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A scrap OF An,i.Mnsonie history.

(From Weeds Letter 10 the New York Her
add
did not personally know William
Morgan, who was for more than two
months writing his book in II house ad-
Joining my residence at Rochester.
When applied to by Mr. Dyer, my
next door neighbor, where Morgan
boarded, to print the book purporting
to disclose the secrets OF Masonry, ! de-
clined to do so, believing that II man
who had taken an oath to keep II secret
had no right to disclose 1t. Although
not u Freemason, / had entertained
favorable opinions of an institution to
which Washington, Franklin and La
fayette belonged. On my refusal to
print his book, Morgan removed
to Batavia, where he made
the acquaintance of David G. Miller,
editor OF the Advocate, also Mason,
who became his publisher. l pass
briefly over series of facts which
were judiciously established, embra-
cling the arrest of Morgan, his convey
ance to and confinement in the county
Jail at Canandaigua, from which he
was released and conveyed by night In
closed carriage through Rochester,
Clarkson and along the Ridge road to
Fort Niagara, in the magazine Of
which he was confined. While thus
confined Knight Templar encamp.
ment was installed ut Lewiston. When
mt supper the zeal and enthusiasm of
the Templars having been aroused by
speeches and wine, Colonel William
King, Lockport, invited four men,
whitney, Howard, Chubbuck and
Garside) from their seats at the
banqueting table into an adjoining
apartment, where he informed them
that he had an order from the Grand
Master Ode Witt Clinton), the execu-
ton of which required their assistance.
This party was then driven to Niagara,
reaching the fort little before II
O'Clock. Upon entering the magazine
Colonel King informed Morgan that
his friends had completed their ar
rangements for his removal to and
residence upon u farm in Canada.
Morgan walked with them to the
wharf, where boat was held IN read
mess for them by Elisha Adams, an
invalid soldier, into which the party
passed and rowed away, Adams re-
manning to warn the boat of by sig
nal If OH its return any alarm had been
given. 1t was nearly two O'Clock in
the morning when boat came back,
having, as Adams expressed it, lost
one man, only five of the six being on
board when the boat returned. When
the boat reached II point where the
Niagara river emptes into Lake On
tario, a rope being wound around
MOrgan's UOdy, to either end of which
u sinker was attached, he was thrown
overheard. 1t is due to the memory of
Governor Clinton to say that Colonel
King had no such order and no au-
thority to make use of his name. 1t
is proper, also, to add that none of
these men survive. John Whitney,
of Rochester, whom knew well, re-
lated Dll the circumstances connected
with The last act in that tragedy to me
at Albany in 1881, in the presence of
Simeon b. Jewett, of Clarkson, and
"--.--"e' barton of Lewiston.
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Crop Report.

WASHINGTON, August 2O.-Statistics
of the sugar cane crop for July ut the
Agricultural Department show that
Mississippi has an increased acreage
of eight per cent Georgia, one per
cent. Other sugar producing States
show q decline. Louisiana, two per
cent. South Carolina, three. per cent;
Texas, five per cent. Alabama, six
per cent. f; Florida, IA per cent. below
last years acreage.
The rapid decline of the water In the
Mississippi river at Memphis has set at
rest all fears of any further damage to
crops from an overflow. So great is
the the diversity of opinion in regard
to the damage already done in
the lowlands bordering upon the
river in the Memphis district
that 1t is impossible to estimate the
loss. The amount of damage is vari-
oIsly fixed ut from S2U0, 900 to $500, 900,
but there is no precedent upon which
to base an estimate of the effects upon
cotton of an overflow at this season of
the year. The acreage ofcorn destroyed
largely exceeds that of cotton.
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Justice 20 Women.

