VOL. XIII.
TEMPERANCE.
Progresslveness 0r Alcohol Habit.
There Is a deep egnlncance In the expres
ic n Q' the popuiar pm ase vrtilca describes a
joorLld ptssui as brewing upon the habit of
Its victim. Three grains of opium suffice to
timulaU a leg nner, yet confirmed opium
tt)i bnve been known to require a close of
eighty g ains. BeteJ-nut chtwera begin with
tuk.lnw the tip of their tongue, and coma to
banker for a whole mouthful of their acrid
weed, Hashteb eater, after the end of a
year, have to iat!f their craving with more
than th? untold quantum of the original
cjce. The retion is that every form of un
natural excitement is followed by a depres
sing reaction, which in the ccune of time to
llanta the ;aded nerves that thej at last re
nted only to the wo t powerful stimulants.
In ether words the poison s ave baa to resort
to larger ai.dJarger dosea of irritants to
roase his system from ever lower cvih of
depressing exhaustion. The further we stray
jrom nature the larler we s all nd the
task to reiruee cur strjs. and the pro
Lrt8.sivtne3 of evry unnatural stimu ant
habit is jrr rortinel to the noxiousness
of tLe 'six riot n t'rrj;. In tbnt respect,
tco, alcobu. uetraj $ Hh claim to the ra k of
a v.ruent poison. Lram drinktrs. after a
year or two, tiecome conscious of an ever-increasing
tempt atlr n to enlarge the quantum
of their wonted tlpjle, or elso resort to a
moie concentrated form of tie same poison.
Wine drinkers prosr 8 from a glassful a
week to a bottle a day; Leer drinkers from a
single to a do2feU quarts; cider drinkers
graduate from weaker to stronger brands,
and txme to con-ider the 1cm powerful stimu
lants rather too insip d to riesvrvo the name
of a tonic. Like a strsnpling creeper upon
a forest tree, the alcohol vice grows upon its
victima. on I that infill 11.1, T.i-n.rK.sr.aU
cf the hatlt is alone on abundantly sufficient J
argument against trie sopinsms or tbe com
promise party that rpromrrunrled a "mod-
"erate wco' of a'cnholfc beverage, and might
as weltenccv afce a cbwd in a mo'eratc use
oXtbt-pr;Vicfe to play aU tit the brink of a
slippery prec i se. " lie n.-; fu, ray pet;
'temperance i all tl.inr ' s a golden rule;
dally wiih lb; j-eriU if ;hit abyss;, slide
down a fctv dozen yards i.' you st.ou id bap
pen to tome ficn s n j ruty of .oily compan
ion but tul" care not !o irnifate the reck-It-earex;
of the fool wl o fall to the bottom
and lreak their nccWs." - Thit, exactly, Is
the logic of tl.oso v. bo diiiy that abstinence
In flsier than temperai.ee. fWus L. Oiwuld,
in the Voire.
Tcmperance News and Notes.
TLe man who did not break bi3 bottle
tends to break h pled?.
in-
Man ia about the o ily animal who "draws
in his horns'' through bis mouth.
Is it right to build ctaui chea to save men,
ind license shops thut destroy them?
A '.'Prayer Alliance'' for the extinction of
' the saloon baa been organized in Erie County,
Venn. ,
The tlarveriun Society or Great Britain
estimates th-it fourteen percent, of mortality
monx adults in the United Kingdom is due
to alQphot. , .
Experiment A laboring man trie3 to sup
port a Jaraily and n saloon at the same time.
Hesult The saloon gets tbo support, and the
family gets left.
Alcohol is not only unattractive, but vio
lently repulsive to tha uncorrupted Sense of
taste, and that repugnance is not limited to
the Instincts ot the human race.
list New Year's Day a couple of men la
Seattle, Washington Territory, filed bonds
Of ' t)J each, binding themselves not to
drink intoxicating liquors during lSS'J. This
kind of swearing otl is serious.
What good has the liquor-seller donei"
asked, a public speaker. "Can anybody
think of one whom the liquor business has
beaefltedf" The silence wos broken by some
One crying out: "The grave digger."
-States making the largest actual decrease
in liquor dealers durin; the past year are In
the order niraed: Pennsylvania, Ohio, New
York, Missouri, Minnesota, Kansas. Louisi
ana and Iowj, tbougn thin actual decrease
is by no means equ.valent to the proportion
ate decrease as compared with tee total
number of dealers, nor is it always accom
panied by a decreased production of intoxi
cant.9. '
f She great Afrlcf.n traveler. Dr. Living,
stone, leaves this valuable testimony: "I
have acted on the princ pb of total absti
nence from all alcohol io liauors during more
than twenty 3 ears. . My individual opinion
1 that the most severe lal on cr privations
may be undergone' without alcoholic stimu
lations, I ecauho those of us who have endured
the most bad nothing else than water, and not
always euougU of that."
' Billing Mquop on a Steamboat.
( Justice Harlan Las decided that the laws
of a Mate apply to steamboats running under
Vnitcd Etat9 license on the Oh o or other
inter-Stata Waters. An attempt was made
to dtiend a steam! oat coptn n who had per
inittcd the fale of liquor on bis boat contrary
1 to ibe laws of Feunsylvania, uhou in the
-paters of the upp.r th:o and Alonoiigahela.
