Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

Deeded to Agriculture, Horticulture, DomeoHo ?w^Q^lMpNl ilin t, FbUH* and the Curtent Hew <tf Vie Day. ' ^""^^MMBB^^M VOL. XXV.--NEW SERIES. UNION C. II., SOUTH CAROlJNA^FRlf)AY, JANUARY 19,1894. ; NUMBER 1 __ _ - - - - ? ' _3L^^r.^fc??jfafcfc^??.^^eem Of all the States New York has the greatest number of savings bauk depositor*. 1,516.381). and also the grcat' J est amonnt of deposits, $583,425,421. J Massachusetts covies next with$1,131, I 203 depositors, having on deposit / $369,056,336. I f Twenty-two years ago there were i 322 bearers of titles in the Frenob , J Chamber of Deputies, where no/iv I there are but sixty-five. Only tlirJbe j marquises are left out of thirty, whj I the counts have declined from thin f A a_ art. ? * " 1 ' ? ? I L wvi iu uiieeu. 7vt mmk r*pmtn^^J v4ii?ppeir?nr? * f?w dpcjiHwi ^"^Rj die prt-^oi^^opt the entire hdnjMflHLvRepnblio. ff ' { _ f, et. Kv ^^^^^rontagious^^W and isolated ner in as attic room.. ELe received and returned her copying by a messenger. Bnt the disease caught on, so to speak, and to-day there are 1000 women in the Treasury alone. There is one woman to every seven men. To whom does a private letter belong when once it has been mailed? According to a judgment just rendered by tho British courts of just ice it is to the postoffice, in which the ownership is vested until its delivery to the addressee. It was a failure to appreciate this fact that led to the case l -I--;-.!? ' nuiuu una icnuiicil III IUIM UUC1H1UU. rt chemist at Pieeton having written n letter and mailed it, wished to get it back. With that object in view lit went to the postoflice, specified the address of the envelope, pretended that he desired to send it by special delivery, at the same time putting down sixpence as the payment of the extra postage. Deceived by these proceedings the clerk hunted up and produced the letter to have the sixpenny stamp stuck on. No sooner did the writer get hold of the letter than he tore it to fragments, asserting that he had a right to do what he liked with his own property. His view ol the matter, however, was not accepted either by the Postoffice Department or by the courts, and he was fined twenty-five dollars for his offence. The let? report of the commission appointed by the State of Pennsylvania jto investigate the subject of 'Waste in Coal Mining" contains matter of 'genera! interest. The anthracite coal 'fields are found within an area of some (8800 sqnare miles, about 484 of which contain workable coal beds. Tlu'i area would forma polygon by drawing a line from the northeastern limit in iWayne County westward to Bernice, then southwest to Dauphin, then 'northeasterly to Maueli Chunk, then to point of beginning, mostly in tho 'counties of Wayne, Wyoming, Luzerne, Schuylkill, Carbon, Dauphin, Northumberland and Huntingdon. Professor ?T. P. Lesley, in charge of the Geological State Survey, is of the opinion that originally the coal field ?eovered the whoie State and parts 4k- :? ui~4? ?JUO VI oiguuunuK ejvuvcb, i? r^Jnnant of I whicA, ia nonnd in the ?hthracite bod in Rhode Inland. The R11thraeite exist* wholly in the area ea?.? nf Allegheny Mountain*, and on the west of that range nearly the whole area re9ts on an almost unbroken Held of bh(1. minone coal. The anthracite condi tion wan, no doubt, produced from tho original bituminous by the great convniaiou uplifting and foiding the rock strata which took place at the close of (U? carbooiferoub period. i r- ' * ' v-: 4l \ PITHY NEWS ITEMS. The conductors and hrakcmen on the Nashville, Chattanooga and 8t. Louis road went out on a strike. The Virginia Paper Company, of Richmond, Va., of which John H. Mon lague, wlio failed a few days ago, was president, has assigned. The liabilities are $18,000. An engine of the Woodward, Ala., Iron Co. collided with a hand car, killing three men and fatally injuring another. Thick smoke blown on tintrack by a heavy wind prevented the crews from seeing each other. **" I.jttlf. Rook Ark., has gAne to St. Louis wini tl requisition on the Governor of Missouri for T. H. Aymes, the expert diamond robber now held by the St. Louis authorities. ^ The Mecklenburg