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ESALSE 180 EBRR,S . TUSA,A
SAPPING THE SURPLUS.
What it is Said the Direct Tax Bill Will
Accomplish.
(Special to the New York Herald.]
WASHINGTON, April 7, 1888.-Half a
hundred Democrats, most of them, to
the honor of their section, Southern
men, still stand solid in the House to
prevent a raid on the Treasury for
eighty-four millions of dollars.
The House to-day took a recess un
til a quarter to twelve Monday, when
the fflib".stering will go as it has
since Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Oates
and those acting with him do not mean
to give up unless they see that the pub
lie cares nothing about this raid on the
treasury. But they mean to continue
their opposition until public opinon can
be informed and and aroused. The
contest will therefore go on next week
0. and it ought to.
Filibustering has seldom had so com
plete ajustification as in this case, and
when the people's attention is fixed
upon what is going on in the House
the filibusters will receive, as they de
serve, general thanks.
The direct tax repayment bill is
nothing more than the entering wedge
for measures which will so deplete the
Treasury that the protectionists may
have cause to cry out that no tax re
duction can be safely made. The fif
teen million direct tax bill is the pilot
fish for that great shark, the cotton tax
repayment bill, which calls for sixty
nine millions. The two, the shark and
the pilot fish, will take eighty-four mil
lions out of the Treasury, and leave
it tolerably empty. That is the precise
purpose of those who are trying to
force these bills through.
Mr. Randall and the Republican pro
tectionists therefore combined to force
this treasury raid into the House.
When the day came the bill was
brought up, and the votes showed
that it has the solid support of the
whole Republican side of the House
and a number of Democrats. The pro
tectionists are all for it, and it is in fact
a Republican measure, as it has the
solid Republican support. The pre
tence has been set up that it is a South
ern treasury raid, but as a matter of fact
most of the Southern men oppose it. It
is a Republican and protectionist
scheme to prevent any reduction of tax
ation.
There -is-no justice in the measure,
but the bribe it holds out to twenty
eight States gives it the strength which
igg rolling river and harbor bills always
have. So many are to have a "share
of the pork" that the Republican pro
tectionists have felt sure of success
when, with Mr. Randall's help, they
were able to force it into the House.
The direct tax was laid by Colgress
in 1861 and was collected for only one
year, and only in that year. It was a
requisition on the States, but where
these did not choose to act the
Federal authorities levied upon citizens
of the State. The bill which Mr. Ran
dall helped the Republicans to force in
the House proposes tb return to the
States what they paid, or what was col
lected in them by ;the Federal power.
and to forgive the sunms unpaid. The
,following table shows the amounts in
volved:
Amount Balance dlue
State or Territory. Collected U. S.
Alabama...... 18,28.303 $ 54,028 30
Arkansas..... 184,08218 77,893 82
Caliorni.......25,.538 67
Colorado....... 22,189 96 715 87
Connecticut ...261,981 801
Dakota........ 3,241 3.3
T)elaware......70,332 82
.Columbia.. 49,437 33
pposi ida.........3,52981 3.3,992 86
ni *---...106,963 17 477,404 16
t-a the C1 -.... 769,114 03
cetha i s .... 334,274 80 -
ts xisene- ..71,743 33 -
codth cgntt 60C,641 03 -
'donte~ Cit~ae 468,15 12 117,371 5.3
to Pui dowa agricute ,702 104
unds to eO si tha the . )99 3
One member - aise oCA41
1aa UnersitI nudno
. t' te t ttarw ,
the the'at-it aon 1
coferierre men V h -
O.0 pun arboro, arc twoofthtshi
Crosland' f~dX has stated tha h1
Ct. Tijllmiani0er ao was in -
isaetwo ato the Citade1
makinga comp and Courier, %L,763.6
question. he greatest p- -,098 51
Moutely , ,. 26,982 00
d' iia. ..... 51 5,560 72 213,501 30
W.iSirgini... 181.306 73 -
Washington. 4,238 16 3,487 17
Wiscons~in .....44,944 84 25,307 40)
S. Carolina..... 37,961 30
Mr. Oates, of Alabama, who is head
ing the fillibustering opposition of the
bill in the House, made astroflninfori
ty report against it. The bill is simply
a huge offer of plunder to the States.
New York, for instance, would get
nearly two an a quarter million; Ohio
a million and a third; Pennsylvahia
over a million and a half; Massachusetts
over $700,000; Indiana, $769,000); Con
necticut, $261.980; California, 254,.538,
and so on. So great and so adroit a
bribe has never before been offered by
men bent on Treasury spoliation in
order that they may defeat tax reduc
tion.
They have the help of "State agents."
who have been pushing the bill here
for years and who will doubtless get a
large share of the plunder for their
efforts. But they never had a chance
of success until now the Republican
protectionists turn in to help them.
