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BfIE%EBIiTiiblJli0I Tin ..... ^ Affrieutturv, ~Hofiievkwv, "vomm?o Ptfiti* m*d ttu <**w I mtt Nm \ IM /Joy. ~~ ^ VOL. XXIII. - NEW SERTES. UNIOtf C. H., SOUTH CARO?*A$^*pAY? JULY 22,1892. ,v NUMBER 30. EWr- ' :v " ' I. i Ti, \ 1 ' ' ai "mUT' ^ ? " l^v. wm*r -. jc population in Ptance I ^Slwet'tb^teit^ve years has amounted one-half of one per cent. ? A Canadian electrician states that elecafef p- tricity causes the tides aud demonstrates Sfe It by electrifying a rubber comb by rubbing it through the hair and then dra'wKk. ing it over the top of a glass fillet^ with water, the result bsing that the tidal Wk lyeTe follows the comb. German Ah interest ?ffl^^Bl>oiation of this theory, 'notes ^a(1 ^ Pr?i * > [the morning. Until recently Professor |Blackie had not needed a dootor's ssrrios 9K jior thirty years; ; ' "Tommy make room for your uncle" if from Schubert's "Rosamunde" music, where it is given to the oboe (some years go it was alleged to have been borrowed ' ife&ii Ifrom Handel's "Susannah"), and that !"After the opera is over" is from the ri melody to which Heine's ??Du hast Diaj&. tnentun and Perlen" is sung in Oermany. B {But nobody has yet discovered the ori r (gin of that universal scourge, "Ta-ra-raboom-de-ay." ' * ? A catalogue of twenty towns in KanMe* with $30,000 opera houses, $20,000 choolhouses, hotels, stores and dwelli ings all deserted, and scarcely an inhabJLtant left to occupy any part of them, ' jwith their issues of town bonds upon jEastern markets seeking for buyers and failing to find them, even at the hundredth part of their nominal value, be-? cause there are uo citizens left in the * ' to pay interest or principal, looks to the ^ - - (Boettou Cultivator even worse than the vLv v, MUlogua 01 abandoned farms in the ^ ^ Netr England States. . ^ ^wW^iw<u>s liave had bitter experience mischief which rabbits are capable - Sfer'-vof diuqe, and uow the; seem likely to *ltgmbie of a similar kind fro n the I and poultry. They attain greater size ^uid strength in Australia than in England, 'and the mild climate is highly (favorable to the increase of their numImn, <iff. innsf Ko onro (lialioarfontnrr " [- -- ?f - ? ?J ?......... ft, says the writer, "to all who have stock jof any kind to lose, to dad themselves confronted by some new enemy introduced by thoughtless or seltish persons. If some energetic steps are not soon taken, nothing can prevent the spread of foxes over the whole continent.*' A large majority of the men who enter the governmental departments at Washington remain in the service unless dismissed, says the Washington Post. Many young men enter with the view of | ptudying for a profession, and the short hour* and regular salary offer ample opjportunity for this. Some of them carry out their ioteutiou and occupy leisure hours reading law or medicine. Others lose all ambition for better things or become entangled in some love affair,nvsrry, and then are dependent on a salary for ^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 oat in the world And themselves unfitted to buffet with the rude, ronarh ilam?n.i. F O- ? lad return to the treadmill existence. Bach year more womea are added to the department servioo and in a lew years they will monopolize the clerlcships. The life of a department clerk has some attractions and many drawbacks. One thing is certain, his salary, and this is an Important item. \ 1 ' Professor Lloyd has just made his first' yeport of the work at the Sugar School of the University of Nebraska. The Mr- ' 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 pf laboratory work each week. Under the second head of lectures, the various processes that the beets, juice, and sugars undergo, from the washers to the gnnulator, were studied in detail, both the French and German forma of I machinery were described. As eaoh process was studied, the methods of the analysis of its products and by products wwrs referred to. Toe study of sugar to the student.? The laboratory work _ %,- of the course cooaUted in analyses of the miow product* end bj product* of the soger factory. The lectures were also supplemented by practical work at the station farm. Several students who have taken the course, are prepared to do pohriscopic work la sugar factories. OTJR ALLIANCE fotUMN. Lines Suggested on Hearing of the Death of Gol. Polk. Some Center Shots and Clippings For Alliancemen and Others to Ponder Over, "Holn, Lord, for the Godly man ccawth. tho faith ful fall from anion? the children of men."