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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA-, TUJKSDAY JULY 27 1888.
NEWS BY WIRE.
HAPPENINGS OF THE WBBIV3HIEF-
LY CHRONICLED#
Gate City Wrecked—A Young loy Shoot* IHm-
*e)f With • Oon Supposed to b* Unloaded-Tb*
SI'Centennial of the Corporation of Boston
-The Gate City’# Imaraneo, Sto.
Boston, Mui., July 19.—[Spec!*!.]—Th©
steamship “Gate City," of tbo Savannah lino
Captain Daniel Hedge, went ashore on Nan-
then island, Martha’s Vineyard soiled, last
sight during a thick fog. The Gate City left
Savannah Thursday evening, and was dne
here this 7 a. m. She bad a miscellaneous
c*rgo of cotton, tobacco and hides, worth
fand fifty thousand watermelons.
She carried 52 passengers, most all in the so*
loon, the majority being excursionists bound
north for a pleasure trip. Many were ladies,
and brought somo very handsome wardrobes
with them. Nanthcu island, adaugerous place,
is just opposite Gay Head, where the ill-fkted
Mcamrbip City of Columbus, the sister ship of
tbo Gate City, wmt down with so many lives
in January. 1 ►K*. Tbit makes a curious
coincidence. Tbo particulars as obtained
from the officers and passengers is to
the effect that pi car ant weather prefailed
during the entire trip till yester.lay after
noon when the shin entered the sound when
it ran intofs dense fog bank. 'While cautions*
ly proceeding (he very nearly ran on Gay-
head shoals, where tbo hones of the City of
Colnmbut now lie. Dismayed nt his danger,
Captain Hedge steered the ship off and
In to doing crossed the sound, running
ashore »n the other side. Thn channil is very
d«<ept!vc r.ml a moment after the leadsman
reported "no bottom,” the vessel struck arag-
fed hole, eighteen Inches in diameter, which
stove in her bottom and she made water fast.
The boulder that went through held the ship
nnd prevented her from (dipping into deep
water and drowning all on hoard. The ship
■truck at seven o’clock and in a scond every
one was on deck. They were
united but refused to return
below. First Mate K. ft. Taylor
went after assistance, retained after sovoral
hours with a brig, and tho psssongers wero
safely landed at Now Bedford nnd brought
direct to this city. The ladles are greatly dis
pirited at this mishap on their pleasure trip,
esperiaily as it is combined with an expen*
five loss of valuable wearing apparel. Wreckers
have left for the scene and reported the ves
sel full of water. The "GateCity” was built by
John Roach in and was valued at$ <00,000;
insured for $100,000. The cargo Is partly in
sured. The passengers speak highly of
Captain Hedge nnd tho orderly behavior of
the i row.
Yajuiok. Me., July 19.—Henry, fifteen year
old son of J. A. liricknoll, of this city, shot
and instantly killed his sister Mattie, nged
thirteen years, yesterday afternoon. Tho boy
nicked up a gun, and not knowing that it was
loaded, Playfully pointed it at his sister, when
it was discharged, the contents striking her in
the neck, tearing away the windpipe and
aiterics. The boy was rendered inaano by the
terrible affair.
OM4UA, Neb., July 20—Dispatches from
Mir den, Kearney county, Neb, says: Yester
day’* storm in this county was very aovore.
There was a heavy rain storm. The wind
blew down n Danish church, three miles south
of Fredericksburg, and killed un old Indy, Mrs.
Nets Monk. Three miles south of Minden tho
lightning struck a house, killing Itasrnu* Dil
ution. a German farmer, his son, aged ssven-
teen year*, and a daughter of fourteon yenrs,
instantly, nnd severely injured another ohild.
St. 1.01’Jh, Joly 21.—Yesterday afternoon
Maud and Cora Davouport and Anna Davon*
port, tbdr cousin, were Playing iu a land pit
at Cunningham, when tuo sand caved In and
burled nil three. Anna freed horseff and dug
away the earth ab<> V u Corn, uncovering her
face, thus allowing her to breathe and awing
her life. Tho body of tbo other girl tho was
unable to And and ran to the nonmt homo for
aid. Cjra was taken out uninjured, but hor
sister Maud was dead when found.
Alii a ny, N. Y. July 22—'Today ft bl-cen-
tennial of tho corporation of Albany as a city,
and the Albanians have given themselves up,
body and soul, to celebrating It. The celo*
braticn has in fact been in progross for threo
days, but today Is thn anniversary and climax.
Nobody wint to bed last night. Tho uproar
that broke loose at midnight when tbo holla
announced tho arrival of the anniversary
continued until daylight. Men, boys and
even women went up and down the prin
streets blowing horns and singing until n
ing came. Men and boya organised themselves
into marching bands and went from one part
of tho city to another, blowing two or threo
boras together, and stopping before hotels and
private residences and giving an Impromptu
serenade. Small cannon kept up thoir salutes,
and bonfires lighted up tho principal
streets, snd tho red tiro’s glow
was u fleeted from the skies above until they
paled in the gray of the approaching morning,
‘ \ Albai
any may
All the noise and enthusiasm that .
have hid pent within herself for the last two
centuries seemed to hsvo suddenly found
vent.
l’rcsldent Cleveland and his party arrived a
few minutes after ((o'clock this morning, and
found waiting to receive him Burgess'*
corps, under command of Major
Van Zandt, with the l’lattdmrg band at their
bead. Carriages containing Mayor Teacher,
Ex Mayor Batiks and other city oflli'ials, wero
also In wating. Without the lines formed by
the militia stood flvt or six hundred citizens
who had come to welcome tho president. Mr.
