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I'KOl'l.lC YOU HICAX) A II OUT. PARK 1 1 URBT--I >r . Parkhurst will <ilvc two lectures In Chlcugo early this week. OI^Al>BTONlC?lt Is hhIi! that Gladstone In Ids younger tiny* used to slug negro nulodlna with banjo actonuuinlnr.nl very creditably. JONKilP Itev. Q. Wynne Jon. s, of Haiti tnOvo 1h going to start u "'domestic ^n ? Htltnte," the object of which shall bo to train girls for domestic service. KIiOWKH? Hx-Qov< rnor Klowcr saw Funny Davenport la "Hlsmonda" on Haturday evenfpg. lie turned pale w h<n the tiger wa,i defeated. New v. Vk World. WlLIiAHUb >M1m VVlllurd, ncloy of l \ uu cos Wlllard, Ik a tenant of Mrs. cievc land's at tho White House. Miss Ull lard la a singer of much excellence. ^hr has had supi rlor schooling abroad THB CHAlt ? Russian Journals arc Mill In mourning for tho c/.ar. They will continue to1 surround their fiont i-hk1 * with a border of black until a ye.tr h;?* elapsed from tho date of bin death. 13 1 WD1SN? > Christian l?icden, tho <? di-m member of the Herman itv i< hstug. c h bra ted the oighty?foui th anniversary <>f Ids birth the other day. lit- I* one of tho moat active and faithful members of thc? body and has b. en In political llfo about thirty yearn . WAllNKR ? Tho fuct that ("hurlcs Inid ley Warner's latest novel has bcoy the most successful that he has ever writ ton should < uemirage young American wrltoi'H who cravo fame before their tline. Mr. Wuriict* ban passed middle llfo by several years, but bin literary |?OW< rs aro on tho lucreaso rather than on tho wane. ?.s llAI^POUR? Recently Ahfruir llalfour won distinction mm a parlor entertainer by acting as an amotcur showman at Whlttlnghame. In his leisure hours Mr. Hal four gultlvutes both sport and learning very fluceesHrully. He in no tably a good golf play, r, and he lids become an authority on ghosts and , other objects -or physical research. HUMiiKRT ? King Humbert docs not spare hlms If In the economies toned upon Italy; 101 posts at court were abolished lust year, Including those of minister of the royal household, prt feet of tho royal palaces, and master of the ceremonies. The llrst act of tho king's reign was to give ao.ooo.ooo francs of tils private* . fortune toward paying Ids father's debts. RWUD- Mr. Heed's prominence as u i>os slblo candidate for tin- Presidency hu.s stimulated his corresponden e to a poin< Where It has become a burden. ||v re ceives hundreds of I r> 1 1 ? ? r ^ every day. most of them assuring him of success, and It takes tho great- r part of bin tlmo to attend to them. It rub him of all leisure and prevents him from glvhiK much attention to Congtus. slonal duties. CURT-lN-ln accordant ? with the jolui resolution unanimously passed i>> buth branches ef the He<;lslalurc sting A. K, McClure to deliver -an address belore that body on (he ||f.., ehartndei and public eervlc s or the lute <b,vcrn or Curt In, 'tho l.cghvlatlvc comuiltlci waited on Mr. McOlurc on Fafurday, and Wednesday evening. .lanuary :io' ? was agreed upon us a time fm- <| iiv erlng the add rem# hi the hall of tin House of Kcprcront,itlv*s. 1 'ON HON HY?Tho stroke ?,f par.il vsp "??that rob* ?jumrn Victoria of Sir H.'nry Ponsonby's services deprives her of an Invaluable attendant. As private s c retury and keeper of her Malrsty's privy purs.* his duties were aldn.ms ami dlgnlflgd. l'erha,iH h s r. iente.it .characteristic was his tact, which was coupled with l lie knack or saying lust tho right thing at tin- right time. The Queen Is credited with hav.ng made many amusing Idunders on ovasbms when (ieneral l'onsonby was absent and the duty of directing the answers to her coii-isponde.-i. e devoHod on her self. Irut't (Mir gay and frivolous colored contem porary Truth, has brok. n out In a u-w placc. It takes the ground that "< ivlllzeil man cannot do without cooks," and goes for him bald-headed on What he eals arid the minions who prepare p. Inddei.talU dragging In ,|,c learned Jn.lg % McAdan, who hands down a decision th.it good cooking Is a test of matrimonial felicity. As to tho depth ot knowledge Truth dis plays on this subject, we are not prepar ed to say~bi?ddtH, personalities are bad form-but If ail our "Mlddys" were Jls dainty and wholly captivating as im. y?.mK -kllelipii Inily" on T,ml," rr.,1 , cover cooking a.< a science would cease to exist, and poor, bewildered, delighted nan would jillndly swallow any Indlg'l tlhle compound that the angel of sauce pans chose to administer. We don't wish to Insinuate by this I li;t t our i contemporary is wide of |,s nu.rk-onlv that is cooks are of ? .ilfier j,t breed from those w? have been accustomed to On fh.o whole, after looking this numi over, we are Inclined t? ha v.- a little mom fwllh In the mlip.nlum. and 'I r.ith s earnest endeavor to be tho. brig best c riodlcal of Its , K 1 ,H \cmv W ? ? III II II lv IIDIVN It All. Itohert llarr 1 1 : i k lately visited Amer i , '.mil I ho il iy I 1"? ?: i ? lie snilod I. r lOii.i Inii'.l lie was i.t'kitr-r to ;i | ?;i r t y of frit'iols :i tld opminj: li s in :i i | . 1 1 1> opened f. >iiii- iwi^lVli :i it 1 1 A morion n llOWSpllper*. .III"! I e.'ld ill lltl K >||H> *?f ||u ? ?oiiiiik ins ii ] h .ii Ins in w I looks. One of these, a \ ? >i 1 1 1 > i ? - hi tdiorl .stories, contains "A I ????:? I on '( 'ha lino," wlii.-h \\ ;iM '.'iiy?i piih.ir.jied 111 iin Aiiivrloin p:i|ior. "\\ liy i< 1 1 mill iin American public read stories <i| A ;ii' )',?? t n Ii Tv will !i-n I ? y :in Knjflishman .Mrs. A:h.rion iisketl. Here v. tin this .-lory, "A l>i ii mi '< 'ha hn.\ ' | ? 1 1 1 1 ? ; i ? n m irivp ;i pi-inre of ?\ ii 1 1 St re.-i . ill- \ * s i'l- 1 ill I I, slit* s ii. I. o.nlii si i? t Ii ? i it u:is tli.. work of ii foreigner . .Not i. Hi' single 1 i 1 1 ? ? ^:i\i> mi idea ui A.in't i 'it ii life, 1 1 .. 