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TIMES.
VOL. II.
ALLIANCE READING.
Our Weekly Budget of News For
the Order
Some Great Truths Brought to Light,
That "All Who Run May
Read."
Hun. Jerry Simpson, of Kausa', pre
faced his remarks upon the p st office ap
propriation bill, with thi- smvinct fcn
tonce: "Mr. Chairman, my own opin
ion hi that if 'the railroads were to cairy
the uiaifs of this country for nothing
for . fifty, -'year, .they would not
then "have paid back tin value they have
received wr grant of land."
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..THE AOE OK MOHT.
; . BT DR. A. S. IIOlOHTu-
While lettered Idlers wr-h lh mu.il J)f.itr
For moulding miHtU r itae goltirn age.
'Ere the fell nerd of poverty was wvn.
Or crime, or waut. or Ignoram- wt-r- know.
Ours 1 a bitter ak to m-au arlglif
The duwnliiK , lori.-H of th? Hire of IIkIiI
That dawn 1 .4 breaking on the morning ky.
'lanieaoit the word: '"The people' rel(?n 14 tiih '
WhuV public HerraiitK public weal fotKet.
And hanK on public punt the sign, "to let;"
While wealth and power, greedy for more gold.
T urn a deaf ear when lAfoor' need are told.
Hralles when the empty word "reform" It hearn.
And damns the public It no longer fear.
Urines parchment deeds to bar men from the soil.
And wofTs at ihone who elalni the fruits of toll.
OUe veul light, as though In vetiuent4 can
Annul or mar the sacred rights of man.
To iilutoraUe argument aud tmhtle sham,
i-alxir c-an-tay. "Hefore ye were. I am."
They rv. Tore warned who read the signal li.rht.
The reHh of Justice U th ae of IIkIu.
A mlciny font l KrowlnK on the ear'li,
jAJu.n olj!tcurltr Its lowly birth.
IP holv deeds An frultf ill yuti Is found,
'n lobV lives the Koer llnds the Kroilllii,
In restoration to the brave and free.
Of stolen rights the harvest W to I-.
Oray error, baffled lu lutdlnKX hold.
Hehold the banner of our cause unrolled.
Oreads like the hermit owl the end or ii'Kut,
And 0htn In vain to halt the ai( of light.
While laoor, burdened with ex--sslve work.
?SuiDorta In ease the millionaire and shirk. .
Ite In unslKhtly dens where potent nml
Hreeds vice ana crime while fear enRenders Kreed.
-Small wonder, then, that drink usurps the place
"I'ftat food should fill; and furnishes the race,
iiy law despoiled, with warmth and false dellt(ht.
And turns the home to hell, theday to night.
- Lift labor up. implant within each breaot
of tho.-e by tem n-oc?ulty oppressed
The -ourax t assert, as sons rf iol.
Their riKht to me and fructify the whU
'fhelr right to trade. to freely thUic employ
Their enerKien, and then their fruits enjoy.
iSoon vice and crime will fully disappear.
Hoore. a race unused to want or fear;
'Moon gentlewomen can with ease command
Jl'hose equal rights her human needs demand.
Then to our shore we'll welcome every lace,
Wltfcout distinction as to creed or race,
f'urnono In whom humanity we find
Are foreign to the f ree of human kind:
. sjiir broprt domain, a haven and a right.
Will freely stand before the age of light.
Washington, D. C. Mr. Otis of the
Farmers' Alliance has introduced a bill
to reduce the salary of every Government
official to 15,00') per year. He also Ips
bill to abolish the office of Postmaster
Jercral and create that of Secretary of
Transportation. The Senate .Agricul
tural Committee has recommended an
increase of $37,500 in the Agricultural
appropriation, bill over the amount allow
?i by the. House.
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' In Austral'a the government owns th?
railroads. Here is how it works: A
thousand mile ticket costs $ CIO
Here it costs 23.00
Commutation rates cau be had cheaper.
For instance a workman can go to and
from his work, at a distance of six miles,
for 2 ceuts; twelve miles for 4 cents;
eighteen miles for G cents; twenty-lour
amies for 8 cents and thirty miles for
10 cents. Yet we are told that govern
ment ownership of railroads means cen
tralization. If cheap transportation is
centralization we think we cau stand a
little of it. At least we arc patriotic
-jio.jgh to try it New Forum.
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The ciiornijus pile of money comprised
in $1, 000,000,000 is h idly realized by
miost people. What u figure a billiouaire
would ho may perhaps be hest understood
by spying that such a man, if his wealth
were alt conccntiatcd in th se parts,
wouhl hotil a clear title to the
citr of Hostdn proper meaniug
wnoie
all its
lauds ami buildings us they stand.
It is by no means eeitaiu that John
Swiuton's prophecy will not materialize
before the ceutury closes. The interest
on the Vaudeibilt wealth at r er cent
would make it at the end of rive years
$340,000,000; in ten years, f 44S,0O0"uO0 ;
in twenty-five years, $04 1.0o0,0u0 in
fifty cas, $:t,0J0, 000,000.
