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LVII.
fFEDERAii Union Established In 1829.
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Southern Recorder
JsiS: [consolidated 1872. Milledgeville, Ga., June 14, 1887-
Number 4J).
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, one dollar and fifty cents a year In
TsKSf —i’.^raontlis for aeventy-ilye cents—
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^nnnFR” were consolidated, AuguRt l*t, 1872,
helns in its Forty-Third Volume am
Rewrderin I ts Fifty-Third Volume.
look oxtti
Compare tRl. with your purchase!
to filch the pockets of another for hi*
personal gain. To tlo that is to sub
sidize robbery and ought to bring a
blush of shame upon the cheek of
every honest man in the country. We
bring this point to the consideration
of our protection friends, for we have
esteemed friends among the advo
cates of the protective tariff policy.
We have a plan of protection, the
best that could be adopted to give
the utmost prosperity to our manu
facturing establishments. As things
now stand it would not do to cut
down the rates to the proper stan
dard. It would be tedious to minute
ly specify the changes. The average
rate, now, is said to be about forty-
four per cent. We must establish the
liberty and chance of free trade, by
the re-establishment ns rapidly as
possible of our commercial marine.
During the administrations of Mr.
Polk and Mr. Buchanan the tariff
was gradually reduced and when Mr.
Buchanan’s term of office expired the
tariff duty or tax, averaged only 10
per cent. The United States then
had as line a Commercial Marine as
any nation in the world, and our flag
rode in triumph in all the oceans and
seas where commerce invited it in
trade and exchange of our wonder
ful commodities. So prosperous was
the Commerce of the United States
under the low. tariff* of those years
that the tariff ceased to be a living
issue. The high tariff .since the war
between the states, k«d(cte$Jtfoyed and
kept dowrttnwprosiwnly OT the peo
ple. Instead of a bold and manly con
test for commercial superiority, the
protectionists have succeeded in al
most totally destroying our commer
cial marine. Of all the nations of the
eartli the United States should be the
most devoted to free trade. As large
as all Europe, with perfect free trade
From Vickery's Flreslue Visitor.
A WOMANLY WOMAN.
BY 8. L. HARRIS.
A number of gentlemen stood smok-
Ing upon the steps of the chief hotel
oToftWoYthe many popular watering-
resprts lining ths A tlantic coast.
At the moment we have selected
for their presentation, a groom is
leading the bousy before the
door A pQwerftil black JWfse equipped
Duly noticing the flashing eye, the
nervous, restless limbs, and the gen
eral air of intractableness that in
vested the animal, one of the gentle
men removed his cigar from his hand
some lips, and, in surprise, turned to
his companions.
“Do you pave ladies around here
who can manage such a brute as
that?’’ hc^ekclalmed.
“Why, don’t you know?, That is
Linn Feniinore’s horse,'’ half a'dozen
voices ' hastened to make 'apswer.
"Ah, to be„ sip-e, you have 1 just re
turned from abroad, and are not pet
acquainted with the plaee or its visi
tors.” ’’ " 1
, ‘‘.ynd who is Lina Fcniinore?” in-
qflrfitha,first speaker, u handsome
man in the prime of life, and’with
just the suspicion of a despot in hid
Yet so generous and attractive was
Ralph Robling that women always
toop, kindly to and
7 3jssa»sssa&®c
, ,'r d ..r; . e l »Ul. C v^uuint** Sc«
m»1 ’/ TfMth-M.uk ;.nti tlie full title
frwjit of Wi*pi»*V* :tiui oa tj*® iWe
etfal iuuI ilpiitturc of J» Hi Zeilln ft
,.T ;n the *;»• vc fac- simile. Remember then
bother genuine Simn.oi.h Li ver Regulator-
Mareli 29, 1887.
28 cw ly
. u “Specimen copy free to anyone
?~° 'u 1 * write to them for it. Besides
r ln ’ f l ll 'ties, the piesent high
■-"•1 taxes necessities higher than
MORE TARIFF FACTS.
