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1 % Crawforinrilk VOL XVII. WHEN THE WIND BLOWi, When the wind blows—win! ot the north;. Wind of the wild, dark, ragin- sea, Lashing its foam to a furious froth Where never a star in the heavens be. Shut from a world of ceaseless snows, Somewhere, safe, when the north wind blows, Gold Hair doth sleep 1 When the wind blows —wind of the erst, Wind of a dawn that Is chill and gray; Of a driving rain when the day hath ceased And boats steal up like ghosts from the bay; Close to the mist that looms and grows, Somewhere, safe, when the east wind blows, Blue Eyes doth sleep! When the wind blows—wind of the west, Wind from the way of the redden ng sun; Rocking the great, wide world to rest. Greeting the young stars one by one; Where the scent of the pine tree comes and goes, 8omewiiPfJ,'Tar, \vG§h the-'west wind Gray Eyes doth sleep! When the wind blows—wind of the south, Wind of a bloom and a nightingale’s thrill; Stealing the smile of her red rose mouth, Breathing a kiss over forest an 1 hill; Hushed, while the silvery river flows, Somewhere, O sweet, when the south wind blows— Dark Eyes doth sleep! —Virginia Cloud, in Boston Transcript. STELLA’S OPPORTUNITY. BY IIELEN EVEKSTOX SMITH. HAT is the matter, Stella? You look as if some misfortune had happened to you. VA The girl addressed was a tall, stately young creature, still W in a striking her “teens,” face nnd with a manner which, though not awkward, Wjj? was a little too ab¬ I rupt be graceful. and energetic She re to • “I am discouraged!” “What! You? I didn’t suppose you could be that; and I don’t see why should be. I’m sure if I was getting a week, in a steady situation, with only from nine until five, I should the world charming.” ,, sien’f(>r*deli- ' 'Thu nAtmpeukeq, w-as n woman, in her early twenties, and work on her lap and lying about be¬ her occupation to be that of dress¬ She sighed as she spoke, and not stop her busy stitching while talked. I know, dear,” said Stella, ruefully, does seem ungrateful of me to find with my position; but then I am so good and patient as you; and too, I am constantly seeing men while I stand still. My salary the same as it was two years ago; yet that time almost every clerk in Cruikshank’s office has been pro¬ and there isn’t one of them who any more faithful or clever than I. have had chances to show their I have not. Mr. Cruikshank me nicely—that is, he is courteous all that—but be never expects any¬ of me beyond my daily round of shorthand notes of his letters and and then typewriting them. find, indeed, that he gives me the most of this sort of work to do, I make so few mistakes: but is as far as I can get, and it don’t me. My father was a man who rapidly, and would have be¬ wealthy had ho lived longer. I like him in energy and will, and I too, in clear business, perceptions. ” While Stella was talking she was walk¬ about the room putting away a few and getting ready to go out. “Y T our chance will come, Stella. It You have grounded yourself so and are always so ready for every I think if you were asked go^to Alaska to-night mind you made could be before I could get my up, while I shouldhavetoUkeatninlc could go with only a gup ack. Stella iaugne< . “Yes I suppose I could for I am a! well and strong, and don’t need to both thick clot es and .in o e for all changes of weather, or burden myself with an alco ol amp, hot water bag, and all the rest of the that would be absolutely necessary a frail little thing like y . H y, I am ashamed at having been for moment discouraged, w ec oo a and see how hard you work, and re what you have to conteni and all without a murmur. So saying the tall girl bent to kiss er pale cheek, ana turned with firm steps to go to the office, she was always on tlme- " not a too soon or too late. Arrived at the office of tae great Anglo-American Po.yglot Insurance Stella was surprised to see the American head of tne firm, who usually by no means manifested the prifoptness which he required of hia subordinates. He sat forward in chair, resting his elbows on his jesk, tbe -‘ tips of the fingers o. both hands pressed tightly together as he held them erect and slightly waving in tne air be fore his face, his whole bearing that o. a m*n who is brimful of sd impatience which he is striving to comro.. Stella removed her cat and short walking jacket when her arm stopped, as if suddenly petrified, with band, half way toward the hat rack, ..lr. Lrui - shank was saying: wk t mutt “I find that th« have fertile director, uiee-iag a L cago ou December 