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THE UH10H TIMES~ I UNION, S. C. Tbo English aro worrying over tho largo surplus in their Treasury. A Chicago paper editorially announces that "fashion has decided against the bloomers." ? Tho Denver Miring Industry says: 'For unmitigated, lying, infernal econndrelii m in mining promotion, vie havo seen nothing equal to our present one. Colorado has becouio the Botany Bay of bunco stccrcrs." Dr. Anderson, instructor of athletics nt Yale, says that tho ethical element should bo considered in that department as in everything else, and that broken down prizo fighters aro not proper instructors for young A person who is accomplished in tho ncience of agrostology was wanted at I the Agricultural Department, Washington, ami tho Civil Service Commissioners superintended a competitive examination for a $1500 appointment. | Ordinary people call an agroatologist a haymaker. According to tho Railway Age, Chicago is now tho terminal poiut for tliirty-threo lines of railway, representing twenty-four distinct 83*^tcms, with a thirty-fonith lino directly connected by lake ferry. Thero are also three elevated passenger railways and two more under construction. A new law in Pennsylvania provides that ail typewriting heretofore executed, and all that may hereafter be done, for any purporo whatever, shall havo the same legal force and effect as orTf ? r\ n % 1 * l.rt A Al. ? "t ...uui T nilliu^, uua bum bUU wuru | 'writing" occurring in tho laws of tho ^ State shall be holil to include typewriting. This is the lirst State that i Las thus legalized tho work of the typewriter. I Tho course of Immigration Commis- 1 siocer Scnner, in deporting an immigrant who has been drunk throughout ^ tho transatlantic voyage, is to bo com- , mended, thinks tho Now York Mail j and Express. Tho habitual drunkard I is, in anticipation, a combination of pauper, criminal and lunatic. It is ( merely a question of development. Ho is ono of tho most objectionablo 1 of immigrants. Wo have no welcome for him. ^ Tho Union Bank of London would not admit responsibility for giving Mrs. Langtry's jewelry to tho wrong party on a forged order; but "to avoid expensivo litigation" it settled by paying tho lady 8"'0,000 iu consideration of her loss through tho bank's agency. This, explains the New Orleans l'icnyune, is tho stubbornness that sticks to the dca that a bank can make no mistake, even when an overpaid customer ha3 tho money 111 his hand to prove the bank Las paid him ' loo much. I Of tho 11,500,000 direct living uo- J cceudauts of the Vikings, 2,500,000, nioro tlmn cne-liftb, reside in tho i United Stntcs?born of Scandinavian 1 parents, either in Europo or America. Few provinces of Denmark, Sweden or Norway contain so many Scandinavians as the 375,000 who make up one-fonrth of tho population of Minnesota. Wisconsin and Illinois havo each 200,000. Iowa, Nebraska and tho two Dnkotas havo tho larger part of the remainder. It is a suggestivo fact that so largo a proportion of tho Scandinavians aro settled in the distinctively agricultural States. Tho most reliablo figures obtainable indicate that, of tho Scandinavians, ono cut of four engages in agriculture. One of the most appalling results of foreign pauper immigration, observes the Atlanta Constitution, is disclosed by tho fact that nearly oue*half of all tho crimes committor in tho United States are traceable to this obnoxious ; element of our population. This statement is based upon the ofllcial records fnrnished by the census of 1890, ami | is, therefore, the most reliablo mfor- | inatiou that can bo obtained on this ! important subjoct. At tho time this census was taken the number of criminals in the various prisons of tho United States was found to bo 82,329. Of this number 25,019 were of African descent, leaving 57,310 whito criminals. Dividing this number between Iho native ami foreign elements of tho country it was found that 13.19 per cent, wcro native born, while 50.81 per cent, were of foreign birth. Notwithstanding tho fact that only ouoBcventh of tho country's population was mado up of foreigners, it was nevertheless discovered that moro than ouc-hnlf of all tho crimes committed by white persons in the Unit I States were committed in this eLuieut. JPaikl^ AI\RY you? Wliv, no, Vnue, of course I V. |y /v7 m won't' ^ *oU mU8t tp }?f m liuve taken leave of r5r^j\7 K?Z!j your senses, anil I al^~""*'|sY/p~Y ^s. va7H told you I inE K I-I } tended to wed a man with blue eyes and golden hair, and yours aro dark. Be Bides you