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DUNN, N. 0., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1895
NO. 47.
SABBATH SCHOOL.
iMEKNATIOXAIi L.KSSON FOR
tKCE3IBER 8.
'Anl Saul armed David with his ar
ia the inlervening verses since last
-.-c see David refreshing Saul with his
r itly loved by him, having become
r l.-;ir-r (chapter xvi.,21.23). He
:i:-d returned to feed his father's fehpep
;i-h.'m fxvii., 15). TheE. V. says that
f (-. and fro between Saul and Bethle-
liut now the armies of Israel And of
iii-tin are face to face, and yie host?
'i arc lfifd bv'the iriant (nllitv. t
tt. r.
la'vjd. hivinir come from hnirmin'uu
- ! r";hrfn fared and observing how
: .; 'if Israel was being dishonored, of
' litfit and conquer the giant. Saul,
y- i.is story of trust in the Lord (verse
,7- accepts his offer and clothes him
lr. armor.
I -:tn!K.rgo with these, for I have not
I ibem." Everything like natural
U vr human helps is apt to prove a
-i iii the Lord's work. If It was to
i-twcen flesh and flesh, armor an I
r. S.iul, who was head and shoulders
t'l.i -ople. should have gone forth to
l-.liath. -David is but a shephered
! . u i if God will work through him it
!! niart from human devices.'
Vnlho took his staff in his hand and
ni Hve smooth stones out of the
i'.-in;,' a shepherd, he went forth as
mi !' true character. Moses went
..-Ving sheep to conquer Pharaoh.
' ! .Ic -us Chrit is the good and great
. f shepherd who will yet humble all
.. The sling nod stones David had
-!. and hf may have had skill like the
rt ii;:nd " 1 B'ujamHes of Jais. xx., 1G.
i I. jrd wiissuroly with him. "
1 '"When the Thilistine looked about
t-v David, he disdained him." They
; iu-Ii to etch other, the mighty man of
'. i;h his armor bearer before him. and
! !y youth of fair countenance with no
;iu no visible companion. The many
r Is of Ii;ud aiKl oi tho Philistines
i .-n in wonder, but there were unseen
i 'kin-,' oa, too, and the Lord Himself
. ;f. but not withtht rhilMine.
"Tim Philistine -cursed David by
;." The flesh disdains the spirit
':. as when Ishmael mocked Isaac.
i arnal mind knows not the Lord.
! r these two uoon whom both rarth
O : r
L t
r.-it ?
c.n-
Phhi
a
von were now intently gazing. The
ti.'i' nine feet- mx inches b!rh win.
wighiu- over two hundred pounds, a
u i! !i a PtaiT like a weaver's beam and a
i -t i-iiin-' a'r.ont twenty nounds. and nn
.--.it to bear his shield: David, a youth
U herd's ilr-'?. alone, with but his
' an I sling. Tho rinlistine strong in
muht anl cursing a-j he came
. 1 1 i. r.'Siaiico upon the Lord and with a
iy.-.'il heart.
"-, '-l -:ne to-thee in the name or the
r ! -.f Hosts, the God of the armies of Is
!.' w n ,i thou hast defied." Goliath rej
nt. d himself, but David represented God.
truly.' Jons Cbrist represented the
1 t when He was hero on earth in
A
I'.m; !'i
and thy Valhr snnt t h iv-n i
.ia i v, r.nignt through Him, so we like
l'i ! 'd Mosi'S and Joshua and Gideon and
; t t!s may and should represent the
I b is and tho Father in our mortal
i A whole-hearted vieldinsr to Him
- - J ' ui un ; ji
;.!id r
Mi -
f-.r It;
nn.! ii
ip :i
-!:.-,'
fr..-!l
r!u:r-
'dy;ng nfor Him, with no aim but to
ilirn will demonstrate (Jer. xxiiii., 3).
"That all the earth may know that
s a God iu Israel." Seeking nothing
!.-?. but only to magnify Jehovah
:t Ifis nameoutof -tho reproach resting
it. David went forth with his heart
i'tiiouHim who had delivered him
tli" lion and tho bear. Could our
lies got rid of the ambition to magnify
lvi-3 and tlWr denominations unA H-
-
niagnify the Lord, they would soon
v-iii j-ovvor on their behalf (II Chron.
xvi.. Oi.
47. "The attie is the Lord." Se also
II lir-vi:. xx., 13. It is not sword or spear,
Ijiv til- Lord who siiall work. "Not bv
?!u.:'tt nor by power, but by Mv Spirit, saith
t!.- Lord of Hosts" (Zeoh. iv., G). Consider
;h" i-a-ssage through the T.ed Sea, and the
Jordan. jiS well as the deliverancerom
E-ryct. Consider the walls of Jericho also.
;;n I l' t us, like Moses and Joshua, put off
fir hoes and keep them off, lest we hinder
tli-! I,"r.l of Hosts by thinking that the work
i-..sirs and by making suggestions to Him
a- to how things ought to be done. Oh, to
k't-; our h rinds off and stop attempting to
st'-ady the ark. Wo. must also studiously
i.v i i all the "new cart" business.
i- 4: "David hasted and ran toward the
anny to meet the Philistine." The crisis is
"ii; ail eyes are upon these two men. What
an exeiting moment! A stone' is quicklv in
ravi i sling,- swiftly it flies around'hh?
h! t i and is on its way with unerring aim to
it- 'l-iftnution. It strikes the giant on the
t .i-i-he;id, siuks into liis head, and he falls
tip.'U his fjue to th-3 ground. David is vic
tor no; the Lord of Hosts is the victor, and
'' David is the happy vessel used by God,
h'-ja'tso his aim was to magnify Jehovah.
