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VOLUME V.
A man out West who, three years ago^
was worth nothing, is now rated at $40,
000 , all made by ihosaleof “Bohemian”
oats to cr edulous farmers at $10 a bushel.
It is reported that an American has
taken a contract to introduce pop corn
to the English people at the fortbcom
ing American Exposition in London and
has 0000 bush els re ady to ship over.
An outbreak of cholera that has oo
curred on the west coast of Mexico mu-t
greatly endanger Arizona and California
and the Gulf port, that are -eached by
W», o, tbo Southern Pacific
Fifty per cent, of those who attend
operas and churches in Boston aro bald;
and the members of the Medical Society
of that city are considering the question
of “Baldness—What shall we do with
it!”
One of the rarest American coin* is the
silver dollar of 1804. A citizm of In
diann owns ne, undou , , >tedly 4 genuine, .
for which tho late John T. Raymond
offered him, he says, ns high as $800. It
hus been placed on exhibition as an in¬
teresting rarity.
Nebraska has furnished hu illustration
of the practical value of Arbor Day. Ia
that state of great prairies, on the first
of its Arbor Days, fifteen years ago, 12,
000,000 shoots were planted; now th*
United States Forest commission reports
that there aro fine groves growing 800
miles west of the Mississippi, and that
€05,000,000 trees are thriving where a
few years ago none could bo seen save
along the streams.
A wren hav Gaiilt her nest under tho
eaves of a car' (fa a South Carolina rail
road, and makes four trips over the road
every day. The bird puys no fare, and
does cot appear to be entitled to a n„„
■Oder tho new lew. Respectfully re
lerrod to the interstate commission.
t In a general review of tho work, under
tho direction of the United States Agri
cultural Department of making sorghum
•ugar at Fort Scott, Kan., Prof. Wiley
4rho was in charge, says: “The most
Important point suggested is the abso¬
lute failure of tho experiment to demon¬
strate tho commercial practicability of
manufacturing sorghum sugar.” '
Scarfs aud neckties j
of metal aro a
new German invention. Gold, platinum
land silver strips aro welded, after tho
mosaic style, upon a metal ground, pre¬
Jmrally pared oiongiUed by the incandescent by presses, and
iheeta rolling into long
or strips. The colors arc yellow,
fed green, white, gray and black, and
the scarfs, being indestructible, aro com
aidereil of practical value.
y In reviewing the R-iv. Paillips Brook’s
^Twenty Sermons,” the London
[Athenaeum lAmericans marks this difference between
and European popu’ar
ipreachcrs. The American preacher “uses
iho Bible to interpret or to throw light
Qpon tho facts of human lifo, to put
man and h;s destiny in their true light,
tt’he other seeks the interpretation, tho
Inner meaning of the Bible, in tho (nets
and necessities of human life, and what
docs not correspond with these he over
loads or puts nsido ns of little or no
present moment.
: the m olu “" notion d r bt r that of snakes iat : bocn cast upon
and some in- j
aects will deliberately commit suicide
when hard pressed, A recent letter
from India tells of a larpc black cobra,
which was shot by an Englishman, and
which in its agony, wa< said by natives
present to be biting itself to death.
Close watching by the Englishman
showed, however, that the snake was
simply throwing its head around, and
hitting itself accidently, Accidental
death, and not suicide, is the probable
verdict in such cases.
i
. . Mr. Crnwioro, tbo London correspon- ,
j
dent of tho New Yoi k World, says the \
members of tho house of commons aro j
not as strong a looking sot of men as tho I
*" i 0U8 ° 0 , re P resen hitivcs. .
^ Of the , house of lords he remarks: j
“I j
Lave criticised the United Stales senate j
for a number of years as a correspondent j j
•t Washington, but „t,er th.
per house m England I don t think I j
•ball ever venture again to say one word
against the senate of the United States. :
It is a body so superior in character and
ability and positive force to tho fossil.zed
house of lords that every American has
good ro: son to he proud ct ir. I
An interesting comparison betwfen th:
army expenses of this country and E • !
ropo i. mud. b, L ,odon Truth, which I
savs- ««JS. The amount .mount nnntiuiltr annually spent by the
European countries to keep up their
armies and navies is £181,120.000. The
—»•<»««,
000,000. Adding, therefore, the cost for
war debts und for armaments together, i
it will he seen that Europe pays £394,* i
760,000, and Ameiica £18,000,000 pet
annum. How possibly can Europe hope
to hold her own against her truns-Atlan
tic rival, when she handicaps herself,
in the struggle for commercial suprem¬
acy, with the stupendous * charge of
£376,000,000 per annum? As if this
were uut enough, Europe is each year
increasing her burden, whilst America
is each year reducing her*.”
