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Dr. Austin Flint, the distinguished I American physician, says that when ■ 1 healthy person adopts a certain course o! diet he invariably becomes u dysp - .tie ——————— ' A region 1400 mile3 square and capa ble of supporting a hundred million |ro ple, includes the arid lands which make most of the “Great American Desert - ’ that we wed to see in our geographies. The Illinois Central Ilailroad Company invites purchases of stock iu the ia*<l by the men in its employ. Stock 'c in be paid for in instalments of $5 or over, interest to be paid on the money advanced until enough has accumulated to equal a fair market price for a share, when this certificate will be delivered. The Baron de Cosson, who surprise ! and disgusted many persons by s owing that the greater part of the old armor preserved in public museums in Europe is work of the present century or of the last century, has sold his own collection in London. One of his treasures is the Highland pistol which belonged to ths Earl of Montrose (1615). Says the Chicago Herald: Georgia has plenty of room for immigrants. There are in Pierce County 400,037 acres of land, of which only 12,118 are improved. Ware contains 117,903 acres, of which 10,037 are improved; Wayne, 249,000, and 9997 improved; Appling, 357,075, and 13,352 improved. Other counties make a similar showing. , *1 dangerous now to gather wood on the line between France and Germany. One poor French peasant was wounded lately because ho ventured a few feet into German territory after faggots. “If such an outrage were perpetrated on ths American border” comments the San Francisco Chronicle , “our relations with the offending nation would be strained ■beyond mending.” Curiously enough, newspapers very generally pcrsyit in putting whatever they have to say about the phonograph under the head of “electrical news,’’ ob serves the New York Commercial Adeer tieer. The phonograph is a mechanical, and iu no sense an electrical device. It is true that an electric motor is often used to operate it, but the same may be said of a printing press. The phonograph no more depends upon electricity for its action than does a clothes-wringer. Sirs. Jefferson Davis in a letter to a friend in New York us writes: “lain not surprised that you believe that our daughter Varina (‘Winnie’) is our only surviving child, as almost in every notice of her it is stated that she is ‘the only daughter of the late Jefferson Davis.’ But it is a cause of constantly recurring thankfulqpse to tno that tf wo wore to be deprived of our sons by death two daughters survive. Margaret, the elder, k the wife of J A. Hayes, a Miasissip pian by birth, now a banker in Colorado Springs. She was most tenderly beloved by her father, and it was ono of the sor rows of his later years that Mrs. Hayes’s health required her residence to be so far removed from ours.” Thousands of Southern colored peo ple, wear the cast-off clothing of New Yorkers, asserts the Chicago Herald. Such clothing is bought for little or nothing by peddlers, who sell it to whole salers in the central European quarter. The wholesalers clean, patch and pross the garments, arrange them according to size in dozens and await the Southern merchants. The latter come from Wash ington, Hichmond, Charleston, Mobile and half a dozen other considerable cities and buy as best as they may. The whole salers sell on ninety days’ credit, nnd if one merchant does not offer fair prices they await the coming of others. No body’s profits are extraordinarily large, but those of the Southern retailer aro probably the best. Not long ago a savant made the dis covery that an egg could easily be poi soned by the insertion of a thin wire that would leave no mark on the shell. Until then the Csar of Russia had eaten eggs with absolute security; but now, a continental correspondent avers, they are sent him in all sorts of mysterious receptacles—sometimes in hat boxes— and they are boiled or converted into omelettes in a little kitchca contiguous to the Czar’s study. Here a Parisian cook named Iteynaud operates under the personal superintendence of the Czarina, who goes in and out of the kitchen at all hours, and often prepares a dish with hr own hand*. The Czar never eats tlifqE soup or thick sauces, llis food is meat, “boiled or broiled, but the broth or gravy must always be perfectly clear. The vegetables are served whole, and rut before him with a silver knife. The sugar which he eats with his fruit is also pounded in his sight, and his salt is ,\ie common gray salt iu largo grains, with which it would be impossible to mix ar senic, as could bu done with the liua fvhit£'-{aj}i@ sat. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL WORK OF THE FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. PROCF.KDrNGS OF TItF. IWrsF. AND SENATE IJIUF.FED DKIJBKKATIOXB OVER MAT TERS OF MOMENTOUS ISTEP.SST TO OIH COMMON COGKTBV.