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YOLUMEX. LENOIR, N. C.t WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1885. , NUMBER 33.
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Wallace
Bros
STATESVILLE, N. C.
WholesalE Dealers
Geneial Merchandise
-jot-
Largest Warehouse
and best. facili
ties for han
dling Dried Fruit. Ber
ries, etc.. in
the State.
Respectfully
Wallace
August 27th, 1884.
.
J M. Spainbour,
LENOIR, N. C.
Uses bo import material for filling teeth.
Work as low as good work
can be done.
Patient from dbtenoe xur
Toid delay by informing him at what time
they proyoM coming.
F. LEE CLIME,
1TT0RNEY - AT - LAW,
xnczxomr, n.o.
v EDl.lUiJD JOIJXZ3,
ITTORNEY V AT - LAW,
LEITOIB. IT. C.
CUIITOir A. CILLDY,
AttomoyAt-LaTV
Iractic3 in All The Courts.
WHAT IS EOIXS OX ABROAD.
Fl. . Ill a
me war suspense in EnglandThe los
phore-Egyptien Affair, j
'Hie suspense regarding peace or'
war, which is sickening and mad
'dening everybody in England, con
tinues, the only break being the new
difficulty with France. For many
days past Englishmen have been
left absolutely without news of any
kind. The secrecy of the Gladstone
government is more complete and
prolonged than ever was that of
Beaconsfield's administration, even
when Mr. Gladstone was howling
about Lord Beaconsfield's ignoring
of the rights of Parliament. Only
a portion of Sir Peter Lumsden's
dispatches have been published; and
none from M. de Glers except those
J obtained by journalistic enterprise.
Thus the country is kept in igno
rance of vital facts which will pos
sibly eventuate in war. The general
impression from the published dis
patches is that the frontier question
Las been left behind in the- progress
of the negotiations. Even the Lon
don Daily News now insists that
there is to be war, while the Tele
graph declares that there is nothing
m the territory at issue to justify a
fight ; that Russia might get much
of what she wants without particu
lar harm, and that the question is
really one of national pride on both
sides. England declares that the
attack on the Afghans was cruel
and deliberate ; Russia laughs at
the idea of censuring Komaroff.
From this dihmma there is appa
rently no escape but war. It is be
lieved that Turkey had already
given her option in favor of Eng
land, on the promise of the latter's
assistance in floating a new Turkish
loan. The opinion in England is
still virtually unanimous for war.
It is exceedingly difficult to ob
tain news from Kussia respecting
the war preparations going on there,
owing to the stringent orders regu
lating admission to the various ar
senals, dock yards, &c, and the
extreme precautious taken to pre
vent the outside public from ob
taining a knowledge of what is
going on in the government work
shops. It has been learned on good
authority that by the end of April
the Russian authorities will have at
least fifty-three men-of-war, all
armor-plated, six of them being
heavy iron-clads, after the pattern
of the Peter the Great, and 100 tor
pedo boats and rams, ready at Cron
stadt for active service. j V
Vanity Fair does not believe that
Russia and England will come to
blows over the Afghan question.
That paper boldly declares that the
whole squabble with Russia is fictU
tious and insincere, and has been
gotten up for no other purpose than
to cover the retreat of the govern
ment from the Soudan and to turn
away public attention from the ex
travagant expense of that insane
business.
The whole town of Cronstadt on
Saturday was aroused by a series of
tremendous explosions in the port.
All sorts of sinister rumors prevail
ed, but it was soon found that the
explosions were caused by engineer
officers blowing up the ice with gun
powder to open passage for the iron
clad Peter Weliky, which, with six
torpedo boats, stemmed slowly out
of the harbor to Sveborg, near the
mouth of the Gulf of Finland,
where they will lay torpedoes "and
take up their station to await action
with the British fleet. The sight
was very impressive, twenty tons of
funpowder being used. Enormous
locks of snow-white ice rose fifty
feet into the air. Ten thousand
Russian sailors who were looking at
the departure of thejiuge ironclad
burst out into the wildest cheering.
