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"The Xev.- York Herald publishes af dispatch stating that a decree has just been put into operaticu in Kussia l?y wliion all registered letters are opened by the postman in the receiver's presence and if found to contain money I 5rom abroad seventy-five per cent, ol >t is retained by tho Government. 51 \ Having disposed of tho street cm ^ horse, electricity will ?!?*?* n? ? - ..j m> n with the une of animated power foi other purposes, prfpiii4?j the<JJb.ica??? ;ii >u, England. elect ri< N o being built, hh by one-half the ex The application o) pi igliams and privnb de ng experimented in. nal commends the ,c' very of a met-ho 1 diseases by n doctor Indies, but savs yf/e 1y" ho is debarred nto practice in his ^ t lie scarcity of these * l)or t here. The people ^ ably will not see U>g, ne comes in. nisi ^ '? OU tbo Pis. 19 |nHnB,'rv''i'n? ko^HQ "?<i 'V?v/^U| that t I^HI ^<>nt Bj^B^BWIBI^^BMiMB^B^p tv1 it I M W t0 th? i r 111 ] ts, icrv< u i to H This Chicago the h.i| .sure of men tu Uu> agencies, to kn< - to Bfl^^^Hfling jB^BB^flB/^'l to shorten the life of men. San^Bl . tin by accident among men p()l MW than three-fold greater than H^^HRofNg women and men commit suicide ,in( iwont hthree-fold ratio asoompnrcd . vx ^ with women. * T"5? ??f If any sanguine prophet ten years ago had predicted that early in the last tai decadcof this century the world would lot r>ee .1 railroad on the Congo built by the natives of the country, muses the San Francisco Chronicle, In? won hi ?H have been set down as a wilder crank sel than Wiggins, of Montreal, who 1"' figures out when the cyclone will j'n smite the Western prairie. At first . the railroad contractors had great difficulty to secure laborers, as the so native would have nothing to do with ,,n the work. Now, however, they have begun to take an interest in the enter- j,M prise and scores every day gather mi about the newly-graded road-bed an I "h work for nothing at laying rails. 'Jn Savage Africa will soon disappear from ^ ? the maps as como1"*-!'* ?s the great American <W,f this wolk ? "? ' ?v* ] rm.^ ,?w \ork financial Chronicle, , ~? . leading piper of its class, thinks .lt>( ' at better times ore ah?u 1. It says: ,:i^ low but evident progress appears to 'v h I ^ making towards the revival of our ' \ ^)e istries. Kvery in lieation eon- "" | v IIIC i mm ,s nf< favorable as eouid be ox- xx |, , *'n"* d. The eiose of tin year is nl- l at pecfc jj1(1 s iM,n. Work, too, in w'! Wn re i A i A A ?I(t| " v" ana proniiwMiT moimri iiumiih runmany ,,p u-r^jn before soring opens, not stn . instinccs ere I ho building Notabh vhich received such u serious ' trade, ^ during the summer and fall, set-back 0ad expend tares, which were So and railr no time contracted within the * '* at the aat ossible compass. These dosmallest j of our activities relate to j, ?>artmenfp ; which cover r, vast field of im touching very many -*et but little new movecan be anticipated for face of theso facts uig:iH of , ? >r of iron, ,, better >11 ' ?r ! ? PITHY NEWS ITEMS. Cumberland Lodge No. 5, K nights ?f Pythiax, Iuih just finished i^. very jundsoinc building id Fayetteville, N. 3., at a cunt of $18,000. It whh dedicated January 2nd. Clim-lea Hlade, captain of a small iver steamer, was killed ill Newborn) G., Christmas da^r by the explosion fan impromptu cannon which hail , eon rigged up for the occoaion. J Th? Luray (Va.) caves have beyn old to Levi Z. Condon and otherof laltiinoro, Mil., lor $-10,100; nl op Hie at ray fun site and 20 uctt# land Th 1 ? ive mill buildin^F ,,f the w Co . t'piiy Urunuftte*urjJ?\ (<?. owry, V C , ia Hourly eon^^^^d ?nd "?' darn and I" t,Ml ?'?<' tho tiirhiuJ{I[jt^K>lVt> '"V11! th art,I c aiding?. VjVj''[, nyy night. '</ <or /?ar# 9/ f/,c M-isinix. injj^KgS|^'d('liV Before Judge hjB^Uynii]>n rn Court clnmt tfttrJ^HK^^Fnn application wna iimde^ Kleie lMliunct the 11 of "Blind Tom/' the RHH musical prodigal to ?how ^Kd^Ey'Bbe.bllonhl not bo (initialled KmH^Rmpt of court. BfflBniitRr>btU11 JH well 1\ llowit all over c time of tli" em mslaves In' w*ns owned l&graBKl^HrBetliuite, of Virgihiit, ^^tefPFiovarc of the hegro!a geti iiifs^ffcided to retinu liini not w ith itnnding tho loth amendment. The Supreme Court of Virginia oil account >f "Blind T Lf.rr.'