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riXi-AVEKLYX EDIIOhN. W INNSB3ORO, S. C.5 OCT013117 1.5, 18.9.ESALHD184 A Contract of t he "Old' South'" With the -NewI." Her iulustrial Futurv "The South is a v'ry large ex pressk1.and progrets. in the South in dient,s a Ve,veent distribjuted.i over m1a!_V states not at all alike. either in natural advant s or lately aa', uire enterpr;is. oue part.-, of the South tre st:ll very backward. vhile others have mi:,.e I'vaucesof late .yoars which it would be difIicult tj ri.d excelled in aU other zectio:n of the cntr'y. Peo-. pl hav. be me familar with the rapii v c aing production of the grcat .Arir staplc of the South. Betwecu 1i;) and 1 85 ihe cep kept withi1 6,0100',00 bal, by 1556 it wat 6,500,00T tales, and by 169 close on to 7,00),)0. The maximum was thouht to have been reached when the cropof 1 euxcfedd7.300.000 bales, iut th:t was thrown i!ito the shade he the e r li crp (of last yein whow a a totof n-2arIvy 00 b)ale., The p n .air' crop will be veryv far r of tLis in tuantity. th(ough1 thn to thLe alvanced price. its v...:n m n e a.; g"eit. I theu Uatural r tir4ls, the crou th rival. Wien e.:;I grtow wet. tian all the_ Souh id I>bUr thN"wr Un-' -Ahe is till z-t th!-e b,.-;n:ing- vf ',er pro5ein Insbiblesof the bouIthl 20-e Ve-rv fa ir fromi-bein-':hutd 1S 0V side sth the growth of what UQed t' bU the l ux SVutUCrnL NVlt I b 'e" rox;ing up a niiie diversitid agrieuitare and the he':inuh1g o. a widLe rau-r of mau'i 4a u.' It js '.Chai'riti of the n . spiit Of the S:uthL that the Cotton seed oil indu',try is the growth of the reriod Since the wa r. A prodnct vhich was ruv oucd useless in 130 rigured in 1890 as ha-:ing a valiue,after treatment in the mills, of $25,-S,Y00. and is today the baKis of an iuvestuenit in building and machinery of ;),0, - o. JI 18SO the whole South Iro dicea o vly 14:3,)00,000 bushels of grain; last year the yield was ,000, 000. Tbe number of tons of coal iinQd ia 18SO was but litie over 6,000,000, while 1S94 it was 30,0k., 000. The output of pig iron in the Sot h in 38 was 197,:s00 ton., and in.15i1,5GO,0s)V tou-. Tlt5 valle of the product of the sav-.ed and planed lumber, which in 1880i wais S4i,938,O00 had risenia 189M t W111,746,674. The true value of Southein proper-y ac corling to the census returns of 1880, was S7., *1009.00.'): last year it was estimated at 57 pcr eCit more. Ther': are to-day some 88000000 invested ji r-inaacturing enterprises in the South, V.ith?7 estimated annual value of proinet of $1,0)~00,0,00. Of the foriner, about 5108.000,000 is invested in cotton mills, or five tin s sf much as in 1868,and some $93,000, 000 Js invested in lumber mills. A - Snt writer on the South reniarked that with the possession of all the raw materials e-lltering into manuifactures, with cheap labor and cost of living. the industrial future of the South should bo.of the brightest. But the fact that these resources remained so long un - developed and are now coming ro fully into evidence argues a change in the spirit of thle )peopl mre significant than the i nexhaust ibleI bounty of nature. No one at all familijar wit b the old South canI fail to be struck with the resolution with which the men. whom the war le-ft ieunniess,set them selves to repair their wasted fortunes. While there were rmany that sucemuhii ed to the struggle, as well as many that surmonted it, they have, as a rule, left there some much better tit - tad for the competitiou of modern life than they were themselves. The rapid acceleration of Southern progress may be due partly to an infusion of North - ern enerey. but it is mainly the work of' Souttherne'rs w ho were too y-oung to know anything of the war or its pas sions, er w ho were born after its close. In the hands ('f this generation the South has take its tirst great stride of real progres". Dr. Talmage in Washington. Rev. T. De Witt Talmage expresses much satisfaction with the change in his affairs which makes him a resident of Washington. He says: 'My pastorial relations, I have no doubt, will be of the most agreeable sort, and my associates and I will get along .famously. I know almost every minister in the city. Dr. Hamlin preached the dedication sermon for my last Tabernacle. I have preached for Dr. RadclifTe in Detroit, and I preach ed at the dedication