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A N AUTUMN SONG. Ho! for ti ie bending sheave ^ Ho! for the crimson leaves Flaming in sp lendor. Season of ripened gold , Plenty in crib and fold , Skies Kith a depth untold. \ Li quid and tender. Jar like the smile of God , Bee how the golden-rod Hippies and tosses! Yonder , a crimson vine Trails from a bearded pine , Thin as a thread of wine Staining Hie mosses. Bri ght ' neath the morning bins Sparkles the fros t ed dew . Gem-like and starry. ; Hark i how the partrid ge cock \Pi pes to his scattered flock , „ Hindf o l how swift the hawk Darts on his quarry. Ho! for the keen , sweet air , Ho! now forramble3 rare , Sing le and double! How like a mfllstream runs LOce ' neath these frosts and son? , Crisp as the echoing guns Down in the stubble! Autumn is here again— Banners on hill ani p lain Blazing and flying. Hail to the amber morn , Hail to the heap s d-up corn , Hail to the hunter ' s horn. ^ Swelling and dy ing! —James Buckbam , in Youth' s Companion. \~ HUMS. . ^a M E Mtfiii |c £ > onet of mature ^i l|l s lli ^ s^ 7 years was married «- § s ^ g|B j ga - ^ S x ^ 3 'with much pomp <? l §l § iiiail l ira i $r anc * ceretnon y a t t ¦^^^^^^ S s S 1 - George ' s , Han- ^ W Wff l V ^^ over S quare. The € ^ . . « « v m ^ ''^ marriage had been arranged a f ew weeks bef ore , and had come with something of a surprise to the i J s bridegroom ' s large circle of acquaint- m[z - anees. |P; ' \H are yon heard about Stanhope ?\ \ - \ ¦:. < ¦ - asked one. \ 5f o. What about Mm?\ asked an- other. \He ' s going to be married. \ \Yarned? Stanhope?' Jf ever. \ \Fact , I assure you. \ ••But to whom?\ \Oh ! Some little parson ' s daughter ont in the country, nobod y ever heard of before , \ was the rep ly. \She ' s not twenty, I' m told. \ \Bat Stanhope most be fifty. \ \Eight-and-forty last month , \ said r *hn >P~fr n-f i ya\«1 ' g - \I , happen tb biow , for his age came under my no- tice onl y yesterday. \ \Bless my soul—it ' s iacredible l Stan- hope going to be married to a young g irl under twent y that nobod y ever heard of. Really, it ' s preposterous , \ and away he went to spread the news he had received with such consternation , with an even more casual air than his informant had shown about the latest bit of gossi p. And the latest bit of gossi p turned o ut to be perfectl y true. Sir Henry Stan- hope , grave and learned statesman that he was , \ rich , powerful and apparentl y a confirmed old bachelor , who had been for years the hope and afterward despair of all the mothers in England who -were of a class to expect to secure Cabinet Ministers a3 their sons-in-law , had actually gone down in the country on a visit not unconnected with politics , and had fallen a victim at eight-and-forty years-old to the charms of a country parson ' s daug hter , who had never been to London in her life , and who did not , moreover , care a button about him. But she was very pretty, very graceful , and had been-what is called very well bought up; that i3 to say, with the strictest possible ideas of duty and obedience. There had been in pretty Dorris Kev- estan ' s young life a certain touch of romance; some tender and altogether id y llic love passages between her and one Norman Dare , a handsome and dar- ing lad of a little more than a year older than herself , who had co;ne to read up for the army with her father ' s curate. * Mr. Kevest an , however , wa3 in no- wise touched by the tenderness of this idyllic attachment when it came to his ~ ^ - -~ - 6 SE % i S f : « ^ sj x = s c)ga _did J but promptly took vi gorous means to put an end to it. Miss Kevestan was forbidden to leave her room while the dangerous young man remained in the . nei g hborhood. To be sane , th a t was no t v e ry long * for the vicar took a hurried run up to town and had a short interview with Norman Dare ' s father , the immediate result being that that young gentleman reeeived instruc- tions to leave his tutor at Wethery l and take up his quarters quite a hundred miles away. Th o s the lovers were separated. Doris never dreamed , well-brought-up littie g irl that she was , that in the matter of affection she was more vitall y concerned . '\ than her father could possibly be. She received one last heart-token letter from ^ Norman , begging \her to be faithful and true to him , and she sent him a rep ly b y ' the same means as she had received his— a rep l y which , unfortunatel y, her reverend parent happened to get hold of , and which naturally, never reached the des- tination for which it was intended . And so her girlish romance came to an end , and for years—two of them , as a matter * of fact—she never J ieard word or sign to ^ lead her to imagine that Norman Dare , had not utterl y forg o tten her. So when she was nineteen , and the great Cabinet Minister , Sir Henry Stan- . hop e , came down , from London to stay a %¦ ¦ day , or two at Wethery l Court , and , to th e d eli g ht of her reverend father and - the utter astonishment of the whole nei g hb orhood , was taken with a fanc y that Miss Doris Kevestan ' s blue eyes were the prettiest of their kind , or for the matter of that , of any otter kind that he had ever seen i c all ids ei g ht- and-forty years of life , no question was e w i raised as to whether ahe would ac- i - ' . - - - - . :- - , - \' - - slender hands , t ha t Norman D a re had loved and kissed , two year s b a f ore , were loaded now with costl y jewels. She