17 are not libel, to mtras I send some one -ex l> and Edinbiv'gti and return on the fast steamer vriiich leaves Liverpool on De¬ cember 8, and is due here on the 15th. “Will you go, Tracy?" “I can’t possibly, sir,” said the man addressed. “If you had only told me last night—” “That will do! Last night is a dead dog. You, DeuniDg?” “I could take to-morrow's steamer, sir.” “Too late! Fraser, what’s to hinder you?” his hands Mr. Cruikshank was waving violently by this time. “Nothing, sir, only—” “Only! ‘Only’never gets there! You, Johnson?” “My wife is sick, sir. I cannot leave her.” Mr. Cruikshank looked rapidly around the room, glancing at the clock, where the minute hand seemed to move with a terrible velocity. Apparently he did not see Stella, though his eyes rested on her a fraction of a second iu their rapid sweep, so he was greatly surprised when she stepped quietly forward, saying in her low, clear voice: _ “May I go?” into her The man looked up sharply face, and his own cleared. “Think you can? All right! I’ll send down and get a berth for you. My car¬ riage is at the door now. Jump into it, go home and get your traps, and drive down to the pier as fast as possible. I will meet you there with written in¬ structions and some English money. You have just one hour and five minutes.” While he was speaking Stella had been resuming her hat and jacket, and she was out of the door by toe time the last word was spoken. A few minutes more and she was in tho room she had so lately left, exclaiming: “>Iy chance has come, Kitty! I start for England in an hour.” Kitty rose hastily. “IVhat can Ido to help you?” she asked, her face flushing with generous pleasure. “Nothing,” replied Stella, “only to write and let my mother know; and don’t work yourself into a fit of sickness be¬ fore I get back.” While talking Stella was putting into her satchel a few toilet articles, a change of underclothing, a night-dress, a pair of rubber shoes and a waterproof cloak. “Good-bye,” she said. And with a warm kiss the friends parted. Arrived at the steamer, Stella was met by Mr. Cruikshank with a rug on his arm and in his hands a guide-book and a well-filled purse. “I thought “and this you’d is need first tho rug,” trip he said, tijbStSS as your you -might-not handsome, Stella Though not The was lines very pleasing in appearance. severe of the dark blue business suit, relieved by touches of narrow gold cord, which she always wore when at her work, were becoming to her tall, symmetrical figure, and clear, healthy complexion; and so was the little hat of dark blue velvet, with a bunch of gold acorns, which rest¬ ed firmly on her abundant coils of chest¬ nut hair. She looked alert, but much calmer and cooler than her employer. “Yes.” he said, as if answering some unseeu objector, “I think you’ll do it, and if you do I’ll—” Apparently he was about to promise something, but thought better of it. “I will do it,” she said firmly, with¬ out awaiting the conclusion of Mr. Cruikshank’s sentence, while a rich glow mounted to her check, i aud the light of courage and self-reliance came into her eyes. “Y'es, I think you will. I’ve watched you a good while, and I know that you have social tact and sound business judg ment. You may depend upon it that, though I probably should rot have thought of you had ycu not offered, I should not have accepted your offer to fies go had I not already known your quali¬ and qualifications. In this envelope you will find full instructions; but, of course, your success will depend on the use you make of them. Good-bye.” And shaking her hand cordially, Mr. Cruikshank ran off the gang plank at the last moment, Notwithstanding e season, the weather was pleasant during mos of the voyage, an;d Shilia passed much t:.me on deck, enjoying to the full the bracm air aa* e sense ( faad b(jen in rusto a w ;th an important matter. sh must gecur e, and that quickly, the i t0 euaW Mr. Cruik c English directors in • di agnm. v emergency. ^ ^ Home of these - ^ t hered from their ’ distrustful, and in OQ( j ence ’ were lied to Carlyie by his mo j ber s u g htly modified, “gey ill to > ^ | wi ^ .i» (, ut j U rino the voyage Stella d a ji ow . berself to dwell upon j | » an( j ’ 0 n the whole, she felt herself i 1q hg task she had uaderta ken. . ; of December 5 found ! ^ morn landedTn n " Stella, Liverpool just in time I adow her to call upon the two di rectors resided in that city, and, j rvaitin" - for dinner, to catch the : train wb i cllj r u S hing up the 200 miles to London, would get her there on time to m( , e t the