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St HUT r WE'LL HEW; TO THE LINE, LET THE CKIP8 FALL WHERE THEV MAY. VOL. L HILLSBORO, K. C. THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1888. NO. 41. WASHINGTON NEWS. HOW C0XQEES3 IS SPENDESa , US TIME AND ENERGY. OFFICIAL ACTS OF THE PRESIDENT AF- FOINTHENTH AKD REMOVALS- WHERE THE KATlOS'l MOKEI OOE8 flOiBIF. CONGRESSIONAL In tbe Senate tbe railroad land grant forfeiture bill wai taken up, the question in Ing oa Mr. Call's motion to reconsider tbe vote by which tbe bill was pasted. The vote pacing tbe bill wai then recon sidered and the bill again brought be fore the Senate. - The jecessaraatiienoV "meat to protect pre-emption and home mead claimants waa then offered bv Mr. Spooner and agreed to. Mr. Call offered an amendment confirming the titles o! purchasers of eertaiu railroad lands in Florida lying adjacent to parts of rail road lines constructed within the time limited in the granting act Mr. Call's Amendment was agretd to and the bill jpasaed. Mr. Call introduced a bill to withdraw all public lands in Florida from entry except under the pre-emption and homestead laws. Referred .... In the Uor.se, Mr. McCreary, of Kentucky,, snb aaitted a conference report on the joint resolution authorizing the President to arrange conference for the purposo ot promoting arbitration and encouraging reciprocal commercial relations between the United States of America and the republics of Mexico and Central and outk America and the empire of Brazil. .Adopted. Tbe House thin went into w.mmittee of tbe whole (Mr. Springer, of Illinois, in the chair) on the tariff bill. In the 8enate. atnoaff the bills resort ed from committee and placed on the calendar were the following: Senate bill to transfer the surrey of coasts to the navy department. House bill for tbe enlargement of the public building t Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Sherman, from the oeAnuttee on foreign relations, reported ftck adversely, the resolution offered by Mr. Riddlcbergor for the consideration o( tbe fisheries treaty in open session ; and, k also, adversely, the resolution offered by Mr. floar for tbe report of debates end proceedings on the fisheries treaty to be subject to the order of the Senate as to its publication. Mr.' Call moved to re ctinsider the vote passing the land for- , f eiture bill so that he might offer an amendment referring to lands in Florida. ....In the House, on motion of Mr. RusselL of Massachusetts, the Senate . toint resolution wss pasted appropriating 3a,tW0 to enable the United States to participate in the international exposition o be held st Brussels, Belgium. On mo tion of Mr. Blount, of Georgia, the bill was passed amending the act establishing agricultural experiment stations iu con. section with colleges, so as to enable the governors of states to receive installments of appropriation when the Legislatures are not in session. The House went into committee of tbe whole en the tariff bill .. I At tbe conclusion of the morning busi ness in the Senate, Senator Voorbees arose and, after stating that he had been ill for almost a week, said: "Referring to the discussion in which I participated last week, I desire to say to the Senate hat, however severe the pi o vocation which was given, yet I made use of Ian gusge at thst time contrary to the rules of this body, parlismeotary rules and usage and efecorum of the Senate. I regret having used such language, end tender proper apology to the Senate of the United states for having done so. My high respect for the dlguity of this body, of which I have so long been a 'member, as well as my self rcjxft, in duce me to make this ststcmeot" At the time Senator Harris, of Tennessee, was ia tbe ch.ir, Senior Ingslts having retired to his room. TLis msttrr wss wtldcntly pre-arranged by the friend of tooth partira, Tbe Senate then proceeded with routine foulness. Bills were passed appropriating $fl,000 for an addition to a public building at Jackson, Mississippi, and for the erection ( building at Vkfcsbttrg, Miss...., Mr. Bryce, f New York, rising to a 'question of privilege in the House, read the language used by Mr. Woodburn, of Nevada, in reference to ex-Congrcssmao Hewitt having apologized to the British minister for offering a resolution of in quiry as to