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1 THE WEEKLY GAZETTE. A WEEKLY NEWSrAPEB rVBLISOED BT jAMS H. YOUNG. Editor and Prop. A, J. ROGERS and J. D. PAIR General Traveling Agents. WEEKLY GAZETTE S nnm tes of Advertising. , H One ftquarn, one Insertion i W un square, one month 1 oo One square, two months........ 3 00 A une square, three months a w One square, six montba.. 6 00 Onepquare. one year 9 00 WLiboral uontracU made for larger advertisements. VOL. IX. RALEIGH. N. 0.. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1897- NO. 29. 4 0 iu JL. 11 It .1 A I FOROP.'S ftAUHORTflGE. I Millions of Bushels of Wheat, Rye and Potatoes. SHOULD ANYTHING LIKE THE Figures Be Realized, More Than One Hall' of All the Farm Mortgages In llicU. S. Can lie Paid Off. European advices to the American griculturist show a shortage this year 'ti the Euroreau crops, as compared vith average crops as follows: "Wheat, ;H,000,000 bushels; rye, 323,000,000 'mshels; potatoes, 1,000,000,000 bush Ms. The heaviest shortage in rye is in th rountries of the largest production Ku.-hia, Germany, Austria and France. In these countries, also, is the heaviest :ltvlmo in potatoes. The seriousness :f the situation is emphasized treru the fact that rye, far more than heat, is depended upon as a bread- tutf by the European masses. No part A the world, apparently, has a consid erable surplus of cereals, except the United States and Canada. The potato crop in these countries is found by the American Agriculturist to le about 2 per cent. le3S than last year md may be still smaller. The United States has no potatoes for export, but if I rices go high enough the United States ran spare 240, 000, 000 bushels of -wheat, 'I0.U(H),UU0 bushek of corn, 100,000,000 ushels of oats and 10.000.000 bushels if rye -a total of OHO, 000, 000 bushels. 1 nis will be the biggest export ever i iade of Americau grain. It is just 'ibout enough to offset Europe's needs fo i wheat and rye. but where is she to t'md a substitute for her enormous "liortase in potatoes? Must she not take every bushel of foodstuffs that America can snare? In the twelve months ended on June '''). ISO:.', following Europe's short crops cf 1801, the foreigners bought from the United States Hour and wheat amount ing to 225,000,000 bushels, at an aver flze export price above 1 a bushel; of corn, 177,000,000 bushels, at an average value ot over i5 cents a bushel; of rye, more than 12.000.000 bushels, at an average of 0r cents a bushel. The Amel-cn Agriculturist thinks the foreigners must expect to pay these prices this year, as the export supplies in other couutries that were available in 1801 are exhausted now. It even locks to a possibility of S3 wheat. A canvas of the farmers in the centres ri commercial production has shown (bat the farmers are very firm holders. They think that they control the sit uation and saj- they want to net at theii local shipping stntions for wheat, rye and potatoes,:? I a bushel ;corn 80 cents; oats '?" cent?; hay $12 and $15; cotton Ofind 10 cents; tobacco, .00 to 150 per cent, above last year's sales. Should anything like the above fig ures be realized, more than half of all tlio mortgages on all the farms in the I nited States can be paid off this year I N C R E A SE OF EXPORTS At Southern Ports, While Those ol New Vork Fall Oft. I h forthcoming annual report of the rureaujf statistics will show the per rtuges of the aggregate exports of the Eaited States for the fiscal year ending inns 30, 1807, at 70 of the principal cus toms rort. It is shown that the exports fiotn the port of New York have fallen from 4. 32 per cent, of the whole in 1805 o7. 2 in 1807. Uoston's exports were '. 11 per cent, in 1800 and 9.60 in 1807. !sv Orleans has made a gain from 8.47 per cent, in 1803 to 0.60 in 1807. Balti more also increased her exports from ". 52 per cent, in 180G to 8. 15 per cent. 1 a -1 year. This increase is said to be due to the large increase of the ship ment of corn. The exports from Phila- A hia increased from 7.52 per cent, in Is. 'ti to 8. 15 per cent, last year. This increase is said to be due to the recent exceptionally large shipments of wheat. Theie was also an increase at San Fran cisco from 2.70 in 1804 to 3.77 in 1807. Jalveston, Texas, increased from 4.12 per cent in 1800 to 5.54 last year an I Newport New s, Virginia, from 1.68 in 180t; to 2. 10 last year. Puget Sound, W ashington, increased from 0.78 per rent in 1800 to 1.13 in 1807. Norfolk an I Portsmouth, Va. , increased from . ? in 1800 to 1.77 last year. Chicago increased from 0. 15 per cent, in 1896 to o.22 per cent, last year. Fa the matter of imports New York thews a falling off from 04. 