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xrald. PulILhcd Weaily at CITY, ' - - N. C H. A. IlCiT-a, Cel. d Pub , II. Eautereau, one of tit French'eai neers who was act! re in the construction cf the Suez canal, proposes to complete tha Ptsxraa canal on a new basis. Ilii scheme is to make a lake in the interior of the Isthmus by storing water from the Cb2Tts River. This lake would be fif teen miles long and cover about SOD acres, flood out the tmhealthy . swamps, and "make valuable" the 200,000 acres of land owned by the Panama compamy. It would hare strong locks at both ends. The two engineers who bare made es timates on the work and coin needed to complete the Panama canal, deal "in large figures. They differ radically in their plans, but they agree that at least 100,000,000 in hard cash will be needed to finish the work that De Lesseps has begun. There Is a large amount I money in England and on the continent seeking investment, but the San Fran, cisco Chronicle considers it f doubtful whether this sum can be obtained. : j The latest reported discovery in con section with tho cotton seed comes from Germany, where, it is said, a process has been discovered for extracting sugar from cotton-seed meal. The sugar is of a very superior, grade, but cannot be told in competition with the ordinary article. It is said to be inclined to ferment ox tour, and hence better for use in pre serving fruits. It is said to be fifteen times sweeter than cane sugar, and twenty times more so than sugar made from beets. An Interesting application of electricity to the dairy industry has been made in Italy. The Count of Assata, whose buildings are fitted up with electric light, has connected his dairy plant with an electric motor of twelve horsepower. ; This machine drives a Danish separator and a Danish churn of considerable size, churning being conducted at the rate ol 120 to 160 revolutions per minute, the butter being brought in from thirty to thirty-five minutes, in fine grains, which, it is now recognized, enable the maker to produce the finest article. A pump is also worked in the dairy, and various other operations are carried on by elec tricity. The flow of British capital into Mexico is almost as extensive as its influx to this country. Nearly $100,000,000 of Eng lish gold was invested there last year; and railroads, lands, mines, manu factures and banks have all participated In this Pactolean stream to such an ex tent that the maintenance of order in the Republic has become almost as important to Great Britain as to Mexico herself. The Mexican Railroad, the National, the Interoceanic, the Central, the Mexican Southern and the Tehuantepeo lines are every one of them strictly English com panies. British capitalists have under taken the stupendous work of draining the Valley of Mexico; and, according to a report recently issued by the London Foreign OfSce, in two provinces alone several millions of acres of fine land art owned by English subjects engaged ia cattle raising. The American people know littlo about China'and her people. The population of China Is almost beyond estimate. There are eighteen States and four Terri tories in the country, not more than one sixth of which have ever been seen by Caucasians. The whole of Canton alont has seventy-two counties, containing a population of 150,000,000 of people, not reckoning the women and children under sixteen years of age. From Canton cornea the Chinese emigrant to this country. There are only five men from the province of Foo Chow in the United States. Then are estimated to be 200,000 Chinamen in this country, all from the poorer classes of Canton, excepting a comparatively small number of the better class of Chinese merchants who have come over here and invested small capital to see it grow into fortunes. It is reported that the British Govern ment is preparing to make a thorough test of the ahaski dynamite gun, and that important orders have been given tc the company with that end in view. "Our Government," says the New York ifatt, has given the cold shoulder to thi dynamite gun, and if it were not for the interference of Congress it would have received no encouragement whatever from ihe Ordnance Bureau of the War De partment. That foreign Government! should appreciate the merits of the new scheme for operations of warfare more quickly than our own would be exactly in line with what has happened before. When the Hotchkiss gun was invented by an American, it was offered to our Government and the - Ter declined. " The company w- " . 