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The Covington Star
j, W. ANDERSON, Editor and Proprietor.
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foiee from the Executive Mausioi.
I topic l W. Hawkes— Dear Sir: The
glasses you furnished me
L m e since, give excellent satisfac-
1 have tested them by use, and
Ly pliancy they are unequaled that 1 in baye clearness
by any ever
Respectfully, Gordon,
John B.
Governor of State of Georgia.
Business Man’s Clear Vision.
New York City, April 4, 1888.
A. K. IIawkes —Dear Sir : Your
eyeglasses received some time
and am very much gratified at the
,rful change that has come over
esight since I have discarded my
isse s and am now wearing yours.
Alexander Aoar.
ry Stationers Board of Trade of
ork City.
lyes fitted by J. M. Levy, Coving
ie glasses are not supplied to ped
t any price.
A. W. HAWKES.
Whelesale Depots, Atlanta, Ga.
nklin B. Wright,
COVINGTON, GA.
lent Physician & Surgeon.
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have a horse at my command,
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It A,\ KLIN B. WBLGHT. XL XI
ROMINENT PEOPLE.
In Victoria's regular mail averages
140 letters a day.
jl Hamid, the present Sultan of Tur
the son of a slave. r%
.tor Wolcott, of Colorado, is thick
mild, broad of body and short of necks
:xcev Depew. the railroad President,
pilar and a half for his first fee'as a
[qe Bancroft, the historian, at t-hc
ninety, retains his mental powers un
b\>ktf,r who saw Rutherford B. Haye<
hgo says of him: ‘'He is aging very
l I ' : Bismarck is a miller, a paper
lud a brickmaker, brewer. an ironmaster, a coal
a
I’y-SEVEn I. former pupils of Dr. James
ex-President of Princeton College,
I college professors.
1*1- it the Tbivier, natives thy French explorer,
of Central Africa can
livilized for centimes.
fcwoR |he 8 csi.es, of North Carolina, is
iiearly largest men iu his State, ami
three hundred pounds.
(Blaine's recent loss of an uucle, a
l I ! ’.d then a son and daughter, has won
tiie sympathy of the entire country.
I ’i.kVELa\J»' s guarai teed income
If Near York law firm with which lie
r-'Dl as special counsel ’s $35,000 a
I iiiX.VY.sqx says that since he became
|he has at ieast, 100,000 applications for
l::r:i[ih. He 1ms favored only 500 indi
I High Chancellor Hai.sbury, r,f
|l> |. patterns Felling after Gladstone as a wood
Ivments. trees is one of his particu
| JrexforSlOOO RT Bonner's sons sent the poet Whit
I for his poem, “The
s B’eJ ’’written,in his eighty-second
fr their PM
Iressman Springer, of Illinois, is a
I'.v man, with a full gray beard and a
P'oK'e. He wears a fresh buttonhole
It every morning.
p Austin Corbin, the railroad mill
I " as a school teacher in New Hnmp
jome pt crawled of the big the boys tried to thrash of the
out smaller enil
fitNOH philately Hill, fond of of New York, is said to
reading novels. His
r American author is Bret Harte, all
P“ bo.'.'iv .he has read over and over
p 1 ’khyhead, 1 of. tiie Ciierokee Na
,
uie i.: y: Tv>nr.-,-sPiitat i ve leader of the
p*- [the His ordinary face is brave, of a lighter and color he than
Ie?. wears
l 11 State, Trumbull, ex-Governor, ex-Sec
i ;l Congress, ex-Supreme Court Judge, ex
and ex-United States
r , is still practicing law in Chicago at
of seventy-seven.
kssor Anderson, lately Minister to
fk Milwaukee, is remembered by not, a few citi
hying Wis., as a poor boy who
hanks years and railway ago peddling apples
1 offices.
[NancyRaines, John Haines, of Knoxville, Tenn.,
is the eldest widow
h'vin s a p etls i Pn ; u consequence of the
of her husband in the Revolutionary
phe is ninety-eight years of age.
f In* Roseberry, who is spoken of as
s successor in the leadership of the
1 biherais, is a clean-shaven, boyish
■ s ’wve-mannered Scotchman, and
r*? he opportunity of bemoaning the
*t was born a lord.
asteor, the distinguished French
[••-•■uii'*d ' m extremely poor health. He has
[ i-mess two strength since he had such a
years ago, and he has de
pmueli ptitution time and thought to the work
that he has had no chance
Pate Mr. falbu). Father of the English
P r Commons, left a fortune of $25,000,.
I’ fc - to be divided among his daughters,
daughter ialbot receiving the major por
■ -si thus becomes the wealthiest
I iu England with the exception ol
loward je Walden.
WON BY A NOSE,
ms > a stra thing for me to sav,
■tily ,, won my „ wife by the f.iinil
a ,'u the matter of perfumes.
toe : . heliotrope k j_ in her
j j 1 led __ __ ...... first little .......