."'. 'S David prevailed over the Philis
tiu vith a sluig and with a stone. God
olio. weak things and things which are
not to briug to naught things which are,
ijiat no tVsli may glory in His presence.
Vv ii -ii ehomiah finished the wall with the
the merchants and troldsmiths and
ai
varies and women, it is written that
nemirs lierceived that the work" was
i,ht r God" (Neli. vi., 16). Had the
'ii:ii"n been well skilled in the art of
'Ming stone walls then they would have
1th" credit. Had David been a misrhtv
i. i
ha
n: tu ;nd warrior he might have, had the
'r-.!;t. hut now it is clearly of God, and 1s
r"l u rebuked for her lack of faith in Him.
I. slam liy the stone from David's sling,
havid now takes the giant's own sword and
' or his head and brings it in his hand to
s 'ii!. The Philistines flee, Israel pursues.
' :i ! th.-ra is -a great victory, for the Lord
u i ia l. .ne it. - Let us become skilful in using
tli-- .-tones irom the brock, the precious
thii:-s fr.:n ' the word of God, for nothing
wii; Iriir down the giants of pride and
j'ia-j hemy like the word of God given forth
ki. His name. Lesson Helmet.
A White Man Kills a Negro In Self
Oefense.
sj eoial from Anilerson, S. C, tells
"f t'ti;.- killing of Charles JSaxton, a ne
?r. l.y doe E. Burgess, white. From
""0 eviJonce in the coroner's inquest
u "as shown that the negro was in-ccii-.
d ovorhis discharge and attacked
white man with a hoe. The hite
! !in secured a gun and killed theuegro
uriup; the tight. A verdict "of self
tiViieo wasVendered. j "
Wants to He a Notary.
Mr. Ntiilie g. Kobinson. a woman attorney
f; 1 innati, iu.-tituted a proceeding in
Ca lamus in the supreme court Saturday to
i l Governor McKinley to issue her a
'5Ti:iiou as a notarv public. Miss Bobin
e hu! a .-..ul- reuce with Private Secretary
who issm-s the certificates, but he re-y-
u ling upon the advice of Attorney
'f-rl lU. hards. who claimed that the law
-v:c wv -5tu the right to vote in school
'- : ns did not give them the right to act
'ari -. The suit is friendly and brought
matter.
t3,JOO Killed.
i-j.-Od Armenian Christians are re-
having met death at the hands of
s ,
i' n-,
tj;
' during the recent massacre. There
i-- ' Armenian unrLsinc as a provo-
- in one district. The Armenians
. now fa-iug a pitiless winter with no ade
!: '-"Hits to earrv-them through it, Mia
v"r Jl nvii sjtnctiousi tiiese facts, us sent out
''v t(-'"-tuutiuopk!. i
THE N03TH OAEOLINA AORIOUIi.
TUEAL EXPEEIMENT STATION
AT RALEIGH, NOKTII CAROLINA.
XoTeinbtr, 1895.
Tlic Experiment Station Itnlletln.
The standing offer is made to send the
bulletins of the station to all ia the state
vt'ho really desirc to receive tbr-ni. They
sra specially prepared to be serviceiblc as
far as possible to the practical farmer.
Thousands of fanners have already taken
advantage of this offer. Unless you really
want to be benefited please do not apply
for them as we have non9 to Throw away,
if you desire to read them, write on pos
tal card to Dr. H. B. Battle, Director,
Kalcigh, X. C.
- '
Questions ami Kt;MeSt
The Station will be! glad to extend its
Usefulness by answering as far as pos
sible questions on agricultural topics sent
by any one -n North i Carolina who may
desira to ask for information. Address
all questions to the North Carolina Agri
cultural Experiment Station, Hale!gh, N.
C Replies will be written as early as
possible by the - member of the Station
Ftaff most competent to do so, and when,
t1 general interest, they will also appear
la these colunins. The Station desires in
this war to enlarge its sphere of useful
ness and render immediate assistance to
practical farmer?.
Raying: and Selling Cow by Testa f
Their Milk.
The North Carolina Experiment Sta
tion proposes a plan for buying and sell
ing cow. It is based on the yield of
their milk, together with the quality of
tho fame as determined by tests of the
milk. The rulo is to par for the cow at
the rate of $12 per gallon of milk given
per day that is rich enough to show Z
per rent of fat. To. this price add or
subtract fne dollar for every one-fourth
of one per cent of fat which' is above or
below the per cent. By this rule a
cow is bought entirely on her merit. It
is believed to be a conservative plaa,
end one if adopted (or one upon a simi
lar plan) will certainly raise the stand
ard of cows and increase their milk and
butter production, for if thoy cannot be
fold easilv for milk cows, they Vfill Soon
bo turned" over to the butcher, and a bet
ter animal VJokept or a willing purchaser
tc found. The result cannot fail to be
beneficial to all parties.
Tten-are or J v.m . ! Teddlers.
