Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i A. ' Devoted to Aqrioubur^ Horticuk-urt, Domeetm Ecemott^ ZrfHw+w, I\MHm <md +4 OvrretU Ntwe of tk> Day. gKv ^ VOL. XXIV.?NEW SERIES. UNION C. IETSOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPT. 1,1893^ NUMBER 35^ .WiHzed! Plflff N6*8"ITEIIS. ~4?> ? ~ Nations pay annually $13,700,000,001 (or food. The silver prodnoing States numbe a population but little moro than on< per cent, the total of the Unitei States. A new ordor of things has lately como about in Siam, and tho young men oro getting a great and unusua] share in the government of tho country. From tho King downward there is scarcely a singlo minister who in above tho age of forty, and many are . . muoh younger. '" unserves the Detroit Free Press i "There is a certain amount of scientific IlltAI-aaf in *1?1 f 1 " au nuvtriu^ lUtlb 11/ IB llOl tnc high temperature that makes the people uncomfortable, but tho humidity with which tho air is charged. But unfortunately tho scientific fact duos not lessen the suffering. One is just as hot after finding it out as when ho was in total ignoranco on the point." Not the least interesting portion of the newspapers of New York, to the San Francisco Argonaut, is that which describes the offorts of the benovolent to better the condition of the womon * . Hid ohildreu of the poor. In Now York, before there wero any such ox^ ps, the mortality among the ( of the working-class vraa ^C**ffhy 41 more than passing notioe Pmwhen the sp6ed record of the bioyole _ ^tKreaohes the astonishing paoo of over 28 miles in twenty-four hours. This ' performance, achieved in London, surpasses the distance covered in tho first six days go-as-you-please pedestrian raoe in Now York City. The simple two-wheel oontrivanco has thus enabled man to travel as far in a day as his legs alone would take him in a week. Doctor Edward Everett Halo has not much patienoe with the idea that a clergyman must work six days over a sermon. He says: "A sermon oonaiete ot nboo* 0*06 ?mdst?r VUg* ? cup of coffoo bofore breakfast and write about six pages?that is, 650 words. In the morning I diotato to my amanuensis 1500 words. I am in* tensely interested in the subject, and this takes only a quarter of an hour. In the afternoon I look it over and add 500 or 600 words, and the sermon is done. In all, I haven't put my hand for over two hours to paper." Statistics concerning the failures of farmers in the first six months of 1893 throw bright lights on the present depression of agrieulturo in England. From last January 1 to last July 1 the number of failures among farmers has been forty per cent, larger than in the , v corresponding months of last year. In England and Wales more than 10,000 persons engaged in agriculture are living in sheds, barns, tents, vans and in the open fields. Thousand; of unemployed agricultural labor or s are hovering on the outskirts of London. In the same volume of statistics 62,481 persons are reported to be living now on coasting merohant vessels and inN \ land barges. According to the St. Louis Republic into a receiver's hands" is a K5&Jgn so conspicuously displayed as to ymake it no longer a novelty around the ,7 World's Fair Grounds. The balloon oompany, the great Speotatorium, the Oalnmbian hotels, the Casino within the grounds, and a hundred or more greater or loss enterprises come under v the above list. So far as outside business has been oonoerned the Fair is a failure and the many thousands of dollars whioh it was thought the poople would be compelled to spend for subsistence and lodgings, as well as the extortions whioh it was intended should be practiced, have failed to materialize. The people who attend the World's Fair are not a spending orowd; they do not come here to spend their money, and if any of them have put off buying Articles of clothing, dry goods or the like until they reached Chicago, thoy And that the prices on all goods have been advanced to meet the timos, and they do not buy. This is right*, if money is ? be spont for articles it should be spent with the dealer at home, especially when snob artiolos can be bought as cheep; and I venture the assertion that in ninety-nine eases out of a hundred they oan be purchased cheaper. The Chicago mor*chants subscribed liberally to thoFair, , and