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■VvA'X'-i nBBK VfcOjL i fx
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Only a week ago, and now the glow
Of fervid heat baa turned
To wintry mow, and sharp winds blow
Where tropic splen<4>|s i '• t {* l
Only a week ago—ah. very low
My cherished buds are lying; •- •*
So low, so low, I do not know
If they are dead or crying.
frlw; gff IdW—only God’s brftftiVeftn trow
Them back to fresher birth.
—Nora /Terry, in the Qalaryfor November,
BY THE THICKNESS OF A BUTTON,
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From Jourual.
*Ahf tfcefr Tfm ronrr at last, do you’ The
punch has bad a full head of steam on this
lottg time,’ cried old engineer Zimmermann
to several’ Sturdy figures, who, deep buried
in Uu£k fuxs, lUatMt only- Mil .jrostiS. and
gleaming eyes exposed, came puffing, and
stampiift'. afid jfThh ijfitiu , ituff^jlie
engineers’rporl ■tlßittjltz.i J
It is New*Ye\iA W, liodetW’taßle W4he
engineer's room is covered with an except
Lonal neat white cloth, and on it, next the
stove, stands the mighty bowl, at which old
Zimmermann is vigorously working; while
thy ciswiis of, sleatti that-rise from it* leave
ho’doubt itjjconlettj* |rc devbwd to go
lit fiiJfr'jThOMire mto mr’ims of bofli+tirort—
a genuine engineer’s punch.
‘The devil! Uncle Zimmernnami; hard old
Sylvester’s day this, eh? cried the new cgm
ers, shaking oil the snow, and pulling oil'
furs, jacketsicsps, amt outer ijoot*.
‘What dqjjfcou iknoiv othlirci
days in your glass houses, on your machines
that rock you with their easy springs as
gentle as if you were in your nurses’ arms?
You oughT to have stood with us back in ’39
and ?40 on rhe little machines digt went so
hard nd jditing you lelt vry ■ jdg of the
rails from the soles of your feet up under
your caps, and woldn’t bndge a lent,, ifjjhe
snow lay a hand’s-breadth lleep on ihe rails;
and then we stood all out-of-doors, night and
day, withont screen or shelter, summer and
wirttr, the hottestday in July ami the cold-'
est day in JJecember, without any protec
tion buryoby coats and a bhffalo-’outside
had been well drubbed, I tell you,
by the uarrrrs. That was something tilde
hard times. But what do you know about
it? For that matter, what’s the worst you
have to do to what they’va pjrCjour Henarg
through here to-jl*'kwily I#fWme off A 1
from his nwmhe is no%-.’
‘Hallo! old fellow. How was it! How did
it go*? Dit! they Wake yon sweat? Come,
si{ aownf Bring on flic jiuncffl’Vore the ex
clamations poured on the new-comer from
all sides. Vi ?.. • - -id#
‘Less noise, there!’ broke in the harsh voice
afiold Zimmerman. ‘Sit down?. Yes! Punch?
No! Hornig and Franz aren't here yet, that
are coming in with the freight. It is twenty
noWj Rsrt, most di* gi in a
mis Miwnwoiho**, Glfi*trH4v&u-<i abbot
fay i- inirusiri ~. ~,
‘Well, now,’began the young candidate,
wiping fntn bis loryiwad ,he perspiration
that broke out afresh at the recollection,
‘they gave it to me weft. I can tell yosh -I
wjtff#|if# , <t by #JVfW rub* you knpw.
irraw tr rmf- long,
and nary one oTiem. except our engine-mas
terfdid iever see on an emnna or in ■ shop.
cither. They questioned me sharp, that s
a (act, right up to the handle. But one
could understand tbCrm gridi-iVe sqme (bit
of reasonable ut|what the ofcer
fellows asked me t|an jalf
understand. 'Twan’t any raitroad lingo
they used; and what they were driving at—,
well, yes, I know—l’d looked it up in the
ho ably to answer. Ngvey saw acyt|vi,ng of
um S’bn'icE'MfiVet hhi Any ai'eAMflfrf Ibr J iL
and don’t believe I ever shall if I live to be
a hundred.’ ,
‘And what in thunder was it all, then?’
began one.of |he lighting hj|s qtgar,
pift'as tfih door wsts’siMiierfly thrown' open!
A cloud of snow bijrsS in, and out of it
emerged the dim forms" oftwo new- arrivals
—the expected engineers of the two engines
that had brougt in the belated freight-train.
‘ Brafo! • Glad 1 you’ve gfit herd!’ was fife gree
ting that met then*, ‘Npw pass round the
puneji, and let’s nave the solids in from
Tlttiyillllf BSIIIIBP 1 ’ 1 l '"“ l
‘Here’s a hit of roast for one thing,’ cried
one ofjbe and raiscif'to vielr a
: h^c t that he held u*by fed
‘Where did you get that creature? And
what ate yon going to <jo with him}’ , ...
‘Tin's fellow wished ttfuo himself the honor
of making a part of Hennig’s treat’ts-night,
but probably was in too much of a hurry,
ap(l <tyi!
Un! gpen| of ft h.ue. The red I -guts of
my ‘Pluto routed him out of the hole in the
snow where he sat'crouchfcd on the ha'nk
comfortable as you please, and he began to
r i*FX ie fe VK 3h
tine minutes, perhaps. I saw t L. stupid
Tift’fe TiTacTc rascaT skimiriTng overthe snow’
in the second track alongside the engine. I
scaredjiimf he pu£ ■
dn& s(wft, gbCahCnil mto the veil light *)'the
signal lantern—perhaps that blinded him
he doubled before the engine as he would
before a t .Hbg, j:right iuSSk the rtack. I
looked to the other side to see when he would
come in sight, again, but he didn’t appear.
1 thought he was either killed or had run
back under the train, and forgot thd cfeaturtel
But when we’d got to Seestadt, and the grate
art**!a >K>ss cl * an^
fi-ftow ilSwn underneath there with the po
ker called out from the ash-hole; ‘Horriig,
Hornig, you’ve brought’ a roast wifh’you. T
. believe the fire of PluTo has storched. the,
feftoW-k brains. Comedown and see!’ Sure
M I altlnri, there fay my
hare umlemsaih in my ash-box, .dean and.
