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sixteen pages. Pages 1-6 1 VOL.XII. NO. 280. ATLANTA: GEORGIA: SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2r 1895.

TEN CENTS A WEEK. THE ATHLETIC EXHIBITION. Ve started in the new yearnot only with resolutions and purpose, but with out-wok which adds courage and seat to the torts we make. hen the era of brighter and greater Prosperity shall come again to our country, I can say that It will corneas sure as the stars shine at night; we all nw ho believe in American manhood and Aamfean genius, never faltering, never wavering. Let us work on, waiting as we work and working as we wait, until tbe dawn of the better day shall come, nd then we will rest, having polled into the haven ont of the billows, after facing tbe storms of oceans we never tried before.

8. P. Jones. Hundreds of Voyagers Lost Like Tbose on the Elbe. SOME NOTED WRECKS AT SEA Rzeallsd By ths Bsssut dishing sf ths Xarth Praia a Llsyd Steamer later stlag HUtory sf Oeeaa Acrldeats.

Si mr safely to a little hut wherein we found refreshments, nnd after a rest outside on bench from which we bad a grand view up and down tbe glacier and the valley Into which this mountain was melting away leaving its huge pile of rocky deposit, we took up our sticks once more and trudged on down the hill to where my mule was wnlitng, the boy having brought him around from a point below, and we reached the hotel again in Chamonix in good season to dress for dinfler. Other trips are similar in character and descriptions of them would be repetitions. We took a carriage nnd made the drive out of the valley up over the steepest hill, reully a mountain it is, did not the stupendous heights of the grander ones depreciate it. My husband said ho never saw a horse and vehicle climb before. It took a long time, but at last we reached a spot in the regions of the climbs we bad muds which to look nt from tills the opposite side, seemed absolutely unattainable.

I can give yon no adequate description of the views wo have had, for Switzerland not only holds the visitors spellbound by the sublimity of its heights, but leaves as great a charm by the verdure of its leaser hills and the cultivation of its valleys. Not one inch of ground is wasted. Where grain apd fruit and vines cannot be cultivated, the grass even in the narrowest strips and smallest plots is carefully ent for hay. And as we drove all duy we saw pictures varying from the poor lieggnr crouched beside one of the mnuy crosses that stand beside the roadway, to the modern bicyclists the men anil women out for their holiday, tramping the different pusses and peaks to get the name of each carved upon their alpine stocks as added glories of which they are as proud as the aboriginal American of his scalps. The native women are making liny in the field and under some wide spreading trees were children as.

sweet and dean and pretty as pictures attending the baby, who was being rocked in the quainteat little low wooden cradle. Just as we pnsed the mother rame from the field to this bower under the trees, threw down her wide straw hat. and proceeded to take up the little one for its midday meal. I could not conceive of a luoro lovely picture. river Rhone.

Now and again a house on the hillside looked for all the world with Its broad overhanging roof and little balconies like the Swiss clocks and bits of carving we see at home, and which as a child I remember I used to long for. We had a distant view of Mount Blanc with a lot of other beautiful peaks, some snow bedecked as well. Mr. Boedeker tells us (leneva made Its appearance In the first centnry H. C.

You would not Imagine you were in any stranger place than French speaking town, for Geneva Is a flue modern looking city. If was very hot on our arrival so we waited nntll the day hud cooled down in tbecarly evening when we took one of the canopied sort of victorias that seemed to lie the popular public vehicle here and dtove about the place. We ascended a bill from the top of which we could seethe two rivers, Rhone and Avre come together. The Rhone, after coming out of the Lake Geneva, is as blue as indigo, while the Avre is gray, and after they come together they flow aide by side for several hundred yards together without coming-ling. drove all along the quay enjoying the panorama of mountains that stretched far away peak upon peak into the clouds, while directly in the foreground was the lake with its blue waters little disturbed by craft of any sort, though there are boats to be had and steamer excursions to lie taken.

Way across on the opposite side were two crafts In outline and color very unusual to our eyes, looked more like a bit of Italy stranded on tnese shores for their latten sails were furled in the nsnal most artistic mnnner and fastened high up on the innst, looking like huge qnill pens In their slanting positions, for the whits sails bulged out at the end just where the feathers on the qnil ould be. We dismissed our equipnge and until the dinner hour strolled in the gardens that stretch along the side of the Quay and of our hotel. Out in the lake in front of our hotel there is a peculiar fountain, simply one huge shaft of water that shoots up out of the lake three hundred feet. At dinner who should we meet but Iainonn and her husband1 "bln out from America since May and when I heard Joan tell he guessed hed cutclied cold wliat made him feel so bad, fur he hadnt bln feelin well all flay, I knew from what Id read of Pumona's letters and her efforts to make Joan come up to the right murk in all IiIm ways, that she wus treading hard on his pet corn all through dinner. Dinner over they both sailed out of the dining room picking their teeth as they went.

