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-- We; e i up We rak Said shake up, Ad use the word "up" when w.e cap; We drink up and think up, We kink up and shrink up, And do up a shirt like a man. We slack up and back up, We stack up and whack tip, And hold up a man or an ace; We beer up and cheer up, We steer up and clear up, And work ourselves up on a case. We walk up and talk up, We stalk ip and chalk up, And everywhere "up" 's to be hear4; We wet up) and set ip, Bnt hanged if we let ill) On "up", the much overworked word. TilE ORPlEUS OF THE WOODS. The Southern Mocking 1irti---lii Haunts, Song and Wanton Destruction. (J'1rom the Macon. (Ga.) Tl'ccyrajih.) Up to emancipation timnes, or rather the close of the war, mtocking birds were plentitul everywhere in Georgia. During the years that followed freedom armed at race to wvhomu guns had been forbidden. The negro became an enthusiastic Initer, but he was un skilled and could gratify his craze for destrivying only upon birds that were m-arest at hand. Mockitng birds, car dinals, joreels, catbirds and thrushes went down as easy conquests before a chu,s that, had never been taught better and hni ceit her sentiment nor con science. The negro hunteri% of to-di, with p ssilily at f'ew exceptions, are not wintg tlts, and thev" fill their bags ,vith birds that can be killed in the trees. It goes without saving that these are the bIrds that shoubl he spared to the fields aid to society. My observation has been that few, ve"'y few, negroes will 1atss, gun in hand, anylhintg tliat has feathers and is large enough to cook ; and this is borne out by the farI that the bl uejay, the woodpecker and tie cathird are disappearii'g from the fields antd woods almost as fast as the mocking bird proper. The dlestiuctliol of the mockin;g biid has been niore iapid bea'auso Ihis iest has be(ii sy stenitatically robbed br parties of both colors For private gaiit or gratilication. A yea - or I wo since we noted one sipmi nent of these birds from Savamiah which coutained (00 or 700. I oit the s'trets of this atl all other cities ihey are openly sold every siluniter. Wliet it is reinenibered that every bug or worin thus cut oil' may reprae sent thousanids, tlie value of the bird's services can be tunderstood. T'rue, he takes figs and berries, but lie earns them. Most Southern people are fimiliar with the hiabits of these birds, lut it will be news to inauy to be told, as in the "Eiyclop'dia Britannica," that they go to New England in I lie stuner to breed and ret urn in the l all. A lu bon's stateiecnt wis tbatt somec of thetn ''go North," ondl this term applied to the migration of birds means with him northward. Ini Maryland and Vir ginia the bird can be tound in summner, but he comessouth ward in tie aututm. I am inclined to think tiat. sonic pass us and go to Florida in very cold weather. I have seen them late inl the autumn flyiug southward high in the air and northward early i he spiitg. Audubon says that thle stav-at-hionie birds ot the ftmiil- fight these mtigr'a toi'y fel lOWS upo n th iric returni. Mock Iiig hirits c'aln lie t atuiht adlos t anyt hiing ini the way of' tuones. Alaconi 1s150t boast of' a bird that wlijsteg ''Dixie,'" tili veal's ago a Frenchinan:11 traveled abouit thei( coutr y playing air's 1u1101 his pinio whi'ch his b>ird wouald fol low accu ratelyx. AM thle P'ulaski 1House int Savaninahi, it negr'o used to keep a bird that woul whistle a good alto to tunes his mnaster wlhist 1'd. 0Ote of thle most1 1 p larit errior's co tn cerninlg thle iocking biird is thme bliefci that lie lhas iio song ot' his own -thiat ho udopIts ad blend(s only' the notes of' other' birds into ai song. TJhiis is piur'ev nonsense. Thle younig umckinmg biirds r'eared1 in thle garrIets ol great citit's, and beynd the re(achi of' thle soiigs of others, sing ias dho the limtives; ini their freedomi, though not as strioingly, sinIca they' hick t' inispirautiont of itatecs, the mellow sunilight and libets . Th'leir sonig iis, ini fact, at inber of',1 5rs~g,bt eui n'ly or inal. No 11nan eve heard the dlivisions (of th lm~ ockinig bird's song inl ainy folt.iCS Thaut tie inIter' sperses t hem with cat call, thle hawk's screechi, the wiru' of iie hull but antI the chic keni' :neicoly " peep"''l these ate Oniv~ dilantel's jIi hjts r'ecta_ tive ballad(,follure' ini tlihe romanIliCcit'his~ summflers'. 