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SWINDLING "UNCLE SAM." CANCELED STAMPS CLEANED AND USED IN LARGE QUANTITIES. Washing with Acids--Patciniqg Together Uncanceled Part-s or %everal Stimps How They Are ItUed. (From the New Yrk Star.) "The most troublesome offenders against government laws are the ex perts who use canceled post age staips, said a postoffice official the other day. "They have a system of washiag out the cancellation marks that is so suc cessful as to make detection anost impossible. In the offices of largc cities like New York and Chicago, where so many letters are handled daily, and where rapidity is the most desirable feature, it is impossible r the men who caucel stamps to examine each one carefully. Then, too, a great deal of the work is done by gaslight, and this is a point which tends to aid the conspirator against the g-overnment s ncome. "Any one who has seen a postof:ice emploa in the New York offlice grab a bunnie of letters and cancel the stamp with lightning-like rapidity can read ilsee how impossible it is for him to detect bad stamps unless they are par ticilarlv bad. The men engaged in thebusiness of using canceled stamps sreextremely clever. They have an acid in which they wash the stamp-. The acid acts upon the canceliation , and not upon the colors of lhe stamp. In this way a stamp that ha once been used is relieved almnow en tirely of its black mark. ..If :nV black remains alter the washiing pro _cess the operator takes a sb.rp knife, wich he has male for the purpos, Sanid-deftly scratches the tamp until the remaining black marks are ahnot if - - entirely removed. This can be done r adilv when the marks are upoi: the bald bear or the face of the his toric personage whose viurnette adori' the stamp, as this portion is white: and upon a white space the stamp cani be scratched until it is nearly tlu eI without detection. "Another clever trick that iz em ployed is the cutting of stamp-. Oltemi in the hurry of postofice work the canceilation murk does not cover the stamp, but fall- only upon one corier, the rest goiig upon the envelope. te operator takes a stamp that has a black mark, say upon the left hand lower corner. lie careftully cuts a square piece out of that corner, mnaking it large enough to cut away all of the canceled portion. Ile then secures a stamp on which the canceilation mark has fallen in some other corner. IlIe carefully cuts out the same sized square from the lower left hand corner of the stamp, and joining it with the first stamp he has a whole stamp upon which there are no cancellation marks. These stamps are used upon packages which are tied with a sering. and the sting is ingeniously placed over the cut stamps. "Take any package of a dozen let ters and v6n will see how easy it is to find stanips for this business." As he spoke the official drew from his pocket a bundle of half a dozen letters. Upnon the first letter the cancellation mark was'only upon the lower right corner of the stamp. The second wvas can celed completely, and the third was marked only upon the upper left hand corner. So a combination could have been easily made with the stamps upon the first anid third letters. '"Mayof. these operators," con ~6teofficial, "grow expert in the .:rk They have clever- tools andi i-right kinal of mucilage, and some giefevert so far as to have coloringr pro ,cs for touching up a:Gartield black v ra- IWashington soiled cheek. dthey do with the worked-over T 1hey do not sell them, as sapose,:and that fact renders dection more difficult. When a man become successful in workiug over canceled stamps he enideaver~s to gcet into some business which will reqture the sending and receipt of manyjregis tered letters raad packages. The most popular scheme is to go into the cheap jewelry or fancy trick Ousmness. T he operator lays in a stock of the cheapest kind of jewelry andi advertises thor oughly through the count ry, especially in rural districts. A gold watch with chain and charm for $4.50 is a bait that catches a great many green spec ulators,1mad as they are instrutcted to send remittances by registerc d letter, the operator receives a number of tive and ten cent stamps. These stamps he operates on, and when he retarils the jewelry he pays the postage ini whole or in part with canceled stampnls. He makes 100 to 200 per cent. on the jeweiry, and does a thriving busiines In illegal stamps at the same time. "Ah, yes, there are a great mjany in the bunsiness, and their success ie woi derful. All that we can do is to keel) on the lookout and catch one of themi when we catn. We get an idea that a man is doing erookedl work, and tiien watch him. Wheni we once get an idea it does not take us long to as.cr tain the truth. Whenever the personk presents a package for registratig we have it held for inspection, and~ if there are caheceled stamps upon it w e are pretty sure to find them. Otten the bad stamps are detected before they: reach the cancellation clerks. When - ther are beinst taken from