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The Georgia Enterprise. VOLUME XXIV. GENEIiAL NEWS. m'ONDMKSATIOS OF CURIOUS, ■ aM> exciting everts. I VKKVWHKBK -ACCIDENTS, STRIIKS, ■ „■ aud mawwiwm or intmmt. ■ A hurricane raged at the port of Bue ■ s Av „. s Srturduy, which did great lainage to shipping. ■ A grand iicuriion U being arrunged lor the Central and South American ■(‘legate! to the international American BongrrM. 1 The English, Scotch and American lolleees in Hmue have united in Rending E, the Catlmlie university at Waahmg- Knu, I)- C'., a marble buat of St. Thomaa ■Aquinas. ■ The ship John A. Brill*, Bio Janeiro L„ Philadelphia, is detained at quaran tine at Lewaa, Del., on account of hav ing had yellow lever on board during Brassage. ■ The tine passenger ateamer, Common ■wealth, was burned to the water’s edge |jn less than three quarters of an hour at ■Cincinnati, Ohio, Sunday night. ’lhe Boss is about $30,000. (| The striking dock laborers held a ■meting at Hyde Park, London, on Sun- I] a y. {Speeches were made from several ■ilatfnrus Roolutiona in favor of con tinuing the strike were chosen. I A cyclone passed ovi r Winthrop, Mo., Irueaday afternoon. The rain fell in tor ments, and the wind blew a gale, accom- Branied by a heavy thunder. Corn and Ether crops wire seriously injuried. I•• Jimmy ’ Hope, the bank burglar, was Eel eased from Auburn, N. Y-, prison I’ridiy, having solved a term, and was Inmediateiy arrested for alleged com- Kieityinlhe Manhattan bank burglary Ki October, 1878. 1 ,'Jirnum and Bailey’s circus was Bricked Thursday night near Potsdam, K. V., while m route to Montreal over Be Watertown and Ogdensburgrailroad. Hverai line horses were ki.led. 'lhe loss Hi the circus is about $40,000. 9 An investigation of tho .accounts of \V. H Jlenny, assistant postmaster at Boone- Hle, Jnd", who is chaiged wilh embez zlement in his office, shows that the K.iiage air,mints to SO,OOO, and may H;v Ii Denny has not yet been up H’i .>i>4..; ■ ’.ening a bomb, ten centime- in diameter, was thrown from the tin- i lnunber of deputies into the C’olcna, in Spain, during the if a concert. The bomb ex ■. led, wounding seriously six gen- and a child. ■ .!> -; iti lies from Egy( t say that famine s at Khurtoom, Kussala, Tokar H<i other river towns. The survivors sdd to be feeding upon the bodies of Hi dead. About twenty deaths from daily arc reported at Tokar. ■ formed at Loudon, England, with of 11110,000,000 francs to com plete the Simplon tunnel. The company acquired two Swiss railroads from I to possi-- uni: end of the tunnel. Hp 1- reported from St. Louis thut the mail tia'n which arrived in that city ■>' : “ night over the Vnndalia Boad, mbbio at Tcrie Haute, Indiana, the mail clerks ami train hands at supper. It is said tiiflt one K.iitsiuiug registered letters, was The pouch was supposed to ab. yt SIO,OOO. A gasoline engine at the oil refinery A. I). Miller, in Alleghany, Pa., ex )ued early Wednesday morning. The mt took fire immediately and was )id!y dtsiroyed. The engineer is feting, and the watchman was blown ny leet and badly burned and bruised. *s at least $225,000. special reports to the New England mestead from all of the seed leaf to growing districts of the United ites, indicate a fair yield of good aver i quality. The farmers have generally and out their old crops, and the pros :ts for reasonably good prices is excel- Ihe great strike of dock laborers in iidon, England, is spreading. One uisaml men, employed on commercial (ks, joined the strikers on Wednes y. '1 he socialists arc trying to lead ' movement, and the red flag is being played. Thirty thousand dock men rched through the city, but made no toward demonstrations, rely,” and “Unworthy of belief, w ctively. Both articles couse Mrs. ?p of being guilty of perjury. 1 dispatch from. Helena, Montana, 8 ; Heavy rains, general throughout I erritory, fell all Sunday night, and foreat fires which have been ragiDg the last week are checked in most :ts and put out in oiheis. The fires [mated from two causes, lightning camp fires, and millions of feet of l n * ost valuable lumber iu the Terri las been deployed as well as val m ranges hur.it over, sensation was created at Hastings, ntoosv t ‘""' a , Ul y> ,j y tlle report of ,, 1 T y •'“ late Congressman sin a.,.; ;' S c *“ m ' ln,lt ' lon brought out ,i .. ,acl ; that Laird was a and ii' " as getting nh■ w? n y a r l ucatioD of time IJ ,r d j Uve ljecu restored to lie to hi 1 r ?" th is "ttributed di bm-Lhm and P° zoning resulting from EhhdX ormed j,,,t B ,ew d “y* il'l’ino''pa t "wh : , IhUrn£Co. 1 h Urn£Co . Co "P an y- at „ ,1. ’ operates two largo s oar J Cr , c,wltlla ca pacity of 440 bencin e on t r dC ,r agßi 6 Lllent for the coinn. 8 creditois. The assets j nod i" y consis t °f two furnaces rmhir*aorro aml ir r,robablywor,h u*.i q • Mortgages are re- Ilßn (iiio nSt ®° m P an y amountigg lich am ’ <* u floating obligations, 1,000 nt t 0 between $60,000 nud rs’ C and r Tf° n , 0 ° f ,ho In dlana Bol "rsdav f .v ° r ’ mom >ment was laid th imLT n,nß Bt Lidinnnpolis, lud., ice of ,i ceremonies, in the pre ites Mm P reßldent of the United Prominence in the United U s dlors b U ' ands of veteran soldiers gan with? P re, l nt ' The exercises andlocaiowic n No"? co? l'b B ion of fire damp t'idson Canal f L ° f ,he Dol#w are and Pbursdav • mpany ’ at Scranton, Pa. [ndrew Nichols 8, th wblch . five mt >b iohard Mason fn ‘ e BU P er iatendent, r ". SamuelWtm an ’ and John Lav’ '* Sus'v In? and v Joha Jones hrned, y and P er haps fatally The J. 11. Mahler company, of St. Paul, Minn., one of the largest carriage ami wagon houses in the West, made a voluntary assignment Saturday. The statement of assets ami liabilities has noi yet been died, hut from the magnitude of the company’s operations, the liabili ties will probably not fall short of SSOO, ObO. The Sterne Chittenden building, at Columbus, (>., Vvas burned Sunday. The principal losers are Candy Bros., restauranteura, $15,000; A. N. Hill A Cos, clothing, $0,000; Patterson Merrill Wall Paper Cos., $15,000; Tlieo. Faul liaber, hatter, SB,OOO, building, $45,000; Sterne Ch'iteudm’a heirs $15,000, and several others $4,000 or less. Abraham Browning, one of the oldest lawyers at the bar of New Jersey, died at his home in Camden, N.