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, srooor TAZE jar TOE ABBES. Wlty'and Wherefore of the Onslaught or * ' Hie Chlncte at Sock Springs Thorough JCn vestigatlon Being Made. Cheyenne dispatch : Three of the govern ment directors , Gen. E. P. Alexander , M. A. Hanna and James W. Savage , are at Kock Springs investigating the circum stances attending the late outbreak. They gave a hearing yesterday to the committee ° ' c izens who had previously presented their case to Mr. Bromley. Nothing now appeared as to the alleged grievances against the Chinese , or against the em ployes of the mines. The same rules were observed with regard to the circumstances immediately connected with the outrages , all witnesses refusing to say any thing what- ver concerning the attacks upon the China men and the Burning ol their quarters. The examination was chiefly conducted by Judge Savage , who was materially as sisted therein by Mr. Hanna , who is him self a mine owner and familiar with the subject of miners' grievances. Every op portunity has been furnished the citizens and miners to present their grievance. The government directors decided upon the facts as shown , to send the following dispatch to Secretary Lamar : The undersigned government directors of the Union Pacific rail way , pursuant to law , report that we have made investigation upon the spot of the alleged outrages re cently occurring at this place , and we find such a condition of affairs hero as in our opinion endangers theproperty of theroad , jeopardizes the interest of the government and calls for prompt interference. We therefore deem it important that full authority should be given the properofli- cers to alford ample assistance to the man agers in their efforts to protect the proper ty of the company and conductthebusiness of the road. E. P. ALEXANDER M. A. HANNA , , JAS. W. SAVAGE. The Chinese consul at San Francisco , Col. Bee , and the Chinese consul at New York are here with a Chinese interpreter , to make a thorough investigation on behalf of the Chinese government of all the circum stances connected with the outbreak. They are ordered here by the Chinese legation at Washington. Col. Bea has already had the remains of some of the Chinamen who were killed exhumed , and it was found in two in stances the skulls of the Chinamen were fractured , indicating that they were killed in a struggle at close quarters. The consuls have offered a reward of § 15 each for additional bodies found in the vicinity. Accurate returns as to the num ber of Chinamen killed cannot yet be made , but so far as can be now learned there arc fifteen missing , and the uhole number killed is twenty-one. Col. Bee has made up his mind from con versations with the citizens and officials that any attempt to bring the offenders to justice through the local authorities will fail. It is his intention to telegraph the state department through the legation call- " ing for more vigorous measures for the pro secution of the criminals by the United States courts under the provisions of the treatyyith China. He says that all of the proceedings that have been had in the mat ter so far are a bold farce , and unless the matter is taken in hand by the United States authorities there will be nothing done. He finds eleven of the grand jury before whom the cases of the men already arrested will go are citizens of Rock Springs , many of them miners , all of them sympathizers with the rioters , while of the petit jury four teen of the twenty-four are from Bock Springs. Col. Bee states as one of the remarkable results of the inquiries , that of the men en gaged in the outbreak not one was an American born citizen. He deems it espec ially significant that the outcry against the Chinese which is depended upon to justify the outrages comes from men who are not themselves natives , and many of them not citizens of the United States. FERSONAI AND UUPERSONAZ. Amonument is to be erected to Schuraan at Zwickau , the place of his birth. A Buffalo editor delicately says that Mary Anderson is a histrionic icicle rather than a dramatic cocktail. A Cincinnati girl gave her best beau thi mitten because he used a type-writer when he wrote love letters to her. Andrew Jackson De Voe , the New Jersey weather-wrestler , has heavenly blue eyes and a rope-colored mustache. A mean paragrapher says that there ii enough leather in a St. Louis girl's ears to make a Chicago girl two pairs of shoes. Walt Whitman is the chief curiosity in the town of Camden and every street car driver loves to talk to strangers about him. - Oscar Wilde has a successful competitor In a Barnegat , N. J. , citizen , who has three