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WnMje^ftMW BI U Mjllji | •’ "*•- < m THE WEEKL\ TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1884. r«to <0Mwm« Fleet Melted Away Be fore the French Oune. CIO, October 7.-The Pittsburg ^ will publish the following to- j from aapecimlcorrespondent, who lllllll cfflcer on the United States shiji "Faooda Auchoraoi, Mis Rivi b,China 24.—AUhough the cable has prob- infonned you before tl.is of the naval It between the Fiench and Chinese „ it this place yesterday, a descrip- _ of the fight by an eye witness may be Interest to your readers. I will give - j/ga m idea of the work that the United ftfofiir Muariron. under the command of , Saar Admiral John Lee Davis, has been 4oing, and bow ihe different vessels aro •tatkmed to protect American interts's. “In the earlv part of July lent the flag- ^tw Trenton, Ihe Juniata and the Enter- prise aailed from Nagasaki, Japan, for Yo- /kharaa. On reaching that place on July :/w we heard that fresh trouble had tepkea _Jt between tin* French an 1 ' ' •• • an that fightii g might begin at any time. TV vessel wes almost immediately or- tSared to Shanghai, and after a ran of live «tays through ihe mlund s<aot Japan ami gtraita of Kuuono&ki we reached the mouth Cf the Whampoa river. “We found the Chinese forUScations #»n of men and everything in readiness Jor battle. There were also several Chinese men of-war at the mouth of the river.' The JPfooch had three vessels itationod near tha fortirfeatins. and every day we ex- pooled the lighting to commence. Our whip proceeded up the river as soon as the pater on the bar permitted, and on onr ar rival at Shanghai we found everything In toadineM to protect the foreigners. The captain of the Italian man-of-wdr Christo- ioro Colombo, being the h n-t - . r ament, had command of the united laroM, and landing parties were formed on aaeoman-of-war to land with small arms amt Gatling guns to keep back the mob in owe of trouble. “The great trouble with the Chinese is that they cannot or will not discriminate between foreigners. In a Chinaman’s ere anyone that is white is a ‘foreign devil/ and in case of trouble between Franco and China the mob would try and revenge themselves on all fort ignets. Shortly after cor arrival at Shanghai the Trenton ar rived. and in a day or two Admiral Davis transferred hi" flag from the Trenton to this veatel, and we steamed down to our present anchorage, which is twelve miles from the citv < f FooChuw. It" Bible for vessels drawing more than eight or nine feet to get # up to the city. Consequently most of the shipping is done a Anchorage, The Utited from ragoda Anchorage, —mSK I States ship Monocacy, being a light draught vessel, was up at Foo-Chow, and I also the English gunboat Merlin. Admi ral Davis went up to the Monocacy at once, and the landing party followed two days ago. Justbeforo the battle yester day morning an officer from the French i flagshin came on board with his admiral’^ compliments to onr captain and a message to the eff ect that they would commence op erations in a few hours, as the Chinese government had refused to pay the 80,000,- 000 francs demanded by France. “The vessels in both fleets prepared for action. Three Englhh men of-war, this vessel, and four or five merchantmen were anchored about half a mile down the har bor, giving a clear space to the opposing forces. At 1:55 p.m.. a single shot was fired from one o! the French vessels and in a few seconds the battle commenced. It is supposed that in the first minute and a hall fully one hundred shots were fired, most of them from modern breceh-loading guns. “The French fleet consisted of the Vol ta. flagship; Aspic, Vipere. D’Estange, Lynx, Dougay, Txouin, Villard. and, Jatcr, the Triumphant. The Chinese fleet consisted of nine sloops-of- war. two gnnboats, and eleven war junks. At 10:01 o’clock the flagship Volta opened fire from i cr tops, when a gercral engagement followed. At 2 o’clock the Chinese flagship wns blown up by a tor pedo. At 2:08 o’clock a Chinese gunboat waa blown up. «At 2:45 o’clock a Chine-e sloop-of-war c:n fire drifted down the har bor and sank abreast of ns, with colors flying, while another Chinese sloop-of-war on fire grounded on a flat island near us, and blew np at4:51 o'clock. At 8:38o’clock another Chinese, sloop-of-war on fire, with the French colors flying, drifted down the channel. “The French kept on bombarding the navy yards and forts on shore, which took an active part in the engagement During and subsequent