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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION-. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY DECEMBER 22 1885. 11 CONGRESS. Proceedings of the Two Honses Last Week. The Case of Mr. Keily???A Supreme Court Decision. Senate. Washington, December 15.???In the cenete Mr. Edmonds, from the com mittee on judiciary, reported favorably the bill to relieve General Alexander R. Lawton, of Georgia, of bii political disabilities. Ho asked for immediate consideration of the bill. The bill was read three times and passed. In reporting the bill Mr. Edmunds said it was well know n that General Lawton had, last spring, been appointed to an important position under tho government, but It having been understood by .seme that he was laboring under political disabil ities, General Lawtonl bad then, with high sensi bility, w ithdrawn himself from the consideration of the president. Mr. Edmunds added that while General Lawton was not of the opinion that political disabilities attached to him, yet in deference to the differenco of opinion on the subject, he had now petitioned the senate to remove the disabilities, if any existed, and tbe bill bad becu introduced on the receipt of that petition. Mr. Edmunds introduced a bill granting a pen sion to Mrs. Julia D. Grant, aud another bill grant* ina her franking privileges. Mr. Edmunds said tho bills were precisely in the form ilopted la slmlhu cates heretofore. A resolution was offered by Mr. Butler di recting the committee on territories to inquire and report by what authority a so-called legis lature naa been anthorized in the territory of Dakota, and whether such organization was not calculated to bring about a conflict of authority prejudicial to good order in that territory. Senator Vest, in a speech in tho senate today on the admission of Dakota into the union, gave utterance to some sentiments which were considered aa expressions of hia disapprobation of tho course of the administration in the dis tribution of patronage. He complimented Logan for being an ontspoken and decided party men, and said: ???I am no sentimental politician. I have never been able to climb to that esthotic height from which I could not distinguish a friend from a foe.??? Senator Cockerell has had tho lion???s share of Missouri patronage, and Vest is not in the. beet humor with the administration. Senator McPherson introduced a hill to sag. pt-ml the coinage of the silver dollar. A Vale was adopted prohibiting tho sale of liquors in the capital. Tho presidential succession bill wrs passed, with tnc exception of tho clauso providing for a now election. The bill pen sioning Mrs. Grant waa passed. Senator Col quitt introduced a bill providing for the erec tion of a $200,000 public building at Augusta, Georgia. House, The new rales were discussed at length, and adopted. It was decided to tako a holiday recces from the 21st to January 5. A bill was introduced to pension Mexican veterans who have reached the ago of sixty, and disabled Union soldiers wh6 served three months. It iniTcnrc* the pension of widows and orphans from $8 to $12 per month. Mr. Blount has secured for Mr. Gibson, of Macon, tho position of superintendent .of tho document room, one of the best places under Doorkeeper Donclson. It pays two thousand dollars a year. F. H, B. Bills for tlio erection ot public buildings at tho following named places wore introduced in tho senate. *tho cost not to exceed tho amounts named: At Norfolk, Va., $250,000; at Fortress Monroe, $10,000, and for the enlarge ment of the public building at Petersburg, Va., $50,0( 0; at Greenville, S. G\, $50,000. By Mr. Vnnco, to repeal certain provisions if the act of March 3d. 1875* relating to tho Ihaahnit? of arms for tho osa of tho states. It repeals so much of the army appropriation bill for the year ended June 1870* as covered In the treasury that part of the appropriation made between 1861 aud 1865, under tho act of 18C8, ns would have been used for the purchaso of arms to le distribuled to the several states that ware in tho rebellion, and provides that the secretary of the treasury shall pay to thoso states respectively, the bolanco duo them which remained undrawn in consequenco of such proviso of tho appropriation bill of 1875, to the end that tho credits lost to the states of Alabama, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina, under tho repealed proviso of said act of March 3,1875, be restored to said states. . The discussion of tho proposed revision of the rules was resumed, and Mr. Herbert, of Alabama, took the floor with an argument in favor of the general features of tho revision but in opposition to the plan of distributing the work of tho appropriations