VOL. II.
NO. 42.
PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1891.
"HAS DEtN
That melancholy phrase, "Itrnlg'at have
' bej, v - ' -
However sad, doth in its heart enfold
A hidden garni of promise; for I hold,
. ft7hat mj.iW$ h:iva been, shall be. Though In
Gome other roalm of life! the soul must win
Tho goal that erst was possible. But eold
And cruol as the sound of frozen mould
'Propped on a coHla are the words "has
been."
"She has bo3n beautiful,' "he has been
:; great," .: 1 ! . -'' ; 1
"Home has been powerful," we sJ?h and say.
It is the pitying erusfc wa toss dacay,
Tho oire we breathe o'er some dejenerato
state,
'An epitaph for Fame's unb.uried dead.
God pity tlioja who livntj hw it said! -,
tairTEBTOR'WSlT;
Drig fug $hprt rei$ of tfie Mexican
Emperor ItuVoiclo, thcwT lived in the
town pf,apqtIanfjo;irt Iheginfo of Ja-.
liscoPkjally.im,uletaerf ' Don Jose Marin
whose littlo house of well whitewashed
adoba on the outskirts of the town shel
tered Dona Paz Gauia de Marin, his wife,
and ten children. '; . ;
; This numerous brood of brown-skinned
youngsters consisted of just five girls and
an equal number of bova, the youngest a
babe of a few months, the oldest a "mu
cha'cf l,'; jguia," tie pretty; frisky
Isabel, with great black eyes, lips like
cherries, and the gayest of hearts. .
, As the children increased the" little
house had been gradually extended till
now its walls inclosed eight, comfortable
rooms, furnished with the utmost 'sim
plicity, the parlor having, Jtt k broad,
gilt frame, a colored print of "Our Lady
of Guadalupe," a little picture of the
Emperor Charles V.', and a few. lithographs.-
" - S . r .", .( ':
Don Jose by nature was a moderate
jr.an. . lie had, it is- true, -a few. years
ago taken part as a Cavalry soldier under
General Iturbide against , the Spanish
army, but more from neighborly senti
ment ; than v national patriotism. His
cronies in the little town, all strong anti
Spanish in their sentiments, Jiad enlisted
under Iturbide, and Don Jose thought it
a pleasant thing to go ofE campaigning
with them, but, as he said, ha ; did not
care the toss up of a real which wont, the
patriots or tie Spaniards. It' would be
all the same whoever woaj; for wheat
would have still to be carried to Guada
lajara, and he, as the owner of ten mules,
would always find work enough to do.
The day he left the town, mounted on a
big black horse, with his sabre drawn,
the little troop setting out for the wars,
Dona Paz hugged him and wept over
him, and Isabel kissed his hand over and
over again. : '
In a few months the war was over.
Jose arrived home" none the worse for the
campaigning, save that a Spanish trooper
had skillfully carved ofl the tip of his
right ear with a long sabre. And all his
companions came back, too, In high glee
at the defeat of the King's troops. It was
a matter of warm discussion in the little
town when General Iturbide proclaimed
himself Emperor, and Jose's fellow-soldiers.
were divided in their opinion as to
the wisdom of having fought to drive
out one monarch to set up another, but,
as Jose sentehtiously observed: "If
we're to have an Emperor, graciasaDios
that he is a Mexican and not a Gachupin.
Caramba!" , . . . 1 4 .
. Jose resumed his vocation of a carrier,
or muleteer, and, the war being over,
had plenty . to do. Every week he
tramped behind his mulesto Guadalajara,
the animals loaded with Backs of grain,
and frequently returned from that great
city with higher loads of goods for the
merchants of Zapotlanejo. One day in
August 1823, while . on the road to
Guadalajara, the mules well laden with
wheat, Jose, in his sandals, white cotton
trousers and blouse, trudging behind, he
suddenly fell in with, a tall dark
man, who accosted him with: 'Hola!
amigo, a donde yal" (Hello,, friend!
where are ' you . going?) On being
informed by Jose that the destination
of the littlo caravan was Guadalajara,
the stranger begged 5 to rte' allowed
to accompany him, as Ithe roads were
' dangerous, there being "mucha mala
gene" (many evil disposed people) about,
and he had a bit of money with him and
felt insecure traveling alone. Jose took
a keen look at the stranger, whom he
perceived to be unarmed, save, perhaps,
the customary knite under the sash, and,
being himself a trifle, lonely,, acceded
cheerfully to the the man's request. De
spite therather"-forbidding . look, the
stranger turned out to be good company.
