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The Georgia Enterprise volume XXV. TTSSt of fi n. 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 ' * *' folia! r ' '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. ; 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 '" ' ----- ‘‘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 - 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. - 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.