Evening Star Newspaper, July 3, 1886, Page 3

THE all EVENING STAR: WA) SHINGTON, D.C - SATURDAY,* JULY — 1886—DOUBLE SHEET. Written for THe EVENTXe STAR, FARRAGUT AND HIS SERVICES DURING THE REBELLION. (Copyrighted 1886.) History is ever siow in doing justice to the ater actors whose lives most adorn its pages, ven In these modern days of telegraphs, news- spondents, the great majority are long in arriving ata correct ate of the character and services of men whose worth will, in the future, be well known, and recognized; in spite of the writing of libra- ries concerning the men and events of the times, notwithstanding the numerous memoirs and autobiographies written by the actors them- seives, we fail at times to appreciate the full orth and greatness of the hero who passes away in our very midst, This is especiaily true of the deeds of David Glasgow Farragat, one of the great characters of modera history, His achievements, along With those of the navy In other places, were not appreciated at their full worth. The early his- tories of the war misrepresented the conception and achievement of opening the Mississippi, giving the eredit of the first to the War depart- mente ‘The di Meuitiesencountered, the absence ofan adequate force, and the task of creating one, as Well as the great results finally accomplished, have been forgotten in the universal attention to the great achievements of the brother-arm of the service on terra firina. ‘The Prince de Joinville clearly indicates the three tasks before our government at the outset: “The shores of the seceding states must be ef- fectively blockaded, the course of the Miss issippi and the whole water-system of the west must be mastered; finally, the rebellious gov- ernment must be driven trom Ricpmoud, chos "Tae first of these pl: must be done by the navy, the second not be done without its muilitary erities of the day work done by the navy, 8 pro~ fessional trib nievements. Col. Chesney say: 1 borne by the American navy in tue civil war, its abso- late periormance of the first part of the task In- ed, the principal share taken by it im the Fiver campaign, which cut the seceded states in twain, the vast Weight due to its exertions in the great successes of the federal generals, have Leen but little noticed as compared to the din and stir of the great Lattles with whieh the New World rang: yet nothing is more surpris- pos peemto Ge bis armoft the Union Very process of slow-grinding s navy and its leaders ter, Davis, Foote, and Farragut—wiil Just place in thé esti- Iate of the deeds done in the greatest of civil wan, It seems to be agreat historical fact that when ocexsiod arises, Uiere comes, olten from com- ive obscurity, some particularly fitted or nied Cue, some ourn king o: men, to li the i leadersuip im bactle, at the bel of in the national council. The eatver of Farragut during the eivii war seems toillustrate ¢ the same time, to demonstrate that | ueement Is noi always due to trans: | o the Lavor of opportunity, or cement, but oftener to the enar- ‘of the’ man, improved by long A taithiui pupilage 4 oven oF iniposed career, Hitting him lor great deeds by the accu- liwluied iruic of years o: devotion and duty, Tue life of Farragut is so well known in its n details, and has been so ubly written by bis son, that we need only to outliueso much of {tas shull indica e the character ot the man, fnd show why Le must have been ehosen for the important task allosied him. Farragut muy be said to nave grown up In the service. His auce-try, near and remote, Was of the sea. His forctathers dweit im one of | those inland empiies o: the Mediterranean Whove sous Were soldiers renowned 1n ail the | great armies, ir ume of the Romans to | thodern days. T Was an officer in our | ounger navy, and he became a wait of the sea | fore bis teaih year, cutting off all home-ties, | wad resolutely saiubg, at the call, and under | the care oi, Commodore David Porter on the renowned eruise of the Essex in the South Pu | eitie during the war of 1: | ‘Thus, under that brave and skillfal seaman, | the legalized successor of Hawkins and Drake, | and boid predecessor of daring Alabama and | Suenandoah leaders, bis school was the deck of the Essex, aud his youth was spent in the | Stormy scenes and bitter experiences of her career. In her be experienced the varied vicis- Situdes Of the seaman’s life,—was neariy Wrecked on our own siormy coast, tomsed in the | Yerritle storm otf Cape Horn when the oldest | sailors thought tue ship lost, participated in the | maby captures made, and, child as he was, cominanded one of these prizes. In this situa: tion, although not tweive years old, he dis played that resolution and decision tial were the greatest characteristics of the full-grown mau. In the confiict that terminated the adventur- gus career of the frigate, which succumbed to | the attack of two focs in neutral waters, our Young hero bore himself well, and received his first Wound, and tue commendation oF bis cup- | Sain, who regretted that bis youtu prevented | romotion. | Pikn incident that oecurred on his retarn to this country in the curtei-sbip shows tat he aris formed his opinions on poiuts of profes: sional techies, and the opinion then expressed Was ever afterwards maimtained. The Essex, Junior, had run ip under the guns of a sinail battery on the Horseshoe near Sandy Hook, Througa some mistake the batlery opened fire on them, without doing muen daniage. Farca- ut says he then fortued the upinion twat 1 was hot so terrible # tung to lay wader w battery— an opinion Waieb tine seems to have sirength- ened. We need not follow him tothe Mediterranean, Where he next cruised in time of peace, only ob- | serving that he was distinguished for his stadt | Ous Gubits, and that he acquired remarkable | hiyim the ase of foreign languages, His studicus habits gained bit iriends along the oder aud more mature olficers, to his great ad- Yautage. Porter paid earetui attention to his schooling, having the boys istrucied while on suspooard, and seuding David to school when fricudly udv eter and tale chaplain of the fleet having been ap- d cousul tw Tuuis, begged to lake young ut wits him, and continued bis scuoul “Jue subsequent cruise Parragut’s com moa sense is seea in bis comments upon the discipline of a “crack ship.” Aituough bone Gd.scipliue more thau he, we must applaud Femur that be thought it unwise to uarass aad Worry the wen so much to gain the repa- lation of having a smart suip. During 4 voyage uote in merchant vessel Bt the ead of bis eruise, we again see displayed that decision and resclution lor Walch he was afterwards remarkabic. A sirauge crait draw- near Was thought a pirate, and the crew Ul tulused into them organiziug tuem {or that fg to ead then = luis old patron in the gD against Wert India pirates, ed mucu valuable experience, ipaved iu inany exciting brushes with the >) 4nd Went Lirougl a siege of the yellow po Aver a round of service in the Mediterranean aud iu Suuth American Waters (waen be com- we brig Boxer at the age of thirty- on suure duty, We find him again in command of the Erie during the war of France with Meaico. He witnessed the bombasiment oi Vera Cruz by the French, with prophetic eye the ‘results of tue tiguns against jorts, and the sear Way iu Which ihe French suips were d. OG the breaking outot Lie war of Cuited Sates with Mexico, in 1845, he ad- dressed # letter to tue Secretary of the Navy »pbeemployed Iu tue Gull, urging bis exXperieuce, und expressing’ the vellel We Suip of (ue Line and two Inigaies could the Works. But the autuoriiies were t hii, aud Lie task was nol attempted. His services in Callfornia, Woere Le Was sent toestedilsn w navy yard, were emineutiy use: fui. During the troubles connected with the Nigilanics he declined to intertere, although P protecling government property aud odicials, ore A v.eng demand was soon to be made upon his pairiotisim and his judgment Born in the ted to a soutuern lady, and. sia at Norioik amiust’ southern Influences, it b=eutne uecessary, on the first sympivus of an vutbreuk, to decide whica to espouse. Most o: tie officers of south €ru OFLU Weil ibe service, and sviue of thera were his future autagouists, but with bin there Wes ne Lesitation. He cut loose trot hls sure eandings at Norioik, moved north, and ullered lis services to tie government without “i F uiating way particular service. . © Was LOW slaty Years Old, bore the hizhest iu the ser. ice—that of captain—was ys ¥igurous, ad wlert, but bad never com Inanded a Dee sslty of opening up the Mississtpplin | gb Was cary recognized, but Wien the lower torts was first littie encouragement. ys: “Iu general and desul- sation With military aod baval men sage of tue forts and capture as spoken of ay u desirabie but bie Uudertaking.” Assistant Sec- Fox, however, seems WO have urged the Admiral Porler approved it, suggesting | lnortar Meet as an aid, and, in spite of the Mt Was adopted. uimander Was of the first fue auty w be imposed on hum quired courage aud activity, & Vast and peculiar energy, with great selfreli= knee, discerning judsicnt, aud ‘bility to dis friuwioate aud act under trying and extraordl tary circumstances,” Weowe airal Porter, the son of bis old patron, the sdxgestion of the uaine of Farragut, & Porter vas wud us. When offered the ecu taaud, Farragut readily accepted if, With no fusfinding