4nd established ii ce, and now It selling Urge Government, Then smoke 7 an Ameri i Goverji the army ng to so- NET7S SULIIIARY; ALL 07E2UI5 COUTHTiATIlX AzzLlzzts. Calamities TlzzzzzX ITswj azd ITctsj cf Isizztry. " J. C Brain, representing a large En glish syndicate is trying to buy eight of the largest tobacco factories ia Danville andorganiz s ' them, in one stock com any. lie was also in Lynchburg, and it is t aid that be obtained options on several large tobacco factories in that city. - A case has been arranged at Norfolk to test the constitutionality of lbs meat inspection law. j . , A fair will be held at Dacville for the benefit of Ihe Confederate Veterans' Home in that ctly. The embryo city above the confluence of Glasgow, just of James and North rivers at Balcony Falls, is rapidly loom ing up as an industrial centre. The Rock bridge Company, of which ex-Governor Lee is president, Don! Win. A. Anderson, vice president, and Ma j. Miles 1L Martin, general manager, have already accom- p'Jehed much in the laviner out of the town, grading streets and constructing nouses. A sad and most shocking double trae edy occured near Lynchburg Wednesday. At Bald Eagle Dam on James River, while James Campbell, a most worthy farmer, was burning si plant bed, his lit tle daughter's clothes took fire and she was burned to death in a few minutes. Boon after bearing of 1 the sad accident, the near relatives of the family, living on the opposite side of the river, Mr; and Mrs. Richard night, took a small boat and attempted to cress tho river which was hicb, to help the afflicted. The boat went over a da mi both were drown ed, and the bodies have not yet been found. The drowned; left three children helpless at home TE3K The question of issuing 1500,000 of thirty-year 5 per cent. corporation bonds for permanent improvement of the streets of Chattanooga was submitted to a vele of the people Wednesday, and was rati- ue4 uj a majority oi ooo. r. ine nooaoury mining company ere developing a silver mine at Lascasses, near woodbuiy. William Bilvey. of iFlowery Branch. Ga., arrived in Chattanooga in search of nis wile and two. children, who left home last Sunday. He found them living with jamrs McDaniels, who has a wire and three children living at Flowery urancn. 1 he Police ai rested McDaniels . and Mr. Silvey, but the Recorder dismissed the case on the promise of Mrs. SilveV to return home with her busband. They left for hme, McDaniels remaining. At Nashville, W, T, Dwnbj scored bis second signal victory i i Lis libel suits against the Nashvirre American. Tho American filed demurrers to Ownby's bills m luo bccuiu nuu tuiru noei suns, brought bv him. statib or in substance. that plaintiff's petition failed to make a tuou ui iluvi buu buuuiu De uismisseu. Judge McAllister ove -ruled these de murrers, and both thos cases will go to trial upon their merits. j A similai de murrer in the first suit was previously everruleJ, so that Mr. OwnbyV three damage tuits for $25,00 ) each are all yet in good standing in court. N0TH 0AE()L1HA. The town commissioners of Marion have decided to issue license to sell li quors in thit town and j havo fixed the license- tax at $750. A bar has been opened in the FJemming House, and others are in prospect. J. ; Mr. Blanton, lato of the firm of B!au ton & Djsart, will establish a bank in Marion. The lot has been bought and the material for the building is beiner placed on tne site. The manufacture of cigar boxes is a foot in the new enterprise to be set on Twin-City at an early da 9. Mies Elise V. Lee, a' Presbyterian mis sionary, of Mills river, Henderson coun ty, will stait the first day of Aprial for Matamora, Mex. ; She goei undtr the auspice3 of the ! Presbyterian Mission Board and will join other missionaries in Mexico. t The grounds for Trin ty College are They will being prepared at Durham. embrace 60 acres, i $1,425 has been subscribed thus far in Charlotte to celebrate the) 20th of Mav. Mecklenburg Independence day. ' SOUTH CAROLINA, The Department has I established a postoffice at Lindsay's station on the 3 G's Railroad to be known, as Lindsay. Mr. John D. Taylor has been appointed dostmaster. H W.K. and Arthur Pelzer and others, of Charleston, have organized a $200,000 company to erect a fertlfzer factory at Montgomery, Ala sr. f New York capitalists have secured an option on about COO acres of land on both sides tho Saluda river, near Green ville, with a view of erecting a cotton factory. J, The cotton-teed oil mill and fertilizer factory at Spartanburg to e erected will be known as the Produo Mills. The capital stock will be increased from 25,000 to $50,000. f . A commission was issued at Columbia, for tho organization of the Aiken ,Pine Elixir Manufacturing Company of Ai ken, for ihe purpose of manufacturing and sftllicg ".Moselcy's Aikeu Pine Lhxir." am tiicicc and tonic made from the leaf of the pine tree. The capital stock is to be $3, C0 in shhres $100 each, all of which ia held ly Aiken citi- zens. Tho South Carolina Itailniad's earnings for February show up handeomely, the increase of total earnings over February. 