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DETERMINED TO OKRFZ2V. 37 < - J/foM u Belfast Assume a Decidedly 1 Serious Character. Uolfast cablegram : The people have been wrought to n state of great excitement by the riotous demonstrations of the Orange- men during the past tw < J daj-s. All work is stopped , stores closed , nnd many resi dences clofcely barricaded. Mobs are in every street prepared for further deeds of f violence. The Orangemen are greatly in ' , censed at the constabulary for firing upon , / them , and threaten to sack their barracks. Detachments of soldiers and police have been forwarded from Dublin and other cities to Belfast to assist the authorities to restore order. At midnight a mob of Orangemen raided a public house keptrby a Catholic named O'Hare , and after sacking it set it on fire. The police charged the rioters a dozen times with bayonets , but were each time forced back by volleys of stones. The police flnalty were forced to take refuge in their barracks , where they fired upon the mob from the second story > r windows. The mob , however , held their ground twenty minutes longer , although the firing of the police was heavy und in cessant. Scores of rioters were wounded. It is known positively that six men nnd two uomen are killed. A great number of wounded persons were carried away by friends and it is not known whether their injuries are fatal or not. Twenty of the rioters who received bullet wounds arelying in one infirmary. A large number of Orangemen who took part in the riots were arrested to-dny. The inquest on the bodies of those who wero killed will bo opened this afternoon. Pour'rioters wounded by the police in 'yesterday's riots , died to-day. Four others are dyinp. The Orangemen are making large purchases of arms and are declaring that they will have revenge upon the police for firing into their ranks. At a meeting of Protestants living on Shank hill road , re.ioluti' ns denouncing the action of the police were adopted. From outlying dis tricts Orangemen arc coming to Belfast mid attacking peaceful citizens and de manding their withdrawal from the national league. The number of police men on duty in Belfast this afternoon at 3 o'clock was 1,300. A number of troops from Xewry also arrived to assist the police in maintaining order. The magistrate ordered nil taverns in the city to be closed to-night. Xo mobs are allowed to congregate in the street. An eye witness of the riots of Wednesday gives the following description of the scenes attending the mob's attack on Bower's Hill police station : Men , armed with pokers , pried up paving stones nnd broke them into suitable size for the use of the rioters when they ran short of missiles. Women and young girls desperately enticed the men to continue the fighting whenever'Jiey flagged , offering them apronfnls of fresh stones , and when entreaty failed the women and girls drove them on by savage threats. The police station is a moderate sized dwelling house. When the mob attacked the build ing the police responded with a volley fired from the doorway. But "the rioters soon drove the officers in , and they retreated up-stairs and thence maintained the fight by shooting from the windows of the front bedroom un the second floor. They held their position for half an hour , during which the battle was hot and savage on both sides , when they were reinforced by the arrival of seventy fresh officers. The increased energy of the police served but to aggravate the mob , and they became ferocious. They were maddened by the sight of their comrades shot down , writhing and howling with agony in the street. I have since heard old officers say they never knew a mob to show greater viciousness , violence , pluck and determination. De spite their desperation the rioters hurled their missiles with regularity and precision , as if they had been drilled in stone throwing. When the men in front exhausted their ammunition , they would retire to the rear to receive fresh armsful from the women , and thus make way for their comrades with new supplies. Some of the stone throwing was quite extraor dinary. There were many boys among the rioters , and they were as desperate and .plucky as the men. The battle at the sta tion ceased only when 250 soldiers came to aid the police. People living in the neighborhood where the rioting began say it was caused by the police under a mistaken impression molest ing and cudgelling some orderly workmen leaving the foundry. According to this story the populace got .angry at the police for their cruel and unjustifiable conduct , and attempted to make them desist. When a conflict became imminent , the mob of fered to behave if the police were with drawn , but not otherwise. A WOMAN IN THE CASE. Washington special : The alacrity with which Bayard cabled the acceptance ol Winston's resignation indicates the utmost confidence of the administration in its abil ity to manage