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The Weekly Times. Brxson Gity, N. C. Dean Hole, tho witty EnglisL divine, is the authority for the opinion giren in his latest book that for one Billy young woman there are fifty silly joufag Inen. Dr. Charles L. Dana, in an article entitled, "Giants and Giantism," an nounces an important discovery, the remit of several years of investigation that is, that "giantistn'!is a disease. Twenty-seven war vessels were added to the British Navy last year, exclus ive of five torpedo boats, at a cost o abont $12,000,000. The record for 1895 will goeven beyond this. Eng land is enlarging her navy with even to ore zeal than ever before. The cigarette yonth merits almos any treatment that will squelch hit fatal habit, believe The Pathfinder. The latest method, that of denying him admission to the public schools unless he gives np smoking has been employed in a Missouri town. This sort of ostracism may bring pretty effective Influence to bear through the parents. But may it not canso some stubborn youngsters to go the other w7 into deperate paths ? . Geographers are still vexed with the difficulty of presenting truthfully to ihe eye of t!io pupil the relative areas uf the States of tho Union. The New England States, by reason of the'r dense population, have long occupied in the school geographies a map space quite out of proportion to their area, nd few children leave school with auf nlo f tint i i n f f i n t t' a ny 1 1 f cure nil t.t tho smaller Southern States ii about as big as all Now England put together. If Texas were represented in propor tion to the space usually accorded to 15 hodo pbies, Island in tho t chool "geogra- says the New York Sun, the great Southwestern State must have to itself a map felly a yard square. ' Iii his speech in the United States Senate, at the acceptance of tho Web ster statue, Senator Morrill, of Ver mont, spoke of the fashionable gar!) worn by "Black Dan" when ho dine J with him in Washingtoa in 1S2. "Mr. Webster," said the Senator, "appeared in his blue coat with gilt buttons, light buff vest, low shoes and white silk half-hose, and led the con versation most happily, whether grave or gay." This was the custom of the great American statesman a lit tle more than forty years ago, a period which can be recalled by hun dreds of thousands of our living citi zens. What would be thought of ant man, even a Webster, who should ap pear thus drossed in our time? Would he not be an object of ridioule? asks tho San Francisco Argonaut. The clothes of tho American people have been getting plainer an 1 'duller right straight along for over a hundred years. Look at tho costumes of Washington, Adams and the other great men after pence ha 1 beon won through the Revolution. Look at the rich and gay dress which was oru by men who could afford it when our own immediate sires trod the land. Then look at tha black and whits dress of fashion in tho banquet hnl! in this nripieturesijuo aud blusteriii'' dgo. It is lovely woman alor o who idnres to mako u display of colors, frills, flowers, fringes, spangles! jewelry and ornaments at this disaial time. The Atlanta Constitution notes that "hypnotism is now recognized not only as a condition worthy of the at tention of the scientists, but it is con tidered of sufficient importance for the courts to admit it as r. plea under certain circumstances. Within the past few months Ave hypnotists have been tried tor the criminal misuse of their powers. In two of tho cases it was held that the persons hypnotized were not responsible for their crimes, and in one instance a self-confessed criminal was discharged, his hypno tizer was convicted and the judgment was reversod by the Supreme Court. We read every day of all sorts of hyp Dotic cases. ' Now it is a girl hypno tized into shoplifting, again it is a rich woman hypnotized into a mar riage, and again we find a' murder alleged to be the outcome of this mysterious influence. But it is possi ble that the courts make a serious mistake when they listen to the plea of hypnotism. Where shall we draw . the line? There is danger of making this plea so popular that whenever Jones is arrested for a crime he will declare with tears in his eyes that he was hypnotized by his-neighbor Smith and could not help himself. That is a fine plea jfor an able-bddied man to make, and yet it was sustained by a Kansas court in a murder case. We believe that the safer way would be to punish both the hypnotized and the hypnotist They are unsafe persons to be at large. The victim is liable to do as much mischief as his strong willed master. Until the matter is better understood tho courts should stick to their old-fashioned ideas. We cannot afford to turn a host of criminals loose because