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ciHiY: , v; -.. ' ! '1 .)',t 1 .ft. t . 3 . ? - -7 r'i t f js? i ri .! if (i; i4 i i i By P. M. HALE, j t ,4 ADVERTISIN'Q RATES. L Advertisements wJH be Inserted forTWeUoTHf" per square (one inch) for the first and, Fifty Cents for each subsequent publication. Contracts for advertising for any space or time may be made at the office of the , RALEIGH REGISTER, ' t 1 : Second Floor of Fisher Building, Fayetteville Street, next to Market House. V OFFICE : , .... , Fir viHe St., Second Floor Fisbxr Building. BATES OF SUBSCRIPTION; r one year, mailed poet-paid ... .$3 00 One Oue hv six months, mailed post-paid'. I .. 1 00 jA'o name entered without payment, and I 7"VT TT RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JLY 29, 1885. NO. 74. 00 pr sent aiier Miuuuu m uuw wu lur. i s4 . JL A - f 1 ill! .v .tilf 1 HtH.4f4K. S t Jfc i . I Ml m um vtrt&K if TH VALLEY OF THE SHADOW. Chambers's Journal. , then ay dying ; but still her brow fu clear. Sail os drooped around f but on her own So ilow darkened. Was the end unknown To hctt ung heart And struck with sudden Left J ah should take her by surprise "My Her Ither whispered, "thou wilt soon be But I my lamb will not be left alone : Thou In (learn s aar vaie ; uuc lie is near." The eh ooked wondering in her mother's face. no dark Tale," she said, and smiled. "I light ; it is not dark at all ! " Lovej kou didst light death's valley for that i; : child-like soul that trusts thy grace, And to Thus w thou come when death's dark shadows fa BOA I, WATS OF WEDDINO. Tke L Victorian Weddiag PoulUe. New York Herald Cable. The dred's, Xewpo emony took place at St. Mil- lppmgham, six miles north of Isle of Wight, It is the first weddin had its n the uueen s iamiiy mat has r outside the royal precinct. The a nee of a royal precinct perhaps k'fits th Henry o ation of the bridegroom. Prince attenberg wherever that is far below the chemical stand- (or he is ard of ,1 blue blood' that the bride's brother, c Prince of "Wales, and the royal du her ifj! mildly remonstrated against nee; ana ner sister ana brotn- erin-law Empress- Gerinany, sanctioned by their ither, declined to be present at the ceren: y or allow their children, to join their kisins, the bridesmaids. The bridgroorls substantially a morganatic scion of a lor German family, his mili tary pay HO, together with paternal al lowance of B50 annually. It is a match of scntimenV-indced, one of love at first sight, uurtiil by time and confirmed by maternal svriathies. The hedgand fields along the route of the processij to church were gay with spectators, feny paying high prices for seats on raifl platforms, lhe procession consisted ifloreign and home royalties GKOOMIEN AND BRIDESMAIDS. No soonj were these seated than the bridegroonrame. His supporters were Prince Alepder of Bulgaria and Prince Francis Josh of Battehberg-and a very handsome tb f brothers they can look. , The brideaom wore the white uniform of the Pnlian Guard, as at the last Drawing I?m. Neat" arrived the ten youthful brnsmaids varying in age from nineteen to ven years. They were all simplv dreJ in ivory white figured mousseline I soie, "with skirt of light Mechlin lacauunces, made up over ivory satin pattern lace, orange flower buds drapery behl, very simple and pretty. The bodices I the elder ones were pointed and shaped i front, trimmed round the opening wi tithe same lace as the skirts and trimmeLehind in two small "box pieateu tabs, u here was not a sash or & bow of ribbolnywhere about them. The little ones haflresses high at the throat, with long botes meeting the drapery in front. Eachbre the bridegroom's pres ents enamel rooches with his own and the bride's inkls. thWide's DREES. The PrincesBcatrice is dressed in a rich but simple rolif the thickest white satin, with long, pli train petticoat, having rather deep, e satin kilting, on which is sown oranr( lossoms, buda and leaves, with plenty 'reen foliage, and judi ciously placed as to stand out and look nanasome, wil ut being over crowded, The lace is be: ul Honiton aoint, which j the Queen won ner own marriage uay, and has never her daughters. rfore been lent to any of It has never been cleaned or renovated, I age has mellowed rather than vellowed The skirt is disposed in two rows, onelm over the other, and gracefully fest ed at the sides, where the orange bio: trimming is brought higher up to the space of sniln that would otherwi lace is kept in ; ave been vacant, lhe lace on each side of the skirt by two el Wossom, myrtle atcd sprays of orange d white heather. FLOWM AND ORDERS. lhe low cut b ice is long pointed ana also trimmed wi loniton point, and has a wreath of ora flower buds mixed in athcr thicker over the with it and falli arm, and in the tre of the bust a bou- quet of the thre ridal flowersorange blossoms, the flo s of purity; myrtle, in acknowledgment the customs of the fatherland, whe MyrUnlram; and Scotland is accou very bride wears tne ite heather, which in the symbol of good luck. The sleeve: Honiton lace fall at the back of the arlland under them are small puffed sleeve' breast the Princess toria and Albert. tulle. On her left the orders of Vic- Saxc-Cobourg and Gotha family order. order of the Ini- penal Crown of Ind ne of Kussia. nd the St. Cathar THE HEJ EAR. Her u ner torebeacl, coraH Up from the nape - ut-cK. anu couedin the top of the "tad under a tiara df kmonds, and then leam winch has tg fun blown orange 'MUUS anu a lew ILJ ,n front, the myr- ' dnu white heatli- jng relegated to " i ue Dnai vii is the one worn we yueen at her afriage magnifi ui ana unique simcn of Honiton h a Patterff the roees of Eng v. auu me royal q hieh was destroyed 1 hls was secured to n. the design lor n as completed. bride's head by corner, which di breath and tiara, so t show under the t two of the cor- "ers cme on the arm The centre shows l"e pattern clearly as Us over the waist me long plain tri of the dress, the ,uest point coming I31;'1 of the hem of Suede gloves did n Somemagnif in a quarter of a skirt, while the uite reach the el- jewelry, present- uy er own family, pleted the bnd- la oi the Prin rf,'i- bouquet of white1 be carried a rers. AT THE A The sweet voices of nsters fin the "ltle church as Prince iHi stands by the -y.-u.-cKcu altar rea( claim his who looks radiantl P7 to plight '7. troth to the man o "l,,w- The Queen unlettered givei "wy, landing almost daughter with uch of the ""ninant before described, ""eniory of her late consort. d to the ie Oueen. "U cannot wear a i. 1 V ' "uoie h ar k l . P "-iw du. iiiu aaftlA mm. b rt as a black rob m-lw. tears her Rov; ".I1! l""e.' ?I7theNJlendid ten r : w"nouine cross Dai 0f. - cu m Pictures otiAr feronlin m.. 