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<5 HE TOCCOA NEWS.
VOLUME XIX.
MARTHY VIFtGINIA*3 HAND,
'Tl,«r«,on the left!” said the Colonel; the
battle bal shuddered and faded away
Wraith of a fiery enchantment that left only
•*hes and blood-sprinkled clay-
'TUd* to the left and examine that ridge
where the enemy’s sharpshooters stood,
Lord, how they picked off our men, from the
treacherous vantage-ground of the
wood»
Dut for their bullets, I'll bet, my batteries
•ent them something as good.
Go and explore, aal report to mi then, and
tell me how many we killed.
Never a wink shall I sleep till I know our
vengeance was duly fulfilled.”
fiercely the orderly rode the slope of the
corn-field—scarred and forlorn,
-uttej b> violent wheels, an 1 scathed by
the shot that had plowed it in scorn;
iercely, and burning with wrath for the
Mght of his comrades crushel at a
! 4ow,
ua ?» broken shapes on the ground like
ruined memorials of woe;
I hose were the men whom at daybreak he
kn^w, but never again could know.
Tiieo to the ri ige, where rootsoutthrust,and
twisted branches of trees
CJutdiod the hill like clawing lions, firm their
prey to seize.
“What’S your report?” —and the grim
Colonel smiled when the orderly came
hack at last.
Strang 013 - the soldier pause!: “Well, they
were punished.” And strangely his
face looked aghast.
“Yes, our tiro told on them; knocko 1 ever
•Bty—laid out in line of parade.
fellows, Colonel, to stay as they did!
But one I ’most wish hadn’t staid.
Mortally woundeJ, he’d torn off his knap¬
sack; and then, at the end,he prayed—
Easy to see, by his hands that were clasped;
and the dull, dead fingers yet held
7 his little letter—his wife's—from tho knap¬
sack. A pity those woods were shelled!”
Silent the orderly, watching with tears in his
eyes as his officer scanned
Pour pages of writing. “What’s this, about
‘Martby Virginia’s hand?”’
Swift from his honeymoon he, the deal
soldier, had gone from his bride to the
strife;
Never they met again, but she had written
A him, telling him of that new life,
Born in tho daughter, that bound her still
closer and closer to him as his wife.
Laying her baby’s hand down on tho letter,
around it slie trace! a rude line:
‘ It you would kiss the baby.” sho wrote,
“you must kiss this outline of mine.”
There was the shape of the hand on the
page, with the small, chubby fingers
outspread. *
“M.irtuy V irginiu's hand, for her pa,”—so
th* words on the little palm sail.
Never a wink slept the Colonel that night, for
the vengeance so blindly fulfilled.
Never again woke the old battle-glow when
tho bullets their death-note shrilled.
Long ago ended tho struggle, in union of
brotherhood happily stilled;
Yet from that field of Antietam, in wara'mg
and token of love’s command.
Bee) there is lifted tho hand of a baby—
Marthy Virginia’s handi
—-Ci'eorgre 1\ Lathrop, in the Century.
LUCY’S rOCKGT.
J °' I N A ' lETE, ' ^, •
“Now, Lucy, ) admonished a sweet-
"'nnum, sitting idly by the window
g hcr d “ u s hter “» she put
in ?t nl’ * l * t ° uc,,est0 . P U p a glVC Switch- heed *°
niy counsel, om 1 and 1 not excite jealousy , in
the hearts of your companions to-day.
Be circumspect; and don t, I pray, give
auy encouragement to Bob Lester, unless
you mean to marry him. Your flirting
proclivities, I am sorry to say, are alarm-
*Hgly developed. 1 wish-”
“Yes, yes, mamma,” broke in the
girl, impatiently, adjusting the rose col-
ored kuot of ribbon more satisfactorily
at her throat; “I know what you wish,
so don t draw such a despairing breath,
for I promise I'll a*tend to your advice
Rud behave as circumspectly as ever Rose
Martin, the ugliest gitl in Rosedale,
could do. ou needu't apprehend any-
thiug unpleasant. I disike Bob Lester
intensely, and 1 only consented to ac
compauy him to the picnic because he is
the son of the richest man in the town—
or county, too, for that matter. Beside, 1
have a liking for -”
8 he paused abruptly, with the name of
acme one warm upon her lips, and a
UJush mantled her piquant blonde face.
She was a lovely girl, slender, petite,
«nd graceful as one of the sweet-brier
branches that clambered over the gar-
den-wall. She had mischievous gray
eyes. a superabundance of red-gold hair,
allowed to fall in two massive strands
to-day, a rose-bud of a mouth, and the
CUnmngest hands aud feet imaginable.
As her mother regarded her intently,
she bit her lip, and turned aside, as if in
quest of something.
“What are you searching for now,
Lucy?” inquired Mrs. Sherwood. ‘‘Your
toilet seems complete.”