Justice ilar.au decided in subtt.ince that
' to require a liceus lor the sale of luor on
a s'eaiubcat. or to prohibit the salo of li juor
atvrgether on such a vessel, does not t nd in
the least to otbtruct the freedom of com
merce between the several States. Li juor
selling is in no resrect An incident to the
right of publio navigation, and therefore a
license to run aneHinboat does not impart
the authority to sell liquor. It w as long ago
held by the Supreme Court of the L11 ted
States that a license from trie Federal Gov
ernment under tho internal revenue acts,
Was no defense to a prosecution under a State
law prohibiting the sale of intoxicating
liquors. .
The tendency of Jodicial decisions has been
to Jeave to the several States the utmost lib-"
erty of action in reject to regulation ot the
liquor traffic.-i"a in. VWcZ und Stockman.
! A Dally Occurrence.
Among modern millionaires, brewers have
Ja recent years become conspicuous, how
tueir wealth is accumulated t y impoverish
ing the poor is well illus: rated by the Uolyoke
tMass.) Transcrint, which in a late para
graph, headed "Meat or Beer," "says: "On a
recent cold morning the very smallest sizeot
a small toy went into a nia?:et and asked
- for fife cents' worth of salt pork. It was
portioned out, and then the child showed two
cents more, and said it was for a soup-bone.
The bene was produce J. and cs the raarkat
man handed it lo the child, w ho was I are
' footed, though enow and ice were On the
Rrouud, be oUerved that be held in onahaud
lrge pail, and inquired what be was to get
iuit. 'Beer said the mall toy. To fill that
pail with betr wou d edit lifuvn cents, which
as double the sum appropriated tor the
family's food that day. Tbii happens dfily,
and, of course, tuu father doe.n't work.''
1 here is. of course, great nwed of temperance
missionary labcr in such a family; but the
tate, also, in tho interest of economy, mo
raluy, and tiie genet al rub is welfare.should
biterpcse its rightful authority aud closs out
the brewery! and teer-vender.Aa'iona
vldtQced I
Saloon Kccpcj ' Son.
set our traps, and' w hisky is our br.it;
So:come on, boys, ai.d met your dadly
- fate.
v takMyour money; in exchange we give
A niournful home and few cr hours to five.
if ant should shade your homes, and drink
, the cause,
Point to thi sharaelftss man ho make tbo
laws. .
5Qt license seme do aver and say
'aeals up the wounds and mends the murky
w-ay: i
We do not count the graves of those who fell;
ihe more w e par, the more we have to sel'.
"cense for lawful crime should teach you all
wnnce comes the wrong when men are seen
i to fall.
But "Llbertr.' that
cringe restless thouzut and many sleepless
hours:
Ah! when we cannot murder youth and age
"berty takes wings and flies away la rage.
WUam Myaatty in th tone
THE GENERAL NEWS-
ITEMS OP INTEREST CUIXED
From All Sources.-North, Eat, South
and West.
It is said that Ex -President Jefferson
Davis and presidentelect Harrison are
distantly related. -
' The recount in the Cth Congressional
district of California dosed, giving the
election to Clunie, Democrat by a ma
jontyof 9 votes, -
Several levels thirty to forty miles
above Bhreveport, La., gave way on Sat
urday tight, tho-tirer submerging a
large scope of the country.
Pamca nnvicei say that the Germane
have declared war, against Matnafa, and
that fell the Eamoens vilj join against
the Germans.
The strike of Cuban cigor-rraakers in
New York City has ended in a victoiy
for the woikraen. Only one firm stands
out, that of Lasans, Penders & Gso.
The round house of the Gulf- Colo
rado and Santa Fo Railway Comwsny, at i
waivesto lexas. w barmd Wednes
day morning! Lobs 100,000. The fire
was caused by a lanyp explosion i a the
waste room.
General Locgstraet is reported as say
ing: 4,ln my opinion this key-note of
the pew admini&tmtion is oonservelive.
Besides thfs, I know that such a. policy
will be the natural choice of Ger. Har
rison, for I believe lie will be the Presi
dent of the. intJr people."
"FOREIGN NEWS
The report that Lord Sackville would
uuctw.i oir um vvnite as liritisn am
bassador at Constantinople is officially
contradicted.
The Centnry Club of London gave a
dinner to Minister Phelps bofore his de
parture for the United States. Many
distinguished men were present, and ex
pressed general regret at Mr Phelps's
having England.
Archduke Rudolph, crown prince of
Austria, died suddenly Wednesday near
Baden . His demise was received wish
sonow ovtr all Europe. Archduke
Charle9 Louis, tho Emperor's brother, is
now heir presumptive to the throne.
. At the sessions of the Parnell commis
sion the readings of the fpeecbes pro
duced in evidence is continued. The
witness Thos O'Connor, who charged
Tim thy Harrington,. 31 P, with em-
Sloying him as a moonlighter, is on hi
eathbed and has signed a confession ia
which he withdraws the accusation.
