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BUMMER DAYS.
ftammer days are come. Bing '■
AH the birds nre caroling *.
Vfith Joyful notes their little throat,
Swell full and tree, the woods ring.
Then sing, oh sister, sing!
Rummer day* are com*. Host!
Rnadthe book* that you lov«« best,
f/te tn the shade by nature made,
Her wonders lenrn with Interest,
And rest, dear sister, rest!
Bummer days are come. Grow!
Take lessons from the flowers that blow.
Drink dews of love ; look up above ;
Ood eare« for great and small, we know.
Grow heavenward, sister, grow !
—The Housekeeper.
How tho Mail Was Saved.
T ELL me has fath
er’s weekly paper
come yet. Mr. Bry
don?” asked Andy
, Kent, be stepped
ns
into the little poet
Wf^-1 office at Alpine, one
Ov bleak March after
noon, followed by
his friend, Joe
Bostick.
Mr. BrydoD, the
leaning post master, was
over the
» counter, contem
plating a big leather mail bag that lay
before him, with such an abstracted
manner and expression that ho failed
to hear the inquiry, and Andy was
obliged to repeat it.
iben tho postmaster looked up with
a start and swept his eye over the
pigeon holed case at his side.
“No, Andy, tho paper ain’t here
yet,’ he said. “I reckon I’m sort of
absent minded to-day, for I didn’t
hear you come in.
“Nothing the matter, I hope?”asked
“Well, yes, to tell the truth, there
is,” replied Mr. Bry don, striking his
hand heavily on tho mail pouch. “I’m
in a bad fix to-day, or rather Jake
Carter is, fur it’s his responsibility,
not mine. You see, lie was took sick,
all of a sudden, this dinner time, nud
hero lies the mail for Marsh Run. It
ought to have started a good two hours
ago, but I can t find a soul that’s will
mg to take it. It seems as though
thero was nobody about, to-day. I
promised Jake I’d find some one if I
could. Poor fellow! I pity him; lie’s
awfully worried about it, an no won
<h r ; for if ho makes a mess of it, the
Government will take tho contract
nv him iiv from himpurly quick. I wanted
to do it, added the postmaster,
jerking his thumb toward a figure sit
ting on a soap box iu the rear end of
tin' store, “but he says he s got to go
to A ocumtowu on business.
At tliis the figure rose, revealing tho
tiill, ungainly limbs and familiar
leaturi's of Lant Kennedy.
“That’s straight,” ho said. “I’ve
got to go ter Yocumtown afore even
iug, or I <1 willingly oblige you, Mr.
Br ydon, an Jake Carter, too, for I
nin t got no grudge agin him, not me.”
* • I m sure I don’t know what to do,”
muttered the postmaster, hopelessly,
“1 here ain’t even a horse and buggy
in the neighborhood, or I might man
iige to get away myself.
Andy turned aside and exchanged a
few .whispered words with his com
pamon.
“Mr. Brydon, said lie, suddenly,
“suppose you let me and Joe take the
mail pouch down to Marsh Run. Jake
( after has always been a good friend
to us boys, and it’s no more than right
that we should do him a favor when
wo get tho chance.”
“I reckon you’ll do,” ho said, as he
came from behind the counter and put
on his hat. “I’ll just run over a min¬
ute and relieve Jack Carter’s mind.
It’ll do him a heap of good. I’ll come
right back, anil then you can start at
once—that is, if you’re ready.”
“If we an’t, we soon will be,” said
Andy. “Joe, ruu over homo and tell
your folks you’re going, uud ask your
little brother to tell my folks. There
an’t any use in tramping a milo out
home nud back, I’ll stay here aud
tend store.”
All right, assented Joe. “I’ll get
Ted to go over to your house. It
won t be more than five minutes till
I in back. ’
lie passed out of tho door behind
the postmaster, and they had hardly
gone when Lant Kennedy took his
leave a.so, nodding slightly to Andy,
“Going to Yocumtown, aro you,”
muttered the latter to himself, as
Kennedy shuffled down the road,
ion d better go tell that to the ma
rules, for I don’t believe it. You’ve
been in a bad humor ever since Jake
t after got the contract, for carry
in the mails, by putting in a less bid,
and you’d like to see him lose it, too.
Dot no grudge agaiust Jake Carter,
iim •’'' u • * know } on, Lant
vtiuuij. a. 'ft
Andy threw back his head aud in
ilulged m a hearty laugh. Ho was
sti. smiling when the postmaster came
back m company with Joo Bostwick,
lmt he did not think it necessary to
mention the causo of his mirth, nor
tin. the others observe it.
It made Jake t nrter a heap better
wlien 1 told him, said the postmas
ter. Heaven bless them boys,’he
said to me
r B exclaimed
„ i eddy 1 11 go over to your house
as soon as he had his supper. I
iroug it lger along for company.