Wbat an Atlanta Lady Finds to Comment On. FROM TORQUAY TO CHAMOUNIX Leonard Treadwell Kendall Writ. frani Geneva of H.r Experiences AoHf tbe Alp. Sublime Hetfhti. Geneva, Switzerland.

When we arrived here, travel-worn and weary, I cun Miture you, for we left Torquay for London a half-past seven Wednesday raorn-intr stopping at Exeter to aee that old town and its cathedral tlien on to Bath, of England's oldest watering places, in we took rail and drovenll about the city. It seems to lie a very delightful rrnrt. 'i'he healthful properties of ita wiitcra wait well-known to the olil Bounins. Kxcnvul Ions have disclosed the old IUjukiii Imtlis anil many of their utensils. This is wonderfully Interesting ilnre mill the old Imtlis are In such Kiod state of jimaervatiou thot one's imagination is not much called upon to verify the historical evidences.

The place when; the present baths are located, called tin pump rooms, Is provided with lounging ami rending rooms, etc. Here we imlugli-! Inn a drink of the hot water nml examined the curios which have Im-i'Ii eeu vnted. such as gold ornaments, wooden coinlm, water vessels of all shape mnl no end of othercurioiistliings. The museum la the tower is also well with a variety of interesting idijerts. TUB IICAK oi.d tiiamks.

l'or want of time we were compelled 'i miss this trip, Salisbury, Ktoneinge, eie. It was such a pleasure to ride through this beautiful part of England nan; more ami it was not. long before we were getting glimpses of the dear ohl liver Thames, bringing back to our Minds so clearly the happy days we hmj Micni. upon It, There were the same houseboats anil the little boats with their sails set, or with the oarsmen in their white flannels, pulling their cargoes of pleasure seekers, surrounded by their bright pillows, shaded by gay pnruBolH mid again others were being towed by linens along the tow-path. At another point saw a party moored lieside the bank, having tea, just as we had done on our trip along the river, anil 1 knew what a good time the were having.

If any Americans want a rustic holiday let them come to England and sisnid it up mid down the Thames river. This is one of the few things I have so far put on my lists us desirable to do over ugnin. Soon we were rumbling into the Haddington stiitlon, that pluce associated In my mind with the heroes and heroines of Action, for the novelists sooner or later place so many of their characters them. We were soon tn A hansom whizzing In nnd out among the mass of vehicles, escaping tu what seemed a lniriiciiious way mishaps mid collisions, wlik-li aeem-iil inevitable, but one grows accustomed to these liali-brcadth escaiies after one or two drives with a Iondon cabby, for though they drive fast they nre not reckless or heedless ami know their liusi-jicsm well. It excites my wonder to know bow it is that in Paris or London the drivers will take you without a moment's hesitation to nny address.

The always seem to know and turning up iml down short streets with rapidity lake you by ho shortest route to your destination. In due season we art veil at the Waterloo station where, nfter a good dinner, we took tho train for Southampton, hence the steamer left at 12 oclock for Havre. We came this wny brrnusc we wuntisl to see Havre nnd Trouville, which is reached from Havre liy steamer. Trouville is oiiu of tbe French watering places, anil at this season of tho year is quite gay. Havre is itself quite resort, 1 believe, but It was too early In the day for the eople of fashion to lie up mid about.

After a drive about tbe town we Took our train for Rouen. rilOM HAVKK TO PARIS. Trance must lie looking its best now, nml the ride was very lovely from Havre to Purls. The land lays comparatively flat nnd lor long distances the fields were dotted "itli small stacks of grain, or laying in rililioiis just as It fell from the reapers. tToihionnlly we get glimjises of the huge arm.

of the picturesque wind-mills slowly But our second impressions confirm our lirst that tho neatness and imisli of everything in country life whk'h i such characteristic feature in Kng-kunl is not duplicated In the rural districts of France. Kuiicii with its historic incidents nnd iH-miiifiil environments and its cathedral 'ih a temptation to linger on, but 1ms yom! a short ride about the town nnd a visit to Us points of interest connected It poor Joan IV Are, whom, by tbs way. they have recently made a saint, ami a visit to its most' tieautlfui old cathedral we had to leave Rouen behind us and continue on our wny along the valley of the Seine, over which we bad pass-fd in Marvli wheu nature was beginning to show faint signs of life. Now we found her approaching the end hich was lie-fcimiijig ot be heralded by mitumimi col- on. we were again in Paris and had drive acioss the city to the friiin which wc ere to make our exit, and la that long pleasant drive from one fciiiion to uiiotlifr.

we ifnw not one nn-I'husant sight, but great numbers of eujo.x ing themselves decently anil hi order, sitting outbid- the little cafes Inking light refreshments in the oien parrs Mlttiug under the lives in many f.ic fathers caressing their children as ri'm 11 day of toll and enjoying Vi those most dear to him. i he wide differences in apienrnice be-twtvn the Mople of ilie two great cities 11 the world, London and Paris Im-me je than ever. The sights ibl characters one secs'fn the streets of ia-lon arc far from agreeable it would seem to be a ore fohgciiinl home for the anarchists hnu ttcnutiful Paris, i'ur train left Paris 'at 0 o'clock and arrived here about the same Lour the niornitig. rotvx THE RIVER RIHTXE. Rout 7 o'clock we enjoyed line ry as our road followed down the MI' Tbit Is What Sam Jones Proposes To Do.

