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I SIBERIAN EXILES.
How Severe Hardships Drive
Them to Escape.
Assisted by Nihilists and Re
volutionary Agents.
<‘lt was in the spring of 1882,”
writes Count Nonaikow in the New
York 7V»w«, “that I wa* exiled to the
province of Y'eneseysk, in Siberia,
there to undergo fifteen years’ hard
labor for complicity in the conspiracy
to kill the Czar. My companions in
misery were Comoroff, Ivanoff, Popoff,
Scukhanin, and five others, all of whom
bad received sentences similar to mine,
and for the samo often co. It was while
wc were in the Moscow forwarding
prison that we made the acquaintance
of an old, experience! convict, who
had made no less than fifteen different
attempts at escaping, but each time had
been recaptured an! sent back. And
yet he declared himself ready and will
ing to make further attempts when the
opportunity off .-red.
“This old prisoner gave us a very in
teresting description of the various
ways of escaping and of the hardships
the poor fellows cn lured. When a
convict plans escape h : s first object is to
secure an axe or hatchet. With this he
cuts branches of trees for the milnight
fire which protects him from the wild
blasts which infest the forest, lie hews
down trunks of trejs, on which he pad
dles across riven and streams, and to so
mmy use? can th s implement ba put,
that if the convict is force I to s!art
without it he manages to beg one at the
first village he reaches. It is estimated
that at least from 25,000 to 30,003
prisoners yearly make their escape to
the forest. These are calle I brodyagS
I (tramps), anl form into parties of from
50 to 103. Each party appoints a
starosta, or elder, to whom the manage
ment of the party n intrusted.
‘ Miny of the exiles escape when
passing through a thickly woode I coun
try in large parties. The gendarmes, in
whose care they are, of course fire <n
them, but the r aim is so poor that at
least seven out of every tea convicts
who make the attempt succeed in get
ting away, for the time at least. The
who work in the mines we, of
I *'3 ( «ic , * o fe’y guarded, and seek cs
! vby dntersnt means. The mo: i
common method employed by them 1)
to dig an underground tunnel from
their cell to some point beyond the
prison walls. But the work is attended
with so much danger, an 1 it so d.fficult
to find a mcius-of disposing of the eat th
thus scooped up, that it seldom proves
sue es'ful, anl discovery means re
doubled misery and plenty of lashes
from the knout laid on the bare white
back.
* Once a member of the Free C mi
mind and escipe is comparatively easy.
The Free Command is composed of
pi<s *n rs who havo put in one-thiid of
their sentence and are especially noted
for their good conduct. Such orc per
mit te<l to live outside the prison pre
cinct*, where they construct huts or
shanties aid, while still under police
suivc’.llanc.’, a e allowed considerable
Irbeit/. The r improved condition ac
corls them the priv.lcga of working
without chains or fetters of any kind;
they can also hold communication with
each other, an I it ii no uncommon
sight to see eight or tea of the Free
Command congregated in one little hut
on a winter’s evening.
“Tin most effectual me ins qf escape
is through the instrumentality of the
N hilist or revolutionary agents, who
traverse Siberia armed with forged pass
ports so cleverly executed as to defy
detection by the m >;t zeiloui of the
Czar s officials, in various disguises,
and with abundance of money. Them
are distributed among prom nent politi
ca’ exiles, to enable them to leave the
country. A revolver is also supplied,
lo be used in case of need. Thus dis
guise I, a) icpe tentative J of various
c(>n>wrr^?rhrffHng\ they travel from
Iff'ilhge to village, cither buying or scll
.ng, aid in nearly every instance escape
de ection by the authorities. OaC2
clear of Siberian soil, the more promt
cent exiles find homes in Switzerland,
Fiance, Eag’and and the United States.
“The exile well knows that ho will
have terrible hardships to endure, but
he thinks little of that compared with
Ihc sens sos freedom he enjoy- 1 . He
miy sometimes travel days ere he meats
alaty he can join. In the meantime
be must subsist on the root) aid berries
wh e> he finds in the forest. The sig
nal between reconnoitring parties is an
imitation of the notes of the cuckoo.
With what j>y lhe solitary traveler
gleets companionship! At night the
brodyags build huge fires in the depth
of the forest and amuse themselves
by rch'ing various incidents
of their lives, mi ly of them
extremely thrilling. A party of
brodyags never lose them elves in the
forest, having infallible signs by which
"they guide their footsteps through the
mazjs of the wildernes l . . A Irodyag
knows when be looks at a tree just in
what direction he is going. If the
branches be stunted and with little foli
rgj, he knows that he is facing the
north. Likewise, if he finis the
branches well grown and the foliage
abundant, he knows the warmth of a
southern sun kissed them into life.
Often for days the brodyag will have
nothing better than bi ack bread and
salt to eat and nothing but water to
quench his thirst, but these are small
matters to him."
The Destructive Sparrow.
“The day is not ten years d stant, ’’
I sayt a scientist, ‘when the United
’ States will be d m igel more by its
English spwows than by all the wee
v;l«. cut-worm,. crows, blackbirds,
rabbiu, hawk’. fi-“. corculio >
or fix-la. H «> J not :o '
4-yle got rid of for > n
3*. Ha .hroajed «> '«• ♦ 2 ','
' wo.wj."
The Hartwell Sun.
VOLUME XIV.
LAID TO REST. I
Funeral of Ex-Presi
dent Davis.
Vast Throng’ of People Participate
in the Ceremonies at New
Orleans.
On Wednesday, the city of New Or-
I leans wn, filled with distinguished
visitors and military pageants. Eight
governors were present to do honor to
1 the dead chief of the Confederacy—
’ Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, Ken- ■
i tucky, South Carolina, North Carolina,
Florida and Arkansas. The procession
was the largest ever known in the South,
and rhe floral offerings surpassed in
beauty and design anything that has
ever before been seen in the South,
the prided home of flowers.
