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CALASriTT l.V THE SOUTH. Jnr;t Lots of Life from High lrhxls atul lldal Wate. Oai.vcstox, Tex, Oct. 11. The ton of sabii)c Tas, at thu mouth ot the Sabine river, the tliviUfnsr line between Louisiana ami Tex .., was reported to-day as entirely washed sway by the terrific storm of Tuesday night and over lifty lives were reported lost nut or a 'otal imputation of 200. All telegraphic com triuulcation was cut oft". The place 1 Matty miles from Galveston and twenty-debt miles southeast of Beaumont, the county feat of TclTurson county. It Is thought tlie brr in front of the town will prevent tturs from Isudln, nd tug owners here retard it as iscless to tttcmpt to enter the treacherous liaunel. The following account of the ereat dlaster at Sabine 1'n's was telegraphed last nulit to Houston from Beaumont: "This town Is In a state of intense excitement to-night at the news just received from Sabine l'ass of ter rible lo.-s bf life and destruction of property in that place from high water. Wc have now no telegraphic communication with the pass, -all the wires being donn, but nn enctno ar rived here to-night over the East Texas rall vay that left there about 0 o'clock. rnusT news or the disaster. 'Two citlZ) ns whornwi'd In a small boat acrossan expause of Uxsiug wateis, a distance f several iiii.es fiom the town of Sabine, to ilie track, came In on the engine nnd gave a heartrending account of affairs there. They fay tlie wateis beguu to invade the town from the gulf mid lake together about 2 o'clock Tuesday aft, rni on and rose with unpreced nt rapidity, The citizens of the doomed place lid not realize their iiiinilnciit danger unt 1 it was to late to escape, when salety by lligbt was recognized as being out of the question. The peoplo who were situated so they could do it betook themselves to their Iiojsps and ie sorts judged to be the safest. T he water kept rising, and between .1 and 4 o'clock the Mindler houses began to yield to the resistless force of tbe waves and not only moved fiom their foundation-", but turned on their sides and tops. A litilo later JLrgcr houses began to give way and death lv diownlug seemed in store for every citizen of the pbice. diiowm:h in Turin nousr.s. "With tliu yielding of the smaller houses several persons who had remained in them were dro. ned, nnd when the residences and business pl.ices began to crumble the fatality oegaii to iioume. PAHTIAI, LIST Of Ttln LOST. "The following Is nn incomplete list of the drowned, as obtained from the gentlemen who came over on tuc engine: ".Miss Maitba Chambers, Jim Vondy and iamuyoi six, .-irs. uiu isrown anu two cnil lren, Hoincr King, wife and child, Mrs. Jun ker and her son Mrs. Komery and family of live, Airs. Stewart anil tier tlauirliter ami son Wil-on, Mrs, Arthur McKevnolds, Mrs. McDoiiand nnd .lier daughter and grandson 1'rauk MuJIoganand family, Columbus Martee anu lamlly. About twenty-live colored people vnose names couui not ne given. "The above list comprises over fifty victims of the storm, among them some of the leading famines ot tlie piacc. tlicrc are others and many of them doubtless drowned without hhv now living knowing anvthlng of it. It i I'eared that whole families in different parts of the place have been swept away without leaving a person or a vestige to Indicate their terrible fate. It Is said tuc situation during me latter part oi tlie atternoon was fnglittul Tin; manifestations of terror and agony by the ueopie iook ng mee to lace at ucam anu real izing that there was no escape, the thing cries of the women, nudlblo but rendered almost noiseless by the roar of the mad sea. the hoarse Toices of men trying to save those dear to them, all combined to make the scene too horrible to be described." Tirn cNTiitn town- wnncKF.H. Voht WoitTii, Tux , Oct. Ik News received here lromSabiuc l'ass Is to the effect that the greater tortlon of the town has been washed away and about sixty or seventy peisons drowned b. the terrible storir of Tuesday night. Waters from the lake and gulf rushed mto me place with great rapidity and dls Judged the foundation of nearly everv house, All telegraphic communication 'east of lieau mont is intinupt d and the only Information procured that is strictly reliable was obtained Iroin men who have rowed over the vast ex pause of water to lieaumont. These men say mat uie scene is ticvomi description, ilie en Tire town is wrccKed and tlie inhabitants are Jienzleil wllh fear and grief. The damage done by the storm at Beaumont fs alto cotisldetable, a number of houses be ing blown down nnd many of the principal lumber mdl damaged. The track of the Kust Texas and Sabine load is washed away for ...II.... I.. - i r . i . . , , uiuc-s in a iii.inuLT oi piaces, uesiues uuma done to bridges and depots. Mi:u:it petaii. or tiii: disister. Orange, Trx., Oct 11. Details of the de ft ruction by the