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THE MERCURY.
Entered as Second-class Mailer at
me Sandcrsvlllo Postojjlco April 27,
ISSO.
Sandersvllle, Washington County, Ga.
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City of SandersvlUe.
Mayor.
J, N. Gilmohr,
Aldermen.
W. 11 ThIQPkn,
B E. HoUiiiiton,
,T. B ItOBEllTS,
A. M. MaVo.
8. G. Lanci.
Clerk.
C. C. llllOWN.
Treasurer
J. A. Ill WIN.
Marshal.
J. E Weddon,
Town of Tcnnllle.
Tntcndant.
JollN 0. Haiiman.
Aldermen.
J. F. Mf.iuuson,
J. D Fhanki.in,
J. M. Bbown.
J. 11. Fritoiurd.
THE NEWS IN GENERAL.
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST
FROM ALL POINTS.
KA8TK11N AND fllII)l)!.B STATUS.
Boycotting has l>oen rtoclared illogal by
tlio City Court of Now Haven, Conn.
Maxey Conn, the champion trottinc ntnl-
»*i\ of Uio worl l, diotl tlio other ilixy at
riiilAdfllphiA. He had a record of 2:131-1,
n 'vor e.iunllo l by any othor stallion, and his
( wner had rorently refuse l $40,iH)J foe the
nn i mol.
The New York polico have arrest© 1 thlr-
>Horo men, all waiters, charged with
boycotting.
Neatu.y nil the cars on tlio Third Avenue
line. New York, weio rop tried to ho running
n ,niu on the 4th, the place} of tlio striking
^nployoi having l e.-n tilled.
Tuk mastor built lent of Boston have uni toil
i 1 l<*.ulug a circular stating tuat they “utterly
refUFO to enter int > any <onfo: enco with
labor oiynnittlioris,” anil tlmt herealtor
they will deal only with tin iudhidual work-
nnn.
TUB DEADLY DUMB.
s/.a uanriu toLi.owixa
CHICAGO UPIIISIXU.
A FATAL VOLLEY.
A MILWAUKEE MOB FlllED l’I’Oh
lir THE MILITIA.
MUSICAL AMD DRAMATIC.
An AnnrcliiNt Bomb I'.xplmltn nmt Klllo j An A lir
Many Onicrrs mid Civilian*. ; mu
r in \VlilHi Four Persons are KllJe
!'iie Wounded* Three Fatally.
Clerk.
S. II. 13. Massey.
Marshal.
J. O. Hamilton.
A. C. WRIGHT,
attorney at law,
105 Hay St., Savannah, Ga.
farmer. practice in all tiii*. courts.
i S. LANGMADE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SANDERSVILLE, Ga.
EVANS & EVANS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SANDERVILLE. GA.
F, H. SAFFOLD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
Thirteen of the Now York Aldermen in*
dieted on tlio charge of bribery in connection
'vitb th* gtantlii£ of tin* Broadway railroad
tVamhiso have hoi nnuigned in court, all
pleading not guilty.
A DILL to legali/,o boycotting Inn licon in
troduced in tlio New York l.cgislaturo.
A I’liorosKD niiicndm.'iit to tlio Ftato Con
stitution to prohibit the manufacture or sale
” intoxi •atmg liq ior* Iwh been aefeatod in
tlio New York A isombly by fifty-thieo yens
to Uxty-thiro tiayn.
The contest between the police amt striker*
In Chicago on the 3d was followed by u far
more bloody \oncouutcr on tbo night of the
4th. A Chicago dispatch gives the following
details:
In response to a handbill Invitation n
largo crowd gathered this evening on
the pln/n nt bos Plaines and Randolph
Rlrents. After several speako s hal
nddremod tin mooting Ham Fioldon, an
Anarchist leador, mounted tho wagon from
which the orators spoke, and
l egan n violent and incendiary
harangue. Poll- o Inspector Boufldd had
lie mil Hie early part of the speech, and. walk*
ing down the street to tho Dos Plain*’* streot
police station, not 80) feet south of wlierS
Fioldon stood, callod cut a rcs.rve of
sixty policemen and started them
up tho streot toward tho crowd.
Tho men were forme l in two
Hues stretching from curb to
curb. The Inspector hurried on ahead, and
forcing his way through tho crowd, reached
a point eloso to tho wagon. Fieldon ha l
hist uttered an in ondlary sentonco, whail
Bonflqld cried:
“I command you In tho name of Mi© Inw td
desist, and you,” turning tj the crowd, "to
disperse.”
Sol Smith Russell ami his manager are
raid to have cleared $30,1*03 on their country
editor | lay.
lU niNsn in, the celebrated pianist, fainted
on 1 night iQvenll/ iu Paris while playing
at a concert.
A tkn-ckxt circus callod the Ilippolym-
p'nd is oxhibitiuj in the rural districts of
| North Uarjiiua.
Milwaukee, Wls., was on tho nth the ! j ana 17sciirk is the latest of the
scene of terrible disturbances ntul bloodshot! \ foreign • elehrit oi now in this country to an-
■iniilnr In character to tho afTray in Chicago 1 nounco a faro well tour,
on tho provious day. In the caso of the Wis
consin city, however, tho mob were tlio
principal sufferers. A Milwaukee dispatch
gives tho following account:
Lincoln avenue,the boundary lino bet ween
tho south end of tlio city and Bay view, was
spinkled with tho blood of Polish rioters at
0 o’clock this morning. Tho crowd started
frotn the corner of Grove and Mit boll streets,
a few hundred strong, hut gathered strength I
M Mk. IlisToui is going to make her final
a"iHnrnneo on tl.o stage this season at tier
M i..os y s Th atro in Li ndon.
Mmk. Hzahvapv. a favorito nupil of
H. luimami, i< vidting London, whore sho
has a Moved great succow as a pianist.
In tho private cur that Mm©. Modjeska
travo s in is quito an e.xtomivo library and
a piano. Tho car is called tho David Gar-
rick.
SWEET MEMORIES.
I think sweet memories will not dio,
llut live, and die not ever.
I think tho heart's sweet memories tio
Will boundeti tie forever.
I think swcot memories will aunko
Tliat long have slept and slumh to 1.
I think tjic longest night will break
In dawn and joys uunuml.cre 1.
— 7'. O. Paine.
JOHN’S STORY.
upeared, reappearing in a little while in
tiff dii
The condition of Miss Van Zaudt, tho
as it marched along Klnnlckinnlc avenue ntul j siager, who is ill at i nnnoa, 1r growing worse
13avview street. Quo of the men carried a
red. Hag. By tho time tho crowd roncl.e 1
Bay view street there wore perhaps 3,000 men
In lino. Every minute tlio yelling
and cheering increased, aiid a
groat shout wont up when tho
building of tho groat rolling mills
became visible clown on tho lake shore. Tlio
imih swung into Month Bay ttrout and ru|>-
Idly npprouehod tho stationary bridfo
crossing" Deer Creek, nt the same
time, tho military conn Allies in the
yards of tho rolling mills bestirring
Ihomsolvo* under command of Major
G. H. Tfentner. There were four
Will praoUco in nil the Courts of the
Middle Circuit and in the count ns
Mirro Hiding Washington. Special nt*
t *ntio.i given to commercial law.
