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W. P. DAYIS, Publisher.
VOL. I. NO. 23.
GOLDSBORO, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY. 10, 1888.
Subscription, 01.00 Per Year.
II 111 III
I The year 1887 was one of almost unpre
cedented railroad construction and earn
ings. According to the Riilwaij Age near
ly 13,000 miles of road were built, at an
jcxpense of about $:125,000,000, or $25,
pOO per mile. Five hundred and forty
jive million tons of freight were moved,
nd from month to month the reports ol
earnings have shown steadily increasing
Jigures over the corresponding period of
the previous year, which was ateo a yeai
of favorable earning
The supply of international exhibi
lions provided for the present year ii
Unusually large. There is to be an inter
national musical exhibition at Bologna, nr
international art exhibition of painting,
sculpture and architecture at Vienna, a:
exhibition of Italian products in Lon
Jon, a universal exhibition at Melbourne,
another at Barcelona, and peihaps stil!
jpthers. It might relie.e inventors and
manufacturers to prepare exhibits, onc
for all, to be sent on their travels from
one world's fair t another, it-placing
them by new outfits when the old an
worn out. There would be too few in
tervals between the exhibitions for anj
expenses of storage.
The Savannah AYrs says that a great
many of the plantations in different parts
of the South, which were once well
known for their sie, the magnificence of
the residences upon them, the hospitality
9f their owners, or on account of the
prominence of the families which pos
jesscd them, are now foiling into ruins.
The reason assigned for this is that the
nd has become worked out,or those into
jrhose possession it has passed lack the
jnergy and skill which are required to
iake it pay under the present sys
tem of labor. In one district in Georgia,
fhich was noted, from the first sctth-
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Bent of the State until the emancipation
f th'j slaves, for the intelligence and
jrealth of its citizens, the great plantat
ions have been divided into small farms,
jid the superb mansions, once the homes
Of men noted for wealth and culture, are
-ailing into decay.
"The post of ,'city editor' on a London
j)aper is different in kind from that of
city editor on a New York paper," says the
Sun. "Iu London the city editor is the man
who looks after the money and stock
narket s, and ths financial and banking,
ir, in other words, he is what would here
$c called the Wall street man. In New
York the city editor is the man Avho
superintends the reporting of the general
jiews of the city at large. City Editor
Simpson of the London Time, who re
cently died, left a fortune of over half a
r million dollars; but we have not heard of
iuy of the city editors in New York who
anjoy that amount in hard cash."
I The deve'op:nent f the feicgrapl
system in th's country is one of tin; mar
Vela of modern civiii ation. I'rom s
jtnerc experiment on a single wire be
Iwcen Washington and Baltimore in
ISM, within t!:e mcraory of. many per
sons yet living, it has grown to be on
of th-j governing for.es in our philosophj
of material and social progress. Tin
Western Union Company alone now hat
BSOjOOO miles of wire, and the message;
which it handled during the yearendiup
June 30, 188?, leached a total of 47,
8!)4,":30. These figures indicate at t
glance the practical value of the inven
tion, and the close relation which it
tears to the daily affairs of life in everj
direction .
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i.
It may not be generally known that
Sauerkraut is a dangerous explosive. A
Philadelphia kraut maker, who is cut
ting up r,000 cabbages a day, and prob
ably knows what he is talking about,
says: "If a tank of kraut is sealed when
too fresh there is sure to be trouble. A
Cask of gunpowder is hardly more dan
gerous than a tightly corked barrel of
.sauerkraut." As the stuff ferment it
: swells, and if vent is not furnished there
is an explosion th it shakes the found i
tion of the store and frightens the life
'yilf out of the storekeeper, while the
neighbors raise a cry of a dynamite plot.
Seriously, sauerkraut is a dangerous
rticle to handle. IT I were a fiery
Anarchist I would be inclined to adopt
it as an instrument of destruction."
What startling results one finds in our
railway statistic s? We have 310,000 miles
cf tracks enough to girdle the earth a
.ozen times, with several thousand
; iiles left for side-tracks. More than
Alf of these line3 were laid down at a
-ost o" $0,000,000,000 enough to pay
'he public debt four times over. There
re 50,000 engines, 50,030 passenger
oac-hes, and a million freight cars, and
.yer 4,030 patents have been taken
cot for inventions in railway ma
hinery and appliance. Every year
COO, 000,000 tons of freight are carried.
Tor moving this freight the companies
."cceive an average of 1.29 cents per ton
per mile, and for each passenger carried
ley get 2.51 cents per mile. It requires a
slf-million emp'oyes to run all these
Wds. And yet it was only fifty-six
fa s ago that Feter Cooper ran the first
Bum car from Baltimore to Ellicott's
ills at the unpara le'.ed speed of a mile
; every f0Ur and a third lninutts?
