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NOT DUMB, YET SPEECHLESS.
a Husbands Jealousy Results in
Twelve Years of Silence,
rhough Dwelling Under the Same Roof
Even on His Death-Bed the wife's
Prayers for a Word Avail Net,

CHICAGO, July pa strange life story,
with remarkable climax, ended TODAY
when James Hutchins, a well-to-do resi-
dent OF this city, was buried. The DEATH
| peu scene was an extraordinary one. The
dylng man had not spoken word to his
Wlle IN twelve years, and for that time
| they mad occupied separate rooms in the
same house. He was singular and obsti-
| nate man. Dr. Parsons told him he had
only few hours to live. Mrs. Hutchins
was crying,a and the dying man with wide
| open eyes watched her. With a sudden
impulse of a love that had survived the
years of cruel treatment, Mrs. Hutch :
| ins threw her arms around
her husbands neck, kissed him
fondly and begged him to speak to
her once, to break before he died the
silence of a dozen years. There was a
struggle apparent in his countenance; his
lips opened as if to speak, but only an in
articuIate sound came from them; his face
grew set and stern again; he slightly re-
pulsed her, and was taken with spasm of
coug hing; he asked the doctor for a drink
OF water. Mrs Hutchns madeno further
attempts at a reconciliation. and in n half
hour her husband died. The Hutchins
were married thirty years ago in England.
They came to the town of Lake sixteen
years ago, and he got work with the Union
Stock-yards Company. He met Henry
Barrof, and as fellow workmel they be-
came strong friends, and Barroff, who was
unmarried, used to visit Hutchirs many n
time at his house. One evening Barrofr
dropped in before Hutchins had returned
from his work. He sat down, andpresent
ly llutchins came in. "HelIo, Barrofr; ;
how are you:" said he. GLOW dive do
Jim" said Barroif, and the conversation
proceeded socially for an hour or two
when Barroff went home. As soon as the
door closed behind him Hutchins charged
his wife with infdelity. He broke into a
frightful passion. Ho would hear M renIv
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Coin Statistics,

WASHINGTON, July 20.---The Director o
the Mint reports that for the year 1857 tn,
product OF gold amounted to S33 O00, 600
and of silver to Sj3,2j1 600. Coinage of tn,
mints during the calendar year, 500, $40, ljl
Bars of gold and silver manufactured
SG533s,i9l. Total metallic stock in the
United States on the LIST Of June, lSSS:
Gold coin, Sl92, l29, IO2; gold bullion
in the mints, STA, 0sl7-total gold
S70G,Sio,5l9. Silver dollars, S297, ,099, 100;
subsidiary coin, $4,000, SO; silver bullion
in the mints, SO, lji,aOj-total silver 1888,
6j5,j37. Total gold and silver, Sl,09J, ,i95,
0jG. Gold aud silver used in the arts, $40,
$4,000 The coinage Of the world during
the calendar year lNN7was ~ h99S, I97 gold
and Sl33,j92, ,OGG silver Reported consump-
tion of gold in the industrial arts in the
world for 1856 was ,iG,O0Oo)) gold and
S22,OOOO 600 silver Production of gold and
silver in the world in 1856 was SOS, i6i, ,23j
gold and Sl2G, 10, SEQ.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-07-28
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

