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, ABP’S LElTF.R. -----* WILLIAM AND BIN WIPE DISCUSS SERPENTS PRO AND COW. A Time When Everybody Was Demor¬ alized Except Noah and Bis Family. The peafowls stirred up a small garter snake down in the grove and they raised such a rumpus as to attract my wife’s attention. The reptile came dipping along through the grass to¬ ward tbe house and she screamed for me, of coarse. It came in the front yard and I killed it by the atone step, but ay wife never believes a snake is dead as long as its tail wiggles. I had to keep on killing it to satisfy her, and then hang it up in a tree to make it rain. It is awful dry up here, but now I reckon it will just pour down eome time. This is the second snake that has ever been seen here, but my wife says she knows that the place ia just haunted with them. They always go in pairs, she says. “Moses men¬ tions only one,” said I, “aid dident mention any until after Eve was cre¬ ated. Probably Adam lived and worked in that garden alone for many did years and he got as sick of it aa Bobinson Crusoe. Then Eve was crested for Adam’s express company, and they got along very well until the serpent beguiled her,” “Yes, and the poor woman has to bear all the blame of our sin and misery," said my wife. “Adam said *Tbe woman Thou gavest me did give unto me and I did eat.’ Why dident Eve say the man Thou didst make mo for did not protect me from tbe wiles of that smooth-tongued serpent. He let me eat first and take •11 tbe risk of the danger. Tbs old autocrat. No telling how long he had bees acquainted with tbe serpent for he knew all the animals and had mingled with them and had dominion over them and had given them all names long before Eve was crested.” “No doubt of It,” said I, “for Jose¬ phus says that the serpent lived in the house with Adam and waa very hand¬ some and very smart and oould talk. Perhaps they played marbles together •ad went in s-waabing.” «*Yes,” said Mrs. Arp, "and tbe Lord gave tbe command to Adam •boot the forbidden frnit long beforo Eva was born.” “She wsaent born,” said I. “Pity aba was not,” said she. “Than aka would have had a mother who would have proteoted her from tbe serpent and from Adam, too. Tbe poor woman never even had choice of lovers nor a courtship nor a wed ^^Nor • trousseau nor her picture in papers,” said I, “and she dressed isrkably thin considering that the there is abont like oars. that Adam’s family expenses were But very light abont those times later on ha oaugbt it, for Joaephna ■ays ha had twenty-three daughters, and of oonrse somebody put np a dry ■mods store in the neighborhood and »ld finery. Fig leaves played ont “I should like to know where they ot esy dry goods end finery or any ’ to pay for it,” said she. “The •ays the Lord made them gar* of skins." “Tea,” said I, “made them for tea and Eve, bat two or three hun¬ ted spin years flax after and that coat’s they hair had and learned silk i id weave ft Into cloth, and khay mads uamenta of gold and had precious ones and mads money, too, for Moats one of tha four rivers flowed ugh I aad a there, land bdellium the gold waa •ac they caught aad on God’ aad Joaephna says tits angels and they of men were look npon and they mated with id raised a crop of giants, aad bow that *wisn forth* of at Tiffany’s___ ‘ behind as in fins fa We wad k ‘ *‘SS» WW9 ;» -Go *7 ,.*=«■ '?*'?■ *•>» ia ■ gf i Wr 1 III saar t'■.t* Mpt* r *- master If «WESk*-*r- away I Mother Eve did’nt Good gracious J what a time she had, with her posterity. Josephus says she bed sixty children, and if they bad sixty apiece and ao on down the line and she lived as long as Adam did, there were eight generations in sight, and that would make millions of people. It would make a hundred millions if each generation had only ten apiece. about Bnt I must stop rnmiitotiDg these speculations for I hettvli$r% “Is Arp the calling again on the piazza. it other snake,” said L “No; but the baby is fretting and wants you to take her and walk in the garden. Be snre and keep her bonnet on. She is running at the nose now, and she sneezed awhile ago.” good sign, ” said L “Sneezing is a “It is a sign the oold is getting bet¬ ter,” but I don’t make my wife believe it. I don’t believe she knows as much about raising grandchildren as she did own children. Certain it is that she her worries more ftbont them. When Oar oline’s mother goes visiting my wife ia afraid something will happen to tbe child before she gets back. Oh, my country—it makes me so tired.