FARMS AND FARMERS. 1
Short Talks With the Men Who Guide
the Plow.
'Of General Interest toFanners.
lowing Oats.
When should spring sowing of oats be
gin? Whenever weather and condition
of soil will permit, after the first of Jan
uary. Spring oats have to run the gaunt
let of being killed by cold on the one
hand, and of being cut off by drouth and
rust on the other. Those sown earliest
are most exposed to injury from cold, but
most apt to escape the effects of drouth;
the late sown run greatest risk from
drouth and least from cold. The wise
farmer, therefore, will take both risks
will not stake all his crop on either the
early or the late sown. Some of the best
crops of oats we ever raised were sown in
January. They matured almost as early
as fall-sown oats, making tine, heavy
heads. Then again, we have seen the
best crops produced by the latest sowings
in spring. The best plan, therefore, is
to begin sowing early, and sow at inter
vals till the first of March. If one sow
ing does not strike favorable seasons, an
other may. Sometimes a, week's differ
ence in the time of sowing makes a won
derful difference in the yield of crops.
Again, from January to March the ground
is not always in condition to plow; it is
often too wet, and one who ilecides to
sow his whole crop at one particular
time, which he regards as best, is apt to
plow his land sometimes too wet, and to
rush things through in u rough, slovenly
manner. It is better to begin early;
strike the land whenever in good condi
tion to plow, and when good work can
be done. Suppose you lose your seed by
hard freezes, are you anv worse off than
when you lose your crop by drouth? You
are really better off in the first case, be
cause you can resow or use the land for
some other crop; in the second case the
result is known too late to utilize the
land to as great advantage.
AVhat kind of seed to sow. Home
grown, other things being equal, are best
and rust proof the most reliable. . For
spring sowing preference should be giv
en to seed from spring sowing, and for
uplands, seed raised on uplands. In
some respects plants adapt themselves
quite readily and rapidly to their sur
roundings. Seed from the rich lands ""of
the west produce plants not at home on
our poorer soils. Western corn does not do
well in the cotton states; why should oats
do any better. With our usual improvi
dence we are getting into the habit of re
lying largely on the west for our seed
oats. Is it good policy, either in the
light of sound economy or in the matter
of getting the best seed? Very doubt
ful, to say the least. Our best corn, best
wheat, best oats are grown at home.
Every one knows and realizes the im
portance of selecting seed corn. Why
should not the san.e care be exercised in
improving oats. If one went through
his oat fields and selected the, best stools
and sowed seed from these to themselves,
and did this year after 3-ear, does any one
doubt that an improved variety would
soon be established. In ordinary prac
tice the poorest and best seed -are indis
criminately mixed bT the threshing lun
ching, those from the feeblest, unheal
thiest stalks with the strong and vigor
ous. Under such circumstances what
chance is there for improvement. Some
improvement could be had by an old,
simple method within the reach of every
one. Lay aside some seed oats iu the
sheaf. In preparing seed selec t the heav
iest and best bundles and strike them
lightly over a barrel so as to get the rip
est, heaviest seed only. Let the imper
fect seed -remain on the straw and be fed
to stock. These '"barrel"' oats will be
decidedly better than ordinary seed.
How should land for oats be prepared.
If in cotton or corn the prWioH.s year,
and has not been tramped by stock, there
is no necessity for breaking. It is well
to go over it with one of the deep run
ning harrows like the Disc, the Shares, or
the Acme. Sow and cover seed with the
same. For the latter work the Share's
harrow is best. After covering the seed
roll the land. Oats can thus be put in at
greatly less cost than when plowed in
with a scooter, and will do just as well.
If the land for oafs is hard or rough, it
will have to be plowed as a matter of
course, but it is very desirable that some
cheaper' and more expeditious method be
employed than breaking or plowing in
seed with scooters or twisters. This is
too slow and too costly. Whenever the
land is clean enough double footed plows
may be used to advantage or wide 'cut
ting and rather shallow running turn
plows maj-be used to break the land,
and seed put in with Share's harrow.
A tla ii la Const it a turn .
The Life of a Crystal.
