Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1884 — Page 7

THE BAD BOY.

j*What you doing that money up in a gamer lor.” 6aid tliegroceryman tothe bail boy, as he. came in with a two-dol-lai bill, and wrapped it up in a half sheet of noth paper, and asked lor an envelope. “That’s some April fool business i’ll bet $5.” “I’ll take the bet, and when I convince you that it 13 no April fool business, wc will put your *5 in with this and send it. lam going to sent that $2 tothe Confederate G rand Army fair, at Richmond, Va. Yon see, there are lots of private soldiers who fought in the Confederate army, who are destitute, some of them on the verge of starvation, with families to support, and they nave uo government to give them pensions, .and ttieir neigliliors are poor, so their comrades are getting up a fair to raise money to help support them, and perhaps build a home for them like our soldiers’ home, and the Confederates ask tho Northern people to chip in a little towards it. 1 sympathize with the old boys if 2; how much do you sympathize?” and the boy looked at the grocery man as though he expected a contribution. “Not a darn sympathize,” said the grocery man, as he picked up the cUeese-kuite and raised it over his head as though he wanted to cut a slice of cheese off a Confederate soldier. “No, sir, I won’t give a nickel. Serves them right if they suffer and starve. What 3l did they want to raise a row for ? They were wnipped, and now they must submit to tapir defeat, and live the best to rebels! No; never! You are a fooL” “You are a heartless old cuss, that’s what-you are. You never was a soldier, or you would have some little charity concealed about your carcass. The Union soldiers are giving cheerfully toward helping their old old opponents, and it comes with a bad grace for a stay-at-home coward like you to go back one soldiers. Union officers shake hands with Confederate officers, and the Government gives offices to them, and when they come up North everybody is glad to see them, and when our people go South in the winter everybody treats them splendid, and they forget all about the terrible war, but here is a chance to do something kind for the old crippled and sick private soldiers of the Confederate army, who have hearts and souls and everything but money, and you refuse to give a nickel, eh?” “Yes, X refuse,” said the grocery man, as be went off down the counter to get away from the boy. “I don’t want nothing to do with men who tried to break up this Union. Condemn them, they shot a brother-iu-law of mine in tho back, and for a year after the war ho couldn’t sit down, except on his knees. When I think oi what that uian suffered for want of rest it makes me wild, and when I thiiik of the Government refusing my brother-in-law a pension on the riimsy ground that he was running away from the enemy in the lield, mv blood boils. He had to get back to the rear at Gettysburg, because he had left his knapsack with his w riting materials in, about a mile back, and lie wanted to write a letter to bis parents. By gum! 1 won’t give a cent.” “Those who wore shot in the back, and their friends, are the most bitter against the Confederates,” said the bad boy, sarcastically. “The Union soldiers who were shot in the breast, or had an arm or a leg shot off' while at the front, and who fell with their faces toward the boys in gray, are the ones who appreciate bravery, and they don’t kick on chipping in a little to belli their old enemies, who are friends now, out of a tight place. You would treat our misguided neighbors worse than England treats the /ulus. You are worsp than a cannibal. You do not seem to appreciate the fact that these old Confederate soldiers are white; that they are brothers, belonging to the same country that we do, speaking the same language, and ready to fight for ouv Union at the drop of the hat if over occasion requires. You would see them starve, and not raise a helping hand. You would not see a dog starve if he came to jour door and plead mutely for food, arid yet you will see a Confederate soldier, who for three years fought lit: cause he thought he was right, and went to his desolate homo.with a bullet in him, suffer for the necessaries of life, arid you refuse , i hel}>,«bin> that his children are as dear to him as yours are to you, and that it breaks his heart to see their pitiful faces pinched with hunger. and that their voices asking for bread from tho father who is unable to earn it for them, sotted to him like a death knell ? Can’t yon imagine that the Confederate soldier feels crushed to know the need of the price of a sack of flour, when millions of dollars are squandered every day, in.foolishness, by rich people who are no better, than he is? 1 should think, if you could picture to yourself old Veteran Confederates in rags, with children around them, climbing on their knees, and looking np into their bronzed or pale faces with wondering eyes, asking by their looks %rhy it is that they have no homes, nonfood, and precious little clothes, if you TSavo a soul in you, yon would reach down in your pocket and find something that you. would be glad to givo to them. Try and realize that tboso men are human, and as good as we average, up North here,- that their Children are handsome and loving. and need educating, and need words of cheer instead of curses, and think IIOW rich our .people are at the North, and how poor they are, and how mnph good a few dollars, that we would not miss, will do them, 'and how far a‘little money would go towards making them comfortable, and making them feel that thopgh opr people were hard ffgliferS, and shot from the shoulder, the recoil of the guns did riot callous the hearts of the victors. How much better you would feel if yon knew the $5 you are gding to give me, to pnt in this letter with my/$2, would .reach a Confederate soldier who was so despondent as to almost wish lm were dead, and change ins countenance from despair to smiling hope, and cause him to thank his God rind your-God that the darkest hoqr is always ' just before day, and day had dawned, and bis babies would now,