EASTMAN. DODGE COUNTY. GA., WEDNESDAY. JUNE 22, 1887.
WASHINGTON, D. G.
INTERESTING NOTES FROM THE HI
TIONAL CAPITAL.
Wbat tbo Departments are Doing, and Who
Are Reins Appointed, Etc., Etc.
FLAG8 TO BE RETURNED.
The governors of the Southern states
have been notified by Adjt. Gen. Drum,
that the President has approved the re
commendation that all the flags in the
states in which the regiments which bore
them were oi ganized, for final disposi
tion. With each flag will be sent a little
History of its capture,
designs for the new war vessels.
The board of examiners appointed by
Secretary Whitney to adjudicate upon
the competitive designs finished for gunboats and
cruisers, have their examina
tio " 8 ’ ^ss than a dozen designs alto
gether, including both gunboat and
cru i 8(;r designs, were submitted. Two
came from France, and two from Eng
land, and the remainder were from
American naval architects. The majority I
of three the designs were for cruisers; only
of four were lor gunboitts. A prize
of $15,000 is pledged to the best design
in each class.
GOOD NEWS FnOM CUBA.
One of the effects of the commercial
agreement made by Secretary Bayard with
the Spanish Government is shown by a
dispatch ship announcing that the American
Celina, arrived at Havana with a full
cargo from the River Platte. This is
said to be the first American vessel that
has arrived at Havana direct from the
River Platte in sixty years, the differen¬
tial duties that ruled in favor of Spanish
vessels having before excluded the American agreement was ratified
vessels from
t ra d(L
QUITE AN ADVANCE
1 ,ie * nK>t ,aml I5 ° lt h of “Washing
,1S “Cllfbourne,"
Adams,* which*was bought by° Mist^Effie
A. Ideal Obcr, the Jate manager of the Boston
been Opera Company, for $80,000, haa
sold for $110,000.
LUCKY CONSUL.
JohnP. Campbell, the newly-appointed
consul to Tamitave, Madagascar, reports
to the State Department that he met with
a cordial reception upon his arrival at
that port. He was welcomed by the dig¬
nitaries of the islaud and presented with
a bullock, six ohickens and two geese as
a token of esteem by the Queen of Mad
agascar.
NOTKS.
Two of the District police have been
complained of because they stole flowers
at night from the White House grounds.
The President has appointed John C.
Liming postmaster at Leesburg, Fia
The office recently became a presidential
one.
Attorney-General Garland was fifty
five years old recently, and he celebrated
the event by going on a fishing expedi¬
tion a short distance in the country.
Mr. Corcoran, the philanthropist, is
slowly recovering from his illness, The
partial paralysis was caused by a very
slight effusion of blood near the junction
of the blood vessel with the brain.
Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt has been
transferred to the command of the De¬
partment of the Missouri, and his place
as Commandant of West Point will be
given to Gen. J. G, Parke, of the Engin¬
eer Corps,
headed A delegation from North Carolina,
by Senators Ransom and Vance,
and Representative Henderson, waited
on the President, and asked a modifica¬
tion of the executive order of consolidat
sk ^™ “ zx
changed,
OLD SOLDIERS ENTERTAINED.
Itnynl Welcome (Jlven R. E. Leo Camp
of ( cm (Viler a to Veterans In Boston.
Last October, John A Andrew, Post
No. 15 G. A. R. of Boston, Mass., vis¬
ited the battlefields ot Virginia, und as
this post has hosts of friends among
Confederates because it has done so much
to aid the Confederate Soldiers’ Home in I
Richmond, Va., the post got a hearty I
welcome from R. E. Lee Camp of Con
federate Veterans A return visit has
been made by R. E. Lee Camp, and at
New Pd^t York, en route to Boston, Steiuwehr
No. 192, were on hand to greet
them and escort the Southern Veterans to !
the Fal1 boat. A most elaborate !
programme had been arranged at Boston,
}Ul( j jj le Qrund Army veterans, militia
and citizens were on hand, and gave the
Camp, numbering The escort over consisted 100, a of royal the wel- first j 1
comc -
* “•^i j
thousands of Federal veterans and citi- ,
zens lined the streets. The line of march
w,ls taken up through the principal . . I j
streets, and when they neared the State j
House, a salute of 17 guns was fired by |
h ollett s celebrated battery of artillery. ;
The programme, which covered four i
^®y the s » Battle ,n ^| u d of e d a Getty.burgh, visit to the cyclorama excursions of I
down the harbor participation in the ;
calibration «“* of the Battleof caTrC Bunker Hill, j
’ c 0 ° ce ’ “and a 9? ca rr, ' 1 8f “rideT.o r,a ® 8 10 i
Lbrrvard , College, ., Mount . Auburn Cerae- ■
tery, etc. All the leading offlowls and ,
citizens took part in receiving a.nd en
:rr g f,, t d e ei“ ratea ' ~ d they
SOCIALISM IN POLITICS.