■)., Thursday morning, aged eighty-two. He was one of the foremost authorities on constitu tional law, which made him a formidable opponent in many if the most celebrated railroad suits in New' Jersey. lie ac quired especial eminence as u national lawyer. The spring lake reservoir, near Fi-k villc, in the southwest corni r of Crans ton, about tifieen miles from Providence, B. I , which supplies the whole row of mill villages along Pawtucket lliver Innst Sunday afternoon. Three persons were drowned, nnd some damage done to property. The reservoir cov.reil eigh teen acres and contained about 35,000, 000 gallons of water. The immense packing house of Saif &Cos . at Kai sis City, was almost do stroyed by fire in Sunday. Puling th fire Master Mechanic Tate fell from th roof of the building while attempting : descend by a rope, and was inslaiill killed. The total loss on the building machinery and stock is placed at $l5O 000, with SIOO,OOO insurance, place, with forty-two companies Margaret W. Tapp, of White Bear, Minn., brought suit in the ilisirict court at St. Paul, on Saturday, against the St. Paul Globe for SIO,OOO damages for libel, The alleged libelous articl s arc two tcl e rams printed iu the Globe on August 10 and 19, headed ‘‘Mrs. Tapp swore ANOTHER SMASH-UP. A TRAIN GOES OVER A CLIFF, DEALING DEATH AND DESTRUCTION. A terrible collision occurred Friday morning on the Baltimore ifc Ohio Rail road, between Petroleum and Silvey Run tunnel, about twenty-three miles east of Parkersburg, W. Va., in which three men were instantly killed and many wounded. The accommodation train coming west, due at Parkersburg at 12 o’clock, crashed into a special train oc cupied by railroad magnates on a tour of inspection. The trains came together with a crash at a curve east of Petroleum and between that point and Silver Run. Both trains were running at a rapid speed, and when they collided, the spe cial train nnd engine, tender and baggage car of the accommodation went over the cliff. James Layman, engineer of the accommodation, one of the oldest engi neers in the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Road, was crushed to death. Alex. Bailey, fireman for Layman, on the ac commodation, was also crushed. Cephas Rowland, also one of the oldest engi neers, was caught under the wreck and had one leg broken and received internal injuries from which he cannot recover. John Fletcher, Sicilian on the special, was also killed. Fletcher stuck to his engine and preferred death to the deser tion of his post, and went over the liauk in the wreck. He was cut and crushed to death. The special car occupied by officials on inspecting tom, was smashed. Rjgtdmaster J. A. Hunter was badly in jured. In the accommodation train were many passengers, fifteen or twenty of whom were more or less injured. FOUR MURDERERS SWING. ALL OF THEM SUFFER DEATH FOR MUR ]>*s ING WOMEN. The four murdeiers of women—Pat rick Packenham, Jack Lewis, colored, James Nolan ami Ferdinand Carotin, were hanged in tho yard of ihe Tombs prison, New 4 ork, Friday morning. There were two scaffolds, and two men were hanged on each. Packenham and Nolan were first executed on the scaffold which had been erected on the Franklin street side of the prison. The drop fell at 6:55 o’clock. Eight minutes later Lewis and Carolin were hanging from the'scaffold on the Leonard street side. The crimes for which the men were hung, briefly told, are as follows: Patrick Packenham, the patiian h of the rnur.h r ers, cut his wife’s throat with a razor, killing her instantly. Jack Lewis shot, and killed a woman named Alice Jack son. James Nolan murdered a woman, whom he induced to leave her husband and share her fortunes with him. They soon quarrelled, however, and while un der the influence of liqnor he shot her dead. Ferdinand Carolin murdered a woman named Bridget Quinn, who passed ns his wife. He butchered her with a hatchet. A PHILANTHROPIST DEAD. nENHY SHAW, THE GREAT PHILANTHROP IST OF ST. LOUIS, DIES. Henry Shaw, the venerable philan thropist and the greatest friend St. Louis ever had, died Saturday morning in that city. Willi his death, the now world famous botanical gardens become the property of the state of Missouri. An other, and perhaps more valuable gift, wag presenting to the city of Tower Grove park, a resort of peculiar beauty. His estate is valued at $250,000, and it is thought the greater part will be left to the city of St. Louis in various bequests, and it is understood the charitable in stitutions of tire Episcopal Church will be favored iu his will. Ihe only relative in this country besides his sister is a cousin, Frank B. Bradbury. SURPRISING DISCOVERY. NATURAL GAS FOUND IN A NORTH GEOR GIA TOWN. On Friday, while the Dalton, Ga., gas company were making an excavation lor their gas holder, they struck natural gas at the depth of ten feet. One of the di rectors, wishing to test the matter, ap plied a lighted match to a hole in the rock from which the gas seemed to come, and very much to his surprise it ignited, the blaze shooting up ten feet high, and burning off his beard, eyebrows, etc. The strangest part of the affair is, that instead of preparing a place to make gas, the company has probably found it al ready prepared. The discovery has at tracted considerable attention, as natu ral gas was not thought to exist in that locality. "MY COUNTRY: MAY SHK EVER UK RIGHT; RIGHT OH WRONG, MY COUNTRY /”—Jefferson SOUTHERN NEWS. ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VA RIOUS POINTS IN THE SOUTH. A CONDENSED ACCOUNT Or WHAT IS lIOINO ON Of IMniKTANCX IN TUK SOUTHERN STATES. The cigarmukers at Jacksonville, Fla., are on strike. The first trip of the new electric oars in Atlanta, Ua., took place Thursday. Theodore Curant, the distinguished violinist, dropped dead Saturday in New Orleans. Florida’s delegation of Orand Army of the ltepublic left Friday for the Milwau kee eucurnpment. A large foundry will be erected in Athens,Ga,, in a few weeks The industry will be a large one, and will be a great addition to the city. During a thunderstorm in Richmond, Va., Thursday night, a sixteen-year old daughter of W. K. Whitman was struck by lightning and instantly killed. Alphonse V- Phillips, a prominent lawyer and notary public, of New Or leans, weut to Colorado about two months ago. It has been ascertained that be has squandered SIOO,OOO of other people's money. The Southern Dental association, after being in session at Galveston, Texas, since Tuesday, concluded its labors on Friday. The association will meet next year in Atlanta, Ua., on the third Tues day in July. Col. Adolph Brandt, a prominent at torney of Atlanta, Ga., and a distin guished member of the Independent Or der of Odd Fellows, and grand chancel lor of the Knights of Georgia, died sud denly of apoplexy at Rom?, Gn., on Wednesday. Considerable interest has been aroused in Nashville, 'J'enu., by the near ap proach of the t me for leasing the four teen hundred convicts ip the state prison, especially as there is a dearth of bidders in prospect. The minimum piice it SIOO,OOO per annum. Tho Farmers’ Alliance exchange of Florida,on Wednesday,took the first itep toward making Jacksonville a home market for Florida-raised cotton. Foi many years Florida’s product has been sent to Savannah, Brunswick and other points, but Jacksonville will now handle the crop. The largest sale of tobacco ever made at auction in one day in the United States, and probably in the world, was made at Louisville. Ivy., on Thursday. The total number of hogsheads sold was 1,002. This Htnoun’S to about a million and a half pognds, worth in the hogs head over SIOO,OOO. Tfie petition for federal aid in opening theOciqulgee river from Abbeville, Ga., to Macon, has about eighty names of business men in and about Abbeville, and others, among them the name of Nat Statham, wuo was pilot on the steamer North Carolina when she ran up to Macon about the year 1830. A joint stock company is beiDg formed at Taliulah, Ga., to build a SIOO,OOO hotel, to bo located near the grand chasm, north of the Blue Ridge and Atlantic railroad,and an elevator will he put down to the falls from the Grand view patk, thence a cable line narrow gauge road will reach all the grand points at Tallulah. Little Mamie Parker, fourteen years old, died Sunday afternoon at Nashville, Tenn., from the effects of medicine ad ministered to her by her little cousin, Bessie Woods. They were playing doc tor with each other, with Bessie pretend ing to be the physician. She made her little cousin take ten pills, which resulted in her death in a short time. A heavy hailstorm visited Columbus, Ga., Thursday afiernoon. The stones were as large as partridge eggs. Trees were blown down in various parts of the city, aud considerable damage was done to a number of new buildings in course of erectiop. No serious carnalities are reported. The sun was shining bright ly during the storm. A special from Charleston, W. Va., says: Frank Morris, John Ileil, James O’Brien and Brodic Morris, miners, were caught beneath a fall of slate in the mines of the Cannelton Coal Company, in Fayette county, W. Va., Wednesday night and instantly killed. Several others were wounded and others had narrow escapes. The annual statement of the shipments of watermelons from the melon region of South Carolina is out. The area planted is 8,000 acres and the shipments 1,880 car loads, or about three million melons against 785 car loads last year, and 759 in 1887. ■ Of these New York took 522; Philadelphia 298; Baltimore 267, and Boston 68 car loads. At a meeting of district assembly 105, Knights of Labor, held in Atlanta, Ga., on Wednesday, it was resolved “that the Knights of Labor express to our representatives in the State Legislature the earnest desire of the Knights of La bor that the bill known as the Childs In lay bid and the arbitration bill, and Ihe bill known as tho ten hour bill, all do pass, and to that end request our repre sentatives to support, vote for and do all in their power to have the bills passed.” advising farmers to HURRY THEIR COTTON TO MARKET IN ORDER TO OUT GOOD TRICES. Lehman, Durr & Cos., cotton factors, at Montgomery, Ala., have issued a cir cular in which they say: “Thegencral ootton crop of the country the present year, 1889, promises to be the largest ever produced in the United States, but on account of there being of the stocks now carried by spinners so much poor cotton, they (the spinners) will be com pelled to buy of the first picking this year in order to get a better grade with which to work off their old stock, so that for a time at least, there will be a good demand tor new crop and at high prices. It looks reasonable to us that cotton will bring higher prices from now until the first of October than at any other time during the season, and