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Colton . Beyond l he very low average price at Shlch nine million bales of cotton have Jteen marketed general Interest In the largest erop of American cotton csV* r raiKtxl has not commanded anything like the attention that the smaller one* of 1 S 92 <x«*roin«*d. 'Phe feature that ha* arouaed the great oh t care and thought ban been the effect of the low price* upon the grower* of the crop and the million* of worker* Identified therewith. The low price ban (Jenpoiled to a vt ry large ex¬ tent the credit facIlltPa of a very large body of cotton grower*. Inasmuch a* be¬ ing unable to liquidate old obligation* they an* powerless to negotiate r n< w ones. The Indirect influence of the* low avorage value ha* hern very far reaching and ha* been It to a greater or less extent In ever.v 'i pariment of finance, trade and manufacturing, and Is responsible for the InereasoiJ commercial death rate for me llrst quarter of the year, or son, against 't.i for tin »rnc period in lHfM, alt bough ih • amount involved wn* *om 'thing |< h*. leaving this phase of the effect* of the phenomenal crop that 1* nearly in, the re¬ markably easy di*po*IMon of that portion of the crop In sight which is in excess o. the total crop of JK91-92, to put It mildly, ha* surprised th cotton mart* and manu¬ facturers of the world under the rncrru- rial and generally unsatisfactory trade condition* that have prevailed without a r:ty rtf hope In *Jx month" to betoken promts© of improvement, jn the fac of such fuels lhe marketing of nine mJUlion ha!* 1 * of cotton that have hi-<>n delivered from pl.'inin,(Ions cannot be regarded oth¬ erwise than a* extraordinary. V« ry for- Innately, however, the people of I lit* country have become ho familiar with big thing* that when detail* of fabulous receipts of any crop*, iimnufacture* or iiidcbt.edneKH are ext>re*Hcd the wond< r manife*ted thereat try unknowing one* is lost in tbe greater amazement caused |,y tin student’* reply. “Ih that nil?" Neither pigmy nor mastodon pro|M>rtlon* are any longer of effect upon speculators, opera¬ tors or those giant minds that arc the propelling power of the comm, tela I world’s forces. Millions and billions of debts, financial negotiations and the pounds, bushel*, gallons and other tneus- lire's of quantity no longer derange the appotit.ie of any body of leaders in tlx struggle for commcrejal supremacy, in support of which statement we point to the mercurial Indifference with which a crop of possibly 10 , 000,000 bales is regard¬ ed by those whose interests It bears most heavily upon. Consideration of the figures jurtallnglo that portion of the crop that has been received for the seven montta ended with March will now be pre sented, as some of them in bold type will undoubtedly oc¬ casion no lit I le surprise. The total quan¬ tity received from plantations between September I, 1891, and March 31, 1895, is In round numbers 9,00o,000 bales, or 22.0U0 bales more than tin 1 entire crop of 1892, which was 9,038,797 bales. This quantity has been disposed of as follows: Euro- jwan exports, 5,010,H00 bales; Northern spinners 1,823,337 bales; Southern spin¬ ners. 518,000 bales; stock at the ports, 921,500 bales, and ©took a*t interior towns, 323,032 bales. Comparing thes items with the figures for 1892 and some wide dis¬ crepancy's IwM-ome apparent, For instance, the excess of receipts this year to March 31 is 707,725 bailes ovT those for the same time in 1892, yet the excess of exports is 753,018 bales, which disposes of the in¬ crease* in crop, and which quantity will be enlarged, because the quantity on ship¬ board and not chared at the end of last week was 05,000 bales greater than In 1892. The quantity of cotton taken by American spinners In seven months was 2,311,337 bales, or 02,120 hales more than for the same period In 1892. At the ship¬ ping ports and Interior town* th’ stocks on March 31 amounted io 1,247,598 bales, or 197,411 bales less than it the same time In 1892, which result has I ft n ft rechad- owed by the larger exports and the tak¬ ings by American •pinners. Those figures appear satisfactory, but undoubtedly, as was the case in 18112, they do not Include an invisible mov, - ment, as