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VOLUME VI.
SANDERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 1G, 1885.
NUMBER 8.
THE MERCURY.'
Entered oa Mwnd-aiM* mattor at th* h*
d*re*lll* Paolahoo, April IJ, IM
Saadenrllle, Wuklnftan CountVi
A. J. JERNIGAN,
Paorunoa abb nuiiil*.
aubMrtptlon. —...__.IIJ* par lm
MTTNI01PA.L.
Mayor.
W», Qam.anna.
Aldermen.
Wm. Bawling*,
A. M. Mato,
W. H. Lawsob,
B. T. Walker,
Mobris IIait.
Clerk and Treasurer.
O. W. H. WaiTAKnh.
Marshall.
J. E, Wkddow.
TOWN" OS' XB3NNIAJ.B!.
Intendant.
John 0, Hauman.
Aldermen.
J. F. Muiicibon.
J. D Franklin.
J. M. Brown.
J, B. Pritchard,
Clerk.
8. H. B. Mamet.
Marshall,
J. 0. Hamilton.
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JERNIGAN
A IIORHinLE ACCIDENT.
A Clnclnnntl Santliem Tunnel CnveN In,
Killing Several Men.
While a construction train with fifty hands
was passing through tnnnel No. 14, near Naw
river, Tent)., tho walls gave way and buried a
portion of tho men in the ruins. It is impos
sible to toll now how many have boon killed.
Four have already boon extricated from the
debris. Two others are known to be killed.
Fully a dozen of tho unfortunato men aro bo
lltvfd to 1m* necessarily fatally injurod. The
tiumbor may reach thirty or forty.
NT It ITCH BY LIUHTNINO.
Tl»e l lnia Aronntl the Cnpstenc or llie Mon
ument.
During tho severo thunder storm Washing
ton Monument was struck by lightning, result
ing in trifling dsmagoto the capstone. A com- iiousVsTv
mittc * *» ‘
A WHIRLWIND DENTEDYN TWO VIL*
1.AUKN.
Its Fntli illnrketl With Desolation anil Ruin.
A cyclono has dono great damage to per.
son and proporty in Wisconsin, lleporti
from country towns located in tho path of
tho storm indicate that it was about eighty
miles in width, ami crossed tho entire State,
from tho Mississippi river to Lake Michigan
tho countios of Vernon, Bank, Dane, Jotter
son, Richland and Columbia being tho groat*
«*t sufferers. Tho storm originated near th#
Mississippi rivor, on tho Minnesota sido,
where it assumed the nature of a cyclono.
The littlo village of Now Allan, Houston
county, was almost destroyed. Tho railway
elevator, school liouso and seven residence#
woro leveled in all instinfc. The fronts of alt
business blocks were broken iu, twenty
unroofed and many barns blown
THE OOINA9E OF SILVER.
The Next Congress to bo Asked to Suspend
Its Coinage for a Time*
jy 1 !!*?. ™«!!i2l ,r u n r0 f Howland* of John I to parts unknown. Four lieople were injured,
IML’is .,V"‘ v , c ^ Uy, u r rof i u M " vcnn,b ' dnnjoroualy. iho aWK.ol-hoiso, a
Mendenhall, of ho Stand Semen nnd Col. lino, two atory fnimo lntlMing, was raised
feMyexamhiodUio nraf or ft* monument for high j„ tho nlr, dropped nml enislud to
Iho purpose of detcmlninlnR whether It la apiiutom. Uoanla went Urlrvn through tram*
neccaaary to make ami ohangoa in tho inatimr , houso.,. Tho loss to Now Albln ami vioiuity
of protecting tho monument from lightning, j i* ^no.OOO. J
I ho ylljngo of Victory, Ju Vernon county,
Tke rowing Cotton.
Tho monthly report of the National Cotton
Exchange, concerning the cotton crop, says:
Tho season preflpits sotno striking contrasts
with the one preceding, and while attended
with several drawbacks for tho cotton planter,
it may be characterized, taking the whole cot
ton belt, all things considered, as tho best for
several years.
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'' 111 prnpflcs In ti t counties of WnshtnftOQ.
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• •on iHi (ten i Bxlnis.
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HN.flOLLiriELD,
Physician and Surgeon,
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OOlca n»,i .«>«, i« ai ik Burna* aatlllaera
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Dr. H. B. Hollifield,
PHYSICIAI 111 mum,
■ItiKlM r *» aii 7 froduatod at the Uulver-
nftori. hi- an . a r * tur,ie d home, now
oi P ro /»«loiial saryleta to the oitlson *
?)r h m*S v S vanity. Offios with
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0. W H WHITAKER,
DENTIST,
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a *d« Resilience, on Harris stresL
tun I 3d, 188U.
dr. J. H. MAY,
SANDEMYILLl, OA.
*b» dtlaana of Baudara-
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rc, ?ts°* ®» *fi». Plftman’a lot, oornar
llama and Qhtuah atraata. Jaali-lBSltf.
J. S7 WOOD l BRO.,
General Cuiisin Heiclianls.
SAVANNAH. GA.
No coiniuia.lon oi other aipensea olmraed
" n rnGhiunanta of Wool,
Ul(heat markat prlea goaranteed at time of
aepl'M-ly
•ala.
Machine Needles,
Oil and Shuttles,
,0 ? ALL KIND* OF MACHISM, tor Ml*.
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flrraa ara wruatad.
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JBRXTiaAXT.
