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Advertising Rates: (Ten li nes or less constitute4 a square.4) One square, first insertion, ... $ 1 00 " " each subsequent ins . . 50 One square, one month. 2 50 two months. . ; .. . 4 00 three months. .... 6 00 Business Cards, one year. .... 12 00 One Column, one year 100 00 Obituary notices will be inserted at 50 cents per square. All Advertising or Subscription cash n advance or on demand. To raise beet sugar in German coats 50 t or, X ,.' J forma or Texas from $15 to "$18. The Mayor of Nevada, Mo., gives his salary to the poor this year, but iney only gam 0500 by it. : The cigarette youth merits almoM any treatment that will squelch his faial -habit, believed The Pathfinder. The latest method, that of denying him admission to the public schools unless he gives up smoking has been employed in a Missouri town. This sort of ostracism may bring pretty effective influence to bear through the parents. But may it not 'cause some stubborn youngsters to go the other way into deperate paths? Geographers are still vexed with the difficulty of presenting trjuthfulty to the eye of the pupil the relative areas of tjbe States of the Union! The New England States, by reason of the?r 1 dense population, have long occupied in the school geographies a map space quite out of proportion to j their area, and few children leave school with ait clear notion that each of several of the smaller Southern States ia about as big as all New England put together. If Texas were represented in propor tion to the 6pace usually accorded to Rhode Island in the echool geogra phies, says the New York Sun, the great Southwestern State must have to itself a map felly a yard square. .- In his speech in the United States Senate, at the acceptance of the Web ster statue, Senator Morrill, of Ver mont, spoke of the fashionable garb worn by "Black Dan" when -he dined with him in Washington in 1852 "Mr. Webster," said the Senator, "appeared in his blue coat with gilt bntlons, light buff vest, low shoes and white silk half-hose, and led the con versation most . happily, whether grave or gay. " This was the custom of the great American statesman a lit tle more than forty years ago, a period which can be recalled by nun dreds of thousands of our living citi zens. What would be thought of any man, even a Webster, who should ap pear thus dressed in our time? Would he not be an object of ridicule? asks the San Francisco Argonaut. The clothes of the American people , have been getting plainer and duller right straight along for over a hundred years. Look at the costumes of Washington, Adams and the other great men after peace had been won through the Revolution. Look at the rich and gay drees which was worn by men who conii affprd it when our own immediate sires trod the land. Then look at the black and whit dress of fashion in the banquet hal! in this nnpicturesque aud blustering age. It is loyely woman alone who dares to make a display of colore, frills, flowers, fringes, spangles, jewelry and ornaments at this dismal time. The Washington Star remarks : The rumor that is said to be abroad in Germany tha horse-meat is Jbeing used in- the canned meats sent from America unjer the name of beef may throw some light upon recent events that have tended to destroy to a cer tain extent the commercial relations between this country and certain Eu ropean ports. American beef has un fortunately received a Bet-back . as a staple of export, and it is possible that much of the bad repute that has come to it may have sprung from jus! such senseless reports as- this. It is quite impossible that a regular busi ness, such as is reputed to be carried on in Chicago, of canning and selling horse-meat, labeled as beef, could be maintained any length of time with out detection. The canning business requires great quantities of material, and such an establishment would create a demand for horseflesh" that could not avoid public scrutiny. At the same time this rumor is attracting Borne attention to the sanitary value of horse-meat as compared with beef. The Medical News says that probably the horse is a safer source of meat food than the ox or cow. "Of course, ' it continues, "the sale of one meat under pretense of being another is a fraud hich should not be tolerated ; but it ill be an interesting inquiry to de termine just what the dietetic value of the meat oV the horse and to what diseases, if any, would its use give