The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 01, 1893, Image 3
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? /