It is very well understood that this
repayment of the direct tax is only the
beginning. It will be followed, if it
succeeds, immediately by an attempt,
sure to be equally successful, to repay
theotiton tax That will take 869,000
000 more out of the Treasury. There is
not an argument for the repayment of
the direct tax which does not hold
equally for the repayment of the cotton
tax. The same kind of inter-Statt log
rolling makes that strong, which is used
by the protectionists to push through
the repayment of the direct tax.
The cotton tax was laid during the
war. It was collected on raw cotton
wherever found, and therefore in North
ern as well as Southern States. Twentv
eight States would get $15,000,000 out
the Treasury under the direct tax bill;
twenty-five States would get S69,000,t00
out of the Treesury by the repayment of
the cotton tax. Eleven of these twenty
five are Northern States. The followidg
table shows what each would receive
from this grand raid on the Treasury:
In Alabama....................$10,3&4,072 10
In Arkansas.................... 2,555,t638 43
In California................... 430 04
In Connecticut.............. .493 64
In Florida....................... 918,944 98,
In Georgia....................11.897,094 98
In Illinois..................... .379,144 42
Iu Indiandia................... 92,727 21
In Kansas..................... .286 15
In Kentucky..................53,227 45
In Louisiana................10,098,501
In Maryland..................51,349 52
In Massachusetts............66,679 30
In Msssissippi................ S,742,995 93
In Missouri..................... 592,098 36
In New Jersy.......... 3,656 42
In New York.......... 7,942
In North Carolina..........1,959,704 87
In Ohio.......................... 447,127 12
In Pennsylvania........... 78,;W- Of;
In Rhode Island. 2,424 73
In South Carolina..........4,172,420 16
in Tennessee.................. 7,573,460 71
In Texas........................ 5,502,401 24
In Utah...................... 1,875 34
In Virginia ................82.5,S.56 .87
JUDAS ISCARIOT.
The Probable Origin of HIia Name-Some
Legeiads About Him.
[From the New Orlcanis States.]
There is no doubt or ambiguity with
regard to the earliest part of Judas Is
cariot's name. Judas is merely the
Greek or Hellenistic form of the He
brew "Judah," familiar to everybody.
But "Iscariot" is as it has always been,
a puzzle. At least half a dozen inter
pretations of the word have been su
gested by philologists, but not one of
them is in all respects satisfactory.
The most seeming of their number is
that the word is a condensed or cor
rupted form of the two Hebrew words
"Ish Kerioth," meaning "the nian of
Kerioth," Kerioth being a village in
Southern Palestine, where, perhaps,
Judas or his family had their origin.
The name, however, is no consequence
for our present purposes ; and we have
remarked it only to show the mystery
attaching to the man in every phase
of his surroundings.
With regard to his birth, legend and
myth are as copious as is conjecture
with regard to his name. Here are
two o them for hich e 4ar im 4e
(liatly inebtedto Mocure 4onwa8
In the apocrphal8"Gosp 4 ofth
Infanc" it s relted tht 9a1dmonia
cal boy brougt to te chil Jeus
strikes hm, wherepon 3Jesu we5s
and Satan onIeS outof0the5bo inth
shape of furiousd5g. ,Thi boywa
Judas9.3
Accodin tonoter lgen,4,9 Juds'
mothe had (Irem befre6hi birt
that he son wuld muder9hi fahe
and sellhisGod. ,To9aver thsrh
child as suk inhe4se,1ut was
east o shore wasadopte by a
kingand ueen whohad 17so,4 whom
Thesie ProbableOrin of His ather,meare
From smther er ream. Inaterror
read cntonh Juarist hears of Jas Is-ph
whrot' forgie Juas whe herl thw
hielf atr Hleist feet Jeus teogni
ing "Isearit"dissa it( hastalaysr,een,
ceptzle him ast dicile, ade intr-t
pretaitin ohe woritd andave pln sug
gsvtion not fil.lgss Juda thu oeame
and i in ual pispects ofatisfatry.
chrTshe st earsn oft(lo therkmec s
[that a t the wodiacneisedr.] or
"Isheriot," mening-Yu r"then
tativer wasine,wheroesperas,
Juapearc hiaihd polaionrI climsn
Thenam,hwrsn consequence ev anta
heard flnth only tros ah consider
aan(t the man wneereyut pasy.
Tfhs suwrrydings. ,fwhc
Hon. regr to MCuhrnis rth,leent, and
onetofate largstpiu an mos Poserue
illhi her stte. hIt namploysr are
diatel hunded ads MTnere Coavy bee
sonsimnso the p roduct"G se of ths
oncy itLMcghi is relate thetadmna
esidey, bogt the childrr Jetios,
striks hich whereupobnsucwes,
full Saagoesdu f h oyi h
shaperrf aos dag hisn bin fac
toretdiss toatherd leend,Judas's
to the ppritydof trea b)ere hs at
buidin her oan ocitrdrio s ofathch
ad Jaehs Gcno. is prertdehis t
cidwsski the seat,fta ot ebulet in
ea ohoe. bul te ciaotiens oyf
kingwer and quen wo had ason, ishon
udasc spiri. H lwt ue,bcm
th age of rthqlate, andhatetekre
dsockmue of hatqaeis father,d toarned
ofrodhin mothersher county on tero
dho fogtver sins whn dae, how
inghis epedtestiinity wetraer osie
ablyexite exieIn h lno
BITS OF WIT.
