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The CjEOrgia Enterprise.
VOMIMK XXIV.
L Htt „ . . (TIT.)
Edith Wilder’s
. Journal.
IMETTA E. S. BENSON,
Lor of “Barbara Dara," “Bar Tru.
| Friend,” “Dr. Vetnur’s I*ovs A.I-
I fairi," “The Missing King,"
“ Love's Sacrifice,” atft
I CHAPTER IX.
OCTOBER 12.
Robert Volney’s wife. We wero
1 standing beside Rose. She held
t hand in both her own, and her
ipeared as flushed, and earnest,
ppj-, as if the snored vows were
ln’r Hiss instead of mine,
i stood close beside me, while the
leaned one arm upon the back of
c hair in a careless attitndo of re-
I.con and Joyce coming at the
oment, with their natural case of
ig themselves to sudden situa
cil into u graceful position at
's right.
and Mrs. Renton, Mrs. Abbott,
wens, Hick and Charley formed a
group just beyond. And thus,
nidst of my few tried and chosen
I became in outer seeming, what
ong Dcen in love and trust, the
' Robert \ olney.
t hours of contentment and peace
ceil mine to enjoy since I became
To of this grave and tender man. I
j be dwelling in a realm! of per
sunshine, aud if I did not often
lany i 'abort upon his visits among
etchedly poor of the city, ami,
ines even to tlic cells of those whose 5
have been revealed,l shouldnlmost
that there is such a thing ns suf- j
in this great beautiful world,
ort tini:: previous to our marriage
ed my ournal in Robert’s band
,ia explanation: “I desire to have
ets from you now or ever, and if
id this book you will know all
s to tell of my past life.”
very even'-g that he brought me
home—our home—he drew back
rticrc of a door, thus disclosing a
ipening from his own suite, a room
.\celleut light and fitted up as an
studio. I was shaken by a sud
otion—‘‘at last! O, my dear bus
' and turning to big arms 1 found
n a swift rush of teal's,
irs, Edith,” he said, a trifle brok
‘and on our wedding day.” I tried
e and succeeded, after a tolerable
t. “Oh, they are not ominous,
, for they are tear3 of joy. But
n I thank you it”
cultivating your ‘one talent’ to
neat limit of your desire.”
rthe best instruction the city af
[ am devoting a portion of each
tliis delightful work, and ain suc
' beyond my most sanguine ex
ons.
in it all Robert is my real helper,
rds of praise and blame are given
i a manner as to act even upon my
re nature as an incentive to con
ellort.
ng the years of his banishment tie
-■d in a large and line assortment
togrnphs of the Old World’s most
i pictures. lie has also been a
observer, and while he talks to
this copy or that, so vivid is his
yal, that 1 seem to be standing in
or gallery, lighted from above,
ed with pictures, while a painting
'hail’s, or Guido Item's, or one of
agio’s grand laces are revealed
in color, and line, and expression;
lint, far readies that crown the
the moment—with the indescrib
iory of the eternal,
me day, next year perhaps, my
hall paint from the original of
while I will wait near her like the
atient of duennas.” lie said these
to me less than an hour ago, my
noble Robert, and yet I know
o wander again through that for
nd would be inexpressibly pain
him, because of past associations,
it can 1 do to repay him for all his
thoughtfulness forme: llowcan
der my life as in some measure to
imends for the dreadful lost years
rarlier manhood? These questions
itinually in my mind. My whole
ems bent toward the attainment of
e object, to dim the visions of his
fe, to dim the memory of his old
espair, and to intensify the hope,
y, and peace that has come to him
we thought much upon this sub
lring the last two weeks, for it
Jout I hat time that a circumstance
ed which impressed me pro
y.
a i one of those peculiar moments
"hen every act and emotion so
i ilsclf upon the mind as to remain
memory forever, and with all the
css of a lirst impression. It was a
t September afternoon, full of the
of late blossoms and low, lmlf
pteintive uoies of bird song. Tile air
(was serene and clear, and with that mel
■ golden tingo, as if the glory of tlio
eon world was so near as to mingle
atmosphere with ours. I was sitting
an opi n window looking out upon
garden, and I held in my hands a
c of needle-work; but my thoughts
ulered at will among the events of
past aud the sweet abiding joy of
present.
uddenly Robert came into the room,
in a moment was bending over me.
t my Lands full idly in my lap, while
fted my face to meet the'sniile of af
. .on in his eyes and the quiet pressure
his lips.
Vdith,” lie said, with a visible tremor
ns voice, “1 have tried several times
'e you have been my wife to tell yon
whole story of my past life; but I
| and ,mt That you know in part lam
l aware, for in a conversation with
her some time previous to her death
told me that I owed my forgiveness
■ourself.”
I would have spoken in denial, but
lie sealed mv lips and went on hastily:
“I know it is a cowardly way of doin'"
nut I have written down what I would
most like you to know, and while I g 0
into the city for an hour will you pleaso
me by reading it? I need not ask you
to purge me tenderly, for if my wife has
a fauh if, i 3 in dealing too gently with
rue tolucs and sins of others.”
I allowed the paper to remain where
He had left it for a while. O how happy
w.is witli his kiss yet warm upon my
d l -, and the sound of his voice lin"cr
iig with me like loved strains of music.
•od tead* I<>WeTer ’ 1 uufolded ttie paper
“My Rear Rdith- I have long desired
to reveal mv pint to you, with its ono
crime that h is shadowed mv life with its
awful curse from the tiuioof its commit
tal until the present. Sometimes I have
felt that I should sulTer fyom its blight
ing power through all eternity; for even
now, at this late day, it stalks beside me
like a grim specter in the midst of my
deep joy.
“1 am not ashamed to tell you that I
shed tears in reading yoyr journal.
