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BATTLE AT TBACT CITY, Miners Make a Desperate Effort to Lib erate the Comets. Bullets Fly Thick and Fast- Killed and Wounded. -The Another desperate attempt was made nt midnight Wednesday night to liber ate the convicts at Tracy City, Tenn. Tho stocknde was attacked by about I seven hundred miners, but were re- I pulsed by the guards. In the fight one miner was killed and fi ,- e wounded, two of whom may die. TUB OLD GRIEVANCES. , After the destruction of the stockade last summer and the liberation of the convicts, the miners at Tracy City were in high glee. For a time they labored under the impression that they had forever driven the convicts out of the mountains of Grundy county and that they would no longer be forced to contend with that obnoxious class of labor. However, it was but a short time until the zebras again bobbed up at tho mines in an increased number. Tho stockade had been rebuilt and strengtnened, and an additional guard force had been employed. A spirit of revenge still lingered in the breasts of many of the younger and more head strong element. They talked over their alleged wrongs while at work in the mines, discussed them in small . groups and at last began to hold secret meetings in the wooded fastnesses. One Sunday about a month ago, a meeting was held by these malcontents, ami at its conclusion a couple of dyna mite cartridges were exploded as a sig nal that the attack would soon be mnde. Some two weeks ago, another meeting nt which there were about thirty miners were held and the plan of attack agreed upon, which was that attempted to be carried out on Wed nesday night. Early in the day the Tracy City agents of ihe Tennessee Coal and Iron Company received what they deemed reliable information that th(*stoekade would be attacked that night. This information was at once conveyed to the officials at the stocknde and to President Baxter in Nashville. That gentleman at once notified Adjutant General Fite and the troops were or dered tube in readiness to move at a moment’s notice. A telegram was sent to Warden Burton, who was ’u Nashville on business, and he left at once for the scene of trouble, arriving there about 11 o’clock. Deputy Shriver had not been idle, and when liis chief reached the stock ade, he found about forty men on guard, amply supplied with ammuni tion. Pickets had been posted outside of the stockade and spies had been de tailed to ascertain the time and meth od of attack. It had been brought to Ihe attention of the deputy warden that the attack would be made at 1 o’clock in the morning of Wednes day. Shortly after dark, great black clouds banked up against the sky and ns the night wore nn- they began to roll nnd the light, ning to flash. It was an ominous _ scene, and just such a night as would suit the dark purposes of the malcon tents. The convicts were restless as the guards moved to and fro, and seemed to realize that probably the long looked for opportunity to regain their liberty was about to come. They had heard of the threatened attack,and as they lav in their cots, discussed it in whispers. THE KNOCK AT THE GATE. A few minutes before 11 o’clock Wednesday night Deputy Shriver, Sheriff Sanders nnd ex-Sheriff DeJar- nett heard a loud knock nt the stock ade gate. Instantly the ponderous gate swung back on its hinges and there, in the gloom, stood three men heavily armed. “Upon what terms will you release the convicts?” asked the taller of the men, a strapping young fellow of about twenty-five years. “They will not be released at all,” replied the brave deputy. ^ “Well, we’ll have them,” said the leader, at the same time saying that he and his companions represented seven hundred miners, and that theo had the dynamite and the arms to do it with. Then he held up in his hand a dynamite cartridge, and was on the eve of making a threatening move ment when the deputy warden and the sheriff seized him and dragged him in side the gnte and closed it. As soon as their companion was seized, and before the guards could get their hands on them, the other two walked rapidly away, brandishing their arms as they went. Sheriff Sanders order ed the guards to fire upon them, but for some reason this was not done. SHOTS FROM EVERY SIDE. The captured miner had hardly been gotten inside the little room near the gnte before the guard heard the patter of the leaden hail from a score of weapons. By a preconcerted signal the shots came from every side of the stockade and the garrison was-for a moment carried completely off their "feet. The miners had closed on the stockade and were actually poking the muzzles of their gnns through the portholes. In an instant the guards were at their posts, and then the salute from tho outside was answered by a volley from the “ins.” The miners, however, had the advantage as the light on the inside enabled them to see every movement of the beleaguered guards. The latter, however, took to the upper portholes and then the bat tle raged furiously for a few minutes. Fully five hundred shots were fired, and every man on the inside expected every moment to be his last. Deputy Shriver had climbed to the second story of the stockade, where he could look down on the besiegers. He had hardly gotten into the room before a miner saw him in the lamplight and drew a bead on him. Shrivel, how ever, saw his game and both fired al most simultaneously. Shriver was shot twice in the right side of the face, while his adversary, who proved to be a minor -named Bob Irvine, fell dead in his tracks. In the meantime the captured leader, who proved to be a young miner named Joe Grantham, had been released by Sheriff Sanders and the guards upon a promise that he would go out and stop the firing. He played the traitor, however, for after his re lease, Guard Walden received a full charge of several shots in his chest, stomach and bowels, the shot coming from a gun stuck through one of Hi? portholes. The leaden balls from the stockade began to grow too hot, and when Irvine had fallen a victim to Shriver’s unerring aim and several others had been seri ously wounded, the besieging party broke for a near hill