Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1887, Page 5

"S THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C.,, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1887-TWELVE PAGES. CHRISTMAS IN THE JUNGLE, Mr, Hornaday’s Reminiscence of a Day in the Hanterw’ Paradise. A STORY TOLD A “STAR” REPORTER IN THE NATCRAL- IST'S ODDLY-FUKNISHED STUDY—A DAY DEVOTED TO SERING BIG GAME—STARTING BISON AND ELE- PHANTS—A WETTING AND 4 CHRISTMAS DINNER. “Did you ever spend a Christmas In the jungle?” ‘Tax Stax reporter Who asked the question was seated in an easy chair in the spacious study at the home of Mr. Wm. T. Hornaday, of the Smith- sonian Institution,.im Le Droit Park. And such a study, too! Objects on every side betrayed the tastes and told something of the life of its owner. ‘Tne walis display a tempting array of books, chiefly relating to natural history, travels and sports, all the remaining available space being covered with drawings and paintings of jungie life, maps, cases of manuscript, rifles, mounted heads of animals and stuffed birds, Over the desk 1s arranged a Sroup of seven drawings, representing scenes Trom the naturalist's life in che Jungies of Southern jndia smong elephants, bison, Ugers and other Dig came. “On Une opposite wall hang four large pictures representing Bornean scenes, the most Striking of Which ts a life-size water-color of Mr. Hornaday’s baby orang-utan, made famous by published descriptions The’ picture represents a & homely red-haired beast With a bald and shiny brown pate, seated meditatively on the limb of green tree. bu the floor are scattered grand trophies of the chase. “A splendid leopard skin of the largest Size is spread our Hike a rug. An elephant's foot Is mMOURLEA and upholstered as a footstool. Near by ts @ magnificent buffalo head, a head of a prong- orm autelope of exquisite finish, heads and antlers Of deers, and, most iuteresting of all, a huge Uger’s sBull, garnished with enormous tevth, tuat proves to be'from the tiger that fell to Mr. Hori rifle in Southern India, as described in “Twi im the Jungie.” it was to ths study that Mr. Hornaday had invited Tux Srax reporter, who had €alied w chat with bin. Tue surroundings aud the approach of Christimas day naturally suggested the question with which the reporter hoped to draw out a narrative of some of the naturalist’s lateresting experiences. IN A MUNTER'S PARADISE, “ob, yes,” suid Mr. Hornaday, “I spent one Christmas ip a genuine hunter's paradise, the most truly ‘happy hunting ground’ mortal nan ever dreamed of. If you have read my ‘jungle’ book you Know ‘what J mean—the great Animailal Turest ln Soutuern India, ‘There are a few sugges. ‘Uons of 1,” abd the naturadst pointed tothe group of pievure’s oa the wall, = “How did you spend that particular Christmas? “Well, It Was a sort of a retrospective Chnistinas, 80 10 speak, and not a particu) Joly one, eltuer} and yet it Ought to have been. You see, it wa Blunost the last day of my grand hunt th those Bills, and my work there was ally finished. I Was Waidag for some carts to come up from the Jow country and haw down wy collection, 1 had Ween there then about six mouths, and had gath- ered in skins and rough ske by the cord, ac- Seo: bn apueed the toves lt paalead tas aan | kind Of luck, aud there really was nothing more to be desired from that Wecality. 1 had bad enough first-class hunting to last any reaso Man fur a lifetime; but when came 1 felt realiy bike over the th | end Lad come at lust, for you sew I knew that afver once geting away I would forever be longing to come back. “You must have Killed a great many head of Dig gaine there iro first wo last?” * Yes,” sald Mr. Horuaday, “1 did when y Sider (at We preverved everything ki when we killed for eat. Ti however, were not reali: great and dou't represent wore than ¢ could bave Killed hug | beeu bent on slauzhte Due Dhave it to say that since f first began Lo co leet I bave never killed a 5 imal or bird, tuat 1 did not Wo one can accuse me of W F LUBLID the Ani At seems Wo Ine like a dr “Now, t think its of ; but I just | tts coumug | Museuut > Shape of we tune Of two Sor lore, then 1 don't know any Interest Lo aay body except 1 Wish I could have tue sane Christiaes, taat’s ali. It OF tare Wagon. iv: myself, thay » all, IN CAMY IN THE ANIMALLAT FORESTS, ‘Tue Stax reporter having now s.arted a tram of reminiscences leaned buck in bis chair an atten Uve listever, aud Mr. Hornaday Went on, bat due, tea Years ago hext Sune eTally sufroundet by big Ku 1} Was then at x utile camp of huts cailed Sungam, | An the beart of Uwe forest, and dad Just Wola Up My buat os the Anlusiidl Hilin by kiking, skis hing aud skelevonizing a ithe old usker elephan We nad carned the skin out to Sungam, Uulnued It down nicely, amd Were trying (o diy Kon a seul fold wale We Waited for the carts to come Up and haul us down. “I was living tm a wretched old bamboo hut, Wretchedly exougi, to ve sure. The nortuwest | qwoasven had burst upon us, and it rained «out half the tine. ‘The Wuole cree of tue wrest de parurent bad Bed from the Lillis, aud 1 auu wy Gav Of Mulcers Were Literally mouurcus oF all we | Surveyed. Jt was lonesvuse exousi, to, WILL IY | Old ttiewd, ‘Theovaud, and ali se pita gone out of tue country. ‘Tue grass lu Lae giaues Chat Was uly & fove Bish in August was th Teet 9 many places, and with Ube Uesinstng vf heavy rains we epuanis aud bioow ud come | down from the higuer ranges literally la hosts, and (airy Surrounded te abandoned ciepuant | camp “I aad hoped to get out of the forest ta me to spend Christuiss in Coumuaiore, but It Was wot Wo De, abd the zach found me stil Byuting Of Lue ungie Lever Wiku qUluiue aud pale aie, abd uo.d- the fort. “uere Was no While Hua WILL 20 qalles of me, aud the oniy tab in knew Christigas When he saw it Was DuraysuWlty , he “Gentiewan’s Gud! He Was my bouy-servaut and cOk, abd a GoWBrigut guud fellow, Woo, IE be Was a Sadrasee. “Curkubas 1 Tuck 1 vas br: oruing came along, and by good und clear. Lrewived Ww gu Out hunting Wita wy gang for positively the sust pearance and “anal larewell pertormance b jeaving the country.” 1 had enough speci alfeady.abd didn’t propose to Alil aay gant 4 Unless W> sucuid cuance to run foul oF bear. 1 det rutned to just xo cut tor Bstrodaad iovk at game.” Mather icuious uw ROW feranuuter, Wasn't itt It Will souud Hake a | Whopper ih prunt, I know, “Wah f cauma up my Ave Mulce them w would gv ul Ww und game, Lu & MULE suryrescd, be said notutnig, abd, acter | Ugnteubg up uheir ion clots and deing up tacit | back bat, lucy Were iuiiy equipped for the chase. As iny s@¥ant banded se ty 4 te I sch Dorp saws, ue you Kuow it's Christmas” | “*Puitisy, small “*Yestiun day. Too bad we can't have a big ainner, i} tT Weil, give us tue Lest you've gun as Usual! So off we Went. “ATheféip ac one great charm about hunting in | that fore§ waicl F aever louud elsewhere. When Ver We ut out fora uuLt We were ubsoluels certain Uber big gale OL Soule Kind betore re Turning, $d pusuwly several kinds. Pu sure no sport=watever nad a jinet_ buiof fare Uaan the Adiundaltserved Up alive aiid x wing tery day. Gu going Ge ie Was merely 4 queue as tow We Would $+, atid Low imany. ‘There Was always a glorious boerainty wbval what was coming next, the Sue as With Wait Wuitinan's poctry, Te inigut bas deer, oF it migint be au erephan lulgit be ber, elk, a Uger, vison, wid uo, Wid ag any ubiug 1a fact except what one expecta: “Weil, Wepcruck Of In single fle as usual, my best tracnerfeuding tie Was, WIth We at fits uteri, and the OURr natives following Close alter. We Wen wlOUg & sileuLly us porsidn Was on the Wert. We usualy round tne tne big gauneha the more open parts of the forest woere there Was no undesvrush at all scarcely” But only bug, bare, tree-trumas, With their tops Juv feet above ts, and big thorny clumps of bat boo. In may places KK was just uKe bumping through the faiiusunian Park, and 1 never ivun acrusn (at UAALUGL Upen glade Where the Urn