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SANDERS VILLE, QA.,
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JSRXTXCA2T.
Eillblo Soawooil,
Rotnnlsts class ull sorts of tho flower-
less plants that ifrow ill the water, and
that aru commonly called seaweed, un
der tho general term of nlgie. There aro
• great variety of theso plants. Borne of
them are liko particles of dust; others
spread out to a size and strength to com-
f iuro with hawsers, though they don't
00k much liko hawsors.
There are many curious and interest
ing things to be told of seaweeds, and
the number of peoplo who >.’Ould make
a study of such vegetation would be much
groater than it is if writers on tho sub
ject would givo namos to tho plants
which could bo remembored without an
intimato knowledge of Latin. Thus to
begin with tho smallest plants, it is as
sorted that tho Red Sea got its name
from tho prodigious <)unntity of a small
red plant that spreads ovor tho water
under certain circumstances. A much
moro common variety of tho marine
plunts is found in groat quantities
around tho coast of tho British Islands.
In tho streets of Edinburgh you will sco
the vonders going up and down crying,
•Dulse and tanklo,’ Thoy carry groat
bunches of the dull red leaves, which
are sold for food. They are on sale in
this country to a limitod extent, and
the taste is not at all bad. Usually you
will find a multitude of minute shell flsh
clinging to the underside of the leaf.aud
these give a flavor to tho leaf that is
greatly liked. The leaves are eaten
either row or cooked as greens or in
soups. They are also used in place of
tobacco. Tho smoko of a cigar rolled
from dulse leaves is pleasant and health
ful.—Neu> York Hun.
Tint subscription raised Ibrongn tns
Instrumentality of Cyrus W. Field for
the benetit of Mrs. Garfield, aggregated,
when invested in Government bonds,
about $312,000. Gen. Garfield’s life
was insured for $50,000, the payment of
wliioh the companies, for the sake of the
extended advertisement it wonid give
them, if for no other purpose, promptly
mada Congress also voted her the rem
nant of the salary which wonid have
been dne Gen. Gnrfleld for the first yeat
of service as President, which amounted
to $-10,000. The little estate which Gar
field left aggregates some $30,000. This
was all that he had been able to accu
mulate after a life of unusual aotivity.
This makes her total estate, in round
numbers, about $450,000 in money well
invested. From this an income of prob
ably $16,000 is derived. In addition to
that she has from Congress an annnal
pension of $5,000, which is now voted t'
the widows of all ex-Presidanta.
Several cases of natives of India hav
ing a white skin have been reported.
Mr. A. T. Fraser mentions the finding
of a familv in which several white per
sons, resembling Europeans, had appear-
•dinury
ed, tho parents having the ordinary
blackness of natives. The whiteness
was not a result of leprosy. The skin of
the Albinos is much more sensitive to
the sun’s rays than of other natives or
even of Europeans. Tile contrast be
tween white and black relatives having
a striking resemblance of feature is said
to ba most remarkable
SANDERSVIL1.E, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 2d, 1888.
NUMBER 18.
THE MEUCI
EnUrsd a* aaaoad-alaaa mattar at fea I
aanvllla PaatoBca, April tl, life
Budemllle, Wuklnfloa Cautft
A. J. JERNIGAN,
Faoramoa An resuaua
Bubmrtptton-,
..li.topst Taar
A TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.
Many tjvkn in pbiiii, on a run,a.
DELPHI A NTKAMIKtAf,
The float Net drt If ro—Nlxtcon Personn
InlurcH.
A Philadelphia dispatch gives the following
pitrticulnra of an explosloh on an excursion
steamer that resulted in injuries, in some
cases with probably fatal result, to sixteen
persons;
W m. e expected to recover.
:kod ui
S SIOJ |IUXBVU ..
ainomt the shrieking passengers, senrciiing
out the wounded, and In olio case * "
- ■ • V.U * svs.suo, II (Mil IIISKIII’’
steamers^ and from^ sliore^ idlnycd the
■ ~ ”•■•* ••vss, ninuu milivru IIIO
i.nnlo ami pt-«vont-,l the llt n ft-om sureniliiiE.
tt scorns lllnt-vt,lolls thnt half the people 1"
“ ” '* tns
nfsmw . ♦ I'l I, ^ e l wi * nossoa wy that nt tho
. I j '"D— “ V . w
ward dock many more iHHiple would !iav«
been killed, for the idiot liotisi
.w. v..„ mm, house mid entire
wpi>e r uocK wore lifted mid fell to the lower
.* * n„ iiim im IU IIIIS lower
deck. ^Iho bpw presonttkl n settle of com-
|*S vno.nw, IX Mflll' |)| COIIR-
ploto wreck. Tho tugs, which had procowieil
•it once to the injurml vessel ; and tho |x)lice
» i-ssr r mm Uio IKJIIC
boat A\ in. 8. Htokoloy, which was Iving near
l>y, removed tho injured. Tho antt>ulance of
the I'oniisylvaiiin hospital soon arrivcil ami
most of the Injured wore taken to that lusti-
tut ion.
Thors seems but little doubt nbouttlioex-
I.VVIO Iiuuwt (II
plwon bohig duo to ilynamite or gunpowder,
«..« - - » how It was
though no one seems to know how n was
taken on boartl. 'J’ho pansongers and many of
those who saw tho explosion from the shore
Insist that gunjHjwdt-r or somo similar
explosive was Ignited on tho forward
(look, and several |.e isons who worn
. ' vts.s |/VI muiB WIIU worn
•tending on the pier duclnro that they
ll Iflt iliof IV* H(d in... I tl.n ..r S J
distinctly noticed tho odor of gunpowder.
Thoro has lM*en considerable rivalry between
. ,— W..O.X.W. u»iu i i» nu j uni WU4M1
me Felton and other IkmiIs rumiing to Wil-
' iod ground
mington, ahd reports have gain
ilaci
,. , I • ••••vo Kfsiinn, m«HIIKl
that some malloious ttorson placwl an oxnlo-
s vo on the deck for the purijose of bringing
Mm Fssltnn (ntn .l(aiinH.., n *'UU i->- .. ■ ®
... P"* uringmir
the Felton into disrepute and giving the im*
prossion that her holier e. plod ad.
