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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 :
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l- fealw ;
notice to thelr - P art y- 1
tW a bl S ^Lite hat trade affects
th. ade
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HgomtotLr hats, when the leaves beuin
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EMPEROR WILLIAM.
EMPEROR FREDERICK—“UNSER
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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.
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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.
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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.
