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OME JOURNAL.
VOLUME XXIII.
WINCHESTER, TENNESSEE, MAY 21, 1884.
NUMBER 11.
WHAT IT MEANH
An smbrella carried over a woman, the man
felling nothing but the drippings of the rain,
ligniflei courtship. When the man baa the
umbrella aud ths woman tlio drippings it ImlL
cttei marriage.
AMERICAN 8II.K.
Ono of the largest riiiladclphia jobbcra aaya
lhat T017 nearly one-half of all the Bilks now
told in Ike United Htatci are of borne manu
' faclure, ipun by American bred silk norma
' and wutcd on American made louuia.
DKATI1 OP UllNJAMIV.
Judah I. Benjamin, lbs distinguished lawj-ci
and adrncste and tx-mcmbcr of the govern
ntntof the 1011 thorn confederacy, is dead. Ho
died in his apartments, arenuo Jena, 1'arii.
He bad been in failing hi alth ever siiice be fell
while descending from a tramway car sorcral
jean ago.
EKI.N IN llti:i.AM.
Tliere are no snakes in Ireland, but tlio cols
nuke np for any deficiency in this regard. It
ji common tiling to catch eels in Inland ten
feet long and as big around as a man's tlilpji.
They are found only in the deepest water where
they lurk nuder tlio rocks. Win 11 ono is
caught he lashes around lilio a loiiconstrlctor,
and if begets a man's foot into bis mouth ho
will not let go until bis head is cut off.
I n;mti.mi dii:i anm.
Mexico liaa more bloody, beastly lights to tho
death among lta desperadoes thnii any other
country. A Mexican is quick to tal.c an ofTencu,
ready to fight, am! if necessary will treasure
his wrong for years until he has an opportu
nity of wrrakiuj,' his vengeance. The courage
of these people is moro frequently manifested
in their hand to hand encounters than in any
Ot her way.
A IIKAVV til'N.
There wis successfully csat at tho Buiith
Boston Iron works, in fulfillment 011 contract
with tho I'tiiteel Htatcs government, of tho
largest grin ever constructed in this country.
When ful'y completed it w 11 be about 30 feet
in length, of. twelve inch rille bore, and will
weigh 12,200 pounds. The cost of the gun will
be 12,800 or about one-half tho sum a steel gun
would have cost. It is calculated to throw a
projectile six miles.
WlisTlllt.N LIVE HTOCK.
It ii exacted that 200,000 head of cattle will
be driven from Texas into Colorado thii v-mr
and thtt 60,000 moro will come from other
weitcrn states. The calf cron of this war i
abont 250,000, and when all the lit w cattlo aro
there Colorado Block ill amount to 2.MKI ism
The largest purchasers of Ti
keen tho fryer brothers of I'lieblo. They will
onve is.iiik) ucad into Colorado, and to do that
it will require a force of Klinen and 4110 h
The Journey will last from sixty to ninety days
iKsi:itri:t) vii.i.ajks.
For a Hew stale. California 1
nuubcr of tk'ttrted villau'cB than can lie fininil
In any other section of the country. In soma
counties scarcely a vest igo exists of tho thriv
ing towns of a quarter of a century ago. Of
the 8,000,000 sheep In this stato probably one
hilf arc subsisted in 1 ho old mining counties,
grazing among tlio forgotten camps, cities,
gulches, bars and canyons, out of which hun
dreds of millions havo be en taken, adding lo
Uie general wealth of tho world, but impover
ishing California.
( I'll IN POLITIC .H.
Discontent, financial disaster, disorder and
revolutionary symptoms aro tho main features
of the situation in Cuba. Thero aro, too, no
less evil conditions and forebodings of open
Utbreaks of violenco in Moxieeynoniiiiallv re
publican and actually free, but untrained In
lilhcr in republican government or free iusti
liitiems. The worst feature of the Mexican
situation is tho utter worthhssuess of most of
the local authorities. Universal distrust pre
vails and 110 wisdom or leadership adequate for
the crisis ocema to exist.
mm hx pouts.
The value of cxporlsof domestic cattle, hogs,
beef, pork and dairy products for March, IMS I,
Wis 5,010,005; for tho ssmo mouth in 1NS3,
110,434,325. For tho throo months ended
March 31, 1881, 21,057,68'J, against 31,205,
100 for the corresponding period' last year.
Beef and pork products for the five mouths
ended March SI, 1881, (38,421,000, against
148,048,900 for the samo time in 1883. . Dairy
products for cloven months ended March 31,
1884, (15,204,043, against $12,093,972 for tho
Corresponding months In 1883.
Dl'lt ATION OF 1,11 K.
According to Dr. Farr, if wo take the march
sf a Billion children through Ilfo, tho billow
Ing will bo the result: Nearly 150,000 will diu
the flnt year, 53,000 tho second year, 28,000
the third year, aud less than 4,000 in tho thir
teenth year. At the end of forty-Eve years
M0,000 will have died. At the end of sixty
fin 370,000 will be still living; at the end of
lighty years, 90,000; at eighty-live years, 38,
00, and at ninety-flvo years, 2,100. At tho
nil of 100 years thero will bo 223, and at the
ad of 108 years there will be one survivor.
TO IH.'V wax.
The proposition for tho purchase of the
Wind of Cuba bos been revived. In this con
ation It is interesting to recall the fact tint
before the outbreak of the rebellion Senator
Wdell introduced a bill in Congress appropria
ting 30,000,000 for that purpose. Ho wanted
to make a slavo etato of it. Nothing ever
ime of tho measure. It is Interesting to re
all tlio that in 1323 Spain wai willing t cede
Cuba to the United States in return for some
tmmer:laj concessions, but our government
would not consent.
IN THE BEGINNING.
Dr. W. J. Boecher, of Auburn theological
iemtnary, tells his students that when he be
, 11 reading religious newspapers thero were
plenty of leaden of rcllgioua thought who
tr strenuously affirming that, unless the
rth and sklei a ere fitted up in their present
nipt in the spaoe of 144 hours by the dock,
tn Bible was a lie, and all religion was a fraud.
"lo-day," he uyi, "nearly every one la con-
Inead that the process of bringing our system
Into being lasted through lone oerioda of time,
""J that this view is entirely consistent wifh
" Bible and with aU taored truths,"
THE WHEAT CHOP.
Sports from the varioua acotioni of the
Wt growing districts of the country state
that the winter wheat in Illinois, Ohio, Iowa
' ud Indiana (1 In excellent condition, injury
I by frost having been confined exclusively to
ov.vn.uu jiuinu m me two former states. The
plant in Missouri has evidently beeu badly
damaged by cold weather. Wisconsin reports
a falling off in the aereago of spring wheat, as
the farmers are giving greater attention to tlio
dairy. Dakota and Minnesota have a larger
acrcago than last year, and thero Is a prosper
of the largest yield for yoars, no damago from
insects being reported from any point.
