4 .-v .News ERVE --.k it w-v-'S - ' r, xxv RLEIGR. N. '.. SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY IS lS8s. NO. 37 fpHE AN mmm Absolutely Pure. ' hitjxjwjer cevur vane. A rdarvel t purify, strength and wholesemene. tore aborjotuioal than ordinary kinds and anno be pcl-i ia competition with the nuttide t low test, short weight, lum phosphate powders, sold only in rsnB. iStiOTAi. itiEisa ruwunn uo., iu ul 1 fRreetv H" w York . Noldfcy W. C. A B. S,ronsch, and J S Ferall St Co. j fDYSPEPSIAJ is thatijjnlsery experienced when we suddenly become!-; aware that we possess a diabolical ar rangemijrit called a stomach. Tlie stomach is the reservofi! from which every fibre and tissue must "tie nourished, ami any trouble witb It Is Soon felt throiit;hut tli whole system. It will correct Acid ity of the Stom ach, Expel foul gases, Allay Irritations, A'fi6t Digestion, and. at the same time Stalt tlie Liver to Work ing, when all otner troubles soon dis . disappear. "!y wife wis a confirmed dyspapttc. 8ome three ytrs ag( by the advice of lr. Stelner. of AuKustifi she was Induced to try Simmons Liver Kegulatfn-. I leel grateful for the relief it bas given lit, andlnay all who read this and are af flicted Irtiany wj-, whether .cnronlc or otherwise use Simeons Uver Regulator and I feel confident liealth will be restored to all who will be ad vised. "4 Wm. M. Kebsu, Fort Valley, Ga. ' j Be not Inpoi'd Upon! Exajjiineto see that yon pet the genuine. " Distirwrmshed from all frauds and Imitations by our red jfc Trade-Mark on front of Wrapper, and on the sl the-seal and signature of Zellin ft Co. - (KffrllEATr RGAINS & SOS'S, 14 Sast i Martin Street. I 000 Ladies handkerchief 8 at 30c a dozen. to pijpces 86-inch black cashmere at 85c ft yard. This is an extremely low rice for goods of this quality. adiejj' and Misses' all wool hose, 10, SO : and zoo a pair. gents' all linen handkerchiefs, 12Jc; cheap at 25c 'X gents' cotton, seamier! t nose !g heavy) at 140 a pair. m iNorth Carolina. pair; gents' kid gloves, worth $8.00, $1.45; Misses' aad childreu'd shoes endless variety. in found nickel plated clocks at a worth $1.50. 81.00 K;!8 dav clocks tor $4.50: sold else where for $7.50. -i NEW LINE OF n, Glais and Crockery Ware We are opening new lines of HITE GOODS, laces, pints and seersuckers. rders -for Picture Frames, Brio-a Bjack, Art NoTaliies, A nut Materials, A3ndoWehadee, all Paper, Corniie Pjea. &fs.. have prompt attention. VSXEir V. WATSJON ill Bf T Li i i 50' 20Q l4' ii 50 NEWS OBSERVATIONS. i Iowa Republicans are strongly in faor of Senator Allison for Presi dent.; i The prohibitionists of Portland have made Gen. Neal Dow their can didate for major. ; The next meeting of the Grand Lodge of the Order of B'nai B'rith will held iu Savannah. James Albert received in all $5, 317. tO for his recent great walking feat, in which he covered 621 miles in 142 Sours. Prince Bismarck continues to prophesy peace, in spile of further movements of Russian troops toward the German frontier. The bonds of the Saco (ile.) Bank, stolen by Frank McNeally, were recovered by his brother Harry, ho went to Europe for that purpose., The New York Sun declares that the Saturday half-holiday law was a mistake, is a failure all around, and ought to be repealed without delay. The Tammany Hall executive committee for 1888 has organized by re electing Hug J. Grant as chair man and Thomas F. Gilroy as secre tary;! . Four vestrymen of Emanuel Re formed Episcopal Church in Jersey City? have been arrested, one for breaking into and entering the church and three for conspiring to oust the rector. Henry Knickerbocker, Jr., son of Mr. 'Henry Knickerbocker, of New York, shot himself at Saratoga, dying ot his wound. It is supposed he committed suicide, though his family scouts the idea. He seems to have been a Knickerbocker of the Knicker bockers. A pack of caged wolves escaped from Sanger's circus in London, Sun day. The elephants, camels, horses and other animals became mad with terror and were liberated wiih diffi culty. The wolves were trapped in a stable, where they furiously devoured a horse already slain. -Ruth Woodall, a negro woman, living in Jones county, Ga , mixed some Rough on Ra's with watpr and made her two daughters, aged seven and five, respectively, drink it. She then drank what was left. The moth er and older daughter died, but the othor child was saved by a physician. No cause is assigned for the deed. -Mr. Charles L- Hutchinson, of Chicago, is not yet 34 years old, but he is president of the Board of Trade, of the Art Institute, of the Corn Ex change Bank and of the Bankers' Club, director of four or five of the largest companies in the