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6 GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. The Sews of the Two States Told . in Paragraphs. An Escaped Convict Recaptured After Twenty-One Years—Councils Not Exempt From Liabilities in Civil Suits—Politics in Various Parts of the State. GEORGIA. Col. Atkinson will speak at on Saturday, and at Fayetteville on Wednesday. July 11. The cotton receipts of Athens for the pjipt twelve months have been added up an 1 make the splendid number of 88,00. The old waterworks at Athens were sold Tuesday at public outcry bv the sheriff for taxes due the county. A. IT Hodgson wri the purchaser, paving *4OO. Isaac Brewster, who was convicted of lug cotton from E. W. King of Daw sot an i Sentenced to the penitentiary four years has been pardoned by the govern r The following municipal ticket has been elect*'d it D Mayor. F. G. * orker . Councilman •' hn *. Powell. S. V. Kellarn. W. ! s h.vni e Willi** Bales. K. M. Afnau. Then- \y>‘- ; ■• I I""i tion. ihe same ticket wa> re *-l- . : : out. although a year ago the contest s • ery heated. Gov. Sort hen has been petitioned to par j dou Anderson Stubbs, a negro, who w.i- . sentenced to th*' penitentiary for life -n years in 1890 for burglarizing W K. Kionia: * residence at Dawson. >tubbs was onvn - ?ed on circumstantial evidence and Judg-- Guerry. who presided at th* tr:a’, and .i . ! .•■ Griggs, who was then solicitor, joined In the petition for his pardon Ch*ncelloi B . -of Athens Tuesday a check tor ?Son from HoG-rt H • some young i ian of limit* in * axis and :ig Th next year. This gewro. s act wa> th* se quence of th<* chancellor ** stat**ment that ’he income from the < ha 1 - Mi Boi eld Brown > fund was insutheient for th*- appeals for h**;p from bi Ight but ni state 'lhe democratic executive committee of ( 11 on July -M t* .-leer deiegat* - t<* th** congress on the s ii I county convention to nominate- a repp-sent : alive.’ On July J:t a mass meeting will elect delegates U. Bacon and Hon \. and < andler will r,e in vitt il to address th meeting n that da> A. V. Adamson, the secretary f the committee, reports that Clayton is overwhelmingly for Livingston. .Several months ago se.it was brought Sguin-t L Derive if Atlatr.a, bv the ‘Hand Kupids b i.rniture i'ouipuuy n regard to some Chairs that wen furnished for the Grand opera house i* s-ems that Mr Th .ive was not at a;l plea>- 1 v.t a the in.nn*-: m *vlLb the contract was carried oat. and refused payment, .-suit by the coni] any followed a:.t the hearing was before Jut g • Van K] •< tne of the points that Mr. i*eGiv male was that he not liable to suit in the elate courts bo, a- h- was a Belgian con syii. Judge Van L|is tir filed that he was end a verdict vva* secured by the company The case wa* taken to the supreme court and the jmlgmt nt of Judge Van Kpps has been athrm-d. On May is. 187.1 Monroe Marshall, a col ored convict, m ido a daring ‘seapc fr<inthe Fulton county ihautgang. Tuesday morning, after twenty two years of uninterrupted freedom, he was recaptured and carried buck to the convict camp in shackles. Twenty years ago. w hen he made his escape he was young, strong and robust strong enough to overpower two guards and giv the blood hounds a futile * base for many miles. He was carried back old and decrepit almost too weak to stand up tinder the weight of his Shackles. In 1871 Marshall was given a sen tence In the county chain gang, convicted upon the charge of assault and oattery. He had provoked a fight with another negro and was arrested and sentenced He remained three months in the chain gang, when, on account of good conduct, the foreman mail* 1 him a trusty. One morning, while the rest of the convicts were at breakfast. Marshall made a break for liberty. Two guards seized him. but he pushed them easily aside and made for the woods Several shots were vainly tired at the hoeing man. Then the dogs were put on his track and gave him a good race. But the negro reached the river in good time to swim across and escape He left Georgia the year of his escape and made his way to Texas, where he remained for ten years, coming bai kto Atlanta after that time. A negro who had a grudge against him told his story to the authorities w hich caused his recapture. The correspondent if tin* Morning Nkwh at Buinbridge writes as follows: *A novel auu unique entertainment w*a> the geograph ical party given by Mrs. E. J. Johnson, at the residence of Dr. K J. Morgan, on West street Tuesday evening, complimentary to Mr. Ed gar Morgan. The largo and spacious parlors of the hospitable horn** of Dr Morgan were thrown open to Mr. Morgan's friends. Not withstanding the very inclement weather, the parlors began to ftil up by 9 o’clock, when each one of the young ladies was presented with a rosette and a badge with th * name of cue of the states of th* union, and each one of the young gentlemen with a card with the name of a city situated in on** of the states represented written on his card. It was ex {>ected that the young men were to find the ady with the state in w hich his city was lo cated and act as her escort for the evening. About ll :3o oclock the large and splendid din ing room was thrown open and an oiegant re freshment served, i- roiu 9 o'clock to th*' wee small hours of the morning pleasure reigned supreme. Ladies and gentlemen present were: Misses Nina Williams. Stella >Vright, Anna Tonge, Lou Aliie Dickenson, Elite Lou Morgan. Susie Scott, Madge Mor gan,jAlice Curry, Daisy Hhbord. Bennie Jack ton. Maggie Teabody. Ethel Fleming. Ever geline and Haltia Bower, Irene Brad well, Bessie Cranford. H. C. Dickenson. B lb Bower, Jr., 11. Nussbaum. T. S. Hawes. 