acres devoted to the cultivation of sun flowers. George R. Sims , who wrote "The Cry of the London Poor , " is about to publish what seems a sequel to it , "Rogues and Vagabonds. " Edgar Fawcett denies his right to a place in the much circulated , list of American authors who are not college men. He was graduated from Columbia in 1867. Lord Tennyson's poem on the marriage -of the Princess Beatrice is referred to aa an epithalamium by one writer. When poetry gets awful bad it is hard to find a name for it. Nevada , when she comes to this country next year to sing , will bring with her two American gh-ls to appear in opera Miss Johnston , of Washington , and Miss Nellie Everest , of Philadelphia. They are both pupils of Marchesi. THE SCIENCE OF 3TETAPHXSK.S. ALWomanWIio Expects to be of Untold Benefit to the Human Family. Freeporfc (111. ( ) dispatch : Mrs. Lathrop , widow of the late ( X B. Lathrop , the attor ney , left Freeport this week for Boston to -enter the metaphysical college in that city .as a student. Sho was for several years an W invalid , being obliged to keep her room much of the time , but now sho is a strong and healthy , woman. Her recovery she attributes wholly to the science of meta- physics , and she has become a must sincere convert to that system. She calls herself 4i Christian scientist , and claims to have accomplished several cures of considerable importance in Freeport. After spending a few months at the Boston college she ex pects to become of untold benefit to the human family. One of her patients , a voung woman who was in very poor health for years , Miss Ella Long , of this citywas cured by Mrs. Lathrop , whom she now ac companies to the college at the "Hub , " hoping to become herself a healer. Mrs. Lathrop is a highly respected woman , and the people of Freeport are anxious to see what miracles she may perform. She cures vrithoul medicine. CHRONICLX3 XT CABLE. WUcellaneout Xattert of Interest Pertaining to Foreign Countries , The Irish amateur athletics wlii are to com pete U tiw champlootblp games ia the Halted Etates , tailed in the Allen line steamer Sar- uaatlon. Their names are Barry , Percell , Walah , Hayes , Sprowlehart , Bulger , Chris- Kan and Hassey. They haye bwv.u in active training for some months. A Madrid telegram states that a military prising had been attempted in the Spanish tapltal and had been suppressed after two men had been killed. Advices from Madrid state that the military uprising in that city was limited to one of the largest barracks. The soldiers seized their arms shouting death to their chiefs. The authorities had feared an uprisingand prepared for it , and vigor ously suppressed it before itassumedjformlda- ble proportions. It is officially announced that there has been no personal correspondence between the Emperor William and King Alfonso regarding the Carolines affair. | The Spanish courier bearingae note re questing Germany to renounce her intention of establishing a sovereignty over the Caro" line islands , has crossed the German frontier. The members of the foreign office will be summoned to meet tlie moment he reaches Berlin. The government of Spain has refused to ac cept the resignation of Admiral Topcte , un der secretary of marines. The French am bassador has telegraphed M. DeFreycinet that he fears the dispute between Germany tnd Spain , respecting the Caroline Islandsi will be a protracted one. The German lega. lion in Madrid is still guarded by soldiers. A few cases of cholera and deaths from the disease are dally reported from towns in South France. Total number of cases of cholera for the whole of Spain since September 1st to the 12th , 23,644. Total number of deaths during the same period , 6,379. The disease has al most dloappeared from the provinces of Val- tucia , Mercia , Saragossa and Granada. Many German spies have recently invaded rarious fortified places in eastern France. It Is stated that a German general and two offi cers were arrested at Belfast , the capital of the frontier department of Bout , on the Rhine , while in the act of taking plans of fortified portions in that vicinity ana escorted to the frontier. The Earl of Carnarvon and Lady Carnarvon arrived at Londonderry , September 12th. An enthusiastic reception w as accorded them- The city was gaily decorated with flags and bunting , and crowds + -people thronged the streets. An official dispatch denies the report that tcveral stations of the African International Association had been attacked by Congo can nibals and a number of while settlers roasted and devoured. Sixty-five hew cases of small-pox and twelve deaths were reported at Montreal on the 12th. ARegina