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AT an ogg-eatinpf BS&:CU at reter- , ^borough, Canada, a short time since, ' *one man ato forty-one eggs and the ^.vuoi iuiiv. Tho eggs were raw and , ^wken from a basket in a grocery store. P- basket was emptied, and the winner he conld eat a dozen more. f Is Birmingham, England, there is .boilding for the London & North- ? "'•Voitem Railway n piano-forte railway carriage, and the London Queen ex- .. plains that "appliances will be provid- - " ed by which the sound of the carriage ^ff^wheela will be deadened so as to pte- : > .1 serve the harmony of the music.* j4i A CCJUOI 8 ctise of "virtue rewarded" - was recently brought to light in the : Dublin courts. Some forty years ago ; a servant was enabled, by the bounty >4 of her master, to emigrate to Australia. There she saved nearly $10,p00^ and on . f her death left the money to her only aon, and in the event of his death with- ; out issue to her late master's heirs, who have made gcod their title to it. ST. JOHNS, New Found land, now | boasts of possessing the largest dry dock' in the World, says the Current. It is 600 feet long, 132 ft et wide, and .cost $550,000. It will hold any vessel that floats, with the exception of the I Great Eastern. This naturally leads the inquirer to wonder if the Great Eastern has never rested on kelson- blocks since she was launched, away back in the days of Heenan and Sayers, Dr. Kane and Count Cavour. & A VERITABLE upas tree grows in the keys south of Daytona, Florida. It is called the manchineel. Any one tak­ ing shelter under it during a rain or sleeping under it when the dew falls is . sure to be poisoned. One who exper­ ienced it says, "it swells a fellow all up, and makes him feel as if he had been skinned and peppered." A man who began making canes for the New Or­ leans Exposition from the wood became poisoned, and won't touch it any more. NEAR the mouth of the Sutro tunnel, in Nevada, there is a small lake, the water in which is kept continuously warm by the hot water which flows into it from the mines. Recently the mine superintendent sent to Florida and pro­ cured two healthy alligators. When they arrived the temperature of the place was twelve degrees below zero, and the alligators were barely alive. Upon being put into the warm lake, however, they revived, and are now growing rapidly. Now CANADA . is in trouble again. Her newspapers tell us that in case of war between England and the United States, growing out of the Nicaraguan affair, Canada would he the fighting ground. This she does not like. Can­ ada reminds us of the old maid who couldn't help shnddering whenever she thought of the possibility that some time she might be married and become a mother, and that her baby might grow to be a big boy and fall through an air-hole in the ice and be drowned. ONE game after another has been ruled by the Harvard faculty from the list of sports in which iuter-collegiajo participation is allowed, until now, with tho prohibition of foot-ball, the hopes and ambitions of the students are blasted. They may still play any of tho athletic games among them­ selves, but henceforth there can be no contests with students of rival institu­ tions in any sport, except it be marbles, which recreation has Bomehow been overlooked. The disappointed Harvard boys now expect nothing else than the speedy decay of their college. GRAPES have been regarded by some estimable people as dangerous when pressed into wine, but in their natural state they are generally considered safe. Bennet James, sheriff of Napa County, California, died recently from the effects of a gr^pe seed lodging in his bowels, around which, an abcess formed. He had the services of very skillful sur­ geons, who performed an operation on him a week ago, removing the cause of the trouble, but the grape seed had done its' latal work. He was unable afterward to retain anything on bis stomach. . FELIX DT'RYOS, whose death is re­ ported, was • long Louis Philippe's chief cook. He amassed a fortune of $50,000, and has left it to his two nephews on condition that the inscrip­ tion on' his tombstone consist of one of his famous cookery receipts engraved on a brass tablet. If they do not do as he wishes in this respect, the money is to go to public charities. But in France they have an "epitaph commission," which will not allow the reoeipt to be put on the tombstone, and so the nephews are going to law about it. Surely the receipt would be in be Iter taste than the average epitaph, ftf ful­ some flattery. AMERICUS (Georgia) Correspondent New York World: The unexpected marriage of Miss Georgia Laramore, of this city, to Ward Holt, conductor on the Southwestern road, has created quite a sensation. Mr. Holt being aware that Miss Laramore was to mar­ ry a prominent Macon merchant in a day or two stepped over to the hotel veranda where she was standing with a letter in her hand and congratulated her. Holding up the letter she said: "Do you see this? It is a request for a postponement, which I have granted." "Why," replied the conductor, whose train was now ready to leave, "I would not have agreed to that. If he is not ready I am, and you know I love yon. Will you marry me?" The answer was yes. The conductor delayed his train, procured his license, and in less THE Greenwich Observatory, in con­ formity with the srntiment of the re­ cent Universal Meridian Congress, tays the •Cwrrenf, has begun the reckoning of time on a dial of twenty-four hours. 'iOYfCTl'l- vii Li pinii mbj1 ap* t'cni, lit uiuaii, m practice, meet with what would appear to be insuperable objections. A skilled time-keeper, in a railroad yard, who acts instantancoudy ard unerringly, cannot, without the de­ struction of his usefulness, be disturbed in his operations by a theorist. A time­ keeper can, in his miud, see ' ten min­ utes after four" and "three minutes ot five" at once, or a hundred such com­ binations, for that matter; but it would require another man, and one equally well, trained, to see "ten minutes after sixteen" and "three minutes of seven­ teen" with exactness and immeasurable quickness. THE strictures upon Margaret Fuller by Nathaniel Hawthorne, which have lately been brought out in the memoirs of the novelist by his son, have created quite a commotion in the circle which chooses to regard her as having been a literary priestess when alive and an in­ tellectual saint now. Several of her old friends have come to her defense through tbe press, among them James Freeman Clarke, in the Independent. The testimony offered in her behalf is to the effect that Misn Fuller was a re­ markable woman, with an excellent, loyal, truthful soul, a brilliant intellect and a faculty for making ardent friends. This, after all, does not conflict with what Hawthorne had to say, he