Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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DmeUd to AffriauUur*, mmd As &$rrmt A?m^ Ou lMy. y. ~., , , it will bo oter nine million bales. The crashing power of domestic s< 'row is strikingly manifest in the lives < -two queens, remarks the Chicaj Graphic. The sad later history of tl Empress Eugenie is well known. N o well, however, is that of the Empre Elisabeth, of Austria, who, once not< for equal beauty, has now lost both th< .and brilliancy of mind. She is expec log to summer at Carlsbad in stride: privacy. A prosperous Qsrman residing America writes of a recent visit to h native country, thus: "One day I saw .review of cavalry in Berlin. There we (thousands of raeu cantering gayly alon tor the entertainment of the young Ea peror?the War Lord as he calls hln iself. The next day I went into tl (?ountry, and not verjf Car from the cap lital I saw a sight that was pitifi enough. One woman was holding ;plow, and this was being dragge; 'through the earth by two other wome .and a dog harnessed together. Hen then, were two pictures?the idle Horse and the idle men capering about Berlin the women and dogs doing the work c men and horses iu the country 1" 1 - - . 1 The average rate of farm wage3 in tn United States is ?12.54 per month au board. This is nearly double the amoun paid fifty years ago and twenty per cent higher than in 1879. It must be re membered that in addition to an actus tuuiesse iu wsges me purcnasing quant of a dollar has been nearly doubled ainc< 187?*. The condition of farm laborers i also improved, maintains the Chicagi Graphic. Machinery does most of th< hard work formerly performed by th< "hired help," the hours of labor havi been shortened and the opportunities foi saving are more numerous. The faro laborer is situated far more agreeably than the day laborer in cities and towns who has to work for a dollar or a dollar and a quarter a day, out of which he has to pay for his board, lodging, washing and other incidentals. A discussion over the question, "Hov to Manage a Wife," has brought thou sands of letters to the New York World. TJ*? winner of the unique contest was ad judged to be Rev. Charles F. Deems, the well-known metropolitan clergyman, whose contribution was signed with th? appropriate signature, "A Joiner." Dr Deems's little prize essay is as follows: " 'Manage?' What is that? Does i mean to control? We manage a horse. We use our superior hu nan intellect t< control and guide his superior physica strength so as to obtain the bes results. But a wife is not a horse 'Where two persons are well married th< wife is superior to her husband in a many respects as he is superior to her in others. If happiness is to be the resull of the union the Srst business of thehus band is to manage himself so as to keej himself always his wife's respectfu friend, always her tender lover, a!way! her equal partner, always hsr auperioi protector. This will necessarily stimu late the wife to bo always an admirin] friend, always an affectionate sweetheart ^ always a thrifty housewife, always a con tiding ward. And this will so reac upon the husband that his love for hi wife will grow so as to make it easy foi the husband, with all his faults, to bea with all the infirmities of his 'one an< only' wife." Referring to the recent alarm nea Pottsville caused by the fear tho? a leak ing dam might burst, the Philadelphi Ledger says: " Tnete is somethin, wrong about dam building in Pennsyl vania or the water reservoirs of the Stat would be able to withstand eumms Btorms. i>o (ioiimi, hiso ->ays me ise York Herald, this warning is needed not only in Pennsylvania, l?ut in othe States, and especially in all localitie where the topography admits of a sin <1en concentration of torrential rains. 1 cloudbursts the descending sheet of wate gains greater force than large meteoritr which have buried themselves in soli rock. In the cloudburst at Fort Elliot Texas, in May, l88-<, hailstones fell i heavy masses and lay in drifts six fe< deep on Sweetwater Creek. After th famous tornado at Hollidaysburg, Penn in 1888, the earth presented the appeal ance of having been bombarded, not I1 drops, but by masses ot water, excavi t:sg heie and there "a area* hole i basin." To be storm-proof, dams mountainous districts should hereafte be amply strong enough to resist sue gliculor aqueous artillery discharge' from the clou Is. An 1 if thev cannot b m tde secure t^ey should be built only i places v.iere. in case ot bursting, fchi resu.ting Hon 1 will not leap and swoo do vn upon defenceless and unsuspectin town* and villages, but will expend i force h riless'y. ANTI-OPTION m i rhe Senate Argues Beth Qnwttons ri Without Action. >f zo Senator Peffer Favora "Band* W" ^ 1# For Employer and Employee, 0 ot and Senator Whito Closes ic His 4i Hour's Speech. or ? fr. ;d th !t, Wabhimoton, D. C.?