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im-r ' nil mini i — AEussinu doctor lias boon experi- inenting to fiml ho-iv far some of our domestic animals can count. . The in telligence of the horse, as this is shown in mathematics, seems to.snrpass" that of the cat or the dog. The instances given by him are interesting, hut be-, fore, they are-accepted^ as authentic they should, be verified by .the obser vations of naturalists whose skill and care are unquestioned, • He found a horse which was able to , count the mile posts' along-the way. It had been trained by its master to stop for its feed whenever “they-had covered twenty-five versts. One day' they tried the horse over a road where three false mile posts had been put in between the real ones, and sure enough,- the horse, deceived by this trick, stopped for his oats at the end of twenty-two versts instead of • going the usual twenty,five. The" same horse was accustomed to being fed every day at the'stroke of- noon. The doctor observed that whenever the clock struck, the horse would sto}) and prick up his ears as if counting. If he heard twelve strokes he would iro' offcontentedly to be fed, but if it were fewer than twelve he would resignedly go on working. The experiment was made of striking twelve strokes at the wrong time, whereupon the horse started for his oats, in spite of the fact that he had been fed only an hour before.—Ex. Tlic Old-Fashioned Girl. She can peel and boil potatoes, make a salad of tomatoes, but she doesn’t know a Latin noun from Greek. And so well she cooks a chicken that your appetite would quicken, but she can not, tell what’s modern from an tique. . She knows how. to set a table, and make oriler out of liable, but she doesn’t know Euripides from Kant. Once at making pie I caught her— Jove, an expert must have taught her—but she doesn’t know true elo quence from rant. She has a firm conviction one ought only to read fiction, and she doesn’t care for science, not a bit. And the way she makes her bonnets sure is worth a thousand sonnets, but she doesn’t yearn for culture, not a whit. She can make her wraps and dresses ’til a fellow fast confesses, that there’s not another maiden half so sweet. She’s immersed in home completely, where she keeps all things so neatly, but from .Browning not a line can she repeat. Well, in fact, she’s just a woman, gentle, lovable, and human, and her faults sho is willing to admit. ‘Twere foolish to have tarried, so we went oft' and got married, I tell you I am mighty glad of it.- Farm and Fireside. Stamps yalued at $169,249,011 were delivered for issue, reissue and de struction without loss to the Govern ment, last year. Stamps to the value of $35,500,000 are now on hand in the treasury vaults. • “I’ll Live as Long as I. Can,” Is tlie burden of an old son?. If you want to live as long as you can, counteract premature decay, if you are young or middle aged, or Vafirr&iVxog of life's decline if .you are growing old, use sumach Bit ters, a genuine recuperator of vigor, and a helpful stay and solace to the old, the weak and convalescent. Incomparable in bilious dyspeptic, rheumatic and malarial complaints. •Sometimes when silence gives consent it proves an extravagant gift. For Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Stomach disorders, use Brown’s Iron Bitters—the Best Tonic? It rebuilds the Blood and strengthens the muscles. A splendid medicine for weak and debilitated persons. An Important Difference. ♦To make it • apparent to thousands, who think themselves ill, that they are hot a fleet ed with any disease, but that the system simply needs* cleansing, is to bring comfort home to their hearts, as a costive condition is easily cured by using Syrup of Figs. Manu factured by the California Fig Syrup Co. Malaria cured and eradicated from the sys- fim bv Rrmvn’s Trnfi Whi#»T» nnriclioc tem by Brown’s Iron Bitters, which enriches the blood, tones tlio nerves, aids digestion. Acts likea. charm on persons in generall ill health, giving new energy and strength. villing worker and that is why it Grass and Clover Seed. The largest grower of Crass and Clover Seed in the world is Salzcr. La Crosse, Wis. Over 60 hardy varieties, with lowest prices! Special low freight to New York, Pa. and the East. If you will, cut this out and send it with -lle^postage to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Cross?,"Wfe... you will receive eleven packages grass and clovef s6rts,aud his mammoth farm seed catalogue; full ofgooct t hi ngsf or the far mer, the gardener an d the citizen. ' - $100 Reward. 