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Some three year ago by the advice of Dr. Btelner, of Augusta, she was Induced to try Simmons Liver Regulator.;-1 feel grateful for the relief It lias given her, snd may all who read this and are af flicted lit Afiy wy, whether icnronlo or otherwise use BtmmoQt Liver Regulator and I teel-confiden) health will be restored to all who will be ad vised.' WM. M. Kkbsh, Fort Valley, Ga. -' iS: 1 BtBotlnspesedCpea! Eiaaslne to see that you get the genuine; DistinniJ sbed from all frauds and Imitations by our red 5 -Trade-Mark on frost of Wrapper, ana on the slds the seal and signature of ZeUln a- Co. (RUBE ATT BARGAINS ? 'V - : ft ; J , . JSJJ? j AY00LLC0TT ft SON S, 14 y East I. 1- Martin Street. 200 yds Percale 83 inches wide bays snins ana wiuu a 8c, cheap at 12,. for 3000 "yds shirting Prints 6o a yd. RIBBONS ta all shades and widths. I A Allnalr of misses1 black ribbed LUUli Hose for 10c, cheap at 17a pans ladies linen vuns xw pair, cheap at lac. 300 OCR $2.0 UDJES BUTTON SHOES cannot be excelled, check Nainsook at 8 l-3c. A REAL BARGAIN. A A l0t Foot Balls for boys at $1.50 and NEWS O BSE RVATTONS. Tho Key. Mr. Bacchus is eon ducting a temperance rerival in Dela ware. The tier. Mr. Smoker is preaching against tobacco, and an English preacher, the Bev. Mr. Hus band, is opposing marriage amoag the clergy. ; A man named Wilson, serving a life sentence in the Stillwater (Minn.) penitentiary, has discouraged the ef forts of Lib friends to secure his par don. "He says that he would rather pass hia lifetime in the penitentiary than in tho poorhouse." The Edinburgh Review recently described Jno. Buskin as "possessed by abnormal vanity and folly of ego tism," and aa having, "by dint of mem verbal eloquence and phenome nal effrontery imposed himself on a whole generation as a teacher." Members of the New York Mer cantile Exchange and others engaged in the fruit trade in New York have forwarded a petition to Congress ask ing pro tec1 ion for the fruit-growers of California; Florida and other fruit producing States by retaining the duties now imposed on foreigu fruits. Jacob HoUenberger, aged twenty years, died at Beading, Pa , Friday, having literally starved to death. Over four months ago a piece of molten iron flew into his throat while he was working, closing! up the pas sage way to his stomach. He has never eaten anything since, and was kept alive by liquid injections. His weight was reduced from 165 to 40 pounds, t - A suit has been begun in New York against the Missouri Pacific Railroad, Jay Gould, Russell Sage and others, by John S. Stanton, who charges fraud in connection with a mortgage executed by the JTort Scott Road to the Union Trust f Company. He asks, for an accounting of the shares of the Fort Scott Company and that Gould and the other defend ants be restrained from acting as di rectors. I For several weeks past religious meetings have been held in the Meth odist church at Iron Mountain, Mich., by a stranger claiming to be a Meth odist preacher. He made quite free with the; people generally, and was looked upon : as rather a singular character. He turned out to be a detective in search of a man named Wolfauper, charged with murder, and Monday arrested the man for a mur der committed two years ago, near Janesville, Wis. : John McCelvy was shot and filled at Corrigan, Texas, Monday night by Sheriff Hoi comb and a posse from Houston county. McCelvy was In jail at Crockett and escaped after killing a woman and a man on Friday night and another on Sunday, and he was on the way to Corrigan to kill man named B. B. Parsons, a consta ble at that place, who arrested him some tune ago. His last words were, "I've killed nine persons and want io Kill tnree or lour more of the scoundrels." The "DlsktUcd Sect." trow the Shanghai Bhih Fo. A most horrible story has been re ceived, and, if true, the speediest and most vigorous prosecution on the part of the authorities is required to crusn the evil. The information comes through" official sources, transmitted from Honan to Tung Chou and thence to all the different prefectures to Chihli. I It appears that on the 19th of the 7th moon the magistrate of the Yu district in Honan received a petition; from a man named Li re siding within his jurisdiction, setting I forth that two of