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PUNCTUATION AND CAPITALS. A PAPER READ REFORK THE PRESS ASSOCIATION. Mr. II. C. Osteon's IntercutInjj Address Delivered Recently lu Charleston. The following is tho address which was delivered before tho recout rneetiug of the State Press Association in Charleston by Mr. II. O. Ostcen, of ftuuitor, on "Uniformity in Punctuation and Capitalization:" b>traugo as it may seem, newspaper men have ideuls, nud they vainly desire to attain them an do ordinnrv mortals. In tbcir hours of leisure, rare though they mnv be, newspaper men sometimes sit aud dream of unattainable things that would render tho work-a-d?y life of tho editor and reporter more pleasant, more dignified, perhaps more exact in its limitations aud, perchance, more respected and venerated. Some dream of a codo ot. journalistic ethics so exact and all-in t elusive that no contingency could posaibly arise that would be unprovided for in that ideal ethical code. When journalistic brethren had exhausced reason uud argument in a controversy without avail, there would bo no resort to personalities?they would turn quietly and with diguilied deliberation to tho codo and rcferriug to tho suction applicable to tho case, proceed to close the controversy. Everything would be calm, serene and ethical;tho idyllic editorial dreamer would wear a smile, perfume his paste and tie his editorial effusions with bows of baby blue ribbon. Such is one dream. All know tho reality. Of a parity with tho dream of tho ethical code is the desiro for uniform ity in capitalization and punctuation in newspapers. While it is a ccnsumaTTon incot devoutly to bo desired, yet there is not tho slightest possibility of i?.fvcr being attainod this 6i'!o of the inilleuium. Therefore tho subject must, perforce, bo handled delicately and with that roverential care that is tho duo portion of un ideal emanating from the fertile imagination of tho executive committee. The basis for tho assertion that uni lormny iu capitalization ami punctuation is nu impossibility is tbo well known diversity of opinion in relation to tho proper utilization of the punctuation points aud tho over changing style of capitalization. No two writers lmvo identical habits of expression, nor do any two havo tho identical conception of tho vuluo und use of the aoveral points, and so long as minds differ there will bo no uniformity iu these minutes of composition. There can and should be, however, a nearer approach to uniformity. There would be no prouder distinction to bo desired than that of being the originator of a system, scheme or method that would bring about this reform iu style. Yet while there aro so many standards of style the hoplescnesa of accomplishing the reform is apparently complete. These standards uro fixed in various ways and for divers reasons. There is a literary standard of punctuation and capitalization that is adhered to more or less consistently by the makers of books und high class magazines aud reviews with literary pretentions. The term "makers of books" is employed advisedly, for, as a rule, tho writer of n book or of a magazine article has but a subsidiary purtiu fixing its style of punctuation and capitalization. The author may indicate his meaning by placing tho necessary points aud he may capitalize with some degree of precision, but tho regularity and uuifonnitv of both is mora ?!?..?? otherwises the handiwork of tho copy editor uud proof reader of tho printiug shop where tho author's copy is put into type. Each shop has a standard of its own that is almost certain to have some dissimilarity to the standards of other shops. The general principles may he laid down, however, that the standard of both punctuation and capitalization is much higher, luoro precise, more uniform and moro nearly correct in bookwork and in tho higher class of magazines and reviews than is to bo found elsewhere. More rare is exercised and wore time and attention aro available to tie devoted to thuuii ?? ? i/?.?l..??. ... r.,..vumin hi)tl that contribute to the general excellence anil elegance of the liuiahed product in the establishments where typographical work of this high character in produced, and a higher order of intelligence on the part of the writer anil editor and greater skill on the part