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Having qualified as Administrator
of tho estate of Amanda Paul, on the
4th day of January, 1897, notice is
hereby given to all persons having
claimb against said estate to present
them, duly authenticated, to the un
dersigned for paymeut and settlement
on or before the 4th dny of January,
18'JK, or this notice will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery. All persons in
debted to the estate arc requested to
make immediate pHymeut., This 4th
dny of January, 1837.
A. L. BULLOCK.
Administrator.
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AND BRANCHES, AND
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commissioners' and trustees' sides,
summons to non-resident, etc., will
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when they exceed a certain limit of
space, in which case we reserve the
right to fax our own price. All such
business must be paid fob is advance
The charge is very small aud we cannot
afford to take risks or wait the pleas
ure of person i to pay.
W. FOSTER FRENCH. W. S. NORMENX,
French & Norment,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Lumberton, - - - N. C.
Practice in the counties of Robeson,
Richmond, Bladen, Columbus, Cum
berland, New Hanover, and in State
and Federal Courts.
Prompt attention to all professional
business. tf
E. E. PROCTOR, JR. S. MCINTTRE.
Proctor & Mclntyre,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Lumberton, - - - N. C.
Practice in all the courts of the
State. Prompt and painstaking atten
tion given to all legal business. tf
T. W. Costen, Jr.,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Red Springs, - N. C,
rsAixs 00130 SOUTH.
Lve Wuldoa 11. M a. to., 9.44 p. m.; ar
rive lucky Mouut'l2.'&2 a in. 10.35 p m.
Leave Turnoro iz.it a m.
Lav Kooky Mount 12.52 a m. 10.35 p m,
0.48 a in, 12.45 p m.
Leave Wilsou 2.05 a m, 11.16 p m, 6.20 a
iu, 2.12 pm.
Iave H.'lma 2. CO a m.
Lnvn FayettMvillo 4.15 a m. 1.10 p m; ar
rive Florence 6.S5 a m, 3.15 p. m.
Lava Ooldsboro 7.03 a m, 3.10 p m.
Leave Mapnolia 8.06 a m,4.16 p m; arrive
Wllmlogtoo 9.30 a m, 5.45 i in.
TBAlSS ooiso HOBTU.
Leave Florence 8.45 h m, 8 15 p m.
Leave Fayntteville 11.20 a m, 11.20 p m.
Lave belma 1.00; arrive Wilson 1.42 a m,
12.15 p m.
Leave Wilmington 7.15 pm, 9.35 a tn.
Leave Magnolia 8.55 p m, 10.59 a ra.
Leave OoldHboru 10.10 p m, 12.01 a ra.
Leave Wilson 1.42 u, 12.15 p m, 11.20 p
m, 12.48 p"m; arrive Bocky Mount 2.27 p m,
12.53 p m, 11.55 p m, 1.20 p m.
'LeaVe Tarboro. 12.12 p m.
. Leave Rocky Mount, 2.83 p m, 12.53 p m.
Train on the Bootiand riecic Branch Boad
leaves Weidon 4.10pm, Halifax 4.28 p m, ar
rives Scotland Neck at 6.20 p m, Greenville
0.67 p m. Klnston 7.55 p m. Beturntng leaves
KInBton 7.20 a m. Oreeavllle 8.22 a m, arnv
inft IlaUfax at 11.00 a m, Weidon 11.20 a m,
dally exoept Sunday.
Trains on Washington Branch leave Wash
ington 8.00 a tn, and 2.00 p m., arrive Par
mele 8.60 a m, and 8.40 p ra., returning
leave Farmele 9 50 a tn. and 6 80 pm., arrive
Washington 11 25 a m, and 7 20 p m., daily
except Hunday.
Train leaves Tarboro, N. C, daily, at 6.30
p n, arrives Plymouth 7.40 p m Betuxnin?,
leaves Plymoutn 7. SO am, arrives Tarboro
9.60 am. , ,
Train on Midland, N. 0., Branch, leaves
Goldsboro daily, except Sunday, 7 10 am,
arriving 8mlthfleld 8 30 am. Returning
leaves Bmlthfleld 9.00 a m, arrives Goldaboro
10 25 am. ,
Trains on Kashville Branch leave Bocky
Mount at 4 30 p m, arrives Nashville 6 05 p
m. Boring Hope 5 80 p m. Returning, leaves
Bpring Hope 8 00 a in, Nashville 8 35 a m, ar
rive at Bocky Mount at 9 05 a m, daily, ex
cept bunday.
Train on Clinton Branch leaves Warsaw
tori lintou duliy, fcxcpt bunday, ll.io; a m
and 4.10 d m Iteturnlng leaves Clinton
7 00 a ma'rr8 00 p m.
Train No. 78 makes close connection at
Weidon tor all points north daily, all rail via
Richmond. Also at Bocky Mount with Nor
folk and Carolina railroad lor Norioik and
all points North via Norfolk.
