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What Pearls are Made of.
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Very few people are aware that the
pearl-oyster is not in any way like the
oysters which we eat. It is of an en
tirely different species, and, as a mat
ter of fact, the shells of the so-called
pearl-oysters are of far more value to
those engaged in “pearl-fishing” than
the pearls. There are extensive pearl
fisheries in the Gulf of California, and
some of the finest pearls have been
taken from these waters. In 1881 one
pearl, a black one, was sold for $10,-
000, and every year since that time
many pearls have been taken from the
beds in the California Gulf valued at
over $7,500 each. But such “finds”
are very rare, and, as a rule, the
pearls which are brought up are of
very little value. The shells, howev-
are very valuable; most of them are
shipped to Europe, where they are
manufactured into ornaments, knife
handles, buttons, and the hundreds of
other articles for which “mother-of-
pearl is used.
Another fact concerning the pearl-
oyster and the pearl itself is very little
understood. I have, seen a book of
infraction both in this country and in
England the statement that “the for
mation of the pearl in the oyster shell
is caused by a disease of the oyster”
and the statement is more or less gen
erally believed, as is also the erronious
inference to be be drawn from it, that
the oyster refered to is the edible oys
ter. The mother-of-pearl is nothing
more than a series of layers of nacre
ous matter deposited by the oyster
upon the interior of the shell, and the
pearl itself is a perfectly accidental for
mation. It is caused by a similar de-
posit of nacre around some foreign
object. This foreign substance may be
a grain of sand, a parasite, or some
similar object; but most authorities
agree that it is more unusually an unde
veloped egg of the oyster around
which this natural deposit is thrown.
The largest pearl ever found meas
ured two inches long, and weighed
three ounces. This is of Eastern origin.
The largest found in the Gulf of Cali
fornia did not exceed an inch and a
quarter long, and was somewhat larg
er than the egg of a bluebird. Many
of the Colifornia pearls are black and
speckled. These are considered more
valuable than the white pearls in Eu-
rope, but the most highly prized
pearls of all aro pink.—Harper's
Young People.
Hauling Down the Flag.
P. P. Elder was speaker of the house
of representatives in Kansas when
Windom and General Sherman died in
1861. Windom died twenty-four hours
before Sherman, and the flag on the
statehouse was pulled half way down.
When the news came of the great
general’s death, the sergeant-at-arms
rushed in and asked Elder what he
should do.
“Put the flag half mast,” said Elder.
“But it is already at half mast for
Windom,” explained the sergeant-at-
arms.
“Then pull it the reBt of the way
down, you goose,” exclaimed Elder
petulantly.—t 'h ievgo In ter- Ocean.
A i, ad of fifteen applied for the po
sition of office boy in a down-town
house.
* ‘Can you rend and write and spell,
and are you honest?” asked the em
ployer.
“Yes, sir.”
“How old are you?”
“Fifteen.”
“We pay such a boy two dollars a
week, and ho finds himself.”
“All right. I’ll take the job on one
condition.”
“What’s that?”
“I’ll take care of the reading, writ
ing and spelling, but you’ve got to
look out for the honesty ’till I get a
raise of wages.”—Exchange.
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CONGRESS IN SESSION.
The Daily Routine of Both Houses
Briefly Epitomized.
What Is Being Done to Allay Finan
cial Depression and Bring Relief.
Thirtieth Day.—In the senate,
Monday, Mr. Cameron was present for
the first time since early in the session.
Mr. Hill was also present after ten
day’s absence. Mr. Peffer presented a
petition from Pennsylvania praying
that gold and silver and paper money
issued by the government be based on
labor. He also rose to a personal ex
planation saying he introduced a bill
for the establishment of a college of
science in Washington the other day at
the request of the author, and himself
was not resposible for it. Mr. Dolph
presented a petition from the Metho
dist conference, recently in session in
Albany, Ga., for the repeal of the
Gary act. Cameron and Quay presen
ted numerous petitions for free coin
age of silver.
Thirty-First Dat. —The vice pres
ident laid before the senate Tuesday
morning the reply to the resolution
calling for information about the pur
chase of silver and class of money paid
out for it. It stated that no silver was
bought with certificates redeemable in
gold since March 4, 1893. Stewart’s
resolution introduced Monday was
called up and and he asked that it go
over till Wednesday, which took
away the expected chance of
an exciting time. The repeal
bill was taken up, and Mitchell,
of Oregon, addressed the senate in
opposition.
Thirty-Second Day—In the absence
of the vice president, the senate was
presided over Wednesday by Mr. Har
ris, president pro tern of the senate.