—NOTE*. In the senate, on Wednesday, the house amendments to the senate bills to adopt regulations to prevent collisions at -ca, and to amend the net relutive to the shipping commissioners were presented, anti concurred in. Ihe senate proceeded to executive business, and the floors were reopened at 11:10 o’clock. The resolu tion offered by Mr. Edmunds, Tuesday, limiting the debate on the tnriff bill, was laid before the senate, and was referred to the committee on rules. Mr. (Quay’s resolution providing, among other thing*, for a vote on the tariff bill on the 80th ol August, was al*o referred to the com mittee on rules, after a statement 1 y .Mr. Quay that he understood the reservation of general appro priation bills to ihelude the river and harbor bill The house join* resolution i xtending the provisions of existing lawr providing for the teinjierury expenditures of the government, to the 29th of Au gust, was laid before the senate. Passed. The tariff bill was then taken Up. the pending question being on Mr. Vest’s amendment, reducing the duty on tin plates from 2 2 10 cents to 1 Cent per pound, tlie existing fate, mid Mr. Gray continued his argument against the pro posed increase. The bill was tempora rily laid aside mid the conference report on the Indian appropriation bill wus pre sented and agreed to. Mr. Gorman then took up the debate and made a speech against the proposed Increased duty. The tariff bill was laid aside informally and a conference was ordered on the sen ate bill in regard to collisions at sea, and Messrs. Frye, Washburnc and* Gorman were appointed confer is on part of the senate. .Mr. Plumb, from the c< mmittce on appropriations, reported r Joint reso lution for the relief of destitution in Oklahoma. The house bill making ap propriations for additional clerical force in the pension office, was taken from the calendar nnd read for amendment. The various amendments reported by the com mittee on appropriations were agreed to and the hill ws passed. Tile senate then proceeded to the consideration of execu tive business and at 5 ;40 o’clock adjourn ed. First business ill nhder Thursday morn tug in the house was a vote on sustaining the decision of the chair, overruling the point of order made by Mt. Springe! - , of Illinois, that the Net McKay relief bill must be c. tisiiiered iu committee of the whole. The decision was sustained. Mr. St ruble, of lowa, asked unanimous con sent fur the consideration of a joint reso lution for the aid of destitute person* in Oklahoma. Mr. Walker, Of Massachu setts, and Mr. Mt 1 .’lathltiy, of North Car olina, objected. Mr. bidden, of New York, asked unanimous consent for the consideration of the bill granting leave of absence t > per diem employes in the cus toms service. Mr. Cheud'le, of Indiana, objected. The house then resumed con sideration of the Nat McKay bill. No quorum was developed, nnd subsequent efforts to pi oi ure one proving unavailing, Ihc house, at 4 :05 o'clock, adjourned. Iu the senate,on Thursday, Mr. Plumb, from the committee on appropria tioiis, reported the senate joiat resolu film appropriating for tho relief of the • ♦ i 'stitution of Oklahoma the expended balance of the appropriation made last April for the relief of ihe district over flowed by the Mississippi river, and It was passed. The tariff bill was ink. n up, tlie pending question being on Mr. Vest’s amendment (offered Inst Monday) to re duce the duty on tin plate (paragraph FIT, page 28), from 2 2 10 ce ts to f cent per pound. Mr. Mitchell nddrcsSfed the senate in defense of tlie high protective system, lie was followed by Mr. Reagan in an argument to Controvert the position taken by Mr. Mitchell, to the effect that congress had the ton stitutional power to levy taxes in order to rigu'nte trade nnd industrii s. After a lengthy debate on tlie tin plate clause, and without action, the senate adjourned. The house, on Friday, proceeded to the consideration of tlie conference re port on 1 lie Indian appropriation bill. After a short di-cus-ion the bill was laid aside ami Mr ( tinnon, by .unanimous con sent, Called up the senate joint resolu tion, providing find"the u i xpemled Iml aticc of the appropriation for the alii of Mississippi flood sufferers shall be used to aid destitute persons in Oklahoma. After the adoption of the ami ndment providing that money shall he disbursed under direction of the secretary of war, tlie joint resolution was passed. The NaFMcKay bill was then resumed. Af ter some dilatory tactics, the house took a recess until 8 o’clock, tho evening ses sion to be for the consideration of private pension bills. In the senate, on Friday, the river nnd harbor bill was taken up. A number of committee amendments to the bill were agreed to, including an increase in the appropriation for Charleston, S. C., har bor from $350,000 to $375,00 >. Also increasing the appropriation for Cape Fear river at and below Wilmington, N. C., from SIOO,OOO to $200,000; for Oou tentnia creek, N. C., from $5,000 to $7,000; for Neuso river up to Smithfie'd, N. C., from $12,000 to $20,000, ami for Mackey’s creek, N. C!., from SIO,OOO to $15,000; inserting an item of $3.00 ) for Pasquotank river, N. C.; increa -ing tlie appropriation for the " Tennessee river, below Chattanooga, from $475,000 to $500,000. Upon the item of $35,000 for continuing the improvement of Harlem river, a good deal of discussion arose bo tween New York nnd New England son" ators as to the method iu which tills im provement should proceed. No action was taken on the amendment, which went over ti l Saturday, and the senate, at C o’clock p. til., adjourned. In tho house, on Saturday, Mr. Snider, of Minnesota, submitted the conference report on the bill to establish a national park at the battifield of Chickamauga, and it was agreed to. Mr. Bingham, of Pennsylvania,from the committee on post offices and postroads, reported a resolu tion calling on the postmaster general for information relative to alleged frauds prac ticed by A J. Wedderbum, Adopted. The Nut McKay bill was then passed. Mr. Cannon, of Ilinois, from the commit tee on rule*, reported a resolution for the immediate consideration of the anti-lottery bill, the previous question to be consid ered as ordered. After a short debate, ’he bill was pagsed and the hoOse ad journed. On Saturday the senate resumed con sideration of the river and haibor bill. Mr. Quay asked unanimous consent to tier a resolution for n change of rules, so as to bring the senate to a vote on the taiiff*bill on the 30th of August, and to limit other legislation to appropriation bills, public building bills, etc., objected to. Consideration of the river and harbor bill was then proceeded with, on the amendments offered by individual sena tors. All ami ndment* adopted by the committee of the whole were agreed to, and tlie bill was passed. A conference was asked, end Messrs. Frye, Dolph and Hansom were appointed conferee*on part of the senate. The conference report on the house bill to establish a national mili tary park at the Imttlcficld at Chieka niauga, was presented by Mr. Hawley and agreed to. Mr. Quay gave notice of bis intention to move for a change of rules as set out in the resolution which lie had asked unanimous consent to offer, and said that he would not call it up be fore Tuesday. After a brief executive session, the senate adjourned. • NOTES. The president, on Saturday, nominated Colonel Jedediah H. Baxter, chief medi cal purveyor of the army, to he surgeon general with the rank of brigadier gcueral. The senate, -on Wednesday, confirmed the following nominations: S. B. Horne, consul at St. Thomas. West Indies; S. M. Griffin, postmaster at Quitman, Ga., and .1. 11. Triplet, at Dalton, Ga. The senate committee on appropriation* on Friday, completed consideration of the general deficiency appropriation bill and reported it to tlie senate with a num l>er of amendments which, with one ex ception, do not largely increase the total of tlie bilk a* it carat: from the house. NEWS OF THE SOOTH. BRIEF NOTES OF AN INTER ESTING NATURE. rmiY ITEMS FROM AM, TOINT* IN TUK SOtTtllitlN STATES THAT WILL F.NTKR TAIN THE READER —ACCIDENTS, FIRES, FLOODS, ETC. Robert Bullock, who Was fecently Un seated in the national house of represent atives, was, on Thursday, nominated by acclamation by the democrats of the sec ond Florida district. Ifume Clay, nged twenty-seven years, who is connected with the best people of Kentucky, has disappeared, and now it leaks out that he forged the name of his grandfather, Matthew Hume, for many thousands of dollars. The first bale of feouth Carolina cot ton, of this year’s crop, was sold Friday at 12 cents per pound, in Columbia. This is nine;days earlier than tho first bale of Inst season, nnd two day* earlier than for the last seven year*. The Anti Lottery League convention of Louisiana has issued an address to the people of the United States, and asks i heir aid in bringing about such a na tional legislation as will break down the power of the lottery. The Texas state democratic convention, on Wednesday, nominated General James 3. Hogg for governor unanimously. General Hogg was the railway commis sioner candidate. The platform adopted contains a plank favoring the free and unlimited coinage of silver. News comes from Newberry, 8, C., of a terrible boiler explosion, Which oc curred Thursday morning at a county •-■aw mill twelve miles west of that place, and by which four men, one white and tiiree colored, were killed aud two col ored men seriously wounded. A special from Dallns, Texas, says that when the Btate Republican convention meets in San Antonio on September 3d, that it will be controlled by white Re publicans, of Southern birth, who will form a white