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ins messenger Prints . the , Hews -8END0BDZM J JOB PRINTING ! i THEMESSENCER, J Marion. N. C. ? 4 .ninmp.t!,e, Accuracy. Keataaaa aid i- lit nfterbythe peo- i ! i if :.I -Iiow.-il, Yancev. Bun combe, Rutherford, Burke ninl niiii'r ti r.ti s in Western North ( '.iri.lii.-t, and Li there fore II Cood Advertising Medium. i:ti.-s fiirjiiolsf'l oa application. Tin: MirssF.XQEB, Marion, N. O. if vvfvi o'.wi uuaranteed. Letter Head, Note Heads, Bill Head Envelopes. Circular. f'mwA. t. p?' ?Vhlet9f nd any kind of VOL. I. NO. 40. MARION. X C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22. 1897. Price $1 Per Year, in Advance. m V SHI 11118. - . . . I)K. IAI, !... I. 'S l Y Til KM K. They II. ni' I'il.-.l I Obstacle., in the Way of .ci iiM.nhid I Hi ii 1 dry Have l!i i ii ii- a Al (in t :i I ri. Tr.TI: O L'r.-qi mountain? a-llt I; !.'! LllltlU." -."!. 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I h" li-lir' of a tr! :: '' " -in an i a s"t ; .-at, an 1 th ' an I v..,;i.an ;ir. tr.'t.'h.l ,! 1 '' ' I pli:--k th- fruit. C a v I ti." fall is o...i.:!rniil. 1 ' ii--i i.t.t .n .pl" yon .. a 1 a.i I ha! una - in h . iiU''i''!it -' : : - :a s-.-j ar.it- 1 t !- .mrt cf 1 '' I !a . :.. ,,f (I,.' Nrf lit -s, ' 1 i i- uh.'ti h.' .-as of i hr.-st. I ' i . -i : I -1 1 1 ,-it! ttf Maiioi ' ' ' ' U -' i. u..pi..i qhni J...-.J ! ' '! " in: -.:: HI ii..'..J : ' ." " '"'I '-!! l-"i' 11 ! ' - i -ui;. i.i:i: Ml A I " ' ' II '! A I ' 11111.11 . 1 '; s ii... v (kiss ' ;' "' ' I I "' -I 'l :!!;. i;- MIKMJ ' -hi I "-I .'-.' J-ltf i'Pi!! ' ' i: r h i. ::.. p,. is.u.i..) ' 1 : -;K..; il uiojj iln ; '" 4 . ::t -: r."p,i'l 'r.;i ptnt !"V ' '; ''!'' - u. i ii:.i.p!.i ,.iii j i ' il ', 'n' ::' i !() put: no-ill! At t;; i V '-" vii .ii pnno, - i 1 - i .!! a Mii: .I.)s ,iruo.t( ; 1 " ' IM-MnM-IJ. I'm! - - 'J ' .'m ) M.ltll)lUl.U. i !' ' 'I- ' - Hi, .A At 'J W " x ! ' " ' '" '; ; "I i'Iisi.l a.Util om ' :' - - a Aa!ii':.-.i:iiii j. -an.ini . , - a r Ml '.v.i I-1 T 'i'l ;r jo '-v. .....p-AtK ..,.,,a ..him: 1 : ' i'"ii-H a. -a'i-ii!.iii! ..j.i.tt ' ' - ' : i-.i.'-a; i; it.tt s m..-- ' ' ' ' ;'' !-.. j.l 'm..ii!-iu.f ; , : ' ! M..pi l.'.'j i - ''! -..-..-ii.-ii,. p'fj i.iip 'a I ti': 1! I' M SI'At '.pjlSI .' ,'" ' ! v' 'tn- ,:1I 1 M't-il H "'.'A" j. sjintwnoqi ' ' - '.t'.--i:., --pj...tt oijl ': ' ! M "! it ..i -iq pnn.-ij.t i v.p m;.. '-inn ..,v joj -i : ..'ia .rj.jv.. 'mi: v J.'j ' ' 'P'UU JO spiit:ui. : : ' .'inip: p.,p.,ls ' Ii '" 1 1 1 a -J I : i.iiit oq, ' . v 1 -J -a . -t. A":iii.....M s).;.i:) ' ' ,: ' "oii'i I jo .'jppua ' 'I 'i.w . ."-.'-i i Jtio vi .rj.. ' ' ' ' sa appor. a na no 1 -l -i.it until ri'oi'iitly 1 :..;; -.-ai; tur.i wo havo " l;ia as a i;r.-at hunter ' " - :l ''-!" r. What 1 say now : '' I'---' t .-i -:ii n-t thi l?il.U. ' ! '!' I, US"- that ttli'V . : ' ' ' i- I'oirnr provf ,1 - - !h' anti.iia.-iau ' ' ' '",- ti,-- arolia- iU-.-ist - -i -' i r of i!i. i;o.-!!o'i-t. :tv . aar.i -t. ri::- 1 .y its ' 1 i-'ll' 'I'all a-. Iu. oh! . - -Hi ' pr.'jU'li.-o a-aiu-t - 'li-i-tiaii ty. n-ain-t ; ' : ii. .-. -a-ts us l-ii- hla.'k ' ,' ' ' ' a. I.t ii!i I ov.T nil ' " " . , ' l"i '" 'I us ui.n JluUUl -" ; " 1 '-'''-t m. utitain in tlKMvorl.l. ,,; . I '-" ''"'-'ii' i 1 rvia -i.-,. acainst " 1 ;-"."r'.hat: tln hi-'.iost ora-s r .a- .i.-iiiuin-s of h.-awa. lliifore . .a ,t . vr !..-.-, .:o a plait:? 1 '" lun. Iran. '.' is timt of . I .oi-u iaimora. Xhf r. i y.- ."Til L,ri f" ' '"'iii-y. n is ,.ii.. wiih n , 'nl.l.vautorsan.lh i , ,. a a -a Hi-vi.'tmis of that trai'-I of ! U t T,,y, f ;lrtll n1, I L A : ''v::I .-m-i luro. 5 ' ' ll 1 til.? hill r:.,v. If - to till;.; onlv tli-i inoiiii ni l - '.I'tlili-' lit, 1 HSLl.i w,. 1 i i ! W '- s.t a.-,',, :1-,,i,w, lh,. ,v,rk f,-,. i ?5' "' '" '""'I-hii I- of man nn I w..- : ' "r" II IOI--li,v to til'. W ni l. i-.ll l i ajx ?''"a 'r':u lu"r'l,u so:K'tvwouM j '01 ttese moral defloltg would not I AMr.-. . in '. th .. .,... J I .dOfii, I I -Be?.'--' ;: ,' , i I f plana." f I'b-i. ih- I il R9l0i. '.-a I II di0:ie;. . t il It con',, : ,,; II ; I book, mi i ,i, 1 1 1 1 mo9t " 'in1- J I ilcka a l U V"'- -t ' r. j .:,.-!, x T ar.ius! in n mii':h of a protest. 13'it Inso bri"ty ta-i'M tha b;st. Tho mountain of iri'-hria -y .t.-in Is iu tart way of thn klntj'lora i, i; .1, an 1 li.in Ir'i l." of thousand of rna l.-u for that hiii'lratco ttiuM stop riht into tii ranks of tho I.or l's ho-t and raarah 1. i iv Tiwar l, caoh oan taking a regiment with him. Tin! m )Uutain of ino'iria'iy i-i not an ordinary mountain, but It U arm'!L Xt is i liti'j of f ort ros-e.s continually blazing ntvav its d.'stru v.) forays upon all our nci-liliorh-j i ls. town-and citi-s. thoir volley- of ip'ath p-Mirnd down upon tho homes an I hiir .-h'-s. Under this jutvr morq than l'J h'nj J m'-n 'in 1 w itn-n ar-: in this ountry evry y.;ar i nr.ris-in'! 1, and an urmv of G00, 00 1 ilruii'i ir !s aimost sli iice th' earth with tli . -ir s;.i.'i;.-ri:ii; tr.-a-l. It causos in ttiis oouiitry ::'!') mur l'-rs and 400 .ut'-id3 a year. This moantain of in'ri:icy ha.- not .nly ::s,,ui,t.. j tli Ua 1. bat bomljar le 1 thu .shijipin-r.l Uim toi, an I situ of th" mo-t appa'. !iu- shipwr.: !;- on A'lantiT nn 1 Paillfl -oa-ts iiava Ii1 -Mil tli- ro-ulf. What sank th-j st-' i u-r U dli.'.iy l.'i-tlo, on th w.tr fr):rt I.:vr;,..al to liiihlin. ."strovIn- 10 I human 1 i v---V A diaiuk-'Mi sea captain. Wli-it blow up tho U 1:1 Sliorrod on thy Miss.insippl and s -nt 1-VI to horrihlo d iih? A dritP.kon cr-w. tVn.it drovn on t IriakdC'i a stcatnsr tn.iktn- its way fr.-n N-;w Y-r to Oli-irleston a:i I s -tit wholo f i'iuhiM o ! , way boms I run Hun-n-ir tv ir-nn- j.ia .is V th4 irior.:'.-l'-s; (li-j.tlis of tl-.n A -triiiiUeii h cup- tain. O ith.-r i:p fr-'ts th" d -i.ii- "r t 'fl riv.-rs and la'; :-. c: a'u- f: ..!, tio- -hinwre - -1 by it.fij.- .ptaim and etews, at:d ym could bui! I out of t.-iem a t.-inplo of honors, all th. illars and a'.irs !im I il r- a i I eailiu 'i fiisliioiiod of human sull-.. Is it p j-sihl.) that su :h n inouutain cf lu .-hria.-y c;n .jta-r bo mi lu a pluiu? Yon Ifr also is t!m mountain of orim,'wIth It i strata of fr.m 1 ati 1 malpra',tii!3 and mal-f.-iis-.ti ..) nn 1 hlackm-iil an I burKlary and p.i.i-y n ud O'lilzioaiOut ant libertinism ai. 1 tlffr, nil its ii"ii;lits inanue 1 jvitli the d-' p -ra lo ', tli-) cuttlir-iats, thi lickpockots, th- thinihi.i ri.;"i-s, thu corsairs, tho wro :k ers, tho bandits, tho tricksters, thi for-crs, tho thu s, th" uarr.it 'rs, tho 11 ro llonds, tho oyu i inters, itie shop. liters, the kli-'ptoniini a -. thu pyroiii iiii.i -s, tho dip-omiitilncs, tho .-'in: :;'"r.s, thu kidnaps, tho Jack Sho j. ir I-., tho H ,'i -rt M i.'