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LTTTL.E CCCfVER BLOSSOM.
It sleeps within a casket rare ;
' Ti* twined about within ribbon fair.
An J junt one stran 1 of shining hair—
That little elover blossom.
One solace •t remains a-gloan:
From youthful pleasure's withered beam .
It wvik again love's early dream—
That little clover blossom.
A little clover blossom!
Tin naught at all to yon,
But more than gold
Or gems untold
I prize its faded hue.
It breathes of morn end mountain brook9,
Ofbirls an 1 bees an l flowing OOOks ;
'Tis worth a world of musty books,
That little elover blossom.
I prize It most of all I s**o
Because it brings in girlish glee
The bonnie 1 ;l b “ who gave it me—
That little clover blossom.
A little clover blossom !
It whdds u won lrous power;
No words can tell
Its sacred spoil—
That little ftt led flower.
tamuol M. 1 ock, in Atlanta Journal,
A MISUNDERSTANDING,
T HE misunderstand- mgs. Now, world is full of
a misunder
-^7' > *•' fd-mding isan awk
ward thing — the
7 sort of thing that
■a some times makes
shipwreck of lives
that otherwise
would sail smooth¬
ly enough into the
L. haven where they
would be.
This is the story
ol a misunderstanding.
1 The very first tirno he saw her he
said to himself: “Now, there’s the girl
I should like to marry.”
She was just his sort, but it was the
old story of the attraction of oppo
sites, a stnry as old as the lulls. He
was big, site was small; he was dark,
she was fair; he was quiet, she was
lively; and so on, ad infinitum. She
certainly was a very taking little girl,
and sho had a pensive way of contem
plating one with her great blue eyes
that was altogether fascinating. Bob
Helmsleigh went down before that
look like a leaf beforo the wind.
Bob was not particularly clever or
amusing, or, indeed, particularly any¬
thing but honest. Honest ho was,
from the crown of his close-cropped
head to to tho soles of his military
boots, and ns simple-minded as a
child. Hitherto ho had never been in
earnest about a woman, but he was in
earnest now, aud it was a sober, sol
oran, downright earnest. Henceforth
there would be but one woman iu tho
world for him.
He would have liked to take her in
those great strong arms of his and tell
her so, but such a course of action
was out of the question, for sho was
engaged to his old chum, Phil Mars
den.
Now, Phil Marsdeu was the sort of
man that lady novelists describe as
“ono of Fortunes favorites.” Iu
plain English, he was good-looking,
well off, a thorough sportsman, a good
hand at all games, and popular with
men atnl women a'ike. A lucky mor¬
tal all round, but it never occurred to
Bob to envy his friend until he saw
Gwen Warrington. Then r new,
strange feeling stirred in Bob’s honest
heart. It was not exactly jealousy,
but rather a wistful, patient wonder
why one fellow should have all the luck
and everything else, while the other
fellows were left out in the cold.
Well, one summer tho officers of
Bob’s regiment took it into their
heads to give a ball. It was a final
flare up before the —th moved into
fresh quarters, and they spared neither
trouble nor expense to make it a suc¬
cess. At this ball Bob was introduced
to tlio future Mrs. Phil Marsdeu, and
they danced a good deal together. Bob
had a splendid swing, and Gwen was
tho lightest waltzer in the room, so
they wont like clockwork.
Gwen gave Bob more waltzes than
she gave Phil, but tho latter did not
seom to mind, aud that, of course,
was rather a queer state of things.
Bob noticed it, which was remarkable,
for iu an ordinary way las perceptions
were just as blunt as are most men’s.
“I say. Miss Warrington, he ob
served, tentatively, as ho aud Gwen
went out together yet once again, “it’s
awfully good of old Phil to let you
give me so many dances. Shows he
isn t selfish, any way, doesu t it ?
Gwon shrugged her shoulders, and
a change came over her expressive
face; a change that Bob did not quite
like to see.
Ne! mil • she ecuoed. ih. lull
. selhsu whore 1 concerned,
is never am
1 can assure you, Mr. Helmsleigh.
He has no desire to keep me all to
himself. ^
There was no obvious answer to
this speech, and so Boo said nothing,
As a matter of tact, the situation uas
just a little beyond him.
He thought of Gweu s words after
ward, though, and of the faintly bit
ter tone iu which they were uttered,
but lie did not \enture to broach the
subject again. It was ticklish ground.
He saw nothing more of either Phil
or Gwen until tho autumn, and then
he ran into them at the house of a
mutual friend, where he had gone for
a week s shooting*, lhis time the idea
that all was not right between the
lovers struck him more forcibly than
before. lhey wore apparently on
good terms with one another, and they
never disagreed, but Phil had lost his
old genial spirits and become moody
aud discontented. He was always
either iu the clouds, or swearing at
his luck. Gweu had eaanged, too.
llor manner had grown tired and
listless, aud there was a wistfui, wou
dor ing look iu her eyes that it hurt
Bob to see.
