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WOMAN GOSSIP.
Tbe Bride.
neons wIR i ve her a i
Enwuven of Orient pearls. Or duster of jewels all fleckl eas To la u i from her s.mfH con a, : - ill twine the sweet myrtle 1 1 ponies thM maidens loveliest S: - -.: ea to peep from her kirt , V, :'m rasas to ash on. net Meant. K ". v to or gem n gtv I neither; At t from tbe Jubilant throng, t' : .. feet or the muses I breath bf . ' . .-isaiaa enshrined la a t. So Ituee. "Yon did not dare to speak to tte fa that maaner before I married yo, A! :!ignantly exclaimed. -No. uor you didn't dare como cavorting u- rind me in curl papers and rag-oai-ie; slippers lief ore I married you, i-i ii -. ' ' lie retorted. i f she one i and lift prof anified. i'ti :i, rgk Chrqniele-Telegraph. A Noble Tyaw.
f argaret Fuller was as noble a type of womanhood as this age has Jduced. but. with all her strength of in
tellect and conscious leadership, she-
save her heart to an Italian lover when
she had the true testimony that he had siren her his own. and she grew almost
immediately as wife and mother to be
vastly more of a woman than she was
before. Jiic&ange. . "Polis talt" the Skin.
Fashionable women and girls in New "Sork always have their arms and necks "polished" before going to a ball or other entertainment where they appear with very decollete dress.. The polishing greatly beautifies the skin. First the arms and neck are rubbed very 'thoroughly with rose water. After this has been nibbed off, the arms and the shoulders are covered with cold cream, which is allowed to remain on fifteen minute. This is then rubbed off with a. piece of fine, soft white flannel, and the arms and shoulders are covered with "baby" powder and rubbed very thoroughly. This finishes the opera tipn. When this is completed they look like polished marble, and the skin seems to take on a wonderful fine and beautiful texture, Argonaut A Word to the Ladles. Jane Evre says: "I know that if
.women wish to escape the stigma Of husband-seeking shey must net and look like marble or clay cold, expressionless, bloodless; for every appearance of feeling, of joy, sorrow, friend bess, antipathy, admiration, disgust, is alike construed by the world into an attempt to hook a husband. Never mind I well-meaning women have their own conscience to comfort them after alL - Do not, therefore., be too much afraid of showing yourself as you are affection able and gool-hearteJ ; do not too hashly repress sentiments and feelings excellent in themselves, because you fear that some puppy may fancy that you are letting them come out to fascinate him; do not condemn yourself to live only by halves because if yon showed too much animation some pragmatical thing in breeches might take it into his pate to imagine that you designed to devote your life to his inanity." . We ' labor Sphere. "Whether woman shall be an independent self-supporting factor in our complex social life is a question which, practically, has settled itself, says the Detroit Post. She has established her
right to work for wages, and becomes a j wnile mmy forms of labor are
adopted but in the majority of in
stances this is wno y impracticaiM The care of a house is enough for oniS heady aided frequently by several pairs of hands and it is preposterous folly for the physically weaker sex to assume a double burdtn, which the arroBger would never think it possible to bear.
As far as tueir circumstances win admit, women should select such em
ployment as" will further their future
interests as wives na mowers, ui course, necessity knows no law, and when it is a question of ariy. work which can be got or no food and shelter, there 18 no choice. In the West this alternative seldom comes to native Ameri
can girls. All branches Of housework.
Sewing, teaching, me Kind oi snopwork which helps a woman to judge of qualities of goods for family use, the
culture of fruit and nowers, are direct aids to the best kind of home-making, ttf tho nmfaastoiM medicine is the only
one thoroughly adapted to further the
interests of women, Which are empnatically the interests of home. Whatshe gains in her gir.hood of medical knowledge is not lost to the matron, and the deft hands of the trained nurse will never be left to that idleness which tempts the adversary. The exceptional woman may do what she will, the lists should be as free to her as to her brethren in competing for theorises of honors and success.
She may preach the gospel, or practice law as well or as ill as a man, but the sensible average woman will air tempt neither. Genius is its own law and does what it must; but talent) ordinary ability, does what it can, as a modern poet tells us. The original Mrs. Peak, mother of the large family of Swiss bell-ringers, traveled with her children for fifteen or twenty years and educated them on the road, and an intelligent refined, and beautiful fam
ily they were, but that is no argument in favor of peripatetic homes. Mrs. Peak was an extraordinary woman and succeeded in conditions where the ave rage woman would have failed. She "superfluous woman her name is not legion the Jills who refuse to tumble down hill after their clumsy, or possibly drunken, Jacks may also be left to select their own careers, with the earnest protest that all ways be freed from obstructions. The men who would bar out woman by force from any employment she choses to engage in have set the seal o inferiority where it justly belongs on themselves, The overcrowding of certain industries especially adapted to women; as teaching, is one of the Causes of inferior wages, bht is not a permanent condition of things. Already the preliminary changes are going forward which will relieve the pressure and give an upward tendency to wages. Higher qualifications are demanded, and the
crowd of incompetents seek other employments. Tbe civil-service examinations are a step in the right direetion, making capacity the test of appointment and promotion, thus giving women an equal chance 'with men when they come into competition with them, and turning incompetence into other industrial channels. Combinations for the protection of labor interests are rare among women, the combination and aggressive elements being comparatively feeble in their composition. One of the artificial methods of equalizing wages is thus lost to them, a method by means of which little could be gained by any
combination, however strong, not hold
ing the menace of the ballot. Knowledge is a possession convenient of storage,
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SOUTHERN HURRICANE.
One-Fourth of Charleston, & C, roofed The Lots Placed at a Million,
Un-
Sullivan Island Submerged and Part of a Summer Hotel on It Demolished,
Thousand of Lives Lost by Floods in
the Gity of Canton and
TkMity.
