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!&f*^***‘*** . ' - - C ' ’ * - *'»■'*** ’ | Urt ‘ ->*"• — - .. , . _ . .. .v,< ^ ' , ' -4 • i’ t,-r * i **««**; 5,J i ■ ? s>i-i t, ■ a ‘ ftr T' iV n> " ' ' \ \ ’> • . 7 • - - i F?W¥S38 #S© UUZV* |im%m > is '' .’l '< w. •!./. ' -> n - v VOL. VI sanford, n. Thursday, MARcirs, »92. m26 SABBATH $CH0(3B. 2 ' " - I' mmmmimJl, ' 'W* Y $ INTERNATIONAL LESSCNFOR :'"-;'HABOK 6. ' 1* “In the ninth year of Zedekiah. king of Judah, in the tenth month, came * Nebucbad? nezzar, king of Babylon, and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.” in chapter lii, and in II Kings ixv. we have this tsame story of the downfall and captivity of Judah. When the Holy Bpirit causes th6 >ame record to be written three different times He certainly asks our special atten tion to it, *frtWI must have soma great reason for doing so. The ten tribes had te» Jn captivity dver 100 years, and foe that perio.*, as well as for the more than 5*00 additional years since the death of Bolomon. God had been bearing with then?,' pleadiUir^vlth. 'i^att and Warning .them. that unless they turned to Him sincerely this judgment would Come upon them (Hos. if., 11-13; Joel i., 5-7; Amos Hi.. 1, 2, and the precaptivity prophets everywhere). See also Lev. xxvi., 27-35, and consider what a* long warning they had, and how the falso prophets, taught the people to laugh at and desplse it, • ! 2. “la the eleventh year of Zekiab, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, fhe city Ktes brokaaup.’* During a part Of throe yeck^, or an actual period of eighteen montbt£Including the short interval of last week’* lefesou, did the siege continue and then tfaobity (ell. aaGod had said. He may lovingly: nndjpatientilv shpw His long suffer ing, not His Spirit will not al ways strive. ' ”"" i 3. “And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in and sat in the middle gate.” The eneniy 141 the gate of the holy city— what a contrast to the blessing of Judah, “Thine handball bp in the neck o£ thine eiiemies:,” and the promise to . , __,___ __ \braham, “Thy seed shall possess the gate of his ene mies” (Gen. xlfx., 8; xxif., 17). It was promised to Israel that one'Should chase a thousand, - and two put ten thousand to • flight, and that ho man should stand before them (Deut. xxxii., 80; Josh, i., 15), but un belief and turning awajr from God brings all this trouble upon them. > 4. “When Zedekiah, the king of Judah,saw them and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night.” All this was seen in vision by the prophet Ezekiel at Babylon, and was shown to the people of Israel, who were there in an object lesson by the prophet. (Ezek. xii., 1-15.) 1 * “But the Chaldeans’ army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho and brought hfm to Neb uchadnezzar.” It being the purpose of God that Zedekiah should be taken, it was there fore impossible for him to escape. Perfectly - safe even amidst the greatest dangers are all whoih God promises to protect, but there is no hiding place and no safety for any who rebel against Him. They may be sure that . their sin will find them out, (Num. xxxii., 23.) ....... ...a»' C. “Then the king of Babylon slew the ‘ eons of Zedekiah in RibJah before his eyes; „ alsothe king of Babylon slew ail the nobles of Judah.” If the children follow the sins of their father and walk in his ways they ,will suffer punishment with their father; but who can describe the feelings of a father •compelled to witness the sufferings of his children because of sins into which he led them? Let ungodly parents consider this ere it be too late. 1 7. “Moreover, he put out Zedekiah’s eye3 afld bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.” Thus was Jer, xxxii., 4, and Ezek. 13, literally fulfilled, although at first sight it might seem difficult for them to -have a literal fulfillment Zedekiah went to Babylon, he saw the king of Babylon, but he never saw Babylon. _lfc is always perfeotly safe to take GFod afc His word^ and take Him v to mean just what He says. As soon os we a begin to give His word some other meaning than that conveyed by the plain grammati X ;.cal sense of the words, we are in danger of V perverting it (xxili., 36). . 8. “Ana the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.” Thus the Lord swallowed up the habitations of Jacob, and cast down the beauty of Israel; fchuB He did what He had devised, and ful filled His word commanded in the days of ^old (Lam. ii.,-1, 2, 17). Although it was ap parently the hand of the king of Babylon, it was really the hand of the Lord upon His rebellious people. Nehemiah, speaking of the testimony of the Spirit of God in the prophets against Israel, says that G6d gave them into the enemy’s hands because they would not hear (Neh. ix.; 30). 1 9. “Then Nebuzap-adan, the captain of v the guard, carried away captive into Bab ylon the remnant of the people.” Some had been taken to Babylon for their good, such us Daniel, Ezekiel and others, but these for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse in all places (Jer. xxiv., The same event may prove to some a [blessing and to others a curse. “All things ,Work together for good to them that love God” (Rom. viii., 28, 2;*). 