The Greencastle Times, Greencastle, Putnam County, 6 November 1884 — Page 2
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THE GREENCASTLE TIMES, NOVEMBER A, 1884.
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Stevenson's Itlock, 2il Floor. THURSDAY, : : NOV. 6, I8S4 THE Volt K Al TUilhi. I mu inn'Hr Cuurier-Jtntrnul. The mBpli'fu.!f . tlieiiNh tri’e Ktumls mid qiiiT* ere; Acrt>es the ]'(ith tin* t*|tuler epine hie hare l-or luesie’e face, wln ee »tep anions the Imvee HoandeJikc an anny'ein the field of Mare. TheRrnee eroue brown; the roe '« tiretith ie loet; The bleortin ■ anij "S nnKathereil ti'iiiptthe l»ee; While katydid, pale prophet of the fmet. Chants her Inst eia'nal from the locust trei*. In circle swift aronnd the tielde doth sail The keen eyed hawk: with under-wing of white: And from the stubble all the utiivering quail Dart for the thicket with a humming flight. The mute gray squirrel, sobered with the year; Holds the ripe nut in lithe uplifted paws; And reynard sits, pfof ound philosopher, B side his den and.meditates on cause, Apollo still is cruel as of old: The frightened Daphne through through the pasture skips; The birds fly south: the woods in red and gold Tut ou the splendors of apocalypse. The evening sinks; the boys returning swing The basket laden with the pawpaw's fruit; While through the shadows flaps the rapid wing Of whip-poor-will whose monologue is mute. I’ho dun October's half-orbed moon descends The sloping Zodiac; the white clouds My On swifter wing than albatross uutiends, And red Orion climbs the eastern sky. And thus hy day and thus by night I trace The dying glories of the autumn time; Against the snow I set a stony face, And Ming behind this withered leaf of rhyme. Joiin Clark Kidi-atb. (inKKNCAsn.it. Ini>„ Oct. 7.
hi AMOK Its HEYOKD PRICE. S iMK POINTS UlOt’T PRKCIOCS SToNTtN AND THEIR IMITATIONS. Detroit Post uwt Tritium'. Muster Thomas Nichols, of Jesus College, Cambridge, the earliest English writer on the subject of precious gems, says: “There is nothing more ailmirable in this lower world than precious stones, seeing they are the starres of the earth, and s hino in competition for beaut ie, splendor ami glorie. Nature produces nothing more rich, and sufficiently ronfesseth it in her most careful laying them up and hiding them in her private cabinets and repositories in the inner part of the eart h. so that they are not easy tola* come by; hat their value and price make them worth searching for, even, firnugh the bowels of the world.” “Are there many expert judges of diamonds outsulge of men who make it a business!'’* a leading diamond dealer was asked. “Dot in reality, although there arenianvpersons why flatter themselves thej know a great deal about it it. but it is simply ridiculous to expect to become an expert in diamonds without careful study, ami a great deal of experience is necessary to pursue such study.” “What is the first thing an expert looks for in a diamond?” ‘The snap and peculiar fire, an effect of light and sparkle to fie found in no other article. Next we study the color, and finally we look for Maw s. An amateur expert reverses things. He looks for flaws first, color next and the fire last. It is a faculty—this judgment on diamonds—acquired much ns a bank teller comes to know, instantly, a counterfeit bank note or coin.” "What is the most dangcroug counterfeit of precious stones?” “It is called a ‘double’, that is, a genuine coating of veneer input on over a counterfeit tom* and the whole is put in a close setting with the edges covered. Such false gems are made in every style except opals and pearls." “How is a novice to know, then, whether he is licing swindled or not?” “In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred ho cannot know, and must rely on the honor of those with whom he does Ins business."
HOW TO SPEXh WIKTEK EVEKlAdS. Xmr \nrk Eventmt Pont. I be question, “How shall we spend our winter evenings?" is in season row it comes in with the lire in the grate on chilly nights, and the early lighting of the lamp. Inlolligont people are beginning to wonder if there is not some other way of passing the time than tn gathering one's friends together ami placing them at the whist table. To a fine player of that noble game such evenings ure not looked forward to with elation; to play at whist for two hours with a pal tiler who asks regularly at intervals, "What are trumps?" or who, with a pretty air of triumph, plays her are on her king, may ho an innoeent, and even profitable way of spending that lime; it may be made a moans of moral eulturo, by dnvoloping the virtues of pntience and selfcontrol, Imt can it be called an agreeable way? Home of t lie moat t ruly w ret died moments of my life have been thost during which I was obliged in attempt so mo game 1 could not play, with a partner whose res poet 1 wished to retain. Hut tie* fear of giving uneasiness to my hostess roused fhe sacrifice. 1 have sometimes lookad around the room at some so-called social gathering, and have detected signs of unoasiiiMs that reminded me of Art'mas Ward's remark to lua Hoiit hern jailor: “No, 1 am not mad but soon shall he if you do not bring me something to talk. It would doubtless require some courage to invite your friends and announce that eon vernation is tlio entertainment which in provided for them, and that such is expected to contribute hia or her shtre. Hut after a few minutes of doubt and formality wouldn't they all haven better time? There are women who have a genuine talent for entertaining, w ho can plan an evening's pleasure as a genera! would plan fora campaign. What is possible for her at an evening with cards? Nothing but to hover silently around the tables, not daring to speak lest she put to flight some weighty calculation or check some effort of memory. There are women who hare courage for any and every duty. There is a gate wide open leading into nn inviting field. Let them enter, and seek out some ingenious method by which trim sociability may I ncouraged, and by which trim conversation may Is* possible.