1 igcr was a mottled brown nud white
houud, with a ferocious expression
RI ‘\ A . ' 11 ^d'lmp of a tail the rest
of it had beou bitten off by a playful
uUMog.wnen Tiger was quite an in
ani, e had a tremendous repnta
um or prowess among the village
nvv >, but this was based mainly ou
ms looks: his true powers had never
been put to the test.
b was already 4 o’clock, so the
l° St> fl uy more time,
ith mauv injunctions and directions
irom Mr. Brydon, thev left the post
office and started away on a brisk
waik, Andy leading, with the mail
pouch on his back, aud Joe and Tiger
1 ringing up tee rear. Bo*h lads were
warmly cla i and booted, for the
"entlnr was unusually cold for March,
and there wr^ still considerable snow
on t he ground.
I hey traveled at a steady, regular
pace, anu it took them less than an
Lour to reach the beginning of the
hid.', nearly four miles from Alpine,
loward 6 o’clock they crossed the
.ugliest eminence, and could see, far
THE MONROE ADVERTISER, FORSYTH, GA„ TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1894.- EIGHT RAGES
to the eastward, the silvery streak
which marked the Susquehanna River,
The road was winding and lonely, and
was bordered on both sides by a thick
forest. They had crossed the next
valley, and were toiling up the slope
ahead, when Tige^suddenly and stopped,
uttered » low growl, then moved
on with the hair rising along his spine j
from head to tail.
The boys were somewhat startled by j
this strange proceeding.
“He smells something,’’ said Andy. '
“There can’t be any wild animals in
the forest, I guess?’
“No, of course not,” replied Joe,
uneasily. “There are a few bears and
wild cats back in the Conewago Moun
tainp, but they never stray down here.
Come on, Tiger, good old fellow!”
Tiger allowed himself to be patted
on the head, and presently his hair
resumed its normal attitude. He fol
lowed the boys quietly up the hill and
dow n into the next valley into which
the road turned and ran parallel with
it.
Tho sun had now gone down, and
the valley was dusky with the gray
twilight.
The boys hurried along the road,
oppressed by u vague feeliug of tin
easiness, but they had barely covered
twenty yards when Tiger whined
piteously and ran ahead of them with
liin hair again in a state of disturb
ance.
The boys stopped and looked at
each other in alarm, and that instant
a blood-curdling screech rang through
the forest behind them.
“It’s a catamount,” cried Andy,
“nothing else could make such a
noise. The hard winter has driven
the beast down from the mountains.”
“What shall we do?” exclaimed Joe
hoarsely. “There’s not a house within
two miles, and we haven’t a thing to
defend ourselves with. The brute is
on top of that hill we just left.”
As he spoke the creature—whatever
it was—cried again, this time iu a
long, wailing key, like a lost child in
distress. There was no doubt about
its being a catamount or a panther,
and what was moro it was coming
closer each second.
“Sissl catch him,Tiger!” cried Jie,
but tho dog only whined tho more,
and crept closer to his master for pro
tection.
The boys were terribly frightened,
as well they might be, and with a
hasty glance behind them they took
to their heels down the road, Andy
keeping tight hold of the mail bag.
It was the v<^y worst thing they
could have done, for before they had
covered a quarter of a mile the beast’s
horrible scream was heard twice in
succession, close behind them. A
thirl time it echoed through the for
est, and so closo at hand now that the
boys stopped and wheeled round in
desperation.
They heard a sharp rustling of
bushes, and then in the dim light they
saw a long, yellowish, gray object
bound into the road not twenty yards
away. Both shouted with all their
might, and the beast suddenly stopped
and crouched low on the frozeu
ground. The boys could plainly see
its huge, ugly head and round, shin
ing eyes. Again it screamed, and
they shuddered from head to foot,
Andy picked up a frozen clod and
took several steps forward, shouting
loudly. Tho creature held its ground
f or au instant and then boupded back
into the forest with an angry cry. It
did not go far. The boys could sec its
yellow eyes shining through the
bushes,
“Where is Tiger?” cried Joe, sud¬
denly.
“Tiger must have got away from
him,” whispered Joe, “or the brute
would not have turned back so soon.”
“Yes, it looks that way,” said Andy.
“Hullo!” ho added suddenly, “we
have just one ehauco left, Joe. Do
you remember the deserted cabin that
used to stand down here in the next
valley. We must make a rush tor
that, and try to reach it beforo the
brute overtakes us. The mail will
miss connection, but we can’t help
that,”
No sooner said than done. With the
mail pouch flopping over his ghoul
der, Andy ran down the hill at full
speed, and Joo kept even pace with
him. Faster and faster they ran, tak
ing great leaps over the frozen
ground, and every few seconds the
horrible scream of the panther rang
in their ears. The brute was gaining
on them tremendously.