‘‘Not quite, mamma; you forget my
charming pocket. All of the girls will
wear one to-day. We are to bring home
our trophies in it, you know.”
“Nonsense. Lucy! I would not wear
it if I wen? you. It is absurd for a
young lady to have one of those useless
appendages dangling at her side.”
But Lucy persistently shook her head,
“Sorry, but I really can't relinquish
thc charming accessory to my toilet,
mamma. \Vi 13 ', it is out of the question
altogether. Each of the girls is to wear
en?," I tell you.”
Mrs. Sherwood said no more, and
Lucy began to fasten her pocket by its
tasseled cord to the rose-coiored belt at
her waist.
Just now the girls of Rosedale had a
mania for wearing pockets of the most
fanciful description, not to deposit any-
thing therein, but merely as a matter of
show. Lucy’s was heart shaped, of wine-
hued velvet, and artistically adorned
•with gold cord. Lying against the soft
background of her dress, it had a very
yretty effect, md Lucy regarded it ad-
miriagly mirror./ as she turned away from the
long
AND PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL JOURNAL.
At this juncture a man reined in two
black steeds in front of “The
^ a P le8 > appropiately •» Widow Sherwood’* called. cozy
™ ere ^ r ‘ Ltster now * mamma!
. ed Luc wh
C " - 7 ’ ° was P* e P in g at th *
^"J^nout :lt ^window. from behind “My l the won’t lace I drop be
envy of every girl at the picnic?
*Y hat lovely horses! Their tails nearly
S * ec P * he ground, and just look at the
silver-plated harness! Dear me 1 if Bob
Lesterdld nt have such fiery-red hair and
was a bit more polished, . and——Yes,yes,
mamma, I am ready, and will not keep
my cavalier waiting. There goes Jane
with the big frosted cake and the basket
of sandwiches. Oh, I anticipate a splen-
did time!”
And, putting on her wide gipsy, the
the girl tripped merrily down the steps,
was assisted into the carriage by Mr.
Lester and away they sped in the direc-
tion of the pine woods, some two or
three miles away.
Bob Le 3 ter, a man of twenty-eight,
compactly built, with flaming red hair
and beard, did his be 3 t to make himself
agreeable. Lucy laugh at his rough sal-
lies, and flashed back witty repartees;
but all the while she was wondering
what girl had been brought there by
Ross Wilde—a strikingly intelligent but
rather impecunious young lawyer, whose
offer to escort her to the picnic, out of
caprice or a desire, perhaps, to try her
power over him, she had coolly rejected.
The pine woods were alive with happy
people when Bob and Lucy arrived;
much merriment was going on, and a
string band was discoursing a jubilant
air.
Lucy closely scanned the motley 'million- crowd.
There, underneath one of the
lingered pines, she beheld the man who
had solicited the favor of being her es-
cort assiduously paying his devoirs to a
gazelle-eyed brunette in a costume of
crimson and gold. Yes, she might have
known he would bring Squire Rogere’s
daughter. He would be sure to been-
tangled in the meshes of the web she was
weaving to insnare him, and propose, for
l ier father was a moneyed man, and——
Well, Madame Rumor did assert that he
cared a very great deal for money. The
wa3 unquestionably lovely, and-
No matter; she would show Ross Wilde
that his attentions were disagreeable gi¬ to
ber. So she forgot her mother’s warning
and flirted outrageously with Bob Lester,
and unmercifully snubbed the poor law¬
yer when he addressed her, and felt
wretched all the while.
It was late in the afternoon, when,
longing to be alone, she broke away from
the groups scattered here and there
under the funereal pine-plumes, and
found a secluded spot on the bank of a
rivulet that wound its way noisily
through a chasm of jagged, sharp-
toothed rocks, and sat down on a mosa-
covercd bowlder to rest,
The play of tho cool water, the sigh¬
ing of the wind among the jungles of
tall brakes, soothed her. She partially
closed her eyes, wheu-
She started to her feet, a startled ex¬
clamation dropping from her lips. She
had just discovered that the ruby velvet
pocket that had swayed from her belt a
short time before was missing. Where
had she lost it? And, oh, what if it had
fallen into some one's hands, especially
B )b Lester's or Ross Wilde's?
She remembered that her little blue-
and-gold diary reposed iu its depths, aud
she had been foolish enough to jot
down some thoughts concerning the
rivals, never believiug it would fall into
the possession of either.
YVhat if Bob or Ross hal picked it
U p, and- No, no: both of the
gentlemen were honorable, aud would
not try to pry into another’s affairs,
Still, reason as she would, she did not
feel quite easy about Mr. Lester. He
might not, but--
A heavy footstep crunching the pine
cones that littered the ground fell upon
her ear, and raising Her eyes she en-
countered the angry glance of Bob Lcs-
ter. What had brought that angry
frown to his face? Had he found the
pocket, extracted from its depths the
diary, which she had not been wise
enough to remove, and gleaned the truth
of her feelings for him?
