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THE DAILY PICAYUNE NEW ORLEANS. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1895. 1 ESTATE OF MRS. E. J.

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DRAFTS. SHO0LD SS MADE FATABLE TO THE OBDER OF THE VKlTRSDAY MOH5 IJTG, SKPT. 3, 1 Pan people always complain of dull times. i A man may smile at a policeman 'without being arrested. A convention made op of bolts is not likely to hare any bolting from its ranks.

Men wbo contemplate killing their wives and themaelYes should kill them-Selves first, v' It must be a wise Democratic child that knows its own populist and free- ailrer Populists are fighting shy of the fuse. They know the explosion will come at the other, end of it. Id Hung Chans has great power in his own country because he has a great head. AoA thereby hangs a piz-taU. Hon.

James M. Turner, of Michigan, who bolted at the St. Louis con- Tentlon, is dead. He will bolt no more. A Mobile machine shop has been bnflding a' lighthouse.

It has a business that cannot be hid under a bushel. The game of billiards Is keeping thousands of men from talking politics, and is xloing good for the peace of a community. An Oregon paper says: "Owing to the fact that our -monthly supply of paper has failed to arrive, we are compelled to appear in bloomers this week." The United States courts are above political influence, and the robbers of national banks may find themselves beyond the reach of a governor's par- "'don. y' I Bryan has great staying qualities as an orator; but he cannot put the same qualities into his audiences. The audience he went against at the Madison Square Garden would not stay.

The-' record would- be interesting if Candidate Bryan, at. the beginning of his campaign, could have had a chln-words-meter place ever his mouth to register the -number of words uttered. 1 When a 'Cuban insurgent story does escape by the way of Key West, it is a good story. It is quite encouraging to read that a Spanish troop of 150 men were ambushed by insurgents, who killed them all but one. Grand Jury men, when they do not lock themselves up to prevent themselves from being tampered with or from reading newspapers, should take breakfast before they come to work, and go home to their, dinners, to save the city feeding expenses.

In many of the.westrm states pops are refusing to fuse with the Bryan combine. are in the middle of the road and cannot see why they should sacrifice their principle to elect Sewall, while poor Watson is left in the ditch, unnotified and unnoticed. The honor of being defeated on a sound-money platform is greater than being elected- on repudiation principles and avowed enmity to the United States courts. It is better to be right than to be' president; but the man with one idea and a single ambition cannot see it. A new free-silver march song has published to go to the tune of "Marching Through Georgia." The composer evidently expected Tom Watson, to play the fife on the march; he certainly did not desire to honor John Sherman's brother Bill, who made the march.

A witness in a Chicago court was reproved by his honor, the other day, for incorporating the word "nit" in his remarks. Which leads the Chicago remark that "he will have his revenge when, in about two years, aesthetic folks faint on finding the ex pressive little syllable included in the latest dictionary, together with other words wV have graduated from siang into gooa society." aius is an age of progress. -(Exchange.) "Nit" is nly the beginning. We are requested to say that there was a defect in the finishing of the first lot of Bryan button received from the factory. Arrangements have been made to have them all re6nished.

If those to whom they have been sent will return them they wijl be exchanged for others free from defect. (National Bimetal-list) This defect will "not delay the -defective campaign that is being made. Buttons or no buttons, the combine orators must keep their clothes on. and blow to fan the flames of. populist ora- tory that are now the country! Uke.

a prairie during a hard rain Two gardeners at Champigny, named Xahaye and Chaudron, have Invented a new kind dueL The men had a long-standing difference to settle, and accordingly decided to fight with sledgehammers. The battle was a terrible one. Both men were in a great state of excitement, and each had given and received some terrible blows on' the body, when: the wife of M. Lahaye discovered what was going Womanlike, she immediately endeavored to part the adversaries, and Was' finally successful, receiving for her trouble, however, some very bad wounds about the body. (Paris Messenger.) It would be a good idea to arm Sharkey and Cor-bett with these weapons.

Nothing else seems able to stop the jaw of a slug- THE GRAET MOTKME5T OF THB PAST TEAR. -The Board of Grain Inspectors Of the Board of Trade have recently pre sented their report, showing the move- ment of grain through the POrtofNew wieans ourmg ine j- 1 1 7114 rpnorr dtckiim liic. amount of grain cleared for foreign ports during the year, and it be confessed that the showing Is re mar According to the grain inspectors, and no set of men are in a better posi tion to be well posted on the subject, there was exported from New Orleans daring the past season 20,902,184 bush els of corn and 1,699,441 bushels of wheat The total exports of grain from this port were, therefore, 22,500, 000 bushels in round figures. This is certainly the largest grain movement New Orleans has ever experienced. The fact that the movement was mainly in corn does not signify that New Orleans is not a good wheat shipping' point Some years ago, when wheat was In large demand in Eu rope, owing to crop failures there, the wheat shipments from this pert were quite large.

