Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE WMKLyJS|UHI01 TIMES ^ ^ VOL^^XIY^-NEW SERIES. UNION C. H.^SOUTH CABQL^A, FRIDAY, SBPT. 1, 1893." | i^ ium - UMBE^35flfei^a^ lfulhall estimates that tho civilized Nations pay annually $13,700,000, OW for food. The silver producing States numbei a population but little more than on< per cent, the total of the United States. A new order of things has latel; oome about in Siam, and tho young men are getting a great and unusua] share in the government of tho country. From tho King downward thcro is scarcely a singlo minister who is above tho age of forty, and many aro much younger. Detroit Kreo Freest j^K _. "There is a certain amount of scientific interest in knowing that it is not the high temperature that makes the poo* pie uncomfortable, but the humidity with whioh the air is ehargod. But unfortunately the scientific fact docs not lessen the suffering. One is just as hot after finding it out as when he was in total ignoranco on the point." A^-trot the least interesting portion of the newspapers of New York, to the Ban Francisco Argonaut, is that which f describes the efforts of the benevolent K Jaltftter the condition of tllfl wnmnn V children of the, poor. In New :* ??*vik, before there were any each ox\ *ne mortality among the working-class w^aa ^ ^oro *'1An passing notice ^VHSwhen the speed record of the bicycle ^^Hheaches the astonishing paoe of over jfiS miles in twenty-fotir hours. This performance, achieved in London, surpasses the distance covered in the first six days go-as-you-please pedestrian Voce in Now York City. The simple two-wheel oontrivanco has thus enabled man to travel as far in a day as his legs alone would take him in a week. . Doctor Edward Everett Hale has not nraoh patience with the idea that a clergyman must work six days over a sermon. He says: "A sermon conaisle ->N"iiit flltin ii 11 iVir- I lAWJ U cup of coffoo before breokfast and writo about six pagos?that is, 650 ^ words. In tho morning I dictate to my amanuensis 1500 words. I am intensely interested in the subject, and this takes only a quarter of an hour. In the afternoon I look it over and add 500 or 600 words, and the sermon is done. In all, I haven't put my hand fox ov : two hours to paper." ? _ Statistics concerning the failures of farmers in the first six months of 1893 throw bright lights on tho present depression of agriculture in England. From last January 1 to last July 1 tho number of failures among farmers has been forty cent, larger than in tho corresponding months of last year. In En; Wd and Wales more than 16,000 ^ porsons engaged in agriculturo arc liv ing in sheds, barns, tents, vans and in W ^?ihe open fields. Thousands of unemyf ^royod agricultural laborors are hovering on tho outskirts of London. In the same volume of statistics 52,481 persons aio reported to be living now on coasting morchant vessels and inland barges. According to the St. Louis Republic "TaPMQone into a receiver's bauds" is a bo conspicuously displayed as to JyTnuike it no longer a novelty around the Hr World's Fair Grounds. Tlio balloon company, the great Spectatoriuin, the Columbian hotels, the Casino within the grounds, and a hundred or more greater or loss enterprises como under the above list. Bo far as outsido business has been concerned tlio Fair is a failure and the many thousands of dollars which it was thought the peoplo would be compelled to spend for subsistence and lodgings, as well as tbe extortions which it was intended should be practiced, have failed to materialize. Tho pooplo who attend tbo World's Fair are not a spending crowd; they ?do not como bore to spoud tlioir money, and if any of them havo put off buying artiolos of clothing, dry goods or tlio like until thoy reached Chicago, they And that tho pricos on all goods have been advanoed to moot tho times, and tney do not buy. rnis m rigiit; xt money i? *** bo spoilt Tor articles it should be spent with tho dealer at home, espc< :<dly whon such articles o?n be boug' as cheap; and I venturo the assertion that in nincty-uino cases out of - a hundred they cau bo purchased ohoaper. Tho Chicago merchants subscribed liberally to tho Fair, and they want to get their money back *nd