without such the crop of 1893 wouild have realized much better prices and could not have supplied the spindle* of the world. It Is this phase of the sup¬ ply that becomes interesting to growers of cotton. From tipi>e«ranees it Is more than probable that the exports to Europe will exceed (i.iNSI.IMN) hales, or which a large quantity will he carried over on September 1, and will he used to dep ri’HH prices of lie. new crop should it reach 7,()00,(>ito bales. Another hNltUIN* Ot 111 crop In ing marketed Is that it Is very dean mitt will furnish more yarn from a pound of lint than the avt ruffe crop, besides which hti average increase of six l>nmnls In the weight of hales Is a factor of fair- importance. It is this view of the jfntherhuf crop that cotton eulturlsts must look at and Kivu all th " weight of doubt against themselves before delormlninK upon the a ere, mo that shall be planted in cotton. At ibis advanced period of the year, and considering carefully (he force of all the foretfolnK' fuels, such as the erop in *iuht, the export and the quantity to be carried over at the end of the year, be¬ yond one-ball’ of a normal erop there is not a slnyt le fact that will warrant sueh an a or owe bellin’ exceeded. Planters and those associated with them in growing cotton have had a hard time for seven months, amt it is not to be bettered bv repeat In*? what has brought sueh finan¬ cial distnss upon them. Cultivate cereals on as liberal a scab as possible and the raising of other food products will surely prove to those mostly Interested that cotton is not the only product that will furnish peace and plenty to so many home*. New York 1 .hilly l>ry Goods Ko eorder I’robnhl, Burl, Twain The anonymity of the Harper’s serial, .lust begun. "Persona! Recollections Joan of Arc. ’ together with its announce¬ ment as !>> the most popular magazine writer lias naturally resulted in much guessing as to its authorship, A contem¬ porary ust rlbts it to Julian Ralph, hut that appears to ns very wide of the mark. Versatile as Mr. Ralph Is, he has given no indication of talent for histor¬ ies! romance. Mark Twain, however. Tuts, and the Internal evidence points very strongly In his direction. Mr. Clemens lias often given proof of hts powers for serious fiction, hut like the beloved COIllp- dtan. the late William Warren, his hu¬ morous associations haw been so strong that it Is difficult to get a largo portion of hts public to take in sober earnest any- thing he does. 1’osslhiy for that reason the present work Is put forth anonymous¬ ly. This s rial begins in « way that re¬ calls very strongly the dellgli rul manner In which Mark Twain dives into the his¬ torical or legendary pari In Ms ’Prince and the Pauper,” and his Vonneotlcut Yankee at King Arthur’s Court." There is the same charming -ymputhy with child life, and th- tu»k about ,thc dra¬ gon and the fairies Is quite In the vein of the latter work, while the eolsod with tho madman recalls a scene In the for¬ mer. There are also not a tew outcrop¬ pings of real Mark Twalnlsh humor, like •ho bravado of the group of hovs aft r danger Is over, and the talk of peasants they . sit . about the winter as fireside if not by Mark Twain, then the storv must he by a twin brother of his in literature. —Boston Herald. Maud—1 s c that Flora Findcsiecle has boon expelled from the New Woman’s (Vtub. Marie— \\ hat for? Maud—For conduct unbecoming a Roman.—New York World. UNITED STATES AT NICARAGUA. OUR INTEREST IN TIIE CANAL TO he iiemoastk ATEII. IIO \ltl) OF FMilN i' i;< T ItOlTE. They Will Go on llourd of the Mont- Koine ry. liy Ho it tli< rn Ass tciated I’ress. Washington, D. C., April 1. -Presi- dent Cleveland lias determined that an illi ial exhibition of American interest in th • Nicaraguan canal, which wa* authorized by the last session of Con- ,, gress shall is* promptly made and tLe governmental committee to examine the rout- for wb'rh the sundry civil bill made , $2)/•«•! . mimed,latelj ■ , .t\.t.l.t ;I.,v I., 1<. is In Ito sent to Greylown as soon a- |M» sil.le ill a United States war vessel to mpha-zc lli • concern of tb s Govern in tit in tlie enterprise of American cltl- ZCJlrt Witt have been acting und r a •liartcr grant d by Congress in 1890. Th program of tb» administration corn- mission was agreed upon at, last Fri- hiy’s cabinet rnceiing, when Secretaries Lamont and Her! ert wer * directed to si*l t a number f r tin- corps of army engineers and one of the naval civil en- g !fcr> !