We generally think of minerals as dead
lumps of iuactive matter. But they may
be said to be alive, creatures of vital
pulsations and separated into individuals
as distinct as the pines in the forest or
the tigers in a jungle. Tiie disposition
of crystals are as diverse as those of ani
mals. They throb with unseen currents
of energy. They grow in sue as long as
they have opportunity. They can be
killed, too, though not as easily as an
oak or a dog. A s1rong electric shock
discharged through a crystal will de
compose it very rapidly if it is of soft
structure, causing the particle togradu
ua'Iy disintegrate in the reverse order
from its growth until the poor thing lies
i dead, shapeless ruin. It is true, the
crystal s life is unlike that of higher
creature. But the difference between
vegetable and animal life is no greater
than that between mineral and vegetable
life. Linnaus, the great Swedish na
turalist, defined the three kingdoms by
saying: "Stones g-ow, pi ints g;ow and
feel, aninvds grow and feel and move."
Wike A wa e.
Tired of Living.
News has been received of the suicide
of John Bass, near Nashville, Nash
county, N. C. He went into his house a
short time before his body was found,
and asked his wife if the boys had
brought the wood in. His wife shortly
afterwards heard the sound of some one
falling on the floor. She went in and
saw the body lying on the floor with the
throat cut. A razor was the weapon.
Bass was hoard to say not long since that
he was tired of living, This is the only
explanation of the act.
A VITAL 1SSUE IN C0TT0X-
The Brokers on the Sew York Exchange
Staud Up Tor the New Classifica
tion Hysteiu.
The members of the Cotton Exchange
had occasion yesterday to save the new
system of classification that went into
effect on September last year.
The board of managers last week de
cided to submit to vote an amendment
to the by-laws that would enable sellers
to make deliveries on warehouse receipts
at any time during the' month when "it
is found impossible to have the cotton
c lassed and an inspector's certificate of
grade completed in time for such de
livery.'' The rule to be amended re
quired that from the 1st to the 20th of
each mouth the cotton must be delivered
with full certificates, but from the 20th
to the end of the month it may be deliv
ered on warehouse receipts.
President Miller was in the chair at
yesterday's meeting, which was held at
the trading pit. William V. King was
the spokesman of the opposition -to the
amendment. lie said it was an effort on
the part of the board of managers and
the bears to kill the new classification,
and that, if adopted, it would leave the
field clear for an undesirable manipula
tion of the market. He therefore offered
a resolution referring the amendment
back to the board of managers. A sub
stitute proiKsing that the amendment go
into effect January 1, 1881), was voted
clown, and then Mr. King's resolution
was adopted by an overwhelming vote.
Among the prominent brokers favor
ing the amendment were Solomon
Banger, of Fatman & Co. ; Charles W.
Ide, Tbreo. H. Price, of Hubbard, Price
& Co., and C. Bich. They contended
that the amendment would facilitate
trading without giving undue advantage
to anybody.
Prgsident Miller said after the meeting
that the board of managers had no
special interest in the amendment. A
petition for it had been received a good
while ago, but a motion to submit it to
the Exchange was lost. Subsequently
the change was again proposed, and once
more voted down in the board. Finally,
to end the matter, the amendment was
adopted by the boaid in order to get an
expression from an open meeting of mem
bers. That expression had been ob
tained, and Mr. Miller said the subject
was disposed of. New York Herald,
January 22.
TIIE WEST VIRGINIA VENDETTA.
A Whole Community Placed At the Mercy
of a (iang of Demperadot'H.
The vendetta between the McCoys, of
Pike county, Ky., and I bitfields, of Lo
gan county, W. Va., has grown to such
great proportions that it has been found
necessary for the officials of Logan
county to call upon Governor AYilsou, of
West Virginia, for aid to suppress the
parties engaged in this local warfare, in
order to protect the good peopre of the
county, and to stop the feud. Two mes
sengers from Logan county called to see
Governor Wilson and ask for aid to repel
the invasion of the Kentucky desperadoes
into that county. They gave the Gov
ernor a detailed statement of the situa
tion of affairs in that county, and repre
sented that there are no hopes of the
c ivil officers of Logan county being able
to control these fierce men, and therefore
desire aid from the State.
The Pike county gang is reported to
be increasing, and the lives of several of
the citizens of Logan are threatened.
Governor Wilson has the matter under
advisement. While he still hopes that
order may be restored without resorting
to extraordinary means, he is determined
to employ prompt and adequate measures
to maintain the honor of the State. Sev
eral military companies have proffered
their services to aid in suppressing the
troubles. It is feared that the affair will
not be settled for a gre.it while.
KILLING THE WRONG MAN.
A rtiirginr Trnp which Did not Kill Iinr
slai'K A Distressing Accident Near fa
vannali. Guyton Ga , is thirty miles from Sa
vannah, on the Central Railroad. A. J.