Arsene HOussaye gives an account
of the heroic conduct of a mother dur
ing the recent floods In the south OF
France which deserves to take its
place in history along with the record
of those noble deeds of sacrifice and
suffering for others sakes that have
given women their highest claim to
the admiration aud love OF men. A
young mother was awakened by the
inundation. She had two children
twins at the breast, adorable little girls.
The water invaded the house. 1t was
night, and the hour was full OF terror.
The cowardly husband took care of
himself, and mounted the roof, but the
woman only thought of her children.
She tied them to her breast with a
scarf, and, as che was about to swim
from the house, she thought that the
bread trough would serve rs a boat.
The house tottered as the mother EN-
barked In her frail boat. She was
scarcely out of the house when 1t went
to pieces. The husband disappeared
IN the ruins. The little boat fioated
away, butstruck againsta tree and was
overturned. The poor woman seized a
branch and climbed into the tree with
the strength ola lioness fighting for
her young. But the tree IL young 1t
bends; IL will not hold all three. The
mother sees that the end IL come, but
her motherhood is not conquered. She
ties her children to the strongest
branch !; she ki.ses them again and
again; she signs them with the sign
of the cross, and cries ITO the mer-
cy Of God =" This piteous drama was
witnessed by spectators who could do
nothing In aid until quarter Of an
hour was gone. The mother was
but the children we're saved.
They were adopted by the Sisters Of
Charity of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Journal.
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A Real Romance.
LErom the uourler,Journal.l


The coming foreign sensation IL an
CHRONOLOGICAL. A sort of ,Orson has
been discovered in the great Austria
liam archipelago, whose history fairly
bristles with points of interest, and, rs
the strange creature is already well on
his way to Europe, the scientific dis
cussions of which he Is doomed to
furnish the occasion are not likely to
be long deferred. There IL no hoax to
be apprehended, as all the facts are
guaranteed by undou bted authority.
1t seems that Oh the 18th of April last
the John Bell, schooner, engaged in
the Jeche de mer fishery, anchored off
Night Island, small island Oft the
northeast coast of Queensland, and
sent her boats ashore in quest of fresh
water. The crews dispatched on
this duty fell in with party of
aboriginal blacks, amongst whom
to their great surprise, they found
living with the natives and speaking
their tongue, a man of about thirty,
who had once been white. but who, by
the long action of the tropical sun up
on his perfectly naked body, had be-
come a bright red hue. This interest
ing person was tattood, or, to speak
more exactly, SCARED with grotesque
devices on his chest and arms, his ears
were pierced and had been pulled out
to an abnormal length, and he wore
an oyster-shell In his nose. Partly by
pursuasion, partly by fear he was got
into the schooner's boats, and as soon
as he was on board the john Bell
hoisted sail for Somerset, Cape York.
At first the new captive was shy, sus-
picIous and even sullen. That he was
white man was evident, but he could
give no account Of himself, and 1t was
impossible to understand his only
semi-arliculate utterances, Little by
iitlle, however, his old self seem.
ed to return. Then he spoke
be French; he took a pencil and scrib-
bled "NARossE LEPEIErfERp with
some other wiered .hieroglypbics after
it. An English officer was found to
talk in French 10 him, aud at last, al
most as by magic. the old recUllections
started tolife, the speech Of his boy
hood revived, and the wild man OF the
woods told all his strange, eventful
history. When only twelve years Of
age he had been cabin-bcy on board
the st. Paul, OF Bordeaux, which, with
a large cargo Of coolies on board, was
wrecked on a coral reef of Ronssel
island, i'm the I,ouisiade archipelago.
The coolies, 50 far rs can be gathered,
were eaten by the. Roussel islanders;
the officers and crew Of the ST. Paul,
however, after enduring very terrible
suffering and deprivation, eontrived mt
last to make their way In boats 10 New
where the captain reported
little Narcisse Lepelletier as dead.
Nsreisse had, no doubt, been left for
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A woman Of the Period.

