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Says the Washington Star: “GWhnany
stands on a bayonet point, and, grace
fully balancing herself on her toes, calls
the attention of the world to her ‘peace
footing.’ ”
The ex-King Milan, of Servia, receives
a large ihcome for refraining from the
pieaawres of authorship. When he threat
ened to write his reminiscences, a pen
sion of S2OOO a month was “cheerfully”'
iccordcd to him, it is reported, if he
would abstain. He consented to ab
stain.
For the annual nourishmentof 15,000,-
000 cows and 12,000,000 horses there
ire needed 30,000,000 tons of buy, 00,-
3PQi°UU v 1 sushi'is of cornmeal, the same
$f fatoifai, 275,000,000 bushel* of oats,
j,o|>o^o^o;bushels of bran and'3o,ooo,•
H © f corn, at a cost ®f *450,-
000,000.
The police of San Francisco, Cal., as
cribe the numerous murders to the com
mon practice of carrying concealed
weapons. It is true, concedes the
Ijjppuidc, fuitj fifty percent. iioaie thus
seventy five per cent.) of the men
in the city #rry waumw at same i
sort, wHWi'rema fcn* ujtdfl fne slightest
provocation.
The greater portion of the cedar tele
graph poles used by the Western Union
Company come from Michigan. From ;
forty to oae hundnad , man *iu nearly
forty,tfam* irt fefdrrtod in gathering
the and patting them it proper
shape. ThtepAlei rteSge from IVetffy sax
to sixty feet in length, and are worth
from $1 to $7 each.
“Perhaps,” suggests the New York
Witnatt, “Jcnner did not discover vac
cination.” In a graveyard of Worth,
Doisetshirc, there is a tomb with this in
scription: “Benjamin Jestey, of Down
shay, djeyi April 16, 1816, aged 79. He
was Horn'at *Yctminster, in this county,
and was an upright, honest man, particu
larly noted fof having been the first per
son known that introduced the cow pox
by inoculation, and who, for his great
strength of mind, made the experiment
from the cow on his wife • and two sons
.n the year 1774.”
The New York Mm uiwwvrs ihal the
twenty-nine life ‘ insurance companies
which reported the other day at the meet
ing of the Actuarial Society of America,
will not soon want to see another epidemic
of grip in the country. The last oue cost
them over a million dollars. At least
that was the amount by which the death
losses of the first quartor of 1890 ex
ceeded those of the first quarter of 1889.
The number of deaths in the entire coun
try due to grip, according to this ratio,
must havo reached nearly twenty thou
sand. Few periods of three months of
the war had a larger death-roll in battle.
Aud yet the doctors at first told us that
it did not amount to anything.
Eugene Field is astonished at his dis
covery that Corcan literature has nc
orthography; it has never had a Dr.
Johnson, and therefore it has no diction
ary. Every author spells as lie pleases,
so does every priuter, and so does every
proof-reader. So, as a matter of course,
the result is u preposterous hotch-potch.
But all responsibility is shrewdly averted,
for in no book does the name either of
the author <sr cf the publisher appear.
The characters used in Corean printing
have been in vogue many hundred years,
and a number of them are so closely
alike as to make it difficult to determine
one from another. Chinese literature has
practically tlyottled all hope of a Corean
literature, and in Cores, as in its litera
ture, the Chinese have implanted an in
fluence which ages perhaps could not
eradicate.
As showing what may be accomplished
in the way of timber growing in treeless
regions, ex-Governor J. Sterling Mor
ton, of Nebraska, father of the Arbor
Day for economic tree planting out that
way, says that “more than 600,000,000
trees planted by human hands” are grow
ing in that State. “The time will yet
come,” says the Virginia (Nev.) Enter
prise, apropos of that fact, “when the
mountains of the region known as the
‘arid zone’ will be covered to their tops
with timber trees. We of the presout
generation have not much time to give to
reforesting the mountains, but that work
will be done by the generation? that will
follow us. Our work is to make a be
ginning of water storage. That is a
work which now faces us and demands
to be done, by it will be utilized the
arable lands of the arid zone. When
these shall have been reclaimed the next
generation will see that the mountains do
not lie waste. The rich soil on their
slopes will be made to bear forests of
pine. While the present generation will
be the reservoir builders, they will also
do what they can to preserve the forests
now existing, and beside will be sticking
in an occasional tree. Naturally they
will start groves about the reservoirs and
along the lines of canals and ditches.
This will be a beginning for the coming
generation.
FARMERS’ ALLIANCE NOTES,
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NEWS CF THE ORDER AND
ITS MEMBERS.