12 per cent. ol the whole imports of the United States in 1800 to 62.80 in 1807. Boston shows an increase from 10.16 to 11.80 per cent. New Orleans increased from 1.74 to 2.17. Baltimore fell off from 1.73 to 1.40. Philadelphia increased from 5. 62 to 6.20. San Francisco fell off from 5.41 to 4.50. Chicago fell off from 1.90 to 1.51 per cent. THE NEXT ENCAMPMENT Of t he Grand Army of the Republic to be Held in Cincinnati. The Grand Army of the Bepublic, in Fusion at Buffalo, N.Y., last week, was one of the greatest of recent years. The reports presented showed that-more than seven thousand members have died within the year just closed. Pensions, p.i'noitc institutions and the public K bools received particular attention in the commander s address. The selection of the next place of Tueeting resulted on the first ballot 520 for Cincinnati and 214 for San Fran Cisco, in 1808. '. i . . tiobin.ot ijebanon, 1 a., was elected commander-in-chief. The Situation in Uruguay. in ii i i . ineiasr maii au vices received here horn Uruguay showed that a reign of terror existed. Three lieutenant colon ,1.. . . . . six majors, ten captains and many less-er officers had been cashiered "for complicity in the revolutionary move rnent. (Jenerals Vasques and Tajes, n COln lnfind nf tlio ermfliorn frnntior had resigned. The Montevideo papers. ' -JU reierriug to the military dismissals and resignations, state that the govern ment censorship prevented the signifi cauce ol these acts from being known. SOUTHERN BULL OPERATIVES. Cotton Mill Operatives May Organize if an Attempt is Blade to Employ Negroes. A special from Charlotte. N. C. , to the New York Evening Post says: Or ganization among the cotton mill ope ratives in the South, often vainly urged by emissaries from labor unions in the North, may follow as the result of the attempt of a few mill owners to employ negroes, it is necessary in self-protec- lon, some of the operatives say. and they add that an effort -will be made to organize a union wherever there is a cotton mill, to which unions colored people will not be admitted. In At lanta, where a weak union was thought to have been potent in preventing the employment of negro women in a cotton mill, the membership has doubled since the incident. It is also announced that the mill operatives will ask for legisla tive action against the employment of children and fixing the limit of a day's labor. If the efforts at organization succeed. relations very different from the amica ble ones of the past may prevail be tween employers and employes, and the Southern cotton manufacturers may lose the advantage they have enjoyed in freedom from labor troubles. SAVANNA1I TO BE FREE PORT. There Will Be No More Quarantine Charge There. Savannah, Ga., will be a free port before the cotton season fairly starts. All quarantine charges will be removed and the commerce of the world will be invited to come into that harbor with out paying anything for the attention given it at quarantine. A majority of the members of the board of Aldermen favor doing away with all quarantine charges for vessels They believe the way to increase Sa vannah's commercial business is to let the ships come there at as low cost to owners as possible, and acting upon this belief they have decided practical ly that all charges for fumigating, in specting and cleaning ships shall be abolished. SOUTHERN IsTa.E FAIRS. Secretary Wilson is Expected to Visit Them This Fall. Many invitations addressed to Secre tary Wilson to visit State and county fairs during the approaching autumn are being received at the agricultural department in Washington, a large number of them being from the South ern States. The invitations from this section express a desire to have th secretary inspect the agricultural con ditions and to have the benefit of his advice as a practical farmer after such nspection. It is known that he ex pects to go to Nashville during the fall, and it is considered probable that he may to time his visitthere as to take in some of the fairs in States, the neighboring MORMON ELDERS. tah Sends a Delegation to Work in Alabama, Georgia and Carolina. A special from Chattanooga, Tenn., of the 24th. says twenty-four Mormon elders arrived from Utah today and registered at headquarters in this city. They are to be distributed at once throughout Alabama, G eorgia and South Carolina. There have been more than 200 of these elders sent here this year so far. They say that they are being received with better grace than they used to bo and that the faith is growing in the ter ritory mentioned. Strenglh of Our Army. According to officers of the war de partment, the present enlisted strength of the army is now nearly up to the full number allowed by law and can be easily maintained without any un usual activity on the part of the