HE SEES BETTER TIMES AHEAD No Use Giving Up Yet, by a Leag Shot To tho Strong, Not tho Weak, Being! tho Victory. On the first day of February, this great country made up thirty-one days of the record of 1805. r- Tlie people are now beginning to turn their eyes from Washington City and are turning their hands toward the duties and responsibilities which are near at hand. It ie a source of gratification lie one journeys across this country to see new industries springing up, old ones beginning work knocking the dust off of wheels and spindles and machinery. The drummers still plying their trade, talking more hopefully, the merchant with his business well in hand looking with a wisdom which experience has brought to him to the legitimate business of thecom-ing year.

Tue farmer with a fuller smoke house and crib beginning his work for the year with heart and hope. The mechanic either already employed or looking soon work to be given to him. Ihe railroads with well sustained earnings In traffic. All In all this country 1b not going to the dogs or the devil, either, as to that. For two years the eyes of I he people have been turned hopefully towards congress, but tbe congress of the United States has demonstrated that it cannot pass anything most of them caut pass a saloon.

The thing seems to lie in an interminable tangle. A house divided against itself. A few proposing and the majority disposing. Koine one remarked the other day, who had been In Washington for several months, that If the constituency of each congressman could be present ten days aud watch his representative and take lu the movements of congress he didn't believe there was one congressman in a dozen who could get ten votes to be returned. Mr.

Carlisle seems to have offered a feasible plan on whicli the finances of our country could have been projected for the future, but tlie present congress will sit down on anything which emanates from Cleveland or any of his cabinet they seem to have nothing in view for tbe good of the country, but anything and everything to down Cleveland and his wlsiics. It la true today that tbe average citi-sen of this country is in no better condition than the government. I am sorry for the citizen who is in no better shape to meet the issues and fight the battles than the United Stages government seems to beint.tbis presejft tf meV? With a deficiency of million each month and bond sales ono after another, tho thing seems to be getting into a no better fix last. The hopelul sign of the time is in the fact that the masses are wrestling now with the problems more hopeful and nearer at hand than those to which they have looked at far off Washington cltj. We face problems under the condition of things today which an Industrious hopeful people can work out with credit to themselves and conquer with a courage that will bring its reward if the lessons of experience which the past two years have taught us have been learned so that we shall not forget them, and we will abjure credit and pay cash or do without the things wo are not obliged to have.

Credit unwisely used will ruin any nation, any city, any municipality any man. For two years and more we have been grappling with debt as perhaps no people ever did. The aggregate indebtedness of this country, from the govern -meat down to the Individual, would astonish and appall any thinking man, and lie would despair of better days ever coming but millions on millions of these debts have been puid liquidation has settled millions ou top of millions, and today we are in far better fix for future operations than we were a year or two years ago, or, if tbe facts had all been known, than we were five years ago. The writer of this article has had much experience In grappling with debt. He has been both debtor and creditor, paying debte upon the one side and watching creditors shirk upon the other, and such condition of things makes it hard to grow in grace.

I find but few hopeful and buoyant spirits, I find but few indeed who are in despair. It is not wise juat at this time to be too hopeful, it Is battle and despair; we slioald strike a happy medium, and every honest effort, every nour of the dsy should be put forth by everv man until the top of tbe hill Is reached and tbe traces can be slackened with aafety. A thousand voices call ua on. Nothing but an enemy would advise humanity to cease its struggles; the hustler is the man we Should imitate. The industrious and frugal man should be our exemplar.

Let ns not throw water on any man's lire or discourage any earnest, zealous fellow, orltalk down any project which means the betterment of the condition, or blackguard any man who la moving, bnt not in a parallel line with us. The fellow who pulls and works most manfully now will have tbe best developed muscle and he the longest winded nag when the goal is reached. If I were asked what I was going to do about it I would answer very readily I am going to pull and pray on and work oil. I will die in tbs traces pulling my best liefore I will lie down on tbe roadside aud ie in despair. The heroism and fortitude neressaiy to tbe struggle In times like these but develop character and manhood.

Just aa the wielding of the ponderous hammer will bring muscle to tbe right arm. The old saying, a faint heart never won fair lady, may lie transposed so it would read a weakling In purpose and aim and courage will never conquer difficulties like these with which we eontend and can neyer have the rewards which come In tbe wake of faithful well doing. I have just returned from trip through many of our states as in tbe northwest as Nebraska and Kansas, and looking over in memory tbe Dacca and Incidents and cities which I have teen on this last trip, I begin to see are. getting better; things are getting in better shape. First sf Series sf Iadzor Rxereleee nt the Y.

