West Virginia argus. [volume], February 21, 1889, Image 1

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~vai.entine"verses.
. ^ trpID TKUMl-HAXT.
"***'**^!?!mJ^ 7a£«bee-1! I come with speed,
bow;
My quiver I*lhJr«N*tW^*ft 1
Home arrow mrfv
"***, pal! d*?.*" did Ito/SSt* "* • -
'Toe who'j^be the cow^r'tufmififi1'\ V
A W that-is strung by % cp ward U&*
wise in*tiO{Q^ hU eyes is blmdr’ * ^
% The bow h.r.fK-- «nd the sWtit flew, ■„
* AokI the roalim Was HesjRdtpW-y,,.
^9*l! take this dart frbaanivV^-iuded heart,
Hear Cupid, or efe? 1 div*'- -
»• said, as he united, f I £ hi* a rlild
•> . An<l couki have no power-to flqjl
r*J'*fi,h H’thof my eyee where the dart now li<Y
/ AndAwij know, dearest maid, I am blind,’1
A —Mra. J,: shepherd.
'' \uv*4xno to ns win.
lVaa not the moonlight and the rrwe, . '
‘"he days of June in old lang syne.
f That brought me suppliant to your feet,
Praying to be your Valentine.
Them* soberer days the .blossoms blow
Affimpreot as in oOT'fang syne,
And still in spiritAud ftMruffi ^ ,
5r ' 1 Pray to he^yiflu- Valentine. * ‘
* "-Mr*zT. W. Dcwinj.
a-, ‘ * .. —— V a*
UlVk’S REKCUB. * **
The fcjun, the Hose,.the Lily, tha Dove— v
. 1 loved rHeqt all in'i.iy>Mi love,
*v\'* hive theiwnfc longer,*hut her nlone—
V* - The Pure, the Tender, the Only, the One;
-v **°rhhe-herself, my Queen of Ix»re,
•#r -Hose, oud.LHjr, aftd tjqn, and Dove!
. —Heine.
i■ % . 4- ;
**wr t ** * •- bUJw
, of the world is short
! - -aTPflW^^ipO" .*•• Ik .
• "'"^'TpJovej^m^xi beloved; • -
***» and goto have uot outlearned it;
: • fftSswggpfiMp'w* ■
* — Emerton.
" °nder if maybe fhey fne&n you and •
WiiMloy and, Jim; • •
y*?^iHje b’uddacs, tl.at-you can see;
Tnadlfwifl you and the-other’ll me,
_ - ^ Wonder wh^'s him! ***• •
teulferfiJnMs such ex euliir thu^ «• „ .
. . N.qfhfits: at All but Just two litir© wmg* * *
Ouets they must be
Mfiefc vv^nkfe thinkies! Won.ic^ jf tins
Isn’t a think, or a dear flying feist, i
F*om g'annte to wef V .
S’pose we ran *atch it» And then If we do
I none half for I and the other for you?
Or-s poee we just look—
A My doesn’t want to bo tore.1 into two.
Al** a kjj*,a aa *°°d» when you know it ha*
As if It' was took.
Mrs. A. D. T. WhUno-j.
■S, 1.UE WJJOLK WIDE WOOED.
’ jWo*?roni the whole "wide world I choose thoe,
^wefltlfeart. light of the Innd and tbo s -a!
The wide, wide world could not inclose thee,
For thon art the whole wide world to me.
’ *' • ■»--- —JtichardOilder.
" ' *• Tanmmor chaAis.
* See the chariot at Inftid here of I/ovo,
Wherein my lady ridr-th!
Kach that draws is a swan, or a dove,
* And well the car Ix>vo guidoth.
• A# *** F0**- al1 *>"*** do duty unto her
beauty.
•'And; anchored, do wish, so they might but
enjoy such a sight,
- That they still were to run by her side
•Through swords, through seas, whither she
^ ■' woujd ride. .•
» • • • ; -r fie11 Johnson, ’
* • / • t »*r, - ,* -rrt ■ r ■ • '•Tr
. -by RMera a.oiteu.
. The monthly teachers’examination of
B aik County was about to be/in.
Milly sat in .a corner of the big room,
...biting her pencil and gazing at the tgot
* H*3T As«n^blage of teachers and trembling
. • aspirants for fust certttieirtes»- in antWple
»hawUAhd hater>n vegurfive years* ago,
anU i^Osae.A Milly bad not known that
anybody over wore.
Milly was an aspirant for a first certi
ficate, but *he Was tfot trembling. ,Shc
MB f rctfl and bfight dfod and charm ugly
stJrHsh°in an obviously city-made suit
and a wicked -Httlc «ap to match. It
was e’ear to tht most casual observer
tjiAt Milly was noft iud genous to Jtlark
I’orintjv She was a- bright oasis in the
d««ert of Black County styles.
»no young man in *be noxt seat-ap
p€iwn to tliink 10,,. He looked at h©r
with quit* frank approval. Milly could
not help knowing it.. >holook*d down
at her snug g:o*q* rind pulled a petal
from the yeJIans nstors she wore, and
finally dcopf«d.«lMr pmicil. lie picked
tnxlouf .Justs.
“Thank ypu'i:»'sj* aald. He looker!
. at her itllLlbi|fc frthfir. bashfully., "W hat
a lot of them.’ the said, taking pity
*Spon him. » i /
‘Me*. What do you Ih'mk of them
..be roe ponded, . .. ,
• *h# noticed that hi* light hair curled
-thickly; and (list he had* fine chip.
* • **j—I—don't you fhink they’re rather
frumpy?” she*said, seriously.*
He laughed explosively, bringing his
hand down on his knoo.
‘'t'hp word was made for them he
i declared. “Yotf see -I’m not *>t Jita<Tk
,,Uotuity, thougn I intend teaching• here
I fon t feel traitorous. They arc
fsssy.” Httookedtathlrwith pUtzIcd
. Incredulity. “fiff yOu going to teach?
he murmured. ^ “I beg your pardon,
“Oh, no, don't,” cried Milly Wm ho
too tall? No, Indeed 1 And his nose
wm like Napoleon's. * •TH tell you
•bout It. I like to tell people; it’s so
'gunny. let,-*i’m going to fetch if I
can pass the examinations. You see, I’ro
been staying this summer at my I nrle
, Wfoley’s, out on a farm. Well, the
teacher In that district was taken sick
. the other day, and what did my Uncle
Rldgley do hut hire me for the fall term
me1 He’s one of the school director*
yon see. lie «ald ft would do me good
to *spunk up' and do it. He'* alwsys
' deplored my not Ming able to make pie
crust and weed onions and he wort©
home himself and got permission for
me. I know Til on oy It—It’ll bo such a
now experience—but I'm full of awful
*1 V ■■■ I ■■ ■■ ———,————,
qualm#. , I’ve never taught, and I don’t I
know liowi .. And my certificate—I’m in 1
fear and trembluur I’ve been at board
ing-school and aH that, but I’m dread- ,
*U«J rwty ki die common branches.”
