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DARLINGTON HERALD
VOL. IV. NO. 20.
DARLINGTON, S. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1894,
By Turbeville & Williams.
A Toronlo (Canada) minister says
one cause of the present depression is
the Utah from the farm to the citr,
ITT ?:*,'<■ i i
so the Post announces, is
now Hie largest City in Texas, its new
directory giying jt a population of
M:; mi "' -
tula an oleolira Beztale for lha fiome
favor of removing the veto pdwqjr of
"rwk
i Lord
fti
, ? ^heriff|h>lsab , Egdk«r.of Fort
Texas, thinks that the. substitution of
beer instead of whisky as tfee common
fhii rl j f i <
Bpv. Dr. R«ina£ord..ff.ltf«Tdrk,
recently told his congregation to quit
giving array their money to indis-
forinfod* ctontyjmt to PT? it to
him instead, as he knew m>w to do the
most good with it.
John purne, the Labor member of
the teorlse of Commons, has delighted
Londqn with a pun purely English.
Ooifoeting another member he re
ferred to the House of Lords, “Not as
the gilded ohamber. sir, but *k the
guilty chamber.
The use of carrier-pigeons has in
creased <tq inch a degree that the
French' Government has decided to
impose severe penalties upon all per
sona found keeping them without a
license, and to .prohibit the importa
tion of foreign born pigeohs, even
when merely destined for pie pur
poses, the object being to prevent any
possible carrying of news with regard
to French military matters, should
there be necessity.
It appears that the Pall M»U Ga
zette, W, W. Astor's paper, got a big
scoop orilfr. Gladstone’s resignation,
having announced it exclusively sev
eral weeks ago. Mr. Gladstone was
keeping his intention secret, but some
one in his con3denoe betrayed him,
and went to the papers offering to sell
the information.. He went to several
before the Pall Mall Gazette, but none
of them were credulous enough, or
mean enough, to pay him for his
troiohery but Astor.
The United States Government is
seeking by wecept and example to
induce towns with names ending in
the forms burgh, borough, boro, and
burg, to adopt this last form. Borg
ia the- usual pronunciation in the
United States of the form burgb, and
,mpat Americans refqye to sound tbe
“h,” even of E linbnrgh. These
aevatal suffixes, and, aa well, bury,
brongh, and borrow, are related to
fhe Anglo-Saxon verb beorgan and the
German bergen, to bide or to iheter.
The several sufinfes are also related to
•eveeal .Anglo-Saxon forms meaning
an earthwork, and from this came the
application of such suffixes to indicate
a fuatihed'town. / L
tanie,!
JJjerfbody iapnlereated/.n a love af
fair, admits the New York Sun, but
that of Miss Martin Morria and Mr.
Jaek SimCn^oh, of Oberliu, Kan., is a
flaw step in the evolution of law.
Morris vs. Simonson rises to the' dig
nity of a precedent that will doubtless
bo bound in oalf and go down genera
tions as “108 Kansas/’ ok tinder some
kindred elassilSoation. Miss Morris
^Ib. Simonson were engaged, when
Mr. Simonson moved to pborlia.
’t3wr* hn-mat 4i« Flqranoe Gilett, a
school teacher, end sought to many
W. MaaowHiU his letters to Mias
Morris grew ©older ttd finally ceased.
Mr. Siuonsob thhn sought to have
conveyed "to Miss Morris through his
«Mdrthahhe Ao longer loved her. and
to marry Mias Gilett. Miss
, Morris immediately packed her trunk
and, going to OberHo, proceeded to
get.out aq Injunction restraining Mr.
Bias on son from marrying Miss Gilett.
This bold step on Miss Morris's part
fate, half paralyzed the bar of the
State. Nobody ever beard of inch a
thing befove. Mias Morris’s lawyers
• vainly -dried to get her to bring a
' breach of psoaiae auit. That they
^spqld bmdle, there being numberleie
psesedenta Mias Morris would not
be'pcrsuaded. What shs wanted was
n£t damages, but her young man. Not
hawing read Belzsc, she says that if
Mr. Simonson can be restrained from
marrying Miss Gilett for a reason
able time, - she can win him back
. sgqlEp. . ^4® lawyers of all aorta regard
tb»MM> as. a legal nut, and seem to
* fdclfne fo the opinion that the action
ia ftonndfcd.in tbe common law, an 1
that Mill Morris will get Another trr.
