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| J6 Jno. JB,—Tiro re«*<m« CarlMe to fo to Now I *puM tboir teat, aMfkt. One woo to •trelftteo |oe^Mr« *• o4t tbo hitch (hat ten the Ooloctor «t Gi the taportor* i of check* in aid the othev * ** D0W I her fwOier*. -wtli wlU be SIK)j6Ctl9 (IS*6 occurred between ■what allied. Under the oM ■retem in wocna in New Toak, cheek* are received hr the coBector in payment of oertaln doe*. A eoat decMon reoently rendered Made tbe ooUeetor iwepeeaMe for *11 check*, whether the hanks Osdhcd them or net. Ihia rwpooelbUitjr Collector Kil- hicath, after loetnr aavera) hundred dol lar*, declined to M*oia*. The importer* than, as a matter of retetloa, oe**od to r.thdh' - cn*?om* dhee in sold check*. It deposited therefor iilrer certlttcete*. I* before HA* order we* imtied to theck* fold payment* avemaed twenty-five day* 26 per cent.; (hey ran down the day the order wn* pat into effect to lee* than ooehnlf of the -per cent. Tn a few day* the lor* in ftold for cue tome receipts a^grecated more ^ then $2,000,000. In tbe prewent drain oa ffdM for ordnery expm>**cH of the Treaeury tide atntc of affair* whn serious. ” A new *ntem of tmnufec orders was *ngge*ted for tbwpeyim'dt of cjptom datfae and wns thought to he ureewble to the importer*, bnnk* and Treaenry officials. Rome of the im porter*. bowerer, still objectcil, tt i* snid. and Deputy Awietnnt Trenmirw - MnWeman** vWt here on Saturday hod for W» object a settlement of the matter. He returned wlffi Secretary Carlkde to New York ktet night. afraid of «fce Boeds. The action of the House Committoe ' on Judiciary in reporting the Bailey - resol ntfon farorahly to the- Uoum Uaiv the effect of deterring any Inrire Mds •o far from txdng roretved for the new bond*. The adUoo. too. of the KuivhtK of lAbor In seeking on injunction agnin.u Recretery OnrMsle to prevent him from Issuing Ho rids has had a dfanifettm; the magnificent Helen Ooold kCks timatod at $15,000,000. t the wealthy RoclUMkr giri* hate Iked the quietest of ilves. They do sot heloM to the Four Hundred^ »<rt>*p* for the reason that Mu* of the family has prof cared to attempt aa entrance wtthtn rhannsd circle of Now York's fkst able*. They art not racognlasd in the daily throng of notable* on Hie *weil milliners and JOodlste* do not know (hem, because they wear only the plainest gowns, which toned by a aeamatreea who in their house. Worth «r Fi had an order for a gorgeous party drees from any of the worries of tfe* RockaM* ler family, because they.j bolls or swell fuactioo* ef say kind. It is dmnbtful whether any of the ter* ever learned to daaoa Alta and Edith are aoeompltehed mu sician* and linguists. Edith) i* sg o*n- niveroua reader, and both an wfli ao- qua i ntecl with nusWrn literature apd the standard English authors. AM* ha* paid impodul attention to her French studisa, and Edith prefer* German. Tim younger slater ha* studied the Japaaes* language, too, sod at pne time was Msfaltios* te-g( to that country as * Baptist mkaionsry. Hicre are four #muk>* in the Hooke feller matMion, st No. 4 West Fifty fourth *1 reset, and a large opgan. After dinner the family ait together in one of lafttas- Treasury official* hare no doubt ns to the power of the Secrotiary to uw the gold derived from thooe bond* for any legitimate OoVemuicue cxpimse nnd ftevwetery tfarltale win, whHe in New York, asmire *11 proepectlve bidder* that they need hare no fesr* on any soore abont bidding for 'the bond* and tflia: they will be amply protected. DBPORTHfO THE HPAXItlM)* W WB* Css»e to America to Work Un der Contract. Washington, D. C , Jan. 2S. —War- ranta of deportion to the immber of ISO to S00 are now being prepared In the Treasury Department for use In deporting the Spanish cigar makor-e^; who recently arrived a,t Key West Fia., from Cuba. The name* of nbeh contract laborers who came here from Havana a month or *o ago will be Hied •In the warrant* tomorrow or Tuesday and the warrants will be aigned by \ Secretary Carlisle and the men de- ‘ ' ported. Many test esse* of the