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f The Weekly Star. SEA BIKD AND LAND BIRD. V SDITH THOMAS. Low on the earth . I had mv birth i la a tunny field where the days were long; There aa I lay j i I heard the spray I Of the grass in Jane growing deep and strong; U t ' Fast the days flew, . i ' I And I followed, too, j S And saluted the sun with my slender song. Hear me, thou sea bird, matchless in flight, I . I Shaping thy course o'er the surges white; In the making of things, j Strength fell to thy wiogs. : So that thou shouldst not falter nor'tire ' When beating abroad : I The breath of a eod Was breathed through thy form an endu riDijnre; To me out of heaven, No fire was siven. Nor strength, but only the rorer'8 desire, Now am I blent j With the field's content, In the grassy -deep where I make my nest , ., Hay, canst tnou near My carol, clear ! Thou by the soundful sea 7 ; For the Star. iV. C. EXPERIMENT S TA Tl ONJ, By H. B. Battle," Director. The obiecta for which the estab- lishment of the Experiment Station wee desired were two-fold: j lHt. To protect the farmers of the State from the fraudulent fertilizers then flooding the market, to exercise a general control of the trade j by a system of inspecting all brands1, legally on sale in the State and - by a chemical analysis of these! samples to ascertain if their qualities were up to a certain guaranteed standard. ; j : 2nd. To carry on experiments in the field (in the language of the Code) ''On the nutrition and growth of plants with a ,view to ascertaiii what fertilizers are best suited to the various crops of this State, and ' whether other crops may not be ad vantagepa8ly grown on its soil," A toil whether the Station lias ful filled the requirements in respect to the first, in the proper! control of the fertilizer trade, the following stater ment will show. j i I v 1. Prior to 1887 no less than 125 brands of fertilizers were sold in the State, and of such a character that no confidence could be placed in them or their qualities. A good fertilizer producing excellent crops the first year might prove worthless tbd nextL The farmers had absolutely no re;L drees. ; Oo every hand fraudulent fertilizers were sold and no farmer conld by any possible way tell whether three-fourths or niae.tenths was sand. The people had lost all confidence in their sale and at the time of the establishment of the Ex periment Station scarcely 40,00( tons were sold annually. ' j j : 2. After the law went into force, 80 out of these 125 fertilizers were driven from the State, and the re mainder were greatly! improved in ' quality and have continued to im prove ever since. The following ex tract from the Station's Report, for 1886, will give to our! farmers some idea of the improvement of the fer tilizers sold. ! Thai average per cent of available phosphoric acid has increased from $7.40 in 1880 to $8.69 in 1886; the average per cent, of potash has in creased from $1.50 in 1880 to $2.30 in 1886, while the per cent of ammo nia remains remarkably near one fig ure for all the years j except 1883, when I ammoniates were unusually scarce. Thus the valuation of the average fertilizer, using the prices of. 1886 for all analyses alike, has, j with a few fluctuations, steadily climbed up from $21.04 per ton in 1 18801 to $24.52 per ton in 1885, and $23.14 in 1886.1 . The most remarkable thing is that during this period, 1880 to 1886, the actual cash prices paid by North Carolina farmers for these fertilizers batt'decreaeed 25 per cent., while the " quality or grade has improved 14 per cent. This means that North Carolina farmers could get,! in 1886, for three millions of -dollars .what they had to pay tour millions for in. 1880 yes, and get an article one seventh better than the 1880 article was. A Weil-Fonndcd Superstition. Omaha World . Boy "It's! all Omaha nonsense about Friday being an unlucky day, isn't it, pa t T?Qthat 1 W U f atrta OA f "This paper mentions a lot of things that happened on Friday. Ueorge Washington Friday -" "lie was killed by wasj. norn on. the doctors." Napoleon was borri on Fndav- "He died a prisoner at Stl Helena." "Victoria was married on Fri- day" "Her eldest Bon hasn't sense enough to come in when it rains." "Shakespeare was born on Fn day-'' - '! I:-., "And is now branded as a literarv thief, while bis fair fame is given to a professional boodler who ought to have been in the penitentiary." f "tiunKer mil was fought onjFri- aay " - , !' 1 ; ! f "And lost by the Americans.'? 