committee. That committee ahould remain in charge of money bills, but all power should bo taken from it to incorporate them In general legists- ticn. He cited instances to show evils which hail resulted from this method of legislation, declaring that it had prevented the enacting of a beneficent law, and had created enemies to the great committcoon appropriations. If this attack on the committee should prove sue- cereful, the committee would havo to blamo the Holman amendment for it. It waa tho duty of the democratic party to carry out its professions of reform. Mr. Herbert contended that this could not be done by a division of the appropriation bills. On the contrary, tho mult would be that the expenditures of the government would be largoly increased. Mr. Kandall inquired whethor the experience of the gentleman from New York, os the chair man of the committee on appropriations in tho forty-seventh congress, had not taught him that It waa impossible to report appropriation Dills within thirty days from the time tho com mittee was formed. Frequently the estimates were not in before the expiration of tho thirty days. Mr. Hircock admitted that this was true, but asserted that any of the bills could be re ported within one week from the receipt of the estimates. 3!r. Kandall held that Mr. niscock???s record controverted his argument, r Mr. Iliscock??????I grant I did not bring in tho bills early, but I could if I bad desired. I held back the legislative and sundry civil bills until away into July, to force this house to voto on the internal revenue bill and tho little tariff bill.??? ???A little log rolling,??? suggested Mr. Ban- dall. Mr. Hlscock??????Yes, I did it. I grant that I did it. and I say that the record will ahow that I distinctly declared my intention and purpose to the country. It was done boldly. I don't think I should have had the power, but I had it, and having had it, I exercised it, and I be lieve in this particular case it was wise legisla tion." *??? Mr. Blount, of Georgia, thought that tho real issue had not yet been presented in tho debate. This was an old straggle that had gone on through many congresses and was here again today. Members of the committee were urging their views, with exaggeration, which would not be accepted by the house, and the other committees presenting greivances. they suffered at the bandii of the committee on appropriat!ons,whirh would not be justified by an examination, ne did not believe that tho remedy for the troubles lay in either of the. propositions before tbe house. The proper remedy was to take away from the committee on appropriations the power to put a single legislative proposition upon an appropriation hill, and then give to tner other committees the right to secure action on important busi ness reported by them. KEILY AND HIS WIFE. Why Austria Refused to Receive the Ameri can Envoy???Tho Supremo Court. Washington, December 14.???The president, in response to the senate resolution adopted I December 9, transmitted to that body all the rapers .tnd correspondence on die relating to the appointment of A. M. Keily as minister t0 Italy, and his subsequent appointment as ft mister to Austria. Tho correspondence bo- fins with a letter to Secretary Bayard from Baron Fava, tho Italian minister resident, dated April 13,1885, in which he calls nttou ticn to an editorial in tho New York Herald in reference to tho alleged utterances of Keily, appointed minister to Italy, in regard to that government, and says, if the newspaper statement is truo, it is a most urgent and dis agreeable one. Mr. Bayard replied to Baron Fava that this government could not make newspaper edito rials in reference to alleged utterances, made unofficially fourteen years ago, tho basis of dis cussion iu this connection, and he hoped that 31 r. Keily might be found acceptable to tho Italian government. A letter from Koily to the secretary of state follows, saying ho is ab solutely at the dispoaol of tho president, who must permit no fear of mortifying him or harming his interests to stand in tho way of a conclusion agreeable to the administration Baron Fava forwards, on April 20,a copy of a telegram from tho Italian foreign miuister, ob jecting to Mr. Keily on tho ground of hU ut terances heretofore allndcd to. Mr. Kelly???s letter of resignation of the Italian mission fol lows, and the next Is Bayard's notification to the Italian minister that Kelley had resigned by reason of the objections of the Italian gov ernment to him. On May 4, Secretary Bayard informed Baron Schaeffer. Austrian minister at Washington, that the president had appointed 3(r. Kelly to succeed Mr. Francis as minister at Vienna. In the voluminous correspondence which follows, it appears that tho Austrian foreign minister telegraphed his objections to Keily, stating in to many words that they were based upon tho alleged fact that Kelly???s wifo was a Jewess. A vigor ous reply from Secretary Bayard was sent to tho effect that this coun try did not recognize religions belief as a test of fitness for public ofllce. and Austria was requested to reconsider its objections. Subse quently the first ground of objection was Ig nored, and it was stated that Austria objected because of Kelly's rejection by Italy. 