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mANCM WILLARD WATT* WORK If ^ : ~- v . : ! -- v. OK NIGHT POLICH rORCR*. ORBS IK THB FICTURK9. LIVING B<|Ml M*ral FqfiMl S«I- t fmsr, Cooktav Doae hr Raparfa OUreUnd, 0., Not. 16.—Pour hundred delftee to the twentf-fln* (the coming of a«e) cnnnal contention of the Woman’i OhrietUn Temperance Union took eeat* today in Mnaic Hall when France* Willard rawed for order. Bay- toe “Seven rap* for Love, Hope and Gratitude Spectator* tilled aTT the T>*JoonIe* ex cept the upper one, which tra* only par tially tilled. The del**atea *at beneath th» national banner. "Por God and Home and Native Land. The big hall waa hoantlfnlly decornted, white nnd yellow I’opnlUt* Mar Have “Ferri* Wheel* PepalUt* May Have Ferrt* Wheel* . Reproacntative-dect M. W. Howard, of Alnbama, arrived in the city yeterday. Ho la a i'opuliet and vyiU l>e las yonng- eH member of the Fifty-fourth Coogrcw. In hie left hand brceet pocket thU fiery South .•mer carrie* a large ekc«l dcton.il - Ing bomb, which ho propoaw to explode who belong to the liquor dealer* ca lYohibition by law, by polltlc^ woman’* ballot, Mi** Willard *uld. “f wlli aaW hfoth'w Thomnaon. Annty Stewart and Mr*. Monroe to read the cm*ade paalm. reeponalvely with you." said MIm Willard. The three ladle* named roee and atood with Mlaa Willard while the paalm wa* read, a verae by thd audience and a ver*e by those on the platform. MISS WILLARD’S ADDRESS. Song* and prayer* followed, and Mien Mia* Willard rone to read her *nnnal addre**. She wa* warmly applauded and handker«hief« fluttered all over the hall. She fir at spoke feelingly of Mra. Mary A. Wbodbridgr, who died a month ago, and then began t \ . “On the 23rd day of December. 1873. the first praying lianH of Ohio bridged with faithful fort the dlatnnee britween church and dranvabep. Aa if by magic similar p roc east on* began to move throughout the Woat, until In the fifty daya of their unexampled faith and work the liquor trafittc wa* bo«l*be»l from 250 towns and villagoK. We data our origin from that red-letter day. Mi*a Willard took up the temperance, woman, purity and labor movetnenta, and told qf the progress each had made. Forty year* .ago, she saVl, there wore bn* aeren employment* open to women; now hanjlya* many are oloaed. . She said Protestamlam had forged for ward to Prohibition, nnd added: “The Pope’* rtfrewentatlrea In thle country haa indoraed the ripit of any Btihop to exclude from the sacrament* those to the liquor dealers’ cam^ was the watchword of the tcnifienince army in all nattonn. AGAINST LIVING PIriTITRRfl. Touching living pictnrca Mlaa Willard aald: “The aggregated and systematic self- respect of woman 1* making itself felt against the debasing exhibitors of her form, whether pictured or real, before audience* of immoral men. 'The victory gained by Lady Henry Somerset, Mr*. Ormiaton Obant nnd other White Ribbon women In bringing evidence to the Tnndon (’ounty Council which caused tt by a vote of 75 to 82 to refuse Honor and promenade hall licenses ho that prominent place* of amusement in London are closed, la per haps th© strongest proof that a better day has dawned “This victory deserve* to rank bealde the victory of women in Kentucky over the perjured Breckinridge and of women in New York over the Tiger of Tam- "'wbit© handkerchief* fluttered a long while after this expression. Mita Willard ‘white life for tw</ -that equal standard of purity for men nnd won^ew which alone can make home happy—la a cardinal doctrine cf th* White -Ribbon woman, hut they also believe that we shall always have a double standard of morals while we have a donWe standard af _ c.' t ’ Miss WlHard recoin mended the n ppoln t- ment of irtatronly women on every police force as n sure method of minimizing the degradation of the night aide of life Iq cities. She Md that the naloon. the gambling house and the haunt of kharac are so doseljf related that no reformer who studies one eon fall to see that all must be incorporated into the anmegen- NATJONAlil/n NEWSPAPIRIH. \ covertly or She expres«e<l faith In the single tax movement “as one of the highway* out of the wilderness.” She declared that the nationalisation of all means of loco motion and communication was less Im portant than Mie ownership of the new* papers by the people. "As a man readeth In his newspaper, so la he,’’ she said, “and in these days ho read* what it la for the Interest of great eorporatlona to „ have him read. Opinion is manufactured by the newspaper just ns scientifically as cloth Is woven by the loom. The editor ial ‘we’ should be a bolt abed and every writer should ntaud on his own merits. The strongest thing that reformer* conld do would be to buy fcjweo In the great papers of the country In which to put thrir ideas before the great brnnanity that beats Its life along the atony street*. H Miss Willard urged that a committee be appointed by the convention to as certain in how many capitol buildings in the different States strong drink was sold 'to lejrlalatnrs CHIP* < openly. As to politics, Sli*n Wilined sold: “I have not tuned Populist, though I hope that Populists and Prohibitionists may be armed and walk together before long." THE PULLMAN STRIKE. Miss AVUlard maintained that If arbi tration resulted from the agitation brought about by the Pullman strike it would be worth more than the strike coat. She added that there was not in this country a more skilful specialist on the labor question then Mr*. Josephine Shaw Lowell, of New York, chairman of Dr. Parkhnrst’a Conmjtttee of Women. Scientific cookery touched the tem perance question. Miss Willard said, and added: “I look forward to the time when cooking ahnl! be conducted as care fully as the most important chemical processes of the laboratory and dhall be wholly In the bands of scientific expert*.’’ Misa Willard referred kindly to the non-partisan W. 0. T. U. and expressed the hope that the two-great bodies may come together. But she added: "The W. C. T. U. Is the old gnard that never surrender^. It is not be nded by high license or tax, by the Iowa Mulct law or the South Carolina dispensary, by non-partlsaniam or the Scandinavian system. It Is Idle to talk of personal liberty. Tbe day |* long gone by when that slogan could rally a corporal’s guard among the Intelligent and thoughtful." After a rising vote of thanka to bliss Willard. Mra Alice Harris sang "Throw the Lifo-TAne." the audience joining in the chorui.'Then followed renorts. The treasmy contains $5.681.18. Mrs. Fran- ms J. Barnes, of New York, report.d good, progress among young women in making total abstinence a fashionable social custom. Mra. Frances W. Belter reported: ' THE BICYCLE DRESS. "Comet dress .is an important factor in tbe physical betterment of women. The banishment of ooeaets and restrict ing bands Is s foregone conclusion in the minds of all sensible women who hav# given, this matter thought. The kind of costume, however, which shall adapt woman to ‘ .. “ ' taTltt* and poassse the freedom at t » piwraiUnf attlra allows U whaai as a bmmui of recreation the latter Imperative.” ' Joseph Coos, of Boston, predicted that tha-twsnU*tfa oentory and Uallgnor on, Pa., iJor. 16.^C final ... „ the fifth annual convention of the non-partisan W. Cl T. U. closed today. Kansas Cltyr was chosen as the next place of mooting, bat no date was set. The salaries of national officers were made the same as In 18M. Mrs. Ellen Phinner, of Cleveland, was chosen to sot as official alliance with the nonce Society. ©rirrespoodent for the British Total Absti- HOWARD OP ALtnAMA. when ho ;ak(« his neat in the House. That bomb is a resolution calling fur an investigation into the means by which as Mr. Howard will aHegc, President Cleveland has amassed an enormous for tune, something like $4,000,000, tduco he left the Presidential chair to make way for Harrison. Thera is nothing dangerous looking about this young man. He is tali, wcG proportioned swarthy nnd smooth shaven. Ho ha* a large, keen, intelligent gray eye, and an Insinuating drawl, ami is a lawyer. His home is Fort Payne. Ho was proniiwat enough to be elected two year* ago, at the age of thir tyV* delegate to the Chicago eoavcatiou which nominated (bo man he now want* to Investigate, and, if poaMiV.o, impeach. Mr. Howard ia the author of "If Uhri*t Caiwu to Cpngnwa,** HE WILL MAKE THE EUR FLY. This book, which is a bold and aeuaa- tioual expose of the rottenness of Wash ington political life, has had a big run and wilhsorvo, to moke th© new; represen tative) a conspicuous figure in Washing ton. Mr. HoW'ard'broke away from the Democratic party about a year and a half ago; ulion, h^ say*. tFbe^wh tb go wrong on tbo money queation. He wa* nominated by the Populist*, indorsed by the Repul>lirais» nml riectcd by 4,000 upi- jority over th© pnwKnt member, W. H. Dcvison. . ^ When he get* into ConurmM Mr. How ard proposes to make the fur fly. "What son of a Populist are you?" i asked. "Aro you iu favor of government own© rail ip of rail roods and Hul>-treasuri<‘H nnd all that?" "Not at all,” Mr. Howard returned with emphast*. "ITie main points of my political creed are-fro© silver and protec tion, tho nl>ohlion of national banka, the repeal of the 10 per cent, tax on State bank* and tho issuance of Treasury notes, so a* to givs this eoiflntry a cur reucy circulation of $5tt per capita, a* it had in 1868. . & “Eventually 1 believe that the countr; will bo forced to put tit© railnwula and all ftnpa of trausportatiou wider govern ment control. But that is a remote ques tion. I do not believe tlMt ft ft good yudi tics to press this, quostion to the froirt now.” J "What do you think of the defeat of Waite and other Populists In the West?" I asked. POPULISTS AND THE NEXT PRES IDKNT. . "I believe with Tafo Pence, whe, by tho way. was one of the brightest men we had in Congrea*, a ml whoso defeat I •H oar sffioen in the Crimes ware brave. It was Capt. Peel who in quired hie followers with a part of his own nature. He exemplified tbs Ameri can poet’s boro: The bravest are the tandereat, - The loving are tho daring. This man, who never 1 quailed, foil acutely every shot and ah<41 which passed near turn, but the only outward effect wax to make Urn throw ap hie head and square hie shoulders, yet his nervous aye- t«a was ao highly strung. OmL- evwn a flesh wound became dangerous in his case. In 1851, while craariag tho Nubian Desert, from Kororito to Aha Hamcd, (where Col. Stewart and his companions, soot down by Col. Gordon, were treacher ously slain in 1884,1' Peel dismounted from his camel to give water from his atura to a dviftr hirrit Tn this tnudn*. hearted mnn It appeared that our blue jackets sTwuld be encourageil to stand up to tlteir guns like men, and he asked four of ur-two Diamoad’s and two Qiieoa’s-- to- wet the example tn the battwy by Al- woys walking ereot and without undue lieato. j _ fV J. Next day bo, to. my knowUxlgc, al though L did not wo it, gave us a grand example. A elicit weighing forty-two pounds camo tbrougih tho parapet ami robed into tho centre of « sinoll group of men, who threw tlicmsdvcs flat on the fpouod, which would not, however, have caved those nearest, for tlvere weso aov- ernl boxzes of powder on the ground, then l»eing passed into the niagaskio. I’wH, stooping down, liftol the flbeil, and rest ing it on his chest, carried it buck to tbe parapet, and, stepping mi to the banquette, rolled tMuftell over tlio mi lierior crest, on which it iiumei|iat<dy burat. Tho following day 1 had i»een relieved, ami wa* eating my ration-salt inirk ami biscuit—on <wie wide of a gun, when n hIk'II blind on the teg) of a magazine, on the other side of tho gun. It created some trepidation, although the danger of the powder rxptodtny waa rOllVOte,' Mnle** another shell fell no tlio roof. 