Whole Tillages Swept Away Start-
liou Adding Horror to the
Situation.
bhsrfesttoi fl. Hl aiapsieh.1 Charleston vma struok.bjr a cyclone this morning, and ohe-fourth of the houses in
the city are unroofed. Parts of the spires.
of St. M cheers and St Matthew's Churches were blown down, and the spire of the Citadel Square Baptist Church is dcmoHshed. The wharves an 3 warehouses are badly damaged. At Sullivan's Island two steamers are aground, and the New Ashley River bridge now constructing is swept awayi Four Vessels which arrived yesteiday are wrecked. The telegraph wires are down and there are no cars ruum'$ne loss is stUl estimated st $1,000,000, including wharves and churches. Merchants are already rebuilding. The phosphate works near the city are but little in
jured, except tbe Atlantic, which loses its
acid chambers; The Norweman hark Med'
bor, from Liverpool, was dismasted in the storm, and the German bark H. Peters was
driven ashore. The German brig Freiheit was sunk in collision. The dry-dock schooner William E. Lee was blown aBhore and the Norwegian bark Veritas and the
Italian brig Sari Frisco ate ashore at Cas
tle Pinckney, with a three-masted BOhoOn er. name unknown. No lives were Ids').
A number of houses on Sullivan's Island
were blown awav. The New Bnehton
Hotel had over a hundred guests, and great feats were entertained for their safety. At 9 o'o'ock this morning the storm reached its greatest velocity. At that hour, while the hotel people were at breakfast, the Ca
sino leu with a great crasn. iorranaieiy, all the rooms in that building had been va
cated. There were grave apprehensions that the dining-room and nia-u building
would Boon succumb to the violence of the Storm. At 9 o'clock the wind changed from the southeast and the storm increased from the southwest When the Casino fell it is thought that the maximum of the storm was from sixty-five to seventy miles an hour. The main building oi the' hotel is intact, having stood the storm without very serious damage. At 1 o'clock it was entirely over. The loss to the New Brighton will be $30,000. There has been very g n eral destruction of property on the is and. The is'and was in the main submerged, but when the wind oh raged the waters receded. In the vicinity of Savaniah, Go., the storm Was very severe. At Ty bee a dwelling house was blown dewn, but no cne was injured. The Caroline Chalmers went ashore on the knoll inside of Tybee, and the bark N. Mosher on the north beach, half a mile south of Tybee light At Mayport, Fla., the Atlantic House was blown down, and Mrs. Gilbert Hunter severely injured. All the guests of the house, about thirty women and children, were exposed for hours to the furious, dr.ving wind and rain. Netts from Fernaudina shows great damage done to buildings, boats, and shipping, and the guests at the Strathmore House, on the beach, were driven into town for refuge. No lives were lost there. '
formidable competitor with man m ; rectly conducive to the highest femininfl
many uraucues mauswj, uumjuj w- interests, there areverv lev which will
cause her services can be secured for fonnd to be directly inimical, except tesBCompensation. That women are . where eed of capital wrings from
" "" i the poor men. women, and cniidren
is fact so universally understood as to
seed no proof. Una condition does - not result from caprice, from excess in numbers of women overmen, or because there are fewer industrious men than women in the world. It seems in the . face of it unjust, the consequence of unfair discrimination in favor of the stronger sex, the grinding pressure of strength over weakness. But a careful consideration of itcts will show that there are certain disabilities pertaining to the feminine gender which will always stand in the way of equality in - wages, even where there is an apparent
equality in the actual work performed. First and foremost is the stubborn Cut of the physical inferiority of women. Men can work more hours in bad. air and all manner of discomfort without any protest from nerves or muscles than is possible to women. ' Whether the office is high up or low down, clean or diity, hot or cold, convenient or otherwise, are not matters much taken into account by men when at work, and employers are not apt to be harassed by an uneasy sense of injustice toward them on such accounts. But it is almost impossible for women to do thoroughly jj:ood work in similar conditions, and one of the preliminary steps to employing women is, or ought to be, arrangements for the comfortable performance of their task. The moment this is necessary the market value of their work has declinedInquiry was made of a prominent bookseller in this city of the relative ' value of young men and women as clerks in his business. "Girls are quicker and more pleasing," he said, "but they are a great bother. If I had ' a son of the Governor in here to learn the business I should not hesitate to set him to wash the windows if it suit
ed my convenience; but I can't ask a girl to climb to the top of that stepladder: I should myself regard it as a rudeness which I could not offer a woman." Here is one of tbe disabilities of sex, where the value of the wage-workers is impaired from the instinctive feeling for her delicacv and weakness. In all such positions It is evident that av woman is less valuable than a man because small duties incidental to her position must be delegated to others at the cost of some annoyance and trouble. .This -deference to womanhood is a national characteristic; we ure proud of it, and should dread to see it decline, even though it reacts unfavorably on the industrial interests of women. Another disability is the proneness of the sex to marriage and the consequent withdrawal from the ranks of - wage-workers when they have become thoroughly conversant with their business and are moat valuable' to their employers. A good marriage is the best contract a woman can enter into, and all women know it, and generally act on the knowledge. Ail o their business is regarded in the light of a temporary expedient, &nd this element of uncertainty depresses thu Htandard of her wages below that of uteu, who never coufenvolate any such retirement from offl e, iactory, shop, or school. It is sometimes urged flat family can need not prevent vomer, from following the bajMSor professions which they hare
alike not only the pound of flesh nom
inated m the bond, but toe blood of
body and soul besides.
A VALUABLE ADVERTISING MEDUM.
Circulates Among the Best Monroe Conatr,
And Is Read by Every Member of Each Family.
TERMS, In Admet (HUV, tl.BO
CHINESE HORROR.
ISLAM'S tm PROPHET. Mohammedan Legions, Led by a Fa natio, Patting Nigritian People th Swtfrd.
LIFE-TAKIN&
h Terrible Tragedy Enacted 19 the
Streets of the Illinois State " Capital.
i'ngait Powers In Ceritrni Africa Being Destroyed, and Thousand of Lives Sacrificed.
f W Policemen Murdered by (I DMpated
Character The Assailant Also1 flldf
THE ALABAMA CLAIMS.
Washington dlBpatoii.I
Deilflls of the destruction in Canton,
China! and vicinity by tne recent grew
rain-storrii there have beeri received by privet! persons in this city. The floid was
the in 1st serious wmcn una visueu uuuiuu in thi-i ty years. More than 10,000 persons lost t ieir lives, and a far greater number are st rving." Entire villages were engulfed, and ' lie rice and silk crops in the vicinity
were llmost ruined. The price or rice has been lniised eighteen pet cent In cor.se
aueii- e of thb loss of the crop, itnili Ten is 1 itter part of Juno, filling and overflown g many of the rivers; The Streets of
Canfajnwere flooded for over a weex, At Se. lli City the water broke ihrough the
city wall: it is renortea mat several thousand people Mete "drowned in that place.