merely qualifying the description by the state­ ment that her nature was coarse. The truth seems to be that this noted wo­ man owes her celebrity more to the fact that her personal influence over her associates was very great, rather than to her literary productions, which are by no means remarkable. With a strong personality and not a few ad­ mirable qualities, she attracted many friends to her side, and possessed the power of retaining them. The same foroeful character, together with her acknowledged lack of tact, might easily have repelled others, and this was the effect, doubtless, upon the sensitive and poetic nature of Hawthorne. She jarred upon him, and in the privacy of his note-book he mado bold to say so. THE ancient ceremony of serving the boar's head at Queen's college, Oxford, was duly observed last Christmas in the hall, which was thrown open to the public. The weather being very fine there was a large attendance of specta­ tors. The boar's head was a noble specimen, weighing about seventy pounds, and was carried up the hall to the high table, at the head of the pro­ cession, on a massive silver-salver, upon the shoulders of two servants of the college. The ceremony is a most an­ cient one, although its origin is in­ volved in soma obscurity, but there is but very little doubt that it has been observed for a period ot over 500 years, one authority giving 1350 as being the probable date of the first festival. Mr. Pointer, in his work on Oxford, re­ marks, in reference to this ceremony, that it is held in memory of a noble ex­ ploit, as tradition relates, by a scholar (atabedar) of Queen's college, in kill­ ing a wild boar in Shotover wood. Having wandered into that locality with a copy of "Aristotle" in his hand, and being attacked by a wild boar, this student is said to have overcome the furious beast by thrusting the "Aristo­ tle'* down the throat of the animal, cry­ ing "Gra?cum est." The boar fell pros­ trate at his feet, and was carried in tri­ umph to the college. Anthony Wood, who wrote in 16(50 on the matter, says: "It is an ancient custom, as old as 'tis thought, the college itself, but no reason to be given for it." \ 1> •• U .ft ' An Eseape. One day the police, while making a search, really had Olga Liubatovich in their grasp. A friend, distancing the the gendarmes by a few moments, had merely only time to rush breathlessly up the stairs, dash into the room where, she was and exclaim; "Save yourself! the police!" when the police were al­ ready surrounding the house. Olga had not even time to put on her bonnet. J ust as she was she rushed to the back stairs, and hurried down at full speed. Fortunately the street door was not yet guarded by the gendarmes, and she was able to enter a little shop on the ground floor. She had 22 only kopceks in her pockets, having been unable, in her haste, to get any money. But this did not trouble her. For 15 kopecks she booght a cotton handkerchief, and fastened it around her head in the style adopt ed by coquettish servan>jjirls. With the 5 kopecks remaining she bought some nuts and left the shop eating them in such a quiet and inno­ cent manner that the detachment of po­ lice, which meanwhile had advanced and surrounded the house on that side, let her pass without even asking her who she was, although the description of her was well known, for her photo-, graph had been distributed to all the agents, and the police have always strict orders to let no one who may •rouse the slightest suspicion leave the house which they have surrounded. This was not the only time she slipped like an eel through the fingers of the police. She was in exhaust able in ex­ pedients, in straicgems, and in cun­ ning, which she always had at her com­ mand at such times; and with all this she maintained her serious and severe aspect, so that she seemed utterly inca­ pable of lending herself to deceit or sim­ ulation. Perhaps she did not think, but acted upon instinct rather than re­ flection, and that was why she could meet every danger with the lightiunglike rapidity of a fencer who parries a thrust. --Stepniak in the Cornhill Magazine. An Art Note. Young artist (displaying his latest picture)--Ya-as, art is a wonderful thing. Why, do you know that with a single da-h of the brush I can change the face of a laughing child into that of a crying child ?" Old party (who knows nothing about art)--Er̂ --by hitting it with the brush. --New York Sun. **** • ^ •••• r',.V >< - -V '-It . ' 1* * -J.' -. THICBR are certain crabs which live on dry laud, but thfcy manage to keep thoir gills wet. THE air bladder found in most fishes is a rudiment of a luug, although it is u.*d not for respiration but for alter­ ing the specilio gravity of the fish. The gills represent lungs only in iunc­ tion ; they are totally distinct parts of iliw urgauism. i CaocKoDir.Ks are the only rept'te? whose nostrils point in the throat be­ hind the palate, instead of directly in­ to the mouth cavity. This enables the crockodile to drown its victim w.thout drowning itself, for by keeping its snout abovj water it can breathe while its mouth is wide open. EXI EUINEXTS indicate that the effect of light upon plant tissuea without chlorophyll, such as roots, rhizome, blanched plants, and some parasitic plants, is to decrease the intensity of the respiration, more carbonic acid bo.n i given off and oxygen absorbed in darkness than in light. The amount ot oxygen absorbed is, however, in the same proportion to the carbonio acid given off m light as in darkness. IT has been discovered by experi­ ments with dogs placed under the in­ fluenza of morphia even to coma, that the hypodermic injection of solutioit of theine, the active principle of tea, is an almost instantaneous anii lot©, natural­ izing the offect of the narcotic, and re­ viving the animal, after the action of the heart has become impreceptible. Cafeine possesses similar properties, but is less immediate in its operation. PROF. HT'XLF.Y lends scant counte­ nance to what has boen called by our English brethren the "mackerel scare." In a letter he says: "It is quite true that the mackerel, like other fish, are more or less infected by parasites, one Of which, a small thread worm, is often so abundant as to be conspicuous when the fish is opened. But it is not true that there is any reason to believe that this thread worm would be injurious to a man even if swallowed uncooked and alive, and to speak of it as a possible cause of cholera is sheer nonsense." THE parasitic worms living within or on the outside of other animals gener­ ally have a sucker at one end, or under­ neath, serving simply for attachment, and another which is perforated. The latter is a true suctorial mouth, being the sole inlet of food. It is often sur- rounded with booklets, or teeth, which