?V*- 12th When the great Law giver aucmlcd Mount Krbo, hla life to imlgn How K*d worn tho Canaan bound ptopt' To enter and leave him bohlnd. * Long and bitter tho dayn of the niournltitr. Tear* of hoi row and anguish they nlied 1 heir loader he'd boon and their aavlor. 8lnco from bond ago In Kgypl they'd fled Now how Hliall wo crow tho bold Jordan, With none to thow ua the way, a Ml who Khali now order our battlosThey moaned In dlatruat-ln dismay Hut God the succession appointed And the man with the lion heart With a will which the heaven* rcepeoted Aroae for the unflnlshed part. , With the people he crossed the dark wair * - iftPtowerinpwafiirSown'anie'iumhllnr. When the boats their war Wests did l.|oc And Canaan, the God given Canaan. Was clear of each ungodly llo? Kl?a?-iii?kli"-?i""'' m-v*1 tsui rendered or 3led In the dihl foriune .milled on ihe bravo?Ihp drwt Kcjolcod nnd bloomed ti the rose; Ilia promises alt*were fulfilled, when "l he people had conquered r.ielr foes. a The Dai riot, the statesmen--onr chiefs 80 loved, so Mtreinnl be the Rood. 80 exalted In earthly position, la called to his higher reward. Had tears from their hidden rrceisea Flow freely from many an eye; 'TIs weil?we should mourn when the falthfnlThe useful drop from us to die. Rut tears must not linger, O brother. Up and doing our Order must be; Ask heaven Indirect all our efforts Till through the dark mystery we see May the spirit of him that * departed Baptize unto Its wisdom aud power A brother beloved of the Order To hold In this perilous hour? To lead on the hosts in their marches Tbe rest of the wilderness through. To walk with them over the Jordan The war to begin of a new? To storm every enemy's castle They've built up with silver and gold? With silver and gold n.ost 11 Is 01 tea Which the hard tolling millions should hold. Be strong, be strong, worthy brothers; ne strong In the might of Ihy power. Ood strengthen Ihe weak, the wavering. Who halt when the hattle clouds lower. The Ood whom we ttust He will bless us. He fought for His peoale of old; The auspicious day needed lengthening. Too fast Its machinery rolled. Stand sf(U, sun and moon on Olbeoo. The leader Invincible cries? The lights In tbe heavens obey, till The last cursed A mo rite dies. Parhewood, N. O. A. H. 1*. a a a a * a CINTER SHOT?. Whoever controls the volume of monej 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 the bunds of a few.?Daniel Webster. That prices will fall or ?i*e us the volume of money be increased m diminished j ' is a law as unalterable as auy law of nature.?Professor Walker. If the whole volume of money iu cireu-' latiop was doubled, pricer would double. If it was increased one-fourth prices W0uld rise one fourth.?John Stuart A decreasing volume of money and falling prices have been and are more fruitful of human misery than wur, pestilence and famine. They have wrought more injustice than all the bud laws ever enacted.?United States Money Commission. If a government contracted a debt 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 poople.?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 nas such a power. The temptation is too great, the opportunity too easy, to put up aod down, to bring the whole community on its knees to the Neptunes, who preside over the flux and reflux of paper money. Stocks are their plaything with which they gamble with as little secrecy uu moniiitj mcu commoQ gamoiers. ?Thomas H. Bsnton. The ill paid drudge owes 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 (111.) Acorn: The money power is preparing to fasteu the chains of slavery upon toe common peoplo. Gonzales (Texas) Signal: There can be no such thing as money without the "flat" of the government. Mountains of wealth and valleys of wretchedness. Lower the mountains and the valleys disappear. He or she who honestly performs the humblest necessary work, is as much entitled to the comforts of life as the President himself. There should not be an idie man iu America while our public roads are as ooor as at Drceent. and Congress hits newer to issue money. Anarchy is dangerous; so is