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V A WOLF IS THE FOLD. Stealing the Livery nf Heaven to Scrte the Devil In. "Sow Orleans special: Three weeks nRO a .young man rluiiniiiR to bo the Rev. Hugh -Ketfcercot. of Holize, British Honduras, presented himself to llishop Gulleher, of the Episcopal church, stilting that he was on n short vncntion. The bishop examined his ordination papers, which were signed by 'the bishop of Jinnaicn, and found every thing regular. His letters of recommenda tion were unexceptionable. A few days tfter the arrival of the stranger the Rev. John l'ercival, f the Church of the Atiuuii ciulion, left on a summer vacation and ths Rev. Hugh was given temporary charge of the chinch, "hero ho became- very popular with the young ladies of the congregation, and it is said was carry ing on reveral love affairs. To day, how ever, a telegram was received from llishop Galleher denouncing Xethorcot as an Im postor and asking that the polico seize Ids vestments and papers. It transpired that the alleged minister had paid a visit to the Rev. lliuli Xethercot, of Belize, in jjtatiated himself into that clergyman's confidence, and left Uh $S0 of the par .son's money, his best vestments and all his papers. Upon reaching this city he found it au easy matter to impersonate Nether cot. There is gieat excitement among the congregation of the Church of the Annunci ation, hich has been intensified as far as several yomu ladies are concerned by the announcement that the supposed clergy man is a Honduras quadroon. As the church wishes to hush tho matter up, it Is not supposed the impostor will be prose cuted. DTSASTEH OS THE HAIL. Seven Men Killed In an Accident on a Tennessee Hallway. Nashville, Tens , .Tuly 30. A special en gine coming north collided with the regular train on the Louisville and Nashville railroad near Duck river, forty-eight miles south of here, at 0:15 o'clock to-night and seven men were instantly killed. The collision occurred In a deep cut with a sharp curve, making it impossible for the engineers to sec each other, hence the col lision took nlnce while both trains were run ning at full speed. Roth engines were to tally wrccKeu. me iouowuig is a nsi ui iut killed: Henry Lautnan, engineer of the accommoda tion. Kobert lirow n, fireman of the accommoda tion. Thad Beach, engineer of the f-pecinl. Rat Kim:, fireman of engine No. 519. Monroe Wilson, baggage master. Al H. ltnbertson. of Louisville. Kv.. passen ger agent, formerlv ticket agent, of the Louis ville and Nashville at this point, who was rid- Jug on the engine. Tlcnrv Whitman, a flaeman. There were onlv two passengers Injured the liev. William Ureen who was in me siuok lni' cur and was throiwi atrnlust a seat, cutting n gash over his right eye, not serious, anil a colored cirl. name "unknown, who was slightly cut In the face. The sinht of the bodies Is most horrible, they having been torn to pieces and scalded by the escaping steam. It will probably be late to-morrow before the wrecK is clearcu. Later information shows that engine No. 519, which was coming north, exploded, throw ing the tender 15'J leet in au opposite direc tion. Robertson was instantly killed being dis emboweled by a piece of Iran. His watch was broken iu two and stopped at 0:23. I.VMHKH FILES IS ASHES. St. Lous, .Mo., July IS. A fire w hieh provei' to be the largest and most destructive of it kind that has ever occurred in this city wa discovered about 2 o'clock this nfternoon In the lumber yards of Knapp, Stout Si Co. al the comer of Angelica street and Uremeii avenue. An alarm was immediately turned In and two engines were soon on the scene They were, how ever, owing to the poor watei supply, unable to cope with the flames, which, driven bv a strong wind, soon communicated to the nearest lumber piles and were making rapid headway toward the Union stivk uiiils. the destruction of which seemed for a time in cvitable. The wind soon shifted to the nppo site direction, how eve', and they were saved, but the lumber arils were doomed. Iu the meantime more alarms had been sen' In and twenty engines were called out. Tin water supply, however, was entirely insulli cieut for the emergency and the llames leaped fioiuplleto pile of the dry lumber with In credible swiftness. The fire was not confined to any one porllon of the yard for sparks and lniriiinir sol Inters were carried ill every direc tion by the w mil imd the whole territory of the vards, covering thirtv-llve acres of ground, seemed io oeone mas', oi uiuaini: minuet. The efforts of the firemen, which would evl dentv have been fruitless If directed toward subduing the llaiucs, were fiom this tune em nloved In keenii g them from spread ng, and In tills they were successful. The fire wa allowed to burn Itself out, and at the end of four hours 25,00J,OOJ feet ot lumber were total los. The contents of the yard was mostly lum ber of superior gradeand the loss on this ac count is very heavy ?HO,000. The company's