thoy will do it, too, if poopio aro ^T^kfoolish enough to deal with thom. ^Patronize homo trado and homo merchants and you will savo money. Prioe things before you go thoro, then compare Uiorn, and you will loara this is -r-?. ] PITHY IIWIMII 1 Mostly Concerning Our Boutherc Country. Dispenacr Jackson Cattlcdge was ox ' pelled from the Marion Strict Method??' ? church of Columbia, S. C., on Sunday I last in a meeting of the congregation, be caure the laws of the church forbade tin , manufacture or sale by church membcri , of intoxicating liquors to be used as i | beverage. Assistant Secretary Curtis at Washington has instructed special Treasury ngcuts to construe as liberally as possibh the laws as to the packing of cotto% ot passenger steamers. These instruction! have been tent out as a result of a recent hearing bn the subject by a delcgntfor representing Msssissippi river interests O. P. l?aue, of Longview, Tex , arres icq ia Dpnngujld, U.? on a charge oi robbing his father of $13,000, committed suicide in jail Wednesday moruiu/. Work on tho proposed cotton mill at Batcsburg, 8. C., tegan August 14. It will be erected as soon as possible and will be equipped with the litest improvements in textile machinery. Two recent sales of land in foath Carolina were tracts located near ll?rnwell, on the l'ort ltoyal & August i It til way. They wero of 1000 and 000 acres, rcsp^p^-ely, and were purchased by the railway company mentioned. II. L. Odioroo is running the Empirn Cotton Mill at Plorcnco, 8. C., and is also president pf tl|n ni;pflir m -i m ized FltJKjiso ' I'll is latptloua^thua ftrr, and when $100,000 Stock has b en taken, n Northern capitalist will add $150,000, making a $250,000 textile establishment. A syndicate of West Virginia capitalists rccntly purchased the Adams gold tnino Weldon, N. C. They li ivj organized a compauj to bs known us the West Virginia Miuiug & Milling Co. Machinery lias been ordeicd for the purpose of developing it. W. It. Whitson, of Asheville, N. G., is engineering a big plan to build a large knitting mill there. The water power of the Swannanoa river will be used. The Norih Carolina IUilway has hi'horto been exempt from taxation, as much of its stn' 1 1 ~r t * 111' ' Tiic hoard of directors at a re< ent meeting passed n resolution surrendering the exemption. Hereafter the North Carolina will be taxed just as any other hue. The Newberry Cotton Mills, New bcriy, S. C., will double their capacity * hen their dcw building is completed, the erection of which has just been commenced. Sunday, Aug. 27tli, was the second uiiiiversa y of tho railroad wreck at Bostian bridge, near Stntesville, N. C ,in which 22 persons lost their lives, and the Landmark says that Col. Benchtn Cameron has presented to Trinity Episcopal 'church, of that place, a handsome memorial wiudow as a thank offering for his deliverance from death, in memory of those who died, and in gratitude to the Stato villc people. A memorial marble to Jefferson Davi6 is to he pluced in the rotunda of the Georgia Capitol at Atlanta, on the spot where the body rested before being conveyed to ltichmond for final burial. The badge of the United Confederate Voternns, a triangle and a bar, will be taken as the motive cf the mviuuriui, which is to have a height of about four feet. The badge will be represented on the four sides of the marble, aud on the bars suitable inscriptions will be made. John Winirler. nostsuaster at Wake laud, Inc!., took a peculiar method of resigning his olllce Friday. lie boxed up what government property he had tmd shipped it to Washington. He is a Democrat and has been p istir.astcr for ten years or more. Growing tired of his job, he several times sent in his resignation, but it was never acted upon. Wiogler says that his last method was the only one that would relieve him from the cares of oilice. To Help Farmers Movo Their Crops Nkw Oki.kans, La. ?The New Orleans clearing house associ ition met and took action on the proposition to issue clearing house certificates for small sums to tnk> the place of currency. Th recent action of the bnuks left the planters, who have no money to have their crops moved, in the lurch. A plan to overcome this stati of i flairs was