Near the base of the hill thev
stopped for an instant, and, wheeling
aro ind, advanced on the creature with
hoarse yells, for it was now visible in
the road behind them. But it no
longer feared them, aud crouched ob
stinately in the path, uttering scream
after scream.
So they ran on once more with fast
beating hearts, and as they bounded
over the little rivulet at the bottom of
the ravine, they saw a few yards
ahead the deserted cabin standing by
the roadside. It had been built in
primitive fashion, of untrimmed logs,
and, fortunately for the boys, ' was a
two-story structure, for as they
plunged in the doorway they were dis
mnyed to find no door left, nor were
there any shutters to the windows.
It was a moment of terrible peiil,
for the panther was screaming at their
very heels; but just in the nick of
time Andy caught sight of the rickety
Sight of steps leading to the loft.
He ascended in two or three bounds,
and reaching the upper floor, gave his
hand to Joe. It was well that he did
so, for the fatter was still on the last
step when the rotten old concern
went down with a crash, so scaring
the panther—who was already inside
—that he bolted oat to the road in
fright.
For an instant Joe was in danger of
going down with tho steps, but his
companion managed to drag him up,
and then they hastily shoved the trap
door—which tiisy found lying near —
over the opening,
No windows were in the loft, but
there were plenty of holes in the floor
and in the roof overhead. Through
the former the boys could see the
great brute moving about in the room
below, sniffing and whining, and oc
c*.sion\lly * utteriug a blood-curdling
screech.
Presently a quick, rasping sound
side was h^iird, cabin as the like creature went no the
of the a great cat, and
they heard him crcejiing softlv over
ills roof.
It was -ell for them fait tbs chim
uey had no comaaunicntiou with th?
loft, for the brute suddenly decided
to go down, and did so with a swift*
ness that landed him on his back in
t4ie fireplace below. Vastly surprised
and indignant, that panther must have
been to find himself where he started
from. He screamed with fury two or
three times, and then wandered aim
lessly about the house 1 , uttering low
“yowls.”
The boys felt themselves safe, but
when two or three hours had elapsed,
the siege began to grow irksome. It
must be ten or eleven o’clock, and
they knew there was little chance of
the creature taking himself off before
daylight.
“We have a whole long night before
us,” said Andy, sadly.. “And we won’t
take a wink of sleep either.”
“That’s true,” assented Joe. “But
say, I wonder where the brute is
now?”
The question was speedily answered,
but not by Andy.
The quick, rasping noise was heard
again, and then soft footsteps on the
roof. This time the hungry creature
did not content himself with peeping
down through the cracks. He ehose a
weak spot and begau to dig viciously,
The loose shingles flew in all direc
tions, and soon a jagged hole 'was
made in the roof, through which the
boys could see the brute’s head and
shoulders aiul his glaring eyes.
“We’re lost if he keeps that up,”
cried Andy. “We must drive him
away.”
might* They began to shout with all their
and to throw up bits of plaster
and wood ; but the savage brute went
on digging, screeching furiously all
the while, and soon the gap was large
enough for him to spring would” through.
A few seconds more have
seen him down in the loft, without
doubt, but just as the terribly
frightened boys were dragging away
the trap, with the intention of drop
ping into the lower room, a loud shout
was heard, and then another and an
other, and the hurriedrattle of wheels,
When they looked up the panther
had disappeared, and a second later
they heard him leap to the ground,
The boys dropped uninjured through
the opening, and ran out to the front
of house, just as a wagon drove up,
containing Mr. Brydon and Joe’s
father. They were delighted to find
the boys safe, but before explanations
could be made on either side, the
angry screech of the baffled panther
was heard a little ways down the
road, and mingled with it a loud cry
of “Help! help!”
The postmaster and Mr. Bostick
were armed with rifles, and, springing
out of tho wagon, they ran ahead,
followed by the boys,
When they reached the spot whence
the noise seemed to come, both beast
and man had disappeared. The panther
could be heard going up the the hill
side with angry yowls, but where was
his victim?
As the men look at each other in
amazement, a rustling noise was hoard
in a tree close by.
“Come down there,” cried the post¬
master, aud in response to his summons
a tall, lanky figure dropped clumsily
to the ground. It was Lant Kennedy.
‘ * What on earth are you doiug here ?”
demanded Mr. Brydon. “This ain’t
the way to Yocumtown.”
Lant became so confused in trying
to reply that the suspicions of the
party were aroused, and they finally
made the miserable fellow confess that
he had purposely preceded the boys
with the intention of stealing the mail
pouch from them aud hiding it se¬
curely, so that Jack Carter would be
deprived of liis contract.
