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P -It v.. . ..." . ' '' . .A 7 : hi I !. 1 2 r AND VOL. XXVI. RALEIGH. N. C, THURSDAY' MORNING, APRIL 1. 1886. NO: 117 .? 7"r-:. trW- t .'..rv.H 4-5; 1 1 . " v .' ' f r':: 1 : . ' ' x ' MEWS Observer p m4 : NKWS OBSERVATIONS. : Minister Winston is to take a bride to Teheran it appears, after a brilliant marriage ceremony at Constantinople. ; A terrible death from hydrophobia is reported .from Newark, from which city the Utile patients were sent to Pas- tear, last winter, ne present., v"5.""1 seems ! not to hare ' feared evil effects after boing' bitten, and his death could not in that event be referred to morbid Excitement- ; : . Secretary Manning's condition is improved The reports concerning at torney; general Garland's illness are also reassuring; but secretary Lamar .is con fined to his house by a serious oold. -ItwasUot arsenical poisoning, aa at first suposed, that caused thef death of MaUlda Qimon, fourteen yean of age bat fa quantity . of greenpicklea and a ubseqcot ; meal of: fish, hard-boiled eggs aad lemons." This being esUb iiehed,!no Further inquiry by the! coro ner wi considered neeessary. f . . J Ofueen Victoria bad a very narrow escape 'Wednesday. While out for an, airing in Hyde Park a craaj ex-9oldier approached her carriage- and threw" at her feet a written petition for a redresb of alleged ; grievanoea. The document dU ntft explode, but the Qeen was terrified ana all London was startled. The iqan was arrested and it .is pre sumed', that' bis punishment '-will be made to fit the crime with dispatch.. Tbe superintendent of outside poor in New York has within the past few days shipped back to Hamburg and to Ireland a Urge bumber of paupers men, women and ; children -the cost of their transportation, is as usual in; such cases, falling on the steamship com- Sanies that brought them. The Castle ardent; authorities have received! inti mations: of further consignments of the same character by steamers now en One more word to the people who are I route. ;j ; , . S 1 Thai nntnusil fnrtnnao bta Kaoti hunting credit and buying from tsredit hj there, ndw and then, built up mm Absolutely Pure. , rhM powder iMrer variea. !A 'narvl pt jtrritr, atnagth and wtiotawmeMM. More ennemioal than onllnary Unas and cannot U Ifl competition with the mnlttttnle of low iwt, abort weighty alum or phopht powders Sow onlr ia cana. Eotal Bauvo Powni Cam WaU 8treet, New York, . ! 'Sold by IT C A A B 8tronaeh, tteorge T Btronach ud J tt FerraU Co. JJACKET SIRE TBI BimAI UOUSK OFBAU1UH CONGRESSIONAL. MBNA fOR TAHfE ATTACK R THE CI VIE. j SERVICE LAjF. obstrnct or affect such transportation of notice that he would try to set action M J. 1 . , . W U upon it next week. Jlr. Kandall eubmitted tbe ordnance report and it was placed on the calen dar. ; The House adjourned. Taklnc UU ft Hypothetical (, h Pela tirlevDe Plainly Be 'ore tbe Senatew houses. The tax on credit is taken from i . . ' . - ' i tho producers of this country and is just abont one-half of what thev KrOW. It ' i ' . ' 1 takes from them every other hill of corn or tobacco or cotton to keep up the bills owed by'men who never pay. Now hdwj do you like that system ? The facts are! ,: "r ' P : ' ' ' I that aay system that detracts from the speculation sharp practices, gambling in stocks, spoliation of labor, and by irr direct and direct robbery, we cannot deny ; but these fortunes, however large WisHiiiGTON, March 31. Sjnatb. Mr. Edmunds presented in the Senate a petition of Frank W. Fubbesing for a pension, and had the petition read. It reoites long service in the late war, severe -wounds , received and conse quent physical crippling ; that by rea son of having settled in Georgia after the war he had lost sight of all com rades who could support his claim for a pension and that his lawyers had with drawn from his case because he could not pay their fees in urging his pension claim.; fit further recites that the peti tiouer had held a small position under the government, but was discharged by th new administration, ,: and Congress to grant him , & sion in his helpless old age. Edmunds commended the petition to the consideration of the commitee on pen sions. SThispoor fellow, Mr. Edmunds said, had been appointed store-keeper or gauger.j he believed under the internal revenue system, at Atlanta, on recom mendation of the late Alexander H. Stephens, but the ' 'remorseless fate of politics had turned this poor, helpless and crippled soldier out of the public ser vice," though Mr. Edmunds could not see how) any consideration of politics could hve led to such an act. The petition was