Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 11, 1881, Page 8

i 2 AGES 3 Classes, viz. ist Class. Suitable Suits for Widowers of forty. These Suits are lightly charged with electricity, and ren- der the wearer very attractive. There is a sweet grace about them, and a peculiar magnet- ism, that the oppo- site sex cannot long resist, and ‘tis sim- ply a question of -. time before they are gone. “Which?” 2d Class. The “Marvin’- i “Merrett” Suit, in- tended for Widow- ers of fifty, we sup- pose you under- stand why we name this suit “Marvin”; they are doubly charged with fluid extract from the “Brush and Wes- ton” electro “dyna- mo’ “nitro” “glycer- eno” machine, and are almost irresist- ible, fatal to govern- esses. We will on- ly sell these Suits to parties whose refer-| ences are giltedge. 3d Class. For Widowers of sixty and over. These Suits the .machine over night, and are chuck full of magnetism. Why, the minute a Widower puts one on he commences to smile, and asks all his friends to smile, becomes at- tractive to both sexes, and recom- mences life in a hap-: py manner, for a Widower’s life is not a happy one--- happy one. “Widowers HS ‘repressible © Wilowehby, Hill & Co, DEALERS. IN NEW THINGS, THE Host Fashionable Mise. ALWAYS OFFERING SOMETHING NEW TO WEAR. Hiloyoy, Hl & Co HOST WONDERFUL Storekeepers of the we think so, CORNER Madison & Clark-sts, All Goods Sold “PON HONOR.” Saturday, OUR IMMENSE Hilwaukee-ay. Stores, Five Stores under one roof, lay on|Sold only by the ir-| present age; that is, | JEW STYLES, | EXTRA NEWS: 48,000 Square Feet Of room, are being filled with a splen- did assortment of MAGNIFICENT AT RW 40X120. urniture Rooms 100x120 and Gx120. We Certainly Will . Do it. _The whole extra expense of this new departure is simply what we pay for salesmen, We own the room, and have to heat and light it, and we are going to sell goods cheaper than anybody, that is we’ say so,and people-} will soon find that it Is so. SLEEPLESS AND TIRELES, Perhaps you think we cant make a success of this. VILLOUGUBY, LL & WHAT NEXT? CROIIINAL NEWS. Nine Men Apprehended for Com- plicity in the Glendale * Train-Robbery. Warious Wiseacres Wagging Their Heads Over the Present Arrests. The James Gang Declared to Be the Only True Train Robbers. “Intense Indignation” Over the Defeat of a Lynching Expedition at Hot $ Springs, & Reporter After News at Independence Gets Fur Too Much of Ht. THE TRAIN NOBBERS. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribunt Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 10.—The excitement over the late train robbery continues at fever- beat, and with the toan William Stiliwell ar- rested Jute last night about vine miles southeast of Independence, nine of the supposed gang are bebind the bars. It is now almost ceriain that Matt Chapman, the first one of the party arrested, hus given the rest away, and mid clean confession in order to clear himself, and today it leaked out that the ollicer had a very stroug link in the chain of evidence against Chapman vefore be wus apprehended. The fellow came into Independence the day of tho robbery, and, while in a billiurd-suloon, dropped a black velvez mask, which, unscen, was picked up by anex-olficial. When faced with this fact, Chup- mau, it is said, fell down on his knees and begred the officers not tu make it public that be was train-robber. and then divulged ube entire plot, naming all his companions. Many people here- abouts, however, believe the officers are ona _ Cold trail, and that tere is no evidence against {any of the men that can convicl. A well-known ex-olficial is quoted in an evening paper as saying the whole reported capture will end in u roaring farce, and that ull the uoise is quuch cry and litle wool. The same mun ad- quits that perbups John Land, in jail at Inde- endence, was at Glendale, but thin! t we rest’ were. Sheriff! Timberlake, ight party He believes the gunz di 1 burbood ut sll, but, in 0 right here in Kansas City us mach us ‘anywhere. ‘This summer the crowd bus been in the country all the time. He has hunted’ them nigbt utter night with the thermometer below zero, and day nfter day when the sun was ubove 100, He knows their friends and havits, aud yet, so good are they at hiding. that be has’ never been able even to zet close ¢nouch for 4 brush with them, Jt was quite evident that the best posted man in the country was not sapzuiue of success m the present hunt for the train-robbers. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, cE, Sent. 10.—Considerable ex- ed today by those here who bave soy Kuowledre concerning the irsin robbery. The officers, after thorough ine igation, have reveated evidenee corrobo- Yating the supposition thut Jesse James led the gang who robbed the train on’ the sth inst. Posses of well mounted and armed men are scouring the country. and startling devclup- ments are hourly anticipated. Now have been mude toduy, but the vilicers are contident that several will be taken tonight. . George Xunnelly, of the Kansas City ‘Star, bad “a tnrilling ‘experience Iast ‘night about o'clock, which barely — esvaped Atter midnight some stranze in being “killed. f party represeating himself us a newspaper man came to Nunnelly and statea that be bid a startling piece ot news, which coull be obtained in a Very short tine if he would follow him. fio did ashe was bidden. On the way to a point avout ainfle south of this city the unknown man asked Nuuneliy what he ew regarding: the James boys, and was told by him that he was acquainted with them, and bad served