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VOL. XVI.
There ore less than 300 puro blooded
Greenlanders.
Canada’s exports for the past tor
months amounted to $94,299,155, an
increaso of $1,661,553 over last year.
Imports fell off in round numbers $3,-
000,000, with a falling of $800,000 in
duties.
Good Roads thinks that church at¬
tendance would bo greatly increased
if our roads weie uniformly good.
During half the year tho pleasure of
church attendance is denied bccauso
of almost impassable highways.
Marion County, Kentucky, has pur¬
chased a bloodhound to use in running
down criminals. It would be a good
thing for evory county to maiutaiu a
pack. The animals are not vicious,
ns is commonly supposed, but arc re¬
markable for intelligence nnd koeness
of scent.
The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
exclaims The best and most endur-
ing monument to Mary Washington
was tho character and works of her son
George, and his remark, “All I am I
owe to my mother.” And yet, it is
well that a monument of stouo should
be raised to give emphasis to hor
work.
A Chicago lady traveling through
Texas on her way to California, relates
tho Atlanta Constitution, lost her
ticket, which blow out of her car win¬
dow fourteen rniljs from Fort Worth.
The conductor telegraphed tho section
foremau an account of the loso; that
offieial instituted search, found the
tickot and handed it to a passing con¬
ductor of a freight, who dolivorod it
to the passenger in Fort Worth in
time for her to continue her journey
without lo3s of connection.
An English veterinary surgeon
learnedly explains that tho horse
trough is detrimental to the equine
race. He thinks that germ# are dis-
tributed by means of it. “Tae human
race,” comments tho Sau Francisco
Examiner, “has been forbidden to eat
or drink anything in any rational way,
but heretofore the horse has escaped.
Let it b o hoped, that oats is not poi-
son, andUfeTTa^^P nbtT^^tonV for
geims. Meanwhile the thoughtful
horse will tako distilled water through
a disinfected straw.”
The prospectus of a proposed “na¬
tional school of electricity,” to be es¬
tablished at Chicago under the auspi¬
ces of Edison and a number of other
eminent electricians, says “Mora
than $800,000,000 are emjiloyed in
electrical pursuits to-day, and those
figures are being increased at the rate
of $100,000,000 annually, Within a
decade nine-tenths of tho steamboat¬
ing, railroading, canal-hauling, illu¬
mination, domestic lighting, heating,
cooking, factory operation, mining
and metallurgy will be done by elec¬
tricity. ”
A man worth fifty millions of dol¬
lars says, in the hearing of Judge, he
was far happier when he hadn’t a dol¬
lar than he is now. Thus we find that
the individual who doesn’t know when
he is well off belongs to no particular
class; and if this man wore to lose his
fortune to tho last dollar ho would
doubtless be so much more unhappy
that he Would take his last and only
life. Perhaps the only perfectly happy
man is the one who is dead ; and he is
happy, if we know anything about it,
because he is hushed to silence and
cannot argue the question with him¬
self.
Tho total amount of green corn
packed last season in the United’States
and Canada far exceeded that of any
previous year, over 4,000,003 easosof
cans being put up. Three and a half
million cases were packed in 1892.
The canners’ associations arc devising
means to regulate tho supply and de¬
mand, but apparently little can be
done to overcome the prevailing low
prices from tho overproduction of last
year. For fourteen years the Ameri¬
can Grocer has collected the most re¬
liable statistics obtainable concerning
the amount of canned corn, and it
states that while the high prices early
last year encouraged the packers to in¬
crease the supply, and thus lower the
market, it is altogether probable that
the packers will regulate this sum¬
mer’s output so as to meet the present
conditions, and hence the farmers who
raise the corn for canning may not find
a strong market for a large crop.
Still the large prices may so stimulate
consumption as to again call for a
large crop at good prices. For seven
years Ihe New York markets have
averi' ed highest prices during the
winter months, being the lowest in
the fall. At the close of 1S93 the bulk
of the crop was in the jobber’s hands,
though much has been sold duri ig the
winter.
CARNES VILLE, FRANKLIN CO, GA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1891.
