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_ , F ' * T/TB JOB SO XOVQEtt. 3fr. Thonian of the Civil Service Commltslon Sands the President Bla Resignation. tho spoils system of distributing patron age. Strenuous and sincere argument , ant also deliberate perversion , mark the op position of different groups of antagonists and yet it must be conceded that the majority of the political leaders in either party is in accord with tho Pendloton law if its original enactment and emphatic endorsement by subsequent congresses were honest legislative expressions.and noi the coercion of moral cowardice by popular sentiment nor partisan legerdemain. In the great task of tho administrative form which you have undertaken in accordance with personal and party pledges , the peo pie will give aid. It has been my pleasure within tho last two months to visit quite a number of states and territories of the union and it was my good fortune to mcel many of their citizens. It is gratifying to know that the people confide in the un equivocal intention of the president to sus tain the merit system of the civil service. They had condemned the evils of the former method. Long experience had made their knpweldge accurate. They welcomed the inauguration of the new. The distinctive features of the present re form appealed to a typically American sentiment which recommends and advances merit. With tTie precise details of the new procedure their acquaintance was not so intimate. The inception and maintenance is with the people. I believe that the fun damental idea of civil service reform is characteristic of the American thought. Popular hesitation over the acceptance ol statutory details suggests that. Of this reform there was n response throughout tho nation. Political contests assumed a new tone. Old-time meHiodsof corruption were discouraged and boesism was grappled with fresh vigor. The improvement is yet marked. If vicious elements still seek obtrusion into elections , the chances of their success have been lessened. The reform spirit is militant and advances toward complete success. Corruption by oflicinl patronage has been removed. With the imparting of a purer life to official cir cles , the power of the private purse to pur chase political honors will be less danger ous. Public appreciation of the fact that this reform does not trench upon sturdy partisanship came late. It was studiously maintained that the civil service was to be composed of men who should adjura to certain rights of citizenship. With the gradual but inevitable refutation of this false view , the .outlines of reform at last stood forth in clearness. It is a reform which views the civil service as a vast busi ness agency. Its search is for the beat at tainable merit. In the business which is not political , it enforces no tests of party. With confident trust in the success of your administration , I am your obedient ser vant , LEBOY D. THOJIAN. To the president. EXECUTIVE MANSION , WASHINGTON , Oct. 24. Hon. Leroy U. Thoman , Civil Service Commissioner My Dear Sir : I have re ceived your letter tendering your resigna tion as member of the civil service commis sion , which is in furtherance of an inclina tion expressed by you very soonaftermy inauguration as president. The resigna tion thus tendered is hereby accepted to take effect on the 1st day of November next. I congratulate you upon the fact that in the office which you have relin quished you have been able , by sincere and earnest work , by steady devotion to the cause , to do so much in the interest of good government and improved political methods. Yours sincerely , GROTER CLEVELAND. THK 8KAT OV GOTTCRNMKNXi MbceOaneoiu XaUer * oflntfirett * flU K tttmal Capital. The decrease in the postal revenues for the past fiscal rear Is larger than was expected. The law to reduce letter postage from 3 to 2 cents was enacted about two years ago. Eor the last three-quarters of the first fiscal year the effect upon the revenue was inconsidera ble. This was attributed in a large measure to the great Increase In the number of two- cent stamps that were used to enclose busi ness circulars. It has been expected that this increase would continue so that there would not be a large reduction m postal rev enues. But this expectation has not been realized. The first complete fiscal year under the operatlon of the reduced postage law , closed on the 30th of last June. It was not a gooi business rear. It had been supposed that the