Republican party. They w ill denounce the force bill and demand the passage of an Australian ballot law. The New Orleans Picayune notices tho departure from that city of a solid train loaded with rosin, for the far destination of Denver, Colorado. The amount of rosin carried by tlie train, which consist ed of a number of cars, aggregated a round million pound*, and the whole amount was shipped by a New Orleans firm to a Colorado soap manufacturing establishment located in the thriving city of Denver. THE Q. A. R. MEETING. WORK OF THE CONVENTION—TO MEET IN DETROIT NEXT YEAR. The convention of the twenty-fourth national encampment of the Grand Array of the Republic came to order in Music llall at 11 o’clock a. in. Wednesday, in Boston. 'I he annual address was delivered by Commander in Chief General Alger. The address was received with frequent expressions of approval by the I t rge body of delegatesjpresent. The reports of Adjutant General George H. Hopkins, of Detroit, and Quartermaster General Taylor, of Philadelphia, were presented. These indicated a healthy financial condition of the order. The Grant monument fund now amounts to $11,115. Inspector General L. E. Grif fith, of Troy, N. Y., reported the order growing numerically stronger and working earnestly and harmoni ously in furthering the grand objects for which it was organized. No organiza tion on earth does more ta minister to the helpless and unfortunate. He presented a table showing that the number of posts in the Grand Army on Juue 80, 1890, were 6,928; number of comrades in good standing in poßts inspected to Juno 30th, 351,244; number of posts inspected, 5,- 010; number of posts not inspected. 1 - 051. Total amount expended for char ity, $282,556: amount remaining in relief fund, $475,350. Colonel Wheelock C. \ eazy, of Now Hampshire, at present one of the interstate commerce commissioners, was elected commander-ituchief. Detroit was elected as the place of mieting nest tear. 9 FARMERS’ ALLIANCE NOTES. NEWS OF THE ORDER AND ITS MEMBERS. WHAT 18 BEING DONE IN THE VARIOUS SECTIONS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE OREAT ORGANIZATION. LEGISLA TION, NOTES, ETC. There are 293 good and strong Alli ances in Ohio. * * * Pennsylvania State Alliance was or ganized August 1. + * Early county is going to have an Alli ance w arehouse at Blakeley. * A* * * The Farmers’ Alliance in Maryland is 2,000 strong, and is rapidly increasing, * Without a kind word or a single sign of recognition fiom either of the old parties, it ought to be comparatively easy for the average Alliance member to rid himself of a part of the fealty he now thinks due his party. — National Rcorwmiet. *** The State Farmers’ Alliance, of North Carolina, met at Asheville, Tuesday, with 500 delegates in attendance, every county in tlie state being represented. It is said thut the Alliance, as a body, would not oppose the rc-clcction of Benatot Vance, and he was certain that he would be renominated. + * * The Living lasut (Cincinnati) contains the platform of the Ohio Union Labor convention. The second plank is: “That the farmer shall be placed on a financial equality with the whisky dis tiller, the national banker, the importer of foreign goods, and the owner of gold and silver mines." *** The Alliance Herald (Montgomery, Ala.,) says: Congress ha* refused to even give the sub-treasury bill respectful consideration or deal with it Other that! with contempt. The money power has over-reached itself in this and committed a blunder that will scatter the remains of its servants very promiscuously over the country. Alabama may furnish several of the political corpses. *% At a meeting of the Alliance of Oco nee county, held in Wutkinsville, Ga., Wednesday, the following resolution was unanimously adopted; "Reiolved, That we take no action in the congressional race in the eighth district as Allinuce mcn, but we ull vole in said primary as Democratic citizens. Tills action on the part of the Alliance throws a shadow of uncertainty over the political situation in Oconee.” * * The National Alliance (Houston, Tex.) italicises a proposition which it puts be fore the members of the colored Alli ance, of which it is the organ: “The question in the present state and congres sional political contest is. that superla tive, important, majestic burning, over powering, all-consuming one, which shall govern—the people or aggregated capital? Let others do os they may, but as for us and our household, we will serve the people to the end." *\ The Putnam county, Ga., Alliance, at their last meeting, adopted the following resolution: “Resolved, 'flint our dele gates to the Stßte Alliance, soon to con vene in Atlanta, are hereby instructed to use their best efforts to secure the elec tion of state officers, from that of presi dent down, who, in his judgment, will not use snch office for their personal po litical preferment, aud