F. K. Himbs.
(). 11 . Ito
HINES & ROGERS,
Attorneys at Law,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
©unties
Will practice in
.11'IYitmoii, JoIiiihIoh, Emnuuri
i ud in tlio U. H, Courts for th
I id of Georgia.
Will xrtiiH agents in buying,
• ! K Bail Eilnto.
i tnico on West sido of Public fiquar
Oclll-tf
rWushingtoo,
nd WilldKHon,
South i n Dm-
IliUK i
G. W. H. WHITAKER,
DENTIST,
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
TERMS CASH.—
residence, on Harris street,
<t;r onico at h
Api20-’80
HOLLIFIELD,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
ra. Bayne's Millinery
HUY YOU It
hOUTII ANI) WHHT.
Btrikfrh at Milwaukee attacked rnllroiTij
shops with stonoi ail stick! on the 8d, and
ro i.pci i t a cos nti<«n of work. Then the
cir kors rtf u-kod other shop 1 *, but were
'•lublxKl Mid dispens’d by t h * police.
Chaulls Hi.an, a rospoctablo young far
mer, of Klkhnr.lt, III., shot mid* killed his
broth*r l.o.uro ti in u quancl, and than
coinmiltcd suicide.
An earthquake shock, suniciently heavy to
s • a .• houses, was felt a few days si i h *c-
tiousiof Ohio,
A ri'.uuini K-domostie tragedy, canvod by
fa idly teunld. H, line been oim -to i lit To-
konsha, Mich. Banodyne She Id, a (armor
io ciity-thivoyears old, killed his wi n with
a i nxo an l p it an o vl to id} own oxistoico
t>y rutting his throat with a ta or.
Tuk nitro;; ycerino ho no of the California
Powder Wm-I.s,« :di u t d stun •(» from I’inolo,
Cal., uh, I 1 »\vn to atoms tho othor artornoon
bv tlio exj lo ion of l.uo.) pounds o; nitro*
glycerine. T ir.*o Clrua non tin I a w hi to man
were killed.
lUoT-H’s Milwaukco strikers nttac’.rod a
company of m’lilary on the 4th, and tlio
soldiers immo 1 atoly flio.l a volley into the
inch, wound i g >o oral.
Pouh men were ki l*»l by a train’s fall
over nuomlmnkmcut thirty foot high lirnr
Pelavnn, HI.
Kunmir Haupino, a-si tint por.* master nt
(Mevcland, tdilo, his eoi.mi’.Lvl suicide;
enure unknown.
Tut: prisoners in the County ;ail nt Win-
fleld, knn., kir» k*sl down two guards and
mad • a break for liberty, four got Hug away.
Couvh t \\ f . (). Be melt was shot dea I.
A ropy of 3 0 Federal tronpi lmvo lieen
s nt to CTi innati to protect government
property in onto of a riot.
Tuk Chirago police on tho fitli arresb'tl
Ihrcooftlio lea lets of. tho Aimrehi ts who
threw tlio l ombs into the ranks of tho ollicora
with sir'll deadly effoet on tlio day previous.
Tho decs of tho Anarchists wore also
ruidol, and hundreds of muskets and
revolvers, togoMior with a va-t
amount of dyunmite, were s i-od. A mob
gutted udi ug store an 1 a s «1 ion. They were
ilisjH'rso.l by tlio j olleonftoru severe contest,
iu whh li pii'bds w ro uso.l on b >tii sidoi and
lrnny Jiijiu lo} inflii to 1. (Xticor Madden had
an ( HcouuL t with a rio'.or which roadted in
rn- li being fatally shot. .Mayor Harrisou
i.-B ie<l n pro Ian a ion forbidding nil put lie
gallici ingHand pro cisions. All tho wounded
Anarchist; arrested wore held for murder.
More thnu $20,000 was subscrilied during tho
day for tlio bouotitof the la niliesof tlio dead
and wounded policemen.
Milnvaukkk Anarchists lmvo stolen a
largo quantity ■ f dyramito from a quarry,
and great f ar of reprisals on thoir part ex
ists in tho city.
A kthaigiitout Groonlmck ticket lms boon
rut iu ihu Hold by tho Stub} convention of
the Iowa Greonbackors.
Two moro Chicago policemen lmvo died
from the effects of wounds i*ocolvod by tho
bomb thrown into their milks, and sovorol
others were not expected to recover.
Just as ho began to speak tlio stars on tho j panics constituting tho Fourth Battalion
broad broasts or tho bluo coats, ns they cams and tho Bowor City Riflos amt Janesville
marching down the streot soquiotly that they
had not boon hoard, redoctol tin rnvsof
light fnun tho neighboring st root lamp. From
s littlo group of men standing n( the ontran°o
bv an alloy opening on Hex Plaines street,
opposite whoro h i dden u aa s|>oaking, some
thing rose up into Tho air, carrying
with it a sleuler ta'l of- (ire, squarely
in front of tin n Ivan i ig line of
poPcemen. It stru *k and spuMerml
mildly for a moinont. Then, as they ~
eloso to it that Hi©
Guards, of Janesville. The Jnuesvlllo Gunr.l
were stationed on a hill U> tlio north, and
south of them were tho Bowor City IUIUm, of
tho sauio city, and tbo Sheridan Guards,
of Milwnukoo. When tho lio:ul of
tlio mob got across Lincoln nNo-
nun into Iinyvlew the crowd was
ordered to stop. No attention being paid
to tho roquoMt, Major Tronmor repeated th©
ordor and gavo them all fair warning. Apa*n
tho crowd, which was now ah ut 1,600 loot
stepped upon th© thing, it oxplo b l with tor-
rifle effect.
The men in th© contra of tho lino went
down with shrieks and groans, dying b>
gothor. Then from tho Anar li sts on every
sido, a deadly fire was poured in on tho
stricken linos of polico, ana nnr
t man could havo distant, ignored tho caution and piwx; 1 for-
eii fell to
ward toward tho bridge. Major Tn n
had Ids orders, and they were to keen any
•rowd from apprua liing tho mills and to Hi o
upon thorn ns a last resort if tlio order could
not otherwiio l»o enforce I. According’v,
when no attention liad been givon to tho
socond warning ho gavo tho ordor to tiro.
tlio ground. At tho discharge of tho bomb Two companion ©mptlod thoir guns with a
s on th© sidewalk fled for tho r itca ly aim into tho throng.
WASUINUTON.
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j-EK.nsria-A.isT
(Nono genuine without our trade murk.)
O.V HAM) AM) VOH SALK
SPECTACLES, NOSE GLASSES, Etc,, Etc.