the receiv ing baskets ttley are somectimles detect ed; There is now awaiting the acuani of the grand jury a man who is held for doing a rushing bu ness in caii celed stamps from hia store pnl Broadh way. Hie followed the usual plan. w:a: Speculation in the South. More than one man in Atlanta made - millions out of government contracts. Speculators, tradesmen and manufac ,urers struck it rich. What did they do with their money ? Some spent it: in extravagant livitng. Some p~urchlas ed slaves and others bought Confebd erate bonds. Others still looked ahead and prepared for the tinal crash These turned their moniey into greeni backs, gold, townt property, too::cco, cotton, diamonds, etc. Oine mnan owned 100 dwelling houses in Atlant a. After Sherman's visit lie had about twenty left. Another successtul bu-i ness man purchased thirty plantations, besides all the Atlanta p~roperty he could get. Of the men who accumu lated wealth so rapidly and invested it so wisely how miany held their gri'p 01n their fortunes? Not onel:-jtlanta Constitution. American wvomen, to the numtber of of thirteen, are studying at the Vni verity of Zurich. The widow of GJen. J. E. B. StariG of the Virginia cavalry, is nowv kee ping POWDERLY ON THE ANARr'HISTS. ie Gie,, e i Views on Their Recent Miscon duct-:omte Vecry %wnible Sugaestions. "t~ANaroN P-1.. Mav ~.-General Mas ter orknan Powderfy talked to-day on the- reign of' terror i.n Chic'::o. "At'a timc like is i he, there is a I on lenev nuiom somie well1H meaning' but ill informed people to hannc .1l working.mien trh :it ings' d:!!, ins of a desperate L".n whlo are.( never- 't hanppy :1s whenl they ark, iding the crestwIre of tIe tempest of Da--:n. A diatiion sha b drawn, - i . t be'.tw'eenthe f.lowe'r" of the red l:. id thos' w o ow, allegiance to no . :er but Ihe : r Stripes: between 1l its whio preach ruiazui he true rvp e -entatives of labor who believe iU law for ach'tieving' desirable re ia tere i no0 a!!iliation between the j"h, of Lbrand theaI rci,, ? (emnh, ;!.:i:-:!iH no. The scenes of ihe :Id.. ditsoroier which have taken pl.'-e in Chicago are disgraceful, uncalled fr ..nd dee'r vi:': of ti severest condemna tio: :unld ihient. The tueu who march u1n1,r aing but the St:ars and Stripes are no' "mercel workinen, eithernative or ::0 ized. Uns'mt lor is ot represeiit -1 i "he rnk of those who array them t h embnlci of blood and de n.1 lave no sVmqpathy with the m who iave iinstigated such deeds as h') 'e nerpeLateitc in Chicago. It is tIh .Iu'ty o! very or:anizatioi of working : Iln't United Sates to condein the o *t:::es comtnitted in the .:afne of labor. I the lman who coiies to this coun trv i 'ul who refuses to becomle a citizen of th 1n Vited[ States after having sufficient n :md op "pomi .L:tV to do so has no more r .o b here than the alien land-grab : lho tikes pos>csion1 of the acres of e 'Fte workin-gmen of America a more powerful weapon than the bul h1 1 it hallot. and if thev use their law I:::ch1'. ;;ien ju ily thy will 1]( ) n on-aSi to resort to desperatioi." -TV ih nl-n whMi% niames are _iven as tI r of this imlovemlient In Chicago r.h1 *' of Labor : No,-: and if Krihitq of Labor have taken p.rin threse vimrdkcouLS proce'eding.s, they. , e promiitly e, pelled f:oi theorder. In:r.aniza-t ion mreans n'' antagonism to CIr capitnd. nor iRve we any conflict w legitimate enterprise: and when we o-" lLcasion to f.ke issue with illegitimate rise, -will do So uider the law, b rt " s. rich :md poor alike. It i tho nty f e Xvey' Ktight of Labor to sup por:vs mlal'eI to haruonize the interests o r o am e( titnl." y m ou. p:k withi any authority asto th-: nin i of the trales unions toward S - dira u doins in Chical-o?" "i. There is a not a trades union in :eiti thai viii countenance wrong do 1- hold the men who have been en -i in such scenls of bloodshed and de r.i of prop;erty as those reported from C.I :: lie aimi of the trades unions is :,,,,t 'i:d elevate bibor, and not, to de iod d(estroy it as the anarchists have att-upted to d&. Yr. Powderly spoke with feeling, and wa. d:eply ind!ignant when discussing the se-:.s Of the pa few days in Chicago. WA"'HIX'TON LETTER. \.',ml roNeTaN. 1). C.,. May :1.-Frederick Dog:lass, who lectured here during the w o on his recociitions vf slavery. said. aimnoug other things. that lie did not ap prov of emigration for his race. The ne gro ,ou ".l never Lo an place where he coni.- :Iot ind w pi'e people le thinks. by tie way, thLAL PrA.ident Cleveland is a ver' brave ma:. l:id le recently in a let Ter '- a frilnd, "Wit he treated me as le .! tr L ltrs n the Dis xir" Doudass and my' el to i- re-~ n ': ()r co1lie prejui"-of isi pre m::v be e is no I .L utob andl his not a Mor. ir. )Louglass further said that he . s.- a IkpuLtni ai~~ d (wou dal he 0~' to let' '15Republ P resident in "n b' 'ue -hoordnman'iness whecever he Io~ t a he9 hadtfund it in the pres eat w-~eup'ant of' the White IIouset~. Th. Presi~ ln'aternoonhand-shakings are ..add by hu i ndreds on the (days ap poi' ed andi~ ('er day(ts the Wthite House is ful' ' si'ght eer-. T1he rooms are still in wi:.:r dre.