city, part owner of the great elevators at Du luth and Joliet, superintendent of a large Sunday school and financial head and backer of a dozen schools and missions. Englewood Universalist Church, in Chicago, celebrated this week the twelfth anniversary of Miss Florence E Kollock's pastorate. Miss Kollock is a native of Wisconsin, and after five years of school work she entered the Rochester Theological Seminary, spending three years there in prepa ration for the ministry. She was lo cated as pastor two years in Iowa, and then went to Englewood Church, where, under her pastorate, the mem bership has grown from 15 to 200. j The shape of wrappings for the spring will change very little in ityle. English walking-jackets, made of plain cloth, either single or double-breasted, will be moro popular than: the figured tweeds, checks, and plaids so popular for several seasons past. Wraps with sling sleeves will retain their popularity, whatever may be their general style or length. Besides the short wrap with this kind of sleeves, which will be worn thisspring, there are medium long jackets, with a close-fitting back and front for a foundation, with added fronts loose and flowing, a trifle lon ger or shorter than the tight inside fronts, which show like a vest be tween these flowing side-pieces. Sonde of the spring Newmarkets and ulsters are made of very light-weight broadcloth of a solid dark color and elaborately trimmed over the shoul ders and down the fronts with heavy silk cord ornaments in applique. mere are no garnitures whatever on any other portion of the skirt. Every farmer should be his own chemist to the extent of determining what elements his soil, or ' a particu lar field requires, and what propor tions of these elements will give the best results. He has only to consul er bis field as the laboratory of nature, the fertilizers he applies the re agents, and the details cf preparation, plant trig, culture, etc., the manipulations of the chemist. If the -farmers want to know, of cotton seed meal or whole- cotton seed, or the unexpressed ker nel which is the best and most proh table form for use as a fertilizer, alone or in combination; or if he wishes to know whether potash is needed by his soil, and if needed, what form of potash is most effective and profitable; or if he wants to know the best proportions', and the best paving quantities, or any other of a thousand questions that might be propounded, let him put his labor a to ry in order, lay in a stock of re agents, and do the work of analyzing mmself. List him ask nature, and sue win answer in an unmiH takeable way. In other words, let ; every farmer become an ex perimenter, to the extent at least of solving for himself the questions which come within the rauge of ordi nary intelligence and skill, and which most concern him and his own farm. Such experiments, or practicar analy M'F, cost try little more than the neeewary care and attention requis ite Lo tenure accuracy in tha details un J r, liability in the indications f ur-ni-l"l by the comparative and Jik cl results. The manipulations are buch as the fanner has been accattomed to; they are a part of his daily busi ness. Farmers do not experiment enough, or with sufficient care and painstaking as to secure reliable re sults. Too much is taken on trust or hearsay. "Try all things," and hold fast to the good, should be the watch word. Southern Cultivator. CONGRESS. PROCEEDINGS YESTERDAY SENATE AND HOUSE. IN THE BLA1B BILL IN THE HOUSE THE UR OEXCY DEFICIENCY BILL PASSED OTHER NEWS BY WIRE. Washington, Feb. 17. There was no session of SENATE. the Seuate today. HOUSE. The Blair educational bill was laid before the House and referred to the committee on education. The House resumed the considera tion of the urgent deficiency bill, the pending question being upon the amendment (adopted in committea of the whole upon motion of Mr. O'Neill of Missouri) instructed the public printer to enforce rightly the pro visions of the eight hour law. The amendmen' was adopted, yea? 182, nays 53, and the bill was passed. The Speaker stated the unfinished buvinetsS to bo the bill coming over from last Friday or the relief of Nathaniel MeKay and the executors of Donald McKay. Mr. Springer moved to recommit the bill to the committee on var claims with instructions to that, com mittee to investigate the claim. of similar character heretofore preseuted to the Navy Department. Lost yeas 63, Days 168. I he bill wa3 passed jeas 156, rays 72. Mr. Stone, of Kentucky, movei to reconsider acd lay that motion on the table, pending which Mr. Springer moved to make a verbal amendment to the title and upon this motion he, took the floor