of the craftsman are brought into play. The tendency in these printing shops in to adhere to cloao punctuation, placing a point wherever one may be wiiscd correctly, leaving nothing to be supplied by the render; no with en pi tula; wherever the. capital letter will add to the force or explicitucss of the article there it ia placed. The next lower btundnrd would be tho IcRHcr magazines, the trauaient periodicals and the hooka of tho day, written in haste, carelessly edited and printed in a rush for immediate circulation. Then come tho nowapapers. And here is to be found Iohr uniformity anil moro widely divergent standards of punctuation aud capitalization than is to be seen elsewhere in the entire range of literature. One paper may adhere to the most rigid anil precise standard with inflexible uniformity, while others have no uniformity. The tendency in newspapers is, however, undoubtedly toward wide punctuation and the disuse of capital letters except when absolutely essential, and where to abandon them would be flying in the face of accepted usage and insult ing public opinion on the subject. Everything is lunde to give way to the urgent haste required in getting out a paper on time. A comma is never put where the reader's common sense and supposed knowledge can supply it. A period is often omitted nfter initials, and whero commas have been omitted in a lengthy sentence a comma is made to do service for a semicolon. Haste is the watchword of the modern newspaper office, and if n fraction of time can bo ttaved by usiig a lower cose letter where a capital hue been the custom in goes the lower coso letter, save where the use of the latter would possibly be regarded ?s an evidence of ignornnce. Tbo daily newspaper in approaching uniformity, but it is a uuiformity not at all desirable, for it is the dead blank .uniformity that prevailed prior to tho day of Munutius, the Venetian printor, who introduced the system of punctuation that has beeu generally used for the last four or live centurios. There is a happy mean, a uniformity that is based upon timc-honorod usage, tho necessity for punctuation points and capitals to assist* tho reader in obtaining a clear, forcible and accurate conception of the printed language. What the appropriate gesture, themoduloted voice, the expressive countenanco aro to tho spokon language the points of punctuation and capital letters are to the written and printed laugnnge. The excessive employment of either is offensive to good tasto and confusing to the intelligence, but the ontire abandonment of either or both bus nothiug to recommend it. As it is impossible to obtain uniformity, so is it impossible to prescribe uniform and universal rules for the application of the principles of punctuation. Punctuation demands for its successful application a quick apprehension, good judgment, a cultivated taste and an extensive and vivid acquaintance with the standard literature of the languago. Until all writers and all proof roaders are endowed with these necessary qualifica UMM il.? ..1.1:1: 1 -? L uvun uuu tuu ItUllUlUUUi UUU UI UL'lQg accurate and painstaking at all times there will be no uniformity. SOUTHKKN CONDITION. Reports of Industrial and Business AtTalrs. The following report of the South's industrial progress is taken from the Chattanooga (Tonu.) Tradesman for the past week: General business is active and increasing. The spring has been favorable for small fruits und early vegetables, and a largo amount of ready money has been disbursed. Fertilisers and agricultural implements nre in great demand and sales are twice those of last year. The new cotton mills for the week are the Luudnim cotton mill of Dandrum. 