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VOLUME XX.
THE DEAD DAY
The argent and imperial day
For all his wealth was made to yield.
He passed his gates of palms and lay
Far out upon his batterel shield;
Lay calm and king-like, with red garments
rolled
In blood, and gleaming Lurmshments of
gold.
Then queenly night came flown and swathed
The king in somber vestments new.
She bowed her face above an 1 bathed
Her eyes in darkness and in dew,
And closed and kissel them softly as she
slid
Aside the dead king’s silvered coffin lid.
Home star-tlpt candles foot and head;
Sweet perfumes of the perfumed sea,
And then above her coffined dead
She drew great curtains lovingly;
And ns she hooked them on the bent moon’s
horn,
Unloosed her hair, and mourned and
mourned till morn.
—Joaquin Miller.
LOVE OR MONEY?
by is. l. ketchum.
fT~\ RTHUR FERRIS
m was tall, blonde,
handsome, a n d
twenty-eight. He
was also the pos¬
sessor of a long
mk head, inherited
*// / from the maternal
m side of the house,
lie was likewise a
, dutiful son.
It was the two
A. latter circum¬
Or-vi. stances that had,
on more than one
occasion, saved him from making a tri¬
umphant ass of himself. If it had not
been for his long head, it is more than
likely that lie would have fallen desper¬
ately in love with that bewitching
governess of the Hastings,with whom he
had spent several weeks in the mountains
one summer five years ago. But lie had
given himself time to think, and had
lied between two days, much to his later
satisfaction.
Then there wa3 that dear little Miss
Dixon, whom be had met at the seaside.
It had been a glorious evening—that
last. They were sitting on the veranda,
where they might see and yet be unseen.
The soft, dreamy strains of a Strauss
waltz floated out from the ball-room.
There was the pale, silver light of the
moon,the murmuring ripple of the waves
on the beach—and all that sort of thing,
which you have read about so many
times that you have learned to skip it in
the novels.
Well! Elsie was going away—too,
too soon. They had talked in sighs and
murmurs for half au hour; Arthur’s left
hand cltsped Elsie's dimpled right one,
his right arm was about her waist; both
heads beat vigorously, as hearts will on
such occasions, aud Arthur had just
opened his mouth to tell Elsie what she
had been waiting for for two weeks,
when there was a step close at hand, a
rustle of skirts, and the cooing voice of
the maternal Ferris said>
“I beg your pardon, but will you
please excuse Arthur a few moments?
There are those miserable business affairs
that must be attended to in time for the
late mail.”
Aud thus was he saved a second time,
for Elsie had not a cent, and neither had
he—at least, not many of them, There
were several other occasions wheu his
own long head, or Ids mamma’s, had
helped him out—for Arthur was some-
what susceptible. But it is not of these
•\ have to tell.
His time had come. The in every-
way-desirable young person had pre¬
sented herself. Tiue, she was not so
young as she had been; but, then, that
was a mere trifle. 8he was just his cwn
age, of as good a family as his owu, and
an heiress of considerable degree. She
was not—well not exactly handsome, and
was rather inclined to what is politely
called plumpness; but Arthur’s mamma
and Aithur s lotg head gave their ap¬
proval—and Arthur did not care who she
might be, so long as she possessed the
above qualifications, particularly the one
involving a very neat fortune in her own
right.
Besides, Arthur was getting a bit des¬
perate. In fact, he had so far exceeded
his own salary and the maternal allow¬
ance (which, by the way, was as large as
Mrs. Ferris could afford), that nothing
short of a miracle, or a matrimonial alli¬
ance such as he had been so long seek¬
ing, could save him from getting into
very deep water.
Aud thus it came to pass that this
winter found him engaged to Miss Ber¬
nice Fieid. much to the satisfaction of
his mother, who was visiting in New
York, and to whom he had, like the
dutiful son he was, sent the gratifying
news at once.
He was disappointed, however, on ODe
been noted for his persuasive powers,
and bad flattered himself that Bernice,
with her gentle, clinging, bud-like ways,
would succumb at once.
Now. be it known that Miss Bernice
Field had not arrived at years of disere-
tion for nothing. Neither had she, a
not unprepossessing young person, with
nearly a half-miliiou in her own right,
passed through the experiences of ten
seasons without gathering unto herself
much knowledge of the ways and wiles
of wicked man. She had had, as might
have been expected, effers to a high
number; but, thus far, tne gentlemen
concerned had failed—by reason of their
unanimous desire to touch her purse—to
touch, in the first place, the all-import-
ant key to it, which was hidden away in
*ier bosom. And Miss Bernice Field
was worldly-wise in her day and genera-
tion.
She ^ ^tvtaiuly in love with Ferris
,>vss
i-tLere tejuid no doubt df ’that. It
THE TOCCOA NEWS
AND PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL JOURNAL.
is quite as certain that she was very seri¬
ously in love with him; but with the
wisdom born of experience, she did not
let him know one-half of what she felt
for him.
