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THE MERCURY. Entered as Second-class Mailer at me Sandcrsvlllo Postojjlco April 27, ISSO. Sandersvllle, Washington County, Ga. v - PUBLISHED BY A. «T. JERNIGAN, Proprietor and Publisher. Subscription: $1.50 Per Year. THE MERCURY. THE MERCURY. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY. A. J. JERNIGAN, Proprietor. VOLUMls YI1. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. SANDERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1886. $1.50 per A nmini. NUMBER 3. NOTICE I All Communications Intended fur this Paper must be accompanied bp the full name of the writer-net necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. IVe arc In no wag responsible for the views or opinions of correspond* ruts. 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. "Jb J i i lf^ -FBO.M- 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. - .