dispatch says that Big Bear has been given three years at Story Mountain for treason and felony. It is reported la. English political circles that Bpaln fears that England will compel that country to sign the new commercial treaty by threatening not to recognize the Spanish claim to the sovereignty of the Caroline Is lands. Cholera is spreadlngln the south of France- At Mansoque there have been eighty deaths within three weeks. Aubagne 20 deaths oc curred within a few days. The epidemic is decreasing at Toulon. The Spanish government has cancelled its contract with Bremen ship builders for the construction of a larce iron clad war vessel. Forged notes to the amount of 200,000 kroner , about $40,000 , 'have been negotiated with Swedish banks. The Japan mail says : There Is no longer any doubt that the cholera has reappeared in Japan. The official Gazette of August 80th , announced 24 new cases at Nagasaki. It says the disease is very violent , death rapidly en suing after seizure. The infected area spreads rapidly. Cholera is also reported at Osaka but it appears to be sporadic. The total num ber of cases from August 21st is only twenty two. two.Official Official returns show that 93 per cent of the deaths from small pox at Montreal were French Canadians who were averse to vacci nation. Of 123 deaths from small pox in that city last week 103 were French Canadians- Fifty per cent cf the death rate is among children from one to five years old. DESTRUCTION S W1FX AND SURE. Additional Intelligence Regarding the Recent Ohio Cyclone , John Little , congressman of the Eighth Ohio district , furnishes the followingreport of the.recent . cyclone at Washington Court House : "Destruction here IB not BO generally sweeping as at Jamestown , but it is vastly greater. Thegeneral course of the tornado was from southwest to northeast through the long way and center of the city. Its general width was about 600 feet , with oc casional breaks to right or left. In its course of a mile and a half in town , it is an exception that any square escaped injury. In most of them damages to property are marked , and in some fearful. The business portion suffered most. Jnjuries ranged from the shattering of windows to every stage of demolition. If a single house in this portion escaped harm , I have not noticed .the exception. In two blocks alone , practical men have estimated the loss to buildings at$60,300. The damages to goods in these will not fall under $20- 000. 000."Noclass "Noclass of property escaped. Dwellings of all grades , public halls , churches , school houses , fell a prey to the storm's fury. The individual losses , as shown by estimates of committees , will exceed § 250,000. These are the total , as they are not covered insurance. They fall most largely , not most disastrously , on business me The devastation will be most seriously fe by the poor , who have come in for the full share. I should say as many as fort houses occupied by poor families were u terly demolished. The relief committ * estimate for all sub committees have nc reported that 100 families will need a sistance because of losses incurred. Son of them , as I know from personal observ , tion. are rendered destitute. Numbers them are on the streets , and the relief cor , mittee , which is a most excellent one , w have all it can dp to provide shelter for them from the coming cold weather. Every dollar sent to the chairman. Col. H. B. Maynard , Washington Court House , Ohio , will be conscientiously applied to the relief of the needy poor. I trust the necessity for prompt assistance will be appreciated. " FRIGHTFUL SCENES Of CABOTAGE. A Sand to Hand Conflict inJLima Govern ment Forces DisastrousDefeated. . Late advices from Lima give details of a battle at Canta on the 12th ult. On tha morning of that day a detnchment ) of gov ernment troops , occupying the town o ! Canta , sixty miles from Lima , in the valley running parallel to that of Eimac , was sur prised by a division of Gen. Carcere's army , and after a sharp action of several hours was forced to fly in disorder. The government troops opera ting against Canta were 350 men of line with one gatling gun , fifty cavalrymen and fifty wounded gend armes , the whole force being commanded by Col. Torres. Canta had been occupied for several days by the Monteneros. or irregular revolutionary forces , who retired on the approach of this detachment. ' On Friday evening news arrived' the approach of a considerable division of the enemy , and upon C l. Bustamente's ad vice it was decided to defend the town. On Saturday at 7 a. m. the hills enclosing Canta were occupied by the enemy , appar ently 1,500 or 