deficiency would not be more than . $4,000,000 , but on the contrary it will be about $7,000,000. These figures are not to be I taken as accurate. As it Is the President's with that the bureau reports shall not be gir- icn to the public in advance of his message it [ makes it Impossible to obtain exact figures. . THE claim of the state of Nebraska against the general government for $34- 759.12 for the inter-decennial census has been allowed arid a treasury warrant for that amount will be sent to Gov. Dawes. BIDS were opened on the 24th by Acting Commissioner Upshaw and Superintendent Oberly for the erection of an Indian indus trial school at Grand Junction , Col. The bids ranged from $11,500for brick to $16- 000 for stone. It is thought a suitable stone building can be put up for about . $16,000. THE president stated to a gentleman whom he called in to a consultation that ho will rigidly adhere to his civil service re form policy , whatever may happen in or out of his party , and that he is confident that ultimately the country will approve his course. . Of one thing he is sure , that neith'er political party can openly espouse any policy which is antagonistic to the civil service idea. * Cleveland intends in the reorganization of the civil service commis sion , which will probably be made as soon as competent persons can be found , to make his purpose clear in this matter. Washington disjatch : Dr. Kimball , direc tor of the mint , in his annual report of the operations of the mints and assay offices for year ending June 30,1SS5 , shows the value of joM deposited to have been about $37,000- 000 , of which nearly § 32,000,000 consisted of domestic Bullion. Of § 33,000,000 of silver bullion purchased for coinage , § 33,000,003 was of domestic production. The total coin age value of gold and silver purchased during the year amounted to about § 95,030,000 against atout § SS,003OCO in the previous year. The decline in the production of gold on the Pacific coast , as shown by the contin- ued falling off of deposits , Is $ S,00,003 this year , as comuared with 1SS1. The coinage for the year was 5:20.851,123 : of gold , and § 28,848- D5D of silver. The director estimates the amount of gold and silver coin in the coun try on Julv 1,1S35 , at § 820,000,000 ; § 542,000- 000 in gold and § 278,0:0,000 in silver. In ad is dition to the coin in the country , there was at the mints and assay offices on July 1 , ' 1835 , gold and silver bullion available for coinage amounting to § 71,501,632 , which added to the coin makes the total coin and bullion at that date , § 392,500,519. He estimates the produc tion of the world to have been , during the ' calandaryear ending June 30th , 1SS5 , § 35- 000,003 in gold and § 115,000,000 in silver , an increase in gold { .rod-action , comnared with the previous year of about § 1,030,000 in gold and a falling off of about the sami amount in .silver production. DELEGATE GrsFonn , of Dakota , in an in terviow , said : "We want to make a etat of Dakota and I am here to do all I can to that end. We favor the admission of Mon tana also , and all other territories excep TJtah. Tho big Sioux reservation contain ; 36,000,000 acres , and there are only 24 , OOOIndians upon it. Dakota people desire this vast reservation opened for settle ment. " IT is definitely known hero that Gen. Me Clellan came very near being made a mem ber of President Cleveland's cabinet ; thai ho was tendered the Russian mission and decjinedit because of business engagements , and that within twenty-four hours of his death the president had concluded to offer him an appointment as a member of the civil service commission. DB. JAMES P. KIMBALL , director of th mint , has submitted to tho secretary his annual report of the operation of tho mints and assay offices of the United States fo the fiscal year ended June 30,1885. THE total coinage value of gold andsilve deposited and purchased at th < S mints was $94,830,976 against $87,955,154 in the previous year. The director estimates th amount of gold and silver coin in thecoun try July 1 , 1885 , at $20,000,000 , of which of which $542,000,000 consisted of gold and $278,000,000 of silver. This araoun was owned as follows : by the treasury- gold $53,223,160 , silver $95,119,065 total of $148,342,228 ; by national bank sold $165.545.867. silver $11,973,833 CHIME IN IRELAND. A. Remarkable Case In Conrt at Cork. London dispatch : A most remarkable case is on the docket of the Cork assizes , the