overlooking the stockade, where lor an hour or so they 4inul down on the guards. About 12 :30 o’clock a. m. rain began to fall and the tiring, though continu ing at intervals, hud no effect. By day light the miners had disappeared. AN ARKANSAS CYCLONE. A Town Nearly Annilated and SeTen People Killed. News was received at Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday of a fearful cyclone in Fourche valley, Scott county. The town of Boles 'was almost entirely de stroyed. Seven perrons were killed and a large number injured. The path of the storm was a half mile in width and everything was swept before it. A dispatch from Osage City, Mo., says that a cyclone passed over that-mty Thursday morning. It is reported that the storm worked destruction of life and property. MILES OF WRECKED HOMES. The Result of a Terrific Cyclone in Mis sissippi and Arkansas. Houses Scattered to the Four Winds and Hnndreds of People Killed. DISCUSSING GOLD. . Wjahicgton special says: The gold atron Tuesday is considered to be CARLISLE’S STATEMENT. He Has Something; to Say in Regard to the Financial Situation Gold Will Be Paid for Certificates as Long as it is Available. A Washington special says: Secre tary Carlisle, Thursday night, made the following statement regarding the financial situation. In the exercise of discretionary power conferred upon the secretary of the treasury by the act of July 14, 1890, he has been paying gold for the coin of treasury notes issued for the purchase of silver bullion, and he will continue to do so as long as the gold is lawfully available for that pur pose. Under this process the govern ment has been and is now paying gold for silver bullion and storing the silver in its vaults, where it is as useful for any purpose of circulation or redemp tion as iron, lead or any other commod ity?- The government, in the first place, issued a coin treasury note in payment for silver bullion, and the coin tres' ury note is presented at a snblxeasury and gold is paid out for it, so that the effect is precisely the same as if the gold was paid direct instead of silver in the first instance. About $800,00 of the gold, which was withdrawn from the subtreasury on last Tuesday for shipment abroad, was paid out on these coin treasury notes. No order has been made to stoj> the payment of gold upon these notes; nor has any one been authorized to say that such an order would be issued. The pur pose of the government is to preserve its own credit unimpaired and main tain the parity of the two metals by all lawful means. “In view of the existing legislation, the only question for consideration is us to the measures that ought to. be adopted to insure the accomplishment of these purposes, and upon this ques tion, there is, of course, room for wide difference of opinion. The total stock of gold coin and gold bullion now in this country, including what is held by the treasury as well as what is held by the banks and individuals, amounts to about $740,000,000. "When I came into the treasury department on the 7th day of March, the amount of gold on hand had been reduced to 8987,000, but by arrangements with western banks, it was increased until on the first of April it amounted to nearly $8,000,000. The heavy shipments be gan to be made, and two days ago we had only about $40,000, but now it amounts to $885,000, after deducting what was withdrawn from the sub treasury Thursday for shipments. “Arrangements are now in progress by which more gold is to be procured from the west, and I hope that a suf ficient quantity will be secured to keep the gold reserve intact. There is gold enough in the country 1,0 meet all the requirements of the situation, and if all who are really interested in main taining a sound and stable currency would assist the secretary of the treas ury to the extent of their ability, the existing difficulty would soon be re moved. ” In addition to this statement, Secre tary Carlisle said $800,000 in gold had been taken out of ,the sub-treasury in New York Thursday for export. The class of money paid, into the sub- treasury for this gold withdrawal in cludes $400,000 in gold certificates, which to that amount did hot reduce the gold reserve because they them selves were practically gold.' So the actual gold reduction of the day was only $400,000, leaving the balance as stated above. This is the first consid erable amount of .gold certificates paid into the sub-treasury for. gold’export for many years and encourages the treasury officials to hope that the Milks, seeing the situation, wiH’ continue to present gold certificates' in part pay ment at least for gold withdrawn for export. ■ i SERVIA’S NEW KING. Alexander Takes Charge of Affairs and Arrests ^he .Regeiits and Ministers. A cable dispsts^.of Friday from Bel' gfade s'atei that’King Alexander ha? ar rested the regebts aud ministers of Ser via. He* has declared that he has at tained his majority, and has assumed the governorship of the country. The arrests were made at a great banquet given at the pilaco to celebrate King Alexander’s success in passing the exami nations prescribed for Servian students. At midnight, while the festivities were in progress, the king proclasih'ed that he had attained his majority .and had, with the skuptian, assigned the govern ment of the coyglry. . When the deposed regents and ntinistera heard the proclamation, they were dumfounded. The king and his advisers acted promptly, and soldiers in waiting placed the regents and ministers under arrest. The army is loyal to the king. Long before daybreak the king proceeded to the brrraCks, where he was received with joyous acclamations and expressions of loyalty. A new ministry was appointed with M. Doketch as prime minister. The king then issued a decree dissolving the skuptian, and writs for a new election were sent to the various, constituencies. The act of Alexander appears to meet with the approval of the population. A Meridian, Miss., special says: When a heavy clond gathered Wednes day afternoon and threatening clouds lowered, the thought uppermost wa6 that a cyclone was brewing and when time went by and Meridian escaped, as if by a miracle, news was anxiously awaited from other points. Rumors of eyclones'throughout Jasper and Clarke counties were rife, but not until the delayed New Orleans and Northeastern train reached the city at 1 o’clock a. m., could particulars be obtained. From the conductor and others of the train crew and passengers, the follow ing particulars were learned: The cyclone originated in Jasper county, thirty-five miles south of Me ridian and traveled in a northeasterly direction with the peculiar whirling gy ratory motions characteristic of cy clones. A settlement of negro cabins was destroyed and many of the unfort unate inmates perished.