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SANFORD, N. % THURSDA JUNE 25, 1891 'Mm SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOB —’ -1JV«B28, 188* KB VIEW EXERCISE. I Buperint.udpat What great calamity* were the Samaritans suffering? School-Siege by (he Syrians, and famine. Snpt--How wer^ they relieved from these calamities? , School—The Lord made the Syrians to hear the noise of a great host, and they fled. JehU procIaim a «-eat School—Jehu did it in subtilty, to the in ofBaah i#Wt de8troy the Supt.—What was done with the worship ers of Baal? .. School—They smote them with the edge of the s word. - Supfc—Of what was Jehu unmindful? School—Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israels with all his heart. ‘ Supt.—What proclamation did Jonah make to Nineveh? Sohool—He cried, and said, Yetlforty days and Nineveh shall be destroyed. w Supt.—What was the effect of 1 his preach ing? Scl chool—The people of Nineveh believed God and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth. '-““^feltest of them evenito the least from 1 of them. Supt.—Wh$t did God do on the repen tance of Nineveh? School—God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way: and God re peated of the evil that He said He would do unto them* and Heaid it not. Supt.—With what judgments did Lord*reprove I#*ael? School—He the te sent upon than famine, drought, blasting and mildew, pestilence and earthquake. —How had Israel treated these re ye .Supt.—What warning did the Laid gitie them?;. . ' •.••Pi ^ School—Therefore, thus will I &$" unto thee, 0 Israel: and because I will . da this untb thee, prepare to meet ,thy Go& O Is rael Supt,—In what words wall Israel’s*over ttirow foretold? ■ W \ \w earth in the clear day. v /SuptHow did the kingdom of Israel come to ad end? ‘JBchool—The king of Assyffei .Jftok Bn-'' maria, and carried Israel awajr into As syria. ^Suj3t^--Why did this calamity come upot . BSfchool—The children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, . : . Therefote ttyeLord was angry with Israel and removed them out of His sight. Supt.—What good wort: was done by Jdash, King of Judah? flchool—He. repaired the .house of .the Lord. Supt.—What was the character of King Hezekiah? pjijn/;**- WMt araHpaAtah (lo Htthe begin - ning of his reign? v School—He, in the first1 year of the reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the Lord and repaired them. Supt.—When was the temple again r«* paired? IBchool—In the reign of good King Josi&h. Supt.—What happened while they wor* making the repairs? - School—Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the Lord, given by Moses. Supt.—What did Josiah do when the book had been read to him? Schoql—It came to pass, when the king h*ttl heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes. • • Supt,—rWhen did Nebuchadnezzar take Jerusalem? School—In the eleventh year of the reign of Zedekiab. Supt.—What was done with Zedekiah and his sons? School—They slew the sons of Zedekiah before hie eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiab, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon, Supt.—What became of the city and the people? School—The city was destroyed and the people were carried into captivity-. Supt.—Who'were left in the land? School—The captain of the guard left the poor of the land to be vinedressers and hus bandmen.—Westminster Question Book., Novel Cause of a Sail ai Law. A few weeks ago an English clergy man was made the defendant in a law suit in consequence of his ordering the postman not to leave a letter addressed to one of his maid servants because it bore the prefix “Mias” before the woman’s name. The contents of the let ter which she thus failed to receive were of such importance that the damages claimed in the suit were placed at $2500. The letter was an offer of marriage on the part of a prosperous young farmer, who waited a sufficient time for a reply, and then concluded that the young woman’s jsilenqg was to be construed as a nega tive. Whether he married some ons else does not appear, but at all events {the maiden lost the opportunity to change ner name ana way or me, ana [hence the lawsuit. The clergyman had [very positive notions as to the impro Ipriety of addressing a serving woman as Miss or Mrs. ora serving man as Mr., land had given a general order to the lo cal postman not to deliver at his house any letters thus addressed to his em ployes, The trial has been twice post poned through the influence of the clergyman with the legal authorities, |and it is impossible to predict with cer itainty when it will be reached. The jfoeling in the courts and among the law yers will doubtless be in favor of the clergyman, and the chances are against the winning of the suit by the plaintiff. ‘The use of the prefix in question is much less commo* in England than in America! if suoh a case were tried ^before an Americ'Sn jury the defendant would pretty surely be the loser. Au Ameri can country editor is said to have offered to write Mr. before or Esq. after the name of any subscriber, on payment of twenty-five cents extra on a year’s sub scription, while for fifty cents he would give the prefix colonel or general to any man who desired it. An English editor making a similar proposition would se cure the enmity of all the upper and middle classes, as they are exceedingly Jealous of their rights and privileges, and Could not possibly see the humor of the suggestion.