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THE VIENNA PROGRESS. n 3-c 1 TEEMS, $1. Per Annum, “Hew to the Line, Let the Chips Fall Where They May.” JOHN E HOWELL, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XIL no. m VIENNA, GA.. TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1894. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. fB sAd and soREowrijit it iotrts k. ckujij, jb. 6c bcfy yoiir gloom &nd your fcor £o4r A-war from tnfe world and. our «ight; Aid^tnye heath the eun of to-jnorro^ To cither the beacons cf light. Go mingle your tears witty the wtitefi, Anddrift’?h?m away with the’ide; Be oile of rrotid Joy * lovely.daughteH Tfcftt latigh At vafh Grief's* lonely chid®. iij.a joad is so heAvy rod carry, ’Til ill that miBfottnne cAn bear: Tlmcw off the dull weight* and be iherry— Away with yoni trouble ind.ciro. Go sink iii the depths ,of crea'iori . Ybhr grieving, your heartaches and pain f thdeivor In life's busy fitatiorl Tot happiness, glory, and gairi. C6me oiit from eieom cells of, the te&rfhi, And.bAsk Jn the Bnnsbine rf, joy; . . C8tne brea'ne the pure aii- of the cheei-fAi, And Strive in Contentment's eitiplBy; Cbmegere At the fldw’ret* hd.w blooming Aldng tbfe bright pathway like gold ; Gbmeflip the sweet nectar perfuming. The fcarth with its sweetness Untold. tfe sad And yi Sorr8wfnl Stricken, MlsfortUhe’s lon@ victim'* bf grief. The thrbb of $roui* hedrt seems tb qnlckeh- . Cotoe share tbe swbet bilin gif i elfw* K " ^ dftell with the hap ) quioi ellef. appy whb ineaetifA The worth of this life ny it* mirth; Cbme drink ftbm the fountain of pleaeutA That thrills with it* comfbrt All earth. BtCHI-AN*D, S: Di A Story Of Early Oolo. tiial Dap-Si Sir CHARLES C. HAHN. tRAPTF.R Ili.-fCoiitimied:) from this day on tha minister had nt) doubt of Hillsf/'s leigite with the evil one, and. jUBt as he meant to be, for ho was a man of honest convictioD, or preju dice, he Would have h%d his enemy brought up for trial, had not his value in the settlement been so great that bin neighbors counseled patience. But the silent influence of the minister had its effect and after a short sojourn in the village, Hillary, as we have seen, had built a cabin in the woods and removod there with his daughter. On the very day of the trial, the minis ter had another manifestation of the strange power which was being exercised OTer his daughter, then about teu years old. During the day the a r had become inltry, surely portending a thunderstorm The leaves upeu the fruit trees scarcely teemed to move. Towards noon a dark cloud had drifted o.er thorn from the eouth, but it passed away and was 6een to breok up in the north. This advance guard of thestorm, however, was followed In less than half an hoar by sn army of smaller olouds, which came slowly "up wards, and at length after much blowing about in the upper air, joined together and began to nettle down over Sagnauck. A deep rumbling was h-ard among them, and then, as if the thunder had broken the water barriers, a few large drops of rain fell pattering upon the forest leaves and on the cabin roofs. A gust of wind followed, partially relieving the pioneers of the sultriness and then the refreshing water began to fall in a steady shower. Flashes of light appeared in the sky. and the crash and boom of the disturbed ele ments were heard. That sharp rattling, eo terrible because of the indefiniteness of the lightning's coarse, followed rap idly, and to an imaginative mind it seemed as though heaven had opened up for a magnificent battle with tbe tall giants of the forest. A dneh bora, a streak of light, a crash, a dull rumble above, and the tall oak which had held Its heed aloft for half a century was rent [ with a edmpsnidn; efil difefctly sodth td | the river, Bnd laid ii wait. A Boat dppehrs if! thd middle of the Stream. The cdns'able calls to the soli tary boatman td halt. The oiily rSply is a qUiBk motion bf the o.-edpant bf the bbat, ana the fugitive is id the water. A mombnt more and be rises. A fifle shdt end he sinks again. The boat drifts on, and the swift waters fldw Swiftly tb the sei. tHAPTEJt T. . the rocito wrrei When Atlee add his mdn returned tc the sett’eident bdt little Adverse com ment was made upoh his Actiod. Hillary had broken his bonds: defied tbe law", and, when ordered tb surrender, attempt ed to bscape. Still, his ablion Would have been denounced bad nht the settlement become honeycombed With the half-ex: f iressed belief that Hillary Was indeed in eague with the devil. Dorothea Hillary,.his daughter, was at this time nearly twelve years old. For sev eral days after her father's tragic disap pearance she remained in the cabin in the woods, but soon the more human senti ment oame to the surface; ahd the leaders of the village consulted as to her future. The cabin and farm which her father had built and olaimed was settled upbn her. So that in years to cbme she would be comfdrtably well bff, as f -.t as worldly possessions go. But in the meantime it wbrild nbt db for the young giri to be neglected. After much debate, the question of her future hdme was settled l-jr AtLiei Len- hox Offering tb receive her into his home and Care toi hef, in retutn for what woik She might be able to db abont the house. He was tbe village doctor. Dorothea's new home proved to be a pleasant one. The girl was bright and sweet-tempered, and soon becaine a favorite not only with the family into which she had been received but by the villagers generally. Her vert loneliness spi ealed to their honest be iris. In time she was wnrrniy welcomed by every one she met, aud her figure became a Com mon one by the firesides of all, with the exception of the minister's. AVtien Hillary's death was announced to 11 r, Granville he was Inexpressibly pained. He felt that an unprepared soul tad been sent to its Maker, and feared lest some act of his might have stood is the way of its being j repared. This feeling of regret also prompted him to offer any aid in his power to the little waif left among them. He would even have taken her into Ills own boms had not another been provided for her. The first Sunday after Dorothea had gone to live with Dr. Lennox the minis ter invited her home with him; for. while Sunday visiting was discountenanced in Sagnauck, he rightly considered this in vitation more of a work of