8. C., capital ?100,000; the Atlanta Textile Manufacturing company of Atlanta, On., with ?20,000 capital and others at Oxford, Miss., and Liobauon, Tenn. New industries established or incorporated in the Southern States during the pust week include: The Chieftain Cyoross company, ot Ocala, Fin., capital ?160,000; the American Rrewing and lee compuny, of Ceutral City, \V. Va.. with ?76,000 capital, and the Richmond Woodworking company, of Richmond,' Vh., capitalized at ?50,000. The ?. A. Franklin Churn nud Implement company, capital ?50,000, has been chartered at Austin, Texas; the R. W. CoiTeo Manufacturing company, at Richmond, Va., with ?25.000 capital* au?l a ?25.000 shoe factory is to bo built in Charleston, 8. C. The Groesbeek Cotton Oil, Gin and Compress company has been chartered at Orocsbeck, Tex., with ?20,000 capital; the Jacksonville Fertilizer com puny, capital ?10,000, at 8outh Jacksonville, Fla., the Athens Coal und Manufacturing company, capital ?10.000, of Athens, Tex., and the Southern Lumber com pan v, also with ?10,000 capital, at Charleston S. C. Titore are also reported canning Motorics at Avon Park and Linton, Fla.; a marble quarry to be opened at Kttoxviile, Tenn.; liailworks at Middlesboro, Kv.; a pottery and til,, ? I- * -- ..... , ...... ... maiuiu, -nil., nun it louacco factory at Oi'nlii, Flu. The now woodworking plants indole a liurrel factory at Cedar Springs, Yn.; a plaining mill at Fairford, Ala., and a sawmill a' Gulfport, Miss. The Florence mills at Forest City. X. C., are to udd ?50,000 to their capital; machine shops at 1'ortsmouth, Va., are to be enlarged, and also n sugar relluery at Abbeville, La. The new buildings of the week include business houses at .Savannah, Ga.. and lirevard, N. C.;a $50,00 board of trade building at Tampa. Fin.; a $50,000 courthouse at Charlotte, N. C.;a ?10,000 jail at Laredo, Tex.; a$20,000 opera house at Somerset, Ky.; a $20,000 school building at Laredo, Tex.; a $10,000 residence at New Orleans, La., and a $10,000 warehouse at Mobile, Ala. Movement of the Cotton Crop. The New Orleans Cotton Exchange statement of the crop from September 1, 1805, to May 20, 1X07. inclusive us follows: l'ort re eeips 5.112,010 bales, against 7.867,713 bust year, 5,775,040 year before last and 4,x54,423 for the same time in ixx:i, overland to mills and Canada 803.001, against 1,032,875, 823,008 and H47.HtJ2: interior stocks iu excess of September 1 114,8X0, against 40,24 7. 51,557, 83.570; Southern mill takings 788,078. against 728,010, 035.0lil and 014, 204: crop crop brought into sight from September 1 to date 0.810.508, against s,070,584,7,280,175. and 0,402,045: crop brought into sight for the week 27,335, .<-iiiii.si ior mo seven <inys cnueti May M last year. Ilfi.lTM an<l II'J,(>!)*. ; crop brought into sight for the llrst twenty-nine days of May 151.H23, against bt.i.lil'J, 1 li?.774 and 130.40:5. Comparisons in these reports are made up t<? tho corresponding date last year, year In-fore and in 1303, and not to the cor responding week. ClIANtiK OP* OATrj. In View of the Wrecklnjt of the Hall, tlio Kepiihlicaus May Meet Later. A special from Ht. Louis to Washington says : Should later and more accurate information corroborate the earlier news from lit Louis, it is probable that the date of the national Republican convention will be changt *1 Chairman Carter also said that possibly considerations other than the mere wrecking of the linll would Influence the committee. .Vhether or not the hotels, in view of the general wrecking of buildings, would be able to take care of the crowds and the question of the ability of the railroads to properly hnndle the trallle, would be considered. Mr. Carter also suggested that if the city was within the next ten days to be turned into a vast funeral procession and thrown into general mourning over the hundred of vi -tsmsof this appalling disaster, it would be wise, perhaps, not to thrust upon it a political convention, with all its attendant excitement and enthusiasm. It is quite probable, therefore, that tin' date of the convention may be changed, unless later news puis a diiTerent cob-ring to the reports so far received Irorii the stricken city. ?????^??[ IB JB Whereas, Oapt. Samuel E. White, of Fort Mill, S. C., has erected iu his town a handsome monument to the women of the Confederacy; therefore, be it i Resolved, That we, the South Carolina divison of the Daughters of tho Confederacy, iu this, our first meeting, return most hoarty thanks to Captain White for his generous and chivalrous act. We also wish to assure him that it is our highest aim to cherish and keep green, through our association, the memory of the brave men who in the hour of need. In tho future we shall endeavor to show ourselves worthy of this noble deed of a gallant soldier. Zimmerman Davis, Mrs. Fannie Jones, Miss S. A. Smith, Miss Etta Kelly and Miss Bessie llnvcnel. Abbeville?Mrs, W. 