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IBI8H LEADERS IN JAIL. Faniculan of tbe Arrest of Meisn. Dillon and O'Brien Yesterday. THE OAU8E OF THE TROUBLE. A last night's London cable says : Later information shows that Mr. Dillon was arrested at liallybra. k, where be was visiting bis uncle. lie was harried under a strong guard and with the utmost secrecy, to the railway station, where a special oar was in waiting. As soon as he entered this tbe train was started for Dublin. Oaly a brief slop was made here, when the prisoner was carried on to Tip perary, the tenants of which town be is charged with having incited to refuse pay ment of rent to their landlord, Smith Barry. Tbe arrest of Wm. O'Brien was made at tbe Qlengtriff Hotel. Mrs. O'Brien was present. The charges against O'Brien are based on speeches made by him at Limerick and Tippertry, in which it is alleged be advised his auditors not to pay rent. From Ulengariff O'Brien was immediately taken to Cork. A warrant has been issued for Mr. Dalton, who has been active in the work ol tbe Land League. The police are keeping a strict watch on tbe headquarters of the Land Leagoe in Dublin. Persons entering or leaving are subject to close scrutiny. Despatches from Tipperary report that the organizers of the local branch of tbe league are under close police surveillance. The activity of the police indicates tbst the authorities contemplate further arrests. Il is considered probable that warrants are already out against many leaders in the Land League of secondary rank, who have made themselves obnoxious by the active part they have taken in recent anti-rent campaign)!. This sudden action of the Government has fallen like a thunderbolt from a clear sky. The Irish Nationalists had no suspicion of the impending blow, and are at a loss to know what it means. Mingled surprise and indignation are the predominant feelings. Despatches from various parts of Ireland show that the Nationalists are every where greatly excited -' the arrests. 1'here was no abatement of interest < ronghoot tbe day in the Irish srreals. I'D to 7 o'clock this evening no definite information has reached London of the specified utterances of Dillon and O'Brien on which the warrants for their arrest were based. Neither had tbe Government given out any official explanation which would throw light upon the sodden and anex- pooled resort to a vigorous Irish policy. It is commonly supposed to night that the ostensible grounds for O'Brien's arrest are to be foond in a very plain speech that he made lasl Sunday to an assemblers of peasants at Hchull. in County Cork. He dwell upon the failure of the potato crop and spoke of the gloomy outlook for wide- spread distress which Ireland most face this winter. Warming to Ihe thsmr, ho said : " For tens of thousands of small farmers through Ireland il will become a question this winter whether they are to have food, or their landlords." Confronted with such an alternative, he thought there should be no hesitancy as to a choice. He advised the tenants on every estate to meet and consult as to what proportion, if any, of Iheir rent they could honestly pay. When that question had been determined they should all abide by the decision. If the farmery, he said, should give to the landlords money which was needed to boy bread for their children, the Irish leaders would not dare to appeal to the world to come to the rescue of such a nation of slaves ; but if tenants would absolutely refuse to pay a penny of rent until every family that tilled the soil was placed beyond the reaoh of starvation, then if Ihe Government evicted starving people from their poor homes il would be awept oat of existence by a torrent of English indignation, and tbe whole civili/.ed world would send money and assistance for the benefit of the tenants. Michael Davilt was interviewed this afternoon in regard to the arrests. He took a very hopeful view of the situation and thought tne effect would be entirely favorable to tbe Irish caose. " If Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien," he said, " had deliberitely set oat to devise plans for in- creasing the popularity of tha plan of campaign and heightening tbe prestige of the Land League they could not