in opposition to the bill. Mr. Springer's endeavor to have the bill recommitted or to kill it altogether was combated by Messrs. Stone, ot Kentucky, and Cox, of New York. Mr. Cox explained that the claim grew out of the change of the plans of vessels after construction was begUD, increasing their cost to tha contractors. It was a meritorious on y aud payment should ba no longer delajetl. Mr. Springer's amendment to the title was rejected aad the motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill pa?beJ was tabled yeas 154, uays 74. The House then involved itself in a partisan wraDgle. Mr. Ltnham, of Texas, with a view to securing tomorrow for the -consid eration of private business, moved a recess until 11 30 Saturday. Mr. Hooker, of Mississippi, called attention to the fact that tomorrow was assigned to the consideration of business reported from the commit tee on foreign affairs, and he moved an adjournment. This being voted down, he moved that when the House adjourned it i be to meet Monday next. Unexpectedly there was a large af firmative vote,, and the motion would have been carried had not the point of no quorum been raised. Then, when the House was in much disor der, the motions to adjourn over and for a recess were withdrawn, only to be renewed by Mr. Steele, of Indiana, and Mr. Taulbee, of Kentucky, re spectively. Motious were also ma8e to adjourn, but they were repeatedly voted down. The Speaker pro em ( McMillin ) was plied with questions, and for an hour the House was a scene of the utmost disorder and noise, which the gavel ot the chair had much trouble in quel ling. Finally the House, a 4.45, ad journed until Monday. Total Bfct Receipts of Cotton. Kew Yobk, Feb. 17. The following are the total net receipts of cotton at all ports since September 1st Galveston, 613,238 bales; New Or leans, 1,482,895 bales; Mobile, 193,641 bales; Savannah 799,832 bales; Charleston 391,160 bales; Wilmington 165,132 bales; Norfolk 417,541; bales; Baltimore, 34,421 bales; New York, 57,04 bales; Boston, 62,424; bales; Newport News, 81,796; bales; Phila delphia, 22,047 bales; West Point, 355,020 bales; Brunswick, 63,470 bales; Port Royal, 11,536 bales; Pens acola, 168;07 bales; Total, 4,768,030 bales. Small-Pox. San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 17. The steamer City of Pekin arrived from China and Japan- this morniDg with several cases of small-pox among her passeDgerb and was placed ia quaran tine. This is the fifth successive steamer which has arrived with small pox. The Beige, which came two weeks ago, was released from quaran tine yesterday. Mr. O'Brien's Speech. London, Feb. 17th. The Daily News says: "Few speeches ever pro duced such effect upon the House of Commons as did Mr. O'Brien's speech last night. His display of wondrous magnanimity will certainly appeal with irresistible force to the English people. The Tories will be unable to complain of any bitterness on his part although the occasion justified bitterness. Found Utility of Death. Chicago, Feb. 17. The jury ia the caso of August Hetzke, charged wilh beatiug to death with a whip his step-son Max F. Oilman, returned a verdict this morning, finding tLe prisoner guilty, and fixing the peuulty at death. No Dividend. New York, Feb. 17. It ia i radi cally settled that tho East Teui.es e It. It. Company will not miku aiiy change in its dividend proceeds ai.d that nothiug will le paid until Au yu'it, when a diviiiixl t 4 .per cent will be lleolared for thu full -sear. Foreign News, Berlin, Feb. 17. Reichstag has rejected ;he Government's anti-socialist bill and prolonged the existing laws for two years. The t ote on tho last mentioned, measure was by accla mation, the members rising uom their (seats. AVah!:ilon Notes. WsiysoTOi.-, l. '. Feb. 17.-The House electi'K .ommittee having disposed of tL c-e of McDuffie vg. Davidson, from A1j. in favor of Da vidson, the eitting member, will meet next Tuesday to decide upon the further order of business. Party lines were drawn in the Alabama con test and a minoriiy report will ac company the presentation of the viev8;of the majority to the Houte. The, sub committee ef the House postoffice committee to day reported adversely the bill to prohibit the cir culation through the mails of news papers containing lottery advertise ments. The two Democrats of the sub -committee voted against the bill while the Republican member voted for it.