The truth is that Ameri can wheat was not in particularly good request in Europe during the past sea son, and the exports from all the ports have been comparatively light. The corn shipped hae gone to all parts of Europe, and there does not appear to have been any complaint re ceived as to the condition in which the cargoes arri7ed. This fact ought to prove beyond question that, as a grain exporting point. New Orleans has no equal in the country. 1 That the grain trade Is sure to prove permanent feature at New Orleans is certain, ine rauroaas au report that the movement of grain in this direction during the season Just opening will be very heavy, heavier, if any thing, than last year.

Already the ar rivals are on a very liberal scale, and the elevators -ire handling a large amount of corn. Although there are already four large elevators in opera tion, the Illinois Central Kaflroad is adding another elevator of 1,000,000 bushels capacity to its facilities at this point. The grain business is an important addition to the commerce of the port, and, in addition to the actual profits it may leave here, it will do great good by bringing more tonnage in this direction, thus preparing the way for a larger Import business later snj PAST VIHAXCIAIi PAHXCS. The financial panics of the United States, in the present century, have been nine in There was, first, that of 1818, which grew out of the stagnation and stop page of trade caused by the war of 1812-14, with' England. There was, next, the historic panic of 1837, which grew out of excessive land speculations In the West.

That vast region, which has become so im portant a part of this great republic, was then coming into great public notice and was made the field of gigantic operations In lands. Cities were laid out on showy maps, and as that was in the days before the era of railroads, when canals were relied on as the chan nels of internal commerce, those imagi nary cities were connected by imagi nary canals connecting Northern lakes with the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and so Ohio, Indiana and Illinois were shown up to the gullible people in the Eastern States and in Europe. Dick ens story of "Martin Chuzzlewit" is based on the wild speculations of that period. The reckless trading of that time offered opportunities for all sorts of "wild-cat" banking schemes, and, as a consequence, the country was flooded with paper money which had not a dollar of capital behind it Such an enormous swindle only needed to be exposed secure its utter collapse; but in a period when the transmission of news between the East and the West was slow and difficult, the bubble was able to grow to enor mous proportion before it burst Only very old persons are able to re member the financial panic of 1837; but many have personal knowledge of that of 1S57. This was only a few years after the discovery of gold in Cali fornia.

There had been time to ascer tain the enormous wealth of the mines and to enjoy $500,000,000 of their out put Money was abundant The State banks flooded the country with their paper notes, and people at every city, town, village and crossroads in the uuito ac jBBiuug sumpiasters," pa per notes, of denominations less than five dollars. Everybody had credit and everybody was speculating to the ut most. But more expansive the Inflation of a bubble the more certain Is it to burst, and the more extensive a scheme of extravagant speculation the more widespread is the ruin which re sults from its collapse. Such was the financial panic of 1857. The panic of 1864 was the result of the civil war.

It need not be enlarged upon." The enormous destruction of I human life, which means human labor; the withdrawal of millions of able- bodied men from productive industries, I and the terrible destruction by fire of various sorts of accumulated wealth, resulting from a tremendous war, are sufficient to derange the business and industries of any country tol a terrific extent The next period of excessive expan sion and speculation in business, and its' consequent collapse, was the panic of 1873. In 1869 the first transcontinental the Union and Central Pacific, had just been 'completed" with pompous ceremonies. A golden spike. driven with a great display of dramatic incident' closed the last gap in the rail way communication between the. peo ple of the Atlantic and Pacific States, ana made it possible to move through train; from ocean to, ocean.

This event seemed to give the signal for a general carnival of. the wildest speculation. Bailroada were 'project- I ed through the sparsely inhabited. re- I gions of the. far West, and over 000 miles of road' were constructed at a.

cost of orer $1,000,000,000 in, three years, while the people generally went wild with business speculations and ex travagance of all sortsT But in the summer of 1873 the confidence which gave everybody credit wae displaced by distrust and suspicion. The great I mpm save nugyivvu saav sav of Jay Cooke Col suc- cumbed to the excessive load of the in Hated business it was carrying, and then the crash became general. Iiet it be noted that in the case of every financial storm mentioned there was no lack of money with which to do business. In every case, save in the two war panics, immense sums had been brought in from abroad, particu larly, for the building of railroads. There 'was no complaint of any contraction of the currency.