laugh on a lull stomach, while the soldier papa and the patient Southern mamma would cry for joy, and say God 1)1 esg 'our Northern brother and shield him from all harm. What do you think about this scheme, any way ?” and the boy took an envelope in a business way and began directing it to the Confederate Grand Army at Richmond, while his tongue was run out on one side just like a boy when writing a letter- “ Now look a-liere, you dry up this kind ojl talk or you will have me bellering,” Said the grocery man, as he wiped j his eyes on the sleeve of his slnrt. i “Here, don’t send that letter by mail. ; Send it by express, and put in $lO for me, and pnt on a postscript and tell the boss Confederate soldier that the $2 comes from the best-hearted boy in Wisconsin, while the $lO is from the almightiest condemned fool that ever abused a white man behind , his back. That orat'ion of "yours settles me, boy. You can teach me more sense in ten minutes than all the ministers can in a year. Shake, you young villain,” and the grocery man came from behind the counter and hugged the bad boy as though he were a girl. “Another county heard from,” said the bad boy, as he put the sl2 in the envelope and started down to the express office. “It’s a cold day when Hennery can’t get in his work for charity,” and be went off whistling “Away Down South in Dixie,” while ,the grocery man looked out the window at him with a big smile, and began humming an old Southern tune that he had almost forgotten.—Peck’s Sun - ". —— " —: —

Orchids.

