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Newspaper Page Textthe merouby. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY NOTICE. gg.All aouununlasttona Intended tor Ml ^per mart be moaptiM with the Ml DBI ne of the writer, not necessarily toe pub* eeUon, bat as e guarantee of good tolth. We art In no war reeponalble tor the Ttm or opinion! of correspondent!. THE MERCURY. A. .1, JERXlflAK, Proprietor. vou mi: v. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. 8ANDERSVILLE, GA„ TUESDAY, DECEMBER S'), 1884. $1.50 per Annum. NUMBER 36. THE MEKOURT . Entered aa aeeond-elaae matter at the deter tile Poetoffloe, April 37, UHl BtthderiTllle, Washington Conut;, ftk A. J. JERISTiaAlST, Pnomwron ai*b Fenunn. -11 Jh pee Tint MUNICtPAU Mayor. Wh, G am,a nun. Aldermen. WM. Rawlings, ‘ A. M. Mayo, W..n. I AtVSON, R. T. Wai.kbb, • Moiims Happ, Clerk and Treasurer. G. W U. Whitakuh. Marshall. J. E. Wf.ddon. I OWN OB’ M KNNILLB1, Mayor, oict-C. IUnttAM. Aldermen. P. J. Pipkin, J. F. MmiKKR «n, J. N. Roughs, W. J. JOYNKH, Clerk. S. H. B. Massey. Martha/’, J. C. 1I AM1I.TON’. E. S. LANGMAUf, S'ttoi^ey ht I^kw SANDEKSVILLK, GA. I, 0. SVAKS. 1. T). KVAhii, rs. ISVANS & rVA^8, Altorn^ys At I.aw, RANDERSVIM.E, OA. ? K. I HARRIS, AT f ORNEYaAT LAW, 8ANDER8V.LLE, GA. W’i!i I'ln.-iirc in nil tho Court! nf,ths middle fi* Miid in tho ooqjjtitu Mirrouud " ‘ .ton. Hpccinl attention given to com- F. H SAFFOLD, VI TORN PiY A T LAW, BAitDRilSVILLE, GA. Vl '» ! prnefc! n nil tin- Court* of the Middle J n 1 *n Hie caiinticH Hirniiinding ' ’ *!• ■. 8ptqi.il attention ; ven to com- : .. 0. 0. BROWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Bandeierllle, Oa. HINES & ROGERS, Attorneys at Law, SANDERSVILLB, GA., Will praotlee In th e oountlee of Wa*hlB|ten, J.ffereon, Johnson, Kmannel and Wilkinson, anil In the U. 8. Conrta for the aonthera Dto- triotof Georgia. Will •« aa aganto In baying, Bailing or renting Heal JEaUte. CtowY t/°* Wm> ** d * * f F “bUo ■guara, H. N. flOLLIFLELD, Physician and Surgeon, Dr. H. B. Hollifield, fstsiciai til mini, Haring raoantlr graduated el the Dnlver- iltT or Maryland and returned home, now offera hla professional serrloes to Mis slusena of Bandsxevllls and vtflnlty. OfDoe with Dr. H. N Hollifield, next door tofUr* Barns'! millinery etore. Q. W H. WHITAEBB, DENTIST, ganders rlile, a*. TERMS CASH. at hie Residence, on Harris street. DR. J. H. MAY, 8ANDER8VILLE, GA. Offers his services to the citizens of Sanders- v '• and adjacent country. All balls- dsr or I'U'hr, will be promj.tly responded to. Oftioe llJrt residence on Mrs. Pittman’s lot, corner *1 Ai ris and Church streets. -* janl5-1884tf; j; $. WODut B»0.,:. Gwl Cniiimi® Ictoiils, SA VANN A-H. Gr A-. N.i. .-Ar.'bxiii No commission or other expenses charged consignments of W^b: *“ f Highest market price guaranteed, at tilne of* u , ... Bcp2’84-ly TT Savannah, Ca. fs pnn ceded to be the most comfortable and 'far the best conducted Hotel in Savannah. Kates, *2.00 Per Day; M. L. HARNETT.._ Machine Needles, Oil and Shuttles, ro 1 ALL kinds or MACHINES, for sale. 1 will also order parte of Masnlnas mat get broken, for which new pltoes are wanted,'. A * j. JEimKwAN. EDITORIAL NOTES. Papular Winter Flowers. New violets excito espeotial enthusiasm, par ticularly this season, when this flower is so •caroe. Duchess ol Edinburg is a pale laven der with powerful perfume. A donblo pink violet, a new departure in oolor, is also very fragrant. Victoria Regina is a large single with rich color and scent. Parmausis, a violet with whit* center, with long stems, does not droop, a commendable quality. King Otto, a deep single violet, and New York, which has very long stems, complete tho list in these nov elties. Whites anil lllncks In the South. In his now book Judge Tourgeo shows, by a trios of tabulated statistics, drawn from the census decades down to 1880, that tho colorod race is increasing at a greater ratio thau the white race in tho South} that it already num bers ono to ©Very two of the whito population, taking al) tho States togethor; that in eight of these States it averages 2.4 per cent, less than one to one; teat in three of tho States it aver ages 8.7 per cent, more thau one to one; while by tho increased migration of whites, added to tho groater reproductive powers of tho blacks, the disparity increases at an oven uioro rapid rate. Iloine-mndc Gifts. nomo-made gifts are o' all articles tho most to he approbated. They are inwrought with love, enthusiasm and patience, and their value is above any money considerations. Tho hus band, father, brother or son who settles him self iu his easy chair before a glowing grate, enwrapped in the folds of an elegnit dressing gown wrought by affectionate bunds, and be tween the paragraphs of his hook glances at the beautiful slippers that r« present hours of loving labor and feels lus heart warm and his .yes grow dim as he thinks of the Angers that all those dainty stitches, is indeed to ho congratulated, both for tho lovo that grompted tho labor and that ho has tho true appreciation iu roturn, A Llght-Hnu-tnl Proptr, One can scarcely puss a day at the far South without being impressed with th- happy, ap parently contented nature of tho negro, livery day about tho stations can he found a group of negroes, ono of whom is invariably playing a banjo. In tho evening one can always flml parties of them sitting out of doors around a tiro of pine logs, dancing to the banjoist’s music or singing. So, too, was it thecuso on the St. Johns’ River steamer. Long into tho night wo could hear the negro hands on the boat singing with much molo ly as they piled up wood on the lower decks. In fact, such sights and sounds are ever-present features of the life here, and seem to belong to it as much as do tho fragrant pine woods and the beautiful “hammock” land. A Word for IHieontent. it is a prime distinguishing characteristic of •ho animal man, which has evolved and dovcl opt d him out from among tho beasts of tho field, into tho imago of God we now flatter ourselves to be. It is back of all improvement, moral, Social, intellectual or physical, and with out it nothing great or good was over accom plished among tho tribes or races or nations of iieu. Discontont witli his knowledge of tho i oat world, in which ho could not ii'i'onnt for his own existence, led primitive nan to observo and investigate the phe nomena of nature around him. Nothing worth preserving by posterity grew out of a satisfied man or a satisfied society. All tho grand characters of tho past, tho noblo ones of earth, the benefuctors of their kind, whoso ideas left their mighty impress on the ages in which they lived, and whoso deeds livo after them in the institutions we enjoy, were anima ted in life by profound and lasting discontont, only satifedat last in peaceful, restful death. Ntatlstlcs from n London