winter term of which has just opened. Seven years ago , the people of Castletown Roche were startled by the sudden disappearance of the wife of Thomas Sheehan well-to-do , a - - pop ular resident , and his son and daughter. The father , who had been in England several days prior to the disappearance , Immediately re turned home , and every effort was made to obtain some Information regarding the where abouts of the missing people. Large sums of money were spent in the quest , but It was without result ; the trio having disappeared as quickly as though the earth had O [ ened and swallowed them up. There were rumors of elopements and of foul play , but every due failed of confirmation. Years fled by , but the matter was not forgotten and has furnished many a subject for speculation and chat to the village gossips around the winter firesides In huts and cabins. But a few months ago the neighborhood was astonished by the re port that the mystery had been solved ; that the three had been brutally murdered by their son and brother and the bodies hidden in an abandoned well. The rumors were confirmed by the arrest of William Sheehan and David Browne , and by the finding of the bodies , or rather of the remains , little more than the bones and skulls being left. The solicitor general allowed a reporter to make a copy of the principal evidence e for the crown. It is a confession made by John Duane , father of a young u an who ad- . mitted that he assisted in hiding the bodies. I This confession la as follows : "On the day of the murderrWm. Sheehan said to me , 'Jbhnny , you won't tell what I'm going to do to-day. ' He did not say what it was nor did I know what he meant This was about an hour before anything took place. I was standing in the yard just out side tne stable door. Thomas Sheehan first went into the stable ai d William followed him In. Divid Browne was also inside. Suddenly William picked up a. club ani * struck his brother twice upon the head. He dropped , and I could see that he was killed dead. Then Will and Browne crossed over and went into the house , I following at a little distance. Will's mother and his little sister Hannah were in the little room below the kitchen. Will went behind his mother , struck her on the head with the club , and then he caught her by the throat and choked her until she was dead. At the same time c Browne struck Hannah on the head with the same clu * , knocked her down and choked he until she was black-In the face and ceased to breathe. I had been standing at the door all this time , and Will asked me If I would helo them take the bodies over to the stable. I was afraid they would kill me and consented. Next morning before daylight we put the bodies Into the bus y and drove to the well William throwed them in , the old woman / first , then Hannah , and then Tom. Aftei this we threw in a lot of stones and covered them over with white thorn bushes. Then we went back to the house , got some girls to come In , and played 'the concertina and I danced all day. The motive of the crime was the desire on ' William Sheehan's part to obtain control ol the property after his father's death and It Is believed that at one time he contemplated making away with his sire. Both Brown and Duane knew that if they "gave away" the de tails of the terrible crime they would stand a chance of beinj hanged and hence the re markable way in which the secret has been kept for so many years. There Is no doub. but that Sheehan and Browne will go to the scaffold , while Duane is likely to serve a long term for his share In the bloody deed. HORROR AT A MICHIGAN FIRE. ( A. Bridge Foot-Walk Falls anil Sixty V ersonsgo JBoivuvitli it. A dispatch from East Saginaw , Mich. , gives the particulars of a horror attending a fire in that city on the evenins of Oct. 2Sth. The Dre was discovered In the tug C. C. McDon ald , lying near the Genesee avenue bridge on the Saginaw river. A large number of peo ple congregated on the bridge. About fifty feet of the foot-walk and railing on the bridge , on which were sixty to seventy-five people , all men and boys , gave way , precipi tating them into the swift current below. The night was cloudy and a scene of terror en sued. Cries fcr help filled the air and the ex cited people on the dock threw i lanks to the struggling mass nelow , a number being struck m. the head by the heavy timbers. A major ity , however , were saved , but a large number arere badly bruised. The river Is now being