storm at Sabine l'ass and Johnson's Itayou come in slowly, anil are vet indefinite, though all agree that there has been a great lo-s of life nnd property. lwo brothers named l'omcrov were picked up by the schooner Andrew-Hit en In fcabluc lake. They had been In the water thlrtv-slx boars flinging to their capsized yawl. Their mother anil sister and .Mrs. Captain Junker, her ton and a little girl of the party were lost. Ihe Poincroys reoit that lifty lives weto lost at the I'orter house, wheie the people had Millected as tlie best place of safety. It went io pieces at J o'clock, nnd niauy jicrsons niu illlClll. deaiis at JOirvsriN-'s ntvmt. Still greater loss is i eK ted fiom Johnson's Iiavou, where whole families u urn on nr. mm v. and not a lionse was left standing within Ave iniien oi tue laite. Parties were organized last nlghtand left on the steamers Lamar and KmlU I', with pro -i Isious and bcdd.ng. Thev lire expected buck in-uigiii, wuvn turuicr particulars win oc ou tallied. irsniin rAMiuns wm-ru out. Lakk l HAitLr.8. La., Oct, 14. The lose of property along the Cameron parish gulf coat iind for some distance west of Sabine l'ass by the storm of Tuesday night was fearful. T he mail boat from Cameron parish reports that the water nt Calcasieu Pass was eight Icet deep at the lighthouse, and that the en tire country east and we.-t was submerged lupsdnv night, drowning thousands of cattle anu ruining crops. No lives were lost at i.cesnurg or Calcasieu l'ass but the following ; it.- ic.Kjricti nisi nt Johnson's Hatou, La. Ilie entire families of Alfred Lambert, Marion j-ukes, tieorgo Strlver, Charles ltlnnclict, Hrartford Ucrrv and two families bv the name of Fruncswar, besides many others wiiur-u iiiuiira navo not uceii ascertained. OKKAT L'XCITn.MKNT l.V G.W.VKSTO.V. Iiai.vlston, Tea., Oct. 14. This city has oeen in u suite oi leverish excltment all day over the dreadful news from Sabine l'ass. Many auxlous pe.-fous have eagerly visited the telegraph oillces sceKlng further particulars iroin the strieKen town. The detain of the nlannty are very difficult to obtain lecause of ihe Impaired facilities forcommun cation with lieaumont nnd Orange, the nearest jiolnts to tlie unfortunate towu, h is been re-established but the Inhabitants of those plnces appear to lie awaiting tho relief parties that have gone to Sabine l'ass. TUB IjOST CUT'S LOCATION'. The twn of Sabluo l'ass l located at the mouth of the Sablue river within half a mile if? Mtri'mB l"01"1 Juitlng from tho Tcxhs lu, lies only four feet above, the mean tide mark aud Is louiided liy a great swamp on ihe won and Lake Sabine on the north. Tho . -nuance, to Lake Sabine Is a mile and a half above tji0 town. Tho lake Is i.. let long and ten In width with an nver-vc aV,.'1 of seven feet, wh eh Is always malnta.ipr ' the huge volume of water pouring Into ttie basin from the two navigable rivers, .Vthe and BaUJnc. CAtTiED bt Bt-XDAT'n mitnic.txn. It was this lake, according to the most ex purleuced nsvigatom on this coast, that do lrojod the lown. The hurrluane uf last Sun day in the Nest Indies blew the waters with great violence toward tho Texas coast. This hurricane wave was llrt noticed on this coast tin Sunday morning, attaining Its maximum on Tuusdar afternoon, and was maintained at H high !o'iut by the Impetus of the water behind. Tho hurricane luolf did not reach these coasts at all, as srarey a breath of wind was ftlrrlng when its tidal wave Dr.t touched the coast. W'heu the inatlmum wai rcachctl on Tuesday afternoon, however, a fierce northwestern gale sprung up along the whole t oast, nnd at Sub'ne th( gale blew the waters out of Lnke Sabine and drove them toward the gulf, where Ihe lake water were met by the great swell caused by the hurri cane. This resulted In driving the'lake waters over Into the little town ami submerging the country for miles around without a moment's notice." This necnunt of the disaster Is confirmed bv the experience here with the same gale ami all Information fiom Sabine confirms tlie the ory. en norm to Titn tas. As soon ns the collector of custom wa ap prised of the disaster he ordered the govern ment tug lVnrot to prepare to make a trip to Sabine, and she started for that place at 2 o'clock this nfternoon with a represent atlve of the Oalveston AVtr aud several others on board. The distance to Sabine is sixty ml es. The Penrose can not get back before to-morrow. When the details of this awful'disaster will be known. Private telegrams from r.eaumont th: "Veil ing confirm the reports previously sent re gar ling the Iocs of life. The damage to projicrtv nil along the Texas coast will be great. At lieaumont and Orange the gale did serious damage, tt phned havoc among the lumbei mills, but occasioned no loss of life. The latest report plates the lives lost at Saline at over sixty. ir.4 to Tin: fc.vr;. Clileajo Puckers IMcitntnnl That It A7it be Ten Hour or Solliimj. Chicago special: The opinion is general that it long nnd bitter strugsle between the puckers and employes at tlie stock ynrda is inevitable. Tho ordering out ot Aruionr'.