serve both to scarify the victim and se­ cure a firm hold. In the leech the mouth is a triangular opening with thick lips, the under one prolonged, and with three jaws. In many worms it is a fleshy tube which can be drawn in or extended, like the eye-stalks of the snail, and contains a dental appa­ ratus inside. THERE seems no exception to the rule that every organic being naturally in­ creases at so high a rate that if not de­ stroyed the earth would soon be cov­ ered by the prognev of a single pair. If the increase of the human race was not checked, there would not be stand­ ing room for tho docendants of Adam and Eve. A pair of elephant*, the slowest breeders of all known animals, would become the progenitors, in s' ven and a half centuries, of 19,0(M),000 oi elephants, if death did not interfere. Evidently a vast number of young ani­ mals must perish while immature, and a far greater host of eggs fail to ma­ ture. A single cod, lying millions of eggs, if allowed to have its own way would soon pack the ocean. Yet so nicely balanced are the forces of na­ ture that the average number of each kind remains about the fame. How Sealskin is Prepared. Few of those wearing a sealskin sack have any knowledge of the process by which the skins are prepared for use. Seen when first taken from the animal they little resemble the warm, glossy skin worn on our streets, for until dved and cured they are of a light brown hue, coarse and full of sand. Before becoming valuable there are shaved down on the flesh side until not thicker than paper, the long ha^rs are pulled out, and the fur dyed. The cost of the article is due to the labor expended u)>on it. The raw skins are sold in London, where the finishing is done, and then shipped back to America, where they are sold with a heavy duty added. The killing season in Alaska begins about the 12th of June, and the 100,000 skins are usuallv ready for shipment a month later. The work of slaughtering the animal is done by natives who live upon the St. Paul and St. George Islands* and the process is an interesting one. When skins are wanted the natives go to the rockeries, station themselves between the seals and the water, and, at a given signal, spring to their feet and make as much noise as possible. The frightened vic­ tims, timid as deer, then stampede up the beach, and are driven like sheep a few miles inland, until their captors at­ tack them with hickory clubs. Being knocked senseless, they are stabbed witli long, sharp knives and the skins are quickly stripped from the bodies. The work is divided among the men-- some knock the seals down, others stab­ bing them, and still others taking off the skins. The native Indians number about 300, and nnde;- the terms of the lease are provided gratis by the com­ pany with warm houses, sixty ton of coal, a doctor and a schoolmaster, sal­ mon, and other necessities and com­ forts. For their labor the men are paid some $40,000 altogether each season, a sum more than sufficient to meet the limited needs of life in a region of al­ most perpetual fogs and utter isolation. --San Francisco Chronicle. "Eminently Respectable" -- the Aster Idea. The Astors do everything welL They are never brilliant, original, or sensa­ tional; the women of the family are strikingly beautiful, and the men have never been geniuses--but they are all strictly proper and never make mis­ takes. When a weak minded son ap­ peared in the Astor laniily some years ago no scandal, or talk ensued. He was removed quietly to a coun­ try house, where he lived and died ser- rounded bv ev< ry luxury, attended by capable physifeians, happy and con­ tented to the last. His name was never mentioned in town. When he was at all himself his people visited him regu­ larly ; when he became demented they remained away. It is a family inspired by one idea--the necessity of being em­ inently respectable--and its devotion to this creed has put it in the foremost rank of society.* If there is one family in America which stands at the head of society, which in aristocratic bearing and untarnished reputation holds an unchallenged position, it is the com­ pact little group that is descended from the now famous old Dutch flute-player. --Chicago Tribune Correspondence. THE ignorant man hath no greater foe than his own ignorance, for it de- stroyeth where it livetli.--Lactantius. Are we not having a surfeit of that senile, slobbering traitor, Mr. Jefferson Davis, who dags svpsxiaoos, his platitudes at i And strangely m ssemio be wonder sucoess of the ling his treason and rMpsible opportunity? | these opportunities increased since the cnftTe party, and the presumed fact that "Ike Southern Confed­ eracy is again in the saddle." This gar­ rulous old man now stanza ont aa a repre­ sentative Southern l>etnocrat. He i3 the man that tbe Charleston l\ewa and Courier thinks cau afford to "look with scorn and contempt" upon Gen. Sherman. Th'S is the man who as recentlv as on Thursday last wrote two letters, iu one vigorously de­ nying that he was not trne to the cause of rebellion, and in the other congratulating the ex-Confedemte soldier* of Mary- laud that they fought "in defense of those principles for which their fathers successfully fought in the Revolution, which he accommodates to his admirers by termiug it a "rebellion." It was a pitiable display of toadyism that sent the Liberty Bell to give Davis an oppor­ tunity to nose and blubber over it in sight of the whole country. What is the signifi­ cance of a Democratic victory, that this living putrefaction of disloyalty and treason is elevated t» an importance he never at­ tained before? Who is h?, that his every utterance must be telegraphed broadcast, and especially the declaration that the cause of rebellion is but sleeping, or is in am­ bush until opportunity shall offer for its vindication? vV hat bis thir pride of con­ scious rectitude come to, that loyalty must truckle to this maa, and be spit in the face for the pains of seeking to placate him? If the South be right, and there is noth­ ing in loyalty; if the North was a murderous aggressor, there ought at least to be that pride in the Northern heart that would keep any map from goiug oat of his way to let a fallen enemy crow over him. So far as Davis is concerned, he is in the clutch of history, and has won a place by the side of Benedict Arnold. Realizing his inability to escape that fate, or so steeped in the crime of rebellion as to be uumindfnl of honor, Davis never loses occasion to con­ firm his infamy by giving utterance to the sentiment that the vital force, the principle of rebelliou, is not dead and never can be; leaving it to be inferred that only the op­ portunity is wanting to make the Southern Confedetacy a reality. There is danger in the friendship of such men. The velvet Eaw