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VOL. II.
DUNN, HARNETT CO., N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1892.
. NO. 28.
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: VLLIAXCE- READING.
Pieiident Butler's Annual Message
Xc the North Carolina State Alliance
in Session at Greensboro.
7", JVr. C. Fanners' St-ate Alliance:
FijiE'i iikkn : One year ago you placed
vo'ir bunner in my hands. You place d
f,,.- in the front of the X. C. division cf
v :rcat national army of reformers
jr was a position of treuneadous respon
sibility and I trust I felt in a large dc
pree the gravity of the situation. It wpj
iu a time when the organization was entei
ioa the most critical period of its exis
t. ure, a time when we and our principles
v.-f-re to be subjected to the suprcme&t
tin' iitl test The year has been a stormy
Mi t. Every day, Sundays exclu led, tht
f;r- of the enemy has been poured upot
a- with merciless force and in an un
.P'Tupulous manner. The money power
h is left no stone unturned to crush the
movement and d nvu the cry of the weak
f.-r mr-reyand the deruind of freeman fo
hi tire.
To-liy we me t ngiin. Let us see
what has been accomplished ; what the
I ii-f nt status of the organization is, and
wh it is our duty in the future. Every
r' f mi in movement has its various stages of
rnvAin and development. - Mmy of
thot, iiwrinents sooner or later reach
th- Ax- of disintegration and decay.
Thi- h i- ! f en the cae when the cause
lnv .f. - r, -light or local or temporary or
wh . h- people failed to find the true
f.t;-c a real wrong, and therefor
couid not apply the true remedy. The
oiuse of the present movement is deep
h.o'i I rind wide spread. It is one that
in i hii degree afteets alike everv laborer
;,!'! we.nl th producer of the whole country
A portion of those- suffering from tht
blighting effects of some great iufluencc
caused them to organize to study the
situation. They formed thcmselvis into
n great vigilance committee to search for
the cause, a cause that made them poorci
while each worked harder created more
wealth, a cause that has made poor the
people whose labor ha nia-le their coun
try rich. Since this class of men and
this cond'tion existed in every qmriei
of the country, the organization toon
spread over the whole couutry. Foj
tears the cause or rather the causes have
been simultaneously searched for and
studied from Maine to California ant?
from the lakes to the gulf. The cause
or pait of the causes were found. The
whole organization agreed on thein The
public generally agreed that the evil
causes existed. We then appealed to
the law makers of the country for a rem
edy. Great sympathy was expressed
for our condition, but no remedy was
offered. The organization then formul
ated its own remedies for each cause and
appea'ed to the law makers to give us
these remedies. They found fault with
our remedies. We then demanded that
they should give those demanded or
something better. That was fair. For
if the w rongs exist, if unjust and oppres
sive laws are on the statute books, it is
the duty of our law makers to give us
relief, to give us our remedy or a better
one. Up to date the demands of the
people have been ignored, while every
requst of the monopoly corporations and
the moaey power has been promptly
agreed to. We have just realized that
the organization came too late for justice
to be gotten by petition.
TIIE RALEIGH CONFERENCE.
On April I7th I called a conference of
the Alliance of the State through on
representative from each county. I did
it in the interests of our principles and
the cause of reform. While al time3 dur
ing the year many of us (though a unit
in thought) have differed in judgements
as to methods, yet today the organization
is practically a unit in action as well as
thought. I believe that the guidance of
a-divinc hand has turned what at times
6eemed to be mistakes, into blessings.
Our seeming errors have proved to be the
essence of wis lom, for by what methods
could we have have been stronger than
we are today? Therefore let us at all
times have that chaii'y of opinion for
each brother, for wc may honestly differ,
that we have a right to expect frain each
other brother.
DETII OF COL. rOLK.
During the year the organization. Na
tional as well as State, has suffered an ir
reparable loss, and each member has felt
a sore bcrcavem :it by the uutimely death
of our great aud beloved leader, Col. L.
L. Polk. We have uever kuown a purer
mnr nor has any organization ever beer
blessed with a more ardent, devoted and
loyal leader, yet his charity toward thosj
who differed with him in opiuron, and
his spirit of fairness toward those who
opposed him was almost supcihuman.
His great work and his magnificent ex
ample lives after him. and is today an
inspiration to evay leformer to have" the
courage of his co. motions and to carry
on the work for humanity so grandly
and heroically beguu. Let "us Duild a
fitting monunrut to his memory, but his
greatest monument will be the place he
holds in the hearts of his people Let
his last words ever be the motto of the
hour, "Do your duty."
Dr. Talmage As a lion.