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f ''Faithful unto dea h"' should be the
epitaph of Representative Stackhoue,
of South Carolina. Let the Fanners'
Alliance, froiu Maine to California, honor
the memory of th ; grand old man who,
over-worn from fatigue aud tr.ivel in the
service of a departed fiicnd, stood at his
post of duty in Congress, trying to hold
togather a quorum for business, although
smitten early iu the day by his lat fatal
illness. God has heard our pravcr; H
has givcu us ireu.
STATE ALLIAXCK MEETINGS.
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State. Place. commencing.
Virginia, Richmond, August 17.
Keutuck-, Ovvensboro, Nov. S.
Indiana, India a;5olis, Nov. 17.
Texas, Austin, Aug. lfi.
Tennessee, Nashville, Aug 10.
OPPOSED TO STCCK f PECULATIONS.
Berne, S v itz e.; i. a n n. Th i S at ion al
CouucH, by a vote of 7 to o, has ordered
that the Swiss Government discover
some means to check the evils of Bourse
speculations. Some of the speakers in
behalf of the measure uieu that the sale
of stocks or o'her articles not acaially
ppssessed by the seller be deel red Ueg tl.
The action of the American House of Rep
resentatives in passing a bill to yrevcot
dealings in options was cbed as a justifi
cation of such legislation.
OUK KINGS.
1S60 Cetton was Kintr.
1870 Com was King.
1980 Politicians were King.
1890 Money is King.
1900 The millionaires, will rule the
world.
1910 The billionaire will be a menace
to the millionaire, and the poor will be
as dumb, driven cattle-
She Beat Him in the Race.
Chattanooga, Tesn. Sam L-oney, a
laborer, became involved in a scuffle with
hiswif Tuesday night near this city,
and both made for a gua near by. 1 She
boat him to it and kille 1 him as he ran
out of the door.
ANIMALS AND TOOTHACHE.
THEY SUFFEH AS MEN DO, AND
MUST BE TREATED.
Horse and Doir Dentists A Great
Improvement in the Medical and
Surgical Treatment of Horses.
FILL horses' teeth? Yes; why
not? A horse is a g-od deal
like a man, and horses suffer
from decayed teeth, exosed
nerves and toothache jut the same as a
man or a woman. How can we .ell!
Why, by examining their jaw a, of course ;
and after we have located the seat of thu
trouble, we quickly try to alleviate the
suffering. Even dogs have toothache.
Many a lady's pet dog suffers pain from
cold and exposed nerves, and pines away
and lejuses to eat, because it is suffenn
with his teeth. There is a setter dog in
Brooklyn whose teeth are tilled with
gold. The owner, a dentist, noticed a
defective tooth in the dog's head, and
determined to fill it. The dog was per
suaded to take a seat in the chair, while
the doctor drilled out the cavity and
filled in the gold. The dog 6tood it like
a major, and looked up gratefully when
the work was finished.
While at the Bonner farm, some time
ago. Veterinary Surgeon Ralph Ogle, of
this city, was told of a horse on a neigh
boring farm which refused to eat. The
most tempting food had been offered
the animial, but it had persistently de
clined to accept even the least morsel ol
it. The doctor, who is a veteran iu hi$
profession, examined the horse and found
growing alongside its jawbone eight pro
tuberances which were the size of wal
nuts and were as hard as bone. With
the knife and forceps now used in im:
proved dental veterinary practice, he op
erated on the horse's jaw and succeeded
in taking out rive of the protuberances.
Very soon after this the animal began to
eat, and is now doing well.
Great improvement has been made in
the medical and eurgical treatment ol
the horse in the past few years. The
treatment is more scientific in every re
spect. The veterinary surgeon nowadays
must possess a thorough education, and
be posted in as many branches as a
physician. His catling requires him to
be particularly sensitive and alert; for
he is treating a dumb animal, whose
manifestations of pain are difficult to
make out. The result of all this is that
the sick or injured horse gets nearly as
careful and minute treatment as the sick
or injured man.
Fractured bones are often reset, and
even amputation has been performed for
special purposes Let the horse injure
its leg or foot, and the member is done
up in a sling as tenderly and carefully
as though it belonged to a human being.