If any one had tcld Ferris that he was
just now in a very shaky position, he
would have scoffed. TIis chum, Ed
Cross, who was spending the winter at
the house during Mrs. Ferris's abseuce,
had once suggested that “there’s many
a slip,” but Arthur merely shied a shoe
at him, and whistled serenely.
It was in this frame of mind that, one
evening in February, he ran lightly up
the steps of the Field mansion to call on
her whom Cross unfeelingly referred to
as his “iittle lady-love.” It was warm,
and the front door stood ajar. The
little footman was not in his accu s tomed
ptace, so Ferris, with the air of one who
knew just where he was going, stepped
inside. _ I* loin the open door , of ^ Papa
1 leld s stu Jy came the sound of voices
in earnest discussion, and one of them
spoke his own name.
He halted, irresolute, as would any
one else , under j ... like circumstances. - Papa
Iield was speaking:
“Of course, my dear, you are your
owu mistress, and 1 can only advise you.
It seems to me, however, that you have
done a very foolish thing to engage
yourself to this young Ferris. True, he
seems an exemplary young fellow, and
he comes of an excellent family; but it
is well known that he has only a small
allowance from the estate in addition to
a beggarly two thousand dollars’ salary.
How do you know it is you, and not
your money that he wants? It is a brutal
question, I know, but it is one you have
probably asked of yourself a half-dozen
times, concerning other young men.”
Arthur, out in the hall, standing in
much the same attitude a child assumes
when speaking its first “piece” in school,
winced, out waited for the answer, It
came, in serious, thoughtful tones, which
indicated plainly that Miss Be mice,also,
had considered this very matter.
“N-no, I am sure you misjudge him,
papa. Of course I understand how he is
situated financially, and—and all that.
But I am sure he is honest and honor¬
able, and that he—he cares for me very
much. There is a thousand ways by
which I can learn much that you cannot,
and—’’
“Yes, yes; I understand. But sup-
pose you should put him to the te3t; do
you think he would come through—ah—
er—unscathed, as it were? Suppose you
should tell him that I liad lost all your
money and mine in unfortunate specula¬
tion—that we were beggars, and had not
a dollar we could call our own? Are
you afraid to try him!”
There avas a brief silence. Them
“I don’t like to tell a falsehood, papa;
but it would be only a ‘white lie,' and
perhaps for the best. Ye3, I’ll try him
to-morrow night.”
“That’s my dutiful girl. Now run
along and let me wortf.”
There was the sound of a kiss, and the
perspiring young man in the hall
hastened to get out of the house. He
wanted time to think, but the first thing
that entered his head, 7 as he reached the
sidewalk, was a fanciful picture of the
petite Miss Field, with her one huudred
aud sixty pounds of avoirdupois “running
along,” and he smiled broadly. Then he
walked rapidly over to the next street to
catch a cab to his club, there to hold a
pow-wow with Cross.
On the steps he hesitate! a moment.
“Had I better go back now?” he
thought. “No; she won’t have her lit-
tie tale ot woe ready, and might be put
out if I call to-night. I might give my-
self away too. Better have time to get
„ my speech u prepared. , ,, And , j .1 this * as Jute . .
young man went m and proceeded to
make himseli corruoitabie.
The next evening, with his usual light
heart and good spirits, he rang the door
bell of the Field mansion. Yes, Miss
Field was in, Peter said. Ferris went
into the drawing-room and sat down,
ruuning rapidly over in his mind the
various tender speeches he had prepared
for the emergency. Bernice was a long
time coining, he thought, for one wno
expected him.
Presently she entered—slowly—heavi-
ly. Her head bent low over her bosom,
and her breath catne short aud fast.
Ferris went forward to meet her, his
arms outstretched. He was something
of an actor himself, and he knew it.
“Bernice! Darling! Waat is the
trouble with my little girl?” (Another
good , strode. , Miss Field liked be
to
called “little.”)
“Oh, Arthur, Arthur! I don’t know
howto tell you. It is too dreadful!
Papa—”
“What! Has your father
“Oh, no, not that; but—but worse!
Arthur, we are—beggars!”
And Miss Field, delivering these last
words with wonderful impressiveness,
huug her head and sobbed bitteriy be-
hind her lace handkerchief.
Then it was that Ferris, like the young
man of action that he was, put his arm
as far round his tearful fiancee as po3si-
fluential friends. As for her, had she
not him—her Arthur? He would not,
he once interrupted her to say, permit
her, through a sense of false pride, to
cast him off now, when she most needed
him. No, never!
He had thiee thousand a year. It was
not much, he knew, but they could live
on it. And did she suppose, for one
instance, that he had exoected to live on
his wife's money? No! A thousand
*
times no!
“We will have a real quiet, little wed-
ding, dearest, and, after it is over, we
will go quietly to our own little cottage
in the suburbs, which you and I will get
ready in the meantime, and there we
willbe the happiest couple in the world.
What! Bernice, am I to understand that
you laugh at mv cherished plans?”
For Bernice ha leaped to her feet and
was laughing nea 3 ily.
