WASHINGTON LETTER. SE3ATJB GOKMAN EXPLAINS. AMKNDMF.NTS TO VOORItKES I)IU Rial Estuto in Washington. (From our UoKiilnr correspondeM,) W ashington, Oct. 3V.X9.V Senator Gorman's explanation of the sinldcn change which without warning swept away all chance of the adoption of democratic silver com promise and made the passage of the VoorlicciJ bill for the unconditional re peal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman law a certainty, just when it seemed an utter impossibility, is timely as well as interesting. It was made in the Senate Saturday afternoon and has since formed the principle topic of conversation wherever two or three democrats .Ire gathered together. It was in the course , of a few remarks made in reply to a speech ot Senator Sherman in favor of the issue of $100, 000,000 in bonds and attacking the democrats for not providing therefore, that Mr. Gorman told why there was no democratic compromise. He started in by scoring Senator Sherman lor trying to make party capital out of the present condition of affairs, and then said that Sherman, as the repub lican leader, and the leader of a ma jority of those Senators who represent ed the repeal sentiment, held the key to the situation and dictated terms to the administration and the Senate; that a better measure, one doing justice to all interests and at the same 'time furnishing the relief wanted b the ad ministration, could have been agreed upon and passed had the republicans been more patriotic and less devoted to partisanship. He said that demo crats had been obliged to set aside lifetime convictions to meet the emer gency, forced by the republicans, and save the administration. Mr. Gor man said in conclusion that he would not repeat confidential conversations, but that it was exceedingly unfortunate that democrats had misunderstood ; that he expected further financial trouble for the Treasury. It would be caused by extravagant appropria tions by recent Congresses ; but the democratic party, now controlling the entire government would assume the responsibility of meeting it. In ad dition to being an explanation Senator Gorman's remarks were a fitting re buke to John Sherman for his audacity in attempting to pose before the coun try as the financial director of the democratic administration. Past re publican extravagance may make an issue of bonds necessary in the near future, but if they are issued it will not be under a bill fathered or intro duced by John Sherman. There is sufficient financial talent in the demo cratic majority to prepare all the finan cial measures that will be passed by this Congress. Speaking of bonds, Senator Black burn settled a controversy that has been open a long time when Senator Sherman in reply to a question denied any knowledge of the Harrison admin istration having had the plates en graved for an issue of bonds under the act of 1 87 5, by stating that the plates were prepared and that if it were necessary to substantiate his statement he could in an hour produce them in the Senate. The Senate has already made con siderable progress in disposing of the amendments offered to the Voorhees bill, and unless something unexpected shall occur to delay matters the rest of ihem will be disposed of and the bill itself passed and sent to the House before the middle of the week. That it will be speedily disposed of by the House is considered certain. If Congress takes a recess at all af ter the silver question is disposed of it is not now expected that it will be longer than to about the aoth of No vember, as Chairman Wilson expects to have the new tariff bill ready to re port to the House about that time. Before the bill is reported to the House it will be submitted to a democratic caucus for its formal approval as a party measure. In view of the pledges of the demo cratic party and the record of the democratic Congress thus far in favor of economy in public expenditures the scheme of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to increase the value of suburban property around Washington, which is largely owned by a ring of real estate speculators, by asking Congress for authority to issue $5,000,000 in bonds, the money to be spent in opening and improving streets and building sewers, is to say the least a rather cheeky proceeding. The District of Columbia already carries an enormous indebtedness in the shape of bonds issued under the old form of government, the interest up on which Congress has guaranteed. Even if this scheme was really in the interest of all the people re siding in the district, which everybody knows it isn't this would be no time to increase the District's indebtedndte by issuing new bonds. Your corres pondent