A bay mare that had been used in horse
power, while working in the machine,
caught her righthind fostin one of the
logs with such force as to stop the ma
chine and seriously injure the foot. Iu
a short time the animal could hardly put
her foot to the ground, and when the
doctor was called in she was suffering in
tense pain. An operation was performed,
and the injured leg, as well as the ani
mal herself, was put in slings, and for
days tho foot was dressed daily. Just
two months from the date of operation
the wound was entirly closed.
norses in these days must have their
quinine as well a3 human beings. The
biggest dose of quinine ever given to a
horse was in a case of pneumonia. The
doctor prescribed the oidinary dose, one
drachm. By mistake au ounce of the
drug was added to this and given to the
animal at 10 a. m. At 7 p. m., when the,
doctor called, the horse was prespinngi
freely, had a full pulse aud its temper-'
ature had fallen from 104 to 101 de
grees. The same dose was ordered
given, and was carried out before the
mistake was discovered. The doctor, in
telling the experience, added: I vis
ited the horse about 9 o'clock the follow
ing morning, and was met by a whinny
ing welcome, to which I at once re
sponed by giving a small feed of oats,
which was soon put out of the way. I
found the pulse not so full, body quite
dry, but the temperature was back to
104 degrees. Here was a case where
two ounces of quinine had been given
inside of nine hours without any re
markable result."
A fact not generally known is that
electricity is coming into extensive use
in the medical treatment of horses. It is
found of value in nervous, affections, and
especially in diseases of the throat and
larnyx. Sometimes regular shocks are
given two or three times a day, and the
horse submits to the galvanic current
very readily. -
The veterinary surgeon of these days
finds that the horse is subject to con
sumption, rheumatism, sciatica, and, in
fact, nearly all diseases incident to hu
man beings even hydrophobia. New
York Advertiser.
A Tea Kcttlo Made of a Cent.
Among the experts employed at tht
Bath Iron Works is a talented coppei
worker, who is foreman of a copper shop.
Not long ago he took a small coppe
cent, hammering it into a miniature tea
kettle. The words, "one cent," occupj
all the space on the bottom. There an
a swinging haudle and a movable cover
while the kettle is hollow, and the nozzle
too. AVater can bo boiled in it. Eigh
hours' labor was given in the making
The artist's name is Robert Ducker, w
he receives yi7 per week. F.enaebe
(Me.) Journal.
It is well to know the for.nulas for
good feeding rations, but they are not
of much use unless combined with good
judgment in feeding them. You can't
make cast-iron rules for feeding and
handling stock.
The use of potash or wood ashes
among the strawberry vines and other
small fruit plants makes the berries
firmer, and they bear transportation
better, and, as the market men say,
"stand up' better after they get to mar
keU
DUNN, HARNETT COM N. THURSDAY,
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STATISTICS OF OUR POPULATION.
The Iucreaae for ft Decade in the Caro
lina , Georgia and Florida.
Washing to. D C The census office
has issued a bulletin giving the com lete
rtatistics of populatiou of North Caro
lina, South Carolina, Georgia and Flor
ida by color and general nativity in 1890.
The combined population of the State'
mentioned is given es 4,997,871, of which
2,493.3.t) are males and 2,304 513 fe
males. Of ih" t tal population 4,932 830 are
native and 4-1.041 foreiga born. Theag
gregite white population of the3 1 States
is given as 2,r 0,09G, of which 2,937,453
are of native parents and .1:1,383 of fore-go
parents. The 'otal colore I population il
placed at 2.227,171.
North Carolina's population of 1 , G 1 7, -947
ii composed of 799,149 males, 818,
798 female -; the azgrcgatd white being
1,0.1.1,382 and the total colored 362,565.
South Carolina' population of 1,151,
149 is ompjsed of .172.337 males and
578,812 females: the aggregate white be
ing 462 008, and the totol colored 09,
141 .Georgia has a population of 1.837,353,
of which 919,923 are males and 917,428
femtles. The white population is 978,
317 and the colored 818. 996.
: "The total population of Florida is
391,422, of which 201,947 are males and
189,473 females; the white beiug 226,949
and colored 166.473.
The population of t' e States of North
Carolina, South Carolina. Georgia and
Florida in 1880 was 4,207,000; in 1890
the total populatloa for thene States wa3
4,997,871, an increase of 790,871, or 18.80
per cent. For these States, considered
as a whole, the number of males has in
creased during the past decade 415,617,
or 20 per ceut.
The census returns show that in the .
State of Virginia the surplus of women is
only 39.
RECEPTION AT ORAY GABLES.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Shake Hatida
With the Buzzard's Bay
. . Countryside.
Buzzard's Bay, Mass. Mr. Cleveland
and Mrs. Cleveland received the citizen.?
and shore residents of the Buzzard's Bay
village.. The guests were largely coun
try peop'e from along the shore, with a
sprinkling here and there of Boston.
New York, ar.d 'Western sojoilrne s at
neighboring resorts
Ihere Were few present of mole than
local importance, and it was a simple
affair soon oyer. Mr. Cleveland shook
each guest by the hand, and Mrs. Cleve
had a pleasant word for all and a warm
pressure of the hand.
Many of the country people made
theuis Ives at home about the p'ace, in
stead of quietly departing after presenta
t'on. They ambled about the verandas,
peeped into windows t catch a glimpse of
the funrshings, and some of the young
people went down ou Mr. Cleveland's
bot landing, helped themselves to his
row boat, and paddled about to their
heart's delight. Others ran pell mell
over the neatly-kept lawns, investigated
the stabhs, aud even the chicken house,
which is biing remodeled for an office
for Mr. Cleveland's private secretary.