the affairs of the government at home and abroad without the aid ol Mr. Winston. In his communication to the state department Winston does not give his reasons for his resignation. He merely says they are 'personal.1 It is well known in Washington what they are. He sought the appointment with great dili gence , telling his friends that he wanted to go to Persia , as that would please the lady whom he expected to marry. Before leav ing for the orient elaborate prepaprations were made for the wedding , but much to the surprise of his friends it did not take place. The lady in question is Miss Calhoun , who Las been prominent in society here of late s a guest of Mrs. Hearst. It is said that "Winston felt that he had got enough when he reached Constantinople , and would have turned back from that pointbut for fearof being laughed at. A strange coincidence is noted in the resignation of Winston and the appearance in a New York paper of a long letter written by Mr. Winston's secre tary , which was published on the day the resignation reached thiscountry. Thislet- ter paints Persia , Teheran , the shah and everything connected with that country in a most unfavorable light , and concludes with a half column devoted to proving the needlessness of maintaining an American enitmssy at Teheran. BIG BLAZE AT LOUISVILLE. At Louisville , Ky. , on the morning of the 6th , a fire was discovered on the stage of the new Grand theater. The alarm was sent in but the engines that responded were unable to do anything towards extinguish ing the fire , which by this time covered all of the middle of the block between Third and Fourth , Jefferson and Green streets. At daybreak the entire center of the square was a glowing mass of red hot metal and blazing wood. The theater was one of the finest in the west or south and is a com plete loss. JJ.L THE Pia.\CJZ > MUST GO. PARIS , June 8. The comnj/ttee / of the Cham- Haer of deputies having the government expul sion bill in charge rejected the proposed re port of the chairman M. Maret , sr. , because it opposed the expulsion of the princes and have elected M. Pelantan reported in M. Maret's place. The committee"bv a vote of G to 5 decided to adopt the proposal of M. Floquet , president -of the chamber of deputies , who'favors a hill banishing all the princes without distinction. "This was subsequently rejected oy the cabinet. SOON TO BE OUT OF A JOB. tlte Honeymoon is Orcr Mr. Sparta Hill Receive Some Attention. Washington special : It is rumored that when the president returns Secretary Lamar will call his attention to Sparks. The secretary is the gentlest and most patient man in the cabinet. If any oneclse were in his place Sparks would have retired from public life long ago , but ho shifted.tho burden upon Assistant Secretary Jenks and tried to make himself believe that there was no such thing as Sparks in the department. Now that Jenks has gone , there is no fortification behind which the secretary can retire when Sparks becomes rambunctious , nnd he is having his patience tested to the utmost. The other day , in reversing one of the decisions of the land oflice Mr. Lam ir practically told Sparks to mind his own business , and it. was supposed that thecommiKsionerwould take the hint ; but he immediately did the worst thing he has done yet in suspending the opera tion of the pre-emption culture act. From some indications around the interior de partment it is inferred that Mr. Lamar will try to get rid of Sparks as sqon as the president returns from his honeymoon. Although Sparks not long ago announced , in an interview , that the president had the utmost confidence in him , testimony from the white Jiouse goes to show that if he could be dropped \ \ ithout a scandal lie would soon be done for ; but the president is afraid of a howl that will naturally be raised by the papers Hint have been sup porting the land commissioner in his "re forms. " I am told that Elihu B. Wash- burn saved Sparks once by writing Mr. Cleveland recommending him , but it will take some influence more powerful than Mr. Washburn to save him now. The president has been much an noyed by Sparksrecent eccentrici ties , but was afraid to dismiss him for fear of having hU motives misunder stood. There are said to be six thousand unanswered letters in the office of the com missioner , and several thousand awaiting his signature. These letters are written by clerks in the several divisions that have jurisdiction over the subject to which they refer , and are sent up for the signature of the commissioner. He will not sign a let ter that he does not fully understand. As several hundred are written every day , the majority are laid aside for the commis sioner's personal examination , but ho never gets time to make it. As a conse quence the business of the office , which is almost entirely conducted by correspond- 2iice , is in a snarl that is becoming very Jmbarrassing. THE SCHEME WILL