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Old Series-Vol. 25, No. 18 "'HE MISStBSffPT ELECTION. v t • * : OF THE CAR'PBTBAG GERSi Voters Voted the Demcntelc Ticket —A Remarkably Quiet Affair—lncidents at the Poll*. I Correspondence Cincinnati Commercial.] Jackson, Tuesday Night, Nov. 2,1875. The feeling all along has been that election day here would be very quiet or very bloody. The condition of things was such that, if there was any distur bance at all, it would be fearful. Up to this writing there has not been the least trouble, and as the negroes are leaving town rapidly, and as the whites are in a jolly good humor, there 18 ChaP<se f ° r a rOW ' i fire the mine and lead to the slaughter of a hundred, there was great circum spection of conduct and exquisite care to avoid treading upon other people’s toes. Then every preoaution was taken to secure peace. There was a large force of special policemen and deputy sher iflfe on the ground, selected by both parties, and every saloon is closed from 12 last night untH to-morrow morning. The peace officers have or ders to arrest every disorderly and drunken man, and put him in the com mon jail until the polls are closed and - the votes counted. In addition, the worthy citizens of Jackson, those more interested in the peace and prosperity of the city than any one else can possibly be, have been on the ground the entire day, going from polling-place to polling-place, and using all their influence in the preservation of peace. Above all, the Federal soldiers at the barracks were under orders to rush into the city the very moment there was an outbreak, and preserve the peace. They have been prepared, and at the-signal, would have nothing to do but “fall iu.” Yet with all the precaution, fear and anxiety hung over the city like a pall last night. From here and from Ed wards, Bolton and Clinton, on the Vicksburg road, many women and children were sent to Vicksburg for safety. Matters bad been arranged in that usually tumultuous city until it was regarded as one of the planes least liable to a row. I believe that the probabilities of a row here were thought to be greater than at any other point in the State. It Is a sort of headquarters for the Re publicans ; many are here whose lives have been threatened in other parts of the State, who, of course, are in no ge nial humor; the colored people have been told to come into town and vote, regardless of consequenoes ; the whites were armed and determined, and upon a survey of the whole field I thought Jackson in more danger from an out break than any other place in the State. Therefore I remained here, not to take Eart in the expected riot, but to be on and to give the world a true history of it in my feeble way. I rejoice ex ceedingly that I have no bloody chap ter to write to-night. So far the dis patches have revealed but one fracas in the State ; that occurred this morn ing, near Port Gibson. Only two men were killed, one white and one black, which is a remarkably light casualty list for that quarter. At the Polls. All day long I have been at one or the other of the three voting places of the city and suburbs. Every business house in the city was closed from early morning until night, giving the city a Sunday appearance. This was done that every white man might give his undivided attention to securing the election of the Democratic ticket, upon the success of which they believe that their very salvation de pends. I never before saw such determina tion to carry an election, the whole body of the white people being moved by a common Impulse. The wealthy citizens have given liberally of their means to secure votes, without nice scruples as to how the votes were ob tained. Every white man resolved himself into a committee to secure the vote of at least one colored man. The result is astonishing. I would not have believed that so many colored people could have been got to vote the Democratic ticket as I have seen do it here to-day. No force of violence or intimidation was employed. I watched for this closely, and had the assistance of an other party, but we jointly and sever ally failed to discover anything like force or violence, or anything that could be properly called intimidation. Why so Many Colored Men Voted the Democratic Ticket. More voted with the whites here than ever before—yes, more than twice as many as at any other election. They were chiefly influenced in this by the non-interference of the Government. Because the Government did not step in at the request of Governor Ames, they have got the notion that it has “gone back on them,” as they call it, and now, being without its support, they must cultivate friendly relations in politics with the whites. They know that they cannot maintain a contest with them without Government sup port, and as they have been deprived of that support, the next best thing is to accept the inevitable. This was the chief influence operating among them here, and the great cause of such an unusual number voting the Democratic ticket. Another influence was the well-known toteM® Constitutionalist •o'- . ! *1 an c, ‘ -* ... I'faot that the wfii4«fr aire Jh Arms; that I they intend no to live under negro nrfe if they ha vs, to fight; to get out. The negroes do not want a fight. They know what thatmeatts.. So many voted with the whites as a matter of conciliation, preferring to see Demo crats elected than to have a row, in which they would be the’ chief suf ferers. Half the servants afTfhe hotel where I stop voted the DeanpCrattc ticket to the great astonl and gratifica tion of the proprietor, who counted only upon three. This morning the proprietor said to one of his clerks: “Have you talked to so and so ' (men tioning four) among the dining-room boys?’ /‘No, sir,” replied Mr. Phillips; “It is not a bit of use, They will vote the They did it because they conceive that the Republican party nereis “goneup,” and they don’t want to sftahd out in ap parent antagonism to the; whites. Curious Inducements. I witnessed many strange scenes at the polls, and around about among the crowd. This sort of thing was repeat ed often by men who were supplied with money for the purpose. A man would select his darkey and operate on him in this wise: “ Uncle have you voted ?” “ No. sah.” “Going to vote?” jj, “ Yes, sah.” . , “How? ” “ The ’Publican ticket, sah.” “ Can’t I persuade you to vote the Democratic ticket ? ” “No, sah.” „ “ You are afraid to vote it are you ?” “ No, sah—not a bit,” “ I’ll bet two dollars y6u are afraid to step up there and vote the Demo cratic ticket ? ” “Me ’fraid ? No Sah, dis nigger ain’t ’fraid—he ain’t the skeery sort, he ain’t! ” “ Well, I’il bet two dollars you are afraid to do it 1 ” “ Put up your money,' I’ll take dat bet, sah—l’m no skeery nigger.” The money is handed to * third par ty. The negro is given ». Democratic ticket, and accompanied te. the polls by a white man, who sees that it is voted. Then the negro returns and is paid the “ wager ” he has won 1 A neat way that to buy Votes, and at the same time escape the penalty of the law. A hundred dollars thus ex pended goes some distance in adding to Democratic “ gains.” I saw a negro and a White than gO'to the polls side by side, and each vote the Democratic ticket. Then the white man took the negro to a cozy nook, gave him two drinks of whiskey and a handful of cigars. I could not say that he bought the vote ; ho only took the occasion to treat his colored friend. An old negro man, apparently too old too work, and looking to be really needy, stood near the polls with a Re publican ticket. A white boy, not over thirteen, said to him: “Uncle, why don’t you vote the Democratic ticket ? These carpet-baggers don’t care any thing for you, They’d let you starve to death.” “I dunno but they would,” replied the old man, “for I’m hungry right now. If yo’ull get me a little money to get some bread to take home, I’ll vote the Democratic ticket.” The boy’s face brightened up. He went to the bottom of his pockets, turned them inside out, but he could find nothing but a five-cent nickel. Giving that and a Democratic ticket to the old man, he went after more, and I have no doubt gained a vote for the Democracy. There was some trickery, and a few votes were gained “iu the ways that are dark.” To protect negroes who could not read, the Republicans printed their tickets on yellow paper. The Demo crats straightway printed some on the same sort of paper, hoping to gain something by the mistakes which men who do not know a letter in the book would naturally make. After all argument had been exhaust ed upon a certain negro, and by no means could he be got to agree to vote the Democratic ticket, he was, in a few instances, brought into it in this wise: As they approached the polls, in line, t white man would say, “Well, uncle, you are going to vote the straight Re publican ticket, are you?” “Yes, sah.” “That’s right. Let every man vote with his color. I’m a white man, and vote the Democratic ticket—[unfold ing it.] Why, goodness alive! I’ve made a mistake, and got a Republican ticket. Now, I don’t want to lose my place in the line to get another. Let me see yours.” The darkey unconsciously hands over his. “Why, old man, you’ve made a mistake, too ! Yours is a Democratic ticket! Somebody has played off on you ; it’s d—d mean to take that ad vantage of a man who can’t read. But we can just swap tickets, can’t we? That makes it all right. Now we are both fixed.” He adroitly gives the darkey a Dem ocratic ticket of the same color, which he, not being able to read, puts into the box, and goes home thinking that he has discharged his duty to the Repub lican party! There were a few instances of impo sitions of the sort—not many. Jolly Good Feeling. Toward 12 o’clock it became known that the Democrats were gaining large ly at each box, and that it was owing to the colored people voting with them. This put the whites in the best pos sible humor, and dispelled all danger AUWJSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 17, 1875. of- 1 riot. When everything; was pro gressing so satisfactory there was ’no use of a riot, and nobody had any oc casion to start one. There was no ne cessity, as is sometimes dome, to get ap a mock fight and frighten away the colored’people, for they were voting Democratic tickets so well that it