Futrell keeps a general store there and
supplies the villagers and the surround
ing country with merchandise. For some
time past Mr. Futrell has been troubled
with thieves. Not long ago burglars
broke into his store and carried off a
(juantity of goods. To protect his store
he sit a spring gun inside the door at a
blight elevation from the floor and so ar
ranged it that it wcrald be discharged by
any one attempting to enter the back
door of the store. Mr. Levi Edwards, " a
farmer who resides a short distance from
Guyton, early tbis morning went to Mr.
FutreH's house and asked him to go to
his store as he (Edwards) wanted to get
some goods. The two men started for
the store and when they got there Futrell
went in the front way, telling Edwards
to go around the back way and he would
open that. door. Edwards is supposed to
have run against the gun and the whole
load was empted into his body, killing
him instantly, and tearing his body to
pieces. There is a law prohibiting the
setting of spring guns, and Futrell
will probably be indicted for murder.
All Burned Down.
Every business house in the little town
of Walnut Cove, Stokes county, N. C,
was burned to the ground a few nights
ago. The fire broke out about 10 o'clock ,
in the store of John C. Bailey, and was
due to a defective flue. It burned
Bailey's store, and also the stores of
Wilder fc Adams, W. A. Lash and W.
N. Blackburn, the latter of which was
unoccupied. Bailey, Wilder, Adams and
Lash had large stocks of goods which
were nearly all destroyed. The loss is
said to be 50,000, with not over $6,000
insurance.
They Left a Note for the Sheriff.
At Louisburg, N. C, there was a gen
eral jail delivery, resulting iu the escape
of five prisoners, four of whom were
under sentence to the penitentiary." They
effected escape by means of a craw-bar,
furnished by friends on the outside. ' A
note was found containing their respects
to the sTiciiff. A large reward is offered
for them.
THREE MEN LYNCHED
The Murder of a Homeless Peddler.
Fair Men Arrested Therefor One Con
tested and the other Three are
Lynched.
News has reached Raleigh N. C, of a
terrible lynching at the town of Ply
mouth, the county seat of Washington
county. The mob, composed mainly
of mounted men, marched to the jail
and took therefrom Patterson Spruill,
Jolin Blount, and Matthew Blount, all
colored. The .doomed men were taken
to a piece of woods a mile from town,
and were tied to trees. The lynchers
then opened fire upon them with all
sorts of weapons, from Winchester rifles
to shotguns, and did not cease firing till
all the men were dead and riddled with
bullets and shot. This lynching is the
result of a very brutal murder which
was committed in the afternoon of the
23rd of last December. While a man
named Ed. Dawman, an itinerant jewel
er, was passing through the country near
the town of Creswell, four negroes, three
of whom w ere those lynched, met him
raid presently knocked him in the head,
robbed him and threw thelody in a shal
low pit, where a teamster discovered it,
seeing the knees sticking alove the
ground. Christmas day all four men
were arrested. One confessed the crime.
All were taken to jail at Plymouth. Vio
lence was feared, as public feeling ran
very high, and special precautions were
taken. The people in the section where
the murderer was committed, which is
some miles from Plymouth, where
particularly stirred up, and it . is .proba-
ble that they were the lynching party.
Everything was conducted quietly and
with system. The men would have been
tried for their lives at the spring term of
court The evidence against them was
rearded as conclusive. It is the first
lynching in the state in manv months.
A RATTLE AT A CHURCH 1)0011.
Three Houghs in Knoxville Attack
NewMpoper Reporter uutl (.et the
Worst of the" Fight-One of
Them Fatally Wounded.
A shoot in
ing affray occurred at Knox- I
i., in front of St. John's Epis-
ville, Tenn., in iront ot M. .Jolin s r.j
copal church, which resulted in the
wounding of three men, one of them
fatally. As James F. Rule, city editor
of the Knoxville Journal, was entering
church, accompanied bv his wife, he was
speak with him. He walked with them
to the opposite side of the street, where
all four stood talking several minutes.
The three men were John West, William
West, and a friend of theirs named Good
man. They attacked Rule on account of
a communication which appeared in the
Journal reflecting upon Dr. T. A. West,
city physician, and father of John and
William West. Rule refused to give the
name of the author of the communica
tion, or to make any satisfactory answer
to epjestions. Hot words ensued, when
John West struck Rule and attempted to
bear him to the ground. Rule drew a
revolver and shot John West through the
body. William West immediately fired
on Rule, the ball passing through Rule's
wrist. John West then cut Rule in the
back seven times. William West placed
his revolver to Rule's forehead and fired.
but Rule knocked the pistol up, receiv-
ing onlv a scalp wound. Rule then fired
two more shots, one of them taking effect
in the shoulder of Goodman, w ho seemed
to be attempting to separate the com
batants. A number of men rushed out
from church and stopped the bloody
fight. William AVcst ran away unin
jured. Rule was able to get up ami
walk to church, but John West was car
ried home in a dying condition. Rule's
injuries are not dangerous, and Good
man is not seriouslv injured. Rule's wife.
who had entered the church, knew noth-
ing of the difficulty till all was over, and
the organ having drowned the noise of
the pistol shots.