Little boy-"Pa, why doe, the
world move?' Pa, thinking of some
thing else: because it is cheaper
than paying rent"
Farmer (sneeringly)-"After you
get through digging what are you
going to do?' Amateur gardener
Put porous plaster on my back"
-Lvc.
Married woman - 'Matrimony
without love is pcrdectly dreadful"
Old maid Not more dreadful than
love without matrimony." - Wdshiag-
ton critic.
Humorous husband Maria, what
do you think? This morning man
looked me straight in the face and cut
me-" Trusting wife-"Good gracious.
Who was it?' Humorous husband
The barber" "-Hupcr's Bdsar.
Old lady (to street gamin) Boy,
you are very dirty little fellow Why
don't you run home and ask your
mother to wash your face and handsP'
Gamin-''Me mudder amt got time,
mum, to-day. It's wash day."-M
Epoch,
-She-''What frigid, tall creature
Miss Cantatrice is He-'I agree with
you, but what is that high note she is
on nowpN She-"rm sure don't rec
ognize it. Perhaps it may be new
onc-Polar G.. for Instance. ''-NeV
Hdcen NeCS.
Small brother And, Jack,
heard pa say that if you didn't gradu-
ate this year he'd make ii hot for you"
Jack Loafer dropped three years)-
"lt's strange, Bobbie, my boy, what a
difference in temperature that one de-
gree does make. ."-Harcdrd Ldppoon.
Fond father (to his boy who has
just returned from a years absence at
schooD -"Well, how did you get along
with your art studies? Can you draw
well9" Boy (absent-mindedly)-"Draw
we'll? Nav! Awful hard luck. Never
filled a flush during the whole term"
--JHdye.
Mrs. Delaney Wayuppe is having
her house rearranged for the spring,
and notices that John Thomas. who is
rehanging the pictures, is getting
warm over it; Mrs. b. W.-"John."
j. T-"Yes, mim." Mrs. ID. w
"You look tired. Go out and perspire
II little. e."-Town Topics.
First business man (busy with a
pile of letters) s)-"Yes, I'm most dead,
and my correspondence not half done.
| wish l could afford to adopt your
plan. You dictate to that pretty girl
typewriter yet, l suppose" Second
B. Dictate 10 her yet2 Not much
don't. We're married now. Omaha
World.
MARY. will you marry mel" mo.
George. can not. - '.Do you-lo you
love another?' mo, but | can never
be your wife. saw you un'piring
that game Of ball yesterday, and !
can not give my heart TO man who
will call man out on strikes when ho
ought to have his base on balls. "--Ltr-
cola Je9rRr'
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PERSONAL AND IMpERSONAL.

Sarah Bernhardt is nothing if not
theatrical and spectacular. When she
entertains at her house she sits at her
table on a regular throne with a can
opy overhead.
Mrs. Kendall, the great English
actress, is the inventor and patcntce OF
II lamp and candle shade, from tho
sales of which she derives handsome
profit. 1t is called the "Egdam"
own name reserved.
In Paducah, Ky, rich German,
upon going into drug store for
something to heal hurt got in the
Franco-Prussian campaign, found in
the man who supplied it not only
fellOwGerman, but the same surgeon
who had attended him when first hurt
in the Fatherland.
Elder T. W. Evans, the great
Shaker, in celebrating his eightieth
birthday, says that he will live ten
years more, and will in that time see
his theories realized -tO-wit: State
ownership of land, the holding of pub
lie office by celibates alone, equal suf-
frage, and the ownership and educa-
tion of children by the state.
Mr.. Cassius +. Lee. Jr., of Alex
andria, Va, has two original letters OF
General Washington-on dated Cam
Ia, IL bad
just assumed command of the Conti-
mental army, and the other addressed
near the close of the war to Mr.. Fred
erick Bland, a member of Congress
from Virginia, and dated al Newburg,
n. Y, 1888.
Hester Morris, of Wyoming Terri
tory. was the first woman in the Unit
ed States ever appointed justice OF the
peace. She was a tall woman, with a
profile which closely resemblcd the
portraits of Queen Elizabeth. While
she was in Office the was terror to n
class of cvil-doers. Yes" the half-in'
ebriated rough would plead on his ar
rest, II have been a-beatin' my wife
again, know it; but don't send me
up fore Mis-. Morris. Irather 20 fore
ten men than thet women. | rather
be tried by a man"
Miss Susan b. Anthony, the most
famous old maid in America who WAS
so prominent in the Woman's lnterna-
tional Council in Washington, is now
in her siXty-ninth year. She is of
Quaker ancestry, and though born in
Massac!,: 3c,.s '-'s educated in Fill ,-
delphia. Her earliest public efforts
were in behalf of the temperance cause.
Since 1862 she has been one Of the lead
ing spirits in every woman's right con-
Tention. and has been the acting see
retary and general agent Of the wum-
ans rights agitation through all these
years.
A young lady of New York amttscs
herself with humming birds as pets.
They build their nests in the lace cur
tains and have raised little families in
the parlor There are plants for them
to fly about in, and every day the
florist sends u basket of flowers for
them to extract the honey from. They
are like little rainbows flying about
the room, and they light ON the head
of their dainty mistress with perfect
freedom, She has an especial affinity
for the feathered race, and pigeons,
canarics and bulltnches are included
among her household favorites.
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INTERNAL REVENUE.


