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wer* bundled off like sheep, except, several of the men who were iIL They were earned in canoes. We marched nil that day, having to eut our waythrough the jungle. In the morning at sunrise wo heard the booming of cannon, and knew that the bombardment had begun. It continue! until sunset The next morning the Dutch landed troops, burned Tenora and destroyed the plantations. They ad vaneed into the interior and attacked the earthworks which the natives had thrown up on the banks of the river. We could hear the sharpshooters and the rattle of the Gatling puns. A great many of the natives were killed, and the Dutch lost several men aud a few officers. We retreated to the interior, and during nearly three months were dragged all over the island. We had a very hard time of it, and one day when I objected very strongly the Rajah would have killed me but for the intercession of a friendly native. By that time we had picked up enough of the Acfieenese dialect to make ourselves understood. “On March 22 we were finally established at an island called Pulu-Tenom. twelve miles from the mouth of the Tenom river. We called it Sandy Island. Just before we arrived there John. Kelly, a fireman, and Olens Holgerson, a sailor, made their escape, and tried to reach the coast They were reeaptnred in three days, and brought back in a terrible condition, bruised and lacerated by their journey through the jungle. Sandy Island, where we passed many weary months, was about one-qnarter of a mile long and 150 yards wide. Soon after we got there an Italian sailor. Antoni, died of consumption. He was a fine-looking fellow and a pleasant companion. Wa had several huts, and we built raised bunks on the inside, in order that we might sleep above the floor. We received a very scanty allowance of rice, and the Chinese eook boiled it in an iron pot and divided it among us. We passed a great part of the time in fighting sand fleas. The Rajah often visited us. He was a tall, portly man. with a smooth face, and partly bald head. We often went in bathing, and the Rajah ordered that no one should swim to the opposite bank. One day the third engineer, W. Bradley, swam nearly to the bank, and. when he returned, the Rajah rushed at him with a stick and struck him. Bradley told him that he would fight him if he would give him a 'sickin’ or sword. The Rajah raised his sword and brought it down with great violence on Bradley’s neck. I expected to see his head roll off, but the Rajah had turned the blade so that it struck on its flat side. It made a big bruise and took off the skin. As hot weather came on, cholera broke out among the natives, and great numbers of them died. Then we caught it, and six of our number died, none of them surviving the attack over twenty-four hours. We were moved from hut to hut to avoid the disease. When we left a hut the natives would fire bullets into it and then burn it The Rajah had a cholera mixture which he said was very good. He put some powder in an earthen vessel and dropped in a bullet. He added onions and chopped herbs and stirred it all up with water. He said that any one who could retain this dose on his stomach would recover. You were to.drink everything except the bullet I tried it several times, and it seemed to do me good. We were greatly distressed by the heat aud I suffered greatly from fever. It affected hfie in a pecular way, and I fainted three tiptoes a day at regular intervals. In June a quantity of clothing and suphad been sent down to us by tho English. After that wo had great hopes of being Released. We were feeling this way when the two* men who died last, Steward R. D. Morey aW Fireman Bibby, wero seized with ehoiera. We applied hot flannels, and did all we could, bu&. they died in terrible agony. We buried them in a row beside the five others, and set up crosses at their heads. We also fenced in the graves with a latticed fence. Finally the British and Dutch governments sent a united ultimatum to the Rajah, and gave him fifteen days to consider it. They offered him $40,005 ransom, and to make Tenom and Buben free ports, otherwise Colonel Loekhart and 8,000 troops from Bombay would land at Sumatra and mr.rch over the mountain? from tho west, while & 5 Dutch would attack irons the east. Tho Rajah decided to give us up. At that time of year, Sept. 7, the sea was too rough at Tenora, so we were marched through the jungle to Katapang Passir. 1 wrote about this journey in my diary in this way. “The Rajah was employed all that day in gathering in his men to escort us to the coast. We started in the evening, scarcely able to walk, hungry and naked, aod surrounded by about 500 savages. After traveling all night we reached the Katapang Passir river, where we were to await further orders from the Rajah. After two hours’ march from the banks of the Katapang Passir river, wo, in obedience to the orders of those placed over us, came to a halt in an open plain, surrounded by 300 natives every one of whom was armed with a spear, sword, or rifle; we unarmed and helpless, aud outnumbered by twenty to one. We were not allowed to speak to each other, and the slightest commotion among us would have led to deplorable results. Our men behaved admirably, and though dying from hunger, thirst, and lack of rest, .not a murmur escaped our lips. We looked at one another, although it was a crime to do- so, and wondered which f? us would die first. “We traveled on and on until the following Sunday, when we came to a spot on the shore of Katapang Passir bay. where we found Mr. Maxwell and Colonel Lockhart waiting to receive ua No one who has not gone through privations, sufferings, and confinements nigh hopeless, such as ours were, can ever realize the happiness of our meeting with these British officera We were detained on the shore until the boats landed with the ransom money, $40,000, when we were allowed to proceed on board H. M. S. S. Pegasus, which was lying about a mile off the coast. “Mr. Maxwell was the English resident who conducted the negotiations for our release. We were taken to Penang, where we remained in a hospital until we had regained our strength. We arrived there on Sept. 19. We were taken to England by the steamship Ajax and landed at London. The various members of the crew who belonged to other nations were sent home by their consuls. I was very sick and wiyik, and I appealed to General E. A. Merritt, the American consul. He said he could do nothing for me, and advised me to work my passage home. I was too weak to dc that. I afterward got money and paid ray passage.”