was an advantage to have them around. What is the result? To : night in Jackson the feeling between the races is better than it has been •in seven years. The Democrats have carried the county and the State, and are over flowing with praises for their “colored friends” who voted with them. Later. The night wears on. Every dispatch a Peojocratic gain in some unexpected quarter. The whites are And yet, the Republicans can not claim a dozen counties in the State. The Democrats have 'elected their whole ticket, carried the Legislature by a large majority and gained at least two Congressmen. The Republican officials here ac knowledge that the party in Mississip pi is done for. Nothing short of the power of the Federal Government oan set it on its legs again. H- V. R. An Old “ Conf'ed, ” as a Player. Among the members of the Buffalo Bill Combination, who have so well en tertained our theatre-goers the past several nights, the writer met Mr. Harry Moreland, a worthy son of Vir ginia, and as gallant a Confederate and as dashing a scout as ever drew a sabre or cocked “a naVy,” arid was pleased to < recognize in him an old comrade in arms, when the soil pf the glorious Old Dominion resounded with the tread of hostile armies. As drill master of the Maryland line, afterwards as scout for General Bradley T. John son, ootumander of the Maryland Bri gade, Harry Moreland proved himself a true Confederate, a gallant soldier and a most courteous rind genial com rade. The writer; then a specially detailed courier for General Johnson, well remembers the dashing episodes and hair breadth escapes which marked ■ the career of the noted scout, Harry Moreland, and is indeed pleased to find him in such splendid health, and still retaining the animal spirits which sus tained him in the trying hours of ’62, ’63 and ’64. Harry is a capital actor, and we predict for him the same fame and success in the profession he has chosen, as he so well earned when grim visaged war ruled the land. We re commend him most heartily to out Confederate brethren, and can say to them that they cannot shake the hand of a more gallant soldier, a truer Con federate or cleverer gentleman than Harry Moreland. May success follow him wherever he may go .—Savannah News. Mrs. Mary Livermore, in her recent lecture on “Superfluous Women,” after stating that there are 63,084 more women than men in Massachusetts, ad mits that there is only a limited field for the display of their talents at home, and thereupon she proposes to estab lish a “bureab of emigration” which; shall “put in communication the women of the East and the vacancies of the West.” Whether Mrs. Livermore meant by “vacancies of the West” the men of the West, is not very clear, but we can pardon her wicked fling at the brain and brawn of the West, if she will only give up her terrible purpose of thrusting upon the West those 63,084 women. Proba bly 63,000 out of the 63,084 are old maids who have waited in the ranks of the “superfluous” until the springs of love’s passion have almost dried up, and spectacles conceal orbs once bright and h strous. Now, Mrs. Livermore, the W“St does not. want your unman ageable women. Don’t organize your “bureau”—dont. A Physician’s Brain. [lndianapolis Herald.! The autopsy of Dr. Athon’s brain estab lishes the claim of medicine to being an almost exact science. The first stroke of paralysis, involving the left side, naturally enough excited a great deal of interest among the city doctors, and it is agreed that it was caused by the bursting of a small blood vessel in the right hemisphere of the brain. The second stioke, it was also decided, was caused by a more serious rupture in the left hemisphere, necessitating a more complete paralysis of the right side. The doctors also diagnosed the cause of the trouble—ratty de generation of the blood vessels of the base of the brain. They even told the exact location of the two blood clots that had formed in the brain. After death the clots—the smaller one on the right and the larger one on the left—were found just as they had been predicted, and dissec tion revealed so extensive a weakening of the blood vessels by fatty degenera tion that it was a matter of wonder the doctor had lived so long. The brain itself was large, solid and fine looking in texture. It weighed nearly fifty four ounces, but this included the three or four ounces of coagulum, so that the brain proper may be put down at fifty ounces. Before the autopsy a well known physician staked his repu tation on finding the larger blood clot in a certain locality, and agreed to quit the practice of medicine if it was not found there. He even predicted the size of it. Atlanta claims to deliver more let ters, newspapers and other postal mat ter than Charleston or Savannah. We think it is in this respect second to Au gusta, in the South. A THRILLING DUEL. FIGHTING TO THE DEATH IN A LOCKED ROOM. One of the Combatants Killed and the Other Mortally Wounded. [New York Times, Nov. 3.