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VOL. I. In 1884 the popular rote was 10,000, 000; in 1888, 11,400,000, and it will probably reach 13,000,000 votes is 1892. The Engineering Magazine is of thi opinion that even if nature cannot be de pended upon to furnish fuel gas readj made we must undertake to make it, oi something nearly identical, out of coal or oil. Funds to the amount of over $1,200,- 000 are held in trust for the benefit of deserving students of Harvard University whose means are limited. The annual income of those funds amounts to about $70,000. The Boston Herald thinks “a perma nent Census Bureau would probably noi materially increase the gross expense of taking the census, while the results attained would be much more accurate and valuable.” The Grand Jury of Bau Francisco, Cal., recently reported, as a means of suppressing crime in Chinatown and other disreputable places, that “every dark spot should be illuminated by electricity, since rascality of every kind shuns the light.” “Which succeeds better, the city or the country boy?” is said to be a favorite question for discussion in country de bating societies. “The general trend of opinion seems to be,” notes the Phila delphia Record, “that the country boy succeeds better, but oply after he be comes a city boy.” A story is told of a now-celebrated at torney, who, when he first appeared be fore the United States Supreme Court at Washington, to argue a case, started in to make a speech such a3 he had been in the habit of inflicting on juries. He wa3 at once stopped with the remark: “Coun sel will please confine himself to the law in the case; we have no time to listen to eloquence.” This, remarks the New Or leans Picayune, would be awkward for a lawyer who has nothing but his elo quence to stand on. The annual mortality of the entire human race amounts, roughly speaking, according to a French medical journal, to thirty-three millions of persons. This makes the average deaths per day over ninety-one thousand, being at the rate of 3730 an hour, or sixty-two people every minute of the day and night the year round. A fourth of the race die before completing their eighth year, and one aalf before the end of the seventeenth year; but the average duration of life is about thirty-eight years. Not more than one person in a hundred thousand lives to be a hundred. “In the years from 1855 to 1870,” laid a railway superintendent, “if an sngineer got S6O to $65 per month it was considered good wages, and often the paymaster would be two or three months behind in paying employes; now an engineer who is fit to run an engine gets from $l2O to $135 per month, and sometimes reaches $l5O to $155, and there is but one road in this section which does not pay its men by the’ 25th of each month for services of tehe month preceding. The engineer makes no more mileage, if as much, as in the earlier years of railroading. This is a branch of railroad service where skill and reliability are requisite and well paid.” A glance through the code of instruc tions issued by one of the big cable companies shows that theie are a num ber of places which rarely appear upon the map that may be reached by wire from this country. For $2.25 per word one may communicate from New York with the hectic town of Pram Pram, upon the west coast of Africa, while connections can be established with the lively hamlet of Grand Bassam, in the same ‘region, at $1.04 for every ten letters. For $1.17 per word you may address your long lost relatives or business partners in Djedda, Mecca and A1 Hedjas, while the rate to Bunder Abbas, Bassidore and Lingau is sixty four cents in addition to the boat hire from Jask, Persia, where the message is delivered. Every word sent to New Zealand, via northern Siberia, costs the lender just $3.74, which is the highest on the list. It costs sixty cents a word tc to reach Komansanaguas and Aquada ie Pasageros down in Cuba, and SI.BB to let the old folks in,Snngie Ujong, on the Malay Peninsula, i know you are liv ing, State of iatie letnl NATIONAL CAPITAL THE FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS AT WORK. Daily Routine of Both . I&iefly Outlined. T M f THK HOUSE, iV Wednesday. —The Indian tion bill was up in the house Wede and on it the new members orated totheir hearts’ content on all subjects. Watson, of Georgia, to >k advantage offtbdJjill to speak about the depressed condi An of the people, not the Indians, but*tber people whose votes are necessary to a re election. He was frequently interrupted by Mr. Funston, of Kansas, (whom he dubbed “Farmer Funston,”) ,#nd the colloquy between the two gentlemen was amusing, though carried ou amid confusion which rendered their voices almost indistinguishable. Living ston, of Georgia, asked unanimous con sent for the immediate consideration of the following