- The full committee will prob ably vote on the bill tomorrow. The House committee on commerce has decided to report favorably to the House the bill providing for the establishment of a permanent quar antine station off Cape Chailep, Va., with an amendment reducing the ap propriation from $100,000 to $75,000. Washington, Feb. 17. The Ines Sh.te: Commtce Commission today rendered an opinion iu the case of Heck & Petre vs. the East Tennes see, Virginia & Georgia Railroad Company, the Knoxville & Ohio Rail road Company, the Iiichmond & Dan ville Railroad Company, the Rich mond it West Point Terminal and Warehouse Company, and the Coal Creek & Now River Railroad Com pany. Iu this case it appears that a railroad company chartered by the State of Tennessee, owns a short road wholly in that State, but never owned aDy rolling stock or operated its f oad. The road was used and op . crated as a meaus of conducting inter state traffic in coal by companies ownibg connecting inter-State roads. Tile Commission holds that the short rosd is one of the facilities and in strumentalities of inter-State com merce and as such is subject to the provisions of the act to regulate com merce. In respect to such traffic the opin ion hoMi-that the duties of such road to the public are the same, wi hout respect to its ownership, corporate control, authority, or the means of its construction, a3 one o the "instru mentalities of shipment or carriage." It tuust be accessible, it says, to all inter State shippers oa equal and reasonable terms. The public cannot bf deprived of this right by separate or joint action of the defendants. The traffic in question iB held to be inter-State traffic. The companies conducting it use this short road as a facility to such traffic. They cannot be permitted to use it for the purpose of Jisciimination between mine own ers on its line. The claim for plena ry damages, Hhe opinion sayB, pre sents a case of common law, in which tun (ieienaants are entitled to a jury trial. Opinion by Commissioner Mor rison. The Miners' Su lks to be Cslled Off, Philadelphia, Pa , Feb. 17 Wil liaoi T. Lewie, who is the national master workman of miners' district, Knights of Labor, today proposed to order the miners' strike off in the Reading mines, provided that an as suranae was given him that after work was resumed the subject of wages would be considered in the conference of the representatives of the miners and mine owners. President Corbin, of the Reading road, speaking for himself and Presi dent Keim, of the Reading Coal Co., gave this assurance, saving that the proposition covered the ground as Burned by the Reading Company. Mr Lewis left for -the coal regions today, arid he is quoted as saying that he wopld order the strike off before to morrow night. Itulus of an old Town and of an Old Church. Lenoir Topic, A lady in Wilmington writes the following interesting incident to friend here. She, with other friends visited Uol. MurchiBOn s large rice plantation on the Cape Fear river fif- teen 'ratios below Wilmington. 'The large, handsome white house is si'uated in a grove of beau' if ul live oaks, all draped- with the long grey muss, and ia on a bluff overlooking the broad, level rice fields that stretch up and down the river as far almost as one can see. The river here is about two miles wide, the ocean is a mile or two beyond the river; though it is ten miles from here to the mouth of the river. In one of our drives we visited the ruins of the first Episco pal church ever built in Is. C, (bt Philips.) To gel there we drove over an. old field that was once the town of Brunswick, though one would nev er suspect it. There are piles of rock atd brick here and there, where chimneys once stood, and a more des olate spot I never saw all grown up with little thickets of pine and scrub oak. We stopped at the edge of a dense forest, and leaving our hack made our way over brush and through bramble thickets a short way, when you come to the ruins. ''First you find a few grave stones and vaults, scattered here and there through the thicket; on one or two you can read tho inscriptions. The dates of the deaths were 1729 and 1736 and near thie the brick walls of the old church rise rooflees an llooiless allthe wood work havin goce long ago. It was a very large church, the walls about three feet thick. The brick wwre all brought from England. Little bushes and tr es were growing all on the top of the walls and out oF the cracks and crevices. The evening was rather dark aud gloomy anyway aid the dense., thicket made it evtn m ire so, and to complete tho weiid, uncanny and dfdu'ul uppearan o t f tho place an old ul bat penhed in a small tree o:er the (j raves. ' From there we weut down to tho river backs to Fort Atdorsonand saw all tuiougu iue woods tue remains oi the iutreuchments thrown up in war times." Appointment. The Secretary of the Treasury has aj pointed John H. IIojLz to be store keeper and ganger of Salisbury, N. C REJECTED. PARNELL'S AMENDMENT ' i THE ADDRESS ro IN REPf.Y TO THE gUEEs's SPEECH THE VOTE THREE HUNDRED AND SEVEN TEEN TO TWO HUNDRED AND TWESTY SINE OTHER TEL EGRAPHIC NEWS. London, Feb. 17. Parnell's aiiend ment to the address in reply to the Queen's speech was rejected by the Mouse of Commons by a vote of to 229. 