Birmingham, Eng. Dr. Talmage Sun
day addressed J he largest assembly evci
gathered in Birmingham. The town
hall was crammed with an audience of
8,000 persons, and outside there hovered
r0,0)0 more people, whom Dr. Talmage
addressed from his carriage after the ser
vices iu the hall.
On his way back to his hotel Dr. Tal
mage was informed that 10,000 persons
weie still waiting on the other side of
the town hail to hear him. He immedi
ately turned and briefly addressed them,
and the immense crowd, estimated at
20,000, sang "Praise God, from whom
nil blessings flow." The main doors cl
the hotel had to be bolted against the
surging crowd, which ran ahead of the
doctor's carriage.
Ran Away With His Mother -in-Law;
Salem. Va. A citizen of this place
has been placed in a curious predicament
by the action of his son in law. The
latter, who lives with his father-in law
and works at the mines of the Salem
Fumaace Company, returned home a few
nights ago and eloped with his mother
in law. The father-in-law has insituted
a suit for divorce on the ground of desertion.
THREE STATES' BRIEFS.
Telegraphic Dispatches From Many
Points of Interest
The Fields of Virgina, North and
South 'Carolina Carefully
Gleaned For News.
VIRGINIA.
There are about 1,000 miners out on a
strike at Pocahontas at present.
The national archery tournament began
at Old Point Comfort Thursday, an
nearly all the clubs in the United State
have representatives present.
Col. John M. Brockenbrough died at
his residence in Richmond. He was 62
years of age and a native of Richmond
county. He commanded the 40th Vir
ginia regiment in the war up to Gettys
burg. Mrs Ye, wife of the Corean secretary,
has not been well for some months pa6t,
and will leave Washington September 5th
for a visit to her homeinCorea, to nhich
country she will be accompanied by Miss
Davis, of Abingdon, Va., who will go as
a missionary. J hey will sail September
.17th from San Fancisco.
A fa'al and singular accident occurred
on board the train a'ter it left Quantico
for Fredericksburg Saturday evening, by
which a colored woman had her neck
broken She was on her way from Wash
ington to her home, near Brooke station.
After the train left Quantico 6he at
tempted to pass through the car, when
by a sudden lurch of the train she was
thrown viol ntly against the back of one
the spats nnd hpr nock broken.
NORTH CAROLINA:
The residence of Sheriff R. D. Ross
at Asheboro was burned Tuesday..
The Rowan County Fair will be held
in Salisbury October 4-7.
Guy Maxwell, aged 23, was drowned
in Lake Forsyth at Charlotte, Friday.
Ayourglady, Miss Kate Patter, was
killed by lightning at Fanner's Turnout,
Brunswick county.
The aggregate valuation of the prop
erty in Forsyth county, as shown by the
taxlisters, is $7,579,318. The property
held by the white citizens is rated at
$7,456,593, and the colored people at
$122,725.
Dr. Kemp P. Battle, of the State Un
iversity, has accepted an invitation to
deliver the historical address at Raleigh's
centennial celebration on October 19th.
His subject as assigned by the committee
will b3 "The First Hundred Years of
Raleigh.",
The convention of oyster growers was
held at Ocracoke last week. Resolutions
were adopted and ordered to be present-
d to the Legislature next winter that
the oystcrman were opposed to scraping
or dredging of any kind on oyster
grounds.
Two Second Adventist', a ntan and his
wife, have beea conducting a meeting at
Christian chaple, iu Lenoir county, for
about three months past. Their church
now has a membership of about 140. The
meetings are very sensational, the people
falling on the floor in trances, etc. Three
voung men of that section have been or
daiued ministers of this church.
SOUTH CAROLINA;
Charleston has quarantined against the
cholera.
Lieut. Commauder Wm. W. Rhodes
has been ordered to duty at the naval sta
tion at Port Royal, S C.
The acreage of sea island cotton in the
State is 12 to 15 per ceut. less than last
year.
A little boy named John Meldow was
drowned in Colonial Lake at Charleston,
Thursday.
Fairfield county fair will be held at
Winnsboro October 27-28. The Rich
land fair will open at Columbia on Nov.
13.
The Geo getown Rice Mill has recently
put eleven Engleburg rice hullers i its
mill at a cost of $4,000. The acreage in
rice is increasing.
OTHER STATES.
A coroner's jury at Nashville, Teon ,
investigated the killing of J H. Taylor,
a horse thief, and returned a verdict that
Sheriff Hill was justified in killiug the
man.
A man at Macon, Ga., has a $10 note
of the State of North Carolina, printed
in 1788. While he is rather proud of his
treasure as a curiosity he cannot help cal
culating the compound interest he has
lost by the money lying there unemployed.