Fire at Mt. Vernon, Ind. Evansville, Ind., Jan. 17.—Fire at Mt. Vernon, Ind., at 2:30 this afternoon, destroyed A. J. Clark's jewelry store, Wm. Geiss’s confectionery, the Western Union telegraph office, L. W. Jones’s photograph gallery, Isaac Wolfs meat shop, Miss Emma Sohendorfs millinery store, Harry Pitcher and Fred P. Leonard’s law offices, and an insurance office and laundry. The buildings destroyed were two-story brick, iron-front buildings, with plate-glass windows and doors. The block was known as Leonard’s Row. The buildings and stock were almost a total loss. Leonard's Row had an insurance of $5,000. Three Men Killed by an Explosion. Lebanon, Pa., Jan. 17.—The boiler of Ernest’s saw mill, at Good Spring, on the Skelton, Lebanon & Freemont railroad, exploded this afternoon, killing three employes and injuring two others. The names of the killed are: Henry colter, aged twenty-eight, married; Albert Ernest, aged twenty, a nephew of the proprietor, lingle; Jacob Geheis, -aged thirty-three, married. The injured are Andrew Crowe and Geo. Runtainger, both married. Severe Sentence of an Embezzler. St. Paul, Jan. 17.—D. E. Swann, the Northrn Pacific embezzler, was taken before Judge Bimmonson, of the District Court, this afteraooii, and pleaded guilty to two indictmeats thaiying grand lareeuy. The judge sentenced lim on the first indictment to seven years’ hard abor in the State prison, and on the second inlictnunt to six years and six months. Other ndiclments were made, but the prisoner was lot called upon to plead. Suit Against a Base Ball Man. CucvKuanx, 0., Jan. 17.—President Von der Ahe, of the St. Louis base ball club, was sued, in tiie United States Circuit Court, here, to-day, by the Toledo Base Ball Company, to recover >660, which it is claimed Von der Ahe agreed to give the president of the Toledo club if he would release Barkley and Welsh, who left Toledo to lign with St. Louis. Death of Rev. Robert Patterson. San Francisco, Jan. 17.—Rev. Robt Patterton, of the Presbyterian Church at Oakland, ?al., died to-day. He waa formerly pastor of iefferson Park Church, Chisago, and of Central treaty terian Church, Cincinnati.

AFFAIES AT TUB CAPITAL. Wordy Encounter Between Mr.Randall and the Secretary of the Xavy. The Senate Strikes .an Objectionable Clanse from the Interstate Commerce Bill, and the House Talks Politics in a Mild IVay. RANDALL, AND CHANDLER. The I.at ter Rpcomes Officially Indignant and Reads the Riet Act. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 17. —Mr. Randall yesterday called upon Secretary Chandler in regard to the naval appropriation bill, which continues the present appropriation until June 30 next He suggested to Mr. Chandler that the general idea of the appropriation was that he should only have to work, as Secretary of the Navy, under this appropriation, for three months, thus leaving the other three months to be employed as the next administration might think proper. Mr. Chandler was, officially, quite indignant, and, in a very quiet way, he simply read the “riot act” to Mr. RandalL He said that he would conduct his department, under legal appropriations, as best conformed with his judgment, without any reference to time or persons. Mr. Randall concluded that he had better take Secretary Chandler’s advice, and the bill was revised to suit the latter. THE DAY IN CONGRESS. An Objectionable Feature Stricken from the Senate Interstate Commerce Dill. Washington. Jan. 17. —Mr. Allison presided over the Senate to-day. The communication of General Sherman to the Secretary of War, concerning the policy of the confederate executive department, was received, and laid on the table. Mr. Frye introduced a bill for the encouragement of the American merchant marine and the promotion of postal and commercial relations with foreign countries. The Senate then proceeded to consideration of bills upon the calendar. The Chair then laid before the Senate the interstate commerce bill, and. after a long debate, Mr. Slater’s amendment, prohibiting higher rates for short than for longer hauls, was defeated —yeas 11, nays 32, as follows: YEAS. Camden, • Kenna, Vance, Cockrell, Maxey, VanVVyck, Coke, Slater, yoorhees—ll. Fair, Vest, NAYS. Allison, Harris, Morrill, Brown, Harrison, Pike, Butler, Hawley, Platt, Camoron (Pa.), Hoar, Pugh. Cameron (Wis.), Ingalls, Ransom, Conger, Jackson, Sawyer, Cullora, Jonas, Sheffield, Dolph, * Lapham, Sherman, Frye, Mandcrson, Walker, Gorman, Mitchell, Wilson. —32. Hale, , Morsraii, An amendment proposed by Mr. Allison was agreed to —22 yeas, 20 nays—increasing the number of commissioners from five to nine, and amending the latter provision so as to require that not more than five of them shall belong to one political party. The amendment also provides that the commissioners shall be selected from each of the nine judicial districts of the United States. Mr. Beck, in the course of some remarks, referred to the Senate bill as a “thing.” He expected, he said, to vote for a good deal that was in the Reagan bill whenever it should be brought before the Senate, but regarded the Senate bill as nothing, and he did not care to talk about it. An amendment offered by Mr. Pugh was agreed to, limiting the powers of the commission to the powers specifically given bv the bill. The nouse bill was, by unanimous consent, taken from the calendar, and Mr. Cullom moved to amend it by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the provisions of the Senate bill. On this motion Mr. Vest called for the yeas and nays, and pending action, the Senate adjourned.

