij s heait’i
core by her words ad actions lor the past
three-quarters of an hour.
A conflict of ideas and opinions con
fused the usual y clear brain of llowud
Thorndike on his wav home, and long nfki
he was snugly ensconced iu jUi rece®* ' f
his favorite easy-ebair, blowing off the
sffervesoence of the evening's excitement iu
wreaths of 6moke.
He felt like n man w ho had committed n
foolish action, aud yet was at a loss to tell
why it wasfolish, or to understand how he
jould have done different under the circum
stances.
Howard Thorndike was possessed of a
kind heart, and spent a considerable por
tion of his income in relieving some of tho
passing wants of deserving poor people.
Many an old lady owed her winter's slock
&f ooal to his benevolence, and many were
the blessings showered on their unknown
benefactor by the beneficiaries, lie did
aot distribute his charity indiscrimin
ately; he first sent his valet to inquire into
me circumstances of the person or persons
whom he contemplated assisting, that he
night find out if they were worthy of aid.
[t was with this purpose in view that he
lad obtained the name and address of the
?oucg chorus girl who had been discharged
it Ettie’s command.
The girl's voice and features seemed
itraugely familiar to him; and, although he
lad an excellent memory, he could not
place her in his recollection.
Taking out his memorandum, he read:
Mauii: D. Insley,
ISO West Nineteenth etroet.
This aided h in none, and he made up
lis mind he must be mistaken. He cal
minted that Number 380 should be between
[Eighth and Ninth avenues, which was cer
lainly a most respectable locality.
He pinned the address on tho door of his
ralel's chamber, first taking a copy of it in
v book he kept for the purpose. i*he num
>er of pinholes which disfigured the door
>anel showed it was not the first lime he
l&d pinned papers of a like nature on it.
It was three o’clock before he fell asleep;
hen, in his dreams, he went all through
lis experiences of the past three days, and
he little chorus girl partook of no small
hare in them.
[TO ftH OOMTINUXD. ]
WORLD’S COTTON SUPPLY.
The total visible supply of cotton for
tho world is 2,947,903 bales, of which
2,667,703 bales are American, againsl
3,081,686 and 2,047,385 bales respective
ly last year. The receipts of cotton this
week at all the inferior towns are 99,384
bales. The receipts at the plantations
191,560 bales, and the crop in sigh!
5.055.013 bales.
The French feud in Perry County. Ky.
has lasted since 187 ft, and since 1886 thirteen
murders have resulted. No record was kept
of previous assess! nntions. The last two
victims of the vendetta were Witnesses and
ware shot down in light of the Oburt-room.
SOUTHERN NEWS.
HAPPENINGS BRIEFED AND
BTRUNQ TOGETHER.
MOVEMKNT9 OF ALLIANCE MEN —AIL-
-lIOAO CASUALTIES—THE LABOR FIELD.
ACCIDENTS—CHOP RETURNS.
ALABAMA.
The town of Newton was almost en
lrel. consumed by fire Monday night.
The hotel and aiz atores were completely
destroyed, und the loss will run away up
into the thousand*.
An attempt was made on Wednesday
evoi,in>' to assassinate Deputy Sheriff
Whitehead, who lives a few miles from
Hiri. inghum. The attempt waa made
by three white men.
The suspension of the Morning Time*
nt Birmingham waa announced on Thurs
day. Want of patronage ia announced
us the cause of the suspension. Tha
plant will be removed to Anniaton.
Ou Thursday, while standing before
the fire, the dress of Little Willie Allen,
aged two years, Jof Selma, caught tire,
and Itefore assistance could reach him he
was horribly burned, from tho effects of
which he died, after suffering for two
hours.
The representative negro politician*
and educators of Alabama, in convention
assembled at Montgomery on Wednes
day, passed a resolution inviting white
immigration to the state after a stormy
debate lasting two hours. The conven
tion also passed a resolution that it was
for the interest of the negro to cultivate
aud foster good feeling between the
races.
Deputy Revenue Collector Wood,
Deputy Marshal Holder and Deputy Col
lector John Mickle arrived in Birming
ham from Randolph county, where a de
tail of officers had just wound up a suc
cessful raid on the moonshiners. They
started on the Mill last Friday evening,
r.ud wound up Wednesday. They cap
tured and destroyed six illicit distilleries
aud about 4,000 gallons of beer.
