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The Carnesville Tribune.
VOL. XVIII.
WHEN THE WIND BLOWS,
When the wind blows—wind of tho
Wind of the wild, dark, raging sea,
Lashing its foam to a furious froth
Where never a star in the heavens bo,
Bhut from a world of ceaseless snows.
Somewhere, safe, when tho north winl
. blows,
Gold Hair doth sleep 1
When the wind blows—wind ot the east,
Wind of a dawn that Is chill and gray;
Of a driving rain when the day hath
ceased
And boats steal up like ghosts from tho
. bay;
Close to the mist that looms and grows,
Somewhere, safe, when the east wind
blows,
Blue Eyes doth sleepl
When the wind blows—wind of ths west,
Wind from the way of tho redden ng
sun;
Becking the great, wide world to rest.
Greetin'; the young stars one by one;
Where the scent of the pine trea comes
and goes,
Somewhere, far, when the west wind
blows.
Gray Eyes doth sleep!
When tho wind blows—wind of tho south,
Wind of n bloom aud a nightingale’s
thrill;
Stealing the smile of her red ros9 mouth,
Breathing a kiss over forest an 1 Hill;
Hushed, while the silvery river flows,
Somewhere, O sweat, when the south
wind blows—
Dark Eyes doth sleep!
—Virginia Cloud, in Boston Transcript.
STELLA’S OPPORTUNITY.
BY HELEN EVEnSTON SMITH.
^ ¥ HAT is the matter,
Stella? You look as
if some misfortuno
had happened to you.
The girl addressed
w$s a tall, stately
young creature, still
in her “teens,” with
a striking face and a
:| manner which,
. though not awkward,
was a little .too ab¬
It rupt (tad energetic to
lie graceful. She re-
plied:
“I am discouraged!”.
“What! You? I didn’t suppose you
ever cpuld be that; and 'I jdon’t see why
you should be. I’m sure if I was getting
$15 a week, iu a steady situation, with
hours only from nine until five, I should
think the world very charming.”
The last 1 eaker was a slender, deli¬
cate woman, in her early twenties, and
the work on her lap and lying about be¬
trayed her occupation to be that of dress¬
maker. She sighed as she spoke, aud
did not stop her busy stitching while
she talked.
‘.‘I know, dear,” said Stella, ruefully,
“it does seem ungrateful of me to find
fault with my position; but then I am
not so good and patient as you; and
then, too, I am constantly seeing men
advanced white I stand still. My salary
is the same as it was two years ago; yet
during that time almost every clerk in
Mr. Cruikshank’s office has been pro¬
moted, and there isn’t one of them who
is any more faithful or clever than I.
They have had chances to show their
capabilities; I have not. Mr. Cruikshank
treats me nicely—that is, he is courteous
and all that—but he never expects any¬
thing of me beyond my daily round of
taking shorthand notes of his letters and
instructions, and then typewriting them.
I find, indeed., that he gives me the most
important of this sort of work to do,
because I make so few mistakes; but
that is as far as I can get, and it don’t
satisfy me. My father was a man who
advanced rapidly, and would have be¬
come wealthy had he lived longer. I
am like him in energy and will, and I
think, too, in clear business perceptions.”
While Stella was talking she was walk¬
ing about the room putting away a few
things and getting will ready to go Stella. out. It
“Your chance come,
must. You have grounded yourself so
well, and are always so ready for every
emergency. I think if you were asked
to go to Alaska to-night you could be
off before I could get my mind made up,
and while I should have to take a trunk
you could go with only a grip-sack.”
Stella laughed. could,
“Yes, I suppose I for I am al¬
ways well and strong, aud don’t need to
carry both thick clothes and thin to be
prepared for all changes of weather, or
to burden myself with an alcohol lamp,
a hot water bag, and all the rest of the
traps that would he absolutely necessary
for a frail little thing like you. Really,
Kitty, I am ashamed at having been for
a moment discouraged, when I look at
you and see how hard you work, and re¬
member whaf ^ou h&ve - to contend
against, and all without a murmur.”
So saying the tall girl bent to kiss her
companion’s pale cheek, and turned with
quick, firm steps to go to the office,
where she was always on time—not a
moment too soon or too late.
Arrived at the office of the great
Anglo-American Polyglot Insurance
Company, Stolla was surprised to see
the American head of the firm, who
•usually by no means manifested the
prffnptness which he required of his
subordinates. He sat forward in his
chair, resting his elbows on-his de3k,
the tips of the fingers of both hands
pressed tightly together as he held them
erect and slightly waving in the air be-
fore his face, bis whole bearing that of
a man who is brimful of aD impatience
which he is striving to control.