He had climbed the tree when the
boys took refuge in the house, and
had been afraid to leave the spot, for
he had only an empty revolver in his
pocket, with which he had hoped to
intimidate the boys.
( « We'll hold on to you,” said the
postmaster, significantly, and much
against his will Lant Kennedy
was compelled to get into the wagon
with the others.
The panther had by this time dis¬
appeared, so they drove on to Marsh
Run with the mail pouch, and, after
making arrangements there to have
some one bring the morning mail out
to Alpine, they turned homeward,
and reached there without meeting
the panther on the way.
The timely arrival of the post¬
master and Mr. Bostick turned out to
be due to Tiger, for the dog had come
home in such a state of fright that
Mr. Bostick was sure something had
happened, and procured a horse and
wagon instantly.
“Tiger knew what ho was about
when he cut for home,” said Joe. “It
wasn’t cowardice at all. Ho knew
that we need help, and went to bring
it, ”
“Then if that’s tho case,” said
Andy, “and Tiger saved us, the pan
ther just as surely saved the mail bag.
I suppose he knew Lant was waiting
to steal it and he did his best to keep
ns from falling into the trap. Wo
owe the panther as much gratitude as
we do Tiger.”
We did not exactly see it in this
light, but both bovs stuck to their
point, and there the matter rested.
Lant Kennedy was offered his free
dom on condition that he leave the
neighborhood, and he gladly accepted
the proposition.
Jake Carter was able to attend U
his duties on the following day, nor
did he receive even a reprimand in
consequence of the mail pouch failing
to make its regular train that night,
Before the close of the week the
panther was shot in a distant part of
the county and Mr. Brydon bought
the skin and presented it to Andy as
a reward for his faithful services to
the Government.—Good News,
Diamond Polishes Diamond.
The art of cutting and polishing
diamonds is a very old one in the
East, and the early jewelers of India
and China knew how to dress dia
monds by means of diamond dust long
before Europeans did. It was a Bel
~ [an lapidary, one Berguin, of
w ^° ac<J identallv discovered,
i45r>, how one diamond can be cm
P*oyed to polish another. It was he
"'k° constructed the first polishing
™eel, wherewith, by means of dia
mfmc ^ powder, he could dress dia*
moods as well as other stones could be
d-essed by emery.—New York Journah
The mean temperature of the wholi
earib is about fifty degrees.
LATEST DISPATCHES
GIVING THE NEWS UP TO THE
HOUR OF GOING TO PRESS.
A Brief Summary of Daily Happen¬
ings Throughout the World.
Georgia republicans held thieir state
convention at Atlanta and decided not
to put out a state ticket, and not to
enter or coallesce with the third party.
The convention endorsed the Cotton
States and International Exposition.
A- M ashington special says: Indian¬
will be the place selected for the
biennial encampment of Knight* of
Pythias in 1896. This has been prac¬
tically decided on, through the with¬
drawal of the other contestants fox the
honor.
The social sensation of the ve*r has
been sprung at New York by the
W orld , which prints a special cable
dispatch from Paris, announcing the
pendency of proceedings for a separa¬
tion between William K. Vanderbilt
and his wife.
I he glass blowers employed in the
McCoy Window Glass works at Kane,
Pa., have accepted a 20 per cent, re¬
duction in wages and the works will
start up on September 1st. In the
neighborhood of 500 men are employ¬
ed at the works.
The Alabama Press Association will
meet in Montgomery on Sept. 12th.
It is expected that the meeting will be
largely attended and the people of the
capital city are prepared to accord to
the editore a cordial and hospitable
reception.
lected Chattanooga has been officially se¬
as the place of meeting of the
biennial international conference of
the Epworth League, The meeting
will be held in June, 1895, and it is
expected that over 10,000 Epworth
Leaguers from all parts of the world
will be in attendance.
A Birmingham, Ala., special says:
The Vanderbilt furnaces which have
been lying idle for sometime, are to re
sume. At Mary Lee coal mine a re¬
duction in wages from 40 cents to 32
cents per ton has been made. The
miners struck, and in a few hours a
compromise of 35 cents was made.
Congressman John C. Kyle was re
nominated by the second Mississippi
district democratic congressional con
vention in session at New Albany. A
resolution was adopted endorsing his
course in opposing the repeal of the
purchasing clause of the Sherman act,
and demanding the free coinage of
silver.
Inquiry at Peoria, Ill., confirms the
report that the whiskey trust will con¬
test the increase in tax on spirits in
bond, on the ground of illegality.
The argument is advanced that when
the spirits were put in bond at 90 cents
per gallon there was an implied con¬
tract that the tax would not be in¬
creased on these goods while they were
in bond.