We are practicing what may be
‘.(ruled a guerrila warfare against the
protective tariff. We do that to have
our articles read. To go over thfe
^hole subject, scientifically, would
occupy from first to last, more than
one hundred and fifty columns of
our paper, and they would be unread
i y eighty out of a hundred of our
readers. The great Louisville, Ky.,
Courier Journal, of which the very
ie and distinguished Henry Watter-
■on is tlie editor in chief, can afford to
publish several columns, daily, on
subject, and present several to
file weekly subscribers, because, out
< ! .ts several hundred thousand sub-
-enbers many are deeply versed in
political economy and science, and
nre powerful agents in the distribu
tion of wholesome democratic truths
on this the most important and lead
ing question before the American peo-
i ; e. We take occasion, here, to
■ on)mend it to our peoole, npt only
■ or its great ability on riris tariff ques-
• on, but its diversified excellence as
a source of pleasure and instruction
-o the people. The proprietors will
-mu a specimen copy free to anyone
” Besides
high
. higher than
mines: for instance, tlie tariff duty,
' 1 t!U - on foreign diamonds is only
>-n per cent, on luces only thirty-five,
<n the poor man’s blankets one
mr.cired per cent; gold jewelry (for
/ .o' ~ r> P er cent; imitation jewel
mi, e P oor 40; diamonds, emer-
mV ,1 c '’ ^ or ^ le r *ch, 10 per cent;
?,7 lon diamonds, emeralds, &c.,
r the poor, 40i>ercent; gold watch
aing tor the ricli 25; silk watch
vn l 11 } s / or the poor, GO per cent; gold
keys for the ricli 25, steel watch
v' 8 for the poor 45. We might en-
, e 011 point but pass it for
- er more urgent matters. We lmve
■ re s i 10 wn that the present
. 111 order to raise $200,000,000
, T i e use °f the government, puts a
* 01 one billion two hundred mil-
s .„ f V>P°n the people of tlie United
f) a dollar of w hich goes into
.. ..'fed States’ treasury. Who
^ inat immense annual sum? Yea;
11 / ets In? Tliere can be but one
i j M, 0 n r ‘ M 16 P resent tariff is rightly
'‘ft 8 ? fa F 118 th at sum may af-
(-s wn 0t P ct;lon to the manufactur-
, .at authority is found in the
nstnim tor that purpose? That
theen^ 6 ^, f a y 6 Congress may tax
■me fo^!h° f fore te ue *« to raise reve
only m,i th ! government. That Is the
the y eonRt.>'i- Ther i e is llot a word
^e 8s °t 8 t f utlon which authorizes.
or in ^v lB «f 8,ngle dol ‘ar by a tariff
Purpo^Zi^ e f wa y tor any ot&*
of the 8 !L, tfaan meet the ex’peiuef
given t5 ^ er " ment - No authority is
or anv°nfk rot *°, t tlie manufacturers,
than in h, f r ? lass of citizens, other
’orporntm elr r g mf 8 as Individuals or
Vnegovpi- 8, , The xvll0le Po we r of
ui c itinr n ' llen t will be called into re-
gainst fi, to P rot ect every citizen a-
Sovernuien,® ncroac hilients of foreign
rightsH Upori his safety or
ciU nerson cannot bo used to tax
;q anv trnV 1 ’ the benefit of another
the belle of the
place, and in the best hand at riding,
rowing, swimming, and lawn-tennTs
of her sex along the coast.”
“Good heaven!” exclaimed Robling,
mockingly, “lias it so universally
eoiue to tiiis, that a girl's personal
at home, and her great variety of pro- j v£ d ue and popularity are to be deter-
duotions, she possesses the power l mmedby the possession of such ac-
to lead the world in commerce, and coinplishments as these.'
yet, slie surrenders commercial con-' , hvidentiytravelhasnot hroaden-
trol to a little island in the sea that is ! * <1 ,. y0 Pr, 1 , deas , ’TT 1 -. !"- S s ', ,V V, ect ’ °}t l
not ns large as tlie state of Georgia, j fallow, laughed his fi iend i reNCott,
Some, even of the protectionists, will! g o0 d-natiired^Iv. Although Lina is
he surprised to. learn that of tlie little | .’-'f l _^! r !i,' n P
that is left in the exports from this ,VI 1
country to otliers nearly all of it,
stead of going in American is sent in
foreign ships. It; is stated by good
authority that our Afnerican people
pay annually, one Hundred and thir
ty millions of dollars to foreigners for
ocean freight. • How art the mighty
fallen! When we pay that immense
sum for freights that ought to have
been earned by American shipmasters
and American seamen. Why is this?