The Major anil Iho Ucnoral,
“Gen. Grant wna a man," eaiil Major
MoFarlan, of Penmijlvauin, "who prob
ably took leBB pains to mnko an exhibi
tion of his stripe, or iiiKignia of ofllce
while ho was at tho head of the armies
of the Union tlmu any ollloor in it, It
often happened to my certain knowledge
that miuor olUoera failed to recoguizo
him as the great General when pacing
close by his side, on account of his sim
ple dress, and had it not been for my
previous meetings with him, wlion I
knew him to be Gen. Grant, I believe
I would have been guilty of doing a
thing that I would have regretted, so far
as my conduct towurd him was con
cerned. It happened on tho 7th day of
Ootobor, 18(11, when wo were encamped
on the James ltiver near Jonos's Land
ing. Wo were lying on tho south side
of tho river nud had a pontoon bridge
Boreas it. Uarly in tho morning a part
of onr forces who were on the north side
of file river got into an engagement, in
which they iiad had taken fr«m them—
that is, our fellows had taken from them
—a cannon, and orders were sout to me
to take my battalion of four companies
across tho bridge and recapture, if pos
sible, the gnu. Well, we started, nnd
wlion 1 reached the opposite side of the
river witli a portiou ol my command I
noticed that my column had been out
by a number of otiicers whom 1 saw just
about to ride upou tho bridge. As our
time was limited, nnd we were under
special orders, I put spnrs to my horse,
rode back over the bridge as fast ns I
could go, and not a littlo out of sorts,
thinking that the men I saw who lmd
cut my column were a lot of staff oflloors
who usually had tho impudeuoe to do
just suoh a thing when there was no
cause whatever for it. Well, I rode right
up to those officers and was prepared to
let out ou thorn tho worst kind, even if
it amounted to running them off tho
bridge iuto tiie river, wbou who should
I recognize at tho head of them but Gen.
Grant, who oallod out to me, ‘Major, I
am sorry to have been obliged to out
your columu, but I am very anxious to
get aorosB the river aud won’t delny you
but a few minutes.’ Well, if I have to
teli'it myself, I will say that I never got
over a ‘mad’ so quickly in my life. I
don’t believe that nnything over made
me wilt so soon. The General and his
staff were off and over the bridge almost
before I could get my breath back
again, and then the rest of r;y column
followed and we got to the scene of ao-
tion in time to reoapture the gun we
were sent after.”
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
TnK Rot. Daniel Doni«on VTliedon, late
editor of tho Methodisl Quarterly llcview t
died a few days ago at Atlantic Highlands,’
N. J. Ho was born at OeJdeH, N. Y., in 1808.
Jomnhon C. Pkuk, aged forty-one years;
Rufus Clark, aged fifty-two years, and John
fctott, ngod six teen years, who wore burned
at the Are in Danbury, Conn., which destroyed
Beckorle’s hat factory, died soon after from
the ettectsof their injuries. William Reck,
erle and several firemen were not expected to
livo. Tho pecuniary loss was estimated at
$900,000.
Some of tho mills in Pittsburg, Penn., have
resumed work with non-union holp. Other
mills havo signed the scale of wages demand
ed by tho strikors and aro running full.
A hike in ButToik, Vo,, destroyed all the
principal business portion of tho place, in
cluding the Huttolk hotel, tho Routliem Tele
graph ofllce and tho Commercial bank. The
losses aggregate $300,000.
Mu. Ostehholz and wifo, of Charleston,
B. C., diod from drinking water drawn from
an impure cistern.
Flames broke out in tho center building of
♦.ha Eastern Lunatic asylum at Williams*
burg, Va.,and before they could bo got under
control everything was destroyed. Tho build
ings burned comprise the originnl ones of th
Institution, and were erected over 100 j'cars
ago. The 500 inmates wero all rescued, bu
one old woman wandered away and was
drowned. The total loss will reach $150,000*
Recent cullers at tho White House were
General I^ogan aud members of tho Iowa
Editonn) association, on an excursion East
Among tho scribes was J. II. Hubbard, an
Iowa editor who was once President Cleve
land’s teacher in Clinton, N. Y.
Further appointments by tho President:
Postmasters— E. P. Rutherford, at Clarks-
rllle, Texas; Martin V. Daggett, at Tuscola*
111.; Charles H. Adams, at Allegan, Mich.;
Wm. II. Ronnttt, at Long Brandi,
N. J.; Benj. F. Loutliain, at lx),
gansport, Ind.; James V. Ward, at Chorokeo,
Iowa; B. F. Boss, at Cohen, 111.; Edwin W,
Coll is, at Martinsville, Ind. Collector of In
ternal Revenue—William II. Yarborough,
for the Fourth district of North Carolina-
Unitod States Marshals—Edward M. Boykin*
for the district of South Carolina; Iiolwrt H.
Kelley, for tho Territory of Montana; Thom
as Jo (Torso n Carr, for the Territory of Wjr
oming; Roinulo Martlnoz, for the Territory
opposite the river from New Albin, was en
tirely destroyed. Tho town building, two
small elevators, hotels, church, school-house,
ti .roo stores and lifty residences worn wiped
cut of existence. The loss to Victory is
placed at $100/ 00. Boverul iier.sous wore
seriously injur d there.
H orn this point east of Lake Michigan the
(latnago was coniine i to overturning nud de
molition of farm houses and small
buildings nnd injury to growing
crop, gardens ami fruits by hail
and wind. The force of the hail storm was
unprecendonted. In many places the lull of
ico continued for thirty inlimten, covering the
ground to a depth of from four to toil IiicIkmi.
Everywhere within tho path of tho storm
windows having a west exposure met with
wholesaled«otruction. In iimnv loealiiio.i hail
stones measuring from s>veil*to eight inches
in diametor wero picked up. In Richland
county a great numb r of hogs and sheep
were killed aud horse*and cattle bjdlv bruised
by tho hail. In this county many buildings
wore also unroofed by the winds,
tie. s uprooted nnd timber dostroyo 1.
Like dnmngo was experienced throughout
"auk county, whore no loss than one him Irod
windmills wero blown down. Hailstones in a
number of localities fell with such l'orcoasto
split clapboards on tho siilos of houses nnd to
reduce a roof to splinters. From every sec
tion in the Slat? in the storm’s path come ro-
p. ads of destruction to small fruits, damage
to crops, trees nud gardens. In some places
the storm of wind and hail was followed by
terrific thunder, nnd there are miuilierliMS
reports of stock having boon killed by light
ning.