on Pink- erton’s detective furce in pursuit of them on several occasions. Suddenly the inter- romitor interrupted by informing — Nun- } neliy that he was Jesse James, “and that he proposed to kill him. At this time tive men rose mysteriously trom the side of the road and covered the victim with revoivers, campel- Jmg him to throw up his bands, Tho gang started to take Nunnelly aloug with them, but he broke away and ran for bis life through the aense underbrush, made bis escape, and sourht refuge at the Chicago & Altou depot. The gang followed and tired a number of shots nt the fee- ang journalist, one of which took effect. Ho came into town at daybreak. and told bis story, which created intense excitement. A party Went to the svene, but, of course, the birds ha down. Nunnelly was terribly scared, and will swear to the truth of this statement, A FATAL QUARREL. Specicl Disputch to The Chicago Tectunr. ToLEno. O., Sept. 10.—Purticulars wererob- tained here this evening of the fatal shooting of James Stewart, of Stony Ridge, Wood Count, during on altercation with nis brother-in-law, ‘4B, Morse, of Pemberville. The latter bud come over with his sister, who was Stewart's wife’ but had not been living with him for some months, and during adiscussion about the furni- ture and other matters, both became excited and each struck the other with Stewart whieh he had brought out, The weapon death. c the shooting further than it was act tempt was mad late last nig shotgun discharged while in the hunds of Moi with the muzzle pressed against Stewart's stomach. The Joad entered bis Dudy, prolueing almost instant Morse claims that ke cannot oe for dental, Roth men were quite well-known throughout tbe county. TRAIN WRECKERS. Sveciat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. La Cro: W cowardly, at- ht to wreck a freight train on the Chicago & Northwestern uitroad at a place called Scheider's about a mile and a hulf from this city. Itinsf bad piled a large quantity of wood boxrds on the track, but had done it so clumsil) that the vogine scattered tne rubbish on citner side of the track and only a few pieces rerauined or got under the ensine, and they did no material damage. This is the third attempt that bus veen made to wreck trains at this crossing, and no clue has been found to the guilty partic: A FEELING OF INDIGNATION. Special Dusvatch to The Chicago Tribune. Hor Srrixcs, Ark., Sept. 10.—An ineffectual attempt to secure and lyncb a negro chard with attempting to outrage Mrs. J. Parker, an elderly Indy, yesterday, was made fast night. A body of armed men surrounded the jail and en- deavored to break in, but were mot by a steady fire from the jail guards and about a bundred negroes ambushed a short distance away. Over a hundred shots were fired. vet nobody bas.yet been ascertained to be wounded or Killed. There isa feeling of intense indignation that the ne- sroes sbould wttempt to defend the most heinous of erimes. Trouble is anticipated. CAPTURED BY A FARMER, Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. AxGoua, Ind. Sept. 10.—Rienmond Bennett, who burned two churches in Williams County, Ohio, and who shot the Marshal of Pioneer, in that county, was captured near bere today by a farmer. A ‘reward of $759 was offered for hia capture by the citizens of Williams County. SHOT BY A MOB. SenaTouia, Miss., Sept. 10.—J. W. Gillen- ed inurderer of Thomas on, a few weeks azo, was tuken trom jail last night by a masked mob and shot. He is not.dead yet, but is not expected to live. a CAPITAL AND LABOR. Collision Between the Striking Lubor- ers und Police in New Orlenus—A Negro Kilied—Trouble Feared Monu- da; ‘Speciat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, W ORLEA: La, Sept. 10.—The ditticulty which evil-disposed persons bave for the past ten duys tried to bring about culminated in the iMing by a policeman of a negro iker who refused to submit toarrest. ‘This sed great, excitement, and oegro men and women thronged tbe levee and adjacent streets. Capt. Minor, Chief of the Labor Bureau of the cotton factors, was sbot and stoned by negro women. Con- siderable of a panic followed, and tho zenerat alarm was sounded calling out the fuil police force. The negroes were massed in one quarter. of the town, and, faving no leadership, : nothing was done ~ with them. At’ noon — the Mayor, under intiuence of some pantie, called on the Gover- nor for troops, alleging the pulice we: The Governor ordered M to- respond to the Ma: quest with such full — force necessary, but on consultation discovered that the militia mainly ‘sympathized with the strikers, and they were not called out. Mean- time the excited crowd dispersed, no otber trouble being reported thin the occasional brickbating “of 4. non-unionist teaister by irresponsible men and boys. It. was thought during the day that an adjustment was being reached, but the action of the authorities dur- ing the day seems to bave embittered the str ers, and negotintions were declared otf. A ma: mecting of all the strikers held tonight, when it was determined to give the dead negro. a beroic burial—white and .black cooperating. More trounle is threatened on Mond MrMpiis, ‘Tenn., Sept. W.