rendered advisable, Aftei discussion the following plan was adopt cJ: Issue cyJjiieiitAa ' i"?'" t>>---pcrstim ' "having money on deposit, payable t( thems-. Ives or bearer in sums of $3, $10, |20 or more; miking the ccrtificitcs pay able through the clearing house. The members were unanimous in th belief that this plan would give the re quired relief, not only to planters but t< business men us well. The certificate: will be just us good ns money, and can b< as widely circulated. Texas' Big Drop in Cotton. Gai.veston, Tkx. ? Reports on tin cotton crop from 423 points in the Stat make it evident *knt it will fall 20 pc ( cent, below that of last year. The loiq drought has injured both the early um late cotton. /> i M Appeal to Bead Bread to the Starr! ia New York. Sylvan Qbach, N. Y. ?The de'.ega I snd spukm to the Farmers' Alii si r and People's Party State Coavention hi - issued the following appeal: : Farmers or the West: A cry 5 hunger and starvation comes up from I bo .rt of the great metropolis?New Yo ' It comes from the throat of tens of th< sands of American citizens, who i without bread. It ascends to Uoa\ r sdinist the nolso of the cali board on < tltock Exchange and the jingling of < gold on the money counters of W 1 street. s It is intensifl d by the tears and moi I of starving mothers and famishing ct drcn; men are becoming desperate fn want, and tS?* gaunt spectre of fanai stalks abroad, vnheeded by thoae w have grown fat by the pillage of lal aud the ravaging of industry. The lobby approaching tlio couo chambers of the republic is tilled with I paid agents of the tnbnic 1 oligarcl ready to debauch the people's rcpresou tires aud weld tlio chains of Auanc slavery still more securely on the neck labor. The money sharks are unrclcntir the Government iudidercnt, and thep: pie desperate. By the pangs of hunger lawabidin honest men aro being transformed in recKiisi woives, ana cms )s tnccmatti (1? sired by tho enemies of tho poop Tr.cy starve thoiu first in order to furni an excuse to kill them afterward. Tl must not be. The starring poor of N< York must not become the prey of c signing enomies. Farmers, you must feed th*m. 1 11 L . ' ~oi your hands is unremitted and yo rscrvcrnuce unawarded. Hut the*) in and women are yoifr b, others and aistei ThoTr c:\uso is your cause, 'l'hcir star* tion and your poverty are the joint p; duction of our common enemy. Send speedily of your corn and whci your potatoes and broad stalls, that di order and bloodshed may be uvcrte Let the President of each alliance call 1 n'liiuce uud act without delay. Ai y ur rnihosds to furuish trausportatii free,as you crivo your substance. Organi relief committees ut once, and oonnuuj: catc with Mr. David Rosscau, 810 $fe aveuue, New York city, who has b? selected by us'as the consignee of reli Mipplies, and who will arrange for tip! I rornpt and cflsctive distribution.. J. B. Wbavbr, Iowa, I. E. Dear, Now York, Mary E Leark, Kansas, v. William J. Kbkb, Colorado. Mrs.Marion Todd, Michigan, L. G. Paddock, Colorado. State Co veiitiun. Yellow Fevor in Brunswick, Ga. Washington, D. C.?The source c the new case of yellow fever cannot L traced at present. The patient has hie mo red into the house lately occupied b Dr. Brauhani. which is kept strictl isolated, and has been disinfectsd b Surgeons Ilutton and Cartor. taking every precaution at druni wick. Washington, D. C.?The innrit hospital bureau has made nrraogcinen for the es'ablishinent of a probation cam llfty-Cvc miles from Brunswick, Gn ou the load to Way cross. The site i each camp, which will be under tl committee of Surgeon W. II. II. Hutto is high and dry, with good water. Tv hundred tents wore shipped for th point from St. Louis. This step w taken in case the yellow fever develo in Brunswick. CHARLESTON, ?. u.? I no ooarj health of Charleston has determined aenu one medical sanitary expert to ca< of the three railroad junctions leading Charleston. still another case. Savannah, Qa.?One new case of y< low fever at Brunswick was olTicidly r ported WeJuesday, that of the infant Mis. Cox. There are no oilier suspicio cases. The desertion of the town by t employing el iss-s, the closing of fctori factories, etc., works extreme liirdsb upon the