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BRIGHT BITS.
■ Telescopes were, first made by Jan
sen in 1590.
■ Rochester has a company of deaf
mute soldiers.
Europe now imports every year
660,000 tons of meat.
Ceylon has cinnamon plantations
covering 36,000 acres.
In the rock of Gibraltar there are
70 miles of tunnels.
The Union Pacific railroad ci
nine mountain ranges.
The Chinese live longer than people
of any other nation.
The anchors of the steamship Cam
pania weigh 8 1-2 tons each.
Rembrandt’s father is said to have
been a miller and farmer.
A teaspoonfnl of microbes contains
over 4,000,000 individuals.
In all countries more marriages
take place in Juno than any other
month.
The queen of Corea has a lady phy
siciau who gets a salary of $15,000
yearly.
The most prolific of opera composers
was Piccini. He wrote over two hun
dred operas.
Unbearable boorishness can be
changed to bearable eccentricity by
the acquisition of wealth.
Marshal Bessieres was a farmer’s
boy, and after enlisting as a private
.'ose from the ranks.
Southern Pacific locomotives will
soon use for fuel bricks made of coal
lust and asphaltum.
Celluloid is paper chemically treated,
’educed again to pulp and then molded
nto its final form.
Some characters are like the black
oilliard ball—not black, but called so
because of one black spot.
We are haunted by an ideal life,
and it is because we have within us
the beginning and the possibility of
it.—Phillips Brooks.
A man going shopping with his wife
is usually a most woe-begone looking
object. His face always bearH upon it
the marks of despair.
Perhaps you have heard of “Spar-
taeus to the Gladiators. ” Its author,
the Rev. Elijah Kellogg, still preaches
at Harpswell, Me., although over 80,
C0NGKESS IN SESSION.
The Daily Routine ol Both
Briefly Epitomized.
What Is Being Done to Allay Finan
cial Depression and Bring Relief.
A Beverly (Mass.) man was fined $5
for slapping his wife in the face and
$15 for assaulting the policeman who
arrested him. There seems to be
something wrong with the Beverly po
lice court’s tariff.
Sending Messages in Chinn.
China has not yet established gov
ernment postoffices or a postal system
for the masses of the people, with all
her adoption of modern ways, but pri
vate enterprise is depended upon to
render communication easy between
various parts of the empire. This
private transmission of mail is con
ducted through what are called “letter
shops.” No stamps are used, but the
“chop” or sign of the keeper of the
“letter shop,” is always placed upon
the enveloi>e.
In China imperial edicts and other
official communications are carried
from city to city and province to pro
vince by couriers. Generally they
make the trip afoot, but in case of
great haste they are provided with
horses at convenient relay stations.
Official letters or dispatches are thus
conveyed in cases of emergency 200 or
250 miles a dav.
Why Picnics are so Called.
Everybody knows what a picnic is,
but most of folks would find it hard to
say how it got that name, and yet it is
simple enough when you come to leurn
it. When a picnic was being arranged
for, the custom originally was that
those who intended to be present
should supply the eatables and drink
ables. A list of those necessities hav
ing been drawn up, it was passed
round, and each person picked out the
article of food or drink that he or she
was willing to furnish, and the name
of the article was nicked, or ticked off
the list. The open air entertainment
thus became known as “pick and
nick.” Tho custom is said to have
dated from 1802, so that the picnic is
wholly an institution of the nineteenth
century.—Exchange.
THE HOME RULE BILL
The Size of “Fashionable” Andirons.
. Andirons, says a trade Journal, for
country houses are now made of
bright, polished brass, and the ten
dency is to have them of gigantic size.
The bright, polished brass bears the
fire well, looks honest and has return
ed to favor for these reasons. In
places where the andiron is never
tended for use they are gilded, and
this cheat is on a par with the gas
log—the latter in addition being
trifle unwholesome. Black irons are
used with colonial mantels. Old brass
and oxodized brass are passing out of
date.
The Oldest Specimen of Glass.
Tho British museum contains the
oldest specimen of pure glass which
bears any date. This is a little lion’s
head, having on it the name of an
Egyptian king of the eleventh dynasty.
Thus it is shown that at a period at
least 2,000 years before Christ glass
was made with a skill that indicates
the art was not new.—St. Louis Re
public.
If You Hail a Friend
Tormented with dyspepsia, you could not give
liim better advice than to adopt and stick to
o course of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
finest and safest of tonics and regulators.
This is no barren as ertion. Experience lia<
nroved, physicians and the public certify to it.
No less emphatic is their indorsement of it as
a remedy for malarial disease, constipation,
rheumatiim, kidi.ey disease, gout and neu
ralgia.
If you want to know what your friends
really think of you, get into a quavrel with
them.
Brown’s Iron Bitters cuhm Dyspepsia, Mala
ria, Biliousness and General iJebilit'. Gives
strength, aids Digestion, tone< the m> ves—
creates appetite. The best tonic for .Nursing
Mothers, weak women and children.