Famous Sayings;of Famous Men and Oth
ers Not so Famous.
[Atlanta Constitution.1
A few days ago the Constitution ad
dressed the following inquiry to a num
l,er of prominent gentlemen through
out the state:
What is the best piece of wit you re
member to have heart or read of in
legal or political circles? To suggest
what we want we offer the following:
"A friend of Mr. Blaine's once asked
Conkling if he would not take the
stump for Mr. Blaine in the campaign
of '84. 'I cannot,' he said. 'I have re
tired from the criminal practice.' "
Please let us have your answer as
early as possible.
We have received a great many re
plies, sonic of which we print this
morning. It will be noticed that
most of the yon mots are taken from
other eras than our own. Whether this
implies a decadence of wit in public
men of the present day, we cannot say,
but assuredly nothing quoted below is
better than the following from Dr. H.
V. M. Miller, who, when the conflict
was raging between wlhigs and demo
crats. arraigned the democratic party
with terrible force toa big meeting. He
then said:
"Is there any man in all this assem
bly that will now dare to get up and
confess himself a democrat ?"
Contrary to expectation, a chubby
Irishman with an exceedingly red nose
arose, and placing his hands on his
hips, with his arms akimbo, said :
"Yes, sir, I am a democrat."
The doctor drew attention to the
queer looking figure and said:
"My friend, if you would wrap a few
wisps of straw around you, you would
be a demy-John."
But let our correspondents speak for
themselves, and if most of the bright
things come out of the classics, it may
be that wit, like wine. gets its bonquet
with age.
FROM RANDOLPH OF ROANOKE.
Hon. John T. Glenn writes:
Is there anything better than what
Randolph said when he met a very dis
agreeable enemy on the sidewalk. The
fellow, blustering up and occupying
most of the way, said:
"I never give way for a rascal."
"I always do," said Randolph, polite
ly stepping aside.
THE SHARP TONGUE OF GOOD QUEEN
BEES.
Judge H. B. Tompkins writes :
"Without fully understanding the pur
port of your inquiry, I submit the fol
lowing from Queen Elizabeth, Eng
land's virgin queen. She became offend
ed at Lord Burleigh, and intended to
point her scorn by an allusion to his
enemy and her favorite, Lord Leices
ter. She said: 'Though burly you be,
Lora Burleigh, you shall make less stir
in my kingdom than Leicester.'"
Hon. W. B. Hill, M1acon, Ga., writes:
To select the best among one's favor
ite legal repartees is like the attempt of
the royal mother to select from her
childeni the one whose surrender was
the condition upon which a city's siege
was to be raised. As each passed in re
view before her, each seemed the best
loved. 1 can only say of the following
that it is fairly good. A client reproach
ed his counsel for having been in a
semi-boozy condition when he con
ducted his case in court. The lawyer
replied: ''It wa absolutely necessary
that I should fuddle myself down to
the capacity of the jury."
Hon. A. 0. Bacon writes:
An excellent piece of repartee is ac
corded to a MIr. Harris, of Atlanta
whose initials I do not now recall, but
who is named( byv the irreverent as
"Fatty Harris." He wvas on the wit
ness standl in Fulton sup)erior court, and
was being examined by the then attor
ney-general of Georgia. The witness did
not rely to a question as dlirectly as
the at torney-general wished. The latter
repe ted his question, andl adlded with
emphasis: "Now, Mfr. Harris, you cer
tainly understand that question, for
you are a very intelligent man."
"'Thank you, Mir. Attorney General,"
rep)lied M1r. Harris with a bow, "I
would return the compliment with
great p)leasure if I were not at present
under oath."
JIudge Nisbet writes:
It is not necessary to go outside of
Georgia for a good piece of repartee.
Judlge Underwood, the elder, was a
greater wit than Sheridan, but, unfor
tunately had no Boswell to write his
biography or Constitutm repo)rter to
publish what he said. He was engaged
in a case once and the judIge, after
charging very decidedly against him,
locked the jury up for the night and
adjournedl court. After tea the judge
and U.nderwoodl were walking on the
piazzal of the hotel nxear the courthouse,
and heard quite a movement of chairs
and of feet in the jury room, when the
judge remarked: "I believe the jury
have gone to prayers." When Under
wood said: "I expect so. Failing to get
any light from your honor's charge
they are seeking it from above."
Goverdor Gordon writes:
I'll give you another from Under
wood. When he lived in Elbert aman
was abusing him roundly, and ended
by saying: "Yes, sir; and I understand
you were a federalist?" To this Judge
Underwood replied:
"~In those times, there were but two
parties in this country-federalists and
fools. I was a federalists. I never heard
you, sir, accused of being one."