0. McGowan nut} Miss Perrin. Greonvillo?Mrs. Hugh Buist and Miss Blythcwood. Georgetown?Miss Munnerlyn and Mrs. Bailey. Edgefield?Mrs. John Bacon. Marion?Miss Durham. Johnston?Miss Ready. Spartanburg?Mrs. C. E. Flemming. Columbia ?Miss Kate Crawford, Mrs. Thomas Taylor, Mrs. T. J. Lipscomb und Mrs. Clark Waring. The temporary organization was mado permanent after accepting the report of the committee on credentials. The chairman of the Charleston delegation submitted a draft of a constitution, which was referred to a committee of live, consisting of Mrs. Smytbe, Miss Kelly, both of Charleston; Mrs. Taylor of Columbia, Mrs. Fleming of Spartanburg, and Miss Ready, of Johnston. The constitution was read and adopted by sections. It dcclaros the name of this division to be, "Daughters of the Confederacy, South Carolina Division." Continuing, it says: "The object of this association shall bo literary, charitable und social; to collect records and incidents of the Confederate war; to aid in the perservation of tho truth of itshistorys, thoperpetuation of the principles involved in that struggle, aud the memory of thoso who took part therein; aud to see that there is laid before the rising generation an impartial uml just nccount of that period of our liibtory." Those eligible to membership in this organization ore: "Tho widows, wives, 1 i? uiuiunn, oioiuin, ulCCt'N UUll llUCai UCsccndautsof ?uch men as served honorably iu tbo Confederate army or navy, or civil service, or those persons whose loyalty gavo material aid to the cause, and also all women, and their huoal descendants wherever living, who can give proof of personal service, and loyal aid to the Southern cause during the war." Carrying out tho provisions of the constitution, Mrs. A. T. Smythe, of Charleston, was elected president; Mrs, Conner, of Charleston, tirst vioe president; Mrs. Thomas Taylor, of Columbia, second vice president; Miss Martha 11. Washington, of Charleston, secretary, and Mrs. Durham, of Marion, treasurer. Mrs. Hacon offered tho following resolutions, which wero adopted: Resolved, That we, tho Unitod Daughters of the Confederacy of South Carolinu, iu convention assembled, do greatly valuo tho generous proposition of Mr. Charles liroadwny Roups, of New York, to donate 8100,000 for the establishment of a grand battlo abbey or memorial in tho South, for the preservation ot Confederate relics and records, on condition that the whole united South contribute an equal amount for that purpose. 2. That wo heartily endorse tho splendid sehemo of this liigh-souled mun, once a poor Confederate soldier, uow a wealthy New York merchant, and will exert our best efforts to advance this j atriotic project. 3. That it is the <enee of this meeting that no place will bo so appropriate for tho battle abbey as tho Confederate museum tho statelv fnunoinn formerly occupied l?y tbo lion. JelVerhou Davis, while President of tbo Confederate States, now held in sacred trust by tho Confederate Memorial Literary fiociotv of Richmond. Mrs. Miles spoke on tho offer made by Mr. Rouss, to defray one-half tho expenses of eroctiug n memorial shaft at Winchester, if tho ladies of South Carolina would raiso tho other half. Mrs. Miles said she had visitod the Stonewall cemetory and that 149 soldiers' graves were known and marked, but that thero woro 800 unknown, many of them from tho upper part of the State. The Daughters should avail themselves of Mr. Rouss* offer and raise tho required funds. .Mrs. Flcmming offered the following resolution, which was paused: WOMEN ORGANIZE. DAUGHTERS OF THK CONFEDERACY IN CONVENTION. Constitution Adopted?Sir. Rouss' Proposition Endorsed. The State Convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy met Thursday in the Senato chamber at Columbia. Below will be found the proceedings of the convention: Dr. J. W. Flinnoponod the meeting' with prayer. At tho conclusion of the prayer he submitted the following: To tho United Daughters of the Confederacy, South Carolina Division: Ladies?I havo tho honor to report, that an escort of honor has been appointed from Camp Hampton veterans to tender your most honorable body any sorvice you may require in aiding your plans. Tho escort consists of the following gentlemen: Col. R. G. Lamar, Col. McMaster, Col. Cardwoll, Col. W. H. Manning, Col. Youmans, Col. A. D. Goodwyn, Col. R. W. Shand, Col. T. J. Lipscomb, Adjt. D. R. Fleuniken, Dr. T. B. Lagare. Prof. Rev. J. W. Flinn, D. D. These gentlemen aro at your bidding. Respectfully, J. W. Flinn. A temporary organization was perfected, Mrs. Smytho being chosen president, and Mrs. Miles secretary. Tho president appointed the following committee on credentials: Mrs. Clark Waring, of Columbia, Mrs. Bailey, of Georgetown, Mrs. Buist, of Greenville. Tho cominitteo's report showed thseo delegates present: Charleston?Mrs. Augustino T. Smythc, Mrs. L. C. McCord, Mrs. E. R. Miles. Mrs. James Connor. Mrs. Charleston invited the division to hold its next unuual meeting in December, at that place. WKATHKK-CHOl' 11ULLKTIN. Issued By the South Carolina Climate und Crop Service. Below will bo found Section Director Bauer's weekly report: The general condition of crops is decidedly better than it wus on tho previous week, the exceptions being confined to those sections where theie was little or no rain, as already noted, and elsewhero to such crops that were too far advanced towards maturity or were too nearly ruined by tho previous drought to bo benefited by the late rains. Corn hns made satisfactory advance in growth and has been generally well cultivated, is clean, healthy and of good color. In places it wilted badly during tho day. Earliest planting is about ready to "lav by." But worms did some damage ou bottoms in Edgefield County, but generally worms have given very little trouble. Late corn coming up and some being planted. With tho exception of small and comparatively unimportant areas wbcro the stands were damaged by hail, and also where it is iust coming tip. or came up irregularly, cotton in iu flue coudition. It is of fair growth and improving; is of good, healthy color, well cultivated, and only a few sections are threatened with grass. It is free frcm insects and diseaso generally. The drought did cotton no apparent Sijury, and the abnormal heat since planting favored its development. Squares are forming plentifully on April cotton. Tobacco growing well and transplanting is agniu being pushed. Plants continue scarce, and some in beds are too large to transplant, so that lands intended for tobacco are being put to corn. Wheat in the western counties promises a fair yield, but elsewhere is poor. Oats are generally poor, nnd spring oats will amount to nothing. Wheat and oats harvest quite general. Sugar and ribbon oane are in very good conditon, and seemingly have not suffered from lack of rain. Melons generally in blossom and looking promising. Have been attacked and are dying from a fungous disJ i 1 i~ vttov: 1U luntl lllkuiauu tunuij. Sweet potato drawn are being transplanted and are doing well. In Newberry and Union counties nro being watered. Irish potatoes are not promising, and are of inferior quality und small size generally. Gardens are ?omewbat revived, but vegetables are very scarce and of poor quality, lu places gardens uro entirely ruined. Fruit profspect.s ure poor. I'enehos continue to drop and apples to rot on the trees. It is the opinion of correspondents that Ibo extreme heat was unfavorable for fruit. Fine blackberry crop in Pickens county, and generally over the whole State. FURY OF Till': FLOOD. The Mississippi Neurs The Hunger Lino at St. Louis. The Mississippi river is now within throe feet of the danger lino in front of 8t. Louis, Mo. Thursday the gunge registered 27 feet ?a rise of nearly two feet during the past 24 hours. It was expected that the danger line would be reached by Friday night, and serious damago will result along the levee. Already property owners and storekeepers aro moving their effects to upper lloors. Advices received from upper Missouri, Illinois and Iowa points state that the rivers in those sections are on a rampuge, and pouring au immense volume of water .iuto the Mississippi. Old river men declare that tho llood of four years ago will be exceeded by the present rise. Danger warnings have been issued between Ivookuk and Cairo. At Alton tho ilood is rising at tho rate o( two inches per hour. Alreudy the river is out of its banks, and thousands ot acres of crops have been destroyed. At Cairo tho river rose f< ur feet since yesterday morning. Thioughout Missouri there Is no