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HOOP SKIRTS IN OLD TIMES,
In Spain about 1630 the hoop = skirts
became so monstrous that an edict was
ssued commanding their reduction and
ordering the confiscation of hoop skirts
above the regulation size. The attempts
io carry out the edict caused innumerable
riots and were finally abandoned.—Chi-
tago Times, :
WELL PAID BRITISH WOMEN.
As many believe that the occupations
of women are badly paid in Great Brit-
ain, the following list of salaries earned
by the employes of a London dressmaker
may possibly prove of interest, It must
be understood, of course, that the estab-
{ishment in question is one of the first in
London, but about the same salaries are
paid by most of the leading firms: Lady
managers get $2500 per apnum with
board and lodging, etc.; first assistants,
$1500; second assistants, $800; two third
assistants, $400 each; one accountant,
B2500; and six showroom women salaries
ranging from $400 to $600 per annum.
In addition to the above there are about |.
one hundred workmen who earn from $3
to $6 per week.
THE SUMMER GIRL'S WAIST.
Shirt waists and blouses promise to be
even more popular than ever during the
coming season. The principal change
in them for the new season, is the use of
a full frill, wide around the shoulders
and graduated in width to the waist.
This gives the effect of bretelles. Heavy
cotton cheviots and linens will be more
use for these shirts than lighter goods.
The silk shirt waists seem to retain their
place. The French couturieres have
adopted the shirt waist idea in many of
their rich costumes of woo! with silk or
velvet. Blouses of plaid or rainbow
velvet continue to be shown with: many
French costumes whera the skirt and re.
mainder of the dress are of shaggy, wool
camels’ hair.—Detroit Free Press.
VELVET SLEEVES ARE DEAD.
Tn Paris velvet sleeves weat out with
the old year. = The newest gowns have
velvet bodices, but sleeves of the same
wmaterial as the skirt. It was high time
that a change should be effected in this
direction, for the sameness in the style
of evening gowns was getting monoto-
nous. A celebrated photographer re-
cently remarked that it was quite a relief
to ‘‘take” a lady in a dress that hadn't
velvet sleeves. Every really dressy
gown now must have a pelerine on the
bodice which may he detachable or a
part of the dress, according to the
wearer's taste. One of the most re-
markable dresses of this kind yet scen
was a black figured cloth, with a bodice
of purple velvet, finished in front with
a sort of cascade edged with mink, and
sleeves of black with a band of velvet
and fur at the wrist. The skirt was
enormously. full and stiffened. with a
horsehair lining; but the greater part of
the fulness was confined to the back. It
had a fairly deep border of velvet round
the hem, on which was placed a band of
miak, and had no darts at the top, but
was ‘‘easied’’ into the waist. The
bodice had a detachable pelerine of the
black cloth edged with fur, and arranged
with much fulness on the shoulders. —
New York World.
REPAIRING SUEDE GLOVES.
I saw a pair of Suede gloves that most
women would have discarded made as
good as mew the other day, writes a
correspondent. Several of the long
pieces between the fingers had given out,
- though otherwise the gloves were nearly
as good as new. So out came a pair of
sbarp scissors and an old pair of gloves
of a similar color. The worn pieces
were carefully tipped out and laid
lengthwise on an unsoiled place in one
of the old gloves, as a pattern. The
aew pieces were then neatly stitched 1n
place. Some people believe it to be a
matter of economy to have more than
one pair of gloves of the same color, as
sometimes it is the right and sometimes
the left glove that ig worn out first. The
better glove if laid aside may chance to
become the mate of one from the second
pair, or may be used in mending. Asa
matter of economy, however, the habit
of buying stockings of the same color
and quality by the half dozen is of more
value than in buying gloves in this
way.
Black glace kid gloves that have the
dye worn out at the finger-ends are
greatly improved by staining the faded
spots with good black ink, and after
they are thoroughly dried rubbing in a
little olive oil. If very gray, rub over
several times with the ink.—New York
Post.
EXHIBIT BY WOMEN OF RUSSIA.