Phc tiu^llfd ..breathlastly' *gd laugh
J»H,.fud he laughed too.
Tor rite,’t* said, in pleased re
r*Vrn. of her .gonfifl^free, “it’a merely*!
tfte^js u> au end, nTT-4*a«hing. I want'
W*jitirtjy^Tirtr, j|>h? dTSvaiir tti do it by my
•own_ exertion#.* fTl»nt 'sound* rather
«oo% jrim^y ‘ doeoV^ ^.3ht > do.
J va .fiogiU'" 4c fev# ionaa- irf- my own
1 engaged
in yuur».*>Te —„
Hut a fprirthtibly Jttf examiner rapped
on the platform arnTtffcnt atfeinner,
l<l»t equally awe-inspiring;-rolfeaguc in
and out among the seats with the arith
metic questions in purple typo-writing;
and the Black County applicants sharp
ened their pencils and wrinkled their
brows studiously and went to work.
Mill? opened her lunch-basket, three
hours latem iu the small room provided
for the purpose.
There was enough for three men, she
mused, as she attacked a sandwich.
A bony young woman—in red and
lavendor hat—^uat shaking oil the
crumbs of her ascetic repast of soda
crackers and pickled pears, regarded
her.-Jtith.otern amazement as she with
drew. '*
Through the door she passed through
came the ydung man who sat next to
Miliy. ^
aro you heret” lie said, -with a
shallow-pretense to surprise.
He sat down noar her, with an oxpres-*
sion of very frank pleasure.
What was it that made him look so
handsome when he smiled,she wondered
—his merry eyes or his white teeth 1 .
“How have you got on?” he ques
tioned, sympathetically, opening his
lunch.
*‘Horridly,”she admitted. “I’m worso
that I thought. I’ve forgotten every
thing.” She looked at his scanty bread
and nutter. “Please have one of my sand
wiches,” she said, shyly forcing it upoiu
him. “Everything, positively. 1’m
shocked at myself.? JTm-afraid, fc shau’t'
pass at all ; »nd then, .wfTat will l ixcjn'
Jlid^tey say? 1 raid* tefsNdo vco^ of
those cube-root and broKrfngo prol>l«m«,
1 know 1 did. How I envied*you, you’
looked |o perfectly unflustefodVu«ver ‘
them! And now the geography ! Good-t
, ness me! I think I did pretty well with
J the Hebrides and Yucatan and the Obi
QUyer^ but, oh. -dear! what au< the
Joiotbftrmal zones?” *: •
bhe made her lips and* bm* smooth
brow intfj-ji ludicrous pucker‘us she,
looked’mv<Wcly up at him..
Ho.vl^tghea, with U>nt enjoying, ,boy
*i»h s)np of his hand onrids knee*
j "Don’t you kjiow, honor''hriiditP’.hp
1 cjkTrttJated. * * ' *• ‘ '
j 'Hhp jihoc^k her head solemnly.- '
t'hkven’t the faintest idea. I neVlf did
^ettie for physicid'geogr«phy,&pd it’s gbne
'.Tight out of iuy.head.” -.v .
she bit a tart ruefully. **Won’-tynth
take one of these? You see how much
I of th<s I could never eut! No. I don't
believe I’ll get a certificate at all I”
He gaved at ber with poignant regret
in his eyes.
"Oh, I hone so!” he said, sincerely.
' "You’ve handed in your papers, haven’t,
you?” ho added, vaguely.
She shook her head.
* "Ne; I was floundering through tlxe
end of it when Lgpt hungry.”
They looked at each other with wiftle
eyes, startled by a common Idea.
"Oh, no,no! you mustn’t! Itwoutldn’t
l»e right or honest!” she gasped, half
laughing, half awed.
“Abstractly, it wouldn’t,” the young
man responded, reflectively. “Ordinar
, ily, I shouldn’t dream of doing it, in
deed; hut, you see, you aren’t adopt
ing teaching as a profession—you’re not
going to teach but one term, and that
for the sake of its being a ‘new experi
ence,’and to please your uncle—and it
would l>e a pity for a paltry certificate
to prevent you, and I don’t feel that I
should violate my conscience by helping
you to it a little, and -and—the isother
mal 7.ohe>-«re spaces on opposite sides of
I the equator having the same mean tern
jM-rature and hounded by corresponding
fng isothermal lines.”
♦ * * * * m
]; Milly Sprang from Uncle Hidglf^’s
buggy, two weeks later, nod rushed up
the walk like a small cyclone.
( f<ho had been to the F’ostoffice, and
she held a blue envelope In her hand, or
clutched It.
i "I’ve got it!” she cried
Aunt Itidgley was sweeping off the
front, porch.
"I’ve got it! My per cents, were’nt
tfcry good, you know, but I passed.
Won’t Uncle John be glad' Wdiere is
' hoF*
*Tanff -alive’” said Aunt Kidgley,
weakly. "What you got? He> in the
barn, likely.”
1 orle Kidgely was glad. He studied
* tixvsmall* document, with interspersed
remarks. •
* * “I hrtow yon hsdn’t no call to worry.”
"Pretty good ” "Hain’t nmerbe’n a
bfctter teacher in this deestrict than
' you’ll make—warrant yo!”
Flo to'ok off his spectacles as he handed
it back:'
j* "fb'VS was a young man here jest
now,” he observed, "about the school.
Seems he hail one engaged over to Bev.
crly, and scarlet fever broke out over j
there, and they ain’t goln* to have no
school yet awhile, and he come ov*-r to
see about gettin’ this one. Dave Han- j
ley told him about It: seems he’s a
cousin of Dave's. Took examination
, two weeks ago, same as you did. Wal.
I told him my niece had got the school j
p omised.to her,’’ said 1 ncle Kidgely,
‘erenely.
"What did he look like?” said Milly,
with sudden interest.
M>‘ h, you needn’t spunk up! He’s
.goin’ home on noon tr»*ar” s*id Irnele
Kidgely, winking. "W'y, good lookin’
feller ho was; taller'n most, and hair
color o' that cream colored nsg and
curly, and a good, strong lookin’-”
MlUy eruehed her certificate »n her ex- j
cited hand.
"WhereIs he;” she demanded,
"W’y, over to Dave Hanley'e, I s'pose
Dave’s his eousin. What are you goln’
to
But whaterer MPly was going to do
she was already doing. She was gone,
and she had dropped her certificate on
the barn floor.