.iires and tho Mncbfthii of villainy. Tuo crimes of tin world! An I n .t ri-iit in eiUliii j thorn, wlieu pil-d up to-.-tiier, a mountain is -it w, cinuot bna- o irelves to nppr ii:it" -rent liei-hts ex-opt ny comparison. i ou taint or .tlouut tVasii iu-ton as hijjli, especially thosyof yoa who .13 (n l ' l as of ol I, on mulo back, T moro ro e-niiy by ra 1 tram, to tuo T o Too Houso. i, no! that is not hiii. F.ir it 1. only a . ,u: il HI) f.ii-, wh -r'as risin- on this West- t -th Ho aifph'T! iiro (Iliimb.ir.iz.), 21,000 rt hi- i, and Mount S I'la n.i, 2.5,000 foot hi-li, an I Mount Sar.ito, 21.H J I foot hlRh. I!ut tiiat is not ttio hi-tiost moantaia oa the V"-ti'rn llomispli-r . Tin hi-h :st raoun taiti is tho m tiiitain of erlm an I is it p s s':i.li tint this mountain, b.-foro our Z;ru' bain'1, rin ever bo mado a plain? Th -ro is also tho mountain of war. tho most volcaui'! of all mountains tho Vo-u-viuswhl Ii, not content, liko tho Vesuvius of I' :ily, with overwhelming two cities, H-reu-l.u.eutu ant l'.unpeii, has covcreil with Its ll-ry scoria tlions;inds of cities, an 1 would lilco to whelm all tho cities of both homis pli r-s. Oivo this mountain full utteranw, iim I it wo lid civ r up V.'.i-liiu-toa aud Now York and 1. ai Ion as easily as a housoliold er, with his .shovel at 10 o'clock at ni.uht, b iuks a tfra'o lire with a-ho-. This moun 1 lin is a pile of fortresses, barricades and armories, ill ! world's artillery heaped, wheels above wl'eo'f, Columbia Is above columbia l.s, sev.'iil y-fo'ir pounders abovo seventy-four poui"l"t-s, wrecked Nations abjve wrecked Niti'-ns. Tliis iiiitintain of war is not only londod to -ii 'i it ma le tin earth, but it is also a como t ry. hoi tin-tho corpsr-s of 3a,OU0,00 l slain in t h wars of Alexander and Cyrus, 60,000, 0 D slain iu Kun.in wars, lSO.OOO.OOO slain in w ir with Turks and S iracem and holding about 3 j,000,000,OUO corpses, not million, but billion, which was the estimate made by E 1 mun 1 Jiuiko morethau 100 years asro of those who had been destroyed by war, so that you woul I have to add more millions now. Tw-.ity years a,'o a careful author estimated hat about fourteen times tho th-u popu lation of the world had Rono down iu battlo or n ho-pital after battle. Ah, tiiis moun tain of war is not like an ordinary mountain! It is lik Kilau-a, one of tho Sandwich Isl ands, which holds tlin jjr'ntest volcano in all tin earth, and eon-crnin- which I wrote fi.)-:i the Sau Itvich Islands a few years a-o: "A'liiit a his-in-, bellowinsr,tumblini;.s.oar- ii- force is Kilauca! Lake of uuiiuenchablo l'n e: eonv.ilutiotis and paroxysms of llame; elements of nature in torture; torridity and luriliiy; conre-ation of dreads; molten horror-; sulphurous abysms; .swirliu- mys tery of all time; infinite turbuleiice; chimney of perdition; wallowing terrors; fifteen acres of threa's; uiooms iusuff-rable and Pant es.pie; caldron stirro I by the champion witch of I andeaioiiium; eampllre of the armies of lliabolus; wrath of tho mountains in full bloom; sdiimmorinir incandescence; pyrotech nics or the planet; furnaoo blast of tho a;es; K.Iauea!" Hut, my fri-nds, mi-htler, hi-h-er, va-t-r.hotter, moro rain, is thu vclcanlc mountain of war. It has been blnzini for hundreds of years and will keep oa blazlu until, until out I dare not hazard a proph I'l'v. ('.in it be that its (Ires will ever bo put out? Can it be that its roar will ever be si !en -e IV Can it be that before our Z-nibba-bel that blaziii'j; inouutaiu will everbecome a plain? There is also tho lonsj ran-o of mountains, loii-erthnn Appalachian rana;e, longer than Caucasian ram;-, lon-er than Sierra Nevada ran-. t-'e pile 1 up opposition of bad litera ture, bad homes, bad institutions, bad amuse ments, bad centuries, bad red-ions 1. uran ism, Ilia loois'ii, Buddhism, Mohammedan ism and buttressed an t entlironod fro lless uess, devoted to ambition an I lust and hydr.i hea ie 1, art,'iis eye J abomination, a- it stands with liftel list an I mo ikin lips, challenging .leii vali ui'Oii the throne of the universe to strike if IJe .lare. Oil, it is a ;re:it inouutain, as my t declares. Th-reis no use in deny ing it. The most aulhenticst itistics declare it. The si-tis of tho times prove it. All christian workers realize if. It is a moun tain. "The mountain can never be brou-ht down," says worldly speculation. "The inouutain can never bo male a plain," .says a small faith iu the churches. Well, let us see. I.et us look about for tho implements we can lay our hands on. Let us count the number on our side who are willinir to di with a shovel or bore a tunnel or blast a lo. -k. L t us see if there is any forei-n help that will come in to re-enforce us. 1 do not want to make myself absurd by nttcmpt-in- an impossibility. If it is only ouo spade at the foot of Mount Blanc, if it i only oue arm, capable of lifting but a few pounds, asain.-t a mountain that wei-hs 100.0 'O.OuO tons, let us ipiit before we make ourselves t ti-travesty aud caricature of the universe. If we are to undertake this job, llrst of all we must have a compcteut engi neer, on- who knows all about excavations, about embankments, about tunnels, about mountains, I know engineers who have carved up mountains, cut down mountains, removed mountains. I will do nothiucr un less I know who is to !e our engineer, .erubbabel led nt the rebuilding of the an cient te:npl and Matthew Henry, the great est of commentators, declares that our .-rubbabel is the Lord Jesus Christ. The Z-rubbaM of my text was only a tyne of the clorious aud omnipotent Jesus, and as I look up into the face of this liine pnein-er and se it jjlotv with all the splendors of the Godhead, and see that iu His arm is the al mirhtines thai Huns out all the worlds that flitter in the midnight heavens, aud that to lift the Himalayas would cost Him no more offer! than for me to lift an ounce, my cour-u-e begins to rally, an 1 my faith be-ins to mount, and my enthusiasm is all mlnme, and tin worts id uiv text this mom-nt just tit my lies and express the triumph of my seul, and I cry out: "Who art thou, O -reat mountain? H-fore Z.-rubbabel thou shall become a plain?'' 1 tell you the mountain i comins down. It is coming down rapidly. It will all come down. There arc those who hear or real the.-e words who w.ll -laze upon its com pU to prostration, for what is the use of my keeping back any lon-er the fall statement of the fa-t, which I have somewhat itelayed throu-h lawful sermonic s'rate-y, the fact that the I, rl fi vl Alm'oj'ity, iii tin full play of His omnipotence, will aeeorn::iii this supernal wrk. If Go 1 can buiia a mountain. I .t He can re n.ive a moun tain. After God has idven fail opportunity fr tho sliovcls He will come in with His thunderbolts. We have amplified the id-a of the LmbofGoi. 