accepting the situation contains, as as been shown, the claws that would tear the life out of the Union if they conld. "The South fought for deathless and inde­ structible priuciples,"and "has done nothing of which it repents." These are the words. There is no guaranty of national unity so long as these prevail in the minds of any considerable number of representative men. It may be that in 1888, or 1892, as in 1861, the South will not consent to a peaceable ohange in the administration. The same deathless " principles" for which they went into rebellion then will be as vi­ tal four and eight years hence. Strip­ ping this question of sentiment, as it has beyn of resentment, it is.evident that the loyal people of thiB nation have an impor­ tant duty before them. Once more the Democratic party is in power. They are there by the narrowest of pluralities, but they are there none the less, and already the ante-bellum spirit of the South is ris­ ing. Men of the South, forgetting the ter­ rible lesson of the war, imagine they see the approach of the resurrection of the " deathless principles" for which they fought. One of two things: these principles were infamous and are dead, or they were right­ eous and are alive. The duty of loyalty is to inculcate the love of country, the hatred of treason, and the despising of unrepentant traitors, at whose instigation so many precious lives were lost.--Indianapolis Journal. Mr. Blaine in His Workshop. Mr. Blaine is industriously at work on the second volume of his history. He de­ votes to it a certain number of hours every day. His "workshop," as he calls it, in the Windom house, on Scott Circle, occupied by his family this season, is in every respect superior to the room in which a large part of the tirst volume of his work was written. The house iu Lafayette Square was old fashioned and dingy, and Mr. Blaine's study was improvised ina front bedroom in the second story. A roughly constructed deal table stood in front of the windows, and on this Mr. Blaine did most of his wiiting. The floor, tho bed, the chairs, were covered with papers, books, documents and mips. Of order there seemed none. In his new quarters it is otherwise. The "workshop" is one of tho pleasantest rooms in the house. It overlooks the Circle, and commnnds the least objectionable view of the Scott statue. Across the way is the Louise Home, founded by the venerable philanthropist Corcoran, whilom a shrewd manipulator of Government securities. Mr. Blaine's neighbors are Senator Cameron, Senator Pend'etou, ex-Secret irv Robeson, Prof. Graham Bell, of telephone fame, Siilson Hutching, editor of the Washington Post, and Paymaster Cutter, of the navy. A large window with eastern exposure and a still larger bay window opening toward the south furnish the most desirable light possible, and an open fireplace adds to the cheerful look of the study. The wark- table, placed diagonally across tho room, is littered with manuscript and books. When writing. Mr. Blaine sits with his back to the window. Newspaper files and books of reference are within easy reach, but-I imagine that while actually engaged in writing they are rarely consulted. Mr. Blaihe's memory for dates and events is as­ tonishing. He is rarely at fault regarding them. It is by reason of this chiefly that he is able to dismiss from his mind all de­ tail and deal with the topic* he presents in the broad and comprehensive manner which distinguishes his writing. His copy, while it would probably not be called "clean" by a printer, is singu arly free from corrections. He is apt to begin a page with good inten­ tions, that is to say, the lines at the top are a generous distance apart from each other, and the "copy" can be easily read. But to­ ward the bottom of the page the thoughts seem to crowd upon the author, and in his anxiety to get them all on one page the white spies becomes smaller and smaller, until it is difficult to make out the charac­ ters. Mr. Blaine's dislike of detail extends to almost everything, but to proof-reading especially. That puts him in a bad huino^, if anything does.-- Washington letter in New Yo>'k Tribune. H'hj Rosecrans Opposes Grant. The opposition of General Rosecmns to the Grant retirement bill is sufficiently accounted for by the I'tica (N. Y.) Prenn, which ],lints a couple of dispatches sent by General Giaut during the war to the Hon. E. M. Stanton and to Major-General Hal- leck. If they have ever been printed be­ fore it is not likely that the public is familiar with them. Tbe first is as fol­ lows : "CITY POINT, Sept. 29, 1861. "Major General Halleck, Washington: "If Geneial ltosecrans does not send forward th? regiments belonging to General Sherrcau. arrest him by inv ordpr untosa the President will authorize his being re­ lieved from command altogether. "U. S. GKANT, Lieut.-General." The second dispatch, to Secretary Stanton, s even more severe. It reads: "CITY POINT, Oct. 11, 1864. "The Hon; E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War: "On reflection I believe safety demands the removal of ltosecrans and the appoint­ ment of a subordinate General in his place. Present movements of Hood's army, especially if he should go on to the Mississippi River, may make it necessary to have n commander in Missouri who will co-opt rate.- "U. S. GRANT, Lieut.-Gene»l." --Cincinnati Gazette. THE term National with a big N is to the Democmts like a red r,m to an infuriated bull. Bnt National offices are like cream and honey, and will be taken, with or with­ out the big N, as soon as possible. A TUNNEL 5,000 feet long has beam discovered on the Island of Sainos. . A Fearful Butehsry at Khartoum, Said to Have Sttrpasttdthe Bulga­ rian Atrocities. The Arave Enrlish Commander St«^e4 .fiefttfc by Trcaefc®f««|ny(» ' Arete- Lord Berwford Rescues Ool. Wilson fat a Storm of Shot and Sb«H--Ittfy; to the Bescue. (Tiondon e*bl?crant.l- A dispatch fro II Korti reports that Co'otrti Wilton and wort ley, with ttie CTjedlt.on to Klisrtonm. arrived there oath; loth of *YI>ru- arv. They made tiif lournov from (Inhat In four days. One of tbe I ashas amon» Ceneral Gordon'^ toice* marched th<> j^nrvi^on to t:x>8 <le or town nearest Omdnrman, ^ ins a n'i>el at­ tack wm expedite.! at ttiat i>olnt. Meantime an­ other traitorous fash i oi>ene<l the Kales at the other end and allowed the Mehdi's troops to ea­ ter, and they easily rait red i he town. General Gordon was started while leaving tho govern­ ment house. MEBCILESS PI^VlroHTEB. The Jiailft .\rtrs appear* in monrnlnjr for Gen. Gortion, and putilisucs the following from Gakdnl: "Native s who rscaped from Khartoum •ay that. (Sen. Gordon was killed in the act ot leaving his honse to rally his lalrliful trooi>s. The latter were cnt down to a man, and for hours the b '«t i art of the town was a fcene of mcrciless slaughter, not even women and chil­ dren being gpxred. All the notables were killed except the treacherous 1 a.