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TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS. The News of me World Condensed Into Pithy and Pointed Paragraplis. Interesting 1 and Instructive to All Classes of Readers. The works of the Merriam and Mor gan Company, at Cleveland, O., were partially destroyed by fire Monday night. Loss, $200,000, partially in sured. The International Order of King’s Daughters and Sons met at Chicago Wednesday afternoon and inaugura ted a conference as part of the congress of moral and social reform. The Exchange Banking Compay, of Weston, O., closed its doors Thursday. The bank had a run and was unable to get help. The directors have notified the depositors that they will probably receive dollar for dollar. The Citizens’ bank of Fairmount, Indiana, suspended operations Wed nesday, owing to the stringency in the money market. The capital stock is $150,000; assets,$191,060.91; liabilities from $130,000 to $150,000. Wednesday afternoon, while visiting the World’s fair, Mrs. Lamont, wife of the Secretary of War, was overcome by the heat and overexertion while in the Midway Plaisance and fell into a faint. Nothing serious is anticipated. The First National bank of Arkansas City, Ark., one of the oldest and gen erally believed to be one of the stron gest financial institutions in the south west, failed to open its doors Thursday morning. The deposits are said to be $600,000. The forty-first annual convention of the international typographical union began at Chicago, Monday. There were fully 300 delegates present. W. B. Prescott called the meeting to order. Mayor Carter H. Harrison made an address of welcome. The Park City Bank, at Salt Lake, Utah, suspended Monday morning. The liabilities are $130,000, and the assets as much. The claim is made that tho bank will shortly resume. The assignee says that the depositors are to be paid eighty cents on the dollar. The second week of the Borden case at New Bedford, Mass., opened Mon day with an appearance of increased interest. Over one-half of the specta tors in tho court room were women. A notable feature of Monday’s proceed ings was that Miss Borden’s inquest testimony was excluded. Alba, a village of eight hundred population, in Antrim county, Mich., was totally destroyed by fire Tuesday afternoon. The fire started in Dey- ries’ large saw mill and licked up every business house except the Exchange hotel. The Grand Eapids and Indiana depot and the postoflioe were burned. Princess Enlalie made her farewell visit to the World’s fair Tuesday. It was quite as unostentatious as any of the visits she has yet made. During the day she opened the Spanish gov ernment building, and, accompanied by her party, witnessed the opening of all the Spanish exhibits. The whole affair was entirely informal. Tho American National Bank of Omaha was placed in the hands of the comptroller Tuesday. J. L. McGague is president, and it is supposed that the American National’s connection with the McGague Savings Bank, which failed Monday, caused its downfall. There were heavy runs on all the savings banks in the city dur ing tho day. Defalcations aggreating $70,800 have been discovered in the Irving Savings instituticj3^*RTn '*98— Warren street, New JH'jrkf The shortage was ■•TTTSWfvered by the state bank examin ers, who are still at work on the books and will not. complete their work of scrutinizing the bank’s affairs for some time, as there are seventeen thousand individual accounts to investigate, besides tho regular bank books. A dispatch from Fall Biver, Mass., states that another hatchet was found under a barn, near the Borden prem ises, Wednesday, and that the police have it in tlieir possession, but will not talk about the matter at present. The story goes that a boy was bunting for a ball and found the hatchet. Those who report the story think it may prove important evidence in the Borden case. Uncertainty regarding the opening of the Fair kept last Sunday’s early attendance down to a low mark. Chief Justice Fuller’s action in granting a supersedeas was not known far enough away from Chicago in time to bring in a crowd of countrymen, and as the re sult the day’s sight-seers were for the most part Chicagoans. Crowds began to como about 2, and the attendance for the day were about 75,000. The works of Mariam & Morgan, paraffine company, at Cleveland, O., ^ were partially destroyed by fire Mon day night. The plant consisted of a three-story brick building used in making paraffine ware, a three-story frame cooper shop, and a four-story brick candle factory. The first two buildin gs were completely destroyed, and the other slightly damaged. The loss is about $200,000, partially in sured. A Cincinnati special says: When the last part of the Mystic Shrine pro cession had just passed the grand stand at Race and Twelfth streets Tuesday, the stand gave way in front and sent one hundred and fifty people down au incline plane of fifteen feet. The grand stand was eight hundred feet long, five feet high and had fifteen hundred people on it. Only a section of it gave way, but it created a. panic for a while. The