North Carolina Newspapers

VIIjLE DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEIDSVILLE AXD THE STATE AT LARGE VOL. XIII. REIDSVTLLE, N. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1889. NUMBER 41. km: MEEDS IME&. (tu Jlil id 3 TEE EL Int. r (j in. Bw pit' 0 is let ttei if ft " i T.i 1 ilia piedmont Air-Line Route, jjlchmontl A Danville Railroad. Settle in M Jan. 6, 18E9. Trains Run by 75 Meridian Time. ' DAITY. 5uTIil'.0UND. NO. 50. NO. 50. NO. 52 York', I3 15 am 7 20am 9 45 a m 1 1 24 a m .240pm 5 45 p m 8S0pm 4 30pm fi 57 p m 042pm 11 00 p m 8 00am 510am 7 45 a m fT Washington fTChat!.'.tt.'SViiio Danville fjRk-hnV'ii'U Lv Burke villi-, LrDanviil", 310 pm 5 12 p m 5 5:i p m 8 50 p m 1 0 U-l j) m 2 30am 427am 5 07 a m b 05 a m 9 42 a m 4rGrn-,';r l.V HOI' !' '" 11 55 am 10 p m 8 10 p m 1-' a m ; 4 p m 4 lo p m ArrlaWg'1 4 45 p ni 5 50 p m HlJOpm 1 45 am 3 12 a m 7 40 a m jr Durham ir Grer sKoro Lr haleni 10 15 pm G CO am Grei7 or, lr Salisbury, . KC45 p m Yi XI a m 9 50am 11 18 a m 13 12 p m 4 44 v m 6 10pm irStfltcsviIl, ir Ash'-vill", 1 51 a m 7 41am 9 20 a m ArHot:-lrnigV ySali-ljury i 20 n 111 1 55 a m 4 40a m 5 50 11 m 1 J 00 a m 1 123 a in 12 40 pm r,:j7pm 4 48pm 0 40 p m ArClia1 lot.' ft, xS'pmtniiburg .vGrwinville, ir Atlanta, rClmrlotte 2 10 a m 0 ;.0 ft m 10 ;:o p m 00 p ro 10 pm 05 a m irC'ilujni'tii Ar August a DAlliY No. 51. No. 53. Aiiirirt.u 0 15 p m 10 40 p m a :j5pm ) 00 p m 1 (x; a m 2 11 a m 4 oO a in 0 22 a m 8 45 12 50 a m p m 'CiiUiiiM;i ri'harWti- : 10 i) m 7 10 a ni V Allaiit i. r(ir-:Tivii!;, ' 1 51 p m 2 52 p m 5 80 p m 7 05 p m ftutfV.i'i'.lig, C'h.iri'iitti, v 7tt 8jr i'jip" 8 05 p 111 12 10 p m A-'in'IV ' 940 p m 1 32 p ni Sfrtts. Mi, :i::oam 0 01 p ni r S t! is! 11 1 y 4 "7 p 111 0 4."1 p m . Siili-Jiury 27 p 111 7 12 a m : Un'!-ii-.!i'"ti-i). 8 00 a m 8 40 p m tviViu, ll 10 am 12.3-1 am. rCn enshoro, 9 4 a m 10 50 p m hitrluun. 12 02 p m -TKO a m Raleigh, 102pm '750am 10 00 am 10 o a m Goldsboro, 3 10 p m 11 45 am Greensboro "8 05 pm 9 47 a n 12 41 pm 1 20 p m s-:;o p m S .50 a m 10 20 p m 1 47 a m 2 m am ' 5 15 a m 12 55 a m 3 00 a m 7 00 a m 8 20 a nr 10 47 p ro 1 20 p m Danville ICeysville, liurUevilie, Kiehmond. V viu'liliurcr, 12 40 p m 2 55 p m 7 !5 p m S 50 p m 8 00 a in (5 20 a m Charlotttsville, Washington, PifiHinu.ro, liiliulc-lptiia. New York, Daily. Daily, except Sunday Sl.KI I'lM) C.VIt SERVICE. - inTrnins 50 anil 51, I'lillman HufTet sleep K'tu iM-n, At Inula iiiii) New York. n Trains 52 an! 55", 1'ullnian Buffet sleep- liftvvein '.'n.-liintrtoii ami Montgomery, hinfoii .ni'l Atiyusta. l'ullman sleeper jtcn ivK'iimoiiii ami Ureens-boro, loill- !i4 H i'li tvoen trreonboro and Baleigh. man J iirlor C ar between baiK-bury and iivilliv TnrtUiili lii'kets on snlo at, urineiiml sta- a U 11 points. For rates and infornia lapiilv to any ntroiit of the company, or Jn's. L. TAYLOlt, Gen.'l l'ass. Agent . Haas, Tratlie Manager. AVashh'gton, D. C. J,8. IVm, Div. rass. Agnt, lliclmiimd, Ya. A. Tt tuc, Div. Pass. Ag't, Kaleigh, N. C. ape rear & Yattm Valley Railroad COXDKXSEU SCIlEDULE XO 0. F'Dg elfeet y.45 n. m., Monday, Dee. 24, '63 THMNS MOVINO NORTH. , No. 1 Tassenger & Freight & Mail.- Accomodate 6 Bennettsville 5 GO a'in. 0 00 p.m 8 .20" " y 15 1 25 " 0 05 a.m 1 20 p.m 2 .HO " 7 25 " 10 2) am pe Mnxton (5 30 40 8 25 I ve.Maxt.ii n v Fnvi tU'ville re Kh vet to vide 8 50 a.m. r.ve Nil i if. : '10 50 11 10 re8'mf..rd . v 'IiVfiishoro 2 25 p. in 2 5 ) p.m I'Titii-lHiro v Mt. Airv 50 p.m 5 15 p.m i lircakiast at Fayrtteville, dinner at G reenstHro. TS TUAlNs MOVINO 80CTH. No. 2 Fassenger & Freight & it. Airv a 45 a. m. 7 20 a.m. ,rvii!.!ir.) 7 45 " 2 00 p.m. 'nshoia 10 ( 0 a.m. 7 30 a.m. 'm or. i I ;;o p. m. 1 50 p. m. J'nf.Td 15.5 " 2:W " 'Kuwttovill. 4 (Hi " 5 50 " 'Vi'tniilo 4 15 " 5 4) a.m rhit n C. I". 0 45 4 Hsxton H L'S " 10 35 " 'tnu-tsville 7 1 " 1 00 p.m. he relict o. 2 l,i akfast at Greensboio. dinner at tanford. AXD MADISON URAXCnE. FREIGHT AXD ACCOMMODATION. Trains Moving North, 8 0.)a. rn. y :$o " 10 io " I M.'i, iistniro n Jj225p. m. Trains Moving South. r v. o & n -t. ro 1 45 p. m. 4 !o p. 4 45 0 30 44 a'uoro 'hd:.,vy 'ad l Mail Trains run daily ex i k: ! ru rjei,eju liwsuay, c's a:nl Sjitnnlova- tr vr. pATfttTiH "lit;, r i-:m. . . . : 1 1 - 'f- , .'ft i'lijt 1 1 i :t , n , ii i u. i. u.Jti 5 uuvj ("jOff -lK)i..i . V. 'Th,ir..l. .. 'JU lilt A UT-lifci J!". 3, !' 