Stella removed her hat and short
walking jacket whoa her arm stopped,
as if suddenly petrified, with hand, half
way toward the hat rack. Mr. Cruik-
shank was saying: which I
“I find that the proxes must
have for the directors* meeting in Chi-
cago on December 17, are not likely to
get here unless I send some one ez-
pressly to letch them. In order to do
it the messenger must start in an hour's
time, go to Liverpool, Loudon, Exeter
CARNESVILLE, FRANKLIN CO, GA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1893.
and Edinburgh and return on the fast
steamer which leaves Liverpool on De¬
cember 8, and is duo hero on the 15th.
Will you go, Tracy?”
“I can’t possibly, sir,” said tho man
addressed. “If you had only told me
last night—" night dead
“That will do! Last is a
do “‘r You, Denning?”
could take to-morrow’s steamer,
sir."
“Too Intel Fraser, what’s to hinder
you?” his hands
Mr. Cruikshank was waving
violently by this time.
“Nothing, sir, only—”
“Only! ‘Only’never gets there! You,
Johnson?"
“My wife is sick, sir. I cannot leave
her.”
Mr. Cruikshank looked rapidly around
the room, glancing at the clock, where
the minute hand seemed to move with a
terrible velocity. Apparently he did
not see Stella, though his eyes rested on
her a fraction of a second in their rapid
sweep, so he was greatly surprised when
she stepped quietly forward, saying in
her low, clear voice:
“May I go?” looked into her
The man up sharply
face, and his own cleared.
“Think you can? All right 1 I’ll send
down and get a borth for you. My car¬
riage is at the door now. Jump into it,
go home and get your traps, aud drive
down to the pier as fast as possible. I
will meet you there with written in¬
structions and some English money. You
have just one hour and five minutes.”
While he was speaking Stella had
been resuming her hat and jacket, and
she was out of the door by tne time the
last word was spoken. A few minutes
moro and she was in the room she had
so lately left, exclaiming:
“My chance has come, Kitty! I start
for England in an hour."
Kitty rose hastily.-
“What can Ido to help you?" she
asked, her face flushing with generous
pleasure.
“Nothing," replied Stella, “only to
write and let my mother know; and don’t
work yourself into a fit of sickness be¬
fore I get back."
While talking Stella was putting into
her satchel a few toilet articles, a change
of underclothing, a night-dress, a pair
of rubber shoes and a waterproof with cloak.
“Good-bye," she said. And a
warm kiss the friends parted.
Arrived at the steamer, Stella was
met by Mr. Cruikshank with a rug on
his arm and in his hands a guide-book
and a well-filled purse.
“I thought you'd need tho rug,” he
said, “and as this is your first trip you
might not think of it.”
Though not handsome, jfhe Stella was very
pleasing in appearance.’ '"suit, severe relieved line3
of the dark blue business
by touches of narrow gold cord, which
she always wore when at her work, were
becoming to her tall, symmetrical figure,
and clear, healthy complexion; and so
was the little hat of dark blue velvet,
with a bunch of gold acorns, which rest¬
ed firmly on her abundant coils of chest¬
nut hair. She looked alert, but much
calmer and cooler than her employer.
“Yes.” he said, as if answering some
unseen objector, “I think you’ll do it,
and if you do I’ll—" Apparently he was
about to promise something, but thought
better of it.
“I will do it,” she said firmly, with-
out awaitiDg tfce conclusion of Mr.
Cruikshank’s sentence, while a rich
glow mounted to her cheek, and tho
light of courage and self-reliance came
into her eyes.
“Yes. I think you will. I’ve watched
you a good while, and I know that you
have social tact and sound business judg¬
ment. You may depend upon it that,
though I probably should rot have
thought of you had you not offered, I
should not have accepted your offor to
go had I not already known your quali¬
ties and qualifications. In this envelope
you will find full instructions; but, of
course, your success; will depend Good-bye.” on the
use you make of them.
And shaking her hand cordially, Mr.
Cruikshank ran offithe gang plank at the
last moment.
Notwithstanding the season, the
weather was pleasant during most of
the voyage, and Stella passed much time
on deck, enjoying to the full the bracing
air and the sense of freedom from care
ot every sort, She knew that she had.
been intrusted with an important matter.
She must secure, and that quickly, the
powers necessary to enable Mr. Cruik¬
shank to act for the English directors in)
a grave emergency. Some of these di-i
rectors, as she had gathered from their
correspondence, wore distrustful, and in t
the words applied to Carlyle by his;
mother, slightly modified, “gey ill toi
deal wi;” but during the voyage Stella*
would not allow herself to dwell upom
this, aud, on the whole, she felt herself’
equal to the task she had undertaken.
