VOL. VI
SAN*<$RD, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1892
SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATONAL LESSON 70S
; FIBKUARY 28.1802.
11. ‘'And it came to pang, that when the
•army of the Chaldeans was broken up from
'Jerusalem lor fear of Pharaoh's army.” We
jarenowin the reign of Zedeklab, son ol
'Josiab, the last of the kings of Judah. He,
lllke the three who preceded him, would not
listen to the words of Jehovah, although at
times he seemed inclined to do differently, as
,we shall see, and even asked the prophet to
pray for him and for the people; verses 1-8.
'But the end was now near; the city is be
sieged* and God is about to give “The dearly
beloved of His soul” into the hands of her
enemies (chapter xii., t). There is, however,
a little respite, for Pharaoh's army comes
forth oht of Egypt, and the Chaldeans de
part from Jerusalem (verses 5, 10).
.12. “Then Jeremiah went’forth out of
Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin
7—--- ~ KUO nuu wi XMJUJUIIllU
to separate himself thence in the midst of
,tte people.” The Revised Version save,
‘To receive 111. portion there.” Anathotb,
In the land of Benjamin, was hie home
'(chapter 1., 1). He had been a faithful wit
neee for God in the holy city, and bia testi
mony had been rejected, It was most nat
jural that he should desire to take advantage
jol this lull in the siege to retire if possible to
Hie quiet, of bis own town,
i 18. “And when he was in the gate of Ben
jamin a captain of the ward took Jeremiah,
[the prophet, saying, Thou fullest away to
{he Chaldeans.” That the righteous should
(be falsely accused, persecuted and e/en
slain by the unrighteous seems a strange
Ahing to many. It troubled David and
'Asaph and even Jeremiah himself. See the
experiences of the first two in Ps. xxxvii
tend lxxiii. In Jar. xil., 1, we find the
prophet talking with God after this fashion.
I know, O Lord, that Thou art righteous.
Vmf nrkvr. rln flia tnlalriwl __.1 l
- iUDuoaiuuwouiiau, lb IB ItUSe, UUO
lie harkened not to him; so Irijah took Jere
miah and brought him to the princes.1’ If
* the prbphet saw only Iriiah he would natur
ally be greatly provoked, but if he saw the
hand of God he would be quiet. When Job
lost his family and his property through the
malice of Satan he said, “The Lord gave and
the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the
name of the Lord” (Job i.. 31).
• * 15. “Wherefore the princes were wroth
with Jeremiah and smote him, and put him
In prison.” Jesus forewarned His apostles
that thus would they be treated and worse,
..but that they must not be offended (Math,
a., 28; John xvi, 1, 2; Acta v., 18, 40; xvi.,
83). And from the glory He sent word to
one of the churches that the devil would cast
.some of them in to prisoD, and that they
would have tribulation ten foays, but they
must be faithful even though slain for Him
(Rev. H., 10).
—16. “When Jeremiah was entered into the
dungeon and had remained there many
days.” Blessed is the man that endureth
trial (Jas. i., 12), We cannot endure what
does not continue, and yet that is just what
we are apt to wonder at, that a trial should
continue instead of being quickly removed
to answer to prayer. Consider Paul’s prayer
and testimony to II Cor. xii., 8-10, and re
member the same grace is yours.
* 17. “Then Zedekiah, the king, sent and
took him out, and the king asked him se
cretly to his house and said. Is there any
word from the Lord?" This was one of those
secret interviews which the king had with
the prophet, apparently willing to do right,
but really afraid of his own people.
18, “Moreover, Jeremiah said unto King
Zedekiah, What have I offended against
thee?” In somewhat similar form, Paul the
prisoner, appealed to Festus (Acts xxv., 11).
Both Jeremldh and Paul had only spoken,
the words and done the works of Jehovah,
and that was just what Jesus did, and for
that they crucified Him. The way of God
being contrary to man’s way provokes the
evil that is in man and stirs, up his wicked
heart. “The carnal or natural- mind is'
enmity against God.”
\? 19. “Where are now your prophets which
prophesied unto you, saying, The king of
Babylon shall not come against you, nor
against this land " There were false pro
phets who taught the people that the king of
Babylon would not come against the city,
and that what he had already taken he
would restore.in two years (chapter xxviii.,
3-4), but they were lying prophets, and their
words were vain words.
' 20. “Therefore, hear now, I pray thee, O
my Lord the King, cause me not to turn to
the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die
there.” While w6 are not to fear death, but
rejoice “todie to gain,” and “to depart is to
be with Christ” (Phil. i.f 21, 23),
>., wj, yet we are
not to throw away our lives unnecessarily,
but take all possible care of our mortal bod
ies, which are temples of the Holy Ghost,
aiming only to glorify God in life or death
(Phil/!., 30).