1 D. and T. E. Morgan. Dan McGill, M. E. Pea body. Edwin Bates. Charles Bruce. A i Su bert>. M E. O’Neal, U. I Tonge and others ’ pi a min a. T. N. Lane of Grand Ridge killed two snakes with one blow a few days since, the larger of which measured seven feet four inches in length. It was of the king" va riety. The editor of the Apalachicola Times an nounces that he is negotiating w ith parties in Philadelphia with the view to inducing them to build and operate a waterworks plant at Apalachicola. The first installment of big lumber ship ments over the Georgia southern and Florida via Palatka. came in Sunday and a lighter is now lying at the dock to transport same to Jacksonville, says the l’alatku Daily Adver tiser. Tampa Times: The toughness of the negro Is proverbial, and an incident occurre I ,t Port Tampa City yesterday afternoon which “proved the case " A drunken negro was lying on the railroad track when a train backed up on him. striking one leg and foot Of course the negro was badly bruised, but the ear which struck him was thrown off the track. The Cocoa Public spirit says that a couple of colored children went into the ice factory the other day and attempted to get some of the frost off the refrigerating pipes the little giri. thinking to got it faster, put her mouth down upon the pip*’ when her lips and tongue immediately froze fast. It was with grea* difficulty that the child was extricated, and then the operation took the skin off the flesh where it touched the pipe. The Fort Meade Pebble says that it is in formed by a person who is in a position to know, that at least 150 acres w ill tie p anted iu sweet potatoes by th*- farmers around I ort Meade this summer. The average yield will very nearly reach *JOO bushels per acre This crop will be fed to stock principally, as tne freight rates prohibit shippini Wit! ; transportation fU.uMt tiushels of potatoes could be shipped from Fort M**:ule next fall It has been definitely settled that the Third battalion of Florida state troops will go Into camp near Pensacola on July IS. The\ will be in camp during the confederate veterans reunion which begins on July I<\ anti the young soldiers will have the pleasures o! act ing as escort to the battle s arm! hem > The camp will be located at Pensacola's delightful summer resort Palmetto lioach. on the *ay chore four miles from the city which can . * Veached every hour on trains of tho dummy line st. Augustine News shortly after 10 o'clock Tuesday nmrnmg. while Mrs * harh-s Long and a lady friend were driving along Cathedral street, th* pony be; auu* uuc. n trollahle and collid’ and with ihe cutu.stone at the corner of Cordova street Mr- Long • came frightened and attempted to jump from the carnage. Her foot caught arid her he a btriii k the curbstone wHh great force sn** wmh drugged horn* distunce before th#* hors*- was stopjH-d Dr LindSiev was Hummed and made a hasty examination of her ' iri* - She received a very lad sculp v.. id ju*i behind thu left cut and her left should*, r was badly bruised and cut, but fortunately.no ; bones were broken SI ed in ring* and taken toherhom*- Her companion remained in the carriage and escaped in ! juries. Strawberry culture around For* Meade has begun to attract considern! . atieut n and the prospects are that a . acreage w ill set out this summer. Then i- no lrv Mry that pavs netter for the amount invest*-*; than strawberry culture < n or two ai res care fullv tilled will yield sufficient income to make a living for a family. Th* re are hen dreds of acres <f land adjacent to Fort M*-ad* that are perfectly adapted to berry cull in an*i within a very short tim* w*‘ expe -r t se* thousands of crates shipped from this point, says the Fort Meade Pebbl**. Tampa 1 imes The man who was br*night in Saturday for interment was Samuel E Branch, not Thomas L Branch as stated Saturday. A mem' er -*f th*- family says Mr Branch, who live fifteen miles from Tampa on Nebraska avenue, had u* *.