Iron Works, of 'Charlotte, N. C., have been awarded contract to build a complete ten-stamp gold mill and a chlorinator plant of five tons daily capacity for the Creighton Mining A Milling Co., of Cherokee county, Oa. The Annapolis cadets who were sent tn Vroni'n to fnV; tun CuUrr.C St iije maritime engineering school of the .French Government have graduated mrst, second and third of their class. iCut of a possible 1,900 marks the first Imceived 1,749. Their names are IBfcbert Stocker of New Ulm, Elliott ilQiew of Suit Lnke City, and Richard ITKIobson of North Carolina. ^^Bcputy Sheriff Bailey, of Madison ^^Sty, N. C., nrrested Robert Wills, ^ged with larceny, near Paint Rock, resisted arrest with the result o was shot bv the deputy nnd is ^^Hnieeted to live. ^^^^BCrowder, of Cleveland county, ^^^^Billed a bald eagle which measB^^SBfect from wing to wing nnd pounds. ^^^H^Binrssce State Commission on HH^^^B?nt of waterways hasreportiimi me |,n>|>?>sert Misssissippi river canal fein four years by oonviet of a H B' line connecting Cape ^^^^^^^^^Bwith Lewes, Del., the shore H^^H^^^^Bbay has been comof by sub* population to If. I to reoeire bids on new $13,000 | wunnome; time open _ for bids till February 1, 1894. Msj. C. 8. Gadsden has been elected president of the Northeastern Railroad, of South Carolina, vice A. F. Ravenel, deceneed. The young men of Charleston,S. 0., are beginning to think of Advantages their city and themselves would gain by organizing a business league, and the league, and the matter Is now being considered. The report of the railroad commissioner of North Carolina, just published, pays a very high but deserving compliment to the Norfolk k Southern. The commissioner states that the system known as the Norfolk & Southern is in the best condition of any road that runs into North Carolina. As to the best paying roads in that 8tate, the Atlantic Coast Lino heads the list, with the North Carolina second and the Norfolk & Southern third on the list. LIVE WASHINGTON TOPICS. The Administrative Feature of the Tariff Bill not yet Perfected. Washington, D. C.?The sub committee has about perfected the administrative features of the bill and will make a report to the Democratic members of the full committee. A scheme nan been devised under which the greater mast* ??f the people who will pay no income tax will not be bothered by the collection officers. It will be made the duty of the man who knows he has a taxable income to make the proper return, and those who have only a nontaxable income will not be required to make any return thereon. Other feature* connected with the collection of this tax have been partially agreed upon. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue linn not been nuked for an estimate on the probable expense of collecting the income tax, but the subcommittee believes it can be collected easily for between 2 and 3 nercent. of tin' total amount of the tax. A prominent member of the nub-committee expreaeil the beleif that the votes of the men who decided in favor of an income tax will hIho be cant in favor of making thin feature a rider on the Tariff" bill. The membera of the committee who voted for the income tax were McMillin, Bryan, Turner, Whiting, Taraney ami Bynum Still, there in a atrong impreaaion thn? the two billamay be reported jn. depeiulent meaaurea. /JCrtfckenridge, (Ark And Montgomery will probably act with the majority of the Democrats in whatever they decide upon. Got the Drop Quietly on the Desperado. Birmingham, Ala. ? Sid Cawthorn, n notorious desperado, went over to Alaga to kill Clay Crnwford, Agent of the Alabama Midland Ilailroad,against whom he held an old grudge and whose life he had threatened. He shot the vront of the ticket window full of holes, k -awfovd v. ar, hid in the office, but Hrrt,i t.ool; tuiough the, window, kiiiiiiK Caw?horn instantly. Crawford wa? "^trarrested, as the killing was conquered justifiable, " ?*.,!