3(r. Bayard replied that this government could uot accept as valid either of tho grounds of objec tion to Keily, that it adhered to its position, and put the responsibility for the existing situ ation unon Austria. On May 0th Baron Schaeffer handed to 3Ir. Bayard the following translation of tho tele- S am from Count Kalnoky to himself, dated sy 8th: ???We regret the nomination of Kelly as minister plenipotentiary and envoy extraordinary to the imperial court, and Ills sudden departure from America, as here, too. like in Home, prevails scru ples against this choke. Please invite the most friendly attention of the American government to the generally existing diplomatic practicoto ask, previously to any nomination of a foreign minister, thccomentot the government to which he is ac credited. You are, therefore, requestly to earnestlj entreat them that the newly nominated minister may not rcarh Vienna beforo our confidential consent to his nomination has taken place. 1 he position of a foreign envoy wedded to a Jewess 1 y a civil marriage would bo uutcnablo and oven impossible in Vienna.??? Set rotary Bayard writes to Mr. Kelly, nnder date of September 15th, acknowledging the receipt of his letter of resignation, as minister to Austria, and aaying that tho reasons he as signs for such action are ???consonant with your own dignity and personal character, as an upright citizen and honest public servant.??? lie adds that the president and his cabiuotxre ci mplctely satisfied with his (Keily???a) attitudo anil action throughout. Tlds remarkable episode in our diplomatic his tory, and all deeply regret that the country has been prevented, by tho unprecedented and intole rable action of the Auxtrla-Hunnarian govern ment, fiom having tho advantage of your personal preH-nco at Vienna. * * ??? ??? I will not believo Unit tho people of tho United Slates will ever consent to tho creation or the enforcement of such tests as have been In sisted upon by the government of Austrta-Hun- ga'iy. ??? ??? ??? Such action must naturally awaken widespread amazement, coupled with indignation and resentment, w hen tho history of thectno Is made public, nor do 1 believe that theso sentiments will be confincn to our own country, but that wher ever religious liberty is valued and respected, a common Judgment and will be lormed. Whilst the Immediate cause for your voluntary act of sev erance is to-be regretted, I congratulate vow that your name is honorably associated with tno main tenance and vindication of principles which coo- stitutc tho very soulof jpereouol liberty, and which He at tho foundation or our government. Te bo allied with cuch principles Is honor at all times, with success as a certain finality.??? A Great Banner. From tho St. Louis Republican. The pedestrian feats of the present day are cast Into the shndo by tho recorded exploits of Ernest Mcnscn, a Norwegian sailor In tho English navy, early in the Ip resent century. Men ten first attracted attention by running Horn London to Bortnnouth in nine hours, and soon after ho ran from London to Liverpool In thirty-two b Having distinguished himself at the battlo of arino in 1827, he left tho navy and becamo a profes sional runner. After winning a number of matches he undertook the feat of running from Baris to Moscow. Starting from the Place Vendome at 4 o???clock In the afternoon of Juno 11, 1831, ho entered tho Kremlin at 10 o'clock a. m., on June 25, having ac complished tho distance of 1,760 miles in thirteen days and eighteen hotirs. Tho employment of Mensen as a courier-extraordinary, bccamo a pop ular amusement in European courts, lit ran from country to country, bearing messages of congratu- ation, condolence or dispatches, and always beat mounted couriers when matched against them. He never walked, but invariably ran, his refresh ment being biscuit and raspberry syrup. He took two short rests only ir* the twenty-four hours. These rests ho took standing, and leaning against tome rapport; at such times ho covered his face with a handkerchief and slept. In 1836, while In the employ of the East India company, Mensen was charged with the conveying of dispatches from Calcutta to Constantinople, through Central Asia. The distance Is 5,615 miles, which the messenger accomplished in fifty-nine days; or in ono-thlrd of he time token by the swiftest caravan. At last outside tbe village of Hvang he was seen ro nop ami rest, leaning against a palm tree, bts face covered with a handkerchief. He rested.so long that romo person* tried to wake him. but they tiled in vein, for ho waa dead. He was buried at the foot of ihe tree, and it was years before bis frit nds in Europe knew what fate had befallen him. t WIIAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. How Vanderbilt Could Have Brought Wliole- rale Bain Upon the Country. From the New Orleans Times-Democrat. 