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IC0NGB1SSI0NAL KALLS. Dat Sisile i B? Bo? of tbs R?ly-toB? Congress. Measures Discnssed asd Bills Passed Bj ?ar Sariosal lAVr-Makers. ? THE 8EXATE. ' the senate, at 12.40 o'clock, Monday, by uranimons consent, proceeded to the consideration of the anti-option bill, the question being on the amendment uirVreu by Mr. Ti:as to Mr. George's substitute. Mr. George continued his Speech began lest Saturday. Se spoke for exactly one bout* and when he took his seat a pro po - ' s?tioi?was made by Mr. Washburn to have : thc vote taken " Thursday nest. This was objected to by Mr." White, who said that the senators* from New York and Delaware, Hill and Gray, desired to address the senate and ? ere not present, and he suggested Tuesday of next week as the time for taking the rote. Af? ter some coloquy Mr. Washburn consent? ed to Mr. White's proposition and the ar? rangement was finally ms de that at 1 o'clock Tuesday of next week the vote shall be taken on Mr. George's substi? tute, and not later than 2 o'clock on the Mil itself. Mr. Chandler expressed a willingness to have the vote taken at once on the anti-option bill and spoke another hour on the subject. The anti-option bill went over without action ted the Cherokee outlet bil:, which had come over from the house, was taken up for consideration. The amendments of? fered by Berry providiog for the appoint? ment of-a commission for the extinguish? ment of the national or tribal title to lands in Indian Territory, was agreed to and the bill went over without futtber action to be before the senate when the anti-option bill is not. The senate then, at 5:15 o'clock, went into executive ses? sion'and soon afterward adjourned. Tuesday morning the vice-presiden t laid j before the senate a c mmunication from Chief Justice Fuller announcing the death of Justice Lamar. After eulogistic remarks by senators Wa?thall and Gor? don, on motion of Mr. Wilson,- of Iowa, ti? seDate, as a mark of respect to the late justice, adjourned. The republi? can senators after adjournment went into caucus. ?r?*the senate, Wednesday, Mr. Hale reported from the committee on naval affairs* an amendment to be offered to the naval appropriation bill authorizing the contract for the construction of one bat? tle snip of about 0,000 tons displacement, two armored coast defense vessels, ten gunboats of 800 to 3.000 tons displace? ment, and eight first-class torpedo boats. The amendment was referred to the committee on appropriations. Mr. Faulkner introduced a bili fer the ad? mission of Utah as a state, aod it was referred to the committee on territories. tn the senate, Thursday, on motion of Mr. Hoar, the president was requested to return to the senate the act to proviie for the punishment of officers on the high seas. The house concurrent res > luth? for the assembling of che two bouses of congress in the hall of the house of representatives Wednesday, Februrary 8, 1898 at 1 o'clock in the af? ternoon, pursuant to the requirement of the c?nstftution acd the law relating to the election of president and vice-presi? dent, waa reported wad concurred in. Among the bills introduced and referred was one of giving a pension of $50 a month to the widow of Dr. Elbha Kent Kane, the arctic explorer. Mr. Gorman offered a resolu'ion for the appointment of a committee of three senators to make the necessary arrangements for the inau? guration of the president-elect on the 4th of March next. Agreed to. Mr. Faulkner gave notice that Saturday, February 18th, at 3 o'clock p. m., he would present rsolutions io relation to the death of bis late colleague, Senator Ken ?a. The credentials of Henry Cabot Lodge, as senator from the state of Mass? achusetts, beginning M*rch 4:h next, were^presented and pl v ed on file. Th? bili heretofore offered by Mr. Cate to re? peal all statutes relating to supervisors of ?lection and special deputies was taken from'jhe table and referred to the judici? ary committee. Mr. Candler tffered a resolution, which was referred to the finance committee, instruct? ing Jhat committee t;> inquire into the existence and purposes of tne whisky trust. An hour was devoted to the dis? posing Of unimportant bills on the cal? enda* and tiien at 2 o'clock, thc anti option bill casie up. There .. .re not many Senators in the chamber dui ^g the ? debate, but those who were present wit 'nesse^i the remarkable circumstances of a statejj rights democrat.-Mr. Mills, of Texas-having his argument against the constitutionality cf the bil! sustain?d by 'the stalwart r? publican, .Hiscock, of Ne* York." Mr! Blackburn, noticing the ab? sence^ so many.piembers asked for a roil call. A call 6f the senate folowed,andras a ?norujrt did not respond, the senate, at 4:45 o'clock, adjourned. THE HOUSE The-4house Monday morning continued the co?sidetation of the quarantine bill and adopted the amendment by Mr. Warner (democrat from New York.) ex? tending the quarantine to land bounda? ries.' The amendment prohibiting inter? ference with migration between the states, was rej eted. Thc amendm?nr offered by Mr. Brosius (republican from Pennsylvania), giving national quaran? tine supremacy in cases where it exists at the same place with state quarantine, was rejected. The bill was then reported to the house from the committee of the whole. Theu the house found itself in a tight parliamentary tangle, and every member who attempted to disentangle it only drew the knot the firmer. The bill as reported from the committee of tin whole was a substitute for the original bill introduced l y Mr. Rayne r, and as such" the substitute wa* reported as out amendment, although it had itself re- I ceived 'several amendments. Thc com- j plaint was male that this w?.s not 'he proper status ?f the t?il. but the speaker was firm in Ins decision that there was but one ?mend ment-the substitute-pending. The previous question was ordered on the substitue reported by the committee of the whole-139 to 29-and the substitute was agreed to. Then came tte vote on the final passage of the bill. On a divi? sion the rote stood HI to V-'. Mr. Mal- j Jory raised the poi rt of quorum, but on ? a vofe by tellers, the vote stood 138 to j 29. and the oiil passel. No < ffort j was ma?de to secure yeas and nays. Mr. j Wise, of Virginia, then called up the j New York and New Jersey bridge bill, j but filibustering against it was so strou that it was withdrawn. The house then, in committee oi the whoie. proceeded to the consideration of the sundry civil ap propriation bill. The committee, - after disposing cf about half the bii'. ros*?. an<l j the house, at 5:15 ociock adjourned. Hie" house. Tuesday, refused t ? agree to tile motion to take up the sundry rivi I bili, ifce tLht against it be:i?g made by | friends of the bankruptcy bill, the vote stood : Teas 107; nays 136. Then as a mark .of respect to the memory of the late Justice Lamar, the house ad jr urned. The house got into a parliamentary j tangle soon after its meeting Wednesday \ morling and succeeded in doing nothing ; during the day. Mr. Kilgore, of Texas*, ts ^Dosed to the bankruptcy bill and ; beae^fribusteriog against its considera- \ tioj.