referred to the committee on pensions. i he army bill was again taken np and the debate .was continued by Messrs Logan, Plumb, and Allison. At 2 0'clock the chair laid before tl Senate the Washington Territory bill, but Mr.iDolph, who had th floor, yield ed to Mr. Vance, who wished to speak in support of his bill to repeal the civil service law. Mr. Logan desired, how ever, to answer one of Mr. Plumb's public honor. r ather as (.points, but the latter Senator objected, ..dokhwi up Y-I M be w4uld want to reply to Ir. Logan's monuments ol pubhb rem&rk and did not wVh to re-enter on and glittering;r do not stand up to the -i of patient industry, of pains- honest labor ; but they tower as beacons, warning men to be- ware; of the hidden rocks and treacher- ons. bnicksands on which so man v of life-t IvbyagWs have; been wrecked. the subject unless he could complete his remarks: while on the floor. Mr. Logan urged,; but Mr. Plumb was obdurate and when the matter was decided by the chair ahhounoing that unanimous consent was necessary. Mr. Logan, with more to rest npon, and when the floods eome and the winds blow they tall jixe tne house bfilt upon the sand. Farming is i business that rests upon a sure founda tioiL; Ii demanda honest work! It is BOt built, up by the spoliation b others. Its f gains, though r they may be small, ar,elegiimat: and honorably fearjied Ther w jnore 4iapital invested today.In igrieultiral pursuits than in ill other mduitriej oonibined. It pavs more for the support .of . the. goveruuitnt.. and re eeiyes less protection and consideration r.irti th& ffnvftmtnftnt than anv nthflr in- amall crop with a hoe than to plow up ; , - , -WI have heard of a 'man who made inpe wnun uavenuauim wuuu. suavity ,1 remarked : "I am very much obliged to the Senator from Kansas for his kindness and courtesy." to which property or passengers; or when inch employees or any of them allege that he or they have been treated uo justly or oppressively either as toi wages, hours of labor or otherwise by such common carrier if, upon written pro position of either party to the oontro. versy, to submit their differences to arbitration, the other party ibsll accept the proposition, then and in such event, the common carrier is hereby au thorized to select and appoint one per son, and such employee or employees, as. the case may be, to select and appoint another person; and the two; persons thus selected and appointed to select a third person, all three of whom shall be citizens of the United States, and wholly impartial or disinterested in respect to such differences or controversies; and the three persons thus selected and ap pointed shall be and they are hereby created and constituted a board of arbi tration, with the duties, powers and privileges hereinafter set forth. 1 Sec. 2. That the board of arbitra tion provided for in the first section, of prays l tnj8 Mt jhall possess all power and an-; e i tuority in rtpeo w auwuiisusruig oni, r. I onkmrnflinrr wifnpRRPfl AnA :fnmrkAl ling their attendance, preserving order during sittings of the board, punishing for contempt and requiring the production of papers and writings, and all other powers and privileges, in their nature applicable, now possessed and belonging to the United States com missioners appointed by the circuit courts of the United States, and said board of arbitration may appoint a clerk and em ploy a stenographer and prescribe all reasonable rules and regulations! not; in consistent, with the provisions and pur poses of this act, looking to the Speedy advancement of the differences and con troversies submitted to them for conclu-. Bion and determination. Each of said arbitrators shall take an oath to honest ly, fairly and faithfully perform his duties and tint he is not personally in terested in the subject-matter in tbe con troversy, which oaik may be adminis tered by any State or Territorial officer authorized to administer oaths. , The .third person so selected and . appointed as aforesaid shall be. president of said board and any order finding a con elusion or award made by the majority of such arbitiators shall be of the same force and effect as if all three of such arbitrators concurred therein or united in making the same See. 3. That it shall be the duty of said board of arbitration, immediately to organize at the THEHKEAT DISASTER. The Flame-en ept City of Key WnI. KmtWist, Fla., March 31. It is impossible to ascertain the individual losses by yesterday's fire.. Hundreds spent last night in watching 'their effects. Merchants will, hold a meeting today to make some Arrangements to order some provisions to prevent