From 1847 to the present time the gold from the rich mines of. the West has been pour ing into the country, and since 1872 there has been a steady flood of silver from the mountain States. When the speculative fevers were at their height there was always money enough for the business, and when the crashes came they resulted from the with drawal of credit Under a system where nine-tenths of the business is done with credit, actual cash cuts but a small It is needed in sufficient quantity to pay the balances. There was no complaint of lack of money in order to carry on the most gigantic speculations. There is always money enough, provided there is credit.

When confidence is destroyed, all the money in the world will not restore it, because those who possess it will not let it out There were financial panics long be fore there was any silver question1, and there will be panics long after the sil ver rage shall cease to exist. But there was one of those calamities which was caused by silver, and that is the panic of 1893, the one from which the coun try is still suffering. The panic of 1893 was caused by sil ver, une united States is a debtor nation. Probably three thousand million dollars of foreign capital is invested in railways, lands and commercial en terprises in this country. Their invest ments were made in gold, or in money as good as good as gold, and the hold ers of those claims must have their In terest and dividends paid in gold, er its equivalent When those foreign creditors saw a tremendous public opinion growing up in this country to pay them in silver, and when they further realized, by the opera tion of the Bland-Allison and Sherman laws, that there was a powerful Interest which was able to force Congress so to legislate as to menace the adoption of a silver standard and to force all payments, public and private, in depreciated silver, the European creditors began, to become alarmed.

They unloaded their Ameri can securities on this country. This caused heavy drafts on the national treasury for gold, and with no means to procure it, cave by borrowing, the Government was forced to go into the markets and borrow gold with which to maintain the honor of the country. Thus it was that the people of tha United Slates have suffered one finan cial panic because of silver. It depends on whether they will elect Mr. Bryan President on the Chicago platform if they will suffer another at an early day.

THE GOLD STANDARD IJT 1853. Elsewhere the Picayune prints an interesting "and important paper from the pen of Prof. Wm. Benjamin Smith, of Tulane written at Charlevoix, where he is spending his vacation. He shows from the records, among other interesting facts, that when Con gress passed the bill of Feb.

21, 1S53, reducing the value of the fractional silver coins and making them subsidiary money, that this act was done with the explicit understanding that the gold standard was the standard of the money of the United States, and the reduction of the function of the small silver, coins, which had previously been legal tender to any amount was acknowledged to be in accord with the establishing of the gold standard. This fact is plainly shown by the Congres sional debates of that THE IXDIAlf APOLIS COHVEXTIOX. Yesterday at Indianapolis, in na tional convention, were assembled the Sound-Money Democrats of the United States. Forty-one States and three territories were represented by 824 delegates, and among them were some of the most eminent and venerable of the Democratic leaders, while the entire body is made up of men of high character and exceptional ability. If ever a public political body in this country was free from the pres ence of spoilsmen and place-hunters, the' Indianapolis convention is that one.

It is devoted to purposes wholly patriotic and unselfish, and, therefore, it has been wholly neglected by the politicians and place-hunters. No beat of prey are haunting Its precincts, no hungry vultures are roostinz overhead among the rafters. The convention is la gathering of. Democrats who ar standing for the ancient faith and doe- trines of their party; for the perpetua tion of the honor and good name of an organization -hose foundation princi ples are. the maintenance of the constitution, the liberties and the free institutions of the American people and for all that is noble, heroic and grand in the American character, and against all privileged classes, on the one hand, and all ignoble leveling on the other.

The convention was organised with United States Senator Caff Lou isiana, as its permanent President Mr. Caffery, on taking his seat; made a ringing and brilliant address in his vigorous and impressive style, and it was applauded to the Mr. Caf fery is a most effective platform orator, and shows to the best advantage in snch a situation: for. with anr sort of favorable opportunity, he i is always able to nut his' in hearty and enthusiastic Secord with his choice of Senator uanery as tne permanent Chairman of the 1 convention is a high comrMment to Louisiana and the genuine, old-fashioned Democracy of its people." ''Never hare Democrats bees more true to their principles than some of the most distln-guished Vi The convention, after organizing, suspended its sitting, to give place to a grand Democratic sound-money mass meeting which was held last night, and in the coarse of which Mr. E.