Dave Hanley’s front door was open,
end reasonably full of small Hanleys,but
Milly stepped over them.
She could look through to tho back
porch, where Dave sat with h*s visitor. ‘
and she ran through the bouao
The visitor rose. . I
“Why—why—H he stammered.
Ho was bewildered, but his 'delight
was more than hia bewilderment. 'He
took her hand, in hi* agitation, and
then rombered that he had small right
to, and blushed.
Dave Hanley, whether from confosion
or superfine delicacy, wandered into
the yard.
shoo^hands. If »I* had looked
pretty In cloth gown and cap, she was
irresistible in addue blouse and striped
skirt, and no ha 14i, all,' and the- young*
imtu devoured her wlrvi brjirht eyes.
‘Tv*come|o tell your”*'the banted—
she was ou^of breath— “that* it'*my the
school is prottased to; it's boremy'r'Sici,'
Ridgely livts ddn’t yon .acef And
I'tn going to give it up for you, in yo^r
favor. \ J have no right to it** don’t you
understand i I don’t believo l’dfoyer got
mv certificate if it hadu’t been for -yui.
If 1 had be^i a bit lower •In.-geography;
I shouldn’t have passed, ff was realty
yon that got it for me, you unscrupulous
person. And I don’t need the school—it
was only for Uncle Ridgely— and you do.
You want to study law,and—well, you've
got to toko It.”
She was not to bo moved tho fraction
of an inch. She stood there, flushing
and prettily smiling, and twisting au
end of her blue sash, but she was firm.
“1 haven’t any right to it, and I don’t
nefd it, and you want to atudv law.’’
was all ahe would s£y,*thmgh hTUrgucd
and earnestly pleaded for an hour.'
Uncle llldgely waa disappointed. But
thero were gratifying recompenses. Th«
Hut was that Milly wo* persuaded to
stay nearly all winter, though the didn’t
take tho school, and learned t‘>make pie
crust after all; and the second, thnt that
young school-teacher sho married, that
she’d nevor have known if sho hadn't
stayed, and if he hadn’t taught in th«
“deestrict” that fall, turnod out within
four years to be the smartest lawyer iti
Illack"County and a notable honor tc
the family —Saturday Nijht.
> A CongreuiQtAn’s Oeenn Terror.
Tips'Board of Bureau Chiefa, to which
Secretary Whitney referred Keprcacntn
tive Thomas’s plans for a const deform
ve«Ael, has agreed t' report tho plans
bA*k.-fo the Secretary »*lth a recoin men
‘lotion that they be adonted by the Do*
partrutont. Tho Board believes the de
sign luajjrest merit.
"*\ Tpomas lias Imd no moic experi
ence iu* naval affairs than he could get
at Chairman of.-^ie House Committee.
His business ja th'at*>f a stbrtk ra>««r, and
hit homo is Jujtlfe part of minoM called'
KF.vpt, where* the only- water is in welp
and sloughs and nqt rinrctyjOY tliat.'
Nevertheless, lie aima designed whaj ex
! }»ertH saj will J^e the fltiQsf, flc?tesT and
most H«V<y^4d4)M|wvaftser lUioat. », .
' . £h<« birrWgiugle-Hu^ted- monitor,
ra heavy arru /n J^rtStmer. did .the only
‘war shmiis .thV Verid <if v^rffftrle .dfs-"
‘plarftfsnt, Inpya e’shesvilhstamj spWn
;and jybalf fc$^ out of water,-with upper
s works *t- wood- wNieJk ean ii® tssaovoZl
oi\ going into action.
\V hen troublo comes slie takes in water
•and increa«es .her draft three feet, leav
i ing but four feet and the great gun tur
ret above water. This four feet is the
segment of a circle rising from the
1 water's edge and presenting a target at
, which the enemy is welcome to fire as
much as he pleases. He can’t hit it once
I in fifty shots, and if he does hit it no
“body rare*. Her str#1 Jtrmor will be five
I inches thick. Her guns will be uble to
pierce the armor of the best man-of-war
now on the water. Her two ten-inch
breech-loading guns, turret-protected,
and having an all-round range, will
throw a 300-pound projectile ten miles.
The dynamite gun In the bow will throw
nitro gelatine equal to 1000 pounds of
( dynamite two miles. She will have a
: speed of seventeen knots an hour, and
her name will be the Illinois. Kxpcrt*
say she will probably 1 e able to destroy
Kngland’s biggest iron clad in iftcen
minutes. — Atlanta Const Aution.
* llsnnts and Habits orthe tjnail.
The quail (Bob W-Wte), so generally
I distributed throughout the States, is a
resident over all of the Mississippi Val
i 'e7i except in the extreme West and
Northwest. In Minnesota it has fol
lowed up the settlements, and in the
eastern part of the State has reached the
line of tho Northern Pacific Railroad
about latitude, forty-six degrees. In
Southeastern Dakota it is abundant, and
has advanced to about latitude forty
four degrees thirty minutes. North
western Minnesota and most of Dakota
are yet to be occupied by this species.
To Uifwiuestion that is often naked,
whet mr The habit quail hive of “lying
i to a dog” is natural or acquir'd, Pro
fessor tv. W. Cooke, in his report on
Bird Migration, says: “To get a satis
I fnctmpf nlisWftf,- one has onlv to hunt in
different parts of the Indian Territory.
In tho region west of Fort Mill the quail
never think of stopping when they see n
dog. but run a*<fa*t as they can, and
upon ins near approach they flush im
mediately, juntas it may be supposed
they do on th*«pproach of a cayote. In
the eastern part of the Teriitory, near
the rfltagri, the quail He quite well to a
dog, and aa they arc exceedingly abun
dant, afford excellent sport from No
vember to March. The range of the
Texas qnail extends northward to Wed
ern Kansas. In the neighborhood of San
Antonio these quail often come close to
the -ranch afxf«fq/gs in hens’ nests,
and at Han Angelo they are reported as
raising two broods a year. —Acw York
World,
Highest Signal .Station In the World.
The 1 nifed States signal service
station at I’ike’a Peak is the highest
signal station In tbr* world and ia also
the highest inhabited portion of the
globe. It was opened in the month of
September, I87H. That it was a wise
provision of the flovernment tn extab
liahing a signal station at this point ie
no longer questioner!, the facts having
already demonstrated it* practicability,
and the present success promises that
Pike’a Peak signal station fa yet to stand
at the hear) of ail astronomical and
meteorological sUtiona in the world.
This point ie wonderfully favored by
nature for the study of astronomy and
meteorology. The rarity of the atmos
phere brings out a remarkable brilliancy
and nearness to the atart and a'I the
heavenly bodies. The nights are almost
always cloudlets, and cloudy days are
the exception. Nine truths of the
storms are below the Peak.