'vice is fully cliffiKi: f8Kthe bride rcceiv8 the congratulations ner nearest relativpn anrl fr;nni a as tfie organ peals Mendelssohn's " . uuu Wedding March,' the sound of the great guns of the Hector can be heard booming a royal salute. THB. TRAVELING DRESS w entirely made of cream whit hKit crtpe. de Chine, with delicate rmttern. Bmall leaves and stalks aU over it, trimmed down the skirt with the lobings of the finest and, most costly Irish needle . point lace. There is a mantle to match termi nating in a kind of double box pleating at the waist, with a dolman like arrange ment over the arms and long ends in front, on which as well as round the neck Irish lace is laid flat all down the front of the dress. Between the robings are lace bow, of soft cream moire ribbon. The bonnet is smalL of cream vel Wft and nf the shape known Mario AnninAi with three brims, the one next the face being over plain velvet and the other two overcast with fancv stitches of jil.r twist. The sides of this dainty little bon net are covered with white heather, and on the top are four small but rich whit ostrich feather tiDa. The hnnnt ia tA by two lone strings of cream velvet two inches wide. A oarasol. . rather ! completely covered with splendid Irish point. lace . corresponding with that , on gown and mantle. The young Princess thus mutely acknowledged her affection for and interest in two very important parts of her royal mother's realm by wear ing : wane ncatner in remcm urnnra nf "Caledonia, stern and wild." and the Trish lace as a souvenir of the Emerald Tsle. THE TROUSSEAU. Among the articles of the trousseau mav be specified the following: A verv deli cate striped-pale1 blue1 satin and crepe de chine, made with low pointed, square cut uwji uu long train, eagea witn smalt rounded tabs, over which is laid a wreath of satin caught down by a few gauging stitches at regular intervals and left full between . them all up the front. This dress has robings of old gold passemen terie of Greek pattern, terminating in scrolls on either side. A similar trim ming was expressly made for the corsage, and there was a small bit of it on front of each sleeve. The sleeves were ouite a feature, for they were of crtpe de chine down to the elbow and below there was a second sleeve, consisting of full Duff of pale blue ariopbane drawn in by ribbon and terminating in a double frill. There was a pretty bow on the crtpe part of the sleeve just below little piece of old gold passementerie. ' . A DREAM OF LACE. Another beautiful toilette was made of pale pink spotted crtpe and satin, with some of the most splendid point d'Aleueon lace ever seen. Ou it there is something like hi teen yards of wide lace and a good ly quantity of narrower garniture that matched it. This lace is laid lengthways down the skirt from the waist to the hem. where it is turned round and carried along a little way so as to meet and join the next long piece. The space, between the centre anu siue pieces is 01 lace, l ne right siae is filled by three bows of rich pink moire ribbon, each end terminating in beautiful ly made silk tassels. Round the train of this dress there is a narrow pink, plisse, and over it a frill formed by a piece of bias-cut crtpe about, six inches wide. doubled and put on with very little full ness. This toilette is not very bouffante behind, but the lace is prettily arranged over a pink satin low body trimmed with lace. The sleeves are pink ariopbane, and on the right shoulder there is an aigrette, with pink marabout and ostrich tip. ORIENTAL COLOR. Another pink dress is silk striped mus lin, printed in Oriental colorings, with what may, perhaps, be termed very old fashioned chintz pattern, while the stripes are diversified bv small chenille figures. The bodice has a bfebd tucker trimmed with rich transparent cream muslin embroidery and gauze ribbon. These two fabrics sewn together iu stripes also form a tab lier. A very exquisite cream brocade and satin has a panel pearl fringe, embroidered with pearl neurs de lis on each side of it. A bodice and train of rich corded silk in reseda green was made up with an edging all round the bottom of double loops of the silk, which lay over a narrow kilting of pale coral satin. . its front was entirely of cream satin, embroidered with sheeny, iridescent pearls, in which one continually caught the gleam of pale coral pink, and between the train and the point of a low body there were three reseda tongues, trimmed round with fringe of tiny silk balls exactly matching it in tint, with gold beads between them. The skirt Was fin ished round in front with satin tabs, under which might be seen a coral kilting, and on the left shoulder was a small bouquet of feathers of the same hue. A rich ruby velvet dress, with low pointed bodice, was long and plain, but embroidered in side panel with rieurs de lis 01 pink pearls. The sleeve fell at the back of the arm very much like that of the wedding gown. THE GEM OF THE WARDROBE. The most remarkable toilette of all was made of Royal Stuart tartan velvet. The dark blue and green of this tartan are pretty well known, and it was relieved by gold, green, blue ana crimson stripes, which, when the tartan is of velvet, are of silk. This was made long and plain, with elbow sleeves and corsage that was virtu ally high. By way of relief there was a very narrow pelisse of codlin apple green satin all round and under the edge of the dress, and at the sides, instead of panels, there were openings, showing the pleated petticoat of the same. These openings were trimmed down each side by a fringe made of . gold, silk and thread in little balls, and at the bottom there was a wide fringe, dark blue and green, correspond ing with the tints 01 the tartan, aiversinea with the strings of gold balls already spoken of. The pointed .bodice is open in front, but the vest oj pale green sauanuea it partly up, and over all is a draped fichu of tine cream siiK muslin. ; a pun oi inis muslin is tacked into the sleeves, and a small piece of green satin formed their only trimming, ;: " SIMPLEX MUKDrrilS."' It is observable that all these dresses were ordered by the Queen for her daugh ter's trousseau. There arc no extremes. Tournares are conspicuous by their ab nra. and where there are any of the kind thev come low down, so as not to distort the nroportions of the figure, and they are Visibly intended to Support the weight of the long urapery. iiie iraius are oi very moderate length, and the