Andrew Linker sahi that he ins|>eet«l the
I Killer last Mny and fouml It In goo.1 eondi-
H?!lb, Th ® lr , on WIM u '" ,wl - ** Is Hlamisel
r 0,000 poumts and broke nt M,ono isiundn
Hie Indentation In the bond of the boiler
however, shows Ixiyotnl doubt that the ex
plosive force enme from without and i.ot from
within.
Captain Wiley, Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Mer-
mon and Mr. I.inJ"*“ *—* *- *
..inker made n cnrefiiraxnm-
iiiation of tho wreck for the purpose of as-
eertainlng the eauso of tho explosion. The
investigation established to their minds thnt
Investigation established to their minds that
the explosion was caused by dynamite. The
explosive Imd been placed forward directly
in front of the head of the boiler.
Tho olllclul report made to H. F. Kenney
superintendent of tho Philadelphia, Wilming
ton and Hnltimore Huilroud company, under
whose BUiMjrvisioii the sUambout is operaUnl,
says; “The head of tho boilor way indented
and cracked about a foot in length. Tho ox-
plosion is believed to hnvo boon caused by a
cartridge of some kind plncod under tho head
of the boiler maliciously,”
I.KJIITiNINtJ’N WORK.
IhNiiNier In an Itnllnii Fnrinhoiise-Thirteen
Pernonn lillled.
Tor Cajeiani is a tittle coMiimuio of the
Froninono jiii’lHdlction, near Home, I nly.
Ono day recently a party of farmers, men
ami woni'Mi, wero threshing corn on the
threshing floor in front of tho farm of Mr.
Ascnni at that place. This s|>ot was on tho
top of a hi.’.h hill, surrounded by rocks mid
procipirt s. There is no housoon the promises,
only a little hut, looking liko a sentry Ih>x at
a distance. About sunset a furious storm
burst upon the company of threshers. Tho
small building could hardly hold five pursuim
comfortably in the. upper room, and live or
six moro in tho lower one. which is a soit of
grotto. Tho laborers, both men and women,
hurried to obtain what shelter there was, and
those who got in the building wero packed
liko sardines in a box. A board was held
over the door to keep out the wind and rain
by tho shoulders of the men. Many who
could not find room inside stood with their
backs against the walls outside, under the
gutters of the little roof.
Suddenly a bolt of lightning struck the
little house, tearing the roof and smashing
tho door. The thirty eight persons who had
squeezed inside were all prostrated. Thirteen
wore killed and twenty-five badly wounded.
People who hnd witnessed the disaster from
a distance ran to the spot They found the
bodies of the (load scattered around, whi.o
tho wounded were moaning and crying for
help. Tho si^ht was so terrifying that many
ran hack again, and the mayor of the com
mune could not find any ono who w- uld
watch tho cornsos. So ho had to do it him
self. The neighnors were wild with terror.
Doctors had to he summoned from distant
places to bike care of the injured. Many of
the survivors became crazy, laughing and
crying alternately.
BASE BALL FACTS.
t'HOTKSTFD games are l>ecomlng very nu
merous in the southern league.
'1 uk BuiTalo league team now is but a mol
aucholy reminder of its former greatness.
The Southern loaguo has established its
claim to be considered one of the greut base
ball bodies.
Jones, of Cincinnati, and Gore,of Chicago,
are the boss run-getters, the one in the Amer
ican and the other in the league.
Governor Hill, of New York, witnessed
a recent Chicago-New York game in tho
metropolis from tho director’s box.
Baseiiall is now played In Siberia, the
game having boon introduced by tho military
authorities as a recreative reward for merit*
orious convicts dD? duty.
The Providence League team have been
fortunate in winning fifteen games by only
one run majority, while seven have been lost
by the same narrow margin.
Louisville claims to have the largest
average attendance of ladies at tho games in
that city, and that they are better posted in
the intricacies of the game than all t.h« otL-r
ladies in the ccuni.y put togo* her
Thirty thousand people saw tho last four
games played in New York between that
city’s league nine and the Chicagoes, the two
loading aspirants for the championship. In
the last of the four games the Western nine
sustained the worst defeat they have recei vod
this season, the score being 12 to 0 in favor of
New York.
Three Men Killed by Lightning.
Hix miles nlxivo Peoria, 111., a fishing bont
containing eight men was struck by lightning
on Tuesday. Threo men wore instantiv killed,
and one badly injured.
The report of Hon. J. T. Henderson, com
missioner of Hgricmture, confirms the previous
statements regarding the excellence of the
crops in the Houth. In every branch of agri
culture tho beat reports are given.
Tuere have been several deaths from small
pox in Montreal during the last few days, and
there are thirty patients in the Civic hospital
LATEST NEWS.
THE IIRoRTU OF THE 80UTII.
Iln.luFM unit Crnp. Throughout tho 8ontI|.
wn NtntcM.
,l h *1 urM ,t ^ m , e, ‘ $- M - toft her
" nk w,w 1n|ttort, Del., st 10
rrie‘
Jock (or Wllmlnlttort, t)el„ »t 10 o'clock this
ioreueen r1)4 c&rriej moro tlmn two hundred
jiftsifengors. Opposite pier 8, South Whnrvts,
the passengers and crew wore startled by an
< plosion which shook the hoet from stern to
stern, nnd when fee smoke clmlred, o\v»y it
>y .s round that tlm entire IWivW part of
the ve-scl nhnve ll.v Water line had beon
The Baltimore Manufacturers’ Record pub
lishes nearly five pages of spocial reports cov-
tr " nx Wlnia’to Texas,
outlook* ’ .* ,"-spools for crops and tin-
..M icr bitsiiii’H« in that section ate re
markably good.. Not qiliy I ft the Hcreigo o I
Mid tobacco crops the largest on
record, but the reports aro almost unanimous
in stating that tho yield of those crops, as well
as of tho smaller crops, excepting wheat, will
greatly exceed tho best crops over before pro
duced. It is algo shown that th*i. crops hate
^AtfiAged nnd :i score of passengers in
jUind, ninny of thorn severely. The list of
- • : -V - - —•«••• CU*UI UIJ. 1UV ll.u ui
wounded comprised sixteen persons of both
Boxes, and several were injured bo badly they
WAI-nlinf oo.u.oi.,.1 i ... a J
The wrecked upper works' took fli-s nnd a
ft iifhtful jtnnio ensued This was sta-odilv
chw-kud by tho coolnoss of a mlinbcbdr men.