—An agent from New Orlcans is bere trying to get men from the coupresses to go to New Orleans to take the Places of the strikers, offerms as bigh as £10 2 day. The papers here advise the men uvt to cu, and it will bave effect. All here employed are doing well, eetting good wayes, and are nut will- ing to risk it ut New.Orleans. Very few, if any, and it is the belief genuerully that nove, will zo. a A DESPERATE SALOON FIGHT, Jobn Stamim’s saloon, at the corner of Clark Street and Archer avenue, was fast midnight tho scene of a desperate fight between a party of thicves arid hoodlums on the one side and the bartender and other patrous of the saloon on the other. :‘The only person scriously injured in the fight was the bartender, Henry Wiggins, who was stabbed twice in the neck and twice in’ the left arm by one of the brawlers named Christopher, alias “ Buflalo” Sebultz, who then jumped through the window, and for the time beme made his es- cape. He was subsequently sighted by Oiticers Heiiand and Wontield, wno succeeded in capturing bim xfter tiring several shots at him, One of the bullets struck bit in the calf.of the leg, inflicting only a tesh wound. William Cur- ran and John Schultz, who were with bim in the Nght, have not yet been captured. Wiggins’ wounds are nut considered dangerous. a “A Stranger in the House. On Tuesday, the 9th inst.. about 10 p. m., just as the House was emnbarkipg on a discussion on wild duck arid ground game, come excitement was created by the discovery of & stranger on the floor of the House. This turned out to be a powered, Beban 1 i | dy being bailed with a prolong colossai binckbeetle, whose devious course across watehed with absorbin House at the ganey nts were nade in the dire the corner below the sangway to tho lett of the Speaker. where the Fourth Party sit. Abandon- ing his evident intention to join this party he re- trrnedacross the floor and made straizht for the front bench below the gangway on the Minister- . Mr. Charles Russell, Seated at the cor- Ufully oafied bis intention of joining S section, the proceeding belng watched with erowing interest by the large number of mem- hers who had observed the stranger, and with inarvel by the rest of the House, who could not sthe matter. Mr. Cartwright jue by the gangway, very } nearly brought the incident to a close by tread~ ing on the stran A little liter a member coming from the benches below the sangway deliberately trampled on the mtrnder, the tras cd moanine cry of, Ou, Ob.” At this’ moment: the Attorucy: General for Ireland, who wits notin the seerct, was nddressiny the House explanatory of Min~ isterial intentun on an xtmendinent to the fifth clause. ‘The right honorable genticman, think- ing he had Inndvertently sald something that shocked the House, stopped in his speech, und turned round with inquiring zlance: whereupon the ery of exeeration ebuoied to a burst of laughter, and it was only atter Mr. Gladstone had lnughingly explained to his colicazue where the fun lay that Mr. Law proceeded with his specch. A DAY OF DARKNESS. Black Friday of 1780 Duplicated Last Monday — Artific The Cause The at Boston Light Needed at Mid-Du: of the Phenomenon, Boston Journal, Sept. The famous Black Friday of 1780 will no longer stand alone in the history of New En- gland. Yesterday wasa companion day and will be as long remembysed. ts gluom did uot strike such terror if} the hearts of people a3 did that of Mag 19 G80, but it found its way into timorous souls te # considerable extent, and there were probably inore people filled with wonder and dread than would be wi ing to confess to tho The day was an exceedingly uucomfurtable one, al- though the mercury did not climt toan extraor- dinary hight, the oppressiveness arising trom the extreme humidity of the atmosphere com- bined with an ordinary summer temperature. ACun early bour in the morning a very peculiar appearance was tobe perceived in the air. No fox or haze was pereeptible, except when look- ang off toward the horizon from an elevated po- sition, but the sun was thoroughly obseured and the atmosphere was pervaded with a yellowi lizbt which lent a strange appearance to every object. On the cormon and in every pluce where there is grass or tolinge the green hue of the leaves was changed from its natural shade to something much more vivid. There was 2 weird lustre to the surface of thé strects aud the frouts of the buildings. Tbe aspect of the sky was such that some timorous pcopte’s miuds were directed by it to the Scriptural Prophecy concerning the brassy appearance of the sky which i8 to be one of the fextures of thy “Last Day.” ‘The Interiors of buildings sve durk as the day advunced,and the outer air us Viewed through a window or any otbor open- ing seemed to be pervuded with’ the reficeted lignt from some vast. contiugration. It became necessury to ht the gas in stores and oltic and the Jets emitted a white flume thats ly resembled the electric light. People were # prised and pu’ ed if the end of the world were not at bund, some possibly feared that it aight be, others regarded the eveut ats a sign of something portentous to Rup- peu, and all tisked each other us to the cuuse of the ‘phenomenon. Little geoups gathered bere and there on the streets discussing the mat scores Visited the United Stites Signal Oilice in the Equitable isuilding 10 seck there ao Planation of the wonderful event, and not a few climbed to the root of the building tosee how tne world appeared as viewed from,thut elevated Os to the roof of the Equit: revealed an curieus ‘ard vision was unobstructed by fox or 1 distance of some two miles. Tho fo in the interval wus brilliant wader the strange illumiuation, und the waters ‘of the Charles River eleamed with silvery brightness. 