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McDowell County U in the healthiest,
richest and best part of tha
Piedmont section. We have
gold, iron, mica, timber, goo.1
farm t, cheap farms, gol
railroads, good churchy,
two trunk lints of rail. vav, ocd
hotels, gold people. Come,
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The Marion Record.
DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER.
MARION,
N. C.
China is furnishing a cain of Torts
iloiig her sencoast with Erupp guns.
r. C. Se.ous, the celebrated African
hunter, says tho rW.1 01 the lion is
cHisti! futiiic, li'.n pie bohi:; almost
as good Jw al VJ n-l quite us
h it-?.
A jndt'e in Cincinnati b.. Wide
thiL n mnu w'io bio-; out ths ssniiit
stand tbe consequences. Unless u
phvif ian is hard by he generally do..-,
adds the Chicago Herald.
To the returns of the loss of saving
bunks deposits in Massachusetts l .
Now York are added tho? from New
Jersey, which show that tho deposits
in tho savings banks of that State
have fallen oft" 52,000,000 during the
past year.
Tbe physician of (Mintr.-.i (. Y.)
T'riiOTi siiys tint eighty per con. l
lb" deaths in t'nfc init ition nr.;
Minted by rousumpUou. Clinton
Prison is situated in tho Adirondack
region, to which, thy New York Mail
and Express notes, many persons J'i
Holt to curt: consumption.
The British training squadron,
which consists of four training oruis
trs, and in which about 120;) young
o.'lie.TM nnd seamen have annually bwn
tr iine l in the m uiaem -nt of ve.-,sels
under ni is to be nbrdisht. Tho
Admiralty evi-ienlly axuni's that it is
iinnrcef.s.iVy to teiifh :m art which, in
1hese days of st?itm war ships mijht
never be practiced.
Tb pro ting "Hello, Governor," in
ft.i l to attract tbo attention of neirly
half the members of the Unit ed St ties
Senate nowadays, observes the New
York Post. Colquitt, Gordon, Harris,
Rate, Hawley, Vance, Coke, Perkins,
Shoup, Proctor and Hill ii'e. among
those who have been oxeeutives of tho
States which they represent.
Authorship and book, publishing are
in it bii I way in France, according to
a number of experts wh j htvo been
figuring on the sit'iatioi. Tt is n:lid
by M. Albert Cini, i.!ii eonoifnnted
ly other experts, that tli.ro nre
scarcely six novelists in l'Ymsj wiio
eun count on receiving equ il t or
above 10,00J francs a year for th'ir
literary work An ex vninit ion of tuo
hooks of u prominent publish r of Paris
showed that two thirds of t !i i ac? nuts
opened for works oT fiction, vers.',
travel, domestic economy an 1 military
science showed considerable losses.
A volume of reasons are ottered in ex
planation of the situation, but 11k
facts are admitted.
It appears that the total number of
books published in England in 183.1
was ti:5S2. This, however, is 150 below
the number of tho previous year. If
we distinguish between new books and
new edit ions tho numbers are of new
books 5120 ns compared with 4915 in
ls;i2. The new works of fiction have
fallen from 1117 to !W5 ; but this is
probably due to sonic differences in
clnssiriiMtion, and many works prob
ably classed before as fiction now go
to swell the list of "juvenilo works
and tales," which have made an other
wise astonishing rise from 292 to OTJ.
In an ndvanco sheet of "Tho Pub
lishers' Circular," from which wo
gather these facts, this is the explana
tion given. In political economy
there is a falling off from 151 to
seventy-one. Voyages and travels aro
nearly t lie same as the previous year
about '250 while works of history
and biography aro slightly fewer.
There is a small increase in volumes of
poetry, as also in year books and
serial volumes. Medical nnd surgical
works are not so numerous. This re
mark applies also to belles lettres.
There is a growing belief through
out the country, declares thu Manu
facturers' Record, that the great gold
bearing field of the South is soon to
become the center of a considerable
activity in legitimate mining develop
ments. The many failures in the past
have n:t beeu due ij lack of ore, but
to other (roubles. Tha the South has
a vast quantity of gold ores is univer
sally admitted, but how to mine them
and reduce them on a profitable basis
has been the question w ith most of the
people who have gone into gold-mining
operations. These questions have
been solved au 1 it is now possible for
this industry to be developed on a
broad scale, with a good margin of
profit, thus adding another source of
e.reat wealth to the South, for the
Manufacture r' Record believes that
gold-miiiiiig is to become one of the
conspicuous industries of the Carolinas
and Georgia aud possibly Alabama.
