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II 4 Mi H AIIIS HIS PHKV,
M n n y Swln«ll«*d by a Very Clever
Check Korarer.
Sew York, April 5. Nearly every
pr^MniiK-nt hunk in the city lm* rcectve^l
in the IttKt few dwys a number of forged
a ml W4#rthlesH ehc(*k« from com imjsjikI
<‘iit« an 'Texas and other South western
States. r JTje amount, represented aggre¬
gate* ueacly ^fgOOO, all of which has
b(M*n paiii out hy the Texas hanks on
account for the financial instilutionrt ( >i
thi« city. 'Phe <*hecks are drawn foi
nmounts all the way up from I^.TO to
JKiOO.
A.c<*orcUng t.*» the telegrams frmu lions
ton, San Antonio and other Texas towns,
tlk» swindler rcpromiitN himself fun a
traveling euU-smau for tin* “Kmpii'e
State Cornimny,” of Brooklyn. The
company is alleged to manufacture re
frigorat<»rH nnd store fixtures, but the
adulpess 4 >f the <vTieern could not hc
found in the Brooklyn directory, 'i he
evuiirdler is described as being about *‘?5
years old, of dark complexion and fas.li-
ionable apis aiaiuc. That lie is familial
with New York hank« and th ir officers
is apimront, as Hourly all cho(*k* b< ar
names ivsemblinp those of well juioxvn
financial tm*n. j’he majority of the
checks are signed “O/iver B. Carter,’'
whicti resembles the name of the pres
blent of the Bank of the Bepublie.
'Th<‘ matter was reported to Superin
tondent Byrnes yiMtcrday and he rioti
tied fhtfc* pe'licf* of Wuslcrn cities to be
on the lookout, for “Ufiirlcr,” who is
thought to he a well known forger ami
confidence man of flits city. So far forty-
four checks have le cn /eccivcd and re
turned. Among the banks which re civ
ed the checks are the Seve-nth National
Bunk, the Hunk of the BepuWic, tin
lYnirfh Nataonal Bank, the New York
Guarantee and Trust Company and the
Clms'e National Bank.
.YiinIi \ i III* |(f|C«*M.
Nawhv il Tcnii., Apill 5. N m ng th«*
win n er < at Cumbcrla i'l Dark today \\n*
a v r,v flifJb itU mo tor, as not a h 11 ,!<•
first. ehoW't* \v<Mi, Tii - uttomlarice was
large, ih. nvoji lb - r fine ami the track
fast. Tin* H‘ ii (tonal 2-year-oli! Diffgs
made h'-H Hof.o n I hlart mm n .'Lyenr-old in
tin* tii r I nii* I i i m funnel* prestige
made him an oven money fiiv .iite. lie
KiUTere.) an ingier.'ona ib feat. Buck Mhm-
:,t out and n ad • the ruuu ng. cov¬
ering the first half in 0:17 1-2. He wan
never in troui I at a y part of the diw
la nee, and w on ha ndily.
Kir rare, mix fiirlongH; IC'nno (102
I* Tklif*)» 10 t<» I. wen; lliieh* Luke M?eo-
olid, t’arlshad third. Time, 1:1.1.
Soeend rim*, lour furlotigR; Hugs (108
Leigh), f> to 2, won; Uncle Lew weeond,
Ma d of Holier third. Time, 0:1b 1-2-
Third nice, one mile (Buck Mass y) 112
-z •rk'nnj, :> to 1 , \\< Tobin second,
C i *i n May t bird. ' , 1:42 1-2.
Fourth rare, Iling, six furlongs; Tre*
i in in t (102 Irving), 2 i • * 1, won; Beeson
s\oiuL Marti) UriHin third. Time,
I .42.
lejfth ra-ce, lour furlongs; .Judge Baker
(111 Graham), -> to 1, warn; B uisoir tr e-
ond. Kiddle)* third. Time, 0:49.
roii i in: nn\iss.
A TltoiiMiiinl f'tmifts W ill lie Slii|»|M*<l
)<'roi»i Ni-w York.
By Southern Associated Press.
New York, April f.. - Int’ormalkm reach-
< d the Spanish consul that a big lot of
arms and ammunition '.wnbuod for Ue
use of the rvvoluUoulsts In Cuba would
be shipped from this v»ort tonu^row. This
Information was ;ransmllted to Collec¬
tor KUbreath with liit* r"«'|ueSt from the
Consul that lie prevent such snlpment If
posslbh*. DidoctlveH ,\ent to work. In a
few hours they rejiorted that tluy had
discovered that 1,000 stands of arms and
half a million cartridges laid lioen put
aboard the Allas Dine steamer Alone,
loading at IMcr 55, North lilvcr. They
also reported that the arms and ammu¬
nition are destin'd tor SavUuiUa, Colom¬
bia. lii • w. All. In II-
breath found that he could not i reveivt
tho arms from going i, it as f hey are not
shipped to Cuba The Span.Hh otfidals
hero feel sur ’ the rifles .del cartridges
will evontually reach tho revolutionists
hands.