Cunard Line steamer, Servia, which sailed from New York May 24th, for Liverpool, arrived at Queens town, Wednesday, and reports that on June 7th, she ran down the American ship, A. MeCallum, Captain O’Brien, from London, April 28th from New York. The MeCallum was so badly damaged that she filled and sank a short time after the accident. The Servia stood by and rescued twenty- four of those on board the sailing vessel. Advices of Thursday from St. Pe tersburg, Russia, are to the effect that the Church of the Chudov Monastery, which is within the walls of the Kremlin, was recently robbed of a vast amount of plate, money and gems. The property and money taken amounted to between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 roubles. All the monks be longing to the monastery have been arrested. The search of cells occupied by the monks revealed that they had perpetrated the robbery. Judge Ricks, of the United States circuit court at Cleveland, O., has fixed the' date of trial of the most im portant case on his docket. It is that brought against Chief P. M. Arthur, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers, for $200,000 damages for al leged encouragement of the recent strike on the Ann Arbor road at To ledo. A special assignment of the case has been made for Monday, Sep tember 18th. It will be heard at To ledo before a special jury. The case has provoked widespread discussion. A New York special of Monday says: Drexel, Morgan & Co. announce that about 90 per cent of all classes of stocks and bonds of the Richmond Terminal company have already been deposited, and that the outstanding stock and bonds will be received by June 24th, but only payment of pen alties of 50 oents on common stock, $1 per share on preferred stock and $20 each on 5 and 6 per cent bonds. They also announce the first call of $1.50 per share on account of the as sessment deposit on common stock at their office on June 29, 1893. Wednesday morning the bank of Aaron, Wilcox & Co., of Painesville, O., posted a notice on its doors that the bank had suspended temporarily, being unable to meet the run on it owing to the stringency in the money market, and that all depositors will be paid in full. The personal estate of the stockholders is liable for the en tire indebtedness, in all, amounting to several hundred thousand dollars. The bank is believed to be solvent. It was organized twenty-five years- and had always been consider sound institution. A Chicago special says: The of Herman Schaffner, the banker had been missing since the dai bank collapsed two weeks ago, found floating in the lake Wedm afternoon. It was brought to i by a fisherman who was using a i line, the hook of which caught ii clothing. The body was at j brought to shore and fully idej by papers found upon it and bj| relatives of Mr. Schaffner. Noi has been heard of the banker sine day his establishment closed, alth every effort had been made to find For some time, there has beer uneasy feeling in the bank atmosp of Detroit, Mich., caused by the ure of the various institutions, rect occurring throughout the cour especially in the west. Although until Tuesday morning there had been a decided run on the bank Detroit, considerable money has withdrawn in a quiet way, and forestall any movement that n result disastrously to them, and as act of mutual protection, the office these institutions met Monday n and adopted the thirty days’ notic depositors. The Kansas City, Wyandotte Northern railroad "was sold at she sale at Kansas City, Mo., Mondaw der foreclosure of a mortgage $1,000,000, held by the Farmers’! and Trust Company, of Boston. I Gould came into practical possq of the road about two years ago, ] he was obliged to take it to pre< his interest in it, as;ie held ainaj; of the stock. The sale was a men gal formality. The road was bo in by the Gould people and wi; made a part of the Missouri Pi system. It has a mileage of two dred and thirty-eight miles, and from Kansas City to Beatrice, Ne A TIMELY STEP THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH. Notes of Her Progress and Prosperity Briefly Epitomized And Important Happenings from Day to Day Tersely Told. The Tennessee Press Association met at Nashville Wednesday with seventy- six members in attendance. The as sociation endorsed Secretary Pitkin C. Wright for consul to Honolulu. The name of the Wilmington, Ons low and East Carolina railway has been changed to the Wilmington, New Berne and Norfolk. It is being rapidly con structed northward, and in twenty days will reach New Berne. The doors of the Riverside Banking company, of Riverside, Cal., failed to open at the usual hour Wednesday. The following was displayed on the door: “This bank is closed under in structions. Depositors will be paid.” The Methodist ministers of Atlanta, Ga., met Monday morning in regular session and added the weight of their protestation against the opening of the World’s fair on Sunday in a num- Taken by New York Banks to Gl Against a Panic. 