Th* Socialistic „ Labor party is . making .
preparations to enter politics on national
issues. A call has been issued by tho
national executive board at Chicago, Ill., j
lor a convention to be held some time in
September, at which individual “sec- j
tious” are to be represented. The call is
at the present being submitted to a vote of
several sections. TheEngliah-ipeak
ing and German sections held a meeting '
and the matter was discussed at length.
The final vote was favorable to holding
the convention.
“ Justice to All, Malice for Koue."
SOUTHERN REVS.
Interesting bits of gossip
GATHERED ALL OVER.
Who are Getting Married, and a Fall Ae
count of th ■ Killed, Wounded and
Mlnaing in Life.
Ex-Sheriff Ramey, Rowan county, Ky.,
and his son were killed by unknown per
sons near Morehead, in that county. The
Craig-Tolliver party are suspected.
Governor Gordon, of Georgia, decides
that he cannot interfere with the course
of justice in the case of Jacob Leggett, !
of Reidsvilie, convicted of murder.
Miss Effie Elder, of Barnesville, Ga.,
was married to Capt. I. H. Adams, ox
Eatouton. Sam. K. Cook, brother-in
law' to the bride, attended the marriage
and was walking down to the train, when,
midway between the bank and D. A.
Stroud s store, he suddenly fell on the
sidewalk in an apoplectic fit and died.
The Gate City Guards of Atlanta, Ga.,
have not yet chosen a captain to succeed
Capt. Burke, who resigned recently.
A . prohibition .... . club . .
Rome, Ga. was organized in
Hon. Seaborn Wright was
******* a “ d Mr - J - F - HillW
William Miller, a boy of 18, sentenced
murder a year ago committed to imprisonment in for life for a
aicdof Glynn county, Ga.,
consumption at “Old-time” Camp,
m . i erson c.uinty.
In the south end of Jones chapel, at
Macon, Ga., in the place formerly occu
pied by the old front door, a memorial
tablet has been placed to the memory of
Rev. Janies Jones, founder of the church.
Some reports against the action of the
police in Atlanta, Ga., with reference to
lated gambling for implements that have accumu¬
many years, caused the author¬
ities to direct that the whole pile be
burned up. It was done in the public
streets at noonday.
The commissioners have decided on
building This a $12,000 jail at Waynesboro,
Ga. includes building and lot.
They propose applying to the Legislature
for the passage of a bill allowing the
county to issue 7 per cent, bonds at
three, six and nine years, each bond call¬
ing for $4,000.
The Catholic cathedral at Savannah,
Ga., was entered by burglars, aud a gold
chalice was stolen.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive En¬
gineers will meet in Atlanta, Ga., on
Saturday, August 18. It is expected
1,000 members will be present.
At the inspection of the Columbia,
S. (J,, militia, Gen. Bonham, the adjutant
general of the state, complimented them
on iheir tine appearance and discipline.
H. C. Hamilton, of Whitfield county,
Ga., n Confederate soldier, has been ap¬
pointed the Clerk of the United States
District Court by Judge Newman. His
salary will be $3,500 a year.
Ala., County Jailer Austin, at Birmingham,
discovered a bold plot among the
white prisoners to escape. The plot, as
revealed by one of the prisoners, was to
place a dynamite cartridge under the
outside door of the jail, so it would ex¬
plode when the jailer opened it.
osity Cooper’s, N. C., has the grandest curi¬
of the age in a two headed uegro
baby. The child is an unusually large
one, weighing about sixteen pounds, and
apparently two feet long. It is almost
white, and has features that are rather
pleasing when the shaggy forehead and
rear head are concealed.
A number of men were in a chamber
in the mines, preparing to fire off a di’n
amite Chattanooga, cartridge in the Inman Mines, near
Tenn., when it exploded
prematurely and five miners were blown
into atoms, and ten more were so badly
injured that nearly all of them will die.
President I. F. Cox, of the Southern
Female College at La Grange, Ga., died
suddenly of apoplexy. He had attended
preaching, His wife and awakened retired in his usual health.
was by hisstentorious
breathing, and tried to arouse him. The
members but of the family were summoned,
before any of them could reach his
bedside he had passed away.