of Dr. Thomas Chalmers Easton's church. I want to say that Wash ington may well be proud of the fine group of ministers of the gospel whom she has in her midst. "I propose to give the people of the First Presbyterian church my best work. I feel that it is best for nme to preach once every Sunday-in tihe evening. I shall prepare my sermons in the usual manner. I have always been favored with an especially good stenographer or two, and my sermons have been'spread broadcast. At what do I estimate their circulation? I can hardly say. But Henry W. Grady once estimated for me that 20,000.000 people a week read themi 1 know the circulation has increased remarkably since then. I shall continule nmy edi torial work for the (Christinu Herald and my special 1rt icle for othe periodicals." The rooms which hr. Taliage has engaged for his preesi o.:enne i.m those in which Ow en 31er edit h wrot a "'Lucille' and where a great mnyi other men distinguisl-d in lierat are and art have at sonei tim' or other - euie garters. They comprw' a .suite directly ozver ibe re;om' tenante'd by Secretary ('resham down to the time of his death. 'e:.yg at tTanda. .Veicai. shno" 1'J 'ra~ of Stokes. :he- -lave trade~r, 'a him. LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. GLEANINGS FROM MANY POINTS Important Happenings, Both Home and Foreign, Briefly Told. The Cotton Crop is Short. Returns to the Department of Agri culture for the month of Octobei makes cotton show a decline of 5,7 points from tbe September condition which was 7.3 against 65.1 for thii month, There 4,s a Seneral complaint from all the couaties reporting, of ex tensive da=nge from early rains, re cent drouth and ravages by bollworms and other insects. The crop is re ported a failure almcst everywhere and the vie:d shortened by prematare opening. The percentage of Virginia is 78, a1d Nrth Carolina 68. South Carolina GI, (-eorgia 72, Florida 8-1. Allaina 70, Mississippi 67, Louisiana 64. Texa, ~8, Arkansas 72, Tennessee 71, Missz;i wl5. . For two iiuntis a severely felt dlrought has reigued west of the Alle glinny woutitains. extending over Westerni -vinsylvi, We-.t Virginis, a.mo.i th. entire Site of Ohio and in parts of tu'ianla. At many points railroads are beiug forced to h1ul wa ter for their engines. In Lawrence, Yt-reer, and adjoining counties of en syvhania farmers are selling their stuck rIecanse of the dif!}kulty in keep ing cattle watere-d. Newv Sou;tuhern Notes. Curbwit ani Fitzsiummuns arc nowin titining at Hot Springs, Ark. Thu Episc:.pIa convention at Min teapolis decided upon Atlanta as the u.t i-ee o..f neetsng. The FUir-t National Bank of Alexan Jria. La., capital $50,000, has be- i . ri to begin business. At Moinnt MIeigs, Ala., while waiting for a train, Miss 3urdock was run ove r and killed by the fast train from Atnta. A .50,00. fire which ' .:ed 30 hoiisis w:s started at Cumberland, M., by the careless handhug of a kimp in a store. The tobacco erop in Lincoln, Logan, Wayne and Cabll coulntics. West Vir gM. has imnf'red great damage by fiost. The dam.ge thus far is esti nmiedc at 810, a At Fi ., on Thursday, in thre $,0 st,tss c, Lynne Bell won the first two snd Bouncer the last three heats. All were close and exciting. ecst time -:10!, G,n. Mnhoa's body was interred in ,k famiiv vault in Petersburg, Va., in Ve proSence of an immense con curse. S5everal camps cf Confeder ate v-terantis attendled. At the cou,ference at Dallas. Tex.. re:..arding the Curbett-"itzsimmoi :I Ht rng- Ark., was selected a~ i1.a: ienti for the battle, October ::Jt The authoriies of the State will m.. it. Th lscareityc of water is beoing a wrb.s man.: uh Iarmers in centiald kn''-kv. W'ater is; so searce and( .nable Ithat farmer~s whose wells are a- IIe -*. -rt toi anursral m.eans to r:.y;t i)of thiri sup~ply. '.: . uas the :20 th anniversary e. s::attemipt at Cuban independ ie.T ay was celebrated with -..