—Chicago Herald. There Is a large lake In Hutchinson County, South Dakota, well filled with corn-fed. fish (bullheads). They got •way with seven acres of com which was JMkiiiAbe.flMiUhooked butjwt.kustoL LATE SOUTHERN BRIEFS. t ■ _—:— Knowing That Variety Is The ' Spice Of Life, We Present to Our Header* All the oy.-, Home Hews, Fresh, Spicy ; VIRGINIA A monument to the Confederate dead was unveiled in Fredericksburg. A stock, company has applied for a franchise to build an electric street car line at Staunton, “ An unknown colored man was found dead in one of the large pipes of the Princess furnace at Glen Wilton Tuesday. The corner-stone of the new Masonic Hall at Glasgow was laid by the Grand Lodge of Masons. State-Secretary Robert Sadely address ed the Augusta county Farmers’ Alliance in Staunton Thursday. - The claim of a colored girl at Carring ton for $93 against the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad for the loss of a valise was settled Tuesday by a payment of $90. Cordial greetings have passed between the commercial bodies of Norfolk agd Louisville, on the occasion of the open ing of the Norfolk and Western and the Louisville and Nashville roads. The people of Virginia have been invited to send delegates to a convention to be held at Pulaski, July 4th, at which it is expected plans will be perfected for an elaborate display of the State’s re sources and progress at Chicago in 1893. NORTH CAROLINA. The Seaboard Air Line has issued orders for the erection of a handsome pas senger station, with beautiful grounds, at Henderson.' 80,000 acres of land in Caldwell county have been sold to an agent of a Russian '.society for the colonization of Jews. In the examination before the Exam iners of the State Medical Boardv Rus ll^Bellamy, of Wilmington, won the There were 60 in the class. _^ real estate in close proximity to the larger Southern cities is receiving unusual attention this season. Three weeks since there was a very succesful large sale of lota near Charlotte. A-special from Washington, D. 0., says: The Census Office to-day gave out the tobacco statistics of North Carolina. The total number of planters in the State during the census year 1890 was 27,960, the total area devoted to tobacco 97,077 acres, the total product 36,376,958 pounds and the value of the crop to tlje producer, estimated on a basis of actual sales, $5,175,838. In United States circuit court, al Raleigh, Wednesday, Henry C. Davis, colored, assistant postmaster tit Halifax, was convicted of embezzling a thousand dollars from the government and sen tenced to eighteen months in the peni tentiary at Columbus, O., and fined $400. SOUTH CAROLINA. Rock Hill now has street cars. The goods and chattels of the Experi mental Station are being moved to Clem son College, Ft. Hill. A stock company is being organized to build a cotton compress at Darlington. Capitalists have incorporated the Alta Vista Land & Improvement Co. to build a new town near Hamburg. J. C. Cary is .organizing a $250,000 stock company for the purpose of erect ing a cotton mill on Little river, near Seneca. The Board of Canal Trustees have des ignated Mayor McMaster, Alderman Desportes and Engineer Hally of Colum bia a special committee to prepare a pamphlet upon the history and possibili ties of the Colombia canal. The rice planters of South Carolina and Georgia who have depended for so long on the State of the rivers for the inunda tion of their fields are now experiment ing with artesian wells. Water is secur ed at a depth of 60 to 200 feet, and the supply has been abundant in every in stance. G. Wanner, secretary of the South Carolina Horticultural Society, and a veteran gold miner, is preparing for ex tensive gold mining in the vicinity of Spartanburg, S. C. The company with which ho ia connected has purchased a water-power for the stamping mills, a n<l has secured options on 27,000 acres of land on which it will prospect. He be lieves that the ores there will assay $15 a ton. TENNESSEE. Dayto n ia to have a pearl button ms ufactory. Capitalists are organizing a slot coinpany to construct a s‘eel plant South Pittsburg. A company represented by H. 1 Btarke, controls about 75,000 acres < land in Fentress, Overton and Picki tonnties, and will sink oil wells on