North Carolina Newspapers

f f The Carolina Watchmaft. f OL. XX1T,TH1RB S2B1 U Il&TOY. IT. C. -TETOBD AY, DECEHBEB, U, 1.800. NO. ?. for Infants end CttEtoTlJsweJlsdaptedtoctiiL!i'enthat foiown tdm." II. A. Ancicn, TD.,' i HI So. QsTord t., CroaJda, 17. Y. -The iie ot ' Castorfa ' Is sounlve r.l and fiut-iBBrOAfiO w0'1 towu that it sf-sms-.c. work !j juiitllHnn to endorse it. Few are tba - frt'iliKtut ftndlle who do not keep Carforia ' .'.,i,.n f asr resell " ' 1 Caulos idARTYKj D D.. iTIie Wlfiihrop," liSUi Street and Ttb Aveu," J,it; t asvji Tnw ?-rTA"ti SFKKl Sd - lm PairflKP. AGEKTS .fasti Cities, Towns am- Vi11iits in tlief a(th. TOTAL ASSESS - J. AI LTi N BRO W E-, i v ?aJlslnrv, RJN3 EASY. CIW3 FAST. rti crcn 'X t . , . Makes FiNfc SAMPLE. mlm. NFVEf CHOKES or aSIAKS THE ROLL. A 5 c J hm all LATEST IMPiJOVE'EfJTS i:lud:r rr :nlarr Wheel ea llmuU whi ch in urea eve ficwed. Tit3 feature fs Jjeciuiar to U ihamake of Gin and Is ust d on no- other. Aw ITI.TV (a AASJt..Sian j .ire -,-, . ': 'KKI4JUT at any R. R- Station or ibr lunding of any Horrular Ger.mboai Line in tj Souta. If W usve no gmit i:or yoa, , d33th General Sou'h.,,:i Aj?.Bt. T.j. as. ""f ' r..rrrtiitwt. iiih,r,iwJ -,Ww. Ejh.-.,E,t?.T.un.l rFJffl Published every Wwlnesday at Topeka, Kan., by The Advocate Publishing Co. S1.00 per year. HI gtisi 111 Nil - A FEATURES FOIi 1891 . AlLOfflcial Alliance Matter, State and Na: tional. An exbaus Ove discussion ot the TarllT, Finance and Prohibition questions and all economic and other iucs of impor tance u the people. ! Z" -a o o - - g S OB a 9 The prp:it nnlitlful tr'nmnh of thp Alliince Or People s Party In which Tim Advocate has yitiis: poieni a ncror u iasi k,v"b -Uoiwl reputation and circulation. Cheered And encouragtd hy-'tlie liiagoifleent result so far at Ulnwl, with untfavertuj; faith in the future, and jpailug that the grand beginning U but the niing ..oi ajuonous uay nr toe masses o flf? THE AllVOCATK Wl.i hODFftiUY LUfSlie US mlssi.ili Mul.&pi-lntirtn nri. Sl.ftA HPT Car. Llcadrauce. Address ADVOCATE PUBLISHING CO. Topska, Kate i SAUTION Tnl'C V. I.. WWU PMM lino ... ; .ir. ktmiiiM-i! oi: lltu ktt If th deit'f 1viuf'K.lply l direct io factory, cmluslng uavcrt?ea ntct, W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE FOR rllip C-tr tt ri;ti C-ir ii...,.., .,.a rimSn nml CtTcd. rWroof? '34 $2 SHOES 1.7.r SHGK FOR TtlTSSKS. MaTeriaJ. llnt Rty?e. VWrt Fitting. jrT " ?o'JKlas, Bro -ktoii. Mam. Soid by i ,f SI..T n t. - - 4 A R rf? ft. i . , , - ' ; . i r.- n' III Ml world. g..,0ti f.KM'lNK H.N-NK.Vi:i) MIOE !.' I'OI.K f ,N1 I'AltSlI KS'MrOE. S J woiiKiNf;Mi:N's siioks. fWe-aiMl 1.75 Bins' SC'flOO!. s?;JES. Afl I: ..I,, i. .... !!...., ..... I 1..H-I. I Children. ' j i ! ! W" Castorla carc C'nlic C'rjrtipatkMi, Si:r Stomach, Diarrhoea. EructatioTi, Kilia 'orras, givei sleep, and pronsotes di gestion, Vithoat ii:jui iou3 medication. Tor cetera! yean I have recomtnn'lel your " Cawtoria. ' an.I shall Always eonUiii to So so oi it hM iiivariahlyroduoed bes(dat rj3idts." Coxpax?, 77 JTcbray Steeet, Kew York. . i. PROMPT EELIABLH LIBERAL J. RHODES BROWN Ppeswekt WM. C. COABT Si CIIKTAKV. $750,000.00. - - - r sident A gent, N. C. " i er i: c a i ' ; i". . l n . c i. k m set CtVAIGE & CLEMENT, Attoi2icvo -A."t Liaw S.Vt.lSISU UY, X . C. Veb. :Jrd,SSl COL'AT'r COVEIISMEST. i Clerk Superior Court, J M Ilorah. sheriff. 0 (' KrjdVr. lh-bister of Deeds, II N Woodson. TreasirCer, .1 Sam'l MeCubbins. Surveyor, ' C Arey. Coroner, A A t we! CoLimissioners, T J Sumner chairman, i i' il'i.i. .Hi- 1. V. ('..In. V li Iduttz, C F P, ikeiyDr L W Cole- i::a.n,T orueiius iveslier. Kup't Public Schools, T C Linn. Sup't of Jfealth, Dr J .1 StunmereU. Overseer of Poor. ATM Brown. - TOWN. . i flavor. J W Rumple. 