Some weeks ago mention was made in the Santa Barbara Independent, of a strange arrival from Japan, in the shape of a beautiful flower of the orchid, orie of those plants called by the Spaniards of South America “Beautiful things without foundation.” This individual was received by Dr. Lorenzo G. Yates: and was added to his collection, now embracing between twenty and thirty specimens from different parts of the world, among them being natives of India, Mexico, Brazil, Central America, and Florida. They form, probably, one of the most interesting botanical collections on the coast, and were they to be bought in the floral markets of the East or Europe, where the tulip craze, is being repeated, with the substitution of the orchid as the favorite, the cost would be appalling. As it is, the Doctor has gathered them from scientific correspondents that he has acquired through his exchanges of shells and geological specimens. The peculiarity of the orchid is its grotesque and beautiful flower, and its manner of growth. Only a single plant of the race can be denominated useful, and, to use the words of an authority on the orchid, the application applies only by courtesy, sines the vanilla is valued for its delicate aroma and rich flavor, both merely luxurious additions to enjoyment rather than the supply of a real need. The beauties of the orchid are without number. In color they are said to present—and being the only flower so doing—red, blue, and yellow among the different kinds, thus excelling the queen of flowers, the rose, which, alone of all hues, is denied the privilege of reflecting the blue of the skies above it. But with the orchid all colors are shown. Pure white is* found in some, like the beautiful Espiritu Santo or Holy Spirit plant of Mexico, which is likened to a dove poised on outspread wings. “Tyrian days and seeming to flash with gold and jewels,” is the striking appearance of others, as described by one admirer of the plant. Many of these plants simulate animal forms, some with striking effect. One of the most singular is the Cynoches ventricosum, which is in the shape of a swan. A plant in Dr. Yates’ possession blossomed a few months ago. Its blossoms looked like a row' of little birds just lighted on a limb. It produced from seventy-five to one hundred flowers at the time of blossoming. The oddities of orchids are beyond expression. They have strong individual regarding manner of growth, and a human dislike of removal. An orchid which is flowering freely will, if moved ever so gently, at once cease to produce its bloom. As a rule they are of slow growth and long life. Sometimes new flower-stems are produced annually, but the plant itmlt may live a hundred years. Many amusing stories are told of orchid life and habits. Some varieties will only grow upside down; some must be cultivated suspended in the air; but all thrive best in a house by being a natural Vegetable aristocracy, who decline to identify themselves with common growth of woods and gardens. If a portion of the conservatory be partitioned off for these exclusive guests, they will perhaps admit to their high-born company a few choice exotic ferns. As more is learned of these fanciful plants, the list is becoming longer of orchids adapted for parlor culture, arid we foresee the time when the most elegant rooins will not fail to show among their most valued ornaments a few’ of the grotesque or lovely shapes of the great family of orchids. —Floral World.

An Exquisite Flower.

Both in shape and hue the Rose oi Sharon is an exquisite jflower. Its blossoms are bell-shaped, and of many ipingled lines and dyes. But its history is legendary and romantic in the highest degree. In the East, throughout -Syria, Judea, and Arabia, it is regarded with the profoqndest reverence. .The leaves that encircle the round blossoms dry and close together when the season of blossoms is over, and the stalk, withering completely away at last from the bush on which it grew, having dried in the shape of a ball, wliieh is carried by the breeze to great distances. In this way it is borne over the wastes and sandy deserts, and at last, touching some moist place, it clings to the soil, where it immediately takes fresh root and springs to life and beautv again. For this reason the Orientals have adopted it as the emblem of resurrection. ' We cannot understand what we havenever experienced; we ne d pain, were 'ip oijly tp teach ns sympathy.

A SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN.