~Ztr ltThen Zedekia&, the king, commanded
that they should commit Jeremiah into tho
court of the prisotrand that they should give
him daily a piece of bread. Thus Jeremiah
remained in the court of the prison.” Al
though after this he was for a short time to
. a most filthy dungeon, from which he was
'delivered by Ebed-Melech, the Ethiopian,
with ropes and rotten rags, yet the court of
the prison was his lodging, and there he was
when the city was taken (chapter xxxviii.,
12, 13, 28). There the captain of the guard
of the Babylonian array found him, and by
command of the king did well by him. Bit
chapters xxxix., 11, 12; xl., 4, 5. So God
kept His promise to Jeremiah (chapter
i., 19). and delivered him, thougl
imahy a . time they sought bli
Wff. 8o ' will He keep His worr1
always,and we may unwaveringly trust Him
and rely upon Him. See, also, His promises
to Ebed-Meleeh in chapter xxxix., 16-18,and
remember that the same God makes equally
great promsies to all who put their trust in
1 Him. In reference to Daniel it is written,
“Bo Daniel was taken up out of the den, and
no manner of hurt was found upon him, be
cause he believed in his God.” For the same
reason his three friends walked in the midst
of the fire unhurt (Dan. vL 23; iii25). Re»
lying upon the same God, Paul could say: “3
know whom I have believed, and am per
suaded that He is able to keep that which I
have committed unto Him against that day.”
“I was delivered out of the mouth of the lioni
and the Lard shall deliver me from every
evil work and will preserve me unto tha
heavenly kingdom” (if Tim. i, 12; iv., 17, 18),
All who go forth In the name of the Lord, at
His oommand, to do His bidding, may sure
, ly rely upon these words, “They that war
against thee shall be as nothing and as a
thing of naught,for I, the Lord thy God, will
bold thy right hand. Baying, Fear not, I will
help thee” (Isa. xlf.. 12, 18) .—Lemon Helper.
- A Human Wonder.
‘Zerah Colburn, who was bora in Ver
mont in 1804 and died In 1840 ut the
. age ot thirty-six,'was, without doubt,
the most gifted natural mathematician
the world has ever known. He was
5 taken to London when only eight yfears
old, and while thero was examined by
all the great mathematicians of England.
At one of these examinations he raised
the number eight to the sixteenth power,
and in naming the last result, which
OOnsisted of fifteen figures, he was right
ia every one. On being asked the square
root of 106^989, he answered 327 before
; the old gray-haifed philosopher ques
tinner had time to put it down. He was
next asked how many minutes, there
were in forty-eight years and instantly
replied 28,228,800, and five seconds
later gave the astonished savants the ex
act number of seconds, w9t. Louis lie
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GENERAL STATE NEWS.
Late Happenings of Importance By
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The 0H»t of Three State*’ Doing*,
Carefully Prepared For Our
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viaonriA.
The State debt bill has finally passed
both Houses of the Legislature.
The Fanners’ Alliance is organizing *
stock company to establish a fertilizer
factory, at Blaekstone.—
Black marble is being mined at Fin
castle.
Mayer Lehman, of New York, has pur
chased for (140,800 wharves, docks, etc.,
in Portsmouth, and other property in
Norfolk, from the Seaboard Cotton Com
press Co, ?
A bill has been introduced in the leg
islature to incorporate the Virginia Farm
ing Co.
A well is to be sunk at Tazewell C.
H. for petroleum oil.
Dinwiddie county will apply to the
leg'sluture for authority' to issue (100,
000 of bonds for the improvements of its
public roads.
The Virginia Mineral Belt jtallroad
has applied to the legislature for a char
ter. The road is to run from Danville
through the intervening counties to Fred
ericksburg, and thence to deep water on
the Potomac river.
wen. inoa. u itosser, ex-uomeaerate
cavalry officer, in an open letter to Con
gressman O’Ferrall, announces himself a
candidate for Congre-s in the seventh
district, to succeed that gentleman.
* The House committee on finance
agreed to report favorably a bill appro
propriating $35,000 for Virginia's exhib
it at the World’s Fair.
Bpeake? Crisp was at Fortrass Monroe
from Thursday until Monday nigh*. He
has not fully recovered his strength
since his recent illness and needs rest and
quiet.. : • * . J
There is a rumor in Virginia that
Amelia Rives-Chanler is painting a picture
from the lovely model seen in her own
full-sized mirror.
The Grand Lodge of the Knight’s of
Pythias of Virginia met at Leesburg last
Thursday. Two hundred Knights sat
down to the banquet at night.
Colonel Philip T. Woodin, now gov
ernor of the National Soldiers’ Home at
Hampton, Va., was the first enlisted
men to enter Faneuil Hall in April, 1861,
in response to the call of President Lin
coln for 75,000 volunteers.
The apple growers of Albemarle coun -
4y have met with heavy losses lately
through the failure of a Liverpool com
mission %m, and, although they sent an
attorney over (to look after their interests,
they realized but 40 cents on the dollar
for their last several consignments. The
The famous Albemarle pippins raised in
•this vicinty havo loug been noted for
their rich flavor, and are a special favor
ite abroad—bringing the extreme price
of $1 per dozen. Hardly one man in £
thousand in this country, outside of Vir
ginia, has ever seen one, and what won- ’
der if they bring such a price in foreign
markets? No doubt the now sadder and
wiser fruit-raisers of this section will
look nearer home for a market for their
juicy apples.