THE JOKER’S BUDGET.
ICSTS AND YANNS BY FUNNY
MCN OF TH* PA US.
* •.
Quite Pronsr' -True- - His Favorits-*
CsuMn’t Kosp Hsuas Without One
--Ths Phyaiainn’o Hero, It©., Its.
QUITE PROPER.
“He wps fired”.—INew York Press.
'■'J* V -‘ UW. ^
»V« !
PAfoaisi;.
and
te to know if that
isn’t keeping time, if it doesn’t giro
jt away.
! <1 /< >t ins
First Barnstormer—And, jnay I
ask; mp boyj what ia yeur favorite
rolef • ’
Second Barnstormer—By rny faith,
I wlH'foeely tell you, mi the pay
roll.—(Pittsburg Bulletin.
couldn’t keep house without one.
Briggs—Did you know Hpteerly had
proposed to his cook, and been re
jected ?
Grifegs—Gracious, no! What did
she reject him for?
Briggs—She said she didn’t know
where they could get another one.—
[Brooklyn Life.
1 the physician’s hope
Grocer—Did Dr. Newpill pay that
thirty-dollar bill tie owes?
Collector—No, sir; but he was very
nice about it. He said that he hoped
he would soon have a chance to work
it off in attendance on your family.—
[Detroit. Trlbule.
preparing for action.
Featheretone—Will your sister -be
down soon, Willie?
Willie—I guess so. She is chang
ing her dress.
Featheretone (impatiently)—What
is she doing that for?
Willie—She said she wanted to pbt
on something that didn’t rumple—
[Philadelphia Life.
AN UNTIMELY PURCHASE.
“I need a new umbrella, and I’m
going to buy one,” declared Mrs.
McBride.
“Let me give you a piece of advice
about buying umbrellas,” added her
husband. “Never buy on a rainy
day.”
• “Id like |o know why not?”
■' r “Because they aw always up
then.”—[Detroit Free Press.
NOT SENSITIVE.
Fweddy (lighting a cigarette)—
You—aw—don’t mind my smoking,
do you?
Stranger—Not at all, air. I work
in a glue factory.—[Chicago Tribune.
NOTHING MEAN ABOUT GEORCE. •
The Daughter—Papa, George has
got only seven dollars and a half a
week, but he wishes to marry roe.
The Father—Only seven dollars and
a half a week and I am worth a mil
lion ! I should think he would wish
to marry you—[New York Press.
CALLED DOWN.
*he
He had given her his seat 1
car and had not heard he
“Thank you,” so he stooped down
and said:
“Did you speak to me, madam?”
“No, I didn’t,” she replied in a
voice loud enough to be heard all
over the car. “and I think a man of
your age ought to be ashamed of him
self to try to flirt in a crowded car.”
Then he crept slowly forward, strap
by strap, kicking himself as he went.
—[New York Press.
NO RICH OLD AUNTS THEBE.
Mrs. Youngma — Bee the baby
smile, Ooo, ze darling! Isn’t she
lovely? Just think, in China, when
a girl baby is born, the parents go
into mourning!
Brother George—iu china all prop
erty is held by males, and the people
can’t name a girl baby after a rich
uncle, you ’.now.—(Good News.
ONE WHO OUGHT TO KNOW.
Detective—Yes, I’ve got the de
scription of the missing jewelry writ
ten down all right. Now, how much
money did tbe fellows take?
Mr. Blllus—I don’t know exactly;
Maria, ray dear, how much money
was there in my pockets last night?
—[Chicago Tribune.
WHAT HE SHOULD HAVE DONE.
“How did you come to sell out
your restaurant?”
“My health was bad.”
“Why didn’t you take your meals
somewhere else?”—[The Club.
* BOTH BROKE.
Percy (a rejected suitor)—Oh, my
heart is broke 1
Jack (tbe accepted suitor)- Bo am
I!
A BAD SIGN.
“How do you like the dressmaker
I sent you to?
“I afraid she’s not first-class.”
“Why?”
“Well, she allowed me to make a
suggestion without losing her tem
per. ”—[ In ter-Ocean.
BAT TOO CLOSp TO HIM.