• ov< r to * neighbor s named T loyd. FYiday afternoon to get h - pla M Floyd was not at home, and while waiting for him the thunderstorm came up Mr Branch -at near a cl-•-ed door in the sitting room "ith j Mrs. Floy 1 and h* r three children. A vivid flash of lightning struck ami and knocked I Mrs. I'!oyd and three children down. Tney recover*’*) slickly, and when Mrs. Floy*] went to Mr. Branch he gaspeu one** <>r tw ice :c ! j - . ■ efori ame EGYPTIAN COTTON. A Large Amount of It Imported for New England M.ills. From the Boston Herald. Egvptinn cotton is peculiar. Its color is light brown, and the filler is line, strong and lustrous. Egyptian cotton cannot be raised anywhere, except on the banks of | the Nile, and its peculiar characteristics cannot be successfully counterfeited. That Is why it is imported into the Cuitcu States, and particularly into Bus ton. According to the i'nitx-d States consul at Cairo, the consumption of cotton by the spindles of the New Krnrland states has prown from nothing, ten years ape. to ] more than 40.1HK1 larpe bales, or 2**,UOO.O(M) ; pounds, approximately valued tit ! OdO.UOO At first blush, it seems stranpo that | the t'niled States, wliicli for some years i lias exported nearly fi,OUO,IMKU*n pounds | of cotton, should import am for its own use. yet that is explained by the fact that iv/yptian cotton is peculiar. It was about live or six .years apo that it bepan to be popular At that time hal tirippaii hosiery was taking tlic public fancy. This balbrippan had a peculiar brown ish shade, a silk* lustre, and (treat strength. Theso qualities came from the j use of Kp.vptian cotton. As soon as the demand was created tins cotton bepan to lie imported iu larger quantities, it was used for underwear, and the people liked it, but. as it was at tluit time rather higher in price, a preat many attempts were made to imitate it. liven peelers, as one of the finest prades of American cotton is called, would not pive the same luster, and the artificial color produced by the dye would not last, while in the genuine goods the color would last as long as the mamriai. At the present time Kgyptian cotton is cheap), being worth only a cent or two more than the American. It is. therefore, cheaper to Use the genuine cotton from Kpypt than to try to produce the same effect by the use of dyes. The Egyptian cotton is used for hosiery, thread and special fabrics. It is valuable for thread, both on account of the fine ness and smoothness of its fiber, it is used almost exclusively for the making of traction ropes, and the Lambeth Rope Company at New Bedford consumes about a million pounds of the raw Egypt ian cotton a year. This company has found that the same results cannot l>e obtained with any of the cotton grown in this country O. 11. Sampson & Cos., on Chauncy street, arc the largest handlers of Egypt ian cotton in the country, while it is ex tensively used in the i llobe Yurn, King Philip, Kerr Thread, Bennett N Colum bin, Cohannet, Merrick, Willimuntic and other mills. Egyptian cotton has to a large extent taken the place of lisle thread, and is used to some extent instead of the sea island cotton, which is the finest and most ex pensive cotton grown. While Egyptian cotton costs from 10 to 11 cents a pound, the sea island will fluct uate from fii to perhaps 2k cents. The sea island has the largest “staple,” or, in other words, the largest liber The sea Island staple is sometimes two inches | long, while the Egyptian would be per haps an inch and a quarter, and ordinary American cotton an inch. There is a gentleman in Boston who says that after the war there was a wide awake khedivo m Egypt who had taken some confederate ami some union officers into his army. From the confederate of ficers the khedivt learned about the sea island cotton, and so he bought several ship loads of seed from the United States to sow on the innundated banks of the Nile and improve the product of his coun try. It has been thought in some quarters that the southern statesmen might ask for a protective duty on Egyptian cotton, but in Boston it is felt that such a duty would not bo of the slight est pood, as Egyptian cotton can no more be grown in this country than pino apples on the deserted farms of Massa chusetts. WIFE SELLING AT SMITHFIELD. Authentic Case and a Ballad in Which tho Heroine Is Sold. Sabi in London Telegraph. One social song Is noteworthy, inas much as it relates to the sale of a wife. In a note to the song, Mr. Ashton states that in his works he has given numerous in stances of this barbarous practice being resorted to in quite modern times The halter around the neck was used when tho wife was sold at market, it being con sidered that, being thus equipped, she was on a level with cattle, and could thus be legally disposed of In the Ash ton ballads, the wife is sold for 10 shill ings to the inevitable young sullor beau, and the date of the song is pretty c early indicated in the concluding lino of the ballad in which the tiddler aud the piper played "Rosintho Beau” at the lady's re marriage. •‘Rosin the Beau" was about the earliest of the nigger songs that reached London, i and was contemporaneous with -\Nich a ' GittitC i’p Stairs” and "Bandy Jim from ; Caroline" about I'4J, 1 should say. “Bold William Taylor" is another street ballad of which there are several variants, in the Ashtonian version the name of Taylor s sweetheart Is Sarah Naylor After bis impressment Sarah follows him, in male attire, to sea, but the i aptain of the ship, after her sev lias been discovered, tells her that the faith less William has n urried a rich lady The deserted Sarah calls tor a brace of pistols, shoots the perfidious Taylor | dead, is promoted to become the hold commander of a man of-war, and mar rii's the captain, who had rounded on Taylor. With respect to the ballad, "The Sale of a Wife," 1 may remark that M. tie Jouy. the celebrated author of tjio "Hermite do la Chausscc and" Antin." "hot j only cites numerous instances of such matrimonial auction, but states that in | April, I'll, while crossing the cattle market in Smith field, he witnessed a violent struggle between a young and pretty woman and a brutal and buff drunken ruffian, who wa.