~ tie am'!''lar hruse cleaning nep.e:- commencing1'' umil the season is far The' Senate's p1hi for patching tip the Wh'ile Hoet at "n cepese' of i5:100.000i m a with oheionstIL fro d' itifferen.'t diree tIm:, Th'le Sette proposes that South of 'lw 'aset sruci - ft.ere shall be built a d- eiae htouse..co' ectedt with it by a cor ri'".r. an 1ta te :I v ediee shall be ap pr Lr -rted ec\livLy by the faunily oif the President. Thie tirst serious Objectioni to str. s forever tihe s.mmtr a'n~ ~d idividtu aci of the' :maei't m'V sn. wich, after at lif'' of m~or'' thi'm al a ce''ntury, has be'(cmeC P el nw .'robaLy as\ any pi ublie bisding tin theworld. ith the piroposed alteration; the pre-(ent tbeautiful Southe-n buiiingt. woutttI'l corn''te eut o~l fronm the I'v 'iew tO te Mu'th of the beauntiful : LIndsfthe river and the hills beyond i t. rlnton,. the mnumenit, atnd all the iLL r striki -g objeets of interest now', so enc'rl gazed/ at byV the visitors fronm the vs er widosws of the East room and t. adjalcnt apartmnents. Th'ieir p~rospet:C "o" outhlIi trim thse apartments will htsfrth .be' limited to lie entrancing. Sien of ' .shite:" wall somec thirty or more feet tdis''am wilich wtould equally oppose a coe'''te barrier to the grateful Southern 1iuring' the w'eek, for te tirst timne this w n, the senatrs hiave disetussed tariff tougha there was neithier a temnperance nor a s oilt. measure befo r" ?tem. "The tatriff t'h"te wa,:s sprung' in conanection with ste::sidy~ subtI ities. er Btek wantedl fret' sihp if thev c'arried lie miail faster than Aimericain ves'el". ie contenided that th V"l' wai'n pati 't'im' iatad. Saiid he: "If- General Lee' were liviing and kept a stor in Richmondut w'ith General Butler L'lt':avrn with~ tile womiien of the l~.it' s wLuldl en lics' oiie-hatlf a ceta :t a''rd (chtaper1f5a :h ( General Ltee, he' wu' ruin Gene::d..' Le' bu~siness ini less ThIe Sento~tr fro " N'ew ilamipshire,. Mr. Bl ir, wh o talked te~inpe.ran(e to tihe S-enate, it be a kown through't the great education ali h ili hili he' tormatedt.t and. introducetad. 1n ieai' 0on hi" propos-i consttittional r of:ehli L ''h'm'r"s it leverages, he :.si whenem'ver thie *'e.eral we'lfare' was nm paiI:- ofthrated b :m e~stig o i0 iT heyDin'"NedIt idlathr'opi-t (coilectiing)-'s so iciting~ abscr'iptions for' tile beniett of poor' girls v.ho wor'k ill eiiarette maat ie tot'ies. They. ma~c .'ut eniou'gh to ia e their bioard(, ands ha'.e noQth it let; I:: ;uzircha-e t'.iir clothes. I rinsty old gentleman~ (who has seeni pit't tires of' the eigari'tie ma~ker' in the eiar' stores )-l gue5' it doe~ii't cost them; mnhi Im- dhe hoe. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. Facts of Interent Gathered from Various Quarters. 3liunesota claims to be entirely free from venomous snake. Cholera h:1s appeared in \'enice and Vi cenza :md several deaths are reported. Win. D. Sullivan, a well krown Georgia editor, is dead. There are over 1.0011 fine animals on ex hibition in the New York dog show. .ldge Jon Fulmer, aged 91, a venera ble Democrat, died in Stewartsville, N. J. Deputy Postmaster Robert Harding, of Cleveland. 0.. committed suicide: no cause can be assigued. Four imcm were killed and a number in jur, .1 by the fall of a building in "ourse of rep:.ir at St. Paul, Minn., yester Ly. S.Inc of the Chicago strikers have ten dered their services to the oflicials to aid in suppressing the Anarchists and Socialists. Lord Hartinztoin. the Coalition leader in the British Parliament. is cager to kill the Iih .bill. The largest silver producing mine in the world last year w-as the Ontario of Utah, which yielded $',3,387. The seansbip WVmin. on a ecent voiyage to Europe. ran inmo a whale in mid oeanl andI killed il. E - Vice 1resident David Davis is danger ouly 1. at Bloomington. Ill. A terrible carbuncle i- the trouble. Iobert Smith. colored. who murdered a whie mani in St. Bernard Parish. La., was taken from jail and lynched. Dave Cowen, a farmer residing near Charlotte. N. C., dropped dead while plant %ng watermelon seed in his patch. A ire in Tampa. Fla.. in the vicinity of the Fir. National Bank. caused a loss Of aboil $(50.0(00: one-third insurance. :.Gien. Gabriel R. Paul, (retired,) Uinited States Army. died of paralysis at his tome in Washington vesterday. Thie Post Oflice. Conzrega'ional Church and several other buildings at Windham Cemtre. Conu.. were burned recently. The -re-t bridge of the Baltimore and Ohi)'s Philadelphia branch over the Sus quehannah River has been coiapleted. Patrick Cron got angry with Thomas Haye- and threw his daughier out of the second torv window of a Boston house. Dudley Joues, a prominent cotton buyer of Union. broke his leg by jumping from a train while in motion. Tie vilae of Hamlet, Pa., was nearly wiped out by fire a few days ago; loss fully $50.t H N. iaxey Cobb, the celebrated stallion, for whoni 84000 had been refused, died in Philadelphia. Wim. Ha1iwk, an