WHAT IS BEING DONE IK THE VARIOUS
SECTIONS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF
THIS GREAT ORGANIZATION.—LEGISLA
TION, NOTES, ETC.
The bagging manufactured from cotton
Stalk fibre promises to be well received by
farmers, warehousemen and manufactur
ers,
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West Virginia State Alliance will be
organized at Charleston, Kanawha Coun
ty, Angust 13, by President Barbee of
Virginia, assisted by National Secretary
J. H. Turner.
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Let no man let upon his Alliance work
or enthusiasm on account of the warfare
between the great Alliance and the poli
ticians. It had to come—and it has come.
But brave men will not flinch.
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It is sated that the Alliance co-opeia
tivc store at Dallas in Paulding county,
Ca„ from a jmid up stock of only $485
shows ati account of sales from February
4th. 1809, to date, of $12,750. This ia
tfertairiiy a wonderful record.
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Join the Alliance and help to fight the
halt It- uhteh are springing up daily, try
ing to rten the agricultural interests of
the c)jtßtrv. In union there is strength,
■**l*l. usami men in this county can
do more trv-d by far than five hundred.
M.mtrui JW.
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Stiii they come. North Dakota has
applied for a State charter, tv.uih Dakota
nal isiiftrtl the *rti of its executive
oufnfiart'C >t m Louis last December,
a4 Wtecoosi* let* voted to consolidate
with tie Na:i nal Fanners Alliance and
ladutiial Union. Who next?— National
Eem&mid.
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The silver bill, as amended by the sen
ate. > a great victory for the Farmers'
Alliance, and shows that the influence of
that older, exerted through its legisla
tive committee, is being felt. Members
of congress have recently voted for prac
tical free coinage that a few years ago
would have votul against it.— National
Economist.
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Senator Vance, of North Carolina, who
introduced the Farmers’ Alliance sub
treasury bill in the senate, has come out
flat footed in a letter, stating thrit he is
against the bill. The letter was written
at the request of President Polk, of the
AlTanee. He says while he is not op
posed to the purpose of the bill, he can
not support it as it is.
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The following is from the Farmers
ft limns (Chattanooga, Teim.i: "Pay
no attention to circulars *1111(1 document!
if any should reach you asking farmers
to organize lr agues under a parent or
ganization in Massachusetts. The nuthoi
of this scheme is the editor of an agri
cultural paper which lias been Irying to
down the Alliance.
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The Progressive Farmer ./Raleigh, N.
0.) sajs: “The Alliance Hally at Greens
boro on the 24th and 26th of July, prom
ises to be one *<f the grandest events in
the history of our order in this State.
Many prominent speakers from this and
other States will be present. The rail
roads will give very low rates so that
people can come from a distance at com
paratively a smaU expense.
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The Union (Quickslung, Va.), a sturdy
Alliance paper, says : “It is the duty of
every farmer and wage-worker through
out the country to make a special study
of the Alliance movement, ns much so as
they do the movements of the two great
political parties, and see which of the
three organizations is advocating meas
ures that are of the most vital interest to
the people generally. The political par
ties only favor measures for the moneyed
few, w hile the Aliance is protesting, and
fighting for that which w ill benefit all
mankind alike. Every man who believes
ill equal rights to all should study this
matter and act Wisely.”
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The C<n/r<7 *inn (Clinton, N. says:
“Oates, of Alabama, and Carlisle, of
Kentucky, are both out in long mticlea
on the sub-treasury plan. Each admit
that the farmer is greatly depressed and
oppressed by unjust laws, yet they say
that the sub-treasury plan w ill not do.
They claim to be statesmen,* and as sueli
it would have been more becoming in them
to have used the same time and energy
they have expended in criticising the bill,
in amending it, or framing a better one
with the same object. If they, as states
men in the halls of Congress, had done
their duty prodding the farmers’ inter
ests, or latiur m seeing that they got
simple justice, then the sub treasuiy hill
would never have been necessary. Wjiat
are they going to do about it? Are thev
going to sit idle and not only do nothing
for tile farmer's relief, but even ciificise
the measures we are forced to offer for
ourselves ?”
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don’t NEGLECT YOUII MEETINGS.
Hon. Marlin V. Calvin, chairman of
the Georgia State Alliance, writes a
timely letter to the -Southern Alliance
Farmer , on the importance of prompt
and regular attendance on Alliance meet
ings. Mr. Calvin says: “The object had
in view, at this time, is to say a word or
two on the question of attendance upon
Alliance meetings. The thought cams to
me while visiting a thriving lodge iu this
county. 1 wondered if there were any
lodges iu the state whose meetings are
slimly attended because of the crops or
the waiau weather. The meeting to w hich
l refer was held at 8 o’clock p. m.
