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v * Washington dispatch : The transfer of
General Crook from the command of the
Department of Arizona , which has been ex
pected for some time , has taken place.
General Crook applied some time ago to be
given the command of tho Department of
tho Plattc when General Howard should
leave it. The secretary of war has sent
General Miles to the Department of Ari
zona in the hope that he will be able to
capture and suppress the Apache murder
ers. His present command , the Depart
ment of the Missouri , will go to some other
brigadier general , probably to General
er , while it in quite likely that General
nley will be transferred from the De
partment of Texas to tho Department ol
Dakota. Orders have been issued by the
war department giving Major General Scho-
field command of the Department of the
Atlantic , Major General Terry the Division
of the Missouri and Major General Howard
the Division of tho Pacific.
TJZQIST.ATTTE NEWS AND NOTES.
.4. Record of Proceedings in. Jioth Branches
ofUto U. S. Congress.
-SENATE , March 27. The senate was not
in session.
- HOUSE , Mnrch 27. The chaplain's open
ing prayer was as follows : "Give ear , oh
God of Jacob , and awaken us to see tho
danger which threatens the civilized world
a revolution more tremendous than any
of which history tells , in which scenes of
terror may be enacted in every capital of
Europe and America. For long the few
have mustered the many , because they un
derstood the open secret tools for them
that can use them but now tliemany have
learned the secret of organization , drill and
dynamite. Cause the rich of the world to
understand that the time has coiile for
grinding , selfish monopoly to cease , that
corporations may get souls in them , with
justice , honor , conscience and human
kindness. Teach the rich men of this
country that great fortunes are lent them by
Thee for other purposes than to build and
decorate palaces , found private collections
of art , to stock wine cellars , to keep racing
studs and yachts and find better company
than hostlers , grooms and jockeys , poof
sellers and bookmakers. Teach them , oh
God , that it is Thee who has given them
power to get these fortunes , that it is to
prove them to know what is in their hearts ,
whether they will keep Thy commandments
or no , and'that thcso commandments are :
thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all
thy heart and thy neighbor as thyself ; that
if the rich men of this land keep these com
mandments , the poor will follow the ex
ample , and we at least will be saved from
the days of tribulation that are fast ,
coming on all the world. Help us , oh God ,
and save us. " Mr. Grosvenor , of Ohio ,
asked unanimous consent that the prayer
be printed in the Record. Mr. James ob
jected , remarking sotto voce to a gentle
man who asked him to withdraw the ob
jection , that it was made because the
prnyerwasan incendiary speech. The silver
bill was then considered without definite
action until adJDumment.
SENATE , March 29. After the routine
morning business Logan's army bill was
placed before tho senate. Logan defended
his position on the bill. As to one of the
arguments advanced by the senator from
Kansas ( Plumb ) , that because laborers
were poorly paid soldiers should not be
better paid than at present , he thought
'that a very poor argument. It was very
singular that men of wealth and bankers
rich enough to be hardly able to count
their money were always found to be the
friends of the workingmenlaughter in gal
leries ] . This was all right for rich men to
do , but when anything was said for the
workingmen by those who had the actual
experience of workingmen , thatwas alto
gether improper. It was only bankers and
rich men who were to have the right to
speak for the workingmen. "I was brought
up to labor on a farm at ? G a month , "
siid Logan , "and when any man insinuates
that I am not a friend of the poor man it
is utterly unjustifiable. " Referring to the
suggestion that" the increase of the army
, was wanted for show , ' 'for circus , " Logan
repelled it. The people did not want any
' show" about it. They had "show and
circus" enough in the senate [ laughter ] , and
while th' senatorial circus was on he did
not know any more active performers than
the senators who were opposed to this bill.
[ Renewed laughter/l
HOUSE. March 2i ) . A bill was introduced
by Hill to enable the people of Dakota to
form a constitution ; also to establish the
territory of North Dakota. A bill was in
troduced by Willis , ol Kentucky , to aid in
the establishment and temporary support
of common schools. Referred to the com
mittee on labor. The following joint reso
lution was offered by Belmont : That tho
sum of $147,748 be appropriated to pay
the Ciiiuese government in consideration of
losses unhappily sustained by certain Chi
nese subjects by mob violence at Rock
Springs Wyoming , said sum being intended
for distribution among the sufferers and
their leiral representatives in the discretion
of the Chinese government. That further
restriction of Chinese ' and coolie immigra
tion , if it shall be fo'und expedient and
necessary , can be most properly accom
plished by modification of existing treaties.