The women of Russia recently dis-
played in Moscow the exhibit they have
collected for tke World's Fair. Com-
missioner Ralkouza-Sonstcheffsky says
the exhibit aroused great interest and
resulted in securing a large sum for the
relief of poor families. Her majesty,
the Empress, is the patroness of the wo-
tnan’s department. The Moscow divi-
sion is under the presidency of Grand
Duchess Elizabeth, wife of Grand Duke
Sergius, brother of the Emperor. Tue
exhibit to be made by Russian women is
large and varied. An important feature
of it will be the display of lace and em-
broideries. It is believed that through
umentality of the lace exhibit at
created
for Russian lace, much of which is ex.
ceedingly fine and comparatively inex:
pensive. The exhibit contains a medical
and hospital department, showing the
progress of Russian women in the prac.
tice of medicine acd surgery. Mors
than 1000 women physicians are regis
tered in Russia. The women of the
commission will unite in the publication
of a book describing the progress of the
movement for higher education for wo:
men in their country and also the pro-
fessional education and training in in-
dustrial lines. Part of this work will
be devoted to descriptions of the medi-
cal and hospital work of women iz
Asiatic Russia during cholera plague
and famines.—Chicago Herald.
FASHION NOTES. :
Dark green and bright red mixture:
are much fancied.
All the Empire.dresses which are belt.
ed have the skirt gathered full.
Wide leather belts, flaring toward the
top, are amocg the latest fancies.
Nun's veiling will be very much worn
by young girls this coming season.
Some of the new sleeves are formed of
two or three puffings, and finished with
a deep frilling.
Some of the new sleeves are formed ot
two or three puffiags, and finished with
a deep frilling.
Golden brown and light reddish violet
shades form one of the striking combina.
tions of the season. ;
Dressy and fancitul vests, to slip over
dress fronts or plain bodices, are very
popular and useful.
Flowered and striped flounces serve |
to lengthen down old dresses and
brighten them up for house wear.
Robin red is a new color in cloth, and
is pretty when combinyd with "russet
brown velvet and dull gold passemen-
terie. ;
Street gowns are cut short, and are
quiet in color, while the corsage i
brightened by sleeves and guimpe ot vel.
vet or silk of a contrasting color.
A much admired sleeve, which is as.
sociated with the Russian blouse, shows:
two large puffs crossed by a bracelet of
fur in the middle of the upper arm.
The fashionable silks for evening wear
for young women are extremely delicate
in coloring, pink and heliotrope in their
palest tones seeming to predominate.
French dimity, striped epingle, silk-
"striped gingham, English percale, Col-
onial serge, and figured Swiss are a very
few of the beautiful fabrics tor spring.
Very narrow galloons are arranged
upon skirts in parallel rows, the space
between beingslooped over with ribboa
or velvet fastened in plac: by large cut
jet facets,
Sleeves are puffy and bagaey almost
beyond endurance for stout people, and
if fashion keeps on, we will have the
old-time angel sleeve, the point of which
nearly touched the grouad.
The petticoat question has finally set-
tled itself wisely. The serviceable black
silk or alpaca is still worn with dark
dresees and ror the street and travel, but
not with light dresses or in the parlor.
Ottoman cloths are revived. Plaids
and russet velours, silk and wool plaids
in charming color combinations, and a
material with shaded silk effect called
Damier, are all to the front as desirable
fabrics. :
Wedding trousseaus include several
black gowns. Economical women have
several corsages to wear with one black
skirt, while combinations of white, pink,
and pale green with jet are especially
popular. ’
A few novelties in outdcor jackets
have come out lately, and they are made
of cloth, the tavorite material for such
garments,and have very full sleeves with
short braided cuffs, and a turn-down
braided collar.
Henri Deux collars of pale tinted
cloth make picturesque evening wraps.
They are lined with quilted silk of a
pretty shade, and the high collars and
the full pointed shculder capes are
bordered with fur.
Narrow stripesand quarter-inch checks
in indefinite shading, and the old salted
mixtures are among the designs in tailor
wool, The stripes cross the goods,
which, 1f the wool is hung widtawise,
will throw them up and down.
Bright-colored chevrons are shown
with narrow satin stripes of the ground
color set & third of an inch apart, with
silk arrowheads, or other figures, shot
through on the stripe; scarlet is figured
with yellow, gray with scarlet.
A new and lovely cotton is I'rench
dimity with flower printing on the white
corded ground. The texture is finer
than the ordinary dimity; the flowers
are in wreathing sprays of little blos-
soms. Twenty-nine inches 1s the width
of this fabric. 3
Printed silks are this season conspicn
ous by their absence, all of the newest
designs being woven in the fabrie.
China and Indiasilks are decidedly’passe,
and, excepting for morning and neglige
toilettes, will not be wora at all by
modish women. ;
A pretty white muslin has lines of
maroon color, far apart, with the space
between etched in maroon, in little pen.
cil touches that look like the swallows
homeward #ying. The striped and
flowered percales are pretty. Swiss
without flowering is dotted in colons.
Pennsylvania Legislature.