2,000 strong , and with about 200 cavalry. The latter were sta tioned at the outlets of the valley leading toward the coast and to the interior , so that from the firs'fc the government forces were effectually corralled. Col. Torres had placed his men in a bar rack situated in the principal square of the town , having also small outlying squads behind some of the walls in the suburbs. Carceres" artillery , four small field pieces , fire from the hills opened atHuay-Chul- lum at 7:30 a. m. , and in a few moments firing became general. The enemy de scended the hills and attempted to enter the town , but were repeatedly driven back. For two hours the positions of the combatants were unaltered , firing all the time being very heavy. At midday the defenders began to slacken their fire , for their ammunition was rapidly becoming exhausted , and for an hour they received without reply the volleys of the attacking party. At 2 o'clock a desperate effort was made to drive the rebels from the town , which they had entered at the point of the bayonet. This failed , and their defeat was accomplished. The fight was hand to hand in tho streets , no quarter being given , and most dreadful scenes of carnage occurred. Houses , where some of the defeated sol diers had taken refuge , were broken open and all found within murdered , without distinction of age , sex or character , and then were burne"d. A few of the most de termined of the government cavalry , headed by Col. Pachas , cut their way through their opponents and made good their escape. Col. Bustamente , to whose counsel the defeat was due , seeing all was lost , blew hii brains out on the field of action. Col. Tor res escaped early in the night and the gov ernment has named another officer to com mand the decimated ' 'Cagamaric. " Of the 500 or 600 men engaged on the government side probably 200 escaped by flying to the mountains following Pachas. They are still coming in by parties of two or three. Very few prisoners were taken , for , as has been stated , no quarter was given. The Cacerists were commanded by Col. Morales Bermudas , and it is stated Caceres with his staff arrived at Canta the day after the battle. The losses of the revolutionary forces are not known. From the fact that the Cagamarica batallion was decidedly the finest in the government service , partisans of Caceres are jubilant over his success , and the 5,000 soldiers in garrison at Lima are not at all affected by the reverse. The officers are confident of their loyalty in case an attack is made on the city. Ener getic precautionary measures are being taken , church towers are occupied at night by strong dttachments of riflemen , and the prefect has issued a notice offering , from 50 to 1,000 silver soles to any who may denounce the existence of the con spirators or aid the police in their efforts. The government force has been withdrawn from Chosica , and is now stationed at Santa Clara , fifteen miles from Lima. Nothing positive is known of the where abouts of Carceres. XJTE SHORTAGE IN WHEAT. Estimates of the Crop front Various Sources- * As to Future Prices. The Chicago Farmers' Review saya Nearly all statisticians upon the wheat crop this year the department of agricul ture alone excepted have come down ui their estimates of the crop to or below thi estimates of the Farmers' Review in itj issue of June 4 , viz : a possible , but not to exceed 330,000,000 bushels. The depart inent of agriculture , having made an estt mate of 357,000,000 bushels , is loth to materially reduce that estimate , but it will do so. It has already thrown off 6,000- ! 000 bushels , and in its September report we look to see still further reductions. Aa | reports from threshing come in from both the winter and spring wheat crop , we now greatly doubt if we have raised more than 320,000,000 bushels of both of this year's crops. We have of grain in sight in farmers' hands and in flour , an equivalent probably of 80,00,000 bushels , making with this year's crop if it is only 320,000,000 bu shels a total of 4,000,000,000 bushels. Of this amount we require for home con sumption and seed 350,000,000 bushels , leaving a surplus of barely 50,000,000 bushels for export or to be carried over into the next crop year. Of foreign pro ducers both France and England have greatly reduced their acreage , and the de crease from this cause in France is esti mated at 35,000,000. In view of these facts of a shortage of 500,000,000 bushels of wheat and rye in the crops of America and Europe , we be lieve that the prices of wheat cannot long be kept down to where they are , English wheat only bringing a fraction over $1.00 per bushel