1 10. “But Nabuzar-adan, the captain of the guard, left of the poor of the people, [which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vine\7ards and fields at the same time.’’ Or, as In the margin, “in that 'day.” It is evident, then, that there [may be a time when it is blessed to “have [nothing.” Weare reminded of Zepb. ill., 112, “I will also leave in the midst of thee an ' afflicted and poor people, and they shall (trust in the name of the Lord.” Also, Luke vl , 20, “Blessed be ye poor, for yoUrf Is the kingdom of God.” Though we may not have this world’s goods, if we have Jesus w.e are rich for time and eternity, and ar€ heirs with Him, and when the unbelievers are cast out we shall inherit all. Even the captain of t he guard 1 “chief executioner’— see margin), cruel to many, can only bring ns blessing. May Jesus be all to us; then we twill be well content to wait and suffer with [Him this little while, proving ourselves pil grims and strangers here. Like Abraham Sve will contentedly sojourn in the land of |>romise, owning not a foot of it except per liaps a burial place, while we look for the city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. Or, like Moses, having respect unto the recompense of the reward, we will esteem the reproach of Christ great - w riches than the treasures ill Egypt (Hob. xi., 9,10. 26; Acts vii., p). There is such a thing as laying up treasure In heaven whether we have much or little here, aad there issuch a thing as being rich here and awfully poor in eternity (Math, vi., 19, 20; Luke xil., 20. 21). The Writer earnestly desires for all who read these notes that the spirit and pur pose of Jeremiah and of PautTnaybeiu them; or, better still, the spirit of Christ Himself, for that 1b the fullest measure, that God may be glorified.—Lesson Helper. s: Peculiar Pair of Eyes. . “I labor under the peoulinr incon venience of having h right eyo of for mal power and a short-sighted left eye,” says Janies Shaw. “The numerals on the face of a clock five-eighths of aq inch , v,high ore visible to the right eye at twelve feet distant,' but in order to discern them as clearly with my loft eye I re quire to bring that organ of vision as r _ hear to the figures os eight inches. On -looking at my gold chain hanging on my breast iq daylight and with both eyes, . the chain, colored yellow and toward the loft, is perceived by the right eye, whilo a steely-blue chain, another, yet tho same, ■ is perceived about an inch to' the right and a litttle higher up.”—Chicago Herald. • Sergen; ifsrwsy;' >tsans.a pn'pereimrch e enough to sent lOOO persons. -The1 ding is rendered waterproof , by a . solution of quick-lime,- curdled milk and iWhjte* of eggs/ r, •':r.:.\;A; : GENERAL STATE NEWS. —4— 'f I«te ■ Happenings of Importance By * Mail and Wire. : * The Gi*t of Three State*’ Doing*, Carefully Prepared For Our Bu»y Beaderi. ■ ; :yvtroinia^ A big Masonic Fair is to be held in the Masonic Temple, Richmond, in May. A series of inter-college games have been arranged by the University-Athletic Associaciation. ~ President Harrison ; and Mrs. McKee and her children are at Virginia Beaciffi’5 The Do-Drop-In Club is thu name of a new Democratic organization'in Rich mond. -v A colored man while out hunting near City Point found tbs skeleton of a white man.: . .. ;.-,v,-i;. - A bill was passed in the Legislature to provide for the enumeration of towns claiming 5,000 inhabitants with a view of becoming dtiq|. Paramore's Island, near Onaneook, has been, recently purchased by a company of Pbiladcl phi a capitalist*, who will Boon erect there a magnificent chib house and Cottages. Capital stock, $600,000. Chester Roach, vi ho was born in the Alleghany county almshouse seventy-five years ago, and who tramped with bis pa rents through tho country for years, died in Minnesota last week and left an estate of $460,000. Ho inode his first money as tramp linker, and invested his earnings in Minneapolis real estate. NORTH CAROLINA. ■ Cottonwood is a new postoffice in Mecklenburg county. ■ The Governor's Guard has increased in strength to sixty men Recruiting, is go ing on all over the State. Nowberne’s fish and oyster fair passed oS with great eplat. The Roanoke Ibottom' lands near Wel don vvjll grow rice this year instead of cotton. • „ 1 S. L. Yount, ex-sheriff of Catawba county, assigned at Hickory. Liabili ties, $11,060. W. H. Williams is the assignee. A Northern lady has made a handsome donation for a school for colored youths near Winston. < John Shultz,, of Salem, haa presented Secretary Rusk with a cane made of na tive apple wood. Most of the stock for the new Weldon bank has b.en subscribed. The total disbursements for Winston for 1892 were $153,844.26. The Directors of the Piedmont Nation al Bank, of Greensboro, have elected Col. J. M. Winstead (cashier) president, to succeed tho lamented Gen. A. M. Scales. '. Some Wcldpn youngsters sent up 8 kite at night with a lantern attached t° the tail of it, and many thought it a star which had lost its way and was seeking the earth. A little nervousness was the result. Others thought it a sign from Heaven. Tho Seaboard Air Line gets the Oxford Coast Lino Railway. This line is to ex tend from Oxford to Rocky Mount