(8e*at*J?Mr. to defter. Farmer*' Alliance, of Kansas, m railed tip his labor resolutions sod said io here were only three ways to meet the to lifficulty which now faced us between w rinployccs and employers. This, he ad- ui . nittecd, was unpopular. Another way th was for the government to take hold and th is egulatc the rates of wages. This was re- of a jaracn as unconstitutional I be tbird mi r< jvay was for the government to deal with th ;hese great labor employing esiab'ish3 nents as it did with tnc private lands of a- ;he people: condemn seize and pay for I. :hem. This, he thought, would be re- te yarded as still wore revolutionary than us 19 the second proposition But he submit- (J1 ' :ed there was no other way to arrange A il ffiese disputes except through the bloody m # sjates of war. Therefore, he recommend- 0( ?d to the government the first proposi- f) * don: "Take your hands off and let em cc n ployee and employer settle tho matter tj 3 for themselves." Tho resolutions were V eferred to the committee on education 0s 13 ind labor. pi , Mr. White, Democrat, of Louisiana, hi >f roucluded hi> speech against the auli-op- (' ,iou bill. He said in I he community in V .vhich he lived, aud he presumed else- at ahere, when n difficult matter of com- w e nereial law was involved, the custom was a o call in commercial experts. Acting at " in this principle, he called the attention m t ?f the Senate, to the fact that there was a persistent, cons-stunt declaration of all p| he commercial bodies of the country cc igainst this bill. He read the protest of cl .he chamber of commerce of the city of in y New York, the greatest advisory com cc 9 nereial body in the United States, and |u he bankors of New York, Chicago and C1 9 New Orleans, and a long list of all the Ht o sther commercial organizations which cc e aad protested against the bill. There to >vas not a cotton bloom in all tho South ic mu diaies rouay wmcn am not in some p} 0 ivay trace tts origin buck to the capital r eprescnted in these great petitions, yet t <vc were told that these gentlemen did ot belong to the producing class, ami ? r lad no right to be heard on this great 1 pies'ion of commerce. q He also read telegrams Iloin the leading cotton factors and lire and sugar C( 1 toilers of New Orloaus, opposing the cj \ bill. He exhibited tables, which he said p oved that before the period when the lystem of "future'' selling was inaugun.t- f. j ju mt cotton irnuv, ine lan iu r nising from a glut in the market was W( greater than it had been since, and that oW the greater the Amount of future 6ales iu cial proportion to the crop the higher had nab oceu the prices. of Mr. White concluded his speech short- '"t' ' lv before 5 o'clock, having occupied in i the tw? days about four hours and a half j n its delivery, and the Senate took up he Canadian retaliatory bill, passing it. P1! The Senate then wci? viV) executive ses- , 1 'i?n- ,vo t GOV. PATTISON FIRM NOW. 3 t He Says He Will Remain in Homestead All Summer if it is Necessary. Homestead, Pa.?Col. Colgren, the loci 5 Provost Marshall, said to a reporter: "I ? was talking with Gov. Pattison about the i situation here, and he said something to . me that I thought was quite important. ?-j? He said: 'Colonel, there are $8,000,000 u ? in the State Treasury. I will spend every 11 j cent of that money. I will raise more ,l y , money by mortgaging the whole S ate, . and I will stay here myself all fiimmi r to ? suppress this sort of thing and restore hen r ltw and order here." I asked him if I he < might repeat that, and he said he had no ity. objections to my doing so." e pi 5 The reporter mentioned this to the of i . Governor and he seemed somewhat annoyed by i*. "I have nothing to say on that subject," he said, "I would rather not deny nor affirm it." hei 8 This statement of the Governoi is the lie . c-vprint hlnm ?lriki>K have felt vet. It means that avon if the work4- ate in ? full operation with non-union employees i the troops will remain here. The strikers ic t will have no chance of revenge. c?" It meansth&t the State of Pennsylvania l,y has resented the usurpation of power by 0 ol ir the strikers, and intends to crush the J? ^ spirit that prompted it. ,loi a - ? > Building in the Days of the Fathers, H rf.f.nsboro, N. C. ? Col. .Itilian ,ier o s. Carr was heir yesterday !r uioiniug ou his return from New York. to w In answer to a question about therestora aai tion of an old time mansion near Hills ' hero which Mi. t'arr has on hand, h' r went on to say that whun feme of the jlC 59 flooring of the old house was torn up it t|l0 " was found to have distinctly marked on |CC( lie under side, Hc/.ckiah Hogg. June !n 21st, 1741. The lumber used in building ir the house was sawed in England and shipped to Newbenie, and from M Ne w Berne distant about 20?> l,c id miles, it was hauled on ox-carts, lequir S f, ' m: something near a month to make the v | Kuind trip. But if this he a wonderful | undertaking, how much greater was it to f, li uil the brick in the same way with 1 I* which to build a house iust over ftio .. :ver from Mr Can 's place. a brick house, '' | lie brick of which were burnt in Eng 3 I ! uul. No wonder our people railed y j England the "Mother Country" in those -| a I '1nVf S or j ~ '""" - - - ? in j Little Girl's Horrible Death. tr j Vorkville, fi. C'.. ?The, 10 year old ri h | ( hi Id of Mr. H. P. R Riddle was caught ,( . ! in the machinery of her father's mill an.; , J in a ftw minutes her body was horribh j ? mingled. One leg cut off, one arm toiu ; n off, btr back broken and het skull cursh j ' el in She lived in this horrible condi ( lion for seme minutrs, and conversed P ith her grandfather. Her agony was g . xcruciating to witness. 