a famine. They ill probably ask the Morgan line peo ple at New Orleans to hold their steamer eaving tomorrow morning to fill tele graphic orders for food. The wind has suddenly shifted to the north, with danger of bringing the fire, which still burns, back again into the city. Four thousand or 0,000 persons are thrown out of employment East Stw Lous, March 31. The situa tion in this city this morniiig is one of quiet The crowds congregated around the relay depot, and in the railroad yards are smaller than at any time since the strike was inaugurated. No attempt has been made by any of the roads to run out freight trains, and therefore no disturbance has occurred. Adjutant General Vance is stationed at the depot where he will witness 1 the efforts later in the day to start out a train, and will be governed by the results which fol low in deciding whether or not it shall be necessary to call out the militia. St. lAWiar March 31.--2:30 p. m. The executive oommittee of the Knights BlRKlNQBAM, Ala , March 31. Spe- I of Labor has just decided upon an order, etals-from important points in Alabama j which has been telegraphed to outside show that the ram of Monday was one assemblies, the purport of which is that of the heaviest for many years.! The I the men on the system are ordered 1o rise in the Warrior river at Tuscaloosa return to work at 10 o'cUock tomorrow is reported to bo Bixty-four feet, being I morning. ! The committee is now con- higher than at' any time since 1832. suiting with a delegation from East St Regular railroad traffic has been bus- Louis in regard to ordering the strike pended here since Monday night. No off at that point. trains are arriving or departing on the Nxw York, March 31. The follow- Louisville & Nashville, Queen & Ores- ing dispatch was received today at the cent and Georgia railroads, all of which headquarters of the Missouri Pacific R. prosperity of the country is a curse to it, and believing as we do that aysystem of mortgaging a crop for .the, meana, to raise it ia deleterious to the interest of the masses; we say it is better to upon their selection, nearest practicable point to the place of ma ontnn oi a qliucuiit or cuuiruversv. Mr. Phimb, equally polite, responded I anj to near and determine matters of Thanksyou, sir." When the amuse- difference which may be submitted t ment of this incident had subsided, Mr. them in writing by all parties, I giving vance- ereatea pnrst oi lauenier oy thm a fnll onnortnmtv to be hard on till ' S Store. ereat fields wth mortgages. We say the credit system is full of disasters and defeats and you know.it to your soYrow. "; 'j.-' " r : ' '. Get out of it and come to the JLacket We have all the advanUgei, having buyers in the New York market 11 the time with the almighty! dollar hand, . which enables us to otter goods in many cases for less than they ; can bo manufactured. We are just opening some Great Bargains in j Prints and Dress Goods; also Cottonades:, ', Big job in Violin, Guitar and Banjo strings, 4 in aVaoarecrOW SO terrific that it frightened the crows intd bringing back the "corn they :had stolen the week before. But a Scotch crofter a resident of Staffih, in Skye, goes far beyond ibis in a projeci Of compulsory Restoration . He proposes that the recent of crofts as fixed by the land court shall be made retroBpective and that the back count shall apply for thirty year. By this plan a land owner whose father or grandtather had 'col lected rents on a higher seile than the award of the oourt 'would perhaps bave i& return the overcharge to the i son or the grandson of the tenant who had paid the excess. ', DV remarking, with affected timidity, "I will proceed now, Mr. President, if it is thought I can do so with safely Mr Vance said that all tbe present difficulties between the President and the Sentte were due to the : act falsely called An act to Begulate and Improve! the Civil Service of the United States. lie had introduced the bill which his present remarks were intended to support, for the pur pose of repealing that act. Mr. Vance created 'much laughter by reading a "supposititious conversation between an imaginary "Old Democrat" and an equally Imaginary representative of the government, in which "Old Democrat," bearing in mind all the years of Demo cratic exile, confidently approaches the repreoentative of the government, ex presses bit joy at "Our Victory," and sajs he has eome to get a place. The rep resentative of the government receives him rather coolly and assures him he is too .old-.; When "Old Democrat's" dis appointment has 'been sufficiently ex pressed lie recommends his son, who is young