•. quM-; i v ly, who, with a civil- 1 -id to be s, b’cted in a «lay or two. will •■onstitiite the board of engineers harged with “ascertain ng tin* feasl- bilily, p rntaiP nee and ,h t of construe- lion” of tlie Nicaraguan canal, which shall visit and personally Inspect the muto of Kitid canal. wk inline ami con- ,h r pie i s, proflb s, seclio: s. pr.snis and . ,p Ill ation for its various parts and report thet* on to the President on or he* for,, November 7 next It wan also tie- ejded that the army should have the ranking officer of th - board and See- r tar., Lain,oil rcleeied Col. Win. P. Cralgudl for the chairmanship. Col. iTitigh.il was the lust president of tlie American society of civil engineer*, ano the weight of his otpin'on upon tlie anal project would it • convincing 'be- y.ind that of tiny other man who could i,' appointed on the board. Secretary Herbert chose civil engineer Mordoeai T. F.ndicott, whosi relative rank of Lieutenant Command, r is but a , egred below that of Col. Craighill, toil who is the second officer on th* civil engine r list of (lie navy, a man ,f high professional attainments and an authority upon naval works on shore. Tlte President has not ye I atm uinced the civilian member, but Col. J. A. Montgomery, of Birmingham, Al t., who lias It en prominent in the construc¬ tion of Southern railways is said lo be a leading candidate. As soon as the President completes the lstard it will organize in Washington and go to New York where plans, specifications and ......tracts of tlie canal company will Do closely scrutinized.. The party will then go to Mobile and embark on tlie Montgomery, wlti it lias been detailed for the duty of conveying it to Grey- town and which w II remain there n» long ns their stay lasts, furnishing them a marine guard as well as boats and H ten 111 launches mul tendering them the moral support of the United States flag. ANTI-1HSM A HCK. The Socialists or St. Louis Air Their Experiences Yesterday. By Southern Associated Press. St. Louis, Mo., March 31.—The social¬ ists of his city tonight held an nnti- Bismarck mass meeting at Central Turner hall. The principal speaker was Mr. Adolph llepuer, editor of The Tageblatt. In substance he said: “To¬ morrow Germany will be ablaze with the enthusiasm of servile worshippers of a man who, within the space of ten years, inspired throe wars, entailing misery, mutilation and death to hun¬ dreds of people. This apotheosis is the last debt paid to the man who spent a life time in aggrandizing the house of Hoheuzollern, washing his conscience, spurring that ardor that his flatterers generously call genius, sacrificing per¬ sonal honor in tlie end. As a people, the nation never existed within his power except as a means to glorify the dynasty, and rivet Its power. An analysis of Bismarck’s part in unit¬ ing all Germany, reveals tlie part of an absorbed enthusiast, a frenzied zealot In creating a greater empire for a great¬ er Emperor, who inspired all his enthu¬ siasm, ami Germany became a vast mil¬ itary camp. Certain classes of Americans are Bis rnaroks on a leaser scale, and their methods are reduced copies of their model. The Carnegles and the l’ull- mans, and the executive officers who uphold them are in kinship to the octo¬ genarian, who welded united Germany. But ns “Wood and iron," methods killed German Idealism, whose fragments of former peace and good will only remain to us in song and story, so will the imi¬ tators in free America decline, from everything but its name unless ’the peo¬ ple,’ uot the nation, take that power which belongs to them and mold their own destiny.” The Itail was filled, and the half dozen speeches in German were loudly ap¬ plauded. A Bismarck celebration was also in progreM at the Germania theatre, and was very enthusiastic. irig Majority for Turner. Ih Southern Ass ciat d Press. Nashville. Tenn., March 29. The inv, s- tlgatton into the charges nd counter progressed so far today that it is possible) for the first time to Make r.n -stimate of what the result will he. The action taken by three subcommittees at work In different parts of the State shows thaf the general committee report to the Gen¬ eral Assembly a majority between 4,000 and 6.000 votes In favor of Turney, where¬ as the face of the returns givts Evans a majority of 700. Two Prominent Mon Dead. , London, , „ March . 