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
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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