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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. We Core Rupture. No matter of how long standing. Write for free treatise, testimonials, etc., to S. J. Hollensworth '& Co., Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y. Price $1; by mail, $1.16. THE TESTIMONIALS We publish are not pur chased, nor written up in our office, nor fnira our employes. They are facts, proving that Hood's Cures. “For over twen ty years 1 have sufierei ft with neuralgia, rheuma tism and dyspepsia. Many times I could no: turn in bed. Hood's Sarsaparilla has done- Mrs* Burt* me a vast amount o! good. 1 am 72 years old and enjoy good health which l attribute to Hood s Sarsaparilla.*' Mbs. E. M. Bukt, W. Kendall. N. Y. Be sure to get HOOD S Hood’s 5 ’, r >Cures dache. ! Huod’i Pill* cure sick headache. 35 cent*. 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. 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