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.4 HE CONYE mj m Y H j Y VOL. XI. At the recent New York Methodist Conference a promise was exacted from candidates for the ministry to wholly bstain from the use of tobacco. a Several prisoners under the sentence ol death have been interviewed in New York, and have unanimously declared in ’ the favor of electricity as against rope. Almost every American craft which goes to sea now carries oil to smooth the troubled waters, and there is hardly a week in which it does not save some ves tel from foundering. The Chinese of Tacoma, AYashingtoD Territory, import from Alaska every few months big boxes full of dried hears’ paws, from which they make a medicine similar to their dried lizard tonic. Bear’s gall which sells at $10 a pound, is also in great demand among them. One of the most successful of orchid growers is a young New Jersey woman, who, finding herself in straightened cir cumstandes a few years ago, began flor¬ iculture in a small way on a little piece of pine land. Now she has taken hex younger sisters into partnership and is doing a big business. The electric motor for street cars has passed the experimental stage, asserts the Detroit Free Pi » . It has been tried in Boston and provi d a marked success, drawing a car at the rate of from twelve to fifteen miles an hour with ease, and ascending grades without difficulty. It is claimed that the car can be run eight eea hours with but two changes of the storage battery. If this is true, and it is also true that the Co t is less than horse power, the street-car horse is doomed. The late Emperor AViiliam, of Ger¬ many, during his lifetime saw disappeai from the scene six Popes, eight Emper¬ ors, fifty-two Kings, six Sultans, and twenty-one Presidents. Four of these :are still alive, but the remaining eighty nine are dead. Kaiser AVilhelm pos¬ sessed, among other virtues of the Hohenzollerns, that of economy. AVith put falling into the sordid avarice of [Frederick the Great, he knew how to [reckon, and succeeded in raising the [fortune [time of his house, which was at one very small. [ AVhatever he the result of the marriage between the Indian Chaskaandhis pious white school mistress out in Dakota, [remarks the New Y r ork Sun, it is evident phat he has got a wife who puts in prac¬ tice the most advanced ideas of the sights of her sex. According to the reports that come by telegraph, she parried hras on the courtship by which he won; she gave him gifts in proof of per attachment; she presented him with p gold wedding ring, upon which both pf pint their names were engraved; she took out to walk; she manifested her affection in public; she aided in his education, and it is alleged that she even kent so far as to offer to work for his Support. There was thus a complete reversal of the customs that are ordinarily practised ike rights in the matrimonial market, and of women were asserted in a Fay which can be justified only by recalling leap the glorious fact that this is year. Emperor AYilliam, aged 90, AY. AY. Corcoran, 89, Air. Alcott, 88, Chief Jus¬ tice AVaite, 71, and Attorney-General jhewster, deaths, 71, have all died this year, and iese says the Courier-Journal, tall attention to the longevity of [ctive and famous men in all lands. In unerica, George Bancroft, the historian, 1 87. Neal Dow, only a short time ago efeated when a candidate for Alayor of ortland, Ale., is 84. Simon Cameron, fho was in Lincoln’s Cabinet, is 88. lavid Dudley Field is 82. General Jo eph E. Johnson and John G. AVhittier re eighty. Jefferson Davis is 79. Oliver Vendell Holmes and Hannibal Hamlin re, with Gladstone and Tennyson, 88. Ex¬ resident AIcCosh,of Princeton, and Pres¬ ent <int ® Noah a rnard, Porter, of Columbia of Yale, are 76. Pres , ro.essor College,is 78. Dana and General Fremont r " l4: Admiral Porter is 73. General jubal e Early an( is l Senator 72. Justice Dawes Miller, Jus r are 71, the p e of Chief Justice AYaite. Louis Kos Rth still li ves at the age of 85. Car Inal ^Newman is 86. Yon Moltke is Ferdinand de Lesseps is 82. Car Manning is 79. The Pope is 77. Q Marshal Bazaine and King . *’ :Qe historian of the Crimea, 76. ert Browning are Jsmarck, and Aleissonier are 75. Earl Granville and Bawlin ,B s the