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The Georgia Enterprise.
01,11 MK XXIV.
lith Wilder's
V journal.
E. S. BENSON,
Mpir of "llarliara Pare,” "Her True
"I)r. Wtnor'H Love Af-
T fttir.s” "Till! Missing King,”
" Koto's Sacrifice,” etc.
CHAPTER X.
last, she grew more quiet. “O,
DMIT, 1 am - just as miserable—us —as 1
l.ccn i—is a—cross old bear—
igX—l hate him.” She said these
between low hysterical sobs, and
of her evident grief I could
repress a, smile they were so
lint I said, rising and draw
iJSeh.dr Hose beside her: "Tell me all
it. Joyce, perhaps 1 can help you.”
was silent for a moment; the
uscd, but her ilirout was moved
iSKipieut after-sobs that seemed the
piteous because of Joyces usual
She turned her face with
es of stillering upon it toward
you M ... I lithv, I.eon flirts with
.•ZIM 1„ ii~,s in a a really scandalous
" Once that horrid old Maud
§Hon* t,, ,k i t bud—such a pretty,
one, with delicate green
out oi li, r bouquet, and Leon
wlit in his butt m hole the entire
and afterward put it carefully
uSn his herbarium; but last night,
I danced four or tivc times with
S) K 1 ton and allowed him to bring
where 1 waited, in the conservn
toM l.e.u, was just too disgustingly
anything. He wouldn’t talk
all, nor even kiss me when I
to, and he didn’t care in the
bjfßl aU'C be ii e I cried so hard.”
iHthis her tears and sobs burst
{*■ afresh. 1 waited in silence,
stroking the damp curls from
iktHricvnl, beautiful face, and that
tin- picture of our mother's face
m the earlier days of her
WBBBhiKid so vividly before me. A
vMflthat scaled anew and closer bond
Joyce's heart and mine.
morning,” proceeding after a
tlßwiih her story, ■'Leon said that a
,r;Kfo: his < ou!d not accept such marked
from a man of Col. Elton’s
and the sooner I understood
better it would be for both of us.
4|Hw li, n 1 told him about Maud Sam
and the lose-bud he only laughed
that (licit was ipiitc another
ihat Maud and he had been
ail their lives, and that I was a
little goose to think about his
to her or any other
And lie said too, yes ho
S I’ithy, that he wished he had
d you instead of me, for you was
lift' and aud sensible woman, who knew
t,, m iiniiiiu > our ~\V!I sulf-respc't
■H !.■•; annoy an a i beyond the limit
Then lc went out and
annuel the iloor after him jii3t dread-
hasn’t been back to say a word
■He since. And I’ve got a horrid
he. Ilitliy, and am just as wretched
down and kbsed the sweet
iMßCring lips and soothed her as
iSHbrlv as a mother would the hurt
held upon her lap.
I.lound that she had eaten nothing
day, and so rang the bell and
orddpd a cup of tea and lunch brought
apt# her, for there is no use telling s
pwwflp to be good and happy on an empty
' t*ight not have thoiiicht of this only
tHkflShnt occurred yesterday.
‘Mf wen- preparing food and clothing
IWSjf.iiniiy we wish to redeem, when 1
/■■P" Hose: “This is a very practical
9Bf preachig salvation, is it not?”
Christ attempted to preach tc
she replied smiling, “He
■flel them, remembering that ‘diver;
iSm came from afar.’ Why should
the needs of the body since
■ while Joyce ate tho dainty lunch
for her, I moved about putting
■ jy brightening touches to the neg'
room. Afterward, when she had
and acknowledged that slit
felt better, 1 bathe l her face in
water to remove the tear stains,
cheerfully: “Now, little sister,
arrange your hair, for you know 1
• m wi adept in such matters, and I will
■lip® you so charming that Leon
fall in love with you ovei
And while I coiled the
•Wldaiit clinging hair about the
head, arid brushed the curls into
mass about the flower like face,
I Bt< <l to lier in a quiet,simple manner,
to her, out of my own experi-
observation, such words as i
thhAlit would best help and comfort hei
' u) ur of lier life's greatest trial,
t .gr 1 U,C ll altogether to he blamed
in this affair, Joyce. Leon hud no right
to say unkind things to you, or to do
anything which causes you real annoy
anco. Hut you must not coustruahis at
tentions toother Indies to mean more
than they actually do. I have known
KSppien to allow themselves to drift into
■MCIi a chronic state of jealousy, that
I? 'Wftry common courtesy their husband
upon another, would tor-
them almost beyond endur-
And I tell you, Joyce, there is
, B “"ter way of alienating a husband's
and driving him to tlio bad.
Ban the liabit women too often have
making a mountain of every mole
feel sure that I.con has no thought
■f wounding you by his attentions°to
1 idles, and if you had acted with
Berfect candor in this matter, and in
■imr own irresistible way, admitted tc
■ l;n that you were being hurt by his con
■net, lie would have explained things tc
ou satisfactorily or been a trifle less pro-
in his attentions.
B ‘Never allow yourself to entertain a
■thought, to sav anything in the presence
■of another person, or do an act, that you
■ could not freely and fearlessly confide to
■ Leon. He is your one friend in this
■ world, Joyce, and you are ids. You
fl must prove to him that this is
B so. When he seeks you, as ho
jfl will very soon do, you ask him to forgive
■ H l ' l for your thoughtless conduct of lasi
9 night.”
B ‘‘Hut I never asked forgiveness of any
B one in my whole life,Kdith,”she eagerly
B protested. “I never thought it necessary
9 you know, and— and I don’t think I
9 could, not even Leon’s.”
* ‘‘O, yes you can. It will not seem half
■so hard as you think. Beside, you ask
■ beon to explain to you unreservedly,
why it Is not host for women who desire
to he thought pure and true to lingor
too long in the fnsrinutingsocicty of men
like Colonel Elton. Ho cun tell you
better than I."