H. M. EMEB80N,
General Paucnger Agent
J. B. KENLY,
X. X. EMXB80N, Gsneral Manager.
Traffle Maaager,
Practices in the State and Federal
courts. Special attention given tj col
lection of claims. tf
Prof. O. H- Mosley,
Tonsorial Artist.
LUMBERTON, . C.
Jfroi. Mosely oervea a regular ap
prenticeship in Wilmington, N. C.
and now runs a thoroughly equipped
shop for whites in this town. Try
him. Remember you vrill always find
him in his shop ready to serve you.
Dr. J. D. r.MllLU!,
DRUG-GIST.
LUMBERTON, N. C,
Has a Full Line of
Drugs, Patent
Medicines, Brushes,
Perfumery,
And everything kept at a first-clues
Drng Store. A fresh supply
of Tnrnip seed just re
ceived. Agent for
the celebrated
Prince of India Cigar.
Best five cent smoke on earth.
SENATE.
x EnvF.sii'AY. ihe Senate was called
to order at 8 o'clock-p. in-, but no busi-
Lcss vas transacted.
Tetkiay. The Senate met at 11
o clock. ljieutenant-Uovernoi Reynolds
lresidiug. The matter of unfinished
lusiucbs was taken up, that to amend
fthai iter 2 7, public laws of 1895. Ihis
is the divorce law. The amendment
was offered so as to make the law a geu
rral one. It was passed iu 1803 to ben
efit one person, of Wayne county. But
ler offered a substitute to repeal the en
tire lav,-, and there was considerable
discussion over the bill, but it finally
passeu its tnmi reaaing. Ihis repea's
the act ot 1805, relating to divorce for
two year s desertion, but gives parties
who have heretofore secured divorce
(he right to marry again.
liills and resolutions introduced:
Pftiii.-e.v -Eill in favor of livery stable
proprietors, giviug them the right to
hold stock until boaul iu paid.
Wakefield Bill to create Bynum
X-Roads township in McDowell county;
also to create JIuddj- Creek township,
Aiel-'owell eouuty.
Alexander Bill relating to purchase
ax. lias bill is to prevent the
paying oi the tax twice on the same
(roods.
Clark Bill to repeal section 3111.
chapter ",'2, of The Code. Thi is to do
away with the 30-days' notice required
hetore enacting private liquor-prohibi-
torv laws.
Clark Bill to prohibit free passes,
i n at no pnouc omcer snail directly or
indirectly ask, demand or receive a free
pass or transportation or any franking
privilege of railroads, telegraph or tele
phone companies.
rid ay. r-enate was called to order
at 10 o'clock. 'Ihere was a few bills
and resolutions introduced, but were
net of much importance to the general
public. The hour of special order hav
ing arrived, the free silver resolutions
were taken up and discussed and finally
adopted. 1 hey demand free silver by
the Senators aud Kepresentatives in
ongress upon all occasions and at
vei.v opportunity without waiting on
inj cl-lier nation, etc.
c ook, of arren, introduced a bul
Cfarardinj' the lease of the North Caro
lina railroad to the Southern raiiw-ty
company. A committee of seven wa
appointed to consider the matter of the
lease.
Saturday. Senate convened at 1 0 :3u.
Lieut -Governor Reynolds presiding.
.A mong the bills ami resolutions intro
duced were:
McCaskey Bill to presciibe the terms
upon which foreign railroads shall ope
rate in Isorth Carolina.
Grant Bill to regulate the tala of
liquor, aud to establish a dispensary in
V ayne county.
Person To increase the public school
fund.
Following were among the second
and third reading bills:
That the engrossing and enrolling
clerks be instructed to keep their work
ip, so as to prevent fraud or the possi
jlity of the loss of bills and so that at
the end of the session there will not be
such accumulation of bills on hand.
Passed.
To allow commissioners of Robeson
soun ;y to hire out the chatn gang.
Passed.
Looking to the reduction of salaries
uid fees, so as to conform to the price
of farm products. This bill calls for a
ommittee ot rive to look into the sala
ries and fees of officers, so as to reduce
them. Passed.
To prevent any person from renting,
ieasmir or providing any place of habi-
ation for any married woman, not liv-
iug w ith her husband.
To amend sections 2015 and 2016 of
rhe Code, relating to road supervision.
Passed.
To prevent the delay of the trial of
sriminal actions. Tabled.
To amend section 2551. public school
laws. Tabled.
Monday. Senate met at 4 o'clock.
Alexander presented a petition from
citizens of Mecklenburg to regulate
hours of labor in the State and to pro
tect women and children.
Bills and resolutions were introduced
as follows :
Walker For the benefit of the pub
lic schools in the State; provides that
all voters shall show their tax receipts
before they can vote, and by this means
increase the school fund.
Ilardiaon Pohibiting the sale or
manufacture of liquor and sale of cigar
ettes in the State.
Hardison To regulate the hours of
labor in factories.
Rollins To regulate the sale of con
cealed weapons.
Jttamsey To amend section 2150 of
The Code, relating to probating wills;
to amend The Code in relation to ten
ants; also to amend The Code in rela
tion to persons bringing suits who are
not able to give bond.