FOI II TH .1 MI’S (ill.I.Mil.
\ Men«| 1 > 1'i*cIglit Tt’aln Wreck, on
Hu* < lib'll go ami titan.
Hy Southern Vssociatcd rn«s.
Alton, III., April 5. l’fimr tramps
worn instantly killed cunt fiftwn otheiv*
badly Injured lu a freight train wreck
on the ChiciVgo and Alton Koad mar
here tliis morning. It is Uiought the
wwvk wins c-iiused hy a broken truck,
w hich allowed a dozen earn to pile in a
hivip. It is csti ilia ted that over seventy
live tramp* were stealing a ride on the
train. When taken out four of them
were dead, 1 he injured men were
brought to the hospital in this city, and
the Inquest held at Hast Alton. At tin
inquest the names of two of the men
kalled were found to he David IlefVley,
killed were found to bo David Medley,
man, of ITiiladclphia. TTie injured men
hail frmu points in Ohio, Kansas, Mis
souri. Illinois. TN'xhs, Ma^achusetts and
Germany. Several of them arc not ex
peeled to live through another day.
Kl. 01 ( 11 ) \ SIT.(T\l,S.
Two Uiq»lil »m\* V'roio .lnckNonvlbt-
Io Mm* N.trill .
Itv SiviHUrril I’li'.'-t-'.
l*liiln<li]| (icti-i At nil f. The close of
the prhu'ipM s hi Florida on T'«s
ilay tr;iv«> lli>' Hvtil niilron.l lln.'s nn.ithi'r
oliam'i' for a aorthwartj rm>nl ran with
HfH'cln] trajna I'jirr.vinif tit., help firat
i'la mn i»n .'lotfliiyr. Unth 1 itun startl'd their
trains from .TiP-ksonviilt' at 1(t oVlnok
y.vtorday mornins thr Klorida Central l.aii-
an<! IVnansuiar amt tho Southern
wny, tho format- from .litcksonviHr to
(Vduml.ia, tho lattor from Oolnmhla to
Washington. dHivorvil their train to the
Vi'iuwylvnnia Knilroad at W.ishinuton
today so ihnt il arrlv.si ;ii tho Hisoid
sti*.).'t station at ii oYlonk tliis morning.
twonty-Hvo Iionm fnnn .InrksouriUo mui
hantift on hoard 12!l passrasti'rs. The
train of the Atlnntie Coast l.lne arriv d
twenty-five minutes Inter nnd the two
were consolidated here stud pullis! to
New York as one train.
Coll Ik..., n nn Clevator Shaft
Itv Southern A-so.vUed Fr. •'MS.
Washington. I>. April 5 Ikr. S. C.
Itiifey. one of the leading physicians of
tliis Sty, fell down the elevator shaft at
the Concord Apartment House today
and was dangerously injured. His head
was cut and his thigh was broken at
the hip socket. Ur. Rur.oy presided over
one of the most important sections at
the International Medical Congress held
in Washington some years since.
W ' gret't with pleasure 'The Baltimore
A riMTican nm on g on r ex eh a n ges, It
has long been a t - hut we hope it
has come hack
A Noutiiern IliUKicrat far ISfid
W liy should not the Democrats nomi¬
nate a Southern man next year? Why
wouhlnT that he tin* right thing to do -
tlie courageous, the consirsfcut, the cmj ;i-
table thing? W hy, indeed!
'I hirt.v yeaiK have iiasHcd since the
< i ■« <* of the war between the States. Jn
ifiat time nearly all the men who
1 nought on that melancholy conflict or
too 1 . active part in it have diaappear-
I. Of the few who Mill) NUl’VlVC Jllid wIlO
occupy jmb’.ie «>r conspicuous p tUdion.
