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Newspaper Page Textthe mercury. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY NOTICE. jj-All communications Intended for thli paper must be acootnpanled with the foil name ot the writer, not necessarily for publl. Mt ioo, but as a guarantee of good faith. We are In no way responsible for the views «r opinions of correspondent*. E- S. UNGIfUOE, Attorney at Zatr, SANDER9VILLE, *QA. MAYOR. 0. H. ROGERS. CZFXJC d 2XJFAS&XXX, D. E. B, WELLS. MAXSSAZZ. J. E. WEDDON. AZDEXMEX. W. H, LAWSON. Ww. RAWLINGS, S. G. LANO, A. M. MAYO, M. H. BOYER Sown of lennilte. Miyor—John C. Ilarman. Aldermen - W. P. Davis, J. W. Smith, P. J. Pipkin, T. J. Bock. Olerk— S. H. B Massey, Marshall—J. C. Hamilton, MUSIC, MUSIC JEItNIGAN Bows, Strings, Rosin Boxes, Etc- o. C BROWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Bandtrsvllle, Ole. Vtn ptnr.Uoeln the State and United States Courts, Office In Oourt-honas. Watches, Clocks And JEWELRY asrAinzn bt JSUXTZC AIT. Dr. H. B. Hollifield, msmui m mmi Having recently graduated nt tlie Unlver Illy of Haiylund r~'* 1 and returned horns, now offers Ills professional ssrvloes to tlie oltlsan ol Hamlersvllls and vlolnlty. Oflloe with Dr. H N Hoilmen, neat door to|Urs. llayne't millinery store. G. W H WHITAKER, DENTIST, Bandersvllle, Qa. THRU* CASH. Office at bis Residence, on Harris street. Aoril 8d. l&SO. • H. N^HOLLIFIELD, Physician and Surgeon, Bandersvllle, Oft. BU Y YOUR SPECTACLES, SPECTACLES, FROM JERNIGAM, None THE MERCURY. A. J. JER5IGAN, Proprietor. VOLUME IV DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERA! ENERAL 1 NTELLIC^jNC E. $1.50 per Annum SANDERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY, APRILS 1884. NUMBER 52. THE MERCURY. Entered as eeeend-*la*i mattes s> as Esa dstvvlUe Pomodlea, April 9, Bandersvllle, Waahlagtoa CHSlf. A; Jv JBRNIGAN, : Paoraiwron abb PusLiawm Subscription..... ..S1JS pas Teas SOUTHERN NOTES. A company will be organised shortly to build a cotton faotory at Dalton, Ga. Tub new cotton mill at Sidney, N. O., is receiving it. shafting and machinery. Savannah is thinking of msnufsoturlng as- phaltum blocks with which to pave the city. About 40 farms have been recently purchased in Green county, Ky„ by emigrants from Ohio. . A fottehy has been established at the Kao- line mine, near Flatonia, Fla., conducted by expert workmon. To Knoxville, Tenn., Oer Wheel Company aro running their wheel foundry extra time to fill heavy oradrs. Thbkk thousand yards of cloth and one hnn. dred blankets are manufactured in the New Braunfels, Texas, mills weekly. Aix the money neoessary has been subscribed to start the Griffin, Ga., cotton factory. The capital (took ie about 184,000. A ww rolling mill, the first one In the State, has been started up at Houston, Texas, and it will engago in making light T rails. To locomotive works in connection with the Boanoke, Y4., Machine Works, are In active operation at this time. Several locomotives aro in process of construction. To track of the Southern Pacific to the great salt mine In the Colorado dosert, near Idaho, is balls,>.cd with great lumps of crystal salt. Heavy rains and high waters might eanse a dissolution of that ballast. To Messrs. Moulton, of Laconia, N. n. who aro proprietors of a hosiery mill at Coluim bla, S. 0., where thoy employ the labor of the prisoners in the ponltcntlsry, ere largely in creasing the capacity of their works there. According to the Orange City (Fla.) Times, there has not been an investment In lands in that eeetion In tho last throe years that has not paid the party Investing at least twenty per oent per annum on the amount Invested. To Outhbert, Os., cotton faotory is crowded with work, having received, on one day, orders for mors goods than can possibly bo made in six months, notwithstanding the enlarged capacity from the new machinery now being put in. Moo than three-fourths bf the coder used in tho manufacture of oedar pencils to tho world la shipped from Florida. Largo groves of co- dargrowup and down the coast and on tho Suwannoe river, and (he supply seoms inex haustible. Twintt-nine saw mills are said to receive their supplies from Browton, Alabama. 1 hcae mills are multiplying along the lino of tho Mo. bile and Montgomery and tho South and North roads, and the tlmbor business is developing Into immense proportions. , A party of capitalists from sn Indiana town have decided to start a Jnto factory at Memphis, Tcun. At least fifteen thousand dollars will ho oxpendod In buildings and machinery, and tho company expect to he manufacturing bag ging in time for next yoar'a cotton crop. Peanut onlture will he an immense thing In the south before many years. M he crop this year will be worth, say 99,000,000, The profit in tho buslnoss is tremendous. A newspaper correspondent says that six year* tgo a Massa chusetts, man settled near Montgomery, Ala. He was very poor hut he thought he saw an opportunity, and noticing many raising pea nuts, ho rented land and began