311 SKIJIOl S FIRE I IN A RHODE ISLAND TOWN. Providence, Feb. 17. One greatest fires that ever visited Of the We t- erly, R. I., raged for three hours this morning, destroying soveral business buildings and causing a loss of about $150,0! 0. Thefir was discovered at 1 a. m iu a confectionery store in the Wells building on Broad street. The fire hid obtained good headway when discovered. The alarm was promptly given but tardily answered by the company on the Rhode Islanu side. Those; burned out are : National Sav ings Bank and National Bank; Louis btucker, clothier; Ira B. Crandeil. clothijer; Orville StoolmaD, boots; A. L. Barber & Co., drugs; T. W. Larn pheari, tobacco; S. (!. Babcock, carpets; H- lhorpe, dry goods; J. A. Wright, Bhoes; C. H. Stanton, dry good; G. U. Babcock, clothier; John Dooley, shoes; H. E. Segar, J. M . Pen dleton, offices; Telephone FxcLange; .nrs. Li. Uone, millinery; couis ueen, varietjy store; Fred Barber, barber shop;; Pat Diiscol, barber; Vm. Ca ney, tailor; Knlgh s of Labor rooms; John Leslie, shoes; A. B. Crafts, law officej J. H. Hughes, attorney, and B Arjnold, dentist. J. T'ldcn and the Electoral Commis sion of m7. Springfield Republican. The question was raised at the Brooklyn dinner on S. J. Tilden's birthday, bv a remark of Mr, Hoadiy, of Ohio, whether or not Mr. Tilden consebted to the electoral commission of 1$87. Hoadiy said this, accord ing t the report of the Tunes: "It was not his fault that he was not in augurated. It waa without his knowl edge and withomt his consent a course of conduct was deiermined upon which enabled t4ie Republican party to stjeal the Presidencv. And he has ejnee published a letter maintain ing that he was correct in bin asser tion. I Mayor Hewitt has now written a lettjer in which he makes this inter esting historical statement : I personally communicated to him (Tildpn) the plan devised, in advance of its being reported to the Housje. He fully discussed ev ery jdetail or tno proposed meas ure, I suggested amendments which were,! subsequently adoptt 1 and Uy, while he did not appiovj, he did nSot disapprove of tho plan. He was told two things: rirst, 1 hat, if he disapproved the committee would not report the bill; and second, if he did hot disapprove of it, it would be reported and in all human probability passejd. After this statement was made, he neither approved nor disap proved the measure, and I left him with jthe clear understanding that the measure, if amended in accordance with his suggestions, would be re ported. He said that there was no occasion for haste, but I distinctly notified him that it would not be pos sible ito defer cction of some kind for many days, because the short session was rapidly running to its close. He waa kept informed of every amend mene, and his advice was lonowed in regard to tho changes ma-Io, Finally, when the bill was perfected and th jointicomri ittee was ready th report, Uen.j.fc.pp' ilunton reiused to sign the repoi: tnless he was assured that the illjjtd the approval of Gov Xudan. ihe time oi maKing tne re port jwas therefore postponed for one day, and Col. : Pelton, who was sup posed to represent Gov. Tilden, was sent jto Ne; w York with the perfected bill fpr his examination and decision On is return Col. Pelton reported that 0ov. Tildeujwas satisfied with the bill. ! Geri. H union thereupon signed the report, and the bill was re ported and passed Whether Col. Pel- ton tbld the truth or not I have no means of knowing, but I have no doubt of ill, because there was abundant opportunity between the 18th of Jan uary when the bill was reported, and the 26th of January, when it waa passed, for Gov. Tilden to have made his objections known, if he had any. He ifas under, no injunction to keep silenbe, and the bill could never have been: passed if at any time before its passage he had indicateel his disap proval. Mr. Hewitt says that Gen. Hunlon and pther members of the electoral cominittee are alive to testify as to the facbi, and moreover, he himself, on the floor of the House, during the life-lime of Gov. Tilden and Mr. Pel ton, jinade a general but positive asser tion (of the position of Mr. Tilden, whidh was ''never controverted by Govj Tilden in public or ia private," or by others until Hoadiy 'a letter came out. Tho mayor concludes by sayihg: ''If during his life time Gov. Tilden