1 Lt-vta Vs. ThiiiNi.luve Sitiir.li v a W...J . r.v. E. KYLE, General I'astcnger Agent, pnl SuDeriEtndar. WASHINGTON, D. C. HOUSE AND SENATE. Om National Irfiw-Makera Deliberate on Measures for tha Public Good. Monday House -Under the call of the State.? tae following bills were intro duced and referred : By Mr Davidson, of Florida, for the appomtme'nt of a apeeial sanitary inspec tor in the marine hospital service. By Mr Iilount, of Georgia, to punish buying and selling of votes. By Mr Bland, of Missouri, for the free coinage of silver. . By Mr Cowles, of North Carolina, a bill containing the internal revenue features of the Mills bill, and moved it'.- reference to. the committee on appropria tions. Agreed to yeas 129. nays 91. Mr Brower, of North Carolina, intro duced a bill to repeal the tax on tobacco, and moved its reference to the committee on war claims. Lost yeas 108, nays 117 - and the bill was referred to the ways J ana msans committee. The I louse then proceeded to the con sideration of the business pertaining to the District of Columbia. No busiress of general importance was transacted, and the House at 5 :40 adjourned. Senate Senator Hear introduced a concurrent resolution regulatiDg the counting of vote3 for President and Vice President, which was referred to the committee on privileges andj elections. It provides that the two Houses of Con gress shall meet jointly on Feb. 13th, next, and canvass the votes cast. Tariff bill resumed. In the courso of a general discussion after the saH sched ule had been taken up, Senator Plumb twitted Senator Vance for his silence and non-action in the matter kA taxes on mica, peanuts, rice and other North Carolina products. The Senator, hesuJ, had lifted uphii voice early and often against the tax of eight cents per hundred pounds ou sa't, but had rna'lo no move to relieve the people of the United States from the tax j 01 ii per etui om rice. ileum noi cen sure him for that. The Senator was pur suing the line of the interests of his peo ple. There was one North Carolina in terest which the Senator did desire to have put on the free list, and that was moonshine whiskey, but not for free rice, free mica, free peanuts or free sunnch. Senator Vance replied to Senator Plumb aud said that he partly; admitted admitted the accusation. If he did not lepresent the interest of his coastituents he would not be lit to occupy -a seat in tlie Senate. . brnator liiair asKeci nim wuetner tie would vote to reduce the duty on lum ber, another North Carolina product. Senator Vance : '"I will. 4I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word."' Senator Blair: "How much will you vote to reduce' it?'' Senator Vance: 'I will vote to make it so free that there shall be no duty on the pi inks that shelter the poor man from the storm." - After further discussion the bill was laid aside without action on the pending amendment. . Tuesday House- As a special order the . Senate bill for the admission of South Dakota and the organization of . xsorth. Dakota was brought up and Oc cupied the full day without coming to a vote. - Senate On motion of Mr Voorhees, the Senate bill referring to the court of claims of the State National bank of Louisiana, for cotton taken by agents of the treasury department after the 30th of June, 1865, was taken from the calendar and passed. The tariff bill was then resumed, the pending question to place salt on the free list. ' -The debate drifted oil to generalities which occupied the balance of the day. The Senate at 5:55 adjourned. Wednesday The House continued a:'Z: i. uii sionjlll. :.-u Pending further debate, the House, after passing the bill making Columbus, Ohio a port of delivery adjouned. Senate The proposition of Mr Vest to put salt on the free list was rejected; yeas 23, nays 2G. Mr Allison offered some changes in the committee amendment as to Tagger's iron. Mr Jones, of Arkansas, moved to put Tagger's iron on the free list. In the debate which ensued Mr Morgan said that the object of the Senate bill was to increase tho profits of manufacturers. Mr Allison denied this statement, and said that its object and purpose was to enable laborers in this country to pr.3 ducc things on equal terms with laborers in other countries. During a discussion between Mr Mor gan and Air Ilawley, the former said that if the negroes could be expelled from Alabama the price of lands would go up 100 per cent. At the conclusion of Mr Morgan's re marks, Mr Chandler made an argument in favor of increasing the duty on skates There was further discussion, but no vote was reached on the amendment, and at G P M the Senate adjourned. Thursday The House continued the dgrussion of the territorial admission bilL Pending the reading of a substitute offered by Mr McDonald, of Minnesota, the House at 5 o'clock adjourned. Senate Consideration of tariff bill continued. An amendment to the tin plate paragraph was offered and adopt ed. The amendment proposing a duty on suar made from le'K fornhum or sucar cane Town iu the United State wss th n taken up. Messrs Sherman, Plumb. Stewart and Morrill advocated the amendment and declared they could not see how it could have any political effe t, and Mr Eustis spoke at .letgtb in oppo sition to it. . No vote was reached, and after a short executive session the Senate at 5:40 ad journed. - FniDAV territorial .