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RECORDER VOL. VI. MONTEREY, HIGHLAND COUNTY, VA., AUGUST 18, 1893. NO. 33. ____.-_. t voun_ mn n's room. They did not go in, but AMONG THE SIERRAS, rv edwabd c. A_i_VRE05. Thc fat-'e vii .cl- andclrcJonby, Dip., in bia wild career, Tl..*:, i (-i-f ri, where tall peaks t< u?h thc sky, Darts down Borne chasm drear. Or, from bis uc-iir- loudly scream?, Defiance In his eye \ monarch ot tbe upper rie?p. Through Bil the pathless s'.-y. Thi river, In its winding way, Ucelstlesa, deep and strong, on tbe same, through night and day. While ages roll along. Th -.rand old mountains gleam and shine With everlasting snow; Beneath, among lb.- dark still pine, The breezes come and go. The moon, Ju-rt o'er that frowning crest, ? Looks down wieth tender light, 'ti ooah to ? ateb till break of morn And fold tho wings of night. And every star reveals a truth O'er all ibis world of strife, Bright plc m?-fhopa that lead the soul Vp ta n purer life. GrxtV words are in each whispering breeze Thai coola the brow of Time, .' nd every form that nature wears r-pcaka of ISi-^ have divine. A; though ar last this mortal part S;:ali fada- within the tomb. We know by faith the pure shall rise Where flowers forever bloom. Anita, Iowa. A TERRIBLE SECRET OK The Gune of'the More? lands. EY LEON LEWIS. CIIAPTEIt Xl.-fContinu.8d.> "In short," punned Hillington, "they were as cool as if 1 had simply called to tell them that a neighbor's cow had broken into their garden." "And vou made no impression on the girl?" ".Ju't about fach an impression as a rattlesnake would have made upon her. She smiled at my tragedy and mocked at my comedy, all the while regarding mo with that curious sort of interest she would have taken in a two-headed calf." "Yen are incliner to be bitter. I see, Mr. Hillington," commented Radd. "But thc facts are still bitterer, Mr. Moreland," assured the East Indian. "To sum up the whole situation in a breath, my advent here has proved a complete failure." "Because of some enemy who is oper? ating secretly against yon? Is not that your idea?" "Exactly." "Then who is he?" "1 can't even Imagine." "But who do you think he is?" "I can't so much as offer a rational roujct turo!" "Have you thought of Robinett?" "Yes; but what can Robinett have against me, and what can he have heard to my detriment?" "Then you do not accuse him?" "No?nor any one else. All I know is that my presence hero and my revela? tions have been discounted hy the mother and daughter, and that I have no foot? ing with them~not the slightest!" "But what do you think of my niece, now that you have seen her?" The East Indian moved as uneasih as if a reptile had crawled over his timbs. "I'm unahle to answer!" he declared. "How unable?" "My whola1 soul is aflame. Mr. More land! I'm literally mad, and all the mon infatuated with her because I realize tha lhere is not the slightest chance for fai; means to win her!" "Indeed!" commented Radd. "A euri ons situation!" A brief silence succeeded, and thei Radd resumed: "In which room are you lodged?" "In the one called the ' old dining room.' lt's thc corner room nearest t' the road." Radd smiled grimly, and a strange nervous excitement suddenly became ap parent in his demeanor. "How have you pissed the afternoon? lie asked, with attentive eye and ear t all his surroundings; "with the ladies? "Only the two first hours after my ar rival," replied Hillington. "Then I wen out for a walk in the grounds; but I db not go far. for the reason that I db not wish to take any risks about my bas gage." "Do you know whether any letter came down from Doctor Robinett or th Wyevilles'?" "I do not. The ladies are very re served, and seemed to be agreed to giv ine as little information as possible." "You have seen nothing of those thre gentlemen, or any one of them?" "No. sir." "Upon the whole, then, you have bee decidedly uncomfortable, and have ever reason to think that your stay here wi not be a long one?" Hillington assented, and Radd gre1 more excited, while he fumbled in one ( his pockets. "The ladies do not know where yo are at this moment, I suppose?" fc questioned. "No. sir. They think I'm abed. Tl truth is, I was so infernally disgusti nnd uncomfortable that I pretended tot worn out with my travels and asked the to excuse me." "You came out the side door, did you! Hillington nodded. "And have the key in your pocket?" "Certainly. I wouldn't leave my ba gage unguarded a single moment fi anything.'' "Who have you seen herc?" "Only the mother and daughter ar their two servants, Lottie and Mrs. Ba nett?thc former a sprightly, goo natured, rosy-cheeked maid, and tl latter a model housekeeper, althcrgh i prim and stiff as a ramrod." "And you've seen nothing of any mi folk-?" "No, with tho exception of a hal witted lad called Sammy. I understoi lhat lu- lives in a hut at no great di lance, which was once occupied hy Y mother." The gleam in Radd'fl eyes deepened. He looked searchingly around agai with the air of a man watching and 1 tcning. "Did you hear anything?1- he asked. "No: did you?" Instead of answering, Radd