He had served in tho war on the patriot
fide, he 6aid, and he rdatsd with much,
vivacity many god stories of adventuruy
Jose, always conimunicativepoke freely
cf himself and of his hope, in a few years
to get money enough to buy a coach with
which to fctart a stage lino to Guadala
jara, letting his nephew manage the
mules till such time is his eldest son,
Juan, might be able to attend to the
carrying business. . v
- Tho two friends' ' jo'gjied' on together
till the domed city of Guadalajara came
in view and ou entering tbc town they
'separated; with' mutual' good wishes.
Joso went to his customary meson, where,
when in tho city,: be'lodged himself . and
hii mules, first delivering his grain to a
local dealer, taking in return a bag of
tilver pieces, for the. grain mcr
chan; of Zapotlanejo. The next
morning, himself refreshed and
the mules lightly Udcn with a few good
drained lor S.iputlsmjo traders, Jose
bum-J cil of tho city, ngaiu encounter
ing at tho city gate ths acquaintance tf
the 1 previous - day, who asked to bo per
mitted to accompany him a short way
back. The stranger had purchased a
wiry little horse, and,' as , Jose was now
mounted on .a mule, they were well
matched as to speed, and in condition
for a comfortable homeward journey.
Early in the afternoon Jose and the
6tranger stopped at a roadside meson to
refresh themselves and their 1 beasts.
They drank several glasses of Catalan, ate
heavily and then lay down for a siesta.
The place was a familiar one, Jose knew
Don Miguel, the landlord, and so felt
no uneasiness, for Miguel from time
out of mind, had kept the meson. All
Zapotlanejo knew and trusted DonMiguel.
When Jose awoke,,1, the stranger had
to be spoken to several times to awaken
him, and bidding good-by to Miguel,
who had also taken his usual nap, the
fellow-travelers set out in right good
spirits, v After going about three leagues,
the stranger bid Jose a, ' cheery actios,
thanking him for his confidence and com
panionship, and the two parted on. ex
cellent terms. Later on, perhaps, a league
away, Jose noted with surprise that
one of the money 6acks carried by a
bonny white mule appeared tied in a
manner not his owu. Juriosity, more
than apprehension, caused him to stop and
untie tho bag, he thinking all the time
that Miguel might have found the cord
unloosened and had good naturedly re
tied it.' ' '.- ' '- '-
"Diantre?" shouted poor Jose. The
bag was filled with small stone3. He
turned pale, felt tho blood leave his
head, and nearly felt. With nearly all
the s'trength gone out of his body, ho
opened . the three other money sacks.
Only stdnes I Then Jose cursed his folly,
and cursed the deceitful stranger.
"The lying fox ! the accursed robber!
And what a simple fool I, to be thus
caught in bis trap, after fifteen years a
carrier and never once losing a medio.
It was a 'sore loss for Jose, for the
money included not only the price of the
wheat, but a debt returned by a Guadala
jara trader to a . man in zapotlanejo.
.Not a great sum, in all $1800, but the
loss would ruin poor Jose. lie recov
ered his senses, tethered his mrtlcs, and
made the best possible speed back over
the road in' the hope of finding the f also,
stranger, but ' Jose soon saw that it was
useless, I and ; even could he have found
the fellow, such rascals go well armed.
Then he turned about, bethinking him
self that he would call out his friends in
the village, and together they would
scour the country for tho thief. Night
came soon, and Jose slept in tne open
air under a tree. He had often done the
same, and now ho felt that there was
nothing left to be stolen save his beasts.
At noon the next day poor Jose re
entered Zapotlanejo, sad, dejected, tear
ful. He went 'directly home, and his
sorrowful appearance cast consternation
among the little loving household group,
who discerned him a long way off up the
whito, dusty road.