'That hie Sings his pariits back ward and( Ii forward atnd combnin les them ainew is also truet. The i un>em i n bird's song is to thle cari whatt th In kialeid(oscople is toi tihe me, and thle cotebitiatnions ois son~gs are~ asi end(1less as the gla ss fori's ini th lo ; O i but the s'ong noles at'e the saineu.~i ai'e two wee'(ks (lit of fitlytwo whencI 5 niotlinmg caIll ilihht hmiini fo sn,il that is wh len lie i.- in lling. At thatnl tinme lie may1 bi luoui oopingia secluded spoit, In-, inl ri less melall I choly. Ilhe look' thei hot~and sick and si the only note hie uitters is a low, shor c whistle, iiot unhike' I hant which the fit tI makes ats lie remlo ves his hS and~ 1111( ti his brow.' Perhiaps~ duin ig t his seasoni si the bird lays asidle mocker'y, repenlts $ anid makes good r'esoluitioins.' y .Georgia has no law to priote'ct heri' wild singers, whose songs dlelighit and r1 aStonish thme wo'ld. Sotme of' our d Southern'u cities have laws to prmotect i buzzards anid enf'or'ce thetm r'igidly si The negro, who by pllhli a t'er tI may baniishi nior'c melody fromth tI wvorld than hiumian tlps cani sound1(, may 'I - do it with impunity, but it costs bhn s $ 5 to hit a buzzard with a clod of dirt. Whyaj the Cas~e wasm D)ti,smi 1 A young mnan had beeni arrested fori kissing apretnty girl amnd she was on the winess- stanid. "Yetu say," said the attorniey for the defendant, "that the y'oung mati kissed you againstjpour' will ?" "Yes, lhe di, and lie did( it at dozen times, too." "Well, now, is it not true that von also kiased him duing the all'ray ?"' Ob Jected to; objectIon overried. "OW atiswe' my (31estion," coni tied the attoi'ney. "Did you not kiss the defenidanit also?" "Yes, I did," recplied the witness, indIgriantly, "but It was int self defense.". SCane disamissed. On(w~ho knows says that nearly every mait ho goes fishing takes a big bottle of shaedlickd" with him. On hIs to ~ tittji m :ed snake ~ihiiI Points of AlffErenc Comprmd..A Question oe to Which Is the Better. (A 1m the St. Louds Jpubliuan..) There is a vast diftbrence between the boys of to-day and those of fifty years ago, more especially as regards the things which minister to comfort and pleasure. The new boy, even if his parents are only moderately blossed with this world's goods, has a ward robe which would have astonished the Dld boy. Instead of the unitnedi aowhi(le boots--oftene- shoes-rottgh woolen or rougher fur cap, coarse cot ton shirt, coat and pantaloons cut down from the cast-off paternal gar ments, rarely an overcoat and still more rarely any underwear, except the aforesaid shirt and home-nade socks-the new boy has his button shoes, rubber boots, handsome cap of sealskin or clotb, neat linen, substan tial underclothing, knickerbockers, coat and vest of fashionable cut, with overcoat to match, all bought for him at first hands, and frequently a \vateh and chain. Think of an old boy with a watch and chain! lie would have been a greater curiosity among his companions than a trick elephant. From the time the new boy is out of his cradle he has a full assortment, of "store toys;" and as he gets older tmoney provides him with marbles, tops, kites, b)alIl, bats, knives, wagons, sleds, skates, bycicles and neariV ewerythitng else in the shape of play things that can be imlagined. The old boy, in his infancy, was luckv it' lie got t silvet' (101lhr to cult his teeth on, an inprovip-ed rattle anud ia rag baby. 'os of laregr growth Ile tinanutactured hinselI, "'swtlled" for, g i somlehow by "hook 01' crook,'' or borrowed or did with out ; I hey were seldon or never bougt lt for himl, an(l Christmas and Sata Claus n;ver flvored himlt with their vis"itatione-while New Y-ear was pro verbially st igy and 'iThaniksgivin" otly stufl'(1Ilk hi!tomnach. Now and1 then be inn( a Iew coppers int his pocket, but silver was quite beyond his reach. A warmit sleetting tlpatitnetin in wite ie never enjoye I, tin less Ott the sick list. Inl a cold ruoom, usually no biggert han a clhset, he crawled be Lweent ice-cold steets, and Wilth chat tering teeth tsaw his btearlth go out in white vallor. Itn the mtorning he ottetn broke the ice for washitiL(-water, halt dressed himself, with