The rapidity with which females
adapt themselves to circumstances and
fashions with which they are sur
rounded, and especially the fashions, Is
simply marvellous. On Monday last u
lady, who employs several domestics,
got a new table girl, just arrived in the
city from the rural districts, u bright.
eyed, rosy-cheeked damsel who blushed
whenever any of the male members of
the household looked ut her; girl
whose hair was cOmbed smoothly
back from oil q tanned forehead;
whose dress had sleeves to it. came up
to her throat and down to her feet.
On Tuesday her hair went up onto the
top of her head, and was coiled up
over a-sOmethinG; on Wednesday she
cut the sleeves off her dress, turned 1t
in at the throat, pinned it back and
bumped II out behind, and could look
all the men in the house square in the
face for half an hour without the hue
of modesty showing through her pre-
pared chalk complexion. Yesterday
she completed her degradation by cut
ting of all but an inch or two of her
front hair Detroit Post.
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dead, M hiliffa feet ent IA ftnf hy tho
faynf tdgea NJ iiie eofhl reel tnd HE
ddld'a strength oslinnsiod viii llie
cruel tropical heat Md The terrible
thirst. AZ lte lny, how0gefi ~ unfe
dead than alive, ~ The side ~ tie W..
ief.linla where lils oonipnnl0na had
abandoned hin, he wns reused ny y
gentle shaking ~ the shoulder aud
found i've Or siK blacks, men aud va.
men, together, standing over hlm
His succeeding adventures have not
come ~ light liut u may be guessed
that they were stirring. Tho tribe NJ
Macndnlnniis, who rescued HIN, proved
Ia bc kindly, aud treated Him with
great friundlness. Though they aro
good swimmers aud divers, their phys
| iqlle IN below the European standard.
The shipwrecked cabin boy wns the
strongest man In the whole tribe,
and no doubt enjoyed cores
ponding advantages. lie Ind GER
iainly become more than reconciled to
his lot, aud had long accustomed him
self TO look TRANQUILITY forward towards
| the time when his remains should be
tied up In fbro and neatly suspended
from a tree, to be dried by the almost
vertical rays of the Australian sun
mode of seputure which is chiefly
worthy of notice ~ being, with the one
exception of the scanty girdle worn by
the ladies', the only trace of nascent
civilization which the tribe appears to
boast. In spite of his regrets for his
savage life, Lepelletier, bids fair to be-
come rapidly reconciled to civilization.
Although for seventeen entire years he
reither spoke word of his native
tongue, nor saw book, nor
wrote single line, he has yet,
in n week or too, almost entirely
recovered his command not only of
speaking, but also-which Is more re-
markable-of reading and writing.
Lepelletier now speaks French fluent
ly, and-we are sorry to be obliged to
add-devotes several hours day to
the study of French novels. He has
shaken Off the almost invincible repug-
nance which he ut first displayed to-
ward clothes In any shape, and more
especially trousers, and instead of sit
ting on rail and staring about him
which was at first all that he could be
persuaded to do-he evinces laudable
desire to make up the seventeen years
of loeway from which his education has
suffered. The chief difficulty seems
to he to revive in his mind the ordina-
ry but yet highly abstract conceptions
of time and number. He Is rs yet I'M
able to count beyond seventy, from
which to one hundred he leaps mO
sditu while, for want of any exact
measure of the years he has passed
with the savages, he is convinced that
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RAGusA, August pa number of
MOntcucgrins, who joined the lier-
zegOvcniun insurgents, have captured
seven small forts around Gosgo, Nugh
aud Niski, near the Montenegro IRON
tier.
LONDON, August GA Berlin spe-
cial to the Times says the Austrian
Ambassador, ut COnstantinople, sus-
gestCd to the Turkish government the
expcdicncy of allowing Herzegovina
n semi-indepcndcnt administration.
Had this suggestion heen accepted the
three northern powers would nave
been prepared to assist In Its accom-
plishmcnt. The Porte, however, re-
jcctcd the proposition. The interveh,,
ton of Austria Is no longer considered
altogether improbable. The Austrian
government seems to consider tnat u
change has become Indispensable, ana
that it had best be effected ut time
when she may hope to exercise lead
ing influence.
A special dispatch to the Times from
Constantinople says the Porte has ac-
crpted the proposition of the friendly
powers to counsel the submission o! the
insurgents to the Turkish authority,
AMI represent to them the utter hope
lcss,lrss of foreign intervention. Selva
Pacha has been appointed special com
missioner to examine into the gfleV-
anccs of the disaflictcd people, and 1t
is confidently expected that the insur-
rcclion will soon terminate.
The Times in its leading article says
that if any mode he devised of giving
Herzegovenia and Bosnia an independ.
ence similar to that of Servio, it will
he great relief 10 the Porte and of ad-
vantage to Europe. The article points
to the gradually, but inevitable, disrup-
ton of the Ottoman Empire, and pro-
tests against the superstition that the
English foreign policy will he gov
erucd by the interests of holders OF
Turkish bonds.
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Specimen French COnytcts.
Paris Letter; July 80, to the Philadelphia
Telegraph.