''halfste*,ve<h' -‘The ash-box mustbave'caifght
iY>JMffewpp- %iPAvMdKvWi
roasted.' .
‘Now laugh, will you, you stupid block-
heads, at the poor beast!’ growled Zimmer-
I nudflf, aH'liMTilled th’kglaiMS; 'because you
[don’t acurynl feeling
i onenas under an ash Box.'
k . tAnduloyrto Know that, then?’ cried sev
everything that can happen between the un
ttWr.hWof th* rail# Oral ftlUAop of the smoke
stack.' . II
, .‘Bat yt y l*u'Vu.Wttn. in tlje/ ajh-hoK*'
laughed the company, a little derisively,
■ JNuf cxaAlJ-.’.rupiipd tia' old man, very
gravely,'but under it, and partly, too, very
utK*r in it. But I tell you.jfrfe bOin by when
a splendid train of magnificent cars, full of
people in high spirits, with one jolt—bgl'hfe
you could lilVyonr hand to yoitf pipy or
light a match—was nothing but a heap of
kingling wood and broken screws and pie
ces of axles and wheels, out of which cawo
groans and cries tor help, while despairing
fV n s ;°<4 romyl, it wringing their hands;
and locomotives, like kittens on a roof, lea
pyij dywn the bank, and rolled once, twice,
three times over and over, wheels up a"nd
smokestflT** underneath.#ud aJJ wsastaam.
hissing tenta R r jgk jfcJtiVne
in five and thirty years*failroading has my
heart stood so still as it did under the ash
box.'
‘Tell u* aWyij Jf, Upcit Jfim, tell us!’ cried
voices one could see were used to making
themselves heard above the clatter, rattle,
and clank of the locomotive.
‘Well, well, I’ll do it,’ he replied, as he
slowly undid his tghgcu) pouch and 'hjfgan
to fill hjjisfc't pipe; tthaitgh 1 il#rt?p likg 'to
go SterTbp story. its Vibe firs' at
ways something turns over under the third
rib here when 1 think of it.’
‘You see, toys, the hand that worked this
punch in those days came near being the
-hand-aim widow, .tntii, and ’my Carl and
Julia weren't born yet, though you might
even then havt called me Stout Franz.’
‘But what's tftat to do with it, Uncle?’
ashed the circle.
1 i ‘Well, then, in the and —hi name, light
up your plagued elegant cigars again. They
suit you dolls in glass cases, as tire "short
pipe suits ns etrmt fellows under rhe free
heavens. Pass thjx glasses this way, and
then IfcdibyWW till I met mwUfch:
‘lt tiShU MwYelrf eiejfMjthe year
1845, thirty good yeari ago, and a devil ot
a storm, driving snow and sleet mixed to
gether. I was a young fellow'; I’d been mar
ried about a year. You know the station is
a horrible place for service. Let a storm
conic \*flU*]l wayittvUl, it always’sweeps
clbaa sqiuify that’s 9(411 and level
as the top of this table. In toward tne
town there is a little cut with two tracks,
One or the other of which always chokes up
in the first hour of a drifting snow. Just as
you g<t through the cut t jn the third house
in Oaideh str*e|, behind tin; oil-mills that
we often ersed tor a nhiatiHatif because we
always had to shut off steam going by for
fear of the spaiks from the chimney catch
ingin the shingle roof. I lived with my Lou
ise and Franz, just born, who is superinten
dent now joA-r at Rudrich’s,
‘So, on Syfvesler-eve, lStf), ‘I caufie "into
the station with a heavy freight train from-
Hriesthaf, hrter Standing for fourteen hours
on the engine in a storm at six below. I
was frozen stiff as an icicle, and glad enough,
you bet, to gat hold of the Sylyester-punqh.
It was getting dusk already as f came in
and through the whirl pf glistening llmcm,
saw the station with its hundreds .of lights
like a huge Christmas-box. A poor Christ
’ ’litas-box ’ for me! Tlierfi’ herb Collected
through the holidays a regular town of cars,
something like 500 of them. And they’d got
to b^..gll ! dnailc upsaJhaJ-. everything could
l,e off directly ,iitur fjw Y'ear’s. Hardly,l
hadlgot off’my engine in the engine-housei
when up comes the station-master, apd sayg,
Itotsr- ; I !
1 ‘Hauser is taken sick, and you will have 1
to take No. 3 in hjs place.’
•’■Ten thousand thunders!’ said I;
hope it wonlt last till midnight, Mr. Station
master, for then I‘mtikt be if home; or tliere’s
ill luck for the new yeafj ■ ?”.<j '■ '■
‘ ‘Fiddlesticks!’ said he;‘only you be sure
ynji’te iji |and,’ an! away he went in the
driving snow. ,
'T ttmiT£hrrd taken the nrtiUPr more to
heart than it was worth, and laid the old
shiver that crept over my skin to the un
canny blast that came snorting at me asj:
came out with Uiej^eu^ne. ; sir
was bill of white jyttt*, and, <8 Jb went ha
of it drove like white ghosts across tne en
gine, l could hardly sec the smokoftyik.
, ‘Of lie^ight/tS' ials °IH' caught now
land thdif "gl*mji*e, rod, White be grn; of
the horn and pipe signals, what with the
innylingjof the wind about the cars and car-j
wjlielsl*nd hs in the telegraph-
Sftrgs, aid tip rumbling of cars and the'
AvhhMlinl; 01-%niyines, Aie heard only enough
to be sure one had not understood them. Of
the shouts of the men one could make just
nothing but ( thgt they shouted, - r ,
v rtfen mete' wrwc a ebtßdc?of nundfedcars
being shunted abJait,iti all direclidlJs the
same time; on all sides they came looming
like great shadows oitt ortnd dafkneslt and
thick snow, and straight vanished in it again,
poor switch-tenders, wet to the.skin, up
te their knees iu snow', sprang this and
that hetweep the rolling cars. You know
hove a distributing statiuit tdhoks on a winter
night. God only knows how ’tis we were
not all made mincemeat of in the course of
it; and I’ve I1 ray lifmlong been surprised
when iiex,t morning I haven’t heard that
this orrei or’that one was killed bn the spot,
. then the strict
gentlemen at the green table in their warm
oliic% inhere out wkjr the Utles out of
■.?in<3£uist To be sure,-it’s the.-qiiljr..yMy.J
.Butit.flliey would onjy just lor dnce r
lives take the trouble to Took on themselves
outside!