* J?e bad sufficient following to j 2osfu&ae the day and thus ki'led the bill. .' at l#ast for the present. The house journal vi** read Thursday j morning in an abridged form as usual, j but Mr. Ki?gore demanded ihat it be j nad in foil, anl the speaket ??jacted j rfee cierk to comply with the dernaad, ? Mr. Kilgore was afraid the committee on mles would report the special order for I consideration, the bankruptery bill, but ? be evidently received private intelligence that this would not be done, for in a few moments he withdrew his demand; re? marking that he did hot wish to inter? fere with the appropriation bills if the bouse desired to consider ther?, as it did not seem to do Wednesday. Mr. McMii lin; from thc committee on rulos, report? ed back the Dockery reso'ution for the appointment by the speaker of the 53d congress of a commission of five represen? tatives of the -53d congress to inquire into the status of the laws establishing j the executive departments and bureaus j in Washington city. This was accom { panied by a resolution referring the j Dockery proposition to the committee on ? appropriations, with the authority to that j committee to incorporate it in one of the j appropriate bills. It has already been incorporated in the legislative bili with a modification making the composition of the commission three senators and five represent: lives. This ac i< o taken Till preclude it ir<m being struck out on a joint order. Toe resolution was adopted. Hr. Docker* reported from the bon mil? lee on appropriations that the legislative executive judicial appropriation bill had been placed on the calendar. The bou?e then resumed? in committee of the whole j the c moderation of the sundry civil ap? propriation bill. Some few obstructions were placed in the track of the Iii J, but none of them proved disastrous, and it made fair progress.The item of appropria? tion for the survey of public lands was the chief object of attack, but Holman kept bis men in line, and amendments looking to an increase of the appropria? tion for this purpose from -$100,000 to $200,000 and $869,000 were cleared by the appropriation committee cowcatcher. Without disposing of the bill the house adjourned. CAPITAL GOSSIP. Mr. Eoloe. Tennessee? is thirsting for the scalp, of Pension Commissioner Raum. I He will make a speech reviewing the I evidence in the case abd insist that the ; house pass a resolution of censure; ! The senate finance committee Tuesday decided to rep?, rt adversely Senator Sut? ler's bill providing for the distribution of the bala?ce of the fund of $300,000 appropriated for the payment of she di? rect tax collected in South Carolina. It has been agreed by both factions in the house that a bill to rep-.al the Sher? man silver law wi il bc considered on the 9th and 10th of February. Several of the free coinage men announced that, while they were willing to debate it, they will filibuster against i's passage unless it can be amended to suit the views of the free coinage democrats The senate spent four hours Wednes? day in executive session discus-s'ng the nomination of Louis McComas, ex-st-crc tary of the national republican commit tee, to be associate justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia. When it came to a vote th? re was no attemp* to filibuster, the vote standing 34 for con? firmation to 13 for * pposition. Because of the failure to adopt the unial resolu? tion notifying the president of the con? firmation the result was not formally an? nounced at the conclusion of the seuate. The republic m caucus Tuesday after? noon decided by a majority vote to take favorable action upon the admission of the territories of Oklahoma, C'ah and New Mexico, but left Arizona out iu the cold. This result was not attained until afttr a prolonged discussion. The cau? cus was called in pursuance of a request signed by Senator Dubois and several others of the northwestern senators, and was devoted entirely to a discussion of the proposition to admit these territories to statehood. Secretary Noble, after ten days- con? sideration has sent in his answer to the resolution adopted by the bouse calling <=n him for an explanation of the cir cum8tances under which the lands of the Nava j i Indian reservation in Utah were thrown open to set? tlement. In brief, the documents sub? mitted show that the 'ands were restored to the public domain at the instigation of George W. Peck, attorney of the Atcbison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad and other officials of that and the At? lantic and Pacific railroads. The legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1S04, as reported to the house Thursday. m?kes an aggregate appropriation cf $21,677, 998, being $222.134 less than the amount carried by the bill for the current fiscal year, and $947,817 less than estimated. The bill specifically provides for 10,616 salaries, being 118 less than the oumbt-r provided for in thc law for the current year. Department clerks who now work from 9 to 1 o'clock are hereafter to work 8 hours a day. The old fight between the house and the senate over clerks to sena? tors at $6 a day is to be renewed, the committee leaving this appropriation out of the bill. Money far Public Building?. In respond to the house resolution calling for information as to what public buildings, appropriated for by this con? gress and preceding congresses, having been in part or in whole contracted for, and what other buildings have been ap? propriated for without any steps being taken up to the present time to carry the law into effect by awarding contracts, s'me ratler startling figures are supplied by ?be treasury department. Contracts have been entered into for partial work or for the completion of public buildings io the amount of two and a quarter million dolhrs. Am tn J it H sr I Rutar'* ?Sncces^or. Will President Harrison appoint Jus? tice Lamar's successor, or will he have the graceful delicacy to leave tte ap? pointment to President Cleveland? Everybody was asking and answering a question similar i ? the above Tuesday. Tie democrats, with few exceptio:!?, be leve that he will not be in a hurry to r?W another to the five-eighths majority on the supreme bench in the face of the early approaching democratic mic i>y an "V whelming majority. The democratic exceptions say that it is but right that he sh? uld tak- all the advantages that cir ' umstances give him. The republicans, with but few exceptions, pay that he will certainly fill the vacancy and that he ought to do so. The P?t?tf?firtr.