8100. The readers of this paper will be pleased' to Zearn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages. and that is catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con stitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken in ternally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby de riving t _ .constitution and assisting nature in | work. The proprietors have so much faith in ,its curative powers that they offer One Hun dred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. 6end for list of testimonials. Address F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. " Sold by Druggists, 75c. As A Simple yet Effective Remedy for Throat Affections, “Brown's Bronchial Ti'oches'' stand first in public_favor. They are absolutely unrivalled for the alleviation of all Throat ir ritations caused by Colds or use of tlie voice. IPTTIRIIFIIES THE BLOOD Tbs House anfl Senate Gallefl to Order Daily Summary of Routine Business in tie Two Houses. SALT RHEUM - : Broke out pn our little girl’s face. Her hands J* vBwplled add blisters formed and later broke open. The itching and burning sensation was terrible. Hood’s Sarsaparilla cured her. It ppp! Is like a miracle. Her blood has become puri fied and her flesh soft and smooth.” Mbs. Anna L. CiiARK, 401E. 4th St. T Duluth, Minn, THE HOUSE. . Monday, Feb. 5.—In the house, Monday morning, ihe Hawaiian de bate was resumed by Mr. Morse, of Massachusetts,'who had /five minutes. ' Before he had proceeded for a minute, however,Mr. Outhwaito had- called him to order for unparliamentary lan guage. “To what language do you refer?” asked Mr. Morse. “To the in sulting, impudent and unparliament ary language just used,” answered Mr. Outhwaite. Mr. Morse, according to the roles, took his seat and. the words excepted to were read at the'clerk’s desk, as follows: “And yet, strange to tell, at the command of their mas ter, Great Grover Cleveland, his cuckoos in the house and senate, staunch southern democrats, loud est shouters for a white man’s gov ernment, disregard all their ancient traditions abont the white man’s su premacy and the whitb mail’s govern ment.” The speaker ruled that the language was unparliamentary to speak of members of the house and senate as being controlled by their master- the president. Mr. ..Morse explained that he had, in reading his remarks, omitted several words from his manu script, and he said if the words ob jected to were offensive, he would withdraw the words “controlled by their master, the president.” Before Mr. Morse could proceed after his ex planation and withdrawal, Ms time ex pired. Mr. Johnson, of Indiana, took the floor and made a strong speech, arraigning the course of the present administration in attempting to restore the deposed queen. Tuesday,Feb. 6.—The house at 10:11 Tuesday morning took up the consid eration of the resolution of tbe For eign affairs committee, censuring Min ister Stevens, and Mr. Outhwaite ad dressed the house. Mr. Turner, of Georgia, defended Mr. Blount from the charge which had been made against him, and attacked the provis ional government. Mr. Sickles, dem ocrat, of New York, croated a sensa tion by attacking the president’s pol icy. He was the first democrat who had not upheld the resolution of the foreign affairs committee. Mr. De- Forest, democrat, of Connecticut, de fended the foreign affairs resolution, while Mr. Hepburn, republican, of Iowa, spoke in opposition. Mr. Hook er, of Mississippi, was the last speaker and in a, long speech he defended the resolntion of the foreign affairs com mittee. Wednesday, Feb. 7.—When . the house met Wednesday morning it be came a question whether the majority had been successful in the effort to se cure a quorum. Some little timo was consumed by a parliamentary wrangle, and after this was settled the house took up the Hawaiian resolution and the ayes and nays were called. The vote stood .yeas 174, nays 3—no quo rum. Half a dozen democrats on the floor were restrained from voting. These were Geary, of California; Sick le's, of New York; Straight, of South Carolina; Swanson, of Virginia, Lati mer,'of South Carolina—sufficient to make the 179, necessary to a quorum. When the vote was announced, 174 to 3, Mr. Spiinger raised the point of or der that as there were four vacant seats in the house 177 instead of 179 should constitute a quorum. After some de bate the point of order was sustained and the resolntion declared passed. Thursday, Feb. 8.