THE OR/>EHS WEEK VAUh.
IN IMTDRNTOK TIIBC.RKAT I'S.NTKNMAI. EXPD.IITION AT PHILADELPHIA. /*???.<?<IO*</ 1 llgjrl tch. One hot dee rht years ago, when the sun came down with so much force that it turned the tar pavement into soft paste, 1 was in the building in which the United States government had its exhihr* in connection with the Centennial I.aj, wilion. Hot as it was, people throng'•d all the big hoililuigs ami crowded the little ■'ircubir railroad, which made .Vl.Oflll or $J.(IU) a dayt 1 had been writing about the big show and what waste be seen there until it was u sorry
task indeed. It was so hot I did not feel like work, and so went over to the government building to look at some of the interesting things to be seen there. As Usual, the place was full of people, to many of whom the sight of such a collection of guns and munitions of war was a great wonder indeed. As 1 passed out of the main isle into one of the side ones there was a slight delay owing to a lady catching her dress on the corner of a projecting box the box was entirely out of place or the mishap would not have occurred. When the walk was resumed 1 found myself beside a heavily built man, who had stopped to watch the extrication of tin* lady's dross. He was dressed in a dark suit, with a long tailed fnick coat and soft felt hut, the brim of which hung down so low in front that it shaded the wearer's face. He wore a heard, closely cropped, and allowed his chin to rest upon bis breast, A soldier who was ou duty at that particular place came around, ns I stood there, and slowly walked down the aisle, the man beside me bent forward and, in a short, sharp, military tom* exclaimed.
"I’rivate,,,
The man stopped, looked surprised at the manner of address, used by a civivilian, and sa
luted. ‘
"That box is in way; help me move it,” said the man, and the soldier, with a good-natured remark about the cliUiculty of keeping things in order, complied with the request. A petty of fleer came up, just as the soldier was aiding the stranger in pushing tho Imix out of the way. I do not know what the officer's rank was, but from his major-generalship strut 1 guessed him to be a corporal. The instant he saw what the private was doing, he cried out: "Who gave you orders to move those boxes?" ‘The box just tore a lady’s dress, sir, replied the soldier in an enihnrassed way. after saluting, "Tt was moved out by somebody, and 1 just stopped to fix it." "Oh, youdid!”said the young strutter, tartly. "Well. sir. I don’t want any more of this interference with the exhibits unless you have orders from mo or from other of your superiors.” At this juncture a tall, thin man. whose cheeks were sunken and whose hair and heard were red, came up to tho man who hud euused the soldier's trouble, and wit ban exclamation of relief, he said: *T was looking for you and bad given up hope of finding you." “Wait a minute,” was all the reply given to this salutation, and then taking a step towards the officer, he said: “Officer the private was doing doing his duty. It is as much the duty of thw men stationed here to see that the public are protected from discomfort as us it is to guard the exhibits,” 'The man acted without orders,” retorted the officer, sharply. "1 gave him his orders,” was the quick reply. before the officer could speak the man who had just joined him chimed in, saying: ‘‘Officer, this is President (irant, Hisorders, 1 trust, w ill he regarded In the future. I am the Secretary of War.” And, with a rather angry look at his subordinate, the present senator from I’entsyivanin tJ. Donald Cameron), walked off with the President, leaving the officer astounded, tho private delighted, and myself high
iy amused.