A bill for a bimetallic money system
was introduced by Mr. Peffer, by re
quest, but was referred to the finance
committee. It provides that all the
paper money of prior issue hereafter
paid out by the United States treasury
shall be stamped “Redeemable in
equal sums of gold and silver or in
United States treasury notes thus re
deemable.” The resolution offered last
Monday by Stewart for a committee
of inquiry as to senators holding
stock of national banks, or being in
terested in them was taken up and
Stewart made an argument in defense
of his resolution.
Thirty-Third Day.—Numerous pe
titions were presented in the senate
Thursday morning favoring the free
coinage at different ratios. Faulkner
offered an amendment to the Wilson
repeal bill outlined in his speech the
other day and asked it to be printed
in Record. It provides for three mil
lion silver dollars, 412 1-2 grains
weight, to he coined every month
until $800,000,000 is coined and
directs the way in which pur
chases shall be made and money
issued. It also provides for the
gradual redemption of national
hank notes until no currency ol
that description is in circulation
smaller than the denomination of ten
dollars. The Wilson bill was then
called up and Mr. Daniel, of Virginia,
began his speech. He was glad to
note how, when the acute panic was
over, it was easy to see the Sherman
law had nothing to do with sending
away gold, and the threatened repeal
had been in no earthly use in bring
ing it back. The conditions brought
about by the panic were the enormous
increase of debt, unprecedented in
lowering prices, that had been going
on for twenty years, and contempora
neous destruction of the money powei
of silver.
the house.
Thirtieth Day—In the house Mon
day the chaplain prayed that the life
of Mrs. Cleveland may be spared and
her little daughter attain the high type
of womanhood already reached by hei
distinguished mother. Murray, col
ored member, asked unanimous con
sent for the introduction and immedi
ate consideration of a joint resolution
appropriating $20,000 for the aid of
the sufferers in the devastated portion
of South Carolina. It was referred
to the committee on appropriations.
The house adjourned at 2 :40.
Thirty-First Day.—In the house,
Tuesday, Mr. Hepburn, of Iowa, in
troduced a resolution, which was re
ferred to a committee on interstate
and foreign commerce, calling on the
secretary of the treasury for informa
tion as to the amount of merchandise
entering the United States over the
Canadian railways and waterways. A
resolution passed the house to take a
recess at 2 o’clock Monday next to at
tend the ceremonies of the centennial
of the laying of the corner stone oi
the capitol.
Thirty-Second Day—Mr. Denson,
of Alabama, offered a resolution in the
house Wednesday morning declaring
that whereas the house was ad
journing from day to day, while
the people were demanding ac
tion, the house should authorize the
banking and currency committee to
teport immediately a bill introduced
by McLaurin, of South Carolina, pro
viding for the issue of $125,000,000 in
treasury notes for the relief of the
people." it was objected to and went
over under the rule. Mr. Richardson,
of Tennessee, called up hisbill to regu
late the printing, binding and dis
tribution of public documents, and
asked its immediate consideration. It
was urged as a privileged matter. The
speaker ruled that it had no privileges
for immediate consideration. Mr.
Richardson then moved the bill be re
ferred to the house calendar. The
Everett bill to amend the Geary law
was considered and refered to a sub
committee consisting of McCreary,
Everett, Geary, Hitt and Hanner, and
then adjourned.
Thirty-Third Day.—The struggle
over the federal election repeal bill
was begun in the house Thursday
morning at the opening of the session
by the republicans, under the lead of
Burrows, who filibustered to prevent
the reception of the report from the
committee on election of president
and vice president in favor of the
Tucker bill. On Burrows’ motion to
dispense with the call of committees
for reports, republicans refrained from
voting, thus breaking a quorum. The
vote resulted, yeas 4, nays 106. The
call of the house was then ordered.
When the roll of absentees was in
progress every member for whom an
excuse was offered was excused from
attendance. This led Mr. Wilson, re
publican, of Washington, to ask wheth
er the absentees could not be excused
for absent members. The previous
question having been ordered, a half
hour of debate was had, after which
Mr. Turner’s resolution was adopted
and the house at 2:45 o’clock ad
journed.
MORE FEVER IN BRUNSWICK
Two Deaths irom the Dread Disease
Occurred Wednesday.
Another Hasty Exoilns from the City.
Other Places Quarantining.
Two deaths from yellow fever oc
curred in Brunswick Tuesday night.
The news fell upon the community
Wednesday morning like a pall, and
the city is again shrouded in gloom
and despair.
Charles Killian, a Gernfan shoe
maker, who has a little shop next to
Oglethorpe bank and who lives in the
rear of the building, was taken sick
Tuesday and died at 11 o’clock p. m.
Dr. Guiteras, the government expert,
was called in and pronounced it a
typical case of yellow jack. The other
was the case of a Swede named Ball
inger, who has been for several days
in the city hospital. The attending
physician did not think it yellow fe
ver, but Dr. Guiteras had the body
exhumed Boon after it was buried and
held an autopsy in company with Dr.