* : j'* 1/ *T*.' >y > >. ! Atlanta's International Exposition* Atlanta, Ga.?The committee adopted no n name fot the Atlanta fair "The Cotton States and International Exposition." A charter will be immediately obtainod, the capital stock to be $1,000,000, with privilege of raising to $5,000,000. The city is alive about the exposition. Clavk Howell stated to the committee nt its first session that some time ago Dr. J. B. 8. Holmes, of Rome, Ga., lmd bought an Atlanta lot on which to build a sanitarium and had suspended his movement, but when he saw that tho exposition move-1 ment was staited, be immediately let out n $.'30,000 contract for a building. yfifi," tte4,po"iJ iwosi r ?nd "V1.1, * W", MIUUIU5. ,, months. Mr. Amorous called attention to the fact that now (he eitv had what it did not have in 1881, when the Cotton Exposition was so successful, viz., paved streets, a Hn<j water system, splendid water and police departments, comI lete electric car lines everywhere, besides being widely advertised. The Piedmont Exposition grounds weie selected as tiie place for the afrs;v, *f ua*irfr.ctv.ry tr?T?opcrt?lion arrangements were made. These hi on lids hive 200 acres, with only 7fl in use, leaving ample ground for extensions. Three electric car lines and one 1 a?lraod line go to the Piedmont Paik, with its One buildings, and the approaches to it are through the finest part of the city, with the handBQtnest residences, and by the magnificent Penehtree thoroughfare, paved with asphalt, the choice drive of the place. Three gentlemen were unable to serve, Elsns, Htnhlnmn and KingsberV, and in their places were chosen B. F. Walker, Hugh Inrnan and Cant. W, (?. Raoul. president of the Mexican National Railroad. Ex-Mayor W. A. Hemphill ?(ih elected permanent president of the Exposition and Capt. R. I. Lowrv, hank president, the treasnrer. Til" Kxi'0?i*i?" t.?o hppn all over the South. Texas, Louisiana, North Carolina, Mississippi, TennesHonth.Carolina. Vinrinia, Alabaiiiii and Florida have sent mesas yes of approval and promisee of co-operatoin, while every city of Georgia has united in warm sanction and encouragement of the project. The government authorities in Washington are taking a deep interest in the matter. Mexican Minister Romero lias promised to prSss an el* I liibit from Mexico. Secretary Hoke Smith and the Georgia ftena$ors and. cong/eaanien ?"c all WMrkfoff "for the Expopftion. Thefcommiit^ raise the preliminary #'200,000 and organize a complete plan for the , affair on the largest scale, laying a deep and broad foundation for a vast superstructure. Rapid Growth of Cotton Manufacturing South. A few weeks ago the Manufacturers' Record, in reviewing tbe South's possibilities in cotton manufacturing, pointed out that nlthongh the South produces over 60 per cent, of the world's annual cotton crop, it has only 2,500,000 spindles out of a total of 85,000,000 in the world. The field for expansion is practically without limit, nnd the wealth which the development of this industry is destined to create in the South can be estimated in part onlv bv the statement that it would re quire an investment of of nearly $1,500,000,000 to manufactnre in the South all the cotton produced there. This industry is rapidly extending,and every week sees some new mill compnnv organized or the enlargement of some existing plant. Through the severe depression of the past year Southern mills ran steadily, turning out their full product and finding a market for it at a protit, as shown by the dividends now being declared. At present there is considerable activity in the enlargement of mills now in operation. Reports to the Manufacturers' Record lor the past week show: A Newberry, S. C., mill will increase its capital from 8250,000 to 8400,000 and put in 15,000 new spindles; a mill at Chester, in the same State, will add 5000 spindles, thus doubling its capacity; an Anniston, Ala., mill will spend $50,000 in enlarging its plant; a large mill at Hnntsville, which has proved very profitable, has started on double turn and will run night and day to keep up with its orders; a Oaffnev City, 8. 