if this be crue then it behooves the producers to pick’and to get to market every bale they can between this and the fiist of October in order to avail themselves of the high prices likely to prevail.” In Canton, China, with its 1,.'500,000 inhabitants, are fifteen Christian chapels where mis nonanes and the native Ministers preach the gospel, not on Sundays only, but daily, and from two to four hours each day, to audiences varying from fifty to several hundred. After the sermon these evangelists eon* tiuue the services. COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 2!!. \m. REVIEW OF TRADE FOB WEEK ENDING AUGUST 24T11, XI COUPILED UT DUN A 00. Following is B. G. Dun & Co.’s re view of trade for the week ending Aus gust 21. Tho monetary pressure of which so many warnings have been operated during the week to modify th# improvement in the general trade duo to I excellent crop prospects. Tho suspen-; sion of important bills, resulting lrorn the recent failures of commission houses comes just when there were brighter prospects for manufacturers than at previous times in mild woatherand over- I roduction last Winter. With orders in a ght, if the milts could go on, it is said, all liabilities could soon he met, but if this be fact. It shows the extent of pres sure in commercial money markets. From all quarters improvement in busi ness is repoited with fine prospects for tho Full trado consequent upon largo rops. At Chicago the actual transac tions are about equal to last year’s in clothing, u little larger in boots aud shoes, and 18 per cent, larger in dry goods. The groiery trade improves at most points, excepting as to sugar, for which lie demand has born much affected by he operations of the trust, and raw is Jc lowi r. Coffee is in better demand und jc higher, aud the a rious injury to tho. eastern potato crop by wet weather has caused a sharp advance. Butter aud eggs arc also higher, and cotton 316 c for spoo', notwithstanding a decline of Jc in print cloths. Splendid crop pros pects begin to have tlieir legitimate ef fect upon pricea of breadstuffs and pro visions. Hogs have declined this week 20 cents per 100 pounds, lard 12 cents and pork half dollar per barrel. Oats and corn J cent each, latter with sales of 9,000,000 bushels, and wheat has de clined 1J cents, with sales only 7J mil lion bushels here. The speculative movement in wheat has been defeated by liberal receipts from the farmer, and when the farmers market freely early in the aeason, the prospect for the Fall trafie is excellent, and monetary pressure is not usually of long duration. The iron aud steel business appears still more encouraging to most producers and deal ers, aud some furnaces have this week been added to producing force. Happily the foreign trade at present threatens no decline, aud while imports have been 28 per cent, larger than in August last year there has also been an increase of 22 per cent, in exports from New York. Business failures occurring throughout the country during the last seven days, as reported to R. G. Dun & Cos. Mercantile agency, by telegraph, number for the United Stales 190, and for Canada 16, or total of 206 as com pared with total of 211 last week and 213 week previous to last. For the corre sponding week pf last year figures were 214, made up of 187 in the United States and 27 in Canada. A RAILROAD HORROR. A TRAIN WRECKED—SEVERAL PEOPLE KILLED AND MANY INJURED. A terrible wreck occured on the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louis ville railroad at Flat Gap creek, twenty two miles from Knoxville, Tenn., Thurs day morning. The train was the first to go over the new road, and carried a select excursion of the city council, board of public works, representatives of the chamber of commerce and the very flower of the business and professional men of Knoxville. Two cars left the track at the crossing, and the rear car went down the trestle. Only one man in the car was uninjured. It was im possible to secure medical aid for a long time, and when the train reached Knox ville, scanty attention was rendered. Many had to be brought back ou flat cars, and the last part of the journey was made in a driving rain. Three men died from injuries, and others cannot live. The dead are: Judge George Andrews, the most prominent lawyer in East Tennessee; 8. T. Powers, leading merchant and former president of the Hast Tennessee Fire Insurance company; Alexander Reeder, a leading politician. The injured are: Alex A. Arthur, pres ident chamber of commerce, Isliam Young, president, and Peter Kern, member of the board of public works, John T. Herd, editor of the Sentinel. W. W. Woodruff, leading wholesale mer chant, Charles Seymour, attorney, and Alexander Wilson, assistant chief en gineer of the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville road, County Judge Maloney, Aldermen Harry and Bookings, General 11. Schubert, of the governor’s stall; A. J. Alberti, wholosule merchant ; Rev. R. J. Cook, professor U- S. Graut Univer sity; City physician West, Judge H. 11. Ingersoll, 11. B. Witsell, W. B. Samuels, C. Abbie, Cant. 11. If. Taylor, S. Mc- Kelden, Ed. Barker, J. F. Kinsell, John B. Hall, Phillip Samuels, aged ten; R. Schmidt, W. A. Parker, and one of the train crew. Out of fifty-six persons ou the train forty-one were injured. There was a great dearth of doctors al Knoxville, and many of the injured had to wait several hours for attendance. It is feared that this fact, together with the drenching rain, will render the nftei effects very serious, it is believed that the wreck can be attributed to the con dition of the road. Two years ago Knoxville sul scribed $225,000 toward the construction of the