1 A New York special of Thu J says: The business men of thej are much elated over the action.cl managers of the banks belongiifl the clearing house. The very sei aspect that the financial and com! cial situation has assumed, has la the necessity of some combined a cl on the part of .New York bal Similar action has been taken j fore in times of panic. It prj eally takes the form of an issue of cl ing house certificates to those ba which, while perfectly Bolvent, a tlieir funds tied up in time loausj are pressed for ready cash. Nol tificates are issued except to tl banks known to be in good condit’ and only then upon securities wl value has been carefully pa.*! upon by the clearing hoi committee. These certificates ji as current funds between 1 banks, and can thus be used in 1 settlement of balances, relieving 1 banks that may have a large debit t ance in the clearing huose from f tling in cash. As the bank’s paper paid off and the general situation i proves the banks are required to take up their certificates as quickly as pos sible. MILLIONS SHIPPED WEST. The present action of the New York banks is only to prepare for a possible emergency. The crisis prevailing in the west, which has brought about so many bank and business failures, has also produced a generally unsettled feeling in that section. In consequence, there has been a general and heavy withdrawal of de posits by the western banks from their New York correspondents. It is esti mated that no less than $16,000,000 currency has been shipped out, chiefly to Chicago and other western cities since June 5th. The strain has fallen heavily upon the New York banks, and following the heavy gold exports, has made money very scarce and contracted credit. By the issue of clearing house certificates, which practically make the associated banks act as a unit, a great deal of relief is given to the situation, and a further extension of credit is made possible. TFNNESSEE INSURANCE MEN To Decide Between Being Taxed or lVillidrawing from the State. A most important meeting of in surance men representing every com pany doing business in Tennessee will be held in Nashville, June 26th, and upon the result much depends. The question to be decided is whether the companies will comply with the state law or withdraw from the state. Chapter 122 of the acts of 1891 pro vides that each and every corporation created or organized under or by vir tue of any- government other than that of the state for any purpose whatever, shall first file in the office of the secre tary of the state a copy of its charter and cause an abstract of the same to be recorded in the office of the reg ister in each county in which such corporation desires to carry on its business. The insurance companies fear that if they complied with this law they would become domesticated and be liable for a tax of 1 1-2 per -cent, on their capital stock. Briggs to Continue His Work. A New York special says: At a meeting of the board of directors of the Union seminary, Thursday, it was decided that C. A. Briggs, D. D., will continue his work in the department of Biblical theology as hitherto. The directors also decided that special pro visions should be made so that none of the students of Union seminary will suffer from the restrictions which have been put upon the board of education. arves in front of them and upon which these stood, and 7.000,000 teet of lumber were destroyed by fire. The Louisville and Nashville shed was full of fruit. The loss upon the fruit alone will be $20,000. The loss of the railroad companies will approxi mate $60,000, making the total loss exceed $80,000. A Charleston special of Monday says: The barkeepers are in a state of exhilaration over the proposed appli cation to Judge Bond for an injunc tion to stay the execution of the dis pensary law. It seems that the state liquor dealers’ association is not in this deal. The move is to be paid for by the retail grocers’ association. The plan embraces a motion to be made for an injunction in behalf of the dealers w ho have taken out county and municipal license for twelve months. The lawyers employed by the associa tion will start for Baltimore at once and apply to Judge Bond.- As a result of an investigation by the grand jury indictments have been returned against George Childress, cashier, and Connor Easley, assistant cashier of the Second National bank of Columbia, Tenn., which recently failed. They were jointly indicted Wednesday in three different cases, two charging false pretenses and one fraudulent breach of trust. Two in dictments were returned against Chil dress individually for false pretenses and breach of trust. Both men have been arrested. Easley was released on $3,000 bond and Childress on $6,- 000 bond. A fertilizer company some months ago attempted to secure from the United States circuit court at Raleigh nn injunction restraining the state de partment of agriculture from collect ing a tax of 25 cents per ton on fertil- ers. The court declined to grant the injunction, but appointed a commis sioner to take testimony as to whether the tax collected was in excess of an amount necessary to secure a proper inspection nnd control of fertilizers. The court now decides that the tax is not excessive, thus sustaining