1 tell you now of tho lion. Here v a thought that I have never so m projected, and yet it is the most cheer-in-of ail eoti-idera": ions and plainly Scrip tural, thethouht that as at theooentn- of thoROspel dispensation in trie O iristiy and Jolii.inau and Fauliuo -.lays the machinery ot tho natural world was brought iuto service, tin shallow of eclipses and tho acitatiou of e:uth.ii:ike3, lempesis put to sl-ep und-r tho voice oi tbviue luiiiiuy. iron bolts of prison shovel back by invisible muscle, kiudiing of flume on heals of worshiper?, by instan taneous pharmacy Waste I vision eivn full eyesitr it, and tne dea l re.urned from th. et -rual tvorl I. miniiuc; a-.nil earth :y scenes, bo ii win o a- tin. Aslrad my Bib!-. th"e supernatural. are to return. A-.iin th ; e.-lip?es, as at tin destruction of Jerusal ..ai, will put red wini? under tho moon and black w.nir under the sun, and the mountain wi I shake with air no of excitement and hospital cots be emDtie 1 as their patients bouu 1 into sa t Ion health and the gospel of mercy e.-nph asiz -d by most tremeDdoussp9-taj.es. 'Anil beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo then was a frre it e.-i'thquak-, and the sun became black as sackcloth ot hair, and the moon be camo m blood mi 1 every mountain and island were moved out of their pl.-i'-es!' There you have it. Tin shovels now di-.n away at the mountains to lo re-enforce I by thunderbolts. Tin gospel is oniy partially Eiiccessrul because we j. reach it amid ail placidities, tho h"ar h ivin- heard the in vitation a thousan i times btfore and expect to hear it a thousand times more, but in comiu-times to to preaehol amil pulve-. izel rocks and stellar panics an I shattered masonry of cemeteries, from which the pal lid dead will sprin- into ros-ate life. I say then the jrosnel wid be uaivers illy aeeepfo.1. There is the pro-ramme. First the shov-ls, the." the thunderbolts. Ours the shovels, God's in- thiinderboits. Tin text, which betora w uit :.; w.th ssr--thin.-of trepida tion, uo.v re uti-r in In . 4 1 of triumph, "rtin art tiiou. O tre t m-, int-di,? U-foia Z'Tuhti-iorl thou .shall !..c.oa.- a plain." riomeMn.es t f.-nerel l e-i..s a battle befor.i l.o is r-.-ely, tie 'nn,,) t':e i , ray foreM it ou tlin.. Tl'e u'enerii sm'-i ' The enerry an pushin-us, an i d.j I or -. battle. W- ar. not suilicieut to cjpj wuu ...on, but I h jp- the reserve forces will conn up in timV Tho battle ra-c--, and the K-u-rai look-J throu-h his lield-las- at the troops, but ever aud nuon hoswe:jp- his (ieldtfluss backward imd upward toward tho hill 10 s-a if the re serve forces are comin-. "Hard pushed aro we," says the -en-oral. ,-I do wish thos re enforcetnents would come up." After awhile tho plum -s of the advancing cavalry are seen tossiu- oa the ri lire r.f the hill, anil then tho flash of swords and then the Ion- line of mounted troops, their horses in full Raliop, ami the general s'ivs: "All is well. Hold out, ray men, n little Ion--r. Let the ser geants rile alon? tho lines and cheer tho men and te'd them re-enforcements are com inir." Aud now ttio rumblin- of the batteries and pun carriages is distinctly heard, and soon they are in line, and at tho llrst roar of tho newly-arrived artillery the enemy, a lit tle while before so jubilant, fall back in wil l retreat, their way strewn with canteens and knapsacks an I ammunitiou.that the defeated, may bo unhindered in their Ci-lit. That is just tho way now. In tin's great battle airainst sin and crime and moral d- at 11 the enomy seem too much fur us. Mor-j grogshops than churches. More bad ma than goo I men, and they como up with bra vado and the force of gr at number. They have openo 1 battle upon us b dore wo are iu our strength rea ly to meet them, and great are the di-cjuragements. But steady there! Ilol 1 on! R -enforcements aro comiugl Through tho glass of inspiration I look and seo tho flash of the swor I of "Him who hath on His vesture and on His thigh a name written, Kin; of Kings and Lord of Lor Is." All li-aven is on oiirsideiind is eomiuirto the nscue. I Inar tho rumbling of the King's artillery, louder than any thunder that ever shook the earth, nut with every roll of the ponderous wheels our coura-o augments, and when Ih-se rc-enforc-m-nts from heav-n got into line with the forces of God already ou earth all the armies of iiprighteou-uesj will see that their hour of doom has .-o-ne and will waver an 1 fail back and take flight and notliiug be left of them save here and there, str-wu by tin wayside, an a-uo-tic's pen, or a broken decanter, or a torn playbill ot a debasing amusement, or a blasphemous paragraph, or a leper's scale, or a dragon's tooth, to show they ever existed. Let there be cheering all alon-the lines of Christian woikers over the fact that what the shovels fail to do will be accomplished by the thun derbolts. "Who art thou, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabul thou shalt beoomo a plain." Tho mountains look on Marathon. And Marathon looks on the sea. 0 Shrine of the mighty, can it bo That this is all remaim of thee? P.o'OVIINENT PEOPi-t. Major McK.nlcv trill bo the thirtM-tho-ili-t i'resident. The Huke or Fife isereliteu with a private income of i 100.000 a yea'. Senator Wolc nt bus arrive 1 in London on his mission in beliall of international bi metallism. L ir 1 Sali-'.iirv turn; tin scale a-: 2"2 pounds. .Mr. Gla d-don". on the other haiM. weighs less than 117 pounds. An tre-.v V.. L 1 -.the r !.;-"itly elected "1 v :r nor of Smi'Ii Dak t 1. o-.vu- more laud th a i any ot her r-sid"t:t or 1 he State. Ju lg- Holm 111. of Indian:'., in'en '.s t make a .-rnsal- in Cmgre-s a;ain;c tin pr-sout high rite of Fe l-rat salaries. Eugene Zimmerman, the well-known car icaturist, who signs his sketches "Zim," U a Swis.