they main tain that they were under the infln. ence of magnetic persons who abso lutely controlled their actions. " THE " LEGISLATURE. DOIXGS OF OUR LAW MAKERS AT RALEIGH. Assemblrmfn Working Hard to Make Ttaia 60 Day Session a Memora ble One. TUESDAY. Besatx. Bills were introduced de fining fraternal beneficiary societies, and to increase the number of directors of the penitentiary. The bill to allow oyster dredging which was tabled yes terday passed. The bill to allow the people of Richmond county to vote on the creation of school and county passed final reading. The bill to pro vide for county adoption of school books passed. Bills passed amending the charter of Asbeville; to incorporate the Morganton and Shelby Railway; to incorporate the People's Fire Insurance Co. ; to amend the charter of Concord; to change the county seat of Ruther ford from Rutherfordton to Forest City. House. A resolution' adopted and sent by Marion I'olerts post Grand Army of the Republic of Abbeville, was read commending the Senatelfor parsing the Confederfite monument iill and urging the House to pass it.' A bill was introduced to amend the char ter of Raleigh providing for a police board. Bills paused to incorporate the South Atlantic Endowment Co. ; to in corporate Atlantic, Yanceville & Rieds ville Railroad; to incorporate the Car olina and Northwestern Railroad. The bill to change the system of county government passed by a strict party vote, V4 to 30. There was quite a sensation on the vote on the amend ment by Ray, Democrat, providing that the people elect magistrates, this was lost, ayes 12, uoes73. The Senate bill providing for the election of three additional magistrates by the people at the next election, passed by a strict party vote, 72 to 31. WEDNESDAY. Senate. The bill to provide for the redemption of land within 2 years af ter its sale under execution passed third reading. Bills passed final read in? amending the charter of States ville; allowing the people of Ruther ford county to vote on the removal of tho court house; to incorporate the Morganton and Shelby Railway. Tbe bill to allow Mr. Teiiburg (?) and Charlotte to buy the fair grounds and to provide that the State fair shall be held at Charlotte 2 years, and at Ral eigh 2 years alternately, v.as discussed, and comes up aain tonight. The bill to b et 0 additional directors of the penitentiary and abolish the office of Superintendent caused a hot debute. Ab 11, Democrat, said thnt as 99 per cent, of the convicts were Republicans he thought that the party ought to have control of the peuitentiary. Dowd offered an amendment reducing the pay of directors from St to 82. This was lost and the bill was passed. An Amendment to reduce the salary of the mannger to SI,. 100 was lost. HorsE. Bill pnssud incorporating the Blue Ridge Methodist conference. Nearly all this morning was devoted to a discussion of the Revenue act. The drummers. license tax was stricken out. Also me tax ot 1 per cent, on tobacco warehousemen. An amendment was adopted taxing Druggists who sell whiskey 50. An amendment was u lopted that druggists shall not sell liquor save upon the prescription of a regnlnr practicing physician. An amendment adopted taxes each bed in 1 oardi ng house 50 cents. Taxing lawyers 310 but no city, t'ivn, or county al lowed to impose any additional tax on them. An amendment totax physicians 10 was lost. Amendment was udopted imposing franchise tax on all corpora tions except railways, bauks, and in surance companies. THURSDAY. Senate . Bills passed to amend the charter of Ch.irlotto and the Mecklen burg Railroad. The bill to rotate1 the State Fair between Raleigh and Char lotte was so amended as to keep it in Raleigh, and allow Mecklenburg and Charlotte, to liny fair grounds. The bill to amend Raleigh's charter passed 1 1 io Il, eight 1 opuhsts and one Re publican voting with the Democrats against the bill. Bill passed 2d reading to prevent preferences to insolvents and requiring prorata payment of debts. House. An unfavorable report was made on the bill to punish boycotting by railways, nnd a favorable report on the bill for the reformatory. Bill passed appropriating 5,45 lor the maintenance and 3t,V.)0 for debts of the insane asylum here. Also the bill appropriating 100,000 for the Vest erti hospital at Morganton. The bill to amend the charter of Wilming ton and continuing the present ad ministration until 1897 passed second reading. Bill Appropriating $10,000 to the Confederate monument passed second reading 60 to 38, FRIPAY. Pf.nats. The revenue act was con sidered. Amendments were adopted increasing pension tax to 3J cents and tax on real property from 24 cents; to include clubs which dispense whisky among those who are to pay liquoi tax; on druggists who