The Roxrd of Education of Alaska
has abolished floggirg in the public
school*.
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A OL.\N€t *4 SAMOA?'
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HOME INTKRt*MTI\7; jAtTf cA.\>
CEUMNO *4
+ m a T. » ” Z,
Tho Interest^»Iio\viu,h^ jtincrttiJI
1’cojilc at Thi«* i fine. •
_JL. •* -• *•
It is prot nl>iy safe tutav. averts the
Fr«m*l*o»> (’A* oxide, that lyne tenth* of the
p«e»ple of this land ar>«nn a state of intense
geographical darkness *4 to the location of
toe Hamoau Islands isgvod many people
imagine that the island Ads* a few hundred
miles wcet of Han Francisco,'bnt lota of othe*
ordinarily well informed faika. depute that
.statement without, however, t.elng able to
afford any specific Information as to the
location of those little coral-founded mud
1 enjwoyer which ta much diploihatio fuss it
IsMng made.
If yon draw a circle on a good map ot the
i'aiitic Ocean mid include within the bounds
riea of your i ing the junction* of tho thir
teenth and fourlcanth pnftillela of south lati
tude and the one hundred and sixty nine and
onehundied nud seventy-third meridian of
longitude west of Greenwich, you will find
that you have f« need around that portion of
the globe in which Samoa is to tie found.
1 lie little irregular shn|>ed dote on tho sur
face of the ocean are the islands over which
not a few piep'e are worrying. Nine of
tho islands am inhabited. These am the
prizes Them are a number of smaller
and romparatively valueless islets, but
they am raioly heard of. The islands which
mako up the K iugdom of Samoa are colled
u
atia iiAitson kk«>m ambrkun cojmrL.cnt.
Tutuila, Opolu. Mamin, Olosingn, «if u, Ma
mma. Anuu, Kavaii nnd A| olmn- Of those
island* by fai*the inntt important i« Opolu,
nnd it* great-port. *Ap a, is toe<’« print «*!• v of
Samoa. • IpoluT* the second island in nlr.e It
I* about thirty-eight miles long and n little
lew than eleven mile* broad. At Apin is the
sent of government, and witirin Bie oily
limit* are the re*i hmco* of almut all the
foreigner* on the island. OroatfHi in *be i*
kavaii, being al«.ul forty mile* ^ong nnd
twenty mile* hcrtsd. The greater* portion j
>>f Saguitau ^urfacQ. i* _oi ■••u«iie4a by
tV'o • m'oufTfriin * uTng&* . oY volcanic
origin * Jn the bWerior sd the island there
ar6.*^iMi>ervu* Invn bed*, uml conm^iirntly*
ghat* b n do nr l h of animal life. The Inter
est *4 .the spited Ktnt< % however, is at
present cenUfed principally on the bland of
J'utuiUb treaty rights haeo there
fiven ii« 0 4400*1 on of the liarbor of I'ngo*
’agti. 'ltas island is fully 17 mile* long, nnd
• Uib graatast width measure* alxmt ’» mile*.
The harbor of I'ngo-lb go i* on the south side
•f ilimblnnd. uml tha.iAr)entation niude by it
almost makes two island* of Tutuila.
\ i' e
IfATIVK CHt'JU'H, PAUO-PAOn.
Namoau commcr e has decreased some
what during the part two years, due to the
great disturbances there but it is not so
•mail ns some pcple might imagine. In IW<5
the total amount of trade was I.Vi'-iOHi, Of
this Germany secured f**l,td'i. the United
Htntes,$ 140,000,and Great Hritsln the remain
der, f 11 ft,000. There is no reason why, if free
from internal troubles, the Knrnonn Islands
should not have a Unde worth annually fifty
times a* much as the foregoing figures. Tba
Boil is rich and is covered with the most luxu
riant tropical vegetation. The hills are
ma sos of timber right up to their summit*,
it ost of the trees l*ing of valuable varie
ties. Kru.ts suoh es only the trop es ran pro
du<-e are everywhere—oranges, bananas,
mulberries, cocoanote, pineapples, limes, and
breed f'nit. Cotton grows to perfection
there, end sugar cane will prosper wherever
planted. Coffee can be made the staple
product.
The Namoans aro really a fine looking
people, especially the men They are fall,
well proportinned, muscular and red headed,
the latter peculiarity being due to tba hphif.
they have of applying liino to the brares r
cleanser. Their c othing is generally of the
. i«ast elaborate description, and in the ma
orityof cases consists simply of a cloth or
| shawl twisted around l/ie waist arei tailing
to the knees or Ihercaticuf*. Tills garment
covers the elaborate tattooing which is found
! on every Nainonn, and which is never
A SAMOA* III T AT rA^-PAOO.
•can above tha wai*t nor ttelow tha kn*w
There la hut r>no design and that la followed
strictly In ail rase* Mnmonn la**ngaiiT*t
tattooing aro very stringent, nn l violation*
nra pnniahal la l.y iinprhonment and n heavy
fine. 1 he chief* and principal mm wear
garlands of flowers a round their n< cks and
ar.ma of tl am indulge In tha additional
adornment Impart*-! l.y a head dreaa of
leaven Tha men di* ike work, and lhaydo
a* little as p asiblp. Thl* la prohanly dtia to
tha fact that there la l.nt little lale-r needed
to produce anffl. lent on which to live well
All (ha lat<or on tha big plantation* la dona
by slave*, who ara Imported from the Halo
mon Island* and FIJI.
TTha women are amaTl and not Imd looking.
Thev are generally clad a-tha man are. hut
there ara three or four new atvles of armt
Koropann roKtnme- ua-| by a few Tho wo
men are alao tattoo -d. hot tharo la lev* of it
than in the case of the man. Many of the
nativea apeak Kngliah, and they are all re
ligioualv Inclined Family prayer* arise twice
every day. and Hundav la a day of unhrok
rest Nothing can be bought on tt.nt day.
The hnrche* are filled at every service. „nd
•very one join* heartily in the aervirea.
which are conducted principally by K.ngllah
W ealeyan Methoiliat mi**ionari*>*. The Ha
moan* are very fond of mode, and thay alng
with an enthusiasm that oocaeloua ly spoils
the harmony.
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The Haigoahe hwven |.e*m iar variety of
'VUat they,'call <lain4a There U but' little
*^A' dancgfe. however.' for the performer*
tarxt et>«U*lJJn> grt^Uer part of the time. K.li/a
jheth (t'lity'irki'nliin ilemTibniinny of the
wmcMahmaw on Ute deck of mi American
*R\at'»*oI efar at Apin; "The dance In per
Tormed nigatlyeu a aittlng poet lire, and con
gfate in all roiicel ruble motion* of tin* head.
