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THE CONYERS . ■» %iz %rf / V f J KJJJJ 1 rri J . . I _ _ / VOL. XI. is now observer! in tllQ Arbor Day States. , schools Of t wenty-six of the Mississippi members All seven Confederate soldiers. of Congress were Boston cheese dealer says that adul A when fresh and well terated cheese, distinguished from cannot be a E:1 de, cheese. It is made good skim milk Lely ed in Western oleo factories, oil, cotton and is seed, coin¬ p° of stearin, ; d skim milk. The cream is first ex¬ 0 milk, and then it is tracted from the sought to return fats of a cheaper quality. A considerable quantity of rancid butter js also used. _ 1 of the modern passengei The influence j elevator on rents in New Y r ork is curi¬ ously illustrated in some of the ten and twelve story apartment houses uptown. The facility which they afford for reach¬ ing the floors far above the ground, puts alfthe apartments practically on a level Just so far as the rents are concerned. as big figures are asked now for the sev eighth and ninth stories as are for the apartments immediately off the street. In fact, some people pre get away above the noise and bustle of the neighboring thoroughfares, sail some difficulty is experienced at times in renting the apartments below. ; A curious case of citizenship is to be decided by the Iowa courts. In one of the towns of the State a Methodist minister appeared as prosecuting witness against a saloon-keeper. At the next election the saloon-keeper challenged the vote of the clergyman, on the ground that he was an itinerant Methodist minister, and being subject at any t ; mc to removal by the Bishop of the Method I ist Episcopal Church, could not, there¬ fore, be a citizen of any town, city, county or State. The judges of election overruled the challenge, but the plaintiff has carried the case to the Supreme , Court of the State. The Christian Adco j ate says that, as there are more than 25,000 Methodist ministers in the United j | States, it will be a decidedly interesting thing “for it to be declared that they cannot be citizens. As Methodist min¬ isters have been Governors of States, members of Congress, members of Legislatures, Justices of the Peace, and candidates for the Vice-Presidency of the United States, there are a few pre¬ cedents in their behalf.” Demonstrating the value of the fish¬ eries as a training school for American seamen, the Boston Journal says: “Itis generally estimated that from 70 to 78 per cent, of New England fishermen are American citizens, and if this be so it is plain that Y’aukees are about as numerous on our fishing vessels as aliens on the vessels in our merchant service. This is not a mere surmise. It is demon¬ strated by figures. During 1880 of the seamen shipped in ports of the United States for foreign and coastwise voyages fio per cent, were foreigners and 87 per cent. Americans. Here in the port of Boston native seamen constituted only U per cent, of those reported by the Snipping Commissioner. At Bath, where the business done was altogether coast ^-se,two-thirds of the men were foreign¬ ers and but one-third American. In the tegular naval service native seamen are -ffimated to number from one-fourth of the crews of some ships to barely ona tenth of the crews of others. It appears to be a lamentable fact that New Eng land fishe rmen are the only large class to ‘ us.” thorough-going Yankee sailors left This is ‘white hat year,’ as we call aePresidential year,” said a Statist eet “atter to Chicago .Herald “and the m anufacturers man, and dealers are pre¬ P an ng for the abnormal demand—the former by turning out immense quanti ties-of cb ea P white hats, and the latter ^ T or< ers for stock early. as a political badge were first cm, ’* ig "' Tlle but set the fashion himself, hi s generally rusty looking tile wasn’t att J imitated. The well-to-do 2y wrong" f ° 1Wrs brushing ™ re a white silk m “ y the fur the as it ' flli3 was as expensive 19. Th? eC sale f eatric °f white - 14 hats cost each from Presi- t0 de ' . a , year thereafter j a showed a steady a - e - In the last campa" ffl0Us numbers CJQ n enor out three were sold xvr ^ J t fitmA fi ^taber, big 1f dubs t? in d y Itlsthe - ' formed the or g aniza tions that are Chiefl y. k° Stii ’ y> w wear white hats, ‘good many individuals who will : ot jomp 0 ii t j I * , t i « lowing c t 18 ! , l- fealw ; notice to thelr - P art y- 1 tW a bl S ^Lite hat trade affects th. ade ofth Z T, whlte v ’ Wiy? Because many HgomtotLr hats, when the leaves beuin hhek ^ ^ . ® P 0 *’ and , 33 ones ’ Christm „’ made t0 last unti i M EMPEROR WILLIAM. EMPEROR FREDERICK—“UNSER ERITZ”—IS DEAD, AFFECTING SCENE AT THE DEATH BED__ AUTOPSY DECIDES HE DIED FROM CAN¬ CER - THE NEW RULER’S POLICY. in 1 via) m M p®! vs a 'ill ) / ip r mm gjJgJpS mm WILLIAM II. The Eeichranzaiger, the official paper of Berlin, publishes the following an¬ ended nouncement: “The royal sufferer has his earthly career. By God’^ de¬ cree the emperor king, our most gracious master, pus.-ed to his eternal rbst,shortly after 11 o’clock this morning, which was borne with admirable fortitude and sub¬ mission to God’s will. The royal house and the German people have been twice bereaved in a sho.it time. They deeply mourn the all too early decease of our much beloved fuler. Minister of State.” The Bundesrath met at noon. Bis¬ marck formally announced the death of Emperor Frederick and the accession to the throne of William, who takes the title of William II. The death scene was most pathetic. A t the foot of the bed knelt the em per oils daughters, Prince Henry and the two daughters-in-law. The chaplain Freder¬ softly murmured the litany. Princess ick Charles, who had strewn the coverlet with white roses, stood with the rest of the family. At some distance were mem¬ bers of the household; servants were ed crowded about the doors with bow r heads and bated brei.-n, and from time to time the litany was interrupted heart-rending by half re¬ strained sobs, the most be iug those of old Wenderlin, who had been the emperor’s trusted servant since his youth. He is quite will prostrated, survive and the it is not likely that he emperor long. Every five minutes the doctors felt the pulse. The expression on Dr. Mackenzie’s face showed'that it w j as weakening. At times the pulse was suspended, and the doctor was obliged to place his ear close to the emperor’s lips to detect his breathing. sign At 11 o’clock Dr. Mackenzie made a to the empress who fervently kissed the hand of tile emperor. At twelve min¬ utes past eleven the doctor drew his watch and declared all was over. When, at the last moment, Dr. Macken¬ zie, amid profound silence, said impres¬ sively: “He ii quite dead now 7 ,” the empress gave a heartrending sob and loud crying w 7 as heard in the room. All pressed around the bed. From the eyes of the new Emperor William tears fell thick and fast. After the first agonized spasm the empress arose and took Dr. Mackenzie's hand, saying: “The first words I shall speak shall be to express my thanks to you for havirfg lengthened my beloved husband’s life.” When the younger members of the family had left the room, the empress-begged Dr. Mac¬ kenzie to tie a ’kerchief around The em¬ peror’s throat, in order alsodirectbtMtSjL to hideYt^ canula. Her majesty herself laying out of the body, she sword - afe ranging the hands on the so as to give the appearance of a firm grasp. The head was placed a little sideways, giv¬ ing a perfect illusion of sleep. The em¬ press added to the Woerth wreath two ro es which she had cut on the previous evening, and which the emperor had held during the night. The empress Victoria had arranged every detail of the funeral service. The behavior of the new emperor is that of a dutiful and loving son. He does not allow many hours to pass without inquiring for h s mother, and her manner toward him is most motherly and affectionate. Her majesty has not decided yet as to where she will ?0 f V om Pottsdam. There' is some ta k of her going to Switzerland. Dr. Mac¬ kenzie, in his report on the Emperor Frederick’s case, says: “In my opinion the disease from which the emperqj. died was cancer.” death The effect of the emperor s in j 3 el qj n was instantaneons. In look a couple^ the of hours the changed. bright summer Women appeared