it may he truly said that they are as
good citizens as loyal, as patriotic, as
truly devoted to the re irdHldish d union
an any of their fcilow-o uiutrymen on
thie ri le of the Potomac*. They have
■. i ved in the enXlnet and in Congress,
ilny have hold high id ace in nmmenu
"f gi-eat emergency, and at no time or
under any circumstances have th«‘y
:u'oi'eil deliiujoeiit in anything that go’s
to make a faithful, intelligent, and zeal-
;ii.s repr* rami at i ve of the Pnion and its
uiv-uitutions. Tliey have always Ihmu
iiuoiig the first and tin* most enthusiast*
. • (’hampioim of the nation:)! honor and
integrity. They have yielded preced¬
ence to none in jealoiM advocacy of tin*
•■■oiintry ami the flag. Ah for the South¬
ern people in general the present gen¬
era turn -they know of the war only by
.dearsay and tradition. To them the
nr is a men 1 aUstra<*tion -hardly a
personal memory. They do not recog*
nr/e it or dr, infiuenevH la Ur ir philo-opii.v
't !imh sent them no mcrtsage, t k»< 111 c*;»lii-
o them no legacy, snv.ng the pride
:i:ey fake in tin* valor ami devotion of
heir fathens a sentiment which holl¬
oa them they think and remember
nothing of the war. its triumphs, in
o vie:., and its animosities. Tlmir
piano are for the pivseiit, their hopes
are in the future, 'this is their coun-
ry, const ated for them by ili-ujiitijora-
tide frag ies. j'liey have no thought
r divan which does no include the
•ory, the greattuvrt. and the perpetu¬
ny of the Union
How rii»:icJi linger m the South -t!-"
ao-? distinctively Anirnean rteetion of
‘lie ountry to he the jmor relation in
the family of the State.-,? Upon what
hypothesis dies toe Demo; ra tie pi:ly
>;opo»o* fo exclude from p eognition and
/nun leadertship thiV'C-fourufiti of i te>
• irength, its sulrfianee. and its brains?
xitlmut the South the national Ifi nn>-
rae.v would he an incone derahle factor
mil i on I affai . 1 s p >srti bill ties
vmiid he limited to small muni • j>,ii
i« lores and petty village spills. It
vmihi figure in the nation very much
, i;he Slate i riranizaiioii now figures
n A 1 iohir'nit. The world would forget
. or remember il only for purposes of
its potency, its conyp-
I i • n e, its weight come from»the South.
nhe away die South, and dm Denjo-
oatic party, s far an concerns nnlieii-
;l affairs, would lie a poor and iuef
I thing. It would he red’H-eml to
• mere insignificant coterie in the great
.void I of litiee. Why. the.n, done the
: riy ./h to the South’s reluctant lips
ee hitler eu)> of Si'lf-eiTaeeimMlt, ad
vhy In it that a proud, intelligent, and
ii iomogeiieoiis people bring thems Lao Jo
ink ? W here in the justi e, tin* pri-
u iely, the wisdom of tin* arraivgenieiil V
It liS difficult, looking at the matter
utionally, to understand tin attitude of
•o eatioual party and t!h> aeijiiie.epnee
>1 tin 1 South. Here \vt» have -three-
Mirths of an organization quietly suh-
iilting to domination by the otlu-r
uirtli, and tamely indorsing a Kt'gmn
'diich it shmi.d by c-very consideratimi
■ digniy resent . K rtsibiy it U hah t.
>r t WO d ‘etideis. at least, S lUilwrn
>»muerats have agreed to the propo.w
ion s t up by their Xortiiern i-oilea vm>
hat the eountry is n t nvady for a
amlhlat«» from the section lately in re-
e.lion against the ‘general government.
'•»r two decades and nmre it haa been
m accept «d theory that n Southern
'‘.andidate would alarm the Amerk;n
iieople, would revive all the memories,
he apprehensions, and tin* antagonisms
\f 1 S< > l v>:> And, during a I that time,
I ■■ Southern Demoem :-y have atsisent-
d wiihoiit protest, suliordinated them-
elvt'fl t the mere phantom of a \ * a 11
lied past, uneekly borne the heat and
nirden of successive campaigns, tu;u
ished tin* rank and file for all the great
mtthis, am! etond aside in humble de
* ivn»*e ami uncomplaining abnegation
vhilo the fruits of their strength and
r.ovees were livided among the mein-
ers of an insignificant contingent. I’al
■■■'by'/ At moist, this wort only an ex¬
pedient. It was never essentially a mat
r of piiueipte ami propriety. Southern
uen were just mis much citizens of the
ailed Stab's in 1SLk> as they are to*
y. They had the saint' rights then
hat they had ten years before or have
"day or can ever have until the end of
idn.-ts in thin republic. As an expedi-
*i't, however, while the passionn of tin
war still retained a fraction of their
'iastiiie heat; while it was possible to
u‘ge and easy to concede that the men
'' had defended and preserved the
aion ehouhl be the men to eon t ink! ite
1 erstinies through the period of trouble,
rausition, and readjiusfmeat -dining
•eeli an interval if wac, jsM’haps, e.xpedi
out that a Southern man shap'd not
iM’jdre to rule tlie nation he had so re
eutly endeavored to dismember, We
ogni/.e the force of that assumption.
* ;> xvhat h;us all tide to d > with IS: iV
* irty years after tin* failure of the
■•he.lion thirty youi\< after the dioper-
"u of the (hutfederate armies, when
one-tenths af the men wlm bore a ms
iea.net tin* i’uiou are sleeping lu their
graved, and when for nmre than a ipior
'• r of w ceutuvy. ptnwofwl harvest** have
‘eon fraetieidai laughing over the seam and seams
d’ war?