It is for the' Republican National Committee to say what shall fcp done with the Southern States in the approaching campaign, whether the Republicans of the South shall be left to their own futile resources, or an organized canvass shall be made in the States that are fairly Republican in sentiment or could easily be made so. In view of political possibilities, of consistency, arid of the not very remote future, it would seem imperative that an active canvass of that portion of the Union be made in bshalf of the interests and principles of the Republican party. It camriot be logically nor Irnthfully denied that with the lapse of time the South iu all ita interests is growing more in consonance with the spirit and policy of the Republican party. Northern capital, literally by the millions, is going into that region to develop natural resources and to encourage manufacturers. Under the stimulating influence of enterprise, eastern Louisiana and northern Alabama have become important in the' manufacture of iron, and the industry u yet new to that region. All over Georgia cotton mills are springing up, already fairly rivaling those of Massachusetts. The South is beginning to bid for the trade of the world. With the deadwall of slavery thrown down, there are no longer any barriers of prejudice of pride to impede them. The South has grown wise enough to invite it. The Atlanta Cotton Exposition was the first formal invitation for outsiders to come in and view the land, to see what it could prodube and what it had to sell. Closely following came tlje industrial show at Louisville, where the products of North and South and the men and manufacturers of North and South met in competition, to their mutual advantage. Next comes the World’s Exposition at New Orleans, for which almost unprecedented preparations are being made and at which the world’s progress will be fully set forth, The South is rising in its renaissance. From the petty pageantry of Mardi Gras mummeries it is advancing to the splendid panorama of commerce. The industries that have for years been typified in tableau cars and crystallizing into realities, and the not-nnderstood prophecies of former years are being realized. All this is in direct line toward the Republican party, as the patron of industry and the conservator of commerce. This metamorphosis of the South is traceable wholly to the wise legislation of the party in power during the past twentythree years. The South is prosperous because Democratic ideas' have been abandoned and Republican ideas have been adopted. The like was never known, never possible under former administrations, and is as much the outcome of Republican legislation as the freeing of slaves was the result of the emancipation proclamation and llie war. The thousands of Southern men—operators and operatives—now finding occupation in these new industries must naturally turn to the party that made them possible and fostered them into vigorous existence. The Democratic dogma of free trade, ever hostile to American progress, dares not bd put to the test before the growing industries of the South, and, if it ever shall be, the issue will not be doubtful. An active Republican canvass iu the South especially in the States of Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia is imperative. Let the people of those portions of the country be fully instructed in the principles of the party. The years are few until the ideas of Republicanism must prevail there in politics as well as iri business. If the Democratic party should dare to push its free trade theories to the test of trial, the new industrial South must naturally and unavoidably turn to the Republican party in selfdefense. There is now absolutely nothing to prevent the better elements of Southern society from uniting their fortunes with the Republican party, in the full assurance that every vital interest will be as faithfully conserved as are those of any other section of the country-. The principles of Republicanism, under which the North has made such wonderful progress in trade and manufactures, and which have put the leaven of industrial enterprise into the South, are universally applicable, and with like happy effects wherever put into practice. There need be no “bloody shirt” in this issue. The men delegated to the work of expounding the doctrine of political regeneration can confidently appeal to the culture and intelligence of the South—to the men who have so far forgotten their ante-bellum prejudices as to see in labor A dignity and independence strangers to all peoples who live by means of unrequited and involuntary servitude. The sinews and muscles of the new South are growing stronger on pabulum furnished by the Republican party. The brain of the South will come to the realization of whence this new strength originates. While brain and body are growing stronger prejudice will weaken. Southern industries and fortunes were wrecked when the Democratic foundation of slavery crumbled. They are now resting on foundations built by a party of newer and better ideas. It will not be long until the Democratic party will not 4are promulgate its ancient free-trade ideas there. A new order of things has come into operation, and the Southern men who work in them will not be long in disfcovering that tkg theories of Democracy will npr-riiofifr meet" the demands of the present generation than would the Blue Laws of Connecticut. All the jfeople of this wonderful republic of onrs are growing into perfect homogeneity. The interests of the East, West, North, and South are the same. As one section prospers under wise legislation, so will all the others. The South has caught step in the ranks of progress. The smoke from her new manufactories is a pillar of cloud by day and the glare Of her furnaces a pillar of fire by night to guide her to the promised land of universal prosperity. An honorable, active campaign should be prosecuted in the South as an earnest of the Republican party’s sympathy »•’ *h ■ .T; ** ''' 1 * "

and desire to co-operate for mutual good. With that prescience which has ever characterized the party, it should now lav the foundation upon which to lmild Republican States in the solid South. Relying oh increasing intelligence and fading prejudice, the party can approach the Southern people, confident that the party’s principles will commend themselves to the men whose fortunes are the result of and dependent upon their maintenance as a fundamental part of the country’s polity. As for the spirit guilty of outrages like that of the mutder of Matthews, at Hazlehurst, its influence must wane, and these bloody deeds "will come to be condemned by representative Southern men as hurtful and dangerous to the vital interests of that region. If Southern Republicans are to have voice in selecting national candidates, they should be encouraged to make an honest entleavor to get before the people of the South the merits of Republican men and measures. —Indianapolis Journal.

Democratic Incompetence.