| At a little after 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon Miss Josephine Weideman, who lives in the back room on the third floor of- No. 106 Delancey street, was terrifiecLby hearing the noise of a des perate str/ggle in the rooms above her own. m Amoment a pistol shot was heard, jfifliowed in rapid succession by eight etfeefes. Before the firing ceased A was heard, and in a mo ment nfee another. Then all was still. she ran down wmmmM gave an alarm. In a few minuteMJOfflcer Hauken, of the Tenth Precinct, who was on post in De lancey street, arrived on the spot. Be fore nrtyi arrived Daniel Pearlson, the tenant in whose room the disturb ance had ocourred. He was unable to explain matters, as he had not been at home since early morning, when he had gone tri his work, leaving a friend, one Goldman, in the'room. Officer Hanken proceeded to the door of. the xoQija, on the top floor, and, knocking,4fcmauded admittance. There was no anriwer, and trying the door he found it locked and bolted. He then burst the fastenings, and found still an obstructions Succeeding, finally, iu getting through the doorway, he found that a dying man lay against the door, while a corpse lay six feet off. The blood on the floor and the marks of bullets in the ceiling told of a duel a V outrance that had been fought in the little rpora. Davis Jerslow, the man who was yet alive, was speechless and apparently senseless. The officer made repeated efforts to obtain a word from him, but with no success. Lying on the floor, near his right, 'hand, was a pistol.— The body of Joseph Goldman lay with the head on the hearthstone by the little cooking-stove. He was dead, and clenched in his right hand was a pistol exactly like the one on the floor. A wound in his right cheek, and an other in his right temple, showed the manner of his death. An ambulance was telegraphed for and Jerslow was taken to the Tenth Precinct Station house, where Dr. Ensign examined into his condition. The doctor found a pis tol-shot wound just above his right ear, which extended through the skull into the brain. He introduced a probe to thedistajpeof four inches, but failed ft/find the 15ml. Jerslow was btill in sensible, and Dr. Ensign said that he could not recover his consciousness and must die within two hours. Ho was taken at once to Bellevue Hospital, where he lay at a late hour last night still unconscious and in what was con sidered a dying condition. Goldman’s body was searched, and $54.60 in money and a heavy gold chain worth about $l5O were found on his person. There whs a scrap of writing found which tended to throw no light on the dark chapter of crime which had been told in the lock-up room. The two pistols were carefully examined, and found to be cheap English imitations of Colt’s seven-barreled revolvers. Every barrel had been loaded, and four barrels of one and five of the other had been discharged. Captain Ul man and Detective Mullen at once began trying to unravel the mys teries of the case. The house in which it occurred was one of the countless tall tenements on the East side, which are all built almost exactly alike.— It, stands on the north side of Delancey street, and is occupied by German anil Polish Jews almost exclusively. In the two rooms occupied by Pearlson, one of which was the scene of the death struggle, were the few usual articles to be fouDd in the tenement home of a poor mechanic. There were a cheap set of bed-room furniture, a cooking stove and a few household utensils, and nothing more. In the ceiling were two holes made by pistol shots, and one pane of glass was broken from the window. Pearlson himself was ques tioned closely, and told freely what little he knew in the very poor English at his command. He said that he knew Goldman, the dead man. He had known him in Poland, from which country both of them had come, Gold man being a Russo-Polish Jew, thirty-eight years of age. Since they had lived in New York they had met frequently, and he knew that Gold man was a jeweler, and had been in bus;pess with Jerslow until lately. On Monday night he had met Goldman in the Atlantic Garden. Goldman accost ed him and asked him to have a glass of beer. They drank two or three glasses together, and left the place. They stopped at Fleiscman’s saloon in Grand street afterward, and drank another glass of beer. Goldman then proposed going to Pearlson’s room to sleep, as his (Pearlson’s) wife was out of town. To this Pearlson agreed, and they slept together. In the morn ing Goldman complained of a head ache, and asked if he might remain in the room. To this also Pearlson agreed and went to his work at 7 o’clock, leav ing Goldman in bed, and returning after the affray had taken place. Goldman, it was learned, had lived at No. 100 Hester street, boarding there with Mr. Simon Kirschstein. He had been to his boarding-house yesterday morning, when he said he had been to a wedding the night before. Mr. Kirschstein had asked him to take a gold chain to repair and he had taken it, the chain being the one that was found on his person. Mr. Kirschstein said that Goldman had been about ten years in this country, and had lived in Warsaw, Poland. It was learned that Jerslow lived at No. 19 Essex street, where he boarded with a friend. Here, on inquiry, it was ascertained that he was also a Polish Jew, thirty nine years old. He had