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THE MERCURY.
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N UMBER 53.
THE MERCURY.
NHMD EVERT TUESMT.
NOTICE 1
->
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cuts.
City B» nder«villc.
Mayor.
..T, N. (ill,WORK,
Aldermen,
\V. R TniumN,
IT. E. Rououton,
•T. H. Roberts,
A, M. Mayo.
8. G, Laxg.
Clerk.
0. C. Brown.
Treasurer
J. A. Inv’tH,
Marshal.
J. E. Weddoh,
Town of Tennllle.
THE HEWS IN CENERAL.
HAPPENINGS OF INTERE8T
FROM ALL POINTS.
liihiiidant.
John C. Hauman.
Aldermen.
■I. l'\ Mehkison,
J. I). Fhanku.v,
•I. M. I Shown.
J. B. I'mrciTAiU).
Clerk.
8. K. B. Mamev.
Marshal.
J. C. Hamilton.
A, C. WRIGHT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
10B Bay St.. Savannah, Ga.
•STWII.I, PBAOTICP. IS ALL Till) COURTS.
E. S. LANGMADE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SANDERSVILLE, On.
R l» Kvams. II. IL F.Vv.nh. Jn
EVANS & EVANS,
ATTORNEYSAT LAW
SANDERVILLE. GA.
F H. SAFFOLD.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
8ANDERSV1LLE. OA.
Will practice in nil tl,e (Jotirlh of ilia
Middle Circuit and in tin cnuntiia
surrounding Washington. Special a-
lention given to comweri i«l law.
feASTKHM ANH MlllDl.U HT.lTliB.
' .iH*?*!? 0 ' ' v »-oox, a New York milllon-
,? n ‘ l manufacturer, Avmmlttwl
Wlcido the other rtiy by shooting himself.
lnn^ l u.* 0 !ii 1 elL vl ^ speculation, Anil hail
ron« suffered from physical trouble!-,
An encluo collided with a milk war m oa
eoJ.u i? ' iTfwinz nt ljineavter, l*enn.,
resulting in probably fatal injuries fo three
1 . 5( 0BT »Y the bakers who have been IhjV-
■Iittlng Mrs. Urtiy's Imkery In New York
, by pnrailing in front of lie,- plain' and re
questing |veople by elroulafa not to purchase
in her store were arrested, and four of them
inod for disorderly rouduct. Hiuoo the boy
rolthig began Mrs. (fray's lihsih "ss has
i fPy iuuiwuod, ami bIhr has con-
u lbutioiis in money amounting to over #*<)<).
Hio U)frotter* Announce their (leWmiiia-
t:o U to kc*p tip th«> fight.
CraHleh H. ItKjii.Lv, another of the New
\nrk ex aldermen, wiu nmwtcl on the 14th,
charged with kcIHuk his vote for the Hi*on<l-
way railroad fraiuhise lie gn\e Imil in the
, Bum of W5,00a
Tub strike on the G011M byb r-iu of rnll-
rt»nd< and the siiltsequmt failure of nil at
tempts arbitration have led to an nui-
I mated and pointo.l correspondence lietweeu
Mr. T. V. rowdeilv. the head of tin* Knights
of Lnlior order, and Mr. Jay Gould. Mr,
rowderly has declanvl war Ui»on Jay GouM
as “themaster monottoHutof tfinagis ,r and tho
latter having invoked the iirotwtion of the
lnw, the battle will he fought in the courts If
txxnible.
Mil. Fowpkhlv has issue 1 n »ircular from
j’hiladelphin culling upon tho Knights of
Lain r throughout ilie cf.untrv for funds to
help sustain the strike on tin* Gould system
of ruilroadH in the Koulhwpit.
Tiik drivei-H and car conductors of the
Third Avenue railroad, the leading horse-
car com puny in Now York, struck on the
Ihtli Uvmise the compuiiy refusivl to din
charge somo of its employes upon the demo id
of the strikers, Th** compnny determined to
iod*t the demands of their employes, and the
cars thereupon ceased running.
K. K. Hikes.
O. II. lici.nns.
HINES & ROGERS,
Attorneys at Law.
SANDERSVILLE. GA.
Will practice in tin* «•« uiitien of Wushingio •,
Ieflerson, Johnston, KniHinifI and WilLire*-n.
snd in the U, S. Court# for the South i n Dm-
lilet of Georgia.
Will act as agents in buying, - ding u n!-
ng Heal Ettftio.
Office on West side of Public Square.
Ootll-tf
G W. H. WHITAKER,
DENTIST,
SANDER8VILLE, GEORGIA.
TERMS CASH—
by Oflire at hi. reaiili IU-I-, on llarrla slrcot.
Aptko-’ao
H. S. HOLLIFIELD,
Physician & Surgeon,
SANDERSVIX.EE, GA.
OOk-e I.oxl Uom to Mm. lluym's Millinery
■’torn, on Ilarriii siren!.
MY YOU It
i' in
- FROM
tJBB 1ST I .
\ wi None genuine without our ‘,rad< muk. <
. O.v Jiiyj* A V/> FOtt SALK
SPECTACLESJOSE GLASSES, Etc., Etc.
Watches, Clocks
f'^TTBL 'A /•’
JEWELRY
NOt Til AMI U'liNT.
Wilijam Hki.Mh, n Wisconsin farmer,
shot at two ofllcers who wen* altout to take
liim into ctiHtody lie;‘HUsc lie hud l»ectmio in
sane, hut iniBB«*d his aim and kilhsl his wife.
At alnrgfltueetitiK of Ht I/mls citir.cnB on
I ho tilth rosolutioru wore adopted favoring
tho udjustnieut of the railroad striko by
means of arbitration, and a committee was
appoints I to take steps in that Riirection.
A riio.iKi t i.4 under way to rndHim about
a million aci*cs of laud in California by
lowering Tulare lake ty nearly fifteen feet
below Its prudent level.
A ui iuilak entareil the sleeping room of
Mr. P. Kendall, at l/»ckland, Ohio. He drew
a pistol, but Mr. Kendall was h»o quick for
him, and the intruder fell dead at the first
fire.
Fivr. strikers, among them C. L. Graham,
master workman of a Kniglite of I^ibor
assembly. have Ik.h*ii arrest** I ut Little Hock,
Ark., by tin* national authorities on the
1 barge of impeding ami disturbing the ad
ministration of justice in tho United Htau?*
circuit court.
Thk sherifTs deputio* who filed into a
c rowal at iSt. Ix)iiiH were held resjH>nsible for
thj a< t by the coroner's Jury.
fi-.\TKit r *poit i nut tho number of killoil by
the tornado in Minnesota at over seventy*
live, and the injured at more than ‘JOn,
Haptistk Fuy, a railway engineer at K»ist
Ht. IiOiiis, III., i*efusrd to join m the slrike.