ln, th front of Ue National Museum, witaout ny thoughts Myigg buck Wo the Auimailal forest. it Was in just se giades as that taat we usually fouad the berdbot spotted deer. a HEKD OF BsON. Before we lot gone a mile that day we came Upon ab Ammen herd of bison, like that one in re up ere, feeding on 4 grassy hillside # hundred md I hud seen, we g sight, > but, naving no to 3 sv graud ib appe and licked their trees, and content sr. calves and rubbekgainst& diy Stouu sUi.i, Util, at lengt, alter we lad gut Ured Of Watchin Ulem, we cave GeO SUCi 2 stmpede I hever ma In a secondiiey duey serows MU with y thy | ig An every dire ener | sce apd quica.y wen COMME Hut | Hiak Ht of the bison, © went laacur monkeys | Wi saw five OF Mx big troops @S ual, they scuided and ‘swore we faces at ed 1 their own | hers of spotted i gxad OOK At them Went Toi the Muicera We saw at is Andiak, elk, you firsi, aud scarcad tiukues oo 4 distant fread. AD AOWE of ws kaler We s a ‘sounder’ of Wud hog, Lat they were in lowpnderbrush, abd We dd not Set @ good look at ‘TRATLINGTIN ELEPUANTS. “Last of all, which as late in the afternoon, we crossed a fresh elephgit trail, and after f % for a iittte over 4 mile came up to the hen. There were avout frvcea ts in the wie a. 1 Was really glad to tusker In the herd, for a of & temptation, after all Tne clepuants were {ii females except two, Which. Were Uuskiens mites! We did not take the trouble fo get Close Up We the Lerd, DUL coDLented our- selves Wit watebity tuem at'a distance of a hun- fred yards oF mo tareful tuey always ter Lak ba, greatly vo the w a aba he saw wo make & € grass tat they pulied up defure eating it. An chpuant is a very clean and fastidious feeder, and tie fies te eating. as 1 know by thai. tts qe luke but of course Bot the Dest Wemceak. It hs Courmer grained aad more incuine to be wugh. “When We got throu \ateniug the elephants we undertouk 10 stam, ‘s they somed Lo know we DB huat, aud actuals | uar; | some tw | her ui | tue quests td asten to the station Where. all ‘And shouted, from a safe distance, but they Just Duddied together and stood still. “Then it began to rain, and in fifteen minutes the water came down tn such torrents that I heartily wished 1 had staid at Twas a cold rain, too, and darkness began to close in very fast. We made tracks for camp as fast as we could, and reached the huts just as the forest got black’ with darkness, wet as “drowned rats, tired, hungry, and chilled to the bone. But = Sawiny and the Mulcer women, the wives of my men, had foldet up the three sections of elephant Skin and stowed it safely In the farther end of my hut Out Of the Faia, so things were not so bad after all. THE CHRISTMAS DINNER. ‘While I was getting into dry clothes,” Mr. Hornaday went on, “Dotaysawmy proceeded to getthe dinner upon the table, and for the jungle it was ‘no slouch’ of a dinner either. It was a uine surprise, and had cost the boy no end of scheming. For several days I had considered my- Seif as about starved out, but here was a pint of Bass’ tuumortal tndia pale ale, ‘positively the very last,’ that Was; a dozen crackers, a dish of green peas (canned, of course), a stewed bison tongue, Which Was delicious; curry aad rice, of course: aud to crown all a genuine English plum pudding (ans brandy) trom a forioru-looking uttle tin can, Walch I had purchased three montus previously, with my stores, and entirely forgotten. 1 forgot the pouriug rain and the leaky roof over my head, and also Une dampearth floor under my feet, but Sat down to my box table, alone in my glory, and feasted royally, while Doraysawmy stood by ‘lo re- ceive praises, and beam sausfaction upon the re- Salts of his Libors.’ ” = iced Old Christmas Customs. From the Anicrican Magazine. But, nevertheless, ever since the fifth century, December 25 has been our Christday. And from Roman Saturnalia, from Drulds of Briton, from mystical German legends and homely English cus- toms, we have drawn the charms and graces and fantastical devices with which we clothe our ten- derest thoughts and holiest reverence tor the en- trance of the Saviour of tie world Into human life. From Scandinavians, who tn winter built immense fires on the util tops In honor of the sun’s re- [ura, wwe Dorrowed the yulelog. And it became an English custou: w preserve a bit of one year's yule Jog to light the tre on the great hearth at the follo\ Ing Chiristinas-tide, in token of warmth and plenty Yo abide In the Wousehold turvughout the Year. When the log was ready to be brought in the Youngest chiid of the failly was seated upon it, ‘und ail the rest assembled to witness Its entrance, drawn by tue merry retainers, aud to prepare it Tor the lighting. ‘The passing 1 the “wassail cup”—a bowlot ale—was souetudug always expected, and he was niggard, indeed, whe would uot take a hearty “sup” froma the ‘huge common vessel and leave & dowceur In the bund of the maiden who brought It, and often enough another sweet memento on her ot unwilling Lips, ‘The wassailing Of the orchard_trees (a Devon- shire custein)— That they may beare Fuii many a plu, Fic tuany a peare, 4s sometimes wrongly quoted a3 a Christmas ob- servanee, but It Was upon “twelfth night,” in Jan- Unit the trees were “nade drunken’ with the dregs of u good sop.” * ‘There are portions of Germany, Iretand, and even England. wuere Curistiuas eve is considered an un- eauny time, when superstition throbs in every fresh sigh of the wind about the treetops, aud enies oUt froua the sinister rattle of sleet or the creak of & loosened saute sos A CHRISTMAS SURPHISE, Why a Was Couple Celebrate ‘Their Marriage on Christmas Night. In the eastern section of the city there tsa family waich has peculiar reasons for celebrating Christmas night. The husband and father was, ty Years ago, an apprentice in Balu more, and tu Wile and mother a bouncing country irl, living near that ety, An acquaintanceship between the young couple gradualiy changed into apparent devouon, and they were looked upon as destined to pass Uke remainder of life together. ‘The parents of the young lady offered no objec tions to the mated, and everything seemed satis- facvory. ‘Tue visits of the young man, however, began to be less trequeut after a Jear of more of Courtship. ‘The young gitl Was urged by ber mother, Who nad houiced tue growing Coolness, ether W have a Weudiag OF Lo distniss bes iukCWaru lover. ‘The HUME WOdAe promised Uo Mave a Walk With Ube ret id owe Sunday Iu December she toid Joan Would come oUL On “LhUTS day evening, Whica would be Curlstinas, ‘TUE EXPECTED WEDDING This visit, Uae motaer understood, would be an {ntroduction into Uwe family asa son-in-law. Early Monday morning the work of preparing for so im portant an event Was cothmenced, ‘The house was (oroughly renovated, the fuiner notitied the liliuster Wo be ready 19 Ue Uke knot, gucsts were luvited and tue Kitchen siove Was kept ata goud heat ib baking, boiling aud stewing, While orders Were seat to WwWu lor tue cake, & While this Was golug on Ute bride expectant was alinost con- staatiy occupl Soule of wer Irienas tn mk- ier Crousseat. Tue eventitl day arrived aud as Gurkuess teu Lue parlors were filed Wily nelgu tors and relatives. Tue bride with her attend ALLs Were ready (0 appear before the miulster, Wao Was ou wad plompus. ‘Phe tain ow waien the grou expecued passed tue station without luanlug a stop. Tueu tougues Were wulvesed and {ue grvom Was ronudiy “abused. One said, “E khew ue Was Uicky.” “An old tady rewmarked, “on aysare vad,” aud tue facuer dw Seve a horsewhlp, inouUL lis and nuat the ian Wu would dare Scr¥e his Uaugaver sci a SLAbbY rick. TURNING Tid TABLES. | Then some of more practical mind suggested ‘that Uhey hud etter make Lue Vest of tt, and not Jet the Wedding feast be Wasted. While all was commodou a buggy Was driven rapidly to the re. OF tue Mouse, the groom Lastly aligated, expialne Unat be nad Thougnt best to drive oui, aud ee the ghests Were Tully aware Of st Wie you.g couple Were before tue wdutset. While