Dunwoody. Both agree that it was
yellow fever.
Another one of the Cox children, a
boy twelve years of age, is down with
the fever.
Another case is reported from one of
the tug boats in the harbor, and judg
ing from the conversation of the at
tending physician, it will develop into
3’ellow fever.
panic reigns.
The town is panic stricken again
and thousands are fleeing in terror.
All had hoped that the danger was
passed, and many, including one doc
tor, do not think there had been a
genuine case there at all. Dr. Guite
ras states that these cases have been
kept from him or he would never have
announced that the danger was proba
bly over. He says there is now grave
danger of an epidemic, and everybody
who is not absolutely free from danger
of taking it had best leave at once.
CONFIDENCE WAS RETURNING.
Business had just begun to settle
down. People were coming home on
every train. Laborers were getting
back to work and a hopefulness was
taking possession in all lines of trade.
It came now like the bursting of a
shell in a beseiged city when they
thought the enemy routed. All are
hoping for the best,but fear the worst.
QUARANTINING AGAIN.
The city sanitary board of Savan
nah held a meeting Wednesday night
and considered the official reports
which came from Dr. Guiteras. A
strict quarantine against Brunswick
was declared, and measures were taken
to enforce it at once.
Dr. Brunner received a private tele
gram Wednesday afternoon before
any other news of the prevalence of
yellow fever at Brunswick had reach
ed the city that two concealed cases
had been discovered. This, of course,
supports Dr. Brunner in the stand he
has taken that the removal of the
quarantine was improper, as he had
reason to believe that there were cases
concealed in that city. Now that the
quarantine has gone on again, he will
see that it is the most active and strin
gent that can be put into effect.
LAST TRAIN INTO WAYCROSS.
W ay cross quarantined against Bruns
wick Wednesday. The same schedule
used during the late excitement will
he in effect on the Brunwiek and West
ern railroad. The teminus will be at
Waynesville.
ALBANY SHUTS HER DOORS.
Mayor Gilbert, of Albany, received
a telegram from Mayor Lamb, of
Brunswick, announcing yellow fever.
As a result of this information Albany
has again instituted a qarantine against
shat city and it will be more rigid than
before.
LOOKS LIKE AN EPIDEMIC.
Dr. Guiteras said Thursday morn
ing that it looks very much like an
epidemic is threatened, though the
slow appearances of the disease is a
hopeful sign. Each death has been
complicated with weakness from other
illness.
APPEALED TO THE GOVERNOR.
Thursday morning Governor North
en received a letter from Mayor T. W.
Lamb, of Brunswick, asking for state
aid for the Brunswick sufferers. The
governor sent the following reply to
Mayor Lamb:
Dear Sik:--I have reail with deep regret the
news of the morning, making known the ap
pearance again of yellow fever in your city.
I deplore the fact liiat the state has not pro
vided medical authority upon which X could
call to render you soiree. Furlber. the slate
has not suppl e.l me with any fund upon which
I could draw for the care of the sick or for the
control of the disease. I am. therefore, power
iess to aid you in this way. If yon can suggest
to mo anything, within my power, for the aid
of your people an 1 help in this emergency,
either officially or personally, I will gladly ren
der the service. Very tiuly etc.,
W. J. Northfn, Governor.
Camp Haines will be inaugurated
and Surgeon MaGruder will take
charge. The people have little hope
of egress now until after frost. The
following bnlletm of the board ol
health explains itself:
To the l’ublie: The hoard of health an
nounces there are two cases of yellow fever
now under treatment in the city, and that it
does not deem that it has a-sumed the form of
an epidemic. S. C. I.iitlefieli*,
• hairman Pro Tem.
C. C. Bodet, S' cretary.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
Report of the Industrial Situation for
the Past Week.
The review of the industrial situation in the
south for the past week shows tint, while no
decided change is to be note!, there is an un
dercurrent of iner ase 1 confidence and an oft-
expressed be ief that the worst is over, which,
in itself, is doing much to relieve the situation.
The most gratifying feature of the week has
been the resumption of woik at a numb2r of
the manufacturing plants and especially the
fact that many of them are receiving sufficient
orders to justify their operation. While no
change has taken place in the raw iron market,
the foundries and machine shops generally re
port fair orders and with the increased accom
modations they can now secure from the banks,
the volume of business is being materially in
ert a*ed.
All indications point to a con inued gradual
improvement of trade, the steady advancement
of the manufacturing interests of this most fa
vored section and valuable les-ons learned that
will result in greater < conorny in all lines, and
a greater diversi’v in the manufacturing as
well as the agricul nral products of the entire
South.