In small towns tho calls for window glass
nnd putty has been unprecedented, nnd in
many rases tho supply was entirely exhaust
ed before half the demand had been satisfied.
At luicrosso onlers for three ear loads of
glass was received from unall towns nlong
the path of the storm
hen about fifty miles west of Milwaukee
tho storm npponrnd to branch, tho more
severe part taking n southeast course
through Walworth county. At tin famous
lutntner resort of Lake Genova, wind and
hail played sad havoc and few windows ox-
posed to tho storm withstood the attack. One
florist sustained a loss of $1,000 from this
cause. Other fine greenhouses mot a similar
Into. The conservatories of the beautiful
feu miner residences of N. K. Fa r bank and 1a.
Z. I/Oiter, of Chicago, located on tho shore
or Gonevn lake, wero totally destroyed.
Trees about tho lakoand village wero sir Inpod
of their foliu^a
FRUIT AND PROP PROSPECTS
Locusts have appeared In groat numbers
In Louisiana, but no damage is reported ae
yet
TriE Tnrboro (N. C.) Sout firmer says: “En
couraging re] torts reach us from every soction
of the entire Ktato concerning tho crops.
Farmers of Wnskom, Toxas, r.re complain
Ing of too much rain. Grass looks unusually
lino, and corn and cotton aro doing well.
The Hessian flv has crossed the Rocky
mountains ovor into tho Pacific States, where
It is doing groat damage to tho growing
wheat.
A leading Texas wool dealer estimates
this year’s wool clip in that State nt 00,000,-
000 pounds, notwithstanding the great loss of
•hoop by tho cold lust winter.
GuASsnoPHEitH pass Kansas this season.
Secretary Minis, of the State board of agri
culture, says that ho has had reports from
Nn ... Mn-I.'o Unitod HtiilAM Attornnva —. I !?” r6 j lm " 100 correspondunts, nnd not ouo of
or rxo.v Biexiio. union nuuos Attorneys— | ttiem tins soon n sign of these ]hs!s.
Young corn is being injured by tho
A gentleman conversant with the In
dian character says there is a point of
honor among even the worst of the
Cbootawa hard to find among white
criminals. Wnon a Choctaw has been
tried for a capital offence and con
demned to execution,'ho la allowed to
choose between hanging and shooting.
He ia then paroled and allowed perfeot
freedom until the day of doom. Ever;
one of these criminals eleoted to bo shot,
and every one kept bin pledge and came
b*ok to die.
John Catlett Qibion for tho Eastern district
of Virginia; Gustavus Van lloorobeko for th®
Southoin district of Illinois; Anthony C.
Campbell for tho Territory of Wyoming. Ron-
flon Agent—Robert Taylor, nt Knoxville,
Trim. Register of the land ofllce—Geo. K
Warnor at Tracy, Minn. Mevon receivers of
and offices iu tho West.
Seventy persons woro killed nnd many in.
jured on a train in Russia which had boon
wrecked by robbers, who placed a liar of iron
worm in Homo parts of Illinois. A despatch
from Mhuwnoetown says that tho worm is afe
work upon tho whoat, but that the crop is too
far advanced to nutter great damage.
A review of the crops iu Tennessee Is a
fair statement of their condition iu the ad
joining Southern States. Good prospects for
an abundant harvest of Imy aud small grain
are assured by recent rains. It is too early
to form a positive opinion ou tho corn crop.
The Hillsdale Standard sums up the crop
conditions of Michigan, after careful investi-
tho track. After tho smash-up the gfttion, as follows: “A fair crop of applos, a
robbers plundered the t rain.
Ten members of the Rhino club woro
drowned in a lako near Basle, Switzerland
y tho upsetting of their boat.
The latest estimated number of killed by
tho earthquake in the V’ale of Cashmere
India, is ‘300.
Ignaue ifouRGET, archbishop of Montreal,
is dead ill his ninety -second year.
defeatoTqladstone.
Tlio Holme of roitiinaiiM Ifo ects III#
tin uncial lludgci.
The Gladstone government has been de
feated in the British house of commons on th®
second reading of tho financial budget, which
was rejected by a vote of 204 to 253. Tre
mendous excitement was caused by the an
nouncement of tho result of the division, and
Mr. Gladstone immediately adjourned tho
house.
Discussion began by tho announcement that
tho government proposed to continue the in
creased duty on spirits. This proposition
was denounced by tho opponents of tho Glad
stone ministry niul supported by their friends.
After Mr. Gladstone had addressed the liouso
in support of the proposition, declaring that
the government was compelled to raise
j light crop of pears and cherries, no peaches,
I a very light crop of small fruits, a hoavy
crop of hay, and an average crop of all kinds
i of gruiii. Beach trees were winter killed.”
j The outlook for tho tobacco crop of 1385
: does not present a single discouraging fea
ture. A despatch from Louisville: “Tho crop
1 is not late iu starting. The plants, though
I the buds wero bolated by tho tardy spring,
nro ina satisfactory state of forwardness, and
in most sect i ns, if not ull, there is un
abundant supply.”
Georgia exults in its magnificent crop
prospects. In all lines, they say, tho yield
will bo very great. A Hold of whoat in Tay
lor county averngos four foot five inches in
height. Blums, poaches and apples in
JaMii'ciis nml Johnson counties aro,breaking
tho trees with their weight of good fruit.
They say tho recent rains wero worth 25,006
bushels of oats to Talbot county alone.
A peacii tree at Sholby, N. C., continues
to bloom for six successive weeks every sea
son, and the fruit ripens in the same way.
A few days ago there wore fresh blossoms ou
tho tree and peaches as largo ns the end of a
man’s thumb. The fruit begins to ripen
about tho middle of July, and while sum#
peaches nro ripe, others are not half grown.
Tho tree is nineteen years old, and has boon
following this course nil its life.
The great Rocky mountain locust is tho
most dreaded, and the peojlje of California
and Oregon aro in great tear, believing those
locusts will overrun those States this season.
This locust is remarkable for its power of
money in view of tho impending danger to i flight, and travels in dense swarms high up
’* in tho air, darkening the sun or filling the
sky with tho glistening light of their wings.