imrul- .grsat laws have been made tn the United States oourta, but few ciwm have *uoh a beating on the prompt ac tion of the law as those In which the L court decided that It had no jurlsdu;- Uon ovsr what constituted an alien eon- ^ t|»ot laborer; that wag, a matter the fdselaloa iff which was conferred by law l^lteh (be jajeretarjf of ttte Trv asury (Ma authority there can tagal ol^MleB la tbff way of ^ and on tea receipt of^ Deehler. at Kay r ' West^jyfll tfcmediately danse the arrest ,'*'aad deportation of the Spanish cigar makers, who have kept Key We*t 'n -month so sgo. or ms ujrnrmw* protbm. Asssrtes’a White Mlalster to Mark Hsytl Owerstegs His Daty. New York, Jan. W—The rtesmer , Prlus Willem I., which arrived this morning from rort-au-Prlnce, bring* a report from Haytl that quiet prevailed at the time of her departure. There had been no disturbance, and fresldeu* lllppolyte appear* to have a- secure hold on &fT{Lirfi. There is a rumor, how ever, that mattew are teikUnf toward Geueraj Makigat, Whtf *t prageut I* reaiding in exile'at Kingston, Jamaica .He is believed to be the future leader * In Haytlgn adfsirs. * Afudh excltemsnt waa esuaed tn Port- au-Prluoe by the action of the new Amarioan minister, Mr. Sraythe, who ad dressed a communication to President A . Hippoiyte. In which he ventilated hi* * ideas, and gave his views aa to how Hayti could and ahouid be governed. Hg alto discussed the methods of the « President’# predscssson, and urged re- form in tbs country’s government. B<*- ’ fore aendlng the communicg.tion he en- * ” deavored to obtain the algnatures of « resident foreign minister* to the docu- ment, but they deellnsd to conwnU fhemselvks to such a course. He then i th^letter. and sent It te the ’President. Hippoiyte, o» receipt of the isttetv aaBad to meet the minister and talk over the subjects therein contained, hut Mr. 8lnytbe declined, ft Is report e<t that the minister’* recall will he ” demanded. His two predecessor* ware *. colored mss.. The Hayttea did not ex jteot auoh * severe dsnupciaUon from aa American minister. .*»•. . i ..was, 4 „ M I mvr A BBTTBR MAR.** ^ That ts Itis Fast ts whleb Mitchell Asselbes 4Hs DsCest. +- New York, J*a, 28.—Charter Mitd»eU jPTv: T iira ted tee w teg ^trsiRcr, Hairy at once went to tbe are Mr*. Mltcb- of her husband to gi esttars rs- ’ plan* (be length i the large reception room* an orcheMaa. Hi* dniiKtitk Bessie, when she is St home, piny* the second riolin, Edilh tbe r‘D«' and Alts the piaeo. Mis* AJta'spent *»|m< Htne at Me*. Life'* Seminary, ** Bye. N Y., and Edith h now taMng a •g«*cinl t'ourse at Ognots Seminary, near i’hikuielphia, Mya the Rt. Louia Post- Dispintch, Mis* Altn Itockfcller is about 5 feet 8 iiuilu^ tail, with s plump figure, and f.-ct that are not too small, and nut features- She has light hair of an uncertain tint, inclined te be geMen, and at the Mote time suggesting auburn. Edith i* a little taller then her slater, and though younger in years, looks end net* a hit more matronly. The%mu*cinent of the Ro&eMkr eie ter* art those of their father. Ilona ire’s recivationf in Ufa fast horses, swimming and Skating. Bote the girl* era good horsewomen, sit a capi ta] scat tn' nw’park end handle tee, over « pair of ponies on pleasont day* Thef'W'em taught to swim when they were scarcely old enough to talk. At their, father’* magnificent summer home et Forest Hill, four mile* from Cleveland, is a large artificial lake, and all tee members of ttw family spend an Hour <* two i* tee water here every day in summer. When Alta and Edith had leeroed to swim and float and dire in their bathing costumes, a* little chttdrsu they were taken to tee water completely dressed, even Co duet uud bets, and taught not only to keep afloat, but to make good aquatic pfag- re** with these impodinwnte. How many girls arc there who could swim ashore unaided if they -fail or were ‘pushed fltto (he water from tbe deck of a ferryboat? Alta and Edith Itoekofajkr can do teia. A high iron railing, end behind that « still higher wooden fence, painted gfeop,« ■ mirronnd* the grounds of ilk* Itoekefollor mansioo just off’ Fifth avenue. Near!