small pox. Neither exist without a cause. The wise man win remove tbe cause and prevent the danger. Protection protects ^American labor does itt And national statistics show that Amerioan laborers earn an average of 96 cents per day. Come off. Debts should be reckoned in work, and it should take no more days of work to pay a debt than itwrald 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. SILVER AMD WHEAT. The Farmers' Record, of Munice, Ind., f[ives tlie following facta and figures showng the relation existing between the price of silver and wheat: There alwnys haab cn a close relation between silver bullion and the market value of whest and otlier staple farm produce, as the nxerage price ef these products will show In 1878 before silver was demonetized by Congress, sllvei bullion was worth $l.:)8 and wheat |1.87 per bushel. In 1891 the average price of silver bullion was 90 cents and wheat 80 cents. If the cry of a dishonest doUar has uv # foundation, the Inrtncr linn equally Rt-cause, from the nihility of the two products, to cry dishonest price for a bushel f wheat. * ?*? + is TUB ai.manck r>VlN<jl RAL.Kioir, N. C.- Sccrctury Barnes says more orders for application blanks have been sent to his olhce for the pa t thirty days then for the whole twelve m< n'hs pre cding One sub secretary wiitca: We have 20 initiations for next meeting nod other applications pending. Let the brethren bestir themselves, and 1 let esoh one woik for the cause as he 1 never has before. Stand by the Constitution of your Order, and sec that it is not overridden in your lodge room LAW AND ORDER AT HOMESTEAD ?? , The Militia Arrived.?Peace Again. Homestkad, Pa.?Law and order ha re m been once more established in Homestead. It is martial law and Major Ueuer.il Snoviden is dictator. The advisory committee of the Amal \ furcated Association called on General nowden, atBrinton, during the night and told him of the decision reached ni , the mass meetincr of strikers ve?terH?v order reigned. At no time while the troops were m sembling was there any attempt at resentment on the part of the workingmen. Some of them objected to being stopped by guards on the roads., losing tfllhr Carnegie Works. It was the county road, they said, and no damned soldiers could block it. Their friends draw them away and a disturbance was avert ed. Suck is Homestead to day. Strung era 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 workingmen did not express their feelings. They are divided in sentiment as to the militia,but on one point they are firm?if any more Pinkerion 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: "I withdraw the nomination which was sent to the Senate on the 30th of June, 1802, of William D. ('rum, to 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 delcga tion reached Minneapolis Mr Crum was considered doubtful, and it is said did not declare himself for Mr. Harrisou un til the postmastership of Charleston was promised hiui. After theconventc n the nomination of Mr Crum was sent to the Ben ate and referred to the committee on EOBlofliccs and post roads. Meetings were eld in Charleston protesting against the confirmation of Mr. Cruiu, and the delegation from South Carolina opposed it before the committee and proved stiong enough to authorize the President to withdraw it, much to the satisfaction of the delegation. Mr. Cruin is a colored phyalciap. Cyrus W. Field heau. Dobh's Fkhky, N. Y. ?Cvrus W. Field dio l Tmsday morning at his country home in Ardsley Park. He whs attacked early in the morning by one of the violent hi ells of delirium which have occuried so frequently during bis illness. I)r. Contanant was at once summ n d from Tan y town, but bis service were of no avail and in less thin three hours the age i financier was dead. At the time of liis death there were present at Irs bedside three brothers: David Dudley Field, the Kev. Henry SI. Field ami Justice Stephen J. Field; his daughter. Mm IhmIwIIa .Tndnnn and her t.xvn sons Cjru9 Field Judsun and Frank Judson. Mr. Field had been Buffering from physical and mental cxhauston, brought on by the many troubles which have overtaken him during the psst year. Negroes Going to Homestead. Richmond Times. a t > - nivooio. u. i. moorman A CO., of Lynchburg, have forwarded another car load of colored men to l'ittabura, by