have accomplished their purpose in any way more successfully than by inducing Mr. Balfour to lake precisely the step that ho has taken of his own volition. Il ia jasl what they wanted. There had begun to be a feeling in Ireland that the plan of oam paign ban been carried far enough. These arrests will be sure to rouse public aenti- ment in ils favor again. Mr. Balfour has not made a greater mistake since he has been in ahief authority over Ireland." A Dublin cable says; Mr. O'Brien and wife arrived at Tipperary at 9 o'clock to- night. Tbe public lamps were not lighted. The couple were enthusiastically cheered during their passage through the town. Canon Cahill and other friends met them at the Court House. An Biploalon In a Mla. A Wilkesbarre, I 'a., despatch says : An eiBlosion of gi took plaoe in the Murray Hill shaft of the Lehigh At Wilkeebarre colliery this afternoon. The body ol Anthony Jennings was soon taken oat badly burned. There weru only five men in the shaft. Their names are : Lawrence Oassv, James Sullivan, James Boswsll (Are boss), Kdward Dulbeen and Anthony Jennings. The ahaf t is one of the gasiee in the world. At 3 o'clock a rescuing party, consisting of Hupt. Soon, Foremen James ford and Morgan and Mine Inspector Williams, entered the shaft in search o Ihe men. They returned at 4 o'clock and reported that all wore dead except Udwan Dulbeen, who was serioosly burned. The dead were brought from the pit to Ihe orfaoe, a distance of i.OO feet, and taken to their late homes. Tbe British census will betaken in 1801 Thn cost of the census of Great Britain in IHHI was 1172,000 for a population o: Xi.000,000. For England and Wales Ihe cost per 1 ,000 of the population was i 1 1 Cd. in 1861, rising to to 6s 7d. io 1871, am JC6 Its. M. In 1881. The number o enumerators was nearly 86,000 an in 1801 tbs number will not be far short of 40,000 II is in Ihe oool, delicious autumn that tbs oyster gets into stew. A BLOODY TBAGBDV. A rortemontu Cooper ShooU His Three Daughter* and Then Suioldea. A Portsmouth, N.H., despatch says : A terrible tragedy occurred here to-night, and tbere is great excitement. A mob of sev- eral hundred people surrounds the house where the bodies of three dead persons .rtlv attest tie extent of tbe crime. >td ' U. J. Hein, gef 45 years, a cooper in ths employ of tbe EUredge Brewing Com- pany, has a famil) of three daughters. The eldest, Carrie, aged 15 years, keeps house for him, his wife, who il is said was un- faithful, having left him several months ago. Since she left it is reported the girl Carrie has become wayward. Hein's trouble preyed upon his mind until he resolved to end the matter and remove from temptation tbe three female members of bis household. Two of them and the mur derer himself lie dead in his boms, while at tbe hospital the third daughter lies dying with a bullet in her neck, and at his home C. W. Taylor, a weULknown hard- ware merchant, whose name has been con- nected with that of Mrs. Heim, lies with two bullet-boles in his back. Before the discovery of Hein's deed a body of cflicers and citizens were scouring the city in search of him, and had he fallen into tbe hands of the mob he would have been lynched. The story of the murder is : Charles W. Taylor, while entering bis residence about 7.30 to-night, was rushed upon by the murderer, who fired two scots, both ot which took effect in the small of bis back. He is still alive, but will hardly live. Shortly before 8 o'clock people in tbe vicinity of Hein's house heard five pistol shots fired in rapid snooesiion, and Maud, the 13-yeer old daughter of Hein, ran out of the bouse and down the street. She proceeded but a bort distance when she fell, saying, 1 Father has shot me." The girl was taken to the hospital, where she now lies In a critical condition. Three shots were find at her, all taking effect. The lower part ot Hein's hoo*e was the scene of the murderer's most hcrrible work, and it shows evidence of a desperate struggle. The kitchen was covered witr blood, and everything was in great disorder. Jnst outside the back door of tbe bouse lay- two bodies. Carrie, the oldest girl, lay with her face covered with blood, tbe bullet having entered tbe left side of the face. passing upward toward the