Dona Paz did not weep, but simply
said: "My poor husband, we must toil
like slaves to return this money, and
await the ways of God, who will punish
the unjust." Later in the day Jose went
to the alcalde and told the etory, and
that worthy, a man who dearly loved ad
venture, summoned all tha horsemen in
town, and for four days they scoured the
roads in quest of the tail stranger. But he
was never caught. The alcalde decided
that, as Jose had not observed due cau
tion, he was responsible for the loss, but
that it would be folly to take his mules
from him, as with them, he could,
possibly, in the course of time, recoup
himselt, and even ' iron liumesmao
Valles, the principal letter by the rob
bery, magnanimously told Jose that he
would take half the loss on himself, as a
punishment for not having provided Jose
with a guard.
For seven years Jose followed nis call
ing. Weekly he went with his beasta to
Guadalajara, and every tnontn ne turnea
over his surplus gains to the grain mer-.
chant and to Don Gumesindo. The table
in the little house of adobe was thinly
spread; Dona Paz seldom saw a new
gown, much less a rebozo, and the chil
dren were almost in rags. In seven years
Jose had repaid the lost fund all save
$75, but, though he was nearly out of
debt, he foresaw clearly that he would
never be able to buy his coach for the so
long projected diligence line to Guadala
jara;
One crisp, cotd aay in uecemDer, xoou
fthe Emperor Iturbide had been shot
years before at Badilla), and many things
had changed in Mexico, except Ziapot
lanejo, which never changed, or Jose,
whostill preserved the kindly tempcr,but
was now a wary man, not to De guuea
by any sort of road ,. sharper on that
bright, cool December aay Jose siartea
with a load of wheat for Guadalajara,
with instructions from the grain mer
chant to sell the wheat immediately on
arrival to the highest bidder.
It was curious that on this day, as he
jagged along with his little caravan, Jose
should have begun to indulge himself in
his old dream of a stage line. He rea
soned it out in thiswise: "I am out of
debt, or will be in two months, and for
all these ysar3 I have been known as an
honest man. Someone may be found to
lend me money to buy a coach and give
me time to pay the loan." Then he be
gan to estimate the number of travelers,
and calculated that the convenience of the
sta:;e would stimulate travel. Even if the
diligence just maintained him, his mules
would steadily earn the money needed
to repay the loan. I Jose imagined himself
snapping his coachman's whip acid dash
in up ta the res.t in of GuavbUja: hi
fine coaching fashion, th raozos running
out to hold the horses, the landlord treat
ing him as an equal, his coach kept clean
and attractive, himself come to be a most
important personage. After these pleasant
Visions the stern common -sense of bis
mind began to assert itself. ,4No, no;
always would he remain poor Jose Marin,
the muleteer, who had allowed himself
to be duped by a wily rascal." He re
called shakes of the head among bis
neighbors in Zapotlanejo, and gibes and
jests regarding his tonteria, or folly,
these being indications, he thought, of
the low estimation in which he was held
for business ability at home. Poor Jose !
He was suffering as we all do when we
begin to reali se that it is very difficult to
put' stone foundations under our air
castles. He stopped on the road, this
humble man and poor, dropped on his
knees in the common dust, and then and
there thanked God for his goodness in
preserving his life till he could extin
guish a just debt, for Heaven's having
kept his dear . wife and little family all
these years in health and happiness,
though bread was sometimes scarce.
Kising from hi9 knees," he lifted his
eyes to the great blue dome of the sky,
and a mighty peace flowed in upon his
soul. Jose, the poor muleteer, had
spoken to Almighty God, the protector
of the humble, andatimeof refreshment
to his spirit had come. In the great hap
piness of his honest heart he sung ; he be
thought himself of his blessings. He had
not been striken blind like his old com
panions in arms, Maza; he had not lost
his wife like Bravo; and his Isabel wa3
fair to look upon, a tall, handsome girl,
as good as beautiful. It wa3 in this thank
ful and almost buoyant mood that Jose
Marin entered Guadalajara.