W»ly an<l anna, the rtar row* furnishing the
nmsio by dapping hunda in Imriou* medauroa
and in nrflVct tune. The**n»ov»ment* of
•the eight dancer* woro performed witli the
ntmmt pcec aion and grace, and through
it >U ivuole | tarty aagg. Many of
their wild melodies are really lentitifuL
Kwry tlgrtfv of tbe dance hae tUalgnitlimiya
Home, an loading and tiring n gun. teeing,
rowing. >vgt*e luilpabla, but tire greater jvurt
wa» unintelligible to in. Tt\i« performance
continual tor an hour or ni'*r«*. w^'ter wblph
SAMOAN IIOV HK AT TONGA.
Nnu) plays ware given, always accompanied
• *y the woirtl singing and clapping of hand*
One play represented dog* quarreling dwf e
bone, and the deep growls xml- snarls of the
men representing the hi; dogs, oh Well i\k trie
shrill hark of the chief's daughter, the little
dog, were very natural, ns well a* their ac
tion. Ano'lur play represented a mother
moaning over h» r dead baby. Hhe was
crying with one eve .shut, a Ka
moan custom, when the father coining in
discovered tho misfortune which had be
fallen his house. 'I hereupon the grief was
even more vloleifC than that of his spouse,
nnd lie indicated that nothing could solace
him hut rum. * • \\ hen he had gmtwyl sufli
•cienT. ‘control over Ids feeling* he nuked the'
mother what was tho cause of the child's
dentil, and her repiv creat'd great merri
ment among tho natives. ‘.-Hhe said it had
died ‘waiting fot^thc Auer lean-man tn-wnr
to come:’ Tbj entertnirfmruk On (shod in a
fren y of motion, a throwing tip of bands,
n whirl of tho hotly, nnd a hearty peal of
laughter."
The question is frequently asked: “What
Interest tins the United States in Samoa
The interest is not a small one. Nnmon is
nlmosl ihroctly in the cours* of vessels run- *
uing liotwi-iti the Pacific coast und Aiistrahn
and New Zealand. This lino of cninmarccda
glowing very rapidly, and ^fs proportions,
will soon tie immense. ‘I he I’nited StatiAi
needs n port of call and a coaling statioiuin
Sauion, nnd if the kingdom isJn'the jtOsses
*:on < f one of tho gu'at Kuropcqn pjwit*.
it wouM shut American vessels • out
ill cn*' of hostflitie's, and ‘thus do irtr
parnb'e damage to thj* country, if . tho
Nleatngtia .canal in rtuupletod .Samoa Will
then lie in the direct line of commuulcatioii
between Austiwlui and Pijrope, and this will.
nd«h enormously to the vorpmeivbii.. and
strategical Valbu of. the joJaiids. 1'ngland
doea not wont them: slgs'bAs KiJI, Australia,
and New Zealand., Tr.o I piled Slate.* does
not want them; it only wants to see them In
dependent; it Otilv asks that Haiiioun union
omy bo not distort el or imperilled.
, Benjamin Harrison Tmd I.evd P4 Morton
have been onicialiy declared President and
V ice - President elect by both brnucht-s of
Congress in Joint convention. This living
tho first time that tho electoral vote was
counted under tho now law, ft became, there
fore, on occasion of iimnmal importance and
interest. Two hours before tlio assembling
of Congress tho galleries and that portion of
tho lioor in rear of sents in tlio hall of tlio
House of llepre<entntlvoh were crowded
with iqiectaloiH. a largo proportion of whom
were ladies. Tho first hour in lioth branches
was occupied with transaction of routine
business, to which but little attention was
jmid by the members.
Beside tlio K|»oaker's chair was pln< cd one
for Senator Ingalls, who, ns presiding of
ficer of tho Senate, was to pres do over the
joint assembly, and in tho area in front of
the Clerk’s desk were placed a number of
richly upho’stered chair* nnd lounges for tho
acerimuindatJon of tho Konators At noon
tho Hpenker’s gavel hushed tho hunt of con
versntlon nnd the chaplain made a prayer.
Alter some routine iiu*lne*H by the II uw,
ami promptly at. 1*1 o’clock, the Senate was
announced. Tho procossion of Senators ivai
led hy two of tho doorkeeper*. Then ramo
venerable Captain Bassett. who ha* aeon
fourteen electoral counts in the Capitol. The
captain carried two tioxes of electoral certifi
cate*. Behind him and closely watching the
boxes ramo Presiding Officer lugal s and
fleneral McCook, Hecretary of tho Senate.
'J'wo-bytwo the Senators marched down tho
central aisle behind the presiding officer.
When they had taken their seats on the right
or theH|**aker's desk. Speaker» nr isle handed
over his gavel and chair to Mr. Ingalls, and
took the adjoining chaw on the left. Tho
tellers took their places be ow.
The Representative* remained standing
until the Senator* had taken the neats as
signed them, and then Senator Ingalls called
the joint assembly to order. Mr. Ingalls
then naid:
“This being the day and the hour appoint
ed for opening the csrtillc, ifcs ami counting
the votes of Klector* for President, tho Sen
ate and House of Representatives have met
together pursuant to law. ’
Mr, Ingalls then said that unless there was
some objection tho certificate of the elactoial
vote of the State of Alabama would tie read.
He handed the document to the tellers, who
were sitting in fiontof the de*k. They were
Senators ManderHon and Harris and Repre
sentative* linker and Krinentrout. Mr. Man
demon road'the certificate, which declared
that ten electoral vot*«< in Alatmmn hail been
cast for Cleveland and Thurman. The whole
document was read. It, required fifte-n min
utes.
Senator Kdmuml* arked unanimous con
sent, which w s granted, that the entire
reading of each certificate bo dispensed with.
Representative Cox made the next interiu|>
tion by trying to rend a sentence front the
electoral count law re pi ring the presiding
-officer to ask after the reading of each certlll
rate if there Was any objection Mr. Ingalls
tried to shut him off, but without SUe<ee*.
The presiding officer did not follow Mr.
Cox's suggestion however.
Things now got somewhat ll.ely and Kr
men trout annoim-cd the vote of Florida for
f<evi P, Thurman for Vice-President, where
upon dignity relaxed, and there was great
laughter. Ibis set-mod to rattle the teller*
and they made several mistakes. Sana tor
Harris announced the votes of Indiana for
Hrover Cleveland and had to correct It to
Benjamin Harr.son amid confusion and mer
riment, The sje tutor* were enjoying things
so loudly that Mr fngnlls bad to a*k for or
<UT.