Farmers of the state .should be on
their guard against travelling seed ped
dlers who, it seems, have been opcrai'.ng
it: tho eastern, and pre l-:.hy otnor riife
tnots of the state. A fan-ier near Rockv
Ilount, 1S C. sends tho Experiment
Station a circular . rli.,t limited by these
persons. The f'llwing extract will
ei flior to show how they are trying to
deceive and swindle the farmers:
'TTtirOUr?! SWEDISH HYBRID.
"An ovorlasting. I perennial plant
i: It resembles all other varieties of
clover, peas, beans, etc., grows two to
Inv.i feet hih on ordinary land and ia
tuapteo to thin or sandy soil. It is far
fu peri or to m?nnre to plow under."
T a person having knowledge of Fuch
matters, the whole of the above quota
tion is pure fiction. The plant referred
to is Alsike clover, a short lived pereh
i.ia adapted only to rich moist land and
a cool climate. " It has no value for
Korth Carolina cr the South t outside of
tho higher mountain valleyn." Fanners
wh .buy and plant it under such repre
t jitationr will be woefully disappointed
;;i " will suffer loss of all invested in tho
A Ne-tr ':-a4- i'
it.
The cabbage maggot, the larvrl form
of a liy. f.'ilhomyin braaxifir. is thfMivst
destructive pe&t of the cabbage in Eu
rope, where ir so-met ii:i-:s dos! roys whole
fields of you!:g "plants. It lt:;s been oc
casiouallr t roublo.s.jme in th" I'r.iteH
Sta snio 18-16. It lias tho past
spring ijpTieared in alarming numbers in
a portion of the trucking section of this
Ktato.
The fly is slender and gray colored,
rather smaller tlian the common house
fly. The female lay her eggs in early
Fprins on the roots or stem of young
plants, both in the seedbed and field.
The eggs hatch out in about five days.
The maggots eat off the young rootlets
producing what is often called "club
foot;" they also bore into the larger
roots and stems, causing the plants to
turn yellow and soon after die, or re
main a: stunted plants which refuse to
head. The flies continue to breed all
the summer and pass the winter as dor
mant pupa in i he hollow stems of cab
bage and stumps if left in the field.
Some of the winged insects also hide
away in cellars and places where cab
bage is stored, but the greater portion
of the first broad of fliescome from the
dormant pupa in the field. The mag
gots feed by preference upon the roots of
cabbage and ether cruciferous plants
collards, kale, cauliflower, radish, mus
tard, etc., but they breed also in stable
manure piles, human excrement and
rotten fish.
REMEDIES.
The first and most essential remedy is '
to clean cabbage fields thoroughly of
stumps. Either plow these under at
least 6 inches deep and then roll the
irronnd, or gather the stumps and com
post them with lime. Never follow
cabbage by the same crop cn any field.
If the maggots appear on plants ia the
seed bed. apply good dressing of limo
or muriate of potash to the soil, or suf
ficient kerosene emuldon to wet the
ground 1 inch deep. If plants in the
field are attacked take a dibber or sharp
stick and inako a hole near each plant
about I inch in diameter. Fill this hole
with kerosene emulsion. If the emul
sion does not wet the soil on all sides of
the plant make and fill another hole on
opposite side. Usually one treatment
will be sufficient for each crop, but if
neighboring fields are left untreated
they will breed flies so fast that a second
treatment may be necessary after ten
days. The emulsion must be thorough
ly made. But it will be safe in any case
if it is not allowed to touch' the leaves
of the young plants;
THE KEROSENE EMTLSIOX:
hard 60ap, J pound
Water, 1 gallon.
Kerosene oil, 1 gallon.
aDiRECTioxs. Sfiave the soap and boil
till all dissolved in the wafer. Keniovo
from the fire and pour into the kerosene.
Churn this or pass it through a sprav
er or syringe until it becomes a thic k
cream and the oil does not separate
from the noap. Dilute with 9 times its
bulk of. cold water before using.
This remedy is equally as good for the
onion maggot, cut worms and 'all other
burrowing insects. When thoroughly
made if would, hot burn the plants, but
if any free oil rises to the ton it-will
burn. G era lt' McCak'-v. Entomol
ogist, 1m. C. Experiment nation.
BOTH PARTIES CAUCUS.
3Ir. Reed Nominated for Speaker by
the Republicans, Mr. Crisp ly the
Ieiuoerats.
At a caucus of the ilcpublicau members of
Congress hHd on Saturday Mr. Jlod was
nominated for speaker by tho H'-publicans,
and will preside over the next House of l.'-p-reseulatives.
Mr. l'ed, in inn j.tini? the
nominal ion, 'spoke as follows :
"Mr. Chairman and (lentleineu : For tli
honor which yoti have conferred upon me I
tender my sincere thanks. I am, however,
uot in the least liable to credit to my own
pe sonality this tribute of your kindness. I
hadoneetbe ''od fortune to be so placed
that I represented as well as 1 was able the
patriotic sense of a preat party and it is to
that patriotic sense of our party that you
tender the tribute of your matured, as you
did your temporary approval. Ilistorv will
aecord us praise for what we did In tho
Fifty-Hrst Congress and it may accord Us its
praise in this for what we lo not do;
"We have unfortunately a divided gov
ernment, which usually leads to small results;
But there are times when rest is as health
giving as exercise. We must forget that our
first and preatest duty is to do all we can to
restore vonridence to business and that we
must avoid all business legislation except iu
tho direction of improving both. Ilathcr than
run risks wo can afford to wait until well
matured plans give us assurances of per
manent benefit. Crude aud hasty legislation
is above all things to be shuuuod.