hj«to nan, 72. ’ shows are This certain S rMt vitality ana wag the leaders , 6 B!n rteesth centurv. Out times to the old me*. But them wou!d probably be willing e *«hange fame for youth. SOUTHERN SPRAYS. INTERESTING FACTS BRIEFED FOR BUSY HUMANITY. HOVEMENTS IN RELIGIOUS, TEMPERANCE, MASONIC AND SOCIAL CIRCLES—FIRES, ACCIDENTS—INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS. Alabama. Some of the moiders at the Elliot car works, in Gad-den, struck for higher pay. Their places were quickly filled. The grand indictments jury, at Birmingham, re¬ turned eiilit against Judge H. G. Bond, general manager of the De¬ catur Land Company, for embezzlement of the funds of the company. Florida. Rockwell & Kinne, hardware dealers of Jacksonville, have failed. “Tissue paper parties”—an improve¬ ment over the kinness, is Jacksonville’s latest fad. A carrier pigeon line is proposed to connect Pine Level, the present county seat, with the w ires at Fort Ogden. Postoftiees have been established at Arrow Park, DeSoto county; Lacoochees, Pasco county, and at Turnbull, Brevard county. The post-masters are AVm. King, AVm. Acosta and A. J. Carter. Georgia. Gov. Gordon patdonedMattie sentenced from Barrow, llous i colored woman, :on county, for manslaughter, because he jonsidered she was innocent. Augusta has grow n in population as follows: 1860, 12,493; 1870, 15,386; 1880, 25,000; 1888, 46,176. Since 1880 the limits of the city have heen enlarged. Augusta is to utilize the big market house, that was built ten years ago to replace the one blown down in a cyclone by turning it into an Exposition board¬ ing house. Because Augusta, Macon, Columbus, Rome, Athens, Alii ledge vnle and Gaines vdle, will hold fairs next Fall, the Pied¬ mont Exposition company, of Atlanta, will not hold a fair until October, 1889. The Augusta Exposition party that went AA r e-t to “woik up” the country out there in behalf of the enterprise, h ;ve re¬ turned, aud Editor AValsh of the Chroni¬ cle, said: “A\ T e were too weil treated, and it is a mystery how we all managed to survive. ” Mississippi. A committee left Jackson on Monday for Beauvoir to escort Air. Davis to the laying of the coiner stone of the Confed¬ erate monument. Two crimes were avenged by the hang¬ ing of a white man, named Graham, and two negroes, named David Moore aud AVillard Hail. The execution took place in the jail yard at Bolivar. Missouri. A freight train on the Rock Island road weut through a into bridge near Ran¬ dolph point, crashing a short ravine twen¬ ty-five feet deep. In a time a freight on the Hannibal & St. Joe went through a bridge which adjoined Rock Island, and which had been weakened by the first wreck. Two engineers, a fireman and four tramps were killed. North Carolina. Col John A. F* gg, one of the last sur¬ viving officers of the Alexican AYar fiom North Carolina, died sudenly on AVed¬ nesday, at Ashville; aged 81. Allen B. Dills, a well know and highly respected farmer near Webster, shot and killed William II. Bumgarner, and fa¬ tally wounded his father, William Bum earner. The difficulty arose through a misunderstanding about a small tract of land, and is the termination of an old fetid. The latest report says that old man Bumgarner has seven bullets in him, and is expected to die. £ontli Carolina The state railroad board of equalization lias completed its assessments per mile of the several lines several in the suite after hearing arguments from companies, The average assessment per mile on the thirty-two roads is $5,500; the highest is $14,000, being that of the Northeastern railroad running from Charleston to Florence, the and the lowest is $500, being that of Bishopville railroad, which is to run from that vilage- to Lumber. AAliile Theron Earle, son of Rev. T. J. Earle, of Gowensville, anti his sister, Aliss Juliet Earle, were attempting to cross North Tiger River at Turner’s Mills, the buggy and occupants were swept dow n the stream by the flood and drifted over the mill dam. Aliss Earle fell on the rocks, and her skull being fractured she sank and never found. reappeared until her dead body was Young Air. Earle was separated from his sister and was saved in a half drowned condi¬ tion by the miller who had seen the acci¬ dent and had gone to