cannot believe that the in fluence of the Washington real estate nE. great as it is known to be, will be sufficiently powerful to control the votes of a sutficient number of demo crats to get this job thtough either House or Senate. Scrofula, whether hereditary or ac quired, is thoroughly expelled from the blood by Hood's Sarsaparilla, the tfeat blood purifier. UHiON VETERAN LEGION. Wednesday evening last week was spent very pleasantly at the St. Charles in Berwick, by members of the Union Veteran Legion, Camp 32, hcadquar tcrs at Btoomsburg. One of the fea tures of this encampment is an annual banquet. That hci I at the St. Charles Wednesday evening is the sixth and most enjoyable they have given. The Berwick members numbering eleven greeted the boat "Columbia," cairying seventeen or eighteen com rades from the county seat, with na tional airs from the Berwick Cornet Band and escorted them by a circui tous route to the St. Charles where they whet their appetites with tales of former feasts and past privations. Heralded by multitudes of harmoniz ing scents, supper was announced. Chairs were taken at nine and not de serted till half past eleven, so good was Landlord Sponenberg's bill of fare, and so hard did W. T. Scott, toast master of the evening, press the mem bers of the Legion for experiences, songs, and anecdotes. That these were amusimr was eviilcnrf.l K h frequent stamping of feet. Not the ieasi interesting ot the remarks of the evening were those made hv the toast. master himself who is a raconteur of no mean ability. During the evening R. C. Buckalew was nresented with a souvenir walking-stick, gayly decorated wun me national colors which he will ever prize as a memento of the . or.r.a. sion. He says he will remember Mr. c .. . oponenoerg on Christmas. Altogether a very pleasant evening was spent, concluding with the parting song, "Auld Lane Svne." These rath. erings to the stay-at-home are leem- ucvuiu ui interest anu wunout warrant. To those who hive horn the brunt of battle, who have fought snoumer to shoulder for God and native land these meetings bring back to the heart the light of other days and crown the present with the halo of the past. We append a list of those present : A. D. Seeley, I. F. Chamberlain, Jas. R. Ruch, D. W. Filbert, Abner Welsh, Joseph Bitler, Abram Harman, G. A. Buckingham, L. H. Fowler, Hudson Al en. H. C. Anrrslrirlt. W. I Scott, E. P. Williams, C. S. Fornwald, f. M. Gillmore, T. M. Dawson, B. F. Gillmore. Lewi Cohen. Tno T. T.aiv. all, C. W. Clayberger, R. C. Bucka- 1 t r 1 . . lew, 15. a. anarpiess, Albert MerDine, W. E. CorTnun, C. G. Furman, Jacob Keller, J. B. Robison, W. W. Swent zcll. Indeendent. Deafness Cannot be Oured by local applications as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deaf ness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imper fect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and un less the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its nor mal condition, hearing will be destroy ed forever ; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mu cous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars j free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. USTSold by Druggists, 75c. 1 1-3-1 m. Successful Deer-Slayers. The best deer-shooting of the sea son falls to the lot of two coastside men. One is a Portuguese laborer on a farm just above the Alpine school house. The morning the deer law opened he came upon four bucks, and when the smoke of four shots from his Winchester cleared away he was the captor of three of them. The other fortunate person is the son of Post-master Thompson, of Harrison, near Pescadero. This young gentle man aimed at a large buck one day, and after seeing him drop went to get his game. He was surprised to find that his bullet after passing through the back of the buck he aimed at en tered the head of another a short dis tance beyond, thus killing two at one shot. These are facts that can be substantiated. - aw Mateo (Cat.) Leader. Boot and Branch, the poison in your blood, however it may have come or whatever shape it may be taking, is cleared away by Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Dis covery. It's a remedy that rouses every organ into healthful action, puri fies and enriches the blood, and through it cleanses and invigorates the whole system. Salt rheum, Tetter, Eczema, Erysipelas, Boils, Carbuncles, Enlarged Glands, and the worst Scro fulous Sores and Swellings, are per fectly and permanently cured by it. Unlike the ordinary Spring medi cines or sarsaparillas, the "Discovery" works equally well at all seasons. All the year round and in all cases, it is Guaranteed, as no othei