—The resolution presented just before adjournment of the house Wednesday evening, that the sergeant-at-arms be directed to bring in absent members, did not ap pear to have borne fruit immediately, for at the hour of meeting Thursday morning there did not seem to be a quorum of democrats on the floor. After an unsuccessful attempt by Mr. Beed to have the speaker correct the journal to show the absence of a quo-, rum Wednesday and prevent arrested members from voting, ho demand ed a vote on the last proposition, Mr. Bland moved to lay on the table. On a division, the vote resulted: Yeas •121, nays 68. Mr. Keed asked for the yeas.and nays, and they were ordered. The result of the vote on Mr. Bland’s motion to go into committee of the whole was: Yeas, 167; hays, 6. No quorum appearing, Mr. Bland moved a call of the house, which was agreed to. The call was interrupted to* re-' ceive a message from the senate an nouncing the passage of the bill to re peal the federal election laws, wMch ’announcement the democrats received with applause. The vote resulted: Yeas, 162; nays, 80; and Mr. Heed’s resolntion was tabled. . , MSB can,'-pf Maine, spoke-' in opposi Mr. Frye yielded at 2:30 o’clock order to allow a proposition to be made for an extension of time 'for clelmto, several senators having indicated a de sire to speak. After many obstacles a proposition was agreed to that the general debate on the bill should closo at 3 -o’clock p. m. Wednesday, and that the vote on the passage should bo taken before adjournment-. Wednesday, Feb. 7.—The attention of the senate was occupied for fifteen minutes Wednesday morning by Sen ator Cameron, of .Pennsylvania., in. the presentation of fifty or more petitions against the Wilson bill and the: ^reading of each petition" by its title. They came' from - man ufacturers, ■ operators and . em ployes, representing nearly every Penn sylvania industry affected by the pro posed tariff reduction. At 12:30. the house bill to repeal .tins .federal-elec tion law was taken up, and Mr. Hoar addressed the senate in opposition to it. Mr. Gray, of Delaware, replied to Mr. Hoar.' Mr. Bate, of Tennessee, closed the debate. - He made an argu ment in support pf^the bill. At the close of Mr. Bate’s speeeh Mr. Chan dler withdrew ths- amendment hereto fore offered by him and moved another , the purport of wMch was to make the proposed repeal effective only to the extent of proMbiting the employment of deputy marshals at elections. This amendment . was rejected. Other amendments were also rejected and the bill was passed—yeas 39, nays 28—a party vote, except that Mr. Stewart, republican, of Nevada, and Messrs. Allen, Kyle and Peffer, pepnlists, vot ed with the democrats in the affirma tive. The senate then, at 6:15.o’clock p. m., after a short executive session, adjourned till Thursday. Thursday, Feb. 8—A discussion took place in the senate Thursday morning on the resolutions of fered by Mr. Stewart arid Mr. Duboise, denying the authority of tbe secretary of the treasury to issue bonds, except fox the purpose speci fied in the resumption act, the redemp tion of legal tender notes. In the course of the discussion Mr. Teller de clared that it was morally certain that no more five per cent, bonds on three per cent, basis could be sold. The hour expired beforo any action was taken on the resolutions. - Hood’s Fills enre liver Ills, biliousness, const!- Vatlso, jaundice, sick headache. 2a cents, TIIE SENATE. Monday, Fob. 5—A feeling reference to the'death of Mr. Childs was made in the chaplain’s openingprayer in the senate Monday morning. Mr. Hale offered resolutions reciting that the tariff bill has come to tbe senate; that the reports of many great industrial interests and many laboring men believo' that no opportunity has been heretofore given to be heard upon its provisions, and they now desire to present their ob jections to it before any action is taken by the senate and instructing the com mittee on finance to give opportunity to all parties who believe their inter ests affected to be heard before the committee reports its action to the senate. The resolntion was laid on the table by request. The house bill to repeal the federal election laws was again taken up and Mr. Chandler ad- dreised the senate in opposition to it. Mr. Palmer supported the hill. Mr. Frye, republican, of Maine, said that if the states could he depended upon to do what is just and fair they ought to be allowed to administer tbe election laws, but that if the states could not be depended upon the federal election laws should be retained. Mr. Frye did not believe any such dependence could be placed upon the states. The discussion on the relative restrictions of Mississippi and Massachusetts con stitutions was carried on for some time with considerable warmth. Finally, the day’s debate closed with the decla ration by Mr. Palmer, that the elec tion law was a miserable abortion. The bill went over till Tuesday and the senate, at 4:15 o’clock, after a short executive session, adjourned. Tuesday, Feb. 6.