/ si! of the spore wtdek tome milioueirea would have given up to lawns or hot- houses or fountains, the Standard Oil inagMuto ha* csOvarted hito a testing pond. Three or four inches below tbe surface of the ground is a hoard flooring. wit$u*a<Hn thk *e«m* «« tee flanka and thlr Ik flooded with water just as soon a* the tbmaomotar get* down to busi ness, about teia time of year. A* soon as there i* a good costing of km tee eotire I Rockefeller family pot their skate* on and I get out Into the air to enjoy themselves. They skate every afternoon and evening in cold weather, the pond being lighted by electricity after nightfall Expert* is HaaAwrltUur, Regarding the methods made use of tn determine authorship, medalists arc nwtumJly reticent. Some of tVn have admitteii, horwwver, tee natnre of the leading prinoiplee white guide (beta. Tile plUlosoithy of the matter rest# mainly on tlhe f-ict that it la very rare for fany two pensous to write bsnda similar enough to fleoeive a <«reful obstrver, uslees one is iiuhating the other. “Fista,” like faces, have all some special Wloaynoracy, had the imitator.hus not merely Ho cany (hat of aotuc one else, hut to disguise hi* own. By careful and frequent. praetiee he may sueveed well enough to deceive the ordinary mail, but i* nafaly tnoessufui in baffling tee expeat. Evo* the toast skill ful culprit cannot wholly hid* fafa individ* imlity, m Ike i* mite to rshfase into hi* ordinary method octeMdnilV. Thu* again, gtfaal care nas to be used. And this can he detectod by the trace* of heel fancy, the substitution of curves flop t ngles, snd vice versa, which corns put very plainly when the writing Is ex- mnined untvr the micro+eope, as ft usuaiiy is by the expert. ' A plan of detection white bag been adopted with great tooceea is to cut out each letter in a doubtful team ef SR and paste all the A’*. Bs, etc., on fate sheets <tf paper. Tbs pRioate i gone through with s gntphy of the imitei the case may be. variably shows (bag nnlfoilm if Imitation the writer being into some approach to tte ordinary opll graphy, a* late momeetsiw faflgetfahwes of some special poink ia the handwriting 1h' l» simulating. •sip* ** i Pteit ia too • attentiou. words, the (oil tee thickness ef noted and uly a Mg teal by moans ef tegL-the hut VUt9 IWripPiy y D*1 V la R ( —“iTtIIt Mansfield. F*„ Jam 28.—Never before did tea streets (ri.MateflaW present ante * aoses of excitement as they did this Baafey svaning. News has jute arrived tent a battle la la p'mrate at W, J. Bttea'a mkaa aa Teal’s Kan, between s bead of ritears and a force of deputies. people throng tea ia fretrt of Sqafrea office to thf uewa and a large crowd baa iteharad about tbe attekm to . learn die bttate'from (be akirmiafc- The report ef this last fray was brought by W. J. fksin, operator of tea arinaa erbMi bear his name. He earn* to Manfdaid to se- aara more deputise. It la said an en- pagement took pteea in white-* number of abets ware fired. Whether this la true or not ceuM not be tearned. Mr. Stain reported that » number of rioters had been captured and are being locked ttp fn empty freight cars as a temporary Jail. Bberiff Richard* baa gone to the seen#. r Frau Joaoph Staphig, the rioter who waa teot doting the fray at Beadttog mines yesterday, is dead. H* died abont noon In the Slavic tenement hoaae where ha waa carried and left by Ma comrade*. His enffartags were terrible until a few mtnvtea before Me death. For some reason or other be bad- no mad leal- a»»- tendance. It Is Mid that nnanoeeaefnl at tempts were made fo sbenre tbe scrrVe* of doctors in Mansfield. Ordvflle and BridgatvHle, but tbe physicians were afraid to viait the terrorized districts. His igROfkntl Slavic attendant* were powerl*** to do-anything for hi* relief. Baaide the whole throute his body, tbe poison from tea deadly bullet diffused itself through Ma ay stem. A Dytotg Oonfesafoa. and a family of sight from there to what to baKsved to ho the faaasua Oaatete* oda*. Ope