1889, being 22,845, or 18 per cent. The pastengcr earnings increased $2,725, or nearly 13 per cent.; the freight earnings $19 072. or over 19 per cent, and the tonnage 27,G07 tons, or 43 ber cent. W. P. Frost and others, at Chatleston, arc organising a stock company to de vclopo phosphite lands in Florida. . QE0EGIA . - The cotton receipts at Savannah this season will fail bus little ihort of one million balei. i t Tlc incorporators of At usU's new Kftciory annouuee subicrlptions f The city council cf Columbus has Sf P? si fi ,a operation, also Jubus placed upon the people the responsibility ,McCIui'1 nd Tom Pruett ia tne dirtil of determining whether it Is advisable Bit the supposed, owner. Burt thit an expenditure of $10,000 should I VPP18 w! cot a boms midnight be incurred by the city to aid in the bold-' J"llor8- ow the hills and soon ing of an exposition this falL Ah dec- tion is to be ordered The Contire.Ul Chemi.tal Co. has II. IL Liviogstoa, with a cipital stock of $5,000 to manufacture drugs, chemic als, etc., in Savannah. L - The mellon growers of southwest Georgia are preparing for the handling' cf tl3 V.. i t crcp c-f t7st5rn.IIc3 tlt GecrU hs ever kzovrn. Inzzlxj tLs iritlil tlcp toward an organization of til the fruit, vegetable and mellon associa tions was taken. The season cf the mel on o-ptm early in June and this year will not last lor ger than forty -five days. Dur ing that time it is estimated that nearly 12,CC0 carloads cf melons will bo ship ped to tho cotth, cut and wesL The low lands of Mississippi and Ar kansas are completely inundated, and tie floods are practically Jbiyond con trol, i , .- - . ; .. i ' V; ; A company baa . purchased 2,000 acres of phosphate lands Citrus county, Fla., near Dunsellon, of Senator liana at $40,000. i .5 ' : ::..r-:::.i r A Jacksonville firm has ' jost received a large order for Florida live oak timber to be shipped to South Africa. (The tim ber is designed for strength ard durabil ity as is especially required in all timber which is used in connection with heavy drilling and hydraulic machinery. SIABYLiITD'3 TEE ABUSE 11 BE0BT, An Honorable Hams Eow in Disgrace Through Disfcocesty. Axxafolis, Md., April 1.- The Gov ernor sent a message to the legislature to night transmitting a communication from L. Victor Baugham, State comp troller. The comptroller states that he has discovered a misappropriation of State securities in the hands of State Treasurer Sterenson Archer, j Treasurer Archer is lying critically ill at his home. The bond of the State Treasurer is $200,000. The involvement of the name of State Treasurer Archer, with illegiti mate use of funds of the State, was to unexpected to every cue that his friends are net yet able to fully realize it. Whatever the amount of defalcation the State is secure. v - Something 'About Orchids. What are orchids! A plant whose home is the tropical forest, and yet a plant which is not dependent for its sus tenance upon the earth or water in their visible forms. . It is a curiosity of the vegetable wozld, which, perched in the air, sends out its long, searching roots andWlraws its nourishment from the at mosphere. Ethereal in its nature, so far as this characteristic is concerned, it is very substantial in the valuation which its owners and raisers place upon plants of rare varieties. - The experts in this brancn ol Horticulture say tnat some fine roots are well worth $5000 each, and some have held at even higher figures. Their rarity, the difficulty with which they are propagated, the exquisite deli cacy, strange forms and great variety of blossoms are the reasons given for these extraordinary values. Before the win dow of a Tremont street florist, not far from Park Street Church, a throng was gathered to look upon, a cluster of these flowers which just now occupy so high a place in the popular mind. ; Strange in form, of a delicate pearly, waxy white ness, daintily lined' with pink or purple, they presented an unusual sight even to those unacquainted with their rarity and their costliness. -linstan Advertiwr. A Confederate Camp in Few York, NKw!YonK,Apnl 1. TheEx-ConfedT crate soldiers of this city propose to in augurate a camp of ex-members of the Confederate army and navy. Recently a meeting waaheid and a committee ap pointed with this end ia view, j A cir cular letter has "been sent out for this purpose. -Amcxt-' other ihings the letter) declares tnat tne pub he nas no more conservative or patriotic citizens than those who fought on the other side in the late war. Ex-Confederates were ask ed to meet and renew the friendships acd maintain the sentiments of fraternity born of hardships and danger shared on the battlefield. Ic is proposed also to assist the widows and orphans : of de ceased comrades. Among thoe whose names are signed to .the call are W. S. Keiley, Major Joe H. Stewart, S. Calhoun smiia and Tbomas L. Sneed Disastrous Japanese Conflagration Advices from China and Japan, by the steamer City of Pekin, states that on February 27, about cue thousand, five hundred Japanese houses were burned in Tokio, and seventy-eight others par tially destroyed. Two persons were killed, and twenty-five firemen injured.' On February 26, one hundred and eight- ty-seven houses were burned in Tokio, and on March 5, eight hundred and fifty were destroyed- The fires were all of accidental origin.' M ! beveral serious encounters between Dutch troops and a party of Chinese are reported. The former met with severe losses. A party of Dutch convicts, whip trying to clear a jungle, were fired on from a bush. A detachment of troops