:>7,0M tip In latest reports, and it. In estimated
ill .t dv i (10,1)00 persons Imvo fled from tho
kingdom.
cnc- KPdu) tiro coolnoss of a mlrnbePdf men,
who drove (he Woman nUd children nft nnd
prev. tiled nmny fiantlo women Iroih I uni.ink
overboard, lioside those seriously hurt a
large number were slunnod b> the shock.
An lnoldeht Wf the disaster was the
proBonc* uf home sisters of charity, who
foamed in no way oxcltotl or affect* d ‘ by the
terrific upheaval. Thoy passtnl quiet I v
miintlrr I nn . . ■ '
nueeo. ills also shown that the. crops have
been made at A lp*nt cbttt Uikh in any pro-
yhihiLycAt, Mid tho lieiiH of crops for money
advanced to farmers is much less than hereto
fore. Tho ofilcUl reports from Bout i Caro
lina show that while that state will produce
about 4,000,0i 0 bushels more corn, and proba
bly over 300,000 bales of cotton mote than Inst
year, the aggregate amount of agricultural
liens giv«n to obtain advances upon growing
crops is #3.000,000 Iosh than Itotwith-
siandifiir ibe flot that thb IhterVoniug years, Tlio business failures occurring diirirtg tlia
1883 and 18o4, wero Unfavorable chip years. Inst week itiroiigbbdt Iho eouidh’, rift reborbaj
In t3eor£la thp afirieulturnl dejiai hnent esti- by It. G. Dun A Co.’s mercantile agency, num-
Thfe WeehS IliintneMi OMNalilei.
mates tho corn crop at 40,000,000 bushels,
against 31,000,000 hii'xhelH last year, and 24 -
-v . , 4 .. ,
600,000 Wushels in 1HN3. Hegai(ling corn, the
reports of the whole south aro of the mu»t
W* mo wouimod. aim in olio case one of tho
sisters was seen to make Imndagcs out of her
uothing. Hie promptness With wliicli nsdst-
anco came from all sides, from passing
. .—, * mnii iu liiu
moment of tliu oxplosion ovorytbln^ bn- nma
oiivelo|H)il in darkness nnd tho boat rocked ns
if in a heavy storm.
Tho passengers were mostly women, taking
bab cs for a iresh-alr trip oil tho river. Their
remarkable esca|*o is accounted fot* by the
providential fact that hut feW bf them wero
in tho forward end of tho steamer, ns tho
■ or ward can Vita awning Imd not Uwnnot, nnd
t ho ►Un shining there made the tianieugora
sotk cooler apote in the stern of tho boat
It tho canvas had been set ami
tho passengers congregated on tho for-
viold will be tho best for years: others tho
fHint for twonty years, mid many tho heat over
known. It is thought by the United Bia’es
commissioner of agriculture (hat the increased
ROrcuge in corn oVcr last year, und tho splen
did yield which is now assUr« d. will givo the
south not less than 80,000.000 bufihelB of Corn
more that! In at ybar. 3,'llc cbitbn chip, it is
believed, i. safe for much the Inrgcsi yield
ever made, and for at least 1,000,000 to 1,600,-
000 bales more than lastyenr.
In tobacco, fruits and vegetables, iho crops
are the largest over made iu the south, while
nee promises u splendid yield, nnd sugar is *
far moro sutisfactorv and pmtltahlu crop than
iu 188-1. Wtimulat d by unprecedented crops,
iMisincitS is altOady Phoning decided ittiprovi -
nient, and the prospoeta throughout tho south
ern states for ti e full and winter trade art
n ported as umisualiy good. In the o»ganiz »-
tiun of the railroad and manufacturing enter-
niisuH, tlioro in great activity, and the outlook
for imlustrial interests is particularly promis
ing.
AN |{\tiiA HimnloN*
i by wise legislation."
It asks that the ettra session bo convoiied
or before the last Monday in September.
AN ANNAHNIN’N IIOAIII.
TKN TIIOUHANI) NTOI.BN.
A TF.lt It III!.IS EXPLOSION.
Two Negroca Horribly Mutllntcil fly u
11 urated Holler.
explosions that ever occurred in that part of
the country. Mr. McGinty was lust getting
his sawmill in working order, nnd two negroes,
named Tom llieherson and Phil Barnett, were
at tho engine trying to get the pumps to work,
and only had on about eighty-one pounds of
steam, when the boiler blew up. One of tho
negroes was blown all to pieces, half of his
head gone, Infill legs off and otherwise badly
mangled. The other was carried through the
air for 160 yards, and when found his head wan
in a gully and Ins legs slicking out, with feet
crossed. Every hone in his body was broken,
but his remains were not disfigured.
HOLDING TIIK PORT.
A Convicted Aluu llrlvca Deputy Sheriffs
From n Jail nnd Hones Thom.
“Johnnie” Boauoleugh, ono of tho most suc-
- cssful confidence mon in the west, was con
victed of fraud at Clayton. Bt. Louis county,
and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary.
When the verdict was read Iho prisoner acted
like n madman. Ho cursed tho jury and at
tempted to brain the judge with u chair, llo
fought All the way to jail, and on reaching the
corridor seized a knifo and fork from a break
fast tray and assaulted the deputies. He drove
them out of the jail and swore ho wonid kill tho
first man who would try to put him in the cell,
lie raved up and down the corridor ad day, and
though there were four deputies present, they
were afraid to try and lock him up.
HI.AIJUHTKIt AAIONta COWHOYH.
A Desperate Pi K lit Retween Cowboys In
The Clilcknsuw Nation.
A desperate light took placo between a num
ber of cowboys at the rancho of Frank Murray
thirty miles southwest of Fort Reno in the
Chickasaw nation. A party of twenty-five cow
boys rode up to the rancho and fired about ono
hundred shots at tho lioys inside tho rancho
cabin, with whom they had quarreled over some
stock. Tlio lioys inside ltcinir wnll
: ", "••”••• quarreled over some
stock. The lioys inside being well armed, re
turned the fire witli deadly effect, killing Dick
Covant and seriously wounding Dick Jones and
Boh Woods, of tlio attacking party. This makes
four who have been killed over the troubles at
this rancho since April. Covant, Jon. s and
>>ood have been notorious characters.
