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NEWS OBSERVATIONS.
i It is officially announced hat all
foreign Jews in Odessa, numbering
10,000 families, chiefly natives of
Austria and Roumania, will he ' ex
pelled shortly.
Elizabeth Cad Stanton Bays if
the women had the ballot they would
vote to cut down the taxes and re-
duce the surplus,
of the platform
The second clause
embraces no nev
proposition.
i Miss Jennie Flood personally
manages her snug fortune of $5,000,
000. She does it so successfully and
enjoys it so well that she is not like
ly soon to accept a partner in the re
sponsibility. Among the descendants of Thos.
Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester,
fifth son of Edward III, was Stephen
J. Penny,' who "was not many years
ago sexton at St George's Hanover
Square, London.
Queen Victoria can't help the
woman that's in her. She cares more
for wedding-cake, with princely frills,
than for the comity cf two such
nations as Germany and Great
Britain.
lime. Janauschek's name is pro
nounced in three or four different
ways but her own way is as though
the name were spelled "Yan-ow-shek,"
with each syllable plainly
mounded, and the accent upon the
firs'.
A restaurant at Montgomery,
Ala ., claims to have in its service a
young German baron as dishwasher
and assistant cook at $5 a wee. He
I tells the reporters that he came over
here to see tho country and got out
of money.
; According to the Rev. Dr. De
Costa, "the commander of the Pin
kercon force can gather in a day's
notice a larger number of armed men
either in New York, Pittsburg1 or
Chicago than the General command
ing the army of the United States."
Edward Hugh McKenzie, the
tramp who married the daughter of
farmer Johnson two weeks ago upon
the representation that he had fallen
heir to $30,000 from his father's es
tate in Scotland, has settled down on
the Cooper farm in Somerset county.
ilia deluded wile has found out that
be had fallen heir t6 nothing but her
Own pretty self.
Daisies and field grasses are con
sidered a refined decoration for the
dinner table. Rough wicker-work
baskets four or five inches long, made,
if possible, of unpeeled willow, and
hamper-shaped, (look well for these
harmonies in field flowers. The ham-
Ers should be filled and the lids left,
If opes, aa if the flowers had forced
UBm up.
Col. J. B. Bachelder, the srovern-
ment historian of the battle of Gettys
burg, baa secured an order from the
Secretary of War for 70,000 pounds
of bronze gun metal for the Gettys
burg Battlefield Memorial Associa
tion, to be used in erecting eques
trian statues to Union generals. Col.
pscneider always tells the story of
the Confederate charge as it occurred
giving to North Carolina troops
ust credit for being the chief actors
fn what less accurate writers improp
erly can .Ticket t s cnarge.
lwo thousand people witnessed
hear Athens, Ga , the other day an
event never before heard of. Rev. Dr.
Fridges, 84 years old, preached his
wn funeral sermon. He had his
grave dug and a coffin made for this
Occasion. He and his assistants song
the first song, "Shall we Gladly
Meet ?" He then gave his text, sec
ond chapter First Corinthians, eighth
verse, ana gave tne large crowd a
short talk in a very faltering manner.
i lhe great Hungarian patriot.
Louis, Kossuth, believes that his life
is nearly ended. He has been resid
Ing for the last twenty-fire years at
Turin, Italy, engaged in completing
his biography. He is nearincr the
eighty-sixth year of his age. Kossuth
Certainly was a patriot, but he left
bis people instead of sharing their
destiny and working out for them the
pest results. His principal co-ad iu
cor, wno aiea two years ago, by re
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maining subsequently, accomplished
about all that could be desired for
the Hungarians.
t -a young man strujjcriinsr vio
lently, as it is believed under the in
fluence of hydrophobia, was found in
the Bowery at New York the other
bight. After a desperate struggle he
was taaen to a station nouse snap-
oing ms teetn like a dog on the way.
lie there fiercely ground his teeth
into the sides of the cup full of
water which was handed to him. An
officer said he recognized him as
Eemile Linker, who bad' been bitten
in the leg by a dog about four years
ago. He had since had several fits
resembling hydrophobia and had
bee a able to do but little work. He
was put in a straight-jacket and taken
to St. Vincent s Hospital.
Spiritualists on tbe Press.