.ilj, uecictod that he was to remain the property of the Bethunes fol'eVer. Thin decision I Mined w idespread gossip and not a Mttle harsh criticism. ? o ! . ti a II 1 .. I . it ?> ii?ii i uj_ ^^H^^^^BAte^dcavorcd to I lis IllrlMiil ical productions; henel^iiHJCoii- ,, >t proceedings. Judge Truax ro- ,..( ed his decision. ;,, Southern History Should be Studied. jj. ( 'Every Southern school boy or girl," hit * the Wilmington Messenger, "per- hit is knows more of the early events in en history of Massachusetts than lie ]>li iws of the early events in the history mi North Carolina. The school cliil- be n of Wilmington can all tell you of ev Indian wars, of Lexington aud Hi nker Hill and the tea throwing at he don, and so in Massachusetts hisy; but can they tell of the resist e of the Stamp Act at Wilmington, the battle of Alamance,of the Indian, r, of the settlement at ltoanoke and, of Virginia Dare, of the battle h< Moore's Creek Rridge in Pender th unty, of the battles of King's Maunu, Unmscur's Mill,the fight at Charte, the groat battle of vluilfoi'd ,l' urt House?" The point is well taken ?'s the Charleston Nev.s and Courier il applies to South Carolina as well to North Carolina. How many R' tool children in this State, or grown Kt ople either for that matter, know h it tea was seized and thrown overard in Charleston Harbor in 1773, w a party of undisguised citizens, and " at another party captured Pert John- 11 n and its British garrison in 1771 ?i Compelled tll?' r?"tII 1*11 of u lot of imped paper Unit wim ttored in tlm it? How iniiiiv know tlmt the "em- ft ttled farmers" lit 1 exii.j.ton were iiatered iis 1 iii 1 itin and reeeived a illing and nix pence apiece for their .y'sserviee? Th*> history of a country ponds very much on who writ a it. in time for "s to look after our own. Ki r-.'z l ill 0 t. Raifijm. N (' fii .lr! , 1fW2, a ' <ii. Ii | en .1 i ivime.l 'I e? 1 r disap ired in ''ran! iiii ?o iity. llcceitly h lion a v ere loiin.1 in the vicinity ere lie t seen. A in <jro woman has ii rested who s-n that he was irdered at her hoi so b\ two lief;ro ii, who robbed lulu in .Slot' with ieh they all moved to Norfolk tor id! returned ' r.t one of the iiii n, ii pass: s tle-re nndei the nanic of lin W illiams What the Co'orjJ People Can Po. An i sample of what thrilty mid ini triors co|i.red people can do ill the i th ia i hown l>y the report of the nth ('niojiii i liankiiiff Association of . irclicc. The president, .loshlia \Vili, has just issued his third annual oit, which show., that the jirotits vo 1 > on 12 per cent, on the capital >'< t d. The bank is emit rolled eucly by colored people, and is pa ni/e.l by them. The Lottery in Hnnd'ira? I R Nkw Oiopanh. The stonmRhip I k oak water sailed Thntsihiy for Puer- ' p CorteZ, S|mtiii(|i liomltirnH, having I <| I (Mini I'resi.h id I *s? I Conrad, of || i/oiii^iana Stut.'f ad (cry, und about n MiijiloyiH of tin* company. The f t drawing of the eouijinny ill Hon- | > lil tiiko ('lace on !nunary 9th. n . f ' T / 1 MARRIED A WEEK, AMD IMSAME. i A Yomg Rabbi Lojes His Mind on HiwtT^~ ding Trip. j? Nnw/fonic.?Thn Rev. bp/{*amuo1 K. Lewis, jiT young Jewish /?f>bi from Charleston,.S. C., wan tra^^rred from BeUfevne Hospit il to tlyrttloomingdale J/ 11,10 Anjrlnm. He bad suddenly [ y/Cown signs (if dementia while dh bin ^redding trip arid His pretty bride bad Imrried hint ilack lo lliih oily id lllivc him treated by competent specialists. Mrs. Lewis herself was nearly wild with excitement when her honoymoon eame to on ahrui t end. I?r Lewii wns not at all violent but he had th? ih l .sion thai he won 1'elng liefseeutw and that it PMtinpiracy llttd bebp frifmer to UU1 imu. , ?w held jTTjhrred .iorllJI f? 11 while passing through Virginia di a train fiti-l shrieked, you oply mar rie-1 m*' for my money! I will notsta^ with you another hour!" Mrs. Lewi tearfully listened to hisravingsi unabl t<> understand al first the ehiltigo jh Hi manner. When told by tdtyRlclati lli't Ida luiil'l hail givon away, ft hi ''bjtply