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NEWS OBSERVATIONS.
: -"Uuek" Grant comes into a fortune
of $1,000,000 through the death of ex
Senator Chaffee: - ! h -
-r?-PreBident Cleveland passes the 49th
mile-postltoday, 'The .Buffalo Dejno
cirati wUt:celebriite the occasion. ?: '
r--Young ladies will be delighted to
learn that a sort of clothespin has been
it elated which 'makes artificial dimples
in a girl's cheek after fone application.
f The Senate has increased the House
bill increasing the pensions of soldiers'
and jailors' widow from $8 to $12 per
njorrth.- iWith the: favor of the Presi
dent the Dili frill now Income a law
& 1 is now believed that the suit to test
the validity' of the patent of the Bell
Telephone Company will be instituted,
during the present week; and most . pijob
ably at Columbus, Ohio. (
; "It is said that a conspiracy has been
discovered in Jkpan to overthrow tae SJi
kadd's government. If it succeeds
thero is a good opening fof the Mikado
t'come to Amefioft and go on the road.
;. It is plain that the Senate , debate
on - the Presiderkial prerogative is losing
ito attractiveness. : Speeches are now
made to almostempty galleries. Per
haps Mr. JRiddleberger can be induced
to add a bit of novelty to the exercises.
I The I democrats of Rhode Island
have nominated Amasa Sprague ; for
governor' Thomas p. Robinson for lieutenant-governor
and Franklin P. Owen
for secretary bf state. The party doesn't
expect to succeed this year, but it means
to make i wholesome fight.
r-One of the.most ingenious processes
which has lately come into vogue in the
treatmeni of iroia-r-an Austrian inden
tion -is that of giving to the metal a
silver surface, :this being effected by
first covering the iron with mercury and
then silver by the galvanic process. By
heating to 300 degrees, C., the mercury
evaporates and the silver layer is fixed.
' -The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has r
Offered three prizes for the three Jbest
lists of 'ten greatest books published in
ihis century. I' Fifty-two lists have been
sent in by as many people and trie of
the results isf the curious tact that Vic
tor Hugo takes the lead among; the
authors named.': He appears in 26 lists,
Macaulay in 25, Dickens in 23, George
Eliot in 22 and Thackeray in 17. Tina i
ser tea' to show thet deen and lasting im
pression made upon the popular Ameri- j
can nindt by tne liberty-loving lingo.
?p Genl Viel is formulating a bill for
the purpose of increasing' the efiicKhcy
Of the organised military forces of the
United States by Combining the regular'
axf4y and militia in to; corps d armee, ;
corresponding tx tne military divisions
of the country r said military divisions to ?
be reformed in accordance with the pres-
ent population,: instead of by territorial ;
iarea, as at present, the appropriation forr-
the militia to be made i by the general;
government "tq- defray, the expense of:
autumnal manoeuvres in the several di-j
yisioiis. i The general is Lu.sy prcparingv
his lani! He savs that if it should be
carried $nt the United States in aj few!
years wQl have the finest regular army;
and militia co-operative service in tn
4-Some of J the fellow-Senators of
Charles W. Jones, of Florida, are be
ginning 'to regard his continued stay in'
Detroit in a more serious light than a
the merely silly conduct of a moonstrnck
. ' Une Of .his warmest friends- in
the Senate said .that he had no doubt Mr;
Jones was actually insane, or, at least;
that his' mind had been affected to such
a degree that hd-wat not responsible for
his actions. ! The Senator now ignores
everv effort made to induce him to re
turn tof Washington, no responses being
received to any of the urgent messages
which have . been; sent to him on the sub
lect. It is said by his friends that
had Mr. Jones paid any sort of attention
to his Senatorial duties this winter ne
would 'have had no difficulty in securing
a re-election to the Senate for the terln
beginning next year. :Now, however, his
chinoes of being his own successor axe
regarded as hopeless. I I f
Some '. of. the most elegant light
dresses for; the season are soft pliable
American silks in handsome shades,
prmted veiling- mousselines delaine,
and tinted cashmere of the finest French
manufacture. The style adopted by the
leading "elegantes" is a short round
skirt, edged with a ruche trimmed with
a kilting, era row of full fan-pleated
plisses, caught up with tiny ornaments.