--Hocstu Consideration of ,,bills was resumed, and Mr . ': - McDonalds substitute waa rejected by a vote of 117 to 122. . Mr Perkins, of Kansas, moved to amend the Springer amendment by pro viding that if the Sioux Falls constitu tion i3 ratified by the people of South Dakota, the President shall issue bis pioclamation declaring the State of South Dakota admitted into the Union. Agreed to. , The House then proceeded to vote on the Omnibus bill, as amende1, as a sub stitute for the Senate measure, and it was agree to by a close party vote, after which the Senate bill so amended was passed. The House took a recess from 5 until 7 o'clock, and1 the evening session was devoted to pension bills. Tbe Senate at 11:30 resumed cons id eration of the tariff bill, the pending question being on an amendment re ported from the Finance committee, al lowing a bounty of one cent per pound on sugar produced from beets, sorghum and sugar cane crown in the United Debate on amendment lasted until 5 1 o'clock without intermission, having taken a wide political range,-the princi pal ,-ipeakers beiDg Messrs. Reagan, Butler, Chaedler and Spooner. The amendment was rejected and at 5:15 the Senate adjourned. Business of the Week. 11. G. Dunn & Co.'s weekly review of trade, says: Mild weather still retards business and the practical effects of the recent agree ment of railroad presidents and bankers begin to be understood It is seen that an advance in rates has already checked for the time the distribution of products; that is, it increases the one difficulty which had: beclouded; a horizon other wise clear. While tctual dulluess of trade is complained of occasionally, at most points business is called quiet, or fair for the season. ; , But th'3 light demand at present for raw wool or cotton does not prevent firmness of prices, since holders have great confidence that manufacturers will probably buy 'more liberally. Coffee and cotron are each an eighth stronger, jwith moderate sa'es. But the geneial average of prices tend downward, the fill since Janurry 1st having teen over 1 per cent. In the main, the exchange market is influenced by actual or anticipated oper ations in securities, and the market lor stocks has net been as much stronger as was expected, 'since the meeting of presi dents. On the contrary, while the pros pectant the agreement may be signed is considered good, reflection seems to lessen confidence in it3 practical ef ficiency. " The business failures pecuring through out the country during the last seven davs number for the United States 234, and for Canida 46, or a total of 330; as against a total of 331 last week, and 287 the week previous to the last. For the corresponding week of last year the h ures were 314, made up -of 277 in the United States and 38 in Canada. FOREIGN ITEMS. Letters received from Henry M. Stan ley says that he and his expedition are in good health. The anarchists attending the Peace Congress recently held at Madrid, de cided to ferment a general resolution in Europe in the event of a war involving any of the continental powers. A large anti-slavery meeting was held at Vienna Wednesday. Russia will build three large men-of-war during this year. Pope Leo has presented to the Irish churches gifts valued at $50,000, includ ing the stole which he wore at his jubilee services. - United States Minister Phelps, at the Fishmonger's Company banquet, Lon don, responding to a toast, said: "The only complaint I bring against this comitrv is that my experience here makes " U'UIU u,ultul lu bu- B imu perform any other duty which has de- volved upon me since I came here. In conclusion he said that in saying fare well he would adopt the poet's setiment, "S.iy not good night, but in some hap pier day bid me good morning." Washington News. The President nominated Henry S Nunn, of North Carolina, to be collector of customs for the District of Pamlico, N C. Past Assistant Sargcon Presley M Rixey, of Virginia, to he a surgeon in the navy. representative Nichols, of North Car olina, is the latest candidate for public printer. He is a practical printer and a member of the Typographical Union, lie will receive the endorsement of a great many members of the House. An act granting right of way to the Pcrsacola and Memphis Railroad Com pany through public lands in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee has become a law without the President's signature. Mrs Cleveland is engaged in trans lating a Fiench novel into English. This work she has undertaken mertlya a mears of amusement and with no thought of having her translation pub lished. She has Kceive i offers from va rit us publishers u ho are anxious to ob tain the outcome f her labors, but up to the pre.