Watches, Clocks
JEWELRY
IlEl’AIHEI) nY
je Kisria Ansr.
OUR
Additional confirmations l>y tho Senate.
To bo United States C’ousuls — Gus
tavo Luck, of New Hampshire, nt Khor-
brooko, Canada; Fraudi Underwood, of
^Ias^:ftehusctts, nt Glasgow; Theodore AY.
Downs, of Connecticut, nt Quebec; Albert
Hathowayof Connecticut, nt Nice; Darius
H. Ingraham, of Maine, at Cadiz. To be
United States Attorneys: Job H, Lippin-
cott, District of New Jersey; John
I). Burnett, Southern District of Alabama.
Colloctois of Customs—Charles A. Spof-
ford, District ol Castino, Muiuo; J^overitt
Snltonstnll, District of Boston and Charles
ton, Ma-s.; John M. Williams, District of
Providence, H. I. B. C. Armstrong, of New
York. Consul-Gonoral, Rio do Janeiro. B.
AY. Hanna, of Indiana, Consul-General, Ar
gentine Republic.
Cuahlks A. Dana, tho Now York editor,
appeal ed boforo tho lion* oTelophono Investi
gating Committee on tho 4th and testified as
to iiow tho charges against holders of tbo
Pan-Electric stock fir.->t got into tho news
paper.--.
The reduction in tho public dobt; during
April was $10,005,387.33.
Many of tlio AYn>hington employers whoso
ein])loyes wont on strike for a reduction in
tlio hours of labor or uu advance iu pay have
yielded.
George Jones, proprietor of tho Now
York Times, testified before the House Tel
ephone Iuvc-.tignti.ig Committee on tho 6th
concerning the alleged attempts of tho Boll
Company , to obtain newspaper influence iu
its favor.
Reuhkhkniahvk Tucker has been in
tructed by tho Home Committee on (he Judi
ciary to report adversely a bill to allow citi
ecus or one Htnto to take tisli from the waters
of another State.
The House Committee on Agriculture is
considering a bill providing for an extension
of tho benefits of the signal sorvico to
f armors.
The President has nominated James H.
the bystanders
lives, and numbers were tramplod upon in tlio
mad baste of the crowd to got away. Tin
groans of those hit could In heard above tlio
rattle of tlio revolver.*, as tlio police answered •
tho Are of tlio rioters with deadly effoet. In
two minutes the grown l wn« strewn with
wounded men. Then tho shots strngglod, and
S3on after nil was qu‘.*t and tho police wore
mn.stors of the situation.
The situation wa«a palling in th© extreme.
Tho ground was covorod with tho bodies of
men writhing in agony an 1 apparently dying.
The men who were unin uro I wore inifister-
ing to their comrades as Inst they could, and
as soon as posilblo tho wounded woro removed
to tho station lin-isr Tin first death was
that of Officer Joseph Do’gan who rose
from Mi© ground wliero lie was thrown
by the explosion, walked a huudrol feet
toward th© station lions©, an t dropping
down, oxplred. All around with n a radius
of a block of th© field of butt o men were
soeu limping into drug stores mid saloons or
crawling on thoir hands, their logs being
disabled. Othors tottered along th© street
like drunken men. holding thoir hands to
thvdr heads and calling f*>r help to tnkotho n
lio'ne. Th© open doorways and th© saloons
in tho immediato vicinity wore crowded
with men. Homo jumped, over tables and
chairs, barricading themsevos bediiul them;
others crouched b’hind tho walls, count irs.
doorways ami empty barrel* For n f.
minutes after th© shooting nobody
out oil the street
Besides Officer Deogan, a civilian (a Bo-
heininn) was pi jkod no dead i'i tho streots.
Twelve of tho poll omen were badly in jured,
while n so no or more of th© bin© roati woro
wound© l!J oss severely than thoir unfortunate
comrades. Among tho civilians about 100
were hit by bullets from tlio officers' revol
vers, but r« most of tho wounded men woro
immediately carried away by thoir friends
tho fatalitiei could not at tho time b© ascer
tained. ^ ,
Later in tho evening 200 Bohemian snu-
Rngenmkors from Armour’s pork-packing e.s-
taldishiiient mar Iwl down to Ashland avo-
nu * carrying red (lags beating drums, and
shouting "Down with th - office.” They pa
raded around all nigld »nd about 11 oclock
reached tho corner of Forty-eighth and Laf-
lin st.reels. Ofllcors Doran McManus and J.
AY. Murphy worn met. and tlio mob com
menced to boat tlio n. wlion Officer M M mm
drew his revolver and fired. Matthew Blank,
one of tho strikers, ran a few yard}and than
dropped dead. Tho mob then fled.
Two moro of tho wounded ofllcors diod on
tlio 7th and several othors woro not expected
to recover.
ntu.'od
.. ly aim intu tho throng.
Tho shooting had a terrible effoet on the
moil. Hoeing soveral of their number fall
wounded or killed, they throw themselves
flat mi tlio ground mid s night tlio shelter of
tho railroad ombankmont. Tho level of
Boutli Bay street and Lincoln aveuuo,
being higher thin tbo marsh, was
also sought by tlio frantic men, who tumbled
liondiong into the water. There was every
evidence on surrounding obloots Ui show tint
the military bad iiiod low and ‘‘with
tuteiit to kill,” ns (-no of thorn ox-
prossod it. Tho result of tho (list volley
liaviug had such a salutary affect,
tho military companies again stn* k*‘I
thotr arms and portions of tho rout 'd mob
returned to tho h eno of tlio shooting. A
Mpiad of (tolico nlsj put in an npiiearnnco.
and began to assist tho woundod. Kevoml "f
tlio latter woro taken to th© neighboring
saloons ami dosed with whiskey, nftor which
they were convoyed to their horn s.
Uasimir Dudok, who had carried tho ivd
flag, was tlio last on© to rocoivo attention.
Two hullots lia I carriod away his lower jaw
and two others had passed through tho upper
portion of his left arm. showing boyond a
doubt that ho had been maio a target '*f m rs
than oil© rifle.
Tho dond uumboro I four men, nil foreign
ers, a ud live moro weio wound© I, tl.r o of
thorn so badly that they woro not. expected to
11 vo. Twooi tho men killod weio innocent
; victims, ono of them being an aginl man,
i who was feeding tho cliickciiH in his yard
whon a stray bullet laid him low.
Among tho 8,000 strikers gathered at Mil
waukee Garden iu tho morning and refusing
to disperse until attacked by tlio police with
clubs were many Socialists annod with ro-
volvers, and probably a bundle l shots w ro
fired without any serious o(Toots. Tho
crowds woro finally- dispersed, but
gathered again during tho day,
and tho situation was o4t ju
critical. At night Paul Grattkauf, tho Ho-
cialist leader of tho city, was placed under
nrrost, and tho mob tliroatquod to storm th©
instead ot bitter, and her recovery Is Maid to
bo very doubtful.