Mrs. Tom Woolfolk Remarried.
Macon, Ga. Mm. Georgia Byrd
Woolfolk, the widow of Tom Woolfolk,
was married to George Lamb, superin
tendent of a barrel factory here. Wool
folk's crime is well known. Five years
ago he killed nine members of his own
family in order to gain possession of the
family estate. For three years he was
in prison awaiting the final disposition
of his case by the courts. During that
time his wife kept up the appearance of
constancy, but dressed flashily and be
haved in a questionable manner. Geor
gie Byrd's marriage to Tom Woolfolk
was a runaway affair, and the ceremony
was performed on a moving train while
it was passing through the principal
cemetery of the city of Macon She has
frequently ascribed her iU luck to the
facttbat'she was married .Jn " a grave
yard. (?en. Prince Commits Suicide..
Loudon cablegram: It is now def
initely known that the American gen
'leman who committed suicide on Fiidaj
at Marley's Hotel was BrigadierrGeneru;
Henry Prince, aged 82, a retired officer
of the American army. Gen. Priuce
left a letter addressed to 'All my
friends,'' in which he sid that death was
a relief which physicians ought to bring
about when a man's life becomes was'ed
by nature. At the inquest a verdict of
"iemporary insanity" was deliveied.
Gen. Prince had shot himself with a
revolver and wa.i found dead. He 16
suppoed to have become despondent on
account of old age and lameness.
The Strike Ended.
Bcffalo, N. Y. The switchmen's
strike is officially declared off. Effective
at midnight.
JUMPING FOR LIFE.
The Big Hotel at White Sulphur
Springs Destroyed.
Asheville, N. C The Belmont
Hotel, at White Sulphur Springf, five
miles from the city, was destroyed at mid
night by a fire which broke out in the
laundry and spread with great rapidity.
There were nearly 200 guests in the
house at the time, many of them jumped
from the windows. Mis. Dr. Von Ruck,
of .Asheville, was badly injured, and
died Thursday morning.- Charles Green,
of New Orleans, had a leg dislocated.
Clerk Henderson also had a leg dislocat
ed, and a colored nurse a leg broken. A
few others were slightly bruised, but none
seriously hurt. Ad the guests lost their
bggage and some of them other person
al belongings. A good many diaooouds
and a good deal of money were lost in
the fire, numbers of those in the building
escaping only in their night clothes. The
guest made their way, as best tney could,
to Asheville, where they were made com
fortable. The hotel property was owned by a
corporation and leased to Dr. Von. Ruck
The building was erected at a cost of
$65,000 and there was insurauce of $22 -500
on it. .
It Was A Mean Trick.
That was a mean trick played on a
Southern stranger in a Vine street saloon
the other evening, says a writer in the Cin
cinnati Times Star. The said stranger float
edin and opening the apetture in the face
of the knot on which he carried his hat
and perfumed locks, ordered a glass of
ale. His dudish appearance and air of
ineffable wisdom attracted the attention
of a well known ward politician, who,
slipping a chunk of ice from the lemon
ade he was sipping, hastily deposited a
bright silver dollar on it. Keeping the
dollar on ice out of sight he engaged ia
conversation with the Southern .gentle
man and finally led the talk to the coin
age of silver. "And do you know,"
said the W. P., ' that the dollars coined
in the North are colder than those struck
off at New Orleans?" "No." replied the
S. G. "Well, it's a fact. Look there,"
and the cold and carefully dried dollar
was placed in the Southerner's sweaty
palm, where it felt like a chunk of ice.
A look of wonder passed over his face,
and all he could say was: "By luckers,
ain't that strange?" Then commenced a
dicker, which resulted in a brand new
$3 bill being given for the. cold dollar,
and ihe Southern Gentleman departed
happy as a boy at the circus. Laughter
long and loud filled the saloon as soon as
bis locklets vanished, and "Well, boys,"
exclaimed the politician; "I'll have to
set 'em up on that." Ninety-five cents
worth of beer went by the board and the
$3 bill was passed to the bartender, who
was about to hand back the change,
when he seemed struck with a funny
idea, "It's counterfeit,1' he giggled, as
he passed it back. Then followed mere
laughter, but in a more subdued tone
than at first, and when the gang went
out to look for the long-haired Southern
gentleman he could not be found any
where. -
Former Enemies Meet.
From the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Nevada, Mo. The four days' encamp
ment of the Vetnon county ex-Union
soldiers closed atFairhaven Spring.