3Iany years ago there appeared in Harper's Monthly a fantastic story concerning some Now Yorker who. by tbe aid of a certain Gentleman In Pluck, found ldmrelf suddenly possessed of several hundred million* of dollars. Having for somo time enjoyed all the luxuries and pleasures that riches can buy. he had begun to weary of them, when tho Tempter prompted him to seek amuse ment ??? by testing the power of his wealth. Thereupon he made vast experiment* to discover tha foil capacity of money for distinction. He resolved to make New York city a howling wilderne*. With his capital. be??battered all tho wonderfully complex industrial and commercial cities of the metropolis; ho rained all tbe banks and all the markets; he provoked a famine and a riot; he started an Immensa conflagra tion; and finally hired men to rendex the place to tally uninhabitable, poisoning the rpenroin and provoking an epidemic. Fliips rotted at tbe wharves; grass grew upon the railroad track; troops of wolfish dogs only ranged the dead streets. Then, having discovered how mighty the power of millions, the author of this co lonial mischief, terrified at bis own work, ended bis existence by flinging himself into the harbor. Written before tbe real era of monstrous fortunes, tho story dealt nevertheless with startling possi bilities. The power of the money osrncd by tho late William n. Vanderbilt might have jwcom* plbhcd, in wicked bands, ail tha destruction Im agined by the romancer. Ordinary figures and the illustration* fall to convey a just conception of what 1200,000,000 mean* to any mind unfamiliar w ith large financial problem* and operation*. Weekly Bank Statement. New Yoke, December 19.???'Tha weekly statement of the amnriated banks shows the follow ing changes; UmU.mwt. BMBte= c=== SS8SS??s=r=r. jjSS B n*hu!iaa^feoUtn><i??mi??"aw>???a?L 23 per cent rule. SCOTT???S SUCCESS. Georgia Tanner* Awarded On* Thousand Tour Hun dred Dollars in Gold and Fifteen Tons Oo*- igptum aa Premium* on Their Crops of Cotton and Corn for Yoar 1833. The number of farmers that were congregated afccut tho deportment of agriculture yesterday would justify ihe dsy being called ???Farmcre???day.??? Daring the morning seventy-five or a hundred practical farmers were there for the purpose of witnessing ihe awarding of premiums offered by G. W. Scott To. for the largest quantity of cotton and corn grown on s specified number of Acres. There were about filly contestants for tho valua ble premium* oE'ercd, and the contestants and their friends exhibited much interest in every detail connected with contest. Before anything wo* done tho contestants rejected the following gentlemen to act with the commlreloner* on the committee on awards: L. F. Mvingrton, R. J. Redding, Dr. K, Devine and C. T. Zachrey. Captain Redding who had opened tho returns properly certified to, and tabulated them, then pro duced his repot t and read the same to the audience. The results were ascertained to bo so wonderful that much surprise was expressed when tho figures were given. When Captain Redding had finished Major W. D. Davis, of Monroe, proposed ???a thousand cheers for G. IV. Scott.??? He then walked up and was paid 1100 in gold, the third premium offered for cotton and was given an order for a half ton of gossypium, the sixth premium offered for the best yield from five seres of corn. When it was announced that George W. MeWH- liams had carried off the premium for the largest yield of com from five acres, the gentleman walked up to Captain Redding???s desk, and with hi* face wrapt In smilcsjudd Jubilantly: ???I???ve got the at home, and now I???ve got. tho money.??? Ho presented with his premium of 1150 in gold by Mr. Redding, aud heartily congratulated by his friend*. Before it was announced who had won the indi vidual premium, offered for the largest yield of cotton, tbe contestant* for tho premium entered into an agreement that the winner was to give each of the contestant* in his claua bushel of seed. Mr. G. W. Truitt, of Trou] ??? contestant, will have -----??? Yesterday afternoon. Captain Redding was hard at work putting on