The entire community sides with Rule
in the matter. William West has been
arrested. Goodman made no attempt to
escape.
North, East and West.
At York, Pa., a large building occu
pied by the York Daily Publishing Com
pany as a printing office, D. H. Welsh,
clothiers, and R. F. Pollock, jeweller,
was burned. Loss, $50,000.
At Pittsburg, Pa., a defective flue in
the four story building of C. G. Hussey,
42 Fifth avenue, occupied by Urling &
Sons, merchant tailors, and Ileeren
Bros., manufacturing jewellers, resulted
in a fire which burned fiercely for eight
hours and occasioned a loss of $300,000.
New York city has again been visited
by a disastrous fire, which occurred in
the Drg Goods section on Broadway, and
caused a loss of $2,000,000.
The vendetta between the Hat fields, of
Logan county, West Virginia, and the
McCoys, of Pine county, Ky., is settled
for the present.
Two engines were wrecked, and two
palace cars burned, in a collision at
Muncie. Ind., but no one was hurt ex
cept one engineer.
At Troy, N. Y., the blast furnaces of
the Troy Steel and Iron Company were
banked, the employes having refused to
accept ten per c ent, reduction of wages.
About 3,000 employes are thrown out of
work.
At Pine, Ind., a train on which was a
large tank of uaptha fell through a
bridge. The napth.i poured out over the
train and immediately caught fire. One
man was killed, several injured and the
train was destroyed.
America's Deepest Coal Mine.
The deepest coal mine in America is
in Pottsvilie, Peun. The.shaft is 1,578
feet deep. From its bottom, almost a
third of a mile down, 200 cars, holding
four tons each, are lifted every day.
They are iun upon a platform and the
who e weight of six tons is hoisted at a
speed that makc3 the head swim, the
time occupied in lifting a full car being
only a little more than a minute. The
hoisting and lowering of men into coal
mines is regulated by law. and only ten
san stand on a platform at once, under
penalty of a heavy tine.
FROM JEFFERSON DAVIS.
A Heartfelt Letter to the Legislature of
Mississippi.
The ollowin5jetter from ex-President
Davis was read before tne Mississippi
Legislature and ordered spread upon the
journals:
Bkai voik, Miss., January 24, 1888.
To the Senate and House of Representa
tives of Mississippi. Gentlemen: I am
sincerely thankful for the honor con
ferred by your concurrent resolution of
the 12th instant, inviting me to visit you
during your present session. It" would
give me great pleasure to meet the repre
sentatives of the icople I have served so
long and have loved so much. It is rea
sonable to suppose that the time is near
at hand when I will go hence forever,
and I would lo glad personally to know
the men of the present generation, to
whom the lestiny of Mississippi is to 1m
confided. Mississippians, fmm the lime
of her territorial existence, have borne
an honoroble part in the affairs of the
country, and have shrunk from no sacri
fices which patriotism has demanded.
Rearing testimony, as one who comes
down to you from a past age, I can ap
plaud the c hivalry and integrity, of old
Mississippi, ami my highest wish is that
her future record may be worthy of t he
past. When your very complimentary resolu
tion was received my health did not permit
me, as I desired, at once to accept and
indicate a time at which I would visit
you. My anxiety to confer with and
learn the views of my younger brethren
caused me to hope that at a later period
I might be able to send you an -acceptance,
but that hope has not been real
ized, unless the session should In
protracted, I am comielled to announce
my inability to attend. t
With grateful acknowledgment of your
kind consideration, I am, with cordial
wishes for your welfare and happiness,
individually ami collec tively, your fellow
citizen, Jkkfkkson Davis.
REGULATORS IX COLLETON.
An Unlicensed Liquor Srller Warned to
Leave, and as a Iteward for His Neg
lect to Comply with the Warning Hi
Stock ot Coeds is Destroyed.
The flagrant violation of the law iu
Colleton county, S. C, as regards the
illicit bar-rooms is a subject of general
comment, and public sentiment, as on
all such subjects, is much divided. An
effort was made during the last session of
the Legislature to allow a license system,
but the Representatives were equally
divided, and the bill went by for noth
ing. To some communities the system as it
now stands is exceedingly odijus, and
here is the way they abate the nuisance
over in St. George's Parish, Colleton
county. Mr. G. Albert Beach, of St.
