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The Covington Star j, W. ANDERSON, Editor and Proprietor. e J 1 ffiZEDj 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. ecology, diseases of women and en, Obstetrics, and all Chroni,* eg of a private nature, a spec-ial have a horse at my command, i will enable me to attend calls surrounding country, as we! Its |y practice. 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 _ —-- 7-,. ' ~ ~ 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.