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The Georgia Enterprise
volume XXV.
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wrMOBOlS SKETCHES IHOM
8 VARIOUS SOURCES.
_ vjus of a Miss —Pleasant for
tnntie— A Common Feature—
Very KijMeulons, Indeed —
Cause and Eflfect, Etc., Etc.
A maid 'a stood with a snow-ball,
Her sweet face all aglow;
pile waited and she waited.
And then she made the throw.
gut (lid she hit her object?
Well, no 1 grieve to say,
gheoniy broke a windovr,
F -r h»r neighbor o’er the way.
very RIDICULOUS, ixdeev.
t ( verv ridiculous story was circulated
.X Mt me last week. Did vou hear it?”
was it?”
‘•I was said to be suffering ® from au
overworked Brain. it
"I heard it. As you say, was very
ridiculous. ”— Society.
pleasant for auntie.
Johnny (waiting for his plateful of the
turkeyl-—‘' Mamma, yon ve put the mus
tuebe cup at papa's plate.”
Mamma—“Hush, Johnny, * that is all
rijht
Johnny—“Why, no, it isn't. Aunt
Jabilre needs it a good deal more than
ie does; don't you, auntie?” — Chicago
fribune.
V COMMON FEATURE.
‘-How s the world using vou?”
'
“Badly.”
‘‘Lost money?”
“Yen: I’m the victim of Brown's fail
j m .
“I didn't know Brown had failed.”
“Yes, he failed to pay me $25 that he
Icrrowe 1 six months ago.”— Washington
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folia! r
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'CAUSE AND EFFECT.
Mrs. Crossgrain (during a squabble) —
“1 flatter myseif that what I say is gen- 1
ally true.”
Mi. Cross grain —“Yes, Maria, you
Ian* said a few good things. When we
S' n engaged, for instance, you said that [
jou couldu't imagine what I saw in you j
to love. Hi, there, help! Don't tear \
■v hair all out’."—Lawrence American. i
ACCOUNTING FOR THE STICKINESS. I
[ “I observe tne Twistem girls are very
■lofty iu their maimer—quite stuck up— ;
pcethey narked the have Judge. got into society,” re
I “Well, that's all right and perfectly
tohiral,” [ replied the Major.
“How so?”. .
f “Old man made his fortune in the mn- |
xilagc business, you know .”—Pittsburg j ,
iCbroniele. j
WHAT MAKES PIGS’ TAILS CURLY? j |
It was little Dot's first visit to a farm,
ladshe went with her aunt to seo how
the pigs were fed. The little one gazed
in astonishment at the young porkers for
• moment, and then, placing herhaudon
hr curly hair, shesaid reflectively:
"Auntie!"
“Yes, dgar."
1 “Does ’oo put all the piggies! tails in
jairl papers?”— Tid-Bits.
j
JUST HIS MISFORTUNE.
The astonished surgeon explained:
“My good man, lam here to save your
F®'...... [ " ? but just it,' shrieked the wounded
s 1
*“’■ " f "° haen paying premiums to an
MHlent insurance company for fifteen
years and now, when my estate has a fair j
thance of getting enough to pay all my i
aebts, you want to rob my creditors of
!*' Get away, or I’ll break every bone :
® your body ,”—Lomlon Tit Bits.
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PROVED IT BEYOND DOUBT. ;
'‘Gracious, Henry!” said the doctor's i
*ife, “wher-ou earth did you get that
Jhck b'en eye? through You look threshing as though machine.” you had 1
run a
“One “Who?” of my patients.” j
i
I “Jinks. He broke his arm and I have
W it in a sling for the last two mouths,
Nt insisted that he was well aud I said !
^“What kwasiL/.” j
then?” I
r “Be went to work and proved it."—
Wethington Capital. ;
KITCHEN DIPLOMACY.
JSr Lady of the IIouse_“Rosa, who is
bad here in the kitchen
Servant Mair]-»Ah! That was my I
sweetheart; but I shan't have anything j
more to do with him because he is al- |
n* making remarks about everybody,
Kinhct S’itirr, ay I'* Said: .‘fT y0U1 ' ’" ia; 1
ffl that fashion?” '
iwent Ladj—“Still, he seems to be a very
sort of man aud I don't sec why
MU should J iilt h ” j I
it's WAIT. I
Shu was of inquir- I
a - young woman an
I tUrn ° f mind on her wa Y home ,roiu
As J walked it j duriug a dela - v at a stati on
up and down the platform
vitiating the probabilities.
“»W Wt ri er ’” She said t0 her l’ a ! 13 '
; ‘ f ,a ‘he wetght of this train?”
W m y dear - 1 couldn't say,
..'tT ,
0 V'' lat is,” interrupted an
-uniat;™* ' “ h ’' ab0Ut four
Lourte.n S
l L
Then ”' lrl , '!- ent ln and ?at dowu t0
think ■ bile. Vrathiagton Critic.
up*Y'! tt, , n< 7 (married " ° ,iKS "'Osukks.
three
thi. frathej 7 0 ,JC ' <W darlia K- Do you wish any
flower,-r s “ towa; A »y glov'*
* “Nothing, dearest.”
“\iw that (one rear -later)—
pie«® ''' you want?”
< j ltc —'Ten cents’worth of hair
s, JiWrh v.s
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‘‘Have il-IOHT FAVORS,” «:tc.
the. J0U done anything
tones t a.-icmaed man in pitiful
-Yt. :7y<; ■'Rd entered the the legal cell.
ttm, ’
‘ Oil, what is it'” demanded the mur
derer. “A pardon?”
“Xo.”
“A commutation of sentence?”
“Tli' ii in mercy’s name what?”
‘ I have succeeded,” said the lawyer,
cuanged 1 m haying from the Friday day of to your Monday. execution
day is unlucky Fri
an day, you know'.”—
i ‘inkee Blade.