the rase of O'Donncll, under aentence of death in Great Britain. Mr. Bryce stated that he had denied the cor rect nest of the statement, and In vindi cation of his denial, he Lad read a tele sram from Mayor Hewitt, energetically denying that he had ever apologised tu the British minister. Mr. Stockdale, of Mnaisthusctts, took the door iu continu ation of bis speech In favor of the tariff bill. He said that the cotton planter had fa-rived little consideration in legislation of Uia past. The cotton industry was the fsvorite of tbe colored men. In the neme of- justice and humanity, lie ap rell for relief for the colored people. They should no longer be held In scrvl nde to the gigantic protected Industrie from wUch they derived no benefit, ana hlcn they were under no obligation. In the Senate, Mr. Vest off red s reso lution instructing the comrnltfce on U brary to inquire as to the expediency rl removing Orcenoughs statue of M'ssh Ington from its present location, east of the cnpltol, to some other place on the grounds, and protecting it by a suitable canopy or otherwise, lie laid thst in iu pit-sent location (on the plaza east of the eapltol) It was an impediment to car- risires and tittia l.l..t,. ,. .....- Mut tuv ai'iiuo tatue in connection with the drapery j Dtif we bad never heard of the slightest criticiim as to the work itself. in resolution wss adopted. Amonjj the bills reported from the com- mittees and plaoed en the calendar were the following: House bill for a publio building t Oelunibus, Ga.; and to iu crease the limit of the cost of the public building at Cliarleston, S. C. Tbe rail road land forfeiture bill was discussed aud laid over, and the bill to establish a bureau of animal industry was tuken up. ....Immediately after the call of the stales in tbe House, Mr. Rlanchartf, of Louisiana, was recognized by the Speaker snd moved to suspend the rules and pass (be river and harbor biir. Several amend ments have been iucorporated In the bill since it was laid before the House. The reading of the bill consumed almost an hour and a half. Mr. Sowdeni of Penn sylvania, demanded a Mcdnd, and tho motion to suspend the rules wacc ouded 153to id, a majority of theoppo nents of the measure refusing to vote. Mr. Blanchard, of Louisiana, briefly ex plained changes in tbe bill, stating that the aggregate appropriation of tbe till was only $23,000 greater than it was wi.cn tbe bill was last wnsidorcd in tbe com mittee of the whole; that $23,000 was given to Cleveland harbor. The motion to suspend the rules and pan the bill was carried, yeas, 1S8; nays, C. . tiOMSlP. The President has nominated Robert B. Roosevelt, of New York, to be minis ter resident of the United Statu to the Kethcrlands. On motion of Mr. ifcSu'k, of Tenncisce, sbill was pssSed by the House authoriz ing the Construction of a br dge across the Tennessee river at Knoxviik, Ttnn. The Senate committee on public build ings and sands ordered favorable reports ou publio buildiug. bills, as follows! Vicksburg, 3ti-s., $100,000t Columbus, Ga., $100,000; Charleston, 8. C. $300j 000; At'onte, Oa., $120400J. Tbe bill amending the act of estab lishing in connection with colleges, i as to enable the governors of states to re ceive Instalimi nte of appropriation when the legislatures are not in fcsiion, pased the House. J hus none of tbe states whose legislatures fulled W act at recent cssions will rs the amount Georgia was amotsg the states whose legislature failed to act. Senator Brawn, introduced a petition from the citizens of Wayne county, Geor gia, protesting against the paix of the pleuro pneumonia bill. Also one from the doctors and druggists of Cartenville, asking the repeal of ttiat portion of the internal revenue, laws which classifies druggists as retail liquor dtnlcrs. Mr. Clements introduced a . similar petition from Bartow county, Georgia. Kcv. A. J. Jaeger, D. D., of Virginia, called on the President and after inform ing him of a proposed plan to establish a colored orphan sjlum at Lynchburg, Vs., solicited his aid la behalf ot the in stitution. , Lster in the day the President sent Dr. Jaeger a check for $100. and a letter commending the project and stated that it afforded him great pleasure to be able to asUst in the good work. Tbe prtsent session of Congress will undoubtedly extend well into , and