'America was discovered onl Fri day-" " - ;.). I yxue peopie on mis part or t are dying of consumption for want of free wool. ' I'The Mayflower landed on Fri day" .. f'And the American who cherishes a laujuy jjioie wnicn came over in it 18 laughed at." "The Declaration of Independence was signed on Friday" . "And the people it ' made indepen dent have become the helpless serfs of a pack of partisan wire pullers, joouera ana aemagogues." j , The Blair BUI in the Senate. Phil. Times, Ind. Rep. j i j i nirty-nine Senators, some of whom believe that the Federal Gov ernment should do everything from running ine rauroaas to educating iue couureu, sou Borne ot whom be lieve nothing of the kind, voted for ..the Blair bill yesterday, passing it through the Senate by a majority of ten. Those Who did not believe the bill ought to pass voted for it for the same reason that a woman is once said to have married j her im portunate suitor to get rid of him They thought the easiest" way to get rid of Blair and his cranky measure! was to pass it and let the nouse or the President give it a final quietus. The twenty-nine Senators wfco voted squarely against it were much more manly, however, than tbqse .who, believing the bill wrong in principle, voted for it out of courtesy to its author. I i ! 1 "- The debate and final vote upon the bill show that the measure has lost ground by 1 being discussed. Last year only eleven i. Senators "yoted against it, while thirty-six voted for it, the vote in its tavor rjemg more than three to one. On a much fuller poll yesterday the negative vote rose to twenty-nine, showing that the bill could not - possibly , be passed over the Presidential veto it is sure to en counter if concurred in by the House. The vote of yesterday seals the fate measure, therefore, and lt.tne riouse is wise it will devote its attention io business of more importance and not waste any time debating a aeaa oui. KDGAB A. POE'J KOH1NCK. Deatb of Lady whom He Wooed Maid and "Widow. Richmond, Va:, February 12. The death of Mrs. Sarab Jilmira Shelton, who died yesterday at No. 1,000; East Clay street, this city, ana was interred to-day, revives recol lections of Virginia's great poet and litterateur, Edgar A. Poe. This lady was the only one who could speak authoritatively Jf the last few months Poe spent in Richmond. Mrs. Shelton was in the seventy- eighth year of her age at the time of her death. ! "' . ' ' When Poe was preparing to enter - TT-: : t tr: iooe due university ui vugiuta, iu au he first met this lady, whose maiaen name was oaran Ja,imira joysier. Poe's addresses were rejeoted and she married a merchant named Shelton. 1 Poe afterward married his cousin. Miss Virginia Clemm, on Mav 1 16. 1836. She died in New York, January 30, 1847. ; In ! July. 1849, Poe . returned to Richmond, and finding his first love then a widow, he renewed his atten tions, and it was rumored that an engagement existed between them. This Mrs. Shelton denied. It is sta ted, however, that Poe in a letter to his mother-in-law. Mrs. Clemm, in formed her that his marriage in this city would take place in October, 1849. The expeoted bride was sup posed to be Mrs. Shelton. Poe left Richmond September so, nresumablv to brine Mrs. Clemm here to witness the marriage cere mony. A few days later . came the news of bis illness in a Baltimore hospital, and on October 6 th the sad intelligence of his death was received here. It was significant that Mrs. Shelton immediately went into mourn- New: England Farmers "Protected" ; : Into a Decline. Springfield Republican. Iod. Rep. We hear much talk about how New England farmers have been benefited by the protection afforded to others. They have been helped to this extent: j The agricultural j wealth of New - England, per 1850.... $435,154,525 I860.... 500,167,416 1870.... 707.942.439 1880 670,835,858 Decrease. Iocrease cent. $129,012,892 28 146.77S.022 26 37,106.581 5 Thus, under the low tariff of 1846 and 1857, New England farmers en joyed a prosperity never since eqaul ed. It is Western competition, not foreign, that is crowding them out of their markets. And.it is the ver iest rot to talk about protecting them with a higher ; tariff on peas and beans. ; , C URRES COMMENT The division ran through States and parties in a manner to show that the bill has no real support in public sentiment anywhere, and it may be regarded as dead. Mr. iilair s final speech in behalf of his pet mea sure c,ould hardly have helped it, and be showed his "crankiness" in noth ing more than in the charge that the opposition came from Jesuits, one of whom he declared was employed on the staff I of every great newspaper tor the purpose of helping to destroy the public school system of the coun try. JV. Jr. limes, Ind. Rep, The advocacy of this Blair bill bv its author has been loner and! tedious; but, while be has been pros ing before a yawning Senate and burdening the records with a mass m , i oi documentary evidence, more or less irrevelant to the question as it stands to-day, tfae opportunity has been given the better sort of opinion, JMortn and south, to be heard in con. demnation of the scheme. So strong ana so unanimous in this opinion, especially among educators of expe rtence whoso views command resnect. tnat it will bo surprising if it fails to . .. nave its effect upon the action of the oeuaie. ADueea, me liiair Dili as now presented to the Senate is strip pea ot laii its earlier pretensions to philanthropy, is no longer permitted to appear as a great moral necessity ana sianas on tne same tooting as other j iobs involvincr natronace wuobo impropriety is never ques- uonea.jsoston rost, ind. Uem, In defending the internal tax upon whiskey Alexander Hamilton pursued the same line of argument ihe taxation of spirits, he maintain ed, would encourage the substitution of malt liquors and thus indirectly promote temperance.1 He said that ardent spirits were "one of the fittest Objects of revenue, and were taxed in other countries to an extent vhinh bore no comparison with what had been done in the United States.