directors before business hours were over. If curious looks were | - u j e t self-possessed young girl, . raVe jj nc/ ” alone, and proving her ability ^ go 3 jj e Wil3 p 00 earnest to heed ^ of ’ Every instant was consequence 800 to oa e had yet to travel about to points as distant as Exeter and E ^. .j- n £ f, ’and meet the directors of those 0 p\ aC e S the”“Servia” get back to Liverpool in take on the after i noua — 0 { December 8. Stella was subjectei to som , > J . d j nt 0 p heavy “P®. catch aQ expr es? t he evenin'* of Dc There was no sleeping car. telegraph she secured a room at the hole’ which she reached not long after midnight. A few hours of sound slum ^ j visit to the two Exeter a hurried meal preceded iourney to BdinbonrtL Her %oed at the historic aame. but CRAW FORD VILLI ;A„ FRIDAY. MAY 12, 189:5. cociations. To see the Edinburgh di¬ rectors at their own houses before break¬ fast, catch the train back to Liverpool and bcatrd the tug which carried passen¬ gers to the “Servia" just in time to se¬ cure her passage in her, was all that Stella could do; but she did it. The homeward voyage proved an ex¬ ceptionally stormy one, even tor Decem¬ ber, but the “Servia” reached New York on the 15. As Stella stepped ashore the was met by Mr. Oruikshank, into whoso hands she gladly delivered the so-mucb desired proxies. The hour was a little late for arriving at the office; but, feeling that the delay was excusable under the circumstances, Stella presented herself at her desk, as fresh and serene as if she had left it only the day before. Another young woman was occupying her chair. Stella turned and met the smiling gaze of Mr. Cruik shank’s second in command. “It’s all right.” he said, reassuringly. “The best typewriter and stenographer we ever had lias proved herself to be worthy of a big advance, See!” And he showed a cable dispatch from the chief of the London office, recommend, that “Miss Hardenburg be promoted to the place of second assistant m the New York office, with a salary of $l80l*i a year." Stella felt frightened. For the first time Her good fortune seemed too good to be true. “But,” she stammered, “are you sure this is right? Have I earned it? Shall you not be sorry?” “Yes, you have indeed earned it. No, we shall not be sorry,” answered the of¬ ficial reassuringly, “A woman who does as well as a man is worth as much as a man. You have always done, iu tho most thorough manner, everything you had to do; and so, when your oppor¬ tunity came, you could profit by it. Go home, now, and take a week’s rest. You aro more tired thau you know.” “lam not tired,” she answered, “but I will go home and tell Kitty.” As Stella turned to go down the stairs, she said to herself, “ft shall go hard if I am not able, before long, to put an oppor¬ tunity in poor Kitty’s way. She is just as ready for thorn iu her lino as I am iu mine.”—Deniorest's Magazine. Turtle I’ower. A paper published in Saigon, in French Cochin China, gives an account of a singular experiment recently made in that colony with a new means of mo¬ tive power. A French resident at the town of Hatien, a port on the Gulf of Siam, conceived the idea that it would be perfectly practicable to make the im¬ mense turtles, which are. ma¬ in those parts, and which swim with no little rapidity,'do service iu drawing the small fishing boats. He purchased two largo turtles at a cost of $25, and fitted them out with harness and reins. Then he obtained a light, open boat, about fifteen feet long, and attached his turtles fo it by means of traces. Holding his reins fast, he set out on a little trial voy¬ age with tho turtle team. The creatures paddled aloug very prettily, at a rato somewhat exceeding the ordinary walk¬ ing of a man. As they directed their course toward the open sea, and ns the weather was calm and beautiful, andtlie voyage exceedingly pleasant, it did not occur to the Frenchman to make any very thorough tost of hri ability to guide the animals. Much delighted, indeed, with the success of his experiment, ho kept on and on, until he presently noted that the sun was setting. The interested navigator then attempted to turn his team about, but the turtles resisted any such movement. They hud evidently made up their minds to go to sea, and they would not he dissuaded from their purpose. The driver pulled his reins im ■ til he upset his turtles in the water; but as often as they regained the use of their flippers, they set out again for the middle of the sea. Night settled down rapidly. Luckily the inventor of the new means of marine traction had brought with him a pair of oars, and as a last resort lie took a knife, cut his tugs and let his sea steeds, harness, reins and all, go their way. Then he rowed back laboriously to his village, lamenting his expenditure on the turtles, and resolving not to try any further experiments iu navigation.