North Carolina Newspapers

r u ., ,, - y - CTTPvL . ' u ;- 1 HE ; ; llEIDSyiLLE limfel? lLj-. - ' I I g- '. J ; J; c ... ; DEVOTED TO TJIE ADVANCEMENT oAreIDSVILLE AND TILE STATE AT LARGE. - - ' r 7 J ' " -1 ' v ;,:r- V : ' VOL. XIII. REIDSVILLE, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1888. rNUHBEIV2!;:-j Piedmont AirrLinc Route I '. J J UtaJC Richmond A Danville Railroad, , Condensed Scbedttte iii Effect Jnne 24 1888 Trains Run by 75 Meridian Time, DAILY. ?: ftOL'THIiOUND. no. al-i NO 53 . - Fw i ork. 1215 am 7 20am It 24am ' 3 40pm 5.VJpm 430 pm ,r Hiilndelphi, lr I'. 'lli(TK8e, j,v U ;i-liingtori. i -J,v ( liarMtesvflle, j.v J ) rifhhjirg, ; o 07 p m 9 431pm 1 1 00 n m I .. F 4 3 00am 5 10 a.m Lv I'i'.hnioTui, LvlfiulievilK i 310pm; 2 30am 517pji.'434am 5 57pj4 5 05 am 13 p m . J20a 'm 8 50 p m 8 (15 a m 10 33pra 9 42am Lv- K'nysvill, ).v Pi aK''s Branch, Lv 1 ifuiville, At ( I rcoiihiboro, 1 v .Mshoo, a Hr,U-i;;h, ',v l'urliani l.i- t'lvipp' nil I v Ili' hVKro,. Ar II rev slf)ro 2 40pm 5 fH) p m 0 04 p m 5 20 pm 0 37 p m 8 35p m S 10 pm 1 45 am 312 am 4 06am 740am Hi 15 p m ' 6 30 a m Ar Utah Point, Ar Salisbury, ll 15 p m 12 01 am 1010 am 11 18 am Ar.KtnUMville, Ar AKhfVillo;. Af Hol-fc5iring3, 151am 1212 pm 7 28 a ra 4 88 pm 0 15 a m 8 to p m Lv Salisbury., r IV CiMl !,'' v JjV L'hn jUM, Lv iS)nrtnnfurg Lv (jiffenvillo,. 13 2fi a m 1 16 a m1 1 65 a m 4 40am 5 50 a m U 00am 1183a-m 13 1 p JIH 12 40 p m 3 37 p m 4 48pm 940 p ra DAILY No. 51. No. 53. MjKTtlltOUNU. Lv Afbm.ta, A'-fJrwnvillp, " SiHirtnnburg, ,: ( 'harlot!, ' Coiicord. " Siilisluryv ' HitU l'nni, " ( inHiisbwiv" 6 00pm 1 06 a m 2 13ain: 4 50am 5 43 a m 23am 733am 8 0q a m 7 10 a m 1 51 p.m " 3 53 pan 5 30pm 30pm 75 0 p m 8 15pm 8 40pTn Sa1'm, 10 40 a m 12 34 a m -l!ilW)orof 1155 am 310pm 11 lX'i" mm, 12.35pm 430am ( L.pcl Hill, , H 15pm " Wili, ( lS5pm 055 am MCVW)ro, " . 4 10 p m 11 45 a ra I'aiifiile '. i " lrnU':' Branch, " Ko.tvillo, ' Hni-keville, ." ' iiii'lmiond. 6 47am 1020 pm 12 25pm .123 am 21 40 pm 1 45 a m , 1 35 p m 2 36 am S30pm 500ara ' L.vio lilnirg, 1'. 40 p 12 55 a m 3 05i a m 7 00am 8 02am 10 47 p m 1 20nra iiiiiotusvme, , 2p a.slungton, - 7 3S pm niil'iirnore o 50 m " riulH.klphia, -300am " Iw York, : 6 20am vl'aUy. Daily, except Sunday , SLEETING CAR SERVICE. x " Trains .ri() and MruHman ufltt jteep J 'r wtween Atlanta ami jMew York. On Trains 52 mifl 53, Pullman Buffet sleep cr -batwem Was-lungton and "Montgomery, Washiiftgtnn'&nd Augusta. Pullman sleeper betwn llichrnond and Greensboro. Pull m7rsiW'opr'between Greensboro and Raleigh. Ifullmaii 'I'ai lor Car between Salisbury and ;Kmxvik. Trirorgh tickets on sale at principal sta ' I ions'to all points. For rates and iuforma timrtfpply to any agent of the ' company, or to Ja.s. L. TAYLOR, Gen.'l Pass. Agent. i'SiVi. Haas, Traffic Manager. . ,. W a.shii'gton,, D.. Q ; -J. S. Potts, Div. Pass. Agent, r 4- Richmond, Va. W. A. Turk. Div. Pass. Ag Raleigh, N. C. Cane Tear & YaiHon Yaltey Railroad CONDENSED SCHEDULE NO. 2. Taking eiTect&OOa. m., Monday, June 11, '88 TRAINS MOyiNO NORTH No. 1 PaNenger & Mail. Freurht & Accoraiidat'n J. ef VP Arriw' Lr;iv A I I I vr I .i ti t A I liv L-av i Hmmpttsville MuAtoa Maxtou . Kayettevilla l'yrleiUe : Snnford banfiird 6 00 7 05 am. X XJ W.IU 3 1( " 715" f, 00 " ! 15 a.m. . 1115 " . 1127 " I 15 " 9 25 a.m 1 40 p.m 2 30 ' 7 25 . " 10 15 am 5 15 p.m A n ii c (ireeiisboro L':ivi (;r'nl)oro L"4v l- Ocrniant'on Ariiv.- m. Airy Si p.m S 00 p.m 7 2l a.m 7 00 p.m No. 1 dinner at Greensboro: TRAINS MOVING SOUTH. No. 3 Passenger & Mail Freight & Accomodat'n 10 15a.ru, Mt. Airy a c ;niianton ' (iiwnstiorp K5 15 a. ro. 5 20 iS.m 9 25'"' 10 05 a. m. 1 J"t n n. L At 5 40 p.nu , 7 45 a.m. i 2 00 p.m. 4 2 30 v 5 50 . G 25 a.m 9 50 " 10 15 " Z 12 15 p.n Lv Mi'iibboro Anne Sanford i l".vo San ford " Anivc Knyottevflls l.iav. Kavitjville ' i iv( M ':ut n Luc Mjixtwu -Ann.' Ui-nnotsvilte 155 400 4 15 G.15 6 25 A 41 I'M N'. -breakfast at Germanton. N". 2 dinner at Sanfoi-d. 'V"Tuny HJl.VNCH. FREIGHT AND ACCOMODT'N Trains Moving North. 7 30 a. m. 0 00 M Aim,. Uiwnsboro Trns Moving South. .Iiwnt.hin-o 8 30p. nv ,K.r t JuTK-tion4 SO Millrxri 51V " -')yy,r nn.l If nil Trains run daily ex- V.. . j- f. u'iLI iiu.l Avtinmi.vf atirm Trnin mns 111 Kn, itvHlnt,! Raiinptsville and return .'liin.i , ..- . - . . . - - .... Iir 31 A TT- . JX . 1 . . T.w. jo ui-eeusooro on luobuajs, irs,l .ys anJ jtuP(jayS. and from Greens- riu;" '" l'" etteville on Monday V Wednee- Mil, I I. . m . r. V...M 4.-. Xtt 'dtiti... .11 . . . - . rr A,'... '". "II " 1 J iuuifc irum imeiBuuiu w "H I fr.. Mieifiavs, Thursilaysandciaturaaya, 0(.v 'i: Jit. Airv m nnwiKhnm on lion- W .v) ....! i. ? . ,:. 1) ' aiinl:u Factory Branch rundaily ex- W. R KYLE. General Passenger Agent FRY, y -al Suptrinttnileni,. I ! ( 4 'Th "e are," says the New York TrF about twice as many womenaj in ..