it1nb fingers and finished his toilett by the kitchen stove. The new boy has an itinite varietV of literatire, prepared espe cilly for' hi; that of the old boy was of the alncient Sind(ay-school sort, of which no mre need be said to those who ltive tried it. The new boy goes to the t hcatre, circus or at least 10 the diie mtusetun ; but these places of lmluselenlt and recreation were hardly known int the old boy's time-certainlsv ot. for him. The new boy begins with kiundergartei antd eids with col lege or at least, high school. The old boy was fortunat e if he obtained his "tlree Its" f'rotn somle rural pedagogue or at best was groitd throiigli a much poorer edtcational Mill than negroes have llowadavs. When out of the mill he was set;to work atnd thought himself' well I ,lid with it(liflerent board and clotlies. 'hile genteel itdleness of the aVer:e new boy, w hit so often (legenerates 1n vagablotlsism, was not toleraed lifty te ias ago, and, unlike the average new boy, the old boy had no tote to slendi inntil lhe tnade it. lie hail tio thie reventue of his owtt tosil andi thirifi. l'oimpas it is onily ant old( hoy's pm... tility fotr 01(1 ways, but it seem~s to its hat thle hiardl exper'ience ot th lohl1( boy-s id more for themt in lituny ways tan the softer anid easier' lot~of the ntew boys does0 for' t hem. TPhe Ibriter werte iutite as happy wvithI the little they had as the latter ar'e with thecir tonuch, at-d they were taught-w hat the otth ers are niot -ecotnmy, indu istryi, ingenity , self-deniial , self-re'l iatice, thle valu te of miontey, the neccessi ty of' Ilabor, amttl, ttuost otf alI, the lite itn the prtimei wichl dleclares t hat. l'trob'aly theiewy inethod of t raiinii boys intakes titre getltemtet, bitt tlit wiorldh nieeds meni ttnttre thani it does ietttlement. W'e canntot, oft ('om-ts reiv'e th hii condi'tionicis, bitt cani wec not giratt, 5ome of the 01ld primiple It wgit he worth wtihijle try ing" il experonenielt,* it oily fo aii'i chiai-e--aiii iii the ltr(ei stat i.- adfuturitite prots lwci. of t he' risiing genierattin, whose chiet amtibit ion seemts to lie to begiti whlere their ththiers leav-e off Th'Ie otnly riebi dointie itt ( 'htiego is nt'tfcesi in. itt a set of tiebi unn iii lin thie South Side, int thle ici v ot his oldI church, I )r Ilede has 'av. Whiei ain invc~estet coithl be ock the ('lsiotiet Unoive'alist w ts itt into thle stock. Local brokers ill Liy thait the doctor' hats a hiein i for finiatn er1ntig hiintsel f. li I has beent (tie ot iCetitost active ttraders itt local set-ti es atil treal est ate atid oite of lie mo.,t iceessfl.i lie is believed to be woth -t Sit in strteet-car'stock. Tlhiere wa s (one cenitt investmtet bty htim wvhilt was "I sast tous- When i Joh it h. Iloxitek 'as uniiloadintg his Consumter's' Gals - ock Ihe ihev. Dri. liydier wvas onel oh ti te gent lemten to) whomi lie gave I Ie pointerCts to buiy-antd to) buiy (lutick. he doctor bought 1,0)00 shares anid ink $40,000 inl it.b A nnrdty Attempstt. Mr. Ch'larles Barbhary was biefore rillal ustlee Woodrufft last Monday moit etII ilswore itut a w'rran tigin tst WIVii in i ~rtold, chaUrgin g ino wit h hiaving mn ale e il sttl mpo M rs. Tharbary wvithi a foul ti atunt. - rtnod, we unldertand, hits left the he dei' fo plarts unknown.'t 1t Pemi t hat d htilit 'Irted loose in this~ thllIsh dl f etfn Ma1 isein virmtoorget that the L~ynchi seemsf tot exericise hbut a limhtedl fe >vecrsuchi daistardly ruirals~ Ilou, t a The heavies,t raimn of thie ie:ls,m li n; (Ctfonl fell Maturday af ternoen, it wats ae-. >ompanuiedi by hail in thte seCe-don oif Mr. .t Fob Wessinger and in Switzer Neck Tihec tall stones were as large as gulnea eggs and4 ompletely destroyed Mr. Wessinger's rops. Leaves were threshed fromt the, roee. .r'~ W.? ShullI informs us te all was up in drifts over knee hig)h (esars. .Wd 4 Sita Corley's erops were S al 411 bdfr6 the tes CloseQ With a Big Bear..