Forty-Srxtr Dav.—In the Senate to day
these bills were introduced: To make it a
misdemeanor to wilfully interfere with the
property of pipe lines or other associations
engaged in the trunsporta:ion of petroleum,
oil or gas; also toenlarge the powers of
| trust companies so as to provide that courts
i into which moneys may be paid or brought
, may by order direct the same to be deposit-
Courts of Common Pleas to grant transfers
of liquor licenses. To provide for the crea-
tion of a liquor license conrt to hear and
dispose of applications, dividing the State
into 24 districts. To make counties liable
for property destroyed in consequence of
any mob or riot, and for the expense of the
National Guard summoned to suppress the
same. 2
These bills were passed finally: To fix
liquor licenses at $500 in cities of the third
class haying 80, inbabitants
or over: $400 in cities con-
taining between 40,000 and 80.000 and
$300 in cities containing under 40,000. For
the appointment of receiver in cases where
corporations have been dissolved by judg-
ment of ouster upon proceedings of quo
waranto. :
In the house this morning the act pro-
viding for the licensing of unnaturalized
male persons 21 years or over who reside or
areemployed in this State, requiring them
to pay $3 per vear,came up on third reading
Mr. Kane of Fayette, the author of the bill,
said the purpose of this bill is to ' equalize
the burden of local taxation, and to close up
a gap that is not contemplated in any other
revenue bill. He referred to the great mass
of foreigners of the lowest class of civiliza-
tion found in Europe who have - been
brought here to displace Americans and who
infest industrial and commercial centers.
They are not citizens and they seldom
remain here. When they have accumulated
a sufficient sum they retnrn to their 1 ative
land and others come to take their places.
It: istime tocall a halt in extending. the
hand of charity to subjects of a foreign
government and neglecting our own citizens
Public opinion will not much longer toler-
ate evasion of the immigration question.
‘This bill does not deal with that, however.
It says that every man, no matter, whether
a citizen or not, shall pay a tax. The act
was amended so that of the tax collected in
townships one-third goes for the support of
the roads, one-third for the support of
schools and one-third to the county. In
cities and boroughs the revenue is to be
distributed as the revenues from otiies taxes
now are. After the amendment had been
inserted, the bill passed third reading.
Nearly the entire balance of the sassion of
the House was occupied in discussing Farr's
bill, to eompel the attendance of children
between the ages of 8 aud 12 years at school
at least six consecutive weeks, which was
amended on second reading so as to provide
that the acts shall not apply to any child
that has been or is being otherwise instruct-
ed in the common English branches of
learning for a like period of time. The bill
passed in its amcnded shape.
Forry-SEVENTH Dav.—These bills to-day
passed the senate finally: House b'll to pro-
vide for the erection of a new department
building and repairs to the capitol and ap-
propriating $625,000 to pay the necessary ex-
penses. To provide for the incorporation
of wholesale mercantils companies. The
Boyer bill to regulate the incorporation of
social, iraternal and beneficial associations
and to protect the rights of the members.
To amend the act prohibiting the manufac:
ture and sale or oleomargarine by provid-
ing that the penalties collected under it be
given to the State Board of Agriculture. To
define the meaning of butter, cheese and
oleomargarine, To regulate the satisfaction,
extinguishment or discharve of dowers,
legacies, or other charges upon land by ju-
dicial decree, where the legal presumption
exists from lapse of dime or where payinent
of the same has been made in full and no
satisfaction, extinguishment or releare or
payment thereof appears of record. To
make brutal treatment of a husband by a
wife grounds for a divorce. To discourage
secret marriages.
A concurrent resolution was adopted pro-
viding for adjournment this week until the
following Wednesday evening to enable
the Senators to attend to their first of April
business. :
In the House Mr. Smith. of Bedford, in
troduced a bill to amend the school law re:
lating to the special tax for building pur-
poses by allowing a: maximum tax ot 10
mil s to be asse-sed for building and school
urposes. At the afternoon session of the
Be these bills passed second reading.
Senate bill to require instruction an
practice of physicial cultwie in public
schools in cities of first and second class.
Senate bill authorizing liquor license bouds-
men from any part of the county to execute
a bond. To repeal the prohibitory liquor
law in Mt. Pleasant. Westmoreland county
ForrY-Ei1cate Day.—Mr. Grady,of Phila-
delphia, introduced in-the senate a bill
changingthe printing schedule so as to{make
the prices conform with the times. The
present scedu'e was made in 1877 when lith-
graphic printing was done on a hand press.
‘The bill was prepared by State Superinten-
dent of Public Printing Grier. ‘
The following bills were also introduced
in the senate to-day: To give the heirs of de-
ceased members of limited partnerships
equal interest in the profits possessed by
surviving members. To anthorize cities to
make apvropriations for estabiishment and?
maintanence of free libraries, and to con-
demn property for that purpose.