Ir seems to us that the Ihcnocrutie
party is il'.ogieal, or ciiwardly. or much
o u«s that the Soul hern IVmoeratw have
"o long def»‘rred their proper f.a'ms
i d (sunk their \>roper sv *’,f respe t.. The
MTllUg'C'tUetlt ir^ pnpt>sferous. It is an
wranyrment undt'r which the nat med
Hi'nmeraey cannot much longer he 1 eld
• iher. ’ih» South has sat below
‘hceait for thirty yerro-.aml in all that
time the South h:m suppiicd the ban¬
tu ‘t. not only with the salt if.se’f, hut
\:t!i ‘every one ot the viands il was
is ul to eavor. hor how mauv ne ve
vi are. Will the So - e i d are t tv de
gradation and the y orth continue to
pr<dif by it?
Why not a Southern Hemoerat for
lMkV?
IT.OTUiJ VOP HK \ I) Allot T.
CfiOKK—Archbishop Croko of Cashel an I
Knily wlW c lehrate. in July, tho
anniversary of his consecration afi
bishop.
LAND TRY Mrs. Langtry has a beauti¬
ful head of hair. She once used a dye,
but realizing the Injury sh * was doing
to herself, she desisted ami has since
let nature alone.
H VltRAPAN Blanche Marradan has
just completed, with great mechanical
difficulty, a new story. Her handwriting
is so bad, owing to cramp, that it can
hardly be read.
PnrfiHOMMK —The late General lTud-
homme. Count do Fontenay, was the
last trench officer who preuxed “C” :o
his name. The letter Indicated that he
had been one of the pages pf Bonis
XYHl, and Charles X.
ITEM* or INTEREST.
It Is considered unlucky In Ireland to
view a funeral procession while the be¬ I
holder Is under an umbrella.
\ vrinont, hy a recent act of , legislature, , ... ,
lias set apart August 1C as a legal holl- ;
) .y, to he known as Bennington Bat le
I
Tt ere «i« about 100,000 Islands, large
and small, scattered over tho ocean,
,,ii.. i l' ... alone 1ms f.,C00 scattered around
sts :
A divorced woman— residing, of cour - ,
near Chicago recently acted as brides-
—........... «*«->«--
incr husband.
Tho Ibsen fad still continues to hold j
‘ way In Boston. About the middle of
\pre several of that wr.t r's plays will |
produced there. ,
Hpong.s, slates and slate pencIlB are ,
to longer allowed In the public S'-hoois
^ (Htr.br luge, l’aper, pens and
l - . i,ells have b <*n substituted. I
Women nowadays are generally a 1
i ii) be an Ineli or two taller, I
a two or three Inches greater In
development, than their grandmoth¬
er* were.
The student , of Brlneeton are making
•at ■avors to have military taeth
Intr lured Into the curriculum, but t' e
i vision of the trust es earinot be 'learn-
1 until the annual meeting.
At the .hath of a l’rince of the Am
trlan royal family the horse follows the
funeral, covered with a black cloth ate I j
lame lri one foot. The lameness Is cans d
by ;v nn 1 driven Into the hoof.
Kragmf nts of a sacrificial calendar
whose date van be placed at about the
middle of the fourth century have he n
found near Marathon, on the slope of Mt.
I’. uteiUcuB, by the American school at
Athens.
G' heral Booth is planning to Send such
an Industrial colony to Canada, as writ
astonish the world. His rheme compr -
hem Is the 'transportation of 19,000 persons,
and he Is sanguine that these people will
stay and prosper.
1 y miles south of Cairo the torn! s
of two princesses of the 12 th dyn 1
re recently discovered. On the h<ad . f
each was a gold coronet, representing
a wreath of gold leaves and jeweled
llovvers. Many other articles of value
were also discovered In the tomb.
Some ladles of New York, promin nt
In German society circles, recently sent
to L sniarck a piece of embroidery rein -
senting his coat-of-arms, backed and sur¬
rounded by the G rman, Prussian, Ba¬
varian, Hanoverian, Baden, Brunswick,
Saxon and other flags. These told the
story of German urfi'y-better than any
inscription.
IfiiiittiiK (li«. Giraffe.
The bush is horribly dense and thorny,
nnd the thorns are of such a nature that
the strongest cord breeches can scarcely
withstand their assattilH. The old giraffe
bulls, with hides nearly an inch thick,
care for no thorn in the forest, and
plunge through the armed thickets as
though tliey were black currant bushes.
There is only one thing to he done—to
forget tiie sickle thorns and follow them.