CONGRESSIONAL
DAILY PROCEEDINGS OP BOTH
HOUSE AND SENATE.
Tho Discussion of Important Measures
Briefly Epitomized.
Immediately after the reading of tho
journal, and Chaplain Rugby’s prayer,
in tho house, Monday morning, a
message was announced from the pres¬
ident, by Mr. Prudeu, conveying tho
intelligence of tho assassination of
President Carnot. It was at once laid
before the house, and Mr. McCreary,
of Kentucky, chairman of the com¬
mittee on foroigu affairs, offered the
following resolutions “Resolved,
that the house of representatives of
the United States of America has
heard with profound sorrow of tho as¬
sassination of President Carnot,
and tenders tho people of Franco
their sincere sympathy in their
national bereavement That the
president of the United States bo
requested to communicate this expres¬
sion of sorrow to the government of
tho republieof France, and >0 Madame
Carnot, nnd that as a further mark of
respect to the memory of tho president
of the French republic, the house of
representatives do now adjourn. Mr.
Hitt, of Illinois, ex-chairman of tho
committeo on foreign affairs, nnd for¬
merly secretary of legislation at Paris,
paid a brief and eloquent tribute to
the memo; of the dead president, and
the resolutions were agreed to. Iu ac¬
cordance with their terms, Speaker
Crisp, at 12:10 o’clock, declared the
house adjourned until Tuesday.
Preceding the further consideration
of the general deficiency appropria¬
tion bill the house Tuesday passed a
number of miscellaneous bills, includ¬
ing the following: Making labor day,
(the first Monday in September) a legal
holiday. Providing that in all pen¬
sion claims the oath of a private or
non-commissioned officer shall have
the same force nnd effect as that of a
commissioned officer.
In the house, Wednesday, a message
from the president of the council and
minister of foreign affairs of the French
government, in response to tho resolu¬
tions of of sympathy passed by the
house, Monday, was laid bofore tho
body by Speaker Crisp. On motion
of Mr. Sayers a joint resolution was
agreed to, to provide temporarily for
the expenditures of the government
after tho expiration of the present
fiscal year, by extending the snn rate
of appropriations for July ns hills for
current year make for each mouth
thereof.
THE SENATE.
The assassination of the president of
the French republic was the one over¬
ruling topic in the senate—ns well as
in Washington city—Monday morn¬
ing. It was referred to in the open¬
ing prayer of the chaplain of the sen¬
ate, who implored that Divine grace
and mercy may rest upon us and our
afflicted country, so that we may at
least come to that unity and brother¬
hood intended by Jesus Christ, the
ruler of the world. The reading of
Saturday’s journal was dispensed with
and, nfter a quorum of the committee
on foreign relations had appeared,
Mr. Morgan, chairman, rose and, in
a voice tremulous with emotion, said :
“Air. President, a duty devolves upon
me as chairman of the committee on for¬
eign relations of the senate, to make
the saddest announcement that can be
made to the American people in regard
to any event outside of their own bor¬
ders. It is the death, by assassination,
of President Carnot, of the republic of
France. In view of that very oppres¬
sive and alarming event at which the
nations of the earth will feel a serious
shock, I present for the consideration
of the senate the following resolution:
Resolved, That the senate of tho
United States unites with the Ameri¬
can people in expressing their sorrow
and sympathy to the people of France
in the national bereavement they arc
suffering from tho cruel blow of an as¬
sassin, which was aimed at the peace of
France and fell upon the heart of the
president, nnd as a mark of respect due
to the memory of the wise, virtuous
and patriotic president of the repub¬
lic of France, the senate will, at tho
close of this proceeding, stand ad¬
journed until tomorrow at ten o’clock
a. m. Resolved, That the president
of the United States is requested to
communicate this expression of na¬
tional sorrow to the government of the
Republic of France and to Madame
Carnot. After the reading of the reso¬
lution Mr. Morgan made a few eulo¬
gistic remarks, nfter which the senate
adjourned until 10 Tuesday morning.