NORTH CAROLINA.
tVork on Wilmington’s electrical street
car line has commenced.
Asheville has sold $340,000 of 20-year
: 5 per cent, bends to Blair & Co., of New
York city.
The amount of the shortage of Charles
Seagle, the young absconding railroad
and express agent of Madison, is $800.
The merchants’ purchase tax has been
court.
Calvin McArtan, sheriff of Harnett,
made a complete State tax settlement,
paying in $4,780.12.
The Department of Agriculture will
make a new collection of the building
stones of the State for exhibition at the
World’s Fair.
A littl girl was burned to death near
Charlotte last week while playing in a
field in which her father was burning
brush.
Figures just made up show that Wins
ton-Salem’s plug tobacco output for 1801
was 11,513,127 pounds, against 8,437,
929 pounds for 1890.
The* Wilson Short-cut roa& reduces the
distance north and south via the Atlan
tic Coast Line by 60 miles. The direct
through line is uow via Wilson and Fay
etteville, leaving Wilmington off. . f
Toe State chemist’s force have thus far
made analyse-of about 65 brands of fer
tilizers. There are four chemists and
three clerks at work.
At Oarbonton, Moore county, the rev
enue people made nnother capture of a
moonshine distillery and the operator.
It is developed that the moonshiners put
concentrated lye in the liquor they make,
A bright future is before ^Bessemer
City. Last week ground was broken for
a (100,000 cotton factory, a 560 room
hotel is to be built shortly, a stove works,
furniture factory, steel works atad many
other new industries are booked. Fifty
tons of Bessemer ore are shipped daily.
A Wake county sharper named Rogers
played a trick on a Raleigh lawyer. He
personated Louis Harris, a neighbor, and
giving a land mortgage got |500. When
the money fell due the lawyer sent the
notice and this of course reached the real
Harris,. The bogus Harris it in jail.
Governor Holt has ordered a special
civil term of Bertie Superior Court, to
begin May 9, Judge Brown presiding..
A military company has been formed
at Rocky Mt. and commissions were is
sued to J. L- Arlington, captain: J, D.
Odom, first liOutonant, and £. L. Hough,
tridge, second lieutenant, ^ompany D,
assigned to the second regiment.
BOOTH CAROLINA.
Judge Kershaw has granted a manda
mus in favor of tho phosphate“'compa
uitii of South Carolina, ordering tho au
ditor of Charleston county to reduce the
assessed valuo of land phosphate rock
from $8 to $3 a ton.— * - .L__'
Governot Tillman was asked Thursday
who was hia {preference for the Presiden
tial nominee of the Democratic party.
He said that he had not yet decided, but
that lie was not in favor of Cleveland.
The W. C. T. U. Annual Convention
assembled under the most auspicious cir
cumstances in Columbia last week with
fifty delegates in attendance*
The Secretary of State has issued com
missions for the charter of the Thomas
Gold Mining Company, with headquar
ters at Spartanburg.
The Sumpter Guards have loaned Col.
A. R._Chis£ilmr otifew “y_0rkc president
of the Southern Society of New York,
one of their most cherished relics of se
cession, viz.: the regimental battle # flag
that floated over Fort Sumpter during
the bombardment.
/ Dr* Wm. St. Clair 6y miners, a young
physiciau formerly of Columbia, but now
studying under Dr. Pasteur, of the Pas
teur Institute of Paris, France, has dis
covered a “new chromogenic micro or
ganism, found iu the vesicles of herpes
labrales bacillus viridiaus,” which will
no doubt bring him success and fame in
the new field open do him. Dr. Sym
tners was graduated . with first honors
from the universities of Aberdeen and
Edinburgh, and will soon end his studies
in Paris. v -
Bamberg has given finely located prop
erty, amounting in value to $5,000, and
an additional subscription of $10,000, to
Wofford College, for the purpose of es
tablishing and fitting a school there. Led
by eight or ten influential citizens, the
entire community joined in the work
with great unanimity. The building
will be begun soon, ana it is hoped they
will be ready for use next fall. Banberg
never made a better investment, or one
that will make richer returns. Wofford
Co’lege has adopted the wise policy of
establishing fitting schools in different
sections of the State as feeders to the
College. The great need of the State is
high grade preparatory schools. The de
mand for higher education is fully met
in the colleges already established.
GREAT FIRE IlTNEW "ORLEANS.
Tbo Heaviest in Ten Years—Loss, a
Million and a Quarter.
Nuw Orleans, La.—The most disas
trous fire of a decade swept New Orleans
Wednesday night. More than $2,000,
000 worth of property is in ruins. At
10130 the alarm was sounded for a fire
that was discovered in the immense dry
goods house of A- S. Schwartz, on Canal
street. By the time 1 he firemen arrived
the flames were bursting through the roof.