Political Discussion in the House. Washington, Jan. 17. —Mr. Gibson, rising to a personal explanation, denied that he had harshly criticised Mr. Randall at the recent Wheeling conference. He differed from the gentleman named, but respected his capacity and integrity. Mr. Hopkins, from the committee on labor, reported a resolution directing the Postmastergeneral to ask the Attorney-general whether the eight-hour law applies to letter-carriers. Adopted. The House went into committoe of the whole on the consular and diplomatic appropriation bill. Mr. Townshend offered an amendment requesting the President to invite the co-oneration of the governments of American nations in securing the establishment of a commercial league between the nations, to be known as “The Customs Union of America.” Ruled out on a point of order. Mr. Cox, of New York, was sorry the amendment had been ruled out. The remedy for the present depression was reciprocity with the republics or our own hemisphere. Congress should make a market abroad for the surplus products of our country. Mr. Dorsheimer favored reciprocity, not with American countries alone, but with the whole* world. He approved the proposed treaties with Mexico, Spain and Nicarauga. Ho did not believe it to be possible that a canal should be built through to the Isthmus of Panama by any foreign government without giving this people—to use tbo most temperate phrase—cause for serious disquietude. How would it be when, to the fleets of some foreign power, there was a direct way opened to the Pacific coast, while our fleets were compelled to make a long journey around Capo Horn? Under such circumstances, in some possible exigency of the future, the people of the United States would not permit that highway to remain in foreign hands, but would take it into their own, by the exercise of all the power the assessed. Mr. Hiscock said \.u.a country understood the policy of the next administration to be that this eountry should be purely an agricultural country. Expecting that this issue was to be presented to the people, the country heard notes from Pittsburg of the failure of a great iron industry, and nows came from New York of the insolvency of banking institutions. He was not a prophet, but had no hesitation in declaring that, before this Congress adjourned, from other manufacturing and business centers would come announcements of distress and failure, all precipitated by the agitation that was threatening the country on the part of the next administration. Referring to the pending treaties, he asked his colleague [Mr. Dorsheimer] what the United States would have to sell, provided these were ratified? The United States had nothing to sell in the markets of South America* unless it could compete with England, and to do so it musk reduce the price of labor. Did his oolleague propose to degrade labor down to the* point that it could compete with foreign labor? Mr. Cox, of New York, contended that the Democratic party was misrepresented by his colleague [Mr. Hiscock] when he said the incoming administration was in favor of making this country purely an agricultural country. The Republican party, after many years of protection, had come forward all at once with a lot of reciprocal treaties, free-trade treaties. “I beg pardon," interrupted Mr. Hiscock, “not the Republican party.-’ “Well, at least a Republican administration," replied Mr. Cox. Continuing, Mr. Cox denied that the distress which now prevailed in the country was attributable to Democratic success. The Republican party was responsible for that sort of humbug growth which gave the country a surplus production, and it was that very man

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who did the most to eook up our last tariff—Mr. Olive • —who was the first man to fall beneath that vicious legislation. Who bad authorized his colleague to speak for Grover Cleveland? When it came to reciprocity the Democratic part;' would do by the nations of this hemisphere wha t the fathers of the Republic had so wisely dom beween the St*, s. Mr. Reed said the United States paid SI.GO for every dollar competing nations paid for labor. The United States old only compete by taking the 60 cents from ti.e laboring man. Did the gentleman from Ner, Yerk dare avow that that was his purpose? After further debate tho committee rose, and the bill was passed. Mr Willis reported the river and harbor appropriation bill, which was ordered printed, and recommitted, and the House adjourned. General and Personal* Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 17. —Major Steele has forwarded his answer to the notice of contest filed by M. H, Kidd, of Wabash. Members who saw the answer say it is very complete, and full of strong points. Speaking of the matter to-night, Major Steele said to the Journal correspondent that in making his answer he was compelled to involve some good men in the controversy, but that it was not of his own seeking, as it was necessitated by the nature of Kidd’s charges iu his notice of contest. J. E. Larimer, editor of the Lawrenceburg Pres3, is here. Miss Holman, daughter of Congressman Holman, assists Mrs. Speaker Carlisle at her regular weekly receptions. Miss Holman was with her father at a reception given last night by the Russian legation. J. M Mills, of Pittsboro, Ind., recently appointed postal clerk on the L, B. & W., has resigned. Among the bills passed last night to pension Indianians were those for Mrs. Eliza Sluss, of Bloomington, and Margaret A. Berry, of Indianapolis. George W. Buskirk has been commissioned postmaster at Nine-mile, Ind. BUSINESS DIFFICULTIES. Belief that the Suspension of Oliver Bros. & Phillips Was Voluntary. Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 17.—There continues to be much gossip about Oliver Bros. & Phillips’s suspension. An impression is growing that the firm thought it best to suspend, and did so voluntarily. They concluded that it was useless to endeavor to carry their load of debt any longer, in the face of the present condition of trade, and, after a week or two's consultation, it was concluded to stop payments. H. W. Oliver has been hypothecating his securities since last May, and so have other members of the firm. Mr. Oliver put up part of his holding of Pittsburg & Western stock in Pittsburg, but most of it is held as collateral in New York. The employes at the various mills owned by Oliver Bros. & Phillips were notified, to-day, that their wages for the past two weeks, whieh were due this afternoon, could not be paid, but they were given to understand that they will not be kept out of their money long. But many can ill afford to wait even a few days, and are very much distressed in consequence. D. B. Oliver, one of the members of the firm, said today that the estimates of the' liabilities of tho firm were all wrong; that, the sum total would not reach half of $5,000,000. The latter figure has generally been considered nearly correct.