ACES OF ACT HESSES. FIOCBEH WHICH ARE XOMETIMLH OMITTED FV.uM THE BlnilBU’HIFH OF FAVORITES. Krir York Commrri iol Atlvertifer. Society does not sanction inquiry ns to the ago of any Indy in its rircls. but the age as a muchadmired actress is often tin* subject of frienuly interest. it ir pi oper therefore, to give the ages of some of the leading actrcsseswho at onetime or another have been the rocipunts of applause in American theaters. Name Age Name Age M rs. 1 ohn Drew id Charlotte Thompson. 11 Mrs. John Huey .Vi Melina Patti It Iliston .’>7 Hose Wood :ts Mary Ulmlstane M May Howard *s I Mima Wallsr fd Kliza Wcatliershy ... .HI) Dydia Thompson r.x Lsitta (ChariotteCrabM i .. i>. IPowt rs * - as Maggie Mitchell i 1 Fanny Davenport.... Hose Eytinge I- Alice Harrison 8:t Kffis (lernion 47 Dickie Dangard :t:l Mrs. Chanfrnu Pi Celia Logan :t” I izxie Price... pj Sarah Jewett ;tl Clara Douise Kellogg.!'? Maud Harrison ?7 Kate Fisher PJ Ada Hehan TiK Bijou Heron ‘.’1 Stella Boniface ?4 Mrs. Drew was known ns Mrs. Mossop thirty years ago. Slie is the mother of Miss Georgians Drew . Mrs. Hoey married John Hoey, ofthe Adams Express Company, and retired from tho stage twenty-one yearango. Maggie Mitchell is worth (Tint),(IU0, Hose Fytinge's first husband was a printer in Albany; when she married the second time, her husband was George D. Butler, a nephew of (len. Benj* F. Butler, Effie (lermon has been married six times. Lotta is worth $:KX>,(U). Mrs. D. P. Bowers haseoeumnlatisl u large foatune. She is sick nt present nt the \ ictoria Hotel. Her two sons aro to open the large hotel on Broadway and Fortieth street opposito to the Metropolitan Opera house! Charlotte Thompson married a man named Henderson, who appropriated the greater part of her earnings and left her penniless. Eliza Went hereby is the wife of the comedian. Nat Goodwin and is aa good nn artrgis as he ia an actor. Htella Boniface is the daughter of the genial George Boniface, whose boast it was that lie never had an enemy. Fanny Davenport is the step-daughter of K. L, Davenport by his second marriage. Lizzie Price was the so-called and once beautiful wife of Cgarlre Fcrher, although the famous actor never obtained a divorce from the cultivated woman, wlio still lives and boars the namein Paris. Heal Estate TcHiisfers, Tho following deeds were filed at tiioliecorder s office during the |iust week, reported to tho lime.- hy Lewis anil Corwin, investment agents and abstractors of titles. Williamson’s block, Orecncuatlo. Win.T. Harris to Nathan luster 40 acres in Washington tp jpo Diadsma Butts et al. to John W‘ Bogus pt. LotSa H, li. Greencastle aon Alfred Lockahili to Harrison Wilson land in Russell tp S-Ul „ Jniia Hpringer to Willis McCoy 01 acres in Floyd tp 3.843 George W. Kelley to Mary A. Kelley et al ‘JAi acres in Greencastle tp auj Hillary A. Gubin to John E. Earp lot IS Eytlcho’s Greencastle (vjp Jennie D. WoLh to David 8. Skelton 40 acres in Madison tp son James A. Roosevelt to Jennie D. Welch Same lands 200 A. L. Morrison to W, H, Walker lots l\k Hlk 0 Central Greencastle 420 Charles Sponcer to James Whitson lots in South Russellville 2S0 Marshal Young to Thomas D. Young 40 acres in Franklui tp 2.1x10 Henley H. Watkins'to John H. Watkins IK acres in Jackson tp gqo Jesse T. Horn to It. 8. Linvillo Hfi acres in Cloverdaletp l.HX) Marrinilu Mills to Enoch Eggera 40acres in Jackson tp 4t() Jair.es M. Cross to Arch. Collins Land in Monroe ft 4,0 Eliza liuglin to Thomas Long lot in Bainbridge ^ TotalDeeds filed 10. Consideration A'JO.sjt Mortgages filed 11, “ ttjliia
la Opposition to Franklin. A* » matter of course the new doctrine of F ranklin and his allies was not recoired without considerable opposition. A sharp shock of an esrthipiaka having been experienced in Massachusetts in 1755, this was forthwith attributed to the evil influences of F'ninkliu's lioflitnins: rods. A Boston clergyman preached against them in 1770 :ts “itupiottscontrivances to prevent tho execution of tho wrath of Heaven.” Even as late as an engineer in tho employment of the British Government recommended that all lightning rods should be removed from public btiiUiinws as dangerous expedients, and in iM.'its the Governor-General and Council of tho East India Company ordered that all lightning rods should be removed from public buildings, arsenals and powder magazines throughout India, and only became reconciled to their restoration after,a large magazine and corning house, not furnished with a conductor, had been blown up during a storm. Franklin was so much in earnest in reference to his invention that he sent a friend at his own charge through the principal towns of the New England States to malts known the powers and virtues of the lightning rod. In the ‘T’oor Richard” for 17SH, a kind of almanac or manual which ho was at that time publishing, he (rave specific instructions for the erection of his rods. The second conductor which ho himself constructed was placed upon the house of Mr. West, a wealthy merchant of Philadelphia. A few months after this had been erected a storm burst over tho town and a flash of lightning was seen to strike tho point of the conductor and to spread itself out at a sheet of flame at its base. It was afterward found that about two inches and a half of the brass point had been dissipated into the air, and that immediately beneath the metal was melted into the form of an irregular, blunt cap. Tho house,nevertheless,was (piito uninjured. Tho sheet of flame seen at the base of the cosductor Franklin correctly ascribed to the ground having been very dry and to there not having been a mifficiently capacious earth contact under those circumstances. Ho nevertheless shrewdly, andquite justifiably, assumed that in this case nature had itself pronounced an unmistakable verdict in favor of his invention.—Edinburgh lie-
view.