way of the Chesapeake & Ohio. They were gathered up on the line of that road between f.ynehhurg and Richmond. And though the men profess not to know 1he work they had engaged to perform, it is surmised that their destination is Home stead. Pa., and that they are intended to hare a part in the solution of the labor tr ubles at that place. Their presence there may cause a renewal of the disturb ances which hare made the Carnegie . mills so notorious. THE LATEST 'NEWS i ^TFRpJI 4 m ^ Prof. H D. Strode, President of Clem* son College. Fort Hill, 8. C., has resigned, said to be from a quarrel with Governor Tillman. Hie successor will be W. Christie Hcnct. Columbia, S. C., is to have a big Labor Day the first Monday in Septeui to receive the militia with bands and ho sannahs. Qen. Bhowden said he did not want any demonstration and refused information as to the time his division would arrive in Homestead. The lodges of workingmen that expected to form into bodies and give formal welromejto 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 chil- ^ dren flew to doorways and looked with frightened glances up anddown the streets The warning of Burgess McLuckic ill 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 hurrying in the direction indicated by tho sound of martial music. Up the big hill overlooking the town 1 aud adjacent to the Carnegie plant, the wearied, tired militiamen toiled in the I broiling sun to the places assigned them. The regiment marched into the borough, bands playing and flags flying; but there was no cheering. Lines of pickets guard ed the approacnes to the miiis. A provost guard took possession of the borough itself. The pickets of the workingmen V.?.l ,11....... A -i 1--J i J d2r. The Republicans of the 5tli N. C. Congressional district have nominated Tbos. Settle, of Reidsvillc, for Congress W. P. Bynum, of Greensboro, was nominated N>. 4 ... The Paris Gaulois says thatProf. Louis Pasteur's illness will almost certainly prove fatal. The distinguished scientist is suffering from the disease so prevalent in Paris and which the authorities call cholerine, but which is declared by many experts to be genuine cholera. Ignatius Donnelly has been named as the People's Party candidate foi Governor of Minnesota. The French are leaving Canada and settling in the United States, saying they i an caru n better living here. Ex-Senator Mali one, of Virginia, is trying to sell to the U. S. Government, for 1250,000, a building site in Washington, D. C., for a new Government Printing office. THE COLORED POPULATION. Elate of Increase of Persons of Afri-< can Descent Only 13.51 Per Cent. Washington, I). C.?The census office on last Thursday issued a bulletin on the subject of the colored population of the United Slates in 11300. The bulletin shows that the colored population as returned under the census of 1890 is 7,688.360. Of this number, 7,470,040 are pers ms of African descent, lev? ATI or.. o ri'in i ...........n o?.i 58,806 cvilizcd Indians. Considering persons of African descent it is seen that there has been an increane during the decade from 1880 to 1890 of 889,217, or 13.51 per cent., as against an increase dining the decade from 1870 to 1880 of 1,700,784 or 3-4.85 per cent. The bulletin saye: '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 gre ater rate than the white population. The preseut census has shown, however, that tho high rate fe 6 Iw cliy ct ii t if Cjjk1 M * *11 {("1'as enumeration of 1870 in the Southern States." There has been nn 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 107,475. The Chinese increased 68.88 per cent, from 1870 to 1880, and 80.91 per cent, from 1860 to 1870. In 1880 the .Japanese in the United States numbered oulv 148, while in 1890 they numbered 2,029. Iu 1870 there wero only 53 Japuucse returned under that Census The civilized Indians have decreased during the past ten years 7,601, or 11.45 per cent , the number returned in 1880 being 66,407 as ogainst 68,806 returned in 1890 EXPLOSION ON LAKE GENEVA. Twenty-six Bailed and Thirty Others Injured. Berne, 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 thi lake, when the boiler exploded, killed many and wounding a number of others. lnc scene is sniu 10 nave oeen ti.e most terril)lccvcr witnessed on Lake Geneva. The excursionists were quie ly