’a ll me to determine about
ier *1 earnestness, • •
M.’ Th< n in tin matrimonial
11 may l It have ‘won by a
V Tor rs Gazette.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1890.
VILLAGE LIFE IN FIJI.
HOW THE NATIVES EXIST IN THE
SOUTH SEA ISLANDS.
Tire Home Life of the P’ijians—In¬
terior of the Polynesian House
—Native Occupations.
Beneath the shade of a grove with
giant plumes a hundred feet in air, each
Fijian village clusters near its stream of
running water, where its taro terraces an
built for convenience in irrigation at
the appointed seasons. A level spot
some hundred feet in length, by fifty
across, is the village green with the
Chief’s house at one end, the Lure hi sa,
or stranger’s house, at the other, and on
each side the abodes of the more nn
portant villagers,and irregularly clustered
outside the houses of those of lesser note
to the number of perhaps a hundred,
rarely more. Some of these houses are
large and some are small, hut there is
little differences in their style of archi¬
tecture. A bank of stones is raised upon
the site of the proposed dwelling, two or
three feet high, and faced at sides and
ends with neatly fitting rocks. Upon
this foundation is raised the house.
Two great trunks are placed at the
middle of the ends and firmly bed¬
ded in the foundation; across these at
the height of thirty feet, is laid another
trunk. Parallel with this ridge pole
and distance from it some fifteen feet are
two eave poles ten feet above the ground.
Slim poles are laid between ridge and
eaves on each side; these are latticed in
with canes, and the foundation for the
thatch is made; in the same way the
sides and ends are treated, except that
doorsteps and sills are set up in the mid¬
dle of the two sides and near the corner
of one of the gable ends. On these hur¬
dle roofs and walls are laid coconut leaves
— ten, twenty, thirty feet long—and the
contiguous leaflets are woven in a basket
mesh. Upon the leaves over nil the
house is placed a thatch of grass and
pandanus leaves, a foot and more in
thickness. Thus completed the house
will be dry in even the severest rains of
the tropics, and secure against the most
boisterous gale, for the reason that not a
nail or spike had entered its structure,
every joint has been secured with deftly
knotted lashings of siunet made from the
coir or fibre of the coconut lmsk. Such
a house may bend to the storm, but it
never can break or spring aleak. The
only variant from this style of house is
the characterist# dwelling of the mount¬
aineers, which has a short ridge pole
balanced on a very tall central shaft.
Inside the house the floor is covered
thick with leaves and overspread with a
layer of the brown fuzz of the puln fern,
upon which are lai<l»*riats woven of stripes
Ot rushes The’§Gor is soft, ns befits the
n on which the people spend their
dives, for chairs arc unknown, and the
people sit as does a tailor on his Dench.
All of one end of the house for a width
of some twelve feet is raised as a dais for
the sleeping place of the family, aad this
is heaped with many hundreds of fine
mats, which are in themselves an evidence
of wealth. Iu an opposite corner, near
the little door in the other end, a square
space is left bare for the household fire,
and there, when a meal is not in process
of cooking, thin wreaths of light blue
smoke show that the fire is kept smoul¬
dering in cocoanut husks against tho time
it will be again needed, Overhead are
hung the domestic crockery made by the
women from a clay rich in iron oxides,
and other nets hold the store of yams and
breadfruits for each day's needs. Closets
there are none, and there is little need for
such receptacles, for even petty thievery
is unknown, but in case of need the
hurdle whicli linos the walls can easily be
pushed apart and any little treasures
stowed away in the thatch. Such houses
are cool and comfortable, and in every
way harmonize with the conditions of
those who live in them.
As soon as the sun rises the village _ be
gins to stir in the morning. The women
go the brook in a chattering crowd and
tilt their pots and bamboos with water
for the day’s supply about the house.
When the last woman has returned from
this first errand of the morning the men
who have been lounging about the houses
in little groups, saunter down the same
path and take the plunge without which
no Fijian would count the day well be
gun. After the liath each rubs himself
well down with cocoanut oil, which
makes the skin sleek and glossy und
forms a most efficient protection against
changes of the weather and attacks of
the abundant mosquitoes. By this time
the women have prepared the breakfast
an<l .11 repair to their homes. BmUmt
over, while yet the dull ot uawn is m
tho air, the day’s work begins. The
men whose station in life is to labor take
their sharpened sticks and and go the till the
yams, the sweet potatoes taro;
others dry the moat of the cocoanut into
the copra, with which the Government
taxes and the mission assessments must be
paid. The children, smartened up by
careful mothers,troop to school with many
I merry laugh and shout and there spend
the next four hours under the care of
the native teacher, learning to read and
write and cipher just like more fully
clothed children in civilization. The
men who do not labor pay their respects
to the chief, and on the appointed regulation days
form the village council for the
of its internal affairs and its relations
with the buli of the district and the roko
of the province and with the turaga na
Kovana, who represents to them the
power of Queen Victoria, a part of whose
broad empire they now are. While the
men are away at their daily labor or deep
in village statecraft, the women crowd
down to the bathing place and take their
turn in the water. In such cases the
morning hours are spent until the sun ap
preaching mid-heaven impels all to seek
the cool shade of their houses,
there to sleep until the afternoon heat is
tempered and they may work again.