Fifteen new industries were established or
incorporated during the week, together with
\hree enlargements of mmufactories, and,
„ .. . . , ,, rm i twelve important new buildings.—Tradesman
collectively instead ot individually. The j (Chattanooga.)
speaker replied that they could not. \ ~
“Well,” said Mr. Wilson, as he took j A Steamer Burned,
his seat, “I thought we could get ; The steamer Byron Trerice, run-
through quicker if we excused them ! ning in connection with the Erie and
in job lots.” A motion to adjourn was Huron railroad, was burned at her
lost—yeas, 47; nay*, 145. The Tuck- ! dock at Leamington, Ont., early Wed-
er resolution was then read.. It re- j nesday morning. Captain Cook and
vokes all leaves of absence,except those the purser jumped overboard and
granted on account of sickness, and di- j were drowned. Two deck hands were
reets the sergeant-at-arms to telegraph frowned to death.
OUR LATEST DISPATCHES.
The Happenings ol a Day Chronicled in
Brief and Concise Paragraphs
And Containing tie Gist of the News
From All Parts of the World.
The United States cruiser Detroit,
after adjusting her compasses, at 7:30
Thursday morning, sailed from Fort
Monroe, Ya.,for Bio de Janeiro,Brazil,
under orders to protect American in
terests.
A Washington dispatch of Thurs
day says: Bear Admiral A. W.
Weaver of the navy, will soon be re
tired and Commodore George Brown,
now in command of the Norfolk navy
yard, will be promoted to the vacancy.
The steamer El Cid, broke a record
on her maiden voyage from New Or
leans to New York, where she arrived
Thursday, having made the trip from
South Pass bar on the Mississippi riv
er, to Sanday Hook in four days, two
hours and twenty-five minutes.
A Knoxville, Tenn., special says:
For the first time in its history of
eighty-seven years, the University of
Tennessee was opened to women
Thursday and hereafter members of
the fair sex will be admitted to this
institution on the same basis as men.
The board of Inland quarantine at
Wilmington, N. C., held a meeting
Thursday and quarantine restrictions
against several southern cities, which
had been previously removed, were
re-established as to Brunswick, Ga.
The new quarantine will be rigidly en
forced.
The worst fire that ever visited the
town of Spencer, Mass., broke ont
there Wednesday afternoon and re
sulted in a total loss of $250,000.
Fully six acres of buildings were to
tally destroyed. The fire originated
in the freight depot of the Boston and
Albany railroad.
After suspension little over two
months ago, the First National bank,
of Winston, N. C., will resume busi
ness. J. C. Buxton, who has charge
of the institution as examiner, was
elected president; John G. Miller, of
Danville, Ya., cashier. The bank re
organized. The People’s bank, which
suspended a few weeks ago, will reopen
before October 1st.
Representatives of the Lawrence
Cement Company, of New York, were
before the ways and means commit
tee Thursday morning arguing in fa
vor of the protection of American ce
ment against foreign. It is claimed
under the operation of the McKinley,
law, that the price of Portland cement
is lowered to consumer fifty cents a
barrel and the amount of importations
and revenues increased.
Pittsburg, Pa., and vicinity is suf
fering from a shortage in sugar ac
cording to a dispatch from that city
Thursday. Wholesalers are unable,
they say, to fill more than ten per
cent of their orders. They say the
shortage is chargeable directly to the
refiners anil is particularly exaspera
ting just now on account of the fruit
canning and preserving season being
at its height. The scarcity applies only
to refined products.
A Columbia, S. C., dispatch says;
The board of regents of the state luna
tic asylum acted very decisively Thursj-
day on the demands of the Southeast
ern tariff associations, which ha6 beei-
after the board for months in regard tfo
the wiring of the institution for thear
electric light plant. Some time a£o
the regents went to great expense ]
remodel the wiring in accordance wi&
the demands of the association. Ai-
other demand was made. The regeife
at their meeting said to the associ-
tion that, if it wants to, it can canel
every insurance policy on the pr<p-
erty.
A sensation was caused at Jacks Q,
Miss., Thursday, when it beerne
known that Mr. W. H. Gibbs, ex-p6t-
master, had been arrested on a ar
rant sworn out by Postoffice Inspelor
Thomas charging the ex-postmater
with the embezzlement of $39i58
The alleged embezzlement took j&ce
during the last months of April, (lav
and June of this year, or just bfore
Gibbs went out of office. Major Gbbs
appeared before commissioner Moelj-
waived examination and was p»ceJ
under a $1,500 bond for his apfiiail
ance at the next term of the fefej
court. j
FARMERS’ NATIONAL CONG/
SUFFERING BOOMERS.
Fifty Thousard Men on the Border of
tile Cherokee Strip.
A specif. Pom Orlando, Oklahoma
Territory, states that eight thousand
certificate! were issued to Cherokee
strip home reekers there Thursday.