suddenly arose, and caught tho East Indian around thc neck with a desperate grip. pressing upon his face a coupif o< hand? kerchiefs Which had Ueen saturated witt all tho chloroform they would hold. Vain and short was the struggle, sc terribly had Hillington been taken at a disadvantage, and he soon lay like one dead in thc hands of his assailant. . Depositing the helpless figure on thr ground. Radd searched for the keys lu wanted, and in another moment was on his way to th'; Moreland cottage. Favored alike by thc light Which svamed out from it and hy thc rapidly gathering darkness, lie at length stood looking" into one nf the, windows of the room which had boen assigned the East Indian, and in which ti lamp had been left burning. What his eyes sought so earnestly wa? the visitor's baggage. "There it is," escaped him. Agained he loria;el around and lis? tened. The mother and daughter had evident? ly just returned from the parlor to their sitting-room, for a light hadTanished from the former room only to appear in the latter. Pausing in the concealment of a group nf bushes barely long enough to assure himself that his sister-in-law and niece were in the latter apartment, Radd glided around the corner of the house and gained the private door leading to Hillington's apartment. To enter unheard was a task requiring time and patience, but Radd was ade? quate to it, and hy the end of another minute he had accomplished it in si? lence. And what wild joy flowed from hi? eyes and features, as he knelt beside thc trunk which had so long fixed his atten? tion and sought for the key to unlock it. The search was a brief one, and the trunk was soon opened. Then began a search of its contents. A little solid, sole leather trunk did not fong escape ms attention, and ho drew it out upon the floor with a wild, thrilling joy which requires no description. "Of course it is the one in which Colonel Ridley placed his two millions before sailing from India," bethought, his eyes glowing like live coals, "it respond* in everyway to the 'little solid, sole leather trunk' described in the Colonel's last letter from India. Ah!" The current of his thoughts snddenly ceased flowing, and he gasped for breath. Ho noticed that the seals of thc trunk were broken, and an awful fear con? vulsed him. "But of course that does not signify anything," he argued himself. "Hilling? ton opened the trunk, of course, as soon as it came into his possession, but he bas kept it under his gaze ever since. The two millions are still here! It only remains to find thc key which fits this trunk- and to make usc of it!" Ho essayed unsuccessfully sevaral of tho keys in rapid succession, but at length encountered the right one, and the next moment thc trunk lay unlocked before him. All that remained was to unstrap it, but so weak and nerveless did Radd be? come under the wild gusts of excitement sweeping over his frame that it was nearly a minute before this trifling task bad been executed. At last he raised thc lid by a quick, spasmodic movement, and bent his gaze wildly within. And then what a cry escaped him! Instead of tho two millions he had hoped to secure, he had under his gaze a dozen compressed packages of old newspapers! CHArTEU XII. DESPERATION' OF THE PLOTTERS. iff ITU a suppressed cry ol 'jf disappointment, Radd sprang to his feet and glared around him. His intention had been Ito take the money, trunk lind all. and bid a long ?gocd-night, not merely tc bis relatives, but to thc neighborhood and to Hill? ington, slipping- off to new scenes as fast as the litth sloop of his sister-in-law ,k,?^J which he had seen at an ?hor in an adjacent cove, could beai him. Rut ali this scheme, which had b<*ei growing upon him from the first hour o bis acquaintance with the East Indian was now a dream of the past. What should he do? His best course, evidently enough, wa to go back to Agnus Hillington. and tel him all he had done and all he had dis covered. Perhaps Agnus would be able to offe some explanation of the disappearano of tho money, even if he should bc una ble to recover it. Stealing out of tho cottage, hehastenci to retrace his steps to the grove in whic! he had left tho East Indian. He found his associate still insensible but in such an uneasy stat/- that he ha. barely time to disarm him. give him drink of whisky, and bathe his face when the patient opened his eyes an drew himself up into a sitting posture, glaring at the mau before him. Naturally enough, Hillington's firs word was a curse, and his first mov< ment a menace, his hand reaching fo his revolver. "Disarmed, eh?" he cried, leaping t hi*; feet. "Patience, my dear fellow," enjoine Radd. with an energy which had muc of the appearance of authority. "I" explain all in a minute. Don't be excite! or do anything rash, but permit me 1 explain in as few words as possible!" "Explain, then!" "Naturally. I have not swallowed a you have told me about the tragedy < Cape Town," pursued Radd, "and natu al^, too, 1 have kept my eyes and ea open for further information. But fancied from what you told rae, ar especially from thc way in