1 Niltlnnnlf t ft Tlaarrta
An observant man wTho hna l?fln v.. H
amining a collection j'f faces represent-,
ing a large number f nublio personages
arrived at the following general conclu
sions in regard to national types in the
cutting of he bfiard :
The simple mujtachte, with the rest of
the face clean siravtn, Is the prevailing
A.merican typej." he said. "The old
Yankee chin whisker, like that of the
traditional UnoJto Sam, is no longer the:
national cut.
"In the same way the ojd French type
of the imperial, or heavy mustache and.
long goatee, hsi given wAy in France tov
the present tjfpe of a. close cut full
beard, trimmed to douljte points on the
chin. . "
''The German and 'Russian type3 are
hcivy, full beards, 'stated at the middle
of tho ohin.
"The English type is a small, short
cropped mustache, with small, square
side growths. .
'The general Sojbth European style of'
Spain or itafy Is ether an entirely :lean.
shaven face dr eletb a very sm;ill mustache-1
and ffoateecloseibout the mouth.
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Qxi jo puoi ouiooaq oj pttjs ojtj siuouwd
eqX ?qia '4 posnoq 8jb nq 'auin iso
eqi U tjoop io no qa sjuoiqvd oaqii .
tiuoo qotqw. saojitpuoo qi ut Jiuajq
eqi noqiiAt 3jnoe t jiojud fiodjjea .
snqx )i8qujq8 1 sidJdp uaijjnojsti:
Mtq se tjbj saniaclrart eqi it ti3A3 0J8qi .
de99 oi uodo eqi u jfpuausjmied
9a 0 pajtnboj DJ 8U9.jt;d oqvBqi
t poqiam. erqj jo eoaaseo fqj. umuo .
vores atasnanjo.-i eque osti nj sw aaiOJi.
oq q poquosap itrqi sj intrtuittaaj bqi
n i"i3Aon riaotijj ejum pu iaqiouy
snoBsiueapv oaj.'Jap asvoi aq ui:
q 11! pajja eq;aaqiq4v jnrjqnop u.:qr
ejora tmass t nq ,6ain;4lma aeqi 1V
jih juiiqai u Aijnarptri si ixdx iTjqj .
uMoqsB.wq sioamtjeox piq p0AOJi8.
-dns 9T9 qoiqji a?f9q eqi oinjwjadiuo; .
Siqi is jq Sriaq S jooqj oq jjaquojqBj
-viddmai qjj o paawsri JP "II1!11:
u sstsuo qr j'jenvrj jv pasodoadi
uaoq 6Bq 463anf eqi jo uotidmnsuoa iq !
sisoinoj,aqn). 2?ar)aJi 1 poqjara Aa V
aoi)dtun$no3 au'i jo luiuivaJX ai bc
Happiness oi U e Animal Creatio- s.
I am turpri?. to find the almost uni
versal bappinje of the animal crer Aioa.
says the Rev. T. De Witt Ta'mage in the
Onercer. On a summer day, wb- so. the
air and the grass are most populous -4 nth
life, you will iDt hear a sound ot 1 dis
tress, unless, perchance, a hoart less
schoolboy hasrc bbed a bird's nest, era
hunter bAs broken a bird's wing, o
pasture Las beejj robbed of a Jamb, 9
there gesrs up a bleating from the Hoc"
The whyJe carf-h is fil'od with au i
delight -joy foiithered. and scaled, a
hornoV and hoofed. The bee hums
r a
nd
ks.
aal
nd
it;
ts
the frog croaks at: the squirrel cha;tt
it; the quail whistles it; the lark c:re
it; (he whale epouts it. The snail, U
rhinoceros, the grizzly bear, the tca
the wufrp, the spider, the shell-fish, hat
Is
te
I.
e
their homely delightajoy as great I
then as our joy is to us. GoatclLmbiai
rocksl; anscotda crawling through thi
jungte butlalo plunging across the
broad psairie ; crocodile basking in trovi
cal sua? seal puffing on tne ice; o trie's
striding -across the desert, are so maa
bundles of ioy. They do not go -mop-,
ing jorrac'ancboly.
a rMiiine Irish junnt-ns car is
sensation vast now rax the stictts of-F al-
timore It has been cttscoverea mat ums
iauhtmg car cannot be jutroduci -itb
sucdess into cities where the rails the
ff t-oiinrsv rise IUO iciw m. w
DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT, OF RELDSVILLE AND THE STATE AT LARGE.
REIDSVILLE, N.
SOUTHERN imnQBATZON.
An Immigration Bureau Advocated-.
Intelligent Settle Wanted.
One of the important subjects of a'ma
terial, as well as social bearing now agi
tated in the South is the systematic en
couragement of Immigration. Several
leading citizens of the section some two
j months ago met at -Montgomery, Ala.,
ana organized a soutnern Immigration
Bureau, the operations of which are ex
pected to be of great benefit in promot
ing the bringiLg in of new and good
citizens and additional capital and enter
prise. A Southern journal speaking on
the subject in a recent issue aays: The
aectlon in our judgment seeds
omething more, something
with official backiag of the State behind
it and more permanent than; voluntary
private association. There ought to be
arranged a perpetual immigration con
gress with branches in every State west
of the Appalachian range and south of
the Ohio. This body might con-ist of
four members selected by the Governor
of each State from tach of the Congress
aistricM. and Tour from the State at
large
This would make the body con-
I sist of 304 members, none ' too large
when the natural number of absentees
should be deducted, being about one
third, probably one -half, so the assem
bly would be from 150 to 209. This
congress should work under general
rules, leaving the branches in the arious
States to look after their several locali
ties. The branch in Tennessee would
con&ist of 44 membeis, that of Georgia
of 46, North Carolina of 40, and so on.