Bartholomew's Parish, opened across the
Edisto River, in St. George's Parish,
sometime in Dec ember last, a flourishing
little bar on the roadside. The proprie
tor was immediately served with the no
tice anonymously that it would be 1est
for hun to close by January 1. To this
no attention was paid, and the roadside
"resort" continued to flourish until ex
terminated by a band of masked regula
tors on last Monday night:
Mr. Beach says that about 11. o'clock
j at night about twenty men, well d
uised, came up to Ins bar. and three ot
the number seized the clerk, G. W.
Shaw, and forcibly carried him a hun
dred yards off and detained him until the
bard finished their act of destruction.
The regulators then took th. law in
their own hands, destroying his United
States license and breaking in the heads
of two barrels anil three kegs of whis
key, tearing off the sides and front of the
building. As a reward for their unlaw
ful exertions they carried off with them
about two quarts of whiskey each. They
did not confine their depredations alone
to tic liipior, but also carried away a
box of cigars, a pistol an 1 a line um
brella. THE (ill EAT FREEZE NORTH.
Terrible loa of Life Urportrd on the
Canadian Pacific Koad Anionic the
Mountain of Manitoba.
A dispatch from Winnipeg, Man., says:
The last reports from the mountains in
dicate that there has been great loss of
life on the Canadian Pacific Railroad
owing to snow-slides. Passengers com
ing on trains from Calgary bring meagre
particulars of the disasters. Strong
Chinook winds have been prevailing for
the last week, and all along the line
from Donald to G lacier the snow has
been coming clown on the track in tre
mendous quantities.
Near Palliser station, British Colum
bia, several men were caught in a slide.
Only one was dug out alive, and he was
so badly bruised that he is not expected
to recover.
Mild weather has put an effectual stop
to all through Canadian Pacific trains,
and as the mountains streams are consid
erably swollen, it may be sometime be
fore traffic is resumed.
It is two weeks since any mail has
been received at Nantucket, Man. The
Sound is full of ice, and it extends sea
ward as far as the eye can see. A three
masted schooner is drifting with the ice
near Tuckernut Shoals, and is likely to
be carried ashore. There is good sle igh
ing from town to the head of the harlor,
six miles. This has not been experienced
for a number of years. There is no suf
fering on the island at present, although
there is a scarcity of many things, in
cluding coal. The weather is modera
tinr. The "Mnd" Store.
" The Mud Store " is a term applied to
a retail shoe store in a Western town.
The enterprising proprietor ot this place
hit upon the scheme of buying a large
stock of cheap good, loading them iu a
loose pile in a. team, besmearing part of
the lot with mud, and then having them
exhibited all over the town as damaged
goods that must be sold at any price.
The idea was profitable for a time, and
peop'e swarmed to the store to get some
thing for almost nothing, as they"
thought. After a time buyers found
that they were the victimcs of a humbug.
The "Mud Store" suddenly c'osed up,
to the relief of honest dealers.- S'uh
and Leatur Reporter.
WASHINGTON.
WORK OF THE 50TH CON BESS
A Fw ofihe Dills Which U ere latrodac
ed in the Senate mad Iloase.
TO ISSCE SMALL CERTIFICATES.
A bill was introduced in the House by
Mr. Wilkins, of Ohio, authorizing the
Secretary of the Treasury to issue frac
tional silver certificates in denominations
of 10, 15, 25 and 50 cents, not exceeding
a sum w hich is left blank, the same to be
made out as coin and made a legal tender
for all government dues.
NOMINATIONS BY THE TKESIDENT.
The Prrslftent hss sent to the' St uate
the nominations of Commodore Bancroft
Gherardi, to Ik? Rear Admiral; Capt.
William E. Fitzhugh, to W a Commo
dore and Commander; Henrv B. Rolie
son, to In a Captain.
i:iC HMONI)8 MACHINE SHOPS.
A party of naval officers, including
Enginecr-in-Chief Melville, Chief Naval
Constructor Wilson and Chief Engineer
Devalin, are at Richmond, Va.. to ex
amine the Richmond Locomotive and
Machine Works, in order to ascertain
their facilities for building mac hinery for
the use of the navy, partciularly ma
chinery and buoys for the armored battle
ship Texas, building at Norfolk. Sena
tor Butler, of South Carolina, and Rep
resentative Wise, of Virginia, accom
panied the party. The visit was made
tiKii the invitation of Gov. Leo.
SKNATOK nUTLKIt AXI OAKOTA.