«hss and their follow­ er*." The following ndrtitional details of the killing Of Gen. Gordon and the fall of Khaitoutn are at hand: On t he day of the capture, which Is vari­ ously stated as the 2('th and 27th of Januarv, Gen. Gordon's attention was attracted by a tre­ mendous tumult in t< e streets. He left the so- ra'led palace or Government building, in whirh he b:id made li's headquarters, to ascertain the cause of the disturbance. .Tn»t as he reached the street he »as stabbed in the back and fell dead. The tumult wai caused by the Mehdi's troops, who had gained access to the Interior or the town through treachery, ami who were soon in complete possession of the place, including the citadel. A. fearful massacre of the garrison followed. The scenes of slaughter are described i<s surpassing the Bulgarian atr cit:es a;-d rivaling the worst horrors ot" the Hepo.v mutiny Panic-stricken Egyptians were captured in flight and put to cieath with the most fiendish tortures. Some were transfixed with si oars and left to I>1 -ed to death. Most of the victims were mutilated in a most horrible minner. Kyes were gontred out, noses silt, anil tongues torn out by the roo s. In mauv cases mutilated | arts of the victims" bodies were thrust into their mouths while they were still living. The massacre included many non-combatants, and Kgyptian women were subjected to the most shameful iiulgnitiis. More than a hundred women and younu girls were given over to the Mahdi's followers to be used as slaves. After the slaivght'r, many Arabs were seen rushing around the s r ets with the heads of Egyptians impaled upon spears. The next night was spent in a saturnalia of blood and debauchery. Since th* capture of Khartoum, the Mehdi has rei>aired the fortifications, and male the place well niirh impregnable. He has made it his i crmancnt hcadijuartei s, and is said to have an abundance of guns, small arms, and ammunition. THK SIGNAL FOB THE MASSACRE. A report ha-! reached here processing to throw light on the t;ife of Gordon. An Arab inesaeriger has reached l orti. who says that Gordon was the tirst to fall: in f;i ' , that his death was the signal for the revolt which led to the capture of the citv. A gnat tumult aro-^e in the city, and Gordou w. nt out, impulsively, to learn its nature. As he was leaving the Government house, the rep<. rt says, lie was suddenly set upon from behind and stabbed to d>ath before he (onld defend himself. A dreadful massacre loll'>wed. hvrry Christian was hunted down and slaughtered. 'I he most (rightful enormities were committed. Neither sex nor age saved tho unfortunates from death and terrible sufferings. Tiiev feared. It apivars that with Gordon slive they could never induce the garrison to submit. Once he had fallen, the nates were thrown open to th» enemy, and the government- house glvenjto the tames. Then the Arab be­ siegers poured in in grrt.t liordt s. Many of the survivors of the army ot Hicks Pasha w -re In their ranks. They brought with tbem great st .rcsot animunition and many guns.which they have mounted on the fortifications. Sir t harles Wilson reports that the city will require a long siege by a large army before it can betaken. To hurl the handful commanded by Lord Wolseley against it would b > madness. All tbe London papers a] pear in black bor­ ders. The iei ort is given out as official. A great popular uprising in tavor of a war of extermi­ nation is expected as a result of the news. All ttie morning papers have their columns bordered with black as a token of the grief which is universally felt over Gordon's tatse. Some papers em mo their mourning embl-ms to the editorial pane, but in most ot them tho Cplunui-ruies are reversed on all the pa^es. IN THE Onr unco MUs ftk relief bill, w V t4.£> ItMtne ot Col. Wilson. A dispatch from Kortt say*: Lord Bwnlord returned ill safety to Uubat. bringing with him Col. Wilson and party, who were str nided on an isl; nd some distance up the Nile w hile r. turn­ ing trom Khartoum. Home ditficulty was et» perienced in fetchin; away the stranded party. The reikis on th > river banks kept up constant tiring, and shortly after the party embarked a bullet lrom a rebel's ririe piei\ed the boiler of the steamer. It was necessary to anchor under fire and make tepairs. The Hri ish lire, how­ ever, t ow took ellect ard the rebels wer - re- uu «cd. immediately after reaching Gubat Cot. Wilson started for Korti, wh re he has n w ar­ rived to report in p rson to Li rd Wolseley the del ails of his reconnoissance at Khartoum. Lord Wolseley tele-'tanhs further particulars of lieresford's rescue of Col. Wilson. When the steam r had trona down the river about three m.les a battery of the enemy on the let : bank opened tire upon It. The steamer returned tho tire, which uas kept up while the Bteamer anchored tor repairs. Meanwhile t oi. Wilson, with a Hinall party, took four guns and landed on the right bank. The party marched down the river till directly opposite the battery, put the guns in position, and opened fire. Much assistance was thus rendered Lord Charles lierestord in keping the tire of the enemy down. At sunset Col. Wilson and party marched on three miles further down the river and halted for the night, and were there joined' by Lord Charles on the following morn­ ing. The steamer meanwhile had another en­ gagement with the rebel battery, but succeeded in passinK it without serious harm. Col. Wilson and party were again taken on board, and the steamer proceeded to Gubat witbont further difficulty. During the passage from the island to Gubat one man was killed and seven injured. Of the Injured four were natives, scalded in the engine-room. Lord Wolseley conclude* his dispatch with these words: "J cannot speak too highly of th® pluck of Lord Charles Ueresford and party. Col. Wrilson°s men likewise behaved admirably and with the usnal determination of English­ men." Sir Charles Beresford and party were ten hours under lire before they were able to rescue Col. Wilson. The enemy used rilies from be­ hind intrenchments. The lire from the enemy's cannon was effective. In addition to the hole made in the boiler, a shell burst on the steamer. The British hre was most effective, silencing the rebel guns and forcing the men to seek shelter. Gubat is strongly fortitied to resist a possible sieve. A fort has heen constructed, triangular in shape, with deep ditches iu front. Brush­ wood and wire work outside will impede the enemy in the event of an attach. The lettfT recentlv sent by the Mehdi to the English officers on Colonel Wilson's steamer contained a postscript saying that it was the Mehdi's first and last letter to the Knglish, and that