Cleveland and his friends Were escorted to the
executive mansion where they breakfasted
with Governor Hill, lhirgesa’s corps then
marched to the steamboat landing and wel
comed the veteran organization of tho Now
York Seventh regiment, while other organize*
lions of Albany militia had a very busy
time welcoming and u.oriing other visiting
commands.
l'resident Cleveland spent part of tho fore
noon in a call upon Secretary Manning, amt
later, in company with Governor Hill and
staff and city officials, reviewed
llio magnificent procession. When the formal
c« rein units were proceeding, after a
•retch by Governor Hill, tho crowd
dispensed with the regular programme bv
clamoring for "Cleveland,” Tho president
made a abort congratulatory speech. The
crowd then called out Secretaries Bayard amt
Whitney, who spoke briefly and In good taste
The regular programme was then allowed to
he resumed, winding up with the Hinging of
"America” by a chorus and the audience.
Boston, July 23.—Several meetings of the
board of tnariue underwriters have boon held
to consider the matter of surrender to them of
the ^learner ' Gate City,” and it baa Anally
been decided that it would bo impolitic to take
aiiy steps towards securing tho vessel without
any assurauco from foreign companies, which
are most heavily tuvolvod, that
their pi o port ion of the expenses would bo
forthcoming. The present indications are
that the vessel will bo a total loss, but that a
largo portion of her cargo can be saved. The
insurance on tho "Gate City” is $200,003. of
which f 1W.OOO U in foreign coiupanlee. Tho
remaining $50,000 la held as follows; B wtou,
Marino, $20,000. Washington, $12,500; Chi am
97.500; Indio, $T»,UX>; American. $5,000.
UfooPf Hole, Maas., July 23 -The oteamer
"Gala I’ity,” which bis been ashore in "Grave-
yawl,” Nanahon island, waa got off at l p m.
Mud is passing op tho sound sa tow.
rtrmtao, Julv 25.—Thomas Dillard, a
ed.Vrod miner of McDonald, Fa., died tonight
ficns thn offsets of iniuiiea received a weak
•go in M quarrel with hia wife. Dillard fre
quently teaanUed bio wife, and on tho night
c.f the JCUr foot, came home iatoxicatod, and
commenced abusing her. She remonstrated
with him, bat no he evinced no disposition to
desist in his AH treatment, she threw a can of
carbon oil ove.* him, and then set fire to hie
clothing. Ills varies brought assistance, and
the flames were cWtinguiahed, but ho was so
terribly burned tbs* all efforts to save his Iff#
wore without avail a*>d bo died tonight in
neat agony. Mrs. Delta* hit not boon or-
jetted.
OUR KNOWLEDGE BOX.
J. T. H., Auburn, Ala: Please give mo a
reeeipe for making brandy peaches and peart.
Take feur pounds of fruit, four pounds of sugar
and one pint best brandy, make a syrup of the su
gar, and water enough to dissolve it. Let this
come to a boil, put the fruit iu and boil five min
utes. Ifaving removed the fruit carefully, let the
syrup boil fifteen minutes longer, or until it thick
ens well. Add the brandy, take the kettle at once
from the fire. Tour the hot syrup over tho fruit
and seal it up. If after the fruit i« taken from the
fire, a reddish liquor oozes from It, drain this oft
before adding the clear syrup. Peaches and pears
should be peeled for brandying.
Subscriber, Sara Bota. Fla: When was the
great Sphinx constructed, and what are its dimen
sions?
It is now believed that It was sculptured before
the time of Cheops, the builder of the first pyra
mid. It Is near the eastern edge of tbo platform
on which the I/ramldsstand,with its heart tamed
towards the Nile. The head measures twenty-
eight leet six inches from the top to the chin. Tho
total length of the body, which is that of a lion
crouching close to the ground, is 110 feet. Acres*
theshou’riors it measures thirty-six feet, and the
paws extended about fifty feet. Between the paws
there waa built a small temple, which was of ma
mmy. as was the paws, while all tho rest of tho
Hphlnx seems to be carved out of solid rock. Colo
nel Vyre drilled a hole twenty-seven feet deep
Into one of the shoulder*, and found that it was
one piece of stone throughout.
W. M. J., Bedding!"Miss: Are Da Voa’s
weather pitdie ions founded on science or guess
work?
On both. Ills predictions for June turned out
all right, but he has made numerous failures.
‘ Black Hall,” Harvey Hill, July 19.—May
I(s»k you two questions: 1st Atlanta's charter
gives her the right to control the liquor traffic, toa
great extent. In the late election the city vote
wasvvtt, tbo country voted her dry. Further,
Black hall district has been dry |by a special act
of the legislature for eight years. Had the voters
of Black ball the light to vote in said election, or
the rouaty to vote Atlanta dry? 2d. Did or did
not the vot/rsof Atlanta have a right to vote fence
or no fence on the farmers, while the city has a
rigid stock law7
Subscriber, Gainesville, Texas: TIow can I
get an appointment in the civil rervlce of the gov
ernment?
The federal civil service is divided Into two
parts, tbc general and tho special. The general
service embraces ordinary clerical work. The spe
cial torvicc embraces all technical work, such as
employment in the postoffico department, in tbo
customhouse, in the patent office and the like.