-ent time she has refused to inske any bargain for the production of her first literarv achievement. : Killed Orer a Game of Card. Bedford, In 1. Special Hairy William?, of the firm of Williams & Lvnc'u, .railroad contractors, of Craw ftrdVrille. came to thi3 place, ne in tense 1 to leave Friday morning on the earlv train for Louisville. About II oVl")x-k he went to tha National IlcUL where he wa? stopping, and engaged in a gnxe of card. About 1 o'clock he cot into a dispute with a man named Radcl;2v, and some words were ex changed. The latter shot Willi m twice ia the right breast, kdling hi m al most instantly. He then went tojaU and gave himself up. Williams leaves a wife and one child. ALL OVERTHE SOUTH NEWS TB.OU EACH STATE. NORTH CiSOUSA. A second Etreet car line waa chartered by the city council of Asheville. Governor Fowle was inaugurated with imposing ceremonies en Thursday, the 17th inst. ; The Legislature of North Carolina, will have about 1,400 justicw of the peoee to elect. Wesley Austin has been appointed as sistant keeper of the ligat bouse at Cape Hatteras, North CarOica, vice L G Damerst, re&igned. i- There were started in North Carolina in 1888 no less than forty-one cotton factories, eight more than any other Southern St afe. v - It is now said that George Vanderbilt will found a college for the education of women on the tracts of hind that he has recently bought near AshevilUs. A white man named DanieFCameron wa3 found early Monday mornin near Keyser with a bullet hole through his head and one in his breast. The white man who was last seen with him, has been arrested on suspicion and is in the jail. It is supposed that Cameron was murdered either Siturday night or early. Sunday morning. SOUTH CAROLINA. Chester is to have the telephone. The 4 'Comet" is a new paper at Ker shaw on the 3 C8. i The result of late experiments in the South Carolina is that tobacco can be grown successfully in the Stale. The factory of the Tyrec Drug compa ny will be moved from Staunton, Va., to Charleston. Governor Richardson appointed the following gentlemen to . constitute the State board of medical examiners: Dr - N Talley, chairman, Columbia; Dr T Grange Simons, Char'eiton; Dr C R Fater, Foil Molt-; Dr S M Orr, Ander son, and Dr J C Wilcox, Darlington. A pretty little vendetta is raging in Newberry county among the members of the Banks family. On Sttuiday last, Butler Banks oesperattly wounded S C Banks. A night or two afterwards the d (veiling house, barns and out houses tf Butler Binks were burned to the ground. A houseful of little children were turned out homeless to starve. The family is not a wedthy one, and the end of the feud is not yet. VIRGINIA. The latest advices from Pccahoutas point to the satisfactory solution of the contemplated strike gf 4,000 coal miners in that section. The village of Red Springes, Va, has been neaily destroyed by hrS: Los3 130, G00. .The wife of Postmaster Heckling was killed by falling timbers. A little boy 12 years old named Chand ler: was caught up in" the machinery of the Cigarette Manufacturing Company, at Lynchburg, and was instantly crushed to death. The Valley Medical & Chemical Insti tute, of Staunton, Va , fca3 been organ ized with Dr F W Siielton as president; A B Arthur, vice-president, and Ileber Kerr, secretary. Capital stock to be not les3 thnn 200,000. A remarkable case of poisoning cre ated some excitement at Danville. On Sunday, Jack Coates, an inmate of the jail, received a slice of molasses pudding from his wife. He thought it was 4 'tricked" and refused to eat it. 