which ye guarded your baggage, that you were tl happy possessor of a great deal money." "Well?" queried Hillington, in a hus! whisper, and with blazing eyes. "I accordingly resolved to dose yi with chloroform, and make a person investigation of your trunk, with the a of the keys you had in your pockets." The East-Indian smothered a curse rage, and motioned imperatively f Radd to continue his revelations. "Well, sir," resumed Radd, "I ha paid my respects to the little solid so leather, which you have so carefully i closed in the big tin-covered trunk, ai it aloes not contain a dollar!" Hillingdon glared at the speaker in i lenee, as if paralyzed. "Don't make a scene," added Rad "Don't call up your neighbors, or even offended with me for what I have don Every word of abuse you waste on ii will bc as absurd as useless. What ow wanted is quick, sharp action. You ia ve been tricked out of those two mill 3iis by somo enemy, and there's not a noment to lose if you wish to recover a ingle dollar." The tones in which Radd spoke were if such a sincere and earnest character hat Agnus Hillington did not hesitate a noment to receive these revelations in ireclsely the same, spirit in which they ?vere uttered. "Dill you leave the 'old dining-room' ocked behind you?" nc asked, with 'orced calmness. "No. 1 was in too big a hurry to get back herc and bring you to your senses." "Where are my keys?" "Here they are," handing Hiern oven ?'And my revolver?" "I hasten to return it/' suiting thc ac? tion to the word. '?Gobd. Remain here a moment." en? joined Hillington. returning his revolver :o his pocket. "I'll take a look at that trunk and then come back to you. He glided away rapidly and in silence, md was soon at the house. As he turned the corner nearest to the door of the i-oom which had been assigned him, he found himself face to face with Dr. Rob? inett. "Ah, here you are* Mr. Hillington.'' greeted the Doctor. "I was just woo? lering where yon could be. Reen taking >. walk, I suppose, in the cool evening iir?" Hiilington assented in silence, his sur? prise at encountering the Doctor being * sort of consternation, and at the same time extended his hand, but Dr. Robin? ett did not appear to see it. "You are coming in, I suppose?" "Yes, sir." "Then I will como in b moment, a? 1 have something to say to you'.'' He lcd the way into the East-Indian's apartment, without awaiting his per 1 mission, and seated himself quietly in ; the first chair he encountered. "As you will see at a glance, Mr. Hill? ington,'* continued Dr. Robinett, with an involuntary sternness of manner, as he waved his hand toward the East-In i dian's baggage, "a visit has been mado bore In your absence!" "I see as much," returned Hillington, ; with an air of subdued fury, as ho glanced at the small sole leather, which Radd had left open. "I have- been robbed!" "Robbed isn't the word, sir! It will bo more just to say that tho two millions , you had in that trunk have been recoV (ered for tho owner. The money has been removed, beyond your roach, and in Its place have been left those old news ' papers, which now constitute the bulk of : your personal fortune!" Hillington did not need to verify tho j truth of theso words by a personal ex? amination. I It was easy, from where lie was, to see ; that they were only too true. Ho sat as if paralyzed. "Need I dwell upon tho manner ia ' which those two millions came into your 1 bands, Mr. Hillington?" continued the Doctor, his voice growing sterner with 1 every word. "Shall I reproach you for I your Ingratitude to the best of eraploy i ers? Every word uttered in this sense would be a Word wasted. You are a ter? rible miscreant. But your claws have ; how been clipped, and you are as power I less for evil as you are for good. I turn you loose Instead of sending you to prison, in order that you may meet your i punishment elsewhere and at the hands ? of others." A rumble of wheels was heard for fi few moments as they reached the side door, and then they came to a halt. "There is Sammy and his wagon tr take you to the landing, with your hag : gage,"addedDr. Robinett, arising. "Pact j up and go! Not another minute can yoi , be permitted to remain in the same house with Mrs. Moreland and hej daughter. We cast you out forever!" The East-Indian arose in a sullet fury and set about looking up the trunl which had contained the stolen money When the task was accomplished hi raised a window and passed his effect out In silence, lowering them to thi | ground, i j "1 shall not require the services o i your Sammy," ho announced, witl , ! blazing eyes. "I shall make other ar I rangements." r "As you choose, sir," returned the Doc I tor. "We do not care how you go; th i' essential is that you vanish." f j "Oh, I'm going, Dr. Robinett!" ex rdaimed Hillington, in a hissing tone "A long good-night to you." And with this he strode from th apartment, taking care to glide awa with such secrecy and celerity that, h could neither bc watched nor follower "Well, sir?" queried Radd, when the were again together. Tbe East Indian attempted to replj but the words died away in