of pioneers, in patetag through t picked up a piece of fgad, a a tight fbr Ma gun ““when he (Mi and t£e* rk* applied to so many apoto thai no one has ever been aMe to aqoaratety lorste the mine, but) tea present owueib believe they have found it. The valley adjeMag teat white to tee route of the Nevada Southern ia called Fahraote, It is described as tee princi pal one od them all for gold and aflvet ■and lead mines. Up ia tea vattco, white to one of tease dry, batten sand gukhe* f £.1KSCESfiSL7« to the Keystone, gold mine, from which IW.000 baa bean,extracted. , Up at tbe bead of the valley to tbe Montgomery gold district. Severn! tnOca gbeve tbe mill aro the Pahlkanp soring*, where a hardy pioneer has oasis and reared a family. Tboa# who have visited tea family say that away oft there, imprisoned by esayon wall* and sandy droarte, to the most beautiful woman in the WWet. 8b* to one of Datum’* Queens, pud bar fates for beta laced ito foot fa tee Fabromp vail ay The Fahrump valley has not been noted fot Its dvilixatldn. A band of renei ▼es. They once bad « chief, and whan he died is the candidate for the chief- til* eon was _ tafnteip. Tbe tribe did not want him snd would mot elect Mm. ao they went without a bead, but not for king. Tecopa afdpp«! Into tbe job. and bus since held It. and to locked np to as the chief. Chief Tecono's nttire consists iff a slug hnt and Before he_ expired, he made a com,™ 0 ld stripS ahirt. Onne InVwhfle he ” ' wears trouser*, but verity seldom. When Mr. Blakp went there Chief Te- ropa mid tlmt be owned all of that country, and that his consent way neceo- a*ry bebSWIVhr rallronda ensdd he buPt. His cmwenl could be bouvbt for a plug hat snd a rod striped -Shirt. These being oremtaed over a pipe. T^eepa al lowed the white chief to paoceedWrMi Ma railroad. feaaion to Geo. Marthenick. a fellow countryman, who was present' He said ha had bean intimidated Utto Joining tee ranks of the riotous, . He had been visit ed by aonae of tee towlees leaders and only persuaded bnt compelled Mm to join thorn. Terrible threats were Finally, through tee* of hi* life, he consented to their wishes. He we* mong tbe numbeP who undertook the let (fling assault- and wal In tbe front tins, pushing forward, when teot down. Upon the request of a numerously signed petition from BridgctvUle, a spe cial detaohm*nt of deputy sheriffs have sent to the town,- which muster up A squad of twenty volunteer deputies while Iho Schultz cool tipple was in flame* and ran down the mob of rioters, cap taring a number of them who are new la tee oonnty jail. Through scouts sent oat today It was anted that the dispersed rimers had re- Membtod St their rendsWroas is Heidel berg and had pledged themselves to re venge themselves on the eittoeos of UridgetriS*. It was also decided .to eveqge the death of their comrade at if mines. They have pledged to destroy tec Bledting coal takes months to do so. Far to**t“* b ' ta ' A geoenl alt . a the mvrtm&dino ' IshilnanL odd r ttomlened to And bif Uftck :Mjk to au evil-doer*. Senate and found tea fairs a j home iLferthT Cnrii,le «*» numettw#, hut for amah sanounts. of nf- aad without saying a word, crossed over whore he kept, Me pistol case. ton tola, loaded them, nd took (he other Mmself. 'Wow. Ittteerd m»r Lto,** he began, - L4$ very cabnto. fenwvqd Aw» pip banded one to Rknira In a low rteto -that foreboded M, sjpnd Uj that comer, while I taka position in this, opposite you, face to rice; man to man, pistol to hand. Yon ^Rvfld betrayed my confidence and tramp ed upon my fecllnge until patience has ceased to he a virtu*. I have reasoned gite jot aUd pleaded you to maintain my room# tn tent state of deanlineao, wMte, aa a freoWn Texan, I am acqustpatal, and you have ignored my wishes in the Ignored my iremtoes and have pone qa in youf siotk- W. telftlea* wayo, without regard to eithte my froXags or to my comfort. 'orteofaMtotodTaa almost in- ara “ The Shelley* sn« Byron bod uuulo- up his mind to go abroad; London wm. a* I believe jcu put It now. “boo Itot to bold hi.n.