Whatever Congress may or may nol do before it shall adjourn the present session, it has already demonstrated anew the incapacity of the Democrats for public affairs. The Democrats con. trol the House of Representatives by a working majority of more than seventy votes. It has been several years since they were in a position to impress tlieii influence upon national legislation. They have been loud in their outcry for reform and in their condemnation of Republican management of the Natiooal Government. If Republican supremacy has been so prejudicial to the best interests of the country ns they have contended, it is plain that there was much for the Democrats to do, and they have had ample time to make up their minds as to what ought to be done and how to proceed with the business in hand. As a matter of fact, they have done absolutely nothing, though Congress has Been in session four months. Even the regular rontine business has been neglected. The appropriation bills have been held back, apparently with the purpose of using them as impediments to other legislation during the later days of Congress. Already the politicians are becoming restless; they are anxious to get away from Washington in order to give their attention to their 'individual interests at home. Thb public long since began to murmur at the sluggishness of the Democratic House. The prospect for future activity and efficiency is discouraging, for the Democrats have yet to encounter their most serious obstacle, the tariff discussion, and they approach this with division in their ranks and bitter discord among their leaders. Their indecision promises to prolong the session far beyond tho usual term, and the longer the session the more conspicuous the incapacity o! the Democratic party will be. The lack of agreement among the Democratic leaders and the consequent incapacity to accomplish anything in the way of legislation is a natural result of their long exclusion from direct party responsibility for the affairs of the nation. Their faculties have degenerated into the habit of faultfinding. They have been engaged so long in the practice of criticising that they have lost the creative power. They can object to anything that is proposed or protest against any-thing actually accomplished by some other party, but they are not prepared to propose or accomplish anything themselves. They have no party traditions around which they dare to rally; most of them were exploded in the war of the rebellion. Some of the leading men -make occasional speeches in which State sovereignty is conspicuous, but they are all ready to surrender the “principle” when it stands in the way of an appropriation. The free-trade record at the early career of the party has almost as many terrors for them as their old heresy of State rights. They are united only in a common greed for the spoils of government, anti they are so much afraid of doing something which may impair their chances to obtain possession of the offices that they prefer to do nothing. If they have any convictions they have not the courage to carry .them out. They are Tories as well as Bonrbons—that is, they originate nothing in the science of government, but rely on any popular reaction there may be from time to time against a creative and aggressive party. This characteristic has been revealed repeatedly, But never so strikingly as during the present session of Congress. The inactivity of Democratic conception and execution is the more conspicuous just now because the people are about to be summoned to choose again between the Republican and Democratic parties. What possible inducement does the record of the present Democratic House offer to the American jieople to intrust the entire Government into Democratic hands ? If there has been any abuse of power by the Republic jns, why has not the Democratic majority in the House taken stejis to correct it? If the Republican administration o national affairs lias been corrupt or incompetent, why has the Democratic House failed to impose the proper restraints? If the country demands relief from excessive taxsttcSnTwEy had the Democratic caucus refused to agree upon any detin te method bf alleviation ? Why has there been no. response to popular protest against monopolies ? Why is it that not a single measure looking to the improvement of tho Government has been passed by the Democrats when they have undisputed control of the popular branch of Congress ? The answer is/thot the Democrats have forgotten all they exeri knew about the scieqce of government. Their party is simply 1 an organization 01 spoils-hunters, having no higher aiiq than to divide np the loaves and fishes among their ward bummers. The career of the present Congress has left , ho 1 doubt of this fact, if there were any before. It has given notice to the American people that hesitation, indecision, and impotence will be the most they can expect from a Democratic admin istrat on of the Government. Qlticago Tribune.

SUGGESTIONS OF VALUE.