“Why, you foolish boy, I was only
teasing you a bit. Don’t you think I’d
TOCCOA, GEORGIA SATURDAY. . A 2, 1892.
make a good actress? Papa and I haven’t
lost a—
Here was Mr. Ferris's opportunity.
SIe had doubted him; oh, cruel blow.
If she could not trust him now, how
could she have any faith in him when
they were married? Perhaps, after all,
it were best—
And he strode haughtily to the door,
But this was not part of Miss Field’s
programme, and she did what any very-
much-in-love female ■would do under
like circumstances, so that, in a very
few seconds, two people were sitting o:i
a divan in a very lover like attitude, in
(Red.
An hour or so later, a young man,
walking briskly down the street, was
reflecting on the vagaries of chance and
his own good luck.
If Peter bad been at the door—if he
had been ten minutes later—if he had
sneezed in the hall—if—
“It was an awfully close shave,” he
reflected, and he stopped and shook
hands with himself, much to the amaze-
ment of the policeman on the corner.-
The Argonaut.
How It Feels to be Hit in Battle.
When the lieutenant had disappeared
from view, I turned my face to the front,
bolstering my trembling hopes with the
thought that this last victim was a shin¬
ing mark, as I certainly was not. Be¬
sides, I believed that the sharpshooters
could not get the range on our end of
the line. Then followed a “thud” close
to me, and my next sensation was that I
was prostrate on the ground, pierced
through my left arm, heart, and spine
with a rod, and pinned to the earth.
This was the physical sensation, but, of
course, was not the fact. Then through
my brain there flitted quickly a vision
such as the thought of a battle most
commonly brings to mind—masses of
warring men struggling individually for
the mastery. I seemed to be in the midst
of the melee, and with all the indigna¬
tion I could express was shouting to the
mpa in gray. “There, you have hit me!”
Next I was being lifted and supported
by someone, and a voice said, “Ho isn’t
hit, but something is the matter.” “Yes,”
said another voue sternly, “he is hit,
and as good as dead. Take him to the
rear.” I had so far recovered as to com¬
prebend these remarks, and instantly con¬
cluded that I was the subject of a prac¬
tical joke. In a another moment I was
seized with the keenest pain I have ever
experienced in my life, in the region
where it had seemed in my swoon that I
was run through with a rod. Now,
what hadhappencl was this; I had been
in a sitting posture, resting partly on the
ground, partly upon my legs doubled
beneath me, the left hand holding my
weapon, the ar n well braced across my
chest so that the middle of the upper
bone pressed against the heart. On ray
arm were two shirt sleeves, a jacket
sleeve, and overcoat sleeve, aud the over-
coat . cape; and j a musket-ball , . . ,, moving in
the direction of my heart and spine-
tuat is, obliquely to the front of my per-
son- trad ticked the limo of a busn a
few feet away, keeled over aud struck
flatwise on the atm, imbedding itself in
the flannel and the flesh.—Popular
Science Monthly.
_ ,,,_
Fastest ,, . . Kailrial „ .. limo Record.
on
The Empire State express on tire New
York Central recently made the lastest
time ever recorded by an engine pulling
a train. The speed was measured by
Angus Sinclair, editor of Locomitive
Engineering, i? J 3 who rode in a metallic box
bolted , j to . tue engine • with ... guages and ,
testing appliances attached. The
tram, leaving 2sevv 'iork, ran a little
slower than its schedule time until
Staatsburg was reached. Then it put ou
a tremendous burst of speed. As the
trees and fences rushed by in a coatiuu-
ous blur the passengers who knew about
the man in the little iron box wondered
how nc was standing it. Wnen Albany
was reached the passengers and the peo-
pie in the station crowded around the lo-
comolive and asked Mr. Sinclair how he
felt. He said he ielt a 3 if he nad been
flying.
For four consecutive miles the speed
was at the rate of seventy—eight mile3 an
hour, the fastest recorded time ever made
by a locomotive drawing a train on a
level track. The diagrams made from
the gauge showed the locomotive to be
almost perfect as regards distribution of
power. It developed 1600 horse power
and consumed two and one-eight pounds
of coal per horse power per hour. Mr.
Sinclair is conftdent that with one car it
run one hundred miles an hour, j
The locomotive. No. 870, is the record-
breaker which, on the famous run to
Buffalo on September 14, 1891, made
the 143 miles to Albany in 140 minutes,
With its tender it weighs 100 tons. Its
drivers are six and a half feet in diatne-
ter.—Chicago Herald,
^[ TS t er iou' Kiore P it
the original discoverer found but three
species of mammals, two bats and a very i
small The kiore rat is cal.ed almost kiore by extinct tne at natives, times, j j
now
but occasionally appears in extraordinary
numbers,coming, nobody knows whence,
and going, no one knows whither. In
1S86 the west coast (no other portion) of
the island was overrun by countless
millions of them, each pressing forward
as rapidly as possible, seeming to have
but one idea in view, to get away from
the place with all speed. They were
never seen to eat and moved at a steady
gait night and day. Thousands and
thousands of them perished from hunger
and the attacks of a larger imported rat.