mercy than a worldly pleasure. After the cold dinner, which was al- with po nt in that dream passed w th slowness "““'T™ 5 "? lao ? r ; *“« V”5 Uy £® re and distinctness. He seemed first to see e“ tbered tbe m nister e study. Dor- D otbea. with a child s bashfnlness, hnd Ad4 oat ot the sea come vpiosi, And the river murnjurs low; To draw me into their bosom Down tb the depths below. Yon may beat upon the rocks *Mth a calm, ma : estlc sweep. You may rcil i pon the shore With your billows calm and deep, But whether calm or frantic; I hear you calling low, Ih voice unheard bv othei-s, . In words none others know; And you bid.me come unto yod, To calrh rest far down befow. Whene’er you roll in in splendor; With long, majestic sweep,. Whene’er you dash with fury . Ahd up the high cliff leap, I kDow you wiint rqe, want me; . And Tlong to be at rest, T Beneath your atorms, far down below, In lasting calm to rest. And I hope that death will cohie to me On the river or on the aeA, That the voice that is calling me ever Shall make my weary soul free. They ate calling me. calling me. calling me. The waters so doep and swift, That I long to pluDge into their current And oat on their bosom drift. Immediately after the trial, ns Mark fersistedin lefusal tti pay the fine as sess© l against him, he wa9 taken in charge by Constable Atlee and led away to an unused lo.j heti^e in the outskirts erf the village, where he wAs securely bound and left alone. Iris guards taking good care that the one door was well bolted from the outside. This was in tho afternoon, toward sun set, And as the cabin was growing dark, supper w$s brought him by his jailer. Then the long night set in. Notwithst: nding the vexations of the day; Mark slept well, but toward day- bro k he bec.ime restless and wds trdublttd with dreams; He seemed to bo back in old England ngaih. aud his dear life’s hand was updu his head. His life there be lived over, half waking, half dreim- iug. The causes which resulted in his emigra'ion to the hew world pissed in review befdre him, and then he took up his life ill Sagnauck. Each event stood out with htnrtlingdistinctness. The per secution of the church, the death of his loved w fe, the struggle for existence, all came back as ke lay bound ilpon that cabin floor. After a time his dream changed, or perhaps he fell asleep. This time he was in old Eng aud again as before, and for some reason had been cast into prison. While lying upon his narrow cot, he could henr tho foo steps of his jailer drawing nearer and nearer nntil they stopped be fore his cell door. The bolts were drawn nside, and, instead of his jailer, Acbsah Granville appeared. He started and half awoke. Surely he heard an unusual rustle about the cabin door. He raised himself upon one elbow and liB*en<rd, but all was still, and, fall ing back, he dozed ag.rfn. He dreamed that he was lying in the cabin sleeping, and that Achsah, the min ster’s dough- 1 , .. , er. came and entered the door. Everv ! W8 * 9 Berved 0Q bn ,“ ds y <° dl ?P en , 8e >0 nt in that dream nassed w th alowues, * u ¥. lab ? r . lb « sea 1 her coming up the path from the village! Ul *\ cu ; " llu “ J nu . u ' ^smu.ness ana then | anae before the door of the cabin. Be9,ed bereelf by the window and nn- - ■ • ,1. t„„ tv,,. i,„n „„.;i 4 : swered the minister and hie wife in monosyllables. Even had she felt free vdiked along td*afd fhe lights which were gleaming thfongh tbe woods from {be village. . “Where have toil been at this hour, Dorothea?” the minister asked; for, al- thohgh inwardly tfembling, he did not fear an attack, and was disposed to treat the giri with the tnafiner becoming her pastor. H8 was a good man. as I have said, and eteii while he helieved Dorothea to be bound to the devil, would do any. thing tb release her from her bondage. “1 hate been down the oreek to Mr. •Tbhnstra's; whose wife is ill. It is late, bht Bho needs Dr. Lefinox' services, and NEWS OF THE SOUTH A CONDENSATION OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT NEWS ITEMS $680,756.18, of which $72,738.71 is net. The Philadelphia line shows a deficit of $16,510.67 and the Boston line a deficit of $50,636.66. The wharf propertv netted in the same time $38,119.56. Which Will Be Found of Special In terest to Our Readers. MIMS FOR GOVERNOR. The session of the Louisiana legisla ture, which meets next month, will j. t t— elect three United States senators. 1here>,.s ho one else who would go after Thl „ is tlu , flrst time 6uch fl „ event has ‘Child, child, What do you want of that occnrred in United States, poor Woman’s sonl? - Three workmen were killed ontright Dorothea stalled; by the collapse of a bridge at Radford, “I dohet nnderatand yon.* Vn. Eighty men were at work on the i Tor governor. When the latter’s name s„ nt *w ^, in !l er D0 ‘ rep, y. structure when it fell and went down I was mentioned the convention went Tennessee Populists Adopt a Platform and Name Candidates. The Tennessee populist state conven tion met at Nashville and J. L. Baxter, state lcctnrer of the alliance, was’made permanent chairman. Messrs. T. J. Ogilvie, of Bedford, and A. L. Mims, of Davidson, were placed in nomination then they came to a little stre im which, -1 .v , . . fldwitig southward, joined Sagnauk creek Besides those killed many of a few tods below the village. With tbe the men were seriously injured and simple words. ‘1 am thirsty. ” Dorothea some of them may die. kpelt down by the running brook to The remains of Mrs. Mary Stoltz, drink, bo quickly was it done that she ^ r ... ’ had touched the tunning water with her Knoxville, Tenn., nine lips, when the minister cried out: rears ago, were taken up Tuesday for “Stopj child of evil! Would you drink shipment to Philadelphia for a second in the evil spirits which float upon on- | burial. The body had petrified and covered water this night? Or are you in deed proof against fill such dangers?” “Sir, I do not know what you mean," answered Dorothea, as she ceased drink* ing and arose to her feet. "Dd not know what I mein! Child, perhaps ydn would also advise me to drink of that stream?" "And wht not, reverend sir, if you are thirsty?” “Why not? Because this is-Tuesday night, And while One tn> j drink from un covered Water six nights in the Week, he may not do sO on Tuesd y evening un less he wishes to receive into him those evil sprites c tiled hiUsikaiis, which sport weighed over six hundred pounds, but only weighed one hundred and twenty- live at death. One of tbe severest hail storms ever known in that section visited Gillespie county, Texas. Many cattle were killed by the stones which were six inches in circumference. The great ehuncks of ice went through roofs of houses and ruined the prospects of a fruit crop. The Glamorgan pipe aud iron works of Lynchburg, Ya., were totally de- upon the waters this eve and are fain to ,'stroyed by fire. * The loss will be be- v - tween $75,000 and $100,000. Insu- iift her hands and tug at the bolt until it was withdrawn, then— nh. that was a dre in!