prob ably nearly through the Summer. If a tariff bill should pass the Houm at all, it will hardly be done before the middle of June, and the finance committee of the Senate would scarcely be prepared to re port it back short of several weeks, and then several more weeks would be con sumed by ita discussion in that body. If a tariff bill fails to paa the House, it will even take more time than between now and tho IStb of June to defeat it, and whether tariff legislation be or be not enacted, it is evident thst this Is des tined to be the longest session Of Con gnssof msny years. Gen. J iimes W. Ewinjf, disbursing clerk of the department of jtisMice, has been lour.d short ia his accounts from $8,000 to $9,000. Ewing is bonded in the sum of $10,000, and Rr present itive Nathan GolT, formerly StcnUry of the Navy, of West Virginia, is ono of his suivtifs. Ewing is a Union soldier of previous good record, and is one of the bei kcown men in the country. He was appointed fromWot Virginia, snd has held his present ofilce for mny years,' Subsequent inquiry revealed the f . ct that Gen. Lwlng h id been delinquent in ren dering bis account as far back as 131, and that over $3,000 of the money 'aid to be unaccounted for, belongs to ac counts of 1882. 1883 and 1684. BAD OUTLOOK. Early ia May last, year seeding it Minnesota and Dakota was finished, and the crop had been put in the ground ia excellent condition and under the Dioit favorable conditions of weather. This year tbe season hat been backward and cold, and more rain fell in those states ia April that ever before. Tha late rains have stopped seeding entirely in nearly all parts of tbe riorihwct,snd tbe ground ia wet and cold. No progress has been made during the last week, and unlet the weather ia of the best, nothlngrnn be done for nearly a week more. This is particularly true of the southern part of Minnesota. In many of tbe southern counties the ground wee wet before tbe last r si ns ana in some places is now cov ered with wattr so that it will be a week before teams caa be taken into ths fields, even with the best of weather front this time. Farmer are getting discour aged over the situation, but with teu dayibfgood weathsr the remainder of tho crop would be town. A DAMAGE VERDICT. In the case of Mrs. Emma Nolms ?. the Georgia Pacific railroad, which Wss tried in the United 8tates court, at At lanta, Ga., the jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $4,000. Hoke Smith represented the plaintill. SOUTHERN SPltAYS. DTTEBESTHia FACTS BBIEEED FOE BUSY HUMANITY. . uovnnxTB nr eeliqiotjs, tbh phbixck, HABOKIO AKD SOCIAL CIBCLES -FIRKg, ACCIDENTS IJfBUBTBIAJL FBOOBESS. Alrtamiu Governor Besy, of Alabama, was re nominated by acclamation amid great enthusiasm at the . Democratic conven tion, convened at Montgomery. United States Deputy Marshal Milam returned to Birmingham on Thursday from a rough and perilous trip into the western portion of the state. He was searching for witnesses in a case now pending. The witnesses did not want to be found, and they had plenty of friends to help them out of the way. For fifty hours Milam was without food and was compelled to sleep in the Woods. The country people refused to let him We anything to eat, and would not allow him to stop at their homes. Gearfia. By the presentation of a "klrmlss,'" the ladies of Atlanta, Ga., raised ovet $2,000 for the Girls' Industrial Home. The Grand Lodge of the Ancient Or dcr United Workmen, of Georgia, Ala bama, Mississippi, the Carolines and Florida, convened in Atknta, Ga. . William Hopkins, of Rabun county, who was to hang on Friday for murder ing a stranger with a stone, had his ten knee commuted to imprisonment for life. two little colored boy t found soine dynamite cartridges in a deserted house in Atlanta; Ga. TbeV laid the cartridges on a stone and tapped them with a ham mer. They were nearly blown to pieces. At a meeting of the Augusta post of of the Grand Army of tbe Republic on Thursday, tbe action of the E. D. Baker post, of Philadelphia, in accepting Gen. Joseph E. Johnston as a contributing member, was cordially indorsed. v The Oeoigia P.uiflc Railroad company has returcedits property in the state of Georgia at tbe value of $1,270,779.87, an Increase of $40,000 over last year. The Georgia Railroad and Banking company has returned