NKW T1IINSJ IN NTATJONKKVj
The shades of fashionable writing paper now
In use are white, drab, cream, golden rod
cream, perfection cream, maorluo blue, cof
feo, burnt cafe, peach, wild rose, moss green,
lea shell, old gold, chocolate, ahrinip, tor
nuoiso and dozens of others, sonic new tint
coming up every day. Damask paper in tints
is in iair ucmanu 10-uay, and Irish linen paper
both rough aud smooth, will always bo popu
lar. Ono of tho present styles known as the
'Forgo" has tho apiiearanco of having beeu
hammered by a blacksmith, and hence its
name. A pen glides over its undulating sur
face without any trouble.
Ol It NATIVE WOOD. '
There are in the United States :)H varieties of
oak, 34 of pine, 1) of llr, 5 of spruce, 4 of hem
lock, 2 of pcrsommon, 12 of ash, 18 of riillow,
and II of poplar. Tho New York museum of
natural bistiuy is to have a cmpl"to collection
of tfie native woods of our cnlini country. Tho
logs are being prepared in the arsenal at Cen
tral Park. Tiny are, fur the most part, live
feet lung. At 0110 end a section of half tlio
thh'kiiCHS of the log is n moved. In this way
the longitudinal and transverse graining aro
both shown. Thero is a! a diagonal cut on
the section, which displays that graining also.
The n maimli r of the log remains in its natu
ral condition, with the lark attached.
TIN DEI'OSITS IN THE I'NITEO STATES.
There will be no need of sending abroad for
tin ill future. t.at year wo imported 24,1X10,
0:1(1 pounds of block tin, worth moro than ijfl,.
(IHI,0IHI, and of tin platu and other manufact
ures wc received nearly i2o,O0O,U00 worth. The
tin depiwits of California, North Carolina and
Georgia havo lieen pushed to their utmost,
With tho exception of tlio North Carolina de
posit, which is a newly discovered ono. lie
ccntly, however, an iininenso field of tin has
been found in tlio lllack Hills. It is believed
that this new field is practically inexhaustible
The tin is found in the gruuito region, and
was discovered by miners who Were prospect
ing for mica.
WASHINGTON .MONT.VIENT.
Tlio Wilmington iiuiimiiieiit, now 411 feet
high, is visible ut a distance of miles from tho
city. Tho blocks of white uiarlile of which tho
obelisk is cmniioscit aro of all sizes ami quail
lies, and come from all parts of the world.
Among somo of tho most interesting are a
bleiek from Win. Tell's chapel on lsko Lucerne,
1 reeled in 1388, 0110 from tho rained palao of
Hannibal at Carthago, a largo white ma bio
fioma temple erected by Augustus on tho Nile,
a massive block from ltussia, and finely chis
eled stones from lirald. ck'a Field, liui.kcr
Hill, Vesuvius, tho liuddliist pilo of Hiam, the
temple of Juliip;'is in the isle of l'aros, and
from other places of interest in every country
under the sun.
oi.niu.i) ( oi i i;i:.
Moro than half the cnlTco sold is artificially
colored, and tho health eiflicers of New York
have made soluo B'artliiig discoveries. They
procured samples of tho coloring matter Used,
and of tho ituroaste I lii'ans so treated. They
found that the coloring matter contained both
arsenic and lead, also chrome yellow, l'ruHaiaii
blue, yellow ochre, umber, Venetian Jed, lamp
black, gum Arabic, soapstonu and charcoal.
The di alers try to uiako tho cheaper grade of
colTec resemble the genuine Java, which has a
yellow color produced by tho long voyage.
Several of the large coffee houses in New York
claim that while they color their Coffeo they
nan no injurious dyes, Tho matter will bo
thoroughly investigated.
nK.tI.lND I'OK FACTS.
The erratic Journalist who objected to fact
"because (hoy hampered a writer," will soon
find his occupation gone. 1'coplo of the pres
ent day want their fiction in tho shatio of fic
tion, and they will stand a good deal of it. but
there never was a tinio when thero was such a
universal demand fur facts. In this country
tho writers who command the widest circle of
readers aro practical, wcll-pnstoti, biminess-liko
men who know how to bundle attractively the
salient points of Interest about people, places
and things. The country is going ahead with
such a rush that people havo the keenest, live
liest curiosity to keep up with it. This ac
counts for tho popularity of newspapers. What
tho mod rn reader wants spread out before
him every day is a map of busy life, its fluctua
tions and vast Concerns.
TIIECIIOI.KIt.t.
Tho periodical pestilence scare is familiar to
everybody. This yi'ar tho rumors como early.
Well delliicd cases of cholera arc reported in
eastern Eurnpo and Asia, and at Marseilles and
other French ports active preventive measures
have becu taken. Now thero is no sense in a
premature alarm, lint wo have a long sum
mer before us, and Egypt the nursery of tho
disease Is giving It a terriblo vitality ami start
ing it out betimes on its death dealing march.
While medical men havo their doubts as to tho
pathology of cholera itself, thoro is no doubt
that Its allies aro famine, filth, cold, and
dampness, and the first outbreaks in any coun
try aro generally In the slums of the great
cities. When tho pestilence once gets started,
however, every wayward brocze carries it into
tho dwellings of the rich, and into the health-
lost localities. Prevention (s better than cure,
and it is not too soon to begin tho work. Vigi
lance and cle inliness at our seaports, and In
our inland cities and towns will preserve us
not ouly from a cholera visitation but from
many other dreaded summer diseases. If the
sanitary authorities will put in their work wel1
during the next thirty days, all will be well.
trnAT THE BUEWER9 SAY.
For some years the temperance peo
ple have teen getting the b?t of John
Barleycorn in a comparison of statistic.
This has stirred up the United States
Brewers' association, and that body ba
recently published a queer volume enti
tled ''The Real and Imaginary Effects of
Intemperance." It is a (statistical
sketch of wme interest. The author
coucludei from omcial fUurei in the rev-
nue department that intemperance is
lecreasing. In 1870 tho consumption
of distilled spirits in this country was
aliout five quarts per capita, and in 1880
it was but turee and a half. 'In addition
to this proof the book Bpeakt of the cus
tom of ilfty yoars ago, when every house
kept liijuor on hand, whon all visitors
wure giveu liquid refreshments, and
when all harvest hunds considered a jug
of rum and water as part of the refresh
ments to be furnished by their cinphyor,
Koporta from fifty-four asylums contain
ing 3u',973 pntionU show thut 2,588 in
mates were mndo insane by inteniper,
nco, or loss than seven per cent of tho
whole number, lhat beer drinking
leads to spirit eirnikiiig is answered by
figures showing that in Munich where
the annual consumption of beer is 253
quints per capita, out of 10,000 hospital
patients only twenty-one were eufforors
from alcoholintii. Thut drunkeness is
the chief cause of poverty is opposed by
tlio statement tlmt, according to tho
Mawachusetia census, of 4,312 paupers
only 581 had been intemperate or tlio
children of intemperate parents Tho
Ilrewers' nssoeiati in will havo a biir job
on hand if this statistical warfare is to
bo kept up. When the medical men,
prison wardens and judges of tlio crimi
nal court are hoard from, tlio temper
ance people will have the best of the
argument.