The feeling there is thoroughly war
like. Officers and men being con
vinced that this is the greatest
opportunity that the Russian navy
ever had to distinguish herself, are
burning with eagerness to show the
world what they can do upon the
sea. ." i: ty : V- - , i I
TIIE BOSPIIORE-EQYPTIEN AFFAIR.
There can hardly be doubt that
the misunderstanding between Eng
land, France and Egypt over the
Khedive's suppression of the French
newspaper, Le Bosphore-Egyptien,
at Cairo, has been adjusted. Nubar
Pasha, the Egyptian prime minister,
who ordered the act of suppression,
was without doubt badly frightened
by the vigor with which France
made her command for the lehabili
tation of the Bosphore. The with
drawal of the order to the French
charge d' affaires to leave Egypt, was
only made, it is said, by M. de
Freyeinet after Nubar Pasha had
satisfied France of his thorough
willingness to make all the amends
required. The first proposal of
Egypt to make an, apology for the,
suppression, and to admit that she
had violated the rights of domicile
of the jpublishers, provided France
allowed the apology to go on record
without any reference to the seizure
of the. Bosphore, provoked much
sarcastic comment in the French
cabinet. One of the ministers thus
described, it : "Egypt will apolo
gize. She will admit her crime by
avowing the burglary and ignoring
the robbery. She says y "If you
allow me to keep he goods, L will
adxait that I broke into ydur , house
to get tbeo, providing you ay
nothing about the stealing." The
French charge d affaires at Cairo
has not been ordered to resume his
relations with the Egyptian govern
ment. He has been simply ordered
to remain in Egypt until he receives
further instructions. In the mean
time, it is generally believed the
continental powers interested in the
Egyptian financial convention will
utilize the Bosphore incident to
force the Khedive: to improve the
sanitary arrangements within his
dominions before they will conclude
the convention. '
CONFEDERATE HOKE ASSOCIATE.
Call for Annual Meeting.
Raleigh, N. C, April 26.
Comrades : The annual meeting
of the Confederate Home Associa
tion will take place May 20th, 1885,
in: this city, aud it is earnestly de
sired that every section of the State'
be represented.
. The main object of this associa
tion is to erect in North Carolina a
suitable home for her unfortunate
and dependent old soldiers, j
The passage of the pension bill
by the last general assembly must
not be allowed to cause a cessation
of labor in behalf, of the patriotic
work undertaken by this association,.
That bill only provides to a very
limited extent for the disabled by
wounds. ; i
It does not meet the necessities of
those who by disease and misfortune
resulting from serving their State,
are in need of our bounty and kind
ness. While aid extended depend
ent and penniless soldiers by legis
lation may ' satisfy their physical
wants, it can never bring t them
that precious peace of mind and
those pure and patriotic heart-beats
of gratitude which voluntary gifts
in their behalf , always inspire.
Nothing could possibly be more
humiliating and mortifying to our
maimed or homeless comrades than
hearing tax-payers complain at be
ing being forced to contribute to
ward their support ; hence this
association seeks to raise the means
it requires from friends who, appre
ciating their services and necessities,
are willing to voluntarily donate a
part of their substance that North
Carolina's dependent veterans may
end their days in comfort and peace.
From those who think poor-houses
are good enough for friendless
and homeless old soldiers this asso
ciation neither expects nor desires
aid. We seek only such confribu-
tions as will purify our cause and
inspire those great and sublime sen
timents circumscribed by "our duty
to North Carolina's heroes."
This being our aim, we cannot do
otherwise than hope for success, for
surely the people of North Carolina
will never permit the stainless rec
ord of her matchless soldiery to be
marred by their refusal to aid a
movement calculated to lighten and
make happy the pathway of her
veterans as they march to the camp
beyond the river.
W. F. Beaslev, President.
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Wake Forest College.
