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The Covington Star. J. W. ANDERSON, Editor and Proprietor. Sj BA KffSTMBSlERi V I Voice from the txeciitive Mansion, Hr. A. W. Hawkes— Dear Sir: The jitiscopic giasses you furnished me he tune since, give excellent satisfac I havo tested them by use, and 1st say they are unequaled in clearness I brilliancy by any that I haye ever 'll. Respectfully, John B. Gordon, Governor of State of Georgia. Business Man’s Clear Vision. New York City, April 4, 1888. r. A. K. Hawkes— Dear Sir : Your int eye glasses received some time e, and am very much gratified at the hderful change that has come over [eyesight [glasses and since I have discarded my am now wearing yours. Alexander Aoar. betary L- Stationers Board of Trade of York City. til eyes fitted by J. M. Levy. Coving Ga. Ihese glasses are not supplied to ped ra at any price. A. W. HAWKES. Whelesale Depots, Atlanta, Ga. anklinB. Wright, COVINGTON, GA. lident Physician & Surgeon. ynecologv, ilren, bstetrics, diseases of women and and all Chronit* laees of a private nature, a Special- 1 have a horse at my command, ch will enable mo to attend calls he surrounding country, as weJ las city practice. ERANKLIN B. WHIGUT. M. a p— jer Scenes at a Wedding in Algeria. marriage celebration in Algeria is an Si egroom esting relic goes of to ancient bring the customs. bride, The and J guests assembled outside the house j )ipes await is heard his coming. coming Soon the sound from the summit lome neighboring hill, and tho raar c procession approaches the hride am’s house. ffio pipers always come first in the ression, then the bride muffled up in hi, riding r Dtule led by her lover. 4. •*A A IP. 4/1 ■m ■■ A'h A i 4 i -vJO mi m r„ V/ Ik, —: N J. THE BRIDAL PROCESSION. en comes a bevy of gorgeously dressed nsels, sparkling with silver ornaments, er which the friends of the bride fol i’he procession stops in front of the degroem’s house, and the girl’s friend* e both sides of tbe pathway, ’The rer* march off on one side, while the '■kgroom lifts the girl from the mule S holds her in his arms. The girl’s Ends thereupon throw earth at the Id egroom when he hurries forward aud fries her over the threshold of his pst. Those about the door beat him th olive branches, aid much laughter. In the evening, on such occasions, the bers and drummers are called in, and I women dance, two at a time, facing !h other; nor does a couple desist until, pting pu.ike and exhausted, for another. they The step dance aside room b great energy of movement, though a iJA+ •■'Cfi'' \V_« v \ / m Y-U. A % h >: '•AYXSvCoX -9 ilW v m Trl IgF p ALGERIAN WOMAN EMBROIDERING. p steps are small and changes of posi pi slight, the dancers only ciFcling pnd [But occasionally. they swiug their bodies about with [astonishing flutter energy and suppleness. As Ives before the gale, so do they prate [ver to the music; they shake; they and tremble; they extend quiver E arms, wave veils, and their minds pri lost in the abandon and frenzy of E dance, while the other women, look I on, encourage by their high, piercing, tilling I cries, which add to the noise of pipes and drums. ■die wealthy women of Algeria are |y Itrattoa fond shows of embroidering, how the and is our done. il work p>' the last ten years fourteen sea cap ps and mates have been lined or im poned yard their at San Francisco and the for brutality is I for men, six present rate every weeks. In most cases, L the indicted ones are American born. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED, Eastern and Middle States. THB willows Of the victims of the mint JisAstor at Nottingham, Peun., by which eight men were killed by an exDlosion of sas haveentered suits against the Lehigh and W llkesbarre Coal Company for damages gregating $100,000, of Public W orks, ^ A but , nTIS formerly '' Deputy Under Commissionet Sheriff • Custodian of the Register’s Office Wal'nh an four ex-deputy sheriff, Deputy Sheriff Voting a tic dieted others, by all Of New York city, were in the Grand Jury for bribery. They were arrested and held in $10,000 bail. ST. Patrick’s Day was more widely ob seijed ana Irish-American , in . „ New York city civic by and the military many Irish ganizations than or¬ it has been in many years. W. Johnson Brown, of Bromfleld, Mass., while at work in a sawmill, was liaiight by the carriage and drawn rtpdft the saw, which cut him completely through lengthwise. A cave iff took place at Packer colliery death near Shenandoah, of Penn., resulting in the two miners. Advices from Porto Rico, West Indies, report the loss of the brig L. Staples, of Bos¬ ton, together with her cargo. A fire broke out in a meat store at Mil¬ ford, Mass., which destroyed prooertv valued at *120,000. Tun United States steamer Newark has been launched at Philadelphia. John F. Plummer & Co„ of New York oity, the one of the largest commission houses in woolen trade, have assigned. Liabilities