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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^