his throst. "I see you have learned the bittc truth by a personal inspection," con tin b j ned Radd. "The money is really gone? Hillington nodded in silence. i, j "Of course you acquit me ot bavin :1 bad anything to do with its disappea n j ance?" i, "Yes," gasped the, arch-conspirato d . "It has fallen into the hands of Robinet ', I havo just encountered him at tl I house, and he avowed the fact to nu ?t j Who is this man behind us?" ?? j "Ho;s a friend of mine, Walt Hutehlc; r with whom I have resumed acquaintam during the afternoon." "Is he a man to be depended upon?" "Yes, just as often as you can make an object for him to be reliable." "Have you known him a long time?" "For a score of years, more or less." "Hutchley? I have, heard Colonel Ba ton speak of him. Isn't he the man wt assisted you a long time ago in an a tempt to abduct Miss Ridley before si married your brother?" "The very same, sir." "And what is he doing herc now?" rs j "He's hero to assist me in another a ] tempt to bring my sister-in-law to id j change of views towards me, if his he au should be absolutely necessary." if j "I am glad to see you, Mr. Hutchley oj; said Hillington, facing about and offc j ing his hand, "and trust you will give r cj I your aid in tho very serious businc j now devolving upon me." )U "I am quite at your service, sir," j a]! sured Hutchley, "in all cases where r id : reward is prompt and certain." j "Thanks. W7e must make an attem 0) to recover the two millions which b just been stolen from my bedroom!" "Of course," assented Radd and Hnte ley, In chorus, both thrilling to t ]'c ! depths of their souls at the East 1 n. ? dian's avowal. id j "It cannot be far distant at thi? _ ment," pursued Hillington. "since 1 w ?q. j looking at it less than an hour ago, a | I do not believe that more, than one p d. lon can have been concerned in itsd be appearance. I'll soon have it agair. e. added the East India;;, savagely. "A ie not only the. cash but the mothar a j? i daughter. You have spoken repeated Mr. Moreland, of your intention to bring Mrs. Moreland to reason. "You meant ill you said, I suppose?" "Yes, and more!" "Then now is our time to act," de !*lared Hillington, In a husky, passionate lone. "The scorn of that girl makes me almost as determined to get, hold of her ns to recover that money! There's the sloop In the cove, with all thc necessary Mores for a voyage of several weeks, anil there's a horse and wagon nt hand for the journey to the shore when thc ladies are once tn our hands!" "And that's not all," suggested Hutch? ley. "These women being the niece and sister of Colonel Barton Ridley, it is tho ??nc greal casonttfej of the situation to ba ve them at, your mercy. Even if we should fail to find tho two millions, wc caa extract a good share of the sum from the Colonel under the head of ransom!" "Right you are, old boy!" cried Radd, with a sudden influx of excitement. "Yon have touched the key-noto of tho whole performance. I'll havo the girl and the money!" CHAFTEH XIII. HR. ROBljElT'fl CONDITION*. IND now for A good talk." Such was thc re? mark with which Dr. Robinett ro A turned to Mrs. More? land and Jessie, af ler his peremptory dismissal of Agnus Hillington. "I saw Mrs, Bar? nett and Dottie go? ing down to tho bench- so that we have the house quite lo ourselves-" lie added. "And now for a good understanding." Taking from a shelf, where he bad placed it, earlier, a small portfolio, bo teated himself beside a round tablo In the center of the apartment, and mo? tioned the ladies to draw up their chairs near him. "About Hillington?" asked the motlier, complying with thc Doctor's suggestion. "Certainly not," was the reply. "I trust we are done with that chap for? ever, and hope to never have occasion to I utter his name again. What I now de? sire to do, with your kind permission, ladies, is to turn my attention seriously to thc professional duty which haB been tb.e 'moving cause' of my visit to Amer? ica!" A heightened color appeared in th'1 Cheeks of the mother and daughter. "You refer, no doubt," returned Mr3. Moreland, "to the treatment my brother has engaged you to give us?" "Exactly;" and tho Doctor looked as hopefully as kindly from ono to the other. "I wish to cure you, and cure you promptly." "Rut can it be done, Doctor?"' a5ked Mrs. Moreland. "Done? Of course it can be done," as? sured Dr. Robinett, with all the ardor bf an exalted professional zeal, as he opened his portfolio. "Unless you have given es? pecial attention to thc recent progress of medical science, you can have no just idea of what we are able to accomplish in this direction. Permit rae to give you some examples of my cures In this new? field." Ho searched a moment in his portfolio, -hawing out several photographs, one of which he passed to the ladies. "Please look at that," ho said, "and tell me what it is, and what it is like." "A human hand?" murmured the moth? er, with a start, as her eyes rested upon the photograph. "Or is it the claw of a bird?" question? ed Jessie, shuddering. "Well, it is a curious mixture of both." said Dr. Robinett. "It is the left