General Henry R. Jackson writes:
The b)est p)iece of repartee I remember
to have ever read or heard, fell from the
lips of John Van Buren, at one time
generally known as "Prince John" un
der the following circumstances: H
had undestaken the representation of
certain cause before the courts, ver;
much to the disgust of one of his friend
who having vainly expostulated wit]
him and losing temper, exclaimed
"Van Buren, is there a case so low, s
vile, so filthy that you would declin
to represent it?" "I do not know," re
plied the lawyer, hesitatingly, an
quickly approaching his ear close to th
lips of the inquirer, he whispered
"What have you been doing?"
Judge S. B. Hoyt writes:
Hon. Nathaniel Macon, of Nort]
Carolina, was one of the few intimnat
friends of John Randolph, of Roanokc
They served together in both house.
Mr. Macon retired from the house is
1815. His successor made every effort t
succeed him in the good graces of Mi
Randolph. Mr. Randolph snubbed him
Angry at this, he took the first opportu
nity to assault Randolph in debatc
Randolph made no sort of reply, but
few days after, in discussing some sul
ject, said: "Mr. Speaker, I am remind
ed of a remark of my friend, Hon. N1
thaniel Macon, of North Carolina, th
wisest man I ever knew," and thei
pointing his long, lean finger at th
seat formerly occupied by Mr. Macor
but at that time by his successor, c"or
tinued, "but whose seat in this house
am sorry to say is now vacant! vacant!
vacant! !"
This may be in print somewhere, bu
I never saw it. It was told to me whe;
I was a boy, by my grandfather, an ol
Virginian. I have always regarded i
as the most withering satire I eve
heard of.
I append, however, the following
which, under the circumstances, I r<
gard as one of the keenest and mos
polished specimens of satire I eve
came across:
Disraeli, the great English premie)
as is well known, was defeated seven
times before he was elected to parli
ment. In one of his speeches on th
hustings, he denounced Daniel O'Cor
nell, the great Irish agitator, as
"bloody traitor ;" to which Mr. O'Cor
nell made the retort: "For aught
know, the present Disraeli is the tru
heir at law of the impenitent thief wh
died on the cross."
Disraeli challenged O'Connell's sor
Morgan, who took up his father's qua
rel, but the challenge was not acceptei
Hon. Charles C. Jones, Augusti
Georgia, writes :
"When that brilliant but erratic on
tor, the late Thomas Marshall, of Ker
tucky, was addressing a large audienc
at Buffalo, he was interrupted by
politicel opponent, who, pretendin
not to hear the speaker distinctly, ex
deavored to embarrass him by puttin
his hand to his ear and crying or
"louder." Several times did Mr. Ma:
shall pitch his voice on a higher ke
but the only effect was to draw fort
from his tormentor still more energeti
cries of "louder, please, sir, louder.
Thus interrupted in the midst of ou
of his most thrilling appeals, M1r. Ma:
shall, indignant at the trick, paused ft
a moment and fixing his eye first c
his enemy and then on the presidir
officer, said : "M1r. Chairman, on th
last day, when the angel Gabriel sha
have descended from the heavens an<
placing one foot upon the sea and ti
other upon the land, shall lift to his li1
the golden trumpet and proclaim to th
living and to the resurrected dead th:
time shall be no more, I have no doul
sir, that infernal fool from Buffalo wi
start up and cry out : Louder, pleasa
sir, louder !"
One of the neatest retorts ever mad
by a public speaker was that given 1.
Coleridge in response to sonme mar]a
of disapprobation indulged in by tl:
audience during his democratic lectui
at Bristol : "I am not at mall surprise
that, when the red-hot prejudices<
aristocrats are suddenly plunged int
the cool elemient of reason, they shoul
go off with a hiss."
.Judge Richard H. Clark writes:
Before the war in the high par'
times between the whigs and the den
oerats, Horace Greeley then as afte
wards was editor of the New Yor
Tribune a violent whig p)aper. E
was dissatisfied, even dlisgusted wit
the platform of a whig national col
vention. After denouncing it in
manner that only Horace Greely coul<
his contempt reached its climax, whe
his denunciation ended with, "I sp
upon the platform."
Then, George D. Prentiss, anoth<
whig editor of the Louisville Journa
rep)lied : "If you spit upon the pla
form, you cannot expectorate as
whig."
The Ups and Dowws of a Notable Ca,'e.
CorrUnnI, S. C., April 10.-A som
what remarkable case was dlecided I
the jury in the court of common plc
here this afternoon. In 1874 Legrau
Benedict sued Wmn. E. Rose for a no
held by Benedict and alleged to ha'
been indorsed by Rose. The case w
first tried in 1876, and the plaintiff w
thrown out of court on some technica
ity. The supreme court granted a ne
trial, which camne off in 1881 and ti
plaintiff won. The snpreme cou
again reversed the decision below.