Iragged for bodies. So far one , that of Sid ney Fallon , aged 8 , has been brought up. It thought several perished. Twelve or thir teen are misslng.'among them Geo. Burnett , x Chester M. Maares , Architect John Sharp , John Bush and Jerome Murphy. James Fwaites , aged 65 , was injured Internally. Serman Rothberg was injured about the legs. Ed. Coates , managing editor of the Siglnaw 'Courier-went down. He could not swim , but drifted down the river and clung to a pile of smiles until rescued. He was bruised md cat about the legs. . A number of coats 8 . < md bats were found which have not yet been " dalmed. p PER8O2TAJL AND JCKP.EBSO.yjLE. Mr. B. B. Hayes' beard is as white as a hen's egg. Kiel will not bo able to tackle turkey on Thanksgiving day. Horatio Alger , the story writer , has started several penniless boys in business. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's law practice is said to net him the sum of $100,000 per year. Elizabeth Cady Stanton has passed the three-BCore-and-ten milestone in the jour ney of life. Count Von Moltko is in very poor health. He will not live till winter , it is said. Bis marck , who'was dangerously ill last sum' mer , is dangerougly well again. Mr. George W. Childs has received from John Walter , proprietor of the London Times , one of tho silver medals struck in commemoration of the paper's centennial anniversary. Gen. Sherman is said by a Washington paper to regret having taken up his resi dence in St. Louis nd to wish himself in Washington again. Tho reasons assigned for the change are of a social-nature. You may call a woman "a little duck , " or even "a little goose , " with perfect impu nity , but a Brooklyn court has just decided that a woman who called another "a Shanghai hen" had damaged her to the ex tent of $500. Mary Anderson is much grieved that the New Yorkers do not applaud her Rosalind. A western editor says it is not to be won dered at , as the man who will pay $2.50 for a seat is a greenhorn who does not know enough to applaud. Hundreds of women who would like to teach school awhile and then marry write to Leadville to inquire as to their chances in Colorado. The teaching business seems to bo overdone at present , but there is a steady demand for female help at from $20 to $40 per month. SOME POLITIGAI , CONFAB. The president spends one hour each day upon his forthcoming message. It will bt > a model of brevity. Senator Ransom delights in introducing ladies to the president. He is an inveter ate match-maker. Congressman Hatch , of Missouri , is a believer in the hot water cure. So are some of his constituents who failed to get an office. Mrs. Belva Lockwood and President Cleveland had a private interview the other day. The lady is said to have left the room with a smile. "Offensive partisanship" has entirely dis appeared from the list of charges made against republican officials. The expres sion became offensive. A man named Macomber , of Buffalo , an intimate acquaintance of the president , bos been in Washington seven months seeking an office in the customs service. Private Secretary Lamont receives about as many callers dally as the president. He takes the gentlemen to the window over looking the lawn and talks in a low tone. President Cleveland will give three din ners during the winter to the diplomatic corps , members of the cabinet and sena tors. He will give four public evening dress receptions , commencing with December. The president has made the following ap pointments : United States attorneys , J. W. House , of Arkansas , for eastern dis trict of Arkansas ; H. Sandals for western district of Arkansas. United States mar shals , T. H. Fletcher , of Arkansas , for eastern district of Arkansas. John Carroll , of Arkansas , for the western district of , Arkansas. THE MARKETS. OMAHA. - WHEAT No. 2 69 } $ © 69H BARLEY No.a 53 * @ 54 -isuuu.incewnicn' nTi- ' /Opera HalBo its utmost capacity , lacki , iirions have created a most favora- upression , and should they again years durir ; this a crowded house is way , a erally nty. milk "Hard and soft coal , best quality. a gooWi Hack & Howard's luinher yard. Wi senger train No. 1 , Saturday night , amus uh an accident she pros , just as was into the east switch aj. O"f--J nigh WHEAT No. 2 red 98H ® 99 WHEAT Unirradea red 92 © 1 03 COKN No. 2 45 © 53 OATS Mixed western - 34 © 40 PORK 985 © JO 00 LARD 6 20 © 6 23 CHICAGO. FLOUR Choice Winter.475 © 500 FLOUII Spring extra 370 © 400 WHEAT Per bushel 88JJ@ 86J4 CORN Per bushel 411ira U OATS Per bushel 24J ® 25 PORK 825 @ 830 LARD 5 82K © 585 HOGS Packing and shipping1. 