the latter Was feeuvy tu uls poeset tor Uie inal, tue Youug man produced Wuat the assemblage slpposed Was tbe Hicense, and requested Tue ducuinent Lo be read, This reytest Was complied wit, but the mlnisver Was as luuch supprived as the parents aud guests, He read, “this i Uo ceruity Lust iu Were united vy Ine Inthe holy bonds ol Matrimony ob tue Gih day of May, 1 Ww “Minister of — chureh.” ‘Then, aS may be supposed. there was a scene, abd a Lumver remarked, “No Wonder tuey eh acting 50 inaifferendy of late.” During the pareuts, We couple, and te min ured lo tue diuing roow aad a hasty con- 4 Look place, ‘Lhe uunister soon returned in bebalf of Lue couple, luvited a ake Ue Unaln, proceed to Baltimore, aud e the celebralion at the house of Mf. and + and Laat cardages Would be In Waltlug depoe lor tem, 1ms changed ine plans couskivrably, bat It did Wot take long for parcuis, Buests, aud “nuplster to accept the invitation, fuvuga ota to ieave Lue weil-spread Lables pree pared for Uteie eujoyment. A procession Was, fouued for Use Station, and tua Sboru ume the brute and geoom ior beady & year had all at thelr Own KeWLy Turnisued house ay gues.s. Here te Iriewds ahd relatives Of Lue young Iman had beea juvited with a ciLy pastor, and alter a coumngiing Of the Irleuds of You parties the Wedding of tea wOulus beiure Was celebraced Dy a Teust, THE EXPLANATION. Here the whole matter Was explained, The young man, altuough Of age, had not compieted his trade, and the young couple conciuded to quietly get married and Keep it secret until the Young Wan shoud fush nis tine aud furnish & house. tuving accomplished DOLL, and being some What pressed vy the parents, they had arranged the surprise. ‘The parental biewstag was given aud & Joyous Uime Was spent by ail, Lhe SUFprise giv @splee tue affair aud inaking It doubly enjoy abie. It 1s now nearly twenty years since te larriage Wok place, but every Christmas migut has bewa celebrated as the anniversary of the sur- Prise lucy gave their pareuts, friends, and pastor. Wrecked at Midnight, A RAILROAD ACCIDENT IN THE HEAMT OF A WISCONSIN FINK FOREST. In the heart of We great pine forest between Fairfieid aud Puiilips, ou tue Wisconsin Central road, the passenger train that left Astland at 7:30 ‘Thursday eveuing was wrecked about midnight by & broken rail Two fatalities and the tojury of a score of passengers resulted, There were sixty passengers aboard. M. Montle, of Butternut, Wis, attempted Lo get out of a Window, When he (ell and Was caught under Lhe car and crushed toa. jelly. Couductor C. IL Greenfield, WhO Was passtag turough the tralia, was caugut Ib the. shower Of falilug debris and held a prisoner between two tim- bers. lis injuries Wil prove fatal. ‘Thos, Mooney, Of Ashiaud, Was verribly bruised, DUt Will Tecover. ‘Thos. scuneider, of Ashland, has a fnghttul gash in bishead. Mr. Manouey,” of Ashland, reve ved severe cuts Mrs Sullivan, wife of Conductor sul. livan, recelved serious injuries on her Read, and her sealp was lad open. Her little baby’ Was tought (0 have been killed, but Was found under # buadie of bedding im the "sleeper. The berths Were jammed into a heap. The little one was une harued, About a dozen others were injured. ‘The tralg Was traveling at high rate of speed, and the cars ran lato tue Woods and Were piled’ in a heap. tee. M. Wilson Speaks Out. SURE PRUSONS AKKESTED ON HIS EVIDENCE FOR ATTEMPTING TO BRIBE HIM. M, Daniel Wilson again appeared before the in- vestigation commission In Paris yesterday, and ‘Was examined with refereuce to a newly-discov- ered decoration scandal at great length. The de- talls of M. Wilson's testimony were not made pub- lic, Dut as a result of his examination three men, named Dubreati, Herbert, and Lebaudran were arrested on a charge Of having attempted to ob- Legion of Honor through taln Uke decoration of tae Marnie quite cvident destre of the commission fe evident wo robe Mt Wilsoa’s comneclioa with the scandal is aly commended by the a cortes adjourned yesterday until A BIG STRIKE ON THE READING. Over One Thousand Men Stop Work about the Pert Richmend Wharves. ‘Over 1,000 men employed by the Reading Rail- Toad Company on their lines running from West communicated to all the employ and a general strike upon ali company may beéhe remit Dhe trouble ated Thursday 1 i freight handlers loaded with four snus a firm of Charles M. Taylor's Sons, deliver any more freight to the firm unless the non-union laborers employed in handling the freight should be diseh: ‘Word was iminedi- ately sent to John O’Keim, the general freight agent and shipping clerk at the Richmond wharves, who telegraphed the news of the refusal to the general oMicers of the company. Upon the Frcaipt of the telegram Superintendent, Swelgard issued an order discharging the crew Who had re- fused to handle the freight, and threatening the ‘Same punishment to other crews who would follow the precedent. All the remaining whieh consisted of four crews, refusing to obey the order, were discharged, and ‘the engines were taken t the round-house ‘and the men ieft the yard. The news o€ the discharge quickly spread among other employes of the company in Port Richmond, and the Stevedores, to Une number of about 600 men, Jett the yard. "A committee of Knights of Labor Assemblies Nos, 7312 and 6283, to which the strikers belonged, called upon General Manager McLeod and Superintendent Sweigars with the purpose of preventing a general strike. ‘The object Was unsuccesstul, as the officers would not listen to any excuses. ‘The situation was unchanged yesterday. ‘The company was determined to operate thelr lines, however, and made preparations to secure crews, for the ‘idle locomotives, but were unsuccessful until about 1 o'clock. ‘Trouble with the strikers had been anticipated, however, and the company requested Director Stokely to turnish police pro- tection, Accordingly men were massed at the polat of trouble. “Engine No. 288, manned by the obuoxious crew, arrived at the scene of trouble at about 3:30 p. im. and proceeded at once to move the boycotted freight. ‘The news of the renewal of work was quickly communicated ainony the other men at Work and a concerted action of quit- Lng was speedily agreed upon. An hour was given to allow the employes on the Toad from West’ Falls to the river to learn of the determination, and at 4:30, when the signal was xiven, every Man stopped Work. Shifting eugines that Were working On the coai wharves quickly Tan to thelr usual resting-place, until the whole huraber (fourteen) Were piaced i one line, and the crews imiuediately drew the fires aud blew out the Dollers. Men that were waeeling coal dropped thelr barrow handles, switchmen closed their switches and leit the iain Itne open, conductor brakemen, and otber employes left thelr work an ly Went to thelr hornes, One of the leadets ‘said Uhis afternoon: “The nie trouble grew OUL Of the fact that Chas. M. Say lor’s Sons Were employing non-union men to hale their freight and paying them low wages. We have urged them to employ unton men at tue ular pay, Wialeh 1s about $2 a week more than Ying, Dut they have steadily and firwiy refused to grant our request, and a refusal Wo hanie Unelr cars was our ouly defense.” vunsel for Coxe Bros, & Co. to-wlay asked Judl- interference In tue coal intners’ strike in a petition to Judge Butler in the United Siates Court, ‘The men at Euzabeunport had retused to load ‘Coxe Bros’. Duals because the finn were Lenigh Vailey operators, Judge Butler declined WW lntertere, The winers at Kiley & Co.'s Logan colliery, at Asuland, Pa, struck yesterday, Larowin: over 500 quen and boy's out of employment. ‘The miners in No. 5 siope Struck a Tew days ako becuse they Were coupelied to Lop thelr Wagons, A comualtter Of the Kuights of Lavor heid a conference With tue superinteutent Yesterday, and Une result velug Uusatisiactory to tue wien a general Strike ve eurred, 1U15 fearea that the miners at Centraiia colliery wiil also turn OW Gor tae sume « Scorched