1882 the third trial resulted in favor
thc defendant, but the supreme cou
again reversed the finding. The four'
trial to-day resulted in favor of the d
fendant, who claimed that the pr
tended indorsement wa a forgery. TI
amount involved was over $4,000. TI
case has excited much interest here am
elsewhere because of its long standir
and its ups and downs. The verdi
just rendered is thought to be the er
of it.
BREAD RIOT IN RICHXON D.
e
a A Story of the Late Civil War by an Eye
Witness of the Occurrence.
[Dixie in Washington Post.]
It was in the early part of the late
pwar, in, I think, the second year. Our
armies (the confederate) had been gen
erally successful, and there was as yet
little of that great suffering to which
the people of the south were afterward
to be reduced. The dearth of men in
Richmond made it necessary to employ
a large force of women in the various
departnients of the government, a great
many of them refugees, and many from
e the eldest and wealthiest of southern
aristocratic families.
The treasury department occupied on
Broad streetin Richmond, a large store,
and in that store a number of ladies
were occupied in numbering and sign
ing coupon bonds, and others in sign
ing and numbering the one and two
dollar notes with which the confedera
cy was flooded.
_ One afternoon there was a rumor in
Richmond that a body of disorderly
women and boys had assembled on the
e Capital square,, clamoring for bread. It
was asserted that Governor Letcher and
e the mayor of the city had addressed
' them in the interest of law and order,
and promised them relief.
But as yet little was known for cer
tain, and I gave the rumor little
thought as I walked up Broad street
the next morning toward the depart
ment, now only a few squares off.
d'Bread, bread; give us bread!" amid
a pandemonium of yells, startled me.
r As I turned in alarm, a scene met my
eyes that I will not soon forget
Pouring out of a side street a motley
crowd of women and boys surged uplin
t y wake to the very building that was
my goal. It was a striking and unique
sight-not a man visible, but every wo
man in the city seemed to be there, yel
ling for bread.
For me to be thus the unwitting
e leader of a mob was anything but a
pleasant sensation, and, hastening my
steps, I reached the department just be
fore it was closed against the mob.
Halting in front of the building they
vainly sought to force an entrance.
Fearing that they might have firearms
our chief had given orders that the la
dies should keep clear of the windows.
But Mother Eve's vice got the better of
us, and we eagerly watched the crowd
as they battered at the doors, at the
same time demanding that the money
should be given up to them. Foiled in
their attempt to obtain the govern
a ment's currency, they turned their at
g tention to other more accessible plun
der. A milliners shop and a shoe store
were quickly sacked and their contents
t appropriated. Decked with the unlaw
ful spoil, they next proceeded to break
in a bakery and appease their famished
stomachs by emptying the flour into
the streets and tramping the bread be
,neath their feet. While employed in
this congenial occupation they were
rinterrupted by the arrival of a detach
>rment of soldiers sent by the governor
nto disperse the rioters. The troopi
opened fire with blank cartridges, with
Cno other effect than causing a laugh and
11 jeers from the mob, who seemed amus
Ied. The plundering continued, and
Lthere seemed no way of dispersing themi
without using bullets, which the sol
e diers were unwilling to do. Finally, by
t charging with the bayonets, the milli.
>t tary managed to stampede tne crowd
Iwithout, however wounding any of
them. They returned to their homes
and gave no further trouble. To the
ecredit of the women of the south, ii
should be said that the women who in.
spired the riot, though in the south,
were not of it, but the wives principally
eof foreigners, who, when the war broke
(out, went north, leaving their wives to
carry on their market gardens and
shops in Richmond, and thereby savE
(their property. The leader of the riot.
a market gardlener, was said to be wortl
Sl0,000 in gold. Many of the partici.
pants wvere knowvn to b.e almost as rich,
b)ut their victims were reduced to pov
1ertv. The leader of the rioters was sen
ktenced to the penitentiary... It was
[e thought in Richmond that it was con
h1 cocted with a view of making the c-aus(
of the confederacy appear more desper
a ate than it then was, and thereby
bringing it in discredit both at hon<
and abroad.
itThe Quinine Product.
ePittsburg Dispatch.
1, It is a curious fact that while th<
t annual supply of quinine for the whol<
a world is about 8,600,000 ounces, th(
consumption of this drug in the United
States is more than .3,100,000 ounces, 0]
nearly one-half the entire product. ThE
price of quinine has been so low for the
last three or four years that large plan
e- tations of the (chinchona tree have beer
y uprooted in Ceylon, and the tea plant is
is substituted. Ceylon produces a very
d large share of all the bark that is marke.
te ted, and the exports from that island
e declined more than one-third bet weer
is 188.3 and 18.87.
1she Fixed It.
w A few weeks ago a lady who keeps i
1e boarding house was stirred to angei
rt. when she saw that an advertising
n fiend had painted in big white lettern
of just under her sign these words:
rt. "Smith's Bile Beans Cure Indigestion.'