* Colonel Berry’s magnificent planta tion was swept clean, but fortunately none of his family were injured.. Sev eral negroes on his plantation were se riously hurt. Here the cyclone per formed the freak of bodily lifting a house from the ground, sweeping away the floor and foundation, and replac- the house were it originally stood. Dr. T. J. Erouse, a planter of large interests, was a heavy loser. Every stick of timber on his place was car ried away nnd every house demolished. Dr. Krouse was himself badly Lor*, and his son iS iyi,.^ ,at • v the point of death from injuries received. Mrs. Krouse nnd Miss Lizze Krouse were rescued -from the debris unhurt except from severe contusions. Secretary Carlisle May Stop the Pay ment of Gold for Treasury Motes. A situs! easier than it was Monday, and the treas ury (Officials are more confident. In the minds of all. the impression has become stronger that it may not be necessary for the secretary to take any action, which will change the present policy of the de partment. This feeling was said to be due to the fact that the announcement was practically made that the government would only as a last resort turn to the issu ance of bonds. This fiim and determined position of Mr. Carlisle has, they aav, already had its benficial effect and so soon as it becomes known that the secre tary of the treasury has seriously consid ered the advissbilty of stopping the pay ment if gold coin for the treasury notes issue^i FOURTEEN MEN DROWNED. Lake Michigan Swept by Disastrously Heavy Gales. A special of Thursday from Milwau kee, AVis., says: Lake Michigan is be ing swept by one of the worst easterly gales experienced in years. .The sea is running very high, and tugs are un able to venture out of the harbor. Fourteen laborers employed in Lake Tunnel found a grave in the icy waters <>C_ Lake Michigan early Thursday morning. The dreadful storm raging throughout the night had lashed the lake into a seething mass of foam. Im mense waves were rolled towards the shore by a furious east wind and car ried away the house built on the top of the crib at the mouth of the tun nel, in which the men were employed. The house on the crib contained two stationary engines and the tools used by the men. It was built of heavy timbers fastened with iron bands. It was swept into the roaring waters, however, like an eggshell, and its parts were washed ashore. A WHOLE FAMILY ROASTED. A negro : on Dr: -Krouse’s place with his wife and nine children, were imprisoned under the ruins of his cab in and fire, originating from the kitchen stove, 6lowly roasted ' the unfortunate w*retehes who pitiously begged that death might come aud release them from sufferings. After leaving Krouse’s place, the cy clone cut a swath three hundred feet wide through a section of land densely timbered. The heavy oaks went down like a slieaf of wheat under a cloud of grasshoppers anil all along the remain der of the route the houses crumbled like air castles exposed to the score!* ing rays of the noonila^ sun. ' " Three miles east of Barnett the wind struck a neighborhood of frugal farm ers. Tom Lett’s dwelling was engulfed and he escaped with a broken leg,while other members of bis family were slightly bruised. John Smith had his house swept away and escaped with cuts aud bruises. From here for a space of five miles the country is rather thinly settled, but now the remains of s'everal negro cabins and a wide stretch ■of felled timl>«r mark the cyclone’s deadly march, while the luckless late inhabitants of the cabins are nursing their wounds in the brush. At other places in the track of the 6torm a number of dwellings were demolished but no fatalities occurred. Twenty miles east of Barnett the storm crossed the Mobile and Ohio railroad tracks, tearing down the tele graph wires and obstructing the track. After crossing the Mobile, and Ohio tracks north of Schubutta in nearly the same track pursued by the cyclone of a month ago, the storm struck Bob Floyd’s plantation, unroofing and demolishing a number of negro cabins. The fury of the storm can be better imagined when it is stated that in some instances common pine shingles were driven through huge trees. Be- yonnd Floyd’s place, the cyclone still pursuing a northeasterly course, pass ed through many- Yhieklv populated settlements, but reports are coming in slowly. Such as are coming, however, indicate an awful loss of life and prop erty. AH. along the thirty ffiiles of the cyclone’s path is strewn - “the dead carcasses of horses” cattle and all de scription of live stock, while the farm ing lands, witli crops just coming up, are so incumbered with debris that it will be impossible to till them this season. VERY HEAVY LOSSES. Thf’loss in dolors .cannot be esti mated with accuracy, but it will reach into the hundreds of thousands. The distressing feature is that those visited by the storm’s fury are for the most part small holders, farmers with moderate means who lose all they pos sess in the world, aud will be compelled to start anew.' ' This is tin' third time a cyclone has traversed nearly r the same track in the past- two months, and ow ing to that fact it is highly probably that the major portion of the waste thus created will not be rebuilt. HAVOC IN FOURCHE VALLEY. :. News was received at Little Bock, Ark., AVedyesday, of a fearful cyclone that swept down Foil the valley, Scott county, a few days ogo^ leaving death and havoc in its wake. The- .pews of the terrible destruction was late in reaching the outside world Yin account of the