his ohildren, a boy - and a girl, had been brutally murdered and their dead bodies brutally mutilated. Upon receipt of this intelligence the magistrate proceeded in person to examine the corpses, and found that they actually bore marks of having been most outrageously used. The brainB were all scooped out and the heads were broken and crushed. It became evident that this fiendish crime was perpetrated by some of the "Diabolical Sect," whose practice is to go about with the object of mur dering children and abstracting their brains to compound medicines with. It is well known that the members of this sect act in the most secret and mysterious manner, ana tney move about from place to place under the disguise of merchants or travelers In consequence of the disclosure of the above tragedy the authorities are everywhere on the alert, and are adopting th-j most stringent and vig orous measures to bring about the entire extinction of the sect. CONGRESS. PBOCEEDINOS YESTERDAY SENATE AND HOUSE. IN SVBKAant! CABLES S. 8. COX AGAIN FPEAKXB PRO TIM OF THX HOUSE OTHXS NEWS Bt WISE. cevr lot of Tin Ware. 5 A lot of Japanned waiters at ; P- 20C. IOC, worth 70O LINEN TOWELS 100 AGbeat Baboain. &arsailles Quilts, $1.48, actual value $2.50. CLOCKS 50 J At $1-00 . j rirAhx tor Picture Frames, Uno-a Brack! Art Novalties, Artist Materials, indw"ahades, Wall Paper, Corniae vt m wjf j Is She rid us Kllgtbl Asrmrl A I'BOMINENT FOBEIQK-B 3RN CITIZEN SATS NOT. A well-known business man of Washington, a naturalized citizen, said to a Star reporter today : "All this contention about Gen. Sheridan's birthplace as regards his eligibility to the presidency is a waste of time. As nis parents naa only Deen six months in the country when he was born, and bis father was not natural ized, be was, under the law, alien born, and is no more eligible for the esidency than if he bad been born in Ireland. In the case of a son of mine born some months after my ar rival in this country, he was obliged to take the oath of allegiance before he was allowed to vote on reaehinsr the age of twenty-one, as he was held to be alien born. Washington Star. A. Kansas Saake Story. Baltimore Sun. Mrs. James,of Syracuse.Kan., as the story goes, discovered her 5 year-old boy stirring around in a basket of old clothes that had been placed in a cor ner of the woodshed to be out of the way. Upon the child looking up and hastily leaving, Mrs. James concluded to see what he was about, and to her horror discovered a nest of rattle snakes, sx young ones and an old one with eight rattles. A scream brought Mr. James to tte scene, and hethastily disposed Of all of them. Q ues tioning the child, it was learned that he had been caring for the snakes since warm weather. He could kan Idle the young reptiles as he pleased, and tee old snake never objected. By Telegraph to the News and Observer. Washington, Feb. 23. Senate. Mr. Edmunds asked consent to take up and consider the bill incorporating the Maritime Canal Company of Nica rauga, stating as the reason for his request that he might be compelled to be absent all next week and per haps the week after, but at the sugges tion of Mr. Vest, he let the matter go over till tomorrow. Mr. Plumb gave notice that he would next Monday j ask consider ation for the bill forfeiting all unearn ed land gTants. On motion of Mr. Dolph, the Sen ate bill to carry into effect the Inter national Convention of the 14th of March, 1884, for the protection of sub-marine cables was taken up for consideration, read and passed. It simply provides penalties for wilful and wrongful injuries to sub-marine cables. Mr. Voorheos inquired of the chairman of the Committee on Ap propriations as to when the urgency appropriation bill would be reported to the Senate, and whether it would contain provisions for judgments of the Court of Claims later than the 15th of January. Mr. Allison sta'.ed in reply that the bill would be reported next week; that (as it camo from the House) it contained appropriations for judg ments of the Court of Claims up to the 18th of January, and that the committee would call for a list of such judgments and of the Treasury adjudications since that time and would embody them in the bill. "V ery satisfactory." On motion of Mr. Morrill, the House bill for the purchase of a site, includ ing a building