- by birth, and started his career as a sign painter. Achilles Krani, an aged musi- teacher of New York City, who numbered among his pupils years ago M-miie Hank aud Emma Tiiursby, is ilea !. Since his llfth inauguration Presid-nt Iia:, of Mexico, lias made a tour of tho country, visiting nearly every to-.vn in it. Ho Wiis receive I everywhere with rejoicings. Stanley will visit the B-lgian possessions on ihe Congo next spring in company with King Leopold. Th-y will s-ip 'rvise the op-niu of the rai'roal between M atavoi aud Ls-poldviil-. There is but one monnrea of Europe win can show th- s -arof a :v wo 1 receive I i i war. Ii is King Hu nhert, of Italf, win re ceived a severe a! r cut at the battl of Custozza. The Friaee of Wales says that the most fitting plan f..r thecelebriition of the Oueen's sixt etii anniversary as a ruler will embrace schemes of m-rcy for the poor aud suffering iu Iut dominion. If Senator Morrill, of Vermont, lives until March 3 next In w it litiv serve 1 flvfull terms in the Unite I Stat -s Senate, which 11 man has over yet don-. His nearest 00 n petitor was S-n-itor Hentou, of Missouri, who s-rve I four terms an 1 a h il. It is geiieraliy understood that r.wt-masi.er-G-n-r il Vilso:i w.ll a-cept the l'r silenc,' of the Washin-lon-Lej TTui versity whea In 1-av-s the Cabinet. Tiiat position is n w va ant. Mr. Wilson is an alliums of that cel -braie I in-'.nutioti, and has alwavs taken a great deal of interest iu its affairs. CYCl!N,2 NOTES. Tin vear 1S03 was a great season forlicye! inventors. iearcas-sare meetiu-with a small but growing demand. One of the developments in oicvcling is the in'-rea-ieg popularity o." tandems. In London a depot lias been esiabli.-hed for the repairing ot motor vehicles. In Washington tin str-et-c.ir tracks are so 'ai 1 that I hey do not inter.'ere with the com fort of the riders "f wheels. New York tailors do not now complain n'o-ut the bievele as injuring their business, for the making of Si-ycle clothe- has become an in lustry iu itself. Bicycle skating parlies are common in the country now that th- ponds are soli lly frozen over. The skates are usually carried i trappe I to Ihe Inn lie-bar, or they may be slung over th- shoulder. Considerable improvem-nt in lamp0 is promis-d for this year. There are any num ber of pa'terns in the market, all warranted serviceable, ,-m I all far removed from the clumsy hintorii of early days. Ouo of them closes like a watch. Tin r.irlo exposition is to witness tho crowning triumph of tin bicy -le. It will he ia the form of a b:oyele palace, one which every wheelman who sees it will regard as marking the most important recognition that the eyele ever received. With the lar-er sprockets that are coming into use there is a movement in the direction of usinT long-r cranks. Instead of six an I one-half in?hes. which has b-en the cus tomary letgth. mauy rid-rs ar- providin thems dves with s-evcn-in:h cranks. The wheelmen of Baltimore are up in arm? over the r-eent bievele ordinance passed bv the Fark Board of that cltv. Tiny particu larly object to coasting being forbidden, and also claim that hors ve'i -'es as well a bicycles in the park a't.-r .'.ark should be compelled to carrv light. I IllRo fll IfO, The Resolution in Regard to Cuba Is Modified. CHARGES OF BRIBERY ADOPTED. Bills Providing for New Jury Lists Passed the House Terms of Jus tices of the Peace Expire In De cember, 18i)8. SENATE. Monday. I he Henate met at 12 o'clock, Lieutenant Governor I)ou-:h- ton ji-esihnj. i 'raver by Rev. Mr. Ashburn of the Senate. A message was received from the House statin"- its non-concurrence iu the resolution in regard to iiriutinpr the Governor's message, and a committee of conference was apKinted to confer Willi a committee ot the House. 'J ho following bills and resolutions were introduced and referred: Mr. Clark A bill to define the man ner in which the railroad companies may become corporate 111 this State. Mr. JVrson A resolution in relation to Iynclnnrs by mobs, etc. -Mr. lietnterson A bill to protect travelers on public roads against barbed w ire lences. Other bills and resolutions were in troduccd and referred as follows: To amend the charter of the Drummers' J'aiik;t incorporate the town of Wil lowbank, in Wilson county; in relation to saluries and fees and a reduction of the same; in relation to roads and road overseers; to amend the charter of the town of Plymouth; in regard to the road laws of Edgecombe; to define cer tain crimes and regulate the punish ment thereof; to prohibit shelter to per sons abandoning their homes; to ap point a committee to prepare a bill in regard to sulai ies and fees of public of ficials; to remove obstructions in Big Dutch and liiitl'alo creeks, in Cabarrus; to abolish extra term of Washington county court. The electoral college met immediate ly, it. 1. .Davis, ol New Hanover, pre-f-iding, and Mr. Merritt, of Person, sec retary. A ballot was ordered, and re sulted in Bryan receiving the 11 electo ral votes of .North Carolina. Bailey, of Nash, move 1 for n ballot for Vice I'resi dent. The vote resulted as follows: Sewall, li; Watson, ii. Locke Craig was elected messenger to take, the re turns to Washington. The college then took a recess till . o'clock. The Semite immediately met, and on motion of Mr. Clark adjourned till 3:M tiiis afternoon. Tcksdav. Senate met nt 10:150, Lieutenant-Governor Houghton presiding, braver by Eev. Mr. McNeil. The journal of Monday was read and ap proved. The most important bills in troduced were: Mr. McCuskey-A bill to establish a reformatory feu- young criminals. Mr. Smathers A bill to fire vent delay in the trial of criminal actions. Mr. Justice -A bill to amend the charter of Saluda, Polk county. Mr. Kollins A bill in relation to the registration of physicians. -Mr. Butler A bill in regard to rail roads; amends chnpter :ti!U of laws of 1S;1, act to provide for the general su pervision of railroads, etc. The committee of conference made a report stating that they had agreed to have .Ion copies of the Governor's mes sage printed. The report was adopted. The following bills and resolutions were rati lied: An act to provide for counting the votes of State officers aud to carry out the provisions of art. 3 of the constitution; a resolution to provide index books for the clerks of the Senate and House. The hour for the inaugural ceremo nies having arrived, the Senate pro ceeded in a body to the House of Rep resentatives, w here they proceeded to count the vote for the State officers. The Senate met immediately after the inauguration ceremony ended. Mr. Smathers said: "Mr. President, I have the honor to present Lieutenant-Governor Reynolds, who has just tall m the oath of office and qualified."' Mr. Doughton relinquished the chair and Mr. Reynolds took it and Mr. Smath ers introduced the following: ''Resolv ed, That the Senate extends to the re tiring Lieutenant-Governor a vote of thanks for his impartial rulings as its presiding officer and extends to him the best wishes of the body." The res olution was adopted unanimously by a rising vote." Wkonksday. Senate was presided over by Lieutenant-Governor Reynolds. Prayer by Senator Utley. The follow ing bills were introduced and referred: Mr. Clark - A bill to establish rea sonable rates on railroads, telegraph aud telephone lines; also a bill to es tablish a uniform standard of time in North Carolina. Mr. Ashburn A bill to amend the school law of the State. 