When the tariff bill was taken up in
the senate Tuesday, Mr. Hill withdrew
the amendment he had offered Satur¬
day to strike out the provision exempt¬
ing interest on United States bonds
from the operation of the tax. He
also moved to exemjvt state, county and
municipal bonds. He urged that the
taxation of state bonds by the federal
government would be a direct attack
upon the administration of the states.
After nn hour nnd a half of discussion
the amendment was rejected—yeas 23,
nays 30.
The senate was occupied Wednesday
in the discussion of the income tax.
In the senate, Thursday, the hous'e
joint resolution to continue all regu¬
lar annual appropriation bills for one
month, was laid before the senate and
received its second reading At 10:30
the vice-president laid the tariff bill
before the senate The pending
amendment was that of Mr. Hill to
limit the time to a period between
March 1st and August 1st of each
year, when the books of corporations
should be open for inspection Mr
Chandler moved t amend the amend-
rnent so as to add these ” ords And
then only upon the order of a judge of
ibe United States court.” The consid¬
eration of the income tax provisions of
' tions of tlio bill relating to tho income
] tux and mado a speech in support of
: his motion. Mr. Hill’s motion to striko
j out of 24 the income 40. tux was lost by a voto
to
NEWS OF THE SOUTH
BRIEFLY EPITOMIZED IN PUNG¬
ENT PARAGRAPHS
Chronicling Events of Special Inter¬
est to Our Readers.
The Chattanooga Electric Railroad
Company, which operates nil the local
lines of Chattanooga, has been placed
in tho hands of a receiver.
! Dallas, the largest city of Texas, ac-
cording to tho census, and the center
j of tho richest farming region, is about
to Lave a waterway to the gulf by the
deepening of Triuity river.
The North Carolina Steel and Iron
Company, located at Greensboro, which
j h fts been at a standstill for some time
1 n °w on account of lack of funds to
' push the business, is about to be ro¬
organized with plenty of capital
A Denver dispatch says: Tho com-
mittee on resolutions of tho national
republican league convention came to
an agreement outlie silver question,
nnd will present a unanimous report,
which closely follows that of the Kan-
sas platform.
The Noel Mill Company, of Estill
Springs, Tenn., has just closed con-
tracts for 17,000 bags (equal to 21,000
barrels) of flour, to go to Liverpool,
England, via Port Royal, S. C., on a
steamer sailing during tho first half of
j I
The carefully , ,, taken , , census for . the ,,
new city directory gives Chattanooga
including hor suburbs, ti population ot
46,353. This is a loss of 3,426ns com-
pared with a similar census made iu
1892. Considering tho great ilepres-
sion iu business, it is considered a
good showing.
Louisville, Ivy., was v isited
day electrical afternoon storm, by which a sevjjHfgji
hour. Many ho
and razed and
row blown escapes. down ami Larg^^H
injured by clccb-iaH^
'The rnilwa
t'ariiiiim hvcis
of railway incnJH iu^B
.
Tin-
mil's
and
ing *hi- lu^^H |fl
A 1
ing (‘Hunting tlio consiH^H "fficis^H
The ways auditing I'oiiiposiiig^HM olliiji^H
will T. Morrell bo in Hiivauunra^M-. has beeu’^H
auditor troller of of the receipts system,^ antfl
auditor of disbursement
The Confederate Woman s’ 1 n..
ment Association of Richmond, Vo.,
was formally organized at a joint meet¬
ing of the Howitzer Battery Associa¬
tion. A full complement of officers
were elected, and were directed to se¬
cure a charter and tho work of raising will
money for the woman’s monument
be inaugurated without delay. Tho
subscriptions already volunteered ag¬
gregate $600.
A terrific rain, wind nnd thunder
storm swept over East Tennessee
Tuesday night. The storm was fol¬
lowed by a cloudburst on tho Tennes¬
see river, twenty miles east of Kuox-
ville Great damage was done to
thousands of acres of crops, whole
cornfields being completely demolished
and fences laid low while several small
houses and barns were washed awuy.
No loss of life is reported.
Work has commenced on two impor¬
tant new factories in’ Chattanooga.