With plans not lis own, ho Huding Aitleuilies, ho asking impossibilities. Farts of the plan doubtless found tittle favor in kis eyes, Ait ple accepied them heartliy nevertheless, fe never tor a moment doubied of success, and declared Usat bis irst duty was to ubey orders and to take any risk that might be imposed at New Urieatie w: Boba p 74 bin in the periormance of his duty, and peak BE ©Avected to pass the forts ‘or ever The difficulties, however, were doubtless ap- Parent to the veteran of two wars. The force Af the Gomunand of the department, small as it Was, must uot be entirely withdrawn fro the biockade, and heuee the commander of the hew expedition Mizut not have # choice of bis Beet The base of iis operations was two thou. ‘and miles fruia the seat of government, on a hostile coast, whose shallow waters must be bioekaded, no supporting land force was avall- able, and the scene of his operations was not his accustomed element, the open sea, but the current-swept and shifting course of a tortuous Stream, against forts of great strength, an ob- structed channel, (and a hostile fleet, whose strength rumor greatly magnified, Success, however, was the watchword, and ‘arragut began the work of organization early in 1862, 0n arriving on the station. After the arduous task of getting the heavy ships over the bar xt the mouth of the river was sccom- plished, he proceeded to put his ships into the highest’ state of efficiency. A land force had finally been sent to téke possession of the con- quests of the fleet. There was finally gathered together under his orders a fleet by far the most powerful that bad ever been assembled under the stars and stripes. It consisted of five heavy Steam sloops, one ‘sailing sloop, three light sloops, nine gunboats, and a supporting fleet of four gunboats and twenty-one mortar schoon- ¢rs, under the command of Capt. D. D. Potter. Tne fleet carried one hundred and seventy guns, in addition to the mortars. Few of these guns' were rifles, but many of the smooth-bores Were nine-inch’ Dabigrens, and especially the batteries of the heavy sloops. Opposed to this force were forts, obstructions, fire-rafts, au Ironclad ram and some seventeen gunboats, The foris were not of the strongest, bus were suMelentiy, formidable, it was gqner- ally believed, to stop any wooden fleet. They Were placed ‘as the lowest turn in the river, where an English feet bad been stopped for hine days, in 1815, by @ fort far interior to these. Fort Jackson, to the left hand of the ascend- ing fleet, was a'star-shap2d work, built of stone, and meunting seventy-five guns, three of them heavy rifles. Fort St. Philip, on the other bank, haifa mile above, was @ stone and brick work, but little interior to the former, mounting fitty— three guns. Below the first were the obstruc- tions, consisting of nine nulks, moored across the channel, and connected to’ each other and to the shore’by heavy chains, Tue confederate flotilla lay just above the forts, and: carried thirty-nine guns, The ram Manassas was known to be among these, and ber sudden ap- pearance, some Lime before, at the mouth of the Tiver, had spread consternation among the blockading fleet. There was another ironclad nearly ready for use, but she did not succeed in citing out todo any damage. The current of the river bere ran three knois strong, and the wooded banks of the stream were lined with sharpshooters, ready to pick off the men in the tops and on the exposed decks. So formidable did the works seem that a French admiral and #n English captain, who inspected them just before the action, reported them impassable, Farragut seems to have expected little from the mortar-tire, and imputiently Waited six days for them to reduce the forts, and then dasued on up the river. ‘The mortars undoubt- edly contributed tothe result, and accomplished all Such fire can do. In the preparations for the coming conflict the thoroughness, the seamanlike tact, and the trained experience of the veieran ot iity years’ service ure apparent. His order was coupre- hensive and concise, every suggestion tuat Gould add to the efticéney of the vessels having been adopted. Steam ‘had changed the ol order of Uhings, and, along with the advantage of being rid of the cumbrous sail-gear, had reu- dered the ships more. vital, und thus! the pro- tection of the boilers and engines was desirable, and was sought 4s jar as possible. Farragut, seirrellant ia all things, listened with a ready ear to the plans proposed for the attack, but modified them as he thought desirable. ‘The obstructions having been removed, under a heavy fire, the signal to weigh aud proceed up the river wils given on the morning of April 24, Jong beiore the first streaks of the gray dawn had shown forth, and the single column of ves- seis, In three divisions, with the admiral in the center, Started up theswift and tortzousstream. ‘Tue ‘tire under which they advanced was the heaviest tuat a fivet had ever encountered. While stiil abreast ot Fort Jackson, tue ships were exposed to an enfilading fire (rom Fort St. Foilip,aud Just beyond lay the confederate eet. ‘The somber gloom was partially dispelled by the glare of numerous fire-raits, sent down irom above, which threw into broad relief the forms of thé approaching ships, thus rendering them better targets, These were flat scows filied with pine-knots, and they were allowed to driit with tue current, or were pushed by tugs, The admiral's ship was attucked by one of these, aud, grounding in her effeets to avoid it, blazing Fait Was pushed against her, setting her ou fire as high as her tops. Her situation, for amoment, Was perilous. “My God, Is It to end thus!” sald Farragut; then, recovering bis wonted confidence as the disciplined crew sprang to the rescue, speedily extinguishing the dames, and the ship backed of, he caumly paced the deck, —cum- pais in hand, watching her regain her piace. Groping on ih the dark, receiving in turn the deadiy lire of the torts, ahd avoiding the float- | tog rafts with ditticulty, the vessels encount- ered tue fleet above. Tue lighter ships in ad- vance bore the first brunt of the attack, and the Varuna, swiller than others, boldly dashed in adVanez tuto the Very midst of the enemy, attacked and desiroyed tour vessels, and, a3 the lingering duylight appeared, was’ assailed by two Tams, Being @ light merchant vessel, | she was soon destroyed by their blows, oot, however, Without Vengeunce on her ives.” The Brovkiyh Was twice rammed, but beat off ber opponents and destroyed an attacking steamer, As duylight approucued, the fleet ancaured above the iorts, ail but three smailer ones, caught at dayilght in a heavy fire, having safely passed, with but one lost, Bul the end was not yet, ‘or the ram Manas- | sas now. gallantly fought her dying struggle, AS sue approached up tue river, tue poweriul padule-wueel Mississippi started to ram her, but she avoided the blow, received @ de. Bre, rau ashore, and surrendered. Between the’ lect and New Orleans was the heavy battery ai Chalmette; but this could not stop it, withougn it gave the Bred crews @ ball hour's’ contest betore the gunners were finally driven from their posts. And thus the great feat, belleved to beimpos- sible, was accomplished "in the most dashing aud brave inwuuer, with the loss of but thirty five Killed aud one hundred and twenty-eight wounded, and but oue ship destroyed. “I Uust,” says tbe report of the adiniral to the department, * uatit will be found that L have carried out Iny instructions to the letter, and to tue best of my ability.” Who now doubts 1? and now spleiidid tuose abilities that, despising all odstucies, could gain so signal’a victory Where deicat seemed ty others certain! ‘The igh autuority above quoted says the pas- Suge Of lhe forts Was “the greatest naval victory since Exmoutn’s victory ut Aigicrs,” He also Suys that secretary Welles’ words, character- izing it as “oue of the most remarkable triumphs in the whole history of naval opera ons,” is fully jusiifled by the daring with which unknown obstacles were Iuceds ‘aud the Vast importance of the victory gained. ‘The task Was not yet accomplished. The first and greatest step Was gaiued, but the river, from New Orleans to Viexsvurg, was still id tue Wauds of the insurgents, and the duty of Clearing it Was assigned Lothe successful ect. Ald how comieuced @ period of anxious and perilous toil, in waieh appears prominent the patient devotion toa duly irksome to the sailor, bemmed 1a With bis great ships in. the narrow river, Whose banks were lued with hostile cities, and whose big biuils were crowned by formidable batteries, perched far above his Unprotected decks. Every needful Uuug seems io have been lacking—anehors, coal, provisions pilots—und the ships sadly wanted repalrs. We hear complaints of these Uuings, not iu official reports, bui iroin private letters’ to his family, published long’ after wards. ‘The ‘department having found its Hercules, set nim Ww work at the Augean task of “clearing up” the river. The first encounter was at Vicksburg. Here as Ho light work. ‘The Ligh bluffs wo the right Were crow ued With formidable batteries, aud & sudden turn in the river made the navigation very dificult, The admiral here formed his feet in douvle columu, the three heavy sloops to siarbourd, the liguter vessels to port, In the intervals velween ihe former. The