unless they submitted he would kill all the Katler dogs The bearerof the letter, a dervish. Urged the Egyptians on the steimer to join the Mehdi's army, saving that God had sent the Mehdi to convert the world, and that the Mehdi intended to march straight ro Sramboul. On the day after the steamer stranded the Mehdi's emir landed on the island and urged the British to surrender. Sunday evening, Hamid Bey, two skippers, and seventeen natives deswted Ui* steamer. • * Another Mad-Hon® Hovror- Time the County Aliiiihaww at West Philadelphia. •f the Demented InnntM ftHjr Boasted AHT» fa ifeiy. "t forauwe. •| a |%m far 5=1 _ _____ _ by Senator Htreeter, and • Italy to tho Rescue. The Italian Government has chartered sis more steamers for use in conveying troops to Egypt. The London Trfrnraph 's Vienna correspond­ ent says it is understood that Italy has ojfered to occupy Cairo, Alexandria. Su z, and a por­ tion of Ismailia, so as to enable the British troops to proceed forthwith to the frontier. The Italian expedition recently landed at Massowah ha-> been ordered to ai<l the English in tucif ui vittUuno u« i/ijc cuuuau uy into the intenor and relieving the garrisons at Kassala and Hcnhi. '1 his movement. If success­ fully accomplished, will op-n a line of com­ munication from the «oast to Khartoum parallel with the route from Suakim to Berber. A Berlin dispatch says that Italy's movements on the lied bea littor.il have thoroughly irri­ tated Germany. One of the confluences of the new and unexpected movement by the Italian Government has been the closer knit­ ting of tbe entente cordiale of France and Ger­ many. Albion's Troops. A dispatch from Bombay says three regiments of native infantry aud on: of cavalry will short­ ly embark tor Egypt. The British War Office has ordered uniforms and accouterm FI.ts or 1 ,OIK) reserves. Gen. Newdeg .te. says a London dispatch, will command the expedition to Suakim. CoL Greaves will be his Chief of Miff. The Snskim campaign will open, it is calculated, on the sth of March. Orders have been sent throughout the country bordering on the west and south coast o. the Bed sea for the purchase ot camels for the use of the new expedition. At Kuaktm preparations are being made for landing the ex­ pedition. SKATINO rinks are growing more popular than chewing gum in Bt. Louis. fPhiladelph a telegram.] « " Eighteen raving maniacs were bornad fo death in the insane department ot the Blockley Almshouse to-night in a conflagration which needed nothing to make it the most horrible dis­ aster of the kind in the history of the city. The fire originated in a wing of the old bnilding. There were sixty separate cells for violent pa­ tients, t wenty on each floor In addition to this thers was a large room on each floor in which cells for men were placed. All of these were occupied when the lire broke out. On the second floor was the dry-room, heated by steam, and here the 11 mes originated, bnt from what cause Is not known. Attendant Scnroeder thns relates "ome of the horrors of the dreadful night: "As soon as I heard Msdine cry I rndied to she stiirway, and after a short attempt to check the fire at once s ,t to work to get out the patients. First I un­ locked the door of the room in wUch Madtne and Ids companions were They ran ont at oncc. By this time t.h • ltames were gathering in fury, and a den^e volume of smoke was as­ cending into the upper sto lea. I succeeded in unlocking the doors of all the cell* on the first floor and got thj i i mates ont. I had no time to look after them, for the flames were get ing so tierce that it wa-< almost impossible to breathe in th*' fiercely burning but'dlng. The smoke in t he upper o tories was so t hick that breathing was impossible. While I was getting the men ont below Attendant Williamsstrain was do ng the same for those on the second floor. I met Hauna, th? nightwatchman. and we went up to the third story, but were driven back t»y the Humes, which had forced ti.elr wav through the stairway and were creeping along to the cells of the inmatts. We ran around to the other stairway, and by that time some of the firemen had arrived. All the inmntis had been got ont oi the second storv. so that there remained about twentv-eight on the third floor, twenty In the cells, and eight in the laree common room at the west end." Attendant Sihr -eder further said: "The un­ fortunate ocoupints of the cells were being smothered to death by smoke, and perhaps blis­ tered and burned by flames. Their cries were heartrending. £ome of them cursed and swore, others laughed hideouslyy, and others gave utterance to such awful cries as would have appalled the hardest heart. The fire­ men, myself, and a patient named Rafferty crawled on our hinds and knees to such of the men as we could reach, and dragged out four­ teen. Kiglit of them were alive, four were sntTocated to deat:), and two were so hor­ ribly burned that they died before we could get them out of tbe building. We could not see any of the men in the cells, but could hear their piercing cries above the roaring of the flames as they came to realize the horrible fate which was In store for them." While tSchroeiUr was going through this ter­ rible experience flames were extending to the main building. The wing in which the victims were beinir burned alive was wrapped in flames, which were shooting many feet into the air and Illuminating the city for several squares. When the firemen arrived the fire was enveloping al>oiU one-third of the main building and was burning fiercely. The two fire-plugs in the yard gave but an indifferent supply of water. Alad- Otrwas quickly run up t > the third-t.oor win­ dows. The firemen attacked the i' on grating of the cells and succeeded in taking out seven men. t'onr of them were suffocated to death, and three were still alive. All the inmates <n the insane department were secured safely ex­ cept thohe in ttie third story of the wing in which tho tire oritrinat d. Watchman Hannji said he drove six men out of the bedroom. "I drove them out," he says, "ami then ran to cell in and unlocked the door. Jacob G assinan occupied it, and he wanted me to leave hint aloae. I knew it was useless to talk to him, so I urablted him and hurried him out. When I was ) assin • through tbe bedroom from which I had dr . ven the six men only a mo­ ment before, 11 mind two of them had returned to i heir beds, though the hre was dropping down on them from the ceiling. 