—New York Dispatch. Trees in French Cities. 0ne q[ the chief bewtic3 o[ til0 j arg er French cities, and second only to their edifices and monuments, are the trees. The almost interminable vistas of chest nuts and acacias stretching along the broad and well pavel avenues as bene far ing as the eye can reach, their branches almost touching one aoothni n an endless arch of verdure, form { it only a delightful perspective for the ;, but serve to add beauty to cities alrei iy beautiful, and grace and symmetry to whatever might be harsh and forbid ding. This, however, is r,f the result ot nature’s handiwork alon'i for science and art have lent their aid f Tne plant mg, as weil as the maintenance of the trees in French cities, is . a item of no j little importance in the mnuai budget ! prepared by the municipal council, which dots not look upon their pteserva tion as of less consequence than the re pairing of the roadways or the lighting I of the streets.—London Times. ----— — Building in Bermuda. Bermudians have very 1 -tie trouble in building enough an ordinary lucre together ^ouse. to A buy man SC rapes a little piece cf land and then borrows or ' hand and begs a cross cut saw, a saw an ; i ce chisel. He takes off the thin surface i of soil and gouges into the coral rock ' with his chisel. Then he commences to saw into the porous limestone and pres ! ently has a collection of white blocks about two feet long, eighteen inches wide ’ and twelve inches thick. When be has j taken out enough of them he has a cellar ready, ana he nes the blocks for walL. Not much timber is required and the process is very simple. But only a Ber mudUn or an Englishman can do ail this, for no foreign: ... permitted to 1 own real e CANNIBAL I AT E THE FAIR. A TROOP OP >. IflTRALIAV ABORIG¬ INALS IT CHICAGO. The Lowest f of Humanity on -Earth—The Principal Weapons —Some ot Hr Traits. SMAI roop, of aborigines from ralia will bo seen at the C I «Exhibition this sumn 1 fee tattooed can nibals are the bcimens of hu inanity on cart! jibpting the Cali foruia Digger h ‘ In an interview their manager si‘ they are from North Qrot-'m.' - t0 ,t- the Half of Carpentaria, teeming with a ^ v’i co ;>l ts, jungles reptiles and and numerous band*.} uigines of from band. fifty to one huwj each tribe or The civilized" j licoast fill and Americans who live along " 1 have intro ■ troduced tobacco Ay and other vices of civil L ot ion ‘^aoimibals come in fiooRne penes and beg tobac y sell their boomerau' civil® : purchase these <i§ They have little idea money, esti mating it Iff loin, size of big the coin, and or little for a piec : gm 1661' Their only b jfnd property shield, and are the boomerang, j tnd they go from pl< jl ;| ace as the spirit of hunger moves: They generally flock in tribes c> ’ or one hundred, electing tion of country a king. | fy | remain the game in a lasts, sec¬ si as unless a rival tri livos them away. If it is a section a iug in game and streams where the. good fishing they must fight to maint u it. Wheu food is scant, they kill a. i‘each other. But this practice is no. so common of late, sinco American am *’ jlish “squatters” have been flocking that section and jumping tho best 1 I* However, after a battle the victor ; the dead; iu their economy of li nothing goes to waste. In battle they with the spear, which is about foot in length, pointed with sin pue in‘the shape of a fishhook. 4V ho point enters the body it cennot b pvo out without tearing tho fle.‘ rJ|M>^th<;. ad increasing the wound. They distance of * the Each ground warrior at hu^^Hid'.i' hi^^^W As of he throws one lie “liaiuis^^^^wmulii'r pick lakes the r,! necessary, b f tho < »iomy and looking movcm- ?K’B out for c</ g hi B whi,::i he f!o,1 o r 's turns 0 wlth s shield, an oval or . shaped i;\ U K **o h Ids in his left hand, fitting ot'er the thumb as an artist’*/, palette. TheirgVnali, black eyes are quick to sec, an’ » nothing seems to escape their observation. Their niethod of surpris¬ ing an eueiny is to wado into a small stream and “ambush” themselves in the shallow bed among the water lilies. Sometimes they lie do ‘ n in the stream, breaking off the water >ily at the roots and using the stem as r breathing tube. A !,/ rival tribe, on approaching the stream the