SENATE , March 29. On motion o ! Van
Wyck , the senate took up and passed the
bill to establish two additional iland dis
tricts in the state of Nebraska. The bill
to increase the efficiency of the army was
then taken up and Logan continued his re
marks in its support. He argued to show
the necessity of an increase and said to
imply any motive but a proper one for
this bill was unworthy of debate. The
time would come when the people would
approve the attempt now made to give
efficiency to the army. When debate on
the army bill closed Platt addressed the
senate on the Washington territory bill ,
which he characterized as an Enabling net.
' He gave statistics of the population and
resources of tho territory and asserted
that on this showing it was entitled to
admission as a state.
HorsE , March 29. In committee of the
whole the house devoted considerable time
to debate on the postoffice appropriation
bill. Blount defended the postmaster gen
eral in refusing to use the § 400,000 appro
priated by the bill of last year to compen
sate American vessels for mail service.
This subject , he said , had been considered
at a cabinet meeting and whatever of error
or crime attached to the failure to use this
fund attached not only to the postmaster
general , but to the president and his cabi
net. But he argued thac the postmaster
general had committed no error , but had
only exercised just and wise discretion ,
i Springer thought the postmaster general ,
instead of receiving criticism , should re
ceive the encomiums of congress and would
receive the plaudits of the American peo
ple. The postoffice department was here
after to be administered in the interests of
the people of tho United States.
SENATE , March 31. The army bill was
placed before the senate and Lyon and
Plumb made speeches. Dolph then ad
dressed the senate in support of the bill for
the admission of Washington territory.
He claimed that from every point of view
the territory was entitled to admission.
IIousi : , March 31. O'Ncil of Missouri ,
from the committee on labor , reported a
bill to provide for a speedy settlement of
controversies and differences between com
mon carriers engaged in inter-state and
territorial transportation of property and
passengers and their employes. The bill
WUK referred to the committee of the whole ,
and the house immediately went into com
mittee of the wluile for consideration of
the measure. Kelley said he wonld voto
for any bill which would give relief to op
pressed labor , but ho would not vote for
thin mass of words unless his voto was ac
companied by tho notice that tho bill
meant nothing. Pending discussion tho
committee rose.
SENATE , April 1. Tho committee on
library reported favorably the bill for tho
erection of a monument to Abraham Lin
coln. Cullom said he had the honor of in
troducing this bill. Itappropriated § 500- ,
000 for the erection of a monument at
Washington to the memory of Lincoln.
Time , said Cullom , would not dim or lessen
the glory that clustered around the name
of Lincoln. Hip great deeds and nobility
of character would show only more plainly"
as time passed.His iiameatid fame would
oxist for nil time , among all nations of the
earth. Cullom was proud to say that Lin
coln had been his personal friend. He was
a man that could not diverge from his
duty. Generous and great hearted , full of
human sympathy , "with charity for all ;
uith malice toward none. " It was he who
had hind : "I have not planted a thorn in
my bohom. " Uisjiume had taken its place
by the tide of Washington. The Washing
ton territory bill was laid before the senate
and Dolph resumed the floor to continue
his remarks in favor of the admission of
the territory and said if admitted it would
soon become one of the most important
states of the republic. The committee
amendments of the bill were then voten on
fcoratim , and agreed to. Tho senate then
adjourned.
HOUSE , April 1. The house went into
committee of the whole , Springer in the
chair , onthelaborr.rbitrationbill. Werth-
ington said that the committee on labor ,
with the limited jurisdiction congress had
over the subject , had done about all it
could do. He was disposed to vote for the
bill , but ho could not but feel that there
was a possibility that it would go out to
the world a legislative nondescript which
bore on its face an apology for its own ex
istence. In closing the debate O'Neill said
every compulsory law placed on the statute
books of any country had proven a-failurc.
The desired result could only be secured by
conciliation.
SENATE , April 2. The senate wao not in
session. .
HOUSE , April 2. On motion of O'Neil , of
Missouri , the private business was dis
pensed with and the house went into
committee of thn whole , Springer in the
chair , on the labor arbitration bill , all tho
debate being limited to thirty minutes on
the first section. O'Neil declared that tho
Knights of Labor were in favor of arbitra-
tion. He stood here appealing for law
justice and for right , for to-day the c <
try was almost upon a volcano. Pe
were standing idle and suffering for foo
the west on account of a strike , while
stitutional cranks stood quibbling on
floor of the house. A number of am
ments offered were all voted down ,
which the second section of the bill
considered. Lawler said opponents of
bill had had three long months to prej
something upon the question and had
done so. But now they insulted th
telligence of well-meaning men of the c
mittee on labor who had given it t
attention. Passing on to the consideration
of the strike on the Missouri Pacific , he de
clared that , without wishing to become
communistic in his utterances , he was free
to say that if Jay Gould was hung to a
lamp-post in New York it would be a bless
ing to the community known as the United
States. [ Laughter. ] The action of Jay
Gould might cost hundreds and thousands
of lives throughout the western states.