Passing through, a broad 6treet, lined
on either side with the great houses of
los ricos (the rich) Joso and his mule3
were stopped by a servant, who said the
master would buy his grain. Entering
the great courtyard of a luxurious man
sion, the mayor-dwmo, onsteward, quick
ry made a bargain, paid a round price
for the wheat, without attempting to
haggle over the trade, and courteously
invited Jose to dine with him in his room.
This unexpected courtesy to a poor fel
low like himself, a dusty carrier, over
came Jose for a moment, but, with that
self -respect and courtesy characteristic of
the humblest Mexican, he accepted the
invitation and hugely enjoyed the mayor
domo'g fare, a striking contrast to the
food served at the meson, where he
usually tarried.
After lunch the mayor-domo had for
Jose a fresh surprise "el amo" (the
master) must needs speak with htm, and
would the muleteer ascend to the master's
despacho (office) !
Puzzling over this matter, bat think
ing it possibly meant a fresh order for
grain, poor Jose, very much bewildered,
went up the broad, easy stairs to the
upper landing, where a tall, dark gentle
man greeted him with :
"Amigo como lo va?" and a hearty
embrace.
In his confusion Jose did not recall
the r?sembalnce to the other tall, dark
man whom he bad most unfortunately
met seven years before. But the master
of the house drawing Jose into the de
spacho, made him sit down, and thus
addressed the muleteer:
"My friend, seven years ago, I, being
tempted of the devil (whose ways and
works I have forever renounced) foully
deceived and robbed you, inflicting, I
fear, a grievous wrong upon you and
yours. How often and how bitterly I
have mourned that wicked act I cannot
say. Long ago I would have made
restitution, but that I could not recall !
your village, having been at the time of !
the robbery intoxicated and in distress
of mind. When I encountered you on J
the road I was a fugitive from justice,
and my evfl genius tempted me to play
you a dastardly and wicked trick. To
day, sitting on my balcony, I saw you
pass by; my heart leaped into my throat.
The long awaited opportunity had come.
Behold, my friend, that I have caused
your bags of wheat to be emptied, and
have replaced the grain with silver coin.
It ia plata por trigo (silver for wheat.
To carry home the burden I have pro
vided other mules to aid you, and these
you must keep. To you I owe my wealth .
Fleeing from you, I hid in the hill3,
and there found the mine which made
me a rich man; to-day I found you, and
a burden has rolled from me a burden
bard t6 bear, the memory of a foul and
wicked act, the betrayal ,of a good man's
confidence. Hereafter you are my friend;
this house is yours whenever you visit
Guadalajara, and I shall place soon in
your hands lands and houses to the ex
tent of half my wealth."
Conducting the amazed Jose to the
courtyard, the rich man pointed out the
sacks of silver and the guard of trusted
mezos, who were to accompany Jose to
his home. ' A finely euprisoncd horse was
given Jose, who, on leaving, embraced
his benefactor and returned home a rich
man. -, -
And Dona Paz, what did the good
wife say when her Jcse rode up to the
door on a great horse, with silver
mounted saddle, escorted by armed men,
and with mule3 well laden with precious
silver! Dona Paz embraced her husband,
and then silently went into the little
parlor and thanked the Blessed Mother
that the great wrong had been made
right. And Isabel was by her side in
that honest and tearful outpouring of
praise and gratitufle.
The next week came t1 ': lawyers from
Guadalajara find s.-1 tied poorly viilnH,
even iu tho'.u da vs. at a quarter of a
:."Ilicu uoll.rj Benor-Djn Joaia
Marin, the outright gift of his friend,
Benor Don Ganzale Sarrio, and on the
paetty Isabel was settled an estate near
Gnadalajara which made her a do incon
siderable heiress, and where she after
ward lived with her ' husband, who
married her, not for her money, for long
before good fortune came they had met
and loved. .
I Am for Jose, he went to Guadalajara to
reside in a great mansion, and with the
family went Lr. Nicholas, b'est of priests
and kindest of old friends, one who,
during the seven years of poverty in the
Casa Marin, never failed to comfort with
words of good cheer.
I fancy the reader will not condemn a
tale that ends in happy fashion, and the
approval of the kindly critic will be as
suredly given with great heartiness,
when I add that this plain story, devoid
of all ornament or accessory of embel.
lishment, i3 one of the true tales ol
Mexico. Ohbe-Damoci'at.