over $1,000,000; assets about the SAnie. Half a foot of snow-, more than in anv storm of the winter, fell in New York city. The storm Vi as from the southwest, travel¬ ing tt the remarkable rate of eighty-three miles au hour. Railroad travel was delayed, the streets were almost impassable, and several steamships were overdue. The Legislative Committee in the Massa¬ chusetts the Legislature reported a bill giving women tions. right to vote in municipal elec A Hungarian woman told the police of Harrison, N. J., that a house that had been burned two years ago, and in which two lives were lost, had been deliberately set on fire. Six arrests were made. Lucius Tuttle, Trunk Line Commission¬ er, has resigned to become general manager of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. The house of Benjamin Downey, Stony Hill, Penn., was burned, aud when the ruins were examined the charre.l body of Downey was found. South and West. The twelve-year-old sou of S. D. Cham¬ bers of Hot Springs, N, C., accidentally sho and killed his mother. Three desperadoes who had escaped from jail in Del Norte, Col., were pursued to the mountains and shot by a deputy sheriff. Mr. and Mrs. F, August Carll, of Aus¬ tin, Minn,, were burned to death in their residence, which took Are. The large dry goods house of Pardee, Mills fire. A' Co., at Peoria, 111., has been destroyed by The loss is about $200,000. The old State capitol of Georgia at Atlan¬ $125,509. ta was sold at public auction to Joel Hart for Ex-StAtE Treasurer Noland, of Mis¬ souri, was arrested, and gave bail to answer a charge of embezzlement M. J. Cheatham (white) was hanged at Grenada, Miss., for the murder of John Tilman (colored), Cheatham is the first white man to suffer the death penalty for the killing of ri colored man in Mississippi. Da. M. A. Rust, one of the oldest and niost prominent Va German ladder physicians his residence in Rich¬ mond, , fell from a at and was instantly killed. E. B. McCURDY. a train conductor, was shot and seriously wounded by a colored mac named Jake Daniels, and in turn the conduc¬ tor shot and killed the colored man. It hap¬ pened while the train was near Bay Minetts, Ala. C. A. Se arles and W. C. Paine were ar¬ rested in Missoula. Moat,, for robbing the Northern Pacific Express office at Brainerd, Minn., of $15,000 about a year ago. THE steamboat-owners in Baltimore, Hd., appointed bers of Congress a committee ask to for confer immediate with mem¬ to an re¬ peal United of the objectionable features of the States inspection and census laws. A warehouse, bath establishment aucl eightOottages at Jacksonville, Fia., have been destroyed by fire, causing a loss of about $125,000. Dan Gruelle, farmer at Kelat, Ky., was taken from his home and hanged. Several years ago he dealt iu cattle aud gave bad checks, aud fled to the mountains. Washington. Nominations of United States Consuls bi the President: William S. Preston, of Nee York, at Cognac; James S. Kellogg, o Louisiana, York, at Stettin; Alfred WStreet, _ o! New at Coaticook; Samuel B. Zeigler. of Iowa, at Aix-ia-Chapelle; James S. D Dauforth, of Pennsylvania, at Verifiers aud Liege. Daniel Lake, of Brooklyn, has beer nominated for Marshal for the Eastern Dis¬ trict of New York. The President announced that a numbei of official receptions and State dinners would be given during April, to take by the place of of those omitted early in the year reason the bereavements in the families of Secre¬ taries Blaine and Tracy. The bill adopted by the House World’s Fair Committee authorizes the President to issue his proclamation and invitation to for¬ eign nations only after Chicago shall have raised a guarantee fund of $10,000,000 in suet form as to be satisfactory to the President. The Grand Jury of the District of Colum¬ bia has brought in an indictment again-t Charles E. Kincaid for the murder of Will¬ iam P. Taulbee. Secretary Proctor authorized an addi¬ tional expenditure of $50,000 for the protec¬ tion of theleveeion the Mississippi making River the in the third and fourth districts, total allotment for this purpose $170,000. G eneral Schofield has been designated to represent the War Department in the matter of the selection of a landing place for imm. grants at New York. The House Committee on Agriculture bill or¬ dered a favorable report on the Conger defining and taxing compound lard. Vice-President Morton, having occupied re turned after two weeks’ absence, of the chair in the Senate at the opening the session. The President sent to the Senate the fol¬ lowing nominations: James F. Ellis, o- 5v > eonsin. Consul at Brockvilie, Canada; Fran¬ cis Maomitt. of District of Columbia, Secre¬ tary of the United States Legation _ E. K. at Constantinople; Commodore Andrew Ben ham, to be Rear Admiral. The President, accompanied by ex-Sena tor Sewell left Washington on a ducking expedition to the preserves of the Maryland Du -king Club, with headquarters