Smoke from foresL fires has settled
over Seattle, Wash., like a pall. It is
imjiossible to see clearly more than a
block. Navigation on the sound is
dangerous and steamers have to feel
their way, blowing whistles continual¬
ly to avoid collisions. Forest fires are
still raging all over the sound coun¬
try, and unless rain soon sets in the
damage to standing timber will be
enormous.
It was stated by a well known mill
man of New Bedford, Mass., Thursday
afternoon that not a mill in New Bed¬
ford would start up next week, as has
been currently reported. He said that
he considered it doubtful if the mills
started up inside of a month and
thought it definitely settled that no
move in the direction of opening the
mills would be made inside of two or
three weeks at the most.
A riot occurred at the United Coke
works at Greensburg, Pa., Thursday.
A number of families of new workmen
were moving into the company’s
houses. The striking Hungarians and
Slavs, who have recently been evicted
from the same houses, attacked the
new-comers. Much of their furniture
was destroyed and six or seven persons
were quite seriously injured. The ar¬
rival of Sheriff McCann put a stop to
the battle.
The first official reports of the In¬
dian cotton crops have just baen is
suec. The yield, as represented, is
generally satisfactory, especially in
the province of Pundaubj and Oudh.
In the northwestern and central pro¬
vinces rain has in some cases impeded
the developement of the boll, but a
good average crop is expected, except
in the Bombay and Madras presi¬
dencies, where the season has been
unfavorable.
It is stated that steps are being tak¬
en at New York looking to a close
traffic alliance between the Big Four,
Chesapeake and Ohio and the South¬
ern Railway company. Drexel, Mor¬
gan & Co. are understood to have the
matter in hand. It is also said that
arrangements are being perfected
whereby the Southern railway and
Chesapeake and Ohio intend to stop
rate cutting and to reduce expense at
common points.
A dispatch from Shanghai to The
London Timess&vs the Japanese news¬
paper published at Shanghai has
ceased its efforts to palliate the act of
sinking Shung, the Chinese transport Kow
and in despair of convincing
its readers of the justice of the act,
demands a special court martial of the
commander of the Japanese cruiser
Nanwa, which the paper believes will
show that the officer’s action was
strictly within the rules of civilized
warfare.
City Health Commissioner Kempster,
of Milwaukee, has formally asked the
state board of health to take control of |
the smallpox epidemic in the city.
State troops will not be sent to Mil
waukee to quarantine the city or any
part of it, nor will the state board of
health take charge for the present at
least. This is the result of advice given
the city authorities and the state board
by Governor Peck. Governor Peck j
insists that the lefcal authorities should j
do their full duty.
A Savannah dispatch says: Presi
dent John R. Young, of the Atlantic
Short Line railroad, projected between
Macon and Savannah, has returned
from New York, where he has been to
attend a meeting of the company’^
directors. He says it was decided to
go ahead with the work of completing
the line. Work will begin in a few
days at Rruton. The line has been
graded between Bruton and Stillmore,
a distance of thirty-eight miles, and
eleven miles of rail has been laid.
It is claimed by the cattle men of
southwest Texas that the new tariff
bill will result in serious injury to the
cattle interests of that section. The
duty is reduced from $10 per head to
20 per cent ad valorem, and now
that the grass is good on this side it
is expected that at least 100,000 cattle
will be brought into Texas from
Mexico within the next sixty days,
and after being fattened, marketed in
this country, thus forcing down the
prices. There will also be large ex¬
portations of cheap horses from Mexico
to this country.
Advices from Glasgow state that the
result of the ballot taken among the
Scotch coal miners on the questions
involved in the present strike was an
nounced Thursday morning, The
balloting shows that 25,417 mineis are
in favor of the proposal of the Miners’
Federation to accept the six pence re¬
duction with guaranteed wages on that
basis for two years, and 20,942 in favor
of insisting upon a shilling advance in
wages. The mine owners declare that
the balloting shows a majority in favor
of accepting a reduction of six pence,
does not by any mears put an end to
the strike, for the reasoD that it will
be impossible for them to guarantee
even the minimum rate of wages for n
period of two years.
THE QUEEN’S SPEECH.
Her Majesty Prorogues Parliament
for Six Weeks.
Queen Victoria prorogued j) flr La
ment Saturday. In her speech closing
the session her majesty said among
other things:
“My Lords and Gentlemen : It af¬
fords me sensible gratification to be
able to dismiss you at the end of a
session which has been little less than
a prolongation of the previous one,
and it gives me pleasure to reflect that
your labors, if they have been exhaust¬
ing, havo also been fruitful.
“My relations with foreign powers
continue to be friendly and peaceful.