The masons began laying the founda¬
tions of a cotton seed oil mill at Alton
Park, which will be in operation in
time for tho fall crop. The ground is
also being surveyed for tho pencil fac¬
tory of the Austrian firm of Hellmuth
& Co. Tho Austrians have made all
arrangements for the immediate erec¬
tion of a $40,000 plant.
It is announced that tho July inter¬
est on the $2,250,000 first mortgage
bonds of the Carolina Central Railroad
Company will not be paid on account
of recent large expenditures to put the
railroad in a condition to be safely and
economically operated. Holders are
invited to meet in the office of the
Maryland Trust Comjiany, in Haiti more,
July 30th, at 12 in., to decide what ac¬
tion may be deemed advisable under
the circumstances
ITALIANS ATTACK FRENCHMEN
And it May Cause Trouble Between
the Two Countries.
The exodus of thousands of Italians
from southern France, the refugees
maiDly passing through Turin, culmi¬
nated in reprisals at the latter place
Wednesday evening. The hotels in
the city which are most frequented ivy
Frenchmen were attacked by a mob
and the troops dispersed the rioters
with the utmost difficulty.. For tho
remainder of the night everything wan
quiet, but anti-French manifestations
were resumed Thursday morning. Tho
lorce of military and police has been
strengthened.
IN BOSTON.
“When Lot’s wife looked back,’’
said Uic Sunday school teacher,
“wh pened to her?”
^transmuted into chloride
Hi 1 -we red the class, with
Tribune.
NAT10NAL CAPITAL.
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF WASH-
INGTON CITY.
Brief Notes Concerning the Business
of Our Government.
Tho readjustment of salaries of tho
postmasters throughout the United
States was given out Tuesday. Tho
new soalo goes into effect this 1st of
July.
Tho president sent, to tlio senate
Tuesday tho following nominations:
Charles Delvny, of How York, to be
consul general at Berlin, Germany.
Wm. Little, of North Carolina, to bo
consul at Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Speaker Crisp’s bill joro 50,000 pub¬
lic building at Americas lias been re¬
ported favorably to tlio house and
takes its place on the calendar. While
it may not bo considered at this ses¬
sion, owing to tho ■nisli of business,
it is certain to pass at tho next ses¬
sion.
Representative Cummings, of New
York, Thursday afternoon, took tho
bill making labor day a national holi¬
day to the white houso nnd President
Cleveland signed it at once. The pen
and holder,. a plain steel stub and
" ootku nftalr - " lU Sl ‘ ut M r.
Cummings to Samuel*Gompers, . presi-
of tho American Federation of
“ ll ,or -
The senate disposed of tho ineomo
tax Thursday afternoon final nfter a very
discussion. Tho voto was
taken upon Senator lid s motion
to strike the tax from the bill. Ibis was
rejected by 'a vote of forty to twenty-
four - Six republicans voted with tlio
nwjonly. they wore Senators lei or,
Slump, Power, Pettigrew, llansbrough
and Mitchell, of Or< gon. The demo-
cruts who vote(1 iu(it the tax wer e
SenatorB HiU Smith am i Murphy,
The banks of Nettf # _ \ork r . have , re¬
ceiptod to tll,! exten^J|^^^M|^ the trens^fl^gold exported
.
,
certni
x 1- n
government ff!^IHi3!'"r shipment
abroad is certainly ‘.noughtful anil jm-
triotic. It not only tends to maintain
tlio treasury’s gold reserve in
good condition, but it adds to
the stock of popular confidence,
which is at nil times important. The
elements which make up our actual
situation do not justify any apprehen¬
sion ; and the administration still ad¬
heres to its pledge and determination
to protect onr national credit at all
hazards and to keep the quality of our
money equal to tho best so far ns the
limits of executive power permits.
“Of course, croaking nnd the spread
of disquieting tales are calculated to
injure the strongest financial condi¬
tions. I assume, however, thnt there
is too much patriotism among our peo¬
ple nnd too much familiarity with our
resources nnd capabilities to permit
our reserved force and financial vigor
to be discredited. When the last
government bonds were issued to
replenish onr stock of gold it
was nearly as low as now, while out¬
side of our gold we had as available
money to pay ordinary expenses of
government only about $19,000,*0410.