■ml the brethren and sisters came trudg
ing up rnraugn uc near, yoyrui ,uu u
tenauce and overflowing with zeal for the
cause. That's their uiuuuer of doing twice
a mouth. We are in the midstof the busy
season, but we cannot affor.t to
lose a meeting of the Alliance
except for providential cause.
An aftemuon twice a mouth de
voted to Alliance work will prove an in
vestment of inestimable value to every
member of the order. Not a member
can be spared from 'a meeting—not one.
No member can miss a meeting of the
Alliance without sustaining a poesitiv loss.
[ lam satisfied that w e need at our regu
lar meetings more talk cf the good of the
ruder than is usually indulge'! In. bo
fur, we have had but an inkling of the
benefits which will flow into every coun
try home through the Alliance agency.
Wc are grappling great questions and at
tempting the solution of difficult prob
lems. 'lbis is right, but we should not
neglect a single opportuni yto develop
in their fu luess the muer-workings of the
order; for, without these, our efforts in
broader fields will toe practically iruitless.
It is the cultivation of principles, which
u tderlie the inner workings of each
lodge, that will enable every Alliauccinau
t> acquit himself like a man in every con
led in which the order engages.”
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
WORK OF THE FIFTY-FIRST
CONGRESB.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE
BRIEFED—DELIBERATIONS OVER MAT
TERS OF MOMENTOUS INTEREST TO OUII
COMMON COUNTRY.—NOTES.
The house, on Wednesday, resumed
consideration of the federal election bill,
the pending question being on the
amendment offered by Mr. Tucker,
°f Virginia, requiring the judge of the
circuit court, associated with the district
judge, to pass upon applications for su
pervisors of elections. Rejected. Aftei
a lengthy debate the. bill was ordered en
grossed nnd read for the third time. Two
hours w ere consumed in the reading of
the bill. The question then recurred on
ijs passage. As the call was in progress
the greatest interest was manifested on
both sides of the house. The bill was
passed—yeas 155, nays 149. The house
then, at 9:25, adjourned.
In the Senate, on Wednesday, Mr. His
nock called up his motion to reconsider
the vote by which the senate on Tuesday
refused to recede from the amendments
to the‘legislative appropriation bill in
reference to the pay of senators’ clerks
mil sessional committee clerks. ’lho mo
tion was agreed to -yeas, 26; nays, 21.
The question recurred whether the senate
ihould reeede from its amendments.
Agreed to—32 to 16. The legislative Hill
now goes to the president for his signa
trare. The senate then proceeded to the
consideration of the two senate bills re
ported from the committee on commerce,
to plaee the American merchant marine
engaged in foreign trade upon an equal
ity with that of other nations, and to
provide for an ocean mail service between
the United States and foreign ports, and
to promote commerce. Mr. Frye said
!hat he hoped to have the senate act
Thursday on both hills, as he intended to
call up the river and harbor bill on Mon
day. After a short executive session the
lenatcut 5:10 adjourned.
In the senate on Friday Mr. Allison
moved that, the adjournment he till Mon
day, which was agreed io. At 2 o’clock
“unfinished business” was taken lip, it
being two postal nnd ship subsidy bills.
Mr. Vest continued his argument
against the bills. The conference report
on the agricultural appropriation bill
was presented and agreed to. The senate,
it 4 :50, adjourned till Monday.
The president signed the Idaho toll or,
Thursday, and the new state will .be
added to the flag.
The president, on Thursday, nominated
Adam E. King, of Maiyinnd, for l-nit-ed
States consul-general at Paris.
The superintendent of the census ha?
authorized a recount in five districts of
Minneapolis, Minn., in regard to which
there are charges of fraud in increasing
the returns.
A telegram was received at tho navy
department J'rom Rear Admiral Walker,
saying that the squadron of evolution
sailed from Rio de Janeiro Saturday .for
New York. It will touch at Pen
nambuco and St. Thomas, and it. is ex
pected to reach New York about the first
of August.
Republican members of the conference
committee on the silver bill were in ses
sion Saturday but reached no conclusion.
It wax the intention to hold a regulm
conference, but the democratic conferees
were both absent. The principal ques
tion discussed was whether 4,500,000
ounce* or that $4,500,000 worth of silver
should be purchased monthly.
Another unavailing conference over the
silver bill was held Friday morning, last
ing one hour and a half. One of the
members say the time was spent, as it
was Thursday, in a general discussion ot
the financial situation, and that no prop
osition was presented and pressed with
any particular force. An adjournment
was then taken at noon until Saturday
morning.