Mme. Lucca has boon quite content In her
recent engagement in Ybnua 11 sing for $.00
a night, or about oue-tllth of what sho ro-
cuived in New York.
A movement Ison foot to estib’lh auxil
iary bran ’lies of th > Amoricun Opera iu all
tlie leading cifei of tho Uuitod Stut’3. Bos
ton want* an opera of iti own.
lTAUAtf oporn will be roiUxcicatoJ and ©x-
hibilo l for a season of six or eight. w©.*ks iu
London. I’attl, Alliani. Fniireaud Gayarro
aro announced as < oisUdbitioiis.
There are at tlio present time 33,003 school
libraries in tho Uuitol Htatos containing 1',-
(KK»,(M i books, or 12,003,000 more than ad tlio
publl • binaries in Kuroj*e eombiuod.
Master Carroll Hamilton Fitzhuoii,
of Pittsburg, though only twel/e yours old,
Ins written a drama, which his friends pro
noun o an extraordinary proluct.ou.
The Abbe La I’ont©, who wrote tin
libretto for ‘‘Don Giovanni,” got only about
$6o for lii} work, w h lo Mozart, the composer
(•f tho ojK'ia, lv oived only $1.0 for id} mas-
turp o(o.
ANa(.ylum is to bo built nt. Aiiteuil for
n.:ed Frauch and Italian opera singers, a •-
( ording to a I o picstof tho w.(lowof Hossini.
There will I e ibreo housei, to .Maintain
tlity-ono persons.
Hit.ah Gurney, proprletsr of tho Tromont
IIou ©, Best in, says that ho gave Dixcy, the
actor, tho money with which he Ujught his
II. st suit of King.) clothes. Now Dixey is
making $2.‘»,00U a year. I’tds leap from |kiv-
erty l-» aflluiaco has boon within a few years.
PERSONAL MENTION.
jail an 1 rccurohis roloase boforo inoruiug.
Uc
Jovcrnor Rusk with the entire First Regi
ment was in tho city, ready to call out tlio
entiro militia of the Htato if it proved no>
essary.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
MoLcarv, of Texn., to bo Associate .Tuatioo
Supremo Court of tho Territory of
foreign.
DEPARTMENT
Contrirutionb aggrogating $00,000 have
\ from America aurir
supplied with nil tlio requisites for doing
Ml kinds of Job an 1 Book work in First-
Class Blyle, Pro’iipty and at I lea-
Boimble i'liccs.
WEDDING CARDS,
V1S1T.NO CARDS,
BUSINESS CARDS,
BALL CARDS.
ROSTERS,
HANDBILLS,
PROGRAMMES,
STATEMENTS,
LETTER HEADINGS,
DODGERS,
I 1 AM ill LETS,
ETC., ETC.. EfO
‘'hHI 4 *
been rocoived from America during tho past
fortnight, for tho Irish Hqme Kulo party in
the BriU li Parliament.
The Belgian government has Issued a loan
of $8,000,000 to provide work for the unem
ployed.
Miss Amelia Morosini, daughter of tho
well-known New York broker, lias just boon
inoculated against hydrophobia by M.
Pasteur in Paris. Bho was bitten in ©ow
York by a jiot dog. i\r. Pasteur has thus far
inoculated nearly 1,000 persons.
The ofliclnls of'tlio Froneh Now Hebrides
company on Kspiritu Banto Island lia\o
been massacred by natives. ^
Thbhic nro a number of Mormon mission
aries in Switzerland trying to induce girls to
omlgrnto to Utah, promising them happiness
and prosperity.
Latk dispatches report that Greece refused
to comply with the domand of tlio European
rxiwers to givo more precise assurance* that
sho would disarm, and that acecrdingiy thn
foreign ministers wero proparlug^to leave
An infant with four call is attracting at-
tontion ut Latlirop, Cul.
Hkniiy Blake, of Verona, Mo., nt© forty-
three raw eggs on a wager in ono day.
A ktrawiieury plant has been on exhibi
tion nt Gainesville, Fla., which contained 140
berrioi.
Post 5, of Lynn, Mas*,is the largest Grand
Army Post iu tlio world, its membership be
ing 1,000.
It is estimated that tho people of Berks
County, Penn., planted nearly 50,000 trees on
Arbor day.
One hundred persons have recently diod in
New Hampshire betwocn tho ages of eighty
and ono hundred years.
The came preserves of a single owner on
Long Island, nt Bay View, contain over
8,000 quail and 1,000 partridges.
A hoy nt Gillingham, England, In trying
to draw the air from a bit of a balloon sucked
the toy down his throat und was choked to
donth.
Colorado 0(101*8 a premium of $2 per hun
dred for every line of tree; maintained along
ditches, fence? and highways and properly
cared for.
A mass of lend in an elevated furnace in
Paris was completely dissipated by a stroke
of lightning, no trace of tho metal boing
found afterwards.
There nro now 203,000,000 Gorman carp in
Hie United Btates, the descendants of thirty-
five lisli brought to tho United Btatos loss
tlmn a (lo/.en year? ago.
BASE BALL NOTES.
At Rev. Bain Jonoj’ opening mooting iu
Baltimore 8,0JU person i wero | resent.
Alrkrt Gummy, tho Houth Carolina
art st, is painting a 1 oil ait of Mr. Clovo
Ian I.
Hir Leonam Tilley, Governor of New
Brunswick, is a patient nt tho Massachusetts
Gouorat Ilospita*.
Mimh Folmom, Proiident Ulovdand's com
ing bride, will bo t! o youngest wife who has
ever resided at tho White House.
Mrs. Jamk? A. Uarpilud and licr
(’aughtor have b.'cu visiting Harry Garlluld 1
nt bt. Paul’ssvhojl in Concord, N. II.
One of tlio rioliea woinon iu Kuglan l la |
Miss lleatliorne, who h also known ns "tho j
Maid of Kent.” Bho is 103 years old.
J'aktku it has look* i tUcouz'* micros *oixsi so
much tliut his oyes aro sunoujly affoctoa, aud
hi} taro curioudy wrinkled ab nit them.
Lord Tknnyhon has join© i the Iyoyal Irish
l atriotio Union, th j okjo.t of whh li is to re
sist the granting of homo rule in lrclnud.
Jay Goulii i ati auntjur photographer—
n hobby uIhd of tlio (’ n.'of Kuw;u--u id on
Ills y a ill t cruises ho carries a camera with
him lo photograph object? of interest which
bo sco}.
Mr. Charles Jones, of Baltimore, in hii
uinety-Hixtli year, vhitouthe Capitol buildiug
in AYashing bn ro.ontly fr.r tlio Hrst tiins in
wveiitv-tive years. At the Uitio of Ills former
visit Madison was President, an i he spmt
■iverul days as a gio>L at th j W11 t> II jus j.
Gkorhk Bancroft, tlio hwtDriau, and
Prince Bismarck gra ltmtn l at the simo uni-
vorBity—Gottingen—about the s.uno time.