absence Of railroads • and tele graphic communication in the -port of the state where it occurred. jThe town of Holies, sixteen miles northeast of Dallas, was almost swept* (iff the map. Building, outhouses and- fences were blown half a mile and -scattered in fragments. Dozens of to^ps were up rooted anil carried in front of the storm. •A number of Jives were lost, but a correct report caiinot ’be obtained. It is known that seven persons were kill ed. Large houses were lifted off their foundations as if they were, straws and dashed to pieos. The path of the cy clone was a half mile in width. At Quitman, Miss., twenty-six miles south of Meridian, on the Mobile and Ohio railroad, the havyc wrought by the cyclone near that village is greates. than at first reported. The storm barely missed Quitman, passing two hundred yards north and tearing the timber around. Reports of casulties were still coming -iu„ ; • Though^ but few were killed outright, yet^ several of the wounded are not expected to live. _ nder the act of July 14th, 1890, the situation will present a very differ ent phai-e and the shipment of gold, which is looked upon ss a means for forcing the administration to issue bonds, will come to an end. The cabinet meeting Tuesday was to consider, to some extent, the financial situation, and it is believed that the sec retary will be upheld in his advice to stop for the present the payment of the gold treasury rotes. -Under the silver act of 1890 the government is compelled to purchase each month 4,500,000 ounces of silver and nt the same time issue notes for the bullion received. There is nt present outstanding of these notes $139,- OQ0,000, and they are being constantly redeemed in gold at the New York sub-treasury. The redemption in gold of these notes has been a matter of accommodation on the part of the treasury department, ns the law gives the secretary dicrction as whether they shall be r< deemed in -gold or silver. Now, that the gold balance has been reduced, the secretary of the treasury is consider ing the advisability of using his discre tion and paying these notes in silver. If the secretary determines to take ad vantage of the discretion given him by the law, it will be a more difficult mat ter for tbe New Y8rk brokers to obtain the gold for shipment, as the stoppage of the payment o*n the gold certificates nnd the treasury notes would leave them with less upon which gold could be ob tained. The subtreasury in New York at the end of each month makes a report to the department at Washington show ing the amount of the treasury notes that have been redeemed in gold. WASHINGTON GOSSIP. from Day to Day in National Capital Appointments in the Various Depart ments—Other Notes of Interest. FOUR MILLION A MON I H. In the reports of the ways nnd means committee on the condition of the trea 1 - ury up to January 31, 1893, a table is given which shows that the subtreasury redeemed the following amounts of treas ury cotes in gold each month since June, 1892: July, |5,108,900; August $5,019,000; September, $1.759,000; October, $224,- 20u; November, $220,000; Decem ber, $4,330,600; and January, $4.- 438,900, or a total of $21,130,800 of treasury notes redeemed in gold for the past seveu months mentioned For February and March it is said that the redemption has averaged $4,000,000 each month From this it will be seen that a considerable amount of gold can be saved to the government, and at the same lime the inability of brokers to o - tain gold for theie notes will cut ffl their m it ample means of obtaioing th metal, as it is said that this ciass ol notes U-s been largely presented by New 'York bankers in exchange for ^o!d. TRADE REVIEW. A Kansas Town Wrecked. Tuesday afternoon, one of the worst cyclones which ever visited Kansas, struck Osage City, and in a short time forty buildings were wrecked and sev eral lives lost. About twenty persons were seriously injured, many of whom will probably die. The part of the city devastated lies on the south side of the tracks of the Santa Fe, and comprises both business aud residence buildings. Fully one hundred houses, barns and stores in the suburbs are completely demolished. Telegraph aud telephone lines are all down and the streets lined with debris. Damages estimated at $850,000. Report of Bnsiness for Past Week by Dun & Co. R. G. Dim & Co’* weekly review says: The ruling fact in the business situation is the outgo of g-Jd—$3,500,- 000 Tuesday, $1,000,000 more Saturday —with the prospect of a large amount Tuesday next. Treasury gold is again reduced below $3,000,000 in excess of the bullion fund, and there is more talk of bond issues, with the old doubt whether these would meet the real diffi culty, which is the enormous excess of imports over exports of goods. Trade in cotton goods was rather dis appointing in April thus far, with some shirtings reduced and print cloths dull. The boot and shoe trade is somewhat un settled as to the advance of 2 1 2 to 5 cents, which some manufacturers obtain, but many buyers refuse. In the specula tive markets, cotton 1-4 lower,the press ure of enormous stocks here and abroad being felt ns should have been expected, while reports of increased acreage come from the south. In wheat, the Chicago corner has forced above 80 cents, wbilff 70 cents would buy at New York, and receipts at western ports of nearly 2,000,000 busbela,in four days. Prices have advanced only 1-2 cent while corn declined 1-2 cent, and oats advanced 1-2 cmt. Pork products are 'a shade stronger, also oil; but coffee weaker. The outlook for iron at Pittsburg is not so bright, but the glass trade is fairly good.. Trade at Cleveland is good; ifl.ipanuf&ctured iron, quite Urge, with a heavy decrease in wool, rye, barley, lard, flour and cheese. Trade in Milwaukee is good and St. Paul and Minneapolis increasing, being es pecially brisk in lumber. At St. Louis, free collection in all lines are noted. At Kansas #ity trade is good with large re ceipts of cattle, and at St. Joseph active, while at Sioux City, business is larger in packing, dry goods and groceries, and at Denver fair. At most Southern points, trade is only fair, but s< mewhat