WASHINGTON, July 24.-Hon. Joseph S.
Miller, Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
has made a preliminary report of tho
operations Of the Internal Revenue Bureau
for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1883. The
total collections for the year were yl24 ,326, :
ga as against Sis, ,S37 ,30l for the previous
hscal year, being an increase Of S5,iS9, lI3.
The cost of collection for the year was
S5,"o30oO, exclusive of the amount eX-
pended for the printing of internal reve-
nue. stamps. In case this amount is not
increased by items yet to be settled, the
percentage of cost of collection will be
about3'2 per cent Of the amount collected.
The Commissioner says that under the
conditions now existing with regard to
pending legislation, etc, it is impossible to
MAKE estimate of the probable collections
for the current fiscal year. The collections
were made up as follows: On spirits,
sG,'4a,'F6, an ineSr7se of S3,476 So; on to-
bacco $50, ,662, ,i31, an increase Of Sjji ,36i; on
fermented liquors, S23, 32i ,2lS, an increase
of 81, i02,O3l; on oleomargarine, 1864, ,lD,
an increase OF Sli0 1872; banks and bankers,
Si2'3, decrease of SSG; on miscellaneous,
Sl6j,3l6, n decrease of SSH The collec-
tlons were greatest in Illinois, New York,
Kentucky and Ohio, in the order named,
and the smallest in New Mexico, Alabama,
South Carolina and Arkansas, in the order
named. There was an increase of 27S, ,220, =
500 cigarettes and 56,42l,2J7 cigars manu-
factured during the year.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-07-28

WASHINGTON, July 23,-Thc reports from
Delaware and Maryland, the great peach
growing States, indicate that the peach
crop for this season viii be unmccedcnte |
in its yield. 1t will exceed the great pro-
auction OF the year 1873, when five million
baskets were marketed, and prices were as
a consequence merely nominal. The grow
ers are alarmed about the reproduction
this year, hut since 1870 there have been
several markets opened for peaches which
were not then in existence.
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INDIGNANT ITALIANS.
''.'",u''ohs OF Protest Against Being Put
=" the fauper Class-Circular of IA Deci.
eedly Revolutionary Ring.

hesoiutions Of Protest Against Rs;,o pr,
IN the Pauper Class-Circular of n nec,
eeuiy Revolutionary Ring.
PHILADELPHIA, July 22.-About two
thousand Italians assembled in Kelly,s
nan, this afternoon, to protest against
statements that had been made that thew
"cre pauper class, and that the RECENTLY
appointed Congressional committee nro.
poses TO investigate the matter After
iiS'ehihg to addresses by Angelo Astarit-
ICa ana Nicholas Comforti of New
iorK, and Others, the following resolu
'iohS We're presented, with long in
PRODUCTION in Italian, and went THROUGH
"'Vh rush: First This meet.
iuB condemns the action Of the Ital-
IAN societies of immigration in humili-
a'lhB the name of Italy as the land of
saves and padrones. Second-That we.
ooeylhg the laws of this glorious Republic,
pray ana hope no law of ostracism will be
passed against our immigration. as il is
contrary to libegiy and the civilization Of
thls country" The circular which called
'he meeting together, has q flavor of
revolutionary language about it, and
reads; "ltalians-The moment to show
ourselves united for the common honor of
the Italians has arrived. The American
press has undertaken a war against rs to
influence the American Government to
take measures against us, a free peo-
pie Energetic action must be taken
without loss of time. Italians of
all the colony, of whatever DO
htlcal opinion, the supreme moment has
arrived, United with the name of Italy in
our mouths, let us prepare for war Those
who Will not be in our line will be against
us and against Italy. The time is short.
Let all societies unite and do their dutv.r
The Italian cavalry company and the mill
tary companies of the Bersagleri and of
the Genio, composed of street-sweepers,
were to have marched to the hall in full
uniform, but were not allowed to do so the
police refusing to permit an armed assem-.
hlopa
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-07-28

ELmcoTr CITY, MD., July PA year
ago one Captain McEroy, of the Salvation
Army, established station here. When
he was transferred from Ellicott City two
months ago, McElroy had become engaged
to respectable girl A few days after his
departure it was learned by friends of the
girl that he had a wife and family at Get
tysburg. Pa. The religious Captain came
to town last night again to assist in re-
vivaL A dozen young men, who are
friends Of the family of the lady above re-
ferred TO- went to the Salvation Army
headquarters, seized McElroy and escorted
him to the outskirts of the town, where
they welted him with horsewhips and
warned him never to enter the gates of
ElliCott City again.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-07-28

FTrY is now employed tc
on medical Investigations,
used II little pea.
fhcd to the end of Il slender
|minc the throat of the Ger.
for' The little battery tina,
r electricity hangs around
5 neck, BY the aid of these
Pc lights, the manipulations
|eon can be much more ac-
conducted, and results alto
cSslble when guided by the
pen only, become coinpara-
10 achieve.
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THO EeNer In Elnridn