—Bn* Abe in Atlanta Constitution. TRADE CONDITIONS. Bradstrset’s Review of Business for tbe Fast Weak. Bradstreet’s review of the condition and prospects of trade issued for tbe past week says: “There i» relatively lew improve¬ ment in general trade this week, the present partaking of a between-seasons character. Wholesale merchants in staple lines in many instances look ahead with confidence to the anlumn, and in such departments as agricultu¬ ral implements, building materials and hardware thero is reported s mod¬ erate revival in demand. More fa¬ vorable reports are received from Pittsburg, where merchants have had the largest week’s trade thus far this Season; Buffalo, where tbe feeling is one of more confidence, and from Atlanta and New Orleans, where request in wholesale lines is more act¬ ive. At Baltimore wholesalers annonnoe only a fair business and that interior dealers have not disposed of stocks as rapidly as anticipated. The movement of goods from Galveston is not active, but in view of the large Texas acreage of ootton, mors oonfldenoe is felt that fall trade will meet expectations. New Bullish speculation in the York •took market is checked by the renewal of gold shipments and the halt in the London market caused by events in South Afrioa. Quotations for southern pig iron have been ont, as are those for the few sales of Bessemor pig and billets made by middle men. In addition to changes in prioes of Iron and stool, higher quo¬ tations are annonnoed for coffee, . oot¬ ton, petroleum and anthraoite coal, while print cloths and lumber are praotioally unchanged. Cotton goods are depressed, notwithstanding the strength of ootton. Lower prices are noted for wheat, flour, corn,oats,pork, lard and anger. The reaction in quo¬ tations for shoes has brought prices down to the level of 1894, at whioh the factories are fairly busy, and have rather mors oonfldenoe. Total bank olearinga amount to $982,000,000 this week, a decrease from last week of not qnite 8 per cent, and a falling off as oompared with the corresponding April week of last year of 10 per cent. bank clearings reflect continued quiet in basic and speculation, the grin bring only sine-teifthe of 1 per oent ovet April 1894. “Weekly totals of bnrineea failures throughout the United States, while averaging fewer than in weeks during the first quarter of tbs year, still at¬ tract attention. Tbe total number re¬ frat ported is 254 this week, against 240 weak and 206 in the last week of April, 1895. QUEEN OF SPAIN May Ontllas the Holley Toward Cuba la Her Coming S pee ch Tha qnsea of Spain’s spssch the Span¬ to be delivered at tbe opening of ish cortss at Madrid oh Monday, May 11th, it expected to outlina definitely the Onban policy of the government Ilia awaited with oonridsrabls inter¬ est formal at 2SSSS.M to aa have in¬ given to th* administration that Cuba ia to be tendered al aa great a degree ’of •ntono mv in TOImIt ArnneaM* teflfetpsi 8s ft* dominion of Canada now Tbs reform for th* civil mi Cuba, prooul being in m, are expected to b*eafor**d further delay, that sleo a vV ,, vmin*rive$ fc w : a ra E3$3CS % ■ ' THE 54TH CONGRESS. ROUTINE OF HOU9K AND SENATE BRIEFLY CHRONICLED. Summary of Bills aed Resolution* Presented aad Acted Upon THX HOUSE The house was plunged almost im¬ mediately after it assembled for Wed¬ nesday’s session into a mild and diminutive repetition of the debates in the senate Tuesday regarding the revenue and expenditures of the government. McCormick, of New York, asked Mr. light¬ the consideration of a bill for a house on Orient Point, L, L, which led Mr, Dockery, of Missouri, to warn the house against appropriating that money for any improvement indispensable. was not absolutely this The direct appropriations at term of congress he figured up would be $512,000,000, and of contracts au¬ thorized to be entered to $93,541,000, making the grand tot^l for which this congress would be responsible at this term over $650,000,000. He deolared that current revenue was not equal to current expenditures, and bad not been