the great injury of our order. Second, That the office of president of the State Alliance ol Geor gia ought to fill the full measure of any brother's ainbitiou, and he should, in the judgment of Iris Alliance, lidld himself aloof from partisan politics. * * 7'he Frogremte Farmer (Mt. Yemon, 111.) organ of the Farmers’ Mutual Benefit Association, states that order has no na tioual organizer, leaving the inference that the public has been imposed upon. It says: “Common courtesy demands that farm and labor organizations should treat each other with fairness, and no one in the F. M. B. A, is authorized to assail any kindred organization. There are good points enough in our organization to engage cgir attention and to convince the public of its merits without parading the defects or weaknesses of other orders. Should the reason of our preferences be asked, lot them be given, but let i t be done courteously ana calmly.” ** '. The following resolutions were adopted by the Denton County, (Texas), Farmers’ Alliance at a recent meeting: “Bo it resolved (by Denton County Farmers’ Alliance, now in session), That we view with alarm the tendencies of this Government to paternalism in the national banking system and the existing laws which provide storage for whisky, which makes the rich richer and the poor Doorer. “Resolved further, That while we op pose these iniquities, we demand of Con gress a fair and impartial consideration of what is known as the sub-treasury bill or something better, to the end that we have equal rights to all and special priv ileges to none, without discrimination against individuals or communities.” * * * If there has ever been a time in party history when a leader was needed, dis passionate observers must agree that such is the present condition of the Demo cratic party. At sea as to policy, the minority from Republican States thwart ing the majority from Democratic States, no advantage is seized amid the many offered by the course of legislation. With Fabian tactics, but without the purpose of Fabius, the party is kept to gether by the devotion of the people to principles, despite the fact that those principles have no exponent in high place. If from among the new members of the next Congress there shall be ono or more Alli ance men with a vigorous conception of what is needed to put the party on a fiwhting basis, and tho courage and force of character to impress himself upon its counsels, there is hope for the disciples of Jefferson and Jackson. From such a source only does leadership seem possible. The hour has arrived; where Is the man! £&nomist. A Richmond, Va , dispatch of Wednes day, says: All three of the aspirants for the democratic nomination for congress from this district have l>een served w ith papers setting forth at considerable length the “demands of the National Fanners’ Alliance and Industrial Union,” which they are asked to pledge themselves to recognize uninfluenced by party caucaus before the alliance will support them for office. In most respects the deinan'ls are similar to the platforms adopted in other states. The first section says: “We demand the alrolition of national “'vnks and the aulistitution of legal tender treasury note issues in sufficient volume to do the business of the country on acash system, regulating the amount needed on a per capita basis, as the business inter ests of the country expand; that all money issued by the government shall be legal tender in payment of all debts both public and private.” Section two demands that Congress shall pass laws that will effectually pre vent the scaling features of all agricultu ral and mechanical' productions, reserv ing a stringent system of procedure in trials that will secure prompt conviction and imposing heavy penalties. They de clare in favor of the free coinage of sil ver; ask that all lands held by aliens, foreign syndicates and by railroads in ex cess of tneir actual needs be reclaimed by the government to be held for actual set tlers. Section seven demands that the means of communication and transportation shall be owned by and operated in the interest of the people as is the United States postal system. They declare in favor of repealing the internal revenue tax and license on tobacco, and condemn the purchase of govi rmnent lnds at n premium, aud demand that they be re deemed according to the provisions ol the revised statutes of the United States. CROP REPORT FOR THE PAST WEEK, ISSUED FP.OM THE bEPARTMKNT OP AGRICULTURE. The week ended August 10th has been cooler than usual ovtr the entire cotihtry east of the ninety-seventh meridian, the daily temperature being about three de crees below normal for the week, except in northern New England and the lower Mississippi valley, where about a seasona ble temperature prevailed. There lias been less than the usual amount of rain generally over the region east of fhe Rocky