re cruiting officers, lho material mow secured is of a higher standard than the army has ever had, and owing to the regulations designed for the com fort and happiness of enlisted men, the department predicts that this year will show fewer desertions than for some time past. Boom for the Blind. Superintendent John Eussell Young has decided to introduce into the new congressional library at Washington a department for the blind. The library already contains a large number of vol umes in blind letters, and it . is Mr. Young's intention to make a complete collection of raised letter books. A reading room will be set aside for this department, which will be the first of its kind in this country. George Will Not Build. The Abbeville (N. C.) Citizen has re ceived a letter from Charles McNamee, with George Vanderbilt at Vaubeck, Germany, denying the recently widely published 6tory to the effect that Mr. Vanderbilt intended to build a $100,000 hospital in Asheyille. Mr. McNamee says the story nas no iouuuhuou iu fact. Father's Terrible Vengeance. In Talbot county, Ga., E. E. Low was discovered by C. E. Womble in a compromising position with his daugh ter. Womble fired on Low, but missed. Low ran, but Womble pursued, and coming upon him beat his brains out with a stone, killing him instantly. He then went to the police headquarters and surrendered. Both men were prominent farmers. Bryan to be at Nashville. At the request of Gov. Silas H. Hol comb, of Nebraska, and the Tennessee Centennial Commissioners of that State, Oct. 8 has been set apart as Ne braska Day at the Centennial. Hon. William Jennings Bryan has promised to be in the party of Nebraskans who will attend the Exposition on this occa sion. Killed by a Folding Bed. Al. Hankius, a widely known sporting man of Chicago, was killed by the col' iopso of ft foldinsr bed. I FROZEN mi FIELDS. 0m Hundred Interesting Facts About Klondike. GOLD IS FINE ENOUGH TO FLOAT ft is as Large as All the States East of the Mislssippl and North of the Ohio, Including Virginia and W. Virginia. The following interesting facts about the new gold fields in Alaska are taken from the Chicago (111. ) Times-Herald, and we submit them as conveying more in a nutshell than any other article we have as yet seen: Alaska is two and one-half times as large as Texas. It is eight times as large as all of New England. It is as large as the South including Texas. It is as large as all the States east of i the Mississippi and north of the I Ohio, including irginia ana west ! Virginia. . It makes San Francisco east of our center. Its coast line is 20,000 miles. It has the highest mountain in North America. It has the only forest-covered glacier in the world. The Treadwell is one of its greatest gold mines. It has the best yellow cedar in the world. It has the greatest seal fisheries. It has the greatest salmon fisheries. It has cod banks that beatNewfound- Iand. It has the largest river in the world. A man standing on a bank of the Yu kon 150 miles from its mouth cannot see the other bank. The Yukon is twenty miles wide 700 miles from its mouth. With its tributaries it is navigable 2,500 miles. It is larger than the .Danube. It is larger than the La Plata. It is larger than the Orinoco. It discharges one-third more water than the Mississippi. The water is fresh fifteen miles from its mouth. It has more gold in its basin than any other river. Its color is beautifully blue to its junction with the White river, 1,100 miles above its mouth. Alaska run? 1,500 miles west of Ha waii. Yukon basin gold is estimated at $5, 000,000,000. The necessary eruptive force for the formation of great fissure veins is every -whero evident in Alaska. Silk should bo worn next the body, then woolen and then furs. Citric acid should be taken to prevent Bcnrvey. The food there produces rectal dis eases. Take medicine. Lima beans are good portaJblo food. Snow glasses should not be forgot ten. Nowhere are mosquitoes so numer ous. There are two kinds of poisonoui flics. There are no snakes in Alaska. Moose are plentiful. The flesh re sembles horse tlesh. Capital of stock companies organized to do business ia. Alaska aggregaU S200.000.000. It is probable that withlu twelvi months Dawson City will be within four davs from Juneau. In Central and Northern Alaska the around is frozen to a depth of 20C feet. Snowfall in the interior is very light six inches or so. . a The heaviest rain ana enow are on the southeast coast. No land contains finer spruce tim ber. In its low temperature gold filling in the teeth contracts and falls out. Use amalo-am. Men born in the southern latitudes have become insane in the long dark. Take a chess board and men. Thej nrevent dementia. The medicine chest should hod