The Schwartz bu'lding was doomed and
all efforts were directed to Baviug adjoin
ing buildings. At one time the fire
seemed to be under coutrol, and confined
entiroly to tho building in which it start
ed, but the flames burst through iuto the
piano house of P. Werlein, and then
across to Bourbon street. ltunkle’s dry
goods house was uext, and was soon a
roaring furnace. Unger’s beer garden
and the variety theatre adjoiuiug Jtun
kle’s w,erc swept.away ns if a tinder'box.
The Bourbon street entrance of Holmes’
large dry goods store caught fire and was
also soon in ruins. Kreuger’s dry goods
house on Canal street burned next—a
total loss. The loss on stock, as near as
can be estimated, are as follows:
A. 8. Schwartz, dry goods, $500,000;
P. Werlein, pianos and musical instru
ments, $30,000; Cluvcrius, drugs, $8,
200; Runklc, dry goods, $75,000; Unger,
beer garden, stock and building, $32,
000; R. D. 8. Iloltnes, dry goods, $25,=
000; Kuehn, dry goods, 75,000; Hoffman
Bros., $18,000; Leopold .Levy, carpets
and matting, $50,000; Kveuger, dry
goods, $30,000; B. Felimau, dry goods.
$200,000.
The total loss will exceed $1,250,000,
insurance covered mostly by foreign
companies. Local companies will lose
about $2CO,00(b THousauda of people
visited the scene next day. .Bourbon
Street is so blocked with debris that travel
is impeded. Street cars canuot pass.
IN THE BRITISH HOUSE.
The Government's Irish Bill De
rided.
A London cablegram says: In the
Houso of Commons Under Secretary
Lowther, of the Foreign Office, replying
to Mr. Jennings, M. P., said the recip
rocity conference between the United
states anti Canada at Washington had
been of an informal character, and that
it bad not been brought officially to the
notice of the British Government.
Mr. Balfour, First Lord of the Treas
nry, introduced the Irish local govern
ment bill, and it was explained by him
as follows:
It establishes districts as well as coun
ty councils, with functions solely admin
istrative. (Cries of “Oh, Oh ”) Grand
juries aa heretofore would perform judi
cfkl or quasi judicial functions. (Re
newed cries or dissent an laughter among
the Liberals and Nationalists) The
couucils would have powers in sanitary
matters, etc., and could appoint mem
bers on luuatic asylum boards, the Vice
roy appointing an equal number. (De
risive laughter among the Irish members.)
Municipal boroughs , would be separate
from the fcouucils for administrative pur
poses. V
Subbad Him of His Little All.
N. Y.'City, [Special.] —(SBnrlea Frank
lin, ex-convict, and three confederates
assaulted and robbed Thomas Quinlan 1b
Mott street on the night of the 7th iust.,
pod robbed hiarof his little all—a. collar,
button and two keys. The; then ran
away. Franklin was (arrested, and he
pleaded guilt; in the General Sessions
before Judge Martina of robbery in tl)e
first degreo. Judge Marline aentenced
him to State prison for eleven years and'
six months, —-_•
Sanford-Banford.
Sanford, Fla,—The Hon. John San
ford, member of Congress from the Sara
toga district, in New York, land Miss
Ethel Sanfordj daughter of the late Gen.
It S. Sanford, were married in the Epis
copal church by the Right Rev. H. B.
Whipple, Bishop of MiqpMoU,
FARMERS’ ALLIANCE.
"Raise Something to Sell” From An
other Standpoint.
‘ ‘Oh, It Would be Fun to See a Con
gressman Compelled to ‘Raise
Something to Sell’
^ Besides Votes,”
Washington, D. C,—The National
Partners’ Alliance and Industrial Union
has petitioned Congress to remove all
duty from cotton manufactures; and the
Angora goat breeders of California want
the Government id negotiate with"^ Tur
key for a flock of these famous animals.
The Turks refuse to dot port them, and our
Western friends seek the interposition of
Uncle 8am. Senator Gibson, of Louis
iana, has introduced a bill creating a
commission to inquire in the present low
price of agricultural products—especially
cotton—and suggest a remedy. _
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Raleigh, N. C.—The representatives
of the county Alliances in this congres
sional district who met hero elected Eu
gene C. Beddingfield, of Wake, to repre
sent the distiict at the great convention
at St.Louis, in which the farmers’ and la
borers’ unions are to participate.
Washington, D. C.—The Department
of Agriculture has uow in press Farmers’
Bulletin No. 5, which treats in brie! and
practical manner of smut, in oats and
wheat especially, and of the means which
Bhould be adopted by farmers in prepar
ing the seed so as to avoid injury to the
crop from this cause. In order to avail
themselves of the suggestions therein
contained, farmers will want to receive
this bulletin without„ any delay, and
special urgency will be used to get it out
promptly. In the meantime applicants
should send iu their names and addresses
and the bulletin will be mailed to them
immediately on its issue.
