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twt fry 'amounted
ialj on?-lttl( of ooe per cent.
? f;; A Canadian electrician states that eleep
tricity causes the tides and demonstrates
I it by electrifying a rubber comb by rub|
bing it through the hair and then draar?
\ fag it orer the top of a glass fllfofc- with
Cy crater, the result being that the tidal
y*y fellows the comb.
rt^e morning. Until recently Professor
Blackie had not needed a dootor's sarrioa
jfor thirty years.
f "Tommy make room for your uncle'1
Sa from Schubert's "Rosamuude" music,
where it is given to the oboe (some years
ago it was alleged to have been borrowed '
from Handel's "Susannah"), and that
("After the opera is over" is from the
melody to which Heine's "Du hast Diamentun
und Pcrleu" is sung in Germany.
{But nobody has yet discovered the ori|gin
of that universal scourge, "Ta-ra-raboom-de-ay."
? A catalogue of twenty towns in Kansas!
with $30,000 opera houses, $20,000
schoolliouses, hotels, stores and dwell
.kings all doserted, and scarcely an mnaoleft
to occupy any part of then,
with their issues of town bonds upon
jEastern markets seeking for buyers and
foiling to find theui, even at the hundredth
part of their nominal value, because
there are uu citizens left in the
to pay interest or priucipal, looks to the
- JBoetton Cultivator even worse than the
catalogue of abandoued farms in the
*>' Me#'-England States. ?
?: '. v a ?- =?
. ^Australians have had bitter experience
Of ilte mischief which rabbits are c ipable
of doing, and uow they seem likely to
jfc, ^ave trouble of a similar kind fro u the
inttoduhtioa of foxQ3. An Australian
journal, quoted i? ttp-Aoologlst, says
area, and are ?o9t obstructive to lambs
and poultry. They attain greater size
,and strength in Australia thau in England,
and the mild climate is highly
{favorable to the iucre&se of their numibers.
"It must be very disheartening,"
says the writer, "to all who have stock
,of any kind to lose, to tini themselves
confronted by some new enemy introduced
by thoughtless or seltish persons.
If some energetic steps are not soon
taken, nothiug can prevent the spread of
foxes over the whole coutinent."
a. imgo uiajuiltjf Ul I.LK3 LllUU VVUU OQIOT
the governmental departments at Washington
remaiu in the service unless dismissed,
says the Washington Post.
Many young men enter with the view of
ptudying for a profession, and the short
hours and regular salary offer ample opportunity
for this. Some of them carry
out their intention and occupy leisure
hours reading law or medicine. Others
lose all ambition for hotter things or become
entaugled in some love affair,marry,
and then are dopendent on a salary for
-v maintenance and compelled to keep up
the routine life. Continue! service in
the departments has a tendency to make
men timid, and many who quit and go
out in the world tind themselves unfittod
to buffet with the rude, rough demands,
and return to the treadmill existence.
Bach year more women are added to the
department service and in a few years
they will monopolize the clerkships.
The life of a department clerk has soon
attractions and ra iny drawbacks. One
thing is certain, his salary, and this is an
Important item.
\ ?.
' Professor Lloyd has just made his first
yeport of the work at the Sugar School
of the University of Nebraska The
course is one of scientific research into
} the culture and utilization of the sugarbeet.
The school opened in January last
with twenty-five pupils. There were
two lectures on the chemistry of sugars,
technology of beet-sugar, manufacture
and culture of the sugar-beet, and five
hours of laboratory work each week.
Under the second head of lectures, the
various processes that the beets, juice,
and sugars undergo, Iroui the washers to
the grauulator, were- studied in detail.
Both the French and German forms of
machinery were described. As each
process was studied, the methods of the
analysis of its products ami by products
were referred to. Tuo study of sugarhouse
control was in this way presented
to the student. * The laboratory work
V x of the course consisted in analyses of the
various products and by products of the
sugar factory. The lectures were also
supplemented by practical work at the
station farm. Several students who have
taksn the course, are prepared to do
jpolariscopic work in sugar factories.
?TO ALLIANCE IwJMN.
Lines Suggested on Hearing of tiie
Death of Gol. Polk.
Some Csntsr Shots sad Clippings
Tor Uiancemea sad Others
to Ponder Ov?*.
Help. Lord, for the Godly nan ccavth. tho faith
f?l roll from anion* the children <?r uien."'? Ha 1-th
When the great Law giver axeended
Mount Neho. lilt life to reaign
How naif wore the Canaan bouml pcoplo
To enter and leave hint behind.
- leug and lillter the day* of the mourning.
Year* of not row and anguish they kImmI
1 heir leader he'd been and their aavlor.
8lnee from bondage In Kgypl they'd fled
Now how iiliall we crone the wild Jordan.