M. C. A. Latl Night. The first of a scrips of indoor athletic exercise entertainments was given by the members of the Y.

M. C. A. gymnasium last night. For these entertainments number of valuable prizes offered and all tne members of tlie classes are striving for them.

The first contest last night was a running high Jump. Mr. Fred Eilchy made ths highest jump, five feet two Inches, with Mr. Ernest Wilkinson second, five feet and one Inch. The low horizontal bar vnult waa won by Mr.

Ed. Drake who vaulted six feet and elgnt inches. These contests are to lie given every month by the members of the gymnasium. NEW NAPOLEONIC MANUSCRIPTS A Great Package sf Them Pound is Florence Library, Baroness Althea Salvador la New York Yorld. A package at doeumente full of curloaa revelations eoaceraiog the youth ot Napoleon.

Due teen found la the La area tine Library Id Floreses. Many are antographe, others were corrected or annotated by Bonaparte. In all there are about thirty-eight maouacrlpte In Napoleon'a oro handwriting, and Aheze benr date from 1788 tu 1788. Luring tho Conzulat Napoleon dreamed of great futute.and derided to plaro In safety all dormnenta relating to biz early year. He pnt them nil in a ministerial box labelled Correapondriteo with tha First Conanl.

This label he crazed nnd with hie own hand wrnte: To lie given to Cardinal Feach alone." Tbla box, sealed with tbe nrme of the cardinal, waa In his posaeazion until bla dath In 1880. During tbe empire and the tho box waa unopened, nml In 'Wtlt passed to Quglleloai Llbrl, a learned Florentine, and by him waa auld to Lord Aibbnrnhaiii. When Lord Aahbnrnham died hla library woe sold, and a portion was ln England. tho rest waa illspoaed ot ll Vruit and Italy, The Napoleonic document xrera purchased by tbe Italian gov- ernmrat (or 1117,000 and are now In tlm Florentine Library. The contents ol the known quite lecenMy.

Llbrl or tea spoke of them, bnt those who listened beUersd that he drew largely on bla Imaglnatloa in order to exelre public later- ent. and, strange to eay nobody had tho curiosity to examine them. Among the doeemsata are a number ot to Napoleon by lien. Paoll, SaNrette, pr Dnpuy and Lajurd, minister of war. Paoll waa tha warmest trlend ot Carlo Bonrtei who lwaya campaign of 1760, was aeeompenlad by hia wife, Laetitla Kamollno, aud together they lolled all tbe plaeee menaced by tha enemy.

At tbla time Napoleon wa korB and jB hla childhood tha future smperor continually heard accuunta ot Pauli's eipiuitn. Attar-wards tbe young Napolsog was Irritated and and because of hie country, suffering. All hla indignation wav vented span France! which was not responsible lor the persecution ot Corsica by Lonis XV's Ministers. Paoll was In England, and la 1780 Napolaon wrots to him "General, I waa born when ay country was perishing. The first spectacle wbleh met my eyes was that of 110,000 Frenehuen on our eoasta drowning tha thronn ol liberty in a sea of blood." Napoleon has been accused of thinking only ot personal Interest but these documents bring to light details ol his attempt to aid Paoll.

Paoll who alace hi return had defended tbs interests of France in Corsica yuS. indignant at the exfcutlbn of Loiili VY. Tbe Conren-tlnn called him to account and Napoleon In pita of the danger did not hceitata to address a letter to tho convention. The draught ol this fetter is among tha papers In Florsaca It la vrry interesting because one eeea the ear Napoleon gave to ila correction nnd the effort made that hla phrases might produca effect upon tbe Convention. Tbe document preserved today among tha peers ot.the Convention" differs in a great degree from tha draught In Florence, Eanli sentence of tbs draught ia crossed and altered three or four times proving bis earnestness In trying to sava Paoll Ilo waver, tbe National Contention paid no attention to Napoleon'a appeal.

Fanil to save hla life fed an Insurrection in Curslra, and negotiated with Egland waa then that Napoleon saw what a field, for his ambition wan offered by republican France, tor-got bis hatred of her and tnrned against Ia-oll. But ho never forgot the man whose l. fluence bad been so great and when at Kt. Helena he dictated some pages which show Is veneration for he Corsican rhlef very ranch haa been said ol a history of Corsica written by Napoleon In bla youth. It was supposed to be loet anil lu his memolre Luclen Bonaparte regrets that ths work cannot be found.

He believes It must nnve been burned at tbe time the troops ol lsoll set fire to the Bonaparte house at Ajaccio. I have seen the manuscript which la In Llb-rla famous box. It is not In the handwriting ol Napoleoa but corrected and annotated by him. Thle history is in the form of letters addressed to Abe Beyaal. It lieslns in ancient times and ends In tbe eighteenth century with tbe treaty between the Genoese and the Corslcaus.

