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' caused hy impure * 5 i rpsla, Biliousness, Headache, ard n Con tP 1 aints, Catarrh, Blieu- ; -u that extreme tired feeling. rrh . a of, Plrllln hM h0 'P cd mo more er ,‘ . ln “P'd’o blood than anything rUScd ’ ’ A. Ball, Syracuse, N. Y. feafes an Appetite 0U s Sarsaparilla to cleanse my The National Salons. 4 t ?etlto and we tip my system. It gave mo a aiv i, fieeraed 10 build me over.- • Lima, Ohio. and it°SgS rSaparilla for C’tucerous to act unlike anything the immor » and seemed to t, \.. ole body and give me new book ghw ’ Ca mbrldgeport, Mass, t' lug statements of cures. Sarsaparilla idOlf^; St, elk for g5. Prepared only * Apothecaries, Lowed, Man. Dojjeg Qne Do||ar 30 cw. ly ,. Tho proceetliugs of the House on the 19th contain nothing that would be of interest to the general reader. In the Senate, Mr. Beck, the able and considerate Senator from Kentucky, gave notice that he had prepared a memorial, the object being to repeal the navigation laws in the hope that Americans might be able to own steamship lines on the ocean. He had signed it by himself and asked to have it referred to the committee the committee on Commerce before which committee he would ask to be heard. He said, . to show its importance, he had referred, with his memorial to an extract from the late speech of Count Von Moltke before the German Reichstag to show that war was inevitable; also, newspaper extract in regard to the action of England towards her steamship lines. His memorial was referred to the com mittee on commerce. He also stated that business would be expedited by giving the committees the time up to noon. This would be effected by giv ing the committee that time and hav ing the meeting of the Senate at 11 A. M. and adjournment at 9 P. M. Several petitions from various sec tions were presented requesting the passage of the Dependent Pension bill over the President’s veto. Laid on the table. On motion of Senator Call an item was inserted for the sur vey of several channels in Florida and a like item was inserted for Mobile river on motion of Senator Morgan. Senator Brown moved an increase of the appropriation for the harbor of Savannah from $65,000 to $160,000.— After discussion the amendment was rejected. The conference report on the trade dollar was agreed to, and the billnow goes to the President. There was a long discussion on an amendment of fered by Senator Van Wyck increas ing the appropriation for the Missou ri river, to be expended under the su pervision of the Secretary of War and riot that of the Missouri river commission. The Senate adjourned without conclusion. In the House on the 21st, the re port, of the committee on Elections in the Indiana contested election, Kidd against Steele, was unanimous in favor of Steele. A measure was reported to the House providing for the repeal of preemption laws, also, the timber culture and desert land laws. This measure is caused by the rapid decrease of the lands and the rapid increase of the population. in the senate the presiding officer laid before that body the President’s veto of the bills granting pensions to John Read, Sr., and Charlotte O’Neal, referred to the Committee on Pen sions. Further petitions were receiv ed asking the Senate to pass the De pendent Pension bill over the Presi dent's veto. The amount in the Riv er and Harbor bill for improving the Missouri river, was considerably re duced and then the bill was passed. This river and harbor bill goes to a committee of conference. The Nica ragua Canal Bill was passed with the understanding that it shall have no force or effect till concession shall be obtained from the Nicauraguan gov ernment and submitted to, and ap proved by Congress. Yeas, 38; nays. 5. The bill incorporates certain par ties, constituting the company, the capital stock to be not less than fifty millions of dollars nor more than one hundred millions. On the 22nd, in the House, a con ference was ordered on the disagree ing votes of the two houses on the Sundry Civil appropriation bill. Mr. Blount contended that the Senate amendments, to the Post Office bill, had the right of precedence; this was objected to by several members but Ur. Blount proved successful, that body directing the Committee to proceed to the consideration of the Senate amendment of the Post Office bill. Action upon the appropriation of $500,000 for the transportation of foreign mails by American steam ships to South and Central America being the only amendment left, that was not concurred in. Pending debate, tiie Committee rose, and the House proceeded to the consideration of res olutions expressive of regret at tiie death of Senator Pike of New Hamp shire. After eulogies by several, the House, as a mark of respect to tiie memory of the deceased, adjourned. In the Senate Mr. John Sherman briefly announced his resignation of his ; osition as presiding officer of that body, in doing which he express ed his heartfelt thunks for the uniform com tesy and forbearance shown him while in the discharge of his duties us presiding officer, by every member of the Senate. The communication was ordered to be entered in the journal