at any time daring the term of this administration. objection Mr. McCormick’s bill met and was not considered. The report of election committee No. 3 in the contest of Giles Otis Pearoe, inde¬ pendent-labor, versus John C. Bell, populist and democrat, from the sec¬ ond district of Colorado, confirming Bell’s right to tbe seat, was agreed presented to. Mr. Walker, of Virginia, Thorp, the report upon the contest of republican, against McKenney, demo crat, from the fourth district of Vir¬ ginia, which was ordered printed. report Mr. DeArmond presented the upon the case of Hoge, republican sixth versus Otey, democrat, from the district of Virginia, which was also ordered printed. of the day spent The remainder was in committee of the whole in discuss¬ ing the bankruptcy bill, that bill being supported by Mr. Connolly, of Illi¬ nois, and antagonized by Mr. Stone, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Newlands, of Nebraska, and Mr. Broderick, of Kan¬ sas. Mr. Newlands made a 16 to 1 free silver speech, asserting that that alone would afford substantial relief. At 5:05 p. m. the house adjourned until Thursday. Mr. McCall, In iiabS&ohuseets, the bon?*, Thursday, of chairman, reported from elections committee No. 2 the resolutions agreed upon by the com¬ mittee in the contests of John A. Brown versus John M. Allen, from the first Mississippi distriot; of W. P. Radcliffe versus John E. Williams, from the fifth Mississippi district, and of A. M. Newman versus J. G. Spen¬ cer, from the seventh Mississippi dis¬ trict, declaring the oontestees—Allen, Williams and Spencer—entitled to the seats severalty occupied by them. The resolutions were agreed to without dis¬ cussion or division. The ground of oontest in eaoh case was that a oertain section of the Mis¬ sissippi constitution relating to emo¬ tions contravened the law of congress providing for the representation of Mississippi in the house, and that no valid eleotion was or could have been held under ftst section. It was thought best and right to odnfirm tbe titles of the sitting members to their seats. Five hours were devoted to a further consideration of the bankruptcy bill, daring which time the general debate was closed. The discussion developed the foot that the house of was praotioslly providing unanimous ia favor a bill for voluntary bankruptcy, the differ¬ ences of opinion were fta to the incor¬ poration of the involantary feature. At 5:40 the house edjoarned until Friday. The committee immigra¬ house on tion Friday authorised favorable re¬ ports on Mils introduced by Beprs tativs Corliss, of Michigan, and Mahany, of New York. Mr. Corliss’ bill waa drawn for the pur pees of pre¬ venting persona residing in a foreign eountry from competing with laborers in this ooantry. It is especially aimed at Canadian labor. Amendments adopted exoept from the pro virions of the MU persons who eome to teach new arts or industries and sailors aad •amiAw —a great lakes. Mahany’s bill rttlea provides for the a restriction compre¬ hensive set of mi immigration and waa repeated with The bona* also, by • vote of 60 to 44, refused to pass a bill to g*vs Alaska a delegate in It a bill to authorise the free importation mi foreign exhibits for th* NahhviUe Centennial exposition. . Altar a debate continuing for four days, th* hoi batarday, by a veto of 157 to 81, isaed th* bank ruptoy bill, report) by General Bar risoafrom theooen It k substantially what k known Torrsy biH. ‘ ~~ the to be ter to* fi ve¬ rule, to* be wuupou t SrtLtt Mf. IMaLigy. who u ^ „ . . ■■•Ml - - '4 $75,000 to defray the expenses of the committee to be appointed under the recent treaty with Great Britain to de¬ termine the claims for damages by the seizure of alleged Behring aea poach era The house at 5:15 o’clock adjourned. THU HEHATK. After tiie senate had disposed of the naval bill at Wednesday’s session the remainder of the day was Mr. given up to political speeches. Teller an¬ nounced iu unmistakable terms his resolution to break away from the re¬ publican party, if its action in the St. Louis convention did not suit his views and sentiments on the silver question, while Mr. Sherman deolared his readi¬ ness to conform his action on that question to the decision of the Ameri¬ can people at the polls next December. Without