Tlie spurs go in, tlie gallant pony springs
forward, and the chase begins. It is
truly headlong. Crash go the tall giants,
their long necks rising and falling rhyth¬
mically their heads sometimes bending
ing low to escajie a bough which nil bill
scrapes the withers.
It is wonderful how such monstrous
game can evade branches and tack tin's
way and that among the interruptions
nnd obstacles of the forest. It is a tough
gallop indeed, but in ten minutes tlie
hunter has driven bis potty right up to
the tuil of the nearest hull, and, from (lie
saddle, has fired his shot. He falls be¬
hind a little, then closes up and fires
again. Both bullets, planted close to the
foot of the tail, have ’plowed deep into
the short body of the giraffe and done
their work. Tho painted giant falters,
sways, and then in an instant fads
crashing to earth, carrying with him in
his ruin a stout sapling.
Hark chesnut of coat, (almost black
with age upon the back,) this old bitb,
measuring nineteen feet from the hoof
to the tip of the false horns, forms a
noble prize indeed. As he lies there in
the long yellow grass, he looks, surely
the strangest of all survivals of the fau¬
na of the Dark Ages; a priceless and
pathetic relic left to the modern world
by the ravages of fim*.—The Saturday
Keview.
They Saved tlie Bark’* Cat.
The steamer Potomac, which arrived
from London recently, reported that on
March 12, about 380 miles off the Irish
coast, the derelict Norwegian bark Brig-
etti was sighted.
The crew of the bark wae rescued on
Fcburuary 15 by the steamer Snowflake,
and taken to Philadelphia. When the
Potomac sighted the derelict she bore
down on her and a boat's crew was sent
abroad to see if she were worth towing
into port. She was found to be in such
a condition that It would not be worth
while to take her in tow. As tlie men
from the ship were looking about tlie
wreck they found a eat \n the tazavette.
Tho eat was surrounded hy water, but
was in good condition considering the
long time site had Rh-iv sole navigator of
the bark. It is supposed that an occa¬
sional rat and flotsam and jetsom front
the ship’s store had supported the life
of the oat. Site was taken on board tlie
Potomac, and Captain Leaeli, of that
steamer, says he will not part with her
as tong ns he goes to sea. The eat has
been named Brigetti, after tiie abandoned
Intrk on which she was found, nnd is
called “Gettv" for short. It is perhaps
because a eat has nine lives tha* she
lived through all her privations. -New
York Tribune.
Tnmninny In Its Infancy.
Tin' Tonmmnv Society of that time
m d In it tavrr n . The .sni'V'ty itself
seemed not gre.nGv to have flourished.
\t the m etirKs where the rituals w re
mne, s metimes less than a drmen mem
h* rs of tlie order attended. Tbit while
♦he society itself was small. the~e ga ll-
'red about it most of those who were
of Influence in the Democratic party, end
: t was in ties way that Tammany Hall,
-is d‘stiiiffuished from the Tammany So¬
ciety. was developed. The increase
sfrenffth must have been very rapid
after the election of John Adams, in
1706. The alien and sedition laws inton¬
'd fl d the opposition to the Federalists,
and *u 1797 the Democratic party, as w*.
shall Ten-after call it. under tho leader¬
ship of those associated with Tammany.
arri d New York City by one thousand
•^ajoritv. elected Aaron Burr and De
Witt Clinton to the Legislature, and be-
sran. throuarh the use of patronage as
.veil as by fairer polities, to extern! its
aflu nee throughout the State.—E. J-
!-Awards in McClure's Magazine fot
Npril.
SontIi Carolina Lendn.
We print'd a few days ago a census ol
tho cotton mills In the South, compiled
hy The Chattanooga Tradesman l rom
carefully collected data, which is attract-
notice, stated,
TJ>e whole num ber of mills, as
3 -o distributed as follows: Alal^cna 21,
t Georgia 6 t>. Ken-
Arkansas 2, Florida 1, 18, .MisfIm-
tuoky 6 , Louisiana 5, Maryland South l
jdppl 8 North Carolina 110, * Ta '
, Virginia 9, West
jp a C 2 , Tenn ssee 21,
Virginia 1.
respect South of Carolina the number It Is ®. of en - ^ • )(1 [ t ltg
]l t
In !he South and "will probably be at
once erected," and South Carolina has
n of these, Georgia coming next w.th 9,
and North Carolina third with 5,
Tlfls is not the best that Is to be said
for South Carolina, however. The whole
number of spindles and looms in mills
now erected and In operation,, "omitting
t bos projected," as complied from the
Tradesman’s reports obtained as the re-
stilt, of correspondence with every mill
In the Southern States, Is as follows, with
comparisons with 1890:
Spindles Looms
1895 1890 1S9' IS*
Alabama .... 103,002 79,234 3,020 1,092
Arkansas . 6,108 210
Florida .... 1,400 10,459
Georgia .... 57(1,338 445,452 14,195
Kentucky .. 52,900 42,942 092 GT7
Louisiana .. 56,708 53,132 1,512 1,560
Maryland ....175,299 rs 930 2,963
Mississippi .. 55,788 57,004 1,810 1,5.i3
N. Carolina 747.279 337.786 16,185 7.2.34
S. Carolina 838,036 332.784 21,273 8,546
Tennessee .. 124,092 97,524 2,574 2,042
Texas ....... 76,500 2,051 .....