31 r. Justice A bill relating to Hick ory Creek ( lap TurupikeCompany; also a bill relating to Hickory Nut (Jap Turnpike. Mr. McNeil A bill to incorporate the Stone Mountain Railway Company; also to prevent the sale of concealed ?j weapons. Mr. Hvatt -A bill to amend section loo.") of the code in regard to penalty for carrying concealed weapons. Mr. Anthony A bill relating to crop liens. I'nder a suspension of the rules a bill to incorporate Wills Rank in Wil son county was taken up and passed on second reading. Thi rsoay. -Senate met at 12 o'clock. Lieutenant-Governor Reynolds presid ing. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Hoover. Reports of standing committees were received, among them a substitute by the judiciary committee for the "reso lution in regard to the independence of Cuba. " The following bills and resolutions were introduced and referred: Mr. Walker A bill to prohibit the sale of liquor near Missionary church, in Rockingham county. Mr. Robertson A bill regulating pro ceedings in justices' courts. Mr. Miarp. of Wilson A bill to abol ish the office of cotton weigher in Edge combe county. Mr. Butler A bill to license foreign associations and other corporations. Mr. Barker A resolution looking to the regulating of the public printing. Smathers A bill to amend the law 1 rohil it ing the sale of tol aceo to mitu irs ; also a bill relating to hunting in Hay wood county. Abell A bill to amend sec. 1 24 of the Code, in relation to probate of deeds. Talker A bill relating to corpora tions or creating the same. The calendar was taken up and the following bills passed third reading: To incorporate the town of Millbank, in Wilson county. The resolution relating to bribery and corruption was passed, ratified and the follow ing committee apiointed on the pin t of the Senate: .Messrs. Atwater and Smathers. The following bills were taken up under suspension of the rules and tabled. To allow physicians until March 10th to register; to define misdemeanor and the punishment lor the same. The following were referred: A bill to amend the constitution of the United States in regard to the right of suffrage, aud to prevent delay in criminal ac tions. The following is tho Cuban resolu tion substitute of the committee on Federal relations. "Resolved, By the Senate, the House of Re-resentatives concurritp. That we are In sympathy with tbe people of Cuba, who are struggling for liberty against such over whelming odds, nnd we assure our Senators and Representative in Congress that ai.v ac tion that they take looking to rne maepen denee of Cuba will meet with our hearty ap proval." Friday. The Senate was called to order by Lieutenant-Governor Rey nolds. Praver bv Rev. H. V. Norris. after which the journal of Thursday w as read and approved. The following bills were intro duced : Smathers To amend sees. 110!) and 1200 of The Code, relatingto challenges of jurors. Person A bill to make wire fences lattfi 'ences in Edgecombe county; also to enact a curfew ordinance for all the towns and cities of North Caro lina. Moye To establish a scale of fees for registers of deesds. Anthony To amend sec. 1273 of The Code in regard to chattel mort gages. McNiel To amend chap. 4:)0, laws of 181I.J, in regard to the examination of school teachers. Saturday. Lieut. -Governor Rey nolds called the Senate to order, and after prayer by Rev. Mr. McNeil, the journal of Friday was read and ap proved. No bills or resolutions were introduced. The Senators were evi dently too deeply engrossed in the sub ject of grip germs to draw up bills. The calendar was taken up aud the following bills disposed of: Bill for the relief of A. M. Yannoy, ex-sheritl'of Wilkes county, passed sec ond and third readings. Bill for the relief of Dr. Geo. W. Walker, of Ponder county, exempting him from the tax of .?10. By unanimous consent the Senate took up the House bill repealing ch. 4ilii, laws of lsiio, known as the "as signment Act," and it passed its several readings and was ordered to be enrolled for ratification. HOUSE. Monday. At 11 o'clock the House met, and nepresentative Green offered the opening prayer. The papers in the contest for the seat held by Crews, colored, from Gran ville, were filed. A memorial from Asheville Typo graphical I'nion was presented, pray ing that the Legislature iu awarding the public printing require the employ ment of union labor. Bills introduced were as follows: By Sutton, of New Hanover, to repeal act incorporating . Black River Navigation Company; bv Ferrule, for displaying the national flag from the capitoi; by Abcrneth v, to reduce salaries to con form to the prices of farm prodects. Ry Houser, to provide for ventilating the hall of the House. By Duncan, to pro tect fish in Neuse river. By Brown, to change Pollocksville's charter. By Pin nix, to forbid hunting in Yadkin save by consent of land-owners. By Peters, toll, t ' ae sihool fund apportionment made in September instead of .January. By aril, to provide for the cross 111-( ( dexmg of wills. By Cathy, to allow sheriff of Swain to collect tax an ears. By Con ley, for the relief of Sdei ill ( Jar din, of .McDowell. By I'etree, provid ing that terms of justices of the peace elected last year shall end on the first Monday in December, lS'.IS. Tri:.srAY. Repieseutative Green of fered prayer. The following resolutions and bills were introduced: Mr. Sutton, of Cumberland -To repeal that part of chapters l: and 1V.I, acts of lS'J.l, which allows judges upon petition to appoint two additional commissioners, and which requires all candidates for office to tile a sworn statement of their expenses incurred during the election. Mr. Lusk To amend the divorce law. Mr. Houser - To provide the means of changing persons' names, requiring !M) days posted notice, the reason for change, etc. Mr. Sutton To fund Cumberland's bonded debt. Mr. White, of Rertie-To allow the Cashie ..V Chowan Railroad and Lum ber Company to hold 100,000 aerosol laud. .Mr. ret roe To allow registers ol deeds to appoint a deputy register. Mr. Wilson To incorporate thctown of Hardin Cotton Mills, Gaston county. Mr. Lusk To incorporate I lie Ashe ville aud Biltmore Street Railway and Transj Mir tat ion Com iany. Mr. Hileman To amend chapter Hi, acts of lSllo, by including Cabarrus; also to incorporate the Cabarrus Sav ings Bank. Mr. Sutton To require railroads iu- corKirated under the laws of North I aroliua, which desire to carry ou busi ness here, to tile a copy of their char ter, and such copies must be recorded in the various counties in which they do business, and such charters must be not in violation of the laws of North Carolina, the penalty for violation be ing j?i00 a day. A resolution was adopted ordering .'u0 00 lies of Governor Carr's message to be printed. At 1 1 :!" Chief Justice Faircloth ad ministered the oath of office to the new State officers. An account of Governor Russell's in auguration will be found 111 another column. Wednesday. The House met at 11 o clock. 