road, and the contract proper expired on Friday. II was to show the city authorities that the road was completed that the excursion was given. TO MEET IN CHATTANOOGA THE SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OK THE Ct'M BERLAND FAVORED RY THE RAILROADS. It is reported from Chattanooga, Tenn., that the Merchants’ and Miners’ line of boats have announced a round trip fure of $30.07 from Boston and Providence, via Norf< lk and Fast Ten nessee Road to Chattanooga and return, on the occasion of the meeting of the society of the Array of the Cumberland, in Chattnnooga, September 18, 19 and 20. This has been met by the Louisville and Nashvil c, with a rate of one cent a mile to all biigadeß in Illinois and Indiana, and it was announced Saturday that the Queen and Crescent made the same rate. This has created great consternation in railroad circles, and it is probable that all roads leading into Chattanooga will make the same rate on the occasion of the meeting of the society of the Army of the Cumberland, one of the principal features of which will be the forming of a society of veterans of both arm es. Word was received at Chattanooga that the brigade which was commanded by President Harrison will attend the reun ion in a body, and that the president has consented to accompany them, though this has not been officially announced. WASHINGTON, I). C. MO VEM ENTS OF THE PRESIDENT AND HIS ADVISERS. AriDIXl MKNTS. DECISIONS, AND OTHER MATTERS or INTEREST FBOK THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. The chief of the secret service of the treasury department is informed that a $2 U nlted S n'es silver certificate, act of August 4-h, 1886, department aeries, 1880, iheck letter C, has just made its appearance in the West. The President has approved tho amendment to the civil service rules governing the railway mail service ex cepting from examination clerks em ployed in that service exclusively as porters iu handling mail matter in bulks, in sacks or pouches, and not otherwise. The acting secretary of war has sus pended the order transferring Surgeon Porter from Jacksonville, Fla., to Jack son Barracks, La. It is probable thut ho will be permitted to remain in the pres ent station indefinitely iu conformity with the desire of the people of Florida. The treasurer of the United States has issued instructions, subject to the con venience of the treasury, to the assistant treasurer of Ihe United States at New York, to supply notes and silver certifi cates of small denominations tu bauks ordering them in sums not less than SI,OOO. Secretary Windoin has decided to make a change in the present method of appointment of special agents of the treasury department. Hereafter they will be designated for appointment at a stated compensation, and must Ihcu ap pear before the board of examiners for the purpose of testing their fitness. The examination will be non-competitive and not technical. The following storekeepers and guagers have been appointed: Wm. T. Barclay, in the sth Tennessee; John Lingie, Will A. Wright, Jas. B. Templeton, T. A. Stewart, John D. Lof tem, W. A. Randall, Wm. P. Blackwell, A. 11. Hollins, Samuel S. Marks, Robert L. McHary, John Justice, 11. 11. Har well, 11. K. Winslow and Marcus D. Stafford, all in the sth North Carolina district. THE WORLD’S EXPOSITION. GREAT PREPARATIONS BEING MADE FOR THE FORTHCOMING WORLD’S FAIR. New York has certainly entered heart and soul into ilie pre iminltry arrange ments for our great international exposi tion of 1892, and when this mighty city commits herself unrc-i rvcdly to any en terprise, the ultimate accomplishment of the undertaking is prac iciilly guaran teed. Therefore, the history of Ameri ca’s forthcoming world’s fair may be epitomized in one word of reliable pro phecy —success. Mayor Grant is being congratulated by everybody upon the excellent judgment he has di’played in appointing the various committees. Ilis wisdom in the discharge of that duty reached its climax in his selection of the finance, committee. There probably never was such a galaxy of millionaires associated together on any one board of management. The combined wealth of the twenty-five men composing that finance commit'ee amounis to over $500,000,000 or an average of $20,000,- 000 apiece. The follow ing is extracted from a report of the first meeting which wn9 held in the governor's room iu the city hall on Saturday: The committee consists of twenty-five members, ap pointed by the mayor, with the mayor and the secretary of the general com mittee members ex-officio. Of the twenty-seven membeis, only seven were absent. Sir. Havemeyer, Sir. O’Dono hue, Sir. Pierpont Morgan and Sir. Huntington aie in Europe. Sir. Mills, Sir. Jesup, Sir. shepherd and Sir. Van derbilt wer. out ol town, and could not return in time for the meeting. Those present were: William L. Bull, Presi dent of the Stock Exchange; Calvin 8. Brice, August Belmont, Samuel D. Bab cock, Robert Dunlap, Jay Gou'd, Henry B. Hyde, John 11, Inman, Eugene Kelly, Frederick A. Kurshoedt, John SlcKes son, Herman Oalrichs, Oswald Otten norfer, William Rockafellcr, Charles Stewart Smith, William Steinway, J. Edward Simmons, Jesse Seligman, the mayor and the secretary. HEAVY FAILURE. A COTTON GOODS COMPANY OF RHODE ISLAND SUSPENDS. Tlie Wauregan cotton goods company, of Providence, R. 1., on Wednesday, de cided to suspend payment and allow their goods to go to protest. The com pany has two mills at present in opera tion—one at Wauregan, near Plainfield, Conn., capitalized at $600,000, with 1,- 400 looms, employing 1,000 hands; the other, the Nottingham mills, in Provi denco, capitalized nt $300,000, with 23,- 000 spindles, 556 looms, and employs 