Directory. Tho population of London is sheltered by 600,000 dwelling houses, and tho area of streots and squaros embraces 121 square miles. Every day sees an average of 160,000 straugors enter the city, and 123 potions added to tlm popula tion; whilo each your about 28 miles of new streets are laid out, and 0,000 new houses erec* ted. There aro 120/000 paupers, upon whom 10,700 police keop ft close eye. The population included 120,000 foreigners, moro-Roman Cath olics than there aro In Romo, and moro Jew! thuu there are in Palestine. Two thousand clergym^n preside over 620 churches and 423 chapels, of which hitter buildings the Indepen dents have 121, tho Baptists 100, the Wesleysne 77, the Cutholics 00, tho Calvitiists 10, tho Quakers 8, and tho Jews 10. Tho number of eats kept by tho people is so large (700,000' .that “cat’s meat” is daily delivered at tho ma jority of houses. Tho 3,000 horses which die each week are utilized to meot this demand. The Hlrthiduco of Grent Hoiitlirrncrs. A nicely worded paragraph is goiiu the rounds of the press under tho title of “Henry Clay’s Birthplace.” It calls it Ashland, Ky., and treats it with p&thos and feeling. The fact is, Henry Clay wast not born in Kentucky at all. He was a Virginia boy who first saw the light in Hanover County, and did not como to Kentucky until lie was over 19. The greatest men of both Kentucky and Tennessee have been born in other States. Ben Harden, the great orator of Kentucky, was born in Penn sylvania; Georgo M. Bibb, Tyler’s Secretary of tho Treasury, was born in Virginia; and Henry Wgtterson; of tho Courier Journal, first saw light in Washington, D. O. As to Tennessee, tlv? matter is still worso. Before the war it Itydihardly a man of national prominence who b&d'bCen born within its borders. Presidents Jackson and Johnson were born in North Car. olina, as was also, J. K. Polk and II. L. Whito, who, it will be remembered, was a Presidential candidate in tho cam, aign of 1835. Parson Brownlow was Ixjrn in Virginia, and came to Tcnnessoo as a circuit riding Methodist preacher. Felix Grundy, a Virginian by birth, had made a reputation and becomo Chief Jus tice o’f Kentucky before ho moved to Tenues see, and Horace Maynard, a Massachusetts col lege graduate, emigrated to Tennessee, and started iQ ; y$o. as a tutor. Aaron V. Brown, the law partner of James K. Polk, and Post master-General under Buchannan, camo into Tennessee from Virginia, at tho ago of 20, and Sam Houston, Governor of the State, Senator in Congress, and founder of the Toxas Repub lic, was a Virginian by birth. G’flJEF JUSTICE WAITE. Urowliif Convalescent After a Serious III- , i Washington. D. C.—Chief Justice Waite, .who has been seriously ill for over a week past, and whose condition was such is to cause lira family and frieuds much uneasiness, is much better- He rests easily and the alarming symp toms in his case have entirely disappeared. The chief justice lias been suffer ng from the effects of overwork lately, and a short trine ago con tracted a severo cold, which was the immediate cause of liis prostration. Erysipelas s t in, in his face, and he sulfere I much from neural gic pains. The erysipelas was a dangerous symptom, but has entirely disappeared am.now his condition has improved so much that Jus son, who was summoned hero from Ohio, early iu the w«ek, left for home. LATEST HEWS. TIIE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION. The Director General Gives n Resume of the First Week. New Orleans, La.- Director General Burke furnishes tho following: Tho week closed with good feeling. Throe hundred car loads of ex hibits have arrived, and cargoes of tho steam ers Abedcck, Explorer and Arden began to reach the exposition on Sunday last. These vessels brought part of the Russian, French, English and the entire Belgian display, tho latter containing 247 exhibits. The Arden brought a magnificent display of tropical plants from tho royal botanical island of Jamaica, and a complete exhibit of the products of tbo island for exhibition in the main building. Tho exhibits of Russia. Belgium, Austria, Hungarv, Italy. France, Great Britain, Mexico, Spain, Portugal, China, Japan, Siam, Guate mala, Han Salvador, Costa Rieu. Britiah Hon duras, Spanish Honduras, Brazil and Vein zuela will be fully in position beforo tho first of Jan uary, as they aro now being installed. SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE. The Com mission Visit tho Mexican Presi dent New Orleans, La,-—The South American trade commission, composed of Governot Thomas C. Reynolds, of Missouri) Hon. Solon O. Hatcher, of Kansas, and Secretary W. E. Curtis, of Illinois, arrived here Saturday di rect from tho City of Mexico, whoro they wore in session two weeks. They conferred with President Diaz and other meml>erH of tho gov ernment and leading business men. President Diaz assured tho commission that his govern ment was disposed to do everything possible to build up the trade and to facilitate the com mercial relations of tho two countries. Mexico is disposed and prepared to go as far in this direction as tho government of the United States. The result of tho conference bus so far proved highly satisfactory. The commis sioners’ report will lie submitted to this session of congress as soon as thoir work ia completed in New Orleans. The Peace Hoclety. Philadelphia, l’a.—The peace society hav ing accomplished much toward the settlement of the troubles between the shoe manufacturers and the knights of labor, will now turn its at tention to tho weavers’ quarrel and s -o if some thing of the kind cannot be done with tllelll. J. M. Washburn, of the society, paid u visit to Kensington, amt did what ho could towards of fering an adjustment. In tho meantime, a much better fueling prevails among the shoe makers, und although none of the factories are opened, it is expected that by tho first of next week they will bo running again. THE ASTRAL OIL FIRE. The Loss on Miienlnei'y nmt Plant Over One Million Dollars. New York.—Tho loss- by tho destruction of Pratt’s astral oil works in Brookiyu, lias not beeji stated in figures, but tho proprietors of the works aro credited with tho statement that the buildings, machinery, und other plant* de stroyed represent an outlay of $1,000,000, and that unwards of 160.000 barrels of oil were burned. The rato of insurance on this kind of property is so high that the firm have always been their own insurers, and tbo loss is entirely theirown. NuvIiik Hank Huspenslou. Mount Vernon, N. Y.—The East Choster Savings bank of this town contemplates closing its doors And winding up its business in Febru ary. Since the failure of J. W. Masterton A Co., of Mount Vernon, thore has been u con tinual run upon the institution, and so little new business has come in, that the officers have decided upon a suspension. Thore is a surplus on hand of between <(8.000 and <*9,000, which will probably bo divided among the remaining depositors. Four Thousand Miners on a strike. Pittbuuro, Pa.