feet ad- Vanced steadily and deliberately under the heavy fire, replying ga:laauy to it, while the bombs froin tie mortars below did deadly work upon the gunuers in the works. For two hours the ships advanced under this terrific fire, those in advance Occasionally stopping to wait for the others, but all passed save three, Whose captains, alver a gallant fight, misuoder. stauding tue orders, dropped down stream and anchored. ‘The admiral reported that the batteries had been passed, and could be passed again, but that wlarge'land toree would be ne to take tue place, ‘The sequel proved the correct. ess of bis views. Farragut now joined the fleet of Davis trom above. His duties called him to Pensucola or # while, where be recovered his spirits,damy by the iever-breeding Vapors of tne river. ‘the destruction of tne Hatteras and the loss of Galveston greatiy annoyed him, but he was soon back in the river 10 finish bis task and gain uew laurels, Disasters uad ‘befallen our feet above, and the coutederates had. reguiued control ot the river trom Vicksburg to Port Hudson, aud had erected batteries at the latter place and at Grand Gut. ‘The light armored Vessels ot the upper Hect could nut silence the fire of these Jorts, aud Farragut atonee saw bis duty and did it Port Hudson must first be passed. Nineteen heavy guns were mounted ‘in the Works eighty leet above tue river, which here, asut Vicksburg, wok a suuded torn in is course, mnacing it almost necessary tw use day- light 1h passing. A dangerous suoal, but bat kuown Ww such pilots us could be procured, made out irom the point where the river lurued, bul the admiral, disregarding these ousiacies, chose the night again us the ime for passing the batteries. AS disaster to the en- gines from the plunging shot from above was to be feared, each of the Laree heavy sloops was atiended by smalier consort lashed to her port quarter, while Lue side-wheel Mississippi was ieft without such aid. To add to the diffi cities of the situation fires had been kindied on te viuite, and the smoxe from these made it nearly inpossible ior tue to keep the nar- row chaniel. ‘The admiral here tuk the lead in the Hartiurd, aud at wen p.m. of the 14¢b ot Marel the e Was attempied. Ali that Jorethougnt and expierence could do to obtain. complete success was done, but the difiiculty of navigating the river in the smoke and dark- ness Were ugainst complete success, and the ad- miraland nis litte evasort alone succeeded, favored perhaps, by the advance position. (he vessels grounded, and the Mississippi, fast ashore and exposed to the deadly fire, was fivaily abandoned and fired. ‘The other two sioops, Injured in their motive-power, were compelled to turn down-stream, “The contest had been # very unequal one, Bot more than ‘one, forty guns in broadside being opposed to the teries above, but It was due rather to the dark and smoky night, the intricate naviga- Uo, the swift current,'and the weak engine- power ol the Vessels, tat they tailed to passihe forts. Tue object sought was however, bj the passege of the thartieed ne tine meee oa, virtually under our contrul from that moment, Four mouths more of river work awaited the admiral, separated from his fleet, exposed to Dost attics by night, unable to ‘obtain vessels suitable to the work, and patiently periorm! tas&s which it seems he might have been s But the work accomplished in weakening the ‘enemy's position by faaintaining the blockade of the Red river materially contributed to the downfall of Vicksburg and to the complete mas- tery of the river course, In the execution of these less herole duties the sterling qualities of Furragut are conspic- uous. Patience, watchful devotion to duty, ac tivity and skill were here as apparent as in action, and the services performed by Farrar gut here should not be forgotten in valuing his After this continued service of nineteen months, Farragut was now permitted to take his shattered and now historic flag-ship north, where he was received with welcome plaudits as the hero of New Orleans, the importance of Whose capture the shrewd merchants of the metropolis were quick to see and appreciate. It was found that his ship had received two hun- died and forty shot and shell in her hull. in the early part of January, 1864, he was in the Gulf, organizing his recuperated force for the crowning deed of his memorable career during the war. Mobile, with her noble bay, protected by stroug forts ‘and obstructed chabnels, bud served too well the pu of the blockade-runuers, and it had ‘long been Farragut’s wish to aitack the forts, bat it was of the first importance to open the Mississippi. Besides, supporting land forces were needed, and ironclads also, which could not be sooner spared. Furragut had always expressed a dis» trust of ironclads, an opinion partly the result Ofeducation, parily justified by the first crude attempts at’ protecting ships, but he saw that armored ships would te necessary here to en- counter the iormidable ram Tennessee. His heart was certainly in his work. Here the sailor was on bis element, and had sea-room tomaneuver in. With the same vigilant care asa Now Orleuns he superiniended the prepa- tions, issued his orders and inspired all with hisgeal and confidence. No doubt of success seems to have entered his mind, although he Prepared for all contingencies but that. The situation, however, might well cause @ less con- fident commander to hesitate. The narrow sbip-channel threaded its way between shoals and sandy islands, close under the walls of Fort Morgan, bringing the entering ship within Tange of the elxuty-six heavy guns mounted there, and the twenty-nine others 1a the water buttery. Three miles to the northwest was Fort Gaines,mounting thirty guns, Tue flats and ‘Shoals between these were traversed by lines of torpedoes and otuer obstructions, while an en- trance to the Wesiward was deiended by the four guns oi Fort Powell. Perhsps tue torpe- dves were the most dreaded, and careful obser- fuitions "Mere, made Uo ‘enable attacking force to avoid them. A fleet again awaite them ‘afer these obstacles hud been sur mounted, It was @ small one, but its rincipal vessel, the rum ‘Tennessee, Was now4 to be more formidable than any yet en- countered, and her commander was @n old nd experienced veteran—a foeman worthy of Farragut’s swel, She was armored with Ave- inen armor, bud @ metal prow, and her heavy Tifle-guns were well mounted ina protected bai- tery. ‘Three woudeu gunboats, mounting sev- enteen guus, supporied her. "The atweking fleet consisted ol seven sluops-of-war, seven gun bouts and ivur moniters. Southeast of Fort Morgan Were anchored five light steamers to aid by a fire on the tort, and to tue westward of Fort Powell a small Sotida supported Lue lana- Ang of the troops, aud suelled tuat work, Soon aiter 7 ‘o'clock on the morning of the Sth of August, 1ué4, the engagement began, the ships approucaing the fort 1u single coluun With # guuvoat lasted to tue port side o: eacu sloop, aud the four monitors in separate column between them aud Ube tort, ‘he occurrences of tuls most stirring and graphic fut bave beea 80 Weil told wad ure so Well Know that we need not linger over it, As the ga:laut Craven, who fired tue first gun, approached the buoy mark- ing tne line Of vorpedoes, tue ram Tennessee approached, awaiiiug bis attack, Disregarding the ousiacies, aud euger to meet the ioe, ue dusiied on to Lue westward of the waruing buoy. Suddenly, wituout ainoment’s warning, tue Tecumsen Struck oue of tue uuseen weapons, und sunk irom sigt, With most or her vllicers aud crew. For @ ‘moment the advancing eolama hesitated. ‘us Broodlyn, in ade Vance, was in danger of beeuming entangled amoug the torpeuves, and her gallant cum aander hesitated, stopping and backiug, to ex: Wicate bis vessel'irom her perilous position, ‘The line was thus thrown into temporury con: fusion, the sips ior 4 moment ceased iiring, walle ihe fort, taking advantage of this, 16 doubled iis terrible volleys. As the smoke of batlle cleurs away irom tue tops and decks of the ships, the ceutral Lgare 18 tue hervic Far Tagut, ign up in the rigging of the Hartiord, Just udteru ol tne Brovxiyn. One of thuse de~ cisive moments uad arrived when it devolved upon him w wrest victory from apparent de feat and display those great qualiues of lead- ersinip which we uave seen he possessed, Withoutau instant'’s nesiiation, as ifdespising such uidden tues, Le dasued rigat ucross the line of torpedoes, Tuliowea by ine oller ships, and the Vicwry was won, aiter a bard hours contest. A suort bul spirited fight with the Tamended in driving ner under the guns of Fort-Morgan, and ie gunboats made short Work Of tue Other Vessels ot the coufederate fleet, They were not yet done with te rai, however. With Quixotic enivairy, Buchanan once more advauced to the uttick, aller the feet hud ancuored in the bay, gallanuy cou tending agalust Lue sloops aud invuiters, until, fainmeu by each in turn, his delectively-proe lecied steeriug-gear injured and biuiseif wounded, he revuctuntly surrendered. ‘Tue work of Farragut was dune, ite country Owes a deut ol gruiitude wo Lis Memory which has only been partiaily repaid. Compared with the favors laVisbed upon tue successiu: leaders Of the brother urin v1 Lue service, bis reward Was meager indeed. Not that te “ungrateru! re- public” did uot sow bim