“Chawlfey, I understand Jones
spoke vewy dlswespeetfully of you
lawst night when he saw you with mo
at the Opwy House.”
■ “What did he say?”
“SAid yo-i were weally next to
nothing. <
“Well,” mused Ohawley, “1
thought 4 sat too close to you, but
that’s all right, old fellow.”—[New
York Advertiser. V
ONE KIND.
“Scribble has to keep his verses
traveling from one magazine publish
er to another, and yet he will have it
that they are real poetry.”
“Maybe thsy’re the poetry of mo-
tion,”?*)Chicago Record.
THEIR CHARM.
“Yes,” said'the young man. “I
must confess that I mb deficient In
musical taste.”
“Perhaps the modern music bores
you,” said the pleasant young
woman. “It does many people, you
know.”- 1 -'' S'';
“Yes.' I don’t care for modern
mnsie. There Is one'thing about the
old songs that I like very much.”
“What ia that?”
‘ ‘The fact that nobody sipg*th#m.”
—[Washington Star. (
• - 1HCBHM or LANGUAGE.
“What is verso ss distinguished
from poetry?” as*ed tbe iinquisitive
man. '■
“Verse,” replied the magazine
editor, after he hsd pondered, “is
the term applied by any poet to the
workgqf his contemporaries.”—[ Wash
ington Star.
NO MUSIC THERE.
Stranger in town (to hotel clerk)—
Where can I go and hear some music?
I haven’t heard any in two years.
Hoijbel Clerk—Great Scott I Whore
have you been? In darkest Africa?
Stranger—No; director of a travel
ing Comte Opera Company.—[Ray-
. ~TX7~
too HuggeStive.
Dedude—Well, a fool and his
money are soon parted!
Lister—How much have you
'lately?—[Hallo.
lost
THE IMPORTANT
Charles—My father died' when I
was young and left me nothing but
brains!
Jack—What have you done with
them?—Hallo.
r; yqilcY fljYffltfMpSfc 3
,f When Lot’s wife looked back,’’
said the Sunday school teacher,
“what happened to her?”
‘ ‘She was transmuted into chloride
of sodium," answered the class, with
one voice.—[Chicago Tribune.
DISPELLED THE PEAR.
He had given her the engagement
ring and was telling her fairy stories
about the trouble he had experienced
in securing a pure white, flawless
stone, when he saw a sad look creep
into the eyes but now fired with
joyous mirth and gladness.
“What is it, my own?” he whis
pered in her left auricular append
age.
“Oh, Harold, suppose—^
“Yes, sweetheart.”
“Suppose we should get married 1”
“We will, dearest,” ho exclaimed
with a ten-dollar-a-week nerve.
“And I should lose this ring in the
fluff of our velvet carpets?”
For a moment he was dazed. Then
a decorative possibility rushed ath
wart. his prophetic soul and he said
firmly:
“We will have hardwood floors.”—
[Detroit Free Press.
A DESPERATE RESORT.
“Slopay is having his memory
trained.”
“If# a good scheme; bull don’t
believe there is any use of his trying
to improve.”
“He says he is getting along first-
rate. If s the chain sf ideas system.”
“Well, if hfd only strike some
chain of ideas tjtaf 11 lead his mind
up to $20 that he borrowed last sum
mer, I’d be willing to pay half his
tuition.”—[Washington Star.
prospecting.
Chicago Girl (to stranger, who has
taken her hi to dinner)—I am going
abroad soon and want to get some
points. Do you know anything about
English law?
Stranger—I am an English barris
ter myself.
Chicago Girl—Oh! how nice! Now,
suppose a Lord’s wife gets a divorce,
does she still have tlie title?—[Brook
lyn Life.
acceptable attentions.
Maude—How could you allow him
to pay such marked attention to you
when he was a perfect stranger?
Elsie—Don’t you think it nicer to
receive attentions from a perfect
stranger than from an Imperfect ac
quaintance?—[Boston Transcript.
THE FAVOR SHE ASKED.
She—No, it can never be. I do
not love you enough to be your wife.
But before you go I want to ask one
favor.
He (dejectedly)—Well, what?
She—Please do not marry anyone
else.—[New York Weekly.
GRAMATICALLY CORRECT.
Teacher—Give me an example of a
common noun.
Scholar—Man.
Teacher—Now, give me an example
of a collective noun.