- To the plea that the whiskey tax would endanger a new manufacture be re sponded, with a toHch of humor, that as this infant had "arrived at ma tunty" it was as fit an object of tax ation as any other. ' There : was then one distillery in Jfennsvlvania to every eighty-six inhabitants. In the debate in the First Congress James Madison, who voted for the first whiskey tax, also advocated a high duty ion liquors as being in harmony witn popular sentiment and as tend ing to discourage the use of ardent spirits. Phil. Record, Dem. - WsiflViinoft.nn f3-n.9Jft.tAi J . Nra. fleet Barriss, son of Thpmas W. Harriss. j&sq proprietor ot ran ace a springs, is seeking to recover $50,000 from the Lou lsvine, JN. U ana Texas Valley K. R.and we hope be may cet it. Harriss was dossed Tor mree montns ana arrested on suspicion in (jmcago ana was. he la in custody for identity. leaf: fri Ueoderson Gold Leaf: The deaih of Mr. W. P. Hawkins, jat his home in thia county on the 2d icsi, removes a well'known citizen and' a eood man at heart. Ho died of pneumonia! after a short ii mess, aged 60 years, -f Carthage Blade: On last Satur- day evening, while on bis way home. Mr. a. y . uaie'j none became frightened, ran away and ibrew him out of his buggy, and painiuiiy tnougn not faulty injured him. a m M. m Mmm.J. UT m I J . - . -w wUw , . . I . .i ..- , ' . A mm - ! II. - - I l . . FIRST 8K8SION. Resolution or Inquiry into'lneffleient mall Servtee Adopted in Senate ir- ent Deficiency Bill coneioereu in SENATE, j Washikgton, Feb. IB. un motion or Mr. Ransom, Senate bill appropriating $500,000 for the erection of a light-house at T ' - x-: A Qkal nit llano Hatferaa nr nnitr Diamond Bhoal. off Cape Hatteras, N. C, was taken irem tne caienaar ana passed. - "M I The resolution offered by Mr. Plumb some weeks ago, directing an inquiry as to the causes or inefficient mail , service, was taken up and agreed to!. : .j " Discussion upon tne resolution ioo& rather a wide latitude. In its course Mr. Teller laid some stress I upon the fact that matters in the departments were kept secret, and he protested against there being any secrets, tne people oeing enuueu iu know what tneir servants were aoing. Extending this idea to the Senate itself, he declared that he considered secret sessions of the Senate to be entirely unrepublican, except, perhaps, when there . was a treaty pending wnicn ougnt to do consiucreu m the secrecy oi executive session, mere was no more reason why the question of confirming an executive appointment should be considered behind closed doors than there was why the Senate should legislate behind closed doors, as it had once done. II mere waa any suujeui wmuu iue Senate desired to consider in private, and which ought to be considered in private, the doors, on application pi two Sen ators, might be closed; Dut.i as soon aa Ihe matter waa aeterminea every sen ator's vote should be made known. If ! he could inform his constituents how he had voted on thiB or that nomination, it would j be satisfactory to them, and he should be ashamed of him self if he ever cast a vote in the Senate (se cret or open) that he would not be willing to have published " r "A treaty comes here, of importance to the people a treaty in which the I whole people of the United States are interested, and yet we sit here with closed doors and refuse to as sume the responsibility or our votes ror re jection or ratification. j ! After lurtner discussion, participated in by Messrs. Vest, Manderson, Teller, Haw- ley and Gorman, tne resolution was adopted. : Mr. Sawver was. at his own request, ex cused from further service on the Commit tee on Education and Labor, on the ground of his time being otherwise fully occupied. and Mr. Riddlebergerj was jappotnted in his stead. . . J' The Senate took up I the private pension bills on the calendar. When the calendar was exhausted there had been 108 private pension bills passed. ; After an executive session the Senate ad journed till Monday. I HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. . .i i The House in Committee of the Whole took up the Urgent Deficiency bill An amendment was adopted, j appropriating $100,000 for the purpose of making 100 feet longer the dry dock now under con tract to be built at Brooklyn Navy Yard. Mr. Kerr, of Iowa, cast consideration of the bill into the political current, wnen, in speaking to one of the deficiency items for the Department of Justice, be referred to the internal revenue laws, and