The morning of December 5 found}
3tella landed in Liverpool just in timet
to allow her to caU upou the two di-*
rectors who resided in that city, and,,
without waiting for dinner, to catch the
train which, rushing up the 200 miles tot
London, would get her there on time toi
meet the directors before business hours,
were over, If curious looks were casts
at the quiet, self-possessed young girl,
traveling alone, and proving her ability
to do so, she was too earnest to heed 1
them. Every instant was of consequence:
to one who had yet to travel about 800
miles, to points as distant as Exeter and
Edinburgh, meot the directors of those
two places and get back to Liverpool in
time to take the “Servia” on the after¬
noon of December 8.
In Lp n d° n Stella was subjectel to
some delay, but, by dint of heavy
“tips,” was able to catch
tiain to Exeter on the evening
comber 6. Tnere was no slees
B>’ telegraph sue secured a
hotel, which she reach cl
midnight. A few hours m
bet, a successful visit to tho M
directors and a hurried me JM
the heart" long leaped journey at the t° historic 1 . ]L
she had ito time to linger upon
sociations. To see the Edinburgh di-
rectors at their own houses before break¬
fast, catch the train back to Liverpool
and board the tug which carried passen¬
gers to the “Servia” just in time to se¬
cure her passage in her, was all that
Stella could do; but she did it.
The homeward voyage proved an ex¬
ceptionally stormy one, even tor Decom-
her, but tho “Servia” reached New York
on tho 15. As Stella stepped ashore the
was met by Mr. Oruikshank, into whoso
hands she gladly delivered the so-much
desired proxies.
The hour was a little late for arriving
at the office; but, feeling that the delay
was excusable under the circumstances,
Stolla presented herself at her desk, as
freih and serene as if she had left it only
tho day before. Another young woman
was occupying her chair. Stella turned
aud met the smiling gaze of Mr. Cruik-
shnnk’s second in command.
“It’s all right,” he said, reassuringly.
“The best typewriter and stenographer
wo ever had has proved herself to be
worthy of a big advance. See!” And
he showed a cable dispatch from the
chief of the London office, recommend,
that “Miss Hardeuburg be promoted to
tho place of second assistant in the New
York office, with a salary of $180'# a
year.” Stella felt frightened.
For the first time
Her good fortune seemed too good to be
true.
“But,” she stammered, “are you sure
this is right? Have I earned it? Shall
you not be sorry ?”
“Yes, you have indeed earned it. No,
we shall not bs sorry.” answered tho of¬
ficial reassuringly. “A woman who does
as well as a mau is worth as much as a
man. You have always done, in tho
most thorough manner, everything you
had to do; and so, when your oppor¬
tunity came, you could profit by it. Go
home, now, and take a week’s rest.
You are more tired than you know."
“Iam not tired,” she answered, “but
I will go home and tell Kitty.” As
Stella turned to go down the stairs, she
said to herself, “It shall go hard if I am
not able, before long, to put an oppor-
tunity in poor Kitty’s way. She is just
as ready for them in her line as I am in
mine.”—Demorest’s Magazine.
Turtle Foiver.
A paper published in Saigon, la
French Cochin Chiua, gives an account
of a singular experiment recently made
in that colony with a new means of mo-
five power. A French resident at the
town of Hatien, a port on the Gulf of
Siam, conceived the idea that it would
be perfectly practicable to make the im¬
mense turtles, which aro not uncommon
in those parts, and which swim with no
little rapidity, do service in drawing the
small fishing boats. He purchased two
lurge turtles at a cost of $25, and fitted
them out with hnrness and reins. Then
he obtained a light, open boat, about
fifteen feet long, and attached his turtles
lo it by means of traces. Holding his
reins fast, he set out on a little trial voy¬
age with the turtle team. Tho creatures
paddled along very prettily, at a rate
somewhat exceeding the ordinary walk¬
ing of a man. As they directed their
course toward the open sea, and as the
weather was calm aud beautiful, and the
voyage exceedingly pleasant, it did not
occur to tho Frenchman to make any
very thorough test of his ability to guide
the animals. Much delighted, indeed,
with tho success of bi3 experiment, ho
kept on and on, until He presently noted
that the sun was setting. The interested
navigator then attempted to turn his
team about, but the turtles resisted any
such movement. They had evidently
made up their minds, to go to sea, and
they would not be dissuaded from their
purpose. The driver pulled his reins un¬
til be upset his turtles in the water; but
as often as they regained the use of their
flippers, they set out again for the
middle of the sea. Night settled down
rapidly. Luckily the inveutor of the
new means of marine traction had
brought with him a pair of oars, and as
a last resort he took a knife, cut bis tugs
and let his sea steeds, harness, reins and
all, go their way. Then he rowed back
laboriously to his village, lamenting his
expenditure on the turtles, and revolving
not to tr; any further experiments iu
navigation.—New York Dispatch.