“Hut I cannot understand why it is
worso for I.con's wife to indulge inthost
little flirtations, than for T.eon himself.
Noither can 1 understand why Colonel
Elton is admitted to tho best society il
ho is not a good man.”
“Peoplo who think deepest, regard
these idle flirtations as asinful squander
ing of time, and a destroyer of all that is
best and noblest in the nature of men
and women alike. But tho whole trend
of tho world’s opinion hns been so lo g
in an opposito direction, that it is hardly
safe for a woman like yourself to struggle
against the tide of public sentiment.
Beside, it is not desirable to lower the
standard of an ideal womanhood, but
rather to impress upon the world that a
man’s responsibility in the way of true
amt pure living is os great as a woman's.
Colonel Elton may not be a bad man in
purpose or desire; but never having
formed any domestic ties of his own,
he has uo real regard for other men s
rights in this respect, and devotes the
best energies of his life to the art
of winning admiration from the
multitude of fair women he walks
among, whether married or single. And
1 feel sure, Joyce, that you have no ambi
tion that your name should figure among
the list of his victims.”
“Indeed! I have not. And really,
Dith, 1 never considered these things be
fore. I had no thought of Co'.gnel Elton
beyond the moment’s passing pleasure.”
“And to be revenged upon Leon,” I
added, smiling.
•‘Yes, and in so doing proved myself,
as Leon said, *a silly little goose.’ ”
While we talked I helped her to com
plete her toilet and she stood before me
as she said these words dressed in a
heavy black silk, with only a rich frill
of lace for the neck and sleeves, and that
gave her, with the unusual sadness of
her face, a sweet, matronly appearance.
“You will come often, Edith,”
she said, following me down the stairs
and to the outer door, “and I will come
very soon and tell you if I have been a
good girl and heeded all your wise
words. ”
As I walked in the direction of Edna’s
I was disturbed by fears for Joyce's
future. In my imagination I saw the
fair face growing worn and faded eon
before middle age, because licr days will
be given up to the monotonous and'
wearying routine of fashionable society:
because her whole life will be engrossed
with trifles and unsatisfactory pleasures.
In the midst of such thoughts I re
turned to Edna’s, and found her at the
door just saying good bye to one of her
young lady pupils.
llow warm and strong was the clasp
of her hand, and her face w ore a bright
and happy expression, blended with earn
estness, as tliough she found life well
worth the living. She was neatly and
simply dressed, and every work about
her house was in faultless order.
Edna works regularly every day and
yet always looks ficsh and bright. She
is happy in her home, happy in her work,
and with an outlook upon the world that
is broad and inspiriting..
I am never in her society a half hour,
that she does not leave with me some
helpful thought.
To-day I told her something of Joyce
and my fears for her future.
“It is idle to trouble yourself about
these things, Edith,” she made answer.
“ Nature is often tender above oui
human sense of what is right and just.
We reap what we sow it is true, but
silently seed is being sown in barren and
wayside places, and in the midst of oui
planting, that some day will surprise us
by springing into leaf, and blossom, and
fruit. This is not a world of chance,
Edith, nor is it one of unrelenting jus
tice.”
October Cm
I watched Joyce alight from her ear
riago to-day robed in purple like a rova,
Queen. I went down to the entrance to
welcome her. Hand in hand, talking
lightly, we passed up the broad walk,
under the shadow of tall trees, with the
music of the fountain in our ears, and
the sweet odor of verbenas and mig
nonette in the air about us. In the great
hall, with its pictures and massive stair
way, and the magnificent rooms, with
their subdued lights and shadowy dream
works opening upon cither hand, we
Earned a moment, while Joyce divested
erself of hat and gloves.
Years before we had passed up
this same walk with clasped hands, and
paused in this same hall, Joyce, the
welcomcr, daintly clad, bright, happy;
I, a poor little waif, in brown lawn and
coarse shoes, and a hat that tortured my
childish heart.
Joyce, too, was thinking of these
things, for she said:
“Let us go up to the room that used
to be mine, and where I took you onci
when you came to see me ever and ever
so long ago. Strango, is it not, Dithi
You aro the mistress now, and I, thf
visitor.”
The door of the room stood open.
There were fresh flowers in the vases,
and the sunshine drifted in through the
western window and lay in a great
golden patch upon the carpet.
“How natural it seems here,” Joyce
said, sitting down by a window which
overlooked the garden.
“It all happened as you said it
would, Dith. J.eon came, in a very few
minutes after you left me that day, and
expecting to find me in desha’illt : and
distress I suppose; but instead, he found
me clothed and in my right mind. In
fact, I was standing before the glass try
ing the becomingness of my last new
hat.” She ended the words with such
a merry, sweet ripple of laughter, that
I found it difficult to understand how
she could ever ho sad enough for
tears.
I am never more impressed with the
absolute individuality of human souls
than when in Joyce’s presence. Her’s is
a nature that requires perpetual sunshine.
Brought into daily contact with sorrow
she would droop and wither, like a
beautiful sweet-breathed rose touched
by a cruet lrost. "But, she was
like a picture as she sat there
talking with a smile of joy on her face,
and the deep red of the chair making a
background of brightness for her golden
hair and the purple splendor of hei
dress.