'Hie officer excitedly shouted to the senior Lieutenant: Tied proprTflsar'atscoverod that as a rraniiT of tlie prowperoua trade be had been driv ing ho had nothing on hand but the same *kl oouusklm. =-■> —i — Lost February when the Treasury reserve ran low It was replenished by the site of fifty millions of new government flv® per cent, bonil* for gold, the proceeds amoimt- - evolved: tiibiicco-poaenpg WotlM a T lll be t >a 'flfty-wfjffit’mfl.ions as the greatly regret, tMt Wailc ft an uamit igated fool. He and his kind have dnfie tho Populist party inftndtiely more lyinn than a r ,l the oppoaifion it has ever hadY Such men prejudice intelligient, thinking people against the party, and injure it In every possible way "It is the fault of any new party that 11 always atlraclalaitinif *41 the <-rank* and men wiU\ Ferris wheels in tbeir head that the country <x»ntarn, and tho worst of it is that, at the inception of a now .movement, so many of these men get to be leaders ntSTin control. But we shall •ternlily weed them out,-hud then ’tbo Populist party will l>e a grmt politi cal power." “Wbat are. your hopes for 18!k»?" asked. “They are v^ery may. Tlie ’Solid South’ ia ‘busted,’ it ft dead, and it will npvor bo revived. -'Ehe Democratic part^Twill bo defeated in a majority of the Southern States In the next Prcaidantial content. With the electoral rotes it will gain in the South and West, the Populists party will hold the balance of power iu the the next electoral college, nnd will name the next President." “What are you going to-do when yon get into Congress?" I asked, curious n« to the plans of this aggreeslvo young man. ^ ^ “I am gomg to introduce a roaohitlon to investigale the means Ivy which the Slier man silver act was repealed, and that will include an inquiry into Cleve land's connection with the Nova Scotia Coni Company, with the Sugar Trust, and with Wall Street Broker Benolict. In other words, I mean to try to find out how Cleveland has a mu seed a fortune of tniKioos within tho la*t five yenrq, “When he left the Govern©rY» chaff in AUtany his honorable poverty was graphi cally indicated In the fact that he pos sessed a single pair of ‘pants.’ He was a poor man when he quit his firs', term as President. Now I have reU-tble infor mation that he is worth in the neighbor hood of $4,600,000. I mean to a*k, ‘How dhi«h© get It?’ "—New York Herald. AN OIA FLAME The following anecdote was told me hy my friend. Dr. Prior. had it from Mr. John Benelt. who was present when the incident occurred. a dinner party at Bowxxx! the Mtrrchloneas of Lans- downe introduced Canon Bowles to an elderly Indy, and they sat down chatting away very pleasantly about things of the day. Bowie* was perfectly oblivious tha' this was the very lady to whom he had been engaged to be married when he had very little income besides hk* curacy. The marriage had been broken off in consequence of their mutual a^ant of means. Tbe lady, of courae, was per fectly well aware that *ho was talking to her quondam lover: but her married name had in no way enlightened him ns to her i>erwona!|tv. After a time, she said, haring touched unou old days: "But. Mr. Bowles, don't yon remember As for machinery, where would it be without India rubl>er cinctures and tubes nnd cups and valves and buffer*? Where would engineering be without the endless minute apidication* of the elastic gum? .Where would surgery he without the In numerable device*, syringes and squirt*, the Mt* und bandages, of which indla . .CJtblwr forms tho solo, ami, a* it eeema to ti* now, rndispcnsable basts? Fancy put ling out fir)** wfthout the Invaluable hose: fancy whirring nimufae’ories with out the inevitable gearing. The bicyclist would mfts hft pneumatic tire*: the art ist would mlrti hi* ever-hand eraser. When, we go to the dentist, which 1* rtlway* itt itself n delightful excursion, a happy hour ft made happier for in by the, India robber sheet with which he dexterously contrives hi chock undue loquacity. IVhen we go to the gymna sium. half the apparatus \\jp employ is based on ih Amt what would Ufe be at the present day without indla rubber hot water bottles?—Longman's Maga zine. f,‘ me V” "No. ma'am, I don’tV* Then she added, smiling, “Yon used to know me ami pretend to be very fond of me. I was Mlsa .** “Oh. what a wreck!" was th* spontane ous exclamation of the poet. r Happily the lady enjoyed the joke im- mensely. for she wa* a remarkably hand some v,«man for her age. nnd Ida bura' ot anrnrlse^ wna really onlv a coiupTtment to the extrame lieanty of her youth. One muaf eoxpe to the conclusion that the rey- erend canon had been an often engaged man to bt* time, and tf hi* eonstanev was af fault hi* good tast* wa* Indl*- pntabia—Temjfle Bar. “Shell burat in the magazine, sir." Now Ridge, first lieutenant, her majesty’* ship Diamond, was as brave a* he was effi cient. ami responded, without concern. “Aye! uyui -put k-owtbut th© sliouts went reitentetl, amt I was evoutually obliged to altandon iiur dinner, to stamp Vmt the hnniillff trip ana fill np th* crater niaifir l>y th)' explosion. IVhile «o engaged, I felt some one along' side helping me, but did twrt look up; for, with shells striking the parapet on either side, tbe pixdtion was not one in which 1 was inclined to linger, and thu* did not uotic© it w*« Capt. Teel till the work wo* done, when he onlered me down- This wa* the l>eginning of a friendship which lasted till hi* death at Lucknow, in 185M.—Sir Evelyn Wood, in The Fort nightly Review. v ^*p ... UFE WITHOUT INDIA RUBBER. In our own day it really (them* a* It we couldn't possibly get on without India rubber ami gutta pereha. Though both are of comparatively recent Introduc tion. tho number of purpose* to which they are applied ix so immense that our ^civilization without thmn woofcl at least be very different from the form In which we actually know it. To lump a few mis cellaneous examples in a single paragraph without tfnme two. submarine rablea would L< a!ntout tmposmble, telegraphy would nxsiime many unlike modification*, gob who* would not exiat. water proof* and mackintoshes would be a beautiful dream, and a rqbh<aries« world a hideous reality. 'Elastic, in the sense In which ladle* use the word, for tying hats or making garter*, vould never have !>een THt ARMENIANS .—— T — •W"'« ■IX THOVSAXO HHLPLHM PI CRl'ELLY PUT TO DKATH. \' \ THB HORROR ERUALS CHAT OF 4 TUB BULGARIAN BL'TCHBHY. Realdent* of Twenty-five Village* Were Exterminated. London, Xbv. H.