With none to ghow u* the way.
*nd who Khali now order our leitlMTbey
in.Kined In dlatntxt-ln dismay
Hut Ood the eueeeaelon appointed
And the man with the (Ion heart
With a will which the heaven* rc*peoted
Aroae for the unftnlxhed part.
With the people he croaweo the dark wat*
rie towering wafta Ilown Vame'lumMint:
When the boat* their war hlanUi did Mm
\nd Canaan, the Ood given Canaan.
Wa* clear of each ungodly lie ?
King* -Auakliu?giant* moat powerful
Uiu rendered or died In the tightFortune
smiled on the brave?The donor
Kcjolced and bloomed a* the row:
I lie ptomlxe* all* were fulfilled, when
i he people had conquered t'.ielr foe
a
Th? patriot, the sti?iesmcn--onr chlsf'80
?oved. ?o esteemed by the Rood.
80 exalted In earthly position.
> called to his higher reward.
8atl tears from their hidden recesses
How freely from manv an eye;
'Tls wetl?we should mourn when the faithfulThe
useful drop from us to die.
Rut tears must not linger, O brother.
Up and doing our Order must be;
Ask heaven to direct all our efforts
Till through the dark mystery water
May the spirit of him that * departed
Baptise unto Its wisdom and power
A brother beloved of the order
To hold In this perilous hour--To
lead 011 the hosts In their marches
The rest of the wilderness through.
To walk with them over the Jordan
The war to begin of a new?
To storm every enemy's eastle
They've built up with stlTerand gold-With
silver and gold most lllsotten
Which the hard tolling millions should hold.
Be strong, be strong, worthy brothers;
Be stroug In the might of thy power,
God strengthen the weak, the wavering.
Who halt when the battle clouds tower.
The God whom we tiust He will bless us.
Ho fought for His people of old:
The auspicious dav needed lengthening.
Too fast Its machinery rolled.
sio-ntii sffff. sun and moon on Qlbeon.
The leader invincible cries?
The lights In the heavens obey, llll
The last cursed Amorltc diesHarks
wood. N. O- a. H. I*.
assess
CENTER SHOTS.
Whoever controls the volume of money
of any country is absolute master of all industry
and commerce.?James A. Garfield.
Liberty cannot long endure in any country
where the tendency of legislation is
to concentrate wealth in tlm bunds of a
few.?Daniel Webster.
That prices will fall or list: as the volume
of money be increased <n diminished
is a law a9 unalterable as any law of nature.?Professor
Walker.
If the whole volume of money in circulation
was doubled, pricci would double.
< If it was increased ouc-fourth prices
would riae one fourfli.? John 8tuart
Mill.
A decreasing volume of money and falling
prices have been and are more fruitful
of human misery than war, pestilence
and famine. Thcv have wrought more
injustice than all the bad laws ever enacted.?
United States Money Commission.
If a government contracted ndebt with
a certain amount of money in circulation
and then contracted the money volume
before the debt was paid, it is the most
heinous crime a government could commit
against the people.?Abraham Lincoln.
The government ought not to delegate
this power (of issuing money) if it could.
It is too great a power to be trusted to
any banking business whatever. The
people are not safe when such a company
has such a power. The temptation is too
great, the opportunity too easy, to put
up and down, to bring the whole community
on its knees to the Mcptuncs, who
preside over the flux and reflux of paper
money. Stocks are their plaything with
which they gamble with as little secrecy
and less morality then common gamblers.
?Thomas H. Benton.
The ill paid drudge cwcs society no
thanks.
Every glutton has for his complement
some one who is starving.
Think of this: every dollar of taxes is
paid our of the net oarnings of the taxpayer.
Marshall (III.) Acorn: The money power
is preparing to fasten the chains of
slavery upon the common people.
Gonzales (Texas) Sigual: There can
be no such thing as money without the
"fiat" of the government.
Mountains of wealth and valleys of
wretchedness. Lower the mouutuins and
the valleys disappear.
He or she who honestly pcrfoims the
humblest necconmy work, is as much entitled
to the comforts of life as the President
himself.
There should not be an idle man in
America while our public roads are as
ooor as at nrescnt. and Congress has power
to issue money.
Anarchy is dangerous; so is small pox.
Neither exist without a cause. The wise
man will remove the cause and pi event
the danger.
Protection protects J American labor
does it? And national statistics show
that American laborers earn an average
of 9<i cents per day. Come off.
Debts should be reckoned in work,
and it should take no more days of work
to pay a debt thau itwculd have taken
to pay it when the debt was contracted.
There is an era rushing this way, in
which the man who fattens on the ignorance,
weakness and passions of mankind,
will not wear the mantle of respectability.
S1LVRR ANP WHEAT.