He had, indeed. Some perverse fate
had led him to the spot where it lay
gleaming in its brown bed like some
brilliantly tinted bird of paradise. He
recognized it at one?, aud, stooping
down, he picke 1 it up, with the mien-
tiou of restoring it to its owner, when
from its mouth the tiny blue-aud-gold
book slipped out.
“Lucy's diary, by Jove!” he ejaeula-
ted. “I’ll see what she has jotted there-
in.”
With no compunction whatever he
opened it, admired the Italian, spidery-
like caligraphy, and then read the items
it contained.
Ills brow* drew dark as a thunder-
cloud; furious feelings raged and seethed
wit’uiu him. He knew that she despised
him, and loved his rival. He felt like
rending the tell-tale fages in pieces,
he controlled himself, and thrusting t'ae
diary back in its rcceptable--the pocket
lie had recently thought so pretty—he
hurled it into the nest of underbrush
from which he had taken it.
“Let the accursed thing lie there." he
hissed ; “I'll confront my lady and uc-
cuse her of her treachery.”
Lucy's face blanched white as death
as Bob Lester, like some raging demon,
halted in her path.
“Grow white, faint if you can, you
treacherous creature,” ha hissed with all
the venom of a serpent “I have found
you out. You flirted with me, led me
on, and confided to your diary th&t if I
were the last man on the lace of the
earth, you would uot marry me. More,
you vowed you loved Rcse Wilde.
Shameless creature, I scorn you! I hate
you! I've half a mind to toss you down
among those sharp-toothed rocks 1 You
deserve such a fate. No. You need
not shrink from me; I'll not lay hauds
oa you, but I shall try to turn the heart
of my rival against you.”
He was gone, and Lucy sank shivering
to the earth.
“Why did I ever flirt with him ?’ 1 sh«‘
wailed, *‘R wa* parties?, I kao^, but
TOCCOA, GEORGIA, JANUARY 10. 1891.
I never meant him any harm. I will
never coquette again with any man.”
She covered her face with her handi
and wept bitterly.
“Miss Sherwood—Lucy!”
At the sound of a familiar voice she
raised her tear-wet face. This time Ross
Wilde stood before her, and in his hand
she saw the ruby pocket. She began to
hate it.
He extended it toward her.
“Your property, I believe? I found
it _ probably where lost it.”
you
She took it, and drawing forth the
diary, said:
“And was there Paul Pry enough
about you to make yourself master of the
contents of this journal?”
lie regarded her haughtily
“You are unjust, Miss Sherwood*, I
am an honorable man. But,” lowering
his voice, “let me congratulate you. I
met Mr. Lester, who informed me that
you had just consented to be his wife.
I wish you all possible happiness. I
trust he will be as kind to you as I should
have been had you given me the right.
Oh, Lucy, you know m 3 ’ secret. Think
of me as kindly as you can.”
He started to leave, but Lucy called
him back.
“Mr. Lester spoke falsely, Ross. If
you had read the diary, as he was mean
enough to do, you would have learned
that I love you—only you.”
It matters not what followed; suffice
it to say that Lucy was blissfully happy,
and vowed that she would never again
wear that pocket, keep a diary or flirt
with any man .—New York Weekly.
WISE WORDS.
Success any where requires singleness ol
P ur i'°~ '
V 1C man ^ 0%es his duty nevei
. lt: ,
*
Common sense is a hard thing to have
too much of.
The man who goes out to meet trouble
always does it.
Sympathy is something that can not be
learned at college.
Love can see beauty where the world
sees only deformity.
D }' ou w ant to be a thinker ask your-
se lf a good many questions.
If you want happiness don't try to find
it in somebody else’s garden,
You can always be happy if you are
willing to rejoice with others.
If you want to be able to speak kind
words, cultivate kind feelings.
People who are not to be trusted in
trifles arc not be trusted anywhere.
A man is very poor if he has nothing
that will do n ore for him than money.
No man will ever be likely to have a
good character who does not try to have
one.
Murder is always committed in tho
heart before it it is committed with a
gun.
Success that is not planned for, and
worked for, and deserved, is never en¬
joyed.
A man who can pay his debt and won’t
do it, would steal if he was sure he
wouldn’t be caught at it.
People who are not quite right them-
selves always feel better when they can
find something wrong with other peo-
pie.
it will help you to be charitable toward
other people if you will remember that
every j other man has just as much mule
; Q h m as / vou have .—Indianapolis 1 ( v Ind .)
Rum ' a H< rn
The Height of Ware3.