Poor old Bob! He could tell that
something was wrong, but he could
uot make out what it was, though he
puzzled that honest head of his until
he thought that he was going to have
brain fever. The new look in Gwen’s
eyes haunted him. It was always in
his braiu iu the day-time, aud it kept
him awake at night. He felt impelled
te do something—but what? Taat was
the question.
At last on« dny ho found Gwen al
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the fire, and that was the climax, He
never could bear to see a woman in
tears, and when it came to the woman
he loved, why —
“Miss Warrington," he said, hur
riedly. “Miss Warrington, you are
in trouble of some sort. Will yon
tell me what it is !” Then, as she did
not answer at once, his hand fell
heavily on her shoulder, and he add
ed, “For God’s sake, don’t cry.”
Gwen checked her sobs with an
effort, and raised her tear-dimmed
eye* to hiB face.
“Oh ! Mr. Helmsleigh,’’she exclaimed,
“I am in great trouble, and—and yon
are so good and kind. If only you
could help me.
Give me a chance Bob returned,
shortly. I m a stupid sort of a chap
know; no good at tall tak But if
aero s any thing in the world I can do
for you, I 11 do it. Do you believe
“Ob, yes,” answered Gwen, putting
out her hand to him with an impulsive
gesture, while the tears brimmed
over afresh.
Bub took the trembling little hand
and held it in a strong, close clasp—a
tu h0 “’ “ nd
i « Tbat’e right,” he said. “Now, let
me hear all about it. But don’t cry
—for pity’s sake, don’t cry like that.
You’ll send me mad if you do. Come,
dry your eyes.”
“It’s about Phil,” Gwen went on,
mopping her eyes obediently. “Of
course, it’s about Phil. Oh, Mr. Helm
sleigh, you have known Phil so much
longer than I have, and you must un¬
derstand him better. Can you tell
me why he is so—so queer with me?”
This was somewhat of a facer. Bob
ran liis lingers through his short dark
hair and drew a deep breath.
“Don’t you know?” he asked.
Gwen shook her head.
“No.”
“Well, I’m blessed if I do,” said
Bob.
Gwen went on in a low, hurried
tone.
“Phil has never been to me what
other girls’ lovers are to them; but I
don’t know why. I only wish I did.
He seemed fond enough of me before
we were engaged, but now—well, of
course tho whole thing is a miserable
failure, and it gets worse. It isn’t
that Phil is unkind to me; he is as
kind and good and patient as a man
could be. He considers me before
himself; there is nothing ho wouldn’t
do for me, but—but—he doesn’t love
me. That is tho root of the whole
matter. ”
Her voice broke with a pathetic lit¬
tle quiver that went straight to Bob’s
heart. lie looked down at the child¬
ish forlorn figure, half lost in the big
leather chair, and felt a wild impulse
to take it iu his arms. But ho re
strained tho impulse somehow.
“Well,” he said, as quietly aa he
could, “it’s a riddle, isn’t it? I wish
I could help you to read it. Old Phil
must be a lunatic—nothing less than a
lunatic.”
“No,” Gwen answered, sadly, “he
is not a lunatic—far from it—but
there is something I don’t understand.”
She looked up at Bob again, and laid
her hand lightly on his arm. Such a
pretty little hand. It looked like a
snowflake on his rough coat sleeve.
“Will you do something for me?” she
asked ; “I know I cau trust you, and
you are Phil’s oldest friend ; but you
must say if you mind very much.”
Bob turned his head away, for ho
dared not meet her eyes just then. But
he took hold of her hand and squeezed
it hard.
“Anything,” he said.
i > Then,” Gwen went on, “try and
find out from Phil what it is that has
come between us, aud if 1 can do any¬
thing to put it right. I have tried
and failed. But you may succeed.
Will you try?”
“Yes,” said Bob, just as he would
have said it, if she had asked him to go
to the other end of the world for her.
That same evening he broached the
subject to Phil. It was rather a big
fence to tackle, but ho shut his eyes
and rode hard at it, going straight to
the point in his blundering, honest
way.
Phil hesitated a little at first, but in
tho end he to ld the truth,
“You see, old chap,” he said, “it’s
like this. The whole affair is a ghastly
m i 8ta keali through. I never pro
posed to Gwen at nil.”
Bob gave a great start.
“You never proposed to her at all?”
be echoed. “Then how, iu Heaven’s
uam0j Well,”‘said did ycm get engaged?”
“ Phil, addressing him
ge if to the fire, “it happened in this
way. You remember Charlie Thoinp
sou of the _ tll o Well, I was staying
do ., vu j u Devonshire with him last
snmmer| and there I met Gwen. She
took my fancy awfully at first, and 1
seemed to take hers; so we started a
flirtation, aud that worked all right
until her sister Lily appeared on the
s cene. When I saw her—Lily, I mean
—I knew I was done for. She’s—she’s
from other girls, somehow.