they want to get their money back and they will do it, too, if people are foolish enough to deal with them. Patronise home trade and home merohants and yon will save money. Prioe things before yon go there, then compere them, and yon will learn this a g> Ed' * Mostly Concerning Our Souther Country. Dispenser Jackson Cuitlcdge was c ' pellcd from the Marion Strict Methodi ? church of Columbia, S. C., on Sundi I last in a meeting of the congregation, 1> cauie the laws of the church forbade tl , manufacture or saic by church mcmbe , of intoxicating liquors to be used as J beverage. Assistant Secretary Curtis at Wnshini ton has instructed special Trcisui agents to construe as liberally as possib the laws as to the packing of cotto^ c 1 passenger steamers. Those instructioi have been cent out as a result of a rccei hearing bn the subject by a delcgntic representing Msssissippi river interest! O. P. banc, of Longview, Tex , arm ted in Bpringlidd, O., on a charge c robbing his father of $12,000, comraitte suicide in jail Wednesday motnin?. Work on the proposed cotton millu Batcsburg, 8. C., logon August 14. 1 will bo creeled as soon as possible an will be equipped with the litest improve meats in textile machinery. Two recent sales of laud in Poutl Carolina were tracts located near ll.rn well, on tlio Port Royal & August i 11 u I way. They were of 1000 and 000 acres rcspcc tively, and were purchased by tb railway company mentioned. II. L. Odioroo is running tho Em pire Cotton Mill at Florence, 8. C. and is also president pf. thonewly o*? izod Flor^sos4N)tlOII CCT^Thls lat I in at mi may OirfN hf#" 6uccc*tfb Lwr-g^SJWTacriptioo? thus far, ant amn AAft ?*?*--- 1 ' * .... fluv.vvv B?w? UM U.'UD IHKun, 1 Nortbcra capitalist will aid $150,000 mskiug ft $250,000 textile establishment A syndicate of West Virginia capital ists recently purchased the Adams guli mine Wcldon, N. C. They h ive organ ized a company to bs known as the West Virginia Mining & Milling Co. Machinery has been ordered for the purpose ol developing it. W. It. Whitson, of Asheville, N. C., is engineering a big plan to build t large knitting mill there. The watci power of tho Swannanoa river will b( used. , The North Carolina Railway has hidierto been exempt from taxation, as tnucli. of its awn J Hr '^1 * ! The board of directors at a recent meeting passed ft resolution surrendering the exemption. Hereafter the North Carolina will be tnxed just as any other line. The Newberry Cotton Mills, New berry, S. C., will double their capacity when their new building is completed, the erection of which has just been commenced. Sunday, Aug. 27th, was the second wnivcrsa y of the railroad wreck at Ilostian bridge, near Statcsville, N. C ,ir which 22 persons lost their lives, aud the Landmark says that Col. Bench in Cam cron has presented to Trinity Episcopa' 'church, of that place, a handsome memorial window as a thank offering foi his delivcranco from death, in memory ol those who died, and in gratitude to the State villo people. A memorial marble to Jefferson Davit is to bo placed in the rotuuda of the Georgia Capitol at Atlanta, on tho spol where the body rested before being con veyid to Richmond for final burial. Tht badge of the United Confederate Voter ans, a triangle and a bar, will be taken at the motive of the memorial, which is t< have a height of about four feet. Tht badge will be represented on the foui sides of the marble, and on the ban suitable inscriptions will be made. John Wingler, postmaster at Wake land, Inc!., took a peculiar method of re signiug his office Friday. He boxed u| what government property ho had i\nt shipped it to Washington. lie is a Dem ocrat and has beeu postmaster for ter years or more. Growiug tired of his job, ho several times sent in his resignation, but it was ntfvcr acted upon. Wiogdci says that his last method was the onl] one that would reliove him from th< cares of office. To Help Farmers Move Their Crops Nkw Ori-kanb, La. ?The New Oilcan clearing house association met and tool action on the proposition to issue clearing house certificates for small sums to tak< the place of currency. Tin recent nctioi of the bnuks left the planters, who hav no money to have their crops moved, i the lurch. A plan to overcome this stat of i flairs was rendered advisable. Afte