been in part nership with Goldman in the man ufacturing jewelry business at No. 59 East Broadway for about two years, and for some time had been distrustful of the latter. Fear ing that the latter was defraud ing him he began, oome months ago, keeping account of the business care fully. He soon became satisfied that his suspicions were well founded, and hard words between the two men fol lowed, which resulted in a dissolution of the partnership last August. Jers low had had some money when he went into business with Goldman, but at the termination of the partnership found himself almost penniless. He formed immediately a partnership with an other man, and Goldman seemed jeal ous, speaking to Jerslow reproachfully whenever the two met. Yesterday, about dinner time, Goldman called at Jerslow’s boarding place for him. An acquaintance met him in the hallway, and, greeting him, asked him how times were with him. “They are so good that I wish someone would shoot me,” said he. Finding Jerslow, he asked him for $1.23, which he said Jers low owed him. Jerslow told him that he would give it to him the next time he saw him, but had not the change with him, and therefore could not pay him at the time. Goldman then asked for a kind of amulet, used in the Jewish religious ceremonies, which belonged to him and which Jerslow had. This Jerslow gave him and he went away. Shortly after a message arrived from Goldman tff Jerslow that some woman whom both knew was in town and was going away immediately, and wished to see him at No. 106 Delancey street be fore she went. Jerslow obeyed the summons, and nothing more is known of him until he was found insensible and fatally wounded. The two men looked remarkably alike, both being men of more than av erage size, well built, and rather fine looking. Both wore large black beards. Whatever further intelligence may be elicited by Coroner Woltman at the in quest which is to be held to-day, the whole affair was last night shrouded in mystery, nothing more than the bare details given above being known. Keno. Cincinnati, November 6th. To the Editor of the Cincinnati Gazette: In reading over your article in this morning’s Gazette, ,T see some things which you have unfitted to merftlttn in connection with keno which are of con siderable importance. Among them are: That instead of nearly all the games in the city being twenty-five cent games, every game in the city ex cept Reibel’s is on the ten cent order, which, if I may be allowed to judge, are more hurtful than the twenty-five cent games. Why? Because those who can not afford to play keno are more numerous than those who can, and those who would not play at twen ty-five cents a card, will play at a ten cent game. A dollar in a twenty-five cent game will pay for four cards, when a dollar in a ten cent game will pay for, or “ peg ” ten cards. Thus you see, a man with little money will go where he can have the most chances. Again, you show what the house or bank reulizes from the game. Here another important fact is over looked. First, that in a ten-cent game they got 150 per cent, on every $10 — supposing 100 cards in a pool—but the very mat ,u“ strikes”thissß.so, which is left after the per cent, is taken out, will in nine cases out of ten keep right on playing, with the hope of “striking” again, until the entire $7 50 is played in. And so on through the whole day, and sometimes night, too. Thus, you see, the bank is continu ally handling the money, and getting its per cent, every time, finally gets all the money that was brought into the house, and the “busted” players go out at 3 o’clock in the morning, when every body has played in all his money, say ing : “ Oh, I wasn’t lucky to-day !” And here it may not be out of place to say that when a man strikes keno, he gets his pay in the shape of “chips”— red and white pieces of composition, or sometimes ivory—which pass for money in the house, and which are taken up to the desk and cashed when the player gets ready to go out. Two thirds of these aje never cashed at all, but spent in cards. For the benefit of those of your readers who have never played the game, I would say that there is only one way to beat keno, ami that is to let it alone. No one ever saw the man, or heard of him, who said he was “ahead of the game,” unless it was a man who never had “ pegged ” a card. Ke No. A $50,000 Fire at Whitehall, N. Y Whitehall, November B.—A fire broke out here last night, which was got under control early this morning. The Yule House, Jake House, G. Day ton’s brick block, occupied by George Yule for hotel purposes, and George Delano’s billiard saloon and restaurant, were burned, and Bell & Kitteredge’s hardware store was nearly consumed, with a heavy stock of goods. Losses will probably exceed $50,000 —insurance $25,000. Chief Engineer N. B. Baker and several firemen were badly injured by a falling wall. The fire, evidently, was the work of an incendiary. Complete Vote of Massachusetts. Boston, November B.