'Clerk, 1) 11 Julian, Treasurer. Ill Foust. Police, It W Price, chief, J F Pace, C W Pool, R ?.I Barringer. Commissioners North ward, .1 A Ren dleman, D 31 Miller; South ward, I) R Julian, .1 A Uarred; East ward, J li Cor don, T A Coughenour; West wa;-d, R J Holmes, T C Linn. CHURCHES. X Methodist Services evjfy -Saiiday at II a in and til p m. Praver meeting every Wednesday at (ii i in. Rev T W Gutjirie, paster, Sunday school every Sunday afternoon at '5 o'clock. J W Mauney, sup't. Presbyterian Stjvviees everv Sunday at 11 am and S:: p m. Prayer meeting every Vedncslay at 8:80 p m. Rev J ". liiimpic, pattor. Sunday schocl every Sunday afternoon nt 4 p m. J Rumple, sup't, Lutheran Services every Sunday at 11 a m and 7 p m. Prayer meeting every Wednesday at 7 p m. Rev Chas B King, pastor. Sunday school every Sunday afternoon at -J p m. R G Riser, suprt. .iiscu jiiii obm twn w j r-HiiMi;i :i i 11 i.i .M.i n-an'i. ..n.i win-i-,- t nan r.1 . : ........ l o t c i i -ii p m. Rev F J Murdoch, rector. Sunday school every Sunday af'crnopn at'apia. Capt Theo. Parker, siip'f. . Baptist Services every Sunday, morn- ing and, night. Prayer meeting everv .Wednesday uiglit. Rev r- pastov. Sunday school every Stiuday at 9 a.m. i nos Ij Sm ink, sup t. , . -- - - t r i Tjy-tirst Thursday night iu every month 1 11 I-oust, pre.s l. LOIXlKS. Fulton Lrdire No 90 A F & AM, meets prprv Hrdf. :itiil :!,',!.! 1 1 i ! 1 1 in i.n!i month KBNeaye W M - , SahAimrv Lodge, No 21. k of P, meets ! rr " i i . ii a . every Tuesday night. A H Boyfeii,CC. &lishuv T mlo Vn 775 K 'f H hw-pIm Mibimi i oi ood.h.o iiiimtiv everv 1st t-nd PmI MoaUy night iu each I t ' : t i i , . t ' , 1 . I :iLni m, Ayiv-uiivi . i x Salisbury C aiucil, No 272. HdyaF Ar- canuin, racrts cyery so aim -tin aionuay nigh.t- i.u each -month. J A Rnnisay, n V 1-1.1 i i i Regent; . POsT OF PfC E. OlTlee hours from 7:Z0 am (n o::;0 -p m. Money ostler hours 0 a in lo o p in. Sail layTiours 1 M0 a m to 12:b0 pm J II Ibinisay, P if. SV-'RIliE For. TU y ATCM T f M Trn:iiTIi:s IN lfli!i f! diUlilliiill O 1 ,mm " - Children Cry for Pitcher's Cactorla. uataonc ervices every seeomi Mm- lriUepenueui. umi. nc uujinwu uim a o Father has the key. - . i 1 i . I ' l... in, ..ii..n,i..il .tnt . AiiV r o-r.,, 1 y ayounggianr. i .oe felt templed to ind i Jaejer, pastor. . was an ardent geologist, coubl , , , . 1 ., j - ...1 every Sunday t 10., ,. Hfe4" ... , a,. ,x,-,t, . 9e t Y ii C A-Dcvolioiiat rI tit Hull v,' his lomiiitiiiiis mid woraliineii : U!1" " ,,.i i.i. 1 v & v i i i ; i i , i v .it i i . t :. in 'o i tin r i - TVa -Ai.v uiw biv nt I Uiid;.i r.e. - . . . . It HK LiltT UIVIC nuuritu Hu Old Yellow Almaaao. 1 left the farm when mother rtiedj and Changed my place of dwcllin' To daughter Waste's stylish house, right in the city street And there 4S them, before 1 came that sort of seared ale, ted I'm' . How t would find the tnvVh folks' way too difficult to ineet. They Raid I'd have ho comjfort In the hustling ftred-up tfirohgt And I'd have to wijtu h! iff coliais every I week-day right along. eK-uay ngnt n.ona. j X laid t Uike to c ty Wnys just like u duck I to water j- j 1 like the racket and the noic, and ncv- er tire of show; And there's i.o end of comfort in mnns'.on ot my dauutet ; And everything bright at hand, and; money freely flows And hired help i about, just Jisteidn for iuy calf, But I miss the old yellow almanac off' my oiancuu Tne houe is full of c.iland ir from attic j to the cellar, They're printed m all colors, and are fancy like to see; Bat mst in this narticular 1 am not a J a modern feller, And th:: ye! low -covered alnnnic is good enough for m ; I'm used to it I've seen it round from boyhood to old ae, And rather like the jokiir at the bottom of each pape. I like the way the "S''tood out to show the week's beginnin' In these new fancied calandrfrs the days seemed sort of:: ixrd, " And the man upon the cover, though be wa n't exaetly winniiK, With lungs aim liver all exposed, still fdiowed how we are fixed; And the letters and credentials that were writ to Mrs. Aytr. I've often on a rainy day, found readin' very fair. I tried to find one recently, there wa'n't one in the city, They toted out great calenders in every si vie: i iudkcii ai inem m eoiu uiiwmii, umi answered ein in juty, "I'l rather have my almanac than all that costly pile." And though I take to city life, I'm lone some, after all, For that old yellow almanac upon my kitchi n wall. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in November Cent urv. Lovo in Steel Sracelets. In Cheyenne's early days the sheriff was one of the most important perso si lages in the country. In f;;;?t he stol ' holds a co.ispicue.iir, position in ine.st cities f the igoreus. inipetuons West. rnmie years g' , bHenft Mac, ot I l.ivnnnu lV.i nil'.cll ; M II ( iVl'i I liV 1 ' ( of Cheyenne was much annoyed bv il iv i tie? pcrsisieiicy and determination of su u- c i v suitors ior uie uauu I I I" . A I I ..... I of his fair daughter! Mips Helen. As is always the case iw mining dis tricts, the male population farootuuin bered the gentler st x. and Miss Helen, who was ;i handsome brunette, would have been u belie among far severer critics than the youths of Cheyenne. She had graduated at St. Louis, and besides being a gifted musician was a devoted worshiper of nature and fond of outdoor exercise. Almost, any fine evening in summer a passer by might hear her rich mezzo voice accompanying her guitar to some ringing "ballad of the plains." Unconscious was she c?f the fact that the melody floated out from the shad ows of the eo! ton wood trees aud min gled with the broad, effulgent moon light, and that many a luckless youth dated a hopeless love from the first riti i i . i . evening wiwn ne nau uiuppcn in io help the shei iff and the old servants in inaKing ail auuieuee. Helen cared little for the mi ! o ...,, iJufc Ceeited it as a matter of course, having been brought up among thein. Sh? enjoyed herself in a fashion of her own, with hr books, guitar, sketch door, aud her . . ii ii;:uc... spirited no se, vv uuu r. Iwo ot her lovers, however, seem en . 'o k'ain more favor th in the rest, in fact, popular opinion was puzzled as to which would vin. , One of them was a tall, athletic VOnMir Westerner, who was us bright and invigorating of presi lice as as 1 1 ic iii ' uu be breathed, and IU whose clear b eyes nor a simoon or ..-cil imuh-. . i e j .... :t ..:..:i.i.. Mandsome, far true, but so sturdy and Miss lleietl But with all his devotion Joe vyas a disereet young fellow, and held hi j curty head up in dehauee ot mankind j in general and his rival in particular, md he nt v r let the fair Helen fee! too - I ..........f .fa resaid rival wits a wealthy ' . :. voiiiiiT nun owner troiu hicago ail 3"M;W , ,, , r i that IS cOiiVeVCd 111 the tei lil a polldir-d gent.emah! He t;ad laughed i.eari oy 1 . L. .L.ti'te inrr i.m' I . . ' n XIF'if a f IiCMai finii Jl nm m'lii. t i, rJhicaSO li tends had i.kittglv pie- dicttil thiil he would lo..e u.s he.iit io some Western beauty. But here i.,- was, eager to lay his f-te .md fortune at the feet, of the s'ler ff'.; queenly daughter. t t . t,1- .I-.,- in . t:. if..i ..i ,nJ ,i.J lf,l IltTi"I vllllll IVU riWmm wi ner with her sketching materi il; es tensildy to 111 ike soma sketches of tin .i itu tin e.eiierv, but realty ro coki- 1 :tiuie with rami , me ousy ui'mu i ! sh- bad . ver known, ami d.-c:de wi.at 1 w rsle ..uhl giveon;theriorr iw t., , , . v.e.diiiy .oi i, woo inat u.y h ui tMune with ratur', the onlv m .111 r III . VVi:.llllJ .,. "il - w i k bi Oh i ld him that .lie mnst redd he ." n be.irt be fore she could art?" a 1 he hoped for a Favorable reply, Joe had be.n offended bv nne of her hasty speeches a tveVk jpefore They were talking about . ftlSell. and she had asserted somewba Warmly that she.knew whose soctetshc preferred. A soon as the imnuliife words were spota" she rcpenteA but Jc rode i away with a look in fctfves that hftd i haunted btef ever sii )r,utltctl Jj. viVei- sinC(tV Somehow .Jqu s fiftut.V lie.!, nmig back lke u rt;f at baVv-kept foouiihw up In? fore lier ieitai tiot when duty demanded that she by j hhikinj; of Rus- 11 Mtid his natterintt offer. rri i , , i , (he hohiMAvo.e on and so preoccu- P""' was she that she did not observe the the henvy clouds that were rolling back and fortir doit1 the mountain sides. Suddenly a lnr-e li-RBplnlwd in her face, and she looked about her let niarni. A r.eavy crjiunoctinl storm seemed almost Upon her. Wildfire spr-'hir forwan pr.'