German Servants. Tn their own country they are aflmirable, clean, obliging and wonderfully hard working, but they lack tho finish of good English serv ants. One ' great merit (lit*)' certainly possess— though orderly in their work, yet if the daily routine is interrupted, they are not utterly iip-et and demoralized. Our servant kept eight rooms clean, and very clean, never a speck of dust to be scon, cooked for herself and the landlady. fi'iehed ourdinner from t)i« restaurant, carried up to our etago (the i second) all the wood and water that i was required, scrubbed the stairs and passage every week, and yet was always ready tt* rim a message or post u letter, ami, dressed in her best, froqiiently went with mo to the evening | concert, and came back to fetch 1 me at ten o'clock. She was never in bed till eleven, and was at work by siiy neat and smiling, with no sliatie of the weary, jaded look so sad to see in an F'.nglish | (‘slavey." It is a mistake to suppose that wages are very low in Germany; I £20 is a very usual sum for a cook, and v one servant we had in our lodging [• when she married had £40 in the sav- . ings bank. Tho economy in a German } household is that the servants live very plainly, ami one does the work that with us would bo divided between two or three. Tiie feeling of attachment and interest in “the honor of the family,” observable in Scotch servants, is very general, and without undue familiarity Orman servants aro allowed to share in the joys and sorrows of their employers. The men servants aro strikingly free from tho insolent swagger of “deames,” and show tho same simplicity of nature as their masters. 1 remember a trifling incident which greatly amused me. When I was going to an audience at a royal Schloss, as I got out of the carriage a bow of my sash caught in tho door and was lorn off. “(), vv hat a pity, < Inadiges Fraulein!” exclaimed one of the flunkies who was assisting me. “Never mind, I can pin it on!” and, producing a pin, he carried out hin promise with a neat-handodness worthy of an old soldior, whiubi no doubt ho was.—Temple liar. Ignorant Notions About tho Sun and
Moon,
Hy the llurotis the moon is called the creator of the earth and graudmotlie" of the sun; in the myths of the Otlawns it is an old wo^ian with a pleasant white face the sister of tho day-star. The Chiquitos call the moon their mother, and the Navajos make it a rider on a mule. Where the planets arc vvorshippetl, preference in honors is generally accorded to the brighter and more conspicuous star of day. Hut the Hotocnidos of Brazil g'vc the higher place to fhe moon, and derive most of the phenomety* of nature from it; and in Central America and Hayti are also people who hold the. moon in no less honor. Curiously, thocc people find their counterparts among tribes of Western, Southern, and Central Africa, who rejoice with dancing and feasts at each appearance of the new moon, and expect an improvement of their condition from its beneficent influence; and they are not so far removed from the superstitious women of civilized Europe and America, who wait for the increase of the moon to change their dwelling, to cut their hair, to be married, and to baptize tln ir children. A belief existed among the ancient Mexicans and Peruvians, the V at oho/, of the Mississippi, and tin Appalachians of Honda, that the sun wa • the radiant ahoao of dead chiefs :inq braves. To the Eaquimax of Labrador belongs the boner of havintr <1 • ovi red that the moon was the para. 1 e 'or the good, while the wicked wen* eons! i ted to a hole in tho earth; although - *ne of tlie South American Ind an i t he Polynesians of Tokelau BM.v m; nearly abreast of them in the ee*m|'a*tili'i:i.—0. Muller Erauenstein, in 11 i 'll) Science MvnlAl/u
NATIONAL FINANCES. A Few Facts Deduced from the Last Treasury Statement. Redurtlon In the National Bank 4irciilatlon and Increase In llic Gold mid silver Crrllllcatr. —Receipt* Mild tixpeime*.