declared that at one of its State Conventions he did not precisely remember the date of the conven tion the Democratic party of Missouri had passed a resolution asking for repeal of the internal revenue system. Messrs. Burns and Hatch said Mr. Kerr was mistaken. Mr. Hatch said every Dem ocratic Convention held in Missouri for the past ten years bad adopted a resolution de manding that Congress should wipe off the statute book the provision of tne revenue law which prevented a farmer from selling. bis tobacco to any - but licensed dealers. That provision had been passed by a Re publican Congress and signed by a Repub lican President, and it fastened shackles upon tobacco growers Air. Henderson, or lowa,: inquired wny the Democratic Congress did not repeal it ? Mr. Hatch replied that he bad every ses sion introduced a bill to tnat effect, but that while it could pass the Democratic House, it could not pass the Republican Senate. I i Mr. Rowell, of Illinois, inquired when it bad passed a Democratic Mouse! Mr. Hatch replied that it had passed the Houseinthe 46th Congress. It had been modified in the Senate so ; that the farmer could sell to the extent of $100. Mr. Howell Wny was a tax put upon tobacco T i t Mr. Hatch For the best reason. The government needed money J Mr. Henderson How did the govern ment happen to need money ? Mr. Miiiiken, of Maine Didn t tne gen tleman from Missouri help to make the necessity ? Mr. Hatch And the eentleman from Missouri has never shirked his share of that responsibility. f Applause 1 Mr. Henderson Tne gentleman docs net criticize tne itepublican 1 Congress which put the tax on tobacco, nor the Republican f resident who signed the law ? Mr. Hatch I - do not. I only criticize the power which put that law on the statute books; which I'regard as one of the most infamous upon it; which prevents tbe grower of a great product from selling it to anybody but a licensed dealer. Mr. Randall thought that it mattered not what had been done in the past. Let all join hands and strike from tbe statute books tbe iniquitous sections. Applause mr. uatcn said tnat be would tbe gentle man in that, when the bonds and debts of the government, ! to meet which internal taxes had been levied, were paid, and when tne tax upon tbe clothing and fuel of poor people bad been reduced. : I Applause . 1 Mr. Randall suzeestrd that the indebt edness of the United States was in no dan ger of not being paid. Mr. Hatch replied that war taxes had been levied to pay war debts, and as long as a dollar of that indebtedness remained unpaid tobacco and whiskey were fair subjects of taxation. 1 Mr. Reed, of Maine, inquired whether ,itbe gentleman was opposed to tfae repeal of internal revenue taxes 7 I Mr. Hatch replied that be was opposed to mur repeal until the taxes on necessa ries of life are first reduced. I Applause.! Several Republicans Now let us hear from Virginia. Mr. Burns remarked upon the manner m which the House bubbled over when to bacco was mentioned, and expressed fear that when the other element which was covered by the internal revenue was men Honed, a regular Pandora s box would be opened. He then brought back the dis. cussion to the subject matter of the bill. m.r. uneni. oi Missouri, ottered an amendment directing the Public Printer to enforce rigidly the provisions of the 8 hour law. I Mr. Barns raised the point of order, that tne amendment changed the existing law. The Chair overruled the point of order. ano tne amendment was adopted. Having completed consideration of the bill, the House at & o'clock took a recess until 8 o'clock, the evening session to be for debate only o.nnhej Pacific R. R. Tele graph bill. j EVENING SESSION. The House met at 8 o clock for debate upon the Pacific Railroad Telegraph bill and adjourned at eleven. The sneakers were Anderson of Mississippi, Guenther of Wisconsin. Jjind ot Minnesota. Anderann and Hopkins of Illinois. All favored the mil, and held that subsidized loads should De compelled to fulfil literally the require' ments of tbe charter; and maintain tele graphs, and that their contracts turning over io me western union control or telegraph service along their lines were Illegal, void and against public policy. There was no ooo y present to champion the railroad com pamea ana me western union. Washington, February 17. Senate not in seasion. s HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES The Blair Educational bill waa laid be lore tno House ard referred to the Com- mmee on j&aucaiiOD. i The House resumed the consideration of we urgent DeHciency bill, the pending question bfeing upon the amendment (adopted iu Committee of the Whole, upon motion of Mr) O'Neill, of Missouri) in structing the Publid Printer to enforce rigidly tbe provisions of tbe eight-hour law. The amendment was' adonterl vmo 100 rn 3 .... 1 J o, uays oo, ana las oui was passed. 