H. Farrar, among other distinguished visitors, made speeches. The capital city of the great State of Indiana was ablaze with Democratic enthusiasm last nights The convention will conclude Its sitting to-day, and in all probability will' nominate, as its presidential ticket General Bragg, or Senator Vilaap of Wisconsin, for the first place, and General Butkner, of Kentucky, forsecond. The convention has provided for an executive committee to maintain the party organization and interests for the next four years. THB COTTOBT MANCFACTTJKIKa IJnoltJSTRT Ilf THB SOUTH.

There is no more interesting development in the industrial progress of the South than the steady increase in the number and capacity of the cotton mills in thia section. Not only has there been a rapid increase in the number of mills, and in the consumption of cot ton, but the competition of the South ern mills is being fell, to such an ex tent that the New England mills are suffering in consequence, and some of them have found it wise to start branch establishments in the South to actively compete with the Southern establishments on their own ground. One of the most interesting portions of the annual report of Secretary Hes ter, of rthe Cotton Exchange, is the complet census he gives of the cotton Hester's renort. issued vesterdar. the total number of cotton mills now in the South is 475, of which 386 were In active operation during the past year.

Tne total number or spindles is now 3,69338, as compared with 3,177,310 last year. The number of spindles in operation was 2,950,000, and the amount of cotton consumed was 904,701, against bales dur ing the preceding season. When it is remembered that it is comparatively but a few years since the manufacturing of cotton goods was Inaugurated in this section, the prog ress made must appear very gratify ing. It has been proven by actual ex perience! that Southern mills can un dersell the Northern mills In all parts of the country, as well as in foreign markets. This successful competition is iosaible because of.

the great ad vantages the South possesses in the way of providing the raw material. The Southern, mills are able to pur chase the cotton they need at' their very doors; hence save the handling charges and costs which the Northern spinners have to pay." Then, again, labor is cheaper and more reliable than in the North. Fuel is also With all these advantages it would be astonishing if the Southern mills had not proven successful. Secretary Hester shows that, while the Northern mills took nearly half a million bales less than last year, the Southern mills increased their consumption. THB CAST-OFF POLITICIANS TO BB SUPPORTED BT THB PEOPLE.

The game of unloading the rejected and cast-off ring politicians into the sal aries place in the city that are under the control of the State administration goes on. As many as possible were chucked into the service of the Dock Commission, while others are to be shoved into the New Basin' Canal em ploy. Yesterday, at a meeting of the Canal Board, Mr. a defeated ring candidate for Recorder, appointed Su- perintent of the New Basin Canal Board by the Governor, sent in for confirmation by the board a list of his ap pointees, all closely connected with the old political ring which was con demned and cast out at the last elec tion. The board had already resolved to retain the present faithful and effi cient employes, and declined to confirm the Superintendent's appointments.

That official then announced that he bad full authority to make the appointments, and intended to take pos session of the offices on his own re sponsibilities. Since all of the old political gang are to be taken care of at the public expense, there is little doubt that they will all be foisted into places if it requires the reorganization of all the State administration boards in the city; but the Picayune trusts that Canal Commissioners will appeal to the courts against Superintendent Mur phy and his followers, and have the entire question of authority deter mined. There is a determined opposition to and protest against the dumping of a lot of politicians upon the Dock Com mission, and it may result In entirely defeating the possibility of free wharfage for years to come. An important meeting of the joint committee to secure free wharf aee was held yester day, and the dissatisfaction at the situation was plainly li Hung Chang will not risk his stom ach on American cooking, and wnen ne attends banquets it Is to look on and hear the Depewish part -of the feast His own meal consists of from- twelve to sixteen courses, not counting tea ana little cakes at the 'end. One large cray contains all them varlons edibles, ranged la rows one above the other.

Boast dnck la almost always the piece de resistance. which the viceroy eats wiia ony beans. Then comes a savory dish or fresh nork. with a Quantity of Jam. Al though the cucumbers are served apart.

he usually enjoys them together witn jam and pork. After this the veneraoie Chinese tarns to shrimps, the flavor 01 which heightened by leaks, gaerm and mushrooms, with which he eats them. Next he nicks two tender chick ens preserved In wine and vinegar along with areen neas. Then he Is reaay to do justlee to a slice of fresh pork cooked la honey with the emaUest mushrooms. This Is succeeded bv a noree made of pigeons legs and flavored with sour jelly.

These are some of the chief plates which constitute the evening meal, and are followed by dessert consisting of rice cooked with sugar and sponge cakes, and the whole washed down with tea. This mean would send most men of 71 Into their graves at an early date," bat 14 goes through It every day. and he is hale and hearty. Some years ago he had stroke of and when death visits him. he expects it to come in that form, hut In the meantime he 1 Is not foregoing: any of the delights of the table.