It is not uncommon in prose works to
read of mountainous waves. Exact
measurements seldom confirm first im-
pressious. Scoresby found that forty
feet was the height from trough to crest
of the largest waves measured by him in
the North Atlantic and in a cyclonic
storm, when bound for Australia in the
Royal Charter. This has long been ac-
cepted as the extreme limit of wave
height. Captain Kiddle, a well known
and experienced navigator, has, how-
ever, encountered waves at sea which
were seventy feet high. The late Ad-
miral Fitzroy had previously observed
waves as high; and some observations
made at Ascension in 1836 support these
authorities. In 1S44 her Majesty’s ship
Inconstant was scudding with her stern
upon the crest and her bow in the de-
pression between two successive waves,
and the wave ahead was observed exaet-
!y level with her foretopsail yard, just
seventy-seven feet above the water line,
On the 27th of July, 1888, the Cu-
narder Umbria was struck by a wave not
less than fifty feet high, which did much
damage. Two days before, the Wilson
liner Martello had a similar experience;
an enormous solitary wave struck her,
completely submerging her decks. The
Martello was much smaller and more
deeply laden than the queenly Umbria.
No connection could be traced between
these waves, which were referred to in
the dailies as tidal waves, although of
altogether different origin. In October,
1881. the Italian bark Rosina had all
hands, except one man who was ill in
his bunk, swept off her decks by a wave
which broke ou board as they were
shortening sail during a heavy squall in
mid-Atlantic. The BritiSh bark Undine
had one watch washed overboard and
her Captain killed under similar circum-
stances. It is said that the massive bell
of the Bishop Rock was wrenched from
its fastenings by the momentum of driv¬
ing seas iu a gale of wind, and the gal-
lery containing it thickly strewn with
sand, although 100 feet above high
water mark. Scoresby gave 600 feet as
the maximum length of sea waves, but*
there are many longer Mr. Douglas,
when building lighthouses on the coast
of Cornwall, noticed wares 1300 feet
long from crest to crest.— Chambers's
Journal.
A large fish dealer in one of the city
markets says that during the seas In it is
a common thing for the fish dtVers to
have as many as fourteen different kinds
Q f ffsb ou their stalls.
TELEGRAPH AND CABLE.
WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE
BUSY WORLD.
A SUMMARY OF OUTSIDE AFFAIRS CON¬
DENSED FROM NEWSY DISPATCHES
FROM UNCLE SAM's DOMAIN AND WHAT
THE CABLE BRINGS.
Sales of silver to the treasury Monday,
1,880,500 ounces.
The German government has recog¬
nized the existence of the republic ot
Brazil.
The debt statement for December shows
a decrease during the mouth of $11,005, -
397.99.
The failure of J. A. Worth was an¬
nounced on the consolidated stock ex¬
change of New York.
Associate Justice Brown hits been
sworn in and took his seat on the United
States supreme court bench.
Colored youths are to receive similar
instruction to that given to white 3 ’ouths
at the Maryland Agricultural college.
Owing to the cold weather throughout
Great Britain, a number of leading in¬
dustries have been forced to stop work.
the Fifty persons were killed outright by
explosion which occurred iu Trinity
coal pit at Polish Ostrau, Saturday night.
The tow boat Annie R 'belts cxpl <ded
her boilers at Portsmouth, O., killing
two men and latally Injuring three oth-
CIS.
Two distinct shocks of earthquake,
with but a few seconds intermission, oc-
ccurred at San Francisco at noon on Fri¬
day.
The Dueber Watch Company of Can¬
ton, O., has made an assignment ; liabil¬
ities, $450,000; nominal assets $1,500,-
000 .
Two passenger trains ’collided ou the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, near We-
verton, Md. An engineer and fireman
were killed.
The supreme court of New Hampshire
is hearing the complaint of the Democrats
against Clerk Jewett, of the house of rep¬
resentatives.
Judge I). C. Trowlett, aged eighty-
seven, died in Chattanooga, Sunday
night, of softening of the brain. He was
a distinguished jurist.
Fifty engineers who left the employ ol
the North British Railroad Company
when the strike was decUted, have re¬
turned to work on the company’s terms.
A dispa-ch from Vienna states that as
a result of the explosion which occurred
in the Trinity coal pit in Poli-h Aus ria
recently fifty persons were Idl ed out¬
right.
The assignee of Decker, Howell & Co.,
of New York, announces himself prepared
to pay in full, on demand, all just
claims against the firm, principal and in¬
terest.
While a party of laborers were digging
a trench at Nobel’s factory, Hamburg, a
frightful explosion of nitro glycerine oc¬
curred, by which several of them were
killed.
Judge Brown, of Detroit will be sworn
m as associate justice to the United
States on Monday, and then the bench
will again be full, for the first time in
several years.
Dispatches of Wednesday say: In¬
tensely cold weather prevails iu Hungary.