1 nc child had j . tg gone to the mill with her grandfather. , , . .uul w hile he was engaged went too neai j 1 he machinery, and to a dree/iful death. t I > ??? ' I COL KINO'S HOPE. |1 bio Sfibrt* of His Friradi to Save ^ His Life Cheer Him Op. Memphis, Trnn.- For several dajs ^ >1. H. Clay King, condemned to be inged on August 12 for killing David . Poeton, has been in a state of mental id physical collapse, but yesterday he ightencd up. The strong petition sent Dm Kentucky to the Governor asking at his sentence be commuted,is thought ( have created the hope in Col. King's t ind for a reprieve at laat. This morn- j g Judge Greer returned from Washing- t n, where he and Judge King, of Texas, , ent to make an effort to bring the case j ider Federal jurisdiction. It is thought at there will be come action taken in ' e case by the Federal court. Friends 1 the murdered lawyer are receiving nu- c srous signatures to petitions asking that r e law be enforoedL ? ? . n Hew Industries in the South. The organization of new industrial cii ?prises in the South continues actively. j shown by the Manufacturer's Record. * Baltimore, in its issue of July 22nd. t mong some of the important enterprises t entioncd are the following: A $30.- s )0 molasses reboiling company at New s r - - ? A e AA AAA 11 ? ' l I ueau^ lbm h fiw,uuu cunuu mill >mpany at Charlotte, N. C. ; a $100,000 iol works compauy at Wheeling, W. a.; a $10,000 canning company at Fort City, Ark.; a $10,000 industrial commy at Water Valley, Miss.; a $20,000 jdgc fence company at Newberry, K .; a $20,000 coal and coke company in irginia; a $50,000 cotton mill company Rome, Gn. ; a $100,000 light and railay company at Iluntingtou, W. Va. ; $100,000 6hoc manufacturing company Elizabethton, Tenn. ; a $50,000 furniire company at Fort Worth, Tex ; a 1,000.000 coal and lumber company at hilippi, W. Va ; a $50,000 compress irapany at Mineola, Texas; a $50,000 cctric light company at Mt, Washgton, Mm. ; a $50,000 electric light impany at Bay View, Md.; an $8,500 mber manufacturing company at Beth . 8. C. ; a $35,000 cotton mill company Fort Hill, 8. C.; a $10,000 publishing tmpany at Newport, Ky.; a $80,000 anraatic fire alarm company at New Orans, La.; a $25,000 coal and coke coniruy at Brcmon, W. Va., and a $10,000 jblishing company at Austin, Texas. snator Teller Thinks His Party Must Bsstir Itself. hicago Special, New York Sun. Un ted States Senator Henry M. Tell . of Coloiado. who is at the Grand Pa fic Hotel, said : t The silver question has been shelved f ir this session, but next winter another j ee silver bill will be rcnortcd. aii<l i ui pass, us-oww tu.a 7 ;:, 1 t vib/>!.> "evpfefience ico lias male me familiar with the r affairs of the County, anil 1 think r lo inc to fill the position more to the r the County hereafter, than 1 could ^ that experience. J. A. CHAMBERS. p| J THOMAS J. ESTES. vJ t ectfully nnnouncc myself as a can- t >r County Commissioner of Union 8 subject to the decision of the demotevs of the primary election. ; THOMAS J. ESTES. i for treasurer. < SAN FORl) W1LBURN. i earnest solicitation of friends 1 e myself a candidate for the otlicc urer of Union County; subject to j { siou of the primary election. SAN FORD WILBURN. * < J. B. T. SCOTT. j cctl'ully announce myself as a can- , irthc uflice of County Treasurer for 'ounly, subject to '.he decision of the election, | * j. b. t. scorr. JAMES I). DOING, coy announce myself as a candidate ( >fltce of County Treasurer for Union Wi . subject to the decision ot tlio people riinsrv fli'i'tion I solicit. (Ik- suit the Democratic party. JAMlvS D. GOING. * John r. tiiomas. reby announce inyself a candidate ollice of Treasurer of Union County. JOHN 1'. TIIOMAS. * W. T. JETKK. Fiends of (VUlimn T. Jeter, having fidouee iu bis ability and integrity, anuouncc hiui an a candidate for the ' Treasurer of Union County : subject lecisiou of the people at the priiuury ' I. Fill K* US. j J FOR AUDITOR. ; TIIOMAS J. HARRIS. ebv announce myself a candidate for ce of Auditor of Union County; subthe decision of the voters at the j 1 y election. t 1 THOMAS JEFFERSON HARRIS. D. IN MAN- rp reby announce myself a candidate ded < olhee of Auditor for Union County ; cai< , to tlie decision of llto primary elecDANIEL 1N.MAN. J. c. OTTS. reby announce myself a cam)Jes . , J?o was driving to church in a buggy rith a young man who was smoking a igaiette, Avhon some burning tobacco r 11 from it into the fuot of the hno<n ?rtf?.