at Bengies. Md. Foreign. A fire broke out in the village of Gampel, Switzerland, and before the flames could be dS^. th MmypS)ffiw done. injured S great damage was The German Government has given au enormous order for smokeless powder, to be immediately executed at the Rothwell fac tory. Two artillery officers were arrested in St. Petersburg, Russia, accused of being Nihilists. Consul at ,, Mozambique raised , The British district of the British flag over the Shire Africa and saluted it. The Portuguese Gov eramenthas protested. COVINGTON, GEOKG1A, TUESDAY, A?RIL 1, 1890, In A rollistert between two trains on tn, Marianao Railway, Cuba, nine persons were injured. About fifty delegates from German-Ameri¬ can societies in various parts of the country met in conference at Washington to agro upon some form of protest against the var' ous bills for restricting immigration. Yellow fever is raging at Campinas, B» > *11, with tt large and increasing deatH rate Aft earthquake shock Was espetfiericed at Bonh'. GPIffifthy. THE NATIONAL GAME. Pitcher Stivettz, of the St. Louis Club, weighs 200 pounds. The New York State League' nqi) geek thi protection of the National Agreement. CATcheR Earle, of the Chicago League team, is studying to become a veterinary surgeon. It seems to be_ a foregone conclusion that two ot the ten National League clubs will b* dropped from that organization. There will be two colored players in the In¬ terstate burg, III,, League this year—Fowler, of of Gales¬ and Johnson, Peoria, III. Manager Kennedy has secured the veteran, Jack Lynch, to train the young players in the new Brooklyn Association team. League Pitches Murphy, has sijVriprj; whom thu New for YHrit lean! K-olked about $10 a wft'ek, N'dw he receives $2000 f. or the season. It is said that the salary list of the Balti¬ more Club is larger by seven or eight thou¬ sand dollars than that of any other Atlantic Association Club. If a club in the American Association fails to if begin or to is resume playing «rte minute ter the game CiUled hereafter the umpire will forfeit the game to the other club. The New York and Boston Clubs of the Players’ League played their first game un¬ der the new flag at Savannah. The New Yorks won a finely-plaved game by a score of 4 to 3. Five of the deserters have made applica¬ tion for readmission to the Players’ League, One of the mou offered to play the season foi nothing the and another was willing to put $504 m treasury. The refusal of Judge Thayer td grant the Philadelphia strairiing Hallman IRaglie Clrib ah injunction re from playing with any other organization was the second notable League victory wort in the courts by the Flayers’ It has made the members of that organization jiibiliiit. The following is said to be an absolutely correct list of the salaries paid last season to the members of the St. Louis Club who left that organization and joined the Players’ Boy.e, League: Comiskey, Milligan, $5000; O’Neill, $2600; King, $2800; $3000; Latham, $3200; $3000; Robinson, $2700. Philadelphia will have its share of base¬ ball this season. Ii is represented in the Na¬ tional League, Players’ League and American their Association, each of which have adopted of 203 schedules, and they call for the playing three clubs championship conflict games in that city. All on twenty dates. The Brotherhood-League war hasn’t af¬ fected the formation of the leagues and clubs a bit. They are more numerous than ever. There are now eleven leagues under the Na¬ tional Agreement and more to come. There tions, never were so many is professional in organiza¬ cob and the game booming the leges as never before, The deserters who ate to be taken back to the classified. Players’ In League the first new organization will be those will who be have been taken back unanimously. In the second class will be those who will be ad¬ mitted if none of the players of his club ob¬ ject. The names in a third list contain those of the men who can never re-enter tbf organization. THE LABOR WORLD. A LAROR bureau will soon be established at the Brooklyn Labor Lyceum. The New England granite manufacturers after will pay their men by the hour May 1. These are many silk ribbon weavers out of employment at present in New York and vicinity. The 5000 girls who work in the stores and factories of Detroit average between $4 and $5 a week. The Indianapolis Builders’ Exchange that has notified tbe Building Trades’ Union it will oppose the eight hour movement. Eight thousand employes of the Arm¬ strong gun works at Elswick, hours. England, struck for a working day of eight The Pennsylvania Railroad Company Fund pail last year to their Employes’ Relief $70,- 160, and the employes contributed $377,461. The committee of the Berlin Labor Con¬ ference,presided over by Jules Simon, agreed to the exclusion ot children under twelve from factories. The lumbormen in the Adirondack region of New York are said to have cut