Paris Letter; July 30, to the Philadelphia
Telegraph.
A ship load of cOnvicts of the worst
class leaves France this week for New
Caledonia. More than Il year ago the
terrible institution of the galleys at
TOulOn was abolished, and transpOrta-
ton substituted as punishment III
stead. More humane certainly, and
possibly more eilicacious, rs it gives
the crimidal n chance for reformation,
and of thriving by honest industry.
Among the gang of murderers and
forgers who are to be sent Off in II day
or two, there is one who confidently
expects to become the tenor singer of
the theatre of Neumeo, while another
c0ngratulates himself on being II baker
by trade, and therefore likely to get on
well in his new sphere.
The crimes of which these wretches
have been guilty of are mainly
of the most atrOcious character,
nearly all of them being murder
ers. One of them, fespectable-look-
ing man named Brest, was found gull
ty of having put his own little daughter
to death by holding her down on a red
hot stove until she was literally roasted.
There seems TO be something radically
wrong in French law when the miser-
able Communists were put to death 10y
hundreds, while the life of such an
atrociOus tiend as that could he judi
ciously spared. A shipload of women,
selected from the different reformatOry
institutions of the Government, Is
shortly to be sent out to New Caledo-
MIA also. This will he the second lot
that has been sent there, the first hav-
ing done very well, all those who com.
posed it having either been married
soon after their arrival, or else we'll
established AZ household servants.
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Rismarck's Success.



1t Is only fair to assume that before
Prince Bismarck entered on his cru
SADIE against the UltramOntanes he
calculated how far the pressure he
could exert was adequate to overcome
the resistance of the recalcitrant cler-
gy and the mere fact that he deemed
the balance of the probabilities to be
on his side, should make every candid
observer pause before he assumes rs
SC iI.,si,ient that ,Germany has under
taken Ii hopeless enterprise. Hitherto
the high ecclesiastical dignitaries of
the Catholic church in Prussia have
rejected all overtures of compromise
with an unexpected tenacity of pur-
pose, For the first time, however.
there Is u sign OF yielding. DIR. Foster,
the Prince-Bishop of Breslau, has
announced that he intends to obey the
law regarding the administration OF
parochial property pertaining to the
Catholic Churches. This law was de-
n0unced ut the time of Its passage as a
gross violation of the freedom of the
Church. Indeed, of the whole Faick
legislation, the law in question, was
probably most displeasing to the Cath
ollie clergy In Germany. How far the
prelate of Breslau represents the sen-
timents OF his brother Bishops we do
not pretend to say, and the undisguised
delight with which his submission to
the law is welcomed by the organs of
the Berlin Government would lead us
to imagine that the resistance of the
Catholic prelates had outpassed the
official estimate of its probable dura-
ton. Still, the fact that one high
dignitary of the Catholic Church has
made his peace with tho State IS al
most certain 10 lead Others to follow his
example. Unless the Holy See should
firmly repudiate the action of the
Prince Bishop, 1t is hard to see how
the Pope can insist on the occupants
of other bishoprics sacrificing their po-
sition and prospects to an imaginary
obligation. Only the other day the
Archbishop of Breslau crossed into the
part of his diocese which lies within
the Austrian frontiers, in order to
avoid the necessity of Obeying the
edicts Of Berlin. II he has yielded on
the main point at issue, a compromise
can easily be arranged on the minor
questions IN dispute. The strength of
chain is in its weakest link, and I'M
less DIR. Foster should be cut OIL from
communion with the church for his
concession, the resistance of the priest
hood must give away and In that
case Prussia will obtain all she de-
mands, which il the tacit recognition
of rights conceded formerly by Con-
cordats to many Catholic States.
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QUEBEC, August 20.-Three children
aged /, 3 and 4, were burnt to death
to-day, the mother having looked
them in the house while working out
side.
ROME, August 1.-The Fanfalla says
that the emperor Ferdinand, of Aus
tria, left by his will to the Pope six
millions of dollars, which has already
been paid.
The warehouse ut Gloucester, nine
stories high and twelve hundred feet
long, with many thousand bushels OF
grain, has been burned.
Ex-Prcsidrnt Thicrs declines to be-
come candidate for the French Sen
ate, preferring to remain member oil
the Lower House.
A special dispatch to the Standard
from Vienna repr, sents that fifty Turk
ISL families persisted when the insur-
gents destroyed Rerbera and Sevirjar.
A Reuter- telegram. from Vienna de-
MES the truth of II special dispatch, in
the daily News of yesterday, that the
Turks lad forced the insurgents to
raise the raise the seige of Tribigue.
That town is still surrounded by insur-
gent in large numbers, and the seige
continues.
PARIS August 2l.-The Memorial
Diploma'ique says that all the powers
have agreed in urging Servia and
Montenegro to remain neutral i'm the
present conflict, and that this advice
will be backed by force if necessary.
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The yellow fever has enirely disap
peared from Key West. Weather COO
and pleasant
New YORK, August 2l.-Representa.
tives of the four great railroad lines
met in the Erie building yesterday, and
arranged schedule Of fares. Western
rates were advanced, on the basis OF
twenty dollars TO Chicago, which is an
advance of two dollars on the present
rates. The schedule goes into effect OH
Monday. Proportionate rates we're
adopted via Philadelphia and Balti-
more to the West.
NEW ORLEANS. August 2l.-State
registrar reports the result Of the CEN
sus of Louisiana, recently taken in
compliance with the requirements Of
the State constitution, 10 be, city Of
New Orleans, whites, l45,T21; colored,
Isl, 6l7; total, 2O3, SCa. an increase OF
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bce6 married fuf times, iie ffst tycht
nrrnfflnN ln tef eighteenth and The
Ipsf In hen w9hly.nihtli yenf Size wa
vofy Intelligent, and rasesstdn inoHt
fdemlyr memory, Her progeny nfe
scattered nll over The country.
WAstnadroS, August ~ A tele-
grnm has hoon received nj the Navy
Department this morning, dated Pan
anna, August ~, announcing tho DEATH
VI FEAR Admiral Napoleon ColliiHl
commanding the South Phclllc ileol
At CnllnO, Peru, which occurred on tllc
~, inst. lie died Of cryHipclns nllrr
IN Illness ol three days, aud was l,'lr'
led with military honors IN the Fro'
lestant Cemetery at Bell VISTA, mean
CnllaO.
Frederick +. Sawyer, extensively en-
gagged IN mail contracts for Texas, dieo
ut his residence In Georgetown today
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Suicides.