sleeves are real sleeves, not mere shouldW straps. A walk ing coatOBie is.oX brown mixed, tweed and fastens transversely, and is chiefly remark able for its carved mother of pearl but tons. A plain skirt has long drapery fall ing in point on. the left side and at the back forming a loosely knotted scarf with square ends. . A checked tweed is made up with tricotee silk. The loosely-folded drapery is caught up rather sharply on the hips and forms graceful folds at the back. A tweed dress is striped dark blue and red, intended for travelling. The upper skirt is.loosely draped in graduated lines from the , waist, and the under one has small kilts facing one another in front. The pointed bodice opens so as to show a silk scarf knotted below the linen collar. MADBaAT HOME. Many of the dresses have been made at Windsor Castle, where the Queen has had four or five dressmakers at work. A great many beautiful materials have thus been made up privately, especially some splen did Irish poplins and lace which the Princess of Wales bought privately in Dub- li. J it. . a i . X 1 3 im uuniig me recent vion tu ireiunu. Some of the most splendid Irish poplins were made in Dublin. One of these was ivory-white, with gold threads interwoven, and an Eastern pattern going just the other way. A second was pale blue, with sprays of forget-me-nots air over it; and a third was a very rich deep cardinal, which was draped like Genoese velvet and had an in describably lustrous surface. Among the fabrics purchased from London firms for the trousseau was a magnificent Florentine brocade, copied from a small piece which had been preserved in the Museum of Flor ence ever since the days when the Medicis ruled supreme. The ground was shot with pink and gray of very close texture, and the pattern was a kind of trellis work in olive green, with a set pattern of small flowers and leaves in shades of old reds. boots and Shoes. Princess Beatrice has sixty pairs of shoes and boots all told Hessians, Wellingtons, Balmorals, brogans, Oxford shoes and sea side evening shoes. There is an abundance of Wellingtons for riding and many of them fur-lined for winter. High Balmo ral boots are trimmed, others lined with Astrakhan for cold weather, some of them buttoned, and some have the now almost obsolete elastic sides, for Princess Beatrice is a woman who likes to wait on herself occasionally and is glad to have boots that can be drawn on without much trouble. The seaside shoes are of undyed Russian leather, which washes like a glove. The evening shoes are very elegant, some being embroidered with shamrocks and thistles in gold and silver ; others in colored silks with flowers and butterflies. There are hobnailed boots for rough wear, boots of porpoise hide expressly made for walking through the heather, and in fact, boots of all sorts. PACKED FOR THE VOYAGE. A leather case with three trays has been provided for travelling, whieh contains Wellington boots and every kind of shoe likely to be wanted for a few weeks. The top tray contains brushes and polish, and in the lid are places for button hooks and shoe horns. Hollow mahogany trees are prepared for the shoes and boots of each shape, and have plates on them engraved with the name and coronet of the Princess. The leather case has a similar engraved Elate, and the boots and shoes were sent ome in small deal boxes containing six pairs of each. The Queen has never ap proved of high heels and never allowed the Princess to have them until now, when she has asserted her own preference. The royal family of England are not remarka ble for small feet. All the daughters have larger ones than their mother, who has quite a nice little foot and always wears very neat boots without heels. A great deal of linen prepared for the Princess has been bought in Ireland and a goodly stock of personal lingerie in London. THE POETRY OF LYING. A nasi Not to fee Killed. David Ker in Harper's Drawer. "Wa'al, I guess it's worth tellin'," rejoined the Yankee, .with a grim chuckle, " though I don't know if they'll believe- it, neither. You see, thar was a young Frebch officer thar in my time, one o' them young geese that think the hull world's out of j'nt if their toe aches. One day having nothin' better to do, I s'pose he made up his mind to kill himself, and, like them highfalutin' Frenchers al ways do, he concluded to fix it so as his suicide should be ' the talk of all Europe.' So up he gits airly one mornin', and down he goes to the beach, takin' with him a rope, and a pistol, and a vial of pizon, and a match-box. Then he climbs up one of the tide-mark posts that's set in a row thar, just as the sea was clost up to it, and he hitches one eend o' the rope around the cross-piece at the top, and the other eend around his neck, and then he set his clothes afire with a match, and swallered the pizon, and let slap the pistol at his head, and chucked himself off the post, all to once.". "Well he certainly deserved to succeed, after taking so much pains," said Lieuten ant Mason, as well as he could speak for laughing. "Guess he didn't, though,' answered Mr. Dollars worth; "for it was jist a case of too many cooks spile the broth.' The bullet, 'stead o' goin' through his skull- whaf it wouldn't hev found many brains to stop it, I reckin cut the rope, and let him slick down ker-swosh into the sea, and put out the fire right away. Then swallerin' the salt-water made him sick, and so he got rid of the pizon ; and as if all that warn't disapp'inting enough, the flood-tide washed him ashore 'all alive and fresh,' as them lying fish-dealers say But if he wanted to be 'the talk of all Europe I guess he got his wish, for every newspaper on the hull Continent had that story 'fore the month was up, and the poor critter got so e-tarnally laughed at that he concluded to jme the Mexikm Expedition till the thing blew over." The "Sun Cholera Mixture." fNew York Journal of Commerce. We have many times printed this celebrated prescription. We do not think we shall have the cholera in the United States this summer, but the remedy is excellent for cholera morbus, and any severe attack of the summer complaint, accompanied with cramps in the bowels. The "Son Cholera Mixture," so called be cause .it was first published in the Sun in this city, when the cholera was here nearly fifty years ago, was the result of the best medical advice of that day, and it is still held up as - a most valuable remedy for sudden attacks of diarrhoea. The medi cal formula is: ' ' R. Tr.Opii. Tr. Capsicum. Tr. Menth. Pip. Tr. Rhei. Tr.Camph. in ; ; Part.: equal, ft. mit. ' But, in plain English, take equal parts of the tincture ot opium, red pepper, pep permint,' rhubarb, and camphor", and mix thenu The dose is three to five drops for a child, and Jttm. to iuteen ior-an aauit. and id bad cases this may be repeated Once or twice at intervals of fifteen minutes to half an hour. ! TALES FROM THE CAPITAL. How Congressmen Get Lft. New York Tribune Letter. ' The average Congressman who wishes to remain in his seat for a second term has to be very careful about everything he says and does. Every act of his is watched and commented upon as it suits their pur poses by political opponents and by rivals in his own party. The slightest and most trivial causes have resulted in the failure of men to secure nominations in their dis tricts. It would make interesting reading if one could recall offhand the ludicrous incidents and grotesque devices which have been resorted to to compass the defeat of political enemies. 