discussion the following plan was adopt eel: Issue certificate* nf lu pvuauu having money on deposit, payable t \ 'I! _ i? A??' Al A moms'. ives or oosror in *um? 01 $iu $20 or more; miking tho ccr title itcs pay able through tho clearing house. Tbe members were unanimous in th belief that this plan would give tho re quired relief, not only to planters but t business men as well. The certificate will bo just as good as inonoy, and can b as widely circulated. ??XM' Big Drop in Cotton. Qaltkston, Tkx.?Reports on th cotton crop from 423 points in the Stat make it evident that it will fall 20 p< cent, below that of last year. Tho Ion drought has Injured both tho early an late cotton. . *4$ *52 ^ ".w- I -- wi mil it aol, t Appeal to Bend Bread to the Starving in New York. x Stlvan IJeacii, N. Y. ?The delegates st and speakers to the Farmers' Alliance \y and People's Party State Convention havo c- issued the following appeal: ?c Farmers of tiie West: A cry of rs hunger and starvation comes up from the he .ri of the great metropolis?Now York. It comes from the thront of tens of thousands of American citizens, who are without bread. It asccnd3 to Heaven ndmist the noise of the call board on tho ^ Stock Exchauge and the jingling of the gold on tho tnouey counters of Wall 111 street. is It is intensifi d by tbo tears and moans of starving mothers nod famishing chillt drcn; men arc becoming desperate from want, and (fee gaunt spectre of famine stulks abroad, unheeded by thoso who t havo grown fat by the pillage of laboi ,1 and the ravaging of industry. ^ Tho lobb approaching tho council chambers of tho republic is tilled with the paid agents of the monio 1 oligarchy, d ready to debauch the people's rcprcsouta[t tives and weld tho chains of financial slavery still more securely on the neck of labor. The money sharks arc unrelenting, tho Government indillercut, and thepio pic desperate, ti By the pangs of hunger lawabiding, k honest men nro being transformed into reckless wolves, and this is the c mdition <1. sired by tho enemies of tho people. '? Tr.cy starve tlioiu first in order to furnish c an excuse to kill them afterward. Thi< must not be. The starving poor of Now York must not becomo the prey of dc* signing enomies. Fanners, you must feed them. We Vii - i ---i 1 "" " ol your bauds is unrequited and youi \ peraervmruee una Warded. But the* > men hrttl women are yoitr brothers and aMers. 1 Their cause )? your cause. Their starva4 tion and your poverty are tho joint production of our common enemy. Send speedily of your corn and wheat, your potatoes and broad stufls, that disorder and bloodshed may bo averted. i f 11.^-1.1--^ - * *- ** * i un mo x icaiurui oi oacn ntiiance call lilt n'liuice and act without delay. Aok i y ur rnilioads to furuish transportation t ree,as you give your substance. Organize relief committees at once, and oommupi* [ catc with Mr. David Itossenu, 810 Mott avenue, New York city, who has been selected by us as the consignee of relief Mipplies, and who will arrange for tliftii k I rouipt and effective distribution. J. B. Wkavkr, Iowa, > I. E. Dean, New York, Mary E Leahk, Kansas, Wili.iam J. Kkrb, Colorado, i Mhs.Marion Todd, Michigan, , L. C. Paddocs, Colorado. A A ^ "Party" iState Con-J veution. Yellow Fever in Brunswick, Oa. Washington, D. C.?The source of the now case of yollow fever cannot be traced at present. The patient has biou moved into the houso lately occupied by l)r. Urauham. which is kept strictly isolated, and has been disiufcctsd by Burgeons Huttou and Carter. ' taking every precaution at dru.ns' wick. ! Washington, D. C.?The marine hospital bureau bss made arrangements ' for the cs'ablishment of a probation camp llfty-livo miles from Brunswick, Ga., on the road to Waycross. The site of eacn camp, wnicu win be under tbc 3 committee of Surgeon W. II. II. Hutton, , is high and dry, with good water. Two , hundred tents were shipped for that t point from St. Louis. This step was taken in case tho yellow fever develops 2 in Brunswick. Charleston, S. C.?The board of , health of Charleston has determined to ^ send ono medical sanitary expert to each } of the three railroad junctions leading to r Charleston. a BTII.Ij another case. Savannah, Ga.?One new case of ycl. low fever at Brunswick was oflieidly re . ported Wednesday, that of the infant of [, Mis. Cox. Thorc arc no other suspicious J cases. The desertion of the town by the . employing cliss-.