—Tho coal miners all along tho Monongahela river, as anticipated, went out on a strike for an advance of one-half a cent per bushel in the price of mining. It was known at the miner’s general office in this city that tho strike hod began in earnest, and that nearly 4,000 men had quit work. The operators assert that rather than concedo the advance they will close down their works imlcflii&tely. Washington Notes. WahIiinoton, D. 0.—Tho senato confirmed B. PJatt Carpontcr, of New York, to l>c gover nor of Montana, and Miss MaryR. Duscnberry, postmaster, at Concord. N. 0. Tho supremo court adjourned until Jan, 5 h. NEWSY GLEANINGS, Tknnkshi:e has sixteen coul minus in suc cessful operation. Farmers near Fresno, C«l., aro marketing greon corn nnd strawiKsrries. Walla \\ am,a, Washington Territory, hits forty-six Chinese student-: at a school there. It is suid that Jumos Gordon Bennett is to start u London edition of tho New York Herald, The exports of leaf tobacco from the United States for tho year aggregated $17,- Grkat Britain counts 10,000 te^totnlers in her railway service, and RJ.uOJ among tho sailors in her navy. A Father und son are under sentence of death in a Lou .suuiu prison, und for separate and distinct murders. Properry to the value of 110,000,000 wus destroyed by fire iu tlio United btutos and Canada the past year. An artesian well at White Plains, Nevada, bos reached a depth of 2,100 feet, or moro thau one-third of a mile. Immigration to Cunada is decreasing, ex penditures are increasing, and the revenues of the Dominion aro falling off. A worm which thirty years ago destroyed many of tho pine trees in North Carolina, is again making havoc this season. The statue of Garfield at tho foot of Capi tol hill, Washington, will directly face the bull of the House of Representatives. At tho present rato of increase the popula tion of tho United States iu 1:mo will i.e 100,- 00 ),000, and in the year 200.) about 4u0,00J,090, The United States owns about 10,OU),000 acres of land in the State ol California, worth less for agricultural purposes without irriga tion. A ulock of Italian marble weighing twenty-eight tons,the largest ever brought to the port, was unloaded iu Ban Francisco re cently. With a view of alleviating tho genera* ftgrarinu crisis in Europe, the international Agricultural congress will meet iu Postil dur ing tho exhibition of 1885. FOREIGN FLASHES Couruet Biok.—It is roportod that Admiral Courbet, commander of the French fleet in Ohineso waters, has intimated to the govern ment that he is suffering from ill health, and desires that his successor be appointed. Foreion Workmen Expelled.—A number of foreign workmen have been expelled from the departments of Branches du ilhouo and Alpes Maritime! on the pretenoe that they aro arnaebists. Storm in France.—A severe hurricane, ac companied by thunder and lightning, visited tho-French coast Saturday between Brest ar.d Chorborough, doing an immense amount of damage. Tiie State or Germany.—Tho Germania (ultra montano,) in a prominent article, com pares the position of tho German empire to a dunce upon a volcano, and soys that the elec- . toral successes of tho socialists, searches of barracks by the police, aud tho trial of tho arnarchists at Leipsic indicate that tho state is beginning to decay. Bismarck’s Acknowledgements.—A letter from PrinceBfsinarckis published, in which tho chancellor gratefully acknowledges the numer ous addresses of devotion and support whicl^ ho has received from all parts of tho empire against the adverse vote of the reichstag. Fire in London.—A fire broko out in the of fice at the Windsor railway station on Saturday last, and burned quite rapidly for a while, but was soon extinguished. Among the debris were found a number of brass wheels and a bottle, supposed to contain explosive substance. They are supposed to be the remains of an infernal machine. EARNED TO HATE Many Children^ Lives Lost in the Brooklyn Orphan Asylum. Their barred Remains Discovered in the Ruins. First report! stated that only two or three lives were lost at the partial destruction by fire of St. John’s Catholic Orphan asylum in Brooklyn, In tho hurry, and fright and excitement of getting the able Ixxlied children out of the burning asylum the bedridden little ones in Sister Mary Jose phine's quarantine ward, on the top floor of the infirmary wore forgotten. The Woman whoso special duty it was to care for them had boon nearly killed by a fall from the roof in attempting to escape, aud was on her way to thj hospital. She died soon aftorward with out letting any one know definitely whethor any children were in tho ward when she left it. In tho ashos underneath their room, bdnos representing nine little bodice were found on the following day, with other ro. unins representing certainly one and possi bly two wotuon. Of the children in the Home, estimated at 785, though those in churgo can give no certain number, nil but forty-eight Were accounted for on the following night. Only a preliminary sujier- flcial examination of the ruins was made, and it was thought moro than prolmblo that other InxlieM Would lie found in a thorough search. Tho list of victims uiKiiberod cloven, and it Was believod that it would reach twenty when tbo investigation was ondod. Bi-dor Anthony, who had another ward on the floor below that in charge of Bister Jo sephine, managed, with HK.si.stance, to get nil her children out in safety. They had been trained in the s -hool room to march out with out confusion in case of fire at a signal from tiie teacher. Wlieu she leurned of the fire she said: “ Now, children, romemlier what you have ; been taught, and you will got out safely. 1 * ! TIiomj who were able to do so trumped down the si airs ns iHiborntoly as though they j wore going out to recess. Others, who wore too ill to line, were soon carried out by strong arms, and put in playcs of safety before the firemen arrived. When tho high wind had swept tho flames across a narrow passageway to tiie roof of the main building the efforts of tho firemen wore turned princi pally in that direction. No ono dimmed of anybody l-oingloft in tbo infirm nrv. The root had fallen in and the tire roar ingindieihu wnl.s like a gnat furnace. Ai>out midnight, utter ••verytiling was und<-r control nnd people U*gan to talk matter* over, s.miob'xiy inquired for tho half blind children "ii tluMipper II- *>r, who were in no condition to gd out by: Ii- msclves, and whom evorylunly cine .