AiTitonti ATioNM op inti:iii:nt to
the i-Koi'i.i: ok the south.
Anions tho appropriations in tlio
liiver and Harbor Hill, as reported to
the llotiso, aro tlio following:
l!ig Sandy (W. Va.) $l'),0(l()
Orent Kunawlin (V. Va.) 20'l,(l ID
Little Kaiiawliii (W. Va.) HI, Ml.)
Mnnoiifsliela (W. Va.) 45,(1011
J'earl (Mi-s) ll,f,00
Yazoo (Miss) 111,(11)0
Ked (La.) 75 000
Mouth of tho lirazos (Texas) 10,000
Uiill'alo llnyoti (Texas) 25,000
ArkiuiH.is at Pino lllull 5,5iM(
ISIack (Ark.) 2'l,0!)0
Onacbitu (Ark.) and lllack (La.) 15,t 00
White (Ark.) 35,000
Cumberland, below Nashville... 7,500
Cumberland, between Nashville
mid Smith's rIkniU 2.000
Tennessee, above Chattanooga.. 3,000
Tetmeswe, below Chattanooga. .350,000
South Fork of the Cumberland.
(Ky.) 4 000
Kentucky (Ky.) 250,000
Ohio 000,000
At th Grand rapids of tho Wa-
Uiifh (Ind.) 35,000
Wabash, between Vineenues and
Terro Nauto (Ind.) 10,000
White (ltd.) 10,000
Reservoirs nt headwaters of tho
Mississippi 00,000
Mbxbsippi, from St. Paul to Des
Moines rapids 250,000
At Des Moines rapids 50,000
Mis-issippi, from Des Moines
r.ipids to the Illinois river. . . . 20,000
Missisiippi, from tho Illinois riv
er to Cairo 500,001)
Mississippi river, below Cairo to
the head pussou 125,000
(!c moving obstructions in tho Mis
sissippi 75.000
Removing obstructions in the Ar
kansas 30,000
Continuing the stirve of tho
Arkansas 21,000
The Ohio nt tho Pulls 3(K),'ooo
Among the appropriations for ha.bors
aro:
Charleston, H. C 250 01)0
Savannah, (ia 150,001.)
Cumberland Sound, Ua 75,1 0 )
Mobile 200,0110
PonnsHcohi 50,000
Tampa liny 20,00(1
Arkansas Pass nnd Bay, Texas.. 100,000
Galveston 250.000
I'nsso Cavalo, Texas 50,000
Subine Pass, Texas 150,001)
Cincinnati Harbor of Jlofugo. . . . 17,000
Fuiiport, () 10,000
Month of the Muskingum river,
Ohio 20,000
There nro a lartio number of minor an
propriations iu tlio bill for rivers and
harbors iu various paits of the country.
The bill provides fur a Misoouri ltiv'er
Commission, nlo no tolls or operating
charges shall bo levied upoa vessels pas
aing through any canal or other work
foi tho improvement of navigation be
longing to tho United States. Tho bill
as reported, appropriates $12,G19,100.
The Herman Egg.
Tho people of this country, says a
Western paper, have an opportunity to
get even with Bismarck now, on the pork
question. Largo quantities of cggB are
being sent here from Germany, owing to
the scarcity of home product. American
peoplo should at onoe strike on these
foreign eggs. Having been laid by bens
living under monnrehial form of govern
ment, and fed on brewery slops, they are
liablo to contain treason, intoxication and
pin worms. Those things are worse than
the littlo trichina to bo found in our
pork. What star-spangled American
citizen would eat ono of these foreign
eggs, and thus go baok on the loyal
United States hen ? Let ns burl these
debilitated eggs bock to Bismarck, and
not send them to onr reisohstagg. Not a
darn reischstagg. Don't let's even
throw those eggs at lecturers and bad
actors. Let them lay on our docks and
spoil, and send them baok with our de
fiance with a big "D." Don't eat a con
founded egg unless there ia a certificate
accompanying it from the American hen
that laid it, witnessed by the rooster who
saw it laid. We can never be free men
as long as we allow Bismarck to refuse
onr hams and sausage, and force upon
ns bis old back number eggs. Let na
form societies with a bloody oath, or at
least an oath oovered with egg yolk, that
we will see Bismarck in Copenhagen bo
fore we will eat bis confounded egg3.
We need not mean any disrespect to the
German hens. Let them como over and
be naturalized, and lay eggs here, and
we will eat tbem.but never, as long as
they are laid on German soil, under Bismarck.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
fastern and Middle Statei
Foukht l;rs lmvo dono un iiiiuieii- amount
iTdaninga In portions of 'o.v Vo:k. 1'. n i
vlvaiiUaiul w Jercy. In many distri ti
tlie lliuius rased wi Ii unexniiiii oil turv.
keeping Bway every i bin r in He it tmth for
loiles. J Im burning wo uls ot tiro to u xiw
UiTromimny s works near Seranton, IVnn.,
nnd hy the oxolnsion whiili lolliiwed ono
workman was killed and two injured. Tlio
lunilieriiig village of California, lenn., was
Hlmo.t entir.'.y destroyed by the lliunos.
'Mher towns wero reported to ba nb!ao or
jeriouslv threatened by tho ndvnw In,' flames.
Hoveral mountains in the tlirej Htntes erc
on lire, and many lives were r. ported lost.
Two nicn were inntantlv killed and live
others seriously inured by'tlm sudden full of
the rafters of a building which tli"y woro
tearing down in N il innisburg, N. Y.
(In. man's Station, a bnsv hamlot In Kill
livim county, X. Y., ae dictinved by tlio
fore-t firm. In nil eiRlitO 'ii buildings, '.'0,
OUO.i'lKi fm t of IuiiiIkt. and tour cars l'd')l
vtitliliimlorw.iololtotliiliuiiio.. M the
buildings dtt oved In loinod to .Mr. (iilnian,
whoKolossis i;,0,KSi, and lunny of his l;Vl
employes lost their n0. A traet of laud ten
ini.es long mi l two n.ili s wiiio was burn s!
over.
Ktx men wero kll'ed bv the explosion of n
boiler attui hnl to tlio Whihioy Miirblo eom
imny's works inn.:' (iutiveriiemr, N. Y.