-i'u.i.j: a- the whole social system fit the coun 7 , tus to be constructed for the espe C)a! benefit of the masculine third of the immunity N. B. The men made it" a 11 1' 1 1 in TV titione,Jnmen0fHurley'4"Wi- haye 0.1 close up the ' es of that place. governor kubic to IN , THE HOUSE AND ' SENATE. What Onr (Lawmaker art doing at tha :! S r Hational Capita?. TriEaDAT-HorsE. Mr. O'Neill of Missouri, had the .clerk, read an article in aVishineton paoer to the effect that the efforts of the Democrats in the Ilouse . ' villi r it - i to pessja tHJl for the relief of Cherokee I reeamcn as' the resuir of "a bar train r-with the freedmen's attorney, J. Milton fl urncr,' ana"w4i8 intended as a compen jBaion to him for bin services ia the In dianapolis, colored convention. ' Mr. D'Keil j desired to brand the Itatetnent as an almolute lie. p The Ilouse then went into a commit tee of the whole on general appropria tion bills. - . In the call of the House a bare quorum was shown, but no 'quorum developed when the question re-occurred on the sitting aside of the fortification bill, and at 3 0 the House adjourned, nance committee. The consideration of the fisheries .treaty was then resumed. - The Presidential vetoes of three pen- I Bioh bills nrere presented and referred. I Alter a Driei secret session the. Senate, at p. m. "adjourned. Wednesday The House went " into committee of the whole on the fortifica tion appropriation bill. ' The pending point of order against the establishment of a gun factory at Wa f erverletCars enal was withdrawn Mr. Nutting, otNew York, offered an amendment r appropriating $50,000 for the erection of a dock and appliances at some point on Lake Ontario for the buildibg of armed ships. This led to a long discussion, but the amendment was finally rejectc4. The bill was then reported to the Ilouse and went over until to-morroAv, and,the House at 5 o'clock adjourned. Senate The Sherman resolution L offered yesterday, calling on the Secre tary of the Treasury ' for statement of amounts deposited in the National Banks on August 1, 1888, was passed. Mr. Morgan then resumed his argument in favior-of his resolution to postpone the 'fisheries .treaty until December. After remarks by Piatt, George and Chandler," Mr. Vest saidthat no treaty could be ratified by the Senate which had been negotiated by" Cleveland's administra tion by the man who was a living bar rier to the Republican party gaining power. . ' 4 i On motion of Mr. Prye it was ordered that the vote on Mr. Morgan's motion should take place at noon to morrow, ! The conference repoit on the army appropriation bill was presented. The Senate then at 6:15 adjourned. Tiiuksday House. The fortification appropriation bill passed this morning without division.. After much filabustering and endeavor to get the pension bill considered, Mr. Barnes, of Missouri,' in moving to ads joiirn, expressed his regret that at this late day of the session consideration had -been refused to the general appropria tion bill, in which ten thousand veteran union soldiers were interested- lie blamed nobody, but he gave notice that he would, from day to day, as long as he was able to stand upon his feet, demand the consideration of the deficiency bill. : ' Friday.' Tactics on a proposition to assign ct-rtain days for the consideration of the Keueral pension legislation, and I to takn nn thft ffnftrl dcfiripnfv liilL consumed the time of the session of the V lr UtfUtt- , A bill was passed in the Senate pro hibiting the mailing of obscene or libel ous matter in transparent envelopes and display coverings. The bill fixes pen alty of from one to ten years imprison ment, wad a fine of from $1,000 to $5, 000 for violating the law. At 2 p. m. the fisheries treaty was taken up in open executive session. Mr. Morgan at 2:15 p. m., took the floor and addressed the Senate in favor of the fisheries treaty. At 5 :35 the Sen ate adjourned until Monday, at 11 a. m. Saturday The discussion of the Sen ate bill to restrict Chinese immigration took up most all the time of the Ilouse. During the debate Gen. Harrison was severely critisized for his record on the Chinese question. - . JIonday The House spent most of the day discussing the Chinese immigra tion restriction bill, which after consid erable debate was passed with the Sen ate amendment, providing that the re pealing clause shall go into effect only upon the ratifievtion of the pending treaty. The House then at 5:35 ad journed. Senate. Discussion of the fisheries treaty took up most of the time of the Senate. Mr. Morsran spoke for two hours in favor of the ratification, and was followed by 8cnator Hoar in opposition. Mr. Gray supported the treaty and at nail past nve air. .Morgan took the floor, but at 6 p. m the Senate ad iourned. leaving Mr. Morgan half an hour in - which to conclude the debate before the vote was taken. ' - WASHINGTON NOTES. Bo fathis session eleven million copies of the Congressional speeches have been folded and eent out from the House folding room. This is the largest ever kown. Seven million le ng the great ist number in one session heretofore, Robust Mail Carriers. TBrInanv of the back districts of Ken- tucky the maiif are 01 ten carried as iar thirt.tive -miles dv men , wu tha xclinlft distance once a day. A ...j- - local paper thus describes ooe .of