LOUISIANA.
Nine buildings were burned at Shreve
port Thursday, entailiDg a loss of $75,-
000.
New Orleans is busy getting up sub
scriptions to build a $2,000,000 hotel.
Subscribers will pay $2.50 a month on
each share of stock until SIOO is paid.
MARYLAND.
The British steamer Macedonia,
bound for Hull, England, on Thursday
ran into and sunk the schooner Larinda
Campbell and went ashore at the lower
end of Craighill channel, near Baltimore.
The value of the ship and cargo is about
1350.000.
MISSISSIPPI.
The railroad wreck, which occurred
two miles south of Brookhaven ou Sun
day night was duplicated one mile north,
on Wednesday. As the passenger train
No. 1. on the Illinois Central Railroad,
in ehsrge of Conductor Kirby, was com
ing south at 7 :05, it ran into an open
switch at the mills of the Brookhaven
Lumber and Manufacturing Company,
resulting in a disastrous wreck and con
tlagration. The stub switch used by the
lumber company had bien inten
tionally misplaced. At the time the
train reached the switch it was running
at the speed of thirty miles an hour. It
plunged into the death trap. The en
gine plowed its way into the immense
lumber sheds, and in less than three
minutes, tire from the engine's furnace
had spread to the lumber and buildings,
and started a terrible conflagration.
Engineer Samuel Berry stayed on his
engine until it stopped. He received
several cuts about the face and head. A
colored fireman, Randall Caldwell, was
pulled out from the tender, scalded and
crushed so badly that he died in a few
minutes. The tender and mail and bag
gage cars were burned. The magnificent
plant of the Brookhaven Lumber & Man
ufacturing Cos., together with thousands
of feet of the finest lumber, were soon
consumed.
NORTH CAROLINA.
William Slocumb, who was for many
years a telegraph operator, committed
suicide at Goldsboro Wednesday, by
blowing out his brains with a revolver.
Despondency, caused by the ill-health of
himself aud family, was the cause.
The opening of the session of the Leg
islature Wednesday was in bright con
trast to that two years ago. Almost
every member was present at noon, when
President Stcdman called the Senate to
order, while Chief Clerk Bulls performed
the same service in the House. The
members are new to the duties, but are a
substantial and fine-looking body. There
are only eight negroes, of whom two are
in the Senate.
The Grand Lodge of Masons in session
at Raleigh, on Wednesday, elected the
following officers: Samuel H. Smith,
of Winston, grand master; H. A. Gud
ger, of Asheville, deputy grand master;
John W. Cotton, of Tarboro, senior
grand warden; W. M. Moye, of Wilson,
junior grand warden; Donald W. Bain,
of Raleigh, grand secretary, William E.
Anderson, of Raleigh, grand treasurer.
Dr. B. F. Dixon was re-elected superin
tendent of the Oxford orphan asylum.
The attendance at the grand lodge is the
greatest on record, over 250 delegates
being present.
TKNNESSKK.
Stockholders of the Mountain City
Insurance Company, of Chattanooga,
held a meeting on Wednesday, when the
business of the past year was thoroughly
considered. It was decided to wind up
the affairs of the company and discon
tinue business.
W. E. Bryant, who was arrested on a
charge of having set lire to the European
Hotel, Chattanooga, on the night of No
vember 12th, has been held to bail. If
he succeeds in getting a bondsman, ho
will immediately be arrested on a charge
of murder. He has been held in the
sum of $5,000 on a charge of arson.
WKNT VIRGINIA.
Iu the circuit court at Charleston on
Wednesday, Judge Guthrie quashed the
rule awarded against the county court to
show cause why it should not be fined
and attached for contempt for forward
ing the certificates of election in that
county for Governor to Congress in vio
lation of the injunction granted by
Judge McGinnis, of the Cabal circuit
court. It also quashed the bill of in
junction and certiorari heretofore
awarded at the instance of Judge Flem
ing and Mr. AUlerson. This is a com
plete victory for the Republicans, and
gives Goff and McGinnis a clear plurali
ty on the face of tho returns for Gover
nor and Congress, both Republicans.
NO! TII CAROLINA.