- Kill If.-n-K. ll? lt? use tr? w mit I te un post? ffiec> ?tn?1 p>-: i - . J i . ? -? h-.- ?oin p?ete?! rh- p.-' flv> apprnpmti M Hil ?,.r ?he thea] yeti endio? Ju.-)- is;-* The bil'" ?*?-j -gre? i Upon, Can i?S aQ nppro; ii ttioa - f ? f 83,S09i337, aa i . ..rc.-tv $3,-7-*8,< 81 ? vvr tao appropriation foi the curren* fiscal year. Tho estimate submitted br the postmaster genet al -vas $?83;203,243. no? including an ?torn of $196,614 for sp cia! facilities for trunk iioe-s, which was inserted tu the bill fo? which 'it? estimate WH< submitted. Tin's item is f< r the fast Sisil servir? hy wtren Spnoo, field, Mass., and New Orleans, via frew York, Washington and Atlanta. Hereto- j i f^re this appropriation has gone to the ! ] Atlantic Coast Line below Washington ! - -?nd t*e route has been via Chariest n ; I ard Tampa This y-nr the Coast Line j made DO claim or bid -or the ^e-vioe and ! ; it will be awarded to 6'ber lines that j : have pressed their claims before the com- \ : raitt* e. T?ro Inquiries on Tapis. j j The democratic ma jo. i ty of toe cort - mittee on ru'e* has dtcided to report back j Mr. Fellows' resolution provioirg for i ? an investigation ou tr,e Panama railroad i jLpd i-a:-al matter, w^tb an amendment j limiting the inquiry to the effect of re- ! cent operations on American comm-eree ] &nd providing for an examination of traffic agreements made between the Pa- j cific Mail Steamship Company and trans continental railroads nod theil bearing i upon the steamship subsidy act. j AU the papers relating to the r<;3o|u> tun c?'ered by Mr. Burrows, proposing an investigation of the whisky ttust, have been referred to Mr. Reed, one of the republican members of the commit? tee on niles, to ?cok over. The demo eratic numbers arc not iueiined to re? port the recommendation for an investi? gation, preferring ?imply to refer it to the judiciary committee for considera? tion; but if Mr. Recd states that he De? li ves an investigation will be ordered, it is likely that this course will be adopted. It will be conducted by the judiciary committee if ordered; Thc Treasury inn Bad tv'ny. The subcommittee of the ways and means committee investigating the con? dition of the treasury department, re? ceived a statenv nt from the secretary of th? treasury Tuesday afternoon. It is very similar to the annual report Q? the treasury, and shows a very bad stat" of iff irs in thc treasury department, AS a matter of fact, the affairs c f the govern? ment have gotten iu such shape, that the expenditures are ia excess of the receipts. In order to prevent a. complete depletion of the treasury, President Harrison has j held back the contract "n about fifty j public buildings, and has, up to date, j ?.reclined to pay an appropriation of about $3,000,000 to the Choctaw Indians ] for the pu:chase of their laud in the ! southwestern portion of Indian Terri- j tory. As matters now stand there is ! only about $8.000,000 vt available cash j in the treasury department. Should con- ? tracts have been made and matters rush- j ed there wou'd ha ve been no money j whatever in the treasury at this time. j Look? Like Discrimination. it is probable that there will be a gov ernmert investigation ia regard to the purchase of marble for the new govern? ment library building. Six hundred and thirty-eight thousand dol ars worth of j marble is to be used in the eon ruc'inn I of the building. Of. this am unt $600. 000 worth has been contracted for nbroad, while contracts for only f38,000 worth have been made in this country. Of this amount; through the influence of Senator Proctor, contract?* have been ?aad? for ?30;000 worth of Vermont mar? ble, while the remaining $8,000 is to be sxpended in the purchase of Georgia and tennessee marble. The Georgia and Tennessee congressmen dc not like this svay of being discriminated against, es? pecially rs the marble from these two southern states is said to be equally a? *ood as either the Vermont or the foreign narbie. Either Mr. Honk or Mr. En1 e, A Tennessee, wil introduce a resolution o investigate this mattrr and ascertain vhy $600,000 of this rooney is to be ?per.t abroad ins'ead of being expended in this cou ut ry. THE WEEK'S BUSINESS 4s keported by Dun k CoV; and Brad- j street. Bradstreet's weekly report of trade j .ays: Delayed merchandise and pro- j luce shipments by iai!, the stoppage of ! (ame by water; n coal famine at ih~ j ?rest; cluck'.d communication with inte? rior, merchants, due to severe cold j weather and snow; advances in price for j dearly all perishable produce, n-tably j fruits ar.d [ o'atocs, co i (at reub) at j lome points 70 cents per ton, hide-, rub- ! oers, and petroleum; wool 1$ eeuts. and raw sugar 1 1-16' outs with au upward j tendency in prices 'or shoe?, cotton j ro< ds. woolens and tvba'C >. Iron has remained barely steady or ! beaker, and declines arc r.ou d of Mo* j ?ent for cotton, 1 1-2 cent- for whea\ l? S i xnt for cor;\ 1-2 cent for o.its, cents ! lorpork, 15 cents f? r laid, with a decliu ng tendency ic rice and -naval stores, j The most serious ?ffect of the extreme ! :old weathel south is the practical stop- i >agc of tn.fiic by ?at<r. This was f* 1 r ; mfavorably mo.-t conspicuously ut Dtiti- j nore r-ud favorably, prob.bly. at ?Jirm nyhaiB. Icc ir the Ohio and Mis&issip- i pi rivers s'opped shi| ment- of Pittsburg i :oal, so ihi- export and other n quire nents fr? m Ne.w Orleans and Mobile, ; cresent and prospective, have b'-eu met i tt Birmingham with Ainbaui-e produce, j So boats have left Mern; bis and Nash- j -'i'ie ?r:d trade there?, except at pain's ! cached by rail, as else wi. ere, east j md west and sout\ has beeu mat- - I lally restricted. Savannah an?! Charles- j on report low and uns .ti>f?tc tory prices j .r naval st?-res, due to overproduction, ! >ut thst the producer and ?icaler are ar ar.ging to restrict the output and stiffen >rices. At Chattanooga iron industries are rea- t >< nabiy quiet. At Augusta the cotton nil! prospect is geod. but not equal to tint cf a year ago, owing to higher trices for cotton, while clothes have not iel vanned in price proportionally. White .I cbmond*s general trade is of good ralue the movement ot pr ?duce, particu ar'y tobacco, h?s been checked by the :oid weather, while iron foundries arc mable to meet demands from a like .Huse. Georgia fa mers, Atlanta wires, are aising more cereal? and' will e-ontinue to lave to buy ?es?, while higher prices for tiples and improved financial conditions :ausf New Cleans merchants to ex'end redits >? little more freely. WHAT DUN SAYS. Dun's review says: The volume of do? mestic trade continues ht'?;er thin last rear, but ext orts i re decidedly smaller from New York; in three we< ks of Jan? uary $8,592,861 below t e same weeks las* year. As imports are meanwhile reij heavy for ?wo weeks of January, $3,919,130 more t han last year, the pros? pects of further gold exports causes no urprs". 