Scholar — Tax man. — [Brooklyn
Life.
FRANK.
Wifey—Do you love mo better than
any woman you have ever met?
Hubby—I love you better than any
woman I could ever get.—[Detroit
Free Press.
EXPECTATION SURPASSED.
Parker—I have received very grati
fying news of my son, who recently
went, to college.
Barker—Yes? What nows?
Porker—He’s alive.—fl’uck,
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIBS,
to rrmovr man Atom,
Ths best way of removing the white
spots caused by water drops on crepe
is an exceedingly simple one. Lay
the crepe on a table with a piece of
black silk beneath it. Dip a camel’s
hair brush in ordinal/ ink and go ovsr
the stain. Wipe the inl^ff with a
•oft piece of silk. The stamwiil dis
appear as soon as the ink dries.—New
York Journal.
TQ TOhAtiff gMK DISBR& ’
An appliance that will at ones recom
mend ifaelf aea useful aeeessegy to the
kitchen Is a tel
so Mist all the
an outlet st the front
which the artiolee
end which is placed
A gfeet many plat)
jugs, decanters and
drained at the feme
which ie fitted aarosl;
articles placed in
quite securely, wi;
slipping. It is made
so that no part will raM,'AuHfis yare
placed upon it is not lidhfe
chipped. The rack, Mgsfeunfft parts
can be folded up iatp) »’Vt*y smell
apace, and quite flat,
trouble, so it takes mp Tittle rbonf
when not in use, andoen be hung upon
the wall if desired. —New York Ad
vertiser/
keeping nousaaoriO accounts.
To one who has never kept an ac
count of the expenses and income of
the house it may seem like quite an
undertaking^ bat when it is once be
gan, one gets so interested in it that
it becomes easy. There is such satis
faction in knowing jnst what the fam
ily expenses art and what proportion
of them we have paid by onr own ef
forts.
To begin, provide yourself with a
firmly bound blank book, not too
small; twelve inches long by ’eight
wide is a convenient size. It will cost
lees than fifty cents. Select one ruled
'for single entry bookkeeping, as this
will give more room on e page of the
size named.
i Begin a . new page each month for
both dry goods and groceries, apdTf
yon have a large credit account use a
separate page for that. I usually make
one page do for dry goods and credit
by marking a divided liqe across the
page near the middle end using the
lower half - for credit. Write at the
head of each page the name of the
month of the year, aud the words
“Groceries, etc./’-and “Dry Goods,
etc.,” across the pages intended for
those entries. Let the “etc.” stand
for things that are neither one nor the
other, bnt which for convenience may
be set down with them, such as things
bought for the kitchen in the way of
cooking utensils, dishes, and such
articles. The dry goods page may
also hold entries of furniture, of all
kinds of books and papers and snch
things. Date each entry at the left
hand and place the amount paid in the
space provided for it at the right.
At rite end of each month add the
amounts up and set down under their
respective columns, and at the end of
the year it will ba only necessary to
look at these figures to see what the
expenses 'for the year have been.
Keep the credit account as carefully
and fSot up each month’s credit
separately. This account will consist
of all fncoms from the cows and the
poultry, and from any other source
which is under the management of the
women of the household.
To avoid the necessity of going to
the book each time an entry ia neces
sary, »ke a “day book” of a common
nohoL tablet. Tack it to the kitchen
wall, keep a calendar just above R and
a penoi’ hanging beside it. Only a
moment is required to eet down an
itehi, and the lea; may be torn olf and
“posted up” on the book each even
ing, or ss often as necessary.—Farm,
Field and Fireside.
BR SIPES.
Veal Kidney Saute—Melt a lump of
butter in ths chafing dish, havesqnsr-
ter of an oniou chopped fine,' wad
brown it in tbe butter. Have the kid
ney ready, cut ia thin slice* and put
witfa ths ouion, Season with salt and
red pepper. Cover the dish tightly
and let the kidneys cook until tcudsr.
Serve with bits of lemon.
Lobster a la Newbnrg—Have ready
A W Y medium-sized lobsters cut into
dice. Cook slowly for five minutes.
Season with one-half teaspeouful salt,
one saltspoqpfnl pepper and s slight
costing of nutmeg. Remove the lob
ster to s platter. Beat the yolks of
four eggs with a uup of cream, turn
jnto the saucepan and stir until it be
gins to thicken. Remove before it
cardies. Pohr it over the lobster and
serve at once.