Probably, because our people are for
that in theory and education she
is fitted to become one of tlie b^st lit
tle house-keepers alive. But you al
ways were a little strict in your views
upon the privileges to be allowed the'
gentler sex.”
The rest of tlie group were wander
ing off. Robling and the speaker
stood alone together, neither of them
aware of a slim woman’s form sta
tioned in open sight directly behind
them in the door.
It was a pretty form, graceful, sin-
ship-builders, and why is this tlie
case’ To protect American ship
builders. How many of our people
know tin’s? Yet it is the truth. And
we nmv add, that a citizen of tlie
United States lias to pay the Ameri
can builder from seventy ton hundred
dollars more than the foreign builder
would charge him for a vessel the
cap perched upon the chestnut-brown
braids, surmounting the proud, ten
der, mischievous face, with its wick
ed, bright eyes, to tlie little kidded
foot, peeping out where the owner
had gathered up the trail of her black
riding-habit and flung it across her
arm. Fatally unconscious of tiiis se
ductive apparition in the rear, Rob-
*1 U 14141 4>lllll gC Jll 111 1411 ll T V- 004 1 U1V . j, t » • »
same size and structure. Besides, the j , T
fnroitrn linilf chins nrf> lipH-pr nmi I a > ^ confess there IS
no affinity between me and the loud.
more durable than tlie American.
One or two more short articles will
close some of the special facts which
we desired to lay before our readers.
We hope the people are paying more
attention to this tariff matter than
they formerly did, especially, as a
special effort is being made to indoc
trinate them into tlie belief that pro
tection, as it is called, is good for man
j masculine young lady of the day—a
| young lady, for instance, who could
: manage such a beast as that, which
i I admit is about as much as I should
care to do. To me there is nothing so
' attractive as a womanly woman-one
! possessing the old-fashioned graces of
our grand mothers.''
During tlie last moment tlie flush
ufacturers farmers, laborers and all ^d deepened in the pretty girl's
„«■ ?! i i cheeks, and her bright eves sparkled
classesof the people. ’dangerously. Then, tightening her
Lieutenant-General D. H. Hill,
one of Lee's sturdiest fighters, ex
pressed in his address views in regard
to “The Old South” which can hard
ly prove agreeable to Senator Sher
man, Cable and other pundits who
grasp upon the pearl handle of her
riding-wliip, she sped past the two
men, ran down the steps to her horse,
and hud vaulted lightly into the sad
dle, and was dashing away before
they had scarcely realized her recent
presence. Then Dick Prescott turn
would have the world believe that i ed to his friend,
everything valuable in Southern char- I “That was Lina Fenimore herself,
acter has been produced since 1805. i She must have heard all that we said,”
The leading men and the incorrupt!- he exclaimed, aghast.
ble men in the field of national poli
tics before the civil war, the^ Gen
eral contends, were very largely South
ern men. The war demonstrated
again their prowess and patriotism.
General Hill evidently forgets noth
ing that concerns the honor of liis
As Robling’s eyes followed the lithe,
straight figure of Lina, who sat on
her horse like a centaur, his counte
nance expressed the deep vexation he
felt at this awkward situation. Mean
while, I.ina’s pretty cheeks were
growing hotter and hotter with anger.
That must have been the wonder-
people and can appreciate what is j . “That must have been the wonder-
good in the present without thinking ful Ralph Robling, over whom all the
it necessary to malign the past
Augusta Chronicle.
The Augusta Evening Mews says:
Pleasant Stovall has thrown more
style into the Athens Banner than
was ever dreamed of. Such has been
the influence of his immaculate pres
ence that Larry Gantt is now called
the “dude of tlie Georgia Press.”
Mr. Stovall merits the compliment.
