VOLUME XV.
Reporter and Post.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT
DANBURY, N. C.
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PROFESSIONAL CJIRDS.
A. J. BOYD, .7. W. KEID
P. H. JOHNSTON, JULIUS JOHNSTON
liO YD, REJDS JOHNSON,
Attorneys - at - l.aw,
W KNTWOItTII, N C.
Messrs. Rcid and Johhson will regu
larly attend tbo Superior Courts of
Stokes county.
" 22. L. HAYMORE,
ATTORNEY-AT LAW
Mt. Airv N. C.
Special attention gfwn to tho collection r>
olaiius. I—l2m
~}\ \ 1\ CARTER,
& TTO n %
MT. AliiV, SUUUY CO, N. C
Practices wliorcw.* hissorvics arc wantotl
F. DAY, ALII BUT JONES*
IPay Joz3.es r
inanuf.t 'turars ot
■ ADHLKIIV.II AItNKS.S. COLLARS.TRUNK
>'o. 33G \V. lialliiuoru Htruv't, Daltimore, JH«L
W.A.Tucker, 11. C.SmHlt, U.S. Sp l ajjgin®
Tuckot'i Smith & Co.!
Mtnufarturlii * & wholesale Dealers ia
IGOTS, SHOES, HATS AM) i Ai\ Sl
Ko. 250 Baltimore Street. RaL : ni'».e iM.
it. J. Jt it. K. VK.iT,
WITH
Henry Sonncborn $ Co.,
WHO L ES. 11. E (1.0 THIE RS.
M Aaauycr St., (lietwceiO i man A: (.milliard Sl>
HALTIiIUItE ill).
11. 80NMEB0BN, B. Bt.IMI.INK
Stcyhru I'uhlty, L. It UUlir
H'. 11. MILE.S,
ST El'U E.\'PUTNEY $■ CO
M iiuletdie il-rdh rn in
Shoes, mid Trunks,
1219 .\laiu Street,
gept. 8-»l-«in. I.K UMOXD, VA.
Btl'HAltl) Wlllltt S.\ U i. f. OOiIOH I \.
lIKSUV in .. 1 >KI: ON. l:ieu"l> w. JJ.Vi i».
WOOD, BACON & CO
Importers ami Jobber* of
DRY coons, NOTIONS,
WHITE GOODS,'ETC.
N.w. 11 MinKct St.,
I'HIL ALKLFHtA, I'A.
Parties having
CUT MICA
for sale will find it to their interest, to
with
A. O. SCIIOONMAKER,
158 William St., New York.
R. S. OGLESBY,
C. W." SC'OTT.
WHOLESALE
NOTIONS AND WIIITK GOODS,
012 Main Street
LYNCHBIIIIO VA.
O. K LEFTWI K.
Willi
«IS«0. ELI.GTT & rnimp,
RICHMOND, VA.,
Wholesale Dr.'lcn is
BOOTS, SQOKS, TRUNKS, AC.
Piompl alteuiiou pniil lo oiilcin, s.ict -.i i •
cliou gaoranlffl.
ptr- I'iryinii S "It P. 1.08 Goods a yna'.ly
March, 6. m
UIMT W. fowtlt". »Dr»« D. 1»>IO .
It W I'OWRRS k CO..
WI/OL ESA L E I)R LG IS TS
Dealers iu
PAINTS, OILS, DYES, VAUNISfIES,
French and American
WINDOW GliAwS, PUTTV, SiC.
- SMI>KIN(i AND CIIEWINU
CIGARS, TOBACCO A SPECIALTY
ISO# Mf.in St., Bichmoud, Vaj
26—
HTLHO\. LIKNSM;O„
W L'OI.KSAI.R GUI>C«nS AND COM.MI.-
SiON MKCCIIANTS.
3o S Howaid ii rei i e l.oiMltnnt;
B Al.l M('"K.
Wekeeecor ,' ''y oi■■ ■"1 n hijf lei.
well aw), td > >i. o C.on i. »*l>'>le t
Bou.ltei r sue Wt- it, oif. We . nlicii i on
aigomeutl'ol't oe»ii v P,otl»"e-- .nil s» Col
ton; Fcailin- G u •«. U«e >'• \ Woolllliii ;
Fruit; r«u- 6>i.ius. e.C Out . cilil.es for t'o
■f busioecitie siieb as o
ndprorapl rttuioe. Ail orJtitwsll lure out
vft atumioa. y
GO TO
I. t iNwa
** y *■ J
TISE IJI.OCK,
"WintstOu, IV.