NOT WORK. Gloucester Fishermen Sot Ready for Accept ance of Another Reciprocity Treaty. Washington special : While all proper means will be taken to urge upon the Cana dian and English governments the inexpe diency of depriving our fishing vessels of ordinary commercial , rights , yet at the worst it is clear that the Gloucester men will not be driven into accepting another reciprocity treaty merely because they are forbidden to visit Canadian ports for bait. To begin with , they are now evidently establishing a sj-stem of procuring bait by having it brought to them beyond the three-mile limit. A case in which two American vessels adopted this device was reported the other day from Cape Breton. There is no doubt that many other Ameri can schooners have been supplied in this way with fresh baits in harbors west of Halifax. Several vessels , also , including the Garfield , Gerring and Greenleaf , have procured bait and ice in Bras d'Or lake or at Canso and Fox islands. Some of the Gloucester fishermen say that they can always get all the bait they want by avoid ing the dominion protection vessels , and consider that the seizure of the Adams was due wholly to her own carelessness. It is evident that these confident views are based on the desire of many of the peo ple to sell bait , and this is a safe reliance , since it is known that hundreds of men , women , and children depend for a living on Mie quid they catch and sell. There is reason to believe that if the restrictions against the selling of bait are enforced against the inhabitants , they will raise an outcry which will prove more efficient for the American fisherman than the latter could raise for themselves. Besides , there are other sources of bait supply. The vessels of some owners have been expressly ordered not to attempt to take bait from the closed Canadian ports. It is perfectly possibfeto establish stations for bait at the Magdalen Islands on that portion of the Newfoundland coast which is open under the treatjThen Eastport is not far away , and bait may be carried from far more distant ports and kept with ice. The great changes due to seine fishing o\'er the days when all mackerel were hauled in by hook or line must be con sidered. All these points increase the conviction that the Canadians have not so potent a leverage in the bait controversy for secur ing another reciprocity treaty as they imagine. And of course all this presup poses a submission to the view that the American fishermen are excluded by the treaty from the commercial transaction of buying bait , which has not yet been con- ceded. CROP PROSPECTS KRIGHTENTNG. The general crop prospects , says a Wash ington dispatch , continue to be good , de spite the little scare on account of dry weather which recently prevailed in the northwest. The apprehension for north western crops have been largely removed by the recent rains in and west of the Mis sissippi valley. A telegram yesterday stated that in southern Iowa the outlook is excellent. The special signal office bulle tin for May reports that during that month the temperature was very nearly normal in all sections east of the Missis sippi river. West of this river it was slightly above normal. A BURDENED DEPARTSIEST. Washington special : There are said to be G.OOO unanswered letters in the office ol the commissioners of public lands , and several thousand awaiting his signa ture. These letters are written by clerks in the several divisions that have jurisdic tion over the subject to which they refer , and are sent up for the signature of tha commissioner. He has no confidence in clerks and will not sign a letter he does not fully understand. As several hundred are written every day , the majority are laid aside for the commissioner's personal ex amination , and he never gets time to make any. As a consequence the business of tha oflice , which is almost entirely conducted by correspondence , is in a snarl that is be coming very embarrassing. A BENEFIT TO SOLDIERS. Washington special : Acting Second Comp troller McMahon has rendered a decision to the effect that every volunteer soldier who was mustered out and discharged with his regiment or other organization , the members ol which were kept together and under discipline , and did not receive their discharges until they were paid off , should be regarded as continuing in the service until the day of payment , and are accord ingly entitled to credit for that period of service in computing their right to bounty. FOR WESTERN HOMESTEADERS. A Hill Introduced in Congress to 1'i'cceiU . Trespass by Cattle Jfen. Washington special : A bill was presentee in the house to-day by Mr. Morrow , of Cal ifornia , which is of special interest to the northwestern states and territories. It provides that the use and occupancy o : any part of the public lands of the United States by any person without claim or color of title made in good faith under the laws of the United States , is declared to bo unlawful ; and it is prohibited that any person in possession of any of the public lands of the United States , in any of the territories under title or color of title , or any right to possession thereof from the United States , or any grantee of , or who not being in possession has title or color of title or right to the possession of any such bonds d.