I , Room 93. Hr. said ELUCIDATED. the fresh hotel
as he tossed key clerk,
a to a very unassuming
individual who had applied for accom¬
modations. “Don’t blow out the gas,
please.”
“Don’t do what?”
Don t blow ont the gas. ’
J young friend you have a verv
, ^.“^eprioa of things.
f dls I
, * 9 ” P^' d blow out the flame
,
Ca IS »* ie igniting of the aeriform
•
suostance . nsed for illuminating
bur fot Avowing the pnnxiM*.
as gas out, I fear it
would be too Anion for ordinary lungs.
Good night, young mm .''—Merchant
Traveler.
easy enough when he ‘ didn’t 11T try T1<r
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Driving . over the hills of western Jer
s<! v last wce ^> :l reporter stopped at a
-
!, mcly little cabin, in front of which an
°* d nlan " a<i chopping wood, and in
f l u ' rt *d the distance . to Anthony, The
* iiu ' 4 and a ” e '* citizen straightened up
and attempted to reply. He got as fa
us:
•T-t-t-t-t-ttt,” when his face grew
!f '“ aa d bis grimaces became distressing.
He stopped, took a full breath and tried
again with no better success. He was
thorou ffhly mad now. and his distortions
were really suggestive of au attack of
apoplexy. The old fellow suddenly gave
1 ' U P’ aod broke out without.any difti
‘ ,dt -'’’
“Consarn ye, drive on and ye'll git
there aferc I can tell ye.”
Thereporter drove on .—New York Sun.
forgot something.
“Now you re sure you have everything
j ^ ove nt be D^fore trunk, beginning my dear?” asked thcback-breakiii^ Mr. Young
’
l ,rocess ro ping his wife s trunk when
^ u -' " er<1 about to start for a little trip
west -
‘'‘ c ‘ s ’ dear ’ shesaid - “ IVc every sin
gle , thing in.”
“Well, be sure, now; I wouldn't un¬
rope and rerope this thing again for a flfty
dollnr bill. And, half an hour later,
when he was lying ou the floor panting
and gasping from his efforts, Mrs. Young
love said sweetly
“There, dear, I have forgotten some¬
thing after all. IIow careless of me!
Would you mind opening the trunk,
dear, and putting in my dressing sacqtie?
I entirely forgot it, and I really can't
get along without, it. And here's my
box of handkerchiefs; and my slippers
are here in the closet, and—oh, here are
my cuffs and collars and my little shoul
der shawl. I believe I left my box of
ribbons in the drawer—yes, here it is,
and my common fan, too, and one of
your shirts, Here's my rubbers and
waterproof and tny little black turban
and the basque to my blue suit, and my
watered silk sash, and my little workbox
that I’ll be sure to need before we get
How careless I am, anyhow!
Hurry and open the trunk, dear; it’s
most train time !”—Detroit Free Press.
Points Abont Peru.
Mr. William R. Grace, ex-Mayor oi
New York, has been writing for publics
tiou, and this is what he penned of Peru:
“Let us take a peep at Peru, otlr lively
southern sister. Blessed with a climate
almost perfect, where the heliotrope
grows wild on the hillsides and flowers
bloom all the year round, there is no more
kindly, hospitable people on earth. Lima,
the capital, is renowned for the beauty
and grace of its ladies, and the children
are like animated Christmas cards. There
is no jealousy of the foreigner. He is
welcomed, entertained and treated kindly
and fairly by the Government and the
people. Life in Peru is of a quieter,
yeutler character than as we know it in
the hurry and rush of our business eager
ness, and one who lived among them and
learned to appreciate their lovable quali
ties will often send back a grateful
glance of retrospection, dwellers in
“Among the Auglo Saxon
Peru Santa Claus is not forgotten, and
the approach of Christmas is looked for¬
ward to with eager expectation in many
a childish heart. The fabled shoe of the
trials and triumphs of the Sleeping
Beauty, are as familiar to them as to o
Wtle ones. I eraaps some "h” ” } ‘^ d
these lines may trmem her a « ozen years
lradin-forejr :**#* families in Lima filled
debut of the daughter of the bouse as
^ndereUa the beautifull child bearing
herself with as perfect self-possession afterward as
the bride of the prince, as she
showed when, at the drawing room of
h er Majesty in London, she bowed before
the Queen "herself the fairest among them
all. and the
“As the season rolls on apace
sarre(1 anI ,iversary draws nigh, one of the
, t rooma in the Peruvian house is
^.["apart and a in stage varying improvised, degrees on of
which is built up, of the
detail according to the ability
f imil . representation of the scene at
.
Bethlehem, with all its surroundings
faithfully shown. In the distance are the
shepherds watching their flocks, the wise
men of the East, in royal robes, bringing
rifts from afar, aud in the foreground Family the
humble manger, with the Holy
grouped around the cradle while the
htar of Bethlehem staiues brightly m the
skv above. Gold, silver and jewcv’ are
! lavished on the decoration of the scene,
days are devoted to perfecting its smallest
j detail and on Chrismas Eve, and fo.
j days thereafter, friemU and visitors are
’ admitted to gaze and admire. ’
Fossil Footsteps.
\ „reat discovery of fossil footprints
them jevsuM m raw*. £ Ion
\ Nearly all of are trac^ The
! cat one containing seventeen inches^
tracks arc from six to eight d
length, and were probably Rom ft “
reptile that, if it had ■
used them. This K without
largest uncovering of
i years.
“irr COUSTRY: ISAY SHE EVER EE RIGHT; RIGHT OR WRONG, MY COUNTRY!”- Jeffkrso*.
GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13.1890.
f Till: ALLIANCE.
A BRIEF SKETCH OF THIS WON
derful organization.
-
starting ten years Aoo wiTn A hand
FUL OF MBMBens rTS ranks now NU.M
BF.K TWO MILLION MEN.