4 ‘To the eastward, down the barber, the view was unobstructed to a distance of 2 mile only, Fort Winthrop apperring to be envetoped in a’ lignt haze, which did not materially interfere with the clearness of its outline, while Fort Inde- pendence was an almost shapeless dark muss against a background of gray cloud. In all directions distauces appeared to be shortened. ‘Through windows near and far could he seen Star-like points of white licht resembling little elcetric-lamps, but being in reality ug-jets. On the roof of the post-otlice extension the roofers ad 4 portable furnace, the blaze in which, ag {t lexped into the air, was marked with streaks of briliaut white. Awzy ft South Bostona tuass Of tlaine crowned the chinsney of n blust- furnace, but it was not marked by the usual ruddy glow of such firc. The atmosphere itself Was aflame with a ruddiness that tuok all color out OF other tlames. view from the water was very strange. ‘The ships, the rigging, und the piers were alike circumfused with the yellowish cast of the sky, and the blue of. the water, being supplemented by saffron, was transformed to green. The elfect on the green of the fields and trces was to produce a brilliant emerald. Une of the prettiest effects was noted from the Bates Mall of the Pul Library, the circular ¢ pper rlassof which appeared to be transmauied futo monstrous dol- jars. fresh fromthe mint. 4. still richer effect was bad from the interior cf the Atheneum Library, the southerly windéws of which re- vealed the golden hue streaming throu droop- ing willows, encirelmg cold suufts und tablets, aud adding 2 richer dye to the yelluw and .som- bre stones bencath. It was remurkabie that, While the zas-lizht approached the electric in hue, the Intter put onn slighty bluish tinge. An exceedingly beautiful eifect Was to be noted ina blacksmith shop nexr the North Ferry, the showers of sparks which fell beneath hammers belngz transforined Trom a flery to.u silver spray. {he phenomenon became more warked in the afternoon thin ft was during the forenoon. As Jute as L o'clock st was possible for a person sit- ting near a window to sec to read or write with- out the aid of artificial liznt, but after that hour the loom deepened rupidiy. Tho sky grew sull more brazen in appearance, and the glooia was that of Inte twilight. ‘Tho front windows of stores on Washington street were ilhiminated a5 at night, and thera was not a single usual as- pect of the daytime to be seen in any dircetion. ‘There was something terrible in the scene, and it ts not to be wondered at it some weak minds allowed themselves to be tormented by fears of what the extraordinary event might presaze. ‘The climax was reached at xbout 5 o'clock, and after that Hebt bean gradually to retura, il though perfect daylickt was not restored. Atd o'clock the rudily glure had disappeared from the sky, and the light, such as it was, seemed nore Natural than atany time during the day. Refore 8 o'clock the moon bud come out. the clouds had disappeared, and the atmosphere had resumed its normal condition. Dispatches recuived during last eve that practically tho wholu of New Englaod ex- pericnced the samé visitgtion. It is. reported Trom Block Island, Cape Cod, and Uartford, to the south and west, and from uearly all parts of New Hampshire aut Vermont. Business was in ; y instances ‘suspended und schools nissed because of the lack of illuminat- ing facilities. Among the wnorant there wns cousidernble fear of terrestrial catastrophe, while others foresaw a tornado, .A Hanover, N. H., dispai ys: “Prof. C.F. Emersou, Pro- Tessor of Natural Philosophy und Astronomy at Dartmouth College, says it must be something in the atniosphere which absorbs the shorter and longer wave lengths, leaving only thoge which give the color of yellow and green, He thinks it may be owing to the pollen from flr and pine ‘ogether with smoke from the forest fires ning show Of course there was much curiosity and there were many inquities as to the cause of the nge phenowenon. Frequently the deciara- on wus heard that the like of it had nev seen here before In zenerations. but these dec- larations were only partially true. The peculiar appetrance of the atmosphere as it was seen during the forencon was noticed about a year ago toa slight extent, and Serat. BLM. Purgsell, who hus had charge of the United States signal ollice here during more than two yeurs past, that itdisapperred in a heavy shower of Ic may also be stated, and this fact bas been mentioned to the writer by several per- that a yellowish light is frequently to be ived in the atmosphere after heavy even- in, sbowers in the sumier. ard to the cause of the phenomeron various opinions are advanced, a majority being of the opinion that itis the smoke from forest fires. Sume people have been heard to advance the opinion that the earth has become entangled in the comet's tail, but this opinion is probably onty a bit of facctiousnes Sergt, Purssell ex- pre: tho opinion that it is smoke resulting trom forest tires, and be finds a basis tor this opinion in the fact that there bas been a severe drouth in the West this summer. He also thinks it possible that decaytug vegetation may havo something to do with the matt; Out at the Harvard Observatory, while dis- claiming any professional knowledge of the. orizin of the phenomenon, the astronomers are iuclined to attribute it to the Canadian tires. They think that smoke may have been carried up and caught by the upper current of tho air, and that the darkness was intensified by the ex- ling in Mefrose mentions asa the fuct that in the evening of the day on which President Gurticld was shot he, with many others. noticed a peeullar appear- ance in the sky. [1 