For eleven weeks the coast for 150 miles
literally swarmed with kiores, but at
last they suddenly disappeared. That
^ been six years ago, but the scientists
have not yet decided where they came
from or where they went.—St. Louis
Republic.
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
What is Being Done in Congressional
Halls for the Country’s Welfare.
PROCEEDINGS FROM DAY TO DAY BRIEFLY
TOLD—BILLS AND MEASURES UNDER
CONSIDERATION—OTHER NOTES.
THE HOUSE.
Friday. —Tl.e third party was in full
force in the house Friday morning and
voted solidly against a motion made by
McMiilin, house of Tennessee, that when the
adjourned for the dav it be to meet
on Monday. When the vote showed a
Georgia, majority for the motion, Watson, of
raised the point of no quorum.
McMillin then asked unanimous consent
that a recess be taken until 8 o’clock, but
Kilgore objecting, the house adjourned
till Saturday.
Saturday. —The house met and ad¬
journed, no quorum being present. The
session lasted on y a minute and a half.
Monday. —Until the democrats are able
to muster a quorum in their ranks, they
may meet with many stumbling blocks in
their way to final adjournment. The re¬
publicans are not in the path, but they
are not over zealous in removing obsta¬
cles, which the third party may see fit to
place there. And the third party is
rather incensed over the refusal of the
democrats to allow them time to dis
cuss—they don’t demand a vote—on the
sub-treasury bill. It is not strong
enough in itself to obstruct busi
nesq but it is strong enough,
seconded by republic m indiffer¬
ence and democratic absenteeism to de¬
lay legislation until it is permitted time
to discuss the measure, which is the key¬
stone of its political arch. Monday, un¬
der the lead of Messrs. Watson, of Geor-
gii, and Davis, of Kansas, it practically
stopped tne wheels of legislation. Tele¬
■demanding grams sent out by the sergeant-at-arms
the return of absentees seem
to be productive of some little fruit, but
still when the house met at 11 o’clock
there was no quorum present. Befote
the reading of Friday’s journal, Mr. Da¬
vis, of Kansas, raised the point of no
quorum. Mr. Belknap, of Michigan,
moved a call of the hou e, which was or¬
dered—73 to 17.
Tuesday. — Although the leaves of ab¬
sence have been revoked, the members of
the house are si >w in returning to Wa-h-
ington, and there are but few over a quo¬
rum in the city, consequently Tuesday
was an off day in the house.
the senate.
Monday.—T he house bill amendatory
of the census act (as to general and spe¬
cial schedules of industries) was reported
in the senate Monday by tlale Irora the
committee on the eleventh census and
Passed: The legislative, »xecut ve and
judicial appropriation bill was reported
^y Mr. Allison, who gave notice that i>e
) ] vou ug jd business. call it up 1 at lie the house close amendments of the morn- to
the 8 ?' ,ate blll * S the c j r cult court of
appeals not concurred . and
^ were in a con-
f nCe was asked . Mr Hale ( ffered the
followi f pmimble * and reS0 i ution) and
gaid tha he wou!d call it Tuesday:
“Whereas, At no time has so large a
proport i n of the American people been
employed at so high wags, and
the purchasing of the necessities
and comforts of life so low
prices as in the year 1892, and;
whereas, The balance of trade has never
been so large in favor of the United Sta'es
as in the last year; and, Whereas, These
conditions exist and are 1 <rgely due to
republican policy of protection;”
tae ref«re, Resoived, That th*: committee
? n fi ™nce beand hereby is directed to
1 ' ,< l uir( j. 1,1 ° e c ec ° e P° !C Y 0
tariff for revenue on'y’ up m the labor
ftQd iadustries of the States and
to report on the same to the Senate _„
Air. Cockerell suggested that the resolu-
t ion should be called up Tuesday for the
purpose of allowing Mr. Hale to make
some remarks on it and not for action,
and the suggestion was tacitly assented
to. Mr. S>ewart offered a substitute for
his free silver coinage bill, one provi dng
that the owner of silver bullion may de-
posit the same at any mint of the United
States to be coined for his benefit. The
c °i ns are to be lesial tender for all debts
anc * dues, public and private. Foreign
silver coin and builion derived from
. by melting uded,
are exc
and the silver act of 1890 is re¬
pealed. The substitute was laid on the
table and ordered to be printed, The
senate then proceeded to the considera¬
tion of the legislative, executive and ju-
dicial appropriation bill. All committee
amen dmeDts were agreed to without
quest i 0 n, except that reinstating the
ptah commission, abolished by the house
-was’ Dil I, which was reserved for action. It
then open to general amendment
Mr. P att moved to insert an item for
nine marshals at $2 500 each for the cir
cuit court of appeal. After a lengthy
discussion a vote was take on Mr. Platt’s
amendment and resulted—yeas, 24; nays,
14. As them was no quorum voting the
roll was called and forty five senators,
a quorum, responded. Ou the vote be
ing again taken the result was yeas, 26;
nays, 15—9till no quorum. As no pro-
could be made the matter went ovei
was la j d be f oie the senate and ordered tc
be printed. A further conference was
ordered on the military academy bdl and
Messrs. Cullom, Stewart and Call were
continued a9 conferees. After a short ex
ecutive session the senate at 5:30 o’clock
adjourned. Tuesday—T presidential campaign