the ton nage tax at all points. The fertilizer company appeals to the United States supreme eonrt-. A New Orleans special says: Adjt. Gen. Moreham has announced the fel lowship of the following named camps in the organization of the United Con federate Veterans and their respective numbers, viz: Elmore County Camp, No. 225, Wetumpka, Ala ; Harbor Camp, No. 256, Andalusia, Ala. ; Collings worth County Camp, No. 257, Welling ton, Tex.; Pelham Camp, No. 258, Anniston, Ala. ; Joseph E. Johnston Camp, No. 259, Childres, Tex.; Joe Wheeler Camp, No, 260, Bridgeport, Ala. •, Lee County Camp, No. 261, Opelika, Ala.; Bodes Camp, No. 262, Tuskaloosa, Ala.; W. N. Estes Camp, No. 263, Fort Payne, Ala:; Feliciana Camj!, No. 264, Jackson, La. THE INQUEST WAS EXCITING. Government Clerks Wanted to Lynch Colonel Ainesworth. The inqueBt over the bodies of the victims of the Ford theater disaster was commenced at Washington Mon day at 11 o’clock, in Willard’s hall, adjoining Willard’s hotel, in a room capable of accommodating about five hundred people. Just at 11 o’clock Colonel Ainesworth, chief of the rec ord and pension division, who has been placed on the defensive by im plied accusations that he was re sponsible for the presence of clerks in the old building, entered the hall and engaged in a short consultation with his attorney. About a hundred persons were present, most of them clerks of the record and pension divi sion, with a sprinkling of war depart ment officials, doctors, contractors and policemen. Dr. Schafer, the deputy coroner of the district, introduced the inquest. Near the table, around which the jurymen sat, was a smaller table, at which was seated Colonel Ainesworth, his attorney and a stenographer from the war department. The district attorney’s office was also represented. The deputy coroner called the jury to order and prefaced the 'investigation by a statement, that holdihg an inves tigation in a public hall was something of an experiment, and he admonished the public present to keep perfect quiet. There was nobody on trial, he said. The jury would simply endeav or to get at the facts in the case. He stated that the inquest was to be held over the remains of J. A. Chapin, whose body had been selected for that purpose. Much bitter feeling was entertained by the clerks against Colonel Aines worth, and during the taking of testi mony a government clerk should that Colonel Ainesworth should be arrested for murder and not allowed bail. On this announcement the tempest broke in full blast. “Hang him !” was shouted from a dozen throats. Every man in the spectators’ seats rose up at the cry, “Hang him! hang him J” and the howl grew louder. Colonel Aines worth sat cool and collected. Some body said after the uproar was over that his hand moved to his inside coat pocket and remained there. His fea tures seemed absolutely immovable. It was with considerable difficulty that quiet was restored, and Dr. Schafer quickly adjourned the inquest until 10 o’clock Tuesday morning at the central police station. AN INDIGNATION MEETING. The department clerks stood about the hall talking excitedly over the ac cident. Colonel Ainesworth sat in his chair for a minute and then walked out of the building, entered a carriage and was quickly driven away amid an gry expressions from the crowd. When the hall was emptied the ex cited language of the clerks continued on the sidewalks, and finally old But ler Fitch mounted the steps and pro posed an indignation meeting immedi ately. The proposition was adopted and tho clerks took possession of the hall. A committee was appointed to wait upon the president and protest against the proposed secret session at the police station and to urge the suspension of Ainesworth during the inquest. THE INQUEST ILLEGAL. The supreme court of the district Wednesday morning dismissed on two grounds Col. Ainesworth’s petition for a mandamus to compel the deputy coro ner to allow him representation at the inquest on the victims of the Ford’s theatre disaster. The first ground held that the deputy coroner is not a legal officer. This invalidates the inquest as far as held. The sec ond grounds that the right of a per son to be present at an inquest in per son or by counsel is discretionary with the coroner and, therefore, not a sub ject for mandamus. In deference to the decision of the supreme court of the District of Co lumbia that there is no such office of the District of Columbia as a deputy coroner, Dr. Schaefer, who has been conducting the inquest at Willard hall, in that supposed capacity, immediately adjourned the proceedings until Wed nesday at 11 o’clock. The curious point now develops that there is no body that has been viewed by a legally constituted coroner’s jury. Unless one of the lingering victims should die, it may be necessary to exhume a body. AIXESWORTH ABSENT. By direction of the commissioners for the district of Columbia the in quest over the victims of the old thea ter disaster was continued publicly Tuesday morning in Willard’s hall, instead of privately in the first pre cinct police station. Monday’s excit ing proceedings were conducive