on streets was S atTxhorbitant Zs W News n p3^rs C were prices, but .he buy ers were disappointed because nq details 0 f the emperor’s ! last hours were given until " evening. ~ declaration of . the - The first full ECW emperor’s poiicy is now understood as taking the form of an address to the Prussian people, which is expected to be issued soon. The secretary will be sum m0 ned to meet to receive the message, and shortly afterwards the em peror will formally take thei oath of con stitution before the Landtag, ihe placed re of Emperor Frederick were in a coffin and then carried to the cata faloue, which bad been erected in Jasper gallery. The coffin is identical with the one in which Emperor William was bur ied Profs. Nircbow, Waldeyer and Ber(unarm went to Fredrichskon place at the request of Emperor William and re mained for two hours. Their presence CONYERS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1888. gave rise to an accurate report that Em¬ peror William had ordered a post mortem examination made, although dowager Empress Victoria was adverse to it. Pub¬ lic feeling in Berlin distinctly favored the holding of such an examination and the supposed abandonment of the plan caused a revival of excitement against Dr. Mackenzie, who was charged with omitting might an autopsy in order that he prevent a final authoritative report as to the true malady from which the emperor died. Besides the doctors who conducted the autop-y, Count Von Stol berg Wernigerode, Count Chamberlain, remained during the examination, which proved the existence of cancer. The funeral service was read in Jasper gallery of the bier. by Chaplain ICoegel, at the head A black baldachin has been erected, while around the catafalque were numerous footstools. All members of the imperial family were present at the service. Sir Edward Malet, British am¬ bassador, handed Count Herbert Bis marck a letter from Lord Salisbury, ex¬ Victoria pressing the profound grief feitby Queen of when site received the news the death of the emperor, who she so dearly loved. The queen commends Lord Salisbury to express to the German ! eople in the sympathy name of the British nation, her heartfelt in the heavy loss stis'atnea in the premature death of the emperor, whom they rightly loved so ar¬ dently. Under cbver of assumed confidence, the death of Emperor Frederick has caused a feeling in Paris very much like dismay. It was impossible pervaded not to notice the silent agitation which the Chamber of Deputies, when his decease was announced. It is worthy published of remark that not a single journal an ex¬ aggerated statement or premature account of the death of Emperor Frederick. He was respected as a lover of peace, and mingled with the dismal expressions speculations of sorrow at his death are a3 to the political the consequences. is ‘egarded Rightly or Wrongly being animated new emperor by bitter hatted 1 of is Prance and a desire to render liis reign memorable by fresh laurels culled upon the battle field at the expense of his hereditary foe-, ceremonies the Castle . The funeral at Frederichskron began with the perform* ance of Bach’s “Bald Rufst Du Mich ztl hoehren foieden.” Then the chorale “Jesus meine zuversiebt” was. sung, and Chaplain Koegel offered prayer and blessed the remains. After the singing of the chorale “Wenn Ich Eiumal Soli Scheiden,” the coffin was carried out.to the castle. During the removal of Jfche body the choralo “I know that my Re¬ deemer liveth,” w T as sung, The serv¬ ice in the cathedral oh Sunday was at¬ tended by Dr. Von Gosster, minister of ecclesiastical affairs, and many other high officials. The service opened with the singing of the fifty-fourth Psalm. The litany was read by Chaplain Schroder, who"also preached the sermon. The public was readmitted to the Jasper gal¬ lery alter the imperial party had left. Correggio’s painting, “Saint Veronica’s Veil,” was suspended at the head of the Catafalque, on the right of which laurel trees had been placed. The coffin was removed from the catafalque by twelve officers of the body guard and borne to the funeral car, preceded by the court chamberlain, The ministers