‘That night, then, it'was riglit Ita’d, and the
Sylvester pumth, tea,nray have tquehed the
men’s heads a little beforehand, for the ring
ing vtytrrt a| if < : Batan Kitntelf was
giving tbe ardfeij. t}ii* wdy
and that, amfthe ifghts went by' like flashes,
arid everywhere one heard the groaning and
the clinking’ofthebnft'ers Crashing together,
;tpd the fijea cre|A about under and between
the cars as itfhe wheels were gingerbiead
and the buffers d’o’&by pilto’tV'i. But befOte
all there was a wretched little assistant sta
tibrikrßaatek-bl cdulil not
ciude Tid nidi cahrd* very in jny hvay
in a certain matter—but I could not help
looking in amazement as 1 saw his signal
lantern everywhere, swinging in an inch,
swinging horizontally, swinging crosswise,
up, down, behind, before, and heard his shrill
voice through all the storm. And see, I'd
just called to the man, as I saw him slip ;
through between two buffers, that he ought >
fiat to be eb Bevilish rdfkTfstf.i'in? a stown
'Where on ! ?WiilTlT l leitht''l*hh>rviof nfer a thirfg,
and might slip down into the bargain. But
he had laughed it the, ahftVatldd out;' ‘You
attend to your own work, Zimmerman, and
never mind me; we must be through before
midSight- b forward, forward!*" and’ away,
he was gone. Ihad called after him with
a good will. ‘To the devil withtybe/ thenj’‘
and that f sjiall not forgt my’Ufe .lbfig, but,
shall think ofitwjth sorrow on my qiy.‘> i’h
'fed.THeiWlK old engineer made a pause,
tOTipeMua-fUbhead, took a draught form hik
glass of punch, and went ou: a . .>,< 1
COLUMBUS, GAg SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER %% 1876.
'1 heard him giving the order ‘Forward!’
yonder among my comrades, and heard the
car chains clink, and then a sound— what
staßttiJKYMfiaiute
and then a dull cry, and then again, only
the cling and clang of the butlers clashing
together. A cold shudder ran over me;
then I got the signal to go ahaad—there
was no stopping. ‘Forward, forward!’ In
& moment I pew fat; myvsy.iu other end
of the yard, where no one coutd Know wHmt
had happened.
‘But I did my duty still, only as I was
dreaming, and when, a half hour later, we
\*fte tbroijili, andl Bngjny house
again; the uoss said to me, 'Have'yoiitieard,
Ziniqijjrmaun, -Assistant . Station-master
Forges has been killed on tlie ’Spot, crushed
to death bjtweeii the huflcfs!’
'‘l ifid'ht ask many * questions; my very
heart shuddered, and I don’t know how I
took care of mj .ungiiw Ad got on the way
home. As I passed by the stairs, I saw a
group with latitorts standing there, and
something covered with a cloak lying on
the snow. I didn't stop; I shivered all over;
and I can tell you, boys, I’d have given hea
ven knowp.w hft if 1 hadnit,wished him to
the devß’hflf aii hoar betor*. 1 fried hard
to get that ont of my head. I meant noth
ing particular by it; ’twas a way of talking
common enough with Us. Among you
young chaps it’s worse yet, and it would cure
you ii' you once felt the crawling inside of
you that I have. Well, at last I made out
to get thinking pi the warm room at home
thgte with tlje felt “slippers all ready, and
Louise and the youngster, and the flask of
arraok-u<||,tini-Mi!jpc.riud tl> Unions on the
table, WhlSht I*l apt) the tea ls‘tpe singing,
amlityjilegreesj hogii'n to tevl a Ujtle ffiliter.
‘Now, with all this thinking of Uiis and
that, you'll readily believe I had'nt paid
much heed to wind and weather, _nad or
.pathway; and all 1 knew was it was whirl
ing.iuuj, yf in the air as 1 entered
the sui by* the ofil-Ynill, Vhrough' ’v lrieH I
might have seen the wiudows of my,house,
if one could have seen anything at all ten
paces oil; I wyit ahead on the right ( band
trattlf oitne fwo in ihe tuYTSechuse mat'whs
freer from snow, and from that side I rorild
see "Ihyliduse sp'dlfdr.
‘And, in truth, I went along quite care
leswy; W FAlas-gJinlifreftF Yne yard, and
that was the in-track, so no train could come
on marl/om bohitpk that hour inone
waj tQ he expected ‘iq’ trout llgs'ules,! rflust
have heard it coming.
(.TuftajJ \r;is iiqthe micltll, ; of the cijt,
Whii’fl lies, you liiioiv, "fn the’ •cifrvfi, and
where thatjajglq png r cou|4 not ice a car
length off, ifli.anl a Whistle lhIAl me, and
right after it the clip and clap of an approa
ches train. 1 noticed, too, that tl>e engine
was pushing the train before it, because the
stroke oi the engine was much farther .be
hind than the rolling of the wheels.: 1
■thought, ‘Ah! that is tho reserve train of
some twenty pair of wheels that stood yon
der ahead on the track, and that they are
shunting otertothc freight house.’ But all
this passed only vaguely through my mind,
as n always thinks mechanically of his
work even y hr t) his head and heart are full
of otfltr fhi'rijfs. T’ say vagflely, in reality !
dij’nt feel the slightest interest in it, for the
train must directly pass me on the other
track. But when the ‘pi rig and pang of the
wheeals on the , hard frozen track had
gotiplite Close op and I already heard the
coupling chain on the foremost car clink
ing back and forth, and,saw.the Ijght of the
signal lantern begin to glide’by me on the
snow, I partjw.turngil my head to cgllti
-Rappythe On tie
train.