There were Hen 3,700 persons in line
and over 3,100 waiting near the
booths, with fully 7,000 people com
ing. The in ense heat and bad water
had caused ai epidemic of dysentery
and many ar: seriously ill. It is esti
mated that 25,000 will enter the strip
Saturday at loon, bnt others declare
the number will he 200,000. Many
boomers haie arranged to have barrels
of water seit to their claims to be
used until tiey can dig wells.
Thousanijs are in line at Stillwater,
but th-;re is no suffering there, as
there is plenty of water for all. Thera
are 27,000 tlaims all told in the strip
and 50,000 people are now ready to
rush for them. There will be 200 lots
in each and 250 men will rush for
each lot. At Kirk very little water
can be fomd, hut there is plenty of
water at Perry and Eneids. The
thermometer was 10.2 degrees in the
shade at Cuthrie and nearly as high
in other potions. A dozen deaths are
reDorted rom sunstroke.
THE
(NEWS Hi GENERAL.
ram Our Most ImjorM
reltpjois Aims
Anql Printed in Pointed and Reada
ble Paragraphs.
at
The Delegates for Georgia AppMnJd
by Goy. Nortlien
The farmers’ national congress xfll
meet at Savannah, Ga., December f2,
13, 14, 1893. At the request of Hjn.
B. F. Clayton, of Indianola, Inc.., tic-!
retary of the congress, Governor N|r-:
then has appointed the following dto-
gates to represent this state in he
congress:
From the State at Large—R. B. Hit
ter, Sparta; R. T. Nesbitt, Atb.nta '
First District—G. M. Ryals, Sa*n -
nah; W. A. Wilkins, Waynesboro.
Second District—J. L. Hard, -‘el
ham; O. A. Barry, Cnthbert.
Third District—Harper Black,
icus; Dudley Hughes, Danville.
Fourth District—W. C.
Wisdom’s Store; J. A, Thrai
Mills.
Fifth District—Joseph Kmgsberv,
Atlanta; Sam H. Broadnax. Walnut
Grove. r
Sixth District—J. H. J jMitcbell
Zebnlon; R. N. Lamar, MiiJdgev.lle.
Seventh District—James ’h. Ear-1
lan, Calhoun; Dr. Beasley, Stilesborcj
Eighth District—W. H. Matoxp
Elberton; Henry deJarnette, E.t
ton.
Ninth District—J. H. Nichoh Nfi
coochee; James B. Brown, Cantc. /
Tenth District—George Giltc/re,
Warthen; Tom Hardeman, Louiri.
Eleventh District—A. P. Bratl,
Blackshear; B. J. Denmark, Quintan.
lIic Exchange Telegraph company
rivate advices have been re-
ce: ved 'om Brazil that the insurgent
fie et is bombarding Rio Janeiro and
it oi' of the principal forts in the
rboihas sided with the rebels.
The teamer Yucatan, which arrived
NevYork from Havana Wednesday
irnig, brought $5,000 in Spanish
gjbld. The steamer Colombia, which
rive from Colon, brought gold and
s ilver ora and bullion to the amount
f $1J,888.
Tin suspected train robbers now in
jjail inOswego, Kas., have in part been
dentled by the engineer, fireman,
ondictor and brakeman of the pil-
aged’ train, who reached the city
Wedrjsday and immediately proceed-
to th-jail for that purpose.
Thi Steamer Alvo, long overdue at
Kinfi° D ) Jamaica from New York
has >een given up as lost by con
signed Jamaica. No doubt is en-
terta ied that she foundered during
the si vere hurricane of August 20th.
The ,/lvo carried a heavy load of rail
road trucks for Central American, and
it is probable when the hurricance
struck her she capsized.
Tli3 convention of the representa
tives of board of trade of the United
Statis began its session in Washington
at nom Tuesday, for the purpose of
letting congress, particularly the sen
ate, /now what financiers, merchants,
farnirs and others want in the way of
legiiation upon the financial question.
Ovff 1,500 were present. The south
was well represented.
lie affairs of the old Standard Oil
true were wound np at New York
Wdnesday at a secret meeting of the
holers of outstanding certificates.
Th< meeting was called by Secretary
to hear the report of the C“ro-
I ln j ! ee of trustees appointed in March,
/ jgji, to clear up the affairs of the
I t ri it, which at that time went out of
ex stence officially and was superseded
bf the Standard Oil company.
A New York dispatch says: Mr.
Charles T. Thayer, general agent of
the United States Express company,
stated Wednesday morning in relation
'to the train robbery in Indiana:
“The report of our loss is very greatly
overdrawn. Yarious newspapers have
estimated the loss ranging from $150,-
000 to $3,000. The loss is very much
less than $30,000. Just what the sum
was I do not care to say.”