UKItONUIO JtOUTFR.
Captain HuvIn Mrikci* Him n Hard Blow
Heverol Killed
Adis^atohDom Fort Bowie says that Licu-
-utjtYiu nay a inai. Jiieil-
tenant Day struck Gcroniino’s camp northeast
of Natacovi, killed three bucks, a squaw and
Geroniino’s son, thirteen years old. Ho cap-
t ti red fifteen women and children, among them
being threo of Geronimo’s wives and live of Ids
children. Geronimo was wounded. Besides
Lie chief himself, only two bucks and ono squaw
'•*oapcil. Everything in camp was captured.
Lieutenant Davis ambushed a party of four
them, i
. “"iiMiniu.li a imny or rour
< iurreahuas and killed two of them, and cap
tured a!1 their horses and supplies.
ITIK CHOLERA IN NPAIN.
lloirityiiiK Alortnllly umoug tlie People—Tli<
DitoeoNe Cunbuted.
1 lie number of deaths from cholera iu Hpuiti
,h something horrible to contemplate. The
pt oplo ere dying at the rate of at least i,20u a
• : >• and the disease is constantly spreading.
o.LUJ .s iho number of new cases reported iu
twenty-four hours last week. The total uum-
o« r .»r deaths in the infected provinces since
he outbreak of the epidemio is s«dd to be
I'rrshlrm I'lrvHiiiid Culled Fpntl lo Con
vene ('dnirl’M.
The trades drganiratious throughout tho
United Btiito. have issued a petition request ng
President Cleveland to oall an extra session of
congless, to Ik* devoted exclusively to measurtis
for the relief of the industrial classes of the
country and tlio revival of business. The p<
1 stagnation of busines ,
“The ooiiseqiicnuus of this depression are
especially revere upon tlie tailoring people,
small manufacturers and farmers, who an*
without any reserve means upon which to live,
and pay their debts and save their holm s amt
small properties from forded sales. Kinployi*es
and (mpioyur are involved in tho common dis
aster, and believe it is in tho power of emigre
to witelienill or the whites, and massacred
twenty Europeans, ino.tiding three French mis
sionaries. Tlio same advice* state that M. do
Brazza is still in the interior.
I OH ConvIelM Hr! Away.
Ono hundred and eight convicts from the
Month Carolina penitentiary, at work fin Iho
Hpnitanbmg and AslieVllle railroad, escaped
nnd the executive to greatly relieve tills depres-
from the std’kade, m ar Arden, N, 1!., twiween
Asheville ami llendeisonVille fill Thursday
night. It is null Died that the guards fell asleep
while on duty and left tho way clear for tho
prisoners.
A Dcft|ternle Allempt lo (Jrc Rid of nn In
former.
The State Journal's Shawnee, Ohio, i
says that an effort was made to assassinate the
family of Hugh Kinney by throwing a hand
grenade, or taimb, iu the’ sleeping olinttih r.
The windows were shattered, tho walls wrecked
nnd large holes torn in the finor. Kinney was
found lying nt the foot of the hrd hndly man-
Tlie Texnn Cntlle Fever.
A cattle disease, allcg«d to lie Spanish or
l’( xnn fever, has developed at Bloomington, 111.
Fifteen cattle died from the disonre in two *V
and a munis r of others are sick. Veterinary
irgcona say it is the genuine Spanish or Texan
vor. The cattle commission ha
i lias been notified.
round lying at the root or the urn hndly man
gled nnd hl< tiding, and Mrs. Kinney, who had
run into the yard and given tho alarm, was
badly wound) ■ I. Kinney was looked upon iu
the community of tlie miners ns an informer of
iiiqH>rtant actions of the miners, keeping the
operators misted on their movement*, ami h-
had been threatened. The village council held
a meeting und offered a reward for the appre
hension of tho iierpetrators. It is thought
there will be some lynching dono.
Three .Urn Killed.
Henrv Johnston ami James Iffslger, employ
es of the new Beading and Pottsvillo railroad,
W(ro killed on Thursday while attempting to
board a moving train. Charles i\ Dutson, an
other employe, had his head blown off by Hying
stones from a blast.
Fatal FlVt*.
_ A dispatch from Tekonslm, Mich., says: Jj
< . I*aiting’s residence catight lire oil Tuesday
from a defective ehiuiiiey. The father and
mother and two uhlMreii wero terribly Imrnwl.
One child lias died. It is thought tho parents
will die.
A Mliarii Trlek Flayed IJ|ina a California
flank.
A sensation was caused by tho bold robbery
of tlie Ban Jose safe deposit hank of savings at
Ban Jose, Cal. A man entered the hank ami
obtained a small bill of exchange. The cushier
and manngcr were in the bank at the time.
Tho Cotton Worm In Houth Cura Isa,
Tho cotton worms are greatly on the increast
In this section nn I aro playing sad havoc with
cotton. Tho fine prospects for an abundant
yiolil havo been seriously impaired in tlio last
few days by tlio ruvishing Worms.
fow minutes after the stranger departed tho
toiuli
n ash lor cissed a tray containing *10,000 in
gold, in twenty dollar pieces. An alarm was
Immediately given, nnd search was made but
without result. It is believed that two or more
men wero engaged in tho thoft, and that wiiiio
the attention of the bank officer wus engaged
by tho man in front, tho others stopped iusido
tho counter und stole the money. Tlio bank lias
off ered a reward of $1,000 for tho arrest of tlio
thieves or tho return of tho money.
Unionunnlo Cotton Factory.
Tlio Arkwright cotton factory, at Bnvnnnah,
tta., owned by Andrew Campbell, was sold to a
party of Philadelphia capitalists who wifi start
"W* * basis. It is said Cnmplicll lias lost
$80,000 iu the enterprise.
Attempted AnhiihhIiiiiiIoii of Hov.Lrny.
A dispatch from Indianapolis says: While
Governor Gray wus driving with ids family
along Michigan road, Sunday evening, Mime
miscreant fired a shot through the carriage, the
ball passing in close proximity to the person nl
tho chief executive.
Mr. M. B. McGinty’s plantation, at Athens,
Ga.. was tlio sceno oi one of tho most terrible
Works Minuting flown.
t "The Itoston inauufncturing company of Wal-
i in its
thain, has shut down operations iu its cotton
factory for an indefinite period, throwing out
of employment 600 persons. The Waltham
watch tool company lias closed its shop. It
employs sixty men.