Trior to llO the Southern mines
yielded a large amount of gold, but
the California excitement drew all
miners away to the Pacific coast, and
since then we have seen only spas
modic attempts to develop Southern
mines, and many of these efforts were
coutined more to trying to create a
speculative market for worthless stocks
than to au honest development of the
properties. A number of mines have
been well managed and they are run
ning right along, saying little about
what they are doing and making no
effort to boom stocks. With the at
tention that the industry is now re
ceiving, with the world hungry for
gold as never before and every nation
scrambling for it, aud with the pro
grewf that has been made in reduction
methods, there ought to come a great
development of honest gold-miuiiuj ia
the South
BUSMESS AT THE SOUTH.
The Manufacturers' Record Says an Era of
Great Prosperity is Approaching.
Baltimore, Md. The Manufactur
ers' Record, in reviewing the business
in the South for the week says:
Reports from all parts of the South '
indicate that the general business out
look is very promising, though the vol
ume of trade doe not yet show any
very larjre increase. But if judged by
the southward trend of capital and im
migration and by the evidence in the
organization of enterprises, the
South ir enti-ririg upon the most solid-1-.'
prosperous era of its history.
The immigration movement is es
pecially oni of the mofct noticeable
signs of the list an 1 throughout the
North and West the desire to move
South seems to be assuming propor
tions of national importance.
Special reports from New England
show more disposition thaii ever be
fore to invent in Rculhern cotton mills
and manufacturer of that section tells
tile Manfaeturers' Record that a num
ber of large mills will be built in the
South by New England people.
Amongthe more important industrial
enteprises reported for the week are n
company, capitalized at $6,000,000, to
build a town and develop shipiing fa
cilities onPatuxent River, Md; "a $100,
000 company organized to ship barytes
front BlacksbUrg-, S. C, to Baltimore,
where n large manufacturing plant will
tie established, and others.
The Manufacturers' Record has com
piled the statistics of manufacturers of
the So;ith in 1890 as compared with
1H80, which fchow'S an increase in capi
tal from S257.211.50H in 10, to $059,
0oS,17 in 1890, and an increase in the
value of product from 157,452,777 in
1880 to $1917,580,01.1 in 1890.
The nnmberof bands increased from
305,467 to 5S8.52H, and (he amount of
their wagea from $75,917,471 to $222,
118,505. Adding (o the value of man
ufacturing products, the alue of min
ing products and (he total for the
South in 1890, was 910,000,000, or
more than two and a half times nsmnoh
as the average value of the South'scot-
ton crops.
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4 M00NTAIN CLEOPATRA.
Bewitches a Detective While an Offender
Escapes.
H es de kso n v i l l. r, N. C. Ed Rogers,
a young adventurer of this county,
who has displayed pome unusal in
genuity in speculating in Confederate
currency, and has been much sought
after by detectives from both South
Carolina and this State, on a charge of
using the mails for fraudulent pur
poses, has again eluded tho officers
T. C. Israel, special detective, and
K. (j. Morris, assistant postmaster,
both of this place, went to the home of
his father, four miles from here, to
arrest him. Mr. Morris whb placed in
front of the house, while the detective
secreted hims' lf in a back room. Mr.
Rogers, getting wind of the officers
sent his charming female cousin to
entertain the young postmaster, and
she diil her work so well that he was
able to walk right before the young
Anthony and make his escape, leaving
the detective still in his excellent
hiding place. His brother. -J. T.
Rogers, was arretted and is now iu
jail.
Married 1ii l'jrk.
"The Hermit of Sonbliek," Peter
Tjoehuer, whoso dnty it is to att uel to
tho scientific instruments in the Alpine
observatory on the mountain top,
10,000 feet above the level of the sea,
has got a wife. Some time ago he
advertised the fact that he thought of
marrying, and it is said that he re
ceived hosts of letters and photographs
from ladies of high and low degree
who were anxious to share his isolation
aud income. He used these precious
missives, to the intense amusement of
the summer visitors to the mountain,
to tapestry the wall of the observatory.