—The bill repeal ing the federal election laws came up immediately after the preliminary bus iness in the senate Tuesday morning and Senator Hawley took the floor opposition ,to the bill. Mr. Perkins, republican, of California, made an argument against the bill. It seemed to him that those who had spoken-in favor of its passage -had done so from a feeling of partisan prejudice. Mr. Daniel, democrat, of Virginia, replied to Mr, Perkins, AT THE HATIOML CAPITAL. Affairs of Government ail Hews of Notes of Interest Concerning the Peo ple and Their General Welfare. On account of the pressure of pub lic business the president could not attend the funeral services of Mr. Childs in Philadelphia. Once more action on the nomination of Peokham was deferred by tbe judi ciary committee at Tuesday’s meeting. The matter went over for one week. The senate finally disposed of the election bill Wednesday. It passed by a majority of eleven. The populists voted with the democrats to repeal the laws. The bill now goes to the presi dent as no amendments were added by the senate. The senate committee on the judici ary Monday took no action on the case of Wheeler H. Peckham, nominated to be associate justice of the supreme court, but permitted it to go over un til a special meeting Tuesday morning. The bill to restore one thousand railway mail clerks dismissed from servico in. the spring of 1889 to their former position was ordered favorably reported by the house judiciary com mittee Friday by a vote of 6 to 3—a strict party vote. The president Tuesday sent to the senate the following nominations of postmasters: ' Alabama, William O. Monroe, Eutaw; Mississippi, Lucy E. Harris, Hazlehurst; Tennessae, L. W. Bates, St. Elmo; D. C. Morris, Mor ristown. The executive committee of the National Association of Democratic Clubs, organized July 4, 1888, for the purpose of aiding in the promotion of party success, met in Washington at noon Thursday. - The sessions were private. The pension bureau, at Washington has been notified by Special Examiner Davis, of Jacksonville, Fla., of the arrest of Ben Davis, of Pensacola, Fla., for conspiracy, transmitting false pa pers, and rimking false affidavits in a pension claim. He has been commit ted to jail in default of $2,000 bail. Perhaps the most important fight in the senate will be over the sugar sched ule, both Louisiana senators having declared that if a duly is not placed on sugar they will vote against the bill. The bill can be adopted without either of their votes, for all three ■populist senators will vote for it. The secretary of the treasury sent to the honse Monday a communication from the secretary of the navy, sub mitting an estimate of an appropria tion of $72,365 for the construction of a fire-proof warehouse nt the Norfolk, Ya., navy yard. The building is to replace one destroyed by fire in De cember last - It is not probable that the treasury department will receive the money from the sale of the bonds before the 15th. In round figures it will take in $58,- 000,000 unless gold is drawn out of the treasury in redeming legal tender notes in largo quantities between now and that time. The sale of bonds will increase the gold reserve to something near $120,000,000. A Washington special says: Effort to repeal tax on state bank circulation was beaten in the committee on bank ing Friday by a vote of eight to nine. The vote was taken on the bill of Rep resentative Clark, of Tennessee, which relieves .state banks from any tax on their circulation, but does not extend the relief to circulation issued by pri vate individuals or corporations. The result is regardsd as ciitting off the possibility of favorable state bank leg islation in tbe present congress. The old corvette Kearsage was wrecked on Boucador reef February 2d, while en route from Port An Prince, Hayti, to Bluefields, Nicara gua. The. officers and crew were saved. This news reached the navy department at Washington Thursday morning in a cable message dated Co lon- and signed by Lieutenant Brain- ard, of the Kearsage. Immediately on receipt of the cablegram the secre tary sent a message toLieutenatBrain- ard directing him to charter a vessel at Colon arid proceed at- once to the assistance of the shipwrecked men, ••••-— • -m :6t Interest' Portrayed in Pithy Paragraphs. The Dublin, Texas, Cotton Compress was burned Tuesday. It was complete ly destroyed. The properly was stock ed up to about- $150;000, though the orignal cost was only about $40,000. The insurance is unknown. - A Columbia, S. C., special of Tues day says: The state dispensary is evi- "dently feelirig-the effect of the compe tition with the blind tigerB, and Com missioner Traxler has announced a re duction of 50 cents S gallon on all whiskies. - Asa Bay, a leading merchant of