Fled to New York.
E. E. Knott, real estate and insurance agent,
of Toronto, and director of tho Central bank of
Canada, has fled to New York, leaving largo
liabilities la-hind. Ho succeeded in liorrowiiig
several largo sums of monoy toforc leaving,
having been considered financially sound.
Blown up by Dynamite.
A dispatch from Meeker, Col., savs: Near
here, on Sunday Inst, the cabin of Patrick,
James sud Itol>ert lhigan, brothers, was blown
*ip with dynamite by unknown parties. .Tames
and Pul rick were killed. Robert escaped.
Ntnirk n Nil it g.
The New Orleans steamboat Banger, while on
her first trip to the upper lied river on Satur-
■ lay night, struck a snug and sunk atove Shrove-
port. J'ho vessel is a total wreck. Part of tho
cargo has been saved.
FIooiIh In t'lilnu mui .Inpnn.
1/Otters from China and Japan report tlmt
there have been disastrous floods in those eoun-
tii« h, which have spoiled the crops und caused
great distn ss.
Secret Messages.
When tho Into Sir Henry 1'arknt wus
captive in Pekin durincr the troubles of
1860 he and his comrade, Mr. Loch, were
ordered to write a note to the British
envoy, Lord Elgin, stating that they
wore well treated, though they were un
dergoing confinement in a loathsome
orison, and had been loaded down with
heavy chains. Tho note was written in
Chinese by command, but the gentleman
in signing it managed to convoy an idea
of their real ► mtion by a message in
Ilindoostanee introduced about their
signatures, which looked liko so many
twirls and flourishes.
An answer to this note, together with
p. bundle of clothes, was received by the
prisoners after a week had elapsed. The
answer contained nothing of importance.
and tho presence of the Chinese guard
id * * '*
prevented an examination of the clothes.
B
But during the night Sir Henry simu
lated an attack of cholera, and insisted
that the guard should carry him into the
open air. They finally consented, and
during their absence Mr. Loch found a
message worked in red thread or th«
tail of one of the shirt* the bundle con
tained. It had been stitched by Lord
John Hay, who had t«en taught to em
broider by his moth**, and read: “Will
ittacK in three d*j*- Where ar* roo***
—togc J'mm
A South Carolina planter raises sea
island cotton for a French spinner and
receives one dollar a pound for it
•Hte swimmer.
A Ncvoic Ninriti
K»»nl.i|sll. ID.; IVitH >l,it.-.l Uy s DcsrW slottn
i'll Uicsday. A negro man wan sitting at tho
* n,MC bine'on a fire plug near the elrotrio light
tower. Hio electric fluid struck the wires of
ihu electric light and leaped from them to tho
I'K plug, striking the negro and knocking him
semex'sH. llo Wn? taken tp a hofiM nearby
nnd ivuiaified unconscious for three-quarters of
an hour and died. The stroke was felt severely
in several offices near tho accident.
Four Men Killed.
While the cars were ascending and descend
ing an inelittfyl riiifip*) at the Oalntl Crock
coal mines, a short distance above Charleston,
W. Va M on Wednesday, the loaded ears broko
”* ▼■•.on Wednesday, tho loaded cars bro
loose and came into collision with tho car m
which wore Layton Oakford, president of the
road, Thomas Peacock, Amos Mitchell, Joseph
Hall, and a man named Thotnan, killing tho
ffiJUj Arid named and seriously wounding Tho*
Dprfi of two elements, with bounding heart,
And tingling blood, and mighty strength of
. limb, . .
Sttoke after stroke fio swiftly cleaves apart
The tambont emerald waters bearing hW*
Or diving through (ho vast, dim under
world,
He seeks the fablod mermaids hidden there,
Biting to shako hta locks all spray-em-
pcaiieri,
And draw a long breath of tho summer air.
Again he idly floats a little space,
Letting the lucent woight of each cool
wave,
C&riwsing (M a kiss, his happy faca
And all his outstretched lengih of body
lave.
Then from a height, with free, exultant
spring
He dives again, and f«Hs himself it king.
■ Julia Ditto Poim /t in (he Current,
prisoner. A lot* murmur of Approval,
At first faint aind whispered, but gradually
dwelling into a ton fused shout, rote on
the air no ho O&ased.
“He is a perjufed #r6tch,” oxclaimed
tho prisoner with energy, * r whom my
’■'ifr
servants detected in an attempt to rol
my poor dlTceU*, hence his malice and
this charge.”
“8ilouce, woman,” sternly Interposed
tho judge, “or else confess. Will yotf,
a child of Belial, malign a Christian
radii 1 1f
Tho testimony for the publican had
r .
AT THE STAKE.
worked a comploto change III the flue
tunting feelings of tho mob toward tbti
prisoner, and tho words of the judge
were answered back by a shout of ap
proval. The prisoner was seen to turn
deathly pale; Bho did not reply, how-
over, to tho question,but shook her head
dospondingly, as if conscious that all
hope was ovor.
“Lend her away," hoarsely crowlod
tho mob, while tho dense mass of pooplo
swayed to and fro in tho excitement, ns
followed the magistrates of the towfe
directly after appeared aoveral monks)
and then, clad in white, with her hands
tightly pressed together came the victim.
She made no answers, it was observed,
to the words of the monks on eithei
hand, but ever and anon sho would
kiss a crucifix which sho carried,
nnd raised hor swimming eyes to
heaven. In that hour of bitter agony,
what must have been her emotions f
Sho, tho daughter of un emir nnd tho
ntlianced bride of one of the proudest
nobles of Franco, to bo hissed at by a
mob, and end her life In unheard of tor
ments nt the stukol Ohl if her lover,
sho thought, only knew her peril! But
alas! he was away. Well might aha
raise hor streaming eyes to honven as to
id
her only hope, and well might she turn
nway from tho ministers of roligion who
sanctioned hor sacrifice and trust only
in tlmt cross which was hor lover’s gitft,
of ono
„ 3y, nun
lier for tho United States 101, Unnadn n, total
ittS failure)!, a,-ninth 180 last week ami fell (he
week previous. Tho western and I’aoillc states
furnish more than one-half -if tho entire num
ber uf hustneaa casualties ill tlio United Slates.