stables were also consumed but the horses were rescued. The total lusuiauce cannot at this hour be ascertained, but It Is estimated at ?2iO,lXW. FESSIOS HILLS. Washington dispatch: Representative Morrell of Kansas, from tho committee on invalid pensions, to-dny reported hack tho bill granting an iucrenseof pension to John W Fnrris of Missouri, with the recom mendation that it be passed over tho pres ident's veto. Representative Conger ro ported back, with a recommendation simi lar to that inude in tho abovo mentioned case, the b ll granting a pension to David T. Elderkin of Iowa. Thesamo action was taken in tho caso of Sarah Ann Rrndley. The president vetoed this bill on the ground that tho husband did not (Hoof ills ability contracted in the service, hut tho commit lee does not regard that fact as es sential, and holds that tho evidence that the claimant is dependent is sufficient to warrant the allowance of the claim. Rep resentative Kllsberry will present tho re port in this case, Tho secretnry of the navy hns decided to construct one of tho now ci iiUors on the plans and designs of the "Nnnwakan," ro cently built abroad, and another on the plans of the bureau of construction. r.vi-ATnr foh tib vhisck. New York special: The Comto de Paris is an honorary ntomber of the Association of Veterans of the Fifth New York volunteers, Duryea Zouaves. While in General McClel lan's stall, during the Peninsular campaign In 1802, ho saw much of tho regiment, which was nttached to the brigade of regu lar troops under Sykes, in tho midst of which the commanding general always pitched his tent. The good conduct of tin regiment in battle was personally com nmnded by the prince, and after the war in Hit autograph letter he expressed his ad miiation ol its behavior. This evening the veteran association met at its old head quarters, H. V- Kinney presiding, and ap pointed a committee to prepare and for ward to him resolutions expressing regret at the action of the French government in expolling him from his native land. The association also wished Colonel Gilder, who wn a member of the regiment, a pleasant journey in hie search for the North Pole. SM tSH-Vl' OF .1 CrilCVS THAIS. Portland (Me.) special: Information has iist been received here of n fatal accident to Forepnugh's circus train on the Maine Central railway nt Vassnlboro, some fifty inil-'s north of here. The storm bin ing in terfered with the wires, particulars are meagre. The train, consisting of twenty cais, was en route for this city, and was running nt a lively rate of speed, when the cars jumped the track, duo to a defective rail, and plunged down the fifty foot embankment toward the Kennebec river. Three of the cars contained animals and one was a passen ger caboose, containing a number of employes. The cars rolled over mid over several times nnd were wrecked Into pieces. Twenty-five valuable trick horses were killed outright and a number of others badly injured, several of which will have to be killed. The caboose was occupied by ten men, several of whom escaped by jump ing when the car left the track, being saved from injury by the soft earth. The others were earned down tno Dante anil were ciiught in the wreck. Their companions extricated several badly il not fatally in jured. Two men, whose nnmes are not given, are buried beneath the wreck in tho river and were doubtless killed instantly. A wrecking train lias left for the scene. THE HIVEIt ASH HAltltOlt HILL. Washington special: The prospects for the passage of the river and harbor bill aro very much better to-night than they hnvo been at any other time sinco the subject came up in the house, when tho bill went through on the first vote some weoks ago. There were several members who wcro in terested in the Hennepin canal who voted ngainst tho whole measure, because there was no provision tnndo for that important work. As the bill came from the senate it ntmronrinted S225.000 tor beginning the canal, and it was feared by some that tins might result in t lie ueieai oi mo whole bill. It seems, however, to have had a contrary effect, for in spite of tho vigorous efforts inude to-day to strike out this clause, it still remains in the bill. Iowa and Illinois members are very jubilant to nielit over the succcs they have thus fur attained, and nro predicting the passago ol the bill by a decsive vote to-moirow. For sonis reason, too. there is an inclination on the part of interested people to believe Hint the president will not veto it. It can not bo ascertained that tho president hiB expressed his views on the subject with one side or tho other, and the fate of tho bill, il it goes through the house, when it reaches the executive mansion, is a niniter oi spec ulation entirely. "CSITF.D IHELASO" MAD. Dublin, .Tuly 15. United JreJand comments nil the Itrltlsli nolltlcal situation in a some what raging style. Among other things It says: "The tricksters, soreheads and mounte banks who are about to assume ollice In the present tremendous crisis in Knglish history h.ive In common but one dominating Impulse to grab at the emoluments ot power. This is, Indeed, a grotesque sacrilicc. n is as u a rascal clothed himself In the vestments of a priest for the purpose oi rouuing me anar. In another paragraph the paper says linUilelmin. I ,1 Jill .Ml 1 4 ll (1 il W-!l I el COll ecrted the Relfnst tragedies for a political . ...... men Murder Tinrl Ieid:ir or wholesale, w 111 not stop them any more than it did Ire- lnmi'8 enemies iiereiuiurc. auu uuunun ui O.ll.l.. . PlinlnhnflnWl Oful 1 Aril linmlolnli Churchill nro ns unscrupulous as Pitt, Clan; and Oatleronh, but they are I r.o ...... .1 t. ..f il... 