“Well, I soon made up my mind to
as ]- h er to marry me, but I was a bit
shy about it, and, like a fool, before
spe akiug to her I thought I would try
au d find out from Gwen if there wa3 a
C hance for me. I mentioned it to her
evening, and tried to ask her to
a good word forme; but I must
have made an awful idiot of myself,
for, to my horror, she thought I was
proposing to her, and before I knew
w i 1 ere I was she had accepted me. It
was U p -with me then. I felt queer,
j can tell, Bob; and when I found she
jj ad really cared for me all the time,
w ben I thought she was only playing
me ro y own game, Ihadn’t thepluck
to tell her the mistake she had made,
L j was a coward, I know, but I literally
con p d no t do it. I just let things
s ii de , and trusted to luck to get me
ou ^ u f scra p e> You see the result,
L uo k deserted me for once, and here
p dU1 —stranded. I’ve behaved like a
fool aud a scoundrel all round, and the
,vorst of it is no one is satisfied. I am
miserable, so is Gweu, and so is Lily
—and all through a misunderstand
ing. Is there anything I cau do to put
things straight, old chap? Without
behaving more like a scoundrel than
ever, I mean. What would you do in
my place?”
Bob thrust his hands deep in his
pockets and nodded his head with
great gravity.
“Tdl the truth,' he answered,
ersely; the only thing you cub
dm you emrht ;»•»«flop?«tlea?
ago. Jove? it’s a tight fit, though."
Phil fairly groaned.
“If I thought Gwen had given up
caring for me I’d tell her fast enough,’
he rejoined; “but I don't think she
has, and—how can I tell her? No,
hang it allj I can’t. I shall have tc
see the thing through now, whatever
comes. ”
Bob has silent for a moment or two,
blinking solemnly at the lire.
•‘Tell you what it is,” he said at
last, “Miss Warrington has plenty of
pluck, and she’s as straight a3 they
make’em. You ought to be straight
with her, Phil. It seems to me that
the more she cares for you, the more
right she has to know the truth
may be wrong-1 m a stupid sort o
chap, I know-but that s the way 1
look at it
Good old Bob His honest heart
and simple mind had led him straight
to.a truth that wiser men have often
mihSei *
The story is quite an old one now.
14 a11 happened last year, and Phil
and Lily are going to be married nexf
month.
Aud the others?
Well, it was only one day last week
that Bob said suddenly to Gwen:
“I say, do you remember what hap¬
pened a year ago to-day?”
And Gwen flashed a little as she
answered:
“Yes, of course I do. I was in
trouble, and I asked you to help me—
and you did.”
“And I did,” said Bob, and then he
put his hand over hers as it lay idle on
the arm of her chair. “Tell you what
it is,” he went on, looking at her with
all his honest heart iu his honest eyes,
“I wish you would let me go on helping
you; through life, I mean. I’m not
much good at talking, but I know what
I mean, and I’ll always do my best for
you. Will you try me? Will you—
Gwen?”
And Gwen said: “I will”—London
Truth.
A Goose ol More Than Forty-five Years,
Colonel B. B. Jackson, of Siskiyou
County, who is one of the commission¬
ers to the fair, is anxiously awaiting
the appearance of a live goose which
is supposed to be on its way to this
city, and which, if its identity proves
what every indication points it to be,
will effectually knock the pins from
under all the tales told about a goose
not living to a great age. History
does not tell us at just what age the
“old gray goose” died of which the
old song treats, but the general im¬
pression seems to bo that the fowl in
question seldom attains a greater age
than ten or twelve years. The evi¬
dence at hand, however, would seem
to indicate that his gooeeship, of which
this item treats, is a hale old fellow of
over forty-five years. Colonel Jack
son gives tho following particulars of
tho goose’s early history : “In 1819 I
and eight other Oregonians ran across
Kit Carson and General Freemont
with a small force of men near tho
sink of tho Humboldt in Nevada. They
had been rounded up by a lot of In¬
dians, but we beat them off and all
went into camp together on the spot.
Provisions had got pretty low, and
one day Carson proposed to me that
we go out and try for some deer. We
started out together and met with
poor luck, and while sepaaated from
Kit I took a shot at a fat buck in tho
brush, but ho got away from me. Just
after I fired I noticed a fluttering
sound coming from the direction iu
which 1 had aimed, and upon investi¬
gation found a young goose, which
had been slightly injured, but had be¬
come entangled in the thick under¬
brush aud thus prevented from escap¬
ing. At this juncture Carson came up
and I proposed that w r e take a rest, at
the same time telling him that I was
going to mark the gooso and let it go.
For this purpose I took the tin tag
which always came around the per¬
cussion-cap boxes furnished by Uncle
Sam in these days, and marked the
initials of my name aud the date on
the tag in heavy and enduring charac¬
ters with a file which we carried to re¬
pair the locks of our guns. This tag
was twisted around the goose’s leg in
such a manner as to prevent its falling
off, and he was released. That was the
last I ever heard cf the goose until a
few days ago, when a letter informed
me that ‘Jim’ Sturgeon, editor of the
ITomer Index, had the goose in his
possession, alive and well. My infor¬
mation states that the tag is intact,
and that the initials are still plainly
visible.”—San Francisco Call.
Ants as Brislgc Builders.