1 compelled them to leave, and then helped get about thirty feebl * men out of the infirmary." The inmat s turned out of the \ arious wards were, as far as iiossible, provided for in secure parts of the almshouse. Many of them, how­ ever, escaped into the city, and wandered alwut the streets, where some were secured by the police j-nd either returned to the institution or locked up. The total number of Inmates in the institution is placed at Of these, eighteen are known to have perished. It is said there are seyentv- hve missing, but of these probably all have been picked up in different parts of the city by policemen REMOVING A PL AST* bill." the veto of which caused such to Gov. Cullom Mil t»» Mbprtng years ago, was again introduced by Belter. Its object is to prevent the i from keeping Hruck" mm aid employe to puchaae ^ Ms at the mam. Th* wsdatlow Htreeter instructing the egation in Congress to passage of a Mil Opening «p to Oklahoma country in Indian Terrii . for consideration. It was opposed bjr Ray, who (.uestiooed whether tha Oc would be warranted in taking aa$ ' trMMri course at this time In 1 mtUae. A mo ion by him to refer tbe resolution to the Com­ mittee onFederal Relation* walssMafl thateso- lution tbeu adooted by a viva roc* vota. The House put in several bonrsin thedtacmrtan of a resolution to to twenty-five and I questw n was finally finally settled. The foUowtag duieu: Iiv Mr. Taylor,of A* $20 each lor making falsa gard to their age to saloonfctBgsw; Tnomas, to regulat? primary etoCWMM the Ciiiiaco CiUzei " "" - -- to. DEATH IN THE SEWE&. Five Workmen Perish Miserably by Foul tin In a Chicago Sewer. rChica;ro telegram.] While som? men were cleaning the aawvr oh Kinzie street, near Union, a volume of sewer gas rushed in upon them, and, before they could be helped out at th? man-hole, at the corner of 1° nton and Kinzie streets, three of the men were dead and two more died soon after reaching the air. The men killed were: Mlohael Laskey, marrie \ who lived at the corner of Twentieth and Brown streets; Joseph Gill, single. No. itW Townsend street; James Crady, married, cor­ ner of Huron and Kingsbury streets; Daniel Curtis, married, with five chidren, corner of Norta avenue and Paulina street; Matthew Mason, married, with five children, corner of Leavitt and Huron streets. W hen a repi r^er arrived at the scene the bodies were iu the saloon No. 116 North V niou street. A dense crowd had gathered about the door, and three patrol-wagons were drawn up in line on the street. The discolored bodies of the victims were stretched upon the floor, nude, and the doctors ran from one to the other trying to discover some signs of life. The men who had recovered stood about with their clothes dripping with the slime and ooze from the sewer, lrequently looking at the corpses and groaning as they recalled their desperate strug­ gle for life. Thomas Gavin said they were pulling the scraper east, and had almost reached Union stre t when the gas struok them. He flrst felt it in his forehead, and started with the others for the man hole, but his legs seemed to be de­ prived of the powtr of motion, and he fell down and remembered nothing more until he saw some one standing ov. r him in the saloon. Georg.' Cur. an said the sewer was live feet in diameter and the water in it was at least two feet dee]). The man-holes wire 500 feet apart. He thought that they w.-re about halt way be­ tween two man-holes when he first felt the gas. All the men had hold of the rope dragging the scraper. As soon as l:e felt the cas he said he criadiut: "For God's sake put down the lad­ der!" As he said this he turned around and saw Laskey fall down in the water. A general scramble for the man-liole tl en ensued. Cur- ran s dd the last thing he remembered was that he tried to support McGraw, who had become insensible. _ ' J II mes O'Mallev and John McNamara were at the man-hole outside, and when they heard Cur- ran's sliont they let down a ladder anil O'Mal- ley went down and ieil a rope around the bod­ ies of five of the men nnd helped pull them up. The gas, he said, was so powerful that he could stay down no longer. According to all accounts Grady, Gill, Curtis and Mason must have remained in the sewer ten minutes after the others were taken out. They were rescued by John Durack and Thomas Garrity. Duiack said that when he got down tj where they were he foun I Grady was still alive and groaning. He tied a rope around him first, anil the man was dr sr-ed out still g-sping. • e lived about a n.innte after being taken out. The remaining men in the sewer we e already dea i. No one could explain how the gas came In such a volume. as'Association MMti h* Vr. Baker, to require railroad compaatas to keep posted in the passenmr and fM^T«(lltMa* * schedule of freight and passenger iat«a: by Mr. West, to regulate the charges tor aUtoi tar stock at stock-yards. B«th how** adjoturasd to the 9th. THKKF. was no quorum iu either branch ot the Legislature on the 9th inst., and both hoaaea adjonmed Immediately after mestitog, withiw* doing anything. No IU KINKSS of any importance was trans* acted in either house on the 10th inst. it having been mutually agreed by the two Senatorial as­ pirants that a recess shonld be taken until 10 o'clock a. m. the next day before proceeding to any ballot. A motion tor the recess wv made and carried immediately af.ei tbe reading of the journal in the Senate, so that no business whatever was tranaicted in that body. In the House several bills of mi ior importance were Introduced, and an attempt was made to pass ttie UllprovMlng for the .incidental expenses of tbe Thirty-fourth General Assembly. Judge Misslek suggested, however, that, as it was questionable whether there was a quorum present; the consideration of this bill had best be pioMMitod. This was done by general consent, and the House then adopted a motion for a reoess until lo o'clock a. m. tbe following day. WHSN the Sonato assembled oo tbe morn­ ing ot Wednesday, Feb. 11, there were present twenty Republicans and twenty-two Demo­ crats. The special order of the marntBir was Senator Kelly's resolution coverias the law on the question of a joint session for the elec­ tion of t'nited States Senator. On the caS Re­ publican members refused to answer to their names and the resolution was lost, no quorum voting. Senator Johnson, Democrat, desaand- ed a call of the house. No quorum an­ swered. The same Senator asked the Chair to enforce the rule requiring the Sergeaat-at-Arms to arrest all absentees ana bring them before the bar of the Senate. Considerable debate was had as to the powers and duties of the ̂ ergeant-at- Arms. The President ordered the doora closed. Senator Merritt moved an adjournment till It :3b. This was carried. This adjournment broke the legislative day of Tuesday, the V th. the body having be n in continuous session since Monday, the sth. This was effect d by tak­ ing a recess instead cf an adjournment. I'pon reassembling, Mr. Whiting, after a set speech, demanded a call of the house, the re­ sult. showing no quorum. Tbe President re­ fused to recognize the Clerk of the House with a message, asserting