went to shops day after day with Li dy Wethery l , and spent a fortune in silks and laces and furs; day after , day Sir Henry came and spent such time as he could steal from his parliamentary duties with her , bringing great posies and baskets of flowers , and gifts of jewelry, such as she had never before dreamed of; and past all this whirl of sp l endor time went swiftly and relent- lessly on , and in six weeks from the time of that momentous interview in her father ' s study she became Sir Henry Stanhope ' s wife. I do not know that after the first shock of being suddenl y thrown into an entirely new life was over that she was actuall y unhappy, not activel y so , at leas t. . cept the bnlhant marriage that wa§ of- fered to her or not. Ev e ryt hi ng wa s mana g e d in q uit e the orthodox , old fashioned way. Sir Henry conveyed his wishes to the reverend papa , and papa sent for Doris into his study, where she went in fear and trem- bling, expecting to get a wi gg ing for some misdemeanor she had unthinking l y committed. - \I sent for you , Doris , \ said Mr. Kevestan , in quite a new tone , which Doris did not understand at all—a tone in which the usual severity of his pater- nal manner was distinctl y tempered by respect for the future Lady Stanhope. \But you had better sit down , my dear; sit down. \ Now all th is was quite new to Doris ; that she , the young person in whom the old Adam was so unfortunately strong, the special trial and anxiety of her fa- ther ' s closing yeara—she who at least once in each month of the year ran • a near chance of bringing his gray ham in sorrow to the grave—that she should for no apparent reason be asked , as po- litely as he would ask the lady of the Court herself , to sit down in that sacred room , it was—well , it took her breath away. But she sat down on the least com- fortable chair she could find , and said: \Yes , papa , \ in a weak voice of wonder. Papa cleared his throat by a ' discreet li ttte coug h. \The fact is , Doris , my dear , \ he said , in a tone of much satisfaction , \the fact is I have a great p iece of news for you. \ \Are they going to make you a bishop, p apal\ cried Doris , responding to the kind tone as a rosebud responds to the warm sunshine. \Not at the present that I know ot , \ returned the vicar , not displeased that his young daug hter ' s first thoug ht should be of advancement for him. \No , the news entirel y concerns your- self. \ \Me l\ cried Doris. \Sir Henry Stanhope \ —the words came out each with their full value— \has faeea to see me this morning, and he does us both the honor to propose for yon. \ \F or me—to marry met\ cried Doris. \To marry you , \ r eturned papa , in a tone so redolent of satisfaction and pride that the g irl knew her fate was sealed. Sh e sa t fo r a moment star i ng blankly at her father , blankl y and blindly, for she did not see him. Instead there floated before her eyes the vision of a young boyish face , the upper li p scarcely shaded as yet , the sunny hair all in con- fusion , the gray eyes dancing with lig ht and love. \Well?\ said the vicar. \He is very old , \ faltered Doris ner- vousl y. \Not at all. He is just ei g ht-and- forty, in the very prime of his life. \ She wanted to marry Norman Dare , but she did not. venture to say so. \But he is a great deal older than I am , \ she persisted. * \He will be all the better able to take care of you , \ said the vicar. \He ' s so stout , \ murmurred Doris , after a pause. \Sir Henry has a remarkabl y fine pres- ence , \ said the vicar , relapsing into his old manner of severity. \But—but I don 't even know him— at Iea3t , scarcely at all , \ she burst out , with a last feeble effort to assert her- self. \That is a matter which Sir Henry and time will soon remed y, \ rep lied the vicar , rising from his chair. \Pray my dear , let us have no arguments about it. You have had a great honor conferred upon yon , and you are about to make a very brilliant marriage—far more bril- liant than I ever hoped you would make , or than— I do not wish to pain you , Doris , but I am in justice compelle d to say that your own deceitful past deserves , \ f ou have been greatl y blessed , Doris , and I trust , \ he went on , lapsing from the severe and worldl y parent to the more p ious style , which he found most effective in the parish , \that you will he grateful to the good and all-wise Prov- idence which has forg iven the past an 1 cast your lines into pleasant and pros- perous p laces. Stay here a few moments , my dear. \ He went out of the room and closed the door behind him , and Doris was left to face the awful facts of her future alone. Poor child , what a mockery his last words had been to her. ''Pleasant and prosperous p laces \ —p laces in which there cou ld b e no Norma n Dare , no fun , no life , no anything but a dreadful un- known and very tiresome Sir Henry Stanhope. And after that Sir Henry came in and drew her on to the sofa , w here she sat , a poor , little , trembling, shivering sli p of a g irl , while he made lukewarm sort of love in a ponderous and unaccustomed way, such as brought bask her brave young hot-headed sweetheart to her mind , and almost made her scream with' a ming ling, of real agony and genuine laug hter as her thoug hts contrasted the two. And by-and-by her father came back , again , and blessing them both , and choked a little , and dashed away some- thing from his eye3 with his hand , very much to Doris ' s