he
was fairly started in the senate Tuesday
on a basis of 3Ir. Hale’s resolution assert-
mg the great benefits resul ing to the
people of the United States from the re-
|ublican policy of protection, and qu«a-
Hife ® jLw* f!L _ eVenue 0 q 1 v v
' **ave a history from his point ol
y - e ^ w 0 f rece r; t Chicago convention
^ taJ qg; £„ plank oi the platform
. § C0uCerned ’ . statl that it was framed
gQ ^ toguit t he candidates, and declar-
. QO ° , ^ j ssue between the two parties had
th g beeQ made up? aad the figQt
would be waged on that issue until
decided by the suffrages of the people
Dext November. Mr. Vest, on the
of democracy, acc pted taechallenge and
had much to say as to the operation of
tne McKinley act in increasing the cost
of diy goods and hardware, in reducing
wages and in causing strikes and laboi
troubles. He aLo comm uted upon the
choice of the new c .airman of the re-
pubdean ua ional c uumittee as bemg in
line with tne policy of enc uragiug mo-
nopolies. Alter lhat the resolution Wat
laid a-ide til Wedmsi.y with-
out action, the coiToienco re-
oorts on the Indian and army
appropriation oills were prese-i ed amt
a reed t>>. Ch- latter hid has stil . da
ever, one question open and undisposed
of. It is as to the payment for govern¬
ment transportation on non-bonded por¬
tions of the Union and S unhcm Pacific
railroads. Th--ayricultur d appropriation
bill was passed and comidera'ion of the
legislative appropriation bill resumed.
The abolition or continuance of the U ah
commission was a subject of disr ussiouon
the legislative bill; and that question went
over without being decided.
notes.
General Gordon succeeded in having
the agricultural appropriation hi 1
amended in the senate on Friday so that
the sum of $5,000 was added to the ap¬
propriation for experimenting in grasses
for the southern states.
The house appropriation committee
Tu-sd y ordered a favorable report on the
joint lCfolution extending the appropria¬
tions for the support of the government
uutil July 15, made necessary by the
probable failure of any of the annual ap-
p opriation bills to become a law
by the begin ing of the fiscal year.
The committee also directed all the
members of the committee having charge
of the appropriation bills to ask the
house for nonconcurrence and a confer¬
ence on all such bills as soon as they came
from the senate. An adverse reoort was
ordered by the committieon nil j >int
resolutions and petitions for the relief of
Mississippi and Alabama flood sufferers.
The Anti-Option Dili Again.
The senate judiciary committee failed
to make the expected report on the anti-
option bill Monday. A maj irdy of the
committee is opposed to the bill as it
passed the house, but a substitute is
pending before the committee which
modifies the house bill in several particu¬
lars, and which it is piobable will be re¬
port! d to the senate. The advocates of
the bill claim that the senate will pass it,
but the leaders of the lobby against it
claim to have made a careful canva-8 of
the senate, and that the opponents are in
the majority. Much interest is manifest¬
ed iu the contest on account of the effect
its defeat or passage will have upon the
grain and cotton markets. The farmers
of the country are sending in petitions by
the thousand in favor of its adoption,
while the exchanges are protesting.
Tlie Week in Congress.
A Washington dispatek of Sunday
says: Proceedings in both branches of
congress this week will doubtless be
eff cted by the fact that the fiscal year
expires Thursday. Not a single regular
annual appi-opriation bill has, as yet, be
come a law, and resort must bo had to
the expedi' nt of extending the appro¬
priations. by means of a joint resolution
for certain fixed periods in order to pre¬
vent the total stoppage of the machinery
of the government. Ths device for
meeting the failure of congress to
provide the necessary appropriations for
the public service before the expiration
of seven months of the session available
for the purpose is always resorted to with
great reluctance by congressional raana
gers, and so it is probable that every ef¬
fort will be made to hasten the action of
the conference committee and secure the
enactment of several bills before the end
of the fiscal year so as to narrow the
i pplication ot the extension of the reso¬
lution to the smallest possible limits. In
the senate the agricultural appropriation
bill has been practically completed and a
formal vote wdl probably be taken at once
—on the single amendment remaining un¬
acted upon—une relating to the monthly
crop report of the agricultural depart¬
ment. Probably the legislative bill will
fol ow in regular order. The pension
and postoffice appropriation bills are
readv and the first named, at least, will
doubtless be sent to conference with¬
in a day or two. By the time
these biil-t are disposed of the sun¬
dry civil fortification and general d> fi-
ciency appropriation bills will be ready
for action and meanwhile the conference
committees will be at work and it is ex¬
pected that the District of Columbia, the
diplomatic and consular and probably
the naval appropriation b 11 will be
agreed upon in conference and finally
passed so far as the senate is concerned
before the end of the week. The anti¬
option bill may also cut some
figure in the proceedings, if it
emerges from the judiciary com¬
mittee as it is generally expected.