of state, bearing the insignia of royalty, joined the procession, and stood opposite church, the coffin during the service in the Gen. Blumenthal, with the standard, standing at the head of the coffin. The order of the procession from the castle to the Friedrichskirche xvas as follows: The line headed by a detachment of in¬ fantry, followed by the-officers of the imperial household, thepfficiating clergy, the late emperor’s physicians; the court chamberlains, minis;ers of state, bearing the imperial insignia, and court officials. Then came the funeral car. The pall bparors, all Knights of the Black Eagle, Generals Von Der Goltz, Von Tresknow, Von Obernitz and Von Pape. The can¬ opy was borne by twelve generals, the lieutenant generals marching on either side of the car. Twelve superior and officers of the Prussian, Bavarian Saxon body guards marched immediately behind the coffin. They were followed by General Vcn Blumenthal, bearing the royal standard, supported by two adjutant genetals. Then followed Emperor William, the king of Saxony, Prince Henry, and other mourners of the impel ial family, and the foreign royalties, followed by the adju¬ tant generals, the Russian military at¬ tache, the suites of the imperial family and visititing royalties, the younger princess of reigning houses, the imperial the chancellor, field marshals, Knights of Black Eagle, princes residing in Ger the generals of the army, thepres of the bundersrath, rc-ichstag and faildtag, the officers of the army and cifil service, officials and municipal au¬ thorities of Berlin, Potsdam and Char lottenlrtifg. Two squadrons of infantry brought up the rear of the procession. Pots¬ Large crowds went from Berlin to dam to view the emperor’s remains. another victim. The Haymarket riot of May 4, 1884, in Chicago, III., has claimed another victim. Police officer Timothy Sullivan, uffio was one of the detailed which stood the damage of the anarchist bomb on that memorable night, died Wednesday. He received a bullet in the thigh and blood poisoning which supervened until death grad¬ ually, sapped his strength snsued. ________ The monkeys are so thick in the State of Tobacco that it is almost impossible to build a telegraph line. They all get on the wire and swing until it breaks. An Indian, who is “ in love with American firewater,” has been arrested forty times at fort Huron, Michigan,(for drunkenness. _ SOUTHERN SPRAYS. INTERESTING FACTS BRIEFED FOR BUSY HUMANITY. MOVEMENTS IN RELIGIOUS, TEMPERANCE, MASONIC AND SOCIAL CIRCLES—FIRES; ACCIDENTS—INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS. Aliibninn. Otto Franks, an eight year old bov, a few miles from Birmingham, house. found a large rattlesnake near the The boy had often said that he wanted a pet stiake, so when he found the big rattler he began to stroke it on the head and back with his hand. The snake seemed pleased for a time, but finally became angry and hit the boy on the right leg just below the knee. Medical aid was obtained and the pain and swelling were relieved after a trial, but immediately the boy began to crawl and twist him¬ self, imitating the action of a snake. He continued in this condition with lucid intervals until he died. Georgia* Oliver Ivey, aged sixty-five, drowned himself on Thursday iu a pond near his home, at Buena Yista. No cause is known for his act. A discussion in Atlanta about the cot¬ ton worm, develops the fact that no other remedy than Paris green is of any use in exterminating it. The political movements of the pro¬ hibition party in Atlanta, headed by Rev. Sam Small, is attracting consider¬ able attention. Capt. J. Pinkney Thomas, a brave died soldier and a popular gentleman, days’ suddenly on Tuesday after a few illness, at Augusta. He was on Gen. Young’s staff in Hampton’s Legion. Kentucky. A freight train on the Newport News & Mississippi vulk-y Railroad went through the bridge over Green Coleman, River, at Rockport, on Sunday. Lttm a bfakeman, was killed, Engineer P. Car roll, Conductor J,~C. Compton, and J. G. Love, yard mast er at Central City, were seriously hurt, but may recover. North Carolina. At a meeting of the executive commit toe