-, endeavoring to put a ball) r about her neck for the pur pose of se|ling her The young woman ! did not wish to be sold, and the affair, ended by both husband and wife making their appearance before the neicru.ali at ; Guildhall, who deplored that the lac, look no cofrni/aiico of h ,ass. and contented hiniHi If with binding over the I husband to keep the pca- t , THE MORNTKG NEWS: FRIDAY, JCLY 0, 1594. A NEGLIGEE CONGRESS. How Statesmen Try to Keep Cool Tlii' Hot Weather. Homespun the Newest Fashion —Now York and Philadelphia Send the Best Dreased Men Some Eccentricities. From the Washington Star. Homespun has obtained the approval of congress for summer wear. Tom Reed appears da., after ilay in a full suit of it, ar.d ho leads the fashion always as to but weather costume in the House. Near ly half the representatives have adopted the material to a greater or less extent. It is asortof toweling, made of fiax grown in Kent ji ky anil Tennessee. It Is very coarse and nev* r wears out. Before the warit was considered only good enough for negroes,slaves being commonly dressed in it. Though scarcely pretty, it is very coo, Tire web of it is so loose that the breezes blow through freely. Tho big man from Maine makes no pre tense to fashionable attire in the ordinary sense of the word. The leaders of the House in that respect are Gan. Bingham of Philadelphia and Maj. Franklin Bart lett of New York. Those tyvo cities send tho host dressed men to congress usually. Naturally, the rule does not invariably apply. Tim Campbell looks like a farmer with a white tie. John Clancy of Brook lyn is costumed in the styleof the Bowery hoys of l'a<> double-breasted frock coat, high white hat in summer and very tight pantaloons with a "line fall over thu bool" Clancy has what he calls a "nice leg,” and likes to show its shape. < >ne of his friends from the Quaker city dropped in to see Gen. Bingham at the House a day or two ago. Ho re marked that Washington was new to him and that he wanted to be intro duced to the town. Slapping him on the shoulder, tho genial Philadelphia con gressman, paraphrasing Beau Brummel, replied : My dear fellow, I will make you famous I will walk down Pennsylvania avenue with you twice,"’ ON V. OF TIIK WOKST DKESKED MEN. One of the worst dressed men in tho House is Stevenson of Michigan, tile mil lionaire lumberman. To look at him one would suppose ho hadn't a dollar in the world, .lust at present ho wears a "hiek orv" shirt and a suit of pepper and salt that could not possibly have cost more than f7. Other men come to congress from far away with strange clothing and perhaps hayseed in their hair, yet take a hint from fashions at the capital and spruce up a bit. There is Meiklcjohti of Nebraska, for example. He arrived with cowhide boots and "pants" tucked into them. Now he wears a long-tailed Prince Albert, russet shoes and trousers with creases in them. On the other hand, style lias no seductions for Bryan of tho same state, who clings to the forbidden combination of light coat and dark pan taloons. During the last two congresses the position of dude of the House has been vacant. Now, happily, it has been oc cupied by Quigg of New York, who parts bis blonde hair in the middle and smokes cigarettes. Ho is the youngest member and very breezy. Coming from an editorial writership on the Tribune, he dots not hesitate to tackle anything It was great fun tho other day to see him argue i difficult legal point with Judge Culberson of Texas, who is the greatest lawyoi in congress since Edmunds left. McEttrick of Massachusetts was the first m; n in the House this summer to ap pear ii warm weather garb straw hat, striped negligee shirt, dark alpaca coat, striped pantaloons with a cinch strap and a loose flowing tie. Cogswell, from the same state, tries lo keep cool by wearing no waistcoat. His sack coat, with u lxiyal Eegion button on the lapel, is thrown open and discloses half an acre or so of white shirt front. He is a stout man, and every now and then somebody mistakes liitn for Grover Cleveland Then lie uses swi nr words. Boutelle of Maine finds relief in a seersucker suit the real material, made from a kind of grass that grows u India. But. after all, tho coolest-looking repre sentative is < lon. Mariner of Philadelphia, i He wears white duck trousers and a well i flitting black sack coat. Though moro I than id years of age, Ids hair and mus j taebo are raven black. His shoes are al j ways of patent leather, and he looks as if he wore just out of a bandbox. No mat ter how long the season, he never turns a | hair, even in the hottest weather. OEOOHAPUT AS TO IIAIK. By the way, a glance from the galleries at the heads of the congressmen reveals certain geographical laws in relation to hair. The chin beard, the