was driven back next day with nine wounded, and on March 8. Lieutenant Muller was killed and Captain Van Heush was also thot. Several men were severely wounded. Doolitila Two Wives. I - i Birmingham, A'a. April ; I. i-Spe cial. Edward Doolittle, an engineer cn tho Alabama Great Souihern railroad, was killed in a colli don cn that road February 12. A f3w weeks later his widow, Mrs. Josephine Doolittle, filed in Ihs probate court letters of adminis tration Hr-. Mary Doolittle, of South Carolina, through Ler attorneys h is file-I notice of a ecyiU at of the letters of admin -istmt ion . Mr Mary Dool itt la says she, too, is ihs widow-of the dead' engineer. She pays ho dtsn td her ai d their three children in Svjiitb Cirofina, a few years ago, and shj only heard of his where abouts Ami Lia seroad marri?e when she resd in the rers a notice of his death. Doo.ittlc iuid been living here about three veaj3, and htd an excellent character. Bith women have maniage certificate?, and the case promises to an intf resting n from the fact the deed eogiiieor left enough property to make a fiht fur its possession . - Kot at Heme To Callers. Itevenu-i officers, Messrs. Walton, of Burke, Mc?aU of Shelby, Pink Scmmey and three of tbe nirl.-js of Lincoln, went Fridav at mirlnWht in th fnrt f J Buffalo mountain in upptr Cleveland and "r !IWia ,ua TCtue a' rtacn. udcoi me capxurea naae nis escsne ttnln'l Hua a5 he was climbing a ave a yell, ana waved with hi? hat an affectionate adieu. S&c&jf'JL.u rem. l - , - Brazil has an area almostthe same as that of tha United Efcit 3.003.000 nf square rH. ; CITY 111 IITJINS, urn aud p mj ill. A Ulla Tqzzzz a, LcdsTiHa, ITy,. Cox- Oder Ctiss EsfTiT. ; ; V -C "The Central aid Western parts of Louisvil'e, Kj were badlj wrecked by by a cyclone at 7:30 Thursday night. Portion:, suburb, was swept away. The indications are that the loss of life is from 250 to COO. About 420 business bouses were destroyed, on Main, Market, Jefferson, and Walnut streets, from 10th to 15th streets. V- '"'-.,' The cyclone was general in the neigh. borhood of Louisville, and several other cities suffered severely in loss of life and property. 7 ; TheQnirier Journal says: The mighty stroke of the tornado fell with a sudden ness that scarcely gave time for quicken ed heart beats before those hearts were stilled in death. Twice before the wrenchine asunder el life and homes, and cables of trade, the impulse of the gale fought impatient ly to accomplish' the work reserved for the whirling tiger of the air, whose ask ant couriers they were ; twice, for five furious minutes "each, they strove. and passed on, screeching their baffled rage. Then came a lull, but only for a little space; and then the tornado thundered over the doomed territory, with terrible lightnings Sonstantly ablaze. From Eighteenth and Maple streets, diagonally - across the city, crushing dwellings and business blocks like egg shells, toppling down church steeples, and wrenching warehouses to fragments, the dread visitant - passed to the river front, leaving to mark the boundaries of the ruins, a broad path of wreckage and dead and mangled 1 uman beings, piled and weighted down, or burning in the ignited debris. This belt of destruction extended from the west side of 6th street as far as 9th and Main, and an equal width across to the point where : the ; city was first touched. The loss of life and property is at pres ent incalculable. It will require long days of painful search and computation, to reach a proper estimate ; but it is cer tain that no such havoc has ever been recorded before, for an American city, from such a cause. ; '. : To add to the sudden horror of the scene, fire cams to seize upon tne snape less ruin, and consume the helpless wounded and disfigured dead. ' tXKOCENT CHTX,rBJSN KTIXgrj. . Probably the greatest loss of life oc cuircd at the Falls City Hall, which wa in the centre of the tornado. In the lower rooms of the ball were 50 or 75 children, with their mothers, and other relatives, taking dancing lessons. There were at bast 123 persons on the lower floors, 75 more attending a lodge meet ing on the upcr floor, when the terrible wind swooped down upon: tin, bu'lding, completely demolishing it'and entombing all the occupants. . THE RESCUERS AT WORK. v Gangs of rescuers worked like gophers on the great masses of debris in search for human victims. Here and there lay a dead mule with clots ef blood at their nostrils, that had been dragged ; from theruir s of the great tobacco houses . Ways w ere pierced into . the ruins of the buildings, and bodies drawn out dead and dying. Ono of the build ings was reserved for the dead, but the wounded 'J. weiu taken into' stores and houses where phyfeician and priest ad ministered to souis and bodies. - MISS CLARA. BARTON TO THE RELIEF. Miss Clara Barton, of the Red Cross society, called at the White i House at Washington, Friday, and informed the President whnis the ex-ofScio chairman of the government board of that organi zation, that she would go ; to Louisville and the devastated district at once and