any action on the naval bill, the senate, at. 6 o’clock p. m., .ad¬ journed. busi¬ Immediately after the routine ness in the senate Thursday the naval appropriations bill was taken up, the pending question being the amendment offered by Mr. Gorman Wednesday re¬ ducing the number of battleships pro¬ vided for in the bill from four to two, and the amendment to that amend¬ ment by Mr. Quay to increase the number to six. *• The naval bill had the undivided at¬ tention of the senate but when the session closed no progress had been made upon it beyond the exclusion, on a point of order of Mr. Quay’s amendment to increase the number of battleships from four to v six. Mr. Gorman’s amendment to reduce* the number to two held itB place before the senate at adjournment. made by Mr. The speeches were coast White, of California, in favor of defenses rather than of an increase of the navy; by Mr. Allen, of Nebraska, predicting the collapse of the demo¬ cratic ana republican parties, the for¬ mer within three months and the lat¬ ter by the 4th of March, 1901; and by Mr. Gorman, of Maryland, the in necessity inforce ment of his views os to of more economy in appropriations. ad The senate, at 6 o’clock p. m., jonrned until Friday. Ben Tillman and Dave Hill crossed swoards in the senate Friday to the great amusement of the senators and galleries. Senator Tillman took the floor 1 early in the day and chunked thaf brick he had been carrying in his pocket for Senator Hill. Indeed hs chunked a pocket full of bricks at the New Yorker, and Mr. Hill responded with vigor. The fight lasted nearly four hours and was altogether the fun¬ niest display seen in the senate season. While stinging words were exchanged, both men kept in good" tem : per. washed all the soiled The men over linen of the democratic party to the great amusement of the republicans. After all it was a displayof buffoon¬ ery, whioh was dragged ont undignified so and was so thoroughly that the entire senate was with the performance. deolared if Mr. Tillpan that democratic platform in Chioago not made to suit his views, he take his hat and get out of the party. He did not know where he would go. He oould not go into the populist party, but he would get out of the party, for such aotion would mean it was dead. Hill replied that he would be in the democratic party whatever its platform, apd that be would Mr. Tillman to his promise not to into tbe populist party. “If you keep on the way yon are ing,” interrupted Mr. Tillman, soon land in the republican party.” While Mr. Hill was replying, silvery-hesded Stewart, of Nevada, whispered something to Tillman. Mr. Hill pointed at them scornfully and annonnoed that Mr. Tillman was al¬ ready receiving instructions from populist. wish understand “Do you aa to you whispered all of that to the sena¬ tor from Sooth Carolina?” asked Mr. Hill, with s supercilious smile, and ■gain the senate roared. Mr. Stewart arose mightily in his wrath to explain what he had whisper¬ ed to the South Carolinian. Mr. at first re/nsed to allow him an in¬ terruption, bnt Mr. Stewart much wrath, and the New Yorker smil¬ ing)/ yielded. Mb. Stewart made fire-minutes’ speech i on the tariff, silver question and a little of uv Lugw wiMiuu* uuwu tu what ue uwU eaiil to Mr. T i l lm an. spectators much am nt, and be fore hs hsd concluded everybody, Tillman, in¬ cluding Mr. Hill and Mr. convulsed with laughter. Final¬ ly he sat down. Mr. Hill ooatiaued for two hours ■peaking on every sab j cot of a politi¬ cal nature that has been dis cu sse d in years, every few miantes being inter¬ o! rupted by Mr. Tillman, who, in one bis interruptions, when Mr. Hill waa defending lb. Cleveland, deolared that rinse Mr. Cleveland bad been in th* whit* house ft* New York senator had had no more power than a boot¬ black; that Cleveland had appropriated all the power of ft* government. Mr. Hill declared himself against silver, but arid he waa a democrat •hvra all things, and condemned for preventing the mu s . $> 16 to 1 — * - £ "TO i the almighty dollar. He sneered at Mr. Cleveland’s veto of small pension bills, while be turned over $10,900,000^ to one Jew. (Laughter.) that Mr. Mr. Tillman declared Cleveland has no financial policy ex¬ cept that of Senator Sherman, and said that Secretary