A stout hr -fun utmu.K aoes.
if thoy would lmve rushed on tho do-
oiei
Thrnwn Ini. the fs.il.
A dispatch from Vort Dalhottslo, Ont., says:
Watiley Ulaih, of tills place, olid Miss Gertrude
Kennedy, of Toronto, were drowned to die
eaiial Inst tilglit. They were orlVitlK nlollg ins
bank, nod tlio oIrIiI IsiIiik T8it dark, they *p-
proaohod Ido itoar fliti edee, nod were preclpl-
latcd Into the water.
The lllii tlollan Uron nf Texas.
Cotton crop reportnlrom nearly every section
of Texan Indiealo euliniiterahlu damnue from
drouth lately, lo a number nf places tlio plnnt
in reported ns sheddtoi,- freely nnd I*'1118 other-
wine Injured. Nntwithslnnolna this there Is
no rc|sirl from nny sinule dtietlOli, wlilolt titles
not rsilmale a lietli I eotlon yield than iaslyenr.
"To tho stake with 1 herl Atvay with
tho sorceress! God's curse be oh' hfsf
for her evil doings?" shouted iho mob.
It was parly morning, yot oven nt Hint
houi tho judgment hall of tho little
town of llourdonuis was thronged with
tho populace. Men, women anilchlldron,
old nnd young, tho noble and tba
butghet, ptitists, soldiers and common
|>«pple, Crowded, the spitclotis ball and
erieil madly for hor blood.
Tho evening before a Ictnale, closely
veiled nnd ntthndcd by two servants,
whoso dark countenances bhspoko tho
sons of Kthlopin, had arrived nt Hour-
donnis and put up nt ono of tho princi
pal hostolries of tho placo. btrange
(cncelesS victim.
“Again 1 nsk thee, woman, wilt thou
confess?"
Sho shook her head dospondingly,
buried her face In her hands nnd mur
mured something; perhaps it was a
prayer. The mob burst onco more into
commotion.
‘Whoro are the servants of this
woman) lot them b« put on tho rack,”
said the judgo.
“Thoy have escaped," anawered an
Ollielnl,
'Vengeance for the sufferers by her
incantations I" hoarsely growled a voice
from tho mob.
The judge no longor hesitatod, but
and tlio emblem of the aufferinga of
whom that lover had taught her was the
only truottod.
At longth they reached the fatal stake.
Rut if Zilah shuddered et its eight the
feeling was checked beforo it could bo
>y tho populace. Calm and col
lected, though pale as tho driven snow,
sho stood proudly up whilo the fatal
chain was affixed around her slender
waist, and with eyes upraised to heaven,
appeared to bo only an indifferent epee-
tntor, instead of the chief person in the
fatal tragedy. Not a repining word
broke from her lips. The first agony of
death had poised away, and ahe steeled
her lienrt to her fete.
At length all was prepared. Over the.
vast assembly gazing on hor, hung thn
silence of the dead. T
Mon's breath <
iiltlo
arli,
ruttlofs Hotiti arose resji
her. Hor
esjioctiug
garb, her Inibu, ,bet intlgliiige nnd bor
The judge no longer hesitated, but
yielding to tiro popular curront ns well
as his own prejudices, Sentenced her to
utiick, and their hearts fluttered when
tni
Thn Colo|in*t F,rii|illon*
Tlio ntcAiiHT Lima BrinK* nows of another
eruption of the volcano of Cotopaxi. A telo-
uram from Chimhate to Guayaquil, ntaten tlmt
in that dt.V, rUuaKM nltnoHt at the foot of thu
HlKAUtio volcano, there tVAa a roltrful merthm
of lava. One httmlred houren wet i dentroyed*
The iiumlier of |(en<otiM killed Ih not knowm
_ . . WgUnlfff
complexion wero said td l>6 thtoe of
* riaracen, against which accused
raco tho chivulry of Europo nnd tho
church itsolf warred in vain. These ru
mors gained additional strength when
tho landlord of tho inn where she had
stopped was heard to Bay that ho had
soon hor prftcttaiflg sorcery* a chargo
edited fo r
Wllctirrnfl In Africa.
Advices from Ht. Paul do Loand, Wont Africu,
rejMirt thnt the petty kiiiR Coonhainii IBrlita,
died r. eently, 'J he uuttvi h attribute bin death
to witchcraft of tie whiten, and niAHftacred
be burned at high noon of that vefy day.
‘tho
A wild shout of exultation rose from
frenzied mob as the sentence wns pro
nounced, brit over tho din swelled tho
fearful cry. “I'd the stake with her—
away with the sorceress.’*
basilj Ore d
that age, nnd oBu
It was a fow hours enrlier iu the same
day when n noble knight ant in a liostlory
Of the little senport town of . Ho
which fhw, (jsjitcliilly in a cane like this,
had tho hardiunou tfidls'
disbelieve, In loss
than an hour the whole pojmlillioll df
Iho town was about, surrounding tho
hostelry, nnd crying out for vengeance
against tho sorceress. Such commotions
were both frequent and sanguinary in
thnt superstitious age.
Tho soldiery, however, Interfered by
arresting tho unsuspecting victim of
these lUthcrt. and nt an early hour tha
prisoner Imd bofln brought Into the
judgment hull tu nwult tho mockery of
trial.
“Abswcr mo, daughter of Belial I”
•aid thfe judge, ns soon us Hie murmurs
of the mob ullowhd hint to be beard.
“Will you confess your crime? SpeAk,
or you diet Know you that tho rack,
ayo! firs itself awaits you if your ob
stinacy continues?”
The prisoner wna a alight girlish cren-
Uifb, sitting *lth hor face buried in her
bands, directly opposite to the Judge.
Sho wn, apparently young and herliguro,
so fnr as could ba seen through the
thick veil wliioh shrouded hor form, was
light nod ngilo ns thnt of n sylph. To
tho judge’s question shu made no answer.
She only shook hot head deSpottdlngly,
and those nigh her fuUcied thoy heard
her sob.