cessation of the downpour of ruin, which has continued almost without Interruption since last Sunday. Tho rainfall so far exceeds 12 inches. There is no indication that the deluge isueur an end. Every riv? r, creek and tributary iu theStato is overflowing, and in some places tho water covers the ground to a depth of two or three feet lor a radius of a doxen miles. At Osceoln, Mo., tho Blair Lino depot is in the middle ol a sen. Moncgaw Springs are * under about twenty feet of water. B 'tween j Taberville and Shell City the river is miles wide. Five feet more will equal tin* rise of December last, the highest ever known. Danger threatens ail the mills, some ol which are entirely surrounded by water. Trailic U...4..1I- It.' -- .mi in. .KTuuiin, luirMiiv iiiid rs iui investorn i was tied up at Coal Camp on account oI ' wash outs'. In the Osage valley the Hood is a I d- zon miles in extent, mid nil travel is by i boat. The damage to property is very groat, but so far iu reported no lives have been I lost. In some places rain is accompanied by terrific thunderstorms. Lightning struck the dome of the capitol at Jefferson City Thursday. Only One Note. There is only ono $10,000 United States note In existence, and that has never been issued, but is kept in the treasury as a specimen. There are three $5,000 greenbacks. Two of them are in the treasury; the third was paid out several years ngo and is probably in the vault of some bank, because it has never been heard from since. Ono thousand dollar notes are numerous. There are 47;14(S in circulation and 15.000 $500 i notes. 237.000 $100 notes, 200,000 $50 notes, 409,245 $20 notes, K34.92I $10 notes and 1,152,7*15 $5 notes In circulation. LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. GLEANINGS FROM MANY POINTS Important Happenings, Both Home nod Foreign, Dlefly Told. Southern News Notes. Dallas, Texas. Tuesday, suffered a $100,000 fire. Insurance, $50,000. Liquor license tax atTarboro, N. C., is to be increased from $150 to $'200. Taylor Delk, the Georgia murderer, has been sentenced to bo bunged Juno 10th. The President has sent to tho Sen ate the nomination of 13. O. Guthrie to ( bo postmaster at Burlington, N. C. i Great preparations are being made ' nt Nashville lor the celebration of Ten- i uebsee's centennial on June 1 and 2. 1 No action has yet been taken on the 1 nomination of Wm. H. Fowle, to be 1 colloctor of the Lynchburg, Va., district, to succeed General Fit/.hugli Leo. C. L. Glover, of Abbeville, N. C., started Thursday on u tramp to Sau ; Francisco. He will make his way by taking subscriptions to u book he will write. i Charlotte, N. C., gets the Lutheran College for women. Columbia, S. C., was her most formidable opponent. The site of the college will be an the Highland Park property. Georgia's new issue of bonds, amounting to $240,000, wus sold to a syndicate organized by W. H. Patterson, of that eity, at a premium of 10(5, the bonds to bear a 4 per cent, rnto of interest. This bid wus accepted by tho Governor. The citizens' reliof committee, of Dallas, Tex., raised nearly $1,300 for the sufferers by the toruudo at Sherman and other Northern Texas points. Au effort will be made to raiso $5,000 in cash in Dallas. Liberal donations of clothing and general supplies are being made. Northern News Items. It is estimated that 500 people were killed in the city of St. Louis, Mo., and about 700 injured by the recent cyclone. The Raines liquor tax has been do clared unconstitutional bv the Court of Appeals at Albany, N. Y. Tlio lower courts are sustained. Moritz Front, of New York, who has been asleep for thirty-one consecutive days, during which time he only onco opened his eyes, then only for two miuutcs, has awoke and began to recognize his triends. Wednesday at Mauhattan Peach, N. Y., Fred ScUade, of Herndon, Va., won the 5-mile inter-collegiate championship bicycle rnco of America. Thirty-Bcven men started in the final. ' Time, 13 minutes. The 1-mile race j was won by ltuppert, of New York. Foreign. A series of earthquakes reportod j from Limon, Costa Rica, during the past week. 1 The Ijojo's ranch in Mexico was attacked Monday by Indians, and eighteen pearson?men, women and children were killed. John S. Johnson, tlio American bicyclist, was beaten in th?? races ut Paris, Monday by Jacquelin, lleboue and Dnrand. It is said that Nicholas II, Czar of all the Russian, will abolish all forms of corporal punishment in his domains. Ivan the Terrible, lirst Czar of Russia, put to death 00,000 iuuoceut subjects during bis reign. Melbourne, Australia, Las loot 43,435 inhabitants in four years, the census of 1805 giving a population of 437,401. The population of the seven Australian colonies at the end of 1805. was 4,238,000. Tlio Queen of England receives from the eivil list ?00,000 por year, or qoiu\ nnn i. 1 it s??