twice as many logs during the last season as they did in the winter of 1888*9. Out of 10.413 members of the Brotherhood of Carpenters who have voted on the eight hour proposition, 9095 recorded themselves in favor of it and 24 against it. Bernard David, a well-known union cigar-maker of New York city, says that any member of his craft who averages $7 a week the year round is a lucky man. There is a movement on foot in San Fran¬ cisco to bring into a federation all the union men engaged there as sailors, firemen, dock laborers, stevedores and ’longshoremen. TnE Journeyman Bakers’ Union is about to organize the men working in the cracker oakeries whose wages are very low, while their hours of labor are more than in bread and cake bakeries. A brass founder in Montreal died recently leaving $500,000 to his workingmen. Five hundred received $400 apiece, while three foremen are left to manage the business and are provided with capital to carry it on. A number of European manufacturers are trying the profit-sharing manufacturer system as an who exper¬ paid iment, A Norwegian recently his men $158 per year for wages gave each of them $105 as their share of the an¬ nual dividend. Attorney-General Michener, of_ In¬ diana, has declared officially that the State Eight-Hour law is constitutional. He says that the State has power to limit the hours of labor, just as it lias the power to send chil¬ dren to school or to enact sanitary measures. John Devlin, of Detroit, who is a menr bar of the General Executive Board of the Knights of Labor, is also United States Con¬ sul at Windsor. Canada. He was one o* President Cleveland’s appointments. His friends sav that he has i assured that President Harrison will not attempt to dis¬ turb him. A WILD GIRL’S FREAK, Disguised as a Boy She Steals a Horse and Runs Away. Agnes Rankin, an attractive young girl, livino J . a3ar Trenton, Ky., was put in jail at , u„ j with hor.s» stealing. ! One night she ’dressed up in boy’s clothing, j we nt to the farm of Thomas Spiiler and sto,e i the finest horse he had in the stable, rocs the , animal to Fulton and sold u to Emmat Reed, a livery stable keeper, for *80; then sho fltvi (from the State into Tennessee lanoing in 1 Greenfield, where she was arrested on tele 1 , i am; announcing the theft of the horse by boy. She proved she was not a boy and i was released, but was real-rested at Crock* th , g g tat j OEi Tenn.. and transferred to co(1 nt v i a il at Hickman. She is a ^^ter. but of s wild disposition, and inspired to her escapade by .iirue novels A TOWER HOUSE. A Dwelling of Moderate Cost, With Full Explanations. (Copyright by the Author.) For the information of boys who ate con¬ sidering the choice bf h profession it hiay bo said that the profession bf architecture is hoi crowded. The number of architects in the United States does not exceed 3ix thou¬ sand, all told. There is a rapidly developing appreciation of architectural services among the people that promises a vast deal of work for the future. A significant fact i* that architects' sous often follow their they fathers’ profession. The priites ale few, as are iu every hailing w I ; perspective view. hut the routine of work is varied and inter¬ esting. A “taste for drawing," which in young of hahu people iii copying, usually means of no particular a simple facility Value. The architect must design, invent, construct, .Drawings are essential to express his ideas, but they are ouly the shadows of his work, not the substance. A good test of a boy’s taste and of his fit¬ ness for the profession is to require him to indicate what he considers the best designed and planned houses of a neighborhood or of a published Below volume found of designs. brief description of will be rt the design illustrating this article! Size of Structure: Width (front) 30 ft.: side (depth) 49 ft. te:e'x/s:o; Z Q. rfM rnc.L:cU*ig / & i ii •* 7 * "1 | re.'H/Zi*' K^ /Palpi';' 4' fclRST floor. Height of Stories: Cellar, 7 ft,; first story Oft, 6 in.: second story, 9 ft., attic storv, 8 ft. Materials for Exterior Walls: Founda¬ tions, brick; first story, clapboards; second story, Interior shingles; Fiiijgh: roof, Hard shingles. white plaster and soft wood triiisXhardwood oiled staircase; finished porch in floor aud ceiling and natural colors: quaint leaded panes in hall windows. Exterior Colors: AU clapboards, gray stone color; shingles of second story and tower (up to roof) and of gables, stained light gray; underside of gable over bang, corner boards, window and door casings, water table. aU cornices a f . ,-z 3 '4 n V j fS Imjj-v eeonl A 1 fi if SECOND FLOOR. and belts, medium dark drab; sashes, white; doors and blinds, medium dark drab, with a lighter shade of drab for panels and slats; roofs and roof ridges, stained light green; foundation walls and chimneys, red. Accommodations: The principal shown rooms by the and their sizes, closets, etc., are is cellar under