Washington, D. C.—Mr. Ot?s, of Kan
sas, an Alliance member, has introduced
a bill to authorize the Secretary of the
Treasury to have two-billions dollars of
paper money duly prints# it* 'denomina
tions ranging from $1 to $H00j each bill
being absolute money and not in the form
of a promise, to be full legal tender for
both public and private debts and inter
changeable at par with aoy other kind of
lawful money of the United States. It
shall be known as the National Union
Loan Fund, and placed in the United
States Treasury, subject to the order of
the Govenors of the different States of
the Union. Any State can draw on this
fund by paying 1 per cent, intciest per
year, and the. State can loan to its citizens
on security at a rate of interest not to ex
ceed 3 per cent, per annum. AH drafts
made upon the fund shall be made by
the, Governor and Secretary of the State,
with the great seal of the State attached,
and in conformity with the laws of the
State and a full statement of the account
of the State with the National Union
Loan Fund, verified by the Treasurer of
the State, shall be rendered semi-annual
ly to the Secretary of the Treasury of the
United States, aud the interest duo paid.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall honor
all drafts made upon the fund *
to the extent of 50 per cent,
of the assessed value of the real es
tate in the State, and it shall be the duty
of tho Secretary of the Treasury
to render^ an annual report to
Congress of the condition of the fund and
the net revenue derived therefrom by the
United States.
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“RAISE SOMETHING TO SELL.”
In their complaints of hard times and
their petitions for legislative lelief the
farmers aw often met with the advice,
“raise something to sell.’* This advice
comes of course, iu most instances, from
those who never “raise anything them
selves, (unless it is the devil) but who,
good, kind souls never think how it
sounds, sd great is their interest in the
farmer’s welfare. We row rise to ask
the question, who raises more than the
farmers of the United States? If the
amount raised was an index to prosperi
ty the farmers would not only be the
wealthiest class iu this nation but of the
world. They not only raise enough for
the sixty-three millions of p. ople in this
country, but export more food thau any
other nation in the world. If wealth
produced remained in the hands of tho
producers the farmer’s name would be
Eli, with a big E. Suppose we apply a
a little of this advice to some of those
who give it. Take the professional poli
tician for instance. Let us all agree to
have him raise “something to sell.” Tell :
him he will be better off and “nearer to !
that station in life to which it has pleased
God to call him.” Let us be generous
and charitable and help him to “retire to
tbo secluded Bhndcs of private life” by
finding a substitute to take the burden
some and hdnorous duties of office from
bis shoulders. Poor fellow, he has been
a martyr long enough. ,
Then let us take the poor preacher at a
salary of (25,000 a yenr. Advise him to
“raise move to sell." Put him where he
can raise it, for “is not a dollar a day
enough to buy bread? Water costa noth
ing and a man that cannot dive on bread
and water is not fit to live. A family
may live, laugh, love and be happy that
eats bread in the morning with good wa
ter, and water and good bread at noon,
and water and bread at n:ght.” Let him
mix a little sweat and brawn at a dollar
a day, with his cogitations on the best
road to Heaven. It Won't hurt him. It’ll
do him good. It may tan him a little
and makewarts on the inside of his hands,
but it will make him better acquainted
with the environments which surround
the men who “raiso something to sell;"
besides God has ordained that “in tho
sweat of his face ho shall cat his bread,"
and if ho oats a “dollar a day’s” worth,
at the tow prico it brings at the farm, it
mill make him sweat. Next lot us tako
the Congressman— the fellow that don't
want any sub-Treasury and land loan
schemes. Give the poor fellow a chance
to "raiSo something to sell." Give him
the chance in the same manner that Jeiry
Simpson and Bog C|owr#od others kind
ly gave their opponents.; Let them sc*
how much of that five jthousand dollar
salary they can. make in a year by “rais
ing ioseir’SuchthiaggJ as gr$w. on ttu*
farm. Poor devils, they would dream o»
nights of introducing a bill to colonize
the grasshoppers or suppress chinch bugs.
They would call lustily in their sleep for
the committee’s report of the bill for Gov-,,
ernment Building of Mississippi River
Sprays to Water the Farms in the Missis
sippi Valley ; or for the appointment of n
committee to examine in the price of
American wheat in Liverpool with co>-t
of transportation, etc. Oh, it would b'
fun to see a Congrsesman compelled to
“raise something to sell” besides votes.
But the very wealthy! What shall w« !
say of them? What has Jay Gould had
to sell that he can count lus wealth by
millions? Did he raise it? Suppose W0
apply this advice to him! Go out upon
the farm, Jay, and raise “something to
aelL” Suppose he ate nothing, his cloths#
never wore out and he never paid any
taxes. How long would it take him tc
accumulate a hundred mil'ion dollars?
