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MARIOX N C, FKIDAY, AUGUST 27. 181)7.
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WHAT THE END
ja added
i turi.id mass ;
: -.-.Vh ..f l.eing
:, - t::ri.l-he.l glass;
r;. . -.vak an. I piteous,
tidi.ring J ain.
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'r -an !i" Hgaii, ;
r - 'Iiat- welcome
1 . i--- '.rtli in tears,
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I..ind ;
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a., i !.. -I thought,
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, WV A. A. A. A W.
At Odds With the World.
' ' 'i ! -i' Iv a'lil i ailt'il at
I . t !, in ill' HIIHikt'il,
i a"'! I'laek ; his rail
1 r y in- lilmk fimiili
i: ii, ere fur f. uni
' i l.lteil I'loln llllll lll on
' r t iiue, and t lie al'ter-i-
"I a !"ii, liot .lnlv (lav.
mi,- I, lie rail..,! 1,'a.l ,!,.-
li i :e of Uivlcr. I'tT-
tlo- li,. ill.!.-. That lie
i'Ii tin- tin nit- v liis
i i, i li.it lie ear a s;ike
that In- wash his
' . fiat was all the
!. ' "I tli" lust aii'l last
' ' .!.; ratlicr thrill lc-
; i iii.1 li d alw ays in-
' ' ' : -mis i,t happy. lie
i ' ' ei-'i l.orn into a
. ' .wl, fools .! ,!..lts.
.' :. !. -.i;t of t-ist-
i! j! oi- ciie siniie-
I a Y.i. nr colli.!,' in,-, i,t
li Jer had seen thi-ai
r- if was a shun oirl
: ; I u ith t. :i ..i- t wt'lvt
: "-ini.4 in a !mt a:nl
!i-... Mixl.r j . i t i I aii.I
. -I linlc! 1,,-r as the liirht
" I" ii.-r '- i s w h. ii t lie nun
. ti t nceal liis -a.e-er
H.- ft a i'a,-i.. hiMi.l, with
: "! lii lactor v e- iiue waslie.l
. i r viug late, Li," the
.1 ill-'. " I ' .11 't SI1.'(IS,'
. i : ' !. w i II '. i y, HI
- i !':" f,-!ailiie. the j;i:-l,
: : . 1. 1 ;,-:, 1 t!ii-!-s ;is slu-
.til l lisl.-ll,. 1 iUI.1 felt
I. i';- an , a es, , i.ht. lie
' ' -iiice. ,. i he ;irl ;;ave
arm. it i . I he saw the Iml,
: 111 'I'e I'.'.v's face, ami IJix-
ii!, ,-..:it.-!ii.t.
i I. .is," he s.ii.l, l,a!f
"ile Ii I,., lectin-,' her. or
. ' -e. -iaiu iii-' mi hi-r heart
:!' sll ' lias ;,ny ;l:-t
' i A :i i in ti e ears ...
...i.i-. the pictiue ,d'
in live ears."
h iii- h.-ili'ls j., his .ock-
. k'- vt'il. I,',. ,is lac,
1 u 'he path.
' : List. 1 lii', a woman
at l.i ". 'I'li-se ki,ls
' ' 1 he li'e out of me."
ae h ,',!. lie, too,
a -h. ( I. la.-k l-ipe. Til."
the cii,1.1 she was 1,-ii.linej
.th. saying: "t'oiue on.
' ' at which the i-hihl
' ' h.. I :i i i the luihv in the
! :,...!v no the wail.
' v.- k,-,-p then lirats sti!ly"
1 - h a - t hc v passcl fi oiu
' ' had s,.,.,t,.,l t lli'lls, es
1 'i H i - -1 1 in' f Mliitiiiil.
' "1 -p a! the soiuel ,.f the
' ! I i:.;!ic l. ;i lane'h
I "ov. ;,t i,ci- si,h- joini',1.
. t' .r Y 'll," sui.l
: t!i ii -hes out of his
. i.' i'.-i'"! v r, -tillim: it.
r !i ;? . clothes o!V. illl.l
' h'o.'iui'..,' idiots ,!o:ft
i t if I'.l ".I over an.l trv
' " .t t.. tlu the fellow
-i ; I 1 '. ' rash me. "
in. . .1 : w ay v hile V
' tiv; his pipe, ;unl he
ie, p. r 1 i terness. I n
he ! ! led notice the
1 . fellow w ho came
- .1 !i;m.
hcacii'.s sake," ci ie.l
"Voll look iik, yoll
! ici.ls fortune."
' .:..-." said I'.ixler.
i'.Mcr." sai-1 the
1 i a lit t t !ir. w aw ay
': t.tkf a f' w grains of
' ; c. cue itli me lip
-" ! of an informal ixv
Miss ie'eio will
i I'.ivlcr. sprine,int to
' I ' i:e tVieinl. "She's
'. -he r cut me out t;
e : 1 ia.i in j; tow ar.l
.1 'to -ct into some
' - tl-.cy left the 1 a; k, they
th- shop eirl s.ll.1 tho
l'.ilcr smile, 1 kitullv
i ihem.
on-," said the friend.
' tiiat." sai.l r.ivl.T.
I I'.oalily very nuich in
i it's the leal thinir, it's
1 at l;
f his
an 1
out of a
, But he
hul lie
all.er.
-in K
The
1 ll!e
t'ahle
i an, I
1 oh.l
ki l!i
SHALL BE.