'IV... . 1 .v.l punier, l nc siamuirus ui iuu iimc unu ll..tl..M iifii no InfllnlitlQ IIS tllMCO (if 1 .(Ifil JIlllHllLlim llll o Jmwt. ' .."- - Cornwallls, or General Koss. Helfast Oranire- lirt.,ti in nn nil tlin THsll IH'O- lill'ii imti; uuiii "ivio-" i pie Into violence iu order to secure a pretext l . . l . ....... ( !rt l.lmul A.- lor coercion wiwi a view w cuuu iuu maud until Gladstone snail be ucau." ISDTAS OUTHHEAK TH11EATESEH. A special from Spokane Falls, Washing ton territory, totlieOragouiansnys: Great excitement provnils hoio to-day over a rumor that tho Culispel Indians had threatened to massacre settlers in Kooet ennl county. Some time ago these Indians showed signs of discontent and Gen. Whcn- ton sent troops of cavalry into thoCulispel alley to protect tho settlers. Tholndians now chiim that the troops drovo them out of tho vn ley and they threaten vengennco. Tho farmers of Wild Rose prairie, about seventeen miles north of here, ha vo become oanic-stricken and a largo number arrived to-dnvwith their families. Gen. Cnrlin has been. notified ol tho threatened trouble, but ns it takes time to move troops, nnd tho rumors were so startling, .ludgo Turner, of this district, organized a volunteer com pany of twenty men, who left hero this afternoon nnil will mil in protecting tne settlers as long ns necessary till the troope arrive HOUSE DISEASE IS DAKOTA. Rapid City (Dak.) special : Considerable nlnrin is felt by stockmen over the discov ery that in tho ranges west and northwest of tho Rlnck Hills, tlioro aro a number of cases of disease, supposed to bo glanders existing at tho present timo. The Sun Dance Gazette gives a list ot soventoen val uablo horses, on different ranges, that have been kihod by tho territorial veterinarian, Dr. Hopkins. Tho doctor is now on the Bello Foiirche, whore there nrj.it is alleged, a number of cases, and ho will jive them a thorough inspection. .Mummy Cotton Seed. UUnta On.Utution. Some time ago Sunset Cox forwarded to senator llrowu from Egypt a package of cot . m seed that had bo ui found In tombed with a iiuuimy. Tho mummy belougod to the race if the Pharaohs and had been pronounced L-ad 4,000 years before Mr. Cox discovered .ie remains. Three of the seed were sent by cnator llrowu to Dr. Conually of this city .ml were duly submitted to the test of sun i. id soil. They were plauted iu tubs tilled with uglily fertilized dirt, and were carefully vatchod and watered for a period of thirty lays. Iu spite ot this the seed failed to sprout ind they were dually dug up and examined. fiiey were filled with dust, and it is supposed chat tho germ of life that once existed In their rail shells had passed away utterly. But whe an tell I U It not fair to suppose that a cot- ou seed which had been entombed with a iiuminy for 4.00J years would require at leasl i thousand years to germinate? Let us bi ,ust even to an Egyptian cotton seed. rnreo .ncn Mnunca. CAnnoxnALE III., July 18. Near Grand Tower yostorday a picnic was held. During the day Henry Biown, Thomas Ileckam, Mat Rhodes and Ro' ert Knox quirroled geveral tlmes, but they were separatad each time bo fore any serious consequences re-ulled. Nothing was thought of the matter until after the crowd had broken up, w hen George Ai ds..!!, a farmer, pewed by the place and found Brown, Kuoxaud Rhodes Ring within a few fietof each other innrtallr wouutlrd. Hn.wn lived hut a few minutes. Ills throat was cut from ear U ear and he bore beside several Ugly gushes Iu dilferellt purl of his body. Knox and Rhodes were also terribly wound ed and cannot live. ro one wltntned the aflrav. but It la sun- posed that the quarrel Itetween the men was renewed after the picnic. Ileckam Is still at large and uo trace of him can be obtained. Mt nnEitrn nr ismass. Marshall (Mo.) special. News has been received hero to-dny that Mr. Winlleld Scott Rickerton. a wealthy ranchman nnd mine owner, was Killed Sunday. .tune '20, by one of the Apache bauds of Indian, near his home. Campus Sonorn, Mexico. Mr. Rickerton and a companion left home Saturday light, dune 11), for a hunting ex pedition in the mountains, taking with him lits dog and pack mule. The dog returned to camp on Monday and the mule was found on Tuesday. His liiends tearing tho worst, orgnnucd a volunteer party ot