Sometimes, in moments of abstraction, I
have pulled a rose apart, petal by petal,
and its fragrance has come up to mo like
an accusation. So while I perused those
pages I fell that 1 was taking your soul
apart, leaf by leaf, and viewing every
emotion of pain or pleasure; every senti
ment of duty or desire, which had
actuated you in (he past. As compared
with mine, how simple, serene and inno
cent your life appeared, and yet I had
asked you to unite your life with mine.
“Do you know my dear Edith, I think
the world holds to a mistaken creed,
that the sin of a man is esteemed less
odious than tho same sin in a woman.
A C isar may steep his soul in iniquity,
hut his wife must be above reproach. If
the record of our lives had been reversed
would I have sought you for my wife do
suppose? But however that may be, you
are now my own. Your tender hands
caress mo; your sweet hopeful face is
ever near me; your presence bcautities
mv home.
“Yourname is symbolical, forits'gni
fies happine3, or a rich gift, and 1 have
accepted you, Edith, as a priceless gift
from one whose power is beyond our
human willing.
“But, I do not need tell you of these
things; you know you arc my one pos
session. 1 will, therefore, proceed with
my self-imposed and painful task.
“My boyhood was not unlike that of
other boys, whose fathers’ wealth gives
them nothing to think of save the grati
fication of their own lelllsh desires. My
yearly allowance was a small fortune of
itself. This was a mislaken kindness on
the part of bty parents, which laid the
foundation of all my after misery, as of
theirn also.
“When I left college I had but a very
superficial knowledge of the hooks I had
made a pretense cf studying; hut I was
well versed in the little follies and vices
that the richer and gayer class of stu
dents, as a rule, indulge in to a greater
or less extent.
“With mind and heart thus unformed
and full of the vital energies and pas
sionate impulses of a strong young man
hood, I threw myself into the dissipa
tion of fashionable society. Then it was
that I first saw Estelle Nivelle. I was at
the theatre in company with a fair, in
telligent, and pure lady whom I
knew nty mother had long des
tined for my future wife,
when Estelle appeared before me,
a vision of the most beautiful and ravish
ing womanhood. Satin, laces, jewels,
enhanced the absolute perfection of her
form. A queen might have envied the
grace aud apparent naturalness of her
manner, and her voice was singularly
sweet and clear and with some secret
power that thrilled every finest fibre of
my being.
“I sha'l never forget what a furor her
appearance created among my gay com
panions. Night after night the staare
about her was piled with the most costly
bouquets. Men were so infatuated with
her grace, her beauty, her talent, that
jewels of rare worth were often
concealed among the stems of the
flowers. For myself, I dreamed of
nothing, thought of nothing, planned
for nothing, but to win her for my own.
It was as if some fatal spell possessed
every faculty of my being, before whose
power judgment and sense were alike
unavailing.
I knew she was a deceptive woman;
that she was not as I could wish my
wife to be; but if I charged her with be
stowing smiles upon other men, she
would protest against my accusations
with tears and such tender reproaches as
would bring me again to her feet, her
captive, her willing slave. And I would
say to myself: ‘Estelle Xivelle shill be
mine, if the social distance between us
over which I must pass to gain her were
paved with the quivering hearts of those
who love me best.’
“When I recall the emotions of that
time of madness I am moved with com
passion for that erring boy as though he
were a fellow being entirely distinct
from the grave man who is writing these
words, and who, from the low depths of
sin and sorrow, and after years of con
flict, has now found a place of compara
tive rest.
. “At last rumors of my mad infatuation
reached my father's ears. Ilis rc-cnt
ment knew no bounds, and he forbade
my ever seeing Kstello again under pen
alty of disinheritance. Then came the
tragic ending. Estelle quickly planned
the wav for our escape, to which
1 became a ready and willing ac
complice. A few days before, my
father had given me a check for tw-o
thousand dollars, expecting I was to
spend a few months in travel through
the United States preparatory to a Euro
pean trip. The addition of a cypher
was a very simple matter.
“We were married in her private room
one evening by a minister whom one of
her particular friends procured at her
request. The following morning I pre
sented the cheek, it was cashed with
out a question, and before noon we were
sailing out toward mid-ocean. I wonder
now how I could give up honor,
home, friends, everything, for this
one woman. A woman of foreign
birth, and who was almost a stranger'to
me. It is one of life’s problems.
“We went at once to Paris where the
most ol Estelle’s life had been spent,
and for a time I was blissfully liappv. 1
have never been able to reason myself
out of toe thought that Estelle loved me
and for a time was perfectly satisfied with
my love and admiration. But the old
desire returned again and in six months
she was back upon the stage, and receiv
ing attentions from other men that mad
dened me.
“Then a titled nobleman appeared upon
the scene and she deserted me for him,
and without a farewell word. O. God 1 I
Uo not even dure recall tlie misery
Which followed. For a time I have no
recollection of events whatever. I only
know that I lived on day after day in a
sort of dumb despair. Finally, one day
when the sun lay hot on the white streets
of the beautiful city, I took one of the
little steamboats that follow the course
of the Soiuc between its green banks,
and where lawns of pretty villas came
down to the river’s edge. And after a
time there were islands that seemed to
have dropped cool, and wet, and green
into the middle of the stream. But none
of these scenes awakened in my mind
any feeling of interest or animation. So
utterly was I dead to every sensation,
save my own great loss and its conse
quent sorrow.
“A pretty, pale, sad-eyed young crea
ture who had been sitting motionless at
MY CO US TRY: MAY SHE EVER ME RIGHT; RIGUI UR WRONG, MY COUNTRY /" —Jkvtk.hmon.
the sido of the boat and ga/.ing down
into ill l water, suddenly rose to her feet
and with a low despairing cry flung her
self into the strenin.
“I cannot tell you what followed; hut
I became conscious at lust of n weak,
misetable sensation, ami opened my eyes
to find a fine, motherly, English face
bending anxiously over me. Somehow,
though very unlike, it reminded me of
iny mothi r’s fare, ami I turned my head
away with a moan of pain and a iushof
liars. She let me cry withou* saying a
word, only soothing me with passes of
her hand over my forehead as one calms
a grieving child. The tears did me
good.