LOUISVILLE, August 23.-W. Fl. Nor
ris, brother of Rev. j. G. Morris, n
prominent Methodist clergyman, COM
United suicide to-day by taking laud-
anum.
INDIANAPOLIS, August 23.-John
Decker, hod carrier, committed sui
eide yesterday by drowning himself in
White river. He was subject to spells
of insanity, and it is supposed he com
mitted the deed while under one of
these attacks.
DENVER, Col, August 2O.-J0hn II.
White, of Missouri, committed suicide
yesterday. Dissipation and disturbed
finances was the cause.
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sun SPOTS.
what they Have to DO with Terrcs-
trial Phenomena.
Hartford Courant.l


In the opinion of many distinguished
scientists there is an intimate conneo-
ton between the connections that oc-
cur in the sun, and which are indica-
ted by the appearance of spots, and va
rious terrestrial phenomena of gen.
eral nature. The extent of the solar
spots varies from year to year, being
greatest at periods about ten or eleven
years apart. Beginning with max
imum year, the spots decrease in ex-
tent for about five years, on an aver
aye, and then gradually Increase till n
second maximum is reached in about
five years more, after which the de-
crease begins again and so OH in con-
tinual alienation. This interval of
ten or eleven years is called the "sun-
spot cycle"
The researches of Mr.. Medium, the
director of the Meteorological Observ-
atory of Mauritius, indicated connec-
ton between the cyclones of the In-
dian ocean and of the West Indies and
the sun-spots; the one varying with
the other. Prof. Loomis has shown
that there is striking similarity be-
tween the curves that represent the
changes In the extent of the solar spots
and those which represent respective
ly the mean daily range of the mag
netic declination, and the number of
auroras observed each year. Accord
ing to Poey, the connections of the
earth respond to those In the sun, and
earthquakes and volcanic eruption va
~ In their frequency with the huctua-
lions of the solar spots. hf.N.f
From ninety-three tables Of rainfall
for various parts of the world, almost
entirely excluding America, Mr.. Mel
drum has found that, without excep-
tioa, more rain falls In the maxima
than in the minima sun-spot years. A
late discussion of Mr.. c. A. Schotps ar
ticle on the "Rainfall Of the United
States" in which the respective rain
falls at one hundred and seven stations
are taken for comparison, points to
the same conclusion.
In striking confederation of the
theory above stated and illustrated are
the results of the investigation made
by Mr.. Dawson, Principal of McGill
College. at Montreal, in reference to
the fluctuations Of the great northern
lakes. Apart from the annual rise and
fall of these lakes, and also from the
sudden and irregular elevation and de-
preston Of their surfaces, varying from