.uj lorwiird at the touch oi the whip, and iiti-rally flew in t lie direct ion of : he house. The great clouds were lolling over Ihe hiils like giant ogres chid in mist. Thunder and sharp, vivid lightning followed, and I hen the dcinge. ildfire dashed on until he came to the creek, and then (he girl drew back in dismay. The creek was a foani'iisr torrent, and she could not see the bridge. Suddenly she heard a man's voire shouting to her, and in a few minutes .loe on hi tough t little mustang was beside her. He wore a buffalo over coat and threw a large cloak of her own about her shoulders. She did not wait to ask how he happened to come for her. She forgot that he was angrv and hurt. She reached out her firm, white hand and caught Joe s ex tended lingers, and side by side the j two noises were across the l):i!ge. ; pied a cell m the tier just above one "They galloped home in silence, and S where Jack was confined, and for a when they reached there and Helen J long time they had no means of com stepped into the friendly shelter of j muiiicating with one another. Rodifer the broad veranda she noted the fact wsu daring fellow, but he had not that doe led both horses to the stable 1 put them up, Half an hour later Joe, arrayed in j Sheriff Black's dressing gown and ! si i ipers (articles brought by Miss Helen from the East), was explaining; to the rosy, demure young mistress of i the house that her fatlur had been i suddenly called to the next town, and miirht not return until early morning. He asked me to keep a sort of took- cufc ovor t he place, and when I rode 1 ... over to ask you to invite me to tea and found you gone, I hastened after you. Tins speech over an embarrassed silence followed. It v.;is broken by Joe. who looked straight at his hostess and said: "If I am intruding Miss Nellie, just give the word and I'll go." Helen assured him in a constrainel sort of way that she was glad of com pany, and went -at to prepare the supper herself, for in those days, as now. servants- were rare ami inefficient in the West. After supper, in au awkward pause of the conversation. Joe took up a lit- tie case from the table and began ex- aming its contents a bright new uair of hand cuff.;. J They were a new kind, just from the East; and Helen began explaining thc spring lock which opened, with a skeleton key. , Somehow one of the bands was on oe's wrist as he slipped the other bright circlet over her firm, white hand, when, lo! the lock snapped and .i they were locked together. Helen blushed crimson and com- menced searching for the key inner- ous haste. tut no kev was to be found. Sud- , i , -h t th jawlied npon her. The , - . , ,1ua0f nnJ h was on the other side of L Jl 11V I ictviiv io j'wv xi4 iiv Crow creek, which was now a foaming torrent and dangerous to cross in the storm and darkness. She tried to smile and treat Ihe matter lightly but it was just tin; Host oi :i sniius ana it was a very ,,-. ik. -i. r . il i A il. 11 . uiriliwn, umv i"-o"i oivuk i ..ii, ;i r i it m:Kr. tro- . it . ulge ; snuauoii, i essed 1 ace mirth. A great throb of sorrow came over him. f she loved him she would not care so m ich, iio gazel at the shining fetter on h?r wrist so long and s earnestly that Helen lifted her eves wonderi ugly, but dropped them again. U hat women ever failed to read the 1 ,. , i st.rv that she saw in the honest bine , , ,, depth of her humble young giants " ' Her confusion encouraged Joe. but tli re w.is almost a tremor irt his voice as i,..' iaiii his great brown hand ovei . her l'tdiered one and said softly: "Neil i if you only loved me I would lielieve