1 1 1 1 o| \ u'\v, u'.'iys if il.;ilii;j on Vlii, rue. . . i finyliiln^ else llliil was ofiiny (*i illfiiS 1 1 1 1 nee . .Mrs. Athertoi .-imply stfipt t Ii ? ? w!i..|v story in) i her iii- ntal vsnde basket . The oil iiii-ii 1 1 : ?; 1.1 . .1 1,,|" i;.it A 'III'V.I'.III III' I 1 1 1 ? ? ii. it v. .is ii..t /.ii \itnrian Wall St root; llio st 1 1 y w.is ;i s f.ir from truth a.s tin" narrative of l!i I'.iitish author w lio shot. I nt I i<i ~ ump-r t Ii ?"? pa'm trio-, of 1 1 n i*l< ' it> r:i i.?:i .Mr. r.iirr look. i! ? ? ? i - 1 1 . 1 nn ) p. ? hm; v<>. Iliis heavy ii-'nii- cs tili I ?! n dejected ly i 1 1 1 tin- s t rii \v chutr , "And to t ! 1 1 1 1 K . " h > s.ii.l, "t'lit M:s. A fhorton )i.-im foiim' out :itl that! I tllOllirllt I <1.1 I stiUicien t ly prep I nil IIIV self tor writii.L' an A iio-ricj n ^t.n by boinj; born hete, Itiiu :i i ? ? - w - j ? : i j ? r man from t'iy car'.ntd youth, :i ? t ? i :i Wall Street reporter !nr live years"! "W'hon I first roporvd that -lo:y, ho'<c one srreat W'a'i Sir. el man look nnother mtt in h i? yin-lit .* ? 1 1 ? 1 *mashel him on h'lovated 8 tori:, be-anwo the liiv-t man's new daughter-iti law wiin not fardifou a Mo enor.*rh for tin- other man's family to en!J tijK>n, I little t!i ni^lit Hint Mix. Atherton was waiting uhcad in the eo::i in< y<vtr? to full upon my -Oory of tti* "ncal." ami show that neither of th <se well-known operators wvrc Americans, and that they did not know how i>j tnnke a don} on Wall Street The in toflve |>ower of those new women! h beats me!" ? Munaey's. ? ~ "JTrV-w* ^Tr) in in I ii it k. ^ Ostrich fi nf'Ju r trlm ii*ni made of tUKl'Il iiUo' J-1* vi i'v- .*K>tni|jir for <lro**<**, ?n<l cf.miH in sot* jdi'ap .T" to oirtHne'^^tW rtr- k. wl h l.-irRor feather* to form the *leev<\<. Amo:i? other i. >\ eMimt In <*ro?H trlarnilnKs is a .lei band nliap^d to rfljjo n yoko. nmL^fror.i thix. fn fronf fmiim thentllo frfngr. ti*ro W. "thn^ 1ii'*Iioh xvHy Jot. wl.ich rea^hc* the #ot?onr. of the . v -f*.' ? ? INDUSTRIES. ? .. PROGRESS OF THE SOUTH. Among tho orroucou* iuii?.ejoiU?n? prev illicit in the minds of mitive* of lCuro penji countries, an well h? inuiiy other wist' enlightened people of tho Northern und Western portion* *>f thin Country, in til at concerning tho laok ??f pio^resH In tin? South The invariable rejoinder to ti r ipiiut'iiti otherwise favorable to tbe South m to excellent ioetlon to emigrate to 1* that "th'ngd down there are too ?!ov*.M 1'Veqilellt'y this falliclOUM I H*1 1 ?* f Rlillrl TtHlfiiiv with p<-o;>i?* who would he rivhi* coil sly indignant ill lhi> Implication of their not being well po?tcl on tho rein l J \ *? prog res* of tln? various sections of our country Tim Kmigraut has opened ll.t> f.vcH of many otheiwise w ? II informed pcopN* um to the climatic eondit Oils of lli<' Southern Stat ?* as e miparcd with tlioso <>f Kuropcan count rii'H anil porlhniH of our iikm country esteemed uioro con gonial thau soleidific oI*hci vation* hcwii lo juatify. It now preHonta after much < I i I igcu t renearch, facts ami figures estib lishing the title of that region compiled in eleven Southern Slates, to the claim of belli;: more progrcaaitc than one coiiM expel after tin'- dvvastation wrought by war and piling" anil much more so than section^ that have iiail nothing lo disturb their equanimity. In AlH'il ISCJ5 the Southern Confcdcr aey yielded t< the I'nioii forces; 1l#? sur vlving ofliceiH ami men rcl inning 4o peaceful avocations. Kor four yearn it nut maintained an unequal struggle, sometimes licr-'C, nud at all times unre in 1 1 1 i ng. To keep 1 1 h armies re-enforecd it had, an wan apt!y sai I, robbed the cradle and tho grave. Not less exhaustive h i<l hecn its drain upon the materia! resources of the cloven Stales of which it was com poSed. /trailing to obtain official recognition Ify foroigu countries, it could not antici pate future rcvouum h.v loans, and <thus Without credit fihroad. if wcossarKy de pended mainly upon Its ow id resour ?<>? to maintain its armies and to nupport tin* wotpen nnd idiildren, the ago<l and help less 'within itn borders. The .vupply af forded was frequently altared with the invading f'ninn armies, which were eon nlantly going up and down throughout the ( 'on federa"y seeking what tlic.v nihrlit devour or destroy. ('(?nsei|ueiit!y at the el-use of the con tent little of personal estate rein lined in tliis devastated country, and of ihe real ty. ii It h < >11 gl i the soil wan I ? ? f t . Iio'ih?s had been demolished r hurned. fences appropriated for camp tires h.v holh a r niies. and ti'iibnru us' il for fortifications; everywhere there were marks of the ravages pllich the terillde ey 1 ? -II.* of civil \var had le't up m I lie la ml. Purine the ntrti'm the j >< >1 i Id al fabrics of the several Stale* had also toppled over, an I these must i, ft tin l>e rebuilt. Tin; entire .vystcm of hi bur ha 1 bcun uprooted and tie- e, lore 1 man, Uie for inev laborci. half dazed wis wandering idly about n t knowing In what to invent hin newly found freedom. Sueh were the conditions which con fronted the e\ soldiers of th ? Confedera cy an they rea died llieir homes in that idcasan.t spring month of I and >\ I < i h 1'ref.fri'cil obstacdes hardly 1 ? < for mid ride than had been the nrmicH of ? Irani and Sherman. The ex-soldiers, liowever, and evidently a I concerned, went to work with a will, and of the ren nits of their lobor and enterprise the publication* of the eleventh eennns will help to tell. There Is pel Imps no surer indication of the prosperity of a country than the | Increase of its population: Va. . N. 0. S. < ? a . f;?. Via. M ir-H. 1 ,11. TeX. Tell. Ark. l'opula t ion. I S<M? 2.41S.77I 1.017,017 1.151.110 i.is7.:ca 3111.422 i .513.017 .1.2SO.OOO . 