Trees In French Cities.
One of the chief beauties of tho larger
French cities, and second only to their
edifices and monuments, are the trees.
The almost interminable vista3 of chest¬
nuts and acacias stretching along the
broad aud well paved avenues os far as
the ey» can reach, their bonding
branches almost touching one another iu
au endless arch of verdure, form not
only a delightful perspective for the eye,
but serve to add beauty to cities already
beautiful, and grace and symmetry to
whatever might be harsh and forbid¬
ding. This, however, is not the result
of nature’s handiwork alone, for seienco
and arthave lent their aid. The plant¬
ing, al well as the maintenance of tho
trees in French cities, is an item of no
little importance iu the annual budget
prepared by tho municipal council,
which does not look upon their preserva¬
tion as of Ies3 consequence than tho re¬
pairing of the roadwuys or tho lighting
of the streets.—London Times.
Building iu Bermuda.
Bermudians have very little trouble in
building au ordinary house. A man
scrape: enough lucre together to buy a
little pieco of land and then borrows or
begs a cross cut saw, a hand saw aud an
ice chisel. He takes off the thin surface
of soil and gouges into the coral rocK
with his chisel. Then he commences to
saw into the porous limestone and prc3-
tently has a collection of 4 white blocks
Mj^two feet inches long, thick. eighteen When inches lie wide lias
^ftit enough he of the them blocks he lias for a will;. cellar
uses
WM‘ timber is required and the
very simp!'-. But only a Ber-
. : Hp an Engli ’itnsn can do ail
no foreigner is permitted to
»•>?%’ blau'U—Nev.
Press.
CLERKS FOR UNCLE SAM.
TWENTY- THREE THOUSAND OF
THEM IN WASHIN9-TON.
The Most Desirable Clerkships—First
Feminine Employe ot tho Govorn-
inoat—Dread ot Being Watched.
TT WRITER in the Now York
/\ Advertiser ears that there are
23,000 Govcrumout oniployes
in Washington. Clerkships in
tho Department of State are considered
tho most desirable. To begin with, the
incumbents are nevor discharged with¬
out being provided with a consulship or
some other placo. Their employment
carries a certain amount of social posi¬
tion with it. Tho most conspicuous of
the young swells in Washington are em¬
ployes of the “Foreigu Office,” as they
like to call' it. Beaux being greatly in
demand here, they liavo more invitations
thau they can accopt. With small sala¬
ries and no prospocts, they would bo re-
garded as “detriment*" in other cities,
but here they are at the top of the
swim. Good manners and tho fact of
wearing pantaloons constitute satisfac¬
tory claims to recognition in local
society. They get their dinners at othor
people’s houses, soo all the plays that are
going without paying a cent, and enjoy
excellent opportunities for marrying tho
rich girls who fairly swarm at the Capi¬
tal. They are not oven expected to
send a bouquet in acknowledgment of
of the entertainment they receive.
The work of a clerk iu tho Depart¬
ment of State implies no little responsi¬
bility. A wrong word in his transcript
of a diplomatic paper might place this
Government in a false position. The
business he transacts is mostly of a secret
nature. He may know long in advance
whom the President chosen for a
Cabinet office, or wii^o war ships are
about to be sent to threaten the citios of
a foreign Nation. If he tells anybody,
and his information gets out, his indis¬
cretion may upset a policy and disar¬
ranged a complete scries of moves which
Uncle Sam i3 trying tqxnrry out. Hap¬
pily, betrayals of secrets by Government
clerks have been very rare.
Though one-half of the applicants for
places in the Department are women,
only one person of the gentler sex is ap¬
pointed for every seven men. There is
a prejudice against fomale clerks on sev¬
eral accounts. Nevertheless some offi¬
cials have disco wed that thoy can often
get capable a woman than for $l FiYo^ St.^u>an. year who Before is more tho
a
war the employment 6 *women as clerks
by the Government was almost unknown,
though they sometimes got copying to
do at home. The first woman regularly,
employed was put oft the rolls of tho
Navy Department thi.fcy-fi" • years ago
She was a young widow. It was a grave
question what should bo done with her,
and it was thought best to isolate her, as
if she, were contagious. Au attic and room
was | en her, and she received re-
turnc ler copying by a messenger. To¬
day i re are 1001) women in the Treas-
ury atone. They and others in other
Departments aro efficient as accountants,
correspondents, linguists, draughtsmen,
tyesetters, etc.