A number of men deumuded a pn uiise of his
wife that he should join tho strikers, hut she
said It Wtjuld he useless to give sueli a prom
ise, as ho hud determiiual to continue at work.
Tho men left, d»n>lniing that Fry should quit
work or Buffer the como luonccs. During tho
night, while Fry was afstant his house, was
set on fire, and his wife nud five-weeks-old
loihy had a narrow escape from h«Ylng burned
to death. Coal oil Imd l>eon poured over tho
side of the houso in which tho occupants
slept.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
Ukvlon now claim* to grow tho fined lea 1
lu the world.
There is a movement to make two Htalcj
out of Kansas.
A cremation so.ioty is belug orgaui/.ed At
Newark. N. .L
At a drum tap 0,000,00) tM»ldiers could take
arms iu Kitrope.
A new Knglidi <liotiouar> is coming out i
with ‘Mil,(XU words.
Howard Atkinson says that a nmu car
live comfortably on >*Ahi a year in Boston.
It is f*:imat d that, 5,00) ihyi-soub were
eonverte 1 by Joubx and Hmnli In Uiucln-
nvti.
Thk net iu>Toas3 of tlie Met.holi < church
South for the last year is sal I to be about
50,000.
Lart year the »Vt|M*itBefl of Tu lin exceeded ;
tho rfivenucti by $ 1 cvo/kbi, owing mainly td 1
the war in Htirmah.
t InK Bible house, which lias lieen wtnh
lished sines* 1714, lias ifistrilmted no fewer
than 0,350,Oikl Bibles.
The refuse water of tho pnj»er mil s is
saved in Ktigland. an I tho waste fiber is
manufa' ture»l by tiieuse of alum cake.
Gkxkrvi. Master Workman Powokri.y
gets 91.500 u year for devotiug his entire
at tuition to the in'eredi of the Knight n of
l<aboi\
(Ikoruk STimox of Perthshil*e, Hcoilun i,
who has hist die 1 at the ago of 101 ream, is
said t*> have bc#*n the oldest Free Mason in
Ktiropo.
TiiRrK are no less than soventv-flve Aztec
mins in the Halt river valley. California, be
side the old canals an l waterways of tho
A/tec people.
Tiik French minister of war has cut sliorfc
the Imiard contmverHV by issuing a peremp
tory order for all soldiers and ofuoers to raise
I ►cards inline 1 lately.
OK the -).*» p *r*otls who enligrnted from
Ireland in 1 *vC>, no less than 40,055 chiiio to
the l'nit**<l HlatiCN, while Australia loivived
only 0,807, Car.iida 0,170 and New Zealand
4k*0.
Sr..ah nilt.i\ntion ha* lieon initiated in
Houthern Florida. Over 'HD acres Invc* Iknhi
prejKircd for tho planting of the canen*«r
KinHtinme.* City, whom
lie erect d.
A GaMwihiuh (Hid cow was slnrk by n
i .lilwav lo’om )tive and th*own I Igh in The
air. rilie landed on her foot nud resume 1 her
'peaceful occupation of eating grass as if
nothing had ImpiHuicd.
Kx-Minihtkk Wallace is in favor of
changing the lmmo of our country from
‘•Unfteil Htntc.V’ to “Anierlcu.’’ Tho latter
is the passport, for eitlz.
THE TERRIBLE CYCLONE.
sr.YKXTr-vovn vr.ovt.c killed
ISO 113 ISJVItED.
THE SINQER'3 ALMS.
In Lyons, in tbe niisi-t of that Freucli town,
Yeaf* sluvo. a womon limlinn a tali' child,
Craved a
down
two of whom were iu the skiff towing
the 6 team or, one nt the wheel, and tho
other three keeping gunrtl.
We were' towed down t.bout five miles
small alms of one who, walking and then up a bayou sotting iu from tho
i right-hand shore, and running back into
and smiled
tu-rul acewei ut DlMretn and Hulterln*-
Nole* br mi KytdVHiiMi.
The sjiue iu St. Benedict Hospital, St.
C'lou l, Mum., after the storm, was heartrend
ing. Men, women and children lay in broken
Rhap-N, bathed in their own blood ami facet 1
blackened and grimy, And arina and lege brok- 1
ni, and scalps tom and bodies lacerated. Tbe !
H'cnn it the engine homo was more horrible. 1
r.ightoon liftluRM bodies were stretched on the
il Mir in two rows, draped in sheets And blank- ;
i ts, while around and among them moved men
Midi IriiIinns uncovering facet, trying to rtc-
ognizo in the d.Btorted fanes some familiar
inn n vhl»h thry might trace relationship.
The bodies presented a terrible spectacle. The j
olotbet they had worn were tern into shreds, ;
their faces were black with dust, and grave)
was ground into their chucks, while the scalps
wviolorn and blood slid flowed from gaping
uoinds and covered (hi (loot. BkUlls were
crushed, eyvs fot1» from tkeir sockets and
tongues protruded from between lips that
were cruelly cut and intttltatod. |
Bronv or AN KYK-W1TMKS8.
“My God, it's a cyclone ! llun for your
lives l” 1 cried to several men with whom 1 was
tu king iu front of thofpostofllee,” said an eye- [
witness of tin awful disaster which !»• fel Ht.
0 oud and “flunk Rapids." Hardly had we j
sought shelter in our places of fancied seourltv ,
when the storm hurst in all its fury, and iu on
incredib'v short space of time the pretty town I
of Hank lUpiils was tl\! picture of desolation j
which you see. Two of the poor fellows warned
killed hv falling timbers ■'Most n *
; was no current in this bayou, and they
tbwed the steamer up such narrow chan
W« bad found a couple of stout clubs
in the house, nnd these were in the hands .
of men on each side of the door. While 1
their positions were sheltered any one
attempting to enter would find himself
in i>orll of his life. Wc were determined '
neither to leave the shelter of tbe place
nor tu allow any of the oulnwa to come in 1
They soon discovered that wc
WOMEN ANb WOMEN
Rome women cannot build
The broken altars of their hearts up straight.
Their weak handn are unskilled
To mend the breach that perfidy ho« made
And raise behind th« gate
Of pride, some newer altars in the sluule
Of first dead holies. Such women, It Is said.
u , . , , 1 ncD thnt wo licur.! tim Imslio bnulilug jlicll ibc koy of the .ituuliou, and tlu-ir Sit ever wnlHng o'w ttaolr f«ithl**i (!*•<!.