600 hands. Treasurer Taft is also secre tary and treasurer of Ponemah mills, in Connecticut, that has n capital of $1,500,- 000. The company’s liabilities are placed at one million. Assets, according to the company’s figures, are two million. The failure is directly due to that cf Lewis Bros. The Nottingham mill will also suspend. The Thorutou worsted mills went under Wednesday. Their trouble is caused by the failure of Brown, Steese & Clark, wool dealers, of Dedham, Mass. THEIR NAME IS LEGION. NUMEROUS APPLICATIONS FOR A COLLEGE PROFESSORSHIP. An election is to be held by the trus tees of the College of Charleston, S. C., on September 10, for a professor of mod ern languages and an assistant professoi of mathematics, the salary being SI,OOO each, without board or lodging. The fact was advertised, and ns strange as it may seem, there are not less than one hundred and fifty-eight applicants foi the two positions. Still stranger, they hail from nearly all over the world. New York heads the list with one hundred and twenty-six candidates. South Carolina furnishes six, New Jersey nnd Mn-sachusetts three each, Germany two, Biitish Columbia two, France one, Washington Territory one. The college is over a century old and is supported by endowments and not by state or munici pal aid. Its roll of students rarely runs over thirty, and it is entirely a day col lege. Binge August 3, 1887, this Govern ment has purchased bonds to the amount of $163,382,850, and thereby savod $34,413,802 to the people. BUDGET OF FUN. HUMOROUS SKETCHKS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. The Commercial Traveler—A Neigh bor Hem Him—Cleaned tlicChick en With Soap- His Favorite Speech is “Hello," Etc. His language is artless and free, And ills fund of goisl jokes U immense, Hu lmiuGliakc u ) 4 <?Mi’tv uml warm, Aud his manners jwlito to intense. His clothe* tit him snugly aud trim, His necktie way up in the style, His hat is the latest thing out, And his face wears a genial smile. He has the time tables by heart, He is “chummy” at all the hotels; I He calls his trade by their first name, A ad leaves copies of all goods he sells. j His trunk is Just packed with “big jobs,” He throws out his pet little “baits;” ; He s determined to sell Ids new man, Ho he’s offered him all sort* of “dates.” Tho trade never want any goods. He’s accustomed to slights aud rebuff— But get a man started and then He can scarce wait a day for his “stuff.” Oh, a jolly bright fellow is he, This tourist of ooumierce and trade. Don’t eal| him a “drummer,” forsooth He’s a full band complete on parade. —Philadelphia North American. A NEIGHBOR RENT HIM. He—“l'm the piano tuner, mum.’’ She—“l haven't sent for my piano tuner.” He—“ Yes mum, 1 know mum; it were the gentlemau uext door sent mo here, WUin.” — Siftings. CLEANED THE CHICKEN WlTn SOAr. Mistress (entering the kitchen) — “Bridget, have you cleaned the chicken ret?” New Cook (with an injured air) — “As well as I could, mum, with nothing but yellow soap to clane it with.”— Chicago Tribune. HIS FAMOUS SPEECH IS “HELLO,” ETC. Crimsonbeak—“You remember our old friend, Bell?” Yeast—“ Certainly.” “He has developed into a public speaker.” “Youdon't say?” “Yes; he's a clerk in a telephone office.”— Statesman. THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE. He—“ Will you marry me?” She (coldly)—“No; nor I won't boa sister either. You’re too young." He—“ Will you be a grandmother to me, then?”— Tribune. THE DOCTORS AGREED. Skeptic—“ Did you ever know two doc tors to agree?” Medical Student (after reflection) — “Y-e-s; once.” “Where was it?” “At a post mortem. New York Wed - wouldn’t suit the furniture. Doctor—“No wonder you are sick. Open the blinds and let the sunshine into your room.” Fair Patient—“ Merc y! It wouldn’t harmonize with this expensive furniture. Sunshine is disgustingly cheap.” —New York Weekly. > \ * PEDESTIfIANISM. • Hotel Clerk—“Do you wish walk to the railroad station, or shall I call a hack? It is only a block distant.” Fat Man—“ Get me a carriage. If Providence had intended me to walk I would have been provided with more legs.”— Siftings. A CORRECTED SENTENCE. Teacher—“Johunie, is it proper to say ‘Peachesis better than watermelons!’ ” Johnnie (who evidently has his likes and dislikes) —“No, ma’am.” Teacher—“ Well, you may correct the sentence.” Johnnie—“ Watermelons is better than peaches. ” — Judge. A. GREAT TRAVELER. Mr. Plaintalk—“Have you traveled much, Miss Elderly?” Miss Elderly— “lndeed I have. Every summer since my sixteenth year dear papa has taken me off for atrip abroad.” “Is that so? Well, I don't suppose that there is any country tha4 you have not visited. ” — Siftings. CIVILITIES BETWEEN DEAR FRIENDS. Miss Garlinghouse (dining with her friend, sweetly)—“What perfectly lovely coffee you make, Laura! I don’t think I ever tasted any that was just—-just ex actly like it, you know ” Miss Kajones (still more sweetly)—“l always use genuine coffee. So glad you like it, Irene, dear!”— Chicago Tribune. SHE WOULD BE AN AUNT TO HIM. Edith—“No, Herbert, I can never be your wife, but I will be” “Herbert “Don't say a sister to me. So many girls have said that. Edith—“l wasn't going to say that. I was going to say that I shall be delighted to be your aunt. I accepted your Uncle George last night.”— Once a Week. A DESERVED FATE. Editor—“l’m sorry, Squaggs, but you’ll have to go.” Foreman—“l’d like to know what I’ve done.” Editor—“ Well I wrote about that gal lant old war horse Colonel Billinger, and you set it up that gallous old saw horse. It’s your place or my life, aud I want to live.”