of the State Horticultural Society held at Raleigh, it was decided to hold the next state fruit fair in that city or the 8th and 9th of August next. *- “oinli Carolina.,. Fire at Yorkville, on Sunday morning destroyed the dry goods store of T. M. Dobson & Son, and gutti.d two brick buildings used as stores. The total loss is about $30,000. thunder storm in Orangeburg . During lightning a struck tree under county, thirteen hogs a lying and which there were showed ten were killed. Their bodies no outward effects of the stroke. Fire at,Union on Thursday destroyed the brick building occupied by Farr & Thompson, groceries; J. .W. S'vink & Co druggists; building owned by Rob¬ , Parris; William Gist, ice ert W. owned cream saloon and postoffice, building by J. C. Hunter; Green Bros., groceries, John building owned by B. F. Foster; K. Young, confectionery; P. M. Cohen, building owned by the (state of John Sorter. During the fire, Samuel 81 Stokes, a lawyer in his heroic efforts to save property, lingered until the in roof Farr fell in, _& Thompson’s store knocking him senseless. A colored man observed the accident ar.d rushed in amid the smoke and flames and dragged him out apparently a lifoie -e corpse. This heroic deed called forth applause from men and screams from ladies. The col ored man’s name has not been found out. Tennessee. Fisk university, at Nashville, came very near being destroyed by fire on Wednesday. . John Orton, of McMinn county, and William Weir, were arnested at Dayton for passing counterfeit coin. Twenty two counterfeit dollars and four counter¬ feit nickels were found in Orton’s clothes. Beverly Thornton, Fred Matthews and Thad Jones, were arrested on Sunday, at Chattanooga. They are charged with waylaying W. J. Tuttle, a prominent railroad man, and robbing him of a com¬ fortable sum of money. Thirty of the largest shippers of Chat¬ tanooga have signed an agreement to send no goods East over the East 'lennessee, Virginia & Georgia, the Louisville & Nashville, and the Cincinnati Southern Railroads. This agreement grew out of a refusal of these roads to allow Chattg neoga merchants rebilling discriminated privileges. The Louisville & Nashville in favor of Nashville. The East Tennes¬ see, Virginia & Georgia, rather the Rich¬ mond & Danville, a feeder, in favor of Richmond, Va. Virginia. The bodies of Charles Mayo, a tele¬ graph operator, and Leo Makely, fireman on* a train which was tvrecked near Pope’s Head Run, were found buried beneath the engine, The list . of de -d so far as ascertained at this time, is as follows: Dead—Edward Hantzman, en¬ gineer; Lee Makely, fireman; Charles Mayo, telegraph operator, and H. T. Post, baggage-master. A passenger train ran into a freight train on the Richmond, Hun¬ burgh & Potomac Railroad, near in gary Station, on Saturday, resulting wrecking a number of freight cars. En¬ gineer Bowen, A. G. Berkheimer, mail agent from WilmiDgton, N. C., and Charles Tinsley, colored fireman, jumped from the pas-enger train. Bowen was slightly scratched, Befkheimer’s thigh was broken and Tinsley was injured in tcrnally, probably seriously. , Florida* A syndicate of Englishmen have leased the Palmetto House, at Dayton, and will enlarge it for the season of ’88 and ’80. Texas. Sheriff John Raines and his son were killed at Jaeksboro by W. W. Terrell. An old family feud caused the tight. Terrell was shot in three places and may ♦lie. AROUND THE GLOBE. ITEMS GLEANED FROM TELE¬ PHONE AND TELEGRAPH. INTERESTING DOTS ABOUT THE NORTH, EAST AND WEST—THE EUROI-EAN SITU¬ ATION—DOINGS OF KINGS AND QUEENS. Among the passengers on Wednesday on the steamer Wisconsin, which arrived in New York from Liverpool, were 150 Mormon immigrants. Hariison Voorhces and his w T ife w r cre killed by lightning at Princeton, N. J. A furious thunder storm, accompanied by hail, prevailed at the time. Letters from the Congo confirm the fears that trouble has befallen the Stan ley expedition. The Nord, at Brussels, has received bad news regarding Stanley, Twenty-one torics voted against j*; the v • the division • • British -a- i government . a in on the resolution in regard to the admiralty introduced