and placed on files. Tho bill to make Tampa, Florida a port of entry was passed. After some discussftm on the bill to create a department of Agriculture and Labor, the bill went over as un finished business. Tiie House amendments to the Sun dry Civil bill were presented and were disagreed to in bulk, and a conference asked. Senators Allison, Hale and Beck were appointed conferees. On motion of Senator Cull the Sen ate bill to provide for ascertaining the judicial rights of tiie United States to certain railroad lands in Florida was taken from tiie Calendar and pass ed. On motion of Senator Maliono tiie Senate bill changing the boundaries of the fourth collection district of Vir ginia was taken from the Calendar and passed. ' Secret session. Adjourned. Washington Letter, From Our Regular Correspondent. Washington, Fkb. 21st, 1887. Editor Union-Recorder: As to what Congress is doing just now, I may say the Senate is overdo- i business, and the House approp; i is tryfn new, ng to get on with the regular, indispensible Appropri ation bills. The past week was mark ed by some important legislation, prominent among which was the pas sage of the Eads’-Tehuantepee Ship Railway bill, by the Senate and the rigorous Antl-Polygauiy bill by both the Senate and House. You may remember that thiB meas ure passed the Senate some time since but it was amended by the House, and now the Senate has passed it as it came from the House. Only seven votes were recorded against the scheme of Capt. Eads for constructing a ship railway across tho Isthmus of Tehuantepec. These were cast by Senators Edmunds, Jones of Arkansas, Morrill, Platt, Vance, Van Wyck, and Wilson of Iowa. The bill incorporates Capt. Eads and some eighty other persons named, as a body poiltio tinder the name of the Atlantic and Pacific Ship Railway Company. The stock is not to er-. oeed $100,000,000; and when ten per cent of stock 1b subscribed and ten per cent, paid in cash, a meeting of stockholders is to be heldln Wash ington or New York, for the election of directors. If ten millions of stock is not subscribed for and ten per cent, of it paid in cash within two years, the charter is to expire by limitation. Consequently the Government is not committed to the project pecuniarily, and makes no guarantees. The Senate has passed bills appro priating about, fifty millions for ships of war, coast defenses and other war like preparations. If the Senate had really wanted to do something for the Navy, it would have passed these bills early enough to permit of their con sideration by the Hou e of Represen tatives. It ought not to be expected that the House will pass measures of such magnitude, without an exami nation which there is not now time to give. But, of course, the Senate will get the credit of having made a brill iant effort towards an Fnoreose of the naval establishment, and the House will be condemned for neglect of duty in this matter. Everybody is wondering whom the President will appoint on the Inter- State Commission. Among tiie scores of men who lmve been mentioned for a place, Gen. Atkins, the present Commissioner of Indian Affairs, is one of the latest. His friends say he is a man who could bo, officially, as - much of a friend to the railroads as to the people. Said one of them, “He could do justice to, both, and at the same time has moral force sufficient to out ride tiie temptation 6f winking at the New York brokers for a consider ation.” On next. Thursday an effort will be made in the House of Representatives to pass the Pauper Pension bill over the President’s veto, and the Repub licans are expected to press the mat ter to such un extent that there will doubtless be a pretty lively fight. The impression is, however, that it will be impossible to overrule the ve to. The first Mexican pension under the recent act granting pensions to the survivors of that war, was issued on last Friday. It went to the hero of Cerro Gordo, ex-Senator Williams, of Kentucky. If all the Mexican vete rans were able to verify their claims to an allowance and secure it as read ily as lie, short work would be made of the Mexican pension business at least. His appiicatinn was filed in tiie Commissioners’ office at eleven o’clock one day last week, and the pension certificate was mailed in the afternoon of the same day. Tiie Cabinet succession continues to be a theme of discussion. A week ago it was believed that Mr. Fair- child, tiie Assistant Secretary was the man for the place, but suddenly pub lic opinion changed entirely. Some say that the President will appoint a wide-awake, practical politician to succeed Mr. Manning. When the lat ter tendered liis resignation tiie Pres ident brought up the subject of his successor, and Mr. Manning urged upon him the necessity of availing himself of the opportunity to appoint a strong Democrat of natioual repu tation, and suggested two or three names. A Democratic Congressman of prominence expresses the hope that the new Secretary of the Treasury will lie taken from those who are not dominated by Wall-street ideas. But. as he himself acknowledged, it is very difficult to find a man of finan cial experience who is not under