New. and Obrvtr.
Yesterday Prof. W. G. Simmons,
of Wake Forest, wag in the city and
was interviewed by a report. ri Pro
fessor Simmons says that there are
at "present 120 students at the
college. They are making prepara
tions now for the observance of
memorial day on May 11th. J. N.
Holding, Esq., of this city, by spe
cial invitation, delivers the address.
The exercises will be held at the
cemetery, wherein rest the remains
of several Confederate soldiers. The
last legislature passed an act incor
porating the Wake Forest cemetery
association. Under the provisions
of this the cemetery has been ex
tended and now ; contains eleven
acres. It is being rapidlybeautified,
and in it the people of Wake Forest
take much interest. The commence
ment at the college is to be held
June 11th. The address before the
graduating class will be delivered by
Hon. It. F. Armfield, of Statesville,
the alumni address by Rev. George
W. Sanderlin, the valedictory ser-'
mon by Rev. C. D. Ellis, D. 1)., of
Baltimore. The music atcommencer
ment will as usual be furnished by
Kessnich's excellent band, of Rich
mond, Va. On Wednesday of com
mencement week the students aid
association of the college will r hold
its first meeting.
Eow Uany will There be ? .
Hem Mid Obserrer. .
There have been many ; . inquiries
as to the probable number of disa
bled soldiers and of soldiers' widows
who are entitled to pensions. The
estimates run all the way from 1,000
to 2,000. Yesterday , auditor Rob
erts received a letter from the au
thorities of Burke county, asking
for more blank applications for pen-
sions. The letter stated that in
Burke county thus far there have
been discovered 52 widows of sol
diers and 28 disabled : soldiers enti
tled to pensions. At this rate there
will be over 8,000 pensioners. As
$30,000 only is appropriated, the
pensions will be small. - :
The rice crops
looking splendid.
in Georgia are
THE EaITISH AK3 RUSSIA ECPIRES.
In the event of war between the
British and Russian empires it will
be of interest to consider upon what
circumstances each power will base
its hopes of success. It is to be ob
served, th"e first place, that while the
British empire vastly exceeds the
Russian in wealth, which with Eng
land's large command of skilled in
dustry can be rapidly converted into
, military and naval power when oc-
casion arises, there is no great power
! more exposed to attack should its
;enemy once firmly establish itself
upon the sea. Russia, on the other
hand,: being a continental, and not a
maritime power, lias this advantage,
in applying her smaller financial
means, that she needs to expend
them upon fewer points, being open
to assault only upon a limited por
tion of her frontier. On the shores
of the Baltic and the Black sea, and
at Vladivpstock, on the Pacific, she
is within reach of British fleets; but
elsewhere she must be assaulted by
means of large armies, against which
in a contest with England she would
not find "it difficult in any case to
pit larger ones. The I area of the
British empire is 9,000,000 square
miles ; its population, 310,000,000 ;
its revenue, $1,040,000,000; itsdebt,
$5,355,000,000. In 1884-'85 its ar
my numbered 130,114 men at home,
m the colonies and in Egypt, but
not including the force in India.
The army reserve numbered 47,250;
the militia, 141982; yeomanrv, 14,
404; volunteers, 249,422; total 583,
1G2. The regular army is to be in
creased by 15,000 during the present
year. A very recent blue-book puts
the effective strength of the British
regular army at 188,000, including
the English troops in India; that of
the reserves at 47,000 men ; that of
the militia at 125,000 man, and that
of the volunteers at 215,000 men.
The nuw consists of 40 effective
armorclads, 2 1 obsolete ironclads
and 181 unarmored vessels, costing
in 1885-'6. $05,452,220. Of British
shipping other than war vessels
there were, in 1882, of sailing ves
sels, 14,585; of steamers, 4,381, the
total tonnage being about 6,740,000
tons and the number of men em
ployed 195,937. The Russian em
pire has 8,325,393 square miles of
area; a population of 100,038,000 ; a
revenue of $622,815,000, and a na
tional debt of ..$2,080,500,000. Tha
Russian army on ha peace footings
numbers 780,081 men ; on the' war
footing, 2,300,000. ' The navy con-;
sists of 14 armorclads, 27 obsolete
ironclads and 48 unarmored vessels.