1.1 1S.5S7 . 2.2.15.523 i. 707.51 s 1 , 1 2S, 1 71) 1 HI M ? . i,niMi,:ns < Oi 1.022 703, 70S 1,< ?r>7,'js<; 140.121 WU.'JOl 701,' -?05 70H.002 0OI.212 1.1<)0.St>1 ir?o I noroaso. S22.450 025.32 '? +17,441 7so.(X17 250.1MS r> is.sk; 4 10, f 85 4 10.5S5 1,031.31 1 (557.727 05 >2,72.1 T..ta I. .10.100.00,0 0,1(V'll3'JO 7,.T'?5.74 > From thin tn.ldo it will 1m> scoii thai notwithstanding llio intervening war, in less than om> generation tin* population of tin* States in f i Host iou luis increased in tin* augrcualo SO per con I.. Florida ami Arkansas more than tripling their re spect ive populations wit !i;l n I hat jioriod. Fx cop t In tin* newly ?otth*d Ti*rri torts ? f tin* West, this Increase is unparalleled. It even oxeeeds that of the North At ! .1 til i?- I>ivitdon, eomp osed of the New II upland Status, with New York, Penn sylvania and Now Jor.?oy. This division has 1n recent y<*nrs enjoyed a prosperity so markod as to arouse a jealousy In other sections of tho 1 * ii ion an-l to pro voko i-har^. s i>f spc\al ' lcgisla ti<<n in its favor. Yet i't s p<tpnla t ion ? liii^ Increased only from lo.5'.? l,2.Nt. in l*>0()to 17, 1<>1,515 In 1n;m, ii ii increase ot <>,807.277 or only <>-1 P> r crrit. a rato of 10 per ? n t . less than the avtiMSo inorehue in ll.o States compiisiiti; the late I "onfodoraoy. The valuation p] iced upon properly for t..\ati ?n is jiNo in a general ?iiv .?? fair judication of the material condition ot :i ? ' . ? l! I? ! r> at the time ??!" the assessment. The following talde sliovs the \:ilue p ' * I '1 , ?u taxahlsM e.l! < state ill t he eleven South- i ii States referred to t\>r IN IO, ISTo iti I l^>->. the In I -< ' per i valuation: ? >e:-i.-el \ .1 111;, a i nou n! out t.> I toil tor ls;<i r n^' t heiy ,?.?! Kstnte I 'la. Telil Ar It. Toiit lS'KI. u i r.:,v,*>. W.ol2.7:3 :*i7 I o'v-i.ar, i)i, v.n ,. mi 1 M.7*W. (SI 117.i?H.I'VJ 1 ".'l.t.l ? >7 . -.;'.y,-'.st l 1N7'? ;?*: o.r.' ani K.l'A.t.J 1 IM S. 7 .J K..l.r>8. l:.2 !?.1 77s, 4! t !it,.;jj,7'Vs IVt. 7 1 .70*1 77.7f.MJ-M t > 1-S "tlH W'.ts't.SM.T ISiXl. U7.:vm,.l,:'s ii?:.::ih,. m l:"'.77..i si 1M.7-..' Mil 17!?.sm|, til LM,7.'2.S!0 lV..i'3t.wsjl t'.7,s.X7:t7 iSii,7i'_.:>ss 112. 17?*. on on 63. V, t . a to ".?.??* <.7!* s West ?:t:t l.vll.TK.rtjs t.v.l, VI ruin la. ? in * I uclud I'nfortuiiato'y no report of su -h a-*T<s | oil valuation for 1 S(V? n??w o'ttainahle. | hut (lie figures reported show tljat from t'\'1K7'i. ti ?*? yenrs iifii'r t'u* wo. r | ejosed. the nss<Y<Mod value of roa^ estate , tave.l i<i the < 'on ferler.T v had shrunk j SUM.-:. 107.075 This amount repre-eius mainly tho a^s< x .iluo of ! hui'dincrs. feu os, uikI uther on t pi oviTiients <lestn>y? <l hy the war and not restored five years after its clone. It | would douN'1'Vi.s In- safo to say that h*: i fore any recuperet ion hal hi'irun, there j would h * vo been found a shrinkatje of ? fully .iikI the nsscnse.1 vnl I nation of real esvta te In the St^te? of the I late < 'onfederaoy iu ISid would prohaidy , have horf-n (in ?l?oot $1 .C51.013.0fC:. : The ntoonnt of Rhrlnkaxo in the \nlue j of person*! property during the period i Is not so easily ascertained. It tnii^t l?e remembered (hit in 1 H* K >. according to tho reports of the eighth census, there was of taxable property in the Union w ? persons designated Us "slave population" ami differentiated into ' black an I luulfttto, male and female." Of this iM>piilatiou tin* la{o Confedor a to State* wore credited with .'5,.VJl. 1 1<? till of whom evidently were included for asaesnmont with all other personal prop erty for tho census year. 'l'lie following tahlo HbmvH tbo aKse>?,<d value of all personal properly tnxc<l in the States comprising tho (.Jon fedora e> for lHtJO, lK7o ami INK)? the amount for IS70 ha? lieen decreased jwr cent., to redu<*o them to a coin valuation: Asseggod Vuluutlon of 1'orsoual J 'roll, rty Tuxed. Slate. I Sim l.sso. 1S60. Va 208 700,23# JO"*, 249,91 D .'.'i'j.'K;<i. K-8 N. C 93.23t.7r-' 37,M5.a.W I7i,(i3| ,028 s <* 7H.2jo,;iu; 3;.fi,:>t?.. t u (la l'.?0.7KI,030 6C.6l7.ftt2 43*. 130,946 Flu 13,185, 117 9.h2?.'.22 47,2<?X.K7.". Aila 101,237.(101 3W,f??7.612 277. MM >;/.< Miss Ifi.r/J.X?1 <7.WO,3ll 311.01.17.". I. a 74, WO, 905 41l.622.MI lw,0K2,;'7/ 'IV x 257.0M,f>O7 42.037 OWt 1WS, 316,322 Ti ll W.fcff.iWl ?1,&97.I28 112,r/>4 Ofct Ark <H.320.M>7 25.HI.%31 llfl,D~6,.r.r>0 Total 1,213.016,1 IS 490,000.246 2,m.>MUM> The total loss of personal property as sensed for taxation from 1M('0 to 1H70 as shown hy the table in $ 1, 08S.7S I In tills in Included ?ho value of slave prop orly, tho a mono* of whioh 1m unknown, atnl ean only l?e approximated. It is noticed that the value of live stock upon farms ami of farm iiivl ?* mollis and inn hlnery average* for the yea's IH70, 1SSI) and 1NDO about one ha'f of tho total assessed value of nil ta.vaMe personal pronert.v. The value of such stock Imnlemonls and machinery In 1800 wiw .$40-T7."0, (UI7 ii ml if this relation held ir o I then the value r,f personal property Waves omitted) would have been double the amount or $1>27.-,>00.07 1 which amount l iken from (he total assessment, $',\ ?47S.S H.-tof) leaves as the nw'sncil value of slave properly $1,.V>1,3-I4..*!.M or about $ 170 per capita. If this result correct, there must ? hen be a shrinkage of value in the Confederate Stales be I ween 1-VtJO ami IM7<? of personal prop.Ttv taxed Slaves omitted* from $01'7.fi0O.f)7l to $100.0^0, ?Jlti or $4:?7.-4.'M.8-?T This shrinkage, as in the case of r; ??? 1 estate, !s to the year I.X70. not 1K(?5. when the war closed. Considerable of the los* innnt hive been meanwhile re stored, and in th:s ease it is safe to as mime that. Exclusive of sab-n, Ihpre was a loss in the Confederate States of per sonal property taxed during the war of $( WVl.OOO.OOO, mrking the value of as sesscd personal property in 1S07? only S.TJ7.rXM).