‘But there was no train on the track; and
at theaame instanC f got a violetit blow in
the back. The sparks danced before my
eyes—-slap!—l lay flat on my face on the
track, and, pung! pung! the cars began to
pass <yer,-jjpe{ • .
llkie the olifenetnast ramie ihot|i<ir pause.
It Wsilftni it? to fodrrf, rind faces
breathless and riveted leaned forward and
round the table: He filled the glasses again,
pressed down the tobacco in his.pipe, and 1
went on; „ ,
•’You see, hoys, when we sit here this way
round the table, or stand on the engine, or
even, like poor Horriig here to-day, have to
go through a squeeze by those examiners,
our Ideas cotile along on§ after the other,
slowly and in some sort of order, so that one
can take a good look at ’em. They even
say we engineers are slower than other men,
because all fni quickness is gone out of us
into our engines. Itut, boys, in the second
or so between the blow and my lying flat on,
the ground I‘did more thinkiiing Hiari.eve
-1 did before or since from Easter to Whit-;
suntide. . • ' * I
‘First about home, the warm room and
everything’ill it, and the New Year’s chimes,
ahd the’going tb church in the Wornihg;
then the. assistant., station-master as he lay
there under the cloak on the snow; and then
asdistipfcyy as if I was
giving the orders tor making up ail the,
trkins, about the train that was passing
oyefme. How was it, it was’ on the wrong
track, the one I’d been on, coming out on
the iri-track? And then all at once thought,
what before in the midst of my cogitation I
had forgotten,—(he outward track I had seen
as early as noon already deep buried in snow
and that was why they were coming out on
the iri-track- Then I saw plain enough the
train just as it stood; there couldn’t be more
than ten or eleven freight cars, all our own
cars, they, al) went jijgh above the rails—
they would ‘llo hne’ n<k hxrrfi. I lay flat
enough between the rails. But the engines—
the ashboxes of the engines! I knew all
three engines that still stood firgd up at the
sfatioh as well as my tohpcco pouch. Tbe
■Whittekind, would go harmless enough,
merciful to me, at .any rate if it was carry
ing little water arid fire, and the sleepers,
urnifr me- didnt tarul up top ranela luit un
der ‘Silas,’ fine of the ’new-,
elephants, I was a (load man. Ay! dead?
that wouldn’t be the worst. I should be
slowly crushed and torn into shreds.
Which engine was it, then, coming there?
‘All this, you see, boys, I had thought
between the blow and tig lying Hat; but
when I was all calculation
ceased, anil ji,wgSjust,lsy.instinct I stretched
myseLf-emt'and held, rnyfiseatfr -ajjd made
M.y.-eff thin as'itn otter that’s trying
out froth coflj'tsd thi-axles that
passed onVver- Every "ping and pang
spoke distinctly out ifl syllables, ‘A wrqtgh
e‘r deatlif ’ And- Mow*-
catches hold of me! No, it is nothing yet
—it only grazes me, and glides clinkihg it 4
length Along over me and. striking a
chill to*tei-y mnirowi-jtis a chiini hanging
dojs#, ftIWW- &C9JPsI the ground be
gins, at first geqtfy, [hei) stfoqger anil stron
gerr tq trembje upder me; it comes very
slowly, then t saw at the side that the
rails and snow and rolling wheel shadows
Now I felt it grow hot on my bare head and
neer. The *l*p#rs yielded under me; tie
rgiTj gjoajaeiV 6h<J betif;,tfie‘ ground shoek
violently; gis on me. !t.<*trikes me vio
fientlf ih fire hack, presses ftrrward—God
~hM mVcjf ’lto.
something on me gave way. * Pa,ngl pang!
rolling! thlinierffig! stamping!—the engine
lias’ pass#d-*er moirnd otf. From the free
heaveu once more the snow-cloud .plunged
down upqn me. ‘Huw h got, on rny legs!
don’t know. I stood tlipre, I shook tnysclf,
atld saw the red lights 6'f the engine disap
pear round the curve. They looked to me
like the eyes of a tetltablc bodily death.
Then fl'cirirfysetfto'see'-WhAt the'eflgine
had turned loose; and, behold! the regula
tions buttons were gone from my'coat be
hind. -d.t * . -
‘L went to see the nearest *witclr-tßnder
and got a lantern and looked for the buttons
in the snow; but when we were sitting
round the bowl at home, and I was putting
in first too much rum and then too much
sugar, Louise wondering, asked:
“ ‘Husband, what’s the matter with yon?
You tremble so and don’t speak a word.’
‘Then my senses and speech came to me
again, and I showed Louise the buttons, and
told her the story, and holding up a button
’twixt finger and thumb, said:
“ ‘See, within so much of a horrible death
has your husband been to-night.'
‘Look! 1 have the buttons yet. and
mean to carry thorn till death epmosin real
ity.’
The old, man opened his coat ami drew
out two hdltons, stamped with the king’s
arms, which he wore secured by a string
secured about his neck.
‘And now you know why I pitied the poor
creature in the ash-box. I have told you
that stoyy because it came up in the talk,
but T dvn’t like to speak of it, because the
agony of death was in it, and that’s some
thing no man calls to mind willingly. But
hark! l'2 o’clock? Good luck to us all for
the new year; and number of hundred thou
sand locomotive miles.’
IlltuiinrcK mill Tillers.