to the presence of a large crowd. When the inquest began, clerks and others were crowded in nearly every part of the hall. In order to prevent a repetition of the trouble of Monday a squad of police attended. Colonel Ainesworth was not present. Just be fore the inquest began Judge Jere Wilson, a well-known Washington lawyer, entered the hall and volun teered his services in the interest of the employes of the record and pen sions division and his appearance was the signal for an outburst of applause from the clerks of that office. Testi mony was being taken when Deputy Coroner Schafer was served with papers issued by Chief Justice Bingham, of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, directing him to appear at 3 o’clock p. m. in answer to a petition filed by Colonel Ainesworth, request ing that he (Ainesworth) be allowed to be represented by counsel at the in quest. After examination of a few other witnesses the inquest was ad journed until 11 o’elock Wednesday. A New Inquest Started. A Washington special says: The new inquest over the remains of the Ford’s theater disaster was begun Thursday morning. The proceedings were devoid of a sensational character, the evidence being directed exclusively to the ascertainment of the cause of the building’s collapse. WASHINGTON GOSSIP. Happenings from Day to Day in tie National CapitaL Appointments in the Yarious Depart* ments—Other Notes of Interest. Postmaster General Bissell has re scinded his order that no republican postmasters should be removed with out charges being filed against the in cumbent. The papers in the Black-Watson, contest for seats in the house have been opened, and Clerk Kerr says that some rare and racy testimony has been reached. Baron Fava was presented to the pres ident Wednesday afternoon by Secre tary Gresham under the new title as ambassador from Italy. The usual felicitious speeches were exchanged. Thursday ths names of sixty-seven clerks were dropped from the rolls of the general land office. Of this number, six were from class 4, $1,800 per annum; nineteen from class 3, $1,600 per annum; sixteen from class 2, $1,400; ten from class 1, $1,200 ; eight from the one thousand class, and eight from the copying class, $990. The president appointed the follow ing postmasters Monday: Wm. B. Copeland, at Birmingham, Ala., vice R. H. Houston removed; James M. Davis, at Cordele, Ga., vice M. G. Hall removed: Richard F. Moore, at Columbus, Miss., vice D. Hale, com mission expired; Wm. A. McCanless, at Tupelo, Miss., vice J. C. Eckles re signed. Acting Land Commissioner Bowers rendered a decision Monday in which he orders canceled, on the ground of fraud and collusion,about twenty-three timber and stone entries of valuable timber lands made in the Yanconver land district, Washington, and now held by J. B. Montgomery, of Port land, Ore., to whom the lands were transferred immediately after the final proofs were made. Officials at the state department are of the opinion that the argument of counsel before the Behring sea arbitra tion will be concluded within the next ten days, and that, with the exception of Secretary Foster, all the officers connected with the preparation and presentation of the American case will then return to the United States. It is also expected that the decision of the arbitrators will be announced by the first of August. Arbitrators Har lan and Morgan and General Agent Foster will remain in Paris until the arbitration is concluded. The president, Tuesday, appointed D. Price Porter postmaster at Jackson, Miss., vice W. H. Gibbs, removed; Thomas R. Robertson, at Charlotte, N. C., vice A. Brady, removed; Ben nett Dunn, at Rocky Mount, N. C., vice W. L. Person, removed; William A. Gillam, at Covington, Ya., vice G. T. McGlintie, removed; Frank W. Shield, at Hampton, Ya., vice R. R. Wood, resigned. The president also appointed Holmes Conrad, of Virginia, to be assistant attorney-general, vice John B. Cotton, resigned, and Ben nington R. Bedle, of New Jersey,to be consul at Sheffield, England. Tl*e Duty on Leaf Tobacco. Assistant Secretary Hamlin has in structed the collector of customs at New York to refund the duties paid under the conditions involved in the suit of Blumlein & Co. against the United States, recently decided against the United States. The ques tion raised in this suit was as to the proper construction of the tariff act of March 3d, 1883, relating to the proper classification of leaf tobacco. The law provides that whenever 85 per cent of leaf tobacco was suitable for wrappers the duty should be 75 cents per pound; otherwise 35 cents per pound, but no unit for computing the percentage was named in the law. The collectors, under instructions, fixed upon “the pound” as the minimum unit, whereas the court decides “the bale” to constitute the unit in ques tion. All entries of tobacco, there fore, awaiting determination of this question will be reliquidated in ac cordance with the court’s decision, and it is estimated that at least $2, 000,000 will have to be refunded to importers. THE SENTENCES QUASHED A Bank Threatened with Dynamite. The Farmers and Merchants’ State bank at Fairmonnt, Ind., closed its doors Wednesday. Quite a crowd of farmers rushed for the bank and threatened to use dynamite under it. The bank had a paid up capital of $50,000, with a surplus of $5,000 at the last report. Carnot Dangerously III. Advices of Thursday from Paris are to the effect that the condition of Pres ident Carnot, said to be suffering from liver trouble, is much more serious thanrstated in the official reports. The Siecle, a republican newspaper, says that M. Carnot is suffering with int es- tinal stoppage. And the Panama Canal Swindlers are Given their Freedom. Advices from Paris state that con siderable excitement has been caused by the decision of the court of cessa tion on the appeal of Charles de Les- seps and the other defendants convict ed of fraud in connection with the Panama Canal Company. The court handed down its decision Thursday quashing the sentences on the ground that the statute of limitation covered the offences charged and that the in dictments on which the prisoners were charged were irregular. In consequence of this decision M. Eiffel was at once liberated. M. Charles de Lesseps, who is in the St. Louis hospital suffering with acute at tacks of dyspepsia, was informed that he was at liberty. He was too ill to leave the hospital. There were five defendants convicted on the trial, which ended on February 9th last. There were Ferdinand de Lesseps, his son Charles, Marius Fontaine, Henri Cottu and Gnstavns Eiffel. Ferdinand de Lesseps was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and to pay a fine. M. Fontain was also notified of the reversal of his sentence and was at once given his liberty. In addition to the sentence of five years’ imprison- meht imposed upon M. Charles de Lesseps, he was sentenced at a Jater trial to serve a year for bribing certain members of the chamber to vote for the Panama lottery bond bill. And thus ends one of the greatest criminal cases France has ever known, in which the names of men prominent in political and social life were badly smirched and which caused Baron de Reinach to commit suicide and two or three others to flee the country. GERMANY’S DAY At the World’s Exposition—Over 200,* 000 Teutons Parade. Thursday was the biggest day of the World’s Fair, thus far. It was German day. Over two hundred thousand Ger mans were in procession and the streets were congested with human beings. The parade was the finest and largest ever seen in Chicago. Distinguished Germans were present from all parts of the Union. One hun dred and fifty thousand people had en tered the gates of the exposition, and when the procession arrived the at tendance had swelled to over a quarter of a million people. The largest church in the world i* St. Peter’s, in Rome; the smallest, a church ten feet square, is the Isle of Man. CHIPS. A Galveston artesian well was sunk 3,000 feet without encountering either rock or water. Four Yeinnese have been fined for jeering at a lady for wearing crinoline in a publio garden. Mary Burton, a coy maid of 101 sum mers, was married in the Grimsby, England, parish church a few weeks ago. Some of the Comstock mines are so deep that no means have yet been de vised to overcome the excessive heat. Of the whole length of the Suez canal sixty-six miles are cuttings, fourteen were made by dredging through the lakes and eight miles required no la bor. One of the first tunnels in the Unit ed States was on the Allegheny Portage railroad in Pennsylvania. It was 900 feet long and finished in 1831. The little island of Iceland, with about 70,000 inhabitants, has the same number of newspapers as the great Empire of China. The sheep industry of Missouri has dwindled steadily from 1882 to 1893, the uumber of animals, it is reported, falling from 1,692,700 to 920,950. More than $70,000,000 have been sent out of the United States since the first of January last. The gold kings of Wall street are taking care of them selves, and the people will be “left with the bags to hold. ” According to the reports of the com missioner of immigration, the 152,360 immigrants above 20 years of age who arrived at New York in the first half of 1892 brought over $20 each on the average, or $3,060,908. More relics of George Washington have turned up. This time the arti cles are two army pistols that were presented by the general to Kosciusko, his Polish aide. The pistols are in the possession of Dr. Edward Thomas, of Vienna. Hints on Conversation. It has been recently stated that con versation is a lost art. Certainly the listener appears to be out of date. Persons who have regard for the us ages of polite society should remem ber that listening is one of the can ons of good manners. Absentmind- edness is impolite. Every one is en titled to a fair share of attention paid him when conversing. If one is bored, courtesy demands he should listen and appear to appreciate the story that is related on the subject under discussion. A writer on so cial etiquette once remarked that “nine times out of ten the attentive listener is more admired than the most brilliant talker.” Avoid in con versation all mention of your affairs. The clever woman guards her hearth stone, its sorrows, troubles and an noyances, as carefully as she does the sacreduess of her religion. The world admires our cheerfulness. Your griefs belong to yourself. They are your inner life, which should be closed with iron portals. Even if your heart break, recollect the crit ical public at all times likes a smil ing face and cheerful manner.