H. X- Times.
McGregor Hall, at Madison avenue
iand Fifty-ninth street, is used by the
Metropolitan Church of Humanity
for weekly religious meetings. The
society is one of spiritualists, and is
made up of the most refined and cul
tivated of the sect. Yesterday was
tbe society's third anniversary, and a
congregation of fashionably-dressed
1 is l IS
peopie, wmcn niied tne nail, ap
plauded enthusiasticallyihe addresses
made, especially the parts of the ad
dresses given to tbe, censuring of the
newspapers and other powerful scof
fers at spiritualism. Prof. Henrv
Kiddle, of Brooklyn, in an address
entitled "The Spiritual Renaissance
of the Nineteenth Century," said that
the newspapers for the most part re
fleeted the prejudices of the lowest
classes and not the men of science
as a general tning, ne said, it was a
good thing to believe just the oppo
site oi wnat tne newspapers said.
Wilmington Star : The residence
of Mrs. Booker, on Tenth and Prin
cess streets, was entered by a burglar
some time Sunday night by means of
false keys- After going through sev
eral rooms and emptying bureau
drawers the thief or thieves carried a
trunk into the yard and breaking it
open rilled it of thirty dollars. So
far as known nothing but the money
was taken.
CONGRESS.
PROCEEDINGS YESTERDAY
SENATE AND EOUSE.
IN
HO PBOSPECT Or A CHAHGE IS THE HOUSE
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AXD OCOMPROMISiyO- -OTHKB
5EW8.
Washington, D. C, April 10. Sen
ate. Tbe bill to remove the political
disabilities of John Rdtledge, of
South Carolina, was reported from
the judipiary committee and passed.
On rhotion of Mr. Sherman the
freedman's bank bill was taken from
the calendar and referred to the com
mittee on finance.
The international copyright bill
wa3 made the special order for Thurs
day next, after the pleuro pneumonia
bill.
Tho Senate then resumed con
sideration of the bill to authorize the
sale to aliens of certain mineral lands,
tbe question being an amendment of
fered by Mr. Faulkner requiring the
majority of tbe stockholders, trustees
or directors of a mining company to
be citizens of the United,States. The
amendment was rejected 20 to 31.
After several amendments to tho
phraseology of tho bill it was passed
Teas 31, nars 13. It reads as fol
lows :
The act entitled "An act to re
strict, the ownership of rfal estate in
the Territories to Amprcau citizens,"
end so forth, approved March 3, 1887,
shall -not relate to or in
arjy n.anner aflect the title to
mineral; !and3 or mining claims
in the territories of the United States
which may be acquired or held under
the mineral lands of the United
Sts'es, nor to mills or other reduc
tion works or property, used in
the production of metals from said
mineral lands or claims, but, as to all
such mineral lands, mininar, claims.
millB, reduction works and other
property theaws of , the United states
and of tho territories shall be (until
changed by an act of Congress, or an
act of tho territorial legislature) the
same as though the said act had not
passed. ;
The Senate then resumed con
sideration of "unfinished business,"
being a bill to provide for the admis
sion of the State of South Dakota and
thj organization of the terri'ory of
North Dakota.
Mr. Butler, who had reported the
substitute from the minority of the
committee on Terri ories, said that
the disdussion had been narrowed
down to one single point, and that
was whether or not the present Ter
ritory of Dakota should be divided
and disiembered. If that question
were decided in the negative, as he
hoped and trusted it would, the
way to toe speedy admission of the
State was open. He took issue
with the statement made
yea
terday ; by Senator Piatt
that
had
the people of that territory
an inherent right, because of
their
population, &c , to be admitted
into
tne Union. Ashe (.Butler) uEder
stood the rule and law, that the subject
was entirely and solely within the
discretion of Congress. " If any other
doctrine1 should prevail, why bhould
not the territory of Utah be admitted
as a State? Or what was to prevent
luy.uuu socialists, anarchists, niht
lists and communists taking refuge
in ; some corner of a Territory and
proceeding to frame a Constitution
and State government and demand
ing to be admitted as a State 1 He
therefore submitted that the Senator
from Connecticut had gone too far in
making that proportion, especially
when the claim was asserted, not on
behalf of a rrajority of the people of
a t J m i ta t j , .
tne xemtory oi uaicota, out on be
half of a faction of politicians in that
Territory, who had contributed more
than all else besides to prevent the
Territory from being admitted as a
State.