ha lid of a lady 1 have treated and cured in London. Her family originally came from Switzerland, and it was in that country, almost four-score years ago, that one of her forcmothers had the mis? fortune to see one of her children seised by an eagle?an event, by the way. which has happened repeatedly in almost every quarter of the globo. The child was rescued by the presence of mind ol an older girl standing near, but the mother received such a shock that her next child was born with just such a band as I have had the honor of showing you in this photograph. From that timi one hand?tbis 'skeleton hand,' 01 'withered hand"?it was called by bot! names?reappeared in every generatior nf this family, for the reason that tin ladies afflicted with it became morbidlj sensitive about it and dwelt too mucl upon it." "And you cured this hand?" askoc Mrs. Moreiand, opening her eyes ii wonder to their fullest extent. "I did, my dear madam." replied Dr Robinett, his fine face glowing with ai intense satisfaction. "Let mc now shov r you the same hand, as it is shown in i photograph which was taken after I ha' concluded my treatment." He passed a second photograph * Mrs. Moreland, who greeted it with ai exclamation of intense astonishment, an passed it to her daughter. Ito be continued. | He "?'aveil Something;. We meet many peculiar character in this world. I ran across a mau one -and he was a man of intelligenc and a man of splendid family, wealth and all that?who lost his wife, an who, in telling me of his bereavemeni said: "Well, I will save something out c the wreck. I can wear her stocking; Hen here," and ho rolled up his pant; loons. Sure enough there wei women's stockings, of line texture an reaching away above the knee. H proceeded to explain that he ha bought her several pairs at $'2 eac just a week before she died, but si had never had any use for them, ai* ho would have to wear them on though he was sorry he had bougl them. The idea was so funny that it wi all I could do to keep from laughiii right out, as the saying is; but tl man was so very serious that I r pressed the inclination to do so. told him it was sad, but as long as 1 could save something out of the wro< by wearing his dead wife's hosiery 1 was not in such a bad fix, but still 1 could not see the ludicrous side of L narrative.?St. Louis Clobe-Democrc A Que-lian Answered. Lecturer (who intends to trace tl origin of certain dishes and give thc historical significance)? Now, ladi and gentlemen, many of vou w doubtless be surprised at tho questi lam about to ask: \Vhy do we e mince pie ? Voice (from a auditor) ? Because Good News, dyspeptic-lookii we aro fools. THE NEWS. The workmen belonging to the Araaiga anted Association who were employed in the ^nrDeglo milla nt Pittsburgh, and wont od trike in sympathy with tba Homestead triker9, have petitioned tbe Carnegie offl ? als to give them work again.-The Road ng Company's offid.rs conferred with bank iffloials in the coal mining district In refer nce to getting cum ney with which to pay he wag s of the miners-The warship Hinneapolis was successfully launched at the 2ape shipyard, Philadelphia. Miss Lizzie al. Washburn, it daughter of the Minnesota senator, performing the christening cere? mony. Vice-l'resident Stevenson, Secretary A the Navy Herbert und a number of other sfflcials from Was ington were present. Brick and iron smokest rcks in Nantlccke, Pa., were blown down in a windstorm, and one mau erushed to death, and several In? jured -President Cleveland arrived at ('my Gables and will remain there until September I.-Thomas H. Thornton, pro? prietor s J. T. Herriok. ttookholder; C. D. Bil'.ett, cashier j and W. W. Thornton, ex cashier of tho Thornton Bank, of Shelby ville, III., which failed last week, were ar? rested on the charge of embezzlement of the funds deposited. The complaint was made by Charles Nixon, a depositor. The fonndry,corehouso and machine shops of the Eureka Cast Steel Company, in Ches? ter, Pa., wero do toyed hy fire. Loss esti? mated at $20,000 ; covered by insurance. Tho directors of th) Lehigh Valloy Railroad dissolved the l<n?e of the loal to the Read' lng and roassumod possession of tho prop? erty.-John A. McCenvil, of Pine Bluf!, Ark., committed suicide in his room nt the Union Hotel, in Chicago, by sho ting binl 60.f in tbe bead. Ho wns knowa to be a gambl.-r, and it is thought ho committed the act in tx fit of despondency.-The Fort Titt Tanneries, belonging to Owen Shetk ak Co., and the office? and warehouses of the Consolidated Iron Company, at Raaiiin Statin, Pa., were totally akstroyed by Ara Over 1,500 cords of bark and large quantities i of 1 ather and hi Ice in Ihe tannery wero de | stroyed, while In the wire works 12.000 ree's of barbed wire, 30.010 kegs of nails and a large quantity of merchant wire, staples and like product were melted together. Ihe low will reach | 25,000.