—enter, draw a knife from her girdle i nd cut the cords which bound him. The strangeness of the dream caused him to start and hrif raise up. The door was open. Hi i bonds were cut, und he wbr freo. For a moment he stoid in the cabin collecting his thoughts. 3 hen, with firm step and > nhesitating manner, he took a direct course for the river, which wound half-way round the Tillage. It wa* a mile away, and the woods were dark, but he reached it i-i half an hour. He knew the (ountry and tbe river well, an i in a few moments came to a rugged old elm tree, to tho roots of which a ca noe was tied. He cut the bark which bound it to the root, gave it a push out into the middie of the stream, and began boating downward toward the free sea. In all this there was not a moment cf in twain, never in its pride to look down hesitation upon its small r brothers again. '’ . . . . , . . , The darkness of nismt began to fade upon its small r brothers again. wind forces, too.jwere ^TSoui^nd rushed throuj^/rifr§~ffj?est, tearing away great x '-^4hnKs, scattering tho colored autumu leaves and bowing great t reos before them. After half an hour the force of the storm was broken, the sharp crash of the thunderbolt was heard no more, the wind went down and ra n fell copiously in s steady yet gentle shower, which lasted nntil nearly evening. But after that the iky for an hour or more was lighted now and then with those zigz’g streaks oi lightning which frequently Hollow storm. A thunder storm ,is always a grand sight, bat to the simple Puritans it meant much more than it does to their descend ants now. To their simple minds the fury of the elements was a display of tbe power of God, and they listened rever ently to His voice as if they were indeed at the foot of a second Sinai. But in the cise of the Rev. Henry Granville, the storm brought him out in the weakest p :rt of his character. There was something so terribly positive in the descent of a thunderbolt that he cowered and cringed before it. The roar of the wind Through the forest seemed so re- f atdlesfc of his weakness, that he trem- led yet more when he heard it; and tha > lightning flash and the falling rain were so^af beyond his power to st>»y them, that, * humbled aud weak, his only recourse was to gather his family about him—and In bis choir at home, hie thin lips moving in prayer, his eyes turned fearfully, yet with a fascination of fear that he conld not resist, toward the window, and his form cringing and shrinking back at •very crash. Achsah was the only one who was not terrified at the s’.orm. She had refused to go to her father, and had lain down upon a *ndc Cvich where she conld watch the play ot the lightning. When her father tried to sink deeper into his arm chair at some vivid flash of light, she laughed and clapped her hands. “Was not that a good stroke?" she would say to the minister. "Some tail tree in the forest was shattered then, I doubt not.” And her father imagined that her smile pad an air of fiendish gayety. As the storm increased, ,she became even more gay, and tne poof' father saw unmistakable 6igns that the ga- ety was the effect of some nervous or mental ex citement which be couldneittaer compre hend nor alloy. But suddenlyfhe heard a cry of pain, and, turning to his>cbild, saw her lying back upon the conch,,with pala face in which fear and bodily'suffering were both plainly marked. “What is it, Achsah?" the minister asked. “Some one is sticking me with thorns." The child was hastily undressed, and upon her body were found several places wnere the blood was starting through the ■kin. yauBea followed, and then the girl fall back upon her pillow, exhausted. “Oh, I see him, papa, I see him," she Mid, after a time. "See who. Achsah?" The girl did not answer, but 60on cried •ut again: “He has hurt my arm." The now thoroughly frightened man uncovered her arms, and, sure enough, upon one r ' f 41 to be discerned the mark* left by tha grip of % ftroug hind. "Papa, I thought yon said he wai safe in jill?" "8o he is, my child." "Then how could he hurt me io?" CHAPTER IV. OK TO THE FREE SEA. Tber are calling me, calling me,calling me, The waters so deep and swife. That I long to plunge into their embraoi And out on their bosom drift l Or stand bv the rushing river' Bwift flowing at my feet; from the 6kr, and a faint tinge of gray spread over the earth. The sun was drawing nearer, and the forest was wak ing up to new life. Down deep among tho trees on cither ride he could see lon^ stretches of blackness like the straight branches of a pine tree, reaohing out fiom the liver. He floated on, and by a id by these dark «venue* between tb€ irees grew lighter, and the 1 orest ghost ly. The stillness of tne early dawu wa* oppressive. Iu the dense darkness t sound could ho heard now r.nd then, but as day began to approach there wai scarcely a rustle among the limbs. And through this the river wound, flowing slowly but deeply to the sea, and iu the midst the fugitive floated. At times the bank was low, and sloped down to the water's edge, and again it arose above the water level, and left it* crumbling sides to wear away and fall with a thud and splash into the water be low. And sometimes the washed rooti of a giant tree stood out birre aud reiched down into the stream, a resting-place for fish, which the boys of ivignauck would have been glad to find. And then, again, the backs drew closer together, the stream became deeper, the limbs of tho water elnn overlapped, and tho boat’s course was througn a leafy roadway of fallen autumn leaves. A turn iu the river aud the current rushed more rapidly, tbe leaves were hurled an l crowded back to tbe