For the general service there are examinations
held according to the convenience of tho commis
sioners and tho necessities of tbo service at Wash
ington and in the chief cltlca of tho union. If you
wish an appointment In tbo general scrvlco you
mint apply to the commissioners at Washington
for an application blank. When this is filled out
and forwarded you must oak for an examlna
tlon at New York, Albany, Rochester, BnfTklo, or
wherever it may bo most convenient for you (If
you do not wi*h to go on to Washington); and
when the next examination is hold at the city
named you w ill be notified two weeks In advanco
when to *p|«ar before the examiners. If you wish
an appointment In the special service you must
apply to the head of tho depaitment having tbo
tower of apoolutmeut, and he will refer; our letter
to the special examiners for tho office you seek.
J. T. G., Seneca, 8. C: Please givo me a
concise general summary of the "Jeffenonlan
principles” so often referred to by political speak-
era and newspafiers.
The following extracts from Jefiorson's first in
augural addicts will give you the desired informa
tion:
"Though tho will of tho majority is in all cases
to prevail, that will, to bo rightful, must bo rou-
(onnhlc; tho minority posses their equal rights
which equal taws must protect, and to vloUto
which would t*« oppression. 1 *
"Having banished from c
it tbo call of the laws would ily to tho standard of
tbo law, and would meet Invasion of tho publla
order os his own personal concern. Hometfmes it
is (aid that man cannot bo trusted with the gov
ernment 01 blind'll Can he then be trusted with
tbc government of others? Or have wo fetind an-
gel* in the foiin of kings to govern him?”
"A wire sml frugal gov* rument, which shall re
strain men from injuring on* another, and which
(hull leave them thoroughly free to regulato their
own | iu suits of industry and improvement, and
shall not take front the mouth of labor the bread It
has tatned. Thi< Is I no sum of good government ”
•Equal and exact Justice to all men, of what
ever state or persuadou, religious or political;
pr ace, commerce, aud honest friendship with all
notion.' -entangling alliances with noiic; tho sup-
jatriof tho *tnte govern moot* In nil their rights a* tho
most competent administrations for ourdomostlc
concerns, and the bulwark against anti-republican
tendencies; tho preservation of the general govern
ment iu lla wholo constitutional vigor as the ahoot
anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad: a
ft
jcaicus care of Tho right of election by the poople—
a mild and safe corrective of abuses which aro
lopped by tho sword of revolution where peaceful
remedies are unpiovldcd; absolute acuulcsconoo in
the deck mns of tho majority—tho vital principle of
republics from which there is no appeal but to
forte, tho vital prlr elplc and tmmcdLto parent ot
despot Urn; a well disciplined militia—our boat roll
*t:ee in peace and for tho first momenta of war till
regulars may rcllrvothem; tho supremacy of tho
civil over tho military authority: economy in pub
lic expenditures that labor may bo lightly burden
ed; tho honest payment or our debt! and aaorod
pn serration ot tho nubile faith; encouragement
of agriculture and of commerce aa its handmaid:
the dlfhislonof Information and tho arraignment
of all abuses at the bar of public return; freedom
of religion; freedom ot tbo press; freedom of per
son under tho prolcctlou of the halicas corpus and
trial by Juries fiupattlally selected. Those princi
ples should bo the creed of our political faith, the
uxt of civil Instruction, tho touchstone by whloh
to iry the services of those we treat; and, should
we wander from them In tho momenta of error or
alarm, let us hasten to retrace our stops, to regain
tin read which alouo leads to peace, liberty and
safety.”
Subscriber, Bock BUI. 8. C: PI care give mo
a sj impels of tbo new postal regulations in refer
ence to tending liquids through tbo malls.
A new regulation has been made by the postoUico
department, which pcrruttsnfthe mailing of certain
liquids under certain conditions. Heretofore all
kinds of liquids have boon excluded from the
malls, but under the new rule all liquids not Uablo
to explosion or spontaneous combustion, or igni
tion by shock or Jar, and not Inflammable-such
os kerosene oil, nap ha, benzine, turpentine, etc.
Poll reap, pastes or confections, ointments, stive*,
and articles of similar consistency may bo admitted
to tbc mails for transmission to poluts in tho
United stales, when eucloscd In required pack
ages. They will not bo received for trotsmtsufon
to foreign countries.
Wht n tl e articles are not liquid or llqul lablo
they must bo wrapped iu paper or cloth, and then
placed Iu a box with a strong clasp or screw lid,
and iu ease of articles liable to break, tho box
must bo filled with sawdust or cotton, and tho ar
ticles packed flintty in it, after being wrapped up
In the roper orrlntb.
Liquid* and oils mmt not exceed four ounces
liquid measure. In quautlty, and when put in glasa
bottles, tho Unties miut ha strong enough to with
stand the shock ol handling mall matter. In ad
dition. the bottles must be cuclo-cd in a wooden
it water-tight. II the liquid la put in a metal ease,
uox, open on 1 j si one cun. uuu uoi km man inroc*
slxfreuths of an inch thick. A sample package
s ht uld.ala ajs be shown tbo postmaster for his ap
proval.
Ink powders—dyea—and pepper have also been
excluded from the mails heretofore. They may
now be matted when packed In the tame manner
prescribed for liquids, or when enclosed in wool
en or papier-mache boxes In such a secure manner
as te render the escape of the powder Impossible;
provided the box ts strong enough to bear the
handling and weight of mall matter.