plans given herewith. There a the whole house. Two Two rooms rooms and and a a hall hall fin- tin- _ ished in the attic. The The balcony balcony is is arranged arranged Slid to be enclosed with glass wh$»n whendesired. desired. blid iiW doors between the parlor and dining¬ room. H preferred, the stairway may start up from the rear of the hall instead of from the front. No fireplaces are included but they may be introduced iu all rooms^ of ^the first anil second stories at an average cost ..._. $50 each. (including mantels) of Cost: For localities where prices for ma¬ terials and labor arc about, tho same as the prices in in the vicinity of New York city, 12500. R. W. S H or cell, Architect. Jefferson Davis Memorial Volume. BY DR. j. WM. JONES. We learn from the publishers Messrs. I. O. Hudgins & Co., of Atlanta, Ga., :hat the Davis Memorial volume being ...pared •IV by the popular author, Dr. J. vVrn. Jones, is rapidly nearing completion. Since the death of flic greatest leader of 'he “Lost Cause,” there has been an un prec. :edeuted demand for such a . work g is an assured fact that it will have ia cnormo us sale. they Messrs Hudgins & Co., say ex pect to have canvassers mtlhe field m^o few days so the public will not b j t0 wait. love and , admtra- , i Ag ; d(J from the great Southern people for , on or line the part pari of o, our r lented the dead hero, the iact xuai iu t I iut h 0r is so well and favorably bo u ^ doubtless cause the volume to be re ceived-with unusual favor Those wishing an agency should wnte at once to J Messrs. H. C. Hudgins & Co., of Atlanta. FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, In the Senate. 69th Day.—M r. Fuller discussed the Blalt bill, and race and political problems in the South.,,,Mr. Evarts introduced a bill tc amend the Alien Contract Labor la w, so as not to prevent any citiiien ot any foreign coun¬ try temporarily lirider residing in this country from resi¬ engaging dents of the United , edrijrart Istatei td persons dot not private as secretaries, servants or domestics. 60th Day —Mr. Hawley introduced a bill to provide that hereafter jirexmotions to every grade in the army belov. tV« rank of seniority Brigadier-General in the shall lower be made grade according of that to next corps..,,Mr Blair Bill, arid Daniel Mr Morgan spoke in against favor it. of the ,A ,. number df nominations were received from the President,. , 61st Day.—M r. Hawley spoke against Chandler the Blair bill, ppd Messrs Urgent Moody and Deficiency bill in favor oi it.. Tfie was passed, as were also a nunfPer of public Buildings Day.—A appropriation unusually bills. large number of 62d n petitions was presented and referred, com¬ prising some for and some against the Sun¬ day rest law, sdnle Against for the the free coinage of silver, Govcrnuient rind several works Of employment but Unite, on citizens,.;:MdsSrS. Rvrirtsarid .arty fierce States V spoke on the Blair bill.... Mr. obfheCs ad tural v oca ted dSpttasidn: his resolution concerning agricul¬ AuTfle McKinley Adminis¬ trative Customs bill was reported: in 63d Day.—T he amendments adopted the Committee of the Whole oa the Blair bill were reported to the Senate and accepted, and the decisive question wa3 put on the engrossment and third reading of the bill. It was found that on a call of the yeas and nays thirty-six Senators had voted against a third reading, Mr Blair, and only satisfying thirty-two himself in favor that of it. after there was an actual majority against moving the bill, changed his vote, for the purpose of a reconsideration at some future date: aud the final official announcement made the vote against the bill thirty-seven to thirty-one. In the House. 67th Day.—M r. Perkins stated that an er¬ roneous impression bad gone orit, that accord¬ ing to the provisions of the Oklahoma bill, uassed the previous day, the Cherokee Outlet had been declared opened to settlement under the homestead laws. The statement should have been that the public land strip—not the Cherokee Outlet—had been opened to settle¬ ment____In Committee 6f the Whole, a bill to retire General J. C. Fremont, with the rank of major-general, was formally recom¬ mended. ,, 68th Day.— Mr. Lodge, a* Chairman of the House Committee on the election of Pres¬ ident and Vice-President and Representatives bill regulate in election Congress, Representatives introduced a in Congress.... to of Eulogies were pronounced in memory of Judge Kelley, “the Father of the House." 69th Day.— Among the bills introduced was one by Mr, Kelley to the provide House. for It the de¬ election of members of clares that no State law or Constitution shall deprive a citizen once duly authorized to vote for a member of the Legislature of his right to vote, except upon conviction of felony... .Under a suspension of the rules the House passed the bill transferring the reve¬ nue marine from the Treasury Department to the under Navy instructions Department____Mr. from McKenna, V Census the Committee suspend on. the the rules , 1 ii.'