'ihcre is much hesitation re? garding the action of congress on vari? ous measures and th'; uncertainty ab -ut ?tiver purchases. The repeal prospects f the anti-option bill and the defeat of [he interstate commerce act influenced ih" markets arid trade to some extent. Tnere* is also a somewhat general in? crease in complaints about collections, al? though monty at nearly nil marketa is comparatively easy and in supply ale iiuitc for legitimate demand-. Con? da eu ce regarding the future of business is in ?i?i pur:? of the country remarkably strong a;:d general, especially io view of the interest taken in pending measures in congre ss. Business failures occurring throughout the country during the 1 ?st week number 290; for the corresponding week of I&$1 rear. 274. ENGLISH SOLDIERS FOR EGYPT, Vhf- Khedive Informed that the British Garrison Will he Increased. A special ca bl egr ni from Cairo, Egyp*, ?..vs: ' Lord Cromer called upon the khe iive Tuesday morning to inform him that he British cabinet has ordered an in? crease of the British garrison iu Egypt. rb? dispatch does not state how the .h dive receive! the new-, but no doubt . feit that it had a profound impres? i?n i', dissipating any idea that \\r. Glad-tone intended to abandon K_M;>\ Some surprise was expr?s <:'? ;,t the news trcui Cairo that L rd < ! mer had expressed him :j so confidently in regard to the mp! suDpression of any outbreak that M -ir eci ur. His lordship is assured of ie entir? ?crelity of the native Egyptian run to the Priti-h cause, ami with the i5rn:?b army of occupation co-operating v?th the ?iii'iw trooi s it is belie. - ; that .ny attempt at insurrection w ll be ir. mptly crushed. EFFECT OF THE Ni. WS IN FKANCK. isensation in France over tue ac? ion of the IXn?ish in Egypt is incr easing. 1 h < ".ry- t -, kr n bv England is looked ... i ;s nrcviu? the determination of h *.* Brit-.ia i ' persist i:1 the occupation Bgxpt. The newspapers unanimously .a ; ni on she governmepj \o viudipn^ JAMES (I. BLAINE IS DEAD, j Tile :?InM Kiiigtf at Last Answers I fte Dread Sum _ i Surrounded by His Family He Calmly Breaths His Last. I _ ! A Washing ten special says: Jame? 6. i Blaine died at ll o'clock.Fridav morning, j He pa*sed a rt sile^ Dight and when the ' morning came was very weak. JAMES G. BLAINE. Shortly before 9 o'clock a change for the worse occurred and both the physi? cians were* hastily summoned and re? mained at his bedside until he died. His death was quite and peaceful and he re? tained consciousness until a few minutes before his death. His entire family, Miss t)odge and the trained nurses were at his bedside. Dr. Hyatt said that Blaine's death was due to sheer exhaustion, He was un? willing to make a statement regarding tue exact disease of Mr. Blaine until he received the consent of the family. The news of Blaine's death spread like wild fire and crowds gathered on the cor? ners and visitors Socked tc the house. Mr. Hamlin, who was passing the house when the announcement of his death was made, at once entered and remained with the family for some time. Word was sent to the president imme? diately after the death. At 11:25 o'clock President Harrison, accompanied by Private Secretary Hal? ford and Lieutenant Parker, walked over to the Blaine mansion. The presi? dent showed marked signs of grief. Pest mas I er-Gen eral Wanamaker fol? lowed the foctsteps of the president. The president had been warr ed of Mr. B nine's approaching end through the press bulletin which informed bini that Mr, Blaine could not live through the day. A few minuits later he re? ceived the announcement of his death. The cabinet was immed ately notified. Secretary Foster, of the state department, was at home preparing to leave town w^hen he was notified by telegraph of Mr. Blaine's death. He postponed his trip and ordered that the depariment be closed. The president issue.1 a proclamation announc? ing the dea'b of Mr. Blaine, and direct? ing thac on the day ot the funeral ail thc executive departments at'WVsbingt n be Closed; that on all public buildings throughout the tTrjited Stales the na? tional flag be displayed at balf-m^st. ar.d for thirty days the department of state be draped in mourning. At 1 :S0 p. m. it was stated by friends of the faniiiy thai the funeral arrange? ments had beeu so far determined upon that services would be hdd Monday forenoon and the remains would be at least temporarily interred in Washington City. CONGRESS ADJOURNS. The senate adjourned as a mark of re? spect to the memory of Mr. Blaine. Mr. Hale made the an noun cement and Mr. Dockrell moved the adjournment. The house also adjourned ns u mark of respect to the memory < f the lute James G. Blaine. AFFECTS TITE COTTON MARKET. A New York special says: Tba death of Blaine is expected to int?! fere with the taking of a vote on the anti-option bili, which is placed for next Tuesday, and this gave tbe cotton market considerable strength during the day AT HALF MAST IN NEW TORS. Almost immediately after the news of Ex-Secretary Blame's death was received in 2\ew York, flags were difplaved at half mast on the city hall, the Federal building, the stock exchang* and the newspaper buildings. STORY OF BLAINE'S EVENTFUL CAREER EPITOMIZED. James G. Blaine was born io West Brownsville. Washington cotinly. Pa., January 31, ?830. He graduated from Washington co'lege, in his native county, with honors in 184? : was instructor in literature and science in the Pennsylvania Institution for the Blind, in Philadelphia in 1852: removed to Augusta, Me., in 1804. aDd bec ?me editor and half pro? prietor of the Kennebec Journal. In 1S56 he was elect- d a delegate to the first republican Dational convent:on which nominated General Fr? mont for the presidency; in 180S was elected to the state legislature, serving four successive terms in that body, two of which as its speaker. He was elected to c ogress in 1802. where, in one branch or the other, he served for eighteen years. Began tu lake a prom? inent |virt in the work of reconstructing the confederate states in 1865. During the year i8o'? he opposed that section of the reconstruction bill placing the South under military government, and was fin? ally successful in defeating thc obnox? ious clause. He a'.?-? delivered a power? ful -perch against the doctrine of paying o IT thc public debt in greenbacks. Cho? san speaker of the house of representa? tive in I S?d, and w>.s re-elected speaker by thc two n? xt congresses. In 1874. thc democrats haying gained control of the hons?-. Mr. Blaine became the leader ot th" minority, lu iS70. be was the ruosl prominent candidate for the president ai nominal ion. On June H. ?i?