-eene. processions and great enthu : im t Key West, Fla. A cannon m.tand a : negro's head wa-s blown u0. A t A bblville, Ala, while William f.Eno.or an aian of laborers were re ,;ru:; ton blgI'e across Abbey i.:-k th fal'-: work~ gave way, and the uructuri- - :l. killing Johu Alexander and Dahvid Wtilliams. and injuring Saun;ders. Tre-fou. itt as of the town of Bayard, WX. Va., w as v.iiped ou,'t by lire Thurs Lar. The neo.toPice, six business a-ok and tirty dwellings were burn e,! A on the imnildinugs burned was ibe 'only church in the town. The los is~ esimated at 845.000. Farmers in Grant C.junty, Ky., are 'iiscouraged. over the prospects of the t->ajc o erop there. They t:ay that the ecrop wtill be ablnost worthless this ver It is estunated that the late coll suay decstrloyed ful ly 25 prcent. of the t' bauco in that section. The G reen;e County, Mo., Bank failed to open,C its doors Thursday mcornin g, hravinhg 1:vcen ordered into the 11ails ofI a receive.r by State Bank Ex amtiner~ -Tnes. The bak is closed to pirotect the stockholders. The depo.s Ps inr the i 'ankl are aalh, something An r .0,0 h, and the cash on hand ex n.eds :20,0:x0. Other nesets wilJ a:mun~t to over $130,Q00. Po-litical Doings. D)en:oerats of Nurwich, Consa., have ;et in cinvention and endorsed Cleve uind fur a third ter:n. The0 Ep~iscopaiilIlo,ei oif Depu1ti i: Peron-, Paid income Ta:ces. h- irsa.'y Departmeint 1 .raid incomler tamXC - . . t he adverse ti ::--eCourt as- to its consti All the doors that lead inward to the secret place of the most high an~ doors outward of self-out of small ns-out of wrong State Distillers Liencad. According to tht dlisnscary law all distilleries are reiiirtd to take out li censes from. the -tati antliorities. The following estail i.et, wtru licensed np to the first of the mInth: Jacob Witt, Witt-s Mill. Lexington. JC. ienderson, Eriit Hill. Edge field. T. L. Douglass. Blue Hill, Abbe Ville. John P. Collil, Marydelle. Green SVille. Thuas Trammel, 'Marydelle, Green ville. Jesse W. Johnson, Marydelle. Gree;i ville Wm. 31organ, srie., Greenville. A. C, McCarter, 6troup'-, York. John T'. Russell, Lima, Greenville. Thes. 31. Griffin, Lendcerman: Greeu viit.. H. E. Holland, Easley. R. H. Davidson, Pickens. W\I. T. Ponder, Thomasville, Pick . C Couch, Parr, Pickens. r. W. F. revdon, Ambler's Pickens. T. H . Allen. Hero. York. John A. Bariy. Zadick. York. S. S Wier, l'ork'C. W. H. J1huson, Aiken. L . T..ingleton, Walhalla. W. G. Sutton, Jefrson, Chester neld".% John D. Rabl, Fountain Inn, (reenville. J. T. Shores, Smithville. Sumter. Andcrsi Distilling Company, 3Nose . h,r, And.-rs(in. 31. j. .Ahley, Honea Path. P. O'Neal, Coronaca, Abbeville. T. E. (arvin, Wagener, AtKen. D. T. Collins, Hillsdale, Greenville. D. M. jeffcoat. Norway, Orange J 3. Sturkie. Witt's 11ill, Lexing ton. Jefferson Harrison, Greenville. '. P. Greer and J. A. Haddon, Duncan. Spairtanburg. 0. F. lightower, Lima, Greenville. E. 31. BUsiy, Morgan's, Edhgefield. W. B. Harley, Woodford, Orango Jvhun Keuo meer, WalhaIla THE HOVA CAPITAL TAKEN The llight of the Qaeen of Maine:tr and Hfer Court. The news oomes booth ifro Vat:i-d on the east ccast of 31dagasear, uni m Port Louis, Jauriius. tha t F--' i in havia.aeaar hav:: eatur. Antaan.r. Qucna withith ,made tei e - :Ind 2ed )O Ai tra. Th news of Vatomnr 1 n:P,: fro:n PiortLuar 31M.agxa.<e:ar. wv I t i rouge ill 'ra. in the M. navor. en ** - (I(GIO l . tV!e Sr i--'. to rceie ~nfim leial' inormaio' o 1UEEN of I'.TAr.e.\s e 1"g v'1"M. - Ine epdonary' 'fr. Lat ' 1x'e t~oeianfrao of the re;iod .:: momt. Advce~s recnied frta:n Ta:n Hsaione at na at aa . caturteS i t o di-tbr.Adet" ge.The cityo the odu' lions exresm no axdy o es micr issionar'o wer rear, and wo- r .geft The city has time fo thO and - -o a refgelry hi'anTe'wo and other places ou the coast, and it wasy the intention of the 4f L men remnammin t o 1'iV leave t he phaco as '1^i'W A"" - soon as the French made their tiuprt and retire to some distant village. Th si' at ion Mor'eI E ouaigThan Thu '.rue m int f. th. gobi re.-erve' at thc elee.: .A tu:iet- iSatturlay wats 9.3,006.96. i n't tainu for th ia f -2877 Of thi amounttt ab out 29.000 v.10deposited in the su i taury of Phildelphia. i5)0000 in Cli eag'. -:35.000I in St. Loi-. about 625.000 at te 'verntsay office" h and the baln' in smller mount at oher subtreasutri-s In in arlv overv 'ti-' silver certiSecate- of '.matl ' n-)miLnati'' w--re a-ked for ant .eevd in ''xchang'e fo*r goIl. ITie nrc ent sitation a- to gold -with drawall. a- viewed at the TreaMiry Depart.. ment,i ore hopeful that atan ie with ofmany. the reduction in the rate of sterling exchange. the' e---ssationi of withdirawls for export and the apparent increasing willing ness of banks to ex"hange gold for non-legal tenders. clearly indicntes a return to normal coditions antd a turn in the tide of gold movmecnts. FIGURING ONCOTTON". A Spvannalh 3an Has Good Reasons for a Crop of Onily 6,500,000. A Savannah -otton 5tatistieian makes the followin:; ttatement respecting the govern ment .