A good sermon
preacher.
nil always outlive the
It is £
i great thing for a young man to get out
a little and come in contact with other peo le
and see hows, they live. B. F. Johnson & Co.,
Richmond. Ya.,are giving man young men a
chance to do this, anu at the same time to put
money in bank r pidly. ’1 ry them and see.
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for free treatise, testimonials, etc., to S. J.
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Price $1; by mail, $1.16.
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Twenty-Fourth Day.—After the
ordinary routine morning business in
the senate, Monday, and the passage
of two house joint resolutions for the
observance of the hundredth anniver
sary of laying the corner stone of the
capitol, an amendment to the silver
repeal act was offered by Mr. Butler
and referred to the finance committee,
repealing the ten per cent, tax on
state banks. A bill was introduced by
Mr. Gallinger supplemental to the
pension act of June 27, 1890. It pro
vides (among other things) that, ex
cept in cases of established fraud,
no pension shall be suspend
ed or withheld until after
a notice of ninety days to the
pensioner, and after full and impartial
investigation. Mr. Gallinger addressed
the senate in explanation and advocacy
of the bill, which was then referred to
the committee on pensions. Mr. Al
len, at 12 :60, moved to adjourn in re
cognition of labor day. Mr. Voorhees
held that the day would be best ob
served by going on with business as
rapidly as possible. The motion was
rejected, yeas 8, nays 41. Mr. Cullom
then proceeded to address the senate
in favor of the repeal of the Sherman
act.
Twentt-Fifth Dat. —In the senate,
Tuesday, a resolution for the daily
meeting of the senate at 11 a. m., was
offered by Voorhees, who said he would
call it up for action Wednesday. An ex
traordinary bill was introduced by Mr.
Peffer for the creation of a department
of education, the construction of a
college of scientific learning in the
District of Columbia, the appropria
tion of $20,000,000 for the purpose,
and the further appropriation of $800,-
000,000, the interest of which is to
form a fund for the support of the
college. It also provides that all edu
cational institutions and other matters
pertaining to public instruction shall
be under the supervision of the secre
tary of education. The bill was re
ferred to the committee on the Dis
trict of Columbia. A concurrent res
olution for the appointment of a joint
committee to consider the question of
finance, seven senators and seven rep
resentatives, was introduced by Mr.
Morgan, and went over till Wednes
day. The speech began Monday by
Mr. Peffer was concluded by him, and
the senate was addressed on the silver
question by Mr. Stewart.
Twenty-Sixth Day.—In the senate,
Wednesday morning, a bill was intro
duced by Mr. Cullom and referred to
the finance committee for the repeal
of all acts for'the creation or mainte
nance of a sinking fund. A report
was made from the committee on priv
ileges and elections for the payment
of $2,500 to each of the three claim
ants for seats under the appointment
of governors, and it was referred to
the committee on contingent ex
penses. The resolution for a 11
o’clock meeting was presented,
and Mr. Voorhees, who had
offered it withdrew it, stating that he
did so after consultation with the
friends of the repeal bill on the dem
ocratic side who thought that if the
time of the senate was occupied care
fully and conscientiously, as much
progress could be made. Mr. Mor
gan’s resolution for a joint select com
mittee on finance was taken up, and
Mr. Voorhees having suggested its
reference to the finance committee,
Mr. Morgan argued against the sug
gestion, stating that the purpose of
the resolution was to supercede the
finance committees in each house and
substitute the joint select committee
for them.
Twf.nty-Seventh Day.—In the sen
ate, Thursday morning, after the dis
position of some routine business, Mr.
Voorhees moved to proceed Jo, the
consideration of the bill to repeal the
Sherman act. In connection with that
motion, Mr. Morgan said that al
though he had intended to ask a vote
on his resolution for a joint select
committee ou finance, he did not wish
to antagonize the chairman of the
finance committee. He had had some
conference with Voorhees, and had
agreed not to press his resolution. The
senate then, without any objection,
took up the repeal bill, Mr. Stewart
being entitled to the floor to continue
his speech. Mr. Stewart, however,
offered to forego his right tem
porarily in favor of Mr. Walthall,
who desired to address the senate.
Mr. Walthall expressed his willingness
to co-operate in prompt action ou the
bill, and suggested a simple mode to
promote it—that to put into the form
of enactment the declaration of policy
made in the bill. If that were done
the bill could be passed in half the
time. He said the purchasing clause
of the Sherman law did not cause the
present financial conditions, but was
the culmination causeB. Other coun
tries which had no Sherman law were
suffering just as much. He was sure
repeal would lead to a single gold:
standard in America. The people of
Mississippi were bimetallists and bo-
ieved in free and unlimited coinage
of silver. Great interest was mani
fested in Walthall’s remarks,and there
were only a few vacant seats on the
floor.
Passes the House of Commons and
First Beading in Haase of Lords.