in English markets. The man who has a crop of wheat on hand safely stored has a valuable commodity that is pretty sure to be needed before the next harvest comes around , and at a price above what it will now bring. Ifis only needed for farmers to holdback then-wheat0 as far as practicable till the 40,000,000 bushels now in sight , and which hangs like a millstone upon the neck of the market , disappears , to bring about a material ad vance in the price , aa we confidently be lieve ; and this holding back we believe to be the true policy for every wheat raiser whose necessities do not actually compel bun to part with his wheat. ii , icisfweeK , came the usuai arbarous charivari to mar the pleasure P the occasion and to cause ill feeling nd loss or damage to property. Those howere engaged in the questionable elebration were repeatedly assured that IB newly married couple were else- here , but they nevertheless continued ieir outrageous noise and clamor until iiey caused the team of Mr. Kern , a jn-ifelaw of Mrt Conner , to break loosf : side would nave been better. THE oldest inhabitant of Qadsden county , Fla. , is fanes Yord aged 116 years. XHX BEAT OF GOYEBNXENT. KseeOaneovt Hatters of Interest at tht tional Capital. THE secretary of the interior has made , v decision in what arc known ns the Ontono- gon land cases , re versing the decision of the commissioner of the land office. Tho par- to the case , which is paid to involve the possession of several million dollars worth of land in the Marquette district , Mich. , are Picard vs. Camens , Wakefield vs. Longon , and Spies vs Mohrin ? , and the question at issue was the right of pre-emptors to locate ipon lands covered by private entries. SECOND ASSISTANT POSTSIASTEU-GENERAIJ KNOTT has returned from a tour of inspec tion over the railway postal system west. Mr. Knott was abeet four weeks and went as far west as Bismarck on tho Northern Pacific and Gunnison on the Denver & Rio Grande. His object was to study the sys tem thoroughly and ascertain the wants of the western country in the matter of mail transportation. Mr.Knottexpressed him self as well satisfied with the present rail way mail service and commended tho fast mail particularly , pointing to great speed of trains , rapidity of the transfer service at Chicago for points west , and tho smooth ness and accuracy of the whole service. Mr. Knott says that no radical changes in rail way transportation are contemplated , he received a number of suggestions duringhis trip , and he himself noted several instances where he believed the service might bo im proved , but these ideas were as yet crude and would only be carried out after consul tation with tho postmaster-general and officers of the department. SECRETARY LAMAR has directed the com missioner of railroads , Gen. Joseph E. Johnson , to send a letter to Charles Fran cis Adams , president of the Union Pacific and to C. P. Huntington , president of the Central Pacific , stating that the depart ment had been informed that their compa nies had been for years paying a subsidy of nearly § 1,000,000 per annum to the Pacific Mail Steamship company and instructing them to forward to the commissioner a copy of the contract between their compa nies and the Pacific Mail , and also t'o cease payment of the money to the Pacific Mail until the matter could bo thoroughly inves tigated by tho department. Tun following rules have been issued for guidance of postmasters and postal clerks in preparing for dispatch letters' * bearing special delivery stamp. When dispatched in direct or express pouch from one post- ofiice to another postofliee , or from rail way postoffice to postoflicc , a separate package should be made when there are five or more letters. When there are less than five letters they should be placed together upon the outside of the letter package so as to be readily discovered by the person opening the pouch. When dispatched from one postoffice to the railway postoffice , or from one railway postoffice to another , a separate package should be made when there are five or more of these letters ad dressed to the same postoffice. When there are less than five letters they should be placed upon the outside of the direct package or immediately under the label slip of a route or state package. ROBBEBS < XV HORSEBACK. Baad Agents in the Big Horn Mountains Rifle a Stage Coach. Miles City ( Mont. ) dispatch : Almeric Paget , son of Sir Henry Paget , of London , returned this morning from the Big Horn mountains. He states that three road agents held up the stage going from Fort Cutter to Fort McKinney , Friday night , on the bridge over a creek near Forty-Mile