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cond-clMt matter.
The French Council has taken off the
Xegion of Honor list 157 persona who se
cured their crosses .fraudulently, and has
suspended sixty-six others pending a
more thorough examination. ,
It is now possible for a traveler to go
direct by rail from the City of Mexico to
British Columbia, a distance of 6,000
miles. This has been made possible by
the recent completion of the California
and Oregon railway.
A redwood tree recently felted near
Humboldt, Col., measured 16 feet in di
ameter one way and 20 feet in the other
at the stump. It was 200 feet long,
tapering to a diameter of 8 feet, and con.
tained enough timbei to construct a small
Village. ' .
Dr. William A. Ilammond.the eminent
New York physician, is about to publish
a paper, in which he maintains that there
is no physiological necessity for death,
and that but for ignorance or disregard
of natiual laws, and conditions man
would never die.
; Confederate money and bonds find a.
ready sale at good prices in Nashville
and some other Southern cities, records
the New York World. Many of the
purchasers are curiosity seekers, who
buy the bills for -relics, but there are
many other buyers who invest in the
notes in the fond hope that they may
some day be redeemed.
, The last Chinese "census" was in
1887, and the population was 319,383,
500 for China proper, or 200 to the
Bquaremile. For the Empire, 382,429,
572, or an average of 85 to the square
mile. Rhode Island has 255, Massachu
setts 221, New Jersey 161, Connecticut
128, New York lOQto the square mile.
England has nearly 500. China ik a very
parsely settled country by comparison.
According to the St. Jame3 Gazette,
the British Viceroy of India rules 'more
subjects than the Emperor of Russia,
the President of the United States, and
the President of the French republic,
laken together ; he has more real oppor
tunities of usefulness than President
Carnot or President Cleveland, and his
outward state and dignity in his domin
;. ions are scarcely less than that of the
t2zar himself.
v One case of advertising1 for a wife has
"turned out well, moralizes the New York
Jdail a id Express, and it was an interna
tional match at that. Miss Gold, of Sus
sex, in England, agreed in that way to
marry a Mississippi farmer ramed
Mitchell, and started for this country on
the ship Scholten. In the wreck of that
steamer Miss Gold behaved so bravely
that Mit -hell thought she- was worth
Ofoing to England foj, and so they were
married at the bride's home.
Nussbaum, the celebrated specialist,
in a recent work on surgery, calls it an
"accident" when a surgeon, in perform
irfg a difficult operation, leaves in the
body a piece .of sponge, or a pair of
pincers, or a piece of India rubber tub
ing, thereby causing the patient's death
through blood poisoning, and, therefore,
recommends the practice of counting all
instruments, sponges, etc., both before
and after the operation, by way of a
check, for then you can easily ascertain
whether yon have forgotten to take out
6cmiething or not.
The growth of hotels in this country
is astounding. On an average forty
hotels are destroyed by fire every month
in the United States. But while forty
hotels burn down sixty-five are erected,
o that the gain greatly exceeds the loss.
Two hundred and seventy-three million
se'ven hundred and fifty thousand dollars
a year are expended by hotels in the pur
chase of provisions and supplies. Much
as the community may grumble at the
hotel accommodations of this country,
rthe fact remains that we have the best
hotels in the world.
For the first. tfeio savage Africa is to
figure next year in an International Ex
position. France intends to set apart
considerable space' in the coming world's
fair to the great region in "Western Sou
dan which it has appropriated. The
veteran explorer, Mr. Colin, has already
begun the work of collecting the pro
ducts of the country that are of interest
to science and commerce, such as woods,
medicinal p.Its dyestulTs and oil pro
ducts, as well a arms, clothing, musical
instruments and other a tides which hav
their part in the daily life of the natives.
Mr. Chollet also is' making collections in
the French Congo region, -and hope3 tc
contribute to the fair the novel specta
cle of a complete native village, with all
its huts and customary surroundings, and
the natives engiged iu their usual indus
tries, such as food preiariug, pipe aad
poitery miking and blacksinithing. A
bit of tropicals Africa transplanted to
Paris will be a novel feature, and it is
very fitting that a part of th'c world that
'is now absorbing much enterprise and
capital should represented in the big
show. v
Prof., Blaiidell, of Beloit CoHege,
Wisconsin, has given to the Regents of
Mount Vernon a small volume entitled
?A View of. the War," which once be
longed to George Washington. One ol
the fly leaves bears the following inscrip
tion in Lord Erskine's handwriting,
addressed to Washington: "It has been
my good fortune through life to be asso
ciated, with the most talented and dis
tinguished mei of Europe ; but you,
sir, are the only luraan being for whom
I ever felt a reverential awe, totally un
like anything I ever felt for any other
of the human race."