Mr. Cleveland was jovial and unusual
ly cordial to his Cape Cod neighbors,
who persisted in ob ainiug something
more than a mere nod and handshake
from the nominee. C. T. Chamberlayne
introduced the visitor? to Mr. and Mrs.
Cleveland, and made a short speech of
welcome to Cape Cod to the distinguish
ed couple. Mr. Cleveland respou ded.
THE NEGROES ARE DRIVEN OUT.
Kuklux Methods Leave Them No
Choice but to Go.
Special to the N. Y. World.
Ei. Ren Oki.a. T. Commissions
J. M. Bishop, o Cleveland County,
where the whites are determined no ne
groes shall locate, was seen by a World
i'oi'respudctit iu regard to the race war
i here lie said that when Oklahoma
was opi'ued to settlement there was a
large immigration of negroes to that
eouiiiy that located on claims, principally
in the timber. They began clearing
sum' I places for cotton and tobacco, and
have been quite successful in their efforts
to earn a livelihood.
The white portion of the county is
principally' made up of citizens from
fex.s, aud the influx of negroes is about
t ) wrest from, them politicol control of
the couuty. It has so incensed the whitts
that they have commenced theoldKuklux
method of driving the black settlers out
From ten to fifteen men, under cover of
night, wait upon a negro settler aud warn
him that he is not wanted, and give him
notice to leave, upon pain of death.
It has the desired effect.
The negro is in such fear of assassin u
tion that he will not ve'unteer any infor
matiou that will apprehend Kukluxers.
They are leaving the county by the score,
abandoning their claims and the fruit ol
their labor.
The Bride Was Barefooted.
From the Memphis App al Avalanche.
Clarksvili.e, Tenn. Ely Dobbs and
Susan Edwards came all the way from
Christiau county, Ky. The bride was
barefooted, with uncombed hatr, and had
hardly sufficient clothing of the com
monest sort to hide her person, while the
groom looked like a Mississippi R ver
deck hand just off from a long trip. Yet,
after being made man and wife, this
couple walked out of the principal streets
of the town lookiog as happy and con
tented as possible.
A Judge Divides a Child.
Ashjcvili.e, N. C Judge Shuford
renders his opiuion on the habeas corpus
case for the custody of a child, on trial here
since Monday. The court decrees Mrs
Florence J. Harris, thi mother, shall have
charge of the child niue month iu each
year, and Charles J. Harris, the father,
have charge of it the remaining thrte
months. Mr. and Mrs. Htrris must give
bond in $3,000 each for the carrying out
of the decree The parents shall always
be kept advi-ed as to the health and
whereabouts of the child and hnve full
liberty to visit it at all times. Harris'
counsel appealed.
FREE COINAGE PASSED.
Hie tl. S. Senate Passes the Bill By
Four Majority.
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Senator McPherson Withdraws Hie
Objections, and the Tots Is
Taken With Little Debate.
Washington, D. C. Senate. At
the opeoing i f the proceedings the Sen
ate agreed to adjourn from Friday until
-Tuesday next. Mr. McPherson, Demo
crat, of New Jersey, announced that he
withdrew all objection, express or im
plie 1, made Thursday to the Unanimous
agreement enter d into io take a vote on
the silver bill t 2 o' lock Friday and said
he should offer to dilatory motion of any
kind to. prevent a rote being taken at
the time named if the Senators desired.
Mr. Stewart briefly stated that he did
not desire to place any Senator at a disad
vantage, and he suggested an extension of
the time for taking the vote till Wednes
day at 3 o'clock.
After further discussion as to the time
the president pro tern annouueed that
the question was on the mo ion of the
Senator from Oregon (Mr. Dolph) that
the bill and amendment be recommitted to
the committee on finance.
Mr. Hill, (Dein), of New York: "Is
debate in order ou that proposition?'1
The president pro tem: ''Under the
rules of the Senate debate is iu order. The
chair has calle 1 the attention of the Sen
ate to the agreement which the chair is
powerless to enforce "
Mr. Fry: "But under the agreement
debate is not iu order.'.'
Mr. Vest, (Dem ), of Missouri, asked
unanimous consent that the Senator from
New York be allowed to pr eved.
Consent being given, Mr. Hill, who
was listened to in silent atten ion. said:
"I desire to speak a single wold in re
gard to this particular motion the mo
tion to recommit, which, I Understand, is
the pending question. I am not quite
prepared to agree that that motion is in
order at this time. The question, how
ever, is not before the Senate. An ap
peal va taken by the Smator from Alaba
ma gainst the ruling of the chair but that
appeal has been withdrawn and it is un
nec ssary that I should express any opin
ion upon that question. It might be
urely a questi n of parliamentary law.