-S rto of a Hunter. S a fJeld and bhrm. ) "We W taking a band of wethel onee-.w8 bad.' 10,000 in the band - from Umatilla county, Oregon, t< Cheyenne," said a shepherd to a cor respondent, "and had three men bosidi myself, each man with a dog. We ha( several horses, guns and campaigi outfit, of course. "One hot day about noon the sheol anchored en us and while they wetr lying in the shade the went down t< the water to cook dinner. This wa! in the Blue Mountains, on the middl fork of the John Day river, at a sor of horse-shoe bend about a quarter o a mile around. It did n'.t look like 1 white had ever been there before. "Somo of the boys went id lswiin ming aud went acro s the river on th inside of the bend. '1'hey found thou sands (it tracks of all kinds of gan( in the sand-deer, elk, coon, bear an( goose tracks. "I'Them goose tracks,' interposed 0 voice, 'was beaver tracks. A beaver'f hin d loot is webbed and makes a tracl like a;goose's.' ''That's so. I lounud that out after ward. Tho river was full of mussel shells, with mussels in them at that. You could have scooped up a wagon load of them in little or no tinme. "They sawi a right fresh track of a bear anI a cub where they had been after those mussels and gonc into the brush. "I tried to get thern not to go inte the bru'i after the bear, but no, they were houll(t to go. 'h'ey stationled muc; on a point. that cam e down betweenl the cogs of the horse-shoe and cotumanded the under lying flat cotpl)Ietely. "T'1'hn Ihey took the dogs and their g(rtins and wetil i no the brush. A m an could just crawl throug Ii the bruiih and(] that wa:s all. "TiaI artt was there, you bet, and the clogs hayed her before thev had gone a huntidred yards. The ien could not, tell trom ie barkitng where she was. 'l'hev kept as near together ts possible, I'il Sloa itn: in advance. 'resently Bill shot inal the bear made a Imoge amd was onl lop of him and got hia down. The other m ani raised his guatn to shott, but was so close that the beat siruck his gunl frot his hand and knocket it clear ott olf his rcach. lie got away fromi her and she went bacl and stepped attrot oi top of Bsill, who was alaottt half dead. The third manl o! uetd ott her and she would (trop down every timc lie hit her an'l he hit her every shot. lie called four help and I hurried there as Fast as I couldl. I hatl a little collie bitch that was as tiinid as a hare arotld Vout, but, for tighting gane I nevcr saw atna animual so big that she was aIiaid to tackle it. .She went to the bara a-lying. Tle other dogs were sitaply barking atronit it. Dixic seiz.ed on to te Iwar froin behind ani madte ii so livel. for lr that she left lill anl was w rried Iv the tlogs until :le died ([fr"om the elleets of the wounds she had received. "We Bilot iil out, packed hiin on a hor.w to the ariaest tow ta, which was 100 noile' awvvay, and it was three month - betore lie w,, able to he up and ott agli. WiOMA N's tLIAt,Alot-s 1,itI.S. Tt' IIlitloiaars i'rotetst 'iThey Slioti ti Not iltnr All ( ih' llantea,. (' F'unt t/u 1 an'il ry, Tr: &?ciew. ) Te aelot tnowi beintg made by corn ltin haitnaiajtartiantas to tdiseourage the waariang of buirds or. theia iluatage by huhesic in thlair laits is all Ieyo ii'i otI It its wi'ay at gi es opp'oNiO aifies fotr such:i li-rt('s to io-i' as ietorn iats , btt whyv they shiould isiL theia' wortdv wr ath I uiotm lin' poor' inilinIiters, ats soaana haveia dione, is ats mya sterious as it is in(onasistenal. 'lia itaillitner (does not kill iiw hairds, noria <Io Itherv teachi hen until tl ave pia?aed I harouagh the hlads tot steveral tdtalers~ or' aluidlemenl, :iaa she wataihd not sell thelin wiere they naot deia aatletd by her i cutfomers. The (tonsoneri't tat atina arie'l is the persona responib~le i'hr its being oleca as aineh;athiM. So we atdvise our ' 'aenev'olent brthercas andit sisters to "'go .An:i whlile they are alit it let thaem 1101 stip at phnias otn aats; let [liem 'itcultet thle betattifutl ltorloisc shel :atmib \l iss lahion wtears ini haer hair waas ataiginiaLIly taakent fr'om a poor ii aaoaant, cratre t whlo tused thais annte ialh tor its tonly defetase. '[hle kid( dov es sht ar I onS ( lier ahan ads wvere ~tripe fromi tttit a babe wvhose p uailns tad hop ha-a it its tinattur'i.y wotuhl be lateit in lhi araiiltss iautsaeeat of >(11tatlauaap bloat ait subbtlaan rocks .tat Iting'jl treel on ence-board~ 'Te -ittheat slit ciarries ott het' armii ta a sla i ini ago forttanedh part of an1 tainphujas aiiai iwhaose onaly carimae anti,-tld ii baiskitng aIn st iinshine a .i'jatt tits tat thea St. ,Joham's itr,t.