'Squire Towkes, another inmate of the jail, ate the pudding and was soon taken sick, and diet! in great agony, with every symptom of acute poison. The woman who made the pudding has been ar rested. FLORIDA. The Jacksonville, Fla., board of trade passed a resolution demanding protec tion for oranges. The Governor has c died a special leg islative session for Feb. 5th to pass health regulations for the State. The State Farmers Alliance of Florida began its annual session at Jacksonville Thuisday with over cne hundred' dele gates in attendance. President Oswald Vilson, of Mariana, presided. The ses sion continued throughout the week. A ftrong effort) is being made to make lacksonville a wholesale market for cot ton and other products. GEORGIA. Governor Gordon, of Georgia, has l,70t) acres in bought a stock farm of Taylor countv, that State. JThe owners of the Soque woollen mills, of Clarksvide, Ga., have assigned to W S Wes Liabilities $30,000, as sets $35,000. A Fleet Catamaran. Among the curious nautical crafts in existence is the celebrated "jangdda," or "catamaran," of which so many ap pear along the coast of Brazil, especially close to Pernamhuco. They are made of a certain kind of palm, eo buoyant that it annot sink. A row oi mese iogs, eight inches in diameter, and twenty or more feet long, are placed tide byidc, and four or six in numter. A plank is thrust down between -them and forms ths rudder. They are bound together by oneer two cross plank nailed down, whi!e the loys are securely atucued to ech other bv tout vine. A broad brown lateen "sail o:ade from fibres is ariixed to a rude mast in the centre of the craft. . , The catamaran flies bfdre the wind like a sea-bird; the Baltimore cl pper, the swift courier of the ocean, cannot outstrip it. The fisherman, with his breeches rolled up to ti thigh? for every wave cf ar?y rite passes over the logs?, :ts securely on a pegged ttool: occasionally he dip up the i ricy water and dahrt"it over Irs a':L These caa raaran are perfectly t-afe, and oi ca they carry pasenHers up and down the coast. 1 hey vesture out to tbe fifhir grounds or seine indefinite distance from the land, tea to fo ty mile. The fi-sh caught are cf the most extraordinary va rietie. Nets OrUaa TiiuefDtm&.raZ, ... .. . . 1 j ' The hippopotamus seems to W as surely on the road to extermination by huatera aa the, American buffalo is. WITHOUT FOOD OR SHELTER. A Mother and Six Chiiartn Oat of Their Home by a Darted Mow. About a month ago Butler Banks, of Newberry county, S C, was shot, and suspicion pointed to James C. Banks as his assailant, as the two men had been onfriendly. Last Saturday week Butler Bank?, hearing that James C. was in the neighborhood canvassing for a book, lay in wait for him, and takinc deliberate aim with a shot gun fired at his supposed i v 3 a? ! osnujsui u ue passeu j, wounaiDg cim in four places. James Banks implored Butler Banks, who is not a relative although of the same name, to desst, but the latter fired the second barrel of his shot gun and also the contents of a pistol at James, though without further effect. James is In a dang -rous condi tion. Butler Banks has escaped. Last Saturday a party of men went to the house of Butler Bnks, wicre ivere his wife and six little children, the eldest being only thirteen, and set fire to the house, compelling the woman to remain until its destruction was certain. The men then set fire to the corn crib and feed house, leaving the motLerand little ones without food or shelter or sufficient clothing. There is great indignation, but though the names of the incendiaries aie said to be known no sr rests lave been made. GENERAL NEWS. The Republican Legislative caucus of Oregon decided to re elect J N Dolph to the United States Senate. John L Sullivan has been drinking quietly for two days, but is at home at Boston now and in his friend's hand?. James G Blaine,, Jr , has entered a machine shop as au apprentice, lie is said to be trying to make a man of him self. Churchill county, Nevada, is in danger of breaking in to. A crack has recent ly appeared th:ee feet wide, seveia! miles long, and hov deep no one can tind out. Both the house and Senate of W st Virginia have held secret sessions. In the f enate four ballots were taken for president, but the dead-lock is ttid un broken. ! The largest mortgage ever placed on rceord in West -Virginia, was that of the; Caesapeake & Ohio Railroad company, made to ihe Central Moitgage company, of New Yfork. It is for 3o,O00,0oo. Frye of Maine, Mandcrsou of Nebras ka, Hear of Massachusetts, aud McMil lan of Michigan have all been re-elected to the United States Senate. E O oi cott succeeds Thoma-t M Boweu from Colorado. In the United States District court at Baltimore Capt Robert Mill, of tne oys ter schooner Chicora, was found guilty of brutally beating his dredgers, and was sentenced to a line of 500 ai,d one year in jail. The funeral services over.the remains of the late Mrs Jay Gould were held at family residence, No 579 Fifth avenue, New York. The services weie of the simplest character, and were attended only by the personal friends of tne fam- ily. Both Houses of the Delaware Legisla ture convened and proceeded to ballot for United States Senator. The ballot resulted : Anthony Iliggins, 16; James LWolcott, 9;- A P Robinson, 5. The presiding officer thereupon announced that