preamble and resolution: “In view of the unrest and extremely dis tressed condition of the masses of the people in this country, and their eager inquiry as to the policy of this bouse to wards the people, resolved, that we ex tend to them our sincere sympathy, and promise to do all in our power for relief, on the line of improved finances and re duced taxation.” Mr. Taylor, of Illinois, objected. Thursday. —Speaker Crisp called the house to order Thursday morning, but immediately after the delivery of the prayer, resigned the gavel to Richardson, of Tennessee. The president’s message relative to the Choctaw and Chickasaw claims was laid before the house and read by the clerk. On motion of Mr. Holman it was laid on the table for the present. Mr. O’Neill, of Pennsylvania, presented a protest of the Philadelphia board of trade against the free coinage bill. Referred. The speaker pro tern laid before the house a response from the secretary of the treasury to the house resolution ask ing for information as to the authority by which 4£ per cent, loan was author ized. Referred to the committe on ways and means. On motion of Mr. Newberry, of Illinois, it was ordered that when the house adjourns on Friday it shall be to meet Tuesday. (This order is taken so as to enable members to accept an invita tion tb visit Chicago.) THE SENATE. Wednesday. —ln the, senate, Wednes day, immediately after the reading of the Journal, Mr. Sherman, from the committee on foreign relations, reported back favorably the joint resolution intro duced by Mr. Hopkins requesting the president to return to the republic of Mexico twenty-one battle flags, now in the museum of the United States mili tary academy, which were captured by the army of the United states during the late war with Mexico. He said that it was an act of courtesy to a friendly power which had been suggested to con gress by the American minister to Mex ico, and also by Mr. Curtis, a gentleman connected with the organization of the bureau of American republics. The committee on foreign relations thought it a generous and proper thing to do for a friendly nation. Mr. Cockrell expressed his hearty approval of the joint resolu tion, and it was thereupon passed. Thursday. —ln the senate, Thursday, Mr. Sherman, the chairman of the com mittee on foreign relations, reported the resolution referring to tlvt committee so much of the president’s annrsl message as relates to criminal. ofiMfc within the United 1 jPypst treaty rights of foreign^ygajpiled in the United States, w instructions to report such law as will empower the federal court to try all such cases involving ibe qgpsideration of international .ami with such police and judicial process aS'will enable the government of the United States to use Its constitutional power to define and punish crimes against treaty rights con ferred on such foreigners. The resolu tion was laid on the table for the present. NOTES. The senate committee bn commerce re ported a bill Wednesday appropriating $15,000,000 for the improvement of the Mississippi river. The senate will proba bly pass this bill, for the senate never refuses any appropriation asked for at its hands. But the bill will have a very rough road to travel when it gets into the house of representatives. There was po session of either house of congress Saturday, and but few mem bers were in the city. Those who did not go on the Chicago excursion repaired to some of the surrounding resorts to spend Sunday and Monday, Speaker Crisp went to Fortress Monroe, and a telegram from that place states that he is improving, and that within a few days it is believed he will have gained sufficient strength to be able to return and attend to his duties. Representative Davis, of Kansas, an allianceman and one of the nine third party men in the house, has introduced a bill to prevent members of congress from riding on free passes and accenting telegraph franks. The bill provides that whenever a congressman goes up to draw his monthly stipend he shall make an affidavit that during the time he has been exerting his brain power and exerciaing bis voice for the good of the govern ment, he has neither ridden upon a free pass nor sent a telegram without the payment of the regular rates charged the general public for the same service. If he has, he cannot get his salary. During the past few weeks there hw beeu delegation after delegation in Washington from the principal cities of the country (p argue before the conyrpt- TRENTON, GA. FRIDAV, FEBRUARY 26,1892. tees of the two houses on agriculture against the passage of a bill preventing speculation in agricultural products. The bill was introduced in the house by Mr. Hatch, of Missouri. It pro vides against dealing in futures and options, and, as introduced, will have the effect of bieaking up all the stock, cotton and