The public printing and hardware busi-
ness bills were reported favorably.
These bills passed finally: To provide for
punishment of election bribers and those
receiving bribes; to provide for half holi-
days on Saturday; to require better protec-
tion of the healthand morals of ‘school
children in the various school districts; To
increase the maximum punishment for
first conviction of mnorder in the first de-
ee to 20 years: to keep public highways
rom becoming blockaded with snow;to ex-
tend the act to punistr person for disturbing
meetings to theatrical exhibitions.
The senate then adjourned until
Wednesday evening at 9 o’ciock.
In the house the Cotton bill enlarging the
provisions of the act preventing and pun-
| 14hing cruelty to animals was reported fa-
vorably.
The bill repealing the act of 1391 permit-
ting township voters to cast their ballots in
adjoining boroughs was reported negatively .
from the Judiciary Genegal ‘Committee. Mr.
Hewitt, of Blair, contended in committee
that the law is constitutional, and predicted
that the Supreme Court would sustain his
position. The bill to appropriate $60,000 to
the World’s Fair Commission, in addition
to the $300,000 appropriated by tbe last Leg-
islature, was reported favorably, and, on
motion of Chairman Marshall, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday next were desig-
nated for its consideration on the three nec-
essary readings.
The house then proceeded to the consider-
ation on second reading of the Nesbitt road
bill, which passed second reading,
Considerable time was devoted to the con-
sideration on second reading of ex-Speaker
Hewitt’s bill to prevent the adulteration of
drugs, foods, and spiritous, fermented or
malt liquors in the State. The bill passed
second reading. A large number of bills
passed second reading. after which the
house adjourned until Tuesday morning,
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and
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Somewhat Eccentric.
Charles Lamb's dear old bookish
friend George Dyer, could never be
got to say an ill word, even of the
vilest miscreant. ‘‘Come now,
George,” said Lamb one day, on teas-
ing intent, ‘‘now what do you say of
Williams?” (Williams was the Rat.
cliff Highway murderer, the Jack the
Ripper of his day, celebrated in De
Quincey’s ‘Murder as a Fine Art.”
“Well, Mr. Lamb,” replied Dyer, “1
must admit he was ‘a somewhat ec-
centric character.”
i ed with any such corporation. To anthorize -
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS
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TWO FATAL ACCIDENTS.
Berairueym.—John Hegley, a brakeman
on the North Pennsylvania road, while try-
ing to board his train fell under the wheels
and was ground to pieces. Hegley was 21
years old and resided in Philadelphia.
James Winters, a section hand on the Dela-
ware, Lackawanna & Western railroad was
struck by a passenger train and almost in-
stantly killed. He stepped out of the way
of a coal train in front of the passenger
train. He was about 40 years old.
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GREAT MAPLE SUGAR YIELD.
BEAVER FaL-s.—Farmers of Lawrence
and Beaver counties report that the maple
syrup product this season breaks the record
of many years. Since theseason began the
sugar camps have been running night and
day. The abundance of the sap and its
unusual sweetness is attributed to the ex:
ceptionally cold winter.
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BAUER AND KNOLD WILL SERVE THEIR TERMS.
Purraperpara.—The supreme Court re-
fused to grant a special allocatur in the case
of Anarchists Henry Bauer and Carl Nold,
of Pittsburg. By refusing to grant the
special allocatur the Supreme
Court confirms the conviction and sentence.
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ONE BOY SHOOTS AND KILLS ANOTHER.
Hookstowns.—On Saturday evening, Wil-
liam McPheeters, a boy, while attempting to
shoot a dog, shot and almost instantly kill-
ed William Poe. a 12-year-old son of G. W
Poe, a well- known citizen. )
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DROWNED IN A BUCKET ON WATER.
GREENSBURG.—A little daughter of James
Mulligan, of Crabtree, aged about one year,
fell into a bucket of water in which her
father had washed himself and was drown
ed.
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A FAMOUS CAREER ENDED.
MES M.'V. YAYLOR, A SKILLFUL OIL SPECULA-
TOR, DEAD, THE RESULT OF A RAIL-
ROAD ACCIDENT.
Mrs, M. V. Taylor, famous as the first
women 10 engage in the oil well supply
business, died at the Monongahela house,
Pittsburg on Monday. Her death is attri-
buted to injuries sustained on the Washing-
ton branc of the Panhandle last July. Her
suit against the railroad company was to
have come up Tuesday morning. The case
was postponed.