these sturdycarriers : "Mr. Dougherty is very accommodating to persons living along the line (he ought to be.) He will carry vMve mirk-r even a'dog. ii,ri nAf -JtA bi?r: and hi w, .offered. Fenofigh. " lie will ride a norse luruugu forvany one for a quarter, am mail pouches on bis shoulder. YELLOW FEYLH. Better Rerta Frm the trlcta. In the first stage of the epidemic the daily death rate was enormous, there be ing as high as thirty deaths in one day in Jacksonville, Fla., alone. This city and Tampa, Fla ,were the worst -afflicted. The work of disinfecting goes actively forward. ' The sanitary force has been increased to , .nearly 300 men. Many places are found in a decidedly un healthy condition,' especially the prem ises of citizens who have fled. Tar and pitch fires and the" booming of cannon are kept up constantly. The committee on cannonading have batteries firing at different points night and morn ing. Money for the relief committee is coming in, and telegrams have been re ccived from many cities offering munis cipal assistance. Representatives in Congress haae sent telegrams offering to lend their aid towards the passage of the appropriating $200,000. The establishment of a mail fumigation station one hundred miles from Jackson ville instead of in the city is creating no end of trouble and the delay is com pletely paralyzing business. Superin tendent Turner has ordered that all mail from Florida shall be concentrated at j a fumigation station near Waycross, Ga., and be thoroughly fumigated and for warded to its destination . No mail will be sent' to any route through an infected quarantined district, but wiil be delevr ered day by day over whatever routes may be necessary to enable it to reach the office of destination without passage through the infected territory. All ad joining Southern cities have ' established quarrantihe. That goldsBoro n. C, case. , The board of health has issued the following: We, the undersigned mem bers of the board of health, of Golds boro, declare that there has not been, and there Ib not now, a single case of ?ollow fever in this city. The only case hat could have given rise to the report that there was yellow fever here was the case of a young man who came from Florida and went direct to his father's residence, oue mile, from the city, and was taken sick, which case was pro nounced yellow fever. The place being iquarantined and isolated, we apprehend tio danger, and so declare to all people. JSignedJ J." E. Peterson, Mayc; Jas. Spicer, 31. D., Supt. Health; C. L. Kirby, M. D. ; W. II H. Cobb, M. t). I Grasshopper Traps 1 There are three principal methods of destroying th j insects. Where the land had been plowed lor wneat none natcnea out, as inverting the soil destroyed the eggs, and no hoppers were found in the fields of growing wheat. But from ad- joining fields, especially xnose wnere wneat was grown last year ana men abandoned without plowing, they came in armies, sweeping the fields before them. In traveling this way a line of march is formed before which every green thing , disappears. When Dr. Lugger left some fields were eaten into Several rods. 'I he method adopted prior to the arrival of kerosene and tar was to disr a ditch two feet deep and two feet wide just in advance of the approaching host. A few inches of straw is then placed in the bottom and the locusts are oriven into it by walking slowly abng behind them. They cannot jump ut and are burned; or, if straw is not to be had, they are killed by drawing a lg through the ditch-. The tar is used ly placirg it in a shallow sheet-iron pan two feet wide and eight feet long, with a wide board fastened to one side. This is drawn sidewise across the fiell, t)ie hoppers jumpinpr against the boari and falling into 1 he tar, where the; perish. But the handier, more rapid, and most complete method is to use kerosene on canvas, against which the pests jump. Strong muslin or canvas, a yard wide and fifteen feet long, it stretched on a frame and carried on a sled-like arrangement pulled by a team; T, he canvas slants back, and is constantly saturated with kerosene. Every one that hops against this and touches hi? body to the o;I dies instantly. Ont barrel of kerosene will go over abou; one hundred and twenty acres, and will kill two hundred bushel or more. Each farmer is given One barrel of oil, and promises to use it onlv for destroying in sects. Minneapolis I'rtiune, ' A Father's Mirrelons Feat ; In the forest of Isterel, France, a man and woman were at or&, recently, and n'pt far off a babe tn infant C months old was lying iu itscrad!e, which had b:en moved to the frcnt of their cottage ia order that the littleeherub might in hale the fresh air unler the watchful gaze of its fond pareits. Suddenly a fcpise was heard, and m enormous eagle, swooping down from the cerulean sky, seized the babe with leak and claws and began to soar once more toward the sun, when the distracted father, lushing madly into lis but, took up a gun. Without a monent's hesitation the max pointed his weapon at the cruel bird aid fired. The eagle dropped earthwird