or Nashville. It was first thought that the Atlantic Coast Line would operate the road.. The owners will grade it and put tho rails down and the Seaboard Air Line will put on the rolling stock and run it for ten years. Tho road will ruu through a fine bit of country. SOUTH CAROLINA. The ladies of Charleston arc giving “Russian teas” for the relief of the starv ing peasants of Russia. Adjutant and Inspector General Far-, ley is ill at Charleston. Truck gardeners oi .St. John's Island are shipping asparagus North. A Jeff Davis monument fund is being raised at Camdeu. A Kcely Institute, for the cure of drunkenness has been opened at Colum bia. ' Tho Bi-chloride of Gold treatment is used, 1 Senator Irby writes: “The 'political situation’.in South Carolina is not now serious, notwithstanding that it might have appeared so a month ago, for the conservative people of the State are al ways to be relied • upon to do the right thing at the light time.” Geh. Jno. C. Anderson, postmaster at Spaitunburg under Cleveland, died at his home there last week. The fifteenth annual Convention of the South Carolina Young Men’s Christian Association will meet in Spartanburg on April 21, and continue in session for three days. Amoug the prominent Christian workers who have promised to take part in tlio Convention aro: Gov. W. J. Northen.-of Georgia;tho Rov. Dr. JR. J. McBrydc, of LeSiiogton, Va.; L. A. Coulter, of North .Carolina; International Secretaries H. P. Anderson and F. 8. Brockman, and others. The epeniug Address will be delivered by .Dr. James H. Carlisle. - Smallest Railroad in the World.' _ The smallest railway in the world iq probably that from Ravenglass to. Boot, in Cumbeiland, England.. The one In question is like a large toy/ Tho gauge is three feet, the engine an absurd little thing and the carriages like miniature eages. As to the stations, they resemble double bathing boxes more than any- i tiling else. The railway officials are" easily summed up. The engine driver is also stoker, guard, ticket collector, ticket distributor and porter. Being Into for the train is not a serious dis aster, since anyone of the most ordinary activity can run after and overtake it, the railway official being the most obliging of., mortals, who will stop and pick up passengers anywhere. It is not ad visable, of course, to be in a hurry when using this line, and it is hardly surprising to find that, in spite of the smallness of the staff, it fails to pay. A horse and trap could give .the train a long start and beat it easily.—Pfttphe. A HEW ROAD TO BE BUII/T. One That Will Give North Carolina Another Outlet, end Form * v, Strong Competing Line. ;+;.: WASHINGTON, D. C.—C, F. Z( cristi, the manager of the Petersburg & Chesterfield Railroad, has been actively engaged in listing capital in the com pany’s project in this city, in Philadel phia and in New York. He rcrportg that a party of capitalists, with the chief en gineer of the road, Francis R. Fava, and the head of the contracting firm, “The Wood bridge & v* Turner Engineering Company,” of New York, will go over the route in a few days, anc^ constructing Operations will begin as soon as the con tracts are closedv ? ■ * y.!r-• * Mr. Caraeristi qfcates that the proposed road is to traverse a belt of country very rich in mineral resources, especially gran ite, coal and bog-iron, and also that the timber is all of the finest in Virginia. The road will connect the Atlantic and Danville, Norfolk and Western, and Powhatan and Farmvillo roads, with Richmond and the $orth, and if direct Connection can be secured with the Rich mond and Chesapeake road a route can be established between North Carolina, Petersburg, Manchester. Richmond and Baltimore, \v*bich will be considerably shorter than any that now exists. This will also, if operated in connection with the Richmond and Chesapeake, give an outlet to Richmond and Southern freight at a convenient point on Chesapeake Bay. Mr., Caracristi has appointed Fran cis R. Fava, consulting engineer of the city, to be the consuming engineer of the company, and directed him to prepare at once the reports and plans necessary tor -the construction of the road. State Conventions. The following State Conventions have been called: A1 bams, Dem Florida, l)em Illinois, Dem Illinois, Rep Indian*, Rep Indiana, Dem Kentucky, Rep Massachusetts, Rep Maine, Prohffi Maryland, Prohib Minnesota, Dem Nebraska, Hep North Dakota, Dem New York, anti Hill New York, Rep Rhode Ittluud, Dem S. C., Reform Rep Soulh Dakota, Rep Kouth Dakota, Dem Tennessee, Rep, T* xas Rep Wet V.iginia, Rep Wtst Virginia. Rep Montgomery, June 8. Tampa, June 1. Springfield, April 27. Springfield, May 4. Indianapolis, March 10. Iodianapolis. April 31. Louisville, Marco 10. Boston, April 21. Bangor, May 0. Baltimore March 8. St. Paul, March 31. Kearney, April 27. Gi and Forks, March 24. Syracuse, May 8L Albany, May 4. Providence, March 2. Columbia. April 12. Chamberlain, March 23. Chamberlain, May 3i Nashvil o, May 4. Austin, March 8. Martiusburg, May 5. Huntington, Aug. 3. A New Southern Railroad Enterprise. j A new Southern railroad enterprise is j contemplated in the corporation of the Norfolk, Wilmington and Charleston railroad company, with a capital of $10 000,000, to build a line from Norfolk, Va , to Charleston, S. C., with a branch j to Columbia, S. C. It is said that the new road will shorten the railroad dis tance between the east and south ern points nearly 100 miles. The direc tors are Ex-Governor Thomas J. Jarvis, of North Carolina; Duncan Harris, of New York; J. C. McNaughton, of Phila delphia; Colonel Henry Young and Gen eral Thomas A. Haquimin, of Charles ton ; Captain Thomas Pinckney, of Rich mond; A. A. Gaddis, of New Jersey; Chambers H. McKibbin, of Washington, and A. C. Haskell, of Columbia. The officers are: John C. McNaughton, pres^ ident; R. Duncan Harris, treasurer; Car roll Forster, secretary; C. H. McKibbfn, general manager. • Southern Society Presidency. New York City.