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A Brighter and Cne.per Gas.

The Iron Age gives a bIief sketch of the
newly-invented illuminating ga, which is
now berg msde in Liverpool and called
metallic gas. 1t ia estimated that the labor
OF three men will, by this process, produce
as much gas as the labor OF 1000 men by the
old method, and the new gas, when pro-
duced, has six times the luminosity Of the
old-pressnt-sort. The new gas is dry,
odorless and not affected by cold. 1t can be
carried any distance in pipes without con-
densing, and is as good months after il was
made as when it was fresh. The light is
white, like the electric light. In this con-
nection may be mentioned new gas, which
q company in New York State has been or
ganized to manufacture. The New York
company's product is the result OF the de-
composition Of lime. The operation, it lie
said, produces almost pure hydrogen, which
being carbureted, results in gas of between
thirty and fifty.candle power. The process
which was discovered by French chemist
and improved by Polish one. is said to be
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CAPITAL POINTS

WASHINGTON, December 26.-The Presi-
dent hopes to be able to occupy the execu-
tive mansion on Saturday next.
Psy-Director Edward C. Doran, United
States Navy, has been retired.
Prince Arisugowa and suite paid their
respects to President Arthur to-day.
The fremont National Bank, of fremont,
Neb, was authorized 10 begin business to-
day. Capital, $4,000.
The comptroller of the currency author
izsd the Alpena (Mich.) National Bank to
begin business with capital OF 100000.
The Cabinet meeting to-day was very brief.
No conclusion was reached regarding crimes
committed on the government reservations.
William NJ. Evarts accepts the invitation
of the joint committee of Congress on the
Newburgh, n. Y, centennial to deliver the
orztion.
Red Cloud made friendly visit to Com
missioner Price, at the Indian Bureau. to-
day. He desires to visit the Indian schools
al Hampton and Carlisle before going West.
While there has been no formal order
closing the executive departments during the
week, there will be but little business trans
acted except on the days Congress is in ses-
sion.
Secretary Chandler says that it is not true
that he has decided to close one or more
navy yards. However, plans for reducing
expenditures in the civil departments of the
navy ards will be announced at an early
day.
Commissioner Price ia very indignant at
the stories to the effect that be is Interested
in the transportation of supplies of the Pine
Ridge agency. He says there is no relative
of his connected with the change of trans-
portation.
In answer to the inquiry on the subject,
the Treasury Department has decided that a
Chinese wet nurse must be conaidered la
borer, and as such is excluded from admis-
sion into the United States under the pro-
visions of the act restricting Chinese immi-
Prztiou
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A GREAT TRuiT-
HOW BRIsroE GAINED HIS F}Hr WITH THE
EXPRESS eoaYANfs.

WASHINGTON, December s6.-Very few
people knoR lhe inside hisrry OF Prlstos's
nsnt with the cypress confAniss "nen ne
was Secretary OF the Treason. IAe express
companies made what M. BrIstoW thought
were exoroiiaut charges igr carrying cur
Iency 20 the great distribcnng point eI tne
new Aork sub-ireasury. he ioid Inc com
psnies mat a-lower rate msst De conceded or
ne ne Fopia lake the business away III rom them
1ne companies Eere defiant 1his Is the
way ihe express oompsbles were circum-
Fenter. 1he secretary seiecteo .IS,y
speeiai ssent of the treasury, VINO simply
pss the currency in a valise ana Wenl over
TO New York as an ordirAry passenger on
the night train. Thomss Cavanaugh, the
deputy sergeaut-st.arms under the gallant
Col. Hooker in the House, was the special
agent selected for this work. he Is tall,
oroao sho1ldered, deep-chesied' maniy-iook-
ing specimen of humanity. ms square,
resoipte, sun-browned face Is accentuAteo py
. crlsp, curling muslaene, completely
hiding his mouth. His straight nose, cie2r
blue eyes, and square jaws eiard oni IN
face remarkabls foy itscombinstion OF gocd
nature and iron r,soIption. Mr.. CavsnaGsh
nsed TO set out from The Office of the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury after night with valise
simply stuffed with government currency.
One night he had inks bag S750,000 in
greenbacks. Every dollar ever intrusted to
him was safely carried. Not q PeHBy gss
ever lest. His paw from the treasury was
his regular one. sS psr day and his travelling
expenses. He gave 20 bonds for this work,
as the law recognized no such gay Of carry
lls such funds. The secretary had aose-
lutely no protection beyond Cavanaugh's in
aiyidual honor. II be had run away with
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BEYOND THE RIVER.
Away Across the Mi.sissippi is Held q
Convincing C0nversatIon.