This skirt is then draped with the veil
tag, cashmere, or other fabric compos
ing the overdress, which is arranged to
show -a great deal of the under-skirt,
either by being caught up high on the
flips, oil uu Blue, orraiseu u v iuii uieaie
at- each side; displaying the entire front
of the first skirt. The backs are either
graceully bouffant, but not revealing
much-ol tne. unaeraress, ormaynang in
full straight box -plea 'a the whole length
or nearly so. - a ,t
The necessity of husbanding: the
resources of our acres and of returning
to our starving fields those elements' of
plantgrowth quite or nearly exhausted,
is vearly forcing itself more prominently
Upon the attention ol tne larmers 01, at
least, the' eastern halt ot our country,
and the line is very rapidly extending
westward. Millions of acres that once
produced magnificent crops of the vari
ous grains, even west of the great lakes.,
ire how lying vacant, or barely paying
for the most shiftless cultivation- ':j This
uesiion'cannot be?seriously considered
too Soon, even by farmers on J the now
Hch and piroductiye prairies west ; of the
great rivers. Though western farmers
may, tMnk they hjive no need . Of such
knowledge, they should not fail to thor
oughly poit themselves, and those far
mers who do so, and ijho take;ad van
tage of 8HCh knowledge, will by and by
be looked upon as the M lucky ones"
wh$ have the richest farms in? the vi
cinity where they Uf. ! !
I CONGRESSIONAL.
BKSATOR JOE BBOWR, OF tiCO&filA,
fTHAULM VP IX EDHCNDS,
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Washinqtox, D. C., March 18.4-Sxit-atk.
The chair laid before the Senate
the concurrent resolutions of the legisla
ture of Virginia protesting against the
proposition to place foreign iron ores on
the free listt Referred.; .
The inter-State commerce bill was made
the special Order for March 30 ad the
bankrupteyibill for March 31.
; The Senate passed without debate the
bill providing for a commission of five
persons to . investigate the alcoholic
liquor: traffic, . its relations to revenue
and taxation and its general economic,
criminal moral and scientific aspects, in
connection with pauperism, crime, so
cial vice, public health and the gen
eral welfare of the people. The bill
Erovides that the commissioners shall
e appointed by the President, with the
consent of the Senate; that all of the
commissioners shall not be advocates
of prohibition and that they shall serve
without salary, lhe Senate also passed
without debate the bill providing for
the study of the nature of alcoholic
stimulants and narcotics and their effect
on the human system. The bill applies
to schools: in all the Territories and the
District of Columbia, and to military
and naval academies and Indian schools.
At 2 o'clock the judioiary committee's
resolutions concerning attorney general
Garland' came up.
Mr, J Van Wyck offered as an amend
ment to ' the resolutions the following :
And in all such cases of removal the
matter of confirmation shall be consid
ered in open session of the Senate."
Mr; Sewell, occupying the chair, re
marked:; ".The amendment -will be
printed and lie over."
Mr. .brown took the floor in opposi
tion to the report of the majority of the
committee.' Mr. Drown said it seemed
to him that there was but a single ques
tion it issue between the President and
the majority of the Senate. That ques
tion was, had the President, withoat the
advice and consent of the Senate power
to remove Federal officers when, in his
opinion, the publio interests required .