-'The Stamlard’s correspondent In Varna describe* the recent maaeacre of Armenian Chrls- tluns m of equal horror with the Bui gw nan butchery which led to the Rua- Sd-Turklati war.’he eayr: The trouble began with the refusal of tlie Arme nian* to pay taxra on the ground that the Kurdizti .Tntd*, had ao tmpoverkdi- haa baffled setemlata for ages—the problem of sailing the air. Tho magnitude of the claim and the lm-i portance and far-reaching effects oMU fui- <■■1 ihom sx -te- rr-mter ri: ImpoMthD for fidnwrrt atmoxr~pa^ compraSeaaloni; and •peedy fame and fair fortune will alight on the shoulders of the man who la success ful la substantiating it. Tha Tribun* located that man «Bd he 4* none other than Walter A. Mercer, a fori mer Cincinnatian, already well known for hts- Inventions and aelenttfle researchee. Young'Walter Mercer—he Is but twenty- one years of age-dias made a successful th m to pay the tax. - This wa* prob ably tru<;. Troop* were sent to en f..nc tho pi.ymcnts, but wen- beaten v o#. The Governor"of Bftnjr then gent for an imiWKlng force of regulara. The people seeing that the struggle waa of silk or leather, our combs would be of horn, amt our buttons, paper knives, penholder*, sunt pipes much dearer than at present. hopeless deaUt 'd, hut the Governor ro solved to make an example of them. He ordered the troop* to fire on the defcnoeleag people, and they obeyed <<lih jilacrity. x , THOUSANDS WERE KILLED. They only ceased when the residents of twenty-five village*, numtriring soma thousand*, had been killed. Rome re porta *;iy 6,000 were slain. Great Britain sent her,consul in Varna, Mr. Hattward, to repert the skinghter. Th© anUwsanlor in Constantinople upon receiving the report enrminnnientpd it to the IVrte- The Sultan was horrified and he ordered the local hviUtary commander, Sckt Fitnhr, to'make hr. report on the mHttti'* 1 at onoo. Seld h'itl tmen originally imetruedod to proceedilo the scene aftei the n-puNc of [Tic Ir7»>|»s. hut the Gbv enmr of Bit’ls nrrivcil there ahead of him. Tt seems that Seki’* ret*ort eon fillin')! Mr. IlalVwnrd’*, whereupon the (ku-verninent fiornniMfed the grave charge that the latter wa* Inciting Armenian* to revolt, Qnis canning the whole orlg ina! disturiiancc. This was submitted, to Hir I’fiili'p Ciirrie. who has sent out Brithdi offictali* to make Inquiries. . U^lpoftan^elialniiaii of .Hie.-Ar:_ mcniwin Bntriottc Aiworiation In Iximdon, ha* sent I xml Kimboriy, Foreign Sec retary. a letter sent from Bulls on Oefo-’ ft'r-ftrh.. Mr. Hrigoplan after dedaring hi* l«R»ef an tfft.-report* of the mafwnere KulmnitH that in view of the horrible tor- fures and persecution* of the Armenians the. Government abolfth ttie administra tlon of the Vorte and suhstitute a regime approved by the sign era of the Berlin treaty. . THE NEW ISSUE OF RONI>S. Our preaeut trcAhod of repteuloliing the Treasury with gold aaggest* the story of Davy CRNSkfRU cu-makin. Pe;trtra were a circulating medium In the baolowood*. and Davy at the loghouse tavern paid for the drinks with the fur of a coou which had b^en the sole- reward of Ida prow<*w -with a rifle that day. *» The bartender threw the peltry under too rude counter and Davy recovering It through an Interstice la the log* tendered 1* m payment for another “roand," and re peated the trtek until ne snu hi© compoto- had drained the barrel, and the i>uz- THE NICARAGUA CANAL. The Manufacturera’ Record, of Balti more, has done much to aid the cause of the Nicaragua canal hy impressing upon the public n eenoe of the vast lm-, portauce of the enterprise, and its possi ble value to our commerce. The Manufacturers’ Record, like near ly all the political newspapers of this country, has takom thq position that the canal should b© absolutely under the control of the United States Govern ment; that the Government should either build it outright or loud-such aid to Its construction a* will Insure control. This week The Record publishes ex pressions from sixty well known sena tors and congressmen on the question as to whether the Government should ex tend financial aid to the undertaking. x Theria replies are about equally divided between Democrats and Republicans, and there ft a remarkable unanimity In favor of Government aid. Among? tho^c )v!w> come out strongly on that lino are Senator* Sherman. Allison and Walsh: Representatives Harter, Grosvenbr,: Wise, I*>dge, Sickles, Walker and Rus sell, of Georgia. t Senator Walsh, of Georgia, says that' the Nicaragua canal Is tho greatest em- terpriiso now before the business world. He believe* that it should be built and controlled by tha United States Govern- menr. and lie adds that there is no other grist entenprtee tiiat would so certainly '<>ril new and profitable . fields for America's commerce. Hon. Benjamin E. Russell, of Georgia, says: “I regard tbe oonrtructfon of the Nicaragua canal as absolutely impera tive to the success nnd glory of our re public.” The showing made by the Manufac turers’ Record indicates that there is a very strong feeling among public men of both the great parties in favor of Gov ernment aid and control of th© canal. Representative commercial leaders of many of our leading cities have already spoken out in support of such a policy nnd a still larger influence will come from that source.—Atlanta Journal. bond* coimuiittdod a blgn premium. That was all very well *> far a« It went, but tbe people who had paid !n ths gold saw a hoi* through which they could smTentl- Uously pull It out again. This was the ob- ligsOon of tho Treasury an<l*^ra branches to deliver gold In redeirptlon of legal ten ders when presented is soma of fifty dol lars or more. Through tilts hole all the gold received for tin* bonds was soon drawn out of- the Treasury agate), and Its present owners AtAild ready to repeat ths trick by paying DEATHS BY EARTHQUAKE. Rom©. ,Nov. 17.—The earthquake yenterdaY extended over a large area o< Southern Italy and Sicily. Ip the pro vtae© .of.-'Keggto dd Calabria great dum ag© waa done to property and a number of persons were killed and injure* 1 in addwton to those known to have been Vairicd lieneahh fallen boaraes. FIRE IN. OGLUMBUS, KY. 