blood medi cine is. If it ever faiU to benefit or cure, you have your money back. You pay only for the good you get. Isn't it safer to say that no other blood-purifier can be "just as good ? It it were, wouldn't it be sold so ? Mark Twain's Latest -Rorar.nco of an Es quimau Maiihn. A magazine is usually satisfied with one strong feature for the month. The Co.vimpoiitan, however, presents for November no less than five very un usual ones. William Dean Ilowells gives the first of the letters of the traveller, who Jias been visiting this country, from Altruria. We have read Mr. Howells' impression of the Altrurian ; but in this first letter we have the Altrurian's impressions of New York, with some comments upon our government and society, calcula ted to awaken the most conservative minds. The second feature of the Cosmopolitan is the oortion of the magazine given up to color work, no less than ten superb color illustrations being presented for the first time in magazine historv. aenomnanvino- nn article by Mrs. Roger A. Pryor, on nanges in women s Costumes." The third feature is "American Notes " by Walter Iicsant, who was recently in America and is doing the United States for the Cosmopolitan a la Dick ens. The fourth feature is an artirlp by General Badeau on "The Forms of invitation used by the English Nobili ty. 1 ne article is illustrated by the facsimile of cards to the (Queen's drawing room, to dinner at the Prin cess of Wales, and to many lcaelinir houses of England. Finally, we have a new and very curious story by Mark Twain. Called "The Esnuiman Maid. en's Romance." It is in his happiest yein and is illustrated by Dan Beard. The November number presents the work of many artists, among whom are : C. S. Reinhart, Otto Guillonnet, L H. Hamer. G. Hudson. Franz tnn a j - - - Lenbach, George Wharton Edwards, r. acnuyier Matthews, Dan Beard, W. L. Sontag, Jr., F. G. Attwood, C. Hirschberg, , J. Habert-Dys. August Franzen, Louis J. Read, J. N. Hutch tns and Hamilton Gibson. A Fanny State of Affairs. . A very funny state of affairs is re vealed in England through a suit brought concerning depredations by rabbits. The rabbits came out of a wood and destroyed a field of barley. The owner of the crop sued the owner of the wood for damages. It was de cided that the plaintiff was not entitled to damages unless the defendant had by artificial propagation increased the number of rabbits on his land to such an extent as to be a nuisance. He was not liable, even though he had in creased the number of rabbits by kill ing off their enemies. The only remedy in possession of the man who lost his barley was to kill the rabbits which came upon the place. But this has to be done with due regard to a somewhat complicated game law. The killing must be done by the farm er or by one member of his household commissioned by him in writing or "employed for reward to kill rabbits. In killing the rabbits the use of poi- sons or spring guns is prohibited, and fire-arms cannot be used at night. y. Y. Tdeijram. Curious Showers. M. Peltier has put a frog shower on record as having happened within his own experience. He speaks of seeing the fro?s fall on the roofs of the houses and rebound thence on to the pave ment below. A mud shower occurred along the Union Pacific Railroad at Onago on the 4U1 of April, 1892. The rain, we are assured, commenced early in the day, and soon, the south and east side of all the houses were covered with yellow clay, A Union Pacific train which ran through the storm had its windows covered, and the headlight was so completely plastered that the light was shut in and the train ran in dark ness into Roseville, where the mud had to be scraped off. As far as To peka the windows showed that the edge of the mudstorm had extended this far. It is said to have been even more severe fifty miles northwest. Blood rain and black rain are only varieties of this phenomenen. Of the latter we hear nothing worth speaking of nowadays, but an almost historic shower of this sort fell at Montreal in the earlier part of this century and en veloped the then youthful city in ' a black pall, which must have been worse than a prime London fog, see ing that it gave the inhabitants the idea that the last day had come, or was at least on the point of coming. "Blood" rain is caused by the pres ence of infinitely little planets, ani malcules, or minerals in the globules. In one instance of a shower that fell at Bristol and in the Bristol Channel, the analytical examination showed that the red color was due to ivy-berry seeds. In medieval times blood rain was a prodigy. In the East it was connected with the belief that man was produced from blood that fell from heaven. Chamber's Jour nal. The Jury's Sympathies. From the New York Weekly Stranger. "You still have lynchings here, do you ?" Westerner. "Only in the case of bad characters. When a fairly good citizen gets arrested for anything, we always let the law take its course." "That's encouraging." "Yes, you see an average jury can always be depended upon to hang a good citizen if it gets a chance. I I .1 I ' r .' 