pills, pills, pills. A temperature of 75 degrees below zero ha 3 been recorded. When it erets below 50 there is no wind. A tent is as good as a house, and is cheaper. No shelter is needed except when the wind blows. At other times a sleeping bag answer- all purposes. Just below rapids ice forms only nine feet thick, and there fishing is done. In other places it will reach 40 feet. In the dark season here twilight lasts six hours, and almost any kind cf work can be done. Elk, cariboo and grouse are common and easily killed. Don't eat snow or ice. Melt them. Else quinsy. In low temperature the inside of the throat sometimes freezes. This is lo lv called 'frost burning." For frozen fingers use cold water. ; You can bathe only the feet and face. Sweat under blankets in summer or get rheumatism. In summer all land not mountain is swamp. Underfoot is ice cake, overhead 22 hours' sun. Everybody gets lice. Boil under clothing. Freeze sleeping bags. Talk on the ice pack is hear a half mile. An expert placer miner can ran dry. Alaskan "dust" is aa big ai ttheat. Some gold is fine enough to float. Wear silk gloves and then fur. The Esquimo is virtuous, the Chilkat Is not. Canadian rapacity will drive the mirers into American territory. Canadian police are highly efficient. Beindeor will be the future locomo- Alnslfftn doers are wonderfully intelli gentthe result of selection and hered- The natives eat much decayed fish. They are all honest Thousands of miners from other na tions will go. A Chicago company leads in Alaskan exploration. Hay grows as high as a man's head. Hardy vegetables can bo raised. All streams show true gold fissures. Take plenty of flour. Buy all you think you need, then buy more. Last winter a man killed himself because he had five pounds of baking powder and no flour. Under act of Congress communities of miners can make their own laws. No thief gets a fairer trial anywhere, por a':y prompter execution. lata caches on platforms six feet bieh. Wolves. It -will pay you to wait a year or two. It costs $1,000 now and will cost $200 then. All distances are gigantic. It is 2, 000 miles from Sitka to Klondike. A boat leaving Dawson September 20th is chased to the mouth by freezing water. All wood in the Aleutian Islands grew on glaciers in Alaska. Whole forests break into the sea. Some streams are bridged by glaci ers. Some wood is beautifully polished by glacier action. Avalanches in the interior are un- known. Owing to dryness there is not much suffering from the cold. Take a 40-80 rifle with telescope sights. One small tribe makes $2,500 a yeal from silver fox skins. They are worth $250 each. Exposed portions of the body freeze in three miuutes. Enough library. One Bible, one Shakcspearo. Snow-shoe3 are not needed in the mine country. Buy mines from discouraged min ers. Trading companies will not carry goods for competitors. Next year competition will briag down their prices 30 per cent. Meals ou the boat up the river cost 51 each. Men who have crone this winter to make their living sawing wood will noi have time to say much. A CAR FAMINE ON. Advanced Price of Wheat Causes In rreased Shipment. The Rock Island road is experiencing a car famine, particularly on its lines in Oklahoma and the Indian Territory. It also has all the grain it can handle At South Chicago, where it delivers the largest part of its grain, there are 1,800 cars of corn on the track. There has been more corn sold for September delivery within a fortnight than the road will be alile to haul. The St. Paul, Northwestern and Burlington have all they can do. The Chesapeake A- Ohio has all its cars employed, and has leased 1,000 more. Farmers throughout Central and Western Kansas are using every means possible to get their wheat on the mar ket at the present high prices. Teams block the streets of many towns, and mills and elevators are crowded to their utmost capacity. The railroad yards in many ot tne larger towns are blocked with loaded cars which cannot be moved. The shipments were never be fore so large. As a result of the boom of wheat, several large sales of farm property have been made, and holders rave increased values 2a per cent. Charged With Embezzlement Thomas M. Arrington, of North Car olina, for twelve years past an employe Df the postoffice department and re, cently in charge of the Washington di vision of postoffice inspectors has been arrested at Washington, D. C, charged witnjembezzliag government moneys. .n investigation of Arrington s ac 1 1 i m counts nas been in proless for some time and, it is said, resulted in the dis oovery of a shortage of about $3,000. tie was released on $2,000 bond. McKinley in Cleveland. President McKinley was the guest of the American Bar Association at its bauquet Friday