its property at $3,339, 6U6. fi, a decrease of $90,000 from last year's return. The cavalry festival at Atlanta, Ga., was very successful, the M'lotosh Light Dragoons, ot Dsrien, carrying oil the first pi ize for tilting and tbe City Troop, of Philadelphia, Pa., winning the first prize in tbe horse racing. Miss Eleanor Mansfield, of Darien, one of ths loveliest girls in the state Was crowned queen of love and beauty. MlMwtrl. The Mif souri State Supreme Court hat reversed Judge Noonan s decision upon the law of 1837 (Sunday) law. It holds that the city government of St. Louis never had authority to grant permis sion for the aale of wine and beer on Sunday. Annie Eiesenbarth, of St. Louis, Mo., wss walking through her residence, when she suddenly fed to the Door and ex pired. Her sister, who lived near, wss summoned. On arriving at the borne, she weot to the room where the dead woman lay, and fell dead beside her. Both ladies were supposed to be in the best of health. HUMmIssU A committee of the Ladios' Confed erate Monument Association on Thursday, called on Hon. Jefferson Davis, at Beau voir, and invited him to participate in the ceremonies of laying the corner stone of the Confederate monument at Jackson on the SOth inst. Mr. Davis expressed great willingness and desire to be present and will attend if the state of his health permits. Gen. George Dibrell, for many years a tnemticr of Congress from the Chattanoo ga, Tenn., district, died at Sparta on Thursday. A colored bootblack found a dynamite cartridge about six inches long in tbe rear of a bouse in Enoxville, on Wed nesday night. How it came there is a mystery, aod the police will investigate. In the Knights Templar drill on hut Wednesday at Clarksville, Nashville Commandery, of Nashville,- won tbe first prize, tbe only contestant under the com maodery rules being Clarksville Com mandery. Tbe exercises in the celebration of the breaking of the ground for the erection of a gymnasium and mechanical labora tory for colored people took place ia the chapel of the Livingstone hall, Fisk Uni versity at Naihvilie Thutsday. Tbe body of Wm. Boesch, the old Ger man who left his home some days ago, wu found in the river directly opiwite Enoxville. Wednesdsy, by some ti-her-men who had a line stretched across tbe stream. The coroner returned a verdict of death by drowning with suicidal In tent on account of his wife's illness. Mrs. Carrie Judd, wife of Mr. A. W. Judd, of Chattanooga, was vi-lting rela tives in Fayetteville and was spending Wednesday night at the residence of her lister, Mrs. II. K. Uolraan. After mid night the lady became thirsty and an nounced her intention of getting a drink. She left the room and was beard almost immediately to fall into the intern, and before assistance reached her she wis drowned. The cistern ia in the hall, and as the pump was brokco, a rope and bucket was used to draw water from it, one-half of the covering being removed. Drs. Diemes and Goodner made every effort to resuscitate her, but without success. , Komaeky. " The citizens bf Louisville, If v., made t subscription of $200,000 td establish s eotton mill there, and tbe building will be started immediately. " - . FLrtda. The schooner Ridge wood, owned by Dr. J. C. L'Engle, of Jacksonville, was destroyed by fire on Thursday near Jack sonville. ? Master J. H. Durpee sold at Jackson ville, Fla., the Transit Railroad, extend ing from Fernandina to Cedur Keys, for $10,000; the Transit and Tropical Road, not including extensions; for $13,000, snd the Plant City extensions for $100, 000. All were purchased by W. Bayard Cuttino, agent, who now hits control of the Florida Railroad and Navigation system. S.aih Car.llaa. A colored boy, aged eight years, was killed by lightning in Newberry countv, while sitting in front of bis parent's cab in. The survivors of the four German mil itary companies that served during the War in tile . Confederate army from Charleston, are moving in the matter of a monument to their dead comrades. Tbe Episcopal diocesan convention of South Csrolina, which met at Anderson, wss barren of results, except that it re commended a separate organization of white and colored churches snd invited colored clergymen to co-operate with a commission of white clergymen and lay men to effect a seperate organization un der