-rived from the United States , may maintain any action to recover pos session thereof , or an action to recover damages from any person who shall trespass thereon , or for damages caused thereto , or to natural or planted products thereof , or improvements thereon , by horses , mules , cattle , sheep , go.its , hogs or any other domestic animals belonging to , or in custody and keeping ol another , anything in the laws to the con trary notwithstanding. The object of the bill is to protect crops from the ravages of cattle. There are at present many persons in the states and territories having large amounts of puolic lands engaged in cattle raising nnd that of othcrdomesticnnimals , nnd who are in the habit of occupyinglarge areas of the public domain without any authority. Such persons have , in many in stances , by their power and influence , in duced legislatures to enact laws whereby the owners of lands are denied the right to maintain action against others to recover for such damages as may be done to their lands and product thereof by horses , cat tle , etc. , unless it appears that at the time such trespasses were committed the lands in question were enclosed by a so-called lawful fence. As the cost of fencing the lands is many times greater than the price put upon them by the government , it is a great burden upon actual settlers. WEALTH IN THE U. S. SENATE. A Washington dispatch to the New York Herald says : Stanford , of California , rail roads , mines and real es tate § 7o,000.000 Fair , of Nevada , gold mines. . . 50,000,000 Sawver , of Wisconsin , saw mills and lumber 4,000,000 Brown , ofGeoigia , real estate mines and railroads 4,000,000 Bowen , of Colorado , mines 1,000,000 Sherman , of Ohio , real estate and bank stock 1,000,000 Hale , of Maine , real estate and stocks 1,000,000 Beck , of Kentuckv ' , Western lands , etc . 1,000,000 Hearst , of California , mines. . . 2,000,000 Van Wyck , of Nebraska , Western lands and various real estate 1,000,000 Mahone , of Virginia , rail roads , mines , etc 1,000,000 Payne , of Ohio , Cleveland city property and stocks. . . 5,000,000 Camoron , of Pennsylvania , railroads , banks and real estate 5,000,000 Miller , of New York , wood pulp 3,000,000 Jones , of Nevada , Alaska mines 3,000,000 Vest , of Missouri , Kansas Cit ; real estate , etc 250,000 Allison , of Iowa , real estate , etc 300,000 Sabine , of Minnesota , about 300,000 Ivennn , of West Virginia , lands and mines 300.000 Hawley , of Connecticut , news- ' paper and real estate 200,000 Chace , of Khode Island , cot ton factories 250,000 Plumb , of Kansas , Western lands and railroads 500,000 Teller , of Colorado , mines and and lands 1,000,000 Logan , of Illinois , real estate , etc 75,000 Ingalls , of Kansas 100,000 McPherson , of New Jersey , stock farms 250,000 Making a total for twenty- six men of § 192,695,000 SLASHED WITH A BOWIE-KNIFE. Details have been received at Evansville , Ind. , of a terrible murder committed in Stevensport , Warrick county , near the line of Spencer county , Dr. Agiet , a prominent physician of that place , being killed by John L. Gentry. The quarrel originated in the heat of a politic-.il discussion , during which Gentry drew a bowie-knife and cut Agiet's throat from car to ear , the victim living only about five minutes. The mur derer managed to escape. The killing is one of the most dastardly ever heard of in the annals of Warrick county. It is prob able that if captured the murderer will be lynched. THE MARKETS. OMAHA. ' WHCAT No. 2 . r 9"- , ' GO BAULIY No. 2 41 @ 43 RYE No. 2 4L I.j ( $ 4:5 : Conx No. 2 mixed 21 @ 22 OATS No. 2 20 ( $ 21 BDTTEU Creamery 13 @ 35 BCTTEU Fair to good G @ 10 EGGS Fresh 8 @ SJ $ CHICKENS Old per doz 2 75 @ 3 25 CHICKENS Spring per doz. . . 3 50 @ 400 LEMONS Choice 7 00 @ 750 CHANGES Mesina 4 00 ( a ) 4 50 BEANS Navys 1 40 @ 1 GO ONIONS Per bbl 2 50 @ 3 00 POTATOES Salt Lake 50 @ 75 WOOL Fine , per Ib 14 @ 15 SEEDS Timothy 2 20 @ 2 50 SEEDS Blue Grass 130 @ 1 40 HAY Baled , per ton 5 50 @ G 25 HAY In bulk G 00 @ 7 00 HOGS Mixed packing 3 55 @ 3 GO BEEVES Choice steers 4 50 @ 4 S5 SHEEP Heavy grades 3 25 @ 4 25 NEW YORK. WHEAT No. 2 red SSb' @ 89 WHEAT Ungraded red 74 @ S5J/ COUN No. 2 43 @ 43 % OATS Mixed western 34 @ 3SJ Pome 9 00 @ 9 25 LAHD G 25 ( oj G 30 CHICAGO. FLOUR Winter 4 25 @ 4 75 FLOUK Patents 4 50 @ 580 WHEAT Perbushel 7Go ) 77 COHN Per bushel 35M © 3G OATS Per bushel 274' @ 28 PORK 8 90 @ S 92J LARD G 17 @ G 20 HOGS Packin ? shipping. 