The northern democratic members of
the house of representatives have issued
an appeal to tne country*in regard to the
election bill, now pending in congress.
The measure is alluded to as “extraorcU
nary, dangerous and revolutionary,” a
“purely partisan measure, intended pri
marily to control elections for congress in
all tho states, and to intimidate, hound,
obstruct and harass, by political persecu
tion. in unfriendly hands, adverse ma
the building and injuring seveu children,
four of them fatally. The explosion was
cased by a spark from a fire cracker,
which exploded prematurely in the hands
of August Smith, Jr., aged fourteen
years.
During the celebration at Ottawa,Kan
sas, Friday, at which 10,000 persons were
present, it was reported that an agent for
a Kansas brewing company was about to
'tart an original package house. The ex
ercises were suspended long enough to
denounce, in unmeasured terms, the sale
of liquor and beer in in original
packages, and favoring measures that
would prevent such sale.
A BIG DEMONSTRATION
OF THE FAHMERS’ ALLIANCE AND OT HER
ORGANIZATIONS IN EMPORIA. KANSAS.
Au Emporia, Kas.. dispatch says: The
Farmers’ Alliance and other kindred or
ganizations united iu one of the grandest
demonstrations on the 4th, ever held
here. There was a procession five miles
long and 20.000 people in attendance.
No such turnout of the farmers was ever
witnessed in this part of the state. The
speakers were L. L. Polk, president of
the National Alliance; R. Beaumont, and
other prominent members.
TELEGRAPH AND CABLE.
WHAT 18 GOING ON IN THE
BUSY WORLD.
A SUMMARY or OUTSIDE AFFAIRS CON
DENSED FROM NEWSY DISPATCHES
TROM UNCLt SAM'S DOMAIN AND WHAT
THE CABLE BRINGS.
Treasury balance: Coin, $122,035,758;
currency, $0,942,652.
'The entire bi siness portion of Pullman,
Washington, was burned Friday after
noon.
Superintendent of census, Porter, esti
mated the total population of the United
States at 01,500,000.
The superintendent of the census has
decided to order a recount of twenty-four
districts in Kansas City.
C. A. Blessing, manufacturer of plumb
ing materials at Philadelphia, wnsburned
out Friday. Loss SIOO,OOO.
The population of Albany, N. Y., by
the census is 92,468, an increase of 1,565.
Troy has a population of 00,587, an in
crease of 8,840.
Supervisor Wadline, fff the census bu
reau, gives an official estimate of the pop
ulation of Boston, Mass., which is 437,-
252, nil iuerrase of 75,090.
A dispatch from Ottawa, Ont., says:
The bill which passed the last session to
punish government officials for disclosing
government, scorets was officially pro
claimed Wednesday,
A dispatch from Madrid, Spain, says
the cholera is increasing at Gandhi, Enero,
Huecn, and other villages. The prefect
of Valencia is going to Gandia to assist
tho doctors of that town.
A dispatch from Joilet, 111., says: The
8 o’clock Chicago-bound passenger train
on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
railroad was wrecked here Friday morn
ing and four people were killed.
The earnings of the East Tennessee,
Virginia nnd Georgia railroad during the
first week in June amounted to $123.-
241.98, ns compared with $98,098 for the
corresponding time in last year.
At London, on Friday, Mr. Bryce pre
sented in the house of commons a peti
tion from 15,000 inhabitants of New
foundland asking parliament lor a remedy
to the grievances of the Newfoundland
fishermen.
Supervisor of Census Davis says tho
population of San Francisco is 300,000.
The Chinese population is 24,000, an in
crease of 2,000 since 1890. Probably
10,000 more Chinese, who are regular in
habitants of San Francisco in the winter,
are now at work in the country.
Three more bodies of women were
found at Johnstown, Pa.,on Friday, all
of them being in the river just above
Stone bridge,- where a great mass of
wreckage ley last, smmer. They were
under the water in the sand and all were
in a fair state of preservation. Only one
was identified.
The navy department has issued a cir
cular inviting proposals for building three,
huge 8,500 ton coast line battle ships,'
whose construction was authorized by the
naval appropriation net passed by con
gress a few days ago. The vessels are to
cost, exclusive of armament, not more
than $4,000,000 each.
Ignatz Dourtez and Robert L. Wallace,
who plead guilty to the theft of $58,000
worth of bonds from the vaults of Win.
Wallace, proprietor of Wallace’s Monthly,
ami unde of young Wallace, were sen
tenced at New York Wednesday, each to
eight years and eleven months' imprison
ment, with hard work.