Moye To define public schools and
increase their terms.
Mardison To carry into effect the
educational provisions of the constitu
tion; provides that the commissioners
of each county shall levy a sufficient tax
on the property and polls of the county
to maintain a public school in each
school district four months.
Bill to extend the time for the collec
tion of taxes in Asheville passed; also
bill to amend the charter of the Caro
lina Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
There was discussion of a bill to reg
ulate the probate of fees on crop liens.
The original bill applies to Cleveland,
but amendments were offered including
Union, Franklin, Chatham and Meck
lenburg. These were adopted and tne
bill passed. It allows the clerk of the
court or probate judge 10 cents and the
register of deeds 20 cents lor probating
and registering crop liens.
Button's bill to provide better protec
tion for railroad and steamship passen-
gers was taken up. Ihis bill was re
ported unfavorably by the judiciary
committee, but after several amend
ments it was emasculated so as to con
fine it to trunks and was passed to its
second and third readings.
Bills were tabled reciuirincr the au
thorities to keep descriptions and rcc-
oi an criminals; requiring
corporations
State to file copies of their charters; al
lowing snerins to make tax titles.
Ranson's bill amending the road law
by making the road ages 21 to 45 (in
stead of 18 to 4o) excepting in Davidson
county, was explained by the author.
ir. Alexander moved to table the bill
and it was tabled by an overwhelming
vote.
Bill providing that whenever a home
steader with the consent of his wife sur
rendered the homestead allotted to him
he shall have right of homestead in any
other lands he may have, but this shall
be subject to any judgment against
him. Sutton said the bill gave a right
to a second homestead, which under a
late decision of the Supreme Court
seems now not to be accorded. The
vote was yeas 23, nays 20, so the bill
failed to pass for lack of a quorum voting.
Bill to incorporate Hamlet, fixing the
tax rate at 10 cents on the $100, passed
third reading.
A motion was made by Button to re
consider the vote by which the home
stead bill failed to pass today. The mo
tion prevailed. Mr. Sutton declared that
it was a meritorious bill, saying it would
give a man a home, clear and free from
creditors. Mr. JUcCrary, tavoring the
bill, said justice Clark had said a man
might take a thousaud homesteads and
could not be touched, but that this gave
the judgment creditor justice.
Friday. House met at 10 o'clock.
A large number of bills were introduced,
and the following were among the most
important:
Young To create the office of public
printer; to let to the lowest responsible
bidder all the printing and binding,
etc. ; may let it to different persons;
shall purchase paper, etc. , the salary to
be $1,500, term of office four years, ap
pointment by the Governor.
Drew To require "Coin" Harvey's
book, "Elementary Principles of a Re
public, " to be taught in the public
schools.
A resolution was offered by Sutton,
of New Hanover, providing for tie im
peachment of Judge Norwood for ha
bitual drunkenness. The resolution
specifies six charges of drunkenness.
It provides for the appointment of three
attorneys to prosecute the Judge.
A joint resolution providing tor a
committee of five to be appointed to
consider the revision of the Code of the
State was introduced.
The bill to allow women to be no
taries public was killed.
The resolution calling for a statement
THE 1JECENT COLD WAVE,
Report of the CJovernmert on Its Ex
tent and Severity,
The following special bulletin was is
sued by the weather bureau Saturday
afternoon on the cold wave of January
23rd to 30th: The condition of extreme
COld that has Prevailed nrpr flm prmn-
all foreign i rv ,!-, 1, i.
doing business m this , . .. . " .
uiiuiiuie ior its extent, duration and
severity. The temperatures over the
entire United States, east of the Rocky
Mountains, have been greatly below the
normal during the whole week, the de
ficiencies in some sections ranging from
30 to 40 degrees for several days.
Throughout the Ohio vallev and the
Lake regions on the 25th, and the Car
olinas, central and northern Florida,
Georgia, Alabama and Eastern Tennes
see on the 28th and 2Jth, the minimum
temperatures recorded were lower than
any previously recorded by the bureau
uuimg ine last ten days of January.
The conditions were especially severe
throughout the Southern States, the
line of freezing temperature extending
nearly t0 Jupiter, Fla., and the tem
perature as far south as the Gulf coast
falling to 14 degrees below freezing and
continuing 10 degrees or more for sev
eral days.
Following are some of the minimum
temperatures occurring in the regions
where the cold wave was most pro
nounced, viz. : On the 25th, degrees be
low zero, Chicago 20, Milwaukee and
Saulte St. Marie 18, Indianapolis and
Detroit 14, Cincinnati 10, Pittsburg 8.
un the 28th, above zero: Tampa 30,
Jacksonville 22, Mobile and Atlanta 6.