* ler undenlothing caught fiie and she ,h.' burned to death. tueen Victoria'? American Lawsuit. New York, N. Y.? Queen Victoii'-, trough her American lawyer, moved in | upreme Court, Chambers, to vacate an rder requiting her to furnish $250 bonds >r court, costs in her suit to recover $9,00 worth of asphalt which is alleged t > ave been stolen from Trinidad and sold > the Standard Asphalt Company. Decision was reserved. Democratic National Comnntee New Yokk ?The Democratic Na ion ?I \ Committee mt there. Chairman Kr>i i pre- ! iding. W. F. Harritv, of Pennsylvania, ! /as elected as chairman of the commit ee, and S. P. Sheerin, of Indiana, \\;is ' e elec'cd sec retary. Robert B. Roost- ! It. of New York, was elected tnasu r o 6ucceed Charles J. Caarts "ifl ; 1. CASHING IY MACHINERY. romx IK TH) BIO&SeT LAUMOIT IK TBB COUNTRY* {nick Work 1 Ith an Ocean Liner's Wash?Stei ? Power Used Altogether?Pa of Employe*. DID you rer see a big laundry in full b! tt It it worth teeing. When ,%he Newt reporter , visitec thnfiudson Hirer feeory, the waahi: ; fror^ one of the great nman liners ha just 00me in. It was be washing r a whole week?the Fashing for 20 [) persona. There wet jedding, linen napkins, towels and lome few articld belonging to the wardobe of tome of lie officers. The rest >f the wash befrnged to the ship. It oiled up to rintw^wyoP^ now storm The work olliomng this wash took ust twenty milutes, and four young vomen, with night brown eyes and iright red *rml After it was sorted, be big pieces gjing with the big pieces, ind the little pices staying with them* elves, it was '.taken to the washing nachincs. OncJ there were wash-tubs, rhere are wash^ubs now, but they ?re imply amateur/ appliances. The pro essioual wash shop employs washing nachines, othe|wise called "washers, rhese contrivances are from five to eight eet long, and are shaped like the boilei >f a locomotive. They are made ol nctal and they revolve on their axes, ike the cylinders in lawn mowers. They are connected with the shaft bj milcys, and when the clothes are put in, he door closed aud the water let in by t pipe, the crank is moved, and thej hey begin to revolve with a mighty wishing and slashing in their insides. Iftei a few minute* or this, which Is ailed the soaking, the water is let oil ,nd hot water is turned on. With hoi rater soap is brought in and the crank s turned agaiD. This time ie is foi ceeps, and when the washer stops ths lothes are clean. This is the sort ol vashing that requires no starching, so it ^ocs direct to the wringer. This is the ;ind of a wringer that the original launIrvman knew naught of. The wringer up to date is s round boi et upon four round legs, made of gas >ipe and hollow. The interior of this >ox revolves several hundred times t ninute. This turning interior holds ths vet clothes, and from it dry c.othes are urned out. They are not entirely dry, >ut they are dry enough to go to the roning room. The revolutions of the flteWlf flfif ft? i/W&Ut Jbftt tho water is The ironing-room Is filled with iron oilers, set ie frames, so that one roller oils against another, like the rubber oilers in nu old-fashioned wringer. )nu or both of these rollers is hollow, nd is heated by either gas or steam, and he sheets and pillow-cases, napkins, owels and table-cloths pass between hese rollers aud come out steaming hot, mooth as glass, and white. For some kinds of laundry work t Iry room is required. Now this dryuolu bears about as much relation to th< irying-room in the ordinary house as i French bonnet does to a bread bowl. I s a small affair, heated red hot by stean pipes. For starched goods this is used ind docs its work in a hurry. The laundry that the reporter visited 3oes not make a practice of doing family work, although it has facilities for doing any kind of work. It devotes ih :ime chiefly to hotel, club andsteamboai work. It can turn out 100,000 pieces i lay, aud the average price for 100 i From thirty-five to sixty cents. The* figures arc for unstarched work, an< lliey are very low. It requires 140 per sons to do the work. The washing i done wholly by men, who get $12 week each. The rest of the work i done by girls and women, who are si j-ervi-ed by four forewomen, who g< $'7 t week and their board. ??Ai>hmAr*\Qn crof fr.\m oivtcr cnnf to $1 a day, the folders in the ironini room commanding the highest wages. New York News. A (iroa! Tree For the Fair. The tree selected by the Tulare Boarr af Trade for exhibition at the World' Fair stauds on the land of Mrs. M. C. K Shuey, one-half mile Ro-itheast c buramerhome, on the summit betwcei North and Middle Tule, about thirty-fiv miles northeast of Porterville. The tro was selected at the request of th National World's Fair Associition. Mrs Shuey donates the tree as a gift. It i said to be a magnificent specimen c sequoia giganten, some 300 feet i height. At the base it is 76 J feet i circumference, and eleven feet trom th ground it is 63 feet, in circumference This gives a base diameter of 24} feet The section that will be removed lor ex hibition will be a portion thirty fee 1 An r? TK le *\iooo to i I I Ian out inf a 4 ?t? wug* ? Ilia |iir-Lr Will bUV IUVM V n fifteen-foot sections, with n uatural sin between them. Tnis circular piece \vi be 