0., mill has run twenty-two hours a day for fourteen months and is now preparing to increase its capacity. At Augusta, Oa., leading cotton manufacturers have formed a new company with a minimum capital of $300,000 and maximum of $1,000,000 to build a 15,000-spindle mill in South Carolina. Many illustrations of this character could be given to show how rapidly the South is pushing its cotton-manufacturing business, even during these times. What will it do with a return of better times? hi Favor oi Kw nailfSC^Richmond, Va.?In the ease of the Norfolk and Western Railroad vs. Adams, Clements Ar Co., involving the rights of the railways or ear aervioe associations to have a fixed charge for the use of their cars every day they remain unloaded after three days' notice of their arrival, the supremo court of appeals decided in favor of the railroad. St. Louis Flooded with Spurious Coin. St. Louis, Mo.?This city and neighborhood are flooded with counterfeit coin which are hard to detect. For some weekn the Government secret bt-i vice has biru at work on cluea and six arrests for making and passing ejmrivus $10 pieces were effected, i "w,1 :'A ? . v . . f. * /*! i/ '" jf r<. . ? K i REDWINE FOUND GUILTY. His Counsel Qtosent to a Pha of Guilty Being Entered. Atlanta, Ga.?Lowie RedwineV trial for embezzling 8103,000 from the" Gate City National Bank came to n sudden and unexpected end. After the g<*vcrnment announced that it had cloe?)d its direct evidence the counsel for Redwine held an half hour's consultation. Judge Piydeo sustained s demurrer in reference to the Tom Cobb Jackson 85,000 draft indictment, and ordered the trial to continue on the remaining three indictments, one covering the total amount of $103, 170, nun tne otners covering *io,uuu and $10,000 encli. Tl^renpun the connsel for Redwine jffiSP&fn fjJffTg ot 3103,000. This Announcement created a sensation in the court room. Col. Hammond said that having heard the government's evidence he was satisfied thnt the defense could not rebut it and thereTore entered the plea of guilty. The Judge inntructed the jury to find the defendant "guilty" on the three remaining indictments. This wax done. Is cm Ifiici iik I%c-?wiue Judge Farrtee aaid: "The Rentence of the court iH thnt yon ahull nerve nix years in the Columbus, Ohio., penitentiary. That sentence ia imposed in each one of the three indictments, the Rentence of each to be served concurrently with the other." THE ST. JOSEPH TRAIN RO&BERY. The Robbers Did Not Get 110.000 Which Had Been hitfV-nder the Store. St. Joseph, Mo.?A package of money amounting to 10,000, lying under the stove in the exprrHR cnr is what the train robbers did not get when thcv held up the Hnnnibnl A St. Joseph "Eli" train two miles east of the city. When the trnin stopped and the bandits began firing Express Messenger Wetzel I nronnr??-' hin*..".r!f nnATMiu^iy. III. safe wns open. and nt the aide was n $10,000 package consigned totheCommeimal-Na.Uoa4 Jlanjuif Chic?? o. lie OHMU1V UUMN1 una* utMUi wui XitC.TC Only one small safe is carried on the train, and he made no attempt to close his safe, which contained only $48. This he readily gave to the mnn and they left, evidently well satisfied that they had sectored all there was to get. When Postal rvierh Oage realized that the train wae^.W'd tip he barred all the doors and seeding his revolver prepared to defii^L be heavy loaded reghow ever, and another rich prize inconsequence. The registered pouches were the most valuable sent out" of this city in months. It is now evident that the job was the work of local talent and that the men are now in the city. Masked Men on the Train. Nr.w OhLENK, La. ?Tho Mississippi Valley passenger train was held tip at the crossing of the Vicksburg and Me ridinn Railroad just south of Vicksburg. The train was stopping at the railroad crossing waiting for the Vickshurg and Meridian tiain to pass. It was boarded by two masked men. A third man was standing guard on the tracks. Conductor Morris was standing in rear compartment of the baggage car with Baggngerumster Dorsey, when two men, both masked, appeared marching the porter down the aisle. They covered Morris and Dorsey with pistols, aiiu order ed inem to hold up their hands. One of the robbers kept them covered while his partner, a small man, went through their pookets. Then the robbers marched Morris and Dorsey to the express car and ordered them to open the door. Meantime the porter finding himself for a moment uncovered by the men's guns, leaped from the train and rushed to the