and active, but the government representative, With many "Auema: , WORK RESUMED. THE LABORERS) PICK IP TH El 11 BIB AND PF.AlK PREVAILS. '' The Movement of Carii at HI. Lonta Tbe Weaerril IlenuBiptioa or Rll wjr Trsflle, Ac. . OB.KA1 FLOODS. IHnae Dm la Various State. SVoutbera suffered numerous washouts. Itisdiffi- Bult to even approximate the damage. S o serious accident is reported, other than the going down of an engine into washout near : Carthage, on the Ala bama & JGreat Southern railroad. The engineer barely succeeded in stopping in time the passenger cars following. Business is seriously impeded through out thiB section, though no interruption of mining or manufacturing operations is reported. Lynchburg, Ya., March dl The river at i this point is twenty-one feet above low water mark and is rising a foot annouri ' R. in this city: Sr. Locis, March 31. Cars, were loaded at St. Louis yester day as follows: Missouri Pacific, : 54; Iron Mountain, 91. i i H. M. Hoxrc. '. Tbontae-8Ia- HieleSitlflraUy Considered. Cor. of the Nrws and Obsxkvx&. : 48 90 per cent ; magnesia 2 94 per cent ; iron oxide and alumina 13.25 per cent sulphuric acid 1.05 per cent;silica 2.27 per cent. In this the phosphoric acid is 10 per cent lower than has been attained by Prof. Scheibler through very slow cooling of the Blag. But even 25.78 per cent phosphoric acid is, as We say, "good enough,-" corresponding to 56.28 per c nt bone phosphate. The average content of phos. acid in the slag subjected to no especially con centrating operation beyond the re moval of the pieces of metallic iron, is 17 25 per cent, corresponding to 37.65 bone phosphate. But besides the phos. acid the slag contains a large amount of lime. In the greater number of analysis the lime ia oyer 45 per cent. From calculations based on well known chemical laws it is found that the slag must contain be tween 25 and 30 per cent of caustic lime, taking the average composition of the slag as given above. A question almost as important as the percentage of the phos. acid is : In what shape does it exist? It is well known that plants can and do exercise a choice in the selection of their food, preferring this compound to that; thriv ing on this, while refusing to assimilate the other. In Charleston rock the phos. acid is combined with lime, Na- vasea rock partly with lime and partly with iron and alumina, tc, &o. In what shape is the phos. acid in Thomas slag ? It is almost beyond doubt that it exists as bone phosphate, the Trical cium phosphate. The evidence therefor, is partly theoretical and chemical, partly practical. and based upon its effect upon , plants in comparison with other phos phates known to be Tricalcium phos phates. What then is Thomas-slag ? It is the slag from the Thomas process of de phosphorizing iron, and contains phos phoric acid in such quantity and form as to allow of its economic use for manur ing. As to the results obtained Dy the 1 Freibiro, Saxony, March 8, 1886. ! In my last letter I compared the val ue of Thomas-slacr for manorial frar- )08es with that of any good acid phbf- 1186 f this slag I will speak in another nViatA Viftflinir m v remarks nnoti tli fxa. I letter. W- B. PBUJJPS. ' oath, in person and by witnesses and also granting them a right to bo repre sented by counsel, and aftercondodicg its investigstion said broad shall publicly announce its award, which with the nnd ings of fact upon which it is based shal be reduced to writing and signed by the arbitrators concurring therein, and together with the testimony taken in the case shall be filed with the commia sioner of labor of the United States, who shall make such award public as soon as the same shall have been re ceived by him. j Sec. 4. That it shall be the rjght of any employees engaged in a controversy to appoint, by designation in writing, one or more persons to act for them in the selection of an arbitrator to i repre sent them upon the board of arb tration. Sec. 5. That each member Of said tribunal of arbitration and the clerk, stenographer and witnesses attending before them shall be entitled to receive like fees or compensati&n as United States commissioners and clerks j sten ographers and witnesses attending be fore United States commissioners, and such fees or compensation shall be Wearing- tbe Had of the Bia- Strike. Sr. Lqois, March 31 9 a. m. -Mem bers of the executive committee of dis trict assembly No. 101, Knights of La bor, met at Lightstone hall at' 8.30 O'clock this morning, and immediately began the consideration of the question of issuing an order to the members of their assembly to return to work. The unanimous opinion is that Powderly's order must be obeyed, bet the commit tee is divided as to the time when the order shall be issued. Some consider the best plan to be to order the men to resume work immediately, while others are in favor of waiting until the general executive board shall arrive from New York.r ;- I A PbeMmMally Heavy MalpfMl. Cor. of the News and OBsxavta. . f. - TUlstoh. March 31. 