Albertville, Ala., was burned out Tues day night, presumably by an. incendi ary. His store and stock are a total loss. The little city had a narrow es cape" from being totally destroyed, but was saved by hard work. At Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday morning Judge Lumpkin granted a charter to the “Cotton States and Internatiorial Exposition Company.” The charter .grants the company a lease of life for twenty years. It was presented to the court by Judge “Palmer. The strike of the ’longshoremen at Brunswick, Ga., has not resulted as disastrously to shipping as was ex pected; Several gangs are at work for less wages than the ’longshoremen struck for, and all shipping will pro gress without serious consequences. Tho union men, however, are still out. Fred Gerding, who created quite a sensation at Knoxville, Tenn., a short while ago by attempting to hold up and rob an express train on the Knox ville and Ohio railway, was found guilty and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary by the Anderson county court in Clinton Wednesday morning. His accomplice in the crime, Will Smith, was killed when the at tempt was made by the officers who were on the train at the time. Bill Harden, Charles Fennell, color ed; John Mongazor, Jordan Cassady, w-hite, broke jail at Swainsboro, Ga., Tuesday night and made their escape They burned the lock out of the door lip stairs and broke the lower jail doors w-ith crowbars. Wednesday morning tbe jail doors were found standing wide open and all tbe prison ers were gone. Three of the prisoners were charged with robbery and Fen nell with murder. The Birmingham, Ala., Bolling Mill Company signed wage contracts with its operatives Tuesday and will begin work in a few days after a cessation of six months. Between eight hundred and a thousand men will thus be given employment, and there is great rejoic ing among tbe laboring element. One of the furnaces at Calera will also be fired up at once. The trade in the iron district of Alabama is gradually resuming its normal condition. In chambers at Augusta, Ga., Tues day morning Judge Boney "passed an order allowing Beceiver J. H. Averill, of the Port Boyal and Augusta rail road, to issue $50,000 worth of receiv er’s certificates. The certificates will bear 7 per cent interest. They will be issued to raise money to build a new iron bridge over the Savannah river, three miles below Augusta, to improve the physical condition of the road and meet maturing obligations. — A Savannah special says: Beceiver Comer and Mr. George J. Mills left for Macon Tuesday night to attend the Southwestern railroad stockholders’ meeting. . They are members of the committee on proxies. Mr. Mills will represent nearly 2,000 shares and Mr. Comer about 3,000, besides the 1,198 to be voted for the Contra! railroad. A large number of stockholders from Savannah will attend in person and it is believed that there will be a majori ty in favor of the Southwestern remain ing with the Central, A convention of orange growers met at Oeala, Fla., Tuesday to consider the depressed condition of business in Florida, and also the effect of the Wil son bill on fruit. 'Speeches were made by ex-CongreBsman Bullock and other members in favor of a higher duty on oranges than is fixed in the Wilson bill. Opinion was divided as to whether the. law or high transportation charges had brought about the present de pressed condition. A committee was appointed to formulate some plan by which the fruit growers might be thor oughly organized and moke themselves felt in legislation affecting them, and also by the transportation companies. The Savannah Grocery company and M. Ferst’s Sons & Cto., wholesale grocers, and the Wilcox & "Gibb’s Guano company, manufacturers of KOLB NOMINATED For Governor of Alabama by Jefferson ians and Popnlists. A Birmingham special, says:- The Jeffersonian and ' populist delegates -joined forces Thursday and nominated Captain'Kolb and bis ticket,. The populist delegates held a meeting be-, fore- tho convention assembled and after, endorsing their national platform resolved, with practical unanimity, to co-operate with the Jeffersoriian dem ocrats in the election of Captain Kolb' and his tickets About noon the Jef fersonians marched into the convention hail in a column. They were cheered as they entered, andihey returned the cheer most heartily. Things soon set tled down -to business. Jndge Zell Gaston, of Butler, wasmade chairman, and Jerre Fountain, of Jefferson county, secretary. The details of the organization of the convention were soon disposed of and speeches were made by P. G. Bow man, Judge Street and others, de nouncing the election methods of the organized democracy and showing up