—The annual election of the Southern Society will take place in a few days, and it promises to be one of the most spirited contests ever held in the club. Captain Hugh R Garden has been the president of the society for two years. Last year a number of the friends of Dr. James II. Parker proposed to nom inate him, but he was retired after Cap tain Gardeu’s friends, who claimed to speak for him, promised that if Dr. Parker’s name was withdrawn he would get a clear field this year. Dr. Parker was nominated^ few weeks ago and Captain Garden was also renominated. It is believed that Captain Garden will adhere to fhe agreement and withdraw his name. Dr. Parker, who wilkproba bly be elected, is president of the United States National Bank, commander of the Confederate Camp nud president of the New York Club. He was formerly pres ident of the Cotton Exchange and vice president of the National Park Bank. The Banana’s Good Points. The banana is ouly now beginning to be appreciated, and will be much better liked when-people learn to cook this de licious fruit and prepare it for food as it is used in countries where the plant grows. In the South, in Mexico and in the West Indies the banana is fried like - the sweet potato, baked like the Irish potato, is made into pies, is mashed up into a paste and drjpd,,js preserved, and in any and every, way is good. There is more nourishment in the banana thau in tho potato. The same„laud that will grow 1000 pounds of potatoes has been proven by actual experiment capable of growing 44,000 pounds of bananas. Even now this fruit is cheap, but ten years from now bananas will be Uni- ' versally eaten in the United States and will furnish a delicious substitute on the [family table for the potato—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Georgia’s Wear Bishop. Atlanta, Ga., [Special.]—Iu 8t. Luka’s Cathedral, Wednesday, Dr. 0. Kinloch Nelson, formerly rector of the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, Pa., was consecrated Bishop of Georgia with impressive ceremonies. The sermon was preached by Bishop Ilulison, of Pennsylvania, (Bishop Quln lard, Of Tennesee, presiding) who took, for his text, “'Launch out into the deep." At night a brilliant assemblage attended the reception given by Gov. Northen to Bishop Nelson and the visiting prelates. Bishop Nelson will make Atlanta hit headquarters. - , ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT. Phe St. Lords Convention an En ' thusiastic On*; ’ ' ' A. Platform, With Hany Strong Fea tures, and Denouncing Both1 v Old Parties, Adopted, ' St. Louts, Mo.—The great Alliance and Labor Congress passed off with won derful enthusiasm. The second morning Ben Terrell of Texas, Paul Vandevort of Nebraska, and Thomas Wadsworth of Indiana, had spoken.appealingly for non jectioualism, the old veterans all over the hall clasped hands and cheered for the restored Union..- When tjic enthusi asm had subsided Delegate Branch, of Georgia, cast a fire-brand into the gath ering in the shape of a resolution protest ing against the condition of the com mon people of this country, and holding the Republican and Democratic parties responsible for "the conditions. There was a spirited debate, but the resolution was adopted by a vote of 410 to 139. Later it was declared to have been irreg ularly proposed and was ordered strick en from the minutes until after the report of the committee on platform was beards Then there was a tremendous row over the eligibility of a colored delegate from Georga, which was quieted only the en trance of the committee / on platform, which reported as follows: “This, the first great labor conference of the United States and of the world, representing all divisions of urban and rural organizations and industry, assem bled in national congress, invoking upon its action the blessing and protection of Almighty God, puts forth to and for the producers of the nation this declaration of unison and independence. “The conditions which surround us best justify our co-oporation. We meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political and material ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot box, the Legislatures, the Congress, and touches eveu the ermine of the bench. The people are demoralized. Many of the States are compelled to isolate the voters at the polling places, in order to prevent universal intimidation or bribery. The newspapers .are subsidized or muz zled, public opinion silenced, business prostrated, our