One eveniuH in tho summer of 1863,
in the salon of M. Thiers, tho sudden
ly announced nhme of his Excellency
the Prussian Ambassador fell like a
thunderbolt at. the feet of tho aston
ished host and his equally astonish
ed guests, the ambassadors at the
court of the Tuilleries being at that
time very careful to avoid the marked
house of “the ‘illustrious - national
historian.” Thegeneral astonish
ment becatno ovon greater when M.
do Bismarck joining immediately in
tne conversation, began an exposi
tion of his future political plans,
Should his royal master ever place
him at the head of affairs. The’ as
sembly agreed unanimously that the
ambassadot was very bizarre, aud his
frankness appeared to them “a sort
of ironical challenge addressed to
their credulity.” A fow days
later M. Thiers returned the
call of the ambassador, who,
said to him suddenly, in the
midst of the interview, in the
most good-natured and off-hand
manner: ‘‘Confess it, you are sulk
ing in yOur retreat with your friends
and your books.” “I must respeot
tny opinions,” replied the French
statesman. “You are right,” was
the answer; “one ought to entertain
strong opinions, but one ought to
strive fox .power, to carry them iato
effect.” And haying given vent to
this characteristic muxlm, the Prus
sian envoy fuluCrl': '‘Bee* here, I will
arrange yoUb affair with tho Emper
or;” and in thC look which accom
panied this proposition his listener
seemed to read the secret thought.
Be minister, and we two will remake
tho map of Europe. The former min
ister of Tjouis Phiilippe turned the
coßversatiom setting asido by a ges
ture both tlia offer and the idea, and
was not long in taking leave of this
extradfdiuftryman. Ho was not to
see hfei again until he mot him, cit/lit
yetws\ater,jit Versailles, conqueror
of jTa\ioleon 111 aud master of
Prance.
Indiana—l ull anil OUlrlal.
Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 18.—The
official majorities on (lie Congres
sional vote are as follows:
Democratic—First district, 1,5(19;
Scootfd district, 5,153; Third district,
5,409; Twelfth district, (1,835; total,
■18,520.
Republican—Fourth district, 532;
Fifth district, 1,509! Sixth district:,
276; Seventh district, 1,398; Eighth
district; 1,100; Ninth district, 1.410;
Tenth district, 1,1$; Eleventh dis
■titoff, i;448; ‘Thirteenth district, 2,022.
Total, 12,043.
TRE INDEPENDENT VOTE.
Tho Independent vote for Congress
‘as follows: Eft's I, district. 1,240;
Second district, 944; Third district,
1,034; Foiirth district, 378; Firth dis
trict, 9; Sixth district, 81G; Seventh
28; Eleventh diwriot. 0; Twelfth dis
trict, 075;, Thirteenth district, 18G;
total, 14,908.
wiet.hms’ official majority.
The official vote for the entire State
for Governor has been (received, ex
cept Stark obunty. Estimating tho
latt-er, Williams’ majority over Har
rison is 5,119.
SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS.
The aggregate vote on the State
ticket is 433,40.3. Williams njeeived
213,098; Harrison, 1207,979; Harring
ton, Itulaimndeut, 12,220. Williams’
majority over Harrison Is 5,119. The
largest Independent vote cast was
for Newsom, candidate for Treasurer
of the State, wao received 15,945. The
Legislature stands:
House—Republicans, 5.3 Uerao
crats, 45; Independents, 2.
''’Senate—Republicans, 23; Demo
crats, 25; Independents, 2. .
Mining ItdHcallly In tbe lllaek Hills.
Denver Tribune.l
The Black Htlla miners liavo hit
upon a dcw expedient for lowering
tho iaarkot, value of mines. A man
who manifested a great interest in a
mine discovered there, descended
into a shaft, and while several parties
stood itn the .fiimith of fke shaft, ho
went through the motions of "salt
ipg”.tho soithtU; when tho rich
fiese of *ths- netv rhifte was ihade
known, a dangerous repoyt that it
was “salted,” kepfitlje price:down un
til Mr. Speculator bought the proper
ty r -whcn it turned out that he hadn’t
1 put a single “color” in the shaft, lmt
jt was all it was represented to be,
and more too. The man who did it
ought to run for Congress. •
Pool* In f’lnclnnatl on tlielv lt'cllona
Cincinnati Enqnlrer of Tbursday,]
The following are a sample of the
pools sold Aug’s las night: New
.YorkStatefOr Ti(den,,slOf> to $65;
New York State 25,000 majority fer
Tilden, S7O to county
for Tilden, sls to fIS; Tlaye3 will be
elected, *SO to *35; Haves will be
elebted, SSO to. S3O pjfejv York City
40, (riff majority for Tilden, $25, to $25;
Hayes carries Ohio by 10,000 majori
to $&0- -
Tlffi- TURKISH SITUATION.
, THK EIiKOPEAX AIIMISTK K,
4*cnmiuy Define* Iter position.
RYTfertlA LICTATEirrEnMS TO THE POItTE.
London, Oct. 21:—A Paris corres
pondent intimates that probably
Turkey is throwing overboard tho
protection of the Powers, and nego
tiating directly with Russia.
The Turks Ithinlc they can save
Bulgaria by granting tho liborty of
the Bosphorus to Russia. It is true,
Turkey is bound by tho treaty of
185(1; which the freedom of the Bos
phorus is contrary to. But the pow
lessness of Europe is driving Turkoy
into negotiations with her bitterest
enemy, and the Porte may break
the treaty in despair.
The nmn-of-war Shah, 26 guns, the
swiftest vessel in 'the English navy,
has been ordered to Obedaka.
A dispatch to Reuter’s Telegraph
Company, from Paris, says it is said
England has replied to Russia that
as she has already supported a six
months’ armistice she Cannot now
recommend one of six weeks, but she
will not oppose It. No other power
appearing willing to take the initia
tive, tho question rest between Tur
key and Russia. A solution can thus
only be looked for.
At Constantinople diplomatic cir
cles have still hope of a pacific settle
ment.
Berlin, Oct. 21.— The National Zei
tung states Germany has defined her
position upon the armistice question
as [follows: Hho is indifferent,
Whether an armistice of -six weeks
or six months is granted, * therefore
her interposition with tho object of
bringing about an understanding be
tween tho Powers on this particular
question can avail little; biit on the
other hand, Germany never’ fails to
recognize that object to be arrived at,
is the restoration an understanding
between the Powers with a view of
procuring a durable a peace.
London, oet. 21.—A Reuter dispatch
from Ragussa says that Medun has
capitulated to Montenegrins who
hold the Turkish garrison of 400 men
as prisoners of war. Montegrins
have also taken guns .and ammuni
tion of the Turks.