the alleged shortcomings of the state and federal administrations. xonn’s TICKET. The following ticket was then nom inated: For Governor—B. F. Kolb. For Secretary of State—J. C. Fon- ville, of Grenskaw. For Treasurer—Thomas K. Jones, of Hale. For-Auditor—W. T. B. Lynch, of Macon. For Commissioner of Agriculture— S. M. Adams, of Bibb. For Superintendent of Education — J. P. Oliver, of Tallapoosa. For Attorney General—Warren S. Beose, of Montgomery. OUR LATEST DISPATCH®. Tie Happenings of a Day CliroiiicM in And Containing the Gist of the News From All Parts of the World. The Grand Army of the Republic department of Florida met Thursday at Sanford for its annual encampment. There was a verry full attendance. The Godey Publishing Company, at New York, publishers of Godey’s Mag azine and various books and periodi cals, assigned Thursday. A fire at Bockingham, N. C., Thurs day destroyed two saloons, livery sta ble and grain depository. Seven horses and mules and a number of ve hicles were burned. Tbe Galveston Neivs publishes re turns from tho Texas railroads show ing the cotton Crop of the state in 1892-’93 to have been only 2,025,066 bales, and the indications for the sea son of 1893-’94 to be 1,750,000 bales. The Birmingham, Ala., city council has appointed a committee of five aldermen to confer with the Birming ham Waterworks Company and tako certain steps looking to the purchase of the company’s property by the city. The sentiment of the citizens appears to be largely in this direction. Advices of Thursday from Bombay, India, state that serious religious riots between Mohammedans and Hindoos have occurred at Ycola, near Nassick, ninety-five miles from Bombay. The Hindoo temples and Mohammedan mosques were destroyed. Many of the. combatants were injured. The troops were summoned and quelled the disturbance. The will of George W. Childs was admitted to probate at Philadelphia Thursday morning. The document is very short, and was executed August 1st last, one month after the death of Anthony J. Drexel. Mr. Childs be queaths his entire estate to his widow absolutely. The executors are George W. Childs Drexel and James W. Paul, Jr., and they place the valuation of the estate over $100,000 real and over $100,000 personal. A cable dispatch of Thursday from London states that a violent hurricane prevails along the coasts of most of the countries bordering on the North sea. Many casualties have been reported. Some have’occnrred even in the generally safe harbor of Hamburg. In Great Britain a gale is blowing, accompanied in some places by heavy rain. Keports from Inverness and Perthshire, Scotland, state that floods have occurred there. The supreme court at Topeka, Kan sas, Thursday rendered a decision in the case of Mary Ellen Lease versus Governor Lewellyn. The decision of the court is that the governor is with out the authority to remove Mrs. Lease from her position as a member of the state charities board. Mrs. fertilizers, occupying nearly an eritii^gSS at once begin al ? investigtl - block of five-story buildings, on Ba street, in the heart of the wholesa section of Savannah, were burned oij Monday, and other property sufiefi heavy damages. M. Ferst’s Sons Co. are the heaviest losers. Their lc on their grocery stock is $150,0C The Savannah Grocery company’s h on Btock is $130,000. Wilcox <fc Gib Guano company lose on the groce buildings $75,000, on tbe gnano co| pany’s stock and buildings $15,0C making the total loss $370,000. ! Colonel James Monroe Meek, Knoxville, one of the leading capiti ists of Tennessee, made an assignmA Monday for the benefit of his ere| tors. His assets are placed at $282,- 000 and his liabilities at $102,900. In ability to realize on his holdings and a desire to protect himself and credi tors, are the reasons for the step. In the list of assets, two blocks of build ings in the gilt-edge portion- of the business center are put down at $190,- 000. His residence is put down at $35,000, and his one-third interest in the Ducktown copper mines, on the Marietta and North Georgia railroad, is listed at $25,000. This Ducktown tract contains 1,000 acres of land. Other smaller real estate holdings and personal property swell the total to nearly $300,000. McLAURIN WINS. Nominated as Walthall’s Successor by Ihe Mississippi Legislature. .A Jackson, Miss., special says; Tho friends of Taylor, Campbell- and Low ry held a conference Tuesday afternoon to deterinine-which was the strongest man.; After several ballots, Judge ^Taylor developed the most strerith which resulted ‘in the.' withdrawal of Hill’s Sentence Reduced. The sentence of Harry Hill,' victed of forgery at Atlanta has reduced from seven to five year all the other indictments withdri As