im proved at Little Rock, very quiet at'New Orleans, with «.ugar strong and a large demand for building materials. At near ly all points, both North and South, col lections are rather slow with somewhat more active dunsnd for money at most points. The business failures occurring throughout the country during the last seven days, number 209, a3 compared with totals of 233 last week. For the corresponding week last year, the figures were 226. Tb LIE IN STATE. Tlie Train Bearing Jefferson Davis’ Remains TVill Stop in Atlanta. The train that is to carry all that is mortal of Jefferson Davis from New Or leans to Richmond for its last rest will reach Atlant a on the afternoon of May 29th. The casket that contains the bones of the dead Ex-President of the confed eracy will be taken to the state capitol where it will lie in state for several hours that afteinoon, The train will leave on the night of the 29.b, delaying but two or three hours in Atlanta, and will go direct to Richmond, where the final burial will occur on the 30th. There will be quite an appropriate celebration of the event at Richmond. All of the camps of the confederate sur vivors will turn out from all sections ol the state that day to witness the inter •sent. It will be one of the grandest days Richmond has ever experienced since the days of fright'ul warfare around the old city that was the home ol the confederacy. ABOUT THE DEPARTMENTS. Secretary Herbert is confined to his rooms by grip. He was unable to go the navy department AYednesdav. Georgia postmasters appointed Thursday were: Hancock, Burke county, J. Z. Daniels; Lang, Carroll county, W. T. Bichard. Tho president Thursday appointed the following postmasters: Thomas J. Boss, Flagstaff, Ariz; James H. Menefee, Arcati, CaL; George AY. Harris, Wardner, Ida. ; John Eddy, Bloomington, 111.; Samuel A. Mc- Knight, Flora, 111.; Albert J. Ostran der, Galesburg, 111.; Harry E. Wescott, Lacon, HI.; J. H. Brown, Leroy, 111.; Alvin Scott, Jr., Naperville, HI. Assistant Secretary Spaulding, Tues day, telegraphed the collector of cus toms at Port Townsend, Washington, that there was no authority for taking bond for the importation of Chinese, claiming to be returning merchants. Chinese unable to prove to the satisfac tion of the collectors of customs that they are of the exempted class must not be permited to land, nor transfered to other vessels in the harbor pending examination. The cablegram long expected from Minister Egan, as to the nature of the crime committed by the refugees who sought an asylum in the United States legation at Santiago, Chile, was re ceived Tuesday at the state depart ment. Its contents were not made public, but there is a growing belief that the minister has not been sus tained in granting the right of asylum to the refugees under his protection on the ground that they are not political offenders. Assistant Secretary Hamlin decided a peculiar case Wednesday. An Amer ican citizen moved to Canada tempor arily, carrying with him his effects, among which was a colt, two months old. He returned two years afterwards and the collector at Cape Vincent, N. Y., charged him duty on the colt, as it had materially advanced in value. Mr. Hamlin decides that, in such cir cumstances, when the value of the ani mals has -been increased by natural growth and not by any process of manufacture or other means, animals of domestic origin were entitled to free entry. A telegram sent by Secretary Mor ton to the president of the Chicago board of trade and others in reference to the crop reports have been' the sub ject of much interpretation. The sec retary authorizes the statement that there will be no radical change as to the basis and mode of compilation in the division of statistics; that the report relative to the conditions of growing crops for April, 1893, was based on unusually full and detailed returns from a dual corps of corre spondents and from other sources. Correspondents, viewers and apprais ers report to the department condi tions by percentage, using 100 as the standard, 100 representing a complete normal condition. World’s Fair Pontofllce. Postmaster General Bissell has is sued a notice to all postmasters that there is now in operation in the gov ernment buildings on the grounds of the World’s. Fair a branch of the Chicago postoffice, known as the World’s Fair Station. This station will make regular collections and de liveries, through its own letter car riers, to and from all points of the fair grounds, and will transact money order and registry bnsiness as well as all other bnsiness pertaining to a first- class office. Postmasters are instruct ed to use every proper means to give publicity to this information in order that persons intending to visit the fair may, if they so desire, have their mail addressed to the World’s Fair Station. Tbe Classified Service. The ninth annual report of the civil service commission was issued Wednes- day. The commisioners urge that the classified service should be extended as rapidly as prcticable to cover every position in the public service to which it can be appropriately applied, ns for instance, to clerks and other employes in navy yards, the almost entire body of officials in the District of Columbia, and the internal revenue service and the cus tom houses with their employes. They earnestly desire that some such bill as that introduced in the last congress to take the fourth-class postmasters out of politics may become a law. The report shows a surprising growth of the num ber of employes compared with the growth of population. The percentage of the growth of the public service in ten years has been nearly double that in population. Slate Railway Couimisnioncrs. The fifth annual convention of state railway commissioners met at Wash ington Wednesday at the rooms of the the interstate commerce commission. There was a large attendance, includ ing besides the delegates a large num ber of representatives from the Ameri can Accounting Officer’s Association. George M. Woodruff, of Connecticut, called the convention to order. Per- manen organization was affected by the selection of Mr. Woodruff as chairman, AA’illiam