In 1861 tho coined money belonging
to tho Government gave out and Con¬
gress authorized the issue of legal teuder
notes payablo in gold. These were the
original “greenbacks.” They companies, ettno in
sheets from tho banknote
with blank spaces for the signatures of
the Treasurer and Register. It was nec¬
essary to cut them apart with scissors and
trim tho edges, no machine having as
yet been invented for that purpose. Gen¬
eral Spinner suggested that women
should bo employed temporarily of to them cut
and count the notes. A number
were hired, and attcr thoy had cut $60,-
000,000 worth of paper Congress author¬
ized another issue, at the same time mak¬
ing the employment of tho women per¬
manent. Some of these women are still
at work in the Treasury, where their
sex is intrusted up to the present time
with the counting of the money. From
this starting point women gradually
made their way into the other Depart¬
ments.
A great many young men secure places
in tho Department meroly for tho pur¬
pose of supporting themsulvcs while they
are studying m the great schools of law
and medicine here. Matters are so ar¬
ranged at these institutions that a clerk
who stops work at 4 p. iu. can get din¬
ner and be on hand for tho evening lec¬
tures, which begin at 6. After being
graduated, the young physician may
practice and yet stay in office, becoming
what is known as a “sundown doctor.”
The medical schools of the Georgetown
College and Columbia University-are of
the highest rank. In the Army Medical
Museum the finest medicil library in tho
world is accessible. Justices of the
United States Supremo Court and great
medical officers of the Government arc
members of the faculties of these and
other learned establishments iu Washing¬
ton.
If a clerk is absent on account of ill.
new over sixty days in any year, ho or
she must pay a substitute. Tho Civil
Service Commission provides ail the
substitutes that are wanted. It is pro¬
vided that the clerks shall give to the
substitute a certain proportion of thu
pay, usually amounting to about fifty-six
per cent. By thus hiring a substitute a
clyrk might, retain his place in the ser¬
vice of the Government for ten years,
though himself blind, paralyzed and con¬
fined to his bed. In all cases of sickness
a physician’s certificate is required.
The clerks are perpetually haunted by
a dread lest they are watched by detcc-
Jectives of the Secret Service. That sort
of thing is sometimfft dono, but only
rarely and on request of a superior officer
who suspects that something is wron A-
If a mau who occupies a responsible
position gets to drinking acd “playing
the races” it may be thought worth
while to have him shadowed for a time,
with a view to flndin; out what his
habits arc. If a Government employe is
dissipated his boarding-house keeper,
washerwoman and tradesman are apt to
suffer, and they do not hesitate to ad,
S
bo annoying an investigation follows.
Oddly enough, the clerk who niisbebaves
place.
SELECT SIFTINGS.
Cotton wns first exported iu 1785.
Baltimore, Sid., iu 1810, introduced
gas.
In 1890 872,914 persons died iu this
country.
Tho magic lantern was tho iuveution
of Roger bacon in 1260.
Spaniards never use tobacco pipos, and
it is impossible to procure one in a na¬
tive tobacco shop.
The emerald was ono of tho favorito
and probably tho best known of procious
stones possessed by the ancients.
In a store at Athens, Ga., stands an
old-fushioned clock which was made in
Liverpool. It hasn’t missed a tick for
forty yoars.
The finest turquoiso in America,
valued at 84)00, was found iu New
Mexico. It is somewhat liko a pecan
nut in size and shape.
Tho waters of tho Atlantic Ocean aro
a sort of whirlpool on a gigantic scale,
the central point of which is a short
distance to the southwest of tho Azores.
Whenever a strict Mohammedan pro-
nouuccs the name ot tho prophet, ho
piously kissoa his thumb-nails, pro sacs
them to his forehead, and says, “Tho
prophet of God, to whom ho all glory."
In 1794 tho first turnpike road wns
made, sixty-two miles long, between
Lancaster, Penn., and Philadelphia, so
called because it was required to be so
hard that a piko could not ho driven
through it.
In rural England tho blossoming twigs
of willow, which our children cal!
“pussy-willows,” aio often used in
churches on Palm Sunday, as tho only
available branches which have yot begun
to show proofs of returning life.