Oregon is In line with sound money and eoand eene. There Is only one Demo-, cratle party In Oregon, and that Is the national Democratic party, which ap pointed delegates to the Indianapolis con vention last week, saye the Oregonlan. The Bryan Democracy has disappeared, abdicated, surrendered, been swallowed up by. populism. There will be no Bryan Democratic ticket In Oregon.

There will be no Bryan and Sewall electors, only populist Bryan and Watson electors. Ap parently nobody In Oregon will have chance to vote for Sewall. For vice pres- aient, Bryan voters mast support Watson nobody. Tula simplifies matters very much, and le a nae example for other states. It is a candid acceptance of an obvious situation, it ought to be Imitated everywhere.

Watson is the logical can dldate with Bryan, who. is a populist. stanoing on a pouullst nlatform. No Democrat la under the least obligation to voie ior aim. no can vote for him.

Indeed, without declaring himself a popoust. will vote for the Indianapolis, America is becoming a nation of teetotalers. An observer says If one does not beneve let him ook at the list of states where the citizens have formal ly voted that way. We find this list Quo ted from the bill of fere of a Pullman dining car. A note on the card savs 'Wines and liquors will not be sold In Alabama, Florida, OeorglA, Iowa, Indian -rem italda, Mississippi, mew jersey, OWo, South Carolina, Ten nessee, Texas and Wyoming.

No wines or Uquors to be sold on. Sunday In any states Having Che proWbltory Sunday laws." We have all heard the slang- expression 'Ho waHs "along," used when there was no thought of dancing, as "Then be waltzed up to the bar." Headers of John Gait's Annals, first published In 1S21, may remember this sentence: "He presented ber trfs hand and allemanded her along in a manner that should not have been seen In any street out of a king's Wright's BngUsh Dialect Dictionary, the first part of which was published lately, tells us that formerly In Ayre there was a verb "to allemand. which meant "to conduct in a formal and courtly style." Tbit verb was formed from llemande," a same given to va rtous German dances. 32ms we find la Sheridan's 'Rivals." "These outlandish, heathen Among the passengers who arrived In New Tork on the steamship Normannla last week were the famous- troupe of IAUDu'tians. the ten Oolbios, who set all Europe crasy for many months by tiielr wonderful performances, xsey come to America under engagement to appear et Hammersteta's Olympia Home uan zor a iLmited engagement, when they win re turn to Europe.

None of the troupe is more than 36 Inches tall, while Che smallest is oniv 28 inches high. All tne members sneak several languages and. are well versed music playing the nlano. violin, sleigh, bells, tubaphoae, chimes of sixty bells and otjier difficult instruments. The little people tola many Interesting episodes of their llvee, and bring with them midget eiepnanis ana.

oenlee which have creaxea a greet ej at excitement In Europe and undoubtedly will do so in their engagement at uecar Hammerstein's Olympia. with due ceremonial befitting the occa- mton. the first sod In connection witn tne 1000 exhibition will shortly be turned, and the works entailed by the new designs will be at once put in hand, says tne fans Meesenzer. One of the first undertakings will, of course, be to demolish the Palais de l'Industrle and. to construct a bridge across the Seine Aose to the Esplanade des Invalldea, This work Is to be com menced in a month and meanwhile an inquiry Is to be opened, and persons Inter ested are invited to sign their names witn any observations they may have to make at the public works office at the Hotel de Tllle.

It is just possible, however, that the commencement of the works will be postponed on account of the forthcoming visit of the czar. movement in Germany for the aboli tion of the crabbed Gothlo letters to which German printers still cling is making slow progress. A correspondent of the Frank- farter Zeltang recalls tne xact tnat uus reform has been demanded for a whole century. A Munich newspaper in 179S pointed oat that there was nothing spe cifically national In the Gothic letters. which were merely mediaeval corruptions of Boman letters and had gradually been allowed to fall Into disuse In all countries but Germany.

However, this appeal for conformity to the usages of the rest of western Europe met with no Tesponee. Jacob Grimm, the great philologist, lent all the weight of his authority to a similar snneal some fifty years, later. Bat, save in books of science, the old letters are still almost universally employed, and there are bigots who. like Prince Bismarck, will not buy a book printed in Boman type. An investigation of summer beverages by the city chemist in Washington disclosed results that are not encourging, says the New York Evening" Post.