W lieu the youth beside the maiden
J.o As into )i,.r credulous eves ;
h-n Hi- h.-art upon the surfaeo
Shine... too happy to be wis- ;
R" '' S ehes less thai, geetr.rM
Hint-th what Iht hope expound,
Laying out tin; waste hereafter
Like enchanted garden-ground ;
II may palter-,, Jo iiiiiuv ;
She may suffer so musfall
Both may y.-t, world disappointed,
1'his lo.-t hour recall -
It is well we. ;nnnot fife
What the end thall be.
When the altar of religion
ire.ts the expectant bridal pair;
When the vow that lasts till dving
il.rates on tin sacred air;
When man's lavi.-h protestations
Iioubt of after change defy,
Comforting tlie frailer spirit '
Bound his servitor for ave ;
Wlieu beneath love s silvery moonbeams
-Many rocks in shadow steep,
Undiscovered till po.-se.,,,,,
bhow tiie dangers of the deep
It is wll we cannot see
I.at ihe end .shall be.
Whatsoever Is hejnniu
That is wrought by human skill,
Lvery daring einariutiun
Of the mind's ambitious will,
Every flr.-t imuilse of passion.
iiishof .,ve ortwinjfi' of liate ;
V. very launch upon the waters,
Wide horioncl ,y OMr f(lll. .
Every venture in tho chances
of life's sad. oft desperate, gamo,
hatsoever be our motive,
Whatsoever be our aim
It is well we cannot see
What the end sliail be.
Boston Trnuseript. .
lnestiecaekliiiK Kansas hen is mieen
Some very clever rhymes By that
l'aper, in .support of their .leelaration,
are niBlishe,l. Following is a sample:
"We have reiul of Mam! on a summer
la,v, who rake.l. Bare-footed, the new
lnown hay; we have read of the inaid
in the early iuoru,who milked the cow
with the crumpled horn; and we've
read the lays that the poets sing, of
the rustling ,., u ,! the flowers of
spring, But of all the lays of tongue
or pen, there's nought like the lay of
tiie Kansas hen. Long, long Before
Maud raked her hay, the Kansas hen
had Begun to lay, and ere the milk
maid stirs a peg, the hen is up and
has dropped her egg; the corn must
rustle, the (lowers spring, if they hold
their ow n with tho Barnyard ring.
If Man. t is needing a ha! and gow n,
she doesn't hustle her hay to tow n;
she goes to the store and oBtnins her
suit, with a Basketful of fresh hen
fruit. If the milk maid's Beau makes
a Sunday call, she doesn't feed him
on milk at all, But works up eggs in a
ciistar l pie, and stuffs, him full of
e'.ieke i fry; and .vhen the old man
wants a horn, does he take the drug
gist a loa I of corn? Not much! he
simply roBs a nest and to town he
goes -you know the rest. c lingers
there an.l talks perchance, of true re
form and correct fee-nance, while his
poor wife stays at home ami scowls,
But is saved from want By those self
same fow ls, for while her husBand
lingers there, she watches the cackling
li. us with care, and gathers eggs, and
the eggs she'll hide till she saves
enough to stem the tide. Then hail,
all hail to the Kansas hen, the greatest
Blessing of all to men! Throw up
y uir hats and make Koine howl for
the persevering Barnyard fowl!"
I iiot'iilat ion from Mii:,s.
The interesting oBservatioiis recent
ly recorded regarding the freedom
Iron, the effects of mosquito Bites and
Bee stings w Inch may Be induced By
previous injuries of this kind, de
mand a won! of notice. The idea im
plied By this immunity is that previ
ous Bites or stings inoculate the Blood
with some principle or ''toxin" de
lived from the poison, which in its
turn protects I he Body from fresh at
tack. An analogy can Be seen Between
this naturally produced immunity and
that which is presented By the treat
ment of diphtheria with t he antitoxin
of the disease. One writer told his
experiences to the ellect that, Being a
Beekeeper, he had never suffered from
stings after he hail Been once very
severely stung By a swarm. KroB
aB!y his system had Become thoroughly
inoculated By the Big dose of poison
he then received. Of mosquito Bites
the same experience has Been related.
Ihit what will Be of interest to Biolo
gists is the recital of yet another cor
respondent, that such freedom from
mosquito stings is md invariaBly met
with as a consequence of frequent
Bites. It is an illustration of a law I
have never Been weary of pointing
out when unreasonaBle people have
argued that Because a process or treat
ment did not act invariaBly and in all
cases in the same way it was therefore
,.f no value at all. The law I refer to
is that which teaches us that when we
are dealing with living Beings we can
not expect to find mathematical cer
tainty in our results. Life is a very
different tiling, in all its variaBility,
from mathematical an 1 exact calcula
tions. Loudon Illustrated News.
llcmnrkat'le SwunU.
Samuel Maxim, a Brother of the
famous Hiram, inventor of guns, lives
in the little village of Wayne, Keii
ncBce county. Me., ami is himself an
inventor. Some time ago his atten
tion was called to the fact that Both
India and Japan have produced
swords that will cut through a gun
Barrel without losing their edge.
This led him to study old Hindoo
literature on the snBject of steel
ma n ufa -dure, and then to Begin at
Wavne a series of experiments which
soon result, ,1 in the production of a
small quantity of steel possessing u
remaikaBle temper. I'rom these few
ounces of steel he had one or two
It ills forged, and w ith these he was
aBIe to drill holes through an ordinary
tile xvithout damaging the tl.ills at all.
He has not yet made any steel for
sale, nor does his process at present
always produce the desired results.
Kostou Transcript.
.Itistiticiition.
"Huh!" snorted the husBand who
had Been inveigled into attending the
rendition of a sermon. "Call him a
Bev preacher! He is forty if he is a
lav."
He does look
that way.' said his
continued, in her
'don't you think he
w i!e: "But," she
auxietv to plead. '
iia the mind of a Boy?'
i. -a! Journal,
I'ypograph-
COSTLY CATERPILLARS.