- Sunday buo.re ?be convention, was prostrated oy the 1 eat when enter? ing unchurch. A;. iL?, convention he c-nlj lacked 28 votes of a majori'y neces? sary to nominate him, but was defeated by the consolidation of of his opponents. Was appointe^ to the United States sen to fiil unexpired teim caused by res 'linati n of Senator Morrell. During 1876 he advocated the establishment of a -teamship line to Br37.il and urged a sub i .y be <;iven to insure i's success. He r.as again ? prominent candidate for the presidential nomination in lft80. When Garfield was elected he was offered and accepted the state portfolio. He retired liam the cabinet on December 19. 1891, alter i n augur?t im: several measures v? hieb were ca'culab d to accrue to the nene?t of tho United States. In 1892 he begun to writ?- his historical work en titled "Twenty Years pf Con .ress,v <>!> wh;ch he labored four years: w s nominated tor the presidency in 1884, but was defeated af the polls, and !. tired to his home in Augusta and con t uued writing his book. In 1880 he ? ?ok an active, parr in the Maiue cam p dgD, delivering a series of speeches ?pon the fisheries question. In 1888 he . eui to Europe io poor health, and had ; *r?:.ck "f ??ness while in Florene-1. !! -cul two letters from Europe suying ;.. would no: be a candidate under any ircurastance?. He returned in the fall .(i delivered several speeches in favor of . 'i:er;>; H.vriso?'S ?andidaey. Harnten appointed him secretary Of state in i880, aDd began to interest himself immediately in the Behring Sea and fisheries question i with Great Britain, and other interna? tional sltairs. In he formulated his reciprocity ideas, which -fr?re incorpora? ted in the tariff act this year? and which . led to commercial treaties with several countries, in 1892 he resigned as secre? tary of State in .Tune and spent the sum? mer at Bar Harbor. In October he made a speech at Ophir Farm on his way to i Washington, where he has eince re ! mained. ! THROUGHOUT THE SOOTH j Notes of Her Progress M Prosperity Briely Epitoiizel i i And important Happenings frota Day to Day Tersely Told? I The Mac*?n Telegraph was sold Tues ? day for $7,800 to P. W. Patterson, at ; torney for the bondholders. THe sale is i yet to be confirmed by the superior I court . W. L, Campbell, city treasurer of ; Charleston, S. C., for twenty-two years, j died at bi? residence, in .Summerville, Thursday, aged sixty-two years. He served through the late war as a captain in the confederate army and was one of j the most popular and highly esteemed j officers. The republicans of Wheeling, W. Ya,, elected their candidate for mayor Thurs? day for the first time in years, B. F.Cald? well defeating M;?yor Seabright for re? election. The political complexion of the council is still in doubt. The repub? lican majority for mayor is about three hundred. At 9 o'clock Thursday night ten negroes escaped from tee jail at Union City, TenD., by wrenching the large door from Its hinges and using"it in breaking a hole Idough the corridor. They then called to the colored porter to replenish the tire and upon his opening the jail door ran out, making their escape. A Johnson City, Tenn., dispatch of Wednesday says: Mrs. Bocher, living j at Piney Flats, Sullivan county, has just given birth to tripletts for the second time. Before this she had given birth to tingles twice, twins twice and is the mother of the famous bird man which is now being exhibited all over the country. A Montgomery, Ala., dispatch says: Ihe upper house of the legislature, Thursday, reconsidered its vote of Tues . day, defeating the bill providing an an I nuity of $500 for 3lrs. Jefferson ?avis and gassed the bill by a vote of 17 to 14. The mil now goes to the lower house, where it is uncertain what may be its fate. A columbia, S. C., dispatch of Thurs day says : Governor Tillman has received a telegram from the Baltimore Trust com? pany stating that the mern Lera had sign ! ed the contract to take the state bonds at j par, with a bonus of the amount of six ? months' inter?s*. They wired that a de I posit of $100,000 would be made in a ! Charleston bank at once. A Johnson City,Tenn.,dispatch of Tues j day says: For fear of arrest j. W. Hyams, j the world's champion liar who victim I ized the press of the whole country by his ( rigin of the alleged ?akersville lynch ! ing riot, has skipped the town, leaving ! his hotel in the lurch to the amount of ; his board. The report current t^athe j was at any time, and in any way, con j nected with the Daily Comet is Untrue. j A Columbia, S. C., dispatch of Wed i nesdaysays: Governor Tillman bas ap i pointed R. S. Hill., of Anderson, state i liquor commissioner under the dispensa , ry law. There were about a score of ap 1 plicants, but Mr. Hi'i was not one The j appointee is a Tillman man, but has taken no part in politics. He is a mer { chant, but will move to Columbia and j devote all his time to the state's extensive I liquor interest. j A Dennison, Texas, dispatch states j that a large colony of negro families j passed through that city Wednesday ea j route to the Cherokee strip. The head j of esch family had bogus certificates en j titling them to one hundred and sixty ? acres of choice land. It is said that they j paid five dollars each for the land certiti I catos, add that the lands were located for j them by a colored minister. They were I from northwestern Texas, j The following comparative statement ? furnished Wednesday by Alabama's com i sioner of agriculture as to the sale by the department of fertilizer tags from j the beginning of last year and this year's ! season to da'e needs no comment. The ! figures speak fer themselves: In 1892 I amount of tags sold to January 24th. i $13,904.25: io 1893, amount tags sold to I January 24th, $20,854.40. The heaviest j increase is reported iu the sale between j January 1st and 10th I A Louisville, Ky., dispatch of Tues I day says: The Rev. Father John F. j Cuileton who for the past five years has had charge of the Romau Catholic church at Raynick. Ky., has renounced his faith and is now excommunicated? Wednes? day last Fath- r ( u'leton married ! is cousin. Annis Cuileton, of Wapakot?etta, Ohio. The ctromony was performed in Cincinnati. Culletv-n was barely thitty tive years of age, but has been a priest thirteen veats. A Montgomery. Ala., special say6: j Ihe question of holding a constitu- ; tiona! convent on has been uppermost in j ! Alabama for a month past. Thursday aft? ernoon a caucus of the members of the j upper house met and, with only one dis? senting voice, decided not io go into a joint caucus on the subject. This is tantamount to a defeat of the movement. A poll of the senate shows that twenty j eight out of a total of thirty-three mern j j bers are against a convention this year. ? I This absolutely settles this issue fer the | ! r?re*ent._ NO HOPE OF RESCUE. j _ ! j - j Horrible Fate of One Hundred and