(>7?. This loss taken with that of real estate nnd improvements, INIO.OOO indicates a total low to the ('on fed-.-raey of actual tincrible essessiiblc property from ISfiO to 1X05 of $1. |00, 000.000 and this includes no "conseouen lial damages" arising from the diver moii of wealth prod noting laborers as to a consuming and destroying soldiery. A comparison of the assessed wealth of I lie Confederacy in 1X00, 1 S'05 (n t (ho close of the wnri ami 1K',)<) may lh?-re fore be thus stated: I'la.Hs of Slaves omit-' Prop' I y. IS! to ted rfio. It. Kst. 2.26S.7!>9 613 1.0'.|.??13.6S3 1.S*.1.913,6S3 IV I' ty. 1.2W.0I6.4IS 327,.r>00,075 927,.VK),n74 Total 3,r.lI,K37.g^ 1.3K2. t1'2,7.">0 2.7S2. 113. 7:, 7 ll will he seen that the loss of $1.-400, (ski, (MM) in assessed values accruinir from the war ha? not only been restored, but that the ass<,sseil value of property taxed in 1 SI K) w.is $7'Jll.r>2.'l,.">0 1 in excess of that of like property for 1S00. The gain ?>f $2,120.422.o0-| in jhe as sessed value of taxed property between IS(55 and 1S0O in tlu> result <?f the ef forts of the ex confederate soldiers nnd their associates, and is indeed, a victory of more renown than war could poss bly have given: except in recently settled portions, no such increase is recorded elsewhere in this country. It represents a gain of l.M per cent, while that of the North Atlantic J>iv!s:on of tho census has meanwhile been but 1.'i I per cent. It will be noticed that the values stated are Ken orally iIiono given to tax aide properly for the purpose of taxation. The rapidly increased vaule of indus tries In the Confederate Stat ok is well shown in the following table: Clniracler of Indimtry. 1S1K>. 1S60. I ,!\ e Stock, Valuo ot $ 415,007,709 f SSI, 77 >5,0(11 Kami bands, fenced ami hulldliiKS, val 110 of *2, 009.305, 9N8 $1.800, 70S, 193 ManufafturhiK pro ducts, value of. .$ 579,693, 1," 5 f 155,461,291 M a nnfacturo of < *ot - ton, value* of.... J 40,1(55,071 $ 7,&'>0,ll" I i tMti Potatoes, bush els of t 12, 417,309 0,617,062 Indian ( 'orn, ? bush els of 3l9.4ril.K92 2VJ.fi27.17S Oats, bushels of .. RO. 32*>. 1 21* 19, 9011,052 Mutter, pounds of 171. !W. 67a .'>9. 631. '27 liny, ton.** of....... 3,004.477 ?* .'I,i>S4,.">74 ^1 iilca and Asses number of 1. 355, 522 M.'.ST.S ( 'otton Hales, nuin | ber of 7,121.030 6.31?. I?rt t Morses. numb r of 2.6.2.02S 1. 712,63; j These largely ineivased values In 1N!><> j kIiow only in part the a dual increase since the war. hut they show that not withstanding tin* changed methods of )?i hot*, the ihvd ruction ami upheaval* of wnr. tin* Stalos which fa led to ? s ah !ish their Independent government have prospered limit r the oM Mac quite us well I an any of their sisters in tho 1'nion. ami I have a re.-ord in tho eleventh census of which tln-.v may well be proml. Not only in m iter al wealth. but n f'i eiliieatloti of i(M people !i:lve tlje St ley I comprising the late Confederacy ma b > o'nine laMe pains. The education p'atisli's previous to 1 SSt I are n<?t very wat :nfaeb>ry for nny part of the I'nlon. hut the eleventh cen sus sh<>v\r. vxpemlit ur?\s on account of public common schools for the States of the lute < 'onfi-<lora?y to have been $1'?. o^T.SKl for 1 SIH ?. against $t?,ii4;>.MK) lor | ISSn. a train of more than 1(*> per cent ; in that decade alone. The illiterate of ten >t'I?rs v>f si Re ( r I over of i liene States have also decreased ! in number drring the last ile a le [ (?.">1 not wit -dn.nling I he iarge increase in lH>;?ulat 'om. The percentage of pers n< i ??v. r ?>?!? jenrs of age tt ni hie t . ? resi.l or i ! write in l^su v%ns I.",, in |SfM but ! ' and this improvement Iwik ail been ae I eompl ishe<l without the ai. I of public "?i ti l r | gran-t* or other charitiiw I nilunt r In 1 Vote*. Shavings from planing mills ami other I winn| working factories, packed in ha.?* sonicwhat like ?v>ttou for convenience in handling an. I shipment, are becoming ; I an article of considerable commerce in j the white |iin? lumber regions of the ? , XoiiUvvmmU tihiivigo uses this mntorl.it lu llverv stables, in iee houses ami cine- j i where. The demand is steadily liicrras j <'???? i Knthusiasm in regard to canal improve I nientn, Ktich as aided to till the column* j j of tho daily and technical press about a year ajjo, has l?ornc no fruit an yet. and there is every prospect that the ubiquit ons mule w ill f i ?r the coiuiiiK Kpnnonj^^f ! |iM?t, continue si?< the motive powef on I that strip of raging water lK>twcen A I 4 b*ry and Buffalo. | CHILDREN'S CORNER 'i lit* l-'it 1 1 1 n it Kiii r. A lit t lo nuiltl I'V tl.fi v\ lii l.nv-i.ai ,St<<?nl ?'u>{? rly wiltoMiii; a C ? I II c :: H'nr: Hh?> oIm|>)>< i| Jit r ImukIh with ii <i?i ? k tit** , IlKht. 1 > i i t ?fr w <l<'>n*!r?* a? It p;i?v?"l iYoin hl^hl. < fun mojiU'.a >ii til ax tlio vtiti , now dffid, Tim m-xt ftliu licit* I ( i*r r i? rly head. Ana huI<J w 1 ( It an ou i rif.it no -h moir* could doiiM, "I link It's a tnndlo tint I >o?l Mow oil!." \\ Ullaiii N. 1 1 m y ittt in Hitip i'm Voting I', N TUB liROWNIUS' UOUSK Jimiub b?y, j;;.* evt.y <?|l?**r rtehl minded \outli, was a great udmirer of i iht* Brownie*. hey They never paid any , attention to Him. but wont about 1 1 *c-i ?? J l?iiMin( h.s iti t ho bo >ks a."