“ ‘I suppose you think I am very fool
ish,’ I said after a time, ‘but you re
minded mo of my mother and I could
not help it.’
“ ‘indeed, I think you are a very brave
young man, for you saved the life of a
poor, dispairing girl, whose misfortune
is greater than her sin. I shall take
charge of her for a whilo at least aud see
wliat can he done for her.’
“This was not the end of my strangely
begun acquaintance with this woman.
Though an English lady of great wealth
and high social standing, yet her home
was in Paris, and she devoted her life to
the lifting of the lowly and thecriminal.
From this lime I date the beginning of
anew era in my life. It was then that
my crime burst upon me in ail its
hideousness. I c uld so far forget my
own disappointment as to picture the
sorrow of my generous father and iny
proud, adoring mother.
“I confided everything to my new
friend. She had ptssed through the ex
perience of a great sorrow and self-de
spair, and so war able to help mo as she
otherwise couid not. I could see nc
other way of making life in my degree
tolerable but bv trviiui to save other:
rrom tne ruin l Had brought ujion my
self and family. I studied medicine
that I might he better able to help, and
to understand the daily needs of those J
labored among.
“Occasionally I wrote a letter home
pleading forgiveness. It came at last,
through your influence, Edith. Came,
thank God, before it was too late to re
ceive my mother's blessing.
“About two years ago Estelle met a
tragic death, She was one of the vic
tims of a burning theatre. It was a sad
ending to a strange erratic life.
“This ends my confession, 1 have lived
through ihe great tragedy of my life, 1
have come into a (ondition of compara
tive repose. And now to be assured of
your constant sympathy, your aid, youi
counsel is to me like a heaven already
begun I desire to make your life a
happy one, and yet I know, Edith, you
must always live tinder the chill shadow
of your husband’s sin. God grant, the
shadow may never rest upon you with
more blighting power than at present.’
******
“Robert,” I said, as later on we
walked about the garden in the soft
September sunshine, “I have read youi
confession through several times, and
when I thin e of the sin and its attend
dant suffering I am profoundly sorry;
but when 1 remember the years you have
given ton solemn servieo of gratitude
and patient endeavor, and tb it had it
been otherwise I should not now be your
happy wife, I am moved upon by a spirit
of thankfulness.
“And I am glad too, that yon was will
ing to trust me so fully as even to lay
Litre before nty eyes the darkest page of
yoursoul’s history; because I shall al
ways feel in the future that whatever
error I may fall into, whatever my temp
tations may he, I can freely lay my head
against my husband’s heart, and telling
him all about it, be assured of his sym
pathy and assistance.”
While I was speaking his eyes were
cast downward, but he looked at me and
smiled as I paused under the shadow of
a great tree, and tnere is always such a
blending of sadness and joy in his smile
as 1 never saw in any other face.
“There is nothing I should dread so
much, i dith,” he replied, “as the cer
tainty that there was anything which
could enter into your experience that you
would fear revealing to me. Your hus
band's heart is your home, wherein you
will never seek in vain for protection and
comfort. As to my own life, the time
was, Edith, when I longed for death;
but now, because of my work, and be
cause your love has bridged the chasm ol
my remorse and once more gladdened
my heart wiih dear human joys,
I look forward with feelings of pleasure
to a prolonged life. Slowly through the
years I have grown into the thought that
somehow, and sometime, all our sins and
our mistakes that have cost us so much
of bitterness and regret, will be smoothed
out in some happy (hid natural way,
with which each soul will be satisfied.’’
He looked away toward the western
sun. I followed the direction of his
eyes, slowly repeating the words of a
favorite poet and a noble woman:
“Like a blind spinner in the sun,
I tread my days;
I know that all the threads will run
Appointed wavs;
I know each day will bring its task,
And, being blind, no more I ask.”
* * * * * *
“But listen, listen, day by day,
To hear their tread
sYho bear the finished web away,
And cut the thread.
And bring Go Is message in the sun.
‘Thou poor blin.l spinner, work is done.’
October 21.
I went to call upon Joyce this after
noon. “She is in her room,” the servant
said who admitted me. I found that
she was also alone and so with a s.ster s
freedom sought her there. She was
lying upon a couch which stood wiih its
back to the door. All her unbound hair
fell in a pretty golden cloud over the
loose, pale-blue robe she wore. The
noise of tho opening door disturbed her,
and sire looked round wonderingly as I
quietly entered the room.
There were traces of tears on her face.
She put out her arms in the old childish
manner, “Rithy, dear Diihy,” sheened.
And instantly I was kreeling beside
her, holding her in my arms, and south
in" Iter with kisses and loving words,
while she sobbed and clung to me jus
ns she used often to do in those days ol
our dreary childhood.
[TO EE CONT fNTTED. J
Mountain Jelly.
Wild fox grapes in the Allegheny
Mountains in West Virginia are made
into jelly and sold by tho residents in
those poor cabins to the keepers of tho
crossroads stores for fifteen (cents a
pound, tho pay to bo “in trade.” The
jolly is of two kinds, ono dark blue,
the other a pale green, and both are
said to surpass tho Scotch jams and
jellies that in this country sell for
twenty-live coats a pound.
The Southern cadets, of Macon, Gil, woti
awarded tho first prize of *I<XXI offered tor tht
best drilled company by the sub-1 ropicw i£x
position maiuyTers.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MAY 2. 1889.
MEMORIAL DAY.
HOW IT H’.RS' OBSERVED IN Tllß
SOUTH.
BE4ND raOOSSIOXR ELOQUENT OKA TOM
DOVINO THIRUTM TO DUD liIt.HOES k DAT
I/JNO TO BE lOUFHBITtEI).
Memorial Day wa9 observed through
out the South. In Atlanta the ceremon
ies were interesting. Tho procession
of veterans, the military companies and
civic societies wus au interesting one.