—Har per's Bazar. The Most Interesting Thing in America. An English traveler passed through New York onAhe way to London. He had spent three months in the United States seeing things. A friend asked what was the most interesting thing he saw in the country, and he answered without hesitation that it was a mule I Then he explained that he had visited certain mines where mules were used to haul the tramcars, and their won derful patience and intelligence had made on him a dee^impression. Some of the tunnels were so low that the animals had to hold their heads down and partly stoop to go through, but there was never sny trouble. He pointed out a character istic of the mule that makes him un like a horse. Many Americans have noticed it. If a horse touches his ears in going under a low bridge or through a tunnel he will invariably throw his head np and receive a hard knock. When a mule’s ears tou’h anything his head goes down. In some parts of this country it is a high com pliment to a man to say that he has as much sense as a mule. Where It is Seen. An exchange says that man’s full mental power is not reached before ths age of 25. The writer evidently has never mingled with the members of the freshman class of any of out col leges.—Boston Transcript. The Fanils and FoIIlen of the Age Are numerous, but of the latter none is more ridiculous thau the premiscuoits aod random use of laxative pills and other drastio cathar tics. These wrench, convulse and weaken both the stomach end the bowes. II Hoe- letter’s Stomach Bitters be used instead of there no-remedies, the result i* accomp uhed without pain and with great benefit to tBe bowels, the stomach and the liver. Use this remedy when constipation manifests itself, and thereby prevent ltfrombeoomlng chronic. The use of torture in legal proceedings waa per*iiasif)le In Austria until well within the present century. F.r impure or thin Blood, Weakness Mala ria, Keuralgia, Indigestion and Biliousness, >ke Brown’s Iron Bitters—It gives rtrength, making ojd persons feel young—and young persons strong; pleasabt to take. To Cleanse the System Effectually yet gently, when costive or bil ious, or when tho blood i, impure or sluggish, to permanently cure habitual constipation, to awaken the kilnaza an 1 liver to a healthy activity, without Irritating or weakening them, to dispel headaches, cold or fa vers, use Syrup of Figs. If your Back Aches, or yon are all worn out, good for nothing, it is general debility. Brown’s Iron Bitters will cure you, make you strong, cleanse your llrer, and give you a good appetite—tones the nerves. Two nrpro women have started a newepaper in tho African state of Conge. A. M. Priest, Druggist, Shelbyville, Ind., says : “ Hall's Catarrh Cure gives the best of satisfaction. Can get plenty of testimonials, as it cures every one who takes it.” Druggists sell it, 76o. impaired digestion cured by Beech am’a Pills. Beecham’s—no others. 25 cents a box. Do You Wish the Finest Bread and Cake? It is conceded that the Royal Baking Powder is the purest and strongest of all the baking powders. The purest baking powder makes the finest, sweet est, most delicious food. The strongest baking pow der makes the lightest food. That baking powder which is both purest and strongest makes the most digestible and wholesome food. Why should not every housekeeper avail herself of the baking powder which will give her the best food with the least trouble ? Avoid all baking powders sold with a gift or prize, or at a lower price than the Royal, as they invariably contain alum, lime or sul phuric acid, and render the food unwholesome. Certain protection from alum baking powders can be had by declining to accept any substitute for the Royal, which is absolutely pure. The Care at Windows. It is surprising that women do not more often adopt tlae method nsed by storekeepers for cleaning and polish ing glass. I have tried it myself for several months nnd found it especially valuable during cold weather, when it would not be practicable to use water outside. I use it both in and out. Provide yourself with common alcohol and whiting; make the cloth damp, but not wet, with the liquid, then dip it into the whiting. Rub the glass as you would if using soap and water. Polish with chamois. Windows cleaned in this manner will shine and sparkle, and will keep clean much longer than if done in the old laborious way of rinsing and wiping and polishing. It is seldom that a performer offers to serve at a theatrical benefit in vain, but such was the caoe recently when Lottie Gibson tendered her talents in behalf of her husband, the Comedian Ward, who had just come from jail for beating her and setting fire to her flat. The committee in charge of the event positively refused to let her appear.