thereon, on or before the erection of the necessary store houses for the use of the office of the chief signal: officer of the army in Washington was taken from the cal endar and passed (with some verbal amendments). The bill td provide for an interna tional marine conference for secur ing greater safety for life and prop erty at sea was passed. The Senate, in the morning hour, passed the bills extending the laws of the United States over the publio land strip and to amend the alien land act so as to permit foreign governments to acquire property in the District of Columbia and to authorize the removal of the quarantine station from Ship Island, Miss., and appropriate g $45,000 for the purpose. The Senate then pro ceeded to the consideration of the bill to incorporate 'he Washington Cable Electric Railway, and passed it after much discussion and several amend ments. The Senate then at 4 45 ad journed. house. The House was called to order by Mr. Clark, its clerk, who announced the enforced absence of the Speaker, and on motion of Mr. Mills, of Texas, Mr. S. S. Cox, of New York, was unanimously elected Speaker pro tern, amid a round of applause. The floor was accorded to the com mittee on public buildings and grounds and bills were reported from that committee and placed upon tne calendar for the erection of buildings at the following points : Kalamazoo, Michigan; ; Yonkeis, New York; Logansport, Indiana; Paterson, New Jersey: New Berne, North Carolina; Alleghany Oity,Pennsylvania;Youngs- town, Uhio; Houlton, Maine; Atchi son, Kansas; Hamilton, Ohio; Akron, Ohio: Norfolk, Virginia; Sioux City, Iowa; Madison, Indiana; Suspension Bridge, New York; Zanesville, Ohio; Helena, Montana; Uneyenne, Wyo.; Vicksburg, Mississippi; Kansas City, Missouri, and Evansvme, Indiana (marine hospital). Also to increase the appropriation for the public building at Winona, Minnesota, to $200,000. The House then went into commit tee of the ; whole, Mr. McMillin, of Tennessee, in the chair, for the con sideration of the special order. The bill for a 200,000 building at Lowell, Mass , was passed. The bill for the erection of a public building at Birmingham, Ala, at an ultimate cost of $300,000, was op posed by Mr. Bland, of Missouri. Mr. Bankhead, of Alabama, sup porting the bill, raised a laugh against Mr. Bland by remarking that so far as no could learn tne town in which that gentleman resided was only a wide place in the road some where over in Missouri, and suggest ing that the men who erected a public building at that place had been paid in silver dollars worth 70 cents on the dollar. Mr Weaver, of Iowa, jocularly ad vised the gentleman from Alabama to withdraw his attack upon the silver dollar if he wanted to get his public building, whereupon Mr. Bankhead expressed: bis willingness to take every dollar oi tne money in silver. The bill was agreed to, as were also the bills appropriating $150,000 for a building at Duiuth, Minn.; $350,000 for Newark, jn. J., and lor tne pur chase of additional land at Council Bluffs, Iowa. The committee having risen, the House passed the bills agreed to, as well as those coming over from Tuesday, for the erection of buildings at Allentown and Lan caster, Pa., and for the enlargement of the building at Charleston, West Virginia. Air. island lougnt tnese measures at every point but 1 ss he had not enough followers to order tho yeas and nays and as the Speaker pro tern always succeeded in counting a quo rum upon division, the House pro ceeded witn basinets without great delay. The House i hen o'clock adjourned ST LOUIS THE PLACE rOB THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COSVES- TION. JCNE 5TH THE TIME; Special ta the News and Observer. Washington, D. C , Feb. 23. St. Louis has been selected as the place for the Democratic convention. Tha vote yesterday fixing July third for the Democratic National Convention was reconsidered and the time was changed to J une 5th. ST. LOUIS THE PLACE FOR THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONTENTION. Marriage of pm KdHer. Special to ths News and Observer. Concobd, N. C, Feb. 23. Mr. H. I. Woodhouse, for a long time connect ed with the Concord lieguter, son of the late Capt. John Woodhouse, was married tonight in the First Presby terian Church to Miss Mamie Stuart, one of the loveliest and