Senator Butler, of South Carolina, is
devoting considerable time and attention
to the proposition to admit the Territory
of Dakota to Statehood. As a momltcr
of the Senate committee on Tenitories,
he has leen a pj minted chairman of (lie
sub-c-imniittcc having the .natter jn
hand. He proposes to call the bill up in
the Senate shortly and submit some re
marks thereon.
A ltlO I'l'FF FOK KIC IIMONH.
Engineer-iu-Chief Melville and Chief
Naval Constructor WiWon have returned
from Richmond, where they went to in
sU'ct the Richmond Locomotive and
Machine works. They state that they
were surprised at the extent and com
pleteness of the works, particularly the
iron and brass foundries, ami are satisfied
that with tools for doing larger work
they will be prepared to execute any
work in the line of machinery, 1oilers,
&c. that the Government might require
of them.
IF.CKKASE IN TIIE 1TDI.IC DEBT.
Government receipts for January have
averaged about one million a day, and
already exceed the expenditures during
same period by more than $15,;0.000.
This amount will le reduced to about
$14,500,000 by interest payments, and
that amount substantially represents the
decrease in the public debt for tlie
month.
THE KAILKOAD STKIKEKS.
A committee representing the striking
curatives and miners of the Philadel
phia and Reading and the Lehigh Valley
Railroad Comjwiniesand the Philadelphia
and Reading Coal and Iron Company
have arrived in Washington" for the pur
mso of urging Congress to take action
with reference to th J?"".'Jing troubles.
National Capitol ra?c.
For years it has been the privilege of
the pages in the Capitol at Washington
to nikequitea lot of pocket money each
session in collecting autographs. The
page of the Senate, for instance, will
collect the signatures of all the Sen itors
in an album, turn the book over to some
youngster in the House, who gets the
Congressmen's names, then to one of the
pages in the Supreme Court for the auto
giaphsof the Justices, and finally to the
riding pages of the Senate who are con
stantly going between the Capitol, the
White House, and the JcvcraL depart
ments and bureaus of the Government.
The latter get the names of the Presi
dent, the Cabinet and the other promi
nent oliicials. For such a collection the
boy who starts the book has received
whatever he could get "out of his cus
tomer, trusting to his own sharpness and
the lattcr's generosity. When he gets
his money and $10 is the usual price
he setths with the other pages who have
assisted him, on such terms as they were
willing to make. The ordinary terms of
Kttlcment have been $ to the contrac
tor, $2 to the House page, $3 to the boy
who gets the President and Cabinet, and
$1 to the youth in the Supreme Court.
But an equal division of profits is now
demanded by the boys. I took an album
whrch had been sent me by a friend in
the West to one of the Senate pages the
other dajr, and asked him to get the au
tographs of the statesmen for me as he
had done before. I had formerly paid
him $10 for such a job, but he informed
me that the boys had organized a union
and had advanced the price to $15. He
said that the "kids' in the House kicked
because the Senate boys were making
more money than they, and had struck ;
so it became necessary to organize and
have a stated card of rates. ,
'Don't you sec," he said, "people who
want autogr iphs somehow always come
to the Senate first. Wc have got $5 for
getting the names of scventy.six Sena
tors, arid have given the 'kids' in the
Senate $2 for getting Z2t names. When
they happened to catch on to a job they
got the $i of course, and gave us two
fortha Senators' autograph', but for
every one book they get wc get a dozen,
and they kicked about it. So we had to
agree to pay them as much as we got our
selves. They won't touch a book less
than $". There was ; kid in the House
who cut under them, and got some names
not long ago for 1. but when the other
boys found it out they got hold ot the
book and tore out the leaves. w Nea
York Tribute.
lllne Ejes.
There is some reason for the admira
tion generally felt for blue eyes. A
;onnoisicur in eyes states that nine
tenths of the railroad men, pilots and
Dthcrs who arc selected for their keen
ness and correctness of vision have blue
yes. Brown eyes are beautiful. . Gray
eyes usually denote intelligence, and
hazel eyes lpeak a talent for music.
The c ommonest color of eyes is gray ud
the rarest violet. Drta.
NEWS AND NOTES FOB WOMEN.
Pretty toques are made of ruby vel
vets and cloth, trimmed with brown or
gray wings. .
Dogskin is always so durable and warm
that it is still popular for every day and
shopping gloves.
The pretty scarf drapery of soft china
silk over tulle on gossamer stuffs makes
a very charming effect.
ruffed sleeves or slashed are more
ttylish on house dresses than cither coat
6leeves or elbow sleeves.
The tournure now appears merely as a
drcs extender, minus the bunch-up ap
pearance of past seasons.
Moire antique and moire Francaise are
oftencr chosen for trimming cloth cos
tumes than velvet or plush.