How Fowls Converse.
Caiman's Rural World publishes the
following interesting account of the
language used by the inhabitants of the
poultry yard:
"Fowls have undoubtedly a larget
vocabulary than any of the other domestic
animals; yet in half a day you will prob
ably hear from them all the sounds that
they use in ordinary life. But anything
out of the ordinary is instantly expressed
in unusual sounds. I always know what
i3 disturbing the flock, whether dog,cat,
hawk, or a stranger. The cry "fof a
hawk near at hand and a hawk far off
seems to be the same word, but with a
different emphasis and in a different key.
Woodchucks get the same greeting as
cats,but louder and more emgbatic. Once
I was startled by sounds from the yard
which Iliad never heard before, and,
rushing to the rescue, I found a tame red
fox dragging a broken chain trying to
get through the fence. The new sentences
consisted cf several words not compli
mentary to foxes. I have never heard
anything like them since. Very tame
hens often show a desire to talk to you,
and it is usually possible to understand
their meaning. Once a Cochin, whose
years and breeding entitled her to a sepa
rate perch, came and stood in front of me,
looked me full in the face, and com
plained loudly of something, I could not
translate further. Patient investigation
revealed that one end of her perch had
slipped down, and Mrs. Buff had no idea
of sleeping on the inclined plane. An
other time a nervous little Leghorn met
me at the hen-house door fairly- scream
ing add jumping with excitement. I
understood, from the cackle which
finished each sentence, that she had been
disturbed on her nest. I did not wdnder
at her new powers of speech whez I
found the nest occupied by my cat and
three small kittens. When the chickens
first begin to move in the egg, just be
fore hatching, the mother hen sings to
them a low, crooning song, very sweet
and never heard at any other time. A
friend tells mo that her canary startled
her one day by au entirely new call. It
was so plainly "Come here, quick 1" that
she hurried to the cage to find an enor
mous cat, with face pressed against the
window-pane, stating in at poor Ned a
danger sufficiently great to account for
the new call. There are but two ways
by which one can hear animals converse.
One is by listening to them when they
are not aware of your presence, always a
difficult feat; the other is by winning
their entire love and confidence."
An Old-Time Settler's Cabin
Just at the foot of the little bluff
ahead, with a background of trees, was
a log-cabin of hewn timber, weather
stained and gray in the summer sun,
absolutely alone and looking as if lost ia
this untrodden wild. Pointing to1 it.
Younkins said: "That's your house so
long as you want it."
The emigrants tramped through the
tall, lush grass that covered every foot
of the new Kansas soil, their eyes fixed
eagerly on the log-cabin before them.
The latch-string hung out hospitably
from the door of split "shakes," and the
party entered without ado. Everything
was just as Younkins had last left it.
Two or three gophers, disturbed in their
foraging about the premises, fled swiftly
at the entrance of the visitors, and a
flock of blackbirds, settled around the
rear of the house, flew noisily across the
creek that wound its way down to tho
fork.
The floor was of puncheons split from
oak logs and laid loosely on rough-hewn
joists. These rattled as the visitors
walked over them. At one end of the
cabin a huge fireplace of stone laid in
clay yawned for the future comfort of
the coming tenants. Near by a rude set of
shelves suggested a pantry, and a table,
home-made and equally rude, stood in the
middle of the floor. In one corner was
built a bedstead, two sides of the house
furnishing two sides of the work and
the other two being made by driving a
stake into the floor and connecting that
by string-pieces to the sides of the cabin.
Thongs of buffalo-hide formed the bottom
of this novel bedstead. A few stools and
short' benches 'Wre scattered about.
Near the fireplace long and strong pegs
driven into the logs served as a ladder
on which one could climb to the low loft
overhead. Two windows, each of twelve
small panes of glass, let in the light, , one
from the end of the cabin and one from
tho back opposite the door, which was
in the middle of the front. Outside a
fiv.il shanty of shakes loaned against the
w.Kin oPfr.1inrf ft Brtrt. rf mihlnnr Vifr.hnn
I for suaiaer use. St. yichvlus.