-s, the closing of stores, i factories, etc., works extreme hardship ( upon tho poorer clas ca. Families are left destitu'o. Starvation, as terrible n? fever, stares them in the f?co. An appeal f to tho country through tho Georgia a Senators has been wired to Washington. Mr. Harris, the second victim, is rcstiog easy and is conscious. Tho following is the message ceut to s Washington, addressed to Senators Gor , don and Colquit, Spcapcr Crisp, Hon. II. y G. Turner and all of tho members of tho Georgia delegation in Washington: , ''The situatiou is distressing. We arc p shut oil from the entire ou'side world. 0 Starvation stares tho poor people in the face. The refuges with their fnmliic? , hare left the city without means. About 4,000 people are left ia the ci'y unable to procuro supplies. immediate s ucca of provisions an d monty. Time it 0 au important element. We appeal in be, half of a stricken people for immediati . aid and confidently rely upon the heart of the great American people and the , government to respond. [Signed] "Tnon W. Lamm, Mayor, 0 O. P. Goodjear, Jacob E. Dart, Rev.Ed s ward F. Cook, Rev. J. II. Thompson, c Rev. Father Hcnncsy, relief committee." Savannah, Ga.?Peter Harris, the second victim of yellow fever at Brunswick, died at 12 o'c'ock Thursday. In c his case death occurred in the regulation x sixty hours. g Got. McKinney, of Virginia, has de(l cided to enter for the senatorship to succeed Gen. Eppa Unnton. AWAiN5^--P3ggpEN8ARY Li Judge Simon todftays flje Tweniy-n Clause is ^constitutional. Oheknv illk, C.?The decision Judge Simontoi^fin the United Sti Circuit Court, iflAe habeas corpus c of Longford was jped. Laogford is agent of tly> iSlhmond and Danvi Railroad at ProJRrity. lie was arres' and held, underlie tweuty-flfth sect! of the State Diskfensary Liquor law, delivering to consignee a keg whiskey shippd^Bom an outside Sta The section refflU to forbid? any co mon carrier to ^Btport or any agent deliver packogj^Sf liquor which hi not tho offici^HKrtificate of the St Dispenser thgjStty arc Tor the use of 1 State Dls|&rn3KTho railroad com pa set up that thSMktion was contrary the Inter-Statl^Hmmerce law. Jud Siinontou suat&fjHthis view. Reverend aH Robber Capture NAsnviULE,'fijg?.?Rev. Dr. Howai who was urrctM Chicago, A.ugu?t 4 on the chargfrj!Sv using the mails l fraudulent piWMw, and iiumediati afterwards cfunR, from an officer again in custQjnft. dispatch from Jac m " - ouu, itiiu., MjHvy wi. uuwira i turned to Jacu^fip the Illinois Cent; Railroad and wflHpstcd at the residen of Mrs. Uugiia^^X mother-in-law. ] appeared befor?l>6^ States Com mi sioaer ^ T. nht^Mtod asked for bai fixed at ftQj^QjjttKfiS^Msists is e ccesive. TiiftiBfl Hmnks be can rea Ho talked frecjHZ his arrest and c cape in Chicngad^^Myshc has propost to come voluntatjHttid after starting 1 feared arrest attt^Byrcfore sought t present oppottutimUo return. He sa he is confident offlUracquittal before t court which coavflft in October. Diphtheria AfwKissing a Bride. Jajikbtown, N?t.?On Wednesdi evcuiug, m tbedorflSf Kiautone, a fe miles south of thiww, the marriage Miss Aikenjjfl^^^Kfcdcll took plac The bride was a toaj^Bopular young w man, and mAnj&rj^^K wore at her we< ding.. SM thrcit, L thought lit tlo of i^JBmadc compla: has developed into otmof diphtheria,St nearly a score of her friends who were the weddiug and kissed the bride win offering their good wishes have been a tacked with the sumo disease. No dcntl have occurred yet, but m&uy of tho cos arc very serious, ami the worst results a feared in some of the^t. Hf The Farmer Held oh to the Money. Houston, Tkx.?The following di patch was received from Victoria, Tex "Considerable commotion was caused lie by the refusal of the banks to advanr ?ny more money for the purchase of co tou. The banks fouad that the farmer iustend of using tho money received f< cottou to pay debts of purchase supplie were pocketing it ang taking it hon with them, thus taMf&it.out of circul tion, and thoy propojeto let the farim hold his cottou iert*Ai_of the money." The Iloustou bankers say that Victor banks have taken a breathing spell to si what New York docs with the exchan( scat in