to the engagement fire rafts and junks pa ire floating down the river. _ - “The destruction of Yung Wo, the Chi nese flagship, will show what a torredo can do when properly bandied. As soon as the fight began a torbedo boat darted toward ihe ill fated vessel, and in an In stant there was nothing left of the stately craft bnt some drifting timber and broken spars. The Yung Wo was built at the navy yard at this place. She was full ship rigged, of about 2.000 tons displacemf&t, and was a beautiful vessel. Her d* stroyer, the torpedo boat, was about fifty feet long. cigar shaped, very low in the water, and opu nuai'cu, \ tun iu utu natu. ouu capable of steaming twenty miles an hour. “After her terrible work she drifted down the harbor and anchored near us. We could tee that some of her crew were wounded, as well as her commanding of ficer. Our vessel sent surgical aid to her sc soon as international law permitted it. “As far as could be seen only one Chi nese vessel made a determined fight. This was a gunboat commanded by a young Chinaman who had been educated in America. His gunboat was the target f„r a great many French guns, bat he went down gallantly, his flag flying, and ju-: >- bis vessel was sinking he fired a parting WRICK AND FIVIR AT if A. f the last century area poaitlre weakness to - | the Empire, entailing heav t Iosmos omlhe The Terrible Tiding* Brouaht by the ‘*F. | national exchequer, since expenditures J. Marry man.' New York Herald of Wcdneadav. Whrn the hi alib c Hirers ot the Hoi i>ltal Ship in Hi. lower b»y went abo.nl the brig F. J. Merryman, which arrived yesterday morning ,tbey beheld a Bceneo! dire con- (niton, and were told a tale of an almost unparallelled combinationfol disaster and Buttering from atorm and sickness. Look ing haggard and pale, Capt. Hoppcbild greeted the olltcera excitedly, and then took them below deck! into the presence ot two emaciated men, who were alt that were left of the vtrael'i original crew. “What do you mean by aaytng these are all that la left of the brig's crew?” asked onoofthe officers as the captain began his recital. “Here jou are vourtelf, and here are at least a score of other men " s.titxEseAKD xrxiiiM axroxx a nttxic.txt Kleren tanned, hot womant looking sailors stood grouped around the captain and the officers, and to explain their pres- ence as writ as his own aboard the Tenet the captain said that they had picked up the brig at sea. The captain and crew ol eleven were from the bat k Krederica Sea- lla, owned at Stettin, andlsstseen In New York In Mar, 188*. She tailed from Stet tin on July itlb. With a cargo of ealt for Charleston. 8. O-'On September 12th. while In latitude 29 degrees north, and loogtlnda 51 degrees west, the Scalla en countered a hurricane which tore every sail Into ribbons and finally wrenched every apar from Ita fastenings and swept them away. Thu disabled (he good ship waa at the mercy of the gale. Under bare poles, however, she w«s steered before the wind and kept from further injury. But the atorm had not abated when the awful newt was received from the carpenter that a leak had been discovered. Although tired out irom their exertions to keep the vessel righted, all hands that could be spared were placed at the pumps. Work lag night and day soon exhausted the men, and ft seemed that they would per ish. The water gained Inch by Inch day by day. aaautaaan.! When all hope was abandoned on Sep tember 21st, the cry waa raised that a sail had been sighted. Filed with a new life tho men made a desperate effort at the pnrnps and kept afloat until the sail wts close at band. They raised signals of dis tress, bnt they received no reply. Mysti fied at not-befng recognized, but yetdeter- mined not to be passed unnoticed. Capt Hoppcbild with several of his most trusty men put off In a boat Coming np with the newly-dlscovsred vessel, they discover- riM^mki^uAjlinjnani tain anon Grappling arope that 1 of the brig Capt Horpch dose lo the vessel. Foil ed her to be the brig F. J. Merryman. Hailing the 1 vessel, they were again a' Ished at receiving no answer. Not a was to he seen on deck. A man had stood at the wheel, bnt he disappeared on be holding the approaching boat's crew. ABO.IKD A CHASXEL HOUSE. that bnng over the side tchild drew his boat followed by all hla men except one, whom he elt behind to look after the boa', the captain clambered on deck. Everything was In disorder. The man who had stood at the wheel had swooned. A pail of water was dashed into bit face and he revived to tell that