It is said that in families which roast their own coffee, diphtheria cannot get a foothold, os the pnngent aroma of the roasting coffee effectually destroys the gefms of the disease. Oil taken from the common woodchuck or “ground-hog” is highly recommended for leather. Boots, harness, or leather articles saturated with it become soft and pliable, vet it does not, it is claimed, open the pores of the leather, but effectually excludes dampness. A bed-boo si in which there is a stove can be well ventilated by putting a burning lamp just within the stove, with the stove door open, letting if burn through the night. This can be nsed in summer when no fire is kept in the stove. The burning lamp causes a draft, and that draft takes out the foul air. Delicious oatmeal gruel may be mabe by stirring a cupful of oatmeal into a bowl of water, allowing it to stand a few nrinhtes until tho coarsest particles have fallen to the bottom, pouring u off the water and repeating the operation once or twice. The water should then be boiled, stirring it constantly until it it sufficiently cooked. A writer in the Germantown Telegraph says that a convenient place for boots and shoes, which are sure to be in the wav, can easily be made by procuring a shoe or boot box (or both if yonr family is large), at any shoe store. Pnt hinges on to hold the lid. Drive nails near the top on the back of the inside, to hang the slipjiers upon, and it is ready for use. If painted or cushioned and curtained it looks well and will answer for a seat if necessary. A mixture which is excellent for removing 'grease spots and stains from carpet and clothing is made of two ounces of ammonia, two-onnees of white castile soap, one ounce of glycerine, one ounce of ether ; cut the soap fine, dissolve in ©ne pint of water over the fire; add two quarts of water. Mix thoroughly, and wash soiled garments in.it. For removing spots use a sponge or clean flannnl cloth, and with a dry cloth rub as dry as possible. Woolen goods may be made to look bright and fresh by being sponged with this. A simple and inexpensive method of cleaning the waste-pipe of washstands, bath-tubs, or kitchen sinks, the stoppage of which often entails great expense, is to be as follows: Just before retiring at night pour into the pipe enough liquid potash lye of thirty-six degrees strength to fill the "trap,” as it is called, or bent portion of the pipe just below Ihe outlet. About a pint wdl suffice for a washstand, or a quart for a bath-tub or a kitchen sink. Be sure that no water runs into it till next morning. During the night the lye jrill convert all the offal in the pipe into soft soap, and the first current of water in the morning will remove it entirely, and leave the pipe as clean as new. The so-called potash lye is not recommended for this purpose. The lye should be kept in heavy glass bottles or demijohns, covered with wicker wire, and plainly labeled; always under lock when not in actual use. Toilet set. —Take a piece of brown Holland and trace a design of daisies and leaves. Work the latter and stems, with dark-green crewels. For the daisies, thin white Swiss muslin is used. Cut it in strips an inch wide. Take one strip and one end and with a piercer make a tiny hole in the point of the traced petal; ptess the end of the gathered muslin through this, and fasten it securely on the wrong side. Proceed in this manner until all of the petals are covered. Work the stamens with yellow crewel in French knot stitch. This done by bringing the threaded needle up through the center of the flower; bold the thread down with the thumb of the left hand, and with the needle in the right hand place it nnder the thread once or twice, according to the size of the knot desired, then without removing the thumb, place the point of the needle in the same place it was brought through, draw it out slowly and, when the knots are firm, secure on the wrong side. Finish the edges with rick-rack edging or with antique lace. The several mats and pin-cushion co^“r are made in the same way.

Emerson's Friend, Henry David Thoreau.