rise." This ia true, provided the in Sry could be conducted without causing further damage to tha repnta tlon of American beef, and urder any "rQumstances should be extended into an destination of the source of these rumors. If it 8hould be discovered at there is any canned horsemeat, 7wever eliSht quantity, going road labeled as American beef, the "aud should be immediately' and fiey wlr smashed. VOL, XXIII. SCORING A LEGISLATURE INCAPACITY. FOR Fudge Righter, of Louisiana, Exposes the Stupidity of the So-called Law of That State Against Prize Fighting. New Okleaks, March 13. Judge Righter rendered the following deefs ion in the case of the State versus the Olympic Club: "I am called upon to interpret 'and enforce Act No. 25 of the Statutes of 1890. The title of the Act reads 'An Act defining the crime of prize fight ing and to provide for the punishment thereof, in and out of the State of Lou isiana The Act embraces two sections and a proviso, neither of the sections defining the crime of prize fighting, nor does the proviso tell us what n glove contest is. The former (not de fined) is forbidden and punished, the latter are, under certain conditio permitted and by implication encour aged. 4 ' "Having under instructions from w I U J Supreme Court excluded all expert tes timony as to the - distinction between these differently designated methods of pugilism, ana referring only to the lacts proved in the one cape and in tha other, I find that a prize fight is a glove contest without gloves, and that a glove contest is a prize light with cloves. Tn each case there is a duel with fists, and mere is the prize. In each case there is the same danger, to limb and life, ine same maiming and shedding of blood, the same brutality. "I conclude, therefore, that tha Act entitled "An Act denning the crime of prize fighting and for the punishment tnereor in and out of the State of Lou isiana, is a piece of legislative fraud and mendacity. It neither defiines the crime of prize fighting nor does it provide any penalty for the same which cannot be evaded by the mock ery of covering with gloves the hand of the gladiators. That a glove con kcok to as uiuiai ana dangerous as a prize fight was clearly settled in the case of Lavigne vs. Andy Bowen me wnoie i nna tnat a prize tight in Louisiana is a glove contest and that a glove contest i6 a nrize fichf It logically follows that there Jbeing no prohibition of glove content in this btate, the same being legaMzed and encouraged under certain conditions. which me prize ngnter willingly ac cepts, prize lighting is now what it never was before the enactment of Statute No. 25, of 1890, a legitimate business and domestic industry, under the special protection of the law, while Deiore tne passage of that statute it would constitute the crime of assault and battery and in some cases of man- 4 j eiaugnter. "Judgment for the Olympic Club." NO SACRED CONCERT. The United States Marine Band Cannot Play in Columbia Columbia, S. C, March 12. The city council of Columbia to-nieht re fused to allow the manager of the ope ra house of this city to open his house for a sacred concert on Sunday after noon, March 31, by the United States Marine Band. This decision was reached by a vote of 8 to 3. It was taken on the ground that it was a per formance for profit and therefore came under the ordinance relating to busi ness for which license was charged. and which prohibited the doing of any Dusiness in t be city, on the Sabbath One of the three referred to suggested that, it was just as much a violation of the ordinance for street cars and for hotels to run and for railroad tickets to be sold. The opposition took the ) I ground that these were public necessi- CONSTABLES MAKE A SEIZURE. I A Sloop, Ostensibly Bound for Wil- mlngton With Whiskey, Detained at Beaufort, S. C. A special from Beaufort, S. Csays: The State constables seized on board of the sloop "Our Fritz." of Charles ton, sixteen barrels of whiskey and five barrels ol export beer marked Stincken & O'Neal, Wilmington, N. C, shipped irom oavannan. Jeniamin Elfe, rep resented as supercargo in charge, was arrested upon warrants issued bv Trial Justice T. G. White, charcincr infran- , j tj tion of the dispensary laws in bringing contraband honors into the State for use therein, upon affidavit of the State constables. mi 1 n a I . m . m ine aeienaant ciaimsf that he was only passing through b the inland passage on account of stress of weath er, and