cheeks being shaven, is characteristically southern. From the great nortwest conies the beard without any mustache. Most of the mem bers from the north and east wear the mustache and no other beard, though an I occasional Vandyke cut is seen. Long hair used to be the fashion among south erners iu congress, many of them having locks that fell upon their shoulders. That stylo lias almost en tirely gone out. Northwa.v of Ohio probably has the most luxuriant hair aud beard, in color gray. The oddest coiffure belongs to Bundy, from the same state. It forms snow-white wings at the sides of tils head, which is bald on top, and is very fluffy. There is no balder man in the House than Speaker Ltisp, though Hen drix of Brooklyn runs him close. . The House lacks an ugliest member at present. That is to say there is no man who bears off unquestioned the palm for homeliness, though there are several who | have less than no pretensions to pulochri | tude. In a recent congress there was a representative from Pennsylvania, who looked remarkably like a frog, ns be lean ! ed ever his desk while speaking with pop eyes and enormously wide mouth, he sug gested irresistibly to the observer tho pic j tore of a large bullfrog about to croak ! and hop over toward the speaker. There I is one negro in the national legislature Murray of South Carolina. He is as i black as the ace of spades. Looking about the House at any time, one may see a dozen or more members smoking. Not five minutes pass during any day s session that the striking of a match for the ignition of a cigar may not be observed. The rules in both branches of congress forbid smoking. The Senate obeys this regulation, but the House pays no attention to it, notwithstanding the present agitation on the subject of bad air at the capitol. Cranks on ventilation are to be found everywhere, and it is not sur prising that continual disturbance on this subject should be made. Most people think that tho air of tho legislative cham bers is good enough. it ought to be so, considering the gr* at engines and gigan tic fans that arc used to force great streams of cooled air into the building, sucking it iu from far aloft through stone : towers erected in the capitol grounds. 1 \NNI NO COOT. AIR. For the House alone sixteen steam fans arc employed, the biggest ot them sixteen feet in diameter and resembling the pad dle-whcel of a steamboat. Standing in one of the tunnels in tho i asement of the capitol, through which an artificial I hree/e rushes continually at the rate of Take it when “awfully tired” Brown’s Iron Bitters. twenty-six miles an hour, one feels un pleasantly chilled during the hottest hours of a summer day. When the gal leries are crowded every member and spectator in the House is provided with sixty cubic feet of fresh air every minute. In order that the air thus supplied shall contain the proper amount of moisture, it is made to pass through stone-lined compartments, where fountains of spray are kept perpetually playing When Senator Hill rose to make his final oratorical effort against the income tax last week lie wore a slate-colored double-breasted frock coat and a black "butter-fly" tie. A few feet away sat Brice and I ’offer, who are the two most picturesque figures in the upper house. Their propinquity was accidental, both listening attentively to the speech. Brice wore a gray cutaway coat, a blue necktie, and a red flower in iiis buttonhole. He always has that red flower, winter and summer: very likely ho regards it as a mascot, for he is. above ail things, a gam bler iu the higher sense of "speculation.” He is said to have more nerve than any other man alive. Probably he is worth a million or two dollars more than last y ear at this time, but he never exhibits the slightest disturbance of mind, whether he wins or loses. Brice has the biggest head and the largest feet in the Seriate. It is said that he has his pantaloons made extra long to cover up his exaggerated lower extremi ties. His hair is a great shock of auburn. His clothes, though costly, do not fit him very well. Somebody once said that ho looked like the keeper of an old clothing shop wearing his own second hand suits. But when a man is several times a mil lionaire and lives like a prince he can af ford to ignore the aspersive remarks of the envious. liis favorite trick is twirl ing his eyeglasses by the string This he will do for hours together while sitting in the Senate chamber. DUKINO Hint’s SPEECH. Peffer of Kansas, as he sat listening to Senator Hill's speech, had on a black al paca coat, to the right lapel of which a pair of gold eyeglasses was attached. His long beard certainly do.