The woman whom holecid3d to marry
is a sturdy country maiden, who has
proven her nlfeetion by bringing him
laily supplies of food for two years
from Rauris, a village far down tho
mountain. Some time ajfo Fraulein
Jostpli Jauschnt, was' promoted to
the position ol cook for the observa
tory, and has. been the constant associ
ate of iMio learned professor. The
wedding was celebrated at Rauris, and
tho wedding party returned to the
observatory the same day, bergstock in
hand. New Orleans Picayune.
Procerus C'.trolini Farmers.
Commissioner Robinson, of tii" North
Carolina board of agriculture, in (he
last bulletin of the board, calN atten
tion to the prosperous agricultural
sections of the State in these words:
The condition of fanners in North
Carolina is one which gives great as
surance nt this time, and should en
courage our jiople very much. In
the North, aud pHiti.vil nly Northwest,
the suffering and destitution amongst
the one-crop farmers is such as to
cause great appr heiiMon. So great is
the depression that many are writing
this office in search of iiew homes in a
mild climate where a variety of farm
products may be grown. The finan
cial depression has affected on r farmers
but little. They may not have much
cash, but they have plenty to feed man
and beast and a prospect of a good crop
before them. The clim.iti conditions
have never been bett-r for the further
ance of all farm operations than we
have enjoyed in this State this year.
Three Reyohtions Flojrishing in Honjjras.
Pallas, Tex. -General W. I.Cabell,
one of the migrated members of the
Louisiana Lottery Company, returned
from Honduras. He report two or
three revolutions ou hand, and one
general election for President. Dr.
Arios is the leadiug candidate aud will
undoubtedly be elected. He is a close
friend of Bonilla ami Bogran. and has
their active support. General Cabell
considers Bogran the ablest man in the
! republic nnd one likely to shape large
! ly the public affairs of the country in
I the near future.
i The exiled ex-President Vasquez is
j safe in San Salvador, where he has as
i a companion Maj. E. A. Burke, late
defaulting State Treasurer of Louisi
, ana.
A Soithnest Virginia Exposition.
Roanoke. Ya.. has determined
to
have an industrial exposition next fall.
The enterprising men who have made
that progressive town are at the head
ot tins movement, and this fact prac
ticallv insure s a success. Surroundfi;
as Roanoke is by a tributary country
rich in minerals, in timber and in ag
ricultural resources, it ought to be able
to gather together a display which w
be of far more than State interest.
ill
It
ought to be possible to attract the
at
tention of many Northern aud Western
people, and under good management,
as this exposition doubtless will b it
can be made of great value to all south
west lrginia, as well as to Roanoke
FLORIDA CROWN SUGAR CAME.
A Favorable Report by the Agricultural De
partment s Chemist.
"WASHiHOToy. D. C Dr. H. W.
Wiley, chemist in chief of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, has recently re
turned from Florida, whither he had
been to visit the United States eiperi-
ment station at EunriymecbS iri test
State. The doctor brought wiih.Him'
specimens of sugar cane grown at the
station, and since his return the same
have been analyzed with moBt satis
factory results. Of the ribboned cane,
which amounted to 99 per cent of the
cane in the field, the analysis revealed
sucross in juice 19 50 per cent, show
ing 342 pounds of sucrose per ton of
ane. Comparisons of analysis made of
!ubau cano, showing the highest
polarisation of juice in the latter to
have been 18 20 per cent,, and from
that down to 15 29 per cent, according
ti the month when tested. "The
Runnymede cane," said Dr. Wiley,
"was gathered at random, and there
fore, the figures of the Cuban can;
given for comparison are for unselect
ed cane. I have no hesitation in say
ing," tho doctor added, "that I believt
that a yield of 20 to 25 tons of cam
per acre cbu be Been red by proper cul
tivation on these Florida sand lands,
where our cane was grown."
Hot Guilty as to Isaac Bates.
Wilmington. N. C. The case of the
State vs. Isaac Bates, late president of
the Bank of New Hanover, on the in
dictment charging him with making
false return under oath to the State
Treasurer, came up in the criminal
court. After the jury was empanelled
and sworn, the State offered in evi
dence one of the statements as made
to the State Treasurer. Counsel for
defendant objected and after a long ar
gument the objection was sustained nnd
the court ordered that a Verdict of not
guilty be entered. The point of dif
ference was that the State wished tJ
introduce a schedule which was on the
reverse side of the sheet, containing a
st it Mnnt as a part of the statement
itself. The defence contended that this
schedule was no more than a mere
memorandum, it being neither sworn
to, signed nor attested. The cases'
against nil the other officers of the de
funct bank were nol prossed.