astonishment. Thus the engagement became an ac- comp lished fact. The news soon spread throug h the nei g hborhood , and the lad y of the Court came down , as she ten- derl y put it , to offer her hel p and un- dertake those offices which Doris ' s dead and gone mother would have performed had she still been living—to take the child up to town at once . to present her at the last drawing room of the sea- son-—so that the following year Lad y Stanhope mi g ht be presented \ on her marriage \ to superintend the choice of a proper and suitable trousseau for the g irl bride of a Cabinet Minister , and , in short , to get as much \kudos \ out of Doris as if Sir Henry had been mar- rying her daug hter instead of Doris Kevestan. ' And when once matters were fairl y set in train , there was but little delay. Doris had her choice of everything— except her husband. The great Stan- h ope diamonds were all reset , t he little In those days people had long honey , moons , and althoug h Sir Henry was , owing to pressure of work , unable to re- main very long in seclusion , he was yet free to take a honoymoon holiday s uch as n ov y -a-day s would be considered pre- posterous. They had a castle in bonnie Scotland lent to them by a noble duke , and there they spen t three weeks b y themselves , and as a true and faithrul chronicler I must admit that several times Sir Henry yawned wearil y during the last week , and finally with an excuse about im- portant papers , shut himself up in the library, leaving poor little Lad y Stan- hope stating out of the window , saying in her heart , \If life is going to be all like this , 1 hope and pray it wont be Ions. \ Well , at the end ot three weeks they went a round of country visits , and then went to Sir Henry ' s own place in Devon- shire , where they entertained a select party, and afterward Lad y Stanhope went to town , while Sir Henry did his turn of attendance upon his soverei gn— and from that day they never spent three weeks—aye , and hardly three days— alone together again. They got on very well—very well , indeed. Sir Henry wa3 very much en- grossed by his duties a? a Cabinet Min- inster—Doris by hers as a woman of fashion , which , like most women who have the chance of becoming such , she very quickl y became r and if ever a thoug ht of Norman Dare came to dis- turb her , Sir Henry was never any tho wiser tor it. And in due time there came a babe to the house—a son and heir. \I should like him to be called Nor- man , \ said Lady Stanhope , the first time Sir Henry was allowed to enter her room. Sir Henry looked more than doubtful . \M y dear , \ he said , kindly, \I am sorry to seem so against you , but I must remind you that I am the fourteenth H e nry TJg h tred St an h o pe in the d i rec t line , and that it will be doing the child a positive injury if we do not make him. the fifteenth. \ \But I should like to call Norman after the other two names , \ persisted Doris , who had become very fond of her own way since leaving the rather stiff and ri g id nest at Wetheryl . \We have always called all the chil- dren by their mother ' s surname , im- mediatel y before the famil y name , \ said Sir Henry. \For instance , I am Sir Henry TJg htred Power Stanhope. \ \T hen we will call him Henry TJghtred Norman K e yestan Stanhope , \ said his mother , smoothing the babe ' s fluffy head with her weak fingers. So the heir of the Stanhopes was duly reg istered and christened \Henry Ugh. - tred Norman Keyestan Stanhope , \ and the initials thereof spelled \Hunks. \ Mr. Kevestan was a little curiou3 adout the matter. \My dear , \ he said blandl y, \the child' s first and last names are in- telli g ible enoug h—but wh y Norman?\ \I had a fancy for it , \ said my lad y, coldl y. \Ah , I thoug ht perhaps it was one ot Sir Henry ' s famil y names , \ he said care- les s l y. \ What made me ask wa3 that the initials made such a dreadful com- bination. \ \I don 't suppose , anybod y will ever notice the initials , \ said Lad y Stanhope rather crossly. By the h«l p of . & , fe ^ r drops o f water the boy opened his eyes. . \Hunks , old many ^s atd the boy who had first spoken to the stranger , \ are you much hurt?\ \ ^ | / . \Not much, rve crjeked my head a bit. It' s not blee d ingia | it; sir!\ to the stranger. . : v ^ tv , ¦ \A little , \ the s ^ t i ger . ' answ«red. \The best thing: youjw w v -do my friend , is to go home and ; lie - |lo wn quietly for a n hour or two. l f i > re; do you live?\ \Just up there j ^' - silidjo ne ol f the boys , pointing up the steps ^j * \Ah. Well y T l ^ g ^ withjou ^ he said. ¦ ' . . .V -f^-w ' v : \ \ • . ' ¦ \And I'l l go on andp iU ypiir mother Hunks , \ said the eid «| |i£id .; . \All rig ht. Doa ^ fri g hten her * \ Hunks rep lied. * 4; 5 ^ - \Hir ak s l Is 'tbat •yoa ' r ^ ri ame?\ Bske d the stranger ss they wenVup the ste ps. \My; n ickname ^ - sk , 4 * i ^ 8aid , the boy, who as yet . was ' young enough to be proud of anything so manly as a nick- name. \My own name is Stanhope— my mother is Lady Stanhope. \ \You are Lad y Stanhope ' s son?