-i beet men is looked upon tho signal for war. All attempts by Delegates Harry ami Uutler to negotiate or compromise, tho questions raiieil by the strike have signally fulled. The pnrkprs liavo not hIiowii a dis position to discuss the matter in an ollleial manner nnd tho strikers aro disposed to re gnrd this treatment in the light of n chal lenge. Alter the meeting of district assem bly 57 curly this morning Mr. Harry said to a reporter: "Wo have formally tleelared war on the big pork speculator and it will be war to the knife nutl tlie Unite to tliehilt. I Hlmll get to Richmond nowbeforo the con vention adjourns nnd you limy depend upon it that. Armour's mcnts throughout tho United States willbcau unknown quan tity in less than three months. Wo intend to light nn aggressivo baUle, nntl Armour will either bo brought to tonus or be rele gated to the position of a tlead packer notwithstanding his millions. As fur ns tho men nro concerned, wo shall take care of them, besides tho closing down of the industry hero does not ol necessitv tlo rtway witli it. Tho demand is bound to be supplied elsewhere it not here." Illustrating the general feeling 'j.g tho pacuers, one of the most prominent ones said to a reporter when approached on tho subject: "W e don t submit to any system but that ot ten hours for a day's work at tho ten hours' pny. In other words, an uncontlition.il surrtntler or nothing. attended a meeting of packers tho other day when the tuntter was fully discussed ureen hands will bo lured and broken in rapidly. This can be easily done, but of course it will take limo to fill all places. We, as nn association, intend to start big concerns again first. e have advertised fir ninn !i 11 nt or i lin i-nn n I rv. nnd nlrindv men aro beginning to come in as a result ot theso agencies. Armour nnd the Anglo American will be running with full forces next week. This will win ourbattlo. When these two houses are running full-hand the light is practically won. Wo can easily lay up for n few weeks, or months, for that matter. Ten hours we will liavo anil wo don't want to sco any eommitteo either, If tho men wish to return on that basis they can do so as individuals." Tho opinion ot this packer was rend to others ami pretty generally indorsed. The great light between the employers nutl employes of the stock artls has assumed moro serious proportions Armour it Co. nro to mnko the test case anil establish tho precedent of which shall have tho supremacy -labor orcapi tal. All efforts at a compromise or oven consultation with tho tmcUcrs ha vo failed, tho strikers met last night and decided to call out tho beef butchers and the result was about ono thousat.tl five hundred nnm quit woik. Immediately a committco of men went over to Armour's repair shops, nt horty-lilth street, noar llulstead street, wnero between lllty nntl seventy men nro employed. They went in, had a short talk, and tho men quit in n body, nil in eluding tho machinisls, going out The cnginecis at Armour's nlso quit work this morning. Now men continue to arrivo hourly, nnd this morning tho Lake Shoro du in my brought over two loads to Armour's house. On tho hist trip, about 10 o'clock, tho train was blocked all tho way down from Porty-seventh street freight cars having boon lett on tho side tracks nnd snitches in such a man ner that tho train couldn't pass, Ultimately tho men were compelled to got out nntl walk, lho now arrivals all enter by the rear entrance, nnd immediate. l.v go to work. From tho regularity with wh'ch each houso brings its quoin there is little doubt that the packers hnvo ngente out, luring men. The new coiners nro looked on contemptuously by tho locked out men. n no t ney nro called "Jtoosiers! ' "Scabs!" ".Mossbacks!" nnd other choice, nnmen. It is estimated that Armour lifts twelvo him tired of them at work. T lie scalo ot wnges which tho nnckcrs offer their men is ns follows: Scnldors, SIt.OO nntl fcl.OO; scrnpers, $3.2.r.; shovers, SU.OOj mess poric trimmers, su.nri; mess iiorl choppers, $3.00; trimmeis, $2.2." and $;!.00; cellar men, $1.75 and $2.2o: tank men, ja. ifMinil fcii.L'o; coopers, S.5.00. T his in on n bnsis ot ten hours' nay for ten hours work. Cutlnhy expressed some snrnriso that tho men should biamo Armour for tho trouble. Nelse Morris denies tho statomont credited to him tlmt the ntfnir wns a move ou tlie pnrt of Armour to drive Swift and himsult out ot tho trnde, nnd that he wns endeav oring to drlvenll the business from Chicago to Umuha anil Knnsns City. Tim ha onocic .1 vnor.n. Sioux City specinl: Undor the impres sion that Chief I'oliro Nelon would reach hero to-day with "UUiiiarck," one of the alleged Haddock assassins, trains from tlm south hnvo been met with many persons to