the rescue. Texas The committee of the Presbyterian Cumberland Assembly, at AYaco, on tem¬ perance, submitted an able report con¬ demning license,high or low,as w rong and criminal. It also pronounced spirits the inconsis¬ sale or manufacture of ardent as tent with Christian character. Hempstead, the county seat of AYaiker county, is in a state of great excitement, caused by some articles which appeared in the Weekly Guard new spaper reflect¬ ing on the county officers. Deputy Sher¬ iff Chambers attacked William Ailchin, the author of the articles, and was killed; Allchin was himself ki led hy another deputy sheriff, and the shetiff’s son was arrested for having a hand in the trouble, The governor has ordered several military companies on duty. Louisiana. The Legislature, in joint session on Wednesday, declared Gen. R. L. Gibson the choice of the general assembly to suc¬ ceed himself as United States Senator. CONYERS. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1888. Kentucky. James W. Schooler, colored, of Nich olasville, was, on Thursday, admitted to practice before the court of appeals. lie is the first colored man to attain this dis¬ tinction in the state. Tennessee. Work on the new custom house in Chattanooga has started. The Perry Stove Works at South Pitts¬ burg were destroyed by fire on Saturday, entailing a loss of $209,000; insured for $175,000. Work lias been commenced on the new building at the University of Tennessee, at Knoxville, to he devoted to scientific purposes. It will cost about $10,000. A memorial service was held by posts 2 and 45, Grand Amy of the Republic, at Rev. Dr. Riker’s Church in Chatta¬ nooga, and a large delegation of N. B. Forrest Camp of Confederate Veterans wete present by special invitation. The Farmers’ Convention in session at Knoxville discussed horticulture, stock raising, “fence or no fence,” the destruc¬ tion of insects, English Hamilton sparrows, etc. S. J. A. Frazier, of county, was elected president for the ensuing year, and J. K. P. Wallace, of Anderson county, secretary. Health Officer Mitchell, of Chattanoo¬ ga, on Thursday expressed to the Health Board liis convictions that in view of the fact that small-pox was at Jackson a few weeks since, and lias appeared that at Mem¬ phis within the la^t few days, it was desirable to take especial steps looking to the thorough vaccination of the people. The first pansenger train to run to the top of Lookout mountain over the standard guage railroad left Chat¬ tanooga on Sunday, carrying the di¬ rectors of the company, a number of railroad officials and invited guests. The trip was made in safety in forty minutes, the distance being eight miles. The av¬ erage grade up the mountain is 100 feet to the mile. Carmichael, the colore 1 man wlio killed Sbipe, the deputy sheriff of Knox county, is sentenced to be hung on July 20. After his conviction, the grand jury was called into the court room and Judge Logan proceeded to deliver to that body a special charge iu reference to the dem¬ onstrations of violence which had been attempted on Thursday. lie ordered in¬ dictments found against every one of the ringleaders, and charged the grand jury that it was their duly to see that no guilty man should escape. Virginia. J. J. Shirkey, dry goods merchant, Staunton, Va., made an assignment on Wednesday. Liabilities, $25,000 to $30, 000; assets, $18,000. A NOTABLE SCENE. The Presbyterian Assembly held a ses¬ sion at Philadelphia, Pa., and the South¬ ern Assembly, in session at Balt more, Md., adjourned, in order to go to Phila¬ delphia on a fraternal visit. AVhen Dr Thompson, of Philadelphia, and Dr. J. J. Bullock, the venerable moderator of th( Southern Assembly, greeted each other, there were shouts and cheers, which were renewed when the visitors entered the grounds where President and Mrs. Cleveland, the host and hostiss, and the commissioners of the Northern Assembly were waiting to receive them. The latter stood in a double row with uncovered heads as the South¬ ern members passed up to the front of the portico, where the exercises were to be held, venerable Dr. Brown, of Vir¬ ginia, and the Southern moderaror, Rev. J. J. Bullock, D. D., of Washington, coming in for a special share of the ap¬ plause. Congressmen Randolph