sell whisky to be just as liquor dealer are taxed; excepting Building and . Loan Associa tions from double tax; making license tax on life insurance companies $200: taxing plug tobacco half cent pound. The bill passed its second reading. House. The bUl appropriating $13,750 annually for the maintenance of the Normal and Industrial school and $5,000 annually for improvement passed third reading. A bill was in troduced to incorporate the Western Carolina Railway. Bills passed final reading amending charters of Bessemer City and Statesville; to charter the Southbound railway. The bill to abolish the criminal court of New Han over and Mecklenburg and create a new court parsed by a vote of 58 to 43. McClammy spoke for, and McCall against. An amendment to except Mecklenburg was lost. McClammy wai the only Democrat who voted for the bill. Twelve Republicans and Populist voted against it. The bill amending the charter of Wilmington passed third reading. The bill makiug $10,000 ap propriation for the Confederate mon ument passed final reading. French introduced a bill amending the criminal-circuit bill so that the solicitor and clerk of Mecklenburg shall be solicitor and clerk of the new court until the end of their present terms. 6ATCBDAT. Senate. The revenue bill was con sidered in committee. An amendment was adopted reducing the tax on cigar ettes to 5 cents per thousand and pat ting a tax of one-half of 1 per cent, a pound on ping tobaeco. This to ap ply to dealers only. It was decided that the $250 tax on piano and organ dealers ehall not apply to resident dealer. A license tax of $10 on dent ists was imposed. An amendment to the machinery act was adopted provid ing for listing property and collecting back taxes on it when snch property shall not have been listed or shall have been listed and shaU have escaped tax ation. An amendment to postpone assessment of property nntil 1897 was lost. A resolution was adopted that the Senate remain until the calendar is cleared. House. Tbe bill passed appro priating $2,000 for repairs and im provement at the white Institution for the blind here, and $7,000 for new buildings at the colored Institution. Bills passed to establish a whiskey dis peesary at Hickory. To amend the charter of Raleigh. To incorporate the Elon, Ossipee k Altamahaw Rail way. To allow unincorporated Insur ance companies to do business upon depositing $2jO,000 with the State. To appropriate '$8,500 annually to the Soldiers' Home; to appropriate $7,500 annually to the Agricultural k Me chanical College for new dormitories and heating apparatus. XO LYNCHING IN OHIO. Governor MeKinley Approves of the Action of Col. Colt in Firing. Columbus, 0. The Ohio National Guard military commission appointed by Governor MeKinley to inquire into the shooting of certain citizens at Washington Court House by Ohio troops, under command of Col. Alonzo B. Coit, while defending a negro prisoner from leing lynched, sustains Coit. The Governor, in his endorsement of the finding of the Court in inquiry outlines the affair at Washington Court House, October 17, in which the pris oner was being taken from the jail to the Court room to enter a plea of guil ty, when the mob interfered. Hav ing reached the Court room with the prisoner, and he having been sentenced for twenty years, the full extent of the law, the officers of the county and the military remained there besieged by the mob until the shooting followed on account of an attempt of a mob to break into the building. "The unlawful assemblage," says the Governor, "neither bee led the warn ings of the officers nor of the citizens, which were repeatedly given. Under this grave provocation," continues the Governor, "Col. Coit and his com mand behaved with rare prudence and forbearance." It is further stated by the Governor that the troops were present at the request of the sheriff, and that it was clearly the duty of the sheriff and the troops to protect the prisoner. "The law," says the Gov ernor, "was upheld as it should have been, and as I believe it always will be in Ohio. But in this case it was at a fearful cost." "Lynching," says the Governor, "cannot be tolerated in Ohio. The law of the State must be supreme over all, and the agents of the law, acting within the law, must be sustained." The endorsement closes with a strong testimonial to the pru dence and judgment of Col. Coit and his men. Massachusetts Legislators Investigat ing. Atlanta, Ga. A party of ten mem bers of Massachusetts Legislature, in cluding thrte Senators and seven mem bers of the House of Representatives, arrived in Atlanta Monday morning, accompanied by D. A. Tompkins, the distinguished mechanical engineer, of Charlotte, N. C. This party is a com mittee appointed by the Massachusetts Legislature