sam The war department lias approved tl allotment by the Mississippi river com mission of $15,000 for the improvcmei of the channel at the Memphis grain eli vator. In the United States court t Nashville, Judge Jack appointed Bov Swing, of Chattanooga, receiver of th Cardin Coal and Iron Company, of Rt ane county. Tbncis aft insolvent co-op oration, owing between $300,000 am $400,000, and1 having assets nearly th same in value. o In the notorious libel suit* of Revs Manker and Sampson vs. Dr. T. 0. Car ter, a decision was rendered at Chatta iooga by Judge Traysor, overruling tfa< aemurrer filed bv lha defendant. It, ii one ui me must senbauouai cases in tn< church history of tho", south. Carter ii charged with adultery and made countci charge against Sampson. All the par ties are doctors of divinity. GEORGIA. The Atlanta Park now has two youn Mexican lions. Amerious is getting ready to ‘entertai Jerry Simpson, the aockless statesme from Kansas, who will speak in that cit next months Ex-Governor Bullock has been un»" moualyi term of the Atlanta university and iism accepted the position. Governor Northen has notified the lessees of convict labor in Georgia that they must effectually separate all women in.their camps from the men. Many carloads of luscious south Geor ?ia watermelons have already been ship ped. The melons are of good size, juicy and vrelUleveloped. ___ The ex-coniederato soldier, in Lee county, who says that he has one leg and one wife, certainly deserves the sympa thy of the Confederate Veterans’ Associa tion. A novel suit is on trial in the superior court at Atlanta. Mr. John W, Keely went to the depot at Palmetto to get some freight. He says Mr. Killian, the depot agent, Was intoxicated and attack ed him with a gun, pointing it at him and also drew a knife oc him. JV>r this treatment he sues the West Point road for $5,000. FLORIDA. An act to declare* the anniversary of the birth of Jefferson Davis a legal holi day, was passed by the legislature. Thomas P.BGray, president of the Med ical Association of Florida, and for sev eral years mayor of Ocala, is dead; aged fifty-six years. Rails are now being laid on the seven niles of road connecting the new mining 'own of Phosphoria, near Winter Haven, Fla., with the South Florida road at Bartow. The legislature passed a joint resolu tion providing for the equitable distribu tion of the fund provided for the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanica’ arts. The Bast Coast Canal of Florida will, when completed, be 800 miles long. It will then be a waterway for river steam ers from Lake Wdrth to St. Augustine, ind will enable the latter city to become the distributing point for the fruits and vegetables of the Indian river country, and for other large areas of fertile lands. The most difficult part of the work will be in crossing the four- miles of the Mat angas divide, where quicksands will probably be encountered. OTHER STATES: A fatal and destructive weter-spput occurred in Green county, Tex., s few days since. It has been estimated that Louisians alone will call for nearly $10,000,000 of sugar bounty this season. The completion of the jetties at the mouth 6f the Brazos river, in Texas, is announced. These consist of parallel wal's 505 feet apart extending to deep water a distance of 5,600 feet. This work has coat $1,800,000. The Cotton Situation. The New York Financial Chronicle brings its cotton facts down to.last Friday night. It says for the week ending Fri day evening the total receipts have reached 30,996 balea, against 33,082 bales last week and 38,591. bales the previous week, making the total receipts since the . 1st of September, 1890, 6,783,913 bales, against 5,757,028 bales for the same period of 1889-90, showing an increase since September 1, 1890, of 1,020,885 baits. The export for the week reach a tots! of 46,405 bales, of which 33,323 were to Great Britain, 990 to France and 12,092 to the rest of the continent. The speculation in cotton for futuie delivery at New York has been fairly ac tive for the week under review, with prices making rather wido variations There was much depression on Monday, when August contracts sold at thirty three points below the highest prices made about the middle of May. This decline from a price already low brought in buyers to cover contracts. On Wednesday the next crop advanced a few points on report* of an adverse crop ac count from the' state bureau of Georgia, which said the condition was only 75 and the acreage decreased 15 per cent. This influence and its effect upon the Liverpool market caused OB Tuesday general buoyancy, which was maintained throughout the day, the latest figures be ing among the highest paid. Many who had heeu “short” for months covered their contracts. But the demand was pretty well met by the room traders, who bought on-Wednesday and were sellers to realize