poorer clas cs. Families ? left destitu'e. Starvation, as terrible fever, stares them in the f ice. An appt to the country through the Geor^ Senators has been wired to Washingtc Mr. Harris, the second victim, is re; ieg easy and is conscious. The following is the message ?cnt Washington, addressed to Senators Ui don and Col(|iiit, Speapcr Crisp, Hon. 0. Turner and all of the members of t Georgia delegation iu Washington: ' The situation is distressing. Wei , shut oil from the entire ou'sidc wor ! Starvation stares tire poor poplo in t . face. The refuges with their fnmli have left the city without means Ab< 1,000 people -ire left in the ci'y unable procure Bimuliea- /n"TSr ^OTtiImTii r nerrrnf provisions and money. Time , an important element. We appeal in 1 half of a stricken people for imincdi aid and coatidently rely upon the lie of the great American people and , government to respond. (Signed) "Tmm W. Lamm, Mnj , C. I'. Goodyear, Jacob E. Dart. Kcv.I , ward F. Co >k, Ifev. J. If. Thomps . Kev. Father Heuncsy, relief cominitte Savannah, CIa.?Peter ilnrris, second victim of yellow fever at llru wick, died at 12 o'c'ock Thursday, c his case death occurred in the rcgulnt t sixty hours. t " " 1 Gov. McKimey, of Virginia, has I cided t> enter for the senntorship to si ceed Geo. Eppu Ilunton. *** Judge Sirfionto^Eyathe Tweaxjnita COftUM )? pBOUttl?UOUL *? Q&Ua < il.uk, MUJ.?The decision of ace Judge Simootoa^M the United Statea ?' Circuit Court, i^p habeaa corpus cm* of Langford iqftl Langford ia the of agent of th? oHbmond and Dan villa L**e Railroad at Proe^Bty. Ho waa arreated jU' and held, unden^K twenty-fifth aactlon ire of the State Di^fttary Liquor law, for ren delivering to'^K conaigoee a keg of J10 whiakey ahipp^^?>m an outaide 8tate. -Jj The section ie^Ht* fnri.M; --j cona| mon carrier or tD^ *g*Dk *? int deliver pack^^Hp liquor which have ,il" not the offid^^Brtificate of the Slate lie casafc thgEBy an .'or the u$e of the ho State DfSfNra^^KTho railroad company jot set up that BBBtion was contrarj to the Inter-StatflfHbimerce law. Judge Simontou suatsBBbfs view. til A BeverenA'i^^K Bobber Captured. ial Nashviu,b^^H-?Rev. Dr. Howard, of who was aires^^BChicago,August 4th on the charglj^Bufliug the mails for ? fraudulent and immediately gt afterwards. ett^B from an officer is ito again in custB^Bdispatch from JackOD son, Tcnn., UMBj^Dr. Howard re turned to Ja<?^^Bp thc.Illinoia Central hi? Railroad and^^^Bsted at tho residence d? of Mrs. HugdB^H'mothcr-iu-]Kw. He 'c* appeared States Coaamisyf sioo!LS^2fln^d tor ui fixed at i* cxg? oowive. Till BKoks he con readq. Ho tait'ed frS^Bbis nrrost And escape in Chicaga^j^Bays ho has proposed it( to cdmo volunttf^Bpd after sturting he ** feared arrest abjflBrcfore sought thi jil present opp<M*dl0|n return. He sa>> ik he is coufidcut olBBacquittat before (he 3D court which convpB in October, ze IMA Diphtheria Afujfi?t**ing a Bride. BQ Jamkstown, KM-On Wednesday ef evening, in thalOj^B Kiantone, a few ^ miles south of thilj^B, the marriage of Miss Aiken te Mrig fedell took place. The bride vf$s a VwHfcopulnr young wo quo, and qmqwh^^Kworo at ber wedding.* She hadfi l ?sore thro it, but thought little made complaint ? ? - r " u- has developed ioto one of diphtheria,anu nearly a score of Lor friends who were at the wedding and kissed the \^ride when offering their good wishes have been at,f tacked with the same disease. No deaths ,0 liavo occuriod yet, but mauy of tbo cases n arc very serious, and the worst results are ,y feared in some of tLefa. y ? y The Farmer Held on to tbe Money. Houston, Tbx.The following dispntch was received from Victoria, Tex.: "Considerable commotion was caused here by the refusal of the banks to advanco 1C any more money for tbe purchase of cot'8 ton. The banks found that the farmers, lP instead of using the money received for '' cotton to pay debts or purchase supplies, 0 were pocketing it and taking it home 10 with them, thus takfefg it out of circuitD' tion, and tboy pro pole to let the farmer '? hold his cotton ie-tefe/jf the money." at The IJoustou bankers say that Victoria as banks have taken a breathing spell to see P8 what New York docs with the exchange sent in alroady. The cotton market