To the women fail the domestic bur
lens; to tbe lowest class of men, the
kai si, is intrusted the care of the plan
rations, in which the women share if
their household is not important enough
to claim the services of one cf these
slaves. The women fish with nets by
day and torches and spears at night to
replenish the larder, and the men fish
only for such game fish as the tunny,
which may afford them sport enough to
repay the exertion. Otherwise the life
of a well to do Fijian man is of the
easiest .—New York Herald.
i) WISE WORDS.
It is impossible that an ill-natured man
can have a public spirit; for how should
he love 10,000 men who never loved one.
It should seem that indolence itself
would induce a person to be honest, as it
requires infinitely greater pains and con¬
trivances to be a knave.
An indiscreet man is more hurtful than
an ill-natured one; for the latter will only
attack his enemies, and those he wishes
ill to; the other injures indifferently both
friends and foes.
The chief secret of comfort lies in not
suffering trifles to vex us, and in pru¬
dently cultivating our undergrowth of
small pleasures, since very few great ones,
alas! are let on long leases.
A good inclination is but the first rude
draught of virtue; hut the finishing
strokes are from the will; which, if well
disposed, will liy degrees perfect; if ill
disposed, will by the superinduction of
ill habits, quickly deface it.
We can be thankful to a friend for a
few acres, or a little money; and yet for
the freedom and command, of the whole
earth, and for the great benefits of our
being, our life, health and reason, we
look upon ourselves as under no obliga¬
tion.
Good manners are the blossoms of good
sense and of good feeling. If the law of
kindness be written on the heart, it will
lead to that disinterestedness in both
great and little things—that desire to
oblige, and that attention to the gratifi¬
cation of others, which are the founda¬
tion of good manners.
Editor Grady’s Boyishness.
Henry Grady was a boy—nothing but
a boy—we all called him Henry. His
smooth and boyish face and laughing
eyes and merry laugh did hardly become
a man. He had to be deeply impressed
with the deep concern or peril of any¬
thing to put off his boyish ways. Only
a few years ago I rode with him and two
friends in the country, and seeing a
squirrel across the road, he leaped from
the carriage and chased him far in the
woods. He came back laughing and
panting, and said: “I would havn
caught him if I—if I had been a dog.”
He loved the boys and their boyish
sports, and once remarked that he would
go to school again if he was not ashamed.
Said Re wanted to play marbles and sky
ball, j^nd would try a game of mumble
peg with a newsboy if there was nobody
watching him. When baseball came on
the carpet he was delighted, for it gave
even a man a chance to he a boy again.
He joined in the sport with eager en¬
thusiasm, and kept it alive, and became
for awhile its champion. I remember
being in the office one day when Henry
came sauntering in with a happy smile
upon his face, and Evan Howell said:
u You needn’t come here laughing, just
look at that bill for telegraphing your
baseball news from all over the country.
That’s the bill for one week—just one
week—and if you don’t stop it I’m going
to charge it up to you. We’ve got it to
pay, but I am going to charge it up to
you. Henry glanced at the bill and
said: “That’s all right; charge it,
charge it, I don’t care; but I’m going to
have the baseball news all the same.
What are you fellows talking about?”
When he left the room Ilowell said:
1 ‘Was there ever such a boy in the world ?”
—Bill Arp.
Stories About Judges,
A good story is told on Judge French,
son111 Dakota. Some years ago he be
came Judge of the Supreme Court and
WiiS } inowu a n over the State by the name
0 f “Old Necessity,” and this' title was
p,; ven him because it was said he “knew
uo law.” As an illustration of how apt
this appellation was the most remarkable
decision the Judge ever rendered is di
rect ly to the point. A case was before
him wherein the prosecution failed to
p rove ;ts changes. The attorney for the
defence refused on that ground to put in
any evidence. When asked by Judge
French if he intended doing so, the
] awyer said “no,” and then tho Judge
drew himself uo and said; “Well, in that
p shall or der the jury to convict; if
there is any one branch of the law I fully
understand ^ criminal law, and if a
maI £ j s i nnoccn t he has'got to prove him
» „ U
Another good story from the same sec
t j on ; s on j u jg C Gideon C. Moody, re
cently elected United States Senator from
South Dakota. When he was some years
a<TO Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court, a noted horse-thief known as
Light-Fingered Harry was up before him
on a charge of stealing a horse. The
trial was a long one and Harry got a ilong
term in prison. In sentencing the pris
oner Judge Moody scored the thief in a
mos t unmerciful manner and closed by
as kino- the usual question if he had any- |
thing°to sav. j Harry looked his denouncer said in
ia the eye nr a moment and then
;in ev2n? co j c | tone: “Judge, I wouldnt
have that temper of yours for the best
horse in the Black" Hills .”—Chicago
Ueral(L
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Magnificent . Rest. ,
Colonel W. C. Church, m bis first ar- ;
- tide on the great inventor, John F.f- .
lesson, in Scribner's, relates that, as the
; a ,t hour in the life of the great engineer :
was drawing to its dose, he called to his
bedside his faithful friend and secretary,
. an d, looking into liis face with a smile,
said: “Taylor, this rest is magnificent;
more beautiful than words can tell.”