Observers have stobd on tho highest snowy
{leaks ol the Rocky Mountains, and, straining
their eyes still upward, have soon tho sky
filled with clouds of these tiny, soaring
insects, so high as to lie barely discernible.
W. W. Taggart, tbo largest cotton buyer
in Arkansas, says of the present prospect: “I
think tho acreage this year over last will be
about \wo per cent. The stand is excellent,
nnd ail that is desired. Bluliters havo been
more careful than usual in tho selection of
thoir seod, using more prolific and standard
the empire, n veto was taken with tho re-sult
above announced.
When the figures of the vote wero nn-
nount ed there was a remarkablo scene. Mr.
Gladstone had I ten leaning lack in his scat
with a calm and cynical smile upon Ins face,
suddenly started up, became quite pale, ami
elute bed with nervous grip the rail of the
sent liofore him. Tho house was in wild con-
fu>ion. The meinLers of the opposition
yelled, stamped, and waved thoir lwits and
handkerchiefs. Sonin of tho more ex
cited statesmen even tore ott their
cravats nnd flourished them in
nir, while the shouts from tho floor were varieties, with tho crop later by ten days
re-echoed by cluers in tho galleries. Tlio j Tho plant Is stalky, healthy ami vigorous,
Farucllites, whose votes had turned the — 4
wale against tho government, were beside
themselves with boisterous exultation. Shak
ing their hands in tho direction of the dis
comfited premier, they hurled at him such
epithets as “Coercion,” “Buckshot Forster,”
“Miles Joyce,” and other references to tho
bated policy of England toward their coun
try.
In tho height of the uproar, Mr. Gladstone
and under tho inspiration of the past top days
of hot, sultry sun, and warm nights, is grow-
ing rapidly. Labor is abundant ami cheap.
Tne labor is bettor uud more reliable than
ever i knew it.”
Waterspout In Mexico Carries
Ilcntli and Ilnin 111 It# Course*
A few days since a waterspout burst in the
rose to h r; feet and Btooif with perfect digni- j Riountains, about eight leaguos east of La-
ty,’ disregarding tho scene around him, his j gos, Mexico, near tho dividing line between
eyes fixed upon the speaker, who was furi- j the States of Guanainato and Jalisco. Th®
ously ringipgbis bell nnd vainly screaming effects were most deplorable. Inimens®
for order. >Ir. Gladstone stood with pale ; quantities of water swept down th®
face nml firmly compressed lips for fully a j mountains with irresistib e force
minute before quiet was sufficiently restored j toward tlio welWpopulato l plains and
to enable him to move an adjournment. As 1 valleys below, and a great many houses wer#
the words loft his lips another outburst of j swept away. Stops have been taken in Lagos
yells came from the opposition. hmong tho wealthy manufacturing classes to
Thirty-nine I nrnellites and the Conserya- • alleviate the pressing wants of many who os-
lives voted with tho majority. J be minority | ciped from the valleys but lost everything.
fnclmi"'l Bir Michael Hass, the brewer, ami j Thoro aro already one hundred lives roimrtod
seveiul Irish Liberals. Although strong ; : ua t, H nd it was leared that tho list might be
whips had been Issued, many govornmaut i swelled stiU larger when all the detail* were
•UillKirters were absent. \ g^own.
The sliver question will undoubtedly be
fully discussed in tho next Congress, and *1-
rcady public curiosity is aroused ns to the
action that will be taken. A Washington tele
gram to tho Now York Herald gives ns fol
lows, "in Its oxnct form os it Is now being
considered by prominent public men, a silver
proposition which is intended to form the
Imsis or legislation in tlio uoxt Congress:”
First—Issue corlidcntos on tho deixelt of
: liver bullion at its market price nt Iho time
of deposit expressed in dollars, which shall
'’total ns tho declared value of the certificates
wlillo in (lie hands of Iho public. Tho ever-
ago value of sliver for tne previous month
alight l o taken ns tho mnrkot value at the
timo of deposit.
Second—Such certificates to bo made legal
tender for all purp ios except in transactions
between private imrlles.
’1 hii-il—1 hey sluill be redeoninble in lawful
money, or nt the option of tho government
in silver bullion ut Its market price nt tho
time of rodomiition. When received into tho
treasury for dues to tlio government or ro-
dooniixl in lawful money, they shad lie hold
and paid out ngnin ns other currency; but
when redeemed In silver bullion, to hr cun-
i el led nnd dost royod.
Fourth—Tho coinage of silver to be sus
pended until required again to moot nn nelunf
demand for silver dollars. On tlio coinage of
any bullion tho certificates representing the
bullion slmll lie cnticodod nnd destroyed.
Fifth—Fractional silver, or nt, least tho
onlf .dollar pieces, to he made full weight nnd
full lognl lender nud the redemption of sub
sidiary silver to lxi discontinued.
ISixtli—Withdraw tlio one and two dollar
'“gal lender untie w ithout reducing tlio total
values of greenbacks; also tlio live dnllnr
bank note and Issuo one, two and flvo-dollar
coin notes, Laied on the silver dollars now
coined, dollar for dollar.
Bovcnth—lledeom and rocoin the trade
dollar into standard dollars or fractional
coin.