“Well," she resumed, “I pretended
not to know of his presence, and said
alound, looking straight into the glass,
‘Joyce Courtney, you are a dreadful
naughty, and a shamefully neglected
little wife, but you aro a very pietty
woman notwithstanding all that.’ Then
Leon came up behind me, and I gave a
little scream prstending to lie startled at
lii* sudden appearance, and then, Dithy,
I actually forgot all about the new hat,
forget everything but that Leon and I
had quarreled, and I said, without ever
thinking 1 was going to say it: ‘Can you
<‘MY 00 UN TllY: MAY SHE KVKK HU RIOUT; RIOUT OH WHO NO, MY OOUNTHY /"—Jettbuhon.
torgtve me, r.eon, for acting In suc'i a
disgra eful manner last night! lam
sorrier than sorry about it.’ ’’
“Disgraceful nonscuso!’’ he exclaimed,
holding me so close that I could hardly
breathe, ‘Can you forgivo me. Joyce,
for acting like aueh an infernal brute
And then I cried, and I con cried, and
after a little we sat down and had such
a long quiet talk as we never lmd be
fore. And I told him what you said,
aud how kind you wcieto me."
“Why, Joyce 1”
"Tea, I did Dith, and I am almost
glad it all happened, for I never felt so
well acquainted with Leon before. It is
as though we had been sitting across the
room from each other, and now we arc so
near that I can reach out and touch his
hand at auy moment. No matter where
1 am, or how many are about, Leon seems
nlwuys near me. a iort of invisible pres
ence, that I rest in with that queer little
uotion of yours, Ilitliy, that he is my one
friend.”
She leaned forward and slipped one of
her lovely ringed hands into mine. “Do
you feel that way about Hobcrt, Dithy?
or is it just a delusion of my silly brain?”
“I suppose it is in one sense a delu
sion, Joyce. But before ever I knew
there was such a being on the earth as
Hohert Volney, my soul was at times, in
some unaccountable manner, conscious
of his unknown presence. And now—
well, if a continent lay between us, he
would be with me always, a vital, lov
ing fact.”
She drew my face down until my
cheek rested against her own.
“I feel as though Iliad come into a
new niorld, Dithy, wherein I had found
a husband and a sister."
My tears for her vanished in that
instant. Some deep inner chord of her
nature has been touched into sound, and
its music will never cease.
After a while we went down into the
garden where we saw Hobcrt and Jamas
at work among the plants, getting the
conservatory ready for its usual winter
bloom and beauty.
liobert gathered a bouquet of pansies,
great purple beauties with hearts of gold,
and himself fastened them among the
lace at Joyce’s throat. Altogether it
was the most delightful hour 1 had ever
spent in her society.
Euna’9 words of tho unseen seed
that is being continually sown, comes to
me ns 1 write with the force of anew
and clearer meaning.
January 21st.
The winter days are slipping by very
quietly, both in my own home and the
homes of my friends. I still keep up my
daily painting. There was a time when,
if this opportunity could have been of
fered me, I should have entered into it
with my whole soul.
liobert says I have the correct idea of
painting, because I seem to study and
comprehend the conceptions of the old
masters, lalherthan slavishly copy—as so
many and touch and outline; and
that I am inclined to go to nature for my
subjects, which is the real fountain head
of all inspiration. And Pope says, he
added, that “to copy nature is to copy
the ancients.” But my home happiness,
my enjoyment in Robert's society, is so
much more to me than even the greatest
hope of success, or any dream of fame
could be, that I woik but slowly and in
differently. One of my painting, a bit
of slumberous old woodland, hang
where Rose can look upon it at any
moment.
I have a fancy that Hose is not quite so
well of late, although she utters no word
of complaint. One day when I told her
she looked paler than usual, she only
smiled and said it was the cold. That
she would be bright as ever when th*
winter was over.
March 2d.
I go out hut little in these days but
my heart is stirred by such sweet
thrills of hope as only a woman
can know. I am unable to force
my mind beyond the thought that there
is anything in this world worth living
for save Kobert’s friendship and com
panionship. So am I hedged about by
his exceeding love and tenderness.
Florence, Italy, June 8, 1880.
It has been more than four years since
I have written here. I determined that
I would not open this journal, begun in
flic days of my girlhood, until 1 could
think quietly of what remains to bf
written.
[to be continued.]
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
The Manufacture! s’ Record reports
great activity in cotton mill building
throughout the South. In the last three
weeks about fifteen companies have been
organized to build cotton mills. Flor
ence, Ala., leads with three new mills, at
an aggregate cost of SBOO,OOO, two of
which, c. sting $600,000, are to be moved
from Philadelphia. New England capi
talists will build a $50,000 spindle mill
at Denison, Texas, and one to cost $250,-
000 at Fort Payne, also Galveston, Texts,
is to have a $500,000 mill, and a SIOO,OOO
twine factory; Spartanburg, 3.0., a
$500,000 mill, with 30,000 spindles;
Atlanta a $500,000 enlargement on an
old mill, including 8,000 spindles and
000 looms; Texarkana, Arkansas $120,-
000 mill; Greenwood, S. C., a SIOO,OOO
mill, while a large number of others will
soon be fully oiganizcd.
THE STEEL TRUST.
The meeting of the stock-holders of
the North Chicago Rolling Mill Cos.,
and Union Steel Cos., for the purpose of
consolidating their interests with those
of the Joliet Steel Cos., were held in
Chicago on Wednesday. Both meetings
were brief, and at their close it was
stated that nothing definite had been
accomplished. The plaD by which this
important move in the manufacturing
world is to be accomplished, is in brief
an increase of tlie capital stock of the
North Chicago Cos., to $25,000,000, and
the purchase, with the money so accru
ing, of the plants of two other companies.
The new concern will be known as the
Illinois Sieel Cos., and will be the larg
est of its kind in the world.
THE NATIONAL DEBT
The debt statement issued May 1,
shows a reduction of the debt during
Anril $13,078,234.11; reduction since
June 80 1888, $63,979,228.18; total in
terest beating debt! $910,175,920.34; to
tal debt of all kinds, ♦1. 872 . 051 ' 60^ 14 i
debt less available credits, #1,101.605,
428 40; legal tenders outstanding,
$840,681,010; certificates of deposit
outstanding, $14,580,000; gold certifi
cates outstanding, t13f1,H,‘39, B ilvr r
certificates outstanding, $254,#89,203,
fractional currency outstanding, $6,916,-
939.47; total cash in the treasury, $019,-
990.915.65.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 0. 1889.