official on the Cincinnati and Ohio Railroad. was struck by a train aIt StauntOni, Va.. and killed. Ranodym Shedd. aged 73, a pioneer of Tekonsha. Mich., murdered his second wife and then killed himself with a razor. A Colieton darkev claims to have a hen which recently hatched two dozen chickens from one dozen eggs. An earthquake in Athens, Ohio, and vi cinicv Sunday night was of sufficient force to sway houses and startle the occupants. Right Rev. Charles F. Robertson, D. D., Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of 3Missouri, is dead. The business men of New York are cir culating a petition for the pardon of James D. Fish. the ex-banker. Ft-rdinanl Ward is learning how to set type in Sing Sing prison. This is not the tirst time Fred ever pliyed the d-. Col. Austin L. Taveau, formerly of Charleston. S. C., died in Baltimore, aged l Ie was au~thtor of the poem "MIonte zn,"historical of the Aztecs of 3Iexico. It is said that at the coniistory to be held in i bmne in Juin-, the Pope will issue a bull :tbs- iutely coindemning and excoimunlicat iug all Knights of Labor. Sev.-ral A narchist leauder, have 1been ar rested in M1ilwaukee. Twvo more deaths of wvounded men have- occurred. maikingt six, so mr. Got t lieb FourthI. a cairpenter in Sanduisky, Ohio. assaulted lts divorced wife with an ax'- :mdt~ thien cut his own ithroat with a raxr. Threats oif civil war are being made by the ()ranrenmer in Ireland Promises of help1 have tIl- received fronm England. Scot i:uuld and the Colonies Geo'rge J-radles. a German resident of Cicagro. miurdleredl his step-daughter with a hairtcer knife and then attempted to kill himiself. lie was arrested. C ~ .l are peishin by the thousands aioni.c the trails in Teas owing to the dlrough1t. Over :3.o000 head have already peri~shed in the Pecos Valley. The Chicago Socialists appear dlejec-ted and: da~heartened since they have heen put inl jii and1( their followers are more subdtued ini the-r expressions and actions. Lieut. Gov. Clay Knoblock, of Louisi an:a, has resigned. .Judg~e R. C. Davy, be ig President po 1cm. of the Senate, be conmes Acting Lieutenant-Governor. The gossips have now p)ut off the mar riate of President Cleveland to M1iss Fol soni until next Atugust. The ladly is quietly traveling in Europe. The daughter oif Colonel and Mrs. Bona parte~ received the black veil and took her tia!l religious vowvs at the Patrk Street Con' vent. italtimlore. Wednesday, the anniver sary of the death of Napoleon. JThe damagie to the Canada Pacitic Rail road hv the recent storms has been so seri Ou.s that it will require several months to repi::dr and get it in perfect runningr order 3!r. Gladstone denies the story that he has decided to join the Roman Catholic church, and that he hats requested the de cisioni to be kept secret for six months for political reasons. .bi-s-oph Walzer, a single man, killed Mrs. 31. A. Lewis, with whom he boarded in Brookh;vn. N. Y., and then (-ut his own thiroat.~ No reason is assignedI for tlie mur (hr and suicide. A North Carolina statistician elaborately argtues that cotton sold at 8 cents involves a loss of 208 per pound. And yet, theplant ers goi ahead ev-er-y year and raise (-otton. Alexander Ribola. an Italian resident of Chicgo, ad adilictilty with an hostler, whenhissoninterfered and was fatally shot : lie father theii shot and killkd him The Baltimore .lmer-ica' young man, who loafs arotiid the White House groundis, reports that Grover's appetite is failimut and that lhe takes moonlight walks. lIe will lie writingr poevtry next. The Supiremie Courtt of Ap pealIs (if Vir ::noverrubh-4 te mtiion totr a new triatl i th Cl tverius cast- and atlirmns the ver liet: uinle-s pairdionedi by thi- Governor. lie w ill b1! resentenced and hung. 'The Locuon Daily Ne,rx, ini an editorial, saivs: " The territorial democraer of Ameri i-a'will make ver-y short work of anarchist plots i-nce it hats beeni aroused, :ts it is now lkely- to bie. to ar-tion ag'ainst them." Spies, tile Chic-ago Anuar-chist, appears to have shgwa nnimel a -n ablject coward when he f-lt the toch of - policeman on his shoulder. Most, his~ fellow-brawler there, has run otT andt hid to av oid arrest. A v'::ms nerro named' Diik Watiker.whii alten~il i to utsauh a white girl i (liar lotte (ount v. \'a. but was preted~(It( lby an elderi v cioloredi an whotii heardh thte girl's brilk was5 takeni from~ jail anid Ivneheid. Gjen1.. Lew Wa-'l-ice sayxs that (during the foun- ve-ar-s lie ws aS Constanitiniople he saw the inserican 11ag ini port only twice, once Otn a mian-of -war and onice on James Gor It is said that Edwin Booth is following ( in the footsteps of his illustrious father- c he was so drunk during a recent perform ance in New York with Salvini that he a could scarcely get through with his part. I The Gascogne, a monster floating palace. j the largest vessel afloat except the Great I Eastern, is expected to arrive in New York 1 in a few days. She is 509 feet long, will t carry nearly :1.000 passengers and cost I $1,600,000. . The Big Bend tunnel, near Oroville, Cal.. has been completed. It is two and a half miles long, and is designed to divert t the course of a river so that a portion of its bed, supposed to be very rich in gold. may be worked. Mrs. Annie McLaughlin, of New York. who was so terribly disfigured by vitriol which she was attempting to throw in her husband's face, has been convicted of assault and sentenced to two year imprisonment. Col. S. L. Fremont, a former United f States officer. who served with distifiction in the Florida and Mexican wars and after- I wards superintendent of several railroads in North Carolina, died in Memphis, Tenn.. recently. 