II tell you, sir. that they are one of the neatest
combinations ever produced, and my experience
of that sort of thing has been wide enough to en-
title my judgment to some respect"
''oh, don't know" )" responded the first speakers
friend, with q little yswn. though he didn't t<ke
much interest in the subject. "I have never been
able TO see much difference in those things. Thev
about the same stuff"
The talk. of which the foregoing Is 4 fragment
took place in Gailatin. Missouri not long ago. in
the snug ofics OF DR.. NJ. P. Flowers. one of the
leading physicians of the State, who followed up
the VEN In which he had introduced It substan-
tally in these words:
Nonsense. That Is the rismaroie of q boy, or
rather OF q man who either doesn't know or doesn'
care what he says Those things. as you call them.
are just different as the moon is from green
cheese. Now. H7iments, lotions and ointments
are very good In most cases for the relief OF pain
or Inflammation. But, in the frst place, they are
unclean- They soil the hands and the linen be-
sides being always out of reach when they are
most wanted"
tf'Wen, my dear Doctor" sighed the traveller from
the North, what would you hHys2 This il .
Wretched world anyhow, and nothing is ever at
hand when Is is wanted. You can't suggest any
thing"
Yes, csn." broke in the Doctor, humping the
table with his fist 81 can suggest BEE8oH's CAP
CINE POROUS PLASTER Ihave tried it on my
patients, and have tried it myself for an stack
Of Pneumonia, and in all cases relief has toIloWed
In from three to terty-elght hours The old pl.si
erg are Stage eoaenes-the cspci.s is telerr.Dhtc
dispatch. For instance. In cases of Eeuralgis.
AnseulAr rheumatism. Lunbago, retarded sction
OF the Kidneys. and"
81 gfys It nps Ieosor ana Id ezss OF need fil buy
Bensonf." said the traveller. pleasantly.
0ff h.
oAPCIEE
seee5ury q johnson, Chemist New YORK.
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The most venerable figure in Little Rock
is the old printer and journalist Mr.. w. E.
Woodruff, whose career eompri.es the his
tory of Arkansas. On Christmas day he
celebrated his eigh.y.seventh birthday, as
sisted by his family and friends, of whom
there was a large number present. Mr.
Woodruff learned the art of printing in
Nashville, in this State, and in 1919 removed
to Arkansas Post then the seat OF the Territo-
rial government, whence he removed to Little
Rock when that became the capital Of the
State, tsking With him the Gazette, which.
still fouriahes az sns of the moet enterpris-
ing and inIelligeusly eoudacted newspapers
of the country. Mr.. Woodruff il, for his
age, hale and hearty man, and still con-
tinues TO take an interest in the public
affairs OF State he helped to establish and
whose growth he has been worker for and
vituess of
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LoNpoN EIsH EXPOSITION.
PREPARATIONS MAKING FOR THE AMERICAN
EXHIBIT BY PROF. BAIRD.

EXHIBIT BY PROF. BAIRD.
WASHINGTON, December 26.-Oae OF the
wings of the new National Museum is being
used for the preparation of the American
exhibit to be taken to London for the Inter
national Fish Exposition. In the matter of
impIements, for example, they start with The
rude wooden and bone hook-, harpoons and
spears use1 by ihe Indisns. The progress in
the manufacture OF this kind Of appliances is
-.ks-a-by spec men of each improvement,
from the crudest nnFalsI1l-EAG 81 -zA<ege to
the latest style used at the preeenf IiLas in
ths psosscu;ion Of hsbing ss business. The
eesass snlarp u s;sisoeea u the natter Of boat.
AtI-kinds CT 80 sc
mech snical appliances in the building I'D
STANDARDIZATION of the different crafts are
shown. All The product of the fisheries are
exhibited. Ornaments from scales, bones
and teeth are prepared, and have been ar
ranged in cases. Various kinds Of oil and
fertilizers N sde from fish find a place
in the collection. There are exhibited also
specimens OF clothing worn by fisher
men in different latitudes, together
with Instruments of music, showing
the methods of amusement in vogue
among the whalers. There are also be-
ing prepared painted casts of every
species Of fish found il American walers,
with the exception OF thirteen or fourteen
which have not yet been captured. The va
rlous processes Oh propSSAlpg nsn as prac-
ticed in this country will also be exhibited.
A complete catalogue will be made before
the collection leaves the National Museum,
and The collection will be so marked aud ar
ranged that il will be transferred from the
ship in which il is TO be carried over and put
in place 10 the building in Lsndoo, TO cor
respond with the catalogue. The Fish Com
mission vessel AIbstross, which is now being
completed at Wilmington. will take over the
commissioners to the exposition and the
American exhibit, which ust be in London
by ihe 1st of May. No doubt is expressed
by Prof. Baird aud his colleagues. who were
at the Berlin Exposition. that Americs, as
before, will carry off most of the prizes.
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GRAIN CORNERS.
A Decision of the Committee OF fhs
New York Produce Exchange.