FOR GOOD
Tobacco Flues, Sheet Iron nnd Ilouic
ruado Tinware at
Prices
Also Roofing and Guttering at elior
notice, at BOTTOM piuoem.
gept 10-ly
J. IV. SHIPLEY,
Corner iMalii and 3rd direct
WIHSiTO.I, X. C.
Under Jacobs Clothing Stou.
M.VNUFACTfIiItR OF
Haroeaa, Bridloi, Collars and Buddie*
Also dealer in Whips, IL.iuies,
ISrnsbr , Lap Robes, in fait
everything in the Ilar
nes« and saddl rj lino
CNKAI'I'.SR inn si: is V, KSTI its xoirrii
I AHill.lNA
Will sell my own manufaet I as
cheap us yiu can buy tin Western
atul Northern city made goods.
PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY,
lias a sttx 1; of tlio old army Me'.'lcllan
SA Idles on I and
Come and si E mo Sept 26 1-v.
U i % GU'II t'i. Oiji' l':i i O
Wliolesfilo and l{ct:til
HA NI)W A IT E
Largest line of STOKVS in Winston.
AGI I«-NIT V vn I Tni]>lr»M«MlTS
MACIIINI :I:Y ofall kinds
IMIt.YESS W.\ O SADDLES #c.
P.I 1 .V TS, Oli.S, t .m.VISHES, ,s r'
Special at tent inn i'iv : !r.t lo ,','irir ll'/ntm
dipper Plows.
.lifcnts Dupont's oh! ami well known
II ij It Powdrf.
Sept 2i-ly
Doo i's, Sash, Bli i i ds.
Having rebuilt our Planing Mill,
Door, Sash and lliiiid Factory, aud fit
ted IL up W ''H ALL new machinery of tho
latest and most approved patterns, wo
are now propared to do all kinds of
work in cur line in liie very best *tjlc.
We maAuf icture
DOORS, BASIL, LUJNDS,
Door Frames, Window Frames. I!rack
ets, Moulding, Hand-rail, Balusters,
Newels, Mantels, lVreh Columns, and
arc prepared to do all kinds of Seroll
Sawing, 7'uriiing, &c. WC enrry in
stock Wcathcrboarding, Flooring, Ceil
ing, Wainscoting and all kinds of Dress
cd Lumber; nlsii Framing Lumber,
Shingled, Laths, Lime, Cement, Pl.'-ter,
Plastering Hair anil all kinds of Uuild-
ers'supplies. Call anil see us or write
for our prices before buying elsewhere.
MILLER BROS-, WINSTON, N. C.
GEO. STEWART.
Tin and Sheet Iron Manu
facturer.
Opposite !*":« '■ ' -' • 'house.
ROOFING. GUTTERING AND SPOUT
ING
done ut short noticv
l\i»c|>s consfumly on lii»'i«l • « 1 lot of
Conking anil l! -.n : i-»Si«\.•-
IWRTSI
B »• ■ •
mfl triea, th« pnh'ixhi-rs of tuo ficioutifto
Mil A-nerK an continue tout as solicitor*
for patent ., ca\vnt oopy
to obtain pa?-i •* in Canada. Kngihnd, Franoe,
Oerminy, in>t #ll oth»r couu»H'-« Thiiresperi
enco
and apeciflcstions prepared and filed
in the Patent on aiiort noticu. Terms very
reasonable Wo charge for osainiiialion of tncdela
or drawinpr* Adri «by mail free
Patents obtained throneh *#•'•'*Co.arenotleed
lnHwM'lK!H , ril'lC AMKUH AS.wljish haa
the tar» i ' ir.rt i«ntial
nawttpnp of it* kind pubM», I lti I'w world.
The advantage* of such a notice every patetitoe
und#ri*taadj*.
Thin lareo and anlendidly Illustrated newspaper
Is pobllf lied WIEJRfCIaYftt iv« * year. rnd t*
admtt«d to »>« theb««t j «p»r d*vot j to "ctenrn.
mechanic*. Invention*, cngintn-nns work*, and
other departmonla of indoatrif.l »r"iii"S pub
lished in at y ci»untry. It contain* tho nam« of
all patentees and tit le of every Invention patented
Krh w.'fk. Try it tour luontlia for one dollar.