The bill of the minority ,he said.pro
posed to authorize the people of the
Territory to meet in convention, frame
a constitution and State government,
and submit them to Congress, and.
nppn their ratification by Congress,
to : declare Dakota a State of the
Union. ;The 'majority bill on the
other hand proposed to ratify and
confirm i the so-called constitution
adapted, in southern Dakota two and
a half years ago, and to seat as U- S
Senators two gentlemen (Republi
cans), who claimed to have been then
elected. Would the Senate, he asked
consent to seat as full floor Senators
equal to these who represented sov
ereign states, two men who simply
represented iz,uuu votes out of 105,
ouu votes f xnat was tne ptodosi
tion. He referred to one of the gen
tlemen seeking seats as a Senator
from Dakota(Edgerton) as one whom
he had spoken of courteously in the
last congress but who. in
recent Speech in Dakota bad al
luded to him in an offensive
manner,' drawing a parallel between
"a southern man who learned noth
mg, forgot nothing and resorted to
bonne khife,and revolver and a Dako
ta man whose weapons were the bi
b;e and spelling book." That (said
he after -reading this extract from Mr.
Edgerton's speech) is the language of
a man to wnom l extended the cour
tesy of; expressing kindly feeling
wnen ne was attempting to get
seat on this floor. He is entitle
to
all the credit and all honor, which
iL .1 .1 . a . 1
mat cuaracrer oi language can give
to mm. j liut i may be permitted to
say that, if I had to select either as
companions or citizens of a great
country ;a stalking bandit or reckless
highwayman, with p'istol and , bowie
knife in ;hand, or a sneaking hypo
crite or snarling pharisee who fires
from j the rear and takes
cover under tho shadow of
his own meanness and malignity,
I would select the former. If the
spelling-book and the Bible inculcate
such education as that such ma
lignity, such unfairness, such injus
tice, such falsehood may. God have
mercy upon the Bible and spelling
book which that man carries with
him. Better have them made a bon
fire of, than to hkve them teach such
language as that; which I have read
Without any action on the bill the
Senate broceeded to executive busi-
I ness. After a secret session of about
two hours the doors were reopened
and the Senate adjourned.
The Honse mt nfc 11.45 this morn-
tiArc
ing. ine legislative day oi eone.-
... - m tir
day last- continumg.
Mr. Phelan, of Tennessee, as a priv-
eged question, submitted a confer
ence report upon the bill authorizing
tbe construction of a bridge across
the Mississippi river at Memphis,
Tenn.
The Senate amendment repeating
the bridge charter now existing was
agreed to. The report was adopted.
Mr. Blount, of Georgia, asked
unanimous consent to report tne
postoffice appropriation bid, but the
demand for the regular order Irom
Mr. Reed, of Maine, operated as an
objection, and the seventh day of the
contest over the direct tax bill was
formally opened.
Notions for recesses for ten, nr-
teen, twenty and twenty-five minutes
were submitted by Mr. Breckenridge,
of Arkansas; Mr. Weaver, of Iowa;
Mr. Anderson, of Illinois, and Mr.
Oates, of Alabama. These was farther
supplemented with motions to ad
journ until Thursday, to adjourn
until Friday, and to adjourn until
Saturday.
Mr. Kelly, of Pennsylvania, called
attention to the violation of the rule
prohibiting smoking upon the floor,
and the Speaker pro tern (Mr. Hatch,
of Missouri,) emphatically directed
the sergeant-at arms and the door
keeper to enforce the rule vigorously.
There is no change or prospect of
a change in the dead-lock; no conces
sions have been made by either side
of the controversy, and all talk of a
compromise has ceased. It is gen
erally thought among tho members
that the present condition of anairs
will continue until Tuesday next, the
day when it is intended to call up the
tariff bill when a determined effort
will be made to break the dead-lock.
There is a desire en the part of the
Democratic advocates of the direct
tax bill to have a caucus called for
the purpose of determining what
course should be pursued to put an
end to the present stagnation of busi
ness; but while the opponents indi
cate a willingness to have a caucus
called for consultation, they decline
to be bound by the action. A call of
the House was in progress at 3 p. m.