— Harper's Bazar. THE oriATES WERE FOR HER. Mrs. Gabb— “What is the matter with mv husband?” Doctor— “Nothing, except that he needs change. I prescribe opiates nnd rest.” ... Mrs. Gabb— “Shall I give him the opi ates at once?” Doctor—“Oh, the opiates arc not for him; they arc for you.’ —Once a liffL BREAKING OFF GRADUALLY. Father— “ Eleanor, now that you have given up young Hopkins, I wish he would stop coming to the house. Daughter—“ He's been here only seven times this week, pa. Father—“ Only seven times? How many times do you wunt. him to come?” Daughter—“ Don't he harsh, father. George is trying to break off gradually.” — Epoch. WHAT TIIK MUCILAGE WAS Poll. “Mr. Affihle I have looked over your expense account,” said the head of tho house, peering over his glasses at his traveling salesman, “nnd there is one item here I do not understand. It is mu cilage sllß. What does this mean?” “It means,” said the salesman, who had had a good week’s business, and waa correspondingly reckless, “it means that is where you get stuck.”— Peek's Sun. JOHNNIE SUGGESTS A TOPIC. Little Johnnie approached his mother as she was laying away a pan of fresh laid doughnuts. * “Mother, Isay, mother!” “What is it, myson?” “Why don’t you talk some, mother?” “What do you want, me to say, John nie?” “Well, you might say ‘Johnnie, don't you want a doughnut?”’ —Philadeljibia Press. FIGURES LIE SOMETIMES. Boliby—“Papa, how many feet are there iu one yard?” Papa—“A linear yard contains three, a square yard nine, and a cubic yard twenty-seven square feet.” Bobby—“ Can’t there be more than twenty-seven feet in any yard?” Papa—“ No.” Bobby—“ That’s where you’re off. Our barnyard has got ten cows in it, and each cow has got four feet, which makes forty feet.” —Binghamton Republican. A SUDDEN FALL IN VALUE. Stranger—“ Have you any choice lots on hand?” Landowner—“ Yea, sir; yes, sir, some thing tine 1 The nicest lots that ever laid outdoors! There are two; all improve ments, convenient to ears, clear title, etc. They are choice, but I will make them fifteen hundred for cash.” Stranger—“ Well, I’m not buying; I'm making assessment*—did you say fifteen hundred each for these lots?” Landowner (hastily)—‘ ‘No, oh, no, for the two!” Stranger—“ Any more choice lots?” Landowner—“ That's all; just about sold out.”— Epoch. IT HAD TO COME OCT. “Were you ever engaged in a train robbery?” asked the prosecuting attorney, looking at him keenly. “I was never indicted for train robbing,” answered the witness evasively. “That is not the question,” said the lawyer. “I will ask you again. Were you ever a triun-robber?” “Judge,” slid the witness, turning im ploringly to the diguity on the bench, “must I answer that question?” “You must,” answered the Judge. “And remember you are under oath.” The witness turned pale aDd his knees knocked together. ‘‘l suppose it’s got to come out. I sold books and bananas on the cars for a whole year when I was a young fellow,” faltered the miserable man.” —Chicago Tribune. FATEIt ET FILIUS. Vcrisopht, Sr.—“lt pains me to know I have a son who is treated with derision by his comrades.” Vcrisopht, Jr.—“Aw! I—aw! beg pawdon, Paw; but I aw! don’t uudaw stand yaw.” Verisopht, Sr.—“l presume not. loan well believe a man who murders Euglish as you do cannot understand it when it is spoken properly; but perhaps you may comprehend the meaning of this paper I found pinned to your coat when your roystcriug companions placed you on the front steps this morning.” Verisopht, Jr.—“Aw! iudeedl Aw! will yaw please —aw! wead it taw meh? I—aw! left maw monocle awp sta-aws, yaw knaw.” Verisopht, Sr.— “Here lies a thing without a brain, A form to hang some clothes on; It’s head well soaked, but not with rain, So gently turn the hose on.” — Life. Blind Fish. Professor Ray Lankester accounts fortlio absence of eyes in the fishes in the famous underground Kentucky caves in the fol lowing way: A great flood carries to the Kentucky caves, some thirty miles below the surface, a number of fish, among whose numerous offspring will be some defective in sight, as some babies arc born blind, or without eyes at all. The fish who can see some faint glimmerings of light will swim away toward that light, while those will remain that cannot per ceive the gleams. This with every suc ceeding generation would occur, the stronger in sight swimming away and the weaker remaining, aud as the breeding would therefore occur between those of the worst sight, fish would be born with weaker eyes and weaker until bora blind. The Professor also accounted for the white patch on rabbits’ tails. He ex plained that as rabbits are gregarious animals, signaling is of great advantage to them, and that the white patch so con spicuous against the darker fur of the rest of the body is of use as a signal. Hares, on the other hand, being solitary animals, do not stand in need of a signal. Hence, the tail of the hare is not conspicuous in its color. —Scientific American. A Persian Solomon. The Shah of Persia has a numerous family. His firstborn is Massoud Mirza, whose official title is Zil-es-Snltan (“Shadow of the Kiug”). He has been Governor of Ispahan for many years, aud lias amassed enormous wealth, if all re ports be true, by means the most despic able. He lacks, it is said, the “humanity” of his father, and of the many “practical jokes” told about him, the following is a specimen: During the melon season a soldier had picked a melon and devoured it without paying the peasant for it the stipulated price. The peasant went to complain to Massoud Mirza, whose ear is always open to the lowest. After listen ing to his plaint he said: “Well, you shall have justice. I will test this mat ter to the core. Bring in the soldier.” The gormandizing soldier was brought iu. “Cut this mau open,” he said to his exe cutioner. “If