A dispatch from Paris, says: 'Tho
French press admit that the negotiations
between Lieutenant Wise, representative
of the liquidation of the Panama Canal
comany, and the Colombian government
for an extension of the Panama canal
and a resumption of work on the canal
have collapsed, and that the hopes of the
bondholders have ended.
The grand jury at Chicago, on Friday,
voted against finding any indictment in
the l.ake street “I,” road boodle matter,
in which the names of M. C. McDonald,
Joseph C. Mackin, ex-Alderman Monear
and ex-Alderman Wallner have been free
ly handled. The Daily News intimate?
that the vital testimony was suppressed
by a liberal use of money.
A keg containing fifty pound* of pow
der exploded in August Smith’s grocery
store, at Industry, near Scotthaven, Pn.,
Saturday evening, completely wrecking
jorities in the cities of tho north.” it
“creates an army of spies,” and “prosti
tutes the judiciary.” The appeal con
cludes in a call to true patriots, regardless
of political affiliation, to protest, through
public meeting*, or otherwise, against
this consolidation of government-. There
are, so far, thirty signatures to the ap
peal.
There was a dead calm in both houses
of congress Friday, after the storm of
Thursday. Indeed, there were so few
members of the house present that it
rould do no business and adjourned
over until Monday. The senate did like
wise. The democrats of both houses
were discussing nothing during the day
but the features of the force bill, and it
prospects of passing the senate at this
session. The bill, the democrats
say, is a thousand times worse
than the “force bill" killed in the
48rd congress by the efforts of the late
Samuel J. Randall. It w ill simply place
the entire south under the rules of re
publican federil supervisors reinforced
an army of blue coats with burnished
bayonets. The next fight on the bill xvill
be made in the senate. There tare many
senators who do not believe the senate
xvill ever take up the bill for serious
sonsideration. Among them are some
republicans, but they arc the men whe
oppose the measure. Notwithstanding
this talk, the chances arc that the bill
will come up,
KEMMLER ONCE MORE.
' THE SENTENCE OF DEATH PASSED UPON
UIM FOB THE THIRD TIMS.
A Buffalo. N. Y.. dispatch says: YV'il
l'aru Kemmler was, on Thursday, foi
the third time, sentenced to death. Judge
Childs ordered that his previous senteuct
be carried into effect at Auburn prisoi
during the week of August 4th.
SUBSCRIBE NOW
VETERANS IN LINE.
MEETING OK THE BOYS IN OKAY IN CHAT
TAKOOOA — A GRAND RALLY.
The first convention of the United Con
federate Veterans’ association met ir
Chattanooga Thursday, Gov. John B.
Gordon presiding. The city was gay 3
decorated in honor of the convention, al
the public buildings and leading busi
ness houses being profusely adorned with
the stars and stripes. Wut of the tens ol
thousands of flags that were fluttering ir,
the breezes, not a half dozen flags except
the stars and stripes were seen. All the
decorations conducted by the executive
committee were in national colors only.
Ex-confederate veterans came in on
every train, and thousands participated
in the meeting. An address of welcome
was delivered by Hon. Mr. Wheeler, an
ex-confederate soldier, and was respond
ed to by General John B. Gordon. The
question of organizing the Sons of Con
federate Veterans was referred to the
committee and probably will be reported
favorably. A memorial from the Wo
man’s Jefferson Davis Monument associa
tion of New Orleans, asking co-operatiou,
was presented and several hundred dol
lars were subscribed. The following of
ficers were elected: General in chief,
General John B. Gordon; lieutenant gen
eral, E. Kirby Smith, of Tennessee, lieu
tenant general trans-Mississippi depart
ment, General AV. L. Cabel, of Texas.
The convention then adjourned.
The Fourth of July exercises of the
reunion took the form of a Monster par
ade. Ten thousand veteraus were in
liue, together with three regiments of
Tennessee State Guards encamp:d near
the city and several military companies
from other southern cities. Fifty thou
sand people witnessed the parade. In
all the line not a single confederate flag
was displayed, but every command car
ried national colors. Brass bands passed
up the streets playing national airs and
“Dixie,” “Bonnie Blue Flag,” and the
war tunes on both sides, and cheers
greeted every' air. The best of good hu
mor prevailed, and not a single incideut
occurred to mar the pleasure of the occa
sion. The programme arranged for Sat
urday was a visit .to the Chicka
mauga battlefield, where there was a
great picnic and speeches were made by
ex-federal and confederate soldiers. Gen
eral John T. AVelder, ex-federal presi
dent of Chickamauga Memorial associa
tion, made the principal speech, which
was well received. There were several
thousand people present. The exercises
took place on Snodgrass hill, which
was valiantly held by General George 11.