At an early hour the streets were
thronged with soldiers and firemen in
uniform; members of various civic organ
izations and representatives of every pro
fession, avocation and association, in
fact, the streets were literally packed
w ith people from all parts of the coun
try. As soon ns the doors of the city
hall were opened a stream of citizens be
gan to pour into the death chamber to
take a farewell view of the remains of
the famous confederate leader.
It was not until 11:30 o’clock that the
lid of the casket dosed ifotrn for
ever upon the features of the dead.
The remains were then conveyed to the
front portico of the city hall building,
where the simple but impressive rites of
the Episcopal church were performed.
Obedient to universal request, Mr. Davis
wns given a funeral in full accord with
his superior rank as a military rflicer; in
addition to which numerous civic and
other orgauizations combined to render
the cortege in all respects the most im
posing, not only with reference to num
bers but in the pomp and circumstance
of its elaborate ceremonial. There were
participating in the obsequies of the
father of the confederacy, besides vete
ans of the lest cause, many gallant sol
diers whoso unflinching valor displayed
on numerous hotly contested fields, re
sulted, not unfrequently, in both glory
and victory to “the stars and stripes.”
The following gentlemen acted as pall
bearers; General George W. Jones, of
Iowa; Hon. Chas. E. Fender, Louisiana;
Sawyer Hayward, of Mississippi; Hon.
Thomas H. Watts, of Alabama, member
of President Davis’s cabinet. Honorary
pallbearers: Governor Francis T. Nich
ols, Louisiana; Governor Robert Lowry,
Mississippi; Governor 8. B. Buckner,
Kentucky; Governor John B. Gordon,
Georgia; Governor J. 8. Richardson,
South Carolina; Governor D. G. Fowle,
North Carolina; Governor F. P. Flem
ing, of Florida; Governor 8. P. Eagle,
of Arkansas.
About 12:10 the casket was conveyed
from the memmorial room to ass impro
vised catafalque in the center of the front
portico, where the massive pillars were
entwined with a profusion of crepe, i
Over the casket was thrown hie soft folds
of a silken flag of the lost cause, as also
the glittering sabre with which the diad
soldier had carved fame and honor for
himself and glory and victory for his
country, on the crimson fields of Chepul
tepec and Monteray. Immediately sur
rounding the coflin were the clergy and
armed sentries , they b.ing the only
persons admitted to a place on the
pbrtico during the service. The obse
quies, which were according to the
ritual of the Episcopal church were con
ducted by Bishop Gallagher, assisted by
five officiating clergymen of various de
nominations,as follows: Father Hubert.
Rev. Mr. Thompson, Mr. Davis’s rector
at Biloxi, Miss.; Rev. Dr. Markham,
Rev. Mr. Bakewell and Rev. Mr. Martin.
There were altogether fully twenty sur
pliced ministers, besides the attendance
of numerous clergy of different denomi
nations from vaiious Southern states. A
surpliced choir of thirty-six voices, ac
companied by nn organ.sang the anthem,
“Through the Valley of the Shadow of
Death," after which Bishop Gallagher
made an appropriate and pathetic ad
dress.
At the conclusion of the religious
services, the ca«ket was borne by a de
tachment of soldiers to a handsomely
decorated caisson, which had been es
pecially prepared for its reception, and
on which it was to be conveyed to the
cemeterv. From the caisson arose a cat
afalque consisting of a unique and beau
tifully designed canopy, measuring eight
feet in length and four in width, and
supported by s'x bronze cannons braced
with muskets. The dome of the canopy was
ornamented in bronze with furled United j
States flags draped upon either side. |
The casket rested on a slight elc' at on,
and the caisson was drawn by six black j
hordes, two abreast, caparisoned in artil- I
lerv harness and plumes.and each animal |
led by a soldier in uniform.
FORMING THE PROCESSION.
With marvelous military precision the
vaiious battalions wheeled into line, pre
ceded by a detachment of city police
and followed in turn by the clergy, pall
bearers, and so on in respective order un
-1 til the mammoth procession was formed.
The streets along the line of march were
crowded with spectators and out on the
broad avenue of the direct road to the
cemetery both sides ware lined with
spectators for several miles. The entry
of the pageant into the beautiful ceme
tiry, away out on the quiet Metairie
ridge, far from the thunder and clatter
and turmoil of the busy, rushing, work
a day city life, was made with all the
pomp and circumstance of a military and
civic price sion.
Metairie is the prettiest cemetery In
the South. It ranks in beauty with the
handsomest burial grounds of the wor d.
Within it lie the remains of thousands of
Confederate veterans and the tombs, of
military and veteran associations of New
Orleans. It is in th s cemetery, in sub
terranean vaults, that the Southern
chief tain has been temporarily laid to
rest.
THE RICHMOND TERMINAL.
According to the annual report eub
-1 mitted to the stockholders, rhe gross
I earnings for the year of all roads con
j trolled by the Terminal, have been over
$29,060,000, and the operating expenses
about $18,000,000. The net earnings
over operating expenses and all fixed
charges of the various lines, and likewise
of the Terminal company itself, give a
i net surplus to the Terminal of over
I SBOO,OOO, which U (according to its
. nremut market price) over four per cent,
on U« common stock of th* Terminal
I
KNIGHTS AND FARMERS.
ARTICLE! OF AGREEMENT ADOPTED A‘
THEIR CONVENTION.
The two great orders, the Farmers
Alliance, or Farmers’ and Laborers
Union, and ih ■ Knights of Labor, wl id.
have just cl< s I th ?ir session at St. L< u s
entered into an important agreement. T
is a formal alliance for joint petition
action along certain lines by the two or
ganizations. In the agreement, perhaps
the most i o tworthy feiture is that
which provides for the joint action ot
the legislative committees of the two
organizations to act in concert before
congress for the purpose of securing the
enactment of laws in harmony with the
demands mutually agreed on. The aiti
des are as follows:
THE ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT.