But it seems to me strange if the Senate
recognizes ilie right to m.ike an agree
nient of the character that it has no right
to enforce it. I lise to simply say that I
shall vote against the motion to recom
mit, not on par iameutary grounds bitt
because I believe that the motion to re
commit is in violation of the unanimous
consent given to take a vote on the hill
and an-endment at 2 o'clock."
The roll was ""called on the motion to
recommit and resulted: year 28, nays 31,
so that tin motion was lost. Mr. Vest
moved that the consideration of the pend
ing bill be postponed until the first Mon
day of December next Mr. Stewart pro
tested that this motion was in violation
of the agreement.
The president pro tem. "Under the
rules of the Senate it is iu order."
Mr. Stewart: "Under the rules of the
Seuate but not under the agreement. 1
ask the chair to rule upon the agree
meut "
The President pro tem: "The chair
is p-jwerlefs to enforce the agreement."
Mr. B'ackburn, Democrat, of Ken-tn-
kv, moved to table Mr. Vest's motion
and on that proposition demanded thc
yeas and nays. The motion to table was
iosk 28 to 28, tie Vote. A similar tie
vote also defeated the motion to postpone
until December. Mr. Stewart's amended
bill then came before the Senate.
Mr. Hale, Republican, of Maine, mov
i d to adjourn. Lost: yeas 26, nays 28.
Mr. Vest moved to strike out of Mr.
Stewart's amendment bill the proviso that
foreign silver coins and bullions formed
by me'ting down silver coins should be
excluded from the provisions of the act.
Mr. Stewart accepted the amendment and
it was adopted without a division. Dila
tory mo; i 3ns of various kinds were for a
time r sorted to.
M'-. Allison, Republican, of Iowa,
moved that the act go into effect the first
or July, 1893. Lost: yeas 19, uays 36
'I he amendment of Mr. Warren, Republi
can, of Wyoming, excluding from the
opera ion of the act all bullion from any
source whatever, except bullion purchas
ed from mines in the United Sttes, was
negatived without a division.
The bill was th-n reportel from the
committee of the whole to the Senate
ith the following amendment attached
to it on the motion of ' Mr. Morgan :
"That the Secretary of the Treasury shall
proceed to hive coined all the silver bul
lion in the Trea ury purchastd with sil
ver coin certificates." .
Mr. Morgan explained thu as the bill
repealed the act of J 890 there would be
no provision for coinage of silver dollars
unless this amendment w-s adopted.
The bill was ordered to a third readb g
and passed, 29 to 25.
The final vote on the adoption of the
bill was in detail as follows: Yeas
Democrats: Bate, Berry. B ackburn.
Blodgett, Butler, Cockrell, Faulkner,
George, Harris, Hill, - Kenna. Kyle,
(F. A.), Mills, Morgan, Ransom, Turpie,
and Vest 17.
Republicans: Alln, Cameron. Dubois,
Jones (tfev), Mitchell,. Peffer, (F. A),
Saunders, Shoup, Squire, Stewart, Teller,
and Wolcott 12.
Total 29.
Nays Demociats: Brlce, Carlisle, Gor
man. Gray, McPherson, Palmer and
YYhite 7
Republicans: Allison, Carey, Ciillom,
Davis, Dawes, Dickson, Dolph, Felt on,
Gallinger, Hale, Hnwley, Man.ltrsou,
Perkins, Proctor, Sawyer. Stockbridge,
Wairen and Washburn 18.
Total 2-3.
At 5 p. m. the Senate went into execu
tive session and adjourned until Tuesday
next.
"Moonshine" That is Very Fatal.
Knoxvillk, TNN. The "moonshine"
business in East Tennessee is on the in
crease. WTednesday officers attacked a
party of distillers at a still in the Chil
,howe mountains and a big fight followed.
Ooe of the officer was fatally injured,
and a number of mountaineer are
thought to hare been killed.
JULY 7, 1802.
THE LATEST
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Dr. W.- D. Crum (colored) has been
appointed postmaster at Charleston, S. C.
A young" negro who had outraged a ne
gro girl was lynched by negroes in Wynn,
Cass cuutyj Ark., on Wednesday night.
A colored man in Wayne county, N
C. was killed by lightning Sunday night
while asleep in bed.
Congressman Henry G. Turner, of the
eleventh Georgia district was re-nominated
Wednesdiy by acclamation.
A bill to establ sh a uniform system of
bankruptcy has been reported to the
House. It is a modification of the Tor
rey bill.
A leather trust has been organized
whose headquarters will le New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Toledo, Cincin
nati, St! Lduis and-Chicago.
A revival of the revolutionary feeling
has sprung up among the Mexican refu
gees and the lower classes on the lower
Rio Grande border. Serious trouble is
feared.
An explosion took place at Herndon,
Pa , on Tuesday, while a well was being
drilled, and a. fragment of rock com
pletely Sivered Chailes Milliken's head
from his body.
Lord Salisbury has issued au address to
the British electors, iu which he warns
them that the granting of home rule to
Ireland would involve a bitter, protract
ed struggle probably culminating in civil
war.