3 45 © 3 60 CATTLE Stockers 2 00 © 3 50 SHEEP Medium to pood 275 @ 300 ST. LOUIS. WHEAT No. 2 red 92J @ 93 CORN Per bushel 372 @ 38 OATS Per bushel 2431@ 25 CATTLE Stockers and feeders 2 50 © 3 60 SHEEP Western 200 © 350 KANSAS CITY. WHEAT Per bushel 74K ® 75 CORN Per bushel 28 @ - 29 OATS Per bushel 21 © 22Jf CATTLE Exports. 515 © 640 HOGS Assorted . 3 35 © 3 45 BIIEEP Common to tfood. . . . . 1 60 © 8 00 EAILBOAD meu of Nevada say that Jie Union Pacific road is literally lined tvith tramps. They swarm at every rater-tank and station on the road , and is the train-men have strict orders not > let them ride they have to count the ies from station to station. A great nany of them get into sealed cars at stations and ride until detected or com pelled by hunger and thirst to call for issistance and beg to be let out. IF anger arise in thy breast , instantly seal up thy lips , and let it not forth , for , ike fire , when it wants vent , it will snp- aress itself. "fTTTTgigasai GAMBLING ON THE.OOEAN. Land Sharks on the Deep Blue Sea la dles "Who Tuko a Hand * . From tho New York Mail and Express. An importer engaged in business in White street , this city , who has cross ed the ocean at least twice a year for the last quarter of a century , was met during the past few days on his re turn from Europe. He is a veteran traveler , and is always on the look out for stirring incidents and any thing of a novel character. "We had an exceedingly pleasant run after leaving Queenstown , " he said , , but can't say the trip will be cherished with pleasant recollection , by every body who was aboard. In the smoking room poker was the order of the hour throughout the entire voyage , and a party of New York professionals whose faces are familiar to ocean travelers , made a pile of money. The principal victims were Englishmen bound to this country on business or pleasure. Two gentlemen , who said their destination was Texas , lost all their ready cashabout 3,500. They took their losses good-naturedly , and seemed to regard them as of no con sequence. " "Are these professional players known to the officers of the ships ? " "I cannot conceive how the officers can be ignorant as to their real charac ter. Regular passengers can point them out as soon as they strike the deck of a ship. They are always well dressed.suave in their manner , and to all appearance , perfectly reckless in the expenditure of money. They or derthe most costly drinks and the fin est cigars , and as they can make them selves quite agreeable when it suits their purpose they are rarely at a loss for victims. " "Are they themselves not likely to become the victims ? " "If luck sets dead against them , so that their cheating devices fail to work as may happen onrareoccasions.they playvery low until the tide turns. The professionals are always ahead on the whole voyage , sometimes by tens or thousands of dollars. On the trip here a young English lieutenant , who was going to visit friends in Can ada , and a middle-aged gentleman who had interests in the west , were passen gers. They fell into the toils of the gamblers on the first day out from Queenstown , and before the close oi the third day botii the Britishers re tired from the poker table looking downhearted. I learned that the lieutenant , who had 1,000 when he started from home , had nothing left but a draft for 100. His traveling companion lost heavily , but resented anjr attempt to draw him into con versation on the subject. These are but isolate instances of what occurs on almost every voyage. Since public gambling has been stopped m many of our large cities , the gamblers have taken to the ocean , where they ply their trade with creat success. They are to be found on every ship , and as they are surrounded by men with money and plenty of leisure timethey invariably reap a rich harvest. " "Are the gamblers ever interfered with ? " "Very rarely , but sometimes they are squelched. An amusing incident occurred on the voyage to Liverpool. Two bright young American women and two well-known gamblers , who were said to be their husbands , were booked as passengers. Soon after leaving Sandy Hook , the ladies began to make themselves very agreeable to some of the male passengers , to whom they managed to secure introductions. They drank wine and smoked cigar ettes. Next day a game of poker was started , and