Thomas and won for him the sobriquet
“Rock of Chickamauga.” Lookout was
illuminated at night. Altogether the
grand reunion was a huge success. The
time and place for the next meeting was
referred to the general commanding and
staff.
THE HENDRICKS STATUE
UNVEILED WITH IMPOSING CEREMONIES AT
INDIANAPOLIS.
Indianapolis did honor Tuesday to the
memory of one of her favorite sous whose
notable career as a statesman was cut
short just as his life's work had been re
warded with the second highest office in
the gift of the American people. Con
spicuous as Thomas A. Hendricks had
been in his life time in the councils of one
political party there was no politics in the
event of Tuesday. In the imposing street
demonstration republicans marched with
democrats, and prohibitionists with
mugwumps. No one particular party
was represented in the tens of
thousands of dollars that have
poured in from every state and
territory in the union toward the erection
of the magnificent work of art that adorns
the state house grounds, and political
differences were forgotten in the salvos
of applause that greeted the venerable
relic of the deceased vice-president, as
with trembling hands she pulled the rope
and exposed lo public view the marble
features of her illustrious consort. It
was the tribute of the city and state to a
citizen, an American, a mac, rather than
to a politician or statesman. Mrs. Hen
dricks received an ovation as the proces
sion moved through the principal streets,
as also did Governor Hill, of New York.
Senator Turpie delivered at the monu
ment an oration on the life and character
of Mr. Hendricks, which was a masterly
effort. The monument occupies a posi
tion in the southern corner of the new
capitol grounds, facing AVashington
street, the principal thoroughfare of the
city. The likeness is pronounced re
markably accurate by those who knew
him in life.
TRADE REPORJ.
BUSINESS REVIEW FOR WEEK ENDED SAT
URDAY, JULY 5.
The weekly review of trade by R. G.
Dunn & Cos. says: AVitli the beginning
of the new fiscal year we have heavy dis
bursements and easier money, better crop,
prospects and continuance of a larger
trade for the season than has been seen in
any previous year. The volume of trade
shown by clearing house returns at all
cities outside of New York is 14.1 pei
cent larger than last year for the month of
June a 1 and 13.0 per cent larger for the half
year. The Inst week or two have wit
nessed a smaller increase, the extreme hot
weather having depressed trade at many
western points, while at the east hesitation
on account of pending legislation is now
noticeable. Railroad earnings thus far
reported for June show a gain of about
teu ]K?r cent over last year, but these
show less gain for the latter than for the
first half of the month. The iron trade
is more steady, but rather dull. Report'
from the south are very favorable as tc
growing cotton, and in Texas the esti
mated yield is thiv largest on record.
Government reports make ‘.he decrease in
circulation of all kinds of money in Junt
less than $3,000, 00<‘, but for the yeai
past the increase has been $40,000,000
For the first time the public debt, les*
cash on hand, falls below $1,000,000
but appropriations of $107,000,000 foi
pensions during the new fiscal ycarrendei
it less likely that the surplus will bf
troublesome. Business failures occurring
during the week number for the United
States 181, and for Canada 98. as com
pared with 303 the corresponding week
of last vea r
An English electrician line invented a ma
terial that lie calls “alterion.” tor the pre
vention of corrosion in boilers.
NEWS OF THE SOUTH.
BRIEF NOTES OF AN INTER
ESTING NATURE.
PITHY IYEMS FROM ALL POINTS IN THH
SOUTHERN STATES THAT WILL ENTER
TAIN THE READER—ACCIDENTS, FIRES,
FLOODS, ETC.
Mayor Ellyson, of Richmond, \ r a. r left
that city on Friday for London as a dele
gate to the peace conference.
Official census figures give Chatta
nooga, Tenn., and suburbs 48,500, in
stead of 45,000 as has been announced.
Census Supervisor Goves estimated th<
popo'ulation of Knoxville, Tenn., at 83,-
i)0o. The city had 9,693 in 1880, show
ing a gain of 28,367 in ten years. If all
the suburbs were added, the population
would be fully 45,000.
The beard of trade of Paris, Texas, has
appointed six enumerators to take anew
census of the city, being satisfied that
the federal census is imperfect. Austin,
too, is greatly disappoinfed, and claims
5,000 more people than the census shows.
The official census count of the leuding
cities in Texas discloses the following
figures, approximately: Dallas, 39,300;
San Antonio, 38,900; Galveston,
35,000; Ft. AVorth, 31,000; Hous
ton, 22,000; Waco, 2 ',000; Austin, 16,-
900.