gratitude iu voung dum thanks and by making ulin tue ars, Auer jeau auiniral, bul thai iu tue general uegiect of the navy aud iguorauce of tue Lnportaut part eriormied by 4b ik the great struggle ior tue inion the sovereign peopie should nol have seen the Vuiue Of ls services, the yreatheas UL hls characser, and tual nota Utne a: Lue praise that has bee lavished on other leuders Was rr ‘The heroic greatress, the high professional quulities, tue decision of churacver, and daring bravery sown by Farragut in bis personal Jeadership in these contests outshine the quale iues aud deeds ol many a hero of greater past Teuown, ‘Lo thocough inastery of his protession he added restiess euergy, devotion w duty, a buoyant, cheeriul spirit, personal bravery, great selereliauce, unt slaluless honor, ie was @ppareudy ‘disdaiuiul of obstacies and ever eoutident of success, While he did not tail to sce tke power aud tinporuance of the new Weapons, the rain aud tbe torpedo, be did not give them & great place iu his Calculations, Uelieving in the power of his heavy suips to muaich le one wud doubling the certaiucy of ‘success of the other, 1 can pay no greater tribute to his memory than to quote tue words of our most versatile Poet, the genial Holmes: ve the name that fits him best, picts as own ¢ SeuekiUg uf the sovervign We Who tude lls wast w tureues F.8, Bassert, Lieutenant U.S. Navy. ———o-—____ How to Fight a Co! As soon as oppression of the chest, obstruc- tion of the nasal ducts aud unusual lassitude indicate that a “‘cold has been taken,” its in- fluence should at once be counteracted by the purest and coldest air avaliable, and the patient should not stop to weigh the costs of a day’s furlough against the danger of a chronic catarrh. In case imperative duties shouid in- terfere theenemy must be met after dark by devoting first huif of the night to an outdoor campaign, and the second ball to an encamp- Ment beicre a Wide-open Window, Li the fght is to be short and decisive we resources of tue adversury must be diminisheu by a strict fast. ‘Temporary abstinence trum food is tue most eifeclive und at the same time the safest method for eliminating the morbid elements of the system. ‘Towards the end of the year @ damp, “sultry duy—calurrh weather is sometimes iollowed by 4 sudden irost and at such — umes have often found that a six hours’ inhalation ot pure, cold night air will iree the obstructed air es that on the iollowing morning hardly ‘@ slight huskiness of the voice suggests the na Fowness of the escape from u two weeks’ respi. ratory misery. But, aided by exercise, ourdeor air os any vemperature will accomplish tue samme effect. In two days a resolute pedestrian cau walk away from a summer catarrh of that malignant type that is apt to dely balf open windows. But the specific of the movement cure is arm exercise—dumb bell swinging, grapple-swing practice aud wood choppingy Ou @culd morning (lor, alter all, there are ten win- ter catarrhs to one in summer), a woodshed matinee seems to reuch the seat of the diseuse by un air live. As the chest begins to leave under the stimulus of the exercise, respiration becomes ireer as it becomes deeper and fuller, expectoration ceuses to be painiul, and. the mucus is at last discharged en imusse, as if the system bad only waited for that amount of encouragement to rid it- sell of the incubus. A catarrh. can thus be broken up in asingleduy. For the next halt week the diet should be frugal aud ovoling. Fruit, ight bread aud a little cold, sweet inilk.is the Lest caturrh diet. Atustday, though, is still better. Fasting effects in a per fectly safe way what the old-school practition- ers iried to accomplish by bleeding; it reduces the semi-febrile condition which accompanies every severe cold. ‘here isno doubt that by exercise sione 4 caturrh can gradually be ‘worked olf.” But indoors it is apt to be steep up-hili work, while coid aiz—even beiore the season of actual frosts—ucts upon pulmonary disorders as it does upon malarial fevers; it re- duces them 10 a less malignant type. A combination of three specifics—exercise, ab- stinence and fresh air—wili cure the most obsti nate cold.—Dr. Oswald, ———vo+__ A Bit of Gindstone’s Eloquence. ‘Mr, Gladstone in the course of his speech de- livered at Liverpool said: “It was here that I first drew breath. I have drawn it now seventy-six years, The time ia not distant when Ishall pay my debt to nature and these possi- bly are the last words I shall speak in Liver- 1.” He quoted trom the ballad “Chevy base,” “The child unvorn shall rue the buni- ing of that day,” and exclaimed: “Iridie and shallow pretexis bewiider the mind of ‘the ple, OF If power, wealth and rank overbear he national sense, the child unborn shall rue the voting of that day. I entreat you to resolve that the civilized world shall no’ r assert that Ireland 1s England’s Foland and to deter- mine that England shall no-looger have a Poland. She has bad it longenough. Listen to the notes HOME MATTERS. DOMESTIC ODDS AND ENDS—JAPANESE HOUSE- HOLD DECORATIONS — HOW TO CLEAN OIL PAINTINGS—TEMPTING DISHES AND HOW TO MAKE THEM — SALADS AND DAINTIES FOR DESSERT. ToMATo Sovr.—To one quart of boiling water add one quart of tomatoes; boil again and put in one teaspoonful of soda; Sas has ceased foaming, add one pint of milk, four foiled. crackers, butter, pepper and sail, and serve very hot A Nvrerrious Brors.—A quarter of a tes- ‘spoonfnl of beef extract, the yelk of an egg beaten up, @ cup of boiling water, 3 ae salt dc a & slice of hot toast, Siekes a paietasis Sit muttiticas haschoes and an excellent repast for invalids. crispest leaves of lettuce; lay a raw tomato peeled and cut in half (horizontally) on each; arrange on a coli dish; scatter cracked ice among the leaves and send to table. In serv- ing, pour mayonnaise dressing over the tomato, AMBROSIA.—Pare and cut (or pull) ripe pine- apple intosmall pieces, Puta layer ina dish; sugar well; cover with grated cocoanat; lay in m red pineapple and sd on until the Tiaterialf ure uded apy covering tps top thickly With cocoanut, Pass sponge or other ight cake with ft. CorFEE CREAM.—Beat one quart of rich, Sweet cream to astiff froth, like the white of eggs for icing; then mix with one-quarter pound of granulated sugar, and shortly before serving t into it one cup of cold coffee extract, which bas been mate by slowly, ditering two cups of bolling water through two ounces of Anely-ground coffee. Serve in # glass dish with lady ‘fingers or iresh sponge cake. WRITE CaKg.—Three cups of sugar, one cup of butter, one half cup of milk, whites of nine eggs, one quart of prepared flour, essence of Vanilla or bitter almond; for icing and flit whites of three eggs and ‘three cups of powdere sugar, with juice and grated peel of lemon. Rab buiter and sugar to a cream, whip in the ‘mil essence, the flour and stiffened whites by turns; bake tn jelly cake tins and when cool 8] the icing between and on top. Fuy Specks on Ort PAInTINGS.—The ques tion is frequently asked how to remove fly specks, dust, smoke, etc., from oll paintings without injuring them. ‘The following {s recom- mended, #.though it may not suit all cases, and is at best not to be used by the amateur with- out caution. Put into two quarts of strong lye halt @ pound of Genoa soap, rasped very fine; let it simmer on the fire for halt an hour, then Strain it through acloth. Apply the prepara- tion with @ brush to the picture, wipe it off with a sponge and apply a second time, which Will remove all dirt, ‘Then with a little nut oll, warmed, rub the picture and let it dry, In general {t will look as bright and tres as When t came from the artist’s bands, Bepsipe Mat,—Small remnants of cloth and woolen materials may be used in making very Pretty and useful bedside mate, The remnants gre cut in pieces 11% inches wide and 3% inches Jong and then sewh ina mosuic panier ou a foundation of linen or coarse canvas. The edges of thick pieces are buttonnoled without turning in, The stripes on the ground, however, are only sewn over at the siues, those at the outer edge also, above and below;’ the thinner piece: of cloth are lined with suff stuf, In the design those pleces running ucross are buttonlioled Wilh coarse brown carpet thread, those iu the Jength with red and for the edge stripes use these colors alternately. APPLE FLITTERs.—Slice as many apples as will be necessary (two are sufficient for a dozen Sritters) in large, thin slices and let them stand for an hour witha little sugar and cinnamon sprinkled over them. Maxe a plain fritter batter with one cup of milk, one egy, salt, and enough fluur, in wich baking powder has been sifted, to makes batter. ‘Tue rule is the same measure ol flour and milk, Surin the applesand drop in spoonfuls in boiling hot fat, Make your own syrup by boiling twocups of sugar Wit oue of water until It thickens slightly; take from the fire and flavor with vanilla, ‘Tofsis not expen- sive, because ouly u part ol the above quautity will'be needed. it is very nice tor pancakes, or as a sauce for any kind of boiled dumplings, VEAL SALAD.