Knoxville 2. On the 2i)th. above zero:
Jupiter 34, Tampa 28, Jacksonville 22,
Ji-ey west 00; below zero, Knoxville 4.
ine condition of cold weather was at
tended by a persistent condition of ab
normally high barometric conditions,
with readings of 31.5 inches and above,
the highest readings on record. The
storm that developed over Florida on
the 2(jth and moved northeast along the
Atlantic coast was an efficient factor in
producing the low temperatures in
Florida on the 28th and2l;th. This
storm developed great energy in its pas
sage along the Middle Atlantic and New
England coasts, causing high and heavy
snows in the Middle Btates and New
England. Boston reported about 14
inches of snow, Northfield 9, Portland
9, Albany and New York City 10, Phila
delphia 7, and Washington 5.
REVIEW OF TRADE.
T. A. McNEILL. A. W. McLEAN.
McNeill and McLean.
Attorneys-at-Law,
Ollices in Shaw Building, np Etaira,
North Corner.
LUMBERTON, - N. C.
Prnctices in State and Federal Courts,
Prompt attention given to
nil legal bustuCbH.
HOUSE.
Wednesday. The House met at 8 p.
m. with only 47 members present. A
bill was introduced by Lusk to author
ize the Governor to appoint female no
taries public.
The resolution asking Congress to
rebuild the United States arsenal at
Fayettoville passed third reading.
The bill to amend the section of the
Code relating to appeals from assign
ments of widows' support, also passed,
third reading.
A Bill to prevent lynch law came up.
It increases the fines and penalties pre
scribed for those who break into
prison houses for the purpose of
lynching.
Thursday. House met at 10 o'clock,
among the bills introduced were :
Drew to punish wife-beaters.
Hancock, by leave, introduced a bill
to restore to the State the control and
and management of the Atlantic &
North Carolina railroad,
of railroad salaries was adopted bv a
close vote.
The bill to allow Watauga county to
levy a special tax was passed.
The bill passed requiring all deeds
and convej-ances to be cross-indexed
immediately after they are filed with
the register of deeds.
The bill passed to give deputy clerks
of the Supreme Court authority to pro
bate deeds, etc. , and to take privy ex
aminations of married women ; clerks
to make record of appointment of
deputies, and to cross -index all re
cords. Saturday. House met at 10:10.
Prayer by Representative Green.
Among the bills and resolutions intro
duced were the following:
Alexander (resolution) Appropriat
ing $1,000 towards the erection of a
statute of George Peabody in Statu
ary Hall in the capitol at Washing
ton. Lisle To regulate the time of hold
ing court in the Twelfth District.
Cnrrie To allow the sheriff of Robe
son couuty to collect arrears of' taxes.
Read Amend the law regarding
tramps and vagrants so as to remove
jurisdiction from Superior Court to
the Magistrate's court.
Busk To provide for representation
of the State at the Tennessee Centen
niaL The bill to amend the charter of the
Carolina Savings Bank, Monroe, passed
its third reading.
Bill to change the name of the Car
olina Mutual Fire Insurance Company
to the Piedment Fire Insurance Com
pany, doing away with the mutual
feature and increasing the capital stock
to 100,000 passed final reading.
Brower A bill to restore Surry
county to the fifth congressional dis
trict and to restore Durham and Orange
to the fourth district.
The bill to prevent arlrays was
tabled.
The bill to punish slander passed to
second and third readings.
A Miss Lewis will lecture on women
suffrage on the 11th.
The committee on privileges and elec
tions summitted majority and minority
reports in the case of Broughton vs.
Young, from Wake. The majority re
port favors Young, colored, the sitting
member.
Monday. House met at 3:30. Among j
the bills introduced were the following:
Cox To allow defendants in actions
to plead the statute of limitation; to
make it the duty of Superior Court
clerks upon petition of 200 free-holders
that county commissioners are improp
erly managing affairs, to appoint two
others.
Ensley To promote marriage in the
State. Declaring all unmarried men
aged 24 bachelors, who shall be taxed
:$16 for the first year of bachelorhood
and the tax to be doubled each succeed
ing year of bachelorhood, the tax to go
to tfie school fund.
Cox To give the Governor and not
the Legislature the appointment of State
Librarian.
Cox To fine defeated candidates for
office who fail to file statement of elec
tion expenses $50.
Cox To fine cotton weighers $o who
make errors in weighing cotton
Crews (Rep.) Instructing Senators
and Representatives in Congress to se
cure the repeal of the civil service law.
declaring the latter unnecessary and
contrary to the spirit of our institn
tions.
Abernethy To appropriate $100,000
annually from the public fund for the
common schools, to be divided pro
rata among the counties so as to equal
ize as far as possible the school- terms
of the respective counties.
Lusk To give all notaries public.
justices of the peace, clerks of Superior
and inferior Courts power to take ac
knowledgments and take the privy ex
amination of married women.
Alexander To make it a misdemean
or by intoxicated persons and others to
interrupt school entertainments or po
litical meetings.
Alexander To repeal section 5 of the
county government law and construe
the law to mean that a majority of any
of the present boards of county commis
doners shali have full power to act on
ail matters coming before these boards
without the concurrence of the one
member who has been appointed by the
resiueni or presiding judge.
January a Month of Disappointment,
But of Real Gain.