The Louisville Southern railroad, from
Louisville, ICy., to a connection with the
Cincinnati Southern, has been leased tc
the Eust Tennessee, Virginia and Geor
gia. This give it a northern outlet both
to Cincinnati and Louisville, which is
necessary to complete its system.
A big furniture van, containing a pa'ty
of twenty-one young folks returning from
a p'enie on the farm of Frank Akin, two
miles from Louisville, Ky., was struck
by a northbound express at Preston street
crossing of the Louisville Southern 1 ail
road Friday evening and three of its occu
pants were killed and others injured.
The following have been elected as the
officers of the North Carolina Teachers
assembly for next year: President,
Charles D. Mclver; first vice-president,
Hugh Matson; secretary and treasurer,
E. G. Harrell. The officers of the Clas
sical association, are: President, E.
Alexander.; vice-presidents, C. B. Den-
Denson and L. L. Hobbs; secretary, J.
E. Kelley.
A dispatch from Lexington, Ya., says:
About 5 o’clock Friday morning, n1
Buena Arista three miners were instant's
killed. The men assembled about the
shaft of the mine, and four men entered
the cage for the purpose of decending,
when without warning, the car fell a dis
tance of 140 feet to the bottom of the
shaft. Eli Painter, John Montgomery
and Lipps Sneed were instantly killed.
Fk>3'd Marion, one of the party, is still
alive and conscious.
Leaf tobaccq sales in the Danville, Va.,
market for June amounted to 1,380,870
pounds, a decrease of 2,768,700 pounds
as compared with June of last year.
Sales for nine months of the tobacco
V’ear, commencing October Ist, were 21,-
335,102 pounds, an increase of 33,939
pounds compared with the same per.od
of the last tobacco year. The average
price paid the first nine months of the
tobacco year, as compared with last year,
show an increase of $7.76 per hundred
pounds.
A Norfolk dispatch of Friday says: A
number of reports have been received
from various counties in North Carolina,
showing the condition of the cotton < rop
up to the 27th of June. The reports
show that from five to six per cent less
cotton has been planted than last year.
The condition is about forty-four per cent
better than last year. The crop is two
or three weeks earlier. The weather has
been all that could be desired. The crop
is clean and clear of grass, labor beins. l
abundant.
MEXICAN DIRT.
THE'BIGGEST LAND TRADE IN THE HISTORY
OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT.
Information was received at San Anto
nio, Texas, on Friday, of the consurmna
tion of the biggest land trade in the his
tory of the American continent. Th<
parties to the contract were John Han
cock, of Austin, and Robert Sifmmcrlin,
of San Antonio, on one side, acting foi
the owners, and representatives of at
English and Holland syndicate. Tilt
land lies all in one body in the state ol
Samaulisas, Mexico, within easy dis
tance of the Mexican Central railroad,
and comprises between live and six mill
ion of acres and 75,000 head of cattle.
The terms are private.
Project for a Great World’s Fair
Theatre.
After four years’ steady work, a Ro
man architect has just finished the plans
for the mdkt extraordinary theatre ever
projected. It is a park and opera house
combined, so that horses and carriages
may rear li the door of every private box,
the Occupants of which may step out
among the fountains and the stately gar
dens on the roof.
When the Duke of Torionia was Syn
dic of Rome hc'urged the creator of this
wonderful scheme to continue his labors,
and suggested that a great, playhouse
might he elected in the city as a crowa
iug architectural development of Rome.
He is now bankrupt, and there is no
hope of ever seeing the building put up
in Italy.
The architect proposes to lay his de
signs before the officials having iu charge
the World's Fair in America. He is
hacked by the leading men of Home.
The w hole work can be carried out in
Italy at a cost of *'’,400,000, but the
difference in the price of labor and ma
teria! on the Western Continent will
swell this aggregate enormously.
This vast edifice would contain 50.000
and would comfortably seat 50,000.
There are 180 dressing rooms for per
formers. The stage is 195 feet w ide by
282 feet deep.—[San Francisco Chron
icle.
FLTTIXO A TITLE.
She (facetiously)—l suppose you call
your horse Cupid because he is such a love
of a horse?
He—Not exacly. You sec, he's blind.
-[Life,
QUIET LIVES.
Like the quiet flow of • summer stream,
Or the peaceful tenor of a poet's dream
In starry nights.
With the stellar gleams in whirl o’erhead.
And the laugh o’ the moon on the river shad
In shaded lights—
And ghostly sylphs, with their tread of air,
Flitting about to the music fair—
These quiet hours
Of a life secludetl from the busy mart
Of the world’s great, longing, restless heart
And nervous powers—
Delight the soul—that happy soul
That knows the continent coutrol
Of a simple mind * * *
Of a ficart and brain that know no longing,
Of a soul that knows no wrong, nor wrong
ing
His human kind;
Among his store of time-stain’d books, '
Who for his daily pleasure looks, ,
And asks no more.