Wail- street. influence in some way. Kinee New York is the center of the money power of tiie nation, every business man of prominence lias his center there. Your life should be patterned on God’s plan—a busy, but a happy life. He means that you shall find content ment in your work. The happy and contented are tiie best workers. Tiie president is determiiied to ap poi .it the members of the commission under tiie inter-State commerce law before the adjournment of Congress. T1k> Democrats of tiie Tennessee Legislature have boldly declared for Cleveland as tho standard-bearer two years hence. A DEBT-PAYING RELIGION. One of the greatest- needs of the times is for the quickening of the pub lic conscience with regard to the sa- credness of financial obligation. It is simply appalling how carelessly men make debts, and how indifferent they are to their payment. So far has this gone, that thiB question is often asked: ‘.'Are there any that are hon- are there any that may be trust- We have not yet lost faith in hu man integrity. We know that there are map*, both in and out of Church, whose word is as good as their bond. At the same time, however, we are painfully impressed with the lax ideas, and laxer practice, that prevails among many in their business trans actions. Tliis laxity, or, to put it more plainly, this want of common honesty is by no means confined to those out side of the church. On the contrary, many church members, and some, too, who make pretensions to more than ordinary sanctity, are as indif ferent to mouetary obligation as the veriest son of Belial; and the reproach that sue?- —uJ “ cai nary wisdom. One of the “Rules" for toe government of his societies, aqd still a rule in the Discipline of the Metbpdist Church, forbids the “tak- froin nnoounted embarrassments and unmeasured shame and reproach. But it is diregarded times without number by a very large proportion of our membership. Men and women “take up goods," and assume finan cial obligations, with as little pros pect of the ability of meeting them as there is that the alchemist will succeed in his efforts to transmute tiie baser metals into gold. If these debts were contracted for bread, to keep starvation from the door, there might be some extenuation, if not justification. But how often are they contracted for the luxuries as well as the necessities of life. The demands of fashion must be met, and false pride must be gratified, it mat ters not at whose expense. And as debts accumulate, and the impossibil ity of their payment becomes more certain, the indifference to them grotvs, until all sense of obligation and of shame is lost forever! Is it not time for tiie pulpit and press to speak out more plainly and pointedly on this subject than it lias heretofore done? The Advocate thinks so. A religion that does not teach men l-r «>ay their .honest debts is not the religion of Christ. A sanc tity that is compatible with a want of common honesty is not the sancti ty taught in the Bible. If men are wanting in common probity they should not be tolerated in the Churcn of God; much less should they be al lowed to air themselves before our congregations, as is sometimes the case. Tiie people must be taught that it is a sin against God as well as man to make debts without the probabili ty of paving them. They must be impressed with the truth that it is better to starve and maintain one’s integrity, than to live in comfort and affluence at the sacrifice of principle. They must be impressed with the duty and necessity of economy and frugality, lest the want of these bring dishonor upon themselves and the Church of God. They must be urged to greater industry in order that they may meet tiie obligations that are al ready upon them. In cases where members of the church can and will not pay their debts, they should be dealt with as tiie discipline directs. We desire that the world should know that the Methodist Church does not propose to wink at nor extenuate dishonesty, whether it bo among tiie lofty or low. Our mission is “to spread scriptural holiness over the land,” and it is no part of holiness to neglect or refuse to pay one's honest debts. Tiie church and the world needs a debt paying revival, and this revival, like all others should “begin in the house of God." If we have any preachers who have been careless in this matter heretofore, let them pay up and amend their lives, or else, for God’s and tiie church’s sake, let them surrender their credentials and with draw from the ministry. If we have any members of the “chief estate in Israel!'’ who are under a like condem nation, let them cease their loud pro fessions of superior sanctity until they are able to lift up tiie heads of honest men. If we have any mem bers, however humble they may be, who have sinned in this'regard, let them repent and make restitution, that times of refreshing may cour, from tiie presence of the Lord. This may be plain talk, but it is no plainer than the ease requires. It is time that some one should speak out on this subject. It bus been too much neglected already by pulpit and press, or there would not be tne present necessity for exhortation and expostulation. If our religion does not make us honest, of what account is it? If it lias not power enougli to induce us to pay the washwoman, how will it avail us “in the swellings of Jordan?" It is high time that there should be a great awakening on the subject, and tiie Advocate cheerfully consents to become a tar get for many “an arrow with venom ilung,” if it can contribute to the dawning of such a day,—Southern Christian Advocate. How to Be Beautiful. Here Is a question the maidens are asking: How can wo make ourselves fair? One thinks that her cheeks are a little too red: Another is puz/.llag her pretty head To know how to curl her straight hair. This lassie’s cheeks are a little tdo pale; Hr* MN _Jow can she make them red? t nd this little lady’s hands are not quite a smooth and slender and soft and whit • "As a lady's hands should be," she said And this one thinksshe'satrUletoopiump; Another one thinks she's too amau; Her teeth are not quite as pretty as pearls t And what shall wo do for these poor, poor iris That can not bo happy at all? And I, who look at them, can not see Why they are dissatisfied, They look like a garden of roses in bloom, Yet over thorn ail there is resting tho gloom Of somo fancied beauty denied. The mystical secret is mine to impart.; Listen, all who covet the power Of beauty's maglo. The wonderful art LteB down In the depths of a gentle heart, And shines from the eyes every hour. Tho hands that do Charity’s gentle deeds Are white as the angels above; And whether the cheeks be rosy or fair, If Innocent blushes and heulth be there, They are pretty enough to love. It over the beautiful lips, dear girls But gentle words are said; And whether the form be plump or slight, If only tho heart Is pure and fight, You are pretty ouougb to wed. Annp. Kinne. The New Oil Gas. A DISCOVERY THAT WILL CHEAPEN FUEL AND ILLUMINATION. New York Times. A dispatch from Bolivar, a small town in Alleghany county, in the oil region, is as follows; “The little town of Bolivar has never been so famous as at present since the first discovery of oil in this region. The people seem to talk of nothing but the dis covery of gas made from crude oil, by William A. Meyers.” A reporter vis ited the little oil town to learn the true facts of the case, and found the town in great excitement. William A. Meyers, the inventor, was found at tho Clark House, and on being asked about the new light, said: “I have invented a gas apparatus by which wo can generate, from one barrel of crude oil, from 150,000 to 175,000 cubic feet of gas for fuel pur poses, which will not cost more than two cents a thousand, and will give Buch a heat us to melt iron, steel, or any other metal. We cun also gen erate by the same process 8,000 cubic feet of carburetted hydrogen gas, forty-two candle power by actual protometer test, for illuminating pur poses, which will enable us to give to the public 11 ty to seventy-five cent gas.” Upon invitation of Mr. Meyers the reporter, accompanied by several oth er gentlemen, visited the office where the gas was being made on a small scale. The process is very simple, and it requires very little machinery. Mr. Myers exhibited the gas, which gave a beautiful white light, said to be far superior to water or coal gas. “You see,” said the inventor, “that this process of manufacturing gas is very simple. We use Lima, O. oil which costs thirty-five cents by the barrel, and we can make gas so cheaply that every poor family can afford to use it. Why, I can make out of two quarts of oil enotigh gas to furnish all the families in Bolfvai*. Young William K. Vanderbilt’s new S rivate yacht, Alva, is ready for use. o monarch or Croesus ever possessed such a floating wonder. When every thing whioli Mr. Vanderbilt desires is on board of it, the craft, finishings and furnishings will have cost $1,000,900. Mr. Vanderbilt will cross tiie ocean in his yacht as soon as the weather be comes at all favorable. He will join tiie fashionable yachting excursions in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian waters. He ob tained carte blanche to the “first circles,” when lie and Mrs. Vander bilt were on tiie other side last year. He is to have houses in botli Paris and London in which to entertain. In short, it is understood that hereaf ter lie will spend tiie best part of his time in Europe. Mrs. _ Vanderbilt is very ambitious for social distinction and Mr. Vanderbilt scarcely less so. He showed his predilection for fash ionable ways by his fancy dress bull, tiie like of which. New York had never before seen.