S. Cantell as vice chairman and Edward S. Moseley sec retary. After an address by AYood- ruff, the committee appointed to ar range an order of business submitted its report. Peter Adey presented flu report of the committee on reasonable rates, which was adopted. Similar ac tion was taken on the report submit ted by James C. Hill, of A’irginia, on congressional action in regard to safe ty appliances. The committee sug gested that the acts for which it was appointed having been accomplished, it should be discharged, which was or dered. Wonders of Olden Times. Nineveh was fourteen miles long and eight miles wide,the whole city surround id by a wall 100 feet high, so thick as to furnish ample room fi r three chariots t) he driven abreast around the top Babylon was fifty miles within the walls, which were seventy-five feet thick and of the same height as those of Nioeveh This monster wall had twelve openings or gates, which were closed by enormous brass shutters every evening at sun-down. The temple of Diana at Ephesus, which was about an even hundred years in building, was 460 feet to the first sup port of the roof. The largest of the pyramids wai origimlly 481 fiet high and 153 on the sides, the base coverin eleven acres. The stones, which are iu 208 layers, average sixty feet length. One account sars 350,000 men worked for twenty years in ftsbionin the Titanic pile. The famom “Laby rinth of Egypt” contained 300 rooms or ch mbers aud twelve halls. Thebes. Egypt, at the present time, presents tuins twenty-seven miles in circumfer e ce. The remains of many of the tuildings, such as columns, arches, etc. (-re of such gigantic size that no known modern machinery would be equal to tbo task of pulling them down, to say nothing of putting them in their present position. —St. Louis Republic. Cartons Statistics of the Blind. The people of Russia are more terribly afflicted with the luflrmities of blindness than any other race, sect or imtion on the fice of the globe, the proportion being 21 to every 10,000 of population. In 1886 there was an official census taken of the blind of Europe. These statis tics show a remirkabte state of affairs, especially in European Russia, the Cau casus and Poland. In the countries named there was a total of 189,872 per sons who were entirely blind. The whole of the remainder of Europe (mi mind this includes the thickly populated countries of Germany, Fiance, Spain, Holland, Belgium, Great Britain, etc.) only has a blind population numberin 188,812; while the three Americas, North, Central and South, with their islands, have le-s than 23,000 persons who are totally bereft of sight. In the Caucasus the women, especially those of country districts, are more lia ble to cecity than men, the proportion being about 27 to 19. In Poland there are 25 blind men for every 14 blind women, ihe same percentage holding good over the most of Russia in Europe. —St. Louis Republic. Coloring Bntter. The most universally colore 1 artie’e is butter, and it may with great confidence be asserted that there is hardly a pouQd of blitter sold at the present time in this country which has not been doctored, mostly by the aid of a harmless coloring matter—annatto—in order to impart t such butter a rich golden color. Butter naturally varies much in color, according to the season, the breed of the cow and mainly its food, and it is but rarely the natural butter possesses the color to which the public is now accustomed. The desire of those who introduced this admixture was obviously to make their produce appear richer and more enticing to the eye than nature had intended. One after the other the rest of the butter merchants had to follow suit.—Food, Drugs and Drink. A Little Management. Little Johnny—“I wish you’d ask papa to get me a bicycle bofore you ask him for that Paris boDnet you wu3 talkin’ about.” Mamma—“Why?” Little Johnny—“B-.cause if he buys the bonnet first he’ll be too poor to buy me a bicycle; but if he buys the bicycle first, you’ll get the bonnet anyhow.”— Street & Smith’s Good News. The New Bread. WIND AND SNOW IN IOWA. Fighting the Dispensary Law. A Columbia, S. C., special of Wed nesday says: The fight against tho dis pensary law in this state has been brought up in the supreme court on a case from Chester, where two bar keepers ask that the city be compelled to issue them a license for the year. The new liquor law goes into effect July 1st, aud the town refused to issue a license later than that date. The court reserved its decision until May 1st, when argument will be hoard. A Terrible Blizzard Sweeps Over the State Accompanied by Snow. Advices from Marshalltown, Iowa, state that one of the worst blizzards ever known in central lows, this late in the season, began at 4 o’clock Thursday morning, the wind blowing from the northwest with frightful ve locity, the temperature gradually fall ing and snow drifting three feet in " places. Telegraph and telephone wires are down badly and business is paral yzed. Latest News from Hawaii. - The Kansas City Times in its hsue of Sunday prints a special dispatch from their correspondent in Honolulu, Hawaii, via San Francisco, under date of April 9th, in which he says: “Tbe royalists profess to be iu possession of facts rela tive to the future actions of Mr. Blount, in which the commissioner, in the name of the United States, will reinstate the deposed queen to the throne,” The favor with which the new bread, made with Royal Baking Powder instead of yeast, has been received by our best housekeepers and most expert bread makers is really wonderful. “It saves all the hard and tedious work of knead ing and moulding,” writes one. “Less than an hour from the dry flour to the most perfect loaf of bread I ever saw," writes another. “Fush bread every day,” says another, 1 ‘and that the lightrst, finest and most wholesome, is something to live for.” “We relish the bread bet ter than the old kind;” “it is ahead of any yeast bread I ever baked;” “the bread was whiter and softer.” “Best of all,’’ writes an enthusiastic housewife, “we can eat the Royal unfemented bread when freshly baked, or even when warm, with perfect impunity. It is actually an