If it be objected that such bodies form
ing one great central representative con
gress and meeting yearly could not be
I maintained as a voluntary affair we re-
by pointing to the National Science
Association, State and .National medical
Oodles and a score more like bodies, that
art? sustained by voluntary effort and
haJe been of Inestimable! value in their
varfour) departments of social, scientific,
financial and reformatory endeavor.
Ome hundred thousand ; immigrants
brougiit to the South in a year means, if
thev'avo the kind, tui addition of not
less'tLtn $100,000,000 to Southern capi
tal, and $200,000,000 yearly addition to
the value of Southern productions."
The mojitiontd contemporary, points
out that one of the duties of the pro
spective congrcsa and its branches would
be to looc to the qnahty of immigration
a3 to mere numbers. This is of the
greatest importance. The South, in so
liciting immigration, should, exercise a
jealous care to endanger or prejudice it
self bv pennittincrthe influx of European
paupers. Sincere, intelligent, assimila-
i bio new comers cnouia nave a hearty
welcome, but a barrier snould De piacea
before those hordes of decrepit and las
situdinous immigrants which are swarm
in sr into the West and Northwest at a rate
which, it is feared, in the end will ba
productive of serious results. If the
Southjs wflling to help herself in this
matter eho will be greatly beuefltted in
many ways.
Business of the Week.
Ot Dunn & Co.s weekly review of
thl state of trado is increasing and the
failure of merchants to distribute gcod3
tmrchased in expectation of the usual
demand for the season causes numerous
embarrassments, and general complaint
as to collections.
But there is of late a revival of inter
est in stock speculation and Increasing
confidence that the new agreement 01
railroad presidents will bear fruit tends
to support better prices for securities.
The cotton market has not changed as
to prices, though sales have reached
423 000 bales, and most of the Southern
estimates point to a yield about as large
as that of 1880.
From nearly all quarters it is reported
that the outlook for future trade is con
sidered promising.
Total failure during the last seven
days number United States 291. Canada
41, total 882; as against 342 last week,
nd 279 fox the corresponding week of
last year.
Outrage at Greensboro, N. C.
A sensation has been created at Greens
.b0ro by the perpetration of the most
ibtrtal outrage. A respected white lady
named Mrs Elizabeth Brown, of Dan
ville, Va., passed through there on Sat
urday night returning4 home from Dur
ham, where she had been to sell a piece
of property. She wished to spend the
night at Greensboro, and a negro man
at the depot volunteered to conduct her
to a boardincr house. He led her out to
the suburbs of the city, where he de
manded her money, whicb, she gave up
Hj then struck her several blows with a
heavy instrument and left her, supposing
her dead. She was found in a few
hours with her skull fractured, but still
alive. This is tho fourth outrage of the
kind committed at Greensboro.
Prohibition In Pennsylvania.
The resolution providing for submis
sion to the people of a constitutional
amendment prohibiting the manufacture
or sale of intoxicating liquors in the
State passed the State Senate in session
at Harrisburg, Pa, by a vote of 32 to 2.
Democratic Senators declined to vate.
The resolution passed " the House last
week. It now goes tothc Governor.
A resolution is now pending providing
for a special election on tue proposed
amendment June loth next.
Cotton Mills Burned.
Fire was discovered Friday in ware
houses of the Graniteville Mills, twelve
mues from Augusta, ua.
The mills have been heavy buyers of
cotton and the warehouse wa3 filled. I
The building, 120 by 80 was entirely
destroyed and the flames only gotton un
der control at dark by seven streams.
The losses amount to about $100, 6vV there
being destroyed 2.346 bale. T .nsur
snce is $90,000, cairied by thehe Utern
Mutual Company. Ea
There are mere
, Princes who are
Iraad Duke.
than twenty Russian
entitled to be styled
At her soirees Mms. Carnot, wife of the
esJdcntof France, wears crown f
s of corn, spangled with diamonds.
C, WEDNSEDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1889.
ALL OVER THE SOUTH
NEWS FH02X EACH STATE.
XOKTH CAROLINA.
Negroes are leaving the Eastern section-of
the State for Arkansas and Texas
in considerable numbers. Men are leav
ing their families' in sot a few cases.
They will sot return. .
Alamance ctunty is considerably agi-
A - A - 3 . ...
taiea over a proposition to remove 1 tno
iition to remove1 tho
llngtsn, three miles distant. Burling-
ton will ask tbe Legislature to order a '
vote on the question m the county. I
Ther continues to be a high feeling
In Ourham over the recent daring vio
lations of the local option law which
wa? so roughly checked. A cemmittee
of fifty cftizens has been formed and
will enforce the local option law. The
committee will be known as the "Pro
hibition Vigilance Committee." The
members mean business.