purpose of fishing, would sud¬ denly be surprised by seeing these lloat ing water lilies rise up but of the water, and with them they would also see spears hurled at them. They can remain und r water two or three hours at a time, cording to the breathing capacity of the Jor stem. the abduction They also use this stratagem of women from practice nnoU«~*- tribe, but the more common is for the man who wants a wife < } go and steal her while her master si dp The kangaroo iu [the emu are their most favored is hunted artit ?of d^. The kan¬ garoo Husale iinomening, and while be thi in the jungle and poker: “Igjiormieraiig H n behind a tree in fancied s - thrower hurls 1 a Ip 1 missile almost through Bt emu has a very it out long taking n£Cj|S| ob'eft’fnon". the j length- bus h ens man from behind atreetwirU the curved instrument, the sharp :dge cutting off tho head cf the bird. Of late the bush n lave been “spear¬ ing" the cattle of the “squatters," and the “squatters” took"“4ic‘ warpath with Winchester rifles, wLic Fvill shoot far her than a boomerang can s thrown, and as »result the populatioi If the cannibals has been somewha oriarily L finished, The boomerang if is thrown 600 or 800 feet. It b<|w convex on the upper side and flat and made of Australian wood. It la a bend or angle of about wood forty-five is bard, aim/ deg| 4s r All Austra lian j solid as iron, The ends are as point* nai^Ua , dagger, arid I | the inner side is as razor blade, Ordinarily the boo is taken i of lii rang ■ from the forks : and roughly i dressed then charred with in crude the fir i| Lud ruments. the burned It if j coating removed, after fhicb it is sub- | j jeeted to the smoke of kiafyptus leaves , to make it pliable ami give it the j proper lateral shape. fieri throwers send it 200 feet ir. • . lg flt line, when it bounds into the air, “end over end,” then flattens out ‘-\e a plate spin- ; j ning, and alter m k.nffi'n circuit of 700 or 800 feet return to \ f C ct of the , thrower. Many of thu rowers are left- ! ' handed. ' ( A cannibal feast i*l;ebrated with . their corroborree or mu, a native dance. A huge fir»;M built, around ‘ which the dancers j ... They are ! pa nted in white to ntClcnt skeletons. | | Erch rib is painted o Kith a stripe of ; white, a white stripe aileaoti nS,int run* down : the breast, each leg arm, aud j the face is painted w i; white slashes, j , i iieir biack around bodies, the taU,** « of white, f circling fi re , give a , la the startling dec, ’■” / Jfj kiira! effect, j with da ■Mfclhe soughing Lees for ft i ing, or rather it is more of a contortion exercise. A funeral dirge is chanted, each chanter accompanying himself on their only instrumental piece for music— the double boomerang, A boomerang is lield by the left hand, another is taken in the right, one is beaten against the other, and they call it music. Their feet are firmly planted upon the ground —the “dancing" is done with tho body. with the Their bodies are disfigured trade mark of their tribe, each tribe bav ing a different brand. Tbey also “decorate” their bodies witli scars, after the manner of Indians. They slash their bodies with a sharp stone and till tho wound with clay, which forms a “ridge" or meet, encircling the arm, leg or body. The cannibal dude cuts a hole through his wide nose, in which lie wears a polished white bone five inches iu length and slashes his body in various designs. Endurance of pain is hold to bo evidence of bravery. In addition to throwing tho boom¬ erang they can “throw" their voices,and some are excellent ventriloquists. Their vocabulary is coil fined to about two hun¬ dred words and as many grunts and ges¬ tures. Having no language - of their own, only a gibberish, languages—from they are very quick to learn other pronunciation only. They are the most illiterate of all peoples, have no concep¬ tion of time or dates, cannot enumerate as high as ten units, yet have a wonder¬ ful faculty for learning languages o' other peoples. medicine is the juice ot Their native the milkweed, which they squeeze out ot the stem and drink. At the funerals tho women do the mourning, shouting and wailing until exhausted, Home of the tribes bury their dead by dropping the bodies down into hollow trees upright; others scoop holes in soft rocks; another tribe buries the body in a sitting position, the knees drawn up close to tho chin, with tho hands clasped over tho knees. Sticks and leaves are placed over the body. Sometimes the body is placed limbs. iu the tork of a tree and tied to the WISE WORDS. Every man is some hoy’s hero. The