St. Louis, December C.—Agreement made this
; day between the undersigned committee repre
senting the National Farmers’Alliance and In
dustrial Union on the one part and the under
signed committee representing the Knights of
Labor on the other part, witnesseth:
The undersigned committee representing the
Knights of Labor having reads the demands of
the Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
which are embodied in this agreement hereby
indorse the same on behalf of the Knights of
Labor, and for the purpose of giving practical
sflfect to the demands herein set forth the legis
lative committee of both organizations will act
in concert before congress for the purpose of se
curing the enactment of laws in harmony with
the demands mutually agreed. And it is fur
ther agreed, in order to carry out these objects,
that wo will support for office only such men as
can be depended upon to enact these principle*
iitfo sta’ote Ltw zmifriiucnced by party caucus.
The demands hereinbefore referred to are as
follows:
That we demand the abolition of national
banks and the substitution of legal tender treas
ury notes in lieu of national bank notes; issued
In sufficient volume to do the business of the
country on a cash system; regulating the amount
needed cn a per capita basis as the business in
terests of the country demands, and that all
money issued by the government shall be legal
tender in payment of all debts, both public and
private.
ii.
That wc demand that congress shall pass such
laws as shall effectually prevent the dealing in
futures of all agricultural and mechanical pro
ductions, pursuing a stringent system of pro
cedure in trlah as shall secure the prompt con
viction and imposing such penalties as shall
secure the most perfect compliance with law.
in.
That we demand the free and unlimited coin
age of silver.
That wc demand the passage of laws prohibit
ing the alien ownership of land, and that con
gress take early action to devise sikiue plan to
obtain by purchase all lands now owned by
aliens and foreign syndicates, and that all lands
now held by railroad and other corporations in
excess of such as is actually med by them le
purchased by the government and he’d for ac
tual settlers only.
▼.
Believing in the doctrine of equal rights to all
and special favors to none, we demand that tax
ation, national or state, shall .not be used to build
up one interest or class at the expense of anoth
er. We believe that the mon<v of t,)O country
should be kept as much as possible in the hands
of the people, and hence we deiiand that all rev
enues, national, state or county, shall be limited
to the necessary expenses of the government,
economically and honestly administered.
vi.
That congress issue a sufficient amount of
fractional paper currency to facilitate exchange
through the medium of the United States mail.
VII.
I That ♦ fco men ns nf comjmunlcrtion and trans
portation shall be controlled by and grated in
the interest of the people, through the United
States postal system.
For the better protection of the interests of
the two organizations it is hereby agreed that
such seals or emblems as the National Farmers’
Alliance and Industrial Union may adopt will be
recognized and protected in transit or otherwise
by the Knights of Labor, and that all seals and
labels of the Knights of Labor will In like man
ner be recognized by the Farmers’ Alliance and
Industrial Union.
[Signed] 8. B. Erwin, Chairman.
N. S. Hall, Secretary.
J. D. Hammond, F. M. Blunt,
B. H. Clover, M Page,
J. R. Miles, W. H. Barton,
N. A. Dunning, 8. M. Adams,
J. D. Hatfield, J. B. Alexander,
D. K. Norris, Stuart Ashby,
R. F. Peck, K. C. Betty,
W. S. Morgan, J. H. Turner,
A. 8. Mann,
1 Committee on Demands of the National Farm
. era’ Alliance and Industrial Union.
T. V. Powderly,
A. W. Wright,
Kolph Beaumont.
Committee Representing the Knights of Labor.
The following officers of tba Farmers anti
Laborers’ union of America were elected
for the next year:
L. L. Polk, of North Carolina, president.
B. 11. Clover, of Kansas, vice-president.
J. H. Turner, of Georgia, sec retary.
H. W. Hickman, of Missouri, treasurer.
Ben Terrell, of Texas, lecturer.
This congress of laborers eras one of the
most important public meetings that has
ever been held in the world. It repre
sented more laboring men than the early
congress of this country represented peo
ple. It spoke with the full voice of 4,000,-
000 laborers, and it will doubtless have a
tremendous effect in public affairs.
The farmers convention adjourned to
| meet at Jacksonville, Fla., the second Tues
day in December, 1890.
ANOTHER DEATH TRAP.
| A PANIC IN THH THEATRE BUILDING IN
UNFORTUNATE JOHNSTOWN.
During the performance of "Uncle
Tom’s Cabin” at the Park opera house at
Johnstown, Pa.. Tuesday night the cry
of fire was raised, resulting in a terrible
rush down the narrow stairs. About a
score of persons were instantly killed and
many terribly injured. People rushed
from the outside up the narrow stairs
and were crushed by the crowd
forcing its way to the street.
Seventy-five person were injured.
When the crowd was driven away, the
following persons were found dead upon
the stairs: Miss Clara Burns, Mrs. Nes
ter, George Ilerner. Charles Fiant, John
Carr, Mr«. Lester, John Miller, A. Weiss,
John Wayman, Richard Worthington,
Isiac Tolar, an unknown woman.
1 Among the seriously injured were Charles
Vaugh, Albert Owens, and a man named
Wiemer. There are about thirty ethers
injured, but their names cannot be ascer-
I tained. The alarm was false and there
j are many threats against the unknow'n
I man who started it.
STRIKING MINERS.
—— —
' THEY CLAIM THAT THEY WERE >OT
TREATED RIGHT.
Tin; miners at the Pratt mine* .4 the
i Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad rom
■ I pany went out *»n strike Thursday morn
s ing. They claim that la-'t year th*' Ten
‘ j nessce Coal, Iron and Railroad company
r | agree* 1 to advance wage*’* whenever
’ i the price of iron went up. Th* ad van' e
1 ■ promised two and one-half rents a
1 j ton. Iron lias gone up and the company
5 I has failed to stick up to its agreement,
1 so the miners claim, and this, coupled
r j with the strike of the railro•<! men, led
Ithem to refoMj to p t*> w- rk itn num
her of men who arc ■*cut out is or
JjOQV. and they say tbej cau bold out aa
long it Um wmpsnj can,
* •
HOME DEVELOPMEHT AND PROGRESS, MATERIAL AND MORAL.
HARTWELL, GEORGIA KKIDAY. DECEMBER 20. ISB9.