The mhackmonta of the river wore broken
bx nilmerous places, and the water swept
across the surrouuauv country, carrying everything before it.
A ibreigner, who was an eye-wness ui
the sleues of devastation, reports that one
nightithe toat he occupied anchored near a bamlloo grove. By morning the water had risen to the tops Of the bamboos. At other
boin it rose as high as forty feet dfcnflg the light time The inhabitants fled f i-om
the villages and camped on the hillsides;
At M nnin, a market place, s.tuated near an embi okment of one of the streams Connect i with the river which brings water from the north and west rivers, the majority of t'. e inhabitants were drowned by the wate breaking through the embankment.
Boui escvped to a piece of rising ground
in tli 1 neighborhood, but ihe water continut A to rise and gradually overtopped the elevation, drown ng those who stooe .upon it Seventeen Chinese graduate; in Canton, bearinc tif the distress diid
suffering prevalent in their native villages, i
TOOK passages on a u jut wiui a view iu iuvceed og home to render what assistance they ;ould. On the way the boat was capsized and all who were m it were drowned. In s( me places the parents tied their children an tie high branches of trees, while they :00k measures for the general safety. The rees were washed un by the roots aha the 1 eartrending cries Of the children were silen led in the surging water. Tl 0 body of a bride dressed in her bridal robe was fouhd floating in the river at CantOm A large tub was also seen; it was nick d un and found to contain a boy and
girl. With them was found a paper, stating
then I names, the day and hour 01 their
birtll The parents had taken this means to sate the lives of their offspring. The
writtt adds that the sufferings which thous
ands are enduring areheartrending;pareuts repb tug, with tears In their eyes, to their chili reu's requests for food, that they have
hdml The people are obliged to use the
filthifest water, and this, added to the dis
ease which will ensue noon the subsid-
ance of the water will greatly increase ins
horrlrs of the situation. Meantime, all that Is being done by the inhabitants to
abatl their misery is the beating of gongs, burling of incense, and howling of pray 6rs ip idols;
(Washington telegram.1 Secretary of State Bayard is in receipt oi it dispatch frtint Sisnr Lewie, West Africa, Hiving accounts oi the moveltfShtl rtf ah irrmy 6f lOO.Ot'O inch in the interior Of Africa. The dispatch is dated July 11 last and was sent by United States Consul Lewis. Mr. Lewis says: "I have the honor to bring to the notice of the Department of State the fact of an extraordinary movement among the Mohammedans of tbo Nigr.tian regions, extj,,mi (vK.n 'rimlittrtnh (n tli WpHt Const.
It appear that iii 1880 ManUtngO
named Samudu. Of extraoidiniry In
tellitfenoe. -and energy, conceived tho
3dea that lie was called b'f God to wags a
n-ni- for the sitmiression 01 pajiamsm :mu
for the oneninc of the roads to the coist,
rhiAh m certain districts nave oura lur
subjected to excessive black
mail and to tlte plundering of vagabond tribes. During the last five yeSrt He has collected an army consisting of foot and horse of about 100,000. Mohammedan youth, wherever he goes, flock to his bxxlnrri. mivinua not onlv to secure the
ramrA in Mi a hereafter nromisea to ie uhb
fidht fn(- their t-elittiem. but to carry off
Ibe rich spoils which these expeditions that . ... . ... ... a 'it j . J . ...J.
Dattie IOT me raitu are sure j
It is Said that Samudu s army is aiviu-
Keatlntaeoneeg of Saai Patch.
Sam Patch, the father of the jumping business, made his first leap at Ni
agara rails, Oct b, l2J, from a rock seventy feet above the Water, That didn't hurt him much, and on the seventh of the same mouth he made a second leap from a scaffold at the foot of the Biddle staircase. At the foot of the stairs Sam Patch rigged up a lad
der one hundred feet high, climbed to the top, and then jumped down into the water, to show, as he said, that some
things could be done as well as others. Then he went to the Genesee Falls, and made a leap on Feb. 6, 1829, less than a week before he made the jump which killed him. Sam Patch's leap at, Passaic Falls was on Sept. 30, 1827. He jumped from the foot of the whitened pine on the edge of the precip.ee overhanging the basin. He bounded off with a great leap, and struck the water eighty or ninety feet below, feet first. He swam ashore. - Many Pater son boys afterward safely followed Patch's example in. making the leap. This account of lam Patch's last leap is taken from Henry B. Stanton's "Recollections :"
"Sam Patch, the famous jumper and
diver, came to -Rochester in the mil,
we will say, of 1828, and proposed to leap from the falls m tbe heart of the village. On the day fixed Bam appeared. The banks of the river as far as the eye could reach were lined with
spectators. He was dressed in a suit of
white, and I will state for the benefit of
other fools of the same class that lie-
fore he leaped he placed his hands firmly on his loins, then sprang from the shelving rock and went down
Ktraight as an arrow. He came up feet foremost, and swam ashore amid the shoots of thousands. A few days later .he proposed to leap again. He erected
a scaffold twenty-five feet high on ihe brink of the falls, making the descent one hundred and twenty-five feet. On the day named another immense throng assembled. Mr. Weed and 1 happened
to meet at the foot ot the scaffold.
Patch came dressed the same as before,
and apparently a litue under tne in
fluence of liquor. As he ascended the
scaffold Mr. Weed left, but I remain ad.
As Patch went down his arms were all in a whirl, and he struck the water with a stunning splash. The crowd
waited for hours. He did not rise.
The next spring the mangled remains of the poor wretch were found at the
foot of the falls at Carthage, four miles
below. "
When Sam Patch made his last lap
he was so drunk that he could barely
stand. But he could make a speech,
and did. It wa : "Napoleon was a great man and
great General. He conquered armies and he conquered nations, but he
couldn't jump the Genesee Falls. Wei'
lington was a great man and a great soldier. He conquered Napoleon, but
heconldn t jump the Genesee ails.
This was left for me to do, and 1 can
, doit and wiU."