notified her relatives thn she back to them. Di 1 uist^one week aao. Tli . IMMBPM,; a it, L^^H^clit liuit Tuesday night at til |^f|HBKiiv<n nt Fifty-ninth street an '3?flpivcitnv and started for the Sout n^nTillowing morning, intending i t ?ko 11 brief trip before t)r. Lewia t< turned to his lalion^M Ckafrleaiotiifi; ( AGED l2t TEARS. ? rortror Sla re in Virginia, Who Went wi Hi* Master to Lyons, Lyons, N. Y.?Jnmc* Morriaj cot inonly knowll ns James tticCj A fdttn slave, died 111 Lyons, l'ii years of Ag lit* win horn on the ride plantation Hem IHike, on June i I 7??i. A ft* ? the dentil of his mast lie became the property of Balm I5i"e, who moved to LyonB and gaged in the manufacture of fAnni mills lhilmnn Bice wiw one of t idlest men in Wayne county, Ri ftreet being named lifter him. Wb vns jiroelaimed, Jan it In- chose to stay w I after death, remain iv in Lyona until 1 t liiin the life title oi . on Maple atreet he died. The R icir poaaession a rec? slaves, and the age ^n^Mtel2^^^n r a. it whs diwoVered that I " clerk of tbo Hu-1 7 MMPTfScott county, 'milted in State and county fcro<m?C the amount of about $30,000. Ho . in| !<m| to escape, but wiik captured * I'.Miu.ssee and brought to Bristol. (Reaped from custody there and hi tlioriticK were never aide to find j n again. lie Inis now turned u}> at i lioine at (Jute City, Va.f where tho ' ihez> lenient wiis perpetrated. His 1 ysicinn Mates that lie is a raving iniac. Morrison claims to have 1 en concealed in his father's house ^ er since he escaped from the ollicera. 1 is whereabouts wcro unknown until 1 volunteered to conic on the streets. ' Two Men Killed. Bitrlinoton, N. C.?Last Saturday ght at Graham, two miles caHt of re, Frank Mills, fired two shots into e side of one Moore, an operator at neida Mills from which he died inday night. Mills escaped and linn it been caught. Monday night our city was greatly locked by the announcement- that illn H. Murphy, a son of euineer J. R. Murphy, hail shot liim lf through the heart with a pistol in is room at 0 p. m. It is supposed to aye been accidental as he left no ord and died instantly. He ww a ?. ?,,.i i,?,i iv irked in uegrnpii u|ii iiium ...... ...... ? ? louy places south of here. A Santa Clais Stuck in the Chimney. Pittsiu ro, Pa.?Sampson Gotholtfc, farmer residing in Slippery Hock iwnship, near Newcastle, Pa., Into een accustomed to celebrate C'hristias in his father's ohl homestead, a ?g house not far from Mr. Gotholt'.'s resent house. At midnight, while s wife and ehildrcn were asleep in ie old homestead, lie Misgufften1 filinll as Santa Plans and prepared to seend the wide old-fashioned chilli y. He got part way down when ho tick. He call d, hut could awaken ? one. Not until 4 o'clock in the orning did his wife awaken ami callig for her husbnnd heard his feeble iswer from the chimney. It took fighbors an hour and n half to get ini out by tearing down a large port I the chimney. Ilk! Not Improve Mailers. A 11 'wly-married couple boarded the \iin from Boston at South Framing hiii mm liiiiiu ii HiiiiwiT im rin* lint resembled ft snow storm. The ride removed n white bow front the oat of the groom aud threw it ?\vny, 'hen the conductor entered, picked up lie discarded ribbon, ?nd asked the room if it belonged to him, whereat very body in the car smiled, and two i them blushed. ? .Boston Trauserint. Tapioca Grown in North Carolina. RAnmoH. N. C. ? Prof. Tuassey has nceeeded in growing the eassftva plant icre. One of the roots weighed 6j loiMids and from it he has made a fine lualitv of tapioca. The plant iH quite lardy and is ornamental lie r.ays me of the plants has ii apiead of six eet In eppea'ain e it is soin? tiling ike tlr* castor oil | br.it, tlio-mh more ttiaetive TOCKS BY THE THOUSAND. i VJSIT TO A BIO I/O NO ISLAND DOCK FABX. Peedinf and Looking After the Fowl ! -Kggi Hntclied By Incubators? ( 20,000 Ducks Marketed Yearly. ( THE plant of a dnok farm is I simple;., save ii letter from . Eastport; N; Y.; to' the New ' York Post. Iindginc a Ion?, I low building one story high, about 1 1 fifty feet from the water, and running ? parallel with tho shore; from this ? bnilding oxtend