:h She tried to induce the painter tc
e- obliterate the sign, which she felt sure
e- would repel boarders. IIe refused tc
le do it. "Then," cried the indignianl
1 hostess, "I'll fix it myself." Sh egrab.
Ld bed up his paint brush and, elimibing
ig up to the sign, added a "d" to the se
et cond word, so that the notice was:
id "Smith's -Biled Beans Cure Indiges
tin_
TRAGIC END OF A ROMANCE.
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The Suicide of DeGrassie Bulkley's Bride
The Story of Her Engagement to W.
L. Trenholm.
[Special to the News and Courier.] aw
WAsHINGTo\, April 13.-The last tht
act in the Bessie Hillyer-Bulkley ro- tht
mance was a most terrible one. It was ad
enacted last night at the residence of is t
Judge Curtis J. Hillyer, on Massachus- gr;
etts avenue, near Dupont circle, and tim
the result was that the young lady in wl
the case died from the effects of poison fac
taken, it is supposed, w.ith suicidal in- thi
tent the day previous. The family and ex:
the physicians are extremely reticent thl
on the subject, the former being east thh
down at the untimely death of their sP<
beautful and beloved daughter and the CO]
latter declining to discuss the subject th<
on professional grounds. m
The unfortunate Mrs. DeGrassie sh'
Bulkley, nee Hillyer,-was taken very ea
ill on Wednesday morning, and the fil'
physicians were hastily summoned. A thl
pump was used and every effort em- m
ployed. At first there was some hope. to
Later this hope was dispelled and her re]
mother was summoned yesterday after- tal
noon. Mrs. Bulkleydied ai>out 9 o'clock. tr"
She was seen in public early this week. ty
and nothing unusual was noticed about pr;
her appearance. gl
The doctors were in almost constant R
attendance through Wednesday and w
up to the hotr of her death, Dr. W. W.
Johnston, the family physician, calling fel
in Drs. George W. Johnston and D. W. W
Prentiss. All possible efforts were made t
to save the life of the young wife, but in
she was beyond the aid of medical skill. pb
The family are especially sorrowful se
on account of the peculiar circum- is
stances surrounding the case. The Pe
young husband, DeGrassie Bulkley, "'
was not with his bride of five months gr
during her sickness, and the news was go
a sudden blow to him. in
The death of Mrs. Bulkley recalls the cy
other part of this sad story. Mrs. Bulk- an
ley was the only daughter of Judge co
Hillyer. She was about eighteen years n
old, and her father's wealth and her cy
own beauty made her a belle -much ve
sought after in society. She was en
gaged to be married to Mr. W. L. hi
Trenholm, son of the comptroller of tu
the currency, last December, and so- hi
ciety was looking forward to a brilliant w
wedding. when it was suddenly an- t
nounced that Miss Hillyer had eloped pr
and married -Mr. DeGrassie Bulkley, t
the young son of Dr. J. W. Bulkley. c
The marriage took place in Baltimore, e
December 20, the couple having gone to or
Baltimore and been united in marriage c
and returned to this city the same s
evening. .
Upon their return they separated, r
the bride going to her father's house. P(
The sudden marriage greatly shocked it
the parents of Miss Hillyer, and they
began in the daughter's name, proceed- le
ings to have the marriage annulled ona
the ground that the young lady wast
coerced. In a few days, however, these di
proceedings were withdrawn and the
couple were reunited. ai
They were apparently very happy c3
then After living together, however,
for ten days they separated again and in
it was . announced that proceedings
would be begun for absolute divorce. w
Since then Mrs. Bulkley has lived at e*
her father's house. Mr. DeGrassie t1
Bulkley was sick at his home to-day ~
and could not be seen.
Conkling and Agnew. r
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NEw YoRK, April 14.-Advices froni tI
Mr. Conkling's sick room up to 10 oc
o'clock to-night are vaguely encourag- ti'
ing for the present and hopeful for the st
morrow. The physicians, with the ex- h<
ception of one watcher, had left the tl
house for the night. pl
Dr. Agnew, one of Mr. Conkling's w
physicians, continues in a more critical fe
condition than his patient. Neiiher of mi
them have a very good prospect for life. ct
LATER.-Dr. Barker said to-night: w.
"Mr. Conkling is quiet; he sleeps well ti
and takes a fair amount of nourish- al
ment, principally milk. What little 1y
change there is. is for the better. There a
is no return of the nervous symptoms. ts
It is not what he might eat, but what et
he cares to eat, that is the trouble, and d:
these things are perplexing. He prefers G
milk to anything else, and it is the tc
best.." 01
Woman and Night Travei. u
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[From the Boston Herald.] di
We find the singular statement made Ic
that very few women are now found w
travelling in sleeping cars. It will be a ti
surprise, we imagine, to the ordinary
traveler. If the statement had been that
few women enjoy that kind of travel it
would have been nearer the truth, and,
indeed, in more respects than one,
the comfort of the fairer sex,is not so C
well eared for on the sleeping ear as
that of the other. A western railroad it
man suggests that women be employed t
as conductors on these cars. We doubt
if much would be gained in this way,
if it were practicable. What is most a
needed is privacy, and the new system
of Mann boudoir cars comes nearer toa
affording this than the Pullman. Byt
and by the railroads may provide a car e1
exclusively for women, and then a wo
man conductor will be in order. We do bi
not see why it should not be reasonable li
to afford such a car on the longer routes
now. l
Too Much Stuffing.