Concerning tlio origin of tho abovo pro-
|K*od sliver legislation, tho Herald corre
spondent says:
"It would l» n mistake to suppose that tills
eilror preiKisItion has been framed by or at
Iho Instance of or with tlio knowlodgo of the
administration. Tho truth is this:—UoiimI
Wnriier, of Ohio, and other silver inon in
the Inst Congresa, seeing tlm repented
failure of tlio attempts to get
European nations to co-operate with tlio
United tjlntcB on the stiver question, anil Ixc
ing unwill.ng to boo this country waiting
upon the action of Europe, talked over the
desirability of some plan by which tbo United
States could lxi placed u|xm such ground, in
rognrd to silver, as would oimhlo us to go
on for ourselves mid leave to European
governments tlio business of protecting them
selves. Tlio consultations thus held toward
tha close of tho lust Congress originated the
present proposition, which, ns thu Hcrald't
report rightly says, 1ms Issen scon by a
number of silver men, I hough ns yet timo
lissnot suffice,I to present it to nil whom
it is desirable uud noeonsury to cnii
into consultation. It is truo that Congress
man Weaver, of Iowa: Senator Jones, of
Nevada; Hill, of Colorado, nnd soveinl other
prominont nml influential silver men think
well of tho preposition, nud it is hopo-l to
secure tlio support of othors within the next
few weeks anil as soon as they cuu bo
r,adi,si,
"It was tho desire of tho gentlemen who
nro moving in tips matter to keep it from the
public knowledge only until the plan lmd been
submitted to a considerable number of haul
ing silvor nnd gold men for thoir Judgment,
to that when presented for public review it
might come ns a well considered plan. Thoy
nre, however, content to boo it mnilo publlo
now, and ho|e to get Iho lament of a thor
ough discussion of all its details by tho presi
of all opinions. ”
THE NATIONAL GAME-
It is ram that a club’s pitchers leafi tho
team in batting, yet that’s what Bullinton
aud W bituoy nro doing lor Boston.
Daily, Ferguson nnd Chrkson, all practi
cally young pitcher.», are doing tho host work
of any of tlio pitchers under contruci. to Na
tional League club&
A Bridgeport (Conn.) druggiHt claims to
have discovered a method by which huso balls
can l>o made luminous. lie urgue.^ that thu
game can Iki played as well by the aid of
electric light us by daylight.
Affairs in the baseball world remain jwnco-
ful as to the relations of tho dilAuont associa
tions toward each othor,and with littlo pros
pect of tho opening of hostilities which can
do nobody any good, howsoevor they might
terminate, and would be certain to work in
jury to the general interests ot thu game.
For tho first two wejks of the season the
batting of tho American association was very
weak, out since then it ha* b .*eu harder tiiati
over known before. A romorkablo feature
this Near is th-? heavy punishment-the invinci
ble pitchers ol lnds aison have recoived, while
the slow enes have been peculiarly successful.
A large party of br deers from the New
York Stock Exchange* chartered a special
train to bring them over to Philadelphia to
witness the first league championship game of
tho series bo two ai the Now York and Phila
delphia clubs. New York won by3to2. Thf
next game, played in Now York, the Phil a*
dolphin nine won by 3 to 1.
Tiie Hong Kong Daily /Vetiof March D*
contains an a count ot a baseball match bo
tween nines selected from the I nited Mtatei
navy and the Hong Kong Cricket club, com*
posed of Englishmen. The Yankees won by
b to 6. Then they loaned to thu Cricketer^
their pitcher, a gentleman named O'Leary,
and the Englishmen won by 3 to 2.
The changing of the rules governing the
pitcher’s deliver/ in both league and Ameri
can association husimprovod base running to
a great degree. The pitcher can not now
keep n runner hugging lir&t huso like ho could
lost season, and unless ho is supported by a
first-lass catcher who is liable to throw ac
curately and swiftly to second, ho is at o
greut disadvantage.
Air for tlio Lungs*
One of Philadelphia’s leading physi-
oiaDs, a specialist in diseases of the lungs,
says that imperfect respiration is at tha
lx>ttom of much trouble. In such n
ease he shows the patient how to swell
out tho whole chest full and round by a
deep inspiration, elevatiug and throwing
back the shoulders; and then, when ha
has gotten iuto his lungs the last atom
of air possible, to hold it in tightly for a
little time, aud then to let it ott slowly,
blowing out every atom of it if he pos*
sibly cuu by forcible expiration, drawing
the shoulders forward and pressing iu
the chest to «the smallest possible com
pass, thus throwing out almost all of the
residual air, and all this through the
nose, with mouth tightly closed. “Lot
him take a half dozeu or more suoh
forced respirations a dozen times a day,”
says the doctor, “and ho will soon double
his vital capacity and relieve himself of
most of his supposed chest trouble.
Suoh forced respiration will compel
every air cell possible to freely admit
wholesome air into tho little Bpaoes and
to expel it also, and some air cells that
do not often perform their functions
healthily will be compelled to do bo.”
Why Site Left,—Mrs. Helen L.
Cupel has withdrawn from the Plensac-
town Observer, a paper published in
ICausus. In her valedictory she says:—
“As the editor and business manager ot
a newspaper my business is more with
men than with women, and my work, to
be done successfully, must be dono as
men do it. If I do not follow the beaten
path, the business must suffer. If I do
my work like a man I am made the sub
ject of such a ooniinual fusillade of ma
licious gossip that I choose to abandon a
profitable business rather than bear if
any longer*’ 1
* LIOHT.
Fair Mom awoke and loft hor fleecy bed,
O’er her fair cheek a flush of rose# ml
In healthful glow was richly overspread,
.And, os upon her royal car she stepped,
A golden glory o’er the mountains swept,
And. silvery beams to every nooklot crept.
Behold 1 hour Earth, expectant, smiles to seo
This bright-eyed quoen unveil her royalty l
Night’s sable curtains glido by hurriedly,
And pe'.idant leaf, nnd grass in dewy tears,
Horten thoir toilet brief oh she appears
Dispelling in her warmth all doubts and
fours.
—Edward AT. Richards, in the Current.
A Grand Old Fainting.
CnAFTUIt t.
I never slinll forget tho6o happy tlnya
when we Bulled on the tranquil hosom of
a mountain lako. To make this state
ment comprehensively clear, I should
doiihtlcBB introduce mysulf. jfy name is
Madison West ford. It is nn old nnd
nriulocrntic name, even though I do any
it. To bring uut iho real points of this
recit*l, It i< necessary that I say a fow
words with regard to onr family. We
lived in Arkansnw, my father, my mother
and myself. Our roomy, comfortable old ;
homo was pitched among tho graceful
mountains of the northwestern part of iho
Btntc. My mother was a quiet woman, |
without pronounced characteristics. Sly
father was a character, noted for his
learning and for his pride. Having do- i
sccndctl from ancestors who won glory In
the old devolution, nnd wishing to for
ever he numbered among tlio lovers of the
union, lie did not go into the I'onfodor- I
nte army when Arkansaw seceded. He- '
nli/.ing tho uselessness of attempting to
prevent tlio crises, ho quietly sat down,
still a lover of Iho union and a worsltipor
ol his family traditions, nnd awaited tho
terrible result.