The following story, told by an
eyewitness, to the Fiocky Mountain
News, is entitled to a place among the
instances of intelligence among the
lower animals : A cook w r as much au
noyed to find his pastry shelves at
tacked by ants. By careful watching
it was discovered that they came out
twice a day in search of food, at about
seven in the morning and four in the
afternoon. How were the pies to be
protected against the invaders? He
made a circle of molasses around them
and then watched results. He did not
have long to wait, for at 6.50 o’clock
he noticed that oft’in the left hand
corner of the pantry was a line of ants
slowly making their way in the direc
tion of the They seemed like a
vast army coming forth to attack an
enemy. In front was a leader, who was
larger than any of the other, and who
always kept a little ahead of his
troops, They were of the sort known
as the medium-sized red ant, which is
regarded as the most intelligent of its
kind, whose scientific name is Formica
rubra,
About forty ants out of five hundred
stepped out aud joined the leader. The
general and his aids held a council,
and then proceeded to examine the
circle of molasses. Certain portions
of it seemed to be assigned to the dif
ferent ants, and each selected nner
rin^lv the points in the section itnder
his charge where the stream ot
molasses was narrowest. Then the
leader made his tour of inspection.
The order to march was given, and the
auts all made their way to a hole in
the wall, at which the plastering was
loose. Here they broke ranks, and
set about carrying pieees of plaster to
the pilace in the molasses, until, at
H ;30 o’clock, they had thrown a
bridge across. Then they formed
themseives in line again, and marched
over, and by 11.45 everv ant of
; foraging sxpeditiou * was contentedly
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NEWS AND GOSSIP OF WASH.
IXGTON CITY.
Brief Notes Concerning the Business of
Our Government,
_
The president Tuesday sent to con
gress a dispatch from Minister Willis*
in whieh he states that Queen Lilioa
kalini earnestly requests that the
United States will not recognize tfc>s
Hawaiian republic,
Senator Crisp was at the white house
Thursday dent and his visit with the presi
caused a renewal of the comment
a8 to the intere8t of the administration,
in support of the tariff position of the
house. Mr. Crisp declined to sav any
thing concerning the conference, or to
even intimate whether the tariff dead
lock between the two houses was tho
subject of discussion.
A few minutes after 3 o’clock Tues¬
day afternoon, almost immediately af¬
ter the senate adjourned, the demo¬
cratic senators went into caucus for
the^purpose in regard of formulating the disposal a pro¬
gramme to
the tariff bill. For three hours tints*
discussion continued, aud at that time*
without having reached any eoncli*
sion, an adjournment was taken until
Wednesday at the same hour.
At the suggestion of Chairman Cock¬
rell, Senator Gordon has made a con¬
densation of the house bill to appro¬
priate $200,000 for the Atlanta expo¬
sition. The bill was too cumbersome,
in the opinion of the senators, to be
added as an amendment. It will be
reported in the new shape, if acted on
favorably, but as the main points are
perfectly preserved, there will l>o no
difficulty in the conference, should tho
bill pass both houses.
The president has announced the
commissioners to investigate the con¬
troversies between certain railroads
and their employes connected with the
recent strike as follows: Carroll D.
Wright, who is designated by statute
as one of the commissioners; John D.
Kernan, of New York, and Nicholas
E. Worthington, of Peoria, Ill., se¬
lected by the president. Under the
law he was obliged to appoint a citizen
of Illinois as one of the commission¬
ers.
The senate committee on territories
has agreed upon favorable reports to
the bills admitting Arizona and New
Mexico to statehood. Both of these
bills have already passed the house.
Could they be considered by the sen¬
ate at this session they would pass. It
is, however, not probablo that they
will be reached on the calendar before
the December session. With the Utah
bill already a law and these two soon
to be, this congress has done well in
admitting new states.
The navy department is advised that
tho Bennington sailed from La Liber
tad Wednesday for San Francisco via
Acapulco with General Ezeta and three
other refugees on board. The cabinet
decided that she should be brought
home at once and that General Ezeta,
and the other three refugees, could be
kansfesred to tSkv Charleston at San
Francisco and immediately sent back
to La Libertad, to be delivered to the
local authorities as soon as proper ju¬
dicial proceedings against them could
be assured.
A report received at the Marine hos¬
pital bureau from Surgeon Young, at
Key West, Fla., announces the occur¬
rence there of an epidemic of “den¬
gue” fever. The report states that up
to date mentioned, (July 17,) there
had been 55 cases out of a garrison of
115, among the officers and men of the
Third Artillery. There have also been
a number of cases, probably some dan¬
gerous, among the residents of the
city. Dr. Porter, state health offi¬
cer of Florida, in a communication
dated the 18th, instant, says that, up
to date, there had been 75 cases of
“dengue” fever, but no deaths.
The democratic senators in caucus
Wednesday afternoon finally agreed
and there will be a tariff bill. They
agreed to vote down all motions to in¬
struct the senate conference and to
send the bill back to conference with¬
out ’instructions. There was, however,
an understanding as to what sort of a
bill the senate conference would agree
upon. It was agreed that the sugar
schedule should be changed somewhat,
and that provisions should be made to
admit Canadian coal free, provided
ours was admitted in Canada without
duty. The senate conference stated
to the caucus that they believed with
another conference a bill could be
agreed upon.