that he was bound for Wil mmgton. The constables claim to have evidence to the contrary and have teiegrapnea the tiovernor the situation The vessel and cararo are in charare of the sheriff ta await developments. The defendant was required to furnish bail. The South Carolina Registration Law Attacked. Charleston, S. C, March 12. Civ il suit for $2,500 damages has been en tered at Washington by Douglas & O Bear, attorneys for Daniel Wilev, colored, against D. L. Sinkler, et al, manacers of Precinct 2. Ward 6, m this citv. in the last Federal election The summons and complaint were sent from Washington to the clerk of the United States States Circuit Court, with directions that they be served at once, which was done last nicht. In vuvvj r mw w-w - -D I the last election Wiley attemptecTtwice I t n Tdtfl without hnvinc a registration I to vote without having a registration ticket, and was not allowed to do so by the managers. He was at the time accompanied bv ex-Concrressman Mur ray. This is thoucht to be the first move in an attack on the validity of the registration law. i DDT 717 mn nmnifl ; I riliZiD r lllfl 1111 U. WASHINGTON NOTES. NO ARRENTON - . a During the last session of Congress there were Teferred to the Senate com mitte on finance to tbtal of 178 meas ures and documents of various kinds pertaining to the financial affairs of the government. Action of some kind was taken with regard to 47, leaving 131 still standing on the calendar. Of the most important among the measures upon wnicnthe committee failed to act may be classed the propositions to pro hibit the future issue of bonds of any kind; the repeal of State bank tax, and to provide for the temporary deficiency in the revenue by the free coinage of silver. There is an old lady at the Louise Home in Washington named Mikr Hartley Graham, who was a bell in South Carolina sixty years ago, and was betrothed to John C. Calh nnn when he was at the height of his prom inence. But for some reason he married another woman, and 6he has remained a maiden to this day. She has a bracelet made of hie hair. wliirh was a fashionable sort of keeDsake in those days.and a daguereotype that he gave ner snortiy after they become en gaged. She sue nt much of her ciTl- hood and her womanhood in Washing ton, where she knew Clay and Webster, and danced with Bucnanan at the navy yard balls belore anybody dreamed 41 L 1 J3 I -1 . -n mui ue wouia do rresiaent. jJut in her jewel box. with other memento. are several from Mrs. Cleveland, which 6he prizes more than anything else. The last one was dated a few davs after the President's wife returner! from Gray Gables last November, and it reads: 'Dear Mi6s Graham: T hv int gathered these flowers at Woodley and I thought I would send them to von this morning as a reminder of my re turn. Yours sincerely. "Frances Cleveland." TO FIX .PASSENGER RATES. Representatives of Southern Railroad; Attempt a Reorganization of the Southern Passenger As soclatlon. Atlanta, Ga. The mass meetinc o representatives of Southern railroads. wnicn na. ba?n working for a sntis factory reorganization of the Southern Passenger Association, adjourned Sat nrday with its task fairly well accom plished. The articles of agreemen have been framed and the contract signed by many of the prominent lines. I here are a few lines that have not signified a willingness to come in un der the new agreement. The Queen und Crescent declines to sign the contract because the Louis- VlllA nnil XncliTi o n-ill nnt stnneAnt tn put in all of its mileage. The red-hot rivalry between these two lines for Western traffic causes one to depend upon the other before any definite action is taken in the matter of signing protective contracts. These are- the ouiy two lines tnat seem to give any J 1 A. undue alarm, though the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis by likewise also refusing to sign may cause some of its rivals to hold back too. With these differences prevailing the new association may have to cut its territory 6hort and extend north only as far as Chattanooga, but it is hoped that the lines amona which the differ ences exist will finally come into the association . A committee, consisting of Suencer, ' J L ' of the Southern; Thomas, of the,Na6h- ville, Chattanooga tvnd St. Louis; Par- rott, of the East Coast Line; Walterf:, of the Atlantic Const Line: Comer, of the Georgia Central; Thomas, of the Atlanta and Florida, and Duval, of the Florida Central and Peninsular, were appointed to report nominations for KUIUIUIDOIUUCIOIJIIJ OUU UlUCI UUltCS HI the next meptiha her Marph 97 w hn commissionerehip and other offices at a complete ratification of the work of this meeting will be sought. V 7? - AN IMPOSTER, NOT A PYTHIAN. Upon Being Arrested He States That He is a Fraud. , Richmond, Va., March 11. George Miller, a rather seeny-looking man of about thirty, who claimed to be both a Pythian and a Mason, was arrested here late tonight as a suspicious char acter and an imposter. 