that the Sergeant-at-arms was tho i rot>er person to deliver messages. Senator Mason secured t ;e floor and spoke against time. As he talked the hands of the clock met at 12, the hour of the day fixed by law w hen ti e Ass- mbly shall meet in joint ses­ sion and ballot for Senator. Senator Merritt shouted: "Mr. Speaker!" and attempted to get in a motion that tbe Senate meet the House, but Senator Mason shouted: "Mr. Speaker," tullv as hard, and insisted, with tbe vehemence of an engine blowing off steam, that ha had the floor. The President would not twoogniae Sena­ tor Merritt, and, amid loud yells snd much con­ fusion, tbe Democrats rose in a body and entered the House chambers. Senator Mason dam nd- ed that the Strgeant-at-Anna be InatKM&vd to arrest absentees He than moved to ad­ journ, which was declared eK'ted.. .1* the House, alter some delay aan tfflbOirterittiL Mr. Campbell moved that the lhissa praoeea to a I ballot tor United States Senatoc, a* directed by the act of Congress. The republicans pretested I violently, but Speaker Haines said the law waa imperative as to the time when the first vote I shonld be taken, and the legal WMtMcation at the man they selected would depeiMl OA their compliance with the law. Mr. Mes- ' sick said a cuorum was not ; Mr. Haines said It was | an election and did net need a <_ as taking a vote was concerned, but that there would be, of course, no eleotion. They only wanted the journal right. Mr. Dill nominated Col. Morrison, and the Republicans In con­ fusion began to leave tbe House. Thoroll' called and the result was: Morrison i 1, Bishop 1. Morgan, of Willi Haines, and Haines voted for Bicbard McDonald moved that the Stnate be in­ vited to meet with the House at 13 o'clock for the purpose of a joint ses­ sion. This was adopted, and the House adjourned tor fifteen minutes At 12 o'ckMdc the Demo ratic Senators atone tiled into the hall aud took seats tor the purpose of a joint ses­ sion. Senator Merritt said they were unable to procure a journal of the Senate; Speaker Haines ordered the*Clerk to call the rjll of each house. This was done and fifty-six Representativss and twenty-two Senator- answered. Senator Rinehart placed in nomination CoL Morri­ son. No other names were offered. The ballot was taken, and Morrison timî gd tbe votes of the 32 Senators and of Bt Representa­ tives The few Republican members who were present silently watched the course at _ ings. When the result was announoed the I ators withdrew, and the House adjourned. THE itepublicans of both bottses rcfuaad again, on Thursday, Feb. 12, to recognise tbe aa- tionof the Democrats in ttie matter ot rottng for Senator. In the Senate, Mr. Whiting (Rejt.) moved that tbs Senate prooaed to vote Cor Jm- ator. Mr. Duncan (Dem.) said that duty had already been performed. He did not Wtah to choke off long-pent-uD nomination speechea, and suggested that the Republicans hire ahalL The motion was lost, the BeoeJaJicans only voting, and no quorum being declared. A mot on to go into executive session for the purpose of confirming appointments was lost because of no quorum Senator Kelly's res­ olution to go into joint session on the Senato­ rial ele -tiop, which had now been before tile Senate for five weeks, was finally disposed of by being laid on the table. A recess was taken until 11:5 > in anticipation of a joint ballot at 13 o'clock. Adjournment was taken immediately upon re­ convening, when the Democrats entered House Chamber. Senator Bay a bill providing for the health and safety of persons employed in coal mines. Senator Curtjss presented a bill making the following election dsya legal bolidavs: Tbe Tuesday next after the first" Monday of November of each year, and in coun­ ties under township organization the first Tues­ day of April in each year. The morning hour in the House was idled away, tbe Republicans making several ineffectual attempts to adjourn. When 12 o'clock was reached tbe doorkeeper an­ nounced tbe attendance of the Senate, and 22 Democratic members ot that body came in and took their seats. The business of the joint session was gone through as on the vious day, wiMi tbe exception that but vote was recorded. When the roll Speaker Haines was the Only member Who re­ sponded, and he recorded his vote for William B. Morrison. After the ballot had been completed the House resumed its session, and tbe following bills were introduced: By Mr. Linegar. to give railroad employes and material men a lien upon tbe personal ptopeity of railroad companies; by Mr. Linegar, to limit the time of continuous service of railroad employes to twelve hours: by Mr. Buchanan, to fix maximum rates for telephone serrtee; by Mr. Sittig, to enable the Lincoln Path Com­ missi oners to control the str^p ot land next to tbe lake on the North Bide, Chicago; by Mr. Messick. to provide a voluntary toads tribunal for the puri ose of settling differences .between the p»e- a single A Fall Kv«r Mill Going: to MoxkMb , [Fall River (Mass.) dispatch.] i : An import mt move is contemplated by lhe Qnequc Chain Mill Corpoiation, which i employes and employers. includes lhe transfer of the entire plant. except the mill bniltlii!™. to Mexico. It is proposed to erect a mill there, and equip it with the machinery in the present mill, to Self- Deoreriatlon- When you meet a Scotch fanner rid­ ing a huge horse of seventeen band*, add a few )>rintiii^-mills. and enter upon and remark to him what a grand aAh the complete manufacture of certain classes mal he has got: "Yes," is the huuiblo of printed goocls in that country. The ndUL reply, «it'a a nice pow^y." We do^ vhicb was <>Rtabli8hcd ID Herons 16.393 ourselves and our .beloogings, M" K S bSi "P J l-rttog to be appreciated. You ^2 * ^ | ber .the lady described by Hannak More, who frequently declared that ]ter SENATOR GARLAND rarely goes to the SINS were grievous and innumerable, theater. It is told on him that, several length her husband, thinking to years ago, he went to see Joe Jefferson in "Rip Van Winkle " the whole week through --seven performances--and then regretted that "Rip" was not to run another week. ! comfort her, said that she was vexing herself unduly. She was not so bad. No doubts he bad her faults. Whereup on the penitent, with intense bitfeerooas and self-assertion, burst forth in acri­ monious tones: "And pray what ere ther, sir?" Indeed, she added ihtich more, which may be found in tbe prop- It is proposed to hold a National Chess «r Plaoe- Bnt this was ^ MB TILDEN'S residence, Greystone, has ninety-nine rooms, one of which is fur­ nished in satin wood for a guest chamber. . ' : •• V- Congress at New Orleans in ApriL GKKXBAI< BKEBMUC waa 65 yean olii Fah. a. , Longmans' Magazine. A • -/• THB wine cup Is the father of ate; whidky jug is the step tarthac. ' - .. . ... S