Ho p«use<l, hut found he lad no coin to InjBinit hW sidc... She ll.mUy ea.no to a j passion- were around; to . the highest
<lole ' ! stop ami was made fast to the bunk, and ' pilch. They commanded nnd tlirentencd,
His guardian augcl warned him not to hwe then tho outlaw who had been noting ns j and, flodlng this of no avail, opcutal fire
This chance of |»earl to do another good;
Ho, os he waited, sorry to refuse
The
lie a.k.sl for |K>nny, there aside he stood. , nttv of you attempt to play Us any trick, the windows there was
Aud With 111*hat held ns hy Unit, the nest, I ping! goes n bullot through your skull.” | tlndr bullets. They Inal
He covered tils kind fn.-e nnd sun* tits "What do you Intend to do with usf lade for half an hour,
best.
Their idols, when they fell,
Hhook tho fair shrine and rent the veil in
twain.
Aud evermore a knell
Bung by the ghastly wraith c4 hope be i f
Wails a requiem of undying pain
And moves tho crushed dead at tho altar
ildo,
While the dull blasts of ruined love and trust
1 captain eftniu into the cabiu aud said: J on the house. It was built ol stout
'Now, then, a liorc with you, and if. planks, and ho long as wo kept away from
the windows thore was no danger from
slntainod the fuail-
nnd then an ex-
asked our captain. | citing event occurre 1. ....
"Askuo iiuoaliou.-. but tome along,” Tint hero of an engineer, with his .
The shy was Lino above, amt all the lane was the stern reply. bloo I soaking his clothes, and the Eddy around In clouds the by-gone a dust!
Of commerce, whore tho singer stood, wn, Wp were covered by four or live re imisipiitos bitiug lilm by tint thousand, g,, me |„ the numtitng shock
tilled, | volvers, and there was no stow for ro-1 lay .mlet-where heifell until the outlaws or rrum uiln e rlmre. sink to rise more strong
And many ]MUacd. ami, listening. t*m*®d distance. Two of the outlaws prucedetl nbaaatiOi'tt t»>u abeam or to Attack u. mnrtii«LBrnltj».nioii the rock
again us. and the others brought up the rear as j Then he c srefully worked his way aboard. X
To hoar the voice thul through and tbitmgb j wc marched ashore. We walked U|) the ( secured ouc of the Uunrv r *^** , l . n - n 1 “ yvitliout, a u-ar for wlint Is lost, nor long
For the bright phantom* of a vanished day;
Aboard of nu old house boat. This craft tire, And hit> first bullet passed through
(ledro-
Abif an angel, minting up, had said:
“Yonder n crown await* thk singers
it end.”
The lint of Its stamped brood was t iuptied
eoon
hi they vere indoor*, and I, a* you
iteaf In
sugar factory
tho nnmo
:h of (his country in
10 “United Htnlos' is
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
John K. Gwknm, the comedian, lias en
tirely r gained iii* health.
PattITios come down from |5,0 M) to #2.000
a night for n London ho won. and lUlinn
oj»era is to I/O re mined in that city.
Fiianoik Brorr Kr.v. who wrote “The
Shir Hpnngled Banner," kbi havo a #15,000
mouuineut in Baltimore. Tho Hiatt* will erect
it.
Mm*. Clara s. human.v, despite her
sixty-six yeui's, still retains her physical
powers nnd is regarded as one of tne fluent
piauista in Muro]>o.
Mihs Trllie Dk Rihsan of Now York
ban made a brilliant success as Adina in the
revival of Donizetti's “Klisir d’Amoio ’ l y
the Boston Ideals in the Wcit.
Bi binhtki.V, the pianist and (*oni)Kisor, has
declined a #UK),000 oll'er to come to Americn.
because he is afraid of sea-d kiies.N His first
experience was enough for him.
__ . , (rill ]
...... ...v mark of mv’oxporicnco to inv living
day"—pointing to tho l>anilngcd arm which he
carried in m id lug
“Fertnuatoly as it turned out I did not have
time to get under cover myself, and thuS e§-
raped being crushed biuenth a roof, a fate
whic h .happened to very many. 1 saw, too. the
cvclune from its bopiiining until its inthlcns
work was aeostuiplishc I. The awful gnndour
of tho sight I shall never forgot. It i* Impos
sible to eay how many peoplo woro kil'.od or in
jured. Ah noon oh the storm had paastd I
►daggered to my boarding place,which strange
ly enough wan left. I am suro that no
leM limn thirty people wuro klllod, while the
Injured u111 number innny scoro more. The
eastern portion of tlie town is in ruin*,"
Hpoaking i»f the appiosch of the cyclone, he
sayst "Twisting and twirling it came down
toward the doomed town. Mothers with
blanched faces hastily snatched tip their babe*
and sought p otretton in convenient collars.
fluabaiidKand fathers ran to their homes, fear
ful for their wives and children. Doors wore
lockod, windows closed, and fomilioH crowded
into cramped cellars. In neatly every case
within the Cyclone's path precautions worn in
\aiu. Liko a huge black funnel, sucking
1<i gulp down every-thing within its reach,
the dcath-ilealing cloud came swooping
iimen. At 4 i»‘J it had struck the southwestern
Like snow beneath tho
them thrilled. I nUoit, which was very spongy for nlnjut * through the bushc - unti) ^ he had them
I think tho guardian hugel holped fiioug j u hundred feet, anil wore then turned t cuts oil from the h warn p. Then ho opened
That cry for pitv woven illu Kona:. .— -- , , r
' was in such a dilapidated condition that j tilt*.I through the lender s body and struck
TheHinger btood between tin beggars there* B W as plftln she had been there for two tl u house bout. Almost an fast ns otic
Ifefora * ilimv!i. tuid ov,-itie*,! the spire i r . r three jv-ara, and nnco tnsMe v.o saw could uonnt wi-. li. nr«J Hie track of hi.
A slim. |!on»'tiinl flngor 111 *]| > ni,- | C.Mt alio Jjarl bean used ns tho hc uhiuar- , rifle. 'I'lin villimis wore av. miuRly pot.ri
Held towai-d liurtveii, 1-ueI of tile tieml'n tors of the x al1 ?. Tlio cabiu of the boat | llod wilk astquFbuimit mid terror. .Vol
was ouo 1'iiiu room, with an old stove 1 a shot was Imd in return, nor did a man
and u fow articles of kitchen ware in one [ of (Item seek to escnjie. In llmi- minutes
corner. There were scleral olil e.hnirs - tho last man sail t ilown. and i-verv one of
amt A wreck of a (able, and the gang bad them dead iis men can die. Me could n’t,
slept on straw which had not been re- I of course, formally correct Idea ol wind
nowed for a year. • was jjolug on, having Io»k' before given
Daylight h-as just breaking us we filial the engineer up for d ad. lie advanced
Into tho tioaian s lup, who drenched with im,, the UoUso limit, and we could now j to where the bodies were lying, counted
I erne ; got a plaluer vlow of our captors If the them to make sure that none hud escaped,
Her kiss upou the hand of help: 'was noon, j si t itlct of Arkansas held a more villi, nous and then eamo down and let us out.