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
I TMMM ON INTEREST FROM VA
RIOUS POINTS IN THU SOUTII.
An electric street railway is to bo built
at Amcricus, (la.
Tho Postal and Calilo Telegraph Com
pany will open nu office in Atlanta, Ga.,
about Juue 15.
Preparations arc being made for the
centennial celebration, June 18, of the
founding of the Suite University at
Athens, Ga.
Tho total number of maimed soldiers
entitled to pensions in Georgia this year
is about 25,000, and tlie total amount of
pensions will lie about $150,000,
Virgil Dobson shot and killed his son
in-law, Lucion Floyd, Friday night, at
Nashville, Tcnu., because of liis intim
acy with his wife’s sister, a young
daughter of Dobsou's.
The Banner-Watchman, of Athens,
Ga., changed hands Saturday afternoon,
its former editor, T. Larry Gantt, pur
chasing it from Mr. M. C. Pope, the
present editor and proprietor.
A gentleman representing a wealthy
Northern syndicate took an option on
1,700 acics of land, in one body, just
out of Amcricus,Ga., afew days ago,the
trade to be concluded in thirty days if
the company accepts.
The section hnnds of the Mariottn and
North Georgia railroad are driving t-be
outside spikes for the broad gauge, and
new switches have been put in all along
the road to Jasper, Ga.
The mayor of Fairhurn, Ga., declares
] rohibilion to he a failure. He states that
it is impossible to stop the sale of whis
key, aud that in his opinion there was
more whiskey drinking and drunkenness
•han ever before in the history of the
town.
J. W. llardin, a student at the State
Agricultural and Mechanical college,
at Lexington, ICy., quarreled with Will
iam Bush, keeper of the college do-ina
tory, Saturday. In the fight Hardin cut
Bush all to pieces, death resulting
instantly.
Miss Emma Huberts, of Rutherford
couutv, N. C., was to have married Jon
athan Norris on Monday. Friends had
assembled, and when the time for the
marriage arrived, and the couple stood
up before the minister, the young lady
fainted and died in ten minutes.
The Western Union Telegraph com
pany is preparing to put up three clocki
in Chattanooga, Tcuu., to be connected
with the national observatory at Wash
ington, to be regulated at noon of each
day, so that the existing disparity of the
regulating clocks in that city may be ob
viated.
The Y. M. C. A., at Athens, Ga.,
laid the cornerstone of its building
Thursday afternoon with impressive
ceremonies. After an eloquent speech by
Hon. 11. C. 'luck, the -Masonic lodge
deposited the stone in its place. Vari
ous things were placed in the opening
beneath it.
The sales of tobacco in Danville, Vn.,
for April, aggregate 2,234,934 pounds,
which is a slight falling off as compared
with the sales last year. Sales since Oc
tober, the beginning of the tobacco year,
were 14,500,000 pounds. This is a de
crease of 5,t00,010 pounds is compared
with the same period last year.
A bad accident oecuired on the Bruns
wick and Western road near Riverside,
Ga., Saturday. The work train ran
over and killed a negro. The train
stopped and the men started to pick him
up. The freight train came at full
speed around the curve, and into the
work train, telescoped itself and injured
the engineer and fireman.
John Hudd, telegraph operator at
Jasper, Walker county, Ala., was killed
by lightning Wednesday night about
dark. A severe thunder storm passed
over the tow n. During the storm Hudd
was at his instrument receiving a mes
sage. Lightning struck tho wires, and
he received a shock, from which he died
a few hours later. He was a young man
und unmarried.
An American eagle, measuring seven
feet from tip to tip, was killed by Mr. F.
M. Jackson, five miles west of Hampton,
Ga., recently. Tho rifle used hv Mr. Jack
son, an old-fashioned flint and 6teel, was
used by his great, great-grandfather in
the revolutionary war. The shot was a
remarkable one, as when he fired he was
quite seventy yards from the bird and hit
exactly where he aimed.
Tho Georgia Alliance has contrated
with mills for 2,000,000 yards of cotton
bagging, to be delivered the Ist of
August. The bagging is to be not less
than thirty-seven inches wide, and to
average twelve ounces to the yard, tlic
manufacturers agreeing to take the cot
ton ns covered at ten cents additional
per hundred pounds, to cover the loss of
weight in light covering. The bagging
will be made by tin; Lane mills, New
Orleans, and the West Point mills,
Georgia.
It is said that William K. Vanderbilt
will build near Asheville, N. C., the
most magnificent private residence in the
South, and that it will stand in truly a
royal domain. Some months ago he be
gan the purchase of property near Ashe
ville, on the French Broad and Swan
nonoa rivers. He has added to the
orignal purchase until he now owns 4,000
acres, which cost him trout SSO to SIOO
per acre. The mansion is to be 300 feet
in length, with gorgeous parlors and re
ception rooms, conservatories, ball rooms
and fountains.
A tragedy near Covington, Tcnn., Sat
urday night, r< suited in the killing
of W. T. Douglas, mayor of that city. It
seems a warrant had been issued for the
countries will arise from the visit of the
commissioners.
Preliminary arrangements are being
made for another big town in Alabuma
on the lino of Hie Alabama Great South
ern railroad. It has not been nuuied
yet, but arrangements for its location aro
about consumated. A syndicate com
posed of capitalists from New York, New
Orleans and France, who, in the aggre
gate, represent about $20,000,000, are at
work securing mineral lands and right/}
in the Sand Mountain territory, and
propose to erect furnaces and build a
town. The new company will plant a
colonv that is to be as thoroughly the
i hild of Gotham as is Fort Payne the
child of the Hub, and tliero will boa
zealous rivalry between the two in cn
terpriso and prosperity.