urmed ny and went in search ot the miss ing hunters. An Indian trail was found which led to the place where the bodies of two men were found ntSt o'clock, Wednes day, the mid. The Indians, a large num berthirty or more must have lain iu ambush nnd fired on the men at only a few steiw distant. Rickerton, though mortally Hounded, lived long enough to empty his rillenndsix shooter at the Indians, and from theaiuoliiit of blood found near where they were concealed, it goes toshowtimt his Inst shots weie with goodly effect and more tluin one of the murderers killed or bndly wounded, but tho odds were against him and he could not loin stand tho tire of rilles at close range. Hi companion was, no doubt, killed at the first lire, as ins weapons were found loaded. Mr Ricker ton has a sister, Mrs. Dr. 1. A. McClury, living in this city. Hi parents reside in Oakland Cal. Ho was a native ot Willin- lngtoii, III., and he leaves a wife and two :lnldreii, .1 and u years of age. UTA1FS SEW JUDGE. Washington special: Tho president sent to the senate to-day the Maine of Henry P. Henderson, of Mason City, Mich., to bo associate justice of tho supremo court ot Utah, in place of Judge Powers, ot Michi gan, whoso character wns shown to bo so bad (lint tho president withdrew his nomi nation upon the unanimous recommenda tion of the senate judiciary committee. Mthough ho did this last March, tho presi dent has permitted Powers to sit upon tho i i .... i .i I... .... oeucu ever since mm uuiuiiiiii-l- ju-im-u. Henderson, who is said to be a very good man. was recommended by Rom M. Dickin son, who lui so far controlled all appoint ments from Michigan. -I DISASTKOVS STOH31. Toronto, Oxt July IS. During a terrible thunder and hail storm last night Samuel S. Bobby, who had taken refuse under a tree, was struck bv lightning and killed. A great deal of damage'was done bv hall nnd water, the latter flooding the cellars and basements of houses iu low lying portions of the city. FAVMHST FOlt MAIL SEHVIVE. Washington special: The senate com mittee on postollices and poslroads, have decided to unanimously report an nmond mcnttotho deficiency appropriation bill, providing for the paymnut of ;H),000 to the United States and Rrnzilinn steamship company, for tho transportation of ninils during tho past year. IRELAND AS IT IS. Poverty nnd Desolation Clenrly Traceable to KukIIsIi Oppression. In the course of an address before tho Utlca branch of the Irish National Land league, Mr, Harold Frederic, the London correspondent of The Sew York 7'iinei, who Is now In this coun try for a few weeks' vacation, gave the follow ing picture of some ot the results of extortion and misrule. In Ireland: ''Some of you may have recollections of a time when Ireland was merry. Others have gained from the books of Lever and Lover this traditional gay Impression of the Irish character, lucre may nave been sticli an Ire land once a rollicking, jlg-ihinclng, punch drink-Ins Ireland. It Is as dead as Brian Horu. There Is no more tearful, sorrowful land on the globe to-day than your Ireland, 1 went two years ago, unucr orders 10 uie souiucrn part of France and Into Spain, then ravished by that most deadly foe of man, the Asiatic cholera. .My business earned me into uie houses of the wretched, luto hospitals, and even to the graveyards at night, and 1 eauie nway with a' vivid picture In my mind of the distress of those desolated legions. Two weeks afterward I went with a pleasure parly into the west of Ireland, into Galwiiy. I spent there a week, nominally for pleasure but 1 tell you candidly that I never knew what grinding misery was until I came to Connaught. Dub lin Is Itself a deserted, desolate place, with the notice "to let' on every tiuni winnow, uiu way is a shadow of the same desolation, if I wereto ransack my memory and attempt to depict to you the scene, the evident desola tion, clearly traceable to the wrong-doing of those in power, for of misery from other wrong doing ol course we nave plenty every where, 1 would weary ou. Vet out of tills great budget 1 pick a few instances almost at random. .Mr. llealy and 1 were In tne noitli ern part of County Cork on our vacations. Veainued ourselves by tramping over tho mountains and entering the cabins, with a salutation of 'God save you,' or 'God save your honors,' uttered In Irish tin exercise iu which 1 did not take a very active part. We Inquired the size of their holdings, the amount of rent, whether they appealed to the land court, etc. We came almost inadvertently, after a long walk over marshy, worth less land, to a little group of houses caned, as we learned, j-.si;auaw iieeina, wntcn 1 believe Is 'the resting-place of the gulls.' We found that this little place of half a dozen houses .etched up on the solid rock was two miles irom any outer dwelling and lour miles fiom any land which was worth anything. Finally one of the men came to us. ilo told us that all the laud we saw. a little patch, hud been carried In sacks