21 i feet in diameter au 1 IH inch* thick. It will serve as a roof for tL lower section when hollowed and a fio< for the upper one.?Visalia (Cal Times. A Strange Defeneration. It is urged try the German millers ii opposition to the use of American con in Germany that Italy and other parts s Southern Europe its use causes tne pella gra, a peculiar rfaease akin to dyspepsia which not unfrequently terminates fatal ly. This disease is not known in th< United States, nor in Mexico, wher com forms the staple of food amoug th poor, nor ha* it evei been traceable t the use of rorn grown in America, bu solely of that raised in southern Europe It would seem that the trouble come from some degeneration of the cor raised out of its native habitant.?Ne? Orleans Picayune. The world is full of men who hav< things they want to sell for less than the; nniH fnr tbam.?Atchison Globe. I . : THE fcATEST ..<%* C ^verVvvhf ^ j} Oliver \\ . Ga?kms, an eugineer on the Seabord and Roanoke Railroad, was kill- j" ed by the breaking of a connecting rod,, m oo his engine The trucked of Charleston, 9. C , and tu vicinity organized the Truck Farmers' Association Inst week, electing W. D. l.awt ?n. president, and E. B. Gadsden. to secretary. Tl The Virginia Paving St Construction from Roanbke and Lynchburg aggreg. t- i*J ing 00,000 square yards. The Atherton mills have been incoi* A porated at Charlotte N. C., for the man- ou ufacture of cotton goods. The capital M stock is $100,000. Another company with ^ $75,000 capital stock will build mills foi t? the manufacture of bed ticking. hi Representatives from Louisiana. Ar* ^ k rsas. Alabama and Texas have appear- g< ec before the House committee on appro- c< priatioos aud made urgent appeals for ippropriatiODS by Congress in aid of the destitute sufferers from the floods in the lower Mississippi region. They want n ? total of about $190,000, but noue of ihe rt States has formally asked for assistance b Asheville, N. C , parties have sold a ^ large lot of poplar, ash, cherry and black h walnut trees in Cherokee and Town conn- tr tics, N. Cl, to J. F. Besty, C. H. Cbathum, J. F. Ball and Mr. Culbertson, of Minneapolis and Augusta, Minn. The p! purchasers will organize a company and s| ;rect mills near Murphy, N. C., for man 0i . ifacturlng the lumber. ^ mm *vi Washington's Clothes. tt The gentlcmau who brought forward the following communication had uot only the original letter in his possession, ol but was also the owner of th? "mean- P ure." composed, of stiff paper carefully sewn together, and wifh the marks writ- c" ten upon it in the General's linud- p writing. It was sent to the tailor r through Washington's agents, prusomai bly Gary <fc Co., merchants.'' It is nota- h , ble for the same exactitude and precisi ion as the more important matters which 'v i the General had connection with, and it t I is invaluable a; giving the absolute con- ' ditiou of his physique in the yeai of it* ]] i dato: ) ' \ IRGI.via. -'6th April. 1763 ?Mr. Law SSgUfey'M&f!' you my measure, but, in a general wav, they are s > badly taken here. that ( am convinced it wonld be of little service, 1 would n have you. therefore, take measure of a gen- *1 tleman who wears well made eloathsot the 11 following siz^. Six feet high, and propor- J1 tionately made, if anything, rather slender than thick for a person of that highth, with ' prety long arms aud thighs. You will take J; I care to make the breeches longer than those you sent me last, and I would have you * keep the measure of the cloaths you now 1 mane by you, and if any alteration is re- J ^ quirei in my next, it shall bo pointed out. Mr. Gary will pay your bill. 1 am, sir. your i very obe bent humble servant, fj "George Washington. "Note ?For further government and J ^ knowledge of my size, f have sent the iu- ' l closed, ani you must observe, yt fro n ye j coat ond to No. 1, an I No. 3, is ye size over , ' ye breast and hips. No. 2, over the belly, . aud No. 4 round ye arm, aud from yo L breecheBend. To No. a is for waistband; i b, thick of the thigh; c, upper button hole; d, knee band; e, ior length of breeches, "Therefore, if you take measure of u per- ' eon about 6 feet high of ?hi? iiigiioa-, I think t you cant go amiss; you rau't take notice 1 % that the inclosed is the exact size, without ' any allowance for seams, Ac. 8 "Gkoboe Washington, ' 8 "To Mr. Cbas Lawrence, j "Taylor, in Old pi?h street, London.