)d by ell newsdealer*.
If vou ha\e an invention *o patent write to
Munn A Co.. jmb hern of fkiontiOo Aaierio*a.
« Broadway. New York
/• liaudlfej* about yatomi inai.od five.
"NOTIIINti SI '(.'Cl'El >S IJlvi: 1 'o ."ESS."'
DANISUUY, N. C, THURSDAY. FEiiIIUAItY 10. 1887.
~ -■
J IVORY AMHiOI.I).
COAHLE" lIKNI.V I.I'D KIM*.
I I pluokt'i! you in 11 f August noon,
| When all tl.i- liills were hazy
I Willi mists lltat .shin;J to the croon
Of tlove*—belated ilaisy.
j Yoii grew alone; the orcharrg green,
Which Ai.it and .hxm* Ikul whitonnl,.
Njivh for your uiotlest bloom was e'en
Content to g«- .lenedi
Kor this, tlie one I love, at last,
j With count ess charming graces,
I'pou her 1»" om ma le you Jut
; Amid the folded laces.
j You had not iln iau-u that you would rest—
i M'lmt. could so ciuboUeu—
Abu 1 . • tin treasure of » hrcast
! So while, alieait so golden.
—Sn-i' ht'h Miiyitiine.
PAIIMEII'S MASS (X)NTENTION.
Tho Humeri of Noith Carolina mot
:in Mtss Convention ut liaDi jli, N. C.,
lon Wcdnecday, January 26.
Tlio eaminilUe on permanent organi
zation named fur officers : Ellas Carr,
uf Edgecombe, prcsideul ; D. it. l'ar
kcr, of liauJulph, C. McPonalJ, of Ca
barrus, W. 1 . Ureen, of Franklin, L.
W. Anderson of Stokes, W. It. Wil
liam-, of l'itt and A. T. Mial, of Wake,
viae presidents.
S. Otbo Wilson, W. E. Roubow aud
W. 11. Nicholson secretaries.
There wero li'JS lel'gates from all
parts' of tbo State. There was souie
feeling exhibited on the question oflaw
)ers aud merchants who engage in fir
ming. being allowed to vote.
On motion of l'rof. Mclvcr, a com
mittee of live wa- appointed to suggest
proper legislation to tbo General As
sembly. Members of the General As
sembly were invited to take seats iu the
convention, und speeches were limited
•o five minutes. A motion was adopted
that the 'iu. u ..iug I'.r.a r, Publish- d
at Wiustou, by Col. L. L. !*>lU and IJ.l J .
F. Dully, shall ho the ufiieial organ of
the farmers of North Carolina.
Ex-Governor Jarvis aud Dr. Dabnuy
addtc.-s. il the convention .
A re.-olutiuu v . introduced by Col.
L. L. I'ulk, that the organization of the
Stat Department of Agriculture -linuld
be plaeed under the control and man
agement of the practical farmers of the
Staie, and should 'jiinsist cl a Hoard of
niun only, cne from each Congressional
di t riot, each of whom shall be practi
cally identified with some one of the
leading industries of his district, and
two-thirds of whom shall be practical
farmers The Governor should be ex
officio chairman of such board.
The ComuiU.-iotur ot« \grn ulturer
should have a praclieal knowledge ol
farming, acquired by actual experience j
aud training.
That the department should be divest- .
ed of all work foreign to agriculture :
Its boar 1 should constitute a board of j
management of au Agricultural and
Mechanical College.
The fun I should be rclicvod of the J
burdens of making coal explorations, j
immigration, analyses of stomachs, oys- j
ter Mirveys, tish propagation, \c., and
all other matters not strictly agricultur
al.
That for tlio benefit of the children
of farmers, wo should have an Agricul
tural College which should receive $l!0,
000 annually of the fund of the Agricul
tural ih-pavtment, S'Jj.OOO annually
from the state treasury, and $7,500
annually of the land script, now applied
to the University to maintain
sai l agricultural college. Referred to
committee.
The eonnuittco on industrial educa
tion thinks the time has come for a sep
arate industrial college, and recom
mends that the funds of tbo agricultural
department be utilised as far as possible
to this end; that students shall all do
manual labor ; that there bo no curtail
ment of the aid to the University's sup
port.