most charm ing young ladies ever known in the social circles of Concord. i m m TIlXtTMAMITIC ACCIDENT EXPORTED FROM DULUTH YZSTKBDAI. By Telegraph to the News and Observer. St. Paul, Feb. 23. A Duiuth special to the Pioneer-Frist gives Forinan Lunderberg's account of the dynamite j accident there yesterday. Ha says it was one that would not have happened once in a thousand times." We drilled five holes down sixteen feet and put in twenty car tridges, blasting them off on Monday. We could; not tell about any one hole. The blast! went off all right and shook out all the rock and blew out all the holes except this one. The parties who drilled the holes aid they b ad struck either rotten rock or clay. We supposed that the dynamite had ex ploded and mode a hole iu the rock inside. Abe hole was tnen cleaned out and -i eight dynamite cartridges put in and set off. The men asked me before this if 1 was certain tnere was no dynamite in the hole and I told them I was and one or two of them seemed afraid. I held the drill while we. were cleaning the hole. This Bccbud blast tore off about nine feet of the rock from the top. Tues day afternoon I started the men to work again cleaning the hole. They went on with the work again yester day morning, but the men had only got to work when the accident oc curred. One of the men holding the drill ou top of the rock asked me about dynamite in the hole and I told him I was sure there wab none. No man refused to work at the hole. Contractor Fitzpatrick expresses en tire confidence in Mr. Lund er berg and excuses him from all blame. The in jured include Eric Matson, who died yesterday afternoon, making four deaths in all. Jj. Anderson and Charles Matson may also die. AKTI-PROHIBITIO. "personal libebtt league" OB- OANIZED. By Telegraph to the News and Observer. Dubuque, Iowa, Feb. 23 Articles of incorporation of the Dubuque "Personal Liberty League" have been filed with the Secretary of State. The objects of trie association are to se cure information regarding the opera tion of prohibitory laws in other Sta'es; to apply for and obtain by any and all legislation the repeal or modi fication of the prohibitory law in Iowa and to secure compensation for the losses sustained by reason of the existence and enforcement of such laws in Iowa; to render to all mem bers of the association who may re quire the same, aid in defending their rights of person and property. The headquarters of the league will be in Dubuque and branch organizations will be formed all over Iowa. THE TIME CHANOKD FBOM JULY OBD JCNE 5th OTHIB NEWS. TO Tennessee Prohibitionists. By Telegraph to the News and observer. Nashville, Feb. 23 The State Prohibition Convention yesterday was attended bv eighty delegates. Twen ty-four delegates were appointed to the National .Prohibition Convention to meet at Indianapolis and were in structed to vote for General Clinton B. Fisk as the nominee for President A convention was also called for May 16th, the same day that the Be publican Gubernatorial Convention meets to nominate candidates for Governor. The nomination of 4 full oounty, ; Legislative and Congres ional tickets was urged. The plat form affirms allegiance to the Prohi bition party, demands full restriction of immigration and liberal appropria tions for education. I How they Evict. By Cable t the News and Observer. Dublin, Feb. 23. The eviction of tenants 'on the Ponsonby estate at Yougha) has been unexpectedly re sumed. A large military and police force, accompanied by a doctor, an ambulance and a fire engine escorted the bailiffs who went today to execute the wris of eviction. A number of battering rams and sledge hammers were carried for the purpose of forcing an entrance into the house of any tenant who offered resistance. The tenants were taken completely by surprise, but one family named Doyle succeeded in barricading them selves inside tneir House, wmcn was only captured after a strong resist ance. There were several other ex citing scenes. The police made many arrests, The weather is bitterly cold. tee Gorce In the Delaware. Bv Telenraph to the News and Observer. rout, Jebvis, w. x., r er. '&. me Delaware Biver is gorged at this place for a distance of four miles, the ice being piled to the height of twen ty feet.; The river ;s slowly rising. Cellars and a number of