But what of the editor, the “able edi
tor” who says “there Beems to he but one
remedy, a class of land-owners on one
hand, and of tenant farmers on the oth
er.” Come out and bask in the sum
mer’s sun while the heat is 100 in the
shade. This is a hoe. Take this row of
cotton now and work along the side of
me. We’re “raising something to sell” at
6ix cents a pound. If our crops are not
_ destroyed by breachy stock, or are not
too late or too early, or blown down by
wind, or devoured by bugs, or st ing by
flies, or eaten by worms, or carried away
by birds, or dug up by gophers or moles,
or pulled up by crows, or dried up by the
sun, or drowned out by rain, or rotted in
the field or stack, or heated in the crib,
or eaten by weevils, or they don’t all run
to weed or vine or straw or smut or cob,
or the rust destroy them, we can make
just thirty-seven and a half cents a day,
and with that and what we’ve got and
what we haven’t g t and wh^t we can do
without, we may be able to pay the inter
est on the mortgage and barely squeeze
through. Oh yes, we’re “raising some
thing to seli”— to the fellows who get
rich, somehow, after they buy it; and
come tothiok these are the pesky fellows
who are constanly adv’°ing us to “raise
1 more to sell.” Wejl, about the next
thing we raise will be “something to buy
with,”—money. We’ll kiud o’ averagt
things up a little.
THE PEOPLE’S PARTY.
A Convention Held and a Ticket
Nominated in Louisiana.
Alexandria, La.—The State conven
tion of the People’s party of Louisiana
met with 171 delegates present,. The
following State ^ ticket was nominated:
For governor, O. W. Bruce ; Lieutenant
governor, J. J. Mills; secretary of State,
D. M. McStrovlck; treasurer, John Ma
honey; auditor, John Hendricks; super
intendent of education, “J. D. Patton;
attorney general, Judge Wade Haugh.
A 8tate executive committee was ap
pointed and the convention adjourned.
The Lumber Men in New Orleans.
New Orleans, La.—The Southern
Lumber Manufacturers’" Association ad
journed sine die after au all day’s session.
Resolutions were adopted against the
evils of selling by face measure, preva
lent in Alabama and Georgia. The di
directors were constituted as permanent
price list. The committee with power
to. Change the prices only change in
grades of star rift saw ed flooring.
A memorial to Congress was adopted
asking for additional ports ou the Gulf
coast. The various vice-presidents were
appointed a committee to solicit sub
scriptions for the yellow pine exhibit at
the World’s Fair. Kausas City was
named as the next place of meeting. B.
B. White, of Missouri, was re-elected
president; Gee. S. Lacey, of Louisiana,
vice-president, and M. F. McLeod, of
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Hope it Will, Succeed.
It has been rumored iu cotton circles
for some weeks that' John H. Inman has
formed a very strong financial combina
tion to bull cotton. A dispatch from
Liverpool to the New York Journal of
Finance says:
It is stated here upon the authority of
one of the most important traders that
the new syndicate organized in New
York to protect the cotton market has
over $15,000,000 at its back, of which
$6,000,000 is subscribed here and in Lon
don. Wentworth, of the London Colo
nial Bank, is said to represent large Lon
don interests in the deal. The manage
ment will, however, be vested exclusive
ly in John II. Inman of New York.
A Preacher Whips an Editor.
Raleigh, N. C., [Special.]—News
reached here of a fight between an editor
and a preacher at Tarboro. Two well
known clergymen of Rocky Mount, near
here, had an acrimonious discussion on
infaut baptism, as a result of which blows
passed. J. C. Powell, editor of the Tar
boro Southerner, published an account of
it. One of the reverend gentlemen, Mr.
Love, of the Baptist church at Rocky
Mouut, went to Tarboro, and there met
editor Powell, lie asked for a correc
tion, which was emphatically refused,
whereupon the preacher aud the editor
Came to blows. The editor was knocked
down and badly used/ ' '
Aa English View of the American
_Free Silver Agitation. *
A London cablegram says: Tht Times
hit a long article on the Bland silver
bill." The writer says: “Although elec
tioneering tactica have helped it, that it
will becomo a.lavv Is improbable. The
United mate* must eventually -choose
between the gold and silver standards,
but the time is not favorable new. Tho
argument that the bill will attract gold
and raiso the price of cotton and grain
may suffice for the Southern and Western
farmers, but it ia t oo ' flimsy to affect the -
North ” - ^4—^
$10,000 foT Pcm&col&t
Washihotoh, >0>-»C.—The ' Senate
pissed a bill appropriating 1)10,000 for
tho improvement of the road to the na
tional cemetery near PcpibcoI#.. Fla.
Renewed Confidence in Southern
. ^ Investment*. *
The Manufacturers1 Record, of Bait!
more, m its -issue-&f Takntasy — r
“Thore are manysigus of a revival of
confidence in BoutherA investments, and ,
among them are the proposed reorgAttlza*-1
tion by the foremost financiers of the
country of the Richmond & West Point
^Terminal, the large amount of money
lately furnished fqr extensions of the
Norfolk & Western Railroad, the great
improvements involving an expenditure
of some millions of dollars by the Chesa
peake & Ohio, and the consummation of
financial plans for carrying ouf many de
velopment enterprises. The ^roubles,
due in part to low-price cotton, iuvpnrt
to the natural effects of such a world
jyide panic as we had last year, are now
seen to be7 as tho Manufacturers’ Record
has steadily c'oimed, only of a temporary
character, and while severe for a time,
they in no way destroy the solid founda
tion of wealth based on the South’s in
comparable natural resources. They may
have retarded Jhc development of these
resources for a while, but they have only
served to show the dangers to be avoid
ed, and the result wiMPbe a more conser
vative and more solid foundation for the
great industrial activities of the future.