ranch , and secured tho Wells-Fargo treasure box , robbed the stage driver and the Wells- Fargo agent , and made off with their booty. The driver and agent were the only per sons on the plundered stage at the time of the robbery. The loss is variously esti mated at from § 50 to § 600. Mr. Pagefc was a passenger on the stage moving in the opposite direction , northward. The stages met about three miles south of the scene of the robbery. The valuables and the Wella-Fargo treasure from the second stage were transferred to tho one going south , and preparations made by the Paget party to meet the attack. On reaching the bridge tho robbers had decamped. Three days previously § 12,000 in army funds for troops south of Fort Ouster had been sent through quietly , and it is gen erally believed that the robbers had calcu lated on securing tho treasure box of tho army paymaster , but failed to strike the right coach. A. Banner with a Strange Device. Upon the declaration ofwar in 18J2 , the town military companies reorgan ized by the election of new officers and a general brushing np of accouterments. Just before the battle of Plattsburg a town company in that vicinity elected a stalwart but rather UJiterate fellow by the name of Jonathan Pilsbury , Cap tain. He felt that the eyes of the whole State of New York were upon him. He encouraged his company to be brave in the coming battle. He assured them that he would "behead them as long as there was a man of them left , and that his own name should go down to pos terity. " The banner of the company had emblazoned upon its folds , in addi tion to the stars and stripes , the em blematic eagle , holding in liis talons the legendary scroll , "E Pluribus TTnum. " The Captain eyed the eagle with admiration , but was puzzled as to the significance of the motto. Seeking light upon the subject , he was informed by a wag that it was the name of the first Captain of the company. A bright thought dawned upon the uncultivated mind of Capt. Pilsbury. He quietly took the flag to a sign-painter and had the name of the "first Captain" oblit erated , and his own substituted , and that company rushed bravely into the fight , bearing the banner with that strange device , "E. Jonathan Pilsbury. " BACK. BT CABBIE V. SHAW. Back , back again , where tho cedars are growing , Where , 'mid the green moss , tho red berries are glowing ; Back through the shadowy years I am going ; Tar away back I am going to-day. Oh I the cedars are sobbing and' moaning sad elgh- ing , Wearily there , like a eoul that Is dying. Is all the earth sadder ? my tired heart Is crying , Sadder aaddrearer aa yonth slips sway ? SoBzu > CrrT , Mo. A Noted "Revival" In Kentucky. In the second volume of McJVTasters1 History of the United States , just pub lished , thus begins the story of a noted Kentucky "revival" meeting : "Two young men began the great work in the summer of 1799. They were brother preachers , and on their way across the pine barrens to Ohio , but turned aside to be present at a sacra mental solemnity on Red Rivor. The people were accustomed to gather at such times on a Friday , and by pray- and singing and hearing nennons pre pare themselves for the reception of the sacrament Sunday. At the Red River meeting the brothers were asked to preach , and one did so with as tonishing fervor. As he spoke the people were deeply moved , tears ran streaming down their faces , and 9110 , a woman far in the rear of the bouse , broke through order and began to shout. For two hours after the regular preachers had gone the crowd lingered and were loath to depart. While they tarried one of the brothers was irre sistibly impelled to speak , llcrose and told them that he felt called to preach ; that he couldnotbesilent. Thewords which then fell from his lips roused the people before him 'to a pungent sense of sin. ' Again and again the woman shouted , and would not be silent. He started to go to her. Thecrqwdbegged him to turn back. Something within him urged , him on , and he wenb through the house shouting , and exhorting , arid praising God. In a moment Lhe lloor , to use his own words , 'was covered with the slain. ' Their cries for mercy were terrible to hear. Some found for giveness , but many went away 'spirit ually wounded' and suffering unutter able agony of soul. Nothing could al lay the excitement. Every settlement along the Green River and the Cumber land was full of religious fervor. Men fitted their wagons with beds and pro visions , and traveled fifty miles , to camp upon the ground" and heir him preach. The idea was new ; hun dreds adopted it , and 'camp-m.