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the MERCURY. ' ,,-rd a* Second-cl q*» Halter al Sfliulcrsutlte 1‘ostofflce April 27, ludersville, Washington County, 6a. PUBLISHED BY . j, jernioan&co. **’ proprietors and Editors. $1.50 Per Yeai. THE MERCURY. A. J, JERNIGAN .6 CO., Proprietor* DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. SURSCltirPTIOX: $1.00 Per Imiirn VOLUME VIII. SANDERSV1LLE. GA.. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. 1887. NUMBER 20. {Russian Pnoidce railroad Is oontom- .jtfd, nml flvo years are noccssary to [uil.l lie lino. When finished the world „n be traversed in flfty-threo days. THE MERCOBY. PUBLISHED Ban TUBS61T. NOTICE! All Communications intended /tow this Paper must be accompanied bp the full nome of the writer—net ncrcntiarlly for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. H'o are <n no iray responsible/tor Me views or opinions of correspond* onto. K i s estimated that the nii.mmt of money spent by workingmen in strikes lld, country during the last two yonrs ouM liner paid the wages of 100,000 tn during that period. The United States owns about $75,000,- (00 worth of buildings, and has not a (tnl of iusuranco on nny of them. Most c (them arc practically tlrc-proof. The (Jorcrnmcnt believes that it is strong enough to carry its own insurance. The mors nml some other largo real cstatu iwncrs New York net on the same policy. The total wealth of the United King dom, according to Mr. Mulhnll, lias doubled sinee 1840, the total now being 11.210,000,000, against 424,100,000,000 ji 1810. It is interesting to note, ns IrMrfd’* remarks, that white every dhor item of Grcnt Britain’s nntionnl tfjllh lias shown an increase, tlio value ,1 land records a heavy decrease from IJIO. A Boston man, who has crossed the At- liatic fifty-two times and been seasick ercry time except the last trip, explains that exception by stating Hint he bad a rubber bug, which lie tilled with ice, and hr laid down every morning on this, pressing it against the spine nt the base of the brain. It had a soothing effect, imllio frequently fell asleep while repos- jng on it. Ho afterward felt braced up lor the day, enjoying every hour and irery incaI. The loss of life in India from man-cat- ing tigers was appalling last year, and ionic stinly of the tierce beast has lately ken made by English officers. Tigers, it appears, do not nttnek human hirings until they become very large ntul old, and unable to run down animals that are fleet of foot. One of these creatures is known to have killed 108 persons in the course of three yeart. Another caused thirteen’ tillages to bo deserted. A third is indited with killing 127 travelers on a public road. The Electrical AVriVir thinks many will beiurprlsed by tlio statement that more' than 3,501),001) passengers are carried an- lually in this country on street cars moved by electric motors. In Mont gomery, Ala., electricity is used on eleven miles of road, nnu the cost is reported by the general manager to lie only onc-lialf the eost of liorso power. Hoads on which electricity takes the place of horses arc found in Baltimore, I.os Angeles, Port Huron, Detroit, Scranton, Appleton ('Vis.), and Denver. Electric railways ire in course of construction or under contract in twelve other cities, and in thirty-seven,companies have boon formed or other steps taken for the building of nidi roads. Upon none of the roads now in operation in this country, however, is force supplied 1 iy storage batteries at tached to the cars. In most cases power b communicated by an overhead con ductor. It is estimated tlmt tlio losses by fire in the United Elutes this year will amount to $ltiO,000,000. In 18811 tlio losa was $105,000,000. During the past dx weeks no less than four towns in tho ' nited States have been destroyed by •be, two of them totally. Tlio largest l as was occasioned by tho burning of >ha village of Marshfield, Wisconsin, on .lime 27, when nearly $1,000,000 worth °f property went up in smoke nml (lame. Hiis lire was caused by sparks from a locomotive. Clarendon, Pennsylvania, "as partially destroyed by fireworks, "iib u loss of $500,000. New York city lest upwards of $500,000 from the same f ause. There is no way to account for ■lie great increase of loss during the present year except on the ground of an iuerense of carolesshess on the part of " lu public. The groat majority of the disastrous fires of tho year hnvo been directly attributable to negligence, tho careless use of matches, wnnt of means trt prevent or extinguish conflagrations, a, bl other preventable causes. SOUTHERN ITEMS. BUDGET OP NEWS GATHERED HERE AND THERE. n, "" r Knllrond Aocldonu-WImt Is Trans* lilrln* III Trinprrnnno Mailers- Social And llcllalous Gossip. Should Atlanta, Gn., go “wet” in tho proposed election on the prohibition question, a license to sell will cost $1,500. Savannah, Ga., has been visited by a gang of professional burglars, who do '*P their woik in the most scientific mnu- ner. It is well known thnt, for some