by Beauly rieaamp. SIX MEN FRARFULLY BURNED BY EXPLOSION IN & MINE. Atelegram from Wilkesbarre, Pa, December ‘22, suyS: The lateness of the hour Wednesday ight ai Which the terrible explosion occurred in the Nottingham Colltery, at Plymouth, allowed ouly of the bare tact becoming Kuown, | It was Just 11 o'clock When the disaster occurred. Six inen—John Kowland, James Davis, James Kelley, Richard Davis, David Hughes and David Davis— Were at Work removing Lue Fubbish from the work- hg poluts of Uke imine to some disused portion, ‘Tuey eniered a new cuamber In which thls rub- Dish Was Lo be dutuped without thouzht of danger ahd with naked Niguis, Dut a large body Of gas had accumulated Were and a terri explosion tol. Jowed. Ail six men were terribly ourned and when Une rescue party reached Uacin 1b Was Hirst bem Meved Lust most of them were dead. IU 1s aupos- sible to say Wheter or not any of tie injured wien Wil. recover, David Davis ls past Hope of recovery ‘aud ail of Liew are In a eriticul conaiuion, The reporcof the disuster spread quickly through the town and Une shaft was soon surrounded by a large crowu. iiundeeds of people congregated at Uke mouth Of Une shaft and Waited with bated Dreala every ascension of tue carriage. When At fs realized that over six hunured wen were ih the malue wt thls Uwe, and Liat no ue outside could ted the exact nuture or extent of tue disaster, Ube futeusity of the prevailing ex cewent can easily be conjectured, the exeltemeut became much more intense When tie vicums were one by Ue Drougut Lo the surt, ach ior, covercd With vlauikets and Waste, Was Lue « Of iuterest, and each ace Was scammed by utundreds With ah anxiety Wat Vordered upon despair. Every wife and. every motwer seciued Lo LulMk her 10Ved One Was auony tue VicUms. see Congratutating the Crown Prince, ANEW YEAR ADDKESS, EXPRESSING JOY AT HIS IM- PROVEMENT, PREFAKING IN BEBLIN. A movement bas been started by leading Inbabl- tants of Berlin to present a congratulatory Year address to the crown prince, Sheets will be placed th central positions on Christmas day tor signature by persons of all classes, The graud duke O¢ Baden has sent letters to the diet, sayiug (lat tue crown prince was deeply moved by Lie diet’s expression of sympathy with uit, and, in view of the percepuble Improvement im bis conditivn, he feely Justifled in cherisblug the hope Liat he'wijl ulumately recover strengti to Tui bis duues to tue fauerland, ‘The grand uke quotes tue tohowlng Words. uttered by the crowa prince: “I place uty trustin God, who bas so often been gracious Lo us When encompassed by dangers. But if any ting earthly can raise and restore me, it is the universal syinpathy of the fatheriaud,” J feel as if there existed between iy fellow-cllizens and myseit a bond, whic 18 proot Uiat greater coutidence has been placed tu me Lian 1 veileved possible. May tt yet please the Lord to give ie au opportunity to show myself worthy of it,” 00 Dead in the Cabin, A MYSTERIOUS AFPAIK ON A SCHOONER—THE CaP. TAIN'S BODY FOUND. Capt. Walton, of the schooner C. G, Cranmer, in Philadelphia, makes the following statement: On ‘Tuesday morning, the 20th instant, his mate and crew boarded the schooner D. and E. Kelly, 50 inlles east of Cape Henlopen, and found the cap. tain lying dead under the lazaret, and not buried at sea, as publisbed, There were finger marks on his throat and several bruises on his head. His pockets uad been ransacked, and some of ‘them torn, Nothing remained in his pockets but a tow Dill, Which had been paid at Nortolk. His’ pistol was lying on the quarter deck with one chaiaber empty. Capt Walton thinks that Capt, Taylor had mét with foul play, and had trted to derend Iamseif with ils pistol.” il clothes were pertectly dry, and be was lying In a dry place, apparently hidden away, Lo cover the traces of’ eriine, His boay is still aboard the schooner. A Loa Covnrsiir Espgp.—Judge Brinson, of Burke County, Ga., has just returned from Frénk- lin, ‘Tenn., with his bride, Miss Hearn, Years ago Judge Brinson was a student in a law school in Franklin, where he met and became en; vo Miss Hearn, ‘The lady's father being a Methodist objected 10 him because he was a Bapust, and thus a severance took place, Several weeks ago Sudge Brinston accidently heard that the La Was still single, so he at once renewed the romance Of his youth, with the resuit stated, Nina VAN ZANDT SORRY, Sus Dipw't Biow UP ‘THe Jatl.—Miss Nina Van Zandt 1s quoted as. bit terly regretting that she did not carry out an alleged plan to blow up the Jull and release August Spies. In regard vo the execution, she is further ‘quoted as follows: “The murder’ of Parsons was Uwe most diabolical of them all ‘Think of it; a Iman belteviug himself tnuocent, gives himselt up ‘Uo the authorites and ts murder ees? Par- ‘sons should have been saved, and iid have been saved if his case had bech properly managed. It was different With my husband. Nothing could have saved him but one thing, and I was a fool not todo as1 intended and should bave done—that was to biow up Une Jail!” DmMPsky WiLL Figur McCavruny.—Jack Demp- SeY, 1n response ‘to Dominick MeCaffrey’s reported desire to arrange a fight, says tat he is willing to meet MccaiTtey if were ts any money in it, He don’t see What a 190 pound fighter wanis to fight a io/ddie weight for, but he ts Willing if guaranteed something. ee Prearen on NorHixo.—A special from statey positively that Premler Norquay will withe draw from the premiershiy the investiga- examine the x ‘Mr. La Riviere will wo his Seat in the cabinet, as have Ministers: Mamta ton, Harrison, and Wilson, Mr. Harrison declared TO POPE LEO XUt, Letter of the American Prelates, ‘THE LABORS OF HIS HOLINESS BEVIEWED—AGAIN BECOMING THE KECONCILIATOR OF NATIONS—COR- DIAL CONGRATULATIONS. ‘The following 1s a literal translation from the Latin of the letter of the Catholic Hierarchy of America to Pope Leo, congratulating him upon the nfuleth anniversary of his ordination to the | “Most Holy Father—As the devotion of a Christian people, the dignity of your see, and the importance of the deeds done by you, certainly Nor have you ever the fulfilment of your duty or Your promises All are aware that scarcely were admitted to the service of the altar when you Becamea model for your feliowseluzens tn every Virtue. ‘Then, when you were honored with the 's milter, nothing was nearer your heart than ‘upholding’ and extending of the nonor and au- ity of God and the Holy Church by upright laws and regulations. But when the provident mind of your predecessor appotuted you to aid in carrying on te public business of the chured, 1k can scarcely be told with what pradence, wi Wisdom ‘and what happy success you wed yourself of your charge. And when at length you wore clevated to thet exalted position, to whlca your virtue, your divinely conferred ge and the other endowments of your mind have bid- den you, you assuredly proved not only that tue lnals who elected you, but that God himself, in his mercy, looked vo the’ good of the church i hese evil days. For. mindrul of what has been lone by your predecessor, and walking In the fo0t- steps of those who, under the sume name which you bear, have with so great honor occupied the chair of St. Peter, you have left nothing umat- Lempted to bring Uack to the pathway of rectitude doth those of your own flock and those without the fold who have strayed from Christian truth, Often, ina have you recalled to thelr minds, and ‘held strongly belore them in solemn terms, the eternal law of God, without the support of which neither the family, nor hu- man soctety, nor even civil government itself can subsist—which law (though it ts clearer than sunilght, since it was revealed by God, and by the ald of reason ft is made more manifest and bet- ter established) philosophers, wrongly so-called, have now for three centuries’ striven to remot from thelr own tninds and from the minds of all nations. ‘This they do with such insistence that there are some, even