“ Fe was making nix final urraugesivonts- far leaving England, •.vhm I told him of the project Iba Shelleys and I had formed of the Journey to Genera. II * at once erg- gested that wo ahoiald all meet At Genova, and deiight'aiiy friFin with my propooai to accompany me one day when I had arranged to viait the Shelleys, at Marlow, where they were then stopping, and arrange matters. We aborted early ope morning—a moat unusual thing for Byron to do, for he went to bod obont tbe time when Shelley left his, bnt thi* time fa* made an except!oo—ind wo ar rived, nt Marlow about tbe midday din ner boor. They told no at the boose that Shelley and Mary wen on the river, but had left word that they weald bo in the inn at 2 o’clock, when they expected to meet me. Byron refiroahod himself mean time With a Mtge mug of beer^-I remem ber well think fag how horrified the wor- ■hippero of the ethereal poet would have been—and hobbled after me tbrouab Marlow, white he hod not seen before. soon returned to tho ton, a* his Ittsde walking almost an im- A low' minutes afterward jCame Sbftlley and Mary. ^ made at lunte in the*fan despite hi* misfortune, was in tea <rf a boy at leaving Bnptend. and far We* overdyed-at meeting hie idol- toad poet, who nad actually come all the may fren London to nee Urn. The oon- varoatlolT varied tones maddest fun end frifilc to jpxn auhjocU of “fate, free anft destiny, and Shelley .was tee contrast between the bean- scenpry abont a* pad what, be considered tee degraded condition ftf tee ’Inaagtoo scene* hto wqnag, “peo- inhabit 'teem, tyrannous _ _ _ make th^^ «Podhr repiidt Byron, “your poetry. Mr. Shelley, to lavely; bnt your oro, If you will pasdon me, utopia*, may da with annUud whet yon », but yon win never make it auy- eise than tbe unsavory congeries r: lyxon. SWy&rLi- _ At by tee mmoting of « few tyrana ^ mi debasing snporstltioov nation mttet make them.’’ The psoUoa •€ tkm ilriai Donee. > Heaven Mean tee doctor! He has bis nses. Hke other evtts. Ho moy refnaet when hh^to & hospital attendant, to save a man’s efe when tee man’s danger is not properly certified: he may sometimes prefdr to kill j* man in the right school rather than save Mm in tbe wrong one; he may be unable to /ree Mmaetf alto gether from calomel fed opinm, and be may write his prescription#—when they are fatal—in an omtoounly dead language. Bat In spite of all ibis he comes to the front now and then as a mighty cbnoorver of tee race, to banish with one invineiUi| sweep those ills which flesh Is heir to. Route time ago a restifap woman In sisted that a woman maab'Hde a hotae as a man.rides him. and tee set tho ex ample in Cetttral Park. To the . dismay of noon and policemen tee idea laid hold of the women whose ridoeaddles had never attracted other than the meet re spectful attention. It Was in vain that conservatism and aesthetic ism protested. When men and mothers gave up in de spair the doctor rose up in hi* might. He whhpercd something to the eaf of renfe leemees and theTehrire •>ide-*nd(fie re gained its proper place to the estimation of mankind. „ • ' Then came the bicycle, overriding everything with its striped stackings, un til the doctor came to the rescue of pedes trians. Finally we had the skirt dance with torturous anatomical d 1*1 oca lion*, splits, dismemberments and fleshly d-vil- meuts, against which good taste, morali ty and common decency cried opt in vain, until the doctor catno upon* the scene. , Now he has put his qule' is on it. 1111110111 wasting tine upon the morali ty of U, he aays ia nine ease# oat (t tea it is fatal. He flies not know’ whether It Is high art or not, but he pronounce* It suicidal. He does not stop to remind us that some things can be.both volup tuous and vulgar: h* merely observes that some things bring on ruptures and organic disturbance#, and that nature never Intended’angels to dislocate their hips or sirene to unfit themselves entire ly for all other earthly dutie* than dangerous contortions. The probability la that the skirt dancer will heed tho doctor whan tee would laugh Mr. Comstock