'AK Coiuusbns, Ky., Now. 17.—Fire here at 1 o’clock this morning destroyed Ik business houses and ntne residences. Loss $75,000; psrtsly insnred. The of the fire H unknenrn. It over -the owrnter once more for the new Issue of government bond*. Given a con tinuance of existing conditions ana thl* same sixty mil.Loos gold could be used as often as Davy Crocket*’* per try, and after the government hud Issued a tnousand mil lion.* of IkmxI* the Treasury would have nothing but the same old gold reserve with wh!Ch It started. Secretary Carlisle’* circular Inviting bids for fifty millions riiore of the fire per cent. 1* printed on another page this morning aud l* virtually similar in terms to that ©cut out last January. If Congres* had fol lowed the course we so strenuously urged many months ago by clotaing the Secretary of the Treasury with power to sell low priced bonds of amall denominations to the people for g»id there would not have been a vestige of uneasiness about lue Treasury* position. At the same time we polmed but that mortgaging the country to put gold In tho Treasury can be nothing more than a temporary expedient so long as the causes of its withdraws! exiat, and wc nrgod the appointment of a commissioo to prepare a plan for tbe reform of our heterogeneous and Inelastic cutrretney. As to the immediate situation, it must be admitted that a farther Issue of the awk ward klgh-premtum bonds, which cannot be redeemed for nearly tea years, except on payment of such an advance aa their holders may demand is deplorable. The gold row-rye Is but little lower tna.n when th© lost fifty million of bonds were Issued on February 1, and ft ten mHUom* higher than the tow paint of last summer, while the genera! .balance to^lbe Treasury I* twenty mUlon* larger than when the ‘.o©t tot of bond* w ere sold. Moreover, the termination of th© tariff ddsiorbajico and the defeat of tbe stiver manl-ao* In the West have done much to remove the d.nturtwnce then pre vailing throughout the ooootry. Tliere Is no question, however, as to the authority of the adlhlnistration to Issue the flv© per cents and they w.lt be eagerly taken -by the trust companies and banks whose vaults are heaped wtth unemployed money. The proceeds will temporarily re store the legal tender reserve fund to tt* normal proportion*, and the Incident will be a renewed a*urance to the world that the government is reao.ved to maintain the atsWllt/ of the currency at all costs. Now let President Cleveland urge upon Congress the necessity of customs payments par- Wally In go’.d, the appointment of a cur roncy conwhlttee an^l the enactment of « _ _ . law suthoriaTog th© Seeretery to any future go directly East. I And It not ao The cor- riRST AERIAL Bmp VOYAGE HVER RECORDED. ( THE FIRST SUCCBMFUL AIRSHIP, AFTER LONG EXPERIMENT.' * Its Trig by Night was SO Miles—ffcs Isvester sad His Story. “Aerial navigation has been accomplished, and not later than UK yon wMl see an alr- •hlp mall line between Washington and San Franclaoo!" • ‘ ’ Tha above remark was made with earnest conviction to a Tribune reporter yesterday by a young scientist, Inventor and philoso pher, whom destiny seems to ha vs Indlca- •f a tittle town after mak- with a hard bump, and ten off th* sprisgR. ground os the osHklrto set many antlee from M0t tag * Mp «f about gprM I Stepped on the ground Tthought tbe earth wss rooking. I cssraot dseoribe mj *en- jtodone of emotttas, ,f know that. I wrote *■ totter that day and dated ft the *Wl I waa greatly excited. I Immediately cov ered the ahlp with a canrass and bad It hanled arway." x The story of the etvsngs voyage in the atr waa told, and tbe young man who told It, tf not dreaming, has unlocked the door to nntoid achievements; hte simple and earn- eft manner showed that eves be does not futiy realise what he has done. This ia not ati. *1 mads a discovery np there," resumed the toventor. “Atr eats metal as' bard water and whUky eat/ alu minium. Something wa* deposited on, the aluminium ship which bad the seme effect. ted a* the one to tolraifttojHSfelamathleh. h— ~ J ,v fo akow that some action took pla trip of nearly, forty mllee In an airship, the “AlbaVoss,” oonetructed wholly by hlroaelf on sclentlflc principle* evolved from hi* own mind. This wonderful voyage, the first of it* kind, was made near 'Denton, N. J., the 27th of last August by the. boy inventor, atone and almost unobserved. Yet the strange' craft was seen, and The Dally True American, published at Trenton, stated tbe day following that an “IHomlnated balloon passed over the city, going In an easterly direction, late on Sunday night.” That “Illuminated balloon” waa the care fully constructed ahlp of a young man. who had such convictions In his own genius that ho pushed ahead, through trouble and discouragement enough to turn aside the most determined of men, and won a goal GUARDING THE ALBATROSS. The success of the trial trip of the Alba tross was guarded with the same eecrecy that was observed during its construction, and the statement about the ‘'illuminated balloon” 1* the quly account In print up to today. Young Mercer came to this city shortly after making the successful voyage and iii<'i|.!is>uttl ta_A few of hla frienda-what- he had flu ally accomplished. The Tribune hoard the report and a call was made on the young genius yesterday. He was found in monest quarter*, dressed In hi© working clothe*, and had for a companion a young man named Monroe Macqulrhle, of Indian- spoils. Walter Mercer D not a stranger to the people of Cincinnati. Hla remarkable work in science and Invention has attracted at tention, and be has been the subject of newspaper sketches more than once. He looks the philosopher whose thoughts sre deeper than the surface. He la of medlnra hrigltl and has a aoltd aod well-filled frame. His face Is Individual and strong, and la backed up with a large.