tho runs <tr pens, eimh I fifteoil or tweilty feet wide and about t 100 feet long; theldw;er twentx^ftVebf.. > 5" iiit4yi,it nfpiltbe r i ducks gd inti^no house at*" the' land * end of tho run. Iii Mr. Pye's ?stable lishmcnt there are thirty suok runs; when tho yards are full of ducks, d there are from 8000 to 10,000 in nil, d not counting the Very young ones still kept ill the steani lieated House; wherd 3 vtiey ibwniu until old euougll td gd it out and fight for themselves. Beyond Mr. Pye's place some Long 1 ? IslanderH have established smaller 1 8 yards or fnrniSj while across the river ' l: iron^k^fcrcC Clef mail duck raisers *t havo^^^^Hhe sllofetheir owH< ThuM 4. tlie'roP^Hc creek id really bordered id on both sides by these tuns full of id ducks. ih The system of dividing up the ducks td into many runs, has man)- advantage;., d* eliief among which is the ]>ossibility of * ? r ?Lj A? ??,1 Jt keeping uncus 01 iuu muuu nu,u ?..? age by thcmselvesj ami thud liob liav1ing to search unions tlio whold huni her for those ready for market when killing day eomes, wh^rli- in thin establishment is twice u week. Twice ft woek ft whold rutt full of ducks ar.i brought to the butcher, A yoitug nn 1 expert Operator armed witll ft long ill Wifn! liuuittt Iti'v up B? by the legs ft dozen at ft time over n ^ long trough, nnd ill less time thau it Rn takes to tell it the knife i? up their !tt* throats and they ure left to bleed to uf? death. I do not kno\V whether this J10 system of killing would be approved ico j}y the late Mr. Bergb, but it serins to en be the common way all over this part ?es of the country, and is said to contribute ranch to the excelleuco and ie(l| i pleasing appearance of the duck after ,cr death?the flesh is more firm and the ' color better than when their necks arc 111 wrung iu tlio old-fashioned manner. During the sensou, which lusts from >r'' six to eight months, about 800 duck: ! a week are sent from Mr. Pjpo's plac< to New York, packed in barirels. The^ weigh from four to six e^^^wS^wthe ducks arlf^cept here con or the sake of the eggs they lay. Mr. | ' "Jte buys his eggs from the neighbor- j Y'n> ng farmers, Ending'that it does not iliy to keep breeders for this purposo. j R" The eggs aro brought here in quanti- ' 1 ios and put into incubators for the ( 1 irst part of the time required to hatch t ,'?n ,hom out. A peculiarity of this part I if tho business is that when the egg 1 . caches a point within a week of ma- ' mj, mritv. it is nut under a lieu; the hen j < teems to give it bettor care during to those last and critical days than any machine can do, and finally briugsout to the young ducks triumphantly. Thus during the months of breeding these me hens are constantly employed in finishing up batches of duck eggs. At 8^J last as a hen brings out her young brood of ducklings they are taken 11! from her and more egg* are put into , the nest. This goes on for months ? until the poor hen is exbA,isted aud is then givcu tiie rest"of the season to recuperate in. ,w When the tluck reaches the age of four months it is ready for market. jj Diseases of any importance are said to bt be almost unknown, partly, perhaps, because the ducks are kept separately rc in small groups in the different runs, m so that any trouble that may make its m appearance is promptly stamped out ? before it extends further. I happened ^ to get to Mr. l'ye's farm just beforo feeding time, about three o'clock in the afternoon. Two men were preparing the supper, which was mixed in an immense trough and cons'stdd u of meal and chopped creek -ffiass, S which latter is brought in by the h boatload of many tons When the ti yards are full the daily meal requires h about a ton and a half of food. As a v great delicacy the ducks nre given ^ "scrap."a hog product said te be un- 9 excelled for its fattening properties." Oieaiiimess is )tI1,, nvtt<. ...,.