the bishop of tLe diocese. The au thorized church officer who were to carry out the idea, report a failure. ""T . tTriipia. The unveiling of the monament to Stonewall Jackson, which was to have taken place at Chanccllorsvillc, Va., May 10th, baa been postponed to June 13tb. The Southern Baptists met in Conven tion on Thursday at Richmond. Among the fraternal delegates from the North were Rev. IL M. Bixby, D. D., of Prov idence, Rhode Island: Rev. Mr. Johnon, of Batavla, New York Df. O. C. Pope, New York City, and the following from Philadelphia: B. Griffith, D. D., C. C. Bitting, D. D., Colonel Charles H. Banes, of the famous "Philadelphia Brigade;" W. O. Buckncll, John B. Kendrick, and others. The Wsshington Grays, of Philadel phia, arrived at Richmond, Thursday. They were received by tbe Richmond Light Infantry Blues, whose guesti they are on the occasion of the celebration of tbe ninety-fifth anniversary of the litter company. There was a large crowd at the depot despite the showery weather which prevailed, and the reception of the visitors was cordial and hearty. Hon. John S. Wise, an ex-captain of tue Blues, welcomed tbe strangers in a happy tpeech. Pasting through the capitol grounds, the military marched to the gubernato rial mansion, where they wero reviewed by Gov. Lee, who welcomed the vUitors to Virginia. LADIES DISBARRED. When the debate on the eligibility of women as lay delegates to the Methodist Episcopal General Conference, at New York closed, a vote wss laken on tbe adoption of Rev. Davis II. Moore's sub stitutute for the report of the committee. It proposed that women elected as lay del egates to represent the General Confer ence he tested, and the question of their eligibility to future general conferences be determined by a vote of the churches and annual conferences. This substitute was lost Then a vote was taken upon the amt-ndment to the report offered by Rev. Dr. Neely, of Philadelphia. This amendment excludes women from seats in the present conference, and submits the question of eligibility to sit in future ?;eniml conferences to the annual con crencrs. It was adopt el by a vote of M ayes to 173 nays.' The report of the Committee was then adopted. WILL NOT OBEY. The determined stand taken by the leaden of the Irish National League, and the Irish peasantry, against the Pope's rescript has apparently surprised, and no doubt alarmed, the authorities of the Vatican. Contrary to expectation, it waa not read In the churches, and news in London, England, from Rome, is of a character warranting tbe belief that it will not be read at all. Cardinal Simoni, ttrnn stinni there ia no stricter dhcinli narUn, nor firmer believer in tho abso lute right of. tbecnurcii to insist upon unquestioning obedience to whatsoever ever its councils msy dictate in tbe sa cred colli ge, is held to be chiefly respon sible for the decree, and it wilt be modified or withdrawn in deference to the growing certainty, that it will be ig nored by the followers of the League leaders. . PRISON MYSTERY. William Showers, under sentence of death for tbe murder ot bis two graoa rhlidren. cicaned from isil at Lebanon. Pa., during tbe night. His cell was dis Mivvwd mntv between five and six o'clock in tbe morning. He dug a hole through a solid stone wall and towered l.lmvlf from tha oncnlnff with a rone made from pieces rt blanket. Showers is seventy years old, and how he escaped dntentinn in town, after his escaue from prison, ia a great mystery, as the jail is situated in tne very neanoi mecuj. Tii. .tm.1 tirisoner must have been dig ging at tin wall for some time past. He left behind mm two tetters, one iu-In-Mpd to his counsel stil the other bid ding defiance to the people who bavt threatened to ijncn nm. AROUND THE GLOBE. ITEMS GLEANED FH0M TELE PHONE A5D TELEGRAPH. INTEBESTENa DOTS ABOUT THE 08TH, EAST AKD WEST THE EUROPEAN SITtN ATION DOINGS OF XIHOS AMD QUEENS. A powder house at Colby mine, Besse mer, Mich., blew up. Governor Hill, of New York, vetoed the Crosby high license bill. The striking7 beer makers of Chicago announce their willingness to return to work; ' ... The Britikb government has appointed Lord Stanley, of Prestos, as governor general of Canada. Tha difTerencea between tha1 United States and Moorish governments hrfve a .li t nnauy oeen semea amicaoiy. Three