Messrs. R. G. Dun & Co. say: "Jan
nary has been a month of disappoint
ment, but of real gain. WTieat has de
clined severely; cotton has scarcely
risen enough to pay brokerage, wool
.Ids steady in spite of enormous buy
ing; woolen goods hardly change in
price; iron and its products decline;
leather is sluggish; hides are lower foi
some shoe manufactures; the average cf
railroad stocks is slightly lower than it
was JJecember 31, and tne advance in
trust stocks has been small. To traders
in such properties the month has been
disappointing. Yet during the week
the record shows that ten iron works
have started and only two have stop
ped; thirteen woolen works have start
ed and nine more are about ready to
start, while three have stopped. Simi
lar things are seen in other industries
and the additional establishments are
not starting without some increase in
orders received. It would do more
harm than good to exaggerate the im
provement, but a study of conditions
governing business indicates that the
wheels are on the right track and mov
ing in the right direction. "
Eolntg Up the "Queer."
The committee appointed by the Sec
retary of the Treasury to destroy coun
terfeit notes and coins, dies, plates,
etc. , captured during the year by the
secret service, has made its report,
showing that the amount destroyed ex
ceeds that of any previous j ear by about
$7,000. The notes, etc., destroyed by
the committee is classified as follows:
Counterfeit notes representing $1 28, 722 ;
counterfeits coins, $25,986; flash notes
and coins, $2,754,307; number of plates,
1,203; number of dies, 161; number of
metal molds, 31 ; singles 56 sets; num
ber of plaster of Paris molds, 442 sets;
miscellaneous molds, 17 sets. There
was also destroyed a large quantity of
tools, material, crucibles, ladles, in
cluding four printing presses.
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. -
The Proceedings Briefly Told From
Day to Day.
SENATE.
Wednesday. The Senate passed the
Military Academy appropriation bill
after a long and somewhat amusing
controversy over one amendment pro
viding for the payment of expenses of
the attendance of the West Point cadets
at the inauguration parade. The appro
priation carries $4,705.52, or $5,000,
more than the bill aa it passed the
House.
Sherman wanted the Nicamguan bill
to go over until the next sessiou, but a
motion was made to re-commit before
the Senate adjourned.
Thursday. The Senate confirmed
Wm. S. Forman, of Illinois, to be com
missioner of internal revenue by a vote
of 41 to 15. The free silver Democrats
and silver bolting Republicans voted
against it. as also did Chandler. The
bill for a commissioner of an inter-national
mcnatary conference was taken
up and discussed and was finally agreed
to let it go over until Friday for further
discussion. The proposed sale of tho
Union Pacific property was impeded.
The Senate in executive session passed
several bills and adjourned. Chas. B.
Howry, of Mississippi, was confirmed
judge of the Court of Claims; C. C. Col
lier was also confirmed as postmaster at
Blocton, A la.
Friday. The bill for the representa
tion of the United States on any inter
national monetary conference that may
be called, occupied the Senate almost
exclusively, and was finally passed by
the triumphant majority of 46 to 4. It
authorizes the President to appoint five
or more commissioners to any interna
tional conference, with a view to se
curing a fixity of relative value between
gold and silver as money, by means of
a common ratio between the metals,
with free mintage at such rates, aud it
also authorizes the President to call, at
his discretion, such conference to as
semble at 6uch point as may be agreed
upon. The debate was long and in
teresting. Saturday. Almost the entire session
of the Senate was devoted to considera
tion of the general treaty of arbitration
between the United States and Great
Britain. A vote was taken on the treaty
and a favorable report was ordered
made to the Senate Monday., with cer
tain amendments. This action was not
unanimous and some individual amend
ments were reserved for submission to
the Senate when the subject shall come
np. It was also decided that the Alas
kan boundary question should be offer
ed in the Senate at an early day for ar
bitration, but it is thought that the com
.jiittee will have a hard time securing
the required two-thirds vote.
Monday. Immediately after the Seu
ate convened at noon Mr. Sherman
moved an executive session, stating that
it would require but a short time
When the doors were closed he reported
the general treaty of arbitration, as
amended Saturday by the committe?.
The first of these amendments at the
end of the first article in clause one is.
"But no question which affects the for
eign or domestic policy of either of he
high contracting parties, or the rela
tions of either with any other State or
power, by treaty or otherwise, shall be
subject to arbitration under this
treaty, except by special agreement."
The second strikes out air reference,
wherever it occurs, to the King of Swe
den and Norway, as the umpire, where
the tribunal fails to agree upon such
umpire. Sherman asked that the in
junction of the secrecy be made public,
but was denied. A message from the
President with a report from the Secre
tary of State giving the information
asked for by the Senate as to the arrest
aud condemnation in Cuba of Jules
Sanguilly, and American citizen, was
laid before the Senate and referred to
the committee on foreign relations
The Nicaraguau Canal bill was taken
up and an unsuccessful effort was made
to have a day and hour fixed for a final
vote.