The Durham Cotton Manufacturing
Company, of Durham, N. C, has just
declared a dividend of 0 per cent for the
Sast six months, making 12 per cent
ivldend for twelve months. During
the year the factory produced 3,088.617
yards of goods, consuming 558.475
pounds of cotton, and paid to -operatives
$44,601 32. During the year the mill
was shut down only seven working days.
There has been much excitement in
the northeastern counties, due to the in
vations of the natural oyster beds by
persons wh-j are taking oysters in great
quantities and selling them in Virginia.
Several fights have resulted, and a man
has been shot and badly wounded.
Freh complaints about this matter have
just beea made, and as the State has
just passed a stringent act against such
robbery of. the oyster beds, the result is
awaited with icterest. The oyster pa
trol is not yet ia operation. The State
has no vessel for service, but the oyster
fleet will probably soon be necessary.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The formal opening of the new chapel
of Claflin College at Orangeburg was
celebrated Tuesday morning.
A large cotton and wool manufacturer
of Philadelphia, contemplates moving
his entire plant to Winnsboro.'
A lighter containing 100 tons of phos
phate rock was sunk la3t week in the
Ashley River at Charleston. It was in
! tended for Baltimore.
Dr L M Schaffer, the doctor who got
up the corpse trust in South Carolina,
died in tho penitentiary on Tuesday
night.
The slxtL annual Convention of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
of South Carolina will be held in Charles
ton on February 22.
Saturday night Randolph Johnson,
Henry Harris, William Green and Joe
McCutchen, all colored, broke out of
the Chesterfield jail by pulling off a
plank in the cell. -
FLORIDA.
Snow fell In Jacksonville Tuesday.
Tkis is the second fall of snow that has oo
I "d at this point in twenty-five years
The mail steamer Sam was sunk oppo
site Appalachacola, No lives were lost.
Overloading and rough weather caused
the disaster.
Fully three thousand people were pres
ent at the opening of the Florida Inter
nationsl and Semi-Tropical exposition
atOcala. There was a procession two
miles long and the city wvs beautifully
decorated, j
The Elton light-keeper reports that
the beacon on the northwest mast below
St John's Bluff, St John's River, was
carried awav by the late gale. This is
an important point in the river. The
Cherokee, of the Clyde Line, is ashore
in St John's River off Commodore Point,
three miles below Jacksonville.
GEORGIA.
The negro participants of the late riot
ia Savannah nave just been sentenced to
ten years in the penitentiary.
Lewis, one of the largest merchants of
Thorns' n, Ga, made an assignment to
Messrs Thos Watson and J T West. His
liabilities are about f 10,030.
Gen Lawton, United States Minister to
Austria has written to a friend In Sa
vannah, Ga, that he will forward his
resignation at an early day. He will
return to Savannah next summer.
The directors, of the coming Atlanta
Exposition have sent a committee to
Indianapolis to invite the President
elect to attend the Exposition. The
city of Atlanta has also urged him to
accept the Invitation.
The repoit of the commissioner on
agriculture for the State of Georgia
shows that the average cash price of
bacon in that State for 18S8 was 9.71
cents a pound the credit price 12.S
cents. The average credit Was for four
months. Corn, cash price 77 cents,
credit price 93 cents; The advance is
about 24 per cent for four month's cred
it, or C.5 per month, or 78 per cent per
annum. The commissioner actually
congratulates the farmer on having re
duced the rate from 103 per cent last
year to 78 per cent this year. He at
tributes this 'encouraging reduction" to
the efforts of the Fanners' Alliance.
VIKGISIA.
A school of sperm whales was sighted
off Cape Henry Saturday morning.
The tobacco trade of Lynchburg for
the last week has teen more active than
for some time, and prices somewhat
hurhcr. The trade, however, is still
u ht and falu fibort of Usfyear.
M J 'Jn
Preston Belvin. U M Smith and H J
Cottrell, Democratic challengers In the
strong negro ward of Richmond, at the
last election, have been sent on to the
grand jury by the United States Com
missioner, charged with illegally ob
structing voters at the polls.
The movement recently inaugurated
ia Richmond against the use of coupons
in payment of State taxes Is growing.
The Governor aad the mayor addressed
a largely attended meeting of business
men at the Chamber of Commerce Wed
nesday and it was unanimously resolved
not to use coupons untill the State debt
was settled. J
lUiiroad Commissioner J O Hill, who
i engaged In preparing bis annual re
port, tays that there has been such a de
cided improviment in the physical con
dition of the Virginia railroads in the
last year that they will new compete
more favorably with the best systems of
the country. The total trackage in the
State is about 8.000 miles, ISO miles
having been built in the year embraced
In his report. The results financially
also show an improvement over preced
ing years, several roids having declared
dividends ran gin cr from 9 to 10 per
"nt doubly the Seaboard and Roanoke
Petersburg; Richmond and Petersburg;
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poto-
mac; Hicnmond and
folk axd Westers.
The Court Reconsidered.
Texas in 1317 had no jails, and had
just cut loose from Mexico, and there
were but three modes of punUhmeat,
small whipping, Urge whipping and
branding for minor crimes. For mur
der, hoiae stealing and forgery death.