mhabita- ted basemei.ts are flooded in the vil ge hear the liurr suspension bndze, The wooden breakwater in front of the abutments of the bridge has 'been destroyed by ice, which reaches to the top of the piers. Appre hensions are entertained that the gorge may have a disastrous result in this village. By Telegraph to the News and Observer. WAsmxeTON, D. C, Feb. 23. The National Democratic Oommi tee met again this morning at 10 o'clock in se cret session to continue the balloting for the selection of the city in which the next Democratic National Con vention shall be held. At the opening of the session. Mr. Scott, of Pnnsyhrania,moved that the pending motion be suspended so that a motion might be made to reconsider the vote by which - July 3d was de cided upon as the date for the hold ing of the convention, and made a short speech in its support. Senator McPherson, representing Miles Boss of New Jersey, second ed Mr. Scott's motion and urged, its adoption. No speeches were made in opposition, but when put to a vot it was lost by 23 to 24. Balloting was then resumed on the place for hold ing the conviction. The first ballot resulted as follows: San Francisco 17, Chicago 16, St. Louis 13, New York 1. After a recess of ten minutes another ballot was taken. Before the result was announced Mr. Walsh, of Georgia, rose in his place and stated that he had thus far voted constant ly for San Francisco, but he was satisfied that that city would not be selected and desired to change his vote to St. Louis. Other changes followed and St. Louis was chosen. After this vote was announced Mr. Scott ; moved a reconsideration of the voje by which July 3d was selected as the time for holding the convention Mr. C. S. Thoma, of Colorado, and Senator-elect Barbour, of Virginia, spoke in opposition to the m jtion. Un being put to a vote the motion prevailed by ft vote of 26 to 19. hiX-Senator McDonald, of Indiana, then moved that June 5th be substi tuted for July ,3d in the resolution, which motion was adopted. Yesterday the motion prevailed by a vote of 29 to 17. A call for the convention was then agreed upon. It is word for word a copy of the call issued in 1884, exeept as regards time and place. Appropriate resolutions were adopt ed on the death of Hubert O. Thomp son, of New York, and Edmund ll son, of Maine- The committee then adjourned sine ate. Judge Fewle for Governor. Gbeensbobo, N. C, Feb. 23. Mb. Editok: I notice in a late num ber of your most ' valuable paper a communication in which the writer nominates Judge Fowle for Gov ernor. I - In behalf of a great many good Democrats in this section of the State I desire to second that nomination. North Carolina is easily Democratic on a full tote and the only way to bring out a large vote is to put a man at the head of the ticket who can en thuse and electrify the people. Who in North Carolina is the equal of Judge Fowle on the stump t The people of western North Carolina remember and talk of to this day the brilliant canvass made by - Judge Fowle in behalf of the down-trodden people of the East when an attempt was made to deprive them of the present sys tern of county government. To Judge Fowle more than to any other man is due the retention of that law on the statute books today. The east owes Judge Fowle a debt of gratitude for his labors in their behalf. I will go further and say the whole Democratic party owcb much to Judge Fowle, he has done ! much hard work for the party and he did it without hope of reward. I don't know that he would accept a nomination for Governor, but I do think him the most available man in the State today. With Fowle for. Governor and Alexander or Borne other good man as his Lieutenant, North Carolina will give twenty thousand Democratic ma- onty. uuiiroED. Spirit or the State Prose, Somo of the prominent spirits in the Republican party are willing to go back like sneaking hyenas to the grave yards of the past, tear Wander the sods which the dews of Heaver and the kisses of wooLig breezes have mingled to one blessed and harmoniz ing union, as a symbol of the reuni ted sections, resurrect again the hor rid skeleton of slumbering passions, and tearing from them the sacred cerements of their hallowed repose, give them fullest rein to stalk this peaceful land again. IVilson Mirror. The Department of Agriculture