enjoying the beuutie8of the scene, the weather being delightful hid the water placid, 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 | ersons were killed instautly by the jagged iron, pieces of which swept the boat like grape and canister. About thirty were injured, and their screams and cries of agony cculd be heard across the lake. Other vessels went to the rescue, and the injured and those who had escaped injury were rescued iroro drowning in ihe shattered steamer. No Americnu*, it appear*. were amonir tho dead or injured. DID HE SHOOT HIS BROTHER? An Attempt at Murder from Ambuah Which May Result in Fratricide. niAiiiuN, o. kj.?aoqiu ten clays ag** A. G Amnions, ono of the most promi nent planters of Marion connty, was shot by some unknown person in ambush on the roadside The shooting was at night, and no on*: was present but the assailant and his vie tim. The weapon used was a doub e barrelled shotgun. Iiotli barrels were discharged. At the second Are Mr. Amnions fell, severely wounded. Ho could not tell who shot him and said he had no personal enemy. Ho reasoned he must have been mistaken for another. A fow days after the shooting circumstances developed which pointed strongly to Mr Amnion's brother, K. K. Amnions, as the assailant. He was arrested, chn*ge<l with the crime, but was released on bail. This morning it was ssocitallied that the condition of the wounded man was very critical, and the brother was sur endcitd to the authorities. He is now in iail Yes, every man has his price," but he can't raalre his grocer agree with him. ?Columbus Post, r L'* \ AN ATROCIOUS MURDER. Victim's Skull Fractured and Hi* Throat Out From Ear to Ear. OgiilMTON, 8. C-?Tho body of J. M. Shyfcea, Who was murdered nenrQreen Pond, on the Charleston and Savannah Railroad, ^aa brought to ChurlestOD about 2 o'olock. J. Abraham, tho friend of the deoMsed, who reported the crime to the authorities, says it was one of the meet atrocious murders ever committed In the State; and, in addition to having hie head fractured, his throat was cut from ear to ear. As was at first supposed, robbery is proven to have been the motive. It was discovered that the crime was committed by Jeffrey Meyers. He was pursued by peeee of constables, but evaded capture by swimming the Ashepoo river. They are hot on hb trail and will probably capture him soon. M iuhii^snai Development. ' ?r - Among the more important enterprises organized in tlic South during the past week, as noted by the Manufacturers' Record of July 15. are the following: A $15,000 electric linht company at Kissimmce, Fla.; a $250,000 machine comCny at New Orleans, La. ; a 35,000 cotn-secd oil company at Rust l'oiut, La.; an $80,000 trausfcr company at Baltimore, Md.; a $10,000 canuing factory company at Winchester, Va.; a $100,000 manufacturing company at Louisville, Ky.; a $10, 000 electric compauy at Louisville, Ky.; a $12,000 woodworking company at Durham, N. C.; a $20,000 commercial company at Fcrnandina, Fla.; a $10,000 real estate company at Roanoke, Va. ;a $125,aaa ? -* ?'?? ? uw mining ana mining company at Newport, Ky.; a $100,000 land and improvement company ut Baltimore, Md.; a $25 ,000 pearl button manufacturing company at Ncwpoit, Ky.; a $100,0)0 brick and tile manufacturing company at Charlotte, N. C.; a $100, 000 ice, water and lighting compauy at Elburne, Texas; a $2.'>,000 gas and oil company at New Martinsville, W. Va. ; a $100,000 cotton mill, cotton-seed oil mill ami electric light company atCSnffncy, S. C., and a $10,000 packing company at Macon, Georgia. Lightning as a Photographer. On examiog the held glassos used at the Observatory on Mount Ario, situated near the summer resorts, West Baden and French Lick, it was found that one of the field glasses had an impression of flowers in both lenses, like a negative. It must have becu caused by lightning, j as the glass was iett ou cue upper pisiform of the observatory, and the impression is of such flowers as arc growing on Mount Arie. The quality of the glass is not impaired at all, though the impression seems to go cloar through the lenses. Air. Buerk, the proprietor of the obpqrvatory, cannot account for this freak of lightning, otherwise " than the electric action ou the flowers and lenses. ?Louisville Courier-Journal. Tlie Governor's Daughter Elopes. Jackson, Mish.?Jackson