Ciik-aoo, Nov. 8.—The Inter Ocean’s Washinjrton City special has the following: The reduction in tin* public debt for September was sS, ;iu7.1’.tti, an I for the four months just close l, A.Ti.S'.Kl.ffpt; ntralnst i*K',304,7!'ff and to.i.■">'4,470 for the i orrospoiiding is'i i*«1' of last year. The reduction made last month was in the discharge of non-interest l«*a' in'( debt, mainly called bonds. The Dilst call for 8 ].er cent. IkmkIs lias matured, and the ♦ 10,000,000 included 111 tills cull is borne in the interest-hearing column, although * ver JO.edO.OOO of it have been presented and redeemed. During the in mth there was withdrawn by the national banks from the treasury :i ]«*r cent. 1 ouds ainouutinjz to xtj,. r »:i'>,otU, and there was dep isi'.ed in lieu of those withdrawn higher rate bonds amounting to ?'J,r*.V).000, showing u net reduction in tho securities held lot national bank circulation of nearly *4,000,00.1 and a consequent reduction in national bunk note* of about $8,500,000. The total amount now held to secure bank circulation is $385,000,000, ngainst #352,000,000 held one year ago. showing a loss of #27,OitU.OOO in bonds and $24,800,000 in bank circulation in the past twelve months. The loss, however, in this form of pajier currency is more than doubly compensated for in the increase of gold and silver certificates outstanding, the increase in these certificates since Nov. 1, 1SS3, being #51,500,000. It will thus be seen that notwithstanding the withdrawal from circulation of $24,000,000 of National bank notes the volume of paper currency now in circulation is greater by $27,000,000 than ou Nov. 1, 1«83. The gold coin and gold bullion fund now aggregates $222,530,360. a gain of $4,632,317 since Oct. 1. This is the largest sum in gold ever held by the treasury. The gold certificates outstanding amount to $87,805.67, an increase during October of about $500,000. Deducting outstanding certificates shows that the net gold now held and owned by the treasury is $ 1:4,070,790, nn increase of over $4,000,000 for the mouth. Tho net gold now held is equal to 35 ]>pr cent, of tho entire volume of United States notes. The available cash balance is $140,042,302, an increase of $5,000,000 since Oct. 1, and of $10,000,000 since tiie bogiuningof the current fiscal year. With this lni*go bnlnnco, even deducting the $10,000,000 call which matured to-day, it is likely that the new secretary will issue a bond call w ithin a few days. The receipts for the month wx*re over $20,000,000, of which $10,183,070 were from customs, and $9,0.9,734 were from internal revenue. Compared with Octolier, 1S83, there was a falling off’ of $5,000,000 aggregate receipts. Should the receipts for the coining oigbt months fall olf at tho same rate os during tho four months reported above, tho total receipts from customs and internal revenue for the current fiscal year would show a total falling off, compared with the preceding year, of $84,000,0(XI. During the discussion of the [tariff bill which was passed by the last congress, anil under the ojierations of which tho revenue has decreased, as indicated in this dispatch, it was estimated by Judge Kelley and other members of the committee on ways and means that the passage of tho bill would result in a reduction of about $70,(KN),()(K) in tho receipts from customs and internal revenuo compared with the figures for the year ending June 80. 1S.S3, when the receipts from these two sources were $307,000,090. The estimates then given are likely to be realized this year, taking the figures of the past four months as a basis of calculation Thus far the receipts from customs and in teninl revenue aggregate in round numb * - $100,000,000. During the coming eight months wo are not likely to receive more than $194,000,000 from these two sources, which would give $300,000,000 for the year, a reduction of $<>7,000,000 compared with I s 82 its the result of the operations of the revised tariff act of March 3, 1H83. The ex|H*iiditures for the four months just endcsl were as fol'ows: Ordinary, $57,410,-08'-1 p nsions, $23,94ti,201; interest, $20,026,115; total, #101,942,098. I*ealii in tin* 'theatre. Glashow, Nov. 3.—A serious panic occurred .Saturday evening at the Star theatre, caused by a cry of (ire. Tiie performance had proceeded without interruption until shortly after it o’clock, when some person shouted “Fire!” The whole audience instantly rose to their feet and made a rush to tho several exits. Tiie great mass of people hi “the pit” in rushing therefrom mot a crashing crowd pairing down from the gallery. A fearful and fatal block followed. The wild shrieks of agony anil despairing cries for help cotlld not then la* answeri* t. The mass of panic-stricken and struggling Immunity w ere appealed to by the officers of the theatre a*id by the police to hold back, but the appsioL w ere uuueeded. The crazed crowd frantically pressed toward tho outlets, trampling down and over the weaker 1 lies Until the street was reached. When tiie tb** theatre Was finally rlearod sixteen corpses were found on the stairs lending to the gallery, mid twelve |H*rsons were so badly Injured that they only gave evidence that life was not extinct by their piteous luoaniugs. Later.—The man whoso cry of “Fire!” caused the panic in tho Star theatre, has Iss n arre-ted. He was drunk when lie raised the false alarm. Persons in the theatre al the tine* d 'scrils* the scene cm the staircase ns terrible. The ste|>*; were strewn with rib h<m(, bats, sacks and shawls. The victims were first suffocated 1 thou trampled upon. ! The panic lasted fifteen minutes, it E 11 noteworthy fact that the authorities had disapprove! of tin* men its of exit, and contem plated the construction of an additional exit from tho gallery. The scenes witnessed when relatives identi ie I their deal wore most affecting. Among tiie victims wore t ight women. IGrt) •Neven Live* Lost. Han Francisco, Oct 30.