There are about 25,000 women in New
York already organized in trade' unions
and labor organizations of various kinds.
Silk and lisle thread woven together
make a very substantial black stock
ing which is fine enejjgh for every day
wear.
The "newest orange shade is called
"Orient" and is a rich glowing tint,
whi.h combines effectively with seal
brown.
Handsome winter skirts arc made of
striped silk, satin or plush, lined with
silesia or flannel, with a plaited flounce
at the foot.
Miss Carrie J. Baitlett, formerly of tha
Oshkosh press, is winning fame as the
pastor of a Unitarian Church at Sioux
Falls, 1). T.
At the recent marriage of the daughter
of the great Rabbi of Paris, Zadoc Kahn,
to the Babbi Israel Levy, fourteen bride
maids appeared.
Ro'c color and pale green is a com
bination which is not too common to be
much appreciated by young girls with
beautiful compexions.
A dainty, frag'le ostrich plume boa is
one of the most approved gifts for ladiei
in Paris. It is luxurious, becoming and
sure never to be common.
The Italian Minister of Public In
struction has issued a decrc thit women
teachers shall receive equal salaries with
men teaching the same grade.
There are one hundred women study
ing in the Harvard Annex this year.
There is an endowment fund erf $100,
000. But $500,000 is needed.
Rain drop fringe is seen with good
effect on evening wraps of an elaborate
character. It has the effect of a string
of opals when the light catches it.
Mouse color and green is a novel com
bination which is seen in some London
garments. The green is a very dense,
mosa shade, and the gray has no yellow
iu it. '
The favorite color3 for p'ain cloth
promenade toilets a:e dark and light
mouse gray, dark blue green, myrtlo
green, copper red, claret and dark helio
trope. Be a companion to your husband if ho
is a wise man; and, if he's not, try to
make him become your companion.
Rai-e his standard, do not let him lower
yours.
The little toques of velvet with an
eagle's feather are the jauntiest things in
head gear for young la lies and young
girl. A binding" of fur makes them more
attractive still.
As the season advances the fkirts of
dresses are less bunched at the back as
heretofore, and are laid in wider plaits.
Steels are now limited to two, and these
are placed in the lower half of the founda
tion skirt.
The wide band of ribbon or velvet,
which is worn about the throat, is
fastened by a beautiful jewel of some
kind set as a clap or a buckle. This is
of course with evening dress or with ft
dinner costume.
White felt has not been worn for
ladies' bonnets for many years until re
cently when again it appears with a
garniture of black or gold, and proves
to be a favorite fashion with young
ladies of fashion.
High and elaborate coifurcs are con
sidered most stylifch this season, and a
well defined and orderly bang is pre
ferred to the fluffy brush of unkempt
looking hair, which was the fashion a
short time since.
The prettiest of all the pretty jackets
worn with house dresses is the Eton, and
when in velvet it is particularly natty.
Sometimes a beaded embroidery is used
to make them still more attractive and a
trimming of pendants around the edge.
Biscuit colored suits are stylish and
.he underskirt is invariably in color,
green of a dark shade being most stylish,
next black and in that case the trimmings
for the jacket and the sides of the over
dress are in black -braiding or of black
astrakhan.
There are many new shades of yellow
this season, the faintest and most delicate
leing lettuce heart, which ii almost
green, and as seen in some exquisite,
moires. It is a charming tint. Then
there is burnt orange for the brunettes,
bo well suited to dark, rich complexions.
The red crape bonnets, which a pro
fessional beauty has made popular, are
still being worn for receptions and the
tLeitrc by fashionable young women.
No flowers or ribbons are used on . these
simple yet effective bonnets, simple
puffs of the crape being the sole trim
ming. Red wool frocks for girls from fix to
cicht years of age aie braided with black
soutache in curied rows. These are made
with a round, hhih waist which is lapped
from the right shoulder to the left side
at the waist-line, curving slightly. The .
skirt is plain and simply hemmed, and
gathered fully to the waist.'
Mis Mollie Bergen, a lass of sixteen
summers, whose parents live on Pool's
Slough, Yaquina, Ore., saw a deer dash
by the house and jump into the slough
the other day, whereupon she procured
he r father's Winchester and shot the ani
mal dead. She then umooreda boat tied
to the bank,rowcd out to where the buck
lay floating in the water, pulled the car
cass into the boat and brought it ashore
before any of the men folks arrived. The
deer weighed 200 pounds.
The big trees of California have sev
eral rivals on the west coast of Australia."
The tallest of the California trees is 32.1
feet, but a tree in Australia measures
GOO Xcet to the top.
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