1 2 V- m BROWNING, 910-912 Chestnut Street WARREN A. REED The New Beading Terminal Station. One of the sights of the Quaker City is the handsome Terminal Sta tion of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, at Twelfth and Market streets, which is now fully thrown open to the public and is without exception the most beautifully appointed rail way terminus in the world. The In terior decorations are simply superb. Not only are they designed on a scale of grandeur, but they are conspicuous for exquisite taste and comfort. The lower floor entrance lobby is handsome and roomy, with concrete floor and panelled ceiling. A broad stairway and rapid and roomy elevators lead to the waiting rooms above at the level of the elevated tracks. The ticket offices on the first floor are the most conveniently arranged in the country, and are the result of the experience of General Passenger Agent Hancock and his able lieutenants. The screens of grill and brass work inclosing the ticket offices are artistic to a degree that is seldom seen in a public build ing. But the waiting rooms, restaur ant, etc., on the second floor are the feature of the structure. They are so daintily decorated and sumptuously furnished that they resemble more the audience halls or reception rooms of some potentate's palace than the pub lic waiting-room of a railroad com pany. Inlaid flooring, velvet carpets, great easy chairs, nickle plated steam pipes, marble furnished lavatories, rich and elegant hangings and daintily tint ed walls and frescoed ceilings, make a combination rarely seen except in the palaces of the wealthy and great. The Reading Terminal Station is in every respect a pleasant surprise to the public. Gentlemen who have travel led all over the world, state that the HOW cfltirn f-nntnino tin. fitirtcrf nrthn a.w. ..Hl.vll wiHH.II WIS, tlllkai Itrtllll 1 ! . , C .1... liu.-l- delphia is naturally proud of the new' edihee as it is far in advance of any thing of a similar kind in this country or abroad. Its ornamentations and" handsome furnishings are an attraction to thousands of visitors, and an ob ject lesson in decorative art. The upper part of the building is used by the executive andcleiical force of the Company, and nearly all the various officials have already occupied quar ters therein. The building is one of the sights ot the city. A God-send is Ely's Cream Balm. I had catarrh for three years. Two or three times a week my nose would bleed. I thought the sores would never heal. Your Balm has cured me." Mrs. M. A. Jackson, Ports mouth, N. H. I was no much troubled with ca tarrh it seriously affected my voice. One bottle of Ely's Cream Balm did the work. My voice is fully restored. B. F. Liepsner, A. M., Pastor of the Olivet .Baptist Church, Philadel phia, Pa. Your Painter has often wasted time and material in trying to obtain . shade of color, and las even resorted to the use of read? mixed paints, the ingredients of which he knew nothing about, because of the difficulty in making a shade of color with white lead. This waste can be avoided by the use of National Lead Company's Pure White Lead Tinting Colors These tints are a combination of per fectly pure colors, put up in small cans, and prepared so that one pound will tint 25 pound of Strictly Pure White Lead to the shade shown on the can. By this means you will have the best paint In the world, because made of the best materials Strictly Pure White Lead and pure colors. Insist on having a brand of white lead that it standard, manufactured by the "Old Dutch" process, and known to be strictly pure the John T. Lewis & Bros. 