1 Miller, Brmed with what purported to be an order from Artesian Citv lodge, Knights of Pythias, in Albany, Ga,. has been beatincr member of thin and traveling expenses, and was mak ing his way to Washington. He has been given two days' board here, and prominent Pythians were arranging to procure him transportation to Wash ington, when lettr8 of warning were received from a Danville police ser geant named Cosby, who is chairman. of the Pythian relief board. He had received a telegram from Hugo Rob inson, of Atlanta, keeper of records and seals, pronouncing the man a fraud and he was taken into custodv. He admitted to a reporter that he was an imposter, and said a tramp gave him the certificate, and put him on to the scheme. He says he once did well and had a wife and little boy, but these were taken away from him and he I has been unable to get anything to do, and is going to the bad. ' The Diamond Shoals Structure. Washington. ' D. C. March 11 The lighthouse board is informed, that the temporary structure at Diamond onoais, North Carolina, withstood the recent storm very well, being but slightly damaged. Superintendent of VUUOUUtllVU XtCbll, WHIT UIBUO lilt? t3X amination, made soundings while there, And rpnnrtn lnf litlt. if ontr i'MnnrinK uonsiraction ttettig, woo made tne ex and reports but little if any "scouring in tne sand about the 'structure, con firmincr the opinion heretofore that the bottom is of sufficient firmness to erect upon it a lighthouse. The nlana are in an advanced stage of prepara uon. WARRENTON, N. C, FRIDAY, LYNCHING IN OHIO. governor iuciumey Approves of the Action of Col. Coit in Firing. Columbus, O. The Ohio National Guard military commission appointed by Governor McKinley to inquire into tne snooting of certain citizens at Washington Court House by Ohio troops, under command of Col. Alon -t. UOlt. While dftfpnrliTiry a -nam-r prisoner from being lynched, sustains Coit. The Governor, in his endorsement of the finding of the Court in inquiry, outlines the affair at Washington Court House, October 17, in which the prisoner was being taken from the jail to the Court room to e ier a, plea of guilty, when the mob interfered. Hav ing reached the Court room with the prisoner, and he having been sentenced for twenty years, the full extent of the law, the officers of the county and the military remained there besieged by the mob until the shooting followed on account of an attempt of a mob to break into the building. Ihe unlawful assemblage." savsthe Governor, "neither heeded the warn ings of the officers ndc of the citizens, which were repeatedly given. Under fiis grave provocation," continues the Governor, "Col. Coit and his com mand behaved with rare prudence and forbearance." It is further stated by the Governor that the troowa were present at the request of the sheriff. and that it was clearly the duty of the sherifl and the troops to protect the ! prisoner. "The law," eays the Gov ernor, "was upheld as it should have been, and as I believe it always will be in Ohio. But in this case it Mas at a fearful cost," "Lynching," says the Governor, "cannot be tolerated in Ohio. The law of the State must be supreme over all, and the agents of the aw, acting witmn the law, must be sustained." The endorsement closes with a strong testimonial to the pru dence and judgment of Col. Coit and his men. Pretty Mrs. Cleveland. Mrs. Cleveland has never in her life looked as beautiful and as happy as she does this winter. At Mrs. Car lisle's reception the other night one marveled when this woman would cease to grow charming, for every year Bhe seems to have increased in love liness. It may have been her gown; it may have been the new way in which she dresses her hair, but she certainly looked years younger than she did at the commencement of this administra tion, and her smile seemed brighter, fresher and more seductive than ever. Her gown was made of spangled moire antique, of