give what aid she could to the sufferers from the disaster. -... . s "; METROPOLIS DESTROYED. A special from Metropolis, Ills., 25 mile3 above Cairo, on tbe Ohio river. says: xne cyclone cut a clean swata about a quarter of a mile wide clear across the town, wrecking property - of ' all descriptions, and burying men, wo mer, and children in the debris of falling buildings. r " i ; : THE CYCLONE HIT IN TENNESSEE. i i'AYETTEvrLLE, Lincoln Co., Tcnn. The principal' stores in this town were wrecked, and the stock of goods either blown away or ruined by the rain that followed. Many residences were demol ished, 'ice-damage is estimated at 1200,000. ' The Georgia Editors. The Georgia Prcs3 association visited the sub -tropical exposition at Jackson ville, Fla., where they were received and auovn about by Director General Moran, Secretory Adams nnd Representative Diilon. As the party entered the building the band piajcl spirited airs. ! President Dillon made a short speech ofwdcome, which was replied to by President W. Lu Glesner. The visitors expressed themselves as delighted with tho expo sition. The party spent a portion' of the afternoon in sight-seeing, and at 3:30 o'clock took the steamer II. B. Plant for a trip up the river to Sanford. Tbe editors were guests of ths Plant In veitment company and-will be given a trip to Cuba by that company. 3ril University Boat Bace, London, Eno , Cablegram. Oxford won the Univeptity boat race. . The great race between the boat crews of Oxford and Cambridge Universities took place on the Thames Wednesday afternoon. The weather in the forenoon was brilliant, but at the time of the rac, the wind was changeable, causing the water to be quite chopry. Ah unprecedented crowd gathered along both banks of the river, and the interest displayed was without parallel in the annals of the races. The Cam bridge crew was the decided favorite in betting. It won the teas for position, and choo?e tlw Surrey sido of tne river. Two Carious Spkeres. Two almost perfect spheres, about four baches fa diameter one black and of vegetable origin, and the other white and a mineral product were lately ex hibited to the Geneva (Switzerland) So ciety of 1 Physics and Natural .History. Both were remarkaLIe as having been produced by a mechanical movement. The black ball was one of two formed by the slow rolling, together of dust in the cavity of the oak shaft of an old mill wheel; and the white ball was a calcare ous pebble found with many others in a grotto traversed by a tort-rat flowing into the Bhnne. The Industrial develoramtcf tis Ccr o Free great lina of ooeratio: Of course, one of the most interesting is the determination of th.3 Ik'lan com mercial companies, which Isrgtlj con trol (hi trade cf that rcgiou, to cn ploy American citizens of African descent in their cfSces there. This pln was broach ed as long ago as in 1834 by Colonel George Yf. Willisas, cf Vf orccster, U&zs. , who at that time was actively aidiag Kin Ireopold in bis African enterprises. Tbe idea then was to employ a large force of American negroes to go to Af rica as ordinary laborers, to open up roads, build trading stations, etc JThe king was favorably impressed by this scheme, and so was Mr Stanley, to whom it was referred for consideration. For various reasons, however, it was not found inexpedient to put into execution at that time. It has recently - been re vived in a different form, and it is to be carried out at once. Captain Albert Thys, the chief administrative agent of the commercial companies, is really en thusiastic over it. Colonel 1 Wilhams made a detailed proposition," says Captain Thys, "to the effect that the services of educated Amer ican negroes should be . sought for our offices in the Congo country. He urged tbit they would more readily become acclimated than Europeans, and that their, presence and . example would, moreover, have a good effect upon the natives. The companies, after careful consideration, unanimously adopted his plan and requested him to engage for them twelve clerks and twelve engineers and skilled mechanics. For this purpose Col. Williams visited America a few weeks sgo . We hoped that he would bring- the men back with him, but he returned alone, and reported that it would be detirable to delay matters a lit tle. He suggested that a call for iecrclts should be sent to the chief industrial schools of the Southern United States, AH candidates who entered the com pet i -tion for engagements should now begin special studies,especially Frt nch, African geography, etc. In June next they should be examined by a committee of teachers ani the required number should then be selected and engaged ' from among the most proficient. This system, he urged, would give us the services of the best men, especially prepared for our work. Since the return of Colonel Williams the companies have carefully considered this plan, and have now adopted it in every detail, exactly as it was laid be fore them. Word to this effect has been sent to the heads of the various schools of America, in order that their pupils may at