Thirtv Entombed Miners. j A special cablegram of Wednesday from j Vienna. Austria, s*ys: All hope of res j cuing alive the men entombed by the ex i piosion of the tire-damp io the Fofthscritt ! mine, Dux-Dux, Bohemia has been aban ? doned. An investigation of the list of j employes reveals th" fact that 130 men lost their ?ives in the disaster, as it is ! generally conceded that those who were j not kilicd by the explosion must have j been suffocated by the after-damp. The mine is being cleared of wreckage j as rapidly as possible, but the work is j necessarily alow. Every tffort will be made to recover the bodies of thc dead. Many heartrending scpnes were witnessed about the mouth of the shaft when it was announced by the mine officials, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that every man in the mine was dead. No explanation is made as to how the explosion occurred. "OLD BILL" DYING. An Old Negro Man Who Was With the Andrews' Raiders. A Chattanooga. Tenn., dispatch of Thursday says: In a, little house on Burch street "Old Bill"' Lewis is dying. The feebie old man is a n^-gro. He has played some parts? in making history when the famous Andrews' raiders made their noted run to death and imprison? ment on the ergim: "General." Uncle Billy riveted the shackles on the limbs of the raiders and ci<& them off when rite dead hodie* of tb* raider* had be^n ti?d Tte News o? the World Condensed Mo Ply ami M\? Paragjaphs. interesting and instructif tn 111 Classes of Beaders. A cablegram of Thursday from Vienna says: The Rothschilds syndicate has borrowedl?lO,OOO^OO? in gold in thetJnited States for the use of Austria in producing her currency reform. Fire Tuesday night destroyed the ?ee Hive building and the wholesale confec? tionery establishment of Hogan & Co., at Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Damage near!j $200,000. A Madison, Wi.?., dispatch says: On i the thirty- first ballot in the democratic caucus Thursday afternoon there was a break in the Knight ranks, Mitchell being elected United States senator. Tr.e vote was: Mitchell 46, Bragg 32, Knight I* A Springfield, lil., dispatch says: The democratic majority assembly committee on education reported a bill to the house j Thursday repealing the Edwards com? pulsory education law. The bill is very brief, containing just enough words to accomplish itsjobject. The Duluth Minn., clearing house and real estate exchange, on Wednesday, I discussed and ' adopted resolutions in op? position to the Sherman silver bill and formulated a memorial to ask its repeal. j The memorial will be forwarded to the Minnesota representatives in congress. j A special from Carson, Nevada, says : William M. Stewart was re-elected to the United States senate Tuesday by the Nevada legislature. He was the silver party candidate and received a unani? mous vote. Ex-Congressman Barrine was the republican candidate. j Governor Reynolds, of Delaware, Thursday morning appointed Alfred P. Robinson j of Georgetown, Sussex county, chief justice to fill the vacancy occasion? ed by the retirement of Chief Justice Joseph P. Comegjs. Mr. Robinson is one of the leading lawyers of the state. A special of Thursday from Madrid, says: The queen regent of Spain will be represented at the Chicago Columbian exposition by Infanta Eulalia and her husband, Prince Antoine. The cabinet j has sanctioned their visit to the world's fuir as representatives of Queen Regent J Cbistina. A New York dispatch states that Pres? ident-elect Cleveland was initiated into the Sigma Chi college fraternity Thurs? day morning. A badge of the fraternity was presented to him. It was accepted and worn by the president-elect with an interest worthy of the enthusiasm of an under-graduate. Grand View hotel, at Fort Hamilton, N. Y., burned at an early hour Wednes- j day morning. Loss, $100,000. The ho* ! tel is built on a blu? and projects over tue water of the bay. A number of in? mates escaped from the rear, by jumping into the bay, whence they were rescued, j No loss of life, but nobody saved any- j thing. Fire at Boston, Mtss., Wednesday morning, destroyed the upper portion of j a building occupied by the Walker & Pratt Manufacturing company as a store i and steam heating apparatus factory and ; warerooms. A large stock of stoves, j ranges, furnaces, etc., were practically mined. Loss estimated at $100,000. Covered by insurance. Two freight trains on the Sante Fe collided six miles south of Joliet, Bl., Tuesday morning at 11:20 o'clock. Three of the trainmen were killed and two others fatally injured. The fenrvi vors walked into Joilet with the news. They report the Sante Fe and Chicago and Aiton tracks are blocked and say the loss will be abolit $225,000. Slate City, Rutland county^ Vermont, was visited by the most disastrous fire in its history Tuesday night. The fife spread to a dozen buildings and caused a loss of over $75,000. Most of the lead? ing business places in town were destroy? ed, mainly because all the hydrants in the vicinity of the fire were either frozen or not working. The fire will prove a severe blow to the village. A Washington News special of Wed? nesday says: Commander Henry L. Johnson has been dismissed from the navy. He was tried before a general court martial at Maryland "navy yard in December last on three charges, the principal one of which was, inofficial language, through negligence, suffering a vessel of the navy to be run upon a rock and hazarded. The vessel was the Mohican, which Johnson commanded, and the grounding took place off the Alaska coast. She was the first vessel to which he was assigned after a suspen? sion of several years for the same offense I for which he was dismissed . A Topeka, Eas'.*, special says : The legislature met in '?joint session at noon Wednesday in representative halL Hie republican members of both houses and the senate declined to answer to their ?ames when the roll was called. Ninety-nine persons responded to their names, eight more than a quorum. Eleven of these were members of the populist house and had been given seats through contest proceedings. Without these there was no quorum. When the senate roll was called on ballot, the en? tire populist strength went to John Martin, twenty-five populist senators voting for him. Martin was declared elected. G6V. TURKEY'S MESSAGE. _ j Some Recommendations Regarding the Penitentiary and Coal Fields. A Nashville special say.?: Governor Turney submitted a brief message to the legislature, Thursday, in which he calls attention to the overcrowded work of the supreme court and recommends the es? tablishment of an intermediate court so as to relieve the supreme court. He rec? ommends an increase in the salaries of the supreme judges to $4,000 per year; recommends the abolition of the office of coal oil inspector," br at least a reduction in the fees to an