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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 § J ^ (jl l^R .V l^. HEDDBOifllJS r o Of tll0 DdV J CllllCd fFOUl OllF T6l6$fdplliC &D(1 Cdbl6 DiSpdtCllftS. 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.