has a vigorous ard accomplished young man now at its head, and its capabilities for usefulness to the ag riculture of the State are very great. We need to know how to improve our worn-out lands, the best system of rotation of crops, the feeding value of various forage crops, the nutritive quality of our different grasses, and so on indefinitely. We have felt that this branch of the Agricultural Department was not appreciated as it should be. We ask our farmers to correspond with Dr. Battle and use the department to its full extent. PiUsboro Home. Under an act of the last General Assembly it was made the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture to place the department in more direct relation with the farmers of the State. In obedience thereto Col. John Rob inson, the Commissioner, lias per fected a plan and will at once proceed to carry it out in every county. Un der "Agriculture" we give his first tour of visitation which is in our east ern section, but will be rapidly fol lowed up in all counties. The plan in brief, without specifying details, is to form township, school district and county cluba or associations, estab lish small experiment farms, organize farmers' institutes in every county, and the holding of an annual repre sentative meeting at Raleigh during our State fair. This method, so com prehensive and thorough, will, we think, beyond all question, fully meet the legislative requirement in its most enlarged sense. It is what has been an imperative need ever since the beginning of the department, and the wonder is that it has not been done before. We t: therefore congrat ulate the farmers of the State upon its inauguration and hail it as the be ginning of a new agriculture era JV. V. .Farmer. It is not believed th-t the Demo cratic party will go to pieces just be cause -ho internal revenue law will not be repealed. It would be a great calamity to the country if it did so. The party has dono good work in the past and has good work to do in the future. "It is the party of the peo ple and it is faithful to their interests and its own pledges,'! but the faith fulness it has is not the kind that holds the bottle of free whisky to the mouths of the people with the one band, while under the delu sive plea of liberty and a protec tive tariff it pulls the hard earn ings from their pockets wi.h the other. True to its Drincioles. it is the party of the people, by the peo- le and for the people, not the people imited to a few narrow districts, but the people of the whole country. Being such, it is not in any special danger just now cn account of the "ignoramuses" in its ranks, who favor the internal revenue law as a system of fair and equitable taxation. Any influences that may be exercised by the "ignoramuses on the one side, will no doubt be fullv compensated for by the wisdom of the Solomons on the other side, in which case the equilibrium will be maintained, the party held together and the country go on. So mote it be. Concord 1 imes. A MONSTER METEOR. STARTLES A NUMBER OF COM MUNITIE 3. H ILLINOIS A terbific explosion AND A JARBINO OF HOUSES OTHER NEWS. By Telegraph to the News and Observer. Monmouth, 111., Feb. 23 This com munity was startled by a terrific roar or explosion last night which was per& ptibly felt to jar the walls and windows ol many buildings in the city- The sky was lit up with what appeared to have been a monster meteor on the tramp. The direction was from southeast to northwest The meteor passed this place with lightning-like rapidity and the explo sion took place shortly after. Re ports from the neighboring towns show that they all experienced the same sensations. Visoly improving the Selling a duplicate gilt, ; presen' is a toilet article. Ayer's Hair Vigor stands unrivaled. It cleanses the scalp and removes dandruff, cures itchinjr hu niOrs, restores the original color to faded and gray hair, and promotes its growth. 