A cable dispatch from Paris says:
M. Charles de Lesseps who was sen
tenced to five years’ imprisonment for
Complicity in the Panama canal scan
dal, was released from prison Tuesday.
His five years’ sentence had been set
aside, but he was serving another
term of one year. He had served
about six months of the sentence when
the prison officials were ordered to re
lease him. Most of this time was spent
in the prison hospital.
Dispatches of Tuesday from London
state that another death from Asiatic
cholera has oceurred at Rotherham, in
the west riding of Yorkshire. The
physicians’ report as to the two deaths
at Delford, County of Nottingham,
confirms the statement that they were
caused by Asiatic cholera. A death
that recently occurred at Gansbor-
ough is now declared to have been due
to the scourge; also the one Tuesday
.In Liecester.
toa-
iore,
rifle.
tljey,
THE COTTON CROP.
Report of the Department If A'rical-
tnre for September.
The September cotton ifeport of the
department of agriculture shorn a de
cline from the August coijditici of the
crop of full 7 points, the aver.ge be
ing 74.3 this month, as agaiist 80.4
last month.
This is the lowest Septemb r condi
tion sinee 1881, which stood it 70.
The condition in September 1892,
was 76.8. Frr the same mon-h in the
years 1891 aid 1892 it was 12.7 and
85.8, respectively.
The state .averages are: Yirginia,
93; North Carolina, 76 ; Soith Caro
lina, 63; Georgia, 77j^ Florida, 85;
Alabama, If,; MississA .i, 7ji; Louisi
ana, 81; fTexas, 63 i Arktnsas, 80;
TennesseeJ37. |1
The hu^icane of Au<jnst, 28th cans-
age to the crop in the
orth Carolina, South Caro-
eorgia, and jin a less degree
of Florida.
RUTH HAS A SISTER.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland Re
ceive Cougratu'ations.
A Washington special says: Another
girl baby was horn to President and
Mrs. Cleveland Saturday. The birth
of a baby in the white house, was, of
course, an event in which more than
usual interest was felt. In an incred
ibly short space of time the news was
known in congress and was spread
through all the departments. The im
minence of the important event was
made known early in the day by the
issue of an order countermanding the
usual Saturday concert by the marine
band in the white house grounds. Dr.
Bryant, who accompanied the presi
dent and Mrs. Cleveland back from
Gray Gables and took np his quarters
in the white house, was the attending
physician. The latest information ob
tainable is that Mrs. Cleveland and
her latest daughter were both doing
well. The baby is a bright-eyed,
healthy looking young lady. This is
the first child born to a president in
the white house, though there have
been other births in the executive
mansion.
Immediately after the news had
been confirmed, members of the cabi
net and their wives called to congrat
ulate the president and leave their cards
for Mrs. Cleveland, and there was a
general air of suppressed excitement
about the employes of the mansion.
Telegrams of congratulation were re
ceived from all parts of the country.
Bismarck Seriously III.
The condition of Bismarck is such
as those near him are seriously alarm
ed. Dr. Schweninger has gone to
Berlin to consult with eminent phys
icians there on the advisability of re
moving the prince to a milder climate,
as it is believed he couldn’t stand the
vigorous winter. The prince is con
fined to his bed and is so helpless that
hs has to be fed by his attendants,
sciatica having reached his arms, ren
dering them powerless,.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Affairs of Goyennaent and Routine of
the House and Senate Discussed.
Notes of Interest Concerning the Peo
ple and Their General Welfare.
Congressman Oates, of Alabama,
proposes to introduce a bill providing
for adding the territory of Utah to
Nevada, 6o as to make that 6tate the
proper size and of sufficient popula
tion.
A Washington dispatch says; The in
teresting ceremony of weighing the
white house baby took place Tuesday
with all eclat at tending such an event.
The scales showed just nine pounds
and a quarter, It is stated at the
white house that both the mother and
child continue to do well. The damp
weather has had no ill effect on either
of them.
The senate will not have a monopo
ly on filibustering. As soon as the house
met Thursday morning the Republicans
commenced filibustering tactics against
the consideration of the bill repeal
ing the election laws by failing to an
swer to their names and swarming to
the cloak room and leaving the house,
and having yeas and nays called on ex
cusing members.
Representative Cooper, of Florida,
will introduce a resolution in the house
calling for an investigation of the
course of United States Judge Swain,
with a view to impeachment on charges
affecting his administration of busi
ness in his court, especially in the
matter of the improper appointments
of masters and receivers. Mr. Coop
er’s action is taken in obedience to
resolutions passed by the Florida leg
islature.
Patent Commissioner Seymour has
been served with a summons to appear
before the district supreme court and
show cause why a writ of mandamus
should not he issued to the state of
South Carolina to compel the regis
tration of the trademark “Palmetto.”