- o ia ai nlyfoik n aike a taal. (t loa ats aaaaaa Iromtit tar iin ltg thrieadts ifome loolttilion tot' thouatsamatis tialu ir's be'auiaifl eaemaaitans ivla e!e tiiuelly sailrt wiithaina ther 'citiltetd retre'ats lest the la miiight cait I le valuale librtea. Thea sae<tt thIat.a shels la her fai form ota liar ruttle intry ' blasts onlce '1lpetd to Plot eet a beai'tiflI animial, hose ive otn iito is amitd the icy' 'gionas tof Alaska, iwhre lie is ruth s-l sariied lotr a species of' skini me; an anima sutseo;A ble ot domtes caitioni lad tapableIt o11a high dtegrete enI cuure, vicintg ithI thec av'er'age iihan11 iln ii usical abtnility, as iwas emaonisttrated by sever'al thatt have ~en exhaibitetd at variouis mtuseums, hetre they i.andale thae barrc'l oirgaii 'ith mar'ked skill. 'Ui'h por'temnonn,aie she so daintIlly uaries in haer hatid and( the card ease ant acromp tanies lher' n lier calls of Iaremoty were otnco patts of beauthtiful :sks ,that excited the cuipidlity of' sast to or Afaran hutetrs who mur redi a possible Ju tmbo to secure thetm it cotmmeracial purp'losesa. Ohitonec's circ'ualar callinag a meieting of ar .1 ierahl Party ftor to-day, inviltes ''all aetmbers of the piarty who, while retaining all freetdotm int all par'ticulaurs respecting i' li h h Governmnent hill, arc desf rols to ole to establish a legislative body in Dub t to anaage affairs specifically antd x. hiutively IrIsh. It is authoritaitively stated huliatherlatin will not attend. There is reason for the belief that ex. rm~ian Jachne has written thong letter silpe3tolOiytes divulging able knows fthej franchse bribersud bhd, stting tha sum ty r~~iA~qadwl The announe r a4g .ui Y - 4s Th l Was abou todisour tion of labor and cspital dr Brooklyn Tabernacle last 8u* 3 ng an immense throng of 'pop fo I all classes of society. Scores were turned away, being unable to get' w'ithin the vestibule. In the audience sat many prominent Knights of Labor, and it was evident from their looks that they' were 3 in sympathy with some of the preacher's remarks. After the congregation had t sung the hymn, "Arm of the Lord, r awake! awake!" Dr. Talmago expounded a number of passages of Scripture. His sermon-is the beginning of a series of labor topics. Among the subjects to be treated are: "The Battle for Bread," "The Rights of Capital and Labor," "The Hardships of the Working Classes," "How Employers and Employees Ought to Treat Each Other," and "The Great est Foe of Labor." THE CHAOS OF ANARCHY. "That labor has grievances I will plainly show before I get through this course of sermons. That capital has had outrages committed upon it I will make evident beyond dispute. I do not under rate the peril of those times. The ten dency is toward revolution. . The labor quarrel is hen-ispheric-aye, a world wide quarrel, and the whole tendency is towaad anarchy. One way in which we may avoid anarchy is by letting the peo ple know what anarchy is. It is the abolition of the right of property. It makes your store, and your house, and your money, and your family zaine and mine yours. It is wholesale robbery. It means no law, no church, no defence, no rights, no happiness, no God. There is too much good sense dominant in this country to permit anarchy. Within six months there will be a kindlier under standing between labor and capital than has >ver been known in this country. They have demonstrated as never before their absolute dependence upon each other. ADVICE TO LABORERS. "Meanwhile my brotherly counsel is to three classes of laborers: First, to those who are at work; stick to it. He who gives up work now will probably give it up for starvation. Second, to those who have resigned work; it is best for you and best for everybody to go back immediately. Those will make the most out of the present almost universal strike who go first to work. Third, to those who have been a long time out of work; go now and take the vacated places. Go in and take those places a million and a half strong. My sentiment is full liberty for all who want to strike to do so and full liberty for all who want to take the vacated places. Other in dustries will open for those who are now taking a vacation, for we have only opened the outside door of this conti nent and there is room in this country for eight hundred million people and for each one of them a home and a liveli hood