Contradictory.
A time-honored adage declares—
“A rolling-stone gathers no moss;”
Then change is attended w ith loss,
Aud worn by the friction of cares.
1
But just as you fasten 011 that.
Another old proverb is found
To assert with convictions profound,
“A setting hen never grow s fat. "
—Detroit Free Press.
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Eastern ami Middle States.
TltE house occupied by Miss Carolhe Lane,
in Luneberg, Mass., was burned to the
ground. Miss Lane, who was 80 years old
and lived alone, perished.
The sardine factory at Machiasport sheds and
Village, Me., its wharf, some coal
30,000 feet of lumber were burned, it is
thought, by an incendiary.
The wife of -J. G. Fisher, of Rutledge,
Penn., committed suicide by setting her
clothes on fire.
The annual Convention of the American
Newspaper Publishers’ Association met in
New York city. James W. Scott, of the
Chicago Herald , President of the association,
was in the chair.
In the recent hurricane that swept the
North Atlantic, the herring schooner Isaac
A. Chapman, of Gloucester, Mass., is thought
to have been lost with the eight men com¬
prising her crew'.
The boiler of a locomotive exploded at
Douglass Station, near West Newton, Rum.,
and one man was killed and two injured.
Harry Lebo, of Reading, Penn., shot and
fatally wounded his wife, who had left him
on account of ill treatment. Dave Fisher,
Mrs. Lebo’s father, died of heart disease im¬
mediately after the shooting.
Phili p Mower and wife, of Schuyler. N.
Y., were instantly killed by the Central Hud¬
son train near Frankfort.
William Hudson, a river pirate and des¬
perate character, was shot at Philadelphia by
and fatally wounded while resisting arrest
Officer Nash of the Harbor Police.
Two unknown tramps were struck by a
shifting engine on the Reading Railroad in
the cut near Harrisburg, Penn., and instant
ly killed.
South and West.
A great rush of settlers to the Sioux Re¬
servation in South Dakota was made whan
the President’s proclamation opening that
territory was issued. The best lands were
soon literally covered with claimants.
Nearly half a block of buildings have
been destroyed by fire at Morris, Minn.
The Legislature of "West Virginia passed Fed¬ a
resolution favoring the pensioning of all
eral soldiers of the war and instructing Sena¬
tors and Representatives bill. to vote for the pas¬
sage of such a
Seth Twombley, Charles Buford and
Henry LaCIocke, crew of the ill fated train
which collided at South Englewood, killed, have Chi¬
cago, in which seven people murder. were
been placed ou trial for
Jim Seals and his family attempted to
cross Yellow Creek in a wagon near Burns¬
ville. Miss., and the wagon capsized, drown¬
ing four children,aged from two to ten years.
A scheme to legalize lotteries in North
Dakota was defeated in the lower house of
the Legislature after it had gone through the
Senate.
William Ferrell, a farmer of Iron ton,
Ohio, was killed by his son, who is less than
* Young Ferrell interfered
twenty years old.
to protect his mother in a dispute between
her and his father.
A landslide occurred on the mountain
above theSuislaw River, A. at Florence, Ore.,
burying the house of F. Andrews and
killing Mrs. Andrews, her daughter and little
son. Andrews and an elder son were thrown
into the river, and after floating on the debris
all night, were picked up several miles below
in an almost dying condition.
An express train was wrecked on the Wis -
eonsin Central road near Melien Junction
and six passengers were injured, but none
fatally.
A fatal railroad ollision occurred at
Coaling, Ala., in which an engineer was
killed and a dozen persons injured.
When the case of the men indicted forint
tempting to bribe the Cronin jury was called
before Judge Waterman at Chicago, the four
defendants pleaded guilty.
There is great excitement in Lathrop,
Mo., and in the surrounding towns over a
crusade inaugurated against liquor. The
movement is spreading rapidly, domestic and duties all the
women have abandoned to
attend meetings.
Thomas Bryant, a sixteen-year-old boy,
shot and instantly killed his mother at Butte,
Mont., because she refused to give him
money.
Troops have been sent into the Sioux Res¬
ervation to drive white men off the lands
allotted to Indians.
The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce held
its first annual dinner; many Northern men
were guests.
Carlo Brittain, colored, shot and killed
D. K. Gairard, Kentucky. a rising The young murderer lawyer at
Manchester, es
caped.
August Gerding and Peter Liudster waiter
were instantly killed in a freight collision
near Piacervilie, Cal.
Three men have been killed and several
badly injured in a street riot at Harper,
Kan.