The suit is brought by States’ Attor
ney Townsend. The application for
the registration was refused by an ex
aminer. An appeal was subsequently
filed. The refusal to register was on
the grounds that a state has no right
to deal in liquors outside of its own
limits. The decision in the ease will
establish and test an interesting prec
edent.
Judge Turner introduced a judicia
ry hill in the house Wednesday morn
ing which will effect all property in
Georgia now in the hands of a receiver
to a great extent. The bill provides
for an amendment to the judiciary act
of August 13, 1888. The bill provides
that every receiver or manager of any
property appointed by any court of
the United States, may be sued in re
spect of au act or transaction of his in
carrying on the business connected
with such property without the pre
vious leave of the court in which such
receiver or manager was appointed,
and that service on such receiver or
manager in such suits may be made
upon him or his agent in the same
manner as process would be served on
said corporation, if it were not in the
hands of such receiver.
The Opening* of the Cherokee .Strip.
The opening of the Cherokee strip
is the greatest affair that has come
under the control of the present ad
ministration, excepting the financial
question. Within a few years one of
the triftiest, wealthiest and most influ
ential of the new states of the great
west will be what is now called in the
school boy’s geography “Indian Terri
tory.” The climate of that country is
unsurpassed,being midway between the
cotton-producing states of the south
and the wheat belt of the north.
Anything will grow in Oklahoma.
The grains of the north and the tex
tiles of the south find a rich fruitage
in its generous fructifying soil. This
land was set aside as an ideal country
for the red man, when conscience-
stricken the white population drove
him from his home on the Atlantio
coast. Vegetation there grows in
rioutous luxurance. Coal abounds in
untold quanities, and its rivers run
through beds of saline deposits capa
ble of developing a great new indus
try.
To Dedicate Chickamauga.
General Grosvenor, of Ohio, has in-
trodeed a bill in the house to provide
for the dedication of the Chickamauga
and Chattanooga national military
park. His bill provides that ten
thousand dollars shall be appropriated
for this dedication and that the
secretary of war be authorized to deter
mine all arrangements, The president,
congress, supreme court, head of elec
tive department, the general of the
army and admiral of the navy are in
vited to participate with the Governors
of the states and their staffs and the
survivors of the several armies there
engaged. October 17 and 18, 1894,
are the dates set for the grand event.
His bill also directs that the secretary
of- war shall have authority to pro
cure such supplies and services as may
be necessary and to call upon the
heads of the several staff departments
of the army for such material and
stores as he may deem necessary in
connection with the dedication..
NEW CAMPS
Of Confederate Veterans as Announced
by General Commanding.
The general commanding announces
the fellowship of the following named
camps in the organization of the
United Confederate Veterans, and
their respective numbers, to wit: J.
B. Johnson camp, No. 377, Grand
View, Tex. ; Camp Stewart, No. 378;
Piedmont, Ala.; Confederate Vete
rans’ Association camp, No. 379,
Farmersville, La. ; Ozark camp, No.
380, Newton, Ala. ; Colonel Garretl
camp, No. 381, Summerfield, Ala.;
Mecklenburg camp, No. 382, Charlotte,
N. C.; Friendship camp, No. 383,
Hartzell, Ala.; Prairie Grove camp,
No. 384, Prairie Grove, Ark.; J. C.
Miller camp, No. 385, Albertville,
Ala. ; Jeff Davit camp, No. 386, San
Augustine, Tex.; Leonidas J. Merritt
camp, No. 387, Pittsboro, N. C.
SHELLING RIO.
The City Bombarded by the Brazilian
Rebel Fleet.
A Washington special of Thursday
says: Secretary Gresham has received
the following cablegram from Minis
ter Thompson, at Rio:
•‘At ll o’clock ihis m rnieg the revointlrn-
arv fore s boaibar lid ths fort commanding the
entrance to the harbor, al-o ;he aism-.il on the
wbarf in he ccn er of ih cay. A few >ir-ls
wire ffiel into thecilv. an la coman was killed
in berre-dene-. Coma;ero:»l leleg ams htee
again l»e<> o rh ddeu. I be Cha-irs on h is
DO' : rr;v.ib
Th'fc m.spateh pra t-enlly disposes of
the hopet ->f the navy department that
the trailer l harlritou had r. ached
Ilia, r.ntr it m now believed that eht
went ilife-1 t > Montcvid- u w.tli-.ut
touphiug r r t any Brazilian J>ert.
The United States Government reports
ROYAL a pure cream of tartar
baking;.powder, highest of all
in leavening strength;
“The Royal Baking Powder is undoubtedly
the purest and most reliable baking powder of
fered to the public.” .
Late United States >6^ /f'
Government Chemist.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 WALL ST., NEW-YORK.