Bank Wrecked by Speculation. Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 17.—The banking-house of Amos Henderson, one of the oldest in the county, failed to open for business this morning. Mr. Henderson died last Tuesday. An examination of the books showed that the bank is insolvent. The deposits amount to about $200,000, many being time deposits. The bank is believed to have been wrecked by stock speculations. Assignment of D. W. C. Carroll. Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 17.—D. VV. C. Carroll has made an assignment of all his property, real, personal and mixed, valued at several hundred thousand dollars, to John Benford, for benefit of creditors. The limited partnership now operating the Fort Pitt boiler works, under the firm-name of D. W. C. Carroll & Cos. (limited), is uot.affected. DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. War Department, . Office of the Chief Signal Officer, > Washington, Jan. 18, 1885. > For the Ohio Valley and Tennessee —Fair, generally warmer weather, variable winds. For the Lower Lake Region—Slightly colder, clearing weather, followed bv slight rise of temperature, westerly winds, higher barometor. For tho Upper Mississippi Valley—Generally fair weather, slightly warmer westerly winds, becoming variable. For the Missouri Valley—Local snows ii southern portion, fair weather in northern portion, followed by local snows and northerly winds becoming variable, generally warmer. Local Observations. Indianapolis, Jan. 17. Time. Bar. Thor Hum. Wind. Weather Rain. &A. M 30.20 2.4 94 W Cleiio 4)3 lOa. m.... 30.37 2.8 88 SW Clear 2P. M.... 30.42 6.9 82 SW Clear 6P. M.... 30.51 5.0 92 jSW Clear 10 P. M.... 30.55 2.1 9G |SW Clear Maximum temperature, 19.1; Minimum temperature, 1.7. General Observations. War Department, ? Washington, Jan. 17, 10.00 p. m. > Observations taken at the same moment of time at all stations. _ - - —-g § % 6 s 00 If B 3 g* g £ STATIONS. S. § ; = 3 f I ; ?g. : T o ; ; . * : • gr • • • ' 02 * • • • * Ct • New Orleans, La.... 30.51 35 N Clear. Vicksburg, Miss.... 30.62 25 X Clear. Fort Smith. Ark.... 30.57 18 W Clear. Galveston. Tex 30.53 35 NE Clear. Little Rock. Ark 30.62 21 Calm Clear. Shreveport, La 30.57 26 NE Clear. Cincinnati, 0 30.61 6 W Clear. Indianapolis, Ind... 30.55 2 SW Clear. Louisville, Ky 30.59 12! SW Clear. Memphis, Tenn 30.63 It), N Clear. N ash ville, Tenn 30.61 10 jNW Clear. Pittsburg, Pa 30.38 14 1 W Cloudy. Chicago, 111, 30.43 —2! SW ....Clear. Cairo. 11l 30.67 14 Calm Fail-. Davenport, la 30.67 1 W Clear. Des Moines, la. 30.63 —0 N .01 Lt. Snow Keokuk, la 30.60 4 W Cloudy. LaCrosse, Wis 30 50 —4 W Clear. Moorehead, Minn... 30.60—16 W Clear. St. Louis, Mo 30.63 9 W Clear. St. Paul, Minn 30.52—101 W Clear. Springfield. Ilk 30.61 5 Calm Clear. Leavenworth, Kan.. 30.54 5 NW )Lt. snow Omaha, Neb 30.67 —7 N Cloudy. Yankton, Dak 30.69 —6 NW Clear. Bismarck, Dak. 30.65 —l4 NW Clear. Fort Buford, Dak.. 30.67 —2O W Clear. Ft. Assiniboise, Mta 30.69 —7 NW .02 Lt. Snow Deadwood, Dak 30.441—6 NE ....!ear. Fort Custer, Mont.. 30.62 —8 N .01 Lt. snow Denver, Col 30.26 10 S Clear. Dodge City, Kan.... 30.43 8 NE Cloudy. Fort Elliot. Tex.... 30.34 19 S Clear. North Platte, Neb.. 30.51 —2 E ..... Fair. Las Animas. C 01.... 30.32 5 NE Cloudy. Fort Sill, Ind. T Stockton, Tex 30.23 32 S Clear. El Paso. Tex 30.20 38 W Clear. Key West, Fla Browts ville, Tex Eagle Pass, Tex Salt Lake City.U. T. 30.32 31 Calm Cloudy. The Black Elat; in Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Jan. 17.—T0-night an unheralded procession, purporting to be of Socialists, paraded the streets. The procession consisted of from fifty to seventy five men, and followed a fife and drum. They carried a black flag and a red

one, made of paper muslin, also transparencies. A short speech was made, in whieh the speaker called attention to .the great number of men out of work in Cincinnati, and hinted that desperate measures would soon be resorted to for relief. The speaker referred to Krobn, Feiss & Cos., rignr manufacturers, enring their striking employes would get even with them. A BLACK VENUS In Bondage Within the|Shadow of Beecher’s Church—Romantic Story of Princess Olga. New York Cortesponderic:© Pittsburg Dispatch. Do you know Olga? I know you don’t; but ?ou must. She is beautiful and interesting. o day she is the only African slave in captivity in America. Notwithstanding all the constitutional amendments aud the war, Olga, a