*' , As Washington was thirty one in , ft 1703, ms neignt as up si?ie? ?, ?n,. a feet, is apparently at variance with the 1 [b popular belief that he was six tcet two , l- inches, but it may be that some peculi!t arity, either of his length of liinb or of his body, caused him to tell his tailor to ? measure a gentleman of only six feet, g assured that by some slight difference ou ? his part from other men he may have exactly the correct difference. Me was so correct in all his directions that this seems the only elucidation of the dieI crepancy.?Sartorial Art Journal. s A Most Wondcrnu rreatnre. f The chameleon has fur age* been an oba jeet of curiosity, not only ou account of e its ability to change its color at will, as e one might suppose who had read ace counts which mentiouc 1 only that one 'characteristic, but also on account of a s remarkable power which admits of the creature instantly changing its form. At ? times it takes upon itself almost, the exn act form of a mouse; again, with back e curved and tail erect, it is the exact counterpart of a miniature crouching lion, which no doubt gave origin to its name, chamel-leoD, which clearly means ^ "ground lion." By inflating its sides 0 and flattening back and belly it. takes I, upon itself the form of an ovate leaf, II the tail acting as the petiole, the. white ,B line over the stomach becoming the midie rib. When thus expanded it, also has )r the extraordinary power to sway itself ) over so as to present an edge to the observer, thus greatly adding to its means of concealment. As is well known, the least excitement, as in handling, will n cause a change in the color. In its nor1 ,mal state it is of a light pea green, f r.Vheu excited the groundwork remains itbe same, but transverse stripes about , thirty in number appear on the body. I. These stripes, which are of a very dark e i green to begin witb, soon ctiange to inky e blackness. The prevailing idea that the e chameleon tAkes upon hiiuaelf the peri culiar hues of whatever he is placed upon it is as curious and widespread as it is eri. roneous. Placed in boxes lined with red i s or blue silk, they retain their pea green 1 n color with no leaning toward the brighter i * j hues of the surroundings.?St. Louis ! | Republic. I ? ; Terse: Mudge?"Oh, I say, old man, P how are you off financially?" Yabsley? j " a "?Tndianaoolis Journal. PEOPLES PARTY PLATFORM. 1 ,0'^ '*K* Declaration of Principles Differing oirt" _ ? not From All Other Parties. ? < 1*1 "Assembled on the llrtth annlver*a?y of e Declaration of ln<t pen-fence, the leo- !! s'e party of A i.oric \ in ?In ir ilrat nation . convention, invoking on t li?ir action the ?. . easing of Almighty (I *1. t uts forth in the ,ha ime end on t>ehaif of th > people of tin* *??? untry the following pteatnhle ami declaram of principle*: i bid "The condition* which aurround u* l>e?t dep atlfy our co-operation; ae meet in the i cha idtt of a nation brought to the verge of eacl oral, political and material ruin t'orrup- i met Lin dominate* the ballot boa, the legists > m t irea, the congresses, and touchea even the j mine of the t?*nch. The people are demor- j |?oa ted. Moat of the Htatea have t een com- | trai illed to protect voters at the polling place o|>e i prevent universal intimidation or bribery. j ??f t lie newepa era are largely suhsldiced or nd^cojmlmS!u^S%e^h?ida | la. Urban workmen are denial the right i roai organisation for aelf-protection. Import- j act* I pauperised labor beats down their wages. ' shot hireling standing army, nnrecognired by ' tetll ir laws, is established to shoot them down. \ id they are rapidly degenerating into Eu ? paan conditions. The fruits of the toil of illions are boldly stolen to build up for a w colossal fortunes unprecedented in the ' ' istory of mankind; and the possessors of ! chc isse in turn despise the republic and eudan- | , ?r liberty. From the same prolific womb of >Ternmental injustice we breed the two cov reat classes?tramps and millionaires. I A VAST CONBPIRACT. can "The national power to create money is 1 impropriated to entich landholders, a vast nrt, ublic debt, payable in legal tender cur- ., sncr, has been funded Into gold bearing 'ir onus, thereby adding millions to the bur- | ens of the people. Silver, which has been rcepted as coin sim e the dawn of history, as been demonetised to aid to the purchas- cna ig power of gold bv decreasing the valuo of jjul 11 forme of property, as well an human la ? or, and the supply of currency is purposely bridged to fatten tinners, bankrupt enter moi rise, and enslave industry. A vast con >?ljc piracy against mankind has been organised n two continents, and it is rapidly taking ossession of the world If not met and 1 h< verthrown it forebodes terrible social con -i ulsions, the destruction of civilization, or le establishment of absolute despotism. Mu THE OhT? PARTIES RESPONSLDI.E. bo 1 ' Webave witnessed for more than a quartei j,ja] f a century the struggles of the two gieat oliticai parties for power and plunder, '1 hi'c grievous wrongs nave been inflicted on ph< ie suffering peeple. We charge thst the jntioll ng influencee dominating both these ! arties have fermitted the oxlsting dreadful lnM onditions to develop without effort to pre- lea ent or restrain them Neither do they now romiet us any substantial re orm. lhey ave agreed together to Ignore in th- coming is .impaign every issue but one. They prop> e rU| o drown the outcries of a plundered peotle ,i sith the uproar ef a sham h itlle over the ariff. so that capitalists, corporations, na ,ua ional hanks, ritiRS, trusts, watered stock, the pr< lemonetization of silver and tha oppressions f the u-urers may all be lust sight of." ' 'I hey propose to sacriflco our homes, live* kn nd children on the altar of nunini -ri; to do nio Lroy the multitude in order to secure cor . ? * nrihlrnirfh rv'Kt-i/Butir"Assembled on the anniversary of tli nffi irthdsy of the nation and flll?d with th , pjrit of the grand chief who established out idependence, we seek to restore the govei n tee rent af the Republic to the hands ef th" nf rdain people,' with which class it originnt d ve assert our purpose to be ideii'ical with . he purposes of the national constitution?',ul ru m a more perfoet union and establish jus | ice, insure domestic tranqu lity, provide f?u rjr he common defence promote the gnu-no t welfare, and secure the blessings of III?