The count was completed in due order, and
Harrison ami Morton were declared elected
president and Vice-President. The vote as
tabulated was as follows:
IIAftKIftOK A SO MOK
mx.
Call forma........ *
Colorado.. a
lllmon.... 07
In Ilona.. l.»
Iowa. I.'l
Kanaaa... '*
Mama. f>
Ma aaohnaatte .... 14
Michigan.. US
Mlnhraota ...... 7
Xahraaka. .%
Narada. ,'l
Now York. HP.
Nnw Hanipahira.. 4
Ohio. 21
c iragon .... 3
I’annsylrania .... JO
Khod« Inland. 4
Vermont. 4
IVlaronain...,,,,, 11
total..
( ur.vri.knD a a o
tn* HU A t.
AUlximA.. 10
Arkan*n*.. ?
CsftMkrtloat,...... o
Dalawar?. 8
PWlda.. 4
flrorgi* .. .. 12
Kantuokjr.. 13
Ismidana. X
Maryland......... 3
M'«* «*ipp<........ 0
Miaaonri. 10
Na«r Jrrmy. 9
North Carolina... 11
South Carolina....» M
1>nnra*«a.........112
Tma* ........... 1.1
Virginia. 12
Wwt Virginia ... 6
1 T tal.HH
I Koptiblittin majority -06.
liA-TENEWBTN BRIER
• m
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tailtmand Mlddlf StstM.
An niiMiecessful attempt waa made W> da
•m»y « big New York eity brewery ^vith
dynamite. The explosion wb i terrific amt
damaged tha houses b>r a. hundred yards
•round. Several persona were hurt.
Thk Pacini Guano Company of lloNton
assigned, with, liabilities of #l,ixm,d0d.
At. I .ay S. OooKIN, head cashier of the ele
vated i nHrond companies, in New York "city,
is short in his account* and has tied. The
dela'oatuat will W pituto good by Ids komb
iuod. t.?g. T “ > *
’P%Wjt *0Wf* J>y t<m. recent lie, Up of jM reel
railwky^iii N»«- York <aty arc-estimated ns
fo ons; Oapr ytdntpmtea |mv»<i<>t' strikers,.
#*V>,40d; cqtnfVTr.tde Tl.olHi.OOO; 11*Srit res,
»f 000; saloegp, $JJO,ot\l Totfcl, *| .htf.uut. J ■
I Ilk Standard. ('ll 1 'ortfftdui v's Alim factory
at. <'onstable' Hook, N, Hvfta totally de
stroyed by tire, fcupt, flbo^txi.. * g « * A I
Tmk steamer Hay tied* UopuhHc, which was
tha bona or contents in- y*tr nvCfot et>V
•i'J'Milh*Jf^tb Hayti. bat arrived at ltokWm.
" > *Tir .V Son's largo vyJodesaW drftg.;
stoua and /cvsrnl Him jraaidettce* warn d»
- rtfoyw by ftro in rhtTadulplifn, causing a
Jofcs of nhQut f.VM,Oun. Orta- fireman was
killed. ’ *
1 nitkii Statkm detectives ^wicoccdod in
capturingst gang ot eleven counterfeiters at
Hrnnchton, Penn. A largo quantity of Bogus
coin was found. . * -
A i Kntiiim oal mnehiuo ansed tiy the Now
\ ork Tartar Works in drying acids hurst in
' (tow anus, Brook I) n, killing two men amt Rt
jurtng throe.
An attempt was made to blow up a tone
ment liotise in New York city in which 1IN)
people were sleeping.
j Kbwahd.I. Phki.iw, Cnltod tHat.w Minis j
tar to tlu* Court of Nt. .taint's, has arrived in
Now York.
Mi»«. Jonki-ii Onosrn, of Tarport-, Penn.,
made it roll on n neighbor. While alio wax
u way tho house caught Jin* ami Carrie.end
Joseph, tlmo year old twins, nero burned ,
to death. 1 1
Eiiwahd IX.. Ciiai.i,, buxines, manager of
*°rn<»0 U,,^i «t Harrisburg, 1'eun.,
dint at Ids father's house* on South Pitt
street, of blood poisoning cau*od by excosiivo
smoking of cigarette*. jTo W.wln his twenty
third year.
Jaiiks Ouven, of Industry, Me., died a
few days-ego, age ninety.six. Ho was a vet
emu of tlui War of 1MR»
1IIK eightieth mirirVei .x iry of the birthday
of Ahrahaui Uneoln wtUI celebrated by'va
tfous cluIm in Now York' 'rlty, Brooklyn,
Philadelphia. Jersey City; N. .f., and New
ark, N. J,, "hi penolle* were delivered by (Ion
®r*l Pprtcr, < ongresstnen Hotter worth, Ryu.
telle and S. V, White, Theodore Roosevelt,
Warner Miller and others. .
OKononlXitforK was killed by Ids eleven
year-old son, nt Carlmndalo, Penn., during a
rehearsal of private theatricals, in which the
father was.the villain nnd tlu; non tho hero
of tho play.
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Romh snfl Wei.f .1
Hknhy Dikiumann, n prominent member
of the Merchant* Exchange of 8t. J,otiis, h*t.
.gone to t'anudn, having a shortage of *."*1,
non.
JavIkm Romm, colored, has been hanged at
Brandenburg, Kv., for tho nundei* of Itr.m
diet Rhodes, an old farmer, •
TllK l egislatures of ton Western Htiite*
have mo ved to InvesUgoLu the defeased-Iref
“oohibine." » •
TllHKKt mm were killed in the mine or tin
American' Mining an<T Fondling Vojntmuy nt
l.eadvlllo, Col.
Haywood IIamiy, colored, who shot a
young white mail named Churies Stewart,
was lynched by a mob at Shreveport, Ixi.
Tiik ( hio and Western foul and Iron
Company, of Columbus, Ohio, has faded.
The company woh capitalized for *8,ouo,ooo
in bomis and fS,000,otto in stock.
J. Honoratx and his four children, rang
ing from six to fourteen years old, died
from eating poisonsd cabbage nt Kholtou,
XVushingtou Territory.
A coai. ter Imiler at the (Toosoting Brick
Works In Chattanooga, ~Tenn , exploded,
causing the death of (Diaries Kail* nnd fatal
Injure s to Ids son. Roth of the men w,-r<
co verm I with coal tar, and the body of tho
former w as burned to charcoal.
Thk postoffloe nt Amity, Ark., has been
ioMhxI of I'd) x».