working it on shares. He la still raising poanuts and nothing else, and he does well to stiok to them. Six years of peanut onlture have netted him $100,- MO. Mobile is becoming quite a timber port. Tho stevedores of tho snto helium class who fairly rolled in wealth have passed away hut the new stovedoree who handle timber are getting rich rapidly. The opinion isoxprossed that tho railroads will havo to carry logs as a regu lar thing bofore the lumber trade reaches its THE WORLD’S NEWS. Eastern and Middle State Six men wore Instantly killed by an cxplo- 1 • - * ' * \e Re gional! the nltro-glycerine house of the nnuno Chemical works at Thompson’s Point. N. J, The building was torn to pieces, nml tho mar killed Were frightfully tttAnglod. —, frightfully ttiAngl Thotr names are ns follows: Lamott Dupont, vice-president of tho company; W. N. Hill, superintendent of tho works; Edward Nor- Cross, conqxiunder of nltro-glyocruio; George Norton, nn employo, nnd A. S. Ackerson, a visiting chemist from St. Louis. Ida Morrirl, daughter of a well-khown ciUwhUf Ztmcstown, Penn.. had for tho past year and a half been affianced to Henry Shelly, a fatro laborer. The parents of tho young lady objected to Uioir daughter's inti macy with Shelly, but notwithstanding their — ' ' two Went hit A few days ago full proportions. It does not cost much more to run a train of twenty cars than a train of flvo and ten, and there is no reason why Idle oars should not he loaded with logs. Tills may mean a low rate of freight, hut it is something that must corns. A splendid quality of lithographic stone Is io b# found near Six Mile, Bibb county, Ala. The Blade says; “8ovon miles of this placo, on tho possessions of It, J. Rottenberry, at the south ern base of the coal fields, there is found all thti Indications for tho pctroloum oil. Iron, coal, marble and limostone aro found in the Imme diate vicinity, bosldca the entire county abounds in the very best of timber. Tne F.aglo and Phcnfx mill, Columbus, Ga., which Is tlie largest cotton mill in tho south, will pay a dividend of eight por cent on Ha cap ital of 91,050,000. Tho success of this corpo ration has been rcmarkablo. It was reorgan ized about 1807, and ainco then haa paid 91,* 870,000 In dividends and built out of Its earn ings a now mill costing 91,000,000, and has a large surplus besides. It is now proposed to still furthor enlarge its operations by erecting a new mill at an expense of 9900,000. A portable cotton seed oil mill, which has Just been invented will, H is said, end the dis pute between tho planters and oil men of the south. Instead of growling about the transpor tation, tho planter will, ero long, express bis own cotton seed oil and have the meal and hulls right on his hand in the boat poaible con dition fer fertilizing, and thCro .will be sn In creased production of the oil, which has come to ho accepted as invaluable lu cooking. A port- abliypgll that haa been tested took tho seed as • it cams from tho gin and extracted forty-five and a half gallons of oil from two thousand pounds of seed. Alabama is booming along. In 1880, her census showed that tho farmers had doubled In acrcngo, her corn production Increased more than 45 por cent, oats quadrupled, totton sixty per cent. Tho wool produot doubled, and tho mineral output inorcscad more than 1,000 por cent. What other state can make a like showing. In the near future wo expoct to be proud, (ss wo aro now) that we aro a natlvo Alabamian. Tho county of Jefferson alone la now worth more than the whole of Alabama w-z immediately aftot the war.—Mineral Age. of position the And got married, going to Shelly's home after the ccrcthony. A four hours after tho mar riage tho two brothers of tho brido went to BhSly’i foreign. R*ROTitmoit8.of condolence to the queer, and duchew of AlB&ny, oil the death of their •on and husband, were adopted in uid British parliament General (Jordon made an advance from Khartoum, and in a battle with the rebel forces was defeated. The rebels nursuod the Egyptians for two miles after the battle. Tho scene of cdHtliklon preran ted by the retreat ing troops was fearful to behold. The Egyp tian regulars and tho Bashi-Bazould kept shouting out that their geno-. rats had betrayed them. Tho SUMMARY OF CONGRESS, wounded received no attention for the race of eevon hours. The troops hod lOMdritig for, throe week* before to meet the enemy. Ih tile efiriy part of thg encounter the Egyptians were successful, Arid the enemy wore actual! ly’s house, an altercation oreued, nnd re volvers were drawn. The firing which fol lowed resulted in tho killing of tho two brothers and the wounding of Bholly, who wes taken into custody. A great many disasters, took place along the Atlantic onast during tile heavy galo of a few days ago. From various points came re ports of vessels being wrockoa, accompanied in some instances by loss of life. The selioonor Rlvcrdalo wont ashore near tho Delaware Breakwater, nnd tho captain and four men were drowned. Several vessels were nlso