amount not exceeding ten cents per barrel, as he says it is evi? dent that these inspectors do not render I luch service in either the company or S state as fo entitle them to exhorbitant > fees now allowed by law. He says that the present penitentiary should be either-enlarged or a new one ; be erected. He thinks it should be re- I moved from its present location. He recommends that the state purchase coal fields and work convicts in the coal mines, or at some labor that will least conflict with free labor. *He also calls attention to the road law and recom? mends such amendments as will secure ! better roads. He suggests the amend- | ment of the registration law, and thinks j only one registration of votes should be I required annually. j DEMPSEY GUILTY. He Was Indicted for Poisoning Non? Union Men at Homestead. A Pittsburg Pa., special says: Hugh F. D mosey, district master workman of District Assembly No. 8, Knights of | Labor, was found guilty as indicted, Fri? day. Dempsey- was, in a measure, pre? pared for the yefdict, and betrayed no signs of emotion. .Ile left the courtroom j and a rrowd outside gathered about him and offered their sympathy. H:s attor? ney s^jd the verdict was a* false one and he would ra?ve:- for a new trlsl at opea, JUSTICE LAMAR'S FUNERAL Hi? Mm Li to M il RM! Cemetery, lacon, With impressive C?r?monie*-A Tast Fanerai Procession. The remain? of Justice L. Q. C. La? mar, as they lay in state at the Virgin home in Tinerille, Thursday and Friday morning, were viewed by a great, many of those who had known and loved the dead Justice. Many saw him, however, fof the first time, but even they had long admired aud respected him. Mrs, La? mar, the widow of the dead justice, was ?till overwhelmed with grief, but with that courage for which she is noted, con trolled her emotions enough to see s few friends and relatives. To her the 1 pss is indeed a sad blow-the lover of her youth and the consort of her- declining years lies cold in the embrace of death. Her feelings must indeed be sad. TO THE GRAVE. The procession left the Vi^in resi? dence in Vineviile at 11:80 o'clock Fri? day morning under the escort of Marshal Wright of the United Stites supreme court, who had charge of the procession from the time it left the residence until the exercises were completed. Marshal Wright was assisted by Captain John L. Hardeman and Captain O. T. Kenan, together frith Messrs. Matt R. Free? man and Minter Wimberly from the local bar. The procession moved in the following order from the residence to the church: honorary pall bearers; pall bearers; re? mains; family of the deceased; supreme court of the United States-Senator Wal thall, Mrs. Chief Justice Fuller, senator and Mrs. Gordon ; relative? and friends. The following acted as the hcnorary pall bearers: Chief Justice L. E. Bleckley, Associate Justices T. J. Simmons and Samuel Lnmpkin ;. and United States Di?trict Judges W. T. ??ewman and Em? ory Speer; Hon. Stephen Clay, presi? dent of the state senate, Hon. J. M. Terrell, attorney general of Georgia, Hon. Charles L. Bartlett, judge of su? perior court, Hon. S. B. Price, mayor of Macon, Dr. Edward A. Flewellen. AT THE CHURCH. Upon the arrival of the c.rtege at the Mulberry street Methodist church, the honorary pall bearers entered through the center aisle and took seats to the left of the pulpit. The active pall bearers, after placing the remains in position, occupied pews to the right of the pulpit. . The family occupied the front pews to the left, of the center aisle, while the chief justice and associate justices of the United States supteme court, who came as mourners with the family, occupied the front pews on the right of the center aisle, the cmcers of the supreme court being in the pew immediately in their rear. In the third pew on the right was Senator Waithall, Mrs. Fulier, General and Mrs. Gordon. Relatives and friends occupied the other pews. Bishop Fitz? gerald, assisted by Dr. Warren A. Cand? ler, president of Emory college, and Dr. W. C. Black, pastor of Mulberry Street Methodist church, conducted the services in accordance with ' the ritual of the Methodist church. The services were lengthy but impressive. From the church \he procession pro? ceeded up Mulberry to Georgia avenue? thence to College street t? . Riverside cemetery, the interment takiog place in the lot of Colonel Wni. H. Ross. The funeral procession was"the largest ever seen in Macon, Every public car? riage was in line, as were nearly al! of the private conveyances. The city was filled with visitors" from all part3 of Geor? gia. The lawyers ^were largely repre? sented. . During the moaning before the servi? ces at the church the irtate bar associa? tion met and very impressive services were held -w boner of Judge Lamar. They attended the foirai in a b. dy. Owing lo the muddy condftjon^of the streets hr was ^ecidt d to do away with the military feature of the parade. GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. The Ind ns tr. a! Development ia the Past Week. The review of the industrial tit nation in the South for the' past week shows that the contin? ued cold weather, and the consequent inter? ference with river navigation and, with railway traine, has caused an unprecedented decree of business stagnation. Industrial development, though somewhat lessened, has made prepress, as?s shown by "the organization "o^ tbs Coving? ton and Ei langer Company, at Covan?toa,- Ken? tucky, withjftyOOp capital; of 'tferLofiargto Surb?ban'IShd Company, at LonNrBle, Ken? tucky, $40,000 capital; and by the formation "?Ya $50,000coal company at Southport,.North Carolina. Cotton mills at Jacison^e, Ai? ta! la ?nd Sycamore, Alabama; Rome sad Pa? nols. Georgia, and Hender on, ^r?Caroli na; and knitting millaat Jacksonvile^^Florida, and Enterprise/Mississippi; electricIfjH^eom panies at t?elma. Alabama, V&jnfwiW^-^orth Carolina, and Cuero,1 Texas, have. beefc 5ar*n ized. anda tobaccomaijaTactory.KwlrJi*t?j;000 capt*!, chaptered at Louisvil^a,1 Eeamcky. ?he Montgomery Co^ipge ConAan&*TS$rtil 150,000, orMontgoinefr, AJabaMR^to^' the' Wheeler 'Enditare Company,* witO^lOO. 000 capitel, of Houston, .le?as, ?15 atnong the wood-worki?g plants reported for the week. Thirty-three n^w industries were established j or incorporated during the week, together with ! 4 enlargements of manufactories, and 9 ?mpor j tant new buildings. 'Among other important I n?tv* industries, as reported for the week are I brick works at Richmond and L<mn~i on, Ky" ia can factor*" at SeJma, Ala., farand grist mill" at Dixiej Ga.. Advance and ffintfyloun tain. N. C.. and Alley. Tenn., a fouhqr&ls re? ported at Chattano ?ga, Tenn., atd locomotive >. nd car works established at 8<to?, Ala. A powtr company Vas chartered a^Belton, Tex., and a bedding company and ao oil mill at Waco. Texas. A Tobacco factory ia to be bu*lt at Hender? son, N. C., and among The wood variais plants reported for the week are saw, planing and shingle mills at Mobil ?, Ala., Clarendon, Ark., L>e Funiak Springs, Fla.. Walter yiile, Ky., and Edeat?n and Ral igb. X. C. W*ter works ate to be es ablished at Cres ee:iT C ty. Fl4.. a:i 1 Barn: svilie. ' Ga. The en? largement tiicluie a t?jurin? mill at Abilene, Texas, an ic- '"factory at Vicksburg, Miss,, a cot i -ii mill a* E?f?uti, .