or Dr. Paridiurst to scorn. For tho ^petor -who drove the hair-bleaching process nad the enamel ling sin from the face of thosearth by an occult power can do th|a same thing with akirt-dancing. Ail he has to say ia: ‘3tiy dear, you w91 become a dis located fright in six mouths unless you atop.lVNew York World. A Good Corres^oagewoo now. Hero ia a good suRgeottoa for tbe girl#. It xeiatea to an togwrian* arbeeea doriaed by a class of yoong ladiea at school to gether a few yeaia aga On# of team, an English girl, titan aspirins K: “Thera ware nin* of sa to the daas, and- we wow all pr (Wiring to write to each other coodnanliy, hot to our heart*. ffow you infernal scamp, I have made <*t> «y mindrto toffi-ywi. I oouM without giving you a teow for your life but absolute fairness shall distinguish the method of yoor taking off. Getoin your place, and when I dropyliU rod bandanna handkerchief, shoot! If you kin inr, to be It .1 forgive y i i tow.. Tf - Wtt you it wont # miike any difference anyhow. You are g«)od for nothing, and your removal will be a blesaiug to socie ty. Remember, however, that no m*n ever faced me with a pistol to his band and lived to tell It’ 1 * With ashen faSTICcSarJ Henry, who despite his pegl’peoc 0 . loved his master most devotedly, took hta'Atond in the cor ner assigned to him and mechanically fol lowed Houston’s motions. 'The Texan took a hankerebief out of his pocket, which he held aiofr ;i* a signal, and then raised hi* pistol with (he other hand to a level with hie lacker’* heart. As he dM so an Involuntary jir.*!-* flit ted across Ms facei ind InsUntlly Rich ard dropped his pistol, while fia fa™ •Hpreftd out to a huge smile. ~ “T say Mara Samri’ be shouted to a transport of rejoWrtto “1 thought yo’ n»ly meant it. but yo”‘ me. Oornmlty,’’ he ‘•how near yo - -was was all dnt saved yo' Houston told the xl A uoet derided earfhquake shock wai Mt ta Anuapotta, %U., Mhmmd by aov eral atightta *■*•* *■"* " Mr*: Stella AJfcridfc* a wotaan about tt ywra of age, oomoaltted ouldde to faeen Jsa.. 2fi. J «t « , Governor TUhnan ia HdUng «f patting l»w pa account the Sente OtatoHfia « bocB driayol until In 'February. rho waa appototed finst mm-- Llnoohi, died Jab. Sff. M O. Boyd at Madttero, * tee difficulty killed H. Wi C. H» eauoe at At Greenvillo Ed Davie, a negro, killed Ms wife by splitting he* bead open with au pxe, and thten killed hhnsolf. t:ot jiap^t* yellow wealth ha* flofte probugKjp much fwOeorgla a* CaHfor^a’s l3»id for that state. It ll thi tpdorgcnitelly need building material of amf, ’cbmblntog utility, beauty /»d Adfabllity to a greater degree than any other lumber. Among at Augusta, out teeflttataicluBafBarilBd^Mitet to (hi* pine,; With agp srieeBicfifhtoB ririffi have qptat teeto liras ta -.teotbsatataR with the beet mod la teot machinery 'Viri com pany is among the loadera in tee South- idute&fMto Va to the _jHfa a houoe the VW!m#Tw*Pding And shingles to the mantles, sate, doors, blinds, ataircaaes and ornamental wood- • .¥■ On Jan. 24 six white men wow drowned on their way frees Sullivan’s Iriasd to the Ufa oaring station on Morris Island. 8riof‘ Unite* Btatra D«|iWjr-T^ ud- dmrd reports that grip ia ptoving havoc with tee Indians on tbe Fine Ridge agency. Hie widow# of Oonfrderate vetenana who ore entitled to penriono wfli be paid Use mm of $00 each on teo 1st of next month f to st pokin’ i'un at with a sigh eatii. Dat smile Mfe.” story frequently as * good joke on himself-, assuring his hearer* that he wa* positive Richard wonH have killed him if he had curried the joke a hair’s breadth .further— Washington Foot. F. Aepeuwall ha* been arrested foV murder of tbe tramp Sullivan, who ap- g ied to hhd flof food. Aspenwall gave ►nd for $6,000. Senator Vest reported to the Sonata a bill fos tbe purchase of a rite and the erection of a new Government prratang office in Woteington. + ’Hie great Imperial Porcelato and Glass Factory, of St. BeteTOburg, wa# de- otroyed by 'fire, together with ell Me ma chinery and models. * „ Gurley,, in the Prist Rook Valley, North Alabama, has