yenrs Pwt, a prize of $10,000 has been offered inventors for the first biiles of jute gro\\ n nn( ] p rc p arc( i f or market in the nited States, at a cost which will nd- nnt of successful competition with that fru m India. Tho principal and nppnr- c, ‘tly insurmountable obstacle which con sents all efforts in tbis direction is tho l(, k of a machine which will prepare the J'Ue fibre for use at a eost low enough to “tTsot tho very cheap hand labor of Indio. " tne jute plant the fibre lies between 'be pith and the bark, it being necessary, dicreforo, to remove the latter and sepn- r,llc " lc juto from tlio pith, it being also essential thnt this be done without injur* '"g the fibre, which is one of tlio most ' eliente known. But, ns the natives ol "din do this work for seven to ten cents '' dny, a substitute machine would not n j’*- v have to overcome this matter ol j 'eapness, but would have to perform Ills '' >n as perfect a manner as is now | 1,110 i»y Indian fingers, as well as equal U ot * 101 ’ stages to tho work of prepare* A strike of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad brnkemen was started nt Bir mingham, Ain., for higher pay nnd many firemen followed suit. 3 The stenmer Avollon, of tho Mnrylnnd Steamboat Company, was totnlly burned nt Quoport, Vn., on tlio Great Wyomicn river; loss $1)0,000; insurance $00,000. Judge Thomas J. Simmons lias been chosen by the Georgia Legislature to fill the judgeship in tlio l’autaula circuit made vacant by tho death of Judgo Hall. A fire stnrted in tho engine houso of the Barren Fork Coal company, near Flat Rock, Ky., nnd destroy id costly ma chinery used in mining. The loss is $200,000. M. E. Reid nlias James Mcrwin, agent of tlio National Express Company nt Glen’s Fails N. Y., was arrested nt Hen derson, N. C., charged with tlio theft of $0,000 from tlio company. Tlio Union Waiters’ Association, of At lanta, Gn., nt their annual parade, mnde the best show in appearance, good man ners nnd marching, of any colored people that hnvc appeared in public in the South. Dr. R. B. Adair, of Gainesville, Ga., who is stopping nt the St. James Hotel, in Washington, D. C\, was knocked down by a liorso nnd wagon while cross ing Pennsylvania avenue, nnd was in jured. Tho corn fields in the Dismal Swamp of Virginia nro overrun with benrs, and somo of tho farmers have killed or cap tured several in a single night. ’1 he Norfolk markets nro well supplied witli bear meat. Roy Sisk nnd Dock Stnt, two boys aged about 10, were hunting doves near Huntsville, Ala,. Sisk's gun was acci dentally discharged, tlio whole charge striking him in the face, blowing off his nose and the top of his skull, causing in stant denth. At tho last term of the superior court, in Augusta, Ga., Sirs. Killian got a ver dict of $12,000 from the Augusta A Knox ville road on account of her husband be ing killed while working on it. The road asked a new trial, but it was refused by Judge Roney. At Greenville, Ga., a negro brakemnn named Dave got into a quarrel with a negro, Hill Kendall, nnd threw a brick, struck Kendall on the bend, glanced mid hit Edgar Mitchell, a white railroad man, just above the ear. Kcmhtll was not hurt much, but Edgnr is unable to be about. E. A. Pledger was run over and killed by a freight of the Central Railroad nt Midville, Gn. Mr. Pledger was about fifty-five or sixty yenrs of age, n mechanic by trade. His remains were buried in tlio cemetery by the town authorities, lie was under the influence of whiskey at tlio timo it is said. The fast mail train leaving Richmond, Vn., for West Point, when nearing Fair Oaks station on the Richmond, York River & Chesapeake road, rail into a mule team, which was crossing the truck, killing botli mules, demolishing tlio wagon, nnd so injuring the driver, n farmer named Vorrell, that ho died soon after reaching West Point, where lie was taken. Tho Committee on Education of the Georgia House of Representatives lias reported a school hill authorizing n levy of ono-tentb of one per cent on the tax able property of the slate for school pur poses. This law would raise, it is said, $300,000 net which, with other moneys appropriated, would give a total fund of $800,000, sufficient to keep tho schools open four months in the year. The people of Charleston, 8. C., have just issued an official document showing tlio wonderful progress mnde in tho resurrection of a year, since the earth quake. It shows that 0,050 residences nnd other buildings xvcrc rebuilt or re paired; 271 new buildings erected; a town in itself. The cost of the rebuild ing and repairs was $4,204,775; Charles ton spent on this work $3,000,000, the balance coming from outside the city. A white man nnmed Houston in Au gusta, Ga., has engaged lawyers to pros ecute Bcrrian Rachaels, a county convict guard, for having his nephew whipped. Houston stated tlmt his nephew, who is a small boy, wa's employed on tho Snnd- Rnr Ferry rond, near where tho convicts me working, nnd that a few days since lie refused to do something Rachaels