such removal. This was practically a
legal question. As the constitution was
the supreme law, if it conferred the
power of; removal on the President
alone, that settled the question, no
matter how many acts of Congress might
have .been passed in violation pf the con
stitution, i If the constitution did not
itself directly confer the power, but con
ferred upon Congress the power to de
cide upon that question, then we must
look to ; ;tne act of (Jongteas m
determining the power of the President
in removals, whether with or without
the; consent of the Senate. Let us ex
amine the constitution. Mr, Brown then
read from : the constitution the 'sections
relating to the executive power,: to show
that the President possessed the whole
of that .power except as to particulars
in which . the constitution specifically
qualified it. It did qualify the appointing
power Of the President as to certain of
ficers, by requiring the advice and con-Bent-of
the Senate to their appointments,
but placed no such qualification on his
power of removal. After an examina
tion of the constitution to establish these
points, Mr. Brown took up the; question
oft contemporaneous construction and
precedents established by the practice of
the governments beginning with tne year
1789,; He quoted the declarations of dis
tinguished members of the first Congress
on the question, involving substantially,
he said, the question involved here, in
debate Mr. Madison had declared: "It
is said that it comports with the nature
of things that those 'who appoint should
have the power to remove. ; nut i do
not conceive that this sentiment is war
anted by the constitution." Mr. Madi-
toti has' also said: "If you say an officer
shall not be displaced but by and with
the advice of the Senate, the: rresident
iY'no' longer answerable for the oonduct
of such offioer." Mr. Brown cited
a number of extracts from the decisions
of. Chief Justice Marshall; and from
Judge jj; Starrs' work on the "Con-
dtnuuon ana opinions oi AiiorneyB
General to prove that tne responsi
bility of the President was inot to the
Senate,, but to the people in leases of re
movals! from office. We have, then
he said, the concurrent testimony of our
most distinguished commentators, judges
and Presidents, and a number of the
most? distinguished Republican states-
meny as well as the unbroken .practice
of the different Presidents through all
the administrations from 1789 to lt7,
that .the President had the power, with
out Consulting the Senate j to remove
Federal officers, whether civil or mili
tary pi; So much for the constitutional
construction on the question for the first
three-quarters of a century of the repub
lic. Unfortunately at the end of that period
two :sections of the; Union became en
gaged: in a civil war. At the end of
thsstruggle the dominant party in
Congress at the time, when passion and
prejudice were at the highest, found in
tlelj chair a President. (Andrew
3Sib: 1 . 1 .1
Jottbson), elected Dy them as
Vicer resident, wno j bad been
ili Democrat all his life and had been
put upon the Republican ticket because
of having been a consistent Union man.
The i feeling of antagonism between
president Johnson and the Republican
majority of the Senate became intensi
fied and they determined,; in order bet
ter;'$o serve the party; purposes, to
bledge him in so that he should not ex
ercise the powers that for; three quarters
of 4 'century had- been exercised by the
President. Congress in 18b7 passed the
tbnure of office law.' Mr. Brown re
cited at length the sections of the law,
showing that it required the
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President to give to the Senate, among
other things,' his evidence and reasons
for suspending officers during the recess
of the Senate. He stated that when pas
sion had in some measure subsided that
section was modified in 1869, under the
administration of President Grant, so as,
among other things, to dispense with the
statement of the reasons. IS the law of
1867; he said, was the law today, and
was in accordance with the constitution,
there was no doubt that the Senate-could
require the President to give to the Sen
ate the evidence and reasons for his re
moval of an officer. But the modifica
tion of the law made in 1869 did not
require the President to state the evir
dence of reasons $ and, so far as the re
movals were concerned it put the law
back to where it stood before the act of
1867 was passed, and where the consti
tution had placed the matter. It em
powered the President, lh his discretion,
without producing any evidence, or.
giving any reason, or sending to the
Senate any papers, to suspend any7
civil officer appointed by and with the
advice and consent the Senate, 'ex
cept judges of courts, until the end of
the next session of the Senate. Mr.
Brown took up the number of cases cited
in the. report of the majority of the
committee, and after analyzing them as
serted that lhe points involved were not
similar to the point here in . question,
and that the oases, therefore, afforded
no support for the argument attempted
to be based on them, lie continued:
"The Senate had no jurisdiction of the
question of suspension or removal of
officers. In attempting to exercise any
such jurisdiction the Senate usurped
authority not conferred on it by the con-
stitution or the law. It had no more
right to demand of the President
the evidence on which ' he acted
or the reasons for his action than it had
to demand of the supreme court the rea
sons for its decisions, or to demand of
the House of Representatives its reasons
for passing a particular bill. It bad no
more power Over the subject than had
the President to ask. the Senate for its
reasons for rejecting a nomination. The
attempt was a naked, bald usurpation
on the part xf the Senate." -Mr. Brown
maintained that the tenure-of-office law;
which he termed "an absurd law, was
a palpable violation of the constitution.