brain, death resulting instantly. Across her prottrate Form lay Bertha, the youngest daughter. When found she was unconscious, and expired ia fifteen minutes, tbe bullet that caused her death having enured her bead jost behind the left ear. In the front chamber was found tbe dead body of Hein on tbe floor. A ballet had passed through bis head from the revolver which lay by hit side. .in 8TKANDKD BARCELONA. Oapt. Itoflf and Two um<-n Kemalu on tbe Wrecked * easel. A Quebec despatch says : K. O. Fry, Lloyds' sgent at Ibis port, returned from the stranded steamship Barcelona Wednes- day evening. Tbe crew and cattlemen of the slranded vessel, 34 in all, also came up leaving Capt. Boyle and his two officers in charge of Ihe wreck. Ihe crew will be paid cfl here. Mr. Fry stales that he round the Barcelona in a bad position. Bhe is lying on Ihe south edge o) lied Island shoal.with a list to port, and heading south - sootbwest. She is on the rocks forward of tbe engine room after bulkhead, and tbe bottom of this part of tbe steamer is be- lieved to be badly crushed , as il was com- pletely filled fifteen minutes after she struck. She is tipped by tbe stern ten to twelve feet, and at high tide the water is about eight feel above the main deck aft, which is submerged M far as the forward hatch, the 'orecastle being the only place on the main deck free of water. The captain and all >he officers have been compelled to laks up heir quarters on the upper bridge, and >hey bad very little food and no water for wo days until obtaining some of the latter rom Red Island lighthouse. To reach led Island lighthouse the only boat emaining had to receive a canvas bottom o replace a large portion of tbe wooden me broken and with this and baling the water out with backets, the captain managed to reaoh Green Island telegraph, and afterwards lied Island for water. On he 8rd September, while on the passage out, the Barcelona encountered a terrible inrrioane, daring which three of her crew were washed overboard. Tbe Barcelona is undoubtedly a total loss. TUB TKaiN WUKOKBKH. A Choice of Versions aa to the Btory of Their Confeealoui. A Troy, N. V., despatch says: It is itated to day that the oonfussian of John Heed, Thos. Cain and Arthur Buett, three of the men engaged In wrecking the Mon- treal express on Tuesday, Hept. 4th, has been placed in the hands of counsel for prosecution, and that besides these three men the statements implicate John Cordial and John Kleman. It ia said details of the plot are given. The confessions, il is stated, will be presented to the grand jury now in session as evidence on which to pro- cure th i indictment of the prisoners. At the adjourned examination of Kieman and Cordial to-day, W. J. Lndden slated that he was counsel for all Ihe defendants, bat il was said by the counsel for the prose cation that Cain, Bnett and Heed had said they did not desire counsel and did not desire an examination. Mr. Lndden said he had conversed with Ihe prisoners yesterday, and they denied making any confession. Reed, Mr. Ludden said, had told him he would be ready for examination thin morning. Tbe Trust of the Democracy, Washington Pol : The Maine campaign oan be summed up in a nutshell : Th D emoorata trusted to Providence, wbi th e Rep oblie-sna depended en Joe Mtnley The Blr Minx. Philadelphia Jiteord : "I'm so glac those big sleeves are in fashion again, "saic Miss Flerty. " I do so enjoy a laugh in m] sleeve occasionally." The kid glove-darner, a small stick with a knob on Ihe end, is out. It is on Ihs principle of Ihe stocking ball. A RAILWAY HORROB. Between Forty and Fifty Manv Injured- I ili.KI. TBAIMB IN A HIM A Heading, Pa., despatch of Friday night lays: A wreck occurred on the ading Railroad seventeen milet above this place at about 046 to-night. The train which met with the diiaiter left thid city at 0.06 o'clock, ten minutes late. It is known ai tbe Fottaville express, and was running at the rate ol at leant 88 to 40 miles an hoar. It had on board possibly from 125 to 150 passengers, and it oon aisled of engine, tender, mail and express cars and three passenger cars. Near bhot- mekeraville, about fifteen miles above this city, tbere is a carve where the railroad is bout 18 to 20 feet higher than