*.11^0 h the business in order to ward off difj' 1 ease, and the runs are |beautiful!,v tl clean. This, however, is/partly di,e n to the ducks themselves,! for whf r? v there are so many of then, they < n up every scrap of food, ^very hit, . I 1' refuse, that is to be fouid in t .V '' vartls. When the menannear J""1 ? their wheelbarrows, the Dutory Ironj H the thousands of ducks i deafo uin^ ' ^ they rise in one mass fron the jWf\rl . and rush up on the land towar * 8 0 end of the run where .hey their food. I naked o* of h" '?eu whether ducks brought .J> in sma er quantities and allowed t| r<?a. narouru the rivers, picking up ieir 1V ing, were any healthie or ,, ,P or 111 j. any way than those ko|4 in t I1"' l,enH- j There seemed, he said, no / difference, J as far as experts could see. . c As to* the profits of the ?'"?ne*., * J must suffice to say thai tTw <^'ee't '8 ^l,ll j t i i i tj f fo has a very y of ducks and that , * . , . . , ... next to his farm. r pleasant house right J d k Benf I he yearly number ^ mQ(|i , , are emplo^d st mhir(1 in buHy ; , 1.... year rouud, and covt,r mfm, , tiliiis. 1 Impounds (lo *HC<1 t.onKiclor r than four aerea, a RmullwyftjH<>(j <> ill4{ the value of the or<Jfrr li ?WSi the |>are<l '' if a wan be rni.lu , tAto tlirt.e turfaoe <?. a freshly r within R times a <lay it will 11 w 11 mouth* \ i r r - ./ !'-5> rt'; * ^ * a ' ^IIR Til 9t K-Kl Lift ChUtJ. Irother Gardner i^ctnrw Ou Sweai'*QS Oft'- 01 "It has cum to my knowledge," said Irother Cjardner, as lie siguallou to 8amlei Sfldtl to dfop another empty soap box A. nto the sfo'vfc'; "ditt sartin members of lis Lime-kiln Club lifts o#ofo off. Hrtidler Waydown Bebco, l'zo bid told dat po' resolved to be a bettor man." 'K "Yes, sah, I did," proudly replied ^ fetdthef Bcboe. *' "Waal; IVe Scftry fur it. When I find It man nigh on to 50 y'ars old fcsolvln' to 2! changfe h<*st!!f a!^ obef an' begin it da bottom of de hiadef #git\ I hain't got P no faith in him. I alius fedt da* he's t( practiein' some dcccpshun. Take yoV t' case, fur instance. While yo' has re- t fULrMd-Ut^lw a better man yo' haven't ^ tefani arduhd ah' fluid me dat borrowed tnoney which fo' hns owed ftif tifo y'nrs. tip to iMst night yo' still owed yo r grocei an old balance, ttn" ho whs don threatenin' to punch yo'r head. Kfrly in dc 1 fall yo' bought an oberc > it of Jodgtf Johnson fur $7, promisiu' lo pay widin two Weeks, hut. ft scorns (< her sppned fo:r mltid. Brtiddcr Shindig Watkins, l'aril dat dn it fdcfcnt dCcttsi -u yo' also swore oil?yo' resolved iiot td r?n In *' debt any mo'." ? "Dat s what I did, snh," replied p Brother Wnlkins. n "1 han't got no praise fur yo' either, c flit 1 don't hclievo yo' could run in dulit ttny mo' if yd' til*d eb r so hard. It ' Was a cheap r?*olve. It Won't oniscyo' j ttny saeilfleu to liftng rigi.t to It. How t am it wid yo', .ledgC ('aid.!? l'/.C linen told dat yo' resolved to srtve $I(J dis next y'ar." "Yes, sail," repl'od tiie judge. "1 guess yo' kin do it if yo' hog yo'r tdbated and make odder folks pay fur yo'r lid. f, and ditt's p'ohahiv whit yo' am figge_rin' on. Ifriel tee Samuel r*h!u? nin it true dat yo* res I v eil not to teil it single lie for twelve ino*ilh?f' "It nr'l" exelsiined Samuel as ho boblied Up. "t'z.n f,;; viol " '"Z'.'.j Btirry. no de last ten ye'rs yo' lias been known as dc champion cuU'd liar of do L'nited States. Yo' will diskiver ilat no one will now believe yo' when yo' am speakin' dc tfoof. Accordin' to what I'ze heard, Sir Isaac NValpole, Admiral Jones, Judge Cahoots an' Ciiu ral Hain'id l-fooii mo .nmoni/ <lu dozi n or mo' of yo' who has riz. up to make resolves. I j observe on cncli one o' yo'r fuito* a sort of saintly sufTorin' look, as it' dis rcmltta bizness was killjji' yo* by inches, Init yo1 was determined not t ? give in * I i. I death cum. 1 furder ob?nt ve dnl carlt an' ebory one o' yo* am behind in Jro'r dues, an* I wouldn't trust one of di^ ot widin fo'ty rods of mv lion roost < ir ' a dark night." I 8 There was a flutter of excitement I I* throughout Paradise Hall, during which 2 some one unset Elder Tuoty "ibo was laihj) ohn?Vnc? so??u 's,, dncr finally rapped for" umci1 ? and su't.i, itinued: genei 'L'ze an ole man. Fur de last fo'ty i>ailif rs l'ze bin studyin' my feller-ninn. i made a speshal study of dis resolvin' (lll, sw'arin' oil business, an' 1 tell yo' lu-ent inly dat I doan' want iiuflin' to do wid ami I nan who lias to wait fur a pertiek'lcr gone r to eura around to resolve to lead a l" .' Terent life. Dai's too much ma- pj.'