beautiful black African princess, aged about thirteen years, is iu the captivity of slavery in Brooklyn. She belongs to a very interesting and attractive lady, who spent a year on the Congo. I am doubtful about which to tell you the more—about the owner or the exquisitely-shaped ebony slavo. Several years ago the lady’s husband was appointed a consul to an African port. Once when she aud a party were starting on a trip up the Congo, either with Stanley or just after having entertained him. a friendly native king presented a young girl, one of his many daughters, to them to take along “for fresh meat,” in case the supply of brute flesh should become exhausted; and if she was not eaten she was to belong to the lady. That was three years ago. Olga was not eaten. The consulship was resigned. " Two years ago the lady returned home. She brought her gift from the African king with her. The child is now about thirteen years of age. She is as straight as an arrow. With true native simplicity, she does not caTe for dress, except* few fancy-colored gewgaws in her kinky hair. In warm weather it is difficult to keep clothing on her, even to the amount of a fashionable ball costume. In these cold days she frets under the oppression of civilized wear. At every opportunity she will crouch by the stove in swimming attiro. Although in slave captivity for nearly three years, Oliga is a savage. Her temper is beyond control. Only abject fear keeps it atall in bounds. At times when corrected she will sneak into a corner by the stove, relieve herself of the embarrassment of toggery, and like a little savage in the wilds of an Afnean jungle, grit her teeth and beat her breast, and act much as one would expect an enraged caged beast to do. Her owner coaid not he kinder. Her manner is x>ersuasion. She hates coercion. Yet for all, at times Olga cannot be controlled in any other manner than by force. She prefers raw meat to cooked, and it is observable that her temper is worse when she is allowed meat underdone. So far it has proved utterly impossible to teach her tho alphabet Indeed, she learns words very slowly. She displays no disposition to study. She is by no means dull. A gayer, more cheerful soul could not be imagined. Work she abhors. Any duty will be neglected when she is not under the eye of her mistress. Her forte seems, so far as mental capacity is con cerned, to be in deception. Os course, she speaks a little, but the most of that little is devoted to denying truths and equivocating. The mistress really had hoped to train the child as well as could be. She would like to educate her, and. although Olga shows no aptiude, efforts to teach her the alphabet are not relaxed. The most unterly fruitless attempts were directed toward making the little savage a Christian. The child listens with much less credence than children display at the recital of ghost stories, and with far less interest. She fails to grasp the idea at all Her idea of Christianity is immensely vague. It is about the same as doubtful children have of spooks. Talk as seriously as one may to her, she grins almost menacingly with a dubious air. Olga won’t pray, except to be let off from a beating when she is caught in a forbidden act. When I look at her I sometimes wonder if some of our fashions are not deteriorating. This little African princess is about five feet tall. Her flesh is plump and firm, and as glossy and as black as shining ebony. Her feet are perfectly shaped, but the low in step spoils their beauty in my eye. Her hands could not be more beautiful in shape. The fingers are long and tapering. The nails are long and almond-shaped, and, unlike those of fine ladies, they are not brittle, but firm and pliable. Hot teeth are large and strong. For all she is not pretty, this captive princess. She has thick lips, and the real flat African nose. Her blood is so rich, so free from all impurities, that, although her lips are thick, they are so clear, so mobile, that they are pleasing to look at. The gloss of her skin is not shiny; it is soft, and her skin looks like a rich blue-black velvet. Th© child’s grace of movement is perfect. It is natural. Her carriage is so erect, aud yet so graceful, that she really impresses one by her bearing. She is a savage child of the African wilds, and her natural grace and excellent health forces the thought that were our children raised more hardily they would not be as sickly aud as puny as they are now.