.-nt’- and nil! moved to of pass a authorizing the Superintendent thecensus to enumerate the Chinese population in such manner as to enable him to list make of rill a complete Chinese and accurate descriptive United States at the persons who are in the time of taking the census. Tim bill was passed without division. 70th Day.—T he Pension Appropriation \Vhole,and bill came up in Committee of the Mr. Morrow, who had charge of it, made a speech on the subject, explaining ill detail tile provisions of the bill, which appropriates «93‘427.461. the 71st Day —Mr. Candler presented the World’s re rort of the Special Committee on Fair. The city of Chicago was selected as rue place for holding the Fair. The repre¬ sentation of the Territories and the District o, Columbia has been increased from one to two Commissioners from each, and provis¬ eight ion s also made for the appointment of Commissiouers-at-Large. The Commission •s called “The World’s Columbian Commis¬ sion"____The M udd-Coni otou contested elec¬ tion case, from Marvland. the House insisted .. Oa motion of Mr siruole on its amendments to the Senate bill provid iafra Territorial Government for Oklahoma, aud Messrs. Struble, Perkins ana Spvinger were appointed a conference committee. 72D Day. —The House resumed the con¬ sideration of the Mudd-Compton contested election case, and was addressed by Mr. Comp¬ ton, the sitt ng member, in his own behalf. A debate followed, and at the close Com¬ Mr. Moore, on behalf of the minority of the de¬ mittee on Elections offered a resolution claring Compton entitled to the seat. This was defeated—yeas 145, nays 155. The ma¬ jority resolution declaring Mudd entitled to the seat was adopted—yeas 159, nays 145--- Mr. Mudd then appeared and took tbe oath if office. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. Rose Eytingb has opened a school for dramatic instruction in Neff York city. Tschalkowsky, the composer, is described as a tall, handsome man with a gray beard. Lilly Post has been singing in “The Pi¬ rates of Penzance” at the Auditorium, Chi¬ cago. Sims Reeves, the public famous English and tenor, is al¬ will soon close nis career, ready arranging for his farewells. Olga Brandon has an emotional Hoyt, play called "Corisande,"’ written by Henry in which she proposes to act in London at a matinee. Bill Nye, the humorous lecturer, has in¬ vested *10,000 in real estate in Salt Lake,and the papers of that oity say William’s bald cea (i is level. “The Flood of Johnstown" is in prepara¬ tion and will shortly ba produced br the Hebrew Actors' Company at the Thalia Theatre, New York. The German baritone, Knaschmann. was recently hissed during an operatic perform¬ ance at Parma on account of his nationality, and obliged to leave the town precipitately. Miss Abej.i., a young society girl of De¬ troit, Mich., has made her debut with Rhea as Marie Louise in “Josephine." The young woman is said to possess considerable talent. For the first time in some years New York is having a season of Italian opera. The first day’s sales of seats amounted to $20,000. Madame Patti made her first appearance as Semiramide. Miss Minnie Maddern, the well-known actress, has been married to Harrison Grey Kiske, editor of a New York musical and dramatic journal. She will retire perma¬ nently from the stage. Edwaf.d H. House, the invalid suit journalist enjoin has been ruccessful in his to Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain), Mrs. Ab¬ bey Sage Richardson and Daniel Frohman from producing the “Prince and the Pauper.” One class of business affected by the un¬ certainty of the World's Fair location is the theatrical business. Managers waut to book the best attractions in advance for 1892, and the attractions themselves are hesitating - . bat to do, because a change or postpone¬ cisad ment would work greatly to their vantage and result in serious loss. Ozark County, Mo., has a population of 12 090, of whom 9000 are not taxpayers. In Gainesville, the county town, is the countv jail, a structure of logs, eight by tea feet aud twenty feet high. It is officially stated iu Paris that a tele grain has been received from the 1 ,’ougt country, in West Africa, stating that t French post, consisting of ten natives undei a European agent, nils been massacred- ai I- Ounvus VOL, XVI, NO. 19. PROMINENT PEOPLE, The Emperor of China has eWtered upon a of energetic reform. JclIA Ward Howk is the best Greet of hef *** in this country. It is stated that Enin! Pasha will shortly from the service of Egypt. Lord Salisbury, the British Premier, is so fleshy that his friends are worried him. PRESIDENT Carnot, of France, considers the most fitteresting foreigners visit Paris. William W. Story, white of the sculptor, and i* of ftetm-e, moustache of voice. The Empress of Germany idris inherited seventeen row; of pearls