While Bancroft wai United Htatai Mini .tor
to Gcrtnauy during th© period of tlio Fran o-
Prus tail war he an l l’isi..ai ck were inti.nate
friends.
General Lew Wai.i.ace is "of medium
height and stoutly built, with a round, solid-
looking head, and dark, penetrating eye?.
m hich look out at you throng 1 g dd-riminod
spectuJoe. Ho is growing stouwr with tu
rn aiiug years. Ills ago must bo a littlo up
ward of fifty, though he looks ton years
younger.'
boy not vet seventeen years of age, in
Minn., lias invented “a com-
Pope Cbunty,
bined lmy rake
and cocker,” for which I10 has
refused fin offor of $15,000.
A Chicago firm is building a bicyclo for a
Kentuckian, who rent these dimensions with
his order. "My height is ei^ht feet two
AthanJ. Mr. Gladston3, iathe n?lti,h Houza
of Commons, ndvisod tho adoption of com
pulsory means toward Greo-o.
Gospel tcmpcranco revivals are being
held in many places in Illinois. Many
arc signing the pledge and joining the
church as a result*
inches; my weight is 440 pounds.”
It is said that th© new Washington sower
is tlio largest in th© world. It is large
enough for a team of horses and a load of
bay to be drawn through tho entrance.
There nro 13,000,000 men, women and
children earning wages in tho United King
dom; there uro 350 paper mills there, while
in India, which lias a population eight times
as great, there are only seven paper mills.
There are now about 275 jxjttory kilns in
operation in this country, not including tho
largo number employe 1 by decorated pottery
makers. The total capital amployed in tbo
industry is about $8,000,000, two-thirds of
which is absorbed iu plant.
The Now Yorks’ bnso-runiiiiig is superior
to that of Inst year.
An unusual number of players havo al
ready been injured this season.
There nro more strong an at ur nines in
Bouton this year than for liiuuy years.
Extra inning gumos are plentiful this sea
son. It promises to bo a good year for tho
game.
Meriden, Conn., is said to have tho
heaviest butting . outllcld iu the Eastern
League.
A singular fact was thut each opening
League (h impionship gamo was marked by
hjiue runs.
The National League batsmen aro start
ing in just ns heavily ns their Association
brethren did.
The feat of striking out over a dozen, inoi
in ono game baa beau accomplish’d several
times so far this season.
Home runs are plenty in the YYost It is
nowadays a poor game thul doesn't boast of
at least ono rour-bagger.
A team composed entirely of tonsorial
art Lts ur.d capablo of playing a strong gam©
is a Ban Francisco novelty.
Anson, of tho champion Chicagos, thinks
that either Nashville or Bavannah will win
th© Southern League championship.
¥Johny Ward, of the New Yorks, is tho
be t base runner in the National League, and
Ni ol, of Bt. Louis, in tho Association.
Havannaii is said to have tlio most ovenly-
baluncod bitleries in t’10 Bouthern League,
v hich ought to tell hoavily in her favor in
tho?ong run
The Eastern l eague and Now Kugland
Iicnguo clubs havo mown greater strength
in tho preliminary games thau tlio Inter
national League clubj.
Neal, Savannah’s left-handed boy pho-
notnenon, struck out thirty nien in throe
championship games, which is, so fur, the
bast record in tho Bouthern League.
The Now Yorks opened the League
championship season victors in every oxliibi-
t on gamo played this season. They had a
dose shave 111 tho last gamo—that with
Newark.
What singular sufwrstitions players havo.
The Charleston Southern League Club at
tribute their recent success not to tlio strong
new players engaged, but to tho hi't tliat
tiny cluing (1 thoir lioniepla'o. Tho old one.
which tho players regarded as a ‘ Jonah,”
wa* male from an old linrblo tombstone,
appropriately, but sonic what dismally, en
graved on the under surface.
THE BURMESE INVASION.
“Wei 1 , would you like tn hear my nd-
venture it. New Orleans? - ’ John llri”lit
leanctl Ids elbi\v on tlie urn. . f the red
]dunh elmlr in .vhleli lie ait, wilt n
Ihou^htful look In lit 1 dink ryes.
"Why. yen, of. oor-o."
"Ily nil mem a.”
Eujfune Carthon und hia nlder looked
MLrerly nt the hinda.nr.u b'.u.tde In front
of tl tut.
They lmd been talking about the New
Dtleana ex|'i)altlon, ivbb.h nil bad visited
the wilder I efore, and naturally their
conversation bail drilled Into nrrnonnl
teminiacen e» and ri Iti inn. on the uny«
ntul niunner.i of the |)eo|>lo of that beau
tiful Southern city.
"Did vim really Inve nn adventure!”
linked N ! ell, eyeing him qucstioningly
from under her lohjj dark lushes. Tory
had Intended to meet in tlio Crescent
oily, but (lifouR'i some miHUtider«tnnd-
insj the Cartli n family had missed him.
Nell had nlwnya fell a. little afrjfrlcved
o\ cr thin, jtlst ns if John bad really been
lo blame in the ninth r, aud all all unon lo
their sojourn ill the Kouth brought track
that vnguo feelln,' of disa|.pointment
which I11.1I mingled it i If With all her ctl
joMnent'. while there.
Not that she cared nnythina for .tobn
Rright. Oh, no; not even to herself did
she ever admit that. Hut then be was
Eugene's most intimate friend,and lie was I
alien n bright, roinpanloiinblo fellow,
bow could sl;o help liking him a little!
"just for Eugene's sake, you know.”
She sincerely believed that il was her
love for her brother that inndo her so mi-
licit, u. always for bis friend's comfort
aud so anxious to in kc him always feel
nt home and thoroughly welcome In her
fathers bouse.
"Well, go on with your story," si d
Eugene, lighting a cigarette, with Ids
sister s tea mission, and pulTing away ex
pectantly. "I II be getting drowsy, pres
ently. if you don’t wake me up with your
thrilling episode.”
1 Well - ’ .lolin twirled his blond mus
tache reflec tiv< ly, Ignoring tlio In*t re
mark "1 was walking down Canal
street one afternoon, when it bognn to
rain, not violently, hut enough to make a
man feel uncomfoitable, and the feathers
on a woman’s bonnet limp. Fortunately
1 bad nn irubrolln, which, of course, 1
iluniell itely raisd. Justus I did so. a
young lady eiune out of tlie large dry-
goods store* behind mo. Blic stood ir-
resolute f >r a moment ns though non
plussed by tlio rain, yet an evident n ix-
lety possessed her to reach the ear.
"Instantly I found myself iu a strange
dilemma. What should 1 do? There was
a young Indy,, delicate and beautiful,
rielily nttired in garments which the rum
would certainly damngn, without tlio
allghtu t protection fto.n the elements;
whilo I, not three feet distant, was pos
ses e 1 of nn umbrella amply lnrge enough
to eheltrrtwo. It si one I liken piece of
Impcrt’nenee, yet on the impulse of the
mo iicnt I must! red all my g.d'nntry, and,
stepping forward, offered to esc irt Iter
to the < ar.