•sill <1 to have forgotten. A few firemen poked around in tho r«sl hot runis, but they soon found it iui|K>Rsil>le to d umyt lung in i tint direction until daylight. T. o most definite iuformnli *ii uttninublc was that e.even children suffering from ophthal- mlc iiifiamtnation, common in institutions *.f tint kind, were confined iu tho isolated ward and lud not been accounted for. But nobody knew fora certainty. No one bad boon al lowed to go near them but the sister whoso voice was stilled ill deUtli. A- so.iu us daylight made an examination p miblo Foreman M -Groarty, of Engine Company No. 14, jump d into tho steaming muss of mins with ii shovel and liegauto look around. Kariv ns it was people s'«mhI around nnlwaL h -d him anxiously. Amid a mass of iron beams, bent a id twisted by the boat, la saw a c, ild’s body, burned and charred beyond all po nihility «>r recognition—the limbs fcxpar.il d from tho trunk and the skull nothing but a blackened bone. It was lying about w here the staircase ended which ran I rout tho engi e room to the attic, liviilontly tho llttia fellow had run down s'airs and had been unable to find his way out oi tho nil ol tiro and smoke. The in 11 b iniis had I alb-11 in such away us to pre vent tic roof 1 n m failing on hint. He nnd doubtless been smqili. red to death. Calling a few men to help him. .Mr. Met irourty began to turn over tti • debris for bodies winch bo felt only too sure of finding buried in it. The firemen didliot have to look long, or to go far beneath the surface. The remains of four more little ones wore found in n heap dose to tho blackened wall, as though they had hud Rod together in a corner, and stml there until tho floor gavo way and dreplied them into tho pit of fl.-o beneath, in less than an hour the fragments ol certainly liino ImsHc-.—eight children and ono aduit—had been picked out from the smoldering lie ip. They were tied up in soaked blankets and carried into tho sewing room, about the only room iu the asylum fit for use. Boon after 9 •i’»*lo k tho firemen went home for needed rest,leaving throe men to “drown” the ruins and a squad of policemen to koop file crowd within reasonable bounds. Luring the curly morning hours there were many affecting scenes in and about the Epis copal hospital, whence a large number of tho children had i>ooii removed during tho night Mothers, fathers and relative*) of tho little to mato* of the JiuVned institution, who had s|K*nt tho whole of tho night going from house to house in tho immediate vicinity of tho burning building searching for their . children, gave full expres sion to their agony as they pussod from place to place without finding thorn. Thereexpns- sions of grief, however, overy now aud then gave place to shouts aud tears of joy, os one after another the Mt!o >n were rocogn! •« l. Home of the incidents und expressi.-ns were bm hingm the e\,ivm *, assume of tho poor Women, who had well-nigh succumbed to the mental strain and anguish a lending their search, would (iasplhcir children to their breasts amid sobs nnd wild und endearing ex- pressioas. “Oh, me darling boy,” exclaimed an old Irish woman, whoso mcovered hair was dis hevelled an l her eyes red with weeping. “I th -light you was burned to death an’ I’d never sou yor dear little face any more, Jimmy,” and sholiugg-j l an 1 kissed her little flaxen-hub al child, whose e\Vs were filled with tears. “I’ve soon many affecting scones in my life,” said the stipe iutouJenl. “but n-ver anything compared to this —.so .< r s-» mu h real joy”—and as bo 8] toko u shriek startled nil in the adjoining ward Tneiv a poor woman named Haitignn, ol Hast New York, had fallen in a swoon. She lmd arrived at th • in stitution but half an hour beforo in search of her child, hhe seemed beside h rself with ex citement, and as she scanned the little faces it seemed as if the poor woman’s heart would break. Ho; eyes were dry, but they betrayed suppressed emotion. As she entered a ward on the west side her eyes rested for a moment on a seveii-yoar-old little curly headed und dimpled cheeked follow who was tho center of u group of a dozen boys nt play. “Ou, Willie. My God, lie’s safe!” she shrieked, and rushed to his side with the fleetness of a door. Tho next moment the poor mother had fallen ins 'risible at her darl ing’s foot, her left hand touching his little shoe. The chi’d was momentarily frightened by the sudden appearance nnd fall of his mother, and tiio other little follows ran out of the room, crying “Lady dead! lady dead!” W ben a couple of tho nurses arrived hur riedly on tho scene liltlo Wibio was on his knees bosido bis mother, caressing bor and smoothing back her hair. “W’ut’s matter muiniim/ Mamma sick? Dot up mamma a i’ liss me.” I.sited the little fellow, great tears falling from his eyes. Tho woman was soon resuscitated with to • aid of restoratives and the endearing expressions as she caught her boy up in her arms, kissing him again und again, was something to lie remembered. Of tho 139 White Cross 8ociety phy sicians who went to Naples to assist in treating tho cholera patients, twenty have died. A New York lady of wealth gives Sunday evening receptions at her home to the little osh girls from the dry goods stores. England has 11,900 square miles of coal lands. 192,000 square miles of such territory have been discovered in the United States. The Kansas Supreme Court has de emed that a husband is not liable for slanderous words spoken by hia wife when he ia not present. news summary fcAitetit nti.l Middle The City brtnk, of Bcilenoctady, N. Y., hns suspended. The Edgar Thompson Steel works, nt Braddock, lVnn., employing 1,»j«m men, have shutdown. Lack of orders has caused tho closing of this, tho largest steel rail mill in the country. Muon damage to property has been done at Erie, Petin.j and vicinity, by a violent Storm. Fine forests and extensive Orchards Were laid waste, and at Erie a Polish Homan Catholic church, just dedicated, Was com pletely demolished. „ A land-slide occurred on tho rnilro.nl near Highland, N. Y., and an express train was derailed by running into the mass of stone and earth that covered tho track. The train caught fire, five cars were burned, nnd sev- eral persons injured, one—the fireman—with probably fatal result A ttftAVY earthquake shock was felt in Bnconia, N* II., and adjoining towns. Doors and dishes were shaken iu many houses. A tour of tho Now York candy factories by the health authorities revealed the fact that lu thirteen of them candy wus being col- orod by poisonous chemicals. Two tons of tnodangerous stuff were seized. Sullivan and Oreeutiold, tho two pugi- UstB recently indicted for prizo fighting at Madison Bquoro Gardou, Now York, have been acquitted by a Jury. New counterfeit flvo-dollnr treasury notes of the sorieu of 1876, marked letter A, have boen extensively circulated in Now York nnd will doubtless so >n make their appour- ance In other parts of tbo country. Two discharged Workmen who Were nl- jeged to be engaged in inciting a riot wore killed at Oakdale, Penn., a railroad station, by Conductor