The Faimers' Record, of Munice, Ind.,
gives the following facts and figures show
ing the relation existing betueen the price
of stiver atid wheat
There always hash en a close relation
between silver bullion and the market
valnp of wheat and other staple farm
proline's, as the iteng* piice of these
plndiiet* will show
In 1S72 liefme silver was demonetized
by t'ongiess, silvei loillion was worth
f>I.:t'2 and wheat 1 27 per bushel.
In 181U the average price of silver
bullion was HO cents and wheat 80 cents.
If the cry of a dishonest dollar has as%
foundation, the tanner has equally fC~~
cause, from the atlinity of the two prod>
ucta, to cry dishonest price for a bushel
f wheat.
is th* At.manor nrtNQ?
Ralkiuh, N. C. ? Secretary Barnes
says more order s for application blanks
have been sent to his otlice for the pat
thirty days then for the whole twelve
tn< n'hs | re eding One sub secretary
writes: We have 20 initiations for next
m< e>ing and other applications pending.
Let the brethren Ircstir themselves, and
let esoh one work for the cause ns he
never hns before. Rtjyj^Lby the Constitution
of your Order, anTRec that it is no*
overridden in your lodge room
LAW AND ORDER AT HOMESTEAD
The Militia Arrived.?Peace Again.
Hojirst k a o,T*a.?Xsw aridordeFEinbeen
once more established in Homestead.
xi i? martini inw ana Major ueuerul ?no?
den is dictator.
The advisory committee of the Amnl
gamated Association called on General
nowden, at Brinton, during the night
and told him of the decision reached at
the mass meeting of strikers yesterday,
to receive the militia with bands and ho
sannahs. Gen. Bhowden said he did not
want any demonstration and refused information
as to the time his division
would arrive in Homestead. The lodges
of workingracn that expected to form into
bodies and give formal weh-omcfto the
military were not called into service.
Some were disappointed, many were not
Between 9 aud 10 o'clock a boy rushed
down the main street in Homestead towards
the railroad station and shouted
to the people that the soldiers had arrived.
The people rushed from their
places of business towards the hills near
the Carnegie Works. Women and children
flew to doorways and looked with
frightened glances up anddown the streets
The warning of Burgess McLuckio in
his proclamation for women and children
to keep indoors failed of its purpose,
and petticoats fluttered iu the wind, the
wearers keening pace with the throng
hurryiug in the direction indicated by tho
sound of martial music.
Up the big hill overlooking the town
aud adjacent to the Carnegie plant, the
wearied, tired militiamen toiled in the
broiling sun to the places assigned them.
The regiment marched into the borough,
bands playiug and flags flying; but there
was no cheering. Lines of pickets guarded
the approaches to the mills. A provost
guard took possession of the borough
itself. The pickets of the workingmen
had disappeared, and recognized law and
order reigned.
At no time while the troops were as
sembling was there any attempt at resentment
on the part of the workingmen.
Borne of them objected to being stopped
by guards on the roads leading to the
Carnegie Worka. It was the county
road, they said, aud uo damned soldiers
could block it. Their friends drew
them away and a disturbance was avert
ed. Such is Homestead to day. Strang
ers parade the streets feeling secure in
the presence of troops. These outsiders
who knew the danger that threatened
them during the uncertain days of last
week breathe freer. The woikingroen
did not express their feelings. They are
divided in sentiment as to the militia,but
on one poi it they are firm?if any more
Pinkerton men are brought to watch the
Carnegie Works there will be bloodshed.
CHARLESTON POSTMASTERSHIP.
The Nomination of the Colored Doctor
Withdrawn.
Washington, D C.?The President
has sent to the Senate the following message:
'T withdraw the nomination which
was sent to the Senate ou the 30th of
June, 1802. of William D. Crura, io be
postmaster at Charleston, S. C."
Mr. Crum was a delegate at large to
the Minneapolis convention. The South
Carolina delegation wss instructed for
President Harrison, but when the delega
tion reached Minneapolis Mr ('rum was
considered doubtful, and it is said did
not declare himself for Mr. Harrison uii
til the post mastership of Charleston was
promised him. After thccouventi' n the
nomination of Mr Crum was sent to the
Senate and referred to the committee oa
postotlices and post roads. Meetings were
held in Charles to i) protesting against the
confirmation of Mr. Cium, and the delcf;ation
from South Carolina opposed it beorc
the committee and proved stiong
enough to authorize the President to
withdraw it, much to the satisfaction of
the delegation. Mr. Crum is a colored
physician.
Cyrus W. Field Deau.
Conn's Fkuhy, N. Y. ? Cyrus W.
Field die i Tu? sday morning at his country
home in Ardsley Park. He was attacked
early in the morning by one of
the violent sj ells of deliritim which have
occuried so frequently during his illness.
