The Forrest City times., 1893-05-12
NATIONAL GOSSIP.


 | Special Agent Murphy of the Agricultural
 Department Going to Europe to Exploit
 American Corn-American Wines to he
 Given Boost-Wm. M. Springer on Naeation-The New Congressional Direc-
 toTy-Death of Col Lamon, Etc.
 WASHINGTON. May 9.-In its gossip, the Post has the following:
 TO EXPLOIT AMERICAN CORN.
 Special Agent Murphy, of the agri- | cultural department, leaves in few | days for Europe. He will be accom- panied by State Senator Mettus of Ne braska. For some time past Mir. Mur- phy has been engaged in an endeavor to introduce Indian corn, or maize, to the people of Europe as food. He has cooked cakes for them. initiated them into the mysteries of "dodger." and made them acquainted with the delights of of egg bread" He has met with fair success, but, working unaided, could not accomplish all that he hoped. A bureau will be established in London by which the merits of corn will be ex- plotted every day in the year. It will be served in all it's various forms There is special appropriation for the pur- pose.
 AMERICAN WINES IN EUROPE.
 California wines are already among the product that will be placed in con- tinental stomachs. Secretary Morton believes that when the people across the water are shown the excellence and | oh Of he nf tho western hemispheres, they will buy them. Plenty of corn is shipped now, but it is fed only to quadrupeds. Amer ican wines are unknown, except to cer- | tain dealers in the fair of Province, put French labels on them and send them back to the United States. MIR. SPRINGER GONE TO MACKINAC. William NJ. Springer has quietly left the city for the lake country of Wiscon- sin. His address, until further notice will be Mackinac. He stated that he would not return until September or October, which means that he will not return until the extra session is called. His absence indicates that he has finished all the tariff work it is possible for him to do in Washington; that he is thoroughly satisfied as to the wishes of the president, and | that he desires some months of leisure in which to recuperate in advance of one of the most tremendous struggles in the legislative history of the coun- try.
 THE NEW CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTORY.
 The extra edition of the Congress sional directory, corrected to April 20, has just come from the public printer and is in great demand. It was ordered by resolution of the sem ate so as to cover the principal changes incident to the change of administration. The joint congress, on printing deemed it desira ble to give the biographies of the new senators and membe of the house of the new LII, congress, and this has been done as result of early and continuous ef- fort on the part of the compiler, who secured the biographies of all the rep resentatives of the LII committees, and is therefore able to give them all in this special edition almost at the close of the LII congress.
 This new edition," he says in his in troductory remarks, will give the old and the new members opportunity to become acquainted with each other through the medium of the directory before the meeting of the LII con- gress and the speaker will be enabled to learn through these biogra phies the peculiar qualifications of the new mem- bers for committee work and therefore be able to make up, in most part, his committee for the LII congress at the earliest possible day
 This issue contains also official biog- raphies of President Cleveland. his ca b. met and of MT. Justice Jackson. the new member of the supreme court of the United States.
 To this useful and compact magazine has been added new feature under the classifying title Executive Man. sion Rules, consisting of the rules re- ! lating to the conduct of business and the reception of visitors at the White | House. as announced tV Private Secre- tary Thurber, by direction of President l Cleveland.