I was a soldier iu General Houston's
army and recall one instance of horse
stealing, where the guilty party was per-
L mitted to escape. It was in Montgomery
county ia 18 7. ino man was tried
f'H. V..JTfc "n,ri.i
ivuuvt uuiji auv pvu ua ass lAmv -
et Alan did La tlan nnasi a V amm si 1
stolen, his legs tied under the horse and
he was led out to the edge of the timber
by some twenty or more of the members
of the "court," all mounted and armed.
Arriving at the end of the timbers, all
dismounted, except the prisoner, and set
ting their ri'e3 against the side of a log,
commenced looking around for a suit
able gallows tree. One of the party dis
coveted, some S00 yards out in the prai
rie, such a tree with a large limb grow
lg at right angles to the trunk, soma
twenty feet from the ground. He re
marked that the Lord had planted it
there to hang our horse thief on.
Agreed, and the whole party w alked,
leaving gun3 and hordes behind, leading
the condemned man still tied to the
horse. It was found hard to climb the
tree. The discover of it asked for a
"boost n Being a large, fat man, it took
all that could get around him to give the
boost, but they did it, and he
climbed to the limb. One end
of the rope was around ' the
prisoner's neck; to get the other end
fast to the limb was the task set for the
man up the tree. Alter several throws he
caught the rope, but the limb was so large
that it could not be easily brought around
to hand, and unless the end wa caught
under the rope could not be tied. - The
big man, ly ng on his bi east, holding the
main part of the rope in one hand, with
the other tried to throw under the limb,
but every time failed to catch the end.
The committeemen below all had their
eyes on him, looking up. The prisoner
at the other end of the rope was struck
by an idea. There was life and liberty in
it. He drove his heels against the horse's
sides. Luckily he had stolen a good last
horse and like a flash away went horse
and rider, and in tho alarm of the out
cry the fat man up the tree missed his
hold and fell to the ground, badly hurt
of course. The fugitive went flying over
the prairie, the rope streaming behind
his neck. The vigilance party's guns
and horses were H00 yards off. After
the excitement was over a meeting of
the court was held, to reconsider the
matter of nature having planted that
particular tree to hang that particular
man upon, and it was unanimously
carried that it was noX.Detni: Fret
A Literal Interpretation,
' She had almost' despaired of hfa com
ing. The h ura since they bad separated
grew into Bays, the days into weeks, and
the weeks" into month, but sUi he did
not appetr. fha grew wan and thin,
and hope deferred was making her heart
sicker and s cker. Something happened,
however, to bring the roses to her cheekt
again. Her lost lover suddenly "turned
up"." Chicago Timet.
The wise man who said "KVreT allow
yourself to get out of anything" nevei
fell into a du k pood, struck a hornet't
nest, or got into ail. Like many aoothei
philosopher, he is an inexperienced in
nocent. Antiquity of the Reaper.
The first reaper of which we have I
description was one used in Gaul, and
described by Pliov, about A. I. 10. In
the fourth century Palladins gives s
cood description of a heading machine,
something similar to those now In use in
California. This header had a row of
sharn teeth at the front edge, snd the
heads were torn off, and not cut as in
modern machines. This machine has
now been reinvented, and it is used for
gathering cloter seed. Little or no
change was made in the earlier reapers
and mowers until the present century.
and moat of those made prior to 18'0
were heavy and cumbersome; conse
quently they were cot generally popular.
i hm Ilnssev and McCcrmick's were the
earliest of the successful reapers, and
very soon thereafter the light running
American machines sdtinced to tht
front, and hare remained in the lead up
o the present time. Jeie lurt auz.
Five Feet of Water Fall Anna ally.
It has been estimated that an average
of five feet of water fall annua'ly over
the whole earth. Supposing that con
dentation takes place at aa average
height ot feet, remarks General
Strachey, the force of evaporation to
supply such rainfall must equal the lift
ing of S3?,000,00u pounds of water S0C0
fee ia every minute, or about 800,000,
000 horse-power constantly exerted. Of
this great energy a very sxaill part Is
transferred to the waters that run back
through rivers to ths sea, and a still
smaller fraction is utilized by taan; the
rtxnaindtx U) disslAcd in. space
J
WASHINGTON, D.C.
nOTJSB AHD SENATE.
Orn If ational Law-llakers Deliberate
on Heasuret for the Publio Oood.
Moxdat Hocsx.- The Senate Con
current resolution was agreed to pro Id
Ing for a joint meeting of the, two
Houses of Congress to count the
electoral vote. - - - .
Mr McCsmas, of Maryland offered an
amendment to the sundry civil service
bill appropriating (50,000 for the . edu
cation of children of sohool age la Alas
ka, without reference to race. Agreed
to after a long debate. The pending
amendment appropriating f253,OG0 for
investigating - the best method of lrre
gatlngthe arid region was agreed to al
so. Pending action on the bill the
House adjourned.
Sexate The credentials of Senator
Butler, for a new Senatorial term, were
presented by Senator Hampton, read
sad placed on fllo
The diplomatic and oonsular bill was
taken up and Senator Gibson moved
to
iaaertthe word "ambassador." instead
-
Vt
the words "envoys, extraordinary snd
ministers plenipotentiary," as applied to
France, Germany, Great Britain and
Russia. A long debate followed, in
which Senators Plumb and Reagan were
the chief opponents of . Senator Gibson's
amendment, but pending a vote the
House adjourned.