did not plead the baby act, it would be well, it seems to me, for those who profess to honor Lis mem ory bo imitate his wise example " They tell down east of a poor fel low iwho owned ajemarkably fat hog, andi who also owed a rich man. Tlie hogj was about ail the property the poor debtor hal worth levying on. audi the law exempted a man juls pig One day the creditor meeting the;debtor said : "xou need another pig; let me send you a uice little otie." Ihe poor man was astonished. "Why, I owe you for the hog I ve got now, he i stammered. "Never mind, you need another one, and I'll send it," and he did, and the little pig was put in the pen by the side of the fat one. In less than an hour the cons; able came and attached the fat hog and took it away, and thus the law and the rich man were satisfied. Atlanta Constitution. AX ADVERSE HEPORT O ; TnE MENHADEN FISHERY AND COM PULSORY PILOTAGE bills. Specia! to the News and; Observer. Washisgtos, D. C, Feb. 17. l'he committee decided today to report adversely the menhaden fish ery and compulsory pilotage bills. WAKE FOREST. THE ANNIVJKAEY EXEF.CISES. Special to the News and Observer. W ake Forest, N. C,Feb. 17 The anniversary exercises began today. The crowd present is the largest ever here. The music is by the Durham Band. Serlons Fire In Urover. Special to the News and Observer. Shelby, N. C., Feb. 17- Tho stores of D. R Bird, J. F. WMliams, John McGill, Dr. A. F.: Hambright, B. F, Turner Bro. aad the dwelling of It. C. Gladden, in Grover, on the line between North and fouth Carolina, were burned last night. Cause, a de fective stove-pip Loss, fifteen thousand dolli.r3. Insurance, one thousand. Most of the goods were saved. Mr. Williams, the postmaster, IXF.lDSYILLK NOTES. A I'llOBABLE CAiE OF HYDROPHOBIA 0TUEIU5EWS pev iul in the News .-uulTibserver.' Reidsville, Feb; 17? Wallace Far gi?, a boy nine years old, is strangely affected v h spells of raving like hydrophobia. He foitns at the mouth, throws himself on the ground, kicks, screams, and curses like one pos sessed of a devil. He is at Mrs. Amy Pearson's, four miles from here. Some time ago Mrs. Pearson had a pet cat that died of fits, foaming at the mouth and the ooy nursed it in his arms during its distemper. It is feared it bit him. luero is some probability ot a prominent manufacturer moving his family hero and establishing a cotton factory. bandy ado, a convict sent from here, was killed by the guard while trying to escape. He said when he left ho intended to escape if killed in the effort. He was in for fifteen jears. 1 FOR GOVERNOR HON. W. L. SAUSDERS. Cut. ul the News and Observer. Henderson, N. C', Feb. 16 Heading, ia your valuable paper extracts from various papers endors ing different gentlemen to fill the Gubernatorial chair, I am forced to ask you to allow me a short space in your columns to mention one whose name will maka every soldier's eye glisten with tears of joy, and give new vigor to tho Democratic party He is one who fought heroically for his country, and did honor to North Carolina and credit to himself in the late war. His mem knew nothing ele than to love honor and obey him, and Wih him as commander victory was assure d. Ho has served the State for yea'-.s honorably faithfully and effi cienlly. With the noble, heroic and galiant W. L Saunders as standard bearer victory Vill be assured to the Democratic party in 1888. Yours, Justitia. How to Cet Kid ot the Crows Louisville Homeand-Farm. A Chester (Pa ) gentleman tells an interesting Btory of the manner m which a Delaware county farmer got rid of crows. He was greatly troubled by the depradation of these birds, and ail the means to drive them away permanently having failed, he tried an original plan. Taking a half peck or more of corn he soaked it thoroughly in whiskey and then scat tered the cereal along the fence of the field chiefly visited by the feathered thieves. Ho soon had a number of crows eating the doctored corn, and as they didn't fly away he went to observe the effect of the dose. He found every crow drunk, some lying over on their sides, others tottering around in a maudlin attempt to ny He could have killed every one, but resolved to await the outcome of the drunk. Gradually the birds recov erod, and one by one flew unsteadily .ay. inuring the remainder oi tne season the farmer was not troubled by a single crow. Wins'on Daily : Sandy Wade, who was convicted at the last term of Rockingham court and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years for the killing of Marion Thomas, in Reids ville, January 15, was shot dead by the guard last Saturday while mak ing a desperate attempt to escape from the State prison George