profits. The receipts at inter ior towns fell off materially, and this fact was an element of strength. Friday there was an early decline in sympathy with a reduction in value at Liverpool, where excessive supplies and dull trade in Manchester are apparantly dominat ing influences; but after the last call there was a buoyant market, in which the early decline was quickly recovered, owing to reports of a severe drought in the southwest. Cottou on tho spot de clined l-10c. on Monday and again on Wednesday. At the lower prices a com paratively large business was done od Thursday for home consumption. Fri day the market was firm, but quiet, at 8fc. for middling uplands. The total sales for forward delivery foi the week are 869,000 bales. For im mediate delivery the total sales foot fip 2,043 bales, including 175 for export, 1,868 for consumption. The figures indicate an inore&se in the cotton in sight of 805.780 bales as com pared with the same date of 1890, an in crease of 815,3l8 bales os compared with r,he corresponding date of 1889, and’ an -increase of 892,081 bales as compared with 1888. ~ Reports by telegraph indicate that the temperature has in general been favorable for cotton. The outlook in Texas is quite promising. O. K. & W. Seta a Receiver. A Charleston, 8. C., dispatch, says: In the United States court to-day H. O. Beattie was appointed permanent receiv er of the Carolina, Knoxville and West ern Railroad, with a $10,000 bond. Holders of bonds of the road are required to prove their bonds before the clerk of the court. The suit was brought by the National Bank of Augusta. This makes the third railroad in this state now in the hands of a receiver, the others boing the South Carolina and the “Three C's” roads. ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT. Mr. Tillman Explains the Position of The Farmers’ Alliance. It Will Hot Support the Action of tite Cincinnati Contention—Pro posed Confederation With • Labor Organisations, Washington, D. pftjh [Special.]—To the question of whether the farmers’ Alliance is supporting the Cincinnati episode Mr. Ti[jiai0, Secretary of the National Executive Board of the Far mers’ Alliance, mid: “The National far mers’ Alliance is not supporting the ac tion taken by the Cincinnati Conven tion.” “How was the Cincinnati Convention called ?” “It was called by a Mr. Powers, of In diana, who is neither a State nor a na tional officer of the Farmers’ Alliance, and absolutely without authority from the National Alliance for such action.” “Did not the Farmers’ Alliance send delegates ?” “Not by anthority or consent of ita n& tional officers. I am told delegates were sent there by State Alliances from only two States, and I doubt if they were sent upon a basis of representation. Tbe Cincinnati Convention appointed a com mittee to confer with Alliance men or [he 22d of February next.” v “What, in your opinion, will be tbe outcome of that conference in regard to the subject of a third party movement ?” “I do not know the shape political af fairs may take by that time, but I am of the opinion that the two old parties will so endeavor to meet the demands of the farmers that there will be no necessity for a third party.” “Suppose neither ot them docs!” “Then Ibelivea large majority of the members of the Alliance in the South wit? remain with their respective parties.” “Will the National Alliance, as a par ty, undertake a third party movement, in your opinion ?” “The National Farmers’ Alliance to not a political party. But In answer to your question I would say it will not, because it is absolutely non-partisan. Farmers of all political parties can become members of the Farmers’ Alliance.” “What is the Farmers’ Alliance, Mr. Tillman ?” 1 “It is the greatest and grandest organ ization on earth. It means the greatest good to the greatest number, and abso lutely determined to have exact justice to all, and special favors to i none. We have, standing together, f[om five to right millions in co-operatioa, and have more members than any organization known to history, and the order is be coming more powerful every day.” “You say it is not a political party— some sort of missionary society pr Salva tion Army, I suppose ?” i' “It is missionary enodgh to prevent a few monopolists from controlling every • thing, and is Salvation enough to save this country. The faming and laboring people are fast coming to know how to stick together and what organization means. They have the numbers and can control politics: that is [aki it from the hands of the few and place it back in the hands of the many. We are rapidly burying all sectional jealbusies and sec tional strife in the interest of the classes who feed and clothe the world.” “You said before, ‘the Tanners’ Alii ance is absolutely nod-partisan. ’ You say now, ‘they have the numbers and can conlrol politics.’ What do you mean?'' “As na organization, I mean it is ab solutely non-partisan: but its numbers arc absolutely sufficiently great in the two old parties to enable the Alliances to capture both, and to control them to re lieve the oppressed farming and labor ing people.” “If that is the purpose of jthe Farmers’ Alliance, do you mean to say that it is not a political organizations" “Tlie Farmers’ Alliance sprung to life from the necessities of more than three fourth^ of our people. The National Farmers’. Alliance cannot become ijfolit ioal party, because it is composed of members ’ of all political parties, and there is no patty significance in it. But in answer to your question, I may say that there is big political significance in it, but not party political significance. ” “Then there are dot likely to be any immediate developments by your organi-' zations for a third party movement?” “Certainlynot.” | “Then the Alliance will not put out a ticket this fall?” \ “No-io whatever.” \ “A New York paper says that Lieut. Gov. Jones has the support and control of the Farmers’ Alliance in his canvass for tho Governorship of that State. It that a fact?" “There is not a word of truth in it. The Lieutenant-Governor cannot control the Alliance, nor have anything to do with it.” “Suppose he should become a member. With tile familiar legend of ‘Jones, he pays the weight,’I suppose he has en deared himself to the farmers class, and, if he so desired, might be welcomed to the bosom of the Allianie.” “Mr. Jones is not eligible to member ship in the Farmeia’ Alliance, If ho is, as I am informed/ a huge manufacturer. This not only debars him from member ship, but places him, wiih all other like manufacturers among those whom the Farinom’Alliance has setn cause to de clare its enemies. Therefore, we are not supposed, nor or we likely, to set a pr* cedent of going into. ilie ranks of our en roies for material for Governor or any other State officer.” “It has been said that the Farmer’s’ Al liance ia now working for him,” “By what authority?" . “Newspaper au(ho*ity." “Wo have qften been misunderstood from newspaper’s falling into the error of un'intc’D’Janel'v misrCpicreiPing us.” “1 havo heard some talk of tbe Citi zens* Alliance. AVIrat- relation has that to the Farmers’ Alliance?" “It is & kindred orgaqiz’ition for such laboring men as are ineligible to the Farmer’s’ Alliance by reason of their resi denco within city limits. The Citizens’ Alliance is to tiro laboring class of the cities as the Farmers’ Alliance is to the farmers of the country.” I . “Are they independent organizations or do they work together?” “They are indepemjsnt qs far as their I organizations are concerned; but there is | a friendly understanding and confedera tion between them.” "What it, the purpose of that confed eration?” “For co-operation and protection alike.” _ “are they so confederated thatr the Citizens' A iliance is under the direction of the Farmers'1 Alliance?” 1 ‘I hare said that they have confeder ated and can co-operate. They are growing rapidly.” “How about other organizations? , How about the Knights of labor?” “Wc have also agreed to a confedera tion with a number of other organiza tions including the.Knights of Labor.” “What are thej?” “Patrons of Husbandry, Citizens ’ Al liance, Knights of -Labor, the Farmers’ Mutual Benefit Association, and North western Alliance, which helped kill In galls, set Wade Hampton one. side, and piit Palmer in the Senate, made a few Governors, several State Legislatures, and forty Congressmen.” WONDERFUL TO TELL. A Remarkable Case of Bone Ex poliation, TJnparailed in Medical Circles. Ashbvtllb, N. C., [Special.]—Dr. T. E. Bales, of Caney Branch, Tenn., has been in this city attending the State Medical convention, pr. Bales tells of a wenderful and almost unparalleled case in medical circles. The subject lives at Caney Branch, and her name is Mrs. Sarah Neas. Speaking of the case to a representative oi The Commercial, Dr. j Bales said: “I have been Mrs. Neaa's physician for two years. She is seventy-oue years of age, and weighs 120 pounds, and ex cept the disease spoken of is in good health. About twenty-one years ago. while ironing, Mrs. Neaa scorched the in dex finger of her left hand, and on the saipe evening cut the same finger on a broken dish. The niglit following the wpund gave great pain, and the finger was badly swollen and the cuticle ex tended from the end of the finger. This she cut off with scissors. She suffered | iucessant pain for two months, at the end j of which time the bone expoliation began. ; I It first commenced in the phlanges of the fingers and as the disease progressed the forearm became involved. The humerus has not yet been affected. Expoliation mkes place spontaneously. Ten minutes before it takes place the patient is seized with intense pain, which continues until the boue is expelled. Np