New York, December 26-The committee
on grain of the Produce Exchange gave a
decision to-day upon the points in contro-
versy between Lane & Son and Hustled &
Hszeltine in the issue arising out of the late
corner in grain. The decision states that
deliveries were made in accordance with the
rules of the Produce Exchange, and that
Hustled & Hszsltine must pay Lane the full
amount of the claim, Sic, 1886, with interest
from November 20, 1882; that the charges of
fraud and conspiracy against Lane & Son
have not been sustained, but that 1882
bushels of corn, originally purch ased for
shipment by Lane & Son and not shipped,
having been delivered by them in grain re-
ceipts Nos. S48 and $40. Lane & Son shall
pay Hustled & Haseltine S4246, with interest
between the price paid by Lane & Son to
Hustled & Hazsltine and the selling price on
the day of delivery.
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IRON AND sTkEL.
WHO ARRANGED THE REPORT OF THE TARIFT
COMMITS ION


WASHINGTON, December 26.-The iron
and steel importers say they want 10 pc
called before the Ways and Means Commit
tee and Senate Finance Committee. Both
these committees, however, have refused to
give any oral hearing. The reason why the
importers want to be called ia that they
charge that the commission did not make
The iron and steel schedule in the rep ort,
and that if the two committees will indicate
their desire TO leaea-lhe srnth about this
De furnieh. a with a liza. of
1emDers OF some Oh the most ram. ~.
business hEms in the coansrv,---5is.s I,,,-
por tera charge that the iron and steel scted-
uie an the com missions report wasr.zoe by
the FIttsburg steel manufacturers of Wlon-
dearF Oliver, of the commission is a prom
Inent member. They say that sny skilled
iron and steel dealer could detect this fact
bsesuss the schedule could only have been
the WORK OF men who are familiar with The
steel business in lis smallest details They are
sure of being able 10 convince the WAYS and
Means and Finance Committees of this if
they can have hearing. Everything, SC
cording 10 the importers, goes 10 the benefi.
OF the steel makers. The reductions of duty
are on articles that are now prohibited and
the increases on articles thst are nov largely
imported. Congress, it seems, has not a re-
port on iron and steel, at least from its COM
mission, but from the protected interesis, and
the importers insist that both sides shall be
heard. Mr.. David A. Wells and Mr., ]. S.
Moore have thrown good deal of light on
the snbiec', and the members of the Ways
and Means Committee haSe heard that Mr..
Edward Atkinson has prepared some valua-
Die dofo, Ehich they are in hopes be will
soon publi<h.
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coNkLING AND saEwsTER.
THE EATToREEY-GENERALA AND THE Ex- sE,;I
TOE BEFoRE TIE suPREME cnfRr

WASHINGTON, December 26-The Caoital
says: "Mr. Conkli3g was here again this
week, and made one of his greatest efforts.
iu the Supreme Courtroom. There was a
concourss Of listeners, Including many
women. He delivered constitutional
argument OF several hours' length, and told
precisely how the Fourteenth anne adaent
csme TO be adopted and what it rig htIy signi-
hes TO him and his client. When he had
finished, onr elegant Attorney General took
the floor, and iE about half an hour upset
all that the ex-senator had said. Mr.,
BreEster's argument pleased the lawyers in
side the bar of the court as much as Lr.
Conkipg's remarks had pleased the specta-
tors on the ontsids. But Mr.. Conkling gets
his pay for his efforts, azd his practice now
brings hIm hsndsoms annual Feturp. Mr..
Esarts tells me that Whatever may be said
by Mr.. Csnkling;s critics, he has already
gained most lucrative business, such a. is
exceeded by that of only a fey lawyers at
the New York bar. He will in Two OF three
years be able 10 re-enter politics with for
tune. There is ne doGbt that Mr.. Brewster
Is one Of the ablest lawyers in the country,
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RAILROAD LAND GRANTS.
WHAT MR. PAYsoN Is DOING LOOKING TO