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gether. Ihis failed, S3 to 70. All
amendment was adopted authorizing
the members to select the seeds they
desire, the Department of Agriculture
to purchase and distribute the same.
Two or three private bills were then
passed and the House adjonrned until
Monday.
Monday. The House refused to con
sider the bill reiorted by the com
mittee on inter-State and- foreign com
merce, to prohibit railroad ticket scalp
ing, l ue following bills were passed: To
NEWS ITEMS CO KCEKSID.
Southern Pencil Pointers.
Governor Taylor, in his message to
the Tennessee Legislature, pledges
himself to aid in every effort to pur-i
fy the ballot and to redeem the pledges
made.
From present indications it seem'
extremely probable the Tennessee Cen-
prohibit the carrying from one State to ! tennial Exposition will be in a remark-
auother oi obscene literature, or ar
tie'es designed for indecent or immoral
purposes; giving officers in the volun
teer service of the United States the
brevet rank held by them and the right
to wear ihe uniform of that rank; for
the protection of military parks; pro
viding that surgeons of soldiers' homes
may be appointed from others than
those who have been disabled in the
tervice of the United States; directing
the isune of patents for the locad, but
unconfirmed, lauds in Louisiana, con
si.sting of 288 tracts, containing abor'
X0UO acres.
England learned a great many things
from the loss of her. American colonies,
but nothing more important than that
colonies left to govern themselves, and
Interfered with only In the way of sup
port and protection, are a source of
strength to a nation, while colonies
treated only as a source of revenue are
a burden and a weakness. In Canada,
In Australia, In South Africa, the Eng
lish have established healthy common
wealths that would probably be lost to
the home government If any modern
ministry could be guilty of the blun
dering policy adopted toward the Amer
ican colonies in the last century, but
that keep to their allegiance now be
cause it Is mainly sentimental and im
poses no burdens. And England profits
greatly from them. India, on the other
hand, the English have still regarded
very much as It was regarded by the
commercial adventurers who first took
possession of it, as a source of wealth
to be drained, rather than as a field to
be cultivated. Now, when the country
does not even produce enough to feed
its own population, while the enormous
cost of holding and administering it
still increases, India Is a weight on Eng
land's hands. But the great example
of a false colonial policy Is that of
Spain. She lost her colonies In South
Africa because she never did anything
for them but to rob them, and while 6he
nas held Cuba she has treated It only
us a source of revenue. And now Cuba
Is impoverished and cannot be made to
pay for the cost of maintaining Spanish
rule, and Spain is likely to lose It alto
gether, if for no other reason than that
she cannot afford to hold it. To the Ina
bility or unwillingness of Spain to learn
the obvious lessons of history, we can
easily trace the decline of her power
and glory. England, on the other hand,
has prospered by adapting her colonial'
policy to modern development Wher
ever she has followed the Spanish plan
of mere military occupation, she still
has trouble ahead.
able state of completion for the opening
on juay 1st.
At Spartanburg, S. C, Saturday, m
local train collided with a shifting train
mashing np things in general. En
gineers and firemen of botn trains
jumped and saved themselves. A negro
who was on the cowcatcher of the shift
ing engine was killed. '
At Chattanooga. Tenn., Postoffice
Insprctor G. M. Whiteside caused the
arrest of Charley Slack, editor and own
er of the Bristol Courier, charged with
sending obscene matter throngn tne
mails.
Fourteen people connected with the
city government of Louisville, Ky.,
have been indicted by the grana jury
for conspiracy and other damaging
barges. Othur indictments are also
expected.
A dispatch from Galveston, Texan,
says that there is in contemplation at
that place the formation in tne near
future, of a stock company with an au
thorized capital of $n,uo,uou, naving
for its object the introduction and ope
ration of cylindrical bale cotton com
presses throughout tne cotton oiaies.
Harrv Jennings Hauseman. of Jack
sonville, Fla , took passageonthe Clyde
Line steamer Seminole, from New York
to Jacksonville, and was lost overooara
during the voyage.
At Chattanooga, Tenn., Virgil M.
Moore, a groceryman, ""is killed by
burglars. "
In Bibb county, Alabama, a negro
committed an assault upon a j-oung
white gill and made his escape, but
was overtpken and captured, and on
the return to the county jail he was
"lost in the snow."
Dick Burge and Eddie Connolly
fought to a draw nt Birmingham, Ala.
The purse offered wi n 1,000 a side.
In Atlanta. Ga . Steve Ryan was con-
icted of assault and battery on J urtge
George F. Gober, of the Blue liidge
I lrcuit. and sentenced to pay a nne oi
$700.
ToRenli TT Fnrle was declared the
United States Senator to sncceedJohn
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HOUSE.
Compensation for Confederates.
Mr. Cox (Dem.) of Tennessee offered
in the House Saturday a bill which
recites the circumstances of Lee's sur
render at Appomattox and the written
guarantee that the artillery and cavalry
officers of the Confederacy should be
permitted to retain their horses, side
arms and baggage. After the surren
der the Federal soldiers despoiled the
Confederates of these effects and they
were never returned to their original
owners. His bill appropriates $200,000
as a compensation for these losses, upon
satisfactory proof being furnished to
the quartermaster general.