the ladies took part in it. At first it was a game with small stakes for amusement , but soon it be came serious. There were five at the table , and in a jack-pot which con tained some $60 it came to the turn tof lady No. 1 to deal. She ripped | and shuffled the cards deftly , while pleasant conversation flowed freely. To tlie gentleman on her left she gave three kings ; to lady No. 2 , who sat next , she dealt ? the nine , ten , jack and queen of clubs ; to the player immedi ately on her left she bestowed an ace ; full pat ; to the next gentleman three sevens were given , while she herseli took an indifferent hand and fell out. The first player opened the pot for $5 ; lady No. 2 stayed in ; the third player raised it $10 ; the fourth saw the raise , as did also the first. "It then came to the turn of the lady. She saw the raise and went $100 better , which all hands saw. Lady No. 1 finished the deal. To the gentleman on her left she gave a pair of fives , which made his hand a king- full ; to her amiablesister she dealt the eight of clubs , which completed her straight flush. The third nlayer stood his hand , and the fourth received a seven and queen to his three sevens. Betting started at $10 , was raised $50 , then $100 , and went on till there were several thousand dollars in the pot. The two gentleman who held the full hands dropped them when the pace grew too hot , and finally the four sevens called , and the iady raked in the pot with an innocent smile. The skill of the dealer in handling the cards was the talk of the ship. It came to the ears of captain , who or dered the ladies to keep their state room during the balance of the voy age. The two brilliant females and their alleged husbands are lack-listed by the agents of the line on which they displayed such talent. " A dispatch from Canajoharie says : "For several months Miss Mary Beek- nmn has been on a sick bed , and she has frequently said thatsheseemed to feel something moving within her. Af ter eating she was always attacked with retching , and the other day a lit tle squirming animal was found in the bowl. It was black , hadan oval body large as a copper and legs very long and slim. It looked like a toad , and when thrown into the canal it proved to be an adept swimmer. It is thought fhe lady will recover. Bound to Celebrate/ "Fvegot that mor'gage ofi'n my farm at last , Bill , " said one farmer to another , as they met in the road. "Well I'm downright glad to hear it , Sam. You've had som'at ofa hard time a doin' it. An' so you've wiped it out , have you ? " "Yes ; I paid the last note this mornin' , an' now I'm goin' home to have bond-fire ; but you're right , Bill , I have had a tarnal hard time of it. You know as well as anybody what tough scratchin' I've had to gib that farm paid for. " "Yes , you have had a hard time , Sam , I know that. " "Well , I should say so. Why , durn it all , Bill , I've wore out two wives as good workers , too , as you could find any where to say nothin'of bavin' right smart o , sickness myself , brought on by hard work in the field an' slim Eickin' in the house ; but , owin'to that ist woman o' minebein' as tough'as a pennyrile steer , an' not breakuv down an' throwin'her funeral expenses , an' the time I'd a lost in courtin' an' marry in' agin in a bad crop year , for I tell you , Bill , times ain't like they was when I fust come into this coun try , for , to git a widder now , that's got any sight of hard work left in her yit , you've got to fool away more or less monejon new clothes an'do right smart o' taffyin' to git her. But , as 1 was sayin' , Peggy stuck in her corks an' kep' a goin' with her end of the double tree till I got on the top o' the hill with the load , an' now , that I'm thar at last , with signs of an easy grade ahead , I tell you what I'm a goin' to do , Bill. " "What's that , Sam ? " "I'm a goin' to have a time of itan' kill a suckin' pig. " "You don't &ay ? " "Yes , I do. I'm goin' to have a cele bration an' a regular rip-snortin' time. " "Hurra for you. " "That's what I'm goin' to do , bill , I ain't been on a spree for thirty year , but I'm goin' to cut loose tonight , if I have to chaw dogwood bark the rest of my day's an' I want you to come over and help me make the woods howl this evenin" after you get your milkin' done. What d'ye say ? " "All right , I'm agreeable. What's the programme ? " "We'll get on a high , an' beat the bass drum till midnight , if it springs the rafters , Bill. I've got