once begin the special coune of ; study in preparation for the examinations next June. By next fall we hope to have from twenty to thirty American negroes actively administering the affairs of the commercial companies in Africa. Col. Williams has himself gone directly on to Africa,- sailing from England for the CoDgo on Saturday 29. He will spend some time there, visiting all parts of the Free State. Brussels Correspondence New TorJt Tribune. . - SAM JONES AT T0BT WORTH The Georgia Evasgelist Grows - Ho qusnt and Captures tha Texara, " Bev. Sam Jonos is drawing great crowds at Fort Worth, Tex , where he is preaching some of his most powerful ser mons. The other day he preached to a crowd of 14,000 people. Among other things, the Fort Worth Gazette reports him as saying : 'Some of you women will go home and say, 'I'd like Mr. Jones so much if he only bad a little more dignity.' Bless your old souls. Dignity 1 Listen I could be as nice a preacher as ever walked the face of earth, but you have plenty of that sort of preachers. I went into : a round house at Nashville one time, and there I saw one fine looking locomotive it was so brightly plated and every thing about -it was so very pretty, and clean. And I said to the master me chanic, 'That is the prettiest engine I ever saw.' -.-. !'" '.Yes,' he said, 'that belongs to the President of the read, and don't go r ut of the round house but once every three months, when it takes the President down the read for s trip.' 1 looked around, and in came one of those great big ten-wheel moguls dirty, dusty, and with oil dripping from every part of it. 'What is the matter with that one!' leaked of the master mechanic.' ' 'That one just' came in from the road. She pulled in forty cars of freight from Chattanooga:' , "Listen H I stayed in the roundhouse of religion I could be as pretty a preacher as any of 'cm. But if these fine preachers would say they would take hold of a couple of hundred old sinners e piece and yank them into salvation, tbey would come out dirty and dusty acd greasy; but they would have tha sinners." THE HJ.SBK3IPPI VALLEY. The Overflew" Continues a d Live Stock Perishes. Belief From Congrea'. Reports of a new break at Austin, Mis3., and of wavering levees elsewhere, are inducing many f amiliea to move beyond the danger lines. Greenville is surrounded and partly inundate 1. II ayorville his yielded to the flood. There is no loss of life re ported from recent breaks, but many head of live stock, have perished and Lmuch property ia ruined. WAsniKGTox. D. C. The Senate pars ed Ihi House bill a"-Hfzing the Missis sippi River Commuuiwtr$ purchase or hire such boats xymay be immediately necessary to rescue the inhabitants cf the overflowed districts, and to use the boats for that purpose. Axelent Herbalists Knew Something.' Modern chemistry shows that the med ical lore of the ancient herbalists had a much sounder basis than had been imag ined. In 1597 watercresses were recom mended for the cure of scurvy and scrof ula. Chemists - now say that the cress contains sulphur, phosphorus, iodine and iron substances that are known to be actual antidotes to scrofula. In John Wesley Herbal, which t he prized so highly, wild carrots are ' recommended for asthma, and we now hear that they do promote expectoration, and thus re lieve that troublesome complaint. Net tles , are prescribed for blood spitting, goose grass for cancer, and cobwebs fox ague, and chemistry finds in each oi these "ainpb; -procrtie now recog-1 nized aa useful in tha aerenl AUr EUte is just now fctis pushed wua vigor, and several ret? strikir nare beir-r creisd up. 4 IILL TO 2X1112 J.U w. Tl3 T7jzzz C:-:'.::-'-:: C::'.z u 'rr..-t!iT Ti f! -.11:3 Uz'zzz rr. 11 o'clock kit TLurcIiy i the discussion of the " r3 iii""uvi" ; VT11 ftimllTr YWLRSLiBT tl.3 bill. Hr. 'Springer virrously cn?s-a J-3 73 of th3 tilL LT3 criticised f-3 rovLicas of the Wycab-constitution and charged gross irregularities in U.3 adoption of that constitution. i-r. Bpnafrer then cUcrsd an taedst providicg that thcra thsll ba an ekctica (a Wyoming next I?ovembcr for a Kep resentative to the 51st and - 52ad Con prezzzs and for Etato and judicial c.-ccs. The constitution shall be vctcd upca, and if the vote is against female sufTrse, thst feature shall be eliminated from the constitution. This was lost; yeas 1S3, nays 183. Mr. Springer then oHered his last amendment, which strikes out the clause of the Wyoming constitution pro viding for female suHrage, and this was defeated ; yeas 1S3, nays 127. It was a strict party vote. CAPITAI. NOTES. .' The Wsys and Means Comraittse have decided to admit jute butts free cf duty, and increase the duty on the manufactur ed articles. - ?'