Hutchinson. Tn* huge building oocupiod by tho Roman Catholic Orphan asylum of Brooklyn, one of the largest charitable institutions iu tno city, caught lire aud was partly destroyed. The ^80 orphan boys who had in ft a home were rescued unharmed, except ono who was fatally injured,and two who were slightly hurt: hut ono of the Sisters of Charity who cared for and instructed thorn lost her life. The other occupants of tho building, fifty or sixty in nunibor. escapes. The estimated loss is $2«)0,l)u0, which is covered by insurant*. Tho personal effects of tho boys aud tboir teachers woro nearly all lost. Non ill and WmU The business of Richmond, Va, for the year will bo about thirty js-r cent less than last year, and will reach about $20,000,000. At a session of tho Presbyterian Ministers* anion, iu Chicago, a committee was appointed Jo consult with other ministers for the pur- jk*so of cnlliug a mam-mooting to demand vigorous Mormon legislation. A crowd of twenty armed horsemen sur rounded the bouse of i\ J. Blocum, a school teacher at Horse Cave, Ivy. Blocum lmd in curred their ill will, and they wanted him to leave tho place, ’iho teucher fired into the crowd, killing one man and wounding an other. Mil Blaine has written to his attorneys in Indianapolis, instructing thorn to dismiss his ii-el suit against tho Journal of that city, I i ought during tho early part of the late • ampaign. Mr. Blaine says iu bis letter that on account, of the jxditical feeling it "’oilId bo inijMiesible for him to got justice in Indiana. Two men, two women and a child were burned to death at a fire which destroyed five business houses in Newport, Ark. Two moonshiners had a desperate fight with United States deputy marshals iu Hall county, Ga., nnd both were killed. At a meeting of representatives of $90,000, OK) in vestal in the Lake Bupurior iron mines, hold in Cleveland, resolutions woro pass,si protesting against tho ratification by the l nited Btutes Senate of the reciprocity troaty with B|»iin. Biiuilur resolutions woro passed at a meeting of the National Bugar Growers’ association in Bt. Louis. Governor Hoadlv, of Ohio, refused the sheriff’s request to send troops to Hocking \ alley, the sccno of trouhlo resulting from the long-continued striko of minors. The governor stated tlmt tho civil authorities should l>e able to co|»e with the difficulty. Many shots were exchanged between the strikers and inuii guarding the mine prop erty. Wnaliiittfton, General IIazkn, chief signal officer, has preferred chargos against First Lieutenant Ernest Garlington, Seventh United Ktatos cavalry, for disobedience of orders and gross neglect of duty in connection with his com mand of tho Proteus exjicdition of 1881 for the relief of tho Greoly colony at Lady Franklin bay. Nominations by the President: B. I’latt Carpenter, of Now York, to be governor of Montana Territory; Will lam 11. Bliss, of Mis souri, to lx) attorney of tho Unite 1 States for I he eastern district of Missouri; George M. Carpenter, of Rhode Island, to bo a district judge of the district of Rhode Island. Foreign, The steamship Curruuzu. from Rotterdam f<r Lists>n, ha< foundered off’ the Isle of Wight. Eleven persons wore drowned and eighteen were saved. A messenger i r«»m Khartoum, reports that General Gordon was well, and that tho gen era! reiontly sovorcly defeated tho rebels, killing « largo number of thorn anil blowing up th.* torts «t Onideriuan. h” • i. i x is raging iu tho city of Trieste. An i a and the schools have Been turned into 1; <. piLila Durino a heavy gale nt St. Hyacinth Provinco of Quebec, tno first span of the now bridge in course of erection across the Yain- Ofika river was blown down. One man was instantly killed, another fatally injured aud fifteen otliers seriously hurt. The British sc! oerc-** Turtle wan upset by a violent squall iu Biaitn’s sound, N. F. Four of tiie crow were saved. Tho remainder, who were below, sitting iu the cabin at tiie time, went down with the vessel. During tho trial of anarchists at Nieder- wald, Germany, ono of them confessed that he was cgjiiiccUmI with a plot to assassinate tho emperor, and referred in a most vehement nmnner to tho condition of the working J classes. Portugal is ceding to Germany posses sions in Southeast Africa. In view of the recent explosion at London Bridge extra guards oi soldiers and po'dee have been placed around Buckingham pala -e. Colonel Newton, an American scientific lecturer, wlnlo riding a tricycle in London collided with a cab and was killed. A force of about 3,L0.) Chinese in Tonquin was dispersed by the Kronen with heavy loss. Tho French lost twenty-four in killed and wounded. Luoas Jaunkh, an official in a prominent Vienna bank, has misappropriated $i,0)0,- 00o of tho institution’s funds. * DAMAGBN GAINED. The Nashville ami (JliaUanonaa Hoad Held for the Conseiiuences, New York.—The Gallatin national bank re covered verdict in the supreme court of $32,100 against the Nashville, Chattanooga and Bt Louis railroad company. The first named campany projected a railroad from Nashville north to Evansville, Iud., in 1879. It advertised for subscriptions to tho building fund of $200,000, which were to be secured by mortgages. The road whs never constructed, an agreement having been made between independent com panies by which it was alleged tho Louisville and Nashville company agreed to pay the sub scribers for the bonds whatever damage they might have shown through the failure or re fusal of tho Nashville, Chattanooga and Bt. Louis company to construct the road. The Gallatin bank subscribed $22,500 to this fluid, : for which it was to receive $26,000 of bonds. By this suit the bank claiaiod to have been dam aged to tho extent of tho difference between tho subscription price aud the estimated mar ket value or the funds. The dofenso was set up that the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad company never had the right to con struct a railroad north of Nashville, and that therefore it had no right to call for subscrip tions, and they were not liable beoause tho pro ject was beyond their power. The English court of appeals has granted a new trial in the case of Mr. Cliarioi Brad- laugh, who was found guilty of illegally vot ing in tb© house of common* SUMMARY OF CONGRESS fcetiiMc* Atr. Hill called tip his resolution declaring it to be the sense of the Bennie thrtt there wm no reason for tho suspension of tlio Coinage of silver dollars or for tho issuo of silver certificate*. The bill was dis cussed without action by Messrs. Shorn inn and Allison....Mr. Logan nnd Mr. Hhernian presented several protests from tobacco nnd liquor manufacturers nnd labor organizations Against the ratification of tho Bpanish troaty, Utid Mr. Logan then submit ted petition* ftignod by 7,tK>0 Union soldier*, asking Con* gloss to purchase for tho national cupitol Miss