"Could we cause our immense popular
majority to overflow into other branches of
the government aud could we have full eni
trol, we would create, not a perfect world,
but a world rather more lit to lite in than wo
have lately had.
'"Even as things are 1 do not for a moment
doubt that our patriotic instincts will lead us
to make every sacrifice except of principle
to rescue our country from its temporary
disaster. Not oulj' have Ave been elected by
the overwhelming vote of the people as their
servants, but as a house of representatives,
of which we are a majority. Tho right to
initiate taxation of the people is by the Con
stitution placed in our hands as a sacred
trust, which wc have no right to surrender
anl which all parties however they differ ou
other things will assuredly maiiUaJn. .
"That we shall bo ready at all limes to fur
nish adequate revenue for the government
according to tutr sense of public duty, no
man can doubt. This is the great nation of
this hemisphere and while we have no desire
to interfere with other nations, we shall
maintain our position hero With firmness and
self-respect aud at the same time with care
ful consideration of facts and that conserva
tism of action which shall leave no bad ques
tion to trouble our future. Iu this I trust
the whole government in all its branches will
be in accord with each other and with the
people."
Tho Pemoeratic members of the incoming
House of Representatives held a' meeting
Saturday and gave Mr. Crisp tho compli
ment ot the nomination for Speaker.
NICARAGUA CANAL. DAY.
Senator Morgan's Strong Plea for III.
Costly Hobby
Saturday was Nicaragua Day at the Atlan
In Exposition. The event of the day was the
reading of ii letter from Senator John T.
Morgan, chairman of the Senate committee
on foreign relations, to President Collier, of
tho reposition. The letter was dated No
vember 2( and, among other things, thcSeu
tor said: .
"That it meets with opposition and much
delay is only a proof of the magntiud of the
undertaking, aud does not even suggest a
doubt as to its u'-ccssity. its practicability,
its proper location on the ouly available
route, its earning eapneity, its value as an in
vestment, or its Speedy suee.s."
After remarking that the i.est engineering
skill of this country agret .1 upon tho route
of the canal, Senator Morgan said signiii
.cantlv : "Thegr 'ai, and esseutial facts are
now fettled by almost universal accord ia
America that there is no international iie.s
tiou to retard our enterprise, and that this
the best route aud indeed the ouly practica
ble caaal routo by ; which the Atlantic and
Pacilie oceans eaii be reached through the
Isthmus of Darien. That this is an Ameri
can question, iu wieh the assistance of a
transatlantic powor'is not needed, audits in
terference would bo unwelcome, is a senti
ment ami conviction that has the force of
law in Americau hearts."
"Such a trust in the hands of a feeble
State or in the control of a trans-oceanic
Power would constantly imperil our pea?e.
We cannot safely accept either alternative."
Senator Morgan said that the canal would
pav interest from two hundred millions, but
all ratioual commutation, by men who are
rea lv to do the work, proves that less than
eighty millious will complete the caual. He
said further that the vote ol the Senate and
of the House committee at the last session of
Congress amounted to a national declaration
that no impediment exists which shoifld de
feat or dclav the construction of the canal.
The country has accepted that solemn and
h liVrato declaration and will not be content
vith its reversal.
Richmond Tobaeco Market.
Bright Tobaccos--Smokers; Common t5 to
SG; medium. $7to 8.50; fine, $3 to $11. Cut
ters: Common. $11 to S13, medium, 16 to
?18; fine. $22.50 to $25: fancy, $27.50 to $30.
Fillers: Common. $3.50 to $4; medium. 84.50
to $5.50; good, $6 to $8; fine. $10 to $12.
Wrappers: Common. $12 to $15; medium.
$15 to $20? good. $25 to $30; fine, $35 to $40;
fancy, $45 to $50.
Dark Tobacco Lugs. -$2 to $4; short
leaf, $4 to $6; long leaf, $6 to $8; selec
tions, $12 to $15.
New Tobaccos, Loose Lugs. $1.50 to $3;
short leaf, $4 to $5; medium, leaf. $5 to $7;
long leaf, $7 to $9; selections, $10 to $12.,
Holmes Sentenced to Hang.
Herman W. Mudgett, alias H. H. Holmes,
who was convicted of murder in the first
degree for having caused the death iu Phila
delphia, Ta.. of Benjamin F. Pitezel, was in
th- Court of Oyer and Terminer refused a
new trial and sentenced to be hanged. Ho
nveived the sentence of Judge Arnold in
differently. ' ."
NORTH STATE
CDLLINGS.
OCCURRENCE AVORTII NOTEING
FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
Liable for Taxation.
The Railroad Commission have heard
the complaint of J. II. Huff, of Ply
mouth, against the Uoanoke Bridge
ard Lumber Co., charging that they
hauled freight aud passengers without
license, and that they had no acts of
incorporation. The railroad company
denied the charge, but admitted that
they had coutracted tLeir road to ono
Parker for tho purpose of . haiiliug
logs to their mill, and admitted that
Parker himself had charged for freight
and passengers without thciA consent,
and that the railroad company was not
responsible for his acts. The commis
sion concludes that the defendant can
not be heard to say that it is not re
sponsible for the acts of S. J. Parker,
who is operating the road, though he
may have been acting in violation of
orders, and adjudged that the defend
ant is liable to all rules and regulations
as prescribed by the Railroad Commis
biou, and will be assessed for taxation
hB other roads for the years 1891 and
1895, it having. been proved that fares
had been charged during both yearsj
aud no tax had been collected. The
property was assessed by the Commis
fciou at $18,900, aud lies partly in
Washington and parly in Beaufort
counties. Clerk Brown font the divis
ions allotod to each county.