1886 r Between 7 . mi and 1 p. m. today explains .the working ,of the civil service pa.able by the United States in like rain fell to the amount of a trifle over sy stem, nd w nen --uiauemocrai in- fees of BUch United States two inches. As the corporate limits of quires wneiner ail tne tkepuoucans in the city are just one and a half niiles onice had got in under the cmt service an tiara them are conseauentlv 6.969.600 system and had been subjected to the f six million, nine nunarea ana sixty- i m-ccowj sumuwuvu, u gvisiuuirai cents a knot: 48 sheets note paper for nino thousand and six hundred) square representative replies that he is trooble . yards of surface on which the 5 shower some;, that he should not ask impertinent - .i '' ' i ii !. Vnnn. .txini I nnat.inti anl ahnwa him to the door. mnt: '25 envelope for ikm oeui; ieii ma ikb wwictuuj w ri-- . . --.-, and other eooda in proportion,. Call examine our goods and save your money. VOLNEY PUBSELL & CO. Bafeigh, N. C. the favored With inside of a few hours, A short-, calculation shows the amount to be S87.311 cubic yards., As one cubic foot of water Weighs b2f pounds there fell 4J139.386.312 pounds of water, eqnal to 5,174,233 barrels of 50 gallons acn or 25,871,165 gallons. .i:- -: i t ':M - :i i'T. C. Harris. The Hlcbeet JNiirf JorBoMda. i Yesterday t reporter was conversing yine v said this was no fancy picture: There were thousands and thousands of men like that "Old Democrat" and they were the strength of the Democratic party. They had been its refuge in the past. Mr. Vance said he Was not quite sure thai they would be its champions in the future,. They would not fight to win Democratic victories for Republican benefit They believed tfiat if a man were raised to the place of his ambition BEWARE or ' ADULTERATED LARDt It look welL but the odor lroia It when eookimt detects 1U Examine lor yourselves and be sure youare not using it. CASSARD'8 "STAR BRAND" LARD a euABAKTXAW TVUM, . Put up ia aU style, o package Ak your Sndoi? Jmu U. H. WO DELL, KaW elh. N. O., aad you will be suppUed - " - &. Cassbord & Son, lALTLMOEIC,MU. . M1J Curersef tie Celebrated Star Brand HUq Cured tianu and Breaklast Bacon. j with Mr.; A. M. MflPheeters, th4 subject jjy his friends he should give his friends being State nonds. wr. jcrnecr laid that Tuesday he had made sale of State bonds issued in aid of the North CaxblinKrailroad (knowii as construction bonds) at perhaps the highest figure ever - reached by bonds of this State, He made : the aale here and received k ?.i m i it . 1 J22J. iU if a matter oi regret ;inai VuoUtions of N C. bonds, both J and 'g axe not sent out by the Associated rreSS in: tneir aiiyk maraei.? rcjwiie Q&ANITSS AJTD SANDSTONES. o. Linehan c Co 409 rayettevule 8U, Baleigh, prepared to make eoatractt am tbe Most v ' .a Tuna for annnlvinif Uranlt Sano I ,1 wm-- m i i TWW .... . . tonei ot the Beat Quality ia amy QunUtlai AuuiL Quxrrtee at Mendenon aaa waua iZZ n. l AmDle tacUttlM for maadung ami mMag mok satpiaanu to aay poimt, alUarlm ar eat ot ima waw. Yesterdav Mr. McPheeters sold 4's at )pardoMii ; Yesterday the ' Governor pardoned John McLarty, colored, convicted at tall termU885, of Union county court, of larceny and sentenced to tne peniten tiary for two:years. 16 was represented pi the Governor mat Mciarty is aymjr pf consumption and that he can live! but a few months at most. or this reason be is pardoned, that he may aeturn to Us family, "j . i ! : V Tho Bodnilaei r aie Pablle bt. l? Washimoton, March 31. It is'esti ia4H -. a'tlitliB- treasorY that there! has reduction of about Xi'i.xoy.vvu the preference over his enemies. ;So did kMf. Vanco believe. They also believed that a man found wanting in gratitude might likewise be found want ing in other kindred and cardinal vir tues. i ; .Mr. iVance was frequently applauded by the: galleries in the course of his re marks.! After an executive session the Senate adjourned. H0CSK. Mr. 50'Neil,of Missouri, from the com- mitteeon labor, reported a Dili to pro vide for' the speedy settlement of con- trovesieS and differences between com mon-carriers engaged in , inter-etate and Territorial transportation of property or passengers, and their employees. The following is the full text of the