shores, a clear, swift current swept onward, and the cauoe, with its solitary boatman, with it. Birds wore sounding n note here and there from the depths of the forest. Gray dawn whs passing away and the skied were growing lighter. The early risers of the birds had called to their com panions, and the woods on each side resounded with the matin 6ong of New England's unbound singers. The grav dawn passed away; the skies grew lighter; the cool autumn night be came milder; overhead the sky w a clear; eastward, through the woods, vistas of light were opening; and shedows wer* •loping westward. The morning h.td c#me, and the fugitive was drifting on ward through borderB of leaves, ’neath woodland arches, with song of birds in the new day, onward to the great free sea. The sea, the sea, the open sea, The blue, the fresh, the ever free. A terrible monster is it, nevertheless, to all who bow Dot to its majesty, yet free is it, and free it crowns each one who comes to it. "With merciless ca’mness it rolls its long billows up upon the shore, bearing its seaweed and fragments of wrecks, and with relontless fun* it dashes the ship to pieces, beats with rage upon the rooky coasts and tells man "What’a mine is mine, and I will keep!" And yet, whether long green billows roll or mad whitecaps fly, tha rea is free and does as it wills, and receives all who cast their lot with it as free also. And the fugitive floated onward to the free sea. The dawn had come and gone, the sun bad arisen aud was beginning his stately march across the heavens, and with his rays obliterating the sparkling 6tars of night which the nightingale sang to, and which, mayhap, though far away, were brighter and more glorious suns than he. Gray light and dawn and sunrise passed aw ay. Tbe river had just made a ! ■harp with the to talk it is likely ihat she would liavo done the same, for the remarks which her father had frequently made aboitf the minister caused her to look witii doubt upon his friendly advances. As was his custom on Sunday, Mr. Gran ville was ca echising his family. “Whe is Satan?" be asked his younger daughter, Ashubah. Dorothea turned her great brown eyes toward the minister and startled him' by asking: "Did you ever uee him?" He was about to reply hastily in the negntiro, when Achsah spoke up: "I have, papa. I saw him to-day." "My child, my child, what are you say ing? You could not see the evil one.” *Bnt I hive, papa." MVh t did he look like?" rsked D^rc Uiea, turning to * A^he&ri looked at her questioner with i ■hrewd gleam in her eyes, and replied: "Like your father." The next instant Dorothea bad picked up a book lying upon the desk near bel and flung it at the creaturo. Achsah smiled and siid: "That cannot hurt me a*much as some other things you might do," and the in cident wa3 passed over without any more words. But that evening Achsah was taken with one of those nervous attacks to which she was subject, and the minis ter remembered her words. Was the daughter, like the father, in leigue with the evil one? The question gave him a subject for long meditation. Dorothea wai not invited to repeat her visit. Some months after this occurrence ah Incident happened which deepened Mr. Granville's meditations on witchcraft; When Dorothea was removed to the doctor’s home, a small chest, filled with books and papers, had been found in Hilla ry’s cabin. The doctor had glanced hastily at the latter, and, finding that they referred to Hillary’s family connections in England, laid them carefully away. These, with a lo ket which Dorothea always wore sus pended around her neck, were the only Jinks binding the little waif to her friends, if she hnd any. The minister heard of this locket, and with the test of mo tive? wished to see it. But this Dorothea refused to allow, and iu his distorted imagination the poor man wove a,story of cabalistic relics and infernal chaVms. For what else, he reasoned, could it be so sedulously gnarded by one so young? At length, one day, he exercised bis authority as minister of the parish, and commanded Dorothea to deliver up the charm. She refused to obey, but bt forcibly drew the locket from her bosom ind opened it. A fair face, the counterpart of Doro thea’s, only more mature, met h s gcze, ind beneath the glass of the other side Df the case was a lock o brown hair. He dropped it involuntarily, and Doro thea ran away. Bnt now, in his mind, there was no doubt. His deep study of witchcraft had familiarized him with all forms of amulets and charms. Dorothea wore the badge of the devil. Fiom this time on, Dorothea bore a double character. To those around her, ind with whom she associated, she was a pure, high-minded, lovable girl. But the minister’s convictions of necessity had their weight with his parishioners, and while he made no charge against her the report that 6he was a witch was soon circulated. The simple-minded pioneers treated her as if 6he were one of their Dwn flesh rnd blood, yet they could not help watching her with fear. She might not be what she s c emed, aud they were on the alert to detect anything which might savor of the evil one. That it was a hard life and a difficult path for one so young to tread is clear. The least outbreak of temper, the small est act which might appear queer, even her deeds of kindness, were looked npon with suspicion. Yet none could quite believe her evil, so open was her disposi tion, and she continued to live in the settlement befriended by all. But there was that suspicion hovering over her! One evening the minister was returning rather late from a visit to a small village several miles away, and was repeating in Hebrew the 12.‘M psalm, which was snp- entet man's body, hoping that they may reach his head or his heart." “Reverend sir.” said Dorothea. “You are very learned, bnt I am ignorant and know not of this. I thank you that you Wanted Ule. No more will I drink of water on this Tuesdiy eve, unless it has been closely coveted." The two then i roceeded on their way to the village. But in tbe minister’s mind tw o things had been made certain: that Doiothea was abroad in the woods thftt night to marshal tbe powers of tbe air against him, and that, foiled in her plans by tbe cabalistic psalm, she bad knelt by tho miming brook to commune with those sprites which superstition told him invaded nil uncovered water on Tuesday night.