-Fred A. Hoffmun ; jumped from ihe roof of his uncle's house, ! No. 8 Granville street, in Pittsburg, and died ! nlmo t instantly. He was a native of Butler, and had just left the insane asylum aftei eight weeks' treatment. It was thought he was entirely well. Engaged in farming, he some time ago got iuto business difficulties which effected his min'. Re igious meian cholla was the form it took aud at Butler hi tried to dr.wn himself. He loav s a wldov and two children. Governor Jone?, ot Aiaoamo, issued i proclamation establishing a quarnntin against Flor;da on account of yellow feve prevailing there.? George Shlras. father c tho Supreme Court juf.tice,dicd in P.ttsburg -Mr. George C. Thomas has resigned as director of the Lehigh Valloy Rrillroad, o account of tho great pressure of Lusiness c Drexel AC-., which now absorbs his fu 1 ai tcntion, owiug to tbe death of the lute Mi i Drexel. The a rectors have accepted hi resignation with regret.-Flrecnusjda lo; of about $25,000 in Irwin at Stinson's carpi mill luilding, nt Mascher and Futnam street ! Philadelphia. The manufacturers who su I tnined damage are G. W. Lord. Hugbi ! Manufacturing Company, Robinson A Ha ; nnl E. Magnum.-Eight LundreJ mine J employed by the Kansas Coal Company, i j Ardn.ore, Mo., went out on a sympathet ! strike.-Tho freight steamer Grover Clev j an 1 was burned lo the water's edge at Ne ; Orleans. She was valued at 812,033.-Jac< i Bond, president of the defunct Ban'* of Coi j land, Neb., was arresteJ, charged with i coiviug deposits after the bank was known i be insolvent. _ OABL. oirARKS. CnoLEBA returns show no diminution the dis rase in Russia. Tue danger from Chokra in Austria 6aid to be greater than last year. Earthquakes and floods have caused hea loss of life aud p operty in Styrii*., Austria. China DM sent a defiant answer to Rus" concerning thu occupation of the Pamirs Chinese troops 'J he imperial board of health deny thc i port that a caso of cholera occurred a f< days ago in Berlin Field Hans?Ii Baron von M~-*kl b been appointed Austr.an imperial minis! of war in pince of Baron von Bauer, w died recently. Seventy members of tho Puris Labor E chango were fined fifty francs each for ? fusing to comply with tho law regulati trade syndicates. Gen. E. Calleoa, Inspector-general of tilk-ry and engineering, has Leen appoinl governor-general of Cuba, to succeed I late Ganeral Arais. The convention of the P .rnelbte party, Dublin, has dec ared against tho pres home-rulo bill because of tho restrict!! placed upon the Irish legislature. The international socialist congress jectcd u resolution off red by Norweg delegates tbat a universal strike be sta immediately alter a war is declared. Mks. Jake Metieii, of Boston, M.vs.. tempted to commit suicide in tho Ri Heney by jumping from a ferry-boat ply between Liverpool aud birkenhead. Tue International Socialist Congress proved the establishment of an eia-bt-h worUing day. Tho delegates agreod to i tate for the holding of an Internati ju il c gross to Hettie the ques'.ion. The conference of finance ministers of states compos ng tho German empi.o nt Frankfort to doviso means of incre.it ; taxation to meet tho increased expr necessitated by the army bill. The report that a number of arrests b j boen rnndo at Barranquilla and tarthay | of men alleged to havo been implicated conspiracy to blow up the Cuartels in tl places with dynamite, is generally doul in Panama. _ The Vatican has caused inquiries to made in tho United States ns to Ihe Imp sion produced by tho Pope's letter to Ol nal Gibbons. It ls said taut tho Pope pressed contentment with the result. The Massachusetts school-ship Enterp which has beeu lying off Soutbampto: several deja, sailed for Lisbon, A Day's Happenings As Told By the Wires. VIRGINIA AT THE FAIR. ol is 'O' ? ia by te? ni or be. Ix ra? ng ir* ?d .he in ?ut Jil! inn ted ut rer Ing np our ?gi on the m<*t tmtxi rnss ave ena in a lose jtcd Jhe res ir.li ex rise, a for Mr. Charle*s Saunders Takes Rough On Rats^Bank of Big Stone Cap Closes Its Doors-Populists Plans--lg Fire In Pulaski. -A Probable Murder. . 1 he Virginia Building in tho exposition grounds is erected upon lot No. 40, which ls adjacent to the Pennsylvania, North Caro? lina and Wi st Virginia Buildings. It is, as ne%r aa the topography of the ground would permit, nu exact representation of the Mount Vernon nv.usion, in Fairfax county, near Wr.shlugton city, the building In which George Washington lived and died, lt carno into his hands irom hislrother, Lawrence Washington, and was bu lt in the early j art of the Inst century by his father. The main building is 9i by 32 feet, two stories and an attic, and a two-s-t iry portico, with lnrge columns extending along the whole front, being 94 feet lon.-, 18 feet high nnd 14 feet w.dc Ihe portico extends up to tho cornice of the roof, has an ornamental rail ng around Ihe top and is furnished with settees ulong the whole length m xt the wall. There are two colonnades luoning bach ftom each wing of the I lidding lo the re.ir, ubout 20 feet long, >Ji feet wide and ll Icet bigb,con? necting Mah with a ouc-and a-hnlf-t-tory e ructure 4' by 20 feet. These were called tho d' ppndcncits. Altogether there are twenly-fivd room in the t tract ure. On the (Pet snd ss-ronl floors of the main building there are eight rooms, in the attic six, and in each of tho d<*p-n leueics four rooms. The largest rooms in the building are thevauquet hall, 31 by 22 f. -art, nud tho lil vary, 16 by 19 feet, the main entrance hall, Washington'?