A London cable dispatch says: The
house of commons agreed-to suspend
the 12 o’clock rule Friday night in
order that the third reading of the
home rule bill might be concluded be
fore adjournment. The principal
speakers were Justin McCarthy, John
Morley and Chamberlain and Balfour,
The time having arrived for the third
reading of the bill, the speaker form
ally put the motion and ordered a di
vision of the house. Mr. Gladstone
was the first to record his vote, and
Mr. Morley was the last. Each wi
given an ovation, as was also Balfour.
The division resulted; For the mo
tion, 301; against, 2G7.
When the figures were announce
the Irish members sprang to their feet
and cheered wiidi:, waving hats and
handkerchiefs and ’. like, while the
opposition members raised their coun
ter cheers and shouts of “resign
resign!”
The house then adjourned. Imme
diately after the sitting of the house
of lords was resumed and five minutes
later the home rule bill passed it on
the first reading.
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.
THE NEWS IN GENERAL.
Conieissi (ram Our Is! -Iwrian
TelegrajMe AMces
And Presented In Pointed and Rcada
hie Paragraphs.
the house.
Twenty-Fourth Day.—In the house
Tuesday the consideration of the rules
was continued. Nearly every member
was engaged iu the discussion.
Twenty-Fifth Day.—The session of
the house was taken up in the further
consideration of the rules.
Twenty-Sixth Day—There were not
more than a hundred members pres
ent when the house was called to order
Wednesday morning. Mr. Talbert,
of South Carolina, asked leave to in
troduce a bill for the enlargement of
the volume of the currency. Mr.
Brosius, Pennsylvania, objected. The
house then resumed consideration of
the new code of rules, the pending
question being the Kyle amendment,
striking from the rules the clause
making one hundred members a quo
rum in committee of the whole. Mr.
Kyle’s motion was agreed to, 11S to
61.
Twenty-Seventh Day.—The consid
eration of the rules were continued in
the house Thursday.
QUIET AT COAL CREEK.
Governor Taruey to Remove the Garri
son of State Troops Stationed There.
Governor Turney, of Tennessee, after
an examination into the situation at
Coal Creek, says he has decided to re
move within a week the garrison of
state troops that has been for eighteen
months stationed there. In their place
will be stationed a civil guard of
twenty men, and at Big Mountain half
as many. He thinks there will not be
any more trouble.
A New York special says: The last
trace of acute stringency in the money
market disappeared Tuesday, there be
ing no premium on cash. The banks
are now paying ont cash freely.
The ingrain department of the Low
ell Manufacturing company at'Lowell,
Mass., started up Tuesday. The cot
ton department of the Hamilton mill
also started and the print works will
start in a few pays.
Advices of Tuesday from Moscow,
Kussia, say that thirty-five students,
eight professors and five women of
rank have been arrested there on sus
picion that they were implicated iu a
nihilist plot against the czar’s life.
The large plant of the Olive Iron
and Steel Company and the Haines-
worth Steel Company at Pittsburg, Pa.,
were plaeed in operation Monday
morning with non-union forces suffi
cient to operate every department.
Monday the National Tube Works
Company, at McKeesport, Pa., re
sumed operations in another puddlmj
department, comprising twenty-two
furnaces, and Tuesday morning the
continuous rolls of the finishing de
partment resumed.
A San Francisco, Cal., dispatch of
Wednesday says: The bark Colusa,
sugar laden, from Kalmlui, has been
now out forty-nine, and is twenty
days due. The Colusa and cargo are
worth about $200,000. There is con
siderable uneasiness about her non
appearance.
Fire destroyed a seven-story brick
block and part of the adjoining blocks
in New York City Wednesday. The
locality is a densely populated tene
ment district. The buildings burned
were full of “sweat shops.” Nobody
was hurt, but the entire district was in
a panic for several hours. Loss, $150.
000.
Dr. H. 0. Hooker, for eight years
past superintendent of the Arkansas
insane asylum at Little Bock, tendered
his resignation to the state board of
charitable institutions Tuesday to take
effect at once. Dr. Hooker declines
to give his reasons. It was one of the
best conducted asylums in-the whole
country, and has a national reputa
tion.
The statement of personal affairs of
Hon. Charles Foster, twice governor
of Ohio and ex-secretary of the treas
ury was filed by the assignee, J.. B.
Gormiey, at Bucyrus, O., Wednesday.
The report shows total net assets of
$622,849, total appraisements of $414,-
258. The liabilities are : Bills payable
$75,800; and overdrafts’ on Foster &
Co.’s bank $135,000.
The free bridge commissioners
Tuesday rejected all bids received for
the building of the free bridge across
the Arkansas river at Little Bock, the
bids being considered excessive. The
lowest bid was $545,000. This prac
tically defeats the free bridge question
in that city for some time to come.
It has been a bone of contention "be
tween prominent rival' factions for
several years past. ■'
The national World’s fair'Commis
sion at Chicago, Wednesday,'received
the report of the special investigating
committee exonerating Commissioner
Mercer, of Wyoming, from the
charges of dishonorable conduct and
finding Commissioner Beesone, of
Oklahoma, guilty of dishonorable aJsts.'