The origin and cause of the Farmers’
Alliance and of all kindled orders, may
b • written down in one word, monopoly,
The only good that monopoly ever does
is that, when it may no longer lie borne,
it arouses the people and forces them to
assert their rights and teaches them by
sore to their experience to cherish and hold fast
ham Lincoln privileges. Even in 1861 Abra
peril to the laboring recognized the impending
classes. In bis mes
sage to congress he said: “I bid the
laboring people beware of surrendering
a power which thev already possess, and
whieh, when surrendered, w ill su-v-'v be
used to close the door of advancement to
such as they, and fix new disabilities
and burdens upon them, until all of lib
ertv shall lie lost.” This peril increased
"ith the growing power of capital until c
moneyed and tyranny ruled the country ;bonds
bullion in Wall street, a tariff eon
eeived in iniquity for protecting the rich
capitalists by defrauding in trusts, "the poor, pools and*organized
bines and com
tural and controlling all products agrieul
natural, and regulating ° prices
to suit their thirst for dividends. It was
such a condition of affairs that led to the
fomation of Farmers’ Alliance.
ORIGIN OF THE ALLIANCE.
The Alliance was first known by this
name in Lampassas county, Texas, where
it originated in 1875, But this organiza¬
tion fell into the hands of designing poli¬
ticians, and perished in a single year.
But W. T. Baggett, a member of the old
Alliance from Coryell county, moved to
Parker county, Texas, and there, in the
town of Poolvilie, on July 29, 1879, re¬
founded the Alliance. Say the historians
of the Alliance, Messrs. Garvin and Daws:
Alliance “Among the early members of this first
were J. N. Montgomery, John
W. Womack. Sullivan, George I. T. Reeves", Jeff.
W. McKibbins and
little did they dream of the valuable
service they were about to render their
country, and of the many households
that have been made to rejoice, who,
derive perhaps, prior to this time, could not
labor.” any pleasure from their hard
LOFTY OBJECT OF THE ORDER.
In the early organization at Poolvilie,
the object of the order was de¬
clared to be “the general good of
the producing principles masses.” Tlw dec¬
laration of was the same
as enth it is declarations, to-day, except the second added and sev¬
which were af¬
terwards.
The following is the world famous
“declaration of principles.”
1. To labor for the education of the
agricultural classes, in the science of eco¬
nomical government, in a strickly non¬
partisan spirit. endorse things
2. To the motto, “In
essential,unity;and in all things,charity.” mentally,
3. To develop a better state,
morally, socially and financially. understanding for
4. To create a better
sustaining civil officers in maintaining law
and order.
5. To constantly strive to secure entire
harmony and good will among ourselves. all man¬
kind and brotherly love among
6. To suppress personal, local, sectional
and national prejudices; all unliealthful
rivalry and all selfish ambition.
rj The brightest jeweds which it garners
are the tears of widows and orphans, and
its imperative commands are to visit the
homes where lacerated hearts are bleed¬
ing, to assuage the sufferings of a brother
or a sister; bury the dead; care for the
widows and educate the or
phans; to exercise charity towtrds
offenders; to construe words
and deeds in their most favorable and good light, in¬
granting honesty of purpose
tentions to others: and to protect the
principle of the Alliance unto death. Its
laws are reason and equity, ifs cardinal
doctrines inspire purity of thought earth and
life, and its intentions are “peace on
and good will towards men.”
its wonderful growth.
The Alliance Iras had a wonderful
growth. From the little struggling in or¬
ganization in Texas, it has become, world has ten
years, the greatest order the
yet seen. Never in history has there
been such a fraternizing among men. Its
object has belli partially accomplished.
It is the perennial purpose of tfie order
that it gives renewed life, and as long as
oppression exists, the principles cherished
by the Alliante will live to aid men in
guarding their right* and enjoyiug t.hc
fruits of their labor.
UNION WITH THE WHEEL.
At Meridian, M iss., on May 5th, National 1888,
the Agricultural Wheel, and the
Alliance held a convention with a view
to a consolidation of the orders. A con¬
solidation was agreed upon and sub¬
mitted to the order for ratification.
When three-fourths of the state orders
had ratified tHe constitution, it was de¬
clared by President Macune of the Na¬
tional Alliance, and President Isaac Mc¬
Cracken, of the Wheel, adopted: and the
two orders became one, under the name
of "The National Farmers’ Alliance and
Industrial Union,” with Evans Jones as
president. This consolidation took place
in the fall of 1889.
tub warn.
The Agricultural Wheel was organized
February 15, 1882, in Arkansas. The
object of this order was, of course, akin
to that of the Farmers’s Alliance, and
its growth was also marvelous. On Feb¬
ruary 15th. 1882, it had seven members
On February 15, 1887, five years later, it
had a membership of 500,000. The con
colid ation of these two great orders
swells the number into two millions of
men, all working toward one end, with
one goal undone object in view, “the
g laeral good. ”__
IMPATIENT BOOMERS
AWAITING THE orENINO of the sioux
RESERVATION TO SETTLEMENT.
Fort Pierre is somewhat excited, await¬
ing the proclamation of the Sioux reser
ration. Large companies of boomers
have organized across the river, prepara¬
tory to making a grand rush when the
time comes. Preparations have been
made for the immediate organization de¬ of
several counties, even going so far as
termining tfn their officers. Every con¬
ceivable scheme is bring resorted to by
the Pierre boomers to aud capture the the town
-itc of Fort Pierre, ejected attempt on
their part to have squatteis from
• arise- 8quarts.” has proved futile.
Since the date of opening the reservation
wifi probably be set ahead, eastern itarai
jrauts will have an equal show with the
■jooisers at Pit 11,6 -
A MINE HORROR.
| ONF, HUNDRED AND FIFTY MINERS HR.LED
IX A COJ-LIEHY EXPLOSION.