-s look thinner than it used to. An ingenious corre spondent, trying to account for this fact, said the other day that he had not cut part of it off or pulled it out. so he must have pushed some of the hairs back. To the left of Brice sat Smith of New Jer sey, dressed like a minister, in a black frock coat, white tie and patent leather shoes. He weighs about 350 pounds, has nearly white hair, and looks at least 00 years of age. Yet he is only +2 years old. He and i iubois of Idaho are the young est men In the Senate. Smith is a manu facturer of patent leather and is rapidly becoming a millionaire Hale of Maine wore a full suit of home spun. Vest of Missouri, oddly enough, wore a silk pongee coat and* no vest. Hawley of Conneticut was cla’l in white duck. Blackburn of Kentucky was at tired in white flannel. lie is always one of the best dressed men in the Senate. Asa preliminary to full summer costume be always appears in a light plaid pair of pantaloons. The palm for accurate dress however, must be yielded to Senator Hansom of North Carolina. In his person he typifies the idea expressed by the word "deportment.” He is very careful about his cuffs and collars. As he occupies his legislative seat, from time to time he ex tends one arm aud then the other, nulls his cuffs into view, and then gazes ud at the ladies in the gallery. Senator McPherson is another very pre eiso man about his apparel. Hoar of Massachusetts, these summer days, wears a drab cutaway and white tie. Ho has a cherubic aspect and looks the very picture of an amiable and benevolent old gentleman. But let him get up to talk and his speech is apt to bo'vitriol. There is no doubt as to the worst dressed man in tile Senate; Cockrell of Missouri has long held that distinction. He is content, however, inasmuch as he was not sent to Congress on the strength of his claims to dudery. While Mr. HiH is speaking ho is in terrupted for a moment by a message from the House of Representatives to the Senate. Capt. Bassett makes the an nouncement of tho communication in his stereotyped form As he stanus beneath tho clock the old man looks like Father Time without liis scythe. He wears a long black frock coat, a black tie and a white waistcoat, over which liis white beard falls. The speech of the senator from New York comes to an end a few minutes later, ami the chamber is inline diately emptied, leaving only four or five unattentive gentlemen to listen to the reply of Higgins of Delaware. Senato rial courtesy carries no obligation of lis tening to uninteresting speeches. SOME ECCENTRICITIES. Congressmen have their eccentricities like ordinary folks. Representative Everett of Massachusetts hates to be called professor,aud it makes him exceed ingly angry to have anybody offer hihi a cigar. He loathes tobacco. Watchdog Holman has a habit of fumbling with a package of chewing tobacco while he is making a speech. In the House he uses fine cut. while among his constituents in Indiana he contents himself with ordi nary plug. In one respect Stewart of Nevada and Cameron of Pennsylvania are opposites The latter is the silent man of the Senate, while the great silver ad vocato is accused of being afflicted with a cacoetlies loquendi. Dolph of Oregon hates the newspapers. If he had iiis way all the corrospondents would be per manently locked up in Jail. A few sena tors have an amiable weakness for poker. There is always a poker set in the upper bouse. At present it includes Manderson, Brice, Halo, Pettigrew aud Quay. The last named is perhaps the best poker player in congress. Mr. Cleveland always wears a “biled" white shirt while in town during the sum mer, though lie adopts the negligee at Buzzard s Bay. Before he went away he appeared in u straw liat and suits of plaid and pepper and salt. He wears neckties of the butterfly pattern, tying them him self. The President has u great many suits of clothes. Doubtless lie pavs as much money for clothing as many a dude who prides himself on trousers by the score of pairs, etc. Ho lias a valet, Sin clair, who now acts as steward of the white house. Sinclair looks after all of Mr Cleveland's clothes, sending them to be pressed, etc. The pressing and clean ing of the presidential garments is done by a colored man on Sixteenth street. Mr. Cleveland has no creases in his panta loons. Swimming in the Dead Sea. Kev. Francis Tiffany in tho Christian Register From Jerusalem we had a thoroughly delightful trip of three days to Jericho, the Dead Sea and the Jordan. In the saddle imist of the time and under a blazing Syr ian sun, the fatigue w..s certainly great but the interest was far greater. It was goal to be out among the mountains, stern and naked as they were, and to make the descent of nearly I.mxi feet, to the wilderness in which John the Baptist bad preached and iu which tile Es sex* communities had wrought out so many of the peaceful tenets of the gos pels. As for tile Dead Sea, it will, in contradiction of its name, for ever preserve a green and liv ing mem ,ry ill my mind. No fish can survive in it. wc all know : but for a place for a swim, or, above all, for a float, com mend me to it beyond all the VVinnepc saukces iu the world How it bears you up in its arms' I low it annihilates the * ll ' semi pondero ity and dignity of the law of gravitation! How it Introduces you into tin* in net', onscloustiess of dainty Ami-; and thistlcdi wn, and all other air* fair;, creatures The Illort lull weigh tlic less you weigh; there is the real li.vdr i-tatn paradox. An elephant in th" Dead Sea Would feel himself a gnu-lie I bcu w hat a mirror its steely surface was that N'oridiU'. and how beautiful Its reflections of tin u -untuius of Palestine ‘ yn otic band and of Moab on the oilier! Think 2 THINKS. IN CHOOSINd DRINKS AND HIRES* Rootbeer WILL LINK YOLR THINKS. Deliciously Exhilarating, Spark- , ling, KiTervescent. Wholesome as well. Purifies the blood, tick les the palate. Ask your store keeper for it. Get the Genuine. , fcsnd 1 cent stamp for besotifa! plctor# cards ind boo a. 1 THE CHAS. E. HIRES CO., j i Philadelphia. FACTS ABOUT RAILROADS. The Interstate Commerce Commission Gathers Interesting: Statistics. Washington, July B.