A Waterloo veteran began his 101st
year on Januaiy 1, in the province of
Farona, Brazil. The Germans assem
bled to do him honor, and put a crown
of laurels on his head, which is not yet
bald.
WASHINGTON, D. 0.
MOVEMENTS OF THE PHKSI3HNT
AND HIS ADVISERS.
NOTH*.
It is said upon good authority that the
President contemplates taking the whole
South front first floor of the slate de
partment for executive business offices
and establishing a routine for office
hours.
The secretary of the navy has ap
proved the senteuce uud findings of tho
court martial in tho case of Lieutenant
Wm. Strong, tried on board the
Untied States steamer Tallapoosa, si
Moi j ■>, February 1!, 188 t.
•S *o ' ‘ ’ ‘ iUtnl and the Secretary of tlie
. I*llo*B ave called upon the United
Ante* oincisls in Oklahoma, charged in
tho report of the inspectors of the luterioi
Department with corrupt practices in con
nection with the public lands In that ter
ritory, for any explanation or statement
they may desire to make relative thereto.
The routine of the White House was
resumed Thursday. The President en
tered his office at 10 o’clock, and from
that hour up to 1.30 he was occupied in
listening to the appeals of office-seekers
and others who desired his intercession
in their behalf. The crowd was smaller
than usual, but was large enough to keep
the President engaged til the morning.
The following promotions have been
made in tho Southern Express Company:
Mr J. G. Slays, of Augusta has been
made superintendent of Southern Ga.,
aDd Mr. T. R Osborn, of Jacksonville,
has been promoted to bo superintendent
of Florida. Mr. E. F. Cary, of Charles
ton, S. C., has been advanced to Mr.
May’s position as route agent. Mr.
Hollingsworth succeeds Mr. Cary as local
cashier.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
notified the principal railroads of the
country that they are likely to be inter
ested in and affected by the questions
presented in the complaint of George
Hi e against tho Louisville & Nashville
Rs lroad allegingdisenmiuatiou in favor
of ihippera of petroleum and cotton-seed
oil in tank cars, and that they will be
afl >rded an opportunity to be heard
upon the questions involved in the case.
postmaster General Waunamaker on
Saturday issued the following order:
Ordered. That hereafter the Post Of
fice Department be closed on Sunday to
th > clerks and all employes thereof, ex
cept the required watchmen, engineers
and firemen. Clerks and employes shall
without exception be denied admittance
o i that day to the main building and to
the several rented buildings, aud the
\ atchmau on duty shall strictly enforce
t e provisions of this order.
The navy department has been offi
ally informed by the commanding of
uccr of the Essex, now at New York,
that Passed Assistant Paymaster Henry
W. Smith went ashore on the 25th of
April with the intention to return the
next day, and has not been since heard
from. He had $1,200 belonging to the
government in his possession. It is
generally believed that he has been foully
dealt with.
Secretary Blaine appeared at the state
department Friday morning, and soon
after his arrival, Sir Julian Pauucefote,
the new British minister, came to the
department, accompanied by Mr. Ed
wardes Herbert, with several other at
taches. The new minister was intro
duced to Secretary Blaine, who immedi
ately proceeded with the party to the
White House, where Sir Julian was form
ally presented to the president. The
usual felicitous speeches were exchanged.
The sentence of the general court-mar
tial in the case of Major G. J. Lydecker,
corps of engineers, who was tried on
charges arising out of the aqueduct tun
nel frauds, was made public Friday after
noon and is as follows; To forfeit to the
United States SIOO per month of his pay
for nine months and to be reprimanded
in orders. The court is thus lenient in
view of the evidence before it that in
spaces so confined as those above the
spell in the tunnel, it was almost impos
sible to secure thoroughly good work un
der the contract system imposed by law.
Secretary Tracy has decided that he
has authority under the law to proceed
with the construction of the groat coast
defence vessels. There will he no re
advertisement, and the only question yet
to be decided is which of the three bids
shall be accepted. Cramp’s bid was the
lowest, but the Union Iron Works of
California, whose bid was but $14,000
above him, hope to secure the work in
consideration of the fact that they abso
lutely guarantee the success of the ship
for the amount of their bid, wtiich was
$1,628,000. This decision of the Secre
tary will involve the abandonment of
the idea of building a submarine torpedo
boat.
The president made the following ap
pointments on Friday: To be Lnlted
States attorneys, Samuel N. Hawkins, of
Tennosseo, for tho western district of
Tennoasae; John Ruhm, of Tennessee,
for the middle district of Tennessee. To
be United States Marshals: Josiah B.
Hill, of North Carolina, for the eastern
district of North Carolina; Carter B.
Harrison, of Tennessee, (the President’s
brother) for the middle district of Ten
nessee; James W. Brown, of Tennessee,
for the western district of Tennessee;
Andrew J. Evans, of Texas, attorney of
the United States for the western dis
trict of Texas; William 11. H. Clayton,
of Arkansas, attorney of the United
States for the wostern district of Arkan
sas; Thomas R. Borland, of Virginia, to
be attorney for the eastern district of
Virginia.
KILLED BY A TRAIN.
Mrs. Mary Kirtly, a white woman
seventy years of age, and wife of L. C.
Kirtly, was instantly killed by a Nash
ville and West Nashville dummy train,
Friday afternoon at 5 o’clock, on North
Vine street, near Jefferson, Nashville,
Tenn. The woman was deaf and did
not hear the bell warning rung by the
engineer. She was crossing the track as
the engine was coming swiftly down
grade, and the brakes proved defective,
lier body was horribly mangled.
WILL BUE.