1 he Speaker stated tbe unfinished himi. ness to be a bill comine over from Uat "Fri day, for the relief of Nathaniel McKoy and exeeutors of Donald McKov. Mr. Springer moved to recommit the bill to me committee on. War Claims, with in- oiruouons to that committee to investigate tht claims of a similar character heretofore preicmea io tne xnavy Department. Lost -yeas 63. nays 168. veas 156. nays 78. Mr. stone, of Kentucky, moved to re consider and lay that motion on the table, pending which Mr. Springer - moved to make a verbal amendment to the title, and 'upon thia motion he took the fluor in op position to the bill. Mr. springer's en deavor to have the! bill recommitted or to kill it altogether, j was combatted by Mr. Stone, of Kentucky, and Mr. Cox, of New York. I",---. - : - - ' Mr. Cox explained that the claim irrew out of the change of plana of vessels after construction was begun, increasing their cost to the contractors. - It waa a meritori ous one and payment should be no longer delayed. Mr. Springer's amendment to the title was rejected, and the motion to re consider the vote by which the bill. Dassed was tabled yeas (154, nays 74. The House then involved Itself m a par liamentary tangle; Mr. Lanham, of Texas, with a view to aecurinz to-morrow for consideration of private business, moved a recess until 11.80 (Saturday. Mr. Hooker, of Mississippi,- called attention to the fact that to -morrow was assigned t5 considera tion of business reported from the Commit tee on Foreign Affairs, and he moved an adjournment. This being voted' down, be moved that when the House adjourn it be to meet Monday next. Unexpectedly there was a large affirmative vote, and the mo tion would have been carried had not the point "no quorum been raised. Then, when the Bouse was in much disorder, tbe motions to adjourn over and 'for a recess were withdrawn only to be renewed by Mr. Steele, of Indiana, and Mr. Taulbee, of Kentucky, respectively. Motions were also made to adjourn, but they were repeatedly voted down. The Speaker pro tern. (Mc- Millin) was plied with questione, and for an hour the House was the scene of the ut most disorder and noise, which the gavel of the chair had much trouble in quelling. Finally the House, at 4 45, adjourned until Monday. FOREIGN. the Crown Prince' Symptoms more Alar mine Uneasiness In Political Clrcfes In England-Irian Affairs. Bv Cable to the Morning Star. 8a Remo. Feb. 18. Fresh and puz zling symptoms have manifested them selves in the case of the Crown Prince. The uneasiness concerning his condition has in creased. I Dublin. Feb. !l8. The case of Wilfried Blunt against Police Magistrate Byrne, of Lougbrea, for false imprisonment, was tried to-day and resulted in a disagree ment of the jury. London. Feb. 18. Much uneasiness prevails in political circles. Colonel Pon sonby, the Qieen's private secretary, has recently paid several visits, to Lord Balis- bury and W. tLi smith, uovernmem leaaer in the House of Commons. Such visits are unusual, except when a crisis is immi nent. After the Cabinet council to-aay Mr. Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland, walked td the Irish Office. He was evidently greatly excited Although the weather was bitterly cold.be was hatiess ana waisea with his hands clasped to bis head. He was followed by two detectives. Dublin. Feb 17. John Hooper, mem ber of Parliament for Cork, and editor of the Cork Herald, who was sentenced to two months' imprisonment for publishing in his paper reports of the meetings or the suppressed branches , of the National League, was released to-day from Tulla- more jail. During bis incarceration ne waa punished for refusing to consort with the criminals. He says his general treat ment was humane. j , i London, Feb! 17 R. Cunningham Gra ham, member of -Parliament for Lanark shire, and John Buns, Socialist leader, who were convicted of having taken part in the unlawful assembly in Trafalgar Square, and were sentenced therefor to six weeks imprisonment each, were released from Pentonville prison to-day. A crowd had gathered around the prison, and when the men emerged they Were given an ova tion. Upon being set at liberty both rush ed to an obscure coffee house and ate an enormous breakfast mey oec:area mat they were starved while in prison. A New DEVICE. Tbe Louisville Labor Organizations Demand tnat the Democracy Shall "ettle tbe Troubles Between tbe Newspapers and tbe Typographical Union. By Telegraph to the Horning Star Louisvillr, I February 18. Five mem bers of the Democratic Executive Commit tee for this (Fifth Congressional) District met last night for the purpose of receiving the representatives of the different labor or ganizations, who wished the committee to attempt a settlement i of the trouble tbey imagined to be existing between the Cou rier Journal and the Times, and the mem bers of Typographical Union No. 10. Thir ty-two delegates, representing two Labor Unions in this city, were present. One of the Labor speakers said, "The Courier- Journal is the organ of the Democratic party, and that organization threatens our existence and yours. We are here, not as partisans in politics, but as representatives