the Bchuyl ill Hirer. Here shortly before o'clock freight train ran into a coal train, throw- ing several oars on tha opposite track, and before the train bandit bad time to go Daok to warn any approaching train of the danger the Pottsville express came around tl.c curve and ran into tbe wrecked coal oars on its track. The engine went down ihe embankment, followed by tbe entire train with its human freight. The scene was one of great horror. The cries of the imprisoned passenger* were heartrending. Borne of the paisengers managed to crawl oat of their prison and arouse the neigh- Oorhood. Word was telegraphed to this oily, and help summoned, bat all informa- tion was refused at this point by the rail- road officials. Physicians and surgeons and 300 workmen were taken to the spot ay the company, and with tbe aid of a travelling electric light plant the work of clearing away the wreck was at once pro- ceeded with. Tha work was slow, and the dead and dying were taken oat with great difficulty. Up to 10 o'clock to-night some thirty wounded had been taken oat. Of the latter some were brought to this city, and others taken to the Miners' Hospital at Ashland. The dead so far recovered are still on the ground. TUX MMI:in Or IBM I'EAK Ihe Associated 1'ress agent has juet had direct communication wiin bin represents- live at the scene of the wreck, and tbe latter says conservative estimates plaoe the number of the killed at 40 to 60. It is almoit impassible to estimate the exact number, atid the foil horror of the situa- tion will not be known before morning. At 11 o'clock Mail Agent Ureenwaldis' body was taken oat, followed by tbe horribly mangled bodies of two Maboney City fire- men on their way home from the Chester convention. There is a rumor at the scene of t he wreck that George K. Kaercber, of Potts vi lie, was in tbe wrecked parlor oar. Whether this refers to Ueo. H. Kaeroher, Ihe famous lawyer of Ibis plaoe, is uot known, but il this is so, the Stale loses one of in brightest legal ornaments. Tbe scene in this city was one of great excite- ment, which was not allayed until long after midnight. ACCOCNT OV A rASSKKUIB, Tbe Aticciattd lnt )|imiui:\ih jost bad an interview with a passenger who weot down, in the wreck and who was but slightly injured. Hixteen of the injured were brought on a special train to Ihe Heading Hospital at 11 o'clock. This gentleman says that when the passenger train Utt Reading Ihe cars were all well tilled. Amort; them were many ladiei. llu sat in tbe front part of the last car. This ia bis story : " The train was going at a lively rate of speed. The passengers appeared a happy crowd, many of them laaii-s, chatting and laughing after a day's pleasure at Ihe Berks County Fair. I was viewing the lovely country through which we were passing when suddenly there was a terrific crash. I was hurled from my seat, while tbe ars roiled down a twenty feet embankment, and I was thrown from one side of the car to tbe other, when splash one end went into be water, and 1 was thrown agaiuet tbe side of the oar with a foroe that partly stunned me. I quickly recovered and managed to climb upon tbe seats on that ide of tbe car which lay against the mbankment. 1 was a prisoner, and while was nursing my sprained ankle and wrist realized that I was in a scene of veritable terror. Around and about me were human wings struggling in the water, Horeaming n their fright, and some almost dragged me lack into the water. A few saved them - islves as I did, and the remainder struggled n the water and then quietly sank out of ifgot." IN DEATH UNITED. An A rllut will MII Aclru Hulflilr Together by Agrr< mi nt. A New York despatch says : About day- break this morning tiustave U. Koch, a iug German artist, ascended to the elevated road platform at Canal street, and exchanged a few words with Kmilo Kossie, an aolress, 1'J years of age, who lived at 140 Canal street, her room overlooking tbe elevated station. Koch said : " Yes, I lave oome, Emile. Are you ready .'" The answer from the window was not heard. Tbe man turned, and the next moment shot himself through the temple, falling dead on the platform. Before the report had died away another shot was heard in the girl's room, and it was soon found that