the mouoy premiums, all of them in gold, to. be pakl when called for by the successful contestants. Tho pre- miumKwcre put up In small bags, carefully labeled. Letters were written by Captain Redding and for warded to the winner* of the premiums informing them of their success, and Captain TrutU was w ritten to and notified of what would bo expected of him aa tho winner of tho capital prize offered for cotton. . . ??? _ Of the contest, CommUsloncr Henderson says: ???Everything parsed off smoothly, aud all of the contestants were satisfied. All that our committoo had to do was to annotmeo the awards upon state ments made by tiie farmers, certified to by reliable perrons und sworn to before a Justice of the peace. Ihe returns gave us most astonishing result*; and seme of tbo contestants were as much astonished a* tlie committee. The spirit of the frcndly rivalry bqlng encouraged by Colonel Scott, I think will bo pro ductive of much good. Everywhere the contest ants are becoming more numerous, and farmiug in In a better and more systematic form 1* ou tho in crease. Colonel Scott is doing much to advanco the farming interests of the state, and I am glad to Colonel Redding, chief clerk of tho department, rays; ???Colonel ftcott* premium* are making gold mines out of tbe red clay hill* ol Georgia. These contests are producing a wonderful amount of good. Just think of it; nearly fifteen bundled dollar* paid out in premiums by ouo man in one day. Tbe result*, however, show what good premiums will do. Tho returns given In somo of the reports are simply remarkable, and will, when they are read, astonish a great many ttcople. 1 was glad to see tbe satisfaction with which tho coutcst passed off, and to hear remarks like this from the contestant*, ???Look out for me noxl year, for I am coming at you again.??? now rax rxizm camk to be orrxBKn. To encourage a friendly rivalry among tholr cus tomers, and to determino tho quantity of Uossyr lum, modo of application and cultiro that woul pay the farmer best, Messrs. George W. Scott ACp., or this city, manufacturers of GossYntM nioarao, tub cotton and conn r*a- man, have for the past two years ofibred premiums for the largest yield of clean lint cotton or bushels of shelled com made on one acre, on which Gouyp- lutn only waa med. About ICO farmers entored tha contest (luring tho two yean who made on an av erage 752 pound* of clean lint cotton to the acre, the largest yield being 1,545 and the smallest 422 pounds of clean lint cotton. Tho average yield of com per acre was eighty-one bushels; the largest yield being 116)4 bushels, and the smallest 48)4 bushel*. Thcso facts having been established as to a singlo acre, they, in order to encourage their patrons to gradually bring up their farms to a foil standard of production, oficicd premiums this year on fivt-acre patches In Georgia. The contest for these premiums came off yester day. All application* for premlumswero required to be certified to by at least three disinterested and prominent citizen* of tho county in which the applicant resided. It was required that a JDrrcB or tub rEACB certify that the committco men were reliable citizen* of their county and woll qualified to make an accurato report on a crop of cotton or corn in order that no doubt would bo left on the minds of the other contestant* aa to the fahuosa of tho application. These reports were required to bo sent to tho lion J. T. Henderson, commissioner of agriculture, At lanta. Ga. The honorable commissioner, together with ihe committee selected by the contestants, met yesterday and opened all the applications, for tbe purpose of deciding who were entitled to the premium*. Messrs. Scott A Co. had nothing what ever todo with the selection of the committee,r~??? in any way deciding the result or awarding t premiums. Following is (he result of the contest as reported by the committee, showing that tbe twenty-four contestant* who were awarded premiums, mode on the 120 acres planted by them 111,011 pouuds of ???*??? ??? in. or an average of 025 pound* to Tho largest yield waa 1,570 founds to the acre, and the smallest 507 pounds. State or Georgia, Dbpartmbnt oKAobicultubb, Atlanta, Ga., December 10,1885.???Messrs. Geo. W. Bcott A Co., Atlanta, Ga. -Gentlemen: The commit tee appointed by the several contestants for tho pre miums offered by you for the greatest yield on five (5; acres of land fertilized with yourGonsyplum phoa- pho. only planted In com and cotton, respectively beg leave to submit tho following report of their diction, with accompanying papers: In making this report it is proper to say that Ihe papers were prepared with uuuMiai care and boro evidence of raitnem and correctness on their face. Wo think the rcMilt* arc very gratifying and reflect credit Hot only on the skill of the farmers, but also o the character and merits of your fertilizer. Very respectfully, [Signed./ J. T. HENDERSON, L. F. LlVlKOSTON, CM as. v. Zacry, K. C. Divine, It. J. IUodino, Committee. contest for club premiums. Pounds of Lint Coweta County Club No. 1. T. A. Brown J. T. Luckle W. T. cirwdrr.???. HW .m WM J. II. Winder. 