How MasHHli,iettH Has Spent jMi.'tft.OOO
In It War u Die ;ij.xy Moth.
Professor L. O. Howard, the gov
ernment entomologist, has just re
turned from Massachusetts, where he
has Been investigating the work of
extermination carried on By that state
against tiie gypsy moth. At the sug
gestion of Senator Lodge of Massa
chusetts a clause was inserted in the
last appropriation for the entomologi
cal division of the agricultural depart
ment for this investigation, a report
to Be made to Congress.
The caterpillar s are at work now,
and I)r. Howard witnessed their
depredations and also the operations
against them By the staU Board of
agriculture, lr. Howard says the
work in Massachusetts is tl le most
interesting experiment in the entomo
logical line which has ever Beer,
attempt ?d in this country and is with
out douBt one of the most expensive.
Since ls;o (',.-,0,000 has Been appro
priated for destroying the moth in
Massachusetts, .?l.jO,00) of this Being
used this year.
The gypsy moth (purthetria dispar)
is from Europe and is supposed to
have Been imported to this country
aBoiit twenty years ago By Leopold
Tionvelt, a French entomologist. He
Brought some of the eggs to experi
ment with silk worms in some direc
tion, and it is supposed these Blew
out of his window. Since then they
have increased in such large uumBers
and their depredations have Been so
great on all sorts of vegetation that
steps were taken in 1SS1I to destroy
them. When lirst noticed the moth
Began to work in an area of aBont
200 square miles in the vicinity of
Loston. Since the state Board has
Begun a crusade against them the
territory has Been very largely re
duced. The caterpillars are now full grown
and are feeding uii the vegetation.
They appear in large uumBers and
when they have visited trees and
shruBs no foliage remains. The cat
erpillar is aBoiit two inches and a
half long. It devolves into a chyrsa
lis state from which tho moth emerges.
They are distriButed over the terri
tory By clinging to the garments of
persons, street cars and other moving
oBjects.
In winter the eggs are found on
trees, houses, fences and such other
stationary oBjects in largo white
patches containing from oOO to 70d.
They are sprayed with an oily prepa
ration which kills them. In May and
June the larva- art? sprayed with a
mixture containing arsenic The
trees on which they are found ave
Bound with a Burlap Band. The
larva' collect under these Bunds and
are killed there. They are also exter
minated in large uumBers By clearing
up the woodland. Persons engaged
in the work go through the forests,
cut out the underBrush, and Burn it.
Only the trees are left standing. In
this manner millions of the larva- are
killed. The female moth cannot fly,
owing to her heavy Body, and is easily
killed on this account. The cater
pillars have not appeared in any other
state But Massachusetts. Washing
ton Pathfinder.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Pennies have just appeared in cir
culation in Hawaii.
Long l.each, Cal., has a seventy
foot whale staked out in the ocean
near the town.
The population of New South Wales
last year was !)7,(il0, a gain of aBoiit
(Mil) in one year.
The pension ollice at Washington is
sai.l to Be the largest Brick Building
in the world. It took over 10,000,000
Brick to erect it.
(ihost dancing has its penalties. It
is reported that the quarterly allow
ance of .i0,000 doled out By the gov
ernment to the Cheyennes and Arapa
hoes is to Be stopped.
Fossil remains of a new family of
monkeys have Been discovered in
Madagascar, and yet, it is strange to
say, there is no talk of the "missing
link in connection" therewith.
The percentage of the United Str.tes
population living in cities was :.2.j in
17:0. in LSI") it w as 2'..:o. The pres
ent Hi-Ban population of France is over
:57 per cent, of the in l.aBitants.
Moses Fielding, an Indian, who died
in Norwich, Conn., recently, was a di
rect descendant of Chief Uncus of the
Mohcga'i triBe of Indians. Only three
lnemBers of liis triBe now survive.
A man residing in Stratford, Yt.,
named one of his children Freedom
Because he was Born on a Fourth of
July, and another Kli.i'.ard Because he
lirst saw what light there was on
March 12, lsss.
The largest fruit farm in the
world is said to Be in Olden, Mo. It
consists of 2-")00 acres, on which are
more than 100.000 peach trees, 00,000
apple trees, 2000 pear trees and 40
acres of BlackBerries.
The Fail of Kaufiirly, the new
governor of New Zealand, is head of
the Knox family, which counts among
its meniBers the celeB rated John, the
iconoclastic reformer and monitor of
the hapless Mary, Queen of Scots.
A Mississippi paper says that a col
ored man living near Newton, who
heard his dogs Barking one night,
found that they had killed a remaika
Ble animal. It had a head like a Bull
dog, ears like a mule, legs like a duck,
and a tail like an elephant, and it was
long-Bodied like a weasel.
Pr. F. Cadenhead of Carthage,
Miss., had some squash vines and sun
flower plants near to each other in his
garden, an.l the squashes that have
grown on the vines resemBle solid sun
flowers and are distinctly marked By
sunflower seeds. The neigliBors say
that they ate the result of a cross Be
tween the suntlower and the squash.
ll.itivinc, a Hammock.
There is a "know-how " aBout hang
ing a hamiiKu-k, Beside tying it so
firmly that it can't Break down. A
hammock hung according to rule
should Be six and a quarter feet from
the ground at the head ami three and
three-quarters aBove the ground at the
foot end. The rope that secures the
head end shoi'ld Be less than twelve
inches, and that at the foot should
measure four and a half feet. Ar
ranged in this way the lower part will
swing freely and the hea-1 Be kept cou
f .rtaBle Bv Being nearlv stationary.
Telegraph Companies Fighting the
Railroad Commission.