1 A constitution and by-laws were
adopted, aiid tlio fir-st step has been
j wi il tnkpti toward a useful organization
i of the farmers ot the state, which 'looks
far into the future, the farmers of all
' the cotton states having been invited
by resolution, to co-operate with the
organization of North Carolina farmers
and appoint meeting places for general
conferences.
t)n Wednesday night, they passed a
j resolution asking the Go eral Assembly
to turn over to tho farmers ilin $125,-
[OOO of land scrip now in the bands of
tlie university, ana oeanng en, in.
, tercst u year, to tlie niaintainanoc of an
agricultural and mechanical school, and
j on Thursday they received tin: report of
' | their committee on the state department
of agriculture, which looks practically
to flic cliiuinalion of all that department,
except in paying a secretary, and the
chemist's department. But the cstab
i lishment of an industrial school combin
ing agriculture and mechanics, and the
| modifications sought in the department
of agriculture aro subjects dependent
| upon legislative action.
" As a couiuiitteo to confer with the
General Assembly oil the es'nMishment
i of an industrial school, the
j board of agriculture committee appoint
j cd on the 18th inst., there were chosen
j the following gentlemen ; James T l.e
(irand, of Richmond ; Julian Allen, of
Iredell; W. I l '. (Ireen, of Franklin ;
, Herbert Norris of Wake, 1). MeN.
McKay, of Harnett, I*. 11. I'arkor, of
Randolph, and (i. Franch, of Pen
; dcr.
As a comnnttec to request the lcgis
i lature to modify the organization of tin
> depart cat of agiiculturc, the conven
tion appointed I'. V. Dunn, of W.iko;
Dr. l'arker, of ItandolpU ; J. C. Elling
. ton, of Johnson ; (.!. i' French, of I'en-
Jder; L. 1.. Polk, of Fonytb; A. I'.
Jones of Wake: B. F. Hester, of
, | Gruuville, and lillias Carr, of Edgccom
be. The last named committee w.ll
also present to the general assembly all
, other resolutions asking legislation,
! ,sotiic of which arc as follows ■ To cs
i ' tablish the office of tax collector m the |
| several counties of the state and scpar- |
[ i ate this wort from the sheriffs proper |
, duties ; that 'lie board of agriculture be j
, alloweil to appoint an immigration agent |
' from each Congressional district who is I
I to have authority to act, but no pay !
. j for services from the state ; to reduce !
: the large income to clerks anil registrars \
in certain counties, to levy a tax of $1 j
on every dog for the public ahool fund ; j
.! to reduco warehouse charges on tobacco I
[ ' by Saw to five per cent, the charges now '
i j being tea ; to provide the working of \
\ the publio roads by convicts and pro- i
iiibitmg their use on the railroads as '
■ | at present ; to request our Congressmen j
j to support Senator Ilawley'g experiment j
statiou bill so as to avoid Federal maul |
agement of such stations iu the State ; I
i to make no change in the homest»ad law ;
| now. but the repeal of the entire ehattle
! law to go into effect January 1, 1888 :
j lo further guard tho traffic in seed eot-
I toe ; to take steps to keep the cattle
pneumonia, now raging in slates adja-j
j cent, out of out boundaries ; to provide i
for the e»' ablishment of saving banks j
on such basis that thov may loan money j
on real estate , to provide for tho sup- ,
| port of ail agricultural and mechanical
school by using funds, of the agrieul
| tural department, the University land- j
j soup annual appropriations and convicts, j
I The following resolutions of Col. J
j l'olk were adopted :
Resolved, That it is tho desire of this 1
| convention that convict labor should be
j employed on the public roads of the I
', State. •
Resolved, That it is tho desire of this |
j conventiou that our convict labor should
| not bo employed for the benefit of money
j corporations, and especially do we con
demn tho policy of giving this labor to
those corporations.
Tho official proceedings of tho con
vention weie ordered to be printed in
the Progressive Farmer,
j Co!. Polk, in speaking of tho funds
i available for ■ lie proposed school, called
attention to tho fact that nrf •December
tho boa-rd ot agriculture offered $15,000
a year for uicli school; before the con- j
i vcntion would cease its effort he thought
they would get $25,000 instead of $15,-
11 000. At tlie conclusion of the conven
tion lie received a vote of thanks from
the convent.on, in which appreciation
was expressed at bis successful woik in
organizing the farmers.
The convention chose tha name of the
i i North Carolina Farmers' Association,
j It will hold it* annual session in Raleigh
J each year when the General Assembly
• j meets.