?, ncry about it. An'I has furder dis- j.-pj -ereddat desw'ar-ofl man takes things nssai ghty easy. your 'If he's a drinkin' man,bo resolves not Vr , , .. only uso any mo profanity. 0_. "If lie's a spendthrift, lie resolves not a.'rai pick a tight wid anylmdy. i <? i "If he's a liar, lie resolves to save mo' bps mey. Tho "It's ginerally a resolve widout do ghtcst sicritiee, an' it's a resolve I as tin' >m tliree to ten days When yo' meet man wid a man of 25 yo* kin liggcr dat _ s ways am sot. lie's got his streaks lean nn' streaks o' fat. lie han't too it j, ?od nor too bad. When dat pusson gits rem tcr l>?? 1 on a sartin day an' calls liisself drunkard, deadliest, gambler, has* icf, liar, an' swindler, an* resolves to mai re a different life, lo >k out for him! y e han't to be trusted half as much asjfo'. x i re "At de next meeting of d*is club dc oal] ill will l>c c alled to ascertain' now many ^ umbers am still stiokiii* to deir resolves, out id all sicli will I marked on de books Tin i suspicious elinr.\ ^M. tjuad, in 1 hkago Times. [J A Millionaire llricklayer. ^ Considerable comment was caused ono ight in the vioinity of Twelfth and prttcc streets by u brick layer clad in a igh silk hat. Prince Albert coat, with rousere and vest, to match. He wore a M? icavy gold chain, a large, valuable gohl of catch, had a diamond ring on each a 1 land and a laig>- diamond stud in his .,n hirt front. The bricklayer with the po- f;) uiliar attire was assisting another man n the garb of a laborer in repairing a ,, rick sicTe^alk in frc nt. oi .No. loti So,Vi\ ,, 'welfth street. The property hedongs to lie Chouteau estate, and it is said the , n inn is a member of that family and rorth a million. Ity assisting in the fork of repairing the man saved the irice of another laborer, probably $2 for he night's woik. lie is about sixty years '''' Id. rather short in stature and has a "< ray heard. Altogether, his appearance si* ontrnstcd greatly with the work ho did. kn It n late hour the repairing w as still in ti;irogress. The old man did not mind lie lie .stairs and the limy liter ot t no pass rtn is.?(St. I.otiis llopnbl'o j{.] in How the Message Is Sent. em t>() The message floes not go to Congress o! a typewritten form It is usually sent he a manuscript, on long sheets of gray ;l , ilue paper, and it seldom reaches Con- ,?j :ress in the handwriting of the Presl- w ent. One of the best penmen in the i() Jnited ."states in the assistant secretary, j() Ir. Pruden. and it is lie who copies the .. uessages for Congress. Two copies are 1 itad'1, ooe for the Senate and the other or the House, and at th -ame time that !!??' mw read priiiieu ropies are laid on he desks of tin- Senators and Hepre entatives, Rome 01 whom follow the cading of the clerk with the hooks-aod thers who take the prin'.ed messages one t<? read at their leisure.?(Wash 1:1 ngton Star. I" T 1! thy wntir and linscd tea are said a e 1 *' flh ut lor the voice, rV V y . ' > : . X < I THE PROCEEDINGS ' the General Assembly at the State Capitol,Columbia. R?sume of the Buaineee Transacted from Day to Day. 2 1r* Day ?In consequence of the res tintiou of th offict of Lieutenantnvi ritor Hon. Eugene U. Giry, who as tod y commissioned a* Associate is ire 01 t ie Supreme Court, fiom July >. 1SU4 Senator W. Ff. Trrt merman, 1 J'IcS _cti !d, who h n S> =en preside it o temp ru of the Senate,becomes Lh ? nat.l Governor ??f the State, and to lay >ok the oath of i ffice ns such befori T. IF. Hfoo!vs, E-?qof t e Seer tnry ?f tale's office. a. PRENDERGAST 00NVI0TED, 'he Murderer of Carter H. Harrison to fie Hanged. Tho iurv iff Mia case of Patrick Eu???e* oseph Prcn-lorgast, (Ffc murderer of Cartel lenry Harrison, Mayor of Chicago, adndod him responsible for his act and ro' ommrtuded that ho bo hanged. Nov lie ddath Wateli sits outside his cell in tlx ounty jail, The tnrdlot of tho Jury was greed upon after ri deliberation of a llttli ?vor .111 noun Tho morning of tho last dnyof tho trial wa dlottod to Alfred 8. Trude. who argued t onvince tho jurymon that rrondergaat knei ic whs committing n crlmo when hotook th ifo of tho Mayor. Judgo Brontano followo V* K. l'RKNDKH(MflT, jury, lengthy, \for contingency nrise tho judges, o'clock. Prenrl n while | (iuu nui jh lfnrrison. soh 01 {tie murdered man. snly, at 2.28 oVlook, In the midst of ul conversation and laughter, eame a f's voloo calling, "Take beats now, genii." ry eye was turned toward the door and U7.