a pinkish mauve shade, the orchid tint now so fashionable . The bodice was low with high, puffed, short sleeves and dangling pearl ttrands trimming it. A double strand of dia monds were woven into a coronet, and, while looking simple, she ' also looked superb. She had assumed a position immediately under the large, life-size painting of Mrs. Washington, and the picture of this ancient lady seemed smiling upon the fairness of her suc cessor. WILL PUT OUT A TICKET, A. PA.'s to Meet and Form a New Political Party. Saginaw, Mich., March 10. The national convention of the American Protective Association opens Tuesday for a three days session. The prime object is the consideration of the nron- osition for the formation of what is to be known as the independent American party. State President Beatty says: "We. feel ourselves ttronc enough now to form a party. We number over one hundred thousand in Michigan alone. We cannot tell whal the nlnt- form of the party will be until it is framed. We know we would restrict emigration, but, beyond that, the political complexion of the convention will decide." It is said that the party will nut a presidential ticket in , the field next year. Closing a Noted Play House. Richmond, Va. The Richmond Theatre, the oldest play house in this eity,Cahd one of the oldest in the coun try, will very probably in a few days be converted into a furniture store. Somef the greatest actors this coun try ever produced began their careers upon the stage or the Richmond Thea tre, and it was at one time the home of the best stock company in the United States, of which John Wilkes Booth was a member. The late Edwin Booth and William Florence both began their career on this stage and Creston Clarke, a nephew of Booth, made his first appearance at this theatre. Before the war it was known as the Marshall Theatre. In 1862 it was burned to the ground, and was then rebuilt, the materials being brought through the blockade. The scenery for the new building was brought from England. Exposition Arrangements. Atlanta. Ga. The executive com mittee of the Cotton States and Inter national Exposition has accepted bids for the transportation buildinc. newer a, (j r pipes and water pipes for the exposi tion grounds, and ordered the employ ment of a landscape gardener to su perintend the planting out of trees, shrubs, etc. 'President Baldwin, of the Southern Railway, has reported elaborate ar- langements for handling the people between the city and the exposition grounds over two tracks, with four tracks in the grounds to unload at the city station, so that the trains will leave every fojir minutes each way. r Gazette ' j r . . MARCH 15, 1895. SOUTHERN BRIEFS. The Baltimore Centennial Exposition .uttuitgeinenT, nas selected Clifton Park as tne site for the 1897 exposition. A call has been issued for the South and West Grain and Trade Congress to wveuo in mouue on April 4. England's naval budget provides for Dunamg during the fiscal year four farst-class, four second-class, and two third-class cruisers, twenty torpedo boats and twenty torpedo destroyers. The estate of Frederick Douglass, it is estimated, will realize from $100,000 to $200,000, mostly in realty in Rochester, N. Y., and in Washington Cily. Many negroes are leaving the South for Liberia. They are transported by the African Migration Soeietv. enfti having paid which defrays all ex penses of the trip. Si?, thousand are now paying tfieir fares in advance. Ex-Senator Matt W. Ran snm ia nnn at his home in Weldon. N. C. where he will remain for ten days. He will then return so Washington for a few days, it being his present intention to start for his new post as minister to Mexico in about two weeks. For more than three months Genro-A D. Baljen, the Georgetown College foot ball player, who was ininrrl in & game w th the Colombia Athletic Club team on lhanksgmg Day, has been lying in the Emercencv HoRnital in Washington, unable to move any por tion of his body but his arms. It is claimed that it is impossible for the injured man to recover, it being a question of time against vitality before he succumbs. He is a Richmond, Va., boy. The W. C. T. U. of Georgia is try ing to prevent the 6ale of liquors on the Exposition grounds there during the exposition. One brewery has of-" fered $100,000 for the concession of selling beer on the grounds. The recent fires at Kinston, N. C, have stirred up the eastern Carolina towns to the purchase of fire engines. At