David Dudley Field has been impress-"
ing "upon a Congressional committee
what-he believes to be the unwisdom of
going to Europe for our State names
when we are so rich in the musical words
of the Indian. New York, he said, was
just t about the worst name that could
have been selected for an American
State. President Lincoln; he thought,
ought.to have insisted that West Vir
ginia was too poor a name with which
to admit a new State, when Cumberland
and Kanawha were so available; and in
stead of New Mexico we should have had
Montezuma. Wherefore he hopes that
hereafter we will have no such misnam
ings when Territories apply for State
hood. About three months ago, some days
before the departure for Copenhagen of
the Emperor of Russia, Baron Hirsch
sent a letter to the Czar, in which he of
fered the sum of 2,000,000 to found in
Russia primary schools for the Jews, and
40,000 to be at the disposal of the Czar
for works of charity. On the return of
the Czar he heard the verbal report of
his minister of the interior, and signed
the acceptance of the gift. The 2,000,
000 have been or are to be paid into the
Bank of England, and Baron Rothchild
and Baron de-Worms, who are appointed
trustees, and who will be replaced in
case of death, will receiyc the interest of
the sum so deposited. It is estimated
that with the annual interest of about
100,000 it will be possible to open 1,000
3chools, receiving 50,000 children.
In 1887 the South made a larger coir
crop than ever before. Fortunate as thi;
would be under any circumstances," ob
serves the Manufactursr'' Record of
Baltimore, 'fit was exceedingly fortunate
in view of the extremely short crop in
the West and the consequent high prices.
The increase instate South's 1887 corn
crop over that of 1880 will keep at leaat
$30,000,000 in that section that would
would otherwise have gone West. As
the planting season returns it becomes of
great importance that Southern farmers '
should be urged to plant more largely
than ever of corn. Before another crop
is raised the "West will be almost bare of
corn, and stocks will be at su:h a low
point than an unusually heavy crop for
the whole country would be so greatly
needed to. supply the deficiency of 18S7
and to meet current wants that prices
would still continue high,: even if. the
yield be very large. It ii very im
portant, therefore, not only for the good
of the South in general, but especially
for the prosperity of the farmers "that
they would again raise a large crop.
The South ought to do even better in
this line than last year, and Southern
farmers will make a serious mistake if
they do not plant for a large crop of
corn and also of oats. Wc believe that
every paper in the South would do well
to urge this matter upon it readers."
The full accounts of the extent of the
recent flood in North China come by way
of the English paters. The following
extract from a letter to the London JSon-
conformist is a terrible revelation: "A
stupendous disaster has overtaken an im
mense and populous tract of country in
North China. About the end of October
last the mighty Yellow River, which in
2,500 years has changed its course five oT
six times, has once more burst out of its
old channel at a point about 300 miles
from the coast. Frantic efforts were
made to-close the breach in the embank
ments, which had been sodden and weak
ened by ten days' continuous rain, but
all was in vain. The breach finally
widened to a breadth of 1,200 yards,
through whichissued the whole contents
of the current's. The escaped torrent in
its progress to the sea was swelled by
other rivers; whose channels it invaded,
until, at" last, it was a volume of water
thirty miles wide, and from ten to thirty
feet deep. The absence of railways and
telegraphic- communication must have
made flight much more difficult than it
would have been in a country of more
advanced civilization. Walled towns and
multitudinous villages were swept away
by the raging flood. In a tract of terri
tory about thirty miles square, 1,500
villages were submerged. Accounts
necessarily differ as to the number of
persons drowned. A correspondent tc
the London Time, writing from Pekin,'
thinks it can hardly be less than one
million, and probably is not so high as
two. Still, headmits that the European
in Pekin, who by his relations with the
Chinese Government is ia a position to
be better informed thni auy one else, has
put the number at seven millions."
4Tcrnyt" Butter.
, Prof. L. B. Arnold, the famous tlairj
expert, says he never judged but one
sample of butter which came up to the
standard of "perfect." That one was
from a dairy whose product sells regu
larly in Bostoa for b cents a pound.
The cream for this butter was raised by
intense refrigeration, and kept thus tiil
enough had accumulated for a churning.
It was then ripened aad churned. When
properly granulated the butterm'dk was
drawn from the butter, which wa then
rolled and. pressed into solid condition
with the least possible working.
Owing to the high price cf coal the
cord wood industry has been revived in
Connecticut, and large numbers of
people have reverted to the old-fashioned
vood stoves.
NATIONAL CAPITAL
INTERESTING DOTS ABOUT OUR
UNITED STATES OFFICIALS.
Gfp AbnC the Whit Hue-Army n.md
Jinrj 3Intter-Our Relation With Other
CoMntrie and Nation.
CONGRESSIONAL.
In the Senate, among the bills reported
from committees and placed on the cal
endar was the following: Senate bill for
a public building at Norfolk, Va. ; $250,
OuO. 3Ir. Berry addressed the Senate on
the subject of the president's message.
The Senate then proceeded to the con
sideration of bills on the calendar, only
those being taken up to which there was
no objection. The total number of bills
passed is 611, nearly all of a local char
acter, and only two of interest in . the
South. These were bills appropriating
$20,000 for the completion of the manu
jrment to Mary, the mother of Washington,
al Fredericksburg, Va., and to authorize
the construction of bridges over, St.
Mary's, Satilla, Little Satilla and Crooked
rivers in Georgia snd Florida. ....