wrecked on tlie Hudson, and two or tliroo lives lost. Tho gale was the most furious re corded In a long time. Philadelphia has just had a national cat show, with 91 r500 given in prizes to tho finest feline*. ^ A f Wo-year-old boy at Johnstown, Penn., wes thrown down nnu fatally pocked by a gamo-coek ivhlch tho child was teasing. Seven women have just graduated ns doc tors from the New York Modical College and Hospital for Women. Since tho August gale sovon months ago, eighteen fishing voesele have been lost from Gloucester, Mmb., with all their crews, which, together With the men lost overboard and lii dories, makes tho record 249 men lost, leavlqg behind, ns near as con be ascertained, sixty- five whlows nnd 184 fatherless children. This is a record heretofore unparallolod in tlie his tory of tho business of Gloucester. * t' Mrs. Ottendohfkr, wife of the proprietoi of the Now York Staatz Zeilung, the leading German nowspaiicr of tho country, founded by her first husband, dlod a fow days ago.- Bno was a woman of remarkable business' abilities and very charitable. During lief’ lifetime sho spent over 1100,000 In foimdlng* charitable institutions In New York, and onlyi recently received a special decoration ia honor, Of her benevolence from tho Empress of Austria. Until a few years ago-sho was the business manager of tho Staats Zeitung. | The Republican tlokot was successful In tho Rhcdo Island State election, tho candidates, for governor and minor officers being the' present Incumbents. The legislature wilt stand: Senate—twenty-soven Republicans,; ly in full retreat, whan their cavalry mode a dashing charge. De-I spite the reverse tho inhabitants still remain staunch friends to General Gordon. Two black pashas wore shot for tFWtehcry, which caused tho defeat Of General Gordon's troops).' General Millot, commanding tho French troops at Tonquln, reports that he has been' entirely successful, and that the troops will Will soon return to France. About 0,000 troops, with tho native auxiliaries, will be euf- Detent to remain in Tonquln, ( general Graham, with his troops, has sailed from Huaklm to SUoZ. Tho British troops had hardly left when Osman Dlgma re appeared near Tamanleb with about 1,000 fol lowers. General Gordon resolved to abandon a >licy of conciliation toward the natives of Bennte, A bill wee reported favorably to establish B national foreSc rorarvation on the head water* of tho Missouri...(Dills wore intro duced making nn appropriation to.pay the exponses of a commission to explore Alaska, and to nlloAv drawbacks on imported ma terials used In tho manufacture of tobacco, Smiflf and cigar* exported... .Mr. Platt spoke in ffiVfff of his pill to or gantze tho pAlelit olUco into a dopart ment. Mr. Hall, from tho commute roll appropria tions, reported tho naval appropriation ui.l with sundry amendments Tho bln intro duced by Mr, Edmunds and reported fnvoni- ably Iftiffl the committee on naval affairs, fot tho relief of the Jeannette survivors, waj passed. It provides for tnfl compensation of survivors for losses Incurred by them on expedition. The nemos ami amounts are as follows: George W. Melville, Chief engineer, 91,000; John W. Dnnenhowor, lieutenant, 91,000; Ray - mond L. Newcomb, naturalist, 9kV0Oj John Cole, acting boatswain, |II00; W. B 1 . O. Nirt- dermnn, seaman, 9000; nnd the remaining survivors 9800 each. Tho bill further pro vides for tho payment to tho widow, child or ther legal representative of each doconsod ..lumber of tbo expedition any arrears of pay duo the deceased menlbor anil one year’s ad ditional pay. . . .jJ policy of conciliation toward tlie natives or the Soudan and adopt more vigorous inons uros. Tho Egyptian soldiers who liad boon do- genoral land office, giving the commissioner! *5,000, nnd It: tailed to giro a safe conduct to parties loaving Khartoum and proceeding to Egypt received onlors to return to the boleagUTed citadel wtth J out delay. Amiea steamers at KhitrtoUid daily engaged tho rebels, who lost heavily. FniNCE Arthur’s body was taken to Engi land on the royal yacht Osborne. Edmund Yates, a prominent English journalist and editor of the London World, has been sentenced to four months’ imprison ment fo* libeling tho Earl of Lonsdale. Thq judgment has boon respited ponding an ap peal Upon a point of law. A rlRM.in London destroyed about a dozen salary of 9"),000, and fils assistant 98,000, and increasing tho clerical force, was passed .. Mr. Morrill's bill providing for the in* >re vement of tho coinage was passed.... The lair educational bill was furthor discussod. A bill to provldo for the creation of a silk culture bureau was Introduced by Mr. Call....Mr. Mcrhorson introduced a bill to amond the patent laws... .The Blair educa tional bill was discussod without action. MrJ l’ondloton *pposod it on constitutional grounds. Mr. Williams spoko in favor of business fidUse*. mostly publishing end book- '' " stablishmenie. nine Democrats. House—fifty-seven Repub licans, fifteen Democrats; a Republican loss of one