-Ot.a report ,iust issued: IFor the past six years the crop averages .100.000 i:-aes. The condition on October 1. f'r si years averages 77.3. The condi ton isnow riven as 65.1. which indicates a r " of .70.000 bales, supposing acreage to beno to av.eratre. But as the acreage is un u wtdyiss and probably considerably -.. h present prospect is for a crop of not .eit; 6,500.000 bales. [n addition, fros are much earlier thIs sso than the average, which will tend to mtake the~ total somewhat smaller than the aove indicated. In Zuricb, Switzerland, a "'ba;:k for electric enterprises," with a capital of Nit,00,00, is atbout to be incorpor ated. THE SUFFRAGR PLAN As Reported Bitterly Attacked and Its Alleged Ifreet of Disfranchising NWhites Pointed Out. War Be tween the Senators. Senator Irby, in an interview which was published in the Columbia Regis ter. vigorously attacks the report of the SnifTrage Committee, of which Sen ator Tillmian is chairman, to the Con stitutional Convention. Senator Irby says: "[ look upon tLat, report as A p'!liti cal inoustrosity-one of the most dan gerous schemes ever concocted in the brai.a of man, and when the Conven tion recon% enes I shall fight it and vote against it, if I have not another mem ber upon the door at my back. Why, the more I study that report the stronger my opposition and the great e: the danger I see in it. Let us analyze the Suffrage Committee's pro posed articles: In. the first place, here is a sweeping clause poitively disfranchising every white man in South Carolina who is not able both to read and write; or does not own and pay taxes upon 83'0 worth of property in our State. This IanOuage is too plain to be misunder stoot. It is a total disfranchisecment of the poor and illiterate white man, as well as the negro laboring under the same political disabilities. But there is a tail to this sniffrage kite, ir. a proviso that holds good until January 1, 1898, which permits the registratin officer, if he sees fit and proper to do so, to grant a pardon to such voters as he may see fit and propor, subject tu his amnesty-for the heinous crime of being poor and illiterate- -and thus place them upun a political equality with the educated Lcegro and who has accumulated prop erty But even this proviso is coupled with a piovision so ignominous and degrading that a proud-spirited Anglo Saxon voter would sooner lose his right of siftrage- than to accept such political charity. Here is what Senator Till :uan's report says: 'A s..p)arate record of all illiterate persons thus registered sworn to by the reuistration officers, shall be filed, one copy with the Clerk of the Court, one copy with the Secretary of State, etc.' "In other words, for a poor uneduca ted man to vote, after this law passes, a palpable and a bareface fraud must be comidtted, and then the name of the beneficiary of this pardon must be filed as a public record, . both at his court house and at the State Capitol in Columbia. It will be a public and perpetual ducument of reproach upon thousands of honest family names in South Carolina, and the, descendants for generations to come of these par doned voters will have the fact thrown in their teeth that their ancestors be ing poor and illiterate were permitted to vote in direct conflict with the spirit of tLeir State Constitntion, through a pard.on and special act of suffrage. "Why, no brave and proud spirited white man in the old Palmetto State would accept suffrage under any such conditions, and would sooner lose his right to vote and be shoved off in the same boat with the Sea Island negro. IHe would then indeed be a. political exile in the State of his birth, but the honest name that he will hequeath to his children would not be filed among the .archieves of South Carolina as are the names of pardoned convicte. "I[ am responsible for the calling of our Constitutional Convention. I Ipledged the white voters of South Carolina that nout one of them should lose laIalot on account of ignorance or proverty, and I shall sacredly