mountains, except along the At lantic coast south of Boston and in a por tion of Georgia, A'abama, Arkansas, southern Missouri,northern Minnesota and western Kansas and Nebraska, where lo cal excesses are reported. Throughout the cotton region from South Carolina westward to Texas the weather during the past week has been favorable for all crops except in. western Texas where drought continues and has Caused some injury to late cotton. Cot ton picking is in progress in eastern Texas and Louisiana, where some damage is reported from drought, although gen erally the crop is in good condition. The weather has been favorable in the rice and sugar region, where the rice harvest is in progress, and canc is in an unusually good cond.tion. In some sections of Ala bama, cotton has been injured by rust, and in North Carolina cotton is still shedding, although the weather was fa vorable. More sunshine is needed in South Carolina, where rhe crop is begin ning to open. Crops were generally im proved by the favorable weather of the week in the middle Atlantic states, al though some sections need more rain. All crops are growing rapidly. New England reports drought affecting crops; potatoes rotting slightly; tobacco cutting is in progress it. Connecticut, with fine croy promised. MISSOURI ALLIANCEMEN ADOPT SOME IMPORTANT RESOLUTIONS TIIE SUB-TREASURY DEFEATED. A dispatch from St. Louis, Mo., says: The last day’s proceedings of the Farm ers and Laborers’ Union, which has been in session at Sedalia, Mo., for the past three days, did not end until 4:30 o’clock Sunday morning. There was a protracted fight over the report of the committee on resolutions. A resolution favoring the sub-treasury scheme was defeated. The resolutions adopted demand the pas-age of laws by congress taxing all lands held for speculative purposes at their full value; that alien ownership of land shall be forever prohibited; that all money shall be issued and its volume controlled by the national government; that there shall be free silver coinage; that the national banking system be abolished; that an income tax shall be placed upon all net incomes over $1,060; that option dealing or gambliug in agricultural and mechanical productions shall be prohib ited by law r . The resolutions conclude w'ith this declaration: “We will not sup port any man for legislative office of any political party who will not pledge him self in writing to use his influence for the formulation of these demands into laws.” A WHISKY BLAZE. 23,000 BARRELS OF THE ARDENT BURNED IN LOUISVILLE. The immense distillery and warehouse of the Kentucky Distilling Company, at Louisville, Ky., owned by Bark house & Cos., were burned Thursday, along with 25,000 barrels of whisky. The fire be gan in the warehouse and was caused by the carelessness of a colored laborer who was shifting the barrels with a lighted lamp standing on the floor. A barrel rolled against the lamp, breaking it. The barrel was leaking and the whisky and oil flashed up like gun powder and the flames filled the building at once. Not a single barrel of the liquor was saved. All the buildings belonging to the plant were destroyed. The loss on whisky was $500,000; on buildings, perhaps SIOO,OOO or more; all well insured. It was 2 o’clock before theJirewen got control, and this was not until the immense warehouse, distillery proper, cattle sheds aud slaughter house and pork packing establishment ot Comrad & Seller, which adjoin the ware house, had lieen wiped out completely. The loss to the potk packing company will be about sst*,ooo. The remaining loss of nearly or quite SBOO,OOO is on the distillery proper and destroyed whisky. TELEGRAPH AND CABLE, WHAT 18 GOING ON IN THE BUSY WORLD. A SUMMARY OF OUTSIDE AFFAIRS CON DENSED FROM NEWSY DISPATCHES FROM UNCLE SAM’S DOMAIS AND WHAT THE CABLE BRINGS. RRussia has ordered 500,000 rifles in France. It is estimated that the fortifying of Heligoland by Germany will cost $7,500,- 000. The work of the census enumerators shows the population of Muiue to be 658,454, an increase of 9,500 since 1880. The machine paper mill of the Paper Pattern Company was burned Saturday afternoon at Appleton, Wis. Loss_slso,- 000; insurance $75,900. The London Time* believes that the eventual result of the American silver coinage act will be the adoption by Amer ica of a silver standard. A boat of the German torpedo flotilla, which left Heligoland after the transfer of the island, is missing, and nothing is known of her whereabouts. Syria has been dreadfully ravaged by storm and flood. The losses attain di mensions of national calamity. Many persons have been drowned. The French aeronaut, Bresanon, Dd Astronomer Hermite propose to make a balloon expedition to the north pole, starting from Spitsbergen. The Queen's theater at Manchester, England, has been destroyed by fire. The Hollands at Millsplatting, near Manches ter, has also