on the backs of women and iu boxes by men from a distant moun tain, within sigltt, but twelve miles away. They, or the original octtlers of the place. had been evicted from a place some fifty inlhs away. They thought they had reached a sjiot out of ' the reach of any agent and beyond the conceivable claim of any landlord. But he told us thut some time before an ntrent d-oIiil' bv bv water had noticed the llttlo gieen spot, and had come to mo snore, asKed mem now tney iuu, aim got the names of nil the householders. On next Mlchiiehmis day he camo again, repre senting his landlord, and demanded i!9 rent from each of the men. These five men hud probably never collected XI together since iney nun uvea there. I hey had uo communi cation with other places, and no opportunity to get a penny of money, except by going to r.imiiiiiu io HorK in uie nurvcsi-i em. one oi them had done that und Imd lost au arm In a railroad accident, and had come back with something like ill 10s., 1 believe. They had the grimmest sort of fight to get food. Then the landlord, Mr. White, of Glengarln, made a proposition to them that they should pay the rent In labor. Ills proposition was that they should work for him every other day through the whole jcar to pay the rent. The poor eople accepted the proposition." A Professional Woman's Costume. Chairman Martin Irons was attired yester day regardless of expense, and wore a festive air appropriate to the presence of the gay fprlng weuthcr. The foundation, so to speak, of his costume was a black broadcloth suit, Willi a loir cut dress vest, exioslug a shirt front In which glistened three enormous stnda. From the bottom button of his vest depended a colossal gold watch chain, adorned with a fob larger than a llver dollar, and antique coin sleeve-buttons fastened bis cuffs. He had on a standing collar and newly blocked out mutton-chop side whiskers of Knglish cut bristled upon his cheeks. St. Loul OM Jjtmocrat. The Idaho Central railroad, designed to con nect the Oregon Short hue w ith the Northern Pacific, has been Incorporated by Edward Dickinson, of Denver, with a capital stock of 11,000,000. AMERICA'S FIRST LOCOMOTIVE. Tin Trlnt Trip of the stonrhrldat l.lon nt lloneodnle. All!:. ?. tSCIl. (ii'.iiU'-lmoks :i tt nth, posses no in tori'st that is at all ilfix'udcnt on any inherent value in the fuels that aro j-re- ,ontc 1 in thorn snys The New York Sun, but Mr. J. W. Rurdk't. tho KOJioraJ intotigor a go n t of the Delaware and lluils'in Cnnttl company's railroad, in a llttlo pamphlet just isstiod. has boon at sonic pains to present what ho dooms trust worthy facts about the first loco motive that over ran upon an American railroad. According to liiin. the first of the-c engines was thu Stourbridgo Lion, so called because it bore a lion's head on the front of its boiler nnd was made by l'oslcr. llmwick & Co. in Stourbridge, Knglaud, Horatio Allen, n vouii'' civil onrineer. had boon sent to lCngland by the canal company to buy strap-iron for the rails, chains for the. inclined planes, and three locomotives for the levels of t ho projected railroad, lie returned iu lS'JS and the first of tho locomotives reached New York in May, lS'.'ll. It was set up at tho West Toint foundry at the foot of Itonoh .street, in this c ty, and in the summer was ship ed by boat to llonesdale, where it was put upon the iron-strapped wooden rails of tho new road. It was of thu pattern afterward known by the nanio of 'grasshoppers," because of the walking-beams that elbowed up and down over the boiler, like the leg joints of those insects. It weighed seven tons, or loss than one of our ele vated railroad locomotives, but it had no Mich pulling power as they possess. It was big and clumsy, with four wooilen wheels, spoked and with iron tires. It had no cab, and thu cylinders were upright. The first trip was made, on Aug. S. 182!), in the prosonco of a crowd collected from forty miles around. An old Queen Anno ennnon was brought up from Xow York to add its voice to thoso of the people. Predic tions of failure wero not wanting; tho breaking down of the track, which was built largely on trestles or piles, was especially apprehended, and there was little inclination on the part of thosa present to trust themselves on the new vehicle. Mr. Allen, declaring that if there was any danger ho was ready to meet it, took his position on the loco motive, and, after runningslowly back ward and forward a few times before tlie assembled multitude, pulled tho throttle valve open, and, shouting n loud cood-by to the crowd, dashed swiftly away around tho dangerous curve and over the swaving trestle, sot titip; iu motion tho first locomotive Hint ever turned a wheel in tho western hemisphere. The track was of strap- iron, spiked next tho inner edge to large hemlock sleepers J.tul on cross ties. At tlio. time of the trial trip tho timbers and ties, though securely own necled, had been warped, and in soino places raised lrom tho groinut, bv ex