At the conclusion of District Attorney
Miller’s argument in' the case of Hamil¬
ton and others, of Jackson, Miss.,
charged with conspiracy and the murder
of Gambrill, Chancellor Peyton said that
Hamilton and Eubanks were not entitled
to bail. Albrecht he bonded in $5,000;
Hardy and Figures will be discharged.
Col. Hamilton was talten by the sheriff to
jail, where he was confined.
LONDONERS SCARED.
Muepects Watched for Months In London,
Paris aud New Yerk.
The police of London, Eng.,claim that
dynamiters have arranged to commit an
outrage, or a series of outrages, in Lon¬
don, but, having andsjhose full knowledge of the
conspiracy thlfav engaged in it, they
are confident they will defeat the
plotters. Far months past, reports of
movements of prominent plotters abroad,
un( j ^eir probable accomplices in Eng
land have beetl rewivt . d in London al
most daily. The chief porta have been
wa fched during the same period, in view
of the arrival of certain suspects, without
} previous notice having S been received
rom Brifish a „ ent9 abr a(L The move .
ments of Patrick Casey and his associates
p ar ; p wbo bave be eu very active late
W'”' defectives, b " t and "’ ^ others outside of the
CiUiey ri ” nre a , g0 known t0 haTe ^
„ atche(] Dynamiter Rossa. in New
York, has also been “shadowed.”
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Reports from the county of Calhoun,
in Florida, state that au epidemic of
rabies among dogs and cattle prevails
there. Several persons have been hiiten
by rabid dogs. Much excitement pr ••
vails in the county, and dog and caitle
kiiliug parties have been organized.
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peace WITH ROME.
Prince Bismarck has promised the
Pope his moral supp »rt in claiming the
Leonine City and the stretch of territory
to Civita Vecchia as a basis for reconcili
ation with Italy.
GENERAL NEWS
Noway Gleaala** About tbo Queen’s Jubi¬
lee, Pro*reoe of Coorcloa la Irelaad, La¬
bor Trembles, Warlike Rumors, Etc.
A jury has been secured in the case of
Jake Sharp, the briber, on trial at New
York, and he is in custody.
The Bay State Company of New York
is about to absorb all the Boston gas
companies. The amount of purchase
money is about $10,000,000.
An epidemic of flux is raging in Bed
ford county, Va. A number of deaths
have occurred. Scarcely a family in a
large area has escaped the disease,
Y Earthquakes in visited La Roche, 8ur
ou, La Vendee, France. The people
were but frightened into a temporary panic,
no seriousniamage was done.
A slave dhow attacked the launch of a
British man-of-war in Zanzibar and
wounded an officer and five men. The
dhow was, however, sunk by the force on
the launch, aud the slaves upon her 43 in
number, were rescued
Thc Voz de Anno,,™ report, a land
slide on the El Pedero farm in Concordia
not far from Panama, burying Senor
Pedro at Resttepo, his wi.e and nine
children, and the servant in the house,
in all, sixteen persons w r ere killed,
Charles Burch, a Jersey City, N. J.,
policeman, fired three shots at his wife,
fatally woundiug her. He theu shot
himself in the head and died. The
couple had been married about 11 years,
and had three children, the oldest of
whom is 10 years.
There have been no new cases of yellow
fever lately in Key West, Fla., and but
one death—that of a Mr. Hoffman, who
died in a private house. There are fif¬
teen sick persons under treatment at the
present time, four of whom are declared
to be convalescent, and the remainder aie
thought to be on the road to recovery.
The Louisiana Ice Manufacturing Co.,
have asked for an injunction vs. the Mont¬
gomery Ice Co., and the Capital City Ice
Co., and the Enterprise Manufacturing
Co. of Selma, to restrain them from manu¬
facturing ice, alleging infringement of
patent. Montgomery ice, depends entirely
on artificial aud two compauies have
a big business.
The famous Daniel Dickson will case,
was decided by the Georgia State Su¬
preme Court in favor of Amanda Eubanks,
the colored legatee. Amanda Eubanks
was an dying illegitimate daughter of Dickson.
When he willed her $400,000. A
contest of the will, thus made, is what
the Supreme Court decided, holding that
whites and blacks are on an equality so
far as inheritance goes.
The Belgian Chamber ol Deputies by a
vote of 82 to 41 passed the bill for forti¬
fying of the Meuz.
Th* *xeeutive committee of the Trades
Union Congress, in London, Eng., has
reported against the holding of au inter¬
national trades congress, on the ground
that trades unionism in England has few
point* in common with continental trades
unionism.