ovening, though the fact that he was to be there was kept very quiet, lhe President entered the banquet hall after the speaking began, He was accompanied by Secretary Al s;er and Senator Hanna. A seat had been reserved for him between the new and retiring presidents of the associa tion. After the applause which greeted the President had subsided the toast master announced that the executive sommittee had reported the election to honorary membership in the associa tion of William McKinley, of Ohio, The announcement was greeted with cheers. A POSTOFFICE ROBBED. rhe Safe Blown Open and $300 in Money and Stamps Secured. A special to the Charlotte (N. C.) Observer from Goldsboro of Aug. 28 3ays: The 6afe in the postoffice at Mt. Olive was dynamited early this morn ing and robbed of $300 in cash fid stamps. The negro postmaster saw a strange white man about the office yesterday, who seemed to be interested in the amount of business the office was doing. All left to him this morn ing was a demolished iron safe with plaster Paris strewn in every direction. it was a peat iob. SARGENT OBJECTS To Sympathetic Strikes Better t Remain at Work. Grand Master Sargent of the Broth erhood of Locomotive Firemen, declare! that he will not attend the meeting ol union leaders at St. Louis; that he waf opposed to sympathetic strikes and thai lho by-laws of the organization pre vented it from taking part in them. Mr. Sargent said that the brotherhood would not be officially represented. He says it sympathizes with the striking miners and have shown it by their lib eral response to an appeal for financial aid sent out by him, but they can do them more good by staying at work and earning money to contribute than they can by strikiog and thus cutting off the source of supplies. - ENCHANTING IjAND, FAREWELLS Rabbi David Marx Writes of His Visit To "The Land of The Sky." It is a relief to leave the busy haunts of men; the cities crowded with hu manity, sweltering baneath the bur dens of toil and the hot mid-summer 6un and wend our course to the lofty summit of mountain. How invigorating aro the breezes that ramble through the cloud-kissed re gions, sweet with the fraukincense of fresh-leaved forests. The soul under goes transformation. A new freedom possessed body and mind. "The voices of the mountains stir to the quick every latent energy; and naturo, unfolding within, breathes new life. "Land of the ky!" Whoever named thee so, spoke no idle word, but truer were the thought: "Gateway 'twixt earth and heaven. " This region is most charming. Pelion is not piled on Ossa, butbauked against each other; like the huge waves of ruf fled sea, mountain succeeds mountain, dense with luxuriant foliage, until lost in the haziness of the distant blue, n veritable sea of mountains threatens to engulf the verdant valley that nestles below us, quietly resting, securely guarded by its hoary sentinels of thick veined cliffs. Here earth looks to heaven with smiling countenance, and heaven rejoices at the gladness of earth. The very clouds, that "rise like exhala tions" from the valley, and uninvited enter our apartments, wear au air of fellowship. Phantomlike, as a breath they pass and array their battalions of cumuli to glorify the departure of the day's sun. And when night majestically spreads her star-studded mantle over the bosom of earth, and one bv one the many pointed constellations twinkle with rosruish friendliness, how much more brightly appear these silvery decora tions from onr mountain retreat than when obscured and dimmed by clouds of valley or smoke of city. Here the lover of natural scenery finds undying satisfaction. Every step shifts the shil.3 of the marvelous pano rama ana throws beiore tne eve a uis- solviug view of blending shades, color, outline and background, an entrancing picture, a view that is never the same. Here nature charms by her creative powers. Y ith unflagging zeal she cau tiously retouches her handiwork, lest the eve grow weary and the soul become satisfied. Here heaven and earth meel in a kiss of such gentle tenderness that vision cannot discern the touching ol their lins. Softlv, almost unconsciously, a spirit of pride enters our heart, and with the boastfulness of a school lad, we claim partnership in this grand country. A patriotic impulso seizes us. Our soul harmonizes with nature. Our being thrill-i with a new love for this "sweet liberty." As wo wend our way over roads carved through stubborn rocks, we marvel at the works of man and confess our obligations toward the skillful and daring engineers and surveyors who have wrestled from nature royal high wavs. Gratitude and recognition are due those whose brain and brawn devised and accomplished the wonderful wind ing mazes of these