soon as this was done HilLwithi his motion for a new trial. m Campbell from the caucus and Taylor isented. The Hot resulted: The nomina- incns insures McLaurin >Ba5: ates, three dental and twelve pharma ceutical. A bill has been introduced in the Massachusetts legislature entitled “An act for the suppression, of indecent dances in public places. ” It provides that “no woman shall appear at a public performance in -a dress the skirts of which to not come within at least four inches of the floor and the waist of which is so constructed that any part of her person is exposed be low the neck.” The second part says: “No woman shall appear in tights or appear at public performances in high kicking, serpentine, hip or skirt danc ing.” A Raleigh, N. C., special of Thurs day says: The popnlists are thns early beginning to hold county meetings for the purpose of organizing clubs. At each meeting a letter from Chairman Tauberieck, of the national executive committee, is read urging the imme diate organization of clubs in each township. It is said these clubs are to meet publicly and have no sign or passwords, such as the populists used in their organization two; years ago, - and that their motto will be an honest government and a fair count. THE HEWS IN GENERAL. And Presented in Pointed and Reada ble Paragraphs. At Great Falls, Montana, the mer cury. has been known to drop twenty- five degrees: inside of five minutes. Fire Wednesday morning destroyed the greater portion of the business houses of Montgomery, Mo. Seven teen stores and office buildings were burned. . The loss is $130,000; insur ance, abont half. A dispatch of Wednosday from San Luis, Patozi, Mexico, states that Lewis F. Lawrence, a mining man who came there from Pennsylvania about eighteen months ago, was attacked by a band of robbers near Guadaleazar, a small town northwest of San Luis, and murdered and robbed. At New York Tuesday morning, in accordance with the decision of "United States Judge Laeomb, entered in tbe ease of W. P. Clyde and others, Be ceiver Oakman, of the Richmond and West Point Terminal company, sold the stocks, bonds, judgments, claims, etc., belonging to the company at the real estate exchange. A Chicago dispatch of Wednesday says: W. W. Winchell, the local head of the Salvation Army, has summoned Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll to show cause why he is the “Prince of Pagan ism.” It is to be a mock trial. A judge aud jury will be selected, and the plaintiff and the defendant will be represented by counsel. The death of Mr. Childs will not al ter the policy of the The Fiiblie Ledg er, nor will any changes be made in the management of the paper. By an agreement entered into by Mr. Childs and the late Anthony J. Drexel, and in accordance with a provision of the latter’s will, the Drexel estate will now purchase from Mrs. Child’s the interest Mr. - Childs held in The Ledger and will accordingly own the paper absolutely. A meeting was held at New Orleans Monday of delegates from the Louisi ana Sugar and Bice Exchange, bureau of freight and transportation, stock excharige, Mechanics,Dealers and Lum bermen’s exchange, Wholesale Grocers’ Association, clearing house, cotton ex change, Steamboatmen’s' association, produce exchange, board of trade and trunk railroad lines for the purpose of giving expression to their views con cerning the legislation of congress in reference to sugar. According to advices of Wednesday the Brazilian government lias decided to decree that martial law shall cease on February 26th, and that the pres idential election shall take place on March 1st, in accordance with the con stitution. Dr. Pradente de Moraes, president of the senate, is the only candidate yet named for the national presidency. He is a civilian, from the state of San Paulo. It is possible that he will be acceptable to both side. A New York dispatch of Tuesday says: Dr. T. DeWitt Talmage will deliver his farewell discourse in the Tabernacle on the first Sunday in March and will start on a tour in the far east with liis wife and two daugh ters abont April 1. An overland jour ney will be made to San Francisco, after which Honolulu, New Zealand, Australia, India and the Fiji islands will be taken in. He will return by way of the continent of Europe and expects to reach Brooklyn again about October. Advices of Wednesday from Berlin state that the members of the reichs- tag, who attended the parliamentary banquet given Monday night by Chan cellor von Caprivi, are gradually di vulging in the lobby of the reichstag the details of the speeches made on that occasion. It said that Emperor William fulsomely praised the czar, saying, “He is a prince -of peace, like myself.” He is also