A Reuter dispatch from Constanti
nople uy - the Ambassadors of the
Powers met yesterday at tho resi
dence of General Ignatiefl’, Russian
Ambassador. It is’ believed they
agreed upon a common action for
procuring art understanding witli the
Porte-regardihg an armistioe and
conditions for peace.
A special bulletin to the Pall Mall
G-asseMe says a report tis current here
that the Powers have again collec
tively urged the Porte’s unconditiotn
al acceptance of the English pro
posals. 10J ’i- . 1 MSI
London, Oct. 21io-A dispatch to
Reuter’s from Vienna says Russia has
presented to the Porto an ultimatum
embracing in substance the follow
ing points: < .it 1 ’ ■
Fir4t-L-A six weeks armistice, com
ditionally. vi
Seoond—An administrative auton
omy for Bulgaria,, Bosnia and Herze
govina. nil ’ . ; I
Third—The execution of reforms
under the supervision of commission
ers named by the Great Powers, and
to be protected by an armed foreign
force. <. ■
Later dispatches. i • j
London, Oct. 21.—T0-day’s disateh
es necessitate a serioiis modification
of previous hews in' regard to the
Eastern question, by confession of
the Times’ Vienna correspondent, he
was mistaken about the Powers
which hail declared their acceptance
of six months’ armistice. Neither
Austria,France,nor Italy had notified
tho Porte of their admission to that
proposal, though none had objected
to it. England alone, therefore, took
formal action in its favor.
The effect’ of this is that nil the
Powors except England remain in a
position to acoedo to Russia’s de
mand. On tho other hand, it seems
certain that Russia has not the sup
port of either Germany or Austria
in the contemplated movements
against Bulgarin.
An announcement that tho Czaro
witcli will visit tho courts at Vienna,
Berlin and India, seems to indicate
that Russia is hesitating to act sepa
rately. i.
Anyhow tho mission of Delathoff,
the Czar’s Adjutant, to Hie Emperor
of Austria, fared no better than that
of General Summarakoff, ttnd the
weight of evidence seems to show
that other powers have, like Eng
land, taken up expectant attitude
in tho face of Russia’s warlike prepa
rations; for we havo also a contra
diction of Russia’s Italian alliance
from several quarters, including an
inspired lieuter dispatch from Rome,
which says, contrary to the rumor,
that Italy, up to the present, main
tains an attitude pf rpserve,
Ihinco Bismarok is still at Varzio.
The Emperor of Austria and Count
Andrassy, are at Pesth, and the Rus
sian Count at Livadra. At Belgrade
it is declared that the Czar’s return
to St. Petersburg wjll.be a signal for
tho entry jof a Russian army into
Bu’gVria.
London, Oct. 2lY—The' Pall Mall
Gazette, in a leading article, says:
“Wo have no faith in the negotiations
nor in the reported understandings
botweon tho Powers, and do not ba
liove any of |thom havp abatod sheir
pretensions, laid asido their jealous
ies or modlllod thoir policy.” The
article caueliulos as follows: “The
least sanguina view is. at presont the
safest. Wo do wisoly in bo
lieving thcro is not yet any such con
cert or understanding between the
Powers as may ensure Europe against
tho worst consequences of a war bo
twoen Turkoy and Russia.”
NITTINU HUM,.
r<inlitn: In mill Sulnir loi* l'niicv.
• —■■‘T *T
Washington, Oct. 21.—The follow
ing telegram was received at the lu
dian Bureau this morning:
Fort Beck, Montana, Opt. 13, (via
Bismarck, D. T .)-To the Commix
xipner of hiflifin Affairs, Washington;
Messengers from Sitting Bull’s camp
report that the ontiro hostile oarnp
has crossed the Yellowstone at the
mouth of Big Horn, onroutq for this
pluce. They claim to want peace.
What course shall I pursue towards
them ?
(Signed) Tuos. T. Mitchell,
Indian Agent.
After the consultation with Gen.
Sherman, instructions were tele
graphed to Adjutant this
afternoon, as follows: Inform Sitting
Bull that tho only condition of peace
is h(S surrender, when he will be
treated as a prisoner of war. Issue
no rations except after suoh surren
der, and when fully satisfied that the
Indians can be held at tho agency.
Make every preparation to, defend
tho agency stores and proporty. The
military will co-operate as far as pos
sible.
[Signed] S. A. Galpin,
Commissioner.
<;ale at Key West.
Key West, Fla., Got. 21.— The gale
which set in yesterday broke at 11
o‘clock last night. The wind attain
ed a velocity of nitlety miles an hour.
Nothing can be seen this morning of
tho steam tug Godfrey Kleber, from
Philadelphia for Galveston, beforo
reported ashore.
Steamer City of Houston, from
fsTew; for Galveston, is ashore,
half out of water, at Boeaehiea.
She struck last night, and will prob
ably come off after lightening. All
on board saved. Mr. Alburg, a pas
senger, died last night.
tfono of tho American vessels In
tho harbor have suffered thus far
In the city several buildings were
severely damaged. Many trees in
the Public'Park are down. One'of
the walls and roOf of the new thea
tre, of Baynett, now Constructing,
were destroyed.
Till': YELLOW IEVEIt.
From the Savannah News of Friday.]
The mortuary report for tho tweh
ty-four hours ending G o’clock Ivm.
yesterday, shows a total death record
of 18; of which 8 were of yellow fever.
Of the total, G wore colored, of whom
one died of yollow fever. A settled
rain has prevailed all day and con
tinues at this writing ("10 o’clock p,
m.J ; the weather being much warmer
than for the previous twehty-four
hours. A number of people are re
turning to the city,, contrary to the
advice and published caution of the
medical men.
The Interments for the day ending
October 19th, are as follows;
LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY.