We have now beside our gold and in
money applicable to government ex¬
penses more than $53,000,000. I un¬
derstand that it is charged in certain
quniters that tin; ‘payment of matured
obligations is postponed to $75,000,000. the amount
of 850,000,000 or
This is not true. We are paying as we
go iu the usual way. Last year, up to
June 1st, tlio balance against us aris¬
ing from the export and import of
merchandise, including gold and sil-
ver, was $64,552,046 The balance in
our favor for the same period this
year was $62,960,562, representing a
change in our favor of $127,512,-
608. These conditions, taken iu con¬
nection xvith the willingness of our
banks to help the treasury during any
temporary and unusual drain of gold
ought to satisfy the most conservative
of our safety. It must not be forgot¬
ten as another favorable feature in the
situation that we are no longer purchas¬
ing silver and issuing gold obligations
in paymont thereot.”
It is reported at Chattanooga, Tenn.,
that C. W. Lewis, the negro preacher
who was recently sentenced by Judge
Key, of tho United Mtates court, to
eighteen years in the pensions,' penitentiary for
illegally procuring has been
pardoned .No official confirmation
can be secured, however Lewis was
the author of gigantic pension frauds
and his swindling involved not less
than 600 people in Tennessee, Geor¬
gia, Alabama ami Missouri,
PRESIDENT
--
XHE “ KKKM'1I CONGRESS SELECTS
CARNOT'S SUCCESSOR.
M. Cfisslmlr-Porler Gets a Majority of
the Votes.
A Paris cable dispatch says: Tho
National Congress, summoned to elect
a President of tho French Republic for
tho full term of seven years, was enlled
to order in the I’alaee of Versailles,
by M. Challcrael-Laoour at 1:10 p. m.
Wednesday. elapsed
At least five minutes after
tho formal eall to order, before there
was sufficient quiet to enable the pre¬
siding officer to bo heard When
finally tho assembly became orderly,
M. Challemel-Laeour announced tho
tragic, death of M Carnot, and de¬
clared the congress open for tho pur¬
pose of electing his successor.
Scarcely had tlio president socialist, ceased
speaking, when M. Micheliu,
sprang to his feet and shouted; “I de¬
nis' d the suppri ssion of the PreBideu
cy of the Republic."
A tumultuous scene ensued, tho up¬
roar being so great that the president
could not make himself beard Ike
socialists seemed to be strongcr-
lungcd, and their cries of “Vive rovo
lution!” could bo heard all over tho
hall.
LOTS CAST roll Till! FIRST VOTE.
Lots were then cast for tho ballot,
tho object being to sec which letter tho
ballot should bogin with The lettor
“L” was drawn atul tho name of M.
Lnbnrthc, a moderate republican, was
first called.
In accordance with tho custom, M.
Lnbnrthe ascended the rostrum nnd,
being recognized Ivy tlio scrutator,
plncod his ticket in a great urn which
sel ves ns a ballot box, and descended
nnd returned to his scat. Tho senators
and deputies whose names wero subse¬
quently called, went through the same
ceremony. The voting proceeded mon¬
otonously in this way.
M'l irn the name of M. Fabriot,
called, lie exclaimed:
1 III In an
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oil was iiu-
'on aV r call for
* Ul t few min-
m a
lig of tho
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t’>e first bal-
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••••-• Mi-r-liiiy of
^^ft-.l 1890, pi-'-M'li-id and is
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of that body. He is
ctescribed as a short man, dark iu com¬
plexion, with unexceptionable man¬
ners, well dressed and military look¬
ing. He does not look his age, has a
lofty forehead, a bright and frank eye,
a short nose, nnd a general air of do-
cision and determination.
M. Cassimir-Perier is regarded in
his country as a hard worker and a
man of strong character and indomit¬
able will. lie has never been extreme
in his political opinions, but hns al¬
ways taken great interest in questions
of political economy and defense. Ho
was premier of one of M. Carnot's
short-lived cabinets, from December
of last year until tho lattor part of
May, and his resignation then was said
to have boon due to his repugnance to
do anything unpopular.