WAsHINeToS, December 26.-Representa-
tive Payson Illus ], member of the House
COMMITTEE on Judiciary, who has taken a
very active part in the matter OF lspsed
railroad land grants, and who mas declared
himself. 10 favor Of for!eiting all une armed
lands, has been devoting the holiday recess
in collecting additional details bearing on
the subject. At the Department OF the In
terror to-day he ascertained that the Oregon
Central road has constructed but very few
miles under It's grant, and that it controls
upward of 100000 acres bstween
Portland and Astoria, upon which SCI
tl rs are very desirous of entering. With a
view of throwing this land open to settle
ments under the homestead laws, Mr.. Payson
has prepared a resolution decla'iag the
ssme forfeited, and hopes to have it acted
upon by the House Judiciary Committee at
the next meeting. In conversation with a
representative Of the Western Press to-day
on the general question of forfeiture OF land
grants, Mr.. Payson said that indications are
quite favorable for the consideration of the
subject in the House before the adjournmen Mt
of The preseul aession
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A BOX OF BOMBS,
In the shape OF Unpublished Letters.
Which Dorsey Threatens TO Explode
in the Republican Camp,
Causing Much Uneasiness Among the
MISUNDERSTANDING and Brewster
A Great Responsibility.

WAsHISeroN, December 26-Tne SLGr, or
the subject Of Rerdell turning Siate's5..
ness in the Stsr-Toute caser, sAys- II -
thought by those VINO have ciosrg opsefFea sea
the proceedings that Rsrdell IN .ske .t tne
eIota. b.t !, viii afford .se only retreat for
Tet Inn 70 esc,ps Sc The pepsen'iary: At 'he lsst
tr;.l I'LL p p R.rde!J was serted by his co-defend-
ants I ia a..i~c3nv: verdict, it is said,
which his cd g 1h approvsa neatiiS Is
.,essoI Rerdell appearing witnsss against
-tshe1L-xss removed. Judge Wylie's action,
setting asids The veFdicE IN RerdslI : case and
giving him an equal chancs with the clhsfz,
has brought him forward again as man 10
be feared. There are evideoces that there is
a great lack of harmony among the defsnd-
znts, and their differences, it is expected,
will result in favor Of the prosecution. At
present the other defendants are making
efforts to placate Rsrdell.
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and his personal idiosyncrscies do pot de-
tract from his influence at the bar. Ig 30,
ciety he has always been talked about and
ALWAYS will be. Ia fact / might IS well cay
that he intends to be. 1t is part OF his
theory Of human conduct that a 10 an who Is
conspicuous in his abilities should also De
conspicuous in his dress demeznor and per-
sonzi belongings. He thinks that there
should never be a mistake as 70 the identity
OF Benjamin Harris Brewster. ! am bound
to say that he has been toleraoly suceessIn' u!
tinct from other men. No young man ever
aecosts him in the street as Mr.. Jones, from
JouesyiIle, and inquiries after his health and
that of the little Jones at home, nor does
aovbody mix up his big yellow coach with
.Jast ros,xa> -
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Or ThursdAy last Solomon's Lodge, F. A.
NJ, Savannah, Ga, held its one hundred
and forty-ssveDth annual meeting. Ac-
cording to tradition, this lodge was insti-
tuted by Gen. james oglelhorpe in 1888, but
its Masonic record does not go back to that
year, the FIRST official mention we find of it
being in the report of the Grand Lodge of
England, where, under date of November II,
1875, it is entered 90 the list as " No. 139,
Savannah, in We Province OF Georgia" The
minute books OF the lodge from 1884 are in
tact, bat those from 1875 to 1779 have been
lost, snd are supposed 10 have been destroyed
during the revolutionary war.
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THE FIRE RECORD.