Considerable ezciteineut bus been cre
ated at Rock Hill by the discovery of in
exhaustible deposits of kaoliu in the vi
cinity of the town. Thu deposits are of
the purest quality and cover au area of
several miles.
Itev. William Martin, the oldest mini
ster In tho South Carolina Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church, South,
died at his home in Columbia, aged 80
years. He remained in active ministry
up to the time of his illness.
While the people were gathering for
worship at the colored Methodist church
Sunday morning, at Gaffney City, Pink
Floyd and Cornelius Lordef got into a
dispute, when Pink stabbed Cornelius in
the neck, cutting the jugular vein. He
died in about one hour.
Dr. C. F. Panknin, of Charleston, has
discovered a method whereby the fibre
of the ramie plant may be cheaply and
quickly piepared for market. If the
statement is true, the discovery is a most
important one for the South, and will go
far toward settling such vexatious prob
lems as that presented by the recent
Lagging trust.
The situation as to trusts scents about
to be reversed in South Carolina. For
over a year, the farmers in various por
tions of the state have been organizing
the Farmers’ Alliance. Not much at
tention has been paid to this heretofore,
but now that the time has arrived for
laying in farm supplies, especially com
mercial fertilizers, it begins to look like
the farmers have themselves organized
into a sort of trust or combine, prin
cipally against the fertilizer trade.
A queer state of affairs prevails in
Beaufort. At the recent election two
county tickets were in the field, both
Republican. The irregular or comprom
ise ticket was declared elected on the
face of the returns. The regular ticket,
which was composed of the incumbents,
refused to surrender their offices. A day
or two ago the circuit court issued a
mandamus ordering the incumbents to
turn over their offices to the successful
candidates. On Thursday, W. I. Whip
per, probate judge of the county, was
served with the mandamus. lie refused
to obey it, and, getting op a brass band,
headed a procession to the public square,
where he made a speech, in which he
said that he would go to jail before giv
ing up his office. Most of the other
officers have followed his example, and
great excitement prevails.
THE WORLD OVER.
ITEMS BOILED DOWN IN A
READABLE STYLE.
TJIE FIELD OF LABOR —SEETHING CAUL
DRON OF EUROPEAN INTRIGUE —FIRES,
SUICIDES, ETC. —NOTED DEAD.
The National Line steamer Egypt, for
Liverpool, arrived at Queenstown on
Wednesday. On December 31st, fire
broke out in the cotton, of which her
cargo partly consists, but it was ext;n
guished after having burned for eight
hours.
Harry D. Schall, assistant cashier in
the paymaster’s office of the Chicago &
Northwestern Railroad, left Chicago,
111., with $11,500 of the company’s funds
and $2,500 belonging to the Clerks’ and
Mechanics’ Building and Loan Associa
tion, of which he was treasurer.
Edward Harrington, member of Par
liament, who was sentenced to six
months’ imprisonment for offenses under
the crimes act, is confined iu a baro cell
in Tullamore jail, Ireland. Contrary to
practice, Mr. Herrington was seized by
a number of wardens, who, despite his
protests and physical resistance, shaved
off his mustache.
Judge Barrett, in the supreme court
circuit in New York on Wednesday,
rendered a decision in favor of the at
torney general and against the mgar
trust. The suit was brought by the peo
ple of the state of New York against the
North River Sugar Refining Cos. by At
torney General Tabor, to forfeit the
charter on the ground that it had vir
tually passed out of existence by selling
out all its Btock to sugar trust combina
tions and closing up all its works.
David M. Tascoc, charged with the
embezzlement of $2,200, property of the
International Typographical Union of
North America, was on Wednesday
acquitted before Judge Gordon, tinder
instructions of the court. The defendant
is a member of Philadelphia Typograph
ical Union, and in 1880 was a delegate
to the international convention, held nt
Buffalo, N. Y., and was elected secre
tary and treasurer of the union. The al
legation was that while Pascoe filled the
position, there was a discrepancy in his
accounts of $2,200.
A tank of the Citizens’ Gas company
at Fifth and Smith streets, Brooklyn,
New York, was struck by a flush of
lightning on Wednesday night and the
immense structure at once rose in tho
air, causing an explosion that was heard
for a long distance, even in New York.