S. M. McCaul, chairman of the judi
ciary committee of the Massachusetts
Legislature, as counsel for Samuel Fes
senden, treasurer of the Cape Cod Ship
Canal company, has sued the Boston
Traveler for libel, laying damages at
SIOO,OOO, on account of a special dis
patch from Sandwich, May 2, alleging
that Fessenden had mysteriously disap
peared, aud hinting at financial irregu
larities.
TELEGRAPHIC.
The marquis of Ormonde will succeed
Lord Londonderry as viceroy of Ireland.
The poatmaiiter at Tliomatvilie, Ga.,
Colonel J, D. Alexander, dropped deed
la the postoffice about 3 o'clock Satur
day.
Two and three-quarter million of dol
lars in gold has been ordered from tin
New York assay office for shipment tc
Europe.
Tho volcano of Vesuvius is in at
alarming state of eruption. Streams ol
lava are ooursing down ihs mountain on
the Pompeii side,
A cyclone in Warsaw, N. 0., on
Thursday, accompanied by hall, de
stroyed a number of buildings, iucludiug
those of the a. .inary and tlie Preaby
terian church. Many persona injured,
but none seriously.
Major John N. Edwards one of the
editors of the Karwaa City Timet, and
one of the best and most favorably
known newspapermen in tbe West, died
suddenly at the McCarty house, in Jeff
erson City, Mo., Saturday, from a stroke
of paralysis.
About one-half of the extensive soap
and candle factory of Schaefer Bros., aud
Powell, at Barton and Kosicusko streets,
St. Louis, Mo., were destroyed by fire
between two and three o’clock Saturday
morning. The loss is from $75,003 to
SIOO,OOQ, Insured.
BURNED TO DEATH.
A distressing accident by which four
children of Charles Williams, whose ages
ranged from six to thirteen years, were
burned to death, took place Thursday
night at Ahington, near Harford station,
Md., ou the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road. Tho family, consisting of a hus
band, wife and five children, retired to
rest at about 10 o’clock. An hour later
a neighbor saw the house burning, and
made ineffectual attempts to quench the
flames. Mr. and Mrs. Williams escaped
with the baby, who will probably die;
and the parents were seriously burned
themselves. The house burned to the
ground and consumed the children,
furniture and all At Ashtabula,
Ohio, Friday, a house occupied
by a Portugese family named
Silvcy, caught fire. The father had
gone to work and the mother to market,
leaving thice small children in the house.
One, a”boy of three, was burned to death,
aud the two others so badly injured that
they will die
TENNESSEE EDITORS.
The members of the Tennessee Press
Association arrived in Nashville Satur
day. There were about sixty-five in at
tendance, including ladies. At 8:30 the
members were met at the Msxwell
house by a committee from the local
press and the Commercial club. The
visitors were driven to points of interest
in the city. A number of manufactories
were visited, ths Vanderbilt and the new
reservoir. After a drive through the
resident portion of the city, they visited
the phonograph in tho Neil block. At
one o’clock the city visitors and the two
committees sat down to a lunch at the
Commercial club. A 2:30 o’clock the
train for the races was boarded end the
afternoon spent there. At 5 o’clock the
members went aboard the Armstrong
for a trip up the river of a week’s dura
tion. The trip will be to the head of
navigation. The sights along the river
were viewed during the day, aud the
night sessions of the association held.
A BIG BUILDING.
The Lookout Sewer Pipe company on
Wednesday, began staking the ground
for their building which will be the
largest in the country. The main build
ing will be 60x3G4 feet, part two and
Eart three stories high. It will beside
avea building containing 36,000 square
feet of dry floor. Two hundred and fifty
cars of material has already been order
ed, 1,200,000 red brick and 500,000 fire
brick will be used in the construction
of the building, nil of which has been
contracted for. The company is com
posed of local capitalists, backed up by
the Bennett Sewer Pipe company, of
Jackson, Michigan. The works will be
located in Walker county, Ga., near the
State line, about two miles South ol
Chattanooga, Tenn.
MEMPHIS REJOICES.
Receipts of cotton at Memphis, since
September Ist to date, aggregate 700,201
hales. This exceeds by 30,923 bales tho
entire receipts for any previous year.
The crossing of the 700,000 line was the
occasion of a big jollification by members
of tho exchange. ' Blackboards were
elaborately decked with ribbons, and
champagne flowed as free as water.
Memphis is not only the largest interor
cotton receiving city in the world, but
is second largest receiver of spots, being
only surpassed by New Orleans. Re
ceipts lor the year, ending August 31,
will approximate 720,000 hales.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
A two-horac coach, containing several
persons, was struck by a train on the
Pennsylvania railroad at Bridersburg,
Pa., crossing Friday morning, and the
coach demolished. Two of its occu
pants—F. K. Womrath and James Dun
gan—were killed, and three others in
jured. The accident occurred shortly
after one o’clock in the nioruiDg. Ihe
coach contained eleven men, many of
whom were local politicians, and it is
said that they were on their way home
from a jollification.
QUARANTINE RAISED.
The ten days’ quarantine at Sanford,
Fla., has been raised and the guards
have been dismissed. Business has re
sumed its usual features and the recent
fever scare is entirely over. No suspici
ous cases followed the death of Mrs.
Demot, The inmates of her house at
the time of her death were isolated at tl
camp in the woods, but are all in good
health and were released on Saturday.
Thf. Chattanoga ('Tent;.) Tradesman
soys that the first quarter of 1889 shows
a continuance of the remarkable indus
trial development of the Southern States.
During the quarter there have been a
number of strong corporations organized
in the South, resulting in the influx of
millions of Northern capital. Tenn
essee, Alabama and Georgia seem to
have received the most attention at the
hands of Northern capitalists, although
much outside money was invested in
Kentucky and Virginia. A compilation
made from actual returns received by
it shows that 691 industries were estab
lished in the South during the past
three months against 625 new industries
established during the same period of
last year,
OVER THE GLOBE.