Anthony Higgin3 was elected. A story ha3 been going the rounds of the press purporting to give an ac count of Mrs Harrisou being snubbed by Mrs Blaine on a State occosion at the White House during Gen Garfield's ad ministration. It is learned in Indiapo lis that there Is no truth in this story. The American Colonization society was organized seventy throe years ago. During its exis ence it has 'sent, over 10, -000 negroes to Africa. At the cekbra vration of its anniversary thc other night, in Washington, Dr Luther endoi sed Victor Hugo's prediction that 44Af rica is to be the continent of the twen tieth century." : Death of an Improvident Freak; "General Tom Pounce," a dwarf known in connexion with Tom Thumb all over the world, has died in poverty on Green street, in Cleveland, Ohio He was only a triCe larger than Tom Thumb. He was brought here from Saxe-Wclmar by his parents in l--', when scarcely a year old, and from tbe first was exhiLited as aa infan'i'e curiosity. He had earned noro than $100,000 in his life, but spent it freely, and eeainr to be an attraction after the 1 loss of his health, came here four years aeo to live with his bi other. Two ye irs ago the brother d ed aud the dwarf in vested all he po9-e;sed iu a litis cigar store. He had r.o buires capacity, however, and was nearly starving when, three weks aao, John Widnmnti took him and caied for him until he died. All tbe goods poor Prunes possee l Kereatiuall d amond ring and a gold wat h. He had aved them in oider to have enough to pay for decent buriaL He wa? interred "in a child's co . a. clothe ! in the dress suit in which be ued to appear on .h stage. Hi name was fcrnest Geyer U x qo Herald. Railroad Bvninn. Fca:des their receipts from freight and passenger traxc railroads derive revenue also from the transportation of ma.lsfcnd express freight oa paerij;er train, from the sleep cg-car companies, and from news companies for the privilege of sell ing upon train. Of ihe total revenue al-out .i' per cent, is nsnall j derived from freight, 2-5 per cest, from paecgers, snd i per cenr. from ma 1. exp?e,a eep ing caf. aiid privileges. When it is considered that high speed involves great risks end necessitates a far more perfect roadway, more costly ma binery and appliances, and a hbw grade and greater number of employe, the fast passenger, mail and expme tratSc hardly aeems at pre-ent to yield ia dae ptepor tion of Income. Scri'tner't. The Sultan of Turkey is eGt'derisg scheme to establish a State baak im Con stantinople, with a German a manager, the idea being to diminish the exclurira privilege of the Ottoman bank. A TERRIBLE EXPLOSIVE THE WORK OF N1TRO-QI.TCESINB IK THE OIL. REGIONS. Almost Total Disappearance of Men Who IlTe Ilccn mown Up by tho Compounel-Ctirions Facta. ,4lf there 5s anything that is well known in the oil country," said a life long oil cperator, "it is this terribly mysderivus feature o! nitroglycerine ex plosions thi almost complete annihila tion cf matter, eeially of the human body, which in a majority of cases re suits from a fatal explosion of ths -deadly compound. There is not an ojerator in Ihe whole region that can not recall more thu one illustration of it. 1 had a teamster named France once in my employ. Like all men of h'i class in the oil country, there w av noth ing ether above, below, or on the earth that he feared, lie was in the habit of carting uitr'o-glyt erice to any well I wanted it. Another employe of mine who helped France was quite as recklesi as the teamster wa. ILey became so careless in handling the expbwv that other workmen would not ttay in the place if they knew France was coming there with glycerine. Thefer two mea actually used to unload the stuff as they might unload a lot of briks, France standing on the wagon and throwing a can to his companion fome feet away, and the latter catching it and placing it on the ground in time to catch the next can. As it takes a man with a good ect of nerves evca to ride iu a wa-on where he knows ther? is nitro-glycerine under the seat, thi manner of haudling a com pouad that freuetly explodes under tbe slighte t jar will g'ne an idea of what sort of nerves those two men had. Each ore knew that if Ft aice's helper mised catching a can there wouldn't l e enough left f tl.em to cover the bot tom of a snuff box. but they had th daring to take the cbautC3. 'o one ever knew what caused it, and no one 'would have ever known who it was that was wiped out of existence except for the fact th it we all knew who it was that w as coming that way with nitro-irlvccriue iu-t at that time. hen 1 we heaid the exlos on down the ro;ul that d.iy theie was only one reraa K. ciiide. ' ''I'hnt'ft France's last trip'.' 