\ the stranger cried , \Y es. I am Sir Norman Stanhope. \ \Norman—you ate called Norman— wh y— \ but just then Lad y Stanhope herself came running along the terrace , frig htened by the report of her boy ' s p lay-fellows , and expectin g to see a battered corpse , or next door to it. \Oh ! you are all ri g ht , \ she cried joyously;then looke d up at the stranger. \Wh y, Norman , \ she cried out. \Nor- man—Oht\ ¦ \It' s all rig ht , mothe r , \ said Hunks , thinking she was speaking to him. \Y es , \ said Lady Stanhope softl y, as Norman Dare caug ht her hands. \Yes ; it is all right—now. \ —J ohn Strange Winter. Searchin g Sewers for Valuables . There are men in London who make a business of searching the sewers for valuables. They travel in gaugs , and each man has a li ght a ttac h e d to his right shoulder , so that when he stoops the rays are thrown at his feet; when erect the li g ht shines before htm. Every man has a long-handled hoe with which he searches the filth. They walk slowly along throug h the mud , feeling with their naked feet for anything unusual , at the same time rak- ing the accumulation from the walls , and picking from the crevices any article they see. Nothing is allowed to escape them , providing it is not valueless. Old iron , pieces of rope , bone3 , current coins of the realm , and articles of p late and jewelry—all is good fish which comes to their net. With \ finds \ in the way of coins , of course the humble penny predominates. Sixpences and shillings , however , often increase the value of the collection ; and at rare intervals'—to rare to p lease the \ misher \ —half soverei gns , and even , soverei gns are discovered . Like the fiie a in. amber , the mystery is how , t h ey got in there. Among other articles of intrinsic worth , silver spoons are most often found , although shirt studs , dia- mond rings , \silver drinking vessels , and many other quite-out-of-p lace articles swell the list from time to time. Lucky finds such as those above-mentioned do not deter the husher from keep ing a sharp lookout for leas valuable articles as they float by. His eag le eye , from l ong practice; is capable of jud g ing the wor th of the floating re fu3e before it would even be discernible to the ordin- ary observer. Mi le after mile does the sewer hunter trav e rse un d ergroun d , until a tolerable heavy bag is the result of his labor. Night or day is all one to the \hus her. ' Some gangs euter the sew ers at ni g h and work on until morning, while other carry out the search only during th day-time. Bats abound every where some of them of enormous size , larg enoug h to fri g hten any beg inner at tho game. The experienced worker , how- ever , takes no notice of them; and the rats are onl y t oo p leased to sneak away in the darkness. . When a gang h as ¦ done a fair day 01 ni g ht' s wor& and leaves the sewer , the first business is ^ to sort and divicre the spoil. . The sal ab le goods , such as bones , rope , rags , etc., are disposed of to the junk dealer ; and any articles of silver plate or jewelry.are pled ged. The pro- ceeds are then added to any money found during the work , and the whole is equally divided among the gan g . The average earnings , taking t h e year through , are about seven shUUng3 per day ea ch man , this sum, being greatl y exceeded if a man happens to join a \lucky gang. \ They are called \hush- ers \ because they never discuss business affairs before strangers , and utter a warning \hush\ w he n t h ose not in their line are seen approaching. Th e Innumerable Insects. It is believed , according to L. L. Sim- inonds , that there are five times as many insects as there are species of all other living things put together. The oak alone supports 450 species of insect8 , and 200 kinds make their home In the p ine. Forty years ago Humboldt estimated that the number of species preserved in collections was between 150 , 000 and 170 , 000 , but scientific men now say that there must be more than three-quarters of a million , without taking i nto account the parasite cteatu t M. Of the 85 , 000 species in Europe , however , not more than 3500 are noxioQ S or destructive. T h ere are more than 100 , 000 kinds of beetles. Such being an enumeration of the different , forms , w ha t an array of fi gures would be . requ ired for tabulating a cen- sus of insect individuals ' — each a distinct living thing 1 Some ajngle species in- clude an incredible number of speci- mens. The locusts on the coast ot the Mediterranean , for instance , sometimes cover the ground inches thick for miles , while a few years ago 14 , 000 bushels of locusts eggs were collected \in a single season in three Algerian provinces. A sing le house fly lays from- ISO to 200 eggs , which in two , w ee ks b ecome e q uall y fertile flies , and insects generally have astonishing ^ powers ^ of .multi p lica- tion. —Trenton (N. \/. ) 'Am j «iQan, \ : \ — v & > \ w * ? \* *' ' * - x s: ! - ' ? : - i - ' ^ xt ' ~i>- .. > '' - < \\ ?v- But they did 1 When young Norman was seven years old , Sir Henry died and was laid to his fathers with much pomp and ceremony. His widow was very sorry; she cried very effectively at the funeral , and wore the very deepest of crepe for twelve months. After that she began to wear rich silks and a few jet ornaments , to put an ed ge of white in collars and cuffs of her gowa g y and to go to dinner parties and such-like quiet en- tertainments. Then when that period came to an end , and Sir Henry had been dead two years , she blossomed oat into de l icate silver gr a ys a n d s o f t mauv e s , in which she positively looked younger and much prettier than she had done as a bride ten years before; and while she was in the silver gray and mauve period her boy showed some sli g ht symp toms of chest delicacy, and she promptly took him off to Italy for the winter. At Genoa