We have heretofore been pleased to
express our sense of hi» ability as a
writer in the columns of the Union-
Recorder.
It iji hinted that Secretary Lamar
■will be offered the position on the Su
preme Court Bench. 1 Jlr. pamaMs too
SS'LtSfffiSUi
[Mr. Lamar has ae
Cleveland and Ms
through to the end.
lent Cleve-
f. Indeed,
v to see Mr.
ministration
The Ladies’ Memorial Association
of Athens are preparing to raise the
money for the Cobb monument. Jt
Is proposed to erect a monument to i
Gens. Howell and T. R- R ; Cobb at ,
some suitable place in that city.
It Bas Stood the Test
Of the severest trials for more than a
Quarter of a century, and Is a certain cure
for all diseases peculiar to woman, regulat
ing the monthlies thoroughly. Write The
Sradfield Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga.
world is going wild,” she muttered,
after she had brought her mettled
beast down to the proper gait. “Hor
rid wretch! I only hope he will get
enough of his namby-pamby sort of
girls—of his womanly woman. As for
me, I’ll have nothing to do with him.”
That evening at the ball, Lina was
introduced to the lion of the day—
Robling—and experienced a malicious
pleasure in witnessing the embarass-
ment which the gentleman could not
wholly conceal.
“I must apologize for my uninten
tional rudeness of this morning. I
fear you overheard my remarks to
Mr. Presdofit,” he said, as soon as they
were alob?. • r I' - ■
“Ob, dear, it doesn't in the least
signify,” said Lina, half contemptu
ously, her little head rather jh the
air. “Although for the sake of tpe
rest of my sisterhood—the loud young
ladies—I must say that I don’t see
why we haven’t as much right to try
to save our lives by learning to swim
and row, and handle a fiery horse, as
a man.”
As Lina delivered herself thus, Rob
ling stared at her as broadly as his
politeness would permit. He had
been accustomed to having his atten
tions accepted with more apprecia
tion bv the ladies he deigned to hon
or with them. The beautiful, indif
ferent, half-scornful face into which
he was looking, aroused in him an
altogether new sensation. He stared
at her for a moment, then shrugged
his shoulders, while a half-smile strug
gled about his lips, which his sweep
ing blonde moustache but partially
concealed. He was thinking that
this unconventional attitude was du
ly to be expected in a “masouline”
J ’oung lady, and Lina was not slow
n thus interpreting it.
“The inconsistency of man is some
thing beautiful,” she continued, with
a scornful smile. “They prate of the
weak lungs and slim waists of fash
ionable women, and now that athlet
ics have become popular for ladies,
and we are given an opportunity for
physical development, they sneer at
that. All, here comes Mr. Rossendale!
Excuse me; I am engaged to him for
this waltz.”
And Robling was left alone, with
the unusuul sensation of having been
snubbed and neglected by a pretty
woman.
“Little Virago,” he muttered. “Yet
by George, she doesn't argue badly.
I nevei looked at the subject in that
light?”
* * * * * * *
Two months passed, and long before
the expiration of that time the friends
of both hod discovered that between
Robling and Lina a strong and unac
countable feud existed. About that
time Lina was driving alone one day
along a country lane, whan she saw
before her Robling’s trap, drawn by
hip thoroughbred tandem, behind
which were seated himself and one of
the seaside belles, who was Lina’s ex
act opposite.
It chanced that at the instant she
caught sight of them one of the hors
es took fright, shied violently and at
the next moment the team was sweep
ing down the road at a fearful pace.
But there would have been no actual
danger hud Robling’s companion be
haved like a rational being. Instead,
she began screaming violently, which
increased the horses’ fright, attempt
ed to spring from the carriage, and
in preventing her, and thus dividing
his attention, Robling for a time lost
all control over his tandem.
At last, by rhnning them into a
strong fence, they were stopped.
Springing out, he-took the trembling
creatures by the head—they were still
too much frightened to be trusted-
while in the defaced and damaged
carriage reclined a young lady in the
last stage of hysterics, and whose ev
ery cry threatened to again start off
the still panic-stricken animals.