Henry David Thorean, the son of a maker of lead pencils at Concord, Massachusetts, was born either in that place or Boston July 12, 1817. After graduating at Harvard University in 1837, he taught for three years; but his love for solitude led him to abandon that employment andrihe remainder of his life he devoted to study, working at one trade or another only long enough to earn enough for the bare necessities of life. From March, 1845-7 lie lived as a hermit on Walden Pond, near Concord, having built his own house, and during this time the expenses amounted to bat S7O per annum. He was ingenious and could turn bis hand to almost aDy work, but nothing bnt want could draw him from study. His favorite 1 looks were Homer and other ancient classic writers, the old English literature, and Oriental poetry and philosophy. He wrote much, but published little, and that little was ,<-e imingly forced from him after long deliberation. For instance, in 1849 lie published a .liook written ten years before, entiled “A Week on the.. Concord and Merrimack Rivers”— a minute, description ■ of the country, supplemented with observations of plants and animals along the route.’ His second book, “Walden : or- Life in the,/Woods,” Appeared in 1854, after a simlarly long period of delay. Bptb works abound in the transcendental philosophy, which he shared in Common wi' h Emerson, his friend. To this companion of many years the world owes most of its knowledge of Thorean, for after the latter’s death Emerson published his manuscripts, in several volumes, among them “The Main Woods.” “Excursions in Field and Forest,” “Cape Cod,” “A Yankee iri Canada, with Anti-slavery and Reform Papers,” together with several poems. Thorean was in all his life exceedingly eccentric. He never attended chnrch, voted, or paid taxes, and seldom ate any meat He died at Concord May 5, 1862.-— lnter Ocean.

DEVASTATION AND DEATH.

A Large Section of Western Ohio Swept by a Destructive Cyclone. Jamestown Almost Obliterated and flh People Killed—lmmense Sam* agl at Other Places. □ A dispatch from Jamestown, Green County, says: A terrible cyclone struck Jamestown about so’clock Sunday evening. Two-thirds-of the town was completly ruined. Six persons were killed, namely: Miss Stella Jones > aged 15, of Ejcnlapis Springs, Ky.; Mrs. Ann Carpenter, Let it's Jenkins, daughter of 6. K. Jenkins; Miss Ksle Boteler; Mrs. Stmrart, a colored woman; a son of James Paulis. Several were badly wounded. Hundreds of people were turned out of their homes. No estimate of the damage U. possible now. ANOTHKK ACCOCKT. ~ It appears to have originated near Woo - bino, a small town ten miles south of Dayton. Eye-witnesses describe it oe appalling in its fury. An authentic statement is that the cyclone was formed by the union of two light storm clouds from south and northwest, which immediately assumed the form bf a waterspout, rising and descending like waves of the sea, and destroying everything in its way. M. E. Best, of Dayton, who was near enough to observe accurately, says that It was fullyan eighth of amile wide, and moved about over the country like an immense ciouti of smoke, while everywhere in its path the air was dark with trees and ruins of bouses. Forests were mowed down like weeds, and fences were destroyed for miles, and it is estimated thAt in this county alone at least twenty residences are in ruins, to say nothing of the loss on other buildings, live stock, and farm property. At AlexandersYille, six miles south or Dayton, several people are known to be injured, and one lady retorted killed, while a sawmill, barns, and other buildings are destroyed. Friend’s paper-mill and other buildings are badly damaged, while a number of residences are reported destroyed. The telegraph lines are down in alt directions, and roads are impassable from the ruina that fill them. Near Woodbine the residences and other buildings belonging to Edward Wheatly were destroyed With other property amounting in all to $2,000. Two farm hands are reported missing. Brick school house No. D is destroyed and the roof carried 500 yards. Mr. Harris’ house and barn were destroyed. One child caught in the cyclone was carried 200 yards and dropped to the earth slightly injured. Mr. Mitchell’s house and barn are partly ruined. Mr. Bidenour’t property is badly damaged. Abner Harris' barn and other buildings were destroyed. The names of other ioseu cannot be ascertained, but, considering the large number of houses destroyed, there must bo heavy low of life. In the neighborhood of Miamisburg there is heavy damage. At Bell brook. Greene County, at least fifteen farm houses are more or less damaged, but the families generally escaped by taking refuge in the cellars. From Carrollton the cyclone took a direct easterly course, and its force was not in the least spent when it reached Jamestown, a thriving village of 800 inhabitants, which Is reported entirely destroyed, with only a few buildings standing. Meager telegraph reports state that four people are known to be killed, while twenty are more or less injured. Among others, the residence of L. Wickersham was lifted from its foundation and carried quite a distance. Near Xenia there was considerable destruction. The Soldiers and Sailors' Orphans* Home wss badly damaged. The barn, laundry, and other buildings were destroyed, while the hospital was unroofed. Miss Harvey, the matron, and Night-watchman Bichardson were injured, but no children were hart. Between Jasper and Cedar Creek, on the Narrow-gauge Road, the damage is great to farm property, and at this point trains were unable to move on account of the wind, while others did not dare to pass over the Cedar Creek trestle during the cyclone. In all directions, south and east of here, the scene of destruction defies description. Whole forests were cut down like weeds, and trees and smaller buildings carried a long distance in the air. [Dayton (Ohio) Telegram.] A very destructive cyclone visited this section on Sunday afternoon. In the neighborhood of Miamisburg. Carrolton, Franklin, Woodford, Bldgeville, Xenia,. Jamestown, Washington Courj. House, and at other points tho damage was appalling. The cyclone wSb first observed in the vicinity of Carrolton and Woodford, where It seems to have begun. One reliable eye-witness says that he observed one cloud coming from the northwest and another from the south. At a point new Woodford they moved into a vase whirling cloud as light as smoke, which descended to the earth and rose in undulations like a whirlwind. From Woodford and Carrolton the course of the cyclone was easterly, and reports from Greene County show that the violence was not t pent in the east when it reached that section. The town of Alexandria, six miles south of bore, is badly damaged, and one lady there Is thought to be killed. A family took refuge in a shed, and one child was carried five hundred yards, but not badly injured. Sawmills, barns, and smaller buildings were destroyed, while further south the destruction to property was more general, and it is estimated that at least four hundred farm residences, to say nothing of out-buildings, are completely ruined.