among Catholics, who seem to be entrapped by these failactes, and to be hur- Tied headlong to ruin by Une uuset of tls growing error. Deeply, in truth, were we rejoiced, most holy” tather, "when lately, with such wisdom and success, you asserted the heaven-born majesty of your see "by reconciling discordant rulers and people of Europe, It seemed to us that those happy Umes had almost returned in which the oman pontiff was looked upon as the father of all princes and of all nations who glory in the Christian name, In carrying through these trans- actions such prudence was mauifsted by you, Such benignity, such sincere love of peace and con: cord, that Tar-distant posteriiy will wonder how. out of powertul enemies, you made friends and almost sons. “But when you remember the many benefits with which you have eartched the American chureh we are moved to render you thanks with our whole soul, and would that we were able fully to d0so, ‘The oue uning granted us to perform, that we do, and to.tay most willingly we Join with our breuuren spread throughout the en- Ure World, and on this auniversary or your eleva- tion to the priesthood we offer you our uiost heart= feit congratulations. We big for you from Al mighty “God ail happiness and. prosperity, and especially (hat He may preserve you us long as Possibie for the good of the Chiistlan comimon- Wealth, Prostrate at the fe-t of your uollness, we earuestly beseech the apostolic benediction.” ‘This letter 13 signed by Cardinal Gibbons and all the American arcublshops tnd biIsuop: toe — ‘The Saco Bank kKebber's Capture. THOUGHT TO HAVE GIVEN 1H6 STOLEN BOXDS TO WIS BKOTAKK. Frank C. MeNeally, the Saco Bank robber, ar- rested at Halltax yesterday (as stated in THe STAR), acknowledges his ideutity. ‘The prisoner 1s said to have made an extensive continental trip, and itis belleved that be has visited Egypt, as among his effects there was tound a bill of fare of @ Cairo hotel, His presence in ilalltax has been Known to tue poitce stiwe Sunday night, and be has been Watcued. On the. Friday preceding Mc- Nealiy’s armival a youug tian came from Boston and registered at he Haidliax as Cuas. Cooper, He Sald that he expected uepuew or his oo the Polynesian, and, when Uaat vessel Was signaled on Sunday, ne'went to the Wuurt to meet mis rela- Uve, | “Cooper” was MeNeally's brouuer, Who came here for Une purpose of Gutititny tne stolen bonds, and js now back in Lie suates, Lavin probably: taken the coveted documents with Dim, MeNewuy’s (Unk Was lied Wich clothing of the inost fasiuonable London cnt ud of the Very tuest Inaierlal. ‘There Were a duce CoMMpiCLe SUItS, be- sides silic uuuerwear and neckUles tt profusion, There Were MALY portralls vi tacmbers of Une Kug- Mish royal Tumily, Inciwding Her majesty and tie prlavess of Wales, tnlxedt up aiuoag a 10l Of photo- rapus Of Scanuily clad Acinwies, auong Une latter ding some Japanese pictures, ‘Tue only unings in Une shape of Writing Tuuad were UWo telegrains in cipuer, Probaby tue most Literesting porion Of Lae Contents of Mie Letina Was a pertect GULL (or effecting disguises, Juere Was low and otier muatertac for iaking every desetipuon of Wigs, Wiilskers, inustacues, we., aud « palf of green gog” gles Tor Wear WueH it Was desirable W appear as An eldcriy person, The Vicuinized bank off -red a reward ot $2,000 for him, and_a short Use tater tke aioe Was fucreastd Lo $7,500—$2,500 Lo be oF the Funaway’s Capuure and $5,000 10F Las recovery of the bonds, cor - A Hoosier sensati KIDNAPPED AND FoKC Y MAKKIKD TO HER FIRST cous A sensational $10,000 uatnage sult has been fied In the Vigo Cirewt Court, 14 Indiana, against Win, H, Holmes, bis son, Marion Holines, and ’Squire Francis Cooper, by Miss Ella Tucker, all the parties being of Lost Creek Townsulp, near the Clay county line. A few montus since Constable Wun. Brinton summoned Miss ‘Tucker before ‘Squire Cooper as 4 witness 1h « inisdemeanor case. When Sue arrived beture the “syuue she found there a rst cousin, Marion Hvline>, au tuiporcunate suitor for her hand, and Was Informed Laat she was Len and there to’ be united to wim tu marrlage, The murriage was accoudiugiy pertormed, though against er wish, aud Uatuich iatuidation, as she clalins, und she decompanied Ler uusband and Lis fatuer lo Utelr home. She escaped uiter two days, and applied to Judge Mack for divorce, He de: cides Wat the marriage of tirst cousins is Megal, and cannot be recognized according to the laws of Uhe state, and tue marriage Was void. Brinton, the constable kidnapper, Wao acted on a sraudu? lent sutauions, was subsequently arraigned, but the jury hung’on a verdict. ‘Tue families of "both parties “ure old citizens and well-respected, und the suit is likely to develop considerable interest, ‘The Soath Carolina Regulators, ‘SIX OF THEM IDENTIFIED BY THEIR VICTIM AND MELD FOR TKIAL- A Charleston special, dated December 23, to the Philadelphia Press, says: An official examination Was had today of the Chester regulators, of, as they are now called, the Knights of the Switch, ‘They were confronted with Nanule Crawford, the young white woman they whipped. She posttively identified Garland Smith, Walker Smith, Fitz Grawiey, John McCarley, Robert Jamison, and David Good as her assailants. They were all’ pros- perous white farmers, und have given ball for their appearance at the next verm of court to answer an indictment for burglary and assault and battery of an aggravated nature, They gave ag an excuse for thelr brutal treatment of the girl ‘that she was living with a colored man. Respect. able neighbors say that she and her mother live alone in @ little house off in the woods, and that She has to look after all the uffairs of the ‘The colored man who is accused 1s a servant who helps her with her work. Oo the night of the assault the regulators first whipped the colored man and told him to move to ‘unknown, ‘Then they went to widow Crawford's where they. broke into the house and compelled Nannie to get out of bed and follow them. ‘They sat her upon a horse and carried, her, to ‘a, grove some distance from her house. ‘They then whipped her until the blood trickled down her shoulders. ‘The people of Chester believe that the woman is innocent, and are anxious to have the lawless conduct of the jators severely punished. An exciting trial will be had in March. Nearly all the local will be engaged In the ¢ se. id ‘Mrs. Jacob Condon, Itving a few miles trom Reed, Pa., dreamed a few nights agothat her year- ‘old baby was burned to death, and that she sent REVO! UTION IN CHRISTIANITY. A Belief that Denominationaliom is in % its Decadence, ‘J.B. Wasson, in the North American Review. ‘Multitudes of men and women who would never ‘de attracted by the loftier principles of pure Chris- Uanity are ready to live by it and even die for it, when it ts mixed with something earthly and cast inte the very human molds of denominationalism. ‘Wecannot bear to look at the white light trom Heaven. It binds us and stuns us, accustomed as Wwe are to the half darkness of human opinion and Prejudice. And so we wear highly-colored ec. clesiastical glasses, which give to everything around us the denominational hue which we love. Thus tt ts that many of us go to our graves without, {ihovey an fa wha trees tron ee Rea, ce is Iite one fe, 18 One One of the most con' of its atae ong one i vincing proofs: je Nevertheless, denominationalism hashad iteday, and Ube era of "tts decadence has begun. In the past it drew men into the church; and in the fu- ‘are it will drive them out of the church. Indeed, it is beginning to do so now. The old sanctions of ecclestasticism are losing thelr force with think ing people. ‘There 1s the reactionary ‘backward movement toward a medi zal conception of dogma and ceremony which ts so puzzling in this niaterial- istic age, and tuere ison the other hand, the movement away not merely from all settled creeds and dogmas, but from evers Vv of organized christianity. This movement divides itseif up into