Dr. Contanant was at once sumin n d
from Tai'iytown. but his servicva were of
no avail and in less thin three hours the
age I financier was dead. At the time
of his death there were present at Irs
bedside three brothers: David Dudley
Field, the Kev. Henry M. Field and
.fustire Stephen J. Field; his daughter,
Mrs Isabella Judson, and her two sons,
Cyrus Field .ludson and Frank Judson.
Mr. Field had been suffering from phyfi
cal ami menial cxhauston, brought on by
the many troubles which nave ovttlsKf
him during the past year
Negroes Going 'to Homestead.
Richmond Times.
Messrs. S. T. Moorman ?fc Co., of
Lynchburg, have forwarded another ear
load of colored men to Pittsburg, by way
of the Chesapeake &, Ohio. They were
gathered up on the line of that road be
tween Lynehburg and Richmond. And
though the men profess not to know the
work they had engaged to peiform, it is
surmised that their destination is Homestead,
Pa , and that they sre intended to
have a part in the solution of the labor
tr ubles at ?!>? place. Their presence
there may cause a renewal of the disturb
anees which have made the Carnegie
mills so notorious.
*HE latest 4
' NEWS
j tVERVWHK ^
Prof, li D. Strode, President of Clom*
son College. Port Hill, S. 0., hss resigned,
said to be from quarrel with
uiivcriHir i 11Kiitiu. 1110 sutrcsior will Of*
W. Christie Bcnet.
Columbia, S. C., is to have a big
Labor Day the first Monday ia Septeiubj'.
The Republicans of (he 9th N. C. Congressional
district have nominated Thoa.
Settle, of Reidsville, for Congress W.
P. Bynutn. of Uieenaboro, was nominated
w . let mar .
The Paris Gauloia says thatrrof. Louis
Pasteur's illness will almost certainly
prove fatal. The distinguished scientist t
is suffering from the disease so prevalent v
in Paris aud which the authorities call F
cholerine, but which is declared by many |
experts to be genuine cholera. s
Ignatius Donnelly has been named as F
the People's Party candidate for Gov- i
ernor of Minnesota. a
The French are leaving Canada and *
settling in the United States, saying they "
?an earu a better living here. *
Ex-Senator Mahone, of Virginia, is ?
trying to sell to the U. S. Government, j,
for $25i\000, a building site in Washingtou,
D. C., for a new Government ?
Printing office. (]
THE COLORED POPULATION. '
I
II
Rate of Increase of Persons of Afri-? |
can Descent Only 13.51 Per Cent. <"
Washington, I). C.?The census office j
on last Thursday issued a bulletin
on the subject of the colored
population of the United Slates in 1390.
The bulletin shows that the colored pop- g
ulation as returned under the census of ^
1890 is 7,638,300. Of this number,
7,470.040 are persms of African descent,
107,475 are Chinese, 2,039 Japanese, and
58,806 c'vilized Indians.
Considering persons of African descent
it is seen that there has been nn increaoo
during the decade from 1880 to 1890 of
889,247, or 13.51 per cent., as against an
increase dining the decade fr?ni 1870 to
1880 of 1,700,784 or 84.85 per cent. The
bulletin says: "The abnormal increase of
the colored population of the South during
the decade ending in 1880 led to the
popular belief that the negro was increasing
at a much greater rate than tlio
white population. The present census
has shown, however, that tho high rate
^ Af increase iu the colore*! population, as
eut only, and was due To tne Ifriperfeet
enumeration of 1870 in tho Southern
States."
There has been an increase in the number
of Chinese in the United States dur ing
the decade from 1880 to 1890 of only
2,010, 1.94 per cent - the number returned
in 1880 being 105,465, and the
number returned in 1890 being 1 ;7,475.
The Chinese increased 68.88 per cent,
from 1870 to 1880, and 80.91 per cent.
from 1800 to 1870.
In 1880 the Japanese in the United
States numbered only 148, while in 1800
they numbered 2,020. In 1870 there were
only 53 Japanese returned under that
Ct nsus
The civilized Iudians have decreased
during the past ten years 7.001, or 11.45
percent , the number retained in 1880
being 06,407 as against 58,806 returned
in 1800
EXPLOSION ON LAKE GENEVA.
Twenty-six Killed and Thirty Others
Injured.
Bkhne, Switzerland.?A frightful
explosion occurred on Lake Geneva. The
steamer Mont Blanc wns carrying a considerable
load of passengers, including a
number of tourists, on tin lake, when
the boiler exploded, killed many and
wounding a number of others.
The 6cene is said to have been tLe most
terrible ever witnessed on Lake Geneva.