ulroady. The cotton market h been open about ten days at Victori which is in southwest Texas. Shot the White Caps. Delphi, Ind.?Job Holmes of Moni cello has been considered an undesirab neighbor by some, and a few nights aj an attack was made on his housn wi stones by White Ccps. On Tkursd night the enemy again appeared, ai Holmes answered the attack with bo barrels'of his gun. Hugh Davis rccciv a charge in his face and neck. One his eyes was destroyed, and ho was t< ribly injured. A number of others w< more or less injured. Clearing House Certificates. CoLimuiA, 8. C. ?The banks of t city m.t and completed the formation a clearing housj a'sociatioa. C'leari house certificates will be issued on a ba of two thirds of the value of the scci ities deposited with the clearing hoi association. At present certificates to t amount of 20 per cent, of the amount tho banking capital will be issued. T will relieve the situation hero and aid movimr the cotton crop. The ccrtifica were issued S.turday. ? Printers Strike in Richmond. ivrciimoni), Va.?Tho compositors tbe newspaper offices of the Dispateh i Times refused to go to work Mom night. Tbe trouble grows out of a < agreement over tbe scale of prices type-setting machines and shorter he between tbe Newspaper Publishers' . sociation and the typographical union Tbe Times is now using type-sett machines and tho Dispatch expects have seven in operation in a few dayi An Outlaw Killed. Gaikksvilmt, Qa.?Early Frit morning officcm surrounded .the ho containing Coley Dowdvsll, the out! who is wnntcd far a number of crime; Alabama, and when the man refused surrender and attempted to shoot he i himself shot-down. His right name 1 Martin, ' '' "~J ; . m VW LADIC8' COLUMN. iu oit zephyr-like hats. ^ Sword gross makes up into smart ^ bows for tho adorning of pliunt, zephyr-liko summer bats, and being so good An imitation of the natural vaille r'e^? *n oicellont task'. One rarely ^e(j or never soee now the straw plait [on mado in such very poor imitation of for ribbon. It did not merit popularity, 0f and quickly lost tho little favor which 1 as a novelty it temporarily enjoyed. ,m_ Few really stylish millinors now-a- ( to days use artiftcnl flowers which do not ire correspond to those in season. Clover, , ate therefore, roplncos lilac ami roses, he heliotrope, honey-suckle, and pink ( iDy and white sweet pea blossoms are subto stitutcd for jompiils, tulips, violets, ge and other spring blossoms. ?New York Post. id. a BOON TO ELDERLY LADIES. r<*? Eldorly ladies who prefer black to colors will hail the return of the . ^ol ducliesso gown. It is iucii a bright, handsome fabric, and adjusts itself so well to the figure, aud is none too fine for every day service. Indeed, as. the rc* I old settlors say, you can wear it to c mill or to market. It is just the thing jc to wear in this electrical age, and if I you happen to spill u cup of tea or I coffee over tho front breadths, you ' . ~^?~rT3 r-, tnr-irarr-iucr sann tnn r r " x. never show a crease. Formerly when j. this goods was used it had a stiff effect, but probably that was on account of a s. lack of trimming. But we gild the :d rose aud paint the lily in our day, and tie wido lacc bretelles will add beauty te hi a handsome satin gown. One reason L ?v - ? yt wny tins iaihto 18 again popular if li be that tlio coming outside garment will bo n jacket., and satin is the only ma* t, terial that will slip easily into the 0 jacket sleeves.?Detroit Free Press. 1, * t: :W A WOMAN THAVEIdSB. ?i A Spanish writer, tho Baroness Wil?* son, is now in this city on her return ft ?" from her second tour through South ' America, Mexico, Central America and 4 - the United States. Tho Baroness iH n ^ WSfil^r, "aM1 UjnVS t "Jiliiaen 'years in thoi* countries studying thnpcople and their history. As the result of her literary 0 ' labor she has pablishod a series of val- ^ . uable travels, and historical works. 