And noon In her glad heart drove forth her wo never had the honor of an intro- The nITair was never investigated even
ferns. . I unction. They looked more liko wild by a coroner. A\ c gave the Itodlea burial,
Tha «ltiger, pbtr.eil. |'*<;s*<l t N iuil mftly | licnst< ihitn men, and every other wot\l and when il but (nw kiiuwn that the
thought: j tint fell from their lips was an oitli. Tito ' swuiup gang had btn-u wined out, no
"Men wilt not know by whom this ,lee,J house bold bail once been provided w 1th steamer, barge, or raft passed us without
ini' wrought. ‘
Hut when nt night lie eaiua upon Hie stage
Cheer after Vlussr wout up from tha' wit
throng.
Amt flowers rained ou turn, nought could a
tint to their new-throned Idols incense bring.
Buying: “The king Is dead; long llv# the
king I"
they llud a worthier dust
Aud raise It o'er tin altars of the past.
Aud love It dearly, as a woman must—
They even forget In happier hour*thslrloss
Of former Idols, saying, with smiles at last:
"flow could We deem our broken dreams a
cross I”
Which are the noblest souls; those who forget
Or those who mourn their first sweet idol*
yet t
—Ulart Beatrice Coffetl,in fnfrr-Ocssn.
ITU AND POINT.
i windows, but now only the sashes re- j her cap'nin shouted his thanks.— .Vee
maliiod. The boat was afloat, and tied , Tori'
treas by grapevines. The captain
of tho otltlaws followed us aboard, and.
st.-inding in the doorway, with a cocked
revolver, lie said:
I'xpulalon of (he I’oles.
Tho Prussian government, lu tho sum-
mor of 18tC>, issued an order for tho ox-
livery bonuct has a "1>" in it.—Lottcll
(Hi hnu
A friend in need is a friend who gon
orally strikes you for a ipmrlcr.
The heaviest mash on record was when
tiut 1, was crushed (oearth.—•Term Tor
a ii tala. •
T„, 1 "Make yourselves at homo, gentlemen: ■ pu i„i 0 n of all Poles from tho country. I he rage for old gold serins to lmvu
riietuimUUif the well orne save the s,mg 1 au J I want, to say to you that any They were to be allowed a certain time | passed away, Imt the enthusiasm for old
mat he had swaetly snug, with wtvnrM : move to break out will result iu some- i i„ aiisison/- of their elTects, nnd nt tho ond ; greenbacks oontlm.es unabated.—Detroit
luce. t i. „,i... >• i ........ i Ly...
body's gelling killed."
The dm
.j dispose , - .. t
I of that time were obliged to depart what- I AVer J 'rets.
floor hy which wo had entered over their cireuniMunees or condition c»f Time is money, they say. Ami we have
! was the'only door to the taint, the other | Xieultli. As tho Itnsslnu government re- I often observed that It' tnkot n good deni
having been stoutly dosed up. As tbe : f ll8 .d to admit these banished people un : of monay to have a good time.— fyjmcr-
outlaw withdraw be fastened tho door | cw they could prove they were born in
with a padlock, and wc heard him mortiig 1 that cnuutrv. tlu-lr luiplca condition
I oil'in the direction of tiio steamer. Indiguo -I ftro ,,„ e ,i „ m( "ij svmpnthv in the German
tlon, disgust.nnd a feeling of revenge look alatta, and upon tin- 'meeting of the
! possession of us for the tirsl hour. Then ! ruic-luttuu-, or Uurmun parliament, n reso
Some ten yeurs ago I was engaged the colored conk set to work to get ns I |„ t j 0 n was passed reoucsting un explain-
with others in the rc-survcy for the gov- 1 some breakfast, but it was little stool; t | uu „f this net Ion To tbl- Cham dim
ornmollt of certnln’poitions of the Ar- - ‘
fact),
For the two Im^hth ( n tho markai j»lfc a.
-Henry Abbey,
THE SWAMP GANG,
AND MOW IT WAS "WIl'KD OUi.'l
ernment. nt certniii'poi'lions of the Ar- , we ha i on hand. There was a part of a jjjsuiarck replied that the matter was a
kansas river. In order that we might run bag of meal, a jug of molluscs, and a few j., lIS8 j nn „ holly, and us ho cuuld
into creeks and over liar. Wo were pro- ' piunds of bacon. No one would eat be- n()t admit, the right of the relchstng to
vided with a sinuil steamer - 1 - «--u l -■ •
idled the
plain,
hools-
portion of HU Dlond.
aim's rays thehotnai in it, path molten aw,y. Sprite. The crew* consisted of cni
Home wera lifted l/oililr wllli thotr oontanla mate, engineer, tin-iniin, cook and w
high Into tlm nir and dallied Into kindling- , n „ n ,T
w.i.hI iinnn 111 ground. Other,, Willi ilomcr " lnn ' n ln - V111 ”"-1” a
uslu-d ltko «o much crdhoai-d. 1 tleman numod Mortimer White. The
ire m»,»lve iuconitruction, were I eommOflationa were rather scant, but we we could see the steamer
niched. lived well, nnd, ax is the rule
j lie BXyw.is a most hlaok with flylpg limber, j cases, none of os was ov
wh eli were whir.ed like straw, tlnouali the
frnme, \xero
Htillntlior*, i
twisted »Iul \
. nd ft few mouthfuls, and wo than held oom . erl , itaclt in those alTaira that were
a council of war to plan some relief from exc |ualvcly tho previncr of the states,
aur entburra sing situation. he could gi\e no explanation. Kubse
Hy peering through the cracks nnd ..pently, however, a aimilar reiolutiffli
crevices in the stem of tho house boat 1 W(u I'mssed by tho Drusslaa landtag,
note tho J or | otll | , 1(w ;einbly. To this Uismarek
ic rule in such fact that the outlaws wore getting tip r „plied, .January 'JH, IHHti, nt some length,
erworked. AVe sinam. It was piobablo t.hoy Intended to u. .aid ilmt ilu. nrlmarv cause of the
,,ti i i .• ■ . , ■ hoisted out o; lue Riomm iiko bu man v t cod*. . • , : ^ ,.aw . uuniuHi rruBsut. jiuh u » */*'»*
a^l.oS^fSlofd.13 1 uIZh mratoml m^nml ' ,l " 1 n 'ins like cli.ft through fi,u ,tr. there was a bard population along was not at all probable. If any one among tfnud agitation agolust the government
la TOiivclitlnniil sIku,bv iiaud, and llnirci-s 'hove ,11 the cmifnaion ro«o the rear nnd the Arkniisas 1 do not rofer to the thorn thought himself sinurl enough to The government had therefore decided
•tug the mo limns cmploud .w-lrt^^of thestonu. hortwalyaminutMithe work ■ towns, but to the so-called huntirs, trap- run the engines without having had any 1(1 baui*l» the evil element that made al
Mauv ANi.ri.soN inco nputoil b. 1,3 worth ic^Ve fo. Ua g.oTns .nd mcninVof tlm "l '',',!'., 'J, Dvingalong . previous experience, the gang were has- lhh troul.le. Tlie government had de
to
tho
boiiiK
WASHINGTON.