j that it was fate thai bound us to ge' ' iter 1 would take it as an omen that fntewoald grant me my dearest wish il But. Nellie, I -dare not hop-;." The gtnl looked up tjowly into her lTcrg eyes: looking i,teauiiy, though i,AC : 1 t't'ii saw th r.t louL .n lue.:i: "J. sl.e sai l, ihe cod and c.tltercl i ius.iel w-a'J! Lav. fcja a u . -eon "....at Joe Gordon's shoulder, and. perhaps, he Wduld have marveled still more had he known that at that moment the thought of him and his millions did not otice eater her mind. Jv Su m:.' VT, 1 2 iter" te fo,m1 8,1 m- l When the sheriff returned in th hm... . .. i i . i ne lamp sun ournea in the corner Mid the fire was smouldering awaf . On the 'broad lounge by the fireplace sat iierea and her lover. She had fallen asleep from sheer weariness, and Joe sat like a stature lest he might dis turb the fair sleeper whose cheeks was so -near his own. The old gentleman's face n-asa study. When the frith dawned upon him, he flung himself info the nearest chair and laughed until he .vaked the echoes likewise Miss Hellen. She was at first bewildered by hr novel position and relapsed into silence, leaving Joe to tell the story. "And now, sheriff," said he, "von may loose these fetter with the under standing that they will be replaced by more enduring op.es. 1 must let my prisioner escape." Helen's father always liked young Gordon, and his blessing was fort.li- coaung rhe announcement of the approach- : i : t . n r ii ii ..,.!.... ao ax., ihiiw a con- llwK'O nlkl?tl'.ll ulld bn tr.f b.d ..mv I . . ; . . ' "I' I .iu. ui. iii Sinn i. iiiuci .iiiti leiui ueo Jiast. The old sheriff used to teli with great gusto how Gordon won his pret ty daughter ami how gracefully she Wiis won. Atlanta Constitution. A Cockroaci Lett3r-3irrier. A common cockroach was trained to act as a letter-carrier between William ' Rodifer and "Starlight Sack" Ryan, 1 convicts in Southern Indiana Peniten- i tlMI'V It Id 1 il i ! v I i V t lln (.ii I - ina.h(.i j v...,..ii.. i.i. ..jit, i.f.i.n.ji.t recurd, too, there was any use found ' little creature. Rodifer occu- sufficient imagination to get up a plan f escape, and he relied on the bright d of his friend, "Starlight Jack," to siigueot an idea. One evening R -difer noticed an inocent looking cockroach running about on the -floor. After wutchi.ig its gambol in gs for a time he concludel that he could use it. So fritting a noty to his friend, he tied it t,,,' cockroach's wing, and kneeling ; down on the door he put it on the wall uhr the iron balcony in front of 11 II . i . ... . . , , lllh cell. He calculated that it would ruu into the cell underneath. And it did. Jack noticed the paper, caught the in sect, and read the note. 'i'hn he ah- w-'red it, and poking the little creature out on the wall from the ceiling over the door he released it. The roach ' went into Rodifers cell aud was caught. i I Then they fed and cared for it, and used iu this manner for some months. In fact it grew to under stand its business. It must have been a female cockroach, however, for one d iV it stopped to chat with a friend. ana was noticed by a wanderer. The note, which was written in som? sort or cipher, was taken off, and bospita steward, Dr. Sid C. McCure, read it ', Then the beetle was put on the bat , conv floor, and it ran into Rodifer cell. Thus the officials were kepi posted as to the plans of the two fa- uiotis jail-breakers. After a time Jack i began to suspect that some thing was wrong, and tabled a postscript to hit letter something like ibis: "If everv t hing is right you will find a hair from my head in this note.11 The warden i l-i.i i.-i 'read it, as 1 aid others, hut dropped the hair and lost it. "JNever mind it. said Captain Craig, whose heir was red, i'!'"1 mine in if." The answer came back: "That hist whipping must have been au awful one, Jack, for it ha. as ,.h,.,d tl, ,.!,,. ,,f v,..