WASHINGTON, 1). 0.
M 0 VE3IENTS OF THE PRESrDESt
ARD HIS ADVISERS.
APPOINTMENTS, DECISIONS, AND OTHER MATTEUI
OF INTEREST FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Fl FT Y-FIRST CONG «
In further execution of the arrange
ment as to committees on Thursd iv, Mr.
Woolcott was excused from service on
the committee on Indian affairs. Peti*
tions from various parishes of Louisi ma I
in favor of national election laws were
presented by Senators Ingalls, Sherman
and Evarts. Among the bills introduced
and referred, were the following: By
Mr. Sherman, to revive the grade ‘
of lieutenant-general of the army.
By Mr. Butler, for the emigration of
persons of color from the southern states.
A joint resolution of the Florida legisla
ture in favor of the national ship canal
across the Florida peninsular, and of the i
improvement of St. John's river was pre
sented by Mr. Call, read in full and re
ferred to the committee on commerce. ,
Mr. Gibson offered a resolution, which
was referred to the committee on foreig >
relations (instructing that committee to
inquire into the expediency and
practicability of acquiring or setting
apart territory for the occupation of the
negroes or colored citizens of the I uited
States, and also to inquire how far, and
in yhat manner, the government of the
Uhifed States can and equitably
to aid Hu of the United States,
their families ami descendants to emi
grate thereto, and to settle thereon < 1
to establish a system of common school
education. Mr. Ingalls offered acoucui
rent resolution (which went over with
out action) for a holiday recess of the
two from Thursday, Dccembei
19th to Monday, January 6th.
The recent defalcation in the ser
geant-at-arms’ office, and the consequent
loss or inconvenience to many congress
men, have been engrossing questions of
interest around the house of representa
tives during the past few days, and little
thought has been given to the course of
business in the coming week. The com
mittee on rules has not yet held a meet
ing. In former years it was the custom
to permit the representatives to introduce
bills before the committors were ap
pointed, but this led to such confusion
in the docketing of measures that in the
fiftieth coiigress the practice was dis
continued, ami it is hardly probably that
it will be re-established. Speaker Heed,
on Tuesday, named six house committees
some of them are important onci.
Wednesday, at the capitol, was devoted
to a programme of [exercises commemor
ative of the centennial celebration of
l the inauguration of George. Washin.Jon.
The Senate and House of RepresouU
r fives was assembled together in the hall
‘ of the house and bad music, prayer by
t Rev. J. G. Butler, chaplain of the sen*
ate, an address by Chief Justice Fuller,
and benediction by Rev. W. H. Mi burn,
chaplain of the house. These
■ exercises attended by the president and
’ his cabinet, the supreme conit, the dele
gates to the Pan American and inter* i
. ( tional maritime conferences,, now jp
i session in Washington, and all the pi i -
i cipal officers of the government.
, IN THE SENATE.
; The senate on Thursday confirmed tin
nomination of Green B. Raum to b‘
’ commissioner of pensions.
* In the Senate on Tuesday Mr. Morrill
from the finance committee, reported
i back, adversely, the bill to provide for
lhe organization of nati »nnl bunks with
less capital than $53,000. Among the
bills introduced and referred wu< one by
Mr. Chandler to amend the laws relative
to the elective franchise. A bill for cel
ebrating the 400th anniversary of the
discovery of America by holding an in
ternational exposition in the city of
New York was introduced by Mr. Ev
arts, and read for the first and second
times.
CAPITOL NOTES.
Congressman Cothran, of South Caro
lina, has reconsidered his determination
to resign his sent in congress. He does
this at the solicitation of his democratic
coleagues.
The death of Jeffcr-en Davis has
aroused curiosity respecting relics asso
ciated with his capture at the close of
the war and now deposited in the war
department. Many requests have been
made in the past few days for permission
to see them, but all such requests have
been denied.
A delegation of twenty-seven gentle
men from Boston, were in Washington
Thursday.on their way to the Georgia mar
ble quarrels. They go to examine the qual
ity of the marble, and if satisfactory will
i use it in the construction on an addition
j to the Masschusetts state cajitol. They
I will also take a lo- k at lac mineral
j sections of north Georgia.
At the adjourned meeting of the gov
i ernors of the thirteen original states,
j held in Washington on Tuesday, a bill
I was read by the committee appointed at
I the previous meeting recommending the
i building of n memorial structure in
Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, which
shall be commemorative of events in (he
nation’s history. The bill will be pre
sented to congress.
The first session of the ways and means
committee was held Thursday morning,
when an organization was effected.
! Tuesdays amt 'Jhursdays were selected
as regular days of meeting. The usual
i order in regard to the distribution of the
j president’s message was made, and the
j present tariff law was ordered printed in
I the shape of a bill to serve as a basis for
the preparation of a new tariff measure.
A BIG SUIT.
THE TENNESSEE URAL AND IKON COMP AN S
SUE JOHN H. INMAN.
The Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad
companv, of which Thomas C. Platt is
I president, has begun an action in the
United States circuit court against John
11. Inman, of New York, to recover
SIOO,OOO and for an accounting.
In the allegations It is set forth that it
was arranged between representatives of
the Pratt Coal and Iron company and
Mr. Inman and others assuming to rep
resent complainant*’ company, that the
latter should purchase all the property
and franchise of the Pratt tjompffby
for 14.000,000 in bonds of the
’ Tennesre company, and sl.s<io,o>)u
of the capital stock which war
' to be increased from $3,000,000 to
1 $10,000,000. It is further claimed that
‘ Mr.’-Inman and others secretly procured
the option for a purchase of a insj-.ri’y
of the shares of the capital stock ol the
' j Fratt company, st » pricy hot »ic»odl»g
' the pm v*lu< of IM stocK
PLAN OF RELIEF.
THB CIRCULAR T ) BE SENT TO TIIK GOV
ELNORS OF 80UTHB IN ST ATMS.