1( 11$ Tho governments of all tho countries 11 re the Baronoss visited vied with one an- ft other in showering attentions on her, a' and she was received as their guest. Every means In their power was placed o g. within her reach to enable her to pur- o suo her historical researches. The t re Government of Venezuela raised nu t :c appropriation of Sib,000 from Con- I t- gross for her contingent expenses, f 9? Tho writer is an honorary member ol b }r the principal literary societies in s> Spain as well as in South America. B 10 8ho was also appointed u member ol n a* the International Congress of Anieri- 0 er canists held in Madrid in 1892. Th? i 13 I n _? n ov- . , vni uiicon Mm u u?i?ivu ui vJAttuuild. Qiit L in n was educated in Paris, and on leaving E tc the convent married an Englishman, c ^ Baron Wilsou, who died a few year* ^ after their marriage. ?St. Louis ' Globe-Democrat. fashion notes. > ti- Black and white, in all comhina- * ?le tions, aro very stylish. t !i0 Leather binding is now used instead th of velvet for the bottom of dresi fty skirts. The three-skirt dress in summei . fabrics is very stylish on tall, slim of Xhe fashionable parasol Is a billowy mass of colored chiffon. ;re Accordion plaitings are revived in lace bows for hats, and in lace skirts. llf Jackets aro taking the placo oi 0f oapes, and tho Spanish jacket is es0g pecially popular. sis Turkish toweling in pure white is ir- considered the most correct thing for jsc the covering of chairs and couches in k* the summer sitting room. A Parisian novelty in tho jacket lino is of pale heliotrope cloth lined in gold ^ and violet shot surah and elegantly embroidered in blaok and gold. Round yokes of galloon, with wide, ^ .?9.un(l corselet belts, also of galloon, , are worn witn urosuuu w uwinucrw ?< ma ^ with other thin woolen materials. 3ja. Diamond ornaments for the corsage oo representing bows and strands of rib* tun bon are worn on the shoulder, the Aj- ribbons following tho onrvo of the Ion i. bodice. ;in? Large coaching parasols of ecru silk to are lined with a bright contrasting i. Dolor according with the oostume, the Bern harmonizing with all shades. jaT Linen duck suits belong to the style ug(l of dress called "smart," "chio," |aw "fetching," etc., and sell well in ready, iD made blazer and Eton jacket designs, to Ornamental pockets on the outside was of a dressy street suit are creeping in, war and should bo of the contrasting material rather than tho dress goods. ? ? A prottr iileA-ior aMw-"1'0'- -?1?* is b gown of Hoft white ?il>. with pale grccu sash and shoulder cope of white laco; largo whito leghorn hat trinunec with yellow tea roses and grqct foliage. CU RIOUITFACTS. " Tho first almanac wos printed in Hungary in 1470, * VPaper money was first issued by tho notorious John Law. On the railways in Franco, passengers are sold cooked snails in packages. In the picturesquo speech of tho far West Washington is nicknamed "the corner State." It is believed that crocodiles lived to lie hundreds of yours old. Tho Egyptians embalmed them. A rattlesnake in tho "Zoo" at Atanta, On., lias not eaten anything, it s said, sinco last August. There is one Chinese, ono Portu feso and one Cherokee newspaper ] iriuted in the United States. I Tobacco and warehouse receipts is- 1 med after it was stored were both used J n Colonial Virginia as money. I Sections of a cable laid twenty-ono j rears were dug up at Key West, Fla., < he other day. The copper wire was ] ininjurcd. 1 x? hum -can: fluilVOUItn nafl resigned ' tecauso the Commissioner wanted him j o sacrifice about six inchos of his 1 austache. t A lady at Dalton, Ga., owns a gold ) ireastpin of great antiquity, and J ntliiu a circle of diamonds of the rightest luster is a lock of George J Vashington's hair. s Tho Arabs have a superstition that v ho stork has a human heart. When ^ no of these birds builds its nest on n ousetop they beliovo the linppincss of hat household is insured for that vcar. s A lloston gentleman recently killed 1< blaeksnakc about four and a half feet ] ?ng, from tho stomach of which ho t ook another snake about fifteon inches t iCu^vli iti.kv uuu muuu sit uiiu won uy * nutuinio* 1 t is said that when a/DhiiieSe has lost J very thing else ho will even stake hia nger jointa If he loses he chops a " jint off with a hatchet, dips the stump o x oil and resumes play. If ho loses ? gain ho chops off another Joint, and ^ o on till all are gouo. A That tho Egyptians carried tho art f distilling perfumes to a high dogree C f perfection is attested by souio of i i..i i-i 1 j-- ? -i-i? ( uuir uiutuit'iit piunvi vuu 111 nu aiuuoo- j er vase, in tho museum fit .Alnwick, higland, which still retains a