? holiwunly a# cviT ito inn Her what Juki's I"' migh' era. k at their 4'\|H'inii* . Nor did it seen, to make any difference to litem how iuii h noise nii.t being made in the liur Hery, they swum. threw snowballs climbed trees, thittUd over Niagara, ami. built houses as unconcernedly as ever j Nevctihuless .1 1 inin '.obey liked tliein. llfci didn't need to have any attention paid) to hill) h.v the little folk In the pictures, j lie did n t expect it, and so it made no. difference to him whatever whether the} ' iu>! I -i d him or not . The other day. however, just heron the vacation had come to an end ?liiuime lM>y had a very ijueer experience will, his little . pi ??ture hook acqimintanoea i. He wh s feeling a trifle lonesome, llif brothers had jjnne to a party which was given by one of the neighbors for tin babies, and .limmicboy at the last imm inent had decided that he wou.'d not gi > lie wasn't a baby any more, but a small man. lie had pockets in his trousers and wore suspenders exactly like his father's, only smaller, and of course n proper regard for his own dignity would not permit him to take part in a meti baby party. "I'll spend my afternoon reading, ' he said in a Lordly way. "J don t fee.l likt j playing 'Mere We ( In Round the M.ul- 1 berry Bush' now t-hat 1 wear suspend ers." So he went down into his fathers li brary \yhere his mother had put a book case for him, on the shelves of which he k' pt his treasured books. 'Inhere were IheMoi^t lieautiful fair.v books you ever saw, Brownie books and true Htor> l*>o!'? by the do/.<*n: l o >ks of tunny poetry illustrated by still funnier pictures. ( and. what 1 fancy he 1 ? K I l>e.st of all. a half dozen or more big blank books that Ins father had given hiun. in which .limmie boy wrote poems of his_ own in urea' cap*t.'.l letters, some of whlrli stood on their heads and others on tho.r sales, hut all or which anybody wTio could read at all conld make out at file rate ,?f one letter every ten minutes. 1 nevei read much of .liniinlehoy's poetry mysell and so cannot say how good it was, but father told me that the 1 oy iu-ver hda the slightest ditlieulfy in making Massa chusetts rhvine with potato, or Jack sonville with" lemonade, 'SAM hat 1 presume they were remarkable iui their way. Arrived in the library .Hmmicboy seated himself before his h?v. ik-dise, and after gloating over his possessions for a few moments, selected one of the Brown ie beoks. curled himself uj? in n com fortable arm-chair befpre 4>he fire and opened the hook . k* "Why," he cried as his eye fell upot> one of the picture pages. "That's funny. I never saw tilint picture before. There isn't a Brownie in it: nothing but an empty h >nse and a yard In front of U. Where < aa the Brow nil's have gone?" lie hadn't long to wait f??r an answer, lit- had baldly spoken when the little door of the house opened and the Dud'' Brownie poind 'his head out an sa.d Kol'tlv: ?T'.m not an erupt. v house, my d nr. The ltrdwnles all have roup In here. We've played ;ui long to inaKe you Pintle We thought we'd like to reft awhile. We're every one of us In tied With nhttU-eaps on each little head, And If you'll list you'll luar the rOrfr With which the sleeping Hrownles nnorc." ,1 i in mi clxiy rais<?il file boo'< to liis ea? and listened, and sure enough. there came a most extraordinary noise o'it of tile windows of the house. ? It sounded like a carpenter at work with a saw lii a nwnii gerie full of roaring !:oiis. "Well. tlS'it ;s funny." sail .limtnie bo.v as he listened. "I never knew before that Brownies never got tired. I thought they ftimplv played and played and play id :il! the time." The l>nde Brownie laughed. "Now there, my lillle by. is when you make a really clegaul mistake. In said, and then he added. "If you will open wide the book We'll let you come Inside and look. N'o oilier boy has cVr done that Come In and nevermind your ha: " ? | wuihla'l wear myniat in the liousi anvhow." said .litnmn-boy. "Hut I say Mr. Brownie. I don't s v how 1 an g t in 1 lie ri.' . I'm too big . "V?ur statenii nt makes me fancy that n ally don't know win re you're nt; . ,,'i'r,' hi' ?? ? i ? ! in'l "ii. I -.iil . Air. iuly. sir. you've come imlde." friilird ll.e I * ??!'' B'vwnie. and .liminte li..'v rnbl.l i-r bis ey> > ;i< i! i>e ?> 1 1 ? i 1 1 ' j . ; !??.>: . .! a ' -nt !*?':? and dlsco\ I sa.le Hrownl 1. he h - I w'tiio-i! kn.iwii g !? ^'it I that | , ,1 .i it'.' .nv;ta i ? ; lir!i. ? in .ill sorts .'f I'unnv pi \ii i = :hre? ? r s ? 1' l-h< lb- w,.rM lie 'arka i'l la- ? 'II .Jt el lb.- ? u animals .1 -."n*. ??)' had before, i r i \ c;: i i Hi'.'.i' i. . bpSant. for i!ist.i iiual > 'U ev d. 'IV ? !i forty pa rs , . .Kctacl c- i unniiig all tlie v\ . i \ it a its t rn e k : a ? 1 a I tr.?w ??i? lei.-dov; with i:?i ta:! ciirbd s> tigti'1% ?hat if I fi..l !'i.- 11? * erra'ntv's hind 'e^>> of)' j|i?? ?! "i ; and ii"?<t int re^litijL ..f alb a Hvownle bear that < -< ? 1 ?T take it<? far i. ft" i.i >? - ?t ? i-athi r and put on a !i -I ? t! -am 1 . -be '?.*? d. .l:ma!TeS.y iii" I <? i'ii ex am! 'ictrh wide open at t h? ye pi -I ores . "Wlc't "in rr a a! "i. i Is." he .??nil. "'b. j on really hav > such anntals as th ?joV "l-lxriise ine," s'!.| the Dm'e Hr. wid?'. "but before I answer, must I answer l:i p .-:i\ or ir? p"?w |'H do whatever yon wMi me to. but I'm a little tired this afternoon, and [r.etrv b? sueli nn effort *' "I'm very f- ml of poetry," said dim nib lmy, "especially your kind, but II you are tired an. I would rather speak the other way, you can." The Dude Brownie "iniled gratefully "Your" re* a very kind little ma.ii," lie said. "Thin tiiu" I'll take the other wnv but some day when I it written I'll send you niv book <?( poetry to make up f..' It Yoit'Jik > oiir animals do you?" "Very milch." said Jlininiiboy. "I'd !tt*r ro pen n* Brnxvi !?? 7... . s o.; Kmc." "I'll iitlen r to fliat." "ai 1 I be Ibi.le HrownU*. "1*11 make a note of it on the wall so fhaf wi' won't f.irjret it." lb-re he seized a huge pencil, almost as big as himself, and w r< te s.?ni.