4,002 J. R. Hubbard...... 4,102 ..??jm Cotton on 6 Acre*. 3,165 4,152 4,916 Daniel U. Ponder... T. C. Kelly......... H. II. Kelly Total Coweta County Club Na 2. T. W. McDonald Him L. Whatley 7,857 2,605 4,112 2,128 2,656 ...... iijvt 3,471 2,738 lh W. McCollum. 2(116 A. W. N. Wilson 2>?? * - ??? 2,268 Coweta County club No. 1 wai cd the club premium of 1350 In Individual contest for the 24 y J. R. McCollum. for tbe 21 premium* on cotton. TO. W. Truitt 2D. II. Ponder- 3;o. M. Davis A Hon. 4 B. W. Terry 5 0. J. Sims MMtf<ced. MMi Crowder. BD. W. Perdue i?? j. y. wyttt TO.Fletcher Hudgins. 11'J. T. Luckle 12 J. LClay -. 13 II. II. Kelly 14 Ij. R. Hubbard 15 Q. M. Redman If. J. II. Wldner 17 8. Montgomery....I is J. F. Baker 19 J. T. Williams 20.T.W. McDonald-.. 2i j. m. Troup.- 17>os < Henry Monroe Campbell-. ftfc Coweta like ???a*per teKalb Coweta Paulding... Henry ??? ow*-ta Floyd 14096 Taylor- ??? p.~ ??? ??? ??03 Jcoweia 3171 Walton.. 3218 9250???gold LW-g.rfd 100???gold 50???sold ltonG???ayp. Name of Contestant. A. W. N. Wilson W. F. Head - W.W. Allen 8. H. Anderson Sim L. Whatley T.C. Kelly George W. Loyd Lewis Callaway K. C. Tay lor and W. Jackson,.. W. A. Martin J. Livingston Loyd James M. Taylor. Dane N. Nash - W. P. Lankford Merlweatlier. Jackson Jasper Rockdale Coweta Henry Coweta Macon Coweta Spalding.. DcKalb..... PeKalh DcKalb-... Pike CORN CONTEST. Name of Contestant. County. Bush???s .'> aeres Geo. W. McWilliams.-... \\. L. bowery- - Jaa- It. Cobb..... J. L. Clay.........*. U. E. Williamson. 0. M. Davis Henry Floyd. DcKalb.... Paulding.. Spalding.. Monroe.... 493-20 453-16 440-0."* 378-66 308-31 331-68 255-25 ftW-goid 850 ??? 1 ton Go* syplum 54 ton Uossp???m 54 t??a Giwsp???m Uton (KtMp???m '4 ton 'Joosp???m *???4 ton A. L. retts - DcKalb.... 208-23 178-28 * i were awarded premiums on com made on the 4} acres planted by them 3,130 bushels dean shelled roro, or an average of 70 bushels to the aero. The largest yield was99 bushels and the smallost 35>4 biuucls per acre. mils as four bales to the acre, la very small and gives the gotii-ypium first rank aa an economical iii-i unto iiTii iix ui-u. in uur ujm cr fertilizer ever offered for *alo. A TYPICAL CARPET-BAOQER. If there was ever a man who waa all dazzle and dash, with a bewildering affluence of glare, that mon was Captain Blltzcr. When tho gallaut cap tain loio down upon Atlanta in tho earlier recon struction days, everybody stood aside to give him elbow room. Blltzcr suddenly bobbed up at iny dcskono morn- Ingand Introduced himself as a retired army effleer from Pennsylvania who had decided to scttlo hero, invest bis capital, and grow up with the plaoo. Here are a.few testimonials,??? he said with a grand air. I glanced at the documents. They weighed about five pounds. Blltzcr spread them out on my desk, ar.d I raw letters from clergymen, teachers,editors, governors, congressmen, generals, capitalists and the Lord knows who. It was the most astonishing array of recommendations and letters of Introduc tion that any ono man was^ ever burdened with. Then I took a look at tho captain. IIo was a small man of stylish bearing, faultlessly dressed, and tho indescribable glitter in his black eyes, and the sparkle of his diamonds Impressed mo. Every thing shout the manshonc with a lustre. His waxed mustache and his polished boots tnado my eyes blink with a wcsrtal feeling, and several medals ???nd badges on his breast gave my little sanctum the appearance of being involved in a general confla gration. ItUnccdlcH to l??r that Bllticr luccccilcUTi getting a good local notice from my pen. He wo equally fortunate at tho other newspaper offloe*, and commenced his career here under apparently tbe moat ferorabl* auspice*. A week or two late I met foe captain, and casually asked him if be had engaged In any enterprise. ???Oh, yes,??? said tbo shining Midget, ???Ha[t ha! Got a good thingon foot already.??? I ventured to ask tho nature of It ???Well, It Is this.??? said tho captain, ???1 hare cir culated croong the colored.citizens,laud I have or- gsnized about a thourand of them into [tho t ???Uoly Brotherhood of tbe Republic.??? ???Beg your pardon,??? I said In my mystification, but 1 can't see what that has to do with business, and investing your capital and all that??? ???You don???t,??? replied Blltzcr, with a cheery laugh. ???Why, here???s tho point There aro