from the Irite esc Empress Augusta. Lord Titv-vVartN recently wrotAto a Lou¬ friend that he doWM never again write poem for publication. W. J Arkell, the New York newspaper ncte*; interiof oraanizing ft au expedition to ex the Alaska Senator Dixon, the United of Rhode States telriod, Senrifo says is like socially large private club. a Ex-SkORfiTARY Bayard is said not to entered the Senate Chamber since he it to become a Cabinet Oftloer. George FnAffdi'ri Train ha* left Tacoma, on his trip arouud the world to beat records of all previous globe girdlers, Ex-EmpeU(jI! Do'm Pedro is said to have idea of the value of rdoWey, He con to live in the most extravagdiW style. Secretary Tracy has already grown of hotel life and has about concluded for leasing a house on C street, Washington. The Shah of Persia has consented to gi v ft the world, through the columns of a Pari* hit impressions of his recent tour Europe. Senator Vance, of North Carolina, say* his State produced more California gold prior all to discovery of mines in than States put together. It is reported that ex-Empress Eugenie, France, in her lonely and sorrowful age, taken to Writing versa, and that some of is pretty good Veihe, too. Representative GirtsoN, of Maryland, the is the handsomest member of House of Congress. He Is also the best cook in Washington. Field Marshal Moltkk still dons the uniform, but has laid aside his which he tfiriy wears 6n formal occa¬ and when he calls on tb8 Bntperor. Senator Brown, of Georgia, has had a public service. State He Senator, is seventy Presidential years and has been Governor for four terms, Chief of the Supreme Court of Georgia, United States Senator. The new Duke of Aosta, who would be¬ heir to the Italian throne In the event the death of the weakly and delicate Prince, is a tall, handsome young with perfectly cut features. He is ex¬ wealthy, having inherit*! from mother a fortune of $6,000,000. Paralysis is stealing a march ou M. Pas the distinguished French scientist. Ha one attack some years ago, which left him h i ,fert‘and 1 “€he '{tmbfe“o^ne’V(aoe'hai for the worse, aud the speech is thick u d embarrassed. There are wild twitchet in the face. But the mind is as keen as ever. NEWSY GLEANINGS, In Tacoma, Wash., they have an electric railway. The prospects are that California will have a big wheat crop. It is announced that all Russian import will be raised in June. The National House of calendar. Representatives about. 1100 bills on tbe The North Dakota Senate rejected all th j appointments made by the Governor. The cold weather killed at least one-third of the tobacco plants iu North Carolina. A MOVEMENT in favor of a MofWHsc sister¬ hood is uiucn progress in Loudon. The new French ministry announces a pol¬ of active work and political conciliation. The Bulgarian Government is about to ex¬ pend *15,000,000 upon the construction of railroads. Over 1000 men have been cutting ice on the lakes around Pittsfield, Mass., for a New York company. Recent returns to the Department of Agricultural show a revival of interest in sheep husbandry. Heavy purchases of bonds by the Treasury Department have reduced the available sur¬ plus to about $20,000,000. Thomas Hope, of New York, bequeathed Langholm, $400,000 to found a hospital at Scotland, where he was born. The dock strikes in Liverpool had a serious effect upon transatlantic traffic, both as re¬ gards passengers and freight. It has been finally determined to put Gene¬ ral Lafayette’s statue in the upper part of Lafayette Square in Washington. A bill reducing the legal rate of interest from ten to eight per cent, has been passed by both Houses of the Iowa Legislature. The President has been authorized bv act of Congress to confer brevet rank on army Officers for gallantry in campaign* against the Indians. Efforts are being made in Toronto to en¬ courage the exportation of Canadian cattle to Ireland, where, it is said, there is considei able demand for them. Guards were placed on the endangered rifles levees at New Orleans with Winchester with instructions to shoot any one approach¬ ing the levees at night, Tiie City of Minneapolis has appropriated its the sum of $15,000 for tbe enrichment of public library through the purchase of rare books and manuscripts. After forty years of Mormon rule, all the city of Salt Lake has to show is some sets of books that the most expert bookkeeper in the universe cannot balance. IIE NltffDED TUX SLEET 15. i * Brush off vour coat sleeve, my dear, said Mrs. Larkin to her husband; “there is dust on it. “That is no reason why I should brush of? the sleeve, love,” he replied. ‘TU simply brush of? tho dust.”