of workingmen, asking of you, the Demo cratic committee.f or the good and advantage of your party, to settle this trouble. The same steps have been taken in the East with the Republican party The City and County and State Committees in New York were urged to secure the return of Union printers to their cases on the New York Tribune They refused to interfere, and the Republican party, victorious hereto fore, went down in defeat. You can draw your own conclusions. Lately the Repub lican .National Executive Committee suc ceeded in settling the labor troubles on tbe iNew xork lrxbune. .Next fall. with ever? thing united in the Republican party, it is easy to see that the same condition should exist in the Democratic ranks, if that party i . . i . . . . . , wiHuea io nave equal aa vantage in ootain ing tbe votes of tbe workingmen." At tne conclusion of the speeches, the following resolutions were presented to the committee: "To the honorable members of the Dem ocratic Executive Committee of the Fifth i". : i - . i Congressional District "Whereas, tbe Courier.Jiyu.rnaJ. and t.ho Times, of this city, are recognized organs of the Democratic party in this city and State; and, whereas the publishers of these papers nave ignored and excluded from their employ, and refueed to recoenize. honest home organized labor, and have Bupplanted them with rat labor: there fore, Resolved. That i we reanest the Com. mittee to induce the publishers of these papers to recognize and re-emolov honest organized home labor, and if they refuse to do so, for your Committee to formally and publicly declare said 'rat' papers as no longer organs or your party Chairman Shirlv said that the Cmiria. Journal and Times had never been by reso- luuou oi me convention, or otherwise, de ciarea tne omciai ; organs of the party, .Newspapers were free, and he said they were an out ior tne stun. " bo far as BO' ing in the interest ot the party to the news paper publishers, he certainly thought the committee would do that, but the commit tee might fail in its nuroose. and he wanted to know, in that event, kwhat would be the position of the, laboring men toward the uemocratic party, The answer was "that if the committee re- iusea to lntertere in tbe matter, or fail in its misson, the trouble would be laid before tne state uentrai committee, and in turn oerore tne .National Democratic Committee, rwi . v . . LineaDove came to us. in a very con fused shape,! and there are evidently some omissions, but our "doctoring," we imagine, will enable the reader to understand its general purport. Stab. PENN8 TL TAN I A . The Strike sanation In the Reading Coal Districts. Bv Telegraph to the Horning Star. Washtkbton. Feb 18 Disotiteh r-s frnsn Various points iu the Reading coal districts indicate that laere is a goad deal of discus sion among the miners over Master Work man he wis' action r m declaring the 6trike bff The railroad company's employes unanimously denounce Lewis. and there is a large faction amane tbe miners who refuse to be bourd bv his ac tion, and a strong effort is beine made to have the miners' organizations repudiate him I . I . 1 'i . The sheriff of Boone county, Ark., and a posse of four men. whilo attempting to arrest G. W. Middleton, of Chad wick, Mo., were fired upon by the latter, and Charles Richardson, one of the sheriff's men,' was killed.and another seriously wounded; Mid dleton making good his escape. - ANNUS JAMBS. - v Many a burden, many a labor, - . VI a no & froltlno RArn Busy footsteps coming, going, -utile time lor prayer. Duties waiting on the threshold. Will not be denied; Others coming round the corner, Crowding to their side. How shall I these number. Master? FTow shall T rat thrnnph? How keep calm amid the tumult? Lord, what shall l oot . ' Thou can'st still the wildest conflict, Rid tha hi'.lown neafie: - : Thou can'st fill earth's busiest moment With Thy perfect peace. Give Thy strength to meet my weakness, Give a heart at rest; Give a childlike, trustful spirit, . m i . LieaniBg on iny urpasi. REHOIOUH MISCELLANY. Christ has lived and He asks for living followers; He has died, in sacrifice; He asks tbe spirit of seif-sacnnce in you. Bishop Huntington. A 'deliberate purpose to. prac tice things which one's conscience clearly condemns, is a knife that cuts the tie of dis ci pleship and separates one from Christ. "Thin same Jesus" is one of the chief watchwords of my faith. I constant ly recur to it, And 1 think it will be my comfort in the dark valley. F. R- Haver- gal. Losees on losses, fast they came; Men said, "There's left him but his name, But tbat is free from blot or blame." Despairing, bowed with care and dread. As if be beard, be raised ms neaa, "Thank God, I have my name! he said. I have pleaded for Christ have His note of hand which is my support, my refuge and haven; and, though the world should rage, to this security I cling: Lo. I am with you aiway, even unto tne end of (he world." If Christ be with me. what shall I feat? If He is mine, all the powers