ROYAL BAKINt
Emergency Medicines.
“For internal use,” says a physician
replying to a mother’s query as to
what drugs shall be kept in the house
for emergency, “wine or syrup of ipe
cac is given as the safest emetic for
children when indigestible or hurtful
things have been eaten, and castor oil
has first rank among mild purgatives.”
Cough medicines and remedies for
sore throat taken without medical ad
vice are not much recommended,
though flaxseed tea and syrup of ipe
cac in small dozes may bo permitted
l’or a cough, and a gargle of alum and
water, or tannin and water, or chlo
rate of potash, in small quantities,
used in cases of sore throat while
waiting for an intelligent diagnosis. ”
And it is added, by way of warning in
cases of sore throat trouble, “the dis
tinction between the forms that are of
slight moment and those of gravity is
not easily made without practice.”—
New York Times.
A Counterfeit Equal to a Genuine.
Since dollars are coined out of sixty
cents’ worth of silver, it is no wonder
that counterfeiters have turned honest
and are getting out dollars containing
the same amount of silver as the gen
uine, and nndistinguishable from the
mint issue. In former times, when a
silver dollar was worth 100 cents,
counterfeiters had to use baser metals,
which soon led to their detection.
But when the government itself gives
a fictitious value to its coinage, who is
there to depreciate the acts of indi
viduals who issue a dollar of the Bame
value as the government?—Scientific
American.
Were Not Missed.
A party of comm ercial travelers on
the road were boa^ti ng about the mag
nitude of the houses ,1;hey represented,
when one, who was the last to spenk,
said: “Gentlemen, I wouldn’t like to
tell you anything about the size of our
premises or the stock.we carry or the
number of people ve employ, because
you might think I wijs exaggerating.
But when we took" 'stock of our em
ployes last week, we found that six
cashiers and tines bookkeepers had
absconded three mouths before, and
had never been nftssed!”—Boston
Globe. : t
An Auger, Not a Bore.
Clergyman—Is it true, Miss Ruth,
that you said my last Sunday’s sermon
bored you?
Miss Ruth (with a little gasp)—Oh,
my, no! Goodness gracious, no! I
said that it—er—penetrated my very
soul. Isn’t it strange how p ople
misconstrue things! — Truth.
“Haven't you written that letter
yet, Annie?”
“Yes, George, dear. That is, all
exce pt the postscript.. I’m trying to
think of something to say in it.”—
Harp er’s Bazar.
The Death RolJ is Largely Swelled
By persons careless of imperilled health, who
“pooh, pooh!” their minor ailments, believ
ing, or pretending to believe, that nature will
effect a change. Nature does effect a change,
but it is in the wrong direction. She thus
avenges a disregard of her appeal*. Don’t
omit, if you are at all unwell, to recuperate
by the aid of Uos'etter’s Stomach Bitters, a
signal remedy for dyspepsia, nervousness, de
bility, malaria, rheumaiism, biliousness.
Weeds and vices flourish in the dryest and
dullest times.
For Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Stomach
disorders, use Brown's Iron Bitters—the Best
Tonic. It rebuilds the Blood and strengthens
the muscles. A splendid medicine for weak
and debilitated persons.
The dollar, being already circular, cannot
get ’round.
How’ll This I
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Che
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and financially able to carry out any obliga
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West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio,
Waldisg, Kinvan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, act-
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No matter of how long standing. Write
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The dUtance from the farthest point of po
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Malaria cured and eradicated from the sys
tem by Brown’s Iron Bittern, which enriches
the blood, tones the nerve-, aids digestion.
Acts like a charm on persons in general ill
health, giving new energy and strength.
No man can get verj much of an education
without going to school to hi* mistakes.
Beecbam's Pills instead of sloshy mineral
waters. Beecbam’s—no other-. 25 cents a box.
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp
son’s Eye-water.Druggists sell at 25c per bottle.
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Brings comfort and improvement and
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Its excellence is due to its presenting
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ana permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
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every objectionable substance.
Svrup of Figs is for sale hv all drag-
gists in 50c ana $1 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and tiling well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
DR. KILMER’S
SWAMP-ROOT
CURED ME.
Dropsical Swelling, Cold as Ice.
LIFE WAS A # BURDEN.
“Swamp-Boot” saved rav life after I had
suffered everything but death.
I send you my pho
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ana you can use it if
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My hands were as ,
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Dropsical swellings ’
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could not button my
shoes. Exertion com
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me; death seemed so
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all my troubles have disappeared. My health ii
better now than it has been for years.
" SWAMP-ROOT. CURED ME.”
Tell doubting ones f6 write me I will tell them
all about it.” Mbs. H. J. Cutsinger,
Jan. 15,1803. Marietta, Shelby Co., Ind.
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