Everywhere In the work Ie founnd the greatest love for Corzlco and Napoleon mentions all sources of bis Information and tha booka from which ho qnotea. In these manuscripts Napoleoa has. given all hie Impressions all hla set-ret thoughts. It he met a woman who pleased him he Immediately wrote a dracrlptlon of her appearance with day and hour of acquaintance. Speaking ol his yonth Napolon says that baring left his fathers boose at the age of nine years was tired of life and wished to commit suicide.

Here is wbst Napoleoa wrote of tbla suicidal Idea Always alone In the midst of men I com In 10 dream with myself and to devote my mind to melancholy. On what side do I Juuk today? On tbs aids of death. In tbs aurora a my days I can yst hope to live a long time. What have I to do In this world? I must die so in time. Vhy not kill myself? It I were more than sixty years old I should respert the prejudices at my cob temporaries anil should wait tar natnra to flnlak her course.

Bat alne I have mlsfortnae, since nothing Ie pleasure for ms by should I endure a life whore nothing prospers? If I had bnt ona man to destroy la order to deliver my compatriots, should plnag to tha tyrant's heart the avenging sword of tbeeaentry and of violated laws. Life Is to me a bar-lea be. ause I taete no pleasure and all is troahle. it la a bnrden because men with whom I lira and shall probably always live bars customs and ahull probably always live hare easterns thstdlfferfrom rain ns tbs llqfat of tbe moon differ afrom that of tha sun" Among thess papers are found political notes of every kind and In oomn Napoleon bows himself tv be an ardent republican. A Timely Mezz are.

From the LonlslvUe Courier Journal. The meeanae of tbe prnkfent in moat thoughtful and timely document. It Is more than that. It is nn able and luminous stat. ment of the whole flseal situation, currying with It an appeal to patriotic Amerrsns.

tbe more cogent and pathetle bacons of tbe etrenmstaneee. tbs It will pare for tbe most part unbended by the timid sad erlSsn poll ttelena wbo. compose tbe lawmaking arm of tbs government. Lot It redacts nothing bnt credit and honor upon Grover Cleveland. It Is' on aueh oursslons that good men of all part toe.fri rods on foes alike, rnnnet with-held their and support.

A Ifiolte Plan reseated. From the Chicago Herald. The message fe no mere ery of alarm and distress, ao mete vngnn exhortation to 4-i something to mend matters. It submits definite plan for congress to. ronzider plan to which ao aoood financier can aeetonn-ly object many of its principal LETTER CARRIERS' CLAIMS.

Iptelzl Ruj EiMtalif lato Ibm-OSfM Reported Oa. Washington, February 2. The Investigation of overtime claimg of car. rlere in Boston haa hern completed and Commissioner Hill hasteturnd tothe city to make his report. Then were 472 claimants whose cl a lam aggregated of this amount the report recommends the allowance 4 $172,440, making a saving by the Investigation of $104,008.

Tbe claims of carriers In Providence, R. aggregating $21,000, and In Meriden! and In two stations In Ketr York city, claims have also been adjusted, making a total of $60,000 additional to tlie Boston claims. Henry L. Lorens, tha other commissioner appointed for the overtime Invest), gatlon, has just returned from a trip through Ohio, Michigan, Indiana ana Kentucky, examining claims aggregating several hundred thousand dollars. He will leave in about a week fer Maine to examine the claims at all the free delivery offices there.

Commissioner Hill will begin an Investigation next Monday of tbeclalms of carriers filed at tbe following offices: Nashville, Memphis, Vicksburg, Natchez, New Orleans, Mobile, Jackson. Montgomery, Jacksonville and Wilmington, N. C. LIGHTNING TRANSPORTATION. IoventiM to Harry Mall Poaches from the Chicago FostoIBco to tho 81 at loo.

Chicago, February 2. If the city enuu-cll will permit, a novel experiment will be tried in tbe swift transport of mail from the postofflee to tbe Illinois Central station at Twelfth street and Park Row, one mile distant. Richard B. Sherman, the Inventor of the system, proposes to erect an overhead, or rather overboil se roof electrical conveyor, that will carry a seventy-five pound mail pouch from the roof of tbe postofflee to tlie station in five minutes. It now takes twenty-two minutes to transport mail to the station by wagon.

The conveyor la similar to the one out-aide the transportation building on the Worlds Fair grounds, except that it Is to be operated by electricity, a wire answering to the trolley wire on tho street car system furnishing the power to the carriage in which is enclosed the mail pouch. Mr. Sherman has secured the consent of the property owners to the erection of a temporary overhead road which consists of four or five wires. A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY." Ths Importun News Mads Public That 0. P.

Huntlngtoa Hap Religious Belief. San Francisco, February 2. It has been discovered that C. P. Huntington, the Southern Pacific magnate, has religious beliefs.

The Information became known through Rev. M. Y. Donaldson, superintendent of the 8t. Pauls mission church, of this city.

The doctrine taught at 8t. Paul's mainly consists in the belief that the millenium is near at hand. No definite date is agreed upon for its arrival, but some time in the year 1808 seems, to be the favorite. According to the Rev. Sir.