THE NEWS.
A rock fell on a ipasnniiRor eoach at Du
qnesne Ff right. Ph., and killed Miss Laura
Fleming. Three other passengers were in
jured. Se. Mary's Hospital, in Rochester,
was dentroyed by fire. AH the patients were
saved by t hesisters. NicholasStaub, Demo-
erafic candidate for comptroller of Connecti
cut, ha taken the oath of office. Fire in
New Westminster destroyed half a million
dollars' worth of property, and caused the
death of Fireman John McCannon. The
Pennsylvania Supreme Court has affirmed
the decision of the lower court, which decided
against shaving on Sunday. Ding Long
Doo, a Chinese laundryman, committed suicide
In New York;. Mary O'Connor died in
Elizabeth, New Jersey, aged one hundred and
four years. William if. Ford, a prominent
contractor and builder, died at Lynchburg,
Va. Dr. J. S. Messeramith, medical direo-.
tor, U. 8. N., retired, died at Lancaster, Ph.,
aged eighty-one years.- The Ktrike in the
coal regions has compelled the furnaces to use
anthracite coal. -Harry Taylor, aged seven
teen years, and another boy, severely choked
Taylor'sgrandmotherand robbed herof $2,100.
Secretary George J. Gi bson, of the W h isk y
Trust, has been indicted by the Chicago grand
jury in connection with the plot to blow up
the anti-trust Schufeldt distillery. A num"
ber of oil cars and coal cars on the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, at Philadelphia, were burned
and one of the burning oil oars exploded, in
juring four persons. ;A miner dropped his
lamp in the Mayer mine, near Scottdale, Pa.,
causing an explosion in which four men were
killed and othersare missing. i -Heavy rains
have caused high water i:l Johnstown, Ps.,
snd hundreds of houxeu re duoded.
John Spell man, who was arrested at St.
Paul charged with robbing mails at Peoria,
111., jumped from a train near Chicago, and
escaped. Brown Bros., dealers in crockery
in Duluth, failed; assets $70,000, liabilities
$53,000. -Small pox is doing great damage
among the Mcnnonites in Marion county, Kb.
Several small railroad accidents occurred
in and around Chicngo owing to the dense fog.
Fire caused $75,000 damage at Minne
apolis. The strike of weavers at the Cornell
Mill, Fall river, Mass., has been settled. The
weavers got what they usked for. Fire
bugs posted more notices about burning barns
near Gettysburg. Rumors in relation to
the credit of the American Loan and Trust
Company, of New York, circulated by H. R.
Rich, a discharged employee, caused a run
on the company and an investigation by the
state examiner. Grounding of an electric
light wire cuused a fire in the warehouse of
Thompson & Coxe, carpet dealers, Philadel
phia, which did $150,000 damage. It is re
ported that a close alliance has been formed
between the Louisville, New Albany and
Chicago Railroad and the Richmond Terminal
Cwupany. The general pos (office building
ill New York city was damaged $25,000 by lire
and hundreds of Lacs of newsDSDers were
f burned.
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES.
Two white men were killed at Eeidsville,
Georgia, by the explosion of a boiler in Giles's
steam saw mill.
One man was killed and another perhaps
mortally injured by the fall of a staging at a
new elevator in Richi'ord, Vermont.
Bernard A. Stcckbnbebg, living Bear
San Antonio, Texas, was killed by falling
from his wagon and being pragged by the
horse for over a mile.
A COLLISION occurred on the Wabash Road,
near St. Loui. Firemen Rush and Keeter
were killed, and Engineer Hoetio and Brake
man Hill were severally injured.
THE Warrior river at Tuscaloosa, Alabama,
is 65 feet above low-water mark and rising.
The Alabnma river has over-flowed its banks
and is destroying property below Mont
gomery. By the fall of a chimney on a bnrned school
house in New Boston, Pa., Maggie Boyle, .
aged 10 yeurs, was killed. Til lie Cragg, aged
10 years, was latally and John Youngseriously
injured.
ANenginein the yards at Omaha, Nebraska,
jumped the trnck and was overturned. Jacob
Jenson, the engineer, was killed, and William
Martin and William Hayes, switchmen, were
terribly injured.