homes covered with mort gages, labor impoverished, and the land concentrating in the hands of capitalists. The urban workmen are denied the right of organization for self protection, imported pauperized labor beats down their wages; a hireling standing army, unrecognized by our laws, is established to shoot them down and they are rapidly degenerating to European conditions. The fruits of the toils of millions are boldy used to build up colossal fortunes unprecedented in the history of the world, while their possessors despise the repute a°d endauger liberty. From the same prolific womb of governmental injustice we breed the great classes—pau pers and millionaires. The national power to create money is appropriated to enrich bond-holders; silver, which has been accepted as coin since the day-dawn of history has been demoralized to en large the purchasing power of gold by decreasing the value of all forms of prop erty as well as human labor, and the sup ply of currency is purposely abridged to fatten usurers, bankrupt enterprise and enslave industry. A vast conspjjrapy against mankind has been organized on two continents and is taking possessionjof the world. If not met and overthrown at once, it forebodes terrible social con vulsions, the destruction of civilization or the establishment of an absolute des potism. “In this crisis of human affairs, the in telligent working people .and producers of the United Sfates, have come together in the name of peace, order and society, to defend liberty, prosperity and justice. Wo declare our union and independence. We assert our purpose to vote with that organization who represents our princi ples. “We charge that the controlling influ ences dominating the old political parties have allowed the existing dreadful con ditions to develop without serious effort to restrain or prevent them. Neither do they now intend to accomplish reform. They have agreed together to ignore, in the coming campaign, every issue but ouc. They propose,, to drown the out cries of a plundered people with the up roar of a sham battle over the tariff; so that corporations, national bauks, rings, trusts, ‘watered stocks,’ the demonetiza tion of silver and the oppressions of usury may be lost sight of. They propose to sacrifice our home and children upon the altar of mammon, to destroy the hopes of the multitude in order to secure cor ruption funds from the great lords of plunder. . --- “ 1'VWWW* tion, representing the piincip’es herein stated, is necessary to rcthess IKo griev ances of which we complain, Assembled on the anniversary of the birth of the il lustrious mail who led tho first great re volt ou this continent against oppression, filled with, sentiment which actuated that grand generation, we seek to restore the government of the republic to the hands of the plain people, with wh m it origi nated. Our door stands open to all points of the compass. Wo ask all hon est men to join with and help us “In order to restrain the extortions.of aggregated capital, lo drive the money changers out of the temple,- to form a Serfect union and establish justice, insure omestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote tlia general wolfaronnd socuru tho blessings Of liber* ty for ourselves and our posterity, we do ordain and establish the following plat form of principles: “First.—We demand a national cur rency, safe, sound and flexible, Issued by the general government, only frill legal tender for all debts, public and private, and that without the use of bauking cor porations ; a just, cqnitnblo and efficient means of distribution, direct to the peo ple, and not to exceed<30 per cent., to be provided as set forth In the sub Treasury plan of the Farmers’ Alliance, or tome better system, also. by payment in discharge Of its obligation for public Improvements. “We demand the free and unlimited coinage of silver. , “We demand that th» circulating me dium be increased to not less than $50 per capita. “We demand a graduated income tax. We believe that -the money of the coun try should beJ&ept ns much as possible in, the hands of the people, and we demand that all State and national revenues shall be Ignited to the necessary expenses of the government, economically and honest - ly administered. “We demand that postal savings banks be established by the government for the •afe deposit of the earnings of the people and to facilitate exchange. “The land, including all the natural sources of wealth, is the heritage of all the people and should not be m onopoliz ed for special purposes, while alien own ership of land should. All lands now held by railroad and other corporations id excess of their natural needs, and all lands now owned by aliens should be re claimed by the government and held for actual settlers only. “Transportation being a means of ex* change an(d a public ; necessity, the gov ernment should own and operate the railroads in the interest of the people. The telegraph and telephones, like the postofficG system, being a necessity for the transmission of news, should be own ed and operated by the government in the interest of the people. ‘‘Wo demand that the government is sue legal tender notes and pay the Union soldiers the differepce .between the