—The interstate commerce commission has mado its sixth statistical report. The total mileage of railways in the United States on Juno 30, 1*33, was 176,- 4(11.07, being an increase during the year of 4.*37.56 miles. The corresponding in crease during the previous year was 3,- 100.78, from which it appears that there was some revival in railway construction during the year covered by the report. The number of roads abandoned during the year was nineteen. TJie total length of line, including all tracks, was 230,- 187.37, which includes 10,051.80 miles of second track, and 43,043.40 miles of yard track and sidings. The total number of locomotives on June 80, 1833, was 84,788, being an in crease of 1,652 during the year. Of these, *,951 were passenger locomotives. 18,533 freight locomotives, and 4.*03 switching locomotives, the remainder being un classified. The total number of ears owned by the carriers making report was 1.113.478, to which should be added 154,- of,B leased cars, making a total of 1.273,- '. l 4 *'. cars operated directly by the carriers. This shows an increase in the number of cars directly controlled of 58,854 during the year. Of the total number of cars, 31,384 were in the passenger service, and 1,047,577 in the freight service. The num ber of passengers carried per passenger locomotive was 66,268, and the number of passenger miles per passenger locomotive was 1,5*8,601. These ligures show an in crease in the efficiency of passenger loco motives. The number of tons of freight carried per freight locomotive was 40.062, and the number of ton miles accomplished per freight locomotive was 5,031,889. These ligures show no change in the efficiency of freight locomotives as com pared with previous years The total number of employes in the service of railways on June 30, 1898, was 873,002. being an increase of 52,187. Of this total of employes, 85,384 are assigned to the work of general administration, 356,212 to maintenance of way and struc tures, 175,404 to maintenance of equip ment. and 397,915 to conducting trans portation, the remainder, 8,627, being un classified Tlie aggregate of property properly classified as railway capital was on June 30, 1*93. 610,506,235,410, which shows rail way capital equal to *68,421 per mile of line The amount of stock outstanding was 84,66)8,935,418, of which *3.982,009,602 was common stock, the remainder, *686,925,816, being preferred stock. The funded debt outstanding was #5,225,089,- *3l, classified as follows: Mortgage bonds. #4,504.883,162: miscellaneous obli gations, #410,474,647; income bonds, #248,- 132.730, and equipment trust obligations, #62,699,282. The amount of investment in the railway securities has increased during the year from #1,391.457,053 to $1,563,022,233, being an increase of *171,565,180. The amount of stock paying no divi dends during the year was #2.859,334,572, being 01.24 per cent, of the total stock out standing. The total dividends paid was $100,929,- 885. The amount of mortgage bonds paying no interest was *492,270,999, or 10.93 per cent, of the total of mortgage bonds, and the amount of income bonds paying no interest was *204,*64.269. or 82.56 per cent, of the total of income bonds. The total number of passengers carried during the year ending June 30, 1893, was 593,560,612. The number of tons of freight reported by the railways for the year was 745,119,- 4*2. Ton mileage was 93,588,111,833. The gross earnings from operations on the railways of the United States for the year ending June 30. 1*93, was *1,220.- 751,874, being an increase of *49,344,581 over gross earnings reported in the pre vious year. Operating expenses during the year were #927,021,299, being an in crease of #46,923,303 over the previous year. The final net income available for divi dends was *111,05*,034. being a sum less than the corresponding amount for the previous year of #4,907.157. After de ducting from this amount the dividends paid, the income account of railways in the United States for the year 1893 shows a surplus of *8, 1 16,745, which is less than the surplus of the previous year bv #5,919,311. The number of railway employes killed during the year was 2.727, being greater by 173 than those killed during the pre vious year. The number of employes injured was 31,7c9, being greater by 3,462 than the number in urea the previous year. The number of passengers killed during the year was 299, being less by 77 than the number killed the previous year, and the number injured was 3,229] being 2 in excess of the number injured the previous year. Of the total number of deaths to employes on account of railway accidents. 