1 There is, for instance, the case of Stock slager, of Indiana. He offered a resolu tion in the House providing for an appro priation of $3,000, I believe, to build sta bles for the use of the House and the Washington postoffice. The resolution was a perfectly proper one. The Senate has its own stable; why not the House? The House pays now about $14,000 every year for livery and the hire of horses. The building of a stable would have been a saving of money. But somebody out in his district got hold of the resolution and denounced poor Stockslager for squander ing the people's money and being willing to have Congressmen keep their horses at public expense. As everybody knows, of' course, who cared to inform himself, the horses and wagons are required in the dis tribution of the immense daily mail and the tons of public documents addressed to every Congressman. Of keeping private horses at public expense there could not be any question. But the cry of squan dering the people's money, once raised, finished Stockslager. Another very curious feature of Con gressional life is that the men who are placed on the Committee for the District of Columbia rarely come back after they have once served on that committee. The reason for this is plain .enough. The com mittee practically governs the District. It is a kind of small legislature. Every measure for improvement or expense has to be submitted ior its approval. Its powers are autocratic, almost, it is a very busy committee. Those serving' on it rarely get time enough to attend to the wonts of their constituents. The latter come to find that out quickly enough. Before long they argue: "Well, Jones has no time to do anything lor us. tie is en grossed in his work for the District of Co lumbia. It would be better perhaps to send some one else to represent us." And straightway Jones finds himself relieved. One of the most ludicrous events during the XLVth Congress was the conspiracy of number of very fat Congressmen to se cure an elevator m the Capitol building. It cost several of the gentlemen engaged in this conspiracy their political life There were "Nick" Muller, of New York ; Martin, of Delaware ; Heiunan, of Indiana; Klotz, of Pennsylvania, and oth ers. Each weighed in the neighborhood of 300 pounds. Naturally they , did not relish going up and down the stairs of the Capitol twenty times a day, especially af ter every visit to the restaurant in the basement where they got their doses of "Congressional tea." fib they said among themselves, "-Lt u have elevators. " A proper bill was immediately drawn appro priating $ 7,500 lor, the purpose of buUd ing an elevator in the House end of the Capitol. There was a good deal of quiet laughter at tne expense of the fat men when the bill was first introduced, and good deal of good-natured chaffing. It did not pass the XLVth Congress, bat be came a law in the course of the Congress following. It proved a nail in the politi cal coffin of each of the members engaged in the transaction, and the prompt death, politically, of at least one of them, Klotz. He was a gopd-natured, jolly old fellow, weighing, I should say, in the neighbor hood of 350 pounds, and he had been very eloquent in his support of the measure. lie was generally liked and deserved a better fate. He is still known as Santa Klotz, which, I take it, is a very honor able nickname. At any rate, poor Santa-Klotz, after having secured the passage of his pet bill, returning to his home found himself con fronted with quite a different name, viz.. that of Llevator-Klotz. The opposition paper in his district came out with a large cut representing him in the act of step ping into an eievaior, ana unaerneatn were the words: "Wouldn't it be wiser for the people of this district to send some lighter person to Congress than the present Representative, who requires $7,- 500 of the people's money to ascend to the balls of the .National Legislature?" It killed Santa-Klotz and he has not been heard of since, politically. I saw him the other day at Willard's, the shadow of bis former self. He seemed to weigh but 250 pounds. He seemed cross and sour. Poor Santa-Klotz ! SCARE AMONG REVENUE FOLK. t lu- ' A Desirable Step. New York Journal of Commerce. If a way can be found to dispense with about 20 per cent of the internal reve nue officials the country would be grati fied. A report already circulated to this effect startles the office-holders. It is not a question merely of saving so much in salaries, though a reduction in the ex-, penses of the internal revenue business is not to be disregarded as a stroke of econ omy. Those of us who ardently hope that the whole system of internal revenue taxes will be wiped out at an early day, see in the proposed decrease of the force an assurance of reform in the right direction, which, being followed up, will end in the removal of all that class of burdens from the backs of the people. If the ranks of these Gov ernment employes can be depleted by one fifth there will be so many persons less to defend the system from abolition. The ultimate reason for the retention of a great many superfluous offices under all forms of government is the reward of po litical favorites. It is only when some new administration finds itself in a posi tion of comparative independence that it is likely to address its thought and energies to the curtailment of all official sinecures, and the genuine reformation o( the public service in the interests of frugality and ef ficiency. Fortunately such is the present situation of affairs at Washington. If it is really true, therefore, that 20 per cent, of the internal revenue men can be turned out with