Ransom'* |>ortrnit of General George II. Thomas....Mr. Miller reported favorably from tho committee on loCelgti affairs the bill to auihorizo tho Prosidont to accept invi tations from foreign governments to interna tional ox|Htsitioiis and to appoint commission ers thereto, and appropriat ing $2.5,000 to he at the d(*|H»sition of the President to cover toecoRsnry disbursement* in such cases Mr. Miller introduced a bill for tho protection of the forests oti tho public domain. Mr. Beck s|Kiko against tiie hill to suspend tho coinage of the silver dollar... .Mr. Mor- R n made a speech against tho hill admitting Uthem Dakota as a Htato. Mr. Qarlaud’< substitute to this bill was voted down, aud then the bill Dossed tho Bn\ato by 84 to 28, a partv vote. From the Bonate the bill goes to tho He Use. A largo ntimber of remonstrances against the ratification of tho Spanish treaty wore § resented mid referred. A bill was referred y which the President was authorized to ■end to the proposed exhibition of American Arts and Manufactures, to lm hold in 1/ondon, England, 1886, the govern ment exhibits now at the New Orleans •X|KiNitioii, and appropriating $800,000 to da- fray the expense—After some detmto tht Davy bill was passed substantially as it came from tho committee—Tho lntor-stato com merce bill came up, and Mr. Slater submitted a projKHrtd amendment to bo moved by liiin, embodying tho provisions of the ltoagan House tillL Mr. Vest submitted to the Senate a joint resolution declaring that without the consent or authority of Congress tho projwsed Nica ragua surveying expedition ordered by the secretary of the navy was illegal, and di recting the secretary not to enforce the orders for tho expedition until Congro-s had taken final action on this resolution Mr. Van Wyck iutrodurednbillto increase tho pensions of widows mid dependent rela tives of deceased soldiers aud sailors, and to 5 rant tensions to invalids and dependent Hol ier* who served throe month in tho war of the rebellion... .Mr* Unllum cubed up tho Inter-State Commorce bill, which provides for a commis- sion of five memi ers. to lie appointed by tho President and Senate, who shall supervise all matters iwrtnlniiig to tho regulation of com merce among tho States and Territories and the method of operation of transportation con i Dailies. Mouse* Upon motion of Mr. Wilkins, and by a two thirds vote, tho House agreed to sns|>ond the rules and adopt a resolution sotting aside Thursday. January 16. for the consideration of the McPherson and Dinglev National Bank bills. Tbo McPherson bill passed the (Senate lost Bosnian. It iiuI1k>H*-i nationnl bank, to i sim note, to tho par vnluo of th! bonil. ilopasipsl an socnrlty, provided tht tot*l amount of notes does not exrooil the capital actually paid in....A motion to bus- pond tho rule nu.l pins n hill to establish a department of ugriculturo was pn-so I by ISO to 09. 1 A resolution for n holiday roooss from De- remtrer 80 to January d.'lMVi, proved tho House....Tho consideration of theinlor-Htnto Commerce bill wus rrxumod. Ily n vote of 14‘J to 9S tho Houbo kill tho bill for a hoard of ro'iimiasinnoni of intor-stnlo commerce, re ported by thirtoon of Lhu fifteen members of tho commerce committee, and substituted therefor what is known as the Reiman hill. Seventeen Republicans voted for the sub- Shinto. Tho House returned the consideration of the Inter-stnto commerce hill: the iHMelinu <juee- tlon being ou tho motion tn table tho mo tion to reconsider tho vote by which tltu H< ntse tu t the previous day ndopttsl thoumend- m lit'dieted by Mr. (I’Hit in providing against discrimination. Tho motion to recon sider w its tabled. Yeas, U'.t; nays, I TO. Mr. C'rivp otTorod an amendment providing •blit nothing in tbt.net coutninn I shall ho so construed ns to prevent tiny railroad company from providing sepurute nr "illlniHhltioin for whito mid colorod persons. Mr. Hrookenridge offered ns a Mil si mile for Mr. Crisp’s aniond- ment nil amendment providing tlmt nothing in tills act shall lie construed to deny to mih'onds iho rigiit to provide sopnr- nlo accommodations for passen gers ns they may deem liest lor tho publlo comfort or safety, or to innkesueli regulations ns rclnte to transportation botwevn point, wholly within tho limits of ono Male. Mr. Brockonridgo’s (linen Iniont was adopted ns a substitute tor Mr. Crisps nmendnieut; yens 1.18; nays, 187, nnd Mr. Crisp's nmuudment ns so amended win agreod to. Yous, 187; nays, The consideration of tho Inter Stnto Com merce bill wns resumed. The motion to table Mr. (loff's ninendmont, to prohibit railroad companies from making discrimina tion. on account of raro or color in trail* piling passengers, waicarried. Mr. Barks dales amendment, providing thut the furnishing of Hepnrute aecnmmodntions, with ecpuil lic llil|. s nil-1 cspmi eomforlsat tliosnme charges, si,nil not be , oosid r • I n dis •rimiim- t:on, wesndopiotl; but Mr. Horr’s motion, to ndd to IlmtamendrnenL tiie words “provided Unit mii'Ii separation slinil nut isi made on tile basis of race or color,” wns lost. ....Mr. Curtin off ere I a j bit r -solution Which recpieste the President to direct tliat Uei government oxhibil now ou display at tiie Hew Orleans exposition bo sent to tlio pro posed exhibition of American arts and iimnu* Cactiir> h in 1880, and appropriate*** $oAH),000 Aar thut purpose. PROMINENT^ PEOPLE. Boston has her first Roman C'athoiie mayor in Hugh O’.Brien. Governor Eaton, of Colorado, according to tho Greeley Tribune,cleared $50,000 by tho pas’, year’s larming. John G. Win itier celebrated his sovonty- seventli birthday a few days ago in his cot- tug^* at Aruesbury, Mass. Miss Emily Faithful, tho well known English lecturer uiul writer, is attacking Murmonisui on its outposts in Scotland. Mrs. Hendricks, it is said,doe:* not intend to take a particularly prominent part iu Washington society during the incoming ad ministration. C a it a in Fim of the British navy and late member of parliament, proposes to build a run read from Cheyenne to llu«b*on bay and to raise $200,000,0./0 for tho Nicaragua canal. It is said that Mr. Gladstone does not like to wear the big bouquet that always adorn- h.s < oat-luppel when he speaks in tho house oi ominous, but his wile insists upon his doing so. Mu. E. W. Gossk, now on a visit to this country, 1ms been warmly received. Ho is the lecturer ou English iileruturu at tho Uni versity oi Cambridge, and is learned in tho languages of northern Europe, besides boing a poet und literary critic of note. Miss Gar riel Greeley, the youngest daughter of Horace Greeley, is possessed of considerable urtistic talent, lu one of tiie fashionaole residences of Washington there is a beautiful pencil sketch of a sleeping baby, taken lrom life and druwn by her. Miss Mary Gwendolen Caldwell, of Now York city, who has just given $300,000 to found a Catholic university, was of uge last October. Blio and her younger sisters are orphans. Thoir father was a V irginian, their mother a Kentuckian. Each parent hi ft them a fortune, and they possess about two millions apiece. No young lady, in this country at least, ever made so magnificent an oduc.it loual endowment. “Personally,” she says, “i should prefer to see tho university built at the Bouth, for though born and edu cated at the North, my family are B tuthern* ers and my feelings aro Southern.” There Is a great Increase In the value o x lands iu California win h h».