Here, indeed, was a predicament,
and all brought about by a woman’s
folly. I hope iny hero will be par
doned for swearing roundly, and it
was ;J,,.his juncture that Lina came
up. springing out of hei carriage,
she promptly tied her own horse to u
tree, anil joined the two who had
thus been brought to grief.
“Stop that noise this instant, - ’ she
said, in a low, authoritative voice to
the limp, but still shrieking pile of
silk anil lace in Holding's carriage.
“Don’t you sec that you are fright
ening the horses?”
Then she passed on to Robling, and
a wicked gleam came into her eyes.
“Now if you did not detest unwo
manly women, 1 might be of assis
tance to you," she murmured, with a
low laugh.
The color swept up into his tanned
visage. It is hard to be laughed at,
and by a person whom you fain would
believe you scorn; But almost in
stantly Lina's malicious amusement
sunk out of sight, and see said, quiet-
ly:
“Give the horses to me, and assist
Flora out. I will take her back to
the hotel."
Robling hesitated an instant, glanc
ed once at the sinewy white hands
gripping his horses’ bridles, and feel
ing that they were safe, strode on to
the carriage, and with hands that
might have been gentler, assisted out
the gasping and demoralized Flora,
The expression of Robling’s coun
tenance as, some time later, lie drove
back to the hotel, attested to the ex
istence of conflicting emotions in. his
bosom. A key to them might have
been secured in the words that at
last broke from his lips.
“Is she always to get the better of
me?” he exclaimed, bitterly. “Well,
she has taught me one thing—that all
sensible women are not masculine.
Is that all that she has taught me?
Pshaw!” he burst forth, with a harsh
laugh. “I must be in my dotage. I
will cut the whole business, and leave
the place in the morning. But to
night she shall give me an hour alone
in her society. I will grant inyself
this fojly for once.”
’ His teeth were set; his eyes had a
strange light in them, as, in the ev
ening, he approached Lina with an
invitation for her to take a sail with
him. .
Astounded by this attention—for,
an if by mutual consent, they hud
hitherto sedulously avoided one an
other—that strange, indefinable ex-
pnasion his countenance itfpre yet
forbade the girl to refuse; atd so, si
lently,' the two sought tho Inlet, em
barked in Robling’s dainty little craft
and sped away over the moonlit tea.
Little was said. Returning, a sudden
squall capsized the boat.
After the first shock of feeling the
rapacious waters engulf her, Lina re
covered her presence of mind, and
struck out pluckily for the shore,
which was at no great distance. Af
ter a pretty fair contest with the
waves, she reached her goal, and
looked about to see how it fared with
her escort, expecting to see him close
behind her.
To her horror, she beheld Robling
still some distance from shore, and
evidently utterly unable to save him
self. With a face white us death, she
Hung herself again into the water,
swam to his side, and with tlie slight
aid that he wa* able to render, suc
ceeded in pulllhg him ashore. On Ithe
bench, as she stood like a beam
mermaid in her dipping garmei
with eyes that for the first time w)ere
downcast before him, he went tip’ to
her, and looked passionately into her
face. . • U
“You have had a noble revenge,”
he said, unsteadily, “I have condemn
ed your athletlo exercises, and sneer
ed at yonr amusements, when by
them, in the end, you are enabled to
save iny life, as I should have drown
ed soon; for the boat, flung suddehlv
against me when I thought I was all
safe, lias broken my arm, I think. At
lenst, in a moment I found myself
powerless. Words are useless in such
a case as this. The only way I can
show my gratitude Is by confessing
that which for weeks has been slow
ly dawning upon me—that I bave
been wrong, a conceited, prejudiced
fool. 1 have been colder and severer
in the past than I would have bejen,
because, long ago, I saw that I was
growing to love you. You, whd I
knew Boomed and disliked me—ddt,
perhaps, without a cause. There,
now, you know all; forgive and for
get me, and in the future——”
• Suddenly he paused, his face-whiten
ed, and he elbmiaA it the girl rag
ly, blinded-: .fhr • moment with
pain of his injared arm. And
what had ootne Oveff the “inascul
girl?” She flung her arms about hiin
as though she feared he would drop
to pieces then and there, (as though
his inagnifioetit strength could long
fail him,) and called wildly upon him
to live for her sake!