positive advantage to everybody but themselves, we naturally expect that this will be done. '" ' ' " ' ' ,u " Facts have proved ttiaf the Administra- cases where the will and wishes of the peo ple are clearly manifested! . The action of the Treasury Department relative to the Barge Office nuisance' is very significant as an indication of the future. When it ap-. peared beyond a doubt that the Barge Of fice system was unjust and unpopular it was promptly sacrificed. If the press (rep resenting the public welfare) had not per sistently called attention to its injurious effects the Barge Office might have re mained undisturbed. The constant, well directed agitation against it sealed its fate. The people of all parties have good reason to be encouraged in their attacks upon abuses. It rests with them, even more than with the Administration and Con gress, to make a thorough work of reform in all branches of the Federal Government. Let them not be wanting in the discharge of their duties and responsibilities as citi zens and tax-payers, and we are warranted in hoping that their reasonable demands will not be unheeded at Washington. WHY THE MONEY PILES UP. Two New York Experts Discuss It. fNew York World. 1 Chaunccy Depew, (big railroad man) in circle of business acquaintances last night, talked freely upon the financial situation. He said that he would have been glad if he had had as much confidence in New York Central stock as the public had apparently in him, for that stock had gone up fourteen points since he had been elected President of the Central Road. He is very much puzzled to account for the continued depression in business. He says the only way he can account for it is that Capital is an idiot. He says that there is to-day every condition- for favorable in vestment, much beyond anything known in the most flush period since the war. We have gotten to the end of our. failures. The people who have not been able to meet their indebtedness have already gone to the wall. Those who are in business are in the main out of debt. Every sort of trade is down upon a hard-pan basis. There is to day in the banks of New York a hundred and sixty millions of unemployed capital. Of this perhaps thirty millions is drawing one per cent, lhe rest is drawing noth ing, 1 here is probably twice the amount pf this idle capital in the outside banks of the country. V ay this capital should lie idle is one of the mysteries of finance. There are plenty of good investments which are safe and secure. Yet capital to-day hesitates to go into anything, while in our last flush period there was nothing too wild or idiotic for money to rush into. He repeated again that capital was an idiot, and that investors wore governed .more by the condition of the atmosphere and of public feeling than they were by their own judgment. , John Poadir, a prominent Wall street broker, who had listened carefully to what Mr. Depew was saying, gave as his expla nation of this conservatism of capital at the present time that the public had been swindled . and robbed in Wall street to such an extent that it was as afraid of good se curities as of the .bad. He said that it was not putting it too high to say that six thousand millions of stocks had been wiped out in the last three pr four years on the street. This enormous sum represented just so much money taken out of the pock ets of the public. It was unreasonable to expect that the public, after having such a great sum stolen from it in the last three or four years, should be very anxious to continue speculative purchases. Mr. Depew, in reply to this, said that he considered that Wall street did not represent all of the business of the country. No one would care to dispute what Mr. Pondir said about the condition of affairs there, but what he had referred to was the general stagnation of business throughout the country, and the hesitancy of capital to go into any kind of enterprise. He called the attention of his small audience to a financial paradox which had recently attracted his attention. This paradox lay in the discovery that certain creations of property result in corresponding destruc tion of capital. He said that'he had only noticed this in railroads. For instance, the Nickel Plate Road, which was built at the cost of $80,000,000, reduced the value of the Lake Shore nearly one-half. It low ered its value nearly $75,000,000. The Nickel Plate itself stood at about half its par value. So that the investment of the two roads, representing over $200,000,000 in the way of creative property, stood to gether at a fraction over $100,000,000, representing a dead loss of nearly $100, 000,000, and footing up together even a less market value than the Lake Shore when it stood alone. This same thing was observed when the New York Central was paralleled by the West Shore. There was a loss here of sixty odd millions that act ually disappeared, so far as any marketa ble purposes were concerned. HW ROYALTY FEEDS Its Brides and Grooms and Gieatt. At the late English wedding! breakfast forty royal pcrsoaages sat down with the Queen and suite. Anothe marquee was devoted to the general company. The flowers sent from the royal gardens at Frogmore were exquisitely lovely. The royal gold and silver plate was splendid. "Pull crackers" had been specially made, and contained photographs of various members of the royal family in silver. The fruit came from Frogmore, where Her Majesty's pines, bananas, peaches, grapes and strawbemesy. to say nothing of goose berries and plums, are all grown. The re fection was cold, with the exception of the soup, the cutlets and the roast spring chicken, and all was cooked at Windsor! or Osborne by royal chefs. THE WEDDING CAKES. The principal wedding cake was made in three sections and weighs about" four hundredweight. A notable feature in the ornamentation was that all the flowers, buds, sprays and leaves were modelled in pure sugar of snowy whiteness, each sec tion decorated with hundreds of these, and the vase and bouquet which surmount the cake being composed of similar flow ers and buds. Another bridal cake pre sented by the ladies of Kent weighs four hundredweight. It is in three tiers, wreathed with orange blossoms, white jessamine, ivy and passion flowers, all ex quisitely modelled in pure white sugar. The coats of arms of the bride and bride groom surround the lowest cake, and the topmost one is crowned by a mischievous looking enpid. There is also a third cake, sent by the corporation of Liverpool the Mayor and two Aldermen actually accom panying it to Windsor ornamented with the