bill: I V , ' ; Sxctiom 1. That whenever differences or controversies arise between common carriers! engaged in the transportation of property or passengers, whether said common carriers be proprietors or corporations.between two or more States of the: United States -or within the Dis trict of Columbia,. and the employees of Kaon a In the piablio debt doring the month of ogiQaion carriers, which differenoet commissioners and witnesses before such United States commissioners in criminal causes are payable under existing laws. On a point of order raised 6y Mr. Dunn, of Arkansas, the bill was re ferred to the committee of the whole and, the House immediately went' into committee for the consideration of the measure. . A long and interesting debate fol lowed, in which the strongest arguments in favor of the bill were that it was a step in right direction; that its moral' effect would be very great; tnat it was impera tively necessary for Congress to move in the matter promptly; that the bill gave vent to public opinion in an orderly, legitimate way and that it is the best that can now be done. The objections to it were that the bill could not compel, and that it was not competent for Congress to compel, either party to a coutpoversy to accept arbitration under it it they chose to refuse; therefore that the bill is powerless for good if it becomes a law; that it would be a 'useless expendi ture of time; that it would be trifling with a . grand subject ; that advantage could be takeu of it to settle petty quarrels and that the United States could be made to pay thai bills. Several members announced theirl inten tion to vote for it, while they condemned it as being wholly valueless. Pending discussion the oommittee rose and Mr, O'Neil, of Missouri, gave notice that he would try to have a vote taken an the measure tomorrow at 3 o'clock. Mr. Willis, of Kentusky. reported the river and harboi appropriation bill, and it was ordered printed and recom mitted. I Mr. Turner, of Georgia, fron the oommittee on elections, submitted the report of the majority on the Lllurd Romeis election case, and Mr Martin, of Alabama, obtained leave to file a minority report. 1 ne report was plaeed Wow York Cotton ratnrM. ; Nkw Yokk, March 31. 0. L Greene & Co.'s report on cotton futures says There has been a firmer tone all day,' with a gain of some 7a8 points and a steady closing.; Slightly better ac counts from Liverpool acted as a partial stimulant, but there were prompt tak ings for short notice. Most of the de mand was for covering, very : few- new investment orders coming to hand,: : Reported Escaped. : Wilcox, Arizona, March 3l. Gen. Crook arrived at Fort Bowie Monday night, having left Lieut. Maus in charge of Geronimo and other surrendered Apaches. ' The news however has jnst been received that Geronimo, with twenty other Indians and some squaws, escaped during the night. Lieut. Maus and ail the men that could be spared started in pursuit. It is believed that G-eronimd has gone to join chief Mangus. Herr Host Plotting-. Bostos; March 31. The Globe today prints a long article which is to appear in the anarchist organ "Liberty," and which declares that the anarchist faction controlled by Herr Most is plotting to burn buildings and commit Other out rages upon property owners in New York. JThe editor of "Liberty," though himself an anarchist, condemns these operations as criminal. Heavy Rise In James River. LvNcnBcaa, Va., March 31i Heavy rains the last four days have caused a great risej in James river at this point. The watei is sixteen feet above low water mark, and is rising at the rate of one foot per hour. Lexington, Virginia, flood is feared. iHtnvUle's Electrical Disturbances. Danvillk. Va., March 31, There was a terrible tl under-storm here this morning. I The lightning struck a house in which rere five persons. The house was torn to pieces. A young man;, was hitting ou, a trunk, leaning against a window. iThe window was shattered and the yiung man's clothes were torn from his person, bat he was not se riously hurt. About the same time the electrio light wires were struck and one of the dynamos was badly damaged. The storm has now abated. March. E lor controversies may hinder, impede, To Investigate I be Labor Troubles. Wasiunoton, March 31 In addition to the arbitration bill reported to the House today the labor committee agreed to Mr. Lawler's- resolution appropria ting $5,000 to pay the expenses -of a special commission to visit the Western State and: make a thorough investiga tion of the? labor troubles. phate, basing my remarks upon the fig Ures given by the Alabama ; manufac turer. This comparison was merely commercial, dealing with the num ber of pounds of phosphoric acid one could buy for a certain sum it the shape of floats, acid phosphate or Thomas-slag.