All articles referred to mmt be capable of easy
in»i?( non. and tbc package must have the nomas
of the settlers.
amsi riljrQtikskllreof Smiling Fortune
With the boon in the general prosperity of
the clt* taken into consideration, o it city got
more than her share of The Louisiana 8t* e
Lottery June Drawing yesterday. No. IS,115
drew the capital prize of $150,000. A lady in
this city had a fifth ticket. Somo oneT.ere waa
bound to get P, for it laa been demonstrated
that money canmt get away from Kansas11 y.
Thia $30,000 makes about $u),OCO drawn by
ro»i«Ieuts here since January 1. Mrs. Anna M,
Cn»<ii the leckjr pesaetn of ths slip of piper
which by yesterday’s turn of thw wheel entitles
her to $30,000. she is a widow, aged about 35,
and aha has lived here for about threo years.
—Kansas City Time*, Jane ICth.
AMONG VIRGINIA HILLS.
The First Family Rebellion ie Virginia—
Washington at a Levee,
Eastern Virginia, Jnly 25, 1686.—This is
the classic ground of Virginia, and here took
placo Bacon’s rebellion—one of the most
striking episodes ot the romantic early his
tory of Virginia. Bacon was a lineal de
scendant of the "wisest, basest, meanest, of
mankind,” and Edmond Burke said, after
reading soi ““
for be was
of freedom—that he conld well believe the
latter Bacon to be an inheritor from Franci
Bacon. Lord Vernlam Bacon was a gentleman
of independent fortune, good family, and re
puted to be the most elegant man In the colo
ny. Sir William Berkley, who was sent over
near tbe middle of the seventeenth century
as governor of Virginia, was a despot of des-
pots. He was particularly grieved
that tbe Virginians should be so bent
on fending their sons back to England for a
polite education. Like Sir Anthony Abso*
lute, be thought a library waa an evergreen
tTee of diabolical knowledge, and uttered a
fervent wish that "there might not be a free
school or a printing press in the colony for the
next hundred yean.” Naturally Sir William
could not be expected to have very liberal
ideas in political economy or the rights of
man, and after awhile became anch an outra
geous old tyrant that Bacon beaded a rebel*
lion against him. The fight was short, sharp
and decisive. Sir William had the power of
tbe crown behind him, while Baoon bad only
a few biave spirits like hlmsolf, The ring
leaders were caught and exe
cuted, and Bacon, desperate
ly wounded, was forced to
flee for his life. He lingered a little while,
and then died heroically. So vindictive was
Berkley toward him that he offered a large
reward for tbo discovery of Bacon’s burial
place, Intending to dig up his body after the
manner of tbe regicides in England. But the
people, who bad idolized Bacon, refaied to di*
vuJge the secret, and it la an extraordinary
fact that, although the hidden spot of Bacon’s
grave was known to hundreds of persons,
neither bribes nor threats could induce one of
them to reveal it, and Sir William Berkley re
turned to England with his vengeance against
the dead man’s bones unsatisflod.
Berkley’s conduct was far from satisfactory
to Charles II., who bad good reason to tbiok
well of the loyal Virginians, and Berkley was
disgraced as roon as his conduct became
known. The number of executions following
tho rebellion was appalling. "That old fool,”
raid Charles II., angrily, "has bung more men
for disagreeiug with him than I did for tho
mnrder of my father.” One Mr. Drummond
was a iarticular object of Berkley’s ven
geance. After along chaso ho was captured
and brought before tne governor. ’T am moro
pleased to see you, Mr. Drummond,” said tho
governor, "than any man in the colony. Mr.
Drummond, you shall bo banged in half an
hour.” "Just as your honor pleases,” coolly
responded Mr. Drummond, who in half an
hour was dangling from a rope’s end.
So strong was tho feeling between the sup
porters of Sir William Berkley and those of
Bacon that they would not walk on tho samo
side of the street, and a hundred years after
ward at a cock fighting match between the
Gloucester and tho Williamsburg bird*, tho
Gloucester birds wero railed "Booon’s than-
dr Holts.” Jamestown had been the first capi
tal of the colony, but when it bogan to in
crease in wealth and population, Williamsburg
became the capital, llore was "Tho Palace,”
tho collego or William and Mary, tho far*
famed Raleigh tavern, nnd all tho environ
ment of a miniature court. Levees wero
held, at which presentations were modo, as
at the Irish vico regal court, and as late as
in the time of Washington's youth, whon
Colonel Washington attended tno levee of
Earl Dunmorc, he was said to bo tho statoil-
cat and most imposing man of all the company
pnetnt. Tobacco waa tho currency of the
country. It waa a strict government monop
oly, and taxes were paid in it. Yorktown was
thru a thriving seaport, and ovory year vet-
aels arrived bringing luxuries (or tho^ colo
nists, and to reload with "tho silver weed,” as
it was railed. The ladies sent out to England
for their wardrobes as regularly as a century
or two later they sent to i'arls. In many old
Virginia families are preserved the huge iron*
lonnd cherts which modo a yearly voyago
back nnd forth, bringing tho latest London
fashions in gowns and mantles to the gentle-
worst n of tho colony. The
istablifthcd church flourished, and a
rnro of wine drinking, fox-hunting parsons
abound* d that wero the prototypes of those
drawn by Fielding and Smollett. The tastes
of tho people for sport were early developed.