Tucker, of Virginia, aud Breckinridge, of Ken¬ tucky, were conspicuous among the Southern lay commissioners, and were heartily recognized. As the President md Airs. Cleveland emerged from the house to the portico there was a burst of cheering from the big assemblage on the lawn. The rain had ceased, and the people stood with bared heads. The President was accompanied AYood, by the Modera- host, Air. Alorris, Rev. Charles tors Thompson and Bullock and other j officers of the two assemblages. j MARRIED AT LAST. The marriage ceremony of Prince Henry, second son of Emperor Frederick, and Princess Irene, third daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig, of Hesse, was sol emnized in the chapel of Churlottenburg caste on Thursday. All the bells at that Charlottenburg were rung commenced, to announce and the ceremony had a salute of thirty-six guns fired at 12:30 announced that the bride and bridegroom had exchanged rings. Both Emperor Frederick and Dowager Empress Augus ta were present during the ceremony. Prince Henry and the crown prince were dressed in naval uniform. Thousands of people were assembled outside the castle and when the aged Gen. Von Aloltke ar rived, he was enthusiastically cheered by the multitude. The bride and bride groom are first cousins and are grand children of Queen Victoria, of England ^ fate e A?ke g S ° f PBn ess SAT DOWN UPON. Newton Dexter manager of , the , Food _ , Exhibition to be hetd i“ AHrany, !N. Y., in September, was applied to for space for an exhibit of oleomargarine. He letter to Dairy Commissioner _ wrote a Crown, asking if such a dtsp.ay wou.ct be allowed, and received the following letter in reply: “It is my opinion that an exhibition in the manner named in your letter would be in violation of the state law.” The oleomargarine peo ple say that they will exutolt and oefy aDjr law to prevent them. AROUND THE GLOBE. ITEMS GIEANED FROM TELE¬ PHONE AND TELEGRAPH. INTERESTING DOTS ABOUT THE NORTH, EAST AND WEST—THE EUROPEAN SITU¬ ATION—DOINGS OF KINGS AND QUEENS. Finland Diet has passed an act increas¬ ing the cavalry force. Memorial services’were held over the tomb of General Winfield Scott Hancock in Montgomery cemetery on Sunday at Norristown, Pa. Cardinal Gibbons has heen notified of the appointment of Dr. John S. Foley, of St. Martin’s Church, Baltimore, Aid., to he bishop of Detroit, Mich. The Chicago, Ill., anarchists talk of putting a presidential candidate of their own in the field. Capt. Black, their law¬ yer, appears to be the favorite for the nomination. A new gasometer at the gas works at day. Hochelaga, Canada, exploded on Satur¬ There were from twelve to twe ity men in the building at the time and five were killed. .Company H. 1st regiment, Virginia Volunteers (Richmond Grays,) went to New York to participate in the Memorial Day exercises and received a grand ova¬ tion ll'om the Metropolitan city. John Lawrence Sullivan, the “slugger” of Boston, Mass., lias bought an interest in a circus enterprise, that is noted for its many scrimmages with the police author¬ ities in which it exhibits. thern The switchmen employed in the Sou¬ Pacific yards in Los Angeles, Cal., struck on Friday. They gradually complain dispensing that the company has been With the men who participated in the strike two week-* ago. Some of the boy inmates of St Vincent Orphan Asylum, located in San Rafael, near Sau Francisco, Ca!., made several attempts to fire the building. One boy confe sed that they wished to run away was the reason they did it. Some excitement ensued in the Meth¬ odist Conference in session at New York, on and Thursday, in the balloting for bishops, after 14 ballots, Dr. Newman, Gen. Grant’s old pastor was elected to one of the vacancies. M. Wilson’s constituents in Paris have sent a petition to the Chamber of Dep¬ uties, asking that body to summon M. Wilson to attend to his legislative duties or to expel him. AVilsun is Ex-President Grevy’s son-in-law. The Presbyterian General Assembly in (North) at Philadelphia. Pa., voted that view of the present unsettled opinion relating to the Revised Ver-ion it was in¬ expedient to authorize its use in the pub¬ lic worship of the sanctuary. All the employes of the Milwaukee road at Mitchell, Dakota, were notilied