Goins, a colored man, died on last evening about 5 o'clock at his home on Long Branch. There were cir cumstances iu connection with his death that led to the impression that he had been a victim of foul play. So it was decided to hold a post mortem examination over the remains Drs. Gray and Dalton made on examina tion" of the heart and brain this morn ing, finding a congestion on the lat ter which they gave as their opinion was the cause of his death and that the congestion wa3 the result of a blow received ou the head of the deceased. Coroner Dogle empanel d a jury to nit upon the matter, who, after hear ing the evidence, decided that Goins came to his death from a blow re ceived udou his head at the hands of Calviu Stockton, It seems that Stock ton and Goins, about two weeks past, were fencing with pieces cf wood about as lout? as a chair round, beu Kt.M-k'ou got a lick in on Goins' head wL'.t-h n suited in-his death last even- 1 he tine Thing. Kr.mi tlie Washington Critic. He (with deep passion): "Oh, Ger aldine, my darling, I love you so. I love you so. Be mine, dearest, ba mine." She (with suppressed emotion) : "Oh, Harold, you are so sudden; I must have time to " He (unguardedly): "Don't mention , it, darling. Time is nothing; money's the thing, and you've got plenty." THE PRESIDENT TO START TUESDAY FORI FLORIDA. I HIS PROBABLE PABTY AND THE GRAMME FOB THE TRIP. Washington, Feb. 17. Toe Prei dential party will start for F.'oria about 12 o'clock Tuesday They wgll go on a special train of one car. . Te party will consist of the President and Mrs. Cleveland, Secretary and Vrs. Whitney and Col. aid Mrs. Lamon'. In consideration of the wishes of the President there will be no committee or ajiy one else on this tram. They will make no stops until they reach Savan nah at 7-30 on Wednesday morning. They will devote an hour to driving about that city and will then proceed o Jacksonville, arriving there at 13J). They will visit the Exposition agd hold a reception in the evening. JU 10 o clock lb ursday they will start fo St. Augustine and will leave theie for home Friday morning. The Sofe- ators, Representatives and others gp- mg to Jacksonville under the same invitation will go on the regular tran that starts an hour earlier than that which carries the President. Attacked on the Highway. Norfolk Virginian. Un Wednesday afternoon a gentle man named Jackson, who resides n Perquimans! county, N. C, while on his way to this city, was attached On the road, about ten miles from Ports mouth, by a white man and anegro,who came out of the woods and demanded of him money. One of the men held his horse while the other attemptid to get in the cart. Mr. J. was armed with a pistol, which he drew, and at the sight of the weapon they both ran Ijin the woods. He nred one shot at them without any effect. Mr. J. informed che reporter of this paper that this vfas the second time he had been attacked while going home or coming to tovfn. The first time he was unarmed. It is to be regretted that he did not let the fellow get nearly in the cart afid then fire at him. as that would h&Ve been the proper manner to treat such people. If such a state of affairs continues it will be dangerous Jto trauel. A number of lazy, worthliss I people, who will not work andexplct to live off other people's earnings, should be severely punished if caught. CURRENCY. 'I'll put new soles on these worn iut I shoes a That never will crack or break;" And the cobbler laughed as he carted the coles From a restaurant buckwheat cakes, Lincoln Journal Even the man who wants the earth doesn't want it so suddenly as he gts it sometimes when his heels slip oa a bit of icer Somerv i lie Journal. "No man can attend properly! to his business who doesn't kQep straight, says a temperance paper. How about the contortionists ? M8- ton Courier. ji The Augusta Chronicle has invent ed a way for people to remember what a cold-wave flag looks like. Ihe Chronicle says "the flag has a b1ck lozenge in theentre; this is for brn- chitis. f. "Lady Clara Vere De Vere," skid Queen Victoria to one of the royal household the other day, "hand pe the morning paper. It contains pry speech in Parliament yesterday, sad T 1 i. A. a L T - A wave nut veil resu lb. a uuva a woman's curiosity to know what I sid old. v i Volapuk is now going throvjgh its second and more deliberate criti cism. Science contains an careful article by Alex M. Bell, in which he concludes that Volapuk does not solve the problem of universal lan guage. The system will meet most favor with nations whose languages are highly inflected This is not the trouble with the English language. He suggests an international committee of