The following plan has been formu
lated for lhe relief of Mrs. Jefferson
Davis and family:
“Honorable Governor of the Stito <1
Governor Gordon, of Georgia, c »m-
I mander of the Unite I Confederate Vet
! crans’ association, Governor F. T. Mich- 1
I ols, of Louisiana, has appointed the nn
| dersigned ns a c nmnittce to raise fundi
I ia Louisiana, an Ito receive such funds i
, as may be raised elsewhere for the pur- i
; pose of appropriate relief to the family of
Jefferson Davis. Our desire is to unify
and direct into a common channel the ,
spontaneous movements in this direction.
i which have started in different sections ■
of the country. It would be an act of au- (
’ preiue delicacy on the pint of the smith
! ern people, and would avt id scruples,
which to our knowledge are not less ,
strong in the mind of Mrs. Davis, than
! they were in that of her distinguished | '
husband, if these contributions instead of
assuming the form of a donation, should
be appropiiated to the purchase of a body
of 5,7(0 acres of valuable land in Arkan- ,
sas belonging to bis estate. '1 his would be
carrying out a project which had been 1
promulgated before the death of Mr. ’
Davis, and Lad received his aanction. '
A corporation had been organized by 1
prominent citizens of Mississippi entitled
the “Davis Land Company,” having no
other purpose than to raise funds by
subscription to the stock, and to pay every
dollar so raised w ithout the reduction
of a <L;for any | urpose w hatever,, to
Mr. Davis at tiie price of this land, xho
capital is fixed at in shares
of $lO each, but if the subscription* ex
ceed that amount, the capital may bo ,
enlarged to the extent necessary. The ;
people of the south will honor them
selves and testify their respect and ad- ,
miration for the invincible spirit of in
dependence which characterized their
departed hero and his noble spouse, if
they shall unite in giving this gracious
and delicate form to their beauty. We ,
invito all interested to co-operate in this ,
movement, and request tho governor of j
each southern state to appoint a coin- (
mittcc to take such other slops as may ,
bo necessary to receive subscriptions (
of his people to appropriate them in the
manner proposed.” After future eulogis
tic remarks and words of condolence,
the names of the committe is uonended.
GENEBAL MAVS.
CONDENSATION OF CURIOUS,
AND EXCITJNO EVENTS.
NEWS FROM EVERYWIIFKS— ACCIDENTS, STRIKBI,
FIRES, AND HAPPENINGS OF INTEttEST,
Robert Browning, poet, is ill at Ve
nice. with an alarming attack of bron
chitis,
Tho influenza, which has been quite
general in St. Petersburg, has appeared
m London.
Colonel J. H. Rathbone, foundc r of
i Luu eider of Knights of Pythias, died
at Lima, 0., Monday,
President lUrrison witnessed tho ded
ication of the auditorium in Chicago
Monday night.
Dr. Parke tends a bulletin from Baga
moyo that there is some improvement in
the condition of Emin Pasha.
The cotton spinners of Fall River,
Muss., uro making anoth r attempt to
form a federation of cotton operators.
Hpnnish newspapers hoot nt the idea
| of Spain treating with the 1 nited States
I with the view’ of making Cuba u repub-
I lie.
The new viceroy of Ireland, Lawrence
Dundas, the third carl of Zetland, will
tnter upon hU duties at Dublin on Sat
urday next.
“Cooney, the Fox,” ono of the men
wanted for the Cronin murder, is in jail
lin Dodgeville, Win. Au officer is on the
: v. ny from Chicago after him.
Five Montana democratic senators
have announced their determination to
! resent themselves at the h nato chum
! < r not later than next Monday or resign
> !‘heir beats.
The great sugar -windle, by
t!. Atneiican Sugar company, of Kan
ss, has entirely collapsed, and town
'..ipa which v< ted bonds to foster the
1 industry will lose nothing.
1 The work of relining sugar was coni
jpcnced Monday in ( lain bprecklc’s new
.ar refinery in Philadelphia. The ct
) j city of the refinery is 2,000,000 pounds
■ ( sugar every twenty-feur hours.
• j News from St. Petersburg, Ribms,
1 vs. The epidemic of influenza seems to
1 1 < changing its nature somewhat, Seiz-
uh s arc becoming of a more malignant
I tj ;>e than they were at flist, but there
arc not so many cases.
Ihc general assignment of James W.
• Whitney, Joseph B. Whitney nrd James
i A. Knapp, dry goods commission mcr
t chants Lt 76 Worth street, New York,
e tojh.’.id A. Boody, was filed Monday,
j Liu'dlitics will aggregatae bout $500,000,
i . u istlß expected to make a good showing.
r ‘ ! By ’.he premature explosion of a enn
- jn; ’> ii cd in firing a dilute, nt Columbia,
iS. C., < n Wed noday, J. W. Fouche
n was badly burned and blown up. He
J will probably Jo‘e his eyesight. IL W.
B'ar.ton hurl a hand shattered, h s arm
1 ‘ I'icerated, and w'as oiherwiso injured.
1 ! Seve.al others wcie slightly injured,
e The cannon was that used in-firing the
9 salut ■ when South Carolina Fecedtxl from
) j the I nion.
r The ex-empress of Brazil, now ut Lis
bon, .-dis received a telegram from Rio
de Ja eiro informing her that all her
; jewel , had been stolen, and that the po
lice au investigating the Ctotm. In the
r j collection of jewels were comprised the |
; finest .Brazilian diamonds there are in the
! world. If the Brazilian republic should
] declim to continue Pedro’s income, the
H loss of these treasures will be severely
r . felt, as they were looked upon as the
3 chief immediate resources of the family,
r | The influenza, or grippe, is extending
. \ widely througout Paris. One hundred
t and thi.ty employes of the Central Tele
f graph office are dow ill with it. There
1 is a grei t deal of public alarm about it,
much iouuiry an<f even some small de
e gree of | nic due to its powibly bring
v the forciunner of great evil. An official
y medical report touches especially the
c case of a large number of employes of
0 the Msgasin du Lour re, who have been
is taken (about 400/ and say that none of
o Mjvcre.
f 1 rranldta, I
9 F ot *r* AtttJLou t. Bel lids is f
an uz*tried f
SOUTHERN NEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FRO.V F. -
RIOUB POINTS IN THE SOUTH.