The Seaboard Air Lino requests the
railroad commission to allow it to ship
freight over its line from Durham to
points on the llaleigh Sr. Augusta Air
Line contrary to an order given some
time ago requiring freight to bo ship
ped by the nearest route and that joint
rates should be 10 per ccnti less than
ordinary charges. The commission
informs the Seaboard Air Line that it
is willing to do this provided the road
will deduct tho 10 per cent, when thus
shipping, so as to equalize cost.
The News says Mrs. S.. C. Jones, of
Mt. Airy, kept an itemized statement
of the expense of keeping a cow for n
year. The cost was 52 and the sales
of milk aud butter, after a family of
seven persons were supplied, amount
ed to G1.80. In this instance the cow
paid a handsome profit.
The State Sunday School Associa
tion has elected as president for the
ensuing year Her man H. Hornc, of
the University. Mr. Home is presi
dent of tho University Young Men's
Christian Association. II. N. Snow,
of Durham, was re-elected .secretary.
The Goldsboro Argus tells of tho
burning of a newly built church at In
dian Springs, about six nines from
Seven Springs, which had been built
jointly by the Methodists and Baptists.
It was an incendiary fire. Each con
gregation formerly had its own sepa
rate house of worship and they were
both destroyed by incendiaries.
TheIlaleigh News and Observer says:
There are 181 cotton mills and that
these figiiies are correct; that the gaiu
iu live years has been 100 per cent. ;
that the capital invested is $16,800,
000; that there are 21,000 looms, ,989,
000 spindles, 21, G00 operatives, of
whom 5,000 are in Alamance county
alone. The consumption of cotton
during the past twelve months was
365,000 bales.
The Governor orders a special term
of Supreme Court in Lenoir county,
mainly for the trial of the men charg
ed with incendiarism at Kinston.
Against several of those tho grand jury
returned a true bilt the last day of the
recent term of court. .Judge Graham
will preside, at the request of the so
licitor, bar and county commission
ers. The Methodist Protestant Confer
ence, which closed its session at
Greensboro Tuesday night, raised $2,
800 toward the erection of a $5,000
building iu Greensboro, to be used for
a Methodist Protestant publishing
house. Delegates were elected to the
General Conference, which meets at
Kansas City next May.
The Shelby Aurora says that Wif
liam Cobb, the champion chicken eat
er, died recently at King's Mountain
at the age of 91 years. He was a clever
eld mau. He frequently boasted of
thegastronomtic feat of eatinga chicken
every day for forty yeais, or a total of
11,600 chickens.
North Carolina leads every one of
her Sonthern sister States in the num
ber of cotton mill?, and leads every
State in the South iu the increase of
cotton mills in the last decade. She
now has 184 cotton mills.
The Self-Threading Sewing Machine
Company, of New York, is moving its
plant to Roanoke Rapids, where they
w ill manufacture machinery of all
kiuds.
The II. J. Reynolds Tobacco Com
pany, of Winston, wa3 awarded the
prize for the best tobacco exhibit at
the Atlanta Exposition.
Henry Baker beat his wife to death
in Davidson county. He was under
the influence of liquor.
Messrs. A. C. Miller, of Shelby,
and R. M. Oates, of Charlotte, are
planning the erection of a spinning
mill to contain 10,000 6pindles.
The new Lincoln Cotton Mills, near
Lincolnton, have been completed and
will soon be iu operation.
There has been an increase of 8100,
000 in the value of the real and perso
nal property listed for taxation in
Greensboro this year.
Valdese, iu Burke county, has a new
postmaster, ait Italian named Ippolyts
Salvigeot.
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS..
. At a conference of miners in Phila
delphia Friday plans were adopted to
secure an advance in wages next spring
to some" 25,000 miners.
The Spanish consul at Wilmington,
Del . , caused the arrest of the captain
and officers of the Norwegian steamer,
charging them with violating the neu
trality laws.
At Decatur, Ills., Friday C". N.
Smith, known in professional baseball
as "Pacer," was hanged for the mur
der of his little daughter Louise Smith
and sister-in law on September 28th.
He had tried to kill his wife but she
escaped.
At Mount Sterling, Ky., Friday
John Williams and David Rose, -who
were wealthy stock traders of Wolfe
county, fought a savage duel ta the
death at Hazel Oreen. Williams was
killed and Rosb died later. They had
a dispute over business.
The steamer Jennie Campbell struck
a snag 20milcs below Yicksburg, Miss.,
and sank Tuesday.
Coptaiu Lang, a British officer, has
been invited by China to take com
mand of her navv again.
C. W. Gibbes, suffering from melan
cholia jumped in a well at Atlanta
Thursday and was drowned.
A Rio Jeneiro dispatch says the Bra
zilian cruiser Uranus has been wreck
ed and her commander and five others
drowned.
At the Ontario Yeterinary College at
Toronto Thursday, an American stu
dent raised a flag in honor of Thanks
giying Day, and it caused a general,
long-protracted, bloody fight between
the Canadian aud American student?.