to investigate the cause of ; the removal of cotton mills South. They were met by Vice President Hemphill and a committee from the j directory of the Cotton States and ' International Expostion, and shown , over the city and the Exposition grounds. j After spending a few days in Atlanta and in this vicinity, the committee will return East over the Southern Rail way, stopping at Greenville, Spartan burg, Charlotte and Danville. At or , near each point large and thriving cotton factories are located. Florida Special Wrecked. Scotland, Ga. The Florida vesti bule train No, 31, south-bound, was wrecked Friday morning by a mis placed switch. The tram consisted of three Pullmans, first and second class coacnes, man ana express car, every one of which was derailed, the Pull mans, first and second class coaches being thrown on their sides. One of the coaches was occupied by the Ro laud Reed Company and tho others havi ng a full complement of passengers. That there was no greater damage is miraculous. The schedule running time is 50 miles an hour and the en gine crashed into some cars on the side track, telescoping itself in a box car. Mrs. C. H. Snbers, of Pickens, Miss., with a ticket to Ocala, Fla., was killed. A five-year-old daughter of Mrs. Su bers was also killed. The injured are: Roland Reed, Mrs. Mary Myers, of New York; James Douglass, Brooklyn; Miss Isadore Rnssh, New York; Julian Reed, Phila delphia; W. R. Bernan, New York. All of the above are of the Roland Reed Company, who cancelled their dates and retured to Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. Hoffner Elyris. of Ohio, and Mrs. P. H. Morton, of Cin cinnati, were shghtly injured. Mrs. Booth Win Perform a Wedding Ceremony. Cincinnati, Ohio. Mrs. Baliington Booth, of the "Salvation Army, was (jranted a ministers' license by Probate Jndge Ferris. The document gives Mrs. Booth the right to officiate at weddings and is one of tbe four legal constructions given in favor of the Salvationists in tlnir efforts to be re cognized as a congregation. Adju tant Hargraves and Lieutenant TmI hott will be married at the Salvation Army Temple on the 20th instant. Mrs. Booth will perform the wedding ceremony. SOUTHERN BRIEFS. The Baltimore! Centennial Exposition management has selected Clifton Park as the site for tbe 1897 exposition. A call has been issued for the South and West Grain and Trade Congress to convene in Mobile on April 4. England's naval budget provides for building during the fiscal year four first-class, four second-class, and two third-class cruisers, twenty torpedo boats and twenty torpedo destroyers. The estate of Frederick Douglass, it is estimated, will realize from $100,000 to $200,000, mostly In realty in Rochester, N. Y., and in; Washington City. j Many negroes are leaving the South for Liberia. They are transported by the African Migration Society, each having paid $41, which defrays all ex penses of the trip. Six thousand are now paying their fares in advance. Ex-Senator Matt W. Ransom is now at his home in Weldon, N. C, where he will remain for ten days. He will then return so Washington for a few days, it being his present intention to start for his new post as minister to Mexico in abont two weeks. For more than three months George D. Bahen, the Georgetown College foot ball player, who was injured in a game with the Colombia Athletic Club team on Thanksging Day, has been lying in the Emergency Hospital in Washington, unable to move any por tion of his body but his arms. It is claimed that it is impossible for the injured man to recover, it being a question of time b gainst vitality before he succumbs. He is aRichmond, Ya., boy. The W. C. T. U. of Georgia is try ing to prevent the sale of liquors on the Exposition grounds there during the exposition. One brewery has of fered $100,000 for the concession of selling beer on the grounds. TV hat the South Should Raise. In 1860, with a population of about 10,000,000, the South raised 358,000, 000 bushels of corn, 45,00.1,000 bush els of wheat, 351,000,000 pounds of tobacco, 187,000,000 ponnds of . rice, 600,000,000 pounds of sugar. Last year, with a population of abont 20, 000,000, or double that of 1860, it rais ed 483,000,000 bushels of corn; where as, based on increase in population, the South ought now to be producing over 716,000,000 bushelsof corn a year. Comparing the South'u crops of 1894 with what they should have been, based on the yield of 1860, taking in to account the difference in population, there was a shortage of 233,000,000 bushels of corn, 40,000,000 bushels of wheat, 340,000,000 pounds of rice, 430,000,000 pounds of tobacco and 600,000,000 ponnds of sugar. Abont the same rate of shortage existed in other crops. Thus, basing an estimate on what the farmers