Donaldson, Mr. Huntington subscribes to the belief, and for tbe past ten years has given sums ranging from $300 to $700 for the benefit of the church. Ho has written many letters himself, warmly recomending the work of the church which the pastor shows with much pride. MARKET FOR OUR WOODS. An Opportunity for American Dealers to Opsn Trade with Switzerland.

Washington. February 2. Kugene Germaine, United States consul at Zurich, has been collecting a mass of information from Swiss manufacturers, builders and shipwrights as to the possible market for American woods in Switzerland nnd these be lias embodied in a report to the state department. This report gives in detail the needs of each trade and the price current and other facts, tending to establish his conclusion that there is an excellent opening in that eoantry for American woods provided they are of first quality. The consul gives the names of Swiss importing houses that would be willing to undertake this business upon commission, and tbns displace tlie woods now received from Hungary, Germany and England.

Big Sugar Planter Aistgup. New Orleans, February 2. II. Ker-nochan, one of the largest sugar planters In the state, and prominent on account of financial troubles due to a failure to receive tbe sugar bounty, has surrendered to his merchants his fine sugar plantation, Scaredaie, a few miles below New Orleans. The plantation Is one of the best la the state, and made pounds of sugar last year.

On bis bounty tbeamount of $40,000 is due. Ysquluu Bey cf No Value. Portland, Oregon, February 2. Captain Thomas W. Symraons, of tbe United States corps of engineers, has just made an official report in which he declares Yaquina boy, Oregon, unworthy of further improvement by the government.

His opinion is indorsed by General George Mendell, division engineer and General Casey, chief of engineers. Youthful Kazan Ity Criminal. Kansas City, February boys, nftiglng in age from nine to twelve years, have been arrested here for stealing gloves from ths front of the Union Mercantile Company's store. Every one of the boys has served several terms in the rounty jull. and Arthur Dell, tho leader, ia twelve years old and has betn in jail twenty times.

Terms of Post matters Expiring. Washington, February 2. The terms of eighty-seven postmasters at presidential offices will expire during this month. The most Important Is Cincinnati, Ohio. There were 135 expiring commissions last month and in March the From the New York Times.

Mtiiiuc history is darkened by many diHiislcrs to jmsM'iiKcr tenihia and nppHllliiK loss uf life. Tlie steamship Hungarian, owned by the Moutren! Ocean KtcnniHlilp Iouiiiany, was, lost February 20, lNOO, Cae Ledge, near Halifax. Ttvu hundred and five people, lijfludliiK all officers, perished. A great storm prevailed at (lie time, and it was more than a week licfore the extent of tho deplorable event wae mill zed. Of the piissingers, nearly all were Immigrants from Uverponl.

Fire hundred and forty-six lives were bait In (lie wreck of the White Star steamship Atlantic on Mars Head. Capo rroapect. near Halifax, April 2, 1873. The steamship carried more than OOO HtetTbgo imsw'iigcra. The cabin passengers numliered fllty.

Tlie Atlantia left JJverpool fur this dt.v with an la-su file lent supply uf coal. Heavy storms were encountered, nnd tlie fuel was nearly exhausted. I lie Atlantics rap-tuin as lie thuuglit, made tuwatila Ham-bro Light, but two hours later tlie teamsliip struck upon the rocks. An attempt was made to lower boats, but before tlie davits wore manned the big vessel cn recited leu ward and sank. All of tlie women were drowned.

After successfully combatjng storms and safely passing through fogs, ths Btenmer Villcriu Havre, on the clear night of November 22, 1873, run Into the Loch Earn, un iron stilling vessel of 1,200 tons burden, in niUl-ocenu. The steamship sank nnd 226 jiersons wont down with tne wreck. Eighty-seven people were snved. Tlio filled Havre, at the time, whs about the finest steamship afloat. Next to tlie great Eastern, she was the largest vessel that bad ever entered this port.

The steamship Liberia and the steamer Barton ran Into each other in April. 1874, nnd not a itemon 011 either vessel wns snved. The Hamburg mall steamer Schiller was wrecked in fog on rocks off the Hcllly Isles May 7, 1875. Three hundred and ihlrty-one iicople iierlshed. The French steamer Hyxnntin encountered the English steamer Hlnaldn during 11 ienrful gale in Dardanelles, December 18, 1878, and about two hundred Uvea were lost.

TheAva, a Brltish-IndlA Navigation Company ship, was sunk in the Bay of Bengal by running Into tho sailing 'ship Ilniuhlldn. Seventy lives were lost. 1 The Onele Joseph, French steamer, collided with the Italian steamer Ortlgla, oil Ksixla, Xovrnilier 24, 1880. and two hundred and fifty lives wero lost. The Hum burg-America 11 steamship Clmlirlu, while on her way from Hamburg to Havre, was tun Into by the British steamship Sultan, January 21, 1883.