mountain paths over which we travel with ease, comfort anil pleasure. Neither man nor beast seems to tire as mile upon mile of labyrinth ian county pike is covered. What a wonderful necromancer is this gaunt old mountain. Every ben of the road jusrgles with our senses and the grand orchestra of nature plays suitable accompamments to the dex terity of the conjurer. A low murmer as the Philemons and Baucises vow to one another love eternal; a soft rustle of the lowly plants, eager to make their presence known; a soothing sound from the contesting waters that in gentle rivalry precipitate each other over the steep, rock clefts amidst the plaudits of their moist friends, destined to fal into the rock-hoilowed basin worn by centuries of battering all these sweet melodies of the mountain hymn paean to the Maker of all, a gloriou soul-stirring hallelujah. They lift the soul of man above the worries and burdens of life. Tho nebulae pf cares are dissipated by the gentle wooings of nature, beauUhed by the land of deity, Beautiful mountains of North Caro lina. so calm and majestic; so lofty and inspiring! Would that mankind might behold ye, noted in the tints of wood- lard, the hazy blue of atmosphere, the soft shadow of cloud3 and the benign radiance of heaven! Upon your sum mits, the king of day smiles with warm hearted geniality, "and the full-faced orb of niffht sheds her sofest beams of silvery brightness. Round you play the storms of heaven, terribly majestic! Amongst you dwell the peace of sun shine and the grace of beauty! With resrret we leave your hallowing presence and the abode of your hardy sons filling the steep slopes of your stout ribbed sides. Back to the haunts of men we wander, our vacation ended. Homeward we turn our reluc tant step, but with a new born strength to assume the duties of life; richer in health; wealthier inactivity: nobler in thought. Enchanting land, farewell ! David Marx. Atlanta Constitution, Aug. 11. PITHY NEWS ITE3IS. David R. Rider, Jr. , GO years of age, was slung to death by bees at White field N. Y. , while hiving bees. ' A severe wind storm in Chicago did considerable damago to buildings, kill ing one woman and injuring three other people. "Healer" Schlatter, who is in Chi cago, 111., denies the report that he married Mrs. Ferris, widow of the Fer ris wheel inventor. " The Americau Pharmaceutical Asso ciation in session at Minneapolis, Minn., decided to meet next year in Baltimore. J. II. Bobbitt, of North Carolina, was chosen secretary. Price cutting was denounced. Chief State Constable W, N". Bahr, of South Carolina, has been suspended from the force indefinitely by. the Governor for being too talkative. An investigation will follow to seo if the order will be made permanent President BorcU, of Uruguay, was assassinated by a boy while he was coming out of the Cathedral, after at tending a fete in celebration of the in-1 dependence of Uruguay. He was not popular. EUROPE REEDS H HORSES. All Consular Offices on the List Have" Been Promised. WILL REMAIN IN WASHINGTON. Better Mail Delivery Prospectors In Alaska Dependent on Charity Other Newsy Items. The decision handed down recently y the Attorney General to the effect that Deputy United States Marshals cannot be considered as covered by tho civil service law, by reason of the fact hat the Marshal is compelled to cive bond not only himself, but for his eu- n-e force, has called attention to tho act that deputy collectors of internal revenue are iu precisely the same cate- gory. lien mis decision was caiieu to the attention of Acting Commis sioner of Internal Revenue Wileon, the atter admitted that the decision was an exceedingly important, one, and could see no reason why it should not apply alike to the employes of the internal rev enue offices as well as those of the United States Marshals. "Deputy collectors of internal revenue," faid Acting Com missioner Wilson, "are supposed to be under the civil service. In realty, how ever, the civil service is a fifth wheel, so to speak. Deputy commissioners of intern al revenues are appointed at the com mencement of the term of the new col lector and hold their oflite for a period ot four years. Tho collector of internal revenue, as is the case with tho United States Marshal, gives un indemnity boud for all the employes of his office, and, the department has held that. under these conditions, it is only right and proper that he should Lavo full au thority to select his own assistants. It would scarcely be reasonable for a new collector to bo compelled to rAy upon employes whom he did uot 't.v, and who belong to the onnosi oi nartv. These offices are very differed., aom ho clerkships in the department. The idea, therefore, that tne employes in the in ternal revenue offices are under the civil service seems to be a fellacious one. The civil service acts only a fifth wheel, and is elastic as the collector may desire. In connection with the coming French exposition. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson hopes to develop a plan by which breeding cf horses for use m cav alry of European armies will be encour aged. The demand for horf.es for army use is very great in Europe. The French government sent au army officer to the United States to learn how far horses could be drawn from this coun try for the French cavalry and artillery, The report was most favorable to Amer ican breeding and as to abundant sup ply. The needs of England in her mil itary operations in Africa and Asia have led her to look to South America for cavalry horses and tho first consign ment of 500 Argentine horses left Bue nos Avrcs last month for the British military service at Capetown. Thus far no step3 have been taken by this gov ernment for the trade in American horses, but the department of agricu ture will consider tho advisability of Eendinc abroad an expert, who will in vestigate the needs of the cavalry of Eu iopo with a view of meetinjr this need bv American-bred horses. It will doubt less stimulate horse breeding at a time when that business has suflered much through tho inroads of electricity ant! the bicj-cle. Several complaints have reached the Tieasurv Department recently that lare numbers of men bound for the Klondike country, but without pro visions or money, are now being landed at St. Michaels. Alaska. None of tho regular lines of steamers, it is said, w il book parties for the Klondike who are not provided with a sufficient amount o provisions and money to maintain thc-in-relves for a reasonable time without danger of t-ufl'ering. Some of the tramp lines of steamers, however, are paid to ship any one who cau pay for his pas sage, without regard to the future. The result is said to be that a considerable crowd is accumulating in the vicinity of St. Michaels, who are becoming de pendent upon the chanty of others for their food. This unexpected tituatiou, it is feared, will lead to trouble before tho winter is over, and tho Treasury Deportment has been aked to interfere to prevent vessels from taking to Afaska persons not properly provided with subsistence. Consular applicants will be interested to lear'j that every consular office in the gift of the administration has been promised, and the names of the fortu nate ones are now on file opposite the post to which they will be designated when the President gets time to make the appointments. This information is vouchsafed by the State Department to a gentleman who called on behalf of the Republican National Committee to havo a place fixed for one of Senator Hanna's friends. The trustees and ciders of the First Tresbyterian Church are very positive that Dr. T.DeWitt Talmage has not ac cepted any call from Plymouth Church. Chicago, or anywhere else. They state that they have roceived no word from Dr. Talmage expressing any chance from his avowed intention of returning to them in September and that they are sure he would inform them if he did have any new plans for his future. First Assistant Tostraasier 'General Heath has issued special instructions to postmasters throughout the country providing for the expedition oi tran sient mail in cities, the instructions being intended specially to benefit tho commercial - travelers and theatrical companies. The report submitted to tho Navy Department upon tho condition of work on ships building shows that there are under construction now five battleships, one gunboat and thirteen torpedo ves sels, a submarine boat and a navy-yard tug. Not an unprotected cruiser or monitor is either in course of building or beng remodeled. Ambassador White, at Berlin, in a dispatch to the State Department Says that so far as he can learn tho only ar ticle upon which Germany pays an ex port bounty is sugar. WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN. The Drought f Again Becoming Very Injurious. The I.egmniug cf tho week onuing Monday, August 80th was favorable, but the latter half was very warm aud dry, and as no good general ram has occurred in August, tho droutrht is again becoming very injurious in tho central and east portions of the State. Cotton has been so heavily fruited, however, that notwithstanding consid erable shedding a large cop uiu(t bo made. It is opening everywhere aud picking will become neutral next week. Corn is generally very good. Cutting and curing tobacco continues in north, central and west portions of tho State with excellent results. Lastekn Dikthkt. --Somo lipbt showers occurred at the beginning of the week (2d and 24thh but