-lhinsr on the wall whleh'j.Iimm:eboy^Vv>nM n?.t understand, but wTiich he snppo*fd was . i. ? Bp?wnie's menioramluni . "Won't you spoil your wall doing queried the liule visitor "< >h no." said the Browide. "All them walls are made of slate and we use 'hem to write on. It save* littering tire lionse nil up vl'h |Mpi?r. aid every Tutsi'. y till the .' yoU grown-up !<?" 8?bout? and I v .,|v tn your nur KCS.- ? ??Sw i ,,, ? b????. >1;; r 'ursc;l?"i ?>?: U?.;-,v U.liy l;.v.ly. ".'|vr" I. A,r S" M?. """' J' ,. '; tl.,!vs K...r.?l thrn.isl. M< ,|M. in' >mI l*Hllttf?ll .Hll*0 0(* .. "lio ^a?i \n 1 4 i fiii lie Vltii't *k?' w"",v,v.i uii w,n wm. ilttrk. ?n.l ?<> ?< lf anyone ?q,.-otft?l<n t<> n?M? mm wm j(J IS playful ,m.l ^^^VilK^V.r vlnS ir "iii'ro'i' ?r.?w vf w Yhj.. *? would w..*to hi* Mm* -VlV.: :i, "only v<vu'll bavo to b1M?* "" *}*? <>anl! ? pr? Wo hnvo"'* mtv ?tolr*? "TWt tbiuk 1 ??nw bow. ^ Jit mldbov. "1 ''a? ??W?' ?'mvn ? i 'vor lonmrd to nlld* ?n 'onv "Von don't bovo to l""? "? ,ro.? \ "\11 vr" bflvo to ,1f? ,s to vlih Tour l.?nl*tor? i? tl??t nn nu..i. ?...i >??'"?? ""ti,??W .11.1 ?? I- ???? I-W. ^"Tn l<l Jrr.T '1.. Zv,i," thr-v' t "r" v'i.nl^^Uonf,,,'.v "norine.! I.,,' '' vX ?:t ?r ?'??".? or ,r!,?nri (n a^MH? otlior O"fiu>f?t?on "WVTl Uiij li^-'tf pvorvtliinf jiliTwN ll.nn.rW ynn ?M O.ey wv.Thov -.i.i "??? ~ ^ Tl,'?,;n1; fnrtl?J'? nv.tt. r.1.n? wo don t i?i?? W"*o w? Won ? ihiip wp ?"* r^. 1 " ? v.i,no "ZV>!h>? ".m.rn- notch lW?le does ??,rprtimn2 on ??M oornot M M.o #?n?no If li'" V" ,1"1 3 . tunc . OTt twirc n? ...nrl work to,.f? It's ill: vorv V'll nnd v<>r\ n< ? of a>?rv't(K> to <M?t oi?'l>t v-njrs of ^loop ovjm \ Uv i.' .. Vvhni ?? tbo n-n of wn^loe W tim.% Tnbo viinr sloop. 1??? <lon ' lonf uH.ilo von ...o tnV'nsr it. Wlion T wfl ?nlv n W Hwnrnio T n??o d to nlny nil ,l'v n.Ml tfn to ^l.nol nftor 1,1 <r*?no to ho<l In thnt wnv 1 loftrnod n c^o*t donl !;S iu'vi'T !'o( tir^rf Of sow.1. Vm. don t .r,.? t r.'d wlion vo.l'ro won.l..Kol n'n n ?ni<l .T.mjnio W lind 1 ui?'? T linow l.ow to work it. "V."?Vvr.r.- "f ""I IM fM'0"t ilM ntbor '?1"V tlnn f.o LI..." 1n nl .1 ? > v tW- r-nn't "jn toll 1 J if, ?o tlvnt 1 OH 11 toll P'inx ii:i nlMMti ;t? Mnyl'o lio'd lot mo do it ,h"(Vf prvn!>iO 1"1 t.'ll vim " K-:id tlio n?i, r.rown'o "It's 1nst (ro to hod. p ill tlox-ovrrs un v; >nn; s|,?? vonr 0V< S. full i^lo-n. nnd tl^n \1n?' Tlio fjcnlonoo wok "Oyor fln^Ji i. for us tlio Urownio sp .ko n Poiur in tl.o hrtll?'?v ltclow t?oirnn to ol:mK f?nr" f.itlv "...l in an Ui'kwi'Ic troMuo snrnnir to tn? i?nnif< . AVA down }>??<? t?io hn'l nn-1 riiKl.od out, Tuo tl.o vnrd. ThiAr- vUy f.nw M' .,nd Mioir nv-o'ncor hnd suniinon^.l tV'n l?a?-U to it. .liuviOloliov fotlovvd l?nt lio sli.l ,<?. fM^t thiit it inndo liiui di*xy. J1' tli'Mivht lio w odd nov(Hf mIoo. Do\\n tlio fl. .Wlow 1.0 -H.I. on. tl-'-'f ?,?l f 1 1(! ( i v ii ii :T in tlwlr trnm w rrr M two lmt?v l?rr?lhoiv!. tlio.r moiitlis t nrt Iuim.'k full of ?\vootiuo?t?; . "Hullo." Siil l .llmnu."W S f:H llu r. "W'tiovo li-ivo von Itoon. Jiiiiinionov . "In tbo Hiown l-o.-nn P o l.m i | fs'iorl. It fOMiio.l to linn ns if I>'ilf llrownio in tbo l>ook bnd L.,.1 wil.K- to 1- 8-dont. -Hid bo ro turnod tbo wink. I've byrn bor. look in" It til V I'rownio boik. ho N ia. 'In b'.'.l V" ??i.l bis f;.tbor. "And do \"o.i nov.-r t t n'f.l '^f *' 1 ? . . ?... ? \*o " v,? i 1 .Tinini'oboy quietly. ... Jv* 1 -.'O soinol bin - ivvr In t I oii.'ii it." "Oil tt'on 111 Kt.ito ' f Ili.. Mro'v'd- 's vil-V' bo t-Yi mb? d nut of , . i. io lrn '"i ox'" I "> fiiil told t'lfi xy ,,',oirf' d. iind I.V s:iid it i?:. v ^ ...vm,:. ,-vo -.-..iv tint 1 ,] 1 ;? t v .lit lio.v III it ?*b I'Ollld V . i , v iatolti-cnt oror?tnro wlion |,.lm K.-ndi iok U>inp?. n < r W 1! \T TIIK STItlKi: COST. ()?rr II ii If ii Mi 111 mi Dot In rN In 'I'll I r ItM'it for SlrlUrrs. j? r mmny, nitd -i-Iiokv tin* most I ? \ | ? i . ye iteii r? of tills strike, that Oiin- i 11 : ? <st imated . I<Y>r in^uin ?>. I.li-e ; ? i I > lti OMklyii trier lian;s , t'i". j. 11 : in- ?; l.?t nrha u . t?> tnulf* -losses j v.'!:; !i i <m l-i'iiisiy eri; p'lil itiiaP, ' nit ;n'.s aid liave (!h en frit ?>>' the ? ;;'i Tln.u fherc* 1* tilt' lost. r n ?? ..r I lie 1 ?;! ?-lnif-.s mm v\ '! ? ? ? an- , - i\.r ir. tin* mUitia; f-? " ??v??r 50 per <?1.1 ?>f i l.i' eitlni: ai" serv- ' OiK t-M : y <";m- ??? an ?? { ?* ti 1 j r- i::r'ary I ?; .x- nf Ir .in $.*. '<? : lim.Ki i' ;!>. 'Pin n , | ? -<? i- j'.e !<?>??? t-> {.!.? tvr'.ey i <?:npa- J , * if. i:: i'a:nair. <1 | ropiw'l y ar.d in pay | t>tr :?!??! i-ui porting l;i l> 'i its they have >r ? i :*J . t ifi'Ci a disiati o five of ex fur laiiwav t r ? ii?j ? nt a t ioi . Al! ! *' i , ;ii; <> :-ti>r ,i:i nis wj|||,| <l-i!ilii'i< -s ! ? 1 1 t ? r into s verai trillion,* of j .W1 :I1. . T i ii two pe o'r> Imvp killtd, iiil i: -ii !i wrnth. r flr> yesterday, mid i --ii ? ?' i ir.' ??n\ i-.nl?Mi' ?<??. as jirr i:ivolv"d ; in li vlnir i:i i-jtrs ami ear st.iM'r-. wor.se ! * ? i . n any nill.itrtry ? ? . s i p tent 1 fe. :hc l ??!:?! i i* either i"lre !:y a;?:a;?n". or : to ? .? iT ? M '?>p" ' refater. ir- rosily m . I 'll. *?.? lt< ins of >:i iTi-: i hit, far in ?re important tlnn til - pi. miliary 1' are ? ifn li'.'j; 'ilcniaJ ! < > . 'i'l i re ; re a few ito-mo <4 i \;i''rtso, ! Ci.V. ever, wl.ii li I ? i ;? > 1 ??? n t;i ? with 1 1 .Ml e ir ra v. TI"He ,'ire tin/ i .- ? < ! . H i1 >vm;;ir.:rs fn? :i pa -s i/ r lialTii-. I Im- l\yiv< to !.??!> irem f ill .1 W !*-'?*? til: i" I Mlillyfl Dlld e\:r. Ilerr n re ;lnso four itf.v.-: ' C rv.;ii ! ? V t li! iT.'i v.* % \2G 'W> St: . k i .s-'-ts in wdr ^ a; S ?? ' a <la v . . yf7. 1 2.".0 S, e 'a! ei^/T. i;>sft.o6o T' arc wry ieo?!oiate iNi'matcs. Two I?f thene i|em.?. ?po> lal pol'Of fllld militia, will n.'Wtirrd'y f<?rne out f.f -the e< !