1 lie t'atuiaiuimbu nuiw ijuiu ijr cujvijiu^
tho beauties of tnt sceue, the weather being
delightful and the water plucid,
when the explosion occurred, and in an
instant the scene of quiet pleasure was
converted into a spectacle of horror and
death.
Not less then twenty-six } ereons were
killed instantly by the jagged iron, pieces
of which swept the boat like grape and
canister. About thirty were iujuud, and
their screams and cries of agony could
be heard across the lake.
Other vessels went to the rescue, and
the injured and those who had escaped
injury were rescued from drowning in the
shattered steamer. No Americaus, it apoears.
were among the dead or injured.
DID HE SHOOT HIS BROTHER?
An Attflltini At Murrtor frnm Amhmh
Which May Result in Fratricide.
Marion, S. C.?About ten days ag-A.
(J Amnions, one of the most pronii
rent planters of Marion county, was shot
by some unknown person in ambush on
the roadside
The shooting was at night, and no onwas
present but the assailant and his vie
tim. The weapon used was a doub ebarrelled
shotgun. Both barrels were
discharged. At tiie second fire Mr. Amnions
fell, severely wounded Fie could
not tell who shot hint and said he had no
Cersoual euciny. He reasoned he must
ave been mistaken for another. A few
days after the shooting circumstances developed
which pointed strongly to Mr
Amnion's brother, K. It Amnions, ns the
assailant. He was arrested, changed
with the crime, but was released on bail.
This morning it was aseeitained that the
condition of the wounded man was very
cii'ical, and the brother was sur endcud
to the authorities. He 13 now in iail
'Yes, every man has his price," but
. he can't make his grocer agree with him,
?Columbus Post.
AM ATROCIOUS MURDER.
Hm fiatta*! Skull Fractured and Hit
Tklial Out From Bar to Bar.
OiAttMiOR, 8. C.?The body of J
M. ftylM, Who was murdered uenr Greet
Food, on the Char lee ton ami Bavauua]
Railroad, Aaa brought to Charleetoi
about 8 o'olpck. J. Abraham, the frien<
of the daoaaaed, who reported the criai
to the authorities UTi it was one of th
moot atrocious murders ever comuiittet
is the State; and, in addition to having
hit head fractured, his throat was cu
from ear to ear.
As was at first supposed, robbery i
proven to have been the motive. It wa
discovered that the crime was committer
by Jef rcy Meyers. He was pursued b;
p*ee?/?f constables, but evaded captur
by swimming the Ashepoo river. The;
are hot on his trail and will probablj
capture him soon.
unatMmuu 'development.
Among the mere important cntcrprtaee
rgnnir.ed in the South during the past
roek. as noted bv the Manufacturers'
lecord of Jul; 1ft. hfo the following: A
115,000 electric light company at K isimmoe,
Pla. ; a $'250,000 machine com>auy
at New Orleans, La. ; a Oft,000 coton-aeed
oil company at ltust l'oiut, La.;
n $80,000 transfer company at Baltimore,
id.; a $10,000 canning factory company
it Winchester, Va.; it $100,000 manufneuring
company at Louisvillo, Ky.; a $10,>00
electric company at Louisville, Ky.;
i $12,000 woodworking company at Dor
tarn, N. C.; n $20,000 commercial coin>any
at Pcrnandina, Fla.; a $10,000 real
state company at Koanoke, Va. ;u $125,>00
mining and milling company at Newmrt,
Ky.; a $100,000 laud and
mprovement company at Baltimore,
>ld.; a $25,000 pearl button manifacturing
conipauy at Nowpoit, Ky.; n
1100,0)0 brick and tile manufacturing
ompany at Charlotte, N. C.; a $100,
>00 ice, wutcr and lighting company at
Slburne, Texas; a $25,000 gas and oil
ompany at New Martinsville, W. Va. ;
i $100,000 cotton mill, colton-sced oil
nill ami electric light company atChiffiicy,
1. C , and n $10,000 packing company
it Macon, Georgia.
Lightning as a Photographer.
On examing the field glasses used a
the Ohaervatory on Mount Ario, situated
near the summer resorts. West. Baden am
French Lick, it was found that, one o
the field glasses had nti impression o
flowers in both lenses, like u negative
It must hare been caused by lightning
as the glass was lett on the upper plat
form of the observatory, and the 1 in pros
sion is of such flowers as arc growing 01
Mount Arie. The quality of tho glass i
not impaired at all, though the imp res
ion seems to go clear through the leu
fee. Mr. Buerk, the proprietor of tin
observatory, cannot account for thi>
freak of lightning, otherwise than the
electric action on the flowers and lenses.
?Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Gk)v?rnor's Daughter Elopes.