Secretary Teller for the Senate* Denver, Jan. 17.—The Republican senatorial caucus was held this evening. As soon as the organization was completed, a motion was made that the caucus proceed to select a candidate for United States senator viva voce, which was carried by five majority, Thereupon seventeen Hill men left the chamber, four remaining but not voting. On the first ballot Secretary H. M. Teller received 28 votes. H. A. W. Tabor 2 and Senator N. P. Hill 1. Mr. Teller was declared the nominee of the caueus. The Hill men claim they are not bound by the action of the caucus, and will make a fight in joint session of both houses, but to win they must have nearly all, if not the whole, of the Dem oc ratio vote. Adjusting Labor Troubles with Dynamite. Bridgeport, Conn., Jau. 17. —An attempt was made at 11 o’clock last nieht, by unknown Sersons, to blow up Crofut & Knapp’s hat-store so. 2. at South Norwalk, with dynamite. The shock was felt all over the city, and attracted great crowds of people to the scene. One end of the structure was completely blown out. There were seventeen employes asleep in the building at the time, who escaped injury. The attempt is supposed to be the work of dissatisfied strikers or their friends. The men in the building were thrown from their cots, the windows throughout the building were shattered, and heavy stone window-sills broken. The President Reconsiders. Washington, Jan. 17. Ov. ng to the great . press of business attending the closing days of the congressional session, and the probable necessity for the signature of bills immediately after their passage, President Arthur has been compelled to reconsider his determination to attend the New Orleans Exposition during February. He hopes, however, to attend the exposition* as a private citizen after the expiration of his official term. Irregularities in National Banks. Norwich, Conn., Jan. 17. —Irregularities have been discovered in the Merchants’ National Bank of this city, amounting to a considerable sum. Irregularities are due to the action of the cashier and assistant cashier, Messrs. Meech and Webb, both of whom have resigned. Lesser irregularities were also found in the Shetucket National Bank, the cashier of which, William T. ltaath, has also resigned. Killed by a Train. Cleveland, Jan. 10. —Frederick Prince, of Huron, 0., and John Halpin, of Norwalk. 0., were struck by a locomotive as they were crossing the Lake Shore track, in this* city, to-day. Prince was instantly killed, and Halpin had an arm broken. A Fatal Experiment. Denver, Col., Jan. 17—Dr. G. E. Smith, a retired physician living in this city, was killed to-night by an explosion of hydrogen gas. Tie was engaged in experimenting when the explosion occurred. Reduction in Grain Kates. St. Louis, Jan. 17.—The local committee on east-bound traffic have reduced rates on grain 6 cents per hundred, to go into effect on Monday, but contracts will only be made for one day. Dr. Carver’s 60,000 Hits. New Haven, Conn,, Jan. 16.—At 9:48 this evening Dr. Carver finished his great task of hitting 60,000 balls m six days. The score was: Shots, 64.881; misses, 4,Btv>; bits, 60,016.

GENERAL, GRANT’S FINANCES. Rev. Dr. Newman Tulls of the Straits to Which the Family Has Been Reduced. San Francisco Post. An anonymous correspondent, whose letter has been published in more than one paper on this coast, has been at the pains to describe the domestic economy of the Grant family with a minuteness of detail only equaled by its enormous distance from the real facts. The writer set forth that the Grants were liviag in luxurious quarters, attended by a whole retinue of servants, and altogether having a glorious time, while the general public had been led to believe that they were in very straitened circumstances. In order to obtain an authentic statement of the actual condition of General Grant and his family, and remove as much as possible the false impression created by the mendacity of the romancer referred to, a reporter of the Post sought out Rev. Dr. Newman, who for many years was the favorite preacher of General Grant, his warm friend, constant companion and for some time almost a member of his family. The reverend gentleman had seen the article m question and had been nrneh pained, in common with other friends of General Grant, at the errors it contained, and while ho was naturally loth to discuss the misfortunes of General Grant, still, under the circumstances, he owed it to his friend to lay aside his scruples and answer any questions "pertinent to the matter. Thus encouraged to proceed, the Post reporter asked Dr. Newman if he knew General Grant's financial condition at the time of the failure of Ward & Grant. “In order to show the real facts,” replied the reverend gentleman, “I will have to take you back some distance. When General Grant returned from abroad ho told me that his ir.como was between $6,000 and $7,000 a year from all sources. His official life in Washington was very expensive, and used up his salary The expenses of his trip around the world were borne by his noble son, Ulysses S. Grant, jr., who paid all the drafts made while the General was traveling. As you know, the citizens of New York, headed by Mr. Jones and Oliver Hoyt, a merchant, raised the Grant fund of $250,000, which, by the advice of the late ex Governor Morgan, was invested in Wabash bonds, Morgan guaranteeing the interest for ten years. You are in as good a position as I am to judge of the value of that investment. The condition of Wabash is a matter of public record in financial circles, and I do not desire to disenss it now. When the firm of Ward & Grant was formed, it was formed at the solicitation of Ward himself. At that time Wurd stood high, and numbered among his friends and patrons such men as Mayor Edson, of New York, and President Pish, of the Marine Bank. “Ward insisted upon having the absolute management of the business of the firm, and, standing so high in the