3L—Gen. Sir George _ lhoiupklns, K. C. B.. member of I ar- liament for Oxford, died suddenly tn this city today. Sir Charles Henry Mills, baron of Millington, died in London to- day of pneumonia. HERE IS A BIG SCHEME. BLFXTRIC RAILWAY BBTWBKif NEW YORK A NO C HICAGO. THF LARGEST WCOKPORATIBD rOMI’AA Y IN TUB WEST. Till* Will Revolutionize Freight Transportation If Successful. liy Southern Associated Press, Chicago, Ills., March 31—The Inter- Oceanic Electric Hail way Company, In- coiporated at Springfield yesterday, pur- post-e to make some decided change in (he present method of freight transpor- tation. The company has a capital stock 3f jjjixj.OiXj.oOO, the largest ever Incor- porafed West, and a number of Chicago, N-w York and San Francisco capitalists are Interested In the corporation. The Intention is to construct an elevated ( _ |w . 1r , f . rallway between Chicago and jjew y or |< for the transporatlori of coal aml ^rap,. Thf , plans and specifications have been drawn by a Chicago engineer and the company will control a number of patents an electric devices used by tne road. CARDINAL GIirilONS. \<lni<>iiiftli«‘s* III* Flo<*k To Trent Co I tun n I n tor* With Moderation. By Southern Associated Press. Baltimore, Md. t March 31 .—Cardinal Gibbons preached at the Cathedral to- day to a large conKreeatlon, from the text, "Wiio of you »hall convict me?" H!» Eminence evidently had In mind ex- Prl et Slattery arid the recent riots In the South. He said in part: The Catholic Church is Jealous of the honor and moral rectitude of her clergy. It. is her constant aim that they should walk in innocence and blamelessness of life. Whenever any of her clergy is known to have contracted degrading habits, Inculpable with hts sacred call¬ ing, he is withdrawn from the activs pursuits of the ministry until he has given marks of reformation. The church has too much reverence for God; she has too much respect for you; she has loo much respect for the clergy them¬ selves. to suffer any unworthy priest to minister at her altar. We find It very hard to please our enemies. They are very inconsistent, if wo were to retain a degenerate Clergy in the exercise of the public mlni^ry they would point the finger of acorn at us and say: 'Se how low Is the moral standard of the Catholic clergy.’ If we dismiss one of them they will forthwith pick him up from the gutter an!T re¬ ceive this fallen angdl with open arms and lead him about the country tike some strange animal and exhibit him to the public gaze, He is sure, of course, to nmlign and misrepresent the church for what man ever spoke kindly of ttie mother church he had insulted and dis¬ honored? They affect to believe the man after his fall when they would not listen to him when he was honored in the sanctuary. appeal His eminence closed with an to his hearers 4o treat the calumniators of the church with moderation, and in no case strike back at her eneihies. A CHICAGO FIRE. The Old Time* Building tltr Scene of the Conflagration. lly Southern Associated Tress. Chicago. March 31.—Shortly after 2 o’clock this afternoon fire broke out in the r.th floor of the old Times’s building and in less than fifteen minutes the top floor was a mass of flames. A general alarm was sent in and after a hard fight the (ire was subdued, but the building was flooded with water. The loss will not fall much below $40,- 000; the building being damaged to the extent of $10,000. It is probable The Times’s presses were damaged and in this event the loss will be heavy. The Free Proas plant was considerably dam¬ aged and losses wer» sustained by Severn & Klleny, and the Simon Printing Com¬ pany. and Smiley, Rush & Co., dealers In stationery. The fire is thought to have originated in a pile of rubbish from spontaneous combustion. DISASTROUS FIRE. Sweeping Over tlie Section of Ne- brfiskn South of Binfflinmpton. By Southern Associated Fress. Binghnmpton, Neb.. March 31.