Coining Silver Dollars.
Director Preston is informed that
the San Francisco mint begun the
coinage of standard silver dollars
Wednesday, striking off during the
day 30,000. The same number was
struck oft’ at New Orleans, bringing up
the total coinage since it was renewed
a week ago to $175,000. The coinage
will be continued in the discretion of
Secretary Carlisle. The treasury
lost Thursday $2,300,000 in gold
—$2,000,000 at New York for Eu¬
ropean export, $100,000 at Boston for
European export, and $2 00,000 at
New’ York for shipment to Canada.
This decreases the United States gold
reserve, reducing it to $5S,050,0Q0, the
lowest point ever reached, and $42,
000,000 below the $100,000,000 re¬
serve.
Atlanta’s Exposition Bill.
A favorable report from the senate
committee on appropriations for the
Cotton States and International Ex¬
position bill is assured. The sub¬
committee having the matter in charge,
composed o: Senators Cockrell and
Gorman, democrats, and Allison, re¬
publican, decided unanimously Tnurs
uay to give the poroject their un
qualified support before the whole
| committee, which will report it favor
j a ^' i Y a s a part of the sundry
. senate. That the
piass the senate with this
recommendation, is open to very lit
doubt, and the exposition workers
here are overjoyed at the prospect for
t ^ ie exposition bill soon being ready to
receive the president s signature. The
j P eo P ie of Atlanta and the south may
| assured that the appropriation is a
j fact. The time for congratula¬
j ’b has arrived. The appropriate bill is safe b200,- and
e government will
i Ior the removal of the building
i from Chicago, tfnd e splendid tb gc overn*
nteut exhibit, bill whish
ate committee will report favorably
is the one prepared by General Gor
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-NEWS OF THE SOUTH
BRIEFLY EPITOMIZED IN PUNG¬
ENT PARAGRAPHS.
Chronicling Events of Special Interest
to Our Readers.
The Kentucky Jellico Coal company,
whose miners are on a strike, adver¬
tise for one hundred able-bodied ne¬
groes to take the place of the strikers.
They will work negroes in the future.
The State Farmers’ Alliance of South
Carolina met in annual session at
Aiken Wednesday. There was an at¬
tendance of 32 out of 35 delegates.
President Evans presided. The body
is considered the most representative
one that has gathered in the state in
years.
The North Carolina Steel and Iron
Company’s property at Greensboro
has been purchased by a syndicate,
represented by Gov. Black, of Penn¬
sylvania, and Mr. A. A. Arthur, of
Tennessee. It will hereafter be known
as the Greensboro Iron aud Steel Com¬
pany.
A Columbia special says: Governor
Tillman received notification Wednes¬
day' night that a mob was being form¬
ed at Eastover to come to Columbia
and lynch Joyner, who killed R. T.
Branham. The governor immediately
ordered the prisoner to be taken to tho
penitentiary for safe keeping. An ex¬
tra guard is on, and should the mob
appear at any time it will be repulsed.
At Columbia, S. C., Tuesday, habeas
corpus proceedings were brought be¬
fore Supreme Justice Tope, formerly
attorney general under Tillman, in a
case of tho state against Silver, of Or¬
angeburg, charged with violating the
dispensary law' in June last. The jus¬
tice, in a verbal decision, held that tho
act of 1893 ovas still in force, and that
it had not boen acted upon by the su¬
premo court.
A Jackson, Miss., special says: Mr.
William J. Burns, of the secret service,
and special agent appointed to confer
with the governor about the special
warrants, has arrived in the city. After
learning that the whole matter had been
submitted to Secretary Carlisle by Gov¬
ernor Stone, through Senator George,
he has nothing to say in the matter,
but will await the decision of the sec¬
retary.
The southbound passenger train
from Dallas, over the Texas and Pacific
road, due at Texarkana, Ark., at 7:15
o’clock j>. m., Monday, was wrecked
near Queen City, Tex., shortly before
6 o’clock. It is reported that seven
people were killed as a result of tho
accident. Among those who met
death were the engineer, fireman, ex¬
press messenger and a negro porter.
Three passengers were also reported
killed.
The Oehitie Club, composed of New
York and other northern capitalists,
has purchased 64,000 of hunting land
on the coast of of South Carolina just
the other side of the Savannah river
and between the coast and ridgeland
on the Charleston and Savannah rail¬
road. The club will build a clubhouse
and use the land for winter outing and
sport. Its objects are pleasure, simi¬
lar to those of the famous Pincland
Chib near Garnett, S. C.
The American Protective Association
is beginning to cut a very important
figure in the political situation at Chat¬
tanooga. At first the organization was
ridiculed and no attention was paid to
it, but now the fact has developed that
it has over one thousand members in
the city, which is sufficient to decide
the county elections either way. A
ticket is being formulated by the
American Protective Association lead¬
ers and it will receive the full voto of
the body.