pus has ever formed, and what seems to bo most remarkable in the case is the fact that the bone seems to be immediately replaced by some process of ossification. The oone does not always make its appearance on the surface instantly after breaking ioose, but occasionally is one that will be some hohrs moving down the arm. They move an inch or so rapidly, and then remain stationary some tflne, then move further until they reach the hack of the hand and then appear on the surface. On one occasion I was called very hurri - edly to see her. On arrival I- found a bone lodged in her throat. I removed the bone and she informed me that Bhe had swallowed two bones previous to my arrival. While talking to her a bone one inch in length was expeled from her ear. The bones expelled to to date num ber 526.” TREASURES UNEARTHED. Long-Dooked-for Hidden Gold and Other Valuables. Great excitement prevails among the people of Kershaw, S. C., over the find ing of $163,000 in gold and other valua ble treasure which were buried in thai neighborhood twenty-four years ago when Sherman's army was passing through South Carolina. The officers of the Camden bank col lected the money and jewelry and brought it near Hanging Rock creek, Kershaw county, to bury it. They were captured by Sherman’s men and forced to give up their treasure. The soldiers, in turn, appointed one of cheir own number named Rhodes to bury it. Among the treasures was a gold pitcher presented by the ladies of Charles ton to Calhoun. On his death-bed, a few days afterward, Rhodes said he had buried <the money near an old mill. For the past twenty-four years various parties have been digging for the buried treasure, but witbout~success. Last Friday night, however, it was secured by a Mr. Rhodes, brother of the man who buried it, and a Mr. Swaggart, both Northern men. They have disappeared. ' ' \ uesire or Colored Men to Becoo • White. •*' New Yoke City, [Special.]—Bishop Turner, a colored prelate of the African Methodist Episcopal denomination, made some curious statements shout colored people in his sermon of last Sunday iu Brooklyn. He spoke of a desire of col ored men to become white, and expressed his disapproval of such a desire on their pait. He told of a colored lady who assured him that she would gladly he shinned if skinning would leave her white, and he alleged that she fell in his esteem after making this remark. He said that a great many colored people be lieved that they would turn white on go ing to heaven, but he informed them that they would not thus lose their identity in the resurrection. The New York Sun commenting on the sermon says: We are disposed to say th>t\ we are inclined to express Our approval of Bishop Turner’s remarks on this inter esting subject. The colored men who desire to becomo white are unworthy of their complexion; the colored lady who is ready to be skinned for the sake of be coming white deserved to fall in his es teem, and as for the colored people who hope to be white in heaven we need only say that they were' properly warned against indulgence in such a hope. ~ Hebrew Woea in. Russia. A St. Petersburg cablegram says: The rabbis of the priueipal cities of Russia have ordered a day of fasting, prayer and intercession against persecution. Re newed rumors .are current that the Jewish merchants of St. Petersburg intend to quit the city. Afnong those mentioned «s about to leave are Poliakoff, the rail way king,, and Budzki, the sugar refiner. THE PBESIDENT INVITED. Seventy Delegates Wait on President Harrison, -Cud Cordially TJrge Him to be Free eat at the Inter-States Exposi tion. of all the South> era States. Washi'toton, D. C., [Special.]—Of %**Out sev cuty persons representing all Btmthern States, waited on President Harrison and i-ivited him to attend the to attend the exposition to be held at Raleigh, N. C., in October and Novem ber next. The party was headed by Senator Ransom, of North Carolina, and Patrick Walsh, of Augusta, Georgia, and included Mayor Radger, of Raleigh j Col. A. B. Andrews, of Richmond; Maj. R. 8. Tucker^ Colonel Burgoine and representatives of nearly all leading Southern cities. Gov. Holt, of North Carolina, intended to be with the party but was not able to come.. The President received them in the cabinet room. Senator Ransom made an eloquent address, inviting the President to Raleigh and assuring him of a warm and hospitable welcome. The President in reply thanked them for their cordiality and the impressive ness of their invitation and said it was very gratifying to him to feel that they had come so far for such a purpose. Their invitation called for serious con sideration on his part, but he could not now teft what he would be able to do at the time of the exposition. He said he knew he would be received with kind ness, as he had recently had very con clusive evidence on that point. He re