troubles of to-day alone never kill. You cannot always tell by appearances who is the richest. When sin hides it forgets that it can¬ not cover up its tracks. Goodness is contagious when it coinos close enough to touch. •iiiers never feel comfort) ,tf. ’ wly n; “*o-j ..... mhj A TruJu never builds on the sand, no matter how much like rock it may look. When you pray for strength to resist temptation, avoid it by keeping out of bad company. Homo parents take their children to see the procession, and then whip thorn if they wunt to go to the circus. There isn’t any more sense in expect¬ ing to get without giving than there is for a loafer to look for a good crop where lie lias planted nothing. Before tho gold can go into the coin and have the image stumped upon it that will give it value, it must go into tho lire and have the dross purged out.— Ham’s Horn. Wlien Jackson's Nose IVas I’ullcil. James Carrigan, a venerable Bnlti morean, was living in Alexandria, Va., Oil the memorable occasion when Lieu¬ tenant Randolph pulled President Jack sou’s nose. “Lieutenant Randolph,” said Mr. Carrigan, “who was at sea iu the service of the Government, was, at the deafh of tho purser of tiie vessel, appointed purser, and he was charged with appropriating $10,000 from the funds. He was tried and found guilty, and President Jackson said to him, ‘You are not fit to associate with the chivalry of America.’ Some time after that it happened that the President and a num¬ ber of other persons left Washington to attend the laying of the corner-stone of the monument to Martha Washington. Their boat stopped at Alexandria, and Lieutenant Randolph boarded her and walked up to the President and began to take off his glove, i wasn’t there at that moment, but I was told that the President made some remark about there being no need to lernove liis gloves. Lieutenant Randolph suddenly stretched out his hand and pulled the President’s no e I saw Randolph running from the wtiarf as I was about to go on the boat to learn the cause of the commotion, ' climbed up above the crowd to get a look at the President’s nose, for every one of us felt that the whole country ha 1 its nose pullef. Just then a in in name 1 Thomas said to Jackson, ‘Mr. President of the United States, give me permis¬ sion and f will kill the villain,’ to which I heard Jackson say, ‘Thank you, f can tignt my own battles.’ ”—Baltimore Sun. Six : in .11 ilies. “Little mules have lost their import’ ance,” said W. L. Moore, of Texas. “The cable and electric cars have caused l lie small mule’s occupation to disappear, and tie brings very littl in any market at the present time. The animals in de mand in the South are the cotton-mufo and the sugar mule. The cotton mule measures 141 to 154 hands high, blocky an 1 square built, having good shoulders, and is fat enough to look sleek. A pair of cotton mules at thro years old, iiroken to work, sell for $275 to $350. The sugar mule is a s i in much demand at good prices. ft measures 15j to IfiJ hands in height, and is called the sugar mute became it is used mostly in the sugar-growing States, ft is svelf pro portioned, stoutly built. with fine shoulders, and is rather short-legged in proportion to its body. The pack mule is still used in the West, but the rail roads have taken its place elsewhere,and t. < m.dg. animals not being required ft a WASHINGTON GOSSIP. Happenings from Day to Day in tte National Capital. Appointments in the Various Ilepart ineiits--*Ollier Notes of Interest. ABOUT THE DEPARTMENTS. Secretary Carlisle, on Thursday, in¬ structed tho Collectors of internal rev¬ enue and custom bouse officials to re¬ frain from making the arrests of Chinese who have not registered until further orders from the department. Two appointments in the treasury department were announced Saturday. Hon. Scott Wilke, of Illinois, suc¬ ceeds Mr. Spalding as assistant treas¬ urer, and 11. R. Bowler, of Cincinnati, is made comptroller to succeed Ma¬ thews. Speaker Crisp returned to Washing¬ ton Thursday, lie will remain several days looking after the interests of bis constituents. There are several score of fourth-class postmasters to be ap¬ pointed in li in district. Several presi¬ dential poHtoflices must ah,, be filled, and a few of Iris constituents want other offices. The health officer at Astoria, Ore., Wednesday telegraplieii the depart¬ ment that the steamer Danube, bad arrived at that point irom Hong Kong with (500 Chinese on board. These Chinese were destined for Portland, Ore. In tho course ofliis medical ex¬ amination he also