A roUiRri) woman in Henry County, Vn.
on going to tlio Hold to work carried her in
fnnt with her nnd laid it down in a fenci
corner near where she was employed, in a
short time she saw her cabin, in which sh<
had left her two older children, on fire. 8h*
ran to save them, but was too lute. Tnsy
were burned up Ret urn.ng to get her only
rem lining child, she was horrified to find
tha'; hogs iind torn it Into f ragmen is.
Five children were killed by Ihe caving in
of a sand bank at Ysh-ta, Texas.
It. P. C. WlbMOW has been nominated by
the Democrats of the Fourth Congressional
District of Missouri to succeed James N.
Humes, deceased.
Thk popular vote in Nevada on the Mil le
galizing the sale of lotteries resulted in the
defeat of the measure by about toy majority.
Washington.
Tiik "protocols" (official minutes) of th
conference on Hartman nfTn rs, held In Wash
ington In 1**7, together with additional cor
ns pond'-nre on the sob left, have Is-rn laid
liefore Congrcse by the President.
Thk President has nominate I Carroll D
Wright, of Marsachu-etta, to tar Commie
slrmer of i 4>Mir.
Mum. C’I.kvkland held a largely alter,de<|
reception at the Whit*1 House.
Jr,Its A. P. Edoertox iios lawn dismissed |
from the position as one of the Civil Service j
Cr mm i Mi oners by President Cleveland.
ItrAit AtiMtuAt. HAtsrnorr (• hkhaitnt,
commaridant nt the Navy Yard, New York,
lias tieen ordered t>y the President to com
mand the North Atlanticscpindron, relieving
Hear Admiral !,u<e, who goes on th" retired
list.
Cownncf, Hr xn V J. lfrxT (retired),
(Jovernor of the Robbers’ Home in the Ills
trict of (Viltimhia, died a few days ago from
» complication of diseases. He was In his
dxtv ninth year.nnd w a* apjminO-d (Jovernor
'if the Home about four years ago,
Tfir. Senate has confirmed the nomination
it Colonel John C. Rre, kenrtdge to t* In
uier-tor-tJeneral of the United States Arno.
Tor. Agricultural Department bulletin just
* sailed make* th* proj>ortion of cotton already
marketed *4.H |<er cent.
The President haa nominated Adlnlr K.
Htevenson, of lllinota. to fie A <*0’lnta Justice
<f the Supreme Court of the District of,
Polombta, vice William M. Merrick, de -
ceaaed.
At a caucus of Republican Senators the
Southern question was discussed.
A statemkxt has Imen Iprepared hjr the
ITnlted Staten Treasury Department which
estimates that the Hoh<ie Tariff hill would
reduce the revenue about f'Va.ono.OOO, the
Senate Mil about l^.oun.ou i. Th* reductions
by the House Mil wonld la* on the internal
revenue $17,AU»,5SM. on tariff WO.AVl.JMA.
The reduction* by the Senate bill, ihUthaI
revenue $:«/r».'.(7H0. Uriff #I3,<i7«,sh7.
Tnr l’roaldent ha* transmitted to Congress
the State correspondent* with Kngland and
other government* relative to the Behring
aea flsherba.
Foreign,
A EAWIVE and epidemic of tvphua fever
prevail in Doboka. Hungary. Ten jerson*
havedlrd and the d(strew Is spreading. The
calamity la attributed to a failure of the
potato crop.
Corxt Toiatoi he* tendered his resigns
Won as Russian Minister of the Interior, and
It haa been accepted by the Crar.
Heavy gales have txen racing on the
P.ugllsh and Iriah coasts A building fell
near Bolton, crushing a number of cottages
and killing *i* person* At Pembroke a
ferrytrf>at ca paired and nlnu persons wer
drowned.
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',»ArTtsHt ^fabSta, ol
Home, wbturM the 'ie.sh*d m» rtnik.iu the
l>P«l CollfgoiV yt*aif %
I'ttK * '.nit'll utaotw^g he* Jape«t«*lf Umpire
was proclaimed by t& Kmpbfor Si person
amht great popular r^p ctng. * * -
A Mo» st*4u. ■! Nio gantd whnlf\ y* escort
yog Wllllaiu* O’ Brian, the lfl«o eg nStor, front
TMoymcl .lift? to liflea, Ireland. *•
A*MKTfiCYif earthquake was folt at Bolton
uii*l Manchester, Knalnml., Tb** earth trem
ors ixt illing Jn Wigan, Blackbngi and
Stxx'ltnpjr. They were itfoooqumtrd by-rw
•peat, d rumbling* , ' . . . , .
K «K>rttiaM4Tli of Vienna kilted his fly* ’
children iwUi cyanide of ..pot vsintn. After
jiilirHmjterTfVg Ihe poison to the children h*
t*o|t somtf or iv<4i!m«eff, and died in great
agony. . ’ e4 * . , •
Ty* Krnu^nnrld have evacuated Handoub,
J'diypt, after dratrgylatf tlia town by lira. T
A HkVKRK shiv Imtf'OAr! hquitka was fait at
Naples, Italy, In • comdnttenc* af which *
Mount YeaAvius D in a violent ^tate of e$up
t Vn
Title Portuguese Cabinet has re* gnad. J
^l ijutMAh. ^V. RowtlON. Consular agent of
the Phlied HtiUNw at Kriartn, tier many, has
Just died of consumption.
THB FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
The Senate.
44tii Dan.- Tlie lYesident suhmltUd the
pro|HN«fll of Bismarck for a resumption of
the Bamonp oopfermoo, with Heerftary Bay*
nr.l s r«ply en l the protocols of the cou
Ivronoe.... Me Plrftt then reported the
dhng$>omciit of < tbt 'COtiltfrini on the
bill -do aihnlt ♦-»* Htst^s the Terri
rltorlet of North and roiuh Dakota, Montana.
Washington and New Mexico. 'lift© henate
instructed its cnilferrco* to Insist viuon the
poAtiou they hnd assumed... Mr. Htewnrt
odcre I n resolution for ihe ap|iointmnnt of a -
select .-oiiiniitlo.. of seven to consider the
subject of Irrigation.... The House btll tq
• inlet title of settler* on tlie Des Moines *•
Hlvsr land* In low,I Was j vowed ... , Th.f >
Heimti* considered the legislative Appropr.a- ,
tlon Irtll. The* nhiendmcut to increase the
clerical force of the Civil Hervloo Commis
sion was rejected without a division, ami
this hill, together with the I'ensloit Appro- e
print ion bill, was pnsaed... .The Union Pacific
Knudlng bill wns brought up, the ponding
question being Mr. Milchull'a motion to re
commit the hill. ..
lOTH i'AY-flw House amendment Jo the
lb root Tux Ih-funding bilf wan non •concurred
111, and n conference w«h asked. ..The bill
lo establish n 1 nited H totes Court In tbo In
dian Territory was taken up in conjunction .
witli tbo Hoiihq bill to rlinpgo«tho JSastern
mid Northern -Uvdldnl Districts of Texas.