t attempted, without authority, to
imit the legitimate power which the
constitution conferred on the President
in making removals from office. In con
clusion Mr. Brown said: "The people of
this country constitute a high court of
appeals and it is the judgment of that
high court, not that the President has
used the power of removal, but that he
has - failed to use it with sufficient
energy, if there is any charge against
him in the popular mind it is not a
charge of eommission, but a charge of
omission; not that be has made mis
takes in making, appointmente or -re
movals from office (doubtless he has
made some); but that his mistake has
been that he Omitted to use the : power
with sufficient force. When the people
of the United States called the Presi
dent to the. high and responsible posi
tion he now fills and placed in his hands,
as a great trust, the executive
power of this government,
expected in carrying out
policy that he would put
his
in
a
office and retain in office as
assistants persons of ability
his
and
integrity, who concur in his policy and
are ready to-render important and faith
ful service in carrying it lLto execution
it was not the intention of the people
that the executive office of the govorn-
ment should be filled with political
spies, plotting how they can soonest
overthrow the administration and sym
pathizing more with those who from the
outside make war upon it than - they do
with the President and his friends who
are attempting to sustain his policy,
which is an intention to advance the best
interests of the country. Let the Presi
dent exercise the power conferred on
him by , the constitution, - and re
move from office those who are
not in accord with his administration
and not ready to do faithful service in
aiding to carry out his policy, and fill
their place iwith honest, capable men,
who are friends of the administration,
and the universal acclamation of the
Democrats and the honest masses of the
people of this country will be "well
done, good and faithful servant. Mr.
President, the people, (the 'high court
of appeals') to whom alone the Presi
dent is responsible for the manner in
which he exercises his discretion in the
matter of removals from office, will or
der a non-suit in the great case of George
F. Edmunds & Co., Republican mana
agers of the Senate, vs. Grover Cleve
land, President of the United States."
At the conclusion of Mr. Brown s re
marks Mr. Bpooner too the floor in
support of the majority report.
At o o clock, Mr. bpooner still hav
ing the floor, the Senate went into ex
ecutive session and in about halt an
hour, the doOrs being reopened, ad
journed. .
HOCBI.
Mr. Negley, of Pennsylvania asked
unanimous consent to put upon its pas
sage the bill to reimburse the "National
Home for Disabled Volunteers" for
losses incurred through the failure of
the Exchange national bank of Norfolk.
Before the, title of the bill was read Mr.
Beach, of New York, objected. Mr.
Negley became indignant, but was help
less. The following committee reports were
presented:
By Mr. Harris, of Georgia, from the
committee on ways and means, authori
sing the establishment of export .to
bacco manufactories and for drawbacks
on imported articles used in manufac
turing exported tobacco. Committee of
the whole.
Bv Mr. Collins, of Massachusetts,
from the committee on judiciary,: to
establish uniform system of bank
ruptcy throughout the United States.
House calendar.
At the expiration of the morning
hour the House again went into commit
tee of the "whole on; the Indian appro
priation bill. The consideration of the
bill dragged drearily along, no amend
ments of any importance being offered,
and such as were offered being usually
ruled out on points of order. After a
long and uninteresting discussion and
finishing 48, of the 49 pages of the bill,
the committee rose and the House, at
5:55, adjourned.
Strikers Besom Work- on the Texas
Pacific, Pending- Arbitration.
Nkw Orleans, March 18. The strike
on this end of the Texas Pacific railroad
virtually ended this evening and trains
are now running but as usual. A com
mittee of Knights of Labor waited upon
receiver Sheldon today and had a con
ference, in which both sides agreed that
the case of Hall, the company's em
ployee at Marshall, Texas, whose'dis
charge caused the strike, should be sub
mitted to ; the United States court for
arbitration. Governor Sheldon fur
nished two of the committee with passes
to Marshall, that they might Bee Hall
and find out if he was willing to agree
to this arrangement. Meantime the
strikers resumed work. It is believed
that Hall will submit'to the decision of
the court and that the trouble is to be
thus ended finally.
The ONgoa-
Th Cans
My st y.
or hr lifts a
Nxw York, March' 18. There is a
great deal of discussion among naviga
tors as to what caused the loss of the
steamer Oregon. The collision with a
schooner is grdwing in discredit, owing
to the slender testimony in its favor.
Two other theories are advanced ; one
that the Oregon struck a floating tor
pedo, and the other that her side was
torn open by an explosion of some de
scription from the inside. The steamship
officials are absolutely dumb so far as
regards anything calculated to solve the
mystery ; but the more the matter is in
vestigated by disinterested men the
stronger becomes the conviction that the
disaster was not caused by a collision.