In the House Mr. Enloe, of Tennessee,
reported adversely the resolution calling
upon the postmaster-general for the fol
lowing information relative to sending
seeds through the mail. A report ac -'
companying the resolutions states that
the resolution partakes more of a criticism
of the standing law, a protest against its
enforcement, an arraignment of .the postmaster-general
for enforcing the law,
than of a proper resolution of inquiry.
In the Senate, Mr. JBiair called up the
question of the second reading of the
bill introduced by him some time since
to give preference to disabled Confede
rate soldiers as between men who had
been disloyal, in appointments to civil
office. Mr. Riddleberger said that he
could not see the force of the objections
made to the bill. Mr. Edmunds opposed
the, second reading of the bill, and re
marked that in most parliamentary
bodies in civilized countries, the
chief discussion on the broad merits
of a bill takes place on the question:
"Shall the bill be read the second time?"
Nobody objected to Confederate soldiers
or Confederate citizens sitting in either
house of Congress. They did not occu
py such seats not because they had been
Confederates, but because (the period of
hostility having passed away) they stood
just like every other citizen no better,
no worse. Without disposing of the
question, the Senate took up the House
bill to provide for the purchase of Uni
ted States bonds by the secretary of tho
treasury, the pending question being an
amendment offered by Mr. Stewart, au
thorizing the depdsit of gold or silver
bullion and the issuance of coin certifi
cats therefor. . In the House, Mr.
O'Farrall, of Virginia, called up and the
House adopted a resolution of the com
mittee on elections in the contested elec
tion case of Wrothington vs. Post, from
the tenth Illinois district. sThe resolu
tion confirms the right of Post, the sit
ting member. A bill was reported from
the committee and placed on the calendar
for a public building at Staunton," Va.
Mr. Plumb, of Illinois, ffOm the com-
mittee on railways and canalss reported
a bill to provide for ascertaining tie pro
priety and feasibility of constructing a
gulf and lakes water way. Committee
of the whole.
GOSSIP.
The survivors of the 1st Georgia volunteet
regiment, Col. Jas. H. Brown, (the only
organization raised for the Federal cause N
in Georgia), has applied to Congress for
back pay. There was some informality
about their muster-in.
Dr. Norvin Green, president of the
"Western Union Telegraph company, ad
dressed the Senate committee on inter
state commerce on the Spooner interstate
telegraph bill. He said he did not ap
pear to oppose a fair and reasonable en
actment for the regulation of the tele
graph. Incidently he referred to the fact
that the property of his company was
worth 180,000,000.
A conspiracy .had been 'formed by
nghteen or twenty of the more desperate
of the prisoners in the district jail, who
are under sentence to Albany peniten
tiary, to murder the guards, if necessary,
release their fellow prisoners and make
their escape. In some unknown way the
prisoners had come into possession of a
wire rope, by means of which they were
to reach the corridor, thence making a
despeiate break for liberty; but it was
found that the rope was too short for
their purpose, and so the plot was
changed. This time they were to ask for
a bath, and when taken to the bathroom
were to make an onslaught on the guards
:with pistols and knives, or whatever else
they could lay their hands on.
The river and harbor bill has been
completed. It aggregates $19,432,783,
and is the largest bill of the kind ever
introduced. Georgia is fairly well pro
vided for in the bill, and the amount
given her is .divided as follows: Har
bors Brunswick, $35,000, Savannah,
$90,000; Cumberland Sound, ,$112,500.
Rivers Altamaha, $10,000; Chattahoo
chee, $15,000; Coosa, to complete, $60,
00; Flint, $20,000; Ocmulgee, $10,00 J;
Oconee, to complete, $10,500; Savannah,
below Aususta, $21,00Q. In connection
with the Savannah, the bill. says $21,000
is appropriated for completing the
project recommended in the engineer's
report for the year ending June 30, 1887,
which is estimated to cost $80,000,
thus committing the government
to the new project and prac
tically giving the Savannah $100,000.
The Alabama rivers are provided for a;
follows : Alabama, $20, 000 ; Black War
rior, $100,000; Tallapoosa, $75,000;
Warrior, below Tuscaloosa, $18,000;
Tombigbee, $12,000. In Florida none of
the rivers gets over $10,000, except the
St. Johns, which gets $150,000. Pen-sacola-
harbor $35,-000-.
GEORGIA GOLD MINE.
A newspaper man at Clarksvillc, Ga.,
knowing the character of the LaPrade
mine, and knowing that gold must ex
ist outside of that lone spot, has kept
watch over that locality until a report
came to him that on the opposite side of
the mountain from the LaPrade, a dis
tance, of three and a half miles, there was
gold in large quantities. The informant,
Coot Evans, told such a wonderful story
that no attention was paid to the report,
only to remember what he had ..said.
Later, a story of similar character was
circulated which was accompanied by
quartz that actually showed up the yel
low metal. Without delay, W. F. Law
rence was soon in Rabun county, where
he found the gold existing in considera
ble quantities, contained ia what might
be termed, inexhaustible masses of fine
colored quartz, laying iii regular stratified
form. Nine veins were discovered lyiuo
close together and running parallel with
each other. - '
DOTS FOR FARMERS.
. s noa pood.