mil lions of acres of good public lands In tbo south. I sm going to petition congress to partition out there lands among.foe members ofifoe ???Holy Brotherhood.??? ???iWell, what good will that dOT??? Blltzcr looked disgusted. He bad no patience with my obtusenoss. I will tell you this much,??? he said,*; ???tho mem bers pay mo two dollars a head for initiation, and then 1 shall levy assessments on them when the proper occasions arise.??? But, sir?????? * It???s all right,??? continued Blitxer: rapidly. ???I have almost unlimited Influence at Washington. You saw my testimonials, you know. And even if I fall to secure anything for tho ???brotherhood,??? tho money paid into my bands will be applied to carry ing out this grand object." Without reply 1 walked off. Tho mask had fallen. My enterprising Immigrant, my capUalUt, my de veloper, waa only a common carpetbagger after all, and a carpetbagger of foe vilest, meanest grade. Home months later my attention was called ono night to an infernal hullabaloo on foe street. I looked out and saw, it seemed (o me, tho entire population of Congo parading through tho town with hand* of music, torches, transparencies and banners bearing the device, ???Holy Brotherhood of the Republic." Prominent all along the line, now heading tho procession, now straightening tbo ranks, and again charging Iho rear to drlvo tho lagging members into place, waa a dash ing rider wearing a plumed hat and med als, decoration* and rosettes without number. Ho wore a crimson sash and flourished a bright sword. It needed but a glance to see that it waa Blltzcr, the grand master of tbe ???Holy Brotherhood!??? A few Inquiries rewarded me with tho information that Blltzcr had found it necessary to allay aomo growing dissatisfaction In his society by getting up a grand torchlight procession. This Involved levy of a dollar a head, but it was cbccrfolly paid, and tbe grand master regained his popularity, fill ing hi* pockets at tbo sarao time. How much Blltzcr; made out of the ???brother hood??? 1 never heard, but it was several thousand dollars. When things began to waver be resigned and got out of the society with flying colors. It went to pieces after that, and the majority of the members firmly believed (hat they fatted because their old lca4erhad found Jt necessary to leave them. About a year after meeting this "pedicular fraud an old negro preacher came to me one day, and laj log down a printed card, said: ???Boas, isdisany good???? The card contained a table of mortality. It was such sn affair as is used by many life insurance agents. 'No good In the word,??? I replied, ???whyT??? Den I frows up da* job,??? said tha old darkey. Dat Capon Blltzcr, he done got me an??? a docen udder niggaha fellin??? dese keards tor deblock folks otter dollar apiece, an??? w?? gits ten percent, for Belli???dem.??? It???s a swindle,??? I said, ???and you???ll get lnto*Jail, tbe first thing you knbw.??? 'Tanky, Marre Boos,??? said the victim of mis placed confidence, ???Ise done done wlddobasl- There were so many other rascally carpet-bag gers, just si this time, stealing land by tha square mile, stealing railroads, stealing public ofllce*, and whirling every material Utingjof value out of sight In a perfect cyclone of spoHaUon, that Blltzcr did not come in for his foil share of ex- peture and denunciation. But his tfma earnest last. He entered politics and bccams.'a candidate for office. Then the perns ventilated him. He was mowed under by such Alpine avalanches of snowy ballot* that wc lost sight of him altogether. Not long ego I spent a few days In a quiet north- era village, where the people retained tbo aggrom- Ive freshness of their Puritan grandfathers. They were all good people, Inhumanly moral, and stern ly dcteimlncd to enjoy their own rights, at tha fame time preventing everybody else from doing the same. As I wore a slouch hat, and a long- tailed coat, and received a daily mall from tho south, there people looked upon mo as a monster. The novelty of the thing pleased me, and I aired my opinions freely. ???Wc may be mistaken,??? raid tho oldest Jnhabb tent to mo one day, ???but our pastor knows tho zouth as* well as you do. IIo bad hi* property de stroyed by a mob because ho was a (republican, and he narrowly escaped with his llfo. The recital of his wrongs has produced a lasting. Impression upon onr people. You should hear, him preach, and by tho way, there he is now, the short man across tho street going Into the postofflee.??? I looked. I rubbed my eyes. There could bo no mistake. In that sleek parson with the rotnnd paunch, with the glittering eyes,the white choker, the shining boots and tho rubdued general shim mer lightening up the clerical garb. I recognised the man. It