get n glimpse of the German, but Ids ar rival Is notyot recorded, although the sub stance ot tho statement tho prisoner will mako has been obtained from good author ity. This is to the etfect that Charles Gan ders is he real murderer, two having boon hired to commit tho deod, obtaining money therefor. Ganders approached Mr. Had dock and made a motion to strike him. when the minister tnnde an effort to use a missile lie was carrying. At this iuneture Ganders drew bis revolver nnd flrod. Guil ders is a new character la tho tragedy, bo far as the public it aware, und is at large. it is pretty evident thnt the right man w bo named soon, us about nil the partici pants are talking and telling different stor es. To-duy Sheriff McDonald received notification tlmt owin to tlio very large amount ot business to como before the grand jury, which hut! been cited to npponr rnv, -u. the iiato would lio changed to the SJOtii ol the month. It is possible tlie con spiracy ni;d murder cases muy yet be roachou this term. The new proprietors of the Omaha Re publican have tukcu hold ot the work. nor.s hi: tv.i.i. a tiwj: stout? In riiifrdiini M'io Claim' to Hare llceii Present at the Cutter Manacre. Washington special: A neatly tlressod, cleanly shaven soldier, in the uniform of nn artilleryman ot the department ot tho east tailed nt the war depart nietit thi morning to see General Sheridan. He was the solo survivor oi General Custer's conimnnd. At the time ot thememornbleCustor campaign ho was bugler ot the guard, nntl was with General Custer at tlie lime he discovered the Sioux villngf at the Little llig Horn, just previous to tho terrible massacre. His name is Martini nnd he is now but 3:5 years tf agi. ''I was right, with Genernl Custer when he spied the Indian village, only a short distance nwny. He dismount etl a ml, nfter glancing over the situation drew out his note book and wrote 'i few incs on a leaf. Tearing the lent out he handed it to me and oi tin etl me to take it to Major lleno and Captain Hon ton. This wns an older for them to hurry up their command, lie sow from tlie size ot tlie village that the engagement would be n se vere one, and ho therefore toltl me not to attempt to reach him again until afterwards. That order saved my life for when I rehnnedatler tlie light men out of lit.O that composed Custer's com tnoiiil were dead upon the ground. I was the two hundred ami sixty-sixth. Some had succeeded in getting nwny n distance, but they had been overtaken and instantly killed. I was the only soldier w ho survived i'lier," was nil Indian scout immeil 'Cnrlev who made bis escape, liefoi-o the battle commenced he saw that it would be it inns saere, so he loosed his hair, snatched oil n piece ol tr. nulling from ins clothes to lie it with, tote a black blanket in two ami wrapped it around his legs, as if he wore leggins, nutl then, throwing n blanket over ins shoulders, ho looked not unlike a hostile Sioux. He dashed into their midst and was net detected, and in that wny be made his escape." llugler Martin, further. says that, by tlie advice of his friends, lie is endeavoring to secure tlie position ot messenger in the department, having hail bis share of suffering and hurdships. Sheri dan promised to give him a hearty recom inundation as soon as a vacancy occurred He wore two sets ot target badges nn his collar, shewing that ho hail been twice sue cesslul in tho annual inarkmatiship com petition. .M'xt year no expects to lie third time successful, and he will then bo entitled to wear a marksman's pin. rr.Asm:s fhom rouiuoy .snonr.s. Christine Neilsou is seriously ilk Tho cholera epidemic is spreading at l'estli. American art students are increasing at Munich. Tho prince logout of Bavaria will go to Berlin in November. Tho French protectionists want the duty on wheat raised. Nineteen Hussian agents hnve been ar rested at I'hilipopolis. German joutnalistsare being arreted for indecent remarks. An anarchist hiisbeen arrested in Vienna for posting anarchist bills. The Grand Huko Nicholas, heir to tho Hussian throne, is seiiously ill. The government at Tangier litis np proved the arrest ot Jon I'erdicaris. Tho Irish laud leaguo has been invest! gating the condition of tho tanners. Archbishop Walsh was allowed to givo his testimony unsworn in Dublin. Tho nnniqersury of Kmperor William's coronation was quietly celebrated. Thero is an agreement between Turkey nntl l'tissia on t ho Bulgarian affair. Herr Latterinann. tho socialist, has eluded tho polico Und escaped to America, Klevcn persons were lost from the Nor wegian bark Frederiekstadt, near 1'atl stow. Tlie waiters of l'ai is indulged in a riot ous demonstration nutl it dozen were or rested. Dr. Vivian was committed to ton years' imprisonment for robbing a hotel in Bir mingham. A panther escaped from a menngerie in Clinmbery and hit several peoplo and killed a policeman. Tho insano wife ot Count Aruiiii Hod