estimation of old bankers, and as the business sedhaed to prosper, the Grants naturally had great faith in not only his financial ability, but, also, in the success of the business, and to the extent that not only did General Grant invest in the firm, but his three sons, his daughter Nellie, and their aunts, Mrs. Cramer and Mrs. Corbin, also, put their money into it. Such was their implicit faith in the soundness of the firm that when the crash came they lost everything. Jesse 11. Grant, who had made more than SIOO,OOO in legitimate investments, was induced by Ward to put every cent of it in the firm less than a month before the failure. Colonel Fred I). Grant, who had. also, accumulated a comfortable fortune in a legitimate manner, intrusted his savings to Ward and lost them, and so did U. S. Grant, jr., who had, also, made a small fortune. Mrs. Sartoris, who had laid aside a few thousands —$10,000 in all—from the presents of her father, lost all of it in the crash. Mrs. Corbin, the General’s sister, who had realized a few thousands from her late husband's estate, also intrusted what she had to the firm, and lost it. Mrs. Grant was equally confiding. She kept her bank account there, and also placed in the firm’s hands, for safe keeping, some $25,000 worth of securities which she had bought from money accumulated during a series of years by her own womanly economies. But all this was swept away by the failure.” “Can you tell me what economies the Grants were forced to practice after the failure?* asked the reporter. “Yes, sir,” replied the Rev. Dr. Newman. “I was in the family immediately after the crash, and had every opportunity to know the financial distress and straits of economy which the sudden collapse of the firm brought on that honored household. Mrs. Grant was compelled to discharge her maid, who had served her faithfully for many years, and while the servants about the house were never numerous for a family so distinguished in the eyes of the world as Grant’s was, yet the number was reduced to one old man, a little boy who answered the door, and a man who cared for General Grant’s single pair of horses, looked after the harness and drove the General and his family out. That covers the idea of expenses, but it should be said, to the honor of that family, that while they curtailed all expenses, j'et they strove hard to keep up their private charities. General Grant had been supplying an aged uncle, the widow and orphans of his brother Orville, and Mrs. Grant had been giving a monthly allowance to the w ; dow of her brother and to other relatives, and the keenest pang the General and Mrs. Grant felt in the loss of their fortune was the dread that these bounties might not be in their power to continue.” ” “It has been said that the Grants occupy splendid mansions. Is that the case?” asked the reporter. “Hardly,” replied Dr. Newman. “General Grant occupies a single house at No. 3 East Sixty-sixth street, New York, and since his reverses his sons and their families have shared his abode. The house is only a modest threestory single honse of less than fifteen rooms; twelve, I believe.” “How is Jesse Grant situated financially?” asked the reporter. “Everything he had was swept away. Ulysses S. Grant, jr., is penniless. Colonel Fred Grant is penniless; he gave up all his horses and his pleasant home. Fred was supposed to be worth $160,000. but the day after the crash he told me he did not have sufficient means to go to New York.” “Doctor, you know General Grant well; you know his position; what do you consider "the proper course for the Nation to pursue, now that he has declined his friends’ help?” asked the reporter. “There can be no doubt,” replied Dr. Newman, warmly, “that all citizens, no matter of what politics or creed, would heartily approve an act of Congress to place General Grant on the retired list with the rank and emoluments of general. He is now confined to his homo with sickness, and is necessarily more or less depressed, but- this action, this act of recognition on the part of the government, would not only be a duty, but would cheer the declining days of a man who made his country illustrious.”

Iu a Clam Abattoir. Rochester Democrat. “You’ve no idea how ’fectionate sum ov these young clams iz,” meditatively remarked an uncommonly seedy-appearing tramp, as he gazed wistfully into the glass box at the clam counter of a West side restaurant yesterday afternoon. “Takes a hard-hearted man to run a clammorv! I was onet a prosprus clam-butcher myself, but I was too chicken-hearted for the business, and I came to want. W’y w’en wun ov them little necks wud be sick I’ve seen ’em gather ’round him, aud snug up and keep him warm, almost human like—oh, sum folks don’t think clams hez feeling, but they hez. W’y, w'en I’ve bin coin’ to open a dozen on a half shell, I’ve had ’em look up so pitiful as wud make Cogswell’s monument cry, an’ couldn't stand it, an’ I’vo put ’em back an’ toid the feller a lie ez how they weren't knew, like. Better spare the lives ova couple ov dozen, an* give ’em to me to take care ov.” A hopk which had been slowly descending from the celling was fastened into the collar of the man’s coat, he was drawn up, run along the overhead tramway, and deposited along with the other garbage, in the area. He had narrated his last action. A Queer Genoese Fashion. St. Nicholas. We soon pass an immense house which was once a palace, but is now used for other purposes. Looking up. we see that one of the great windows in tho second story is open, and a lady is sitting at it She is dressed in very bright, though somewhat old-fashioned attire. Flowers and vines cluster inside the window, and there is a hanging cage with a bird. As we stop and look at her, the lady does not move, am! in a few minutes we perceive that the window, the lady, the open shutters, the sash, the flowers and the cage are all painted on the wall in a space where you would naturally expect to find a window.