1 raver by i.ev. Dr. Uixon, of Cleveland. The following are among tbe most important bills: Mr Reynolds To give Montgomery another term of Superior Court. Mr. Dixon, of Cleveland To estab lish the North Caaolina Beforin Schiiol. Mr. Sutton, of Cumberland to re quire foreign coi irations doing busi ness in tins Mate to take out license; to repeal the stock law for certain parts of Cumberland. Mr. Petree To make guardians, ad ministrators and executors who misap propriate funds liable for embezzle ment. Mr. Hancock -To incorporate the Mutual Aid Ranking Company, of New Berne: t incoi i-ornte Grand Lodge No. 1, Knights of I'ythias of North Caro lina. Mr. Docket y To incororate the town of Hamlet. Dr. Dixon's bill in regard to there form school provides for the discipline, training and education of youthful criminals; provides for a .$10,000 appro priation for each race for the first two years; provides for the purchase of from 300 to b00 acres of laud for farm purposes. A resolution to pay the expenses of the Arlington Committee came up w ith an unfavorable reiKirt, and was tabled by a unanimous vote. (It proposed to pay "Hoola Boom" Campbell and also T. R. Purnell, the committee's attor ney.) Resolution to pay Purnell for attorney s atnl c.'eik'i ia!arvwas also tf.bli-i.l." A Ji--olutioii a adopted laisiug a i:.-int committee to consider the matter if reducing salaries to conform to the decline in the prices of farm pro ducts. Bills passed incorporating the Cabar rus Savings Bank at Concord, with SoO.OOU capital stock; the directors to be iersonally responsible for all sums due dejiositors. On leave a number of bills were in troduced as follows: Mr. Currie To allow Robeson to levy a special tax to hire out the chain gaugaud to abolish the criminal court of Robeson. Mr. Cunningham To amend The Code by allowing joinder in actions for wages. Mr. Nelson To allow Caldwell coun ty to levy a special tax and build a jail. Mr. Dixon, of Greene-To repeal the law forbidding the remarriage of di vorced persons; actions for divorce un der this act not to be brought later than March ill, 1S:T. Mr. Sutton, of New Hanover, offered a resolution to print 10,000 copies of Governor Russell's inaugural. A lively debate ensued. The resolution w as re ferred to the li nance committee. TurnsDAY. The House met at 11 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Levi Branson offered prayer. Mr. Sutton, of New Hanover To prevent the spread of contagious dis eases among the live stock in North Carolina. It provides for three com missioners, forming the North Carolina live stock sanitary board. A bill passed giving Montgomery county another term of court, so there will be terms in January, April aud September; also a bill to make the un lawful taking of a legislative bill or other paper a felony. A bill passed third reading to incor porate the Cabarrus Savings Hunk. A bill passed in regard to suits or actions of qou warranto, providing that in trial of title to any county office or other local office it shall be sufficient for the person desiring to bring such action to give bond to save the State from costs; and such suits shall be placed by the clerk at the head of the docket or calendar. Bills passed providing that terms ( f justices of the peace elected last No vember shall end the first Monday in December IStlS. Also bill to lew spe cial tax of 2 cents on the $100 in Rol e son county. A bill passed providing for new jury lists next July in all counties in the State. The resolution to create a committee to investigate "charges" in the sena torial contest was ratified. Mr. Lusk asked if the expression in the original was not "charges of fraud." Friday. Dr. Dixon opened the House with prayer. The following bills were introduced: Cunningham To require a duplicate of each bill introduced to lie furnished. Dewese To amend the school law so as to strike out "chairman of county commissioners" and insert "register of deeds." i 'oekery To allow Richmond county to levy a special tax. Ensiey of Jackson To amend the stock law so that the expeuse of chang ing boundary fence iu territory re leased be paid by the proierty-hoiders in such district or territory, but these not be liable for cost of repairs. Sutton To amend the homestead law so that whenever a homesteader with the assent of his wife shall convey the homestead allotted him he shall lie entitled to have another allotted upon any lauds he may have. Sutton To amend the law of homi- ide. Peace To amend the law as to lynch ing, so as to allow damages to the amount of &i,(Hl0. Dixon, of Cleveland To protect fe male clerks, by rcqtiiringthat in stores, etc. . w here they are employed scats be provided for them for use when they are not at work. Allen To amend the stock law so no election shall be ordered unless peti tioned for 13" a majority of the qualified voters, instead of one-fifth. Smith, of Johnston Requiring every railroad ticket sold to have the amount of purchase money paid for it marked thereon. Sutton, of Cumberland, introduced a resolution asking Congress to rebuild the United States arsenal nt Fayettc ville, which was burned in April," ISIm. Saturday. Thu House nut at !):."0 ami was opened with prayer bv Ucpre sentalive Lawhorn, oiie of" the live preachers who are members. The ses sion lasted precisely ten minutes, when it ended so the microbe exterminators could get in their work. Two bills of merely local imrortance were introduced. Sjieakor Hileman announced several committees. Se Spots From Florida. A largo black spot on the sun has caused great excitement among the negroes of several Florida counties. They believe the sot is a sign of judg ment and have quit work and are pre paring for the end. Mr. Bryan in Chicago. W. J. Bryan arrived in Chicago Mon day for the purjKise of a conference with his publisher in reference to his forthcoming book. He immediately re paired to the Clifton House, where he had his breakfast. General News. The works of the Baltimore GlassCo. have been started after being idle since J une. Employment w as given to 200 hands. At Minneapolis Saturday night a Great Western passenger train ran into a suburban street car, injuring a num ber f passengers, one of whom may die. At Johnstown, Pa., the Cambria Mill No. 1, the 12 and lti-inch mills, and the Scrap Mill resumed operations Mon day, giving employment to many idle men. Two hundred men will also go to work at the Johnstown Steele Com pany motor works. A