THI PUBLIC SCHOOL TAX.
Unable to Procure Kvldenco Against
Lynchltes Wants Boy Assassin
Pardoned The Shipment of Apples.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany last week apieaaed before the
Pailway Commission, in Raleigh, with,
a restraining order granted By Jud:e
Simonton, 'which prevents the Cominir-;
hiou from enforcing its order making
the message rate in the State 1-j cents
for tea words. The matter will Le
beard at the United States Circuit Court
of Wilmington at the September term.
The order is dated August 13th and re
fitrains the commission from making
any rate for tho Western Union which
does not apply to any other telegraph
company.
The I'ostal Telegraph Company filed
an exception to the Railway Commis
sion's :20-cent rate; the exception was
overruled and Otho Wilson was dele
gated by the Commission to represent
this company at the hearing of the
Western Union case at Wilmington.
Editor Pailey says earnest efforts will
be made to have the decision of the Su
preme Court in the Parksdale case test
ed. The point at issue is the constitu
tional requirement that the public
schools shall be open four months in
each year, and that if this is not done
the commissioners are liable to indict
ment. The Supreme Court was divided.
The majority held that the constitution
was contradictory; that the school tax
is part of the general tax. Judge Mer
rimon dissented and it is along the line
of his opinion that those who will make
this new test have hope. They hope it
will be decided that the school tax is a
special tax and not within the constitu
tional limitation, so the commissioners
can be required to levy a tax to run the
schools four months.
The State Board of Tax Equalization
finds the following average values in
the State: Farm lauds, .. ?S per acre;
town lots, gd-(l each; horses, SW; mules,
S44; cattle 0.8:5; hogs, S1.2; sheep,
!i7 cents; goats, Ci cents; bicy
cles, .21.8:. The returns made to the
board show gross irregularities in val
uation. One county, Stokes, returns
81,000 acres more of land than it did
last year, yet tho valuation is only 61,
000 more. In all cases where the val
ues of animals were found to be below
the average Jjey are brought up to it.
Those above the average are not trou
bled. Solicitor Leary, of the First judicial
district, informs the Governor that it is
impossible to procure sworn evidence
upon which to substantiate the charges
made against the Lynchites 0r sanciilied
band now holding meetings in the
Eastern counties. lie says he is power
less until ho is furnished xv ith sufficient
evidence to convict. It xvill be remem
bered that the Governor received some
days ago information that this band was
doing various lawless pets in Eastern
Carolina, such as living in adultry,
breakingnarriage ties and causing in
fanticide. Reports as to mines are cominer in
daily to the labor Bureau in Raleigh.
The output of the Corundum Hill Mine,
in Macon, is given as fifty tons yearly,
worth SH0 a ton, and the mine is val
ued at j",, 000. Tho Portis Gold Mine,
in Franklin, is reported to yield 610,
000 a year, and is valued at 6150,000.
The North Carolina members of the
Grand Army of the Republic xvant this
State made a separate district. It is
now xvith Virginia, and the commander,
xvhose name is SteBBius, is heartily
disliked By a lot of them. Ho is out in
a circular begging them not to ask for
the change. Charlotte Observer.
W. R. Craighill, professor of me
chanics at the Agricultural and Me
chanical colleje, resigns to take a bet
ter position in a Northern college. J.
M. Johnson, of West Virginia, who
was elected assistant professor of agri
culture declines to accept.
The negro, Dock Plount, who corn
committed rape upon Miss Jane Stepp,
in Greene county, in January, was
tried at Snow Hill court last week and
found guilty. Two colored men were
on the jury that convicted him.
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The following are awarded Peabody
scholarships from North Carolina: W.
M. Staucell, of Jackson;.!. V. Simms,
of Dillsboro; Miss Rlauche Dnpny, of
Davidson, and Miss Emma Conn, of
Raleigh.
The reports on shipments of apples
from twenty mountain counties are
coming in to the labor bureau at Ral
eigh. Caldwell county reports that
it will ship 10,000 barrels.
A delegation of ladies called on the
Governor last week to ask him to par
don Avery Rutler, who, in Sampson
county, when only 14-y ears-old, assas
siuated his father.
J. .1. Martindale, an ex-postmaster in
Durham county, is in trouble an.l has
given ;o00 bond to appear before the
Federal Court to answer the charge of
reusing postage stamps.
Capt. C. S. L. A. Tayor, of Char
lotte, has been made chief marshal of
the colored State Fair.
The Secretary of State allows the
Crawford Gold Mining Company, of
Stanley, to change its name to the
"United Gold Fields Corporation."
Carthage's new hotel, thirty-five
rooms, to cost 610,0un, xvill be open
November 1st. Mr. Shaw, of Louis
ville, Ky., ia the owner.
One hundred and thirty convicts are
now working on the nine miles of the
Carthage railroad extension. Track
laying begins September 1st.
Surry is the only county in North
Carolina that carried two of its town
shipsArarat and Granite for the
school tax. It, therefore, claims J. S.
Carr's S-joO.
The sale of the Cumnock coal mine,
at first set for September (Ith, is post
poned until early in October.
John C. Daney, the colored orator,
goes to Ohio iu October to make cam
paign speeches.
It is estimated that in all three thous
and persons attended the Chautauqua
at Red Springs.
NEWS ITEMS. 1 :
Fotitlicrn Pencil Pointers.
. Original package agencies are spring
ing up all over South Carolina.
Tho council of Roanoke, Va., has
abolished "nickel-in-the-slot" machines
m that city.
The erection of a twenty ton cotton
Feed oil mill will be commenced at La
vouia, Ga., at once.
Wm. Harvey Allen, a voung white
man out of work in Richmond, Va,,
attempted to commit suicide.