The exercises at the cemetery wcio im
pressive, und nothing occurred to mar a
perfect Memorial Day. Between 2 und
it o’clock the procession began to form,
und shortly nfter 3 o’clock the longest
and most pictureaque proctsuon ever
Been in Atlanta, moved briskly off. la
advance rode Chief ol Police Connolly,
Cupt. Jacobs, of the United States army,
closely followed by Captains Couch,
Manly and Wright, four sergeants of po
lice and a squad of mounted patrolmen.
At tho head of the procession was Com
mauder-in-C hief W. L. Calhoun, with
the following aids: Col. L. P. Thomas,
Dr. K. C. Divine, Col. W. W. Hulburt,
Col. 11. F. Stark, Hoe. A. 11. Cox, Capt.
W. D. Ellis, Hon. Mark A. Hardin and
Sir. O. H. DoSaussure. Then in order
came tho Confederate veterans, Red Men.
Knights of PythiHß, Atlanta Artillery,
At anta Rifles, Gate City Guards, At
lanta Zouaves aud Sleau’s Cadets. These
Companies proved a strong attraction
and by common consent were the pets of
the p pulace. Huff's band precoded
the Governor’s Horse Guard, riding
four nbreast, and forty strong, and com
manded by Cupt. John Milledge. This
organization has never made a more
magnificent appearance on any public
occasion. 'lhey moved with a dash of
brifliaucy and harmony, which aroused
enthusiasm on all sides. The carriages
containing the president, officers aud
members of the Ladies’ Memorial asso
ciation, the orator of the day, the Mayor
aud members of the city council, were
escorted by the Knights Templar in
their beautiful regalia, gracefully brought
up the rear of the imposing procession.
It was nearly 5 o’clock when the me
morial exercises began. The monument
"as crowded with jieople, its sides and
base being used a9 a platform. Several
thousand people gathered about the base.
Prayer was offered b. Dr J. William
Jones, sccietary of the Baptist Foreign
Mis-boo society, and a gallant ex-confed
erate soldier. His invocation was ap
pr priute and eloquent. '1 he prayer was
f Rowed by music, after which Hon.
W. Lowndes Calhoun, president of tho
Veteran association, introduced Geperal
P. VI. B. Young, as the orator of the day.
Judge Calhoun referred to General
Young “as a gallant sou of Georgia,
one, who in her days of trial never de
aerted his mother, and as a major-gener
al of cavalry in the army of Northern
V rglnia, was true to bis home and
as chivalric as a knight of old.”
Memorial Diy was appropriately ob
served in Home. Large numbers of
people repaired to Myrtle Hill to strew
flowers over lhe graves of our heroic
dead. Dr. Goetchens delivered an im
ptessive prayer, after which decoration
took place. A handsome sum was col
lected at the gate. The Methodist
church at Cuthbert, Ga., was crowded
to witness the memorial exercises. W.
E. Wooten, of Albuny was orator. A
collection was tnken up for the soldiers’
home and a nice sum w,.s realized. Tho
day was well observed at Albany, Ga.
Starting from the Baptist church a large
| procession marched to the cemetery.
Rev. W. E. Eppo opened with prayer.
.Mr. S. J. Jones, in a neat addresi, intro
duced Mr. W. W. Turner, formerly
of Atlanta, as the orator. Thero
was a large number present and
the graves were covered with
| n wreath of floral offerings,
j Memorial Day was veiy generally ob
! served in Macon, Ga. In the afternoon
all business was partially suspended and
i thousands of persons went out to Rose
Hill cemetery to participate iu the exc-r
--! cises and decoration of the graves, which
i commenced at four o’clock. The exer
cises con-istcd of singing by the young
ladies of the Wesleyan Female College,
prayer and the reading of “The Old
Canteen” by Mr. H. 8. Edwards. There
wns a great profusion of flowers, and
every grave whs buried teneath a wealth
of roses and other beautiful floral offer
ings. At three o’clock all business was
suspended at Americus, Ga., and the en
tire cTty assen Toled at Oak Grove ceme
tery to pay tribute to the honored dead.
Col. A. 8. Cotta, a veteran of two wars,
commanded the company of veteran!
who had met lo honor their fallen com
rades. Col. Frank A. Hooper was oratoi
of the day. One of the most interesting
features of the occasion was the decora
tion of the monument with floral em
blems by ten of the prettiest young ladiei
in tile city. More than two thousand
people took hand in the memorial exer
cises at Milledgeville, Ga., which wer
nppi oprlade aiiit prcltj Indeed. ATU-r <
beautiful icudition of “Shall We Gathei
at the River” by a selected choir, Rev.
| and McQueen offered an eloquent petition
to the God of man and battles, after
j which Col. M. Grieve was introduced to
; the vast multitude by Captain Newell,
marshal of ceremonies. Col. Grieve’s
I oration was a master effort. The doorj
of the Philosophic Club at Boston, Ga.,
! were thrown open to do honors for the
I brave heroes. A speech by T. F. Pnm
| ett was loudly applauded. A beautiful
\ service in honor of the Confederate dead
was held at Talbotton. tea., at 3 o clock.
Appropriate music was tendered and
Cob O. D. Gorman, Hfler a touching
prayer by Rev. H. li. Felder, introduced
the orator of the day, W. 11. Philpot,
who delivered a beautiful addiess.
At Savannah, Columbus, Brunswick, and
other Georgia towns and cities, the day
was very appropriately observed, and
will long be r. nu mbered by those partiei
paring io the exercises ns a grand succiss.
It is said that love for pots and love of
traveling are the two ruling passions of
the Princess Maria Theresa of Bavaria.
She is unmarried, and in her many
journeyings is attended by a ma il
and a chamberlain. She always
takes her pets with her, and the cham
berlain has to look after them. His
place is no sineeuro, for she lias four
teen animals of one sort and another,
including several dogs, two magpies, an
enormous rat, and a diminutive bear.
In Coemnonga, Oal., a pretty servant
girl lias captured a millionaire aged
seventy-nine, and named Daniel Ham
ilton. He hi* four children, thirteen
grandchildren and one great-grandchild,
and ell objected to the marriage but
oould not stop it.