—Mix one half teaspoontul of mustard with halfacuptul of vinegar. Beat the yelks of twoor three eggs, with a little salt, until they are qnite thick and light, then, stirting briskly all the time, slowly add two or three taviespoouiuls of best suiad oll, and four tablespoouiuis of rich, thick, sweet cream, fhen add tnustard, vinegdr, sult and pepper to taste, und some very tiuely chopped parsley and tarragon. Pour this sauce over @ Leaping Platetul of cold roasted veal, cut into pieces ‘abuui an inch long und a quarter ineh thick, cover Ughtly ud tet it staud in # cold place tor an hour or twu. Serve on platter and garnish with sprigs of crips parsley and slices ofa bard boiled egy. LonsTEt SALAD WITH CREAM MAYONNAISE. ‘Meat ot two lobsters picked out and cut, not chopped up, one large cup of mayonnaise dress- ing, one cup of whipped cream; lettuce. Make the mayonnaise dressing by whipping the yelks Of five exgs thick, then adding halt a cup of best salad oll, drop by drop, unui you bave @ smooth batterlike mixture; beat in then two tablespooniuls of Vinegar, gradually, a pinch of eayenne and halt a sultspuontul of salt; keep the mixing bowl on ice wulle preparing the dressing aud have it there while you spriukie the louster with sult, pepper aud Vinegar, then heap it in a bowl lined with erlsp lettuce icaves, De tals Just before serving It; veut tie Whipped ereain into the dressing, cover the lobster thickly with itand send to table, JAPANESE Deconations.—The gay hair re- celvers or catchalls made of Japanese fans may be rendered tar more serviceable and enduring than is their wont by the inserting of a wire ‘hoop in the upperedye of the fan aiter it has been tied int the proper funnel shape, The wire suould be of the same dimensions as the circumference of the opening and can de ee cured trom any tin man, It muy be held in place by two or three stitches. A pretty buck- ground to mantel where mirrors or curtains ure unattainable may be made of one of the fong Japanese picture books, stretched ucross Just ubove tue shelf A number of these books compose & bright trieze ubuut the Wulls of & cottage parlor ur bed-room. Eoos in Toasr Curs.—Slice stale bread three- quarters of au inch thick and cut with a large cui cutter or the top of royal baking powder box into rounds. Press a smalier cutter on these avout half the Way through and scra| out the crumbs from the inner circles, leaving sides and bottom uubroken, — Set in the ove to ary for ten minutes; take them out und let theni cool. Have ready some salted lard or dripping 1a @ iryiug pad; put in the bread cups When iUis hissing Gov and iry to light brown, Take out, drain off the fat, arrange on a hot, disn and'lay @ poached eyg in tue cavity of euch. I regret that 1 do not now recall the name of the inaker of @ convenient utensil eulied “an exg poacner.” It is to be bougut at houseluruishiny stores, and greatly, implities the business of poach) nicel the smooth edges, PMNIME OBEY Savory KICE AND BRAINS.—One cup of rice, one cup of skitamed gravy or broth, well sea- soned, one pint of boiling water,two tablespoon- fuls of grated cheese, salt and T, One egy, Grains Grucall, Suge the tice tares Momo cold water. Cook until tender, shuking ap now aud then, bus do ndt puta spoun into it. When done 1t sould be quite dry. If itds not, drain In a colander lined with a cloth; mound on a platter; 91t powdered cheese over it and let it brown blighily ou the upper grating of the oven. ‘To prepare the braius, voll them fiiteen minutes in salted not water, throw tuem into cold aud eave tuem there ul loug; dry, musty then 10 paste wilu w beuten eyg; ‘pepper and suit them; Stirin @ veaspooutul ol Adar and drop u spool ful ata time into bot tat, Druin, when nicely browned, and iay around tfe billéek of rice, ROLLED STEAK.—Procure two pounds of round steak, cut less than an inch thick, and spread over itastuifing such as is used for poultry, Begin at one end of the steak and roll itas you would # jelly cake; tie 1t to keep in sbi Pour over it’ cup of hot water in wuleh w table: spouniul of butter has been melied. Bake aud baste irequently, Scason with pepper and sult sbont filteen minutes before it is done, which will be wuen the meat seems tender wnen tested With & fork. Skim olf the iat, thicken the gravy # little and pour over the roll; slice neatly trom one end. — Boll some onions tender in suited bolling water; put them in baking pan with salt, pepper, butter aud litte mule Brown quickly in 4 Lut oven, and dish as a uish around the meut, If you do not wanton- jons and onion soup at the same meal, a soup is equally inexpensive, or you. thay pecled , olstoes around the beef while instead of the onions. Saturday Smiles. “We want @ circus, and we want it bad,” sighs a Western paper. We would suggest that the editor call the owner of the o; position y hor Palmer Journas, ee @ horse thiet,—. Dr. Benjamin Ward Richardson gives a long list of rules telling “‘how to avoid premature old. age.” — We fall to flud among the number tits iniallable rule: Die young.—Vorristown Herald. The Anarchists are claiming that ‘they still ‘hold their own. Nobody will object to this, Stuer ielidwisown tant wares we ono er fells ry ex Philadelphia Call, Hostess—What has become of Sandy Smith "Alamnus2Oit bes tabling others some time, juin , he's rs ‘Hostess—He's in the minttey then? 2 ‘Alumnus—No, in a restanrant—Lye. ‘Young wife—W hy, John, take care; don’t hold the baby that way. You men are ‘no earthly S"Young: busisad-Jallantnakt, I believe that ot baby would. ery I stood it on its ead in we corner! It’s incorrigible.—7id-Bus, A little York rl while lis; her a nce the ee oa and said: E Jeuse walt a minute Until I sorateh toe. York (Pa) Newer af “You are golng to erect a father's memory: { suppose. nent 2 FORr and are torgutten WS ale, and eoay, some ASS will Keep bis memory alive much canvas 0 Weight wince Swi the Seat mio nds in forced him into durauce vile, GHOSTS MADE TO ORDER. ‘The Startling Trick of the Talking Head Expesed. AN INGENIOUS DEVICE WHICH DECEIVES THE EYE—HOW CHERURS WITHOUT BODIES ARE CONSTRUCTED, Alfred Thomson in the New York Journal. I remember the first time I saw the curious ceular illusion known as the Sphinx Table, As I took an interest in all illusions which could be adapted to stage effects, and had heard from ‘adepts that the new illusion was not only a marvel but absolutely undetectable, I attended the firstappearance of the resuscitated Sphinx, first pefformed at the Egyptian Hall, Picca- dilly, London, by a wizard calling himeelt Col. Stodare. This clever trick was really Invented by @ young man named Thomas Tobin, who assisted Professor Pepper at the Polytechnic Institution in Regent street, to whose genius the well-used ghost illusion also owed its inven- tion, 1 was well in front and not too near, and after te nsual rabbits had disappeared out of hats and je watches and the Various pocket- handkerchiefs had been turned into boquets of flowers, the novelty was introduced as a climax d the sight-seeing public had a wonder to e: reise its mind on tor months tocome. On the stage not far from the tootlights was a three- legged table on whose top was spread a small velvet cover with a border of gold fringe hang- ing over two inches, No room for a drawer be- neath the table and clear space under and be- Simply thet attenuated logs aud a Mat top cv: imply ‘attenuated a v= ered with velvet, ae Ona side table near the proscenium stood a handsome plush-covered box about a foot Square, or fourteen inches every way. The lid unlocked by Stodare was opeiied on the side facing the spectators, and in it was seen the head of the Sphing. “Alitesize head of hand- some Egyptian wearing the typical striped heud-piece and the same oollaretie round the severed neck; for there was nothing but a head ‘on @ short neck in the box, The eyes were closed and the long eyelashes fell on the cheek, which glowed through its Pharaoh bronge with vital blood. Closing the lid fora moment, ‘Stodare carried this box by a handle on either side from the side to the three-legged table be- fore our eyes and set it down in tue center. Now understand, there was a simple unadul- terated tabie without drawer or pieces of con- cealment. You could see beneath it and note the hangings on the wall beyond. The thick- ness of the table with the bottom of the box upon it could not have been two inches in all. Siodare reopened the box, which bud never quitted our sight, and as the lid fell forward the Sphinx, still there, slept the sleep of thous- ands of years—but only to wake at the voice of the wizard. ‘The splendid, culm, majestic eyes opened at command and looked straight before that marvelous tuce ovt into the nine- teenth century. I had no doubt, even belore the lips openéd and the voice spoke in meas- ured rythinic toues, that the head was human and not made of wax; but the more I looked aud the more I calculated the further was L from a solution of the first mystery Lhad_ wit- nessed since I commenced thé study of modern magic. ‘The ‘whole apparatus was in full light, not ouly of gas, but of 4 calcium directed on to the wondrous fice while the box was open. Until the close of the exhibition I sat there duinb- founded and positive:y unable to answer the Sphinx enigmia before me. Just before tie conclusion I happened to rise in my seat, so gertain I felt that some unexpected deiail Migul disclose the secret to me; and ina mo- nent the whole illusion was swept away. I saw where the body was concealed. I Knew the trick and I went away pertectly happy ut being certalily the only one in London, Lesides the inventors, who could have reproduced the mar- velous sorcery elsewhere. And tue whole bag of ticks was given away for lack of a silk andkerebict, As I stood up my eye caught hovering between two table legs the marks of two fingers, such marks us may be often seen on a mirror When the light tails at a certain angle upon it, ‘Those two fingermarks, though close to the carpet, gave me the key to the entire Sphinx hieroglyphyics. {0 my mental photograph. 