- b,.ir" Tl, uiii u v v ' v j i a scheming of those two worthies came to naught, however, ami they saved their tfiius. SashcHle Advocate. Tiiegre.it mass of college graduates come out with a itntastc lor business. "The n timber of college-bred men savs President m - - Low. very trulv, "is exceedingly small I us compared with tae number iu bun ul 51 iihss w ho have not la?en through r;l- I - - cy . , v ,fc . as() mia ndli.,v Th( lege. training adapts a man lo the profes sional lie tl more pariicullv, or lo a life of scholarly pursuits or of elegant leis ure. It is not intendel t:i develop iu him tiie capacity tor money making. The uioiie) in y come, but ii is not tue end for which i.e studns. His tate. ic ravliei' directetl lo pur.-niii which .iiv laivly lucrative in a mgu degree, i'ne grea.et in is. oi p ropie woi k lor Lneir living, and derwfe iheniseves to ihe task U.iiloiiL ills.raci ion: college education is desirable for the tew ou'y. ,tnd to them u ii piolitable for them- i . a f 0 aeiven ami lue resi. or soeieiy. Irn man mu.st make money, or is oeteriHined to in. ike moiiev, if .1 hat is his main pur pose iu life, i.e i likely to be hurt more .n. .ii he is helped bv a cotieg.' t raining, tie must b gin in iMiyhood, when 1 1 mind and ciiaracter are plaxiie. O her wise wealth in come lo h.m.bui only as an accident, as a cOliciusioii, foi vhich uis eariv training was riot." the e.gie.i prep ir.it on. 'h very (tttfr f. lelveen the exores,ou of th' en Miiauatice of college lr I rii -n and i tttoaness-breit m.-a Urils,c?ury. Ae.r i oi k am. A Great People. A REVIEW OF A HUNDRED YEARS. (Yquiha Companion.) The enntrmerftTion of the people of the country bv the census orate has ccmpletwl. and the Hiin.Wr of il- - '.it. - .nts'of th, countn- in June l.st, when the count was made, was almost exactly sixty-two and a half millions. It is a remarkable circumstance, and illustrates the wonderful growth ofthe lie ' at I coimfrv, that in srute of the fact th the" population disclosed the census ex hibits an increase of twelve aud one third millions, and almost twenty-five per cent, yet i he increase is not great enough to satisfy tuv people, and has leu some ot them to think that the m . i ...... . . : count is incorrect. But while no doubt j there have been failures to make Hie j iiiii i in v. it i .t i w, 1 1 vi r aiiu there, it is probable that the enumera tion has been as full as any census of so populous and sor broad a country can ever be. Not withstanding the wonderful and steady growth ot population in the United States, the relative rank of the world, i:i point of numbers, remains unchanged. China still heads the list, with more than four hudred milium ('l!xM M I I i il ...... , l- . t ........ ..... ' people; tireat Britain, with ils colonies and depemleiicies, follows closely; tSus.na is third; France; including its . . , .... possession in Asm and Africa, . comes ilim.i , l oi t it It ; and this country is HLh. But America has strode past many a country since its firtt census, a century ago, (lisclo-ed only four million people, inhabiting a narrow fringe of bind along the Atlantic coast; and now only China and Rusia can outnumber the population of the con ii try without re ckoning the alien people who have been conquered and are hel 1 in subjec tion as dependents. The census office, iu announcing the result of the count, grouped together the states as they are studied m school geographies. Some startling facts ap pear when we examine the figures as thus presented. For example, the States and Territories frmn the Rocky Mountains westward now contained inure than three-fourths s many in habitants as the whole country contain ed when the first census was taken it. 17(Jd, and Colorado is more populous than .New i oi k was then. In fact we sea bv figures that steady movements westward of the centre of population which has been goiug on iroin the beginiug. Nw rjiigland With New York, New Jersey and Pennsvi Viiuia have gained much more slawlv tuu.i their sister States westward; aud the same movement u observed in the Southern States'. 