Pace meetings were numerous, and fox hunt
ing and cock-fighting wore thefavorito amuse
ments of the colonial gentry. The jealousy
between New England and Virginia was early
established. New England waa aa completely
dominated by the influences of tho round-
heads as Virginia was by the cavaliers. The
law of primogeniture waa firmly rooted, and
thus estate* were kept together and great for
tune! grew by accretion. The opulence of the
dav may be estimated by the remains it left
I ebind. Although framo houses were known
to be bitter suited to the climate, the Vir
ginians could not forget the homes of brick
and itono in green England, and so many
houses are found to this day built exactly like
the msnorbouses of England, and often with
English brick brought over for ballast.
lfotewell, the seat of tho Pages, Iu eastern
Virginia, if, perhaps, tho finest specimen of a
colonial mansion hi the country, beside which
tho Craiglo houso at Cambridge and she
Phil ipse mansion on the Hudson are insig
nificant. The main building is a cube ninety
fret square, built of English brick, and with
mollioncd windows. Two wings, extending
on each aide of tbe house, have beon pulled
down, but the main building sooms to defy
time and standi at sturdily aa ever, although
well on in its seccud century. The Pages
were great folk, but whon the revolution
came they were among the leading patriots
of tho colony. Governor Mann Page, whoso
father bad been a baronet—Sir John
Page—stripped tho leaden roof from Roiewoll
to mold hullcta for tho continental army. At
Yorktown, which waa almost within sight of
Koseweil, when the allied troops were besieg
ing Cornwallis, they had no commissariat.
Governor Paso signed his name like a lord to
requisitions in blank, and for some days tho
whole army was fed on the strength of Maun
Page’s name. It is not surprising to learn that
the governor died a bankrupt. Rosewoll was
a favorite resort of Thomas Jefferson, and he
loved to ait iu tho cupola and watch the roa*
jcatic York river in the distance. Tradition
baa it that it waa here he drafted the dcslara
tion of independence before proceeding
to Philadelphia in company with hia friend
Mann Page to advocate the freedom of the
colonies. It it diet, however, not fiction, that
Jefferson was desperately smitten with the
ebarma of Rebecca Barwel), a lovely girl
whose home waa only a few miles from Rose-
well, and that perhaps accounts for his loud
ness for the place. The ffcir Rebecca, how
ever, did not return the affection of hor im
mortal admirer, who waa then a gawky young
student at William and Mary college and dis
tinguished for nothing except his incessant
atd unskillful scraping of tbe violin. Ros
well passed from tbe hands of the Pages, but
•tanda like a rock, Indestructible. It ia lik« ly
that it will soon again become the property of
one of the name.
Carter’s creek, another plantation in the
neighborhood, bad a fine old mansion on it,
although not so Imposing as Rosewoll. The
Buiwell't—Rebecca Burwell's family--were
lords ef the manor. Garter's creek wasccle*
tors, so one ol
___ memory con
cluded to take the oyster in lieu of hia ancestral
crest, snd caused to be carved on the marble
mautle of his dining-room a scallop shell of
oysters, as tbe perpetual insignia of the Har
well's. The Nelsou house at New York is alsx
s it oat interesting house, although far from
the fine proportions of the Rosewell, West-
over, Brandon, and other "show places.” It
is a substantial brick bnilding on the bluffs at
Yorktown. and during the siege of
York interfered much with the
range of the American gun
ners. General Nc’son, seeing that the gun
ners strove to avoid hitting it, stepped np toa
gun, and deliberately sighting it sent • cannon
ball craving into tbe house.
A SMART TV ASP.
It Kills a Worm and Afterward Bu
ries It.
Richmond (Vs., Correspondence N. Y. Tribune.
A few days ago two men who were enjoying
an outing came upon a green worm which was
slowly crawling across the high road. As the
walkers reached the creature they saw the.
aforementioned black wasp swoop down upon
it, straddle it with its four legs, put its arms
—or what were in tbe place of arms—around
the worm’s body near the head and proceed to
sting it several times, first in tbe right side,
then in the left. The worm writhed as if ia
great pain, and in its struggles to escape the
wstp suddenly flew away.
Tne two men sat down beside the road to
await a renewal of tbe strange conflict. Soon
the attacking party reappeared, more full of
fight than before. It was a pigmy fighting a
t iant, but the little creature with tne sting
ad tne advantage of wings and agility and
weapons, and the worm soon showed signs of
defeat. After three more onslaughts it
straightened oot its pretty body, became rigid,
a uivered snd died. The victor walked around
it conquered foe three times, and after
msking sure that death waa not feigned, dis
appeared.
After the space of a minute it retnrnel aud
proceeded to straddle the worm as at first,
putting its arms about tbe dead animal and
lifting It bodily from the ground. It wain
wonderful sight. Tbe wasp was not more
than three-quarters of an inch long, snd its
bodv in the thickest place did not exceed one-
sfxtn of an inch through. The worm was
three and a half Inches Tong and one-tbird of
an Inch in diameter. And yet the wasp actu
ally lifted It up and partly dragging, partly
carrying it, crossed tbe duaty road and trav-
TOPICS OF THE Y/EEK.
A New York paper asys that Mrs. Frank
Leslie and her discarded lover, the noble
Marquis de Lcnville, are both in London, The
dream of love is not to be*resumed. The doubt
that was cast on the marquis’s title was what
broke off tbe match. Mrs. Leslie did not care
to wed a bogus title, especially when she had
to take such a locking object as DeLeuville
with it. He wore corsets in tho first place.
There would have been just about as much
sente in putting them on a barrel. DeLeuville
weighs over 200 pounds, and corsets certainly
would never make him trim. Ho padded his
shoulders until they wero level with his ears.