If hogs are fed liberally' with Gcorgia
collards throughout the season, cholera
will b2 a very rare complaint. Among j
the later improved hog crops, the particV
ular variety of peanut, known as the
"Spanish""peanut, hs met with almost
universal favor. It is early, productive
and very easily cultivated and harvested.
SWEET POTATOES.
Nothing is gained by verv early plant
ing of sweet potatoes, except to insure a
larger area from -a given-sized bed by
drawing and setting the first slips that
appear and getting them out of the way
of the next crop. Slips planted out in
A pril require more cultiva'ion and rarely
produce so well as those planted in May
an 1 June. The ground for the first and
each successive planting should be kept
in mellow condition by occasional plow
ing and re-beddinir. By no means should
slips be set out after a rain until the beds
h tve been freshened by rebed iirtg, or at
least listing. Siips set in a sodden bed
rarely do well. But more next month on
this subject. ,
COTTON.
. This is a work that many farmers think
should Je done '-in a hurry," and with
the smallest expenditure of labor. It is
all very well to perform a given job in
good sryle with the least labor, but it is
well to consider that by taking a little
more rime and expending a little more
labor and care at planting, much future
work may be saved. The first requisite
to securing a good stand and subsequent
good yield is good, sound, carefully se
lected planting seed of an improved kind
of cotton. There is no great difference
in the productiveness of the different
varieties offered for sale. Their chief
general merit consists in and depends
upon the fact that the seed have been
selected with more or less care for a
number- of years. Farmers often plant
seed that appear to be sound and '.'all
right," but on account of imperfect "de
velopment or partial heating, it is found
that the vitality of "many of the germs is
either originally defective or it has been
impaired. The result is a poor stand of
feeble, dying plants. Secure seed of
good selection, even if no more than
enough to plant a small field from which
to save seed next fall, and test the vital
ity of any that msy be doubtful by
planting early a few handsful in a warm,
sunny exposure in the garden or in a
hot-bed.
FARM STOCK.
- On many Southern plantations enough "
peas, potatoes and small grain is wrasted
to produce, if consumed by swine, enough
bacon for the family of the proprietor,
and enough hay dries in the fields, if
harvested and fed in connection with
cotton seed, to produce more value in
beef and milk than the cotton crop upon
the plantation will bring after paying
cost of production of the latter. We fail
to utilize the very forces of nature which
do our bidding most willingly and profit
ably. So irue is this that the measure of
success of the tillers of the soil in the
South may be very accurately engaged
by the attention given to stock-breeding.
Stock on the farm often utilize with
profit vegetable growths which would,
unconsumed, not only remain without
profit, but prove a positive injury. The
most prosperous farmers are those who
avail themselves of the animal factory
to the fullest extent, and while the "cot
tontott" is wearing out his land, the
stock farmer is annually and rapidly im
proving his. Tbe introduction of thor
oughbred mules all over the South would
in two years double the value of live
stock in ths section. A Merino buck
introduced to a flock of "native" ewes
will .raise the wool product in the off
spring from two and a half to five pounds
per annum and capita. A Shorthorn
hull -will arid 200 Toimds to the two-
year-old bullocks. Atlanta, Ga. South
ern Cultivator.
RIOTOUS SWITCHMEN.
The first encounter between sympathiz
ers of the striking switchmen, and men
who have replaced them, took place at
Chicago, 111., when a switch engine and
its crew attempted to transfer some freight
cars to the Northwestern tracks. A
crowd of switchmen of other roads were
about the place, and began to jeer at the
new men on the "Q" engine. When the
train reached Kezsic street and Western
avenue it, ran off; a number of cars were
ditched. The mob then set " upon the
crew of the engine and the train, and the
fireman and engineer took to their heel?,
getting numerous cuffs as they escaped.
The new switchmen followed suit, and
were pursued and roughly used by'' the
crowd, which was made up of the tough
est kind of men. Six or eight Pinkerton"
men were disarmed and beaten, and Di
vision Superintendent John Bcster, of
the Burlington road, Who was on the
freight train, was also badly used up.'
a Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul
switchman was arrested, and this precipi
tated a strike of 174 switchmen, twenty
eight engineers and twenty firemen on
the St. Paul road, when it was known
that he had been arrested. The crowd
followed him to the station house and
endeavored to get him released. When
the crowd realized that their comrade
had to remain in the police station, the
St. Panl men decided to strike, and im-
mediately deserted their engines. The
whole yard's force of switchmen, engin
eers and firemen, 227 in all, quit work,
leaving 28 engines standing on the track.
In an hour or two, two officials of the
St. Paul succeeded in having Quirk re
leased on bail. He went at once to where
the strikers were in session, and his pres
ence put them in good humor, and it was
speedily resolved that a resumption of
work was th'j proper course to pursue.
TEXAS ALLIANCE.