of tho South did in 1894 as compared with 1860, here is a falling off from what they ought to have produced of over 250,000,000, even at the present depressed prices. The main cause of this must be less thrift in cultivation and steady work on tho part of thousands'of tenant farm ers, especially negroes, who are not producing in agriculture as much per capita as in 1860. This is due, of course, to the easy-going- ways of a majority of the negroes, who, unfortu nately, are content to work a few days and loaf a few. In time, stimulated by a desire for improvement and for bet ter homes, the race will doubtless out grow this. In the meantime, however, the South is sending to the West over $100,000, 000 a year for foodstuffs, and is pro ducing 250,000,000 a year less in ag riculture than the increase in popula tion since 1860 ought to have brought about. It is doing this despite the enormous progress made of late years a progress that is gradually bringing Southern agriculture back to its ante bellum condition but there is great room for advancement. These figures give some indication of the burden under which the South has labored, and point out how great will be its prosperity under the new order of things that is now coming about, when to its great industrial in terests it adds the same degree of ag ricultural cement that existed in I860. WASHINGTON NOTES. During the last session of Congress there were referred to the Senate com mitte on finance to total of 178 meas ures and documents of various kinds pertaining to the financial affairs of the government. Action of some kind was taken with regard to 47, leaving 131 still standing on the calendar. Of the most important among the measures upon which the committee failed to act may be classed the propositions to pro hibit the future issue of bonds of any kind; the repeal of State bank tax, and to provide for the temporary deficiency in the revenue by the free coinage of silver. , Closing a Noted Play House. Richmond, Va. The Richmond The atre, the oldest play house in this city, and one of the oldest in the country, will very probably in a few days be converted into a furniture store. Some of the greatest actors this country has ever produced began their careers upon the stage of the Richmond Thea tre, and it was at one time the home of the best stock company in the United States, of which John Wilkes Booth was a member. ' The late Edwin Booth and William Florence both began their career on this stage and Creston Clarke, a nephew of Booth, made his first appearance at this theatre . Before the war it was known as the Marshall Theatre. In 1862 it was burned to the ground, and wat then rebuilt, the materials being brought through the blockade. The scenery for the new building was brought from England. An Earthquake Shock. Winston, N. C. A , distinct earth quake shock, lasting several seconds, was felt here at 10 o'clock Monday night Buildings were shaken but no damage was done. LixorR, N. C A slight bnt distinct earthquake shock was felt at this place and at Patterson. PITHY NEWS ITEMS. A general strike for higher wages is on in the Pittsburg coal district. Abont 15,000 miners are out For the past seven months, compared with a like period for the year before, emigration to this country has fallen off abont 40 per cent. The only class of emigrants that increased in nam bers were the undesirable varieties from Russia and Hungary. - Capt, Gustave Brovan, a Russian navigator, is going to sail from San Francisco to Europe (rounding the horn,) in a boat made from a cedar log only 13 feet over alL with two feet depth of hold. The State of Pennsylvania, with 6000 square mile of territory less than the single State of Alabama, has in vested in manufacturing $340,000,000 more than the entire South from Mary land to Texas; or, in other words, while the fourteen Southern States had in 1890 $657,000,000 invested in At a meeting of the creditors of the Plymouth Rock Pants Company in Boston, Mr. Miner, chairman of the committee of investigation, appointed at a previous meeting of the creditors, stated that the assets of the concern nominally aggregate $1,012,000, while the liabilities amount to $1,170,600. In the items classed as assets, however, there is no real value, and the state ment was made by some of the credi tors that it did not seem possible that the company could pay five cents on the dollar. The Rev. Stiltweit, a Norwegian Lutheran minister of North Dakota, arrived in Durham, N. C, a few days ago. He is visiting that section with a view of selecting some locality to which he can bring a colony of his fellow-countrymen. . His report of the condition of the farms in some parts of the Dakotas is truly doleful. He says there is a strong inclination on the part