18 PEOPLE KILLED.
PENNED, CRUSHED AND II URN KB
TO DEATH.
A to .L IE ACCIDENT ON THE OEAND THOSE
BAIUWAT— SOW IT HAPPENED TEUBIBLI
bcenxe or scrrrmiNo.
The limited express on the Grand
Trunk It,lt. due at Hamilton,Ont.,Sunday
morning met with on accident two miles
west of that place, tho result of which
was the loss of many lives. The train
was composed of an engine, two baggage
ears, a smoker, a Chicago aud Grand
Trunk through passenger coach, a
Wabash coach, a Wagner first-class, a
Pullman oar and two Wagner sleeping
cars la the order named. The accident
occurred at a junction where a “Y r ” is
built. This “Y” is used to switch
through trains for Toronto to Toronto
branch from the main line. The train i9
said to have been running at a speed
of forty miles an hour more. When
directly on the crossing the switch
engine jumped the track and plunged
into the wider tank, which stood in
its path between the “Y,” smashing the
tank So atotia and turning almost upside
down. The baggage cars came directly
after the engine, and the first of these
was pitched over the engine and thrown
on the muin track leaving its wheels be
hind it. The other baggage car caught
firo from the engine, and the two were
soon in fiames. Thu coaches following
with the exception of two Wagner cars
in the rear of the train, were huddled to
gether by the shock and soon caught fire
from the beggage cars. The passengers
on the train, numbering over 150, mauy
of whom were asleep at the time, had a
terrible experience. A mujority of those
on board the train were able to get out
of the coaches before the tire reached
them, but in the confusion that reigned
It ia not known how mauy victims were
left to the mercy of the flames, penned
in by the material of the wreck and un
able to extricate themselves. L. 8. Gur
ney, of Brooklyn, had his head completely
severed from his body by a piece of fly
ing*debris. Rudolph Guerre, whose ad
dress is uot known, was also instantly
killed. As soon as the engine rolled
over, after striking the water tank, En
gineer Watson aud Fireman Chapman
crawled out from underneath,
neither of them being much hurt.
Up to five o’clock the charred remains ol
eig teen victims had been exhumed from
the wreck. In no case was there enough
of the body left to identify the remains
or tell whether the person was a male or
female. Thirteen of the wounded are
now in the hospital. About ten others
were slightly hurt, but not so badly as
to prevent them continuing tbeii
journey. None of the members of the
Detroit Light Infantry were injured and
not a woman was in the least hurt,
James Welch and Fred Dumas, both
of Niagaia Falls, were iu the car which
jumped over the engine, yet neither was
hurt. The screams of tho men who wero
being burned to death in the smoking
car could be heard above the noise of tho
escaping steam and the roaring of the
flames. Seven cars, a baggage car, two
first-class coaches, a smoker, a first class
day couch and two Wagner sleepers w ere
burned, there being not a vestige left ol
wood or anything that would burn.
One car—the baggage car—was demol
ished and the engine was the most com
plete wreck imaginable. Tho loss to
the company will be enormous. Many of
those on the train were going to New York
to participate in the centennial festivities.
Most of ithe passengers lost all or a
portion of their baggage and clothing,
and a large amount of mails were lost by
fire. Another report of the accident
says that the remains of from sixteen to
eighteen men were taken out of the
wreck. They were cut to pieces almost
to a man and burned beyond nil possibil
ity of recognition. They were huddled
together ia a heap in tho end of the
smoker and were pinued in by the tim
bers, which made it impossible for them
to extricate themselves. Nothing could
be done for them, and the fierceness of
the flames made it out of the question
for the men to rescue them. The only
way in which it oottld be ascertained
that from sixteen to eighteen bodies had
been taken out, was from the fact that
legs aud arms corresponding to that
ntimbor were found.
YELLOW JACK.
William C. Chase, editor of the C’.itna
tologist, and a member of a party ol
sanitarians and physicians who recently
visited Florida, with a view of prosecut
ing an examination into tho sanitary
condition in the state, was in Washington
Saturday, having just returned front
Florida." Mr. Chase expressed himsell
as being much impressed with the
anxiety of the people of Florida to have
tho condition of their cities und towns
thoroughly examined. He says that
with few exceptions, the towns of Flori
da would put to shame many of the
larger and richer populations in other
states in their sanitary affairs. Concern
ing the general condition of the state
and the effects of tho fever, Mr. Chase
remarked. “No one can spend a day in
that wonderful state and fail to notice
the vigorous condition of both its p -oplo
and industries.” Yellow fever, he thinks,
cannot originate in Florida. Upon sub
ject of the general health, Mr. Chase
gives Florida a clean bill, and calls the
state the natural sanitarium of the na
tion. lie expresses his opinion that
there will be no yellow fever epidemic in
Florida this Summer, but the disease will
bo confined to sporadic cases like that
ct Sanford recently.
It is not “good form" fu England to
call a physician “doctor,” according to
tlie New York Medical H eard ; it must be
“Dr. Jones” or “Dr. Smith.” Our in
formant, unfortunately', does not say
whether it would be proper te use the
favorite American monosyllable “doc,”
or whether such a conjunction as “Doe”
Gull or “Doc’’.Tenner would bo in har
mony with the best social use.ges of fash
ionable London. Tlie American doctor
has some disadvantages to contend
against; but it is a great thing that he is
an American —a real American —without
any hyphen in front, to whom such stuff
as is written about the English doctor is
meaningless or amusing.
Heb Majesty Queen Victoria must bn
a very wealthy woman. Ever since her
accession to the throne she has been in
receipt of $12,000, (XX) a year, most of
which is clear. During the lifetime of
the Prince Consort she did not spend
more than one-fifth of her income, and
it is reasonably certain that since his
death the proportion of savings is even
larger. There will be a pretty penny to
divide among the heirs one of these
days.
SOUTHERN BRIEFS.