as dead as a door nail, and its sUrer now achieved another feat which would have won him any amount of applsue at Lord's. He held out his hands and caught the child as it fell, the little one escaping without so much as a scratch, and returning from its journey into mid-air as "bright as a bitton." London Telegraph. .1 Thsa MftArlell VnllAiitl fnsViAA m v 'a a cm .m vueis -BAlijjEaSVUe- la diet the Moorish men are very ab stenious, they consider much eating vugar. iney iiare. nowever, says a ceriespondentof the C muuniil Adver tier, one national and universal dish, Ike beans to Boston, or rice to tb &nth. It is called by them kusksoo, cd is made of the finest part of tha vheat floor, rolled into small jrllets the izf cf grains, and left to dry in th an. For table use it is steamed ovat te' pot of boiling sheep or goat meat, ich is flavored with onion and ani d, and afterward surrounds this dish olmeat when sent to thi table. Kusk so; or kuskusu garnishes every stew, ieted, no dish is comp'ete without if. an 1 its consumption is universaL I first atet under the impression that I wasi eatin; grains of steamed barley, but soontfter learned my mistake. j 1 - ---..- RAILROAD NEWS. Some General Information, New En terprises, etc; Sol Haas, traffic manager of the Asso ciated Railroads of Virginia and the Carolina has resigned that position to accept a similar position with the Chesa -peak and Ohio road. Mr. Haas has been connected with the Atlantic Coast Line and Richmond and Danville roads for the past eight or ten years. By his' tact and business ability he has made himself very popular, and his resignation, will be regretted both by the officers of the road and others who hare had dealings with him. Mr. Haas in the future will be located at Cincinnati, Ohio. BALE OF THE VIRGINIA AND CAROLINA. The Virginia and Carolina railroad, its rights of - way, Works and properties, which were sold at Richmond, under a decree of the Chancery Court of Rich mond, in the case of the city 'of Peters burg, against the railroad company, was bought in by a Richmond gentleman for Moncure Robinson and others, guaran teed stockholders for $165,000. The sale is subject to a debt of $101,640 due the city of Petersburg, which is a lean on the property of the purchaser.' ' This line, when - completed, will be sixty miles long, extending from Peters burg to Ridgway, Ni C. ' Manufacturing Peach Baskets. One of the most important industries on the Delaware peninsula is the manu facture of peach baskets. A leading dealer says that the manufacturing season begins about the 1st of April and continues until the end of August. During that time the many factories all over the peninsula are pushed with work, hundreds of men and boys are kept busy nailing the baskets and many more are engaged t in various depart ments of the work. The price paid for nailing is $1 per hundred, and a eood nailer can put up from 150 to 200 a day. - The ordinary peach basket is com posed of twelve staves and four hoops. The staves are made of gum and the hoops of oak and Southern pine. It is not uncommon to sec logs cut, hauled to the mill, steamed and made into baskets the same day. The cost of making a basket, includ ing timber, nailing and wear and tear on machinery is about three cents; it re tails at the factory all the Way from four to eight cents, according to the supply and demand. Formeily five-eighths of a bnshel was the common size tor peach baskets, but during the last two years the half-bushel basket has become very popular with fruit-growers. A large Bharo of the baskets manufactured in Delaware are sold directly to' the grow ers, but immense quantities are shipped to wholesale dealers in Northern cities. Improvements are being constantly made in the manufacture of basket', and it is expected that a gift peach basket will be .made the coming season to retail at three cents or even less.- Neva York Mail and Express. South America's West Coast. The products of the countries on the wet coast of South America, are "sugar, coffee, cocoa and cotton, while those of the towns are Tanama hats" and fleas. In each of the ports the"native3 are busy braiding hats from vegetab'e fibres, and the results of their labor find a market at Panama and in the cities of the coast, where, as in Mexico, a man's wealth is judged by what he wears on his head. The hats are usually made of toquilla or pita, an arborescent plant of" the cactus family, the leaves of which are often several yards long. When cut, the leaf is dried and then whipped into sh-eds almost as fine and tough as s;lk. Some hats are made of single fibres, without a splice or an end from the centre of the crown to the rim. It often requires two or three months tomake them, and the best ones are braided under water as the fibre is more pliable when immersed. The cost of a single hit U sometimes $250, but such lasts a lifetime, and can be packed in a vest pocket or worn inside out, each side being a3 smooth and well finished as the other. The natives make beautiful cigar cases too, but it is difficult for a stranger to purchase either