they stopped and made a long stay, partly because the climate seemed to suit young Norman , partl y because two young English families of title , each with a goodl y allowance of boys of Norman ' s age , were there also. Fine fun these youngsters had to- gether , and unending was the mischief into which they managed to get. They ran fairl y wild about {he old stree fa , and up and down the terraces and steps with which La ' Superb a abounds. Finall y, however , t h e i r p ra n ks came to an a b rupt termination , for one day young Hunks , as the boys one and all called him , either sli pp ed or was tripped , and fell from top to bottom of a long fli g ht of marble steps , where he lay like a log, senseless and still. . D own the steps , in an agony of fri g ht , came the half dozen youngsters , to find Hunks already lifted from the ground b y a stranger , who had been lounging near at the time. \He ' s not dead , sir , is he?\ gasped the eldest of the half dozen. \Oh ,. no; a bit stunned , that' s all , \ was the answer. \ Get some water , or a lemon , anything to bring him around again. \ : ' , * ^ :J\. ~ ^ i: u f - r O The French Ministry Defeated on a Panam a Canal Issue. The Premier Defies the Deputies and is Beaten on a Test \V ote. A BOY HANGED FATAL EARTHQUA KE. < THE PEN S I O N E S TIM A TE S LODBET 0 T 1TIR0!N M . Loubet and his Ministry a few after- noons since tendered their resi g n a t i ons to P resident Carnot , of France , who asked them to continue to conduct the business of their respective offices until their successors sh all have been appointed In the Chamber of Deputies , M. Br i sson , Chairman of the Committee on the Panama Investigation , demanded of the Government that an autopsy be held on the body of the late Baron Reinach. . He referred to rumors thai the burial was only a sham, and that the coffin did not con- tain the body . of Baron de Reinach. He de- manded that the coffin be exhumed and ex- amined as to its contents . M. Ricard , Minister of Justice , said that he regretted that such accusations had been made. It was evident that the intention was to bring discredit on the Administra- tion . There were protests from the Ri ght. M. Ricard continued , saying that the usual formalities had been observed in the burial of Baron de Reinach ' s bod y The doctors had certified that death was from natural causes. A post mortem could not be ordered without previous judicial inter - vention . He was not prepared to intervene himself , as no crime had been committed. ' M. Brisson s upported this demand and said that the official seals should be affixed to Baron de Reinach ' s papers , as it was im- perative that the truth should be discov- ered. He concluded by moving a . resolution of regret that these papers had not been sealed immediately on the death of -the Baron; Premier Loubet arose and declared that that which M. Brisson had requested was illegal . M. Brisson protested. M. Loubet continued , say ing that M. Bris- son ' s words could be intrepreted onl y as in- dicating a • want of confidence , and as the Government' s intentions were regarded with suspicion he had nothing further to say. ' Great commotion ensued. When order was restored M. Loubet simply declared that he rejected M. Brisson ' s resolution . M. Maujan proposed that there should be added to M. Brisson ' s resolution an expres- sion of c a nfidence in the Government. There was applause from the Left , wh en M. Loubet interposed to say that despite his respect for the wishes of the Chamber he could not agree even to M. Maujan ' s motion . He cou:d accept nothing but the simple or- der of the day. There was great excitement , and by a vote of . 304 to 219 the Chamber rejected the Pre- mier ' s motion to pass the order of the day. A division was taken as to sustaining M. Ri- card , and the \ Government was defeated. Theresignation of the Ministry was at once announced. Tho early downfall of the Cabinet has seemed a foregone conclusion since ihe course of Premier Loubet in respect to the Carmaux strike. His vacillation during the strike an.l his decision as arbitrator of- fended both the aristocrats and the Social- ists , and. alarmed the substantial middle- class , which is the chief support of the re- public. The prosecution of the managers and ben- eficiaries of the Panama Canal fiasco has displeased many even of those who suffered by the Panama failure , bufc w ho were opposed to holding up to the world the spectacle of what might be regarded as a great National misfo rtune. Within the pasb few days events have ri pe n ed r ap idl y in the Panama affair , and there has been a growing feeling that the Government was deceiving the country, and the admission of M. Ricard that no seal had been p laced on the papers of M. Reinach , although Baron Reinach was virtually under prosecution when he died , probabl y by su i- cide , excited both ast v nishmeat and disgust. Just Betore He Was Taken to the Gallows He Asked it It W ould Hurt. The execution of Willia;n Bell , the fifteen- year-old colored boy, convicted o£ the mur- der of a deputy sheriff of Bibb County, took p lace in the jail yard at Maeon , Ga. Bell appeared to be indifferent to his fate almost up to the last moment He said that he was going to heaven . While being p inioned he asked repeatedly if it would hurt much to be hanged. After l earingthe jail the tears flowed freely down his cheeks and he tremble d continually. The hanging was pri- vate , only the Sheriff , two assistants , the clergyman and the relatives of the con- demned being admitted. The neck was broken Bell was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Wilder on May 29 last on the charge of petty larceny. On the way to the jail he drew a p istol and shot the deputy through the head. The City or La Union. Laid Low and Many Persons Killed . Advices from La Union , San Salvador , by the steamer City oE Sydney, state that an earthquake has laid low nearl y ali the houses in the city, and that those left l and- ing had their walls so cracke d that it; was not safe to remain in them. The people are living in tents and are in fear of further disturbance. , A passenger on the steamer City of Panama , which called at La Union on the •way up, and which was subsequently passed by the City ' of Sydney, writes that he went ashore and viewed the ruins. Tho desola- tion was complete. Th6 residents of the city were almost driven v c > a frenzy, and l - rocessions were parading the streets with ringing bells , headed by priests praying for an abatement of the disturbance?. Many persons were killed and man > were serious)? injured. ' . • \ \ $ 1 66 , 831 , 350 .Required lor the Next Year— A $10 , 000 , 000 Deficit. The Secretary of the . Interior has trans- mitted to -the Secretary of the TreaS' ury the estimates required to pay pen- sions , for the next fiscal year. It shows that §166 , 831 , 350 w ' jll be necessary. ' to pay pensions on account of the ' army and navy, including the• maintenance of pension agen- cies , cleric h i vt and other incidental ex- pensesi Of tins amount it is ^ esfcimated that $165 , 000 , 000 will be paid directl y to pension- ers; In addition to the estimate of $148; 737 , 350 tne fiscal year ending June $ V 1832 , a defi- ciency of 510 , 508 , 621 ft .asked . \During the first fiscal year of the present Administra- tion an estimate of $89 , 500 , 000 in round num- bers was sufficient to pay pensions and other incidental expenses. Hiram Lane , a youth of eleven years , broke a window-Dane at; his home near HuntingtoavilJe , N. Y. k and his father threatened to beac him. Shortl y after , ha was found hang ing in a boathouse , nearby, 4e*d. H» com mitted suicid e through fearv Wild geese are so l icit in Sherman County , Oregon , that oa the wing they look like an immense cloud. One farmer has had to plant his waeat twice on account of the birds takiug the seed , . j ~ \ j * <¦ * LATEE NEW? NEWSY GLEANINGS BLEW UP THE BAM FL OO DED WITH O IL The p lurality of Harrison over Cleveland in Ohio as officially announce l is 1072 ; S. M. Tay lor ' s plurality for Secretary o t State is 1029. The vote of the Presi dential candi- da tes is as follows: Harrison , 405 , 187: Cleve- lan d , 404 , 115 ; Bi d we l l , 26 ,012 ; Weaver , 14 , - 852. The Nicaragua Canal Convention o pened its sessions in New Orleans , La., with dele- gates present from every State an d Terri- tory. ¦ The Stone Bank , of Joliet , 111., suspended , with lia bilities of 1500 , 00 ^ ; Governor B. R. Tillman an d Lieuten- ant-G overnor Eugene B. Gary were inau- gurated in the hall of the House o£ Repre- sentatives at Columbia , S. C. Geobge I. Morse , of Minneapolis , Minn., a real estate dealer and loan agent for Eastern cap ita li sts , has confessed that he has forged his father ' s si gnature to paper aggregating 1125 , 000 , all o f which has been negotiated with local banks and money l oaners. The President has a ppointei John P . Eiric b , of O h io . XJnited States Consul at An- tigua , West In dies. The plac3 has been va- cant for some time , an d toe s i lary is S1500 a year . Four th Assistant Postmaster-Gen er- al Ra thbone reports that the number of new po s tofflcB S established during the past fiscal year was 405 greater than any previous year , except 180 0. Over o n e-fourtb o£ these new offices went to Arka n sas , Texas , Mis- sissippi, Alabama , Georgia and Norbh Car- olina. The Department of State has receive d news from Spain that the S panish Govern- inent w ill appropriate §200 , 000 for t he erec- tion of . a building for their exhibit , instead of $150 , 000 , as heretofore stated . The unseating of Nathaniel George Clay- ton (Conservativ e), who w as elected to repre- sent the Hex ham Division of Northumber- land in t he House of Commons , increases Mr. Gladstone ' s majority to forty. ¦The wrec k i s announce d , in the Sea of Japan , of the Japanese steel despatch boat C hisima-K a n , from France for Japan. One hundred and fifty men wore lost. The cholera still l ingers in Europe, England and Portugal are at o dds. Spain is on the brink of ban kruptcy. Six comets are now visible in the heavens. Cotton crop prospects are growing worse. Aus tralia is shi pping lemons to Cali « forn ia. Black fire opals have been discovered in Oregon. France holds § 500 , 000 , 000 of Spanish securit ies. Mas t is p lentiful in the higher Sierras this s eason. \ Fif ty-three per cent, of the farms of Iowa are mort gaged. The volume of business continues at about ten per cent, more than last year, Hamburg held a ' jubile a on November 25 t , cele brate its deliveranc s f ro :n chole ra. There are 40 , 000 little cliildrenin London who go breakfastles3 to sohool every morn' ing. • All the ports of Hawaii have been thrown o pen to commerce without restriction of any kin d. The Eastern fabric mills have experienced an unusuall y prosperous year ow i n j to cheap cotton. There are 