The Danube is frozen over at Budapest
and the ice block extends from Press-
burg nearly to Vienna.
The value of imports into the United
States for November was $63,910,843,
against $58,994,784 last year. Exports
during the same month were $89,118,419,
against $93,713,826 in 1889.
The treasury department sustains the
action of the officers of the Philadelphia
mint in refusing the demands of the Den¬
ver men who presented a silver brick and
demanded its coinage free of expense to
them.
The storm in Kansas has caused an
almost entire cessation of all but local
railway traffic. Trains are blockaded on
nearly all lines. Passenger trains have
been equipped with two engines and
snow plows.
The president has submitted the cor-
respondenee between Secretary Blaine
and Lord Salisbury, in regard to the
Behring sea dispute. Lord Salis ury
makes a proposition to arbitrate the mat¬
ter, but Mr. Blaine does not agree to the
proposal.
John S. Patton, of the Charlottesville
(Va.) Jeffersonian , has been arrested on a
warrant, charging him with being about
to engage in a duel with Sheffy Lewis,
alitor of The Harrisonburg Spirit of the
Valley. A political controversy is the
eause of the trouble.
On Wednesday Hope & Co., bankers of
Amsterdam, filed a suit agai> st the state
board of liquidation of Louisiana asking
the state board to fund $4,000,000 in
bonds into consolidated bonds, The
board had refused and hence the suit.
The Frick Coke Company, of Scott-
dale, Pa., gave notice Wednesday that
they will shut down 1,100 more cuke
ovens indefinitely next week, which will
throw about 1,200 men out of work. No
cause is given for the shut down.
The Noifolk and Western railroad has
purchased a control cf the Shenandoah
Valley, and have given out a contract to
bui d into Washington, D. ., from some¬
where near Lura}\ Ya. The contract
provides for the completion of the road
within a year.
The reorganization of the boaid of eli-
rectors of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad Compauy took place at
\ork YYednesdat’, resulting in^ the rein-
statement of John II. Inman, N. Baxter,
Jr., and their associates in the control of
the property.
The Washington Protective Asssocia-
tion, composed of colored citizens of
that State, has been organized at Ta-
coma. The object of the association is
stated to be to encourage immigration of
colored people to the State of Washing-
ton and to improve their condition.
The Southern Cotton Oil Company was
grated a writ of certiorari in New York
state Wednesday, returnab e within
twenty days. The c mpany claims it is
has mills iu the principal southern cities.
A tax of $2,392 has been levied on its
capital stock.
Dispatches of Wednesday from Glasgow
say: General managers of Scotch rail¬
ways have announced that the strikers
have been, to all inteuts and purpos s,
defeated. The Caledohian railway has
already reinstated a large number of
strikers, who have gone back to work on
the company's terms. Trains are now
running regularly.
( hief of Police Coyde, of San Diego,
Cab, on Tuesday, received a letter from
a man visiting iu that c’ty from Indend-
enee, Mo., informing him that the writer
had met face to face on the streets of
San Diego, the notorious Missouri bandit,
Jim Cummings, for whom a standing re¬
ward is offered dead or alive. The writer
refused to give his name for fear of ven¬
geance from the members of the Cum¬
mings gang, who infest the locality
w here he lives.
NEWS OF THE SOUTH
BRIEF NOTES OF AN INTER¬
ESTING NATURE.
PITHY ITEMS FROM ALL POINTS IN THE
SOUTHERN STATES THAT WILL ENTER¬
TAIN TnE READER—ACCIDENTS, FIRES,
FLOODS, ETC.
Fire at Rocky Mount, N. C., destroyed
the Argonaut newspaper office.
A half interest iu the Methodist Ad¬
Rev. vocate Horace , in Chattanooga, has been sold to
E. Warner, of Cedar Falls,
Iowa.
H. C. Markes & Co., dry goods mer¬
chants of Anniston, Ala., have made an
assignment. $40,000. Liabilities, $*25,000; assets,
General Francis E. Spinner, ex-treas¬
urer of the United States, died at Brook-
lynsburg, nesday near Jacksonville, Fla., Wed¬
evening.
Paul Conrad, of New Orleans, was on
iana Wednesday elected president of the Louis¬
State Lottery Company, vice M. A.
Dauphin, deceased.
The trade council of Birmingham, Ala.,
has appointed a committee to bring about
a conference between the striking coal
miners and coal opi rators, and, if possi¬
ble, settle the strike.
Samuel Black, general merchant, of
Natchez, Miss., assigned Saturday. Pre¬
ferred creditors $8,500; total liabilities
estimated at $30,000. Britton & Kounts’
bank loses $7,000.
The Carpenters’ Union has addressed a
letter to the contractors of Chattanooga
asking an advance of 15 per cent.,
to take effect May 1. The carpenters
give four months notice, in order that all
contracts under way may be completed.