* •There is an old Jewish legend to this effect. [TO BE CONTINUED. 1 HALLS OF CONGRESS DAILY PROCEEDINGS OF BOTH HOUSE AND SENATE. Kaiiftas Philosophy. It is so easy for cuteness to beoome impudence. Certainty is often just positive enough to be misiaken. Suspicion must have a long nose as well as a long finger. rance^unknown. The ^company eni- denounced for issuing $600,000 of new bonds, for passing iniquitous election laws for partisan purposes. The plat form then hails with delight the efforts of the west and south to unite against the plutocratic east, and demands, among other things, a flexible cur rency of not less than $5(1 per capita, the free coinage of silver, a graduated income tax, the abolishing of internal revenue laws, election of senators by a direct vote of the people, abolishing the convict lease system aud the re peal of the poll tax law. wild and rose en masse. Seeing defeat before him Mr. McDowell arose and gracefully withdrew the name of Mr. Ogilvie, and Mims was nominated by acclamation. ' After Mims’ speech of acceptance, Colonel A. E. Garrett, an old union soldier of Smith county, was nomina ted for supreme court judge by accla mation. No other nomination was made. The platform which was adopted arraigns the party in power for crim inal neglect in refusing to correct ex isting evils, denounces the increase of. the bonded indebtedness and refusal 1 rest issued to the sergeant-at-arms upon to coin idle bullion, declares Cleve land’s veto the greatest crime of theage; declares that be has divested himself of his democratic robes, turned his back upon the party aud faced M all street but still manipulates his party in tbe interest of home aud foreign capitalists. The democratic party in Tennessee is The Discussion of Important Measures Briefly Epitomized. THK HOI7SK. The house consumed the day Monday in District of Columbia busiues. The house consumed much of Tues day in debate over the fast mail facili ties for the south and southwest via Atlanta. Quite a fight is being made against continuing the appropriation. Strong speeches, however, in favor of continuing the fast mails were made by Mr. Henderson, of North Carolina, chairman of the committee, and by Colonel Livingston, who showed that all other appropriations made by the government went north aud west. A tariff discussion was indulged in by Mr. Bryan, of Nebraska, and Tom Reed. Immediately after tbe journal had been read in the house, Wednesday- morning, Mr. Reed called up the mat ter that went over from Tuesdny—the right of Mr. Springer to withdraw his motion to discharge the order of ar ployed abont three hundred men, and had enough orders ahead to run them six months. The attorneys for the receivers of the Central railroad, have received a copy of a bill filed in the Middle dis trict United States conrt of Alabama, to foreclose the mortgage on tbe Co lumbus and Western railroad, a part of the Savannah and Western system, between Colnmbns and Montgomery. A brick, three-story building nt Memphis collapsed and four persons were killed and five wounded. There are believed to be two others in the mins. All the killed, injured and missing are negro laborers. The building was built iu 1860 and was re garded as unsafe because of the infe rior material used in its construction. A committee representing the Ken tucky and Tennessee Association of Fire Insurance Underwriters met in onference with the local board of un- CHAHGES OF DISLOYALTY. A Sensational Address Issued by Min nesota Democrats. Probably tbe most remarkable polit ical address of the year has been issued by the democratic leaders of Minnesota through tbe Democratic Association of Minnesota. The address begius as fol lows : It is useless to disguise the fact A dog is all right in his place, but derwriters at Nashville aud adopted a (hat onr party is confronted with seri- he is seldom in his place. The locks on our head do not keep as from losing our ha r. Men like to tell women they are angels better than they like to have them believe it. There is one person who is always admired: he who professes less than he performs. new tariff, increasing rates on all mer- j ous 11 i s time for plain words; cantlle and special hazard risks. The J silence now is disloyalty to our party increase amounts to about 25 per cent i lln q jf s cause. aud has been bitterly fought bv the local i ‘‘in less than two years after win- board. J uiug th e most complete victory that The federal grand jury at Bifmiitg- | any party ever won, while in full pos- | ham, Ala., haVe returned sodie addi- ; session of the powers then given us, ; tional indictments against commission- : we present the appearance of a defeat- | Homely women and good cooking are I ers Hunter and Charlson. The indict- j ed party while otir opponents, routed as firmly associated In a man’s Sind I ment charged conspiracy to defraud in the battle, wear all the airs of victo- as are poets and empty pocketbooks. ' *he government and presenting false j ry. What has brought this astound- Thero is sometimes a silence that i accounts. Several deputy marshals ing change? Whence conies this peril? vou think you can hear: it is the ti- I were also indicted for alleged fraudti- Not from our opponents; not from the lence of the man whose advice you have taken, and that has failed.—Atchison Globei Ho W*g the l eading Actor. A stranger approached a village iu the Southwest and found a great crowd gathered around the Court House. He was of an inquiring turn of mind and soon learned that a very interesting trial was about to take place. The throng seemed to center about a man of imposing presence and proud carriage. On him all eyes were bent and to his words all ear3 were at tentive. Pushing his way to this indi vidual the stranger paused and said respectfully: ‘‘Excuse me, 6ir, but are yon the Judge?” The man Cf imposing figure snorted With wrath at the question: “Judge nothing I Why* I’m the fel- lar what stole the bosses. * Another Converts Small Boy—“Papa, this book says that when an office-holder in China gets rich the people cut his head off and confiscate his property, ’cause they know he stole it.” Great Statesman—“Jee Whitaker! We don’t want anv Chinese notions aver here. Tbe Chinese must go.” lent transactions BgaiUst the govern ment: The officers and directors of the wrecked