The Committee oil permanent organi
• | cation named for officers . Ellas Carr,
! Edgecombe county; President; with nmo
i ! vice-presidents, oue from each congres
i sional district:
I 1 1 Willis R. Williams, of Pitt,
I 2 Yv. A. Harden, of (iitene ;
• 3 G. 'A. French, of Pender ;
i -1 W. F. Green, of Franklin ;
I 5 H. K. Fries, of Forsyth;
0 J..S Ileid of Mecklenburg;
i 7 W. 11. Hobson, of Davie;
• 8 lturwoll Hlanton, of
■ 9 W. 11. McClnre, of City.
f 1 Secretary, IJ. F. Hosier, of Gran
villo, with S. Otlio Wilson, of Wake,
and C. McDonald, of Cabarrus, as assist
ants. '
Treasurer, IV. E. Benbow, of Guil
ford .
Executive Committee, Dr. D. R.
Parker, Prof. Alex. Meivor, of Or
ange, D. MeN McKay, of Haruotte,
Ij. L. Polk, of Forsythc, and C. Mc-
Donald, nf Cabarrus.
Tho next session of tlie Association
will be hi Id in Greensboro on tho 2nd
Wednesday of Jan, 18SS.—Compiled
from Raleigh .New*- Observer.
OVER PRODUCTION OF TOBAC
CO.
N'o better evidence of the great
overproduction of tobacco in the west
is wanted than tlial given by the statis
tiee of stocks held in all tho principa
mantels. By a careful comparison '
figures wo have conic to the conclus/u.
that, on December . Ist there were at
loasfr 50,000,000 pounds moro of Wes
* 1
teriijtobaeeo held as stock in the princi
pal markets than on Decemb.ir Ist IS.
So, and fully 115,000,000 pounds more
than was held December 1, 1881. With
an assurod surplus in the 1880 Western
crop, what will be tho stains of affairs
December 1, 18x7' It is not liai i to
guess. The only possibility of relief 1
from the present great depression is
in a materially decreased acreage in
1887. Yes, there is another sourco of'
relief open (not ouly tor Western, but
the piodnecrs of all sections) iu con-!
junction with the first named, and thai
is the re-establishment of prices on the
manufactured articlejlo something like
a reasonable basis. Wuh leaders and
drivers and efforts of leading manufac
turers to monopolize the trade and ex- 1
terminate each other, prices have be- |
come so demoralized that there is nei- ;
tlier profit or pleasure in any blanch of.
the trade.
Leading tobacco manufacturers could
signalize the advent of tho New Year in ;
no happier maimer tl an by burying the ]
"tomahawk," abolishing the practices ■
of putting out leaders and of giving re- j
bates utid presents, and establishing I
prices on a basis that will insure re
newed prosperity to tho trade. While 1
generally OppoMd to combinations, we I
would welcome the combination of to
bacco manufacturers for such laudable '
objects ns above cited.— IVeilcrn To
liucco Journal'
It may interest our readers to know
why it costs tho State of North] Carolina
$256,000 to support tho Penitentiary,
when the Penitentiaries of some other ;
States pay, a surplus into the State
I'reasuries. V hill passed the House ,
of Representatives last week giving 2.50
of our convicts to a privato corporation,
free of any charge whatever. The Stuto
has to board these convicts, pay for i
guards lo watch them, build stockades i
to keep them iu at night, hire cooks to
prepare their food and pay women to |
wi.sh i heir clothes. And if any of these \
oonviets or employees hare to pass over j
Ihc railroad on which they are working i
the State has to pay freight, &e.
Tho policy of certain leaders seems |
to bo to select and build up luonicd \
aristocracy at the State's expense or
rather at the expenso of the tax-payers ,
of the State. Each convict iu the \
Penitentiary is worth his boaid and
clothes and $125 per annum, and no j
man or corporation should huvo one of
them at less than this.— Hiltlical He- '
enrdrr.
The total recognized Stato debt is j
$12,527,000. The total amount of
bonds exchange I to November 80th last j
was $10,507,000, for which $3,045,000 j
in new 1 per cent wore issued. The j
total amount of old bonds outstanding j
u $2,120,000. The Treasurer recom-1
mends that the bond redemption law be
extended until January 1, 1889. Of
the b-inds issued iu aid of the construc
tion of '.he North Carolina railroad the
commissioners have reoeived for ex
chaugo $'2,577,000, for which new 6
per cent.bonds have b*n issued, leaving
ouly $218,000 not cxclunged. Of tlieso
the United Slates Treasury holds
$128,000 which it will not cxchang#.—
Ex.