The fanners of Texas have got up a
combine worthy of note all over the Un
ion. They have organized a stock com
pany with unlimited capital that is,
more money is offered thnn can beat
present rsed to erect exchanges, ware
houses and manufactories for the sale of
cotton and its manufacture, and the man
ufacture of all kinds of agricultural im
plements. The scmal hundred acres
north of known as the. Cole fair
grounds, have been purcha-ed and are
being put in order for the reception of
machinery for making plows, hoe3,rakes,
buckets, harness and many ether articles,
as well as a cotton factory with 20,000
spindles. A cot top exchange and ware
house is being erected in the heart of the
city, where, perhap?, half of the crop of
the state will be sold by sample.
ATTEMPTED BRIBERY.
Lawyer Andrews, of New York City,
who is pressing the indictments against
Jay Gould and Ru.ell Sage, says -that
George Gould, the son of Jay Gould, of
fered him a bribe of $30,000 to betray
his clients, and not pre:3 the charge in a
criminal court.
S0UTUEM GOSSIP.
JJOIL ED DO TK.V FA CTS A XD FA .V
CILS IXTEltEsTIXGLY STATED.
Arrlrfents on Iand and oa Sea-Xcw Entrr
prUr Suicides U.rlila, Temperance
and Social ..Hatters.
The dry-goods housc of John Gilgan &
Co., "of Nashville, Tenn., has assigned for
the benefit of their creditors.
Two white men and a negro were kill
ed by the explosion of a boiler a: the
Lucas mills, in Cookeville, Tenn.
Thomas P. Miller & Co., private bank
ers of Mobile, Ala., failed and made a
general assignment. It is thought that
t c liabiiiti s arc about $150,000, and
assets $50,000.
V Mrs. Grubbs, a widow, attempted
suicide in Birmingham, Ala., by leaping
into a large storm water sewer, which
had been tilled to overflowing by heavy
rains,4 A colored woman who saw the
attempt, caught the lady's arm and held
her head above water until a policeman
arrived.
Charles E. Cross, president, and Sam
uel C. White, cashier, of the National
bank of Raleigh, NC."f were arrested at
Toronto, Canada, on information tele
graphed from Raleigh, charging them
with forgery. Inside the lining of Cross's
overcoat was found $9,459, and in
Whites, $15,255. Of this amount; $600
was in unsigned currency bills.
Several houses were blown down in
Greenville, S. C, and four children, who
were in one of them, narrowly escaped
death, being completely covered up by
the falling debris. Chas. Williams was
also badly crippled. The storm was
going in a northeastern direction, its
track being about one hundred yards
wide. It did its work in a moment and
was over.
Deputy Sheriff Ruff, of Spring Creek,
Madison county, N. C., with a posse of
four men, went to arrest Gaither Reese
because he refused to pay a bill of costs,
taxed in a lawsuit. Reese attempted to ,
escape, and when he refused to halt, he
w7as fired on and his brains were scattered
on the ground. The posse were arrested
by the indignant citizens and lodged in
jail. . -
In the. trial of Col. Hamilton at Bran
don, JMiss., for the murder of Gambrell,
the editor, this being the sixth week,
one white and one colored witness put
tho carriage on the bridge during the
shooting. The sensation of the day was,
the court ordered the sheriff to search
every person applying to be admitted
into the court room, saying that if any
pistols or any deadly weapons were
found, that he would visit the severest
punishment in his power.
A case of inhuman treatment to pi ison
ers in.the Pulaski county jail, at Little
Rock, Ark., was brought out in the - trial
of Steve Inman, for assault and battery
upon a prisoner, Tom Brooks (colored),
who was confined in the jail on a charge
of insanity. Inman was acting as jailer
or guard at the time, and the insane ne
"gro refused to obey him, when the guard
persuaded himself that it was his duty
to lash the poor imbecile. He according
placed some strong cord or cloth about
the prisoner's wrist, drew him up until
his toes hardly touched the floor, and ad
ministered the lash to his back. Inman
submitted his case and asked the clemen
cy of the court, who gave him the high
est penalty the law provides for, "$200
fine. Not being able to pay his fine, he
was himself placed in the jail to suffer
some of the horrors of prison life.
VETERANS' REUNION.
The arrangements for the reunion of
the survivors of the army of the Potomac
with? the survivors of the army of
northern Virginia are progressing very
satisfactorily. Hon. Geo. Wm. Curtis
will deliver the oration, Geo. Parsons
Lathrop the poem, and Bishop Horatio
Potter, of New York, the address of wel
come. Some distinguished Confederate
general will be t elected to make the re
ply to the address of welcome. The re
union will be on the 1st, 2d and 3d of
July next at Gettysburg and will - con
clude with a-grand banquet. The presi
dent of the United States, Gen. Sher
man, Gen. Sheridan, and many other dis
tinguished officers on both sides of the
contest will be present. The following
is the committee from the Army of the
Potomac and Confederates can address
any of them for further information:
Gen. John C. Robinson, U. S. A. ; Gen..
Abner Doubleday, IT. S. A, ; Capt. James
Beale; Gen, Francis C. Barlow; Maj. C.
A. Rice; Col, W. L.'Tidball; Gen. Dan
iel F. Sickles; Gen. Joseph B. Carr: Gen.
Chas. K. Graham; Col. W. C. Church;
Gen. E. D. Keyes; Gen. D. W. Couch;
Gen. Daniel Butterfield; Gen. F. J. Por
ter; Gen. S.-W. Crawford; Gen. C. A.