batik of NeW Hanover at Wil mington, Si C., have been summoned to appear at Raleigh April23d to stand trial in Wake superior conrt on tbe 1° !!l e I Issued by the President-Copies Sent Naval Cofiiiuaiiders. brawling horde of pretectionists whom we met and overthrew in 1892, lint from malignant aud treacherous in- fluenCes, allied with weakness or cow ardice, Within otlr own ranks.” BEHRING SEA PROCLAMATION To Harness the Tides. correctness of false statements to the state treasurer. This trial will excite mfich interest. It was fiot expected the matter would come up before Sep tember. A dispatch from Murphy, N. C., says: Aspring freshet is imminent and unless the heavy rainfall abates the streams will be swollen out of their banks. It has been raining for more (ban a week. Tbe wet weuther togeth er with the cold snap, will throw farm work late, besides doing considerable damage. Seeds of all kinds, especial ly oats, are very scarce. A train of twenty-three cars left Chattanooga Tuesday, loaded with flour for a direct shipment to Liverpool from Port Royal, S. C. The flour is : shipped by the Noel Mill Company, and the amount is 5,850 barrels. This ! is the first direct shipment of flour to j Europe from a port south of Norfolk. ! It will go by the steamer Mexican. Regular shipments will be made here- | after. A Columbia, S. C., special says: Mr. Davies, of Mood Green, lias | The supreme court played a sort of embarked on a scheme which prom- j April fool joke, Tuesday, on the spec- isos colossal returns. He intends I tators who astemblcd to listen to an utilizing tidal energy for electric ! expected delivery on the dispensary lighting, tramways and railways. The notion is not entirely new. In 18S1 Professor Thompson pointed out that no fewer than twenty billion foot-pounds of energy were wasted each year at Bristol alone. One-tentli part of this energy would, it is stat ed, light the city with electricity, I while one-tenth part of the tidal force of the Severn would he sufficient to illuminate every city in the em pire. Scientific men have all agreed that the only ttossible mode is to have immense reservoirs,which would fill at high tide and run out on the ebb into the tidal way through tur- law. It was quite a disappointment, when, after asking if there were any motions to he made and receiving no reply, Chief Justice Mclver observed calmly, “the court will then take a re cess until Saturday next at 11 o'clock.’’ The Norwegian steamship Sunniva, arrived at Mobile, Ala., with a enrgo of 18,000 bunches of bananas. Tbe Sunniva also brought ns a passenger Mr. Theodore Bookman, a well-to-do planter of Rama, who was seen by the Southern Associated Press correspond ent as to the state of affairs in Nica ragua, and from him was learned the detailed account of the killing of the bines. To this there has always been j Amerjcan8 at Kama somo two weeks one disadvantage. No inventor could show a greater length of efficient working power than six hours daily. Mr. Davies^laims, after an immense amount of thought, a deal of experi ment and considerable outlay, to have invented apparatus by which he can work turbines from the rise and fall of the tides every minute during the twenty-four hours, at a saving of 400 per cent, over steam engines of similar power. His experiments, on a small scale, off the Cheshire coast, incline him to believe that it will speedily become an immense com mercial success and an affair of na tional importance.—[London Figaro. ago. The hangman will be busy in Mont gomery county, Ala., soon. There are five negroes in the county jail under the death sentence, and four of the nnmber have been found guilty. Some time ago Mr. Ed Grant was brutal ly assassinated and it was developed that the mnrder was the result of a conspiracy, concocted by three broth ers named Woodley and a negro named Jack Gabriel, who made Jim Calloway do the murder. Calloway confessed. Rev. J. William Jones, of Virginia, formerly of Atlanta, Ga., who was chaplain to R. E. Lee, will deliver an address at the Winnie Davis wigwam ■ Th« H _ . mixing engineers in tne rar west during the confederate reunion nt Bir- tar/to the left Ind artei n 9 tnSglmg P osed to contain certain cabalistic words i complain that, even where the mines mingham, Ala , on the night of April he bank on the light, had regained MO protect one from evil spirits when j have not all closed, there is little or 2.th. His subject will lie “The Boys ns ire&dom also, and was flowing swiftly 1 , er j nothing for men of their profession tc in Gray; What They Were and \S hat onward. A long stretch of water, but 1 -ui'tbf Graf**™* whnnN!* i do. It is the constant opening of They Accomplished.” Dr. Jones is the curve h id brought it circling sonth- heard light i new work that provides employment 1 the ‘ author of the ' “Life‘of Genera! into the forest, saw Dorothea approach- i for the mining engineer, and there Lee, ’ and is perhaps better informed ing. It was an ominous meeting for the are parts of the M’est where much on the history of the war from a south ward below Sagnauck. It was flowing onward to tho free sea, but what of the fugitive upon its bosom? Atlee, tho constable, waking early from hia slumber, and desiring lo gloat | npon his captive enemy, bad lorig ere dawn or tbe gray light stumbled his way to the cabin at the edge of the forest. Severed cords and an open door was al] | that he found. Eager to track hia prey, the alarm wai ■ at ones git en, and scouts were sent out— ! put this ic. o»e that, Atlee bHhself. girl. ore Is still coming from the mines, ern standpoint than any man living. The poor minister conld not, if he^had ; but where the mining engineers are Receiver Comer, of the Central rail- wished, disconnect her presence witb.,the e ;ther preparing to depart or waiting road of Georgia, has filed a snpplement- not repelted tU“cabalistic words, he be! idle an , J uImost in des P air for a re ‘ | report showing the earnings ami ex- lieved the girl would not have joined ; turn orosDentv. , penses of the steamship companies l>e- bim, but would have left the powers of ! a Pottawatomie Indian livincr near tween March 4, 1894. and December the air to exercise their influence upon ! I 31, 1893. The bcean’Steamship Com- ?n£ she! th/ir mStres^ cLT 7hey I can cheT tobRCCO blindfolded and with j l’ at ’7 