English Monkey—Have ready one
cupful of stale bread crumbs which
have been soaked in onecupfnl of milk
for fifteen minutes. Put a heaping
tablespoonful of butter in ths chafing
dish and wheu melted add half a cup
ful of mild cheese, out fine. Stir until,
the cheese is meitod. Turn slowly in
to the melted cheese the crumbs, to
which hsve been added one beaten egg,
salt and cayenne. Cook three minutes
and serve on toast.
Tongue Soup—Put a small tongue
into a stew pan with trimmings end
bones of fowl or veal aud stew gently
for four hours; skim carefully. Take
out ths tongue, skim and clean it and
leave it to cool. Put back the trim
mings and the root, with a carrot, a
turnip, a head of celery, an onion and
half a teaspoouful of red pepper, aud
let it cook one hour longer. Then
strain the soup, aud when cold remove
the fat and set it on to heat with a
turnip and carrot cut in dine and two
tablespoonfuls if grated tongue. Let
WMTS TO PROVIDE MILLIONS OF MONEY
lah Hag a Financial Proposition Which
WojM Put Him on “Easy Sfrost. “
(Washington Post,)
James M. Gale, of Yorkville, 111.,
iss sent to the members of Congress
“a text for new monetary system and
■ankhig for the United States of
Vmerica.”
A note heading the bill says that it
s hoped that the President and mem-
ier of both houses of Congress wiH
.tody its provisions carefnlly, and give
this nation of people a law that will
mbrsce its festurfs; also the tariff law
ttht will do justice to all parts Of the
•ountry.
In the bill the author docs sot over
lock his awn interests, and the bil!, i;
will, as offs member expressed
put Mr Ggie on “JJasy street” for
“ TBe ttll establishes a banking system
'fetfer the OMtfbi of the government,
nickfe And
ividcs foi
for'coin.
I of the "proposed bonk feta
r i . ^#WO,OO0t-
. . paper Mid $800,-
'"100,000 of coin, halt gold end hall
diver. The capital of the banks may
beany sum from $15,000 to $1,000,.-
000, until sll places needing a bank
service shall have one Nstlflns! banks
are.given the privtlegeof surrendering
their charters and beginning business
unde? the new system. Two comuis-
eidns are established to assist in the
location of the banks. The first is to
consist of the Senators and members
of theFifty-third and Fifty-fourth Con
gress. The second is to consist of the
Vice President, the Comptroller of the
Currency, the cabinet officers, the
Supreme Court judges and Mrs. Cleve
land. Their business is to look after
tbe judicial interests of the conntry.
Mrs. Cleveland is to be president,
vice-president and secretary of this
commission, and for this extra service
the board of bank managers is to set
apart 5 cent* on the dollar ont of the
first authorized issue of the new paper
money, which is to be divided into
500 equal parts; the pay of the persons
comprising the commission ie to be one
part, except Mrs. Cleveland who is to
receive two. shares. Two shares are
also to be paid to the children of Mrs.
Cleveland, to be loaned by her for
their benefit until they are of age.
In this section of tbe bill the author
provides for hinself in payment for hi*
suggestion, as follows:
“And it is further provided that
James M. Gale, the originator and pro
poser of this system, shall receive as
his reward and shall hsve paid to him
quarterly, one mill on the dollar for
all money issued by the government
from the passage of this act. He shall
have reserved for him the first bank
charter issued under this act for a bank
in his town (Yorkville, 111.) and shall
have deeded to him the Small Islands,
that is the remnant of an island in the
Fox river that separates the cities of
Yorkville and Bristol, one of which is
the most central and only appropriate
location for the bank and postoflice for
the two cities.”
He is to receive $200,000 for improv
ing Hie island and building a bank and
postoffice. If any of the appropria
tion remains after the completion of
the office it is to bo donated to Mr.
Gale.
. Mr. Gale has not appeared in Wash
ington to look after the interests of
his bill.
HE IS DEAD.
SEHATOH ZEB VAHCE GOHE.
Ho Has Passed Over the River and io at Rost
Under the Shade of the Trees. .
A BRAVE CORFEOERATE OEAu.