and a God. I am not scared a bit. The storm will hush. "Workingmen of America, your first step) toward beCtterment of condition will be an asssertion: e.i :'cour individual inde p)endIence of dIietalen of your f llow workmen. D)o not b-t any man or any body of men tell you where you shall work or where you shall not work, when you shaill work or wuhen you shall not work. If a~ man wants to be'loing to a labor organization, let him b'elonig. If lie does not want to belong to aL labor organization, let him have p)erfect liberty to stay out. I belong to a ministerial association. I have a right to resign my p)astorate and say, 'I am going. Good bye.' But I-have no right, after I have <luit this pulpit, to linger around the doors On Sunday mornings and evenings with a shotgun to inltimidlate or hinder thme minister wvho comes to take my place. [Laughter.]I "This (lay I declare the mutual de l)endencee of labor and capital. Smite society at any one point and you smite the entire community. Belief will come to the working classes of this country through a better understanding between cap)ital and labor, through co-operatiive associations, through discovery on the part of employers that it is beet for them to let their employees know just how matters stand, and through the religions rectification of tihe country. Labor is u1pplreciated and rewarded just in p)ropor tion as a country is Christianized. Our religion is a democratic religion." THEW CAI1E OF MOUN~T VEHN(oN. \Vha oen e Monthi Carolina \Vonuan Hn Doe*e For the lace. Mount Vernon is thec prop)erty of the Ladies' Mount Vernon Association-an association that saved it to the country, but which must inevitubly transfer it to the government, as the p)eople of thme whole country, niot a mere organization, shuould beC the owners of the home of Washington. The property was left by Washington to his nephew, Judge Bush rod Washington, and descended finally to Colonel JTohn Washington.' In 18i59 Colonel Washington, whlose affairs were very muhchl embarrassed1, was forced to sell. Congress, with strange stupidlity, took no account of the place, and it was left to a wonian to save Mount Vernon from tile autioneer's hammer. This woman, Pamela Cunningham, was from South Carolina. She had been an in valid, well nigh bed-ridden, all her life since her eighteenth year. When the news of tile proposed sale reached h'ir she conceived the lan of rescuing thle pliace. She applied first to Congress, b)ut Congress would do nothing. Then from her sick bed she organized the Ladies' Mount Vernon Association and got a charter from the State of Virginia. Silo interested Edward Eiverett in it, who agreed to deliver a course of lectures as a nucleus for a fund to bny it. These lectures wore brilliantly successfull. Mr. Evexett turned over $68,000 to the asso ciation. OthIer contributions flowed in, and at last the hlouse and 200) acres of land were bought for $200,000. The original Mount Vernon tract, when it was called the Hunting Creek estate, comprised 8,000 acre, but it had &windled in the counoe of years, SThe asooiatonu Is. goered by ones re,whois appip$ for lifae and gg tat inth unon aisin te ta Iote ilolt " 3r Is'anantainted by a ~ZOO~3ts bsredevery passengez Mount Vernon . The aso Mt 1s 'the oontraot fpr carrying pas 4asta steambot company, which Ua*s daily tripe. The fare is $1, which cluethe entrance fee to the house &A d grounds. But the feeling is general and is loudly expressed that no admis eton fee at all ought to be charged and the goveJt'ment should be the owner. This will eventually work a change. The management has done much for the Place but the authority of the regent is absolute, the appointment of the vice regents arbitrary and things conducted generally in a slipshod way. Once a year, in the month of May, there ladies meet at Mount Vernon. They spend a week there and on Sunday they attend Pohiok Church, which was General Washington's parish church and sit in the Washington pew. They look over the accounts-but there is no real super vision, the regent, Mrs. Macalister Laughton, who lives in Washington, be ing virtually supreme-and then go home and see Mount Vernon no more until the next May. It is obvious that this plan cannot long last. Some years ago a charter was granted a company