In tho senato and a Republican gain of four in the houso. Mrs. Oalle and daughter died at Loyal- fathi hauna, l’enu., of trichinosis, and tbo and another daughter were not expected to recover. Seven Austro-Polanders looking for work, while walking on a railroad track near Scran ton, Penn., were struck by a backing engine. PROMINENT PEOPLE, MiseissimANB foel very proud of their State Library in the capital at Jackson. It compri ses thirty-eight thousand volumos, which in clude the legal toxt-hooks and reports from all tho States In tho Union, making a collection which ranks third in oompletoness in tho whole country. The Salula cotton faotory at Greenville, S, 0. has made a largo and valuablo contract with a Boston firm for furnishing them with yarns until next January. Now England yarns wore offered at one-fourth of a cent lowor, but tho superior quality of the South Carolina yar commanded the contract. Offiee next door to Mm Bayne* mUUnevy itors on Harris street. genutno without our Trade Mark On hand and for sale. SPECTACLE, NOSE GLASSES, ETO. Machine Needles, Oil and Shuttles, Charleston, S. O., lias organized a coffee Importing company of fifty members, with a capital of 950,000. Coffeo will bo imported and sold at auction to tho highest bidder, whether he bo a member of tho association or not. If tho schemo is successful, other articles w 11 bo imported and sold In tlio same way. Prince Bismarck has just colobratod his sixty-ninth birthday. Heniiy Irving, tho English actor, is read ing proofs of a hook of his on Amorlca. General B. F. Butler will deliver nn oration Decoration Day at tho Now York acadoiny of music. President Porter, of Yale, objocte to co- oduration because tho system would divitlo tho timo and jierlmps tho sensibilities and in terests of tho instructors. His Imperial Highness Prince Horn, the only surviving child of tho Emperor of J apnn, having almost reached tho ago of seven years, is having a separate palace built for his oc cupancy, Kaiser William, King Goorgo, of Greeoe ; of Donurarii, and King Christian, of Denmark, will moot this summer In Wiesbaden, where King Lilia auilllliui M IUOUHUOU. same George will attend the baths, by advice of his physician. Dr. J. H. Zukertort, who has gained the titlo of the champion chess-player of the world, now in this country, will visit the principal citios in the United f" J Four were killed, one was fatally injured, one ' hi lost an arm and one escaped unhurt. George Jones (colored) was hanged at Pittsburg, Penn., for the murder- of another colored man named Foster, in 1882. Jones was only eighteen when the crime was com mitted. ■outh and West county, daughter, ana tno ouier in uasu C., for murdering another man. General Aouero, with twonty armed men, secretly left Key West, Fla.,at mid night ami embarked on a schoonor destined, It is believod, for Cuba on a filibustering ex pedition. Tjio revenue cutter DIx started in pursuit of tlio party. At Chicago cash wheat was quoted at 79^, in six nnd a half eonta of tin lowest flg- Tu* Wilson cotton mills, at Wilson, N. O., which were commenced about a year ago, for tho manufacture of fine yarnB, are now run ning thirty-six carding machines and fivo thou sand, ono hundred and twenty-four spindles, employing eovcnty-iivo hands and consuming eloven thousand pounds of cotton por week. Within a radius of less than thirty miles of High Point, N. C., says tho Enterprise, there are at least thirteen ootton factories, two woolen factories and fourteen mines, all in full opera tion. To theso add a largo number of tobacco factories, sash and bbnd factories, spoko and handle, and ono faotory that fiuibhos shuttles ready for the loom. FOn ALL KINDS OF MAOniNFB. for sale. 1 will nlso-order parts of M’ohlues that get broken, fo); wUloh new plices are wanted. A. J. JEHNIGAN. K. Hikes. O. H. Rogers HINES & ROGERS, Attorneys at Law, .8ANDERSVILLE, GA., I'm practice In the oonnttea of Washington, it i . rsoi, i Johnson, Emanuel and Wilkinson, , a . ,tj ° U. 8. Courts for the Southern Diz- trlcl of 0et)1 [11 act as iif-ent* In buying, zelllng or 1161,1 Estate. 0 J ) l ( ® 6 *ou West ride of Publlo Square. North Carolina shows the greatest increase in the number of eotton mills, no less than forty-tlireo new mills, with one hundred and ten thousand five hundred and ninety-five spindles having been addoJ. Georgia has added tqcnty-two mills with an aggregate of ouo hundred and thirty-nine thousand ono hundred and fifty-six spindles during the year. States and thon go to China. JonN Jay Cisco, who died in Now York recently, began life a poor boy, become a tailor, entered tho dry goods business and sub sequently mode largo sums of money ns a banker. Ho was ono among the many mil lionaires of Manhattan island. Secretary Lincoln resembles his father In perponal appearance only from the eyes up. He is not so tall or so gaunt in flguro os his father, nor is tho lower part of his face so nnrriw; but the rcsemblunco in tho eyes and forehead is so marked that the Secretory sat