these or the hats, because they have an idea that all travelers are rich, and will pay any price that is asked. One old lady produced a cigar case, such as are sold in Japanese stores for $lor $2, and politely otfereJ to sell it for $20. When I told her I could get a silver one for that price, she came down to $1?, then to $12, and finally to $1. They have no idea of the value of money, and are habitually imposed upon by local traders, who exchange food for their work at merely nominal rates, and then sell the hats at enormous figures. American Magazine. The Match City. The busy little city of Akron, Ohio, thirty -five mles from Cleveland and two hundred and fifty miles from Cincinnati, which owes its prosperity to the di versity and healthy condition o. its manufacturing industries, enjoys .the especial distin-tion of producing more matches than does any other town or city in the United States, e The united product of the Akron fac tories of the Diamond Match Company and the Miller Match Company reaches the seeming y fabulous cOunt of nearly one hundred million matches per day. If these matches were laid singly end to end they would form an unbroken line something like three thousand miles loo while a sufficient quantity is made in eight days to encircle the globe. To pack this "ecormou output in paper boxes requires the annual consumption of over one thousand tons of thin straw paper, or straw board, as it is called. A trip through these great fsctoriea will well repay the studious obcerver. The machinery which turns out ma-'ches and paper boxes seems almost human in intelligence and dexterity; while the nimble fingers of the young ladies who pack the matches in boxes must be seen to be appreciated. - and one can hardly realue that these A sing e mi ten seems a Inning tning, two factories alone c nsume in the manufacture atant eight million feet of lumber snnua'lr, whi'e untold quantities of chemicals are worked up in their laboratories. Cirteinnnti Enquirer, POLITICAL NEITS. Gen. Harrison was fifty-five jears oil Monday. . Dr. Abernathy has retired from the Prohibitionist State ticket in North Car olina and says the third party will dam age the cU3e of Prohibition. . James L. Cui tis, of New York, and James N. Greer, of Tennessee, for Presi dent and Vice-President, were nominated by the American party in session at Washington last week. The New York Democratic State con vention has been called to meet at Buf falo on September 12 to nominate candi dates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Judge of the Court of Appeals. Hon. George O. Jones, chairman of the national committee of the Greenback party, has issued a call for a National Convention September 12th next, to nominate candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States, It is reported that Blaine has advb-ed the Republican Senators to bring in no tariff bill and leave the whole refponsi- bility for tariff legislation with the De mocracy. ' It is announced that a proposition is under consideration by the Democratic campaign managers for a joint discus sion of the tariff question by Speaker Carlisle and Mr. Blaine. News from Texas indicates that the Republicans are going to make a pretty hard fight in the wool growing districts of Texas. In the Gonnecflcat Democratic Con vention Hon. Morgan Bulklcy was nomi nated for Governor by acclamation. Wiley Shook, a leading Republican of North Carolira, and editor of the Clyde Register, has declared he will yote for S. M. Finger, Democrat Shook was a del egate to Chicago and his defection is a severe blow to the Republicans. . Gen. Lew Wallace, the distinguished author of "Ben Hur" and life-long friend of Gen. Harruon, has just completed an authorized biography of him.. W. U. Hensel,' a staunch leader in National councils-of the Demociatic pariy, has just completed an admirable biography of Cleveland, with a bright sketch of Thurman. ? Gen. Harrison is recreating at Middle Bass Island on Lake Erie. There are 1,200 Republican clubs in New York State, with a membership of 200,000. lied Sea Pearl. The mother-of-pearl fisheries of the Red Sea extend the whole length of that water, f About three hundred boats are employed by the Arab tribes who are engaged in the work- open, undecked boats, of from eight to twenty tons burden, carrying a large lateen sail, manned by crews of from five to twelve men, and each provided with a number of small canoes. There are two fishing seasons, during the year, one of four and one of eight months, during nearly the whole of wtiich the boats keep the sea. Fatal accidents are said to be unknown among the divers, and they are remark able for their strength and good health. They dive between the ages of ten and forty years,' and the practice is said to have no ill effects. . Operations are con ducted only in calm weather, when the shell can be discovered by the eye at a depth varying between seven and fifteen fathoms. Of late years, empty petroleum tins, with the ends knocked out and a sheet of glass inserted in one end, have been used to assist the eye. The glazed end of the