Another tank was connected by pipes
with the one that first exploded, and it
caught the flame and exploded. They
were about one hundred nnd fifty feet
apart. The Citizens’ electric light build
ing, two miles away, had its tin 'roof
torn off and thrown into the street.
THE SALVATIONISTS.
An interesting decision has just been
rendered by the supreme court of Mas
sachusetts. It is against the city laws of
Boston for musicians to sing or play on
the streets without a license, except in
connection with a funeral, a military pa
rade or a procession of a political, civic
or charitable organization, for which a
police escort is provided. Last Decem
ber a member of the Salvation Army was
arrested for playing on a cornet in the
streets At the trial lie contended that
he was playing in the regular religiou.
worship of the army, and therefore aould
not be interfered with. Tho sapreme
court held that religious worship could
not violate reasonable rules for the regu
lation and control of the streets, and af
firmed the judgment of conviction ren
dered in the court below.
QUARANTINE CONGRESS.
The Legislature of Alabama adopted
at its recent Bession a joint resolution
calling a conference on quarantine regu
lations to meet in Montgomery on March
8. The governor forwarded letters to
the governors of Georgia, Texas, Louis
iana, Mississippi, Florida, South Caro
lina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ken
tucky and Illinois, requesting them to
appoint delegates to tho confeFHiue,
WASHINGTON NEWS.
WHAT THE OFFICIALS ARE
SAYING AND DOING.
UONUUKNM.
Thursday was taken up by the Senate
in discussing tho tariff bi 11... .In the
House, Mr. Weaver, of lowa, raised no
objection to the reading of the journal,
hut tliu clerk, having concluded tho task,
Mr. Weaver brought forth his two dila
tory motions—to adjourn aud that when
the House adjourn it he to meet Satur
day. Mr. Crisp, ol Georgia, and Mr.
Weaver were appointed tel ers on tho
latter motion, and ns no quorum voted,
a call of the House was ordered. Two
hundred and fifty-three members having
responded to their names, further pro
ceedings under the call ""ere-dispensed
with, and Mr. Springer aslwrl uuwnimous
consent for the entering of an order pro
viding for a final vote on the Oklahoma
bill, but his request was answered by
loud cries of “regular order.”
The Senate on Wednesday resumed
consideration of the tariff bill, the pend
ing question being on Mr. Vance’s
amendment that the duty on no article
in schedule J (flux, hemp and jute) shall
exceed fifty per cent ad valorem. Rejected
—yeas 18, nays 25... .The House spent
the day in “fillibustcring.”
NOTKH.
The President has approved the act to
construct n road from Florence, S. C., to
the National Cemetery.
In the circuit court, a judgment of
$5,000 damages was rendered against the
Richmond & Danville Railroad Cos., for
the accidental killing of Guiesscpe Moaco
in the disaster at what is kuowu as the
' ‘Fat Naucy trestle” some mouths ago.
Lewis McMullen, appraiser at New
York, was requested to resign, but re
fused to do so. The President therefore
directed his removal from office. A. Hr
Stearns, United States appraiser at Bos
ton, has beou placed temporarily in
charge of the appraiser's office in New
York.
Gen. Harrison has bought liis inaugu
ration carriage, and it is now being made
by a well known firm of manufacturers
in Indiana. It will be known as a state
coach, or sort of large landau, and its
price is |2,000, which is the price Gen.
Harrison will pay for it, he having in
sisted that lie should be charged the
regular price. From the same makers
the President-elect bus ordered a family
shopping carringo to cost SI,OOO. Be
sides this, he lias made arrangements for
securing for his use in Washington a
stable of probably a half dozen horses,
sll to bent least sixteen hands high nnd
cherry bay in color. The whole outfit is
expected to be in Washington ready for
use by March 4.
The National Wool Growers’ Associa
tion met in convention, in Washington
on Thursday . Thirteen states and terri
tories, besides various sheep aud wool
growing associations, were represented.
The preamble read: “The verdict of
the people at the lust presidential elec
tion having determined that wool grow
ers should have 'full and adequate pro
tection,’ this national convention re
spectfully insists on the fulfillment of
that pledge.” Ono of tho resolutions
said . “That the determination of a
future economic and financial policy for
this government, is so important to the
wool-growing and all the other indus
tries and business of the nation, ns to re
quire immediate aud definite legislation,
aiyl if this shall not be accomplished
during the present Congress, we earnest
ly request that the llity-first Congress ba
eonveued at the earliest day practicable
after the expiration of the present Con
gress.”