ITEMS OF GREAT INTEREST TO
INTELLIGENT PEOPLE.
NEW ENTXnrKISES—KAILMOAD I‘KKIDS —HEAVY
UAINS —noon cnors assched- wuat the TED*
I OKABU K a roars—uenebad notes.
ALABAMA.
One hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars of Anniston bonds, to run thirty
yi ars, bearing tlx per ceut interest, were
taken yesterday by Fisher it fehuw, ol
Baltimore, for 103.61.
RBOKIUA.
At .itlanta, Sunday evening, a dummy
ear, running between the city and Grant’s
I’utk, suddenly left the track and ran
into a house, completely wrecking ths
structure aud striou-Jy wounding several
persons.
During an altercation in a bar-room in
Atlanta, M. T. Whitlock, a horse trader,
shot aud instantly killed J. C. Belding,
a railroad engineer. Tho quarrel result
ed from a bet which both men claimed
to have won. The corroner’a jury re
turned a verdict of voluntary manslaugh
ter.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Negroes front all parts of the state met
in Raleigh ami organized the North Car
olina Emigration Association.
At Fairview,Buncombe county,a white
man named Tom Tate, while walling a
well was killed by a falling stone. He
was hurried, and a few nights later Dr.
G. A. Wise, B. L. Ashworth, and J. V.
Jay, who are studying medicine, were
caught in the net of stealing the body.
They had it in a sack and were walking
away with it when discovered. Dr. Wise
has befcn arrested, but the itudouts can
not be found.
swrrn Caroline.
Caesar Frazier, colored, was hanged at
10:30 Friday, at Chariest n, for the mur
der of Holdenberg White, ou February
9. The condemned man professed the
Catholic faith, and the t xeeut on was
unattended by the tt“il sc-nes of shout
ing, praying and Bulging.
trnnksnkk.
Harry Branch, an engineer on the
Cincinnati Southern Railroad, dropped
dead on ins engine at Oakdale. He re
sided in Chattanooga, and wus a popular
matt.
A distressing suicide occurred at Shel
bvville Sunday night. Miss Mary Cal
houn, who hnd been Bick for some
months, but not confined to her bed, went
quietly out to a well on ihe premises of
a relative and drowned herself. She wns
traced to the well and her body found
after much trouble.
NEWS FROM OKLAHOMA.
A small pox epidemic now threaten!
Guthrie and other towns in the new ter<
ritory of Oklahoma. It seems that I
man named Joseph Ellsworth, of Kan
sas City, more recently from Leadville,
was taken Wednesday on his return front
Guthrie and Oklahoma City, and is now
quarantined at a house near the Sants
Fe railroad simps. It is reported that
this man stood in the iine at the land
office in Guthrie for four hours, whill
waiting to tile his claim on Tuesday,
thus exposing to attack all those with
whom he came in contact at that time.
As the trains arc crowded every day
between Arkansas City, Guthrie, Okla
homa City aud Purcell, the disease may
have already spread to these towns.
People who have heard of this case an
anticipate an epidemic. The first out
break will result in nearly depopulating
these embryo cities in Oklahoma.
Dr. Moore, of Arkansas City, who is
in attendance on Mr. Ellsworth, says it
is a genuine cose of smallpox ...It il
reported that a fight occurred Wednes
day between the old soldiers, whose col
ony is located ou the Canadian river, in
the south-western part of Oklahoma, and
a number of cow boys. The lands occu
pied by the colony are very valuable, and
the tight resulted front an attempt by the
cow b ys to take them front the settlers.
During the melee guns and revolver!
were freely used. Nine men were killed
and one wounded... A simoon swept
over the desert Saturday and Guthrie is
butied in red dust. The wind rose at
dawn, sweeping down from a cloudless
sky, and the red sand of the plain was
driven before it all day in stinging, sti
lling masses. Tents collapsed, roofs wers
raised and everything light and loose
was blown away.... Col. D. P. Dyer, ol
Kansas City, a republican in politics,
and formerly Indian agent under Presi
dent Arthur, has been elected mayor ol
Guthrie. Ouc of his first acts was to
give tho gamh era twenty-four hours to
leave, and the next train north took
away a good many of them. Two big
wall tents have been erected, aud aro
called citv buildings. Police Judge M.
Clark, of" Kan-as, holds his court there,
and the tity council and other city offi
cials inhabit them. Several good build
ings have been put up and improvements
of all kinds are in rapid progress. W. V.
Herancourt, special nrust for Harper’s
Weekly, dropped dead in front of his
tent Saturday morning.
A Great Telescope.
Alvin Clark, the big tclescope-mnkei
of Cambridge, Mass., is now preparing to
construct a telescope that will surpass in
size, and probably in power, anything
ever dreamed of in the wildest flight of
the astronomer’s imagination. This will
be a forty inch telescope for the observ
atory of the University of Southern Cali
fornia. C. F. Spence, of Los Angeles,
has guaranteed the price asked by Mr.
Clark—sloo,oo0 —and the contract is
now being formulated with President
Bovard that will insure its completion.
It is to be placed on the top of Wilson s
Peak, one mile above the level of the
sea, said to be the finest site for an astro
nomical observatory in the world. This
immense lens will collect one-fourth more
light than that of the Lick telespope, and
is, therefore, proportionately more pow
erful. M. Mantois, of Paris, will cast
the discs for the lenses, as he is the only
man competent to attempt the task.
Should Mr. Clark receive the glasses to
work upon this fall bethinks he would be
able to finish the undertaking in 1892,
and whenever the work begins lie will
remove his workshop to the Pacific coast,
he climate there being much more favor
able to the delicate work of testing and
polishing the lenses. Besides this, the
iens would be nearer its destination, a not
i nconsiderable item, as it cost S2OOO to
take the Lick lenses from Cambridge to
California when they were completed—
Philadelphia Times.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT
AND HIS ADVISERS.
NOT PH.