(iKom.K Caoi-SAi i.T, his vtlfo and two
children were burned to death in a liiowliic i
destroyed soveral building, in Clinton county,
K. Y.
KorrtTKKN men, Including an in llun and a
nero, tt irto I iu thosix iluy, go-ns-vou-) 1 i so
p.slostiiau innteh in 0w Yoi'k. reveu
meii wer.i n thu trne'e n t o
end of tlio six'h dav, luvinx nce ni-pli-hed
tho .'i miles no .-easury to obtain u
hlinieof the KUto reeeipts. lu'rin; tho is'k
tin ro was u t eive content for lirsl p!u si b
twoon lloeeell and i itzprad tTto' eniil
th"il the other b 'inn ahead. !n the last Hi y
Howell mnilo a dii-pera'o e-lfoit to rega.n I U
list le'.'i'l, but loiiid i,ot uet m nnr ilian 1 1
within four mils of K.tKern'.d. Imiienu)
crowds voeiier. u-lv i lu-ur.-d tlio cont sta u.s
nil tiio wis k. The pivvioin bigkeat sum
on record MW miles, iiiado ley Ha noi
in th: win bcatiiii. K llmviii m-
h ' seures of the srven men who ilivid d t in
(.'eto nioiiev, iiikI i li. iimimnl reio vol by
Jt'-'i : ru!ii'! I'itzernid.of lliin'oi-s l'oiu;..
(ii; Island, I'.pi miles, til. nil; (h.irioi
Howell, i-l l.iig'iiiid;(l'j inili. !,:;() I; Peer
J I'liiD'hot, of lliilliilo. N. Y., oil miles.
MsJ; li. o go 1), Kon iiiai', e-f Now York, Mi
n.ilis. M(0; I). ,1. llerty, of lliHt.ui. !X
milis, 1 IN'O; Hubert Vim, of Hro klyn. 0
mill s. HSU, i; Alfnsl Klson, of Cjiinectx it
t'i miles, fan 0.
A Siamkse onilinssy to this inuntry, with
l'riiie.' Krom Mini Nun s a.aii l.ilii. t .o hub'
brother of K1114 I'limliut rjoind t h
i In a FarnmoiMO .Mull ill ( Ir.ilnh
iniKkorn,(pf Hiniii, nt the ho id ait envoy ix
trnordinnry nu t mini ter eeni ok-nt nrv,
We're ree-ei. eil nil h naval lioiuns op al tui'ir
arrival 111 New In k. I'lom the 111 tropo is
they procisslesl Wie.biu;ti 11.
Mrcn oxeitoiiio.it wnse'ie.iti' liiiNow York
by th'i 111111 uncemeul tint two lifuiionbi be
loiuing to th" o em sti'iiiiiship Stito o
Florida, from .Now York, Ihii.ii I for ( lasow
r'eot.laiiil, hnd leou pi 'k.-il up ivt setv 'l'lif
rjtnto of KI01 idii can inl tliirty-ll.ei-ii .in and
li.tv sttsTiige 1 11 s'IIits. uiiel hor olliii'io nil I
crew uumbi'p d ' igl.ty jst .011s lii.i mi lis nl
t k ther. A K.i.lnijC vi'ssi'l which was si'htisl
by iniotlipr steiiinsliip Kent out signals iiidieu
ting that slio h id sumo of tho iiusm 1 sti'Uin
ehii'spooplo nil IhhiiiI.
l.iissK.s from the forest fires in Klk county
1'vnn., nrwo.tiiiiated at f i.il 1 i,UU I.
Twenty thousand lu nplo w.uo present, nt
Uie forn al oieniiig of tlm now 1'iod.icd Kx
'liange building in .Now York.
llUNiinKDs of cnniii 's of hih an 1 low de"
(.rco were on exlii: ii mil at the il l).' slm'V,
wli.eb follmed tlio p.i lestrmii m:ib h at liio
Mi el sin Hipinro pinleii. .Si w Yolk. I'resi
d nt Arthur nasrepri M n'eil 1 y a ml mus: i V.
'1 Im 1. 1 17 dos on ox'nibi i in wero allied ut,
over I ;5u,Usi.
Hon. Tut MAN Smith, ex L'nitisl Sialen
Hemitor, mid tor S"Veenl neisis-ivii terms a
member ot til" InWer liou-o of Congress from
Coiiiio 'lieiit, din I n few davs siiieo ill Stiiiu
fiiiil, Ci 1111., nt the riisiolil ago of ninety.
tlirw years.
Wit. 11 excitoment pruvnil-il In Wall s'r'et
flili llciiil I'iri'les upon tho 1111110,111 email ill it
the .Murine Nuti mat bank, suppose 1 1 1 Is' ono
of tlie mos' coii-oi'vativo ami leuurust banlis
in New Yoik. hud I'los. d its elo irs. Aliout
two hours 1st r th ' 1 nnkn g houso of (inint
cV War I, of w hich (ioooral (inuil I) u
Biecial, and his s ai, l ly s.'s S. Jr., g 11 -ml
piirtn r. also siisp -ii !e I, with linli lit 1 s esli
niatidiit Biiywli'iii I ml wo 11 t O.I.U-1) 1111 1
f I. eon 0 0 I'm ident l is 1, of tli j Jim 1110
bank, is nl-o a k 0 iul piirlii ir in th.) linn of
(limit & Ward, wiiilo tho la-t niiineil part
lier. I Vriliiin'iil Wind, is a direct ir in tlio
bank. 'I hiis the I nuk nml tho linn Were so
ideiitilieil liiian in' I v tlmt tie) collniiso of tho
ono evnsclo o y loilowiil by tlio suspension of
theotho.'. '1 Im bank had 11 Inrgit amount of
lie neiy on ilepwit. im lulling $ 1 .00 1,1100 of
i-it V funds, but 11 was thought tlio do-
p itor.i would bo evcntiinlly pa el in
lull. It was clnilnel tiiat I resi
dent Fish nml Mr. Ward ha 1 lost heavily in
'oinl. lenl esliilo s;ie ul itmn, ti at the III 111 ot
(jiniit & Ward had overdrawn iti n-cmut
at the I ank 1 1 tin extm.t of more 1 lntti $ SK,
(HS), and th it this caused the Imnk s sus' uni
son, (ior.o al (leant wn reisirte'd to b ' a
heavy losr by tilt) d 111I I0 m pons on Tlio
two Iniliuos e'ausid a to 'bug of in-e 'iui y
aiel aiiirm in Wa'l str-et (bit lai not p:v
vn.l d there iu years.
tjiiMit twi nty-fl-e frl nds of Congressnuui
W. K. Hobin-sni, of brooLlyn, in Hm liou-n,
pro niited him the i.th-r elay with a ilocic
nnd brns eniKio'ubia. in hen ir of his seven
tieth I irihdny.
John P. Si.atf.h, the 0 Iton manufn' turiT
and jihilniithri pi t whouuvd l,IK)),issj tor
tlie edu utlui of tho co.ored 111011 of tho
(South, died tho other day at h B re-idence in
Norwich., Conn., ogod abiut teventy years.