The report was adopted with only one
dissenting voice.
The republicans, who are prohibi
tionists, the most important political
question "before the people of Iowa,
held a state convention at DesMoines,
Tuesday, and parted company with
the regular republican organization
for the remainder of the campaign by
nominating a candidate for governor
and repudiating the • liquor plank
adopted at the August convention.
Three hundred delegates and 1,500
visitors were in attendance.
NEWS FROM PORT ROYAL.
Hany More Dead Bodies Being Found
and Unceremoniously Buried.
A special from Port Royal, S. C.,
states that the islands around Port
Royal and Beaufort presented a sad
der scene Friday than was that of
Thursday, The waters have begun
receding rapidly, and as they disap
pear, leaving the land in view, pictures
of desolation and destruction multi
ply. Dead bodies are being found on
all portions of every one of the islands
and in most instances decomposition
has gone so far that anything like a
certain recognition is almost impos
sible.
The discovery of the bodies is sad
enough but the burial which they arc
given enhances the sadness of the
story. No one has time now to join a
funeral cortege unless the funeral be
that of a member of his own family.
Those who have not lost by death a
relative are kept busy repairing the
damage to their property or saving what
they can from the wreckage. The dead,
when found, are left on the ground
where discovered until grave diggers
can be secured. Then a shallow
hole is made in the earth by scooping
out tbe mud. No digging is now
necessary, as the earth' is almost a
puddle for from two to ten feet-. The
hole once made the body is dumped
in without coffin or clergy and the
mud trampled back again. Sometimes
the discoveries are so frequent and the
burials so multiplied that mort ~ than
one body is placed in the same hole.
The Drift of Her Progress and Pros
perity Briefly Noted
Happenings of Interest Portrayed in
Pithy Paragraphs.
An important railway deal was com
menced Wednesday at Memphis, Ten®.
It is the attachment of the Memphis
<fc Little Bock railroad to the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia.
The Richmond, Va., local optionists
won in Tuesday's election by 142 ma
jority, in a total vote of 3,509, there
by carrying the city against licensing
the sale of intoxicating liquors.
The Clark Foundry and Machine
Works at Knoxville, Tenn., were de
stroyed by fire shortly after midnight
Wednesday night. Fire had been left
in the coke ovens. The loss is $20,000,
but is said to be fully insured.
Five car loads of negroes passed
through Memphis, Tuesday, on the
Kansas City, Memphis and Birmin;
liam railroad, making 1,200 in all.
They came from around Birmingham
and were destined for the mines in
Kansas.
Leidy & Co., retail hats, and one of
the oldest firms in Memphis, Tenn..
made an assignment Tuesday. Liabili
ties, $31,185 ; assets nominally, $12,
000. ’ W. L. Cooper is the assignee.
The creditors are principally New
York hat houses.
Two assignments were made
Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday. Cohen,
Collier & Co., wholesale clothiug and
notion dealers, failed for $55,000; as
sets nominally the same. S. Mason,
who is attorney, also failed, owing
$30,000; assets $23,000.
A boiler connected with A1 Brun-
field’s grist mill, at Hart’s Creek, in
Lincoln county, Va., exploded Tues
day morning. John H. Boyd was in
stantly killed and the wife of Brunfield
received injuries from which she died
later. Six other people, whose names
are not given, were badly hurt.
The American National bank at
Nashville, Tenn., re-opened its doors
Tuesday after being closed nearly four
weeks. Only $7,000 was withdrawn,
while the deposits amounted to $360,
000. The First National will also
open on Monday and has promises
support. Both of these banks were
absolutely sound, but closed because
of a threatened run.
AKaleigh, N. C., special of Tuesday
says: The executive committee of the
State Liquor Dealers’ Association has
called a special meeting of the associa
tion for Charlotte on November 7th.
One of the objects is to appoint a can
vasser who will visit all the dealers
and distillers and induce them to join
the association. It is found impossi
ble to otherwise reach the distillers.
A Nashville special of Tuesday says:
J. 1 J. Pryor, assignee of the Mechanics’
bank, has brought suit to collect the
life insurance on three policies trans
ferred by the late defaulting cashier,
John Scharat. The suits are against
the Pennsylvania Mutual and Phila
delphia for $12,500; the United States
of New York for $20,000 and the Mu
tual, of New Y’ork, for $30,000.
State Comptroller James A. Harris
and Captain Keller Anderson met in
consultation at Knoxville, Tenn..
Tuesday regarding the funds necessa
ry to remove the standing army from
Coal Creek. Everything is now in
readiness and it is understood that the
move will be made in a few days.
There seems to be no fear of further
trouble, though no one can tell what
a day may bring forth.
The forecast of the crop returns of
the North Carolina agricultural de
partment for September shows a de
preciation of prospects of 25 per cent,
from the August report. This is
caused by the recent fearful cyclone
that passed over the state; The dam
age was done by severe winds and
floods. Tobacco suffered more than
any other crop. Corn and cotton also
Were greatly damaged.