produce exchanges of the country. The arguments that have been made against its passage have had the effect of causing the committee of the house to agree to modify the bill mate rially, and it will be so amended as to prohibit speculations where the specula tor has no idea of delivering the actual product or stock in which he is supposed to be dealing on margins. Legitimate sales of products, to be delivered at some future time, will not be interfered with. THE WIDE WORLD, GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC AND CABLE CULLINGS Of Brief Items of Interest From Various Sources. The republican state convention of South Dakota has been called to meet, af Chamberlain March 28d. A London cablegram of Thursday says: Snow storm- in he united king dom continue. In ;om places the snow is eight inches deep. The republican state general enmmitiee of Nebraska, on Saturday, issued a call for the state convention, to select dele gates for Minneapolis, April 27th, at Kearney. Colonel .T. B. Simpson, who, it was thought, had fled the country, has re turned to Dallas, Tex., was arrested Fri day and released on bond. He is charged with embezzling $28,000 from the Scotch Loan Company of Edinburg. Twenty-three workingmen’s clubs, of Rome, Italy, passed a resolution Thurs day to organize a general strike, until the government starts the proposed pub lic works to give employment to men who are now idle. A special of Thursday from Bridge port, Conn., says it is rumorel there that ex-President John Hoey haa written a letter to the Adams Express company praying them to grant him a pension in recognition of his long services to the company. A dispatch of Sunday irom Indianap olis sayS: All the street car lines fn the city were without men to operate them during the day. The company made no attempt to stait cars throughout the city, and more than the usual Sunday quiet prevailed. A London cablegram of Sunday, says: A large vessel, name unknown, but sup posed to be a Spanish steamer, was wrecked off Renzanpe, and it is feared all hands are lost. A boat containing six men from the vessel was capsized almost immediately after leaving the ship and all the men drowned. The boat and a quantity of wreckage are coming ashore. A dispatch from Providence, R. 1., says: The prohibitory convention made the following nominations Monday: Governor, Alex. Gilbert, lieutenant governor, S. Taber, jjjJrth Smithfield; secretary of state, E. Remington, Providence; p § ral, Thomas H. PeabodzjylWsterty; gen eral treasurer, W. of New port. A 4>spatclf of Monday from Indianapo lis, Ind,, says; Tfip primaries for the selection of delegates to the qistfict and state convention, which will choose dele gates to the Minneapolis convention,held throughout the state, everywhere result ed in the choice of Harrison men as dele gates. In but two counties was there even the semblance of opposion to the administration, and, in each of these it was very feeble. The library block at Decatur, 111., oc cupied by the publje library, Brown Business college, Ruigbis of Pythias lodge, several manufacturing concerns and private offices, was btjrned Afondar night, c msing a total loss of SIOO,OOO. The loss on the building was $50,000, insurance $17,000. Among the heavier losers were Smith, Hubbard & Cos., manufacturing chemists, loss $10,000; in-urance, $12,000. Public library $10,000; insurance, $7,000. Half of the books were saved. The remaining losses were all for smaller amounts, aud were partially covered by insgrauce. GEORGIAS NEW BISHOP Preaches His Farewell Sermon at Bethlehem, Pa. A dispatch from Bethlehem, Pa., says: On Sunday Dr. C. Kinloch Nelson, bishop-elect of Georgia, delivered his farewell sermon to the congregation of the Church of the Nativity, of which he was rector. pr. Nelson’s ability as a preacher is something marked, and he has hundreds of warm personal fiiends here who deeply regret to see him take his departure. The people of Georgia will find in tfccir new bishop a man of broad views, splendid executive ability and great personal streugth. DIAZ IS MASTER. The Operations of Garza and His Followers at an Epd. A dispatch of Monday from the city of Mexico says: A thorough investigation along the frontier shows that there is now no danger of any uprising in Mexico. The Garz bandits, who had been oper iting on United r-tates territory appear to have disbanded with no likelihood of re ernaniziiur. LOOKED LIKE A DUDE. But He Knocked Out the Recori as a Train Robber. A dispach of Sunday from Rochester, N. Y., gives a graphic account of the most daring attempt at train robbing on record. Train No. 31, on the Central Hudson, is known as the American company’s special, running between York and Buffalo, and carries only goods and property shipped by that company. The train left New York at 9 o’clock Saturday