took the form of n broad and solid Vand of light. extending across the zenith ina direction from southesst. to northwest. The phenomenon was commented on by numbers of those who witnessed it, and the fact of tts occur- ring so near tu the-Uine when the President re- ceived his Wound made a}leepsirapression upon them. Itwas brought freshto the memory of apie of the number by the strange phenomenon of yesterday, marking, us the latter did, the day of President Gartiela’s removal from Wasbing- ton to Long Branch. In connection" with this story of a most re- markable day, it is proper that sume further mention should be made of the Black Friday of 1380. The winter of 1779-60 was a remarka- ble season, auroral displays being frequent, lurge spots appearing upon the tee of the sun, the weather taking an unusual severity, ana suow four fect deep reniuining on the ground, froin the middie of November to the middle of the following April. Long Island Sound was so firmly bridged by ice that beavy artillery, 'd upon it, people skated from Providence wport, and loads of wood were carried the ice from Fall River to Newport. A kward spring followed, and it is said that previous tu the dark day there wag ell sulphur in the air. May 19, or “ Blick Frid Was marked by a terrible dirkness, a broad belt of gloom extending from the northern half of Pennsytvanin all over the New Enziand States and far into Canada. The Massachusetts Spy. one of the uowspapers of the time, says of the ‘occurrence: “ The morning of the: day was overcast with clouds, and rainy; before Vo'ctock the rain ina kreat measure ceased. the clouds appesred more ugitated, and the alr began to darken. For set eral bours in the middle of the day the obscur- ity Was so great that those who had stood ere- sizbt could scarcely see to read common print; the birds ana fovwi muny places retired to their roosts as though it had been actually night, aud people were obliged to light candies todine by. It was the judgment of macy that at 12 o'clock (the time of the greatest obscurity) the daylight was nut grenter, if 80 great, as that ot brigbt moonlight, which, by calculation, has been found to be W000 less thin thut of u clear, sunsbiny day. During the whole time a sickly melancholy sloom overeat the face of Nature. Nor Was the darkness ofinight less uncommon and terrifyingthun that of theday. Notwitb- standing there was almost a tull moon, no ob- ject was discernible, but by the belp ‘of some artiicial ligbt,whicb,wben Scen from the neigb- boring houses and other places ut a distance, appeared through a kind ef Egyntian darknes: waich seemed almost impervious to the ra A letter pubiished: in tho Independent Chrant- ¢le, another paper of the period, speaks of a Lrassy appearance which attended the durk- ness, and a letter published in the Boston Ga- zelle Of May 29;'that vear, in giving ao uccount of observations'madu at the house of the Rev. ‘Mr. Cutler in [pswich, algo spenks of the brassy appearance of. ihe clouds, ‘This brassy appeur- ance was one of the most notable features of. the phenomenon yesterday. ‘Tho people of a hundred years ago were much more fable to be excited by strance matural Phenomena than “are the people of today. und thore was terribie consternation at the unusual stute of affairs. People sat_at their tables, but bad no appetite for their food; ordinary labor was abandoned; and. flo to the meeting- houses the pauic-strivkeu ones heard from their ministers telling sermons in relation to the Wrath to come. There was at least one man in New England, bowever, who did what his hands found to do without fear, and kept at the work he had in hand, confident that he could pot be better employed even were the trump of doom. about to sound. nittier has immortalized him in verse. Col. Abraham Davenport was one of ‘the "Revolutionary pitriots, ‘the { sou_of the Rev, John Davenport, minister. of Stamford, Conn. A man of the stern- est integrity, he beld the office of. Judge, was a legislator tWenty-tve years, serving in the Sen- ate frons 1766 to 1784, and was a member of the Executive Council, Mling every position -with the utmost fulthfuiness. He wis also aan of Zencrous heart, and in u time of scarcity he sold the product of bis farm to the poorat old prices. As will be scen by this brief sketch of bis bis tory be. was a Scnator at. the time the “dark day" occur Tho Senate was in session when the darkness fell. Sei the terror which had ti aken posscssiow of the people filled their hearts also. A motion wag aide to adjourn, and Col. Davenport opposed it. am against the adjournment,” said be. Either the Day of Judgment is at band, or it is not. if itis not, there {s no cause for adjourn- ment. If itis, | wish to be found in the line of my duty. lL wish cundles to be brought.” ‘fhe cause of the darkuess of that day was much discussed at the time. and has been often discussed since. It {s possible that tho scienttic investigution of yesterday's phenomenon may throw some light on the question. Meanwhile, we will state fn couclusion some of the theories advanced by the men of a hundred years 20. A writer in the Massachuse Spy supposed that At tho time tke durkuess occurred there were in the atmosphere “vast quantities of clastic, heterogencous vapors, generated in consequence of the great body of snow which covered tho earth so long the wiuter past and exhaied dur- ing the warn, dry weather immediaicly preced- ing this time, which then had condensed into thick clouds, which extended through the atmosphere for a vast distance.” Me considered