Conductors and brakemen on the Union
Pacific railroad have been carrying out a
systematic scheme of robbery like that
exposed some months ago on the Penn¬
sylvania railroad. Several robberies of
the same character have been committed
at Central City, Neb., and it seems that
crews deeply running east from Cheyenne are
most involved.
Mr. Chamberlain the Unionist leader in
England don, said speaking at a banquet in Lon¬
he rejoiced that the signs of the
times were favorable to unionists, and the
game of lawlessness and disorder was up
at last. The people had examined Mr.
Gladstone’s statements for themselves,
and the result was their faith in his judg¬
ment and patriotism had been rudely
shaken. Old reactionary toryism was
dead and the hope of the future lay in a
union of parties to carry out the Dartford
programme and other necessary reforms.
Ex-Secretary of the Treasury Manning
received a grand reception on his return
to New York from Europe, and has
gained in flesh and strength.
There was serious rioting at Athlone,
Ireland, between the soldiers and civil¬
ians. The soldiers wrecked a number of
houses, aud many citizens were injured
with stones.
While speaking in Boston, Mass.,
Goind Master Powderly was suddenly
taken ill, and had to break off his speech.
It appears that he is afflicted with a lung
difficulty whihh is liable to compel him
to cease speaking at any time when ad¬
dressing a public meeting.
The Earl of Aberdeen, who was Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland under Gladstone’s
administration, was given a reception at
San Francisco, C'al., where he is on a
pleasuie trip. There were present all the
justices of the Supreme Court of Califor¬
nia, judges of local courts, the mayor of
the city and a large number of state of¬
ficials and prominent citizens.
The trial of members of the Alsatian
Patriotic League on the charge of high
treason, for Lorraine supporting from attempts Germany, to sepa¬
rate Alsace was
begun at Leipsic, Germany, All of the
accused, while confessing that they con¬
tributed to the funds of the Patriotic
League, pleaded not guilty, contending
that the league is not a secret society,
but merely a society whose aim is to pro
mote patriotism in France and raise the
efficiency of the French youth by the
formation of gymnastic and rifle club.
WASHINGTON’S IDOL.
Mn. Cleveland went to Oswego, N. Y.,
on a visit to some of her young friends.
She made the trip from Albany in an or¬
dinary coach, one McGlynn. of her fellow-passen¬
gers being Dr.
SHORT IN HIM CASH.
Grand Master Engineer Manahan, of
Kunsas City, Mo., declares that the ru
mors of Condon’s shortage are correct,
and that the amount waa thu s far ascer
taiued $70,000.
LARGE CAPITAL
king invested in the
SOUTH.
Mills, Foundries and Railroads Springing
Up All Over.
Tuscaloosa, Ala., is to have water
works.
Woodlawn, Ala., has contracted for a
new hotel.
will Gould, Pearce & Co. of Cincinnati, 0 M
move their cotton factory to Arkan
sas.
building Columbus, Ga., intends to build anew 1
for the boys’ department of the
public school at a cost of nearly $20,000. !
Co. The Auniston preparing & to Cincinnati build Railroad j
are a round-house
and machine shops at Anniston, Ala.
Over $500,000 have been subscribed
toward organizing the company to build
three 150 too iron furnaces at Fio euce,
Ala.
The Michigan capitalists who bought
au immense tract of timber land at
Bronson, $50,000. Fla., will erect a plant of
Barrett, Denton & Lynn, of Dalton,
Ga., have purchased machinery with a
capacity flour of 200 barrels per day for their
mills.
The St. Mary Central Sugar Factory &
Railroad Co. of Frauklin, La., capital
stock tablish $250,000, has been formed to es¬
a sugar factory.
As soon as the extension of the South
Florida railroad (office, Sanford,) to Black
Point, Fla., is completed, extensive docks
and piers will be built.
The Montgomery, Ala., Real Estate
Co., capital stock $200,000, has been or¬
ganized. The company w r ill erect a large
six-story iron-front building.
There will be a wooden bridge built
across the river 3,000 feet, at Ormond,
Fla., aud a hotel costing from $20,000
to $30,000 will be built this summer and
fall.
The Coaldale Brick & Mining Co. of
Birmingham, Ala capital stock $100,000,
has been chartered to mine coal and
other minerals and manufacture coke,
tile and brick.
Aberdeen, Miss., has by a popular vote
decided to subscribe $60,000 to aid in
building a 12-mile branch railroad from
Aberdeen to the Kansas City, Memphis
& Birmingham Railroad.