for what is considered tho best portrait ever painted of his father. Doctor Richard Jordan Gatlino, the inventor of the famous Gatling gun, is now sixty-six years of ago. He is a tall, broad shouldered, whito-whiskered man, with a friendly face, bright blue eyes, and a pleasant voice. Ho has recently boon making some, great improvements in his gun, and has been ,n Washington explaining these improvo- uonts to tho officials of tho war department. within ure ever quoted in that city. About thirteen lives were lost by the burn ing of the steamor Robecca Evorlnghnm. on tho Chattahoochoo river, noar Florouco, Ala. Tho (Ire broke out nt 4 a. m., and tho steamer was immediately hoadod for shore. Before the shore could bo reached tho steamer was completely wrapped In flames. Henry Rose, a negro weighing SCO pounds was hanged at Osceola, Ark., for tho murder of another colored man, a prominent member of his race. Forest fires have destroyed n largo number of houses, bams and outbuildings In fivo counties of South Carolina and six or i comities of North Carolina. Vast forests also been been swept away, many plantntil ruined and hundreds of fomlni homeless. Wr (Kington. familios rendered THE NATIONAL DEBT. Secretary Fhelinohuysen recoived tclogram from Mr. Snrgent, our minister to Germany, expressing life gratitude lor the complimentary action of tlio l'rosidont and Senate, but declining tho Russian mission and resigning that at Berlin because of his health, and other reasons to be explained by letter. Tiie naval appropriation bill, as it come* from tho Senate committee, calls for appro priations amounting to $20,i80,<176 Tho esti- mates submitted to Congress colled for $22,- C55 !jo;>, and tho bill, as it came over to the Senate from tho Houso, provides for appro priations aggi'ogating $H,8;!Ml!Xi. The Sen ate committee added $6,451,980 to the bill. The French and American claims commis sion held its final meeting. A final settle ment of all the claims bofore tho commission was made. The total number of cosos against tho United States was 720, aggregating $17,- 581,000. Two hundred and sixteen ^claims were 600, Franco Amount of coinage at tno various Unitea States mints duringJSJnrch: i-f 87,832 ^old Among tho now applications of cotton is its ubo, in part, in the construction of houses, the material employed for this purpose being the refuse, which, when ground up wjth about an equal amount of straw and asbestos, is con verted Into a paste, and this is formed into utfgeslabe or bricks, whioh acquire, It is said, the hardness of stone, and furnish a really val uable building stock. Atlanta Constitution: Now England capi talists would save time and money by moving their cotton factories to Geergia and other Southern States. Why should they spend their substance fighting against fate? They shomd move their plants to Georgia, and place them- selves in a position to drive the English mills out of existence. A Reduction of Fourteen Millions In Itlarrb. The national debt statement just Issued shows tho decrease of the public debt during the month of March to be $14,238,324. Decrease of debt since June 30, ipuq Cash in tho treasury 402,875,211 Gold certificates outstanding 104,230,400 Silver certificates outstanding.... 116,408,161 Certificates of deposit outstanding 15,475,000 Refunding certificates outstand- ^ ^ Logo! tenders outstanding....... 346,681,016 Fractional currency not including amount estimated as lost or destroyed 6,984,315 The payments made from the treasury by • warrants during the month of March, 1884, were as follows: Clvil and miscellaneous ™ 1 bombs Navy. ."^;^-, 298,087 64 ,508 43 Interior, Indians ^ Interior, pensions 10 > Tota l $9,103,648 40 Tlio above does not includo payments made on account of the interest or principal of tho public debt of the United fotates. “There’s nothing like leather,” but tho bottom crust of tlie railroad restau rant pie resembles it somewhat. —Salem Sunbeam. pieces, worth $1,473,231.50 ; 2,002,040 si! pieces, Y, l „, ft »nin m. 1 012 810 m 1,014,810 minor binding cei JonN and George Stephenson were ex& cuted at Regina. British America, for the murder of an old man named John McCarthy, A IIono Kong dispatch says that the French will probably lnvado China from tha northern coast of Tonquln,and will hold Canton In sup port of their ciaiin for indemnity. It Is proposod In Canada to notify farmer* of weather forecast by means of discs on all railroad stations and locomotive engines, Five men Were instantly killed And otherV Ident at Fort Arthur. injured by a blasting aocli Manitoba. After a thorough discussion tho Rritfeli cabinot decided agninsf tho proposition to es tablish a protectorate ovor Egypt. Princx Leopold’s funeral took place In Windsor castle in presonco of Queen Victoria and tho other members of the royal family. A second funeral service, celebrated later, was attended only by tlie quoen, her dead son's wife and tlio deoil of Windsor. The steamship Daniel Stoinmann, from Antwerp, struck on a ruck of! Bumbro Light while entering the harbor of Halifax, N. H. Sho knocked a holo In her bottom and sank at once. Of 130 passengers nnd crow only nine were saved, comprising tho captain, fivo sailors and three pussengoiu. The ship is a total loss and only lior topmasts wore visible ahovo water. Hungary’s supremo tribunal has confirmed tlio acquittal of all tho Jews who were charged with murdering Esther Holomossy. It was alleged that they killod her to obtain hor blood o mix with Passover bread. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC Emilie Charlotte Langtry is the real name of the Jersey Lily. Mme. Bernhardt lias learned to piny tho organ in viow of a scone In “ La Scrvanto.” The Grau English opera company wll^ bo organized to pin; Orleans. reorganized to play a summer season In Now Mr. Stetson, the manager, and Mr. Good win, the actor, nave entered into copartner ship for noxt season. IlENnY Irving, when at home, is said to whilo away the hours equally botwocn angling for trout and studying Bbakspearo. Mary Anderson will make a tour of Spnin 3, Lon- before returning to tho Lyceum theatre, don, for a revival of “Romoo and Juliot." The Eden Musoo lias boon oponod in Now York. It Is a permanent wax-figure show modelled after Madame Tusseuds in Ixindon. Louis James and Mnrio Wainwrlght go to Ixmdon with Barrett as his chief support. Charles Hawthorne goes along ns stngo man ager. Miss Van Zandt, tlio American prima lonna, who lias long been n favorite in Paris, has signed an engagement to sing in ttie opera coiniquo in London. Maud Ranks, daughter of General N. i Ranks, is studying for the stago. Sho has aj>- liearod as a public roadpr on several occasions with considerable buccoss. Herr Emil Scaria. who is regarded h many ns the grentest living bass singer, wi! make his first apiioaranco in America at the noxt Philharmonic concert In New York. Toward tho close of the performance In tlie Metropolitan opera-houso, Now York.t few evenings ago, u gentleman aroso in hii scat, faced one of tlio parterre boxes, and said: “Will the ladies and gentlemen in that box bo kind enough to keep quiet, so that those who desire to hear tlio opera may do soi” A storm of applauso swept over tho house no h there was no furthor interruption of the per formance, nnd when tho curtain had fallen many persons waited to grasp the hand of tho wh> man who had spoken out. A BUBEAlTOF SILK CULTURE, 688 pieces, worth fsMoOO.da A few days ago OefieTM Uf&ftl zpRafed on the floor of the House, and was the re cipient of much attention from the members. Ho had not yot recovered from the effects of his recent painful fall in New York. Repre sentative Randall said: “Mr. Speaker, weare honored to-day by having as a visitor on this floor General 6 ' ' — rant. As an American I need not introduce him to you. I move tho House take a recess of fifteen minutes to give members an opportunity to pay their respects to our visitor.” Mr. Carlisle put the motion and it was car ried unanimously. General Grant then ros painfully to his feet and agisted °n e nher side by Messrs. Carlisle and Randall, hobbled laboriously down the middle aisle to the area before the Speaker’s desk, where, leaning upon his crutches, he shook hands with the Representatives as they passsd before hhm Mr. Carlisle made the presentations. Nearly every member was introduced. The Senate postoittco committee voted to enort favorably the bill to provide for a pc»- taF telep^h kystom, and the House coramit- teo agreed to report unfavorably on tho same matter. . The Indian appropriation bill has beon passed by the House. Governor Murray, of Utah, appeared before the Springer committee^ of ^v^tiga- tten, ordered by the House and denied charges of irrogiffitvittes whije hn^Tis, United men of bad character ornions. States nmiriial in Kentucky, his accusers with being r-"" " r i and in the pay of tho Mi A Senate Bill to Establish Fire Sta tlone to llaieu Worms. A bill has been introduced In the United States Senate by Mr. Call, of Florida, to pro vide for the creation of a silk culture bureau. It provides that such a bureau shall bo estab lished as ono of tho bureaus of the agricultural department, nnd shall embrace In ita^ organi -ti * ' " *' *■ ' , ‘ ration flvo silk culture stations, to be estab lished as follows: One for the North Atlantic States in Pennsylvania; one for the South Tho bill to increnso the efficiency of th lie A Joint resolution woe introduced by Mr. Finorty tendering tho thanks of Collgrran to Minister Sargent... .Bills wore introduced fof tho construction of a morelmnt ship of now design; to equalize tho taxation of domestic and foreign insurance companioe; appropri ating $400,000 for the relief of sufferers by ilio fifesissipp 1 floods and authorizing tho ap- a Missouri river commission polntmont of a _ .....The Trade Dollar bill was furthor considered. Tlio House pawed the bill providing for the retirement of the trade dollars and tholr recolnnge Into eilvor dollars, after striking out tho fourth soctlon. which prevhlod