from a private asylum, and her body was found in the river Merg. St. Petersburg papers aro beginning to prepare the people tor it Turkish occupa tiou of Bulgaria. A Broslau editor lins been arrested for making insulting remarks against the cm peror four years ago. Saxony, minister ot t he interior, decides thnt naturalized Americans aro not sub ject to military duty. Tho London olllcials advise the poor not to march in the procession ut the lord mayor's inauguration. HIS W1FK WAS VSTItOt:. Philadelphia special: A young man shot himself deatl in tho saloon at L'O." Soutl Twollth streot Inst night. In a letter found upon his person he said thitno ono was te blnmo for tho suicide but himself. He gave tho nddrcss, A 13 W. Minister street. Prov idence, as that of ids father, W. W. Gor hnm, nnd asked tho press not to make un favorable comment on tho enso ns it would grieve his Christian pnrents. A moment later u woman from u houso in t ho vicinity entered tho saloon greatly agitated, and identilied the body us that of her hu-bnnd. Bhe said sho married him a year ago in Baltimore, but left him because ho could not support her. She came hero nnd be ramo the inmatu of a South Twelfth ntreet houso. Ho followed and made several an- peals for hor to leave tho house. It wae altera final entreaty, couplet! with a threat oi .tuicitio, ii siio roiuseii.thnt ho crossed the itrcet to the saloon, nutl after a few iniu. ulcs nt a table raised tho pistol to his tem ple and iirud the fetal shot. .1 SIOIUUIS JUDAS. Evansvllle (Intl.) special: About Go'clocfc this evening Linsy McKlnzoy, a driimmor of Henderson, a guest of tho American hotel, shot anil instantly killed John Mar lin, nn Italian, another guost, in the lobby ot tho hotel under circumstances which rendered the deed a cold-blooded crime. Tho two quarreled Inst night ut the supper tnble nnd McKiule.v threatened Maiiin's fe. To-day he nuruhnsml a revolver, and. P'.feting Mnrlin in tlie hotel, shool.s bunds ith him nutl apologized for his violent actions of the night before, nnd then Ova minutes later walked uu to his victim and idiot him tlenil. He then walked coolly away und wnssnunUriug about the streot when arrested, lie suit! ho did not know why he dhl it. There is much exettsinout among the Italians ot tlieeity nnd uu extra J guard has been placed ou at the Jull. SUNNYGRAMS. The in.uried man who ktn.-.ts hi- P's aud Os Will now gi t "coaled" be ft ro the weather does. What iWs it profit n man to bo a weather proi'het, if his prophecies tlo not como true? Such a noisy lwlne racket, will It ticter, never bardlv rver cease! Cow-tlcetors must tie plnig, child-like, that thrCre "totnpiug," "itomping" out disease. Tlioio are said to be forty-seven thou.-auil empty llats in l'aris. pcr fect diuleiloiu as it were. He will boast of ea-erpents he's seen; Anacondas which often tie ilioots: Yet something to brag of he's not quite so green, Tlie) 're the snakes he oft oes In his boot. The Spaniards hnvo 805 ways of cooking eggs, but thoy htvro only" ono way of sweating nt tho grocer who .-ljs them a dozen revolutionary hen fruit. The burean-new-monla jjasr Is woiked for all It Is worth, nowadays, Cow-docttss may bluster and brat?, But 'tis tlie bureau's new-money (ah!) that pays. A new .sheet of tombs lias Ikhmi found at Pompeii. Am body hnv nj: lo-t a new street of tombs can liavo tho same by railing on the tinder mid pay ing for thi3 notice. Some comedians cut a dash, Some live on the lin est hash, Some will make a moneyed mah, Some will get the old man's lash, Collie w 11 make a lot of ea-ll Aud come come to eternal Mimyli. .lob may have had his troubles, Anil may hae had his patience vext, Hut he never got intensely interested in the weeps ami wa is ami woes of an eloping couple and followed their trial, troubles, ami tribulation until they were safely on ti ship, anil the ve-el was wrecked in mid ocean aud they go ing down for the third time, ami excite ment raised to one hundred above zero, and then read these heart-crushing lines of "To be continued in our next.'1 ,lob may have hail his trouble, And felt the grief that kill?, But he never road almost a column of t-otne long-standing political feud, mur der, assault, assass nations, earthquake-;, cyclones, tornadoes and such like missiles, ami then found that, all the-e might have been prevented if -tho peoplo hail only taken Humbug's Jubilation Villi I A man will dress In kcrM'j mere, His wife will don a .lers-ey, dear; He tries to sue hN eii'-h, tihe tries to cut a ilah. Both will fail, though they pel severe. Apple paring thuo't. at hand, Autumn's come, so full of Jots; Vinet sport in all the hind. Fun it hriiigs to girls and b.iys. .Many and many n game Is plaed, Oiie heait to Iinoihei'll chime; Sometimes heie are mutches made. That's the best ot "paring'' time. "Badger and Gray Is thellrm at the "huh," my dear. Now 'tis a queer thing to say That I hough (o