John Thornton was hanged in the jail
yard at Fort Smith , Ark., on Wednes
day. The execution was repulsive in the
extreme. When the drop fell the rope
nearly severed Thornton's . head from his
body.
The first State convention of the Peo
ple's party in Tennessee met Tuesday 300
strong. They indorsed the sub Treasury
scheme, free silver and the St. Louis
demands. Forty eight delegates were se
lected to Omaha. They deferred the
nomination of Governor to August 18 to
See if the present Governor, Buchanan,
a Democrat, will accept their nomina
tion. Having won their suit against New York
parties who offered a forty years old re
print of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
as premium for subscribers to a paper,
G. & C. Merriam Co. are pushing other
suits of a like nature a Kansas concern
being one of. tho latest. They will pros
ecute in every case where misleading
announcements arc made and claim they
are taking such action in justice alike to
themselves and the public.
Natures Crtre Tot Diphtheria.
Nature has her o'wa remedy for diph
theria. It is nothing more nor nothing
less than pineapple juice. It will cure
the worst case that mortal flesh was ever
afflicted with. I did not discover the
remedy ; the colored people of th South
did that. While in Mississippi some fer
year3 ago one of my children was taken
with diphtheria and the question of his
death was only the problem of a few
hours. An old colored man, to whom
my wife had shown some kindness, called
at the house, and, saying he had heard
of my little one's illness, urged me to usa
pineapple juice. The old fellow de
clared that in Louisiana, where he came
from, he had seeu it iried many times, -and
that in each case it had -proved
effective. So I secured a pineapple and
squeezed out the juice. After a whila
we got some of it down the boy's throat
and in a short time he was cured. Tha
pineapple must be thoroughly ripe. The
juice is of so corrosive a nature that it
will cut out the diphtheria mucous,-
Orville (CaU) Mercury.
TTonderful Iuseet Vitality.
Tt is a standing puzz'.e to the entomo
logists how frail little insects of the mos
quito and butterfly order can brave the
cold of au Arctic winter and yet retain
their vitality. The'larvre of the milk
weed butterfly has been exposed to an
artificial bla3t sixty-eight degrees below
zero. Taken ou.t of range of this arti
ficial blizzard and gradually "thawed
out" this same' worm was able to creep in
less than a half . an hour afterwards. But
terflres have been found flitting joyously
about iu the highest latitude man has
ever penetrated, and the? mosquitoes of
Alaska and Greenland are : known to bs
the healthiest specimens of that race of
little pests. St. Louis Republic.
Two Gi'ls Fight a Duel.
Special to the N. Y, World .
Charleston, W. Va: Miss Gertrude
Ifagar and Lizzie Spears, two attractive
young women of this towD, run a rival
race for the young men's attentions. .. The
rivalry is so bitter that a duel was fought
between them last week; . Miss Hagar
fired five shots at her adversary, but
couldn't hit her." ' - .
Miss Spears has applied for a warrant
to prevent further v'olence from her
enemy.
Blaine's Successor.
Washington, D. C. The President
sent to the Senate the nomination John
W. Foster, of Indiana, to be Secretary of
State. The nomination was immediately
confirmed. Thc new Secretary of Stale
was born in Indiana and is about 55 years
of age. He is a lawyer by profession and
his a diplomatic career probably un
equalled in America's history having
s rved as minister to Mexico, Russia and
.Spain with great credit.
A Lynching in Tennessee.
Nashville. Tekx. Late in the night
a mob took Tom Liliard, a negro roy 15
years old; from the jail at Woodbnry.
inarched him to the edfire of ton and
hinged him to the bridge over Stone
river. i ne Diy was cnargea wiin crimi
nal as a lt ou Miss McKnight, an inmate
of the poor house and not of very sound
mind. He confessed his guilt.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
JtEFPiso Potatoes prom sproutisci.
Potatoes may be preserved f ram sprout
ing by keeping them ten hours in a two
per cents, solution of commercial sul
phuric acid and water, two parts of the
cid to one hundred parts of water.
This solution destroys the sprouting1
power of the potato without affecting
the skin or the potato injuriously. The
potatoes are dried after their bath and
stored away. By this simple process it
is claimed that the tubers cau be kept
in an edible condition a year and six
mouths. The process, which was first
tried in the" Agricultural College of
France, has been adopted qy the French
Government to preserve potatoes for the
army. New York Post.
noHTixa the moth.
Itoths are a pest of New York acd
Brooklyn houses ; eternal vigilance is
the price of safety from them, and same
times that is not enough. Two womeu
recently discussiug moth preventive or
protectors found safety in different
methods. One packed her winter cloth
ing, after thoroughly airing aud looking
over, in clean barrels, whose crevices, if
any, she carefully pasted over with news
papers when the barrel was filled a
newspaper was securely pasted over the
top, aud the parcel was mothproof. The
second used old trunks, with any broken
places carefully protected with news
papers, and sprinkled naptha over each
garment as it was laid in, hnisning witu
a laver of newspapers at the top thor
oughly doused with the naphtha. Ech
had "never had a thing eaten by moths."