Mr. Vent nu>vi*yi om n report from thejudi- • ;
tdary Committee ft» aulatituUtbe Honate bill
for thsk Hou*o bill. Tbfs yiaa ngreod to and
tw» Mil fasned....Tim Fortification Appro
priation lull was tokcl* up. An itent of iaOO,
Odt was iMwrlol for Miopurrhaan of movabfn
submarine torpedoes tfhpellcd and controlled
at will by power from shore stations, and
tli» bill was pinacd.
d lrn Day.—TI»o Henata went Into socrat
session on the I'mimna ('mini quest i< a. Mr.
Hhermttn proposed an mneiiuiuent to the
t umlry ('i\i| bill iih followa: To enable tho
I‘resident to protect tbo interost* of tho
I mted Htales and to provide for tlie security
of tlie iiemona mid property of citizens of
Jhf 1 altod Htatea at tlie Istbiuua of iJan»UM,
in Much nmu ner aa he may di em sxpedient.
$'df>«,(>ni Tills was pa*a«d .. .Tlie injunction
of secrecy was removed from the proreed
iiig-* In connection ,w*tli tlie consideration of
the Hritish extradition treaty....The Naval
Appropriation hilt wan tfien taken up. The
rtm.sidrnentH repoftod by the Camn:ittee on
Approprlation* for installing or Jncreayfug
the electric light plants on tho monitors,
cruisers and other vesnels (appropriating
nlmut were agreed to. The antend
ivont for the construction of two atcel cruis
nra or gtinhoala to coat in tit i aggregate /ex
elusive of armament) not more than *700,
>WI; of one steel cruiser at a cost of not morn
than *700,0 »0, and of one ram for hartior de
fence was agreed to w.th »ut discussion.
-17Til Day.- The election outrage* jn Texas
were considered, but no action waa taken....
The Bonn to passed the Naval Appropriation
bill with the clause in reference to tho
I homes cruiser *o amended a* toeliminntethu
Congressman'* name but broadly giving him
credit for the dcaign*-in executive session
Mr. Plumb, from the Committee on Agricul
ture, favorably reported the nomination of
Norman .f. Co'mau, of Miaaouri, to be Kecrn
buy of Agriculture. Under objection* the
nomimit on went over until the nextexacu
ttve NCMsion. .The President transmitted tlie
Ktnte correspondence relating to the Heal
flalierlei of Alaska.
•IKtii Day. -The Kenate resumedrnnsidera
• loti of the resolution reported from the
Committee on I'rivilege* and Election*, and
Mr. Kvnrts proceeded with h * argument in
It* support... .The corre*pondenco relative
to the seizure of the American ship bridge
wab*r by the mithoritie* Of Canada wn* laid
before the .Senate in ptiraunnco to a resolu
tion.... Th« Mciinle then went into joint
session with the Mouse for the counting of
the electoral vote.
Tlie IIoiiac.
4Krn Day. -The “proto o's’’ of th* con
femme on Hamosn affairs held in Washing
ton in 5SH7 by the roj reeentatives
of Ureet. Hrit-mn, Dermuny ant the
Unit d Ht«fe», together with addition
al corr sjiondencn orf the subject, were laid
Is-ore the House.. .The Army Appropria
tion bill wns then considered, 'idm |>endlng
question wns on the point of order raise!
Hgn nst the clause a[iproprinting #.’*00,000 for
th<* purchase of movable submarine torpe
do-w. The Chair sustained the point of order
on the ground that the item for tor
(>e<lo«-* Is long-1 to tho EortiHcntion bill,
and the clause ws* tin refore stricken out,.,.
Ainenduient* were adopted appropriating
* 1.'*,000 for test* to tie made In converting
existing ordnance into b-pedn howlzers; the
nein* Bum for the pnrchaae of land near
W ntervliet Arsenal lor proof fir ng, and the
bill wes pn *cd ...'Iho Agriculture Appro
print on tiiil (>oss*d.
‘i''Tii Day.— .Mr. Maker introduced in tlie
House for reference to ihe Committee on
Way* and Mean* a Mil to regulate commerce
twtwceri the I'ruled Hfnte* and foreign
countries... .‘The House then eent into Com
rnlttce of H e Whole on the i'o*tofTlce Ap
pr- pnatfon bill. Mr. Blount explained the
provlirion* of ihe hill. It appropriates], he
staled, ?H‘i..'it*S.34l, of which it wa* estimated
I hut rtt.tifd* would lie provided l»y the
department from it*own revenue.
•iff11 I>av.- The Hjieuker appointed Re
pr.'*entative* Krmeolrout and Haber to act
a* teller* for the House in coimtitig t'ie e'ec
foral vote ...<>n mot on of Mr. Ces sell, the
iloiiise in* «led n i it* Amendment* to Ihe 1H*
r*«-t T*x Mil. end conference we* ordered.
-Mr Cr'AVenoroffered a resolution relat
ing to renent event* in the Kecond Con
itr-Mional l»l*trlctof Arkansas which cul
minated in the assassination of John M. Clay
ton. of that Htete— By a vote of 131 to
Ihe (foiien decided to consider the < untested
•lection case of Hmall* against Klllott, of tlie
VIHh Mouth Carolina Iustrict.
Mat |)at. —The Small* Elliott contest wa*
further discussed, Mr. Hmall* himself speak
Ing,... Mr. Towmhetwl Introduces! a hill ap
propriating #MM)00 for a special display of
Ihe farm product* of the Cnited Htate* at
the Earls Exposition. .. Mr. Mayer* reportail
the Oenernl neflclenry Mil. which was the
last of the regaler appropriation Mil*. It
appropriate* #14 fitM.SWI_A Mil wa* passed
lo pav iOOOil to Charles R Hwaln, master of
the I Aik I’hilena of New York, for going
lo and rescuing shipwrecked #*oum-n from an
uninhabited blind near Cape Horn
filr> I>at. -The llimsn resmHMQ the consul*
prat Ion of the Hmall* Klllott contested elec
tion ca*n, and after a long rt-dJpte aeater! El
liott hy a vole of 143 to IJti A Mil to
imend the natsirn hat ion Inw* was favor
thly reported....The House then went into
joint sesslcn with the Senate for the oount
ng of the electoral vote*.
TMK total number of passengers carried on
ih# elevated roul* dur.ng the s-«ond day of
New York's *tr»et c,.r strike wasdiii, 500 the
greatest numlier lor a single day. Every car
i!<>*<ciran<! by the company wa* used, and the
trains were ;'UD at the shortest possible inter
vain.