The death of men like this was nothing
compared with what might occur if the
difficulties were not settled in those states.
There was no sentimental basis in this
matter. Itwas justice to the workmen.
There was no harm in this bill and tho dis
cussion of it had a healthy effect upon tho
country. It was an honest bill , and if
there was anything wrong with it , congress
could repeal it at any time. Further con
sideration of the bill was postponed and
bhe house adjourned.
A FAT OFFICE "TAGANT.
Washington dispatch : Considerable agi-
; ation was created among Iowa democrats
nere this evening when it became known
Shut Jacob Rich , United States pensioner
'or Iowa and Nebraska , sent in his resigna
tion nearly two weeks ago. This discovery
ivas a great surprise to Hawkeye demo-
: rats. They had hoped to have Rich sup
planted by a democrat , but they were not
expecting his resignation , which was sent
iirect to President Cleveland. Quite a
lumber o ! lowans are spoken of for the
olace. The leading names mentioned are
those of Captain N. U. Merrill , of Clinton ,
Fudge L. G. Kinne and C. A. Lake. Jerry
Murphy , the Hennepin canal congressman ,
.s pushing the name of Merrill , and is as
sisted by Representative Hall. Represen
tative Frederick is the endorser of Lake ,
and Kinne seems to-be the second choice of
nearly all the democrats in the Iowa dele
gation. General Weaver refuses to commit
himself. He hopes by being neutral to
'stand in" with the successful man , who-
jver he may be. Mr. Rich's resignation
cakes effect when his successor is appointed
and qualifies.
GREAT FRESHETS IN TENNESSEE.
Chattanooga dispatch : Unprecedented
rains have fallen in this section for the past
hours the total rainfall
forty-eight , vary
ing from eight to ten inches throughout tho
upper Tennessee water-shed. At 9 p. m.
the river here marked thirty-five and one-
half feet , and rising at the rate of ten
inches per hour. Advices from above indi
cate that the rise will reach forty-five feet ,
and may bo fifty feet. No trains on any
of the eight railroads have left or arrived
since last night , and no prospects of traffic
being resumed for several days. On the
East Tennessee railroad heavy washouts
and slides have occurred. On the Cincin
nati Southern the bridge at Rock Creek has
been carried * away. The tracks of tho
Nashville & Chattanooga , AlbaniaGreat
Southern and Memphis & Charleston rail
roads at the foot of Lookout mountain
are undermined , and bridges in the vicinity
are in danger.
AFTER THE FACIFIC ROADS.
A New York World Washington corre
spondent says : Assistant Secretary Jenks ,
of the interior department : is looking
Bpecially after the Pacific railroads. He
has found a great many cases of criminal
violation of law upon the part of officials
of the railroads , but in a majority of in
stances these violations of law are of such
date that the statute of limitation forbids
any prosecution. Jenks said to a caller
that he was anxious to get hold of one well
authenticated case not protected by the
ttatutc of limitation. He thought if one
r two olhcials of these roads could be sent
to the penitentiary it would have a vers
wholesome effect.
BRIEFS FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
Reinhold Bcgas , tho German-sculptor , ia
finishing a life-like bust of Prince Bismarck.
Dr. Schliemann is going to leave all his
archaeological treasures to tho city of
Berlin.
King Humbert , of Italy , dislikes court
balls and royal fetes , and when he has to
attend them ho looks painfully bored.
Swedish papers announce the coming bo-
throtlml of Crown-Princo Oscar , of Sweden ,
and Princess Louise , daughter of tho prince
of Wales.
A number of the American residents of
Paris Avill give a banquet to Pasteur on
Apnl 14th. United States Minister Mc-
Lane will preside.
Gladstone , says tho Toronto Globe , is the
most popular name that could be men
tioned in any Canadian assembly , and if he
were to visit Canada his reception would , it
possible , exceed in cordiality that given to
the queen herself.
Foreign iron and steel makers report an
improving demand for material both fot
American , Indian and Australian marketn ,
particularly for railway material. Thei-ub-
lery manufacturers are meeting with orders
from the United States.