LABOR DAT.^
Its Observance Genera Throughout
the Countr.
Perfect weather charcterized Labor
Day in New York. A the big manu
factories shut down; ill wholesale es
tablishments, bnsinss exchanges,
downtown offices anemost of the re
tail shops closed, lie labor parade
moved from Cooper Tnion at Eighth
street to the battery. Tha labor lead
ers calculate that 15)00 men were in
line. No disturbanc of any kind has
been reported. In rooklyn the pa
rade was one of th« largest ever held.
By special orders tfe leaders prevent
ed any flag from baig carried, except
the stars and strips and trades ban
ners.
AT WASF^GTON.
Labor Day was /'served in Wash
ington by an excii ion of the brick
layers’ associatioi i to Bay Bidge,
where the exoursmists were joined
by the electricians- assembly and the
horseshoers’ assocation. The only
parade consisted c the march of the
bricklayers’ assocition from its head
quarters to the deiot, accompanied by
a band of music. A large number of
individuals from ihe other organiza
tions of the city pined the Bay Kidge
excursion party.
COLUMBIA CELEBRATES.
The day was caebrated at Colum
bia, S. C., in graad style. Being le
gal holiday, stab offices and banks
were closed. Buiness also was gen
erally suspended. There was a grand
parade of union- and citizens. State
musie was furniaed by battalion B,
of Charlotte, N C. The exercises
consisted of addresses, bicycle races
and other spon and a big barbecue.
The exercises wire attended by an im
mense crowd of people.
There was alo a grand celebration
of Labor Day st Florence, S. C.
At Chattanocga, Tenn., two thous
and men in lins marched through the
crowded streeti to Electric park,where
Labor Day wai appropriately celebra
ted. Every oie had a pleasant time
and the weath<r was fine. There was
no other demonstration.
Alj CINCINNATI.
Labor lay celebration at Cincin
nati was aaead of those of any previ
ous year. The parade was the great
feature oi the morning. The various
unions gtthered at the Garfield statue
and with flying banners and gay
badges marched through the principal
streets d'sba’iding at the city hall.
About sir thousand men were in line.
BIG PROCESSION IN LOUISVILLE.
Labor Day demonstration at Louis
ville, Ky., was the largest in the his
tory of the eity. Between 10,000 and
16,000 were in line. The weather was
beautiful.
the women rescued.
/
They Were Passengers on the Wrecked
I Sbamer Savannah.
At 2j o’click Friday the tug Paulsen
Savannah with all of the
laly passengers of the City
(vanni.h safe aboard. A great re
ception wts extended them. When
the tug w.8 sighted the news ran like
wild-fire over the city. A great crowd
quickly assembled on tbe wharf below
the city exchange. As the Paulsen
cami up she was saluted by tugs and
other steam crafts in the river. Marine
glasies showed that the decks of the
pufing little boat were crowded.
A numl >er of them were taken off
Ha’bor is land and tho others from
Hunting island. At the former place
they were the guests at Senator Don
Cameron’s winter home, and at the
latter they were cared for at the homes
of the lighthouse keepers.
The women looked dilapidated when
they came off the tug. None had a
ange of clothes when they left the
eck and some had only their
ght dresses. These were provided
by the islanders, but not with
hionable garments. All the ladies
re browned by the sun and the sea
;ay. They tell the experiences of
idr trip through the breakers in the
S H1 boats. The sailors worked nobly
f 1 skilfully. Their passengers were
soaked through and through but that
ivas no novel experience after the day
and night in the rigging.
WRECKED BY A CYCLONE
A Houston, Tex., dispatch of Tues
day says: A reduction iu force has just
gone into effect along the Southern
Pacific from El Paso to New Orleans. II
The reason is that there is very litthji >
business being done and a smallejri A Louisiana Town I)emolished---Five
force is competent to handle -it. ; Thlr Persons Lose Their Lives,
reduction effect a large number of men*. A severe cyclone struck the pretty
however, and is applicable, for thi little town of Lockport, La.,on Bayou
most part, to telegraph operators ank Lafourche, at about 9 o’clock Thurs-
men doing clerical work in the generj|_ lav morning and left a mass of ruins
office.
A Jackson, Miss., special of Wedn
day says: The board of control,
ter a thorough investigation of all
charges preferred against the prii
management and M. L. Jenkins, w
den, has arrived at the conclusion t'
the charges were not sustained by t r, a
evidence. The warden was fully exi- ( -
erated. Messrs. McLaurin and . a-
kew voted against it, and GoverrLr
Stone and Attprney General Johnson
voted in the affirmative.
A dispatch of Wednesday born
Montgomery, Ala., says: The ,j
legislature passed an act requirini^yw '
convicts to be taken out of the n( neg
where they are now being worked At
meeting of the board of convict in
spectors a tract of laud eonti>j,inrr
twenty-tour hundred acres were B'ject?
ed and purchased. The land is near
Springner’s, on tbe Louisville and
Nashville railroad, where the convicts
are to be carried as rapidly as tie law
will permit.