rear. Tho two robbejs jumped off and a moment later disappeared in the darkness. Just as the men get off the train the express mes senger opened the express car. The robbers evidently became frightened when they s?w the porter jump off. '? Dei** , " I Miss Pollard Mating u*>ov.ff Hunt Against Breckinridge. Louis vii.TjK, Kv. ? Congressmnn Breckiuiidge can truly Ring: "She's Aftir Me, ' for Madeline Pollard, who has it breach of protniso an it against him, has not compromised the cnse. She is making a still hunt in the district. with her friehdn, and they |?ro5iose to make it warm for the colonel, diss Pollard has been in Cincinnati gathering evidence of her visits there She claims that threo times she wsr an inmate of lying in institutions during the period of her relations with the Congressman. The Woodford Hun, one of Hio mout iriflnootinl - ? iiunivunm |iii|iuin jxi lilts .^shland district, contains an editorial advocating the election ot W. O.Owens to Congress. The Sun has heretofore been a zealous supporter of Colonel Breckinridge, but now declares that the Pollard Hc.e.i<Jal will destroy bis usefulness in Congress. Evan K. Seattle has announced his candidacy against Colonel Breckinridge. Tho colonel is making an active canvass. A Hamlet Man Mew Out the Gas. Savannah, Oa. ?H. C. McDonald, of Hamlet, N. C.t was found dead in his bed at tb<j Scri??s? House. He had died from ::ph)Ainivu, hu.iug blown out the gas upon retiring the night before. There was nothing to indicate auicide. Ignoranctor thought lew wag ' the evident cause of fia death. WHITE CITY BURNED. World's fair Buildings Destroyed by Fire Chicago, III.?At 6 o'clock Monday ! night a fire started in the second story of the Casino at the World's Fair t grounds and spread across the peristyle to Mueic Hall, all being burned \ down. Then the great Manufacturers' Hall caught fire, and at 2:15 that building, tho largest in the world, was ^ doomed, the roof falling iu large sections and placing many million dol- ' lars' worth of property beyond all chance of safety. g Among the exhibitors a semi-panic 1 feigned, and foreigners used every ef fort to remove the goods to places of j safety. 1 Following is a list of the killed and -ininrad: _ l hiWVJ . ' William McKay, pipeman, Engine Company No. 61, fell from a Indder on the peristyle and internally injured. 1 died at the Emergency Hospital. ' INJOREd. : Capt. Frederick Gety, Truck Com- < 8any No. 16, fell from the roof of the f fanufacturors' building; left leg broken, chest badly injured, and inter- < hally hurt. Removed to the Emer- t ?<rucy Hospiinl. Eugene Deland, watelinian in French j fteotiou, Manufacturers' Ruibling, t struek on head by plunk, badly cut and bruised; removed to hospitnl. ^ T Encouraging Business Outlook. * New York City.?Special telegram* ( from leading trade centres to Brud- ( street's bring evidence not only of t much that is encouraging regarding the outlook, but that the tide hns actually turned. Jt-?!Ijprnn;! uon inni nusiiiess in iimusirHii mm commercial lines 1ms for some time been nt low ebb, and that n movement in the direction of an expansion of the 1 volume of bnsimsn has appeared. The ( penduintn which swung in one direc- ' tion from May last year until 1894 should soon be swinging in the oppo *tC uiitvliuH, ""'l Iliaunlieii |.0'!r>ie J as evidence of Hint fact to the increase i of 34 per cent, in the production of pig iron within three months, to an i I of doimftits over pavmenta at i some of the largeat saving banks in the United States and to resumption , of work at industrial establishments in all directions (even though with lower wages and on shorter time) as Contrasted with the epidemic of shutdowns prevnl nta month or more ago. "* * Arming Her Forts. VlXKN A ?T h e"*t4 as*^ deTenezia says that the corfi m a n der oT (W in Ligueria and Piedmont has been ordered to complete the arming forthwith of the forts of the French frontier and to complete the arming of the batteries on the Tyrrhenian aea. In addition, it ia stated that aeveral army corpB have been ordered to place themselves in readiness for the outbreak of War. The news haa caused great excitement in Venice and it is believed that the reasons for taking those extraordinary steps is the fact that the Italian government Ims positive proof that France is aiding the revolutionary movement in Sicily. Fire at Memphis. Memphis, Tenn.?Fire was discovered in Arbuckle A Son's cotton ware- I house, and before the tire, depaitniont could arrive the entire building,covering a half block, was a solid nine.'