a prodigy is tip Shape of a tt-yeoTOjid white child wft weighs 102 pound*. The Way* end Moans GomasIRee made an effort to have e mooting to finally paas on the internal Devonue bill. A quorum failed to appear. > Ma. Whitfield Land ram, who lives near Antioch. wee 96 year# old on the 12Kh of la»t June, and ha* cut his third set of teeth. Gen. Walthall, United States Senator from Misalartppl, eent hi* resignation to Governor Rtotio. HI henMih 1* the cause assigned. There Is e movement in Mexico to annex a portion of what it commonly conceded to be Southeita California to this Redtftic. It Is reported that) Mias Anna Gould, second daughter of the late Jay Gould, and William M. Ham!man, a banker In New York, have became engaged. Commander Whiting and his Hawaiian bride, who was the daughter of a wealthy Chinese merchant raridtag to Honolulu, ore now visiting in Washington. An international ondgmMon society has been started In Birmingham, Ala., with a capital stock at $100,000, far the pur- gentleman to which Shelley also knew pose of sending eogrocs fa Africa. Um ' riwngh. the devil lost hioj An unkuwru white mnr faffiT fStiUd to Atlanta near the Bata -Tcntiwte road with two ballet hriee In Ms bead. No clue to hi* aroaitonte wae found. The efforts of Odvernor Tfllman, Sena tor Irby and other refonmera not to hold a Mfljvh convention of the Farmers’ AJ- liance, have proved unauoceaoful. George Hill end Hesfay Boone, two white men Irving near WMttaali, gat info a difficulty which resulted in the serious injury of Boone, rtho win probably die. Geo. Nelson A. Milo* writ recommend the pun-hase of the Government. Molding nt the World’s Fair tor removal to Fort Sheridan to be used an a drill ball. : Mr. Grey Snider, of Gibson, G*., had h»» arm caught In a gin and literally torn TBs DotII sag the Coeat. I will repeat one of many legends told me by a charming Swedish tody about the family of Oonnt Piper, tho well- known Minister of her country to the Court of St Jaman Once up'-n a time the head of this bouse wes bon'd to death to his splendid castle, and hs yawuod bis thousandth yawn and arid: “I would I had even the devil to play cards with me.” and at the word Satan Mrasrif appeared in teat guise of a money* and having none in hi* pockets, for the reason beet Known to himself, be offered the Count, in foil f|uit<ance of ail claims, an apperantly golden chain romarklag iimiden tally that wheuefer that chain wee lost or injured, the ca»tle of the Pipers would infallibly be burned. This unuaal announcement aroused tee winners, suspicion, and happening to look tinder the card taMe he beheld the clov en hoof. Instantly he sprang to the wall to reach his sword which in those days, the .late of which 1 cannot exactly give, were always ready to the hand. But the devil wax gone and the. chain atom vemataded.' On exahnina- tion It proved to be long and thin a* old gentlemen used to wear around their seeks for watch chains not ’-ong ago. An assay discovered thh m*t:d to be something other than gold, but eosrid by mrans determine what'U aetaally ws* An occidental Injury to one of the links however, eauaed by tho Immnw of the goW-smith. oca( tita G’tnt » wing of Ms castle, and a second Injury and a temps’ rosy loss of tho 'diefa having 1'anted In a second and in a third tee, (t at pace became apparent the devil wiaid to 1889. keep bia word. Each sjccesgfve head of the Piper family has worn that chain a- round hi* neck from the day of his ar- eeasion to the Ky of bis death, and cn the -decease of tee late count, hot 4 long affio, I# was oarpfully and teverenilv r# moved from Ms body to be p, Ms helr.'f ^ ' * . r I hope bis to all true. ,t ft just above the elbow. He died later fronr. loos of blood occasioned by. tho ao- cidont. For tee third time tel# yeafl tho Har- tridge farm buildings, near Savannah, were destroyed by Are. Trifa $2,000. Tho flip M ssppoeed to be of inoradiary origin. Among tbe prisoners captured to a raid or a- lodging house In Deuvefl Ool, wa* one Tom Goa nor*, who to wanted in Sar atoga Art tee murder