1 the coniedera‘e kneeling bebiad. the with side View of the Sphinx, his head passibg through superposed apervures, one in the taviet, the other iu the bottom of the box. ‘The figure concealed from view by two mirrors of pure silvered plate-glass set at as to reflect either siue of the room (on the stage) iu such w Way that whatto the eye was evidently the back ofthe same room seen be- heath aud beyond the table was really only 3 Tepruduction o1 those sides visibie in the mir Tors between the legs of this table. ‘This Sphinx was the sensation of London for ‘weeks ioliowing, aud having occasion lo go 10 Paris a few days after, Lettered the secret to Robert Houdin’s successor, Hamilton, who, however, retused terms until he knew the trick’ ‘This delay of his was much regretted by him, for some other speculuter goton wo the secret some turee months tuler and made i colossal Sensation fu Paris with his “Decapite Parlant,” which’ .. ported to be the head of a criminal who 1 been guillotined, but still retained the powe vl speuxiug and answering questions, This was exuiblted in a celiar opposite the Grand hotei, in a room curtaincd to look like a prison, witu' the realistic accessories of axes, lood Found the neck and other Zulaesque sure roundings, in tue sume year I introduced the illusion for the first time on the stage in the celebrated spectacle of “Babil aud Bijou” at Covent Gur- den theater. inthe buliet of “Ine Seasons” Mie, Henriette Dor, one of the most poetical duucers ever seen, appeared as the While Kose, and Ldesigned a’ iurge rose bud on its stalk, which, coming up through the bed of summer flowers, blossomed wide unt from its open petals the beautiful Dor rose up, apparently inateriulizing us she Issued trom ‘the calix on the stalk, Tue bailet was so arranged in groups around three sides (not in front) asto aid the de- ception by their adjusted reflections in the muicrors, Practically it was the same—two mirrors at a right angle and a trap-duor. ‘This curious trick Was never improved on. It was added to aud altered at the Polytechnic, where, among other adaptations of the sate principle, was shown an auimated tableau of Sir Joshua Reynolds’ famous cherubs. Three cherubs’ heads and wings appeared in u moonlit sky, floating, and Sang in sweet child voices the verses of aa an- them, Really those three heads came through three holes in one sheet of glass, which reflected (in an alcove) the ceiling above, on which was a Palnted sky and liluninated moon to the eye Of the spectator fur beiuiud the floating trlo, Curiously enough I met the original Sphinx not three yeury ago iu the person of a business Manager who hud beeu Stodare’s agent, aud only three months back one of those ‘very cherubs In Mr. Fred Solomon, the comedtai, who Was then a chorister at the’ Chapel Royal, and who Was threatened with all sorts of tor: tures lt he let the cat or the cherub out of the bag. ———+e-_______ A Captive Child's Story. HER WANDERINGS WITH HOSTILE INDIANS— THE MOUNTAIN RENDEZVOUS. A telegram tothe New York Herald trom Tombstone, A. T., July 1, says: ‘The full story of Peck’s little niece, rescued trom hostile [n dians by Mexicans, throws considerable light onthe manner in which the redskins mark theirtrail, Trinidad Nerdan, aged ten years, the rescued girl, says that during her captivity the band was almost constantly traveling, but always stopped for meais. ‘They had plenty of tortillas, cottec, beef and nearly every aay beet- flouk, of which'she was always, given plenty. She never saw any one killed, bat oiten heard Bring and was told that it was bucks killing beet, She never saw soldiers nor any one dur ing her captivity. The nearest se came to see- ing anybody was one night when tue Indians pwsedso near Magdalena that she heard the and playing In the plaza. From what the child further states tue Indians must have car- Tied her over @ large region of country. At one time they were in the mountains, Where she saw ¥ large number of squuws. On another occasion the band camped on the top of a high mountain — where they mude a big fire and smoke. On the follow- ing nights great number of Indians came in and 4 man in coitnund, evidently Geronimo, sent them away, tive and six together, in fifteen or twenty diflerént directions. She thinks there Were about thirty in the band she traveled with, but she was always kept in the rear and could not tell very accurately thelr number nor what they did. She was weil treated and given Plenty toeatevery day. The greatest hardship She experlenced was being compelled to ride bareback day after day through brush and over a rough country. Suesays when the Mexicans attacked the Indians at Suracachi the main had gode on ahead and only about seven or elghtot the band were present. ‘The stories Ot bud treatment by the bucks, she states, aro all false. The ludians seldom spoke to her dur- ing her stay With them. ‘The squaws would not Jet the young men come neur her. The acting governor of the state orSonors has sent a re quest to Magdalens that the clid be brought to Hermosito, where she is regarded asa great 2 regi grea ——_+e-____ Dropped Dead in the Convention, Captain William F. Ballentine, of Giles county, Tenn., & brother of Congressman Bal- lentine, dropped dead from apopiexly in the Judicial convention at Waynesborotgh, to which he was adelegate. Captain Ballentine ‘Was in the act of resuming his seat after plac- ing Captain A. J. Abernathy in omination for chancellor, when he fell lileless. The remains Were conveyed to the late home of the de- Wonbrnrut Bicycie Ripino.—Wednesaay gyoning at Lynn, Mass, W.A. Rowo covered tour m: 1 thinutes’ 10 seconds, and tive Fecoras, George At Heudes tone’ Coemmfie ts e ry ma 2 minutes 80 seconds, which js the most mar Yelous Fmance on record. ‘best pre- vious time for a mile was 2 minutes 31 seconds. ee Barling and Job . The ted; ‘Were drawn and fully sixty shots were Bey: received five fatal and died in stew minutes, Nat Dar Job ter ‘ash REFUGEES IN CANADA. New York's Defaniiers and Absconders Enjeying Themecives Across the Line. ‘From the Ottawa Free Press. ‘With a view to hunting up American default- ers who 1ave taken refuge on this side of the line forty-five a Free Press correspondent bas made the ‘round trip. The police authorities have been secn, and from them everything learned which they considered it prudent to tell. There is no disposition among Canadians to exaggerate the detaulters crimes. The peo- ple appear to take their presence as a matter of course. John C. Eno is living at ‘Quebec, The house he rents ‘is large and the situation delighticl. It is two miles and a half rom the post office. Zhe rent he pays—nearly $2,000 a year—ts, for Spebes, eormons, This, means, tlon- ely, about $6,000 or $5,000a 'yearin New York: “Renta tave very leer im the Geld. Boek city, and Eno’s house at_Beauvoir is one of the finest in the suburbs, Financially be a] to beat ease. He drives horses and is, Hberal with his money, but socially he is not known. Neither he nor his wife is ever invited Out, nor are they visited by society people. Enu has never been aaked to the garrisun mess, and does not belong to the oniy social organization in Quebec of any pretensions—the Garrison club. The old French families do not ask him to their houses, The doors of the Langevins, Taschereaus, the Rosses, the De Chiners, or the Duvais do not open to receive him, His acquaintances are principally made at bar- rooms. Some few society men have » nodding acquaintance with him. Muny people wonder that Eno stopped at Quebec. Society is exclu- Siveand the old nobiesse have long memo- Hess When Eno, gives “dinuer | parties theyfare only attended by his legal advisers or speculators who may wish touse him. The commercial club he belongs to is a small place Where men of business meet. It has no social significance and does not pretend to any. Many Tespectable men belong to it, These men meet Eno ina business way. Toey do not ask him to their homes. Some of them may drink with ‘him at the St. Louis hotel when they meet him there; that is all, Ae visits the houses of twoor three personal friends, but the stories about his belng received into society are, the reporter Was assured, exaggerations, He paid many Visits lust New Year's day. Most of them were notreturned. He attends cocking mains and billiard tournaments, and he is a constant vis. {tor toSt. Koch, This is the roughest suburb of the city,” Mrs. Eno is admired, but society peo- ple will not receive ber, ‘This 'is owing to ber usband’s irregularities, Hinckley, the cashier, is another New Yorker Fgom. the’ extradition law would not reach. Hé lived in Ottawa a white beeause, as It was Said at the time, he wished to go to ‘Manitoba and could not get there. If be went by land he Would. have bad to pass through Michigan, Illinois, and Minnesota, It by the luke he bad to go through the American lock at Sault. Ste. Marie, If detected he coud have been