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W0W11IT. 1 I..W1IX mr '.lit. Aldrens 11 PN JMUKHIL 9 . Hmmjimwitv Kami V.i. wa.oo a Puuustuuta, 9 .roadway, Ham York City. 1 tc i u. THOMAS GORREY CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Plans and Estimates on all kinds of buildings. Repairing and carpenter work promptly attended to. Dealer is Builder's Sup:.::, Inside Herd wood finishes a specialty. Persons oflimited means who desire to build can pay pari and secure balance by mortgage. The most healthful and popular drtnic of the a if. The proper drink for both table and fireside now within Mb reach of all. Kvnry thrifty housewife can provide for her home, graiie, or. anuu, pear, uhcrry, apple, bmiunaand pineapple ciders at the small expense of ttfteen cents per Kullnn. Keep your biiribnnda and sons at home by preparing for them those delightful and harmless drinks ; I lie it by saving- the money that might possibly llnd lis wuy Into the sa loon. It only takes ten minutes to make any one of these dellirhtful drinks. Knelose 10 cents for one, or 60 cents for seven of the ''Krultrirtcr Kechies. Address NIMS NOVELTY CO. JHMC'ullwOt Ave., ChlcaaO, 111. tt-lo-tt. $10 n 1 I ip a MSI mm 4 Solentiflo American Agency forJV va. r w a a I 111 X T r FRESH SNAKfc STORIES. Artlatlo I. If. Told by Fnrtnnra Whose) Crop. Are Jlow Mfe. With the coming of tho equinoctial f;torm Dutchess county, (X. V.) farm ers tfot a ehnnoo to nit down and think over tho Incidents of tho pnst Hummer, and from reports no fnr received the crop of Rnnko stories is fully up ,to the average. "Pop" Hull, of Todunk Hol low, tho tiest ,1udp;o of whisky on the whole of !otf JUiltfo, comes; to tho front with a series of remnrk.ahlo 1al-ks, which nro votfHied for by his nearest neighbor, "Squar" Iieac'h. lie nays that on tho 4th of last July, shortly after Rtin-up, while ho wan eutchinfr A BTRANOE CATCH. trout out of Johns' brook by the old fashioned method of tlcklinfr them under the belly, he saw a mammoth water snake mesmerize a toad, petting the latter so completely under his con trol that when he finally swallowed him the victim did not so much a wink the other eye. The toad, as "Pop" Hall tells the story, was sitting on the bank of Jones' brook, ruminating oyer a particularly delicious insect it had just enveloped, when his snakeship cautiously poked his glossy nose from beneath the swamp grass near by and fixed his beaded optics on the toad. Both remained perfectly quiet for several minutes, when the toad began to twitch, and a slimy substance oozed from its skin. The convulsions passed over in a few minutes, when the snake slowly wriggled up to its prey and in tho 'course of half on hour had com pletely swallowed it. "Pop" Ball, In the presence of "Squar" Reach, killed the snake and released the toad, which was none the worse for its entangle ment. Along about the latter part of August "Pop" killed a blacksnake in Reach's meadow which had a two pound and a half bullhead stuck in its titroat by its horns, which penetrated the skin on both sides and were plainly visible on the. outside of tho reptile. But the most remarkable snake that "Pop" came across was at Bullis' pond early In September. It was a milksnake and lay under a pile of old logs which "Pop" pulled down In search of dry tinder for a cump Are. 'When tho first Jog was disturbed the snake glided out, followed by eleven young ones, who, to "Pop's" amazement, disap peared down their mother's throat. That same day, under the dam at Bullis' pond, "Pop" eapUired a pound and a half trout with a "coachman," and hanging to the trout's tail was a wntcrsnako three feet long. Ho be lieves that the snake grabbed the trout just as the latter made a dash for tho fly. RACE FOR A BRIDE. rhe Pour Man M'ou the Prize After a Desperate I'ull. Miss Annie Story is the daughter of Col. H. F. Story. She is very beauti ful. Col. Story lives at Yorkvillo, Ga., and is a leading man in Paulding coun ty. Miss Annie had many admirers, but could not decide between Andrew McBrayer and David Govan. Finally, she sent for the minister and the two young men. She tcld the rivals that the one who would come back to her first with a marriage license should be her husband, both men to leave York ville at the same time and to ride to Dallas, the county seat. The young men were well mounted, and the dis tance was nineteen miles. The race was a hot one. McBrayer, the rich lover, reached the ordinary WW THE RACE WAS A HOT ONE. first, and secured a license before Go- an appeared. The latter came a mo ment afterward, hurriedly explained things to the ordinary, and also se cured a license. In a few moments he was also on his way back to Yorkville. The race became sharp. Govan was desperate because McBrayer was the better mounted. Miss Story, her father and the minis ter waited ou the front piazza for the racing rivals. McBrayer was first seen. lie was excited, and far down the road it was noticed that his horse was nearly- exhausted. The race seemed his. He was nearing the gate. In a mo ment tiovan appeared in a by-path. Ho was two hundred yards ahead of Mc Brayer. lie first reached the pitizza and won the prize. Ho had taUen u short cut through tho woods. The cer emony was performed and McBrayer gracefully acknowledged defeat and joined in the marriage festivities.
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