serious wreck occurred one re cent Sunday at Windsor station, near St. Louis, on the St. Louis & San Fran cisco Railroad. As is usual in such cases, charges of spiecific carelessness and blame attach to some one for the accident, but the unusual feature of the ca,se in question is that the railroad oiucials freely acknowledge the blame and allow the public to know where the responsibility lies. If railroad offi cials would always do this they would receive much more sympathetic con sideration at the hands of the public when trouble occurs. It is extremely irritating to feel that railroad com panies are trying to suppress facts con cerning accidents or endeavoring to evade responsibility for them. Those who were to blame for the accident should not escape punishment for their carelessness, but the public will feel much more lenient toward them for the reason that there was no at tempt made to suppress facts. Sir nenry Irving i one of the best gwordsuien in England. Fie has prac ticed c!enti3c swordsmanship for many years. One of his fencing mas ters wad Prof. McLaren, now of Olyni-D'a. The News of a Week Tersely Told in a Column. MASONIC OFFICERS INSTALLED. Castle Ilayne Abandoned Taxable Values Cave the Old Man Away Their Religious Iirllef. Tito Grand Lodge of Masons met in Raleigh last week. The session was intermingled w ith business and pleas ure. A communication from the grand lodge of Wiscousiu was received re garding a uniform system of distressed Masons. It was referred to a special committee and a full report may be made next year. Resolutions of respect to the late Don. Williams, of Tarboro. were adopted by a rising vote. A reso lution was adopted to secure portrait of B. N. Duke and place it in the Duke building at the Oxford Orphan Asylum. The next meeting of the grand lodge, which is the 111th, will be held at Ox ford the second Tuesday in January, is:. W. A. Withers," in a neat ad dress, presented a past master's gavel to F. M. Move. Officers were installed as follows: Walter E. Moore, grand master; Richard J. Noble, deputy grand master; Beverly S. Royster, senior grand warden; H. I. Clark, junior grand warden; William Simp son, treasurer; John C. Drewery, sec retary; Steward McQueen, grand chap lain; Benjumin W. Hatcher, grand lecturer; Francis D. Winston, senior grand deacon; Thomas J. Reid, junior grand deacon; John L. Currin, grand marshal; J. F. Filson, grand sword bearer; M. S. Willard, grand pursuiv ant; William L. London and James F. Griffith, grand stewards; Robert II. Bradley; grand teller. Castle Ilayne Abandoned. The penitentiary farm at Castle Hayne is to be abandoned, and Mr. Leaar, Superintendent of the penitentiary, is very much pleased with his Wa.lei l.oro farm and with this increase in force ex pects great things. He expected last year to lose $10,000 on it, as it was his first year there and the land had to be opened up and prepared for cultivation; but he only lost s'4,(itM) and now has on it ?h,(mm) of improvements. When he went there he found only li00 acres of cleared land; there are now l.oUO acres prepared for cultivation. Though a plow was not put into the ground until March, over 200 bales of cotton and some 2, Hi Ml bushels of corn, besides other small crops, were raised. This year he thinks the yield will be at least 0(M bales of cotton "aud 10,000 bushels of corn. The entire farm comprises 2,iiM acres of very fertile soil, suitable to both corn and cotton. Taxable Values. An abstract of the listed taxable for 18'.m; has been furnished bv Auditor Fur man to State Treasurer Worth for the use of the Legislative Finance Commit tee. On this the 1807 -US will be based. The valuation of real estate and per sonal property in lstift was 2;in, Hill, and for iSiKi'ilit.iiiid.ii'.Mi, a shortage of 1,121,135. Tho railway tuxes of lSPC are ?2i;,r7(i,0'.i(J. One cent on the $100 valuation would raise S2o,0:il.(;0 less the cost of collection, and S-2o,(KM) Yearly may be expected from schedule R and (! taxes, and other privilege taxes, leaving Jii2.',000 to be raised. '1 he Auditor savs that a levy of 2o cents on the $100 will raiso this amount. Gave the Old Man Away. A couple of revenue agents who were in Charlotte last week from a trip to Stanly, went to a clothing store and bought a suit for a boy six years old This they had fdiipperl to a lawyer at Albemarle, who w ill see that the Iniy gets it. The boy's father iiinsa dis tillery and the revenue agents were en gaged in stamping the barrels. After they had finished the boy who had been an interested tqieetator, wanted to know if they were going to put those pretty things on the barrels in the barn. The officers went to the 1 aru and uncovered four barrels f blockade that had been hidden away there. That's why they sent a suit of clothes to the boy. Observer. Their Krllg'O is Itellei. Secretary White, of the Baptist State Mission Board, has completed a can vass of the legislators giving their re ligious belief. In the Senate there are 1.) Baptists, 12 Methodists, 2 Luther ans, tj I'resbyteriaus, 2 Catholics, 2 Dis ciples, 0 no belief. In the House there are !12 Baptists. iJO Methodists, Id Epis copalians, 13 Presbyterians, 1 Catholic. 1 Disciple, 1 Reformed Church, li 110 belief. New Populist State C'hndnnnn. The Populist State committee met in Raleigh and accepted the resignation of Hal. Ayer as State chairman. It was tendered, to take effect the day la-fore he became Auditor. W. E. Fountain, of Tarboro, was elected to suoceod him. Mr. Win. Smithdeal, of Salisbury, was a loser to the amount of .s.Oiki by the recent failure of the Yadkin Falis Manufacturing Company, and a few days ago he confessed judgment for a number of personal debts. The Governor has accepted the resig nation of Adjutant General Cameron Maj. Edwajd M. Haves, Seventh Cav alry, U. S. A., is designed to act as Adjutant General therein. A joint stock company ha been formed at Asheville to build a hotel there for the colored race. A scandal from Rome reminds the world that Italy, too, has a nobility. Luigi Crisp!, his father's son, cavaliere servante to the Countess Collere, was detained on the charge of having In troduced a bravo into his lady-love's house to steal her jewels. He gave leg-bail and tried to hush the matter up. But at the trial it wan developed that the Countess had been ruined gambling on the bourse with the min ister's son, and, believing Luigi bad stolen her Jewels to refill his purse, 6he had tried to black-mail the senior Crispi Into buying some Etruscan tombs upon her estates and creating her a lady of honor. The patricians settled the case by sending the bravo to jail, but young Crispi has deemed it best to retire to South America for a time. Self-Denial. In the world eelf-eon-fidence Is at a premium, and by It many of the world's marvels are wrought, but in the kingdom of God self-denial is at a premium, and here the marvels are wrought through reliau-e on God. Rev. J.F. Stout, Methodist, St. Paul. Min. 1 FIFTY-FOlKTI! CONGRESS. The Proceedings Briefly Told From Hay to Day. SENATE. Monday. Senator Allison, Republi can, of Iowa, apjeared in the chumWr to-day f.