-'. of conversation died away. Judge lano led the way, followed by the Jury siilifTs. The Sheriff's deputies who hod ] to the jail to bring in the prisoner rent witli him. Walking witli guards in of him and guards behind him, dcrgast advanced slowly to his seat. Clerk Bon Trice, who accompanied th*e ssin. urged him to "brace up and keep ' mouth shut." enderg'nst obeyed the latter injunction H's bravado had fled and he came hoth? court and the jury cringing and id. He dropped into his seat against vail and guards stood over him. His hung apart, a pallor spread over his and he stared vacantly in front of him. silence was broken by the voice of Judge itano saying: lave you agreed upon a verdict, geutleiV IVe have, your Honor," replied Foreman or. handing the document to the Judge, > gave it to the Clerk. That officer opened \ the midst of breathless suspense and 1: We. the jury, And the dofendant, Patrick ;< u> Trend, igost, guilty oi murder in the liter and form as charged in tho indlctlt, nu i wc fix his punishment at death.'* "hen the C.'icrk uttered the word "death" p.ler-a-t made the Catholic sign over his ast wait ins iV.u li.-.iid. Nor a word ca nvl It s lux. dter the jury had been polled and I ren- j >rasl had been removed. Attorney Wade ered the formal motion for n now trial, en the crowd quietly dispersed. 'reston Harrison went to Mr. Trade and inked hl>n earnestly lor his able services I person 11 interest in meetuuiout justice the tr.ur ler r of his father lis remarks re fr e ir.vv. exultant ieellnsf. He believed tl jiot'ce osi'v hail been '.oil". Diminutive Articles. r\t tlie Jjondon Fair of 1715 William issmni), a jeweler, exhibited a shell a common Barcelona nut containing en table, tea board, a dozen cups d saucers, a sugar dish, a bottle, a unci, fifteen drinking cupN, live melt bowls, ten rninmels, a pestle d mortar and two sets of nine pins, t?T polished ivory. Boveriek, a in! tradesman, soon afterwards outI 1 lie genills of his fellow craftsman, ic last named artist exhibited the of a eotnmon eherrv stone from licit lie would take a table, twelve airs with skeleton hacks, a mirror ally ir lined, two dozen soup plates, ; saucers, twelve spoons and s dozen ives and forks, two salt cups and 'ures of a lady and gcn.iemnn whom seated at the table. Doyle, the tiijuariau, says: 'This same Bovcri also made an ivory camel, perfect all of its parts, so small that it'could siiy hi" passe I through the eye of a minon sewing needle; also six pairs scissors so small th^ they could nil hidden under lh<j uS a Hy, and ^oid chain of 20(T to,which a ininture padlock- aim k<\v were Ided, yet all were f>1 hj?(ml miimte mentions tlmt upon boiiBt* attached a* flea that. insect easily nlcagged^ em to and fro acmsa a pane of glauH." St. Louie Republic. The Late*' Sn??ernmtoii. The latest superstition is that if a rl takes the sin All bow whi.^h fastens le lining of u man's hat, aqd wears it iside her shoe, she will have a proisal from the youth'w ithin a month., he Hnco.'nn o. the scheme may be open ? question, but it ia proving-vary 4fm, rnetive tj hats,? IndianA^olis "Stand. - . 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Mij 12 3 4 6 Not 1 2 M B r, 7 8 <11011 12 6 6 7 8 t'M IS 14 16 16 17 18 10 11112:1.-1 14 lillft lB 20 21 2223 24 26 26 18 1SI20 21 22 , 27 23 20 30 31 _ 25 26:27 28 Jn? 1 2 Dm 3 4 r>| 6 7 8 0 2 8 4 6 61 10111X1314 16 16 01011 12 18 17 18 10)2021 22 23 1(117 18 10 HI r |U i-i-i-i.-i.-.i-i-h eclipses in 1894. H H Iu tho year 1894 there will be ' eclipses?twoof the sunnnd two of thojflHHB ? and a transit of tho plnifet Mcreug^ 1H H tho sun's disk, M follows : H > I. A partial nolipeo of the in the 1:11 it<? I States we H * meridian, wliero the mo<jf ^friUwt wt^^^^^B o eclipse still on. Thi* w!" \mTi emiill B B n of 9.97 digits, or>8&ut *i/n-fourth^^^^B o moon's AppareW* dJainefei4, and d southern llmV This oelipso returns ^BB^B 1912, whevg will be still smaller ; nndB B pass'of* an Appalse, April. 