Japan and Our Cotton.
Mr. Tom Hoshi, the Japanese minis
ter at Washington, was in Atlanta, Ga. ,
last week studying the cotton industry.
He received many callers and he ob
tained from them much information.
Mr. Hoshi says that the South cught to
sell more cotton to J apan and ne pro
poses to induce them to export more to
his country. He went from there to
New Orleans,
Washington Motes
The House has approved the appro
priation of $70,000 for a lighthouse at
the pitch of the Cape Fear river, near
Wilmvnsrton. N. C
The extradition treaties witn tne
Orange Free State and the Argentine
Republio have been ratified ty the
Senate, but added a clause which made
it discretionary with the surrendering
government whether it should give up
its own citizens.
The inaugural committee announces
that tho tickets for the inaugural ball
are now ready for distribution. Each
ticket will be accompanied by a souve
nir, which is exceedingly handsome and
is inoluded in the price of the ball
ticket $5. Orders by mail will be filled
in the order of receipt. No compliment
ary tickets will be issued except to President-elect
and Mrs. McEinley.
Photography in Colors.
It is again announced this time from
an Englishi'source, that photography in
natural colors is an accomplished fact.
Sir Henry Wood, secretary of the Lon
don society of arts, tested the discovery
which was made by Villeden Chassagn,
of Paris. The process is said to be
simple and inexpensive.
Most of us were named after our
parents Wn who had the most money
and what-did It get us'
He "Jladani, yon have ln assur
ance that I am a gentleman!" She "I
have jao reason to doubt your aour-
a nee," Harlem Lif. j
Wednesday. The House agreed to
the conference report on the immigra
tion bill, which embodied substantially
a new measure, being different in some
resprcts from either the Senate or House
bill. Wilson, (Dem.) of South Caro
lina, siKjke iu favor of the bill. Chair
man Batholdi refused to sign the report
of the committee recommending the
bill. The principal objection to the
bill was the clause requiring immigrants
to read and write "in the language of
their native resident country." This,
it was pointed out, would prevent sev
eral classes of people in Eu-
iope and central America and
Mexico from gaining admission to
the United States, because they do not
speak either of tho languages to which
the clause limits them. It was admitted
that the language was intended to pre
vent the coming of a great body of Rus
sian Jews. The vote was taken on the
adoption of the conference report and
on a division which was agreed to, 116
to 103. Mr. Barthodi demanded the
yeas and nays which resulted: Yeas
131, nays 117. The usual motion to re
consider and to lay that motion on the
table having been made by Mr. Danford
and agreed to, tne House adjourned
Thursday. The Indian appropiation
bill passed the House with some ma
terial changes, all reducing the scope
Df the measure. Altgeld, of Illinois,
was the subject of speeches in connec
tion with fraud in the late national elec
tion claimed by him, thereby defeating
- " - (tf m-i fn 1
ore, was criticized by Dearmond
(Dem.), of Missouri, for the recent bul
letin he issued showing the illiteracy
and poverty of the States which voted
for Bran, as compared with those of
the McKinlev States and denounced it
as a slander upon the men whom the
Department of Agriculture were sup
posed to represent. Wednesday next
the H rase will consider the election
contest of Cornell vs. Swanson, from
the Fifth Virginia district.
Friday. In the House there were
warm words between the States of Ma
sachusets and Vermont over the allegi
tions of railroad wrecking in thos
commonwealths. The report of the
conferees was rejected by a vote of 143
to 75. The conferees were instructed
to insist upon the retention of the bill
of the House amendments, the princi
pal one of which forbade the issue of
stock, except for par value received.
The bill making appropriations for the
Military Academy was sent to con
ference on the Senate amend
ment thereto. The agricultural bill
was considered without completing it.
Hardy, (Rep.,) of Indiana, began a
speech, in favor of the acquisition of
Cuba, and being refused permission to
conclude, the five minute rule being in
operation, gave notice that no bill
should pass the House by unanimous
consent for the remainder of the ses
sion. The House committee on elec
tions reported in favor of Boatner,
(Dem.,) of Louisiana, against Benoit,
(Rep.) At the night session nineteen
private pension bills were passed.
Saturday. The agriculture appro
priation bill was the principal and al
most the sole subject before the House.
As usual the distribution of seed gave
rise to an animated discussion, and
comprised the annual motion to strike
oi. the appropriation ($120,000) alto-
Gardening in a Mine.
Seventeen acres of garden, three
hundred feet below the surface of the
earth, was the unusual sight on which
the writer looked a few days ago, and
he at once decided to tell the readers
of the Youth's Companion something
about this strange, subterranean gar
den.
The whole place was shrouded In the
most Intense darkness, except the
small circle of light produced from
my flickering torcn, as 1 stood In an
abandoned gallery of one of the great
gypsum mines near Grand Rapids,
Mich., which Mr. A. H. Apted, assist
ant superintendent of the Eagle Mines,
has transformed Izio profitable mush
room garden.