a v I- only himself, It Is clear, Yet a Badger is always Gray. The maid sits by the dado, Lookh.g sweet and lair. A uiuth who'-, quite a dude, oh, bits beside her chair. Bent plu in p.mts a deed, oh, Kutiugli toimike dude swear Tlie boy h lio cut that dido Has anlshcd hi thin air. Farmer shaking down the tree, .Making them think It's a breeze. Lady sitting at her cae, Doing whatsoe'er she'll please. Can you tell me, whv these two Aro alike! Now tell me true. You shall have the answer without much fur ther bother, It's p ar time with the flrt, It's jijwn- t.mt with the other. f.'ocin.' Sun. What the Unskilled Appliiuil, Let a woman, vlioo '.gift'1 lies in a voice of untisiml c mipass, force out tho ' (" or "I"' of tlie lower octave, until it becomes more like tho groan ing of an hmil.d than a musical tone, or let her squeak out the (;" in die third letlgerline until it sounds as beautiful as tlie cry of a put lap dog on whose toes someone has stopped, anil it w II Mirlico to till the hall Willi enthtts tit: plaudits. Another songstress, who may able to sing tho h mplc.st melody" without giving ono the crampt, and whoso warmth apiiroachcs the temperature of a Canadian iteberg, will perhaps dis play a tlexibilily of voice tt rival that of an instrument. As soon, then, as (ho sets tip her fireworks and rockets in lho form of scales, in sixteenths, as fcoon as sho pierces one's tvninauuin Willi her infernal trills, with awful per sistency and without taking breath, we may rest assured that lliu partjuetto will spring up from its seat ailtl howl in ecstacy. Ami still another singer may liavo taken if into his head that "declamatory evprcssion" or "empha- fcis," let it bo correct or false, but, at all events, strikingly exaggerated, eon si tutus tho "all" of dramatic music; that these qualities properly enjoy tlie privilege of superseding beauty of tone, tune ami rhythm: that they fully siitlicu to replace Ihe real contents, musical form, melody, lempo and key. So (ill tho exaggerated demand of such bombastic, h gh living, a 11 ret ml and conceited sttle, he assumes the right of taking unwarranted lihertitcs with the most important works, 1 et, if he brings this system of plav before a cer tain public, he limy b; assured that tho most lively and honest ciithiisium will reward li in, because lie litis murdered a great inns I or, destroyed a master piece, torn a lovely melody Into tat ters, and degraded a noble passion. Amtricun Musician. J'nt'H Logic. Patrick O'KolIy hud lxicn on a spree. nnd, in fact, was still on a tare. It was at supper aud little Tot wanted some moro gravy. An' mIimI Mini i-i, ,b letll. It If I gives it to yor!" asked O'KhIIv. "Khtiro nn' 1 uml eat it. said the truthful Tot, "Av coui'.e mi wml." said O'KolIy, Ccf, ll'lidt lu flw. ii.ii it, frll'ln1 I Ilk f,..(k ,1,1, ,7U I,, ,,,1. ,. ,W yuz?" Detroit Free Vr,. Ladle nro Inaugiirullng a new uml strong ruttoin. They tiy "Ihaul; ;ou" wltati feiiHe imni k'lre them seaUtlntwuotwr-i. 7?" nti THEY DROUGHT HIM HOME. From whi re 'Mukegon' inH's anl homes Ale elided round its P i . A nl'or. In n Match hip - Winged white U sailed awnj ; While each wave danced, and 'sighed ,-ontent, L-spi-d lote, aud kiscd lur as she went. A maiden stood with longing eyes 1'iion a sandhill's crest. Anil watt !nnl her lover's barque Mok loir Far out toward the West. "O waves." he said. "O gentle sea. llring baik my own trite love to utel" 3o. every dav. when time hod ircd, She vtcrd Mlonit the shore, And wRlched. or fancied that she heard I'ulnt through the surge's roar Hie well-known hn. I- f imlllar-voiced At which her cry soul rejoiced. Thu, one night, when stars looked down, When waves sang low and sweet, They i rought her lover lit their nnui And laid him at her fert; L'tmii his calm cxpre-sive face, Death's nameless mystery ami grace. Whnt they had taken out with joy, With murmur back thev gae. Her lover, roekitl to dreamless sleep by moaning wind and wne, The' brought him from out the distant West To sleep upon the imoden's breast. A simple story, often told Of those who ail nwny 'Neath sunny fkiiM. through laughing surge, l'rom out Sllifkegou's bay, AVhere inanv a pine croons low. and waves Its dark plumes o'er the sailors' graves. 