de manded him to do, when Rachaels had a burly negro convict to catch and whip the boy severely. Two women were caught at work in an illicit distillery in Habersham county, Georein. They were Mary Ann Dover and Sarah Adaline Dover., Deputy Col lector Strong and Deputy Marshal Nix were scouring the country near Clarkes- ville, when they came upon the distillery in nctivo operation, the women being en gaged in making corn whiskey and apple brandy. Tho officers destroyed the still and other apparatus, but when it came to arrests, their gallantry got tho best of them and they let the women go. When Sherman left Columbia, 8. C., on fire, there was but one house on the principal thoroughfare left, No 243 on the cast side of Main, between Richland and Lumber street. This sole ^survivor was destroyed by fire a day or two since. The house was a two-story wooden occurw DOTS FROM WASHINGTON. PREPARING FOR HARD WORK NEXT WINTER, A|i|iolntineau of ftnnilirm Men—Intrrmllng Report* of Drpnrlinent Dfllrera-Notts About Noted Omelul*. hr..a;uHV.fami.^andwnsown«lhyA.- llon inquired before the fibre is ready to exiiiuler Civil, who built it in 1802. At *1,,-,. of Sherman’s visit it xvas rented mill occupied by Theodore Iluchet and family. l’LEURO-l’NKUMRNIA. Thlrtv-throo cows belonging, to John Cliv ft milkman in Baltimore county, li t ’ nffm-tod with pleuro pneumonia, $18 per head tot tbem< Till? THOEIiE-CAltLISLE IMRE. The testimony in the contested election ense of George II. Thoebc against John O. Carlisle, 0th Congressional District of Kentucky, was opened by the Clerk of the House ami ordered printed. Mr. Car lisle nppeared in his own belinlf nnd Gen. J. Hale Sypher, cx-membcr from Louisiana, appeared as counsel for Mr. Tlioebe. RESIGNED. Assistant Secretary Porterlins tendered his resignation, lie lonves the Depart ment of State witli tlic best feelings for all of its officials, nnd is only influenced to adopt tbit course by reason of Mrs. Porter's ill health nnd other reasons pure ly personal nnd private. He will return to Ilia home in Team ... .eiinessce upon the linqtiishmcn of his office.t AMERICAN SCIENTIST IN CHINA. Tho Department of State 1ms been in formed that Prof, Church, of Columbia College, of New York, n distinguished mining expert, recently arrived at Tient sin, Chinn, nnd entered the service of the Viceroy, Li Hung Chang. He lias made a personal examination of nnd full report upon tho interior Chinese copper nnd sil ver mines, in which he deprecates tho continuance of the old system of hand labor iu iniucn and recommends tho adoption of machinery, which will bo bought in the United States. LAND OFFICE METHODS. Chief Clerk Walker, of tho General Land Office, Ims issued au order t> the chiefs of the divisions where applications for land patents are examined, xvhich it is said will facilitate issuing of (intents in cases where no questions of irregularity have been raised. These cases nro to be pnssed upon ns rapidly ns possible, nml whore there is nny defect or omissions, or where an amendment is required, the necessary steps are to be taken forthwith to close tho case. The filing nwny in definitely of suspended cases is expressly prohibited. The clerks examining tlio cases are required simply to report tire facts, and they will be rated for efficiency on tire record tints made. TIIF. POCTOHH CALLED. The President and Mrs. Cleveland received members of the International Medical Congress with their wives and lady friends at the White House. The timo assigned for the reception was i no hour, a visit to the Corcoran art gallery having been planned for the latter por tion of tho evening. When, however, the hour had expired, there still remained a line extending to the west gate anil tlienco along the entire front of the White House grounds, composed of la dies nnd gentlemen still uniting an op portunity to pay their respects. The reception was therefore prolonged until all lmd been presented, it is estimated tlmt the number received was not less than 5,000. The reception took place in the blue parlor, where several of the lending local physicians, witli their wives, were stationed. MRS. CLEVELAND’S ANBWF.Il. Tho President’s wife 1ms declined the invitation to present flags to tlio New York fire department in the following letter: Executive Mansion, Washington, September 5th, 1887.