Washington,
Thk Senate Committee on Territories di
rected Chairman Platt to favorably Idaho report
the bill for the admission of as a State.
The President sent to the Senate the name
^
Plenipotentiary to Russia.
The President has signed reservation the proclama- iu South
tion opening the Sioux
s
i ain .
Diplomatic nominations by the President:
Samuel Marrill, of Indiana, to be Consul
j aae u'o; Harris B. Newberry, Legation of Michigan, Madrirb
to be Secretary of at
United States Consuls: Edward Bedloe, of
Colombia; igXtVftS&SSf&i&gSZl James R. Danforth, of Pennsyi
vauia, at Kehl; Ferdinand A Husher, of
MonteS
Henry r, Myers, of South Dakota, at San
Salvador; Levi W. Mvers, of Iowa.atYu
toria, B. C.; Felix A. Matthews, of CaUfor
coun^ticu^at Quebec, San Canada: Juan, Porto L. R. Rico, Stew
art, of Virginia, at
Judicial nominations: James O’Brien, of
Minnesota, to be Chief Justice of toe Supreme
^^Unit^Stat^District Judge Wiswell, tor the
District of Washington; George N.
f Wisconsin, to be United States Marshal
r the Eastern District of A isconsui.
s Lmittee"'VS
oaices and read an elaborate statement in
favor of a system of postal telegraphy,
The House Committee on Territories de
Mto
woming as a State.
The Senate in executive session have finally j.
,p s[K , se q 0 j the nomination <;f Thomas
Morgan to be Commissioner of Internal A:
fairs by a vote in the affirmative,
secretary Blaine resumed his official
*and oS
^j s g rs( . aPts was the appointment of S. A
Brown, of Washington, as Chief Clerk of the
Department.
-
Foreign.
The Portuguese Government has forbidden
the holding of a patriotic meeting which was
to have taken place at Lisbon A contem
piated patriotic procession tbroug -
street- was also prohi ite . ...
Minister of^the tu’Sr has reigned witb General in con
l i HMD I
Fob a, the President. Osborn's!
A. FIRE in Paris has destroyed containing |
library, valued at $400,000 and
many unique historical documents.
The Duke of Orleans, who went to Paris
with the avowed intention of enlisting in the
French army, and who was then arrested on
the charge of violating the law French exiling from
France all pretenders to the Tribunal throne,
was arraigned l>efore the of the
8’eine and sentenced to two years’ imprison¬
ment.
A gun burst on one of the ships of the
German squadron off Smyrna and killed one/
sailor and injured two.
Thomas Kane was hanged in the jail yard
at Toronto, Cauada, for the murder of hi#
wife in November last. HS met his fate resji
olutely.
The Manitoba Legislature decided to abol¬
ish the official use of the French of 26 language^! 10. The
that province by a vote to
French-speaking people are very indignant
and will appeal the matter to higher tribunals.-'
The report of the special commission ap¬
pointed to investigate the charges of the Lon¬
don Times against the Parnellite members of
the British House of Commons has been
made public. The report exonerates Parnell
and mildly denounces Davitt. <
A dispatch received in London announces
the death of the Sultan of Zanzibar. His
iemiss was sudden.
The British corvette Conquest miles ran ashore
m the Island of Pemba, thirty north
M Zanzibar.
At the request of Mr. Hirsch, the Ameri¬
can Minister, the Turkish Government has
.mprisoued in his own palace Moussa Bey,
-he Kurdish ehief, who is charged with
robbing and outraging Christians in Ar¬
menia.
THE LABOR WORLD.
Atlanta claims an increase last year of
800 new industries, small and great.
Henry George is said to be one of the
fastest typesetters in this country.
According to the shop reports of the
Locksmiths and Railing-Makers’ Union the
demand for labor is larger than the supply
at present.
The Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics has
decided to begin a thorough investigation prevails
into the system of mortgages which
in that State.
The Atlantic ship owners have held a meet¬
ing in Liverpool at which they arranged a
combination to defeat any possible strike on
the part of the stevedores.
The contract lor three and a half miles of
elevated railway in Chicago was let to Car¬
negie, Phipps & Co., of Pittsburg. The price
will be between $866,000 and $1,000,000.
The eight-hour movement is gaining
ground in London, but the Government re¬
fuses to take part in the eight-hour dis¬
cussion to be held at Berne on invitation of
the Swiss Republic.
The Knights of labor in Canada will
petition the Canadian Parliament for the
appointment of a board of arbitration, capital to
which ail matters in dispute between
and labor will be referred.
It is announced in England that John
Burns, the leader of tho dock strike, is com¬
ing to this country for a short rest, and to
study the labor problem here, upon the in¬
vitation of American labor leaders.
Association, The Journeymen of Bricklayers’ labor Protective unions
one the strongest
in Philadelphia, after a long and spirited
discussion defeated by a vote of 192 to 91 a
proposition making eight hours a day’s work.
The German Socialists iiave abandoned
their idea of organizing a universal labor
strike in May owing to the favorable utter¬
ances contained in the recent rescripts issued
by Emperor William with regard to the
working classes.