It is said that between forty and
fifty students of Georgia University
xvill spend the summer in Cuba fight
ing for the insurgents.
At Hendersouvilie, N. C, Mrs. Ben
F. Hood shoots and badly wounds her
husband, and then kills herself. Jeal
ousy was the cause.
Charles Cooper, an official of the .To
siah Morris bank, of Montgomery, Ala.,
was shocked by a live electrio wire,
which resulted in his death.
All the prisoners, including Mur
derer Edwin Brown, have escaped from
the Ritch county jail at Harrisville, W.
Va.
General Bradley T. Johnson is out
in a letter opposing the movement to
have tho Grand Army of the Republio
meet in Richmond, Va. , in 18'JO.
'Squire Alexander McBee, of Brushy
Creek, Greenville count.y, S. S., fell
from his back porch and Broke his neck.
He was T.T years old. ;
It is reported at Atlanta, Ga,, that a
locomotive at the government works at
Tybee Island, near Savannah, fell
through the trestle and several persons
wero killed. 1
The hearing as to the question of
fraud in the case of the North Carolina
railroad before Special Master Kerr
Craig has been jostponed until Sept.
?tb.
Nearly all the Sound Mloney Demo
cratic leaders of Virginia announce that
they will not support Tyler for Gov
ernor. If a Sound Money Democrat is
not nominated later they will take no
part in the election.
Miss Bessie Koonce died at Colum
bia, S. C, from poisoning, having
rubbed lier teeth with piano polish".
The body was interred without cere
mony at her request. Her violin,'
guitar and music were buried with her
in the coffin.'
In a wreck on the Seaboar Air Line,
three and a half miles below Rocking
ham, N. C., Willis Taylor, a negro
brakeman, was killed and seventeen
cars were derailed along with the en
gine. The cars wero filled with cigar
ettes, shoes, canned goods and the
like.
Estimates place the tobacco crop of
Florida this year as the largest in the
history of tho State. It will be worth
several hundred thousand dollars.
Much of the planting was experimental;
but no report of failure has j-et come
in.
A numerously signed petition has
been addressed to (Jovernor McLaurin,
of Mississippi, asking him to appoint
Hon. Patrick Henry, of Vicksburg, a
silver Democrat, to the vacancy in the
Senate, caused by tho death of Senator
George.
All About the North.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, is to take
part iu tho Ohio campaign.
Congressman Ashley B. Wright
dropped dead at his home at North
Adams, Mass.
The Illinois Republican Club, of
Washington, disgusted with McKin
loy's patronage policy, will disband.
One hundred candidates for naval
cadetship will report for examination at
Annapolis on September 1.
At Palam, Ark., in a race riot, three
men were killed, one fatally wounded
and two others badly injured.
Hon. W. J. Bryan will speak to the
Marion county (Illinois) old settlers at
the reunion to be held September (!.
At Eagle River, Wis., fire destros-ed
the Gerry Lumber Company's vard
with 10,000,000 feet of lumber. Loss,
$100,000; some insurance.
At Cedar Rapids, Ia. , the Republican
State convention nominated for (Jov
ernor Hon. L. M. Shaw, of Crawford
county.
At Baltimore, Peter Monahan, 74
years old, was hanged for the murder
of his wife. The crime was committed
on May 23th, 1817.
The boiler of a saw mill opposite
Mound City, 111., in Kentucky, explod
ed, killing the owner, Capt. Hawkins,
of Kewanee, 111., and slightly injuring
15 persons. 0
The National convention of the Y. C.
r. U. opened on the night of the lsth
at Indianapolis, I ml., with 1,000 people
in attendance. The principal address
was delivered by Evangelist M. B. Wil
liams, of Atlanta, Ga., on "Tho Uible,
the Word of Ci od. "
At Pittsburg, Pa., James Elbert ar
rested as a suspicious character and
supposed to be an anarchist, created
great excitement at No. ;j police station
house by slashing five policemen with
a razor.
Miscellaneous.
David G. Swain, U. S. A., retired
judge advocate general, died in Wash
ington, aged 03, of Bright's disease.
Tho death of Sir Isaac Holden, the
inventor of tho Iucifer match, is an
nounced from England.
Steel girders have been put in the
White House to support the office seek
ers who crowd about the President's of
fice door.
All flags used in the United States
navy are made by women at the Brook
lyn navy yard. In the great sewing
room from 20 to 30 women are assem
bled daily to work on the flags.
The total bank clearings in the (
I nited States for the week ending Aug.
13th were ?1,1-:,07i, :.; per cent, in
crease, Sir. Exclusive of New York,
S43i,!"'3ti7; percent, increase 17.5,
A committee of the National Associa
tion of Credit Men will devise a
standard form of statement which shall
bo bind any applicant for credit that if
found untrue any State court will hold
him for fraud.
A special to the Raleigh (N. C.) News
and Observer tells of another case of
rape in this State, This time it is a
white man, Henrj' Jackson. His vic
tim is a respectable young woman, Miss
Blanche Hodges, niece of the present
6herifi'of Beaufort county.
United States Senator, Wm. M.
Stewart, of Nevada, telegraphs the At
lanta (Ga) Constitution, branding the
statement attributed to him in the
newspaper dispatches that he had ad
vised his friends in the West to drop
the silver issue on the ground of return
of pro?jerity or on any other ground,
41 absolutely and unqualifiedly false.
PIXGKKK TO THE BANKERS.
He Tells Them W Iust Have ni
metallsni by International Agree
ment. The American Bankers' Association
opened its annual convention in De
troit, Mich., on the 17th, with dele
cates present from all parts of the
United States.