Tcesdat. The House to-day went
into committee of the whole, Dr Dock
ery, of Missouri, in the chair, on the
sundry civil appropriation bill.
An amendment was adopted appro
priating one thousand dollars to equip
and maintain meteorological stations in
the West Indies ; another appropriating
$2,000 for the repair of the road to the
National Cemetery at Hampton, Va, was
inserted on motion of Mr Bowden, of
Michigan, appropriating $20,500 for the
construction of an iron bridge over Mill
Creek, between Fortress Monroe and
Elisabeth City. The cemmittee then
rose and the bill was passed.
. After some further local and routine
business the House, at 4 :40 adjourned
The Senate occupied the day In dis
cussing the Samoa question, Senator
Sherman making a lengthy speech.
W ednesday. -House. I he day was
occupied by the Oklahoma bill but no
vote was reached.
The Senate to-day continued the
consideration of the diplomatic and con
sular aparopriation bill, the question
being an amendment affecting the Pa
moan Islands.
TirrBSDAT. The Houhe spent all day
in discussing and voting on the amend-
mats to the Oklahoma bill, but without
reaching a result, adjourned until to
morrow. The Senate to-day passed the dip'o
matic and consular appropriation bill,
the debate on the Samoan Question be
ing the feature of tha proceedings.
The civil service bill was resumed and
the amendment raising to the rank of
"ambassadors" the Ministers to England,
France, Germany and Russia was reject
ed; (yeas 25, nays 290 &od tto W11 wa
assed.
At 2 o'clock the Senate went into se
cret session for the consideration of the
British extradition treaty. Adjourned
at 8:15 p. m.
-FniDAT. In the House the confer
ence report on the bill to create a V&
nartment of Agriculture was t irrted to.
The Oklaht ma bill was taken up and
passed. At 4 o'clock ths House took a
recess and the evening session was de
voted to private pension Mils.
Senate Almost the whole day was
spent in secret session over the British
extradition treaty, . which contrary to
expectations was defeated .
Washington otfa.
The President nominated to be post
masters. John H Iafis, Tallapoosa, Ga; I
Mrs Jennie R Llvington, South Pitts-
burg, Tenn; Fiorina A Ulnes, Suffolk,
va.
The third annual convention of the
American Shipping and Industrial
league began its sessions in Washington
Wednesday, Gen Joseph Wheeler, its
president, in the chair.
Senator Z B Vance, Carolina's favorite
son, underwent an operation Thursday
by which his left eye was removeo.
Overwork on the late Senate tariff bill
wss the cause. He received many ex
pressions of sympathy.
Congressman J R Brown, of Virginia,
has presented to Congress a petition from
the Tobacco Association, asking the im
mediate repeal of the tobacco tax. The
petition went to the committee on ap
propriations. j
The President sent to the Senate the
following nominations: Jesse D Abrams,
of Virginia, to be Comptroller of the
Currency; Sidney L Wilson, of Ken
tucky, to be Pension Agent at Washing
ton; Col Joseph C Beckenridg to be
inspector general with the rank of briga
dier general, Miss Mary R Dusenberry,
postmistress at Concord, X C.
Fire 1st Daluta, Mlanesota.
Dcxcth, Minn. The Grand Opera
House and the postoSce were burned
before daylight Monday morning. The
ground floor of the Opera House was
occupied as the ttcres and general offices
of the of the Wisconsin Central Rail
road. Up stairs on first floor were the
offices cf the various lumber firms and
lawyers, and on the second floor the
chamber cf commerce, music room, etc
The Opera House was owned by Man
sell & MAikelL snd cost 1112.000: In
sured for $70,000. The total loss will
reach $200,000, or mere. The front
wall cf the Otxera House fell Into the
street, but no oae was hurt.
. NUMBER -43.
LAWLESSNESS IN LOUISIANA.
Befalars Drive aTtfrees On 9iw Xitorta
TuUk. '
New Orlxaks, La. A New Iberia
special says that three negroes were
whipped by the regulators last Sundsy.
aad they, w Ith others, . were banished
from the neighborhood. The regulators
were organized In town aod were rein
forced bt a Urge number of men from
the 1 rroucdlng country. ; They firtt
se'ied a negro, twetty four years of age.
named Jos Vebs, alias Jam w Modes, ana
whipped htm unmercifully. Their next
victim wss an old negro, agel seventy.
He wss treated In the tame burtal man
ner. The name ot the third negro
whipped could not be ascertained.
When the three had been well flcggtd,
they were ordered to l are the tho par.
ish which they did. Not a Ungte man
In New Iberia either officer or titlaen,
could give any tangible reason for these
gross cruelties
The next two negroes that the White
Caps turned their attention to were it
Justice of the Teice McGaflYy and hii
son. They ordered them to leave town,
and ss the negroes took their departure
they Opened nre upon them with guns
and pistols,- but they luckily efcaped
without injurv. After the negroes or
dered to leave had taken their departure
the mcb ueinolikhcd several of tie:r
homes and places of business. Al
though a large number of those who par
ticipated In the attack upon the negroes
are known, no arret have bven made,
nor has there been any Investigation of
tho affair. .