The impending war would probably
cost more than the Crimean war,
the expense of which Jo Great Brit-;
ajn was $346,250,000. Afghanistan,
the apparant bone of contention at
S resent C onstanti no pie being
oubtless the real objecti ve of Russia
has an area of 225,000 square
! miles and a population estimated at
1 5,000,000, chieflv Mohammedans.
India, on whose aid England largely '
relies, has an area of 1,558,000 square
miles, a population of 258,000,000,
a revenue of $400,000,000, a debt of
$800,000,000, an atmy consisting of
63,071 European and 127,405 na
tives, and a police force of 142,707
men.
a loiTdown'tricil
New. and Obtwrrer.
The New York World is .very un
safe authority on subjects where it
has any degree of prejudice. At
present . it is seeking to make Mr.
Bayard unpopular and nothing is
too absurd for the World to do, if it
has the appearance of striking a
blow at Mr. Cleveland's secretary of 7
state. The other day a South Car
olinian named James M. Morgan
was appointed consul to Melbourne
and tne World forsooth discovered
that Mr. Morgan was a Republican
whose appointment Mr. Bayard had
secured by a kind of fraud on the
President. After Mr. Bayard had
been roundly denounced and round
ly berated, it came out that the ap
pointment had not been made by the
secretary, but by the President him
self, at the particular instance of the
editor of i tne Charleston News and
Courier, i who is a member of the
national Democratic committee, and
upon the endorsement ; of Senators
Hampton and Butler. !
The pretended facts in the case
were then varied and Mr. Morgan
was alleged to have written a pam
phlet advocating the election of Mr.
Blaine.
On Thursday Mr. Morgan called
on the President and stated to him
that he had always been a Democrat,"
and supported Tilden, Hancock and
Cleveland ; that he had when Blaine
was secretary of state under Garfield
written a pamphlet about Mexico
and South America in connection
with railroads in these countries and
had incidentally spoken well of
Blaine's policy in regard to those
countries, and that was the whole
basis for the cock and bull story. '
Mr. Morgan, we believe, is the
brother-in-law of editor Dawson,
and we think he was -an officer with
Admiral Semmes when he was roam
ing around the world in the Alaba-'
ma making the ocean lurid with the
lights of o burning ships, for all of
which England has since paid hand
somely. ir:: -ri r-
The water in the flooded Corn
stock mines ebbs and flows with the
regularity of the ocean tides.
The Working of High license.
Wlnutom Leader..
. The high license law, known as
the Harper law, has now been on
trial in Illinois long enough to ena
ble us to see how such a Bystem of
regulating the liquor traffic .works
practically in a great and populous
State. That law, passed in . 1883,
fixes the minimum license fee for
dram shops at $500,. and for I malt
-liquors at $150 only in cities, towns
and villages, and authorizes county
Boards to grant license on like terms
upon petition of the legal voters of
any town or precinct. j " v
We have reports of the working
of the new system in half the coun
ties of the State, obtained by the
Chicago Tribune. In Cook county,
in which ; Chicago is situated, the
liquor men are most able to prevent
the execution of the law, and yet
even the number of saloons has been
diminished by from 500 to 1,000, ,
and the city revenue has been in
creased by more than a million dol
lars. In nineteen other cities and
towns there were, before the en
forcement of high license, 733 sa
loons, yielding a revenue of $89,950.
There are now in these places only
468 saloons, bat the ,revenue has
been increased to $253,000.
The high license fee has had the
effect to shut up the low groggeries
in towns and their suburbs, which
were always the resorts of vile char
acters, and the consequence is less
crimes and less drunkenness. The:
number of arrests has fallen off, and
drunkenness has decreased in the
larger cities by thirty per cent.