of many Norwegians in the North west to remove Sontb, which they re gard as a more inviting field for them. Bradstreet's report of last Saturday says: The general bnsiness situation shows more improvement. From several centres this is declared to be due in part to the adjournment of Con gress and to some extent to better weather. Gains are shown in improved demand for lumber and other building materials, and in receipt of larger or derg for strnctual iron and 6teel, to gether with the absorption of available stocks of Bessemer pig iron. In the South, Augusta cotton factories have received a large number of orders, many for futnre delivery.and in almost all directions jobbers report increased sales of staple dry goods, hats, shoes, millinery and hardware. Miss Anna Gould, the heirees, and Count Castellane.of France, were mar ried at George Gould's house in New York Monday by Archbishop Corri- gan. The affair was select and the pre sents rnostlv diamonds. TO FIX PASSKXGER HATES. Representatives of Southern Railroads Attempt a Reorganization oi tne Southern Passenger As sociation. Atlanta, Ga. - The mass meeting of representatives of Southern railroads, which has been working for a satis factory reorganization of the Southern Passenger Association, adjourned bat nrday with its task fairly well accom plished. Ihe articles of agreement have been framed and the contract signed by many of the prominent lines. There are a few lines that have not signified a willingness to come in un der the new agreement. The Queen and Crescent declines to sign the contract because t he Louisville and Nashville will not consent to put in all of its mileage. The red-hot rivalry between these two lines for' Western traffic causes one to depend upon the other before any difinite action is taken in the matters of signing protective contracts. These are the only two lines that .seem to givo any undue alarm, though the Nashville, Chat tanooga and St. Louis by likewise also refusing to sign may cause some of its rivals to hold back too. With these differences prevailing the new associationmay have to cut its territory short and extend north only as far as Chattanooga, but it is hoped that the lines among which the differ ences exist will finally come into the association. A committee, consisting of Spencer, of the Southern; Thomas, of the Nash ville, Chattanooga and St. Louis; Par rott, of the East Coast Line; Walters, of the Atlantic Coast Line; Comer, of the Georgia Central; Thomas, of the Atlanta and Florida and Duval, of the Florida Central and Peninsular, were appointed to report nominations for commissionership and ether offices at the next meeting here, March '27, when a complete ratification of the work of this meeting will be sought. Pretty Mrs. Cleveland. Mrs. Cleveland has never in her life looked as beautiful and as happy as she does this winter. At Mrs. Car lisle's reception the other night one marveled when this woman would cease to grow charming, for every year she seems to have increased in love liness. It may have been her gown ; it may have been the new way in which she dresses her hair, but she certainly looked years younger than she did at the commencement of this administra tion, and her smile seemed brighter, fresher and more seductive than ever. Her gown was made of spangled moire antique, of a pinkish mauve shode.'the orchid tint now so fashionable. The bodice was low with high, puffed, short sleeves and dangling pearl strands trimming it. A double strand of dia monds were woven into a coronet, and, while looking simple, she also looked superb. She had assumed a position immediately under the large, life-size painting of Mrs. Washington, and the picture of this ancient lady seemed smiling npou the fairness of her suc cessor. Thirty Days for Repentance. Asheytlle, N. C j3ill McDaniels, 18 years old, sentenced to be hanged for murder on March 12, has been res pited by the Governor for thirty days. THE SEABOARD'S FIGHT. It Hakes Sweeping Redactions io Iti Rates Tne seaooaru Predicted. .Noktolx, Va The war between the Seaboard Air Line and the Southern Railway and Steamship Association, has culminated in the issuing of a mammoth circular to b scattered broadcast throughout the country by the Seaboard Air Line system, in which that company says that the principal competitors of the Seaboard Air Line having announced that they could not secure all of the business ex cept through the questionable' method of a boycott, and having declared one effective from and after March 1st, 1895, therefore, on March 6th, the boycotted line, the SeaboardjAir Line, announces the following rates effective from and after Wednesday, March 6th, and until further orders: "For first-class passenger ticket, good for 30 days from date