>rn,uuu un ruling , litiu lutrc urc eitensive provisions made for house room, provisions. and servants, liesides this, the Queen has a very large private income. - - -? ?Washington. Tho United States Supreme Court adjourned Moudny after disposing of 487 cases and leaving a smaller number on tho docket than for any term since 187G. Hon. Victor Clay Barringer, brother to the Into General Unfits Harringcr, of Charlotte, N. C., died at his horno in Washington City Wednesday. For years he represented the United States in the Court of Egypt. Francis J. Kieckhocfer, former chief | of the bureau of accounts and disbars- j jut; wmut-T ?n iijc mine ueparunent ai Washington, I). C., Iihk been arrested j by Chief Clerk lteuiek, of the State Department. lie is charged with being on August 10, 18!>.r>, nn embezzler of $'17,465 of the State Department funds. Miscellaneous All the manufacturers of rye whiskey in the Eastern States will suspend operations on September let, throwing 2,000 workmen out of employment. A Chicago Tribune correspondent who says lie "wants to tight" scuds [ tliis: I Away off on tlie other shore We hear the ltrltlsh lion's roar Eur having got Ids tail in twist ' From Yankee Doodle Doodie's fist. (Jo It. brother! (jo it. I'oot Laureate Austin! We are in favor of letting you two light It out. We like n girl who refuses to let a young man brcul* lit r heart. JT ' XM FIRST NATIONAL TlCm Levering and Johnson to Lead the Prohibitionist Voters. n 'e ? THE FREE SILVERITES BOLTV ? ? "? The Head of the Ticket U IT mm M*ry? land and the Tall From llllndli~-Th<| . Sllvcrltea and Populist* Itntt Itrraaiw i the I'latronn la for Prohibition Solely ?A Two Davl' Srulotlt 1 PiTTsnrno. Ponn., May. 29.?Til* Prohibitionist National Convention after a two rlnv.' anfittnn nAmlnntiwl .Tnohna T.Airnrlfiit nf Maryland, for President and JJalo Johnwn, of Illinois, for Vice-President. They belong (o the "narrow gungo"elemont of the pArty. < The platform of tlio convention is confined to tho singlo issno of prohibition, nil tho "Isms," such as free silver, woman's suffrage, and tho rest boing dropped. The convention was In an uproar nil day. and when tho platform was adopted finally tho free silverites and Populists arose and left the hall. About 200 delegates bolted. One of the final acts of the eonvention was lo send a te'egram of sy.upn.tbv to the Mayor of St. Lonis. The women "ret bad a bearing In favor of woman suITnpro and other reforms advocated by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. A committee of llvo Indies was appointed tocou. ider these requests and roport on them.. I)r. T. K. Funk, of New York. Cha'rman of tho Committee on Platform, then reported the platform as agreed upon by the majority of the committee. The first 'six pl-mks, denunciatory of the liquor traffleand oroposinit straight-out prohibition, be said, had been unanimously adopted. The seventh plank, which declared that no citizen should be denied tho right to vote on account of sojc, ho said, had been adopted by only u small majority. Tho other planks upon which there was some division in tho committee were: Thnt all citizens should l>o protected In their right to one day's rest a week: Aon-seetarinn schools to l>e taught in tho English language; election of President, Vice-President and Senators direct I v bv t he people; lll>ernl pensions; exclusion of |. <upor and criminal immigrants; tho naturallzod citizen not to vote till a year after naturalization; favoring arbitration; inviting co-operation of all persons favoring these views. When ex-Governor St. John rose to presentthe minority roport he was received with loud applause from tho broad-gauge faction, which Increased as he read the minority money plank, which was for free silver coinago. At the afternoon session the convention considered tho froo silver plank proposed by tho broad gauge faction. After three hours' hot debate, the free silver pi.'