price of the depreciated money in which he was paid in gold. “Resolved, That we hail this confer ence as the consummation of a perfect union of hearts and hands of all the sec tions of our common country. The men who wore the grey and the men who wore the blue are here to extinguish the last smouldering fires of civil war in the tears of joy of a united and happy peo pie, and we agree to carry the Btars and stripes forward forever to , the highest point of national greatness.” The convention then took a recess un til 2 p. m. On the afternoon session be ng called to order, Miss Frances Wil lard submitted her minority report. The lirst plank declared in favor of universal suffrage without distinction of sex; the second, that the liquor traffic was the en emy of reform, the chief cause of cor ruption in politics, and that as the States had full authority to legislate regarding this traffic it was the duty of the govern ment to respect the action of those States that had voted the liquor traffic, and that the government should collect no liquor revenue within those States. The majority report was adopted. How Witches Were Convicted. “One of the theories of the age was that the devil set his mark upon each of his servants that wltehes were all marked,” says Winfield 8. Nevinsin the New England Magazine. “A jury of the sex of the accused was appointed to examine the body for such marks. Ifc often happened that some dkcresence of flesh common to old people, or one ex plainable by natural causes, was found. One such was found on the body of Goody Nurse, and reported to the court, all but one of the jury agreeing to th©' report. Rebecca Preston and Mary Tarbell knew that the mark was from natural causes. The prisoner stated to the court that the dissenting woman of the jufry of examination was one of the most ancient, skilful and prudent, and further declared, «I there rendered a sufficient known reason of .the moving cause thereof.* She asked for the ap pointment of another juiy to inquire into the case and examine the marks found on her person. The jury of trials re-, turned a verdict of not guilty. There upon all the accusers in court ‘cried out’ with renewed vigor and were taken in the most violent tits, rolling and turn-! bling about;creating a scene of the wild-| est confusion. The judges told the jurymen that they had not carefully con sidered one expression of the prisoner, namely, that when one Hobbs, a con fessing witch, was brought in as evidence against her she said: ‘What, do you bring her? She is one ot us.* The jury retired for further consultation. Even then they could not agree upon a verdict of guilty. They reiurnt^l to the court-room and desired that the accused explain the remark. She made no re sponse, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty.** Roots in Drains. Receutly, in 'the yard of a public school in Philadelphia, a drain from tho out-buildiugs was found to be choked, and on examination a little root of a maple treo had been found to penetrate a very, small pore in the terra cotta pipe; yet so rapidly did these roots increase, afeer they found there was plenty of food at command in the drain, that although the pipe was eight inches in diameter,several bucketfuls of small fibrous roots were tjiken out, and which haA,complctely choked all circulation through the drain. It was a wonderful example of the in crease of roots,uuder circumstances favor able through the abuudauce of food. It i9 said that in this case no trouble is antic ipated in future years, as it is believe l that a bucketful or two of salt brine, passed through the drain once or twice a year, will effectually scorch off any fibres that may attempt the same frolic iu future. Where, however, this remedy cannot be applied, it will be a caution not to have drains in the vicinity of th< roots of trees.—Meehan’s Monthly. -- Strike in New Orleans. Nbw Orleans, La —The strike of the longshoremen is on,, and 3,000 are out of work. The demand is an hour’s pav for a fractional parts of an hour. The sljlps agents hare taken a decided standby employing stevedores, giving them the time needed to secure new hands for un loading vessels. . A number of new la borers have been obtained and it is pro posed to put them to work. Trouble with longshoremen is anticipated and the mayor has been asked for protection. MV Bbrullaz, who went twp years ago In search of the icosandra guttapercha tree in Malaysia, has discovered large forests of these trees, and has hit upon practical ways of collecting the gum with; out destroying the trees, which *he na tives inevitably do, »FHE LATEST } NEWS uiaveiana a wanoxoftM. , Toledo, 0.—Hon. Frank H. Hurd, who went to Ann Arbor to have a con ference with Mr. Cleveland, announces xuthoritatively that the latter is a candi* iate for nomination. _ Collector for Louisiana. .Washington, P. C.—W. W. Chis bohn was designated to perform the du ties of revenue collector for Louisiana, vice WimlJerly, removed. Mr. Chisholm was the deputy collector. Suffocated by Gas. Cincinnati, O.—M. Dugan, of Augus-. ta, Ga., was found dead in bed at the Cincinnati House, having suffocated by escaping gas. Mr. Dugan had been at the hotel two days. A North Carolinian Pardoned. ' Washington, D. C.