are tweaty-seven and a medical student, two things 1 never oould tolcrato in tho man 1 honor with my heart and hand." And lovely little Lottio Rcxdal laughed a very wicked littlo laugh us she pushed the cud of her red silk parasol luto the soft soil under an old apple tree, ut the saiuo time glancing saucily up at her companion, a scholarly young man. "Why do you ask me?" she roBuinod. "Because I wanted to bo mado fnn of, to bo ridiculed by tho littlo girl I love," replied Vane Winton, smiling sadly at the port youug lady perched on tho back of a rustic garden seat, her brown frizzes fulliug roguishly inlo her dancing browu eyes. "N'ow, that doesn't sound a bit like our own gravo Vuue, who studies modicino aud cultivates an ico cream complexion. " "An iee cream complexion?" osked Vnno Winton, a little mystified." "Yes; that's Lottio Rcxdal's term for students' complexions. You book worms study uway uutil your faces take on tho huo of that sweet compound." answerod the roguish girl. "If you would only be grave for a whilo I might talk to you," 6aid Vane. "l'es; yon know I'm 6iich a rogue that I should put you to the blush a thousand times a day," chimed in Lottie. "I am willing to ran tho risk." "Ah! but I shall not agree to any Buch sacritioe. Marry eoine steady, seusible girl. Alice May will be here in ono hoar. Bo polite, and captivate her. Miss May is so highly cultured and grave that 6ho will surely not bo less than sublimo in your eyes. I'll tell you?" But Vane did not stay to hear more. Ho walked ofl, leaving gay Lottie Rexlal laughing merrily. Lottie was the ward of Vane Winton's kind father. Sho had been orphaned at a very early nge. A maiden aunt had then adopted her. When Lottio was but ten, aud her education not half completed, her kind relative ilied. But before that sho had scut for Mr. Winton, her girlhood's lover, and made him promise to receive tho little orphan girl. The kind man consented ; and so Lottie became an inmate of Vane Winton's home. Vnne was tho only child of wealthy parents, and at tho time when Lottie same to his father's house he was away on tho Coutineut. When he returned three year.? afterwards ho found his "ward sister," as lie had called her in his letters, away at some school for girls. 80 it happened that Vane and Lottie had never mot until six mouths before. Vane was a line scholar, but ho hart never studied any profession. Now, at the age of twenty-seven, realizing perhaps that "it is never too late to mend," he wus fitting himself for the medical frofcHsiou. Vane was trying to study at his homo that summer. Sometimes he found it impossiblo to do so amid the tempest aroused by mischievous Lottie ltexdal. She threw open the unused piano, anrt made the house ring with her clear, bell-liko notes. She filled the library with flowers, tossed up Vauo's books, and even scribbled on them. She rode every horsoon the placo, romped with Prince, tho great shaggy dog, tore her dresses, wont bare headed, and turned the wulo hall into a skating rink. She was utterly spoiled by both Mr. and Mrs. Wintou. At first Vane had neen snocKeu, nut me moro lie studied lior original character, the more ho become reconciled to it. Tolerance gave place to admiration, and that, in duo time, to love, lie ha 1 always felt a vague longing to discover a woman in whose character lie hoped to find originality and freedom lro:n affectation. If he could only touch Lottio to love him, want a splendid woman she might become! Ho would wait patiently and hopefully, ho reasoned, as he walked away. Taking a volume l'rom his pocket, he sat down on a bench under an elm, and bogan to peruse it. Soon a merry laugh caused him to look up, and ho saw Lottie riding down the lane on her milk-wlnto Floss. Very bright anil piquant she looked in her riding habit as sho drew rein beside him. ".Sir Owl, I'm on inv way to meet Miss Alice now ; and while I'm gone I shall oxpect you to comb your hair, part it in tho middle, put on a clean collar, pin a llower in your buttonhole, and act very {esthetic and duke-like." And with a merry luugh sho rodo away. For weeks after Alice May's arrival the house was tilled with company. Vane devoted himself almost entirely to her, leaving Lottie toamuso herself. At the frequent picnics Alice nbouo us <r IP a id. | Pie cliief star of the oaea?ion. Che J might bo goue nil day, but returned with bcr elegant costumes us perfocfc as when she started,while Ihottic would lose her parasol and fun, nud tear great holes in her dresses, und cuwo j hOluo with her fneo mid hands ns