Governor Pingreo welcomed the del
egates. Speaking cf the currency
uuestion, he said the demonetization
of silver reduced the available amount
of primary money one half. To reme
dy this state of affairs it is sought to
effect an agreement among the nations
whereby the unit measure mav again
Be in silver and gold at a certain ratio.
He said the use of the gold in the arts
would cause a stringency iu the mouev
markets. He recommends the taxing
of manufactured gold and said he
favored more stringent laws to compel
corporations to allow honest competi
tion and to prevent the omission of
honest obligations.
President Lowry, of the association,
congratulated the members on the tri
umph of the gold standard, approved
the 1 Indianapolis monetary conference,
and said if returning prosperity is not
hero it is on the wav. He made the
statement that the association had lost
340 members by the new schedule of
membership dues.
On the 18th the star attraction was tho
great sjech of Comptroller Eckels.
W ith a profound knowledge of the his
tory and science of finance he sounded
a note of warning to the American peo
ple, saying tho financial system of the
Lmted States was a piece of crazy patch
work, and that the only hope is in the
gold standard.
John W. Faxon, of Chattanooga,
Tenn., derided Mr. Bryan's claim that
the price of silver controls the price of
wheat, and said the recent fall of the
one and rise of the other offered con
clusive proof of the falsity of the claim.
nly fev of the States failed to re
spond with a statement of industrial
conditions.
Interesting discussions of practical
banking questions followed Mr, Eckels
address. "Is a credit bureau or bureau
of information to prevent losses from
bad debts possible among bankers,"
was the subject of the first paper, read
By John II. Leathers, of Louisville,
Mr. John P. Branch, president of the
Merchants' National Bank, Richmond,
Va., discussed the question "What
legislation is needed in respect to the
currency. "
VIHGIMA KKPl HBICANS 3IKKT.
Chairman .an,l Donned, iut He
Will Call Another Meet in.
At Lynchburg, Va , on the lsth, the
Republican State committee met with
all thirty members present or repre
sented by proxy. Col. T umi,, the chair
man, did not attend the meeting, he
claiming that it was illegal. Charges
agaimthim were made and the commit
tee voted 27 1-5 to 2 4 5 to depose Col.
Lamb as chairman.
1 he address to the Republican voters
of the State is a document of some 1,200
words, devoted largely to a denuncia
tion of the Parker election law and the
methods of conducting elections under
it. it says that facts and figures are in
the hands of the committee demon
strating that (in the election of
last fall ) the ballots fi aiidulentl v
destroyed after they had been cast
"exceeded by thousands the majoitv
re! ui -ned for the Democratic electoral
ticket."
Park Agrew was elected chairman to
succeed Col. Lam!).
Col. Lamb has the follow ing to say
on the action of the committee:
"1 consider the action of the State
committee as illegal. It was called by
four members of the executive commit
tee at an informal meeting held in
Washington without notifying the fifth
member and chairman, myself, which
is not in accordance with the plan of
organization.
"After consulting with lenders of the
Republican party iu the State, I xvill
call a convention, which will not lie
later thati the middle of September, re--'anliess
of the action of the commit
tee. "
liO.YIli KOK I'Wl'KK.
An Attempt to Assassinate the Presi
dent of France.
Paris, Aug. 1!) -(By cable) The de
parture of President Fan re. of France,
on a visit to the Czar of all the Russias',
at St. Petersburg, on tho lsth, wm
marked bj- a scene of the greatest ex
citement, accompanied bj- the circula
tion of the wildest kind of rumors.
After his departure a bomb exploded
along the route tho president had fol
lowed to the station.
Although 110 damage was done, tho
most intense excitement prevails.
It is rumored that the explosion of
the l,mb was an attempt to assassinate
I'resident Faure, the explosion having
Been ten minutes later than was inten
ded. The bomb was cylindrical in form,
the covering being of j ellow paper, and
was tilled with gun powder mixed w ith
long head nails. Experts upon exami
nation of the infernal machine say the
bomb w as a comparatively harmless af
fair. An official investigation is in prog
ress. After the assassination of Canovas
del Castillo By the anarchist Golli a
few days ago one of the anarchists
stated that President Faure would be
the next victim.
A dispatch from Paris says a man
named Periitr w as arrested 011 the train
on which President Faure arrived from
Havre. The prisoner had 11 loaded re
volver in his pocket, and is known to
he a dangerous anarchist, w ho lias al
ready served a term of two years' im
prisoument for having in his possession
an infernal machine.
To Hang for Itapc.
At Henderson, N. C, on the lth
bv a jury, three of whom were negroes,
George Brodie, colored, was, after
seven minutes of deliberation, found
guilty of rape upon the iersou of Mis
Xannie Catlett, white, of Kittrell, and
w as sentenced to be hanged Sept. 1st
next.
Wheat's IHsh Water Mark.
In New York on the l'-th the price of
September wheat rose to 'J4';, and the
-ales were b'',315,0'Hj bushels. Great
excitement prevailed in the market from
start to finish.
A Hank liobbed.
Three young men. believed to be
members of the Coliier gang, robbed
the bank of Pineville, Ark., of cur
rency said to amount to about S'.hki.
1 hey forced the cashier to surrender
the money at the point of a revolver and
escaped.
Murdered by Moonshiner.
.7. Newlin, arevenueinformer.whohad
Been arrested for breaking into a spring
houue. was taken from the officers iu
iunnej-bog. Franklin county, Va ,
and shot to death. The mob was, it is
supposed, composed of moonshiners.
BAXKKRS ADJOURN.
Congress Urged to Appoint a Curren
, v Commission Hrovvn President
for Xorlh Carolina.