- of flames and amoke. The heat and blinding amoke worked against very effectual work on the part of the firemen, and for two hours tho fire raged in all its Jury. Fully 2,500 bales of cotton were storey, and of tlieae more than 1,500 balea were burned, while the balance ia almost a complete loss. Albuekle, Sona A* Co., are loners to about $40,000, and various other fir ma suffer severe Josses. A Conscience-Stricken Clergyman. Warhinoton, D. C.?The Commissioner of pensions has received a letter from a conscience-stricken clergyman in Indiana containing a draft for $300. He says that he is drawing a a pension for disabilities set forth in his certificate. Since the day of the issuauce of the certificate, notwithstanding the Hndiugs of three medical examining boards, lie says he does not feel satisfied in drawing the pension and hopes in the near future to remit the remaining portion of his obligation to the fiovernment. Disaster in Baltimore Harbor. Baltimokk, Mn, ? A gnle eost six lives in Baltimore harbor. The names of the drowned men are: Neal Finlayson, William Henclson. Robert J. Wilson, John Hughes and an unknown Bailor of the British whip Moreca, and Pete Sanfransk, fireinnn. Three men were rescued by the crew of the police boat Lannon. Doctors at the city hospital spent nevera! hours in restoring animation in their almost lifeless forma. Unless pneumonia acts in they wiii live. Their names are: James Cerr, Harry Green and A. Verman. They Want Counterfeit Money. The decision in Washington in rogard to would-he purchasers of green goods promises to result sensationally. Inspector J. P Johnson says that among 1,800 who wrote to green goods men are physicians, lawyers and other grofcssionnl men all over the United tatcs, and particularly in Illinois. | Missouri, Arkansas aud Wyoming. Letters applying for spurious money written by at least one ex-Congressman, a candidate for Governor and many Federal and civic officials, pre in the hands of the authorities. NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN, j Women are engaged in 100 ooou>ations. There are 800- women undertakers in he United States. Fluted effects are sought whenever hey can be applied. r< i ... v/npcn uuu unoij uco uiu uv slain and smooth-surfaced. A London laundry is owned and operated by women exclusively. The dowager Queen of Portugal id >robably the best dressed woman in Curope. Plaid silk blouses, with velvet Inckete, are arrayed in a number oi sretty variations. The Waltham watchmaking estabishuient employs 1800 women among srS : Capo Colony in Bouth 'Africa has nunicipal woman suffrage. The colony ules 1,000,000 square miles. Low, small dishes of decorated china >r of cut. glass are used for bonbons, ind longer l?w dishes for celery. Wfiite, with pearl trimmings and )rnaments, is very much de rigeur for he evening gown? nf yo"wome?. Silver and gold caps on the ivory landles ol umbrellas are less obtrusive lmn last year, being much smaller. There nre few spinsters in the Caucasian settlements in South Africa, is the men outnumber the women ten o one. Governor McKinley's mother is >ighty-four years old and has nine children, who became successful men md women. There is no doubt that pierced nilfor will be the fashion for many a long to.. ^'"'trdywkpts ire magnificent. ' There are entire apartment, houses in New York monopolized by selfmppoftiug bachelor girls, and they ire the happiest of their sex. Lady Eva Quinn, wife of Captain iVyndham (heir presumptive of the Munruveu;, ln?o killed six grcwu tigers From the frail shelter of a howdah. Lemon-yellow seems to be one of the popular trimming colors. A hand* imn? costume of black relret has garniture of black lace orer yellow* satin. The women of Belgium and Holland nre noted for their snowy linen; they attain this desired result by the use of borax, a handful