-it\ ,,r* or ourselves and our posterity. Wodeilaie | hat this republic can only endure n-a fire u. [overnment while built upon the love of the P whole people fcr each other and for ihe na- '?e ion; that it cannot be pinned together by ha layonets; that the civil war is over, and the passion and resentment which grew out of it oust die with * it, and that we iiiual lie in *ri act, as we are in name, one united brother cc aood. fj, roNDITIO.NR tiaPRKl EDRNTKI) 111 "Our country finds itself confro? *e?l b$ sjnditionn foi which there It no precedent in the history of the w il l. Onr anuunl ngri . cultural proJuction* amount to billions of dollars In value, which must within n few }' nocks or months be exchanged for billions of rj folium in commodities consumed in their production. The exist ing cm renoy supply i? wholly inadequate to niaWo ihis exchange. It l'he results are falling prices, the formation <li [){ combines and rings, the in j> iverishment t..| of the producing class. We pledge 0111 selves that if given jower we will labor to correct ^ these evils by wise and rea-onnhle legi-latlon in accordance w ith the tci nis of our nlat form UOVKKNMKNTAL kO\\ KHH SHOUf.B HKKXI'ANU ki> lir "We believe that the powers of govern nient?in other words, of the people?should in bo xpanded ias in tlie case of the portal ser- ,,, vicel as rapidly and as far as th? good sense of an intelligent people and the teac' ingsof u Provideuce shall justify, to the end that op sr nrtssion, injustice and poverty shall eventu- fl ally cease in the land. While our syinpa thies as a party o* reform are naturally upon the side ot eveiy proposition which will tend ' to make men intellig* nf, > irtuous an I tern - a pirate, we nev<iMieiess regard these ques ^ lions?important as they are?as secondary to the great issu snow pressing for solution. t( and up ii which not only our individual ci I ros| crity. hut tlie very existence of free in- pj stituth ns depend; and we ask all men to , first help us to determine whether we are to '' have a republic to administer before we dif- ri fer as to the conditions on which it is to he m administered. 1 ci top. pl.atform proper. ' o i Si "Believing that the forces of reform this |C day organized will never cease to move forwerd until every wrong is righted, aud equal right r and rqual privileges are se urcly establi-lie<l for all the men and women of this country, we decl-re, therefore? "First. Tb?t the union of the labor forces '* of the i'nitad States this day consummated I shall be permanent and perpetual. May its n< spirit?titer mto all heart* for the salvation j, of the republic an l aid in the uplifting of .. mankind "Btc nd. Wealth belongs to liirn who 1 creates it. and tvei v d' 1 ar taken from in- u dustiy without an equivalent is a robbery. ^ 'If any will not work neither 6hall he eat ' The interests of rural and civic labor are the ?arn . th- ir enemies are identical. c 'Tmrd. We believe that the time baa f come when the railroad corporations will jj either own the peo|> e or (he people uiust own ^ the itiiiroads, and should the government enter on the woik of owning and managing all railroad# ??? should favor an amendment 'I to the Const tution by which all persons en- n g ged in the service should be p aced under g civihsrrviee regulations of the moat rigid character, so as to prevent the mere se or the power of the national administration b> the use of such additional government em ployees. TBK HONEY PLANE. 0 "Fourth. We demand a national curre cy, v safe, sound, and flexible, issued by the geueral 1 government only, a full legal-tender for a'l N debt*, public and pi it ate, and that without n he use of banking corporations, a ju?t, tqui table and efficient means of distribution diiect to the people at a tax not to exo-ed 2 per cent, j er annum be provided, as?et forth in the sub-Treasury plan of th# Faimcrs Alliance, or a better's, stem, .also by payment f* in the discharge of its obligations for public f, improvement*. ^ ran sn.vKit. u .... I. W? demand im ?m and'uBlnnitaw age of silver Mid gold it thapitseut I ratio of Id to 1. it Wr dimind that tha amount of tha nlating medium ba ntadlly tncraaaad to Iph? thao $50 par capita. l\ We demand a graduated tncoma tax 1). We ballav* that tba money of tha ntry should ba kapt aa much as poialbla In , hand* of tha people. and aanoa wa iand that all State and national ravanuaa I ba limltad to tha neociMar/ expense* of snvtrnmant arownmtaatlv an<1 nnnHtW muibmnvu. K. Wa demand that postal saving* hmka atabli*ba<l by the government for the safe oait of tha paopla and to facilitate e*? nga. Transportation l>ein ( a luaan* of hangs and a public UNtMliy, tha governit should own and oparata tha railroads he Inter**'* of the people. K 'I ha talsgraph and tslapbont, ilka tha t office ay stain. Iwlng a necessity for tha inniiK?ioo of nawa, ahould ba ownsd and rated l?v the government in the interest ha |>aopla. (i Tha land, including all ths natural poaa*. awl alian o^tMld-? ir.ihihited. All landk noa held Mr re lb la and other corporal l<?nkIn ex.