KiSSES GOT HIM IN JAIL.
A Philadelphia Grocery Clerk Embraces One
Girl Too Many.
Pateksox, N. J. James Williams,
claiming to be a grocer's clerk, from
Philadelphia, reached this city in
search of employment. As soon as
Williams struck the city a kissing ma
nia seized him, nnd he could not re
strain his desire to hug and kiss every
woman he met.
The passion grew po rapidly upoii
him that heboarded street cars, hugged
and kissed the passengers, but suc
ceeded in escaping before the aston
ished conductors Could capture him.
An officer found Williams nenr the
Market Street church just as prayer
inset ing had been dismissed. He waH
in the net of hugging a pretty miss,
and bestow ing a kiss on her ruby lips.
He ir! now iu jail.
The Elecfric Headlight.
The electric headlight is now mod
on many railroads-, and W. C. Sparks,
who is interested in a Southern ro;:d,
says that his company has found it a
very profitable investment. Th. li ;hts
cost about .$375 each, fixed on (he
locomotive, and they cot no more
than tho oil light to maintain. Tho
old headlight would not throw its
light on a very dark night more than
150 feet, and it is impossible for an
engineer to slow up his tr.iin in (hat
distance, even with tho evuergenfy
hrake. Quite an item in the expense
of the road used be claims for crt
tle killed. Daring ttie rainy sens.ui
the lands along (ho line of the ro id
become very wet. In places they aro
entirely covered with water and tiio
cattle come upon the (rack seeking
some dry spot on which to sleep.
When the old headlight was in live as
many as thirteen cows huvo been
killed nt one time, and the damn to
claims have sometimes amounted t
over $1009 per month. Now the elec
tric light throws its rays from half to
three-quarters of a mile in front of the
engine; obstructions can bo easily
een nt that distahce, nnd some of tho
engineers insist that a switch disk can
be more easily made out by it nt night
than in the daytime, Tho lights,
morever, do away with witch lights,
which is quite a saving to roads that
uso them to any great extent. Mr.
Sparks says that the engines using the
tdectric headlights on his road have
never killed a cow, and he is confident
that the saving in stock claims alone
will more than pay for nil the head
lights on the road within two years.
Chicago Record.
Li!l tfye to Stop Lecturing.
Chicago. Bill Nye has decided tc
stop lecturing. He said to-day: "The
fact is I can't keep up my writing and
lecturing. The work is too hard, and
(hen my family, for whom I toil, are
anxious to see more of me. I ehall
close my platform career in a few
weeks, and get horn i in the mountains
of North Carolina in time to gatherthe
strawberry crop on my model farm.
I call it a model farm because it costs
me three times as much to run it as I
get out of it, and I understand from
competent agricultural sources that
that is what constitutes a model farm."
Or. Henderson.
Petersbi'KG, Ya. A well dressed,
middle-aged woman, weighing about
200 pounds, claiming to be Dr. Hen
derson, of Canada, a graduate of a
medical college nt Rutland, Vermont,
was arrested here outhe request of the
mayor of Waverly, n small village on
the Norfolk .V Western Railroad near
this city. She was charged w ith ad
ministering a "knock-out"' prescription
to a boarding house keeper in that town
and robbing her ot" $90. She will be
taken to Waverly for examination be
fore a magistrate.
A Serenader's Sharp Reception.
Birmingham, Ala. Wm. Ingram, a
young farmer, living near Evergreen,
Ala., was married Thursday night.
Toward midnight a party of friends
surrounded his house and commenced
a serenade, using for instruments tin
cans, cow bells, etc. Ingram became
so iueeused that he seized an axe, and,
running to the door, hurlel it into the
rowd. Thesharp edge struck a young
man named Jim Dixon aud cleaved his
spinal column, producing death. In
gram snrrended and is spending his
honeymoon in jail.
A man Ironi Salina, Kan., is a
hustler. He peddles groceries on
week days and on Sundays preaches in
two pulpits one iu Hoxie and the
other in Hills City.