Emperor William at 89 rises every morn
ing at 7:30 and dresses at once for the day ,
disdaining to use cither drcssinir gown or
slippers. His face is shrunken and ho daily
becomes weaker , but he sticks to his work
with something like his youthful vigor.
A Manchester , England , firm has just
made the largest locomotive frame-slotting
machine ever turned out. The bed is 150
feet long , 5 feet wide and will weigh sixty
tons. It has improved arrangements for
driving. It is attracting the general atten
tion of engineers.
Mrs. Siddons , the great actress , strange
'as it may seem , made a failure of her firsl
appearance on the London stage. She was
not only unbecomingly dressed , but her
voice was broken and tremulous , relapsing
at times into an almost inaudible whisper
described as one that made the most dis
agreeable of impressions on her hearers.
It was seven years later that her success
came , and she sprang suddenly into a fame
which to this day io undimmed.
NO 3IORE CHEAP FARES.
The War of the Transcontinental Zincs at an
End anil Old Rates Restored.
New York dispatch : One of the bitterest
railroad rate Avars that western roads havo
over known has probably come to an end.
The transcontinental pool was broken the
19th of February by the Atchison , Topeka
and Santa Fe announcing a cut in rates be
tween New York and San Francisco. It did
this because other members of the pool
would not allow as large a percentage of
freight business to Atchison as it demanded.
and
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Fe. Other lines , noticeauiy"TIitTOETWrPa-
cific , and the Pacific Mail Steamship com
pany followed the cuts , but this was done
more to keep people informed that tliere
were such routes than because they .wanted
to fight. The Atchison has been fcTrcing
the fight throughout tho contest. The re
sult of it has the appearance of a victory
for that road. It is understood among
railroad men that President Strong pre
sented his ultimatum to President Hunt-
ington of the Southern Pacific Thursday
and that Mr. Huntington asked until to
day to answer it , and by telegraph he did
answer , and immediately his agents an
nounced to shippers that the rates would
be restored to the old basis after to-mor
row. The Atchison agents havo not yet
received orders on the subject , though they
are expected very soon.
THE REICHSTAG OX TITE RIOZS.
A cablegram from Berlin says : Hcrr von
Puttkamer , Prussian minister to the inte
rior , in the reichstag to-day made a per
sonal appeal in behalf of Emperor William
for a continuance of the anti-socialist law.
In the course of his address he exclaimed :
"In the emporer's name and by the em
peror's orders , I assure you 'that his
majesty would regret profoundly andgrieve
deeply if the prolongation of the anti-so
cialist law is refused. The emperor would
shed his blood in order to maintain the
law. " Ilerr von Puttkamer referred to the
socialist troubles in Belgium which , he said ,
threatened the peace of Europe. Dr. WSnd-
thorst said he failed to see any connection
between the Belgian disorders and German
Bocialism. Dr. von Puttkamer , in reply ,
said that , according to newspaper reports ,
Germans instigated the strikes in Belgium.
He wished chiefly to point out that the in
adequate laws of Belgium had rendered tho
disorders possible , but he denied that Ger
man socialists were implicated in the
troubles. Belgian bourgeois constantly
and willfully sought to create serious dis
orders , and the government itself provoked
troubles. Herr Babel called the speaker to
order , whereupon the speaker denounced
Babel and Most as dangerous agitators.
WORKUfG AGAISSTBOUVS JiUTTElt.
Tim Agricultural Committee of the House
Listen to Tallui on the Subject.
Washington dispatch : A large delega
tion of gentlemen interested in the dairy
business appeared before the house com
mittee on agriculture to-day on the subject
of butterine and other imitations of butter
which are being manufactured and sold as
genuine butter. James Hughes , presidentof
the Baltimore produce exchange , ex-Com
missioner of Agriculture Loring , Repre
sentative Scott and ex-Representative
Hopkins , of Pennsylvania , J. W. Seymour ,
of the mercantile exchange of New York , B.
F. Van Valkenburg , of the New York Dairy
association , W. II. Duckworth , of New
York , Rohr , of the New York Retail Grocers'
association , Commissioner Colman and
Col. Little , secretary of the Iowa Dairy
men's association , and representatives of
the Chicago Produce exchange and of the
National Butter , Egg and Cheese associa
tion addressed the committee on the sub
ject. All the gentlemen present favored the
bill prepared by the American Agricultural
and Dairymen association and introduced
in the house by Representative Scott to
place all imitations of butter under the
control of the commissioners of internal
revenue , and to provide that such products
shall be taxed 10 cents per pound and shall
be properly labelled. They said these im
itations of butter were sold fraudulently
and were ruining the dairy industry.