Now that lie is elected, things will
again loek lively in Europe. M. Cnsi-
mir-Perior is just the man to lend his
support to a strong anti-English policy
and to continue M. Carnot’s traditions
by keeping friendly with Russia.
DEATH IN A STORM,
Ten People Killed and More than
Twenty Seriously Hurt,
Month western Minnesota and eastern
Mouth Dakota suffered death and de¬
struction Wednesday night by u series
of wind storms. Details of the dam¬
age done to life and propel ty, which
have been coming in slowly, show that
ten persons were killed and twenty or
thirty injured.
The storm traveled from southwest
to northwest in parallel lines, nnd
there were three of unusual severity.
The westernmost arose in Mouth Da¬
kota and traversed the east end of the
state, striking Alpena, McElottc, Ht.
Lawrence and Abcdeen in tlio route.
COMBINE OF COTTON PLANTERS.
A Proposition to Organize to Keep Up
Prices for Seed.
A number of the leading cotton
planters of Louisiana, Arkansas and
Mississippi have called a convention
to meet at Vicksburg, Miss., on July
12th, to devise ways anil means for
selling this season’s crop of cotton
seed. The planters complain that the
oil mills have made a combine against
them and that in consequence the
price of seed has ranged very low $11
in New Orleans arid only $7 in some
of tho interior towns—in sjiite of the
fact that the supply has been very
short.
Santo’s Trial Set.
The trial of Santo, the assassin ot
President Carnot, lias beeu fixed for
July 23d.
The Columbian postage stamps may
not be the greatest works of art, bet
they are pretty bard to lick.
SUMMARY OF
CONDENSATION OF INTEREST-
I NO OCCURRENCES
Which Happen From Day to Day
Throughout the Busy World.
Tho Arkansas democratic state con-
vention, in session at Little Rock,
nominated James Clark for governor.
Tho Baltimore and Ohio railroad
broke the record Sunday in running
691 miles in fifteen hours and twenty-
six minutes.
Frnnois E. Baldwin, of Elmira, N.
Y., was nominated for govornor by a
prohibition state convention held at
Syraeus \
A general striko has boon ordered
on tho Northern Pacific system by tho
American Railway Union in connection
Tkeroml with its boycott with Pullman United cars.
i« iu tho hands of tho
States court
A dispatch received in Philadelphia
from I’Toronce, Italy, announces tho
death there of E. P. Fahbri, formerly
n member of all tho Droxel banking
firms He retired from the Drcxeis iu
1885 Ho is reported to have amassed
a fortune of $20,000,000.
A cablo dispatch from Edinburgh,
Scotland, sayB: Tho striko of Hootch
coal miners began Tuesday morning,
60,000 men ceasing work. Tlio strike
has also thrown 20,000 steel workers
out of employment. They ure idle on
nccount of a lack of fuel.
The strike at tho Soddy coal mines,
twenty miles from Chattanooga, Tenn.,
is broken. Tho miners returned to
work Monday afternoon nt tho same
old price they were getting before tho
striko occurred. They liavo boon on
tlio striko for niuo weeks,
A cablo dispatch from Romo says:
For tho first time since the unification
of Itnly by tho entranco into Romo of
Victor Emanuel and his occupation of
tho Quintal, the royal standard which
floats over that palace was placed lit
half-mast, on account of the death of
Carnot. This was done by express or¬
der of King Humbert.
Tho 150 employes of tho Pullman
shops, in Ludlow, Ky., were called out
Monday morning by F. W. Phelan,
representing the American Haihvay
Union. A strike lias beeu threatened
for sonio weeks—ever since the shops
in Chicago shut down. Tho men de¬
mand a restoration of old wages, which
were some timo ago cut from 10 to 33J
per cent.
A Chicago special say Tho strikos
growing out of tho Pullman boycott
are spreading rapidly to every road
pleadi ng out of Chicago which handles
Pullman's cars, with almost tho com¬
plete tie uji of tho Illinois Central.