—[Bazar. // liter 4f*( I V/ r i / A / A MONKEY. Brown—I see William is monkeying with the Etvjlish styles. them. —The Jury. Green—No, he apes The Russian Government will try to rais« two English steamer One i rank of them at Baiaklaya is said to in the Crimean war *290,000. have oa board a chest containing HAD I MY WIStT, I my wish, the world should hold nook entranced in fancy’s mold; One littlo spot where bud and vine Made nature drunk with beauty’3 wiuq happy love could ne’er grow old. here in simple ways grown bold laugh at fame, sigh for gold; ' nor Our lives should be a song divine. Had I my wi3h. i And when each day’s delights were told And twilight came across the wold l ! d look into your face benign And feel your lips pressed soft oa minri, While oa and on the big earth rolled, Had I my wish. —Chicago Mail. HUMOR OF THE DAY. The o£ilu» is a scentury plant. If the peacock could sec his feet ha never bra g of his tail. There I? unite a difference triween wrapped iff <ni«t,ee and rapped into .—Dansville Breeiti A man never knows he is a fool, l» when he learns that much he is ne a fool.— Washington Star. ii I think we ought to have the fuschia mir national flower. “Why so?” have a great fuschia before us. 17 A sign 0tt Trentont street, Boston, 11 Fresh Eggs, 28 cents;” “Strictly Eggs, 30 cents .”—American The gentleman who discovered that wife was puttiSg her pin money in bank against a rainy day now calls it safety-pin money .—New Turk Newt. A household paper tells how ti to get out of white marble.” Petroleum prefer to get H out of the .—Pittsburg Chnniclc Telegraph. Perhaps the biggest bore of ah', ■ Who most our temper sours, I Is he who says “he has no time,” «, But talks for three long hours. —Terre Haute Repress. First Physician—“Any unusual symp¬ about that last case of yours?” Sec¬ Physician—“Yes, he paid me fifty on account yesterday."— Manser/c Hitherto Patient Boarder—"Mrs. Star , I can stand having hash every day the week, but when on Sunday yo: raisins in it and call it mince-pie, I thd line.” De Jinks—“It's *ad that Goodfcllotv throws his money away, Do believe it?” Swipesoff—‘.‘17^11, T hs ioutjou^somo last nigh- , “It is really astonishing what immense the art of photography has made last years, Why, you really don’t your friends’ pictures when you sec .”—Fliegende Blaelter. It is estimated that 110,000,000 Euro¬ eggs weA eaten in the United State year. Out people are good Republi¬ but they do have a lingering affec¬ foi 1 tbe monarchical yolk, “Do you waut the earth?" inquired the hotel clerk cf a meekly com¬ guest.” “No,” was the reply, ■. you can keep it a whiie longer ,i-l 1 as fou for it .”—Washington Post. \ gbe—"T afraid, George dear, that you speak to papa, he may be very mgry ” He—“I think not when I show him this bankbook.” She-“Oh,George’. Let me look at it first.”— Time. “Maria,” said Mr. Bronson at mid* night. “Go in to Willie and make him stop blowing that tin horn. This is no time for that!” “That’s not Willie. It’s the new nurse snoring.”— Epoch. He stole a kiss from an artless miss: “You’re a heartless thief,” quoth tho she. thtel ■ “I’m a ‘heartless thief/ but you’re he. That stole my heart,” saith — Puck. ' Merchant (after refusing an applicant, for work)— “I’d like to employ you, but you see how it is. I hope you appreciate the situation. Applicant— “I could ap preciate it better if I had it. V — Munss/* Weekly. Stewardess—“Madam, I ve attended to you the best I knew how, unsatisfied. supplied every want, but you are still IVhat do you want now?” Sea-sick Lady Passenger—“I want tho earth.’ Boston Courier. Miss Trirnount—“And to think that, after all these thousand of years, there ihould be so much water in the sea! Due would suppose it would have dried 4 p long ago.” Miss Kornpakir “les, ihat’s so. But then, you know,^ it has leans ;_ - of salt in it, papa says the way _ £ wonderful.” salt preserves things is The Bill Was I’ald. Dr. McLane, of the College of Physi¬ cians and Surgeons, carries beneath his professional dignity an inexhautible store o' wit, humor and anecdote. In a par¬ lor, one evening this week, the conver¬ sation chanced to fall upon Dr. Williard Parker, and he told the following story: “When Dr. Parker was just beginning his famous career he was sent for by a rich but avaricious man, who had dislo ;ated his jaw. The young surgeon aromptly put the member in place. ‘What is yo.’.r bill, doctor?’ asked the patient. dollars, sir.’ * l i Fifty heavens!’ And the u ‘Great man opened his mouth so wide as to dislocate his jaw a second time. Dr. Parker again put things to rights. bill was?’ “ ‘What did you say your again asked the patient. dollars; it _ i . ‘I said it was fifty now is one hundred.’ “The mau grumble!, but paid it. New York Star. In the New Hebrides there is a babel of tongues, but the Presbyterian mission aries have reduced twelve of them to writing. The seventeen missionaries la all busy with . boring on the group are the work of translation. The King of Siam is about to send five Siamese I boys to the United States to be educated at his own expense, The boys are to be placed in charge of an Ameri¬ ca,! missionary, and will probably bs sti ( to school in Pennsylvania.