six bottles o' pop an' two cigars in th wagon here , and that'll be a whole bottle apiece for us all round , not countiu' your wife for I don't s'pose she'd care to drink nothin' now , an' we'll go to the whole dose if it makes us despei- ate. This here pop is somethin' they've got up sence I've been stranglin' with the mor'gage , an' I've been famishiu' Tor 25 year , Bill , every time I've seen it zip an' six.zle in a tumbler at a picnic , to know what it tastes like' an' I'm goin' to know this very night ; . Come over middlin' airly , Bilan' ! you aiay let every last one of them corks loose , an' we'll make the Scratch Gravel people b'lieev thar's a tiger loose along the Wabash. " Chicago Ledger. k Printer's Talc of Gen. Sher man. Speaking of Gen. Sherman's recent reflections on the war correspondents , a newspaper man tells the Washing ton Sunday Capital this : "I had an interview with him during the first week of his occupation of Sa vannah. The newspapers then made aim prime hero of the war. Grant ap peared to be baffled before Petersburg. The march through Georgia was the theme of all praise , and Sherman ap peared to be the man who would end it all. I had a printing office and very complete press , where , for two years , I had printed an army paper at Beau fort , S. C. I obtained letters from Generals Forsfer and Saxton recom mending me to favorable cons.dera- tion. These I took to Sherman in Sa vannah , asking forpermission to bring my material to Savannah and there turn out a national union newspaper. The printing offices of the city had been rendered almost useless by the departing rebels , and the need of a new press was particularly evident. Gen. Sherman received me pleasantly until I mentioned a newspaper. Then the storm broke from a clear sky : " 'I would like to know what the deuce an army wants with a newspa per , or what anybody wants with them , for that matter. This war was brought on by newspapers and preach ers , and it would have ended long ago but for them and the women , ' said he. Then pausing , he said : " 'Less than three years ago you newspapermen , especially a Cincinna ti newspaper , put me down as a crazy man , fit only for a lunatic asylum , be cause I said it would take 200,000 men to do what I have done. I was exiled to St. Louis on recruiting ser vice for that opinion. What do you think now ? " " I tried to stop this flow of reminis cences , but in vain. " 'What does an army want with newspapers , I'd like to know ? They are little better than spies. We hang spies , or ought to , and it would have : /aved thousands of lives if we had hanged a dozen newspaper correspond ents. No , sir , you cannot publish a paper in Savannah with my permis sion. I suppose you are a decent man , because these officers say you are a good soldier and a discreet editor , but I will not have any newspapers abotit my army if I can help it. ' " A unferal notice in a recent issue of a Brooklyn paper closed with the sen tence : "He has bequeathed his young widow $25,000. " Did you ever see so much important information so terse ly stated ? The sorrowing widow in forms the public that she is "voting" and that she is worth $25,000 , c.11 in a little , unassuming funeral notice. She also shows that she believes in advertising. SAILOR WOMEN ; Anclont Tirates of tho Female Persua sion , nnd Modern ITorolnos. An old sailor , spinning a yarn over the ear of a Boston Commercial Bulletin reporter , says : There have been cases , though not very many of them , where women have shown themselves to be first- class. Maybe you have seen a big schooner yacht cruising about the lower bay with ahandsome gray-hair ed woman standing at the wheel and keeping her full and by with one spoke. I have , anyhow , and I am told that there are half a dozen ladies whose husbands belong to the New York Yacht Club who are as handy about decks as their husbands are. Shipowners have a castiron , case- hardened rule which forbids skippers to take their wives to sea , the tneory being that a captain will be looking after his wile when he ought to be looking after his ship. There is the I ! case of the cargo ship Edgar , home ward bound from Senegal to London. . The fever broke out , and all tho crew were prostrated except the captain and the mate. These two men went into the engine room , and the captain's wife steered. But for her grit the ship would have been lost. Then there was the heroic Mary Patten , who was with her husband in a voyage around