Whites—Martin P. Muller, aged 47, hem
orrhage of stomach; James M. Pago, aged
30, yellow fever: Elizabeth Earnst, aged
70, old ago, debility ami paralysis; Etta
Walls, aged 14, Annio Farris Van Lingo,
aged 23, Rosina Erkel, aged 18, Florence
Yonge, aged 34, Joseph L. Brown, aged 8
years 8 months, yellow fever; J. B. Knight,
aged 76, chronic bronchitis.
(Iblorod—Josephlne Nuthalt, aged 34,
gastritis; Annette Johnson, aged 9
months, cholera Infantum; Alice Williams,
aged 27, bilious fever; Infant Powers,
aged 17 days, cholera Infantum; Charlotte
Coles, aged 30, yollow fever;. Annio Jack
son, aged 23, phthisis pulmonalis.
Whites 9, colored 6; total 15; (yellow
fever 7.)
CATHEDRAL CEMETERY.
Whites—John Shohan, aged 5 hours. Im
perfect heart; James Shehan, aged 10
hours, imperfect heart; John P. Killorin,
aged 23, yollow fever.
Whites 3, colored 0; total 3 (yellow
fever 1.)
Grand total, 18; yellow fever, 8.
E. A. Silva, Clerk of Council,
and Secretary Board Health,
ll.'iycM as a lllslumcst Politician.
Cleveland Flaindealer.j'
Gov. Hayes wont through Ohio
last yfear abusing the Catholics, de
claring that they and the Democrats
wanted to ‘‘(hmde the Softool Fund."
The Governor know ho was. falsify
ing when, he made this charge, and
proved it hi the fact that in h\s mes
sage to tliej.eolslatnre he'rrtdde tioref
erenne to the school question. He
used it as a hobby to olect himself,
and then subsided. He tricked thou
sands of men into voting for him on
a question which ho knew was set
tled by the Constitution of Ohio, and
still he is claimed to be honest,! His
friends now hope to deceive the peo
ple into voting for him by declama
tions about “rehel claims,” when
they know that an amendment to
the National Constitution provides
especially against the payment Of
any such claims. But Hayes is wil
ling to ho- elootd by any trick.
Hi Kim.iM: at jn.i va.v i.
Hons*** Reslroyed and Tree# Uprooted.
ll avaxa, Oct. 20.— A fearful hurri
cane prevailed here all last night.
All telegraphic communication
throughout the whole Island is in
terrupted ; lines connecting with the
cable are down, but'will be repaired
immediately if the weather allows.
The barometer is still very low, and
there are signs of another hurricane.
Winds vary from northeast by east
to northeast. 1 :n-
FINANCIALAND COMMERCIAL.
BY TELESRAPH TO THE DAILY TIMES.
MO.NKV A AD fTOCK*.
LONDON, Oct. 21.—Noon—Stroet rate 1 and
l‘ t , which is l;,,buk>w (he bauk. Erie lU' j.
PAHIH, Oct, 21, -Noon UuntfH 10-lf, sc.
NEW YOHK, Cfct. 21.—N00n—(told opened
10. Stock* active, with betterptlces; money 2;
gold 10; uxchaugo,
Governments steady; State bonds quiet.
NEW YOHK, Oct. 20.-—Evening—Money easy,
at la2; sterling dull, gold weaker 10; Gov
erments active and strong, new s’s 14,%'. States
quiet and steady.
Xw York Hunk Atalviuuut,
NEW YOHK. Oct. 31.—Loans decreaeod % mil
lions; specie decreased % million*; legal tender
decreased 2 millions; deposits decreased M mil
lions ; reserve decreased 2% millions.
COTTON.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 21.—Noon—Cotton steady;
middling uplands 6 16-16d; Orleans 6%d.; sales
10,000; speculation ahd exports 1,000; receipts
11,300; American 4,100. Futures l-32d dearer;
uplands, low middling clause, October delivery
5 37-32d, January 5 20-32d; new crop, shipped
November ami December, per sail. s%<i, January
and February f li 15-lfld.
1 ;:10 p. M.—‘Futures flnh; uplands, low Inid
dliug clause, now crop, shipped January and
February, per sail, 5 13-324, December and Jan
uary a IC-lOd, October aud November 5%d.
NEW YOHK, Oci. 21.—Noon—Cotton flteady;
sales 2,470; uplands 10%; Orleans 11 1-16. Futures
steady; October 10 29-32 ft%. November 10 15-16 ft
$•83.; December 11 3-16a7-32; January
February ll*#, March 1113-16a27-32.
GALVESTON, Oct. 34.—Cotton quiet, middling
10; net receipts 2.719, sales 2,831, exports
Great Britain 1.019, ceaatwiso' 734.
NORFOLK, Oct. 21.—Evening—Cotton qnlet;
middling 10f fe ; net receipts 4,012; exports coast
wise 1,755; sales 557*
BALTIMORE, Oct. 21.—Evening—Cotton quiet;
middling 10%; gross receipts 614; Bales 299;
exports coastwise 250, continent 100; sales spin
ners 185.
BOSTON, Oct. 21.—Evening—Cottou quiet;
middling 11; net receipts 55; gross 515; Hales
60;oxports Great Britain 2,254.
WILMINGTON, Oct. 21.—Evening Cotton
dull; middling 9%; net receipts 952 Bales 220.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 21.—Evening Cotton
quiet; middling 11; net receipts 52C; gross 986.
SAVANNAH, Oct. 21. Evening Cotton
quiet and firm; middling 10%; net receipts
2,903; gross 3,049; ; sales 2.810; exports coast
wise 2,ff7'J.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 21.—Evening Cotton
quiet; middling 10%; low middling 10%, good
ordinary 9%, net receipts 8,281; gross 19,273;
sales 60*00; exports Great Britain 2,029.
MOBILE, Oct. 2.l—Evening—Cotton quiet;
middling 10%; net receipts 2,626; sales 1,500'; ex
ports Franco 2,577, coastwise 928.
MEMPHIS, Oct. 21. Cotton steady; middling
10%a%; receipts 4,323; shipments 2,640, sales
2,000.
AUGUBTA, Oct. 21.—Cotton firm ; middling 9%
a,% ; net receipts 1.943; Bales 2,321.