Southeastern Kentucky, hitherto known
as the railroad desert of America, is now
attracting the attention of investors, and
railroad enterprises are being pushed into
that almost unknown region of coal,
timber and iron ore.
The Mountain Shoals water power at
Enoree, 8. C., has been purchased organize by
Charleston parties, who will a
company to build a large cotton factory
and about 100 tenement houses. About
$500,000 will be invested.
Knoxville, Tenn., notes: The Scates
Warm Air Furnace Company organized
with a capital of $75,000. A spoke and
handle factory is to be moved from
Bloomington, Ind., to Knoxville. An¬
other street railroad has been organized.
Decatur, Ala., is pushing ahead. Con¬
tracts have been made with the Mineral
Paint and Granite Roofing Co., of Kansas
City, by which they contract to locate
tueir enterprise at Decatur. The land
sales still continue with astonishing re¬
sults. The Columbus & Decatur road
sold some forty-five acres of laud and
have realized nearly two-thirds what they
paid lor their 5,000 acres oftown lands.
They have sold in the last three days over
two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars
worth of property at private sale.
CHASED OUT OF TOWN.
Uriah Laborer* at Cleveland, O., Aseault
Negroes Who Took Their Plaoee.
A strike on the ore docks of the New
York, Pennsylvania & Ohio railroad cul¬
minated in a riot at Cleveland, Ohio,
recently. About a month ago, the
men who load ore into cars at the docks
struck for two dollars a day, an advance
of 25 cents. Since then their places have
been filled by colored men from the
South, and foreigners brought from Chi¬
cago. For a fortnight the workmen have
been given police protection, as the
strikers, who are Irish, have threatened
to drive them out of town, and started to
do it recently. The police called for as¬
sistance and the patrol wagon was dis¬
patched to the scene and officers dispersed
the mob. The railroad company, seeing
that it would have to act quickly to pre¬
vent a bloody scene, loaded their import¬
ed oolored men into a train, and amidst
a shower of bricks and ore, started away
to the suburbs.
WHEAT DEALERS FAILING.
Oreat Excitement In the Great Centers of
Western Trade.
The sudden drop in wheat at all great
grain centers in the West caused intense
excitement, and many dealers have failed.
Such scenes of wild excitement as were
witnessed on ’change have never been
known before. When the break came,
everybody nobody frantically tried to sell wheat,
and wanted to buy. In a short
time, July wheat had sold off from 80$ to
77J, while September dropped from 79
to 75f.
A PRINCE IN DANGER.
The reports concerning the German
crown prince’s condition differ, While
the official bulletin is optimist well in tone,
fears are freely expressed in condition in¬
formed circles that the prince’s
is serious. Prof. Virchow’s report, it is
now said, affirms that the examination
furnished no absolute indication that the
growth in the prince’s throat is not miti
gant.
RATHER SLEEPY.
Frank T. Ridgeway is on trial before
the U. S. Court, at Macon, Ga., for illicit
distilling of whiskey, and his lawyer
claims he i* insane. Tbe defendant tes
tilled in his own defense, that he had not
slept a wink in 8 years, 5 months and
H days; that he laid down at night and
rested, but that he never slept.
DECLINE IN COFFEE.
GREAT EXCITEMENT IN NEW
YORK CITY ON CHANGE.
Many Wealthy Firms la the C*fT*e Trade
Fall—A Fall «r 81* Cents a Found.
Never in the history of the Coffee trade
of this country has it been so stirfed to
its uttermost depths as it has within the
past few dayt , caused by the failure of
Arnold, Sturgis & Co., in New York,
quickly followed by that of Mackay &
Small. Mr. Small was formerly con¬
nected with the large coffee firm of Small
Bros. & Co., with houses in New York,
Baltimore, Chicago and New Orleans.
Oruner, Joseph J. O’Donogbue and other
strong houses bought largely at bottom
prices, so as to sustain the market and
make losses as small as possible. Several
other firms went to the wall, and others
will follow. Coffee dropped six cents a
pound, and the fall represents a drop of
about 30 cents on the dollar. Nothing
but vast capital was able to withstand
the call created by such a difference, with
largo orders out.
SAM SMALL’S IDEAS.
Hev. Sam Small received a large num¬
ber of callers at his hotel in Washington,
D. C. “It is just twenty-one months,”
said he, “since I was converted. It was
a sermon by Sam Jones that converted
me. I was on the staff of the Atlanta
Constitution at the time, and I was in the
habit of blowing about $2,000 a year into
the bar-rooms. I didn’t want to believe
that Jones was right, but I couldn’t get
over his savings by reasoning, sol started
out to get drunk, and in that way to get
away from the subject. But I couldn’t
get away from it. It had taken a firm
hold of me. I had a two days’ drunk
over that sermon of Jones, and at the
end of two days I was converted.”