One day u party of Federal soldiers
visited our liouso, and while searching
for arms, ciimo across a grand old paint- i
ing, which having been done by an Ital- I
fan master, nnd having come down from I
generation to generation, was regardod i
«B n priceless treasure.
"What will you tnko for that pnint-
Ing?” asked tlio commanding officer, lid-
dressing tny father.
"It is not for sale. There is not money
enough in tbo country to buy it."
"I am sorry," replied tho "officer. "I
am much devoted to art. Thoso treos
nte strikingly natural, and I can almost
hear tho water rippling ovor tho stones.
Bay, you won't sell It?”
•'No, I could not bo induced to imrt
with it."
"I am sorry. Say, you wouldn't lend j
it, would you? Wo nro going to lmvo un
nrt exhibition nt headquarters, nnd this I
picture would greatly add to tho collco-
tion. Suppose you let mo havo it for a
day or two."
"Such n request coming from a stronger
is absurd."
The ollicor haughtily drew IihnBelf up }
end replied: “Tho request of a stran
ger may lie absurd but iho demand of a
soldier is ever reasonable— especially j
during war. Sergeant, take down that :
picture."
Our homo novor seemed to bo tho j
same, after thut picture was taken away. I
Jiy fat her, J could sec, actually grioved
over its loss. Ilo mndo numerous at- i
tempts lo recover it, but could nevor
learn Iho name of tho officer who had !
raided tho house.
My father and mother passed away.
It would have been pleasant to look upon i
the grand old painting which my father
had prized so dearly and which would
havo descended to mo.
• ciiaitkh n.
ITo. ! ehnll never forgot thoBo Iianpy
days when wo sailed on tlio tranquil
bosom of a nioiintnin lake. The war was
almost forgotten except by politicians. 1
had gone north to enjoy a summer's va
cation, where, free from tlio annoyances
of a law office, 1 could regain tlio
strength of which Iho wear of business
had deprived me. Ono afternoon while ■
I was lazily dreaming in my boat, drift
ing in tlio shade, I saw a woman rowing
toward me. She seemed to lie excited
for she was pulling wilhall horutreneth.
1 hud begun to think that her Imat was
cutting deo| or and deeper into tho
water, wlion site shr'eked. I snatched
up my oars and skimmed inpidly to
ward her, but tiefore I had mndo u
dozen strokes, hor bout sank. She was
sir ggling in tlio water when I
reached her, Mic hnd sunk o.ire
and was, I discovered upon lifting
her into my boat, almost drowned. !
1 took her to a liouso not far away. Tlio
bunnies of the liouso wero muchoxcitod.
They know Iho young lady. Her name '
was Zilda .Moss. Her futher, a promi
nent man, lived in tho neighborhood.
Miss Moss soon recovered. 1 called
every day to seo how she was getting !
along. The lirst time I saw her lustrous
dark eyes, they wore gazing gratefully
upon me. Tho people of tho house with
a dnsli of romance, lmd told her how 1
had played the hero. I laughed at tho
idea but could not holp feeling a pleas
ant sense of |.rifle. I soon learned that
lie.- father and mother were away from
home on a visit and that she wns the
guest of the family to whose house 1 hnd
taken her. The iirst time we had any- j
tiling iike a conversation, wo were walk
ing in the garden.
“So you will not allow me to thank
you," she Bnid.
"Why, you aro under no obligations
to me. I not only discharged a duty but
ai iho snmo time experienced a greut
pleasure.”
“You endangered your life,"
"Not at all.”
"Your boat tipped over nnd you
•prang into tlio lake."
Deceitful wretch that I was. I know
that this was added by tlio family, but I j
could not undeceive her. I enjoyed tbc :
grateful expression of her eyes. I was
honest enough, doubtless. i would not
have cheated the man, but is there one
among us who would nut client a wom
an? Man can be honest with man, but
he who is thoroughly honest with wom
an, exposes himself to her contempt. ;
The blunt practicability so much admired
by man, is despised by woman. This, !
on her | art, is not nn evidence of intel
lectual refinement.
“I)y not think of the littlo service I
have rendered you. Miss Moss. Women I
place so great a stress upon so slight an
action.’’
“Oh, men nre all unconscious heroes,”
she laughingly replied. “If I wero to I
risk my life to suyo the life of any one, I i
would never tire of hearing u recital of I
tho brave fined; but) suppose men, so S
cureless of themselves, look with indif-1
fcrcnce upon n risk of life. Let me pin
this rose-bud on your coat. There I Docs
not the background enhauco tbo beauty j
»I the Sower?” I
"Yes, but it loses much of Its assumed
attraction when you are near it.”
" Oh, what a flatterer you nro. Now I
know wlint you thought. When you
saw mo floundering in tho water, you
tald to yourself; 'There is a girl whom I
can flatter.’ Then you sprang to the
rescuo, took mo out nnd aro now flatter
ing mo. Dear me, I wish papa and mamma
would conic home."
“Why did you not go with thorn?"
“Thoy went to visit relatives, stupid
ones, too. DiBtnnt relatives nre at best
far from being ontertaining.”
“I am glnd you did not go."
" Bo am I, oven though the bark that
hold—”
“The princess went down,” I added.
"There you nre again, Mr. Flatterer.
Lei us go to tho hoiiBO. You’ll flntter
me to death if wo stay out hero.’
ciiaptich Ut.
Again I must say that I shnll never
forget those happy days. We skimmed
tho bright sheen of tho licnutiful lake.