A CONI.KXSKD ACCOUNT OF WHAT IS OOINA OH OF
UiroKTAXO IN THB SOUTHKIIN STATBS.
Southern students of John Hopkins
university, Baltimore, on Monday, passe 1
resolutions on tho death of Jefferson
Davis.
Ono Schlosky, a gunsmith, who for
merly livid in Fernandina, Fls., "ns
arrested Monday in Brunswick, Ga., ins
pected of counterfeiting.
Richmond, Va., chamber of ecuunerco
on Thursday, adopted a memorial to be
presented to the legislature urging the
repeal of tho compulsory pilot laws of
the state.
Three hundred ’longshoremen struck
Wednesday morning nt Savannah, Ga ,
and except on one ship, the Natalie, not
n bale of cotton was stored during tho
day. Non-union men arc being em
ployed, but union men are attempting to
get them away. Trouble is feared.
A letter received at Raleigh, N.
Thursday, l>y tho department of ngrieul
lure and mining, states that a North
Carolinian, now in Central Anterica, Inis
discovered extensive and valuable depos
its of mica, and is now looking for rut
available market for it.
Judge John It. Dillon, chairman of
tho Tennessee Republican State execu
tive committee, died in Nashville, Tues
day morning, of heart, disease. Judge
Dillon wns United States attorney for
the middle Tennessee diatriet, under
President Arthur's administration.
• The final meeting of the committee of
arrnngertrv-for the Jefferson Davis
memorial service Wv.- ’ "'d at Charleston,
8. C„ Tuesday. The whole city »«
draped in mounting and there was im
abundant display of Confederate flags
which havo uot st en the light of day in
a quarter of a century.
A considerable stir was created lit
South Carolina financial circles Thurs
day by tho appearance before tho com
mithjo on ways and mentis, at Columbia,
of Russell Wise, of New York, as attor
ney in behalf of petitioners for tho re
cognition and payment of bonds issued
under the act of March 23, 18011.
It is probable that there will bo no
extra session of the North Carolina leg
is'nturo to trike measures fur tho relief ,
of tire counties in tho cast, which uro
in a bad condition, by reason of tho crop
failure. Acting Governor iloitr stirs
that the counties affected must provide
relief, and that tiro law gave thorn ample
power to extend it to their distressed
people.
Tim board of public works at Nash
ville, Teun., sent a report to tho city
council on Thursday, declaring the wires
of tho Nashville Lightning and Power
company, to Im extremely dangerous,
and lecommunding that their charter bo
revoked, and n new charter granted, au
thonzing them to put up wires iicceptriblo
to the New York underwriters’as'mqir
tion.
At Anniston, Ala., on Thursday, Fred
Willis and Cup is Woodman, two paint
ers, while cniployed-in painting a build
ing, met instantaneous unrl terrible
deaths. 'Urey were at the third story on
a rope platform, when the ropes broke
and they were both thrown to tiro pave I
rnent below and they were literally |
crur-hod to jelly. Nearly every bone in
their bodies were broken.
Tho grand lodge A. F. A. M. of South
Carolina, has elected tho following ofli
cars for tho ensuing year: 11. F. Divver,
Anderson, grand master; 8. T. Islur,
Blacville, deputy grand muster; A. Doly,
Charleston, senior grand warden; W. T.
Branch, Abbeville, inner grand warden;
Z. Davis, Charleston, grand treasurer;
C. Inglesby, Charleston, grand secretary;
8. M. Hitot, Honeaputb, grand chaplaui.
Tho boundary dispute between Mary
land and Virginia over tho Hog Island
oyster beds was settled on Wednesday
at a conference between the governors
and attorney generals of tiie two stales.
The legal representatives camo to tho
conclusion that the chances were over
whelmingly in favor of tho decision by
the courts that Hog Island flats are in
open waters, and they, therefore, agreed
that it would be unwise in Virginia to
contend for possession.
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
He Sug/ccsiH the Kutabltehinent <»f «
l*rlaK>n Bureau.
The annual report of Attorney-General
Miller han l>een mode public. It xayM that at
the pretfimt time there*l» not a bingie inntitu
turn in the country which will receive United
Htatee priMonerM free of cosrf- The number
of which will receive wuch
prleotbSTM from uuteide the State et all i.< be
coming limited, and in Home eaw« thetraiuder
of Government con vi<*ta from oßHpenitentiary
t/> another become* naceemry hi view of lhe
vaecillating enactment* of the Legisla
ture* in tue eeverai State*. When nil the
States in which mutable penitentiarieii arc
locaWl enact laws to tho alnjve ulT'Vt, the
Government v, ill be compelled to hiruquiM
tersfor its criminals or tn designate institu
tions which are in no way iirojier places for
their confinement. It therefore recorn
m?wb that provision l>c made for n I 'nite I
States penitentiary and a United Ktatci
reff/rmatory, the latter being intended
for the confinermmt of the milder <lii>e
of criminals. It is also urged
that a priwm bureau be established
in the Department of Justice where could be
gathered, collated, and nror<l< <l in a ]■• i
rnanent term the <Timinal statistics of the
United Hteten.
The Attorney-General urge* the impor
tance of some change in the judieial system
of the United States which will enable
the court#, ami especially the Supreme < ourt,
to dispose of tho large number of cases now
acrurnulated, and decide current <*anes
as they shall cems ujx»p the dockets.
He says that the t of the
Supreme Onirt at the end of IW7 showed an
1 increase of sixty-seven cases during the year,
and for 18*s8 an incr«?ase of VM cases, and that
the present state of the business indicates
that the profx»rtionate increase of the
businees will be still greater in the I
current year. He <*alls special
attention to the NKXMnmandations Upon I
this subje'*t of his preder.’ewjr in each one of j
his annual reports, and especially to the r»- (
port of 1885, where he set out in full what ■
was known as the Davis bill.