4 00 @ 4 30 CATTLE Stockers 2 75 @ 4 10 SHEEP Natives 2 00 @ 4 30 ST. LOUIS. WHEAT No. 2 red 774' @ CORN Perbushel Sl OATS Per bushel 2G HOGS Mixed packing 3 90 _ UATTLE Stockers 5 25 @ SHEEP Common to choice 3 00 ' @ 4 00 KANSAS CITY. WHEAT Perbushel G38' @ Jons Per bushel 25 DATS Per bushel 24 OATTLE Stockers 3 25 HOGS Good to choice 3 80 SHEEP Common to good. . 3 60 THE RIOTING BELFAST ORANGEMEN. Drilled Ruffians on a Looting , Burning and. Mttrderlnij Raid. BELFAST , Juno 11. The Associated Press reporter detailed to remain on the scene of the riots , at 5 o'clock this morn ing reported as follows : "I remained nmo'ng the rioters all night. The greatest damage in the way ol wrecking and looting was done along Shank hill and corn roads. Fighting in both thoroughfares was desper ate and continuous. The mob was com posed of the lowest ruffians. The bayonets of the police had 110 terrors for tljem. and in many cases I saw the mob in over whelming numbers press up against the bayonets of the police and drive them back. The only instances in which the police drove the mob at all , so far as I observed , were those in which the officers were in compact lines , and fired at close range rapid volleys of buckshot. These the rioters could not stand against , nnd they were driven back. But even under such galling fire the rioters would drop to the pavements and rush upon the police when they were reloading. It is impossible to describe the state of terror in which the respectable Catholic people of Belfast are now living , in consequence of the prevailing anarchy of bigotry. The bravest of them hardly dare venture outdoors in daylight even. I know scores of people were shot down dm ing last night's riots. I saw ten taken to the hospital this morning. I is feared every funeral of a victim of the riots may provoke fresh outbreaks. The law-abiding citizens demand of the govern ment the appointment of a special com mission to inquire into the causes of the whole disorder. Fighting at such close range as to be prac tically hand to hand continued until 2 o'clock tliis morning , when daylight began to dawn and so many of the riotsr disap peared as to leave the mob of insufficient strength as to longer cope with the armed police , who succeeded in dispersing it. My observation shows the mob of last night to be composed of the very scum of Belfast. I saw members of it throwingpayingstones weighing fifteen to twenty pounds. I even saw fiends hurling rocks at firemen who were imperiling their lives in attempts to save dwellings from destruction by incen diary fires , and the helpless inmates from horrible death. If anything else were want ing to prove the character of the mob it could be furnished by dozens of ruffians I saw during the night snoaking away from tho wrecked or burning buildings laden with loot. " The rioting last night was less disastrous tahn on Wednesday. After their day's labor had ended thousands of working men gathered in the vicinity of the Bower Hill police station. They execrated the police and cried out , "We will have ten lives for fcvery one of the murdered. " The county police were then withdrawn and some well known local constables were sent to reason with the mob. The latter demanded the withdrawal of all the police. Archbishop Lame and several Presbyterian clergymen after this implored the mob to disperse. Their addresses proved altogether useless , and even while the clergymen were speaking the rioters kept up desultory stone throw ing at the police. Onestone struck a divine squarely in the face and hurt him severely. Captain Lestraiige , a resident magistrate who was present to counsel order , was struck by a brickbat in the head. When the preachers ceased the mob surged up to the gate of the barracks and defied the police to come and take a square fight. Things went on in this way until about 10 o'clock , when two troops of dragoons gal loped up. They were followed by 300 in fautry. These men had been under arms eleven hours. The mob was for a moment powerless with surprise and dispersed. The runaways soon , however , became ashamed i > l themselves and returned to the scene , jeering the soldiers. The latter had taken complete possession of the streets around the barracks and cardoned them effective ly. The mob , realizing the impregnability of the police positionnow departed in sec tions , cursing the pope , denouncing home rule , and singing "The Orange Lily" and "Rule Britannic. " SLAIN BY A DESPERADO. TOMUSTOXE , Aniz. , June 10. Frank Porter , an American smuggler and hard case general ly , had been in the habit of visiting the house of Luiz Perea at Janos , in Mexico. Perea has three daughters , to one of whom Porter ap peared to be paying particular attention. The father of the girl , knowing that Porter was a married man of bad rcuutation , for bade his visits to the house. Thereupon Porter planned a robbery of the old Mexican and the abduction of the daughter , and last Friday mornius he set out for Janos , reaching