The decision of the contractors has not
yet been made public.
A Jack-on, Miss., dispatch says: An¬
other investigation is shortly to com¬
mence of ex-State Treasurer Heming¬
way’s books. This time the investiga¬
tion is to be thorough in every respect.
Colonel Hemingway and his friends have
never been satisfied with the investiga¬
tion made of his books so far, claiming
that they were not of the kind to unearth
the complicated errors which they still
believe exist.
A review -of Richmond's business for
1890, shows that of manufactures there
are 783 plants, giving employment to
21,018 persons; capital employed, $16,-
506,947; sales of manufactured products,
$34,580,947—an The increase of $2,000,000.
reassesssment of lands and lots shows
a total value of $40,000.000—an increase
of $8,000,000. Bank c carances, $112,-
603,000—increase. $5,000,000. During
the jear 939 new houses were erected.
DEATH AT A FETE.
TIIE TERRIBLE DISASTER AT A CHILDREN’S
FESTIVAL.
Further particulars received Friday
from Wortlev, near Leeds, England,
show that the terrible scenes witnessed
i» t the school fete were in no way exag¬
gerated, though the cause of the disas¬
ter was not the falling of a string of
Chinese lanterns, as at first supposed.
The school fete referred to was a charity
bazaar, held under the auspices of the
I arish of Wortley. The building used for
the fete was a church school, adjoining
Wortley church. Part of the programme
of the bazaar’s attractions was a series of
tableaux vivants, in which a number of
young girls and boys of the parish took
pari. For this disp’a } 7 a small stage was
erected in the school room, and to the
right of tbe stage and opening upon it
was a room used as a dressing room or
green room by the cfiildren. Inside this
dressing crowd room, just before the disaster, a
of joyous children were gathered,
all the girls of the party being in light,
gauzy attire, and many of them covered
in addition with cotton used to repre¬
sent snow. In addition ievent 1 of the
children carried dangling on sticks above
their h ads, lighted Chinese lanterns,
The tableaux vivants then preparing was
intended to symbolizr “Winter Frolics
of .Mammas iu Days Gone By,’’
Suddenly shrieks of terror issued from
the little room, and all were horror-
stricken to see a number of children rush
upon the stage with their costumes ou
fire. Gentlemen promptly seized the
burning children, threw them upon the
stage and smothered the flames. Up to
the present there are four deaths recorded
as a result of the disaster, and several in¬
jured children are not expected to
recover, An investigation into the
cause uf the disaster shows that
while the children gathered in the
dressing-room their preparatory to making
ap pearance on the stage, one of the
lit 1 le girls who was playing with a light¬
ed lamp accidentally set fire to her cloth¬
ing. She uttered a cry of terror, tried
to extinguish the flames with her hands
and rushed , towards , the , door , to the . stage,
Her C J7 an< ? the sl S bt the flames
Cft « 5ed a P aE > c aal ° n S tb e other children,
who aTso , raadc a rush for the door
tionei. The result was that a crowd of
children crushed around the child whose
clothes were already in flames, ond there¬
by ignited the clothing of twenty or
thirly other children._
Eleven battle ships, with an aggregate
At
ju-e being buil: for the Government.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
SECOND SESSION OF THE
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
the law-maker9 or UNCLE sam’s domain
aqain at work—Routine of TnE
house and senate —each day's pro-
CEEDINGS TERSELY TOLD.
The force bill met with a decidedly
md unexpected accident Monday afternoon,
liope of was its fatally injured. There is m
its recovery entertained by either
friends or foes, and the chances are
that no efforts will be mado to resusci-
tate it. On Saturday Hoar and Edmunds
telegraphed lican to all the absent Rcpub-
senators to be in Washing-
ton Monday in order to aid in bring-
ing the election bill to a vote.
After the trivial matters that occupy the
first li ur of the sena'e every day were
concluded, Vice President Morton had
g uc down to lunch, and Senator Harris,
of Tennessee, was iu the chair. It was
after 2 o’clock, and as the vote On a local
bill was announced, Senator Hoar called
up the elections bill, as is the usual daily
custom. George, He yielded the floor to Senator
speech, of Mississippi, to conclude his
commenced last week, in defense
of the new c nstitution of Mi sissippi.
When George took the floor Senators
Jones, formed Stewart. Walcott, and Teller
a group in the rear. In an in-
stant Senator Stewart was on his fee*,
‘‘Mr. Speaker,” he cried, “I move the
senate proce d to the consideration of the
bill to provide against the contraction of
the currency.” If a bom > had exploded
there could not have been a greater sen-
sation. Iloar rushed to the front to dc-
clare the motion not in order, as Senator
George the had the floor, “Rut I yield to
senator from Nevada,” said
Mr. George. “Mr. President—”
shouted Hoar, his face turning pale.