anti-dyspeptic.” “This bread has a ‘nutty’ taste, that is peculiarly pleasing,” writes still an other. This is owing to the fact that the active gas-producing principle of the Royal is derived from tho pure grape acid. The great value of this bread arises from the fact that in it are preserved all the most nutritive elements of the flour, some of which are decomposed and destroyed bjlthe action of yeast. The loss of these properties is what makes fresh yeast bread unwholesome. The use of tbe Royal Baking Powder instead of yeast is found to make a finer, lighter bread, devoid of all dyspeptic qualities. The same gas—carbonic—is produced as where yeast is used, but it is evolved from the baking powder itself and not from the flour. Thereby the bread is made more wholesome and actually anti- dyspeptic. The greater convenience, where a batch of the finest bread can be made and baked in less than an hour with no danger of a sour or heavy loaf, must be appreciated by everyone. The receipt for making this bread is herewith given, and housekeepers will do well to cut it out and preserve it: To make one loaf—One quart four, one teaspoonful salt, half a teaspoonful sugar, two heaping teaspoonfuls Royal Baking Powder, half medium-sized cold boiled potato, and water. Sift together thoroughly flour, salt, sugar and baking powder; tub in the potato; add sufficient water to mix smoothly and rapidly into a stiff batter, about as soft as for pound cake ; about a pint of water to a quart of flour will be required—more or less according to the brand and quality of tbe flour used. Do not make a stiff dough, like yeast bread. Pour the bat ter into a greased pan, 4£x8 inches, and four inches deep, filling about half full. The loaf will rise to fill the pan when baked. Bake in very hot oven forty-five minutes, placing paper over first fifteen minutes baking, to prevent crusting too soon on top. Bake at once. Don't mix with milk. Perfect success requires the most care ful observance of all these details, and the author of the receipt emphasizes the statement that Royal Baking Powder only can be used because it is the only powder in which the ingredients are prepared so as to give that continuous action necessary to raise the larger bread loaf. To every reader who will write the result of her bread making from this receipt to the Royal Bakiug Powder Co., 106 Wall street, New York, that company announce that they will send in return, free, a copy of a most prac tical and useful cook book, containing one thousand receipts for all kinds of baking, cooking, etc. Mention this paper. Surprising the Gas Man. The self esteem of the meter inter preter of the gas company in Biddeford and Saco ncieved a terrible bl« w at one house last week when he v:as oa his quarterly rounds. He rapped on the back door of one house, which was almost im mediately opened by a woman, who held out a pail of swill for him to take. She bad caught a glimpse of some one com ing into the yard and thought it was the swill man, whom she had been expect ing for a week. The gas monopolist and the swill bucket almost fell simul taneously from the effects of the shock. —Bangor Commercial. An Experienced Parson. Groom—“How much do I owe you?” Clergyman—“Um—er—whatever you think your wife is worth.” Groom—“Oh, that’s so many millions I would have to go on owing it to you ' Clergyman—“Well, callnround again in a few years. Perhaps the estimate will then be within vour means.” A Pleasure Trip Spoiled by sea sickness is a woeful disappoint ment. This should be guarded acainst. The preventive is Hostetter’e Stomach Bitters, which, whether on the broad Atlantic or some land-locked bay, affords an efficient protec tion acaiust or remedv for mal de mer to the voyager. Emigrants, tour.sts, commercial traiclers find it a u eful companion. It re moves dyspepsia, liver, bowel and kidney irregularity and rheumatism. A child to rent by the hour for entertain ment purposes is advertised in a New York paper. Malaria cured and eradicated from the sys tem by Brown’s Iron Bitters, which enr ches the blood, tones the nerves, aids digestion. Acts like a charm on persons in general ill health, giving nevr energy and strength. “German Syrup 99 I must say a word as to the ef ficacy of German Syrup. I have used it in my family for Bronchitis, the result of Colds, with most ex^ ~ellent success. I have takenifti self for Throat Troubles, derived good results there) therefore recommend it to i bors as an excellent remed^ eases. James T. Durette,| ville, Va. Beware o'f" offer you “something just as good.^ Always insist on having Boschee’^ German Syrup. Si We have twenty-eight cities, each having more than one hundred thousand population. The Skill and Knowledge Essential to the production of the most per fect and papular laxative remedy known have enablel the California Fig Syrup Co. to achieve a great success in the reputation of its remedy. Syrup of Figs, as it is conceded to be the universal laxative. For sa le by a 11 druggists. Two Stepping StonesH] to consumption are ailments we often deem trivial—a cold ana a cough. Consumption thus ac- quired is rightly termed “ Con sumption from neglect.” Scott’s Emulsion not only stops a cold but it is rS markably successful where tf cough has become deep seated.! Scott's Emulsion is the richest of fat-foods yd the easiest fat-food to, take. It arrests"* and builds up healthy' flesh. Prepared by Scott A Bovrne, N. Y. All draggis We are never so good as when we possess a joyful heart. For Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Stomach dis orders, Ube Brown’s Iron Bitters—the Best Tonic. It rebuilds the Blood and strengthens the muscl es. A splendid medicine for weak and debilitated persons. Better bend the neck promptly than to bruise the forehead. How’s This f We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for rea by any case of catarrh that cannot be curi taking Hall’s Catarrh Cura. F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known if. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him * - ■*- * • • 11 m iiong, and financially able to carry out any ob ligations made bv their firm. W est & Trdax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Waldinq, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O. Hall’s Ca;arrn Cure is taken internally, act ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. £iqhLby.all druggists. Impaired digestion cured by Beecham’s Pills. Beecham’s—no others. 25 cents a box. Hood’s Cures After the Grip It Restores Health and Strength. ULCERS SCROFULA RHEUMATISM BLOOD POISONl W And every kindred disease arising from impure blood i .-!>=- cured by that never-failing of allr ' and best of all medicines, Book on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIO CO.. ATLANTA. OA. g®eN5'e'S'e\»-e\»'0\S-e\5'e«''e'«W® r e''&'e'3 Did you ever want a Tack? want a Nail? —fail to find either tack or nail when you wanted to nail or tack ? ... How handy then a package of H©MS TA (All sizes to suit,) and a carton of HOME NAILS (all sizes for home uses) Mr, Dexter Curtis Is well-known in Wisconsin as a manufacturer of collar pads and boots for horses, ana is a re liable business man. “ Madison, Wis., Jan. 20,1S93. Messrs. C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. ** I cannot speak in too favorable terms of the good qualities of Hood’s Sarsaparilla. I have had a bad cough for 2 years, coining on after the grip. I tried physicians, went twice to the Hot Springs of Arkansas, but all did no good. I got a bottle of Hood’s Sarsapa rilla and it gave me relief at once. The sec ond dose seemed to go to tbe right spot* 1 afterward got 6 bottles, and have taken nearly all of it, and know I am much better every way. “ So many medicines are alvertised that do no good, I would not say anything in favor of Hood’SparinaCures any unless I was fully satisfied it was good and worth trying. I believe Hood’s Sarsaparilla is good.” Dkxtkr Curtis. Don’t get caught that way again. All dealers sell HomeNails and HomeTacks Made solely by the Atlas Tack Corp’n, Boston Warehoams.—B *on, KV-w York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore, Sun Freiicieco, Lynn. / Feetorlee.—Taunton. Ma*«. F*?rhavrn,M««i. Whitman,Mam. Duxh »,Jdas*. Plymu-.i: Mace. Si. W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE WILL NOT RIP. Do you wear them? When next In need try a pair, they will give you more comfort and service for the money than any other make, Best in tho world. / W. L. Douglas Shoes are made In all tho Latest Styles. If you want a fine DRESS SHOE don't pay $6 to $8, try my $3.50, $4 or $5 Shoe. They will fit equal to cus tom made and look and wear as well. If’you wish to economize in your footwear, you can do so by purchasing W. L. Douglas Shoes. My name’ "and price is stamped on the bottom, look for it when you.buy. Take no sub stitute. I send shoes by mail upon receipt of price, postage free, when Shoe Dealers cannot supply ycu. w. 1. DOUGLAS, Brockton)'Mass. Sold bv BLOOD WILL TELL, but to tell favorably on the sys tem It should be pure. Now is the time to purify the blood and thus guard against diseases Incident to the Spring and Summer season. Lor this purpose no WHISKY AND OPIUM HABITS CURED At your Lome without pain or confinement. Patients continue business while under treat ment. Whisky and all other drugs stopped immediately on beginning trea ment—do not need them. No treatment yet discovered to compare with it. Have given special study and practice to these diseases for the past twenty years, with continued and successful increase in practice. Write for my book of cures, free. B. 31. WOOLLEY, 31. D., Dep’t A Office, No. 104}^ Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Gi- Do Hot Be Deceived with Pastes, Enamels and Paints which stain the bands, injure tbe iron and bum red. The Rising Sun Stove Polish Is Brilliant, Odor- or glass package with every porch DIAMONDS, WATCHES and SILVERWARE. Send for our Catalogue. J. X 3 . Stevens d? Bro. 4T Whitehall St. 9 Atlanta, Ga. Cares Consumption, Coughs, Croup, Sore Throat* Sold bv all Druggists on a Guarantee. HOMES FOR THE POOR AND RICH ALIKE Lari;e and small farms in Alabama, South Caroii a and Georgia, for fale on Ion* time. Special advantages offered to ten o- more pur chasers lormir.ga co onv. Write for particu lar to T. -I. FELDER, Atlanta, Ua. OPIUM to 20 days* No pay till cured. DR. J.STEPHENS. Lebanon.Ohio, medicine answers so well t Dr. G. McLANE’S LIVER PILLS. after a few years have passed out < .... tlons and counterfeits without number have been put on the market from time to time, but fail to give satisfaction. The genuine Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills have stood the test of more than 00 years,and sell to day all over the civilized world. Honey refunded in all cases where they fall to glve'satlslaction. Sold by Druggists generally. Sent by mall to any address on receipt of -.25 CENTS. Fleming Bron.’ Co.,. (.Pittsburgh, Pa MEND YOUR OWN HARNESS H THOMSON'S! SLOTTED CLINCH RIVETS. No tools required. Only a ’.iammer needed to drive en.l c inch them eaaiiy and rftiickly, leaving the clinch absolutely smooth. Enquiring no ho e to be made in he leather nor burr for tlte Rivets. Thev arc strong. lough and durable. Millions __ _ envths. uniform <»r assorted, j.ut up In boxes. Ask jour dealer for them, or send 40c. In for*' * stamps for a oox of 100, assorted *ize*. Man’fd by JUDSON L. THOMSON MFG. CO.. WAI.THAM. VIASS. BICYCLES. Complete line of hi?h, medic cheap gradi Bicycled. Siundries of ail kinds. Send itamp for catalogues ■iir and prices. J inmeu«*e U*irgaiu« . ip Second-Hand Bicycle*, Pneumatic and C umIiiom Tired. Tneomy ex clusively bi ycle house in the South. Instalment etmi to responsible parties. Send references. Ad 're«s. Bit YCLE DEl’AItT.M’T, KOWItY HARD WARE CO., E. 1*. dial I mu, Manager., No. 38 Peachtree Street. Atlanta, Ga. Ian ideal family medicine! |For Indigestion* Biliousness, = Headache, Constipation, Bud I Complexion, Offensive Breath, 1 and all disorders of the Stomacru = Urer and Bowels, I . RIPANS TABULES I act gently yet promptly. Perfect l follows their u=e. Sold = (8vials),75c. Packaged I For free samoles-nddn-'-T i BIPA^CIIKM I CALICO., Sew York* I Willi uicu »•» J “7 , _ J. A. DKLAP, Elizabeth, N. J ^ y Sixteen, ’93- t