RKCONII COMITHOU.KR MAYNARD llllrf ilis-
ii)lowed tiiu i laiiii.i of tin* Glolu* Mutual 1 n-
BUrftnee company, of St. Louis, ami twenty-
tour other inuumuoe eoiiijmiiios, amounting
in tho ngpjre^iite to #IM,8VJ, tor ltv<Hejt under
jHilit'ies tukeii hy them 11 jk>ii Btoamlxmt* em-
jiloywl iu tho Rovernmont Horvicc in trims
g tn*o|iN ami Biipplies
during the civil war iu INii -li.
While the Senate was iu executive se.v-.iou
on tho 12th niesBa^es woro iu*n<l from (he
Fresicleut sending in anew the noiuiuatIons
of fifty-three person* who had not hean eon-
firmed. These iioiiilnatioiH were Originally
made in place of suspended ofiteiaL*. As the
terms of thos«* ofileiuls lm<l since expirexl, tho
President sent in the nominations anew “to
fill vaeuncies caused hy the expiration of
terms."
ULi’A I Ill'll 1SY
JB -A. 1ST.
Ll
OU
DK BAB IMF NT
siinplird «i'li s'l 111-.- if.|:ii-it-’, f-'
-ill Units nr .bill ,11 1 lln-.iiv wni-k ill f.rat-
< lass Slvlc, pi y and at Hot-
’ snr.al'l.- 1'vices.
WEDDTNG C'AliDM,
VIKjT.NG CARDS,
DUdlNKKK CARDS,
HALL CARDS,
POSTERS,
HANDBILLS.
PROGRAMMES,
STATEMENTS,
LETTER HEADINGS,
DODGERS,
PAMPHLETS,
UTo„
Additional nominations made hy thu
lTesiflent oil the 12th comprised a number
of collectors of customs and United States
Senator Howell K. Jackson, of Tennev^;.., ns
circuit judge in th« Tennessee an/.l ifiiio dis
trict. Senator Jackson immediately
coiiflrmetl by tlr iicnMe.
An oTT/ionion ou u small river steamer at.
the.Uianu of Tunmeo, (Yiitrnl America, killed
t1ft<H?ii p.u'sous nnd injured twenty-two more.
In the British house of commons I/ml
Dnmlol|.h Churchill iiinde a long address, at
tacking rremier Gladstone’* plan for Irish |
iiome rule.
The Senate on tin* lfith coutinneil the fol
lowing nominations: John (>. MeClornaiid,
to be n mend er of the 1> xml (»f registration
and election in Utah; J. IL Olierly, of llli-
uois, to Ik* n civilservi ecommi sioii«r; Clias.
Lyirun, of Cormectlcut, to Ik* n civil ^n i- o
commissioner; J. A. Percy, to Ik* postmuh.or
. at Oswego, N. Y., and J. I>. Corcornn, to 1 e
jH/stmuster at Home, N. Y.
The House committee on military affairs
bus agreed to report favorably a bill toes
tahlish six sigua! stationi in the West India
islands to give notice of tlie approach of cy
clones.
Additional (H)>Jinu<ter* nominate I b> the
Presideut: James P. Gwen a* t.umden, N.
V.: Francis H. Ik*wtll u* i’liolj.-i N. V.;
James F. Hobartson at UuljK'per, \ a.: l re-
derick A. Ross nt Tu* •umhia, Ala.; Philip B.
Hpen.er ut Newport, Ky.; W. H. Camp at
Until lie Centre, Iowa; John Shaw nt Van
Wert, Ohio: Jacob 1\ Kerlin at Warren, III.:
William B Beck at Tekanmh, Neb.; H. C.
Briley at Dell Rapid*, Dak.
Rumors have Ueii nbundnut lately o,’ tlie
aiMJioa hing marriage cl the President to a
Miss Folsom, of Buffalo. The lady laden r bed
a* young and handsome, nnd is the daughter
of ilie willow of Pitsident'Jlevaliind sfounei
law | ai tner.
FOBK1GN.
It is averted thut an Fuglish, German nu l
Chine, o syn licatu have con true let l (o smd
000,000 Chine*.* to Mexico within (lie next
twelve mouth-. The Mexican government
agiojs to give each Chinamau twenty acres
of land.
The Fai l cf Shaftesbury, therepresentative
of one of England's oldest families, has com
mitted suicide by shooting himself in n cab
during u fit of mental depression. He was
tllty-flve years old.
Cholera has api eared ut Brindisi, Italy.
Nine persons were killed aud a number in
jured at Ajaccio, tin capital of Corsica, 11
the collapse and fall of u mausiou.
#500,000, which in slid to to* safely invodod
in real estate, gas stock* ami railway share*,
ls)th in England and America. Hhe expect*
to clear this year #50,0 hi.
Mikh Van Zandt, tin American singer,
has Ijeen so successful in her St. Pe oj’sburg
engagement that slio ha* decided to remain
thore for the present and has cancelled some
of bor other engagement*.
Although Queen Vie
orders that no reporters should
to the circus iK»rformanco recently given at
Windsor c/istlo an enterprising journalist
got iu diHgnised ns a groom.
The memory of Ponehielll, the dead com-
poser, i* still honored by his countrymen. At
a recent presentation of “J*n Gioconda,'' aft
Palermo, tli« theatre was draped in mourning
and th • artists wore crape on their arms.
Edward HcoVKLjho Amm-ican t , nior,who
ha* niiule his debut wttli I'arl Rome's c«»rn-
pany in England and scored a success bus
ikvii singiiiR for several years in Italian
opera in Europe, wliero ho was regarded as
one of the best ol xirtist*.