has ; - _i a. j .i tr:~a ucou uiiuu iiuuui iuu uuvn ? r to - ' which is iu oouthrtcst Texas. Ill to Shot the White Caps. DiiLrsu, Ikd.?Job Holmes of Monticello has been considered an undesirable neighbor by some, and a few nights ago (> an attack was made on his house, with of stones by "White Ccps. On Thursday night the enemy again appeared, and ]kl. Holmes answered the attack with both g barrels of his gun. Hugh Davis received a charge in his face and neck. One of his eyes was destroyed, and he was terribly injured. A number of others were , more or less injured. ;'a Clearing House Cei titlcatee, ?n. Coi.UMitiA, S. C.?The bauks of the it- city 111 t and completed the formation of a clearing Iiousj u'sociation. Clearing to house certificates will Lc issued on a basis >r of two thirds of the value of the sccurIT ilnnnci^tl with the clearing house he association. At present certificates to the amount of 20 per cent, of the amount of fire the banking c.ipital will be issued. Thit hi. will relieve the situation hero and aid ii the moving the cotton crop. The certificates ici were is-ued S.turday. Printers Strike >u Richmond. to- rnrrrWoNo, Va.?The compositors iu the newspaper offices of tho Dispatch and u Times refused to go to work Mondaj ,c night. The trouble grows out of a disi,( agrcemeut over the scalo of prices on Hr< type-setting machines and shorter hourt tljP between the Newspaper Publishers' Association and the typographical union. ,or' The Times is now using type-setting >(' machines and tho Dispatch expects to ?"' have seven in operation in a few days. e.'' ? the An Outlaw Killed. ns Oainesvh.lk, Ga.?Early Friday Id morning officers surrounded .the house ion containing Colcy Dowdvell, the outlaw who is wantc I for a number of crimes in Alabama, and when the man refused to dc- surrender and attempted to shoot he was uc- himself shot down. His right name wa? Martin. | UMtt' COLUMN. oh nnmi-un rath. Sword grun make* up into uuarl bows for the adorning of pliant, sephyr-like summer hats, and being ec good an imitation o/ the natnral variety, is in excellent taste. One rarely or never sees now the straw plait mado in such very poor imitation oi ribbon. It did not merit popularity, and qniokly lost the little favor which as a novelty it temporarily cnioyed. few reaily stylish millinors notesdays nse artifice! flower* which do uot correspond to those in itcaeon. Clover, therefore, replaces lilac au?l robots heliotrope, honey-suckle, anil pink and white sweet pea blossoms arc substituted for jonquils, tulips, violet*, and other spring blossom*.?New York Post. a boon to elderly ladies. Eldorly ladies who profer black to colors will hail thu return of the ducliesse gown. It it *.1100 a bright, handsome fabric, anil adjusts itself ho well to the figure, aud is nouo too Hnu for every day service. Indeed, as the old settlors eay, you can wear it to mill or to market. It is just the thing to wear in this electrical age, and if you happen to spill a cup of ten or coffee over tho front breadtliw, yon ..... ?w oil" "ami TOO satin till never ehow a crease. Formerly when this goods wa? used it had a stilt effect, but probably that was on account of n lack of trimming. Hut wo gild the rose and paint tho lily in our day, and wide laco bretelles will add beauty to a handsome satin gown. One reason why thia fabric is again popular if that the coming outside garment will be a jacket, and satin is the only material that will slip easily into the jacket aleovea.?Detroit Free Prose. A WOMAN TUAVEIjRn. A Spaniali writer, the llnronesa Wilson, is now in this city 011 lier return from her second tour through South America, Mexico, Central America ami the United States. Tho Baroness in n countries studying thopcoplo and theii history. As tho result of her literary labor she has published a series of valuable travels, and historical works. The governments of all tho countrioa the Baroness visited vied with one another in showering attentions on her, and sho was received as their guest. Every means in their powor was placed within her roach to enable her to pursue her historical researches. The Government of Venezuela raised aii appropriation of $10,000 from Congross for her contingent