s New York line for the six months , one hand tied behind Bis back. ! ending December 31, 1893, earned The president’s Behring sea procla mation has been issued. It bears date of April 9th; and; after reciting the act of congress; declart s that it is “proclaimed to the end that its provis ions may be known and observed. And I hereby proclaim that etety person guilty of a Violation of the provisions bf said act will be arrested and pun ished as therein provided, and all ves sels so employed, their tackle, apparel, fiitnittlro and cargo will be seized and forfeited.” Copies of the president’s proclama tion were sent to the Daval command ers of the seal patrol, to collectors of Pacific ports and to other officers who may be able to give them publicity. TRAIN ROBBER KILLED. Shot Down by a Brave Express Mes senger. The Daltons or other train robbers attempted to hold up Ihc Rock Island train No. 1, four miles below Pond creek, in Oklahoma territory. They met an unexpected resistance at the hands of Jake Harmon, the AVells- Fnrgo express messenger, who shot and killed the first man who tried to break into the express car by tha nse of dy- nnmite. The other men in the gang tried to esd*pe, bnt the trainmen suc ceeded in wounding and capturing an other of them and two horses. The other bandits succeeded in getting away, but without any boodle. FEMALE VOTERS. M’omen Suffragists in Colorado Try Their Hand at Voting. A dispatch from Colorado Springs, Col., says: The local election here attracted nnnstial attention because it was the first time that women were ad mitted to equal snffrage. The woman vote was large, and the increase was especially noticeable in the best resi dence jjart- of the city. The entire re publican ticket was elected by increas ed majorities. No mayor was voted for this year. At a city election at Spring Hill, Kan., women were elected to fill all the municipal offices, including mayor, councilmen aud police judges. Modified the Injunctlon- A Milwaukee dispatch says: Judge Jenkins has modified hisinjnnction or der against the striking employes of the Northern Pacific railroad by strik ing out the clause, “and from order ing, recommending, approving or ad vising others to quit the service of the receivers of the Northern Pacific on January 1, 1S94, or at any other time.” In all other respects the the judge de nies the motion of the men. which a vote was being taken, and no quorum being present. Tbe speaker held the motion could not be with drawn except by nnanimons consent. Tbe speaker accepted tbe ruling made by Mr. Carlisle iu the forty-ninth con gress that the question was the regular order nntil disposed of. The roll was then called on Mr. Springer’s motion, and as this developed no quorum the call of the house was ordered. The house was unable to obtain a voting quorum, and at 1 :40 p. m. adjourned. In the house, Thursday, a resolution from the committee on rules, fining members absent without leave aud those present at a yen and nay call and refusing to vote or failing, was pre sented by Mr. Catebiugs. The vote on its adoption was: Yeas, 142; nays, 11; (the republicans not voting). No quorum. A call of the bouse was then ordered. THE .SENATE. The senate was the all observed body of congress Monday. The open ing proceedings were made of interest by the swearing iu of Georgia’s new senator, Patrick Walsh. After Air. "Walsh was sworn in Senator Walcott delivered a strong silver speech in fa vor of his resolution providing for the negotiation of a treaty with Mexico for the coinage of Mexican dollars at onr mints for shipment to Canada. Even Senator Sherman agreed to the resolu tion, but under the rules it went over until Tuesday. Then the show of the day came off' in the senate. It was the speech of David B. Hill, of New York, defining himself on the tariff bill. The chamber and tho galleries were paeked almost to suffocation to hear what he would say. Almost the entire house turned into the senate chamber. In the senate, Tuesday, the bill in troduced some time since by Mr. Pef- fer, generally known asCoxey’s “good roads” bill was reported adversely from the committee on education aud labor. Mr. Quay offered a resolution, which went over, that the senate hold a session Saturday, the 21st, to hear the committee of working men in op position to the tariff bill. Mr. Wal cott’s resolution for the coinage of Mexican standard dollars in the Unit ed States minis was agreed to. In the senate, Wednesday, the ur gency deficiency bill was taken up and discussed until 1 o’clock, when the tariff bill was laid before the body ann Mr, Hale proceeded to argue against it. The senate resumed the considera tion of the further urgent deficiency bill Thursday. At 1 o’clock the tariff' bill was taken up and Mr. Feffer went on with the third portion of his speech. He was followed by Mr. Frye, of Maine, THE BRIGHT SIDE. Lookin’ttn the bright side- That's the way to go ;. Bet you it’s the right side— Summertime cr snow 1 Nuthin’ much in grievin’— Keeps you in tbe groover It's a man's believin’ Makes the mountains move! Clouds is got a light side—* All the bolls’ll chime ; Lookin’ on the bright side Gits thero every time 1 —Atlanta Constitution. The Lock-Out Proved a Failure. As prophesied by the labor organiz ations interested, tbe mnch-talked-of lockout of Union men by the building contractors of Chicago, who are mem bers of the Central Building League, proved a failure so far ns numbers went. Instead of 60,000 more idle men added to those who are already on a strike or locked out, there were not more than 275 discharged by the build ing contractors. Native Fodder. Not Liable for Damages. Judge Parlauge, of the United States circuit conrt, at New Orleans, has de cided one of the Italian suits in favor of the defendant, holding that the city of New Orleans was not liable for dam ages for the killiug of Italians at the parish prison on the memorable 14th of Afarch. He decided that the city when it was exercising its government al functions was entitled to the rights of a sovereign and could not be sued. Hon. David T. Little, of Illinois, says the Washington Post, is a con stant, habitue of Chamberlain’s when in Washington. He is taking life easy now and living on the fat of the land. He lias a farm out in Illinois which raises the finest corn, hogs and cattle in