Jackson, Miss.?Jackson society win
shocked by the news of the cloncincnt o
Miss Annie, the eighteen-year-old dangh
ter of Governor John S. Stone, with K
L. MrKie, a young inan of Water VhI
ley, Miss. The couple quietly boardci
su Illinois Ccutrnl train and went t
Jackson, Tenn., where a license was pre
Cured aud tho nuptial knot tied. Th
Governor is said to he greatly inccnsei
over the action of his daughter in eloj
ing with MoKio, who is ilnniiciully ur
able to support a wife. So fur the youn
couple have not been requested to com
home.
The Boycott Will Be Used.
Homestead, J'a.?Iu discussing tli
situation, Hugh O'DonncIl said: "W
will fight this strike out on legitimat
iiiiv*. lutiujr iu111 tv wu liiicnu un
deavoriug to maintain our position b
lawless means. Such never was our in
tcntion. 1 lie workman's only effectiv
weapon, the boycott, will be employed
and we will endeavor to strike a blow a
Carnegie's every industry. I'll guarante
there will be no harm offered nou unio
men coming here, but I cannot offer th
same protection guarantee to Pink*' fton*
for every man, woman ami child i
Homestead goes wild at the mention c
one "
The Grand Old Man Wins--The Lino
als Carry the Elections.
A London cablegram says: The resnl
of the electiona so far as known up io
o'clock p. m., show sufficient Liber
^ains to wipe out the government's m
jorfty and assure Mr. Gladstone's ret 11
tn nnu'rr Tho nof T i'liorol rrain tKitia f
is jld. This fives a majority of foi
against the Conservatives on division.
No Sunday Opening
Washington, D. C.,?The Senate h i
passed a hill requiring the closing ol th
World's Columbian Exposition of ''tin
first day of the week, commonly en I In
Sunday." Mr. I'cller moved u furl In
amendment: "The sale of intoxicatn
liquors on the said exposition ground
shall be prohibited except for mcdicirin
mechanical and scientific purpose*
which was carried 26 to 2ft
The Grand Old Man Wine--The Libe
ale Carry the Elections.
A London cablegram says: The rcsul
of the elections so far as known up to
o'clock n m show sufficient Liber
gains to wipe out the governments in
jority and assure Mr. Gladstone's ret )
to power. The net Libers! gain thus i
is $6. This gives a majority of fo
against the Conservatives on division.
First Male of the New Crop.
Gai.vkston, Trx.?A special dii
pntch from Houston says: "The lirbale
of this year'R cotton crop, consign
to the Houston Cotton Exchange, read
cd here and was classed by the committc
as seven eighths stric t middling and one
eighth strict low middling
Harrity to be Chairman.
Nf.w York.?The World says "Wm
F. M.mity, of Pennsylvania, has con
scr.tcd to be the chairman ol the nations
Pcmocratic organization."
NO FREE SILVER,
? The Bill Is Killed in the Honee of
Representatives.
i c
j Th? Vota Was Tsas 30, tha Nays
104.-Mr. McKsighan Oat I
i Down Upon. I
?
1 Washinoton, I>. O.? [Howe ]?J*ot j
Irinee the silver hill was under contideration
last April, has the Hours of Representatives
contained so many member# as <
? were jvesent this morning. Even before '
the House assembled there was largely
1 more than a quorum nreseot, and the |
f members were engaged in discussing the ]
piohahle result of the silver battle. Al
V tltallirll fKm iltkv ?a?aa I?aI *1*- ?
t ? > ~"V "?"? "? > ?WUU?BW .
f in the galleries was conspicuously large. *
A number of private pension birfia which ?
lull *>*?* - -Mr.
Catching*, Democrat, of Mississippi, t
called up the resolution from the committee
on rule*, letting apart to day and
to morrow for the consideration of the :
silver bill, and demanded the previous
question on its adoption.
Mr. Reed, Republican, of Maine, fa
claimed that ho haa a right to move to a
lay the resolution on the table before the c
previous question wm put.
The Speaker said the gentleman from {
Maine could not tako the gentleman from ,
Mississippi off the floor and could only ?
1 obtain it if the latter should yield to him.
Mr. Catchingn inquired if ho had a
had a right to portion out his time.
The Speaker replied affirmatively, Mr. 1
Catcliiugs having yielded to Mr. Rland, I
I Democrat, of Missouri, the discussion
began. <
Mr. Bartiue, of Nevada, followed, sup- t
potting the hill. c
Mr. Clnikson threw a bombshell into
free silver camp by opposing the passing
of the hill. Even if it passed here the 11
President would veto it, ho said, and this "
would be giving them a club with which F
to injure the Democratic party.
Mr. Forman, Democra*, of Illinois, fol- |
lowed with a similar speech. )
Mr. Patterson, Democrat, of Tennessee, .
also surprised the free silver men by
spcakiug against the bill.