Tiie report contains a number of other
ommeudatious, including the following: |
For an Ajw»istant Attorney-General for ;
T the Department of Agriculture, for an
I additional Assistant Attorney-General for .
i the Department of Justice, for an ap
! propriation be uwl In the collec- ;
| tion of old judgment* due the United
I •* tho U nited States statutes Im-.
am*rwW? to rwognize more than one
j degree of murder, that authority be given t»i
I in one district to bring
I suits for assets in the Federal,
I court* of any other district, that (
I Ktates eourte be given ju- 1
I to iuvrwtigato .and punish an v
I trriw f>crj>otrattxl m and a$ a j«art of th* i
| comnuaUon of any offctfii-* agulnat th® **”■ ’ I .
' of tha United Htates, and that« <-■!«*£. /
r xx» bW b« BKWd tor mocwtoX’ / I
HfWB.V •!«’♦« CvßUßUFi™**. ’
NUMBER 13.
(’hlnnnirn ns Smokers.
Tho Chincso smoko etrly and often,
ntbl it h ns good i»s a play to watch ono
of tho noblei of China using tobacco.
Ho prefers tho wntor-pipo, and ho ha,
n servant who pn’s tho pipe-atom in his
mouth, aid waits till ho bin taken half
a doze t whiffs before ho carrioß it away
again. Tao smoko comor bubbling
through tho 1 quid, and the almond cyot
of tho Celt’;ti ll spark o with enjoyment
as tho nieithro citers his blood. Li
Hung Chang smoker in this way, says
Fiauk Cirpeuter in tho (Duritr-ihui'ml.
mid during tho interview which I had
with him at Tion Tsin, his servant he’d
a pip" with a stem at irast four foot
long to his lip ’, and lightc I it for him
nt intervals of ton minutes. The great
viceroy took about ten whiff< at a time,
and thru tho icrvant took tho pipe
nwny, pulled out itt nwtnl bowl, and
nfllcd it with tobacco, bringing it
back a little later on to patiently hold
it to his cxcollonoy’* lipi while ho
Um kod,
ihc UhintHO do not u o cigars nor
che.v. T icy h ive a tobacco much liko
tho Am *r cm pigtail twist, which they
cut up lor smoking, an I they are largely
addicted to snuff You will find snuff
stores in tho larger c’tics, and the nr
tic’nucl k ciars'r thin tho Scotch
Etiuff. Tho w< in in Minke, and not a
low of tho boys and men are addicted
to the u e of cigarottoi. Tho average
Ch.nuvj ci piratto Is tl.»j poorest and
cheapest in tho wor d. You can got
three of them h r ono-tenth of n cent,
an I tho; aru dour nt that.
I’lirfN Urufiinr.
Dr. \llierlo Niu of-0“
banquet in Chicago to tho Dim*AnH’fJ-
Cun*, Baid of hi . native stnto:
I would liko to say for tho boneflt ol
th<> o who are not acquainted with Uru
guay, that Montevideo, its capital, by
poets calle I th■» “Pearl of ths Pluto,”
and which, owin-x to Its geographicd
hitun i n, h undoubtedly ono of tho
most b(null.’ul of American cities, fig
ures among, if not a', tho head, of the
cities of Lit in Amcric.a, whirl art, sei
emo and lilcruturc rro cultivated most,
and that lud yc .r it hud tho honor of
witness ing tho nsscmbly of brothers of
the Mouth ia nn international confer
cnco. Tithe wise dehbcrilions of this
conference uro duo tho eight treaties
that constitute a code of public rights,
the application of which will givo tho
most enhanced results that volunturi y
hnpused upon themselves tho duty of
abiding by and apply l tig It.
Tho republic of Uruguay, anxious to
real z.o all that h grout and beautiful,
open to all generous an I elevated aspi
rations, ns well as to nil who wish to
live in (lint genial climato, clour airnnd
liberal laws and ii.s tuitions to apply
thoir knowledge, arms, or cap! al to
develop its in numerable mountains of
wealth, is already nn impoiluiit and
busy hlvo.
It w« re not venturesome to auort that
nt the < n 1 of this century, ils papulation
il üb'cd or trebled and its r c'.ios ni dtl
pH ■<! u hun L< I fold, Urag lay will Ua
como if gr at a nation as i s sister of
the north is nt th i present d iy.
The ( rows of Norway.
B rds of the crow trib», especially th*
raven, the air don crow, the hoodie and
the inr-ple, are in ill-repute In England
for stealing eggs, n id, w hen opportu
ni y h rve<, for mAiid'ring chickens,
ducklings, etc , but in tho north of
Norway the n dcprodntori uro much
bolder. They will < voi n’tempt to cir
ry nwny the eggs and tho young brood
of the eider duck, and 100 often sue
cecd in their foray; but if tho drake is
near at ha id they n o frequently defeat
ed. Ho scizas the c.ow by thu wing or
the neck aid plnngoi down with him
Into the sea. B .ing a good diver ho
feeli no inconvenience, while the car
rion-crow, however brave an I strong in
the air, is in the water, and tho
•n I of the struggle is soon shown by his
sbuly flouting on tho surface.
B inetimes eve n the raven Is disposed of
in tin*-am : manner. It is n curious
fact that young sen fowl, when swim
nun * or div n r in waters which litera
ly sw.-um with cod, halibut and other
grecly and hungry fishes, are not oftch
mapp' dup n ici swallowed* Yet vet
eran lob ter fisherman, no small part of
whof life I at been spent in d.sembow
eling such fishes, <l< <• are that t iey
never find a young b r 1 in the stomach
of their pr y.— Popular Monthly,
A Wafeli Made of Paper.
In I*i watchmaker of J) esden ex
hibited a watch made entirely of paper.