—The President has granted a pardon at the expiration of 18 months’ imprisonment to Josiah Stan cil, of North Carolina, sentenced Decem ber 8, 1890, to two years’ imprisonment for violation of the postal laws. Jay Gould Off on a Jaunt. New York City.—Jay Gould has left the city for an extended tour over his railroads in the West and South. He in intends being iu St. Louis March 8th, when tfte*annual meetings of the Missou ri pacific and St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railways are held. Gens. Morgan’s and Green’s Monu ments. Washington. D. C.—House.—Mr. O’Ferrall, of Virginia, from the Com mittee on Library, reported the bills for erection of ^onumeats to General Daniel Morgan at Winchester, Va.y and Nathan iel Greene at Guilford Courthouse, N. C. Referred to the Committee of the Whole. lEilled Four Persons. A special from Smithville, N. C , says: The jury in the case against Whitman Thompson for the murder of one W. W. Pearsall, wife and two children and burning their their house over their dead bodies on the 23d of December, returned a verdict of guilty, and requested that his sentence be imprisonment for life, the judge fulfilling it. . Charleston Memorializes Against Free bilver. Charleston, 8. C.—The chamber ol co&merce adopted a resolution request ing the Senators and Congressmen from this State to usa all their influence in de feating the passage of the bill looking to the free coinage of silver, asserting that the. boards of trade of the country can only be maintained on a sound currency. A North Carolina Colored Professor in Connecticut. Middletown, Conn,—A colored ipan who represented himself to be Prof. C. H. McDowell, of the Onslow Literary Institution, bwannsboro, N. C., was ar rested on the charge of swindling. He collected small Bums of money from" prominent citizens, but a fraudulently headed list, with Mayor Brigg’s name down for $25, led to his detection. He has collected a large turn of money in the different cities near by. Gave Clevoland a Gourd. Fredericksburg, Va.—Colonel Wm. Rodgers, a jolly and handsome bachelor of Loudoun county, is in the city. Col. Rodgers presented Mr. Cleveland, during his term of office as President, with a long-handled gourd, grown on his place in L-judoun. He did this in conformity with the old custom to present couples with a gourd who had remained child less for niore-fhan twd years after mar riage Mr. Cleveland still has the gourd, a^d baby Ruth delights to play with it in preference tu a gold rattle presented. by an admiring friend Talmago’s Tabernacle Under the Hammer. New York.— Charles T. Willis ob tained a mechanic’s lien on Dr. Talmage’s tabernacle'in Brooklyn, and then brought an action to foreclose it, .and judgement was rendered in his favor for $52,210 on the 10th of February. The judgment was signed by Judge Pratt, and it will be enforced by the sale of -the property by the sheriff aC ..public auction in one parcel. Wills built the tabernacle, which cost $400,000. This judgement i« the unpaid balance. The sale is subject to a mortgage of Russell Sage. The - Brave Pilot Dead. Captain John Stout, a Mississippi.pilot, died recently in New Orleans. His life was distinguished’ by several acts of bravery. He was at the wheel of the steamer Robert K. Lee when she was burned at Yucatan plantation in 1882. On that occasion he saved a score of lives by remaining at the wheel and holding his boat to the ba*»k. He remained on the blazing vessel until the very last mo ment, and only escaped by sliding down the log chain.' Captain Stout was on board the steamboat J. W. White when she was burned above Rayou Sara in 1886, and jumped overboard to escape the flames. He whs picked up almost lifeless. . ~ • - _ ' _ * - _ Zeb’s Humor. - W" asitinqton, D. C.—While Sen ator Vance was/ making speech on the Idoho^ election ca&, at one point in his remarks two prominent Senators who were engaged ip earnest conversation reached a point in their dis cussion which elicited from one of them a most extraordinary sound— a compound between a laugh and a yawn. Pausing abruptly and gazing |n the direction of the offenders, Mr. Vance said: “Mr. President, I do not yield.” The amuse ment which, this diversion created seem ed to break up the interest in the debate and at 4;35 a motion to adjourn was car ried. ;■ CONVENTION IN JULY. Chey Will Nominate a People’! .; Ticket.•. • /. rhat Wm the Outcome of the 8t I*ouii Conference of Alliance andv*f^ •: ■ t • •. >v_. * j Labor Leadtra > * < *y .* ^ W-r:<* St. Louis, Ki>.-~Xh£* delegates lo the industrial conference 'lhave left, fiiost of r them ex pressing themselves ns Satisfied with the outcome of - the gathering, ah> though the delegates from Georgia, Louisiana, and other Southern States freely confessed that if the platform off the Democratic National Convention covered the financial planks of the plat form adopted, the new movement would >■-, not cut much of a fffc\iraihihei**eep«c- .. tivc localities. The Kansas and Minne kota delegates, too, yjr&o IjteHh&ff&pSe . disgruntled Over the'decision to hold the presidential nominating convention on July 4, and the old politicians that ma nipulated the conference were soundly berated fop their part for making ttaitf{ (gathering follow those of the two old " parties. j ‘ The special committee are considering a place for the national convention, the claims of St. Louis, Indianapolis, Omaba.v Kansas- City^ Birmingham; Ala, and— Mobile, being presented. The principal contest was between the first three. 