A. Billing TUtt win jBmharsaita the Court of Commissioners for Some Time. Washington telegram. The First Comptroller of the Treasury to-day made a ruling that is likely to embarrass the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims for some time to come. It is in effect that the employment of twenryfour persons borne oh the rolls of the court is entirely without warrant Of law, and that no payments can legally be made from the Treasury on their account in the future. Mr, Andre H. Allen, disbursing agent of the court, recently made requisitions on the Secretary of the Treasury fer $9,000 to meet the current expenses of the court. In the usual course of business the requisitions came before the First Comptroller, and he decided to make an investigation of the affairs of the court before authorizing the issue of the necessary warrants. His conclusions are summarized in the following statement, prepared by him for publication: The Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims was created in 1874, to hear proof of claims to be paid out of the iis,ooo,o0fl awarded bv the Geneva Commlmilon, ana was continued
nv YKmonH hu until uec. nr. in 1 1. lb was cuu-
(ftltuted of five Judges, with an annual salary of SC.0OO each, a clerk at 3,ooo, a stenographer at $S,S0O, and an attorney to represent tho United States at $8,000. Provision was also made for
rent of conrt-room, fnruitnre, stationery, loci and other necessarv incidental expenses, all ol
wnich was to be paid out of said fund before judgments were paid. The court was reorganized in 1382, with the same officers and salaries as before, except that the number of .Judges
wu reduced to threo. xne uoniDtrouer. in
Investigating the case, fonnd that outside of the
above-named officials there were on the pay
rolls the names of assistant counsel for the
united States, clerk to said counsel, experts, alerka to experts, messenger)!, watchmen, eta..
whose aggregate saht'les amounted to about fctl.suo per year. He also found in the ouuterly returns that there has been paid to other as-
Ritraint mnnsei over huw 101 me uuoxwr enu-
ing December 31, 18H4, and about 7,1x10 for the quarter ending March 81, 1885, besides other al-lpi-ftd meml navmente. He ears he finds no
law authorizing said payments, ana siter con-
cm Hint, wiri, r.tin ApT.inir Hecret&rv oime inu-
nro and with the Solicitor of the Treasury, he
has decided to stop all future payment of the
same.
COMMISSIONER SPARKS.
He
Makes Twenty Orphans, Tries to Kill
His Wife, and Then Outs His Own Throat.
He Propose to Restore m Large Tract of
and to ton nnl Indians. Washington telegram. A report from the Land Office of con
siderable interest to Illinois capitalists
comes in the statement that Commissoner
Sparks has determined that the boundary
of the Zuni Indian Beservation in New Mexico has been wrongfully construed, and, without inquiry or survey, he will simply no change the line as to restore to the Indians a large tract of land recently taken from the reservation by Executive order, and upon
whieh Mr. Tucker, 01 Illinois, ana a number of others, including some prominent army officers, have asserted extensive claims. The exact results of this change
cannot yet be determined. Tho Land Office
is co-operating with tl- Indian Office in a determined stand against the methods employed by the Indians for themselves or as
the tools of scheming white men to secure lands to which they are not entitled. It is claimed that in Nor! hern Dakota and elsewhere Indians have obtained public lands under tho citizen claim, which they have promptly disposed of. Other similar sharp practices have been discovered in which
tbe red men have been Ihe sharpers and
the Government the victim.
EXPLORING ALASKA.
Progress Made by the Fat ty fincha- Charge
of Lieut, money A New Volcano. f&ra Francisco dispatch.
Lieut Pnroell, who went with Lieut
Stonev to Alaska to explore the Great Put
nam Kiver, relumed here yesterday on the whaling tender ThomaB Pope. Pnveell reports that before proceeding up tbe river
the parte visited the newly found Bogoslar
volcano, xney iwugdu unit? r.iiuue iti it, except less ;mokc and a Baud-spit wa? forming to tbe westward of it. July 8 8toney reached Hothaui Inlet, into which the Putnam Biver empties. He intended to ascend tbe river as far as his large steam-
'launoh would carry him and th- n ro into
winter quarters. Tbo party would then
divide up into sledding perties for the pur
pose of exploring Northern Alaska as soon
as navigation reopens. He intended to come down the Putnam Biver and explore Noatak Tirer. wbivb empties into au inlent
north Of Pntiain. Pnicell teports tiro
purtv all well tit the tijfr be left The.es-
pvditiou intends vt&irnmgaere next fall.
WORK OF A TEXAS FIEND.
gprlngfieht (Ut.) speofal.
A double tragedy Occurred here this
morning, horrible in its details, resulting in the a'mot t instant deah of two Wen,one a policeman and the other a citizen, And the wounding of another policeman ina ti h'Sgff woinail; A man haihea Leonard Gardner, owner of a candy store and a relwifrtt,' ss
rested last night on a peace warroi iux beating , his wife, and lodged in the city prison by Officirs VilHan J- Can?P n Fred Gall. Early th So'wring Gardner procured bail and was released. He proceeded at oaoe to a store and purchased two forty-four caliber bulldog refolverd, saying that he proposed to kill
the two polieinea on sight mat arrested him. To several persons during the day he made a similar assertion, Saying as he flourished the revolvers that Be gtfeased
the police would not arrest hnn now. . F ...... , I... : n a'.l
Auout seven o eioc tn eveuuiK umu-
ner took his position in naiiway u Washington street, between Siitn an
Seventh, ana as uanip ana uau came uy he Stopped out and fired at Gall, who received the ball In bis groin and fell, bu4 was unable to get his rev'tflfdr;
Gaidner then nrea a fatal snot at ihtopj thA hall taking effect near the heart but
the plucky officer returned the fire after he was shot, emptying four chambers of his fortf-fotlr.caliber Remington into Gardner' body before hs (Camp) fall and ex-
ftmtttW GOVKBXOttS. t!6v. fale.l'y, of lhinota Richard 3. Oglet-bY nns born in TJdTl(H County. Kentucky, .J'ul.f ?.r l8il: settled id JlUnois, at Docatur, in 18 Hi; roopivod less1 than ti coiwnon sehool education; WMssl coipenter for tiro years; studied law in 1814, and -nas admitted" ir the bar in 185; served ona vear in the Mexican worked two years in tb.e minus in California; ff (Jlecled to tie Slate Senati- f Illinois i lftSO; tferVrtd otwj session, and resigned 0 enfe the' -foiiinteer service in 1861, at ifflie cdtamericemehl of the war for the suppression, ol' the rebellion; was chonen Colonel, aftetvr.wil appointed Brigadier
INDIANA MATTEKS.