Mrs. Taylor arrived in Pittsburg on the
16th of the month from Cambridge Springs
and went to the Alleghenv General hospit-
al. Subsequently she took up residence at
the Monongahela house and would
have gone on to Washington, where her
suit for $50,000 against tbe Panhandle Com-
pany was to be heard. The accident hap-
pened on the 3rd of July. The conductor
of the train was trying to make a “flying”
switch, and in the jolt that followed Mrs.
Taylor's spine was seriously injured. She
leaves three children Mamie, Edith and
George. Mrs. Taylor was only in her 36th
year.
The deceased lady was known throughout
the country for her courage in entering
such a business undertaking as the oil well
supply trade. She prospered, however, and
from her offices in the Fidelity Title &
Trust building did a business of over #200,
000 a year. Her first exper ence in the bus-
iness was while she was acting as bookkeep-
er for aun oil well supply house. She dis:
covered that there wasa shortage of cast-
ings in the country and set to work to eith-
er buy up or obtain options on the entire
supply, being assisted in funds by a faver-
able turn in a speculation in the oil market.
By this mean she effected a corner and was
able to dictate prices. Mrs. Taylor then
went into business for herself and was as
good at contracting in the field as her male
colupetitors.
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ABE BUZZARD PARDONED.
THE NOTORIOUS LANCASTER OUTLAW RECOM-
MENDED TO EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY.
HARrrizsBURG.—The Board of Pardons has
recommended executive clemency to Abe
Buzzard, who was for many years a terror
tothe people of portions et Lancaster county.
He committed many robberies and was
known as the ‘Welsh Mountain Outlaw,”
The recommendation is based upon the fact
that Buzzard has served all of the time
without commutation for which he was
sentenced on any crime that he actually
committed, besides a term for jail breaking
and has already ~ervei 3} years in addition
for the offense of which afier discovered
evidence satisfied the board that he was not
guilty, This conclusion of fthe/ board is
ased on a coofession of one of the prin-
cipal witnesses against him that she perjnr-
ed herself, and the discovery of the actual
erpetrators of the offen-e who acquitted
Buzzard of all complicity. The board also re-
commended the pardon of James S. Dugan,
cashier of the Bank of America, convicted
of embezzlement.
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TRAMPED BY CATTLE.
JOHN PRICE MET DEATH IN
RIBLE FORM,
SHAroN—Mrs. John Price met a horrible
death here. She had gone to milk the cows
in the Sarnsard and, not returning.a search
discovered her mutilated corpse in the cat-
tle yard, tramped almost out of recognition
by the cattle.
MRS. TER-
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PUBLIC SCHOOL BURNED, :
EnexssurG—The public school house,
valued at $12,000 and insured for $8,000, was
burned. The 300 children in attendance
were gotten out without panic or injury.
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1 THE REVENGE OF A MINER.
SnamokiN.—Becauseé Patrick Ford.a mine
boss at Natalie,i:ade a mistake in turmine in
a couple of Hungarian’s tine last month,
one of them, as yet unknown, crushed his
skull with a poker at a dance hall, Thure-
day night, and with confederates carried
the remains to Ford's home in order to
make it appear that he had been thrown
from a horse. No arrests have been made.
AN OLD JAIL BIRD GOES BACK TO HIS CAGE.
Harrsrurc—San:uel Houck, who has
served several terms in the penitentiary. was
sentenced by the Dauphin county court to
10 years in the eastern penitentiary for a
number of burglaries commit‘ed in this
city.
A DIVIDEND FOR DELAMATER CREDITORS.
MEADVILLE—After two vears, three
months und 24 days,.the Delamater assignee
hegan the payment to creditors of a divi-
dend of 5.2 per cent. The prospects us to
other payments are not stated.
Tar treatment of paupers bit.ied by tia
Clair county authorities will be made the
subject of an investigation. The poor di-
rectors have a test case that will be made
the basis of an official inquiry. An old wo-
man of the almshouse died "recently, and
the body, after bein prepared for burial,
was taken to the almshouse burial ground.
where the coffin was opened for a final look
at the dead. It is charged that the corpse
instead of being decently ‘¢lotied. was
simply wrappedvig an old sheet, and that tne
usual attention given the dead in preparing
them for burial had been shametuliy nt
conspicuously omitted, 2
Coxr’s iron breaker at Oneida, is on fire
and it is said there is no means of fishin:
the flames. The total loss to machinery
and building will be $200,000. :
At Huntingdon the jud
Co
of the li
announced that licenses were gran
ght of the 11 applicants. This is ons
more than had license last year
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SOLDIERS COLUMN
EL ne
A Comrade Telis How Ha Was
Steadfast for the Union.