th.e country, lie has got tired of the un-Ainericnn and Imported custom of course dinners, and entered his emphatic protest against it last week. If* 1 says it is a fashionable plan to sturve a man to death. So he sent out to his farm for 150 pounds of pork spareribs, sides, backbone and tenderloin, chick ens, turkeys, sweet and Irish pota toes, celery and “fixins,” and had John Chamberlain cook half of them into a dinner. Then he invited all his Union cronies and gave them a good, square meal. Two days later he had the rest cooked and invited all his old Confederate friends in He didn't care to mix them, foi there is no telling what brave men will do when they get. a good meal under their belts. There were Joe Blackburn and half a dozen more old- timers of the same sort, and every thing was brought in and put on the table at once, in the good, old-fash ioned way, so they could tell what there was to eat and plan their cam paign accordingly. And the way t hey ate was a caution. It seemed as though none of them had had a square meal for three mont lis. The spnrerib and turkey and cliieken and “fixins” simply disappeared like a snowbank in July. Senator Black burn was telling a friend aboiri if afterward. “ I was having a good time,” said he. “with -my face up against as fine a bit of backbone as ever I lasled, with the dish right in front of me. when in slid a little scrimp of a fellow from Alissouri, named Vest, who just fell on that dish of backbone and I didn't get an other smell of it the whole evening.” Vest tells another story, but it doesn’t matter.—[Courier-Journal. HUMOR OF THE DAY. Peacemakers and fools carry cracked beads. A lie never stops to put on its hat. —Rani’s Horn. It is not what- one knows, but how one tells it, that determines one’s ability. Yon can always tickle a girl with 9 feather, if it happens to be an ostrich feather.—Puck. There is not faith enough in this world to go around and never was.—- CJalveston News. The woman who is vain of hei beauty is as wise as the man who is vain of his brains.—-Puck. The man who is “always on the go,” generally doesn’t know how to stop when he gets there.—1’nck. When a girl goes visiting she re turns home as soon as she has worn all her dresses—Atchison Globe. -Many a man who would like to re form tiie world has a front gate that won’t stay shut.—Rani’s Horn. Borrows—“Have you any spare funds?” Lenddes (curtly)—“Mv funds are all spare.”—Chicago Record. “Nothing succeeds like distress," remarked the beggar, as he counted lis coin at the end of the day,—Fun. Tattle grains of wisdom, Little bits of sense. Have a way of making Cupid less intense. —Detroit Free Presg. The battleship does well enough at long range, lmt when she comes on a reef, then comes the tug. — Boston Transcript. A good many boys have turned out badlv, because they had fathers who made them work with a dull hoe.— Ram’s Horn. “There’s a lesson to be learned from the pin, my son. It is given a head that it may not go too far.”—-Boston Transcript. The mau who discovered that the darkest hour is just before the dawn, must have been making a night of it. —Philadelphia Life. Teacher—“In the sentence, ‘Time is money,’ can you parse money?” Scholar—“Yes’m, if it is good money.” —Detroit Free Press. Polite Gentleman (in street car)— “Take my seat, roadaine.” Lady— “Never mind, thank you. I get out here, too.”—New York Weekly. That woman the weaker vessel is Full many a doubt he hath. Who feels the weighty contents of The vials ol her wrath. —Punk. In Iceland whistling is regarded as a violation of the divine law. In most countries, however, it is regarded only as a confounded nuisance.—Boston. Transcript. Criticus—“I’d be ashamed to write such stuff as you write.” Authors— “Of course, yon would. Everybody would say it was plagiarized.”—Chi cago Record. Alinuie—“Don’t you think our modern styles are just horrid? I do.” Mamie—“Is that the reason you are still wearing your last year's bon net?”—Indianapolis Journal. The era of excessive and cruel pun ishment has not yet wholly passed away. A Socialist agitator was sen tenced to hard labor in Germany tlu other day. —Courier-Journal. Westerly—“I tell you there’s elec tricity iu the air out West. You can’t get the Chicago atmosphere in New York.” Hudson—“Yes, you can. Walk just behind a garbage cart. ’L— Kate Field’s Washington. Airs. A’an Asthelt—“I supjiose you take a lively interest in the politics oi your country, Lord iSaxonorme?’ Lord Baxonorine (with pride) — “Oh, dear, no. I’m a member of the House of Lords, y’ know.”—Chicago Rec ord. Clara—“Going iu for charity again, are you? What is it this time?” Dora —“We are going to distribute eheaj copies of Beethoven’s symphonies among the poor. Music is such an aic to digestion, von know.”—New York Weekly. Master (examining pupils iu geog raphy)— “What is the name of this town?” Pupil —“Birmingham.” Alas- ter— “What is it noted for?” Pupil— “Firearms.” Alaster—“What are fire arms?” Pupil—“Poker, shovel and tongs.”—Tit-Bits. Restful Rags—“What’s become of Pete?” Weary William (shaking his head)—“Don’t ask me, Ragsy. He’s gone to the bad.” Restful Rags—“In jail, eh?” Weary William—“Worse than that 1 He's workiu’ reg’lar in a factory.”—Kate Field’s Washington. First Young Tjady— “Do you always buy two kinds of paper?” Second Young Lady—“Always. You see, when ; I write to Charlie I use red jtaper; that means love. When I answer Jim’s letters t nse blue paper, which means ' ‘faithful unto death.” ’’—Brooklyn | Life. Anntie—“Does yonr new doll close i itseyes?” Little EthelYes’m, bnt she is the most wakeful child I ever ! saw. She doesn’t shut her eyes when I lay her down, as she ought to. The i oulv wav to make her go to sleep is to stand her on her head and shake her.” 1 —Good News. The • Talmud. The Talmud is df very complicated composition, inasmuch as it lias eight meanings. In brief,-however, it is a ; collection of notes, decisions of rab- ' bisand doctors on > the books of tha Jewish law. There are two Talmuds, ; the Babylonian .aud the Palestinian; between them they contain vast stores of religions learning, of historical references, or geographical hints, or archeology, numismatics and other : sciences. The Babylonian Talmud : dates from the Sixth Century of our i era, the Palestinian from the Fifth j Century. —Trenton (N. J.) American.