3K
Farmers la
td into three portions. One is operaiing piredin the arms Of Office eones.
jMger. 4 una Each ot Camp s snots took enee
Austin (Tex.) spec L
Tie quintuple tragedy in Blanco County
is otinfirmed by a stage-driver who has just arri'led from that locality. The driver
broilght a letter to a gentleman in this city
whith gives particulars. The leter says:
There is considerable excitement in this
com ty just now, caused ny a temuie tragedy 1 hich occurred in the neighborhood of Job ison City, in which five persons were kill) A outright, three dangerously wounded, and one man is yet missing, who is probablj killed. There had been some bad report i concerning Al Lackey and his daugh
ter, who is about 13 or 14 years or age. Abe it 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon Laokey wiih his rifle in hand, mounted his hor e and Tode to the house of Berry Laokey his brother. He fired upon the family, instantly killing Mrs. Berry Lackey,
wa reupon erry acitey nea, puraueu uy Al, tnd when about one hundred yardr froi 1 the house Berry fell and Al ran up to bin and, while he was lying piostrate, shot hin: through the head. A son of Berry,
whi ran away when bis mother was killed, saj he saw .his father fall and heard him plei d piteous y for mercy, but his Uncle Al : red and killed him. Having killed his bro her and sister-in-law, Al Lackey hurriei ly mounted again and rode to the house
of I.e. stokes, wno uvea nut a suon uih-
tante from the scene of the first murder, andjopened fire, killing first Mrs. Stokes,
theL stokes, ana nnaiiy men uuukuuu-,
Mrl. Charlie Lackey. This made five vic-
tiu-lu. The infuriated monster then
tur ted and rode home, and fired the last bal in his rifle into the body of the dai ghter. The girl is still alive, but can nol possibly recover. Turning upon his
wills, Lackey, with knife in hand, pursued heil across a field, but she saved herself by
flight He then returned to his house and
dnjw the knife across his own throat, inflicting a dangerous but not necessarily fa
tall wound. Just after cutting his own
th bat he saw Tom Burdick riding toward
thd house, when, inspired with the strength
of b fiend, he again mounted his horse and
rode toward juuraiok. as ne met tne taiwr
he offered him his left bund to shake, mtpntime holding his right band over his
bliteding throat, also holding tne knue in hill hand. As Burdick shook hands with
hiib. Lackey suddenly plnnged the dagger
intb Burdick's side, inflicting a wound
winch physicians say is fatal.
Ihe sheriff was notified and immediate
ly Went to Johnson City, where Lackey had gone, and, in oompany with two deputies,
h eed ackey in an ambulance ana iriught him to jail, where he now lies in a
prf carious condition.
tYitn tne exception, peruaps, 01 tuu mur-
deh and cremation of the Lynch family nc hr Hempstead some years ago this is the mist horrible set of crimes ever commu
te! in this State. Possibly the United States, in all its category of crimes, has no
pejrallel to this. About twenty children are left orphans by this horrible and infamous
monster.
OUR COMMERCE.
tn'ti headwaters of the
portion recently drove certain French troops
from tne goia regions 01 thv had taken possession. Boossa is a
large town, the capital of a province of the same name west of f-oudan, on an island in the Niger, about latitude 10 deg. U min. nortfi. longitude 6 deg. 20 min. east, and at on8 tjhie hid a pmriHatien of 20.000 inula Here Miihoo Park met his death.
Samudu's followers are how besiejjiiig Bammakkoo, a large town on the Niger, in th Ktnia of 1 ainborra. occupied about
three years by the French, who have erected fortifications there.
"Another no: tion of tlie army is operat
ing in the regions east of Liberia, and. by suppressing the disturbing elements, unfet-tei-iricr tnl de and iiitrodnc he a knowledge
of religion and letters, is in one sufise opening the country for negro imm'grants of intelligence and energy from America to push out from the African-Apierii-an rei ub116 to the healthy and fertile "regions of the interior. In another sense it Is forestalling the whole region for Mohammedanism, and making it diificult. if, indeed, it is d -sirable, to convert that country to tbe faith imported from America by the immigre.nts.
"The third portion of the army is ap-i Droachine the coast a few miles northwest
at Sierra Lednes It has secuied tho Hub'
mission by force or b voluntaiy surrendei of all the tribes on the way for 500 miles
back.
"The largest and most important pagan kingdom on this side of the Niger was Soolima, of which Talaba, a large commercial oitv, was the capital. For the last nixty fears the Fulah Mohammedans have been Hiring h dinlomacv ahd bv arms to sub
due this city to the faith, but it has alwais annnessfullv resisted both diplomit and
warrior. Last year Samudu's army in overwhAlminc' numbers surrounded it and
rat 11 111 n the kfa? to surrender and pro
fess Islam, This he refused to da The town was then invested and after a terrible siege of five mouths the kiug asiiembled the royal iamily and prhwipal Ahinfn in his nowdcr-house and UtfOtUK .1
them that he could hold out no longer, us his resources were exhausted; but having for more than two hundred years belonged to the ruling element, he was determined tnr himoAlf and familv to die rather than
come under Mohammedan 1 ule. He gave the chiefs their choice, either to die with him or go out of the town and give themselves up to tho enemy. They decided to die with him. He then set fire to the powder and they were all blown up. This nndArf the Roolimd pouer, which for more
than seven generations had influenced the trade and politics of ex.en.sive districts, and had commanded, the principal high
ways to the coast
innMini- vrv important achievement of
this army is the destruction of the Hooboo power, an irresponsible organization, which for thirty years has been a source of annoyance aud loss to caravans passing from the interior to the coaat. Samudu gave orders to attack them in their mountain strongholds, which until theu had pioved
inaccessible to the neighboring forces.