-r the lijst time this session. A resolution on the subject of a viola tion of the eight-hour law on the part of contractors with the Naw Depart ment on work in the Brooklyn navy yard, was the subject of a resolution of fered by Mr. Allen, Populist, of Ne braska. Mr. Mills began his sjteech on the Cuban matter at l:i)p. m., with thir teen Democratic Senators and six Re publicans in their seats. It went over w ithout action, Mr. Bacon, of Georgia, giving notice that he would speak uion it Wednesday. Mr. Hale (Rep.), of Maine, closed the discussion, and the Senate proceed ed to executive business. Tuesday-Senator Hill presented a resoluion to give fourth-class post masters a four-year term. The resolu tion of the Presidential term was dis cussed at some length. Referral to the committee on privileges and elec tions. On motion of Senator Sherman for the puriKise of reconsidering a ver bal change in the extradition treaties ratified -Monday. The arbitral), c treaty was not considered. Republicans in their senatorial cau cus discussed, without action, Senator Woloott's resolution for an interna tional monetary conference. M'edxespay."' The Senate spent the first two hours behind closed doors in the consideration of executive business and legislation relative to the extradi tion treaties with Argentine ami the Olftll'-V l'elillblie nn.l !,. ro tk. day was occupisd in the delivery of a sieech by Mr. Bacon, of Georgia, on the question whether the r.w.,rnit i,.Ti of.. republic was an executive or legislative inn eoiiieiiiiou was mat it. was a legislative function one conclusively for determination by Congress. Mr. Gear. (Rep.), of Iowa, chairman of the Pacific Railroad committee, in troduced a bill, which was referred to tl at committee, appointing the Secre tary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Interior and Attorney-General a commission to settle the indebtedness of the bond-aided Pacific railroads to the government. Thursday. - In the Senate today a new phase of the Pacilie Railroad prob lem wiis iu the form of 11 resolution of fered by Mr. Morgan, instructing the judiciary committee to inquire whether by the very fact that certain of the bonds of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroad Companies had fallen due and were not paid, the pnicrty of those companies had not become and was not now the probity of the United States. The resolution went over w ith ont action. The II ouse bill for the homesteads on the public lands hi ( Iklahoma Territory, which has been the "unofficial busi ness" since the first week of the pres ent session, came to a vote and after three hours' debate was passed - yeas ilo; na-s 1 1. The bill for an examination of the im provements at the Pass of Aransas, Texas, was taken from the calendar and passed. The Senate then adjourned until Monday. HOUSE. Monday. Fate overtook the Pacific refunding bill in the House to day. It w as defeated by a majority of (111 votes and its supK.rters were even prevented from sending it back to the committee for reconsideration. Among the other bills passed was one fixing the minimum limit of capital for national banks iu cities and towns of between r,(i,iMi mid ii.noo in! utits, and another extending until Jiiiai v 2, l:i02, the time for the completion of'tho Blaekwell's Island bridge over the East river. Tuesday. The hope of those mem bers of the House w ho are anxious to to secure some legislation w ith refer ence to the l'lK-ifie railroads this session w as quenched by a decision of S-aker Reed. A resolution providing for the pay ment of the expenses of the lust illness and funeral of ex-S-caker Crisp, amounting to$l,4so, was passed. The bill to better define the rights of aliens in the Territories was passed by a rising vote. Wednesday. Tho agricultural ap propriation bill was presented to the House. It carries an appropriation of $il, 1o2,7"i2, an increase of $102, ouo over the amount appropriated for the current fiscal year. For the purchase and distribution of valuable seeds, an appropriation of $120,000 is made. On motion of Mr. Washington, Dem ocrat, of Tennessee, the Senate joint resolution was passed providing for ex lediting the erection of the government building at the Tennessee Central Ex IKsition. Among the bill passed was a House bill detaeliing Marion c nty, Ala , from the northern and attaching it to the southern judicial district of that State; also a Senate bill withdrawing from the Supreme Court of the United States jurisdiction of criminal cases not capital. It confers jurisdiction in uses of this character Uku the Circuit Court of Appeals. Thursday. A number of ivate and other bills were passed. The bill to make oleomargarine and all other imitation dairy products subject to the laws of the State or territory into which they are transported was called up. After considerable discussion over the bill a vote was taki 11, which result ed in 120 years and ; nuys. The Pres ident's message vetoing tht bill to create a new Judicial district iu Texts was referred to the committee on the judiciary. Friday. The House sent the main part of the day on private bills, and the night session was devoted to nsion bil's. At this session about a dozen bills were passed. Saturday. The House in accord ance with an order entered some weeks ago, turned aside from the considera tion of public business and listened to eulogies uixm the life and services of the late ex-Sjaker Crisp, of Georgia. 'I he occasion w as mark d by an unus ually large attendance of members, w hile the galleries w ere filled by audi tors who listened with interest 'ri th bituery ehxptence. Vices and Virtue of Chinatown. If you made with me a complete tour of Chinatown, visiting every place where a Chinaman dwelta, when you bad returned you would mm up what you had seen about as follows: Places where opium wan smoked by Chinese in their own private apart ment: about one-fourth of the whole. Places where opium was sold to white visitors who smoked awl lept on tbe premise, and which Is commonly coll ed an "opium joint": possibly three in your w hole tour. Places were gambling was in prog ress: about one-twentieth of the whole. Places where men were pursuing the ordinary vocations of Ufe: nearly three-fOTrtha. Century. V