< chamber, in which bo died, upon th* second door, und Mrs. Washington'scbumber, in the attic, to which sh-- removed after her hus? band's death and which she occupied during the remainder of her life oa aooount of ita being the only room In the houso wh ch looked out upon his tomb. The apartments average upon the first floor 17x17 feet, upon the second floor 17x13 f*ct. The height of tho first story is 10 feet 2 inches ; of the second, 7 feet ll laches ; ol tbe attic. 6 feet 9 inches Th-' distance from tbe ground floor to tho top of the cupola is 60 feet. As far as could be done, the building wa furnished with articles collected from al parts of the State, tbe heirlooms of old Vir ginia families, and with portraits of the same character. Whatever was lacking in furn idling the luildin ,vith articles of this char r< acter was supplied with furniture made aite: la tbe same old lasbion. The building is pre s ? sid-rd over by tho lady assistant of the Vir ut ginia board, Mrs. Lucy Preston Boale, t daughter of the late Hon. William Ballan j~ Preston, a member of President Zachary ?s Taylor's cabinet. She is abo a granddaugh ,11 J ter of General Preston, a former Gov.vno: ~i of Virgin o. Sho has for attendants a num \t\ ber of Virg'nia negroes, tho Luildiug thu lc present ng tho picture in every particular o e- an old Virginia home of the colonial period w Altogether, the buiidin.% with tbe furniture )b te unique and unequaled in its character nm ?t- appointments by any structure on th e- grounds, to Tbe contents of the Virginia Building ar o" an interesting c araoter. particularly t Virginians. Among these content* may b named the following: Marble Statuary Andromache nnd Astynnax, by Edward Vu ftutiuo, of Richmond, nnd '?Thc Blind Girl, by tho same gifted artist; two portraits i ol, Miss Cooke, Roanoke, oil painting "America Four Hundred Years Ago," Mis Price, Price's Fork :'Ts-ycha Studying Kl lure." and "Dogs," (crayon,^ Miss Mable 1 Llghtuer, Staunton ; "Unexpected Meetiu Between Boy and Frog," Miss Poyntz, Slam ton, (this young lady is a deaf mute and di tbe work with the left hand ;] silk embroil ery. "Landing of Columbus," Miss Jessie i Vogel, Roanoke ; embroidery, centre-piece Miss L. T. ,Vattics, Alexandriea -embroider linen bankerchief, Miss M. O. Flar.ty,Carre county ; doylies and dish pieces, embroider! in linen, Miss Ellie Pend'.mon. Danville ; e: broidery, Miss Archibald Aiken, Danvill embroidery. Miss Yates. Danville ; silk qui Miss Rebecca. Leigh, t harioltesville: si quilt, Miss M. E. Blake. Berry ville ;embroi ered pillow, Mrs. Albert D. Robinson, Ale andria ?. feather cloak, (wild turkey, i Mrs. H. Burkhart, Elliston ; chamber suit. Mill Manual Labor School, Croz.'t; meta! cloe Butha Zinc Works, Pulaski; two hnndsot still-life pictures by Mis* Mattie Konue i Marion ; thirteen views of University of V ginia ; bust of Washington, by rowers. Took Rough on Rats Mr. Charles B. Saunders was found dc in his room at his father's residence, li Grove avenue, Richmond, having commit! suicide by taking Rough on Batt, The deceased, who was only about yenrs of age, was alouo iu the house, father aud mother being in Rad ip rd, win the former is very ill, and the only otl person on thc premises wai* tx colored ir named Isaac Mencer, who had a room in yard. Mencer was in the habit of doing errai for Saunders, anl the unfortunate yoi mnn while lying in bed, sent Mercer out purchasa a box of Rough on Rats. He s be wanted the poison to kill roaches. M cor made tho purchase ns eirected and livered it about, 3 o'clock. Some two ho afterward, Mencer received nt tho front d a tel<wam for Saunders, which he took u him.'Wo wns then apparently all ri' Tho telegram proved to bo from Buf Lithia Springs anl told him not to oo alluding, lt ls understood, to n positioi tbat place that ho had applied for. After the delivery of the telegram nott moro was seen of young Saunders until i day. Mencer, accompanied by a little so Policeman Foster, from whose fai Saunders took his meals, went up to saw him lying on tho bed, and suspecting something wrong tho lad reported the matter to his father. Mr. Foster immediately wont to the room nnd discovered that Saunders was dead. Coroner Taylor wns summoned, aud And? ing every evidence that the young man had taken u largo dose of Rough ou Rats deemed an inquest unnecessary. Tho body waa turned over to friends. Forced to Close Its Doora. After having paid out about .*10,090 in th? last month to meet a steady drain on Its re? sources, the Bank of Big Stone Gap was compelled to closo Its doors, and W. M. McEiwee, Jr., tho former teller wns made assignee. No blame ls attached to any of the officers of tho bank, ind it has been due to tha ha d work of Howard Bullitt, thu cos'-tor. nud his strong personal connections that tho b rik has so long beam able to weather the storms of the past three years. Mr. MeKlwee says that iu Fotruary, 1890, tho bank bal $290,000 deposits nnd loans ot 1225,000. This, was tho high tide. In May or Juue ono depositor, tho improvement company, paid out ?? 