The Memphis CommerciaLt crop
report for Mississippi, Tennessee and
Arkansas, published Thursday shows
reduction in the cotton croj j n the
Memphis district below formerlimits.
The continued drought is flaying
havoc wilh the cotton plant, ln d un
less it rains within a few c n vs the
damage will be still greater. n addi
tion to tbe drought and col[ nights
the boll-worms :, have added n reduc
ing the yield. Corn will m£ te three-
fourths of an average. i,
and desolution. ' Strong winds had
*been raging £he whole night long, ac
companied by rain. No serious results
were apprehended until the wind shift-
11* ed suddenly to the southwest and blew
at a terrible rate, carrying everything
in its path.
A number of residences and stores
were demolished and many other build
ings were badly damaged. Besides the
five people killed, a large number were
more or less seriously wounded.
On the Southern Pacific railroad be
tween Bayou Sale and Franklin, 100
miles west of New Orleans, half a mile
of telephone poles were blown down,
destroying telegraphic communication
wi|h Texas by that route. Between
New Orleans and Mobile twelve of the
fifteen wires along the Louisville and
Nashville road have gone down and
along the Illinois Central railroad the
wires are badly wrecked. High winds
are reported from Baton Rouge and
Amite City, La. k and Mississippi City,
on the gulf coast.
A STAY LAW WANTED.
An Iron Trust Organic.
The organization was completed at
Dulnth, Minn., Tuesday, of the Lake
Superior Consolidated Iron jompanv,
a corporation which will hjve much
the same relation to the Be&emer iron
ore trade of America that ,he Stand
ard Oil company has to the pil trade.
It will control fully nine-te,ths of the
productive mining capacity f or Besse
mer ores of the United Sates. The
company has made an a-reement to
maintain a standard of pices. The
prices will be 6uch as wj] preclude
the possibility of compeuion bv the
deep, hard ore mines o the older
ranges.
Cholera in Jersey ,'ity.
A New York special of Friday, says:
The health inspector of Jersey City
announces officially that he death of
Martin Crowe, at the Je iey Citv hos
pital, was caused by Aiatrc cholera.
Another case—that of Mrs. Skoda
Black—suspected to be offering freim
the same disease, is stil’ gnder inves
tigation, I
South Carolina Farmers Reqnest an
Extra Session of tbe Legislature.
The farmers are becoming alarmed
at the likelihood of having to market
their cotton at present prices and
the Mechanicville Alliance unani
mously adopted the following:
Whereas, The money sharks and
goldbqgs have contracted the volume
of money so that there is practically
no money in the country to move the
cotton crop; and,
Whereas, Congress does not seem to
intend to give the necessary relief in
time to save ns from bankruptcy;
therefore, be it
“Resolved, That we earnestly appeal
to the governor of South Carolina to
call an extra session of the legislatnre,
not later than September 15th, to pass
a stay law on all debts falling due on
or before November loth, so that we
may be enabled to pay our debts with
out bankrupting ourselves and starv
ing onr wives and children.
“Resolved, That under the present
conditiuns there is no way whereby we
can meet our debts without sacrificing
our homes and property, which we do
not propose to do. Takes onr lives,
but do not starve onr wives and chil
dren. ”
OUR LATEST DISPATCHES
A Magical Canine Critic,
Tie Hanpenings ol a Day Chronicled in
Brief and Concise Paragraphs
And Containing tie Gist of the Xew9
From All Parts of the World.
The Troy City, N. Y., paper mill
after two months’ suspension, resumed
work Thursday.
The Peabody mills, at Newburyport.
Mass., started up Thursday morning
with four hundred hands.
Hon. Hamilton Fish, ex-secretary of
state, died at his country residence at
Garrison, N. Y., Thursday.
The Collins mills, of Collinsville,
Mass., started up with all hands ni
work, Wednesday, after a four weeks’
shutdown.
.A Montgomery special says: The
state of Alabama raised the quarantine
against all cities Wednesday night
and a hundred quarantine agents have
been withdrawn.
Pittsburg and Lake Angeline mine,
at Ishpeming, Mich., which has been
working on two-thirds time, has
placed the miners and surface men on
full time again.
The business portion of the town of
White Cottage, Ohio, was almost to
tally destroyed by Fire Wednesday.
The loss will amount to $70,000; in
surance probably one-tbird.
Seven seamen who shipped at Swan
sea, Wales, on the steamship Etna for
Russian ports, have died of the chol
era. The ship had a large number of
Mecca pilgrims. About two hundred
of these died aboard the ship.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the West Point Terminal
Company was held at New York
Thursday. Mr. Lynch, of New York,
was elected chairman. No business
was transacted and the meeting ad
journed to October 19th.