The churches of Philadelphia are said to
pay loss for music than do any others iu the
large cities of the country. The uvorago for
the 002 churches is nbout #300 a year, and a
Hinjorty of the choirs d) not cost thut
amount. The cases are very fow where or
ganists are paid #l,h.K)or moiv, or solo Hinger*
more than #500 or #00 *.
woundedVnd d^nK^M’hcuo VTe “otherJ 1 who 1 rivers, and whose skiffs raffs and j teniug toward a calamity:' The cuKineor i ddel to iiurciia ic^uli thc real estate
ide neither «ign m»r ooiind. Lying under h0U9C j>° ot8 were encountered half a remembered (hat the water in the builer , ownsd by ftie PulUh nobles iu Vrttwimi
iubbi.b, oliokccl cllurs. I dozen times n day. They wore a crowd was very low, and us wc wut< lied the |>„|i|„,l Liul nlsen Uuriimii colonists on
Irlnx liTeli-sj |-■' —— —i — i..j i . - « ..... 1 - •' 1 ' ■
bom throwu.
h-sins, buried In i ubbinii, olioked csllurs, 1 dozen times u duy. ,u UJ .mo __
lifeU-si in the roailwsy,, whore th«y hid of restless Arnln, nnd if there -wus un 1 tires increase we saw a commotion ninong i nio ifintl idtlicrto occniiied hy live c\
Hciolieneatli the e.l g .! of a broken roof a 1 ho,ll!8t 1 !"' ln U ""’"K ,hcl " wc failed to dis- tlie outluws. Stciim was milking so fust | pe | lo ,i peo i>tc. None of Ilie Doles were
• -- ,| lruwn | eover Ins presence. On several occasions that.they hud boeomo Manned, If tliey 1 f u ] J0 u [i owc( l to reposse'
lying will, her left arm
liron-otliigly arouud iho mangled form nf a lie
tie child, liilh were dead. There a man i nnd
(■possess the land, even
attempts were made to stcul our skiffs, knew enough to try the water cocks,they j rell ii MK ,t, mid to make Its eolouiza
1 it rope or chain whs left on tho bunk did not undoistind howto start tlie ponv ,i„„ ; „;.,^ n ,:,.„!iv .„lnnl,ln to tin
eilU Journal.
Tliero Is ouo oonccru is tlii- city that
inski's a grout deni ofmonoy anil doesn't
advertise. It i- tlio mint. PhitaJelpMi
Xoith American.
No man ever liaa ft corroot Ideo of the
eitimution in wli'o.U he is hulil by his fel
low erentures until ho utlempts to borrow
n 810 bill. Chionjo Telryinm. *
Don't judge a until by Iho noise he
makes in this world. Two trade dollars
in the pocket will make more jingle than
♦ 10.000 in bill-.. I'/tiliulelphin IlihtUI.
"Doing anything now, Bill?" “Oh,
yes: I'm kept busy nil tho time." "Alii
i filad to he.ir it. Whnt are you doing?”
“I/Kiking fur a job.”—Kentucky Stall
1 Jvarnal.
Tlie Indians of Now Mexico are rosy
, thrifty and economical. When blorxf-
, hounds are sent in pursuit of them tliey
i shout tho dogs and unt th^m.—Jiitrliualon
Free Press.
•IIIK DRAWBACKS OH Lint.
There is no kiD-him gil-l, however ablsx
But lirealot tlie crockery worn;
There Is no hatter placed npou the tabtw
Rut hns lie look of hull*.
—Boston Conner.
“What stntion do you cull tldsi" aske I
a man, ns lie crawled out of tlie ruins of
u oar, after n recent rrilroud accident.
! "Devastation, sir," replied his follow-
The passengers iu chorus. — Chicago Telegram
unhappy occupnn'a. At iliis wrlUu.- twenty
have liiea i('covered, amt every additional
H-itreh disi-loses anotlier victim,
Tlie taiu from Sauk Rapida ia tlie - a mo.
Almost in a thought tho aceiio of desolation
wa- shifted from onu town to atmther, and
l.ali were in rtiiiia -fourteeu liodtei havo been
discovered in Sauk
won is not yjt ended,
town, children art stoking their parent., and
parents tlioir children. Dreading tlie worst,
lint eager to learn tlie truth, tliav naaieh each
ruin with wtld-orcd fervor, father, and
mothers with loved ones missing and aluioat
bereft of reason, run from nobbing knot to
knot of workers; hoping against hops that
there may yet ho anoli a tiling a- reecua.
Strong hands and bravo hearts aro lending ali
Iho aid they can.
An accurate aceount of the killed anil Injured
Kt, Cloud, killed
, - . ing out these extreme measure
had gmie mln hiding to escape the lnw, engineer to come out. j , lru no t concurred iu by a majority of
and they were hard-looking case;. Tills notion bad been anticipated, and t ; |( , p nJJ# | Bn ussl) mbly, it is certain that
One afternoon, while most of the crew , the engineer had been nested ns to l>i» . neither Hismnrck lior tlie king is likely rary slating Hint tlie croilit system
• line of notion. He walked out and was (o com , L „j ( . „ s i„g|,. point of Tlie plan, bud system. It is indeed. Il keens
*’' “ the crejlitor constantly on tbo nlcrt look-
were tisliing in n bond ii ilf a mile, above line of action. He walked out and was I , 0 conoc( j e „ s i„ K i,. point of tlie plan',
the Loat, anti while tliose wlto remained ordered aboard tlie Sprite to set tilings ! u „j ,, H .j r InHuunco is iiuite powerful
lUnldH and thstthVuho'f I tne oboanl the steamer wore asleep, lo vigil.a. It did not take him long ‘« ! enmigli to bear down all opposition to
t, 'upon the atrsetsof boil! 1 caught sight ol a tillaiiiuitf-looking understand that none of tho gang kuew i t)loau llH 'usu r c,. —h’/nV.iyo Inter■ Ocean.
face wiitcliing tho steamer from the how to run the engine. He drew tins :
hushes. W.c wore then tied up to the | tires, and after the steam went down tho I A Clock of Clocks,
right-hnud bank, about twenty miles be- boiler was tilled so full that no further , .
low Pine Bluff. While I could see the i effort could raise a pound The nmous e-loii:k « SIl as' K >- »
fellow through the blinds of inv Mate of steam. He not only did | eoiiipl-lely into the -hail, V,
room, he could not cntcli sight of nm. ! thi* while pretending to put things ship- j V orl ? ?. r lK ? pn ,.»«:i ?„
He made a long and careful acrutiuy of 1 pimpe., but he made it otherwise impoasi-! J> mu ‘fidteator. It ,stn i
the steamer, nnd after a time was joined bio for tho etcainor to move herself out! 9? r l l, ! l . n 3 r ( lV r “ ^Tlin
by two other*. All three hud rifles, re-, of the bayou without a practical eugin- ! ^riitian 1Mnrtio, ctockmiiiker o
volvers und knives, aud the condition of eer aboard. When he hud finisiiod his | ,,in ^ H ll i * vcn , r . a , Il ^ . l 1 .! , _f! e ^!i U . L
‘chawed,”
Tid-liita.