that there may have been various strata of clouds, some of the more gross banging near the carth, especially as the air was much rariticd: that consequently the rays of light suf- fered so many reflections and refractions that but few could possibly be transmitted, and that the vast extent of the clouds and their nearness to the earth prevented the obscured region from receiving uch advantage frou the reflection upon the under side ot the clouds of the lirht from aay portion of the atmosphere which was notelouded. ‘This theory is the sane in¢ffect as that ad- vanced by Swumtel Stearns, M.D. LL.D. of Paxton, a well-known astronomer of the time and the exleulator of the first tical alm published ij Writing to the Indeper @- ent Chrante! Jtismy candid opinion Ubat that darko was uot caused by any celipse, transit. blazing star, or mountain, but by an admirable condensity of large quantities of exhated particles that consisted of different qualities.” LONDON AND PARIS, The Contrast Between an English and a French Holiday. From D. R. Locke's Paris Letter in Toledo Blade, The ditference between the Evglish and French is admirably illustrated by two events of a somewhat similar nature. It was our fortune to be in London on the occasion of tho eclebration of the Queen's birthduy—a time thatis always made a general holiday by all classes. Business was suspended, und every: one gave himself up to pleasure—the kind of amusement that the Londoner considers pleas- ure. ‘The bands were out, the military paraded, and ani the parks were filled with peopte ia holi- day attire. AAs the afternoon wore on it became apparent that: there was some azeney at work aside from devotion to royalty. There was a boisterous- ness that savored of strong beer. and still stronger gin. The crowd of men and women who thronged the Strand and Regent street, and Licudilly, laughed and shouted, not with the merry ring of pure pleasure, but with the maudlin utterances of semi-drunkenness. in the evening there was a grand illumination of the Government bulldings, the clubs und the prominent. business. houses, The streets were thronged with people, men, women, and chil- dren. all cloowing their way along, eager to see alt that was to be seen, and willing to give no one un opportunity they themselves could not enjoy. It was & motley crowd, composed of all classes. The well-dressed shopman wus jostied by a rag-picker, and rugged, homeless virls, arm in arm, shoved aside the elderly matron who had come out with her children to see the illumina- tions, There were all classes and conditions of people, and they raved and tore about more like escaped lunuties than the staid, sober Britons they pridejtheuiselves upon 4 A waik duwn Pall Mall was almost worth one’s life. On this thorouzhfare are focated the prin- cipal clubs of London, and as they are rather brilliantly lighted with gas jets arranged in fan- ciful designs, tho crowd Hocked there to see them.’ The street was actuatly packed from curbto curb, sv that locomotion was dificult. The illuminations were not on # scale grand enough to merit ull this uutporing of people, this great bubbub, this drunkenness and gin in- cited hilarity, For the most vurt the designs were simply the English cont of arms, with tho letters * V. 1." on each: side, the whole betas done in piain gas jets. Oceu: ing shopkeeper, who bad made omething from the Royu! tamily, would branch out a ttle more extensively, und use tiny glass sbades of different colors ‘over hjs gas. But it was dreary beyond measure. The streets were dark and gloomy, the air was close, aud the so-called tors were but men, and | gested and + i | illuminations were so very, very meagre that they made the general effect only more dismal. Yet the people surged up and down the streets, hurrabing and shouting for the Queen, for the Prince of Wales, for the Royal fatuily. tor themselves, for anybody they could think of. ‘The public houses were open long after other places of business wers closed, und there was 1 constant stream of thirsty peopie gliding from behind the nulf-closed duors out upon the street toyell until another dram beeame necessary. The customers.were nut limited to the sterner sex by any inanner of means. There were crowds of young girls ranging from 14 to 20, poor working-girls, who bid saved all of their scunt earnings they could in anticipation of this holiday, who boldly pushed thelr way with a course fiugh through the crowd of men, und, standing at the bar, would call for and drink their bitter beer, or ale, or stout, or gin, even, with all tho efrontery uf un old toper. And old women there were, too, who would quietly ghde into the compartments marked “ private aur,” and there drink their brandy or Irish whisky. Throughout it all there secmed to be a dogged determination to become intoxicated, just us though there could be no pleasure, the Queen's birthday could not be ceiedrated prop- erly unless overy one filled himself up with ar- dent spirits, q A As it xrew later the crowds increased both in size and disorder. Notwithstanding the fact that most of the illuminations bud been extin- guisbed, the masses bad bad a taste, and thoy nted more. They became momentarily ruder and more boisterous. As the time approached for the clusing ot the publics the crowd received fresh Installments of the worst class of women, and then drunken woren tried to do worse than the drunken men,.aind they succeeded. A woin- an thoroughly under the influence of Mquor is something simply terrible to sce, aud here we saw it. On that night the