that they had been assessed one-third of their pay for the first six days of the month, to help the company pay the dam¬ ages sustained through tbe “Q” strike. The parliamentary election at South¬ ampton, England, tesultcd in a victory for the liberals, Evens, liberal candidate, received 5,151 votes, and Gue-t, conser¬ vative nominee, 4.200. The vacancy was caused by the promotion of Admiral Com merel , conservative, to command at Ports¬ mouth, Mrs. F. C. Friday Krueger of Elgin, Ill., was killed on in trying to rescue her eighteen months’ old child from an approaching freight train on the North¬ western railway. The child had wan¬ dered from the house out to the track and was also killed, being struck just as she reached it. Mr. Gladstone, addressing a party of Rockdale excursionists at Hawarden on Saturday said, with regard to the Irish question, that while it was going back¬ ward within the walls of Parliament, it was advancing outside, and it was to the nation th y looked to carry every great question. At the Alethodist General Conference in New York, in a ballot for bishops (447 votes being cast) two out of the q ve to he elected were chosen, viz: Rev. John Ileyl Vincent, D. D., L%. D., of Rock River, Illinois, and lyv. J. N. Fitzgerald, D. 1)., of Nasfffk, N. J. Vincent received 311 votes and Fitzger¬ ald 310. A waterspout fell in the northwestern part of Dawes county, Nebraska, on Sunday night, burying five miles of the pv e mont, Kilt horn and Alissouri Talley t rac k arid carrying away a large number ) the AVhite and 0 f ca ttle. Bridges across carried and L one Tree rivers were away, a num (j Cr 0 f settlers along these rivers j iave | )een lost. The spout came in the f ornl 0 f a p; lc k cloud, which resembled a i ar g e car t wheel in rapid motion and a pp,. are d about ten feet thick, THE DYI NG S OLDIER m(rR impression * is that Lieut, p | ;l slleridi the Commander-in chief of the United States Army, is now on his deathbed, caused by valvularaffee tion of the heart. A consultation of four army doctors was held on Saturday morn lag and no hope ^ seemed to he entertained ^ the pati t would recover. The , . £ go j^| cr rallied afterwards, and g art ok of milk an;1 ch ; ( . ken broth, but on und he C0mmeDC ed sinking. Digitalis and * effec t him, faUed t0 have anv on 0 ^ en wa , administered to prevent bl d poisonil) *; „ RS he has (edema of the lower mbs (nYopsicai of sweiling) the blood. due Bro- tc . fect cirCU | at ion m ;d e 0 f p ' t .s«ium was administered with choco , 8t ( l induce sleep. The last 1ml )etin from Uje vete ran’s sick chamber it to t ^ e e g ec t that he is linking rapidly. CORNER STONE LAID, The corner stone of the Divinity building of the new Catholic University of Amer¬ ica was laid on Thursday at Washington, unfavorable D. C., under the most weather conditions, as it was raining. Only about BOO people expected, were present, and where fully 35,000 were the grand procession, tinder the direction of General Rosecrans, which was to have been an imposing feature of the ceremo¬ nies, had to he abandoned. The pro¬ gramme of religious services was hut partially carried out. The ceremony of blessing the site of the chapel and laying the corner stone was postponed These ceremonies on ac¬ count of the rain. will he performed at some future date. President Cleveland was present, occu¬ pying a seat On the platlorm Bishop between Ireland. Cardinal Gibbons and With the President were also Secretaries Bayard, Vilas, Whitney aud Endicott, and Postmaster General Dickinson. Among the distinguished Cardinal prelates Gibbons, pres¬ ent were: James, Archbishop Yfilliams, of Boston; Ryan, of Philadelphia; Elder, of Cincinnati; Sal Pointe, of Santa Fe, and Ireland, of St. Paul: Bishops Spalding, of of Buffalo; Pioria; Keane, of Richmond; Ryan, Northrop, of Charleston, S. C.; Bttrke, of Cheyenne; Machebeuf, of Denver; of Gilmore, of Cleve¬ land; Janssens, of Natchez; Phelan, of Pittsburg; Kain, of Wheeling; O’Reilly, of Springfield; O’Sullivan, of Mobile; Moore, of St. Augustine; Leboeuf, of Washington teriitory; Maes, of Coving¬ ton, Kentucky; McGovern, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Dr. John S. Foley, bishop elect, of Detroit; Robert Fulton, New Jersey, provincial