—The complete vote of this State gives Gaston, 78,246; Rice, 83,523; Baker, 8,965; Adams, 1,774; Phillips, 301. New Series, Vol. 3, No. 14 AN OCEAN HORROR. LOSS OF THE STEAMSHIP PACIFIC The Thrilling Story of a Survivor— Nearly All on Board Supposed to be Lost—The Brother-in-Law of Jeffer son Davis Thought to be Drowned— Engulfment of a Dramatic Troupe. San Francisco, November 9.—Henry L. Jelley, a survivor from the steam ship Pacific, floated on a pilot house from 8:30 o’clock Thursday night, to 10 o’clock Saturday morning. His com panion died from exposure, and was cut loose by Jelley. Several boats were launched, but all foundered. The pas sengers, some 75, were from Puget’s Sound and Victoria. Jelley is too low to give further particulars. The ship’s complement was as follows : Master, J. D. Howell; First Officer, A. N, McDonough ; Second Officer, A. Wells; Third officer, J. W. Lewis; Purser, A. Hill, Jr.; Freight Clerk, S. H. Bigly; Chief Engineer, T. Houston; Assistant, D. M. Bassett; Oilers, Thomas Listearg and J. Dugan, Jr.; Carpenter, R.Errick son; Watchman, Henry Norris; Steward, J. Martin; Second Stewaid, Charles H. Jackson; Steerage Steward, S. Mc- Nichol; First Cook, J. M. Holdsworth; Second, S. Miles; Third, H. Whiting; Baker, Thos. Muller; Parter Ralet, F. MoNomain; Stewardess, Hannah Muir. There were also five firemen, four coal passers, ten seamen, two mess men, two pantry men, and eight waiters. The New Orleans Mutual Insurance Company had a small risk on the Pa cific. It is stated that Captain Jeff. D. Howell, of the lost steamer Pacific, was a brother-in-law of Jefferson Davis, and was formerly an officer of th Con federate Navy. He was a youn; man, but was supposed to be an expe:. uced navigator. Poro> Townsend, November 9.— 1 lley, the supposed sole survivor fre i the steamer Pacific, was brought h- re by the ship Messenger in a wretched con dition. He says the Pacific collided with some vessel whose lights he saw. Experienced navigators here think she struck a sunken rock. Jelley’s state ment is that he took passage on the Pacific from Victoria, leaving at quar ter past 9 o’clock Thursday. About 200 persons were aboard. She steamed all day against an eastern gale. The crew were constantly pumpiDg water into boats to trim the ship. The boats abaft paddle boxes had no oars in them. Other boats had oars. Between 9 and 10 o’clock, while in bed, he heard a crash, and felt a shock, as if the ves sel had struck a rock. The bells struck “stop,” “back,” “go-ahead.” »He went on deck and hewrd voices -say, “all right; we have struck a vessel.” He saw several lights at a distance. They were colored. He went to the pilot house and heard the expression, “She is making water fast.” The Captain came from his room and burned five blue lights. The engines were still working. There was no one at the wheel. He aided a number of men to launch the long boat, but could not. There were twenty women in the boat. He heard that boats abaft the paddles got off, but did not see them. The steamer listed about an hour after she struck, so much that the port boat was in the water. He adds : “I was in that boat, and cut it loose from the davits. The boat filled and turned over. I got on the bottom and helped several up. Immediately after the ship broke fore and aft, the smoke stack struck our boat and the steamer sunk. I think about all the women i were in our boat, and all drowned when j the boat upset. This was about ten o’clock at night. It was not dark nor was the sea very rough. I left the bottom of the boat with another man and climbed to the top of the pilot house. Next morning I got some life preservers floating by with their ropes and lashed myself and companion to to the pilot house. I saw three rafts. The first had three men, the second two men and a woman, but couldn’t make out the third. My companion died Friday afternoon. I saw a vessel and called. I heard people on the other raft call the vessel, but she did not come near us. I saw two other vessels before I was picked up. The Hurlbut and Rockwell troupe were aboard.” Charles Turner, of Wisconsin, left home five years ago to make a fortune and return and marry his own true love. He came back the other day and found she had been married and was patiently waiting for him. Mrs. Livermore says that marriage and a home are not all that woman wants. She’s just right. They’d want something more if in Heaven—proba bly want to fly down and show off their azure robes. Now that foreigners are at last al lowed to travel in the interior of Cbina, what a splendid new field is thus unex pectedly opened for the life insurance, lightning rod, and sewing machine men of America. It is confidently asserted that the one thing more difficult than the pas sage of a camel through the eye of a needle is for a handsome woman to make up her mind to shake hands with a small-pox patieDt. A man with theories says: “I make it a rule to never lend money to men who part their hair in the middle.” He is right, of course; but he could have truthfully .aided that he had no money to lend. — New Orleans Republican. A wee bit of a boy, having been slightly chastised by his mother, sat quietly in his chair for some time after ward, no doubt thinking profoundly. At last he spoke out thus; “Muzzer, I wish pa’d get annuzzer housekeeper— I’ve got tired o’ seein’ you round.”