air rang with their ribald jokes und coarse songs as they josticd ch other in their unsteady walk. ‘ is, it inust be remembered, is not a scene that occurred down in Cheapside, or in the Seven Dials, or the streets down near the river. No deed. Pall Mutl, one of the most aristocratic streets in London, Regent street, the Broadway of Tondon, Pleadilly, the Maymarket, these were tho scenes of their frighttul display, and evidently nothing was thought of it. The po- lice made no arrests, and did not even know that there was anything occurring that was not perfectly allowable and justifiable. So the wild, debauck Went on all night, and it was not until the gray licbt made its appearance in the east that tne city quieted down and the strects no longer echoed with the maudlin ery of the host of people who celebrated in their own peculiar stylo the anniv ry of their Queen's birthday. ‘How entirely ditferent was the grand national féte of France on the Mth of July, ‘This too i: made a day for general rejoi and merry. making, and the French people get out of it alt that is to be had, On tho night of the 15th it was apparent that something wits about to occur, for the strects, the broad, brilliantly-lizhted boulevards, were crowded with people, all of them full of life and animation. Ine great stores with their glass tronts were literally ablaze with lignts; tha sayly-decorated cafés with their inviting tables. on the broad sidewalks were tilted with people sipping wine, or colfec, und discussing with ull the auimation and vivacity thut a Frenchman only possesses, the attraction of the morrow. All along the principal boulevards electric lights were suspended bizh in the’air. while in tho Place de Concorde and out the Champs Elys¢es were thousands of brilliant clusters of gus-Jets, king tho nix ma day, The crowds swayed hither ‘una thither with one impulse to ‘see | t there was no departure from eryhody was happy. Rut, it was | tho happiness that comes of n sense of plens- } ure from brisht and beautiful surroundin, and the knowledge that every one el There wis no rowdyism. “There was nothing suggestive even of offeusiveness. Everybody There were songs and Deals of inughter, but ft wes pure and me, something thit one could partici- pate in with all hts beart, ‘The morning of tho Mth dawned with a bright, clear sky. aud the sun came up with a serenity that augured well for the féte. During the night, while all Paris slept, busy workmen put the tinisbing touches on the decorations, and when, all busine: spended, Paris turned out to see itself, there was a zeneral murmur of ap- proval at tke beuutiful sizots displayed evers- where. ‘Che houses along the streets were al- most hidden by tlays and ‘banners and streau- ers: the statues were decorated: high stalls that were not visible the day before now touted long streamers; the purks and gardens were in holi- atth Paris was arrayed in gorgeous and every one went in for a day of rare pleasure. At all the theatres. including the Grand Opera, free pertormanc ven during the after- noon, and there w: all sorts of entertainments provided by the Gov ent for the amusement of the populace. Lo varivus quarters of the city Platforms were erected. and ull during that warm afternoon the Working-clagses danced to the music of supero orchestras Which were fur- nished to them without money and without cost. But when evening came the téte was seen to its best udvanture. As iterew dark the whole city blazed wita light.. There were miilions of ernsot every possible color hanging from every point that could bold a support. Elwetrie lizats Iashed from every burned everywhere. e is bappy. as though 2 noonday sun were pouring down upou it, And so with the other lure thorougntares, while the aitferent quartiers bad iliumiontions of their own, cach of which was wonderfuily brillinaz, ‘The one particular place that eclipsed alt oth- ers wus the two mile streteh from the Tuileries to the Arch of Triumph, snd then on to the Bois de Boulogne. The straicht promenade through the Tulleries garden was lined ou elther side with a bizh trestle work liter fanciful desitns wrought in gas, while high arches of brilliant tlamo intersected it at regu- lar intervals. The Place ce .Concorde was a marvel of beauty. Ail around the immense square were x festoons of yas-jets, while all the statues of tho ditferent cities of France that ornament each corner were thrown {nto bold relief by brilliant lights on the Jimpid water of the fount- atin in-the centre; different colored lIhts were thrown during the evening, the etfect belng wondrously beautiful, Standiuy in the centre of the Place, ana look- ine towards the arch, the ‘sight was siraply maar: velous. Newuere in the world but in Paris ly covered with could such a thing beseen. The broad avenue Champs Elysées, rising with a gentle slope, w. lined its whole distance on beth sides with a stream of light that drooped gracefully from cluster to cluster all the way out, us far as tha eye could reach, Then the concert cafés, which abound on either side, made unusual displays, switwing lines of lizht from tree to tree and café to café, till the etfect was dazzling, andone really bad to stop to realize that he was here or eurth and not in some fairy land. es ‘The Buis de Boulogne, always beautiful, witt its charming lakes, long wiuding drives, itt purks, tiny brooks, and picturesque cafés, wed unusually brilliant that night. On the shores of the lake large set pieces of fireworks were dls- played, while bands of music in Larter | gondolus blazing