An affecting incident occurred in the
aftornoon. A big showman who had h:s
show at Schell City drove out with his
circus band and asked permission to
come into the grounds. It was accorded
him, and, after favoring us with some
music, he took the speakers' s'and and
made a fine speech. He said he was an
ex Union spy, and among other incidents
of his perilous career as such told about
having been ciptured by the enemy eight
miles below Richmond. He was hanged
by them, but, fortunately, a Confederate
Major came up and ordered him to be
cut down. He still bears the scars of the
wounds made by the rope, and exhibited
them to the crowd. He stated that
the Confediate Major, wh"se name was
Crittenden, was accompanied by a private
whi cut the rope at the Major's orders,
and this private took charge of him and
hid him in a swamp, where he lived on
frogs till he got back into the Union lines.
He had no sooner made the statement
then Unc'e Dick Robinson sprang upon
the stand and seized the speaker's hands.
It transpired that Uncle Dick was the
man who cut the rope, and the way those
two men fell upon each other's necks and
embraced brought tears to every eye that
witnessed the scene.
Clever Ruse of a Cashier.
Coal Creek, Ala. A bold attempt
to rob the cashier of Coal Creek Mining
Company was made, and one of the rob
bers was killed.
For a month past the company has
been expecting such an effort, and Cash
ier Mouolcastle wa3 prepared for it.
Sam Clang, Bill Jones and Fred Stonics
were ihe men who made the attack.
. It was the. pay day of the company.
Mr. Mouotcastle had been told the at
tempt would be made to rob him, and he
had a bogus package sent instead of the
money expected by express. This pack
age was labeled $4,00 Soon after the
train left, and when the "cashier was sup
posed to be fixing his pay-ro 1, the three
rushel in on him, put a pi tol at his
head and ordered him to open the safe.
At this, officers who were secreted in
the strong room closed in on the robbers,
ordering them to throw up their hands,
but the robbers opened fire. Clang w..
kiiled, but the others escaped.
Was Afraid He'd Be Elected.
. Jackson, Miss. The Rev. J. II
Gambrell, the Bapt st minister who was
somff weeks since nominated forCongiess
in this district by the Pe ples party, has
withdiawn. He gives the strange reason
that he thinks he will be elected if he re
mains a candidate He says te cannot
afford to give up hischu'eh and goto
Congr. ss, and that his former candidacy
was for the purpose of assisting in the
reform movement. His reason is the
theme of much diverse criticism.
First Frost in New Hampshire.
Concord, N. H Aug. 22. The first
froit of ths season preva led in this vi
cinity this morning.
THE DEEAD-CHOLERA.
U. S. Government Precautions to
Prevent its Coming Here.
People Dying By the Thousands in
Germany, Persia and
Russia.
Washington, D. C The State De
putment received further advices re'ative
to the cholera, of a very disquieting na
ture. The vice consul general at Teheran,
Mr. Fox, son of a prominent newspaper
man at Washington, D. C, sajs the esti
mated deaths in Persia are 35,000; 5,000
in Mesched, 12,000 in Tabriz, 8,000 in
Teheran and 10,000 in other places. His
appeals for assistance to the American
hospital in Teheran have already been
made public.
The consul at Hamberg telegraphs that
the auth rities of 'that city admit that
Asiatic cholera has been prevalent there
since August 18th, and that up to Aug
ust 23d there , were 291 cases and 75
deaths. Nevertheless, the fact of the ex
istence of choUra there was denied, up
to August 23d, just as it is now also de
nied at Havre. , The attempt to suppress
accurate information occasions much un
easiness to health officers here.
THE DREAD PESTILENCE IN HAMBURG.
Hamburg, Germany. One hundred
and sixty-nine bodies of cholera victims
are awaiting burial in this city. So great
is the terror caused by the cholera that
it is difficult to get men for the work of
burying the dead and many assistants of
undertakers have deserted their places.
Business is prostrate and shipping is go
ing to other ports.
So serious is the panic that Russian
immigrants now in the city find it diffi
culty to procure food, as everybody tries
to avoid them.
At Altena the army surgeons have been
ordered by their superiors to assist the
civilian doctors in caring for the cholera
victims.
ANTWERP IN A STATE OF TERROR.
Antwerp, Holland. The excitement
in this city over the outbreak of cholera
is increasing. There little doubt that the
disease was brought here by vessels from
eastern Europe. The first victims were
dock laborers. They were taken to the
hospitals, where the doctors stated that
it was ordinary cholera and thit nothing
was to be dreaded from it. The disease,
however, spread and the public became
alarmed. The first victims died almost
immediately after entering the hospital
and the appearance of the bodies showed
the disease to be Asiatic cholera.
LONDON MOVING AGAINST THE CHOLERA
London. The health committee of the
municipality held a meeting to consider
precautions against the cholera. It was
annouueed that all the steamship lines
proposed to suspend their immigration
ti attic until the
should be over.
danger from cholera
IT HAS REACHED ALBION'S SHORES.