Whittier; Gen. M. T. McMahon; Gen. T.
W. Hyde; Gen. J. P. Hartranft; Gen.
John G. Paike; Gen, Cv G. Howard,
Gen. Charles Devins; Gen. Carl Schurz;
Gen. II. W. Slqcum, Gen. II. A. Bar-,
num, Gen. Geo. S. Greene, Gen. A.
Pleasant, Gen. J. B. ,MeIutosh. Gen
John Hammond, U. S A., Gen. II. J.
Hunt, U. S. A., Col. Andrew Cowan,
Maj. James E. Smith, Gen. Nathaniel P.
Bauks, Gen. II. A. Williams, Gen. N.
W. Day, Col. R. B. Erwin, Maj. Chas.
Appleby, Gen. E. L. Mollineaux, Geu.
Benjamin F. Butler, Gen. N. M. Curtis,
Gen. Joseph R. Hawley, Gen. George II.
Sharpe, Gen. E.. Tremaine, Gen. Maj. J.
B. Fassitt. Officers Army of the Poto
mac Society; Gen. Horatio C. King,
Secretary, 38 Park Row, N. Y. ; Col.
Samuel Truesdell, Treasurer, 18 Broad
way, N. Y.
MINE EXPLOSION.
An explosion occurred at Rich Hill,
Mo, that entirely wrecked the mine and
buried in the debris over one hundred
miners, who were cut off from all means
of escape. Rich Hill is located in Bates
county, one hundred miles south of Kan
sas City, on the Missouri Pacific. It is
the center of the coalmining distircL
Superintendent Sweeney and his assis
tanis immediately begin the work of
rescuring imprisoned miners and had
taken out fifteen men when a second ex
plosion took place, and Superintendent
Sweenev and his aides were imprisoned.
ipn-
It is thought that the loss
foot up fully one hundred-
of life
will
FOR A NICKEL.
Kathan Pinckney aDd Jack Green, two
colored roustabouts of Charleston, S. C,
became involved in a quarrel over a game
of cards, in the low sailors' boarding
house of Thomas Douglass, corner of
Elliott street and Gadsden alley. Gceea
wou a nickel from Pinckney and they
drew knives; the quarrel ending by
Pinckney killing the othtr by stabbing
him through the heart. . ...In Atlanta,
Ga., 2seil Starks, a colored boy, blew out
his little brother's brains, and wounded
his cous:n, Tom Crowlev, because thev
won a nickel from him at a irame of
cards.
BUDGET OF FUN.
IIUMOFtOUS SKETCHES : PROM
. : VARIOUS SOURCES..
Understood Feminine Nature A
Poor Blind Man A Valuable
Animal for Sale A Degen
erate Son Etc, Etc
Photographer (to sitter) "I saw you
at Church last Sunday, Miss Smith.'
Sitter 'Oh, did youT'
"Yes, and your frlet:d Miss Brown
if ym could raise your chin a trirlc.
thanks and what an atroc ous looking
hat sie had on. (After a pause.) There,
Miss Smith, it U over, , and I think we
have cauvht a very pleasant expression
New York Sun.
A Poor Blind Man.
Cob Hamilton Milton is celebrated at
Austin, Texas, as being ablejto eat more
without a rest th: any other two men
in the city. Of late his eyesight has be
come affected. Giihooly a-ked him the
other day if he experienced any serious
inconvenience. -
,4I should say I did. I can't read the
bill of fare like I used to. Yesterday I
overlooked two kinds of soup -and
slipped up on the custard pie. I can
ne.er tell now when I am through with
dinner." Siflings.
A Valuable Animal '
"Grigsby, let me sell vou ?. to.
"What sort of a beast' is hcl"
"A watchdog."
"Good one, is he?"
"I should say so."
"Strange?" .
"Yes."
"Why do you want to sell him?"
"I can't get in the house when he's
around." Selraska tate Journal.
A Degenerate Son.
Old Croesus "Tom, I'm disgusted
with you. How could you be such an
ass as to get caught in a defalcation?"
Tom "I'm very sorry, sir. I thought
I would be able to adjust matters before
the crash came."
Old Croesus "Bah! How do you sup
pose I would be .able to give bail for you
to-day, if I hadn't been more discreet in
my time, about matters of this sort? But
there, my boy ; live and learn, live and
learn V'Tul-Bits.
Explained.
Wife "What is meant, John, by the
phrase 'carrying coals to Newcastle;'"
Husband "It is a metaphor, my dear,
showing the doing of something that is
unnecessary."
Wife "I don't exactly understand.
Give me an illustration, a familiar "one."
Husband "WelL if I was to bring
vou home a book entitled: 'How to
Talk,' that would be carrying
Newcastle." Bjaton Courier.
coals to
Leap Year Proposal.
"Leap year is a great snap, isn't itV) re-
marked. bnobkins. j
"Just why?" queried Smith.
"A girl proposed to me last night." .
"Xo, you don't say?"
Yes, and I accepted."