950.000 persons , ninety per cent, men , in 875\ Russian jails , built to hold 570 , 000. Massachusetts statistics show a da i l y averaee of 172 births , fifty-nine marriages and 123 deaths. Capi talists are buying up large tracts of land i». Texas , at low prices , t o be planted in cotton nex t season. Judge \Woodson , of St. Jose p h , Mo., has decided that the Cherokees had no right to lease the Stri p to cattlemen for grazing pur- poses. Assis tant Secretary op the Treasury Spauldin s fears cholera may gain a foot- hold here in the spring and will maintain precautions against the introduction of the scourge . A sensa tional trial is about to begin in Palermo; Sicil y. A coup le of peasan ts poured some corrosive su blimate into the chalice from which the celebrant partakes of t he holy wine in tho church Tho priest drank it and fell dea d at the foot of the altar. Robbers at Liberty, Mo., Use Bi g Charges ot Dynam ite. Four ex port cracksman , with dynamite and the latest a pproved tools , succeeded in cracking the bi g safe o f the First National Bank of Liberty, Mo. , a taw ni ghts ago and secure d a sum of money which , th o ugh i t could not be fixed definit e l y, owing to the reticence . of . the officers ol the Dank , is various ly , estimated -at froth $11 , 000 to $15 , 030 by those who were in a position to know. The burg lars were scare d away be- fore they ha d comp leted their work , and did not get into the reserve vault of the safe , in wh i c h was $ 10 , 000 more , principally in gold. They had dynamite an d a fuse attac h ed to this , but for some unknown reason fled with- out touc hing it off. The . first intimation of th e robbery came at 10:30 o ' clock next morning when County Treasurer Riley, who has an offic a in the building adjoining the ban u , went to his o ffice. When he entered the room he saw t hat the wall of the building was caving in , and. on invest igation , he found that there had been a . terrific explosion in tb' e bank , which had almost wrecked both buildings. He at once gave the alarm , and upon search it was learned that burglar s had beau at work successfully in the bank. Hera all trac a of th e men were lost , but the police of K a nsas City are working on the case and think they ha ve l e a rned who t h e men are , but re f use to give nam a s. It is state d that they got across the river by means of a ba t f wnieh confederates had in waiting. , ^ , A Phenomenal Oil Well in Ohio Drowns the Countr y. One of the most p henomenal oil gushers ever struck in Ohio has been comp le t e d on the Hollist er farm , in Porta ge Township, Hancock County. The flow of oil became so strong as to nurl the heavy drilling tools from ; the hoie. Tae flcst hour the well flowed about two thouj atiJ barrels , or at tbe rate of 43 , 000 barrels per . day. The entire sur- ruiad ing country is being flooded with oil owing , to ' t he company ' s ina bility to con- b lruct sufficient ta u e s. . ' L : ; . ' GoVEBNOB MA BTiN. of Arizona , has ; of• fared a reward of 16000 for the ^ cap Sura of \Kt d . ' ^ t ue notorious Apache battle; rustler , V iy ^^ dead. &! & : ^s ~ - * . ^ i K^ i & : &;- : ^ . ' DE, S00TT _ DEAD, ., , President Harrison ' s Father-in-law Expires in the White House. President Harrison has another affliction thrust upon him. The shadow of the grave again darkens the White House. Dr. Scott , \ the President' s father-in-law , died shortl y after . four o ' clock a few ' afternoons a j o in the Executive Mans & Sn at Washington . Tnere were present at the bedside , tha President , Mrs. UcKee, Mr. and Mrs. Rus- sell Harrison , Lieutenant Parker and wife , Russell Scott , his grandson , and Da Tennis Hamlin , pastor of the Church of tbe Covenant , of which Dr. Scott.was a m ember. John. W. Scott , the on l y sur- viving son , and Mr. McKee were the only members of the family absent. Bafore leav- ing the house Dr. Hamlin offered prayer ia the library with the family. Dr. Scott' s illness was of short duration. He went to Indianapolis with the party accom- paning Mrs. Harrison ' s remains. He bore the fati gue o£ t he t ri p very well and re- ^ turned to Washington in his usual health. -\ On November 18 he : caught cold H and' ^ was v^ compelled to go to bed and place himsel f under the doctor ' s care. ¦ -:; The Rev. Dr. John W. Scott , the father- in-law of President Harrison , was born with the century on January 22 , 1 800 , at Hoo ks town , Beaver County, Penn. His father was a well-to-do resident of that p lace , and gava to his son a .good education. According to Dr. Scott' s own account , he was the wildest boy in the county. He became a minister of the Presbyterian Church , and filled se v e r al pul p its acceptabl y; but in a few years his voice failed and lie was forced to give up his vocation. After teaching in several schools , among them the Hanover University, in Hanover County, Ind., he established the Western Femaie Seminary at Oxford , Ohio. Sere was situated Miami University, where Benjamin Harrison received the finish- ing touches . to his education and be- came acquainted with his late wife. Dr. Scott had five children. During tho time when Mr . Harrison was a Unitei States Senator I)r. Scott was appoint s d to a clerkship in.the Pension. OJH.ce , and b.