447he glycerine had exploded about a quarter of a mile from the well. We walked there, and found the usual hole that a few ans of the stu f always dig when it goes oil and the usual lot of splintered tirubf-rs. Threo hundred feet o i to the right of the road, iuHhe woods, we found a wagon tire. V'e found the tail of ore horse and Tufi!l portions of the body of ih-j other. In another part of the'woods a man's knee -CKp was pi' ked up, and although w search: i o -er an area that it would have been impossible for any of the wreck to be thrown, that was all we found, except 1 rauce's gre'i-y cap lying by the side of a .Rtump and his wach hanging on' the limb of a tree. All who have bad anything to do with it in the oil region have had simi lar il'lustrat.ons of the power of nitro glycerine time after time. - Look at t at poor, reckless eorge Dolser, 1 think h name, who disappeared at lied 1 ock, in the Bradford field a few years ago. He was walking along through the town with two orl three cans of gcerine slung over his tdioulder'in a bag. He had been drinking too much, and in stnggering along he fell head formost and the bag t ew over his haad and the nitro-glycerinc cans struck heavily on a rock. .Vot a building for half a block around wa? left standing. Dolan was a man tuat we gnea over xuo pounus, and all thfit the most thorough search was able to recover of that 2C0 pound of flesh and bones was part of one of Dolan's feet less than one pound. 'The almost total disappearance of bodies is accounted for by somo by the theory of spontaneous oombu-tion. That is eomething like ths theory that a well known scientific man once advanced to explnin this mysterious characteristic of nitro glycerine He said it was instan taneous vaporization of matter. That theory we all admitted was plausible as to t'esh, but we could not believe that the great masses of bone in the human body, nor heavy pieces of iron and wood, could be reduced to vapor in the twinkling of an eye. Another theory that met with great favor for some time wa? that of atomization by exploding n'.tro-glveer.ne. But this theory was disproved in a most fr yhtful way in the Allegheny oil field about three years ago. "ihwease was not characterized, by the way, by such a greit degree of aanih'latlon a? others. Charles Bcr ridge, a well known oU man, was blown up by nitro-glycerine. Tbe ground around Was covered with spotless, new fI en scow. On ea'.hside was a high and ab rupt hill, or ly a few rods intcrven rg. Berri ?ge was a large man, of t robably lr0 pounds weight. The remain of the poor man were -sear bed for care fall y and long, for he was a good man and a popular one. The c;hn in which they were borne to the crave contents anJ all, Irrhed les thau tea iound. The xrreaest fo'ce cf a nifro-glicerme ex- nlewdon is a! wars utiward. If themttlcr had l en reduced to atoms, however in finiteim&!, In falling back upon that cnotles snow seme trace of them ro cht have Ix-en see n upon it. But it lemained as ptkss & before. This finrruiar feature about mtro- jrlyrerine ex plosions has been commented upon and pozre l o er ev ry time a fatal one ca eciirrru o mf on region, ir bi theearlieat dav the exploit -e was intro duced amoca the wells. AVj Vrk Time. He Said a Fortune. Nrw Oi.tr La Last week Abra ham Vaudbe died la a larding Loue ia thiseitv. The puttie adnunitnur open td tli p-il't and an iavtft'ry was t4kt n, in an old trnk was louoa ne iny lt-0QO in gt e ;b- cks and bondr Hen ry 4 Vadict, hi brother. Mff.from Nev Jrr-ey nd cbitd the tvate Tte iirCi-tI wa fr-ai 11-5 to -1850 ia the cmi bdijn s Lf r", tn l :sce that time up to lb-', he wa a col giu.er. He wa of rnierli IjiUt. hat th pessesjioa oi so niuch weatth was unknown. ";. lie ea Luatr t aud forty-Sve writers ha contil!tr4 tt e article'" '!r?. the Binth ediiwa of the Encyclopedia BritarlcA. the Iwl volume of which has iastbeen issued. TTISE W0BD& Cultivate charity. True eyes discover truth. There is nothing as royal as truth. Without hearts there is no hoiaa. The most effective coquetry is Inno cence, Simplicity and luxury are eqoally ea joyable. Life Is too khort to crowd it with rt sentmenta. Knowledge is dearly bought, if we sacrifice to iu moral qualities. It is easier to vanquish a man ia an argument than it Is to convince him. We find lelf made men tery oftca,but self-unmade ones a good deal of teaer. . Comparison, more than reality, maket men happy and cun make them wretched. o great characters are formed io this woild without suffering and self-denial Ihe cxihtence of life Is sometime measured by the memory of Its burdens. lie who reforms himself has done tome thng toward the reformation of the crowd. 