Washington 9fws Hot,
Washington, D. C, March 18. The
Senate committee on finance has voted
to report favorably upon the nomina
tions of a number of internal revenue
collectors whose predecessors were sus
pended, and is likely to report upon all
nominations before it within a few days.
A mutual understanding between the
committee and the secretary of the treas
ury has been reached, covering all, sus
pensions from and nominations to offices
which have no tenure, lhe nature of
the arrangement is not made public, but
a consideraDie number ot letters nave
recently been sent by the secretary to
th committee in response to an equal
number of inquiries,, and the correspond-
ence is still in progress. This arrange
ment covers all nominations before the
finance committee. ; .
Nw York Cotton Futures. :
' Nxw York, March 18. C. L. Green
& Co.'s report on cotton futures says:
Another advance of about &c has been
added to contracts; with a well-sustain
ed market at the close. Covering on
the part of some of the leading shorts
and careful manipulations by the
"bulls" furnished the main stimulus,
assisted by fairly favorable foreign ad
vices and a continuation of the Southern
movement at hardening rates. There
was a noticeable absence of new buying
orders, yet tho local "bull", element
operated with apparent confidence and
took care of all offerings.
Arresting- m Blew York Nwlndler.
New York, March 18. Alderman
Henry W. Jaehne was arrested ; in the
city hall park at noon today and taken
at once to police headquarters, on a
warrant charging him with bribery in
connection with the Broadway surface
road franchise. lhere
was a great
scurrying about among the politicians
hen the fact became known
uu iuc
came in streams to police headquarters,
the district attorney s office and the city
halL An indictment has been found
against Jaehne. ,
II dhoota his Friend Dead.
Atlanta, Ga.1. March 18.-i-While
Pat. Hickey, a merchant, was examin
ing an: old pistol this morning, he
snapped it at his friend Will. Pinion.
The ball went through Pinion's heart,
killing him instantly. Hickey fell across
the dead body and cried bitterly.' Later
in the day he was released on 15,000;
bail, lie takes it coolly.
i Htreet Can Ran a inc.
Columbcs, Ohio March 18. Thei
street cars on none of the lines came out
this morning pending the conference for
the settlement which has been in progress
for two days, lhe consolidated com
pany last night agreed to increase wages
from five to twenty cents, which was not
accepted. The employees ask for an
increase of from twenty-five to sixty
cents per day and forty minutes for
meals.
"' A Olutlual Hanged.
Chattanooga, March 18. John Gil
lespie, the negro who murdered Mrs
Thomas Gray, near London, Tennessee,:
ii . 1
yesterday, was hangea Dy a mob ol two
hundred men last night, near the scene!
of the crime.
Confirmations.
Washington, D. C, March 18. The
Senate today confirmed a long list of
nominations to office. The most impor
tant one was that of Brigadier-General
Terry to succeed Gen. Hancock. John
S. Finley was confirmed as postmaster
at Holly Springs, Miss.
lb First Cholera Case of th Meaaon.!
Rom, March 18. Two fatal cases of
cholera are reported from Candia, two
from Folia and seven from Padua,
A GREAT SALE.
IRE EAST l-TEVNESSEE. TIsUflJTIA A
UEORUI A R, R. TO BE 80t,D.
Tfc Parr It a. an Important On and In .
volvtns; Hack Una.
Knoxvillx, Tsnn., March 18. Judge
Jjhn Baxter, of the U. S. circuit court,
toiday ordered the sale of the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad,
on the application of the Central Trust
Company, of New York. The Sale is to
occur after six weeks' advertising and
not later than the 25th of May. The
payment is to be $100,000 cash oh the
day of sale, and the balance either in
cash or in mortgage bonds issued under
the mortgage being ! foreclosed, at a
valuation equal to their share if the en
tire amount were to be paid in cash.
No bid will be taken for less than $10,
000,000. The total indebtedness is
about $16,000,000. The Bale, will in
clude all thej lines from KnoXville to
Brunswick, Bristol and Meridian, with
the branches 4ud other property; includ
ing certain stock in the Knoxville &
Ohio R. R , and the Memphis & Charles
ton R. R. The purchasers will take the.
road subject j to all prior valid liens,
which amount to about $7,600,000
This takes the roads out of the hands of
the receiver as soon as the sale is con
firmed. The question of confirmation
will come up at a special term of the
Federal court at Knoxville in June, or
the regular term in July. . Judge Bax
ter s decree will be entered in Georgia,
Alabama and Mississippi. It is gener
ally understood that the present liond
holders recently proposing a reorgani
zation scheme will be the purchasers.