News comes from London that Am ex
plosion occurred Thursday in a colliery
at Abershean, Monmouthshire, ten miles
j northwest of Newport. Three hundred
j miners were imprisoned, communication and for several
hours no could be
had w ith them. An opening was finally
effected, and ‘200 of them had been
rescued. A number of those taken out
aw severely injured. The cause of the
explosion was the which flooding of pits adja
cent to that in the explosion oc
cur red. By the flooding of those pits
gas was dislodged and forced into the pit
where work was in progress, and there it
"as ignited been and exploded. There must
Lave a great quantity of gas, as the
explosion had tremendous force and was
hoard at a distance of a mile. AH gear
>ug in the shaft was thrown into the air,
as if from the mouth of a volcano,
a| id simultaneously a vast bright volume
of flame shot upw ard, followed by a dense,
heavy column of smoke. Ujion the first
appearance of diminution in the volume
of smoke, rescuers w ent dow n the main
shaft and reached the scene of the catas
troplie. They rescued a large number of
miners yet alive, but all vefiy badly
burned, and they brought out sixty dead
bodies, nearly all so mutilated that recog
nition of their identity is impossible. Tho
latest estimate of dead is 150.
SOUTH KN NOTES.
INTERESTING NEWS FROM ALL
POINTS IN THE SOUTH.
GENERAL UKOORE89 AND OCCURRENCES
WHICH ARE HAPPENING BF.LOW MA¬
SON’S and dixon’s line.
Sam Dill, colored, was hanged at Jack¬
sonville, J.Yla., Friday for the murder
of Joe Smith, colored, last August.
A bill passed the Virginia legislature
which provides for the inspection of fresh
meats slaughtered over one hundred miles
from where it is offered for sale.
There is war between ovstermcn on
Ocracoke island, North Carolina, and the
sheriff of Hyde county has written Gov¬
ernor Fowle in regard to the trouble.
Cotton in Augusta, Ga., on Friday
reached the highest prioe of the season-
10 9-16c for middling. The mills, ex¬
pecting hand. lower prices, have small stocks on
There will be two hangings at Bir¬
mingham, Ala., this month. The first is
that of Gilbert Lowe, colored, on the 21st
inst., and the second that of Dick Hawes,
on the 28th.
Much interest has been excited in Hop¬
kinsville, Ky., concerning a colored child
only'three monts old, who can talk dis¬
tinctly, when'uuliUhree and could weeks pronounce old. many words
An appeal has been received in Rich¬
mond, Granville Va., signed which by 350 the citizens farmers of
county, says of life,
are suffering for the necessaries
owing to a failure of crops.
A fire at Pensacola, Fla., on Wednes¬
day, nearly destroyed the Continental ho¬
tel. The amount of insurance on the
building is $35,000. The insurance upon
the furniture is $13,000.
C. Bargamiae, member of council of
Staunton, Va., and largely interested in
gas for fitting and plumbing, leaving has debts disappeared behind
parts unknown,
to the amount of about $10,000.
Five hundred miners are out on a strike
at John & mines, Adger’s slopes of miles the from Blue
creek, Ala., twenty-four
Birmingham. The miners want the props,
ties and rails taken to the rooms and
headings.
William Thornton Bluefield, of Hick¬
man county. Tenn., claims to be 127
years old, and he lias records and docu¬
ments which go far to sustain his claim.
James Caxton, of Baton Rouge, La., a
grandson of Mr, Bluefield, died last year
at the age of seventy-six.
The supreme court of Alabama has ren¬
dered a decision in the case against Y’el
lowstone Kit, charged with running a
lottery. The decision is very lengthy and
reverses the judgement of the court and
discharges Yellowstone Kit from further
prosecution under the present indictment.
The Nott gold mine has been sold to
a rich Philadelphia syndicate. The mine
was owned by W. B. Wilson, of Rock
hill, S. C., «*d O. 1). Farro, William
Muuroe and James Munro, of Union.
Jffter an inspection of the Philadelphia
syndicate it was situated reported to be very miles rich.
The mine is about twelve
from Uaion City, S. C.
Now that tlie Supreme Court of Ala¬
bama has refused the application of Dick
Hawes’ couusel for a rehearing, both the
noted prisoner and his counsel seem to
have given up al! hoi >es. As a matter of
form form his his counsel counsel wilt will make application to
the governor for a commutation of his
sentence to life imprisonment, but with
little hope of success. Hawes himself
lias abandoned all hope, and has, for the
first time since his long imprisonment,
shown evidence of repentance, llawcs
has given it out that he wants to be
buried in Atlanta, Ga., whither his body
will doubtless Ik: sent.
A FEARFUL PLUNGE.
A BRIDGE GIVES WAY, PBECTPITATrNU A
TRAIN INTO THE RIVER.
Tuesilay A dispatch night, from Peoria, Ill., started says:
as a freight train
over the Junction, bridge spanning the river at
Bridge tlie first span of iron
bridge sank, precipitating the engine,
tender and three cars into the river.
Three men were in tho cab, Engineer
William Neville, Fireman O’Brien and
Head Brakeman B. M. Lewis, of the Ur¬
bane. The fireman and brakeman were
buried under the engine in eight feet of
waiter, and the engineer was pinned in
tlie cab with his head just above the wa¬
ter. He was standing on the dead body
of a fireman, hut fastened in such a way
that before he could be extricated, died
of exposure. Tho c-ngine was one of
the heaviest made, weighing one hundred
tons.
A NOT HER ONE.
Owing to heavy rains and washouts
west of Dallas. Oregon, and also in the
Williamette valley, there hits been no tel
egraphic communication with Portland,
Ore., or with other points on Puget sound
since Monday morning. A A telegram from
Dallas states that a construction train
went high through Sunday. a bridge sixty-eight feet
ou The engine passed
over safely, but the tender fell on the
caboose, and fcilfed ten men aud injured
.sixteen. A train with three doctors left
for tlie scene of Wie accident, which oo
curred about a milo-and a half west of
Cascade locks. The bridge was rendered
unsafe by the heavy rains of late.