There is considerable talk lust now
about the vacancy on the Supreme Bench,
and various new candidates arc being
announced. Ex-Postmaster General J.
A. J. Creswell’s name was presented to
tho president Friday, a delegation of
Marylanders, headed by Repiesentativc
McComas, urging his appointment.
About 5 o’clock a magnificently ap
pointed train of ten ears pulled up at a
aiding on Sixth street, juat outside ths
Pennsylvania railroad station. It was
the train to bear the president aud his
psrty to New York lo attend thccenten
nial celebration of the inauguration of
President Washington. It wss immed
iately placed in the hands of an army of
laborers who endeavored to give an ex
tra polish to the furnishings already re
splendent. A throng of Sunday sight
seers soon surrounded the train and
looked in at the open windows and doors,
curious to Bee everything pertaining in
any manner to the chief executive, and
to see what degree of comfort the inven
tions of American genius has brought to
railroading. The crowning glory of Ihe
train is Vi< e-I’resident Thompson’s car,
which President Harrison will occupy. Its
beautiful ornamentation was hid beneath
a wealth of ferns and roses, until the in
terior presented n dlrnost unequaled
vision of woodland grandeur.
TELEGRAPHIC.
The Iron Mountain railroad (part of
the Missouri Pacific system), lias given
notice ttat all unnecessary Sunday truiu
service, both passenger and freight, will
be discontinued on that road after Kay
Ist.
John Ryan, Samuel Conrad and Jere
miah Crowley wete placed under bad of
SSOO each to answer at court charges of
breach of the peace and inciting riot at
Philadelphia, growing out of a strike at
the works of the Euterprise Manufactur
ing Compauy.
The National Gazct’e, of Berlin, in an
article on the Samoan question, favor.
Herr Von Bara’s proposal to restore trip
artite control and to appo nt a ttontin I
king of Samoa. It is expected thni tin
British deiega e. will take only a medi
atory part iu the proceedutga.
The large five story building of the
Lowell Manufacturing Cos., on Market
Btreot., Lowell, Mass., known ssthe carpet
mill, was gutted by tire causing a loss ol
$200,000, as roughly estimated by Agent
Lyons. The company had tiearly $40,-
900 worth of new machinery in the
building, besides yarn aud wool stock in
process of manufacture. From 500 to
700 hands ure thrown out of employ
on nt.
In an interview, Gen. Boulanger reit
erated his disavowal that he had any in
tention of precipitating war between
Frunceand Germany. Nevertheless, he
did not consider that the tutu e of France
had been settled forever by the war of
1870. He declared that he wnul I never
consent that France should be insulted.
Ho was aroused, fie raid, to cement
France’s friendship with Russia aud
Englnud.
Curtis and Taylor and Mrs. Woodt
were arraigned at Lincoln, Net) , for
their preliminary examination, charged
with the murder of an uld colored tnau
named B b Woods. The negroes are
greatly oxcitcd, and little has been done
since the shooting but talk and threaten
lynching. The court room win sur
rounded by about 5(10 negroes, who art
led by two wfiiite men, Doc Porter and
Sam Hudson.
Mr. S. J. Ritchie, of Akron, 0., is in
Ottawa, Ont., and has had an interview
with the premier relative to the proposed
visit to Canada of tho Inter State com
merce commission, with a view to these
gentleman having a conference with the
government. It is understood that May
nr June will bes convenient time U r
the meeting to be held. In view of the
interlocking nature of the Canadian and
United States railway ey stems, it is an
ticipated that great benefit to both
countries will arise frem the visit of the
commissioners.
jin Od3 Will.
Horatio G. Onderdonk, brother ol
Bishop Onderdonk, of Pennsylvania,
and Bishop Onderdonk, of New York,
left a will which is unparalleled as to
tho peculiarity of its provisions. Ha
lived and died in Queens county, N. Y.,
and left an estate worth bet ween two
aud threo millions. His will was ad
mitted to probate, and has recently been
brought before the General Term for
construction.
The clause in dispute reads as follows:
—“Parental faithfulness requires and
long experience enables me to point my
descendants to those defects which
bring disrepute, disaster and poverty. I
order and direct that if at the com
mencement or during the existence of
any trust herein created any male de
scendant who but for this section would
receive some share of my estate is or be
comes an idler, sluggard, spendthrift,
profligate, drunkard, gambler or fast
man; or habitually omits rising, break
fasting and being ready for business by
nine o’clock each morning, except Sun
days; or omits pursuing some reputable
business while over twenty-one and
tinder fifty years of age; or engages in
hunting, tisiiing, or unseemly sports on
Sunday; or if any descendant uses
spirituous or fermented liquor or tobac
co immoderately; or repeatedly visits
horse races, gambling saloons, lottery
or policy shops, billiard saloons or any
disorderly or disreputable or questiona
ble houses or resorts; or associates with
idlers, gamblers, hors# jockeys or fast
poisons, or shall marry before reaching
twenty-five years of age without con
sent of parents or my executors; or shall
impute anything which shall tend to
bring any one of my blood except my
inhuman son John into contempt, or
ahull contest the probate of my will,
then in either case buoli person shall
forfeit his interest in my estate.”
The executors are made the sole
judges of character, and the beneficia
ries must come up to their standard.—
New York HerulU. .
“PraoTTY” and to “Pigoft” have been
added to Parliamentary English. Tim j
Healy, tho Irish member, tired them off (
first in tho House of Commons, and in
spite of a mild protest from the Speaker
they have passed into common use. Mr.
Healy also is responsible for the as er
tion that a grossly exaggerated state
ment “was not excessive; it was Bal- j
touresau® ”
NUMBER 28.
Africa’s Animal Wealth.
Hippopotami are abundant in the riv
ers and lakes of Africa, aud their bidet,
when properly prepared (which is done
by cutting the skin into long thin strip*
and drying it in the eun), will fetch $25
apiece in (south Africa, and art even of
considerable value in England for mak
ing walking sticks which have a beauti
ful, transparent, amber-like appearance.