examined their pa¬ pers and ho expressed the opinion that nearly all of tin 000 Chinese have bo¬ gus certificates. Secretary Gresham reaffirmed Thurs¬ day li ik statement of Wednesday that lie had sent two telegrams to the gov¬ ernors of tin; western states asking them to take precaution against vio¬ lence to Chinese. lie did not care to state Low many and wliat governors had been asked to take action, but said that tho text of flic dispatch over his signature given out for publication by Governor IVnnoyer, of Oregon, waa correct. The secretary declined to comment on the answer sent him by (lovernor Peuuoyer. The following Georgia postmasters were appointed Wednesday : Braswell, Paulding county, J. B. Harris; (joi City, Dade county I A, B mutt Killjoy* ivxperinioHt, Gilu>er eouuty. A. J uganq vrpujnu < •>) xi. n. Harden; Horns Cross Hoads, Miller county, Hardy Htriekland; Oakley Mill, Cobb county, O. E. Johnson. These postmasters were commissioned for Georgia Wednesday: William J. Palmnur, Landrum; Peter T. Shore, Alto; John E. Mansfield, Bliifl'ton; William K. King, Honair; Annie (1. West, CiiHSetn; Hnrana I'lirkman, Ellis, Secretary Gresham on Thursday, re¬ ceived n letfc r from Hie United States consul general at, Havana, dated April 2!Rh, forwarding a copy of the procla¬ mation issued April 28th by the gov¬ ernor general of Cuba, already pub¬ lished, declaring the province of (San¬ tiago ile Cuba in a state iff seige. I'lie reus oiigivon for the measure is that some bands of men have risen in arms against the government in the ham¬ lets of Velasco and Piiertu, near tho northern coast, of that province, for the immediate suppression of which active military measures are now being taken by the government. The president appointed postmas¬ ters Timrsilay ns follows: Margaret G. Davis at Biloxi, Miss., reappoint¬ ed ; Thomas W. Janies at McCorob, Miss., vice H. W. Collins, office became, presidential; Walter N. Hurt at Wi noua, Miss., vice. Mary C. Mathews, removed; Albert L. Howe at Hatches, Miss., vice II. C. Griffin, removed; Thomas K. Crews, at Laurens, H. C., vice J. M. Robertson, removed ; Wil¬ burn V. O. Hunmirn, at Maryville, Tenn., vice J. I*. Edmonson, removed ; John VV. Clark at Ripley, TV,tin., of¬ fice became presidential; Robert A. Poole at Cleburne, Tenn., viee W. H. I <eal, resigned. On Saturday Secretary Carlisle re¬ ceived the resignation of General Rosecrans, of California, as register of the treasury, to take effect May 21st. In tendering his resignation Rosecrans refers to Jii» impaired phys¬ ical condition, and encloses a certifi¬ cate. from his physicians, which states that General iioseeruns is unable to undertake the long journey to Wash¬ ington, and does not hold out any hope that he will be able to do so ill tho near future. Heeretary Carlisle accepted the resignation in a letter in which he expresses his regret at the general’s continued illness aud hopes ho may soon recover. A ( <(iii((nrnrf»c Nlalcntoiil, A statement prepared from the rec¬ ords of the postofliee department shows that during the first two months of the present administration, the to¬ tal number of fourth-class postmasters appointed was 11,81)4 ns against C,U>4 made during the first two months of Mr. Harrisons’s administration. The number of appointment made during t he last two months to fill vacancie caused by resignations and deaths was 2,685 as against 1,608 made (luring the corre¬ sponding period of lust administra tion The number of removals made during the last two months is shown to be only 1,209, while the number of removals made during the first twe months of Mr. Harrison’s administra¬ tion reached 3,496. The excess of ap¬ pointments four years ago, therefore, 1,210 and the excess of removals 2,887, the number of appointments de on acc< inut of resignations and th was 1,077 l e than four years '•ill Urdu > ’n \|»point The pre sident announced the follow¬ ing appointments Saturday : Alexan¬ der McDonald, of Yirgiugia, envoy NO. 37- extraordinary and minister plen¬ ipotentiary to Persia ; WallaceS. Jones, of Florida, consul general at Rome ; Stephen Bonsai, of Maryland, secre¬ tary of the legation of the United States to China. Consuls of . the United States: James B. Taney, of West Virginia, at Belfast; Alfred D. Jones, of North Carolina, nt Shanghai; Charlei T. Lyons, of New York, at Zanzibar; Harvey Join son, of Georgia, at Antwerp; Benjamin Lenthier, of Massachusetts, at Sherbrooke; Harrison R. Williams, of Missouri, at (San Jose, Costa Rica; Ralph Johnson, of New York, at Fort Erie, Ontario; Tie