At THE CAPITAL
WHAT THE FIFTY-FIRST CON¬
GRESS IS DO ISO.
_
Apr untmf.nts by PRESIDENT HAR RISON—
MEASURES OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE
j j AND ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
The democrats in the house having
come out worsted in their fight against
the speaker, and having suffered the loss
of one of their number, have determined
hereafter to obstruct all legislation until
they can get a code of rules for the gov¬
ernment of the body.
house Nothing whatever was done in bring thf
Tuesday, the entire session fiflibustering
consumed in roll calls ou
motions made by the democrats. The
object is to prevent legislation until
Mi. Heed Brings in bis code of rules.
The speaker is getting very tired of this
delay, for he cannot prevent ayes and no
‘Wuutes. each of which consumes forty-five
There being a tacit understanding Be¬
tween the republicans and democrats that
no effort would liemadeforthe transaction
of business on Wednesday (a majority of
the members being absent in attendance
at the funeral of Mrs. and Miss Tracy;
the clerk was permitted to read the jour¬
nal in its abridged form. On approval
of the journal the house adjourned.
A republican house caucus wits called
together Wednesday afternoon to con¬
sider the new code of rules which was
completed morning. by the committee on rules called dur
iug the The caucus was
together immediately after adjournment
by Mr. Henderson, of Illinois, chairman.
The reason for the rail was stated, and
each member present was furnished, in
confidence, with a copy of the new cotie.
The session wus a long one, and the most
inviolable secrecy in regard to the pro¬
ceedings made was preserved, an 1 action every of effort tint
was to prevent the
caucus becoming public.
There was scarcely time for the cm
ployes to throw open the door and secure
a change of air in the hall of the house,
Wednesday night, after the republican
caucus adjourned before the democratic
members began to file in to attend their
caucus. The only subject discussed was
the new code of rules. The democrats
were at a disadvantage, in that the niem
bers republicans were not supplied with copies Carlisle as the
were, so Mr. was
obliged to read and explain from liis pri¬
vate copy. and Naturally ef this session was slow
work, consumed most the of the
caucus was in this way. There
was little discussion. Now and then
some member would be loud with indig¬
nation and express himself forcibly as
some particular obnoxious rule was read
and its effects pointed Thurrday out. house
In the senate on the
bill granting the use of certain lands to
the city of St. Augustine, Fla., for a pub¬
l*ill lic park I<> was ivlo taken up and passed. The'
|5r > V +anvpuii»l JT government
for the territory of Oklahoma was taken
up. The bill was discussed until 2
o’clock, when it went over. The Blair
education bill came up. and Mr. Blair re¬
sumed his speech. Blair After yielded speaking the floor for
two hours, Mr.
and will probably conclude his speech
early next week.
notes.
The senate on Tuesday ratified tlw
Samoan treaty with but twelve dissent¬
ing votes.
The special house committee on the
Ohio ballot-box forgery resumed its in
(juiry ou Tuesday.
A bill was reported to the houso on
Thursday appropriating Columbus, $100,000 Ga, for a
public Building at
The confirmation of the Samoan treaty
by the United States senate affords gen
eral satisfaction inBorlin.
The senate on Thursday confirmed the
nomination of Blanche K. Bruce to be re¬
corder of deeds for the District of Co¬
lumbia.
The judiciary committee reported a bill
Tuesday morning providing for the or¬
ganization of an appellate court of five
judges, before which patent appeal cases
may be Brought. This court will greatly
lighten the labor of the supreme court.
The following postmasters were ap¬
pointed by the president on Birmingham. Tuesday:
Alabama—R. L. Houston.
South Carolina—Frank Nichols, Green¬
ville; R. Moorman, Newberry Court
House. Virginia—O. M. Russel, Rich¬
mond.
The house committee on the world’s fair
met YYcdnesday morning and adopted the
sub-committee’s bill, with but one im¬
portant amendment—the provision for an
appropriation of $15,000,000 for tho
erection of buildings for government ex¬
hibits.
The senate has confirmed the following
nominations: William H. Taft, of Ohio,
to be solioitor-geoeral; Augustine Heard,
of Massachusetts, minister resident aud
consul-general to Corea, Lewis K. Par¬
sons, Jr., United States district attorney,
northern and middie district of Alabama;
James G. Parks, upervision of census,
second district of Tennessee.
Secretary of the Navy Tracy continues
to improve slowly. the* Many during prominent Tues¬
people called at house
day morning and wore informed that the
secretary was getting along nicely. Tht
president sent over early in the morning
to inquire after the secretary, and Private
Secretary Halford called in prj-son to
consult with regard to the secretary’s re¬
moval to the White House.
The secretary of the treasury, on
Wednesday, issued a second call on the
national bank depositories for a reduction
of public balances held by them, to be
paid on or before March 1, 1890. The
call is for about tho same amount as the
first call, except that banks having but
.small amounts to transfer have been asked
for the full amount in order to close out
the transaction.
TERRIBLE CLOUD-BURST
BY wmen ONE HUNDRED CHINAMEN WERE
DHOWHBD
The Shanghai Mercury, of January 7th,
received by the steamer Rio Janeiro,
Wednesday, gives an account of it
clond-burxt. near Nankin, Chinn. It
that the burst occurred in Yantgze river,
near Nanking, at 10 a. m., and
the disturbance many boats ware
stroyed and over a hundred people
drowned.
There are in Florida 10.000 orange capita! grow¬
ers. The acreage js 100,000 and the
invesfkil is from $00,000,frit) to £75,000,00”.
Three seasons ago there were produced
5,250,000 Boxes; two seasons ago, 2,100,000,
Mid hist season about 2,500,000 voxee. will he It if
estimated that tfie crop o! 18»0 oyer
e.000,000 boxes.