<rt ?? <>f flie nroeklyn ta xpa y?T*< . A third, the <rtnvpj?ni??s w III .form ' < lie item In n b<K hill rtf dnmaiten airaiiW H?o '.-My whioh tho court* nnny nwird to t<l?o compwt?:ow. ? York World. j ? Experiments in Georgia show that the* best cotton fertilizer should contain not less than from 3 to 4/0 Actual Potash. Any failures to this crop can be traced to a deficiency of Potash in the fertilizers used. We will gladly send^ou our pamphlets on the U;e of Potash. They arc sent free. It will cost you nothing to read them, and they wilV?save you dolLics. GBKMAN KAl.l W0j<KS, i,.i h'?>?uu Street. New York. .VUOMi Ui:OH(il4 I DUOItS. Bylvunltt Telephone: There is practical good to lio derived from u reduction of lli<i cotton acrcage; we hope iho farm ers, generally, will be willing to agreo to It. Whether all cuter into it or not, it will benefit, individually, every farmer who do .8. Truo Citizen: liaise your own coin and ? iHcoii ano enough to sell. There will he a great quantity of cotton planted, if It cu? he done, and those who raise a little of it will have a plenty of buyers for corn ami hacon raised In lieu of cotton. The Southern planter who will make money on cotton will he the one who does not plant it. Sparta IshmaoMle: Whatever It might !>e In th'ory, female suffrage would not nrove to he a desirable thing in practice. The enfranchisement Of while women would Involve the enfranchls ment of ne ?ro women, and that wou'd bo pini.?entOn ?unt let loose in the South- The. man who knows the ignornnee and fanatical hatred of the whites thnt eharnct rlzes most ne cro women, and who yet favors enfran chising tlem. Is a fool. Mai'lson Advertiser: The Advertiser '?f! faithfully endeavored to set forth I'a i- -a sons for favorlncr public schools, clear Iv and distinctly. We believe that a pood svrlom of publlo schools will do more ? o bnlld en the town than anything else, Inst at this time. We are confident In 'he onlnion that snrh an Institution would enhance th < value of real esta'0 '?evond the nccssarv Inereas" of taxa I 'on. We p.'iteve that i ubll? sehoo's would ''r'ntr mom p?or>!e. mere loe?d mt^rprl^es ''for- peopl" >ave workt an 1 would now' nf,. | Tl ? 0 r. ? j*r business In ? ' 1 1 '? t |o)? <t . Columbus Kiuiuiivr Sun. if the letter i laUcu as a loresliauov. nig oi mo can Itdacy ot Mr. illrl tor t lie in-noeia-th; lOi.ilualUiti in 1NIW, il may :><r\e.to tntcn lfy thu already Increasing ucilv.ty ot the ? ight tar free silver, and draw to Air. rlili s support many of tnoso who are ur ciei.t lu thai cau.sc. It may ho a lit lie early yet to mako any predictions as to ile i chances of Mr. Hill's candidacy in *.!(>. but we presume that the oarweriietib and restlessness of the political world will soon force tho issue and again put i he country into th\ d.stracting whirl ot i meat national campaign. Klherton Star: It Is a lamentable fa-t, !>ul none the 1 :-\s true, that the small main crop will bo almost a total ? failure in this county uiiU.-ks the farmers take Imi'.ediate slops to it so w> Seed oats will '.o nec:?sarlly high, ahd lf?ossibly scarce. :uni therefore hard lo get. Tho Star wonlf suggest in its farmer friends that l hey do not try to see how many acre* they can sow in small grain; hut how ina'iv bushelc th y can mako per acre. profit Is not in how much we plant, ? - - u . . i , . ? . , . , , 1 in* (il nn I in ,,,,% '?ul In bow much we make. Selec. jicra, or a few acres of your best land, .??nd sow down in oals. Don't plan-, all i O'.v UUWI1 111 r best land in thro went cotton n'l l r oats on land that will not vrow If yon dti. failure Is Inevitable. i ????? 'i Thoinasville Times: "Instead of beggli g Northern mills to come South, and It is s.il right if they wish to come, Southern capital should combine and build cot:on mills. If It will pay Northern capital it will pay South rn capital. And then wc ought to show mill men and Investors at (he North that we have sufficient confi dence In the manufacturing of cotton at 'ho South to put our own money in It That will prove, after all the best nrgu mont. Tli'-re Is enough capital in Thoni i'vxillo and Thomas County to put up ? iorc than one cotton factory. We should like to see some of ?be mills which fire < on. lug South located here, but our peo ple should not sit down and wait for ? thnrs to Come and do wlint lliev e :? n . te ;? vj/Vy great extent, do for themselves." The Wonilcr* of (lie Son. Tho Mack sea lias a depth of f>% filltoma. Tho Atlantic coast takes lis names from Mount Atlas. Tho water In tin- Strait of C.lhraltfir Is 1 M) fathoms deep. 'I lie polar currents contain loss Fait than those from tho equator. Tho K' a Is estimated to contain 2 2f.O, - r iO.'KK) cuhlc mllos of water. <)no very common species of ocean ln (?islora Is Shaped like a hell. In a cuhlc meter of limestone Orbljyny found n.000,000,000 sea shells. Th<> rinlf sir. am I* 1O0 miles w ide and from 400 to Oin) fathoms deep. An echlnodern that Inhabits the West Indian seas has over jo.ooo arms. I?r. Young estimates that the mean depth of th> Atlantic Is ahout 16,000. feet. The first author to attempt an expjam i! Hon of the ocean currents was Kinder. Tho sea cucumber Is nothing hut aMhin flf'm and a very capacious stomach. Sea water Is said lo contain u'l thd^.iol uble substances that exist on earth. Tho a vi rago depth of all oceans Is sup posed to be between 2,000 and 3,000 fath oms. T>.o sea-Jiet f le stints its prey to death I v in aiis of a poison secreted In )ta te'i r cl?s. Th* water of th<? Dond sea v I el 'is about two pounds to tho gallon of sai'.ne sub. ftances. Nat urallsts are rtlH In doubt as to whether the sponge is a plant or an ani mal . Over 7.001) varl ties of mle.roscople vea t lulls have been . enumerated by natur alists. There are _spiln/rs of fresh water In the 1 er'iia n ^rulf that furnish supplies to vrs. sets. '"'or a lone: time the coral was supposed to bo a plant. Kven Iteauinur treats It as such. Tlie Xew South. "I sliii very mui^h impressed with tho great Improvement in the materia) con dition of the South since the war," said Cardinal Gibbons in speaking e?f his rc i /? 