T. e piper was chemically prepared and
the maker claimed that it would ba as
serviceable as if made of the material
i ordinarily 1. The suini year, at a
fair h 11 at Worcestershire, Eng., Crow-
J tin r Bros. & Co. exhibited ono made
entire'y of iron. An ingenious prisoner
j at Ka.iaus, Briieinia, recently construct*
! ed a watch eight centimeters in diame
t r, with no o her tools or material ex
cept two n<clie’, a spool of thread, a
newspaj er and some rye straw. The
. wbe I‘, po*t« and cogs are all made of
rye straw, which it w Well known is
quito coar-c and tough. It runs six
Lours without winding and keeps good
time. It is now in the possession of
the l of Kariuus, who considers it
tu awl of the hiaetcenlb I
’♦«f4 •
XADIES’ DEPARTMENT.
MADAME DE I.EBSErs’ FORTUNE.
Mada.no do Les.epo, wife of the im
mortal ditch digger, tells a queer story
about fortune tolling, she herself being
the heroine of it. Somewhat les, than
a quarter of n century ago aho consulted
(a, many young ladio, still do) a fore
tune teller who was gioat in palmistry.
This wn, Adolphe Dosbarolles, who was
famous ia tho sorcerers’ art. Dasbarolles,
wc may add, died two or three year,
ago. Dcabaro les told Mlle, de Braq
ar<l, a, aho then was, that she was dis.
tinod very soon to marry a man whom
ell the world would envy; who was not
a millionaire, but who would becomi
greatar than most princes. In four years
aho married M. Ferdinand do LeMeps.
mh». Cleveland's health.
Mrs. Cleveland hai gained consider
able flesh since leaving tho White
House, and is a much healthier looking
woman as tho 10 ult of her summer out
ing, than tho thin nnd raihor sallow
person who took up her abode in Now
Yoik lint spring. She has regained
also something of her old brilliant color
and is more nearly like what she wu as
u girl bride. Wa.hington never really
agreed with her, nor di I late hours.
People wb° have scon them express
much ndmiration for tho old and quaint
pieces of Turn ture which are going into
her new establishment.
Not the lonat striking of them is a
screen for the dining room, which was
given her by a foreign ambassador, and
ha, hardly been unpicked in her fro
quent flitting, or seen tho d iy. It Is of
leather, with four loavei, and ii eight
feet high. The design is a reproduc
tion of old Venetian pittern, iu fine low
relief, in deep rich color, of silver and
gold, hand toolod. No framework I,
visible about the screen, tho illuminatei
leather covering it all. Eich leaf is in
three square pane's, surrounded by
small brass-headed na'ls. O.cud nt
right angles on the insido of each leaf
i, a shelf wide enough for a book or a
cup of tea, a box of bonbons and a
shaded candle. ««•<
THE WELL-BRED OIIU..
Do you k now many well-bred girlsl
Oh, they can nlwnyi bo told.
A well-bred girl ibnnks the mnn who
give, her a seat in tho street car and
docs it in a quiet an I not in an effusive
W-
Bee doesn’t 10 lo ” k
gamblers or posing actors -
and she doesn’t think that her good
look, arc causing tho men to ataro at
her.
Hio doesn’t wear her jewelry in the
day time nn I she understand, that dia
mond rings, earringi an I bracelets were
intrude I for the evening alone.
B!i<> domin't go to supper after the
theatre la over alone with a min.
Blio dooin’t declare that she never
rides in street car,.
Hlio doesn't accept a valuable proient
from any num unless >ho expects to
marry him.
Hlio doesn't talk loud In
bl nee*.
Hlio doo n't apeak of hor mother ia a
sarcastic way, and she shows her tho
loving deference that is her duo.
Bio doein'l want to boa man, and
sire doesn’t try to imitate him by wear
ing still hats and smoking cigarottoi.
H io doesn't say aho hate, wouren, and
she Ims some good, true friend, among
them.
Hlie doesn't wear boo’s without their
buttons or a frock I hat need, moading.
Hlio doesn't scorn tile use of a nesdle,
and expect, some day to miko clothe,
for little people who will bo very dear
to her.
Tint's tho well-bred girl; slu^—in,
sort that you want for your wife, and tho
ono who will not want to bo an actress,
but who will bo faithful through sick,
new aud through health, through sor.
row, and, if need bo, through shame;
who will never waver in her love, and
in whom tho heart of her husband may
safely truit. —JVitfwis/pAi, Timit.
FASHION NOTES.
All sleeve, are now made loose aliov:
tho elbow.
Tin tight coat sleeve i, now a thing
of the past.
Braiding is so popular that it is seen
even on checked cheviots and tartans.
Hiring, of ribbon mid Inci are fre
quently men even on large hat, io
Paris.
Homo of the newest importo I jickets
have largo bishop sleovei gathered to a
wide cuff.
Starched white linen collar, and cuff,
me reappearing, but they arc very un
becoming.
Eiffel take, tho place this ,ca,on that
green did ia,t in popular an I fashion
able favor.
The ol'ler the woman tho smaller the
bonnet, is the first rule iu tho grammar
nf millinery this fall.
The bigh-in-the- back Medici collar of
fur is seen cn some of tin newest Car
rick, or “four-in-hand" cjpe<.
Tao most fashionable small hat is the
French turbsn, low mid round in ~tinr—-
crowH, er slightly archel in front.
White Thibet goat skins, with long,
si.ky hairs, are the favorite fur 1 ningi
of opera and drewy carriage cloaks.
Gold and silver braidi, cord, and
thread, are frequently mixed in the
same pattern of embroidery or gimp.
The English club hat i, one of the
imported round hats that will be a
great favoriti. It is cf fine ca,hmcre
drawn over a “blocked'' shape, the
crown deep and tho brim shallow. It,
only trimming i, a broad bind of black
velvet. It comes iu all colors.
Among the grays, dove or quaker
color is the most fashionable and the
most becoming. It will combine well
with E fful, pale rose, blue, water green,
cana-y yellow, flamingo red, and other
obadez of bright and positive
with i ream, pure white, black, i
nuid. csppxr, nr Sttsl. ~«a out it IM
Vh-..A Met»nn,