-etings began. ' At the Cane Ridge meeting 20,000 were encamped. "Theexcitement surpassed anything that had been known. Men who came fco scoff remained to preach. All day and all night the crowd swarmed to and fro from preacher to preacher , singing , shouting , laughing , now rush ing off to listen to some liew exhorter who had climbed upon a stump , now gathering around some unfortunate who , in their peculiar language , was "spiritually slain. " . Soon men and women fell in such numbers that it be came impossible for the multitude to move about without trampling them , and they were hurried to the meeting house. At.no time was the floor less than half covered. Some lay quiet , unable to move or speak. Some talked , but could not move. Some , shrieking in agony , bounded about , it is said , like a live fish out of water. Many lay down and rolled over and over for hours at a time. Others rushed wildly over the stumps and benches , and then plunged , shouting 'Lost ! lost ! ' into the forest. " Clmuncy M. Depetv's Eatlnj ? and Drinking- . From the Cook. It takes a certain degree of self-deni al for a person to go night after night to sumptuous repasts and not gorge himself into torpidity on viands mads tempting to the eye and seductive to the palate-by the art of the chief. The king of the after-dinner speakers , the Hon.Chauncy M. Depew , enjoyshealth that one cannot reconcile with his con stantattendance at banquets. Self- denial is his explanation of it. His own way of putting it is : "If a man cannot deny himself at entertain ments , he has no business to go to them. " Mr. Depew looks over his menu the first thing on taking his seat attre ta ble , and selects what he shall eat. His selections make up a plain , simple din ner , such as he would have served at home. The entire dinner , in all its elab orate details , is served to him , but he partakes of only the dinner that he has fixed upon. He does not indulge pastries and ices , and does not drink coffee at night , although he does at oth er times. "All vegetables , " using his words , "I eat in season or out of it as for that matter , in these days of cans. " Fruit he likes at all times , and he does not believe in the old tropical adage , that it is leaden at night. Fruit at dinner in the evening , he thinks , is Sometimes pleasant , and not harmful at all. As in eating , so in drinking. Some persons can partake of what others cannot. Only one kind of wine , Mr. Depew thinks , should be drunk. Cham pagne he regards as the safest , becnuse it is the purest. But if a person has a speech to make , he is a fool to drink over half a bottle. Mr. Depew's axi om is : "Touch only one wine , but for the sake of peace permit all the glass es to be filled , and let them stand around the plate like sentinels in all the colors of the rainbow. " Big Bear , the Indian , who , take him all in all , seems to be something of a philosopher and a much better man than Riel , said , in reply to the demand for his surrender : "We are doomed , and will be killed one after another by the whites , but before we die or disap pear altogether , we must enjoy our selves as much as we can. Therefore , we must plunder the stores and kill many white people. " A priest , the other day , who was ex- aming a confirmation ciass i i the south of Ireland , asked the question : "What is the sacrament of matrimo ny ? " A little girl at the head of the class answered : " : Tis a state of tor ment into which souls enter to pre pare them for another and better world. " "Good , " said the priest , "the answer for purgatory. " "Put her down"says the curate , "put her down to thefut of the class. " "Lave her alone , " said the priest ; "for anything you or I know to the contrary , she may be perfectly right. Brother Gardner on Matrimony. "I should like to spoke a few re marks to Brudder Skinner , " observed the President , as the dust began to set tle in Paradise Hall. ' Brother Skinner , a youngnmnpf 23 , with a mild eye and a lilnc necktie , ad vanced to the front , and the President continued : "Brudder Skinner , de news has1 reached my ears dat you am about'to mar'd. 1 trus' dat de report am true , bekasel believe it amdedooty ofebery young man who kin support a wife to take one. " , "It am true , sah. " "Den let me compliment you widone hand , an' spoke a few remarks to you wid de odder. Gittin * mar'd has its worry serious side. Fur instance , am de gal gwine to marry you bekuse she loves you , or to spite her folks bekaso dey kept her awn y from deskatin' rink/ / Am you gwine to marry degal fur love , or bekase her father has some wealth which you hope he'll shell out foryour benefit ? "Love am a powerful cmoshun , Brudder Skinner , but