1 1 1. vi?it lo New Orleans. i / "Kvory where in tluil Heetlon tiling have been much changed for the better. 1 went direct through lo New Orleans without stopping off. but coal 1 not help noticing from tne car windows that, the cultivation of the soil has been much improved. "The railroads have grown wonder fully and have developed the country in proportion to their own growth. The busy centres of commerce, trndi> and domestic Industry which have sprung tip in the South in bite year.* have also at my wt tent ion. "Tho sugar industry has been material |>- advanced in many places by the inlro . dutfMon of costly maclrtnery for hnndltntr , sugar cane on the plantations, and even for making it into *ugar. In some eg sfs i one plantation has an entire plant, in i others the production of half a dozen 1 plantation* goes to one refinery. North , ern capital and Southern enterprise are ! accomplishing great things side by aide. State line* m ver amounted to much in the North, and in the South they are I l?eing rapidly obliterated." FACHK ? A London i:<>i respondent fc?ya of President Faure: "In phyalque ha ttl ways suggested Chester A. Arthur to me. In training and experience of affairs ami In the attitude toward poll ties which (hi so shaped for him he U Irreproachable. 1/# Is Havre's foremost citizen, and has tho commercial North Onnly at his back, lie Is a I'rotf ataist, t ho first ever to rule France, t**r* Henry IV.' retracted beforo he mounted tho tVotie. He Is a stout free trader, a man of great business energy and grit, ami, what Is rather unique In France, ho speaks several languages. Me has travel d much and understands very well what the rest of tho world Is like. Ilo Is fond of shooting, and has an al most Jovial manner out of business hours. Strong common seiiao Is his poln?. rather than scholarship or fine airs.'*" Wit nIi t it k Dny. v A gentleman one day noticed that little terrier named impudenoo, whleh of ten came to bis liouso and looked the pic t nt o of feayety, had a solemn and cast* down expression. * "Is your dog 111?" bo rtsked the boy. "Ob, no, sir," was the reply, "only It's" washing day!" Now, the gentleman understood bow the mistress of a bouse mfkbt-he troubled hy the "washing day," but could not see how the sympathy of a do# shduld go so far, however knowing It might be. The riddle was soon solved. It was the ilojr that was washed on a certain day ov ry week, and this happened to be the . lit v. Although the washing was not to bo <lone till evenlnr. the coming event oru't Its gloomy shadow before over the dofr's mlnd.f} ? ~ Tlio Hoy's Answer. At an examination of an elementary school a class was engaged in a eomposl '!?>!? exercise. One boy wrote an account of the battle of Flodden Field, and wound ip his narration by saving that "James IV.. the King of Scotland, and the flower of tlie Scottish nobllltv. fell on that fatal Oold." "And what was the flower of the ?tish noblllly?" Inou'red the Inspector, ?e thistle," promptly answered the "Tbr hoy. Mr*. 1'clt "Hiil yon catch a notde .1 mi ,\. rs . II vile ?"( >h, no. " Mrs, 1 'el t ? "A li. one of the landed gentry ?" Mrs. Ilydo- "I presume ?o. At least he ua-i after 5he 'landed' him." ? Detroit Free Pre=s. fee i i e~r? . I*'>nd Mother ?"('l:ir('!i'H?, didu'4 I ove? beer voii nrnvini: bed'ime for Ood to '(;i Will v \Y lollies from harm during !<? night?" l.illle p! f ^w?tit<vd him spa cod. so's i could lick the snffin' out of hitn todiy .'^-'Puck . "From t'u description fPive luvard a* the Sahartvt l>is?rl," said Pat to Mike "sure the climate av the place mush* ho similar t<> an Iver lashting Sunday \vi<l no side d.'ors . ' ? Washington Slar. A RCADY. lie not hesitant with mt, I .'or 1 go to A ready. Winter Is stern monarch here, And without the window there, Scornful of the leafless year, Hreathes bis frosts upon the air. Now from all the hapless trees Kvc ry frisky dryad flees He not hesitant with me? Let us go to Arcady! j tin not hesitant with me? Come and go to Arcady! We hav? drunk the summer's wine ? F, very yellow drop Is gone? l'lucked tbo last grape from the vine. Yonder woodlands hide tho fawn, Where beneath tho young moon's glance, Idthesjmc dryads throng and dance; He not hesitant with me! ? To the woods 'of Arcady! ? I2ugcne. Field in the Chicago News. Senatorial Kullot*. I'v Southern Asjuxjat^d Press. Boise, idahq, Jan. 25.? Tho vote for senator today resulted Shoup, 20; Sweet, 1:?; Claggert (Pop.) 15. Salem, Ore., Jan. 25.? In today's ballot for United States Senator, Dolph receiv ed 12 votes, only \ less than the number required. . Olympia, Wash.. Jan. 25. ? The fifteenth ballot for United States Senator was tak en today without result. Anken'y Is still in the lead with 29 votes. Seven Drowned. By Southern Associated Press. < i/ondon, .Tnn. 25. ? The fishing boat Tweed, owned at Pimbar, and manned by a crew from that place, went dawn? during the recent storm and her crew of seven were drowned. 4 a COTTON Makes 4o. YMtlCKS, even on PIANOS & ORGANS n M "T* be discouraged, but l^v-ZlN I write (or Our great IUkgmn List and Wonderfully Easy Installment Terms. 4c. PRICES. A new M*thu*hek Pland^s? Ian than ever before srntd. & t?> Saved on a Sterling Piano. Twenty Nearly Now Square Piano* a\ New York kI*h nway PrlOM. Kliiy New Upright*? from B?st Mak ers hi Out Prieia. * " UlcU Mirror Top Organ only #30. 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