was my carpetbagger, Blltzcrl LIKE DISTANT THUNDER. Tbe Roar of a Sea of Flame Sweeping Over a Texas Prairie. Frcm the Cleveland Leader and Herald. A prairie on fire is a sight seldom seen by people at the present time. Mr. O. I'. Gard ner, of the county auditor???s office, tells of a thrilling experience he had not long ago while hunting on the plains of Texas. ???We left the railroad and journeyed Into the interior of the great state on norseback,??? said 3Ir. Gardner, ???with tho tall waving gnus on every side as far aa tlio eye could reach. We saw evidence of small fires from time to time, bnt we bad made ntt onr minds that we would see none of fho fiery element Itself, One Sunday wo stopped for a day at a point about 500 miles from any railroad. We pro ceeded to make ourselves comfortable for tho day, for wo were very tired, and wo intended to tako a good rest. After breakfast wo stretched oureolves out on onr blankets, with tbe ponies tied a short distance away, and were taking it as easy as we could. ???All at ono we heard a terrible noise like dis tant thnnder, and jumping up we saw a night wo shall never forget. The pralrio was on nro. For miles and miles, as fur as we could see, tho flamei shot up in the air with a deafening roar. The wind was blowing fresh and tho flro was coming toward us with the swiftness of a rail road train. Looking in the opposite direction from the fire there was nothing to bo soon but grass, grass, grass. There waa no way of es cape. The roar of tho flro became louder and louder eveiw minute. Birds wont screaming by, terrified by tho eight and sound, and almost every kind of game a person could think of went pell-mell past us, screaming, hooting, barking and scrcechlog. caring for nothing hut to get out of the way or the fire, which was chasing them at a rapid rate, although it waa vet many miles away. Our old guide, who had been around tho prairies all his life, was frightened, much to my mirprlso. He cast his eye upon tho fire and then away upon tho waving sea of mas beyond, and Mid wo must mount our nonles quickly and rideaway before the flro as fast as we could. There was a trail abont ten mllea away, ho said, and. when wo reached that wo would bo all right. Wo monnlcd onr ponies, but I knew try 11 'enough wo could not go flvo miles beforo tho flro would catch us. ???Tho raring Increased and It begun to get rural. Hilda and nnimnls rnihod bjr us moro frantic tb.n ever. An Idea .truck mo. Jump ing from my pony I rushed out into tho tall gnu rev oral hundred feet and start od a Are. It went with a whirl and In a minnto or two a sp.ee of three or fonrbundred non. bad boon burned. We worked with a will and won bad our ponlca and effects In tho middle of the haro ???pot. It wss none too won, for looking in tho direction of the An I saw it part at tno point when wo had flood a few minute, before, and then It went by us with ??tsrtiAo roar. It waa terribly smoky and hot, but wo were not burned to death, as we would havo boon If wo hid followed tho old guide. 1 * ??? An Ancient Wedding Balt, From th. Ferry, Oil, Journal. Mrs. George M. Daniel, of Uoaston county, bus suit of clothes in her possession that la 103 yean old. They won Mrs. Daniel*, grand father's (Mr. Crow) wedding suit. Mr. Crow cut out und made tho suit with his own bauds. The suit la msde of Aax and buttons oro cut from a gourd and covered with doth. Tho panl. an of the old dap-knee brooohea stylo, and tho rat la an old fasbtonod noqae. Thla la an old rello Indeed???tho oldest of tho kind probably In the country. Mn. Daniel also has a pair of Aaa stocklu,s that won made at the tame time. This constituted Mr. Crow*, suit 103 yean ago. Breath. HoR and Low. Brestlie sot tend low, O whispering wind, A novo the landed trasses deep. When inure who loreil mo Ion, age Forgot Ihe world and Ml ailwp. Ko towering shaft, or sculptured urn, Or mausoleum's empty pride, 1 Tbt'lr VSrtuSl^f'tGTtaelher died. I count tho old familiar names. O'ergrown with mom and lichen my, Where tangled briar and creeping vino Across the cnimbllug tablet* stray. The rammer sky I* softly blue; A The birds still sing the sweet, old strain, But lomethlng from the summer Um?? Is gone, that will not come again. Ho many voices have been hushed??? Ho many songs have hushed for aye- go many band* 1 used to touch . Are folded over hearts of day. The noisy world recede* from me; I cease to hear Its praise or blame; The moony marble* echo back No hollow sound of empty fame. list calm and still icyond lifo'H woe and wall, ???ct of sailing clouds, shadow of tbo vale; I oniy reel mat, tired and worn, I bait upon tht highway bare, ^ SENT FREE WALL PAPER and BOOK ON BOW TO APTLY IT. 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