to build a railroad from Washington to Mount Vernon. Lately the project has been actively revived. When that is built and the time of a visit brought within two hours instead of live hours, as it is at present, and greater crowds attend, the Ladies' Mount Vernon Association will be a thing of the past. riE 4LUAUR IDiNEA L CONFIRlENCEt. Imcunnlon or Several Iiportant Mantters. %d journument sine Ile. Several important matters were consid ered by the Methodist Episcopal Con forence at Richmond, Va., during the two (lays of its session. A resolution was adopted directing the book agent to pay to the bishops and bishops' widows the amounts designated to be paid them annually, aggregating $36,000. A resolution was adopted that United States Senators Harris, Whit thorne and Morgan be requested to look after the publishing house claim before Congress. The copimitttee on misssion work reported approving co-operation with the Woman's Missionary Society. A resolution was adopted praying the attention of the President of the United States to the international treaty with China, the disregard of which threatens yiolence to the Missionaries of the Church in that country. -The committee on temperance sub mitted a very lengthy report expressing opposition to the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors, except for medi cinal and and mechanical purposes. The committee's report recommended that Church members engaging in liquor traffic be treated as in cases of inmprudent conduct. Dr. Candler, of Georgia, moved to amend the Discipline by insert ing the word "immoral" in place of "imprudent." The introduction of thtis amendment elicited a lengthy and ani mated discussion, and when Delegate Duncan, of Tennessee,-in referring to per sons engaged in the liquor traffic remain ing in the Chureba, said: ''We must not sanction a trailie with the seal of Mnet.ho dismn on the barrels," there was a general outburst of laughter. Dr. Blackwell, o,f Virginia, thought the less legislation had in regard to morals thme better. 'The re corded vote on Dr. Candler's atjtmnd ment resulted in 107 f'r anid (5 against. Time rep)ort was tima adopted as a whole. A resolution wVas aidopted, requeitstin the Bishops to lput foreign missions ini their regular annual visitations, leaving, however, such visits discretionary with them. The Conference commended the woman's missionary work by a unani mous vote. The question of thme p)lace of hling the next General Conference was referred to a special comnmitte, to report at their op)tion through the Church papers. A commnitte of flye was appointed to select from the Calendar such bunsiness for consideration by the Conference as may be deemed most imp)ortant. A resolution' was adopted authorizing the applointmnent b)y the Bishops of an asistant editor of the Christian Advocate; also anthorizing the editor to drawv on the book agent for $2,500 annually to pa~y correspondents. The Conference fixed upon the first Wednesday in May, 1890, as the time for the meeting of thme next General Con fer enee. The report of thec committee on divorce was adopted. It provides that no iniis.. ter of the Church shall solemanize tihe rite of marriage between parties whenm one or both are divorced from a wife or huisbaind still living, providled that the inihiition shiall not apply to an innocent party to a livorce obtained on Scriptural gron ds. The Bishops were authorized to ap )oinlt fraternal messengers to thme North arn Methodist Episcop)al Churci, to the afethodist Episcopal Church in Canada, md the Colored Methodist Episcopal Thurch in America. The Convention, just before midnight )f the 25th unlt., adjourned sine (lie. Meanc a ne,aIak h.a 'T'wn. Malarial gases sneaked upi through tihe >oorly construc(tedl drains and mmadle baby 'ery sick with nualarial fev'er. iBabiy would ave died but for timely use of hrow~vn's ron Bitters. There is nothing meaner inm ts way of coming, nor worse in its etfects, han this malaria from the underg roumol eoglons. Mrs. MUDonahd, of New H aven, .onn., says, "For six years I auffered romn thm 'NYects of mnalaria, but Brown's ron Bit'erh enred me enitirely." Tfry it vhen mmliaria ste,als ini andi underm'ines rous~ cn sitution. It wvill give relief. 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