Monday afternoon Deputy Sheriffs
Charles M. Cole and James Smith, with
warrants for the arrest of Charles
Hudson for complicity in the massacre
at Slope 3, near Pratt City, Ala., went
to the house of Hudson’s father, near
Coalburg. No sooner did the deputies
appear than the Hudsons opened fire
on them, Cole falling dead at the first
fire and Smith falling mortally
wounded. The alarm was given, dur¬
ing which the Hudsons escaped to the
mountains near by.
The deputy United States marshals,
who served in the Montgomery, Ala.,
district during Cleveland’s first ad¬
ministration, brought suit against the
government for some $40,000 in fees
which had been disallowd them. The
officers claimed 6 cents mileage when
going to serve a paper and 10 cents
when returning with the prisoner or
witness. If the officer brought, for
instance, three prisoners back he
claimed 18 cents going and 30 cents
returning. The federal court at Mont¬
gomery has allowed the claim as to
serving the papers, but refused to
allow the claims for returning. The
case will probably be appealed.
SLEW FOUR PEOPLE.
An Enraged Husband’s Diabolieal
Deed.
Wednesday night John Craig drove
from Los Angeles, CaL, to Glendale,
five miles distant, where his wife, from
whom he was divorced three months
ago, was stopping with her brother,
George Hunter. Arriving there, he
deliberately shot and killed both. He
then returned to Los Angeles, went to
the house of his father-in-law, William
Hunter, and killed him. Stepping
over his dead body, he walked to the
dining room and killed his mother-in
law. He then fired two shots into his
own head, but failed to kill himself.
The trouble was over a settlement of
community property.
THE SITUATION IMPROVING.
Furnaces in the Pennsylvania Steel
Region Resuming.
The industrial situation in Newcas¬
tle, Pa., is brighter than for many
months. Two furnaces, the Rosena
and the Atlantic, have resumed op¬
erations, and the Raney and the
Berger are preparing to blow in.
Extensive repairs are being made
at Red Jacket, and it will prob¬
ably resume in about two weeks. The
Shenango Valley Steel mill, which has
been idle several months, will also
start up ia a few day*.
LATEST TELEGRAMS
CONDENSED INTO SHOUT AND
B R K EZ Y PA R AG R API IS,
Anti Giving the Gist of the News Up to
the Time of Going to Press.
North Carolina’s coal mines, of
Egypt, Chatham county, are now fully
opened. The new machinery hoists
100 tons an hour, and the company
will contract to furnish tho Seaboard
Air Line its entire requirement—at
least 300 tons daily.
North Carolina’s state commissioner
of agriculture takes issue with the cot¬
ton dealers as to their statement that
there is a 10 per cent increase in tho
cotton acreage in North Carolina, and
says there is no increase, though tho
crop is, of course, much better.
A Birmingham, Ala., special says:
The Hudsons, who shot aud killed the
two deputies and wounded two othtrs,
are still at large. Governor Jones has
offered a reward of $400 for tho appre¬
hension and delivery of tho bodies of
R. H. Hudson and his son to tho
sheriff of Jefferson county.
The leading organ of the populists
in North Carolina attacks Chairman
Eaves, of the republican state commit¬
tee, saying that his attempt to prevent
a fusion of populists and republicans
will fail this year, and charging that
two years ago he sold out his party to
the democrats, but that this year he
cannot deliver the goods.
A dispatch from Meridiau, Miss.,
says; Tho prospect for a bountiful
harvest of corn in this section for the
present year is splendid. The farmers
have planted more corn and less cot¬
ton than for years past. The seasons
of rain that have visited this county
recently will prove beneficial to both
crops. The farmers are in jubilant
spirits over their outlook.
A New York special says: There is
not the slightest doubt that Levi P.
Morton will be the republican candi¬
date for governor of the state this fall.
In fact, it seems assured that he will
be nominated by acclamation at tlio
republican convention, which will bo
held in Saratoga next month. Tho
gray-haired ex-vice president is the
overwhelming choice of his party re¬
gardless of faction.
A London cablegram says: In the
foreign office the absence of infor¬
mation that hostilities have begun iu
Corea is regarded as ground for hope
that the gravity of the reported col¬
lisions there has been exaggerated.
Tho members of the Chinese legation
profess to believe that the reported
encounter between Japanese soldiers
and the Coreau guards was merely an
isolated street fight and not a part of
an important movement.
The South Carolina alliance in ses¬
sion at Aikon, by a vote of 30 to 3, in¬
structed its members to vote only for
those who would vote for tho demands
of the alliance in the coming state
election. A short while ago Larry
Gantt, of the Piedmont Headlight ,
charged Manager Duncan, of tho alli¬
ance state exchange, with fraud and
extortion. Tho state alliance exoner¬
ated Duncan from the charges, after a
thorough investigation, and by a unan¬
imous voto expelled Gantt from the
order.
The Atlautic and Danville Railroad
company has notified its employes that
their salaries, including all officers
and employes, will be reduced on Au¬
gust 1st. The reduction in officers’
salaries will average 10 per cent, while
that of tho engineers aud other train¬
men will be much greater and will
probably cause a strike. Mr. Arthur,
grand chief of the Brotherhood of Lo¬
comotive Engineers, has been tele¬
graphed for. The engineers will not
work at the reduced rates, and a gen¬
eral tie-up of the road will result un¬
less somo arrangements are made iu
the meantime.