433 were due to coupling and uncoupling cars. 644 to fallng from trains and engines. 73 to overhead obstructions, 247 to collisions, and 153 to derailments, the remainder be ing due to causes not su clearly defined. An assignment of casualties to the oppor tunity offered for accidents shows 1 em ploye to have been killed for every 820 men employed, and 1 to have been injured for every 2* men employed. The most dangerous service is that of trainmen, and for these the statistics show 1 em ploye to have been killed for every 115 trainmen, and 1 employe to have been in jured fur every in engaged in this service. A similar comparison shows l passenger to have been killed lor each 1,985,153 pas sengers carried, or for eaeli 47,588,966 pas senger miles accomplished and 1 passen ger injured for each 1*3,*22 passengers carried or for each 4,406,(559 passenger miles accomplished. t!eBE(>T IjS THE I Tour Stationery is an indication of your manner of conducting business. Have everything neat and trim ; in good taste and on good material, from the complete Printing, Lithograph ing and Blank Book Manufacturing Department of I he MORNING NEWS, Navauiiah, La, COUPON OFFERS. PART 2! —OF— PICTURESQUE AMERICA Now Ready, SEE THE CONTENTS —OF— II SPLENDID NUMBER. 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ANDERSON, Agent. Wald burg .Hallding, west of City Exchangeu PLANT * STEAMSHIP . LINE.' SEMI-WEEKLY SERVICE PORT IfIMPA, KEY WEST M HAVAKJL SOUTH-BOUND. Lv port Tampa Mon. and Thurg. 11:00 p. m, Ar Key West Tuesdays and Fridays 3 p. ia, Ar Havana Wed. and Sat.* 6 a m. NORTHBOUND. Lv Havana Wed and Sat 12:30 p rn. Ar Key West Wed. and Sat. 7:30p. m. Ar Port Tampa Thurs. and Sun. 3p. m. Connections at Port Tampa with West India fast mall trains to and froth northern and eastern cities. For state room accommoda tlons apply to C PENNY, Ticket Agent, Port Tampa. M. F. PLANT, Assistant Manager. ■ VV. M. DAVIDwON, General Pass Agent. moms’ or,!i ifonsponauooli For Baltimore. , (STANDARD TIME.) Cabin .#1(1 OO ( Cabin (Hound Trip) 20 OO : Intermediate 10 09 , Cabin to Washington 16 30 ! Cabin to Philadelphia . 17 60 i Intermediate to Philadelphia .... 12 50 Ticket# #oid to all points on the lialUncrci and Ohio Railroad. THE steamships of this company a*e ap. pointed to sail from Savannah for DaliU more as follows—standard tlmo: D. H. MILLER, Capt. G. W. BiLLUPS, SAT* UKDAY. July 7. 9 p. m. WM. LAWRENCE, Capt. W. Foster* WEDNESDAY, July 11, 12:30p. m. WM. CRANE, Capt. W. J. Bond, SATUR* DAY, July 14, 3:0) p. m. And from Baltimore every TUESDAY and FRIDAY. Through hills of lading given to all point# West, all the manufacturing towns in New England, and to ports of the United Kingdom and the Continent. J. J. CAROLAN. Agent, Baltimore wharf. J. C. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager, Baltimore* RAILWAYS. Summer Schedule. June sth. Isl of Hope Kchednle-Werk Day Time* Leave Cttyj From I s ß |f o j£ le | Into 6 15 a mi Holton st. 0 00 u in Holton st."* 6 45 a m Bolton st. 7 00 a in Bolton st. 900 a m Second av. hlO a m Second av* 10 37 a in Holton st. 9 45 a m Bolton st 115 p m Sci ond av. 12 20 p m Second av, *2 30 p m Bolton st. *2 & p m Bolton st. *3 HO p m Holton st. *3 25 p m.Bolton st, *4 30 p in Bolton st. *4 2ft p in Bolton st. tft 00 p m Second av. *5 25 p m Bolton st *5 30 p m Bolton st. ; 45 p m Second av* tC 15 p m Second av. *0 25 p m Bolton st. ♦C 30 p m Bolton st. 6 50 p in av. 7 37 p mlTioitim st. u 15 pm Bolton st, SATURDAY NIGHT ONLY. .• 37 pm Bolton st. I 1" 15 pmlßolton St. 11 07 pml Bolton st n 45 pm[Bolton st. For Montgomery. 9 and 10 37 a. m., 2:30 and 6:15 p. m.. and change at Sandfly. Leavd Montgomery. 7:30 a. m.. 1 25 and 6:00 p. m. ♦—Change at Thunderbolt, t—Passengers going and returning on thesa trains will be charged only one fare—lo cents round trip. For Thunderbolt, cars leave Bolton streot depot on every hour and half hour. RAILRUADS. i firrr ßSCtiMOfiD AND DANVILLE R. R, Ilia Greatest Southern System. IMPROVED scbodulea Through Orst-clns* coaches between .Savannah and Aahevllld, N C., for Hot Springs and other Western Carolina nolnts Also to .Valhalla and Greenville. 3. C., and Intermediate points via Columbia. Quick tline and improved service to Waal* lngtoD New York and the East. only line In the south operating solid veetl buied ltmltod trains with Pullman dining cars* Double dally fust trains between New York, Philadelphia. Baltimore, Washington, Char lotte, Columbia. Savannah, and Jackaonviil® ar.d Tampa. Khi . carrying Pullman drawing room cars between Savannah and Now Yorfc on all through trains Aie > dluing cars i-e* tween Savannah and Washington on tratns 3f and 3H. W. A. TT t HK. G. P. A- Washington, D. 0. H. UAKDWICK. A. U. P. A.. Atlanta, WA STEAMBOAT LINES. The Steamer Alpha, E. DANIELS, Mutvr, On au<l after MAT I will change he* Schedule a, follows: Leave Savannah Wednesday Oam Leave llcuufort. Thursday. Ham Leave Suvunuab, Friday 11am Leave Beaufort Saturday Ham Th • Bteamor will atop .it lilufTton on busk trlu* eaeli y The Alpha ran tie chartered for excursions every Monday an t Tuesday lor further tuforn alloii upply to C. 11. MELLUCK. Ab'eat