Made
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; I SUPPOSE your
A readers remember
reading Gen. Phil
#\ Sheridan's ‘account
# (Cadet at West Point,
with another Cadet,
from Virginia,nam-
ed Tes ill, in which
L “our gallant little
commander betray-
ed a good deal of
human nature in
favorably present-
ing his case to the
prejudice of the
~Other party in the
BR EE. affair. That man
was killed in the battle of Perryville while
gallantly fighting for the Union, and I am
induced to relate a little incident that occur-
red to me that will place him in a better
light than the article of Gen. Sheridan was
calculated to do.
After the battle of Carter's Woods, {June
15, 1863.) while attempting with the rest of
Gen. Milroy's army to escape, I fell into the
bands of the 2d Md. (rebel) regiment, and
countermarched to Winchester,and was ush-
ered into the presence of the Provost Mar-
shal, who happened to be my own brother
and the Major of the 2nd Md. Upon seeing
me brought into his office he became very
much affected, and said: ‘Charley. what
in the devil are you doing here?’ I answer-
ed by asking the same question of him, and
he could not suppress a smiie at the stand I
took. Afterinquiring about home and dear
ones, he remarked thzt he did not know
what to do with me. 1] immediately reliev-
ed his embarrassment by telling him I de-
sired only to be tredted as a prisoner of war
and shown no favors.
“Well, I have asked to be relieved here,
and will join my regiment to-morrow,”’ he
said, *‘and will Pe succeeded by Col. Terrill,
of the 13th Va., who also had a brother in
the Union army who was killed at Perry-
ville, Ky. ' 1 feel satisfied that he will treat
‘you kindly; but be careful not to allude to
his brother, as it may cause him pain. You
will find him very much of a gentleman.”
That night my brother and 1 slept
together on the counter of the empty store-
room in which he had his office, taiking of
our boyhood days and home. Next morn-
ing Col. Ter1ill made his appearance, and
after the transfer of authority my brother
introduced me to him, and lert to rejoin his
regiment on its march to Gettysburg, where
he was desperately wounded, and remained
a prisoner until after the war.
After my brother's departure Col. Terrill
invited me to dine with him in the office,
and I found him a very pleasant gentleman.
We conversed. about the fight, and my meet-
ing my brother, and asad expression of
face seemed to indicate a struggle in his.
mind. Suddenly he inquired if my brother
had informed me that he also had a brother
in theUnion army, and I told him that he
**Yes, it was so, and I will tell you all
about it,’ hesnid. “My father procured
an appointinent for my brother as a Cadet
to West Point, and I remember when it ar-
rived he called the family together and pre-
sented it to him with a copy of the Consti-
tution and the New Testament, and exacted
a pledge before us all that he would never
prove false to either. Well, the war came,
and father had torgotten all about the ecir-
cumstance, and when General Lee resigned
his commission, father wrote to brother
and urged him to resign and come home
and enter the confederate service; but m
brother reminded him of the pledge he had
made and declared his determination to
stand by the cause of the Union Of course
we felt very sorry, but did not blame broth-
er, for he was a conscientious man. We have
never heard any of the particulars of his
death. and only know that it occurred at
Perryville, Ky., and it would be a great
satisfaction for the family to learn more
of the particuiars concerning our brother's
death.” i
linformed him I would make inquiry,
and if learned anything of interest concern-
ing the matter, would endeavor to acquaint
him of it. !
A few days after I was sent on to Rich-
mond with a large body of prisoners, and
while in Libby Prison met a Surgeon named
Wood, from tite Western army, who toid,
me he had attended Gen. 'lerrill after he
had been wounded, and at my request he
wrote our a full account of itand about a
week or ten days before the battle of Cold
Harbor 1 mailed it to him from Richmond.
but I never received any reply, and after
that battle 1 saw in the Richmond papers
toat Col. Terrill, of the 13th Va., had been
kil ed at the head of his regiment in that
battle. :
This account will go to show the lofty
principle that actuated many = other men
born in the south to take side with the
Union and in defense of the Government.
when compelled to sacrifice the ties of blood
and kindred associations, hard to appreciate
by those who were not so situated.
This account is given to correct a feeling
of which our own gallant Sheridan and
others could not rid themselves.—A Sourh-
ERN-Borx YANKEE, in ‘National Tribune.”
ANOTHER INSTANCE.
DB eee
A Maryland Regiment’s Flag Spent
Several Months in Captivity.