The treatment of coolies on German liners
was the subject of a question put recently in
the Reichstag, and the Secretary of State,
von Boetticher, stated in reply that the Ger¬
man Government saw no reason for stopping
the employment of lascars and coolies.
The fact that the labor movement is in¬
creasing again appears to be evident from
the fact that new trade and labor weeklies
are published at a rate of about three per
mouth. Since in 1887 the movement col¬
lapsed over thirty labor papers have died.
A chimney-sweeps’ strike occurred re¬
cently in Vienna. The Vienna chimney¬
sweepers number 146 masters, 270 assistants
and 40 apprentices. The masters take all
the money and pay the assistants twelve
dorins a month. It ha been proved that
several great fires, including that of the
Ring Theatre, arose from apprentices pocketed doing
the sweeping, for which the masters
the money.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
“Lohengrin" has been sung 250 times ir
Berlin since 1859.
F. T. Barnum says that 1,500,000 peoph
attended his show in London.
A new comedy being played at a Polish
theatre is called “The Influenza.
Henry Austin Jones, the well-known En¬
glish playwright , is to visit this country ir
March.
Next season Fanny Davenport handsomesl promises tc
give Sardou’s “Theodora’’ the
production it has ever had.
“Joan ok Arc - ’ is to be produced in Lon
don in M ay, with Bernhardt in the title rol
and all tho French scenery.
Mary Anderson has written to Willian
Black, the novelist, confirming the report o1
her engagement to young Mr. Navarro, ot
New York.
A dramatic representation of the adven¬
tures of Stanley is being prepared for one qI
the English theatres, which will present it in
grand style.
The Beethoven Society at Bonn. Germany,
has acquired the last piano used by the coni
poser, it having been made expressly for him
by Conrad Graff.
Congressman Crisp, of Georgia, is thi
son of an English actor of repute who York played
in the old Park Theatre, New city,
many years ago.
It is Joseph Jefferson’s idea that the un¬
happiness of the late Edwin Forrest arose
from an irritable temper, which he had under
little or no control.
Henry T. Finck, the well-known musical
critic, is busily occupied in the the preparation history of
of a series of lectures on
music, which are ultimately to appear iu
book form.
AT St. James's Church, New York city,
tiie pastor omitted his sermon on a recent
Sunday evening in order that tbe choir
might sing Mendelssohn’s “Lauda Sion,” first
performed at Liege on June 11, 1848.
George Kennan, the writer on Russian
prison life, is a most acceptable lecturer be¬
fore college students, as is Miss Amelia B.
Edwards, both of whom have had numerous
engagements iu college towns this winter.
Olaf Kraker, an Esquimau woman, is to
lecture in England. She is the first person
of her race to ascend the rostrum. She
speaks English fluently, wears her native
costume, and is only three feet four inches in
height.
There is an admirable arrangement for
quickly and safely emptying the house in use
in the Tremont Theatre, Boston. By simply
touching a button in any one of eight handy
places in the threatre seventeen exits open,
actuated by electricity.
UF sixty-four , American railroad ... mann
fers 3 uestions who about hate Sunday replied to a thil series o
trams tv-oni
eclare there is no real obstacle to th<
itompletesuspensions. One would make
exception Only for perishable freight,
another only for live stock, and several
others All only for these two kind of trains.
except eight-admit t iat more Sunday
-rk is done by railroads than is neees
*fT. and favor a reduction—most of
tlem would stop more of the .Sunday
than they would continue. Only
Mveu deny the statement that the same
amount of work that is now done in
seven days could bo done in six,
VOL. XVI. NO. 14.
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
In the Senate.
35th Day.— Mr. Hoar introduced a bill
which provides that all soldiers who have
lost the use of both I lands shall receive $100
a month in lieu of the resumed pension consideration they now re¬
ceive____The Senate
of the bill to provide a of temporary Oklahoma. govern¬
ment for the Territory An
amendment was offered to incorporate “No
Man's Land,” but the Senators voted it
down____The Senate bill for the organiza¬
tion of the National Zoological Park and the
House bill to constitute Albany a port of
immediate transportation resumed were passed.
36th Day.— The Senate considera
tion of the bill to Territory provide of a temporary Oklahoma
government for the
.... The Educational bill was taken up, and
Mr. Blair continued his opening speech in
support of that measure____The Senate took
up the nomination of Thomas and debated J. Morgan to
be Indian Commissioner for an
hour and a halt without coming and to a vote....
Among the bills introduced referred
were: By Mr. Pierce—To create an agricul¬
tural commission to investigate the present
depressed condition of the agricultural Mr. Ingalls— inter¬
ests of the country, and by beach
Establishing a free bathing on the
Potomac River, near the Washington Monu¬
ment grounds. The Morgan resolution,
37th Day.— con¬
gratulating the new Republic of Brazil, a
resolution inviting the King of the Hawaiian
Islands to send a delegate to the Interna¬
tional Conference, and a motion of Mr.