At Detroit, Mich., on the 19th, the
twenty-third annual convention of the
American Bankers' Association came to
an end at 1 o'clock this afternoon. Ac
cording to precedent. First Vice-President
Joseph C. Hendrix, of New York,
received a large majority of the votes
cast for first vice-president, although
the nominating committee had recoiu
meuded F. A. Tracy, of Illinois, for
the honor.
Joseph C. Hendrix, of New York
city, w as elected president of the asso
ciation without a dissenting vote.
The members of the executive com
mittee elected are:
J. ii. Cannon, New York; P. Hunt ington,
hio; Ii. J. Lowrie, Georgia;
J. )$. ndlay, Pennsylvania; J. C.
Sands, West lrginia.
The list of members of the executive
council named by the delegates of the
various associations are; F. G. Bige
lowv Wisconsin; J. P. Branch, Vir
ginia; D. W. Garrett, Missouri; A. W.
Campbell, .Mississippi; J. c. Hunter,
Minnesota.
Joseph G. Brown, of Raleigh, was
chosen vice-presi lent of the American
Bankers' Association for North Caro
lina, I'.rowu's speech was much com
plimented. A resolution was adopted by the con
vention urging Congress promptly to
provide for a competent, non-partisan
currency commission, to tho end that
sound financial legislation may be
speedily secured.
The executive council re-elected Sec
retary James R. Branch to serve an
other year. At the same time the coun
cil voted to raise the secretary's salary
to 65,000 a year, this move being made
to retain Mr. Branch, who had received
an inviting offer from a metropolitan
bank. Walker Hill, of St. Louis, w as
elected treasurer to succeed William H.
Porter, of New York. Alvah Tiow
bri.lge, of the latter city, was re-elected
chairman of the executive council.
Regret of the death of the late Wm. P.
St. John, of New York city, was ex
pressed iu a resolution.
After which R. II. Pullen. of New
Y'oik, presented the retiring president
with a handsome gavel, the installation
of officers took place and thecouveutiou
adjourned, sine die.
POPULISTS IN IOWA.
Poller Makes a Speech; Says There
is to He No Democrat le Alliance.
Tho Iowa middle-of-the-road Popu
lists held a convention on the l'Jth at
Des Moines and the following State
ticket was nominated: Governor,
Charles A. Lloyd, Muscatine county;
Lieutenant Governor, D. L. Perkins,
Lyons; Judge Supreme Court, J. A.
Loneburg, W apollo Superintendent of
Instruction, Win. Blaiu, Marion; Rail
road Coiuitassioner, L. ii. Griffith,
Leo.
Tho platform adopted reaffirms the
St. Louis and Omaha platforms; de
clares for direct legislation; for a suffi
cient amount of sound and flexible
money; for the issuauce of money to
State, county, townthip and municipal
governments, the principal to be paid
back to the government at 2 per cent.
ler annum w ithout interest; the said
money to bo a full legal tender; tho
Temple amendment is endorsed; tho
reduction of freight, passenger and ex
press rates, of salaries of public officers
is demanded, and the deduction of
mortgage indebtedness from assessed
valuations is urged.
A protest signed by J. Belangee,
chairman of the Populists who have
combined with the Democrats for free
silver, was sent to the convention to
day, but w as denied consideration. The
protest called upon all Populists to join
with the free silver Democrats this
year iu an ell'ort to advance 0110 of the
theories of the Populists.
The feature of tho convention was
the address of ex-Senator Petl'er, de
claring himself a middle-of-the-roader,
and saying that there is no more Dem
ocratic alliance.
A RACK RIOT IN TKXAS.
Negroes an.l Whites Arrayed Against
Kach Other at Leonard, Texas.
Earl Meadows, a young white man,
was killed by a negro under peculiar
circumstances at Leonard, Texas, a few
days ago. The whites held a meeting
and warned all the negroes to leave.
All left but one, and he was severely
whipped by a white man. It appears
that the negroes had not gone very far,
and the whipping infuriated them to
such an extent that they procured arms
and are now said to be marching uion
the town. Two wagon loads of negroes
left Clinton on the afternoon of the
l'.ith, en route for Leonard and squads
have left Ladonia and Bonham to join
tho Clinton part3 The night watch of
the town has been double, arms have
been gathered and ammunition cen
tered at necessary points to defend the
town.
TKSTING THK MORTARS.
The Coast Defense on Sullivan's Is
land IJelng Made Impregnable.
One of the mortar batteries in the new
fort being erected on Sullivan's Island,
near Charleston, S. C, was tested on
the 19th with satisfactory results. Each
of the four mortars were fired once
and then they were fired together.
The firing was mainly for the purpose
of testing the foundation njon which
the battery rests. The target was sta
tioned on Morris Island l-each, four
and one-half miles distant. It was semi
officially stated that the test was satis
factory to the officers in charge.
To Marry Schlatter.
It is positively announced that Mrs.
Margaret Ferrris, widow of the Builder
of the famous wheel that was the
wonder of the World's Fair at Chicago,
is to be married in Pittsburg, Pa., to
Francis Schlatter, tLe so-called "di
vine healer," of Canton.
Watches Advance In Price.
The Elgin Watch Company, of Elgin,
111., have advanced the prices of their
watch movements 10 per cent. On the
better grades and the cheaper grades
have been advanced from 50 to 75 cents
each.
National Hoard 11 of Health.
The national conference of the Seate
boards of health in Nashville, 'Tenn. ,
Dr. W. L. McMurray discussed the
question submitted by the board of
health of South Carolina, respecting the
placing of jails and prisons under di
rect supervisions of State boards of
health. The followijg officers were
elected: Dr. Benjamin Lee, of Penn
sylvania, president; Dr. Unity, of In
diana, secretary; Dr. Pelletiere, of
(Quebec, treasurer. A motion recom
mending Detroit to the executive com
mittee as the next place of meeting w as
carried, and the convention adjourned
sine die.