They were surprised, their chief, Abal, w.is captured and decapitated, and his anna aud legs, severed from tbe ttunk. were sent to the various oountrieH whose inhabitants had suffered from his predatory and murderous proceedings. The Hooboos are ju ,rmhaA rane ide Fulahs in rebellion
against the King of Timboo. The roids have now been cleared of these thieves and murderers," so that ah unprotected child or female may travel in safety all through that
district
"These operations will not be without a
salutary effect upon American commerce,
for there is iu that country an increasing demand for American prodtiction9.and many nf , nrtinlAH nrodnood bv the peopls are
valuable in American trade. Samudu's army is now only a few miles from the coast northwest of Sierra Leone. It is said to be their purpose now to deal with the Timueh and Sherhro countries, whose constant wars keep the maritime regious in suoh a state of ferment that often the caravans have straggled through obstructions fnr hnndreds of miles. They find that
their greatest diniculty is among tne coasi
triiMB and oiten xau victims tu ie uu.u.
Camp's shots took offset 111
Gardner's body one in the arm and three
n the region of the heart aud he expired
on the Spot. .
A nirnv shot fired bv Gardner struck a
negrq woman who was passing In the ealC of ihe leg, it is reported, severing Sn. artery.
Gall, was taken to the Leland Hotel,
where he eould have surgical attendance, in.i n n,inin.iiinn showed that the ball
took a downward course through the right
groin and lodged, and hopes are enter-
tmn ,nt- h,a miuimTV
The bodies of the two dead men were
conveved to police headquarters, where tl
heartrending scene occurred . when Officer
Camp's wife entered and threw herself on the inauimate form of her husband. Camp
leaves o wire ahd five small children in almost destitute dircipstauees, who have tho sympathy of the hundreds that Hav8 Con
gregaied to talk 01 me norriuie m, not a regret is expressed for Gardner.
Such a tragedy was never Deiore cnuwu
n Hnnnffiieid. ana never ojiore i b
liceman been killed while on duty. Camp aud Gall were considered td of the best men on the force.
Lr'jr,1 X, ; Kaa ,
(JeflMWl, and in :8ti.l ito take rank from November, ISbSl) ft Major General; resignl in tsl and im elected that year
Governor of Illinc is for tew term which ex
pired in January, 180S; was re-oiectea nf Illinois in November. 1W2;
entered upon the duties of his office Tottat' 13, 1873, and on the 21st of the same month was elected to the United States Senate as t. Republican, to succeed
Lyman Trumbull, Liberal. In 1884 he was again nominated for Governor by the Retmllicans and elected, defeating Carter H. Harristfii. Ho was inaugurated in January, 1885, and his tortl will expire in 1889.
The Imporiaat HappcMlaRW sw
Jotted Down Jy Otnr Stat Reporter.
DEADLY RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
A fatal Wreck Near Louisville, Ky., In
tvulck Tbre - Mm Were Killed, Louisville iKy.) IpSclltLI A fatal wreck occurred on the OheSa-
peake, Ohio and Southwestern auroact last n;ght, near Pleasure Eidge Park, about twenty-five miles from this city, which re
sulted in the death of three men. A severe Storm had been raging in the vicinity early In the afteifloon, and A lafge tree wag blown across the track at the foot of a steep grade. About 0:30 o'clock the lol freight Mmulg tnu-nrri this citv reached that point. Tliii
train was traveling at a inpia rate or speeu
at the time, and as it wan getting dark tho
engineer, Tom Shernll, cud not see the tree until he was too close to stop. He reversed the engine, but it struck tho obstacle with gre t foroe and was thrown from tbe track, seven cars piling up on top of it. The front hrakuman snd fireman
Were in tne engine with bherrill at the time, and all three were killed almost instantly. The engine and cars were smashed to pieces and the track torn up. The names
or the killed are as ioiiows: 10m nwusi engineer; Ben J. Peak, brakeman; Tom Filburn, fireman all of Louisville. T. A. Goodman, the conductor, was injured internnlly and his back severely strained. All the men were terribly scalded about the head and face, and terribly mangled in the wreck.
Gov. Sherman, of Iowa. Btiren R. Sheiman, Governor of Iowa, was born in Plielp, Ontario County, N. Y., in 1836. Iii 1355 ttto family removed to Iowa and settled in Tama County. In 18tf0 young heriatt removed to Vinton, and entered upon the pfttcfeee of law. Upon the bre iking out of the oMl war Mr. Sherman enlisted as a privabJ in the Thirteenth Iow.i Infantry, and wan sent to the frbirt. While at Jefferson City. Mo., he was promoted to (Sseond Lieutenant. At the battle of Shiloa Lieut. Sbenwtl iras dangeroiuly wounded, and his Ufe despVrred of but after se ere illness, during which ho was commissioned Captain, he recovered suflioiently to return-
A DRUNKEN' MADMAN'S CRIME.
.Mkotei ty ltoyd, De Moino, Iowa.
Exports of Provisions and Bt-eadsiul ,
Washington telegram. I
The Chief of tbe Bureau of Statistics re-
p-frts the total values of exports of do-
nfestic oattle and bottn, and of beef, poik, aild dairv produots as follows: July, 1885,
k 480 ,V7!h .Iiilv 1884. lll fl7K navon
Tl ' ' - ' ' ' " -
ntohths ended July .11, 1885, $56,94.3e; silven mouths ended July 31, 1881,
SE4,411,760; beef and pork products
fir nine months ended July 31, 1885, $U7,-
Tie.Ut): beef and pork products; for nine
nlontbs ended duly 31, 1884, f,o7U,3H.
IJairy products for three months ended
Jhly 31, 1885, $4,031,716; dairy produots filr three months euded July 31, 18tM,
SB.3o4odO.
The Chief of the bureau of Statistics
rtports toe total values 01 tne exports or
breudsaiati rrom tne unttea states 11s Jol
1. ws: July, 1885, f8,714,305; July, 1884,
1112.371.074: seven months ended Julv 31.
1885. $5o.553,i)3i; seven months ended
Jhly 31, 1684, $30,540,181.
SECRETARY MANNING.