THE PRESENT TARIFF.

Official Statistics of Its Operation. [Washington Telegram.] Mr. Nlmmo, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, has placed in the hands of the Secretary of the Treasury bis report In regard to the operations of the tariff act of March 3, 1882. It appears that the set caused a reduction of about 8 per cent, in the average ad valorem rate of duty on imports. In detail the changes are as follows: Sugar and Molasses—Redaction. 9.32 per cent. Iron and SteU and Manufactures Thereof—B.ls per cent. Clothing W 001—3.88 per cent. Combing Wool—J 1.27 per cent. Carpet W 001—6.01 per cent. Manufactures of Wool —4 52 per oeuA. Manufactures of Cotton—lncrease, 1.92 per cent. Manufactures of Silk —Red art! on. 8.82 per cent. Earthen and China Ware -lncresea, 13.11 per cent. Glass and Glassware—lncrease. 1.00 p’r cent. Spirits and Wines—lncrease, 18.28 per cent., and malt liquors a reduction of 59.0 l per Of nt. The report, which is a document of sev-enty-two pates, embraces! a somewhat elaborate statement in regard to the changes in ad valorem rates caused by the tariff act of March 3, 1883. and by the fall in the import prices of commodities. It contains also a considerable amount of statistical and other information in regard to the production of sugar. Iron. wool, manufactures of silk, and spirits, and wines in the United States. The report treats with some particularity or the production in the United States of the three great classes of wool known to our tariff Jaws—namely: clothing wool, combing wool, and carpet wool, and the extent t» w£ich these three kinds of wool arc used by tt e manufacturers of worsied and wcolon gyOda, hats, c arpets, and other art ejes.

SPLINTERS.

These-fourths of t'»e officers in 16® German army wear cors-eti. Hkrmut Spenckb ba- started for Australia, a lon* sea voyage being recommended for his health. “ '* Wiggins claims to have predicted the London earthquake, and he says there will be another about May 20. Cater Bbsbthkji*, of the Cherokee Nation, has been afflicud with a severe stack of scarlet fever, but is now recovering. The Bank of' England has Just opened a reading and eating rcom for its clerks. \ I