Work in the house for the week is
shrouded in a mist of uncertainty. Much
depends upon the re-ponse to urgent tel¬
egrams sent out Saturday to absent
meraoers, demanding, rather than
asking, their return to their posts
of duty. The general deficiency bill
is unfinished business, the yeas and nays
having been oidtred on its final pas¬
sage. If a quorum appears, it will be
passed, and then District of Columbia
bus ness will be in order. Owng to the
absence of Shively, of Indiana (in charge
of the measure), no agreement has been
arrived at as to the length of the debate
upon the tin plate bill, and it may con¬
tinue throughout this week, but there is
a p ssibility that it may be postponed
till next week.
A BANK CLOSED.
The Cashier’s Mind as Well as the Book*
in an Unsatisfactory Condition.
The Goshen rsational uank at Middle-
town, N. Y., did not open Monday morn-
ing. Cashier Wilham M. Murray
manifested mental dis urbances for some
W^% a inl h Wedt S D d “LtUnS
sd ay
bank examiner at a recent examination
directed the officers’ attention to the un-
satisfactory condition of the books and
that many loans
said ihat LXnibSc pu funS - arema t ust
company in 2wwJork l Jlt» kt d . to ge
at the lacis, as the directors met in secret
session It is supposed that is the impaired. s-urplut
is gone and that the capital
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what is transpiring throughout our
own country, and notes of inter-
w S F ° m-m ’ ‘
ti. ri re< . ATaiirtnai !f a h««,b 1
a c ose,i aturda Y b , y the u’ bau . , - exam
^
The convention of the silver league at
Reno, Nev., adopted resoluuo is sending
delegates to the Omaha i nd Montana
conventions.
The eleventh international c-mven ion
of t'hristian Endeavor will be held in
Madison Square garden, New York city,
July 7th to 10th.
A cablegram of Sunday from St. Pe¬
tersburg, Russia, says: A totd of 164
ca«es of cholera are reported at Baku
during from one week, with seventy deaths
the disease.
T. Clarke Oliver, the marine painter,
died at Amesbury, Mass., Friday, aged
68. Some of his works are widely known,
particularly which the “Kearsage,” copies of
have been made in steel.
A Boston dispatch says: Hon. J. G
Blaine arrived Friday afternoon on his
w T ayhome after the burial of his son. H« j
was accompanied by his wife, and Mi«s
Harriet B aine. He departed on the 7
o’clock train for Bar Harbor.
Dispatches from the City of Mexico
state that the first series of elections for
the presidency was held Saturday. Quiet
prevailed throughout the country. r l here
was final no opposition to the Diaz ticket. T;.e
decision will be given July 3d.
At the Nevada state silver conven¬
tion held at Reno Friday three
presidential electors were nominated,and
during the session George McReady. an
ex-congressman and the democratic nom¬
inee for congress, fell dead at the close of
his speech.
The A Chicago dispatch of Fridry says:
committee to notify Grover Ch ve
land of his nomination will visit Buz¬
zard’s Bay to perform that duty ab ut
July 11th. The committee will then
proceed to Bloomington, Ill., and notify
General Stevenson.
A special of Sunday to the Washing¬
ton Post from D nver, Col., say-: Edwin
J. Ryan, who absconded fiom this city
with $30,000 of the United States Ex¬
rested press in Company’s money, has been ar¬
that city. The stolen money
has been recovered.
George M. Breidner was arrested Tues¬
day charged with embezzling $34,000
from the firm of Wetz, Beidler & Co.,
dry good a merchants at Baltimore. Breid¬
ner w r as the head bookkeeper for the firm
when his accounts showed a shortage.
The republican state committee was in
session in New York Tuesday and re¬
elected Wra. Brookfield chairman of the
state commi’tee, and elected Charles W.
Hackett, of Utica, chairman of the exec¬
utive committee in place of Gen. James
W. Husted.
At Boston, Mass., Sunday Dight: the
passengers of two electric cars in different
sections of the city became panic stricken
by the cars taking fire and jumped into
the street while the cars wire running at
high speed . Thirteen persons were in¬
jured, thee of them seriously.
A Paris cablegram of Friday says: A
clerk named Greiner, employed in the
office of the keeper of the general nation¬
al archives has confessed that in re:urn
for bribes paid him by Germany aud
Italy, he has supplied the authorities of
those countries plans of the coast defense
of France.
A New York dispatch of Friday gives
the total risible supply of cotton for the
worid at 3,527.888, of which 2,869.188 is
amount against 2 485,953 and 1 861,553
respectively Ust year. Receipts at all in¬
terior towns 8 447, receipts of plantation
8,629. Crop in sight 8,901,177.
A Chicago dispatch says: Two thous¬
and homes at Ravenswood and Gross
Park were suddenly invaded with water
Friday night. The territory b unded by
Roscoe boulevard, Jackson street, West¬
ern avenue and the Chicago tiver were
converted into a vast lake within two
hours.