[From the Cedar Rapids Gazette.] ~
The country don't stand so much in
need of a ballot-box that cannot be
stuffed, as it does of voters who cannot
SHORT-HAND WORK.
w Reporting is Done In the Hanl. of
Gongress.
pecial to the Atlanta Constitution.
VASHINGTON, April 7.-Few people
ay from Washington- are aware of
fact that every word uttered upon
floor of either house or senate, when
Iressed to either speaker or presi(dnt,
aken down and appears in the Con
ssional Record. It is true that much
te, money, paper and printer's ink is
sted by this, but nevertheless it is a
t. But to do this, of course, requires
employment of the most rapid and
>erienced stenographers. Five of
se are employed upon the floor of
house simply to take down the
eches, debates, etc. The chief of the
ps receives a salary of $6,000, while
other four are paid $1,000 less. These
n simply take down the words in
)rthand, working for fifteen minutes
h in succession. When each one's
een minutes expires he repairs to
official reporter's room where ten
re stenographers are employed-two
each man-to whom are read the
)orts taken on the floor, and who
ce a copy in shorthand. Then they
.nslate this into long hand, using a
)ewriter to prepare the copy for the
nter. These men are paid by space,
:ting one dollar per column in the
cord. The same is also gone through
th in the senate daily.
[he stenographers have in the past
r days secured a machine to facilitate
rk which has already proven of ines
,able value. It is one of Edison's
rentions, and is called the grapha
one. The machine very much re
nbles a lady's sewing machine and
worked in the same manner-by a
lal. The instrument is used in this
se: When one of the principal steno
iphers concludes his floor report he
es to this machine, reads his report
:o a funnel connecting with the main
linder, which is gutta percha coated,
d revolves while the point of a needle
anecting with the tube from the fun
1 mouthpiece rests against it. The
linder envelopes a screw which pre
nts the needle tracing a firmer line.
hen the stenographer finishes reading
i report another operator attaches
bes to the cylinder, connecting with
s ears, works the machine and the
)rds of the stenographer are- repeated
him in the same tone of voice of the
evious talker. The rapidity of the
k can be regulated and the operator
a thus, with ease, take down the
act words by the use of a typewriter
an ordinary pen. The machine is
rtainly wonderful and enables a per
n with the assistance of a typewriter
do the work of two ordinary stenorg
pher w6to first have to take the re
rt in short hand and then translate
These gutta percha cylinders, I neg
;ted to mention above, can be stored
ray, and years after, if placed upon
e machine, the same words used to
,y will be repeated in the exact tone
the speaker of today. Thus should
ty record become destroyed these
linders may be resorted to.
Another thing about this machine is
at a person here can talk for an hour
to one, mail the cylinder to Atlanta
dere by the use of a machine the
:act words used here will be repeated,
us saving the labor of writing long
mmunicationls.
There is a young man here from
ugusta, Mr. Robert Middleton, once a
porter on the quondam Augusta Ga
tte, who came here without anything
e first of the session, but who now
cupies one of the most lucrative posi
mns around the capitol. Being a good
enographer, shortly after his arrival,
secured a position under the chief of
e official reporters of the house, a
ace that averages him about $22 a
eek but being an ambitious young
lowv he secured additional employ
ent as clerk of the Reading st.rike
mmittee, from which he draws $42 a
cek andl in addition t.o this occupies
.e position of clerk to a congressman
$7.50 a wveek, making the total week
salary drawn by himi $71.50. Quite
nice place for a young man barely
renty-one years of age, and quite a
>ntrast with the salary of $9 a week
awn by him while reporting for the
azette. But because young Middle
n did this is no reason why every
her young man in Georgia can do the
me thing. Most young men depend
>on the congressmen for their district
provide them places. Mr. Middleton
d not do that, but came here and
oked out for himself, and has proven
hat a young man of energy and amnbi
m can do.
The Festive Knight of the Grip.
[From the Jewelers' Weekly.]
Do you know that there are about
ghty thousand commercial travelers
the United States? Surprised'to hear
Yes, most people are when they are
ld of it, but it's a fact, nevertheless.
ou may also be surprised to learn that
-ery one of them spends on an aver
-e $3,000 a year, or a total of $240,000,
0. If you add to this their salaries,
eraging at least $1,000, you have a
tal expenditure by commercial travel
s of $20,000,000 a year. This is natu
lly spent in all parts of the country;
it the hotels and railroads get the
mn's snare of it. During the last ten
ers there has been a great change in
e character of the commercial trave
r. The old Bohemian type has almost
tirely disppeared from the road, and
'inking men are much more rarely
et with there than formerly.