1 M. Roche, the Anarchist, who was re leased from prison to contest the seat in the t Chamber of Deputies made vacant by the t resignation of Henri Rochefort, has been i defeated. The successful candidate was a M. Gaulier. C Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, after con- I sultation with the officials, has issued a e proclamation forbidding gatherings or pro- ( cessions on the street for any purpose. and the police are ordered to disperse them. c Joseph H. Fair, editor of the Hempstead. Texas, Courier, was shot and instantly ( killed by J. J. Cloud, a Justice of the x Peace. Fair had published that Cloud was t about $1,000 short in his accounts with the t County. r The rioting and incendiarism in Galicia 5 continues to increase both in extent and l violence. The authorities have come to a the conclusion that the disturbances are C the work of Russian Nihilists. aided by c Anarchists from other nations. The prospective duel between Gen. John ston Jones and Richmond Pearson, inem bers of the last North Carolina Legisla ture, is r-xciting considerable interest. The r former has been published as a coward by the irate Pearson. Mr. Davis was badly wounded in Mexico, while fighting for the Union under the folds of the Stars and Stripes. How many of the loyal Republican journalists who are now barking at him can show a sear re ceived under similar circumstances? James Halpin, a porter in the New York Post Office, struck George Cortissos, a clerk in the Post Office, a severe blow in the back of the head, which knocked him com pletely through a plate glass window one inch thick. It is thought Cortissos was fatally injured. Capt. Lebo's colored troop of cavalry had an hour's engagement with the hostiles in the Pinion Mountains, in which one man 1 was killed and one wounded. Three In- 4 dians were killed. As the Apaches could not be dislodged, Capt. Lebo withdrew to t await reinforcements. The receipts at the New York and I Brooklyn Bridge for April were $62,278.86, : a decrease of $1,057.62 from those of ' March-which, however, had the benefit of I one day more than April. The average I daily receipts last month were $2,075,97. t A mysterious and fatal disease hasbroken out in Rowlensburg, -W. Va., and physi cians have been powerless so far to save the lives of any attacked. The victims are first seized with a severe pain in the head and are corpses within twelve hours. After death the bodies become spotted. The Socialist riots in Chicago continue. Riotou-s conduct cliaracterizes a dozen other Northern and Western cities, and great trouble is ahead. Perhaps our Northern friends will at tribute this lawlessness to the visit of J-ff. Dnvis to Georgia and the "in cendiary ;peeche., he is nmaking. It would be just like themn ; o do so. The Britisth ship Alexander YatesstruckI heavily upon01 a shioal and <!ommenced leak ing, when the influx of water suddenlyI ceased. The vessel put into Callao, Peru. for examination, and the diver found that a large hole in the bottom of the ship had been conipletely filled with the body of a large fish, whieh saved vessel and cargo. The militia tired upon the rioters at Bay View, near Milwaukee, Wis., yesterday, killing five and wounding several, every one of whom had a Polish or Bohemian name. The infuriated Poles afterwards de stroyed the residence of Capt. Borchardt, who commanded the militia which did the1 firing. Further threats of violence have been made. Alerman Rudzinski, a Pole, of Milwau- ~ kee. who has been making incendiary hiar-* anues, has been notified by Gov. Rusk t that he will be held responsible for troubles which may hereafter arigc from the dloings of the Polanders who have been promptedt to act by Rudzinski's advice. The Alder-. man hadl been threatened with arrest by a r policeman on account of his language. t Mr. Hoar, from the Committee on the c Judiciary, has reported favorably in the s Senate the joint resolution proposing to t extend the present presidential ternm to 1: April 30, 1889, instead of March 4, and I providing that the term of the Fiftieth Con. s gress be-also extended to that date. The ; resolution was placed on the calendar. 