A cablegram of Tuesday says: The
recall by the United States government
of Captain Borup has had a good effect
at Paris. M. Ribot has written a note to
M. Naguet saying that all is settled in
such a manner that it is not necessary to
ask aoy questions in the chamber of dep¬
uties.
A telegram from Seattle, Wash., says:
The entire s’oek and building of Scwaba-
cher Bros. & Co., on n of the largest mer-
chandise dealers on Puget Sound, were
destroyed by fire Tuesd-y night. The
loss on the building is $80,000. Th-
firm carried a stock worth $320,000, of
which nothing was saved.
the A New yei.1 lork cable Herald ai,p,‘ch from of Saturday Yaiparaso to
announces the death of Senior Don Man-
uel Antonio Matta from appoplexy. Pres-
ident Montt has decreed him a
funeral in the lull honors, since Mat a
was minister of foreign affairs at the time
of the Baltimore embroglio.
A . _... Pittsburg, , Pa., dispatch j- . v of . Tuesday cf. j
says: The Arnalgama ed Association has
abolished the rule requiring two weeks’
shut down in July f >r repairs. This ac-
tion is favorable to the manufacturers,
and, it is expected, will result in the im-
mediate signing of the scale at Joliet,
Irondale, St. L' uis and Kansas City.
Advices of Tuesday from O tawa,
Ont.. state that at Saturday’s meeting of
the Dominion cabinet, the threatened re¬
taliation by the United States govern-
ment in the matter of canal tolls was
d j gcus8e( j an d a proposal forwarded to
t ^ e United 8’ates government offering to
CODCe q e much of President Harrison’s
claims.
A Washington dispatch of
8a J? : Ca P taln Jm “" ex ,* eo
« ral enger agent of the Richmond and A
flf t J e weld’s fairTnE?
rope . Colonel Taylor’s residence in the
future will be in London. He will like-
wise be the general European agent of
» Pennsylvania J Central milroad
J
Dispatches that of Tuesday from Oklahoma
City state an organised effort is be-
NUMBER 2(5.
i°g made by the white residents of the
town of Notraan to drive all of the
negroes . out of that place. Warnings
have been sent to the negioes advising
them to leave in the next ten dajs or to
suffer the consequences. It is feared
serious trouble will result,
Dispatches of Tuesday ‘Mississippi fr m Burlirg-
t 0 ., ? j a ? state th t ihe river
i* »i«inc st'-APr o »n,> r . n
Inch an hour. Mills have been compelled
to close and piles of lumber, as well as
buildings, have had to be anchored,
The river about the city is twenty miles
wide, having spread out over the low-
lauds of Iowa aud Illinois to that extent,
POLITICIANS IN STRIPES.
Jersey City Election Inspectors Sent to
the Penitentiary.
A dispatch tram Jersey Vitv, N. J.,
says: I he Hudson corin'y courtroom was
crowded Tuesday mor i g with politi-
cians, official- and couvictci election
inspecto s who had b e:i ordered to ap¬
pear in the court, their convictions hav¬
ing been i.ffirme I by t!\«* court of errors.
When Judge Lippincott opened cmirt
twenty pri>oners answered to th ir names.
Twelve of them have c ghte- n months to
serve in the state prison and ei.ht. g.-t
nine mun hs in tie peniten iary. Four
failed to appear. Judge Lippincott told
the prisoners tha r as th ir conviction had
been ; fii med by the higher court there was
no alternative but f> r ihe i-heriff to convey
them forthwith to pri-on, to which they
had been sentenced. The court also an¬
nounced that it the couv.cted inspectors
wh - were ab-ent did not appear in c-uirt
at once a b--uch warrant w mid be is-ued
for their arrest. The sh riff then t -ok
charge of the party. 8omeof the prison¬ i
ers have be n for years active war poli¬
ticians in Hudson c untv and their final
commitment as coavi ts to serve o it their
terms is a severe blow to their friends.
Many of the prisoners are m-rri-d and
have respectable famili- s. Every effort
was made to save them from beiug forced
to don the c nvic’s garb.
RICHMONDS DANVILLE R.R.
Atlanta and Cliarlotie Air-lhe Division.
Condensed Schedule of Passenger
Trains, in Effect May 15th, 1892.
NORTHBOUND. No. 88. No, 10. No. 12
r ASTI'It N TIME. Dftily. Daily. Daily
Ly. Atlanta (E.T.) 1 40 pm 8 50 pm 8 05am
Cha nlileo..... 9 ^4 pm 8 -JOarn
Norcross....... 9 35 pm 8 52am
Duluth........ 9 47 pin 9 Olain
Suwanee....... 9 57 pin 9 J 5am
Buford........ 10 10 pm 9 28am
Flowery Branch ;0 24 pm 9 4 .'am
Gainesville..... 3 03 pm -<<1 45 pm 10 (13:110
Lula.......... jl 13 pin 10 27am
Bellton........ 1 1 15 pm 10 30am
Cornelia....... ' 1 42 pm 10 5!am
Mt. Ai y....... ‘110 pm 10 55am
Tocooa......... ?2 20 am 11 19am
Westminster... !2 57 am i 1 56am
Seneca........ * 1 17 »m 12 15pm
Central........ 1 50 ami 1 20pm
Easleys........ 2 18 am 1 4fiiim
Greenville..... 6 08 pm 2 44 tm 2 11 pro
Greers......... 3 14 am 2 42pm
Wellfonl....... 3 33.. m 3 00 on
S parranburg... 7 04 pm 3 54 am 3 '..3pm
Clifton........ 4 :3 am: 3 40pm
Cowpens Gaffney....... ...... 4 18 am 3 44pm
4 40 am 4 09pm
Black sbnrg..... 5 0J am 4 27pm
Grover......... 5 11 am 4 37pro
King’s Mount’n 5 28 am 4 55pm
Gastonia....... 5 52 am 5 20pm
Lowell........ 6 05 am 5 31pm
Bellemont..... 6 16 am 5 3‘.'pm
Ar. Charlotte...... 9 10 pm 6 40 am 0 (Opra
SOUTHBOUND. No. 37. No. 11. No. 9.