^a.. and a <arne.t*mill Hf Cairo iron. Ky. Among the new o&laings np Tie J aie buaiois* h-j?^es at "Houston ?md Tioipsor. Texas, a hallr at Oonyars, Gt? resi dtnees ar Anjrnsa. Ga", and Richmond. Yt?", and a warehon "at Wa t!..'?urTi'ie. Ga.-Trades? man . ' ha'tan ?ca. I?'irT'. CHARLESTON ISOLATED. Crt Off from Telegraphic Cemmnnict Hon with the Balance of the World. Charleston is completely cut <ff from all telegraphic c mmunication north and west. The only connections possible are south to Savannah and Jacksonville. Tho Western Union wires are dowr from Florence to Charleston, 108 mil?*?, and for miles along the South Carolin* road. From Charleston to Augusta Friday morning the regular passenger, train 00 the'South Carolina railway was delayed greatly by telegraph poles and wires, which were b'own'across the track, and it was necessary to send a wrecking train ahead of the passenger train before the latter could move. The Postal Telegraph Company's wires were also prostrated. Linemen were seul out to repair the dam? ages, but the telegraph's manager says it will take a week or ten days to get the wires on the South Carolina line in good working order again. Rishop Brooks' Will. A Boston dispatch of Wednesday says: It is stated by members of his family that Bishop Brooks died without macing any will. The estimate of his real and per? sonal property cannot fall far short of $750,000. A successor to tbe late Bishop Brooks will he appointed at th? Massa? chusetts diocesan convention, which will be held on Mav &i V Youth and Ag e. When ail the workl U young lad, When all the trees are greta, ? And every goose a swan, lad, * \ And every lass a queen. ! Then hey for boot and horse, Ul \ j And around the world away, ' j Young blood must have its dourta, lsd, ; And every dog his day. j When a& the world is old, lad, And all the trees are brown, I And all the sport is stale, lad, j And all the wheels run down, I Creep home and take your plaee there. The spent and maimed amone. Ged grant you find one face there, . ? Ton loved when all was young. -rCharies* Kingsley. HUMOROUS. IThe lazy man aims at nothing, and generally hits it The scarecrow has ita uses, though it doesn't aid the caws any. ?Is Miss Hinote a good singer ?" "She must be. Every other giri ia the choir seems io dislike her/* "Was the pug dog mad that the po? liceman shot?'* "Gee, whiz! no; but the woman that owned him was." He (anxiously)-You are not your own dear self tonight, sweetheart. She (passively)-No, darling, I am yours. Diner-Waiter, how long will my omelette be? Waiter*-I can't tell ex? actly, sir, but they average about nine inches. Dombey-Bagley is an unfortunate combination. Anson-How so? Dom? bey-He has a quail-on-toa*t app?tit? attached to a liver-aud-bacon income. Travers-This overcoat seems pretty tight around the chest. Tailor-Wheo yon have taken the money ont of your pocketbook to pay for ii, it will fit all right. "Do yon quarrel with your neigh? bor yet about his dog coming over in? to your garden?" "No, that's ali ever now." "Buried the hatchet?" "3fo; buried the dog." Quoth be, "These tombstones lines I read Are just a little chaffy ; The epitaphs I find indeed Are mainly epitaffy." The most difficult part of being s hero is the tryi? g to look as if yon don't know you were one and yet not looking as if you were too thundering cocksure yon weren't Litttle Dot-Oh mamma, there's* sign "Puppies for sale." Won't yon buy me one? Mamma-Wait till yon are a little older, dear. Little Dot-* Bat then they'll be dogs. Mrs. Earls-Your daughter has been studying painting, has the not?" Mrs. Lamode-Yes. You should see ?oins of the sunsets she paints. There never was anything like them. "Whatff the matter with the baby?" asked a lady of a little girl, whoso baby brother she had understood to hi ailing. "Oh, nothin' much.9 was tho answer. "He's only hatchin' tee&y Friend-So your mother keeps tte strap she whips you with in the woodV shed. Don't you think that's a queer place for it? Tommy-Oh no; that?* where all the barning material ia kept "What yon need,"said the physician/ "is more exercise." 4<No, it isn't row I' plied th 3 young man, emphatically^ "It's the exercise that the piano player on oar ?oor practices that brought mo here." She took my hand In sheltered nooks, . She took my fiowers, candy, books, Gloves, anything I cared to send She took my rival in the end. Jess-I thought that yoa hated Jack? and yet you have accepted him. Boas -I did hate him; but he proposed ander an umbrella and said if Ixe? fused he would let the rain drop on my new hat School Inspector-Your primary class does very well in arithmetic* Miss Bluenose, especially in addition. Teacher-Yes, sir. It is when yon hear them in addition that you roans* how little things count up. Major Cos tic-That young Chappie* sor doesn't appear to know his own mind. Col. Sar cast-I'm glad to hear it, for I have frequently heard hil poor father cantion him against form? ing undesirable acquaintanceships. Agatha JEsthete-li there were only something in this mundane world that wonld solace all these vague yearn? ing's satisfy one's wildest longings and fill the aching void within? Charlie Replete-What is the matter with pie. A Famous Letter to Washington. The Philadelphia Record says that the original draft of tho Rev. Jacob Duche's famous letter to General Washington, dated October 15, 1877, has come to light in a local collection of valuable documents. Dr. Ducho was an old-time rector of Christ Church, Philadelphia. At the begin? ning of the Revolutionary War he figured as an ardent patriot, but when the British redcoats marched into Philadelphia and took possession of the city the alarmed rector suddenly found himself to be a most devoted Royalist. General Washington was then encamped in headquarters in Worcester Township, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) County, and to him Dr. Daches dispatched a letter^ ivhich now in printing takes up nearly eight quarto pages, urging him to re? turn to the bosom of good Bong (?eorge. Washington immediately di? rected the epistle to Congress as a letter of a very curious and extra? ordinary nature." >'o Mistake. "Emily," roared Mr. Winterbottom from the head of thc stairway, "those socks you've laid ont for me are not mates." ??Neither are your feet, dear," aa swered Mrs. Winterbottom, sweetly, from the hall below,-[Chicago TrJ* traue? /