been burned; loss £20,000. (L\. clyclone and hailstorm in the depart ment of Aube, France, Sunday, ravaged eighteen communes, destroying harvested and growing crops. The loss is estimated at nearly 20,000,000 francs. The super visor of the census authorizes the statement that in round numbers the present population of Vermont is 882,000. The census returns of 1880 gave the popu lation ns 832,280. The carpenters’ council, of Chicago, Thursday night, ordered out all carpen ters on a general strike in the city of Chi cago, under its jurisdiction, on Septem ber Ist. A tremendous cloudburst broke over Colorado Springs, Col., . Thursday after noon. deluging the town, beating in roofs and undermining walls. Two people were swept away and drowned. A dispatch of Friday from Madrid, Spain, says: Cholera is nearly extinct in Bndajoz. There are still a few cases in Alicante and Valencia. At the lattef place two deaths have occurred in a prison which contains 1,500 convicts. Alfred Ludington and George D. Ros siler, ot Philadelphia, two of Pinkerton’s detectives, stationed at West Albany, N. Y., were killed by a passenger train Fri day morning. They had been to get a drink of water and were returning to their posts at the time. The official rough count of the state of Delaware was, on Friday, completed by the census bureau. It shows the popu lation of the state to be 167.871. The population in 1880 was 146,608. The increase, therefore, has been 21,453, or 14.50 per cent. Adi-patch of Sunday, from Dublin, Ireland, says: In Skibberecu a measure of potatoes which last year sold at 4d now sells at 10J. The crop is certain to be exhausted by October. The famine fever has appeared in Blasket Island, on the west coast of Ireland. A dispatch from Constantinople says: Thirty-four persons died from cholera in Mecca 8 turd ay, and twenty-eight died in Jeddah. Another dispatch from Cairo, Egypt, says: There have been eighteen deaths from cholera among the 1,000 pil grims at Eltor quarantine. Friday’s offers for the sale of silver to the government were at rates varying from $1.14 to $1.15}. The treasury de partment accepted all offers at prices be low $1,15. Four hundred and seventeen thousand ounces were accepted, for de livery at Philadelphia, ban Francisco and New Orleans. A dispatch from Pittsburg, Pa., says a strike of the mechanics for nine hours has been inaugurated in that city, and is spreading. About three thousand men are idle. The principal tight seems to be against the West inghouse interest, and if is said all employes of Westingliouse, numbering 4,000, will be out. Exports of specie from the port of New Y, rk for the piist week amounted to $569,800, of which $40,500 was in gold aud $527,800 iu silver. All the gold went to South America and all the silver to Europe, Imports of specie for the week amounted to $278,129, of which $145,- 960 was in gold and $132,149 in silver. A New York dispatch says: The steamship Tuetonic, of the White Star Line, lias smashed all record. The ves sel made the run from Roches Point to Sandy Hook in five days, nineteen hours and live minutes, beating the City of Paris’ yeeord by thirteen minutes, besides logging 2,806 knots against the City of * Pnris’ 2,789 knots. A union secret meeting of engineers, conductors, brakemen, ~ firemen and switchmen was held at Bellevue, Ohio, on Sunday. The object of; the meeting was to discuss the different phases of work in their several departments, and to form some sort of an amalgamation whereby they would better understand each other. A dispatch oi Friday to the London Timu, from Buenos Ayres, states that a bill will be introduced iu congress au thorizing the government to lease 35,000,000 acres of the national lands. Funds to meet the coupons of fhe na tional loan, which are payable on Sep tember Ist, have been provided. The new president and directors of the na tional bank are all men who have the confidence of the public. Gold is quoted at 172 per cent, premium. AT AN EBB. Mr Van Etten (trying to conceal a yawn)—Where did you sav you were going this summer? Miss Marigold (who has seen his strug fp e )~Mr. 1 an Etten, I am having just as •I, “ t i mP 88 y° u lirp - and I should feel indebted if you would yawn for me, also. B-{Life- LOOKS SQUALLY. THE GREAT STRIKE, THOUGH RErOHTED ENDED, 18 GROWING WOBBK. A Buffalo, N. Y., dispatch says: The strike on the Central, which was sup posed to be over, took a serious turn Sat urday morning, when, at 3 o’clock a. m the switchmen on that road in the city' as well as the men of the West Shore road, went out in a body. The cause of this new complication, it is understood, originated Friday afternoon. The yard master at Blackrock was ordered to* send three men to the Exchange street depot to take the places of others who went out a week ago, which he did. Upon arriv ing at the depot and being told what was wanted of them, the