The hours wore away without being
marked by a single incident of . in
terest. Late in the afternoon a vote
was taken on a motion to adjourn, in
order that a test might be made of
the strength of the combatants. The
amrmative vote was 80 exactly the
number who voted in a similar man
ner yesterday; the negative vote fell
off from 156 yesterday to 146 today,
the falling off being accounted for by
the fact that a number of leaves, of
absence were granted mainly from
the ranks of the supporters of the
bill. Subsequently the sergeant-at-
arms appeared and stated that all the
members who were reported as ab
sent had returned to the House ex
cept such as had been excused or
were out tbe city, and the House,
having received his report, relapsed
into a sta'e of lassitude. Mr. Paiker,
of New York, was the first to claim at
tention with a parliamentary inquiry.
It was, he said, the custom of the
House to send out special committees
for the purpose of investigating the
cause and effects of the great railroad
strikes. He desired to know whether
it would be in order for the great
railroad companies to create a com
mittee to investigate tbe causes and
effects of the strike now existing in
tbe House of Representatives.
The Speaker pro tern, was not of
the opinion that the inquiry presented
was a parliamentary one, and Mr-
Parker resumed his seat with his
querry unanswered.
RETIMED TO HEADQUARTERS.
By Telttgraph to the News and Observer.
Uhicaoo, April 10. tJbief Artnur
has returned to head quarters of the
striking Burlington engineers and
firemen. He arrived in the city this
morning from Cleveland and went a
once into conference with Chief Sar-
gant and Chairman Hoge. Tbe
arrival of Arthur was an event of in
terest to "strikers and railroad Offi
cials alike as it was generally assumed
that with his presence the strike on the
Burlington would enter upon a new
phase. Arthur has been seen by
reporters this afternoon but they
gained no information from him
further than that he has been greatly
misrepresented in the newspapers
He was as usual totally ignorant of
any new move contemplated in any
direction, nor did he possess any in
formation upon any subject whatever,
connected with the strike beyond
what can be found in the public
prints. About today's meeting he
had nothing to say. His only utter
ance was just what he gave out when
the strike began. That the attitude
of the strikers was unchanged. They
were confident that the Burlington
would not in five years obtain outside
of the Brotherhood a full force of
men. He believed that the Burling
ton stockholders would ere long take
hold of the matter and that a settle
ment of the strike would result.
Foreign News.
By Cable to the News and ObseiTer.
Dublin, April 10. At a league
meeting in this city today, T. M.
Healy who presided mainly at the
last Sunday's meetings sufficed to
disprove the boast of Balfour that
the league was a thing of the past.
Tbe meetings also proved, be said,
that the people were willing adhe
rents of the league, anxious to get
rid of thethraldom of the British gov
ernment, and that if they once got an
opportunity they would rise in their
strength and shake on the yoke, ine
agitation of which the league was the
mouth piece embraced every man,
woman and child in three provinces,
and a crreat maioritv of those in the
fourth province. The league appealed
directly to people themselves, and
the meetings Sunday were their con
clusive response.
Dublin, April 10. Thomastone
County Kilkenny Sessions has con
firmed tbe sentence of three months'
imprisonment, imposed on Patrick
O'Brien, M. P., on account of his
speech delivered at Gore's Bridge on
January 6th. O'Brien will be treated
as a first-class misdemeanor.
DELIRIOUS.
MR.
CONKLING'S
- DERS.
MIND WAN-
aKD HIS C0SDITI05 EXTREMELY PRSCARI
QU3 SLEEPING CNDEB THE INFLU
ENCE Or OFIATLS.
By Telegraph te the News and Observer.
New Yoak, April 10.-At 7 o'clock
thisi morning. Mrs. Conkling was seen.
She said Mr. Conkling passed a com
paratively easy night and is feeling
somewhat better. He was resting
quietly and has not had any more
attacks of delirium and in every way
seemed to be much improved.
At 9 30 o'clock this morning the
doctors said that Mr. Roscoe Conk
ling's condition was much improved
this morning and that the operation
that had been performed seemed to
accomplish all that had been expect
ed. . His temperature has fallen to 99
and bis pulse to 90. He had slept
three hours during the night. ' The
doctors will have a consultation
about 2 o'clock this afternoon.
At 8.50 a. m. Judge Alfred S. Cox,
of Utica, a nephew of the ex Senator,
visited the patient and within ten
minutes he appeared again at the
doop. He said that only Doctor An
derson and the nurse were in the pa
tient's room. "Mr. Conkling passed
a restless night," said Mr. Cox," but
he is considered to be some better.