^eaa or tbeir tal na?<la, and land* now ownid by allans. ild ba reclaimed and hald for actual Icrs only."' CIKNTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. lad salt moat is tnid to have caused lern on a British vessel, t. is rumored that Dr. Pasteur has diserod a cura for epilepsy. 'arts of a mastodon have been untbad naar Sherman, Texa*. f cork is sunk 200 feet deep in tha an it will not rise again on account of great pressure of the water. Experienced planters in the South now to tha malo cotton plant, being thus Klorl ennnro tKrt fK? I or cotton. I'hree broad [intents on electric locolive* ?nd electric railway systems, apation for which have been filed since 10 3, 1880, have just been issued to ?raas A. Edison. "he General Manager of the WisconContral Railroad is reported to have I that all the trains on that line will run by electricity beforo the Column Exposition is over. The greatest onemy of suburban tela>ne and telegraph poles is the wood :kcr, whose search for the numerous ecte which inhabit the wood often ves the pole literally honeycombed. A medical officer of the French artpy credited with a remarkable simple re for obesity. His plan is to rostrict ! diet, to oue dish?it does not greatly X itter what?at each mesl, and it has Dven very effective. The pari of the larynx commonly own as Adam's apple has just been raved from the throat of a man at the rnoy Hospital in Boston, Mass., the ~ r? - -? ? -?t <4..* . ? Beted part. *- * Flie electrical apparatus for extracting tli without pain has an arrangement adjustable prongs, carrying buttons 1 connected with a battery. The (tons are placed over the nerves lead{ trom the teeth to the brain, and a cuit. is established the moment the sxcting instrument touches the tooth. Ti ials of compound armor plate at oeburyness, England, are held to have monstrated that, when these plates ve been submitted to the Tresidden nnlemental process, they possess pow II - _ . s of resistance and endurance much exeding the compound plates tried in is country in competition with nickia ate. The longest span of telephone wire in ie world is said to crosa the Ohio River itw^en Portsmouth, Ohio, and tfouth ort?nioutli, Ky. The wires span the ver from a pole on the Ohio side, incasing 102 feet above ground. to the entueky hills on the opposite side, the stance being .'1773 feet between pole9. he wire is made of steel and its 9iz-j is o. 12 gauge. llotb Hoy mid t.ul) W.iII'm!. One of Mr. Lampson's boys cam1 near iving a serious encounter with a hear e other day. While going to wor.: iie et a large bear and two cubs. Too other and one of the cubs took to tiie oods while the other cub climbed a nail tree. The boy thought to capture ie cub, and climbed up after it, wherepon the cub set up such a wail that tiie lothei soon returned and starto 1 up ftor the boy. It was nowhistur.i to ~:i ...Kis.ii tin riiH unite lustilv. O \'ing an, ?tiiiuu ?4v ?j? ? ? j the smallness of tlie free, the bear nul'l not reach the boy; but tlie situion was anything but pleasant during le interval that elapsed before tire arval of the boy's father, iho old b?ar"" jok to the woods. Tney succeeded in ipturing the cub by means of ropes and unny sacks, and took it home ?Lumas lity (Washington) News. M A Birth and Great Possibilities. Newport, R. I.?Mrs. J. II Hooker amcrsly, of New York, gave birth to son yesterday morning. The anDtinceinent is fraught with the greatest nportauce in the parents of the child, to ie Duchess of Marlborough, and to the lauy charitable institutions to which she lay be kindly disposed; for if this child e alive wheu the Ducbessdies he will inerit the $7,000,000 left by Louis C. Hamrsly, whose widow the Duchess was beore ?he was allied to the nobility. She ? now enjoying the income of ('.is for ? j it-- -l.t 11 DO. Ono'lMl mi" c .i.i - vuuei, 'iuu is coufli: the testator, nucno *;>n bengal the tune ot the Duties*' death the aoney will go to whatever charitable intitutions she may designate in h?r will. Murder Near Winston. " ?Winston, N. C ? Ellen Smith, a girl f bad character, was found dead in the roods near Winston with a bullet hoi ? n her breast. The police ire after I'eti i h ti itf, who was seen with thegiil u I thought to have c niniitted the utu " - The largest town clock in (So wotW in the tower of the Glasgow Uoiverty, at Glasgow, Scotland. The clonic rtigh* about a ton and a half, and has pendulum weighing 300 pounds. ,.?s iiaiM