Pine apple ice cream soda water, ior instance. which Is a favorite anna ac tne capital. contained, according to the analysis, 38.05 ner cent of solids, as follows: Butter fat. 7 per cent; mineral matter, 1.03 per cent? protolds, .82 per cent; sugar, 2a 70 per cent. A sample or tne pineapple flavoring belled down was found, to con tain water, sugar and ethyl butrate.

It was mostly water and sugar, there being as much of the latter as will stay In eolation. Ethyl butrate Is a decoction made by distilling rancid batter with alcohol and sulphuric add. A very little ethyl butrate will scent an entire house with the odor, of pineapples. To make the syrup yellow, a dash of aniline was The quantity was so small that it was called by the chemists "a Tne dye is on of the product of the gas office, and is made by the distillation of coal oIL The water was charged, of coarse, with carbonic gas, the effect of which on the znucoua membrane, the chemist Is deleterious. PERSON AL AND GENERAL NOTES.

latest returns say that the army of the Argentine republio numbers 47033 men "on paper." Mrs. Hetty Green nae denied that she has offered $100,000 for a home la Chicago for aged actresses. An almost inexhaustible supply of baux ite Is said to hare been discovered in Little Maumelle county. Amongst the alimentary tit-bits con sumed by the Inhabitants of Buenos Ayres daring' the last year were 420 tons of snaila. V': The litis appears to ne tne eigntn vessel of the Prussian and German nsvles which has been lost at sea during the last thirty.

six The "Thrasher, tne latest addition to Great Britain's fleet of torpedo boat de stroyers, developed a speed at her recent trial trip of 6 miles an hour. The plcale which was to gave been riven to-day by the Parker Chapel E. worth League at the Audubon park has been postponed until to-morrow, the 4th Inst. Mr. M.

H. McJJvalne, wife of one of the Illinois Central's popular conductors, and their daughters are spending the summer at Mich. They will be away several weeks yet In connection with the approaching visit ef the- czar to France, the town conncU of Cherbourg have unanimously given the municipal author! ties "unlimited power to JfH. takes um7! IT make env arrangements incur any lfl MUim. -r expense ior ine rwxrvuwu us luajcniT.

1 xne report or uomnwuocr jjkwkj iu iue 1 ana out of iur navy department on the speed of the nd7a wv? V.f cruiser Brooklyn on her recent trial gives some sLVV it, corrected for tide, as 21.9117 knots an Jstche. 1 uaZ 1 hour. She earns her builders $350,000 by ZSS, exceeding her contract requirements 13-4 knots. The Paraguay congress has voted $100, 000 for military hospital. Latest re- toras'glve the army as 82 officers and 1345 men.

so that It Is evident that "the powers that be" Intend that there shall da amDle accommodation In case of a with any rival country. Barney McKernan. of I Pttoenixviue. 1 found that no BwU living In this country who took part In uted il vr "W.VY n.u I ao dinner fci at Balaclava. He wae born In Ireland sixty-nine years ago, and came to this country forty years since.

He has lived In Phoenlxvllle ever since. The Paris correspondent of the London n.ll Mall aa-ma th. Dr. Ninaeil to be remarried to his wife, from whom be- I in pretest lit aTittJ. 1 i ii I nitory.

Caaalar'a It lore nis voyage uo iuu vwu muij mr- arated, "In order to permit her to marry again. In case of his disappearance or death, without going to the trouble of proving his decease. The street superintendent of Niagara Falls, N. has been suspended by the mayor because he would not clean the streets of the city on Sunday, as ordered bv the common council. The affair has day and anti-Sunday people are prepar- 1 trainid menT SmlZZrJf lng for a vigorous fight.

I come down In an The president of Brasil has ssked con- trreaa ior a. aoecuii creuu repw ui officers the 2 per cent discount op their salaries unduly enforced during the naval revolt. In regard to the appropriation, the Rio News thinks that "If the exaction on the civilian were as carefully corrected. what a happy family we would be." George H. Miller, assistant architect of the capltol at Washington alnce 1S52, has lust died.

It was he who built the grand dome of the present edifice, and be who saw to the placing of Crawford's statue of liberty on Its apex, and was the last man down, retreating step by step ss the scaffolding was lowered. In last Sunday's Picayune the names of Mrs. Lynch and Mm I. Barre were inadvertently omitted from the list those who helped to make St TIncent de Paul's entertainment the social and financial success which It waa These ladles are prominent member of the Catholic Club and among the most Indefatigable workers of the parish. Counterfeit postage stamps, with the head of the republic reversed, have been found in circulation in Rio de Janeiro.