only the vessel was a floating charnel house, and then be fell back dead. Hasti ly searching through the crew of the brig only two men renteiceJ The others bad died of fever. Filled with horror at hav ing come into such danger the long tried seamen almost despaired. Behind them waa death from drowning or slow ftarva- tion by taking to their open boats. Before •hern seemingly was even a worse fate. 7 hey accepted ihe chances of the latter. Sending his men back to the bark after their companions, Capt. Hoppcbild then lent his attention to the two surviving men whom be had discovered, and after a few minutes treatment, he had them on tbelr feet. They were the steward and g seaman, who had been exhausted from overwork and short rations. Wbsn the crew of the bark reached the brig they were tent back for all the provisions they could obtain and the bark waa then aban doned. The bark sank on the following day. SAFE Of NEW YORK BAY. The Merryman is owned by R. A. Rob ertson A Co., of No. 9 Old Slip, this city, he left Boston in charge of Capt G. U. Nickerson, on May llth. for Sierra Leone, on the west coast of Africa, arriving there on June 14th. She then sailed for Bath- nrst, whence (he departed on August 20th with a cargo of hides, consigned to John S. Brooks, of Boston. Besides the Captain, she carried two males and fire men cefore the mast Soon after leaving Bathurst, a fever broke out among the crew, which soon decimated their numbers to such an extent that they bad to do double duty in far outrun revenue. Germany has lost 1 247,00.1 persons by emigration since 1840 The taxes imposed U[em liar Jieop'.e art e.itial lo toper cent of the national income Mulhaii places the total military extebllxb- ment ol Prussia when on a war footing at 1.070.0 0 men. out ol 6.100,00 adu't males —lay 27 ]>er cent. Although tha rural classi * consiitute hut 45 per cent ol tbs population, they supply 05 Per cento! the army. The country Is, In fact, one great barracks. It la hardly In the nature of things that In the new policy ol foreign conquest and colonization which ta now in favor, a conflict in Europe itself can be avoided for any great length of time. Events wcnld seem to gravitate to that point. The ambitious and jealousies which actuate especially Geoniany and France, together with Ihe constant en deavor to overreach and to checkmate each other at every point, have produced, even under an apparent restoration of the ententeeordl*U.i combustible feeling which iomt accident or Incident-say the death of Bismarck or the Emperor William— may any day explode, bursting away like a spider's web all the line 'atk we are hav ing In the Paris Anglophobfan press about a Franc-Teutonic alliance, which la to reallre the dream of the Battle of Dork ing. In that case, I be neighboring and less powerful nations which have hkewlso been transformed Into great camps will be •wept into the maelstrom from sympathy, and mankind will thns be confronted, not with the old problem wbeteer Europe Is to be republican or Cossack, bnt whether and whether the great mass of their sub jects are to remain by consequence beasts of bnrden, of no earthly account save as perennial aonrcea ot supply for the tax- gatherer and“the Man on Horseback.” DRESSES FOR A MILLIONAIRE BRIDE, Tha Trousseau Made for Mies Jerome, Lndr Randolph Churchill's Sister. New York Moraine Journal. Few more e'egant and costly trousseaux have been teen In this city than that of Mist Jerome, who has been married to Mr. Lealie, tho son of the Irish batonel. Many of he: friends and acquaintances wished tha: it might be put on exhibition, tike the tionueanx of princesses and queem of Germany. Moat of the dresses were made in Paris, bnt one or two of the most beautiful were made in this country. Of course, going Into English aristocratic circles elegant costames are Indispensable, and Mr. Jerome has fitted his daughter with al most royal attire. Her evening, dinner and reception dretsea number twenty-eight, and besides these there are exquisite mo nine dresses, court drssses and tailor-made walking and traveling coitnmea. The underclothing In the treussean la made ol the finest linen, silk and cambric, and is trimmed with real Valenciennes laces and hand embroid ery. Bonnets and shoes as well as gloves match esch costume, and her handker- chiefs and otber.lineerle are uf the finest materials. On her first appearance at the Qneeu’a drawing-room next spring she LEOAL NEWS AND NOTE!. succumbed not to grief: but by a sublime life of p'lrity and unneltlabneea