1 The police and Socialists came together in Chicago last night with fatal results; five r of the former are known to have been killed T ndl a great many wounde.d by bombs and l pistol balls; about twenty Socialists were wounded, one of whom has since died. The y trouble occurred at a Socialist meeting and ii the report is that the officers were attacked o as soon as they appeared.a The debt statement shows the decrease in the public debt during the month of April ~ to be $10,965,3S7 95; cash in the treasury, l9 $492,46,510 73; gold certificates outstand ing, $81,715.225; silver certificates out standing, $90t.733.141; certificates of deposit outstanding, $11,515,000; legal tenders out standing, $34;.B681,016f; fractional currency, (not including amount estimated as lost or destroyed,) $t;,934..557 32. The newvspaper ridicule of the Eads scheme of ship transportation by rail is re futed by the fact that the American screw steamerDuke has been taken up from Pen sacola Bay at Milton, Florida, and trans ported by the Pensacola and Atlantic Ratil way fifty miles or so to DeFuniak Lake, in Walton County. The transportation wasa complete success and the steamer did not r show a strain from the trip. Mr. Gladstone, in his manifesto to his Midlothian constituents, lays particular stress upon the impossibility of meetingf the great diversity of opinion opposed to a~ his home rule scheme. The keynote of his e position is vigorously expressed when hc i says: "-Gentlemen. you have before you ; Cabinet determined in its purpose, and ti with an intelligible plan of its own. I see e very little else in the political arenai, either a. determined or intelligible." Speaking of the honors done ex-Presi- st dent Davis, General Bragg, Congressman - from Wisconsin, said the other day., "It will do no harm; Mr. Davis has many friends in the South, andl why not let thenm hurrah for the old man if they want toy The war is over, and I don't believe in apologizing forever to the Republicans. The Davis hemonstration means no dlisloyalty to the government.' General Bragg talks like a Union veteran of the right sort. Bishop McQuaid, of Rochester, says that Mgr. Taschereau's mandate applied only to the diocese of Quebec. The Knights of Labor had a right to organize to protect themselves, but had no right to disregard the rights of capital. Should they attempt o do this they will then come under the general condemnation of the church and .e;i1 actiron mney he taken. As y et, how ver, they had not forfeited their rights to ensideration by the Catholic Church. France has succeeded in snarling up the kein of Balkin diplomacy in a remarkable ashion. Whether she hllas gfained her ob act or not. even the French mteil not to now. fir it is imposbh- to gueos what er object was. The visiblet'fevt has bieei D increase the size and repugnince of the !ck the Greeks nuN 'at. and to iSoiate 'rance completely. It is likely that when he started in she hadi an ilea that RussmA -ould follow her. but a inyterious sone ing happened at the hist : ament ad led tussia away. The olicial denial of the re1r oi the esignation of Secretiry alingii I will b. Teved with pleasulre 1C. onily boy his riends and by Democrats but by the wl'ole lusiness commaunitv. who have come to aok upon him as a 1o0t tlic"n't Lwl valu ble public servant. 'Mr. 'ilanning'sr ation would indicate at least a hnie rom which we trust lie miay be spared. Ie will remain in the Cabinet so long ie has strength to performi his dities witi ut endangering his health. Abbe Casanova. a Corsi'':i arch,;toinist as discovered archives which show thl: bristopher 'Columnus was born ill the awn of Calvi. in (orsiv'a. and emirated Genoa. President GrevY. having, exa.m led the evilence and beiag salis!cd oh ii. uthenticit. lis auhorized the aithoi(ties f Calvi to celebrate by an oiltal hocliaiy' .e four hundredtli anniversary of the dli-' overy of America. The in.habii ant-, of alvi will hold a fete on M.y 2:' .ien a ommemorative in %ri;tion will be placed n the hoiusc where Columbus was born. Ax EDUccrD 1Ionsr.-ide-awake eorgians who really want to nre ater almost alwavs succeed in -ntisfyina leir wants, o11tw1 ithstanding the proiht ii on movement inl thaSt6tate. Acontry ian rode into Athens the otier dayv. and Don his horse showed every smptoi of ein very ill. Ile hav down iwa rAlled. nd seened to be in pai. A Lictr v, ; alled, who ga.ive .. litin that 1n lded a quart of whisky. I'lav*'g g h1: hiskv. the Gor. ian spoke' to the lrse, rhich it oncc j 1pd to tS hi ft nd Imi'de ff with his iamter on his back. Miss Caroline Terboss died i New York ecently, aged 77 years. Soon after her leventh birthday all development ceased, nd to the hour of her death she remainall 2 form, slature and organization a child. ases of this kind have been recorded. bough they are very few: none, however, aving attained the age of 31iss Terboss, eath usually occurring before 21. 