society was shocked by the news of the elopement of Miss Annie, the eighteen-year-old daughter of Governor John S. Stone, with K. L. McKie, a young man of Water VhI ley, Miss. The couple quietly boarded au Illinois Central train and went to Jackson, Tenn., where a license was pro cured and the nuntial knot tied. The Governor is said to be greatly incensed over the actiou of his daughter in elnp ing with McKie, who is financially un able to support a wife. t?o far the young couple have not been requested to conic home. The Boycott Will Be Used. Homestead. Pa.?Iu discussing the situation, Hugh O'Douncll said: "YVc will fight this strike out ou legitimate liner. Many people think we intend endeavoring to maintain our position by lawless means. Such never was our intention. The workman's only effective weapon, the boycott, will be employed, and we will endeavor to strike a blow at Carnegie's every industry. I'll guarantee there will be no harm offered non-union men coming here, but I cannot offer the same protection guarantee to Pinkt rtonr, for every man, woman and child in Homestead goes wild at the mention of one " The Grand Old Man Wins--The Lioor ala Carry the Elections. A London cablegram say6: The resul < of the elections so far as known up to *? o'clock p. m., show sufficient Libera) pains to wipe out the government's ma jortty and assure Mr. Gladstone's ret irn to power. The net Liberal gaiu thus far is 8?. This gives a majority of four against the Conservatives on division. No Sunday Opening. Washington, D. C.,?The Senate h i passed a bill requiring tho closing ol tin World's Columbian Exposition of "the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday." Mr. Pcffer moved a furlhei amendment: "The sale of intoxicatii g liquors ou the said exposition ground shall be prohibited except for medicinal, mechanical and scientific purpose* which was carried 2Uo 2ft The Grand Old Man Wins--The Liber" als Carry the Elections. A London cablegram says: The results of the elections so far as known up to I o'clock p. m., show sufficient Liberal pains to wipe out the government's inn jority and assure Mr. Gladstone's return to power. The net Liberal gain thus far is 80. This fives a majority of foir against the Conservatives on division First Bale of the New Crop. Gai.vkkton, Tux.?A special disKteh from Houston says: The lirst Ic of this year's cotton crop, consign <1 to the Hou?ton Cotton Exchange, rea< li cd here and was classed hy the committee as seven eighths strict middling and on* eighth strict low middling. Harrlty to be Chairman New Yohk.?The World says. "Wm. F. Havrity, of Pennsylvania, has consented to bo the chairman of the national Pemocratic organization." NO FREE SILVER. The Bill la Killed in the House of Representatives. The Vote Wee Yens 30, the Keys 184.-Mr. McKeighan Sat Down Upon. WABniNGTON, 1). C.?f IIOVSF. 1?JNot since the silver hill wns under consideration last April, has the House of Representatives contained so many members as wore pesent this mottling. Even before the llonse assembled there was largely more than a quorum present, and the mctiibers wore engaged iu discussing the probable result of the silver battle. AI though the day was hot, the attendance in the galleries wns ronsoionotmi* n 1 A number of private pension bills which Mr. Catohings, Democrat, of Mississippi, called up the resolution from the committee ou rules, setting 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, claimed that he had a right to move to lav the resolution on the tabic before the previous question was put. The Speaker ssid the gentleman from Maine could not take the gentleman from Mississippi oil the floor and could only obtain it if the latter should yield to him. Mr. Patchings inquired if he had a had a right to portion out his time. The Speaker replied affirmatively, Mr. Catchings having yielded to Mr. Bland, Democrat, of Missouri, the discussion begaD. Mr. Bartine, of Nevada, followed, supporting tlio bill. Mr. Clarkson threw a bombshell into free silver camp by opposing the passing of the hill. Even if it passed here the President would veto it, he said, and this would be giving them a club with which to injure the Democratic party. Mr. Forman, Dcmocra*, of Illinois, followed with a similar speech. Mr. Patterson, Democrat, of Tennessee, also