a number of smaller movements, and we have asa result the new th in its more orthodox manifestations, Uberal christianity of all Grades, free re and infidelity. Now, what the rs Of Christian thought Should do in this crisis is to provide temporary, though safe, intellectual bridges over which men may travel from the old and wornout, denomina- Uonal conceptions of Christianity to the new and unknown conceptions of It that is to be, The human mind cannot rest upon negations, 1t must grasp something positive, else tt will under the black waters of ism and die. And it is here that many of the leaders of the progressive movement in theology have erred, ‘They have not uly torn down more than was for thelr day and generation, but they have torn down much more vigorously and effectively than they have built up, They should remember that although truth is mighty, and will finally prevail, its day of triumph cannot be hurried nor antici: Worried Abo: ALL THE INCOMING sTEA THE IMMENSE DEMRLICT. ‘The whereabouts of J. D. Leary’s derelict big Taft still continues an unsolved problem. Three Vessels are now in search of it, the revenue-cutter Grant having started from New York. Steamships which arrived Friday failed to sight tt. ‘The Gulon steamer reached port yesterday, and Captain Bentley satd that if he had seen thé raft he would have trted to save it. Early Friday morning the Wisconsin passed thirty mties north of the spot where the Miranda lost her big tow. Captain Bentley was inclined to think that the raft had traveled to the southeasterly direction and was be. Yond the pathway of ocean steamers. ‘That she had moved in Unis direction was the general opin- ion on the maritime exchange based on the fact that the prevailing winds had been from the north- West, Other vessels which arrived and reported that they had not seen he raft Were the National Line steamship Canada, the steamship Warwick from Swansea, and pilot boat No. 4, ail of which passed within a few miles of where the raft and the Miranda parted company, he question of whether the raft can have re- mained intact after the severe storm it has gone Unrough ts as serious a question almost as that of ALS Whereabouts, “IU ts less dangerous to naviga- on asa solid raft than dismembered,” said the oficer in charge of the Hydrographic Office. “It Av goes to pleces there will bs 87,000 obstructions Moating about in the way of steamers instead of pone, aud many of them of a kind which it would be almost certain disaster for a vessel to meet with. Altwost any of the logs of which the raft 1s bulit Would be apt to damage a steamer, but take one of the 95-foot Sieks, With a diameter of 6 feet at one end, and let IU hit a Vessel eud on, and It would cut a bole in her whieh would probably sink her in a few minutes. Too Loquacious From the Chicago News. “1 can’t altogether agree with you about the teacher in your district being such a poor one,” ‘sald an Iowa county superintendent of schools to 4 member of a school board who called with a complaint, “He 1s not, of course, the best teacher we have, but he works hard, and I tuink you will luke him'better before the teria 18 out. His great- ss Lalling seems to be that he 1s Father too loqua cious,” ~a€-8," replied the school officer, doubtfully, “aevby; ‘but the wust Uung I've got agin the feller ts Chat he talks too much with his mouth, We want more Nggerin’ and less chin music,” Virtue of Advertising. ‘From the Cincinnati Commercial. Little Netl—“Oh, Mamma, Mamie Blinks 18 a go- ing to have a Uttle brother.” Omaha mamma—“What?” “A little brother, Won't that be nicer” ‘What under the sun put that into your head?” Mr. Blinks 13 got @ advertisement in the pa- per, ‘Boy Wanted.'” sos Don’t Hear Every: From Treasure Trove, ‘The art of not hearing should be learned by all, It Js rully as tmportani to domestic happiness as a cultivated ear, for which so much money and time are expended. There are so many things which it 4s patnful to Near, many things we ought not to hear, very many which, if beard, will dis- turb the Leihper, corrupt sumplicity and” modesty, detract frou contentment and happiness, that every one should be educated to take in oF shut Out Sounds, according to bis pleasure. If 4 man Talls Into u Violent passton and calls us all manner of nates, at the first word we should Shut our ears and bear no more. If, in our quiet Voyage of lite, We tind ourselves caught in one of these domestic whirlwinds of scolding, we should Shut our ears as a sailor would furl his sails, and, making all tight, scud before the gale. If & hot and restless maui begins to inflame Our feelings we should consider what mischief these tlery sparks may do in our magazine below where our vemper ts Kept, and instantly close the door. ‘The Art OF not hearlag, though untaught tn our schools, 1s by no ineans Unpracticed in society. We have noticed that a well-bred woman never hears a Vulgar or impertinent remark. A kind of dis- creet deatness saves one from many Insults, from much Diame, from not a lttle connivance in dis- honorable conversation, ——— Pugilomania. A PROTEST AGAINST A PRCULIAR BUT PREVALENT SORT OF MXKO WORSHIP, From tne Irish Weekly Times. Words circulating of a grotesque outcome ot the hero worship which a section of our aristo- crucy are paying to the fashlonable bruisers of the hour. The prize ring in its palmiest days was Rot feted and caressed by the great world: ‘The gladiator has so bewitched the grandes that the very highest style at our curled youth of sporting turn ts to be hand in glove, as it Were, with the professors of the science, and to be able to claim these ornaments as social intimates. We have stories by the score. Take two or three not yet in print. A titled patron of the prize ring entertained halt a dozen “pugs” at his ae 1ast iene resents club mem- bers horrified, waiters resentful. ‘The guests on very well Ull the supply of after-dinner iquor was Cut off by their had made the mistake of Frankenstein and Ive trouble, Most dis- loosed a oer hkeiy 0, give aes ine case, indeed, for a cou; com. lush, the i any noisily insisting on more bloom! sted clubmen and os forces ordered them out under penal ing put out they refused. | Whereupon tne, thunder for the flower of the East End let tations enough to stately homes of England to last him for the next two years, ‘What We Eat, From the Boston Transcript. A gentleman happened to be in conversation ‘with a man who makes raspberry jam ona large ‘scale, and asked him where the raspberries were raised that he made his product of. The gentie- ‘Man Was in 4 position to warrant the confidence ‘of the manufacturer and the latter told him ry, ‘we don’t use any raspberries at all.” “Do you mean to say that you make Jam without any rasp! r “Certainty.” fil BES fell Hi our ‘abd’ giucosd, is ready Out of tomatoes g & i ————-+e_____ ‘Why Coal Should be Kept Under Cover. ‘From the London Herald of Health. the amount of loss that coal undergoes when ex- Posed to the weather. It will perhaps surprise eer heereggely pooctegeargogiceine apres cannel jell i i ee A i | Hl Suilivan’s Expurgated Letter ‘THE BOSTON SLUGGER'S EMPHATIC ANSWER TO RICHARD K. FOX's LATEST. ‘The London Sportsman publishes the following letter from John I. Sullivan, toned down by the Use of stars, to escape ® possible suit for libel: ‘Eprvevros, Dec. 22.