Hope for Most of Us.
[From the Louisville Courier.]
"Only good men egn wron."
REV. SAM JONES ON POLITICS.
ae Thinks Cleveland's Nomination Certain
-The Tariff No National Issue.
PITTSBURG, April 10.-Rev. Sam .
Jones passed through this morningen
route from his Northern lecture tour.
As religion and politics seem closely
illied these days, for want ofa better
Lopic the Leader reporter asked the
reverend gentleman what he thought
f Cleveland's chances for renomina
tion. "Excellent," he replied. "There
is no one else thought of, despite the
cheming of Bill Scott, Barnum and
Senator Gorman. Cleveland will be
nominated because the people are for
him. The people are the power these
days. They won't stand any boss die
tation."
"Well, how about his election ?"
"He will be elected, too. No ddubt
ibout that. In my travels through the -
North I find an unanimous sentiment
for Cleveland. It seems to be growing
md spreading. The Republicans are
ilarmed and are casting about for a
heet-anchor for their hopes. They
must get a new issue. The red flag,
which has been their battle cry ever
since the war, will no longer serve their
purpose. The great majorityofthe south
ern people are loyal, and the majority
of the Republican party in the North
have accepted them. This practically
kills the 'bloody shirt' issue. Cleveland
will win this year and at the end of
his second term the Republicans will
come again into power."
"What do you think of Ingall's
speech ?"
"IngalLs is an ass. That is all I have
to say of him."
"What about the tariff 1"
"That is a local, not a national, issue.
It only affects certain States." -
The Negro Had Better Stay Where He Is.
[New York Herald.]
It is reported that a large number
ot so-called agents are at work in the
Southern States. Their object is to per
suade the colored people that they can
make their everlasting fortunes by em
igrating to Bra7il. The most remark
able yarns are told of big crops, big
wages and big money generally.
It won't work, though. The negro
is not as simple as some folks take
him to be. He has heard of the old
adage, "Out of the frying pan into the
fire," and has altogether too much
sense to make himself a illustration
of it. .
Of course there is a good deal of pov
erty among the blacks of the South.
Stil, we venture to say that no three
or four millions of people in their pecu
!i,r circuriistances ever did so much
twenty years to better their surround
ings. Nothing could be more depress
ing than the condition in which they
found themselves at.theend of the war.
It seemed impossible, even to us of the -
North,- for them to get any grip on
American life and ambition for at least
couple of generations. But they have
made steady and, in many instancesre
markable progress. The money they
have saved, the thrift they have mani
festetd the celerity with which they
have fitted themselves to the new A
circumstances, are clear proofs that
time will make all things straight.
The Brazil scheme is a delusion anda K
snare. It is a spider and fly arrange-<
ment, and the colored man can mnke
more cash and vastly more progress by
sticking to his home than by the most
promising exodus that ever appealed to -
his imagination. He is all right where
he is ; anywhere else he would all be
wrong.
An Interesting Suit for Damages for As
asault and Battery.
[Special to the News and Courier]
GREENvILLE, April 1.-The most ..A
important case of the present and civil
term was tried to-day. It was the dam
age suit of Capt. W. R. White, formerly
proprietor of -the Goodwin House of
this city, against W. D). Goodwin, ow
ner of the building, the claim being
made for three thousand dollars dam
ages for assault committed on the 14th
February, 1887. The proprietor and
owner quarrelled about the matter of -
rent and a dispute arose, in which Mr.
Goodwin, struck Capt. White five
severe blows, felling him to the floor '
and striking him again when he had ~
arisen. Mr. Goodwin claimed that Capt.
White accused him of lying, which -
furnished the provocation for the
blows. Capt. White d'enied having
muade such charge. The case created a
great deal of interest, the parties all -
being well-known here. One of the
strongest arrays of legal talent seen here
in a long time appeared in the case, the
plaintiff being represented by Wells &
Orr and Cothran & Ansel, and defen
dant by Perry & Heyward, and Blyth
& McCullough, Argument was made
by, Col. Orr and Congressman Cothran -
on one side and by Congressman Perry
and Capt. Blythe on the other. The
jury to-night rendered a sealed verdict
after the Judge had left the Courtroom.
L ATER-The jury gave the plaintiff
$.500 damages.
Robert Minls Dead.
(;ALvESToN, TEX., April 14.-Robert
Mills, one of the most remarkable of ..
the Texas pioneers, died in this city
to-day, aged 79.
Prior to the war of the rebellion, he
was, perhaps, the wealthiest planter in
the South. His slaves and plantations
were valued at $3,000,000.
He was known throughout the south
as "the duke of Brazonia." President
Lincoln's proclamation emancipated
one thousand selected slaves belonging
to Mills, and resulted in his financial
ruin, from which he never entirely re