No match or light must be brought near
while the sprinkling process is going on
nor until the place has been well aired.
New York Times.
RESTORING MAHOGANY.
Mahogany bends itself with special
kindness to the restoring process, now
so much in vogue. The oldest and
most defaced piece of mahogany furni
ture can be made to look not only a3 well,
but even better than some ot tue new
furniture of the present, inasmuch as the
wood is improved " by ago. For the
purpose powdered pumice stone is em
ployed to take off all the old polish and
leave the wood in the natural state.
Have at hand a vessel of cold water,
with the powdered pumice in a conven
ient wide shallow dish. Use an old towel
or other stout cloth. Dip it in the water,
wrincr out thoroushly and then dip in
the pumice dust, which must be rubbed
forcibly upon the furniture and into all
headings, bevellings and carvings until
every touch of the old polish 13 removed,
and the wood 'presents an unsightly ap
pearance. If this result be not effected
with one rubbing with the pumice, re
peat it until it is effected. Then wash
off the piece of furniture through several
waters, or until every grain of the pum
ice dust is removed. When dry apply
one or two coats of fine coach varnish.
The varnishing must be done carefully,
with neither too light nor too heavy a
brush, and with neither too great nor
too chary an expenditure of the varnish.
The result of this restoring process for
defaced furniture is a source of delight
to all prudent and economical house
wives. New York Commercial Adver
tiser. " -
SPINACH.
Sninah is one of the incst healthful
and delicious of vezetable3 when
L.
brooerlv served, writes Mrs. E. R.
Parker in the Courier-Journal. As few.
cooks understand the act of preparing it
l iu. .f.ii :
wiia variety, we gi m iuuuwiu
recipes:
Soinach on Toast Wash half a neck
of soinach through several waters, pick
S. ' .
over carefully and cut off the root3,
snake: dry. .rut in a Kettle, sec over a
moderate fire, and let steam for half an
hour, drain in a colander ;-put in a chop-
mnor haw ana cnon nnei nut in a sauce-
rj 1 i ;
nan with a table'snoonful of butter, a
i
little salt and pepper, and stir until very
hot. Arrange squares oi Duuerea toast
. . SIMM 1 M
on a heated dish. Mold thc spinach in
.
small cakes and turn one on each side of
toast. Pour over melted butter and
serve very hot.
Soinach Fritters Boil half a gallon
of well-worked aad carefully picked
spinach until tender; drain and pres.
mince fine: add half the quantity of
grated stale bread crumb3, with one tea-
spoonful of sugar and a little grated nut-
meer. add half a teacup or cream and eggs
to make batter, season with pepper and
salt. Drop a spoonful at a time into
boiling lard; when they rise to tnc sur
face they are done. Drain and serve im
mediately. Soinach Stew Cook two quarts of
smnach m salted boiunz water until ten
. : . ... .
der: chop fine and pour through a sieve.
Put a quart of milt over the nre, when
it boils nut in the steamed, spinach.
Melt a tablespooniui or putter, ana aaa,
with salt, neoper and a very uttie mus
tard. Moisten four tablespoonsful of
corn starch in a little cold mine ana stir
in. Serve hot.
Soinach Salad Wash and p'tckaquart
of juicy, tender pi iac'i leaver,' put in a
bowl, cut ua a yojna tender onion,
sprinkle over the top, aaj pour over a
plain salad dresun.
Spinach and Bacon Put a pound of
fat bacon in a kettle with water, dou
until tender. Wash a gallon of spinach,
nut i the kettle and boil until done.
Take no. drain, put in a vegetable dish.
Slice the bacou, lay on top, and garnish
with rings ol hard boiiea egs.
Soinach with Cream Sauce Cook in a
tittle salt waer, drain, put in a heated
vegetable dish, and pour over cream
sauce.
Dressed Spinach Take two quarts of
spinach, mash well, put in a kettle with
teacup of boiling salt water, and let
rvvik rive minutes, draia and chop, put
in ouuee of butter and flour each in a
leated frying pan; when hot add the
pioach with half a pint of meat gravy
..soup stock, stir overlbe fire for five
minutes and serve with piece3 of fried
.jread
NO. 20.
PROHIBITION CANDIDATE
Bidwell and Cranfill the Standard'
Bearers.
A Tariff for Revenue Only. Woman
Suffrage Favored and Free
Coinage Eschewed in
Their Platform.
Cincinnati, O. The National Prohi
bition Convention at midm'ght nominated
John Bidwell ef California for President
of the United States on tho first ballot.
The vote stood : Bidwell 690, Demorest
239, Stewart 179, Bascom of New York
3. Necessary to a choice, 487.
At 12 :40 Georgia presents the name of
Sam Small for Vice President.