He Want to Ab llsli the Silver, GoMI, and
Carrenoy CfirtWenteii, (Waahingtori special. I One of the most important tiuftuciul
propositions seriously considered by Secretary Marning previous to his depn.rtuie was a reoommendation to Congress looking to the abolition of the silver, gold, audi cur
rency certificates. This radical euange would bo due to the thocry that the coinage should only be sufficient to meet the demands of business, and the people instead of the Gowrnuient should be the custodian of the coin. In the language of a 1 rominent official, there is $50,000,000 of co u in the Treasury Department which should not be there. Carefully prepared tables have been submitted to tho Secretary to show him the cost and inconvenience resulting from the present system, and it is said that be strongly inclines to tho opinion that the present crowded condition of the mints and sub-treusuries, involving Rreat inconvenience and heavy expense, affords a strong argument against tho s onii;o of the coin. The arguments made go bf ck to tho proposition that there can be no authority for the issue of coin from a miut for any other pui pose than to meet public demand, and that the ttornge of immense quantities in the public vaults, wt'th no prospect of their issue, is adsnming a responsibility, in case of burglary or other loss, which is far from good policy. Te sales of pistols and revolvers have fallen off 20 per oent during the last year. The shotgun and the razor are now tbe favorites. John B. Gougu, who has just completed bis 08th year, is said to bo seriously failing in lieftlQ.
After Shooting Four People, One ProlMbly
Fatally, He Blows Out His Brains. Salem (Ind.) telegram J A terrible case of drunken madness oc
curred to-day. Fred Berkey, Jr., a son of one of the leading-citizens of this place,
while intoxicated, appeared inthe streets and began an indiscriminate fusillade. He fired nine shots, aiming at whoever happened to be in range. Laura Kleiner re-
ceivea two oaiis, one in me wnsv u u in thd shoulder. William McClanhan was shot through the hand. W. S. Perc'iBc. sustained tv flesh wound in the thigh. Jordan Payne received a ball through the body just below the breast and will probably die. Payne when shot was in a buggy with a companion. Dragging Payne
from tue uusgy, erey compeueu io other man to drive on, and attempted to es
cape. Finding this impossible, he ptaoea a pistol to his head and fired. The ball took effect, and tire, young man died in fifteen minutes.
No cause is known for the bloody work,
except that Berkey was completely maddened by the liquor he had swallowed.
SPAIN'S SCOURGE. Terrible Ravage of the Cholera. Madrid dispatch. Throughout Spain yesterday there were 5,073 new cases of cholera and 1,723 deaths from the disease. Since the beginning of
the epidemic there have been ioo,uf cases and 61,521 deaths. During the past twelve hours 16 1 ew caes nd K deaths were reported in this city, und in the province outside of the city 118 new cases and 38
deaths. . The cholera is assuming a form which the doctors are unable to cope with. The victims die suddenly, without the occurrence of diarrhea or vomiting. The patient feels a coldness which can not be counteracted by the nse of reactives or even by the most violent friction. Two hours after death the body beoomes Mack. Although the epidemic is not contagious it is feared that one hundred deaths daily will soon be recorded. Senor Villaverde, the Minister of the Interior, who went to Granada recently, took with him $20,000. which will be used in removing tho cholera sufferers and establishing hospitals and cemeteries. COLORADO.
The First State to Report Her Interdeeennlal Census. Wash ngton dispatch. Secretary Lamar received an iron box totlav containing the census returns of Colo
rado. The law requires that States that expect Government aid in the taking of the interdeoennial oensus must send in their returns before Sept 1. Colorado is the first to report Tho population of Colorado has increased from 194,327 in 1880 to 213,910 lu 1835, a galu o 40,583. The number of farmers iu the State is nearly doubled, there
beincr 8.474 to 4.5tb in ISoU The oay man
ufacturing establishments in 1680 have
multiplied to 1,001.
Ogontz, the famous palace built by Jay
Cooke, has become a young ladies semi-
uuiy. It cost $1,(00,000.
Gen. Lpw Wallace's story, "Ben Bur,' paiu him gJ.200 last year in royaltie
to his company, although still compelled to use crutches ii. traveling. He r.-inained with the oommrnd, doing what service br was able, until the late summer of 18j1 when his wounds having broken out afresh, and threateni :ig fatal result, he was obliged to resign the 6e:-vioe. He lias never fully recovered, and vet carrios bis cane, a constant reminder of his part in the great war. He returned to his former homo in Vinton, and wan afterward elected County Judge, and then for four successive terms elected Clerk cf the District Court, which position he resigned on hi election in 1874 to the office of Auditor of State, to whieh he was twice re-elected. In 1881 he wtis elected Governor of Iowa, and on the expiration of tho term in 1883 was re-elected x that high office. linxr filiAirnan was married Ana. 20, 1!62;
to Miss Lena Kendall, of Vinton, a lady of
rare accomplishments, who has done muon toward the very successful career of her husband. Paper from Sugar Cane.
Until recer.tly sugar cane was looked
upon as practically worthless aiso, anu was permitted to go to waste by the -inn-mi . r,f tons. In pursuing some
investigations a short time ago for the of discovering, if possible.
whether tho fiber of the cane could not
1 nam! in tho manufacture of bagging,
a nAiitkmsn found oroperties. which
convinced htm that papr coma ne mmlA of the stalk if suitable machinery
could be devised for reducing it to a pulp. After many discouragements the task was aoco plished, and of the first
batch of pulp manufactured a wortnern
naner mill rei-ontly niaae euouirii sugBi
to nrint one edition of the
New Orleans Picayune. A copy of tho
paper now in hand is substantial and tniiu-h. with l'xir color and smooth sur-
faraM. It is olainied for it that it wdl
be specially ctesirable for use on fast printing presses, and that its manufacture, which in now regarded as a pormannnt enteroriso. will add largely to
the wealth of Louisiana, as well as tend still further to simplify the problem of
paper making. vhtcago iterant. Proverbs.
It is easiei to tell a lie than it is to
catch a fisl).
A woman's bonnet must be orthodox,
before her iiraver-book is.
Winter sets in when poverty comes.
PrinoipltiB, not pulpits, mafce eburch.
The knifo that outs a custard pie may
also out a tli -oat.
The best! littmg coat is one that is
naid for.
God ma ken the roses, and the devil
vuts the thorns on.
The hand opens when the heart does,
The sculpt ured face on a gold com way be beautiful, but neither tears nor
smiles ever break its monotony.
Hearts ba ld religion, foi brains to
tear down.
Girls thins men are all soul; women
know they are all stomach. The pies,oher turns young love' dream into 3. niiditmare.
Fortune foods sou) to most men with
a fork. Merchant traveler.