Mr. Catchings: 1 now yield to the '
^ gentleman from Maine. 1
1 Mr. Reed made a lengthy speech, gen '
' ernlly criticising the Democratic party, <
f and throw a great doal of wit and sar f
casm into it, cutising roars of laughter on
both sides the llouso.
, Mr. Pierce, Democrat, of Tennessee,
nnd Mr. Culbersou, Democrat, of Texas,
supported the hill,
i 'I no yens nnd nays were called for l?y
3 Mr. Tiwcy. The House was in com para t.
ve quiet, the members leaving their
seats after voting, nnd before the roll call I
j had proceeded very far it was evident I
j that the resolution was dead. Before the
voto- wnif gnpflwwa^&K yrinfgjjift > <
Democrat, of Georgia,- aoved waajourn.
diii mo spraacr gnvo uie result 01 mo
vote nnd then inquired: "Docb the gen
tleinnn from Georgia move to adjourn ?"
"Not now,'' whs the reply,
s The vote resulted: Yens 130, nays 1.14.
f Upon the announcement of the vote, 1
Mr. McKeighun, Democrat, of Nebraska, 1
a member of tho coinage committee nnd
a pronounced frtc silver advocate, clnini1
ed recognition from the chnir. lie stood ,
0 in the main aisle and pluinly showed his
1 chagrin.
e Speaker Crisp asked: "For what pur1
pose docs the gentleman rise?"
? "To make a motion."
i The Speaker: "The gentleman will
g state it "
ic Mr. McKcighan: "I movo to adjourn,
if Wall street?"
Hut before he could conclude the sentence
his voice was drowned with cries
e of "rata," and other unseemly invectives.
c The Sneaker rapped him to order with
0 his gavel.
t. Thus ended the attempt to pass the
Y silver bill, which promised to be more of
a contest, and the House proceeded with
r, the consideration of the confcicuco re
port on a private claim bill.
t -
c May Have an Alliance Candidate
Columbia, 8. C.- It 14 not improh
0 able that a now turn may bo givcu to the
'? gubernatorial contest by the entrance of
" a distinctively Alliance candidate in the
> arena. It is ascertained that for some time
prominent Allianceinan havo been at
work onSeanatorW. I). Evans, of Marl
r boro, to appear as their chnmpion. Ben
ator Evans ia a candidate for the cont
gresaional vacancy caused by the death
cf Col. Stackhousc, and it is said that
(l) the fact that the administration has cs
a poused the candidacy of .James Norton
rn and thus rendered him the more liable to
l)r defeat, induced him to turn a willing
[ir ear to the gubernatorial candidacy idea.
Senator Evans was in the city
and he states that he is not a candidate
Other sources of information develop the
fact that leading Tillmanites prevailed
upon him not to oppose Governor Till
1 man, but it is by no means certain that
i: Evans and those behind him have rclin
I quished their plans.
Gold Coins in a Duck's Gizzard.
From the Atlanta Constitution. J
1 Wf.akki.y, Oa.?I noticed the other
day a Fekin duck that was moping aboil'
and making strange motions with its
Xj head. I decided from its actions that it
had some foreign substance in its dices
tive organs and would consequently tie.
I's I therefore resolved to make an exftmina? r>
t ion and sec what it was. On opening
id the duck I found, to my surpr'se, two
a pieces of gold and a cartridge hull. The
ro g*"?|d pieces were too badly worn to tell
r,; ?>f what denomination they were, but I
J* think they must havo lieen one-dollsi
pieces. The cartridge hull was all worn
away and gone except the head.
Toughs for Homestead
d Pittsburg, Pa.?A special to Hie
<1 Leader from Cincinnati says it in known
i to be a fact that a local detective agency
e has foi several days been gathering men
s for Homestead. Since Sunday 280 men
have heen sy :ured and every one is now
in PitUbur/ or its immediate vicinity
The last ^/f^ieft Wednesday night. The
men are *'%t, brawny fellows, but me
toughs. carcely any of them know a
J thing about mill work. They were hired
,ut wages ranging from $3 to $5.
SELECT NFTim
ujpm? orlntmllj an* from India.
It ii mid that 968,000,000 ii spent in
he selooos of Chicago erery year.
Philadelphia Omnibuses /have awnings
itm the people who sit on the roofs.
In the dreary dsuets of Arabia the
osemary and la render flourish to perfection.