Among the new enterprises reported for
the week are important railroad exten
sions and improvements and mining and
manufacturing companies that covcna
wide range of industry. In West Vir
ginia _a $500,000 coal mining company
and a $1,000,000 oil and gas company-"
have been incorporated, also two lumber
compauies, one of $100,000 and one of
$30,000 capital stock, respectively; Bir
mingham, Ala., has a $15,000 company
to manufacture wheelbarrows; Hunting
ton, Ark , a $50,000 improvement com
pany; at Llano, Texas, a $50,000 or $60,
000 iron bridge is to be built; Dallas has
a $30,000 improvement company; Flori
da has a $500,00') lumber company and a
$150,000 phosphite company; in Tennes
see a new furnace has just gone into
blast; Mobile has organized a company
to build a drydock; Augusta, Ga., a
$250,000 woodwork machinery company;
a large rolling mill is to be moved from
New Jersey to Baltimore and a plate
mill added; Queen City, Texas, has in
corporated a $400,000 iron company;
Spartanburg, SC., a $100,000 mining
company; Knoxville. Tenn., a $250,000
construction and bridge company ; Tex
as, a $1,000,000 mining company and a
$30,000 mill and gin company, etc.”
A press dispatch from Atlanta, says:
The Georgia. Carolina and Northern
railroad has been completed to within
two miles of Atlanta Trains are l eing
run to a point twenty-two miles from
Atlanta, and it is expected to complete
and open the road by the middle of
March. This road is intended as a link
in the Seaboard Air Line, composed of
the lines controlled by the Seaboard and
Iioanoke and . the Raleigh and Gaston
Railroad Companys. The company was
organized in 1886 te build a standard
gauge railroad from Monroe, N. C., to
Atlanta,.-, Ga , 280 miles. Work was
commenced on the northern end of the
line, and it was opened to Chester, S, C.,
& distance of forty-five rail^s, in October,
1888. On July 1, 1889, there were is
sued $5,360,00) first mortgage 5 per
cent, forty-year $1 000 gould coupon
bonds, which have become very popular
amoug investors, especially in Baltimore,
being considered among tbe safest rail
road bonds that can be obtained. The
Mercantile Trut and Deposit Company,
of Baltimore, is the trustee named in the
mortgage and interest on the bonds is
made payable at the Trust Company’s
office The Seaboard Air Lino is com
posed of six railroads, which form a rail
road system whose northern terminus is
at Portsmouth, Va., where connection is
made with the steamers ot the Baltimore
Steam Packet Company and tbe Old Do
minion’Steamship Company, and whose
southern termiuu* wil’ be Atlanta, Ga.,
as soon as the Georgia, Carolina and
Northern is completed. Through trains
w illboTun bet ween these—points via
Charlotte.
Committee Program Happed Out.
Wa'iungton, D. C.—It is announced
that the iutention of the Ways and Means
Committee is to call up the tariff ques
tion ip the House early next week. This
program would to some exteut defer the
consideration of the-silver question. The
silver bill, cannot be taken up and got
out of the way in advance
of that time. The announcement
of the purpose to call up the tariff ques
tion about the first of March, was made
in the Ways and Means Committee at a
brief session of the full committee. An
agreement was reached amoug the mem
bers of the Committee that tho minority
should have until a week from Saturday
to prepare their reports agaiuee the three
bills, wool, binding twine, and bagging
measures, heretofore ordered favorably
repoited to the’House by a party vote.
(Chairman Springer then annouuced
that it was intended to call up oue of the
three bills on Mond.ny followiug tho sub
mission of the reports to the House. No
objection was manifest d upon the part
of the Republicans to the course.
A Noted Case Settled.
Des Moines, Iowa —The Ilyde-Hope
wcll case, involving the civil rights of a
colored man, has been settled in favor of
tho defendent Hopewell. The court
held that Hopewell had the right to re
fuse to serve Hyde in his restaurant and
that the fact that the latter being a col
ored innn, did not enter into the case. In
ether words tho- restaurant-business is a
private one, like a grocery or a dry gopds
store, and it differs from an inn and the
proprie or may sell or" not do any one,
.who eatery his store.
The Briceville Mines to Be Go*
' Operative.
Knoxville, Tunis., fSpecial.]—The
mines of tho Tennessee Mining Company
TiTBriceVillo wilUm -worked npo* the
co-operative plan. The details have been
agreed upop, end incorporated in an
amended charter, which lias been filed.
The minors are allowed to take stock and
hnvc taken $10,000. Each subscriber
will have twenty months in which to pay
for $100. The company will erect resi
dences add allow the miners to buy on
liberal terae. - - - *
SELECT SIFTINGS.
ingoing
Chinese military drums are
wood. V ■ v ,
There la a singing grove hear Ham
burg, Conn. ' : - *-i
A hunter in Maine claims to have a
cat that will stalk grouse. . ,
London (England) policemen used to
wear swallow-ailed coats.