tho re mainder was warm and very dry. The clear weather was favorable for fodder pulling, and most of that crop has been paved in good condition. Coltou con tinues to sutler considerably from drought, especially in Northampton. Halifax, Edgecomb, parts of Wilson. Brunswick and Wayne, wbcro consid erable shedding occurs; many com plaints of rust have been received. The crops is opening fast everywhere and picking from now on will bo gen eral. It is feared that some cotton is opening prematurely. Grinding cain and boiling syrups has commeuced. There seems to be a poor stand for fall Irish potatoes generally. Centra District. Following the rains on the 23d and 24th fair weather Bet in which was beneficial, - but the middle and latter part of tho week be came vejy hot and dry aud drought is having telling effect on unmatured crops; especially late corn and cotton. It is feared that the drought ban injured cotton more than was at first thought; it is shedding to pouio extent; at tho worst spots the fields look as brown as they do in October. Cotton is opening fast and picking becoming general; considering how heavily iruited tho plants are, a large crop is till possible. Late corn needs rain bad I v. Fodder pulling is over in south and beginning in north portion. Tobacco ii curing well. Much hay has beon saved. Western District. Tho weather was generally favorable in this district, with scattered rains on several dayn in small amounts and frequent dews." Tho nights' have been cool, but weather be came very warm and dry the lutter part of the week. There are relatively few complaints of damage by draught -though it is very dry iu a few eastern counties. The corn crop pecms to b especially pood, and is practically made. Fodder is being pulled; cot toil still blooming, opening nicely, very little -bedding reported and picking will boou begin. Tobacco is fiue, cut ting going on, some cured. Hay mak ing progressing, crops littlo i-low. NORTH STATE PICK-UPS. Concord has a fruit jar famine. AtAsheville on the 23d wheat wan quoted at $1. At Salisbury a wagon factory is to be established soon. The silk factory at Greensboro has not yet begun operation s. Orders have been issued for the ar rest of tramps on the Seaboard Air Line. A steam laundry is to be established at Concord by W. A. Wilkinson and F. L. Bobbins. Local shippers of Winston held a meeting to take action regarning dis criminative freight rates. The Winston tobacco board of trade have organized a fair association and will hold a tobacco fair this fall. Mr. Avery Cashion was killed at a saw mill ia Burke county, a plank flying up, striking him on the head and fracturing his skull. The labor bureau is sendingoutblanks to secure information regarding the lum ber industry in this State, particularly as to saw mills. The State's first bale of new cotton was marketed at Morven on tno isi, weighed 404 pounds, classed good mid dling, and sold for bj cents. The Fayetteville Observer says Louis Robinson, formerly of that place, now of Florida, has invented a machine for printing in colors. The agents in the field who are work ing for tho Agricultural aud Mechanical College pay they expect to see nearly 400 students present next term. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher, of Cabarrus county, agreed to live apart after a quarrel because she would not take patent medicine pills. Her husband left. Albert Russell, colored, is under ar rest at Fayetteville, charged with at tempted rupe upon Emma Wright, a deaf negro girl about sixteen years old. Ed. Purvis, charged with the murder of Fireman Blackwell, waived examina tion at the preliminary trial at Dunn, Harnett county. He has been carried to the Cumberland county jail for safe keeping. Dr. J. C. Kilgo, president of Trinity College, delivered his famous locture, .uristiau Education, in Charlotte, Sunday, Aug. 22, to a large congrega tion in tho Tryon Street Methodist church. Judge Simonton, in a letter to United .States Court Clerk Moore, at Ashcville, .-ays he has concluded to hear the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad mo tion at Afdieville, on Thursday, Sep tember 2d. Raleigh's water-works cost 223,000. A private company built ard owns it. Much stork is held at Dayton, Ohio. There aro 140 public and private fire hydrants, and about 1,000 water takers. lho company has issued 100,000 in bonds. W. P. Batchelor has retired, after seventeen years continuous service as chief clerk to the Secretary of State. A. D. K. Wallace succeeds him, and D. If. Center, Populist, of Harnett, is made assistant clerk. Mr. Batchelor served under four Secretaries. Captain Brule's po!ar oxpcdltloD, o:n-pc-Cl of Austrlaus and Hungarians, has re turned from tho frozen north. t t '.