tin is submerged under the sea, when a much clearer and ' deeper vision is obtained. During the last ten years the find is said to have diminished, owing to the dearth of shells, from ten to twenty ' per cent, in quantity. JVtt r Tori Star. ' On Trial for Her Life. The Criminal Court in session at Char lotte, N. C.. is occupied With ther trial of Ann Robinson, colored, for' the mur der of Millie Robinson, ..also colored, Ann Wallace and Mi life ' Robinson,- who were both, married women, became en amored of a colored - man ia their neigh borhood, and on the way home from church, on the fatal night, they began a qvairel which ended in bloodshed.' Ann attacked Millie fiercely and knocked her down in the road. She quickly sprang upon the prostrate woman and with -a pocket knife stabbed her four times in the neck and breast, when she threw the knife away and walked off. The injured woman got up, took a few steps forward and fell dead. ". The jury brought in a verdict of man slaughter. Judge Meares sentenced the defendent to a term of 15 years, at hard labor, in the State penitentiary. A Colored Paragraph 1st. T. J. Smith, editor of the' Pittsburg, Pa., Broad Axe, the colored men's organ, attended the recent convention at In dianapolis. His op-nion of that gather ing may be gathered from the following headlines for his report of the proceed ings ia the Broad Axe: "A negro Democratic hell, mixed with free wool Indiana tangle-foot is the cause of a red-hot time The Democratic scheme to get the negro vote Razors glisten in the sun like stars in the sky on a clear, frosty winter night A free-for all fight The most disgraceful political meeting, white or black, that ever as sembled We smell the ' brimstone ytt." Daceitfal Spenjres. ; Temptingly! displayed along Four teenth street are baskets of beautiful white sponges, offered marvelomly low rates. It is probably worth the ex perience to pay the few cents demanded for, an attractive lookiog sponge inas-; much as one will find that those sponges are not the clean and airy things they seem to be. After a year's immersion in water, hot or o.d, it will be found that the sponge stilt retains the consistency of a petrified and perforated rock. The clear white color ij dust to the bleaching effect of a chemical of such peculiar j power that the bleach remains long after tbe sponge itself x$ disappeared. As . It it generally admitted that the Frenchman is the most ypjatils person in the face pf the earth; 'STATES.-- . . ? . JIORTH CAROLINA., :,:T? i Many calls are made upon S. B. Alex ander to make speeches duilog the campaign- .' - V. . I President Cleveland signed the Char lotte public building till: on Tuesday morning. ..The bill for -Stateaville'a building has also been signed. :F. Sledd, of Virginia, graduate stu dent of Johns Hopkins' University, ha been appointed professor of French and German at Wake Forest College. - The North Carolina Conference of lo cal Method!:.! " preach rs . convened at Rutherford College Friday. Mrs. Senator Vance is at i, ,Gombro Jd,'M ti e Scmtor summer home,: near Black Mountain station, in western North Carolina. . " ! . . . j Graham's cotton factory, lately com pleted, costing $150,000, i J now running night arid day and they cannot supply the demand. A Baltimore 'firm 'took $50,000 stcck in the concern.' . ' : Two. sheep ranches have been establish ed near Ashen lie. One by a Western man the otler by a gentleman from New York. The section is said to bo admir-i ably adapted to sheep culture. . ) Fish Gunn, a negro twenty, years of age, of Alamance county, attempt el criminal assault ' oa Miss Par's; at the home of her brother, Willi im Paris, near Attamuhiw. The lady was i wakened bv some one in her room, andXscreamei. Gunn made his escape through a win dow. He was arrested, fully identified and jailed. : "-v v " : :':-.'- : . i James Woods, of Woods '& Baker; Statesville, has been arrested on fifteen charges of forgery and is in jail in de fault of bail. . : v . - . ' v . 1 Matilda Griggs who strayed away from home, in Macon r" county, ' was found Saturday in an almost dying condition ' John T. McKinnon, a merchant c wadesviiie, Montgomery county, was found dead in his store. Beside him was a shot gun, and in his head was ; a , larger tvound made by shot, bome, beaeve hat it was a case of suicide, while others hink it accidental. McKinnon 1 ft haTie early in the morning with tne gi.n. SOUTH CAROLINA. : I ! The Farmers Encampment at Spartan burg is proving a grand success, j j Augusta is moving in the right di rection to make the National ' Expofition there a grand success, j The farmers of Fairfield are making arrangements for the hole1 jg of an. insti . ,tute in tnat county. ' " There is some talk of the woolen (mills now located at Hamlet, , ,N. C. , being removed to Cheraw. ' The first bale of South Carolina cottor ' has been sold at Orangeburg. . : . ' ; . i , -:, John Graham, , a respectable colored man, of Walterboro, was struck by lightning Wednesday afternoon.' j An unknown balloon passed over Camden,' one day last week. - ! The openirg of the JJC's