of sale, be tween Atlanta, Elberton, Lawrence ville, Winder, Georgia, and New York, via Portsmouth, Va., reduced from $24 to $14; Philadelphia, $21.50 to $11.30; Baltimore, $17.50 to $3.50; Portsmouth and Norfolk, $14.75 to $8 00; Petersburg, $15.50 to $9.15; Richmond, $15.50 to $9.80. "These sweeping reductions are fol lowed by the statement that 'the su perb train service of the Seaboard Air Iiineis not disturbed by the boycott. The Atlanta special vestibuled limited composed of day coaches and Pullman drawing room buffet sleeping cars, runs solid between Atlanta and Washington, making three hours quicker time to New York than any train upon which no extra charge is made.' " The Seaboard people say they will fight it out on this line if it take all summer. They have faith in their ability to hold their own against any combination that can possibly be made or that has been made. The Virginia printing presses are running at high pressure and by Tuesday morn ing more than one hundred throusand circulars were ready for distribution to inform the public of the reduced rates. mb. st. John's policy. Atlanta, Ga. The Seaboard Air Line is making the boycott very hot for its opponents. It has cut the pas senger rates from Atlanta to Northern points half in two. The rate to New York will be cut from $28 to $14. The rate to Washington is reduced to $9.50. President Hoffmann and Vice Presi dent St. John are expected here. Mr. St. John's policy is to malte the war severe and short. He states that the Seaboard will not enter the Southern Railway and Steamship Association until a new commissioner is elected to succeed E. B. Stahlman. Railroad men predict that the Seaboard will whip the boycott and compel Commis sioner Stahlman either to declare it off or it windbreak nn th neicinn the southern doesn't meet it, Washington, D. C. No action has been taken by the Southern Railway Company with reference to he cut in passenger rates instituted by its riv al, the Seaboard Air Line. The cut rate went into effect here, but it is stated by Southern Railway officials that not only has their traffic not been affected, but that extra coaches have been attached to their trains. TnE SEABOARD'S RATES FROM WILMING TON NORTH. Wilmington, N. C. The Seaboard Air Line has cut passenger rates from Wilmington to all points North. They ore as follows: Wilmington to New York, $12; Boston, $17.75; Philadel phia, $10.80; Washington, $8; Rich mond, $9.80. No cut is announced for any points south of Virginia. . LIST OF PATENTS liranted to Southern inventors last week: W. Asshelon, Baltimore, Md., man ifolding autographic tablet. A. T. Berais, Louisville, Ky., drying-kiln. W.T. Boyd, B ishnell, Fla., water distribution. W. B. Boyd, Waterloo, S. C, lifting jack. D. H. Brown, McComb, Miss., bal anced slide-valve. J. L. Buford, Birmingham, Ala., I distance measuring instrument. H. R. Bynum, Memphis, Tenn., buckle-clip. C. H. Campbell, Ocala, Fla., bicycle rest. T. F. Carranl H. M. Fannin, Ezel, Ky., tool for removing hands of time pieces. H. R. Denis, New Orleans, La., envelope. W. T. S. Dickey, Mineral Bluff, Ga., fruit picker. W. N. Elliott, Lake Charles, La., saw guide. E. Goodman, Pocahcntas, Va., Oil burner. J. and H. M. Goodman, Louisville, Ky., telephone transmitter. W. R. Gordon, Osceola, La., mail bag. M. Lei tch, Covington, Va.,mechanisrn for operating piiru. M. A. Martin. Henrico, Ark., trace carrier. M. B. Moore, Morgan, Ky., mark ing and shading pen. J. V. Pilcher,Louisville,Ky.,bntton. T. H. Schroder. Jackson, Tenn., spark arrester. E. P. Smith, Manchester, Va., churn. L. Wagner ami J. Marr, Baltimore, Md.. electrolytic conduit for beef or other liquids. Mexican Hankers Scared. Boston, Mass. A Mexico City special to the Herald says: Bankers are becoming apprehensive of the cur rency situation in the United States and several important houses refuse to purchase drafts on New York when not made expressly payable in gold. This rule is being en forced on sixty days' drafts. One prominent banker said that "there is no certainty that the States will not be on a silver bas.s in two months. Gold is pouring into the Treasury at Washington as the result of a new loan, but it is highly probable that it will float ont qnickh , leaving the Treasury incapacitated to maintain gold payments. There is no guaran tee of the continuance of a sound fi nancial policy and we cannot rdTord to take the risk of what may happen with in a short time. President Cleveland is a sound money man, bnt both polit ical parties, as represented in Congress, are uncertain." THE NEW SILVER PARTfc 1U Alma and Objects Explained B Joe Sibley. 