In a recent issue of your paper Comrade
Miletus Garner, of the 48th Ohio, gives a
very interesting history of the preservation
of the regimental flag of that regiment
through their imprisonment, and partly
spoils it by saying that “it is the only regi-
mental flag that went through a rebel pris-
on during the war of the rebellion and es-
caped the clutches of the Confederates.” [
myself know of no other. ‘1he 6th or 9th
Md. (it was from Baltimore at any rate,)
was captured at Charlestown, Va., about
Oct. 15, 1863, with some others, by Imbod-
en's Brigade. Ben. Swearer, the - Color-
Sergeant of the 6th (or 9th) Md., took the
flag from the pole, undressed himself, and
wrapped it around him and then put his
clothes on over it. and spent five months or
more in that bleak hole, Belle Iste, without
taking it from his body, and brought it
triumphantly through to Camp Parote, at
Annapolis, Md, Dirty and stained it
naturally was to be sure, but the same
glorious old flag still. Hundreds of people
came down from Baltimore to see it.
1 was on Belle Isle with him. I was cap-
tured the day before he wus, on a scout to
Berryville, Va., and by Iinboden’s men,and
I knew nothing about his having the flag
until he came to Camp Parole, and I doubt
if any others did, except, perhaps, some of
his regiment who were captured with him.
Glorious old Ben Swearer! If heis alive
I should like to hear from him and to hear
that he is living in better quarters than the
drygoods box which he occupied in the
trench on Belle isle.—JeroMe Beri, in
“National Tribune.’
Pittsburg Time For Ohio,
The Taylor law,adopting central standard
time as legal time in Ohio, went into effect
April 1. State Supervisor of Elections 8.
M. Taylor issued a proclamation that all
polls will bs opened and closed at the elec-
tion on April 3 according to the new order
of time,
A Village Destroyed by Fire.
Nearly the whole of the business portion
of Bardolph, Ill., was destroyed by fire. The
total loss will reach $30,000. The fire
flue.
NEWSY GLEANIKGS3.
EuRoPE has 50,000 match factories,
SMALLPOX is killing many Silesians.
THIRTY-NINE railroads enter Chicago.
THE United Statas hava 73,000 paupers.
FIREBUGS are terror z'ng Milwaukee, Wis.
THER ¢ are about 433) Hebrews in Portu-
a’.
EF THERE are 58,400 street cars in the United
States.
THERE are 21,000 Westarn Union tele-
graph officzs. :
THE grip is becominz epldemic again in
New York City.
A BANK for the use of colored people bas
been organizad at Anniston, Ala.
THERE ara pow ninely-:wo Christian
shurches in the city oi Tokio, Javan.
AN epidemic of mumps prevails among
HR, of the Tndianaocns (Ind.y Post-
»ffice.
THE damage done by the late cyclone in
she Mississippi Valley is repo-cad to be $2,-
100,000.
THe Senatorial elections in Spain have
-esulted in a sweeping victory for thy Mon-
wrcaiste. :
Tar model performancis of Wagnsr's
»peras at Bayreuth, Bavaria, will be omit ed
shis year, ans
Statistics of mortality in the South
show thao tne death rats is '2)4 coloredt to
ne white. :
Tre Chinese no longar conceal their da-
termination to ignore and defy the registra-
siondaw.
THIS year there will be two eclipses of the
suo, one on Sundav, April i6ih, and tas
iecond on Monday, October 9in.
TRE British Hous2 of Coramons, by a vote
>t 276 t0.22), passed a resolution that ym
future all members shall be pail for their
servicas in Parliament. >
VENEZUELA has defaultel in one of the
anouil payments due.the Unitel States oa
the claim of $524,301.65 awarded by tha
treaties of 1885 and 1833,
ONE of the regulations of the Columbian
Exhibition at Chicago consists in requiriog
the use of wide tires on the heavy team
wagons employe in the grounds. y
BOSTON is in a state of excitement. A
portion of the concrete basement of the City
dall has sunk about fifteen or twenty feer,
and it is ascartaine { that tne foundation of
the building is only quicssand.
A WorLD's FAIR daily will be printed on
the grounds, Tne first:page will be devotad
to a chronicle of ths happenings on the
grounds. Tae other pazes will be made up
of the first pdges cf the morning editions of
the citv papers.
MARKETS.
PITTSBURG. i
THE WHOLESALE PRICES ARE GIVEN BELOW.
GRAIN, FLOUR AND FEED,
Wisconsin Sweitzer. ...... 16
Limburger (Falt make)... 13
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES,
BUTTER—Creamery........
EGGS—State and Penn...... 15 13
LIVE-STOCK REPORT. wd
EAST LIBEUTY, PITTSBURG STOCK YARDS.