The Butter-Jfskliz Record.
The large t amount of butter mads la
one week irom ouo cow Is i!0 pounds
This was from the famous cow Eurotas.
Bomba comes next with 31.1 If, and
Valraa HoiTm in with an eveo twenty
one pounds. In Hi tho lirmltf't (fa
atte published tho names of forty cows
whoe record was fourteen pounds aad
over. But, under oidhary conditions a
cow that will yield eight to tea pounds
of butter per week at the beat season
may be considered a very good one tnd
de-erving the best of cate. Art York
Piedmont Air-Line Route.
Richmond) A Danville Railroad.
Condense! Scbednle ia Effect Jan 6, 18E9.
Trains Run by 75 Meridian Time.
i . .
.. DAILY. ,
SOUTHBOUND,
" ' SO. 50. NO. 50. N0 5
IjV New Yorjc.
Lv miadelphio,
Lv B ltlmore,
Lv Washington.
Lv Charlottesvflle,
Lv Lynchburg,
ArDanvillo
1315am
7 20 am
fttf am
libera
3 40 p m
ft 45 p m
8 30 p m
I SO p w
fr p ru ,
0 f i p m
11 oop m
souaiu
n io am
743 am
Lv Richmond, 310pm 2 30 a in
Lv Kurkevillo, 5 13pm 4 27 a m
Lv Kevsvilie. Stfpm 5 0? am
Lv Danville. H tt) p m C5 a m
Ax Greensboro, 1 10 85 pm 9 4em
Lv Ooldsbrof 1165 am SlOpm
Ar Raleigh, 2 10pm 11 am
Lv He! ma 3 40 p m .
At R&ltlgh 4 40 pm-
Lv Raleigh 4 43pm lUam
Ar Durham 5Mpm 8 12 am
ArUreecsboro 8 30pm T40am
Lv Palem 15 p m 0 80 a to
LvOremsboro,
Ar Balfebury,
10 45 o m
12 81 a m
VflOatn
11 IS am
ArSttevtlle,
Ar Asbeville.
Ax Hot Spring,
151 am -rW 13 p a
7 4-1 a ia 4 4 i p n
9 iim to C U y ia
Lv8alhury UMiffl UHtti
Ar Chariot' w 1 55 a, ra 1 J 4 i p m
Lv Hpurtanburg . - 4 40a n 8 37 p tu
Lv Greenville, 5 SO a ra 4 ttpm
Ar Atlanta, llOUam tt4Jpm
LvCbarlcWe 810am t (W p m
Ar C'lomUa C a m 5 1J p n
Ar Augusta 10 &l p m a ta
NOltTIlBOUND.
No 11 No. 8L No. S3,
Lv Augusta 6t5pm 845am
"C-MumiU 1040 pm 150 pm
Ar Charlotte ' S5pm ei5tm
Lv Atlanta, COO ptn 7)0 m
Ar Greenville, IWmrn Kl p n
Spartariburg, 2 11 a m Hpm
" Cbarlotte, W a m e 30 p m
" Balisbory, C ?i a ro 7 05 p m
LvHotSpringa 0pm WlOpm
AshvllU 946pm Itipiu
' BtAt llle 380am 601 pns
Ar BaJtstnuTr - 4 87 pm 6 45pm
Lv Salisbury 827pm 7lla
AxGrectMfacrn. (Uim M)pM
u Salem, I1 40am am
Lv Grevuvboro, 9 4) am IDMprn
: Ar Ihirhara, It Ci p m Uo
Raleigh, ICtpo ?4lO
Lv Raleigh .lOoOaro
ArKelma lOUato
- Goklrixiro, 8 W p m 411 45 a m
LvGretnboro S05pm 150au
Ar Danville 47 a m 10 a) p ra
Keysvule, .12 41 p m 1 47 a m
Rorkevuie, IWpm 3 i aa
fdchmond. T 3aipm Sl?an
- Lynchburg, J2pra liUaia
" cWkHUnile, 2 55pm SCO a ta
' Wethmgtoa, 7S5pm. 7Waro
Baltimore. S51pm Sfclam
MluiadelpUa, SCO am 10 47 p m
Sew York. 6 SJ a ta lgJpm
Daily. . Dally, except buaday
sxxxrxso CAaacancx. ,
On Trains W and 51, Pollman Roffet akp
er between Atlanta and New York.
On Trains W and 53, rail man Buffet alep
er between Washington and Mcotfmery,
Wasttngton and Angxuta. Pcllman titter
between RUmvnA and Greenstxira. iuU
man sleep- betweea Greeukboro and RaIu.
illman i'arkc Car between Salisbury ,, u 1
Knoxvill -
Tcroczh tickets cm sale at principal st
to U point, i'or rates aal iufcrnu
tion t V'Aj to any agent rf the cpnr, cf
to iaa L. TAYLOii, GexT raa. Agits.
BoLUas, TraSa ManAer.
kblrgtca, D. C.
J. & Potts, Dir. Pa
. liktruond, a.
W. A. Trax. Div. Paaa AgX luieigh, . Q .
roadway.