Unless some measure of this character was
passed they predicted that the dairy indus
try would be ruined within three years.
WASHINGTON GOSSir.
Tun .river and harbor appropriation bill ,
as completed by the house committee ,
makes a total appropriation of $15,1151-
200 , which will become available imme
diately upon tho passage of the bill. As
there was no appropriation made for river
and harbor improvements last session , the
present appropriation virtually covers a
period of nearly two years.
Tun national council of the National
Union league held it.s annual session at the
Ebbitt house. There was a very full repre
sentation of states. Officers for the year
were elected as follows : President , C. II.
Grosvenor ; vicc-presidentf. Win. E. Chand
ler. Thomas R. Rich.James S. Negley , J.
S. Robinson. L. C. Houck , J. E. O'Hura ,
C. A. Boutelle. B. K. Bruce , Nathan Golf
and Lewis McKenzic ; corresponding secre
tary , J. E. Bryant ; treasurer , A. M. Clapp ,
chaplain , J. J. Cooper ; marshal , J. H.
Buyne ; sargeant-at-arms , S. J. Demar.
THE largo office seeking constituency
Washington has for a year been enjoying
has almost entirely discippeared. There
are not more than 3 per cent as many office
seekers hero now as a year ago , and not
more than one-tenthnsmanyassixmonthn
since. Most of them have loft , a few of them
comparatively satisfied. Old citizens say
there are no more aspirants here at this
time than was usual under past adminis
trations.
A GENERAL order was issued by the war
department on the 2d , announcing the fol
io wing assignments : Major-General J. M.
Scholield to the division of the Atlantic ;
Major-Gcneral A. H. Terry to the division
of the Missouri ; Major-General Howard to
the division of the Pacific. Brigadier-Gen
era ! Crook was relieved from the command
of the department of Arizona and assigned
to the department of the Platte , formerly
commanded by General Howard. Briga
dier-General N. A. Miles , now in command
of the department of Missouri , has been
assigned to the department of Arizona.
SPECIAL : "I feel as though we were on
the verge of some unusual sensation , " said
an old southern senator to-day , "and I
am afraid it is something that is going to
happen to tho administration am afraid
death or something else will disorganize
affairs. " This seems to bo an almost gen-
; ral feeling here. It probably grows out of
the illness of three members 01 the cabinet.
It has been a long time since so large a
proportion of the cabinet was disabled ,
and naturally the apprehension would bo
unnecessarily great.
FROZEN ON THE PLAINS.
dti Old Woman Wandzra Auoitt and Re-
comes Iii.iane.
Cheyenne ( Wyo. ) special : At 1 o'clock
this morning persons living near Crow
Creek heard cries from some one appar
ently in great distress. A search was made
but the sounds not being continued , noth
ing was found. The searchers informed
several policemen , who returned with the
party and found a woman about * J3 years
old lying on the bank of the stream , with
her feet in the water and almost lifeless.
They removed the woman to tho hospital ,
where , for several hours , she was a raving
lunatic. She was composed v. ith rehtora-
tives and said she was Mis.Lyons and had
been working as a servant in the city. She
started yesterday to walk to Gov. War
ren's ranch , ten miles from the city. She
Avas overcome 1)3" the intense cold and at
tempted to return , but her age and the
fatigue of walking taxed her strength be
yond endurance. She lost her mind , wan
dered aimlessly about , and finally Ml
Avheie found. She would have pcrNhed but
for the perseverance of those Avlio first
heard her feeble cries. Her feet and hands
Averc badly frozen , and she Avill be seriously
crii > pied for life if saved.
MOXGOTJ5 FOll 31AIX'E.
Portland ( Me. ) special : A decided sen-
Bation has been created in labor circles by
the publication yesterday of the following
article in the Express : An attempt is
quietly being made to introduce Ciiinese
labor into Maine to the displacement of
G.OOO or 8,000 Maine people. The first
proposition came from the secretary of an
association having its headquarters in San
Francisco. One firm that has in its employ
in the state and elsewhere about G.OOO
hands was offered that number of Chinese
laborers at § * y a week for the men and § 1
for board money. It AVSIS added the San
Francisco association would expect the
firm to build sheds to nccomodate the
men with bunks and two blankets to three
men. It Avas said that men wo'ild be
selected from among the most intelligent
of the laborers now on the Pacific coast ,
and while completely ignorant of the busi
ness in which it was proposed to have
them engage , the secretary said within a
month they Avould be able to imitate any
merely mechanical movement they had
Been others perform.