English speakers to suggest sich improvments as would make of ofars a simpler language, adapted to Uni versal use. A committee of the Ameri can Philosophical Society of which the eminent anthropologist Dr. D. G. Brinton is chairman, has also Ire- ported that "Volapuk is synthetic tfnd complex, whereas all modern dia lects are becoming more analytic ind simple; the formal elements of Vola puk are those long since discardetfby Aryan speech." But the committee of eminent scholars urge that as he ancestors of all Aryans once used the same language so the time J is ,Aa nrl,on nnnd arratn a nnifv I ft speech can be established for all of ur stock, and for all the rest of civiliza tion as well. i . j Greensbjro Workman: Mr. G. Will Armfield waa yesterday ou at Bull Run, the spot occupied many years ago by a Quaker church of &at name, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a house for school and preaching purposes. The rjace is just beyond the section house on the Richmond and Danville railroad about five miles from town. The ,sum of $125 in cah and a quantity of work were subscribed, and the house will be reared soon. . . .A young ady who was riding horse back on four Btreets last evening lost her balance and fell to the ground, but, owing to the improved condition of our poil, bustained no injury. - - A special from Ashland, Hij a Saxiuel O' Grady Beltnet, Wis., ged 70, an eccentric individual who has resided iu that vicinity for years,! bas just received advices that be has I fal len heir to 125,000 by the death of relatives in the county of Limerick, Ireland. He will leave for thel old country in the spring to ; claim i his ! fortune. 1 Cmell la a EU-M( Store. 1 What smells moat ia a drug sfore? x our nose, uut wnen you nnve have a cold, nothing. Cure coughs and (bide by taking Taylor's Cherokee Rmey of BWWI UBWHWllllin Gen. Lawton, of Georgia, Minis ter to Austria, in a letter to a friend in Atlanta, speaks kindly about the courtesy and cordiality Bhown him by the high officials of the diplomatic corps, uenerai j,awton writes that, while he fully appreciates his present surroundings, he is more than ever before attached to the institutions of his own country. ' , Jay Gould in Egypt: "Mustapha, what is the price of your camels?" Mustapha- "Twenty-five dollars apiece, your serene. Richness; I could not take a cent less, bismillah!" J. G. "Cheap enough ship me two to New lork by the ;first vessel. Figs! I never in my life: saw stock absorb water so magnificently as those cam els do." Springfield Union. Salvation Oil, the greatest cure on earth for pain, havfc'no equal. Persons suffering from rheumatism, neuralgia, or from cuts, bruises, sprains, &c, should not be without it. Price only twenty-five cents. : "What is the whole duty of a married man?'' asks the naw conjugal cutecisra : To be agreeable to jhis wife and keep Dr. Bull's Cough Syru-p in the house for the children when they get a cold, of couse. Ask us something .hard. Smoked ' Jowls! A fine lot of Smoked Jowls, Ferris Hams, Wes tern Hams, Baltimore Hams, Beef Tongues, Codfish Mackerel, Herrings and other seasonable provisions. E. J. Habdin. The Boston Idea. "Mamma," inquired little Waldo Bunker, of Boston, who is spending the. winter in Florida, "what is that body of water!" "The Atlantic Ocean, my dear." 'The' Atlantic; Ocean!" exclaimed little Waldo in amazement, "why I thought the Atlantic Ocean was near Boston!" Its superior excellence proven in mil lions of homes tot more than a quartet of a century. It is used by the United States Government. Endorsed by the heads of the Great Universities at the the Strongest, Purest and most Health ful. Dr. Price' Cream Baking Powder does not contain Ammonia, Lime of Alum. Sold only in Cans. PRICE BAKING POWDER CO. ! R1WYOBS. OHIOAOO. ST. LOUIS A. W. GOODWIN & CO., Druggists and iliafniarists, Cor. Cabarrus and Dawson Bts., RALEIGH, N. C. A tit-,- An h,tiH a full mnnlff nf Vrpall ReTtnrilA ane uenuuie I r. in." j ft 1 DfUgS DfUgglSlS SlippllCS Grarden Seed GARDEN SEED! Fresh tnd Genuine. Toilet and Shivthn SoaDS. Toilet Articles rancy roous. &c. , Fine brands of tHietniiK and Smoking Tobacco mild or stTong ; plug or twist. CIGARETTES I! CIGARETTES Our selection ot Ctxars are choice at d It Is di llglitful to smoke theim. Florence La Keina, Bose Bouquet. Kangaroo, Wild Alan, &c. we want your patronage. Orders; Solicited For anything in our line and Satisfaction guar acteed. . PRES-BlPTIdNS COMPOUNDED Nervous Prostration, Nervous eadacbe. Neuraleis. Nervous Weakness, Stomach and Liver Diseases. Rheumatism, Dyspcpsis, . aad all affections of the Kidneys. 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