surprised the free silver men by spcakiug against the bill. Mr. Catchiugs: I now yield to the gentleman from Maine. Mr. Reed made a lengthy speech, gen crally criticisiug the llemocratic party, and threw a great deal of wit and sar| casm into it, causing roars of laughter on both sides the 1! OUS9 . Mr. Pierce, Democrat, of Tennessee, iiml Mr. Culbersou, Democrat, of Texas, supposed the bill. The yens and nnys were called for by Mr. T raccy. The House was in compnrat ve quiet, the members leaving their seats after voting, and before the roll call had proceeded very far it was evident that the resolution was dead. Before the Democrat^ of?GJeorgfa/^ovcd ^?d$fJrn,J but the speaker gave the result of the vote and then inquired: ''Does the gen tinman from Georgia movo to adjourn ?" "Not now,'' was the reply. The vote resulted: Yeas 136, nays 154. Upon the announcement of tho vote, Mr. McKeighan, Democrat, of Nebraska, a member of the coinage committee nnd I a pronounced frte silver advocate, claimed recognition from the chair. He stood in the main aisle ami plainly showed his chagrin. Speaker Crisp asked: "For what pur* pose docs the gentleman rise?" "To make a motion." The Speaker: "The gentleman will state it. " Mr. McKeighan: "I movo to adjourn, if Wall street?" But before he could conclude the sentence his voice was drowned with crief ui ihi!*, niiu uiucr uugcEUii) luvecwves. The Sneaker rapped him to order with his gavel. Thus ended the attemnt to pass the silver hill, which promised to be mote ol a contest, and the House proceeded with the consideration of the conference re port on a private claim bill. May Have an Alliance Candidate Columbia, S. C.?it is not improbable that a new turn may be; given to the gubernatorial contest by the entrance of a distinctively Alliance candidate in the arena. It is ascertained that for some time prominent Allinnceuuin have been at work on Seanator W I). Evans, of Marl boro, to appear as their champion. Sen ator Evans is a candidate for the congressional vacancy caused by the death of Col. Stackhousc, and it is snid that the fact that the administration has cs poused the candidacy of James Norton and thus rendered him the more liable to defeat, induced him to turn a willing 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 Tillmanitcs prevailed upon him not to oppose Governor Till man, hut it is by no means certain that Evans aud those behind Itini have relin J.L..) Ai-~:~ - i _ - 1111 11 pians. Oold Coins in a Duck's Gizzard. From the Atlanta Constitution. | ttt.akki.y, Ga.?I noticed the othe day a Pekin duck that was moping abou and making strange motions with it head. I decided from its actions that i had some foreign substance in its diue> tive organs and would consequently uif I therefore resolved to make an exnmint tion and see what it was. On openin the duck I found, to my surpr'se, tw pieces of gold and a cartridge hull. Th gold pieces were too badly worn to te of what denomination they were, but a.:-1- *i.An M...s \ ^a.vii_ I 111IIIV ilirjf UIUBV IIBVV IICP1I IIIIC-UWIM pieces. The cartridge hull all wor away and gone except the head. Tougha for Homestead. Pittrburo, Pa.?A special to tli< Leader irom Cincinnati says it is knowi to be a tact that a local detective ngene; has for several days been gathering mci for Homestead. Since Sunday 2H0 mei have been secured and every one is nnv in Pitteburg or its immediate vicinity The last lot left Wednesday night. Tin men arc stout, brawny fellows, but ai< toughs. Scarcely any of them know i thing about mill work. They were hin t ut wages ranging from $3 to $5. ii i nrniiiwrr tti mmwt yi>m select sifting8. tvjpsies originally came from Tndia. It is said that f65,000,000 is spent in lie saloons of Chicago every year. Philadelphia omnibuses /have awnings over the people who sit on the roofs. In the dreary deserts of Arabia the rosemary and lavender flourish to perfection. Plans for additional hotels of the monster" kind have just been published in London. An oil painting constanQ^prhuug ftf a dark place loses some of and therefore depreciates ift.Value, "i * For fifteen minutes fish rained on (\ia farms north of Janesville, Wis., recently r The whole county wai lull of them. ?