iry I’. Dubellet, of Texas, at Rhe ius; James C. Monaghan, of Rhode Island, at Chemnitz; Charles Schaefer, of Kansas, Vat era Cruz; William C. Renfro, of Oklahoma, to be governor of iho territory of Okla¬ homa; Charles C. Richards, of Utah, to be secretary of Utah; Charles M. Brnde, of Arizona, to lie secretary of Arizona; Robert W. Banks, of Mis¬ sissippi, to be receiver of public mon¬ eys at Del Norte, Col David H, Hull, of Nevada, to be register.qf—tlm. land office at Eureka, Nov. , Darwin Z. Curtis, of Michigan, to be registrar of the land office at Marquette, Mich. ; James W. Duncan, of the Indian Ter¬ ritory, to be special agent, to make al¬ lotments of land in severalty in the Cherokee outlet to seventy Cherokee citizens us provided by act of congress approved March 3, 1893. Harrison U. Williams, of Missouri, was ap¬ pointed consul to Vera Cruz, but has been transferred to San Jose, Costa Rica, THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH. Notes of Her Progress and Prosperity Briefly Epitomized * Ami Iiii|>orfttnt Happenings from Bay to Bay Tersely Told. At a meeting at Richmond, Vn., Wednesday evening of the hoard of din lors of tin Davis Monument As¬ sociation, the president was authorized to arrange for the reffitornient in tho DiivIh section in Hollywood cemetery on June 1st of tho bodies of My. Davis’ children, which urn to bo brought from other places. The OmOiku, 'Ala.. .Ivnittiuu mil?*. »«*>. %. rvatt j <» ml i VV cuijf‘8» day night,, wnninsof tho niier walls. liiiiuisi^^^Wriii'1 LodHTml $13,000 urc is the insurance brick $3,500. It was tho work of incendi¬ aries. Three thousand dollars’ worth of hosiery was destroyed and one hun¬ dred employes are out of work, Tho mill will bo rebuilt immediately. A Nashville telegram of Saturday says: The Capital City bank, of Nash¬ ville, chartered under state laws, lias gone into voluntary liquidation, The bank’s business has been transferred to the Fourth National bank nnd de¬ positors will be paid in fi ll by that bank. The officers of Hie CnpitdCjty bank state that the stockholders will receive 70 cents on the dollar of their stock. Saturday evening about 5 o’clock a cyclone, passed along the westeen skirts of Gainsville Texas, traveling from southwest to Northeast, Four or five houses were blown down, a number of buildings were unroofed) and a freight train on the Santa I’e, a short distance ninth of Gainsville, was wrecked. A brakenmn was killed and five men were seriously in jured. The train was re¬ duced to kin lliug wood. Reliable news of a cyclone which swept through Granville and Vance counties, N. O., Wednesday afternoon, have been received. Fifteen buildings were wrecked nt Asheville. One negro man was killed, four men badly hurt, and one negro fatally injured. T1 track of the storm win only 150 yards wide and passed through the western part of town where there were several large wooden tobacco prize houses, which were wrecked, as were also tho tobacco factory, tolmeco warehouse and Home dwellings. A preliminary meeting of the Ala ,lanin yellow pine lumber manufactur¬ ers was held at Montgomery Thurs¬ day, twenty lumbermen being present. The object was to change the present modus operamli of measures and prices of yellow pine, and to fully or¬ ganize under the name of the Alabama Yellow Bine Manufacturing associa¬ tion. No definite action was taken. The various lumber interests were fully discussed and it was resolved to mci/*again ut Montgomery on the 19th instant to perfect their organization. A special from Orangeburg says; “The meeting here Saturday condemn¬ ed the Columbia meeting. The whole county was represented. The Denmark lynching was heartily endorsed. Solic¬ itor Jervey was asked to explain why he did not prosecute the lynchers of Jack Williams at Orangeburg several years ago. Jervey was roundly cen¬ sured. Just after adjournment u col¬ lection was taken to reimburse Propri¬ etor Calvo, of the Register, for the mayor’s court fine, It was claimed that the Gonzales-Calvo difficulty grew out of Calvo’s defense of the Denmark lynchers.” Miners on a Strike. Twenty thousand miners in Ohio went out Monday, the men having struck for an advance of 5 cents per ton iu the price of mining. Every mine in the Hocking valley is closed. Twenty-five hundred miners put down their picks in the sixth sub-districts of which Belaire is the centre, and two thousand men iu the twenty-six mines of the Massillon district did the same. A special troiq Belaire says that many operators in that vicinity 610 willing; to ersot Bti advans^