'j. A merely fallen enemy may rise agaja, but the reconciled one Is truly ran qubhed. I f we did but half we are able to do we would be surprised at tbe sum of oar diligence. When a man learnt how ignorant he Ja he is in possession of a valuable piece of knowledge. You cannot dream yourself into character; you mul hammer and forgi yourtdf one Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it; anything but live for iu A Sunflower Detnsiea. It has been said that the su&flowtt turns its face to the sun, constantly, aa the poet sings: 4iIow the sundower tarns on her god wkea be sets, " Ths sirno look that she turned when heroae A writer in ixicnt Geip, by TerT careful and precise observation, proved that this poetic fancy i eotirelv unsap ported by fact. Six of his finest blossosaa wh ch faced by a compass respecti? tlr North, fouth, East, West, Northeast and Southeast, were visited three times each day for a week, shortly after sunrise, at noon aud a few minutes pan sunset. The time of observation was tbe first week ia September, and the (lowers were just beginning to open the florets on the cir cumferences oi the d.sca, There was no twisting of the flower f.t ilk in a circle, no turning of the flower nfter the sun none whatever. They faced respectively as they did at first, Sorth, J-outh, East, West, Northeast and Southeast. In some of tbe flower there was a tendency, a the seeds began to form, to droop or incline toward the eattb, away from the sun. This ap- ! eated to be a provision for keeping the crowded seeds dry as they rapidly formed and begiin to ripen. Cartful observation often ahowi that popular fancies have no groundwork in fact. WsterlVizarJi of L'tsgland. In En eland it is evident that tbe di vining rod i held la different forma of etstimation by the country Judges. Ia the Black country an old otloi.dcr ap peared before the magistrates charged with witchcraft, he having extorted money from many victims under the guive of awiad, who told fortunes by means cf hieroglyphics and a divining tod He was -ent to prison for a year. On the other hand, the Hoard of Guard ians at Halting', an opulent and attrac tive watering place, have decided a prac tical test of the recommendations of Mr. Mullin, "the water finder," whose ex periments with the dhiniDg rod Id searching for water on tbe site of the new workhouse three months ago etutedcon liderablcintciest. not only tu that town, but throughout the country. For Urn purpose the have accepted a tender cf about 3 10 for the linking of a welt and the making of healings, in accotd ancc with the plan mapped out by the water w't7ard,1' w ho is now regarded as a prophet in his own country. . ci'j.a Chrnicl. Why Prescriptions are JfyiterlOOJ. Why do you write prescriptions la thofe hieroglyphifa. I asked a doctor. To save the patients a lot of worry. If I werc to write this in plain terms so that you could read it, you'd be scared to death. You doo't know what it U and you take it with a certain curiosity. If you knew all about it you would per haps throw it awsy or think it couldn't do jou any good or something, nr find out that I'm payb'g seventy fite cents for five cents worth of drogt," "Sometimes. But druggists have got to keep these things; they cost a good deal of money somet.mes, and some of the don't ke.p long and hare to be thrown away, .orne oi them are very are.y used, but they have to be kept in stock. Besides if 1 wrote the prescrip tion nut in ordinary terras some people would be afraid tbe ding store clerk Know what's the matter with tlem, and they think the hieroglyphlca keep $t secret. Yea, there are maay reasons for not writing prescriUcaa flare Ilnntlnt: Frenchmea. " Frekcb peopie not otily tat hares, but they are quit- partUl lo tabUl a so, ancf the usstity of b th cDum-d ia lJar every year is mp y eoornouns. Io t rance we kn&t for hrc in the alter- oooa. 'loa iyjkee antaals keep ia ihe wood-flo l to eleven o'clock ia fee moruirg. and d"g are ms-ce sa-y to t cd ti cm. 1 or this purpose sportsmen ne p,i'il or bracks, pre'treoce leiojr gl en to the former bemuse of i their Lttn-T ic-ot and lets brutal wty of at ucking tbe game. Courting dogs ae not approved f, for- th te- soa that they rua the gsae tea far for tte sportsman to shoot it. In the afternoon Lares Ieae the shelter of wo1 &d hiekruard aie fuad ia Ce'ds oTeed with stubble, whtre they hide between tha for oti, mid in the meadows whe.e the raia talt I abbjti buve at espec?al y hard time of t datii g the lesson woe i they ae Uwfol feme.- They are hunted dowa with dogs, shot at wi h fowllog pieces, snared tn sets and drives oat of their warrens iatobags by fsrreta. San Va-