Hia feet, which, in fact, were rather small,
wero incased in ladies’ shoes, and he minced
when he walked. Hia hair ho wore long, and
in addition he greased it. All in all, he was a
rather uninviting spectacle. The marquis is
having a very hard time of it in London, from
all accounts. He baa to work for a living. A
. bit of newt just received is that Mrs. Leslie,
hearing of his distress, sent him a purse of
money, but did not ask him to call. Tire
marquis’s pride was so humbled by his adver
sity that he accepted the proffered help with
thankfulness.
According to the New York Sun, Major
Arthur bchloes, of Nyack, ia a very crazy sort
of a crazy man. He killed a pet dog and
boiled it in a pot. cut off his hones’ tails,
showed a disposition to sleep in the cow stable
and paraded about the lawn in hia daughter’s
gown. Friday he took to the woods. He was
captured, and will bo token to an asylum.
A citizen of Lawrenceburg. Indiana, tells
an interesting story of Jonathan Green, the
noted refoimed gambler. Green was once in
a scheme to fleece a planter at cards, but the
planter, who was a most accomplished player,
outwitted the gamblera, won the pot and
walked off with it, at the same time keeping
the gamblers covered by a six shooter. The
next day a more desperate and wicked plot
was concocted. Green was to decoy tbe
planter into an out-of-the-way place, where
another of the gamblers was to lie in wait,
with an air gun, and assassinate the planter.
As the ambushed gambler was about to
draw bis bead, tho planter, who was
half tipsy, picked up a faded
flower and Handed it to Green,
enying as be did so: "’Tis tbe last rose of
summer.” He then began to sing that beau
tiful song,and the melody softened tho heart of
tbe ambushed gambler to such au extent that
he slunk away and tho planter's life was
spared. Next night the gambler was fatally
wounded in a fight, and on bis death bed re
lated the story of tbe plot to assassinve.
Green ever after kept clear of schemes to mur
der for money.
In Y/nsbington city there is a cyclormi of
the battle of Bull Ron. The other day a half
tipty fellow was going through tho place and
encountered a negro who was explaining the
battle to a crowd of listeners. Tho tipsy fel
low announced that ho was a Virginian, who
had owned a hundred slaves before the war,
aud proceeded to "cuss out” the colored citi
zen who had presumed to talk about the bat
tle. The negro fled in dismay, au>l tho tipsy
man announced that ho could lick any yankec
that overlived, and directed his remarks prin
cipally to a stout little man standing near.
Tho latter made a sharp rejoinder, which
finally led to the Virginian inquiring the little
mau’s name. "My name is Puillip II. Sheri
dan, present address War Department, Wash
ington, D. C.,” wa3 the unpxpected reply. The
Virginian raised his hat politely, aud, extend
ing liis band, said: "Beg your pardon, gener
al. We tried four years to lick youand never
fairly succeeded. I take it all trick. You’re a
better mar. than I am; shake, general.” They
shock and there tho matter ended.
On the fourth floor of a dirty tenement
bouse in New York lives tho Widow Ritter.
She is •evenly years old, white haired and do-
crepid. In broken English tho tells visitors
that she speaks only German. Baby rattles,
feeding bottles and the like lie scattered
areubd cn tho floor ot her room, whilo here
and there mo boxes, scraps of paper, etc.
Over tho mantle is a picture under which is a
(ilgn, reading: "Jesus said: Sutler little chil
dren to come unto me.” In tbo door of her
room is a small hole, which Is stopped by a
baby rattle. Many women with babies in
thnr arms toil up the steps to tho door of
Widow Iiittcr’s rooft. When there is a kno:k
nt the doer the widow removes the baby rattle
and looks tLrough the hole. If she seel a
baby the door ii opened. If there is no baby
virible the door remains closed, anl
the old woman cannot be coated
Into opening it. Tbo aged hag carries
on a queer business. She makes a living
by playing for sick babies. When a mother
enters with a sick baby the child is undressed
and put into an old soap box. The two women
kneel on each side of the box and the old wo
man prays in English half an hour by the
dock. Then she prays half an hour iu Ger
man. When she gets through praying she
spesks of the improved appearance of tho biby
and tells the mother the child ia all right.
Her fee it fifty cents. The old woman will
pray all day for a dollar aud a half, but when
this rato ia allowed babies have to be pr*7el
for In bulk, as it were, several of them bdng
kept in ccap boxes during tbe prayers.
Philadelphia has a negro "doctrcss”
named Anna G. Lee. One of her patients died
tho other day under suspicious circumstances,
and tbc old woman got into tho clutches of
the law. When she was asked how she ©fleet
ed cures she said : "By de use of dc haus bein’
put thro’ partic'lar nmstecations; den if flod
dat ain’t of no use, aud in cases where the pa
tient hal» coniumsion, I gib dia here pors.’rip-
tion.” Tho prescription was written on a
i mall pi* ce of paper, and was as follows: "Tho
tea dat I make for merasmus are: ‘Irish
brown, sweet firm, lemon balm, juuipor ber
ries, dnnderline, gin.’ ” When asked if she
did not have a shingle out she replied : "Yoj,
I bab; bat I didn’t know dere was any wrong
in it no how. If I had o’ thought dat I was a
ruinin’de reglar practishuners’ bisnus, I'd
done gone tore dat sign down darned q *i:k.”