expenses. Tho writer is on honorary member ol tho principal literary societies in Spain as well as in South America. She was also appointod a member ot the International Congress of Americanists held in Madrid in 189*2. The Baroness is o nativo of Granada. She was educatod in Paris, and on leaving the convent married an Englishman, Baron Wilson, who died a few yean after their marriage. ?St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Vaahion notks. Black and white, in all combinations, aro very stylish. Leather binding is now used instead of velvet for tho bottom of dresi kirta. Tho three-skirt dress in summei fabrics is very stylish on tall, slin: figures. me fashionable parasol Is a billowy mass of colored chiffon. Accordion plaitings are revived in lace bows for huts, and in lace skirts. Jackets aro taking tho place ol eapcz, and tho Spanish jacket is especially popular. Turkish toweling in pure white is considered the most correot thing for the oovering of chairs and couches in the summer sitting room. A Parisian novelty in tho jacket lino is of palo heliotrope cloth lined in gold and violet shot surah and olegantly embroidered in black and gold. Bound yokes of galloon, with wide, round corselet bolts, also of galloon, us worn witb oremwn ui uaainu?it) buk with other thin woolon materials. Diamond ornaments for the corsag< representing hows and strands of rib bon are worn on tbo shoulder, tin ribbons following tho curve of tho lor bodice. Large coaching parasols of ecru silk are lined with a bright contrasting oolor according with the costume, th? ecru harmonizing with all shades. Linen duck suits belong to tho style of dress callod "smart," "chic,1 "fetching," etc., and sell well in ready made blazer and Eton jacket designs Ornamental pockets on the outsidi of a dressy street suit aro creeping in, and should bo of tho contrastini material rather than tho dress goods I.i green sash and shoulder cape of whit< i laoo; large white leghorn hat triimncc , with yellow tea roses and grqei > foliage. CURIOU FACTS. The Ant almanac was printed in f Hungary in 1470. ' ^ " Paper money was first issued by the 1 notorious John Law. On the railways in France, passengen aro sold cooked snails in packages. In the picturesque speech of tho far West Washington is nicknamed "tho corner State." It is believed that crocodiles lWcd to be hundreds of yoars old. Tho Egyptians embalmed thorn. A rattlesnake in tho "Zoo" at Atlanta, Ga., has not eaten anything, it is said, since last August. There is ono Chinese, one Porta geso and ono Cherokeo nowspaper printed in tho Unitod States. Tobacco and warehouse rocoipts is uod after it was stored were both used J in Colouial Virginia as money. Sections of a cable laid twenty-ono < years were dug up at Koy Woat, Fla., ' the other day. The ooppor wire was ] uninjured. ' ?? w ?u>? |wuwwu?a nu resigned ^ becauso the Commissioner wanted Mm- { to sacrifice about six inches of his 1 mustache. i A lady at Dalton, Oa., owns a gold j breastpin of great antiquity, and J withiu a circle of diamonds of the brightest- luster is a lock of George ] Washington's hair. f Tho Arabs liavo a Hupcrstition that i the stork has a human heart. When j ono of those birds builds its nest on o housetop they bolievo tho happinoss of that household is insured for that year. A Boston gentleman rocently killed a blacksnako about four and a half feet long, from tho stomach of which ho took another snako about ilfteon inchos in length that had boon swallowed by It is said thai when a /CldiioSc has lost everything else he will even stake his finger joints. If ho loses lie chops a joint off* with a hatchet, dips the stump c in oil and resumes play. If ho loses J again ho chops on anotncr joint, nua r so on till nil are gone. \ That the Egyptians carried tho art J of distilling porfumos to a high dogree < of perfection is attested by sonio of \ their ointment preserved in an alubaa- J tcr vase, in tho nmsoum at Alnwick, England, which still rctniun u power- ' fnl aromotic odor, though belioved to t bo between 2000 and 3000 years old. j Diek Quick, a seafaYing man, has | shown that thcro is somothing in u < name dospite what Bhakospoaro wroto on tho subject. Quick entered a senv 1 i nary at Baokaport, Me., without oven : knowing how to read or write, and now, at tho ond of two terms, he (a one of tho priro pupils of the school. Hung at the Girdle. In tho Middle Ages at the girdlo were hung tho thou?auu-?uii-ouo odds and onds needed and utilized in every day affairs. The scrivener had his inkhoru and pen attached to it, tho scholar his book or books, tho monk his crucifix and rosary, the innkeeper his tallies and everybody bis knifo. 