^weil-shapeil head mid a massive and broad forehead. He Lm- prro*es one as a strange mixture of youth ful enthusiasm and matured thought and study. • — -"-H But to the moonlight voyage In the atr. The young Inventor received the reporter, and after a few moment*' conversation .teak him to a temporary workshop where he and Maoqnlthle put In a considerable portion of their time. •Mr. Mercer. Tho Trimme wants to hear the story of the trial trip of your airship," fpsrtcr aftei milmialj eiaiUIMTl'nr place. The hydrogen In -the air caused the corrosion.” In response to a qDpatlonjftttut fbe con struction of the airship, Mercer eald In »ubat*ae:.“The Albatross ft eleven feet six very jowest. Inchea long and six feet wide when tbe two tllk wing parachutes are open. The ship Is built of alnmlnlnm and r weighs 1SS pounds and 8 ounce*. It Ha* one rear propeller four feet eight tnehe* Ion*, and foor rafting propeller* two feet each on top, used to elevate tho ship. Inside the arrangement was complete. There was an aluminium electric engine of his own make and model of 3 1-2 initial horse power; the armature and four motor* were cleverly arranged with au Idea of economising space. Tbe light, which gave rise to the theory of the Ulnmlnated batio n was eansed by an arc light shining through tbe peephole In the bottom. Mercer stood on the bottom Iu the center and worked, everything on tho switchtioard. 'CONSTRUCTED ON MECHANu AL said Hie the little shop Instead of answering the blunt statement directly,.the young man led the way to the sitting room of the house where he ft stay ing. and at once, locked the door. THE ILLUMINATED BALl/JON. “X aco you have about ttje 'Illuminated balloon.' ” he began. “I waa qiifTo ready to apeak about It,” con tinued Mercer, slowly and nealtatlngly, “but—aerikf navigation has been accotn- pltshyd.-' anda-toek »f~trk>»p*aat-cenrlc- i rtimfc over his eJrn< eunergency to lean© a turee per cent. > pop u tor loan which will he within rear* of the masse©, and remove any ponstbi* need of hereafter mortgeglng the country with these anomalous high premium'bonds which can he obtained only by bankers and mil lionaires.—New York Herald. REPRESENTATIVE PATTERSON’S VIEW'S. Representative Patterson, of Tennes see, who was warned that bs was digging bft.tftn political grave when be support ed the financial policy of the administra tion In the extra session and in tbe last session df Congress, but who v|as re elected when many of the silver money d‘**Y to took down ent of that. I men of tlie South were defeated, ha* re-' »«> a h «ul, you know. My steering » tnrued t© YCfishiiigton. He Is very hope- b T catculattons and the compass. I ■ very hope ful of something defilnitg being done at the coming session of Congress that wlh Insure thl' United States a sound cur rency system. He said: “I think Congress ought to paw a 4a* establishing a system whereby the coun try will at all times have a safe and las ing currency, amply sufficient to most the requirements of badness. Tton eh mil over hlj edrncst face. “I accom plished resuita at Trenton far beyond my epectatlons, and I can say , that the . feat has been accomplished, and when the time Is ripe I can give proofs. By 1895 there will bo an airship mall line between Washing- tog and San Francisco,” he added. The whole statement appeared wonderful shd incrcaibis jb the hyrirpr-atitf^ prewa the laventor for an account of his ship and tt* flrat and only voyage. Tbe story waa simply and earnestly told, with a modesty that ssi to flight any suggestion of the braggadocio. “it iwaa a bright moonlight night, th* twenty-seventh of August, when I finally got started'. The ship I constructed In a barn In Yard’.ey, Pa., a quiet little village acres* the Delaware River from Trenton. Of eourao I waa bounl to keep my mission and work secret, and even tn that quiet little place a number of people were on my trail and my,actions ■were considered very problematical. The fanners thought I was a counterfeiter or a smuggler because i worked at night, nccrctly. and kept every thing locked up. My landlady also thought my actions were very peculiar.” While he was working In bis mysterlons workshop Mercer's conduct aroused the suspicions of the town authorities of Yard- ley. and one night the Marshal of tho vil lage appeared at hla hermitage, demanded admittance and wanted to break open the door. Mercer succeeded In temporarily sat isfying their curiosity by telling them he was working on an electric street ear, to have three wires Instead of two overhead. THE FIRST EXPERIMENT. “I made the first afleiupt,” he resumed, two or three nights before the successful trip. In rising.ctlkc uiaclnue slanted Instead of rising up straight. I found it waa caused by the bulkhead St one end leaking. The leak was caused by the hydrogen gas eat ing the aluminium, of which the ship la made. Fwas thus detained and compelled to go tbrt nigtrt to Trenton itid arouse a umn aud buy some flue rubber sheeting to litre the bulkhead*. , “I made «be second start Sunday night, considerably after midnight, because 1 wanted the utmost secrecy. Before running the ship out of the shed I turned on the current and It arose s’.lghMy. Imagine my »<*n*j.Uons! I vyas very nervous. When out side the shed I got is and turnfctF-on the current and the ship went up. About the ta**t thing I heard was a man chopping wood. A moment later I heard tlie faint tlukkmrof * cowbell. “Profeasor Langley, of the Smithsonian Institute, furnished me with a inartner’a compass, a barometer and a thermometer to make test*. 