% held this position until his son-in-law became President. He resigned then and moved to the White House , where he resided till his . death . Secretary op the Treasoh y Foste r ' estimates that pansion expenditures will soon reach the sum ot $250 , 000 , 003. THE MARKETS , \ Late Wholesale Prices of Co - inrr r Produce Quoted, in New York. 48 BEA Ji S AM) PEAS. B eans—Marrow , IS92 , cho ice?2 40 @ * 2 4% , .M edium , 1892 . choice.... 2 05 © — . Pea , 1892 , choice ,. 205 (S> — ' ' ¦ Bed kidney, 1892 , choice. 2 75 @ 2 S3 Ke d kidney, poor to fair — @ — Lim a , Ca l , D er bush.... 2 00 @ 2 05 Green pea s , 1892 , oer bbl 180 @ — B UTT ER. . Creamery—St. &P enn , extra SS @ 29 St. & Penn.. firsts....... 23 @ 2S Western , firsts 27 @ 20 West e rn , seconds 24 (ft 26. Wes tern , thirds 20 @- 22 ; State da iry—half tubs , and ¦ . :; ' , - r pails , extras. .. \ 26 @ 27 i :; Half tubs and pails , I sts. 23 @ 2V ' -: HalE tubs and pails , 2ds. 20 @ 23 . \ ¦ '/ Welsh tubs , - . extras...,. - , — @ 2fi ' ¦ Welsh tubs , Ists......... 23 § 25 Welsh tubs , 2ds 2 0 @ 22 ' We stern—Im. creamery, Ists 23 @ 25 . . W. lin. creamery, 2ds... 1!) <5 J 21 ' W. Im. creamery, 31s. . — @ — - , - ' ¦ ' ¦ \ ; ' Western Fact ory, fresh , fir sts 17 @ IS c W. Factory, seconds.... 15> £ $ 1 G ¦ ' ¦ - ¦ W 7 T ?actoryaDd dairy, 3ds ' — .@ 15 CHE ESE . State factory—Full crea - n , , ¦ white , fancy ' 10%® - 11' ' ' Full cream , colored , fancy 10 % @ 11 ¦ ¦: Fu ll cream . good to prime Q % / St 10!/ -¦: Part s k ims , choice 8 @ S)| Part skims , good to prime 5 @ ¦ fi \ . . Part skimp , comm on.... 3 (t f 4 ' - . ' - ' Fu ll skims..... i}4@ %i * - . .\ E9GS . State and Penn—Fresh 2 8 @ 29 ' , . We stern— Fresb , fancy..... 2 6j f ^ 27 1 Fre sh , prime. .... 22 @ 25 FRUITS AND BERRIES—F HESH. , Apples— Red sorts , bbi ' . 3 00 @ A 50 - : Bal d w i n , pei ^ bbl % ,. 150 @-3 03' •• ¦ ¦ J- Greenine , per bbl ' .. 2 00 @ 4 00 ^ * * Pea fl S , Bartlett , per bush..., — , (Si — h Secke) , per bbl.. -. ..... — @ — ¦ •>: Common cooking, per bbl — @ — Grape.? , up river , De l., olb . — @ — W. N. Y ., Catawba , a lb. 10 @ 18 : W. N. Y., Concor d , 5 lb. 10 ® 13 ' : Peache s, Jersey, extra , basket. — @ — : ; Poor to fa ir — @ — . \ - :¦ Plums , up r i ver , per crate... — % — . : State , 101b basket — <a> — \ Cranberrie s , C a p e Co ? , bbl . G 50 (§000 \' } : . . ... HOPS. ¦ - ' . ' . \ \ : \ State—1892 , fair to choice... 22 ) < -g 24 1S91 , prime 23 @ — : . : ¦ ¦ - ' ¦ 1891 , common to good.. 18' @ 23 Old o dds 5 <§ 9 ; LIVE POULTRY - . \ \\ . ' ' ;; Fowls—J ersey, Sta te , Fenn. 1U £ @ 12 . ; West e rn , per lb 9 ^ @ 10 • . • ' Spring C hickens , local , lb.... 10 @ — > ¦ . . Western per lb 9 ^ 3! 10 ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . Hoosterc , old , per lb 6 % @ — r. \ :;; Turkeys, c er lb 9 @ 10 . ^ ~ Ducks-N. J., N. Y ., Penn., . \ - ¦ - ; ; per pair........ 65 @ ' 100 -; y - Xg Southern , per pair —• @ »^ r- :: - fr/ ' -i Geese , Western , per pair,... 1 25 @ £f »50 ax ^ : Southern , per pair ... ,., — V@ \ - cf i Pi geons , per.pafr . - ........ ;.. . 25 M ' ¦ $ > ¦• ¦\/ ? T. DRESSED POt T LTP.T—ICE PACKED ,. - • . - \ \' : : . - . ^ ' : ^ ii: Turkeys -Young, per lb.... 13 X @ ' U ' :C - Chickens— F hila., per ib..... 12- @ 14 ' : • ., ' :. •; y > Western , scalded ; 8@ 10.; . ¦: -; Fow ls—St. and f enn., per lb — ' @ — . ' ' ¦ ' ¦ -?• £ ' ¦ • W estern , sc alded........ 8 @ fy i' - ' - H l Ducks—Western , per lb . .... 8 @- Ol^ ^ B S Easter n ,per Id ..Y —¦ ' @ ' . : -- . ' : ^ ~ % M Spring, Ii. - I . , - per l b.... ; ' — (ft : :-¦ ¦ v aP T $ Geese—We s tern ,per lb ...... .6 @ -10;; - r J £ ? $ Squabs—Dark , per doz 125 @ 150 : • ? ' ^ H Li ght , per doz.......... 2 5 i @ 2 75 , {' :: ; i ; £ . - ¦ - ¦ - VEGETAB L ES. . : ; ; \ \ ¦ - '%l- r. r ' jf. ' ^ Potatoes—State ,per bbl ... ;. 200 @ 212 . . ' ' . ~' : :- - Jfi Jersey, prime , per bbl... 203 @ 2 . 12 • - - ; Jer sey, inferior ,, per bbl . 1(& @ 1S7 : : - : L. I., in bulk , per bbl., 2 2 5 ¦ ¦ @ 2 37 v: ; Cabbage , L. I., per 10 0 5 0) @ 8 0.» .. ¦ ' Onions—E astern ,yel low , bD l. 225 @ 275 : v Eastern , red , p er bbi.... 225 % 2 . 50 : - :r : otate , per b bl 200 @ 2 59 :; Squash—Marro w ,per b arrel , L 7 5- @ 2 0U . -\ : ¦; *; Cucumbers , pickle? , per 1000 — ( § — > ' :\ Lon g Islan d , per 1000.... — \ @ — . \.:s t Tomatoes , p er crate — @ / — . . l;v? L ima beans , fair to prime , bag — : @ . — ¦ \ . ¦ ' . - . -?; Egg plant , Jerse y, per bbl.. — @ — ~ : f i Sweet potatoes , Va., per b bl. 2 75 @ 3 00 ., I Sou th Jersey , per bbl.... 2 50 @ 400 : ; ' :v; ^ Celery, hear by;doz. bunches 100 ~ @ 135 ^ :; \ i. - S GRAIN , ETC. . ' ¦ ' ¦ \ ' ¦ ' \ : ' .;, ' ¦ ' - :;; *£ Flour—City Mill Extra.... ; 415 <g 4 25 ; \ r ^ M Patents.... ;;.......... 440 @460 ' Y S Wheat—No. 2 fied.......... 77 . < g 77 ^ : ^ § By e—State.. \ .. • — @ — > : ^- ; * Bar ley—Two-rowed . St ate... — @ ~- ' ¦-\ ^g g Cora—Un graded Mixed..... - — @ : — ' , - 'J Oat s-No, a White..;....;. . . ' ¦ - . @ 42 -i:. : '¦& Mixe d Western......... 36 : @' . 38;. : . .v g|§ Hay—Good to C hoice.,,»;;, - ( ' 05 @¦: ' > & C; ' ' . i ; ^ c ^ Str aw-Long R y e......... ;. 55-i@ r .iiW , * ;= ^ Lar d-Uity Steam......... : - ^ ) :. @ . 9.05 r gS g g ¦ • ¦ ' ¦¦ _ . . ' ¦;. •; live swok ; ^ r : % i i p ^ li ^ : ^^. Be e ves , City ' dressed . ' ^ * .-. \ .., ^ k W : r i - Pr ^^^ m M ilch\ Co ws , com. togood. . ¦ .4i ;00 :. . : .@51; 0Q ^ gjW | : Calves i :City dresssd;;V... ; ..-V - S : !@i y 2| f^^ Sheep, - f er 108 lbs ;W..V. ^ ... •a - 00 <: : ^ @ ; . 5/p0 ; p S ^^ L amb si - per lb:;..;. / ,;..,.. .. \ - : PX ® Y & M%mm \ fl p gs-L W peripO lb3V..;:. ' 5 ZQ M ^ 0 *S^