All the sugar refineries in Philadel
phia, including tho Frauklin refine
ries, which are connected with the
sugar trust, and the Independent Mc
Cunu refinery, shut down- Wednesday
night, throwing over 2,000 men out of
employment.
Another dreadful massaere lias od
curred at Marash. The American
Theological Seminary was plundered
and burned, and two students shot atid
fatally vounded. Another massacre is
reported at Aintab. Twenty thousand
Turkish soldiers are marching upon
Seitung to raze it to the ground
About 100 wheelmen were in the par
ade to the Atlanta Exposition grounds
Saturday, where the races took place
before 15,000 people.
William B. Clements lias been ap
pointed traveling passenger agent of
the lailroads comprising the Seaboard
Air Line, with headquarters at Atlanta.
".The New York AVorld reports 08
cases of flagrant crime involving mur
ders, burglaries, highway robberies,
ursou, suicide, trolley wrecking and
aggravated assault, all occurring
withiu three weeks in that city.
Moie than 60,000 people were at the
Atlanta Exposition on South Carolina
Dav.
The ten thousand miners in Indian
Territory threaten to strike for higher
wapres.
AUGUSTA STARTS A "PLAN.'
A Chicago-Southern Cotton Fair, and
AVhat it Is Intended to Accomplish.
Augusta, Ga., has started apian to include
the whole South for a Southern cotton expo
sition in Chicago.
After several days, in consultation with
Mr. F. B. De Berard, of the Kew York Dry
Goods Economist, the following plan has
been mapped out:
It is self-evident that both consumers and
Investors will be attracted to the Houth 'ln
great numbers by proof that tho South can
produce more cheaply. The South can sell
more cheaply than any competitor. It is
proposed to supply this proof by holding a
cotton exposition in Chicago, whose broad
purpose shall be:
1 To make new customers for present
products.
2 To open direct lines of distribution be
tween producer and consumer.
3 To bring to the knowledge of the capit
alists iu a most forcible and rouvincing way.
the great opportunities for prollt which
Southern cotton mills afford.
4 To show to the great West that Chicago
is the natural and logical distributing centre
for $275,000,000 worth of cotton goods an
nually, which tho South must and will
naturally and logically make: and to offer to
Chicago the great pme of an immense trade
in exchange for Chicago's mighty assistance
in building up the South.
The exhibit should be as practical and
business like in its nature as expedient, with
enough of the picturesque clement to make
it attractive to tho public.
It should bo devised to appeal to threo
great classes, defined as follows:
For the general public: Picturesque fea
tures, cotton culture, preparation, methods
of shipment, etc., plantation scenes, South
ern cotton markets, Northern cotton ex
changes, etc. Comparative exhibit of cotton
machinery from the earliest timca to the
present. "Modern cotton machinery at work.
For the merchant : A Very full and com
plete display of Southern cotton goods, in
comparison v. ith New Fuglaud-made goods
of similar grades. Elaborate displays by in
'dividual Southern mills. Models of leading
Southern mills. Large maps showing di.
tances and freight charges. Full compari
sons of quality and selling prices.
For the investor: Very full and thorough
object hysons in relative costs, North and
South . New iia-hinery contrasted with old.
The great -arniDg power of new equipments
in the South. Low cost ot construction and
fow capitalization in the South. Comparison
of wages, cost of raw material and freight
charges. North and South. Southern water
powers.
This is but a rugh "utluj of the many
ucful details that will suggeit themselves.
Gone Hack to JIules.
California has gone back to mule teams for
! the transportation of freight, just as in tbe
old days before railroads were built. A re
gular line of bie wakens, with six-mule
teams, between Stc.ston and Fresno has
just been started, and it will connect at
Stockton with fteamers to and from San
Francisco. The line has been started in op
position to the Southern Pacific Fiailway,
with the object of forcing down the rates.
1 he experiment was made once before, and
euccesf ully. The mule teams, in connection
with the steamers can carry sugar, for In
stance, from Jsan Francisco to Fresno for f3
a ton less than the railway charges, and it is
believed that a similar Baring can be made on
other freight. The merchants in the valley
towns are interested in the project, and say
that it is an even thing for their interests
whether the railroad cut down its rates or
their freight is in future hauled by male
teams.
LATEST NEWS
IN BRIEF.
GLEANINGS FROM MANY POLVTS.
Important Happenings, Both Home
and Foreign, Briefly Told.
Srettsy Sdutnern Notes.
December 11th has been set apart as
Florida Day at tho Atlanta exposition.
Fire destroyed four tenement houses
in Knoxville, Tenn., Wednesday. Loss
$2,000.
A petition will bo ' presented to tha
Kentucky Legislature asking legisla
tion for the confinement of inebriates
in an asylum instead of in jails and
Work-bouses.
The schooner H S Lanfair, from
Baltimore to Jacksonville, struck the
jetty at the latter city Wednesday and
tnrned over. Her cargo wt& oil and
fealt.
The entire issue of $16,500,000
Central of Georgia Railway 5 percent.
50 year consolidated bonds has been
sold, the unsold portions being taken
Wednesday afternoon in New York by
a syndicate of prominent bankers there
and in London.
Griffin Johnson, youngest eon of the
late Major General Albert Sidney
Johnston, tho famous Confederate
chieftain, died in Los Angeles Cal.,
Wednesday night from hemorrhage of
the brain, superinduced by a fall which
he received a few days ago. 0 .