A SHIP WRECKED
Ami Her Crew of Twelve Men do
Down to Death.
Word has been received at San
Francisco of the total wreck of the
British bark William Lelachur, off
Cape St. James, on Provost island,
six hundred miles from Singapore.
The vessel left Singapore for Hong
Kong May 4th, to load for San Fran¬
cisco. Her bones are now bleaching
on the rocks off Cape St. James, while
the bodies of her crew are strewn
along the Bhore. Out of a crew of
twelve not a man lives to tell the tale.
The crew consisted of four English¬
men and eight Chinese.
THE PETITION DISMISSED
And the Reduction in Employes’
"Wages Stands.
In the United States circuit court
at Nashville Judge Lurton heard the
petition of the employes of the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Rail¬
road Company fox injunction re¬
straining the receiver from reducing
wages 10 per cent, as decided, to take
effect August 1st. Judge Lurton dis¬
missed the petition on the ground that
the reduction was advisable on account
of business depression. The road, for
reasons satisfactory to the court, was
taxed with the costs of the hearing.
Cotton Picking fn Texas.
Cotton picking in south Texas be¬
gan in earnest Monday morning. Al¬
ready abont fifty bales of new cotton
in different sections have been picked,
out. Cotton in general looks better
than ever known in Texas, and well
posted authorities predict a crop of
2,500,000 bales.
An Immigration Meeting.
The executive committee of the
Southern Immigration and Industrial
Association will meet at Chattanooga
Wednesday, August 1. The meeting
•will be a very important one and will
have representatives from all states in
the union.
To Attack Seoul.
Advices from Seoul, the capital of
Corea, say that the Japanese military
commander at that pfface is concen¬
trating his troops with the intention
of attacking the Chinese and Corean
troops entrenched just outside the city.
THE TOPMOST TOP.
Billings—What do you considei
your Poet~The highest flight of fancy?
attic stairs in my ea^tl*
in th* air.—[Philadelphia Record;
TRADE TALK.
Brodstreol’s Report of Business for
Past Week.
Bradstreet’e report of trade for
the past week says:
“The disappearance of the great
railway strike of 1894, the revival of
regular freight schedules and the cus¬
tomary movement of produce and mer¬
chandise by water ami rail have done
much to restore something like the
preceding volume of trade. The most
encouraging statement is merely that
general business is only approaching
the usual midsummer proportions.
The retury to work of potters at Tren¬
ton and Wheeling, employes of Pull¬
man, tubemakerB at McKeesport, a
further return of coke operatives in
the Connellsville region and of coal
miners in the western and southern
states, together with all recently strik¬
ing railway employes, will furnish
more industrial employment within a
fortnight than at any previous date
siuco April 1st.
“Large eastern business centers re¬
port a feeling among jobbers and
other wholesale houses favorable to a
revival in trade as soon as tariff legis
lalion shall have been definitely set¬
tled. Dealers west, northwhest /*■ b
southwest at the larger distribute
conters announce that merchants are
running with very small stocks, that
they coniine to buy only for actual
wants in sight. The effect of the re¬
cent wide-spread disturbance in trans¬
portation and industrial circles are
now making themselves felt in bank
clearing returns, the aggregate this
week being $20,000,000, a drop, as
compared with the preceding week,
of about 0 per cent, and ns compared
with the third week in July, 1893 of
16 per cent.
“Southern cities which have felt the
effects of tho railway blockade report
that shipments are now regular, crop
prospects generally favorable and the
feeling in jobbing circles one of im¬
provement. Aside from this no change
is reported from Memphis, Nashville,
Charleston,Savannah and Birmingham.
Atlanta advises that fall trade is open¬
ing satisfactorily and manufacturers
are busy; Chattanooga that the demand
has improved, and Augusta, that while
the demand is more active, tho crop
outlook is less favorable, owing to re¬
cent excessive rains. Tho fruit trade
at New Orleans is greatly improved
since railroad traffic has been resumed,
and there is some demand for building
material, favorable crop ' reports
throughout Louisiana have stimulated
a better feeling. Galveston jobbers
report good order in all lines, particu¬
larly dry go ods and notions.
A Peculiar Bridge.
It is claimed that a recently com¬
pleted bridge over the south branch
of the Chicago river is the only One
of its kind in existence, and it is cer¬
tainly a radical departure from com¬
mon methods, the principle upon
which it works being that of raising
or lowering a window. On either
bank rises a tower of iron lattice
work 3 91 feet high. The bridge,
eighty-nine feet in span and weighing
800 tons, extends between them, its
ends fitting into grooves. It is fitted
with counterweights, cables and pul¬
leys, all of which are governed by a
seventy-horse-power steam engine.
When the bridge is to bo opened tho
engineer throws off the balance, and
the bridge rises smoothly and hori¬
zontally iii its grooves, halting at a
height of 155 feet. It is probable
that so ingenious a structure is by no
means the last of its kind, as its ad¬
vantages in certain situations are
self-evident.—[Detroit Free Press.