. : Congressman Elliott is working vig orously in behalf of the establishment of a naval station and repair depot at Port Royal, 8. C, and the indications are that his efforts will eventually be crown ed with success. - . In executive session the Senate con firmed tie nominations of Pay Director Thomas II. Looker to be chief of the bu reau of provisions and clothing and pay master general of the navy, and J. E. Wilson, postmaster at Florence, S. C. The Senate passed tbe House bill Thursday appropriating $25,000 for ' the purchase" of tents for th use of flood suf ferers of Arkansas, Mississippi and Lou isiana." - "' ' ' RECIPROCITY WITH BOUTO A3TKBICA.. Secretary Blaine was asked about the correctness of the published report, to the t ffect that two United States dele gates to the Pan American Congress were, in the name of the Secretary, and with his approval, to make a proposition of absolute reciprocity to the representatives of tho South American countries. The Secretary . read the published dispatch carefully and with evident interest, but positively declined to make any com ments, and would not pet mit himself either to admit cr to deny the truth of tho statements it contains. It was lcarned,however, from a gentleman, who is supposed to te well posted as to what is going on in the conference, that Mr. Flint and Mr. Coolidge, two of the dele gates from the United States, have been and are still in consultation with some of the foreign delegates with reference to the subject above stated, but whether they are acting upon their own responsibilty or under the instruction of the Secretary of State could not be ascertained. The proposition is said to involve the surrender by tbe United States of duties upon sugar and carpet wools imported from the countries of Central and South America in exchange for similar conces sions from , the governments of those countries as to merchandize imported from the United States, including all farm products, refined petroleum, lum ber, agricultural implements and ma chinery, and some other articles. It is asserted that such an exchange of conces sions would increase the ex ports from the United States to Latin' America from fifty to sixty million dollars ayear. The Best "Eeligioua Backs The most serviceable religious works aside from Ihe Holy Scriptures, - accord ing to Francis E. Willsrd, President of ! the National W. C. T. U. are the follow ing .. " , - . -. For Christian Evidences- Butler's Analogy; Joseph Cook's Lectures; Prof. Drum mond's Lectures. For Church History D'Aubigne. For Religious , Biography Madame Guy on : Mary Lvon : Dr. Arnold, of Rugby. For Devotional Literature Epic- tetus ; tbe Faith that makas Faithful ; Havt rgars Kept For tho Master s Use. Fires and Their Cftuses. . The following fixrures. civen by an English periodical, show the fires in Lon don during the past three years caused by the various methods of illumination : 1887. 143 188 243 1888. 113 1OT 205 1 1889. 188 209 257 a Total. 891 634 -707 8 Candles........; Gas Lamps......... Electric Light... Of course, electricity is used to a much ess extent than the other iUuminants, but the above figures convey an idea of how much greater destruction is caused by lamps than is generally 'beliered to fcj the case - -- --olc- 2-. Big Eeal Estate Sale ia Augusta. A New York and Augusta syndicate have closed a trade for COO acres of land in Carolina, directly opposite the city of Augusta. The . trade was closed by Messrs. Groesbeck and Verdery, of New York. They refuse to give the figure paid for the property, but rumor places it in the neighborhood of $00,000. The in tention of the new company is to de velops the property, erect a palatial win ter resort hotel, and have a dummy line to-connect with the city. ,Tbe property is wiinin n 1 teen minutes' -waiK ol Au gusta's Broad street. - - Tie Wentworth Jail Euraed. " The county jail at Wentworth, N. C, was destroyed by fire Monday morning, ten prisoners wr re in the jil at tbe time of the fire. It i supposed that prisoners set fire to the jail in order to make their escape. They were carried to Greens boro, and lodged in the Guilford jiil for safe keeping. No insurance. For sometime there hit been consider able talk of removing the courtboure from Wentworth to Reidsville; and now since the jail has burned it is assured . Only 93 Elled ia Ixraisvilli Ixcxsvrx.i.E, Ky., SpeciaL The total number killed here by the tornado is 3. So far about 150 badly wounded persons have been found, and many of them are at the hospital in a dyiag condition. m.L)AXo .fglture appropriated 30,C00 for relief of the sufftrtrs by the cyclone. SE?DEB02C KT- The total of the kilJed in Webster County is 40 and of wounded "80. Eegieta tt BismaickV Bes'gaation. Uekli. Mrch 3t Emperor Francis Joseph. King Humbert, and Count Kal- rnarck, expressing tbeir regret at his re irnatinn uvmjMie mi written to Prince It5a CC- I1-.- - cf l-.t r- :f rc3lutic:.'; tzzzz cf t!.r it: a r rc :.i c ' ce, t: V 4.. w V - Z'zi f: o rc-ri-t t: , '..3 er:;t tcr cf men ia ZZzz. Cxzi Cverccclu'tr: 'TTe d: 1 tLit tre tir:r r-:: reason cf a c:r r; ' ... :t;i a c:rculit?- - raciiun cr c. :r ttrcca tl3 ti;:f---ia rrcr-it: tot.. 2 ir.-ri - at the ti3 tl3 1 j drawn. . -. -. 'T7ctT:r-.2l ilit Ccrr::3 appout : ccmsiittsa ta isvc :'.!-:. 