arrested. The completion of the Canadian Pacific rallway through the wilderness north of Lake Superior leit the absconder free to travel from one end of tiie Dominion to the other. He left ior Winuipeg about six months ago, and is now believed to be there under the alias ot Henry Morgun, engaged in merchuntile operations. Henry Leggett was another New York swin- dier of the more common Kind; more of a yul- gur tootpad than the gentlemanly deiaulter. That alone was suilicient to bring discredit upon “respectable” American absconders. se had traveled all New England, and swindied jarmers by representing uimsell as a wealthy capitalist loaulng money on real estate mori- Guges. Some of these mortgages were made, re- corded and soid by him. In other instauces he obtained money Which he represented was for legal expenses. Those who gave moriguges never received apy money on them, He nied himsell to Moutreul, tovk a house on Sher brooke, oue of Lhe most iasiionabie streets, and lived like a lord, He made many acquaint- ances, and gave tem wive suppers, becuine & imeniber ol tue different clubs, attended ail din- ners, responded to the toast 10 the President of the United siates, and was known as & jolly good felow, After swindling a large number or People here he Went West, aud is now living at ort Artour on his ill-gotten gains, Dick Cook, the abscouding banker trom Ha- vana, N. Y,, fs in Toronto, wuere Le has resided for Ute last eighteen mouths. His detulcations amount to about $76,000. He allected plety and became projuient member of tue Bup- Ustebureh, A description of bin hus been re- ceived by the police suthorities here, Then there is Aivexter, tue absconding New York shirunuker, who skipped the country with a cuol $150,000. ' He hus veen here uuw bearly elgtiteen moutus,and hus stayed at te SL Lawrence Hall, “Monu die pays hand somely ior everything le gets, aud gets every | thing that is gotug. He tecis very much de- prissed over bis Wrolxdoings im the pust, aud suyshe intends to go buck and square up as suun as he can safely do so. ‘Then there wre Lue boudie statesmen, Charlie Dempsey, Bob De Lacy, John Keenan, the Bis- marek of New York ‘city uall, and Billy Mo- louey. ‘These men are ali staying iy Moutreal, whele they have the best the city utfords, Tueit movements are Varied. All occupy rooms upon the same fluor aud are great cnwins, Keevan and De Lucy particulariy. Iuey waik, ride, eat and driuk logetuer, Moloney and Dempsey, however, seem Lo be engaged in piexet duty and throwing inquisitive peuple off ube scent, One day the ex-reuding clerk will make quite ashow Ol Starling oll oud Journey. He iusues Lo the Fuuway stauion and vuards a train ior Quebec, ‘The next day or We day alter be reappears in Montreal again, Dempsey repeats tue same operation, obly going iu ab opposite direction, Imay be, as “heeuwn once suld in giving an €xpiuuation of Molouey’s absence, iat Molo- ney, when be becowes hilarious, bourdsa train, for the lightuiuy reader o1 the buodle board of 1884 indulges in frequent libations, It may be interesting to note, however, Wat no matter how lar Keenan's associates’ go, they soon re~ turn and keep in communieauion with Lim, and ids pussivle that twe tormer Bismarck is furnishing the iunds to make te exiles’ ban- ishinent endurabie. pommel ares A Long Voyage in Canoes. THE NOVEL. UNDERTAKING OF TWO VENTURE- SOME YOUNG PENNSYLVANIANS. A special dispatch to the Philadelphia Times, from West Chester, June 29, says: C. V. Gant eubein, a teacher of French and German in the state normal school at this place, and Edward Strayer, of Patterson, Pa. a student in the same institution, propose starting July 6 in Louts of their own construction tor Lake George, Lake Champlain and the Hudson. The boats, or rather canoes, are constructed of strips of wood, securely fattened to the rib work with screws, The structure is covered with heavy anvas and palnted, ‘The top is closed, exeept Where the oarsinan Sits, and each is suppiicd with au air-tight comparuinent to prevent dis- asiers in rough waters. Each 4s touricen leet long with twenty-six inch Leam and they are ‘about one foot in helzht in the center, A” pad- dle will ve tue propeding power, but each is supplied with a stnali mast and thirty-tive feet ofcanvas, Arrangements have been made quarters in the bouis by piacing a vou. ‘The starting point selected by the yoyagers is the forks of tue Brandy wine, about thscerunies from this piace, and tence they wiil padale to Wilmington. Up tue Delaware they will go to Pailadeiphla and thence by rail to New York. ‘Troy, on the Hudson, is weir next objecuve point, where they will either take the canal Toute lo Lake Champlain or go by lanu to Culd- Well, at the head ol Lake Georse. Here they Will spend a few days at fishing ‘and then re- sume their trip to Canada. Returning their plan fs to come by caual from Lane Caumplain toFort Edwards, on the Hudsou, aud then down that river to New York, thes. ucroes New Jersey by canal 106 miles ‘to the Delaware river, near Easton, and thence to Piladel- phia, ———_+e-___ Arrayed in a Suit of Mud. HOW A BOX MADE HIS ESCAPE FROM THE BAL- TIMORE HOUSE OF REFUGE. The following story is told by the Baltimore Sun of Friday: Joseph Powell, a youth of eight een years, escaped from the custody of the. house of refuge under somewhat peculiar con- ditions, Last Tuesday he was bathing in the stream at the refuge dam, near the Fred- erick road, together with other boys, all Under the watchful supervision of one of the attendants. Joseph Wuiched his chance, and at Ube oppoitune imoment swam across the stream without stopping to take his clothes with him, He landed on the other side without having on even as much as a collar. On reucbing the other shore he wal- lowed in the mud until he had a thick coat on him. Then be ran to the Frederick road, Millington avenue and Wilkins avenue. In his heudioug career he neurly upset an old Jady in Miu venne, Who, wuen she re- gan covered, her bréath, almost’ fainted from tright, The togitive ran out Wilkins avenue to the railroad viaduct, and thence to the Washington road. By this time four of the attendants and Sergeant Dyser, of the county force, were after him, but the lust they saw of him he was scudding along toward Harman's bridge. The whole neighborhood was excited, and a large number of people were Jooking for him. But Joseph has not been seen since by those who want him. The police have I however, tat after crossing Harman's bridge he struck across flelds, and, reaching the tay , Swain it,and in Brooklyn met some one who rigged him out in @ shirt and @ pair of pan, A Will Void for Ingratitude. Inthe tamous Kate Townsend will case in ‘New Orleans Judge Houston has rendered a decision decreeing the will of Kate Townsend in favor of Trojsville Sykes null and void be- cause Sykes was guilty of ‘ingratitude (he MOME, THE MEDIUM. How He ts Said to Have Fooled Nape leon III. SITTINGS WITH QUEEN VICTORIA—A BOTTLE THAT BETRAYED THE SECRET OF THE LUM- INOUS HANDS—A WIDOW WHO Was VicTix- IZED, Celia Logan has given in the New York World an interesting account of Daniel Douglas Home, the tamous medium, who died last week. “Early manhood,” she says, “found the fledged medium, with money enough to try his fate in other lands than ours, He aimed high, his mark being naturally Louis Napoleon, who was known to be almost as superstitions nd as confirmed a fatalist as was his illustrious uncle. It is not to be doubted that Home had twosit- events said to have occurred on these occasions. Home himeelf told me that Louis, Eugenie and several dignitaries of the court ‘were present each time. The first time the sitting accorded him was not long enough tor him to do more than to materialize atew spirit flowers—oue of which struck the empress full in the face and greatly alarmed her. A iew shadowy forms ap- peared, which the emperor said be recognized ‘as relatives of his. At the next sitting Home said he was in full Power and materialized, or pretended tomateri- alize, a bumber of disembodied spirits. They formed a circle around the emperor to his evi- deut amazement and terror. 