ACCORDING TO ANNOUNCEMENT.
Customer—Seven dollars for this
pair of shoes? Great Scott! The sign
in your window says: “Selling Of!
Regardless of Cost.”
Merchant—That’s right.
Customer—Regardless of cost! Sec
here ! I used to be in the shoe busi¬
ness myself and I know this pair ol
shoes never cost more than $3 at
wholesale.
Merchant—That’s all right, my
friend. I’m selling them for $7 re¬
gardless of the fact that they cost
$3. See? —[Chicago Tri bune.
ATLANTA MARKETS.
CORRECTED WEEKDV.
Xlrocerles.
Coffee—Roasted—-Arbucklo’a 22.75 « 100 1b.
cases. Love ring's 22.75c. Green—Extra
choice 20c; choice good 19 j; fair 18c; com
mon 17c- Sugar---Granulated 4%c.
powdered 4 %°; cut loaf
white extra C 4c; New . Orleans yellow clari¬
fied 4J£a4%e; yo low extra C 4c. Syrup—
New Orleans choice 45c; prime 35@40c; common
20@30e. Molasses—Genuine Cuba 35@38c* im¬
itation 22@35. Teas—Black 35@55c; gioen
40@60c. Nutmegs G5@85c. Cinnamon 10@12>^.
Aiisp;ce 10@llc. Singapore pepper
11c, Mace SI. ltice, Head Go; gool 5h;-.common
4%c; imported Japan 5<®5%c. Halt—Hawley’s
dairy, £1.40; Ice cream $1.10;
Virginia 70c, Cheese-flats 12@12%
White fish, half bhls. $4-00; pails 00c;
Tallow, Mackerel, 100 half bars, barrels, $6-00(^6.50. Soap.
75 lbs $3.00@3-75
turpentine, 60 bars, 60 lbs, $2.25 a 2.50;
Candles—Parafine 11c; star 11c. Matches—
4008 $4 00; 300s $3 00a3 75; 200s $2 00a2 75; 60s
5gross $3 75.Soda-Kegs,bulk 4%o; do 1 lb pkgs
5%c ; cases, 1 lb 5%c, do 1 and %lbs 8c, do%lb
6%c. Crackers—XXX soda 5>£c; XXX butter
XXX pearl oysters'6J^cishell and excelsior
7c; lemon cream 9c; XXX ginger snaps 9c; corn* C
hills 9c. Candy—Assorted stick 6%c; French
mixed 12al2%. Canned goods-Condensed Milk,
$6 00a8 00; imitation mackerel£3 95a4 00. Sal¬
mon $5 25a5 50; F. W. oysters $175; L Vi
$135; com $2 50 a 3 50; tomatoes $2.00
Ball potash $3 10. Starch—Pearl 4c; Lump.
4^<; nickel packages $3 10; celluloid $5.00,
1’ickles, plain or mixed, pints a 90c$l 20; quarts,
$1 10a! 75. Powder—Rifle, kegs $3.25; fXkegs.
$1 90; % kegsfi 10. Shot $1 25 per sack.
Flour, (•ruin and Meal.
Flour—First patent $4 50; second patent
$4.00; extra fancy $3.20; fancy $3 10; family
$2.90. Corn—No. L white 661 No. 2
white, 65c. .
47c; white 55c; Mixed, 62c. Oats, Mixed
Seed rye, Georgia,
75a80c. Hay—Choice timothy, large hales,
SI.00 No. 1 timothy, lnrg3 bale’s, $1.00; choice
timothy, small bales, Sl. ; No. 1 timothy, small
hales, 95c; No. 2 timothy, small bales, 90c.
Meal—Flam 66'; bolted 62c. Wheat bran—
Large sacks 90c, small sacks 90e. Cottoo
seed meal—$] 3') per cwt. Steam feed—$1.10
per cwt, Stock peas fl.25al.30. Grits—
Pearl $3.30.
f'otimrv Produce.
Eggs 9a 10c. Butter—Western crcftnioFx
18a20c. Fancy Tennessee 12^al3c ; choice.
6al0, other grades 4a5. Live poultry—
Turkeys 7@H e per lb; hens 20a22^o.
Spring chickens, largo 16 al 8 <
Duck-t, 18a20c. Dressed chickens,"~Wal2§!
12%al5c; <lucks, 12%al5c;
Irish potatoes, $1.75aS2.UO pei bbl. Fane?
50 ku«hel, 76a8;c. Sweet potatoes new.
$l. aC.OO per bu. Honey—Strained, 8 al 0 c
10; W2 L /,c. Onion-i 75x80 per bn.
Illf bbl. sacks $1.25il.50. l’cr bbl. $3.00a2.50.
Cabbage, 2a2%e,
Provisions.
dear r:b sides, boxed 8ice-cured bellies
10c. Sugar-cured hams I3il4-. according
to brand and average; California, lOkfc. break
fust bacon 12c. Lard, leaf 7o. Compound 7%at
Market closed nominal, Middling <k>i