MONUMENT DEDICATED.
A monument erected by the New York
Press Club in its burial plot at Cypress
Hill cemetery, on Long Island, N. Y.,
was dedicated in the presence of 2,000
people, including a large number of
newspaper men. An eloquent and sym¬
pathetic address was delivered by
Chauncey M. Depew. The dedicatory
ode was read by Hugh Farrar McDer¬
mott, after which an address was deliv¬
ered by Rev. DeWitt Talmage. The
closing prayer and benediction were by
Rev. W. S. Rainsford, D. D., and the
exercises concluded with the singing of
the doxology by the Ampion chorus and
the audience.
SINGULAR COINCIDENCE.
The body of Ii. W. White, a well
known and prominent citizen of Danville,
Va., was found in the canal. He had
been unwell for some time, and went to
the rear of a drug store on the canal to
get some medicine, but failing to arouse acci¬
the clerk, he turned to go, and fell
dentally into the canal. It is a curious
coincidence that Dr. Hutchins, another
prominent citizen and brother-in-law of
White, accidentally shot himself a short
time ago, and it was some time before his
body was found, in about the same place.
INDIAN WAR INEVITABLE.
Gen. Miles, the celebrated Indian
fighter, has taken personal charge of the
Indiun campaign, as prolonged there is every
appearance of a war.
Suspicion has long pointed to In¬
dian settlers on the San Pedro res¬
ervation as being abettors of the San
Carlos renegades, and it seems now to be
an established fact. They have kept the
hostiles informed as to the movements of
troops, and have also furnished them
with horses to aid them in making their
escape from their pursuers.
VALUABLE BIBLES.
At the sale of Lord Crawford's library
in London, Eng., the Mazarin, otherwi.se
the Guttenburg Bible, the earliest book
printed with movable metal types in
original oak boards, was put up at $3,000
and was sold for $ 13,000. Tyudale’s
Pentateuch in black letter, brought
$1,300; Tyndale’s New Testament, in
black letter, $1,200; Miles Coverdale's
Bible iu English black letter with wood
cuts, folio, the first English Bible printed,
brought $1,200.
MIA.M DUELING.
Banks Hill and C. D. Little, young
men in Macon, belonging to two of the best families
Ga., went outside of the city
limiw to fight a duel. Little knew that
the pistols were not loaded with bullets,
but Hill took the matter seriously, and
bravely went through. Two shots were
fired, when Little fell, and HiH wanted
the pistol to kill himself, und was then
told of the joke. On their return to the
city the men shook liamls, and ar? new
friends.
PREFERRED THE U. 8. MTYLB.
Red Shirt and Broncho Bill, of the
Wild West show, now iu London, Eng.,
paid a visit to the House of Commons.
1 hey were both in war paint and wora
enormous head dresses of feathers. They
addressed tueinselves to Baron de Worms,
who asked them what they thought of
Parliament. Red Shirt answered that he
didn’t think much of it Laws, he said,
were passed much quicker in his country
than in England.
TO BE ARRESTED.
The English government intends to
prosecute Michael Davitt and Joseph
Richard Cox, nationalist, M. P. for East
Clare, for inciting the Bodyke tenants in
Ireland to resist eviction.
Sarcastic.
“Oh, dear?” groaned young Mr.
Leatherhead, sinking wearily into an
office chair, “oh, dear! my.head aches
fearfully.” asked»<dd Hardox, his
“Possible!” Mr,
unsympathetic employer, “possible? Then
something surely must have got into it.”
And then the atmosphere of the count¬
ing-room seemed to grow at least twenty
degrees colder .—Hartford Journal,
NUMBER 4.
DON'T ORUMBm
Don't grumble at every misfortune
Don't fret at each little mishap, I
Don’t worry because you’ve a neighbor
Reclining in luxury’s lap.
Don't get out of sorts with the weather,
If cloudy when you would have fair;
The sun will not shine any sooner
% For those who lose patience and swear.
/
Don't hope to get something for nothing
And still have an honest exchangee.
The trade making both parties richer
Is something uncommon and strange.
Don’t think from the seed of the thistle
To harvest a fine crop of wheat,
Nor look for the jewel of honor
To spring from the germ of deceit
Don’t trouble yourself with dissecting
The faults that your neighbors posses*
Perhaps that the same zealous labor
Might make your own errors the less.
Don’t preach of perfection to others;
Unless you’ve a little at home.