The exposition management has set
apart December 12th as Tennessee
Centennial Day; December 11th as
Chattanooga Day, and December 17th
as Farmers' Day. These will be three
great events, and it is expected im
mense crowds will come on those days.
Northern News Notes.
Oovernol Flower, of New York,
thinks there are $100,000,000 in gold
hoarded throughout the country.
Chicago will probably raise a guar
anty fund of $70,000 to get tho Repub
lican National contention. .
It has been decided to remove the
body of Gen. W. S4 Hancock from
Norristown, Pa., to tho Arlington
cemetery.
A man at McArthur, O. , who spoke
disrespectfully of a womaD, was ridden
on a rail and then tarred and feather
ed for the improvement of hia man
iio ?k. '
The Chesapeake and Ohio is to build
a hew depot at Richmond, Ya., to coot,
with improvements, $'2,000,000. It
will be located on North Main street,
just below the old St. Charles Hotel.
Charles Bauer, a Sullivan county,
N. Y., farmer, residing at Beaver
Brook, was in a stall untving a cow on
Monday when she caught him on her
horns and tossed him into a stall oc
cupied by a horse. The latter kicked
Bauer to death.
"Washington.
Secretary Smith claims to have saved
$71,000 in the printing of the Patent
Office Gazette.
A clerk and three colored, laborers
have been dismissed from the Treasury
Department for the theft of obsolete
internal revenue stamps.
Mrs. Mary Kean, stepmotber of
Archbishop Kean, rector of the Catho
lic University, at Washington, was
found dead in her room in Baltimore.
She had, apparently, been dead about
thirty-six hours.
A synopsis of the report published
of the Nicaragua- commission showt.
that the commission does not think
that the canal can be built for the sum
estimated by the company 69,863,
660. The provisional estimate of the
commission is placed at $33,472,893.
Certain features of the plan of con
struction are declared to be impracti'
cable. They say more time should be
taken in making physical and topo
graphical examination, and for that
purpose, they recommend an appro
priation of $350,000.
Foreign.
Alexandre Dumas, the noted novel
ist, died at his home in Paris on Wed
nesday evening.
Two shocks of earthquake were ex
perienced in the sthern part of Bul
garia Wednesdi y morning.
I he Chinese government has created
a separate legation in Paris under the
administration of King Lang. The
chamber of deputies has vot2d 5,000,
000 fracs for establishment of addition
al consular posts in China, -
STILL 3IOVING FORWARD.
A Virginia Cotton Mill to Be Made One
of tbe Largest in tbe South.
Special reports to tho Manufacturers'
Record show the projection of a' number of
railroad enterprises in the South, some for
lines of considerable length, but the majority
for short extensions, or for connecting links
between important systems. There is con
wderable activity in the projection of electric
railroads, and especially ia and around Bal
timore, where a number of Important lines
are to be constructed. .
In cotton mill matters, there have been
reported during the week a proposed addi
tion at a cost of 125,000, to a "Virginia mill,
which will make it one of tbe largest mills in
the ectire South; a 300.000 cotton mill com
pany, incorporated in Texas; a 440,000 rope
and cotton factory enterprise ia Alabama;
the enlargement of the North Carolina mills,
and one in South Carolina, and a proposed
10.000 spindle mill in North Carolina,
A 4100,000 cotton -seed-oil mill is projected
in Texas, a 30-ton ice plant is reported for
Mississippi, a 10-ton ice plant in Louisiana,
a rice mill and electric light plant in the
same State, a bicycle factory and flour mill
in Kentucky, a 1 50,000 t;6ld mining com
pany in Georgia, a 425,000 lumber company
iu Virginia, two oil borii g companies, one of
400,000 and one of 50.000 eapacily, a coal
mining and n roller mill enlargement in West
Virginia,
THE MARKETS.
5EW TOK COTTON nTTCBES.
Cotton easy, middling uplands 8;V: mi
dling gulf, 8. - Futures easy. Bales 165,500
bales.
December . . 8 26(S 8 27 April. 8 8 44
January. . . .8 2U(S 30 May .8 47 -it
February. ..8 348 33 June 8 50(5:8 S
March. 8 30 July. 8 51aS K5
j August..... 8 53& 8 34
LIVERPOOL COTTOX MAKKKT. .
J Cotton, quiet but steady. Middling 4 11-16.
Futures quiet. but steady. Sales 10,000, In
cluding Ame. ican. 8.100.
Nov. A Dec. . .4 Apr A May . ..4 Sf b
Dec. A Jan.. .4 33'S 36
Jan. A Feb. . 4 35 38
Feb. A Mar.. .4 35?3t
Mar A Apr...4 35(i W
Mavft June. .4 6i s
June A July..! 3"(ff3K
July A Aug. .4 38$j 3p
I CHICAGO ORAIN AND PKODt'CE
wbeat Dec.
xmx Dec. .
oats Dee. . .
pork Jaa..
lari Jan. .'
RIbs Jan...
.. .56 V .,
...2bY
..17 V
.8 75
.5 40
4 42!-'
May.
Tan. .
May..
May,
May. ,
May..
t0;V
2H-V
. 20 f
, D15
5 65
. 4 63
HOME COTTON
MARKETS.
Char- Col- "hr-
lott. 'umbla, Wtob.