There are hundred of wild hogs In tho
Okefiuokoe swamp, in Georgia. Taey do
not go in droves, but are generally
separated from each other. They are
tho property of some farmers near th o
swamp, but it is an unusual thing for
them to be claimed by their owners.
The memory of a dog is generally
good, and an exemplification (log of this is
hero given. A in Bethlehem,
Penu., is friendly with everybody but a
one Simon Slade. Its dislike (or him
has existed two years, and was caused by
Simon catting off the animal’s tall.
Whenever it sees him it barks ut him.
The oldest church existing in the
United States is situated ncM Smith-
vitlo, Va. It was built in the reign ot
Cnarles I., between the year* 1630 and
1635, the brick, limo and timber being
imported from England. Ttib timber is
English oak, and was framed in England,
it is a brick structure, erectqd in the
most substantial manner. The mortar
has become so hardened that it Will strike
fire in collision with steel. )
The floating dock and the typewriting
are among the many important inventions
that were hit upon by rneu who have
made no attempt to patent their ideas.
A photographer conceived tho idea of
the floating dock before the device was
perfected and put to practical use, and
a naval officer thought out A practical
typewriter, but was persuaded by friends
to abandon his invention as a thing no-
body could be induced to use.
Tho Italian Princess Vicovaro, daugh¬
ter of Lorillurd Spencer, of New York,
not long ago received a letter at her
villa near Lucerne, Switzerland, saying
that if $3009 wore not deposited in n
certain place by a fixed time her viila
would be blo v.i up. She handed tho
lotter to the polico, who, by pretonding
to comply with the demand, caught tho
writer, a young man, who admitted he
was driven to the attempt by his intense
desire to come to this country and see
the Fair at Chicago.
Animals That Could Lire in Firo.
The Icelanders declare that thoy liavo
a small quadruped about the size of a
rabbit which habituully makes its home
in tho crater of Hccla, sporting and
rearing its young in the molten lava.
When Cyprus was the ceutro of tho
copper industry it is asserted that a four-
footed animal with wings lived in the
iiottest furnaces among the fire, and,
furthermore, that it would die instantly
upon being removed from its natural
element, the flames.
The salamander of old was also a
creature which did not dread the fire.
Some say that it could eat fire and spit
flames; others that its breath would ignite
all combustibles. Pliny says: “This
animal is to intensely cold as to extin¬
guish fire by its contact, lu the same way
that ice doth.”
Aristotle believed that some creatures
wero capable of supporting life evou
though confined to the devouring*ele¬
ment. He says: “Iu Cyprus, when the
manufacturers of chalcitis (lime) burn it
many days in the fire, a winged creature,
something larger than a great fly, Is seen
emerging from tho stone and leaping
aud walking about in tho firo. These
creatures perish immediately upon -St. being
removed.from the furnace. Louis
Republic.
Too Practical.
“There is but one step from the sub-
lime to th3 ridiculous, ” A short time
ago, st a penny reading in a small coun¬
try town, a young gentleman was re¬
citing, much to his owa satisfaction, if
not to that of his audience, Macaulay's
well known “Battle of Ivty.” With
great military fervor he was thundering
out the lines;
Athounud s^ura are striking deip,
A thousand spaars in rest;
A thomm i knights ur- pressing olpsu
Bibind—,
when a voice from the back seats was
heard to shout: “ 'Old 'ard, guvV«,
Why, that’s oaly oue spur apiece 1or
them ’erq knights !’VTii- 84 ».
THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH.
Notes of Her Progress anil Proseenty
Anil Important Happenings from Day
to Day Tersely Told.
Another indignation meeting was
hold at Barnwell, H. C., Monday to
voice tho soutiment concerning news¬
paper criticisms denunciatory of the
Denmark lynching.
At a meeting ut Richmond, Va.,
Wednesday directors evening of tho board of
of tho Davis Monument As¬
sociation, tho president was authorized
to arrange for the reinterment in the
Davis section in Hollywood cemetery
on June 1st of tho bodies of Mr.
Davis’ children, which nro to be
brought from other places.
The Davis hotel ot Kettrel, N. C.,
caught tiro accidentally Saturday, and
in two hours was entirely consumed.
It was a winter resort for New Eng¬
land people, the owner being W. F.
Davis, of Boston. There were twenty-
flvo boarders who lost nearly all their
baggage. Davis’ loss is $30,000, with
$15,000 insurance. He will rebuild.
Frank Porterfield, the indicted cash-
ior of tho Commercial National bank,
of Nashville, in an interview Monday
declared that tho state bonds were
never hypothecated. He admits hav¬
ing dealt in cotton with George A.