8<> many and ho various were the articles attached to it that the flippant began to poke fun. In an old play tberc is mention of u merchant who had hanging at his girdlo a pouch, ft spectacle case, u *'pnnniard," a pen and iukhoru anil "a handkerchief, with many other trinkets bosides, which a merry companion seeing, said it was like a haberdasher's shop of small waros." In another early play ft lady says to her maid: i "Give me my girdle, and ?eo that all the furnituro be at it; look that cizers, pincers, the penknife, the knife | to close letters with, the bodkin, the earpickor, and tho scale bo in the caso." Girdles wero in sorno respects liko tho chatelaines not long ago ho much t tho rage among ladies; but they differed therefrom in Irving more useful, more comprehensive in regard both to sex and to articles worn, and, 'When 1 completely furnished, more oostly. It is partly for this last reason that wo ?nd girdles bequeathed as precious heirlooms and as valuable presents to keep tho giver's memory green after , death. They woro not infrequently of great intrinsic value. One of King John's girdles was , wrought with gold and adorned with gems; and that of the widow of Hit Thomas Hnngorford, bequeathed in lf>04 to tho mother church* of Worcester, was of greon color, harnessed ' with silvor and richly jeweled.?Ch?iu? " bers's Journal. ^ I i 1 ... . . . """TSgTHTTOWr^, \ The Senate. . ?th Da*.?The Senate was presided era*. In the absence of the Vlco-President, by Mr. Harris, President of the Donate pro teeu -?-Mr. Voorhees, Chairman of the Finance Commit toe, reported favorably a MU', providing for tho repeal of the silver pur- * chasing clause of tho Bhcrman act, accompaniod by a doolaratlon fa favor of bfmrtallism. Mr. Vert, on behalf of tho minority of the Finance Committee, presented a substitute for the bill. The Senate thereupon pea-l reeded to executive bus In cm*, ftret allowing, Mr. butler to offer su amendment to the Bank bill repealing the ten per cent, tax on1 the notes of Htate banks. 10th Day. Mr. Feffcr offered a substitute for the bill to tncreaso National bank drew-' lotion. Mr. Btcwiul offered a resolution, w!?i<-h was agreed to, calling on the Beoretarv of the Treasury for a statement as tothe silver bullion purchasod In July, 18W3, with prices, and as to the sliver bullion offered' for *nle In the month, with tho prices asked. Mr. Morrill spoke In favor of repeal of tli" purchase clause of the Hherman ad. Htm Day.?Mr. lH>ffer Introduced a joint, rt-u.unuu, wmcnwu reiornxiio too rinaooo Committee, for tho reduction of Iho salaries' of nil Government officers Mtd employes stove #1000. Kr. Voorhoes, OlMltmM ol th? Finance Committee, then at 1198, took (ha: floor, and ttddrcaaed tho Hennte in aavoeaoy ' of tho bill reported by him discontlnulngth#, purchase of silver bullion. Tho delwto wu continued by Mr. Dubois In opposition to tba hill aud by Mr. Paliuor, who argued in slipport of tho bill. j 12th Day.- Mr. Pasco gave notice of a sab-, stituts to Mr. Vest's bill for stiver coinage at: llio ratio of 20 to 1. Tho resolution offered' by Mr. Puffer Inquiring of tho8oorotnry ofthnj Treasury as to tho conduct of Nations) bnnks' In refusing to nay promptly in eurrenoy the chocks of their depositors was taken up, and u motion to rofor It to tho Oommtttee on PInsnoo was inado by Mr. lloar. Mr. Voor"f. Hill ?pposod Iho roforonoe. and - . KlMfth ""dlroolfr beualsll^ tfr. Gortnnn argued In favor of tho rofereuo^ >r tho rosoluttou. Mr. Hill undartook to' lratt somo modifications of tho resolution, , >ut hoforo ho had completed thom tho morn-i ng hour oxplrod and tho resolution went >vor without notion. The T,oo Mantle ease Irom Montana wont over without notion. 