Locomotives now run into Jerusalem,
and the shrill stoam whistle is heard
iu tho streets ouce trod by King David.
Southern California will show a wine
crop of 17,006 gallons this year, and a
raisin crop of 7,000,009 boxes.
Germany is to vote on the 21st day
of February whether that empire shall
continue to be ruled by an emperor, or
pass under constitutional rule.
BEE NOTES.
A Texas correspondent of Gleanings
[(Medina. O.) thinks it best when ex
tracting honey not to place the emptied
j combs back on the hives, inasmuch as
robbers attacked two out of five hives on
which he bad done so.
i 0. A. Fartand, of Rockport, Ohio,
1 informs Gleanings that heroio dosiug
, with camphor, and rubbing tho same
liberally ou t'.iuhcitd, faeo (oyes expect
ed) and parts of the system attacked, is
the best treatment* for severe siing
• ing.
Mr. Roland Shcrbunc, writes from
lowa, as follows, 011 brood and young
! bees: Wo read a great deal about col
onic* having plenty of brood and young
bees privous to their going into winter
quarters. With this 1 heartily agree: J
but I made some observation last fall
that there were not quito m accord- j
aneo with it. The first week in Sep- j
| tciubcr, 1885, was very cool, and the !
bees toddled clo> lon the combs. Thou '
llio weather became very warm, and
honey came 111 so fist that the brood j
-
comb was Idled .s fas! as the young |
bees hatched out. Extra combs wore j
given, but seemed as if houey was stor- ,
cd everywhere, and several of my bust
queens could not be induced lo com- :
j mence laying again. I reasoned that, ,
lif the queen stopped hying in the ear- i
I ly fall, she would commence sooner in j
j the spring (honey beining plentiful and i ,
|of good quality), and I think my rea
soning correct; for when those hives !
were set out this spring they were full '
of bees, all had abundance of brood, and
arc among the best I have. Most of j
tho hives hatched broud ihreo and four !
; weeks later, but wens 110 belter. Some
; advocate having one or two empty couibs
in tho centre of 'lie brood-ncst, for
' clustering. I gave nine combs full of;
honey. The bees hung below and close ;
to the eutianca. I presume empty 1
! combs arc beneficial when bees arc wiu- j
! tered out of doors; but in the cellar
; I should not deem it necessary.
j Seine masculine donkey writes a piti
j ful letter to a Washington Territory '
1 paper saying that he cannoi get enough J
! to eat because his wife is 011 jury duty I :
at tho courthouse for four days, ilcrc J
' is another evidence of man's dependence
upon wo Lan. Poor, dependent, helpless j
ereaturo ! caunot board around for four 1 1
days, while woman would be expected !
to get along alone through a four year 6 1
war oainpaign brought about by the
| incapacity of tho ruling sex, and she , 1
would not be expected to find a word of !
fault.—Fx. 1
STATISTICS OIP THE BIIH.E. The Bi- ,
blc contains 00 books, 1,181) chapters, \
! 31,1/3 verses, 773,092 words, 3,586,-] ]
•189 letters. ' ,
Tho middle verse is tho eight verse j
of the 118 th Psalm.
Tho longest verse is the ninth verse
| of the eight chapter of Esther,
j The Shortest verse is the thirty fifth
1 verso of the elevcuth chapter of St.
j John.
Ezra vii., 21, contains nil the letters
1 of the alphabet except J. j j
The great man of a State often finds
wheu ho readies Washington aud moas- (
ures his inteileetual stature with that 1 s
!of men from other Commonwealths,that j i
! lie does not rise abore tlicin with that!
I preiuincncn that he had flattered him- j
I self that he would and that his wor- j j
! shippers at homo had confidently ex- j j
j peeled.—Boston llernld,. Mug. j j
Fred Douglas says that tho prejudice : '
Against color is getting as strong in |
I Europe as it is in the United States .
and that is caused by the absurd and 1
| sometimes offensive antics nf negro mill-1
j trol troupes in the European cities. j '
The Chicago Inter-Ocean: E. W. j
Gurley, ol llctidersouville, North Car-1
olinu, has been awarded the first prize, j
s2so,by tho New Y'ork Tribune, fori'
the bost true story of the war. L. E. I
Stcdman, the poet-banker, was the 1
judge whom were referred tho stories. \
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If you starve your hens you will not
fatten your egg basket. ,
Guinea fowls are excellent sentinels
agatnst hawks, cats or other "varm
ints."
| The way of the transgressor is hard; j
' and how unfortunate that he will not 1
1 believe it until lie takes counsel willi j
liia own experience'
r ' Tho 0111011 wns alm -.t an object of
1 woship by the Egytiaus two thousand
r 1 years before the Christian era. It first
1 "•nn 1 fiom India.
m.