b!anlc < as a gypsy's. Wlicu Vane and Alice weut riding, Lottie would show off Floss and jump hedges, thus provokiug earnest remoustrauce from Vane. Then the brown-eyed witch ro.lo faster than ever, sending back gay pearls of laughter to the dignified couple whom slio left to bring up the rear. Of late Vuao thought ho detected a certaiu recklessness iu Lottie'c freaks. When going up the mountain, where it was so steep that he dism .muted to lead Alice's horse, she galloped ou, putting whip to Floss, wuo rushed up the rocky ascent, touring up pobble and turf, over wide chasms, aud along narrow ledges, where h single misstep would have hurled pony and girl down to instant destruction. Vane trembled; but to hide his fears, he gave Alice hi3 full attention. One day he went into the library, and found Lottie seated on the window sill. She was unusually qtiiet. Sho had been watching Alice, who, with book in hand, was promenading on the lawn below, under the shady trees. "Sho is very beautiful," said Vane, looking towards the graceful figure. "I wonder if sho would marry me?" "Vane Wiutoa, haven't yon asked her yet?" "Xot yet. Perhaps I shall to day. I Do you think I had better do so?" '? a i _i,_ ?rr .'iwci uui tniuijr. nuu iau sinking merrily. In ii short time 6he was tearing down tho roail on Fioss at brcnknock speed. Atter alio bad gone, Vano went out to Alice. "What ails Lottie?" the lady in1 quired. "Lottie? I do not understand." "As ehe passed ino just a few moments ago to mount kor pony, I spoke to her, 'Let me go, Alice May!' she snapped, and 1 noticed tears in her eyes. And then she rode off so recklessly that I am fearful she will put Floss in a had temper." Alico spoke lightly, but Vane's face paled as he walked back to the house, and waited anxiously lor Lottio's return. Presently he caught sight of Floss being led slowly by a strange man. Then followed a carriage with two ! men, one of whom held a girlish lig; ure in his arms. "It took place down on tho river road," explained one of tho men to Vane. "The girl was riding like tlio | wind when all at once the pon^r made | a plunge, and the girl landed among the rocks." Mr. and Mr?. Vinton carno harry | ing out, and the greatest excitomcut prevailed. They took Lottie in;o the : hou30, where it was ascertained that 1 ono nrin was broken, and several ugly j cuts and bruises had been received. I When Lottie opened her eyes, Vaao i was at her side. "Clo awav !" sho cried. "Never, darling, lor I love you!" I "How can you love mo and marry 1 Alice?" she pouted. "I am not going to marry Alice." "Why, Lottie, can it he that you are jealous?" said Alice, taking her j hand. "Vane and I do not want each ' other." "I was very jealous," confessed Lottie, "but please don't go away." And he did not. "When you spoke of marrying Alice, I did not caro what happened to me." "Hut you refused me." "I know it, but only to tease you." Just as soon as Lottio recovered there was a qu;et wedding, and Alice was bridesilitiid. A New Hell. Many sensitive persons nro startled : by the abrupt incisive sound given out ! )??r tli.i nlnntrirt I .<,11 At i ?- - \--j .?*. (jucrrc, u l'.iris electrician, who has been working on tho idea that this i characteristic ot tho electric bell was ne t irreme.liable, has produced 11 boll which gives u continuous musical sound. Tho note is very soft, unci sweet, although penetrating, and is said to bo an exaggeration ot that obtained by rubbing the edge of a glass with the linger. Instead of a bell with , a hammer ami a spring interrupter, a I steel hell is usod, which is its own interrupter. When tho circnit is closed by the pressure of the button at tho t other end of tho line, it is reloased j from tho electro-magnet forced for! ward and released again for a number of times with great rapidity. Tho I vibration set up produces the pleating humming instead of the familiar sound so irritating to nervous people. Tho pitch of the note can at any timo bo changed. For instance, should there he sickness in a house and it is desired i to reduco tho carrying quality of the note, it can be lowered until it is audible only to servants, or others whom it is intended to summon. i P.ILL ARP'S LETTER. IIKDILATKS UPON TIIK RARITY OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY. The ".