A PASSENGER train crashed into a wild-cat
engine near Mt. Morris, N. Y. James Power
and Albert Englehnrt, firemen, were killed,,
and James Powers, engineer, uncle of the rt'
named, was totally injured.
Vigorous cfinrtssre being made In Macou
pin county, Illinois, by raoclnntion and quar
antine, to iprevent the spread ot small-pox.
There have been two deaths, and there is
another cose which is thought will end fatally.
A passenger train on the Burlington,
Cedar Rapids and Northern Railroad was
thrown down an embankment near Randal ia,
Iowa, by a broken rail. Nineteen persons
were injunsd, W. T. Jlnnlon, L. C Price and
Mrs. A. C. Goodrich, probably fatally.
Natural gas in a sewer ia Indianapolis
became ignited and exploded.. William Rock
and John Christian', who were driving along
the street t the time, were blown many yards
and badly jnjured. All the windows in the
immediate vicinity were broken.
Mks. Margaret Snyder, 71 years of age,
Attended a funeral in Lancaster. Pa., and,
becoming faint, took a drink or what she
thought was whisky. It was the undertaker's
embalming fluid, however, and the services
of a physician were required. He left her
apparently out of danger, but the excitement
consequent npon the affair brought on an
attack ot heart disease, which caused death in
a 6hort time.
It is estimated that during the past year
damages aggregating $35,000 has been done to
buildings in Ashland, Penna., by the settling
of the surface. The cause is supposed to be
the removal of the pillars of eoal in the
Tunnel Colliery which runs under the,
southern end of the town, and which mine is'
said to he almost worked ont. The matter
will now be officially investigated and
measures adopted to prevent farther damage
to property.
LdyCoun Campbell, who fs strrr one
ot the moit noticeable women in London so
ciety, wore at a recent ffishionsble reception
a perfectly plain gown of pale blue satin bro
caded with groups of shaded tulips.
1 - ' i ns i .
Ex-Attorney General Garland has
huilt up a large and lucrative practice in the
Snprerne Court fit Washington, whica is no w
his bom. '
TRADE OF THB WEEK-
General Business Shows Moderate But
Not Uniform Improvement
Spring' Favorable Ontlook Dry Good
In Only Slightly Better Demand
Wool Sales Small.
Special telegrams to Bradstreel't show that
general trade has liroproved moderately
though not uniformly, during the week. Sales
of notions, leather, lumber, coal and clothing
have been less active. Leadingprice changes
are an advance in sugar of i cent per pound
and wheat cent per bushel. Live cattle are
kir.!. r..imrnl imrtfl ia not. Oil
nmu BllIILftJ lliguvft. .... v ... . -. .
the whole, in excess of that one year ago.
Leading distributors in some oi me room
important staple lines report sales since
January 1 not equal to those in a like portion
of'18'.W. , ".
The outlook for tSpring trade is very gen
crally reported favorable. Ai satisfactory
volume ot I hi sin ess is noted at Cincinnati and
Kausus City, Memphis and New Orleans.
Conservatism continues to be shown at Omaha
and Denver, and a decrease in volume, of
buniness at Chicago is noted. .
fuilnrB iii the United States this
! week number 'M , against 70 last week, and
213 this week last year. The total January
1 to date is -0ol, against 2100 last year.
Bank cleurings at fifty-six cities for the
week are $l,O(j0,y5,940, an increase over this
week last year of y.7 per cent. New York
city's clearings, which constitute 59.5 per
cent of the grand total, are more than those
for same period last year by 14.1 per cent,
while at lifiy-tive other cities, the gain in 3.6
per cent. '
Gross railway earnings in January are only
moderately, satisfactory owing to a quiet
trade ana reduced prain and overland coltou
movement, the comparison being necessarily
with January, 1WO, when earnings were very
heavy. The Northern Pacific and a few'
Eastern and Central Western roads accounts
tor nearly three-quarters of the total gain
show n. Only one-tilth of the roads reported
show decrease's, at comparod with one-third
in December. The aggregate gross earnings ;
ot 137 ro ids for January amount to 35,5o9,4d
on a total of 5!)08 miles, a gain ot 6.2 per cent,
in earnings and 3.7 per ceut, in mileage. .