posure to the sun. Tito roml crossed the l.ackawaxen river over a trait Hem lock trestle one hundred feet in height, and as the locomotive wns found to weigh sovon tons instead of four, as tho contract had stipulated, it was feared by everybody that the trestle would not bear its weight. As t lie Lion passed over tho road tho weight pressed everything underneath lirmly down to its place, on thu road bed, with no little creaking and groan ing. The locomotive proved to bo all thtit the engineer had expected. After running at a fair rate of speed as far as Soelyvillo, the Lion was reversed, and returned to the dock at llonesdale amid the shouts of the people and tho booming of the cannon, having met Willi no accident and encountered no difficulty. T he trial trip was thus com pleted, "and the locomotive was pro nounced a success. Mr. Allen remain ed in llonesdale three weeks after this experimental trip, during which timo he made some improvements in thu locomotive. After his doparturo, how over, the company not buing rich enough to purchase iron rails, and tho wooden ones proving too frail for thu engine, it was housed in a shanty on thu canal dock, whore it lay for years, a prey to rust ami decay. Tho boiler was afterward used in "a foundry tit Carbondale; the pump was used for several years by an employe of tho com pany, and the rest of the old hulk was partly hacked Io pieces by relic hunters and partly sold for old iron. On October C, 182!), less than two months after tho historic ride in the Stourbridge Lion, tho famous competi tive test of locomotives at Liverpool took place. Tho result of this was tho firm establishment of tho steam rail road at tho head of all methods of land transportation. Thoro were four engines in competition, and Stephen son's Kockot won thu liri.e. Eleven mouths after this tho Liverpool and Manehostor railroad was established, and tho Racket ran thirty-seven miles an hour. Then there wero only twen-ty-throo miles of railroads in this coun try, and now tho number of miles of track exceeds 100,000. A Strawberry Ititcket. "My dear wife," ho said as ho camo und found her crying, whilo three quarts of strawborrles roposod in a pan on tho table, "I need not ask tho causo of your sorrow. I know it. About an hour ago a huckster camo along hero shouting: 'Strawberries! Strawborrlos! Eight cents a quart or three quarts for tweu- to-livc cents!" "Jt was a glorious opportunity, as you thought, to save a cent, and you rushed out and took throe quarts, lou had scarcely entered the houso when you heard something drop. You stood for a nioinont like ono paralyzed. Thon you Hung yourself down into that chair and began to kick ami squall, and the iron still burns your soul. However, my dear, brace up and lot it go. You have Insight dozens of quarts of straw berries this year, and on each occasion tho man has ineasiirod his big thumb witli tho berries and beaten you out of a cent and a half. Ho is bound to get ahead ot you in some way, und tears are of no avail, ltathur set to work and plug up tho hole iu a quarter and pass it oil' on him gome cloudy day." De troit Free I'rea. STORIES OF BEN D'JTLER. low Now Orleans) Narrowly lenped Destruction 1 lie tlanutni; of Mill ford. No mailer how much one may dill'er ritli (Son. llutlor's philosophy, il is im- iissible, says The AVw York World, to oniain iu his presence for any length f time without being entertained by us conversation, i ossossing a won- orful memory and having a great ramatie power and a remarkable tcilily of expression, coupled with a eculiar egotism that might be oll'ensive a any other man, but which iu him coins quite natural and is taken as a natter of course. (Jen. llutler throws nto his talks a picturesque individu- .Iny and raoinoss peculiarly Ins own. io is c nical, sharp, and occasionally ulgar, bnl never dull. Oh, if llutler was only sincere," e.x laimed an admirer of his recently. 1 don't know, ho wouldn't be llutler lion," was the reply. Near the capitol in Washington are hive large houses built of granite. 1'liey belong to llutler. The granite for icm was quarried at his own works in dii.ssaehusotts. 'flic subject was men- iotied in Mutter's presence reconllv and i friend said: "(ionoral, what in the vorld did you build so many houses or -to live in?" "Yes, partly," he replied. "1 lived n on" of them until my poor wife died, ut the roil reason is 1 built them for i mtuitimcut. 