3Miss erboss was only 4 feet 4 inches in height. emarkably quick intellectually, and until ithin six months of her death enjoyed ood health. The ease will be reported on a full in the medical journals. News from Burniah is very seasational, nd shows that the natives, with the assist nee of the- Dakoits. have temporarily, at mast. got the better of the British army of ccupation. One dispatch states that the asurgents have got possession of Iagda iv, and have destroyed by fire no less than ,600 houses, inclu'ding the Chinese and iamese bazaars. The hostility of the na [ves who remain loyal to the dethroned ing,. Thebaw. to the Chinese is intense, ecause of China's openly avowed indorse aent of Great Britain's seizure of Burmnah. lhc officers comnanding the British forces ave telegraphed to Lord Dutierin, the 7iceroy, that they are poverless to prevent e rebellious rioting of the natives and tave urgently asked for reinforericnts. ThIe ianaetenivit of itTairs by President leveland and his C'hinet and heads of >urea:us wNI ovill.wu well. Thre- his wen a i'eluction if 27'.iierks in classifiid ervice of tei 'reasu'ry !)epi-rtitCI whiose Lrvivs wer-e not needell ao all and whose v >Iaeis wili lint i Iflvd. Thie result is all nusual sivini to Oie pv-rnnt- 22. 00. And if the 4taieet of atn olli is in the vai' us di'par; mien's are triue. he ersoas who hiave- bren ap:;i::'i in eir iimedtite predlen-.r'S. It is iniri ' v suc'h 'conoieiis. pering~i thle wimirL' ub lii' serlvie'. thle Tre:. - ry show, ai ain f $'2'3.000,000 I in nine mmnaIhs 'it Chl-ve td's, comlpared with tio''- ,' oneteiod if rthurs awhninistrat:ioni. ('omi I'roc'e'ia:a. Thet Georgia i.'::-, uifitunli. of ai shirt dlt' and a pair 'f spurs. hai' at i:" beemn lipsed by the naked ap'pea!aape ofi anl Llbino on1 Main street y'e.terday afternioont. '.arlly in the day tile Albinoi who~ is oft rea mindl. wais seen riditig out of thbe city n the Poor House wag~on. It seemls that e left the wagon and1 wandered ini thet di ection of Fi'sher's pond,11 where' palrties -'cre tishling. lie had divested hliml'f of' very stitch of clothing, wich lhe con ealedl inl a ditsch adijoinli the taiiroad. >the potnd and proceeded t' olnder bout in shiallow water. regairdless of the( assers-bv itn vehicles and in foot. Orgw or ivo nen'in a boat nmade tnwttrd thle Al~ilo id scared hinm off. He grabbed his hait. hticed it under his airmnd sL tarted to ward le city. Wtith matrtthial'eadi but aihnost osed eves. (the Albino's pintk eye camllllt atad the sutn.) lie delib~erately walked irough Maitn street. perfectly nude, unhtit 2 waus sen iln front if Brenlnen's stiore by olicem:ml Graddick. Thle policemantii was > lthunbfoundedC tht 1he scar'ely knew. that to don. It wa~s dithiult to deterinie thether the polhicean or the Albino wtoutld arreder, bjut tinlly the tiude manut was anf inlto Brennen's store. where a blanlket laced in a htick and taken to~ ie guarid ouse. The Albitno wa':s followed up the reet after he enitered tile city proper' by ackmen andl colored amen and boy s. Every lie who saW imi was so surprised that ainy :-tion toward'( arreingili him seemied to have' een lost. 3ciany personls w',ho saw.t him1 at a ret distance muistook hinm for' a base ball av'er in thrhts. The ''oldest inhab'itanlt" t's the sene wals one never witnesed inl 'olumbia before and searcely will be agauin. -Co~udia Da@, Record. A e:R RENT IEEM. Is the editor in7" asked thle fatrmer, As lie opened the sanctuma door. Out, ehi? Well, give' him this basket, And say it's froml Dav'id 3Ioore. he're some currents as we've been raisin' And I hope lie won't take no offense 'I ask him to gtive 'emi a notice In the column lit cutrrent events." e office boy gzrabbed for tihe farmier', And kicked his dog over the stair; hen smiled lioud in his boyish delighlt As the cries of that cur-rent the air. A Good Many Fai~uren.: During the year 1883 there were 1,0 ilures ini business in the Unite'd Stattes id Cnadat. Some of these were big con rns. andt somec were v'ery smltl. Fatilure sorrowful business toIny mal~ nti, spiecial 'if it is hlealth that fatils. A great mnany' mes5 10,50;8 people f::il in htealth in tile mirse of a year'. MIany oft themi mnighit be ved if thmer wouhll take Bro'i .WI5ron itters the( ~rentt famnilyt med h'e eland re orer of wa-ted hlealth. SKFRPMPCF NAV0 SPRING FEVER At hissesonnealyerery one needs to use some sort of tonic. IRON enters into almost every phy eician's prescription ior those who need building up. ITtT.TH B1EST7TONIC. For Weakness, Lassitude. Lack of En'rgy &C9 it .HA*S NO EQUAL, and i3the n ron medicine that is not injuriois. It Enriches the Blcftd, In'" lTrtes the Sy.tem, RestoresAppetite,Alds Digestion It does not blacken or injure the teeth, cause head. ache orproduce constipation-other Iron medicins do Dn. G. L Br-KLX. a leading physician of Springfield. 0., says: 'Brown's Iron Bitters is a thoroughlood medi. cine. I use it in my practico. and find its action exrele all other forms of iron. 