m the House of Commons by Louis J. Jennings. Myriads of grasshoppers have appear ed in many parts of Southern Indiana and are devouring all vegetables ns they the go. They destroy meadows and then foliage of trees. Thousands of acres of meadows have been devastated by them. All the window glass factoties in Pitts¬ burg, Pa., will close down in accordance with the resolution adopted at a recent convention. The shut down will con¬ tinue until September 1st, and longer unless the workers and employers agree on a wage scale for the next year. A dispatch, from Lisbon to the Inde¬ pendence Beige , of Brussels, says advi¬ ces from Congo say that Arabs who have arrived at Kinshassa, state that Henry M. Stanley was wounded iu a fight with the natives, and that one-half of his es¬ cort deserted. Tippoo Tib had not sent the promised convoy to Stanley. An explosion occurred on Saturday in the two-story brick warehouse of Bailey Bros. & Co., druggists, at Zanesville, O., which blew the building several from surround¬ its foun¬ dation and demolished ing frame buildings. Four badly persons burned were and taken from the wreck bruised, and will die. At the annual convention of the Ivan tas state.temperance union, held at To¬ peka, a resolution was adopted, prohibitory denounc¬ law ing the statement that a cat toot be enforced, aud asking that tne National Republican Convention adopt an Foster, ^anti-saloon plank. Mrs. the J. Ellen of Iowa, addressed conven¬ tion. She said she was eh route to Chi¬ cago, and in the nitmo of the Republican women of the -country, would demand that the Republicans declare against sa¬ loons. LIGHTNING STROKES. Lightning struck and instantly killed a negro and a mule, while plowing in an open field on Mr. T. W. Brown’s place, near Montezuma, Ga ... During a thun¬ derstorm on Thursday, Ches Alecks, a colored man living on W. G. G. Griffin’s plantation, was instantly killed by light¬ ning while sitting in his house at Eaton ton, Ga. A negro woman in the same room was badly shocked. The bolt came down the chimney.. .In Aiken county, South C rolina, a colored mao known as “Colonel” Brunson was in sfantly killed while sitting under a china tree iu front of a store.... At George’s Station, South Carolina, lightning and struck iu the house of Prof. N. G. Conni r, sfantly killed Miss Annie Brown, aged 22 The lightning entered a window, passing over an infant in a cradle wuh out injuring it, and struck Miss Brown, who was sitting in the middle of the room A heavy electric storm prevailed throughout Nebraska, and a number of deaths by lightning were reported. At Lindsay, a babe was killed by its moth¬ er’s side and the mother was unhurt. At Newman’s Grove, one man was killed. At Clarktield, two children, and much dam¬ age was done to property. SENSIBLE. A committee of the French G’hamber of Deputies passed a resolution, on mo tion of Frederick Pafsy, to enter into a perpetual treaty with the United States for thc settlement, by arbitration, of disputes that may arise between that country and France. Passy is pri siden of the International League of I eace. Young America on Independence Day. '<^ij s >A\ IIiyS ft A $ A.* —apt ®8 j < l , NO. 17. WASHINGTON NEWS. HOW CONGRESS IS SPENDING ITS TIME AND ENERGY. OFFICIAL ACTS OF TIIE PRESIDENT—AP¬ POINTMENTS AND REMOVALS—WHERB THE NATION’S MONEY GOES—GOSSIP. CONGRESSIONAL. In the Senate, Mr. Sherman, from the committee on foreign relations, reported sundry an amendment to be offered to the civil appropriation bill, appropriating $2:14,500 for the survey and relocation of monuments on the frontier line be¬ tween Mexico and the United States and it was referred to the committee on ap¬ propriations. The Senate joint resolution granting leave of absence (without d« etuction of ptiy or of annual leave) to all persons now in the employment of the ! government and who were present at ihe Duttie of Gettysburg, whether on the 1 Union or Confederate side, to attend the reunion there on the 3d of July next, was adopted, after being amended by striking out the words as to Union and Confederate si des and letting it simply apply to all persons now in the government service