It is, however, a matter of regret that
a variety of questions relating to Af¬
rica between my government and that
of the French republic still remain un¬
settled. It is my wu’sh that these be
arranged without unnecessary delay,
and 1 am engaged in friendly negotia¬
tions looking thereto.
“In concert with the president of
the United States I have taken the
steps necessary to put into effect the
award of the tribunal of arbitration on
the question of the seal fisheries in
Behring sea, and have assented to an
act of parliament for this purpose sim¬
ilar to the act which has boen passed
by the congress of the United States.
The governments of the two countries
are also in communication with the
principal foreign powers with a view
to obtaining their adhesion to the reg¬
ulations prescribed by the award.
“I regret to state that war has
broken out between the empires of
China and Japan. After endeavoring,
in concert with Russia and other pow¬
ers, to prevent the outbreak of hostil¬
ities, I have taken steps to preserve a
strict neutrality between the contend¬
ing parties. I have concluded a treaty
with the emperor of Japan in the
regulation of commercial intercourse
between that country and the United
Kingdom.”
At 2 :40 o’clock the house of com¬
mons was summoned to the house of
lords. Lord Herschell, the lord chan¬
cellor, read the queen’s speech, after
which parliament was formally pro¬
rogued for six weeks.
SUING FOR THE BOUNTY.
Action Brought by Sugar Planters
Against Uncle Sam.
Judge Morris Marks, of New Or¬
leans, representing a number of the
Louisiana sugar planters, is in Wash¬
ington for the purpose of entering
suits in the United States court of
claims for the recovery of the sugar
bounty for the year 1804-95. The pe¬
tition recites the provision of the Mc¬
Kinley law, “that on and after July 1,
1891, until July 1, 1905,” certain
bounties shall be paid to the growers
of sugar, upon certain prescribed con¬
ditions as to the filing of bonds and
taking out of licenses, etc. It recites
that for the present year all these
formalities have been complied with,
and have been formally accepted by
~Yhe United States; that under the pro¬
visions of the section quoted the plant¬
ers have gone on and enlarged the
areas of sugar planted, secured ad¬
vances from their brokers, and have
made their crops, and they demand
that the United States shall carry out
its part of the contract, The total
amount of bounty expected to accrue
on this year’s crop will be in the
neighborhood of $11,000,000.
FOR SOUTHERN ADVANCEMENT.
A Convention of Business Men of the
South at Washington.
Business men from the southern
states met in convention at Washing¬
ton, D. C., Thursday morning to de¬
vise methods for the investigation and
development of southern investments
and resources. One of their objects
is to secure the establishment of a
permanent exhibit of southern re¬
sources in Washington, with an auxil¬
iary bureau in which the various in¬
vestments, likely to secure capital, may
be recorded with all particulars and
thus establish a reliable medium be¬
tween northern capital and the rich
fields for development in the south.
With a view of making the convention
a success, many of the commercial
bodies in the southern cities appointed
delegates to represent them.
TO ATTACK PEKIN.
Japanese Preparing to March Upon
the City,
The London Morning Post prints
this dispatch from Shanghai: “The
Japanese are reported to be landing in
force northwards of Taku, preparatory
to marching to Pekin,
“Another report is that the Japan
ese have disembarked 20,000 troops on
Ya-Lu-Kiang, which runs along the
boundary between China and Corea.
They are said te have twenty-eight
warships there, and to plan an attack
the Chinee© from the rear.”
SOUTHERN SPECIALS
NOTING THE MOST INTERESTING
OCCURRENCES OF THE DAY.
AikI Presenting an Epitome of the
South’s Progress and Prosperity.
At Now OrleaDB Council,»»n Do,,
i caught , . m . the „ct . of - t»k,ug . , .
* bribe from l h«rlc« Shcrmnu.
amount taken was $100. He was
r„TsUi„utt' iT icl, muuoS
in the fourth precinct station.
Strikmg miners . at the , AWntewell, . ,,
Tenn., mines cut the ropes in the mam
shaft, necessitating a delay of a month
before the work can resume. The
mines have been idle for three months
and were to have resumed September
ist. There is great excitement there.
A dispatch from Bolivar county,
Mississippi, says the* boll worm has
made its appearance in the delta
country and is badly damaging the
growing cotton crop. Planters agree
that if the pest cannot be extinguished
the entire crop in some sections will
be a total loss.
The New Orleans grand jury Tues¬
day evening returned a joint indict¬
ment against Councilman Thomas Ha¬
ley ami Peter B. Caulfield, also an
dictment againt Alderman Frank B.
Thriffiley. The indictments returned
are all in connection with the
ville and Nashville switch privileges.
Secretary Hoke Smith has
Professor Frank W. Clarke, a
in the geological survey, to
the interior department as a
of the board of management of
government exhibit at the
States and International
bo held at Atlanta, Ga., next year.