He was awake when I was in the room
but; did not speak to me." Dr.
Barker would make no statement this
morning as to Mr. Conkling's chances
of recovery. Ed. Stokes called at
the sick room shortly after 10 o'clock
this morning. He said Mr. Conkling
was conscious and lying in bed. He
refused to take medicine from any
person but Stokes. Among other
callers in the early morning were ex
Judge Horace Russell, ex-Governor
Hoadley, Col. Ed. Gebhard and Dor
cas Barnes.
At 11 o'clock ex-Senator Conkling
was reported as not being so well as
in the early morning hours, he being
conscious only at intervals of short
duration. The effect of the opera
tion is beginning to Bhow itself in
the way of causing a heavy strain on
his system.
At noon it was stated that Mr.
Conkling had frequently arisen from
his bed and paced his room in a state
of delirium until so exhausted that he
was compelled to return to his couch.
During these periodical attacks Mrs.
Conkling remains in the room with
her busband. For over an hour Mrs.
Conkling has kept the door of her
own room locked and refused to see
or speak with anybody. Mrs. Conk
ling also refuses to receive letters or
notes, which remain outside the door
unopened-
Mr. Conkling passed the day alter
nately in a stupor and fits of restless
ness, in wmcn. ne would pace the noor,
talk excitedly and express a desire to
go oat. Tbe attendants could do
nothfcasj with him. He refused medi
cine and they could not force it into
his mouth. Shortly after 5 o'clock
Dr. Barker arrived. Mr. Conkling
recognized him and said : "Doctor,
can't- you do anything to stop this
bothering me?" "Why, certainly,"
replied the doctor: "take this medi
cine." Mr. Uonklmg took it readily
from: tbe doctor s hand and then said
"Can't I go i out? I'm very busy."
Again the doctor answered : "Cer
tainly," adding, "take these pills
first.; He then administered some
pills iwhich speedily produced sleep
Mr. Conkling, to whom the doctor
had Jianded his coat and vest, had
partially dressed himself, but now
fell back on his bed and into a deep
slumber, in which he remains at the
present writing (6 p. m.)
Tb fBter-Stat Commute Commission
By Telegraph to the News and OBserrer.
WIshinoton, D. C-, April 10. The
Interstate Commerce Commission
jXhas made the following assignment
iur Hearings in mia cuy : April to,
1888,1 the Marshallville, Ga., Cider &
Vinegar Cempany against the Cen
tral Railroad of Georgia; the Bruns
wick j& Western; the Savannah, Flor
ida & Western, and the Southern
Florida Railroad Companies. 1'he
allegation is excessive and discrim
inating freight charges.
label Salt.
Jaqksosvillk, Fla., April 10. In
the libel suit of E. H. Lewis against
the Aeva and Herald, the jury ren
dered a verdict for $10,000 damages
in favor of the plaintiff.
Asnevllle Notes.
Cor. N?ws and Observer.
f Asheville, April 8
Julius Wilson, Jr., charged with
robbing Graham's store was brought
from balisbury yesterday and jailed.
He makes the fifth one of the gang
caught. The robberies will amount
to about one thousand dollars. The
trial of the thieves will take place
two jweeks hence in the Inferior
Couit.
Haywood Superior Court convenes
at Waynesville tomorrow, Judge Mc
Rae presiding.
Rev. E. A. Osborne, of Charlotte,
occupied the Episcopal pulpit this
morning.
There are twenty prisoners in the
Asheville jail awaiting tiial.
Great numbers of wild ducks have
appeared on the river here and afford
fine sport for our sportsmen.
Among the buyers of real estate
yesterday was J. del Vaccio, an Ital
ian. Several fine nuggets of pure gold
have been found : on a place a few
miles west of this city.
David Tilson, charged with a gross
assault on Mrs. TUson, of Ivy, was
lodged in jail yesterday. Threats of
lynching were freely indulged.
ine mi lamuy are billed lor our
Opera House Tuesday. J.
Tbe price of the book "Memorials
of a Southern Planter," of which an
extended no'ica appeared in a recent
issue of this paper, is $1.50 by mail
postage paid; and the publishers are
(jusning & Hailey, Baltimore, Md,
Fourteen native North Carolinians
are on the active list of tbe Federal
navy
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
No. S.
SCHOOL XATTEBS BXTO&S TBS WAS AND
NOW.