Good middling. . . .
Rt rict middling... .
Middling.,
8 3-10
8
Strict low middling. . . .
Low middling
Middling fair
FulJy middling...
AT OTHEB FOISTS.
1 VI
! CoTTOJf Middling quotations: August
dull. 8V. Norfolk, dull.8 5-16. Charleston;
steadv. b L . Boston dull. 8 5-16. Savannah
nuiet. 8 3-16. Baltimore nominal. 8). Fhilii-
delphbi quiet, 8 13-16. Wilmington dull, 8,'
'jgfivt Orleans easy, 8 5-lb
j fcA ISLAND COTTON
Theses inland cotton market was firm thif
week with sales of 699 bags. The quotations
are: Medium fine. 23 to 23 . ; fine. 26 to 27e,
fully line, 23 to 30.; extra line. 3o to I'JC
j BALEIOII HEW COTTON
Middling...
Strict middling
Good middling
IK
..8
I Market llrm. -
j BALEIOU TOBACCO MABKXT
Smokers. Common
i " i Good
2 50(
gutters, Common....
...10(ffl
i Good
Fine
.. 812
...1218
...20(?27
Fillers, Common Green
Good ..
Fine
. .. 2
... 5
Wrappers, Common
...12ffili
Good
" Fine
" Fancy
Market Arm for all grades.
BALTIMOBE PBOtJtJCE MARKET.
Flour dull. Western superfine
55: do extra 2.753.00: family
...203i
.,.40
2.45
$3.20(&
3.50: winter wheat patent $3.65(S3.85:
spring wheat, patent 43.503.70; ?prinj
hertt straight 53.25i3.55
j Wheat Easy: Spot November and Decenji
ier Goz 65'-. May 69!i (5:69; steamer No
red 62ff 62b; Southern wheat by sample 6G&
H7; do on grade, 63(566.
j Cons Easy; spot 34sS)34; November,
new or old 34(E3i)a'; the year 3333jk;
January 83fti'33i; February, 332i33
Steamer mixed 32;433: Southern White
corn 33(5)34; do yellow corn 33Z3il,
I Outs -Firm; No. 2 white western 23.
2i; No. 2 mixed western 22g23.
Rye Dull: No. 2, 4344 near by; No.
2
western 47.
Hay Firm; choice Timothy 415.50.
NAVAL STOBES.
Wilmington, is. tv -jvsn
1.30; good strained, 1.35; Tar quiet.
at 1.95; crude turpentine easy, hard l
oft. 1.50: vircin. 1.60.
Cotton Seed Oil. New York Cotton
jseed oil quiet and Arm; prime crude
JJ5J.2fe26, yellow primo 2929; off grade
BICE.
The rice market was steady at Charleston
The Quotations are: Prime 4a'a4; Gobd
B a 4; Fair 3:a3Hi Gommon aaa.
countby produce.
Country Butter Choice Tennessee 18a2ac,
medium 12j to 15c,
Cow Feas 90c and l.uu per misnei.
roultrv Grown, fowls, choice 3.50 to 3
r?5
per dozen. Chickens l.7&aa.&u per aozen,
according to size and quauty. Ducka
Sinscovy 4a4.50. Geese, young 4.50 per
klozeu.
I'Vim TVes f;V. " ror dozen.
Wool Washed 15o t;er pound: unwashed
11c. Hides 11c to 12c. Wax 25c to 27c.
,
Richmond Produce MarKet.
RntTiTR fancv dairv. 1920c: rtiOSCO
dairy, 1718c; choice family (packed), 17,1(3)-
20e : choice store (pacKea;, jgioo.; me
dium store foacked). 1415:.; common
trrmlpa
Eoos In crates, near by ana irftn, i .apipoi
m crates, fresh and clean, 17c: lnbarrCi ajn
boxes (fresh), 16(17c.
Pnm.Tnv Chlcketj flaraftl. oer Dound.
8c, ; ducks (live), ;or pound, 8(5)9, ; hens (life)
Qicvnns, per pouaa,
nor had. 25 33c:
roosters Aid), l5(S20c apiece. j
Live Stoc ( alves. per pound (gross ),
(5t.: sbeep, per pound. 22Mc.; beet
(iiva), per pound, 252c. heifers per
pound. 3S)4c.j young steers, per pound,
HX&ic.i spring lBmbs (choice), per pound,
8!?.: hogs (small), per pound, 66c.
dressed, 5J.(6e.
Cottntby Bacon Hams ("small), well
moked. ner oound. 12W(13c.: large, well-
laniokedg pound, 102llc; bides (cured).
-r pound, 8c; shoulders (smoked, pe
;cuna, vc6c.
Hides and Tallow Dry flint, per pound,
tMiUc. : drv salted, ner Dound. a8Vc?
irreen salted hides. 6l85! rreen hides.
5c; green salted, calf-lrjtis, 6575c; taliojrv,
c- Deeswax, tsvgzoc.
VEOETABt.ES Irish potatoes, per burst.
(large), fl.25S1.50;. small. .5075e.; loniofc,
i .M i.au inr n&rrei.
Fruits Apples, per barrel, l;Z5(gl.p;
A New Comet.
Tbe newly discovered comet will be visible
to the naked eye in a few weeks. It ia now
84,000,000 miles from the sun. Thla distan
will decrease and reach a minimum of about
30,000,000 on December 18th.
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