mnde for herself a home and kindred, for all loved tha great worker. I am prood that tho first American inou- . , v uuient to woman should be erected to esse ol The Queen \s. commemorate true greatness. Let tl Prepared for tha Talearaph and Maasan* aer be W. B. HIM, ot tht Maoon Bar. UTIOATIOM OVIK THE DEAD. In the Price, the English High Court of Justice j monument prove a beacon light! f-et the decided that cremation of a dead body is; women of the South learn from It to make not, at common law, a misdemeanor unless their own lives sublime in ell noble ends , , i and aims. However humble the sphere reeorted to for the purpose of preventing | true aubUmlly of Hfe tnsy be attained by t consistent, straight forward walk there- anlnquest. Every change In burial | usages has been productive of litigetion. >hay ware vigorously fought by those who ihaV It sv„ whh o'nly'a hiif.b'eVrted re- v ° ffJffiS n ■ i L°f K«rd that Ihe people Menu bled at La bodv of M ary Gilbert, who died March 2nd. Chart?* to witness the unvdling ot the I monument of George Sand. George Kand metallic case, until Lord Stowell delivered has left her name so deeply engraved in his decision holding that this mode of ia-l torment wa*i le^al. (me is surprised to And how many cases have arisen over dead bodk^ when relatives with eppwrttoy wishes favor or resist removing a corpse. The following role may be deducid from the cases. Where the remains have been[ buried by the consent of the parties inter eated and afterwards, for no other reasoi than that a «j-nrr» 1 has arisen among tbe relatives o the deceased, it is desired to change the ptaeeof burial, the courts deny that there is a right In either husband or wife, or next of kin, to make tbe removal ^ TUB DELAY OF JUSTICE. The English barons wrested from King John, in Magna Charts, the pledge: “We will sell to n6 mar, we will not deny| or delay to any man right or justice." There Is something sug- pestivo in this climax. If the sale of Jus tice involves greater corruption and the denial of justice more open outrage than Its delay, yet they all amount to the fame thing-tbe defeat of justice. To delay jus- order to manage her. When tbe captain died they were without a navi- “The rapidity of the French fire com pletely demoralized the Chinese, and the Jfrench gunners’ marknianship was excel- lent Their machine guns aid frightful execution. One ol Chinese vessels that aank thortly after the fight commenced, waa a terrible sight. Her decks were cov ered with blood and the mangled remains Other crew. The lIotchki>s riv.An cannon on the French thips kept up a steady fire. One of these guns, properly managed, is enough to clear the deck of udj ship. *OnJy two of the Chinese vessels were afloat after the engagement. They escaped by getting np the river into shoal water. One of these vessels sank shortly afterward on account of injuries received in the fight, and tbe other one Is now aground with her beck broken. Ihe French fire continued until night. They thelled the batteries on ahore, and drove the CLinese from them. The navy yard and arsenal were shelled, *wud a great deal of damage done to gov ernment property. , “At night fire rafts and burning junks came down'the rivf r. but the French gun ners succeeded in sinking them. With but one or two exceptions the French ves sels are uninjured. The Volta had been hit dhee near tbe wafer line. The D\Es- tenge had two shot holes near her rail. The loss of life on the French side was only six, betides tbe pilot of tbe Volta, who was an Englishman. Tbe Chinese loss of life is> reported as being nearly two thousand.” k • A Gentle Hint. Merchant Traveler. A prosy minister in a country church, when be bad reached his “twelfthly," bo- CgBne thirsty, and not finding any water on the shell under the pulpit, called to a deacon: “Brother Brown, there's no W'ater here.” “Do you want tome?” inquired the dea con. “Yea, I’m mighty dry." A glass was brought and the preacher proceeded to gulp it down. “Ilr. Good low,” whis;ercd the deacon, waiting for the glass. “Well, wbat is it?” asked the preacher, ■lopping his libation. 4< l>on v t you think you had better offer a little to; four sermon ?’’ The discourse waa knocked out In the Mxt round. RwnMt'a Coooaln., rWONOTRS TH1 GROWTH OF THE BAIR, And renders It dark and floarr, It holds, in a Squid form, a large proportion of de- odorhud Cocouut Oil, prepared expresalj h* this purpose. No other compound MMM tb. peculiar properties which mnnattj ealt the virions conditions of (WSkutukAir. and mates . gator, and sailed aimlessly about until only three were left. Strange to say. tbe two men lingered until the new'y-found captain and crew brought the brig into New York Bay. A CLAIM FOB SALVAGE, “As tragic ax this story appesrs." said a -'lining man to a Herald reporter yester- dayp-'H la yet not without its humorous phase. Notwithstanding that if CapL Hopnchild had not found the crewless brig he would hive certainly never been heard from, he has now entered a libel In the Unltea Slates Court for salvage against R. A. Robertson A Co., for picking up tbe brig.” faph Hoppchlld makes bla claim for salvage through EJye A Co., bis agents. European Armies and Debts. New York Commercial Bulletin. W. bare Intimated that the enormous and steadily increasing financial obliga tions of these Continental governments, with tbelr vast armies and navies, coinci dent with the subtraction from their tax bearing population and the population subject to military conscription by eml- S -atlon, leave them scarcely any alterna- ve but foreign conquests. Tf taxpayers emigrate from home, It will some com pensation if Asiatics or Africans can be made to fill the gap; and what are armies and navies for, if not (or use? Tbena tlonal debts and thestanding armies, even on a peace fooling, ot the five leading gov ernments, according to tbe best anthontles at hand, were approximately as follows In US: France.... Germany..—.. 1,075,100,CCO Anitro-Rungary 2005,000.000 Italy...—..— 2,025.000,000 Spain— 2,7(0,000,000 IlUllia...— 3,410000.000 - »ie,C2O,O0O,COO These statistics present some curious pberomena. 7 he preponderance of tha French national debt of course has lit ex planation in good part in the sweeping Getmsn war indemnity. That Indemnity amounted lo gl.COO.000.000, and tho war Itself coat »747.500,000. [Vi'lmt is known ax by Ba on Hausman Id ornamenting during tbe seventeen years between 185* and 1809.) The debt o! Austro-llungaty la equal lo 28 per cent ol the entire capital ol tbe Empire, ond the taxation absorbs 15 per cent ol the total Income. In Italy, taxation is tbe heaviest in nil Europe, be ing S5 per cent of Income, which is double the European average anci three times that that of Great Britain, Think also of a country with but 29,ObO,MO population saddled with a standing anov ot nearly three quarteia of a million ot men—all of |thw-R them non-prodoccra! Is It any wonder (bat It is aomellmes called a nation of beggars? The roodition of Spain la not much better. Bnt for the revenue which la wrong front tbe down-tfodden Cubans, it might be said at the point of tbe linyo- net, she would be an irremediable bank rupt; yet she maintains, even In time of peace, a ten times greater tuny than uur General Scott and General Taylor employ ed for Ihe conquest of Mexico. Except Turkey or the Central American Repub lics. there Is no country so overwhelmed with debt, the proportion being about 42 per cent of the capital of the kingdom. More than half tha national debt of Russia arises from ware of conquest (the recent war with Turkey alone cost 7050,000,000); and ret if would appear that the greater number of the territorlea annexed within Queen a drawing-room next spring she will wear her wedding dress of wti’e satin and her diamond jewels. One ol her com t dresses is of pure white sstin, covered with roses in silver brocade, while another is of while satin brocade, 'wllh heavy cluster pearl embroidery on the front and about the train. Both of these dresses have full court Irabis and low cut bodices with short sleeves. An evening dress lor the ballroom or a large reception is of rose-pink ottoman silk, the long train lined with game ; vel vet and tbe front of pink satin and garnet velvet brocade. This is cut with.a square neck and elbow sleeves, and cannot fall to be most b« coming to the bride, who is a stately brunette. Another gorgeous even ing dress is of psle yellow satin, brocaded in two tones of brown and gold, made with a petticoat of plain yellow satin, tbe train being square and detached from it. The basque has a low ntek and abort sleeves bordered by yellow lece, and a great cluster ot yellow roses is to be worn at the belt. Long yellow Snede gloves and an amber comb in the dark hair wiU com plete this costume. A visiting or carriage dress, made by Pingant. is a black (rise, combined with satin. Tbe short train is flounced with black Escurial lace, and the drapery is bouffant. The princess front is covered with jet balls the sixe of small marbles, which bang from little strings