there is a melon inside,” he added to the peasant, “you will get your money; if not, off goes your head.” The soldier was cut open, the melon found, and the peasant paid— New York Observer. M M HER 4.5. AN OVERSIGHT OF MAKE-UP. A sweet little baby brother Had oomo to live with Flo. And she wanted it. brought to the table, That It might sal anil grow. “It must wait for a while,” said grandma, In answer to her plea; “Fora little thing that hasn't teeth Can’t eat like you and me.” **Wby hasn't it got teeth, grandma!" Asked Flo, in great surprise. “Oh, my; but isn’t it funny!' ? No teeth, but noee all' eyes. I guess,” after thinking gravely, "They must have been forgot. Can’t we buy him some like grandpa’s? I’d like to know why not." That afternoon to the corner. With paper and pen and Ink. Went Flo, saying: “Don’t talk to me. If you do it'll ’sturb me liunk. I’m writing a letter, grandma. To send away to-night, An' 'cause it’s very 'portent I want to get it right.” At last the letter was finished, A wonderful think to see, And directed to “God in heaven." 1 ‘Please read it over to me.” Said little Flo to her grandma, “To see if it’s right, you know.” And here is the letter written To God by little Flo: “Dear God : The baby you brought us Is awful nice and sweet. But ’cause you forgot his toofies The poor little thing can’t eat. That’s why I’m writing this letter, A purpose to let you know; Please come and finish the baby. That's all. From Little Flo.” —Pittslnirg Poet. PITH AND POINT. Navy Plugs—Old sea horses. Cut rates —The surgeon's fee. Very few persons can hold their own on their first sea voyage. —Boiton Courier. The march of righteousness should be played on an upright piano. —Baltimore American. “All thing* will come to him who waits.” The dry rot, for one thing.— Philadelphia Frees. Wrestling is by no means confined to animate things, as everyone knows who has ever seen a ship's spar, sea fight or a ballot box. —Baltimore American. We observe that a young man who was arrested for attempted suicide by jump ing into the river has been “baled out by his friends.”— Munsey's Weekly. They sat within the parlor dim And fretfully she said to him: ‘ ‘I wish,dear John, that you’d behave. If not, I wish that you would shave.” — Boston Courier. “What shall I call my play?” asked the man who had stolen one from the French; and hie friend advised him to call it Elijah, because it was translated.— Siftings. I wonder no more you retain your bloom And grow so sleek and fat, When you ask as much for my hall bedroom. At your landlord asks for the flat. —New York Sun. Bridget—“ Enjoy slape, is it? The minute I lay down I’m aslape, and the minute I’m awake I have to get up. Where’s the time for enjoying slape to come in I’d like yez to tell me?”— Life. The burglar sneaked silently into the room, The housewife awoke with a cry; She didn’t assault him with pistol or broom — She conducted him to the mince pie. Washington Critic. Visitor—“l presume it was because you were sadly tried by adversity that you are confined here.” Prisoner—“No; it was because I was tried by a granger jury that couldn’t be bought.” —Omaha World. When you go to the. circus, Take care what you di ink; Look not on the lemonade When it is pink. —Lawrence American. “Where’s your pa, sonny?” “He’s out.” “Ma in?” “No; she’s out.” “Brotherin?” “No; he’s out.” “Then you’re the only one in?” “Naw; I ain’t in; three out, side out; I’m just left on bases.”— Brooklyn Eagle. A youth who resided iu Leicester, Blew into a patent lung teicester, But he stopped with a sneeze, For with Limburgei- cheese, The machine had been stuffed by some jeicester. —Washington Critic. Murder iu China. According to Chinese law a person who commits a murder should be put to death, “a life for a life,” being the sine qua non. This law is not always en forced owing to the disinclination of relatives to take the matter before the officials, and accuse the murderer. The reason of this reticence is explained as follows: When a person dies, his spirit goes into the world of shades, and, ac cording to the deserts of the deceased, it is either rewarded or punished. Now the relatives expect the spirit will have trouble enough without their adding to the infliction, and that if the death of their murdered relative is reported to the officials, the spirit will suffer in the un seen world, for it will be mentioned that it had been in a court, which is con sidered as carrying a certain degree of obloquy with it, even though the mur dered person was entirely iuuoeent. They say that the spirit, being annoyed at this, will wreak its vengeance upon the liv ing and bring them ill luck, so that none of the members will ever meet with suc cess or obtain official employment. Under these circumstances the latter sometimes prefer to bury their murdered relatives quietly and without reference to the mandarins.— London Figaro. Great Britain’s Largest Tree. Great Britain’s largest tree is the Cow thorpe oak, in Yorkshire, believed to be some 1500 years old. In the seventeenth century, before some of its projections were covered by a heaping up of the earth, it was seventy-eight feet in circum ference at the ground, and its branches overshadowed half an acre. It is now a ruin, with a hollow in its trunk in which at least forty people may stand.— Trenton (N. J.) American. Opium for Virtue and Vice. The opium of the drug store and the opium of the Chinese joint are two dif ferent substances. The crude gum is “cooked” before it reaches the joint. There are seven cookeries of opium in the United States, There it) a duty of, §lO a pound on the imported article. The druggist buys his opium in New York, tire Chinese in San Francisco.