evening, and was in Rochester at 7.05 o’clock in the morning. Nearly all the cars contain most valuable express mat ter. One car is known as the “money” car, and in it is sent specie from the United States treasury for western banks, as well as money in process of exchange between the banks of New York and the west. Daniel T. Melnery was in charge of the “money” car on the trip Saturday night. Only one messenger was a-signed to the money car, as the work of billing was light. The train left Syracus at 5 o’clock Sunday morning in charge of Conductor Emil Laas. THE AIR WHISTLE’S WARNING. When the train was near Weedsport the conductor, who was in the coach, thought he heard the air whistle sound very faintly. It was enough to arouse him to the belief that something was wrong in the express cai. Going out on the platform of the coach he climbed on the rail, and, looking through the hole where the bell cord comes through, he saw the upper part of man whose face be low the eyes was concealed by a mask. The messenger he could not see. He went back, set the air brakes and called his two trainmen. The three stood leaning out from the platform, looking forward along the sides of the express car. Suddenly a man’s form appeared at the side door of the express car, revolver bullets whistled past their ears and a yoice was heard commanding them to signal the engineer to go ahead or take the consequences. The trainmen wero unarmed. The conductor told one of his men to jump off, run back to Jordan, and telegraph along to Roches ter that they had train robbers on board. This was done, and the conductor signal led the engineer to go ahead at full speed, thinking that the robber would not dare to jump and would be captured at the next stop. The train went to Port By ron, her brakes were set again and the conductor and trainmen wept to the ex press car. The car showed signs of a desperate struggle. Money packages and jewelry were Tying scattered about. Everything in the car seemed stained with blood and Messenger Mclnery was lying bleed ing from several wounds and ahmost un conscious. robber was noJtvhere to be seen and wa'supposed to h#e jump ed and made good his escape. The traiu then went on to Lyons, the next stop. The news had#pread4Pl slang the hue by this time aim the station at pyons was ajive. Among in others in the crowd was a well-dressed young man wearing gold eyeglasses and carrying a satchel slung by a strap over his shoulder. Now, it so happe*(l that the trainmen had noticed this young man at the station at Syracuse before the train pulled out, and they had not seen him since, and the question of what * was doing at Lyons and how he got there at once suggested itself. An attempt was made to seize him, but he pulled out two revolvers, held the crowd back and backed across the yard until he reached a coal train, the engine of which had steamed up ready to pull out for the west. A MAN WITH NERVE. He pulled the pin holding the tender to the first car, and, climbing over the coal into the cab, drove the engineer and fireman out with his revolvers, and start ed the engine. Conductor Laas and one switchmen procured a shotgun and freed the engine of the expresss and, with the fireman and engineer, started in pursuit of the fugitive. The Central Hudson is a four-tracked road, and the two engines, though both going west, were not on the same track. The express engjne sopn overtook the robber, who suddenly reversed his engine and let his pursuers pass him, pouring a perfect hail of pistol bullets into the cab as his pur suers went by. THE BATTLE ON THE ENGINES. Then the pursuers stopped and the pursued went ahead. Another duel ensued, the shot-gun taking part this time. No one was hurt in either battle. About two miles beyond the robber found his engine was giving out, so he jumped out at a crossroad and started across the country, going south. The party on the express engine had returned to Lyons, where the sheriff had organized a posse, which started in pursuit. Mean time, the farmers along the robber’s line of retreat had also turned out fully armed in pursuit. The runaway was so closely run that he surrendered and was taken back to Lyons and lodged in jail. He gave his name as Cross, but it developed later that the man was Perry Lyons, formerly a cowboy, and later worked as a railway brukeman, THE STOHY OF THE ROBBERY. The story of the attempt at robbery, as far as it can be gathered, is this: The express messenger, be it understood, will not talk. Lyons boarded the train when it pulled out of Syracuse and climbed on top the express car. He was provided with a hooked rope. Fastening the hook in the slight corniced roof on one side of the car, he let himself down on to the other, and resting ais toes on the edge that runs along the car, he looked in the glass of the side door and saw the