keep this solemn covenant; and if it is brok;en by Senator Tillman and the convention it will l)e with my denuncia lion oif the infamous plot ringing in the cears of the delegates. What brave and self-respecting whiteman desires his names handed down to future generations as being so poverty st:richen and ignorant that a separate clause had to be engrafted into the Constitu tioi: of his State to enable him to vote. "I havc unsheathed my sword and thrown away the scabbard. I am in the battle to the end. No poor and uneducated white man will lose his vote 1ffI have the power to prevent it. I shall denulnce this outrage upon the flouor of the convention, and I shall Sdenoureuc it uponli the stand before the people~ We can preserve white sni p)remacy in South Carolina without either disfranchisement or humiliat. ing a single white voter."' me .:mond i.rodluce 3Market. I rrrYm.:3"y dauiry. 19220..: choice -* -.: .hois sr,re (pa:ed). 17' 18.: medium .or' (pa .-! d. 14Vg15e.; co:mmon grades. E..s -In ert'.. n:ar by1 and fresh, 15e.; ini .rats fresh and' clean.14'@15c.;ia barrels P.ocr av-Chikens (large). per pound. 4.:uk (Ii vi. per poun~d. 58 10O.: hens i i.:), pe- pound. 7'a$.: smnall chickens, 1(a' 11'. "ees' 3 live). I..-r head. 25@350.; I v" Sru'm Calves, pe,r pound( (gross). ,f 5 .: :heepi. per pound,~ 2@23 C.; bee[ ( ,.win.. r pound, 2@2,'e.: heifers. pr i.oundl.1 3 40.: yonoig steers, per pound. 2K (; .: spro~ iamb (choice), per p)ound. 3~@ .: hg isml l1 ) 1e pound. 6@6%~e.; oTRY" LACo\--JIa3u (small), well 1m.ed per 'pound. 12%@1~3c.: large, well -imoked, per piound. 10@11c.; sides (cured, per pon'' nd.q 890.hould1ers (smoked), per Jhmrs m% J:Aww-~Dry flint, per pound. 11h 12-. dry .alted. per pound. 9@10e.; r3 -.:nsat-'d~ hides.i' G.7e.; green hides, 5 b . 'C: 'ee salted calf1-skins. 65@75c.; t o .3. 'C4'u.: beeswax. 25:. T src- rm:el-ri-h potatoes, per barrel i large'. ',i.25 1.50: small. .50@75c.; onions, 1.25@1 .50 pe bI3a rrel. IFnUrrs-A pples. per barrel, $1.25@2.00: per1 ii5220 per barrel. MIassacissietts anid New JIerey aire leaingu thie conntry in road improve mecnt. V isitor-"I don't hear that awful pin up stairs?" Bagley--"No, they Ido' t play it any more." Visitor Whtsthe matter ?" Bagley-".L've bought a deernhoun d which howls every time he hears music."-Chicago Tleord. PALMETTO PENCILLINGS LNTERESTING ITEMS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE. Latest 3ove in Registration Cases Attorney General Barber has return ed from Washington, where he has made another move before the United States Supreme Court in the famous tegistration case of Mills vs Green. He thinks that the move just made will end the case. Here is the motion he submitted to ths Court: Now comes the defendant, appellee, by his counsel, and moves the Court to dismiss the appeal in aboTe entitled cause upon the following grounds, to wit: 1. That the judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals, reversing the inter locutory order of injunction, is con eltsive and there is no right of appeal allowed fron it to the Supreme Court. 2. That there is now no actual con iroversv involving real anId substan tial rights between the parties to the record, and no subject matter upon which the jadgment ot this Court can operate. Wni. A. Barber, Attorney General of South Carolina, for defendant, ap pellee; Edward McCrady, Geo. S. Mower, of counsel. The following notice has been aerved on Mills's attornevs: To Messrs. O(ear & Dolass' Coun sel for I'laintiff. appellant: Please take uotice that on Mouday, the 28th day of October. A. D. J8'J5, at the 'Pening of the Conit. or assoon there arler as emisel enn he heard, the alitv inotion to dismiis the appeal wiLI be subitted to the United States Supreme Cimrt, at WashingtonD. 