The boss ghost story of tho season comes
from New York. Mrs. Hauuah Sauer was
vciy unkind to her steD daughter, who w .s
,ns«u n «wu...H.j —- , dyirpf consumption, Just before the stop-
about diverted all intention to commit vio- I daughter died she railed herself up on her «!• e
lcncc, hut (here is a fixed determination t< b)W and cursed the stepmother, saying sb* •
prosecute Monohan to the extent of the law. would be revenged even if she had to coma |
eled'for some twenty paces through tbe stubby
grass and weeds. At length a small clearing
was reached, and dragging its burden to near
the center of the spot, the wasp dropped it
and ran quickly around the place as if In
search of something, Tho something proved
to be a pebble of the size of a robin egg half
buried in tho ground. Brushing tho loose
eaith away the wasp cast the stone aside, re
vealing in the ground a hole, into which tho
smart creature dived head foremost. It erme
up with an armful of fresh earth, and deposit
ing it an inch from the hole, wont back after
Blather and another until a little mound be-
-gun to grow beside the front door of the war-
riot’s castlo. In an incredibly short time the
holo was perceptibly enlarged, and the rnason,
having taken the measurement of it, went to
the dead form to sec if it would enter. Sdis*
fled, the insect caught tbe grab by tbe head,
and, backing into the hole, pulled the prey
after it. But the worm was too tight a fit. so
out it came, the wasp pushing it up with its
head. A little moro digging, another meas
urement and again the worm was drawn in
this time until only half an inch remained
above ground. Was there another entrance to
tho holt? How would the wasp get out, or
did it intend to remain below? The creature
put an end to doubts by squeezing out of tho
same hole in which the worm was so tightly
wedged. It was a hard job,
but successfully accomplished. Tacn
began a laughable butting process, in th j
course of which tho half-inch of wormabevo
ground was gradually driven into the holo.
When quite in, tho wasp sprinkled fresh earth
upon it, trampled It down carefully, repUced
the pebble, drew some dry surface earth
around it aud then hermetically sealed the
bole. This scaling was evidently done to
keep away other insects or prowlers of any
kind. The wasp gathered from a certain wee l
clcio by something which it spread over the
pebble. Repeated trips to the samo weed wero
made for this purpose, and though tho sub
stance so gathered was invisible, there w.is no
doubt of its uso.
While the waip was absent on one of theso
trips oco of the men placed a stick upon the
now well-hidden hole. The impatieuce, uot
to say wrath, with which tho iuaect torsod it
aride, boded no good to any creatnroof reason
able eizo who might presumo to iuterfero
with the storehouse or burial ground. After
the Hculing. with ouo good look around tuo
irtmitMS, this clever wasp spread its wings
aid disappeared, leaving thorn who had
watched tbo workmanship unable to de^idu
whether (ho fighter aud mason was endow J
ith instinct or reason.
back to earth after death. Soon afterward tho
•tep-daugbter died. The body of tbe dead girl
was dressed in white and laid in a coffin in tho
front room. The day before the fnneral the
stepmother visited tho room in which tho
c< (tin lay, and looking at the coffin was sur
prised to see that it was empty. She turned
her head to look around the room, bat the wag
suddenly seized from behind and pushed out
of the room. She ran to the neighbors and
told of her strange adventure in the room, but
when a delegation of them visited tbe room
they found the girl lying in her coffin as
!*acefully as when ahe was placed there by
tbe undertaker. Since then Mrs. Sauer ban
bet-n many times a&saulted by the ghost of the
dead woman. She gets hurled out of her chair
and h nocked aronnd generally. The house in
which the woman died has come to be known
as a haunted house. Strange sights and noises,
shrieks and hollow- mocking laugb« disturb
tbe peaoe, and nobody will- stay about tho
place. Tho step-daughter's ghost is making
things lively.
Just at this tirno prohibition ovrrshadowi
every other issue in Mississippi. Iu recent
contests tbe wets havo generally hero success
ful by small majorities The "railroad towns”
thow a disposition to favor tbo sale. The de«
feat of the probibitiouutta iu Yickabarg is ex
plained by the itatemt-nt that two or three
days before the election fifteen hundred
tenghs were dumped into that city and voted
the wet ticket. In that place the mty council
has passed a resolution ordering the polico to
rigidly enforce tbe Sunday laws. Jackson
will soon have an election, and much interest
has been aroused already.
C. D. Graham, tbe young cooper, who went
through the NIagra rapids in a cask, tells an
interesting thing about the peculiarities of tho
water at one point. He says that before tho
breakers, where the water looks smooth, there
are boilers which shoved thoc*<kupand
down. That’s where the people said they saw
Captain Webb treading water. Graham says
it was the boilers forcing him np and down.
The waves would break a man’s neck. Webb
did not dive, but was thrown down the hill*
f water tho same as Graham’s barrel went.
Jr&ham says that no man can go through
thtro alive with my cork suits or life preserv
ers. In speaking of his plans for tbe future,
tbo young cooper said:
"1 am dcslgr ‘ * '
Canadian or I
nave now is unfitted for the tremendous fall,
which would sill me. lathe barrel I am plan
ning 1 might do it. If the waters did not keep tho
cask under too long. I shall tend about thirty bar
rels over, and if twenty of them can be recovered
wilhlu reasonable time I will make the attempt.
There is no ute dolvp It if the undertow of tho
current is certain to retain tho cask so long os to
h;Locate me. The danger is very great.”
A BEGGAR’S ROMANCE.
TBE NASHVILLE TRAGEDY.
Monoht
in Jail Tearing HU Hair—Condi
tion of the Victim*.
Naj-uvillf, Tenu., July 19.—[Special.]