From out his brief paroxysm of suf
fering, her sweet voice anil broken
words of love called Robling, and re
gardless of shattered bones, in his
great surprise and ecstacy, he drew
her to his bosom.
"I loved you from the first, and
that made me hate you the more,”
sobheil this logical young lady, clear
ly, some time later, in reply to her
lover’s enraptured question. “But
you abused me, and sneered nt me,
and called me names, and were alto
gether horrid, and you ought to be
ashamed of yoursel ”
“I am, my darling, my pearl of great
price, my womanly womanl” interr
upted Robling, fervently; and that
last sentence sealed their future peace
and happiness.
Southern Prosperity.
The Manufacturers’ Record does not
agree with Secretary Lamar in the
view ihe latter entertains as to South
ern agricultural and industrial growth.
Mr. Lamar, it will bo remembered,
seriously questions the growth which,
it is claimed, the South lias made.
In the first place, it will not do to
measure the South of 1887 by the
standard of the census of 1880. ’Dur
ing tlie seven years referred to, activ
ity, in almost every department of
business, was four-fold greater than
during the decade 1870-'80. The
growtli in population, between ’70
and '80, was as follows: Alabama
| 20.0, Florida 43.5, Georgia 80.2, Louis
iana 29.3, North Carolina 30.0, South
| Carolina 41.0, Texas 94.4, Mississippi
l 30.0 Tennessee 22.5, Virginia 23.4,
West Virginia 39.9.
In the same period, Northern States
gained in population as follows: Con
necticut 15.8, Maine 3.5, Massachu
setts 22.3, New Hampshire 9.0, New
York 15.9, Pennsylvania 21.0. Vermont
.5, New Jersey 24.8, Ohio 19.9, Indi
ana 17.7, Illinois 21.1.
The Record gives some interesting
figures, showing the growth of the
South in farm values ’70-'80 as fol
lows: Alabama, $11,000,000: Floridu,
$11,000,000; Georgia, $17,000,000; North
Carolina, $58,000,000; South Carolina,
$24,000,000, Texas, $110,000,000; Missis
sippi, $11,000,000; West Virginia, $32,-
000,000, Here is a marked gain com
pared with the growth made by the
Norther States. This increase in farm
values South assumes unusual im
portance. . Connecticut fell off $3,000,-
000; Maine fell off $500,OoO; Massachu
setts gained $30,000,000; New Hamp
shire fell off $5,000,000; New York fell
off $210,000,000; Pennsylvania fell off
$68,000,000; Vermont fell off $20,000,-
000; New Jersey fell off $02,000,000;
Ohio gained $73,000,000; Indiana gain-1
ed $1,900,000..
What a remarkable man is.Jefferson j
Davis! He has lived to witness the ]
death of nearly all of his contempora- i
ries under the old government, and I
has seen a large majority of his tra-
ducers consigned to the grave, and
yet he lives on and pot only does not
lag superfluous' on the stage, but re
tains to a vrbUflerful degree the brill
iant ahd .vigorous InWUect ^hich has
characterised Wh rt*bA)rkahIe career.
Whenever st ; Ur6pb* ttccrifiOU oners
he is heard foub, and Whkm he bos but
in his blow he retires gfcaceWlly until
another is ifiade upon him. His
latest speech to the Southern bbv»
was to the effeetthkt wearenow in the
Union, and the next time it is broken
the attempt must be made froinjan-
other quarter. A sentiment whiioh
has been crystalized in the Southern
heart, and strange as it may appear,
yet it is a fact that the strongest
friends of the American Union today
are found in the Southern States.
Ben Per’ey Poore, the deceased
journalist and correspondent, at one
time edited the Athens Whig, in this
State. The present Banner-Watch
man is the out-growth of Poore’s
■ Whig.
Washington Letter.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, June 5, 1887.
Editor Union-Rkcordkr!