The Yourtree ore mine and the
Russellville coal mines, of Alabama,
which suspended about two months
ago, will resume operations on full
time. About two thousand men will
be given work. The companies have
contracts enough ahead to run the
mines night and day for six months.
Reports were received at Arkansas
City, Thursday, that the troops sta
tioned in the Cherokee outlet have
driven out the “sooners” by firing the
grass. It is claimed that many “soon
er” were burned, only those having
horses escaping. A great deal of in
dignation is felt in Arkansas City over
the action of the troops.
Cashier M. J. Bofferding, of the
Bank of Minneapolis, committed sui
cide Thursday morning by shooting
himself. It is supposed he took his
life because of sensitiveness over the
recent absconding of Paying Teller
Phil M. Scheig with $15,000 of the
bank’s money. President Kirby, of
tbe bank, declares that Bofferding’s
accounts are perfectly straight.
A cable dispatch of Thursday from
Berlin states that the Rhine has been
proclaimed officially to be infected
with cholera, and bathing in it is for
bidden. All the public baths along its
banks have been ordered closed and
the authorities of all the towns in the
Rhine valley have been instructed to
adopt stringent measures to prevent
the use of the river water for domestic
purposes.
A New York dispatch of Thursday
says: The Commercial Cable com
pany and tbe South American Tele
graph, 37 and 39 Wall street, posted
a notice that the Brazilian government
has suspended all telegraphic com
munication to and from Brazil for the
present. This order however will not
interfere with telegrams passing
through Brazil for points beyond. No
explanation for the order is given.
A London cable dispatch of Thurs
day says: The Manchester and Shef
field Railway Company has given no
tice that on account of the scarcity of
fuel, caused by the miners’ strike, they
have suspended the services of fifty-
five trains. The Midland Railway
Company has taken off' fourteen trains
for the same reason. Each company
had already curtailed its train service
in consequence of the coal famine.
A head-end. collision between a milk
train on the Chicago, Pittsburg and
Fort Wayne railroad and an eastbound
passenger train on the Pan Handle or
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and
St. Louis railroad, Thursday, killed
twelve persons and injured as many
more. The baggage and smoking car
of the eastbound passenger train was
ground to pieces and from this most of
the killed and injured were taken.
A Columbia, S. C., special says:
Governor Tillman Thursday afternoon,
made reply to the decree of United
States Cirt Judge Simonton,imprison
ing his constable, Swann, for seizing
a barrel of whisky „at the South Caro
lina depot. The governor says the
decree is intended to bring tbe admin
istration of the dispensary law into
disrepute and to paralyze the state
constables in their efforts to prevent
the importation of contraband liquors
into the state. He 6ays it is so “il
logical, prejudiced and tyrannical that
he feels constrained against his will
to criticise it.”
THE PRESIDENT’S RETURN.
Siam Paying Indemnity.
The Paris Temps received advice
from Saigon Monday that the French
warship, Latin, has arrived there with
2,500,000 francs, to be used in com
pleting the payment of Siajn’s indem
nity to France.
The Sojourn at Gray Gables Benefi
cial to All.
President Cleveland, accompanied
bp Mrs. Cleveland, their daughter,
Ruth, nurse and maid, arrived in
Washington Friday morning from
Buzzard’s Bay, Mass.
The party were met by Secretary
Thurber with carriages and driven to
the white house in a drenching rain.
Mr. Thurber was afterward asked as
to the general health of the party and
he replied that everybody was feeling
first rate, and that the sojourn at Gray-
Gables. had been beneficial to all.
Mr. Cleveland, in particular, was in
excellent spirits. His eye was bright
and his complexion clear, and he look
ed vigorous and strong.
GOES RIGHT TO VTOBK.
Mr. Cleveland’s first day at the
white house after his absence at the
sea shore, was spent in the hardest of
work. After breakfast, the president
went to his office, and from half past
nine until haif past eleven, he and
Private Secretary Thurber disposed of
a very large amount of accumulated
public business.
A CABINET MEETING.
At half past eleven the babinet meet
ing began, and lasted until one o’clock.
All the cabinet officers were present,
except Secretary Smith. The silver
question was discussed with reference
to the chances for repeal by the sen
ate, and the president expressed him
self as satisfied that his recommenda
tions would be carried out. Another
most important question considered
was the condition of the treasury, but
no definite plan of relief was dienssed
with any -view to immediate action.
A wonderful story of a French musi
cal critic is related by persons who
profess to have been acquainted with
him and to have seen him in attend
ance on musical performances. He
was a dog, and his name in public was
Parade. Whether he had a different
name at home was neyer known. At
the beginning of the French revolution
he went every day to tho military
parade in front of the Tuileries palace.
He marched with the musicians, halt
ed with them, listened knowingly to
their performances, and after the pa
rade disappeared, to return promptly
at parade time the next day.
Gradually the musicians became at
tached to this devoted listener. They
named him Parade, and one or another
of them always invited him to dinner.