Virginia ..... 127,108 94,291 4,155 2,517
W. Virginia ....... 25
Total .... 3,001,340 1,699,082 70,874 38,845
From this account It Is seen that South
Carolina has 90,000 more spindles than
North Carolina, and 252,000 more than
Georgia and has 5,000 more looms than
North Carolina and 7,000 more than Geor¬
gia, and has "turned down" Us two big
competitors in these respects In the past
few years. It is now easily the leading
cotton manufacturing State of the South,
and when Its relative size and white
population are considered. It Is very far
In the lead.
The Tradesman promises to print on
April 15 "the most complete and compr -
Itenslve review of the cotton mill Inter¬
ests of the South ever published.” It will
be a great advertisement of South Caro¬
lina, and some of our mill prospectors
and projectors, private and corporate,
might make good use of It by sending il
to England for the information of the
cotton manufacturers there who are "In
distress” and propose to emigrate.—Char¬
iest n News and Courier.
F ii rill siting the Bedroom.
It is well to remember that in times
,f i.'I:t as your bedroom is eUfr r yout
prison or your pleasattnee. Cheerfului s-
•' ml absolute comfort are the require
iiients here. The r iom should not be in
■umbcie ! with mu -h furniture; it is fat
better whenever possible to have the
furniture Hit d and fix d. Rees os such
as frequ.ntly occur r glit and left of the
chimney breast should he fitted as ward¬
robes; their simply painted panel doors
add much to the app'samce of the room.
Pictures arc of doubtful advantage In
a bedroom.
There is juM now a happy reaction
furor f tile so-called chintz paper of
b.-ld flower patterns; they give a deligt-
fully cheerful look to a room, and with
them pictures are quit ' 1 out of place.
Paper; with cold gray grounds should
be avoided; tiny are always dull and
cheerless. It is.n good plan and a cleat,
and wholes me one to paint the mar.
Us ..if t'li ■ floors fur about eighteen better in¬
ches front tlie walls. Paint is
Chan stain. It is easier to renew when
worn, and can 1 e applied to an." old Hoot
wh’ve stain would make a had job; it
also offers a variety of coloring thal
helps in the decoration of a room.
With it painted margin less carpet is
wanted, the carpet need not he elab¬
orately "planned" to fit recesses and
proj oti-itis. and, being of reclangulat
shape, ' r can he changed end for end
when o part gets a little worn. Th;
modi rn brass he‘Ulead is surely- nn ugly
object, with it. hard, unsympathetic
glitter. How much bettor to have b.d-
steads of hard wood well designed, ot
with head and foot paneled and painted.
Surely, taking into consideration the
greater attention now paid to matters
of cleanliness and sanitation, the old
dangers that led to the disuse of wooden
beds n od scarcely he feared.- The Na-
t'onttl Review.
History of tlie Barometer.
Ii! the Mfitheorologiche Zeitschrift for
December last, I’rof. G. He'dmaiin gives
a very interesting account of tiie Inven¬
tion of the barometer, which has now
been in use 250 years. Torricelli, w’h
■ lied at the early age of SO years, was
o bnsi'.y engaged in mathematic:ai
studies to publish an account of his dis¬
covery, but on .Tune 11. 1044. he wrote
a description of it to his friend Ricci.
This letter and Ricci's objections to the
experiment were published in 1003 by
O. Dali, a friend of Torricelli’s, and. as
this work is now exceedingly rare. Prof.
Ilellmann lias reprinted the correspond¬
ence in the original Italian, in the
mentioned journal. Some of the para¬
graphs, says Nature, are
especially those in which Torricelli
that it was not merely a question of
ducing a varum, hut of making an
strument which would indicate
changes of tho atmosphere. The first
continuous barometrical observations rp
pear to have been made in France. In
Kngland th- .v \ re first taken by Ilobt.
Boyle, about the year 1051). to whom
owe the invention of the word “barome¬
ter.”
SHF.KING VOl'It SMILES.
First Gotham Druggist—Do you know
of a grood bartt urler?
Second Gotham Druireist—AYhy?
First Druggist—-I’m sroimjf to put in a
soda water fountain next w c*k.—Truth.