There is also an improvement in the
quality of the men who keep the
saloons, for the business has grown
to be more decent and respectable,
so, that even those who sell liquor
acknowledge that the law is working
beneficently.
No other method of regulating
the liquor) traffic and diminishing
the evils caused by it has been so
effective as high license. The taxes
of the communities are lessened and
their expenses for maintaining pub
lic order are decreased. ! 1
He Holds the Helm.
Suffolk Herald.
During the administration of Mr.
Hayes a Northern man who had set
tled in the South came to Washing
ton seeking office. He had been
)romised a good, fat office before he
eft home, but when he arrived in
Washington he found that some in
fluence had caused the President to
hesitate in granting the appoint
ment. ! Surprise was expressed by
his friends, who desired to know
the reason of his failure to secure
the position when he had been or
dered to Washington to receive his
commission. He replied that the
only cause he . knew was that "the
President didn't have enough influ
ence with the Administration."
This was doubtless true in this man's
case, as it was true in the case of
others. Mr. Hayes did not have in
fluence with the Administration,
and hence he did not hold the helm.
But there is a Captain in Washing
ton j now who is at' the helm, and
says he is going to stay there. He
has influence with the Administra
tion, and this is the first lesson he
intends the country to learn. We
believe he can be trusted. Some
think he is steering a crooked course,
but he will prove the contrary if he
is permitted to hold the helm to the
end of the voyage. We have many
a time stood at the stern of a
steamer and thought the. helms
man was steering a crooked course ;
but when we stood beside him in the
pilot-house we saw our mistake.
There are some wiseacres on board
the Government ship, remote from
the pilot-house, who say the ship is
going in the wrong direction ; but a
vist to the pilot-house and a little
attention to the helmsman will insure
the presence of a skillful comman
der. Others are criticising the slow,
progress of the Government ship,
and are shouting, ''More steam,
more steam I" Better be cautious.
There is such a thing as bursting the
boiler. That is what has been the
matter with the old ship for the last
twenty years. A set of new, wild,
run-mad hands and unskillful officers
well nigh wrecked the grand , old
vessel. " We have gotten rid of these,
however, and we believe it to be the
part of wisdom for the new hands to
go slow until some of the damages
are repaired. Let us hope that the
present pilot will keep his hands on
the helm. -
Colored People for Liberia. .
A Raleigh dispatch says many col
ored people in that State are looking
to Liberia for future homes. There
are now 700 families; averaging six
persons to a family, throughout the
State who have paid into the treas
ury of the Emigration Society ; in
Raleigh $10 each. Fifteen dollars
more is to be paid from each of these
families, and with the additional
aid to be furnished by societies in
Washington and Philadelphia they
will be able' to reach Liberia with a
full supply of clothing and all their
tools of different; kinds. The date
of departure is early next year. In
the .meantime the number who are
joining the . seciety is increasing
everyday. , " . ;
Southern Railroad Operations.
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Spartanburg, S. CJ, April 27.
Thework of grading jwas begun a
day or two ago at Forest City, N. C,
on the Gaffney and Rutherford rail
road, a link in the Atlantic and
Northwestern line, which is to run
from the Ohio river to Georgetown,
S. C. Engineers are locating the
route between Gaffney City, S. C,
and Rutherfordton, N. C, and on
wards to Marion, N, C. Beyond
Marion the! link has not been for
mulated. The surveyors are at work
on the proposed route from Gaffney
City in the direction of Georgetown,
S. C. " The whole is being done by
the Massachusetts and Southern
Construction company,!composed of
Boston and New York operators.
New University Professorships.
News and Observer. .
President jK. P. Battle has notifi
ed all the leading universities and
colleges of the Union of the expect-
ed election ox professors and assist
ant professors, besides advertising
in journals likely to reach scholars.