12tb, 1B H j i An annulnr eclipse of tlie sun, (iiflslhlo in Americn. H ..i>' III. A partial eclipso of tho monu^^^H^^H ber 14-lfr, visible throughout North^^f^H^H sire, wtien greatest, 2.77 digits. ;in>l I northern limb of tho moon. IV. A total ocllpso of llio_8uu, jpMOTPBi hNdslblo In United tyrttoe. transit of |jfn planet Mercury acrows the siux'ft disk, November 10th, vlsihio throughout the United States. Tho planet will enter upon tho sun's disk on tho ??? sine, anu p.?oo upward and neross ttio same, occupying 6b. 4Stu. 22s. in so doing. - , T*>til"" w. m ?? A fl >ogins B |BBfl Spring liegina Sunimer begins 1894, June 2lJ3n?WiSnHi^H B Autumn begins lK94.Juno21,niM lasts j Winter begins 1894, Dee. 21, trop. yr.,'H N il.ANK.lt: HHIOIITK.HT OB 11 EST seen. ' Mereury?February 21st and October lat'^H setting after tlio sun as evening star; U>i^J 13th and August 19th, rising boforo^jUw^uii^ as morning star. Ycnua?January 10th, setting after the sua but "s evening star ; March 22d, rising boforo tho r of sun ae morning star. i of Mars -October 20th, rising nt snr.sct^Be oveniug star. |or. Jupiter -December 22d, rising nt sun^^^A ho evening star. the Saturn -April lltli, rising at M nen evening star. H Uranus?May sulisc^^^^Hb evening star. H mobnino hj Mercury ?Sen Planets Brightest. Venus, from February 16 to Nbvomber 30^BBB Mars, until Juno 27. Jupiter, from June 4 to September 1. B Saturn, until January 19 unit after Octo-^^HH ber V'"."irv -Son Planets Brightest. Venus. until February 16 and after Xovcm?^^HH L?cr 30. Mar*. after Juno 27. HH Jupiter, until June 4 uud aft or September Saturn, from January 10 to October '21. - ^ u I'lXKK AND MOVAlU.l". KKHTIVI.". '> I Sept u.vgeslmii Sunday. January Jit - nut Sunday 24 Quiis<|u;(ff?'siina Sunday February 4 Bbrovo Tuesday February ft I m Ash Wednesday February 7 ^B| Quadragesima Suudny February 11 Mid-Lent Sunday March 4 Sr. Patrick's Day March 17 P.tlni Sunday.. ...March IS (too i Friday.... Marcli 93 Faster Sunday .. March 25 Low Sunday April i aM Rotation Sunday . April 20 Aset> on l'.iursd>y-fllol.V tV.yl Muy".i?^M| Sun '.ay a tcjr Ascension.. .' .*. '."May t> v WnltMiivkl'y ( Pen i : cost >..., May IS Tr'ndy unlay .May 2<>i Corpus Christ! May 24 St. John the Raptist luuu 23 Michaelmas l>ay September 2'J Advent Sunday lieoeinber 3 C'hri?tmns Day December 25 * Ketuetly. (or Chapped Hands. Tho trouble of chnppetl hands is n cotmnon ono among farmers and the members of their households, as well us with all other persous who have oe? easion to wet the skiu and will not take the pains to thoroughly dry it before y exposing it to the cold wind. There i is a very simple method of preventing \ this paintul condition of tho hands. I'his is nothing noro than to dry tho hands (or face either) after washing,*, any otlnr kind of wotting with ? >^jv and as to the hands, rubbincuri previous .i .-i ,meat at wliicli ilMtillBlNK itu iue bmii " """" ^',e^|tho uso of unlove when the bunds ni^; exposed to tho cold winds or to the snow will do the rest, and tho hands will be kept ooinfortable and the skin soft. Frequent washing of the 1 winds, with perfeet drying, and the use of a little pure vaseline afterward, will greatly prevent the ronghuess of the hands that is so common among farmers. It is by neglect ??f Mi di simple precautions and care licit tiie ,miller inch us often said, "horny handed."?New York Timoft. "d To Prohibit Drunkenness. | m< lU v. Ur. W. W. rnrkuty tf ^ T Kichmond, Va., has prepared a bill, which will he presented iu\ the next Virginia l egislature, for the nupprefl[4.vV^ uon of drunkenneaa. He ptyponofi'to jaake drunkenueaa a rpiKdemeunor, tlip niiiiiniiin punishment iivwhie.h ahall r>e thirty days in i??M mid, will meet with port from all elaswery V Went to $ieop too if oar fie Fire. ' ATiiAyTA, (lA.-r-Mra. Hnnlh A. Olqi^jga land wan burned to deathat?i?a( 1 in , in the night She fid! naleep pf}?* fore'tlic- tire and the f