Daily. Daily. Daily.
Lv. Charlotte...... 9 45 am 1 59 pm 2 20 am
Belli-mont..... 2 12 pm 2 42 am
L well......... 2 23 pm 2 52 am
Gastonia....... 2 35 pm 3 01 am
Grov King’s Mount’n 8 00 pm 3 3 27 43 am
r......... 3 16 pm am
Blacksburg .... 3 26 pm 3 53 am
Gaffney....... 3 44 pm 4 10 am
Cowpeus...... 1 10 pm 4 42 am
Clifton........ 4 13 pm 4 45 am
Spar'a 'burg... 11 43 am 4 28 psu 5 00 ru
W Ilford........ 4 50 pm 5 23 am
Gre-nville...... Greets......... 5 0ypui| 5 6 42 10 ana
12 36 pm 5 35 pin! am
Easleys......... 6 09 pm 6 38 ana
Central........ Seneca......... .....| G 7 34 17 pin 7 7 58 10 am
..... pm am
Toccoi........ Westminster.... .....| .....! 7 8 33 11 pm 8 8 55 17 am
i m am
Mt. Airy....... ..... 8 4o pm 9 30 am
Cornelia....... .....) 8 43 pm 9 83 am
Bellton........ . } 9 05 pin* 9 58 am
Lula.......... ......... 9 07 pm j 10 90 am
Gaine-vilL..... 3 41pm 9 3 ! pm! 10 28 48 am
Flowery Brand) ........j 9 52 pm 1 > am
Buford........ Suwanee....... ........10 ........j 10 23 i 7 pm 11 : 1 02 15 am
pm am
Duluth........ ....... 10 34 pm 11 25 pm
Norcross...... ........ 10 45 pm; 11 37 am
Ch imblee...... ........! 0 56 pm 11 49 am
Ar. Atlanta (E. T.) 5 05 pro ! 11 3 ) pm 12 25 pm
Additional trams N<>s. 17 an 18—Lula ac-
comm dation, daily except suud -, leaves At-
lanta 6 15 p m, arr.vcs Lula 9 00 p m. Return¬
ing, leaves Lula 6 00 a m, arrives A'lantu. 8 50
a “ m. dailv,
Between Lula and Ath na- -No. 11 ex-
cept 8undav, an l No. 9 dai y, leave Ln a 8 15 p
m, and 935a m, ar iv • A uns 10 ot) p m and
H »> am. Rdununa leave N”. 10
and 7 O^m, ‘arrive Lula Y 55 p nfW 8 56
a rn .
iSw'rSS’llM
ardve Ellierton 3 20 p m. Re aming, No. GO
daily, except >undav, leaverEiberton 5 00 a id
and arrivesToccoaS 3) am.
Jgj A ®“[^ d New
Nch 37 and Washington and Souffiweet-
era Vegtibuled Limited, between Atlanta and
Washington, ihroug Pu haan SI pern b*-
tween New York and New Orlea s. al o between
ington and M<-mph -, v.a Atlmta and
Birmingham. Ob-ervat on car be w en Wash-
ington and New Oriean--.
Nos. 11 and 12, Pullman Buffet Sleeper be-
tw f £ ^llflnfmmaUon^as to local and
through time tat.le-, rates and Pnlona:. Sle>p-
ing car ■ eservations, confer with lo^al agents,
or address.
JAS. L. rAYLOKj W. A. TURK.
Gen’l Pass. Ag’f. Ass’t.G nl. P*88. A# t.
Atlanta. Ga. Charlotte N. C.
C. P. HAMMOND, Atlanta, Ga.
Superintendent
_ W ' .'-OL. HASS,
Manager. Tr.-ffic Manager,
Atlanta. Ga. Atlanta. La.
LEWIS DAVIS,
ATTOPNEY AT LAW
TOCCOA CITY, GA.,
Will practice in the countiea of Haber-
.ham and Rabun of the Northwestern
Circuit, and Frank Hi and Bank, of the
Western Cirouit. Prompt attention wil
be given to all busii.es. entrusted^ him.
The collection of debt, will have .p*o r
imi ‘•Ltsuon.