A correspondent writes to a conteiuno-
rv slating that Iho credit system is ft
bad system.
A STRANGE PROCEEDING.
William Ktrauge, a >ilk. innimfueUiivr in
Rutcreon. N. J., lm< employed about 1.200
hands, and his Imd nodiftleulty with any ot
thorn till a lew days ago, when a ctgnrniaker
from AU.any, N. V., <*ame t. ► tli • mill and iu
fisted that tho Hiqierintoudoub hIioiiUI sign «
(fopei' which propisel to revoluiinui/o t’ie
ilye'ng Rh'»|). Tho cignrnmker clninuHt (<»
have tlie power fo iniist ujkhi this agreement
* 4 ‘ T ' •, As
•igur-
and lit- ,
ing out for the debtor, and tho debtor
forever on tho jump keeping out of tire
way of the creditor. —Boston Courier.
X Large Tarantula.
The largest tarantula 1 over saw paid
me a visit one evening and walked into
the parlor without waiting to be an
nounced. .Several Nassau gentlemen
were spending the evening with me, aud
we were Julking and thinking about any
thing but spiders, wheu somebody ck-
cUitued:
“There's a ground bpiderl” If a hand
renadc had com * through tho coiling
have and dropped on the floor uoueof us could
i in-; nuniiut-rs aun re- , uv »v»u. »»*'-'» «»» «» »>'«.«.• u **v, v » t . . . . v. . nii llia . i„t*«« ti,,, havo been on uUi v fo^t (jujckcr, Every-
orow caiuo.aboard, but course, a# a telegram from any point on j tbeir abiding pin o. 1 cs ttei , to , | )0 j y j um p ( a bnok two or three feet, for
regard it us a serious j tlie Arkansas would have put hundreds | ever-ieady bt^ oxplaifls, j t^a beast was rialit in our uitdar. He was
ii inwl i.miiaitiv 11m tlift wfitali. Tlifisa outlaw/, however. ! r * zc hutnau life. Lvcry
in lA-half of
this wa* not
maker went
Knights of Labor,
lone imumdlntrly tin?
•lit. Ah he pus sod by
flyo-lnusj lie Nnap|K*d h s fliigors, uml
every nm*i and bn\ quilled
work. Tho men doclanal Umt they were
perfectly sitialtwl with the wagt.-s nc.dvrfl,
but that they were coin polled t» obey 111 *
or.hr giv«?n. W'heu overtures wer»? then
made to Mr. Ktmuge by a local represent
ri\t* ol tho Knights of Labor, he said he
would shut down h s mill just us fast ls the
\> fir j »* now in th" loom? wore finished.
Whether Ik* would ever upon it- again
wcu d depend on tbe notion <•!
tho operative;. II* propos?d that
tin uianuffteturers and the operatives
throughout tin city nppoint a board of arbi
tration five front each siile-—to whom
fiuestions (»f difterenro hereafter arising
should b? submit tel. Ho further said that
already this arbitrary course of Hie silk
dyers had resulted in tlw diverting of orders
from tho Pnter*ou silk mills which would
have kept l,»)n hands bu j y for the next six
or eight months.
CAREER OF A FAT PRINTER,
Eleven morn of tho New York aldormauic
board of 1^4 have I men indicted hy the
grand jury and arresied. The warranto
chargod the indicted aldermen with Accept
ing bribes for voting for tho Broadway rail
road franchi)»e. Tlu; name* of the person 8
arrested are: 'I'hoiims Cleary, Michael Duffy
Louis Wendol.Rudolph A, Fullgraff, Arthu*
,T. MoCJmule, Thomas Bliiels, I’atrick Farley,
lleury L. Hayh*s. Join O’Neil. Francis NIc-
Cabc, and Frotleriek Finch.
The men were arretted by detectives under
tho direction of police Inspector Byrnes and
were imprisoned id p lice iiemli|imrtt*rs. Iin-
mediutely upon tlr.ir nrrival at headquarters,
the aldermen sent mi-s-eugers to their friends
informing the.li of their arrests and urging
uj/jn them tho necessity c»f socuring bonds-
The prisoners without an o.xc*ption ex
pressed iiidign.itioii at tli sir arre.to. d’hoy
were served with warrant* nt their house?.
After waiting a short time in Jn spec tor
Byrnes’ office, the prisoners w *re tuk«*u to the
district attorneys office, where they gave
bail in tin? mini of #25,000 each and were re-
, leased pending trial. This m ike* seventeen
members of the nldennanic b^arl of 1W4
who have boon iudlctod.
OCEAN PERILS.
ported when tlin
no ouo scorned to
matter,
mousing
hands
bo
clior xvutolt whan tie:l up
out, and this nifflit tho man wlto -toed
Match xvus proluililt last asleep as soon
us tlie rest of us. 1 turned in nbout 10
The idea wits' to* -win tbe eugiueer , dressed in a Louis XIV. costume, turns
over to join the gang, but he indignant- e dtul so that the figure is »h°Mn. j
!v spurned all proposals. Ho liRowise the same time the figure of a child ftp-
on the floor at our feet, nut a yard away
from any of us, nud had walked iu as un
concernedly as jm-diblc. He was, with
out any exaggeration, hh large us tho
crown of ft man's hat. His legs looked
as thick n» the neck of a small bottle nud
were covered with coal-black lmirs, some
of which wore more than an inch long.
purnea proposal*, no iiKowise -o - -- 01
o’clock nnd was boon asleep, but at mid- j held out against threats, and this so an- j P eu ™ at A lower aoor * t} . \ i Fortunately l was following a Nassau
niglit M-us awakened hv u voire culling: i gored tho outlaw loader that ho drew his y nu11 ' u Pl ) . e '* r ' 4 ■ “ , ' “ , V‘. lr , . . custom ttl the tint • of leaving the floors
‘‘Gome now you are vented out- revolver und fired full iu the man's face. | !, .w7r.“!lr nHl K wrick uuearpeted, uml wo Imd .to trouble to see
side
I sat up in boil to Ibid ft rough looking
mini in my stateroom. My lump Imd beau
lighted, uml 1 saw thut he lntd u revolver
in his hand.
“YVhat do you want!” I asked.
“I want you. tVe 1 ave concluded to
take tho job of running this steamer off
your hands."
“Then you belong lo a gang who have
captured her .’ mout.