arms of the city and plaques ot the Queen, the bride and the bridegroom. It cost $2,500 and stands seven feet high. : . : Hrg-lstsr Yoar Deeds I (.Charlotte Democrat. People should remember that all deeds must be registered - by January, ; 1886.. There should be no extension of time after that date. It is unjust and unfair to land purchasers, for the Legislature to grant further indulgence for the registration of land conveyances, and. we do not believe further time will be granted by the Legis lature of 1887. . Seriously, we say you had better register your deeds and save trouble and lawsuits. A PLUCKY WOMAN Win Her own Case In Court. New York Herald. In March, 1883, Isaac Lotinga, then a bankrupt, insured his life for ten thousand dollars in the Commercial Union Company. Four months afterward he died from the effects of a drink of carbolic acid from a whisky bottle. The coroner's jury found that he committed suicide. The insurance company refused to pay the policy on the grounds, first, of suicide, and second, of drunkenness, Lotinga having represented himself to the company as a man of tem perate habits. Mrs. Lotinga, the widow of the deceased, brought suit to recover the amount of the policy. She retained able counsel, but they failed to win her case. The jury dis agreed and. rendered no verdict. Mrs. Lotinga then dismissed her lawyers, took charge of the case herself, and pushed it to a second trial. The insurance company was represented by a formidable array of distinguished counsel. By evidence and ar gument strenuous efforts were made to sus tain the theory of suicide. A score or more of witnesses were produced to swear that Lotinga had been a man of confirmed in temperate habits in fact, a drunkard. Others testified that he had been on bad terms with his wife. Against this array of opposing lawyers and witnesses Mrs. Lotinga stood alone and fojight single-handed for fourteen days. She argued points of law and cross-examined witnesses with a skill that told against the defence. She broke down the theory of suicide by showing that her husband had drunk the carbolic acid through mis take for whisky. She called to the stand witness after witness to testify that Lot inga had been an exemplary temperance man that even when he " treated " others his own favorite drink was ginger beer or water. She further produced evidence to show that the relations between her hus band and herself had always been harmo nious and their domestic life serene. She summed up her case in an address of three hours,1 and she won the suit. The jury gave her a verdict for the full amount. Whether the verdict was warranted by the weight of evidence, which was conflicting to a striking degree, is a puzzle. But of Mrs. Lotinga's decisive victory in the face of almost overwhelming odds there can be no doubt, and her triumph becomes still more notable in view of the fact that she does not appear to be a professional law yer. COLORED FOLK SOON LEARN White Ways of Worldly Wisdom. Arkansaw Traveller. 1 At the age of fifty-nine, "Splay" Footed Buck was left a lonely widower. His children were married and were liv ing in distant cotton fields ; his old friends, one by one, had bowed their heads in obedience to the summons which no man can set aside; and, still sadder to relate, his old 'possum dog had been stretched upon the plain of eternal sleep. Old Buck's heart was weighed down by the dull load of sickening melancholy. He looked about him, but blooming and boun tiful nature anorded no delight to his vi sion. When he looked into his little red framed mirror, studded with the rustic shell of his overcup acorn, he saw, not the bright ebon face of yore, but a dark coun tenance, wrinkled like the overcoat of an Asiatic elephant. Daily the old man went to his work, and nightly he caught up something that belonged not to him; still, retrospective glimpses of a happy life, of a past when he could with impunity catch a peach orchard shote, made him lowly of spirit. He devoted himself to the church, but the church brought no relief ; he was elected grand kidney footer and deputy supreme red axe bearer of the sons of 11am, yet cold ashes lay upon the hearthstone of the old man's soul. One day Jowl Fat Pete, the minister, called upou 'Splay t ooted iJuck and said : "Bruder Buck, how is dc speret drag in' erlong?"' "Powerful slow, Bruder Pete, powerful slow." "Doan look fur much he'p in dis heah wicked worl', does yer?" "No, Bruder Pete, I doan 'speck much he p in dis heah worl' o'weepin' an gnash in' o' de human jaw bone. De rope on my win'lass is erbout woun' up ter de eend an' dar ain' much use now fur me ter turn de crank." "Dat's a fack, Bruder Buck, lessen yer turns de crank de right way." "How de right way?" "By onwindin de rope." "Bruder Buck, it am widdifferkiltydat I ken ketch dc adwerbs o' yer nouns an ginnyfleckshuns." "I rekon, Bruder Buck, dat I is er talk- in' wid de perfoun' suggestions o' de cha risteric allergory, but ter make myse'f plain let me say dat yer oughter marry er gin. Dat will sorter take yer back ter yer young days will sorter onwin' de rope. Dat young daughter omine is er mighty fine chile. Dar ain' no foolish ness erbout her, an' I knows dat ef yer wuz ter win de lub o' dat young pusson an' dal I knows yer ken do yer woul' be de happiest man in de whole country." " Bruder Pete, I nebcr thought o' dat." "Cose yer didn't. Ef yer had yer woulder been married by dis heah time. ! Tell yer whut I'll do, Bruder Buck : I'll speak ter Liza 'bout dis subjeck. I knows j it will be all right fur I'se dun heerd her i talk o' how much she thinks erbout yer." "Yer has?" "O' co'se I has." "Said she liked de old man, did she?" "Yas, an' more den dat, she said dat she sorter lubod him." "Wall, I declar', I neber thought o' dat. Look heah, 'tain't bercause I'se got er lit tle farm an' some stock, is it?" "Laws a masscy, man, how foolish yer ken talk fur er wise pusson, nohow. Dat chile doan kere nuthin' a tall erbout prop erty." "She doan?" "Not er bit. Er rich nigger wanted ter marry her de tuthcr week, but whut yer reckon she tole him?" "I ain' got no idee." " Wy she tole him ef he didn't go on erway she woul' set de dogs on him." "Look heah, she didn' talk dat er way ter er rich pusson, did she?" "Dat's persackiy whut she done." "Wall, Bruder Pete,-dat am de 'oman whut I'se arter. I'll drap roun' some time dis ebeninV 'Liza, Pete's daughter, was as slim as a weasel and as black as a mink. She was endowed with many graceful airs. Old Buck had often thought of her, but now he loved her. She was young and he was old ; and, like a