reported to have said that the relations with the czar were excellent and of the most inti mate nature, yet should the reichstag reject the commercial treaty enemies would immediately damage Germany. Advices of Tuesday from Bio de Janeiro, Brazil, state that President Preisoto has offered to pardon privates belonging to the insurgent forces who apply for clemency within two months. Extraordinary, but unsuccessful ef forts have been made 'to induce members of the regular army to desert tho government and to join the insurgents’ forces. When it was thought the regulars would turn against the government the in surgent fleet was brought close to the shoro in order that a force might bo speedily landed to co-operate with the troops. The insurgents were confident of success, but the plan to get the aid of the regular troops failed absolutely. REX IN HIS GLORY. The Hardi Gras Carnival Opens at New Orleans. His majesty, Bex, was in full pos session of his royal carnival city Tues day and New Orleans turned aside from business to pay homage to the king of mirth. Mardi gras is legal holiday in the state and all the banks, exchanges, public buildings and stores were'closed. The weather was all that that a fastidious rnori- arch might require. It was bright and balmy, the chill of the early morn ing giving way as the sun came up from the east in all its warmth and splendor. There were present in the city many distinguished strangers, in cluding General Schoffeld, Senators Manderson and McMillan, Phil T. Harrahan, rind a large delegation of railroad men; Dr. Keely, of bi-chloride of gold fame, and a host of military arid lay strangers, who watched the parade fromtne clubs and other points of vantage along the route. It was 11 o’clock when Bex appeared. He came out from his den on Calliopi street with his long train of beautiful ears and with gay courtiers, a royal re tinue and and a host of bands making martial music. The king was greeted with the utmost enthusiasm on all sides. There were nineteen floats in the procession. The carnival came to a close at night with a brilliant page ant and a series of’ balls that were so cial triumphs. The day passed with out a single serious accident and in that respect the carnival was an excep tion. . TWELVE THOUSAND KILLED. Horrible : Story of an Earthquake in . Persia. 7 A San Francisco special of Tuesday says : Additional advices by the steam er Belgic,-from China, announces the annihilation by ah earthquake of the town of Kutschan, Persia, Twelve thonsarid persons were killed in the awful disaster.- ; Ten thousand bodies had been recovered to date. - The once , Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report ABSOLUTELY TORI How to Live Two Htnidred Years. Mr. William Kinnear writes to the North American Review regarding longevity, and thinks some practical rules may be observed with the result of greatly prolonging life. He says that seventy per cent, of the body is water. Calcareous salts and earthy matter are held in solution. When these become excessive and resist ex pulsion the system becomes blocked, the stiffness and dryness of old age come on and in time death ensues sim ply by tbe stoppage of the delicate and exquisite machinery which we call life. In the first place he thinks that by a judicious selection of food and drink it is possible to minimize the amount of calcareous salts and earthy matter taken into the system. Cereals and nitrogenous food abound in these elements. Beef and old mutton es pecially are overcharged with salts and should be avoided by persons of ad vanced years. Fruits, fish, poultry, young mutton and veal contain less of the earthy salts than other articles of food, and are therefore less harmful. Summing up, then, the art of living 200 years, Mr. Kinnear says that physi cal decay may be kept at bay and the approach of old age retarded by avoid ing all foods rich in the earth salts, by using much fruit and by taking daily two or three tumblers of distilled wa ter, with abont ten or fifteen drops of diluted phosphoric neid in each glnss- ful. It will be seen that Mr. Kinnear la vs special stress on the liberal use of fruit in the daily diet. All dietary authorities conenr in the opinion of the high value of all ripe fruits, such as are so extensively grown in Califor nia. Whenever the time shall come that the masses of American people discard to "a great extent the greasy compounds they now call food and make more liberal use of fruits in their daily living, the period of longevity will almost certainly be increased. Selected Gems. You must climb by your own strength and will power. The whole world will help when you are going down. 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