Perea"'a house about 4 in the afternoon. The old gentleman came in shortly after and be gan a search for Porter who was hidden under the bed. AVhile Pcrea was making the search Porter sprang from under the bed , pistol in hand , covered the Mexicanyith the order to "Throw hands " anil fired shoot- up your , immediately , - hig'Perca through the heart , killing him in stantly. The'murderer then took all the money in the house , amounting to 81,300 , mounted his horse , ami with a pistol in each hand rushed through the streets in the direction of the American line. A partof Mexicans gave chase and foliou-ed the fugitive as far as Palos lilnncos , where their horses gave out , anil tliey had to abandon the chase. Porter pounded his horse with his pistols until the neck and sides of the beast were beaten to a jelly and bloo'l poured from it until its color could not be told. Porter is said now to be secreted somewhere iu the mountaius. THE GROUND GIVES WAY. WILKESBitr.n , PA. , June 10. At Parsons at a late hour last night the people were terrified by what is supposed to have been an explosion of gas in the Mineral Spring mine of the Lehigh coal company. Many persons living within a short distance of the mine were hurled about in their homes , and they thought for a moment that an earthquake had 'oc curred. A large number of houses in the vicinity ot the inine were badly shaken and a ; reat many windows were shattered. The surface of the jrround in the vicinity of the Philadelphia and Reading depot has fallen fully two feet and is still sinking. Three bouses belonging to one man about 300 feet from the mine were moved a surprising dis- tauce from their sigual positions. No"lives were lost. Some miners think there was no explosion and that the concussion was caused by a rush of air due to an extensive cave-in PROSPECTS OF LYNCH LAW. Oberlin ( Ks. ) dispatch : The large livery barn of Woster it Allen burned this morn- . ing about G:30 : o'clock. All the buggies were saved and all the horses except two. Mr. Worster's dwelling , adjoining , was bad ly damaged. From the first it was almost positive that it was the work of an incen diary. Patrick Fleming , a lawyer from 1 Rawlins county and the accepted leader of one of the gangs which has caused the loss j of six lives in the past few weeks , was ar jI I rested for the crime , and circumstantial ji evidence is strong against him. Long cries i of "Lynch him , " Hang him , " "Rope , rope , " I were heard all over town , and it is yet a mooted question whether or not he will ever get out of Oberlin alive. The loss to the building is about.S3,500 and the insur ance on the barn § 1,000. PLEASANT PICTURE OF INDIA. . Choice JjOl of Stories About SnnUes , Scorpions , mid Centipedes IMs- y njjreeablo Surprises. One of tho American magazines vhich came to Panhala not long ago rontained a harrowing account of a ow which took place in the close leighborhood of alligators and mocca- lin snakes. Alarming as such au in- sident must have been , it was really no nore than a mere trifle compared to ; he experiences which people who live n this part of tropical India have to indergo almost daiH * . In one governmental district in In- Ha about 23,000 persons are reported is dying yearly from the bite of pois- MIOUS reptiles or the attack of savage leasts. Considering the perils with vhich one is beset here in Panhala , the vender is that the number of deaths is lot very much larger. Leopards and .igers are shot in the country around acre , and at times they prowl iround tho dwellings of the peo- jle in the night and sometimes try ; o ell'ect an entrance. Poisonous rep- ; iles are so numerous and so quick to jnprove every opportunity to cuter the louses that no one can relax his watch- 'ulncss for a moment without being alaced in danger of his life. For in- ttance. no one would think of getting in to bed without lirst looking for what nay be , and consequently is , cozily jnsconced between the cool sheets. No me would spring out of bed in the light without lirst striking a match , jven though he be so brave that he pooh-poohs at the idea of keeping a aightlamp burning. Even the bath is lot a luxury entirely devoid of danger Ironi one or more of these poisonous jrcatures. To-day a snake is found in jne's shoe ; to-morrow in the bath sponge there is a scorpion. The next laa centipede is found under the Sower-stand ; and the next there is a scorpion in the novel one has been reading , or a snake on the shelf or i snake hidden away 111 one's napkin at dinner. Not long since a friend from the coast related , while visiting here , a recent ex perience which is really not uneom- iion in this part of the"world. . One Evening , leaving the lamp in his dress- ng room , he stepped into au adjoining obm in tiie dark. Noticing the pecu- .iar odor , so like that of raw potatoes , tvhich often indicates the presence of a make , he called his wife to bring a 2ane