New OELEANs, December 26.-Four two-
story brick stores, extending from 377 TO 3S3
Dry yades street, burned, with their contents.
Loss, $4,000; insured.
MONROE, LA, December 26.-The GIN
house and other outbuildings on the planta-
ton OF George Miller were burned by an
inceudiary. No insurance.
. SAVANNAH, GA, December ga FIRE in
the Wellman warehouse, corner Bay and
Price streets, damaged the 500 bales of cotton
stored there about forty per cent
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THE WESTERN UNION
The Suit Brought TO Set Aside the
Agreement with the Atlantic and
Pacific Company
Up for Trial-Affidavits Of President
Green and Secretary Brewer-The
Stock Legally Issued.

New YORK. December 26.-The suit of
William S. Williams on behalf of himself
and others similarly interested, against the
others. came up to-day. The suit tzs
brought to sat aside the agreement made by
the Western Union Company to the Atlantic
and Pacific Company and others. The suit
Is for au injunction to Prevsnt the paymsnF
OF the dividend upon certain stock. Coun-
sci for the Western Union read the sfhdavit
OF A. Brewer, secretary, to the effect
THAT TRANSFERS OF STOCK
upon the company's books were so numer-
Gus that il would be impossible TO make q
distinction bstween shat stock, which 1t was
said was leg 4ffy izzu-a, 1rd-tAes-whioh il
commended that the stock was valid, and the
court could not restrain the company from
paying dividends upon il. A contract
which had been entered into between
three companies was binding upon all the
parties, even if it should be set aside. Divi-
dends having been declared, each stock
holder could begin action TO recover it if not
paid. Counsel also read the affidavit of
PRESIDENT GREEN,
who asserts that all actions of the defend ants
regarding the consolidation agreement were
justified BY Law. Relying upon the decision
OF Judge Truax, the whole number of shares
Of the capital stock as it increased was issued,
with the exception of about 400 sh ares, which
had been distributed, snd were at present in
the hands of a large number OF persons.
President Green also AYERS that the company
is about TO appeal from the judgment rem
derd BY the general term.
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selection and theirWork.

WASHINGTON Sunday paper states that
the Democrats of Chicago, after failing in
their efforts TO purchase the Times, made a
proposition TO Henry WStierson 10 mount
his Corgier-Joaznai on wheels and rua il up
to Chicago. Mr. Watterson consented 10 the
arrangement. He was ambitious for a
wider constituency. 1t was argued that he
could go to Chicsgo, retain his Kentucky
subscribers. and add to them the support OF
the new field. The Democratic hackers of
Mr.. Watterson found just one obstacle in
the way of carryiog out this plan. In Lou
AsVIAe the Courier. JoHTnai was inside the
AssoolAsd Press. 1t could not carry this
privilege . Chicago, however. Then sppli-
cation was hsde for admission to the associ-
auon 20 Cnicalo. To this application was
added the modet sum of 500, 900 as pay
nent for the privilege of admission. 1t was
refused, and the tAnsplanling project fell
through. What nea?
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AMERICAN woi kingmen act directly against
their own interests when they vote in sup
port OF a protective tariff. Constituting as
they do the bulk Of the consumers of the
country, they bsar the principal part OF the
burden OF all taxation, whether inthe shape Of
imports or Internal revenue. Upon the
theory of the greatest good 10 the
greatest number, any reduction OF taxa
iion, where it does not produce offsetting
evils of greater moment than the good to be
affected, is thing TO be desired; and this is
just precisely the reason upon which We
base our opinion that a protective tariff
is not essential 10 the prosperity Of the
country and should consequently be reduced
TO the dimensions of Tariff for revenue
oulV
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New EnsIand ToDaeeo Growers.

Hartford, CoSN., December pa meet
ing OF about 400 tobacco-growers OF Con-
necticut and Massachusetts, was held ere
to-day TO organizs the New Euglsnd A sso-
citation, for mutual benz 6t and proieci ion.
Speeches were made by dealers and growers
favoring higher duty on Sumatra tobacco,
which is seriously iujuring New England
growers of cigar-wrspPers. A long time
was spent in discussion. r solutions were
finally adopted asking Congress 10 impose a
duty Of 81 per pound on all foreign tobacco
imported into this country except tobacco
raised in or shipped from the island of Cuba,
and urging Congress 10 take such action as
will either relieve oar tobacco growing in
dustry from the burden of taxation entirely
or 50 reduce said taxation as in the judg,
pent of Congress may appear best.