Raleigh, N. C,, Sunday, Miss Lula Frances Moore, a former Christian, was united in marriage to A. Isaac Kaplon, an Israelite. She accepted Judaism before the marriage. Newbern has just lost two druggi$ts. Harry Brock, of the Bradham & Brock Drug Company, died last Saturday, and Richard N. Duffy, the oldest drug gist in the town, died Sunday. The Beaufort, N. C, Herald tells of the death of Thomas Leland, the 18 months old child of Sheriff M. A. Hill, of Beaufort. The death was caused Hy his swallowing a peanut hall four weeks before. It caused intense suf fering and the child died on the 6th. Governor McKinley, of Ohio, is in the South. He arrived in Atlanta on Tuesday. He will spend two weeks at Th omasville, Ga. , the winter resort, for a rest. President Cleveland saw the eclipse of the moon, not on Southern soil, but in Southern waters. He was on the steamer Violet off Cape Henry, Va. Mr. Cleveland has had right ugly weather on this hunting trip. Rev. D. A. Blackburn, lately of the Westminster church (Presbyterian) of Charleston, S. C, has gone to New York, where he has accepted a call to the "Church of the Strangers." The Southern Memorial and Litera ry Society has decided to put the Jef ferson Davis mansion at Richmond. Va., in thorough repair, at a cost of $15,000, and convert it into a museum for Confederate jelics. Hon. William L. Wilson. Postmaster General, has accepted an invitation to attend the University of Virginia alum ni banquet, which will be given at Richmond April 17th, and will respond to a toast. The Baptists of Rockingham have called Rev. J. G. Blalock, of Granville, to the pastorate of their church. Judge Pressly, who died recently in Charleston, S. C, left an estate of $17,- U00 to be divided between Mr. S. W. Reid, Mrs. McKinley, Mrs. Minnie Hislop, Miss Maude Pressly and Dr. Pressly. The Rev. Dr. vSaunders, colored, it the editor of "The Afro-American," of Charlotte, N. C, the, president of Bid die University, of the same place, and a member of the Presbyterian freed man's board. The university, which now has 300 negro students, is in need of money, and Dr. Saunders is at pres ent visiting various cities of the North to arouse interest in it. Canton Ga. ,has a unique club of ladies who meet in social session weekly, but who are forbidden to discuss their neighbors. The name of Cooper's Station on the Western North Carolina Railroad has been changed toSwannanoa. S LATTERY L CHATTANOOGA. He Had Trouble In Gettlnir a Hall. Only Three Hundred Present. Chattanooga, Tenn., March H. . Ex-Priest Joseph Slattery lectured to night in Poss hall to about 300 people, of whom four were ladies. He was well received. He referred to his Sa vannah reception as the hottest he had ever had. Trouble was experienced in securing a hall, as the contract first made was broken by the owner, a Catholic, who claimed, however, that the building was unsafe. Mrs. Slattery lectures to women on ly to-morrow afternoon, and Mr. Slat--tery will talk in the evening to men. The ex-priest excoriated the pope for sending Satolli to this country on the rumored mission of establishing rela tions between Washington and the Vatican, ...... x -' . . . NO. 24. J PITHY NEWS ITEMS. A general strike for higher wages is on in the Pittsburg coal district. About 15,000 miners are out. F or the past seven months, compared with a like period for the year before, cuujjmuuu io inis country nas iallt.rH offiibout 40 percent. The only class of emigrants that increased in num bers were the undesirable varieties from Russia and Hungary. Capt. Gustave Brovan, a Russian navigator, is going to sail from San Francisco to Europe (rounding the horn,)in a boat made from a cedar log only 13J feet over all, with two feet depth of hold. The State of Pennsylvania, with 6000 square mile of territory less than the single State of Alabama, has in vested in manufacturing $340,000,000 more than the entire South from Mary land to Texas; or, in other words, while the fourteen Southern Statpo had in 1890 S657.000.000 invpstel in manufacturing, Pennsylvania had $997. -000,000. At a meeting of the creditors of the Plymouth Rock Boston, Mr. Miner, chairman of' tne committee of investigation, appointed ft 3-previous meetinor of the cielitoi-H stated that the assets of the concern nominally affffreaate $1,012,000 hi?a the liabilities amount to 1 1 70 finn In the items classed as assets,howevor. there is no real value, and the ptstp- ment was made bv some of tne f