of earth to me are nothing more than a spider's web. Chrytostom. And so in nature naught is has tened, naught delayed. The worlds above us and around us move on in their unvary ing course, and the seasons follow their ap pointed succession until that time when time shall be no longer and then, precise ly when the clock has struck tbe hour, the stars of heaven shall fall and the heavens depart aa a scroll when it is rolled together, and tbe mountains and islands be moved out of their places. N. C. Presbyterian. Light is given to be given "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Faiber which is in heaven. ' A soul is converted that others may be converted through his instrumentality. A soul is sanctified tbat others may be led to the fountain of cleansing. A soul is filled with tbe Holy Ghost, that being fil'ed it may use this Divine energy to work for Jesus And we read this law, viz: that no spiritual gift can remain except by using it. And it win increase exactly as ueea. l ne law for testimony seems to be equally impera tive. We should stir up the gift ot uoi in us. Confession is a part of the Divine scheme. "With tbe heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with tbe mouth confession is made unto salvation." Balti more Methodist. The Lenox (la.) Time Table re lates the death of a man in Taylor county under the following circumstances: A. W. Fullie, living in tbe northwest part of the county, met an untimely death on Wednes day of this week He was a man well known in this community and was quite wealthy. A week ago. when the first bliz zard came, he made use of the expression that if there was such a being as God Almighty. He was without love or feeling for humanity, or He would not send such storms upon them, at the same time declar ing that if another such storm came tbat be would go lo a climate that had never been cursed with such storms and escape the vig- ilenceot the Almighty. Tbe storm came on Tuesday morning and he began prepara tion for departure. Securing a large trunk he packed it, and Wednesday morning went to load it into a wagon to haul to Vil- luca, where he expected to take tbe after noon train. He had one end of the trunk in a wagon-box and was raising the other end from the ground, when his feet slipped from under him, the sharp edge striking him upon tbe neck as he lay upon the ground. His neck was broken and he died almost instantly. POLITICAL POINTS. It is gratifying to note that the press of the country accepts the decreased senatorial majority for the Blair bill as de cisive of the fate of that extravagant and un-American measure. JS. x. Star, Uem. The leading Republican organ, though treating Mr. Blaine's letter editori ally as a "withdrawal, continues to print letters protesting that tbe Maine statesman must and will accept. JV. x. World. Ind. Dem. ' The Democrats are horribly afraid that Mr. Blaine does not mean what he says. N. T. Triubne, Rep. And great many Republicans areacting and talking as though they doubted his sincere ity. N. T. World, Ind.Rep, It tne House uommiltee on Manufactures wants to begin the trust in vestigation it might come to Philadelphia and investigate the Standard Oil Trust's method of freezing out independent refin eries. PML Times, Ind. Rep. Mr. Blaine is a great humbug He made his immense fortune in ten years out of the same system that kept .working- men, although setting good wages from laying up money except by the most pain ful economy. Troy Press, Dem ; The falling off in the value of farm Drooertv in Illinois since the war has been estimated at $200,000,000. Coinci dent with this depression in tbe great in dustrvofthe State there has been a very marked increase of manufacturing estab lishments. Tbe cities and towns are grow ing apace. Phil. Record, Dem. j FLIPS AND PLASHES. I A shabby coat is no -disgrace, W it. ia a ereat imnediment to the success ful negotiation of a small loan. Fort Worth .Qaeette. When Time grows lame and limps along, l With painful steps and slow. Then love has turned to surfeit song And Hope has lost its glow. : For the benefit of those who are getting tired of "Truly rural" as a cure for stammerine the following is respect fully submitted: Pronounce rapidly "She sella sea shells: shall she sell sea shells?" Meriden Republican. i A southwest Missouri attorney is reported to have made the following re marks in closing a case: Owing to the oeriuiv of witness, the ignorance of the jury and the prejudice of the Judge, I pect to lose this case. New York Star. ex- A friend warns us to fasten our doors and windows securely at night for fear of burglars, but a good, medium sized burglar, with money in his pocket, would be a godsend to us at present Come on, gentlemen one at a time! Everything ia wide open and waiting for you Smithvitle (Qa ) News. : The careless use of the editorial "we" frequently gets newspaper men into trouble, and the use of the word "we" to represent the people of the whole country is sometimes as ratal at least this is