* Ad Eog\ish mathematician estimates. the limit of ideas entertained by any mind during a lifetime is 3r655t770,000. oeveruiriefT ntTtT three-qunrtor inches in circumference. One of the keepers in the Philadel- t phia "Zoo" says lhat au elephant will / tremble with fear at tbesight of a m< us . / A lobster that weighed nineteen and \ / half pouuds was recently caught by fi?h- / ermen in St. Andrews Bay, on the Maine coast. j It is said that the only pevsou in the / United States entitled to ho railed "Uony orable" is tho Lieutenant-Governor Massachusetts. / General Grant was the youngest ident the country had overbad; he^. elected at forty-six. But at thirty he was unknown. ^ A line was imposed litels 'Vetted cruel Englishwoman who ^>el' rli*gr her two dogs to draw c on the public highway. . , ..oLJ nova scotia has IW OVVVIVillVHV - . . ^ ana more thaa ono? chancre \ ? was uot contlrinc 1 to England till t1ieUJ~' peace of Utrecht, in 1713. Iu a cave in the Pantheon, nt ltome, Italy, the guide, by striking the lisps of hia coat, makes a noise equal to that produced by a twelve pound cannon. Hoard's Dairyman says tiiai a Canadian cheese factory has au or-ler for a elites5 to weigh 14,000 pouuds. Itisto bj exhibited at Chicago uext year. It will rsquiro 225,000 pounds of milk. On of the largest camelia trees in Enrope is now in full bloom near Dresden, *jicrrn;.ay. ir, was thkou iro;n japan aou years ago, is fifty feet high, an 1 lias an annual average of 40,000 blossoms. Selectman S. Byron Browtnon, of Ansonia, Conn., has two remarkable egg*. Ono measures seven inches around the longest way, and the other one and three-quarter inches. Both.it is claimed, were laid by the same heu on the same v jjtaTi William H. TyT&er, "who died in Roanoke, Va., recently, hore the colors of the Fifty-second Virginia infautry in thirty-six battles and participated in thirteen other engagements witno it receiving a scratch, though his Hag was shot from his hands several times and his clothing pierced by bullets. Fred Kuhti, the young man who was drowned at Queen's Lake, 111., several days ago, had a strange presentiment of his death. When ho went aboard the Bkiff he handed his gold watch to a friend, remarking that he felt as though he would never return alive, lie was drowned iu the lake less than hour atterwards. How to Preserve a Piano. 1 "In spite of all the elforts of the makers," said a piano tuuer recently, "1 do not believe there is one piano in ono hundred that, with ordinary parlor use, will stand in tune more than two months. An unskilful musical ear, it is true, will fail to detect any important discord in a piano for six months, or perhays longer; but no cultivated ear can tolerate tin discordant notes that the best piano will insist upon giving out after two months of use. 'When you think once that the steal wires and iron frames of a piano are alternately contracting aud expaudiug under the variations of the surrounding atmosphere, giving a constant movement or tne wires ana a consequent cuange in the pitch and tone of too instrument, the impossibility of a piano maintaining a perfect tone for any length of time must be at once apparent, and if you will but reflect oil the surprising faci 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 once l month. The longer au instrument remains uctuued the lower its pitch of tone becomes; and wheu it is desired to have the piano drawn to concert pitch r the strain on the body of the in3tru. ' inent is greatly increased, so much, in s fact, that the case is liable to yield ' gradually, uecessitating a second tuning within a week, or two weeks at ' the furtheres*. It is a common error ' among non-professional pianc players to ^ think a piano sbou. I i?mai'i in tu 11 at Iftmaf n rpu- Profn.. ? i i'c Lnnn i'uf. 1*1 ler."?>iew jfurk Pre?* I Plwe Wool For Pillow*. The no-called pine wool in made of the leaves of this tree by steepiug them in a solution of caustic soda or potash, and thus removing the nilicious matter which makes them no hard. The residue is a 1 soft fibre which mates excellent material for mattresses and pillows, the latter being much used by persons affected by k pulmonary diseases in the benef that benefit is derived. Ah any benefit must be derived from the turpentine in the leaves, any similar use of this substance ? might have the same effect by the i breathing of the vapor of it.?New Voi'ic limes. . vmIiaS