1)c., for the decisioji of the said Court theeau, Aoneed hereto is a copy ofl th. brief o gmaent to be submitted with said motion in support thereof. Wmi. A. Darber, Attorney General of South Carolina, for defendant, ap pCllet; Edward McCrady, George S. Mower, (4 counsel. The motion comes before the Court withont oral argument on the 28th, and a decision should follow shortly thereafter. Three Fatal Affrays Between Negroes. Tirce negroes have been killed in Liaurens in the last six days. At Mountville Jack Faller shot and killed Gus Milam on Wednesday night last. On Saturday night last a negro shot at and'it is supposed mortally hurt an other three iniles from the city, near Chestnut iidge. Sunday night, near the colored Japtist Church in this eity, Pierce Anderson, a colored boy abmnt 19 years of age, shot and killed George Pasley, another boy of the Sail) e age. It is said,thrt Pasley struck Anderson with a stick and the shoot ing followed. No arrests. Es,,aped C(onvicts Shot. Garling Goode and Landrum Wil liams. scped convicts, were shot at GalmTh.y the other night by Chief of Police C:mmp and a posse while trying to eticet their arrest. Both men es capedl fri:u the penitentiary onl Sep tembler 5, and there was a reward of tft v dollahrs ece for their capture. U3th were desperate c'haracters and opened liret on~ theO poUsse when orde red to surrender. All is qieit now. W\il liams was a bouse thief and Goode was se. nt n y some ti me ago for shooting into a trinm on the Sonthern Riairoad at G in I[oumse Burned in. York. Marfim:'s gin house, at Hickory Grove. with its conLtent3, was destroyed by tire h:st week. Canse. match in cotton. L oss 883.001); insurance, none. S parxtanh urg farmers are bri nging in th.eir old corn tc, market to make room for new. Trhe p)rice p)aid is about 60) cents, while the new is brinaing 40 to 45 cents. The ground is too hard for sowing oats. Many farmers wanted to get them in the ground during September,so that they may get a fair start before the freeze3 set'in This year they have failed. Tt is estimated that there are at nresen't not less than 20,000 people eathered around the cotton mills in the tour conties of Spartanburg, Greenvil.le, Laureus and Union, and when the iills now builIding and pro jet i re copleted,say a year hence, it is probablie that the number o,f this mill population will reach 25,000 or A Spart.anhurg farmer says this fall up] to date is like the fall of 1836. It was so) dry that cora was ready to gather Oc~tober 1. The fall was fol lowed by the heaviest sr.ows that have fallen in his memory.. From January 1 to ab)out the 1st of March the snow was not oif the grojmnd. Choraw has .seven or eight cotton huvers this season and the prices have range-1 above those paid :ct the ports. The .treumely dry weather has kept the sta ple from get ti Lg (lirty afnd a fine quality has OILI cnseaetly [een sold. At Spar.tanburg. a few cattle have been nattached by a fatal disease re cently. One citizen lost two milch cows list week. Others arc reported as diased The veterinary surgeon is nee.bd 1 Six Persons Creamated. Near Tweed. Ont.. the dwelling house oc 1upied by Thomas Lindsay and family was dl'troyedl hv fire and six of the occupants wre ,ermnatedi. The family consisted of Mr. ad Mrs. Lindsay and 11 >hildren. Six of the chmlren were burned to death. They haf years and two others. A farmer at Eldora, Iowa, has been taking many pearls from freshwater clams on his farm, which lhe sells in WOMANN'S WORLD. , Is PiAASANT LITERITURE FOR W FE.31NINE READ~ERS. ' 1b INCREDIBLE s FMs Foi sLIpPER5. The London West End Shoems'Ker'. latelv mentioned that almost incredt- t be r-mms are sometimes expended ou, shpper. Thus, not long ago a couu tess had a pair made, ornamented with rubi!, emeralds and diamonds, c:st itz $22,500. Brt at a iasked ball iven by the Deke of Manchester soie t years ago a lady impersoaatin.- Cin derella wore a pair of slippers alornel with jewelry valued at over S6,000. AMERIoAN WOMEN's VOICES. The voice of the average woman about us is not pleasant; it is not t round and .9ute-like said Dr. G. W. Sbimm in a recent address. A harsh, strident quality is taking the place rf the low, soft, rich quality wbich he- s longs to them, and which all might n have if they sought it. One reason is" the lack of proper training as girls grow up. and another is the odd habit t many have of talking each other down, 1 not waiting for the completion of sen tences, but piling up unfi.nished scn teuces, and unconsciously raising the t voice in the effort to do so. THE QUEEN IS LIBERAT. c All the English papers are talking v about the cashmere shawl, the jeweled v bracelet and other costly presents N which Miss McNeill received from the t Queen and royal family on the occa- Y sion of her marriage to the Duke of Argyll, near fifty years her senior. Not one ef them, however, makes mention of the fact that the Qacen, in accordance with traditional custom and usage, furnished the trousseau of the bride besides presenting br withi a check for $5000. Thu (bicen does this for each of hzr mai ls of honor or bedchamber women that laay happen to wed with Victoria's conuent during their term of office, and Princess r Louise's new mother-in-law is no ex ception to the rule.