—The steamer Nowf.orn arrived from Guay mas Tuesday, and brings news of disastrous storms on the j coast of Lower California. Tho captaiu says the steamer Kstado do Sonora left Mazatlan Sept. 29. The first storm broke out tlio following day, and it raged with such terrific fury that the Estado was unable to put back. It is supposed she rolled over and went down w ith fifty-seven souls on board. Nothing was ever afterward heard of tiie jaissongers or crew. On Oct 14 the Newbern prssed a large quantity of wrecked stuff near the entrance to the gulf of California. iUapleson and 1’attl Arrive. New York, Nov. 8.—Col. Mupleson arrived from London Sunday morning by tiie City of Berlin; Mina. Fatli lame by the* Oregon Saturday night Tho o|>era season at the Academy of Music, the colonel says, will open ou Nov. 1U
WOMAN’S CONGRESS. OTcetlnic «f Association lor !li« Advancement of W omen, Baltimore, Oct. 81.—The Association for the Advancement of Women continued its session Thursday. In tho morning there was an executive session, from which Hi public was txcludod. During this session reiHirls were read from the vice presidents of various states, territories it"' 1 Canada. Resolutions it respect were pass" 1 to the memory of .Mrs. Kale Newell Daggett, of Chicago, and Miss Emma Leonard, of Meriden. Conn. At a public session heM subsequently Mrs. Ewing, >*f Illinois, addressed the convention on "Our Kitchen Interests. Rev. A. Blackwell, a feinaio picicher of Ni w York, followed on tne comparative
longevity of the sexo
.1! the evening sos-ioa Mrs. Julia Maid Howe, of Rhode Man*!, iva 1 a paper eiititi***! ••Howto Bread 11 iSoeiety Women mid How m Elevate W .men '7 o**.* Low* r I lasses, and Mr Ell * AL AOtclu d. of Colorado, one
onf “A Btudv of Hegel.”
Laltihour, Aid., Nov 1.—The association for the advancement of women heel nn * xoeutivo :s*.-sion. Haturday morning, mid then adjourned sine di'\ iho name of Mr**. Mnrv G. Slocum, of Baltimore, was added to the let of officers as vice-president for Mary-
land.
Wash in glee *I(iiminell«.
Washington City, Nov. 4.—It is not altogether certain that the M ashiugtoji monument is to l>o completed in time for the proposed dedication on Feb. 22. The work of setting the capstones has been delayed a go* ! deal, as the stones were not ready. The third tier is now tadug placed in position, but the parties in charge of the work find that the nearer they got to the top the more difficult tho task, and tin* more careful the men have to be to prevent accident. The space at the top, too, grows constantly smaller, and, of course, a less number of men can la* employed. Should it haptien that cold weather should set in at an unusually early period there is a doubt whether the work could be completed this season. The pyramidal top of the monument, now being laid, is to consist of fourteen courses of stone, sloping gradually upward, the distance from the point where the angle occurs to the extreme top being fifty-five feet. Tho third course of these is now ladng laid. In it are to be the openings for “look-outs,” two on each side. Above it will be twelve courses and the capstone; and it is estimated that for each course three days of good weather will be required, *0 that tiie completion of the monument this season is by no means assured, though the chances are thought to be in favor of it. The capstone which is to surmount tiie whole is an object of much attention at the monument grounds now. All the visitors want to see it, nq l a good many young ladies ask to Ik* permitted to stand ou it, so they may tell their great grandchildren, that th y have stood on the ca[istone of the M'asliiiigton monument.
liidiHii* Not < Ittzcn*.
Washington City, Nov. .—A decision
was rendered by the supreme court of the United States, Monday afternoon, in another of the long series of eases winch have arisen out of the adoption of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments of thy constitution. Tho present case, which is tha lot John Elk, plaintiff in error, against Charles Wilkins, and which came from tho district of Nebraska, is a suit brought by an Indian against the registrar of one of tho wards *f tlio city of Omaha for refusing to register him a* a qualified voter therein. The questions presented are whether the plaintiff in error is a citizen of the Unite I States and whether he lias been denied any right guaranteed him by tho fifteenth amendment to tb** f>* leral constitution. This court, in a long and elaborate opinion by Justice Gray, holds that an Indian not naturalized and not taxed is not a citizen mil is deprived of no right; secured to
citizens I y tin* fifteenth amendment Two Women I*rotinI>1 y t.ynclied. Mexico. Mo., Nov. 4.—Ida Pringle and
Hue Smith, alias Big Six, two notorious colored women of the town, whom the c 'lore 1 [icoplo of tin* vicinity known us Flat Rock, mtd they would lynch, were taken from the jail Sunday night by masked colored men, but what 1ms become of them is it mystery. Various rumors are afloat, some thinking they have been lynche I. othen that Hi y were taken to tho outskirts of town and made to leave in tln-ir night clothes, as their outer garments wen* 1 *ft in the calaltooee. The women have lieen terrors to Mexico.
Parties are now searching lor them.
Gx-fiovernor tIo*c« Attempt* Suicide
Detkoit, Midi., Oct. 80.—Ex-Governor
Moses, of South Carolina, who is under arrest chatv* l w th swindling tiie Rev. Dr, Baxford, Rev. Mr. AMerbtuy and others, attempt** 1 suicide Thursday morning by hanging himself in ids coll. Ho was cut down ami will lie tried op tin* charge of
swindling.