Brigadier General Kershaw Dies at His Home
in Camden, S. G.
Columbia. —General J. B. Kershaw
died at Camden after a lingering ill
ness. He was one of the best beloved
citizens of Sonth Carolina. Ho was a
veteran of the Mexican and the Seces
sion wars. In the latter he rose .to the
rank of brigadier general. For' years
since the war he was judge of the Cir
cuit Court. At the time of his death
ho was postmaster at Camden. The
Governor and other State officers will
attend his funeral.
Monaiite in Horth Carolina.
The mining, or rather washing, of
monazite is beconing quite an industry
in western North Carolina. So far it
is confined to tho counties of Burke,
McDowell, Rutherford and Cleveland.
The mineral is found in the form of
sand in the gold-bearing gravel beds
throughont that entire section, the out
put being limited only to the demand,
one party having offered to contract to
supply 100 tons on short notice. Here
tofore a majority of the monazite used
in this country has been imported, but
tbe discovery of the North Carolina
deposits will not only prove a great
source of revenue to the above section,
but must st least supply the United
States. Tho methods employed in
saving it are simply by the use of “Long
Toms,” or by ground sluicing, as in
washing gold. The specific gravity of
tbe sand being greater than silica, it
accumulates in tho boxes or sluices
and is shoveled out, dried and sacked
for shipment.
Long Lived Masons.
While there are only three men now
Jiving who were elected Governors of
North Carolina (Vance, Jarvis and
Carr) yet of all the grand masters of
ths Grand Lode of Masons elected
since 1863 only one has died, that one
being H. F. Grainger. It is really
extremely curious.
Senator Vance’s Logs Para'yied.
Washington, D. 0.—Gradually tho
really serious condition of Bountnr
Vance's health is becoming known.
Washington, D. C.—Senator Zebu-
Ion B. Vance, of North Carolina, died
at his residence, 1827 Massachusetts
avenue at 10:45 o'clock Saturday night.
The Senator had not been in good
health for the past year and in the early
part of the session of 'Congress was
compelled to abandon bis senatorial
duties atid take a trip to Florida In the
tripe of recuperating. Hjs trip proved
Wfidal and on hi* return Us Wash-
Ington he was able for a while to par
tially rest! me his official duties.
Mia improvement/ however, did sot
Continue lung, and for the last few
weeks he has 'been confined to his
house. He was practically an invalid,
but has lately been aide to receive a
few intimate friends and superintend
tbe looking after of the interests of bis
. Qnrjng the past week he has been
reportiri as doing well no ooitld be ex-
peeked and the aerions change for tbe
worse was wholly unexpected.
Shortly before 11 o'clock ho had an
attack of apoplexy and became un
conscious, regaining consciousness ouly
a few minutes before his death. His
wife,-Thomas J. Allison,Harry Martin,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vance, Judge
W. A. Hoke and Rev. Dr. Pitzer aud
Drs. W. W. Johnson and Ruffin werfe
at his bed- side when he died.
The great Senator’s . last end was
peaceful as an infant's. The terrible
pain seemed to have ceased. Wheu
unconsciousness supervened he passed
into ft sweet sleep which ushered his
spirit iu a few hours into the etcrunl
sleep.
He died in the bosom of his family,
all of his nearest and dearest being at
the time around him, expecting
momentarily the event.
Zebulon B. Vfttice was burn in Bun
combe county, North Carolina, May
13, 1830; was educated in Washington
College, Tennessee, and at the Univer
sity of North Carolina ; studied law,
was admitted to the bur in January,
1853, and was sleeted attorney for Bun
combe county the same year; was a
member Of the State House of Com
mons iu 1854; was a Representative
from North Carolina in the Thirty-
fifth aud Thirty-sixth Congresses; en
tered the Confederate army as captain
in May, 1861; was made colonel iu
August, 1861; was elected Governor of
North Carolina in August, 1852, and
re-elected in August, 1864; was elected
to the United States Senate in Novem
ber, 1870, but was refused admitmion,
and resigned in January, 1872; was the
Democratic nominee for the United
States Senate in 1872 but was detested
by a combination of bolting Demo
crats and Republicans; was elected
Governor of North Carolina for the
third time in 1876; was elected to the
United States Senate as a Democrat in
place "of A. 8. Merrimon, Democrat;
took his seat March 18, 1879; and was
re-elected in 1884 and 1890. His term
of service would have expired March
3, 1897.