THE MARKETS.
OMAHA.
WHEAT No. 2 59
BAULKY No. 2 48 @ 4SJ/
RYE No. 2 42 @ 4
COIJN No. 2 mixed 21 @ 22 %
OATS No. 2 22 @ 22K
BUTTEU Choice table 15 @ 17
BUTTEII Fair to good 11 @ 14
Ecus Fresh 9 @ 9
CHICKENS Dressed per Ib. . . 80 10
TUISKEYS Dressed per lb. . . . 9 @ 10
LEMONS Choice 4 00 @ 450
APPLES Choice 2 50 ( a ) 3 00
OIIANGES Mcsina 2 00 © 4 00
BEANS Navys 1 50 @ 1 75
ONIONS Per bushel 1 00 @ 110
POTATOES Per bushel 55 @ CD
GIIEEN APPLES Per bbl. . . . 2 75 @ 3 25
WOOL Fine , per lb 14 © 1(5 (
SEEDS Timothy 2 20 @ 2 50
SEEDS Blue Grass 1 30 @ 140
HAY Baled , per ton 5 50 @ G 25
HAY In bulk G 00 @ 7 00
HOGS Mixed packing 3 GO @ 3 70
BEEVES Fair to good 2 50 @ 3 50
SHEEP Heavy grades 3 00 @ 4 50
NEW YORK.
WHEAT No. 2 red ' . . . 93" < @
WHEAT Ungraded red 9GJ.J ®
COKN No. 2 44- % @
OATS Mixed western 3G
POIIK 9 75
LAUD G27 @ G 29
CHICAGO.
FLOUR Winter. 4 40
FLOUR Patents 4 G5
WHEAT Perbushel
CORN Per bushel 35& @ 30 %
OATS Per bushel 27 @ 29 < {
PORK 947 @ 950
LARD 592
HOGS Packing & shipping. 4 15
CATTLE Stockers 2 50
SHEEP Natives 7. 3 00
ST. LOUIS.
WHEAT No. 2 red 88
CORN Perbushel 34
OATS Per bushel 30
HOGS Mixed packing 3 85
CATTLE Stockers & feeders 300
SHEEP Common to choice 3 00
KANSAS CITY.
WHEAT Perbushel G2 @
CORN Per bushel 28
OATS Per bushel 27 %
[ BATTLE Exports 5 05
HOGS Good to choice 3 85
SHEEP Common to good. . 2 75
A BRAVE BEAUTY.
Kate Bayard's "Womanly Sympathy
and Her INervo.
A letter from Delaware tells me a
pretty story of Kate Bayard , the beauti
ful daughter whom death took so late
ly from our Secretary of State. Six or
seven years ago her phaeton was a
familiar sight in Wilmington and on the
roadways thereabout ; she was already
known among her friends as a daring
rider , and there were stories abundant
of heroic exploits and dangers braved
in the saddle. The horse that she used
for her phaeton was spirited , but no
body ever worried for the fair driver's
safety ; she had too often shown her
power to license a thought of danger.
The horse seemed to know her ; vicious-
ness that was shown when others ap
proached melted into gentleness at once
when she took up the reins ; people who
believed in tho intelligence of brute
creation pointed out this horse's actions
as proof of their correct faith.
One summer evening as Miss Bayard
was driving alone on tho outskirts of
West Wilmington her attention was at
tracted toward a lively group of boys
at the side of the roadway. In their
center was a man most forlorn in ap
pearance , his face the picture of misery ,
his clothes all in tatters. The boys In
their silly thoughtlessness were perse
cuting him.
THE GIRL'S SYMPATHIES
were enlisted at once. Her carriage
came to a.stand-still , and her voice re
buked the boys , who , staring one mo
ment agape with astonishment , fell
back a little , but they did not cease
their taunts. The poor man against
the roadside looked up as much amaz
ed as had been his persecutors. It
wasn't an inviting countenance , and
yet there was something in it not whol
ly bad. Pebbles were lired at him by
the retreating lads , and then as he tried
to move he revealed to the good Samari
tan who had come to his rescue that he
was a cripple. This brought her from
her phaeton in a trice. A word to her
horse , a pat upon its neck , and she left
it to go within touching distance of the
poor , hopeless fellow , despairing in this
by-street of a town's suburb. "What
was the matter ? " "Why was he
thereHow had he fallen into such
a plight ? " These were questions that
she asked in quick succession. And
the reply that came was : "I am only
a tramp. " She didn't draw back.