Whose mind to nil the world is kind,
To grosser passions, evils —blind;
And from whose door (
The beggar never turns in vain
For food, or shelter from the rai.i
And cheering smile.
***#*#s*
Blest, thrice blest—lives like these—they
spring
In sheltered corners of the world—and bring
An increase with them—like the lowly flow
ers
That .bloom in woodland byways, stayed by
showers
Of night-kiss'd dew (that falls when angels
weep),
And all the world is wrapt in mystic sleep.
—Philadelphia Ledger.
PITH AND POINT.
A rope gets tight because that's the
way it is taut. — Statesman.
•The man who has to fight single
handed generally does it' double fitted. —
Statesman.
In the matter of breathing, one air is
just as good as a millionaire.—Bingham
ton Republican.
Law is dry because all acts are gen
erally cut and dried before they become
laws.— Picayune.
The wise employe always laughs
promptly when the proprietor makes a
joke.— Somerville Journal.
A man never knows how much he can
do till he tries—nor how bady he can do
it, either.— Washington Post.
AYith a good many young men, love is
a matter of losing the head rather than
the heart.— Burlington Free Press.
“This is a hard set,” as the hen said
when she was trying to hatch a porcelain
egg. —Boston Commercial Bulletin.
It is “Women in Medicine” now.
When delicate health was fashionable it
was medicine in Tyomcn.-— Texas Siftings.
1 ‘There is a good deal of mud slinging
in politics just now." “There is that.
It’s a regular rain of terra.”— New York
Herald.
“Why, Tennyson, what is all this
broken glass here on the floor?” “Oh, it’s
a little thing I dashed off a few minutes
ago.”— Puck.
A Nevada forest is said to be so vast
and impenetrable that many travelers
have been lost in mere contemplation of
it —American Grocer.
Point for Barnurn—Always engage a
squint eyed man for a lion tamer, because
he can fix two beasts at once with his
eyes.— Fliegende Blatter.
“At the North Pole, Hans, they have
nights six months long.” “Oh, but,
father, just think of the poor watch
men.”—Fliegende Blatter.
Brown—“ Did the dog eat up much
when he got into the pantry?” Mrs.
Brown—“ Yes; everything but the dog
biscuit.”—Harper's Bazar.
“AVas there any applause at the close
of your lecture?” “No; the audience
were so sorry that I was through they
couldn't applaud.”— Harper's Bazar.
He told her all the jokes he knew.
’Twas thus she spoke when he got through:
“You ought to hear Frank Simpkins tell .
Those stories. My! He does them well.”
Washington Post.
It is altogether wrong and improper,
besides being impolite, for any one to
speak of the doctor's servant as the valet
of the shadow of death. —Somerville
Journal.
“Time will prove my client innocent 1”
cried Squiljig. “Your argument carries
some wait with it,” observed the
court. And Squiljig laughed so heartily
that he won his case.— Harper's Bazar.
“AA r ell, who are you?” asked Fangle
of a man he met in his hall with his
bauds full of silverware. “I’m the
Chairman of the Appropriation Commit
tee,” replied the burglar.— Munsey't
Weekly.
Teacher—“ How many of you cap tell
me something about grass? Well, John
ny, what do you know about it?” John
ny—“ Please, ma'am, it is something you
always have to keep off’n.” — Times-
Democrat.
Shoe Dealer (to young widow, who is
hauling over a pile of ladles’ slippers) —
“Are you looking for No. 2, ma’am?”
Young AVidow (blushing)—“Yes, sir.
Are you an unmarried man?”—Burling
ton Free Press.
“You uever saw such a dog as my Nero'.
The other c}ay a friend borrowed him to
go shooting with. He didn’t have any
luck, and when they came back Nerc
actually dragged him to the stand of a
game dealer.” —Fliegende Blatter.
Tramp—“ Madam, I'm weary and dis
couraged, can I go out in the barn and
die?” Lady of the House—“ Poor man'
I'm sorry for you. But you'll have tc
come some other time. AW re going tc
have a dance out there to-night.”—Har
per's Bazaj'.
A lecturer on physical beauty says
“holding one's hands up makes the veins
swell and induces a large, coarse devel
opment.” Train robbers, who order
their victims to “throw up your hands,
should be informed, of this fact. — Jdorrii
toun Herald.
. .
There are said to be thirty-two •Iboip
sand promises in the Bible.