<oiir of tlio Shirt" and "The Ilallifl's Sulc" Draw Love and Praise. If Gordon Noel Hurtcl never writes anything more, "The bailiff's Sale,"is sufficient to draw love und praise from r11 good people. It has kindled a kindly feeling toward him, and what is better, it has warmed our pity and enlisted our sympathy for the suffering poor. How easy it is for hearts to get hard and charity to grow cold. The sale of the poor tenants' household goods to pay tlio Inudlord's rent is a much more common thing than is supposed. The picture is not overdrawn. If it is not sold l>y the constable it is by the auctioneer. I* never pass an auction sale of old furniture but what I linger and look and pouder. There is an unwritteu chapter of want aud misery in every old bureau and sofa and chair. There are hearts aching somewhere. There is sadness under somo roof. If the sale fiaid the debt there would be some comfort, but the costs of court, the drayage and com- < missions, takes about all?for, as Mr. Ilurtel says: "Such worthless old rubbish will go for a souer." "Alas! for the rarity of Christian charity," when the bereaved mother has to spend her last quarter to buy in her dead baby's chair. If that did not really happen, something akin to it is happeuinrr every day iu our crowded c'ties. What we see when we visit them is only the sunshiue and glitter that wealth has brought to the favored few. We walk or rido on I'eachtree atnl wonder and admire, but who seeks the dark alleys where the poor congregate? Judge Bleckley wrote a beautiful poem, called "A Tale of TwoCities i ?the City of Life and the City of Death"?Atlanta and its cemetery; and his contrast betweeu their inhabitauts ^ is wonderfully graphic and true. But there is a more pathetic contrast be tween the very rich and the very poor in every crowded metropolis. Sometimes we condone onr neglect of poverty and suffering by saying they nre not worth befriending?they are ungrateful?they brought their misery upon themselves?or, if you feed them and set them up for today they will want more tomorrow. Some folks say that private charity is against public policy, but my experience and observation is that the best way to quiet our consciences is to liolpthem? give help in some way. There are a few professional beggars, but not enough to impoverish anybody in this southern country. But those who are really poor and do actually suffer for good shelter, good food and comfortable clothing nre ninny and are increasing in numbers every day. '* I^Ty wife cut out those touching verses about the bailiff's sale and says they remind her of Tom Hood'i "Song of the Shirt." "Oh, for onn short hour To feci as I used to feet. I t Before I knew the woes of want. ur tiio worii tliat cu-iIh a nic;i!'" That "Song of the Shirt" awakened ] all London to the Bufferings of poor women, nu<l it has come down to us along the corridors of time and quick- j ened our sympathies uud enlarged our | charities. Oh, that our rich peo|)le ~ would sometimes rend it and drop a . tear of sympathy nud then go out into . the by-ways and do something for humanity's sake, llockefeller is a great ( philanthropist in his way, but George t Penbody will outrunk him in the an- J1 uals of history and the judgment of , heaven. Why does not some multi- t millionaire follow his example and pro- f vido cheap homes for the poor of our cities? I have heard it said tint it wor h Tom Hood's poem that first inspired t him to build cheap lodgiugi for the 1 poor of London. His plans for so doing were not curried out for several t venrp, but he could not erase from his t memory the lines: t ' That shattered roof?this naked toor, < A table?a broken chair, And a wall bo b!ank my shadow I think For aometimci falling there." Ho spent three millions on those ? lodging houses and they are itill a comfort tc the thousands who ecupy them. Human nature is not so meau and selfish as it is thoughtless nul forgetful. Our best emotions neel reminders. Every now and then i pathetic pioturo must bo drawn,a tinder noeni must be written. Wo muststo tha poor woman with the faded shaw? "As she wipes with its fiiti^es a tear fron her eye." ' Many a man has pity in his bnast *' ntul charity in his heart, htit it niimbers because it does u<>t Bee the lai ery t of the unfortunate. Poverty shnaks t from the public gaze. It hidoa ihelf and BufTera and waits, and hence wo Bee large sums of money gathered in the chnrchee to bo sent to thoao t!ar off when there is more need of it at i home. Starving people do not goito ' church nor will they go half clad ?in ' unseemly garments. The best relitri n , languisheB from hunger and cold. Tr t < charity must hunt for distress and i - ' lieve it. , , This reminds me of the convicts at\l their pitiless condition. Most of thei ' deserve their fate, but