— New York Sun. A Peddler’s Retort. “Do yon want to buy some pencils?” asked a peddler of an old country lady, who regards agents and their kin as a very pestilence. “No,” she an swered sharply through a half closed door. “Tape?” “No.” “Shoe laces?” “No.” “Paper and envel opes?” “No.” “Needles?” “No, no, no.” “No, no, no, no,” echoed the saucy mendicant, “it’s a wonder you’ve got a no-o-ose left on your face.”—Springfield Homestead. Queer Japanese Animals. The Japanese believe in the exist ence of a crane which, after it has reached the age of 600 years, has no need of any sustenance except water. Their mythical dragon has the head of a camel, the horns of a deer, the eyes of a demon, the ears of an ox, the body of a serpent, the scales of a fish and the claws and wings of an eagle. —Philadelphia Press. To Feed London. For the feeding of London a little more than 323,089 tons of meat, poul try and general provisions were deliv ered during the year from the public markets alone. This total was soma 15,000 tons more than in any previous year. There was an increase of over 19 per cent, in the supplies of Ameri can meats; 939,442 animals passed through one cattle market of the me tropolis and 141,130 through another, all going to supply the city with food. These figures of course only indicate a part of the supplies. — Chicago Tri bune. 99 “German Syrup Judge J. B. Hill, of the Superior Court, Walker county, Georgia, thinks enough of German Syrup to send us voluntarily a strong letter endorsing it. When men of rank and education thus use and recom mend an article, what they say is worth the attention of the public. It is above suspicion. “ I have used your German Syrup,” he says, ‘‘for my Coughs and Colds on the Throat and Lungs. I can recommend it for them as a first-class medicine.”— Take no substitute. ® gPATCHEDJEN MONTHS 25a A troublesome skin disease caused me to scratch for ten months, and was cured by a few days’ use of MJIM M. H. Wolff, ECtBa Upper Marlboro, Md. SWIFT* PECIFIC I was cured gome years ago of White Swelling in my leg by using g39R9gJM aiMl haT0 1121(1 n ° symptom* of re [££5££tf9 turn of tho dis ease. Many prominent physicians attended me and failed, but S. S. B. dfd the work. PAUL W. KIRKPATRICK, Johnson City, Tean. Treatise < 1 Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free, j Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, Ga. j Do You Sleep Peacefully 1 , " Sleep: to the homeless thou art home; * The friendless fln.l In thee a friend; J And well is he, where’er he reams, J Who meets thee at his journey’s end." Positively cure Bilious Attacks, Con stipation, Side-Headache, etc. 25 cents per bottle, at Drug Stores. Write for sample dose, free. J. F. SMITH & C0., r —-Urn Turk. (THE i PILGRIM j SPRING ‘BED REGISTERED BRASS MEND YOUR HARNESS I THOMSON’S SLOTTED i pered Steel _ ! EASE, and will last a LIFETIME. Be- > ware of cheap made common wire imita- | iions, for “ they aro not what they seem. ” Exhibited at No. 31 Warren Street, New York; \ No. 2 Hamilton Place, Poston. For sale by all reliable Dealers. Fee Bras* Tag Registered Trademark on all * Genuine Pilgrims. 4 tend for Money Saving Primer, Free. { Atlas Tack Corporations Boston. £ Warehouses—Boston r New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore, San Francisco, Lynn. CLINCH RIVETS. . Fi(Tt>n:k*—Taunton, S,,..; Falrhavon. Maas.; No tools requ.rcd. Only a hammer needed to drive J Whitman Hass.; Duxbury, Mass.; Plymouth, and c inch tfura easily and quickly, leaving the clinch J absolutely smooth. Requiring no ho e to be mads In f ;he leather nor burr lor the Rivets. They are strong, wwwww»%»*«** (ouvh and durable. Millions now in use. JLL — ~~ ___ __ 40*. m CA WC ERCiired Permanently stamps for a box of 100, assorted sizes. Man fd by JUDSON L. THOMSON MFG. CO., WAI/TITA*. MASS. Hr. Joseph Godfrey “ 10,000 Needles Seemed to be sticking in my legs, when I was suffering with a terrible humor, my legs being a tnaatt of running »*r** from knees down. I was urged to take ItOOiPS SAR SAPARILLA and in a short time I was H ood’s^C u res perfectly cured. I am an old sailor, aged 74t m the best of health, thanks to Hood’s.” Jos. Godfbet, Sailors’ Snog Harbor, Staten Isl and, N. Y. Hoed* a Pi lie are the beet after-dinner Pills, as sist digestion, prevent constipation. WHISKY AND OPIUM HABITS CURED At your home without pain or confinement. Patients continue business while under treat ment. Whisky and all other drugs stopped ately on beginning trea« ment—do not em. 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, ML D f Dep»t A No. 104X Whitehall Street. Atlanta. Ga- r Do Hot Be Deceived I with Pastes, Enamels and Paints which stain the I hands, injure the iron and burn red. The Rising Sun Stove Polish fei Brilliant, Odor- ess, Durable, and the consu; I or glass package with every HOMES FDR THE POOR AND RICH ALIKE Largi and small farms in Alabama, South Caroli a and Georgia, for ?ale on Ion r time. Special advantages offered to ten o- more, pur chasers forming a co ony. 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