Oh, no, replied Freddy; l had
cousins before lu* was
Young People.
Will-am Ann—Where are you j-;oing
the hot weather.
Hiram Vpton—Nowhere: I have taken
a room cn the 1 tilth floor of one of the
n w hotels.—Xe w Y o rk AY or] J.
a Nebraska farmer plowed up an
teakettle the other day containing
in gold. This is about the only roon
that has been made in farming-
the last five years.—Chicago Dispatch.
Capt. R. P. Slu-tton Dead.
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\ca. Tenn.. April apt.
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Insneetor White*!.!-' of the 4
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THE TWO STATES.
\\ IIAT IS GOING ON IN TIIE L11IMUE
AND PALMETTO STATES.
ITEMS OK NEWS THHOVGH GlSOll-
GIA AND SOI’I II CAIIOLIN A.
Personal, Industrial and General
Information, of All Kind*.
Schley Superior Court is lu session.
Morgan county has a haunted house. J
Macon is to have a local baseball lea- j
gue.
Maeon will settle the question of pav¬
ing bonds hy a popular vote tomorrow.
Macon suffers like Augusta. The tax-
payers are kicking on high assessments, j
Miiledgeville expects to have its tele¬
phone exchange in operatlou by the 1st
uf May.
Milledgeville’s City Council contem¬
plates spending some money on adver¬
tising the city.
The farmers are busy planting planted cotton.
A good deal of corn is being
in Newton county.
The suburbanites in South Macon are
organizing a new lire company for the
protection of property outside the city
limits.
According to a statement in The Cov¬
ington Star Newton county has fewer
»iierif£ sales than any other county in
the State.
It is not improbable that the Sttuday
auhools of Macon will have a grand
union picnic this year for the first time
in six or eight years.
The Covington Star says there have
been more houses built in Neulton coun¬
ty during the past year than was ever
before in the saute length of time.
.Mr. C. J. Booker, of Baldwin county,
is the right kind of a farmer, lie has
added four home raised mules to
plowing stock. Georgia wants more cit¬
izens like Mr. Booker.
Mr. H. H. Roberts, of Miiledgeville,
•publishes a card: “If I am indebted to
tvn’y one on earth let him present his
bill.” If this spirit were more generally
miandfested good times would be no
hand everywhere.
A man 72 years of age livirng in Wash¬
ington county, went to Miiledgeville a
few! days ago and bought the first cook
stove he ever owned. It was not for the
lack of means, he was well to do. Ills
wife simply preferred the old way of
preparing food.
Mr. Henry Boggus, of Newton county,
has gone to Hot Springs, Ark., to look
after the large estate, which has been
left him by his uncle, Dr. O. S. Proph-
itt. Dr. Prophitt was formerly a citizen
of Covington, but moved to Arkansas
twenty years ago.
Dr. W. G. Turner is conductor on
the evening train of the Middle Georgia
and Atlantic Railroad, in place of Air.
Marlin Newton, resigned. Air. Newton
was the youngest passenger conductor
in the State, and has resigned to accept
a better position. Dr. Turner seems to
pud the "hell cord ’ with the ease of a
veteran.
The Presbytery of Macon will meet in
Americus on Wednesday, the 10th in¬
stant, at 7:30 o’clock p. m. The opening
sermon will he delivered at that time
by Rev. Dr. AV. A. Carter, of Colum¬
bus. Macon Presbyterians have no
preacher to send to the mteting. Rev.
Jennings having resigned and Rev. Mor¬
ris being abroad. Business sessions will
be held on Thursday, Friday and Satur¬
day, morning and afternoon. The Pres¬
bytery is composed of ministers and rul¬
ing elders from the churches under its
care. It is supposed that about twenty
will be in attendance.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The city authorities of Georgetown
are making arrangements to have that
place lighted by electricity.
The Great Council of the Improved
Order of Red Men In South Carolina is
in annual session in Columbia.
During the meeting just closed at the
Preshyteriau cltun-h at ivet'-sh -w twenty-
two new members were added, eleven
from other Presbyterian churches.
The Camden Pressed Brick Company
are getting in shape for business with¬
out delay, lu about a month Camden
will be putting on the market the finest
brick manufactured in the South.
Spartanburg is to have still another
icotton factory. The mill is to have a
capital stock of §200,000, and nearly all
of the stock has been subscribed. Mr.
J. L. Carson is at the head of the
enterprise.
Two negroes were lodged in jail at
Anderson Thursday night charged with
an attempt to ass'i-odmite ('. M. Hall,
a white man, ten miles belowi that place.
He was badly shot, but will probably
fie cover. It is said that his wife insti¬
gated the negroes to kill him.
George Harrison, the slayer of his
brother-in-law, George Blackwell, in
Spartanburg county, has been captured
and is now safe Within prison walls.