"To my surprise, and I must s.iy pleas
ure, she accepted gratefully, nnd wo
walked to the next corner to meet the
car. I noted th n the extreme lovdinoss
of her beauty, which was of tlio pure
freole type, and tho u arvclous finish of
her toilet, which showed in its richness
of coloring tlie Southern taste. I could
not consuro her for her hesitation in ex
posing herself to tire disastrous effects of
tho rain.
"When wo reached the corner there
was no ear,” John continued. “Being
In ‘Mnrdi-grns’ time, titer
a charming dinner-dress of garnet satin.
“1 confess I was a little dazed by tho
sudden turn nffnirs had l iken, nnd the
lctc-a-tet« with the old gentleman (whoso
name I ascertained lo be DoChartre) was
most embarrassing, for h' n*kcd me a
score of question} about Dc’rnit and the
people there, ull of which 1, never hav
ing been in that city, was obliged to
answer nt random, or from vague reminis-
cento, of what Smith had told mo casu
ally.
"I tried in vain to turn the subject,
and l.nd almost given myself up ton des
perate IVibing, when 1 chanced to perceive
that a piano wns behind me. During a
m uiion ary lull in tho conver ution, in
which Do rhartre was probably trying to
reconcile my rambling information with
"When I reached the door beyond the
court, I shrnnk back in dismay. I had
forgotten It would bo locked nnd barred.
I entered the apartment where I had
been entertained the night before, hop
ing to Hnd a window unbolted. To my
surprise I heard voices and perceived n
light cmnnnting from the room adjoining.
Tlie di or between wns slightly ajar. I
walked breathlessly across tho room nnd
peeped through the crevice.
"Horror of horrors I What did I seo
there? Tho tine, courtly old gentleman
of the nlgkt before seated at a faro table,
surrounded by a motley crowd—nnd my
tlnn young lady, the I rillinnt, swoet-
voiced enchantress of tbo dinner table,
dealing out fnro blanks, opposite!
“It was enough. I t trued nwny, real
izing then that l was in Now Orleans. I
.own knowledge and cunjci lures, I bad gotten into one of tbo worst dons of
med to the young Indy, requesting I tho E rend, city, and tho beautiful Croolo
me music j w.isyirobably one of the notorious clyir-
hls
turned to
some music.
To my relief sho consented imtncdl- . - . ,, «ri »
ately, thus saving her father from any |“No wonder my blood ran cold. Wlint
actors I bad so often road of.
further tut prises in Hie wav of chaotic if I could not escape? Those were desper-
gucssing on my part. She sang and ntocharacters with whom I could not
played quite prettily, and I found myself j cope, i’l.o outlook was terrifying,
even moro prepossessed than I had been
at first.
I tried each window cautiously. They
all resisted my efforts to raiso them; nil
•After she had nlnyed several songs. I ^^,'^ed / v th lit" s rength of
' lo go, but as did jMhmer was an- -JJJ * band Shed a
rtlhX'^'Cfn'rr'.hS »PvLwhloll ) haS not perceived boforo.
row
nouncod
them both to remain. Again
to refuse would bo to offend, so, In order
to preservo Smith’* reputation from fur
ther damage, I accepted, resolving that I
would exert my talcnta to tho utmost In
being entertaining. Yon sec, 1 wauled
In nn instant tho shadow was pushed up
noiselessly, and with a stealthy bound X
leaped through, landing unhurt on tbo
ground a few feet below.
Hut what to do next? There wns that
ucmg entertaining.^ ion sco, . »i ...c , Rnmm „ded by its rows of sharp
Sr.MSiWKii'S KJSKI * „«rtf TrCtr^
:•» *„:=£' j'ri ■ i
wished nt tho bottom of the sen. . . ....
•After dinner
ndjotnmed to the I < not cry out for assistance; that
would linvo meant certain death from
parlor . that Is, the young lady nnd my- j (Uos „ lo8pcratC) dlirk . br owed men nt tho
elf —(lie old gentleman going off for n
imoke, in which I doclined to join him.
"The rain, which had been tnlld nt
lirst, now turned into it rnging torrent,
It bent savagely against the windows,
nnd the wind swept mournfully through
the court. Now nnd then it mint under
tlie doors nnd into the room, bringing u
faint scent of the orange bh oms that
faro table. What should I do? Again
tlio cobl drops of moisture dampened my
tmiplc. 1 wns frantic. What should I
do I”
John stopped In his nnrrntivo nnd lit
Ihn cigarette Eugene hnd hnndcd him a
little while before.
What did you do?" Eugene wns im-
were being swept from tlicir stems on tbo ’/ f the lelny. He !«ine.{ forward
bending Deo. without. Hut the Inelom- ! nnxlously. Ills own clgnrctlo had gone
ency ol tho weather outside only made ! «>«»• } le forgotten It In h.a nbsorb-
inViit’secm nioro °* "' C " P '‘ rt I "YM^whot did you do?” Nell repealed
"With such ,! .-harming hostess the J'>o question with a terrible nnxlotylnhnr
moments sped swiftly. 1 bee,.me mum *»'*» W- "« r
and more ini),railed with her dark eye. ‘ heeded on the floor, her elhona m»
and her gracious manner, so typical of; °<> her knees, one hand .upporting bor
the grace which has made the Creole ! dimpled, eager face Ilur breath enmo
women celebrated. I don’t know to what "hort and fast Bho awaited the sequel
length I might havo committal myself, "1th sympathizing, anxlmi. ''y; 8 -
had not the door opened and Monsieur “R ity'-John gave an energetic puff
do Cliartre once more appenred u|ion tho nt hi* cigarette I awoke,
scene. As it was, 1 think ho surprised Eugene sank hack In his chair and
me raving some foolishly tender things N<dl collapsed physically and mentally,
to his daughter. I 1' eking up her work with a disgusted
1 looked nt my watch. A flush of , ,. ,
shame crept over me. It wai past ten . * old, t,y Jove
xclnimcd Eugene,
after a pause, looking admiringly nt hi*
friend. “It is the best sell of tlio
season.”
“Oil, you hotriblo wretch!” criod Nel'.
when slit- had recovered her breath; “and
so it was all a dream?”
Yos,” nnswciud John, coldly. “1
lock. I felt that I hnd Infringed on
tho hospitality extended tn me. I beg in
to apologize, but Monsieur do Churl re
stopped mo.