-Chicago Tribune. I C THE ALPACA PETTICOAT. With many people the alpaca petti- t coat is taking the place of the silk one t on account of its wiriness, which makes it more efficient than the silk in hold ing out the wide skirts which fashion decrees women shall wear this season, and also because it assi;ts in keepinz the effect of a tight fit about the waist and the many godets at the feet. A deep flounce at the bottom of the pet ticoat, instead of steels, has a jittl_ hair cloth in the hem. Often thes6 alpapa skirts must be worn with lawns and batistes, in which case they are of white alpaca, and an extra flounce of lawn edged with Valenciennes lace is rsted on the alpaca flounce. This :es the thin gown a beautifal foun 1zRcion and keeps the extreme fashion able cut more nearly perfect.-St. Louis Star-Sayings THE NEWEST MATERIALS. Butcher's linen, in a sort of medium A ae, is one of the new materials for 0 iting suits. Dunck, in a mixture of silk and 'ell, is used for this -purpose, but hits made of this material are expen Pique is still the rage, and -al j.ough stiff and not always becomi{r, assesses a certain style of its own in s crisp, natty freshness. Changeable mohair is the latest . ing for skirts and dress lining ; it s an excellent substitute for silk when1 that material is found too expensive. This mohair is of light weight and suficiently wiry to set out the: dress. ustle cambric is another excellent dress lining, and although of closer texture, resembles greatly the old old-fashioned paper cambric once used. The soft finished percaline is quite out as it is useless as long as the p iresent fashion of intlated skirt con-] tinues. HEfloI' DOLLY MADIsON. The march of improvement in that )art of Washington formerly known as Georg,etwn, and older by many r years than other parts of the city, ha; compelled the destruction of the tomb of unjamin Homans, in the old Pres beteriu Cemetery, in connection with whomu Dolly Madison's heroic feat in 1814 was p)erformled. Homans was Chief Clerk of the War Depart-ment during the War of 1812, and at the time the British invaded the capital, upon his own responsibility, he sent1 two wagon loa:ls of documents to the 1 canal-bo.t of Captain Daniel Collins, and place:] two arnme 1 soldiers on guard, telling them to allow no one to come on board. A little later a beau tiul lady, who proved to be Dolly Madison, drove down to the boat and gave one of the crew a trunk, telling him to take great care of it, aud that he should be rewarded. Among the articles in the trunk was th-e canvas: of Peale's portrait of Washington, then hanging in the White E[ouse, but* now in the Senate wing :>f the Capi tol. Then Homians gave the order to Sherwood to take the boat up the canal and not wait for the captain, who had gone to Washington. Toe boat, accordingly, was headed for a point near the Eominy House. a wel known establishment in those days nd in theO baira tunere the dloemch t-re stored until danger was passe. j::t night the Capitol was burned, an the documents saved were among the most valuable belonging to te Nation.--Argonaut. LOTs OF CHOICE IN SKIRTs. Fashion is anything but arbilrary his season, and, if you except sleeve's a about as democratic a ge-as-you eiease da:ne as you ever encountered. ere are the skirts for instance. samyhie from a three gOre to a nine tav be worn, and its wearer counte<l :Jvli;b," if she has that indefinable .mething about her, the lack of hi:' would render any gown not viisb. Then there are skirts with o gor.s at all. Just rix or seven readths-of wide material sewed up ad fastened to a band. Of course, ch dresses are of the sheerest ma ral, like organdy and swiss and a1ll, which do not take kindly Atv uch "-orine," since they m st be isde up without lining. Mlosfcharm J( dresses are made of these thin m% rials, the skirts having only a wide em, and the waists stopping under E rush belt of the same, are of platily ,qde