who took part in the buttle. It- covers ex-Confederates now in the government ^'yice without indicating them in terms winch Mr, Blair characterized ns a case ., gticki ^ in the back .» The bill np l _ . t] f government for the rcconstru c . of th( dftm at I{ock i s „ laud, which was washed away by the 3*»od, was passed... .In the House, Mr., l ownshind, of Illinois, offered a resolu [j on providing for tlio consideration of b n s |,y unanimous consent for half an hour every morning. Referred to the committee on rules. The House then went into committee on the tariff bill. GOSSIP. Secretary of tl e Navy Whitney will soon retire from President Cleveland’s aabiuet. The comptroller of the currency au¬ thorized the First National Bank, of Talladega, Ala., to begin business with a capital of $50,000. Gen. Sheridan passed a very quiet and comfortable night on Thursday, resting well, and coughing but little. Itis pttlso continues good and his respiration more have regular. No unfavorable symptoms appeared. Lindsay Muse, a colored messenger iu the Navy Department, died on Sunday of old age. lie had the distinction of being the oldest employe in government service, and being very polite to all per¬ sons. lie was appointed a messenger in the Navy Department in 1828, and served there continuously in that capacity served to under the day of his death, He twenty-seven different secretaries and shook hands with every President from Monroe to Cleveland. The weather crop bulletin, issued by the Signal Office, says: Generally throughout the United States, the weath¬ er during the past week has been the most favorable of the season for growing int crops. While all the crops have proved in Nebraska, the conditions up to date have not been most favorable for the corn crop. More rain in portions of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and hew Jersey would doubtless improve the crop of small grains, grass and fruit. The weather has been favorable for hur¬ VC- ting in Kansas, Arkansas and Tenties see, nnd conditions favorable for heavy wheat yield in the Smoky Hill valley of Kansas and in Tennessee. The weather 1ms been especially favorable for the growth of the cotton plant throughout the entire cotton region. The Maiden’s Dream. i In one corner of a crowded street car on Saturday evening sat a young lady of more than ordinary good looks. He? fellow passengers had plenty of oppor tunities to gaze at her without embar rassing her, for before Die car was over the bridge she had dropped sound asleep. The conductor evidently knew her, for he made no attempt te wake her when he came to her, after collecting the rest of the fares. She did rad eq look very pretty, her head resting slight¬ ly against the window frame, her lips just parted and her face half composed smile peace¬ her fully. There was a on face, too, as if her dreams were pleasant. behind She had probably been standing a dry goods counter all day long. j The men and women, too, were of caro- the ful not to even touch the hem sleeping girl’s dress as they passed tho time out one by one from the car. By ( parks the car had crossed the Allegheny only the sleeper and a gentleman left t.ie w o was reading a conductor paper were entered in and car. Just then the re marked to the gentleman, “I shall have laid liS hand on tho j. ing gi r p 8 shoulder and gave her the j eag possible bit of a shake, while with the other hand ho rang the bell for the i driver to stop the car. The girl arose at cnee, but though she did this and open¬ ed her eyes also she was evidently still in dreamland. said, almost Her lips moved and she in a whisper: “There, it’s ten o’clock; didn’t you hear tho clock strike? Let me go, I say—please let me go, Char lie. And then she suddenly and without stopped, put her hands to her face, a word more ran out of the car wide awake and blushing like anything. street If you must go to sleep in a car, be sure to order your dreams discreetly. The conductor who told me this story, however, says ho would not mind being mistaken for “Charlie* by the fair dreamer again, if she will not cut off the seance just at the point where it be comes interesting.