—For three (lays a very disastrous fire has boon raging in the country south of this place. Tt begun Thursday on the ranch of It. R. Kincaid. The wind blew from the northeast, and the fire burned everything before it. It is im¬ possible to state the amount, of damage done. Longfellow’s ranch lost over 200 tons of hay alone, and other ranches ..,iv| „rei*oriionaf,’iv' Everybody is worn out trying to fight the fire. Re¬ ports tonight indicate that the rains have put out the fire in some places. FI 1EMICALS EXPLODEl>. Aral D«*l»rl* I* Hurled Pell Moll—No One Injured. By Southern Associated Press. Newark. N. J., March 31.—Fire de¬ stroyed the large Weiner Saddlery manu¬ factory at Rovlngton this afternoon, en¬ tailing a loss of $40,000. on which there was $21.00u Insurance. The Margott No- veRy Company Works on the east, and Noble Press Works on tlie west of the Weiner manufactory, were damaged to the extent of about $3,000. During the progress of the fire a barrel containing chemicals exploded In the ruins of th* Weiner factory hurling the debris over an area of about 200 feet. Fortunately no one was injured. THROWING HAD FGGS. Conunninrenlcr Grown If ns Three ClHr.en* Arrested. By Southern Associated Pre*s. Chicago. Ills., March 31.—A special from Massillon. O.. says; A sensation was created yesterday by the arrest of Cltv Engineer Borton and CopnrlVmen Segner and- Walter McTgtin. charged bv <*« *•» tf- havinfif sought to break up his meeting by throwing bad eggs. They pleaded not guilty, AN OPEN SWITCH. A Florida Central nml Pen In sin In r rn»eng:er Wrecked. Galneovillev Fla., March 31.—At Danvlle a small station between here and Cedar ICeys. a Florida Central and Peninsular passenger train was wrecked yesterday „ ven |„g by dashing into an open swt-ch. q>b e engine was wrecked. The fireman an d on guv or escaped serious injury hv jumping. Several passengers were bruis- ed. but none seriously. It is believed 'rain wreckers threw the switch. JAPANESE VICTORIES. 1 Fort and Tnenty-ili Gam Taken I»y the Soldiers. By Southern Associated Press. London. March 31.—The Central News has advices from the Pescadores Islands, under date of March 20. These dispatches state that Col. Ito reports that on March 24, the Makuug fort was taken easily by the Japanese. On the 25th, the Jap- anese attacked and captured Ken Yung. They captured twenty-six heavy guns, and a number of smaller ones, as well os many rifles and a large Quantity of ammunition. In the engagement the Chinese lost thirty killed, and sixty taken prisoners. The Japanese lost, seventeen wounded. The Japanese fleet captured the forts on the Fisher Islands, and all the Islands forming the Pescadores group are now in the possession of the Japanese. GOV. M’KINLEY. Arrived In AVnNldnffton Feeling Hot¬ ter and Pleased With Ills Trip. By Southern Associated Press. Washington, March 31 -Governor Mc¬ Kinley, accompanied by his wife and Mr. Smith, and Mr. and Mrs. Osborne), of Boston, arrived in Washington at 11:15 tonight, from Savannah, over the At¬ lantic Coast Line. Mr. and urs. Osborn# continued their journey to Boston, leav¬ ing at 11:35 o’clock over the Pennsyl¬ vania road. Governor McKinley has fully iccovered from the effects of his recent indisposi¬ tion from which he suffered in the South. He refused to talk on political topics, but referred to the experiences of his Southern trip, which he seems to have thoroughly enjoyed. The Governor and party will remain In Washington until tomorrow afternoon and then start o» fheir homeward journey. THREE IILOCKS r)K«i r r»nYED. Hayes City, Kansas, Has a i)tl."!,000 Fire. By Southern AMoeiated Press. Hayes City. Kan.. March 31.—A fire yesterday destroyed the better part of the business district, including seven stone, and twenty frame buildings. Three blocks were destroyed, causing an aggregate loss of *75.000. The in¬ surance Is *35,000. The fire started in a livery barn. A CRAZY HCSI1AND Takes the Life of His Wife and Himself. By Southern Associated Fress. Fort Recovery, O., March 31.