—Hon. Abram S. Hewitt, Mayor of Nexv York City; Hon. R. Beckman, president board aldermen, lion. James. K. Fitzgerald,—Gentlemen: I have received your pleasing note, re questing me on belmlf of the donors of certain llagb to lie presented to the New York fire depnitmcnt, ns well as in behalf of the citizens of New York generally, nnd tho executive nnd legislative brunches of the city government, to deliver the colors mentioned by tlio fire department on such a day in September, ns shall suit my convenience. It would certainly af ford me a pleasure to contribute, in any degree, to tlio significance of this occa sion, nnd to the satisfaction of the brave and gallant men, whose services are thus to bo recognized. I hope, however, thnt I shall not be misunderstood when I base my declinntion of your kind invita tion upon my unwillingness to assume thnt I, ns tho wife of a President, ought to participate so prominently in a public ceremony, in which he took no part. Yours very truly, Francis Folsom Cleveland." The letter is in Mrs. Cleveland’s own handwriting. NOTES. Tho Acting Secretary of the Treasury has appointed John R. Milliken to be a gauger at Pittsboro, N. C. The Acting Secretary of the Treasury has appointed William B. Webb to be United States gauger nt Grnin Valley, Mo. Tho Acting Secretary of tho Treasury has appointed John A. Davis to be gauger in the 0th district of Virginia, and David Poindexter to be gauger in the 5th district of North Carolina. Tho contract for furnishing* 300,000 pounds of distinctive paper for use in printing internal revenue stamps has been awarded to the Fairchild Paper Company, of East Poppcrell, Mass., at seven and one-fifth cents per pound. SINGULAR MISS NELSON. A rare case of emotional kleptomania is exciting the scientists of Boston, Mass. The culprit, patient or victim, whichever slie deserves to be called, is Minnie Nel- son, whose age is put down in the police record as 22. She is a fine-looking wo man, whose strange mental condition re sults entirely from excessive use of li quor. She was arrested recently for kidnapping the four-year-old daughter of Mrs. Donovan. The singular part of her mania is that she never thinks °f steal ing a child when sho is sober. At such times any mother is perfectly safe in let- 1 inir her children run arounci whore Miss Nefsou is without the slightest fear. Ragged or richly dressed, pretty or homely, tidy or soiled, all children are alike to her under those circumstances. Tho causo of this remarkable mania is a puzzle to the physicians, and sho will doubtless bo placed custody soon and clo.ely watched to *ee if if i» possible to wive the uyrsteqr. , GENERAL NEWS. PHOTOGRAPHS %F HATTERS IN AMERICA AND EUROPE, Home ltule Aaltnllon—Rolling I'ot of Foroprnn I'ollllc*—Lnbor .Muller* nt Home nml Abronil, dr. A razor was found in the cell of A. R, Parsons, the coudomucd Chicago, 111., an archist, with which ho intended to com mit suicide. E. S. Wheeler & Co., of New Haven, Conn., failed for $2,000,000. The firm carries on, among other enterprises, the New Haven Wire Company. Tile Liberal League, at a meeting in Alexandria Palace in London, resolved to establish branches of that association wherever National League lodges nro prohibited in Ireland. Tho proposed evictions on tlio Ponson- by estates, in Ireland, hnvo been aban doned. Under tho provisions of tlio land net, twenty-six of the Ponsonby tenants nro protected and cannot bo evicted. While a big gun was being cast at Viok- cr's foundry, in Sheffield, England, the mould exploded, killing four men on I he spot and injuring many others. The buildings of tlio establishment were more or less shattered. Greemvay, Smith & Oreonwny’s bank at Warwick, England, 1ms failed. Tlio bank hurl b en established for a century, and had the highest reputation for soundness. It is feared tlmt tho failure will cause widespread ruin. Clara Hurton, president of tho Ameri can National Association of tho Red Cross, and Dr. J. R. llubbell, general field ngent of the association, sniled on Hie steamer Arizona to attend tho inter national conference of tho Red Cross, to be held at Carlsruho, Germany. An official note issued by tlio Brazilian legation, at Paris, Franco, indicates an intention on the part of the Brazilian gov ernment to suppress an attempt made under tlio auspices of Frenchmen in Guiana to found a republic in tlio neutral territory of Coununin, between Brazil nnd Guiana. A state of nnnrchy prcvnils at Hono lulu, nnd tlio llritisli government having sent several warships there to make de mands in connection with a loan recently negotiated in England, it is not unlikely tlmt the United States government will assume a sort of protectorate over Ha waii until affairs are straightened out. A schooner loaded with naptha was lying near tlio whnrf opposite John II. Cunningham's great oil store, near the Chelsea end of Chelsea bridge, Boston, Mass. Four men were on deck and one below. Suddenly there was a pull of black smoke and then a tremendous ex plosion, anil a man on the bridge saw the deck of tile vessel rise into the air. In tile midst of flume and smoke were tire bodies of four men. They wero hurled high above the schooner nnd then fell back into the flames. Tho fifih man jumped overboard and was drowned. The flames quickly spread to Cunning- li in’s store-house, which wns soon de stroyed. TERRIFIC BLOW. Ohio I* VUIIeil by n Tornmlo, Wlileli (nnsei Much llnmniie—No Lives Lost. A tornado struck Sylvnnin, Ohio, blow ing down two gas well derricks and wrenching a boiler from its brick foun dation. Three horses in a pasture wero killed by falling trees. All tall treie were leveled. One farmer lmd fifty acres of fine timber all blown