—I noticed in several papers: im this section an alleged cable offer from Richard K. Fox in whicn he agrees to match Jake Kilrain to fight me in orthodox style wi 000 7.000 on the Tesult. Thow srish to avcercala it offer 18 a genuine One, or If it was cooked up Es YEEES pounds, ritthe se either dollars or or Sie ‘wishes the match six months off and demands the collar thrown in as a chromo for the winner, then the stakes must be doubled to 20,000 to 14,- ‘as a fair remuneration for the use of my nam, Decause that time the belt must become Uae aban. lute property of the winner. As st Of getting It, T have instructed Harry Patiips to consider the offer of it as a prize for a bootblacking coatest to occur in New York one month after the fight with Mitchell 1s up. All that 1s necessary to insure @ match is for Fox to authorize his repre- sentative * in London to cover the £500, Your truly, Joun L. SULLIVAN. cee Stiff Hate Prevent Kisving. From the Buffalo Courier. : “1 wish you'd tell me of anything tn the world,” ‘Said the young man that boards on South Division street, “that is worse than the sUff-brimmed hats Worn by the men of this generation?” “What fault have you to find with the stiff hat?” asked the Arounder. “Well, there's one fanit that out-villaintes all the Test, and that is the difMiculty a fellow encounters in Ceying to kiss a girl with a stiff-brimmed bat on. “You make a sally, and when within wo Inches of the goal your hat brim strikes Clarissa on the forehead abd stops you. Nine times out of ten your hat is knocked off, and falls on the porch With agreat racket, which makes you ridiculous. A fellow that has been caught so once or twice always takes care to set is_hat on the back of his head before trying to kiss @ girl, and then he has some chance. When a girl sees her companion us his hat tothe back of his head she needs to on her guard. He fs bent on mischiet.” The Nervous Origin ef Colds, From Chambers’ Journal. Cold, however, is not the only factor in the pro- duction of catarrh. There 1s a collateral cause, and a most important one, in certain depressed conditions of the nervous system, which Is too lit- Ue known and appreciated. In healthy conditions Of the nervous system, provided reasonable pre- cautions are taken against cold, there 1s enough ality in the organisin to resist its injurious tn- fuence. ‘The nervous system ts, in fact, the guar- dian, controller and prime regulator of animal heat or body temperature, and Its slightest fallure W MIfiL Its respoustbie duties—the least relaxa- Uon of Its constant vigilance—renders us Mabie to fali a prey to cold, ‘The following sup] Uitious cases Will afford an ilustration, An individual who habitually drives avout In an open conveyance with perfect freedom, from catarrh wappens on one occasion to fall aslee] When be Is out, and the very next day has col The explanation of Uke phenomenon ts Uo be found in the Tact that, during sleep, nervous energy ts lowered, and Une system, therefore, less abie to Withstand the injurious effects of cold. If we assuine Liat the individaal was also in a state of intoxication at the time, Lhe dainage done by cold would be more serious, as the depression from alcool ts superadded to that of sleep, It 1s, there. fore, not surprising to flad that inflammation of ‘the lungs is Irequently contracted under such clr- cumstances, (We ‘instinctively acknowieage tne hervous depression during sleep by taking the pre- caution to throw a rug Over the knees before OUF Torty Winks on the dining-room sofa. A Umid woman comes Lome one night pale and ghasuy with frigut, having encountered a spectre clad in white, which she calls a “ghost.” Ina day or two she develops a cold, for which she cannot, inany way account. Fear ‘acts as a depressant to the nervous sy stein, rippling its powers of resist Ing the action of cold; hence We phrase, “shiver- ing with fear.” Siuatlarly, Innumerable events of daily life vend to irritate, depress, or excite the nerves, and render them Unfit for maintaluing the body-temperature against the fluctuations of Weather und climate, During these ded moments a trifling exposure to cold or damp 1s Suiliclent W induce catarrh, It is known that stout boots, umbrellas, and wraps, though excel- lent preservatives in their way, are bot by any hieans tue oniy precautionary’ measures to be adopted; that We must endeavor to sirengtuen the nervous system, if It be defective, and tnat When we are compeiled to expose ourselves to col or wet when tbe ph gong from 4 wary causes, such as fatigue, anxiety, grict Morey, fear, dg pepsia, OF ill-Lunior, We Should be speclully coreful to guard against cdid, rateareed noni emmeteined A PuILaDELPata Walr's PLicHT.—A boy named Chas, Weiner was found in a vox-car at Camden station, Baiumore, Friday moroiug in a Weak and exhausted condition. When he ‘had recovered suificient strength to enable him to speak he told the officer Uhat ne got Io the car at Harper's Ferry Ou last Friday, since Which time be has been with- out food or drink, and suffered much from the cold. ‘Yhe boy sald tuat he belonged in Piiladelphta, dnd he was taken to the Phiadelphia depot and ‘seat home, pAN,iarenxat ercy P. May ‘re West 2d street, New York, yesterday afternoon, a small parcel froin the hands of a small boy. He CUL IU Open, and Ubis Was What ue found: A string with a match attached, powder, gun cotton, a Plual of muriaulc acid, und a quantity of loose ins, ‘The box had a siding cover. Mad the box been opeued by witindrawing tue cover tne match Would bave been ignited and the contents ex- Ploded. Lieut, May sent the box to the police, Who will Kavestigate, | SALISBURY ConTRADicTs JusTIN McCaRTuy.— Lord Sultsbury flatly deutes the assertions of Mr. Justin McCarthy Concerning the alleged home Tule scheme Which the tory government attempted to bring forward through Lord Cameron, who was charged with the duty of making overtures in their behalf to uke Parueliite leaders. Lord Salis- bury declares that neither he nor any responsible member of the government ever authorized the Proposals, and Curtuer asserts they would have re- ceived no countenauce from the government had they become the subject of serious discussions aimong the National leaders, RUSStA MERELY CARRYING OUT AN OLD PLaX.—It 4s reported that Count von Woikenstein, the Aus- Urlan atubassador to Russia, has sent a confiden— Ual and reassuring report to the government from ‘SU. Petersburg to the effect that the movements of Russian troops on the Austrian frontier are only in accordance with a scheme which has been in ‘operation since the Turkish war to place a perma- nent cordon from the Baltic to the Black Sea. The officers and men of the Prussian army corps on the Russian frontiers have had their furloughs Se ee lary districts of Warsaw, Odessa, Charkom have been suminoned to Gatchina.” ‘The to join their regiments at any moment, ee ee Hype Park Rewatws wits Cuicago—The prin- cipal allegation upon which 1t was sought to nUIlity the recent election annexing to C! ‘the suburb of Hyde Park and its 75,000 100 ‘Was yesterday found ineffectual. "The claim was that many of the petitioners for annexation were not legal voters, that exactly the says: Henry Welcher, age, met a white road three miles ‘and, leveling ‘named of Liberty about bis. i of Hochester Wili sue the Vacuum Ol! Company ottnac ety tor ‘to sewers and other ‘occasioned by rednesday. A National Punse vox Bunarss—A check ‘York to Boston last night ward Burgess as a testimonial : i é Killing Hogs in Transit, ‘A NOVEL SCHEME SHORTLY To BE FUT IN OPERATION IN THE NORTHWEST. At frst thought the idea of Killing hogs tn tran- ‘ft would seem to bea ludicrous one, and, Indeed, ‘When Mr. Boyden, of Milwaukee, mentioned the Possibility of such an arrangement im bis tsti- ‘mony before the Interstate Commission, there was Ageneral laugh. But, asa matter of fact, an ar- Fangement for slaughtering hors at Minneapol's Or St. Paul tn i Lo the seaboard Is one of the Probabilities of the near future. The prints: That have accrued to the Milwaukee and the Northwestern from the milling in transit arrangements in wheat have convinced the more astute rallroad men that as the livestock interests Of the Northwest grow and the stock-yards at St. become important factors in the business, Practicable with cattle as with Wheat.’ The Milwaukee and Northwestern do not fe through much ltve-stock country and would not The important factors in such a scheme. The Northern Pacific, Wisconsin Central combination, the Manitoba, the Burlington system, the -*so0" Une, and probably the Chicago, SC. Paul, and Kan- Sag City would be the four routes most Conceraedt "Line's western arm, the Minneapolis and Pacific, will next year be pushed into the West Missouri and Montana livestock co how entirely unoccupied — The cattle Drougut in and slaughtered a the Minneapolis sock-Fards, Which are being Dullt by capic&dnts Closely connected with the “Soo” project. Thi Products wili then be shipped Kast over Une 00 Toute at transit rates, The St. Louis and Kansas City, when it gets its Dakota line built, will sus- taih’a similar relation to the St. Paul yards, while the Manitoba and Northern Pacific will bring cat- Ue to both yards to be shipped out at transit rates over the Burlington aud Wisconsin Central, re- ‘spectively. Se Ses Still After Thove Bonds, DETROIT POLICK EXJOINED FROM SURRENDERING SECURITINS ALREADY SURRENDERED, A telegram from Detroit, Mich, December 22, Says: Although the $39,000 worth of United States bonds were given back to the Olson Woman when she was berated last night, and by her taken to Windsor to Isidor Counfeld, the: lawyers have not given up the fight. Alfred Russell to-day took out an injunction for Geonge Silva & Co. of New York, agalust Couuteld, ‘Sophia Victorine (Sirs. Olson), Deputy Superintend= fut Borgman, Superintendent Pitunan, Secretary Lincoln, K. Meserve, and the four police commis- ‘sloners, restraining the police from delivering the bonds to Cohnteld and Victorine. ‘The injunction Was served on Pittman, Meserve, and Borgu ‘The Dill sets up the story’ already published. It claimed Uhat the statutes provide that when prop- erty is in the hands of the police the proprictorsip of which is doubtful the police should keep it for ten days wutll proper proceeding can be taken by claimants, Cobnield, Mrs. Gilson and Attorney J. B, Clark left Windsor for the East this morn- ing.’ It 18 supposed they have gone to Toronto, It Was learned Unis morning from an tnuimate ac- quaintauce of Counfeld Liat “Frankte Ison" 1s 8 Very near relative of Mr. Cobufeld. Just What the relatiouship 1s he would not teil.” One of the Walters at the Crawford House, where the party mit up in Windsor, said that the woman ad Aressed Counteld as “tather.” - coe Pupils Begging for Fuci. PRRNICIOUS RFPECT OF A DISPUTR WITH TRUSTEES OF A SUNDAY SCHOOL, Asspecial to the Philadelphia Press from New Brunswick, N. J., dated December 31, says: The Scholars of the Highland Park Pubiic School have been compelied to go among the residents of that Place, which 1s a suburb of this clty, soliciting coal and wood to keep fires in the school so that it Will be habitable. The day and Sunday school 1s held in the same building, and one janitor bas been employed to do all thé work. Recently Uhe trustees Of the two schools had a falling oUt and both refused to purchase fuel, Which has heretofore been used for both schools in com- mon, The scholars have thus far been successful in ke the school open by their own efforts, nd. dally bring, baskets ‘of coal of wood which they secure by that the Sunday schoot shall not use it, ‘The trustees of the latter school claim that they should not purchase fuel because ‘hey Use the room only once a Week, Wulle the off cers of the public School say that tie cause of the trouble 1s the refusal of Une Urustees of the Sun- day school to pay any rent. Gilded Youths Gambling. WEALTHY YOUNG MEN OF DETROIT LOSE THOUSANDS ‘OF DOLLARS AT ROULETTE. Rumors regarding the heavy losses at the gam- bling table under sensational circumstances, by & Prominent Detrolt society young man who in- herited $300,000 in his own right, have been 1n circulation in that city for some little time past. A Detroit daily will to-day give the facts publicity, ‘The young man is highly connected, and 1s of modest and reUring disposition, and the Last per- Son in the world to be suspected of playing for thousands of doliars at a sitting. ‘The article wil identity him beyond mistake, but, as It Wili state, ‘out of regard for his ‘relationship bis ame 4s not printed, aie eveut was at Gillman & Barnes’ place, on He Grand avenue, Tbe game was roulette, dina the young man quit a loser for $9,400. Then he kicked, and for forty-eignt hours did not leave Lhe place While a settlement of the dispute was in Progress. Finally, friends coming in, the proprie- Lors tought it prident ty colupromise for $2,500, About the suine me the, som of « prominent Fort Street resident Jost $3,000 at one clip. Numerous: other instances are cited, and a devoted to gambling as ‘on in Detroit, which is Just now both a harbor of refuge and & harvest Heid for gentlemen of the green clot, Noo. Ban Away with a Handsome Man. town, N.Y. with ‘auuager peared a dsome Young stranger ‘October last. ‘He won the affections Of the wife; and tak ing the four-year-old son and about her husband’searnings she eloped with Frafater. They were lving at 30 Jones in Newark, when the wife, Who had taken her maiden name, wrote to a friend in Middietown, telling how she was en- Joying lie in Newark. “The husband turned up yesterday morning, |All was forgiven, and when ratater reached his house he found that the Woman had taken all the goods and gone back with her husband and cid. dinal’s hat is likely to be offered Archbishop Will- Baltimore, Not only 18 that city a seat of ve ina Catholic sense is ‘Santa Claus is to the children of each generation the giver of good gifts He comes unknown to them and leaves them what their hearts most de- sire, He 1s not confined in nis labor of love, but all the world over, where there are little children, he celebrates once more the birth of that littie child eighteen hundred years ago. He is what you of lo pap ghey ye _ “he 4 Almoner, to whom ‘shops are open, and i = é 8, it te i Hh l i LAE i i GH i é i i i i i i 8 + i I ! ; H & f | i a i : I i if i i | i i i i if H li de i i if H : if i i £2) i fi i f i H i E i i | ‘The time is drawine close to hand when the annual celebration of the Christmas Festival will be observed, and, without being too abrapt. if there is anything Fou have yot toget for your friend, you want wo bus- tle, Te stores are Iecomine very crowded, and every day the chotcont siftanuads an being selected. So don't make any needless delay We are offering some mark-dowus im Plush and Leather Photograph Albuns, end bave marked our $3.45, $3.98 and 4.48 lines down to #298, Our very five Plush and Leather Albums, heretofore €5 and 5.50, are now $3.98, to close out. A dig Line of Brase Whisk broom Holders, for 250, Iu Fars we want to mention a few prices, because Purs make clerant ¢ifts; ‘Children's Ermine Sets, Collar and Muff, 950, 8 est Ladios Nutria Mutts, #238. Ladies Silver Gray Muff, #1 98, Ladies Real Lynx Mots, #2 48, toesso. A full Live of Boas aud Trimmings very cheap, Boxes of @ Half Doren Pine Linen Ladin’ Initial Mandkerchieis, W8c., $1.35, $1.75, aud $1.8, Boxes of & Half Doren Fine Finen Geu Handkerchiefa, ¢ Initial 5, $1.75. $1.98, awd 27. Wehave time left, If you call at once, to Eueraves Nice Silk Umbrella, and you can't make any one auy Detter Christmas present, Ain't wo rieht? Is thers anything you would like any better yourself? Wo think not, Then consider how your frieuds would like one, BARGAINS IN ALL OUR HOLIDAY DEPART. MENTS. ‘Weare open Nigltly until 9 o'clock 2 OT MAR CHE Scrrasce WaNCY NIGHT SHIBTR, SEAL CAPs, FUR COLLAKS, ‘SMOKING CaPa, HOUSE SLIPPERS, FUE ROBES, PLUSH BOBES, @23 SEVENTH AND MARKET SPACE Posmvatx No Goovs TO BE CARRIED INTO OUR NEW STORE, 514 Oth street nw. ‘You can beautify your homes by adding some of ew Novelties at a amall expense. Abridged list: Pancy Match Safes and Ash Receiver, 10 to 250. ‘Hand-painted Plagues, 38c. Grand Army Tripod, 44c. Grand Army Ash Kove: ver, 69c. All Fancy Baskets at cost: 130 per cent off on all Applique Flowers ‘Large line of other Fancy Goods at cost. OPPEXHEIMER, 528 Shot aw. ‘Sole Agent for the Light-Running New Home Bow ing Machines, a most scce;table present for Christmas, ‘Hall's Dress Forms. only @3. ‘New Button-Hole Attachments aberdicepitoesremest of “ee St T have FA SEE a oFYMAOIIERED line