.ok was defeated by n vote of 337 lives to 427 noes. Mr. Patton. of Illinois, precipitated a lively debnto by opposing the uon-sectarln.. school resolution, as being the work of tho Ainorlean Protective Association. He appealed to tho convention not to a lopt anything which would p event enlisting all good cHir^ns to aid them in Ightitig against the rum power. He proposed a substitute platform which omitted mention of every suhJeet, womuu suffrage included, except proilhitiou. . In a scene <y intense confusion, the previous question was ordered by a rising vote, \ and Mr. Patton's substitute was declared adopted and thus becamo tho sole platform of the party. A recess was taken at fi.45 uutll 8 p. m.t laud the broad-gauge men immediately went Into caucus to consider their further plans. |About 800 delegates attended the broadgunge caucus, including sixty women. Various bolting propositions wero bowled down. As soon asthe night session of the convention was culled to order the roll was called for nominations for President and Vice-President of tho United States. Mr. Tucker, of 'Maryland, nominated Joshua Levering, of that State. Klisiia Kent Kane, of Pennsylvania, nominated ex-Governor L. C. Hughes, of Arizona, a former citizen of Philadelphia. Mr. Levering's nomination wa? seconded by Mr. Hipp, of Illinois: Vr. Volnev B. Gushing, of Maryland; Mr. English. of New York, and Mr. McClennau Brown, of Ohio. No one having seconded ex-Governor Hughes's nomination, his name was withdrawn, nnd Mr. Joshua Levering. ??f Haiti more, was nominated i?y ue.uamatiou ns tno Prohibition sinndiird hearer. Witlr waving of flags' and tumultuous t demonstrations of npnlajso the candidate was escorted to tlio platform and male an address of acceptance. Soon after 11 p. m., when the National Committee bad possession of the floor nud eontributions to the emnpaitrn fund, iieaded hy a number ot !?3G0 cheeks from New York delegates, were pouring it), a tramping down the nislo to the left of the Chair announced the departure of the free-silver women-Suffrage, Populfst "bolters." nhont 2P? in number, who hud secured a hall and were preparing to hold n meeting elsewhere, nnd very materially disturbed the proceedings of the convention. The convention nominated Halo .Tolmson, of Illinois, for Vice-President, and at 12.30 a. m. adjourned sine die. Squeezed to Death in u Stump. George Bennett, of Eden, Canada, met with h horrible death a few days ago. Ho was assisting in the operation of splitting large stumps with u jack-screw and had one nearly split, when he stepped into the opouing. Suddenly the jack-screw spruug out, the stump closed like a shot, oat-thing Bennett, and ho was slowly squeezed t > death. ?/ McEnerylor Senator. Judge Samuel D. McEnery has been iiomf* natel for Uuito.1 States Senator by the Democratic caucus of lb > Lonislun i L?gisl?turo nt llalon Rouge, rcelViug sixty-eight votes. lie was then marled by the Legislature. He is in favor of the free coinage of silver. Spain's Great Drought. ... .. _ . . * ?.ii* Ill COnSCqUOUC'J Oi lie prjion ; i \ir .ir;nc in Spain tin* price of water and bread Ins in sumii regions ris-'n fifty par cant. an I it is estimated tint grain to tlio vain ? of $100,0 >0.000 will have to Ins imported. Many of tho spring! nuil rivers arc dry. I''ruit Crop rriiiniiln^. Tho fruit prospects appear to bo generally as ftooa in tho interior of tin country, a? least as far west as the Mississippi Valley, ai iu tile Middle States. Invaded by (Jiicitr Alice. The neighborhood of Eut'.er, Mo., has <>r r invaded by "mice that look like little ka garoos," and that destroy tho growing con , A Sen I.lon In 11 Snlinitn Net. A monster sea lion, lu quest of salmon, be camu entangled In one of tho fish traps nt tho mouth of tho Columbia, in Oregon, that cost about ?1000. Tho trap was badt.V wrecked. Tho lion, which w.is killed, weighed over 2100 pounds. Cheap Itrntaurant Trust. The fiftecn-cent-n-meal restaurant prop-fe. tors of Di troit. Mich..have formed a trust and raised their f rice to twontv cents for slnglu meals, though they will eeiitiuuo to g>\\> twenty-one meals lor to r.'guur boarders.