Coafrnc drautad to Knights of La
hor.
St. Louis, March 18. A special dis-
patch from Marshall, lexas, received
earlv this morning, savs : The receivers
of the Texas Pacific railroad have grant-1
ed a conference with the Knights of
Labor and will allow the court to arbi- I
trate on the hall matter.
Business Failure at Danilll.
Danville Va., March 18. M. Moore,
furniture dealer, made an assignment
today. His liabilities are $12,000; as
sets not known. '
The Lost Steamer Oregon. ; '
The Oregon was built for the Guion
line by J. Elder & Co., at Glasgow, in
lao She was built for speed, and her
trip from Queenstown to New York, fin
ished August 16, loo4, was made in bix
days and ten hours, breaking the best
record made up to that date. Since
then better time has been made, the
Cunarder Etruria covering the same dis
tance in six days, five hours, and forty
four minutes. The Etruria' s big record
was made on a trip ending August 22,
1885, and is the fastest.
The Orgon was made of iron, and was
520 feet long, 54 feet beam, and 40 feet
9 inches in depth, her gross measure
ment being about 7,500 tons. ' Her en
gines were capable of developing 13,
000 horse power. There were three
cylinders, one of 70 inches and two of
1U4 inches diameter. The stroke was
six feet. She had four masts; five decks.
and a berthing capacity for nearly 1,800
passengers. The first or promenade
deck extended the whole -length and
breadth of the vessel excepting the parts
forming turtle decks at the bOw and
stern, and a stroll around it would not
fall far short of a fifth of a . mile. The
fourth deck was used for cargo or steer
age passengers, 1,000 of which could be
accommodated. ':
There were also accommodations for
400 saloon passengers, 92 intermediate,
and 14U third class, and loU men in the
crew. The. vessel was lighted through
out with electric lights. The interior
.... .
work in the saloons and cabins was ele
gant and tasteful. The smoking parlor
was finished in Last India teak wood,
: and the ladies boudoir was nanelled in
; Spanish mahogany and upholstered' in
t peacocx oiue velvet. ne ceilings 01
the grand saloon were in white and
gold, the panelling was of highly ' pol
ished satin wood, and the pilasters of
walnut, with gilded capitals. The saloon
was 65 feet loig and 54 feet wide, and
where the ceiling was lowest there was
fully nine feet between it and the floor.
In the centre of the grand saloon was a
dome 25 feet long by 15 across, and
which rose 20 feet. It furnished ' both
light and ventilation. A skylight in
this dome could be kept open in the
stormiest weather. The staterooms were
very large, and most of them were fitted
for only two passengers-; The two
' lettered rooms, ' or "bridal chambers' '
which were on either side . of the en
trance to the saloon, were fitted up with
Oriental luxuriOusness.
The Oregon was transferred to the
Cunard line in May, 1884. - In March
of last year, when prospects of war be
tween Great Britain and Russia over the
Afghan frontier troubles began to loom
up, the English government chartered a
number of the "ocean greyhounds," as
the fleetest of the train-Atlantic steamers
were called, and the Oregon Was among
those so appropriated to act with the
British navy. She was transformed into
a cruiser and took . part in the naval
manceuvreB in Bantrv Bav in' Julv. be
ing the only one of the chartered ves
sels that was fitted out and sent to sea.
Her service was as a disDatch boat.
Finally she was returned to the Cunard
passenger service.
AnAwfnl Oelnsion.
Atlanta Constitution.
The colored people North and West
have picked up the notion that gin will
bleach their complexions pure white.
The demand for gin is now so great that
it can hardly be supplied.