But the great wealth of this country lie*
in its ivory, which is preferred to any
other in the Zanzibar market. Th* ele
phant abound* iu the neighborhood ol
Kilima n aro and Keuia to the extent of
many thousands. He here becomes
quite a mountaineer, and ranges through
the magnificent forests that clothe the
upper slopes of these giants among Afri
can peaks. The natives waylay hie forest
tracks with artfully devised pitfalls and
traps, preferring this more cowardly way
of procuring their ivory to facing the
elephant in the chase. Other tribes to
the north and west of Kilima n : aro kitl
the elephant with poisoned arrows ot
at elins or sharp swords. Indeed, ther*
is one district on the northern borders
of Masai land, where, according to Mr.
Joseph Thomson, “elephants are sold tc
swartu unmolested and their ivory to rot
untouched, for the people of thetWar
rounding region have no trading rela
tions with any one, and do not know the
value of the precious article. A tusk
worth $750 in England may be picked
up for nothing, or bought from any na
tive fora pennyworth of beads.” How
ever this may be, whether the elephants
are slain for their ivory, or whether, as
in the tales of “Sindbad the sailor, ”
there are districts in which the tU9ks
may be simply gathered from among ths
bones of elephants who for centuries
have died, and died untouahed, in these
untraveled wilds, ivory is procured
somehow and in such quantities—even
with the absurdly inadequate existing
means of exploration and porterage—
that there is always more than enough
to supply the many native caravans led
by Moslem traders from the > oast which
aunually traverse this country between
the Victoria Nyanza and the Indian
Ocean. Another item of trade should
not be forgotten, namely, the valuab e
and handsome wild-beast skins which
may either be procured in the chase ot
very cheaply purchased from the na
tives. A leopard's skin may be bought
for about fifty or seventy-five cents'
worth of goods, and will sell on the
coast for $2. Lions’ skins arc less easy
to obtain from the natives, as that ani
mat is rarely killed by them, but the
company’s sportsmen might shoot iritn
to a t onsiderable extent, as he is both
common and bold. Monkey skins ol
the handsome variety of bushy wb’te
tailed colobus, which is alone fouu# n
this region, are valuable and feten s
good price on tho coast. —Fortnightly
Re He io.
The Germs of Diphtheria Discovered.
Your correspondent found Professot
Pasteur in the magnificent building ol
the Institute Pasteur, on the Hue Rotat,
Paris, which public subscription hat
erected in his honor, and as a home fui
the great scientist.
“Yes,” said he with a pleasant smile,
“I think I will be able to give pleasant
news to the New World. Sly able assist
ants, Drs. Roux and ' etsiro, have discov
ered the germs of the terrible disease
diphtheria, which ravages in wintei
your large cities, I believe, in a more viru
lent form than it does in any other pari
of the world. Taking the morbid tissue
from the throat of a victim, several ani
mals have been inoculated with it, and
all died in due course with a disease hav
ing the objective symptoms of diph
theria.
“So lar, so good: but the opponents ol
the animalcul e theory in ep demic dis
eases then said that these experiment!
only showed the terrible virulence of the
original poison. To answer this, mj
young scientific assistants, by means of a
glass tube graduated to the hundredth
power, diluted the morbid tissue to an in
fesitesimal amount. The germ was then
taxen from the last crop, and a rabbit
was inoculated, which immediately died
as quickly as the first victim in the cause
of science before dilution.
“This is how we stand—we have found
the deadly germ, but we have not as yei
secured a prophylactic for its cure or pre
vention. Aly confreres are now at work
eolving the problem. From the success
so far iu this original field of research, 1
have little doubt that an inoculating fluid
will be forthcoming. We have virus bot
tled and corked. We can give any num
ber of rabbits or dogs the diphtheria and
kill them as effectually as though they
had caught it at first hand in the regular
course of events.
“We have not, however, succeeded yet
in attenuating the virus, and so caanof
inoculate. I wish you would lay great
stress on this point, because I am afraid a
whole shipload wiil be coming over tc
secure by a visit to the Institute Pasteur
immunity from diphtheritic affections.
Tell them we are not ready for business
yet, but perhaps will be in summer.”
Pasteur thou turned to the inspection
of his glass tubes, tilled with the deadly
germs, microbes or bacilli, of many dis
eases which flesh is heir to. Pasteur re
marked, with a smile: “Our children are
in luck. It will be much pleasanter to
live in the twentieth century, when epi
demics will be done away with.” —Non
Francisco Chronicle.
Japanese Boys’ Outdoor Games.
The outdoor games of the Japanese
boys are kite-flying, top-spinning and
playing about on stilts. They also de
light in imitating the doings of men.
One day I saw two boys carrying anothei
one, who was swinging to a pole sus
pended on their shoulders. These boys
were imitating coolies carrying an
American traveler in a Kago, or palan
quin.
They are the most expert kite-flyers
and top-spinners of any boys in the
world. They have kites made in imita
tion of birds, animals, dragons, etc.,
and have ingenious whalebone reeds at
tached to them to make them hum. The
kites can be heard humming when they
are hundreds of feet in the air. Indeed,
taken all in all, tha youug Japs are
wonderfully clever and interesting little
people.— Sunbeam.
A Royal Suicide’s Tomb.
The unfo tuuate Crown Prince ol
Austria shares the crvpt of the i apuchin
( hurch at \ ienna with 118 of his ances
tors. With three exceptions every mem
ber of the llapsburg dynasty has been
buried there since the mperor Ma
thias died in Mtw—these three excep
tions being tlie Emperor Ferdinand 11.,
buried at Gratz, the second wife of Leo
pold 1., and the Empress Amelia, buried
in convents. Thus" the crypt contains
the remains of eleven Emperors, fifteen
Empresses, one King of Rome, two
Queens, twenty seven Archdukes, fifty
three Archduchesses, two Dukes, and
tw i Electoral Princes, besides the
hearts of two Empresses, of Marie Anne
of Portugal, and an Archduchess.