London. The Asiatic cholera has ar
rived in England. The steamer Gemma
from Hamburg has entered at Gravesend
bringing several cases of the plague.
Two women on the steamer have died
from the cholera and another victim, a
man, is improving. The news causes
great consternation at Gravesend .
Paris. At Havre forty-eight, fresh
cases of cholera and 21 deaths are re
ported. RUSSIAN TRADE CUT OFF.
Konigsbeiig. The government has or
dered the suspension of all traffic on the
Russian fiontier except at Eydtkumen
and Prostkcu. A multitude of intending
emigrants have been stopped at points on
the frontier aud driven back to Russia.
FEARFUL CHOLERA MORTALITY IN RUSSIA.
Sr. Petersburg. Thursday, accord
ing to the official returns, there were
6,332 new cases of cholera against 5,670
on Wednesday. Yesterday there were
2,977 dcatfes reporfed against 2,743 for
Wednesday. In St. Petersburg there
were reported 103 new cases and 24
deaths.
STEAMSHIP VOYAGES AFFECTED.
London. The Hamburg-American
steamship Columbia will not proceed to
Hamburg She is unloading here and
will start for New York on Saturday .
The steamship Normandie, of the same
line, will not be allowed to land, it is
said, although she declined to take on
board 400 emigrants who applied for pas
sage. In Andiana Scamp in South Carolina.
Rockville, Ind Jas. H. Morrow, a
well-known horse jockey of Washington,
was arrested and lodged in jail here charg
ed with producing abortion upon a wo
mau at Columbia, S. C, some menths
ago and from which it is reported she
died. A letter was received by the au
thorities here some weeks ago to keep a
lookout for him, as he hid been indicted
for the offense at Columbia. The South
Carolina authorities have been notified
by telegraph.
To Invite Senator Hill to Topeka.
From the Kansas City Times.
Topeka, Kan. The Kansas Democrat
ic Flambeau Club of Topeka at a meet
ing voted to invite Senator David B. Hill
of New York to vWt Topc-k i this fall and
b. their guest. For this . purpose the
following committer on iavitatioa was
appointed with orders to report at "the
next rejjular meeting: Jude John
Mar in. Mayor R L. Cofrau, C K. Hol
liday, Jr.. L'ueir Hagin, Ku-jene Wolfe,
S B. Isjnh nt, the il' i M Heerj-, Ran
kin Mason, Joha Mileham, and A. J.
Arnold.
Believed to Have Been 125 Years Old.
Thomasville. The oldest woman io
Georgia died at the poorhouse on Sun
day morning. It will sound like fiction
to state Aunt Peggy Slater's age, but all
her acquaintances and her old mastev
say that her age wai 125. Aunt Peggy
did not date events from the civil war
as many do, but from the Revolution!
Aunt Peggy ha I outlive 1 all her chil
dren except one. aud there were quite a
number of them. 'Ihe one livin is in
her 97th jer.
Killed With a Shot Gun. 4
OfiEECHEE, Ga. Bob Ciittenden was
sho. and ki led by Frank Brown just
a30ve Ogecchee Brown used a shot gun.
A ROMAN BULL.
The Pope Dismisses Cardinal Rng
giero in Disgrace.
All Germany's Sons Must Learn the
Art of War. Says Emperor
William.
Rome, Italy. Great excitement has
been caused by the dismissal of Cardinal
Ruggiero, Prefect of Financial Affairs of
the Prop aganda.and who has been looked
upon as the probable successor of Pope
Leo XIII. It is said that the Pope him
self ordered Ruggiero's dismissal, being
convinced, as a result of inquiry, that
Ruggiero. - aud not Monsignor Folchi,
was the really guilty party in connection
with the misinvestmcnts, to use a mild
term, for which Morsignor Folchi was
dismis ed from the Papal service about a
year ago. The dismissal of Folchi was
brought about, it is said, by Cardinal
Ruggiero. Folchi was Vice-Chamberlain
to the Pope, and had control of the Papal
iunds. It was alleged that, in the winter
f 1890-91, Monsignor Folchi, supported
by Prince Buoncompagni and Baron
Lazzaroni, resolved, in order to save the
Banco di Roma, in which the Vatican
held 10,000 out of 12,000 shares, besides
other securities, to establish first in Paris
and London, nnd afterward in Rome,
Berlin and New York, a syndicate of
Catholic banks, with the object of ab
so.bing the financial societies of Rome
th.t were known to be in a disastrous
condition, and to restore them to vitality,
while at the same time raising the value
of the depreciated securities, i Above all
they wanted to save the Banco di Roma,
intending.as they eventually did, entirely
to reconstruct it. The 6candal arising
out of the affair has already been made
public. Later investigations appear to
have exonerated Folchi and implicated
Ruggiero. There is great excitement in
church circles, and it is generally te
iicved that a tremendous scandal is
awaiting disclosure.