TWorse and more of it. How did it
happens" " -
"Simplest thing in the world. She
proposed to me to leave the house or she
would chll her father, and I left. That
was all.? Washing ton, Critic.
Plowins in California.
Southern California Agent "There,
sir, Jook over into that field. Didyoueyer
see a man plow so easily as that?'-'
Eastern Farmer ''By gum! The
plow does seem to go easy, don't it? The
man seems to enjoy it."
"Yes, sir; keeps jumping and dancing
along like a boy; just see his heels fly "
"Looks a go jd deal like a jig, I must
say."
Little Boy (native) "Pop ain't dancin' ;
he's tryin1 ter keep outen the way o' the
tarantulas an' rattlesnakes wot he turns
up." Omaha World.
Confession Good for the Soul
He (holding a skein of worsted while
she winds) "Do you notice how my
hand trembles, Miss Julias"
She (shyly) "xe?, Mr. Sampson."
He "And cannot vou divine the
cause;"
She (shyness increasing) "N-no, Mr.
Sampson."
He "Miss Julia, I have a confession to
make. Will you hear it?"
She (shyness becomes painful as she
anticipates a proposal) "If you like, Mr.
Sampson."
He "I was out with some of the bovs
last night, and it was 2 o'clock when I
reached home."- Sli'tinqs.
How to Frighten Drummers.
Friend- "Don't vou nave acrreat manv
drummers eominsr in and borinr vou
with their samples-and their talk"
Merchant "A good manv drummers
come inhere, butthey don't bore me."
"Don t they ask vou to look at their
samples?"
"No." - .
"Don't they ask you to give them
orders! '
"No; they go right out without sav-
inr a word."
"How do you manage to get rid of
them?"
"It's the simp'est thing in the world.
I put a plug hat and an open gripsack on
the counter every mornicjr. When a
drummer &ees thes3 signs of another
cirummer being on the premises he goes
off. Every ten minutes in the day a
drummer come3 to the door, looks at the
gripsack, and goes away, and I em left
in peace." llifungi.
He Figmecl on It.
"Got a pencil?" asked a farmer on the
market yesterday of a citizen. "Now,
then, let's figure a bit V
"What on?"
"Well, I come in most everyday with
something, and generally start for home
about dusk. One boy in particular up
Grand River avenue h;is,bothered me a
great deal by 'hitching on.' The other
night I thought I'd give him a lesson.
When he got on I grabbed his cap."
'And the toy: '
"He sat down on some bags xt oats I
hadn't sold and was taking back home,
and didn't seem to care much about it.
He rode about a mile and then got off
without his cap .
"Eut what about the figures? '
'T'm mm in nr tn lhrm Hf threw rvtifc
M. ... ' - -- - -
six empty bags worth cents each. He
slashed into three bass full of oats with
his knife and let "em run cut. He threw
away a new tea kettle which cost me SO
cents, and he dropped overboafd a horse
blanket for which I paid $1. Add up
thess sums subtract a two-shilling
cap and see how much I cams out ahead."'
Drtroit free It ca.
Soan vs. Ijavr.
Missouri constable rode out to
farm near St. Joe armed with a snbprrna
for a woman who was wanted as' a wit-
ness in a case in court. He fouadherin
her back-yard,busily engaged in stirring'
a, boiling, bubbling mass, in a large
black kettle. He stated nis business,
aad f he said:
"I can't go to-day."
"But you must," . '
"What's the hurry?'
"Why, court's in session, ami the case
is now on trial. Thev want you by
uoon." '
'Well, I ain't going. You think I'm
?o ng off an leavu thlg hu!1 kiule 0,
aft soap to spile. 'Just to please your old
court? Ko, Rifreel". .
"WThy, my dear madam, you must. -.
ou really don't seem to under
stand '
"I understand that I've got a bio
kittle o' splendid soap grease on to bile!
",a,kf hi.n sticky soap, if it. .
ain't finished to-day. You go back and
tell the jedge so." -
"You'll be fined for-- "
"Pooh! I'd like to see the Missoary
jury that'd fine a woman for not leaven"
her soap-bilin' when it was at a critical
p'int, a one might say. Tell the :edge
Pll come to-morrow, if wc doa't butcher
our peeg-s then ; an' if we do, I'll come
some day next week."
"But I tell you that won't do. You
must ome now." - . '
"Lookee, young man, you think I'm a.
f oo' ? I reckon you never made any
soap, a a.yoaj If you had you d know
that "
"What does the jedge care about your
soap?
"Y ell, what d- I care bout the jedge,
if it comes to that? Law's tawaud soap's
soap. Let the jedge 'tend to his law,
an' I'll tend to my soap.- The good book
says there's a time for everything, an"
this is my time for a bar'l o' snft soap."
"Well, mada n, if you want to be
fined for contempt of court, all rbdit.
you will be fined sure as -"
"BahM know a! 'bout the law, an'
there ain't anythinlg in it, nor in the
Constitution of the United States, nor
in the Declaration of Injeepeadence, nor
in nothin' else, that says a woman's got
todcave a kittle o' half-cooked soap, and
go off to court, when sho ain't a mind
to. i guess I know a little law
self." Tid-BiS. I
my-
Actiuar
in Japan.