WASHINGTON, July 22.-Surgeon General
Hamilton was asked to-day what action
would be taken to prevent the spread of
the fever in Florida. He said: Guards
will he Immediately placed to prevent
refugees rom injecting other places. Per-
sons wishing to leave the infected villages
will have to pass the usual detention pe-
riod and have theg clothing fumigated.
There are plenty of tents at Tampa, which
will be used for a refugee detention camp
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lea Of dry land of the world is
at 81, 600, 600 square miles, the
the ocean 1877, 100000 square
Thc bulk Of the dry land above
of the sea is %, 450,00 cubic
d the volume of waters of tho
BIS, ,S00,00 cubic miles. The
|eht Of the land is $3.50 feet.
} depth Of the whole ocean is
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IuNiun the Trusts

WASHINGTON, July 23-Reprcsentativt
Springer, of Illinois, to-day introduced in
the House n bill to tax the products OF
trusts, II provides that in addition to the
taxes already imposed upon any product
manufactured by trusts there shall be i'm.
posed an internal revenue tax of forty pei
,cnt., and that no drawback shall be al.
lowed on such goods when exported.
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CHATTANOOGA, TENN, July 22.-John
Magee, a prominent farmer of Monroe
County, near the Little Tennessee river,
has in his possession small bronze can
non that was taken out Of the ground many
wears before the late war. 1t is supposed
that it was left there by Desoto, although
if he were in that section OF country it has
not been generally known.
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I've neye' been in a hurry; |
kays taken "a plenty of exercise;
|lways tried to be cheerful, and
kkcnal the sleep that ! needed. :"
|crc the rules of health followed
k,e Rev. James Freeman Clarke,
Smliyed and outworked most of
ho began life with him.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-07-28

CINCINNATI. July %. 2O.-Ex-Goyerno Thos.
H. Young died this afternoon. General
Young had not been in good health since
last February. He then became affected
with disease of the liver, which culmin-
ated in dropsy General Young, in Feb
ruary. 1877, as observation-disclosures OF
Ohio, became Governor on the ascendancy
of h. b. Hayes to the office of President OF
the United States,
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WHEEllNG'S FLOOD.


Much Damage to Property
WHEELING, W, VA, July 2D.---The latest
and most authentic reports from the local
tiles where the storm was worst Thursday
night show state Of affairs scarcely
guessed at before daylight to-day. The
line of the Pittsburgh division of the b. g.
o. r. Il. will have to be practically rebuilt
from Elm Grove to the Pennsylvania State
line fifteen miles. Six large and
costly bridges were washed away,
the track lifted from the road-bcd
and twisted into all conceivable
shapes, for miles at Il stretch. At some
places it is impossible to discern where
the road dbed has been, while with the OK
coption Of only an occasional gap on high
and solid ground the entire bed is badly
washed, The bodies of fourteen victims
have been recovered from the swollen
waters here, and number of others are
believed to have been carried away by the
floods. At Triadelpha half the houses of
the town was swept away by the raging
waters. Bellaire and Quincy also suffered
much from the food.
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Horrors in Rapid Succession.

KNOXVILLE, TENN, July 2t.--At Ahing-
don, Va, a man named Grayson, crazed
by drink, threatened to shoot every body
he met 4 well-known citizen named
Lillbum Trpp tried TO pacify him, but was
shot anl so badly injured that he died to-
day. Glayson was attacked by infuriated
citizens and beaten so badly that he also
died. Trips aged mother, who was an
eyewitness to the shooting, could not
overcome the shock and has since died.
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i. There is no use talking, Tn going

to get married." said u bachelor, while
busily engaged in sewing. Here |
have worked just twenty minutes by
the watch trying to get this needle
threaded, and then, just as succeeded,
pulled the thread out Finally / got
it threaded, and now, having sewed on
this button well and strong, ! find |
have got 1t on the wrong side, and l
have all my work to do over again. ~
household Uor2s.
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A COLOSSAL SCHEME.
II Amounts to the Insurance Of Bank he
positors Against Loss.