dutiful daughter, she would study his wants and wait upon him. " Dis heah is er mighty fine dav ." said old Buck when he had taken a seat which the girl brought for him. " Yes, it's putty," the girl replied. " Tain't ez putty ez some things I kntiws, howeber, rejoined Buck. "Whut did yer eber know puttier den dis heah day ? " "Yesse'f, honey." "Law, Mr. Buck, whut er story-teller yer is." "No I ain't, I'se er truthful pusson. Look heah, Liza. I lubs yesse'f." " No yer doan." " Yes I does, an' I wants ter marry yer." "Law, Mr. Buck, my daddy wouldn' let me marry nobody." " ia3 he would." "Wall, now, yer ax him." The girl was delighted to know that her father had given his consent, and, throw ing her arms around the old man's neck, she wept for joy. The ceremony was performed without delay. Buck, now a thoroughly happy man, took his wife home. She was very affectionate, and within two weeks' time he had made his property over to her. Her disposition underwent an immediate change. When the old man asked her to take off his shoes, she flew into a passion. and, snatching a stewpan of hot water, she scalded the old man. She did not stop at this. She followed him to the gate and struck him with a brickbat. Old Buck, hurrying to Pete's house, and meeting old Pete in the yard, said : " 1 wants yer ter come up ter my house an' take dat daim wild cat erway from dar." " Whut's de matter, Bruder Buck ?" "Neber mine. Go fetch dat wild cat erway." " How ken I, when she's in her own house ? " " In her own house ? " old Buck gasped. " Yas, fur ain't yer done made ober yer property to her ? " "Dat doan make no difference." . " Wall, dc law 6ay it do. I ain't been able to pay de rent on dis heah place, so I'se gwine ter mubc ter Liza's house. Ef yer doan wanter lib dar, Bruder Buck, we kain' he'p it. Wall, drap roun' an' see us some time. Good mawnin', Bruder Buck. Reckon yer'd better commence ter wind up yer rope ergin." LAW AND LOVE. Law Lands Love In Limbo. fNew York Herald Cable. 1 Society has not yet done laughing at the mishap of Mr. Edward Rowdon, that youth of good family, that Justice of the Peace in Oxfordshire, who sighed and pined as the discarded admirer of the Honorable Violet Lane-Fox. The family of Lane Fox carries its head high. Its ancestors have held the old English barony of Con yers for nearly four hundred years, and at one time interlaced themselves with the Dukedom of Leeds. The connection was not altogether happy. Amelia, Lady Con yers, the granddaughter of a Dutch noble man named Doublet, inherited the title, which is one of the few English titles de scending to females, and married the fifth Duke of Leeds. But the marriage was dis solved by Parliament, and the Duchess married Mr. John Byron, who, by his sec ond wife, became the father of Lord By ron. She was the grandmother of " S. G. O.," the clerical correspondent of the Lon don Times. The Lane-Foxes are very well reputed in society. One of their kinsmen married a sister of Lord Stanley of Alderley, and they passed into the " set " formerly ruled by the Dowager Countess of Airlie. Miss Violet, as one of the co-heirs to the barony, is in great request with match-making mammas. Lady Conyers, her mother, is of a good Sussex family, not patrician in its origin. These family details will account for the amusement caused by the mishaps of Mr. Edward Rowdon. These mishaps have for weeks been the laughing stock of Mayfair. The youth was hopelessly infatuated. He followed Miss Violet from London to Hom burg, from Homburg to Paris, from Paris to Italy, writing effusive letters containing offers of marriage, which the young lady never deigned to answer; and in London he kept up the chase, whether at Lady Salisbury's dances or Lady Borthwick's dinners. A few days ago Mr. Rowdon met Lady Conyers and Miss Violet in the park, and in the presence of hundreds of well-known members of ultra-fashionable London soci ety, threw himself upon his knees and then and there made a most passionate declara tion of love and offer of marriage. This was the straw that broke the camel's back, Lady Conyers and her beautiful young usuguier put up tueir urnpreuas, turueu j3 ii i. . i , i , . . i upon their heels, and fled ; and this was how Mr. Rowdon came to figure at the Westminster police court, charged with conducting himself in a disorderly manner and molesting ladies. Mr. George Lewis, the solicitor, read over three hundred love letters, one of which may be taken as a sample of all: No. 51 Jermyn Street, S. W., May ) 24, 1885. s Dear Miss Violet Lane-Fox I wished this morning to ask your mother after your health. Her Ladyship's words, however, were not so alluring as her presence, being restricted to "Get along," "Get along." I could have hoped that she would have added, "Get along, do, Tor you are so awfully awful, you are." I have been obliged to take loreign tours in conse quence. Failing to obtain your regard, I can get no sleep or rest when I imagine you may be dancing or walking with other people. 1 cannot give up my inten tions with regard to you. I heard a respectable old gentleman in the park the other day say Tjs you passed, Oh ! I do so like that girl." I felt inclined to at once ask him to dinner, though if he had been young I am afraid my desires would have been of a very op posite character. I do so hope that you will try not to refuse to speak any more. I cannot bear the idea of any more tours by myself. While life, however, remains there is always hope. 1 am always most truly yours, Edward Rowdon. The declaration of the magistrate that these acts constituted a cruel persecution astonished Mr. Rowdon, and when he was removed to the cells under a week's re mand he was mute with astonishment. He is good-looking and intelligent, but des perately in love. The Cost of the Wilson Short-Cat. Fayetteville Observer. The largest mortgage ever recorded in the register's office of Cumberland county is that oi the Wilmington & Weldon Kail road Company, in favor of the Baltimore Safe Deposit and Trust Comoanv. for $4.- 000,000. The mortgage is to run fifty has no fixed duties at the wedding rccep years. The same, w! understand, as that tion. -.