Jones to authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Arkansas P.i vi r in the In¬
dian Territory were passed. of Mr. Hitt the
38th Day.—O n motion
Senate joint resolution was passed people of unani¬ the
mously, congratulating the
United States of Brazil on the adoption of a
republican form of of government----Consid¬ Rules proceeded
eration of the Code was
with. An amendment was adopted be requiring entered
the titles of committee reports to
on the journal.
In tlie House.
40th Day. —The journal of the proceedings and,
of the previous meeting was read,
although the Democrats did not demand a
detailed reading of that document, they in¬
sisted upon a yea and nay vote upon its ap¬
proval. It was approved—yeas. 149; nays, 1
____Mr. Wickham*introduced for reference
! bill, the purpose of which is to It provides prevent
gerrymandering in the States.
that the Representatives elected to the Fifty
second Congress shall be returned from the
same districts as similar Representa¬
tives elected to the Fifty-first Congress
____Mr. Cannon, from the Committee on
Rules, reported back tho new code of rules,
and the House proceeded to consider it.
Arguments wore made in opposition clause making to the
proposed rules, especially in the the Committee of
100 members a quorum
the Whole. Pending further discussion the
House adjourned.
41 st DAY.—The journal of the previous
dav’s proceedings containing a yea and nay
vote upon which the Speaker counted a quo¬
rum, the Democrats would not by their
silence acquiesce in its approval, and a roll
call was rendered necessary'. It was ap¬
proved—yeas, 150; nays, 1 ...The general
debate on the new code of rules was con¬
tinued.
42d DAY.—The journal having been read,
Mr. Boutelle asked unanimous consent for
its approval, but objections came from the
Democratic side, and a roll-call was made
necessary. The journal was approved.... code of rules
The general debate on the new
for the House was continued.
43d DAY.—The Oklahoma bill including was passed No
with Mr. Plumb’s amendment, Territory---
Man’s Land in the proposed ordered
A eomnfittee of conference was on
the House amendment to tho Senate bill in¬
creasing the pensions of pensioners who are
totally helpless, and Messrs. Davis, Sawyer
inti Turpie were appointed.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
Berlin is now talking of a World’s Fail
in 1897,
The wheat crop of Australia is
at 86,000,000 bushels.
There were seventy suicides, including
children, in Berlin during January.
The railroads of Nebraska have
to reduce the rates on corn ten per cent.
The confirmation ot the Samoan
was received with the greatest satisfaction
Germany.
An attempt is to be made to import
cattle into France from Buenos Avres, Ar¬
gentine Republic.
The expense involved in determining Virginia
was elected Governor of West
more than $50,000.
There are 460,516 unadjudicated
pending claims now on file in the
office at Washington.
Tiie raisin yield of California for 1889
estimated at 33,000,000 pounds, an increase
12,000,000 pounds over 1888.
It cost Massachusetts a little over
to supply and distribute the official ballots
the last election in that State.
A Gloucester (Mass.) schooner sailed
cently ou an experimental trip for tho
of Norway to engage in codfishi’ng.
Thk number of failures in tho
States last year was larger and the
greater than for any of tho previous
years.
The Chiapas Colonization and
ment Company has planted 300,000 trees
Mexico. The Government is anxious to
ter this industry.
France has declined tho invitation of
German Emperor to an international
conference, as she had already
that of Switzerland.
Governor Biggs, of Delaware, says
talk about the peach crop being ruined is
nonsense He considers the outlook for a
crop better than usual.
The distress from famine in some
of China has reached such a point and that
babies are taken in baskets
around the cities for sale.
The arrivals of Chinese by the
Pacific Railway steamships from China
British Columbia during the year 1889
500 less than the departures for China.
Fossil remains are being discovered
large quantities iu Florida. A citizen
Orlando has in his possession pounds an and
tooth which weighs eight a
The population of the United Kingdom
the middle of 1889 was estimated at 37,808
892 persons 29.0X5,61" in England
Wales, 4,077,070 in Scotland aud 4,716,209
Ireland.
The losses of cattle at sea nearly reported 2000 for
month of January foot up
and iu addition to these a large number
have reached port in a bruised and
condition.
The London School Board, which
after the education of 5,000,000 children,
passed a resolution in favor of free
The poliev is being vigorously opposed by
Tories and the advocates of
schools.
A resolution has been adopted in the
ginia Legislature, requesting the
tives in Congress from that State to
the psssa of the bill before said
authorizit the Secretary of the Treasury
_ farmers at two per cent, ,
| ] oa n money to
terest.
The Commissioner of Internal
has ^f prepared a statement, showing that
^ t I w^« 9 «TL 882 . U as
310.565 collected during the
iug pzriod of the previous year, being an
crease of $5,767,267.
--
| Brazil nuts arc said and to be the
| plentiful this season, fact.
arrivals prove this to be a
steamer brought three hundred tous
a New York dock recently, and it
followed quantity. by one carrying nearly as
A
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
Despair not, erring brother! j , ,
Be a man!