thellorninthe early days of the California gold excite ment. Her husband was taken sick off the Horn , and she took his place on the quarter-deck. The crew were a lot of swabs , and none of them knew a sextant from a spudbag , not even the mate ; but Mrs. Patten kept the log and took the sun and navigated the ship into San Francisco , caring for her husband when it was her watch below. Another case where a woman served as skipper is that of the British brig Cleotus , Miss Betsy Miller , master. Her father was a shipowner of Salt- coats. He had no sons , and took his daughter into his office and about the docks as a companion. She grad ually picked up knowledge of ships and navigation. Finally she became so much enamored with a life at sea that her father put her in command of the Cleotus , which he built especially for her. For more than twenty years she sailed the Cleotus about the stormy coasts of Great Britain and the continent , resisting the wooings ol the many gallant sailor boys who wert fascinated by her bravery , and when her father died she succeeded to and conducted his business successfully. Not the least interesting of the stories of women at sea are the tales of.the female pirates. Some of them are historical as well as romantic. Al- wikla , the daughter of Synardus , a Gothic king , was bethrothed by her father to Alf , the heir to the throne o { Denmar c. The proposed marriage was so disagreeable to Alwilda that she gathered a troop of young aihazons , dressed them in the garb of sailors , lefc her home and put to sea as a vik ing. She was exceedingly courageous .and successful. Finally , she one day found a crowd of pirates who were ' * bewailing the loss of their commander. / She proposed that they sail under her command. The men were pleased with her bearing and readily accepted. With this addition of forces she became a terror to the coast and rapidly in creased her fleet and the number of her sailors. It finally became nec essary to exterminate this new band of pirates under an unknown and handsome commander , and Alf , the rejected lover , was placed in command of the naval fleet that was ordered to search for her. The two fleets met in the Gulf of Finland. Alwilda laid her ship alongside the admiral's , and in the battle that ensued half of her crew was killed outright , and she was overpowered by the Admiral himself. She wore a casque over her head , and was not recognized until she was dis armed and the casque was removed. The astonishment of the prospective king was great when he saw the runa way girl. His valor in action had meantime won the respect of the fair pirate , and she married the man who had conquered her. Scarcely Jess romantic were the careers of a number of women who by privation have been lead to assume the dress of men and to take to the sea for a living. The case of Mary Eeed , an English girl , is in point. Her mother raised her in a boy's dress , so that she should have lesstrqublein rising above the privations which she endured as a child. She was first a Footman and then a cadet in the Guards. Finally she fell in love with a brother cadet , revealed her sex and the two were married in the presence of their regiment. The husband died after a year or two , and then Mary dressed up as a man again and went to sea. She eventually was captured by and joined a pirate. Here she again fell in love. The object of her passion having become involved in a quarrel , with a shipmate , she was very fearful lest he should be killed. It was impossible that he should refuse to fight , and so she picked a quarrel with his antagonist , forced a fight , .and came out victorious two hours before the timeset for the duel of her lover , to whom , meantime , she tiad revealed her sex. They were mar ried by an island priest. He was eventually killed , and she became a sailor on "the brigantine of the famous pirate Captain Rachman , who had as i consort another female who had aeen a sailor and a pirate , Anne Bonney. Mary preserved the secret of ler sex , and by her bravery and skill secured a high position in the estimate of her shipmates. The vessel was inally capture d and taken into Port Royal , Jamaica , by Captain Rogers of the British navy , where the crew were all condemned tobehung. Marv , lowever , revealed her sex , and. would mve escaped punishment , but she died of a fever before her pardon ar rived. Rachman and eight of his crew were hanged , but the fate of Anne Bo.n- ley is unknown.