Carlisle and Senator Sherman had exactly the same notions. Whenever be mentioned Carlisle he meant Sherman, for they were inter¬ changeable, except that the one was honest to his friends, the bankers, while the other had proved treacher¬ ous to his party. “If silver coinage were established Lv congress,” he said, when he got on another stack, “there would be an ef¬ fort by the shylocks to foreclose their mortgages and thus reap the fruits of their roguery. They are now swallow¬ ing us by degrees and I would prefer to be swallowed all at once, like Jonah, and be done with it.” (Laughter.) “The senator from New York,\ Mr. Tillman continued, “asked me what I was going to do with South Carolina at Chicago. I will say this to him. I expect to do my level best as a demo¬ crat to keep my party back oat of the woods of repnblicsnism, and to throw off all the slough and rottenness that it has accumulated during the last thre< years. Bat if boodle is to win at Chi¬ cago, then I am willing to take my hat and bid the senator from New York and all like him a long farewell.” This sentence was declared in such a ludicrous manner as to provoke a gen¬ eral laugh throughout the chamber. The debate came about while Can¬ dler’s torpedo boat amendment was under discussion. Devoting only- a few sentences to the amendment, then leaving the question of ships, Jur, till man said he would follow the piece dents set in the discussion and talk of the me financial nnanciai rmesitinn question “in in answer answer lo various speeches made at various times and places, by various men, some sen ators and some not.” He proceeded to criticise one of the speeches made some time ago by Mr. Hill in defense of the administration in issuing bonds, and characterized Mr. Hill’s argument on that point as the “tyrant’s plea for necessity.” bill, whioh The naval appropriation has been under consideration in the senate daring the entire week, was passed Saturday and now it will be for ti conference committee to reconcile the disagreement between jthe two houses. The chief of these disagreements is the reduction of the number of battle¬ ships provided for. The house fixed the number at fotlr, the senate at two. The ships are each to cost $3,750,000, exclusive of armament. The discussion during the day Mr. was over an amendment offered by Chandler, appropriating $4,000,000 for twenty additional torpedo boats. Speeches were made in support of the amendment by Senators Hawley and Lodge, and against it by Senators Wolcott and Gorman. When the vote was taken the amend¬ ment was defeated by a vote of 39 to 23. The further amendments made by the committee to the provisions for the increase of the navy were agreed to. The bill was finally reported from the committee of the whole to the sen¬ ate, where all the amendments were agreed to in bulk, except those special¬ ly reserved. offered amendment Mr. Hale an which was agreed to, directing the sec¬ retary of tbe navy to examine claims against the government for damages sustained by oontraotors in bnilding war ships since the 1st of January, 1891, on acoonnt of the delays that were not tbe fault of tha contractors, but were due to the aotion of the gov¬ ernment, and to report at the next ses¬ sion of oongress. The bill was then passed without division. At 5:58 p./m. the senate adjourned nntil Moqday. BLECKLEY FOB THE SENATE. Hs Gives a Free Show aad Aa* Bouncer Himself. Ex-Chief Justice Logan E. Bleckley, of Georgia, has announced his candi¬ dacy for the United States senate. The announcement was made at tha Grand opera house, Atlanta, and was received with applause. It waa a small audi dnoe, but it waa appreciative. appeared be The announcement to the secret of a free lecture whioh the former chief justice of Georgia had announced in the drily ■mm —y ^vvmvv J - - * —— — uied. fie stated early in hia ad¬ dress that be had rented the ter, had contracted for the ad¬ vertising and had made all the ar¬ rangements himself, and would per ■onally bear all tbe expe This raid was to gratify a life-long ambition whioh he had felt to run a •how himself., advertised “ The lecture was a* mystery, and it proved to be one, un¬ til tbe announced statement of ca n di d aoy came. ■ONBY FOB UNCLE SAM. 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