ninong the ii, 000 there are Rome who have expiate? ' their ofTenses and ought to be set free' The courts make mistakes sometimes^ 1 and no doubt there are many couvicta 'J paying penalties they do not owe.t f There is not a mora helpless creature^ " upon earth than a iriendless convict, . j and we rejoice that Governor Atkinson and the cornmitte are making a searchinr; examination, The governor told t int; of a negro boy who bad served j liiue years ami had eleven more to j serve. Ho went in a boy of fiftccu, ] charged with arson, and now it appears j most clearly that ho was not guilty, j and it could have been so proved, but ; the witness, a substantial citizen, lived out of the state and his evidence could not bo hud. The boy wns convicted on circumstautial evidence. The governor has affidavits that place the iunocence of this negro beyond all doubt, aud of course he has set him at liberty. He has shortened the terms of a great many and his consideration for those who have behaved well receives unusual commendation. lteform is said to be ouo of tho objects of puuisbmeut, and if the criminal has really repented and reformed, he should be giveu another chance. My wife was commenting on that little chair that was the poor mother's tokou of her dead child and that re minueu Dor of a little worliatand that , the yaukees took froin her aud carried < off. It was a beauty aud was made specially for her twenty-fourth birth- j day and she ban lamented ita loss all t these yours. Forty more yearA have 1 passed, and now she has another birth- [ day, aud all that I had to give her was ( a morning kiss on her brow aud a s white rose in her raven hair aud to t wish her long life and happiness aud t that her last days might be her beHt J days. God grant that no affliction or j calamity may befall her! Her abseut s boys wrote ber loving letters, audasshe < read them she said: "I knew they would " not forget their poor old mother." ' "I'oor ! !" said I. "You are not poor, l You are fat mid you arc rich in your jposterity,and you are not old?not near , as old as I am. Why notsny their rich > and lively aud well preserved mother?" f But numerous grand-children and J more coming does mnke au ancient t, matron feel old, especially if sho had I to play ruuagee from the fowl iuvaders t tiud carry half a dozen little helpless ^ children with her during a long aud cruel wur. Those four years ought to r couut ten iu the calendar of aiuother'f ' age. ? B;r.n Aiu? iu Atlanta Coustitu- * tiou. (OITOXCIU)"CONDITION'S. a Unusually Good From Alabama tc v tne I no lit 11 Territory. ' The consolidated returns of reports to the * statistical division of the Department of kgrieulture for tbo mouth of June shows the state percentage of cotton ns compared with T ast year to bo as follows: Virginia 107, North Carolina 117, South Carolina 111, Georgia ,13. Alabama 113. Mississippi 114, Louisiana .. ,03, Texas lit!, Arkansas 130, Tenlessee 128, Indian Territory 161, Mis- " ouri 1G3, Oklahoma, 104. The general av- 11 rage is 116.2, being 1.3 per cent, increase n jver the May statement. The average coudiions of the crop for June 1 was: Virginia 31. s'orth Carolina 33, South Carolina 37, Geor- *' tin 33. Florida. 05, Alabama, 103, Mississippi t< 04. Louisiana 04. Texas 02, Arkansas 102. W LVnnessee 11M, Missouri 02. The general 51 icreagois 07.'2. In the Atlautic States, in spite of dry P veathor in early spring, the crop is a lit- ,-i le earlier than usual, l'oor stands on lie- ai ouut of drought, are reported from two ountles in North Carolina and South Caro- 1' inn and from seven counties in Georgia; but tl he plants are in lino condition as respect K otli cultivation and growth through this egion. In Florida the crop is late ar.d stands aro b loor on account of tho excessive drought. tl "rom Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, d irkansas. Tennessee and Indian Territory, ll he reports are unusually encouraging, in ? vxns the conditions have been less favorable huu in the Atlantic and Gulf States. SWALLOWKI) IIV THE WAVES. British Steamer Goes Dawn with Hundreds on Hoard. One Saved. ' I A special telegram from London says: The .ritish steamer Druininond Castle, which ,j aileil from Table Hay, May 28th, for this ^ ort with 350 persons on board, has j. K-en suuk near L'shant. the most western of jj lie island oil the coast?>f lirittany, France, ^ lnt* steamer l'ruinmoii i casta* was wrock'd at miduight on June l(ith. A survivor of 1' h? disaster named Mnripiard is at I'sliant c ind two others nr<- at 11?