And remember a very small pebble'
Will outweight a bushel of foam.
Don’t think that a theme is exhausted
Because it has gone through your brain;
A pint may be filled to overflowing.
And yet not a gallon contain.
Don’t think the good Lord is in error
When failing with him to agree,
Nor blame him for your stupid blunders
Because He permits them to be.
—H. L. Clinton.
PITH AND POINT.
A notion—The Antarctic. Seal
A man with polished manners ought
always to shine in society .—Boston Post.
An unknown quantity may be de¬
scribed as what you get when you buy a
quart box of strawberries.— Puck.
There are very few brass bands in a
mijitary parade that can play as many airs
as the dmm-major puts on.— Shoe and
Leather Reporter.
Mistress (to new servant); “We hav#
breakfast generally at 8 o’clock.” New
servant: “Well, mum, if I ain’t down
to it, don’t wait.”— Harper's Bazar.
In China old women instead of the
young are the belles of society. The
mania for old China seems not to be con¬
fined to America.— Orange Observer.
Dr. Lyman Beecher once replied to get¬ an
inquiry of Dr. Hawes, “How are you
ting on?” “First-rate! first-rate! first
rate ! ever since I stopped trying to run
this world .”—Living Church,.
Minister (to layman)—“But why do
you say that Mr. Smith is a good manf
He rarely appears at church.” Layman—
“I know he doesn’t show up at church
very often, but BradstreeV s quotes him A
1 .”—Troy Press.
The man who can now patiently sit on
the damp ground and fish for suckers is
the same one who was affected with
cheumatics last winter so that he could
not go down cellar for a hod »f coaL—
Waterloo Observer.
Now the married man of sense
Sneaks over the back yard the fence, front
Instead of leaving home by know, way.
For well he ought him to
If the women see go, half day.
They’ll make him wallop —Dansville carpets Breeze. a
“Say, Maria!” exclaimed Mr. Blobson
the other day, “I move we suspend mean?’* the
long-haul clause.” “What do you
demanded Mrs. Blobson. “I mean.**
said Mr. Blobson, “that instead of push¬
ing the baby carriage around four block*
we try one block for a while. Otherwise, of
I shall be obliged to raise the rates
transportation .—Burlington Free Press.
Queer Things in Persia.
A Mr. Neesan lectured in New York’
not long ago on Persian life. The young
ladies of the audience laughed when Mr.
Neesan told how the Persian youth was
allowed to take one kiss from his future
wife on the eve before their marriage, dark 1
provided he could find her in a
room full of other ladies. They were told
silent and sympathetic when he
how, although he was engaged for three
years, he never got one kiss in all that
time. Mr. Neesan was forced to confera
that the Persian newspapers are rather
slow. They are divided into two claase*
—those published every week and those
published every seventh day—and all
Persia has just one of each class. Some
time after Cleveland was elected Mr.
Neesan received a copy of some of these
papers. He looked anxiously to see if
the election returns had reached the
enterprising editor, but the only mention
he found of America was its discov ery by
one Christopher Columbus. He doesn’t
expect to live long enough for the editor
to go through the subsequent history of
America and give his readers concerning some com¬ th*
paratively recent news
United States.
A Cloak of Gold Feathers.
At the coronation of King Kaiakua in
1883, writes a correspondent the mantle from of Kame- Hono¬
lulu, he wore royal
hameha I., one of the most superb king em¬
blems of royality ever worn by or
kaiser. As may be supposed, it is is semi¬ care¬
fully kept at the palace. It a
circular cloak, about four feet in length,
covering an area of twenty-five mad sq uare of
feet when golden-hued spread out, feathers and it is of the O-o. e
the small
These feathers, each about the size of
one’s little finger nail are fastened to •
a fine network of fibre, made from the
bark of the olona, overlaying each other.
There are at least 5,000 of these feather*
used in the cloak, there are but two
taken from each bird, which has to be
snared in the dense woods, the feather*
plucked and the bird released; it was a
crime ro kill them. The birds are by no
means abundant, necessarily the value of
the of it cloak is endless very great, task. and The the mantle keeping is
an
worn only by the reigning sovereign. worn*
There are shorter capes and cloaks
by Alies or chiefs, their length being
regulated by the rank of the wearer.
The books in the British Museum art
bound on a principle, historical work*
being in red, theological in blue, poetical*
in yellow, natural history fa green. Be¬
side this, each part of a volume is
stamped with a mark by which it can be
distinguished as museum property, and
of different colors; thus, red indicates
that a book was purchased, blue that it
came by copyright and. yellow that it
was presented.