Ho was arrested on last Thursday about
eight miles from Cornelia, Ga., by j.
K. Owens, cheif of police at that place.
Hi> will be sent for.
The Ohio River and Charleston Rail¬
road Company has brought suit against
the county of Lancaster for the refund¬
ing by the county of §5.256.0>4 of back
taxes. Similar suits have been com-
menced against each county through
which (In' railroad na-wsorJ Yurie enmity
is being sued for §0,500. P. H. Nelson
is attorney for tlie railroad.
The handsome Phoenix Hotel, owned
alnd rttn by (). C. Searborourft, and
the Baptist church at BishopviHe were
both destroyed by fire Sunday night.
Tho fire originated on the roof of the
hotel. I.o?s about §7.000. partially in¬
sured. The church caught from sparks
falling nn the roof. Loss about §3,000;
insured for §1,000.
About midnight Sunday a very severe
storm occurred at AVinnsboro. Fortu¬
nately it lasted but a very short time.
As far as can be ascertained no great
damage was done to property and no
lives are reported lost. Mr. Weir, who
lives about four miles south of Winns-
boro. had several houses destroyed.
Other sections of the eountry have not
been heard from yet.
The total number of dispensaries in
the State his now increased to -’—it
ninefr. The tiispensnrv svsfein is -w
invading the moonshine district, "’ick-
ens at last lias a dispensary, which was
established a few days ago. Walhnlla
will have one onen in a-.few days. The
dispensary at Wagoner’s which was
burned ont. is to be reopened Peck's. at onee.
Another is to be opened at The
State liquor business seems to be on a
bi; hooni'
STRAIGHT TALK
ABOUT BUSINESS.
We have the latest Issued
pricelist of Doo s, Sash,
and Blinds. Will mall
you a copy if you will
write for it. As we are
MANUFACTURERS, like we
wou d to tell you
somethin* about our
goods—how well they
are made—how carefully
finished, and how dura¬
ble. These points will
interest you if you are
going: to buy. Wntetaus.
AUGUSTA LUMBER CO.
AUGUSTA, GA.
“ Bay el the Maker. ”
BOLg-; ■ «!! -. ' ■
How Mr. Depew Caught His Train.
When Gliauncey M. Depew, president
of the New York Central Railroad, took
liis ride on a bobsled at Shelburne Farm,
the home of Dr. Seward Webb, last
week, he did an unusual, and, as he
thinks, a unique thing. Mr. Depew told
The New York Tribune about hie trip
up to Vermont to see Dr. Webb, nnd in¬
cidentally referred to the ride on the bob¬
sled. When seen he had just read The
Tribune’s report of his sled ride. He
said, in speaking of his trip to Ver¬
mont:
“That ride on the bobsled was un¬
usual. but I can toll you something that
beats that. Y'ou see, when I decided to
go up to Burlington to visit Dr. Webb,
a party was made up, and I had my spe¬
cial ear attached to tiie train. I almost
forgot that I was to go, and remained at
my office until about 0 o’clock. The train
left at 6:25. When I recalled the
fact 1 hurried home, dressed in great
haste, and packed a few things, and I
hurried down to the front door and
looked for my cab.
"I had orderer a carriage to be at the
door at 6:10. Here it was 6:15, and not
a sign of it. I called to my butler to
follow me, and ran to the corner to
look for some sort of a conveyance. I
reasoned that a good horse and a stout
carriage would land me at the station
with one minute to spare. I looked a.l
around, but there was not a cab in sight.
Backed np against the curb was a de¬
livery wagon for a drygoods company.
The horse looked like a good one. I
hurt-fed up to the driver and said, ‘I am
Ohauncey Depew. It is necessary that
t reach the Grand Central station in¬
side of ten minutes to catch a train. Can
you take me-Y
“His answer was laconic but forcible,
and I drew from what he said that he
would make it or break something. That
settled it. The driver threw the par¬
cels back in the wagon, which he had
been taking out. I climbed up beside
him. My butler threw my bags in be¬
hind,, and with a cut of the whip wo
were off.
"John Gilpin’s ride was outdone. He
dashed down Fifth avenue like a hurri¬
cane. At different places policemen ran
out and tried to stop us. I waved them
back, nnd when they saw me -they rubbed
their eyes in amazement atul, I suppose-
wondered whether I had gone mad or
whether the New York Central Station
had Mown up. We got to the depot with
a minute to spare. I found my party
somewhat worried, and they viewed my
strange appearance in open-eyed won¬
der.”
At Sliiloli Battlefield.
By Southern Associated Press.
Shiloh Battle Field, Tenn., April 7.—
The program of yesterday’s celebration
of the thirty-third anniversary of the
great battle included the election of offi¬
cers. Owing to the inclement weather
that part was abandoned.
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