-ve proven fittod Jor grape-growing. Tht* culri' u'i»-.n of raisin crops has oeeuiairie.1 m latterly with grati fying success. I’liiLADELFina has u pr.ifo&sor of uoses, lie la’tcs the reddest, ineiiue.t-L oking old nasal organ which can be brought into his presence und bhtfichcs and lira cos 'tup until Hie owner ‘lOv.ks like o n*»w person. MUSICAL ANL DRAMATIC Margaret Mather is said to lie tho hai cut student, among American dramatic artists Tttiimas Is. Barukno has written a tttusi ral comedy which will bo produced in Bostoi tally In April, Bauti.Ey (JsmI’dEi.T. travels with “Tho Galley Slave.” 116 11 finks, however, that “Fairfax” is his best play. It is said that Mi-s Fortcscuo will star in Amorim so soon as I'jord Garmoylo pays his little breucli of promise bill. A Young English army oificor is playing small part* In tho Ristori Company just for the sake of seeing the country.” “Tom” Mathews, the famous down who was Grimaldi’s most apt pupil, is living at Brighton, England, eighty years old, hale and hearty. The celebrated pianist, Rafael Joseffy, is expected to nmioar in America this season. For touch of beauty and of execution he has no peer. Miss ICate De Jonoe,formerly priina dona with the Hess Opera, will shortly head a comic opera company now being organized in New York, Mr. and Mrs. Wilhiam Peak, the aged bell-ringers, hrtvo been compelled bv poverty to resumo professional work. They have passed three score and tort. Mil Percy Gauntt, musical director of the “Two Johns” Comedy Company, is writing tho libretto and score of an original comic opera to bo produced in Now York. Moht of tho traveling dramatic companies are submitting to a reduction of twenty per cent, in salaries. It has come to a choice be tween that and disbandmont, so l>ad is busi ness. Camranini. the tenor, owns two hundred and fifty head of cattle in Italy, where bo now acta a* farmer, wine-iimkur, miller, silk- grower, linen manufacturer, cattledealer and tenor. Carlotta Patti, who is confined to her house in l’nris with a broken log, tho result of a carriage accident, will come to this country next season under mauagomeiit of Mux Btrukosch. The profits to Moody and Bankey on the ralo of thoir revival hymn ImjoWb are laid to have roachod half a million dollars. No other publications iu that field have approached tho-e in popularity. Mli.k. A Li) AN! will sail to-dAy for New York, appearing in o|Him in the spring with Maple- son at Chicago. She will sing iu oratorio through tho winter months, and ooucerllze. Her Husband, Ernest Gye, will accompany bor. Charles Thayer, who is managing Eu win Booth, says that crowded hoimes are the rule, and tuat the star has achieved u notable triumph. There will bo seveial revivals ol old pieces. “A Now Way to Puy Old Debts,’ “The Iron Client,” “The Apostate' and othui “standards” will be given. CONGRESSMEN INJURED, 1'ivii I nr I >"n l. ol Ilotiec mmiilit-r* Ul'.t'i •>>' it I.iinnu it, «nr. An uculdont wlii -h Iv-uiUkl in injurlii- i Hivernl Oongrutameu is doacrlbud in thefo lowing di.|iau.'li from Wu-liin^ton; It is'i-nii to snow liera Inil'oro noon, end Mils iifUM'iimn by I oVIoik, wlion iuuinl»'r- tmi{tui to iuavo Lliu House, Mix i’ennsylvams nvonno car t acks running ilown from Oupitol Hill n|>on tliu soutli side of th< cii|>IU>l linil Isvoine very slip|K>iy. Tin ^ru.lo here is very steep and is nearly an eighth of a mile In length. The tram way company was unpre|iaiisl for the storm nnd, as all of th-ir horse-i wore smooth-shod Lney gavo order, to have tho horses unhu<jked lrom llm ears, so iim to let the cars slide down, locked by « single I,rake upon the Irunt oi ca<.h (nr. U ua. n very saio proceeding foi tiie horses, hut, as it |irovud, iho risk we trims.i rreil to the passengers, .Itist liofore 4 o'clock a smglo cor, contain ing a number of luemhers, slid down sateiy ll lmd to wait al tho foot of tlio lull, how ever, as there woe a double car stuck u|iod tho turn Just beyond. Down followed a double car packed witli members. It slid down nt quite a rapid rato, hut tho bruk. hold it very well, notwithstanding tbs ley tracks and tlio heavy load. when it was about three-quarters of the way down a third car. a double olio, nnd crowded, loit the top of tho hill. Tho brake slipped 1 s-fors it Iwulgone hut a tow foet, and itenmo down liken Hush of light nnd crushed right upon tho second car aud drove It witli tremendous force upon the single car. Two of the enrs weru unset n,,d hndly smashed. Mr. McAdoo, of New Jersey, had his head driven through n car window, nnd had Ids face cut ois'ii iiy gdiuis. One of his lingers was broken, lie was hndly simkon up beside nnd hail to he carried homo. Mr. Heuiple.of South Caro lina, was knocked senseless. Although no hones woro broken 1m sustained a nervous shock. Mr. I-cednm, the scrgcauhat-nries of the House had ono finger cut off, an artery ots aied a ml It is knee badly bruised, air. Cobh, of Indiana, received n very severe shock, liut had rocoverotl this oveuiug, nl- tliough lie was still tiuite hit.o. Mr. Eaton, of Connecticut, was very hndly bruised and shaken up, al though lie ii el no h not broken, lie moved witli difilcul y and lmd to ho holptsl heme These are the members who were I lu* n oil severely injure 1. bully a score of others 10 ceived slight bruises. 