A TERRIBLE CALAMITY.
SECRETARY TRACT’S RESIDENCE BURNS AND
U18 WIFE AND DAUGHTER PERISH.
j A terrible calamity visited the house
| hold of Secretary morning, Tracy, whereby at \\ ashiagton, three
on Monday lives and three others per¬
sons lost tluir were
badly injured. The house is a three-story
and basement brick,is sit-.mte.l on I street,
between Connecticut avenue and 17tb
street, and has latently undergone exten¬
sive improvements. Persons morning passing the
house at 7 o'clock in the saw
smoke issuing from the front windows,
and at once raised the alarm. The prem¬
ises were almost concealed by dense
smoke which was thickened by a heavy
fog which was just lifting. It w as soon
seen that the house was all ablaze inside,
and that the main stairway was burnt,
thus cutting off communication with the
sleeping apartments on the second and
third floors. A scene of the wildest con
fu-ion ensued when it was known that all
members of the family were in the house.
Mrs. Wihncrding, the secretary’s daugh¬
ter and Miss AVilmerding, forced their
way through the blinding smoke and
jumped from the second story window
front. Ladders were raised for them, but.
in their excitement they failed to sec them.
.Mrs. Wilmcrdiug broke her left wrist and
was severely bruised. Her daughter this was
also badly injured. While sad scene
'A i- being enacted in front of the house,
firemen were engaged in the sad task of
removing other members of the family
from the rear.
MRS. TRACY'S DEATH.
Mrs. Tracy endeavored to escape by
dropping herself from her bed¬
room window, receiving internal died.
injuries, from which she
Almost at the same time two bodies were
taken from the burning building. One
was the secretary’s daughter, Miss Mary,
a young lady, mid tho other was that of
a French maid, found Josephine. Chief That Parish of
the former was By second-story
lying on the floor in the
ball at the head of the stairs.
She had evidently died of suffocation.
Secretary Tracy, himself, had a most
miraculous escape, and is now in a some¬
what precarious condition. Like all
others, he was overcome in his sleep by
the smoko which filled the house and
rendered him completely helpless. He
was discovered in this condition and
with considerable difficulty was removed
to a place near one of the windows.
’.Tics for ladders were quickly answered,
and many willing r hands were raised to
assist him to the ground. The origin caused of
by the over-heated fire is supposed air pipes to have with been which the
building was warmed.
CIVIL RIGHTS IN MISSOURI.
A judge’s DECISION against colored
FEOFLE.
Judge It. If. Field, of the circuit court,
at Kansas City, Mo., on tuesaay ueemren
in a decision that a colored man could be
refused admittance not only to a theatre,
but to hotels, public balls, etc. named The
suit was that of a colored man
Simpson W. Young againts the Ninth
Street theatre, and was a test case.
Young, who is a graduate of Obcrlin uni¬
versity, mid popular with the colored pop¬
ulation, appeared with at tho theatre Novem¬ and
ber 27, 1888, a colored female,
bought two orchestra give him seats. The ushers
refusal to seats, and he de¬
manded them, and wus ejected imme¬
diately. He sued for $30,000 damages,
in which he wus supported by nearly 50,
000 colored people in eastern Kansas and
Missouri. The suit has been In the courts
over a year. The colored people are in¬
censed with the court, and much excite¬
ment prevailed. Judge Field held that,
as the civil rights bill had been declared
unconstitutional by the supreme court of
the United States, the rights of colored
people, as well as others iu this behalf,
were to be determined by the common
laws that theaters and race courses were
private property, which the proprietoi
could run to suit themselves, and that
the ticket thereto was a license rcvokable
at any time, upon return or tender of tbs
costs of the ticket.
AN EXPRESS ROBBERY.
THE MONEY CLERK OF THE COMPANY SKirS
with $35,000.
A Pacific dispatch from St.. Louis, Mo., says
The its Express company has been
robbed by money clerk at Dallas, Tex.,
of a package of bills containing remittance $35,000.
The money was part of a of
$50,000 from the City National Bank ol
Dallas to the Commercial bank of St.
Louis. Fifteen thousand dollars was
for gold separately coin and and was in asack, delivered was receipted all right.
was
No mention was made by Clerk YYalton
on his waybills of the $30,000 package
of bills. This transaction was made last
Saturday. Walton disappeared Sunday.
A TREMENDOUS DEAL.
ENGLISH CAPITAL GOBBLES A BAS PLANT
IN PHILADELPHIA.
It is «ud that a syndicate of English
capitalists has offered to pay $30,000,060
for the plant of the United Gas Improve¬
ment Company of Philadelphia. in cities. The
company control gas trusts fifty
One from John.
There was a > e~y pleasant diversion
for quit a a circle in tho parquet lietween
the acts : t one of Kan as City’s leading
thc.it <s the o h r night, alil« ugh the
nine <-< ve ed with confi s on a very
chairing sooi tv lady. She is iro n
Chicago, a’though until a couplo
v ars ago a :e tich nt of this city, anil
vhi’s here r.re quite frequent.
time ago s’, e was pi id no little at
1 y a you.! g inn i with whose mother
ti. ers she is intimate ; but r -c n:ly 1
gave way to another, end by h m
was • s sorted to the thoatrtwm this n
the two being Ui<> uue’e is of no
•bloth atre party. Ji st behind
set the mother of the young man
wu of old th ■ young lady’s regubr is
eo t, a d v. i li 1 er was her young
8_>n, u b ight nil cf 7 or 8. he was
ways n pet of tlie young 1 dy, and
so >n ns ho sot eyes u ;u n her lie wtiiti
inp ath ntly f r the curiam to gi
Then he spoke, an 1 she tu n d
antly 11 gTeethim. fo’got!’