—Henry Thorne, owner of a store and farm on flic State line, yesterday shot and killed Itis wife and then hanged himself in his barn. The 4-year-old son was prevented from giving an alarm until the father had taken bis own life, Thorne was crazed by financial troubles. THE SNOW MELTING. Forty-two Inches Fell In Landers, Wyoming. By Southern Associated Press. Denver, March, 31 -The heavy snow fall of Saturday disappeared rapidly to¬ day under a warm sun, and the rail¬ roads. though threatened with washouts from the flood, arc moving their trains nearly on time. ’Flic snow was a phe¬ nomenal one, the heaviest fall—42 inches - being reported at Landers, Wyoming. The storm extended into Northern New Mexico and Texas. More Trouble for Hawaii. By Southern Associated Press. San Francisco, March 35.—Informa¬ tion has reached the office of Hawaiian Consu! Wilder, of a plot to overthrow tlie present government in the islands. The leaders of the alleged conspiracy, which was hatched in this city, are said by the consul to be C- W. Ashford, ex-attorney general, and others who were deported for complicity in the re¬ cent revolution. The plan of the con spiracy s that of a filibustering expe¬ dition . No Boycott of Plant Line, By Southern Associated I’ress. Pittsburg, March 30.—Associated l’r,«s liisp.itclus sent out from Pittsburg oil Friday night stated that the Pennsyl¬ vania Railroad Company bad declared a boycott on the Plant Florida-Ouban Railway and Steamship line. From the most reliable sources it lias been learned that there was absolutely no truth in the story, ms the Plant System and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company sus¬ tain the closest relations in tlie sale of ticket,,. A Failure. By Southern Associated Press. San Francisco, March 31.—Edgar Cohen son of the late A. A. Cohen, who was chief counsel for the Southern Pacific Company, ha» failed, with liabilities of $331,000. Cohen was a member of the commission firm of Walter A. Beck & Co., which r cently assigned for about $400,000. The creditors are scattered all over the country, hut the principal ones are in this city. 1.1 Hung Doing Well. By Southern Associated Tress. London, March 31.—A Tokio dispatch to The Central News says that Dr. Scxrtoa, of the Imperial! University, today ex¬ amined Li Hung Chang's wound ana found that the patient was making ex¬ cellent progress, His pulse and tem- perature were tiormal and he was able to walk about his rooms. Southern’s Earning's. By Southern Associated Press. New York, April 1.—Southern Railway Company’s report for February, gross earnings of J1.256.45S, decrease of $191,- S>4, expenses $867,012, decrease $142,- 300, net $388,846, decrease $49,474 and from July 1st. to February 28th, gross $11,498,894, increase of $323,233. ex- penses $7,557,028, decrease of $109,550, net $3,941,240, increase $492, 992. Jury Discharged. By Southern Associated Press. Nashville, Tenn., April 1.—Judge C. D. Clarke of the United States District Court, discharged the jury today in the case of M. A. Sparr, who was charged with falsely certifying checks of Com¬ mercial National Bank. Seven of the jury were for conviction, and five for acquittal. Experiments in Georgia show that the best cotton fertilizer should contain not less than from 3 to 4•/. Actual Potash. Any failures to this crop can be traced to a deficiency of Potash in the fertilizers used. We will gladly send you our pamphlets on the Use of Potash. 'Hu y are Mat free. It will cost you nothing to read them., and they will save you dollars. GERMAN KALI WORKS, n Naasas Street, New York. People and Events. Postmaster General Bissell retires to- morre-w. The Cabinet was photograph- ed this week. David Christie Murray, the English novelist, journalist and lecturtr, has taken residence in New York. The President expects to leave the White Bouse with his family next we k and occupy Woodley. He will drive to the White House at least ^ice a week for cabinet meetings, but will transact considerable official busln< ss at his coun- try residence. On the 13th of this month the coffin of Victor Hugo was placed In a sarcophagus In its final resting place in the vaults of the Pantheon in Paris. The nicne till¬ ed by Victor Hugo’s coffin is in a solitary vault divided by a wall from the vault in which the late President Carnot lies. President Cleveland is said to be in bet¬ ter health than he has been for some years past. His complexion Is clear and he carries himself like a man who nad given up all thoughts of becoming a con¬ firmed invalid. His recent duck-shooting expedition was *of great benefit to him, and the fact that he hasn’t a Congress on his hands acts like a tonic. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s physician re¬ ports as follows: “In accordance wun the wishes of the familly of Harriet Beecher Stowe, I desire to state, as her physician, that, there Is no change in her condition except that she is in better health than usual. She spends much of her time outdoors, visiting freely her friends and neighbors. Edward Beecher Hooker. M. D.’’ The sales in England of some recent novels are given as follows: “Discards’’ (fourth edition), 0,000 copies; "Episodes,” 2,000 copies; "Great God Pan,” 2,000 copies; “Earl Lavender,” 1.000 copies; "Gallia,” 2,00ft copies; “Woman Who Did,” (fifth edition), 8,000 copies: ‘‘Yellow Aster,” 24,000 copies; “Heavenly Twins,” 45,000 copies; “Keynotes,” (3ixth edition), 10.000 copies. In the days of his youth the late Rich¬ ard Vaux was one of the few men who set the style for masculine attire in Philadelphia. Once when on his return from abroad he brought a new dress coat from Stultz, then the Poole of Eu¬ rope, it was left on exhibition at a down¬ town store for the benefit of the swells of the day. It cost $130 and was the envy of all the dandies. The Letters of Ernsmns The letters of Erasmus are a rich mine full of materials ior study of the six¬ teenth century, in many aspects and not only in its religious controversies. We have an insight into courtly, social, and literary life. The paid tutor in the Prince’s house had now become a regu¬ lar institution. We see the voire of a dedication to a wealthy patron. We have a vivid picture of what traveling must have been, the difficulty of procuring car¬ riages, the slow pace by horseback, the wretched taverns. How we pity poor Erasmus in that journey from Basie to Louvain, with his frail constitution, arriving at Aix after a fearful shaking on had roads, ar.d be¬ ing regaled with cold carp by the pre¬ centor, and next day at the Vice Pro¬ vost’s, with nothing hut eels and “bac- aloa,” salt cod almost raw! Though suf¬ fering much from illness aggravated by the journey he managed to reach Lou¬ vain, w-bere his miseries culminated in an attack of what was supposed to be the plague, and hardly any one would come near him. He concluded, however, thus; “1 send doctors to the devil, com¬ mend myself to Christ, and am well in three days.”—The Gentleman’s Maga¬ zine. THE WOMAN IDENTIFIED. Victim in New York Murder Mystery Came From Virginia. New York, April 1.—The body of the colored woman found in the front yard of a Sixth avenue residence Sunday morning has been identified as that of a woman from Heathsville, Va., near Fredericksburg. She was sent north re¬ cently by an employment agent, The identification was made by a colored wo- man attendant in the Hoboken station of the Delaware, Lacakawanna and West¬ ern railroad. The last known of the dead woman is that she started from Hoboken recently to visit friends in Thompson street. New York, where is gathered the largest ne¬ gro colony in the city. Search is now in progress in Thompson street upon this slight clue. The Hoboken woman had forgotten the name of her acquaintance. The case promises to class among the “celebrated cases” and has stirred up police circles greatly. Tlie Stuart Monument Site. Richmond, Va., April 1.—The City Council tonight set apart $10,500 to pur¬ chase a site for a monument to Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, the great Confederate cavalry leader. Tho site is on Broad street, in the center of the retail Om¬ trict. it is thought that the Stuart monument association will now press the matter of collecting funds for an equestrian statue. Murray nml Kerxvln Doomed. New York, April afternoon 1.—Mayor Stx-ong announced Into this that he would remove Police Commissioners Mur¬ ray and Kerwin In the course of a day or two tmitvts they handed in their resig¬ nations in the meantime. Tho commis¬ sioner mentioned, who are Republicans, have opposed reforms in the depart¬ ment. Mayor Strong this afternoon sent letters to United States Civil Ser¬ vice Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt and cx-Fnited States District Attorney Edward 11. Mitchell requesting them to accept the offices of police commissioners. Fnllnre In Chicago, Chicago, Iil.. March 30.