“ ‘My dear sir,’ lie said, cotdially,
‘you cannot go out in such a storm. 1
will not permit it. My homo is large. nwoko No. 101, at the Bt. Charles,
We lmvo amide iiccominodntions.Roinuin wltll 8lI1 j t h asking mo if 1 mistook him
with us to-night. ,, for n brick wall or a lamp post, that
“I thanked him sincerely. I could no j wfts poundin hinl „„ vigorously.”
feel grateful enough for sttcli a warm nnd , Nd ,' (]i(1 not % eom lo cttro nmeli for tho
cordial hospitu ily. It is true inilec. w , n so )on n8 „, p beautiful Creole had
tlmt these Boutherners lmvo the kindest , ovc(] „ “ ytU T1)0 8tory lmd awakened
and most boapltnl) o ho irts in he world, j ) or congclolwncM „ Httlo. and she scorned
An old and value 1 friend of the family I u uu|o 8h of John for M vornl days
could scarcely linve been treated moro nflenvar(1 _ Hllt j nm i m ., py to say
i, un
kindly than I, a complete stranger, sine t , 1|)t 0 j 1( , wns „ scnsiblo girl, und when
for tlio slight stamp of genuineness which John (wko(1 hor if 8he on i v ] 0 .. L .,l him for
• - 1 ro nolne & 1.0inmn gavo^mu^ ln^ Im.i j .•Eugcno's sako,’’she ntiBwerol candidly,
most elegant and beautiful home, every ! Th „ s cttmo tho 8cqU0 i to "John’s
part of whic h betokened the wealth and g tory .„ m ;„ r. Hhernck.
position of tho owner. ‘
WOltllS OF WISWIM.
!, ,*!•'•*—«~ '”*•“ —
wero tilled with n shadow of regret for , lut ®'
our brief acquaintance. Her fattier fed- | When all clso is lost, the futuro ro-
lowed mo to the court without giving me j maim.
several messages for Mr. Trcmoino and | ’T 18 an ill thing to be nshimiod of ono’s
other friends in Detroit, all of which I povoity.
Til© llrlllf.li Troops **«
Apitlicd i« t.OUO ll<
Ro?ont nous from Bnrmah is very sensa
tional and shows that tho natives, witii tho
assistance of th© Dacoita havo, temporarily
at ltast, got tho bettor of tho British army of
omised to carry faithfully. Then, with
occupation. Ono dispatch states that tho in
surgents havo got possession of Mandalay ! ^0tiling awarff
more or lo« delay. When (he cnr''did I u courtly good night, ho Intrusted me lo
arrive, it was so crowded tliere was not
a foothold. The next aud the next
proved to ho the same. Unconsciously
we walkc 1 on, tho young lady by an
nlmo.xt imperceptible guidance directing
our footsteps. We walked along tho line
Royal quite into tin heart of flic old
French town, the young lady scarcely
of the fact that we
d Imvu buniK I no loss thnu 4,IKK) house)
j Among tho buililings burned wore the Chi-
; ue.-e and Binmese bazaars.
Tho hostility of tho nativoi who remnln
loyal to tlie dethroned King Thcebaw to tho
; Chinese is intense, Locnuso of Chinn's ojienly
I endorsement of Great Britain's solz-
ro of Iliirmah. Tlio ofllcors commanding I
had travel sed so many block
wai too delighted with her bright con
versation and nnivetto lo wish to unde
ceive her, nnd so wo walked along until
sho slopped suddenly in front of one of
thojo gloomy Frenc h houses, so dreary
the curu of the waiting attendant.
"Mv apartment was handsomely fur
nished, in keeping with tho rest of tlio
home. It was apparently a back room
connected with one in the front of tho
house by heavy folding doors, ucross
which a red crimson portiere foil.
“Jacques brought me a pitcher of fresh
water and some clean towels, and then, | l, a vc them to bear; thoir possibility comes
I mumbling something in lvs uiiintvlligl- . w itli them.
ble Croolo French, bowed himself out. ^ i Th(j yoke a raiin frentc , for hiimeif
Uitio things console us, because little
thing) alllict us.
It is tbo up-stretched hand that meets
tho down-stretched hand.
To linvo whit wo want is richos, but
to bo able to do without is powor.
Tliore shall bo no success to tho man
who is not willing to begin small.
’Things aro unbearable just until wo
tlio British forcos linvo telegraphed to Cord
Dull’erin, tlio Viceroy, that tlioy nro powor-
less to prevent tlio 'rebellious rioting of tlie
natives, and lmvo urgently askod for rein
forcements.
in exterior nppenriineo, but often beauti
ful and gay within. A high wall sur
rounded iho dwcllin
I examined tlio room carefully, locked
all the doors except tho folding one,
which I found fastened on tho other sido,
and went to Hoop thinking what a capi
tal joke Hint wns on Smith, who was un
doubtedly roposlng beautifully in No.
10. r > at the Bt. Cliurlos, unconscious of
marauder). As usual, n high balcony
Ait Innocent Mnn. 8 ruco(1 llle f 'ont of the bouse. From tho
, , , , gate—n massive iron-barred one a stone
The lr.nl of a maa for murder had , « avo k , d t( , (hB ol(1 . fl , shi()1 , cd d ,, ot ,
just commenced ... a Dakota court when j „ q f ,! grn t ef ul,’ she said, lifting
the attorney for the defens: aro.o aud , hor eyes to minc with a shadow of
., . , , r tinvfflitv in their depths which made
•If he court please wc have ro fear tll ^, a j, „, c | ()Vt . licr; .' an , r 8 | lc j I0 -iimted
ns to the outuo'ne of this trial. In tho
hliUhe poTnUpw-1 the'strange' on apadolhadgoltenhini
jeeted upward, n sure infcguaicl against
IDs East Resort.
Clergyman—“My friend, it pairs me
to see a person of such brilliant iittiiu-
ments as you aro going to tho bad.”
Young Man—“It’s not my fault, sir.
I never expected to havo to work fur a
living, and I can’t bring myself down lo
it.”
Clergyman—"I understand your situ
ation perfectly. You never learned a
trude, and now, when your money is all
gono, you feel that there is nothing for
you to fall back upon.”
Youog Man—“Not at all, sir. If tlio
worst comes to the worst, I can fall back
on a buzz-»*w.—Tid-Bits,
A FALLING WALL
Hi;Is ElgM all'll Oiiirinlit nnd Kcrlinmlj
Injures IStx Olliers.
Tho side wall of a five story building in
Minneapolis, Minn., foil out the other after
noon, burying thirty mon who wero at work
in nn excavation adjoining. Of these eleven
escaped uninjurod, os they were warned hy
tlio Cl acking of thu timbers, hut eight woro
killod outright nnd six seriously injured.
The building wns a now live-story brick
structure, on tho northeast cornor of Second
streot and First avenue, south. 'The floors
wore supported hy two parallel rows of
heavy wood columns, resting upon largo
square timbers, running from front to roar
of the building. Iu this temporary wood
orlt was tho weak spot. The workmou
testimony wc shall prove tlmt Hie murder
was committed four tniler from town, nt
two o’clock in the afternoon. We shall
also istablisb tlie fact Hint tliere wns a
: circus in town tlmt day."
"Hold on,” said tlio judge cxcit-
; edly, "you say tliere was.a circus in
town?"
"Vis, sir, the Anti-European Con-
: glomcrntion showed there that day."