“OI ori <1 he,
He threw It s arm impiibi rely about
yo tng hi h’aneck, pullet 1 a k her
and g ve hsr a sounding sma k on
ehe -k.
“ John sent tha\” ta d the imp,
attd’Uy, r L--ring t > It s o’dest
a. he th-d conteiitedi baric in
sea'.
And all the rest of the e eri ig
yourg dost oi lady's red cheeks wore like the jed
roees.-~-[Kaases City
CURRENT NEWS.
OONDENSFD FROM THE TELE¬
GRAPH AND CABLE.
THINGS THAT HAPPEN FROM DAY TO DAY
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, CULLED
FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.
Ten thousand colored people in Canada
have sent to the governor a loyal address.
Another ballot for speaker was taken in
the Iowa legislature Monday without re¬
sult.
A dinner was given Thursday night at
London to officers attached to the Ameri¬
can squadron of evolution.
The Paris Rouvier announces that the
total government revenue for 1989 was
$dl4,200,(>00, and total expenditures,
1521,400,000.
The American Ax and Edged Tool
company was organized in Philadelphia of
Wednesday with a capital stock
$4,700,000, and will employ 1,000 men.
The Fort Scott and Wichita railroad
has been sold to the Union Trust com¬
pany of New York for $8,468,742. B.
II. Waggoner, representing the Missouri
Pacific and Jay Gould, hid up to $5,000,
000 .
The supreme court of Pennsylvania
has decided that the laws of the state
prohibit hucksters and venders of every
kind in the city of Philadelphia, and that
the licenses granted By the local courts
must be revoked.
The state food commissioner of New
Jersey has seized about two tons of bogus
coffee beans made of paste and slightly
colored, which catne from Philadelphia. coffee when
They are They mixed with genuine size and general
sold. are of the
appearance of .Mocha beans.
Cashier W. E. Crawley, of the Farmers’
bank at Sullivan, Ind., on Wednesday set
fire to his Barn and then cut his throat.
Boys found the body after tho Barn was
consumed. His accounts arc reported
to be all right and his family relations
pleasant.
The A strike dispatch tho from Nassau Nassau, Manufacturing X. If., says:
at
company’s works lias assumed serious pro¬
portions. The weavers and spinners both
held meetings and decided not to return
to work. At Stilly, 1,400 workers are
idle. The indications are that the strike
will become general.
It was reported at New York, Tuesday,
that C. R. Preston, secretary of the Hay
tian legation, and N. Deslaner, consul at
that port, had resigned, their resignation
bavin g been asked for, and they have rc
turnei 1 to Port au Prince. The two Hay
tians sailed on the 15th of last month,
and for some reason the affair has been
kept very quiet.
An arbitration case involving a claim
for $700,000 is being tried before ex
Prejfident Cleveland as referee in New
York city. The easels that of the-Lang
dons cHjr.
By reason of the erection of a wharf in
front of their residence, and it has been
pending thirteen years.
Senator Schmidt, of Davenport, has
introduced a bill in the Iowa state senate
to render privileged editors, confidential publishers and com¬
munications to re
por rtcrsof newspapers. The effect of this
bill will he to p lace editors and reporters,
when acting footing in a professional lawyers capacity, and clergy¬ on
the some as
men.
Students iu Oporto, Portugal, on Fri¬
day, made a demonstration in favor of
the poet, Anthero Patriotic Quental, president They be¬ of
the Northern and smashed league. windows
came riotous, the
of the leading social club, because it had
not expelled Englishmen belonging to it
and lmd admitted others. Progressive
and tinue republican violently papers attack in England. Portugal con¬
to
The New York senate’s world’s foil
special committee, on Tuesday, decided
to report tlie assembly world's fair bill to
the senate at once and place it upon its
final passage immediately after the read¬
ing of the journal. The committee
amended the bill used by providing fair site that south no
banks shall be for the
of Eightieth street, and nineteen addi¬
tional exhibition commissioners were also
added as an amendment. The Demo¬
cratic members of the committee will dis¬
sent from the report.
Josoph P. Murphy, one of the largest
woolen and cotton manufacturers in Phil¬
adelphia. Tuesday for made the a benefit general of assignment his creditors. on
Assets are estimated at $600,000 to $030,
000, and liabilities are close upon the
same figures. Soou after the Murphy
failure was announced the firm of B. lla
mill & Co., consisting of Hugh J. Hamill
and Bridget Hamill, his brother, dealers
in yarns, at Germantown, Pa., made an
assignment. Murphy is heavily indebted
to Hamill & Co., for materials, and the
assignment of that firm is due to Murphy’s
failure.
The Clothing of Babies.
Although I own th t children are now
more st n»ibly clothed than wus the laso
thirty years ago, it is still common to
fee an infant, who can take no exercise
to warm himself, wearing a lowm cited,
short-sleeved, short-coaled drtss in the
coldest weather. The two parts of tlie
bidy—viz., the upper portion of the
chest and the lower portion of the ab¬
domen—which it is mos. important to
keep from variations of (eniperalure, are
exposed, and tbechud i.-rendero 1 liab e
to co’.ds coughs ad ling diser.ss; ou
the one hand, and b >v, el complaint on
the other. What little time is of the
d i ss is clrefly campo el of op n work
and enihri i lery, so that there is about
as much warm to in it ai in a wire sieve,
and the s > ks a :c< mpanying such a
diess ar-* of cold white iott n, exposing
ao uel l ngthof blue and red log, 1
n not see the Beauty of a pair of livid
blue legs, and would much la her be¬
hold them conifer ably clad in a pair of
stockings. If the 1 ca ity lie in the s ape
of the leg, that shape will be displayed stock¬
to i>8 much aliantage iu a pa r of
ings; if it le ill the coloring of the
fie li, he inti:! 1 coloring will not bj ob¬
tained by 1 »r,v ng tli- leg bare; and,
from the a .is ic p, int of view, a blue or
red fto king is infinitely prefe able to a
blue and. ie.l leg.—[Popular Science
Monthly.