Berlin, Germany. It is announced
semi-official ly that the Emperor's speech
at the Emperor Fran Josef's banquet has
been misquoted and distorted, and that
the declaration that be has been credited
swith making against Caprivi's military
bill was only a conditional one. Wha't
the Emperor really, said was that the
German people could not expect to have
the service-term reduced to two years un
less they were willing to pay for "it. The
numerical increase of the army, in accord
ance with the two-year service pln,
must be accompanied by increase of ap
propriations, otherwise the efficiency of
array would be impaired. If the people
refuse to grant such an increase the Em
peror's preference was for an army of the
present size, rath'r than for one'1f more
men yet with inferior equipment and dis
cipline. A CLOUD-BURST AT ROANOKE.
Over $100,000 Damage Done and a
Man Drowned.
Roanoke, Va. A cloud burst "over
this city at 9.30 Monday night and rain
fell in torrents over four houis, filling cel
lars and lower, floors of business houses
on Campbell and Salem avenues and Nel
son, Jefferson Henry and Commerce
streets. Doors were burst open, windows
crushed in by floating debris and goods
washed away. The loss in goods dam
aged will reach $100,000. Many build
ings are seriously damaged by the un
dermining of foundations.
Barney Smith in trying to cross Salem
avenue stepped into an .excavation for a
sewer aud was drowned. Policeman
Peck lost his footing there and fell in and
was pulled out insensible. It is said
that other people have been drowned,
but the report cannot be verified. Men
and horses travelling the flooded streets
were compelled to swim.
The electric light station was flooded.
The electric cars are not running, and it
will be-a week before lights and power
for the operation of machinery in many
establishments can be supplied.
The storm was confined principally to
Roanoke. Six miles westward there was
only a sprinkle. Farmers two miles
South of the city were ploughing, and
north and east the rainfall was very light.
Fannj Things About the Face.
The average human nose is badly out
of line, and it is this fact that usually
lends its peculiar piquancy to the face.
A medical writer says that there are an
atomical reasons why a slight deviation
from a true centre line may be expected.
If he is correct in his deductions, the
nosl which is squarely set between the
two eyes is, after all, the abnormal one.
German and American doctors in J apan
have succeeded in discovering a surgical
process by which the Japanese character
istic eye can be relieved of its slant and
be made to look like the European optic.
The Japs are having their visual organs
operated upon by the wholesale, which
removes one . of their national charac
teristics, as they have their nation!
dress.
i Soon, if this thing goes on, we shall
have changes in the style of wearin
aces, and the paper will quote the latest
Oode ia noses as well as sjsa. Mif
York World.
Big Fire in Norfolki
Norfolk, Va. Fire broke . out at 7
o'clock in the carriage manufactory of A.
Wrenn & Son on Union street and de
stroyed all the work shops togeiber with
the shops of the agricultural implement
house of Wrenn, Whitehurst fc Co. ad
joining. The entire fire department
wss in service and after hours hard work
subdued the flames. The loss is estima
ted at $20,000
Richmond's Chamber of Commerce.
Richmond, Va. The corner-stone of
the chamber of committee was laid in due
Masonic form at 5 o'clock. The grand
lodge of Masons at 5 :30 proceeded to the
s te, corner Main and Ninth streets, the
Knights Templar acting as escorts. The
address was delivered by Colonel John
B. Purcell in behalf of the chamber.
To Prison for Hugging Girls.
Nyack, N. Y. Ju-tice Matthews of
this place sent John Lampkeof Brooklyn
to Rockland county jail for txvo months
for hugging girls on the street.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
HOW TO WASH WINDOWS.
Choose a dull day, when the sun is
not shining on the windows, to wash
them. Then they will not be streaked.
Take a painter's brush and dust the
windows inside and out, washing all the
woodwork inside before touching the
glass. The latter must be washed simply
in warm water and diluted ammonia
do not use soap.
Take a small cloth with a pointed stick
to get the dust out of the corners; wipe
dry with a soft piece of cotton cloth
do not use linen, as it makes the glass
linty and dry. Polish with tissue paper
or old newspaper. New York World.
HANDKERCHIEF CASE.
Cut two strips of two shades of pink
ribbon three inches in width and three
quarters of a yard long. Also a piece of
pale-blue China silk of the same length
of the ribbon and six inches wide.