The American Railway Union has fi¬
lially fixed a basis of dealing with tho
railroads which refuse to abrogate tho
Pullman contracts.
At the Vermont populist stato conven¬
tion held at Montpelier, Tuesday, tho
following ticket was nominated: Gov¬
ornor, Thomas H. McGinnis, Jericho;
lieutenant governor, Henry W. Conro,
South Her,o; secretary of state, A. L.
Bowen, South Dorset; treasurer, Dr.
Walter S. Curtis, West Randolph;
auditor of accounts, Charles H. Lewis,
South Reading Tho convention
adopted the Omaha platform as tho
stato platform.
Danger of War.
Advices from Paris nro to the effect
that tho murder of an Italian by a
frenzied crowd anywhere in France
just now might be t(jo signal for a
European war. Tho newspapers of
France, Italy and England display ex¬
traordinary caution in not expressing
this universal fear, but it is tho one
topic in Paris.
Dupuy’s Resignation Accepted.
A Paris special says: President Onsi-
lrnr Perier hns accepted tho resignn-
tion of Premier Dupuy and tin other
members of the ministry,to go into ef¬
fect after the funeral of M. Carnot, on
which occasion M. Dupuy will deliver
an oration in the Pantheon on behalf
of the government.
A Scientist’* Early Discover!**.
One of the most interesting Helen-
title men in this country, Professor
Henry A. Ward, of Rochester, N. Y.,
Mimed his living when a youngster minerals
by gathering and selling
and fo.Hsils. He frequented foHsil quarries,
picking out of blasted rocks sea
urchins, which he sold for a shilling
apiece. Krom railway diggings and
seaside cliffs he obtained fossil shells,
while basalt workings for stone posts
yielded corals On one occasion he
visited tlio famous vineyard of Veuve
Oliquot, where is found an outcrop¬
ping of the great geological basin of
Paris—a formation full of fossils.
He asked permission to dig, but
the superintendent of the vineyards
would not allow him to do so, lest
the landscape scenery ho injured. marked
However, the officer in charge and
a place on the side of tho hank,
told Mr. Ward that ho could tunnel
as deep as he liked Die colleetoi
unployed two men at forty cents a
lay, and soon struck a mine of fossil
jeritheiim gigantheum, the largest
univalve that over existed He sold
a great quantity of them.
On another occasion i’rofessoi
Ward was traveling through looked rnrui
Japan, when he spied what bushes
like a row of metal currant in
front of a hoilst On inspection he
discovered that the currant hushes
won rystals of bright antimony,
otherwise know'll as “stibnitt a very
rare and pri jrious form of the sub-
stance. In fact, only a very few bits
were poss¬ 1 ssed at the time by inrse-
ums and collectors He bought I lie
whole of the stuff for $75, afte ward
selling one-half of it 1< enough t<:
pay all the expenses of 11 year tour
through o ld corners of the world ,— 1
[New York .Press,
NO. 27.
THIS OLD WORLD.
This old world keeps a-rollln' on,
An' I'm content to lot hor ;
Iq all, she’s just tlio very best —
I novor seen no hotter!
I tako tho world Jost ns sho comos—
No mnttor wlrnt thoy’ro gayln* , u
I try to koop up with tlio drums—
'Long whoro tho bun 1 Is playin'!
I’m for tho worl l with heart an’ soul j
My voto Is hot for pollln ;
I Jost hold on nn’ lot her roll;
Tho Lord knows whoro she’s rollin' t
—Atlanta Constitution.
PITH AND POINT.
i
To err is human; to forgivo, mas-
online,
J 1 poet Every his “writes.” editor is willing to give a
| “Taken from tho French”— Alsace
Lorruiae._Puck
Tho sucoess of a book doponds not
B0 much upon who writo 3 it as upon
w r 0 writes it up. —Puck,
A woman never knows what an un¬
mitigated scoundrel her husband is un¬
til ho runs for office.—Philadelphia
Life.
Every man liopos that boforo he
dies his middle name will bocomo as
familiar to tho people as his last name
is.—Atchison Globe.