At the (li'iierul I on'oren o of tl 0 Motho
3ist F.p.s npil cliiir. il. hohl in I hilniMp .i 1,
many 1 un'iions of bit nest to the d. noinina
ti 111 woi-o di.i us 0 1 by tlio dele -aUs.
TiiEsusponsi cm er. ing t 0 fate of tho
survive re "f tho s.e. m tup State of Fiorina,
fiv m New York for I. la vow, wasroliove I by
u d s.intch ro 1 ived in New York from yuo
0: uniioiini ing th j an ival ot that pin. e of
tho stoam hii i'itunia wilh twenty -four of
the survivors o 1 1 oar l. 1 h iFtaloof I lor d 1
had lOllid d n mid oi'eiin with the bi r.c
I'o ie'iia, and botii v.sesole went down, (if
t o bark's crow of lifkon only tho cap'ain
and two S'nmfn wen savol Toe steamer
tarried tnirty-llve cabin and fifty stoenigi
pasieiiReis, aiid a eroiv of oihty-ono men,
and a stow ar icss. 1 w nty nine o' the er.iw,
Including tie stowaid.tis, nud twoivo pa. s n-
or, wore i avid by a posing vossel ultir
rifting about in a minll boat lor ne'orly two
days. Iwenty-four of tile forty-four survi.
vora were attjrward trans'o: red to tho St 'am
thip Tlta-iia, nnl takon.to (Juebeo. lu all
about Hi parsons noro reported lost.
Booth and Weil
William Moliuoir ami Knoch Brown
(colored) woro hanged for wife murdir tho
former at Cincinnati and tho lattir at Hali
fax Court House, N. C. For a similar crime.
William Brooks (colored) wai swung into
eternity at Alexandria, La.
Fon stealing $150, a colored boy eleht'en
years old wss taken out of Jail at Jturliugton,
Ky., by a party of l(J0 masked neon and
banned to a tree.
A tobhado which struck ths town of Pol
ftio, levas, killed one man, badly injured
8ve mo;e, swept away the uw Epi.oopal
church a d so. end cabins, and damaged
many other buildings.
Edwabd Taoufsow, of Roland, Iowa,
struck his wife with an ax, when his bro hor
interfered. (Struggling together, tho two
man fell into a well and wars both killed.
Mil. Thompson was mortal y In ind.
Thk steamer H. S. Ford cumtht tiro while
at her pier at Clwatortown, Md., and wiea
burned to tho water'a edgo. Sho e'ost f.l.OUO
to build, and t'si.OO) moro had been ex-lenile-d
on her In iinprovenieiiUi.
A urass lire Ktai t 'd for fun by boys in
Cixil county, Md., tiuverscd a Ira-tof terri
tory eight null's longand Ihr-HS wide. A large
number of baiiui and other buildings, with
much valuable tmilier, wi re consumed.
A Kins at Cainosvillo, Fin., dstroyad
thirty live buildiis. The total lo-i wai osti
uintoi at fl'O.U 0.
Violent storms hivedcftroyed much prop
erty in portlims of Iowa, Illinois and Arkan
sas. At Lit la Hock, Ark., a sli d lell on a
number of lOiivlcCs emplovel In bnck-mak-in",
kilinj o.ie uud s nousy injuiuij an
other. Johki'H E. Mi'RREix, Jr., dleel at Mobile,
Ala., tho 1 ther duv, of a slranga molaily.
lie was itib.e t to le rible convulsions when
asleep oniy." His father or some oth r ut
tenilant was, tli'rofoo always present nt
night to prevent hisfnllinr nsloep. and tho
on y rest obtained for a down years was a
Ltuto of dozing.
M. V. Wahnkr, a prominent business man
of Mursl all, Mi ll., hae just Isie'n rn-c ecteJ
mayor of tint lively ily by a larjjuly in-crea-soel
majority.
Ktiionii fisling nainst the Hritish govorn
liientetist-a iioug the HX'pleof liiiRiiuid 1 n
a count of the a mud' uu.eiit ot Co:ier.il Uor
don te bis fate.
('IIAHI.IK Fonn, one of tho brotl crs who
killed Joso Jiuiin. t o no or ous MiaaoU'i
luindit, (ouimil ed Bill idout ltich numi, Uo ,
iv th a pistol shot.
A I'ahskn'iikii ear and two sleeiers belong
( ft to a train wo:v th ow n into a ditch by a
hi oken mil near I . at r, ill. Tur 0 p.-rsoin
weni futully 1. nil tw-.-nty erioiisly in.iuioil.
T.tK twenty 1111 Ii nnniinl re'iin on of tho
S.. ticin bn;ti t ti .1 11 i n wae held in
Jin t ni. r.', Itev. I ntii kli. Moll, of CoTgia
bein e 0 ted 1 resid int.
At tlie Oeiienil Conference of tlio colored
Mn'hrdists, in Hii'tin o 0. tie quaillouuial
oil livss wi s dolivered by liidiop iJiekcrsuii
ut Nurti tur.iliui.
SUMMARY OF CONGRESS
Kcunlc,
Mr Vim Wycko l'uio 1 a rou'lutlon, which
v.a . agreed to, culling em Ihn sneiclury ol tin)
in i'1-i r H r in onii ili.'ii ns v what ai'ti 111. i"
any, bail 1 11 taken in ivgnrl to eutri sj of
poii.i Inn is by tin-1 sior IV.ri coinpiiiiy, or
i nnized 1 n ler tlio liiwn of t,r at bri aiu uud
loi g biisiiu-s in Colo a !n an. I ni.-ele in the
in'cri'si ot tlm Fail of liumavou and otlior
I nglisliiuiMi a ul whi) h sci'l fNt.i.s
iirn n lc'cl bi Ik) Ira idiih nU
Jr. Van tiycksii.l hi. 1 bi et in o'leri iglli!
lifiiil tiiei w ih 1 ot only to I live acli .11 t ill :!
I y Coiign'-s to p o ii t t le public d nut 11,
but to Im, e sii. li 11 t oa t ike i very p o lily.
He 11 sowislnd ill 'lie iouinkeu ill order t iar.
it may scrtc a -1 oti e to iii'io eat. H)no .s in
I'.ieig 1 1 ounlries wli'i iu est 1110 .ov in 1 1: ils,
t. -c iille 1 1 which tho.' s ipi in1 to have bo 'tl
pnp rly a ipiirol llisci.hs 011 on tho ship
1 i:ig bii; was e nliii'i. d.
'i i ii ii':r cultural a;ipro!iri:iti.in bill tvus
rvportul b.! k to tho r-en.ilo Tlio Sennto
ci.uimiuo.) la- hicrcnsitl tl.o apprcpriction
lor Hirgliiiiii cxKiiiuciits from $l'i,iSUia
f . 11, (HI I, nml hies nil le I a provision f.n lie
Usiau wel s to r.'.'hiiin an I Ian Is, f.'O.ISO,
mid 0110 for ciii-'oliragiug : illc c lit lie, 1 ul
....Air. I Im nb iiitrmtii isl 11 bill 1 1 pre. lit
the ni"tii.s;tio 1 of rea isa'o iy nlioii..