to ten gallons of water. Cups with silver mounts carry all before them. Very chaste are the pure white china cups, slipped into twojijjgr^auds^owhic^^he^silvei handle is attached. The University of Chicago puts wo* men on the same basis as men, whether students or teachers. Its History and Political Science Club has two or three women on its list of officers. The accordion-plaited idea is in full force. Blouses, sleeves, skirts and even flounces are crimped in plaits of ~ Al O-. _ / Al yni jruig uueiicBS. cnmie 01 lueill seem to be little more than a mass of wrinkles. While long and slender waists and evidences of compressed breathing organs are occasionally seen, there is a decided tendency toward natural waists and room enough for the lungs to expand. Mrs. Augusta C. Hagon, of Phila dolphin, conducts, jointly with her husband, a real estate business in Philadelphia. She takes entire charge of the office during his absence. Mrs. Hagen has been appointed notary public. Now tailor costumes are made oi m?n'H HiimmAr anitinmi TIiumi sleeves, collar, cuffs, and aometimef I Bhoulder-ruftles of velvet, but the lat | tcr uic not thought quite as appro priate an the plain, perfectly-fitted waist with collar and wido lapels. A lovely evening dress shows the return to fashion of tho costly lamina gauze, which displays a more or lesf widt stripe of metal foil, giving an effect which, by gaslight, oandlo or electric light, is extremely brilliant, even too brilliant for those whoso tastt is quiet. Poems over the signature of "Annie Fields," which appear in tho leading magazines, aro written by tho widov of tho well-known publisher, James T. Fields. Mrs. Fields livos in Boston, where sho is well known for hor zeal in all kinds of philanthropio work, espeoially in the realms of organized charity, or the Associated Charities. Tt is quite obvious tlmfc a differenc* between the fabric of tho bodice anil that of the skirt will bo fashionable for some time. As a matorial for independent waists changeable silk hat been used for some timo. The newer waists are made of solid colors, erejif being nsod a good deal. Tho plait black surah waist in a favorite, as il can be worn under the fancy jacket* like tho Eton, Boloro and Zouave. The Princess Maud of Wales it credited with an original freak. A little while ago she slipped away Iron state and went to spend a week with n lady to whom nhc is much attached, who had been in .attendance on tier, but since marriod. Bho preserved t strict incognito as Miss Wells, anc enjoyed herself amazingly at tennit parties and other country house fes tivities. She was immensely popular. Miss Grace Thomas is the only wo man in Washington, D. 0., engager in the real estate business. The origit and growth of one of the popular ftii burbs is attributed entirely to bet en ergy and erterprine. Miss Thouai began her training for th# business a? an under secretary in the nfrfee of i Cincinnati real estate lurewf Wavftu' learned the business, she Selectei Washington as a iikeiy fU?l<T7of opor i ntions And started out for herself. To keep the dress in full hollo* pleat* a hors*h?u lining is no lOngtsi ' ' ' <? ? 4 tO ^ ' i ' ' - . . ' ?>'. employed. It was much too h^ wore out tho edges of the nS .<mL ^B A narrow strip of a}niainum it ^B now used, fine us wire, and is covered with cotton tissue and put on inside ol B the skirt about one inoh from th? B edge. Tho wire is covered by a strip * V of ribbon the same eolor as the lining of the skirt. This slight support 1 keeps the hollow pleats well in plao< ?I . and mokes the skirt eet gracefully. m>. ? ^ PV Selling the Bride. ' J? Tlio oustom of selling the bride la . general throughout Afrloa, and n father who has a large family of daughters ia liable to become wealthy. Among the Fans, a cannibal tribe rieited by Dn Chaillu, the girls are betrothed at a very eorly age aud the young men for whom they ore intended must then go .