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. y -ee s . A handsome worran is a jewel ; a good woman a treasure. any at 5 ' The Crown Prince. By Cable to the News and Observer. San Remo, Feb. 23. A bulletin issued this morning says the German Crown Prince did not have quite so good a night last night because of a slight increase of the irritation in the traonea. Congratulations to the President. Bv TelecraDli to the News and Observer. w ashington, r eoruary zo. Mayor Francis, of St. Louis, sent the follow ing telegram to President Cleveland: "Congratulations to you. and the Democratic parly on the time and lo cation; of the convention at St. Louis It means that a fiht will be made squarely on tho principles clearly, forcibly and courageously enunciated ! in your menace. D. B. Francis. To Snortsmem. Cor. of the News and Observer. Chapel Hill, N. C, Feb. 23. A few days ago while taking a pleasant Walk in the forest a little af ter sunset, while the rain gently pat tered on the fallen leaves, I startled a covey of partridges fromineir roost ing place in a cedar tree. They were at least hiteen leet aoova grouna,ana had evidently "settled themselves for a long winter nan." I have never heard of partridges roosting in a tree. Have any of your readers experience of a similar occurrence T Ex -Sportsman. Hickory Press and Carolinian: A gentleman from near the "moon shiner's"1 territory was in town a few days ago and gave us some news from the land of the happy block aders. They seem to be banded to gether and ready for any sort Of visi tors. Everybody in Burke county knows that Alex. Perry is no coward. He and a companion were in search of a reported blockade still up in the South Mountains and found it. It was hot only half full of stands and material, but of men also, And the men all had shooting irons of greater or less death-dealing appear ance. They told Alex, and nis friend they could come in and look as much as they wished, but if he went to cut ting down their concern, there would be shooting. Alex, retreated in good order to get up recruits, and our in formant said the "moonshiners" were increasing their forces and getting ready lot the re-infcrted attack. e' . The Elizabeth City Economist says : Mr. Johi Upton was selected as su perintendent of the experiment farm of Camden county, at the meeting of farmers in Camden county, with Com missioner BobinBon, on Friday. Mr. Upton is an intelligent and painstak ing farmer and his appointment is a good one. The Sand at Chapel II 111. Cor. ot the News and Observer. Chapel Hill, N- C , Feb 23. Yesterday, the 22nd inst, the anni versary of the birth of George Wash mgton, was celebrated at this mstitu tion in the usual form. The orator of the occasion was Mr. St. Clair Hes ter, the introductory orator, Mr. Wm Little. Mr. Little in a few well chosen words introduced the speaker, who well sustained his reputation as being one of the most fluent writers and graceful speakers of the present Bemor class. The stratum of the subject matter was excellent and it was clothed in most beautiful drap ery. He paid a beautiful tribute to our great Washington and compared our form of government with the forms of other countries, showiog the Buporbness of genius which bo cunningly and farseeingly devised the Constitution to guide our republic to prosperity. Lexington Dispatcfk Last Thurs day afternoon, Alexander Curry and Charley Weaver were topping a tree on Mr. Philip W. Michael's farm at Shiloh. While Weaver was cutting off a limb, Curry was at work a short distance below him,1 not expecting the limb to fall toward him but when it was severed from the tree it fell on him and stunned him so that he sat on a branch dazed. Mr. Michael noticing his condition, was about to climb up to assist him; but he fell be fore he could be reached, and expired almost instantly. Mr. Curry was a good citizen. He leaves a wife and several children. . . .The stockholders of the Lexington Female Seminary got the affairs of the company straightened out last ivriaay nignt and raised a fund for finishing the seminary chapel and furnishing the building. . aoa- e -ss 1 Mr. Agile (to Mr. S:outman, after a bard run for a horB car)-r-"By jove! old boy, I thought you were too lazy to run like that." Mr. Stoutman (languidly) "Easily explained, my dear bov. aazuiesa runs in our fami ly." Detfyit Free Press. "Reoclate the Regulator" by using Warner's Log Cabin Sarsaparilla. The largest bottle m tne market, lour arug eist will order for von if he hasn't it. Insist upon haying the best. Uuse no other, for it hsjg no equal. TUB PRESIDENT IN ST. AUOUjTINE THE WEATHKB BRIGHT " AND BALMY. St. AuausnsE, Fla., Feb. 24. The President and party after close in spection of the SuVTropical Exposi tion this morning wreat it.dU driven to the St. Augustine depot, crossed the river on the steam ferry Doat, and at 11. 