—Thomas D. Waterbary, of M a loom & Waterbury, the commission house which failed a few days ago. was arrested today on a complaint of W. Barnwell, of Jefferson, la., charged with embezzling $5,000. The Armistice. London. March 30.—A special dispatch from Simonoeski says: The three weeks armistice agreed to between China and Japan applies only Jo the localities of Af 0 „kdeno Pe-chi-li and the Shangtuug peninsula. One of Carlyle’s niunders. The Marquis of Ripon was rather un¬ fortunate in his speech at the Mansion House on Friday in singing out for praise the least accurate portion of Caryle’s “French Revolution,” viz., the account of the King’s escape to Yarennes. This, as Mr. Oscar Browning has shown, bris- t > es inaccuracies, the fundamental ong t jj at Carlyle gives the diatauce from Daris I arls to to Yarennes V arennes as as sixtv-nine sixty nine miles, and the pace for twenty-two hours ag consequently three miles an hour, -whereatt, the distance is one hundred and fifty m'les, and tile pace was seven miles an hour. Carlyle evidently confused Va- rennes in Argonne with another Varen- nos near Choteau-Thlerry.— 1 The London Time#. Hail Caine as n Poet. Mr. Craine has found and arranger a portion of a remarkable Manx ballad, which will l)e of Interest to the student of myth as well as to the student of poetry. Mr. Caine has gathered frag¬ ments of this poem from the recoilec- old fisherman of a _ Peel, . and tious of the ] ing put these fragments together most skillfully, supplying now and then a missing link. In the English version, which he has made, he claims that the burden and , metre ^ and . many or c the ., lines come direct from the broken and incomplete Manx original. The story is of the phantom ship family of 'legend, which is common to all Scandinavian countries, though the Manx variation ap- pears to be the most complete and best rounded.—Baltimore News. Rosettl'a Craving for an Elephant. It was withdiffieulty that Rossetti was prevented at one time from purchasing, for a very large sum, a young elephant. Browning said to him. “What on earth wi’.l you do with him, Gabriel?” and Ros- sitti replied; “I mean to teach him to clean windows. Then, when some one passes by the house, he will see the elephant cleaning the windows, and will say, ‘Who lives in that house?’ and peo¬ ple will tell him, ‘Oh! that’s a painter called Rossetti,’ and he will say, ‘I think I should like to hay one of that man’s pictures;’ so he will ring to come in, and I shall sell him a picture.”—The Book Buyer. The Sonthern’s Complaint. Bv Southern Associated Press. Washington, April 1.—The Southern Railway Company, which has been ob¬ serving the long and short haul clause of the interstate commerce law’, has ap¬ plied to the interstate commerce com¬ mission for relief under that clause so that it may bo able to meet the low passenger rates of the Seaboard Air Line to Atlanta and other places with¬ out making corresponding rate reduc¬ tions to intermediate stations. The com¬ mission will hear h'I parties interested and investigate the matter at the odices in Washington. T). Saturday, April 0th, 1S95, at 10 o'clock a. m. Tlie Swindler Must Snffer. Lansing, Mich., Apri! 2.—In ajl -dfnan- imous opinion this morning tho'Supreme Court confirmed tlie sentence of Stone- wail De France, tlie noted bank swind¬ ler who was sentenced to Jackson prison for fifteen years for defraudiig- the First National Bank of Kalamaz,o out of $00,500 by means of a forged drift. m § , • - ■I iPSI mmm mm m ft- 4c: COTTOM1 u iT S u t. Makes 4c. PKK3K8, even on € Lr PIANOS & ORGANS rt r tt. j' ■». DONT be discouraged, but O' n. write for oflr great s Lrt BAxoajn I,!ST and Wonderfully Easy Installment Terms. ■Tt t 4c. PRICES. A n Plano $5° loss than $40 Saved on a Start Piano. * Pianos at N 1 Fifty NSW Bp rights—from Beet Mak¬ r er* at Cut Prwa*. W Btch Mirror Top Organ only 950. ru if & LCBtttrt & BATES, j i Savannah, tin. v I IW~ O. P. 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