* ?!? Molen. fc>ix bod- ] ' s have been recovered, including that of ?nicer < *ill. About six bodies have leen placed in a special house. The a hip sank in three minutes. 1'j ['he I>ru:ninond Castle struck the rocks west f He de Molene nt midnight on the ltitli and ank immediately. ' here was no time to " ake out the boats. lTesent information is < ' hat one person was saved at Ushunt and ^ wo other survivors are at lie de Molene. I'iieir names are not Riven. A Rovernment ug is carrying on the search. The teleRram dates that the Sybille lowered iier boats and lid ull tiiat it was possible to do to rescue hose on board tlie steamer, but so sudden vas the collapse of the vessel that the efforts >f ihe cruiser's men were in vuin. ]< _ ? H Georgia Fruit Crop Injured. t; The Georgia fruitVrop, which up to a month 11 iro gave promise of being one of the best in \\ nany years, now appears to be very poor, n rhe cause of this failure of the crop is due a o tlie long dry spell in May and the ravages -l; >f insects. From all parts of the State retorts come that the fruit is dropping oiT the rees, and conservative men estimate that the tl ruit crop of the state this year will rot .mount to more than half a full crop. The liible Kruger's Guide. _ ... n i Deputations, with the Mayors of nil the j owns of South Africa, wuitoil upon Presi- ' j lent Krutfer to thank him fur his eleineney o the convicted It -formers. President Km;er pointed to the ititdo with the remark ' hat there wns his Kuido. He then referred o Cecil lthodes, who, he said, was aetinK as ill ' he were e^imt on a do# li;;ht. He who xd caused the trouble was still unpunished. An Unexpected Victory. k An unexpected victory for woman suffrage <-1 ias lieen K'dued in Mi'-hitran. The Coin en- < Jon of the Protestant episcopal dioeese of lint State has decided to permit women to rote upon election of vestrymen and other ^ hnreh matters. Two years into the clergy Ci if the diocese voted for a eanonieal amend- v nent to this efTeet, hut tie- iav members of that Convention ?ave a majority of two iguinst it. It was adopted last week by a rote of 2S elerKymen and III laymen for and j; 20 clergymen and 15 lay men against, .. rennossee Town Financially \Vreeked There were el?ht assignments precipitated " y the closing (if the Hank of Wntertown, I'enn., A. llrynti, president. Speculation in utures, it is claimed, hroiitfht about the ilis.-ter and has almost completely wrecked the ^ hri\iiik little town. So sudden and unex ecled \va? the collapse, the whole commit!.- V ty in- d ic.cil. l-'or years \Vat"rtown has 1, ee-i > :.-id< r' d one of th" most solid an 1 ic -native .'.naueiai :.t'-rs in Wnai THh COMMFKriM. RKl'OItTS. Eluslness Sliowo Improvcinnt. I>ecrfttue tn the Number of failures. Pun ami ltradstreet's commercial reports or tho past week is as follows: There nre rontinued sigus that a gain in business has jeguu. Stocks have gone biglier than they ivero befure the artilleial break ten days ago; wheat and cotton are in better demand; thero is more confidence in monetary circles and :ho tendency toward shrinkage in great inlustrics seems in some measure, at least, to )o checked. While tlie outcome of tho Democratic Convention is uncertain and tho treat crops are not yet wholly beyond danger, i sure and strong improvement could hardly t?e expected, but the tone iu business circle's lias grown distinctly more hopeful. Textile manufacturers do not gain. < The onlv change in cottons is a reduction a bleached shirtings iu standards to the owest nriw ever reached, though the "liauge discloses no now weaknesses, but a relief that the time has cotne when sales cau jenellt l?y reduction, and large sales are now reported. Stocks ot dealers arc believed to >e so low that replenishment would now oak? a great change in the condition of industry. Tin- waiting in iron and steel brings a slightly lower average of prices, the lowest since April 1. and oulv 1-H per cent, above he lowest of the year, though the coinhiuaious make no changes in quotations, beams ire quoted delivered instcud of at the mill, jut numerous contracts are kept bnck; consumption of wire nails ut current prices lias so declined that American wire rods are (ff'Tcd at competing prices in England; scarcely anything is done in bars. IMatea ire weak and also sheets, and orders for rails hough numerous are not large. Southern s?o. 1 is offered at tI below Pennsylvania >ig. ami grey forge i> 10c. lower at Pittsburg, tinee coke has mlvaii'-cd to i'2 per ton the ivens at work have decreased :::t per cent, ind the weekly output is GO.Obi tons or 35 >er cent. At ll<wti mo re general trade is very dull, alhougli some merchants are preparing to end travelers South. Crop prospects iu rexns are unfavorable, owing to lack of rain, >ut quite satisfactory i:: South l>ikota ami Vest into Washington, llelativcly the most avorable trade report of the week is from .'liicago where inquiry for iron and steel has ncrensed, and specifications for work aro nminir fi.rw.'irt! mnr.