GEORGIA ITEMS.
Most of the colored military companies
of Atlanta, will attend the inauguration
ceremonies at Washington, D. C., March
4th.
The Technological school in Atlanta,
pow having its full complement of stu
dents, no more will he taken at this
term.
Mayor Glenn, of Atlanta, formulates
his policy in these words: “We have a
higher duty and a nobler work tbau the
distribution of patronage or the aug
menting of private interests —the wise
and the faithful government of this great
city.”
Josiah Carter, the managing editor of
the Atlanta Evening Journal, while pro
ceeding home about 7 o’clock ou Thurs
day night, was knocked down by foot
pads nnd robbed. The affair whs on a
public street and almost under the rays
of an electric light. After securing their
booty, the men ran away, leaving their
victim senseless and bleeding from se
vere wounds to his head.
H. J. Taylor, the colored ex-minister
to Liberia, has settled down in Atlanta to
practice law. Recently, tho highest
criminal court appointed Taylor to de
fend two colored boys charged with
stealing, and who could not afford to pay
a lawyer, and he won both cases. Tay
lor proves he has a fine legal education,
and good sense. These are the first cases
ever argued in a Fulton county superior
court by a colored lawyer, and Taylor is
the first colored man ever admitted to the
superior court.
THE SOUTHERN SOCIETY,
In New York on Thursday, the South
ern Society held its annual meeting for
tho election of officers. The following
ticket was elected with great enthusiasm:
President, John C. Calhoun ; vice-presi
dents, John IL Inman, W. P. St. John,
Evan Thomas, James 11. Parker;
secretary, McGrane Coxe; treasurer, W.
R. McCorkle; executive committee, W.
W. Flannigan, A. G. Crenshaw, Jr.,
Charles A. Deshon, James Swann, G.
Rutledge, William A. Polk. By the
report of the treasurer for the year, the
society was shown to bo in a flourishing
condition, with every promise of great
prosperity. The membership now num
bers over 500.
LIGHT AT LAST.
The mystery as to the real name of
Murchison, the famous correspondent of
Lord Sackville, was cleared away on
Monday, and the announcement was
made on authority of those who have
been in the secret from the fir.-t, that
g eor „ e O'goodby, of l’onornn. was the
suthor of the Murchison letter. Os
goodby is a native of New Tore, is 84
years of age. His father is an English
man by birth, nnd resides iu Pononia as
Jor* also his brothers. Murchison is a
fstntlv name, and is attached to that of
Osgoodby by marriage. J
NUMBER 13.
LATEST BYJELEGMPH.
German authorities have forbidden the
circulation by the post in Oermany of
the Intramigiant. Henry Hochefort’s pa
llet'. Rochefort declares that he U flat
tered by tho uction of tho German gov
ernment.
Girl featherworkers, employed by
Harrison & Ore :ne, in New York, to the
number of about 200, went on a strike
Thursday, because the firm refused to pay
tho scnle of wages offered by the Feath*
irworkers’ Union.
Tho Loudon Standard,'! Paris corres
pondent confirms the statement, that Gen.
Iloulangcr intends to resign his teat in
the Chamber of Deputies for tho- depart
ment of the Nord, and that he will pre
face his resignation with a motion for a
dissolution of the Chambers.
William It Foster, father of William
K. Foster, .Jr., who robbed the Produce
Exchange Gratuity Fund in New York
some time since of SIUB,OOO and then de
camped for parts unknown, tent on
Thursday a check for $50,000 for the
benefit of the Gratuity Fund.
The steamer George Appold, went
ashore nearMontauk Point, N. Y., while
on a voyago trom Providence for Nor
folk and became a total wreck. The
captain, crew and one passenger were
taken off by a life-saving crew without
injury.
The suspension bridge, situated near
est the falls at Lockport, N. Y., was car
ried awav by a galu on Thursday and
deposited in the river. The towers and
cables remain intact. The bridge had
recently been rebuilt, and enlarged for a
double track.