and lamp. Knowing well what such a call means , she lost no time in providing the needed stick and light. There on the step over which he had just entered the room lay an immense : obra , enjoying the coolness of the place after a hot day on the scorching plains. Mr. I had stepped directly aver his majesty ; and had it not been for the unmistakable odor which be trayed the snake he might not have lived to tell the tale. It is a fortunate fact that the cobra can readily be killed tvith a cane or club. One Sunday afternoon while walking in his plantain garden , deeply engaged in thought , a gentleman here was made not a little astonished to have a large snake spring from between his feet and glide into one of the small buildings at tached to the place. It had been en gaged in swallowing a toad and seemed as startled as the Sahib himself. The latter calling for help instituted a chase. It took some courage to enter this small room as it was not known to what species the reptile belonged. Armed with a new American ax and a bamboo cane the hunt progressed for a few mo ments , during which the snake sprang several times seeminglv its full length into the air , making futile attempts to escape. The ax came off conqueror and it was found to be a Dliaman. measur ing seven feet sev'-m inches in length. This kind of snake has no fangs , be longs to the coluber order , and "kills with its tail , * ' so the natives say. It is known to be destructive to cattle , in the nostrils of which it insinuates its tail and then draws it forth with violent abrasion. It is no strange sight to find in the morning a cast-off skin of some snake on the lattice which protects one's win dow , or twisted about over a bit of ter race wall or one's pet rockery , which , by-the-by , is a most dangerous form of a llowcr-gardcn , as it affords shelter for snakes , lizards , centipedes and scor pions innumerable. A few .days ago I found one of these sloughs of a cobra , seven feet in length , but I presume it was longer for being empty , for while it is common to hear of a tive-foot cobra , one seldom hears of one as long as six feet. feet.Not Not many days have passed since the following occurred : One stormy evening a door being heard to slam one of our family went in the dark to close it. This time , not from any odor but from a feeling the instinct taught by ex perience , our friend stopped with one foot raised , and called for a light. The light was brought ( for we do not have gas ) , and revealed a green , triangular headed viper , just ready to strike with its ivory white fangs , which at the time seemed immensely long. The reptile was struck down at once and held iirm- ly with one stick until a second one could be brought.Meanwhile the deadly but still pretty creature was writhing about the cane which held it , biting and tearing its own llesh. The strange fact which Dr. Weir Mitchell made known to the world in 18G8 , that a poisonous "snake can not poison it self , " is no less strange because true. One evening , sending a servant to hunt for a pair of missing scissors , we were not much surprised to have him soon run in breathlessly , saying : "Come , sahib ! A snake , a snake ! " On investigation we found that in looking in a corner for the missing article , in stead of seeing the looked-for scissors we saw the bright , bead-like ej-es of a snake called ratra ( night ) looking into his. It is a pretty snake , being of a seal-brown color on the back , crossed by crescent bands of white , while the belly is a beautiful red. Tho name may not seem definite , but is given to it by the natives , who say it is found at night , hence the name. It was only the next day that the baby of the house was found amusing itself by rolling a jack truit back and forth over a ratra which w'as close to its feet. These are Dossesscd of fangs , so of. course are not harmless. A few nights lator , just as I was about to step into bed. some thing told me not to move my raised foot , so carefully reaching for tho lamp and looking under my foot there I be held a great scornion.'which after death measured live inches as one would ho or stand at ease'if alive. One night after supper as tho butlor removed a child's tray there was dis closed to view a wicked little scorpion underneath which might have inflicted a painful wound had tho child put his lingers under tho edge. That very evening as the family were about to have evening worship another scorpion , probably a twin brother , came running rapidly to'ward a pair of tender little bare feet. Whether eating , sleeping , or praying , there is danger from these creatures. In the cool , shadowy depths of1 baby's sponge the wicked though ' small scorpion linds a comfortable re- treat. A few months ago I found a grown scorpion , and put it into an empty bot tle. It was forgotten for a few days. When remembered and examined , alas ! ' where there had been only one there were twenty-eight ! But this rapidity of increase is offset by its bitter enmity toward all others of its own kind. They seem , too , to bo devoid of natural affection , the offspring destroying their own mother. The centipcd is not an infre quent visitor. About the size of a man's linger , it is composed of alternate links of brown and white , numbering in all eighteen or twenty links , making an en tire length of seven inches. Each link is furnished with a pair of red legs , and the round head and feelers , too , are of the same bright color. The bite is usually fatal unless remedies arc ap plied at once. Surely the promise in the 91st Psalm are fulfilled to those in this land who have made the Lord their habitation. Panhala ( India ) Cor. New York Tribune. 3frs. Bancroft. A topic of conversation in American society , writes a Paris correspondent , is the lonely state of Mr. George Ban croft , the historian , who a short time ago was left a widower at the age of 8G. I had a short and agreeable ac quaintance with Mrs. Goorge Bancroft , when she and her husband represented the United States republic at Berlin. Had she lived another year she would have celebrated her golden wedding with Bancroft , who was her second hus band. They were an interestingcouple. She was ceremonious , without being prim or starched. Her smile showed self-complacency , free , however , from conceit , and certainly a wish to be very gracious. She spoke with deliberation , and yet avoided drawling , and brought out every word with clear distinctness , Mr. Bancroft , a white-bearded , hale old gentleman , with a fine eye , that denot ed sagacity and quick perception , was. when she spoke of him. "the minister , " or "my husband. " He was as cere monious and as free from starch as his wife. Their mental habits and mode of speech were cultivated before tele graphese was invented and the reaction toward blunt Anglo-Saxon phraseology had taken place. Mrs. Bancroft's con versation savored of "elegant extracts. " It was picturesquely and prettily old- fashioneil. I only knew her when she was staying in a hotel ; but I was told that she was a notable , although by no " " means a fussy , housekeeper , "and"that the German crown princess picked up many American culinary notions when" dining at her table such as cranoerry preserve with roast mutton , oyster soup , pumpkin pic , and doughnuts. I one day had the pleasure of walking round a horticultural show with Mrs. Bancroft , who I found was an enthusi astic rose fancier , and could teach most of the gardeners who exhibited im proved methods of cultivating different species of roses. She was also a walk ing biographical encyclopedia. Who was there within tho last sixty-six years in Europe or America that either he or she had not known or seen or heard about from mutual friends. RoyalPhotographers. . Though we gladly welcome the prince of Wales into the ranks of the amateur photographers of this country , it is difficult to understand why his roy al highness should have ordered his first camera from an American firm. This , however , is what , according to a contemporary , he really did. But , in any ca = ; e , the determination of our fu ture king to do his own photographing has furnished a text on which that popu lar writer , Luke Sharp , has founded some very amusing observations. His pen-and-ink picture of the prince going out with a large retinue , including the lord high camera-carrier , the earl of the plate holder ? , the focusing general , the usher of the black cloth , the groom of the lens , the marquis of the tripod , is a very laughable one ; while the advice subsequently given to his royal highness to dismiss his retinup , put the camera over his shoulder , buy a ticket for the highlands or Devonshire , put up at a country inn , and tramp over the hills and far away , taking the views when ever he pleases , is undoubtedly sound and good. What is more , there is a precedent to it. The emperor of Rus sia , whose photograpic propensities we " have previously mentioned" , delights in doing all his photographing for him self. At Livadia , where he is now stay ing , a dressing-room adjoining the im perial sleeping apartment had been specially fitted up as the czar's dark room , and it is more than a minister's place is worth to interrupt his majesty when once the button of the door has been turned. It is said , too , that the offi cials anxiously watch the imperial coun tenance when the czar emerges from his mysterious closet ; and if his ex pression bespeaks a series of unsuccess ful developments any requests that may have to be made are deferred to a more auspicious moment. Photograph ic News. There is said to be so much salt in Nevada that if a railroad ever taps the region where it exists , there will be no market for foreign salt in this couutrv. The Japanese type-setter must necessarily be a lively pedestrian. His case is four feet wide by sixty fee : long.