with colored fires furnist exquisit music, The paths ana carriage-Wways were Hned with small set pieces which together with the constantly burning colored fires pro- duced an effect that was grandly weird. AU Paris wus oue blaze of light. And all night long the people of Paris and all France were on ‘the street enjoying the rare sight. After 9 o'clock carriages were compelled keep off the principal boulevards and streets, 0 densely were they packed with people. The Cbamps Elysées from 10 o'clock was one surging ~ muss of people—men, women, and children—re> turoing from the Bois. From curb to curb was one solid tunss of humanity, and such a jolly, good-natured crowd was never geen before. They sang patriotic songs, aud laughed and joked, and bud u good time generally. Now aad then thore would come down the street a sail procession of students, wearing grotesque cay each student bearing a Chinese lantern. They gang fnuny songs, and chuffed those that paszed. But there was not «single display of temper. Every body took everything in good purt, and every one was superiutively happy. During all that long day and still longer night not a single case of drunkenness did I sce, und during that time L was iu a good many differest places. and would buve seen it bad there been any.. There was fun and trolic on every side. But it was the overtlow of exuberant spirits, ant not the outgrowth of too much wine and beet and liquor. [n no city in: Engand, vor, I am afraid, in America, could there be so gigantic celebration. so much fun and hilarity, with 90 Httle drunkenness and so few disturbances, Verily, the French. insincure and superficial a3 they are, kuow how to get the inost enjoyment out of fife. They have all the fun the Angio# Saxon has without the subseruent horror. $$$ HUMOR, A bark mill—A dog tight, i We like a man with lots of temper. It, Is the man who ects out of temper that we doa't like ‘The Amer of Afghanistan bas been defeated agrin. He begins te realize the force ot the poet's words: “The best iaid plans o” mice and mea Afgan agiey.” Esthetic young Indy: “By the way, sir. Go softly, have you read Bazcom’s ‘Science of Mind?" “N-n-aw. I'm not reading mu nowadays. I pass my time in original though! Esthetic young tady (with sympathy): “How very dreary, to be sure,” -A boy came home from school much excited. and told his futher that he Detieved all human: beings were descended from xpes, which made the vid man so mad that he replica, angrits: “Phat muy Ue the case with you, but it ain't with me, I can tell you that now. A Leadville man in one week was attacked and seratehed by @ catatnuunt, burt by an ex plusion, bud a buwider roll down on bim and stave in two ribs, aod kieked by a mule. And a local editor remarked that be bad ~ bees somewhat annoyed by circumstances lately. People who live remote from the seashore ca mike # good artificial clam by roiling a plece o goap in sand and ushes, and eating it when It 13 about half cool. ‘This is rather better than the real clam, but it will give the inlandersan appre Giutive idea of the luxury.—hode lsiand Papers Four sears ago a young man, without a ceak to his back, and only one suit of clothes to bis name, entered Denver and begged bis suppers Laat week he eloped with bis employer's wile $10,000 of hzs cash. Cluse application to bus pled with pluck ana industry, W every time.—Norristown Heraid. A man went throush bankruptcy. He bad owned a fine horse and gig, and they both dls appeared tora time, but by’ and by the hors? aud gi both were dulug service for the samo owner ugznin. Ua betug asked whut thls meauty the man’s reply was: “f went throuzh te bankruptey court, but the horse and gig wens round,”” ———— - Bismarck’s Alleged First Loves Correspondence Meath Hirlap. For some months there resided in_-the familf. of a neighboring land proprietor (in the Toruatel, Comitut) a la ‘past, the aye or v0, who io bet youth was Bismarck’s first love. She was bord ut Greifswald, where ber parents fet rooms tt Young students attending the university In t= town. About the yeur 180 -a certain. Coun St—, who later on made a brilliant military career, lived ut their house, and frequently Te ceived the visits of a fellow-student from the Agricuttural Academy. This visitor ¥ Otto von Bismarck, who soon concel¥ett tender xtfection’ for the 19-year-old Josephine, the daughter of the house, and mad- ifested bis sentiments in screnndes and simital spectacular tukeus of hfs affection. Owing 10 gome unpleasant little contlicts with theacucen- ical authorities, be was oblized to leave Greif wald, bis departure, however, in no way Dre venting him. from addressing the most tende and touchlng epistles to the sweetheart left be hind. In one of these missi ya be formally tor Josepbine’s hand, which, however, W34 promptly ‘refused him by the parents E who strongly objected to — give tne! daughter to “so. ill-reputed a yount man.” Thereupon, in 1542, the corre spondence ceased altogether. Josephine’s P* 5 ta, Who hud met with sad flaancial re Verses through the instrumentality of thelrawa spendthrift Son, emigrated to America (Min, negota) in ISt5, and afterwards went to Brook to live, where, in 1852, after much reluctance oS her part, Josephine became the wife of Hunguriun emigrant and deater in petroleu. J. H—es by name, who took her to New York H—es died in 187, and by invitation of sister married to Mr. G— here, Josephine B33 recently come to Hungary to spend the reat her days, Mrs. H——cs faithfully preserved 132 Pieces of poetry addressed her by Otto vot Bismarck. :