The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, June 26, 1896, Image 2
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.