The tlnihi'in sank In a few moments. Three hundred and ninety-eight people perished. Them wns a dense fog at the time of the rulllMion. The British Htcuinslilp f.axham end the Kpnnlsli steiiiiipr tiijon collided not far from Corunna on the night of July 21, 1884. There wns heavy fog at the time.

Ono hundred and thirty people were drowned. The steamship (ieferr nml the Ttdqg-vnllu collided August, l-l, 1888, thirty miles south of Subic bund. One hundred nnd six lives were lost, (if those who -Iierlshml seven ty-thm were passengers. The stenmer W. A.

Si-hidtuii, from Rotterdam to this city, run Into collier about ten miles off lmver, on ilia night of Novrmlicr 1888. nml one hundred and thirty-two lives were lost. ANEW ANIMAL.TOTHEM, A Poser for tho Noro Teschers-News Homs from Prowfordzllle. Rpcclsl to The Journal. rrawforrlvlllo.

February 2--A good many of tho former teachers in tho colored scoliols hern fslliil to make tlm nmtMary percentage In the recent examinations for a teachers limine. It Is claimed by many that the questions srn not harder than those sent out by Commissioner Brmlwcll, iit that they are less practical, nnd require much longer time tn writs them out; that a prnmsn of moderate sliced could not write out the answers In tlm time usually allowed by the county school commissioner. Particularly did the questions throw consternation in the ranks of the colored applicants. Outside of a few test books they haven't the advantage of tnlseel-luneous works, nml the conversation of educated people. Take, for example, the question, Who was the great diplomat of the revolution?" Now, a good many who could have answered the usual text book questions, hardly knew whether a diplomat had horns or not! Three convicts recalled title week from the camp of Messrs.

Griffin at Daniels Spring, a short distance from Crawford-vllle. Farm work Is almost at a standstill on account of bad weather. In like manner the county schoola are hindered. Mr. Due Anthony, son of Prof.

X. R. Anthony, has returned from Florida. Fanners who hoped that eoma of tha oat crop might still be living, now see that the entire crop In the country waa killed. The numerous friends of XYofreaor Suudford throughout the state will be pained to hear that hie condition ia no better, and that hia phyaiciana bava little hope for hia recovery.

Long-Lost Ulster Pound. Oakland, February 2. EUxa Me-Cnbe, of 231 W. 60th street. New York, haa been eeanhlng for her alster, Mrs.

Alice IJoyd, wbo came to California thirty-flre yearn ago. Mrs. McCabe ie worth $20,000 which ahe wishes to bequeath to her long lost sister. When this news waa first published an investigation waa set on foot, which has resulted in tbe finding of Mia. IJoyd.

She resides at 1854 San Pablo avenue, this city. Mrs. Lloyd nays she ban been writing her alnter for the pant twenty year but could not get renpona A KANSAS CITY FIEND. An Inhuman nib and and Father Finds lltmaelf JSehlad tha Bara. Kansas City, February 2.

Peter A. Hansen, a milkman, is in Jail charged with maltreating his family, aud if all that is charged against him is true, he is little less than a fiend. His arrest was made on complaint of neighbors. According to them, Hansen took his little twelve-year-old daughter by each cheek and threw her across the room. After that he made her take off her shoes and stockings and ordered her out of the house.

She walked through tbe snow barefooted to the house of a neighbor two blocks away. Hansen is also charged with having struck his wife over the head with a bridle, the steel bit of which cut a gash three inches long. She fled with several cliildren from the house, screaming with pain and fright. He Is also accused of kicking one of his little boys in the mouth and knocking several teeth oat. A TRAMP DIES WEALTHY.

He Heard of His Good Fortnas Jazt Bo-- foro ilia XYtatbu San Francisco, February 2. Frederick Andrews, aged BO, years, died at the county hospital, last night. He was addicted to tbe use of opium, bud the habit combined with Brights disease, caused his death. Just before he died, his sister arrived from Boston, having searched for him all over tho Unitod States. She announced to him that he had.

been left an estate valued at 9250,000 last November, by his aunt, Mrs. K. Jeffreys, of Boston. He died the day after his sisters arrival, haring first made over to her all bis interests In tbe property. Ths Hot.

Bombarding Tamatsvo. Paris, February 2. A dispatch received here from Tamatave, island of Mnd-gascar, via Zanzibar, announces that the Hovas recently commenced to bombard Tamatave, which lias been for some time past occupied by the French troops. The shell fired from the French cruiser Papin and the fire of the French land battery, however, silenced and dismantled the Hovas guns. 8t.

Closed. St. Louis, February 2. Entries to the stakes to be decided at the spring meeting of the Jockey clubs at the fair grounds have been closed. All entries In the mail or mailed yesterday will be accepted.

No lists will be published until sufficient time has elapsed for tne receipt of entries from New York and San Fran cisco. Tho Dolajr la the limy ward Case. Minneapolis, February 2. The delay in the Hayward murder trial, caused by the illness of Juror Dyer, is not likely to last longer than the time set, and the county physicians say that the sick juror will be in good condition by the time the court opens Monday. Stock Yard Boarding Hoase Bnraed.