It pro. iiliee ih it iiliei.s v.'lio lur.o iioid. el.iioil
t' cir inlen'ioii tilsiMiii) eiti.ciH i.hull :mt
no Hiiro t.tletor 'id eslnteiiianvol IhnTi rrito
ries or iii tho Distri t of f.i'.umiiin. It pro
vides tlmt 110 luring. 1 e irpern1.to.i, niotv luiiii
ten p t cent of the st k nt w hi li is held by
11I1.111. shall :ic.'ii:v ti.le binuy inula iu tlm
Territories or in :ho Ihstrictnl I 'uliuuliia and
t u 1 110 i;.i'iM'uti 111, iiativoo;' fo. ei ;n, oecept
rnilioails siinll acijni o iniuv 1 1 1:111 .".,1 s 1 1 ncr.-s.
.Mr. 1111 W.icie ul o in rib ced a bill ti
le.slric' tho owners up b,' aliens and b. reign
i'iinN.iu!i..ni and coiupnnieR of pulilio laud
and of any hind iu 1 10 T i r t n ii
A ler liiuil hps ciu3 bv Moism Kuniall
nn I Kas on a a nst an. I by Mne.is. M nr s m
a el lllii"!.bu 11 in fa r of t-io tail I' bill, a
1111'. inn to sii in oit it. 'lie tin; .la S',
w bi hpn 'i ul v l 1 I -1 In- b.tl, was ca Tied,
1111 id n linli exeito 'iin.it b.' 1 'ill on to I'm
iriys-forly-ono l eino Tils voting in 1 10
n i'r.iiativoaud fi.urK piiblici.il. in tho uoga
t vo.
Mr. I'll 11111 nil -i iiitrodico'l a hill in the
Ncnnti" p'a nig Hi neiul I r nt on tho r tir.sl
lilt of nn ar.uy with tho lull pay ot u gen
eral, lie a ciiip nicil l ho in t oil e l inn iv til
rornrk'. in whi h hooxr's.ol t lie b ipo that
tie (ouiiuiitoj on militiir,' a 'am wmild,
to' o ivioiiH reusoiis, givu tin mat or
I rotiipt alt ntieui. Tun reasons ruferrnl to,
werii (ieneinl Uinnl's lliiaucial los es i.icuiTisl
by the fl ilul'c nl tho .New York linn, of which
Im was a in inlxT. Tho bid would seeui'o to
(i nernl (inuil. tlio pay of a gen nil, $14, '00,
an I tin o milium ills nttichol th io o,
a'liouiiting in nil t s .inn Si'.i.iHXI 'Tlioaiiiji-
ping bill was I'urtlio!' c iiisiilored.
lloiinot
Thn Torltr delmto was contlnuexl In ths
Houso, brief spoochos being liindo by Mesun.
Katnii, liolmont, Cox, Vance, lloblitnll and
others An owning scssinu was held for
the coiisiilurntion of pi iciinu bills.
The Houso decided in tho V irginia con
tsted e'oction ensoof ( I'l'Dirall aguinst l'nul
that D'Knrrnll was entitled to tiia seat. I'd
at once took tho outli of ollii e. ... At the
livening session speccho woro mnilo l.y
diossrs. loung, iiomian, tvooilwni'il. .ilor- I
Kiinumnor.HiuekonriilKO nml Cat s in favor
or, and Messrs. Forr II, Connelly, 1'avis.
.lames Skiunur, Biiriggs end Taylor against
the tariff bill.
Tlu report of tho commit b-o on )Tlvl!oges
A id elections in relation lo tliu Coi all co in
ly (Mi s.), election troubles, wns lai.l boloro
tho Senate Tho bill to provido lorn froo
I ridge a ross tlia I'otxiuina river was passpd
....Tho shipping bill was fnrlh r ilcb.ito 1.
The river and harbor bill was icpnrNd to
thn House. Tlio total of tho a pr.ipil itians
is $1 V'll',100- Tho largi'Bt aniiriipriati'in i
for tho Mississippi river, fro n it ; mouth to its
to n co, a nountlng to $ J.tOO O sj, and not in
cluding tho $l,0J0,(IO0 appropritt'od hci-etu-forj.
Hit on ad litioual gro.it riveia
oi me country renivo j.nii.;u.
'The total amount ro onunendo 1 lor I3
rivoi-s and twelve channels is 8H.UM,0tW. Tin
appropriation for haibirs, ico ha-lK) nnl
breakwater is (4,U 8,100..,. Hen its aiiieiul-
moui 10 tlio Houso bin, rop.-alinrr tno iron
e la I oath, was com uitciI in.. . .Ki iiiitoaii.o nl
incuts U th) Kitz John I'ortcr bill were uon
concurred in.
Foreign Seamen
A good deal has beon said and printed
of late about tlio superiority of non
British over British seamon. Conse
quently, BritiBh sailois have been hold
ing great demonstrationo in South
Shields against the employment of for
eigners to the exclusion of natives.
They allege that foreign teamen nro pre
forred becanso they are, as a rule, of a
more quiet dispooition, and submit to bo
overworked, half-starved, aud ill-used.
Moreover, it is said that there is no or
ganized gang of crimps who virtually
buy and sell foreign seamen, and who
become rich by a process very olosoly
resembling slave-dealing.
Oh 70s; we know how to cast a gloom
over a man. If we just waut to ngoniza
him we say: "I cut a mighty pleasant
notice of you out of some paper this
morning, but I've lost it." And then ho
frantically wants .to know what paper it
was and we can't remember, and it
drives him nearly to madness.
MUSICAL ANirDRAWATIC,
Dan Hick, tho clown, Is lecturing iu tin
South.
Lotta loaves Knglnml In Augus', her sea
sm hero iHiginiiing at Wnshinrtiin the billow
ing mouth.
Tn kiik aro thirty-seven dime mu cunis lu
tho country now where tin ro wae only one
live years ago.
No circus is no sr complete) without a white
elephant a ha 'red whiteetophant; nnd tiny
arc all complete.
Wiu.ik Enoum tn'ks of bringing a large
Oiirles.i'.o company from Ku;Und to tliit
country noil. year.
I.IZ.IK I'liH K (Mrs. Charloe Koi'ht ri ili'd
roi only in Klorlla, whe-ro she hud lio n
spending the w.nter.
Jut It! I'ltowKlt, nine years old, Is startling
Vienna by his apti u lu in ninslc. He is said
to be a wonder, ul as 1 Hint Tom.
tiKomiK Kl.lriT'M ''Adain He In-' Is lring
dramnliml. and t'10 adaptation will bo pro
duced both iu Kiiglaml ami Amerii a.