ThcJ aoanesc school of .acting miht
ba called a natural one, the whole
progress of the play being carried on ia
the quiet, even tones of every day.
There is little bombast or rant except in
the classical interludes, when everything
is as stilted and conventional as possible"!
Pathos is always deep and long drawn,
and the last tear is wrung from the eyes,
of the artdience, that responds with hand
kerchiefs to the slightest appeal to the
emotional side. . Tragedy is very tragic,
and murders more gory than wc would
quitd enjoy. Death on the Japanese
stage always results from sword cuts,
and the antics of the fenc ers, the won -derful
endurance of the hacked victims
and the streams Of red paint that pour -from
all over them before they die are
rather too much. The 'audience enjoys :
thi?, however, and they shout, shriek
and whoop with delight when a "good
gory combat goeson. To" express greater
approval they throw pieces of their
clothing or any of their value I Lelong
ings on the stage, just as excitei young .
ladies at the opera hurl their bouquets at . ;
Patti, amd Queens draw o'T diamond
rings and bracelets to hand to Nilsson.
A foreigner who saw the rain of coats,
sashes, etc., falling on the stnge after a.
thrilling scene, tossed Im hat over, too.
It was an old one thit he did not care
for. He had a soft cap in his pocket,
and he thought it rather a
nice thing to-
be able to
able to follow the
fashion of
the
country. At the
manager brought
asked for the $10.
found that all the
end of the p'.ay the
his hat to him . and
The enthusiast then
things tossed to tho
star were merely pledges to be after
ward redeemed by money, the actors hav
ing a regular schedule, so much for a.
coat, a kimono, a sash and a pipe; and
corresponding sums for foreigner' hats -and
loose articles. The enthusiast nadly
paid his $10 and toolc back lm abused
hat, as the manager only bowed and con
tinned to hold out in spite of his gener
ous protests in wishing the star to keep
it as a small souvenir.
Crawling Thronjh Fire For Life.
Hiram Coller, engineer" at the " Glen
dale (Pennsylvania), iron works, had a -
frightful experience and narrow escape
from a shocking death a few days ago.
He had crawled into one of the boiler
in his charge, for the purpose of cleaning
it, taking with him a can of crude ye
troleum. He placed this can in the
boiler, near the open end,' and crept to
the other end of the boiler JWhile he
was examining the interior the oil in the
can exploded by some mysterious Cause
and it caught tire. The end of the boiler
was at ones filled with the I'ame of the
burning oil. Engineer ('oiler crouched
down in his end of the boiler, with his
back to the tiames, supposing that he
could hold out"agairtt the heat and
smoke of the lire until the oil was all
consumed. The heat became so intense
and the smoke so dense aud suffocating,
however, that Coller saw he mut either
escape from the boiler at once or meet
with a terrible death. The only way for
him to escape was to crawl through the
flame and smoke l etweeu him. and the
0ening in the boiler. His progress was
necessarily slow, and Ws torture, as he
j passed through the three or mote feet of
I solid fire, was frightful. He held his breath
j to prevent inhaling the flame, and closed
his eyes to protect them from the fire,
and reached the open air. He was able
j to get-but a few feetf from the boiler
when he fell unconscious. His clothing
was in flames, but they were quickly ex
tinguished by workmen who were near.
( "oiler's hair and whisker. were burned
to the roots, aud his face hands aad neck
and other parts of his Lody were term
bly blistered. He received no fatal m
yaxx.Jtodteitsr Union,
Male nicknames. , -
The BrooKlyn Eigle publishes the fol
lowing list of nicknames applied to the
citizens of the various States: '
Maine, foxes; New Hampshire, gran
iUboys; Vermont, Green Mountain boys:
Massachusetts, Bay State boys; Ilhodc
Island, gun flints; Connecticut,- wooden
nutmegs; New York, Knickerbockers;
Xcw jersey,- blues or data catchers;
Pennsylvania, Penamites or leather head3 ;
Delaware, blue hens chickens;. Mary
nd, dam bumpers; Virginia, beagles;
j North Carolina, tuckoes; South Caro-
Han, weasels; Georgia, buzzards; Ala-
!1,mi YtnrSd
Mississippi, . tadpoles;
j l.'.tlli.fc,
! Florida, fly up
the creeks: Louisiana.
; Creoles: fexa?. beef heads: Arkansas
toothpicks; Missouri, pukes; Tennessee,
whelp? ; Kentucky, corncrackers; Ohio,
; buckeyes ; Indiana, hoosiers; Illinois,
suckers; Michigan, wolverines; Wiscon-
bin. badgers: Minnesota" gophers; Iowa,
hawkeye3; California, gold hunters Ne
vada, age -liens ; Oregon, hard cases ;
Nebraska, bug eaters; Kansas, jayhawk-
ers: Colorado, rovers; Dakota, squatters;
a 1 Utah, iK)lygamists New Mexico, bpan-
ish Indians; Idaho, fortune scekcra' or
i cutthroats. The natives of Nova Scotia
are called blue noses; of Canada, canuc ka