'Tlio only wonder is that there was not nil actual lose of life. rim Mound Hull tiers as Metal Workora, Tho remains of tlio mnnud builders nro placed under four bends: Find, mounds; second, embankments or ram parts; third, mines and oxeavutions; fourth, aria and manufactures. High up on the face of cliffs along the oanyotiB of Northern Mexico are the oaves of those curious colonists, close to the eyries of eagles, tiiousands of feet above tlio valleys. In some oases n path just tiie width of a human foot leadH from the brink of the cliff above to the mouth of tho caves, iu nearly every in stance a narrow ledge overgrown with shrubbery. In these caves they lived and died. Tho embankments and ram parts aro classed as defensive and re ligious. Tno fortifications manifest progress in the art of war, at least, us advanced as the early Greeks and Tro jans. The religiouB inoloaures were usually combinations of geometrical fig ures, in which perlect. sq ares and fig- ures are found. The milting operations of tho mound-builders were extensive, fit the Luke Superior region they mined copper. In Missouri galena, anil in Mexico iron. They ruined iron in py rites. Elsewhere they ijuurrted for rntoa aud porphyry. The arts aud utumiluo- ttires of this people were of considerable importance. Alter a rude but effective fashion, they cast copper und irou, from which they not only manufactured weapons, blit also ornaments and cuius. Tlmy were so distinguished in wrapping amulets iu silver that the woik could hardly be distinguished from plating. Articles worked iu gold huve also been discovered iu the oaves aud mounds. WHAT MADE UiU MAD. They wore alone. tie was atretobed on tho sofa looking into the grate, won dering why ooul was not sold for So a ton instead of @6.50. Site was reading the morning paper. A conversation—a dialogue—occurred: “Hubby, dear?” “What ia it, pet?” “You needn’t buy me that jersey wo were looking at. I wouldn't wear one for tho world. Hore is an artiole that says tho pleuro-pueumouia has broken out among the Jursoys and many have died." Ho took the tongs and pulled down the motto, “What Is Home Without a Mother,” from the wall and stnok it in the fire. It was the lust pleasant, even ing of their lives.—Chicago Herald. TIIE JOKER’S BUDGET. **tntuanf Hi© Knm ly-Hi lrn’n Vnvr— K Pretty Nlgkt—After ilio t lrrns- * l.'ttle DItler* ence—Not Complimentary* I tc., tiie* NOT NE0B88ARILY COMPLIMENTARY. Bill Sniverly belongs to a very aristo cratic, but somewhat impoverished, Gal veston family. Bill lias very distin guished manners, and it is generally be lieved thut be is looking around for • wealthy wife. He returned - to Galveston reoently from • trip to HonBton, where bo be- onme engaged to n lady. The day after he returned, he showed the piotnro of his intended to Aunt Dinah, an old family servant. The pho tograph represented a rather elderly fe male of most forbidding aspect. “Well, Aunt Dinah, what do yon think of my intended wife ?” The old servant looked at the photo graph, shook her bead, and replied: “She rotiB’ hub a heap ob money.”— Texas Siftings. THU PAMTIiT. Mrs. Winks—“This paper says that the averago size of tbo American family is 6.04. Now, what in tho world does that mean? Take onr family for in stance. Do yon understand it?” Mr. Winks.—“Certainly. It is on plain aa day. The ‘6’ reproBunts you, of course, and tui wo have four children the ‘4’ represents them.” "Mrs. Winks—“Oh, I begin lounder stand now. But what represents you ?” Mr. Winks.—“Tbo ‘0.'”- r/iiladcJ- nhia CalL Tint DIFFEllENOR. Little Nell: “Oh I what a beautiful S old box you have ou your center table, [rs. De Rich.” Mrs. De Rich: “That is not a box, dear: it is a book.” “Ia that a book ? Why, it’s all oov- ored with gold and things. Isn’t it beautiful ? What kind of a hook is it?” "It’s a Bible. You know what a Bililo is, don’t you?" “Oh, yes I My tua has one, but it ia not that kind.” "Isn’t it? Why, wlmt kind is it ?" “Hers is a rciltug Bible. 1‘hti (■ Jail, A purer* slonT. “Isn’t it a grand ..iqlit ? > tch' icdVti cnthii-iiiHtio ne*mher of .h> e-Will I’roce R lie Olnb; ae ihe Itnys o pep pering away at their hcaulituli ainted ttiif et. “’Ary pre'ty," assented a • atiB* r tn m 'lie lai West. “it T( tlliUUa UlO of s V.iasai Ooitcgu oommuneouieut L ouoo attended." “Strange,” muttered the j" rnaliat, luppiclou ly “Why dues our -l oot re- mti.u you of a Va. H'ir eominouci 'uetti?” “It is such a lictitltllul dilution of tnlHHna,” re pi led the stranger, (.-.Kigtiig lulu a back Mr. i-U A JOKE THAT KiOKltD. “I played a good j uu my wife, last lilglll,” said I'WcuAeis, who isn’t kept out of jail ou licuouut oili - urignt- UiHN, “What was it?” “1 had our colored coaeliman stand in the dark hall und lues h^r so sho’d think it was me.” “What did she do?” "Nothing. Situ only came into the parlor whure I was sitting, and said: ’Why, Twotzers. I didn’t know you had got home,’"—Chicago Sews. iiki.va’h vow. Overheard going over tho telephone lino: "I swear it.” "Swear whnt?” “That I will never shavo or ent my hair until lam elected President.” “Look out I That’s a rush vow.” “I don’t care, I swear it.” "Who aro you, Ben Butler?" “No.” “Who, then ?" “Bolva Lockwood.”—Chicago Mews, THE IUVAI.8. Lankson (who looks older than ho is)—By tho way, Flumpton, there is about a year’s difference iu our ages, isn’t there ? Flumpton (who looks younger than he iu)—A year 1 Why, when I was u little boy and you used to pass our Iiouso I remember my father saying “Thero goes old Lankson 1 "—Life. A PHE8BNT TO TIIE GEIIVANT. Mrs. A.—“Well, I triod your plan for making tho kitchen girl contented, but it is a perfect failure.” Mrs. B.—“A failure! My plan of giving presents a failure? On, there must bo some mistake,” "Indeed there is not. I gave her a beautiful present costing nearly $10, and she did not like it a bit. lu i’aot, she • got mud and is going to leave.” "Dear me I That’s strange. What did you give her ?” "An eleguut gilt »iyJ cDony alarm clook,” JUST DIKE HIM. “Husband,” suid Mrs. Smith the other night, fixing her eyes significantly upon the seven-year-old pride of the family. "I am afraid you will have to correct Johnny, ho has been a bad boy this afternoon.” Husband, glanoing over his paper— “What has be been doing?” “He took hiB Shuwluook rooster over to Mrs. Jones’s, aud Tom Jones got out hts Black Spanish, nnd they let the poor creatures fight for more than on hour.” Husband, straightening iip 7 -“Whioh whipped ?’’—Macon Telegraph. A OLE A It CASE OF DEAD LOS . "How’s business ?” “I’m losing money very fast no .” “How ?” "Oh, this cutting of rnilro id es.” “How docs that effect you ? ’ “Why, you see, J travel on o .ises ever all these roads, and whore T , ,. d to -ave $20 on i-vor.v trip from Nt'■' York Pi Chicago, 1 save only $1 now. i)eud " »s oi fjt'J ”—Chicago News. • lYtrlfM lYoml. The petrified wood which is no abund ant iu tie Doited Svatos Terri to i' -a of Arizona, Wyoming aud the Teeny Mountain regions is rapidly brooming utilized iiy the praetioul American, lit Shu Francisco there is-now u faotory for cutting aud polishing these p.•trifac tions into matelpieoes, tiles, tablets and other architectural - parts for which marble or slate is commonly used. Petrified wood is said to be susV ptible of a fiuer’ polish thau marble, or even onyx, the latter of which it is driving from the market. The raw material em ployed comes mostly from the forests of petrified wood along tho line of the At lantic and Paoifio Railway. Several other companies have also been formed to obtain concessions of different por- sions of these forests. Geologists will regret the destruction of suoh interest ing primeval remains, and some steps ought to be taken to preserve certain tracts in their original state,

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, December 23, 1884, Image 1