gretted that it was not his privilege to pass through North Carolina on his re cent trip. He continued“No, I cannot prom ise at this time, indeed I am very charry about promises. Public men have been severely criticized for making promises they could not perform and I have ma.de a strict rule not to make promises. There is much doubt about the future state of public business for me to antici pate what I may be able to do. You will bear in mind that October and No vember are apt to be busy times with the President in connection with the as sembling of Congress and in discharge of | my constitutional duty. I must try to enlighten congress as to the affairs of the i country. So you see it will not be easy for me to get away in the fall. I am in full sympathy with every movement for display of our magnificent development and material prosperity in the arts of science. I will bear ^®tir invitation in mind nnrl nr ILL try to owaiyco my nffafrra as* on to accept it.” The President’s remarks were loudly applauded. Presentation volume is a large silver bound and clasped book, 14 by 28 inches. Covers of native North Carolina pine, panelled with natural curled pine. Eight pages of elegant design on each cover. Within is framed an invitation printed 011 a large tobacco leaf of far-famed North Carolina golden leaf. On the leafk 12 by 24, on the left is printed, ‘ ‘The citizens of the southern section of the Union extend an earnest invitation to Benj. Harrison, President of the United States, and his Cabinet.” On another tobacco leaf of the same size is the following: “To visit them at the Capital City of the ‘Old North State’ during the Southern Exposition in Oct. and Nov., 1891.” Above and on each side of both leaves are bunches of rice grown in North Car olina, and below are bolls of open cotton representing agricultural products. Below are sheets of mica, representing industrial products of the South. The back ground, of the black velvet lined with gold cord and handsomely framed with plate glass. Similar imitations in port folio form will be presented to each member of the cabinet. Mr. Walsh then addressed the President on behalf of the Augusta, Gar., Exposition and the President said his response to the other invitation applied equally to this. FAILED TO MATERIALIZE. The Ballot Reform Convention in Charleston. Charleston, S. C., [Special.]—The ballot reform convention failed to mate rialize. JSight delegates and two news paper reporters were at the hall at the hour of noon, and these agreed unani mously that the-whole thing is in the soup, the eight delegates who were present say ing that their only purpose in attending was to move an adjournment in case a quorum had been present. This was a most audacious attempt to split the city democracy delegates in the fight between the two wings of the party to the regular democratic convention, which has been called to meet July 28th. There is no doubt that the reform move ment lost considerable strength by t]pp tactics adopted by the office-seekers m its ranks, but it is still in good fighting trim, and a close battle may be expected n July. Serious Result of Joke. Birmingham, Ala., [Special.]—At Selma last Hight Mac Connell Shelly, son >t Ex-Congressman O. M. Shelly, went ;nto a saloon with a friend, Sumter Lea, Jr., and told the saloon keeper, B.- P llurehj to send a' dispatch for him. He had-been informed that the telegraph office was there, but Burch supposed Shelly was joking, and referred him to Landman sitting near as operator. Shelly found out that he bad beeu joked $nd being in. liquor; he and his compan ion jerked off their coats and proposed to. whip the bar keeper. Burch went out and returned with a rifle, and order ed them out of his house. They, advanc ed on him. Shelly armed with a hammer Burch fired, the ball striking Shelly just below the nipple. Shelly has died. The Czar Wiahes^ao Alliance. The Wien correspondent ‘dfthe London ' Eng. Times says that the Czar has -re? jected a formal proposal for a French Alliance on the ground that he could preserve peace only by keeping a free hand. Mckinley- weph •O’ BIG Amid Wild Enthusiasm’ 'Ohio He publicans Nominate ffim . L for Governor. ‘ | Columbus, Ogio, [Special. j^Phe seeond day of the Republican State Con vention of Ohio opened bright and dear. The proceedings were opened by pray er, after which Ahe report of the com mittee on credentials was presented and adopted. The comrfiittee' on permanent organi zation reported amid applause the name of General Asa' K Busbnell, of Clarke county, for permanent chairman of -4he convention, and E. S. Kessinger, of Athens, for permanent secretary. S Nominations were declared in order, and Ex-Governor Foraker arose to pre sent the name of McKinley for Governor. At the sight of the familiar figure of the ex-Governor, the convention fairly went mad with enthusiasm. For over