THE FUNEA.lL.
Monday at noon tbe Senate met, and
Senator Ransom announced the death
of his colleague Senator Zebulon
Vance, after which it adjourned until
4 ]>. m., when the funeral services were
held, the body lying in state in the
marble room of the Senate.
The Home also adjourned and at
tended the funeral serveee in a body.
Gov. Carr telegraphed to Mrs. Vance
requesting her to have the remains lie
in state in Raleigh. Accordingly the
train, with a special car for the family,
placed at her service by the Seaboard
Air Line, left the Sixth street depot
Monday night at 10:43 and reached
Raleigh Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock.
The body laid in state at the capitol
until 4 or 5 o’clock Tuesday afternoon.
Vast ojneonrses of people viewed the
remains. Colored people were as
anxious to see the remains of Senator
Vance as auv one else.
^ _ Hois paralyzed in his legs, in nddi-
it simmer slowly for rbbow and WV* tion to the liver enlargement already
with boijgd rige. y mentioned.
THE SOUTH CAROLIHA HOAD SOLD.
Wheeler H. Pechham, for a Syndicate, Bid it
in for $1,000,000.
Charleston, S. C,—In pursuance of
the decree of the United States Court
made last December, the Bonth Caro
lina Railroad was sold at public auction
at 11 o'clock Friday. A large number
of prominent financiers attended the
sale. But little excitement attended
the bidding. The road was sold to
Wheeler H. Peekham, of New York,
,wbo represented a syndicate of first
mortgage bondholders, for $1,000,000.
This amounts to the first iportgage
Bondholders taking the road Tor their
bonds wad paying- $1,000,000’ with
which to diaeharge prior liens and out
standing indebtedness. The price
tti&jrirtWlx RHioiHttMff; something
Ttss than $f,00fou00.
The Louisville & Nashville system,
which owns about $900,000 worth of
Second mortgage bonds, was repre
sented at the sale by J. B. Probst, but
he took no partin the bidding. There
are rumors to the effect that there is
an understanding besween the first
mortgage bondholders and the Louis
ville k Nashville people by Which tho
latter may ultimately Control tho
property.
Mr. Peekham deposited a check for
$100,000 with Keceiver Chamberlain
and the remainder of the purchase
money will be paid within 20 days.
Hosiery Mill at Valdese, With John Meier in
Charge.
(Morganton, N. C., Herald.).
John Meier, a 8wins gentleman, who
has keen for the past two years su
perintendent of the Oats Hosiery Mills
in Charlotte, has given up his position
and is coming to Valdese to eltablisha
hosiery mill of bis own. The colony
has turned over to Mr. Meier the largo
two-story frame building designed for
a barn, and this will be at once re
modeled and re-arranged for tho
hosiery mill. Mr. Meier has already
contracted for his machinery, and Dr.
Prochet, on behalf of the colonists,has
closed a mtract with him by the terms
of wbi< in consideration of the cession
of certain lands, Mr. Meier agrees to
employ only Waldcnscs in his iniil for
at least five years, The work of re
modeling the building has begun. Mr.
Meier will come to Valdese in about,
two weeks to make his home. He will
become a member of the colony, his
faith and language being identical
with the Waldcnscs, whose valleys
join those of his native land.
Cacnmilly Wiuumt Care.
Apropos of the prevailing inability
of trainmen on our elevated ami other
railroads to call out ths names of sta
tions with distinctness, a gentleman
who has lived for several years in
Wales says that there is at least one
station in that country which the rail
way guards are bound to pronounce
carefully. It is Caerphilly.—New
York Tribune. .
Forced to Live on Barnacles.
Not many people are ever com
pelled to subsist solely on a diet of
barnacles, and when they are it is
generally after they have been ship
wrecked on some desert island, instead
of in the midst of a wealthy Christian
community. And yet that is what a
man has been doing for several weeks.
He has often been seen climbing over
the half-rotten piles in the vicinity of
tils Mail dock at low tide and scrap
ing off the mollusks, bnt nobody paid
any attention to him until the other
day he sat on a stringer and began to
mike a meal out of his gift from the
sea.