road to Rock Hill was celebrated by the people of that town on ; Thurtday, - an ' ex cuision train was run from Charleston to Rock HillJi j Over One Hundred Lire Lost. The Steamship Geiser, of the Inroan valla line, which left New York Saturday August 11th, for Europe, was run into off Cape Race on Tuesday by the steam ship Thingvalla of tbe same line. Her sides were stove iq and she sank rapid lv. The panic stricken people were got inbo boats as rapidly, as possible, tbe Thing valla's boat being used in the work cf rescue. j; - . I The Geif er sank so fast, however, that before the boats returned from the Thing valla after their first trip the disabled boat had cone down, leaving scores of , j people struggling in the water. Many of these were picked up, but when tne roll was called on board the Thingvalla. it was found that seventy -two passengers and thirty -three of the crew of the Geiscr were missing. The Hambutg Line steamship, Weiland, which was in the vicinity, came up in time to assist in tUe work of rescue, and she divided the res cued party with the Thingvalli, the lat ter proceeded in a damaged condition for Halifax, while the Wieland pro ceeded to New York, arriving at quar antine late. in the afternoon. It is re ported that only 14 passengers, and 17 of the crew of the Geiser were saved, including Cspt. Mullen. The collision occurred about 4 o'clock Tuesday morn ing. First Mate, Henry Brown had been in charge, the Captain having retired at 11 p. m., the night being penectiy clear and no danger apprehended. About 4 o'clock the Captain was awakened by a call from the chief officer on the bridge, who said there was dan ger of a collision. A moment later there was a schriil blowing of whistles which awakened tbe passengers, but, before they could get on deck, there was a terrible shock and tbe vessel's side was crushed in. Some of the water-tight compartments were broken into, and the ship began at once to sink. Those on board were thrown into confusion and a panic ensued. - , I The official report of the Geifer diaas ter shows that there were 93 passengers on board, of whom seven were second cabin and the remainder steerage. The crew numbered seventy men, including officers. . None of tbe cabin passengers were saved,' but- 17 of the crew were saved, inclusive of the. officers. Of the steerage passengers, fourteen were saved. Tbe loss of life is therefore, 133. " Where the Faalt Best. -He "I was to mortified that TOO should see me fall from my bicyle. Miss Maodie. but I can assure you that the fault retted entirely tn the bicycle., Yes, for a moment. Mr. Geclip, and then the bicycle rested entirely on the faulL Nm Tori San. r ! A man in Akron, Ohio, asks $75,000 damages for the loss of a finger. Esti mating a finger at $73,000, what ia a fall hand worth! Chicsgola the MhScandinavian tity in the world, " and Minneapolis ths THIS TWIN Fperd tlieISTy. Thr a better dny pbroa5nj. We have watted for iVkmjrl X have prayvl for ittoatMM. And cu faith ha nj&J. u Mrotxj J' We hare laborvd.w baveatriren. kix Kndwlojj that oir tau wm ru-tju v 1 i Andxt trust. lr"il ot JIiro iFpfKl Itw dy wIkmi pnIiibtiA into ir JorAi.iKi irvi'nn, j Hail the ' Utrf layl that's comiu, f When the df m n of the still Grove 1 in the dut lefora , . r, ' UMip4emibyanui:bty wIJI if Byt he-will 0 thiwijo're striving To upltft the uriadJ of mm., . And to maki them tettcr, nobler, I By the work of voice and pen. ? . ; v 1 ; . . . , , jm:.-'" Haaten, day that break the fetters t Ot 1 b tyrant, drn to kjr: . 1 1 i f Pet the careletwona to thmkine. ' b'eek the weak and make them drong. Grand the work and grand tt workers On thU twttleneld of rlrbL t . . ' i. Grami the i Hnh that eptiroachins, lUlpus Uod'.win tlie tight., , Kffects of WJUkrr.f ; Colonel 'Dobn Inpemolr probably never made so great a tuutake as tea glowin& eulogy on whisky which he wrote about year ago, and which , we now again repro aucs: "J sen t you some pfftbs most wonderful whisky, tbt ever drove the skeleton ironi a feast or painted landscape In the brain, of man. HTk the mingled sosU of wheat ant corn. In it you w ill find the tuunbine and shadow that cbae each other over tbe bil lowy fields, the breath ef Jane, tha carol of the lark, the dew of tbe nigbt, the wealth of kuturaer.and autumn's rich coatett sllgold- en with imprisoned Jiht. prink it, end, you will bean the voice of men and malleus singing the llarvtwt Hoine," nungkxl wnaf the laugbter of chill re n. Drink it, and J'6j ' will feel witbiu your blood tbe star-lit da wna, the lreamy, taw ny du&ks of many perfect, days. For forty years this lijull joy been within the ha(py stare or oak, loaging' to touch the Hp of man." , 1 f ! T Tlie objection to this i that, Jaftet rnAttur all due allowance for the exaggeration poetry, it gives a radically Tmsleading im prw&ion as to the social value of eren very ' old w hiky. i ll .wliUtky produced the elTecU which CoJonel 'UU" asnbe to At. It would, undoubtedly, be to bent gift bestowed by Providence on Buffering, tolling, humanity"" But,1 unfortunately, it duos not produce these effects on