thousand persons have been drowned by a flood in the Canton River. A. severe earthquake is reported in tne Japan 8ta. Australia advices are that anti-Chinese demonstrations have occurred there. A number of shops, belonging to the Chi nese were demcusnea. In the House of Commons" the resolu tion of Sir Charles Tupper, minister of finance, authorizing the raising of $25, ' 000,000 loan was passed after a long discussion. Tbe Vatican has received a dispatch from the pupal nuncio at Paris stating tht the disputes between France and the Vaticau bave b.en satisfactorily se tied. Tbirtv-five hundred persons in the Academy of Music in Albany. N. Y.f listened nearly an hour to an oration by Kobert U. ingersoil to tne memory oi Roscoe Oonkling. All weavers and spinners in the vicinity of Breslau, Germany, have gone on strike. The police have found thousands of so cialist documents, and many arrests have been made. A riot occurred at Dunmaawau, Coun ty Cork, Ireland, while the police were effecting the removal of tome prisoners to Cork. The police cburged upon the rioters with batons and dispersed them. The Supreme Court of Illinois has af firmed tho decision of the lower courts in the boodle county commissioners' cases, and tbe defendants ail will have to serve their terms of sentence in the state penitentiary. At East Liverpool, Ohio, William Boyd, who had been drinking, threw a bottle at a companion and missed him, but struck an innocent spectator named Shaffer, severing his jugular vein, causing death in a few minutes. The Prince and Princess of Wales Opened the Glasgow, (Scottish) interna tional exhibition. The weather was beautiful and sunshiny. The royal party was heartily cheered by Urge crowds which attended the opening The tenants of Scott and other estates in the parish of Eildysart, county Clare, Ireland, have adopt the plan of campaign. The moonlighters raided four farms in the same parish because the occupants had paid their rents. They destroyed property and iujured the tenants. During a severe storm, the lightning struck the seventh district school at Dayton, Ohi. The grcau-st excitement prevailed, and a panic among the school children waa only prevented by the presence of mind displayed by the teachers. The shock was severe to many of tbe children, and two little girla were fatally injured. The government of New Zealand has ftrocluimed all Chinese ports to be infected n order to put a stop to the entrance into the colony of Chinese iininigrauts,and the government of South Australia has proposed that an inter-colonial confer ence be held for the purpose of arrang ing for united measures to exclude immi grants from China. In view of the attitude of the leaders of the National League, tbe Pom has instructed Cardinal Simeoni to di rect Mgre Persico to obtain from the Irish Bishops without delay, a declara tion of their views on the rescript. The observations of the Bishops will be sub mitted to the congregation of the Pro paganda. At a meeting of the Supreme Lodge, Knights of Honor, held in Cleveland, Ohio, on Thursday, the following officers were appointed: W. C. Jones, Hisoun, pat supreme dictator; D. W. McGargbor, Alabama, supreme assistant dictator; 8. B. Riggs, Kansas, supreme chaplain; IL M. Gillmore, Illinois, supreme guide; Edmund Bacon, South Carolina, supreme guardian, and Ui-ome Arkle, West Vir ginia, supreme sentinel. "GOOD BY I GOOD BYP United States Revenue Officer A. H. Williams, arrested a moonshiner, George Hale, at Rocky Mount, Franklin county, Ga., while peddling illicit whisky from an ox cart. While on the way to j.iil the guards wero overpowered by a crowd of one hundred and fifty men and the priso ner released. The rescued prisoner woe carried to the mountains amid wild shouts. No pursuit was made. A FLY EATER. A boy about ten year of age, living at Martin's Mill, Tenn., has acquired a mania for eating flies, and will turn away from tha daintiest dishes for this, his favorite diet. He eats them, he says, becsuse he loves them, and resorts to all kinds of schemes to catch them, lit says his little brother likes them ss well as he does, but is too lazy to catch them. CHURCH DESTROYED. Flaraca wore seen bursting out of tho fine stained glass windows of St. Paul's, the Episcopal Cathedral church, at the junction of Main and Erie streets, Buffa