Blackrock men declined to go to work, whereupon the yardmastcr was called upon and requested to do some thing which, it was claimed, was in the nature of taking another man’s place, and he declined. He was discharged and six others with him. The Switchmen's Union then called a meeting for Saturday night, and after looking into the subject, a strike was ordered. The situation about the Central depot and yards is now a serious one. All trains, both in and out, are delayed, and much difficulty is experienced in handling the cars. Hardly a wheel is turning. A dispatch from Albany says: Early Saturday evening, as a freight train manned by Pinkerton men was passing through the northern part of the city, several boys stoned the train. Two. of the Pinkerton men fired into the crowd, one of the balls passing through the ankle of John McCarthy,aged twenty-two, who was standing near by. The police arrested Robert Tyler, James Patterson and Thomas O’Connor, three detectives. QUIET IN NEW YORK. Trains arrived and left the Grand Central depot in New York Sunday on regular time. No freight was started out, but it is announced that freight would be received Monday at all yards and regular freight trains started. Ac ling Superintendent Byrnes notified the police to be extra vigilant on that day, when freight trains are started, and prevent any interference with new men. Business outlook. DUN * OO.’S REVIEW OF TTADE FOR THE PAST WEEK. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says; Industries are doing rather less and speculators are doing more, but tho vol ume of legitimate business is still large, exceeding last year’s at this season by ten per cent, and the outlook for the fall trade is considered excellent at almost all commercial centers. The average prices of commodities has advanced more than. 2} per cent during the past week. Cot ton has fallen 3-16s, but is still so high that purchasers are limited. A heavy de cline appears in the weekly output of pig iron, 'lhe demand for finished products is we'l sustained and some forms of plate iron are a little higher. Reports are gen erally favorable, Do complaint being any where made as to the volume of current business. Exports of merchandise from New York fall below last year's by 29 per cent for half of August. Business failures for the week lumber for the United States, 174; Canada, 23. Total, 197, against 208 last week. ATLANTA’S FESTIVAL WAS A BIG SUCCESS —AN IMMENSE TRADES’ PROCESSION. The south has never known such ir thorough and complete trade display as took place in Atlanta Thursday. The midsummer festival surpassed the fondest dreams of those most interested in it, and was iu every respect the grandest spec, tacular show ever witnessed in the south. All Atlanta turned out to make it a suc cess, and the peop’c came from every part of the state, from Alabama, Mississippi, Florida and the Curolinas to witness it, and everybody seemed delighted. So perfect and complete was the and splay that, steps have already been taken to make tho midsummer festival a permanency. Every year the display will be repeated. At lanta’s varied industries were never known to the people, and the show gave them an inkling only of what surrounds them. Every business was represented iu tho line, ad the great throngs which saw it pass added anew and interesting chap ter to their book of knowledge. PRINT WORKS BURNED. THE BUNNELL PLANT DESTROYED—LOSS BETWEEN $150,000 AND $200,000. Fire at Pawtucket, R. 1., Saturday morning, destroyed a large part of tlw Dunnell print works, one of tho largest establishments in the state. All the old works, covering about three acres, were burned. The new buildings covering an acre, were saved, but in a damaged con dition. The print works and drying de partment were totally destroyed. All the costly printing machines and 500 brass rolls engraved were lost, Loss $150,000 to $200,0000; fully insured. The Most Offensive Odor. Some researches by two German chem ists have been brought to a close in a somewhat ludicrous manner. Among several products obtained by them from the reaction of sulphuretcd hydrogen on acetone was a small quantity of an ex tremely volatile body, which seemed to be monnsulphureted acetone, or thioke tone. It uas impossible, ho /. ever, to ob tain the substance, pure on account of its odor, which makes all other foul smells, sweet by comparison, and entitles this; compound—whatever it is—to rack as the w’orst smelling substance known. Iu the attempts made to purify the product, with every precaution to prevent its escape, the atmosphere about tiie laboratory was so infeeted to a distance of at least a quar ter of a mile that a storm of complaint from the citizens of tiie town male it necessary to abandon the investigation. (N. J.) American. A BOOMER. ne— That man hrj lots on his mind. She—Who is he. He—Jones, the real estate agent.— [Epoch. SUBSCRIBE ROM,