* '!*>? -i lmar.ratii.,,1 ettef feeling arid I III* business outlook here is more favorable. Chicago jobbers u dry goods, clothing ami shoes report fair ales for fall tra <\ business failures liroughout the United States contiuue to uu somewhat abovt the ranee in like weeks n preceding years. The total reported this reek Is compared with 2:14 last week itul 2."?1 in tin1 week one year ago. There is it moderate increase in I nnk tearing* throughout the United States whieh gnouut to ijl.OSS.OOO.OOO this week, an <nreuse of 10.(? per eent. over the preceding reek, lost a decrease of ;5..r> per eent. as eomr,"d with the corresponding week one year go. OUR TROOPS IN MEXICO. reaty Signed PermtttliigOur Soldiers to Cross the Frontier. The seeretnry of state has signed a treaty tat has been concluded with Mexico, and tat goes into immediate efTect, for which te United States hns been cout 'tiding fcr inny years. It permits troops of the United tates to cross the Mexican frontier in purtit of bands of Indians who have cotntnit d outrages and depredations on American hi and lied into the convenient states of [exico to avoid being hunted down. This feature of Indian warfare has been articularly exasperating to energetic and uterprisiug commanders like General Miles ud the lute General Mackenzie, who on lore than one occasion have rounded up ustilo Apaches only to seo them slip across to Mexican frontier, and laugh the charmed commander to scorn. Cochleo did this, as also did Natchez, and hen Captain Emmett Crawford, of the Uni d States cavalry, followed the latter over te line, the American ofllcer was shot to eath with some ol his comrades by Mexican "oops, who were protecting the neutrality" f their soil against Gringo invasion. An Editor's Memories. There? was a time when newspaper m-ii in .-w-w i urn aim n asiunirrou ontribub-d r/rt a lit tic* to public ?isertainuieirt by the savajre way in rhirli they pitelie.l into each other. Mint doughty eombatant. .lamos Watoil Webb, was era ml muster in this ;iti?l of strife. Hack ill the thirties tin lability to be oltalleiiijeil toinpeiirl. bat ill not restrain. the virulence of news>aper abuse, ami it nourished uneheek '1 ia tiie early days of the New York I em hi. when the entire j>r.-ss of '.In Ity eomhiiied to jc.it ilown this darina tnl suceessful aspirant for publh a vor. In Hudson's "History of .(ottrnalisin 1 the 1'nited States" may be found a olleetioti of the elmiee epithets burled t the elder Heimett in 1M?? by lh'll'K lenjatiiin in the Signal, by Judire Noah 1 the levelling Star, and by .lames i'atsoti Webb in the Courier and Ha * nirer. 'lliese have not been surpassed efore or siliee. Hesides tlieiil, (Jl'ee y's "little villian" eliaraeteri/.atioii of laytnond in 1S.\'{ and after sounds line. The hist eiuineiit professor of ie eui-aiui-inrtisi method <?r dealing itli his brethren <?f tin* press was .Tellings, of the Times. He found. I think, genuine delight in it, and one of the iistinies of tlie New York editors f twenty-live years ago was to goad lis redouldahl" swashbuckler into iragraphie fury. lie gave, as a rule, s good as he got. Hut it may he doubted whether Ids niaiadversions on the table manners ml the condition of the linger nails of ie editor of an evening contemporary id precisely the effect intended. The ictini was not sensitive to that kind f criticism, and it made discrimiuatig leaders grieve.?Forum. The boy had smashed his f it her'9 having mug when his mother disovered him. "tih. Freddie," she exlaimed, "what will your papa say fhen he entiles home and sees what oil have done';" "Well, mamma, 1 on't think I'd like to repeat It before oil."? Pearson's Weekly. Milson "Haven't you frntie to houseeeplnjr yet'{" Newly Married Man? No; we're waitinjr to save up enough > live in keeping with the style of the eddinjr presents." ? Philadelphia iortfi Aineriean. "lie is very trifled," said Miss (lushlfftoti. "Why. he can sit down an 1 rrite poetry liv the yard." "Yes," r.lied the envious rival. "The only dilliulty is tiiat tin* puhlie reads it i<y lie ineh." Wasiiin^'tou Star.