of the order of Jesuits of the United States, and Monsignors Farley, of New York, and Sullivan, of Wheeling. A large number of priests, scholastics and seminarians were present. A few moments before 4 o’clock, the president arrived and was introduced to Cardinal Gibbons, and other distinguish¬ ed divines present, who removed theii scarlet and purple berettas and remained uncovered while the President was stand¬ ing. He took a proffered Ireland seat between the the Cardinal and Bishop voices on platform. A choir of 150 accom¬ panied by the Marine band rendered Hndyn’s anthem, “The Heavens are Telling.” This was followed by the charting of Psalm eighty-three seminary hv and the choristers from St. Mary’s After St. Charles college of Baltimore. selections were rendered by the choir and the Marine band, at 4:30 o’clock Right Reverend Bishop Spalding, of Peoria, made an address. Bishop Keane, rector of the University, here stepped forward, and addressing himself to Miss Caldwell, who was seated at the right and in front of the platform, read a short letter from the cardinal to Miss Caldwell, expressing the munificent profound gratitude of the church for her gift, which he said entitles her to he considered the “foundress of our Catho¬ lic University.” Accompanying the car dina!’s letter was one from the Pope solid to gold, Bishop Keane. A medal of and about twe inches in diameU r, was then presented to Mi-s Caldwell from the Pope. It was instituted by order of Leo Nil at the be¬ gin begining of and in commemoration ol the eighth year of his pontificate. the One side contains the profile of pope; on the other is history the representation lifted aloft by of angels, the genius of inscription commemorating the with an opening of the archives of the Vatican to historical researches of the scholars of the world. The medal is enclosed in a red velvet case, embossed with the papal arms. OHINESE PIRATES. The China steamer arriving at San Francisco, Cal., brought of news of the ex¬ traordinary wreck the steamer, San Pablo, which occurred April 24th, on a reef off Turnabout Island, in the For¬ mosa straits, off the China coast. '1 he vessel struck a sunken rock in a thick fog early in the morning and every one was aroused. The captain soon saw that the vessel was to be abandoned, as she was filling fust, and showed a tendency to cap ize. Just before the lifeboats were ready to he lowered, a swarm of Chinese pirates came from the neighboring main¬ lands. They came in such overwhelming numbers that before any demonstration could he made on board the sinking ves¬ sel, the pirates were climbing up the ship side, heavily armed. Capt. Reed passed revolvers and guns among the passengers and crew, and after a furious fusilade the pirates were beaten off. They made a second and more desperate when attempt Reed to hoard the San Pablo, Capt. brought the ship’s hose pipes into requi sition, and the pirates were again put to flight. Ten were killed. The passengers and crew reach d the mainland, and the pirates sacked the vessel and burned her. She was valued at $500,000. SAW GEN. WASHINGTON. - In a new cottage at the corner of Twelfth street and avenue D, in Firming ham. Ala., lives Mrs. Elizabeth AIcDott gal, who claims to be 102 years old. She is a native of South Carolina, having been born there in 1786. She has thirty nine grandchildren. grandchildren She and claims fifty-three distinctly great to remember having shaken hands with a™. .»•> AT LAST. - A body found in the lake near Mil waukce, AYis., on Saturday, is identified as that of young Tascott, who murdered Banker Snell last AViater in Chicago, Ill. NO. 14. WASHINGTON NEWS. HOW CONGRESS IS SPENDING ITS TIME AND ENERGY, OFFICIAL ACTS OF THE PRESIDENT—AP¬ POINTMENTS AND REMOVALS—WHERE THE NATION’S MONEY GOES—GOSSIP. CONGRESSIONAL. In the Senate on Thursday, the fol¬ lowing House bills were reported and placed on the calendar: Authorizinethe construction of bridges across the Ten¬ nessee tiver at Chattanooga, Tenn., and at Gunthersville, Ala. Mr. Stewart called up the joint resolution offered by him on the 14th iristant for ft constitu¬ tional amendment reducing to a simple majority the vole necessary to override the presidential veto, and addressed the’ Senate on the subji