1 If we look at the individual Slates we shall discover some iuteivstiug facts. l'wenly years ago there were only fif teen States in the Union that had more than a million inhabitants each, and and but four of thee had at least two million each. In 1S81 nine teen States hi I passed Hi- mil lion murk, and those winch contained more than two million had been increased by one, Missouri. By the census of ISO) there '.ire tweitt)-six States containing nunc than a million people, Maryland. South Carolina, laiuisiau, Arkansas, Kansas and California have been added during the last decade; while Massachusetts, Indiana, Michigan and Texas have nassnd the two million mark, and have I rough t the number of States of the first rank in population up to nine. When a gre.it State is growing rap idly, the actual -number ot inhabitants it gains is something prodigious. Peiiusvlvanii added iKH),(AM) to its population in the last ten yeirs, New York nine hundred and r r. y thousand, Illinois seven hundred and forty thou-, sand. But Nebraska makes the mo4 astonishing growth, with an increase of six hudred and four thousand. After all, while we are proud of the great, growth of population, which gives political power to the Slides and MimiMiiuities. we mav easily set too high a value upon ncre numbers, For tunately we may truthfully assert that other elements of national greatness go hand in hand with this growth, and as the United Stales is already the greatest self-governmg coniMiuiiity of rn e.n tii. so i it detuned to ho the grandest union-; t!u n itioni. Rill .ca a tno oeni5 A f for th Arn"rio n pp'e h ive "fill ed no the U. S. Senate with million aires a'nl renr"enthtivr of gr-at e n- rwir-iliona. thev will OU1? d-IV h'lV ; rude awakening to Ci iuptu iil tuniditv th-v have b n g idry of Capital h'is no "vichvic- By t hi" wi do not wi-h to h? mdertool to hob. that the possession of wealth, nee esn-ilv prevents a can fron Imviu' co(...,t ion -."rnp'o; hn' wnih main tain that a great nervinvil?itio:i o wealth, whfn repre'enteil by a eorpo ration, and ofte'i when represented h a single ipdividnil, beco rt n v si "rinding, rer.Trse:,fs entn , ;now:n; no n-or il 1 ws. I res riered on.y .. u. 1 1 . such legslation as em ru:i the gtuiit let of its hostile iiill'i-rr . T..e sun f a million do I ri i.i mjg'ificr t li t any man ho lurks behin I it w it owner. The ermey m inters t'a? man It give.; opT'irtnuities th it ire t:m;ita turn- n t bV'br? r sist-1. The ptwe mil of a g."; it- P n't of x :i iti-m's we.ilt hv st eomfviritivel? few iiiJivi.Li.iU i to Ik; dep'ored, but it, cannot well b help-d without a return to arinrcHy. We can, ho"'vor. 'Ui-tiue to let the.-i men le our I iw makers. Thoroughbred Horses. hat do peorde mean bv a "thor oughbred horse?"' The word hi a purely eonventiofia significance As usd in English racing circle, the feint utboronghbrtd'1 means ahorse or u mare whose pedigree is registered in the "Stud-Book" kept bv the official agent of the Jockey Club, The first attempt toevolve-wder out of tlie dnm of English equine pedigree was made in 1701, ami the first volume of th Kud-Book was published in 1S(. All ihe horses now on the turf or at the stud in England trace their ancestry in the direct male line to oue or other of three stallions, viz: f he itvm4t TtfL- of whom mdhmy is known a. , that he was the charger of a Captau Byerly fn 1GSV); the Kariv Arabian a genuine: Arab, nnjorttd from Alimpo about .the end of thrreigiif WjrtuTio- ii, .init iinr rrcimunniue Araoiau, or B u b, brougnt to England about twenty-five yejus later. It is s aid to b impossible to find an Eaglih thor oughbred that through mljes" or f. m ales does not combine thie blood of all these progenitors. It is curious that the development of . speed in the trotting horse, to which so much attention is now pwid intlu United States' dale bad tojthe iuinor- 1 I 'I . .A .