1 had calculated oh striking the eastern currents, and did not expect to have to use the rear propeller. If you go high enough, It has been said, you will rents cuauge, and- my barometer showed fheae changes In ten minutes. “My principle Worked all right, and the sensatiou I-frit eanndt be described, I-db not-know Jgat what height I was,(but I thtnk about two hundred feet part of the time, i crossed the Jersey meadows, and then made a discovery that the water* on the meadows' attracted the ship slightly. ‘'Along toward gtorn.ng I thought I was neanng New York, and was preparing to land. I intended to land ft the Orange Monatahii but missed them. I was seared wtfeo It eaine to toweridg the ship, for I did not know whaft would happen, and I could not see except through the small hole to the bottom, and it made sno Intensely did net was done was de pending on Ut8 parachute wings for th# descent * , “I opened the huge silk parachutes. In stead of fatffag, the machine stopped or mowed ahead aHgtetly. K would net go down. I stopped the propellers and then felt the eeuaatioa of falling, like In the Chicago Au ditorium eft voter. I was tailing too fast. I started up th* engine* again, sad food ; PRINCIPLES In speaking-of the 'machine further, Mer cer said: “Everything .about theimaehlne is constructed on; principle*! of mechanics, and tliere are no balloon attachments or theory about It except the parachute wings. Professor Langley claimed at the Worm a Fair that the Mercer airship came nearer being a llying m.t chino than a ay he -bed ever seen, and could be looked upon a* a successful ■machine.’* (Both ends of. the ship are conical shaped and are bulk headed, and hydrogen gas. with a mixture of oxygen, was forced Into both ends to displace the weight of the machine. To show how carefully he had made his calculations, he said he displaced his own weight also, so that when he atood In position the ehlp wa# evenly balanced.— THE BALLET DANCER’S SHOES.. Bays Them by tbe Gross anil \\'enr» a Nero Pair Each Night.' A premiere danse use, while waiting to tho wtngs, handed a reporter One of her slippers, -and, speaking about ft, *a‘.d: “I wear the German shoe because I am a Ger man, bat the Italian shoe ft more durable. Tlie toe end of all barftt shoe* ft lined •with three or four tblicknewea of canvas. This 'ivaikea a Coras', or you 'may aa*, a box. The toes fit to compactly, or else we could not stand upon them. Being pressed togeth er, they are much stroiqper. The corset box ft about the length of tho first toe; ah, yes, you call it the great toe. “This shoe looks to b© easy to make,.bu< they arc not made In the ITnWed States ^ Some of the costumers make the Imitation shoe, but we cannot dance in them. The oaliertoa* buy them. Tbe premieres got their slipper* from Berfln, Milan or Par,*, according to the uu tkmallty of tre dan sense. The Italian dhoe ft', perhaps, the best. It ft more oomfortabie to tbe feet, the toe end being much thicker, an ran wsvirt on tin EjiaMEarliistitiiti) OYER BdlOKG'-AliOUm. M. Our treatment for Catarrh is Iks most successful known. By Its ns* w* have cored thousand* of cases of th* worse forms of the disease, including Nasal Catarrh, Catarrhal Deafness, Dis charges from 'the Ears, Catarrh of ttft Thrott, etc. Our syateu. of Mall Tre*(ment la th* most complete. By writing to us, de- scribing ad acuritoly as peaalble, th* syqiptoius, the length df time affected, etc., tre will mail you at OBc*4f|lI par- ricuiar* regarfllng the ease. - So charges— for consultation either by letter or at -■ office. Our chargee for treatment, inj - eluding accessary medidnes, are-tho W© cheerfully refer to hundreds of the most prominent cltiiens df this city and surrounding country, who have been permsnsdtiy cured by its during th© pest two year*. Address the AUGUSTA EYE AND EAR INSTI TUTE, AUGUSTA GA. jjf J. J. McfcVOY, M D. Specialist In Charge. too wVtfcoirt much pain. You will see that the sole of the shoe coauea to within about an Inch of the tip end of the slipper. If the sole wa# longer m e conld not rise upon tho toes, because It does not bend like the canvass box. “Th© German slipper ft of finer texture and is not ao thick at tho tee. This ft the hcfta--to'tT .. ytmothlfla reason the German premiere© de m liette pirouetting, and, perhaps they make mere artistic poe© than the o-fbor school*. We ■Vould have tbe corset box made thicker, biK the Gennan court prescribes tthc mode •if .iiaktog' [hebirtlft aBoe. a# H doea'the tn- .tiru costume, Iu this counkry, wbcie the German mlra are not blndlog, I still use lb, ui- - a ell Jb^*i»^Lats»%Ateruiau. -nay be r.Lb“ shoes cost yl each bj^nte twelve doi- eti. Ah, yes, by the gross. Thank y.n. “A pair la©!* one night; maybe two; never longer. Then wo u*,» them in practice; give them to the balieruas, r <)r maybe dance m them st the matinee.Tn steoding npo» tee tee as the sole i© very thin the both m edge of the shoe ft soon worn an<J relied, too. A pair of ballet Kllppcrs weigh cbout four ounces, ac-ording fo the make. Tbo German shoo is the Ugtitrat. Keep that our, mj you can write something about our slip- pens," concluded the premie;® as she bound ed upon tho stage and walked down to ’he footlights open her toe*.—New fork ’Yorid. EXPRESS COMPANIES APPEAL. They Seek Ennnl Proiecllon With the Government. In conversation wkli represenUttves of ^xprew and railroad companies yesterday, in Ava’.aoche reporter learned that s bill !e being framed for Iwt rod action tote Oon- grer* when It reconvenes next month, for he better protection o f exp tecs oompantes tog property over the wuntry. The hilt contemplate# such protect'.on ee will release them from the hardships by reason of their fiteHdiMawt effort# to cap ture and convict desperado*© who jwreck and rob trains, endanger limb© and livs*, and destroy property. The ca.se roceutly tried to Nashrll.e was referred to yesterday by one of tbe offl- ciaft to talkin'? to The Avalaudhe reporter. ■'Hardin YSiyior and WW AlHWlJ" and tried ter enepres# robbery upon the l/ouisvl'ie and NaehvRle Railroad. While circumstance* seemed conftwtog *» to some of the defendant*, they were aH acquitted. During the 'rial the express companies were vigorous to their efforts to prosecute t<b© defendants, believing that the prison ers were the guilty nartle©. » Immediately after their re'raee some, or perlwps si', of the defendant© appeared tin print as having engaged eouneel to prose cute tho express companies to heavy dama ge-* for fnfte imprisonment All throe steps seemed to float through the mind of ths offleiai sfikiie recalled the fact that, while the "reasonable doubt” might acquit in a criminal--ea*©. the “pre ponderance of evidence” anight conv.ct In * civil suit. ‘It ft thought by Uhw* Inter ested. to be a hardship upon parties, nstog mly legitimate means, to protect property and life, to t>© subject to penalties, whose