Tasoi alk. a now tenor is spnkcii of very
highly by the Voronn paisre. Heihuslw n
appearing at the To itm lllstorf In that citv.
1 iik uiaiingeis all buvo hut an') story totell
of New York: "It has bis'ii a uruvcyiird this i
season, out moreuioii y boa tx-. n lo-t tluin
mane.
Hksiiv litvixu and Miss Terry sailed re
cently from New York for Kugluii'l. They
Vxik along Hi'i.OiW of nice L ailed fctitu
money.
Ai.r, the horses, carriages, and funning
atensils belonging to Mary Anderson at I ong
brunch, were sold, as sliu w ill stay abroad
aii'ith ryear.
Mi.i.k. Hiika, thorn-trim, will nevorliavo
n theatre by any other iIihii- th in thn una
thmug i whio.i sIih enter, d. t- he tays it would
bring her bad lie k.
Ciiuihtink Nii.shon says she never poes on
the stage without tri'pidation. and when she
lects weak or has an iniirtant part, always ; tol, Wititbrop did not care to insult pub
anoels down and says her prayer-. lj0 decency by going unarmed. Besides,
do
.un.i iieji.EiiniiiMu.ru wivi-iuMiiKini.uii- gucn a course might as seriously ioter
,::,,!jT.tB?:lv"JTl'. '1',,.':i.: T '!!'? J'-rowith hU restoration to health a
walk In proi-es-i in with tin-iiniiio "Minnie I (
I nlllli I' " l.flint.'fl mi tlieir hltitiili'. riu)ru I
Wukn Peiii-co. the author of-May W- Vm I'll"'"" training caused him to re
io n," was ciilli d ujmn tho Mage of the Modi- I volt nt the idea of carrying firearms, so
son Hipiuie i.New orki tlvnti-i) by tlm audi-: ho resorted to artifice, lie woro ahol-eni-et.iellrstniglilof
the play, ho grew so Bivr but instead of keepings pistol in
n rvous that he nn faintesl away. ,-, i' i..i i- i, , l ' , " i 1 ...
Miss (Ikxkvikvk Waud rivals th') lata
Mine. Id:i I'fciir. r ns n tr.ivc'ei-. Mi wasp s!
he.iril I10111 nt CoIoiiiIhi, Ceylon, W hen-she
ha I mu. ing her nmli. tn 0 Aralii the I'lilil'sl.
She had traveled 1 1.V.rt miloe; had vi-it'.l
lliinibay, Jeyhiiic, Delhi. Agra, l.m-know,
I'eiuir it and 1 al -utti, in all of which plus
Bile played "Korgcl-ilo-XoL"
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
It is said thn'. Mr. Mutlhew 111nld -'ear I
six tbnusninl i.'ollnrs from tho sweotnoss and
light be (li.sti iliiite.1 1111111I1; us.
ll.iltltlsn.N, tlm roviviili-t, siys tint, the
hymn, ".leuis tSavis," win wiitt 11 by tiiu
most K"dly woman ho ever saw.
M. Dk I.ksski s olten hlis'is for twenty
four hours on a stretch, ami t .eugoosuwlioo
week without a moments dozing.
(IKXKIIAI. "I.KW'' WAt.l.Al K, i.lir lllillist r
to Turkey, will devoto himso'.t entirely to
literary pursuits on his return from Comt in
tinoplc. (ili.iiKKT Dk La MATVit.th-flriiiiibackn.l-vocato
and ex 1 'migi-i'ssin in, is pastor now- of
a fashii .nabio church at St. i'uul, into whi h
ho has introduced 1111 ..rchi sini.
AT a recent ball in Now Orleans ill Ihj
most conspicuous Isix, th.i cent -r of all eyei
out Jefferson Havis. tho diiiightors of (leneral
l.oo, uud tho wife of Stoiiewtill .luck-on.
(iiivi-itNiiu lioniNsoN of Massachusetts,
wants '-fasliionablo drinking" attei.'kud ne.t,
and hoHU the ti.110 will sihiiicoiihi wh.-n wiiio
will coiiso to be a necessity ut wedding enter
tainments. Mns. Mi Kl.ltov, tho I'resident's sister, does
Hot en isn't to return to the U Into Hoii-o, shn
lays, Is.fnro January next. Mm has niisl st,
Vet atfublo manners, and has Isx-omo a gli nt
'uvorite in Washington.
It is said that tho health of I'nit d States
rioimtor I'arlev. of California, has Iss n seri
inisly inipitiiB'l by tho 110, 011 his benrd, of a
hair dye, which has Isjen found to contain
poisonous ingredients.
t'l-KTis I.UK. the oldi-st sou of (ieneral II.
K. I.co, has the n-putiition of Im-Iii : thu haiiil
Soniost limn in Virginia. His iH'iiring as he
grows older is reiiuirkahly liko that of his
tut icr. Tho youii -ost son of tlie fumilv is a
quiet farmer near Kichniond.
Mils. (IKNKKAI, I.ANIIKH. who Is working
fur the (liirlleld Memorial Hospital, in Wash
ington, says that live hundred dollar; a yur,
or tlio iuteuwt of b n thousand dollar-, 111
endow n U d to perpetuity, aud thedonorwill
have tlie privilege of Krjiuj; who siiall oc
cupy it
liKNKttAL Koiirrt TooMiis, spoaking tho
oilier day of Liberty Hall, tlio homo of A'e-.-atider
11. Stephens, said: "1 want tho people
ol ' Uimrgia to buy tlio pnuwrty, and hn
t!ie-y do 1 will end .w it with enough to 111 iko
it such 11 eollogo ae littlo Aleck weiuld liko to
toe there if ho were alive."
SKCltKTARY KllKI.INOHUVHEN Oe'Cllpiol a
larps thinl floor in W'ashington, fiirnishel in
walnut and light brown leather, with Turk
ish rugs on tho h'lrdworsl lloor. At tho s do
of his (Irak is n small stand bouilng a hiI glut
bible, with notes nnd index. In wri.in ' llu
lecretary uses a gold pen in a cork hold r.
Likutenant Waunkh, oftheSixth In uv
try. has been uwarded the gold medal of t'10
Military Service) Institution ot tho Intel
States tor the bint essay on the "Military No-ios.-lties
of the United Slatee and the Pot
Provisions for Meeting Thorn." llener-
als Slieriuan. Franklin and Towor wen t'.io
judges.
Dulled StaU's cut Ilrllaln.
The British production of iron is now
184 tons to 100 in this country. As late
na 1881, it was moro than 202 tons to
100 bore, anil as late as 1877 it was aiu
tons to 100, as the following statomenf
of production each yeur in gross tons
will show :
Great Britain. Ubltol Blstca.
1877...,
1S...,
1H7!)....
1880....
