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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.