Monohan, who shot tour people last night,
wounding Miss Laura I'arnoy seriously and
then attempted suicide, is yot in jail on a
warrant sworn out by Mrs. Carney, charging
him with asiault with a pistol with intent to
commit murder, liis wound was dressed
in the morning by Dr. Cook and was
found to be painful though free from any dan
ger or fatal results. The bullet entered the
forehetd, just above the right eye, struck the
frontal bone, ranged upward, and came out on
top of bis head. Mental excitement produced
by tho concussion laated through hair thoday,
and the prisoner was almost uncontrollable.
His ejes were wild, his hair dishevelled, looks
hags aid and face besmeared with blood. He
forhours beat npon the bars of his cell, calling
most longingly and piteously for his "darling
Lama” whom be had killed. In this
terrible state of his delirium ho
heaped maledictions and curses upon Mrs.
Carney nnd Miss Mossey, who had been em
ployed as music teacher for the young lady.
He called upon all within hearing to investi
gate the matter, aud see if these two parties
were not to blame for the crime, though he
committed the deed.
In the afternoon he grew more quiet,and re
mained morose and sullen. Dr. W. T. Briggs
yeaterdsy morning visited Miss Laura Carney,
tho unfortunate victim, aud investigated
her condition. It was decided not to probe
for the bullet at present. The wound will
mark for llfo tbe beautiful face of tbo fair
young victim and may prove very serious.
The physician, however, thinks It not neces*
sariiy fatal. Mrs. Carney was doing as well
as could be expected. The flesh wound will
heal very rapidly. There is yet no little ex
citement amongst tbe citizens of that locali
ty, especially those engsgod at
tbo Tennessee manufacturing compa
ny’* factory. Sympathy Is unanimous
for tbc girl, and Indignation is strong sgiinst
the man now lying In jail. Wise coausel has
young
( nee the Belle of Salt Lake, and Now Grind
ing a Hnml Organ for a Living.
From the Chicago Tribnne.
Did you ever notico tho little old woman
who (urns the crank of the wheezy hand organ on
one ol tho railroad viaduetz? Day after day, sum
mer aud winter, rain or shine, she Is seated there
on a little camp-stool grinding out the samo old
distracting tunes, llotorcold, she always wears
the fame faded gown, and tho same threadbare
(hau l Is always drawn tighly across her shoulders.
A little black bonnet, rusty with age, Is pulled
well down over her forehead, so as to hide her
pinched and careworn features. Tcrhaps yoa
have caught a chance glimpse of her pale face,and
(aw something in the pitiful expression that
cau«cd you to paiue for an instant and drop a coin
into the little tin cup. It probably never occurred
to you that the life history of this street beggar ia
interlined with a choice bit of romance. You cer
tainly never drcatccd that the humble creature
before you was once the bcllo of Salt Luke City, a
lender of fashion and tne heiress
to millions. Yet tho was. She is
the eldest daughter of John Brigham Young,
one of the wealthiest men in Utah, and a favorite
nkce of the once famous Mormon prophet. She
wa* reared in luxury and received n liberal educa
tion Gifted with rare musical talent* she bo-
enure celebrated among her people ox au aucom-
plislud vocalist, and at one timo was tho principal
contralto in the choir at the tabarn««*U.
her father s Joy, and Just ns ahe was budding 1
womanhood he pledged her hard to arising yo<
elder who had been active in proselyting for .
Mormon church. The daughter remonstrated, but
without avail.
A short time before tbo day ret for tbe wedding
(he w as recretly man led to a young newspaper
man. He was a Gentile. When her famer got wind
of the mariisgu he renounced his daughter
end cn»t her out of his houxe. tibo fled
with her husband to New York, where ho
obtained employment as a reporter on a
miming newspaper. Shortly after. Ills eyesight
U< acre- all* etui uml he was unable to retain nis
p*Mi:ou. Then came tho struggle for au exist-
< uce. Their Utile hi* iugs were soon exhausted iti
tijing to rc(torc the husband’* cyedghr, and after
three year’s treatment he becumo totally blind.
1 hough disinherited and reduced to poverty, tho
dc-votcd wife remained true to her marriago vows.
She wrote to her father, begging him to aid her,
' sought employment,
ear to her appeals for
wers, anu as a urn renora she accepted an engage
ment in a concert saloon. There herspleudld
voice attracted attention, aud she was able
to earn enough to give her blind husband
ft comfortablo homo. Their prosperity,
however, was (hort lived, for not long after sue
wav prostrated by tickncM and the fever robbed
her or her voice and left her but a wreck of her
former lelf. Disheartened in spirit aud feeble in
health she began tho llfo of a street beggar, wan
dering from place to place, and finally locating in
Chicago, -the Mecca for poverty-stricken Bohemi
ans. Although dragged down to tho very depths
of dcfpair and degradation, she has steadfastly
clung to tbe sightless old man who unwillingly
caused her downfall. Recently a woman who
knew the beggar many years ago sawandrecog-
n)zed her, and by close questioning elicited the
tad story of her unfortunate career.
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A Prominent Farmer Writes.
Roltri Station, Jones county, Ga„ June 20th
Dm.—By the recommendation of Rev C. C. Davis
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debility and nervous prostration, haviug been a
S rcatFuflerer for years, and tried all known reme-
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bottle* of Lemon Kllxlr made a new man of me and
restored my strength and energy so that I can at
tend to my farm with all coze and comfort. Refet
any one to me. Your friend,
Wm. B. Emerson.
From a Prominent Lady.
I have not been able In two years to walk or stand
without suffering great pain. Since taking Dr.
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without the least inconvenience
Mrs. R. H. Bloodwokth, Griffin. Ga.
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