In 1860 the public schools showed
their highest development before the
war. According to Superintendent
Wiley's report, during that year the
disbursements were $278,000, and
the whole number of children be
tween 6 and 21 years of age was
221,450. The per capita expenditure
was therefore, $1.25 on the number
of white children.
This money was in part furnished
from the interest on the permanent
fund of about $2,000,000, and in part
by county taxation, the counties be
ing required to tax themselves. This
requirement was perhaps the strong
est factor in the establishment and
improvement of the publie schools
before the war. Iu fact the wise
founders of our public schools in
1840 started with this requirement'
and did not allow any apportionment
from the State fund to counties that
did not vote in favor of and levy a
tax to supplement it.
lhislprincipal of helping those who
help themselves has had wide appli
cation in the establishment and de
velopment of school systems in other
States and countries.
It will be seen that while last year
we spent $653,037-33 on a school
census of 566,270, the .average per
capita expenditure was only $1.16
less than in 1860 by 9 cents on each
child of school age.
Besides having less money now for
each child than was applied in 1860,
we labor under the additional disad
vantage of having two races to in
struct in separate schools. The sep
aration of the races is a necessity,
but it is somewhat more expensive to
educate two races in this way than it
would be to educate one race having
tbe same number of children.
Having this race disadvantage and
ess monev per capita, our school
terms will of course be somewhat
shorter than were the terms in 1860.
Then the salaries of teachers averaged
about the same as we now pay our
teachers, perhaps a little more.
The machinery of our system is
very much tbe same now as it was be
fore the war. It recognizes local
management, and the necessity of
making Boards of Education, County
Superintendents and committees,
spec ally responsible for such man
agement.
Thenithe County Court selected five
men to act as a Board of Superin
tendents; now the Justices of the
Peace and the County Commission
ers select three men to act as a Board
of Education. The duties of the
Board of Superintendents was almost
exactly what are now the duties of
the Board of liducation, viz. : the
general management of school mat
ters for the county faxing bounda
ries of districts, appointing school
committees on petition, apportioning
the money in such way a? to equalize
school facilities as far as practicable,
&o.
The arerase cost of the Board of
Education now is just about one per
cent of the fund3 one dollar out of
one hundred dollars. Under the old
system the chairman was county
superintendent, gave bond and
handled all the money, and was paid
24- per cent of the funds, and if he
visited the schools the board paid
him extra: now we have a county sup
erintendent who examines teachers,
is secretary of the board, visits the
schools, gives the board such infor
mation as they must "have !to enable
them to perform their duties intelli
gently, has a general oversight of the
details of the school matters of his
oounty,and makes reports to the State
superintendent. He is paid by the
day for the day for the work done,
from $2 to $3 as the board may de
termine. The average cost of the
superintendents last year was only
about 3 per cent of the funds. Total
cost of boards and superintendents
about 4 per cent of the funds.
The system before the war had to
bear the expense ot an examining
committee and of a secretary. Both
these duties are now performed by
the county superintendent.
The cost of the school management
is about the same per cent now as
before the war. The system then did,
however, save the treasurers' commis
sions which we now pay, because it
did make the county superintendent
treasurer, and these commissions
went far toward paying the cost of
superintendence.
It may be well to call attention to
the fact that good county boards and
efficient and tctive. superintendents
are perhaps more of necessities now
than when we had but one race to
provide for. This thought I would
like to emphasize.
And further, about one third of all
the money raised in the State by tax
ation for all purposes goes into the
schools. Some local authorities must
be paid to manage it, and it is folly
not to pay enough to have it em
ciently managed. What we pay now
to the boards of education and the
superintendents would lengthen the
average school terms only about two
days per annnm. '
O. Al. f lNOEB,
Supt. Public Instruction
Honey Fonnd In a Shad.
Wilmington Messenger.
On Saturday last William Johnson,
a colored resident oi tms city, paid
twenty-five cents for a pair of buck
shad and wended his way home 1 ttle
dreaming that he would have his hsn
and make money besides. Such was
the case, however, for when his wife
cleaned and pulled the shad, she dis
covered in the entrils of one a five
cent silver piece, and upon further
examination i came across fifty cents
in silver. Tbe naif dollar piece was
so corroded that it was almost black.
It is a mystery how the fish got
hut wealth, and here is an opportu
nity for the man of theories to un
ravel.