This used to be a favorite way of decoratinf houses in Italy, and in Genoa we shall frequently see these painted windows, some closed an 4 some partly open, some with one person looking out, some with two, and some with none. The lady at this window has sat and looked out on the street for hundreds of years. Under her window, into the great entrance of the used to pass nobles and princes. Now there are shops in the lower part of the palace, and yon can have your shoes mended by a cobbler in the courtyard. A LESSON IN BROILING. Mrs. Lincoln Teaches Bostonians llow to Cook Their Beefsteaks. Report In Boston Herald. The real significance of the word broiling is to burn; but if we accepted that quite literally, the result of the process would be anything but pleasant. Nobody likes a touch of scorch on their food. In cooking the term broiling is used to describe the process of cooking food directly over the hot cools. The degree of heat is so intense that the articles to be cooked would be very quickly burned were thev allowed to remain any length of time over the fire. The secret of nice broiling is frequent turning. The fire for broiling should be very red, and nearly to the top of the fire box, so that the broiler may almost touch the fire. There should be no flame, as the flame from coal is due to the combustion of tarry vapors, and will cause a deposit of coal tar on the meat, giving it a smoky, nauseating flavor. When the fat from the chop or steak drips on the coals and blazes, it deposits a film of mutton or beef fat all over the meat, which has a very different flavor from that of the coal flame. When the article to be broiled has much tat. remove a part of it, but a little fat will improve the flavor, baste the meat, and prevent its becoming too dry. One thing is specially to be remembered in broiling, the oven damper should always be open while cooking in this manner, so that the smoke of the dripping fat may her carried into the chimney, and not about the house. There is nothing bettef for broiling than a double wire broiler. It is well to have several sizes. Grease it with a bit of fat. from the meat, or with salt pork rind. Place the thickest part of whatever is to be broiled next to the middle of the broiler. Never salt the meat, as salt draws out the juice, and the charm of broiled meats is in having all the juices retained. Have the platter heating, and everything else ready, that you may not leave the broiling for an instant. This is a task that you must give your whole mind to; its success depends on the care you give it; it does not like divided attention, and will quickly enough signify that it does not. Let everything else be ready to serve, then broil your meat, and do not let the broiler out of your hand, even for an instant, until the meat is done, and ready for the platter. Hold the broiler firmly with a coarse towel wrapped around the hand to protect it from the heat. Place is as near the fire as possible to sear the outside instantly, connt ten, then sear the other side. The intense heat hardens the outside and starts the flow of the juices. They cannot escape through the hardened outer surface; but if the meat were cooked wholly on one side before turning, they would soon come to the top, and in turning the juices would drip into the fire. But if the meat be turned before the juices reach the top, the other surface is hardened, and they cannot escape, but flow to the center and are there retained, as the juices are turned into steam by the heat, and give the meat a puffy appearance. If the broiling be carried on too long, these juices gradually ooze between the fibers to the surface, and are evaporated, and the meat becomes drv and indigestible. Meat should be broiled only long enough to loossd alljthe fibres ffnd start the flow of the juices. The meat will spring up instantly when pressed with the knife, and when it ceases to do this the juices have begun to evaporate, and the meat shrinks. A little experience will enable one to tell when the meat is just done. Do not cut it to see, as that will let out the juices. When it is done just “to a turn,” the meat should be pink and juicy, not raw and purple, nor brown and dry. Turn over, as you have been directed, as often as you can count ten, and cook five minutes, if one inch thick, six if one inch and a half thick. The smaller and thinner the article, the hotter should bo the lire; the larger the article, the more temperate the Are, or the greater distance from the fire. *

Pillow Sliums. New York Evening Post. It is said by sortie authorities that the pillow sham is going, but the demand for handsome ones, still continues, and it will be a long time before all good housewives give up the use of an article which adds so much to the attractive appearance of the bed during the day and gives it a look of neatness it could not otherwise have, for a rumpled pillow case does not look neat, and it is not easily arranged so that they may be changed every morning. The latest style of pillow sham is made of linen or of very fine cotton, and is trimmed with broad and open-work Hamburg: a band of ribbon is put under the Hamburg, and, when there are spaces large enough, it is pulled up loosely through them and is left looking like a tiny puff. The entire pillow sham may be lined with blue or other colored silesia to match the ribbon used. A ruffle finishes the edge of the sham. Turpentine, coal oil and vinegar, equal parts, well shaken together, and rubbed on the eggs of. the hot fly on horses’ legs, will utterly kill them after about three applications. This is a safe and easy remedy to apply in the season when the fly is troublesome. It is much better to kill these pests than to run the risk of their getting into the horses’ stomachs. ——— ' —■^ — . ■■■■ ■ Two main points in a good farm wagon are lowness, to save lifting, and a cut-uuder, for convenience in turning. The latter, however, call for very low fore wheels, and the low wheels calls for springs, to modify the suddenness of the lift over obstacles. Swiss cattle are large, mouse-colored animals, sometimes having white spots, and a Jersev-like ring around the nose. Their beef is said*to be very good, but as yet they have not been used in this country very extensively. Steamship News. London, Jan. 17. —Arrived: St. Laurent and City of Chester from New York FUE CITY IN BRIEF. Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to George Wank el and Eugenia Mueller, Winfield S. Brown and Melvina Jones, Fremont Allen and Jennie Burck. The legal proceedings instituted against Charles Talbott by Lucy O'Neil were compromised yesterday by marriage, Justice Feibloman performing the ceremony. Some kind-hearted citizen, who is so modest that he didn’t let his name become known, improvised a snow-plow and cleared several miles of sidewalks, in tho western part of the city, yesterday morning. Mrs. Susan Helm, aged thirty-eight, who lives in the Smith Block, corner of Ohio and Delaware streets, has been declared insane, the result, it is thought, of family troubles and spiritualism. Her mania has been of but a few days’ duration. Two small suits against the C., H. & I. Railroad Compauy, one by Duncan MeDougall for S2OO, for stock killed, and another by John T. Duncan for $l5O, for a ditch assessment, ha vs been brought to the Marion Superior Court on a chance oi venue from Hancock county. fc COAL 01-L. |p^ENGINES Ir oporation at 31 West Maryland, Driven Well Store—l and 2kore power. Safer than coal oil lamps. K. R. ROUSE, Slate Agent. mmmmmmmmßtmm—mmmm—mamHmmmammmmummm