1 found that uo one else votild put up a monument for me, uil 1 thought 1 would build one inv ,clf." "Thoy will put up a monument in .few Orleans for you some day," stig je.sted a friend, ironically. "1 should not be surprised, said 15ut er, quickly. The mention of New Or oans started the general on a train of eniiniseences. Ono incident ho ro alled of the entry of tho union forces nto the southern metropolis that may mt be very generally known. In brief, eforo llutler arrived with his troops, diniral Farragut steamed up in his lagship, the Hartford, followed by his leet, and look possession of the city in he name of the United States govern nent. A company ot marines was lent on shore ami shortly after the itars and stripes were Heating over t lie uistoin-house. Tho city was captured jut not subjected, and Admiral Farra yut, apprehending that soino attempt night be made to take down the colors, iriangod a plan of action in caso the at .enipt should be made. A couple of lowit.ors wcro fastened in the rigging if the Hartford and a man stationed at iticli one. From this elevated position he lookouts could command a good now of the custom-house and tho own. Thoy wero instructed at the ir.st indication of au attempt to haul lown the Hag to lire their guns. A lrouilsido from tho Hartford would ollow, and this would be tho signal for he whole Heel to open lire on the city, fhe next day was Sunday. Farragut, alio was a very religious man had or lercd all hands below for prayers, only .he ollieer of the day and the two look mis remaining above dock. Main Jiroatencd at the lime and the fuses for gniting the big guns when in place vtTO exposed to the weather. Tho of icer, wishing to save the fuses from be lig spoiled, went around to each gun and cinoved them to a place of shelter. Sttd lenly the Hag was seen to go down 'rom the custom-house. The lookouts trod their howitzers, and the prayers jclow came to an abrupt ending. Ot' icers and men rushed upon deck und ,ook their places. The tlioughtftilnoss f tho ollieer of the dav in removing he fuses unused a idight. delay, and be 'oro tho broadside could bo delivered .ho lookouts reported to tho admiral .hat they saw no indications of a dis turbance or unusual excitement In the itrcets, and Farragut concluded tlit.t he hauling down of the llag was the let of some rookless person and not .he revolt of the city as it was utter Yard found. He therefore decided to nvestigato the matter lirst and gave .he order to hold the lire. Nothing loulil have prevented the total dostrue ion of New Orleans if the tloet had )ti(o commenced to shell tho town, arrtigut's religious habits Mtvod tho ity. Hal ho remained on deck the 'uses would not have been touched and he broadside signal wontd have been jiven without delay. Mulford is Hie name of the man who sxposed New Orleans to such peril by oaring down the American Hag from lie custom-house. Ho was a gambler y profession and committed llio deed n a spirit of reckless bravado. After he ling had been taken down it was ;orn to nits by Mulford and a party of his lssoeiates, and pieces of it wero used ;o decorate thou coals. Mulford tied a oug strip of tho Hag in his buttonhole ind hud it on when ho was arrested by Lien, llutler a few days later. Mulford said for his foolishness with his life, (le was tried and sentenced to bo liaug :d. Even after his sentence Mulford ro 'uscd to believe that ho would bo ox jcuted, and he maintained this belief ip to tlin last moment. "Thoy will not lara to hang me," he said. Strong Dressuro was brought to bear on Gen. llutler to spnro Mulford's life. What undo the case more dramatic was that Mulford's wife was a Massachusetts ivoinan and slio had a family of live ittle children. She pleaded hard for 3or husband's life, but without success. (in old Presbyterian minister called at Butler's headquarters and began a long lrgunient for Mulford's life. "Show four greatness by being merciful," ho laid, "'Tis but a stroke of your pen." "Yos," replied llutler, "a stroke of my pen would save him, nnd a stroko of rny pen would put you in his placet It .s because I have tho power that 1 can lot nllbrd to bo governed by sentiment. That man has forfeited his life and ho must die." Butler had iu his service a number of northern detectives, and thoy gained quite a reputation for their work in Now Orleans. Hut llutler said the most valuable information was furnish ed him by tho negroes. Thoy wore al lowed to come to his headquarters freely, and although tlmy brought btihuls of clialVtliey also brought soino grain. Ono oven ng a party of liftoon men mot at a privato dinner and amus ed themselves by abusing llutler and denouncing tho government. Tho next day all th facts were reported to head quarters by one of the negroes who had waited on the party, fiutler sunt fur them all to come to his headquar ters at a certain hour. When thoy were all assembled In his ollice. he said: "lu'iitlotnon. you wore at a dinner to gether last evening, and when tho wine was in and the wit was out you wero pleased to sneak in disrespectful terms of myself. That is of no consequence. Hut what is of consequence is that you aKo abused the government of the United States. That I forbid. Gentle men, it must stop. 1 shall overlook it this time, but let me hear no more of it in the future" Tho party were thunderstruck and eyed each other suspiciously as tney left the room, wondering who had giv en them away. That was the ell'cct llutler wished to produce, "and," he said Vf-tordav' "the results wero very