of a jockey there Mrs. Annie Lemgren. who waa severely tateed flff tee nob farttflng tor breed st GMosgo. died of her Injuries. She was far tei nd times have fallen with peculiar >n 'faeMilly'newspapers of the cut down theft- rise. All have 1 loss which mlgta redaction, and t The hard tla foRfa upon' some have some have had to re- dnee their- expense*,- and very few have them could do wax to held lU^onjA^ A few days ago the Greenville New% made a change In the Injeirat K oi retrenohnient . whlt-U \rt think wnn wins. . Ynftetasy the Columbia Register refused Hi alto/from seven to six eolUianS'to She page, the net reduction being equivalent to six eqfliinnH of Its fanner site. t * ** The Mtate h oonfrested with thr^ com mon problem ef the Oniee—hew An “make bote endn pteet?” We haw tnwtpqs^d ■ decision aa long as wa could, but w^hsve had pow tp detej-mJne whftberjo gjve the t the to a figrurc which the character and cost of The State j notify. jOur deeMton ban been to ral*e tee pelea * * 1 The experiment of pul'lluhlug.wory cheap newspapers In the South has net been sue r-eesfnl. The Atlnuta Constitution, with an enormous weakly <?faiilatlqteto meet any tefale the first has been able to maintain tbe price. But the fllsono Trie graph, fol lowing suit went into the hand* of s re ceiver, and the Augusta Chronjclo which also reduced its'rates to meet fhe Consti tution's competition, tiart to ralao ahem agrin. WitlUu. the huk mouth U>« (Char lotte Obwrrer and the Raleigh News, hare Increased thetr price, fact 1/ tort the South has not tbe reading popaletlon to snpport such a cheap prow ns th* great cklee of tbe North can afford, aud her mer- - chants are irawtHlag or unable to phy rates for adverttslag, which ludretoett rirrotatloa elsewhere earns. The field. In brief, is too limited for metropolitan experiments. Tho Srnta Is if better and larger 'news paper than Is published to- an* Southern city of ColumblA> class. We are up willing to Usne s emitter and poorer paper. We wish the State to he of Itself Odtombln’s beet ndvertlseoieot, tee equal, as H It. of dallies of communities twice sa populous. W« njre.uusli.itog also to abandon the.Mon- toy lsaue,-*ud thus Isnve a gap of one day to the new* of tbe week. We prefer to maintain the size and quality of the paper, adding to both «* rtreumstanees may per mit—and to charge the rates ot tbe dallies with which wa aye most to competition. , The Charleston News and Courier,"which to the State’s oMwf competitor, charges fio a year for six Issues snd from H Ao tt a year for Its Sunday edition. Tbe Anguata Chronicle charge* the xapieyat# that tee State now adopts—(10 a year for Mven Issues a week. So dogs th* Savannah News These are the only papers of the State’s class which it m*ets In comp«ti|lon. In view of these facts we believe that our friend* will consider thy Increase' * just and reasonable one. Ttie new rtltfa will go G lores** a Jose Tfie new ratfa will go fata effect mroary I.—Columbia (8. C.) State. vereni anaed on* to i hope his fa an true. X brileve It ia, •Mng tee aotm-e whence t g^t it, aud aa It Is but « credit to any famjly to gt% tho better off tile devil, I h*Vc uo heri- tatten ia repenting the sfaiy.—The Nation*! Revfaw. •* ■«* 4 ~ Tfco Slwnaene Frisco. Ifa^lm; ^* tohdvtetarae, that It to «nd nl*J opeld amMta kept i. i to- “ f 1 w Ajeraioa win attehrofa tea Rio tiiffi- cuJne#, *nfl Judge Laooab. in the Fu. Ctwirt. ordefad tea tale of the Termlhal property . , Mr- Obnrtai Hwiraa* Htat; tail off Governor Holt, off North Oaroita*, and ^(toa Geon Jonee, laughter off Qtaertwr Jonea, of AtobMiun. Montgomery Jan. ^4. Fifty eonviote prtanti at Oral Greek I the bote off te» watt Tbe Instinct of gelf-TaiasieMfitt*- Jten F. (fat Of It (In n steamboat. Athoftg the PMtaagero wta* ■ man who haAa block mttleaneke In • box with * 4Uatop. Tho oneko wa* « very vlcdono or# and wraM rtttka tee gi** whatever any one •pprooened. Tho owner of the teaUeaged any OR* to the etefad U toa flngw-OR tfle jdaas and lettetaf •talk* at it. Thera could sot ~ «& mfi&rtff. a-** ^