The police, in investigating the matter. Interviewed a prominent dealer, who said mat ne naa purcnesea some oi tuem ior i Ths collectors under the Impression that they respectfully invited to atteni In-. were genuine, but "errors." Stamp col lectors snonld be on their guard. A hitherto unknown portrait of "Good Queen Bess" has been recently discovered In one of the garrets of the palace at Siena, formerly occupied by the Medici, and eiterwards by the family of Lorraine, The picture, when discovered, waa rolled up end lud been much Injured by the rats. It has been restored and.

is said to be the woik of some Flemish master, possibly, Gheererdt. The king of Belgium has conferred upon the president of Mexico the emblem of the Order of St George, a decoration but rarely bestowed upon -any except the highest The awarding of such distinction to President Diss, coming as it does from the brother of Carlotta. the ex-empress, would seem to point to the fact that all past differences between Mexico and Belgium had been burled. The Two Republics of the CKy of Mexi of the 28th says: 'It has leaked oat with some Indications of authenticity that the report of the committee w'th Lie. Alfonso Lancaster Jones as chair man, toarhlng on the advisability of die solving the Pan-Anerican congress will be handed in to-morrow.

Its text. It is said, will dwell on the Impracticability of formally holding the important reunion in this city. A recent report of Superintendent Jor- I (Thursday) Erenlng, at 3:30 o'dsxt, den. of the Department of Public Instruc tion of Arkansas, gives the scholastic pop ulation of the state 4. of all person between the age of 6 and 21 years as Of this number.

32596 ore whites and 123,645 ere colored. Of the total white population the males number 108,634, females 156.662. Of the colored population they are 123,645 males and 61,456 females. A German doctor has been collecting information about the habits of long- lived persons, and finds that the majority of those wbo have attained old age have indulged In late hours. Eight out of ten persons over eighty years of sge never went to bed until the "wee sma hours.

and did not get up until well In the day. This puts en end to the old proverb of "early to bed, sad will be of no small comfort to the sluggards. Albert Nelson Prentiss, professor of botany at Cornell, who died recently, was one of the few remaining Instructors who had been connected with Cornell College from the first. In 18TO he went to Bra ill with the Cornell exploring par ty, and In the following year he wrote an essay, oa. "The Mode of the Natural Distribution of Plants over the Surface of tie Earth," which was awarded the first Walker prize offered by the Boston Society of Natural History.

Advices have been received at Seattle, Wash-, from the government commission appointed to Investigate the seal fisheries In northern waters. Dr. David Starr Jordan, who is at the head of the American commission, says that the herds have diminished to an Insignificant fraction of their former proportions. The North American Commercial Company will be unable to secure more than 15.00O- skins from the herds on the Pribyloff islands thl season. The United States steamer Albatross, having the members of the commission on board, la now cruising off the coast of The old university town of Montpelller, France, incurred a great loss recently.

An exaioltion has been open In the town since 'art April, and the municipal authorities bad contributed to it many of Its most valuable possessions. A lire broke out In one of the exhibition buildings, and spread rapidly until three of the largest, buildings, with their contents, were destroyed. Among these content: besides a number of modern pictures, were some of the moat valuable archives of Montpelller. lncludlne- an original drawing of the I plan of the ataaei ny Kicneiiea. the bull of Patm Urban transforming the MontDelller? rtcniues into a university, together with curious seals, coats of arms end nicnre of the highest antiquarian The oss is etumatea at 3.UW.OOU francs, but tne ectuai loss cannot be estimated on a money basis.

The Schiller oris ham am, m. year, to Haoptmaan's drama but the German emperor may refaae ta uni-tun the award. The Grill pa nter prise, which waa won this year the same play, was founded by Orlllparxer. wbo gare 20,000 florins, the Interest on which was to oe gla one la three rears to the nlatlwlv has. run tic work.