lo, N. Y., otl Thursday night, and In stantaneously most of the interior was a mass of flames. An explosion had occur red in the basement furnace, being sup plied With natural gas, and the force waa so great as to tear off and blow out the heavy doors on the Erie and Pearl streeta side. The fire burned with especial fury on the Erie street side, when it attacked the fine Hook & Hasting's or gan in the choir loft. In half an hour from the time of discovery, the interior of the noble church was completely de stroyed, but it was evident that tbe mas sive walls and tower would stand. The church was valued at about $250,000; about $3,000 on tbe memorial windows, and about $2,500 on the organ. HIGH'TONEP conviot. I There was a most remarkable occur rence at the penitentiary at Raleigh, N. C., which has no parallel ia the annala of criminal institutions. Some months arm Tml n rr white mftn from it tresteni ntp ot horse stealincr and sentenced to the penitentiary for five- years, tie appealed so me supreme courty and pending its decbion, gave ball Tha .nnreme court affirmed the iudement and tbe man was resentenced. Tbe sheriff bad made preparation to bring nim to the penitentiary, but the young fellow, kn ia m.n nf trttoA familv and hicrh- spirited, could not b ar the idea of be ing taken to prison ia irons, uo am started for Raleigh, and arrived on an early train. He went at once to the pen itentiary and stated who ho was. Ha was tken in charge and wnen tne uerin arrived he found tbe prisoner, to his greae astonishment, dressed in his convict garb and a full-fledged convict WHY LYNCHERS ABOUND. Just aa the accommodation train from. Atlanta rolled up into tbe depot at Oxh ford, Ga., and as usual, all went out to see the train come in, some unknown miscreant crept up behind Marcus Os born, the well-known negro hack driver, as he wu reclining upon the seat of hlsj back, and resting the pistol upon thai Eanel of tbe hack fired a fatal shot that urled the soul of Marcus into eternity. Vegetable Sosps. In widely separated countries there are plants, in some cases herbs, and in. others trees which the natives use as a substitute for soap in washing. Who ever has had his linen washed in Northern Mexico will bear witness to tho eHicacy of the root called armole, in cleansing the linen, but his shirts will come back minus buttons, not so much caused by the detersive power of the armole, as by tbe primitive washing machine used by the Mexican laundress, who selects a large fiat stone upon the margin of a stream, upon which the fabric is laid, and beaten vigorously with another flat stone. Tbe armole root ia the root of a species of Pha langium, one of the Lily family, and dried and made into littla BBA5CH OV Till SOAP-BASE THE. parcels is sold in every small town. Tha sosp wort, Ssponaria officinalis, common,' in this country is known as "Bouncing Bet." This was used in Europe ia wash ing a a substitute for sosp, and in hard waters was preferred to it The somber of plant that may be used ss a substi tute for soap is riuite large; the most im portant of which is the soap bsrk tree of t hill, where it is called Quillai,nor "CulIaL" The native name has been taken for the ItotanTcal name of the tree, which ia Quilla a Saponaria. Tha genua tjuillaja beloog to tbe Hose family, and five species are known, ail Houth Ameri can; three are Chilian, one Peruvian, and one Brazilian, thn most important being the if. S.iponaria ot Chili, as ita bark is largely ud in its on country, and forms a considerable article of ex port This I a lare tree fifty to sixty ieet high, wiih evergreen leave, and usually email white flowers. Its bark, which is rough without, internally con sists of light co'orcd laver, which con tain aa abundance of sanonine, which they readily imiwrt to water, causing it to l.n her in a similar manner to soap, Tbe bark is in general use in Chili on wah nsrday, and is e port d to other countries. It i to be found in our city drug stores, where it is in demand by those who wish to ue it for cleansing silk materials. It is said to remove grease and other spots, and to impart a remarkable luster to woolen good, and Is ued as a lh for cleaning the hale. The engraving shows a branch of the Chilian soap bark tree. American AfH ekllnrut, .
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