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VOL. XXIII. - NEW SERTES. UNIOtf C. H., SOUTH CARO?*A$^*pAY? JULY 22,1892. ,v NUMBER 30.
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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 "
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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.
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' 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.
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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
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foundation, the Inrtncr linn equally Rt-cause,
from the nihility of the two products,
to cry dishonest price for a bushel
f wheat.
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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.
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