T he biggest edible oysters in the worLQ
sic found at Port Lincoln, in South Aus
tralia. They are as large as dinnei
plate, and the same shape, They are
sometimes more than a foot across tlie
shell, and the oyster fits his shell so well
he does not leave much margin. It is 8
new sensation, when a friend asks you to
lunch st Adelaide, to have one oyster set
before you fried iu butter or egg anti
brtftj crumbs.
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NUMBER 18.
GROWING OLD.
I’m growing- old, they tall me;
They say I’m getting gray.
And that my face has not the grace
It had once on a day.
And in my gait I show it
That I am growing old—
Hurrah! I wouldn't know it
If I was newer told.
I’m growing old, they're saying—
Hurrah! They do not know
A cheerful mind is not the kind
To any older grow.
The world’s as bright as ever,
I’m happier each day.
And I’ll feel young forever,
Xo matter what they say.
Hurrah, for growing older,
And better all the while.
No look ahead to when I’m dead
Will take away my smile,
That bravely will be showing
And lighting up my face—
They think I’m older growing,
Hurrah! It’s not the case.
•—if. C. Doarje, in **->*».! !' -- Preset.
PITH AND POINT.
The sailor’s accounts are cast up by the
sea.
Rights and lefts—The “ins” and the
“outs.”
Spoiled children make bad men and
women.
“Mu, the minister is coming.” “What
makes you think so i Did you see him ?”
“No, but I saw pa take the parrot and
lock it up in the stable.”
Nations are like individuals, says an
orator. Not much. You never hear an
individual complaiuing about the size of
his surplus .—Button Courier.
Lawyer—“Your opponent will have to
pay the amount, but you will have to
stand the costs.” Client—“Will you
please tell me, have I won or lost.”
Lancaster—“I hear that you have been
burning the midnight oil. What study
interests you so much?” Forrester—
“How to get the baby to sleep.”— Time.
Although they went to school together,
And grew up children side by side.
He never dreamed how much he loved her
Until her wealthy uncle died.
— Harper's Bazar.
How hard some men will strc^gle to
build a little reputation, and will at once
give up the tlie ghost when it comes to
building a kitchen fire.— Kearney Enter¬
prise.
Some one was saying before Jones that
the best method of restoring those who had
been frozen was to roll them in the snow.
“That may do well enough in winter¬
time, but what yer goin’ to do in sum.
raer, when -there ain’t no snow?” com¬
mented that’chccrful idiot.— Judge.
Don’t waste the gas, the high-priced gas,
W X. hen j. to pass, long eaTSn anil precious drear; un»
comes
Expects her sweetheart dear.
’Twould be quite right to quench the Ugh’
When dudes, as green as grass,
Make their tongues run on whatthe’re dona,
They'll furnish all the gas.
—Judge.
A number of children were making a
good deal of noise, and their mother,
after rebuking them several times, at
last said: ‘If I have to speak again, I
shall punish some of you.” At this the
youngest child rolled off the sofa, aud,
After gravely reflecting awhile, said:
“Then mamma, I’d advise you not to
speak.” She didn’t.
Fighting a Prairie Fire.
Purcell, Indian Territory, might very
well be called the prairie fire land.
There are men here, says a correspond¬
ent, who assert they have not seen a day
in vears when no prairie fire was in sight.
By" day the rolling clouds of smoke and
by night the red glare of the flames
marks the works of destruction on some
range. Not infrequently, iu fact com¬
monly, at this time of the year there are
a dozen tires in sight at once. Viewed
at night from the high bluffs of the Can¬
adian above the town the picture is won¬
derfully beautiful.
Tenderfeet who come here are always sur¬
prised to see the indifference with which
prairie tires are regarded by the natives.
To the tenderfoot it seems that an awful
death for every man and beast lies in the
path of every prairie fire. But he soou
gets over that, only to be again wrougRt
up to a state of excitement over the cow¬
boy method of putting out the fires, not,
as might be supposed, to save life, but
to save the grass for the bunches of cat¬
tle in their charge.
A week ago some one started a fire
over west of Fort Reno, and the condi¬
tions being prime it spread on the wings
of a rushing gale. After a while its wid ¬
ening swath attracted the attention of
YVilliam and Henry Brass, who were
holding a thousand cattle on the range
there. The fire was going to burn over
the entire range and something had to
be done, and that quickly. One of the
hoys spurred his pony a mile or so over
the prairie so as to size up the extent of
the line of fire, and then riding down on
the herd he cut out a steer and ran it
over near the fire. There he drew a re¬
volver aud shot the beast. In a minute
he was on the ground by the body with a
big knife in hand, stripping off the hide.
He was joined by his brother, and iu an
incredibly short time the beef was
skinned. Then the body was split, the
skin, flesh side down, was secured to the
backbone of the upper half and the ends
of two lariats to tho feet of the upper
half.
Then the lariats were tied to the pony
saddles,the men mounted, and away they
went dragging the warm and bleeding
carcass and the skin wet-blanket fashion
after them between the two horses.
Reaching the fire, then but a few rods
away, they galloped along the line of the
flame one on the burned side aud one on
the unburned. It was a hot job,but beef
aud hide and pluck prevailed. In au
hour some miles of fire lines had been
smothered and the range saved.
The Ivory Production.
There are annually killed in Africa t
minimum of 65,000 elephants, yielding s
production of a quantity of raw ivory, $4,
the selling price of which is some
250,000. This quantity is shipped to
various parts of the world—to the Amer¬
ican, the European and the Asian mar¬
kets. A large quantity is, however, kept
by the native Princes of Africa, who are
very fond of. and, as a rule, very good
judges of ivory. The production out of
Africa is only insignificant India is the
largest consumer of ivory, aud China is
also a good market.