she had also committed suicide by shooting berself through the heart. Tbe oouple were engaged to be married, bat the girl's mother opposed the match so strongly that they decided to die together. Emile Kosaie was a member of Amberg'a stock company. Bhe had been on the stage since babyhood. Her father and mother lived in Berlin. Her father was an Italian singer of note, bat died some years ago. The girl's mother is a German writer and novelist, and she was ambitions for her child, and hoped she would make a good match. e> T In. KilltiirUl " We. New York Worlds As Artemus Ward says, the man with a tape- worm Is justified in saying " We." II Is noted in the New York stores that the new silks tor dinner and evening toilets are magnificent in design and coloring Flowera and sprays of ths most delicious tints almost cover the most exquisite grounds of rich brocades. Pride like the summer girl feoeth befoie the fall. A I.I l Ti WAB. Virginia Oncers and Italian Navvies Bave a Battle. On Twelve Pole Creek, near Wayne Court House, Va., on Friday, a terrible fight occurred between a sheriff's potie and a gang of Italian railroad laborers. Several Italians were killed and a number wounded. Borne weekd ago a contractor on the Nor- folk & Western Railroad named Eeough went away, leaving numerous creditors, among ths number being the Italians. A new contractor took possession of the ibandoned works, and put a number of laborers to work in a cut formerly worked by the Italians. The Italians refused to allow any one to work on tbe cat antil they had received their pay, and proceeded to oust the new laborers. Three times the new laborers were run oat by the Italians, who used stones, clubs, knives and pistols. The oontraotor then applied to the court [or protection, and was furnished with a 'a ite of a dozen men, headed by the sheriff ot Wayne county. On Friday tbe sheriff attempted to arrest the Italians, who fiercely resisted, and a combat resulted, with forty or more Italians on one side, armed with stones, knives and revolvers, tnd the sheriff's men on the other. The Italians fought from behind trees and rocks. The firing became general, and asted some minutes. When tbe smoke aad cleared away several Italians were found in tbe last throes of death, and several more were wounded. Tbe sheriff's men escaped with a few severe bruises. About twenty Italians were arrested and ailed. The remainder escaped. A SUNDAY >1 \-ll I I . 1 Freight Runs Into an Kirunlon Train With Dlaaatroua Kruli. A Sunday's Chicago dispatch says : At 3 o'clock to-night a switch engine on the jhioego, Burlington ,v Quincy Railway ran nto ibe rear of an excursion train ou the .llmeu Central near ItSlb street. At this lour 40 people are reported killed and a arge number injured. For a time the con- nsion wss eo great that even an approxi- mate idea of the loss of life was impossible obtain. First reports from the police lad it that 40 people probably bad met death, while tbe railway official* said only 1 wo or three persons were oertainly known io have been killed. Within half an boar, lowever, four mangled corpses had been dragged out of the heap of broken timbers and twisted iron that marked tbe spot where the collision took place. By this lime it had also been ascertained that at least three other persons were seriously in- jured and six others slightly. Tbe collision look place near Doaglass Park, and the vic- tims were Sunday excursionists returning to the oily. The freight train crew assert that they passed Millard avenue under a clear signal. Millard avenue is only a short dislsnce from where the smash -up occurred. A Cute Sharper. Several California papers recently con- tained a matrimonial appeal signed by a " young and beautiful Hungarian maiden, an orphan without meant, but well edu- cated and with domestic tendencies, who seeks a companion for life." The answers were to be directed to Paris, where the young lady was employed as a nurse. Incredible as it may seem a dozen offers from marriageable young 'Frisconiana oame over the sea. A lively correspond- ence ensued, and finally each of the wooers received an exquisite photograph and an affirmative answer frcm tbe beautiful Hungarian maiden, with the request that tbe lover should