of jet beads. The sleeves are raiber full at the wrist, and trimmed with tbe jet end lace. A small black princess bonnet, with a crim son bird at one side, and black satin shoes, embroidered in crimson, are to be worn with this dress. One of her traveling dresses Is ol a soft brown cloth, msde witb a plain skirt, side- E laited, and a jacket and overdress bound y braid. An outside jacket is trimmed witb black beaver, and the bonnet is brown, with a golden-brown bird as orna ment. Notwithstanding the plainness ol this costume, it cost *200 without the bon- neb A lOTely morning gown is of the very palest pink surah silk, made with a long Watteau train, the front being one mass ol soft Oriental lacs, caught into closure by narrow pink satin ribbons. Pale helio trope surah forms the material for an other. A rich mantle for winter wear Is a Rus sian dolman ol black Sicilian, reaching al most to me edge of the dress, lined witb ermine and bound with sable for. A lighter oneieofnnent velvet brocade trimmed witb cheDille fringe, while en opera cloak la of white ottoman silk,lined with swans- down and brocaded with swansdown and pearl embroidery. THE CHEAT PACER. How Johnston Waa Driven to Make Hie Fast Reeord, John Splan, trainer and driver ol the fast pacing horse Johnston, describes how he handled the horse lo hU trial ol 2dlGjfi as follows: “I made np my mind some time ego that In order to do a mile In phenom enally feet Ume, a bone matt rate hie epeed fn such a way as to make tbe beet possible nee of his powers. This Idea ot going away from the wire with * bone at tho very best clip he is capable of showing and keeping it np as long as he will go Is the wrong one. Conse quently I have been training myself for some time to time a bone while I waa driving him, and I have that part of (be business down pretty fine. I had a good strong hold ol Johnstnt ail the way to the half-mile pole, and I never begsn driving him at all until we roundtd Into tbe homestretch, and even then I did nothing bnt rouse him up a little with the lines. It was only after we got lnsldo the distance that I spoke to hint, end he went “ If he ... .. away from it aa if he, was just from the bona's favor, and ha did just"what I ex pected him to do—that is, pace a mile a UIIU IUUL Hint IF) 1JHIL' a Illl.C a good deal fatter than it bad ever been done before. His fastest mile this season was the one in 2:10 at Milwaukee, and previous to that bo hod never gone better than 2:11^. So, you see, that to drop from there to was quite a job. didn’t know to a certainty tnat be could do it, because I bad not been trying him every week to find out. A horse will stand one grand drive, but when you comedo ask him to do bis very best every week he will Win to p t m< k of it, and tbe minute a trotter or pacer strikes that frame of mind he Is not going to beat his record much. And that is why I am not going to drive Johnston another mile this season at the very top of his speed. Next season 1 shall go nlong easy with him, iust as I have done this year, and if no bad luck befalls him he will go a mile close to two minutes. I know tnat sounds like pretty big talk, but when you come to look at the matter carefully there is nothing unreasonable or extraordinary about it. The horse can speed a quarter of a mile now at better than a two-minute gait, and as he is .young, sound, game and of the improving kind, 1 don’t see anything in the way of his learning to go a mile at pretty near tbe rate of speed tbat he now shows for a quarter.” laojrit__ r Ise to tbe ear and breaking it to tbe hot*. To delay justice to tbe pcor Is but to sell it to the rich. DECENT DECIIX05S. Where a party (a fair possession of all hie faculties and able to read, even though slowly and with difficulty, signs a negotia ble and promissory note under tbe belief that it is ao instrument of a different char acter, and does so without himself reading the instrument, but relying on tbe reading and representations of a stranger, the ex* ecutiou of thb note under these circum stances is such negligence on his part as will render him liable thereon to a bona fid* holder. 25 Am. Law Reg 509. Where en employe of a railroad com pany, rightfully engaged in the rerair of a freight car belonging to bis employer, calls upon his son, a minor under 11 years of age. to render him necessary temporary assistance In the work, the son is not a trespasser, end if be, while so assisting, without anv negligence on his part or on the part of his father. Is injured through the negligence of the agents and servants of another railroad company, in backing a train of cars upon a side track while the car is being repaired, tbe latter company is liable for damages for the injury by him so received. 