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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.