That wasn't the way of Kate Bayard.
"But you are a man ! " she said. He
looked as if he wcra half afraid to as
sert that he could claim even this , and
he drew back with a visible shudder as
the brave girl said : "You must have
somebody to care for you. Let me take
you to the hospital. " He smiled , half
thankfully , half doubtfully , and , though
no words Avere uttered , his eyes , taking
on a new light , seemed to sparkle out ,
"You mock me. " He did not know
Kate Bayard any better than the world
knows many another woman who for
her own heart's sake does good deeds
in secret. She bent and helped him to
rise. One leg would not bear his
body's weight and he had hard work to
3IUFFLE THE GKOAX
thathalf escaped him in the pain of mov
ing ; but heroically , his ragged coat-
sleeve running through the arm of as
lovely a girl that ever lived , he hobbled
jtep by step to the phaeton's side and
was lifted virtually lifted as a mother
tenderly would lift her infant in
through the wheels to the carriage
seat.
seat.Then
Then came an exciting experience.
She was half between the vehicle's
wheels , when the horse , that had been
standing quietly enough while he could
watcli his mistress , became angry. The
boys , who had scattered , had not drawn
out of sight , and their sport was being
continued by showers of missiles thrown
promisciously in the carriage's direc
tion , and they were hooting and crying
more loudly than ever. This it was that
had unstrung the horse's nerves , and he
pranced and reared , though he did not
start to run. The wheels of the car
riage caught the girl in their clasp and
hugged her fiercely for one moment ,
and then released her only for a second ,
when she rushed forward to the fright
ened horse's bridle. The alarm of the
animal was intensified. Tow he dash
ed away on a full run , whirling the
light phaeton hither and thither over
tlie roadway in a manner that boded
speedy destruction. The hoodlums part
ed as the runaway cut through their
ranks , bub not one.was big enough or
brave enough to try to stop the wild
horse. On and on he plunged , but all
the time the brave-hearted Kate Bayard
CLUXG TO THE BKIDLE
rein , and she swung through the air like
a bird at the flying animal's side. Nor
did she lose her self-consciousness. She
called her horse by name , and her tone
was as affectionate and calm as though
he was standing still for caresses. A
long time he paid no attention to this ,
and dangers on dangers were encounter
ed and passed through , till finally , half
exhausted perhaps , the stalwart crea
ture turned his head , neighed , and
quickly came to a standstill. Nobody
had been hurt , the carriage was whole ,
some harness had been strained and rip
ped , the man in the phaeton had fainted
his suffering and excitement had con
quered him.
That man was tenderly cared for by
JKate Bayard and her friends , and
eventually he wenc out into the world a
well man and in a wholly different
mind from that which had possessed
him on the day he was found a helpless
victim of idle boys in a public roadway.
K o , there was no record of any heroic
act by which this rescued man subse
quently served her who saved him. Nor
was there any need for any such act to
add any color to this goocl thing that
Thomas F. Bayard's daughter did.
He whom she lifted up was ever after
ward a changed man. He had a history
that had something good in it. The
wild son of a New York farmer , he had
left college to go South as a soldier
early in the war , and had fallen there
into bad habits. That , briefly , was his
story. Now he is a clergyman of the
Methodist church. Jfew York Tribune.
An editor who speaks of a man who has dis
covered a fact by experience , says the new
way to prevent bleeding at the nose fs to keep
your nose out of other people's business.
The report on the Paris exhibition of 187S
shows a deficit of 32.000,000 francs.
/
THE ORB OF DAY.
Remarkable Explosions Said to Have
Taltcn IMaco oil tlio Sun.
Among the remarkable discoveries
made by means of the spectroscope one
of the most striking has been the recog
nition of tremendous solar disturbance
of an eruptive or rather of an explosive
nature. In 1873 Prof. Young , of Prince
ton , N. J. , observed a solar eruption , in
which what looked like filaments ol
glowing hydrogen , ( averaging a thou
sand miles or so in length ) seemed to
travel upward from the sun's surface at
the rate of 145 miles per second , till
they reached a height of not less than
210,000 miles. Even then they did not
cense to ascend , but , losing their luster
faded out of view. If shreds of hydro
gen were really shot out on that occa
sion wo should scarcely find in the event
anything bearing on the matter before
us the possible ejection of meteoric
matter. But no one who considers the
phenomenon with attention , or studies
the evidence obtained in regard to it.