1 and called his mother by ni they all vanished, and one solitary figure ap- eared, and advaticed to the emperor. "le Was ressed as the pictures of the Little Corporal, and was easily recognizable as Napoicon |. Louis turned white, but, with trembilng “lips, utter the words: “My fate: In the same tone in which a person In life Would speak the reply was given, only low and igs ‘Like mine—discrowned and death exile.” As tue ghost spoke he placed both hands on his nephew's shoulders, Louis tell back in bis chair as if about to faint. ith @ moun the Empress swooued, the spirit form vanished, and iu the alarm and coufusion Of resuscituting Eugenie Home was hurried from the Tuileries, nor could any entrealy of the medium ever induce their majesties to ad- mit bim to their presence again. This is the account given by Hiome in 1862 of the sittings that had taken place a short ume Previously, However a Home’s powers may have been betore 1862, ut this date almost Ube Wuole fastionable world of London was siting at the medium's feet waiting for is ‘power to revurn, At having lett him, according wo his own coules- sion, as suddenly and strangely us it lad come vim, He bad unbounded fame by this time, haying had seauces with almost every person OL dis Unelion in Europe trom royuliy duwa. SITTINGS WITH QUEEN VicroRIA. Queen Victoria had not long been widowed, and, reluctant to entirely lose ler loved one, Was eagerly stretebing ontto spiritualism, bop- ing that it might bridge over the ternbiechasin Uuat separates life voin death, Home Was privaieiy seut’ for, but whether bound to secrecy or Wheiber his powers tailed | tosummon spirits then could not be learned, | for the medium, usuaily so eloquent upon bis | own spiritual periormances, coud never be ine | duced to reveaia word of What luk place ut the seance with the queen, die allowed it to be iuicrred that what took place in the preseuce of royalty) was of too Sucred a character ta be imparted to craiuary mortals, But that her majesty had received a medium, Was suilicient to make biind, unquestiouins be levers 01 more than ball te greatest and high- est people of tue readin, conspicuous amoug them being Sir Edward’ Ly tion Bulwer, who about this period wrote that bloud-curdling lle, ““A Strange Story.” Ainong the Liruest’ believers of the doctrine spiritualism and the warmest ieuds and artisans of Mr, Home were a Mr. William Wilkinson and bis wile. Sir. Wikiuson Was a aly of disunguished lawyer, “and ded near Hampstead Heath. dir, Wilkinson see. tw | draw spirit flowers, "They were exquis- itely beautiful but bore littie resembianee to flowers of the earth. From tiem was taken Ube description of spirit lowers which will Le found in *A Strange Story.’ AL the Wilkiusuns Ube very pick aud flower of London society ot that day and the lions of other countries mequentiy mel. J bave suid that about tis time dom owned that he bad iost temporarily wis medt- umistic power. Isbouid have added tor pure ol general sittings. The reason Le gave for it Was Unat Ube spirits had directed tii to te serve his influence entirely tor tue cure of Mts, Jane Lyon, a rich Eugiisis widow of matureage, She had been w great beauty in her day, and and dashing society woman, In some wa Which I have now iorgotten, she ha lett hand, aud always wore’ a is ered with a kid giove. On the death of her hus- bana sbe became an inguirer inw spiritualism @ud met the Scotch-American Mediu, Wiy ine sormed bimself ot her enormous wealth. His instincts asa professional medium scenting fat goose 10 pick, he declined to receive his entirely to her.” LUMINOUS HANDS, “Un another occasion,” the writer continues, “Home announced that be would produce balls oftire and illuminated nands. That evening the elite of London crowded every nook and corner ot nobieman's house Witere the ex hibition was to take place, The evening was pret people were getting tient befure Home made his appearance with the old. widow Lyons leaning on his arm, lie bad persuaded her that it Was indispensable to ber “cure that he should be coutinuaily with her, so Mhat he was seldom seen abroad Without ‘the widow's taive Wand upon his arm, Geuerally 8 she Was silly, She had fitted up a sult of apartments in ber own residence, where he luved likea prince. After his urrival another half hour elapsed during which he was oecupied giving direction as to the darkening the widow's iaise hand, At length he mude ‘several attempts to pro- | duce bulis of tire, but failing, declared that tthe | spirits were noi strong enouzh tor that to-night, and so he wouid baye to confine bumsell is showing the luminous lands. The house was darkened and Home groped his Way alone to ihe head of the broud stairease, where every iew tiuuies a parol luminous hands were thrown up. ‘The audience was sat istied generally. One indy, however, was and whispered tot Was a bal spiritualist—that it iooked to her as it he ‘rubbed his own Lauds over with matches.’ ‘The host stood near the m: seen Home abstraciediy upon it when he leit tue ‘That botue the host pocket. Upon examin t day it | Was found Co contait phusploretted olive oil OF | some sumilar preparation, ‘KLe hyst nad Gvelarea ‘himself to have seen Home Moat througu the air irom one side of the room to the other, lista pisio several feet dn (air by simply pldcing a inger upon | and bad seen Lim: materialize diseurvodie spirits; but alter the discovery: of te phos porous trick he dropped Home at once. "This Wus a severe blow to tue meuiuiu, LULU worse Was to follow. Home wud at this time been trading on the superstilious ereduilty of Mrs. Lyuns tor at leasta year, in whieb time he bad obtained from her the enestnous sum of £60,000. She begun to be impatieut, and demanded either a live hand or the return of Ler money. Home Sought to pacity her by proposing marriage, but Telulives ‘stepped in and stopped that The Widow Was induced to sue for het money. ‘She obluineda verdict,and Home was ordered to returu the woney- fT remeuber rigutly he repaid her but $30,000, having squandered oF disposed of aii the rest. is —— ee __ What Does it Matter? ‘From the Utica Herald, ‘Wealth und glory, and place and power, ‘What are they wore meor cu For the lease ut live runs vut inn Wour, ‘And death stauds ready wo clatun bis dug Sounding honors or ‘heaps of gold ‘What are they ail when ail is told? A pain or a pleasure, What does it matter which we cla ‘For we step irom the cradle lito the oler, And w careless world .ucs on the samme: ‘Hours of giuduess or hours ot sorrow, What does it matter to us to-morrow? ‘Truth of love, oF vow of friend— ‘Tender caresses or cruel sueers— ‘Wiiet do they meatier wo usin the end OF the brief day d-ew, and the tong pight nears kisses, oF tears of gall, ‘The grave will open aud cover tem all, Homeless vagrant, or honored guest, ‘Pour anu humble, or rich nnd Grea, Allare racked wits the world’s Gurest, {Al must meet withthe common tata ‘What sail when allstar ECLA Waeeter Wrscor. $< ae A Rich Man’s Industrious Som. From the Boston Evening Record. A little further down the road toward Boston far advanced and iece and had mali bottle ‘& deer, a race course and a gravestone that cost $20,000. The reigning Tilion, who is @ man roe Sey canna, to be worth ‘and having killed Kate Townsend) and_ thereb forfelved all Denetits under the Will, and giving Judgment in favor of the state of ‘de- ‘cresing the state to be the helratiaw ot the de- ceased woman and eutiied to the, ownership ‘and possession of all the left by her ‘The interventions of Bridget Cunningham aud maior aud slater of Kate Townsend, ———_o-____— Local Pecutiarities, ‘From the New York Sun. “I can always tell whether a man s from the east or west,” said a Washington hotel clerk. “How do you do itr” ss “When on man registers, Kindly" direct mes tus baxtTR, swentech unan onyiy-Whorv's Una kes bepeet’ = neighborhood’ of $6,000,000, ‘only eon is an engineer who daily plies up Sov the noctoeen rallrona "Whee as came of age bis father suid to him: “Go and earn a eee “But how shail I earn it, father?” “I don't care so long as you do tt honestly. 5 jaith- | DAY, JULY STH, THE whilom penniless and baretoot boy @ fall | tings with Napoleon III. Marvelous were the | Wus still, when Home met ber, a well-preserved | usual two-cuines sillers aud devoted ilimeci! | the rooms and stroking | Ixsreav Or BEING OPKN HALF DAY ON SATOR DAY, JULY 3D, AND BALI DAY ON NO? PALAIS ROYAL HAS DXCIDED ON BEING OPEN ALL DAY SATURDAY, JULY 80. CLOSED ALL DAY MONDAY, JULY TH. | BEFORE YOU LEAVE For the seashore or monntains tt wore o sell | stroll Wurough The Palais Royal and note the prices ot j | sham straps | Thg“Trave made of ex EXCURSIONIKTS and TOURISTS’ REQUISITES, with handles, from 28e ap. ng Companion” ic a useful article: tte rubber Hn ‘artic; and foe |, Mat Shawis. very larce sire and eisborat | bro dered, for $2.06; the quallty. and sty Shaw's make them well worth: S39" With Lace ends, ave something vem: 81.35... 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Imported French Noveities at $1250, $10.50, $8.70. all reduced wo $3.75. Pongee Sun Umbreiias, with green linings, reduosd to$1.23, Gents Silk Sun Umbrellas, $2.25, Ladies’ Silk Sun Umbrellas, $125, Sel A BSS5 g a4 Bagg rar = For 2Me. the Palais Royal offers the Mentical styles sold elsewhere for 506. Guure fans in all colors, hand-painted and with em bussed sticks, are suid for 4¥c.; price elsewhere SL. JEWELRY—Sea bean bangles, 9c. Rhine Stome Collar Battons (sterling sliver), 5c; Luitution Amber Jewelry, 25¢—uot trast, HH 00. 485, FRR uy Hall oe OE EY a ee ee ee Od i “od? S58 i kee EE OF = Black Lisle Hose, s{ik finished, 4 thread, white split feet, 47c., usually sold for G9. Black aud co ored light weight Cotton Hose, spilt feet, double heels and tues, 44c., worth Gc. ‘Superior quality, light weight Bal. Hose, 25e. Novelty for seashore and mountain is Dark Biwe Hose with horse shovs, lawn tenuis raquets and other novel designs stamped in white, $1.45; imported wo sell for $2 a pair. UNDERWEAR-Swiss Ribbed Silk Bodices, ail styles and colors, only $2.43, SHAWLS of double width, Cashmere, tn ali color, $1.25, JERSEYS of imported stockinette, tailor made, re duced from $1.98 to $1.48, BUSTLES of wire, new patent, 350. CORSETS of canvas for summer wear reduced to 59e. BOYS’ pique kilt suits, 2 to 4 years; 25c. will be Ge- ducted trom the marked price of each gurasent for the ex: three days, BOYS flannel shir: waists, all sizes, S50. oP RE TET gs iM H Po ‘Traveling or Bicycling Shirts of English flannel, re ‘duced from §1.35 to $1.17. 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