CONDENSATION OF CURIOUS,
and Exciting events.
mancs.'s ruiL-muui-tu wkstkhn boom
—DBATBS or IMIXKNT MBB -ACOIDXXTB, CBKS
AND SUICIDES.
In Russia the Cronstiadt police have
discovered stores of explosives which
were to be used in an attempt ou the life
of the czar.
A bill appropriating thirty thousand
dolluis to the Girls Industrial School
has been favorably reported in tlie Penn
sylvania House.
Carle Rosa, the well known musical
director, whose wife whs the famous
Mad amt- Parepa Rosa, died on Tuesday
in Paris, France, from peritonitis.
In the United Stutcs Court on Monday,
at Fort Smith, Ark., Judge Parker
sentenced four men and one woman to
be hanged on Wednesday, July 17.
The Grand Trunk railway workmen
think they have discovered that tbe re
cent accident was caused by tbe break
ing of one of the axles of the engine.
The railroad coal miners’ Btrike inau
gurated in Pittsburg against the reduc
tion, has spread to a number of other
mines, and about 3,000 miners are now
out.
Tbe Chopensaw Mill company's mill,
lumber yard and all of tbe houses except
three, situated in Natchitoches, La.,
were burned Monday afternoon. Loss
$30,000.
Mr. Bates and Lieut. Parker were re
fused admission to the exhibition opened
by the German Emperor Tuesday, be
cause they wore frock coats instead of
dress coats.
The boiler of a dredger burst in the
harbor at Calais, France, on Monday.
Tbe explosion killed seven persons and
injured several others. The bodies of
the killed were horribly mutilated.
The men at work on the cable line on
East Seventh street, St. Paul, Minn.,
1,018 in number, left their work at 1
o’clock p. m., Monday. The men were
dissatisfied with the wages they received.
A portion of the gang of desperadoes
who nave been robbing and committing
murderous assaults upon the farmers in
the vicinity of McClcllaudtown, Fayette
county, Pa., have been captured at last.
The Iron Mountain railroad (part of
the Missouri Pacific system), ha 9 given
notice that all umucessary Sunday train
service, both passenger and freight, will
be discontinued on that road after May
Ist.
Ten thousand pounds of dynamite
exploded at the aqueduct shaft No. 16,
West Chester county, N. Y., Thursday
afternoon, tho building that contained it
having unaccountably caught fire. No
body was hurt. Loss, $20,000.
Since April 25, 800 wagons and car
riages and 5,200 peoplo have passed
through Ponca back from Oklahoma, on
their way North to Kansas. General
Merritt will go into camp for a few days
seven miles North of Arkansas City.
Lloyd’s agent at Berlin re[iorts that
the Steamer Weser has yellow fever on
board, several officers and twenty-eight
men being ill, and three having died.
The North German Lloyd steamer, Wes
er, Captain Von Schuckman, sailed from
Baltimore April 27 for Bremen.
A general strike of the building trades
was inaugurated at Philadelphia, Pa.,
on Wednesday, for an average advance
of twenty-five cents per day, and union
workmen, nearly all carpenters, joiners,
bricklayers, hodcarrieis, und stone
masons in the city are idle. The strike
ullects about 5,000 men.
Lennan’s Windsor Theater burned Tues
day night in Chicago. Only ttie walla
were left standing. The loss is $75,000 —
fully insured. Three firemen were in
jured, but not dangerously. Tho fire
was due to sparks shot into tho flies
from rockets fired on the stage during
the evening performance.
A special dispatch from St. Reno, 1.
TANARUS., says that Capt. Hall and company
of cavalry, left Kingfisher Wednesday to
eject settlers from the Cherokee strip,
and a company also left Guthrie for the
same purpose. Several hundred settlers
are now on the strip. They are determ
ined men who have staked everything
on the Oklahoma opening, and, failing
to get their claims, have gone to the
atrip. A large amount of hardship and
suffering arc certain to ensue.
Mr. S. J. Ritchie, of Akron, 0., is in
Ottawa, Out., aud has had an interview
with the premier relative to the proposed
visit to Canada of the Inter State com
merce commission, with a view to these
gentlemen having a conference with the
government. It is understood that May
or Juno will be a convenient lime for
the meeting to be held. In view of the
inter-locking nature of the Canadian and
United States railway systems, it is an
ticipated that great benefit to both
arrest of Henry Donaldson, u negro,
charged with attempted rape on a white
woman. Mayor Douglas was one of the
posse of ten men who went to the negro’s
house to effect his arrest. They found
his cabin closed aud called upon him to
open tho door. Receiving no answer,
they gave warning that unless the door
was opened they would break it down.
Just at this point a gun was thrust
through the door and discharged. The
contents struck Douglas, who was in
front, killing him instantly.
INDIAN OUTBREAK.
There has been considerable excite
ment in Silver City, New Mexico, on ac
count of tho reported outbreak of the
Apaches from the San Carlos reservation.
Last Saturday the foreman of the Head
and Heart ranch was shot through the
legs, and then roasted to death on a
stove where he was preparing a meal. It
was believed that he was murdered by a
remnant of Geronimo’s hand, which has
been out since Geronimo’s outbreak in
May 1889. Wednesday the tioops at Fort
Bayard were ordered out, and a lively
time is anticipated. Couriers went out
in all directions to warn people of the
danger, so they might come in with theii
families to a place of safety,
HAWES FOUND GUILTY.
In Birmingham, Ala., on Friday,
Hawes was found guilty of murder iu
the first degree. The following is the
verdict handed in by the foreman of the
jury at 8:30 p. m. “We, the jury, find
that the defendant is guilty of murder
in the first degree, as charged in the in
dictment, and say he shall suffer death."