love widoufc pork and 'tatars to keep it goin' am like de froth on top of sodawater. "Doan' marry a gal hojmi * dat her father will sea you up in de barber bizness. Mostfatider-tn-l.T.vs no' , only want all dey has got. but amwillin * to struggle fur another $20,000. "Doan' sot down - an' figger dat fo' taters , a loaf of bread , half n. pound of meat , an' a quart of applesns am. goin' to run you for a week. You will want all the salary you kin airn. an' you had better look aronn' an' ; find somebody who will lend you a ? dollar now an' then. I i | "Doan'flatter yerselves dat all you hev gpc to do am to luis * in de house , an' kiss ober de gate. You'll be him- ; gry fur co'n beef an'baked beans ; your- cloze will w'ar outyour Hour an * but ter will waste away , an' a bill fur two' months' rent will &end a chill downt yerback. De man orwoman who' spects dafc mar'd life am a green an' shady lanp , lined wid orange blossoms on one side an' $10 bills en do odder- am gwino to wake up some day an" find do rats leavin" do place in disgust. , "Think of dese things , Brudder Skin- ' her. You kin get a wife in about five minutes , but it takes five y'ars to gib shed of some of 'em. Expeck about one day's sunshine furaweekofcloudy weather. Reckon onhouserentcomin * due de fust of ebery month an' de gro cer an' butcher kcepin' an eye out fur you each Saturday night. It will amaze you how de woodpile decodes an' how de flour gifts onten de bar'lso soon. Doan' walk into matrimony like a lobster into a box , but figger on whether de bait am wutli de risks. If you conclude to mar'y you kin depend on dis club attendin' de obsequies in a body , bringin' alon" a bounteous sup ply of ham sandwiches. If you decide not to , it am probable dat you will soon be promoted to someposishunof trust an' responsibility. " The Plague of'93. The terrors of the yellow fever plague at Philadelphia , in 1793 are thus graphically described in the second volume of Prof. McMaster's History of the United States : "The patients died by scores. Their medicines was rarely administered , their food was scanty and ill-prepared , their persons were never washed , their filth was suffered to stand for days in the very rooms where they lay. Such was the popular horror of the pest- house that , rather than go into it , the afllicted hid the first symptoms of their malady as long as they could , and , when unable lonqer to do so , locked themselves in their rooms or rushed out of the city , and perished under haystacks and in ditches. Nor did those who quitted the city in ner- fact health fare much better. For , once out , it was almost impossible to go on. At every seaport along the whole coast a quarantine was laid on packets and sloops from Philadelphia. Some towns forbade the stages to pass through them. The inhabitants of one burned a wago'n , loaded with furniture , on the high-way. Those of another fired on a stage-coach. Others put up rude huts on the outskirts , where each stranger was carefully ex amined before he was suffered to goon. At every ferry stood an armed guard to keep back suspected persons. If a. hungry fugitive begged for food at a farmer's door , he was given a crust on the end of a pitchfork and bidden to hurry awav. Postmasters would handle no letters till they had been seized with a tongs and steeped in vinegar. Inkcepers would admit no traveler till he had shown beyond a doubu that he did not come from the infected city. But the saddest of all sights were the little children who , hungry , orphaned , and homeless , wan dered through the streets. No one would feed them. None wouldgo near them. One , half dead fromstarvation , was found in a deserted blacksmith shop. " St. Louis is getting the love-making business dowA pretty fine. A young man who was caught flirting with the female pupils of Kirkwood Seminary has been fined § 20 and costs , notwith standing some of the young ladies ap peared as voluntary witnesses in his behalf and testified that the fun of seeing him dressed in a swallow-tail coat and crawling through a hole in the back fence afforded them so much merriment that it lightened the labors of the school-room for a full month. iliss Rosa Warren , the sixteen-year- old daughter of Noble Warren , has been attending school at Aldenburg , and the sisters of that institution , as well as the young lady herself , claim that she has been cured by prayer of spinal meningitis. She was remove I from Aldenburg to the convent at Indianapolis to be treated by Indian apolis'physicians , but on the night of her.arrival there she spent somehours in devotions , and rose a well person , the physicians not even having seen her.