Detroit, Oct. 31.-When brought back to Oonsci*.iisness Thursday, ex-Governor Moses, of S.utii Carolina, win* tried to hang himself in jail here, said be was weary of life, and w* 111* 1 rather die than go buck to [iris**n. Failure* lor a Week. New Yung, Oct. 31.—The business failures of the past s"v*'n day . reported to R. G. Dim *V Co., were: In tlio Unit,**! States, ait; tn Ciiiimla, 81;—u t fal of 207, against 258 last u, ek an l 218 the wn*k before. The in ercas. is i * liceable in tiie Pacific states, tlio wis tx-rn in i southern states and in Canada. 5 ol: .. Nov. 1.—There were 205 failmos in the t'nited States reported to BraffstreetT during the past week against 3.4 in (li,* preceding week, and 195. 154, and 185 in tin* oonvs|KVuting weeks of Ifcs.'i, p*«2, and IbHl respectively.
bUKUUN A PRISONER. The Story Told by an Arab She.u the Fall of Khartou m . ' “
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Bediiclug Tlieir lulerewt.
Wall Stkekt, Nov. 1.—The Fourth national hank hag isMiod a notice to its correspondonts stilting that the rate of interest 011 balances would be fixed at 5 per cent ou $500 and upward after Oct. 81, until better rates for money can be obtained. This is a reduction of ' j ]s*r cent. About twenty other inter,*st [laying banks are contemplating 11 like reduction, but are delaying definite action in tho matter until after the clearinghouse nn*. ting next Thursday, at which it is
pro[iosed to act as a body. The Geriiiun selection*.
Berlin, Oct. 30,-The Berlin press variously comment upon the Hoclalist victory at the elections of Tuesday. They nil attribute it to Bismarck's continuance of the anti-Socialist law and await w ith curiosity his future action. J Tho eiKirmomt.success of U10 Socialists is the theme of genomt comment In Konigsberg, where Socialism has hitherto been unknown, they developed a strong majority. An l.iiglKli Colonization Scheme. London, Nov. 1.—The “UntUe Ranch Freehold Land Company of Texas” have issued a prosjiectus which contemplates tho acquirement and settlement of extensive os-
The capital stock is fixed at
UoU,00U, in shares of $■> each. •>
An Attempt to Advance , 0 'hei ,,,,, ol llie«4arrleo„. A ,|
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New York, Nov. 3.— \ ,.,m
Cairo to The Journal says: A b piitcli b> the kho livo from D m -X' the grapiiic recital of ('im le8e , * capture, as told hy an Arab sheik Sliendy on Get. 7. "'"’fe Asli.ng as seven weeks agi 1
j story, Mnurtoum •wassurroun h.j|,.S
of n belsfinm the Nile omiitry J 1 count of th i scarcity of [irovisioas
j disaffection arose among tin* L /' r ^ I This di-affec! ion, though largely 4,^“^ 1 men, w as sl.areil by lit * ,,m, .f .' .'M
bol* informed Gen. ' • * 1 Waved the time had com 1 Gordon's answer ang rod th * „iii Wu ina "“''l Wn. of deceit, of putting t iJ l" ('•I “f their lives to ad,11 i .... glory in cuee he witlist*, *d tli* , , h 11 snulls of tho rebels until tin* mlufV tt com.'. Gordon tried to calm them b * '' Uu.t the relief expedition had re,, '■ "< gola. They demanded that vanco to meet it. Uonlon finally agr,... | t , h and orderel Col. Ht. wart to prepare iioats. Before this brave ollii r . piloted Ids arrangements som*'s,iy garrison went over to tin* relieb m) 1; , | found himself with aliout 2,ik'w *[,’.. ' could trust It was now cleat* tub :■
that nothing wits left, but retreat, an*I «'tk
the remnant of liis force he driipi | ,1 the Nile towanl Shendy. The banks 1,
diately swarmed with rebels, who, af^i a few miles had iieen pasnd. tbn-s continuous showers of s|K*ars ami ar 1 rows at the retreating forces Many w*,
wounded, and some quite si'rinusly Th
sands of natives pouml down from u* mountains, where they had long been m waiting for tho final struggle. They harrassed the tr<M>|w by pouring vo||.. v < mt „ them from rittes that they stfcuml bv treachery. Their aim was good, and many on the boats were badly wound* 4. When Shendy was readied it was in p—esiiun ; the rebels. Here they were nut by an effective artillery fire, in trying to evau« which many of the boats u,.^ grounded on tho opposito bank of thNile, and their occupants taken prNiaen
Many of tho boats were thus ilwibled.ainl
those tliat succeeded in running the blix'kada gathered a short distance below Shendy for a consultation. All this time they v. fob 1'iwed by a galling fire from Hi* rebels no either bank. Gordon onl a* 1 a ndurato Khartoum rather than exp, is * tli** l eniamler
of his command to certain ilentli. At tliis time Col. Stewart's b a* was in advance of tlio iiotilla and tin* si. to return was unseen by him
lie prix-eedod onward. He j, knov to liave [Missed Berber, but I * . t tli: nothing is known of his fate. A l Hu* etbi boats obeyed Gordon’s coiuuiaiul an 1 start-, on thn trip, followed by li* i*b*s of tb,. n b*l maddened with the certaini v 0 .it ,rv v the great Gordon. The comma" 1 b Laved nobly, but in tiie upward pa ss • were I**-! by myriads of the enemy, and in a': mpting to pass Hhendy the fire was so 1>* •! tba; tl.irdon was c,mi|ielle 1 to surrender. Gorden w as immediately place 1 un i *ra str 11: aiard and earried to the muhdi's ! * iquarters. Tiie ofiicers and men of his 1 niniandaro
still prisoners at Shendy.