What is lost you may recover-.
Be a man!
Let not reverses move you;
There still are those who love yoii,
And Heaven is still above you—
Be a man!
Have done with reckless folly—
Be a man!
Throw off your melancholy!
Be a man!
Resolve to give up sinning,
To-day make a beginning.
And you are sure of winning
Be a man! ,j .
The star of hope is shining—
Be a man!
Useless is your repining—
Be a man!
Put forth a firm endeavor ....
To break your bonds forever,
And Heaven will leave you never!
—Francis S. Smith , in New York Weekly.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
First Butcher—“How’s business?”
Second Butcher—“Tough. >»
The roan who turns over a new leaftac
often will soon use up his ledger.
The natives of Alaska are a cold an®
distant people .—Philadelphia Inquirer. ' ,
The weigh of the transgressor is any¬
thing less than sixteen ounces to the
pound.
There is a wide difference between the
clock on the mantel and the “Watch on
the Rhine. u
Don’t allow yourself to bo carried
away by enthusiasm—you may have to
walk back .—Philadelphia Press.
Customer—“What’s that bird on the
clock for?” Dealer—“That’s to help
time fly .”—Binghamton Republican.
11 No man’s work is undone. -i 4 ‘Mine
is—always. it What is your business? ’ J
“I’m a collector. ”— Munsey's Weekly.
In the spring the young sprig’s fancy
lightly turns to thoughts of love. The
trees become sappy about the same time.
— Time.
Rich Patient— ll Hadn’t you better
bleed me, doctor? Physician—“ W ell,
not until the end of the quarter.”— Mun¬
sey's Weekly.
The Western Major who refused to
“let the dead past bury its dead,” with¬
out a permit, wilted when informed that
it had a poetic license.— Time.
The The glutton tramp differs who hungers greatly in from the street; j j
The former always eats too long, , ;
The latter always longs —Chicago to eat. Herald, ,
i
People who engage in turkey shooting
matches must expect to he cheated.
How can there be anything fair about
such a fowl contest ?—Baltimore Ameri•
can.
He—“I suppose you are very busy
nowadays preparing your poem for com
mencement?” She . i Oh, yes, indeed.
I’ve tried the waist on twice alreadjr.
Judge.
t I She’s nothing hut a thief, but when
I engaged her I was told she had been
ten years in her last place.” Sing.”— “So she
was. The place was Sing
Munsey's Weekly.
An Illinois woman broke her wrist
trying to raise a car window. There’s
pluck for you. Most women would
have crippled every man in the car first.
—Burlington Free Press.
Suitor—“I love your youngest daugh
te.-, sir.” Pater—“Umph! I suppose dowry
you’ve heard that I have settled a
on my eldest daughter?” Suitor— “In
that case, sir, I love her.”— Epoch.
Their First and Only Chance.—First
Man (excitedly)— “Our boarding-house is
on fire!” Second Man (calmly)—“Come,
then, hurry up and perhaps we may be
able to get something hot.”— Jury.
A Young Married Couple.—“Why,
Charles, if I didn't actually see you yawn
just now.” “Well, dearest, you know
that we are now one, and I never can
keep awake when I’m alone. — Judge.
,. What do you think of my collection
of entomological specimens?” asked au
enthusiastic bug collector of Cumso.
“Well,” replied Cumso, “you can sec
for yourself that there are flies on it.”—
Time.
Little Freddy—“God made every¬
thing, didn't He?” Mr. Stickney—
“Yes, Freddy, and He made everything
for some purpose.” Little Freddy
(musingly)—“I wonder what He made
you for.”— Epoch.
Cld Maid (who wants a portrait of her
dog)—‘ graphs ‘Do you take instantaneous photo¬
here?” Photographer’s and Boy— he’ll
“Yes, ma’am; run right in,
take you afore you’re a minute older.”—
New York Weekly.
An old beggar is seated in a door-way
with a placard hung about his neck in¬
scribed; “Blind from birth.”
mendicant passing by reads the inscrip¬
tion and comments tliu9: “My eye!
- didn’t he begi- the biz young? o
Judge.
Some Curious Chinese Slang.
Some of the ordinary expressions of
the Chinese are very sarcastic and
characteristic. A blustering harmless
fellow they call a “paper tiger. When
a man values himself overmuch they
compare him to “a rat falling into a
scale and weighing itself.” Overdoing
a thing they call a “hunchback making
a bow. A spendthrift they compare to
a rocket which goes off at once. Those
who expend their charity on remote ob¬
jects, but neglect their family, are said
“to hang a lantern on a rope, which is
seen afar but gives no light below.
Boston Herald.
An Apple Divided by Thread
To cut an apple into quarters pass the ^ a
string by means of a needle across
apple, which is divided by pulling the
two ends of the string, crossing under the
peel. Operate in the same manner on
the opposite side of the apple, so it as will to
divide it into a second half, and
be perfectly divided into quarters, al
th'y-igh enveloped by the peel.