Iowa names George W. Bain of Ken
tucky; Kansas seconds. .
Maryland names Joshua levering, a
wealthy coffee merchant of Baltimore.
Minnesota nominates Dr. w. Y. bat-
terlee of Grant University, Tenn.
Texas names J. B. Cranhll of that
State. -
West Virginia names Thomas R. Cass-
radou of that State.
The first ballot for Vice President rc-
sult .d i Crahfili 380, Levering 380, Sat
terlec 3C, Carscaddon 21. On 2nd ballot
Craufill was nominated.
North Carolina Crops.
Central Office, Raleigh, N. C
The reports of correspondents of thd
Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin, issued!
by thc North Carolina Mate weatnert
Service, for the week ending Monday,,
June 27th, 1892, show that the weather
conditions have continued generally fav
orable during the past week. The tem-.
perature has been high, ranging from 99
to 62 ; which has been very favorable for
rapid growth. The average rainfall for
the past week was 1.70 inches, which ia
.07 inch above the5 normal. The excess
occurred chiefly in the western district,
-where some damage was caused to low
land crops.
Harvesting wheat is about completed'
except in the western district, and
threshing commenced. Although the
nps were thin in places, the gram waa
well filled 'and, as before reported, tho
yield will be excellent. In western dis
tricts, owing to excessive rains, some
wheat is sprouting in the shocks. Oatai
also yielding excellent results.
Laying by corn continues. The cropa
ure growing well. Lowland corn haA
been damaged in westrn district 07 ex
cessive rains, but upland crops wte not
injured.
Cotton 13 making good progress every
where.
Tobacco is growioj fast; toppmg com
oienccd in eastern district. In a fewi
pi Jces suckers have appeared.
Fruit is good eiicepting peaches and.
apples.
. The yield of lush potatoes has been
splendid, many formers diggipg from
100 to 125 barrels per acre.
Eastern District. In the vicinity oft
Edenton excessive rainfall is reported,
but generally the rainfall has been bene
ficial throughout the district, though
rather unevenly distributed.
All crops are growing rapidly and work,
is well.up except in a few places wherr
frequent rains have delayed plowir.
The outlook is very encouraging " a
goodyield of corn, cotton, potato, etc
Peanuts only fair. Rice is reposed fino
in the Wilmington section. Stny farm
ers have made an unusually od crop of
Irish potatoes, the yield tVng from 100
to 121 barrels per acre.
Rains reported: ' Levton, 0 88 inch;i
Weldon, 2.69; Conet', 1.65; Wilming
ton, 0.72 ; South pr'yt, 0. 23 ; Newbern
2.90; Goldsboro, 0 13; Lumberton, 0.38.,
Central Di:'7rict. The rainfall was
less than in ar.y other district udUJ Sun
day night, bh a heavy rain occurred,,
not doio any damage, however, to
crops. The temperature ha9 been high,
sunshine normal.
yrvesting of wheat seems completed,
VA threshing begun. Crops need work
' ' a few placesf but are generally clean
and growing rapidly. Tobacco growing
fast, suckers appearing on plants on a
few farms.
Rains reported: Oak Ridge, l.GQ
inch; Saxon, 0.10; Smithfield, 0.85; Lex
iDgton, 1.00; Greensboro, 2.17; Raleigh,
2 30. -
Western District. The tempera- '
ture has been very high, reaching a max
imitn of 9G degrees on the 25th; the sun
shine has been below the normal. Many
stations report too much rain, which has
put fanners behind with their work, and
somewhat interrupted harvesting. Hail:
and wind storms did some damage on
thc 18th and 22nd. The excessive rain
has flooded lowland crops in places.
Wheat harvest nearly finished; wet
weather caused some damage by mould
ing grain in shocks.
Rains reported : Salisbury, 2.10; 3t.
Pleasant, 2.25; Statesville, 1.90; DalUf
5.41; Edneyville, 4.10; Charlotte, 1.71
An "Electrical Shampoo,
In Devonshire, England, one day rt
centlyj a party of young people wen
overtaken by a heavy shower ot hail
stones, which lasted about ten minutes
and during that time they felt as though
highly charged with electricity 4Tho
ladies of the party," says a correspondent
"felt as though ants were waning among
their hair, which was fastened up with
steel hairpins. One of the gentlemen
held his hands to the head of one of tbf
others and at once the hair stood on en3.
This was done several times with thl
same result, And lot two or three dayi -afterward
their heads felt the effects oi
"iae electrical whipping. Thia singula!
matter is much nlked of inDeroashire,
iiOudoa Hexri.
A Diary Coverlajc Three Centnriesv
A diary begun more ' than three cen
turies ago by the HQaka tamily ot
Japan has been kept up continuously by
the various heads to whose charge it was
committed until the volumes, now fill
eight large chests. It was no New Tear
experiment with, either- .th original
Colonel Hozaka orhi successors- Xewj
York Press, '