1. J-'.lij tr Jo .e., in thi ( urcrnt. Diet null Conduct. Sir Henry Thompson thinks that our forefathers did not sullleieiilly consid er this great subject. Like Mr Sipteers, they have been, he adm.ts, very partic ular of our morals. lie sees a wise anil lofty purpose in the laws they have framed for the regulation of human conduct and the satisfaction of tlie nat ural cravings of religion? emotions Hut those other cravings equally com mon to human nature, those grosser emotion11, cravings of tho human body, they have disregarded, "No doubt," he says, "there has long been somo practical acknowledgement, on tho part of a few educated persons', of tho simple fact that a man's temper, and consequently most of his actions, de pend upon such an alternative as whether he habitually digests well or ill; whether the meals which he eats are properly converted into healthy ma terial, suitable for the ceaseless work of building up bolh muscle anil brain; or whether unheal thy products, con stantly polute the eonr-so of nutrive supply. Hut the truth of that fact has never been generally admitted to an ex tent at all comparable with its oeeod ing importance."' Herein were our an cestors unwise. The relation between food and virtue Sir Ilenn maintains (as did Pythagoras before !iun)to be a very close relation. His view of this lela lionship is not the view of Pythagoras, who, as Malvolio knew, bade man not to kill so much as a woodcock lest hap ly he might d spossi t the soul of his graiidani. Plutarch also was averse to a too solid diet, for the reaoi that it tloes "very much oppress" lliuso who indulge therein, ami is apt to lrae be hind "malignant relies." S'r Henry, in his turn, would not have men to be great eaters of beef, though he holds with Plutarch rather than wilh Pytha goras, being (so far a I ran judge) no believer in the doctrine of metempsy chosis. Hut on the inlltieiii'e man's diet has on his constitution he is very sure : "it is certain that an adequate practical recognition of tiie, value of proper food lo the individual in main nig a high standard of health, in pro longing healthy life (the prolongation of unhealthy life being small gain eith er to the imlh itlttal or lo t!v '.'omumiu t,, and thus b'Vj.-pJy piutiiotiiig o!u rr ful temper, pr, ,V.!,ni good-nature, and improved moral tone, would aeheivc almost a revolution in lho bidets of a large part of the community. " lur Science Monthly. Wat' ilokesii It was fun to old boys to have a few companies of hundred-day men station ed among them, as wore three com panies from Ohio in KSlJl, near Fort Worth, with Wilson's Hatlery, First New York Artillery. Those worn tho most unsophisticated of all the lads ov er seen in camp, and they would be lieve any ".soil" wlreh the "old bovs" were pleased to impose, upon them. Some of the "old boys" had received boxes from homo well Morcd with ta ble goodies not found in camp, such as aro prepared by a mother's, sister's, or wife's careful hand, among the con tteits of which were butter, cheese, honey, pickles, ote. These rural Ohloans, ser:!ng these delicacies in the hands of Hut "old boys." inquired why it was that thoy had none. They were asked, iu reply, if they got none, and told to draw tlietn as they did. They naturally supposed 'draw them" meant go to the Quarter master for them, and accordingly went It tlid not take that functionary long to make known to them how such rations wero "drawn." Another joke, more practical e.nd less profitable lo tho wag who perpe trated it. was played ou Tom I down by .Sam Cruon, preceded by the follow ing dialogue; Hrown- Say, Sam, where do you get your washing dune? 1 am getting con foundedly dirty. tireen Wliy, tlo you not hnvo a man to do your washing for your company i U. No, do you? G. - Why , yes. H. Where is his tent? Perhaps I can get him to do mine. (J. -Over there- pointing to his own Captain's tout. Away goes llrowu wi.i his bundle of soiled linen, and accosted ("recti's Cap tain, when the ftflowing dialogue on sued after Hrown had mudo known his errand: Captnin W.--Who sent you hero? Hrown -Sam (Ireon. Captain -Well, yon lonvo your wash ing, nnd it shall be done for'you. Bam (5rei was at oneo sent for. aud otiloiod to wash that liuon, and ho did it, too, while the Captuln watched him, aud all tho eainp on 1 1 m I Sam "washer woman'1 nftor his jo;o oti Tom Hrown had turned upon h'nistflf. Joker Hani, tit Chlc-t'jQ letlijtr. PERSIAN PLEASURES. o Plenty or Amusement rr the Itlch, Hot None for Ilia I'oor. In the way of popular amusements, there is not much in Persia. Tho rich, of cour.e, as elsewhere, know how to find nnd sip tlie honey of minis, tnent from the chalice of life. Not so tho poor. The wealthy Persian indulges m Lanquets, to which he will inv.to Ids intimate friends, ami where they get beastly tiitink on arrack and wine and tlate brandy, win re from forty to two hundred dMics ami sweatmeats aro served, nntl where souie female slaves wdl dance lo him ami his guests; where thev w 11 recline after the incnL by the bubbling kanntit, with the flagrant fumes of the ghnizau enveloping iheui, w hile tlewish musicians will p, ay nntl it professional story-teller w,ll j.et oil" his bist yarns mid most luscious jokes, tliu whole crowd meanwhile swill. ng tea ami sherbet by the gallon. In the even ing they will even have fireworks, anil hundreds of little hi nips, inclosed in. var colored glass globes, will have I heir rays rellectetl from the glass ceilings. Tho rich will go oil' on long hunting excursions or on hawking part es, or to pigeons matches. They w II employ Jugglers ami