The Exposition did It.
Is how Mr. O. C. Johnson, of Belott,
Wis., expresses how he found out what
Tuylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet
Guru and Mullein was, and how effica
cious it la in curing coughs, colds and
croup.
Track laying has begun on tbe Wil
mington oeacoast Koad.
A CRUEL FATHER!
A TEXAS FARMER STAB3
HIS
DAUGHTER.
XNBAOED AT HEB, ELOPEMENT WITH A tIS-
e
" FAVORED 8UITOB, HE TAKES HEB LTl .
Bv Telegraph to the News and Observer. i
WsATHEBFORD, Tex., April 10.-S-N.
Alstoh, a farmer living sixteen miles
north of here, killed his daughter
yesterday. S. W. Turpin, a merchant,
had waited on the daughter, but Al
ston threatened to kill Turpin if fhis
daughter married him. Qn the night
of April 2d, Turpin, with two com
panions, drovo up to Alston s ho4se.
The two men held Alston while Turpin
placed the girl in a buggy and drpte
off. The next day they were married.
Alston went to see them yesterday,
and his daughter told him that the
had planned the elopemen-. Alston,
who was greatly angered, then stab
bed her fourteen times in the breast,
face and neck, killing her instantly.
The Operakloa oB.Conkltg;. j I
Dr. Barker at the conclusion of tbe
conference said that the patient's con
dition was very unpromising; that be
was suffering from inflammation I of
the ear, which had extended to he
membranes of the brain. Tbe prob
abilities were that Mr. Conkling
would not recover, though third
was a possibility that he might get
well. His temperature was 103 and
his pulse 100. Dr. Barker did hot
think that there would be any mart ed
change in his patient's condition for
perhaps twelve houro. :
Drs. Delafield, Sands and Barker
held another consultation and 'it was
decided to cut through the temporal
bone to ascertain whether there was
pus lodged on the brain. Dr. Sands
removed a portion of the temporal
bone and found a secretion ot fhe
matter, which was drained off. i
The operation was performed 3y
making an incision in the squamous
portion of the temporal bone and
raising the base of the brain by the
aid of a mallet and chisel. f :
At 9.45 p. nL Dr. Fordyce Barklr,
on behalf of the attending physicians,
said that Mr. Conkling was restaur
much easier, and that there was kio
immediate danger of death. His tem
perature was 102 and his pulse about
92. Mr. .Conkling moved so mOch
that his pulse could only be approxi
mately taken. Dr. Barker said that
the operation had been iu every way
successful. Two holes about half Ion
inch in diameter were made in the
skull behind the ear, and about an
ounce of matter was taken out. He
seemed soon after to be greatly Re
lieved. Dr. Anderson is in constant
attendance. 1
ine operation was performed by
making an incision in the squamous
portion of the temporal bone and rais
ing the base of the brain by the id
oi a mallei and chisel. About 5 an
ounco of pus flowed out. The patient
was under the influence of ether, gtit
he rolled and tossed so that it was
only with difficulty that the operation
was performed. " Dr. Barker said that
while the recovery of the patient is
not assured, he etands a much better
chance than before.
Cotton Mills In the Sooth.
New York Herald.
The New England cotton mill own
ers must keep their weather eye open
and watch a new movement in the
Southwwst. i
The people down yonder are begn-
ng to reason among
They say, in substance. We grow tbe
cotton and send it up .North to pe
made into cloth, and after that jwe
have to buy the cloth. Then they put
their thinking caps on and ask, Why
can t we build mills of our own
pocket the profits of manufacture
ourselves T
The answer Came in !'
ehapelof
' I a ill
two well-equipped establish
New Orleans. It was an oil Jtimeht,
of course, and the dollars went into
the speculation with some timidity.
But the spirit of competition was vig
orous and the love of an honest penny
honestly earned prevailed, x.iefl a
big building was put up in Wrsspn,
Miss., for the same purpose.