“A motion to consider a bill is not dc-
batable,” quickty ruled Senator Harris,
from the chair. “Does the senator from
Mississippi,” rifled cried Hoar, completely ter-
as he ran to the front, “mean to
say—” At t is instant Senator Gorman
cried out: “This question is not debat-
able. I insist on the roll being called.”
All during the roll call, there was the
most interne excitement, both on the
floor and in the galleries. When tie
president announced Stewart’s motion
liad bten carried by’ 34 to 29, there was
general applause.
The silver bill having been taken up,
it was re td by the clerk, aud Mr. Stewart
moved to amend it by adding the follow-
ing: That any owner of silver bullion,
not too base for operations of the mint,
mav deposit the same in amounts of value
of not less than $100 at any mint in the
United States to be formed into standard
doll us or bars, for his benefit and with¬
tion out charge; and that at said owner’s op¬
he may receive therefor an equiva¬
lent of such standard dollars in treasury
notes of the same form and description,
and having the same legal qualities ax
notes provided for by the act upproved
July 14, 1890, entitled, “An act direct¬
ing the purchase of silver bul¬
lion and the i sue of treasury notes
hereon, and . for . other , purposes. And
all such treasury notes issued under the
provisi ns of this act shall be legal tender
for their nominal amount in payment of
all debt*, public and private, and shall he
receivable for customs, taxes ar.d all pub¬
lic dues, and when so received may be
reissued iu the same manner and to the
same extent as other , treasury notes. Mr.
Stewart argued in support of the amend-
ment. Ills amendment, he said, would
remonetize silver and place it back where
it had been before it was excluded from
the mints of the U nited States and Europe,
1 he apportionment bill was reportc i
in the senate Monday and placed on the
calender.
NOTES.
The credentials of 31r. Connell as sena¬
tor from Idaho were of presented, and Con¬
nell took the oath office.}
The credentials of Mr. Dubois as sena¬
tor from Idaho, foiAhe term commencing
March 4th next were into placed on file. The
senate then went cxe utivc session.
Representative Abner Taylor, of Illi-
nois, recently introduced in the house a
bill providing that the rate chargable lor
registration of domestic mail matter shall
be 5 cents for each piece in addition to
the regular postage.
The house postoffioe bill committee report-
ed favorably the to give all towns
whose gross postoffice receipts exceed
$;j,v00, a free delivery service. The bill
will pass. The Georgia towns that now-
have no free delivery, but will get it by
this bill, are: Albany, Americus, Athens,
Marietta and Thomasvilie. Toe Alabama
towns are Bessemer, Eufaula, Florence,
Gadsden, Huntsville, Talladega, Tusca-
loosa. The South Carolina towns are
Spartanburg and Sumter.
UNFORTUNATE BROTHERS,
.
ONE FROZEN, ONE BURNED, AND THE
OTHER KILLED BY A RUNAWAY.
John Rooney was burned to dea'h in
his barn a few miles north of Plattsburg,
N. Y., late the other night. It is thought
that he went into the barn while smoking
and, being under the influence of 1 quor,
iay down to sleep, and a spark from the
pipe set fire to the hay. The barn was
whollv destroyed, and Rooney's body
was found in the ruins burned co crisp.
A few years ago his father died leaving
$14 000 to be divided between John and
two brothers. One has since been frozen
to death while intoxicated. Another
one was killed in a runawav, while John
,mt bis fate as above sated.
ITALIAN RUFFIANS.
THEY ENTER A CHURCH AND DRIVE OUT
THE PEOPLE.
A band of Italian ruffians are terroriz¬
ing the people of Alum Cave, Wayne
county, W. Ya. People have been
beaten and robbed on the streets by the
gang, and two or three nights ago, while
a festival was in progress, the gang en-
tered a church and dtoveout the p ople,
and took what was valuable. The other
night the home of a citizen was ent red,
his two sons were tied and the house was
robbed.
NUMBER 1 .
EMMA ABBOTT DEAD.
THE GREAT SINGER DIES OF PNEUMONIA
IN SALT LAKE CITY.
Emma Abbott, the great American
prima douna, died at the Hotel Teraple-
ton, 8alt Lake City, Utah, Monday m- rn-
ing at 7:40 o'clock, of pneumonia. 8 he
was taken ill on Wednesday night, but
persisted on going on the stage and sing-
iug her part in “Ernaui,” nothwithstnnd-
ing her physicians advised her not to. On
New’Year’s Day she was t ken alarm-
ir.gly ill, and a conference of phy-
siciaus were ordered. From that tiino
she has grown died. worse till this morning,
when die The scene at her death
bed was a pathetic one. The great
singer was conscious almost to
the last moment, despites that opiate had
been administered, her last words were;
“I am not afraid to die.” There were
present at her bedside: Alice Ellerton,
Miss Nellie Franklin, Miss \ emon, Mr.