prize-lighters anil magi cians. They will while the weary hours pleastmlty away in lhe.r antla rouns w th their women in a var ely of ways. Money always finds means to spend tin; time amusingly, if it chooses, but how about the poor Persians, ami they form IU) per cent, of tho popula t on? Practically they have only tho ghal.an, the tea house, the bath, antl the profess'onal story-tellers and hetitoes" to g.ve them their foietasto of the paradise wh eh Mohammed has pa nled in such glowing colors. The; ghalzan is the Persian water-pipe. It is qu to tl Here ut from the Turkish nurghilch. has no lleible tube and. mont lijiicoc, but a straight, still' stem, ami it is so heay and inconvenient io hold that it requires one's two hands and entire attention to manipulate it. Hut the splendid smoke it furnishes compensates for tlie trouble. Tho smoke pases through cool water anil is quite free lrom nicot no when it. comes lo the mouth. Tho tobacco used iu tlie ghalzan Is called "tuinbekee," to distinguish it from the "fulun," or tobacco of tliu chibouk. It is raised in three grades. The best comes from bliiraz. ami tho next best from Ispahan, ami the cheap est and least good from Hesht. Tho latter produces a disagreeable tickling 'rie-ation iu tiie throat and is rather rank. Hut the Sh raz tobacco (costing iu Persia about L'O cents a pound) is a most delicious variety of the weed, strong and mild at the same time, of a delicious fragrance anil very peculiar but pleisant lasle. In tho lower grades of ttimhckcc some opium is admixed, nnd this w.th the inveterate smokers produces along in the afternoon a sort of narcosis, called by them "kell';" that is, the state of greatest attainable, welL being, of tranquility (the Persian has the same word for bfss, joy, happiness, and tranquility.) Many Persians smol.e forty to fifty ghalrans a day thai is, they "will gen erally smoke up half the tobacco m thu silvi v cup that holds it on top of thu 1 otllc shapi tl ghalzans, throwing lho other half away, as d is usually impreg nated with nicotine. These pipes aro kept cNcccdinyly clcrn, a rtinurlij'.blu fatt in a countr. win re even the high est are quite iilthy to our notion, in the households of the well-to-do, ono of the highest Fervanls 's the gl.alzau dar (pij e beaicr), who-.e c.tlr.r.ive duly 't i; to clean the pipes ami keep his mr..sltr supplied w th fresh ones. Tim lad es. too. smoke the ghalzan a great deal. I oth those of high and low rank. I have seen lad es fiom the shah's amla roun stop on the high road in tlie.r car riages, by a wayside inn, and liavo halt a dozen ghalatis brought to them, the eunuchs and strvatils mennwhilo blocking the way to all other passers by. lor. San Francisco Chronicle. Conflicting .N'iuiim of Jfattlcs. Frequent allusion has been made lo thin subject, and it has been a prolilhi cause of annoyance. For tho benefit of. Chicago Ledger readers wo give Gen eral 1). 11. 11 li s version as found iu. the Century: Tho oonllictof the 11th of Septem ber, ISO!.', is called tho battle of Soutii Mountain ut thu North, aud the battlu of Hoonsboro' at the South. So many battlefields of the civil war bear doublo names that wo cannot believo lho du plication has been accidental, it is tliu unusual which inipres'es. The troops of tho North caino mainly from cities, towns, ami villages, ami were, there fore, impressed by some natural ob jects near the scene of conllct, ami named tho battle from it. The sold ers from tho South were ch elly from thu country, anil were, thereforc,"impresseit by some :u tilieii.l object near the lieltl of action. In one section tho miming; has been after the handiwork of Cod; iu thu oilier section it has been after the hand work of man. Thus tho lirut passage of aims is called the battle ot Hull Hun at the Norlhtho name of a l.ttle stream. At tho South it takes thu name of Matiasns, from a railroad sta tion. Tho second battle on the .snnut ground is called tho Second Hull Kua by the North, and the Second Mann.ssas, by the South. Stone's defeat is tho battle of Hall's Hlull' w th tho Federala. ami tho battle of Lccsburg with thu Confederate. Tim battle called by (ieueral Craut Pittsburgh Lauding, n natural object, was named Shiloh, aft er a church, by his antagonists. Hose era n called his lirst great battle with liragg the battle of Stone Itiver, whilu Hrngg named it after Murfrcj'.sboro m. village. So McClcllan's ball! oof Chlck ihomiiiy, a little livci. was with Lew tho battle of Cold Harbor, a tavern 1'ho Federals speak of tho (initio of Pea Itidge as the Ozark range of moun tains, and the Confederates call It after IClk Horn, a country inn. The Union, loldlers culled the blood v battlo tlireu lays after South Mountain from tho lit tle stream Aiitietam. and thu Southern, troops named it after the vlllttgo ot aharpsburg. Many Instances might bo Ulven of tins doublo naming by the up (io8 ng forces, Vhicago Ledger, m