11m| committee wanted a guarantee of $50,; 000 for the expenses of the affair, but itf was not offered. St. Louis offered a dec orated hall free of charge, and later . agreed to throw in a band. Omaha could not offer money, but its represent-; 7 ativea promised to thrown the electoral vote of Nebraska to the People’s ticket as a reward for the convention. It Wa» claimed that Iudiaunpolis was ready to guarantee the necessary $50,000 but nor, body was prepared to put in black and white. When the committee adjourned for dinner no decision had been reached.^ The committee on an address to the peo ple, under the chairmanship of Ignatius^ Donnelly, agreed to call upon the inde pendent voters of the country to meet within a month in their respective con gressional districts add organize. The, call includes the platform adopted by th% convention. Representative fTaubeneck, of Illinois, says Omaha is thefavorite in the race.' Kansas City has withdrawn in its ftif&rT1-? “The National Committee of the Ptoi pie’s party of the United States, acting? in conjunction with the following: C. II. Van Wyck of Nebraska,C. W. Macuhe of Texas, M. J. Branch of Georgia,J. jlW II. Powers of Nebraska, U. R. Humphrey of Texas, L.- D. Laurent of Louisiana, Marion Cannon of California, T. II. Ma guire of New York, J. II. Williams off Kansas, L. L. Polk of North Caroling, 1’ierce Hachqtt of Mbsouri. Id- M. Gar velt of Illinois, John Feitz of Ohio, Mary E. Lease of Kansas, Anna L. Diggs Dw-, triet of Columbia, Anna Debbs of Texas, A. P. Parksen of Florida add Benjamin; Terrill of Texas, finally decided upop Omaha as the place for the 4th of ."'1 Convention. NEW OtJRE FOR DEAFNESS. 4 A. Baltimore Professor Demonstrates Another Use for the Phonograph. At the Southern Homoeopathic Medical College, Baltimore, Md., & public demonstra tion was given of the. use of the phonograph for the *pre of deafness, a discovery made by Dr. F. Gary, a professor in the college. -’-I Seated at a phonograph, with rubber tubes.. in their ears, were a number of persons of both sex&, and an exposition of the principle of the treatment was given. It is the massage of thosd parts of the, ear which transmit sound into, the brain. The phonograph pro duces this result by giving continuous aud successive vibrations at regular intervals* This it does with certain degrees of intensity and frequency, according to the exigenciesof the case under treatment. i In bad cases a series of intensified shocks, at the rate of one to the second, is produced, against the membraneous tympanum, or drum* in cases of not over than five yearfe’ standing the vibrations are given with more frequency and lesa intensity. The noises or thumps so made are given by means of depressions mads with a stylus at regular intervals in the wax surface of the phonographiccylindcfrs. " n. Every depression causes the littlo trnns* - mitter needle In the instrument to strike the diaphragm connected with the phonograph,. ana to produce the snnie distressing noises which a deaf person continually hears withi* his brain. The intensity of the noises it regulated by the way that the depressions arsf made in the cylinder and their frequency by , the number of revolutions per minute given the latter. All patients who are under treatment for deafness at the college reported that they ore - greatly benefitted. ‘ - A Largo Tarpon Tie tarpon or silver fish is undlspn-. tably the gamiest inhabitant of the Gulf of Mexico. It affords more sport to ama teur fisherman than any other of the fishes'1 of the sea. The truofollower of Wal ton usea-the pole, reel, line and book to '. catch it with, and the tarpon is the acme 1 of his ambition. ? ‘9 - To boat a large specimen after a drag (by the tarpon of a boat) and an exer-* cise of exquisite skill (by the fisherman'1 with his tackle) from a contest of an hour or so, is a-epell of splendid ex-, citeraent. It is a question of “I win and you lose” totho end. At the “Oot- - tago by ths Sea,” Pascagoula, Miss.,has- . just been received a stuffed specimen of this celebrated fish, which measures ex. actly six feet in length, nnd when caught' weighed 202 pounds. It is handsomely. mounted and most artistically preserved., . This fish when hooked behaved like an astonished gentlemen or an assaulted cowboy ; it made fight iustairter, iceasur. lag its gleaming length above the water, in a jump of fully forty feet, dear oyer the craft in which the ready conqueror stood. The anchor of ihe skiff wee hauled in ,by an assistant and the boat was thereby set adrift white the wheel . was played with dexterous accuracy bf the cool and accomplished manipulator with a wind back and a let go. until exhaustion in the endeavor of the tar pon to escape made it n prise to the proud fisherman.—NeaT Orleans belts. •„ 1 ; ,, London,,England, ia to have an later national Emit-Shorn? ?—• A >.
The Sanford Express (Sanford, N.C.)
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