IT Amounts to the Insurance OF Bank ne-
positors Against Loss.
NEW YoRE, July 2t-The Depositors'
Guarantee Company of America is new
corporation which has Just issued its pros
pectus, outlining a somewhat novel and
colossal enterprise and line of business.
Its object is to guarantee and indemnify
depoSitor, in National and State banks
against loss, and it is organized
with u capital of S1,OOO,00o in
800 shares to be invested in
United States bonds and approved munic-
ipal and State bonds, The company will
have branch offices in the various cities of
the Union. Its directors include Govern
ment, bank and insurance officers. One
thousand prominent banks have signifed
their intention to become stockholders and
have their dcpositors guaranteed by this
company These banks have agreed to pay
the company one-tifth of one per cent. an
nually on their gross deposits, making a
yearly income of 100000 over estimated
expenses No bank will be guaranteed
that is not n Stockholder.
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well. Cantain. were you please,

Well, Captain, were you pleased
with the ladyP" ITO speak frankly, l
was somewhat disappointed" "How
sop They said she was intellectual;
but | talked with her half an hour, and
she did not open her mouth once. i"
"You are mistaken there, Captain. She
yawned six or eight times. Hicgenee
Riatter.
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THE NEW CRUISER.
Launch of the Charleston At Ga,
Francisco.
''"'"'nt Cruiser Ever Lancheo
Oh the Pacific cCoast-Armament
Of the Vessel.

oAN FRANCISCO, July 90 Thousands OF
people assembled in the vicinity of the
snip yards of the Union Iron Works last
evening to witness the launching of cruis.
er NO. 5, the first Government vessel eyer
launched on the Pacific Const General
,lo"uru and Commodore Belknap, with a
'"ise number OF army and navy officers
were on hand to witness the ceremonies
uovernor Waterman, Mayor Pond, the
poaiu OF supervisors, foreign consuls
ana Federal and State officials gem
orally, with number of newspaper men
also occupied position on tie platform.
MISS Alice Scott, daughterof the superin-
tendent OF the works, broke bottle of wine
over the side and christened tho new
cruiser charleston" amid the booming of
cannon, screeching Of whistles and shouts
from thousands of throats, the
vessel glided slowly Off the
ways and out into the stream. The
launch was pronounced successful in all
respects. The contract PROV idod for the
completion Of the cruiser in eighteen
months, which term expired June - last.
Penalties are fixed for delay over this time,
which by December next will amount to
$4,000, by which time the contractors ex
pect to have the vessel entirely completed
ana ready to hand over TO
the Government. No particular speed
is stipulated for, but the engines are re-
quired to maintain a combined horse
power of 1000 for four hours, and it is ex-
pected that the new cruiser will be able to
attain speed of over eighteen knots an
hour She is built entirely Of steel, and has
twin screws. The ships armament will con-
slst of two eight-inch, ,brecch loading rifles,
mounted on pivot carriages fore and aft,
having train of $50, and an effective
range of about eight miles; thre six-nch
guns, mounted on each side, ten six
pound Hotchkss guns and four Gatlngs.
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Well Preserved Corpse.

KNOXVILLE, TENN, July 22.-The re-
mains of VIM. Thomas, who died April 0,
1861, were disinterred to-day near Morris
town for removal to a distant cemetery.
The body was in a perfect state of preser.
walton and looked lifelike. The beard had
grown considerably,
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brIcs show that the proportion
In engaged in agriculture to
|lning money otherwise is ono
4 and Of those engaged in agri-
bout onc-fourth are in Iowa.
|inbcrs Of women take up Gov
lands, more often unmarried
han unmarried men.
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ltcst swindlc on farmers in
.,nia is said to be this: The
bjccts to giving his note and
b discounted for cash. The
pys; "Oh, Wen keep the note "
\ across the face: "Not trans
In a short time it is found in
! |of another party, with an sep
the Not" which makes it
BITE transferable"
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Imported Contract Labor Case.

BosToy July 22,-Ths iourneymen free
stone cutters have issued circular warm
ing the public that jeremiah Carew, con-
tractor for several public buildings, has
imported foreign labor under contract at
low rates of pay, and is forcing the men to
work ten hours day, instead of the regu-
lation nine. The city council have ordered
an investigation.
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Victims of an ENnlosinn.

ST. Louis, July 22,-Tnformation comes
from Zion, KY, near Henderson, of fatal
boiler explosion at the coal shafts of Will
liams & Moss. David Stone the engineer,
and Moses Haskin, fireman, were instantly
killed, and Fred Williams, Frank Throop
and Alexander Longnecker were badly
scalded. The two latter will die.
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Industrial Home Opened.

PHILADELPHIA, July 2O,-The industrial
home and school founded by the late
Francis A. Drcxcl's daughters, near Bris-
to, Pa, was informally opened yesterday,
two hundred boys being transferred to the
school from the st. Johns Orphan Asylum
ir tbie rity