ex press messenger in front of one of the ?afe9, which was open, making up his bills. He smashed the glass with his re volver, covered the messenger and shout ed to him to hold up his hands. In stead of doing this Melnery reached for the signal cord with one hand, and for a revolver with the other. A bullet smashed the hand on the cord, but not before it had given the signal that aroused the conductor. Then Mc- Inery fired on the robber and put a bul let through his coat. Then the robber shot the messenger twice, once in the right leg and once in the temple. He climbed into the car and a desperate struggle took place, which did not end until the train was stopped for the first time, near Weedsport. It is evident that the robber had climbed out on top of the cars and remainei there through the stop at Port Byron until t’ie train reached Lyons. So far as can be learned tho rob ber secured absolutely nothing. TRADE TALK. Status of Business for Past Week Re ported by Dun & Cos. R. G. Dun & Co.’s review of trade for week ended February 19th, says: Busi ness failures occurring throughout the country during the past week for the United States, 231; Canada, 58; total, 299; against 276 week before. The bus iness situation is not quite so satisfactory or encouraging as it has been. While the gradual increase in the distribution of many lines of m<rehandise continues, tnere is a shrinking demand, and much depression in iron. The further decline in cotton blights the hope of revival in southern trade, and the speculative mania, stimulated by cheap money and by the great success of coal speculation, now extends to wheat, and threatens to restrict exports. AMPLE SUPPLY OP MONEY. From all parts of the country returns regarding the money market are satis factory, indicating an ample supply, and on the whole better collections than are usually seeu at this season. Notwith standing tho fact that exports of wheat have been diminishing, and for four days of the present week there have been only 800,000 bushels from the Atlantic ports, while western receipts continue large, speculation at Chicago ha 9 lifted prices £ cent during the week, and sales have been 57,000,000 bushels. Corn has ieclined J a cent with large exports, but very large receipts. Pork production, oats and coffee are substantially un changed, and oil is only 1£ cents higher on small transactions. Cotto B is a shade lower, with sales of 587,000 bales receipts being 24 per cent, greater for the week than last year, but exports 3fi per cent, greater. DRY GOODS TRADE. The movent in dry goods at Philadel phia promises an active spring trade, though the south is still behind, but in liquors, tobacco, chemicals, paints and glass, trade is quiet, and in groceries very dull. The wool market is dull, worsted mills lacking orders. At Pittsburg trade ia iron and steel has grown duller, and prices are weakening. At the south business is quiet at Little Rock and memphis and in all lines; rath er quiet at New Orleans, though sugar is strong and active; at Savannah trade is good and prospects brightor, factors advancing on cotton because money is very easy, but throughout the south the continued depression of cotton is noted as the cause of dullness. GLOOMY IN IRON TRADE. The week has been gloomy in the iron trade from a pressure to realize on quali ties of iron not wgjl known, or produced In excess qL*j%qtdAnema, More inquiry appears iron, beams sell ipg at 2} ce4tstf>OUmr iron is in light demand and for finished pro ducts gencraffjSjSeStemand is disappoint ing. Since large sales at 10$ cents the copper marketias been steadier, and tin ana lead are stronfjP The coal market is very dull awaiting the results of the com bination. The boot and shoe trade is steady and growing, though the cutting of prjpes of boots has done no good and shipments are still below those of last year. IMPROVEMENT IN WOOL. In wool there is distinct improvement in the demand for carpet use, since a advance in products by some ma kers and also in one-fourth or three eights blood wools beoause of the strong demand for cheviot goods. The spring demand for men’s woolens is large, and many tardy clothiers find their orders long delayed or refused. The trade in dress goods is also improving. Cotton goods are more active than in many pre vious weeks this year, and a few other grades have slightly advanced. A BIG HAUL. Capture of Counterfeiters and Tbelr Stock in Trade. The greatest haul of counterfeiters, including the capture of plates and printed bills, ever made in Cincinnati, was accomplished Saturday by the gov ernment detectives. The whole gang is in jail. They are Ralph Wishon, a steum engineer; W. G. Hera, the Fouth street photographer, and W. T. Brown, an engraver. The detectives have been working on the case since December 26th. They captured a dozen photo engraved