Chicago, February The Allen House, at tbe stockyards, caught fire this morning. The two hundred guests were frightened from their beds but all escaped without Injury. Loss $40,000, covered by insurance. Closed for Examination. New York, February 2.

The East Side bank, of Grand street, has been closed by Superlntenent of-Bnuks Preston, in order that an examination Into its condition may be made. THE NAUGHTY LITTLE GIRL. Vrltten fur The Journal. (To Mr. Frank Stanton, Mr.

Eugene Field. Mr. V. S. Lord, and numerous otber poets of good children, the following bumble lines to a ueglei-ted Uttle maid are ro epectlully Inscribed.) She la homely She is tricky And.

I am greatly grlered to tell. Her hands are always sticky Vith a chocolate caramel. Her dolly's battered features Spssk of many frantic burl. Sha's tbe terror of her teaches That naughty little girl. She can whoop like a Comanche.

Yon can bear her round the aqeare; Further like an Indian she Often creeps and palls my hair. Ami she steals Into my study And she turns my books a-whtrl And her bouts are always muddy That naughty Htite glrL She dotes upon bananas; And she emearv them on my knees. She peppers my bavaaas; And delights to hear me sneeze. Yet why 1 can't dtaeover Spite of every tangled earl, She's a darling, and I love That naughty Uttle girl! Samuel Mintnra Feck, ORDER MONT BLANC'S SHADOW. Next morning we started to small place called a La Cluse, where we hail dejeuner, and soon after took front seats on tbe Diligence that was to rattle along the pass to Chamonix.

It was a very hot day, and having the wind with us, we received the full beneiit of the choking dust which was not pleasant, but after Mount Rhine loomed in sight over the shoulders of i he rK-ky heights that hemmed us hi on eithpr side, we were too busily engaged looking at his glories to thluk much about the dust. I must confess, however, that to sit and look for several hours at all that expanse of snow which seemed so near to you and yet to feel such uncomfortable heat seemed unnecessary, at least I felt it a pity that a little of all hat ice and could 1 useillust tTiciTTb'bur advantage. However, the close of the drivewasrharmlng. Ater pnssliig through a fine gorge we came out again In the beautiful valley of Chamonix and long before we reached the little village of the aame name nestled at the foot of all this grandeur we saw Mount Blanc from bnse to finish, and the several glaciers which hang down from these snowy heights. I think now with pity upon my verdance ns 1 remember how in Scotland even the tiniest bit of snow I could see stirred up my enthusiasm, and even though some of the mountain tops there, as I have told you, were covered with snow, while here one almost feels like holding on to your lint while looking up at it.

They simply tower and hang over yon when in such place us Chamonix, Jermott and other places on our routo through Switzerland. It Is Chamonix that Mark Twain writes of his thrilling adventures lu ascending Mount lilanc, wlieu at the finish you find he has simply been sitting at the telescope wutching an ascending party- Soon as we arrived we went to that machine and the keeper, who hall his eye to the glass, said, Ah, you are too lata. They have just entered the liut. We were disappointed not to see the party on the climb, though we took several looks at the hut which was to be their shelter for the night. After dinner, as I was sitting on the veranda listening to the roar of the mountain river which flows through the pretty llttlegardena of the hotel, a tiny glimmer of light shone suddenly out from the dim inlstic form of this ghost-like inouutain a signal to the anxious ones below that the travelers were thus far safe on their Journey up the mountain.

Before closing my shutters I stood out on our little balcony tu take one more look, bnt the signal star on the mountain had set and all the valleys seemed sleeping. A spirit of peace and solemnity rested over all while I crept silently in again thrilled with the Idea of crossing Mer de Glace in the morning. In due season we Btarted. I on iny mule with L. nnd the guides walking alongside with their alpine stocks, the mule hoy bringing up the rear with what wraps we had and the woollen socks to keep us from slipping when we walked.

n.IVlBING THE MOUNTAIN. We were far on our way before the sun was strong enough to be uncomfortable, over out and away from the icy temperature which hangs along the river we were following our sigxag path up the steep side ot Mont A Vert, a green pine-covered height on the top of whicli is a hotel, and where we leave our mule and scrum bio down the short steep path which leads to the glacier. Here we were! actually walking on this solid iiioms of Ice which looks like snow. The constant sound of the trk'kling of water running off as it melts makes you feel that yon are at home, that winter is over nml that the spring thaw has set in. We looked down one or two deep cracks that seemed to have no bottom, and we threw stones in hopes that we could hear them strike, but we could only hear them rattling down and finally plunging Into a pool which we could not see.

The huge boulders lying right in the midst of this river of ice was a lesson to me indeed the whole days experience was one of extreme interest and wonder. Once across the glacier we had the hardest pait of the trip, for it was extremely hot and rough walking, and after cHmblngaround the edge of a rocky precipice where one has to cling close to the iroh rail provided, we came a 1) A In 2 i s. I rift 1.