Well, the venture was an admirable
success in both instances. The Wes
son company is coiner to. r- bp
another mill because the d J for
its product has greatly increased, and
the New Orleans people will vfry
soon follow suit. 1
During the next twenty or thirty
years the south will give us a pretty
lively shaking up. Before the war,
you know, they never dreamed Sof
strippinfir for the race, and we had! it
all our own way. But the times have
changed, and the men of the South
have changed with them. Now,
what with their iron mines, and their
coal mines, and their new methods of
agriculture, and their shrewd enter
prise, and their commercial' daring,
we shall have to draw our belts a lit
tle tighter and strike a livelier gait,
or well, what of it? This is a free
country, and a big and rich country,
and there is room enough for' gener
ous rivalry to get a good deaf of ex
ercise and make a good deal of mon
ey.
Seid Potatois. Choice Vermotot
Rose Potatoes, pure stock, expressly
lor seea, su. i. narain. j
Jam! Jam!! Jam ! ! ! CrosBe i&
Blackwell's jams, current, gooseberry,
Raspberry, strawberry, in one pound
jars, elegant goods. Thirty cents per
lar, special prices vj tue aozen, i.
Hardin. I
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Cold Watch $1 a Week.
By joining the Chapman & Gile
Watch Club, 234 Fayetteville street,
Walter's Tailor fetore. f
The 5 est Isdtteb. A am now ro-
ceivmcr about two nunorea pounas
per week of fine butter from tbe dairy
farms of Mr. W. Q. Upcburch, Qr.
Richard H. Lewis, Capt. B. P. Wil
liamson and others. This butter lis
of the finest possible qualit; put p
in one pound prints, sent in twice: a
waok and therefore alwava fresh, i
f-i. J. HAsniN.
Amosc the things that won't
bear
' the light are shades.
The operation on ex-Senator Conk
ling was so heroio that it would seem
the disease must have appeared to be
desperate. His recovery is problem
atical. If he shall not recover, bis
loss will be greatly felt, for without
doubt he is one bf the most brilliant
men of this day. We believe also
that although a fe'al wart Republican
he so lived as to command the re
spect of all parties.
c
Watch In a Rlmfti
Chicago Herald.
A real ring, with a watch set in
room of the teal, is the latest thing
out in jewelry. The timekeeper is a
marvel of delicate workmanship, and
really a triumph jof the jeweler art.
It is a trifle larger than the ordinary
cameo or signet for ladies' wear, but
not large nough to be clumsy or to
lookout of place on a delicate hand.
It is toid that the Prince of Wales
has made over to hiB son and heir,
Prince Albert Victor, the duty of be
ing the glass of- fashion and the mold
of form for England's golden youth,
and that Albert Victor more than all
else dotes on the: set of his turn-down
collars, allowing no fingers less rojal
than his own to; meddle with their
immr.cculate surface or turn down
their tips. ; ;
A Woman's DlaeoTery.
"Another wonderful discovery i has
been made and that too by a lady in tbis
county. Disease , fastened its clutches
upon her and for seven years she with
stood its severest tests, but her vital
organs were undermined and death
seemed imminent. For three months
she coughed incessantly and could not
sleep. She bought of us a bottle of Dr.
King's New Discovery for consumption
and was so much relieved on taking first
dose that she slept all night and with
one bottle has been miraculously cared.
Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutz." Thus
writes W. C. Hanirick & Co., of Shelby,
N. C. Get a free trial bottle at Lee,
Johnson & Co's drug store. :
Wife Women are often criticised
for wearing loud colors. What would
you call a loud color? Husband
Yeller, I suppose.
Money may be lhe root of all evil,
but the man who lounges about on
the grass while ) his neighbors dig
isn't getting up si very large corner
in virtue.
A Bpring garment The wire bus
tle.
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Its superior excellence'proven in j mil
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a century. It is used by sate United
i tea Government. Endorsed by the
heads of the Great Universities as the
the Strongest, Purest and most Health
ful. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder
does not contain: Ammonia, Lime Oa
Alum. Sold only tn Cans.
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nounas oooass irw vg MHy
Unequalled for Feathen, Ribbons, and all Fancy
et Rag, Yams, ate,
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Send dosuI for Dve Book. SunpleCard. directions
for coloring Photos., mailing the finest Ink or Bluing
lio cts. a quart), etc aota oy uruggitts. Aoareta
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For Oildiog or Bronzing Fancy Articles, USB
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I ELERi OPTICIAN
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i i
Embraces an ebdleea variety cf lenses
which together with .our practical expe
rience enables us to correct almost any
error of refraction in Myopia (nearaightj,
Hypermetropia (far eight), Presbyopia
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Lag headache which often accompanies
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