send the necessary cash For a transatlantic passage ticket. The swindler, or the syndicate of swindler*, netted 0.000 marks in all by tbs trick. And now tbe prospective bridegrooms, among whom are some well known names, dare not whisper their misery. To California and riorlda Free. The Fireside Weekly, the popular Canadian story paper, is offering subscribers such .remendoas prizes as a free trip to Call- 'ornia and return, first-class , a (200 seal- skin mantle ; handsome Shetland Pony ; return tioktl to Florida, first-dais ; silver Tea Set ; Lady's Cold Watch ; china Tea let ; Mantel Clock ; silver Watob ; Dickens' Works ; Waverly Novels, and many mora. These prices are for persons sending the jreatesl number of words constuoled from ihe letters " Fireside Weekly." The oon- lest is open to everyone sending in with iheir list |1 for The Fireside Weekly for Six Months, which also entitles them to a landsome premium. The competition will open for sixty days, but an additional prize of an elegant silver water pitcher is offered to the largest list received daring ieptember. Bend five one-cent stamps to " Adelaide Si. Weal, Toronto, for sample oopy and premium supplement. In the Far Buuthwtit. Mrs. Colt (wife of Col. Coll, of Texas) As I was going by Turner's this morning, John, I heard Jim Bluff say that if juslioe bad its doe you'd have adorned a telegraph pole long ago. Col. Coll (springing up from dinner table) Jim lllnfi, yon say ? Let ms . Wife Now, John, please finish your dinner. Tbe shooting will keep. A Secret That Is Safe. Toronto AVu-i .- Mr. Handsome Ob, you know, mother, women can't keep a secret. His mother Yea they can, my son. You have been industriously courting that Miss Higbtly for a year, and you don't know her real age yet. f- i i ., in the anme l t. ii. Boston Commonwealth AI table Hi, waiter, Ibis blueflsh is not quite as fresh as the one yon brought me last week. Waiter Excuse me, sir, it is one of the very same lot. Garibaldi's widow ia about to contract a marriage with a Dr. Gabriel Tanferna, who is engaged at the naval academy in Leghorn. Bignora Garibaldi made his ac- quaintance on tbe occasion of the illness of her sou, Maulio, about two years ago. Last Jane, when staying at Maddalena. she was visited bv Admiral Tabrani and bis wife, and in ths presence of other visitors, officers and friends, introduced Dr. Tanferna as her future husband. The wedding day is not i fixed yet. TBB TKMFKBANCE WORLD. The Hum CurM In Africa- National W. O T. C. Convention A Keg-lecled Cbitd- r.-n Act Mlaalonary W urk In Japan. Mrs. Varcoe, of Melbourne, Australia, popular and powerful uu.[ franc* speaker, who is especially inleremtd in juvenile work, has been gazstte i as a constable under tbe " Neglected Children's Act," and now has authority to arrest destitute children or those found in immoral places, and to have them committed to her charge by magistrates). Thesa children aie kept in a borne, established by her, antil factor parents are found them. Miss Jessie A. Aokerman, tbe second roond-the- world-missionary" for ion W. C.T.U., lately sddresaed a Congregations^ Conference in Japan, composed of about forty native ministers, ana a religious gath- er ing of about 600 Buddhiui students. Tbe students were trying to cry down a man who was speaking, and great tool onion pre- vailed, but they listened to Miss Aoker- man, and frequently applauded. Tbe lioense system is said to be a great failure in Winnipeg, where there is hardly one saloon closed on 8um:ay andtbu police aie worked harder than ever. Nebraska with 000,000 less population, has 71 more boys in prisuu than K.:.as. Convention of r*o Natluuol W. C. T. C. By invitation of the Governor and his Council, the Senate and tse House of Georgia, and the Mayor of Atlanta, the National W. C. T. U. convention is to be beld in that metropolis of Ilio sooth this year. All the Slates and territories and tbe District of Columtia will be lepre- sented by delegates duly eluted and having back of them a oonnlitn. i.cy larger than in any previous year. October 2Vth is set apart as a day of prayer for the conven- tion. It is expected that William T. Stead, of England, will be present and make an addrtss. A new feature will be Ihree minute speeches