thr.i tho trade dollars rocoincd Into stnndnrd sil ver dollar* should bo deducted from tlie amount of bullion required to be coined by the remonetization act The vote on the (ago of the"’bill Wits IDS to 46. and Kat *n the rejection of the fourth section was 131 to 1118..,,The committee on commence eono lorted the bill providing for tlie inspection of ive stock and hog piTJducU intendod for ex port, and prohibiting tho Importation of adulterated rood nnd liquors.... An adverse report was presented on the bill providing for a commission on tho alcoholic liquor traffic.... The bill authorizing the secretary of the treasury to invest tho lawful monoy deposited In tho treasury in trust by tho national bank ing associations for tho retirement of thoir circulating notes was roixirted favorably.... Tho committoo appointed to investigate the charges mode by Representative Kcifor against General ft. V. Boynton, tho corres- xindent, submitted a report, accompanied by Jils resolution; “That tho charges against THE JOKER’S BUDGET. WHAT A QUAKRR CITY WAO BAS TO TKLL US OF. [From tho Philadelphia Evening Cell J IN WASHINGTON. “I hear that the wild Western states man, Congressman X., is laid np with i terrible cold—not been able to leave the honso for a week.” “I knew it would happen. n “What did he do» ,r “Yon know old Perkins, the manu facturer ?’’ “Yes.” “Ho offered Congressman X. a big interest in n new patent bath-tab if he wottld publicly reoommeud it after try ing it. "Well?" “He tried it" LEARNING TO OOOK. “Send utT daughter tp * cooking school ?” exclaimed a New York mother. “No, indeed; onr position in society for bids it. Why she wonld be oompeUed to mix with all aorta el people.” “But this is a new school just opened, and I hear that ft will be very fashion able.” “How een e oookijig School he mode fashionable ?” asked the lady. With oao sidernble donbt “Its membership is to beveryexela- sivo, in the find place, sad it will be very expensive, nnd nothing will be tanght but the sweetest dishes, snoh ss pie, cake and that sort of thing.” “Well,” said tho mother, “I may pos sibly allow Edith to attend for a little while, bnt it must bo with the distinct understanding that on pio days she shall havo nothing to do with anything bnt tho upper crust.” H. V. Boynton aro not sustained by tho evi dence, and that there is no ground for any ■httnn hv Mm fl<m<uv n Tim resolution VTflLfl action by the Houso.” Tho resolution wo* laid over for future action. Consideration of the Indian appropriation bill was ontored upon. Tho bill calls for $5,* 317,053, as against $5,300,055 for the current year. Mr. Throckmorton offered an amond- hiont abolishing tlie flvo Indian inspectors, and providing that r „ tholr places shall bo taken by army officers detailed for tbo duty.... A message was received from the President re- commending an appropriation of $100,000 for ' ‘ i of the lovoos of tho lowor Mis- tho protection slssippl. A joint resolution wns passed authorizing tho secretary of war to loan Hags and bunting to the mayor of Richmond, Va., to bo usod at a fair to ho held in that city in nid of a homo for disabled Confederate soldiers. Mr. Throckmorton's motion to amend tho Indian appropriation bill, so ns to abolish tho five Indian inspectors nnd have their dutios per formed by army officers, was carried 01 to 67, A Talk About Perfumes. HOW IT WORKS. Miss Blank—“What a lot of interest ing items there are traveling around abont Frank James.” Hon. Mr. Blank (lagislator)—“Frank who?” Miss Blank—“Jamas, the Western ontlaw, bandit and road agent.” Hon. Mr. Blank—“Ah 1 Yes, I re member about him.” Miss Blank—“This neper says that he and his sang never robbed the Hannibal and St. Joe trains, because his mother had a free pass over that line. Yoa have a free pass yourself, haven’t yon, pa?” Hon. Mr. Blank—“Well, ahem ( Yea. I was given one when I beaeme e mem ber of tho legislature.” Miss Blank—“Was the railroad afraid the people would rob It if you did not have a ” Hon. Mr, Blank—“There 1 There, child. Qo back to your embroidery. You aro too young to understand an the little details of statesmanship.” A BAD ENDING. “Ah, how do do, Minks? Allow me to oongrat but pardon me, perhape I am premature; I was under the impres sion that your wadding day was fixed for lost week.” "Yes, it was. You were away at the time, I believe.” "Yes, just got bsok. How did the affair ” “But there was no affair; the marriage did not take place, and I am nearly orazy with grief.” “Poor fellow! how you must suffer. Did your loved one become ill ?” “Worse than that.” “Worse?” “Yes, lier father failed." States m Pennsylvania: ons lor ine ftoum Atlantic States in Florida; one for the Gulf States in Alabama; one for the Western States in Iowa; and one for thePaciflo States in California. The objoct of the establishment of the bureau and the several silk-culture stations it declares to be experimentally to raise silk worms, study thsir nature and the means of improving their productive qualities, investi gate