It Is well known that mushrooms
grow most freely in the dark. Conse
quently arches and tunnels for their
culture are constructed In many parts
of the world. This fact suggested
Mr. Apted, a few years ago, the Idea
of attempting to cultivate mushrooms
for the market in the abandoned gal
leries of the old mines.
His first attempts were discouraging,
but after several years' work, and the
expenditure of much money, he has
brought his odd garden to a paying
condition. He is able to place several
hundred pounds of plants on the mar
ket each week, and readily secures
40 cents a pound for the whole crop.
There are seventeen acres of area in
the abandoned galleries, and Mr. Ap
ted is able to cultivate nearly the whole
space. The soil for his beds Is pre
pared in the open air, and Is drawn
in wagons to the place where it is
used. Attempts have been made to
raise mushrooms in coal and Iron
mines, but without success. A small
garden similar to Mr. Apted's Is culti
vated in an old gypsum-mine at Akron,
N. Y., and these two are probably
the only places in the world where
abandoned mines are successfully utU-1
Ized for the purpose.
Carolina fctate Legislature Tuesday.
W. J. Bryan spoke before the Texas
Legislature Wednesday. His talk was
on laws to regulate corporations.
The steamers Three Friends and
Pjiuntless, which have been in the cus
tody of the United States marshal at
Jacksonville, 11a., liave ccen reieascu
on bond.
Admiral Bunce's squadron of evolu
tion is to blockade Charleston, fc. C,
early in February.
.Tnlrr V. T ATpi-riMr. ex-Chief Ju
ticeoflhe Louisiana Supreme Court aud
one of the best known lawyers in th
iouth, is dead.
All About the North.
Governor Sadler, of Nevada, ha
signed a um ucensiu;j guYc wu-
teets.
Cincinnati. O., has experienced a two
hundred thousand dollar fire.
Frpsident Cleveland delivered an ad
dress before the opening session of the
National Medical Society's convention
in New York.
Henry Feitfelt, Populist, has been
elected by the Idaho State Legislature
to succeed Senator Dubois.
At Newton, Conn., three bundled
employes of the rubber works are out
on a strike.
Frank J. Lespa, cashier of the
Clarkson State Bank, at Clarkson,
Neb. , committed suicide.
At Mount Ada, Ark., a family con
sisting of father, mother and three chil
dren, froze to death in their home.
Wm. A. Harris has been elected by
the Kansas Legislature to succeed Mr.
i'effer as United btates benator.
Wm. A. Burns and twelve others
have been indicted by the grand jury of
'ook county, Illinois, of -victimizing
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad out of
thousands of dollars worth of transpor
tation. Philadelphia, Pa , recently had a
3,U0,000 fire and John Wannamaker's
;.ig establishment had a narrow escape.
At Lancaster, Tenn., Abe Ueneon,
one of the members of the gang of
ihicves and outlaws who reside on the
. elsh Mountains was shot an4
killed by his step-brother, .Jer.y
reen, who is also a noted criminal
and member of the same gang.
The convention of tbe national asso
ciation of manufacturers in session at
i hiladelphia. Fa , adopted a resolution
favoring the Tennessee Centennial.
liogan Carlisle's Cheek.
Secretary Carlisle once issued an or
der that no two members of a family
should be employed in the Treasury
Department at the same time. This
caused several dismissals and forced
resignations, and one young woman,
whose mother had been forced to leave,
entered Indignant protest with Logan
Carlisle, the secretary's son and chief
clerk of the department. She pleaded,
threatened, and finally said: "Well, Mr.
Chief Clerk, It's a poor rule that won't
work both ways. Both your father
and yourself being here, tbe rule Is
violated, and I think it a shame that
such favoritism 6hould be displayed."
Logan drummed on his desk with bis
pencil and wore a far-away look. Fi
nally he said: "Well, I guess the old
man will have to go."
""Maud Muffett says iliat the age of
chivalry has passed." "I guess she
means she has passed the. age when
6be may expect any."-rIndianapo!!s
Journal.
miscellaneous.
Judge Goff has declined the Attorney-Generalship
in President-elect
McKinley's Cabinet,
In the House of the Texas Legisla
ture a bill prohibiting the carrying of
concealed, weapons has been passed, and
a bill has been introduced prohibiting
iinyone to manufacture or sell pistols
i the State under any circum
stance s.
ihe recent heavy snow throughout
"ew England measured from fifteen to
t'. irty-four inches on a level.
3 t is now announced that the Corbet! -Fitzsiioruous
fight will take place i:i
"evada, March 11th.
The President has sent to the Senu'.e 4
the following nomination: W. BL Karr
lis, to be postmaster at Wilson, N. C.
- Fostmaster G eneral JVilson has made
public the statements of postal receipts
for the quarter ending December 31 Rt
18'J6, as compared with the receipts of
the corresponding period of 189. which
t how a decrease of about 30,000, and
is taken to be an indication pi genera)
business depression, .