He accepted the invitations and was 3
pleasant guest. It was discovered
that after dinner he always attended
the theatre, where he seated himself
calmy in a corner of the orchestra and
listened critically to the music.
If a new piece was played, he notic
ed it instantly and paid the strictest
attention. If the piece had fine,
melodious passages, he showed his
joy to the best of his doggish ability,
but if the piece was ordinary and un
interesting he yawned, stared about
the theatre and unmistakably express
ed his disapproval. — Youth's Com
panion.
Even Machines Must Rest.
To the town council of Southport,
England, belongs the honor of having
reduced Sabbatarianism to an absurdi
ty. Not content with decreeing that
all shop-keepers shall rest from their
labors on Sunday, this delightful body
has decided that the same rule shall
apply to automatic machines. Six
days these overworked automatons may
labor, but on the seventh day they
must disregard the pennies introduced
into their interior on pain of fine or
imprisonment.—Exchange.
Spanish Courtesy.
In Spain a person who seats himself
at a table where there are others seat
ed salutes them on sitting down and
rising. Even when seating himself in
a park or garden, near to others, he
lifts his hat and repeats the courtesy
when he leaves.
Electric Wires and Rain.
Professor Wiggins believes that tel
egraph wires cause drought; that tho
atmosphere cannot absorb moisture
unless it is charged with electricity
and that upon an oblate spheroid like
the earth the electricity will inevitably
collect at the eqnator. In this way ho
explains the frequency of the rains at
the equator. “If, however,” he says,
“there be elevated spots on a sphere,
electricity will collect on them. Should
these spots or continents be connected
by wires, it might accumulate on each
alternately. This has happened, anii
America lias all of the electric energy,
and Europe has lost it, so that our
continent is flooded, and Europe is
burned up with drought.” His con
clusion from all this is that electric
wires should be buried.—Chicago
Tribune.
A Jlitigsting Circumstance.
Pastor—Is it a fact that you throw
your boots at your wife, and that she
pounds you with the broom-stick?
Husband—Yes; but sometimes we
change about, and I pound her with
the broom-handle, and she bounces
the boots on me. — Texas Siftings.
Thr* True Laxative Principle
Of the plants used in manufacturing the pleas
ant remedy. Syrup of Figs, has a permanently
beneficial effect on the human system, while
the cheap vegetable extracts and mineral solu
tions, usually sold as medicines, are perma
nently injurious. Being well informed, you
will use the true remedy only. Manufactured
by the California Fig byrup Co.
You can’t tell much about a man's religion
by the noise he makes at ramp meeting.
Many persons are broken down from over
work or household car s. Brown's Tron Bit
ters rebuilds the sy-tem, aids digestion, re
moves excess of bile, and cures malaria. A
splendid tonic for women and children.
When you talk to a man about his sins don’t
stand ovtr him with a club.
as mercury wi.l surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole system
when entering it through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable nhy-ician«, as the
damage they will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh
< ure manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, O., contain4 no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood rnd
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
Hall’s <'at;irrh Cure be snretoget the genuine,
it is taken internally, and is made in Toledo,
Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & < ’o. T« timonials free.
dfSoid by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
Beecham's Pills cure indigestion and consti
pation. Beccham's—no others 25 cents a box.
QIOIGIQ
Don’t Blame the Cook
If a baking powder is not uniform in strength,
so that the same quantity will always do the same
work, no one can know how to use it, and uni
formly good, light food cannot be produced with it.
All baking powders except Royal, because
improperly compounded and made from inferior
materials, lose their strength quickly when the can
is opened for use. At subsequent bakings there
will be noticed a falling off in strength. The food
is heavy, and the flour, eggs and butter wasted.
It is always the case that the consumer suffers
in pocket, if not in health, by accepting any sub
stitute for the Royal Baking Powder. The Royal
is the embodiment of all the excellence that it is
possible to attain in an absolutely pure powder.
It is always strictly reliable. It is not only more
economical because of its greater strength, but
will retain its full leavening power, which no
other powder will, until used, and make more
wholesome food.
Syrup”
Mr. Albert Hartley of Hudson,
N. C., was taken with Pneumonia.
His brother had just died from it.
When he found his doctor could not
rally him he took one bottle of Ger
man Syrup and came out sound and
well. Mr. S. B. Gardiner, Clerk
with Druggist J. E. Barr, Aurora,
Texas, prevented a bad attack of
pneumonia by taking German Syrup
in time. He was in the business
and knew the danger. He used the
great remedy—Boschee’s German
Syrup—for lung diseases. ®
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gentlest of the deities; thou peace of the mindE
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No Alkalies
— OR —
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It has more than three t imes
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i with Starch, Arrowroot or
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It is delicious, nourishing, and easily
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tracted a severe case of blood poi- B
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after medicine, which I took without any relief.
I also tried mercurial and potash remedies,
with unsuccessful results, but which brought
on an attack of mercurial rheumatism that
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poisoning to-day on the market.”
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Or use of painful, burning, poisonous plas
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Consumptive* and people
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