overhan ging blouse pattern with bit of lace at the wrist and throat. he under. slip is usually of some inted material, satine or silesia, with simple foot ruffle and a rounde I iroat with elbow sleeves. A thin own like that is cheapness itself, and child might launder it. It is only hen the thin goods is made up with ilk linings and perishable lace trim ings that such dresses become so naz,ngly costly. Very few women seem to realize bat a plainly made gown, which oks easy enough to be comfortable, id airy enou!Zh to be cool, while Crbaps being neither, will give to bose who look at her the idea that lie is both, and the .immediate tem crature is thereby lowered a degree two. A tailor-made gown, by the erv closeness of its fit and trimness f make, carries a suspicion of armth, even though it be of the hinness of lightweight woolens. asington Star. AsmON XOTES. Just now the craze is for black skirts ialmost everything. Henrietta cloth is shown this season i more than forty shades. No cotton gown seems finished with it ribbon somewhere about it. White challies and crepons are good iaterials for use in the autumn. Wiry vigoureux mixtures are the ost useful and popular [goods for bi ycling. All French gowns now fasten at the ack, and skirts and sleeves are wider han ever. Some of the new black hose are shot ,th different colored silks. Some of he tan color are also shot with green, due or rose. For country use and tennis are some atty little outing boots laced with ilk cord and finished with finely cor ated soles. ~Th e newest setting for diamonds is hits enamel. This enhances the )rllhaney of the stone and the Aetting ardly shows. Cashmere coloring, a soft blending o many colors and a tendency to the esigns found in old cashmere shawls, just now popular. T,e. favorite foot covering just now s (he Juliet or Diana shoe, with a raceful instep, elastic sides and a hapely yet solid heel. A dainty little cape has a heavy pat er cut out of black silk, jet edged nd appliqued on to black net, the hole being mounted over violet silk. A velvet, ribbon, edged with a fine ugerow of c:it jet spangles, makes n .i.ective and becoming flat garmi r for silk and siln and wool gowns. The latest thing in dress gloves for iomen is an exact copy of a man's iress glove. It is of heavy white kid, nd button.; with two big pearl but The latest fashion is to di:;card paper for walls and hang the 2:oomsi ith cretonne, satin cloth, pongee, jolland. denim and, in fact, any ma erial but paper. As must be the case when large hats e favored, lezhorns in both black na white are ireely shown. High rown leghorns are very desirable and orre picturesque than those of season, Visiting card cases made of petunia olored satin or pomegranate hues of uire silk bound with tiny clasps of ilver or silver gilt are very pretty. e; are lined with pale heliotropa or ri-colored silk to suit varied tastes. An entirely new design of capes i.s ade to reach to the elbow and flare ;traiht to the collar. Its foundation .~changeable taffeta silk, and it is flu. hd at the edge with a thick rose iching, the edges of the ruching be. og pinked out. The two extremes in size are evident bi season in the hats and bonnets, he one being very large and the other :orrespond ingly small Between these o extremes lie the toque shapes and nail round hats that will be much or for early spring. Green is a color that has recently aid hold on the fa cey of the well lresse, yet it bids fair to enjoy co-n iunel favor, andi for the afternoon t-home or a smart calling suit 'noth u~quite takes precedence of a welt uit green velvet toilet. A visiting gown is of tan crepon vith a silk thread in the warp. The ocice has a short circular yoke of ellow satin with butter colored lace ver it. Three rows of narrow yellow ibon velvet are rnn thron.;h the eshes of the lace to form the choker rr crsh.' The latest thing in table embraid ries -is the celery doily. It is -long, d narrow, like the lowv glass dishes,. mod the edge all round is tinished -in .rreguar scallops; On the length ci he doily at each side, near the bor er, is worired a design of a celery leaf pray. ___________ Duringz the thirty years that Ains vrt a F. Sycaecrd has had enar.e of ie Congressional Library at Wash nton tL-e number of books unier his sharge has grown from 70,000 to 700. 100.