'In weakness. or a low condition of the system. Brown's Iro Bitters is usual a positive necessity. It is all that is claimed Gennine has trade mark and crossed red lines on wrapper. Take no other. Made only by XiJROWN CHEMICAL CO., BALTIMORE, 321). LADIES' HANDx Boox-useful and attractive. con taining list of prizes for recipes, information about cois. etc. given away by all dealers in medicine, or mailed to a ny address on receipt of 2c. stamp. FOR COUCHS AND GROUP USS WEE R ETC Thesweet gem..x.the.ed-from xofthe me nam along the man sweams in the Southern states, as a stimulating expectorant principle that looseni the phlegm prodaucig thesy morning cough. ad acme. lw the chld to threw off the false membrane in creup ad whoopfgthdseses. When cembined with the healing mci laglasl ciple in the mllein plant of the eld fields. pro seats In Tavt01as Cuasoezx RummDy or Swxer Gum iA tcLir the finest known remedy for Coaghsi. Creep thionrgCugay Coensmption; sad st palatable. any child Is pleased to take It. Ask rear druggihttsr It. Prirs, 25C. and $. WAZTLTEA.qAYL0R, Atlanta, O Use DR. BIGGERS' HUCKLEBtERRY CbRDIAL fo~r Dircea. Dysentery and Childrn Teething. Fo se h "a4rnxdati6 Blooy thex Ciehic an ic Feemrakbnae Fern allxhausedo befdiorrer conditihoni ofthiaEr Frei. cospns of tipetit , aachs Forpdrath, ttIrregularit ofien the Boles, ontiaingFt-dw A -miT A NIGR' ARNI I lecEu cttin and Bringse of the Ltomach Blw yFli hll -sTMC and BrekonELS.er Et hasingefhe orpleio Fromswaroyellor tinge. os of r puddy , hea da che Founirly roaes Irregulooypritis. Ition to thes BESTrnL-w Ps.ADCk TER'GS AURANTII bit CeUiful all buea ft her sIn;R tineaudy. onath color. Benieayreos lo, gloom spinI is Mfth Eagn Lia WERAIEn PURIFIRS. H BLOO anbedin fro VA Abrd tONI C.r Fgo sale Chicksgg thical$ . 50 perote - 0. F.g pTaCe Poreuyibet, airSO hacurNTeed.Fo furtdelher, in israut ifon, allbdtherekin Autyon.th siNn, Beauy The Solhe skn'ish go lintat ralie Fe. rctli oll rops.rI tlt cr AtL EYf1 COTTONs thi D CORN, a CO310pe tvo) crops ad larey~ used bkthesru AirL Atc H rnELE.ENT.- vutery in lzfor ton , or n nnl ranC ines,~l etic.l~sO ~C ASH LEY SOLVEJ SL rades- ser alone all nC o mpotsea tizrfor (JTerm , i rtiard Tstimals, raindC .blications of the Comipa tny. address THE AShLEY PROS] Nov25flv oarstas Ifuenza C oping a ionnhTrhs, inc'Co rlievo alne r of es Th information arou nrera's~ ondii ricwtha poun to Sod~e re ov sent bymal r25 cents in stam: Men Think they know all about Mustang Lin iment. Few do. Not to know is not to have. FR IE ND" MAKES Ci11 LD-BI1 EASY. The tim l'.ere : . lst w hen the te-rrible . 1', to this ver r . m a wftflna ! i. this at to chili. : pJlhii:ce. ~~~ I!- --IiT El lk - .IIIEN D.".... t-v ther-e are thou-sanil - ),-bL wo. Ten in our : . ing used thi W- a *un.-dv before e-u and call his '.: - ble seetionIc of ;i 'r ing us fo: plr r- n tion int Carolinal I: wou~d lik ;- I iv m p i o !wb , : orill in.l it h r w . - in j i.ri vious cotnn-imridTWO dc i :nli zt v rvd mwet'is, eti ami s.- nIrted ahnost deaIth: but : "*Ibi -:(. sh~e used "_I 10i E -L:1 i:N AD. and ser labo wa otrt, q k .1 and ainost. iie N(a)- w Thirey shl a - v;< ian we cer no wuli shccrlfl(i-: i .1-ml It is a o s whnyll she can avf-foid it-: We canl pirove all we.. clati:n byv 11irini/ inder , aiiml anyone interest red ca call, two ho: their hus ban do o. atis oL ee IIIand see oh ouitin, 1:ties. which we cannvuhl"it This remedy is - which we can notpulis crtiletes bntIt is a most wonderful iiniment top 11e after the first two or three mnonthi;. 6end for our treatise 4on the H ealth and Happiness of Woman, mleifree, which 1ives all particuliars. TrE PRDFIE LD hI-:t i- LA TOr CO. ,x .Alanta. Ga. sold by ail <1rnlgi is. oM eANKn .THADE :- MARK. th-eofth -. ::.d It-is camposei.aem .'rostapproved VEGETABLE TONICS, whhreinrduednt-o a-pre generousWine. Tiheve-ryin e st ' beitsmnedic aniiitis confidendly recommenadas a cur and previv of FEVER ANo AGUE, allother diseases originating from. -malarious cam~us For purif'ying the stiimproving thie SecretionsCnrern'a, Rheumatism,Bto odpoisonin g. a certain cerfDyspepsiaC-'mp inthe stomach, ianimaiatereieffor ysenry, Caic, Chnlera-morbusciadkindred diseases, Seneral Weakness,Ne cvous and Mental Debiifty, sottvcreiintrem-edyfor Liver Complait.andiseases of the Kidnies,n excellent appetizer; and., TONI C without a rival? e hr~rnegrtn sattecfinctions afhesystem, it is un eq ualle d. AsMmalwine-ghassfy!.threetimes a day. - - Sodby all Druggists and dealers generally. TOPAZ CINCHO"A CORDIAL CO.,! $9eop~~orieto~ Manufacuren. .. S PATAB U'G. S-C. Price per Bottle $.00. '6 ALRH EDO 2GODS t iit - :ry,inoneMonth, thnanit ~ - - b:s~t-'eertin~tv. JLE fUANO. d Ammoniaten -uan-, a c- -.pie'te Hiih OND.-.\ 'omplete F-- :- - -o the ers near Ch~ar n r t::-i- , ec. ip and exiceln N t- etwniaie er ps, t'.2..a a ?r Tr., rp fo the va' ra s :' r:ttis. : - instriuctive~ ~HATE CO.,' Charleston, S.5C. Nerlga heumntism. B-cading at the Lunat, MAKE BLOOD. like them in the world. Will positively cure or Ld each box Is worth ten tim3s the cost ot a box of thanfu. Oneini a dose. Ilustrtd panphict ps. r. . S.JOHSON e: CO..::: C.l. St., Boston. N ci.i eni carthl i In--ka hens lay likc it. It cures alditeases of hie'. cn id.lusratend book by mail free. s. 1-4b.a r.tihti S bmOgn