At theso fearful words, repeated now
for tho second tiiilo, nnd growled forth
with nn ominous fierceness. Appalling
even to the itcarer, tlm prisoner was ob
served to tremble, whether with fear or
otherwi-o, we know not, nnd lifting iter
veil up with a sudden effort, sho rose to
her feet, turned hastily around to tho
mob, nnd disclosed a countenance of
Such surpassing lovolittuss to tltclr gn/.a,
thnt even those who had cried out most
unrelentingly for her blood now shrunk
abashed into silcnco, while Olliers who
hnd boen less eager for bur condemnation
audibly murmured in her favor.
“Wtint would yo have of me?" she
said, addressing the judgo, nnd for the
first time standing unvailed before him.
“As there is a God in whom wo both
believe, I lmve told you only tlio truth. 1
am a stranger, u foreigner, ’« defenceless
woman, but not tho less the atlianeeil
bride of one of your proudest noblemen,
the count de Garonne."
The tone in which she spoke was low,
but ohl how touchingly sweat; and her
words wore uttered in broken l-roncli,
with a perceptible Oriental ac cent. Loud
murmurs ro.*e in Iter favor as she ceased
speaking. The tide was turning. But
the judgo now spoke.
“Out on tlite for a base slntidcrer of n
noble of l-’rance nnd a ho y crusader!
Thou the betrothed bride of Guronnci
Ae soon would tlio eagle male with the
vulture. I tell thee, woman, that tliy
story of having been shipwrecked iii
coming to France, and ol ull thy train
having been loot except thy two Ethio
pian myrmidons, is a foul lie, and I am
almost minded to wring the truth from
thee on tho rack."
“I lmve said it,’’said tha prisoner, in
a firm voice, for she felt that her life de
pended on her firmness, “and if you will
give but ono week, one little week, and
I will prove it before man ns well as God.
I came from Syria in the tunio fleet with
my lord, but undercharge of his mother's
confessor—now a saint in heaven!—bill
being separated by a storm, in which onr
galley was shipwrecked, I was thrown
unprotected on your shores. I am a
stranger here. My servnnts even havo
deserted me. I do no one harm, i plot
no treason. All 1 ask is to pass on my
way. Oh! ” she continued in a burst of
emotion, “if you have a daughter, think
what would be your feelings if she was
thus to be set upon in u strange land,”
and she burst into tears. Again the
crowd murmured in her favor.
“Woman!" sternly interposed the
judge, unmoved by her emotion, "look ;
at the victim of your sorcery, and seek
no longer to deceive ns by your lies.
Send forth Philip tlio Deformed!"
At the woros of tin- judge, an official
bearing a white wand stepped into a side
room, und in a moment reappeared with
a cripple hideously deformed, whom the
populace recognized as the landlord of
the hostelry. When confronted with
the prisoner he glared at her with n look
of demoniacal hatred.
“Know you this woman?” asked tlio
judge.
“Ay, to my cost,” answered the crip-
ile. “It is through her incantation that
am tlie bping I am. It was but yester
day sho came to my inn, attended by two
heathenish Ethiopians, whom I have
heard palmcre from the Holy Land say
are kept by the Panims—God’s ban be
theirs I I no sooner beheld her than 1 ;
recognized her to bo the sorcerers who, ,
three years ago, brought on me tlie dis ’
ease '.y which 1 am crippled. I could !
toll her among a thousand. Tlie curso
o f God light on her for a child of the
evil one,” and the witness ground his j
teeth together and glanced fiercely at the
was of singularly Imposing enst of coun
tenance. Ills fos
features were of the true
Norman outline, with a lofty intellectual
brow, shaded iiy locks of' tho richest
title. His cheek was embrowned
chestnut
by a Syrian sun until it was of tlio dr.rk-
ost olive color, but the clear white of his
forchoad, which had been protected
from exposure by Ids hairnet, betrayed
the original purity of hit complexion.
His form was tall nnd commanding. Ha
sat apparently absorbed in thought, hut
was aroused from bis roverie by the on-
trauce of a retainer.
“Are the Horses rendy?”
“Ye,, my lord,” said the man.
“We will mount into the saddle at
once then; how far did thoy nay it was
tt? fitfurdonnis?"
“8ix lcaguos.’’
"Wo shall reach it before nightfall;
lead on.”
Tho party which set forth from the inti
was a gallant sight to behold. Knights,
Squires, men-at-arms and other retainers
swelled the escort of the young count to
tho number of ifOArly four-score, while
tha pennons waving in the air, and the
occasional sound of n trumpet gavo n
liveliness to tho escort which attracted
the attention of the passers-by of every
rntik and lex, and drew many a sigh of
envy from them. But who might pro
tend to be thu oqunl of the renowned
Count Garonne, a crusader of untar
nished fame, a gallant still in tho flower
of hiA youth and the lord of half a score
of caatk-a scattered over tho wido do
main of France.
At tlio head of the proud array rode
tha count himself, conversing gaily with
a knight nt his side, whom ho familiarly
called cousin.
"Ay, by 8t. Dennisl" inld tho count,
ahe is A divinity attcli ns oven our sunny
provcnco doth but afford. Uuch eyes,
such hair, and then, by my faith, such a
iioy felt that in another minute the aw^
ful tragedy would be begun. Every
eye was bont intently on the fatal
etako as tho executioner approached
with the fiory brand. For tho last time
Zilah opened her oyes to tako a final look
on thnt earth to which sho was soon to'
bid farewell forever. But what sent
thnt sudden flush to her cheek? Why
that cry of thrilling joy, tho first audi
ble sound which had loft her lips since
her sentence? 8ho sees a troop of fiery
horsemen, covered with dust and foam,
thundering over the brow of the hill in
front of her, and in the very van of the
array sho recognizes the pennon of tha
count of Garonnu waving in the noonday
sun.
Onward oame tho rescuers. Horse on
horse, knight after knight, retainer fol
lowing retainer, they awopt liko a whirl
wind down thu hill, shouting their war-
cry, “Garonne—a Bt. Denis and Ga
ronne I” tho panic struck crowd opening
to tlie right and to the left beforo them.
In vain the soldiery who guarded the
victim attempted to reiist tho rush of
the assailants. They might as well have
withstood the ocean surges in their
might. The shock of the horsemen waa
irresistible. Foremost among them,
cleaving his way liko n giant, rodo the
count himself, his tall figure and power
ful chargor rendering him conspicueua
over nil. Nothing could resist him.