**?5 to work to earn them. If the girl nnnsniiuy r?itn.y.;v<J v. or ffrthft* w.W allow her to be betrothed In omldhood,"*T but waits until she has developed into the most merchantable stage of young womanhood. He then assembles her suitors and auctions her off to the highest bidder. In acting as auctioneer praises his daughter in the most extravagant way, exhibiting her in wedding costume, which consists of a string or so of beads, copper armlets 1 -1 J 1?a nun ituMum, nun Homp ren paint ap plied according to the prevailing fnnhion. The suitors admit that she has her good qualities, but insist that she wilj not last and will soon be an old woman ?in which they are correct, however ungallant they may be, for no matter how graceful Rome of them may be in early youth, tho African girl has gen? ernlly become shapeless and ugly before she is twenty.?St. Louis Republic. . 1 Cannot Stand Southern , Bethlehem, Pa.?The large Rteel works of the Bethlehem Iron Co. here shut down on account of a lack of orders. The Merchant and puddling works will close at the end of the week, at which time over a thousand men will be thrown out of work. Miss Bonynge Will Wed an Earl's Heir. tween Miss Vi rgi nia Bonynge, daughter of Charles W. Bonynge of California 1 T J 1 \r: a n 1 . ..-Si omi JJUUUUU, uuii v incuuui x/<5?ruurif| eon of tho Earl of Coventry. The Viscount is 28 years old. Consideration of the 10 Per Cent Tax State Banks Postponed. decided to postpone farther consider*lion on the bill to repeal the ten per cent, tax on State banks until the tariff discussion shall have closed. ? Bto'int Summoned to Washington. Macon, Ga.?Tho Hoc. James H. Blount received uteleornm frnm Waali. * ? yo ? ? ? - ^ ingtou Sunday morning calling bim in appear before IbeSenateCommittoo on Foreign Affairs investigating Hawaiian mat leva. He left for the capital Sunday afternoon. V"v.>' To Cure n Cold Sore. It is very vexing and annoying to have one's lips brenk out with cold for op, but it is better to havo thcr. out than in. A drop of warm mutton suet applied to the sores at night, just before retiring, will ^suun cause tlicm to disappear. >, . TITTVIITr mrrT?%ws x ii i i -1mnu uuSB The Senate. 15rn Dat.?iMr, Hoar's leecfi jna qulry as to Commissioner Blounj ^B^^K ntacusso 1 and referred to the C Foreigu Relations. Mr.Hornblov lnatiou to the United States Supreme was reported adversely. 16th Day.?It was deoided to take up tHHH bill for the repeal of the Federal Sleotl^^H^H| law as "tinfinished business."?-The flon^^HBH bill authorising the Secretary of the Tred^Sj^S ury to permit owners of cattle and horse^^^^H transporting them into Mexico to relmpo|^|^^flB them Into the United 8tntes at apy tlnfl within twelve months from its passage, reported from the Committee on Finaa^Hfl^^H amended, and passed. fl^H| 17th Day.?Mr. Davis spoke at Isngth^^h^^fl the Hawaiian situation. The bill for repeal of the Election laws then oame be^^^M^B the Bennto as unfinished business. ^H ,rf i Day.?Messrs. Davis and Sfcmlc-. n t he JBtUf allftP. 19rw?r)AY.?The Senate, on m?, Gray, proceeded to the oonsldera.., t^B ecutive business after halt an hou. OB session, in which nothing imports*. |H| curred. The House. _ 19th Day.? Mr. Harter Introduced a bill ] to maintain the solvenoy of the Treasury of the United States. There not being enough Democratic votes to order the previous question on the resolution from tueCotnmittee on Rales, under which the Wilson bill would be considered until January 28, and then votel on. the day was spent lu filibustering, the Republicans refusing to vote and help make a quorum. 20th Dav. Debate was began on the Wilson bill, nfter the olosure resolution had been amended, fixing the date for a final vote on January 29. Chairman Wilson made the opening speech. 2 1st I)at.- Mr. Wilson finished his speech in support of the Tariff bill, and Mr. Burrows opened the attnok in behalf of the Republi- ^g cans. He was followed by sir. Hopkiue. At the evening seeston the debate was oontlnued by Mr. Haines and Mr. Woomer, who opposedfnj^l the bill, and by Mr. Pendleton, wb** in Its support. General Curtis bate wltn an attack on the bill. 22i> Day.?The tariff debate by Messrs. Johnson, Dalsell, /t Coombs. Messrs. Snodgr**?s< Curtis spoke nt the night 23d Dat.?After the rr-f"* A House went Into ComrryS^.?? M consider the Wilson Mas*. flB Breckinridge addren^^^^ a was foilowod d>y Mes^^g^k , JH , Dolllver, Spring and bill to nrA?l,U for fh- - Z. ' Pra'*'^