Overhand the ribbon together, and
point one end; to this, point fatten a
roset of baby ribbon of the two shadei
of pink. Lay one thickne3 of sheet
wadding over the China silk, dust well
with sachet powder, and fasten securely.
Cover the wadding with the strips of
ribbon and fasten. On the square end
of the China silk side measure off three
squares, and with baby ribbon of the
same shades of the rosyt cross from cor
ner to corner, finishing with tiny bows.
Slip the handkerchiefs under these rib
bons, which will hold them in plaoe.
Fold up the case so that the pointed
end with the roset will be on top.
American Farmer.
CANNING FEACHES AND FEARS.
To can peaches or pears, have two
kettles. In one have your sugar and
water and boil the fruit in this. In
another have a boiling syrup made of
white sugar and water, about one heap
ing cup of sugar and a scant half-cup of
water. When the fruit is thoroughly
heated and so soft that it can be pierced
with a fork, take it out with a wire
spoon or skimmer and place in a glass
jar. Fill to the top and then pour in
all the syrup possible. The water in
which the fruit is cooked can be boiled
down and by adding more sugar you can
have marmalade. To prepare peaches
for canning, pare with a thin, sharp
knife, halve and remove the stone. Dj
not prepare more than enough for one jar
at a time, as they discolor so rapidly.
Have all your jars perfectly sweet, gyring
a towel out of cold water, lay one end
down, set the jar on it and wrap the ret
of the towel round the iar. This is a
better process than putting the jars in
hot water before putting in the fruit.
EASY WAY TO WASH DISHES.
I have an improved plan for washing
dishes, writes a housewife, which has
been practised in some households iu
this city, and which has been pro
nounced a great success.
First, have your water boiling hot.
This is essential. Provide yourself with
a common painter's brush, with a handle
about ten inches long. If the bristles
are not found convenient tie a piece of
soft rag at the end of a stick of the sine
length. Take the plates, and, after re
moving all the scraps, pile them on top
of . each other in the empty dish pan.
Pour enough hot water on the topmost
dish to fill the dish, then tipping up one
end of the dish with your finger, wash
front and back with the brush. In
FriLce special brushes trimmed with
thin rope about four inches long, instead
of brushes are used for this purpose.
Remember, it is not the plates, but
the hot water, that pains the hands.
When this i3 completed the water will be
ia the next dish. Lift the clean disb
out, and place it on its edge against the
wall. Put in more hot water, and per
form the same operation on all the other
dishes, and when the work is finished
you will find that the heat has dried the
plates, and that they do not require to
be wiped. By this method you need not
scald or wet your hands, and you also
avoid the trouble of wiping, which is
half the work. Detroit News.
BECIPES.
Cottage Cheese Set a pan of clab
bered sour milk over the fire, scald uatii
tbs) whey separates, pour into a strainer
tad squeeze dry, put in a disb, season
with alt. a table3uoonful of butter and
sweet cream enough to moisten, mix well
make into balls and set in a cool puce.
Breakfast Muffins One egg, half a
... t m
pint of sweet milk, one tioiespooniui oi
butter, one tablespoonful of sugar, two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder silted into
the flour, flour enough to make a batter
as stiff as cake, and a dust of salt. This
rule will make about one dozen; bake in
muffin rings or gem irons ; have the irons J
hot and well greased. -
- PoDOvers Heat two eggs together.
add half a pint of milk and a dust of
salt, then slowly add a scant half-pint of
sifted flour, stirring all the time, inaKe
verr smooth so there are not aay lump3;
raa tVio rrom irrtn nnd V f p n them hot.
then fill half full and bake in a moiecite
oven half an hour or more. Do not have
the oven too hot at first.
Potato Salad Boil six large potatoes
till tender, cool and cut u? in smalt
pieces and pour over them the following
dressing: Take the yolks of four hard
boilei eggs and rub with a little pepper,
salt and mustard; add a little celery cut
up fine and a little oil; then add eco igh
vinegar to make of the consistency of
any salad dressing ; cat the whites of the
ejrgs in rin-s and put on the top.
Tongue Salad After the best part of
ths tongue has been used on the table,
there are small bits generally left. Cut
these in small pieces on a board, set in
a dish in the ice box, take enough may
onnaises dressing to mix with the tongue.
' add a large spoonful of chopped parsley;
just before ready to serve, mix ine may
onnaise with the tongue, and serve oa
tender lettuce leaves which have beea in
ice cold water and then drain el.
SELECT SIFTINGS.
Paper quilts are becoming popular.
There are now 250 lepers in Louisiana.
Really beautiful turquoises are very
rare.
The American gooseberries Require
pruning every year.