Ho scorned liko an avonging spirit come
rief
voice! It pained my heart to part from
Zilah—l
my nweot Zilah—but aho would have it
so—nnd so site conies in company witli
Father Ambrose nnd a score of my host
knight*. Her maidenly modesty dic
tated this, and i was forced to submit.
We wore separated, however, by that
heathenish storm, and I suppose her
galley put into Genoa."
“I long to see your princess, nor do I
wonder at vour love, sineo site fined you
from a Moslem prison. I am all impa
tience to behold her—but look at the
knave coming over yundcrhill. He rides
like the fiend himself.”
“Ay! and by 8t. Dennis be is n black
amoor; a scarcer thing here than in
Syria."
Even whilo they spoke the horseman
rapidly approached, and beforo many
minutes drew in the rein of bis foaming
steed nt tha side of tlio count, whom lie
appeared to know. Tba recognition was
mutual. Tho man instantly spoke in a
stinngo tongue, nud with violent ges
tures. while, witli an agitated voice, the
count appeared to question him. But a
few minutes had elapsed, however, be
fore tho count turned around to his
cousin, and exclaimed, in a voice trem
bling with emotion, but with an attempt
at composure;
"‘Zilah lias been wrecked, and only
she nnd two of hor train, with a few
common Bailors, have escaped. Her
strange companions, her foreign tongue,
but, more tiiuti all, tlio accursed perju
ries of n tliioving innkeeper, havo
to the aid of the suffering victim, nor
wero those wautlng who saw in the sud
den appearance of the rescuers, and
thoir indomitable courage, proofs of
supernatural agoncy. A universal panic
seized on the crowd. Soldiers as well
as populnco broke und fled. In a few
minutes the count had gained tho stake,
when, springing front his steed he
rushes forward, and with one blow of
Ills huge sword, Imd severed the chain
which bound tho victim to tho stake.
“Oh! lionrli" hysterically said the
rescued girl, as she sprang forward and
foil fainting into hor lover’s arms,
“Zilah I God bo praised that you are
safe! Curses on thu villains. She faint*.
Ho, there, water, you knaves, or I cleave
you to tho chin.”
But tlio maiden Imd only fainted from
excossivo joy, and when restoratives
were appliod, she speedily recovered.
Our story is done. Tho terror of the
populace, tho humble apologies of the
magistracy, tha merited punishment of
tho perjured publican; and tho speedy
union of tho count und the converted
princess—are thoy not all written in the
chronicles of tlio nobio house of
Garonne. — Graham't Magatins.
WISE WORDS
brought on bur tho clmrgo of Borcery, n
raised.
tumult has been raised, she has been
arrested, and—God of my fathers!
may eyen now be suffering on the rack
or at the stake. Oh I why did I ever
leave hor? But, if a hair of her head is
harmed, 1 will hang every knave of
Bourdounia.”
“Lot us on at once, then; we may yet
nrrtveintime.”
“Pass the word down the line,” ex
claimed tho count. “On. knights and
gentlemen; wo must not draw rein un
til we reach Bourdonnis.”
After a few minutes of hurried con
sultation with the servant, who stated
that he und his fellow imd escaped in
the night of the tumult, and each, by
different roa-ls, sought the port where
they supposed the count to he, the gal
lant army set forward nt a rapid pace,
and in a few moments nothing hut tt
cloud of dust iu the valley and on thu
hillside was left to tell of their late prt-B
cnce.
There is not a single moment in Ufa
that wo enn afford to lose.
Troubles spring from idleness, and
grievous toils from needless ease.
Adversity is tho trial of principle;
without it n man can hardly know
whether he is honest or not.
Ho that studios books alone will know
how things ought to ho; and he that
studies mon will know how things are.
Sympathy is a tollow feeling with any
ono iu trouble; it can only be fully
developed where liko experience ex
ists.
Base all your actions upon a principle
of right; presorvo your integrity of char
acter, and in doing this never reckon on
the cost.
Good is slow; it climbs. Evil.is
swift; it descends. Why should we
marvel that it makcB great progress in a
short time.
Thoughtlessness is never an excuse for
wrong doing; our hasty actions dis
close, as nothing elso does, our habitual
feelings.
Let an indupendout thinker show a
fearless fidelity to his convictions, and
■ the shafts of bigotry nnd envy fall help-
' less and harmless at his feet.
Statistics of Suicides.
How York City—1880, 153; 1881,
Ito; 1883, 11)0; 1883, 150; 1884, 330.
Itt FOURTEEN CITIES IN 1889.
City. J'upulation. tiulcidce. One in
London 3,WJ,3'J3 353 10,700
Now York 1,30.1,577 153 8,000
lltrlln 1,133,360 308 8,700
1’tiiladclphln SI8.-.IS0 68 13,500
Vienna 726,103 230 3,260
(iln-u-ow 539,5S3 14 42,001
lJluokljrn 666,683 31 18,300
Calcutta 420,535 58 7,400
lloston 362,535 40 3,001)
liultimoro 582,190 18 16,21.0
Co-ioahagun 235,254 70 3,860
Edinburgh 223,*39 7 32,800
llavro. 160,000 23 4,300
Honolulu 14,114 6 3,400
IN HIX CITIES IN 188a
It was already high noon in Bourdon
nis. A little out of town, in a gentle
valley, was tho place chosen for tho in
fliction of the horrid sentence. For
more than nn hour—indeed over since
the condemnation of the accused—the
populace had been pouriug thither in
utowds, until now a vast multitude,
comprising nearly the whole population
of the town, surrounded the placo of
execution and covered tho encircling
hills like spectators in an amphitheatre.
At length the procession came in sight,
first marched a body of soldiers; then
City. Population. Suicidee. One in
1 -oidon 4,1.00.000 368 10,800
New York 1,300,009 169 8,200
Hl-r.in 1,200,000 400 3.000
Hamburg 455,006 16* 2 3JO
PrtlBstdB 405,000 101 4,000
Mcn.oh 310,000 66 4,800
In New York in tho eleven years end
ing with 1880, 1,103 men and 338 women
committed suicide. These figures come
from Dr. Nugle, register vital statistics.
From some fuw of Uie cities mentioned
doubtless the returns are incomplete.—
Ifeu.i York Sun.
Adam and Eve were the only people
who never bewailed the successful'day*
of their ancestors,— Waterloo Gbsereer.
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