23 lb. 503. National banks are prohibited by the statute from making loans upon the secu rity of their own stock. A Virginia decis ion (18 Reporter 410) holds that the provis ion mskes void a bylaw prescribing that the bank should have a lien upon the stock of every stockholder to secure any debt he owed the bank. AX6WER1KQ LETTERS. A lawyer, writing of a lawyer’s duties in the Albany Laic Journal, says : “The first duty ^insist upon is diligent, prompt and respectful attention to all cor respondence. To neglect or del^y answer ing any letter is po>itively uncivil, and such neglect of any ordinary business let ter is not only a breach of good manner, but exhibits vulgar education and an utter want of any sense of appreciation of pat ronage. Letters may sometimes be trivial; they may he petulant or unimportant, but they mutt be answered." This sounds like the rules in a book of etiquette which tell ;ou that you must not empty your soup plate in your neighbor’s lap; but however self-evident ihe proposi tion, there is some need for these sugges tions to lawyer», unless the public slander the bar on this point. MISCELLANEOUS. In the admirable compilation by Mr. s’isbet and Bleckley. This is an honor not accorded to any other State. A lawyer said of another's argument that it fell as lightly as the snow. “Yes," was ai> icu as aa mid euun. al - » the retort, “bnt it cov.re tbe ground. 1 Sol Smith, tbe actor, was once inmmoned on a jury In a justice conrt. All tbe other jurors bad excuses, sod tbe parlies agreed to try before him. They dia so, and after staving out several hours be sent word that “the jury was hung.” The conrt or dered the bailiff to give him a dinner, but he never did make up hie mind on a ver dict. A party presented to an administrator a bill for *100 worth of liquor sold to the de ceased person, and inquired if he must swear to the bill. “No,” was the reply .'"the death of the intestate is sufficient proof of the account.” the literature of France that it cannot be effaced. But la It there for good? Like her master, Rouxseau, she was a humani tarian an.I uri idealist. But wtin :!i«M sue that the work of theldeallst shall stand? Is the idealist not an anticipator, trying to make a system wllh no material to build with? And who shall say that tbe work of Mergaret HaugUery shall not stand? Ohl Ills drathlrss. and we can look reverently np to It and to her— “And feel that aha Is greater than we kacw.” Goverttor Nichole closed hie address, de livered at the unveiling of her monument, with these worde: - The substance ot her life was charity; (he spirit ot It, truth; sis*. ™ ta j tuRijij , tuu rj*u i» VI It Ulti , tbe strength of It, religion;-the end. peace, th-n fame and Immortality.” The People's Idol In winter Quarters. Boston TnuucripL The bateball catcher will shortly go Into retirement to grow a new crop of fingers. Now Is the Time. N.T.Sun. "And whet of tbe present Ume," cried the parson earnestly, smiting Ihe pulpit “What of this Ume fn which we five? What about the now ?” “Now," said the good editor, suddenly aroused from hla comfortably slumber; “now ts the time to make up clubs.” And then tbe deacons clubbed together end set him out. Fire Jots About Naw Notions. Flelffof Fashion. Whet shade of blue is a King’s eye ? The shade of bine worn fa dubbed “udlderol bleu." Pomegranate red and Alderney cream ere tbe fashionable English colors at the moment The stocking with lacing above the knee is Intended to make the use of garters un- Feather thistles appear among other ec centric norelt'es in millinery. Buckles, Instead of buttons, fasten many handsome corsages. J.W. RICE & GO. WILL SELL DURING THE WEEK 5 CASES STANDARD PRINTS At 3 Cents per Yard. 3 Cases Androscoggin 44 BJeach . 