There are certain antelopes which
never virit drinking places.
Babies should be given a drink of
water two or three times a day.
Rabbits signal with their foreptwi,
and have regular signals and calls.
The market price of a wife in Equa
torial Africa is ten bundles of hiirpins.
A New York man committed suicide,
recently, because his wife refused to
support him.
A complete buggy in sections was not
long ago shipped from this country to
Mexico by the parcel post.
It requires upward of 143,000 acres of
rich land to produce the' sugar yearly
consumed in the British islands.
The serpents have their hearts situated
in the head, hence they are always vsry
careful in protecting that region.
The Rev. C. J. Wilson, of New
Brunswick, N. J., lately married an old
love who rejected him twenty-five yeir
ago.
, The loco weed, which is abundant in
Western Kansas, has a peculiar fascina
tion for cattle, upon which- it exerts an
intoxicating effect.
Sewell County, Kansas, has an ox
which measures fourteen feet in length,
six feet and a half high, and, when fat,
weighs 4500 pounds.
The longest speech ever made was by
a Roumanian deputy in support of the
impeachment of an ex-minister, John
Bratiaao, when he spoke for thirty-seven
hours.
The Servians have a curious custom of
giving a parting kiss to their deceased
friends before final burial, and the ob
servance of it has caused a serious epi
demic of diphtheria. The custom has
now been forbidden.
Gold was probably the first metal dis
covered and used. It was miaed in Egypt
and well known in the Eastern Empires
.1800 years B. C. It was doubtless
known and used in India many hundred
years before that period.
In India a huge funnel of wickerwork
is planted in a stream below a waterfall,
and every fish coming down drops iuto
it, the water straining out and leaving
the flapping prey in the receptacle all
ready to be gathered in.
Few relics of antiquity are so curiously
interesting as the charts employed by
ancient mariners, which have portrayed
upon them ever so many extraordinary
monsters, horrible dragons and te.iific
giants scattered here and there.
Princeton, N. J., has two trees which
were planted previous to the Declaiatiou
of Independence. The sycamores in the
Dean's yard were planted in 1767, by
order of the college trustees, to com
memorate the resistance of the Stamp
act.
A startling variation of the snake
etory comes from Rome, Ga. A gentle
man, seeing a snake lying on the road,
prodded it with his umbrella. The snake
straightened its body, spread out two
loug wings like a goose, arose in the air,
and flew across the field. -
A Bath (Me.) man one Sunday morn
ing became so lost in abstraction while
barbering that he forgot to shave the
other side of his face. He went to
church that way, and attracted the at
tention of those in the neighboring pews '
by holding his hand to one side of his
face throughout the service. He will
never be caught that way again.
Remedy for Squeakln; Shoes.
"A man who wears squeaky shoes is
worse than a kiss without a mustache
accompaniment," said a modern girl to
a Mail and Express man last night. Sbo
directed her glance toward a young man
who was crossing a tiled floor. ''Some
women know more than men, and if I
had that young man in my care for ten
minutes I would give him some good ad
vice. He does not make much money
and cannot afford to byy expensive
shoes, and has to be content with ready
made ones.
"Nearly all ready-made shoes squeak,
and the reason is this- When the inner
and outer souls are put together there is
generally some, grit between them, and
the action of the foot causes the little
pebbles, which are harder than the
leather, to work like the ball beariags
of a bicycle, and thus the tqueak. ' A
dealer told me a way to remedy this.
When your shoes rqueak go to a shoe
maker and have him put & peg in the
middle of the sole and there will be no
more loud proclamations.
Another thing, when you buy a new
pair of shoes and they hurt you, put wa
ter in them and let it remain for a min
ute, then pour it out, and if your shoes
burn or hurt you after that you can say
I am wrong. The water takes all the
natural beat out of the leather, and make
the shoes comfortable." New York
Mail and Express.
Fhjslolozieal Pazzles.
The curious orgaas pf t'i t'aroit
known as the tonsils Those function has
been a source of much perplexity rira
believed by Dr. Lovel Gulland to be
glands in which the white corpuscles
are formed. It is these corpuscles are
constantly at war with disease germs in
the blood. Some of the white corpuscles,
if Dr. Gulland's novel theory be trae,ire
stationed as sanitary sentinels to guard
the entrance to the throat, luas ail
stomach, while the corpuscles circula
ting in the blooi act as ai army to at
tack the germs that succeed in entering
the body. Another physician contends
that the vermiform appendix, another
apparently useless organ, and one that
often gives serious and fatal trouble, is
also a g'.ani, and thit it acts as a a in
testinal tonsil. Treotoa (N. J.) Aueri-can.