To 1 ostT.r-.vrn is so infinitely more acreeabio tlnui to offend, it is worth
1 ouie eaoritioe of individual will.
Agrletai I StaUstte. Statistician Peotle has eowrpfled tables
Showing the acreage Of Aas, btlckwheat,
tobaccc, find sweet and .Insn potatoes for
the year 1885, as reported from fisvc ty of -
the ninety-two counties m. the State. The area sown with flaxseed in the State, reported few 1884, was 28,168 acres. Reports from seventy counties received up to Aug. 5, show 12,717 acres for 1886, with twenty-two counties to hear from. Thesj twenty-two counties last year reported 7,076 acres, which, when added to the above 12,717 acres reported up to Aug. S, would give a total for 1885 of 19,798 acres, against 88,166 acres for last year. The total acreage for 1884 of liuckwheat was 5,382 acres. Reports from seventy counties show 4,302 acts, with twenty-two . counties to hear from for 85. These . twenty-two counties gave In 1884 1,3M acre". Adding these to the abo430S acre, the total for 1885 would standT 5,597 . acreii, against 5,382 acres in 1884, being an ta;r use of 214 acres over last year. The area planted with tobacco in 1881 was 20,711 seres. The reports from seventy counties thus far received show 80,498 acre 3 for 1885, and the twenty-two counties from which no reports have been received reported last year 1,948 acres, which would .make the total for 1885 22,368 acres, betas an increase of 1,657 acres over last year area. The acreage reported for 1884 of Irish pota toes was 87,488 acres, and of sweet potato; 2,609 acres. The seventy counties from which reports were received op to Aug. 5 shew 52,788 for 1885 of Irish potatoes. Adding thereto the acreage reported for 1884 of the twenty-two counties fiom will-ill no reports have as yet been received, the total for 1885 would be 851,148 acres, being a decrease of 5,345 acres "gainst last
year.
Tbe New Medical mw. The sirineency of Indiana's new medical
law is surprising to a large number of the medical iraternity. Following are some of the provisions of the law:
If a practicing physician falls to oof am a license from tbe County Clerk be subjects himself to a fine of from $10 to $200, and t' a physician waits on a patt whbo-1-having first obtained a license, that patient net tl not pay the physician for his services, and the physician has no right under thw law to charge for his services. A phySMan Biav obtain a license on the following co duitms: Applicant must show by bis affidavit that he is a regular graduate, and show his diploma to the Clerk; or, applicants must show by affidavits of himselt anci of two freeholders that he or she has resided in the State andpracticedmedicine, surgery and obstetrics in the State continuously for ten years; or, when applicant shall file affidavit with the Clerk to the effect that he has resided in the State three years, and attended one full courseof lectures in some reputable college. When the phv-cian has done either of the above ha may receive a license from the Clerk. A phvHician moving from one cointy to the other must also take out a new license, a the license in the county where -e formerly lived it void after removal. As a general thiag physicians pay but little attention to the law, and not one-tenth of thn will secure a license until they are compeUea.
A. Wonderful Stews), Mr. Len. Piles, a citizen of Sullivan
County, is the owner of a mad-stone. It is grsy in color, full of pores, and almost as
light as a piece of paper. It is a genuine mad-stone, and Mr. Piles keeps it wraopea id .1 liece of soft cloth. It was brought to
the Unite States rrom ireiana mway ew of years ago.by Mr. Piles' an Great caie has been taken of it, and it has bean headed down from generation to generation. It is valued at $400. Over thou
sand applications nave neon w y - Two pieces of it were broken off, and are
owned by parties in Loutevlue aO;w
Haute, xne recora t 1 o loft, however, as it has changed hands w y times. The stone has been to thte
coiintw sixty y, .'M4r known to foil to cure a mad-dog bite when PrlyapW L,,2 fainily 500 years. The ecbtor of Srfhvan paper says that part- who J UU dogs Uving 150 jade.
St luvan have oeen uivk"" , fill stone and cured. The stCW tooks the same now as fifty years ago.
The Michigan City
The statement of the Michigan City Penn U3o- wt-
ittntiorv shows: Jnecetp- y
June, and July fsom convict laoor, W' 53-1.68; expenditures, $81,066.88; excess of
earnings, $3,468.82. Tne total e" famines in the warden's hands now Auditor differ somewhat ar toU Jgoper diKposltion of this surplus. The 3 of the opinion that mider thelaw nrtoul
turned iio me "', , i'TZZ
nnn n tne anuw ..-
be
drawn
out
occasion micht require. The waroen xw
back upon a legislative enactment wuerepy he is authorized to expendsurplus earmgs .'...,.rAumsnla . ndO UJ 0U8, O - SSSJ
claims that better contracta 1 twn be made
for cash, and that ho is buuiot
and expend property tms J" alove act The prison is seltstropcrtmg.
Hired the Wrong MmjL About three weeks ago, a wealthy old
farmer, living near Charleston, employeJohn Ganato, a young man, to work upon his farm. Subsequently Ganato ettdt
farmer's wife, who is aiso JSJ-fS taking all the money they could d ntte farmer's strong box. The 8"
followed them, and overtoo www time to see his wife kiss her hand at mm from the rear end ot a Mew Aloeny jam train.
A 6.0OO Damage 8 .Tnnina Stnart. Richmond, has b da
$5,000 damage suit against Henry Study, whom he charges with slandering Mm te eharging him with uteaiing oats. Stady
docs not deny tne auee ton, aw " r abilities are that it will be a h-roug case.
Respite OnutML Governor Gray has granted a respite to James Dennis, the convicted murderer, from September 3d to October loth, to eive the attorneys for the defense more time to prepare their brief for the SuprCourt in his case. Tlie New i BrtaC
ceremony ce-
Elder M. M. Vancleave,
Baptist minister of Crawfordsville,
formed his 539th marriage
oehtly. Wheat in Tipton County la turning oa better than for years. It is eMrted th a tie yield will average twenty-five bushtj the acre. John Lee, ot Crawfordsville, a it la understood, will be appointed 8uparin'' tendent of Indian Schools at Forest Otty Grove, Oregon. The Lafaj-etta Car Works have mniaed operations, after an idleness ot several months. About 300 men are emrdoyajt (dthe worke have or-Mdwad fwswftoul mosths.
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