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS.
Straightruinc Crooked Mrratu.
It does not matter much how crooked
tko little stream may be that mean
ders through pasture lands. But if it
is to be cut for hay, or especially if it
is desired to use the land for plowing,
it is importaut to have the Brook
straightened, so as to take as little
room as possible. Iu many places
straight, deep ditch, cut to "lead off a
stream that only runs in the spring,
may be profitably turned into an under
diain. The convenience of plowing
over it and the laud saved will make it
pay.
When to Handle Iter.
To handle bees with the best satis
faction select the warm, bright days,
when the bees are Hying most. The
fact is, the warmer the day the less
danger of stings. Avoid as much as
pos.ib!; v,,:ing w ith tlu-m ou cool,
cloudy days, as they will be found
more irritable on such days. Also
avoid handling them early in the
morning and late iu the evening, for
tho same reason. Bees abhor being
molested at night, and no work can
bo performed with them at that time
with any satisfaction. They are al
ways the most peaceable when they
are gathering honey, and may be han
dled as safely as a Brood of chickens.
Agricultural Epitomist.
Care of tUv Cow.
It is By physicians and "scientists
considered of the utmost importune
that the milk supply Be regulated an.l
watched over with a thousand times
more vigilance than lias ever Before
Been done. TuBerculosis may get
firmly rooted in the cow's system and
continue there for a long time Before
any danger is suspected. First of all
things it is necessary that a healthy
cow Be selected, then that she have
every advantage of healthful condi
tions. Crowding, dampness and dark
ness are serious faults in the Build
ings where cows are kept. Milk for
Bottle babies should not be furnished
from cows kept in Badly-ventilated
and ill-smelling buildings. A very
small proportion of the milk furnished
to cities is fit for the use of infants.
If the present state of things continues
there will of necessity be a revolution
in society and consumers will demand
the enactment of sanitaty laws as re
gards cows, aud will insist thnt every
regulation bo complied with. The
Ledger.
Home Talk.
If your horso lias had a particu
larly hard drive, or has Been worked
until he is very tired, give him a little
rest before he is fed.
Rub him well all over and give his
legs particular attention.
Every farmer should raise a few
carrots. You can feed at least a third
less oats aud the horse will do Better.
They cost less to raise than oats,
and you will have the satisfaction of
having your horses iu better condition
at less cost.
If you, ho.se bolts his feed put a
few cobblestones in his manger or a
handful of shelled com, well mixed
with the oats.
Low mangers are best fr horses.
Go slowly with the colts, do not ex
pect them to do as much work as tho
old horses. Give them time to learu
and develop.
Never lose patience with tho colt, ho
xvill know it in one second, and your
mastery over him will be, goue, and a
trick or Bad habit may lit) the result.
Use only the first-class thorough
bred siro of the very best type.
Don't lose sight of Morgau blood if it
is within reach.
Buckle a pud made of flannel and
wet in cold water around the hoof. I
do not like the use of oil on the hoof
in any case. Tim, in Farm Journal.
The Kennotiiie Value of m Toad.
The Hatch Experiment Station of
the State College at Amherst has just
issued bulletin No. 40, which is oil
"The Habits, Food and Economic
Value of the American Toad." The
bulletin is the work of A. II. Kirkland,
assistant entomologist to the gypsy
moth committee. Mr. Kirkland finds
that insects constitute seventy-seven
per cent, of the food of a toad. To
show the number of worms which a
toad destroys he states that in the
stomach of a single toad were found
fifty-five army worms, in another sixty-live
gypsy moth caterpillars, and in
a third thirty-seven tent caterpillars.
He records an experiment where in
three hours' time a toad had consumed
between thirty aud thirty-live full
grown celery worms. He found by
examination of a large number of toads
that eighty-seven per cent, of the in
sects they destroy are injurious to cul
tivated crops, or in other ways obnox
ious to man. A toad would devour, in
the mouths of May, June- and July, tho
following: 3312 ants, 2'JOl cut worms,
18 10 myrftpods, '2'M)H sour bugs, '.MH
weevils and .'J8 carabid. Of these
0'J3f are injurious insects, and .'JOS
Beneficial insects. Mr. Kirkland then
figures out the amount in dollars and
cents which a toad may Be worth.
Confining his attention to But one ele
ment of the food, the cut worms, and
assuming rhat ten per cent, of these
insects would have Been killed by the
earabid beetles, it still leaves PJ8S cut
worms to the toad's credit; an 1 if tho
damage the cut worms would have
caused be estimated at one per cent,
per worm, a figure which gardener:!
and tobacco growers will probably
consider ridiculously low, it will Be
seen that a toad might destroy cut
worms which would otherw ise have de
stroyed crops to the extent of S19.8S.
fiooae With Three Lego and Four 1.
Henry Mathews has a three-legged
and four-footed young gose at Lis
borne, near Goshen, in Lane County.
The leg and feet are ordinarily devel
oped, except the leg is short and lacks
about an inch of being long enough to
allow the feet t touch the ground.
Portland Oregoniau.
In epite of tin; decision of a Chlcigr
Ju.le rejecting the X rays as ovidem-,
that marvelous discovery is to If 1 ill
to other uses than those of tracing Bul
lets In burglars and But tons In lxj ;i
It Is projMisc. to use the rays for tin
purpose of detecting fraudulent "o!il
masters." It is paid that By theii
means expert will Be able to detect
whether Raphaels and KuU-ns are Be
lng manufactured to-day in Back
streets.