CHARLESTON, Oct. 21. Evening Cottou
quiet;] middling 10%; net receipts 3,753; sales
1,800.
NEW YORK, Oct, 21.—Evening—Cotton steady;
sales 826; middling 10%all-16. Consolidated
net receipts 28,565. Exports—Great Britain 6,-
992; Franco 2.577; Continent 100. Net receipts
272; gross 8,042. Futures closed steady; sales
8,000; October 10 27-32a%; November 10 29-32a
3 „; December 11 5-32a3-ffl; January 11%a13-32;
February 11 9-16a19-32; March 11 25-32; April
11 31-32a12; May 12 5-32a3*16; Juno 12%a3-32; Ju
ly 12%a17-32; August 12 19-32a%.
BT. LOtTIS. Oct. 21.—Evening—Flour quiet;
buyers and sellers apart; little done; superfine
fall $3.86a4.i0, extra $4.35a6.50, double extra
fall $4.85a5.15. Wheat dull and not active; No.
2 red fall $1.24; No. 3 sl.l6>£, Corn lower.
No. 2 mixed Oats lower, No. 2, 38#. Ryo
dull, 56. W’hiskey steady, 11. Pork dull, job
bing $17,00. Lard, summer, 9#alo. Bulk
meats lower; packed lots of new shoulders 7#,
clear rib sides B#, clear sides B,#; old
higher; shoulders \ clear rib sides 9#a# ;
clear sides 9#a9%.
PROVIBIOXS, dfC.
NEW YORK, Oct. 21.—Noon—Flour quiet and
firm. Wheat dull and declining. Cora quiet
and unchanged.. Pork dull $16.85. Lard quiet,
steam 10.20. Turpentine dull, Rosin firm.
Freights quiet.
BALTIMORE, Oct, 91.—Noon—Flour steady
and unchanged. Wheat less acive and easier,
f6r Pennsylvunia red, 1.32a1.37 for Maryland red,
good to prime 1.88*1.42, amber 1.43, white 1.30a
1.45. Corn firm, Western active aud lower,
(Southern, white, 54.
BALTIMORE, Get. 21.-Evening—Oats dull and
easier Sontheju prime 39 aud 40. Ryel steady
and firm. Provisions firm and not quotably
higher. Hngar firm and unchanged. Whiskey
quiet and firmer 15y£ftl7.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 21. Evening—Flour
firm; family $5.75a56.00. Wheat steady and in
fair demand, red $1.15a51.25. Corn quiet and
steady, 47a48. Oats quiet, 80a37. Ryfc inactive
66068. Barley steady for choice $1.10al.l5; low
grades in excessive supply and neglected. Pork
quiet; jobbing $1G.70a517.00. Lard steady,
steam rendoeed 10a>■,; Bulk
meats steady and in fair demand; shoulders
7ft7**; clear rib sides clear sides 8
Bacon steady and in fair demand; shoulders 7;„a
*4, clear rib sides 9! 4 'a%, clear sides 9%i*W.
Whiskey in good demand, full prices 11. Butter
dull; choice Western reserve 22a23; Central
Ohio 20421.1
LOUISVILLE, Oct. 21.—Flour In good de
mand and full priceH, all offerings taken at yes
terday's prices. Wheat firm and not quotably
higher; red $1.15a51.18; amber $1,18a51.25>;
white $1.15a51.28. Corn steady, white 47, mixed
45. Rye quiet, 68. Oktff afttlve and not quotably
higher white 3ft; mixed 45. Pork nominal. Bulk
meats firm, shoulders .none here, clear rib
sides 9%, (dear sides 10. Bacon in fair de
/naud; shoulders 7‘£fts£; clear rib sides 9%;
cieftsT sides JO. Sugar cured hams 16>£. Lard
quiet; tierce 11J£; keg 12. Whiskey in light
demand, holders, firm 10. Bagging- steady firm,
not high6r.
NEW YORK, Oct. 21.—Evening—Flonr SalOc
lower,, limited export and homo use
common to fair extra Soutnern 0.65a8.75. Wheat
irragnlar, unsettled and lower; only limited ex
port and milling inquiry; sl.lO for winter red
western ‘ $1.30 for whlto Western. Corn scarce
ly bo hrm; 67aKj for ungraded Western mixed, 68
for yellow Southern on <loi?k. Oats fiair trade.
Pork quiet ahd firm $16.86a517.0<). Lafd lower;
prime steam $10.15, closing offered at 10.12
Coffee quiet an<j firm, K>al9 ', for gold cargoes.
lfia’JO for gold job'lots. Sugar firm. 9a 1 4 for
fair tp good refining; refined 10^a %. Ilye
st-ady. Standard A molasses and grocery
gradoa firm and fair inquiry; New Orleans
scare. Turpentine quiet. 35. Rosin firm and
nominal 10, Freights less active and drooping.
Man is the only animal that blows
his nose. The alligator has a nose
nearly two feet long, and he never
blows it. The elephant can reach
over his nose and tickle his hind
legs, and ho often does, but he never
blows it. The blue-nosed baboon
has a cerulean proboscis, of which
the noblest animal may feel proud,
but it goes unblown.. The double
nosed pointer has immense capacity
for blowing, but hp never wiil, and
the ovster, whose nose reaches clear
round to his back, refrains from ex
ercising it. Man alone has to reach
to the height of a pocket hankerehief
and he proudly waves his bandana
ns a sufficient evidence of his supe
riority.—-A Great Unknown.
Washington Gossip.
Washington, Oct. 2i.— On Tweed’s
arrival he will be delivered to the
Sheriff of New York. Meantime he
will be allowed no •ommunication
with anyone.
Chandler and Tyner have returned.
The Secretary of war has com
menced signing awards of Southern
Claims Commission, but his progress
is not rapid. Somo two hundred has
been signed. .
Weather To-lay.
Washington, Ootober 21.“F0r the
South Atlantic States, rising, follow
ed by falling baromster, northwest
Winds, shifting to southwest or south
east, warmer and clear, or partly
cloudy weather, will prevail,
NO. 190