a min ute the applafise and cheers reverberated through the immense building, while Foraker bowed smilingly to the compli ment. With one wild, hilarious cheer of affirmation, the convention declared Ma jor McKinley nominated for Governor by acclamation, and a committee was ap pointed to apprise him of his nomina tion and escort him to the hall. Major McKinley, in accepting the nom ination, spoke with unwonted energy. The nomination of Harris for Lieu tenant-Governor was a victory fen* the Sherman contingent and was the. Jesuit of a still hunt. Upon the calling of the roll Hon. Charles P. Griffin, of Toledo, a Staunch Foraker man, seemed to have the nomination by a sufficient majority. Ma jor McKinley and Senator Sherman hid a lengthy private conference this afternoon. The campaign will be inaugurated with out loss of time. Fine Points in Cannibalism It was formerly supposed that the relish with which certain savage tribes ate their enemies arose from the gratifi cation of the passion of revenge. With in the last few years, however; it has been clearly shown that 6ome of the bar barian man-eaters are really fond of hu man flesh for its own sake—that they enjoy it as a-civilized epicure enjoys turtle soup or roasted ortolans. Your Fiji Islander thinks the greatest praise he can bestow upon any edible is to say that it is “as tender as a dead man.” The Fijians have plenty of provisions, but they consider “long pig”—their pleasant name for human flesh—much finer than pork, beef or mutton. The New Zealanders, on the. other hand, do not consider man’s flesh as a delicacy, but -k^- uua men" (whether they have been friends or enemies makes no difference), with the idea that they imbibe the valor and, in tellectual qualities of the deceased* dur ing the process. “ The “noble savage” of Terra del Fuego never eats any of his own people, except when other meat is remarkably scarce, although. always ready to “take in” the shipwrecked stranger. In severe winters, if we are to believe the story of a British admiral (Fitzroy), the Terra del-Fuegons, “when they can obtain no other food, take the oldest ■tfbman of their party, hold her head over a thick smoke, made by burning green wood, and, pinching her throat, choke her,” after which she is served up to hei friends. The barbarians, on being asked why they did not eat their dogs instead of their old ladies, naively answered that their dogs caught otters, but that their venerable grandmothers and aunts did not. Probably the majority of even the lowest order of savages prefer fish and yams to human flesh, but it is neverthe less true that there are several tribes in Australasia, Africa and the South ^Sea islands that actually liauker after it. There is some consolation, however, in the assurance given us by travelers that most' of these anthropophagi prefer colored-persons to Caucasians as table luxuries. This fact is certainly encour aging to the missionary interest.— Neto York Ledger. Ancient Inks. The ink first used probably was son*# natural animal pigment, such as the black fluid obtained from various species of cuttlefish; but the limited supply of this material soon led to the use of a chemical mixture of water, gun* and lambiack, and the characters were , painted rather than written, by means of a broad pointed reed. As ink of tills simple nature was easily removed from the surface of the parch ment by the mere application of moisture, it was early found necessary to contrive some means of forming a more durable ink, and for this purpose the expedient was adopted of treating the mixture with some substance such, as vinegar, of the nature of a mordant, which wyuld pene trate the parchment written upon, and form im ink not liable to fade. ' ' A chemical dye, consisting of an in fusion of galls with sulphate of iron, was afterward used, as from its vittious na- ' ture |t hit into the medium employed ; but a compound vegetable ink, contain ing a good deal of carbon pigment, was subsequently adopted, and was very generally employed down to the, middle •> }' With ink of this sort the best and mosi ancient manuscripts which have beeifpid served to us were written, and .thepep* rate leaves, after being allowed, tq.drj slowly, were bound together in vol Pliny and Vitruvius, aa well w othei writers, give, receipt! for the mimpfac turc of inks. — Chambers's Journal.. _ - 1i. M I- ' ’ • ‘ Asbestos Ueposll. .. ,.j The Industrial Meview oalls at| to the wonderful deposit of which has been found nesr‘>—“ Ksgjt County, ,TSaeh.,*d covered for a distance of sev feet,“and tit the cfoppfng hr Wd cet in width. The asbestos U- of i client quality, the fiber*, fine t being in some instances as n eighteen inches in length.
The Sanford Express (Sanford, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
June 25, 1891, edition 1
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