any, or on more than very few at all events, it may possibly ouse some to "hear the voice of men and maidens singing tbe 'Harvest Home,' mingled with tbe . laughter of children." But what the grvat majority of people hearfwhen thr take it to lulficient quantity to be' affected' by it. Is the - voice of men awearinfc at maiden.' and tbe fella of children un ler the application ot thp patei nil poker ami tongs.; ,ln tidtnl1 effects'. aifferent people in different way, borne n makes hilarious and others morose. Borae :an take a good bal without fealing lt,j while others are iipvt by a mouthful of ik It was extremely rash of the Co'onel to pre dict to any particular hidirlduaj What ll$ effecu on him wyuld bei x Very likely its' principal effect on hi friend was to make him feel within bis blood simply a passionate l(:re to lie down and go to.lip.-J-i(dai ' C'o(iftfuiton. j "I Started From Your C4r.ft s, Jna certain village of Chenango County, NT Y., there lives an aged ooup'e. .The line of trouble and sorrow mark the Jeoa of. each. Often on a summer evening, juttatdusk, you will And them sittinj, nuiet and sad. by the grave of an only son. A handsome atone marks the pou Tbe story ot thir grief is tbe same old sad one of alcoholic drinks. Deacon was an ' energetic farmer, a leader in the church, and an Influential man in the neighborhood hi wife a loving, economic, Christian woman; the r only child a toy. Thedeacon did not trouble himself about the temperance movement The "tirade, a h3 called it, on cidr was particularly of fensive to biro, lli father id it, and so, did he. It was rolled In bis cellar sm generous quantities . The boy, a bright, keen, prom ising child, had free acces to it, an i grew to like it. The pareeU did not become alarmed unlil tne boy, now entring into BMnbeod, wanting something stronger, lie wa often found at the village bar, and, with a 'fast horse, often at the -oonty eafc. u One night the villaee people were startled by the furious galloping of a runaway horse through the mam . strer. .j -Near ft tbe m ddle of th.efctrtet . tbey found the remains of a 8u'ky,.and the insensi b'6'frirn ot th-daeeh's son. He' was horribly minglel, having been dragged quiUj a ditan by tbe heels,': which had been caught and held by seme 'part of the sulky when bo fell sfrom the seat Tbey nrned the etill unconscious lad home to hi sorrow-irtrk ken parents. Tbe doctor was sent for. but pronounced the case bopsless. " After a few hours of noming, and tbe ap plication of restorative, be cam to his fceose. He knew he was dying His father bt nt overblm In agony, wringing bis bands, while tbe poor mother, half dawed with grief, wept in aaguiVi. The tioy. after several astempU to speak, aid: Father, it 1 ! to weep now, I've been a bsl ty, but 1 could not live without drink. I learned to like it at the table and in tbe fieUL If I to hell, I starVxl from your cider." last night he died. The poor oM roopl carry this terrible reproof to tbe grave. t The heavy bur len ha crushed tbem into oia sg before tbeir time. Good Times. . Rum's 3Iyrlad Vlcllma. JCot les thair0vtrtinBi go annually to to tbe lrsnkard' grave, from tbe homes of this land. I'estilence and war combined do not, la thra country, e'liial iU destructive energy. The waste of human life wrought every five year by our i(W,(Wi saloons. If e-ual to tbe dtruction of Ufa by both armies, nuinliering millions of armed men, during tbe entire war-of the rebellion. In their hand strong drink I a weapon so fatal that the .VM.OQ J drunkard makers are able to accomplwb more in tbe same period than lour times tbeir number could with shot awl thel!, fire and word, and all the appliances of modern werf are. The cmrltv of war is not mearored by tbe number of those who fall in battle, hot by tbe unutterable wo and bitter angnisb of broken hearts and dmoltM -bomes. ; Me, em phatically Is It trae. f thai I ; the mere dostroction of SOKTI lire but year affords no measure of the relentless cruelty of the Ikraur power In Its war against Rot ivty. To realiw this you moat go to the dishonored bomw, qneaion . the broken' hearts, read the voiced misery in wan ana' ha x card (ace, hear be! pie child rm cry for 100IT tbem strtclwn down by drunken and infuriated fathers, and omettRiee .even by, besotted mother, witness tbe debauchery aSd ruin of youth, and the otter drada tkm, ignorance, poverty and , nusary wbkb everywhere n! always accompany tbs vlo- i Alas' how true and terrible is this iadict ramt of tbe saloon. Oh,; that froea irsry bill top .ni vaifcry, from moontato, and Miii. fmrnritr ud bjunluC. Irm lake td - kulf and frjm sea So sea. there migbc thwr : Safari tbe nnitl voice of oar stxty mlil- I danariM I ion of p-opU in mo it solemn Declaration of n 1 iWimvUiim of this cruel Klnz. whose in- tories ana nwirpewon 7,""" y . on ot our free eioveTjmen---CfUo ft - It is said that a tavern in,predcn.I pears the :gn: "English and American r spoken ; here. Some - Englishmen say there is more troth than poetry ia Uuii notice. ,f..;', When A. T. Stewart died there was to his credit on' the booki cf A T. 1