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_ r a > Z > P3 h-3 to a 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 ' kill tin- oil was iiu- 'on aV r call for * Ul t few min- m a lig of tho “imir-Perier t’>e first bal- ;t. ir it it Ef BPv IPs - Hr m} i Mix l ■ 'fc m -.Br whs vhiti-d to i" 1 8sit hv. ••••-• Mi-r-liiiy of ^^ft-.l 1890, pi-'-M'li-id and is 7 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.