ct. Senator Stewart closed his speech at half-past one and then the conference repott on the pen¬ sion appropriation bill was agreed to. She se ect committee to examine into all questions touching meat products of the Uniled States was announced. (Messrs. Vest, Plumb, Manderson, Cullom and ecutive Coke) aud business.....On the Senate proceeded motion to Mr. ex¬ a Cachings, of Mississippi, the Senate hill passed lor the erection of public build¬ ings at Vicksburg, Miss., motion at an ultimate of MY. co-t of $100,000. On Taulbee, of Kentucky, the Senate bill was passed authorizing the construction of bridges across the Kentucky river aud its tributaries by the Louisville, Cincin¬ nati & Virginia Railroad Company. On motion of Mr. Lee, of Virginia, the bi,l was passed, making inauguration day a holiday in the District of Colombia. The House then went into the committee of the whole, (Mr. Turner, of Georgia, 1 in the chair)on the post office appropriation Georgia, bill. On motion of Mr. Blount, of the allowances for mail messenger service was increased from $900,000 to $950,000. The conference report on invalid pension appropriation hill was agreed to. passed The bill is identically the same as it the Senate, except that the appropriation for stationery and other expenses of pen¬ sion agencies is reduced from $18,000 to $ 10 , 000 . GOSS 11*. Rev. Snmuel If. Giesv, D. D., rector of the Church of Epiphany in AYashing ton died on Sunday of pneumonia. The Hatch bill to enlarge the duties of the department of agriculture aud make it an executive department, is going through with a tush. The United States Consul at Port au Prince, Hnyti, reports another revolution, and President Cleveland at once directed Admiral Luce to send a man-of-war to protect American interests. The bill to pay Morgan Rawles, of Georgia, $8,000 for property destroyed by Union forces during the War, which also passed the Senate on AVednesday will go to the President on Friday. In mapping out the work for the United States Supreme Court for the Summer, Justice Lamar was assigned Florida, to the circuit embracing Georgia, Louisiana and Alabama, Mississippi, Texas. Some of the Southern members of the House Committee on rivers and harbors are di-mttved by the changes made in tho bill by the Senate committee, and ex¬ press an intention to vigorously asserted oppose that those of importance. It is tiic New England approp iations have been, in many instances, increased even beyond the estimates made by the engin eer oflicers, and those submitted by the department, while the Southern items have been ruthlessly cut. THE NEW WAY. A parly of white men at Marion, S. O., punished Luther R. It ch, from North Carolina, who came to that town in com¬ pany with a mulatto woman, calling her¬ self Jane Mooie, intending to marry her, n > marriage license being required in South Carolina. The woman’s fears were aroused, and she quit before the regula¬ tors could handle her. Rich was taken into hands, severely whipped, painted black and paraded around the town. He was glad to get off with his life. He confessed his purpose to marry the woman simply to get possession of her money. The law of South Carolina pro hibits the inter-marriage of white and colored. A Floating Light. *- . - A very pretty effect may be produced bv causing a candle to burn while almost ' ____^ M immersed in water iT in a tumbler. The : J Wm -r-r ut is very f Insert a nail— not too heavy—in of the lower end a "■J __.short candle in or¬ _____ _____ and place der to make that end heavier, enough the whole in a glass containing water to reach the upper edge of the can die without wetting the wic.v. At first thought nothing seems st. anger than to expect a candle to e cn t.e.y consumed in such a situation, out u s simple enough. As the candle burns, it grows lighter and ligh er, gradually as it dunmishes & > that the lighted end al v. a) s th ^reoveVthfouttide Moreover, » uu ThtS.?.”!! of . the candle, »*r. . „ little hollow in the center, as is shown in our design. This hollow place also helps in making the candle float, ana . preserves the wick from contact with the water. Thus the candle will continue to burn in its strange candlestick until the wick it entirely consumed .—L Hint' ration.