can for a moment imagine that what
look like ejections of glowing hydrogen
can be really of that nature. It is ob
vious alike from a priori considerations
and a posteriori evidence that the jet-
like streams of tydrogen are in reality
the tracks of ejected matter , solid or
liquid. For not only is it impossible
that streams of such a substance as
hydrogen should beejected to heights
of many thousands of miles through an
atmosphere of probably greater and cer
tainly equal density , but the shapes as
sumed by the hydrogen streaks are in-
consistant with the idea that they can
have been themselves ejected. For in
stance , the threads of hydrogen
observed by Prof. Young ( some of
which were thousands of miles long )
wore irregular in shape. Had they
really been traveling through a resist
ing atmosphere , at the enormous rate
of 145 miles per second , the } * would cer
tainly have been pear-shaped , rounded
in front , and tailed behind , like fire-balls
in our own air. But they resembled ,
rather , the irregular streaks showing
where our air has been rendered lumin
ous by the passage of meteoric masses
through it. Prof. Young's observation
proved , in fact , that on that particular
occasion the sun had shot out from his
interior a , llight of man } ' thousands of
bodies. The bodies themselves would
not be visible , because the phenomenon
was observed through a tclespectro-
scope , admitting only red light of the
same tint as the red of glowing hydro-
gen. But the light from the heated
hydrogen along the tracks of these
ejected missiles would lie clearly visible.
The streak would , of course , seem to
ascend. For they would always bu
close up to the missiles producing them ,
so that their forward ends would ad
vance , while their rear ends would seem
also to advance as the light gradually
faded out along those parts of the track
which were furthest from the advancing
missile. What Prof. Young saw has
bfcn seen since at various observatories.
The sun , then , has the power of ejecting
matter from his interior presumably in.
volcanic explosions. Moreover , a cal
culation which I made respecting Prof.
Young's explosion shows that the mat
ter ejected on that ocdasion passed
away from the sun with such velocity
that it would never return to him.
Those missiles were thenceforth akin to
meteoric bodies traveling freely through
space. Richard A. 1'roctor , in Lony-
marfs Magazine.
Einc Writing.
Just as people of little experience in
social life are sometimes dazzled by a
avish display of jewels , so young writ
ers are apt to mistake for line writing
i style in which long words , foreign
rfirascs , and gorgeous figures are used.
A clear , direct , simple form of expres
sion is far better. A young college
graduate , a reporter of a weekly paper
n a rural city , thought , no doubt , that
ic done some very "fine" writing when
ic handed the following to the editor :
"Our flourishing and prosperous
young city was last evening the scene
> f the most disastrous conflagration it
las 3"ct witnessed. The devouring ele-
meift first broke out in the mercantile
establishment of Horner & Co. , whioh
magnificent edilice it consumed before
ts progress could be arrested in the
slightest degree.
' Our knights of the hook and ladder
cspomled nobly to the clangor of the
alarm-bell , ami essayed manfully to
combat the mighty element of ifams
uul darkening smoke , but their utmost
endeavors were unavailing in rescuing
he building from the annihilating and
ncendiary Humes , for there is incontro-
ertiblc testimony that the widespread.
conflagration was the immediate result
of diabolical incendiarism. The pcrpe-
rators will yet be overtaken by the
sure keen arm of the law , whose majesty
; hey have thus outraged and offended.
The aggregated loss is iu excess of four
housand dollars. "
The editor put the reporter's manu-
cript aside , and wrote the following ,
which appeared in the next morning's
) aper :
"The dry-goods house of Honer & Co.
was burned to the ground lustnighttho
lames having made such headway bc-
ore the alarm was given that the engine
company arrived too late to do more
ban keep the fire from spreading to
other buildings.
"Jt is thought that the building was
et on fire. The loss is ataut four thou-
and dollars , partly coverlid by insur
ance. " Youth's Companion.
"Women and Poor Health.
Multitudes of women lose health and
ife every year in one or two ways ; by
msying themselves in a warm kitchen
until weary , and then throwing theni-
elves on a bed or sofa without a fire ; or
> y removing the outer clothing , or per-
iaps changing the dress for one thinner
is soon as they enter the house after a
walk or shopping. The rule should be
o go to a warm room and keep on all
he clothing for five or ten minutes ,
until the forehead is perfectly dry. In
nil weathers if yon have to walk and
ride upon any occasion , it is better to
do the riding first. HaWs Journal.