In 1S9S so prise was assigned, wherefore recelTsd 3100 rnr 1 to watcher an yes tried. mad I I TnW 1 -1 I k. To top Ms mM.mxm vvi stated boor for MatT, k. not long Und. Pleased him, aid to Job he too' lit m.

a uv. 1 lore for ladepeadi joio DUldlor now bMm i.M."l Qai blstory.Caslet., Maatxtoa. I CapUin makea sute. MeudonT exSS Uw traction, to not tJliia! Dally New- PariaSSJSl 1-proposed dangers, he STW ireenng er the dinfo of the oalloo la aaoth aca, most be rriiaai il 7 who.haTe bees above tSTS rtlito it eaoaea. ClTsJ- v.

t.nm A Ixperlnenta with-MnH -VJ Iweee.alcr and ua. iwX.r'1' a rlT lrrlltHI. eesae uutU earns dowa.1. 44 PIKI). tIKKER--At OldeH.

it Tuesdsy, Sept. 18, a r- 1 aged 1 yearav eaUr. of BStikiTT and for many yean a iwUttt ti 2. in CMderaaTzkrtoVrV EMIUK AXGACD. aged 60 7SwV a a resident of this city for tftTJia noruwra papers please copy.

re MUIXEX On sept I Of 8:15 o'clock p. JO'faxjiclV" a native of this city. The friends sad aoqnalntaacca af.c ly are respectfully Invited ttv funeral, which win take place trom Ik er'e reaidenee, eoraer nnnitaaf aai mene streets, at 4 e'eloek TUs Ent- Erenlng. DORAX On WedBesday, Sept I rt 8:80 o'clock p. GalEESIKl h.ia youngeat child of Frank Dona tai lAkelgica, aged 13 aaya.

which will, take place TUs (Timiiji tarnooa et 4 o'clock from tkt colte of her parents, No. S30 Xarfk fte between Laharpe and perron. COUSIN On Wadneadiy. fcrt. 3 o'clock a.

WIDOW OOTJSIN. born Celina WUta, ages im Tbe falends and acqnanuaaees ef tatCa. and Bonaelgneor fanalUfs srs napaettiii Tlted, to attend the funeral, vblca vtl a place TUs (Tfanxsday) lCoatlBg, Sept 10:30 from the seaUanes ef kkai in-law, Paul Bonselgneat, ex. and Claiborne straets. DELAVAIJAIB-Oa WadoewStr, rt 1 1806.

at 6-0 o'clock. ARMANP M. IS VALittDE, aged yeara, a aattftaf Mm vine. end a reaUeat et OS d7 about thirty years. I The friends and acqaalataaces ef Ss tai are respectfully larited to attest fmeA which win take place TM (Dimtii) soon at 4 o'clock from sis lit atian, 8217 Canal street, between lopet id laia HABT On Wednesday.

Sept. 6:65 o'clock p. PL w1ar aa lata itlali eged 7 years and 8 months, satin alley, county Clare, Ireland, ana ma' this city for the past forty-ars yew. The friends and acqualataaere oe ru. and sf liar ami.

Xahn W. Hart. Ui SS ot Excelsior Lodge, K. of Cut P. O.

S. are reapeetfuUy Inritol which win tttt late, residence of the deeaaM, DorgeaoU street, between CkmluS myra streets, without farthar aotiev TtTL.LT In San Antonio, Tex, KoaiiT. 31. 1896. at 8:45 o'clock P.

UOWDKS, wife of Thomas J. TaUT daughter of K. 3. Iwdea ad naod. a native of this.

city, ages The funeral win take plana xwa i- iA.at fioat of her grandmother. Sirs. Iaart B. Ko. 1527 Erato street, betwets Trr o.

i rttead Qualnunces of the families ait InaS ri tend. I WIUH-Oa te-eday. Sept arlfa of Kdward Walah. aged 6 i of county Weat Meath. JraUai dent of this city for Us past The relatives, friends ass the Walah and Garry faaulles.

ber of the Catholic Ladles' ef at 'J--" Paul, also the Altar Society a4 BTp Society of St. Vincent am reapectfnlly Invited to which will take place Tnie fJ lng. Sept. S. with r.

o'clock, from the late restdesoi ceseed. No. S331 Baainart. war DH'1 LADrES" CATUOLIO B.WWWi" fUXHATlOiS ST. VINCENT Orleans.

Sept. 2, iae--0'Pgr mri are hereby notified to sttesa 1. vra. a our deceased sister member. This (Thnraday) Morning, sap- i o'clock.

If 1 i vina mimi i au By order or '7Tla3 MSA JASB A. DOSXEXLT. a. After the Plcajone Cst runeni Notices wUl be tfr muitO torlal rooms, second floor, er "0H Department, iterth f-or. tM te 3 c.eck every swia-.

GRAND MASS r.ittii.,J IS THE IXTlSESf Justice and Mora! WfLr. BK HELD XT TSM Corner St. diaries asi tsm BX THB CITIZEN. SETKNTH pisrsicrs. OnTIiarsday.

Sept. 3, tf Prominent speakers. mettiii MBonnced to-morrow will All sympathisers ia tie Drs. Geo. J.

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