power- n nl aromatic odor, though beliovcd to 10 between 2000 and 3000 years old. Dick Quick, a seafnYing man, has hown that there is something in a lamo dospite what Shakcspcaro wroto >n tho subject. Quick entered a seuv nary at Rucksport, Mo., without ovon mowing how to read or writo, and low, at tho ond of two terms, ho is >ne of tho prizo pupils of the school. Hung at the Girdle. In tho Middle Ages at the girdle vere hung tho thousaud-and-ono odds ind ends needed and utilized in every lay affairs. The scrivener had his nkhorn and pen attached to it, tho jcholar his book or books, tho monk bis crucifix and rosarv, the innkeeper bis tallies and everybody his knife. So many and so various were the articles attached to it that tho flippant began to poke fun. In an old play there is mcution of a merchant who had hanging at his girdle a pouch, a spectacle case, a "punniard," a pen nud iukhorn and "a handkerchief, with many other trink- i Bts besides, which a merry companion seuillg, HttKl it WHO lint- 1% iiauciuiwuvt m shop of bni(ill wares." In another early play a lady says to her maid: "Give me my girdle, and see that all the furniture ho at it; look that cizers, pincers, the penknife, the knife to close letters with, the bodkiu, the earpiokor, and tho scale ho in tho CftHO." Girdles were in somo respects like tho chatelaines not long ago so much tbkrago among ladies; hut they differed thoreTTTTTrr m cam muful, moro comprohohsivo in regard both to box and to articles worn, and, when completely furnished, moro oostly. It is partly for thin last reason that we And girdles bequeathed as precious heirlooms and as valuahlo presents to keep the givor's memory groon after death. Thoy wore not infrequently of great intrinsic value. One of King John's girdles wan wrought with gold and adorned with gems; and that of the widow of Sir Thomas Hungerford, bequeathed in 1504 to tho mother church" of Worcester, was of greon color, harnessed with silvor and richly jeweled.?Chambers's Journal, - ^TTVPY-TKZRD COrraRESFT. v, ? > The Senate. " 9rn Day.?The Senate was presided over, lu the absence of the Vlco-Preslilent. by Mr. liurrls, President of the bcunto pro torr. Mr. Voorliros, Chairman of the F.'? luuieo Committee, report od favorably n bill providing for the repeal of the sllvor nurahnsing clause of the bhcrmnn act, accompanied by a doolnrntlon in favor of bimetallism. Mr. Vest, 011 behalf of tlio minority of tho Flnnnco Committee, presented a substitute for tho bill. The Senate thereupon proreeded to executive business, llrst allowing Mr. Butler to otter an amendment to tho Bank bill repealing tho ten per cent, tax on the notes of Ntnto banks. 10th Day. Mr. Potter offered a sul?tituto for the bill to increase National bank circulation. Mr. Htownrt offorod a resolution, Which was agreed to, calling on the Heerctai v of tho Treasury for n statement as to tho silver bullion purchased in July, 1893, with pr.es, nnd ns to tho silver bullion offered1 lor sale In tho moatli, with tlio prices nsked. Mr. Morrill spoke In fnvor of repeal of the purchase clause of the Hherman act. 1 1th Day.?Mr. Potter introduced a joint, revolution, which was referrodto the Finance Committee, for tho reduction of tho salaries' o' all Government officers and employes above 1*1000.?-Mr. Voorhces, Chairman of the Finance Committee, then at 12.23, took tho floor, and addressed the Senate in advocacy, of the bill reported by him discontinuing tho pur. haso of silver bullion. The dobate was continued bv Mr. Dubois In opposition to tho Mil nnd by Mr. Palmer, who arguod in support of tho bill. 12th Day. Mr l\incr? irnvo nr.o ititute to Mr. Vest's bill for silver coinage fit :h?. ratio of '20 to 1. Tho resolution offered-' by Mr. Potter inqutringof theSccretary of the rroosury as to tho conduct of National banks' In refusing to pay promptly in currency :he checks of their doposltcrs was taken up,* mil a motion to refer it to tho Committee on I Finance was inado by Mr. Hoar. Mr. Voorloos. ?hairmanof Jh^ dr. Hill Opposod tho roforenoe, and! nsfstcxl pn ^||a _ r* " n" ^ m "OSbfTlTTou directly ~ by the Heiiatejjj dr. Gorman argued in favor of the reference if the resolution. Mr. Hill uudortook to' Iratt 80uio modifications of tho rosolution, >ut hoforo ho had completod them tho morn-' ng hour expired and the resolution went tver without action. The boo Mantle caso ro-n Montana went over without action. 