- I It was shown tiiat$21 a ton was too high a price to ask for the slag, even allowing it to contain 20 per cent, phosphoric acid. It has occurred to me that inas much as Th;omas-slag is a new thing un der the sun and appears to" promise great things for manufacturers of iron, and for farmers as well as well as for manufacturers of fertilisers, a j brief ac count of what it really is would not ; be Without interest to the readers of your paper ' It 1 is, as you have already stated, the flag from iron furnaces which use ores and fuel containing phos phorus. The phosphorus of such ojres and fuel is made to pass into the slag in the shape of phosphoric acid and in such a degree of concentration as enables the slag to be utilised as a fertiliser. The iron ores of the world that are free; of phosphorus are few and far between. ' A small amount of this ingredient is not injurious in pig iron intended for cast ihgs, but 0.25 per cent, of itin wrought iiron renders it "cold short," and eveii less in steel detracts greatly from its usefulness, i ; 1 ' . I The method patented seven years ago by an Englishman, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, from Swansea, has been hailed, one might say enthusiastically, by iron makers in Germany, who Ba'w them selves obliged either to limit the pro duction of i Bessemer iron to a min imum, or to import ores poor in phosphorus.) ,The German patent ob tained by Mr: Thomas related to the dephosphorizing of iron in a Bessemer-converter by means of the addi" tion of certain basic substances and the use of a basic lining for the heater. This is not the place to discuss the ad vantages of I this method or to inquire into the chemical reactions which take; place. Suffice it to say that by th it method of Thomas the slag which hitherto has been of but little use is now con sidered to be of very great importance.. The phosphoric acid which was thrown away is now carefully saved, and no less titan thirty different patents have been taken out in Germany alone . for the manipulation of the slag. The compo sition of the slag from various, German works is on the average as follows: I Phosphoric acid, 17.25 percent; lime,; 48.29 percent; magnesia, 4 89 per cent; protoxide iron, 9.44 per cent; peroxide, 3.78 per cent; alumina, 2 04 per cent; 0 22 per cent: silica, 7.96 per cent. i It is not an homogeneous mass, but consists of large and small lumps, of Varying hardness, with intermixed pieces of metallic iron. It is very difficult to. grind on account of its varying hard ness and on account of the metallic iron. On exposure to the air for sev-: eral months it falls to pieces with as sumption of water and carbonic acid. By Scheibler's patent the content of phos. acid can be increased to 35 per; cent. This is done by allowing the fluid slag as it flows from the converter, to cool very slowly in vessels of special construction. The pb.ospb.orio acid then forms the c re of the cooled mass, and the crust can be broken off and used for the man ufacture of sulphate of iron. 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WWIIB ITIMmuiv -18- OQ tbe calendar and Mr, Turner r Senator Jones, of Florida, appears to have vacated his seat by innocuoux des- j Bremen, gave ttetude N G Lime Phosphate Read the following formulas: ; A compoatof Lime Phosphate, 1,000 poanris; Kainit, SO i pounds, and 800 pounds ot cow or none table manure, makes as good a general manure as can be found. On land rich in vegetable matter, like bot tom or new land, use 600 pounds ot Phosphate mixed with 200 pounds of Kainit On thin, poor land, use 30 bushels c .ttoa seed or equivalent in stable manure, 600 pounds ot phosphate and 20$ pounds Kainit compost ed1, together on one acre, : Foa CtoVEB ahd GSA8ESLlme Phosphate is the beat clover food known. It gives good juuii iu tu " i middle and western counties, it will maxe its parallel in the kernel roasting of poor I clover grow on red hillside galls, which we copper ores as carried on at Agorao. a satisfactory explanation of it'bas not been given. I ; A sample of slag prepared by Prof. Scheibler's method and analysed at the a Moorlands experiment station, near gave the following i result : Phosphoric acid 2. 78 per cent; lime! eonaider the greatest triumph. Um 600 to 000 pounds per acre on clover and grasses. On very sandy land use Kainit with it. Use it tor top-dresBing. Address N. C. PHOSPHATE CO.,1 Raleigh, N.JC.1 M r f S ft u - -if Hi . J ; 4 iv -3 t :