DRY GOODS, WOOL, AND GRAIN. i..
Dry goods are in only slightly better de
maud from jobbers and agents. Cotton and
woollen dress goods are active, and prices are
well held. Print cloths have advanced l-18c.
Brown sheetings fnvor buyers. The auction
sale of 70,000 dozen hosiery and gloves re
sulted in satisfactory prices for the former and
unsatisfactory prices for the latter. ,
Wool sales and stocks are small, and prices
are well held, uotton.is more active, ui
unchanged in price.
Wheat, whlcii declined, advanced on pur
chases by millers and exporters, reports of
extreme cold West, and confidence by many
in the alleged shortness of the yield last year,
east of the Rocky Mountains. Not enough
rain had fallen in California to the 13 th insL.
m insure wheat farmers Eood yields. A con
tinuance of the drought will cause wheat,
f rapes, and other fruit to suffer materially.
Ixports of wheat (and flour as wheat,) both
coasts, this week equal 2,236,084 bushels, of
which 1,497,908 bushels were from the Pacific
coost, owing largely to a desire to get rid of as
much surplus wheat as possible prior, to
March 1, when taxes are assessed. Last year
the week's exports equalled 1,517,775 bushels,
and last week they amounted to Ifi66fi28
bushels. - The total shipped July 1, to date, is
62f333,t81 bushels. In 1889-90, tor a like
perion, it was 66,234,418 bushels, in 1888-89 it
was 59,989,608 bushels, and in 1867-88, 87,458,
564 bushels.
CABLE SPARKS.
Union dock laborers at London and Liver-
pool I
are on a strike.
Spain is negotiating for a new treaty of
commerce with the United States. .
' The King of Uganda has refused to recog
nise the English protectorate over his African
territory.
The Sultan of Turkey has approved a pro-
iftflt for providing homes for freed negroes in
lis country.
The McCarthy section of the Irish parlia
mentary party is resolved to resist the claims
of Mr. Parnell.
The King of Servia, who is about fifteen
years of age, is suffering from a dangerous
chronic disease.
The family of Meissonier, the French
painter, will give to the Louvre two of the
artist's pictures.
Messrs. Parnell, O'Brien and Dillon
have abandoned all hope of re-uniting tha
Irish parliamentary party.
Victor Mace, a Paris banker, has dissp
peared, leaving debts to the amount of twenty
million francs behind him. v.
It is reported that a plot has been disrov
ered in Bulgaria to overthrow Prinoe Ferdin
and, the rnler of that nation.
The bill to permit a widower to marry hit
deceased wife's sister passed its second read,
ing in the British House of Commons.
The difference between Gladstone and Par
nell is believe' to be so great as to be beyoud
even the chance of compromise or adjust
meoU :
BRmsn sympathy baa aggravated the hard
lot of the Russian Jews and the cruelties
heretofore complained of have been redoubled
in severity.
Thb new Italian cabinet formed by Mar
snis di Rudini was approved by King Hum
bert, who administered the oath of office to
the ministers.
It is believed that "Jack the Ripper" is
gain at work in London, the dead body of a
young woman, horribly gashed, having been
found in a street. ,
The memorial sent by leading citizens of
London to the Cssr irgarding thetreatment
f Hebrews in Russia ha been returned to
Lord Salisbury through the Russian em
bassador at London without comment.
The correspondent of the Warsaw Courier
who has been traveling through Brazil says
that emigrants landed in that country by the
North German Lloyd Steamship Company
ire treated shamefully by the government.
William O'Brien and John Dillon, the
Irish members of the British House of Com
mons who -escaped from Ireland during the
progress of their trial in Tipperary, surren
dered themselves to the English police and
will commence at once to serve the terms ot
lix mon'.hs' imprisonment imposed on theri.
To THE Question of a Gladstonian member
in the House of Commons whether Catholics
would be eligible to occupy the position of
Lord Chancellor of England or Vicroy of
Ireland, the Attorney General of Great
Dritain declined to answer on the ground
tiiHt eminent lawyers differed ou the que'
won, -