BRIEFS ADRIFT.
Tim Alaska company shipped 202,-
OOt) sealskins to London this year.
A south polar expedition is being
arranged for by a party ot Australians.
Last year 31 murders occurred in
San Francisco, Cal.
A jug factory in Slacon, Ga., turna
out 800 jugs a day.
No woman lias been haugad in New
York State for 37 years.
Seventy-five persons committed sui
cide in San Francisoo lust year.
Louii'a ia n w aspires to be the
hay producing State of the Union.
Buffalo Kill has killed during hi?
onroi i 4,280 buffaluus. This is the
j way lie earned his title.
ll is said that Cornelius and Win. K.
Vatiderbilt get us many as 100 begging
| letters every day. "
It is said that in Gaston county, N.
there are 8 cotton mills within six
miles of .Ml. Holly.
A citizen of Montgomery, Ala., has
been in the city jail 15 years fot drunk
! eijiiefs. lie is 80 years old. •
General Nelson A. Miles, the ludiau
fighter, is said to be the handsomest of
fieeuyi the United Stales Army.
A Japanese wiih au income of SI,OOO
a year is considered a wealthy man,
and a farmer who has SIOO laid by is
ranked among the capitalists of his dis
trict. In al 1 tho empire, out of a pop
ulation of 37,000.000, there arc less
than 10,000 paupers
Curi ius in the statistics of births is
the fact that there is always a larger
number of boys boru than girls. Tho
proportion varies from 102 to 10G boys
to 100 girls.
New York is the great newspaper
eentrr of the Western Hemisphere, as
I the following figures show : Dailies,
morning, 21 ; evening, 8 ; semiwcekly
7; weekly, 21G: biweekly,ll semimonth
ly, 19; monthly, 108: bimonthly 4;
i|unrterly, 111. Total, 473.
Engineering in China has certainly
achieved a notable triumph in tho
bridge at Lagang, over an arm of tho
China Sea. This structure is five miles
long, built entirely of stone, has 300
archers 70 feet high, the roadway is 70
feet wide, and the pillars are 75 feet
apart.
Rattlesnake Jim, ot Wooster, Ohio,
says that the only reliable cure for the
Lite of a rattlesnake is turpentine held
over the bitten spot, the uncorked mouth
down, will draw out tho poison, which
cau be seen as it enters the turpentine
in a sort of blue flaiuo. Although 114
has never been brtten, ho has tried this
cure on his dogs, always with success.
It is said that Hen (Sutler's law prac*
tice nets him $125,000 a year.
PICKINGS.
From the Wilmington Star.
Five hundred journeymen tailors in
Philadelphia havo withdrawn fram the
Knights of Labor.
Jay Gould has bought 200,000 acres
of land io Louisiana. There is need of
some of George's laud ideas or will bo
in tho future.
The Atlanta Prohibitionists are again
on the war path. They are raising
funds for a vig rous campaign against
high license and wine rooms. The next
fight will be harder than tho last it is
prophesied.
Tourgce having had his little day as
an author, and having spent the tens of
thousands ho m«dc in slandering the
South, has returned to the bar in New
York State. Tourgce is a man of mark
ed talents His trouble is want of ohar»
actor.
We hallooed across the street, a
warm, spring-like day lately, that tho
back of the winter was broken. The
next day was tho coldest of the season,
the mercury falling to 14 degrees abovo
sero, the ooldost in eleven winters but
onoe. The moral is Don't crow too
early.
There is a sensation in London to tha
effoot that Germany may provoke Franco
to begin wur. An explanation is re
ported to bo about to be demanded on
the part of Germany why it is Franco
is engaged in certain movements, and
that this will almost be sure to proroke
war.
Opinions alter, manners change,
creeds rise and fall, but tho moral law i«
wri" •• on tnhl-~ Moroity.