1 Washington, v. C In an I view with Mr. Sibley, of Pennsylvani" whom tne Dimetauists nave put for. ward as their candidate for the- rregj" dency, Mr. Sibley says: "The pnt." pose of this movement is to secure ( immediate organization of the ilTej men, and to begin the campaign once. There is no pride of name, and we do not care how the or. ganization is finally accomplished The only purpose is that there shall U a silver party in the next campaign advocating the free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 as the single great issue. The campaign for silver will begin at once and we will have sixteen months the start of those opposed to silver wheth er they bo in one or both of the old parties. "The only thing the new party de sires" said Mr. Sibley, "is a thorongh organization and a vigorous sggresav campaign for silver. The party will support a free coinage man on a fres coinage platform by whatever party nominated," and he savs there will not be two silver candidates for the Pres idency. "We propose, to have the or ganization now, to make the canvas and to be ready to elct a President who is a free coinage man. We arein different as to whether he be a Repub lican, a Democrat or a Populist, and he may be the nominee of one of the old parties, or of a new party. If the Republicans will nominate Mr. Cam eron, Mr. Teller or any other free coinage man on a free coinage plat form, we will accept him and give him the benefit of all out work in the cam paign. If the Democrats nominate a free coinage man on a free coinsp platform we will support him." Sena tors Jones and Stewart, of Nevada, are the most prominent men who have vet identified themselves with th new par ty, and opinion differs widely among silver men as to how the thing ispin to be received. Democratic silver men are being frightened off by a report that the whole business is merely a scheme to make Senator Cameron the Republican Presidential nominee. HIS STRANGE LAST REQl'KSTS. Rev. William Lambreth, an F.x-Mln- Istcr, Buried with CHiie and Over coat, and Without Funeral Services. Salisbury, N. C Rev. William Lambreth, whose death occured here Saturday evening, was buried with Ma sonic honors at Oak Grove cemetery. There were no religions services held over th lodv onlv the Mason's servica being said. The burial was oneof the most singular ever witnessed here. At his request he was buried with hat on and his cane placed in the coffin with him. He further requested, it is reported on good authority, that should the day be cold, his overcoat aud boots be placed on him. Another of his dying request was that none but his wife and one man wash and dress him, which wm followed to the letter. It was aloo at his request that no religious service! were held over his body, either at the house or at the grove. Rev. Lambreth was about 79 years old and was at one time a minister of tbe Gospel, but at his death, it is said, was not connected with the church. TT 1 a f.etnla ia Tfntin 1 il V wnrlh ft.'l OIK) ItT $6,000. Exposition Arrangements. Atlanta, Ga. The executive com mittee of the Out ton Stnt s and Inter national Exposition lias accepted bids for the transput tation building, seer piprs-nnd water pipes for the exposi tion grounds, and ordered the eroploy ment of a landscipe gardener to su perintend the planting out of trees, shrub", etc. President Baldwin, of the Southern Railway, has reported duborate r langements for handling the people between the city and the exposition grounds over two tracks, with four tracks in the grounds to unload nt the city station, so tht the trains will h ave every four minutes each way. 60UTHKRN ItULWAY CO. (EASTERN DTSTE1L.) KmMtmH Ttaa at IkrmBnah and Ft. ffoflS. No ti Dally ri Urn Vort kbmd, Ja&. SO. . No I6 Ko 10 X 0 Daily Dally Lv. Jacksonville . Lv. Savannah . Ax. Columbia 8.1i a 4.11 pi in p I3.ro p - pi 2.10 a Lv Charletton. Ar Columbia... T.li a SJ0 p ll.lt a 10.10 pi Lv. Aoffuat GranlteTlll. " Trenton " Jobnalona. . . . Ar Columbia. ... Lv Colombia. ... " Wlnnsboro . . 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" Jat ksonTUle !p1. 1.30 a -4B ' T OO p lOJt a' LBEFIirO CAB SERVICE. Hoe t and M N. Y. and Fla. Short Line U hod. Through traia between Jacaionville o4 N- Y. Throiifh Pullman ear St. AafuaUa New York. Tampa and New York, (via J--oariUe) Answata and N V. alia Dinlr-f cart and Crat-elau eoach. No a and 39 Great TJ. S. Fut Mail. Tbroufb Pullman Bullet ear J cks rule and N. Y AW Pullman car Aucjata and Charlotte In conse-' Uoa with train Xn t aad 10. N. ft Koa. U and (I max only limited num ber ex dtp. Noa. 1 aid 20, 83 and 90 do not enter Union elation Colombia, bet dteebarfe and take c paaaenfer and oejgife at Bland M. Stattoo. W. A. TUBK. S. H. HARD WICK, OPA.WASWX1IOTOM. AO PA. ATLASt. OKI. Vmnni. TM. WAWtLnaro
The Smoky Mountain Times (Bryson City, N.C.)
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