18th Day.?Tho Vloo-Presldont announesdl he appointment of tho Committee on the' Donunnmoratlon of the Hundredth Annlverinry of the Laying ot the Cornerstone of ths 1'iipliol us follows Messrs. Voorhoes. Khornnn, Kansoru, ('handler, White, Hqulrc and Hurt In, Messrs. Puffer uud AllOU spoke oa ho lhiauolal (|uustlou. ^ Tho House. lOrn Day. ?Tho gonoral dobato on tho Wll?^ ion Hepeal hill wns continued, Messrs. Biboy, IIalnos, Everett and Rlinpson speaking. IJoforo Mr. Rlmpsoii had oonoludea his ro-' jinrks tho House took a recess until H o'clook, 1 mc livening session 10 do iinvoiwi louioue>nto on tho Bllvor 1)111. There wero nltout wonty-Hvo members present w lion tho Ho two not :it 8 o'olook. after tho rooosii. Mr. Morton and Mr. Tnlbort advocated tho froo coin-! iKrtii jttiiiii.Mbuauf,t?? ?* DateMngs Liyiettttron lUcfcartPwiltll*/ Qro 'oriole and Clark. * lint- Day.'The oommlttoos wore an-; lotincod by flpoukor Crisp. The silver do-1 ate wiu! then opoued by Mr. Powers in favor] if repeal. Mr. Hookor epoko against the! opoal, believing that no rullof would I o;no to tho country from tho ropoal.?dr. Cooper (Democrat, Indiana) epoko In* >ppoH'tlon to tho froo coinage of silver. Mr. j Hex itlor (Democrat, North Carolina) ad- ; toaat'i'l froo sllvor coinage and epoko for a argot- currency. Mr. Hpcrry (Democrat,* 3onv -ticut) opposed free coinage and adro.ur.n l tlio Wilson hill. Mr. Cox (Democrat, ronn-sseo) argued against the pending bill. | ')ther *pooehos were made by Messrs. Mottle, ] del i hi roil, McDonald,Burilott andHtookdale. 13t:i Day. Tho House passed tho bill In lid of tlio California Midwinter Exposition. ? Mr. Johnson Introduced a hill to permit, he exchange of United Htntos bonds for Pre usury uoiOo.??Tuo general debate on he silver quoetlon was continued by Meisn.! Mai lory, llyuum. Hepburn, Rrlakner, Hopkin-*. Lane, Nowlande. Jones, Ellis. McKalg. | Cooper, DoForrost, Arnold, Williams and Trncey. 14th Day-?Tho Uouso mot at 10 o'olook,! but its prdfloedings wero not opened with) prayer, tho Chaplain not having been ad-' vise I of the change of tho hour of meeting.' ? Tho gonoral debate on tho Wilaon Re-1 peal hill was continued. Btone, of) Pennsylvania, was tho first speaker,' and ho was followed by Ryan, of Portehester, N. Y. Thon Covert, of Loner. Ioimi'1 Ciiy, iiiuuo a strong spoooh, and the! fourth speaker was Ashbel P. Flton, of N?Wj York. The othor speakers of tho day were* Hatch, Missouri; Dalisoll, Pennsylvania; Turner. Iowa; Cnffnent Wyoming; Du?in'ci I, Missouri, and Magutro, California. 16th Day.?Tlio (ivo-mlnute debate on the Wilson bill bogan with a speech by Mr.! Wuugh, who spoko for ropeai its in tho interest of bimetallism. The' dobato was continod with flve-minute speeches by Messrs. Dingloy, Van Voorbie,! Pouoo, Wilson, Russell, Johnson, Cranford,' Gardner, Rynum. At the evening session! tho speakers wero Messrs. Swanson. Maddox, Grady, Kem and Murray against the Wilson,1 bill and in favor of free coinage, and Milllkeu in fnvorof tho unconditional ropoal of the Mhoriuun act. A An Ingenious Printer. A story is told of a Prague printer who got himself out of a veiy Jinagrecablo dilemma by tho use of his ingenious mind. He was once called upon to print a report of tho Hoard ol Trade of his native city in tho two languages of the country, German and Czech, and tho representatives of citlior nationality strenuously desired that their tongue should occupy the first of tho parallel columns on cacli page. The wary printer got out of hia dilemma by turning ono column upside down throughout tho book) and arranging tho titles accordingly, so that each language had a front solurau on ovory page.?Harper's Young I'eo| plo. Maid, Bride, and Widow Within Ten Hours. Staunton, Va.?James W. Jackson, a young inau of Greenbrier county, W, Va., was married at 1 p, m. to Mise Bcttic S. Echard, daughter of Silas G. Kchard. % i Just after the wedding feast {ho groom became ill, and in a few moments loat consciousness. He remained in this itupor eight hours, recovering conscious* acss for a few moments only before death. I A new Hqnirrol-killer in the shape of biaulphate of carbon in being used with eacccne in tho Palousc (Waehington) County. It in n?id to bo cheaper than airy chuiuo und oven more effective.