pro bably the opinion of the editor of the Springfield Union, who recently 6aid : "We ate 8.100,000 bags of peanuts last year" Rochester rosfcjsxprcss ii. man walks zi nines in six days and the exploit is heralded far and wide as something phenomenal. Another man might read 621 pages in the Congres sional Record in the same length of time and his claim to notoriety would be hooted at. Yet in point of real endurance how immeasurably his achievement would over top the other. Chicago Tribune. Oxford Orvhan'a Friend: Th question of navigation has been a very seri- wua uuc iu iuc past oionto. xne mua ana water on tne streets of Oxford have been rather too shallow for large boatB and too ueL-p nuu uangerous ior small ones. iony before tne congressional Investigation Committee. . t By Telegraph to the Mourning Star. ' Potladelphia, Feb. ? 18. The -. Con gressional Investigation Commmittee re sumed its inquiry into the Reading railroad strike this morning, tbe nrst witness being General Superintendent oweigard, ot the Reading R. R. Co., who was recalled to enable him to put in evidence the text of the agreement made witn employes oi me railroad company, and the vouchers show ing that Lee, one of the Labor organiza tion, had been in tbe pay of . the company while he was at roitsvine, at tne ouioreaav Of the trouble, oweigard read the clause; of tbe agreement which guaranteed to the men an. investigation. The men had claim ed tbat they had been guaranteed a fair trial before discnargea ior any cause, ine clause of tbe agreement which was read was tbat every man should receive a fair trial in case of any accident that might have occurred througn carelessness, ine Dee voucher was for special services ren dered during October, atPottsville.and the nav was at the rate of S2.0U a a ay. John JN orris, one oi tne eunurs oi iue Philadelphia Record, was called. . He said; that he had been investigating the coal trade and the management of the Reading Coal and Iron Company ior many years,! and as a consequence the Record had gone; into the coal business for the benefit ot the! people of Philadelphia, and had succeeded; in reducing the retail price of coal in the city from $6.60 to $4 90 a ton. This was done by the .Record .without profit for itself . I Since the strike prices had gone up again. ; The Company charged $1.80 a ton from e mines now, ana aid tne same service twenty-five yeaia ago for $1.22. The witness auoted ngurea to snow tnat coal could be bought at Port Richmond for 95 cents less per ton if wanted for shipment; to Boston or new lors, than was de-; manded if the very same coal was; intended for the Philadelphia trade. Nor-: ris eaid last year the Reading Railroad: Company had earned 15 per cent, on tbe; cost of the road and was one of tbe most; profitable roads in the country. Its losses' came from the necessity of paying interest; on its enormous debt, which was tbe re sult of the policy of combining the busi ness of carrier with that of miner. Wit ness said that he had thoroughly investi-j gated tbe statement by Corbin, that the Reading Coal and iron company naq mined fifty-one millon tons of coal front 1876 to 1888, at a loss of over twelve mil-1 lion dollars, having paid $57,000,000 to miners and received but $44,800,000 for their out-put. Witness quoted figures by years from 1870 to 1888, and said that the proceeds for that period naa reany Deen, aa shown by the company's own books, $86,1 624.000, and thus the company had really received $29,000,000 more than it lad paid out . Norris proceeded at length to give the committee a great deal of statistical data, and at the conclusion of bis testimony was cordially thanked for the light be bad thrown upon the subject. CHICAGO DEMOCRATS Bent on Capturing the national Con vention. : Bv Telegraph to, the Moraine Star.l j Chicago, Feb. 18 A big delegation Of Chicago Democrats, headed by General R. 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STAR 1 OLDEST DAILY PAPERI NORTH CAROLINA! rpHE DAILY idwaNtNU Si All. FIRST-CLASS DEMOCRATIC NEWSPA' published at the foilov Ins low KATES OF SCBSCRII'TJOr. One Year, postage paid. 0' Bix Months, " 3 Three " ' IS One " ' THE DA1.LY STAB Contains full Reports oi the Wilmington Jl. kets, Telegraphic Reports of the North err and European Markets, the Late?' General News, b;-'rf-lraph ami Mail, from all p.m t he Worlct WM.. H. KiiAtiAJtD, Bditos & Proprietor, Wilmington. N,C POMONA HILL NURSERItS. Cheap Nursery Stocs For Winter and Spring Sales 1887-S I have a large stock of Apple Trees, TWO AND THREE TEARS OLD, GOOD VABI! TIES, THAT I WILL CLOSE OUT CHEAP ALSO, Plum, Cherry, Grape, &c- t If you Iwant anything In the Nursery M CHEAP,CeBpeolally APPLE, send for c Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue and Spe(l Price List of Burplna stock for Winter Spring saleslof 1E87-8 only. Address : J. 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The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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