effort© to protect the public Interest* a© a-eil a* private In terce ts. The atm of the bill now framing will be to ask the government to pwt the railroad oad ©xpress computes to the same attitude as the government Itself, when they exert ftiulr emwglro to ©snetet and vmfth throe- whn recklessly haiani life and property That ft, when the United State# officers sad romte fall lb convict those put on trftl ter crime, there V* no rcconrae upon the government or upon the Gtat* No grand jury la liable ter finding • bifl thet Is not austofned. Liberty of speech ’* is allowed prosecuting comtsel, but th* law presume* fhat SIT pdrtVHS' acfcT hf gOod faith. T^e llobitvtT. if any exists, rests ©nttreuy upon the ofilcers directly, making the apprehen sion. Aa pfraeitoed tO -Tac Avalfittclie-MOittteJf . yroterday, It ft not the droire of throe com panies *0 iwcaps lisbl’.Wro beyond that en dured by the pofetto to general. But expre** robbertro are beronrtng of freqnent occur cence. It ft to the Interest of the prt>llc .. that valuables and mosey be transported promptly to ihtir droriraltoma, and to the- interest of th© companies to avoid having Mi rapisc# #to,'©n gooift They, therefor©.— use extraordinary fflltgenee to procure th*> convection of offenders, from the primn fade evidence of malice. In case that par- ties engaged by them ©honld fall to con vict those whom they s-t-pe-'ed of the crime, and arrested. Reference wa* made !•> the fW'ont. fre quent reenreeaca ’ftf exprisaa rObbgrro In Indian Terrttoiy and other Wrotern LIKE SHERLOCK HOLMES. The marvellous qualities of dfteection and analysis with which Dr. A. v onan l>oyIe Inverts hla mythical character, Sher lock Holmes, are manifested at time© by tsdrolduaft to roal life. Probably It ft doe to the pose'bir.tlcs of tho occnrrencee that make Dr. Doy’e’s storlat «so attractive. An actual ease of accurate analysis and Judgment to reported to an old time medial Journal, of Sir Ashley Cooper, the famous Loudon surgeon of fifty years ago, between whom aud our own Dr. Valentine Mott there existed a warin' personal friendship and aome alight profo-iwlono.l rivalry, each haiv-tog performed for LLs time wonders to surgery. It Is related of Sir Ashley that hs wss once called to perform an, alnsrot hope eM operation upon a Mr. Blight, who had been shot by au unknown aoMMln. The promi nence of the man and the myaterj #ur- rounding the ©hooting rondvrel the case celebrated at the time cf 4.he occurrence. ’Mr. Blight was unotmauune at the time of tbe ex.rmlnation and noth.ng could be learned from him. The moment Sir Ashley examined* the wound he turned to hi# as- atetant and ©aid, “A pisiol has been fired at him with 'the left Lamd.” Then he ex plained the reasofl© for bis Conclusions. While he was still engaged in this Mr. Blight’s partner, a Mr. Fateh, a man es teemed as reputable, entered the home a-nd wua shorn'11 to tho room. Something about his manner and hla oounlenance at tracted the attention of 3!r Astoiey, and ho whispered to bft colleague: “If that genttemac were left handed I xhoohV sna- pect him of the crime.’* The next Instant he 1 timed to Patch and •aid, “Will you kladif hand mo that lint?”. Patch <Ud so utfliztog his left rand. Mr. Blight died. 'Patch wa# a.ynised of bhe mur der, and ypja» being fried and condemned ou mrcumetantloi cvdeuce ooufee*-.! guilt. He was duly executed.—l?wf York Herald. A NEW FAt). New Orleans. society girls have a new fad. It ft now quite the thing to collect' the lltfl© bow# from the iunor hat bands of one's gentlemen friends and paste them wlib the date of acqulrttian and the name of the donor to an album expressly made for that purpose. When a girl ha# eoHecred 100. th.) hundredth and one bow wi.t repre sent the real bow who is to take ner for Hla very own in Hymen’s court. One yorag lady down in the French quarter h»s eighty of thron liUIe bows carefully p4» ed in ter “beau—I^iuean bow album,” aud. a 8t. Charles street belle has sixty-five -f the#© oHivenlr*. An Important part of the pro- com Is to steal tho httle bow from the hat, -oxhcrwftc the charm will not work. Nort young genitlennen, 'w-h'never you are calling upon a young lady end yon see her steal from the parlor or qnletiy excuse rereaif for a moment, yon tnay be aure that oh* hua gone out Into the hall to steal the “bow” from your list. the place*, from wricV companies aertonsly bilIty of withdrawing 1 think a law ef thia orably considered by ed. would relievo the companies from timid ity ft searching vigorously ter this reckless and vicious class of men.—Mempbft Ava- lauche. ne .of the express juidcred the advl©a- icir bustaros. They lure would be fav- ress, and, if pas ' ROSKBK S' SPEAKS. Lotnion, Nov. 14.—Lord Rtysebery said in a sireech in Glasgow thlrevenfng thnt ihe firrt measure- of the next session would, he Welsh disestablislnnent. The government also Intended to bring for ward a liquor veio bill. Ix)rd Rosebery denied indignantly lionl Salisbury!# ac- cuaation that he hnd spoken against^the Houce of Lords .with his tongue In Tit* eheek.” A prime minister who would be guilty of sue.h duplieitj he said viould disgrace his high office. PI ZINCS. ORGANS. MID-SUMMER BARGTAINS. Special Sale Summer 1884, T>© time to bay Cheap and Easy. Six Special gammer Offers that beat tha record. $SO saved every Plano purchaser. $10 to $20 on ©very Organ. Hx Special Offer* on our Popular Kid- Summer Plan. Buy In August, September sad October, and pay when Cotton coma* ttt# .* J • -— Spat Cash Prices. Me Intereet. Only a Small Cash Payment required, $■» on a Paymenl* to anit all. Plano* $5 to $19 monthly. Organs $2 to $5. Oar Vld-Bnmmer Offers ava Mg mosey on all plana of payment. New Vail Loader* ready. Beauti ful aad Cheap. Tantptfag Borgalae* Writ© at one© for Mtd-lammer Of fer*. Good ©sly until November L Don’t wait. I UDDEN & BATES ^SOUTHERN MUSIC HME, SAVANNAH, OA. a AMO Mrs. Cleveland will perhaps break no more ebampagoe bottles. She’ll draw tbe cork, acoordioff to prsoeddGL nnd Trh praphy, Awrmsla. Gs, No t'toory. N» text books. Actual buslnea* Bern day of aiterioa. Colic** good*, money a*