London. Nov. 4. — I/*id TIartin.-ton, minister for war, state*! Monday tin: tli" guvernmont ha*i no information id i!e:i. (lerdon's l>eing captured. Tin* snrmi ** ef Th* Times that the report of tli * fall of Khartoum originated in an unreli.-ib. -news|i:ip-i-at Constantinople, is prove 1 to be in* onw. It is impossible to stat* with i-ert.-iiiity whether the repoi-t of Gen. (ior L capturv is or is not true. The officials nt tb** war and foreign offices are very reticent, and thisi-*# laid sign. The nearest official ivpiv-entatire of the duke of Cambridge says tint be has no news to impart, ami that it may b** mai weeks before accurate intellig* 11 is ivceivtsl as to Gen. Gordon's coiulilioa. M st of tho [icoplo in London believe tb.-it sum fir rible disaster has befall'tii (ii-u. G *:dmi, ami hope is aban toned a* to Col. 8tewart. In all tiie*cathedrals and cliurclios mid ia ii!:iny of tlio dissenting chapels sp'-i-i-il ; i y*rj were offered for Gen. Gordon's ih-liv* rnnee
from peril
Cairo, Nov. 4.—A courier has nrriv* 1 at Handakwitha message from (1**11. (i',ril"ii to Englishmon who may iitt**nipl t" ivach Khartoum in disguise. They ar- warned that such a 1 undertaking will i e ulm-'-f impossible, as, according to Gordon’s informatiou, the rebels tiro in complete ] "* -v-iuii between Dobbelt and Kbart'ium. INiitional IlnnU 4 liarter*. Washington City, t 1 *-: : trollerlof tiie curren.-y, after a vi it t> York, wliere he convone* 1 with a iiniuls’rof ofiicers of the national bank is 111 n- than ev* r convinced that the -t- rics that the majority of those banks ..lies* clinib-i-s i-xpii'® during 1885 will not ask for ;; r . ,*,d ar- in-i-oiT -t. On the contrary, nearly oil "illn-k for nn exb'tision. (Several of tii*-lai msti tut ions have nli-e.-nly app.i'-'l for tli--- - sary [lajicrs, ami tlio oil'u ia'.s of oil - suhl that it was their intention to renew their charters. Tho recent opinio:: of the attemei gBieral of the state of New York, in whii'h he holds that undor tho frei'-banking act'** tho state the stockholders instate banks ai'liulile only to the amount of their sub'crff*' I stock and not to tiie extent of 1"" p-i cent. additional, will prevent many N*" ''' r '' ( ity nalionnl luuiks from continuing businen-
uu.ier the stntz- law.
Nome IN'iinIoii Klgiires.
\v Asm m , *,City, (>*-f. 31.—Third Auditor Kuightl,*)’, of tlio treasury, stab” that the financial operations of his offio 4> ir ing tho last fiscal year involve l $9t,0.''.4-><’>-The report shows that during the year | sion agents made disbursements as follows! On nut of invalids, $41,011,196i willows, ♦6,577,004; minors, $1,109,473; dei»ndent relatives $5,4,97,454. On account of the war of 1812 there were [void to survivors during the year $278,93t>, and to widows $1,082’, " l - The amount paid to surgeons at the several agencies during tho year aggregated $(**>* , ,‘ First Step of mi Intended Monopoly* Oil City, Fa., Nov. a—The Associate*! Producers have bought the McKeown prop erfcv, the finest producing territory i' 11 *' J Bradford field. This is the first purcliast^ ol this new and wealthy corporation, tho objo of which is to acquire possession and control tho production of Pennsylvania fields. The coi^ora tion will open a bush 1, * sH
ullice aMJuffalo, N. Y.
lluwkrd iTfrn Tire on a Train. Hocorro, N. ai.—Apnssenp rtmni
Thursday evening, nearing Escondidn. 1 ‘ Ui miles north of hero, on tin Atchison, Topeka
Banto Fc, was fiivd into by a bjvnd
masked men. One w*»m:ui was shot. *
town is up in arms. Sheriff Simps"! 1
and
fifty armed men havo ju‘d started in