wholesome.'' WANTED A TITLE. That Is "Why Mr. Hearst Wont to the Senate. Having had no advantage of educa tion, Senator Hearst is an illiterate man, but not an ignorant one, writes a San Francisco correspondent of The Xew York Times. He is of a keen and observing mind and quick of percep tion, and with him an oxpericne once gained is never forgotten, but is used to advantage should the occasion arise, lie is a good judge of men and human nature, and it takes a bright man to get the best of him. When in the com pany of his cronies he delivers himself of many wise, original, and homely thoughts and phrases. Like most southern men he is a great admirer of title, and 1 believe that it was this trait more than any other cause that led him to seek the -to him but honorary position of. United States senator. Wli le ho was with his intimates, who were being addressed by each other as "major," or "colonel," or "general" though the latter s title inignt navo come from his having been general superintendent of the Sunday school he was but plain "Uncle George," and as it is the fashion for millionaires to purchase United States sonatorships ns thoerowning of their ambition hodidn't want to bo left in tho rear, and by tho accident of death and n democratic governor ho has reached his goal. No more will the "boys" address him as "Uncle George" nor tho brigadiers as "Mr. Hearst, sali;" now with awe and reverenco they salute him, "senator." Hearst is naturally a kind and open hearted man, free from affectation or exelitsiveness. I do not think that ono of. his old comrades or acquaintances ever applied to him in vain for assist ance, and 1 have personally seen him on moro than one occasion leave a party of broadcloth-clothed men to step across the street and shako hands with soino ragged wrecic of a pioneer whom he had known in the early days. In disposition he is what is politely called convivial, can stand a great deal of eon vivialitv and take it straight- In dress lie is slouchy, and all the tailors on earth could not fix him up to make him look otherwise, .lul horo I will relate a story that 1 hnvo often hoard repeat ed, but can not vouch for its accuracy: M in. Hearst is a woman of fashion, inclined to aristocracy, and, with her only son, spends a large share of her time in Europe, whilo her husband is happy ami fools at home In tho uncou ventionalities of tho mining camps. The Hearsts have an elegart homo on Van Ness avenue, the most fashionable quarter of tho city, and tho lady is a lavish hostess and magnificent enter tainer of the crcmc dc la crenic of tho somewhat incongruous element known us San Franeisto society. One night Mrs. Hearst gave a grand entertain ment. Mr. Hearst had not been Invit ed, or if ho was ho had forgotten all about it, and staid out somewhat late. Ho is an inveterate tobacco ohewer, and when ho becomes animated in con genial oompam scatters tho extract of tho weed somewhat promiscuously over his shirt front. When tho revel was at its height at the entertainment lie reach ed his home, utterly oblivious of the fact that anything unusual was trans piring therein. Ho succeeded iu ontor mg by the aid of his latch key, when ho was mot by a Hood of light, the perfume of flowers, strains of music, and gor geous costumes. Ho stood soinowhat dazed for a moment, and a sort of hush camo over tho festivities. Mrs. lloarst, catching sight of liiin, reached his side, and getting him into the hall out of sight of the guests, begged him to go up stairs and change his street attire and tho tobacco-stained shirt-bosom for something more suitable to tho occa sion. Thrusting his hands iu his breeches pockoU a habit of his and drawing himself erect, ho said In a voice loud enough for tho company to hoars "This is my ranch, and if thoso hero folks don't like my shirt thoy can go homo; it's time for folks to bo in bed, anyhow, nnd Pin gwino thar," and ho steadied himself up tho stairs to his apartment. A Deliberate JIan. , A mnn from a sequestered township of Washington county, called the other day, on tho ores dent of tho Arkausaw Industrial University. "1 have come tor sco yer," said the visitor, "because I havo hcarn that yer'vo got or heop o' sense." Tho prosidont bowed and tho visitor continued: "1 come tor ax yer or ques tion that consarus mo or good ileal. Er feller over iu my neighborhood call ed mo a crank. I knowed it wan't much uv er comporwcH but I Mowod tor morso'f that 1 wouldn't hit him till 1 found out whut ho meant. Whut did ho nioanP" "According to Carlylo," said tho pres ident, "a crank is a very headlong, very positive loud, dull and angry kind of a man. Tho American signification of the term, as onmloyod by the news, impure, is a sort of fanatic, a semi-crazy man." "Thon I reckon he thinks that I am orbout ha'f crazy." "Yes. I should think so." Wtill, I won't hit him of that's nil. but at fust It made mo poworful m&6 fur I 'lowed that ho meant that I wtlnt no jedgo uver hoss." Arkausaw 1'ruv eler,