The Burmese, Karens, Hungers and
Khans use lead and silver in bullion for
currency. _ ,
A little Philadelphia boy has a pet
rabbit which he has traiued to draw a
small wagon. , ; '
Four. pounds of " gold have beerr cal- -
lected from the soot of the chimney of
the Royal Mint in Berlin, Germany. \
A St. Louis (Mo.) woman has opened -
an office for the cure of “afflicted minds,
cranks, fanatics, bigots and agnostics.”
There is in Buffalo, N. Y., one line
of streetcars on which a car crosses
fifty four railroad tracks in making one
round tr ip.
A ricochet shot from the new maga
zine rifle adopted in England broke a.
cottage window four milea distant from f
the firing point.
There is a strong flow of natural gas
in the Ventura River. When lighted,it .
is said, the flames extend ~over~s spacer^—
eight ieet wide.
In a Philadelphia cold-storage house,
an English bare has been kept frozen for '.
fourteen months and is still apparently in,
good condition.
Recently between Tewkesbury and
Cheltenham, in England, in three min-;
utftS- 700 words were sent to a newana
per office and correctly received over a
telephone wire.
At Dresden, Germany, they are bak
ing an American corn bread that is find- ■
ing much favor and is much cheaper than
their ordinary bread. A pound costs, a i
trifle over three cents.
* The typewriter is fast superseding the •
pen in telegraphy. Operators are learn-1
ing to handle the typewriter everywhere,;
and new hands are not employed unless
they are experts at the “machine.”
The Mormon Temple in Salt Lako
City, Utah, is built in the form of an
ellipse, and, although it is of enormous
dimensions, it is so well constructed!
with regaid to acoustics that a person
standing in the focus at one end can
carry'oft a conversation in a whisper »"ith
any one in the focus at the other ena.
There were blooded dogs in early
Egyp|, add highly prized. Their names
were carved on monuments which still j
remain. One of them, his name show-]
ing his foreign origin, was called Abai- J
karou, a faithful transcription of thej
word abaikour, by which the hunting;
dog is designated in many of the Berber,' *
dialects. \
A classic account of the distribution - J'
of wheat over the primeval world shows A
that Ceres, having taught her favorite,
Triptolemus, tfie art of agriculture and^
the science of breadmaking, gave him
her chariot, a celestial vehicle, and that L~
in it he traveled night and daydistribut- j -
ing this valuable grain among all nations
of the earth. j
Many a huntsman through a long life
has chased the fox with enthusiastic ]
ardor who would be surprised to
know that in the very tip of his tail or,
brush is a little bunch of hairs twertty- J
five or thirty iir number, which gives,
forth to the despairing and almost van*;
quished beast the refreshing and stimu
lating odor of violets.
The very fine collection of postage
stamps bequeathed to the trustees of the
British Museum by the late Mr. Tapi ing,
Member of Parliament, contains about
200,000 stamps, and its value is esti
mated at $300,000. Its late owner was
occupied for over twenty years in its
formation. It is without doubt the finest
collection in the world.
In Dikio, in Adenmouah, in Logone
and elsewhere small cottou strips are the
regular currency. In Bagirari these
strips are so small that from seventy to
150 of them would have to be pieced
together to make a shirt. In Dar
foor the gray, coarse shirting circu
lates as money, and ih Tiout, in upper
Egypt, this material is dyed dark or blue
and then cut into pieces of three yards*
length. • -! 1 v
Habifai of Salmon.
In their journey up the streams the
first run of fish push on rapidly to the
upper pools and headwnters, 100 miles
or more,unless prevented by insurmount
able falls, with which most of the Lab.
rador streams are well provided. Hera
fish have been caught sixty miles above
the estuary before oue has been taken in
tidal water. Some of the former remain '
in the lower pools apd are joined by -
others as the run progresses. Why is
this? Have the fish any remembrance of
where they spent their youthful days, .
and remain there while others pass them!
It is now received as an undoubted fuet
that every fish knows ils own river, but
I go further than that, and think every o
fiahhaa a particular place in the river
where it wishes to remain. Were all the
salmon in the licsoigouche to push on -to -
its headwaters, would not the greater
portion of the river be barren? The tur
moil of spawning time on tho restricted ’
spawn beds, the turning over of the newly
laid ova, could only end in wholesale dsn „
structionj Even under preseut conditions
I am satisfied not over tec per cent, of -
the eggs dt posited naturally evor coma to ‘
life. ; - ■. * ■—
Iks to the speed with which they travel
at times I caught two salmon with partly :
digested caplin in them quite recog
nizable, and these fish were caught sixty
mites above where the caplin is knows —
to come.—American Angler. 1
Dr. Koch's lymph, according to lb*
results of the experiments communicated
to.the last meeting of the Berlin (Gor
many) Society for Internal Medicine,
scorns to Have proved untrustwoaty, evoo
m » means »f diagnosis (or lub«roulot{*