Dazey, but denies tho existence Co. of any
such firm as Porterfield & He
thinks tho Commercial bank will pay
depositors without an assessment on
stockholders.
A Montgomery special of Sunday
says; Throo hundred and thirty-sev¬
Alabama en reports from sixty-four commissioner counties in
to the Btate of
agriculture mako tho acreage in cotton
an increase of a fraction of 107 against
100 last season. Corn 102 1-2 against
100. The increase in the use of com¬
mercial fertilizers excoeds 20 per cent
over lust season. The crops are ear¬
lier and in good condition generally.
A Washington special says: The suit
brought by Henry Croffutt against Hol¬
lins’s reorganization committee of the
Georgia Central railroad, was set down
for hearing Tuesday before Justice
Jackson, of tho United States supreme
court, sitting us circuit judge, hut the
hearing was postponed till May 25th,
when tho case will be heard at Atlanta,
Ga. Neither party was able to
ceed with its testimony, records,
pages, etc., not being complete
printed. 4
Suit was instituted in the
States circuit court atMempliis.Tonn., Lady
Monday, by tho creditors of the
Ensley Coul and iron Company, who
attack tho validity of the issue of
$500,000 of bonds to bo made by tho
company and asked that tho deed of
trust securing tho bonds bo set aside.
The suit is in tho interest of creditors
of Birmingham and Louisville, who
hold acceptances of tho Lady Ensley
company and have claims on open ac¬
count.
A Savannah, Ga., special of
says: Tho time for the depositing of se¬
curities under Hollin’s reorganization
plan closed tonight,. It is announced
no further extension will be granted
ami all deposits made after today are
subject to a tax of 3 per cent., except in
cases where parties have been detained
from depositing by the delay of legal
processes, as in the cases of Guardians
and trustees. Tho securities deposited
Saturday and Monday go over $1,-
000,000
A Columbia, S. C., dispatch says:
Governor Tillman, on Tuesday, com¬
muted to terms in the penitentiary the
death sentences of three colored men
and one woman who were to bo hanged
at Chester next month for murder.
The reason given is that there was no
willful or malicious design the entering result
the killing, and that it was
of a sudden quarrel in which tho de¬
ceased injured several others, and that
with proper medical attention the de¬
ceased might not have died.
A special of Monday from Paris,
Texas, says: A cloudburst swept the
Boston mountains and carried away
thirty-five miles of tho Frisco railroad
tracks. The northbound passenger
train, which left (-Saturday, was unable
to get beyond Mountainburg and re-
turned. The southbound train was
stopped at Greenland. The Arkansas
river is eight miles wide, and much
damage lias been done along its course.
Five farm houses a few miles this side
of Fort Bmitli wero demolished by a
whirlwind.
A fire broke out Tuesday night in
tho Power building at Louisville, Ky.,
a great six-story structure on Third
street near Green, and destroyed nud
damaged thirty-five buildings, and causing
a loss of between $300,000 $400,-
000 . The plant of tho Louisville
Steam and Electric Motor Power Com¬
pany is one of tho largest plants in
the country and space in it is rented
to small and largo manufacturers.
The firo broke out in the department
of the power company on tho fourth
floor, but tho origin is unknown.
Cron Outlook In North Carolina.
The North Carolina department of
agriculture reported Monday that the
drought, not as yet dangerous, prevails
all over the state ; that cotton is nearly
all planted; that the frost of April 24th
has done much damage to fruit in
western counties, and that the supply
of tobacco plants is plentiful aud nearly
large enough to transplant. The in¬
crease in cotton acreage this year
planted and-the use of commercial fer¬
tilizers this season is much larger,
this lrf'4 4Mt it is being used.on
land, while the best land is
being planted in com, which will be
rejy grout crop this year.
NO. 19.
SUGAR PLANTERS UNEAST
Lest tho Sugar Bounty he Suspended
by the President.
A New Orleans special of Tuesday
says: The sugar planturs of Louisiana,
have been alarmed of late by the ex¬
pressions of the northern press on the
subject of sugar bounty and espec¬
ially by the declaration made this
week that tho president had asked the
attorney general if it would be legal to
suspend tho bounty at once without
waiting for tho action of congress.