1881....
182....
18K3....
8.058 m 2,(Hifl,6M
8,881.061 2,81)1,189
8,0H!,434 8,741,t.r3
7 721.8113 8,81)5, HU
8,1)77, HM 4,M4,2.ri4
8,4!,2H7 4,na.l,H'23
8,490,224 4,695,610
A large production has gone into stool
rails, of which this country has produced
more thsni Orent Britain for soveral
years, so that, notwithstanding British
exports of Bessemer steel ingotu to this
country, to be worked np hero into rails.
we proeluoe nearly as largo eiuiuiuiy 01
the Bessemer ingots, as follow :
tlreat Britain. United Statcf
1878..
1871)..
1880..
1881..
1N82..
1883..
807,627
834,611
653,773
821),44(
I,ll74.2f.l
1,374,241
1,514,887
1,477,345
l,ni4,82
1,441,719
1,(173.649
1,658,380
Qreat Britain has 004 blast (urnaoes, C
which 500 were iu blast January 1, The.
average output is said to be 15.752 tons,
the numbor of furnaces produoing dur
ing the year 1883 having been larger
ban the number in blast January 1. The
united otates baa at that same date ooa I
tarnaces, of which 807 were in blast, and
lie average output was a shade less than
MHK) tons each. 1
DESPERADO AND PURITAN.
NHW FNI3 f.ANIIKH ITTH A NOTO
IttOl N I llAUACTliU TO n.UillT,
The llrsprrnito's I'ersiinslve Way el nr.
rolii .Vlnnrv nnd .Inning frlead-Trr
ll.ullr l'rlhirnrd .tiro.
From tho Oalveston News.
Aliout tlio your 1851 tho most influen
tial man in Ban Antonio was an alleged
desperado named Iiob Augustine. Bob
camo to San Anonio with a (earful rec
ord. Ho oujnycd the reputation of hav
ing killed a dozen or so of men, and was
respected accordingly. Willie be was in
Hun Antonio bo diel not reduce the cen
sus ut all, lint that was not his fault.
Ho hod a seductive way of drawing bis
eiglilee n-incli Arkansas toothpick and
ixiiminiiig it critically with sinister
Mnilo while humbly rcfpiPHting tho lean
of $!. Thus it was that Hob went about
ncipiiring wealth and warm personal
friends, but creating no funerals. There
wero rumors that Bob was playing bluff.
mil mat was alter bo baa marched
away.
It was during the reign of Bob An
gUHtiuo, "tho long-ranged roarer of Cal
nvcras Canyon," as he sometimes called
himself, that a young man from Boston,
lmiuetl John Wintlirnp, camo to San
Antonio, presumably ia search of health,
as ho brought very littlo with him. lie
was fur Bono in coiisumntion. and
nothing but that he had a short time to
live, unless the climate of Western Texas
saved him, induced him to como to Ban
Antonio.
As cvervbex.lv carried a Dia
putling ou a clean shirt.
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it and no one was the wiser for it. On
the contrary, Wintlirnp was looked np to
by tlio best citizens just tho same as ii
bu was loaded down with deadly weap
ons. Of course cver body tried to make
tho stranger from Massachusetts feel as
eotufoi'tiible as if he was at home, so he
was told all ubout Bob Augustine, the
long-ranged roarer, at least ton times a
day, nnd ho was advised not to be par
ticular iu asking security for the debt in
ruxo tho roarer wanted to borrow a
small limn unless ho (Winthrop) did not
wish to regain his health.
The loiig-rnngcd roarer sauntered into
Windmill's room at tho hotel, but be
fore tho desperado could open his mouth
' or draw a weniion the unfortnnt.te
1 Yuiiki'o threw back his coat and with
' trembling fingers tugged at his pistW
I holster to get at his money to appease
tho would-bo assassin. On the other
' hand, as soon as the roarer saw Win-
tlirop trying to get out his pistol he
turned as palo as a ghost. The alleged
desperado's knees knocked together, the
cold sweat boiled out all over him, and
ho extended his baud and said trem
lilingly:
"Don't draw, gored Mr. Yankee. I
was only trying to fool yon. My bold
Arkansas heart beats for you, my boy,
I jest wauted to teach you a lesson.
Never let any durued galoot get the
drop on you. If anyboely insults you
jtiHt tell tliem that Bob Augustine, the
roarer, is your friend."
Winllirop, who was more scared, ii
posKihlo, tluin tho roarer, roplied:
"Oil, I'll give you what you want,"
and kept ou tugging at the holster,
which camo unbuckled.
With a yell of dismay the dosperado
passed out through, the window, carry
mg tiff tho sash, and ran down Com
nusloru street, tho principal thorough
fare, with the sash on his nock, howling
"Polico I police I" closely pursued by
Winthrop, who kept ou tugging at his
holster, trying to get ont his money, ha
believing that the desperado was run
ning to his room to procure a shotgun
with which to commit murder. All that
afternoon Winthrop kept on hunting
thn roarer, to purchase peace on any
terms, nud tho ronrer hid himself to
avoid tho pistol of tho Boston man.
Next mnruiug the long-range roarer of
tho Calaveras canyon was missing, and
Wiiilliroii was the lion of the dav for
having run off tho terror of the Alamo
city.
Fate of the Lepers,
The Hawaiian kingdom has a lepet
population ot 2,000. Of these less than
one-half aro in onatody. There is no
physician on the island who knows
enough about leprosy to convince any
other physician that the truth has been
reached. There ore no white lepers
nudor restraint, and probably not more
than 50 or GO whites are aiilioted with
the disease. The chief item of the
Biulget represents the snms used for the
segregation and support ol confirmed .
lopera. Whon loper is reported so aba
polios of onr district in Hawaii, on offlour ,
is sent to fetch him or her to Honolulu,
whera there is a detention hospital nnl
on the outskirts of the city and ol the
bank of the beautiful bay. Then they
are examined by the doctor, who decides
whether it is a oase of leprosy or not.
Once declared a leper, the person is
civilly dead, and the person is incapable
of suing in the oottrts or being sued. At
the hospital there is accommodation for '
about 120. It is filled every two months.
The hospital full, a steamer comes to
take to the island of Molokai those whose
condition is most advauoed, there to re
main until death. Tt has been my lot
to witness many sad scenes, bnt none of
them approached in any way those
which attended the separation ot families
as these handful of lepers sailed away
o their exile. Daughters reached out
their arms to their mothers, whom they
might not embraoe ; wives held np their
mouths for kisses which their husbands
could not give ; babes, held in the araj
of strangers, laughed and ooosd to air
mothers, to whose breaking hsarts ttey
might not be held to on.
" r?J7 " unh sobs -' alas I
that come from the depths oX Mwts
wrung with ths w.w''?a,fnVe east
ditiou. rm"j . - kj
off, the IHtle steamer ed her head
away and steamed slowly toward the
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