down. A brick school-house, at Micliie, xvas de stroyed. The traek’of the tornado was south by east from there along the lino of tlm Toledo & Ohio railroad, and is from one to two hundred yards wide. No fences or tall trees are standing. Corn is scattered and houses and barns arc un roofed for miles. At Wntersvillc, nud other villages to the southward, much damage was done. The slate roofs of a number of buildings wore badly damaged and the towering chimneys ol the main building of the insane asylum were blown down, crushing in the roof. The total loss to the insane asylum is $8,000. Dr. Embry, assistant superintendent of the asylum, wns driving into tho grounds at the time, llis wife and little daughter were with him. His buggy was over turned and all three were thrown out. The doctor held on to the horse, which witli tho vehicle, xvas lifted nnd carried several roils. His xvife and child xvero carried over a hundred feet and dropped into a ditch of txvo feet of xvuter, from xvhich they were rescued unhurt. Tlio Wabash train met the center of the tor nado and the smoke stack of the locomo tive xvas bloxvn off. THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY. At a session of the Catholic University held in Washington, D. C., xvero present Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia; Bish ops Spnulding, of Peoria; Mnrty, of Da kota; Mase, of Covington; Revs. Dr. John S. Foley, of Baltimore, and Clinp- pellc of Washington, nnd Messrs. Eugene Kelly, of Nexv York, and Thomas Wag- gaman, of Washington, 'l'lie selection of n site was determined upon and Wash ington City selected as the choice of a majority of tho archbishops and bishops of the United States. Plans for the build ings xvere presented and adopted. It was resolved to begin xvork during tho present fall. Rev. Dr. Keane, bishop of Richmond, Vn., xvus elected ns first rec tor of the university. A building com mittee, consisting of Archbishop Wil liams, Bishop Keane, and Thomas Wug- gaman, was appointed. It is said that eight million dollars xvill be required to build and place the university on a solid basis. Of tlmt amount about $700,000 has been secured, including the $300,000 donated by Miss Caldwell. The theolog ical department xvill be first to be opened anil that xvill bo under charge of tho order of St. Sulpico. UNEASY I'F.Ol'LH. The revolutionary force under Bnhomi, it is reported at Panama, surprised and took possession of Port Haunion. Tho garrison was betrayed by two officers. Thp fight between the revolutionists and government troops is r< ported to have Leon very severe. A general rising is feared in'Sag Salvador, Guatemala mid Honduras. ROASTED TO DEATH. rvrsisq or the theatre roy al AT EXETER, 1\ ESQ LA SD. During llu* I’orfftrninnco of “Itomnny llyc M A Ftr«» llrcnlifl Out, nn<1 I AO IVopIo Ii«m* Tlit'lr IjtvoM. The Theatre Royal, nt Exeter, England, took lire during a performance of “Ro many Rye.” The occupants of the pit, after an nwful struggle, osenped, but ninny of them xvcrc grcntly injured. There wns only ono exit from the gallery, nnd the rush there was terrific. Scores xvero trodden under foot nnd suffocated. Fire escapes xvero brought to tlio xvin- doxv and mnny inside xvere rescued. Sixty corpses liavo been removed. Tlio injured survivors xvere sent to the hos pital. Tlio mortality is estimated at 100. The structure xvas built after the latest designs, nnd xvas elaborately fitted, being considered one of the prettiest in Great Britinn. There xvas a full house, nnd everything wns all right until tho end of tho third act, nt hnlf-pnst ten o'clock, xvhen n drop scene fell nnd in a moment tho xvliolfi stmjo xvas n mass of fire, and a wild panic ensued. Occupants of tlio stalls, ]iit and dress circle escaped after a dreadful crushing, many being badly bruised. The actors and nctresscs xvero in tiieir dressing rooms xvhen the tiro began, nnd all esenned. The fire originated in the flies and spread rapidly, filling tho thentro with a dense smoke. Occupants of tlio upper circlo nnd gallery rushed to tlio xvindown scrcnming fran tically, nnd mnny jumped from the win dows and xvero injured, nnd others were rescued with the aid of ladders from tho verandas. Tlio fire blazed fiercely, light ing up the xvliolo city. People xvero seen flocking to tho sceno in thousands, in quiring fur friends. The sceno inside tlio thentro when tho fire broko out xvas an nxvful ono. Some men implored tlio nu-i dienco to bo cool, but it was impossi ble to check the frantic rush. Tho then-; ter hose xvns brought into use in a fowl minutes, but tho xvnter hnd littlo effect; on the flames. Tlio actors nnd nctresscs xvere taken out from xviniloxvs with the aid of ladders. They lost everything except what they xvore nt the timo. Up to tho press timo ono hundred nnd thirty bodies hnvo been recovered. They nrci almost unrecognizable. Thirty injurcij survivors have been taken to tlio hospi tals. Fire burned throughout the night. Search for tho bodies proceeds slowly) In many eases every shred of clothing b t i burned off nnd tho bodies look black and raw. There nro various reports ns to the origin of the lire. It is only certain limit tlio llmncs broke out in tho scono-shiftcrs!’ department. Tlio fire brigade arrived five minutes after the breaking out of the flames, blit the efforts of the firemen xvere without effect. A majority of the vic tims were men and boys. A bout thirty women xvere burned. When tho fire stnrted, a drop scene xvas lowered to prevent the draught. Some of tho actors opened a door to escape, causing the fire to burst through tho ilroq sceno nnd to ignite tlio giTliery. The flames overtook people xvlio were wedge 1 in an immovable mass nnd roasted them to dentil, and many xvlio were rescue:1 nlive died soon after being brought out of tho burning building, Tne occupant s of tho dress circle escaped xvithout seri ous barm. INTERNATIONAL MEIIICAL CONHIIKHW. One of 1 he most important meetings of tlio medical profession lias convened at Washington, D. C., being (lie ninth session of the International Medical Com- gress, nud about 2,000 practitioners uiro on hand. There is but ono female phyis- cian in attendance, Dr. Fanny Dickin son, of Chicago, xvlio is the first woman doctor ever admitted as a delegate Ito the congress. Among tho eminent den tists are Dr. G. Wedgewood, of London, ami I)r. J. G. Youngor, of California, who xvill read papers on tho implantation of teeth; Dr. William Wallnce Walker and Dr. A. L. Northrop, of Nexv York city; Dr. J. II. McKellops, of St. Louis; Dr. L. D. Shepherd, of Boston, Mass., who xvill give clinics in operative den tistry. Tho officers are: President Nathan 8. Davis, M. I)., LL.D., Chicago; secretary, General John I). Hamilton, M. ' D., supervising surgeon general United States marino hospital service; treasurer, G. S. F. Arnold, M. I)., M.R.C.S., Newport, II. I.; chairman finance committee, Richard J. Dunglison, M. I)., Philadelphia; chairman executive committee, Henry 11. Smith, M. D., Philadelphia; associate secretary, W;m. If. Atkinson. HINUULAIt MUiClIlE. John M. Bramlett, a clerk in the dirug store of J. W. Posey & Bro., nt Union, S. C., committed suicide recently, and xvas found dead in his bed. Ho left this letteron bistable: “Union, Sep. 3d,1887. Pin xveary of this xvorlil it lias no charms for me: I don’t believe thersnny heaven or hell, I nm a miserable being to bhold, don’t grieve after me dear friends & relatives.” On tho back of the letter and, presumably after he hnd taken the deadly narcotic, xvns xvritten in pencil: “What is to bo xvill be. What is not to be xvon’t be.” lie looked very natural, anil bis position in bed xvns as perfect ns if lie had been laid out for the coffin. Tho verdict of the coroner’s jury wa . “That John Bramlett came to Ills death by a deadly poison of a character and kind unknown to the jury, administered by his own hands,” It xvas a most de liberate self-murder. No one can usMign a reason for tlio deed. Bramlett xvas a young man of good moral habits—n member of the Baptist Church, about txyenty-txvo years old and a native of Laurens. TRAIN WRECKING. LABOR'S HOI,I DAY. An attempt xvas made to wreck a Chic ago. Milwaukee anil St. Paul train, con-i vcying Burr Robinson's circus from Scot-; land to Yankton, Dak. Old rails and telegraph poles were placed across thei track fifteen miles north of Ynnkton, but as the train xvns running sloxvly tlio ipngi- necr saw tlm obstruction in time to [Stop, Three hours later, a southbound fribigiit; came to a stop before’a largo pile optics, which had been wedged between the rail* at the same place, Tho annual parndo of lnbor orgnnizn- 1 tlon^i xvas moro general this year tlinn Inst. In Chicago, Boston, Cincin nati, Detroit, Indianapolis, Baltimore, 'Newark, Now Haven, Buffalo, Albany, Brooklyn, Philadelphia nml other large labor centers, tlio ceremonies xvere elab orate nnd crowds of workingmen paraded tho streets. At Now York fully 25,000 men, belonging to nearly every tra lo or ganization in tlio cily, xvero in line. In the ranks were printiug presses in opera tion; linker’s ovens In full blast; a num ber of large safes, sailing boats fully equipped nnd a group of “squaws’’ rep resented by cignrotte manufacturing girls. The proeession xvns bonded by a platoon of mounted police, nnd the route xvas down Broaitwny from Thirteenth to Fourth street, to Fiftli nvonuc, to Union square. At this point fully IOjOOO peo ple wore massed, nud the reviewing stand wns| located there. On tho stand xvero a largo number of representative labor men and women. Among them was Henry Geqrgc, General Mnstcr Workman Pow- derjy, nml Rev. Dr. McGlynn, who xvero announced to attend, xvns not; present. Nojlwitlutnnding tlio tabooing of red flags, there wero many of them in tho lint), but the red in each case xvas relieved by (colors less suggestive which, in letters of gold, told which labor organization was carrying it. No distinctly socialistic flag wns to be seen. NIMON’N LITTLE GAME. The county treasurer’s snfo doors at Greenville, Darke