b. the forty-four Slate and Territorial Presidents, giving the outlook in their respejtne fields. Ihe Kam turae In Africa. Commerce is growing wnu >,reat rapidity. Already fifteen stoamera run regularly on Ihe lower Congo, aud ten n.e-r Doau also navigate the stream. Four European mail steamers oall each mouth at the mouth of the river. A railroad ban betn surveyed, aud will soon be built, 276 miles long, to ccnnecl the lines of navigation, half ol the money to construct whion will t> _ advanced by Belgium. All nations have an oppor- tunity to tarnish the other half ol the needed capital. This will go fr toward Ihe development of Africa and the suppres- sion of the infamous slave trade. Bat there is a terrible evil connected with Ibis oommetcial enttiprne. It is the traffic in strong drink, luu copidity ol so-called oiviliiod nation*, .uked tu tbe terrible appetite for liquur, (Specially strong in tne natives of \ . has been developing the liquor bunuec* to alarming proportions. One of the womt features of Ibis is the great impediment it puts ia the way of Christianity, lalaiu claims juris- diction over nearly the half of Africa, and it has been estimated that tbe adnermite of Mohammedanism number about 50.0UO.OOO more than tbe followers uf all other religions combined. It is true, the Arab- ians tolerate and carry on ihe tramo in slaves, bat their religion abooiutuly prohib- its the use of intoxicating drink. Africans) with any degree of intelligence most see that il is only a question of time i ben tbe slave-trade shall be demruyeu. The devel- opments of civilization, whh their oo oper- ation, will inevitably accomplish thin. Bat they mast also observe tfco terrible havoc wrought by strong; drink. Cupidty and tbe strong appetite of the Utopia make a gloomy outlook for the topi reunion of the liquor trsilij. We can * that the natives must be bewildered an to which is better lilaiunini or Chris- tianity. Little help is to be expected from the natives in tbe suppression ol the l:quor basiceis. 'Ihe great responsibility must, therefore, devolve upon European nations and tbs United Slates. It is to our disgrace that vast quantities of fiery rum are shipped every mouth from Boston 10 Africa, and Ihe most of it is made in Matsaohaselts. We know the deadly power of btrong drink among tbe atorign.es, especially in the case of our own North American Indians. Hence Congress bss put tbe> ban upon the trade among the Indians. Eg. An luU-rcitliiK Hiuonlo Ulcovery. The Uev. Mr. Haskett Smith, vioar of Braonoewell, in Lincolnshire, is said to aave made a discovery of special interest to freemasons. Mr. Smith has been sujourn- ing for some months with the Dru*ea of Lebanon, by whom he has been admitted into the most intimate relations, m oonee- inenoe of the service rendered by him in sucking the vemon of a deadly snake from the body of a popular young member of their tribe. Among other marks of favor, Mr. Smith was initiated into a number of mysterious rites, and among these, accord- ing to his narrative we aie quoting, hie hosts startled him, as atreemanon, by pass- ing the most characteristic of manonlo signs. Hence Mr. Smith argues ibat these strange people, who by some are believed to be lineal descendants of tiie ancient Uittites, are a branch of the great rtumioian race, whcss ancestors supplied Lebanon, cedars to the builders of Sol- omon's temple. Landau Daily \etci. The Aia< I <-ngili of l.lle eenteaces. Fifteen years is about the average life- time sentence," says a prison physician. " Very few convicts, though sentenced for life, serve more than that period. They die or are pardoned. " In the Missouri prison tbere are live holiday pardons every year granted by the Governor. One white and one negro con- vict are pardoned on tbe 4th of July, and two while and one negro rouviria are par- doned on Christmas. The long termers get the benefit of this clemency. This I heartily endorse. If fifteen years does not reform a man fifty years will not." Ofw^ Democrat. The Man Wanted. New York Herald : Manager What i* your name ? Applicant Mulligatawney. Manager Yen are engaged. We need all the experienced snpes we oan get. A bacon of fancy grapes that you oan hold in one hand brings 92 26 in 1'hila- delpbie.