Love Is pie lgtitl In wtiispors,
And with sitfhlug—
’•erhnps they’re because tho lisp era
Kuow lying.
—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The annual seaside visitor will soon
lo singing that consoling anthem:
“Broke, broke, broke, 011 thy cold,
breach, O sea!”—Atlanta Constitu¬
tion.
No man deserves to win a woman
who lias not tho sense to first securu
nn offensive and defensive alliance
with her little brother.—Boston Tran¬
script.
“Just think, captain, tho major has
actually married the rich old maid."
“Obviously ho wanted to huvo his
golden wedding at once.”—Fliogenda
Blaetter.
Young Lady (in music store)—
“Have ye u ‘A Heart That BcntB With
Love ?’ Clerk (bliisbingly) — “No,
miss; I would consider it highly im¬
pudent nt a salary of twenty-one
marks a week.”—Wespen, Berlin.
Family Doctor (to tho Squire)—
“Thanks for your check, Squire. But
my dear sir, it’s far too much—far in
excess of what I should have charged.
1 can only hope I shall have nn op¬
portunity of workiug it off'.”—Punch.
Bloom fie fid (talking Tib out a matter
in which Ho hud been
“Well, Ij. .. wfAho
whole business liellofield (with a
look nt bis hands)—“You soap."—Pittsburg evidently
didn’t use much
Chronicle Telegraph.
Inquiring Sou—“Papa, what w is roa-
son?” Fond Parent—“R eason, my
hoy, iH that which enables a mau to
determiuo what is right Inquiring
Sou—“And what is instinct?" Fond
Parent—“Instinct is that which tells
a woman that she is right, whother
sho is or not.”—Tit-Bits.
“But., my dear sir,” said the mat.
who procrastinates, “if I pay you this
mouoy, I will have to borrow it of
soinoouo else. ” “Very well,” replied
tho cold-blooded citizen, “so long as
you pay what you oivo mo, I don’t
object to yon owing wbat you pay
me."—American Industries.
Insurance ot Watches.
Tho wiseacre who declared that
“There is nothing new under the
sun” gets another setback. Here is
the idea: For $2. paid annually, a
watch—gentlemeu’sor lady’s—is guar¬
anteed against trouble. That is to
say, $2 will keep it in repair for one
year, no matter how often it may get
out of order or what may be the
cause It may bo dropped fall on overboard a brick
sidewalk, or you may
with it iu your pocket; no quostiona
are asked and no limit put upon re¬
pairs to tho movement up to a total of
$25, at tho rates usually charged. All
styles of watches are included iu the
new offer oxcupt a few special move¬
ments It is a fact that not ono man
in 109 remembers tho number of his
watch. Tho register scoured by this
guarantee is therefore a complete ref-
erenee in ease of loss or theft. A label
bearing tho rogistor number is also in¬
serted in tho case of tho watch, re¬
questing any stranger iu case of per¬
sonal accident or sudden illness to
telegraph this number to the jewelers,
who agree to promptly notify family
or friends.—Boston Transcript.
lie Could Throw Some.
“.Several years ago,” remarked Oil-
ver L. Westbrook, of New Haven,
Conn., “I kuow a man who livod on
tho outskirts of my town who could
throw a stone with more accuracy of
aim than is displayed by most sports-
moil with a ritle The man was a per-
feet giant physically. He was a good
deal of a hunter, using stones as his
only weapon to tiring down the game.
Ho had a large leather pouch attached
to one si to of his coat, in which he al-
ys carried a good supply of careful¬
ly selected missiles. With these he
bagged every year no small quantity
of game, such as quail, rabbits and
squirrels. He could kill a bird on the
wing or a r dibit at full speed almost
as easily as at rest Ono of his favor-
ito methods for displaying his skill
was to sot up a scythe-blade with the
edge toward him at a distance of about
100 feet, ami by throwing potatoes
against the e lge cut them iu half. He
could almost exactly halve two out of
three pot itoos lie threw. ’ St.
every -Democrat.
Louis Globe
The highest peak oi the Rocky
Mountains is Mount Brown, in British
Amtriea—15,900 feet.