As a consequence applications are
coming in rapidly, averaging twenty
per day, from Canada "to Texas.
Many of the applicants have distin
guished records and the trustees will
have a wide irange of selection.
A Female Moonshiner.
Atltnta Constitution.
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Among the moonshiners now un
der arrest in! Nashville is Miss Bet-
tie Smith, of Fentress county. Miss
Bettie is described by a reporter as
'the very perfection of physical
beauty." She is only j twenty-one,
but she is up to snuff. For several
years she has been running a "blind
tiger" in Fentress county. The
blind tiger is a very simple arrange
ment. You j walk into the hallway
of Miss Betty's cottage and pull out
a drawer neatly fitted into the wall.
In the drawer you find the following
words written on slips of paper past
ed on the bottom of the drawer :
"Beer, Whisky, Apple Brandy,
Peach and Honey, Toddy, Sour."
You put a dime on either ; of the
words i ana; pusn the (drawer in.
When you pull it out again you find
in it a schoener of beer, or glass of
liquor. The fair proprietress of the
blind tiger is in danger of becoming
quite a belle in Nasheville. She has
not been sent to jail, but remains in
charge of a deputy marshal, J who
walks about the city with her. It
would be a pity to lock: this frolic
some damsel up for a year or so.
Besides it, would be rough on the
blind tiger. ! r
Industrial Notes.
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The Providence (R. I.) Journal
says : "The; steps so far as taken in
the General Assembly looking to
ward the appointment j of commis
sions in the present or hear future
to inquire into the condition of the.
factory operatives of the State with
reference to legislation in their be
half, and To investigate the causes of
river pollution, are in the right di
rection. They assume what is true,
that there is a lack of definite in
formation, which is both accessible
and necessary for the proper and
intelligent disposition ofy subjects
involving the welfare of - the com
munity, and they indicate a wise
course in which to obtain lit."
The Dalton, (Ga.) Citizen says :
"The young man who knows how to
lay off corn and cotton rows and to
regulate the distances of the same
so as to , get the largest crops, is
worth a cowpen full of nice kid
gloved, fancy-overcoated fellows,
who may know how to lead the ger
man or caper around at a fashiona
ble waltz. Siding cotton, setting a
plow just right and adjusting gears
so.that shoulders and backs of hor
ses will never hurt," are worth a
thousandfold more to the country
than knowing how to pose in a par
lor or to adjust the shade of a cravat
to the complexion of the wearer."
.The Haverhill (Mas.) Laborer
says : "There is a world of wisdom
in the advice often given working
men to emigrate or go West, but it
generally happens that those to
whom this advice is given have not
the money to go a ' hundred miles
with. When poverty gets its clutch
es on a man the margin between the j
pocket and the last meal is rarely
such as will admit of an extended
railway jaunty to say nothing of the1
capital needed for the establishment
of new homes; in a strange country."
Advices from Warsaw report that
early in March several hundred
workingmen proceeded to the Castle
in the Cracow -suburb, before which
they made a demonstration demand
ing bread and work. Gen. Tolstoi,
president of ; police, immediately
ordered a detachment of) police and
mounted gendarmes to surround the
men, over one hundred of whom
were arrasted without offering any
resistance. Most of the prisoners
were unable to produce a pas.
The outlook for carpenters and
bricklayers iu Anderson,! S. C, is
good, and the season promises to be
a busy one. Several new stores, a
$25,000 hotel and quite a number of
private residenoea are to be built
before fall. - -
The London Labor News of March
28th reported the labor market at
being unsettled, particularly in the
colliery districts, where disputes as
to wages were prevalent. The ship
building and marine engineering
trades showed some improvement .