“Do you like those things?” asked
a bystander, “aud don't you know
they are poison?” “They haven't
poisoned me,” answered the man,
“and 1 don’t eat them because I like
them, but because I hare nothing else
and don’t know when I will have.”
His story was only another chapter of
the terrible experiences of the unem
ployed during the winter. He was an
unmarried man, and had wandered
around the streets of San Francisco
without food until ho nearly dropped
from exhaustion before he thought of
eating the barnacles.
That was over three weeks ago, and
in the meantime he has eaten nothing
else. He was perfectly willing to talk
about himself as he greedily devoured
the tiny, raw bivalves. “Pretty tough
food, ain’t they?" asked the man who
was watching him. “You bet they
are,” he replied, throwing a handful
of shells into the bay, “but I would
rather eat them all the rest of my life
than beg.”—Han Francisco Call.
Great Bsming in Biff oh.
Buffalo, N. Y.—An electric light
wire caused the loss of $1,200,000 iu
flames. The American Glucose Works,
the largest of the kind iu the country,
public fish marketaml Holmes’lumber
yard wore all consumed. Six men
were burned to death.
The Kaiser in Vienna.
Vienna.—Emperor William, of Ger
many, arrived here and was met at the
station by Emperior Francis Joseph
and his brilliant staff.
Death of David Dudley Field.
New York.—David Dudley Field
died suddenly at 3:30 Friday morning
of pneumonia.
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS, j
The Senate.
73d Dat.—Tin) Senate discussed the Bering
den award and England's attitu Id thereon.
74th Dat.—Mr. Hill made an attack on tho
income fealura of the Tariff bill. Mr.
Walsh WAS sworn in as Senator from Georgia.
75th Day.—Mr. Lodge spoke on the Tariff
bill. Walcott’s resolution to coin Mexican
silver dollars was passed. Mr. Cockrell
reported tbe Urgency Deficiency Appropria
tion bill The principal amendments pro
vide appropriations for United States court),
♦5009 is appropriated for Mrs. Sarah B. Col
quitt, widow of Senator Colquitt, being ono-
year's sal-try.
76th Day.—Mr. Halo delivered a long,
speech in opposition to the Wilson-Yoorhces
tariff bill.
77th Day.—The day was consumed by Mr.
FefTer, who continued his siieeoh on tha
Wilson bill.
78th Dat.—After some routine morning
business the Senate resumed the considera
tion of the Further Urgent Deficiency bill.
Mr. Hill proposed to count pairs to make a
quorum. The matter went over. When
tne Tariff bill was taken up Mr. Peffer con
tinued his speech on the subject, the fourth
installment. He was followed by Mr. Mit
chell. 1
The House.
95th Day..—Absenteeism on the part of
Democrats and Hepublican filibustering re
sulted in the waste of another day. Mr. |
Springer moved to discharge the warrant
issued two weeks age for the arrest of ab-1
sentees. The Itepublieaas, led by Mr. Heed,'
declined to vote, and. as 4be Democrats
failed to muster a quorum, after a few roll-
calls the House adjourned. ;
96th Day.—It was District of Columbia
day and no business of general interest was
transacted.
97th Da..—The House devoted tbe entire
day to the Postoflice Appropriation bill.
The attempt to insert in tbe bill an amend
ment designed to prevent the Bureau of En
graving and Printing iron manufa.-turini;
postage stamps under tho contract recently
awarded to it by the Postoflice Department;
was defeated.
98th Day.—Mr. Sperry introduced a bill to
establish a Bureau of Interstate Banks.
Tbe House got into a deadlock over a techni
cal Parliamentary question and no business
was transacted.
99th Day —A resolution introduced by tho
Committee on Buies, at the beginning of the
session, to tine members 410 for failing to
vote on the call of tbe yeas aud nays, and for
absence without leave, precipitated a season
of filibustering, whieh ••oiitiuuod until H.SOp.
m., when adjournment was taken. Before
adjourning a resolution was adapted revok
ing leaves of absence and directing tile Ser-
geant-at-Arms to telegraph ab»'’nt members
that their presence is repaired.
London has almnt. one hundred and I 1®°™ I> *»- - Th" Ho, * 8u ’'t* h> "“ly
, ,, . , , »an hour, adjourning on account o'tho can-
seventy-eight rainy days ra a y$ar.. cue, no quorum and no l-usinw
-at,