3 li.3 crlr:--' bill reUtir j to nzilzzxl Izzis, fcr ill purpc23 cf t"ccrti!zirT:L:tl:rtli8wc:j for' X7Z3 crz.zzlz.zl tLa rrrd 'after' stituted, m-.Uir t!:3 bzzCi jzjtlU w;- the premium cf d cr C :r c:nt. '7e dc--d tLs c'.;:.::a cf Tjr.Ua Etatss Caters by direct vets cf tLs peopls.' Cornmissicrsrs by direct veto cf tha pc. pie, and that they bs firca plenary pow ers toreulats rates r3 i3 rovr tJcs law u the Ciata cf IoTta. "We Czzzz.nl t!ct a ccrrtitutlcz;! amsadmcat b3 sulrc ittci to tlz jzozli cf IIansa3 allotrir j tLs Irjhliiirj tzz'zi ment of exemption cf Lc 's c -' u- pied by their ovcera f:: i t cUc-2, whola cr in part, end tLct s cumilatjTa system of taxation to levied cn Ixzqi held for speculative purpcrcs by non residents, aliens, crccrpcrr.no portion to the ircic::3 cf valu ?, in pro--tion." PETESBULG'3 lITJilCAL IE1TIYAL A Gu&rsn'ea Izzl cf Cl-CCD tcribed By rctrnlzr Clfrcns. The seventh annual lluiic PcstiTal cf Virginia and ITorth Carolina will 1 3 held in Petersburg, Ya., t tna Acaderc," of Music on Hay 27, Z2, 23 and SCtb. The festival crebestra Trill consist of 43 picked musicians rem Baltimore, tL; festival chorus cf ZZ0 voices from Peters burg, SufIolk,n2.mpcIen-Cidney,Bojkias, Asheland and Fredericksburg. The;3 will be a cbildrens' chorus of 403 trabei vmopi frnm Pctcrsbtirc. Suffolt ? Farmville. Prof. Carl Zsnaker will ba the festival conductor. The principal works t.v be Bung ar Mendelssohn's Jllijab" and Max Bruch'i Arminius.", A guarantee fund cf f 12, 000, has been subscribed by th citkecs of Petersburg. :rl":3 I7LII3 iI had an UClUC'Cll err ens 3 a i nights a.TO eoid a eels!: rated wora:a- physician, "which illustrates how t; curately the brain racy ccmctimcs car:; on the activities cf tis day duriz' tl . interval of sleep, tltnouOi inch u-c:a- scious' cerebration would cot do to sw;:; by. A few nii.t3 tlr.c3 I watched night at the bedcide cf a very sick r; tient. Tdaxly in ths rtcmirgl lay doir-, telling the nurss to call me af saca sal such changes occurred. Tb.3 char 3 : and she did call me. I rccs, :ai came, to tne becaiae, examuasa tns pa::: carefully, changed tlas rccdiciaa ani or dered a diiTsrtnt treatment. Then Ir::t back to bed. . When' I &ttc!z3 ecia, aal the nurse referred to tha changa ia tis night, I did not know what she meact, I had not the faintest rcccllcction cf bar. ing been called cr cf having present:! anything else. I examined ths patieaf, she was better. Then I turned to tl remedies; they were just what the c : required. I had carried cn the pre;;? course of reasoning, and I had met ertrj emergency of the cos 3, and yet I r;j sound asleep all the whila." Kew Tcri Sun.- - Hrs. Harris :n t AsLsvills. Hrs. Harrisoa tscf party crriTed tt Ashe ville, IT. C, from Chattanooi Wednesday, and remained in their pri vate car till morning, na accommodations could cot be furnished at tb.3 hotels cz account of thegreat crowd visiting there. Manager Steele, of the Lattery Park E tel, tendered the hospitalities of h'j house during thsday. At 10 o'clock a cornrraittea cf citizen took the party in charge for a two hour' drive. At 12 o'clock lunch was serrci for the guests and committee at the Cat tery Park. Tbe party left in the after noon for Washington. They were en thusiastic over the beauty of Ashevil'c, and Mrs. Harrison told the Associated Press representatives that she intendel sending the President there this summer. The ETClstlsa cf Z At a recent meeting of the Westers Microscopical Club, of London, Professcr Stewart renurked thntwLilsvre expect, to find the ears upon the hsad in ths larger animals, we look in vain for tns same arrangement im the lower inverte brate creatures. II any cr tn.es, lie t- scallop, have no hs&dr.ctitrs, llta crass and lobsters, have C'J ears placed ca their horns or antenna , others, like ths green grasshoper, have the ear on ths foreleg; others, like the fresh-water shrimp, have it on the tail. In fact, it would seem that in these lower f erns cf life, whose origin was long anterior to the evolution of man, nature was feelir her way and making err:rir:t-t3 as to tne xuture posiuoa ci tz.3 tzzizs cr; Heavy Eailrcid Deal The East Tenn.i Va. & Ga. R. IL Co., has contracted for the purchaso of tie Zrlanger system, known as the Queca and Crescent ronte, ccmpriiis'1' about 100 miles of road, for C3,CC3,CC?. President Thomas of the purchuic? company, says the idea Is to make tbe line a leading north and south line be tween Cincinnati and Jacksonville, Mo bile, New Orleans, and Memphis. No Richmond Terminal stocls will U issued on account cf tho p-r chase. It is solely an East Ter.c:f ee purchase. Major George Cctraan, Jacob Wiss ler, and Mr. -Pricce. representing tha Farmers' Alliance cf tha .United States, have concluded to establish tha Alliance agricultural works at Iron Gate, Al leghany county, Virginia. Tha works will employ from C O J to CCD hands, and their jroducta will go to every sub-Alliance in the country, reprcscslirg iout million members. Charles J. Bonaparte, cf lialiiaacre, the grandson of a Hirj and tha rraai nephew of an Emperor. Ue is a muliao. aire, but Uvea the life cf a plain Ar:ari li'wrjr. ;
Swain County Herald (Charleston, N.C.)
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