- It 1 . " -l" tation, in 17S8, of the thoroughbred I. mm IT horse Messeager from England to Pi.il adelphia.1 This horse, a gray stallions- was at the stud tor twenty years, and almost every trotter of merit in this country, whose pedigree an be work ed out liny be traced back to Messen ger, who seems to have had the facul ty of transmitting to a large percen tage of his deceiidants, whether thor oughbred or not, the trotting instinct. lint, ot course, this instinct has been amazingly developed by breeding and triiiiiing. X. Y. 'Ledger. How Tims is Distribntei by Telegrapi The national Observatory at Wash ington considers it au important part of its business to determine and givo away to any one who choose to ask I it absolutely correct time at noon each day.. Experts paid by Uncle S ini make the computati nis and pi-ess the button at precisely 12 o clock, thus commiini eating the hour to various department in this city. The Western Union is permitted to have its instruments in tha room whence the message i sent, with an attachment to the button, so thut the news is flished. directly iro n tho observatory without even the aid'of au operator-ll over the United State. reaching even so distant a point San Francisco within the space of not more tluiiroue-fifth of a second. For such is the utmost twinkling f required for the passage of an electric upailc through 3U,(XKM) miles of wire. To iiccouiplish this the te'egrapb company is obliged to take a.'l other bnniuess off the wires each day jnat la--fore 12 o'clock. Three minu & and x half before noon ai rives operators la idl parts of the country ceases send in.: or receiving messages and devote tlierr atteution to attaching wiresn uch a miiuner as to establish unbrokea con nection from Washingtoa with poi.i in every section f the Union to whim the lines extend their ramifications. A dozen seconds before the time bell is to strikea few warning ticks come flashing along,, aud at the very moment when the sun passes over the vcntv-htUi meridian a current gives-a signal' thro. from Maine to Florida and from tuj Atlantic to the Pacific, information m htu expectant nation of the time of day. r No.v the way iii wiijcli the telegraph. company makes is money by celling i tothe poeple all over the 'United Suu ; who wave cloc'.s and fiinl it of iiiip r tance t keep them light. lt tlii manner it keeps corectetl hyelectric.il fti abxdote sol ir time no less than 7, tKH) clocks iii the city of New Yjr.c alone. Com. Gazette VitUbnra. . Th: Electric Matar's Wo;k. The New York Sun th i Kpikj ti' Hlwctric powfr. in which tne niortor is summed flip as follows: "In some cities km -far has the se of ehvf ric motor gone, th-it it lis posib! ? f r a mail to-,,y to . drink at breikfast. coffee grond and e a fruit evap -rati d hy elefrie jHMvr. H .ring the m r. -.ng he will conduct hi huin"i with e.ectrically made pens ami ptner ruli ny electr.city. ami make his recor is i rtieet neatly oonud no -, hi s vent i tory otiiee, pi all pritbibilit7. Mils reached hy an electric nfofof elevator. Vr, lunc neon lie will Ik able to dwhsi auigs, huttr and brent, and i nrght. f at ice erea i nnd ormk b- t water due to t he ime electric d eT' '. tie wnl rule all aKvit the phee in eb c tric car. weir sh'rts Ih1 coll in ni?n gle.l and ironed by eetric moror--, -sports a siit of ilohe so went and a hat nocked ey th' nn ' nv m; o-i holi hys ride a merry-go round popelbd oy all electric motoror h ive Ins lo--logg in h in Im1 np the slid, with eq:i ftcdity; be called to church by an eng ine illy tappeil hell, sing hymns to th ; iccoiup mi ne it of an eiectri -.iby down org ui, b; bariel in t co.J i (,t! lectnc ui ik , a j I. I ist of til. h ;ve h, i nne c trve.l on his tom'-to:m ?y tiie ame sii'dl-?, mvterio all-p... .4, , i 1 i.i lefdtgi'.!.? ig iy. V ,iA ,Hl iHia l like i w.td i. id ex i eraut Jig. in ; fancy, bj. i u ..u,dy a faithf.,1 t itenieiit of the in iii.ier in whicheleti rn ity is iieing "I'lppli dloever, ie ,: wt.- "MO .liiu iu.v. . .. hti in Ameiica."