Accordingly, it has beon decided to
hold a convention to discuss the situa¬
tion. Professor S. W. Knapp, who
presided over the late state immigra¬
tion convention and was chosen by
the governor as a delegate to the Rich¬
mond conference, has called a meeting
for Juno 10th at New Liberia of sugar
and rico growers to take steps to
light tho repeal of the bounty law un¬
less in return for its repeal the sugar
duty is put on. The convention will
prepare a statement showing the growth
of tho sugar industry under the bounty
system, the large number of persons
interested in its culture, tho capital in¬
vested and the millions of dollars spent
in purchasing machinery in tho north
for its production. The convention
will doclare that if the bounty is re¬
pealed and tho duty not restored, the
sugar industry will bo ruined. A com-
mitte of BUgar planters will be sent to
Washington to urge protection of some
kind and to secure the baoking and
co-operation of northern business
houses. __
A BREAK FOR LIBERTY.
Convicts at Cole City Attack the
Guards But Are Repulsed.
A special from Cole City, Ga., says:
Ten of the most desperate convicts in
the Cole City camp made a daring at¬
tempt to escape Thursday morning,
and, hut for the bravery and coolneBS
of the guards, would, in all probabil¬
ity, have succeeded. The gang was
led by a desperato negro named John-
son. who was sent up from Fulton
county for a long term for burglary,
and who was severely, if not mortally,
wounded in tho fight. In some way,
the convicts secured some old
gaspipu which they converted into
guns by plugging up one end securely.
A fuse was substituted for a trigger,
and tho gnus were loaded with any¬
thing that was calculated to kill. Thurs¬
day morning, when the convicts were
being moved to the works, the ten
who had the dangerous weapons sud¬
denly made a break, "and, when called
upon to holt, fired. The break was
sudden and unexpected, and, but for
the coolnasfl cud braveryof the jfnards,
would have been successful. The
guards returned the fire, and, after
several shots, the convicts were sub¬
dued. In the fight Johnson and four
or five other convicts were wounded,
and it is thought Johnson’s wounds
will result in his death. Two of ths
guards wero hurt, one of them quite
badlv.
A CURT ANSWER
Was That Sent Secretary Gresham by
Gorernor Pennoyer.
A special from Portland, Oregon,
says: Tho following telegrahic cor¬
respondence passed between Secretary l?en-
of State Gresham and Governor
noyer Tuesday: May 8.—Governor I’ounoyor,
Washington, capilol, Kabul, Or.'.,: Ap areally reliable
the
roporla indicalo danger of violence fo tiro Chi-
m ae whan tho exclusion act taker effect, and
the president earnestly hopea yon will employ
all lawful meaim for their protection Q. OnKHiraar in Oregon.
W.
Governor Ponnoyer immediately
sent the following reply : Q flrealiam,
Halem, Ore., May C.: 8 l .—10 will attend W. buai-
Washington, D. attend his- to my
near: Lot the Ktlvestbh president Pp.knoieb, to Governor.
Governor Pennoyer, speaking of the
matter said:
“Tho Gresham telegram is an insult
to Oregon. I will enforce the law of
the state and the president should en¬
force the laws of congress. It was
with poor grace for the president- to
ask mo to enforce the state laws, while
he, without warrant, suspends the ex¬
clusion law.”
Miners on n Strike.
Twenty thousand miners iu Ohio
went out Monday, the men having
struck for an advance of 5 cents per
ton in the prico of mining. Every
mine in the Hocking valley is closed.
Twenty-five hundred miners put clown
their picks iu the sixth suli-districts of
which Belairo is the centre, and two
thousand men in the twenty-six mines
of the MassiJlon distriot did the same.
A special from Belairo soys that many
operators in that vicinity are willing
to grant an advance.
Trouble Expected.
Railroad employers of New York are
uneasy and much worried over the
probable action of tho firemen, train¬
men and switcemen on the roads run¬
ning into Chicago. There is wide¬
spread belief that the western railroad
men will mako trouble soon after the
World’s fair is open and in good rim-
ninor order.
The pluckiest school teacher in Con¬
necticut, and as pretty us she is brave,
is Miss Effic Walcott of Newtown. She
teaches a small district school in Land’s
End, two miles from the Hawlcyville
station on tho Housatonic Railroad. She
lives in Newtown and goes morning. to Hawley-
villc on the train every On
the day of a recent blizzard, she found
that there would be no train, with owing to
the road being blockaded snow.
Wra pping her cloak closely about her,
pinning her skirt up to the height of her
knees, with a pair of rubber boots on
ber feet, she started out and walked the
distance from Newtown to Hawleyville, tho
a little over fen miles, and then to
Bchoolhouse, two miles further on. She
She suffered no inconvenience frouPthe
remarkable walk, and won the hearts -of
the district committee by lier plucky ex-
bibttfciP of endurance,