plates of the Grant series of five-dollar silver certificates, and found a cartload of dangerous printed bill. They also captured, in the process of preparae tion. a ten-dollar silver certificate plat of the Hendricks series of 1886. Besides they found glass etchings for both coun terfeits in course of preparation. Bob Fleming, whom John Wishon had solic ited to shove the goods, informed the detectives, and insisted on their working up the case. IT*S NO* A’ GOWD THAT GLITTSMt Deed no, ye’ll find yerseif mista’ea, Gin ye expect to find it I The grandest scheme that mah’a an Aye hides some flaw behind it^ The virtues we like best to see Are no’ persistent sitters. When they’re ill-treated sune they fist It’s no’ a’ gowd that glitters. The pompous earl who gangs to kirk Until his wealth increase*, Is no* richt soond—gi’e him a jerk. An’ he fa’s a’ to pieces. The man who kens the worl’s ways beat Tak’s life’s sweets wi’ its bitters; An’ sune discovers like the rest, It’s no’ a’ gowd that glitters. The trouble seems to work clean through Baith cliques an’ corporations. It’s bard to find a thing true blue, An’ free o’ complications. t Deception noo’s a common crime; But guid sense never flitters, It tak’s for granted a’ the time— It’s no’ a’ gowd that glitters. After a’ grumblin’ ower the case Is na oor nearest duty It seems it wad be better grace To show truth’s honest beauty. It’s no’ sae much hoo ithers act Or hoo the queer worl titters,. Let’s look at hame an’ be exact To see that oor gowd glitters. —William Lyle, in Detroit Free Press. PITH AND_POINT. Tides in the affairs of men naturally come under the head of current events. The man whose name is most often under a cloud is the umbrella maker.”— Puck. “My face is my fortune, sir,” she said. * ‘You must be in debt,” said the man ill-bred. Law is a dry study; but the moisture of tears seems to have much effect on a jury.—Puck. The carpenter is not always a mathe matician, but is handy with bis “adz.” —Columbus Post. He—“You didn’t know I was color blind, did you?” She—“l suspected it from the neckties you wear.”—Clothier and Furnisher. Yabsley—“Does your wife ever choose your clothes for you ?” Wickwire —“No; she merely picks the pockets." —lndianapolis Journal. “I have a pair of suspenders for every pair of trousers I’ve got,” he said. “Gracious I how many pairs of suspend ers have you got?” “One pair.”—New York Press. “No, my son, it is not always polite to tell a man what, you think of him. It is safer to tell it to somebody else, and is just as effective in most instances.”— Boston Transcript. “Papa, why does the drum major of a band wear that big thing on his bead?** “Because the natural size of his head is not equal to the occasion, my son.”— Baltimore American. I asked her for her heart and hand, And smiled to see the blushes gently start; Her answer helped me understand: “You hold my hand—but 1 have lost my heart.” —New York Herald. “It was all very well for tho poet to talk about ‘a perfect woman, nobly planned,’” said Mr. Arreers sadly, “but the trouble is that it takes such a lot of money to carry out the plan.”—Boston Post. ’Tis sad how deep into Oblivion go SomeJxjoks we thought would shine on every shelf: To-day, while looking through my works, I found Two that I wrote, and then forgot, myself, —Pock. Elder Sister—“l must drive around to Hose & Mantle's; I hear they ha*a quite anew thing in gloves.” Younger Sister (sweetly)—“lndeed! And when you get them on it will be quite an old thing in gloves, won't it, darling."-* Comic. “Everything goes wrong!” complained Bcllefield. “Nothing that I touch sue ceeds.” “I wouldn’t feel that way if I were you,” replied Shingess. “But I can’t help it.” “You must try to. You should always look on the bright aide of things.” “I dare n’t. The doctor sayi brightness will injure my eyesight.”— Pittsburg Chronicle. A Meat Diet. The attention of the French Society for the Advancement of Science has ro* cently beeu directed by certain physi cian! to the evil effects of an exccssivs meat diet, or of raw, overkept, or bad meat. The ptomaines thus produced in troduce poisonous principles into the system, which the kidneys cannot throw off. Inhabitants in cities indulge far too freely in meat, often badly cooked and kept too long; the poor and country population do not often get their meat fresh. Professor Verneuil consider* something should be done to remedy this state of things. He points out that Reel us, the French geographer, ha* proved that cancer is most frequent among those branches of the human raae where carnivorous habits prevail.— Scientific American. There are 1395 corps,37oß officers and 2468 local officers connected with tb Salvation Army in the British Isles. New York State, With 20,500,001 pounds of hops, produced almost aouhH the ouan ity of any other State. NO 45