I)r. Anderson O’Mattey, a
of San Antonio, Tex., shot liis
year-old child accidentally,
father then put the pistol to the
ded child’s head and pulled the
He said the wound was fatal nud
could not bear to seethe little one
fer. He is under arsest, and
if not quite insane.
In the face of a general belief
the magnificent condition of
cotton crop, The Garland News
lished in the heart of the
region of Dallas county, Texas,
that in that section half of the
crop 1ms been destroyed by boll
nud if tho showers continue, the
is likely to bo entirely destroyed.
A Montgomery, Ala., special says:
Tho recent rains have been very
astrous to crops. Reports from
agricultural region of the state nre
the effect that cotton is cut off from
to 30 per cent, and that all
crops in the fields have been
materially. Tho wet weather
ues and the damage will be
even than yet reported.
The adjourned meeting of tho citi¬
zens of Selma, Ala., to take action
about the removal of Captain Bridges
and the division headquarters from
Selma met Tuesday afternoon. The
committee submitted the draft of
petition which is to be presented
the southern officials and it was ap¬
proved by the meeting. It will
signed by all leading citizens
business men. -
The property of the Birmingham
(Ala.) Furnace and
Company, consisting of a 100 ton iron
furnace, coal mine and extensive tim¬
ber lands at and around Rushville,
Alabama, has been sold at auction
order of court, for $350,000, Fuller
Doggett, of Pittsburg, and associates,
being the purchasers. The furnace
has been idle many months. It will
be repaired and put in operation at
once.
Meridian, Miss., is at present stirred
up over the trial of the twenty-three
cases against the blind tigers. Tho
police and law and order league are
determined to suppress the illicit sale
of whisky and beer. The secret sa¬
loons are being raided and the pro¬
prietors are being heavily fined.
Hooks, an ex-convict from Louisiana,
is iu jail with seven of these charges
hanging over him. When he is prose¬
cuted in all the courts his fines will
prove enormous if he is convicted.
In February an international emi¬
gration society was formed in Bir¬
mingham, Ala,, and it has just closed a
contract with a steamship lino for the
transportation of 5,000 negroes prior
to November 1st. The steamer will
leave Philadelphia and touch upon the
Atlantic coast at all prominent ports
as far South as New Orleans. Then it
will go to Liberia, touching at Ha¬
vana. The Liberian president has
promised each colonist twenty-five
acres of land and tools with which to
till the soil if they will come to Libe¬
ria and settle.
P. J. Quigley, clerk of Shelby coun¬
ty, Tenn., and Joseph Thiers, license
inspector for Memphis, have been in¬
dicted by the grand jury for failure to
perform their official duties. The in¬
dictments cite over 300 cases of
failure to collect privilege tax
revenue, aggregating a loss to
the public of $80,000. During
the past month over 1,000 indictments
were brought against liquor dealers
and investigation disclosed the fact
that while there are in Memphis some
800 saloons, only about 100 have been
required to pay license fees, and dur¬
ing the past eight years of Clerk Quig¬
ley’s administration the public treasu¬
ry has lost nearly $2,000,000 from this
source.
TO REA ENUE COLLECTORS.
“ ~
Secretary c , r Carlisle , , Sends , Instructions
About Withdrawing Goods.
secretary Carlisle has decided that
goods now in bond will be entitled to
the privileges of the free list of the
tariff act. The following telegram has
been sent out in order to afford facili
ties for immediate bonding and with
drawing of goods just arrived:
“To the Collector of Customs, New
York—A'essels with cargo, not dis
charged nor entered for consumption,
may be made vessel warehouses tern
porarily for such goods as shall be en
tered today. Joeln G. CakijIsle.”
The same telegram was sent to the
collectors of customs at Boston, Phila
delphm, Baltimore, Portlaud, Me.,
San Francisco, Portland, Newport
News, Norfolk, Ntw ^ Oileans and Chi-
TRADE TOPICS.
Dun A Co.’s Report of Business for
the Past Week.
R. G. Dun Sc Co. ’s review of trade
for the past week say:
“Changes during the past week have
not been definite nor very important.
As the president’s final decision re¬
garding the new tariff is assumed, but
not yet certainly known, part of the
hesitation which appears may be at
tribute,! to the lin K crin B uuccrtninty
which must teiminftte. Utlicr con
not entirely tuvor.We, have
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w >>7>* i r; ff ;'“b,tZ l r
b< 'P ns to come !° * h, ‘ „‘ r ^
actions in many departments are lar
of late and ou the w j U) le larger
thau ftt the time of especial stagnation
](lst ar but it is 8tl n too soon to de
termine how {nr t ho satisfaction of
poBtpone d demands will set idle hands
at work or rftiH6 the transactions to
W(|rd tho norrail i volume. But it is a
healthy sign that thus far is gradual,
and not spasmodic or flighty in appenr
In all the great industries some
increase in demand for products lins
appeared, and the boot and shoe trade
continues to lead the others in recov
ir y, R8 shipments from tho east not
only exceed last year’s largely, but
surpass those iu August of previous
years. Economy appears here in pur¬
chases of cheaper qualities rather than
in purchases of fewer pairs of eases,
and the demand is largely for speedy
delivery, reflecting unusual reduction
of stocks.