It yon have a cough use tied Star Cough
Cura, Therms danger la dUy. :
He Tot tt What Ills Mother SaldV
Texas ISiftings. - j ., . ;-
, A lad in school; was found guilty of a
serious infraction of di.-sciline, and wfcs
directed by his teacher to (tell his moth
er when he got home what misdemeanor
he had com mi Med. lhe liext
morning
the gchooimarm called Johnny
to
her
en-
desk when the following
sued: "Well, Master Johnny
form yeur mother what
dialogue
did you ;' in
infraction of
of yesterday,
discipline you were guiltyj
and the reprimand and punishment jou
received. j
"Yes'm," was the sententious re-
"Well, and what did! your mother
say?", I '
"She said she would like; to wring your
neck tor you.
INo more discipline reports were sent
home to that mother.
A Boy's Prtty Id.
' Johnny had a baby sister who was a
particularly bright child, writes W. J .
Lamp ton in, the Merchant Traveller,
After a short time on earth ther little: one
went back to her home beyond the blue.
One night shortly after her death ' due
children were looking at the Stars, when
Johnny cried out: & . ;
"Oh, see the pretty stafs! and one of.
them is baby sister!" j
"Which onef' asked another of the'
children. ,
"The brightest one, of cpurge, "proud
ly answered Johnny, settling all further
questions. j
A number of gentlemen acting as
what is known as the "jSouthern Im
provement Company," who have been
induced to go to Asheyille,. contem
plate making a great limnrovement.
The 150 acres recently bought near the
depot are to be laid out into convenient
lots, with alleys and streets, and a num
net-of houses are to be jerected by the
company. The entire locality is to be'
mado as beautiful and attractive as pos
sible. Three of the leading gentlemen
composing this company are in that city,
namely G. F. Scott, r ek-President of
the Richmond and Danville syndicate;
A. E- Moore and G. A. Townsend. The
Advance says all are rnenl of large capi-
uu auu enterprise.
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Travelers should be prepared for the changes
of weather and the eficts of lexposnre by pro
viding themselves with Dr. Bull's . Cough
Syrup. j
A Nashville doctor's prescription tor a lady
Buffering with neuraliris: M new bonnet, a
cahmere sbawL a pair of waiter bfto's and a
bottle of Salvation OiL The lady recovered
immediately, of court e. j
The cause of the loss of the steamer
Oregon is yet a mystery
Ho Boon that Selene ft 'Cufrrd
Has been fraught witlj, greater blessings ,
man inai wnien uas accruea po'tn in-
habitants of malaria-ridden pbrti ms pf
the United States and tle tropics from
the use of liostetters btornacn Bitters.
The experience of many years has but
too clearly demonstrateq the inefficiency
of quinine and other drugs to effectually
combat the progress of intermittent,
congestive and bilious nfoiittent fevers ;
wmie on me otner namiat has: been no
less clearly shown thatjthe use of the
Bitters, a medicine congenial; to the
frailest constitution, anil dergvixl from
purely botanic sources, affords reliable
safeguard against malarial disease1 and
arrests it when developed. For disorders
of the stomach, liver and bowels, for
eeneral debilitv and irenal inaetivitv
it. is also a most efficient, remedy. Appe
tite and sleep are improved by it, it ex
pels rheumatic humors jfrom the blood
and enriches a circulation impoverish d
by mal-assimilation. 4
The corset has beep introduced into
Japan. . When the Mikado detects the
ribbed and back-stitched garment on the
back of the chair of tie Mikadoess, he
will ask: "Why is thjat thing here?"
And, woman-like, she will pout and
flout and reply: "Beoorset is." -
Young- iMdy oC Fashion.
Young lady 1 When tor the sake- of fashion
yon violate nature's law and contract a oold
you run a great rik; it may induce bronchitis
or consumption. Take in time Taylor's Chero
kee Remedy of Sweet Gun and Mullein.
Looked Xlk a tlaarrel. j
ITava'vnn s.nd (Mara had a a narrel. Mr.
Featherly? inquired Bobby, I as that
young man stretched his legs under the
supper table and unfolded his napkin.
Certainly not "replied uonDy s sister
with asperity, "don t be foolish."
Well, then," persisted JJObby, dog
gedly, "when he left ton last night at
the front door, what did you; call him.
an insatiate monster for?
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Will relieve more duickhr than any
other known remedy. Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Swellings, Bruises, Burns,
Scalds, Cut, Lumbago, Sores, Frost
bites, Backache, WtunAs. Headache.
Toothache, Sprains J &c ' S$ld by all
Druggists. Price 2$ Cents a Bottle,
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