Mr. Gladstone’s recent letter with ref
erence to the position of the Pope was
part of a concerted effort on foot to per
suade the Vatican that Mr. Gladstone, if
returned to power, would promote an
European congress to settle the question
at issue between Italy and the papacy.
J. J. West, J. It. Dunlap and Zen S.
Christenson, respectively, proprietor and
city editor of the Timm and the editor of
the Arbiter Zeitung appeared in Justice
White's court in Chicago, 111., to answer
the charges of criminal libel preferred by
Police Inspector Doufield. They waived
examination nnd were bound over to the
criminal court.
DEADLY CYCLONE.
A terrific storm of wind and hail, the
worst known for years, passed over Pitts
burg, Pa., on Wednesday, carrying with
it death and destruction. The storm was
formed with a suddenness that was over
whelming, and as the wind, accompanied
by hail and torrents of rain, swept along
the street-, pedestrians were hurled be
fore it and barely escaped from being
crushed under vehicles passing along the
thoroughfares. Suddenly, in the center
of the city, there was a terrible crash,
and a few minutes later the central fire
alarm bell sounded a call from box 14,
on the corner of Diamond and Wood
streets. Great throngs of people with
blanched faces hurried to the scene,
when it was found that the cyclone had
caught anew building on Diamond
street, owned by C. L. Willey, and hurled
it to the earth, covering up two scores ol
mangled human bodies. The building
was in course of erection. The front had
not yet been put in and the wind seemed
to enter the large shell from the open
end. High walls of brick and undried
mortar were parted, one falling each way,
partly wrecking neurly a dozen surround
ing buildings. The main force of the
crushing building was thrown against
Weldin & Co.’s bookstore, on Wood
street, and the barbershop of Fred Sehe
maker at No. 41 Diamond street, 43
persons were taken from the ruins, and
others are still buried. All were
promptly carried home or to hospitals,
but the fact seem to be that eight were
killed outright or died shortly after
being removed, and thirty-five others are
injured, a number of them fatally.
Alongside the tracks of the Reading
road, at Reading, was situated the paint
shops of the Reading Railroad Cos. It
was a one-story building about 00 by
150 feet. Hero about thirty men were
employed painting passenger cars. There
were eight or nine of these in the build
ing. The buildiug was struck square in
the middle and bricks scattered as if
they were playthings. Cars were turned
topiy turvy, while the men were buried
under the debris. Some of the brick*
were carried a square away. The cham
ber of each of the passenger car tanks
was already tilled with gas as they were
ready to be taken out on the road. These
exploded one after another; with the
bing of cannon they resounded over the
city. Some twenty of the men had a
chauce to crawl out of the debris, but
four of their companions were enveloped
in the embrace of the flames. They
were quickly roasted to death, and the
fire from the passenger ears lit up the
heavens for miles around. While this
war all going on, the storm was traveling
forward with fearful rapidity. It struck
and unroofed a dozen private
residences. Hugo hoets of tin were
carried half a square away.
Then the storm proceeded in its fury.
Directly in tho path, at the corner of
Twelfth and Marion streets, stood the
Reading silk mill. Here about two hun
dred and seventy-five girls were working.
The building was a huge structure, most
substantially built, four stories in height,
and had a basement besides. It occu
pied an entire block of ground. The
size of tho building itself was nearly
three hundred feet in length, and about
one hundred and fifty feet wide. It was
surmounted by a massive tower, fully
one hundred feet from the ground. The
funnel-shaped storm-cloud struck the
building directly in the center on
its broadest side, which faced the west.
It fell to pieces as if composed of so
many building blocks. Nearly two
hundred human beings went down in the
awful wreck, and about 10# were taken
out dead and dying.
At Sunbury, the storm same up sud
denly and blew over several of the stacks
of the Sunbury Nail Mill. First,
is a puddling mill, having six
furnaces. Stack No. two was
thrown over on the roof, dropping
with it stack No. 3. They crashed
through the slate roof, completely de
molishing the puddling department ol
of the mill. Thirty-five men were em
ployed in this department, and half 0$
them were buried in the debris, and
half of them were killed or will die.
WILL STOP IT.
The leading bankers and railroad
managers of the country, held a conven
tion in New York on Thursday, and de
termined to put a stop to reckless railroad
building, by refusing to buy tho bonds of
“kite” lines.