CATTLE.
Prime Steers..... iy Ane $ 550to 5 &
Fair to Good...... uu... 4 50to 52
Bulls and dry cows......... 200to 32
Veal Calves................. 4 50 to 6 50
Heavy rough calves........ 200to 4 00
Fresh cows, per head 20 00 to 45 00
SHEEP.
Prime 95 to 160-1b sheep....$
Common 70 to 75 1 sheep...
Lambs, fa r to good........
5 75to 600
300to 400
450to 675
HOGS.
Seldetd..........ov ii 00 7 T5to 7 80
Corn Yorkers............... 7 40 to T 55
| BRoughs.l.....00h. 0.0... 6 50to 7 30
i
WHEAT—No. 1 Red $ H@% 76
No.2 Red.............5% 4 5
CORN-—No. 2 Yellow ear... 51 52
High Mixed ear.......... 49 50
No. 2 Yellow Shelled... ... 47 44
Shell ixed........... 44 46
OATS8—No. 1 White........ 41 41
No.2 White.............. 40 40
No.3 White............ i 38 39
Mixed..................« 36 37
RYE—No. 1 Pa & Ohio.... V7 68
No, 2 Western, New ...... 64 65
FLOUR—Iancy winter pat’ 4 40 4 65
Fancy Spring patents..... 4 40 4 65
Jano Straight winter.... 375 4 00
XXX Bakers, ....... cree 325 LL pS 50
ByeFlour.......... 5... 3 80 37
HAY—Baled No. 1 Tim’y.. 145 15 CO
Baled No. 2 Timotny..... 13 00 14 00
Mixed Clover....:........ 13 50 14 00
Timothy from country... 16 00 18 00
STRAW — Wheat...... ... 725
OBIS... ast ssanssiiiinsy 8 50
FEED—) 19 50
Brown Middlings ( 17 00
Bran, sacked ...... ....... i 18 GO
Bran. bulk.............. 16 00 17 00
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
BUTTER—Elgin Creamery 33 3k
Yancy Creamery......... oe 3
Fancy country roll. ..... . 22 .
Low grade & cooking.... 1v 4
CHEESE-—O New er'm mild 12 12
New York Goshen........ 13 13
Wisconsin Swiss bricks.. 15. 15
Moy
14
N
APPLES—Fancy, # bbl.. 3.00 32
Fair to choice, ¥ bbl.... 275 3 00
BIEANS—hand picked ® bu. 2 00 2 1
NY & M(new)Beans®bbl 220 22
Lima Beans........ 5G 4
ONIONS—
Havana danvers ® bu.... 275 2 80
Yellow onion, # bbl..... 140 150
Spanish, ® crate......... 165 1:75
BAGE—New # bbl..... 150 2 00
Florida (new) @ crate.... 3 00 3 25
POTATOKS—
Fancy White per bu...... 85 90
Jersey Sweets per bu. . 4 50 4 75
© POULTRY ETC. :
DRESSED CHICKENS— .
Dad aes 7) 15 16
Dressed ducks @ih.. 17 18
Dressed turkeys ® 1b..... 18 14
Dressed Geese RB th, ...... 10 iL
LIVE CHICKENS—
Live chickens ® pr...... - 80 90
Live Ducks @ pr......... 80 90
Live Geese @ pr.......... 100 120
Live Turkeys #th........ 12 13
EGGS—Pa & Ohio fresh.... 15, 16
Quone.. J... a, 75 bh
Phek..o. i ia. 28 30
FEATHERS —
Ixtra liveGeese 8 ..... 55 60
Nol Extra live geese® 48 50
Bixee... 0.0. ass ies 25 35
MISCELLANIOUS.
TALLOW—Country, ££... 5 8
OY vide iis i aan 5 6.
SEEDS—Clover.......... «992 9 40
Timothy prime.......... 23 2 40
Bluegrass. ...........0. 2149 170
RAGS—Country mixed.... 1
HONEY—White clover.... 16 17
Buckwheat 12 15
FLOUR--...... cc 000 $2 25@ $3 20
WHEAT—No. 2 67 70
A¥YE—No. 2........0...... % 55 56
CORN—Mixed...cocuairnnns 41 42
OATS ..... in a. 34 35
EGGS......o bain 13
BUTTER 22 33
BHILADELPHIA,
FILOUB—.. ........; eh RR B@H 2B
WHEAT—No. 2. Red....... 2 .
CORN—No. 2, Mixed........ 43 19
OATS—No. 2, White........ 41 41
BUTTER—Creamery Extra. 29 37
KEGGS—Pa., Firsts..........