the diseases to which they are subject, cultivate, and, by all moons deemed proper, encourage the cultivation of plants adapted for tho feeding of silk-worms, and to experiment in the reeling of silk, with a view to ascertain ing the best appliances and methods for con ducting the various operations of preparing raw silk. It provides for the appropriation of $150,000 for carrying out the object of tho bill. “How many flowers aro used In tlio manufacture of perfumes ?” “Tlio principal ones nro roses, orange- flowers, tuberoses, tho jasmine, cassia, and violet. Aside from roses the flowery perfumes aro produced in Franco, wliero farmers and gardeners devote themselves to tho cultivation of flowers for the pur pose. Tho pomades, which are a sort of vehicle for carrying tho essences, are shipped to perfumers in nil parts of the world. Tbcso pomades aro all mndo in tho samo way. Several now processes have been devised, but none have proved ns good os the old method. I may also say that perfumes nro everywhere mnde from tho raw material by tlie samo pro cess.” The perfumer took down another curi ous object from tho shelf. It was on ox- horn with a cloth tied across tho open end. “This is the original in whioh civet is Bhipped from Egypt. Civet is an ani mal odor and is obtained from a poueli on an animal of that name, in which it is secreted. The best known of aDimal odors Ib musk, whioh is obtained from the musk deer. China furnishes tho best quality. Twenty-five pods or sacks are packed in oblong boxes composed of plates of lead inclosed in a caddy made of pasteboard. The caddy is decorated with curious-looking Chinese characters. Musk is obtained from Assam, Siberia, the Altai mountains and other parts of Northern Asia. London is the depot for all varieties of musk.” "What is ambergris ?” "That is another animal odor. It ia secreted in the intestines of the sperma ceti whale. A very curious fact is that ambergris is only accumulated by dis ease—that is, it is only seoreted in a sick whale. It is hard, of a light gray color, and is found in quantities varying from twenty to fifty pounds. It is worth $30 an ounce. So you see if a party of sail ors strike this kind of a whale they can make for shore. Spermaceti whales are found near the island of Sumatra, Mo lucca, Madagascar and the China seaB.” —The Druggist. OLD FAMILIES. Western Man—“You Philadelphians have a good deal of ‘old family’ pride, I gec/ 1 Philadelphian—"Some of us certainly have ancestors who were American* cen turies ago.” Western Man—"Well, I lived fcA years where there are more old families to the acre than Philadelphia ever dreamed of; and more than that, their ancestors were Americans centuries be fore yours landed.” Philadelphian— 1 “Where In the world is that ?’’ mi Western Man—“In the Indian Terri tory.” BUSINESS FAILURES, ItcversoH In tUe First Tlireo Months of the Fast Four Fears. R. G. Dun & Co., of Now York, report tho busbies failures in the United States during the first quarter of tho post four years to bo us follows: First Quarter of Failures. 1881 1,761 1882 2,127 1883 2,806 ' 1884 8,206 Liabilities. $‘24,000,000 33.000. 000 37.000. 000 40.000. 000 NOT PATENTED. First Leoturer—“How did you like Buffalo?” Second Lecturer—“I was delighted with tho placo.” “Indeed ! Why, when I lectured there a brass band had the adjoining hall, and they made a fearful racket.” “Yes, that is the way it was while I was there.” “But didn’t it nearly drive you orazy ? "It certainly was not very pleasant, but think of the novelty of the thing 1” “The novelty ?’’ “Yes; not ono of the audience went to eleep.” A FAMILIAB FACS. Jones—“Dear me I Here comes an other hand-organ. But what an inter esting face that woman with the tam bourine has.” Smith—“Yes, I was noticing it Seems to mo I have seen Ler before.” Jones—“Not at all unlikely. In all probability you were once an admirer of hers.” Smith—“Do you mean to insult me, sir ?” Jones—“Not at all! Not at all 1 But you know a great many American belles have married titled foreigners.” “Yes,” said young Montgomery Smythe, proudly, “I can trace my an cestry back for generations. None but tho bluest blood flows in my veins,” and iusorting tho head of his eaue in his mouth he walked away. “ Yes.indeod, you cau go back for generations,” remarked one of tlie gentlemen addressed. “I know all about your family. Your graudfntlier was a Smyth, your great-grandfather a Smith anil your great-great-grandfather a bluelisniith.” " FATHER AND SOW. “So you have lost your position,” said a father to his sonJnio had been work ing in a grocery store. . _ “Yes,” replied the son. “Did your employer give any reason for discharging you ?” “He said I loaded myself too muoh from tho cider barrel.” “Ah, I see! And what did you say when ho fired you ?’’ “I didn’t say a word. I just went off.” Last year there was, throughout the country, a decrease in tho manufacture of stoves amounting to 4 per oent. ip

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, April 15, 1884, Image 1