The cotton manufacture, which haH
been employing a larger proprotion of
its normal force than most others and
accumulating goods greatly in advance
of current demands, has about 23,00(1
\torkers on a strike at Full River and
New Bedford to rosist a proposed re¬
duction of wages, and the mills have
been closed, with Hie apparent expect¬
ation that the difficulty will last some
weeks. A somewhat increased demand
for goods has appeared, but, perhaps,
not yet ns great ns many have antici¬
pated.
“In the iron and sioel manufacture,
tho demand for finished products in¬
creases, but is at present not as largo
as the capacity of tho works which
have endeavored to resume operations,
so that their competition results in
prices nearly as low as have been reach¬
ed at auy time.
A moderate gain in transactions is
seen at Philadelphia, though finished
products there are weaker, and at New
York, no improvement yet appears,
while at Pittsburg and Cleveland there
is more buying, but at Chicago con¬
siderable less than of late. Several
more furnaces have gone into opera¬
tion, notwithstanding tho scarcity of
water supply at Connellsville, and con¬
sequently of coke, and prices of pig
iron are not further depressed. A
moderato increase is seen in the woolen
mills in operation, and agents who have
offered spring goods, generally at a
reduction of about 12 i per cent from
last year’s prices, have taken orders
for considerable quantities, but there
is still a great uncertainty about tho
extent and effect of foreign competi¬
tion in many important classes, partic¬
ularly of the bttter grade of goods, and
as this must continue for months, tho
adjustment to new conditions must be
gradual.
“The money market continues to
reflect a legitimate increase of com¬
mercial demand which comes mainly
from dry goods commission houses,
but it is noted that, although the last
week of August is at hand,the require¬
ments from the west and south for
crop moving purposes arc by no means
of ordinary magnitude.
“The liabilities of firms failing for
the second week of August amounted
to only $1,163,076, and for the last
three weeks to only $7,262,076, of
which $2,663,200 were of manufactur¬
ing, and $3,787,320 of trading con¬
cerns.
“The failures this week have been
234 in the United States, against 410
last year, and 29 in Canada, against 20
last year.”
VILLAGES SWEPT AAV AY.
Golina Lake Breaks Through Its Dam
AVitli Disastrous Results.
Advices from Simla, British India,
state that Gohna lake, which for some
time past has threatened to break its
bounds and sweep down the valley at
the head of which it lies, has broken
the dam which controlled the waters.
Villages along the valley were swept
out of existence an instant after the
roaring torrent struck them. Ample
warning had been given by the gov¬
ernment and the inhabitants of tho
valley, with all their movable prop¬
erty, had been removed, so that no
life was lost.
Secretary Carlisle and Attorney Gen¬
eral Olneywere closeted until 6 o’clock
Friday afternoon at the department of
justice, studying over the hard knots
in the tariff bill, with a view to Secre¬
tary Carlisle issuing a circular letter
of instructions to collectors of customs
explaining its doubtful schedules and
the hidden meaning of the wrongly
punctuated paragraph 5 . Secretary Car
lisle is especially anxious to find some
law or construction by which he can
admit goods which, under the present
law are dutiable (now in bond,) but
which come, under tho new tariff law,
into the United States free of duty,
without subjecting tho owners to the
expense of exporting them and then
re-importing them.
BUTTERFLIES AVAS GAME
And AVins the Fnturity Purse of Fifty
Thousand Dollars.
The seventh Futurity purse was won
by the Butterflies, after a bitter strug
gle with Brandywine, iu the presence
of 25,000 people, at Sheepshead Bay
Friday afternoon. Butterflies can just
ly claim to be the queen of the two
year-old world. Her victory is one
that will live long in the minds of all
who saw it. It will be years before
any colt eclipses the time. She lower
ed the record to 1.11 flat for the race.
The best previous time was made by
Morello. He won the $50,000 prize in
1:12 1-5. Then, again, Bhe is the only
filly to win the rich stake. These facts
alone make her victory a memorable
one. Another coincidence about her
victory is that she is the second repre¬
sentative from Gideon & Daly’s string
to capture the coveted blue ribbon of
the two-year-old world. This popular
firm carried off the prize in 1891 with
His Highness.