The clitTs sent back the echo of /.ilda's
sweet voico. I could bog that she was
: happy.
; “/lldn," I snid ono day when wo hnd
landed to oat our lunch on n rock,which
far and wido was known ns tlio “Han-
| quot table, “who* your fnther and
mother return, I suppose I may visit you
I at your house?”
“Why, of courso you may. What
foolish questions you sometimes ask.
i l’apn and mamma will he delighted tOBeo
' you. l’apn is niitawfullluc looking man,
taller tlmu you are. Hu was a captain
in tlio Union nimy.”
| “Zilda- ”
| “Why do’nt you sny Miss Zilda? If
j papa wore to he ir you Zildcrlng mo ho
would snap his eyes liko a steel trnp."
j “I shall ho careful when ho is near,
; Zilda-”
“There you go ngnin. Stop trying to
tnkc hold of my hand. I went to set tho
1 ta—my goodness, yonder is pap*.”
She sprang to her feet and ran to meet
1 a man whom I snw approaching.
Mt. Moss said that ho wns plcnsed to
meet me. Ho tried to be eloquent, in
expressing his grntitudo. flu know that
j 1 hnd risked my life to snvc his daughter.
I Ho wished that It wns in his power to ro-
t pay mo. Knew that ho could nover do
' It. Would I visit him at his homo? Yes,
1 would. Could I not spend a fow works
j with him? Yes, I could.
I Tho Mosses lived in n place that to mo
wns particularly attractive. Flowers,
‘ graceful trees nnd everything funding to
make n home complete aurrotinded tho
, house. Mrs. Moss shed tears when she
1 took my hand. Shu thnnkod tho Lord
that I had hcon horn. Bo did I, declar
ing that tho service which I lmd rendered
her daughtor wns lo mo more than worth
| the combined performances of n life-time.
After supper we weut into tho pnrlor.
I could scarcely repress a loud cxclnmn-
1 tion. The grand old pnint ing so highly
I irizcd by my lather and his ancestors
uing upon the wall.
| “That is a beautiful painting, Miss
, Moss.
[ “Yes, it is a masterpiece.”
I “An old heirloom, I suppose?”
j “No, it is a comparative stranger in
our family."
! “Hmight it, doubtless, nt soma great
; srt Haler"
j “No."
j “May I ask where you got it.”
! Him llushed and changed tlio subject.
I saw it all. Her father had robbed my
i fnther; nnd, proud of tho theft, hnd told
his fnniily how he secured the painting.
; I was in a most unenviable position,
i Wlint to do I did not know. I loved
| Zilda, nnd almost know that she loved
■no, but could I, in justice to tho memory
1 of my father, mnrry tlio daughter of a
man who had insulted and robbed him.
, My manner toward Zilda must hnva
changed, for tho conversation during the
| entire uvening was constrained. 1 wns
glad when hodtime arrived. As I lay in
bed, I tried to decidu upon some plan of
notion. Would it be right to confront
Mr. Mobs and demand the picture? No,
I coaid not mortally offend tlio man
whoso (laughter 1 devotedly loved. I
would go away and try to forget it nil.
CIIAPTKU IV.
The next morning I told Mr. Moss how
sorry I was that 1 could not longer re
main, that n business iottcr received sev
eral days before anil thrust, tiurciul, into
my pocket, hnd, upon being read, in
formed mo that a certain law suit de
manded my immediate attention. Mr.
Moss wns very sorry. Mrs. Moss ex
pressed (loop regrets. Zildu wns out iu
the garden. 1 would see her alone.
“Miss Moss, I shall leave to-day.”
“What I” she exclaimed, dropping a
handful of roses.
“ Yes, biisinoss calls me away.”
“ I am very sorry,” slio said, looking
down.
“ It ennnot be helped."
Tears were dripping from tier long
lashes.
“ Why can't it bo helped? ” she nskoil.
“ Let us sit down here a moment.”
We sat down. She clasped her hands.
“You mndo me very unhappy last
night,” she said.
" I nevor spont a more miserable
night,” 1 replied.
" Y’ou seemed to get angry with me as
soon us you begnn to talk about that
hateful old picture. I wished, an hour
afterward that I hnd told you ail about
it.”
“Tell mo now," I eagerly replied.
“Well, I will. Shortly after I quit
school, I hccumo engaged to a man, who
witli papa’s consent hud addressed me.
1 did not love him, but to plcnso papa,
I agreed to marry him. Ouo day ho
brought me that picture. lie bought it
nt an nrt sale in New York. Finding
that I could not love him, and becom
ing more horrified at the thought of
marrying him, 1 luokc tiie engagement.
I offered to return the picture but he
would not tukc it. Now, is there any
thing so bail about it?”
Then I told tier my story,
“Oh, I don't blame you,” she said. “I
—take your urms from around me. We
ate not engaged. Y’ou haven’t oven told
me that you love me.”
“If I have not, it was because deep
love cannot be lightly expressed ; but I
do love you—love you devotedly.”
She began to untangle herself from
my arms. I.ookiug up I saw Mr. Moss.
I began to stammer an apology, when
he said:
“Zilda, I havo often told you not to
sit out here without nnything around
you and I see that you have followod my
advioo.”
The girl blushed and I felt the blood
rush to my head, but I managed to say:
“I wns determined that she should not
take cold, sir.”
“Yes, you are quite a comforter.
Well, don’t let me interrupt you.”
“Our arrangements are very nonrly
completed,” said I. “Have youauy ob
jections to our marriage?"
“None whatever.”
Tho grand old painting hanga on my
wall. •
“Look here,” my wifo snid to me the
other day. —
"Well.” * - -
"Did yon know that you never asked
me to mnrry von?”
“I don’t believe I did.”
‘•You good for nothing thing, you
ought to bo ashamed of mvsolf.”
"No I should not. I am so proud of
you thnt I entirely forgot yourself.”
“I actually believo that you pulled rao'
out of tho lake just to flatter mo; but I
liko it, donr. Always flntter mo. The
husband who censes to flatter—”
"Ceases to plnnso his wife,” I re
joined.—Arbmxiw Traveler.