-.! f si ,!" f' "' recorded in Wayne, Harnett and Johnston counties, through which the Fayetteville & Wilson Road runs. The wheat and oat crop is the lightest ' in years, but the prospects for plenty of corn and tobacco are encouraging. Ala mance u leaner. A VALUABLE INVENTION. Courtship Relieved of a Serious Dancer. New ?York Times. . . The new Facet and Neck Protector, which we are assured by advertisements "is indispensable to every young man with sisters, cousins, and feminine ac quaintances," willj it is to be hoped, great ly lessen the dangers which have latterly beset our young mien. Woman was never half so bristling 'as she now is. Being from time immemorial addicted to pins, woman has always been a source of danger to impulsive young men, but at the worst, the latter hod noth ing to dread beyond torn fingers and lacer ated arms. Moreover, so many accidents have occurred which were of a nature dif ficult of explanation by really bashful men, that all prudent women have long, since ' ceased to fasten their belts with pins, and , have made it a point to use pins only in retired localities, where they could do no injury. Of late, j however, the practice common among Italian peasant women, of wearing a dagger in the back hair has be come extremely fashionable in this country. Our women do not wear genuine daggers, but they wear as a substitute for the dag ger a long sharp pin placed athwartships, just above the nape of the neck, and pro jecting, say, three inches on each side of it. This pin is far more dangerous than the original Italian dagger. The point of the latter projected very slightly, if any, beyond the hair, and besides it was usually very dull. The point of the modern back hair pin is, however, painfully 'sharp, and it projects so far! that no young man can approach to any degree of intimacy with the wearer without grave danger. A brief summary of the" pin wounds in flicted in this city Q uring the month of June last will show how dangerous our women have become. Twelve young men were wounded in the right forearm, and three.; in the left forearm. Thirty-eight sustained wounds more or . less severe in the cheek. Four lost an eye each ; seven were wound ed in the neck, and of these two died from the wounding of the jugular vein, and one from a wound in the carotid artery. Thir teen young men sustained a perforation pf the tympanum of the ear, and forty-three received scratches more or less severe on the scalp. This makes a total of one hundred and twenty cases; which were brought to the attention of thie police surgeons in June, but it is safe to say that at least one hun dred and twenty more did not come td the knowledge of the police. For example, it ' is said that at a recent camp-meeting across the Harlem there was scarcely a young man , who escaped unwpnnded, while one of the officiating ministers, who was very popn-' lar with the sisters, sustained so many scratches in the cheek that he was unpre sentable in the pulpit. , , 11 the fashion of wearing a back hairpin is to continue it is evident that our young men must provide themselves with some means of defence. The Face and. Neck. Protector is designed to meet this want.. It consists of alight steel collar, to which is joined a perforated steel mask, the two 1 completely protecting both face and neck. ' There is, of course, a possibility that a back hair pin may find its way through the narrow slits opposite the eyes, but with a little care the danger of an accident of this sort would be reduced to a mini mum. Armed with this protector a yonng man could fearlessly mingle in society, or could even go out driving with young women, while the most persuasive and popular camp-meeting minister could wrestle with feminine sinners without dan ger. I he Face sand Neck Protector has been put on the market just in time to be adopted at our seaside resorts, and there is every reason to hope that the list of casu alties will be greatly diminished as soon as this admirable invention becomes generally known. WEDDING FASHIONS. The Duties of the Best Man. ! Ney York Sun. To the Editor of the Sun Sir : A gen tleman about to be married, with the Epis copal form of service, in church, desires to know the true duties of the best man, and also what should be expected of him at the reception following the ceremony. Yours truly, E, B. H. v. The best man '.is the factotum for the event before as well as during the reremn. ny. .He is expected to supply the element j . i i a v ' ...j y . wmcn, as too appointed any approaches, is generally supposed to float away tempo rarily from the parties about to enter into wedlock. He should abound in common . sense, and never Bhould lose his head. He is the business man, and should be selected . on business principles, and' not,-as is the ' case with the groom, on grounds of senti-, ment. He is, as it were, the anchor thrown out by the latter character as a hold upon the unchangeable and unemotional world of daily life of which the rules of proced ure are never altered, and to which every -young couple must, sooner or later, res- ; similate themselves. tint. thf hp hnnld ttn tins'vmfiaftifitin f j ... t vu.. with his principal, but he must see that at : any rate the business portion of prepara tory matrimony shall be conducted sen&i-rT bly. :.. His functions, however, sometimes vary. This is according to the condition of the principal. They may be greater or lest as the latter loses or retains his grip on the material world. But as a rule he must at least be prepared to engage church, minis ter, and music; to run errands; to carry messages; to lend a hand whenever he can he useful; and to: jog the groom's memory wueuevcr ucccssttry, as wen as tu sing ms , praises. i Un the appointed day his labors culmin ate. At the proper time he must go in a well-appointed vehicle, in suitable dress, see that the young man about to risk it is similaily prepared, carry him off to church,' and, taking him in at the side door, lead him close to the chancel. If he gets ; through safely npw, he will be all right, n Now is the timeFwhen the other division of the wedding party is about to come up ' tne aisie. lie must on no account wear an ' air of self-congratulation. : Theverv worst d thing he could do would be to look as if, he thought he was having a narrow escape , himself. - That would ruin the spirit of the whole occasion. I He must look as though ' 1 he wished his friend's lot were hu. . He must appear dignified and - appreciative, ,,. perhaps a trifle icnvious. . He must cheer, up the groom, give him moral support, and hold his hat, if he carries one, giving it" back when it is over. : With that act be m. surrenders his official character, and isab-: solved from alt further responsibility, He .But candor requires us to state that the I term best man, when applied to the groom's assistant, is a misnomer. In truth, the best man is realty he who gets the girl. Good seasons' continue, and the crop prospect grows f brighter each succeeding week. liocTcingkam Rocket.