Pruett e, Mr. end Mrs. Michelena,
Miss Annandale of the company,
Manager Pratt and wife, of the
hotel, and Dr. Pinkerton. enclosed The body was
embalmed and in a handsome
casket, add will go from there to Den-
ver, thence to Chicago, and thence to
Gloucester, Mass., where her husband is
buried. Her will provides for that dis-
position of her remains. Miss Abbott
confidently expected to die, and told her
physician on New Year’s Day that her
next song would be sung iu heaven. A
singular coincidence connected with the
affair ii that she died on the anniversary
of her husband’s death,
NOTHING STOPPED THtM.
they climbed into windows, through
skylights, and broke into a safe.
Expert cracksmen c utered Libby, ]\L‘-
Ntill & Libby’s office at No. 854 South
Water street, Chicago, the otuer day ami
rifled the safe. At the rear <>f the office
a large vault is built in the hall. A hole
had been bored into the heavy outer
door of the safe close to the combiuati it.
But the burglars met with a serious dilli-
eulty when they found tint within
the vault was a burglar proof sate, and
They clos d tie outer door
attacked the s fe with a sledge ham-
tner, finally bursting it open. A cash
drawer containing over $130 was carried
away but the checks and notes were un-
touched. In their haste the l urgmrs
overlooked a lock d drawer containing ti
large amount of gold and silvj’. Then
they left without being seen. To obtain
an entrance they forced th< ir way into an
empty’ warehouse half a block away and
climbed through the skylight to the
roof. They walked over the buildings
until they reached Libber’s, dropped
through the skylight aud icached t.ie
office.
IN THE WOODS.
PECULIAR PREDICAMENT OF A TENNESSEE
RAILROAD.
A Nashville dispatch says: When
Judge Jackson appointed a receiver for
the Decatur, Chesapeake and New Or-
leans railroad, some weeks ago, its affair*
were known to be in a very bad condition,
j us t how bad*was shown when Receiver
W. L. Fr erson filed his report in the
United States circuit Tuesday. The road
was intended to run seventy-eight miles
from Decatur, Ala., to Shelbyville, Tenu.
Fourty-three miles of ttie road is com-
plete. but both ends are in the woods,
|} iere j g enough material in hand to enm-
pletc the roa( j t but cverv dollar's worth
hag been attached by the creditors. The
total indebtedness is about $800,000.
judgments to the amount of $100,984
have a’readv been secured, and suits are
pending for $227 000
THE CRACKER MEN
TO ERECT A MAMMOTH “TRUST” BUILDING
IN NEW YORK.
The cracker trust is to erect an enor¬
mous factory in New York. This trust
is a combination of the principal biscuit
bakers in the United States, mostly in the
eastern, middle and central states. The
building is 10 be built on a large scale.
and when completed will be 2O0Jx427
ft . et in dimension, and will in all be six
stories in height. The whole block will
tie composed of four building-*, which
will present a solid front as of one build-
mg. will take nearly two 3 ears to
build it and will cost nearly $3,000,000.
I he material to be used is brick, granite
and iron throughout.
A RETRO 8 PECT.
tkk business disasters occuring thb
PAST TEAR.
The business failures occuring through-
out the United States for the entire year
of 1890, as reported to R. G. Dunn & Co.’s
mercantile agency, are 10,907 in number,
beiDg but twenty-five greater than in he
3 -ear 1889. The liabilities, however, 6 how
a very large increase over 1889, bein '
$189,600,000 against $148,000,000, an in¬
crease ■ f over $40,000,000, the largest
liabilities since 1884, when they amounted
to $225,000,000. In Canada the lailures
for the year are 1,847 in number, as against
1,777 the year previous. The liabilities $14,000,-
are $18,000,000 in 1890 against
000 in 1889.
FIGHT WITH INDIANS.
TROOPS SURROUNDS BIG FOOT*S BAND AND
A CONFLICT ENSUES
A special ....... dispatch from P oe Ridge , „
Agency, says that couriers fiom Bud
Lmd-, who arrived th^ re Monday morn-
ing announced that a bloody and desper-
Me confl: t occurred on Porcupine creek,
betweeo L uited States troops and hostile*.
Big Foot's baud had been surrounded by
troops when* the former were being dis¬
armed bv Colonel Forsyth, a bloo y en¬
counter took place. Captain Wallace
and five soldiers of the seven cavalry wei«s
killed: Lieutenant Garlington and fifteen
men wounded. The Indians are being
hunted up in ail direction<»
GIVING HIM COUUVUH.
She— How beautiful the autumn leaves
ire George?
n e (seeing a chance for a compliment»
—You are like the autumn leaves. Clara,
She—You di<l never George?—[Boston pressed any autumn Her*
leaves, you,
ild