(Signed,) N. F. Thompson, Foreman.
NUMBER 29.
SONO OF THE HEADLIGHT,
When th* fall moon lays a radiant has*
From earth to Heaven's wall.
Or the tranquil star* mark the viewlen bar
Whence tbe arrows of vision fall, ,
Or I send my glance where tbe quick drop*
dance
With the pattering call of the ram,
To their comrades asleep in the hidden deep
Of the eubterranean main,
Or if etorme are ont and the free winds about
With fitful falls and swells,
A steadfast glow of light I throw
On the gleaming parallels.
1 guiilo the train o'er the level plain,
A swiftly nearing star,
Ani I bend and swerve where the mountain*
~rve
My iron-bound path to bar
Up their rocky steeps the fleet flame leaps.
Or 1 flash to their depths below;
Till the mosses that dress each dim recess
And the nodding ferns I show;
1 spring to illume the frowning gloom
Of precipices gray,
And waters smile from the deep defile
In my momentary day.
Where the wood benign with beck and sign
Invites all timid things
To its shatter spread for the crouching head
And its covert for drooping wings,
I bear my light, till in vain affright
The doe with her trembling fawn
And the creatures meek that refuge seek
In tbe forest shade withdrawn,
Press closer yet to the copse dew-wet,
Or speed through the whispering grass,
To hide them away from the searching ray
I shoot through the dark as I pass.
Asa meteor flies in star-set skies
By a myriad moveless spheres,
I hurry along where lamplights throng
As the sleeping town appears;
Like the coming of Fate, to those who wait
Till I bear their loved away,
I seem as I shine down the widening line.
Ere I pause for a momant's stay;
But he who feels those rolling wheels
Lead home, to his heart's desire,
Can half believe his eyee perceive
The prophet's chariot of fire.
Still on and on till the night is gone
I follow the vibrant rails,
Till the east is red, and overhead
The star of the morning pales.
At foes may fear tbs soldier’s spear,
But comrades have no dread,
The lances of light I hnrled at the night
Pierce not where sunbeams spread,
3o I cease my rays when the Heaven ablaze
Proclaims the darkness fled.
—Hardy Jackson, in New York Tribune.
PITH AND_ POINT.
A kiss is a sort of water ’cress.
The omnibus horse always enjoys the
luxury of whoa.— Boston Gcustte.
The peculiarity about a rising death
rate is that it brings people down.
Can you call a man chopping ice a
water cracker!— Pittsburg Chronicle.
Man gets but little here below o’er
which to make much of a cron.—Bliz
zard.
The most unpleasant constellation to
see of a winter’s night is the grate bare.
— Harper’s Bazar.
Beside the door mats at the White
House, diplomats are often seen there.—
Pittsburg Chronicle.
Six feet four inches is the stature of
the new British Minister. He is tall
enough to be addressed as His Highness.
—Pittsburg Chronicle.
The physician makes his money by
practicing. When he has become so
skillful that he doesn’t have to practice
then he retires.— Boston Transcript.
The gedlte spridg has cube agaid,
Stent widter’s reigd is edded;
The robid dote id suddy gled
With childred’s song is bledded.
— Buffalo Courier.
“I was badly bitten by flies in every
country in Europe except Belgium."
“Have they none there!” “I don’t
know. I didn’t go there.’’— Harper's
Bazar.
“If I put my money into the savings
bank," said Pat, “when can I draw it
out again?” “Oh," answered his fellow
countryman, “if you put it in to-day
you can get it out to-morrow by giving
a fortnight’s notice.”
baldness explained.
“Grandpa, what made you so bald!” the child
Asked as she sat on the old man’s knee;
And the old man, rubbing his shining poll.
With this answer the wee one beguiled:
“The years rolling over our heads, you see,
Rub off all the hair as they rolL"
—New York Herald..
Romance of a Tintype.
The Rev. H. C. Kishpaugh, of the
Detroit Methodist Episcopal Conference,
tells a romantic story of his courtship and
marriage.
Several years ago, while a student at
the Blair Presbyterian Academy in this
town, a friend showed him a tintype
picture of a young lady living in Lon
don, England. The picture was that of
a daughter of the ltev. Mr. Marsden,
President of the Wesleyan Congregation,
and it charmed the student greatly. It
was a case of love at first sight, and he
begged an introduction, which was had
by letter. A correspondenae sprung up
between the young people which, after
an exchange of photographs, resulted in
an engagement.
I.ast June Mr. Kishpaugh graduated,
and November found him installed over
a church at Ontowago, Mich. Late in
January he sailed for England to wed
the girl he had never seen. On February
6 they were married.
They at once started for this country,
and are now visiting friends while on
the honeymoon trip. The bride proves
to be a charming and accomplished
woman, and the ltev. Mr. Kishpaugh
thanks his good luck which caused him
to look at the tintype. —New York Times.
Oil to Coney Island’s Rescue.
An oil man comes to the top with a
statement that he can save Coney Island
from the sea, which is trying hard to
steal it. His plan is to place several
oil tanks on the highest part of the
island and connect them with pipes
which will run along the bottom of the
sea a distance of 150 feet from the beach.
The tanks are to be tilled with fish or
crude oil and so regulated that the oil
can be turned on or off at pleasure.
What next? Oil and electricity seem to
be overcoming and controling the forces
of nature in a way likely to change the
entire course of existence. This Coney
Island protective scheme is not alto
gether chimerical. It may seem fantastic
at first thought, but in the face of recent
practical tests there can be no doubt
that oil of the right quality properly
, used will smooth a rough sea and render
it harmless. Coney Island must be
saved. Breakwaters have failed to check
the ravages of old ocean. Bring on the
oil.— New York Tribune.