“Exactly: and if you fool around much ; bank of the- bayou several rods front the
longer I shall gel,mad and do some shoot- steamer, a»d wins entirely out of sight un-
jug,” less he stood on his feet. While Ins
As I got out out of bed und begun 11 1 wound wus u severe one, lie determiued to
dress I heard men running back and remain “dead” until the time came to get
forth, and presently tlie bout began j evi
Tlie bullet struck tbo engineer's scalp j ft"d ! ,,t t ' ie ./ 0U1 ?
and plowed it up for six incites, and, t with» white wit , - f
as the blood poured ever ids face aud he j >nff below, death, iu tho shape of . 6tick
fell liko one dead, the villain turned t Comanche Indian w ith wings In be( t ^ |jut
uccrciuc otu wrecw . . * . .
Wlnlo all this is go- j mmel lj ull .jy a rudi for walk-
light-cdlorcd boards
lel’y a rusli for tvalk-
tmd umlirelias to fight hint'
morning. I tie engineer •— . . ,, -. ,
quarter of an Hour, but us bis senses > n an allegoncal
1st ion,” as per pre
.ramme, until tlie fourth quarter. The
:ame back to him lie made no move- 1 gramme, uuu. ™ .v j' i *dl7 ! floor
He ltad been taken down tlio | death gets Iho _ bottei ol, tht stiUggU, , u
gontlcnmn. with great
lurge otto-
it ut him.
tarantula's
e ottoman
nothing of him but a big spot bn tlie
r, larger than the rim of a nut, aud a
I the better oi ute situggie, , U m L , floupof blackliairn.id legs.—'-Boston
hour ami bundles tlie old mail , j 1
strikes the
off to eternity. The twelve apostles are
trotted out each hour. Above them is a
figure of Christ, “who blesses with both
bauds each Apostle ill passing,” as the
Dili stales, with mathematical exactness.
lie' It or os ni zed Him.
J have often WMii'iD-ivd at the fumiliaritj
with which fc-eiwitors arc- approuolledTjy
l*nril«iieil Freni |(risoa
(i
Aei-uuut ut* III)
■ mariv Mic
s dungliter.' 1
doa'l mean il!"
AYiIII Mint Sauce.
De Jones-—“Any, have you Itoird the
news? Hnifkin is going
I„ m*>. the wealthy nnt.-bc
l'.l.lg 9 -I! "X'J , .
That aniniJitcil pi>rp*;».c.
Dc Joucs—“Fa( t. 1 assure you. I
heard ’it this morning.’
PiKjoisoM* *VVeli.on(‘ tiling wi 1 nmko
iJiL. Imib pulata-ih."
Te Jon3i—‘ Wkat’i tlutt .*
poilgo?on*~‘OiinT
Sl*e.
A Louisville printer named Dick Rjims,who
has justlK»rii pardoned out of prison, has hud
a roiunntic careor.
Wliiie working at the case before the war
Sims inherited a fortune of #180,000. He Jed
u fast life, aud iu a few mouths lost all hi*
money at faro. After drifting about for a time
he went to Chicago aud set up as a divorce
lawyer. He entored tho Fcdoral army, uud
whify in s^rvlco found a coffee sack coutain-
ing *250,00U. After hiding it fora few days
he I unu-d it over to his colonel for safe keoj^*
114. Tho colonel kept it only too well, and
after the wur buijt ^ palatial residence with
it in Nashville.
; j ns \vc*nt on (rota bad fo.wqiuo until ho
was corv ictoJ (•( .securing a fraudulent pen
s ou. • The other day bo was pardoned,chiefly
tin account of hi* size. He weighs aHU
j oun l*, aud tho presence of «uch ft blj( QiftU
tu juDon 9*cjt#d gen#ml Rympn^jr,
seventeen Uiuh Ailrll’i lu Die Upon lira-A
Wreck with Great Loss ol* Lite.
The American schoouer Ida Francis, which
sailed recently from Pensacola, l*la., for
New York, was dismasted when seventy
miles southeast of Delaware. Break
water. Her cabin was filled with water aud
the provisions were mostly destroyed. The
schooner drifted, water-logged and in a help
less condition, for seventeen duys. 1 he captain
replied.' ... thorn quarreling in angry toues.
Thud l.al a ride and revolver in my ltad caught u Tartar; and seemed atix-
Mtateroom. but they had .been taken away, ious to let go. About 3 o’clock it seemed
As wa* aflcrward ascertained, the out- to strike them that, if they could not get
laws hud crept aboard a* quietly .ns Indi- away with the steamer, they ought at
• • • • * • 1 least to-rob us, and we saw the whole
ri mate, w'ho.jo'leg is broken, has bteu aJjd ihere'"found fhc ’ V'st’ of 'the” people : When the crowd roached our prisou the
,n™.l ia a laupitu 1 . Taiai-oa assembled and iiuder guard. Ail bad men formed on tbe bank and the captain
been aroused in the same winner, aud j opened the door about n» inch and called
rillihtcliurell, Neu ZeuUunt. \ heavy Bale nobody Imd yet been Imrl. Il may veil i out:
prevailed ut iho time and tlio sea uas very be imagined that vve were a disgusted . ' Gome, uow, pass out your piu-.es aim
rough. Tb ee beat) were launched, but each t 0 t of citizenv but w e le d tieon'fairly I watohea."
wowTrevn y c(i aF OnTy tvo WigSTw^ trapped, and there was no help for it “Youshow your mom inside and we’ll
«w) • ‘|T*r repUln bed wunled -lx Wl«wi, j klll ^ou,” roplfed mir captain.
Iicathcn gods,
tho globe all run regularly. The who * ing a young college .boy ten years ago
structure is surmounted by a cock, which out in Wisconsin, who walked eigjiteen
crows at 0 and li o’clock.—Pall Mai miles in the liQltost ith of dulv suu I
Oatette. ever perspired uml w to hear Matt Car-
■ i pouter read a - j e-c.i from manuscript.
He looked upon t arpontor asn demi god.
The other day as J udge Stanley Matthews
was walking- iqi Vcnnsylvaiiiu avomic, I
lieai'd two men talking about liim.
‘•That's th.- celelwided , Stanton
Mather,” said one.
•‘Who's he?”
■■Why, don’t you know? He’s w the
papers every duy nr two."
“What's he doue?”
“Blamed if I know,”
—flostan OmtrUf Su#U i* fame.
A Memory.
lean feel his eyes upon Me.
Though illy glance is turned'away.
To tho rich and glowing colors ’
Of the fast departing day:
I can feel his touch upou me.
And I thrill with i envious pain,
While from out my eyes are dropping
Tears like wayward April rain:
I,ips and hroiv uud cheek he presses—
Torture exquisite! tn sooth,
‘Ti« my dentist—filling, fllllng
A niuoti M'orn hleuspld toothl