over previous reports. The irom
trades were generally dull, arid the
low prices for the product prevented
any great activity. In the textile
trades dullness was prevalent) in
nearly all branches. j ' j
Great satisfaction is j reported
among the miners of Pennsylvania
over the reeent decision of a Pitts-1
burg court that they can only i be
paid legally in cash or cash orders
that are redeemable in lawful money
within thirty days and bear legal
interest meanwhile, j ;
An order for twenty-five thousand
dozens of undershirts has been re
ceived from Russia by a knit goods
manufacturer of Troy, N. Y. It is
supposed that these are for army
use. The order will tax the utmost
capacity of the establishment fer
eight months. ' L I
After repeated trials, penny din
ners Jn London and Birmingham
are becoming successful, thoughj it!
is admitted that, to a great extent,
the children of the very poorest
classes aie not reached. Half-penny
dinners are now being tried in Bir
mingham, -t' I
The recent , attack of some 400
Polish laborer on fellow-laborers
in East Buffalo seems to have origi
nated from the fact that they "re
ceived only $1 a day for their ser
vices, while Irish and German
laborers get $1.50 a day for the same
work. j j: "' .- ! "
According to careful estimates the
agricultural lands of California are
capable of sustaining 4,300,000 per
feons, providing the land was divided
into 160-acre farms and allowing
eight persons to each. j
j The experiment of raising amber
sugar-cane has been tried in Yakima
and Klickitat counties, W. T. It
has been attended with satisfactory .
results. The syrup made from the
cane is said to be first-class. !
One mile from Saratoga, Califor- .
nia, is a prune orchard containing
16,000 trees. It is said to be j. the
largest in the world, and it was re
cently sold for $72,000. j j
It is stated that over 400 sailing
vessels are engaged in carrying wheat
to Europe from California, Oregon
and Washington Territory. . . J
A Brooklyn (N. Y.) baker, boasts
of manufacturing 450 barrels bf
flour into bread every week, and only
employs nineteen bakers. -j
: In Virginia peanuts are now
ground into what proves a very fair
flour for making pie-crust and other .
light pastries. . j i .. .-. ': : - -
' The new woolen mills at Salisbu
ry, N. C; are progressing finely,
and will soon begin the manufacture
of goods. 1; -
(Great Britain imported more
leather from France during Februa-
ry than . eVer before
length of time.
in
th
e same
The Legislature of California has
passed a bill appropriating $40,000
to build a hotel in the Yosemite
Valley. : . ' . ; ' j.
The lumber cut in Maine the past
season was 135,000,000 feet, or
about 10,000,000 less than that of
1884. r
Will North Carolina Take it?
Kwa and Obserrr.
Any State that takes a census be
ginning on the first Monday of next
June and makes due return thereof
to the interior department will get
aid from the government equal to
half of the amount paid by tne Fed
eral government in doing the same
work in 1880.
An, Able Body.
The Southern Baptist Convention
meets in Augusta, Ga., on the 6th
of May next. Dr.' J. L. M. Curry
preacues-thie annual sermon, and Dr.
J. L. Burrows delivers an historical
address." The convention will em
brace most of the leading ministers
of the liaptist Church in the South
ern States.
Babyhood, the onlv periodical in
the world devoted wholly to the care
of young children, has succeeded in
securing the services of eminent
specialtistsl in every subject with
which it deals, j The April number
contains articles on "The Care of
Children's Hair," by Prof. George
H. Fox, M. D. ; "Isolation in Con
tagious Diseases'," by Dr. L Em.
mett Holt ; "True Croup," by Prof.
John H. Ripley, M. D-., etc. Under
the title of "Domestic Disinfection'
George M. Sternberg, major and
surgeon, U. S. A., publishes some
of the recent Government invest!-
fation into the properties of the
est disinfectants. Among the mis
cellaneons articles is an especially
entertaining and practical one, by
an anonymousJady writer, entitled ,
"Nurse's Day Out Marion Har
lan d'g writing is as attractive as
usual, and the ''Baby's Wardrobe,"
"Nursery Problems, and other de
partments contain the accustomed
variety of useful hints. 15 cents a
number ; $1.50 a year. 18 Spmco
Street, New York. J
j Babyhood. .
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