rpHi. tors that it did not feeem rjosfsible tW the company could pay five cents on the dollar. The Rev. Stiltweit. a Nnrwewion Lutheran minister of North Dakota, arrived in Durham, N. C, a few days ago. He is visiting that section with a view of selectin O- ROm P Inn a 1 i f xr Q w jJ which he can bring a colony of his fellow-countrymen. His report of the condition of the farms in some parte of the Dakotas is truly doleful . He says there is a strong inclination on the part of many Norwegians in the North west to remove South, which they re gard as a more inviting field for them. Bradetreet's report df last Saturday 6ays: lhe general business situation shows more improvement. From several centres this is declared to be due in part to the adjournment of Con gress and to eome extent to better weather. Gains are shown in improved demand for lumber and other building materials, and in receipt of larger or ders for structual iron and steel, to gether with the absorption of available stocks of Bessemer pig iron. In the South, Augusta cotton factories have received a large number oPtorders, many for future delivery,and in almost all directions jobbers report increased sales of 6taple dry goods, hats, 6hoes, millinery and hardware. Ex-President Harrison has recovered from his illness. Worth, the dead. Parisian dressmaker, is Bishop Andrews, of the Methodist church, whose charge- is in the east, advises the ministers of his church not to discuss the currency, strikes and politics in the pulpit. Miss Florence Dangerfield, another woman lawyer, has been admitted to practise in New York 6tate. She is the second woman to be admitted to practise in the. State Supreme courts. Ella Wheeler Wilcox is having her petticoats made on a peculiar pattern invented by herself, or. aR she sayp, by her husband and herself together. She dotes on white petticoats and no does he (for her), but 6he concluded that she paid for a great deal of un necessary laundering So the new garment is made of two pieces a top and a flounce that buttons on to it. The flounce can be changed as many times as you like and buttoned on to the top piece. There is now lviner in public elevators in Chicago 25,264,000 bushels of wheat. lhereis probably o,0U0,U00 more in private elevators, and of this fully 20, 000,000 is under contract. A big skunk farm has been establish ed in Tompkins county, N. Y., which expects next year to have a stock of 5,000 animals. Massachusetts Legislators Investigat ing. Atlanta. Ga. A cartv of ten mom. Lbers of the Massachusetts Legislature, including three Senators and seven members of the House of Representa tives, arrived in Atlanta Monday morn ing, accompanied by D. A. Tompkins, the distinguished mechanical engineer, of Charlotte, N. C. This party is a committee appointed by the Massachu setts Legislature to investigate the cause of the removal of cotton mills to the South. They were met by Vice President Hemphill and a committee from the directory of the Cotton States and International Exposition, and shown over the city and Exposition grounds. After spending a few days in Atlanta and in this vicinity, the committee will return East over the Southern Railway, stopping at Greenville, Spar tanburg, Charlotte and Danville. At or near each point large and thriving cotton factories are located. Floating Balloon Basket. An apparatus for floating a balloon basket in the event of its falling into the sea has been invented by a French man, savs the Philadelnhia Record. I It consists of a cylinder of membrane, woicn is automatically inflated by pressing, a button, and is claimed to -render the basket or car unsinkable. The apparatus is capable of buoying no tow personam. . - ' . THE WARRENTON GAZETTE :o:- A Democratic Weekly Family Newspaper. Rates of Subscbiption: The Gazette is published every Fri uny on xae iouowing terms: One copy, one year $2 One copy, six months 1. Club Kates: Eive copies, to one address $8 Eight copies, to one address ... 12 Terms invariably in advance. 00 00 00 00 T03I DIXON THROWS UP HIS JOB. He Resigns as Pastor of the Twenty Third Avenue Church and Will" " rt a New One. Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr.. announced Sunday morning from the pulpit of his uenurcn, tne l wenty-third Street Baptist cnurcti in JNew lork city, thathe would resign his pastorate. He is the well known young reform preacher, who went to New York from North Caro lina . It turns out that there have been differences between himself and his congregation for some time, which, however, have been kept from the public. The congregation think he is too sensational, and he will not listen to the slightest suggestions from his church on this subject. Mr. Dixon will start a new church in New York. The only requisite to enter it, will be for the applicant to answer in the affirmative the question: "Do you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ?" Mr. Dixon spoke to a Herald re porter as follows Saturday night: "Yes" said he, "I shall hand in my resignation at the meeting to-morrow morning as pastor of the Twenty-third Street Baptist church. The letter is not finished yet. After I have read it to the congregation I shall devote one hour to explaining in full my reasons for resigning, and shall make some re-' marks apropos of the occasion. I pro-' pose when I leave my pastorate here to establish a new church. It will be con structed oh a sort of union-evangelical basis. "There should be only one creed. If a man believes in the Lord Jesus Christ that is eufficient. I hope to be able to have an edifice for my new con gregation, for I have great faith in my ability to get together a large congre gation . "There have been some differences between pastor and congregation,' continued Mr. Dixon, "for some time. The members, some of them, do not approve of my style of preaching, while I believe in preaching in the manner that will do the most good to the greatest number. Again, some of my congregation have been anxious for some time to get back to the little church at Lexington avenue and East Twenty-third street. I desired to re main where we are, in Association Hall, being thu6 enabled to get together a more popular congregation. "It is not probable that to-morrow's sermon wil be my last sermon as pas ior of the Twenty third Street church. My year is not up until April 28, when I shall have completed a pastorate of six years. My resignation will be, of , course, subject to the consideration of the board of trustees. "I think the present congregation will hold together," Mr. Dixon con cluded, in reply to the question, "ex cept for those who will accompany me In my new work." MWP' -i.i i LIST OF PATENTS Granted to Southern inventors last week: W. Assheton, Baltimore, Md., man ifolding autographic tablet. A. T. Bemis, Louisville, Ky., dry- ing-kiln. W. T. Boyd, Bushnell, Fla., water distribution. W. B. Boyd, Waterloo, S. C, lifting jack. D. H. Brown, McComb, Miss., bal anced slide-valve. J. L. Buford, Birmingham, Ala., distance measuring instrument. H. R. Bynnm, Memphis, Tenn., buckle-clip. C. H. Campbell, Ocala, Fla., bicycle refit. T. F. Carr and H. M. Fannin, Ezel, Ky. , tool for removing hands of time-, pieces. H. R. Denis, New Orleans, La., envelope. W. T. S. Dickey, Mineral Bluff, Ga., fruit picker. W, N. Elliott, Lake Charles, La., saw guide. E. Goodman, Pocahontas, Va., Oil burner. J. and H. M. Goodman, Louisville, Ky. , telephone transmitter. W. R. (iordon, Osceola, La., mail bag. M. Leitch, Covington, Va. , mechanism for operating pumps. M. A. Martin, Henrico, Ark., trace carrier. M. B. Moore, Morgan, Ky., mark, ing and shading pen. J. V. Pilcher, Louisville, Ky., button. T. H. Schroder. Jackson, Tenn., spark arrester. E. P.Smith, Manchester, Va., churn. L. Wagner and J. Marr, Baltimore, Md., electrolytic conduit for beer or other liquids. HeaTy-Urade Locomotives. Two big locomotives have been turned out of the Schenectady Locjo motive Works, in fact, the largest and heaviest ever built at the shops. These engines are for the Central Pa cific Railroad, and are to be '.sed in heavy mountain work. They have four pairs of drivers and two pairs of truck-wheels. One of these engines weighs 173,000 pounds The tender weighs, wheD loaded, 93,803 pounds, and carries 4000 gallons of water and twelve tons of coal. The boiler i seventy-two inches in diameter amt containsor er 303 flues. Its size casi be imagined from the fact that a six foot man can stand upright inside ol it. The cylinders are 22x28, and a!l other dimensions are in proportion. Albany (S. Y.) Journal. Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, boast of a family of eight members still living, the eldest of which is nine teen and the youngest seventy- six. The average age of the family is eighty two. ' " , The reformers of the English Church in 1549 struck out nearly 100 holi days, leaving only such as .in their time Wert dm to the popular htt, : :