county, Ohio, were found open nnd $48,000 missing. The treasurer, John L. Simon, xvns not. nt borne, but it is rumored that ho only xvont to iVersnillcs to visit Ids father. Tliecotn- binntion xvns not injured. Simon gives no account except to mnkc out that tho robbery bail been committed unknoxvn to him. He xveeps nml nppenrs to bo in grjiat distress, liis shoe store, contain ing a large itock, lias been closed by tho sheriff. The commissioners hnvo ordered an iinvestigation immediately. Treasurer Simon, and his son Harry, xvero arrested and brought before Squire Myers, the former charged with tlio embezzlement of $35.0t)0 nnd tho son with grand lnr- eeny to the amount of $40,000. An examination xvas xvaiveil and tlio treas urer gave $5,000 bail nml the son $1)00 loir iheir appearance at tho next term of tlie court. HUNTING .SILVER MINEAI. Prospectors are roaming about tho mouutain country of Tennessee, through which railroads arc to pass, seeking ore birds. Lands ran now he bought for merely nominal prices. Rich lend and silver lmvo been found in several localities. It) an immense cave in Putnam county five distinct veins of lead liavo been found. Load ami silver nro said to ex ist in tlie upper edge of Smith nml the adjoining portion of Jackson county. The lend ore is said to be the cause of deadly sick lies'! there, tlio poisonous salts becoming dissolved in tlio water. There i«4 large cave on tho premises of Hop Leo in tlie same section, from xvhich vnl- uablo specimens of lend ore have been ob tained. This ore is also tmid to give off n|oxious gnscs that render tlie exploration o,f the cave very dnngerous. Three men xvlio wentinto tho cave recently xvero suf- f located. ATTEMPTED INCENDIARISM. Three detectives from Birmingham, ^la., xvont up to Decatur nnd caught six men in the act of setting fire to a caboose in tlie yard. Ono of the strikers gave away the plot to tlie detectives, stating tlmt tlie strikers lmd planned to destroy i|ll tlie company’s ears in tlie yard, six men xvere detailed to sot fire to them. Tlie three detectives xvere on tlio spot in time and captured four of the men as t hey xvere setting tiro to the second car. 'l’xvo of the six men escaped in tlie dnrk- jioss, but tlie others xvere lodged in jail. The men arrested arc John Henry Epaine, Davy Foreman and A. C. Thomas. The jirrest of tho ringleaders stopped nil troubles and the rest went back to work. One new man xvas ussaultcd by three (strikers, but xvas not seriously hurt. A train xvas xvrecked by tho strikers, but no one xvas hurt. NAl’DLEON HI. Arrangements are noxv perfected for the removal of tlie remains of Napoleon III, and the Prince Imperial front Chisel- burst, England, to the nexv mortunry crypt in the mausoleum on Fnrnborough Hill, but the date of the ceremony is not yet stnlcd. Two great ted granite snr- copbogi, not unlike tlie one at the Invnliacs, liavo been placed on either side of tho altar. That of tlie Emperor xvas the gift of Queen Victoria to the Empress Eugenie, but tlie miter buys the other for her son herself. Meanwhile tlie coffins are in tho church nt Chisel- hurst. Their removal xvill be the occas ion of a solemn and magnificent function, it being Queen Victoria’s command that full military honors be paid to botli father and ton, and doubtless an im mense crowd xvill be attracted from Lon don. DEATH OF AN EX-GOVERNOR. Ex-Governor William Aikiu died nt his country plnce at Flat Rock, N. C., aged eighty-ono. lie xvas governor of South Carolina ill 1844, and congressman from 1851 to 1857. Ho xvas before the War tho largest slave-holder in the state, and xvas it successful rice planter. He consistently opposed nullification and se cession, and took no part in politics after leaving Congress. He xvns also one of the first appointed trustees of the Pen- body fund. FOUND AT LAST. Mr. Gamble, a citizen of Anniston, Ala., who lias just returned from a visit lo the City of Mexico, reports that ho saw and recognized in that city Marsh T. Polk, the defaulting state treasurer of Tennessee. He says that he knew Polk well, nnd that he is noxv engaged in bus iness in Mexico. It xvill bo remembered that circumstantial accounts of Polk’s illness, death and burial in Tennessee v«to publiibed several /ears ago, THE SOUTHERN FARMER W GENERAL PROSPERITY IS THE RULE ALL OVER THE SOUTH. What Mwrel Pdnii la the lleat—Trentmrat el lleraes-FIno Outlook In SntkCan* Ilna-Ponlirj! Notre* SWEET POTATOES. Of the varieties of sweet, potatoes, moot generally cultivated for tnble use that known ns tlio Gcorgin yam or sugar yam is considered best for the Southern taste which demands a “Wot” potato!