13rii Hay.?Tho Vice-President announced ho appointment of tho Committee on tho 'ommomoration of tho Hundredth Anniverary of the Laying ot tho Cornerstone of the lapitol us follows Messrs. Voorhecs. Sliersnn, itunsom. Chandler, White, Squire aud lartiu. Messrs. Potter and Allen spoke on ho llnauciul question. Tho House. IOtti Day.?Tho genorni debate on the W1Ion ttopsal bill was continued, Messrs. Slbcy. Haines, Everett aud Simpson speaking,] lolore Mr. Simpson had concluded his re-' narks tho House took a recess until 8 o'clock,' ho evening session to bo devoted to tho delate on tho Sliver hill. Thoro were.aliout' wonty-ilvo members present whentho House net ;#t ?l) o olook, a'tcr tlio focoss. Mf. iilor;nn and Mr. Talbcrt advocated tho free coin- . 'atch'ngB LJxdngstfon ltichard Jro 'orlck and Clark. PiTii Day.?Tho committees woro anouneed by Speaker Crisp. The silver do- ] a to was then opened by Mr. Powers in favor: f i.paa!. Mr. Hooker spoke against the' .peal, believing that no rellof wouldo iv> to tlio country from the repeal. Ir. Cooper (Democrat, Indiana) spoke in' ppo-vtion to tho free coinage of silver. Mr.} d-.\ n I't (Democrat. North Carolina) ado-si--1 froe silver coinage and spoko for a irger currency. Mr. Sperry (Democrat, !on:? -tlcut) opposed free coinage and i.do.'ii'.e 1 tilo Wilson bill. Mr. Cox (Doniocrat, \-ii:i Hsee) argued against the pending hill. )thcr speeches were made by Messrs. Hottlo, IcL itiron, McDonald.Bartlett andfitockdale. 13t:i Day. -Tlio House nassotl the bill in id of tlio California Midwinter Exposition. - )Ir. Johnson introduced a bill to permit lie exchange of United States bonds for 're istirv notes. Tho general debate on ho silver question was continued by Messrs. Jul lory. By num. Hepburn, Brlekner, Hoptin-'. Lane, Newlands. Jones, Ellis, McKaig, looper, DeForrcst, Arnold, Williams and .'rnccy. ... 14th Day-?Tho Houso mot at 10oclock._ int Its priSSeedings were not opened with; jra.vor, tho Chaplain not having l>eon ad-rise I ot tho chttugo of tho hour of ineeMng. ? Tiio general dobate on tho Wilson Re-] wvil bill was continued. Stone. nf| Pennsylvania, was tho first speaker.1 and ho was followed by Ryan, of Port Chester, N. Y. Thon Covert, of Long, island City, mado a strong speech, and the fourth speaker was Ashbel 1\ Fitch, of New ifork. The otlior speakers of tho day wore, Hatch, Missouri; Dalzol), Pennsylvania; Turn -r, Iowa; CoiTeon, Wyoming; Doormen I. Missouri, and Mogul re, California. ioxji Day.?Tlio ilve-minuto debate on tho SVilson bill began with a spoech by Mr. tVougb, who spoko for repeal as in ho interest of bimetallism. The1 Jobato was contluod with flvo-minute ipeeches by Messrs. Dingloy, Van Voorhto,' Pence. Wilson, Russell, Johnson, Cranford,' Gardner, Byuum. At the evening session' the speakers were Messrs. Hwanson. Maddox, Grady, Kom and Murray against the Wilson' bill and In favor of free coinage, and Milliken in favor of tho unconditional repeal of tho Sherman act. l_ An Ingenious Printer. A story is told of a Prague printer who got himself out of a very disagreeable dilemuiu by the use of his ingenious mind. He was once called upon to print a report of tho Board of Trndo of his nativo city in tho two languages of the country, German and Czech, and the representatives of either nationality strenuously desired that thoir tongue should occupy tho first of tho parallel columns on each page. The wary printer got out of his dilemma by turning one column upside down throughout the book) and arranging the titles accordingly, so that, each language had a front solum a on every puge.?Harper's Youug l'eo? nlit. Maid, Bride, and Widow Within Ten Hour*. \ Staunton, Va.?James W. Jackson, a young mau of Greenbrier county, W. Va., wns married at 1 p. m. to Misa Bcttic S. Echard, daughter of Silas G. Echard. Just after the wedding feast the groom became ill, and in a few moments lost consciousness IIo remained in this itupor eight hours, recovering conscious* a ess for a few moments only before death. I A now squirrel-killer in tho shape ol bisulphate of carbon is being used with success in tho Pnlonsc (Washington) County. It is said to l>o cheaper than strychninoand oven more effective.