50 left for the ancient city on a special train as the guests of Mr. H. M. Flagler, who accompanied the party. The run was made without stop or incident in fifty mintuea. At St. Augustine the party was escorted through brilliantly and artistically decorated streets by the old fort San Marco, the pasea de la Constitution and all the hotels by a delegation of citizens, firemen and other organiza tions to the Hotel Ponce de Leon, where there was a reception by the local military and 200 children in hol iday attire. In accordance with the President's request there were no formal ceremonies. The party was assigned to the most elegant apart ments in the palatial oriental hostelry. After a rest a tour of the points of interest in and near the city will be made, and there will be a public re ception tonight. The par i y will leave on a special train for Palatka and will visit the Indian river tomorrow, re turning to Jacksonville tomorrow night. All are well and are enjoying the flying tour to Florida to the full est extent. . The weather is bright and balmy. TBNDBR BEEFSTEAK. POINTS ABOUT MSAT THAT ARE OF INTER EST TO HOUSEKEEPERS. Boston He-aid. As a prominent beef dealer of this city waa showing a reporter over his place of business in Faneuil Hall market the other day he discoursed interestingly on the best method of preparing beef for the family or the hotel table. It is not generally known," said he, "that meat kept for a day or two is vastly superior to that which is ab solutely fresh. Here is some beef," he continued, as he lifted a cloth cover, from some loins of meat in the bottom recess of the cellar, "nrhich has been kept by me nearly three weeks for one of the most famous steak houses in this city. See what a dinerence there is oetween this meat and that upstairs, which has just come from Chicago. This looks dark and rancid and almost unfit to eat, yet it is vastly superior to that which has just come in. The average family man will not buy meat trat is not absolutely fresh and bright red in color, but the know ing hotel man wants his beef three or four weeks old, providing, ox course, that he can get a beef dealer who will keep it that length of time for nun. You may have noticed that the steak which you order in a hrst-class res taurant in the city is usually much more tender than that which yon pur chase from your provision dealer and have cooked by your wife at home. Perhaps you have wondered why it is bo, when you have always been very particular to order the very freshest and tenderest beef that your butcher had in '.stock, without regard to the price. "Well, the reason is that the dealer knew right well that your family would make a great 'kick' if he sent home beef that had 'rotted' for a week or two, and had become nice and ten der, and would declare that he did not keep fresh meats. They would, in that case, be perfectly right; but beef cannot be perfectly fresh and be tender at the same time. To be really good, this variety of meat should be kept in a refrigerator for- at least ten days or two weeks, in that time, however, it loses its bright, rosy color and turns a dull red. "The hotel man to whom I refer red, and whom this beef is intended for, will not take beef from me unless it is at least three weeks old, and, if, at times, there is a short supply of beef in the Boston market, and I find it impossible to keep beef for him as long as he desires. I am compelled to go outside and purchase 'old' beef somewhere in the market " Its superior excellence proven in mil-' liens of homes for more than a quarter of a century. It is used by the United States Government. Endorsed bj the heads of the Great Universities as the the Strongest, Purest and most Health ful. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder does not oontain Ammonia, Lime or AJum. Sold only in Cans. , BAKLNU POWDES CO. ptW TORS. GHIOAOOf ST. LOCrS A Brilliant! Durable 1 Economical! 33 COLORS. io cents each. The PUREST, STRONGEST and FASTEST of all Dres. Warranted to Dye the most goods, and five the best colon. One package colon one to four ot uress Goods, aarper tugs, iam, etc. Lied for Feathen. 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