—John Bwinton’s Paper. Ten years aga a friend of Miss Julia Malcolm, of New Haven, Connecticut, off. rod her, in a joking way, the deed of certain lands in Colorado, which were then supposed to be worthless. Miss Malcolm accepted the gift, put the deed away and thought no more of tiie matter. A few days ago, site received a letter from the President of a syndicate, offering her $250,000 for the land, on which a valuable lead mine had been discovered. Miss Mal colm accepted the offer. A dispatch from Paris to the Fea ther Lloyd savs: President Grevy and Premier Goblet, are making super human efforts to prevent the out break of war. Mr. Lincoln seeing Hon. A. H. Stephens doff his roomy overcoat re marked: “I never saw so large a shuck upon so small an ear.” JAIL DELIVERY. Murderer Captured by J. W. Big- ham. On Monday 21st inst., A. J. Crane, Its' ’ Jailer of Habersham county at Clarkesville, went luto the corridor of the jail to get the dinner plates of the prisoners, alter having made them go into their aell and as he thought closed the oell doors by a bolt whioh fastened them all at one movement. Tho prisoners, however, had contriv ed a plan by which they could push back the bolt and when Crane was gathering up the dishes and plates, tho cell doors flew open and four of tiie prisoners rushed upon and forced him into a oell and having locked him in it, ran out, locking the doors be hind them and made off towards the nearest woods. A little son of the jailer quickly gave tiie alarm on the streets and the Sheriff soon had a posse of twenty-five men in pursuit of tho fugitives, two of whom were recaptured. One of the posse was J. W. Bigh&m, son of Rev. R. W. Big- ham, recently the pastor of the Methodist church in this city, the sou being it appears the Railroad agent at Olarkesvillo. Young Bighatn, while alone, shot and captured Morris, one of the desperadoes, as appears, by the following quotation from the Atlanta Constitution: “Morris was arrested in about forty minutes after his escape by J. W. Big- ham, our depot agent. He was look? ing for Morris and found him in a heap of brush in the woods. Bigluuu raised his splendid repeating rifle and . ordered him to cotue out and surrender. He said he would, and came out, but instead of making the surrender, drew a pistol and fired at Bighaiu, which failed to take effeot. Bighum, seeing his danger, at once shot his pistol from his hand, tiie ball through into his knee, which roke it to pieces, making amputa tion perhaps necessary. Mr. Bigbam showed the hand that held tiie pistol, and by not killing him on tho spot, and great courage in such a close conflict with so desperate a character.” Of the four prisoners who made their escape, R. H. Morris killed his brother-in-law, Joseph Henderson; T. C. Justice killed J. B. Hubbard and John A. Sisk killed Weston Parker. The fourth wos u negro, in jail for cattle stealing. Tiie white men were all (iesperadoesj especially Morris, who had been tried and condemned to be hung on ICth April 188(1, but his-. counsel carried the case to the Supreme Court and his execution was of course delayed, as has often been done in other cases. T. C. Justice was cap tured tho next day after his escape, within six miles of Tallulah, Neither Sisk nor the negro had at last ac counts been captured. Morris how ever lost ill's wounded leg by umputa tion. FOREIGN NEWS. All Frencli troops lmve been re called from Madagascar except four companies. The Budget Committee, of the Reic.hsrath, by a unanimous vote, have agreed to the credit of 12,- 000,000 of florins for the equipment of landwohr and landstruui. The lower- House of the Hungarian Diet, by a unanimous vote, passed on the 10th, the oxtra credit of $3,110,000 for the equipment of tiie Hungarian laud- wher. All this looks like prepara tion for war. Tiie German vote was progressing: A Germuu dispatch, of tiie 22nd, says that Wolf, Septennist, received 19,628 Verchoiv, new Germau Liberal, 10,702 and the Socialist candidate 14,089. The prospect is good, itis st i ted, for tiie success of the Heptenuists. Tiie socia lists seem to have made a formidable- increase throughout tiie empire. Dur ing the davull approaches to tiie pal- ' aces of Emperor William, Crown Prince, Frederic William, and Prince Bismarck, Were barred by police. So far the Government parties gained 13,000 votes and new German Liberals lost 5,000. From all tiie accounts it would seem that Germany is greatlv divided into opposing factions which looks unfavorable under the prospect of a war with France, especially, if the French as a people, ,«re in undisturb ed sympathy. Perhaps the example of France, as a republic, is causing other States in Europe to gravitate towards Republican Government. Tiie expulsion of all tiie so-called Prin ces from France, seemed to have had no evil effect for tier prosperity on tiie strange concatenation of events follow ing her adoption of a republican gov ernment to tiie present time, seems to have made her richer and stronger from year to year. Other States in Europe have seen this, and are grad ually preparing to protest against the prevailing despotisms of former times and follow her brave regenera ting example. Thu old tyrannies are orembling by degrees. The whole Continent of Europe was under th» revolting rule of arbitrary govern ments, but under the splendid exhibi tion of the national greatness and pu rity of Republican France, are long ing for independence and the happier destinies of freemen. Sooner or later they will enjoy them. Virginia is in great financial straits. Prominent farmers at tiie Farmer’s Assembly, in sessson at Danville, rep resent the State as on the border of ruin, and Gov. Lee is reported to have said that there is less mouey in the hands of the farmers than, at any other time since tiie surrender at Ap pomattox.