Laborers are at work in one of the
Court yards of the Treasury build
iog excavating for the new vault
for which Congress appropriated
$97,840, This will be the largest
single money vault known, n is
tone large enough to hold one fhun
dred million silver dollars, and its
full capacity will doubtless be tested
by the constant accumulation fron.
an unnual production of not less than
twenty-four millions of dollars.
The structure is to be entirely uii
dergrouml; nothing D to appear on
the surface to indicate the depositon
of so much wealth. The vault will
he lined twith (an iron case, and will
be divided into sixteen compartments
separated by iron lattice partitions.
There are to bo no dark corners in
thjs. building; tlie open latice work is
adapted so that the eye can range
through all the compartments at one
glance. The entrance will be through
the siib-basement of the Treasury
building, which is at all times thor
oughly gqftrded, aud a dozen differ
have only the seoret of one aombina
tlon lock. All the knoSvn checks and
securities will be applied, atid by
means of clockwork and electricity
there will be some of the locks which
will open at certain hohrs of 1 the day
only to the Treasurer of the United
States.
The silver dollars in their new habi
tation will be piled up in canvas bags
holding $1,000 each, one on top of the
other, as is now done in the existing
vaults.
The recent deaths, so close together,
of two prominent journalists, reminds
one of the deep swathes that has so
lately been cut Into the profession of
journalism. It is hut a "brief period
since Adams of the Washington Star,
and Billy Copeland of the New York
Journal of Commerce, were taken
almost with pencil in hp.nd, so sudden
ly the summons caine; arid all these
mentioned were not only connected
by the bonds of fellowship inoident to
a common brotherhood, but were
more Intimately, associated by ties of
of closest friendship.
Aprotuinent politician and member
of Congress now in the city, says that
for nine months in the year Washing
ton is the prettiest and pleasantest
E lace in the country, anil only ueeds
etter hotel accommodations’ and u
large hall suitable for Convention-, to
make it the very place for the next
and succeeding National Conventions.
As the physical beauties of Wash
ington are already beginning to be
appreciated by the country, a glance
at the efforts being made In the direc
tion of moral cleanliness and beauty
in the Nation’s Capital would not be
amiss.
The Women’s Christian Temper
ance Union has becomea power in the
land, and by means of their steady
adherence to well-devised plans of uc-
tion, and of a persistence strikingly il
lustrative of their courage in attempts
to ameliorate the condition of their
fellow-beings;—the women of this city
have at last succeeded in entirely
closing the bar-rooms here on Sunday,
not only in name but in fact. They
are also now engaged in an endeavor
to suppress the exhibition of ques
tionable picflires used in advertising,
which while they attract the eye and
thus serve their purpose, also exert a
more baleful influence in leading the
imagination of our youth into evil
channels.
A Probation Agency, for the benefit
of first offenders, lias been recently
established, whereby unfortunate
youth who have been brought before
the Police court may be afforded an
opportunity of bettering themselves,
thus withholding from them the stig
ma of conviction of crime, and sen
tence to associate with old criminals,
and endeavoring to procure honest
employment for those in need.
A Women’s Refuge is in successful
operation, also, where any may liuil a
welcoming smile and helpful hand.
We have cause for congratulation,
that there is so much of good in hu
manity, and that we live in an age of
charitableness for the sinner as well
as of reprobation for the sin.
A Family Blessing.
Simmons Liver Regulator, tlie fa
vorite home remedy, is entirely veg
etable, and is the purest and best
family medicine that is compounded.
No error to be feared in administer
ing; no Injury from exposure after
taking; no loss of time. It is the best
preventive medicine and safe to take
no matter what the sickness may
prove to be, and, in any oriMdAry dis
ease, will effect a speedy oUre.’ De
mand the Genuiue, having' ’the Z
stamp on Wrapper. 1 ' ■
It is thought that “successful straw
berry culture demands a thorough
cleaning after bearing, and careful
culture during the remainder of the
summer. Old strawberry beds are
not profitable. To weed and culti
vate an old, neglected bed is a thank
less task and much more laborious
than the preparing and planting of a
few more now ones. Although some
varieties will continue to bear for four
or five years, yet it proves seldom
profitable to take off more than two
crops from the same plant*”