Plane for additional hotels of the
'monster" kind hare just been published
n London. , ,
An oil painting ste>lfipiJjAmgf9a
lark place loaes soma of
For fifteen minutes flsh rninfed<otf{tie
farms north of Janesrllle, Wis., recently. r'jBjf j
fhe whole county was lull of them. v.tJ*
An English mathamaticiau.rfttiusatesv. ****
He UmU of Idmt entertafned by any mlud
luring a lifetime ie MM,770,000. . . .
bree-querter inches in otroumferenoe. J \
One of the keepers in the Phitanel- f
ihia Zoo" says that an elephant will /
ramble with fear attbesight of a m< us . /
A lobster that weighed nineteen and a /
lalf pounds was recently caught by flth- j
rmen in St. Andrews Bay, on the Maine '
oast. j
It is said that the only person in the j
Jnlted States entitled to ho called "Hon/
rable" is the Lieutenant-Governor ojy^
llassaohusetts. /
General Grant was tho youngest
dent the oountry had over had; he
fleeted at forty-six. But at thirty
ie was unknown. ^
A iiue was imposed latej' "'^tted
ruel Englishwoman who >)<f^rlkagc
ler two dogs to draw her/*"*"/
iu the pubiic highway. .
Since its settlement ,,t>? and
tioro than once,change ! '
re* not confirmed to England till tlic "
>oace of Utrecht, in 1713.
In a cavo iu the Pantheon, at. Home,
taly, the guide, by striking the flaps of
ds coat, makes a noise equal to that
produced by a twelvo pound cannon.
?x. v. r^... n?.?
aavqiu o t/nik jiunu aajii vunv u Vdim ain i
:hoe?e factory hat au or-ler for n clues*
to weigh 14,000 pouudi. It in to lia exhibited
at Chicago next year. It will ruquire
225,000 pounds of milk.
Od of tho largost cmnelia tree* in Europe
it now iu full bloom near Dresden,
Uermauy. It was takeu from Japan 150
years ago, is tifty feet high, and hat an
annual avorage of 40,000 blossoms.
Selectman S. Byron Brownson, of Ansonia,
Conn., hat two remarkable egg*.
One measures seven inches around the
longest way, and the other ouu and
three-quarter inches. Both, it is claimed,
were laid by the same hen on the same
William H. who die 1 ia
Roanoke, Va., recently, bore the colors
of tho Fifty-second Virginia infantry in
thirty-six battles and participated in
thirteen other engagements without receiving
a scratch, though his Hag was
shot from his bauds several times and his
clothing pierced hy bullets.
Fred Rutin, the young man who was
drowned at Quuon'a Lake, 111., several
days ago, had a strange presentiment of
his death. When hu weut aboard the
skiff he handed his gold watch to a
friend, remarking that he felt as though
he wouiu never roiurn auve. no was
drowned iu the lake less than hour alterwards.
Hoir to Preserve a Piano.
"In spite of all the efforts of the
makers," said a piano tuner recently, "I
do not believe there is one piano iu uum
hundred that, with ordinary parlor use,
will stand in tune more than two months.
An unskilful musical car, it is true, will
fail to detect any important discord in a
Eiano for six months, or perhaps longer;
ut no cultivated ear can tolerate the
discordant notes that tho best piano wilt
insist upon giving out after two months
of use.
"Whon you think once that the steel
wires and iron frames of a piano are alternately
contracting and expandiug
under the variations of the surrounding
atmosphere, giving a constant movement
of the wires and a consequent change in
the pitch and tone of tno instrument,
the impossibility of a piano maintaining
a perfect toue for any length of time
must be at once apparent, and if you
will but reflect on the surprising fact
that the tension of the strings of a
piano causes a strain on the body of the
instrument equal to the weight of 100,000
pounds, you will doubtless agree
with me that a piano that will remain in
perfect tune for a year is an instrument
that must necessarily be of extreme
rarity, if not impossible to make.
"A piano, good, bad or indifferent,
when new, should bo tuned onco I
month. The longer an instrument remains
uctuued the lower its pitch of
tone becomes; and wheu it is desired to
nave ine piano drawn 10 concert. pw<>
the strain on the body of the inajgimeat
is greatly increased, so much' in
fact, that the case is liable to yield
gradually, necessitating a second
tuning within a week, or two weeks at
the furthered. It is a common errur
among non- professional pianc players to
think a piano shou. i remain in tu 11 at
least a je?~. Profe:?. ?ji!s know better."?>ie\v
lolk Pre*?
Pine Wool Por Pillows.
The so-called pine wool Is made of tbo
leaves of this tree by steeping them in a
solution of caustic soda or potash, and
thus removing the silicious matter which
makes them so hard. The residue is a
soft fibre which ma tes excellent material
for mattresses and pillows, the latter
being much used by persons affected by
pulmonarv diseases in the behef thr.t
benefit is derived. As any benefit must
be derived from the turpentine in the
leaves, any similar use of this substance
might have the same effect by the
breathing ot the vapor of it.?New
Vouc limes.