Tho Parting of Lee nnd His General*.
The final parting wns in front of Lee'*
mansion in liichmond, two days after
Appomattox. Leo’s house is an ordinary
square brick, stnnding nlono on Frank
lin street, one square from the cnpitol,
AH the other houses on the square aro
connected. Upon tho afternoon of the
second day nftor the surrender pcoplo in
that vicinity were surprised to seo coma
riding up "the street from the south a
company of Confederate horsemen. Thoy
wero unarmed. Their gray uniform's
wero worn, soiled, and often tattered,,
their trappings old and patched. They
woro slouched hats, and hero and there
was a feather remaining of tho onca
smart and jaunty drooping plume of tho
Confederate cavalrymen. They woro
bronzed nnd brownod nnd bearded.
They sni. erect nnd enmo on with tho
splendid horsemanship for which they
xvere noted. Upou tho collars of somo
of tho gray jnckots could still be seen
the failed mid tarnished gilt stars, tho
ombloms of the wearers’ rank.
In front of them redo Lee. Ills two
hands hold tho loosely swinging reins
nnd rested upon tho pommel. His hoad
was bent nnd hu eyes wero looking
straight ahead from under his downcast
brow, but llioy seemed to seo nothing.
As tho troops enntored up to his old-
homo his horse stopped nt tho gnto, and
ho aroused hhmclf suddenly, ns from a
dream, and east Ids eyes upon tho
familiar windows nnd then around ovor
tho group of gallant soldiers who had
followed his fortunes for four bloody
yenrs and gono down in defeat under bis
ban nor.
Tlio end of it nil lmd come nt last. lie 1
threw himself from Ids horse, nml all)
his companions followod his nction. Theyi
stood lint in hand, with nn nrm through
tho bridle rein, while I.od wont from nmn
to miiu, grasping each hnnil, looking in- 1
tcntly into each face ns though ho would;
liross it upon his momory forever. Thon
lie turned nnd walked through the gat*
and up tho stops to his door. As a ser
vant opened tho door lie paused with his
loft foot upon tho veruuda, his right'
upon tho last step, and looked back for,
tho last time. Not a word had bcenj
spoken, not a good-by uttered. Thoro
was no sound heard but that of sobs oal
these unkempt and grizzled heroes of a :
hundred battles tinned their hoods
against the shoulders of their horses and
wept.
Leo gave one look, nnd broke doxvnnt
last. Ills hands were ovor his eyes, his
frame shook with sobs, us lie turned
quickly nnd disappeared into his lonely
houso. With thu closing of tho door
behind him ended forever tlio dream of
tlio Southern Confederacy. — Cincinnati
Commercial- Uatetle.
Power or a Wliale'i Tall.
Tho power of this tremendous propul-
sory apparatus is almost beyond concep
tion. Tho xvcight of a full grown wlmlo
may ho appreciated when 'lie reader re
flects thnt tlio famous elephant, Jumbo,
would havo to be multiplied many times
beforo his weight would equal thnt of a
largo wlmlo. Yot tho late Captain Scott,
royal navy, lold mo that wlion on the
quarter deck of his own ship, ho repeat
edly taw the wholes leaping in more play
so high out of Iho water that the hori
zon wns clearly visible under thorn.
Now, Captain Scott llvod to bo nearly
100 years old, and when ha wns in active
service tho quarter deck of u man-of-war
wus at lenst tliiity feet abovo tlio wator;
odd to litis measurement his own height'
(lie being rather a tall man) nnd tho
render cuu tiioa appreciate the tor-
rilic jiower of tho animal’s tail. I may
here mention that this habit of spring
ing out of tho wator is called ‘’breach
ing” by whalers. Beside tho greut
muscular apparatus which has just been
mentioned, the whale possesses another
musclo which surrounds tlio body; it is
sciontilicnlly nml happily called the
“pnnnioluB carnosus"—or “floshy rag,”
and is in various ways, according to the
animal. It is with this muscle that tho
dog shakos his skin when ho comes out
of the water.
Tho hedge hog has it very powerfully
developed, in order to onublo it to coil
itself iuto the spiky ball with which we
are so familiar. Tho mnnis, armadillo
nnd echidna also possess it nnd use
it for a similar purpose. Man has but
very littlo of it, tho chiof vestige*
being the muscles of tho face, which give
to tho human countenance its chang
ing expressions. The whuie wants it for
two purposes. Ilo wants it to enable
him to bend his body—a function easily
observed in tho dolphins as thoy curve
tliclr graceful courso through tho sea;
but chiefly ho needs it bccauso by con
tracting it he can make his body heavier
thun a corresponding bulk of water.
This he has no difficulty in doing, and
when lie wishes to seek the surface he
hiiB only tc relax tho pressure, when tho
body remains tho originnl sizo and be
comes lighter tlinn tho proportional bulk
of water. By means of this musclo tha
hippopotamus, tho elephant nod tho seal
can sink themselves bolow tho surface
and rise again without moving a limb.
For wont of it man cannot perform thia
feat, nnd the best swimmer in the
world xvould not be able to sink nnd
rise again to tho surface without moving
hand or foot.—Longman'a.
Imaginary Ailments.
Some years ago n story was current of
n woman who applied at one of our hos
pitals for trontment of a nervous affec
tion. After listening to a recital of her
symptoms, thu doctor mado hor shut her
lips upon a clinical thermometer, Upon
removing it, tho patient exclaimed,
“ Why, I declare it has done me good
already.” Tho doctor humored hor de
lusion, and refrained from any other
treatment than a few more applications
of the magical glass tube. Sho was soon
cured. A parallel caso is now cited by
tho Philadelphia Medical News, a hysteri
cal patient having been cured by magnet
ism. The magnet was of wood, but
cappod witli metal so as to seem cold to
the touch. These cases remind us thnt
a large proportion of such ailments are
imagimiry, and will often yield to imug-
xy remedies. .