* This variety, boxvever, is not very pro ductive, nor xvill it hear into planting. Next in quality, nnd moro productive,la tlie variety known ns the pumpkin ynm, which is deep yellow xvhen cooked, hence its name. Tlie flesh of tho Gcor gin ynm is of a light yellow when cooked. For stock, the more productive varieties, such ns tlie St. Domingo nnd Ilnyti yam, are preferred. Under identical circum stances, those txvo varieties will produce two or three times ns much ss tho Geor gia ynm. HOME COMFORT. Swcot pillows may bo mndo by tho thou«nnds at very trilling cost by shred ding, xvith the fingors, or with a wido prolonged steel fork, out of tho shucks taken from green corn, and placing them in tho sun for bleaching. After being thoroughly dried, without rnin or dew, they will be white, sxvcet nnd nico nntl ready for a tick of nny sizo desired. For summer uso, pillows made in this way xvill bo found elegant upon xvhich to rest a xveary head, ns they nro much cooler than fenthers, moss, or curled hair. Tho beauty nbout it is that every fnmily can manufacture their own piiloxvs almost without cost, and from shucks generally tbroxvn away. Bourn Carolina’s prosperity. Tho outlook for tho planters and farm ers in South Carolina is especially bright, in spite of tho discouraging statements which hnvo been received. Tho special report.furnished by the Stato Department of Agriculture, shows in general terms thnt, iis compared with the crops of last year, thore will be 000,000 bales of cot ton, an increaso of 07,000 bales, 0,000,- 000 bushels of corn, 400,000 bushels of xvhent, ami 450,000 bushels of oats, to gether with a slight increaso in tho rico crop nnd nn increase of about twenty per cent, in sugar enno and sorghum. This is almost ns encouraging a prospect ns could be desired, for tho reason thnt tho planters nnd fnrmors have xvorkod this year nt comparatively sinnll expense, anil have but few debts to pny. Their deter mination to make sure of their meat nnd bread is marked out in tho enormous in crease in tho crops of corn and small grain. TREATMENT OF HORSES. Never rido n horse without first mak ing his ncqunintnnco and securing his good will. Go to his head, speak kind ly, pat him, look in his eyes. Whether you are a friend or foe, lie xvill judge by your voice, your oyo and your brenth. Horses judge a man ns quickly as a man docs a horse. Feed hnd water abundant ly at night ufter xvork nnd tho animal lias hnd time to rest and cool off. Feed ; moderately in the morning or before work. Pnrtliians nnd Arabs prepare their, horses for hard drives by fasting rather than feasting. More horses nro injured by hard driving on n full stomach than by any other process. Never let a horse cat or drink much when ho is hot from xvork. Study your horse, treat him ac cording to ids nature, make him your friend, nud ho xvill do better and safer xvork. rOULTRY MATTERS. A Tennesseo Receipt:—One of the best cholera preventatives is tlie Dougins mix ture: One pound sulphate iron,, (copper- • as) and ouo oz. sulphuric acid, put into two gallons of water. Put one tabic- spoonful of this mixture in each pint of drinking water daily for cure, nnd week ly ns a preventative. Exhibit Your Birds:—If you nro a breeder of fine poultry, you of course aim to exhibit your fowls nt tlie poultry shoxv this season, nnd lucky xvill he those xvlio xvin prizes, for tlie prospective pur chaser will closely cxnmiuc tho list of awards to see xvho has xvon first prizes on tho vnriety he xvishes to purchnso and will invariably send his order to tho breeder who has xvon, ns it is good ovi- ilei ce that said breeder has good stock and is much more convincing proof than n flaming advertisement or circular. Any breeder can get up a fine circular or au attractive advertisement, but only tho owner of fine birds can xvin first prizes nt our poultry shows xvhero competition is generally keen.—Southern Poultry Yard. Feed Board:—For feeding the young chicks wo urge tlio use of a smooth board easily cleaned, hence not capable of enrrying disense to the chicks. Throw the feod ou the board, xvhich should hnvo on it some sand and charcoal. Thorough ly cleanse the bnard at least three times each week. As tho chicks groxv older and capable of xvasting the food by trampl ing it, protect it by a light lattice framo with the slafc running perpendicularly, so the chicks can reach through for their food. At this stage the feed board should be narrow, so that the chicks can rcuch to the middle.—Atlanta, Ga., Southern Farm. Hardy Fowl :-The Wyandotte xvill stead ily gain favor in the South. It is a me dium-sized foxvl, hardy, easily confined in close quarters, but uctive and a good forager xvhen given range; hcavy-ment- ed, small-boned, good layer, rapid grow er, good sitter and mother; clcan-legged, of high yelloxv color, rose combed, small crop anil small eater, smnll offal, and beautiful form and feather. RUSSIA'S COTTON MILL, The Russian court chamberlain, Mit- ehnqoff, Prince Demiiloff and a party of milliounires, are inspecting (he cotton fields of Bokhara with a viexv to select ing a suitable site on tho lino of the projected Snmnrcand railxvny for a cotton mill. A large portion of the material nml the overseers will be Americun. . Like Poor Fireworks. “Maria,” said Podgkins, who has a family of grown-up daughters, “our girls seem like poor fireworks.” “Like poor fireworks. JoUa? Howl” “The/fail to go oft,'*