7 Cents per yard, as good^as Fruit of ths Loom. 10 Bales Columbus Checks ! Best Goods, at Cents per Yard. At 25 Cents per yard. Advertised elsewhere as a great bargain at 32# cents, Splendid line of imported Cassimere selling 50 per cent, less than regular prices. J.W.RICE&CO STATE FAIR! Cannibals Partially Converted. New York Sun. My labors, so far. have only been par tially &ncces>ful," said a returned mission ary. “Many of tbe poor heathen seemed disposed to accept the doctrine of Chris tianity, but are loth to give up the prac tice of cannibalism.” “Rather difficult to reconcile the two,” ras a com meat made. f “Yes, they are somewhat antagonistic, but ultimately here to eradicate canni balism entirely. Already I have been able to convert a large number to the extent of saying grace before meat" ) ear that anv medicine is “never known to fail," but ft is stated emphatically by the proprietors of Hunt’s Kidney and Liver Remedy. This medicine is a specific for diseases uf the kidneys, liver and bladder, and has a reputation of thirty years standing. The First Monument, BY MARY RlCBARPeOE LE8EIXE. The Advocate. On July 0,1834, was unveiled in New Or leans the statue to Margaret Hanghery It is five feet in height, and represents the 11 is live ini. IU ucigui. nuu icjitcscuw 11*0 plain, humble woman In whose memory it was erected, seated in her accustomed chair, in her plain, uno tentations cloth ing, with a worsted shawl over her shoul ders One hand rests protectlngly on tho shoulder of an orphan, who stauds by her side, looking gratefully up into her lace. The monument stands on a triangle, be tween Camp, Prytannla and Clio streets. This little plot has been beautifully deco rated w th trees, artificial lake, and an ar tistic bridge. On tbe day ol the unveiling 10,000 peo ple assembled to witness the ceremony. Nearly 1,000 orphans, representing the ten asylums of the city, were present, and eight of them were selected to draw the ribbon for the unveiling of tho statne. When Ihe group was disclosed, a cheer, loud, enthusiastic, spontaneous and Im pressive, went up from the vast croird. Who was she, this woman, in whose memory America erects her first monu ment to female greatness? Who was Margaret Hanghery.-that the purest Ca- rara marble must be placed under the magic touch of the sculptor to keep in memory her face and form, that the rich and the poor should come up together with their contributlcns to raise her mon umental fund? that the tongne of elo quence should sound her praise, and that thousands ol tearful listeners pay tribute to her memory? Wes she one ol the world's bright stars, flashing with the scintillations ot genius in the llterajy sky ? Did wealth or beauty, or heroic deed, or learned attainment give her claim to greatness and renown? | Margaret Gaflncy waa a little Irish waif, picked up when three years old on Arnett can shores. In her. thirteenth year she was lor the second time orphaned by the death o! her kind foster-mother, Mrs. Richards, living near Ballimore. In that city she found work with the Sisters ol Charity, and embraced the Catholic faith. When very young she married Charles liaughery and came wllh him to New Or leans. lie was unsuccessful In business, and, deserting her, he came to Texas, where ho died In 1835. Again Margaret found employment with the Sisters. Her only child died, leaving her alone and gricf slricken In the world. All tho wealth of her great htart then flowed toward Ihe orphaned ones whom she found in tho great cliy. Sho established a dairy, and turned over all oilier earnings to tho New Orleans asylum. By the advice ot her friends abe then reserved a part of her in come and purchased a home. Money flowed Into her hands, and waa generously dispensed to the diflerent charitable insli- rations, and benevolent objects that came to her notice. Her Influence went wllh her money, and such was the confidence bad la Margaret Hanghery tbat no gen tleman held back his w ealth when ahe presented the claims ot benevolence. Faithfully she stood at her post when epidemic, scourged the city, and was at all time* and In all ways a friend to the poor and stricken. She died in nearly 70 years of age. The moat disjlugulshed ions of the South w alked with bared heads in the long, sad procession that followed her to tbe grave. What a lesson for heralatera shines out In the life of this humble, good woman! Without home or kindred, she IT ISA SPECIFIC jl FOB .Kidney & UvcrJ Troubles, ‘Bladder, Urinary . and liver DIjmms, ] Drcp«y, Gravel snd M Diabetes. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. IT WORKS PROMPTLY tad.'curee Intemperance, Nervous Diseases. General Debility, Excesses and • ; Pcmslo Weakness, » USE IT AT ONCKs’ It restores the KIDNEYS, uvr.n and DOW ELS, to a healthy action and CURES when all ctlnT medicine* full. Hundreds have been saved who have been siren up to die by friends snd rriM|l.W, Send for ID ultra tod Tim phi et to HI NT’S KK.MKDY CO., Pro*I,Imre, R. I. .5 SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. 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