50,00 > on tho furnace, and by December, 1891, finances began tu tighten up over tho a'ountry, ami afTocteil th? bnnk very seriously -*o much so that tho de? posits continued filling off, till now thero are only ?15,000; but tho loans have also been rcdiiee 1. The deposiiors will undoubtedly be paid in full, aud as the capital stock is only *?44,000 the stockholders may get par, but much de? pends upon tho value of collateral and au improvement In business. Tito hlllhUM nf the town wiil bc done by tho other bank, tho Appniachiuu. which, in fcpite of failures nt \biugdon and Bristol, enjo s the confidence *f tho community, aud is constantly receiv ng now deposits. Its president. W. A. Mc? Dowell, report, that be Ins o i bani, 83 per cent, of lils deposits iu cash and the other 15 ia so arr.-uig-d that ho eau get it by wire A Big Fire In Pulaski. Fire broke ont about 6 o'clock in tho morn? ing in tho largo building of Miller 4 War? den on Comnicre*o avoi.u-*. Pulaski. Smoke was pouring out of thc building. In a few minutes the tire company was on hand, and for some hcur or more turew a great deal of water upon the houss aud through all three stoies at the end of which timo the Aro was entirely extiuguished. E. B. Hatcher & Co., clothiers, occupied the entire ground floor, and their $10,000 6tock on hand was almost cntlreiy lost. Miller nnd Warden occupied the second floor aud tho Odd Fellows and other secret so? cieties occupied tho third floor. Tbe second and third floors were but little injured. Tho damage to the houso is estimated at some 17.000 or ?8,0 0. Insurance on the building for tS,1"00, nnd Hatcher at Co., also have $5,000 insurance with B. E. Watson, iusur -nc* agent hero. The cause of the fire ll unknown, A Probable Murder. louis Austin and Harvey Austin two negroes, havo beeu placed in Newberne jail for thc robbery of nnd attempt to murder an o'd tramp of a beggar near New-River bridge. The old man ls about 75 or 80 years old and a stranger, from Ohio, and ls said to bo named John Jones or Jonas. He was blind in ono eye before tho burt nud very in? firm, and Saturday morning was'found about half a mile from New-River Bridge near the public road and within 200 yards of the house of Mr. Ritter, lying on the ground with Loth eyes terribly beaten. He said two negroes young men or boys had done lt and robbed him of $20, und identified these prisonets, whose gun was found with the stock fresh broken. They were put in jail, summary punishment being threatened by some of the citizens. i. I I ?1 l X. j. .1 ill ?el Q I; it. Ik d x 1>. er k, ne ly, tr? ue] 111 ed 2.1 bis re KT .rill the ids ing to aid en de urs oor pto ?ht. rain me, i at ling lext I uof nily the I Populists' Plans. The Virginia populists will p opnbly not open their campaign actively until the com? mittees of the House of Representatives shal' bave been named and preliminary work on tbe financial questions b'gun. Gen. Jame* B. Weaver will next week visit <iener.il Field at tho latter's home, in Albemarle, and will nccompnny his host on a little speaking tour through that portion of the State. The two will stop at Staudardsville, Culpeper. Madl ison. and on the 28th be nt Orange. On Sep? tember 4tb, which is Albemarle court day, th se two populists will spevk at Charlottes? ville. These speeches were arranged belora* the recent meeting of the executive com? mittee and are not under its direction. Flux Epidemic In the Southwest. It is reliably reported that tho flux baa made its appearauco in Wisc, Dickenson, and Buchanan counties nnd the border counties of Kentucky, iu niauy instances proving fatal. In 1885 tbis disease raged iu Scott and Lee counties. Whole families were Fwept away, and so dreadful did it become that a member of the Red-Cross Society was sent to Scott county to investigate tbe con tagon. He returned completely nonplussed and to tbis day has given no satisfactory ex? planation as to the cause of the epidemic. Beginuing earlier this year than it did last, it is feared its ravages will be more dread? ful. Action Denounced. It is stated that trouble is likely to grow out of thc extreme proceedings of the court martial at the Whitt Sulphur Springs and the dishonorable dismissal of Private Rld dick, oi the Portsmouth Rifles, from the Fourth Virginia Regiment. The action of the court is bitterly denounced by many in Portsmouth, and an appeal will be taken. Tho matter of petitioning the Legislature for authority to organize- nn independent volunteer battalion is already un.ler discus? sion. Attempted Assassination. As Far'ey Hughs, a young man living near Locust Limo, was returning home from Coe boru, ho was shot by some unkowu person, inflicting iv serious wound in his hand. Youug Hughs lives ou tho Sinking-Creek road, and ns ho was crossing over into the road from a field two men rode by and fir d at him and then fled. No information can be obtaiued ns to who the parties were.