“Vos, I've icon it—two rings, a
\ spotted grave digging hyena and seven
lady bareback riders. Von sny tlio man
wns killed about two o’clock? - '
"Yes, your honor."
"Just the time of tho ring parade?”
" The same time.”
"Whilo tlie elephant nnd double-
humped e imcls were going around.
"Yes, sir."
"The prisoner is discharged. Trying
to prove that a mnn was four miles nwny
from town on such nn oeiasi >n is lookc t
upon ns mnliciius per.cc.ition by this
court. The unfortunate gentleman who
was found dead without doubt commit
ted suicide when he iodized that he win
in that kind of a position himself.—
K.iU’Unii (Dak.) IkU.
tor an oihlltion. The wall was removed, an
tho weight of the accumulated material oa
the floor* and roof caused the disaster.
Sho Knew What It Was.
"Ah!" exclaimed Raskins to his wife,
ns tl:ey sat in their dining-room the
other afternoon, nnd tho' sound of a
cannon wns borne to their ears, "thero’s
something very touching in a soldier's
funeral after all. Now, I daro say that’s
Hie Inst mark of respect to souio old
vetornn.”
“Nothing of tho sort,” snapped out
Mrs. Raskins, "they're trying to raise
tho body of that old mulo that was
drowned In tha river last Wedneacia,",”
-Tid-Uitt.
a little, ‘I know my father would wish
to thank you also, if—if —’
" ‘If you only knew whom to thank,’
I added, with a con cious shame at mv
own laek of courtesy. Now, I don’t
know wluit prompted mo to tho action,
but instead of handing her my own card,
1 gave her one of Frank Smith's, a young
fellow rooming with me ut the St.
Charles, a dm nun or for a large lirin iu
Detroit. His immo graced tlio card in
full, and also •Treinoinc & Lccrann,’ the
name of the firm he wns connected with.
It was a foolish tiling to do, yet I never
expected lo seo the young Indy again,
and I suppose it occuircd to mo Hint it
would be a good joke on Smith.
"To my great astonishment, sho recog
nized the firm nnmo.
“ 'You must come in and see my
father,’ she said. ‘Mr. Trcmoino is. an
old f.iend of ours, and lie will bo so de
lighted to see you.’
“Into wlint kind of a scrape bad I got
ten myself? I dccl ned as courteously as
possible, trying to hasten away ; but just
then an okl gentlemen appeared at the
door, in answer to our ring at tin gato
for, as you remember, in Now Orleans
most of tlie bells are on the front gate.
"In a few words the young lady ex
plained the Dilution. With u true
Bouthern hospitality ho invited me to
enter, thanking me in most voluble terms
for my kindness to his daughter. Bering
I would offend by not accepting thoir in
vitation, I stopped in with them. As
usual in these French houses, tho linll
led into a little barren-looking court.
From this, however, we entered into nn
npnrtmont elegantly furnMio 1.
"A servant took my umbrella and hat,
nnd the old gentleman pushed forward a
iiundsome oasy chair forme, seating him
self noar me. Tho young lady di»np
into. I resolved to write to the young
lady as soon as I left tbo city, informing
her of my little deception, nnd introduc
ing the original Smith, whom 1 was quite
sure would fall lieud over ears in love
with hor nt sight. Poor Smith i I was
just mapping out his future most beauti
fully, when Morpheus seized me nnd car
ried me off into dreamland.
“About midnight I was awakened by
n slight noise in the room. A terrible
presentment took possession of me. I
dared not move fur a re. oiul. My knees
trembled, the cold drops of moisture
stood on my brow. I lay shivering as
though chilled by somo actual, icy touch
for n moment, then my healthy, vigorous
physique reasserted itself. I was no
coward evon to myself. I roso stcathily
mid crcpt/to the light, turning tlio full
blaze on suddenly.
“A change in the room startled mo.
The heavy portiere was thrown usido, the
folding-doors stood wide open. Re
solved to penetrate this mystery, I stepped
into the other room.
“A cry of horror escaped mo ns I did
so. I stood in tho middle of the floor,
petrified, tlie very blood freezing in my
veins. Tliore on the bed lay a oinii with
his throat gashed from ear to ear, the red
blood oozing slowly upon the white
counterpane and the rich carpet beneath.
His wide eyes wero upturned lo the ceil
ing, his white fnee transfixed with the
death agony.
"For a second I stood there ns if
frozen to the spot, my senses reeling,
my bunds clinched in a sudden ngony of
mortal terror; then like a flash of light
ning tho truth swept over me. A terrible
crime had been committed. The respon
sibility was to be laid on mo. In the
morning the polico would come to arrest
me. What vestigo of power would I
have to disprove it?
“With a sudden, quick energy, born
of desnorntion, I went to my room and
dressetTmysclf, leaving not tho slightest
truce of my presenco there. Assuring
mysolf that not a card or a slip of paper
was left ns a clew to my identity, I took
my boots in my hand and crept noiseless
ly down ths stairway.
bv wrong-doing will breed hato in tbo
kindliest nature.
Only in a world of sincere men is unity
possible, and there, in the long run, it is
as good ns certuin.
A set of mortals has risen who bclievo
that truth i< not u printed speculation
but a practical fact.
Silence never shows itself to so great
nn advantage ns when it is mndc the re
ply to calumny nnd defamation.
Scorn not thy fellow creature; there is
some spark of good yet left in every man,
even though lie be lying in the voriest
mire.
Rad faitli ou the part of nn individual,
a city, or even a State, is a small vice in
comparison with the calamities which
follow bad faith on tho part of a sover
eign government.
Captive Moncntcrs.
In u letter from ludin, describing the
wonders of tlio City of Rujpootana, a
correspondent of tbo London Telegraph
says: Oil tbo dawn-lit hills above hauga
n temple of the sun, looking down into
tlio Guitn, a deep pass through tho bills
tilled with shrines nnd fountains; and if
you drivo through the rosy streot which
opens opposite the ’J'ripolin, the Indinn-
esque manner of it all is well maintained
by a low, one-storied building containing
a row of strongly-barred cages. Here, full
upon the open square, as if it wore part
of tho natural appurtenance} of a Rajpoot,
capital, aro confined eight mail-eating
tigers, criminals of tho neighboring
jungles nnd hills, taken “red-handed”
and imprisoned us state captives. Tho
huge briudlc beasts crouch at tho bars,
savagely glaring forth upon tho moving
crowds outside, too.busy with pleasure
aud traffic to noticothem. Each tiger has
tasted deep of human blood—one mon
strous bruto lying on his back has de
voured sevon, nuothor ten human beings,
nnd the tigress growling in the last den iB
doclarod by her custodian to be known to
have slaughtered fifteen mon, women and
children. Most of such malefactors nro
shot, but these linvo been snared iu pit-
falls, where the tiger is loft until hunger
lias reduced him to extreme weakness,
upon which the captors manage to draw
him forth aud shut him up in lifelong
imprisonment.
Artificial icc is used on somo of th*
English steamers. - .