PITHY NEWS ITEMS
A paint mill is the latest industry re
ported for Charlotte, N. C.
Parties are preparing to manufac
ture saws in Greenville, S. 0.
Big Stone Gap Va. will bdild a can
ning factory for fruits and vegetables.
W'iliiani Eades, of Padncah, Ky.;
wants 200,000 feet of elm logs.
A cotton mill will be erected nl
Carrollton, Ga., this summer.
The Mercantile Insurance Agency of
Richmond, Va., Las been chattered.
The Jefferson Insurance Co. has been
chartered at Churlottesville, Va., with
$100,000 capital.
The Lutheraii congregation at Liii
fcojnton, N. C; will erect a brick"
edifice.
A Tarboro (N. C.) firm want to cor
respond with manufacturers of ctuese
fr.ctory machinery.
The Abbeville (S. C.) Cotton Mills
Co. has been formed with capital stock
of $100,000.
A little colored boy was killed by-a
freight engine at Charlotte, N. C,
Friday.
It is rriniored that Lord Roseberryj
Prime Minister of England is to marry
Princess Maud, daughter of Prince ol
Wale.
A movement is under way to organ
ize a bank at Burlineton. N. C. W.
H. Carroll and C. A. Bray are among
those interested.
The First National Bank of Wades
boro, N. C, recently opened, has $50,
000 capital. James A. Leak is presi
dent; Charles M. Burns, vice-president,
and H. W. Norwood, cashier.
The Economical Building and Loan
Association has been chartered nt Or
angeburg, H. C, with $200,000 capital
by A. (i. Wnnnnmakcr and others.
The Farmers' Bank of Edgefield,
C, has declared a dividend of 8 per
cent, for the year ending March 10.
It isestimated that there are 10,000,
000 bearing aud non-bearing orange
trees in Florida. California is credited
with having 0,000,000 and Arizona
about 1,000,000.
Tbe business of the ronsneola nnd
Havana fdeamship line has increased
so rapidly that another ship has been
added to the service.
The Aiken, S. C, County Loan and
Savings Bank was closed by the United
States Marshal under an injunction or
der from Judge Siinonton.
A. L. Whit-.: has been elected cashier
of the Merchants and Farmers' Batik of
Spai t mburg. S. C, in place of L. C.
Cannon, resigned .
Th- Rileigh (X. O.) Wagon Works
have earned a profit of 9 per cent,
from the business for tho past nine
months.
A Richmond (Va.) publishing house
propose; to organise a $10,000 stock
company to publish Southern school
histories.
The Virginia Midland will acid eight
10 vheel locomotives to its rolling
stock. They nre of the most modern
type and weigh 201,000 pounds each.
Tiu' First Presbyterian Church, Char
lotte, N. C, is to bo enlarged and im
proved at au expense of $12,0(10.
The pl'ins of Cli tries C. Wihion, of
Roanoke, Va., hive been accepted for
the Rock Hill (S. C.) Presbyterian
Church which is to cost $15,000.
The St. at-.) of South Carolina will
want plumbing material and ranges for
the new college building nt Rock Hill.
Address R. R. Tillman :ft Columbia.
Fire Friday afternoon at Money
Point, near Norfolk, Va., destroyed
lumber mills, pb.ning mills, lumber,
etc., to the nmount of half a million
dollars.
The Bank of Johnston, S. C, has
decided to increase its capital to $00,
000. It started with $10,000, but
raised that sum to $30,000.
Th Columbian Building & Loan
Association of Richmond, Va., has de
cided to increase its capital from $500,
000 to $10,000,090.
It is currently reported that the
Branson gold mining property in Ran
dolph county, X. C. has been sold to
Ohio capitalists, who will incorporate
a $30,000 company to develop.
The Koninore Shoe Co. is the name
of the new concern organized at Fred
ericksburg, Ya,. to manufacture shoes.
A new brick building 90x30 feet, three
stories high, will be built at once, and
from 100 to 150 hands will be employed
ut (lie plant.
The Wvtheville (Va.) Woolen
Mills, af(er an idleness since (he fall,
has resumed operations. It is said
that the company expects to make con
siderable enlargements to its plant
during tin' summer.
The Atlantic Coast Line has just
built nt Washington, N. C, a steamer
called the Aurora, which will be one
of a line of steamers belonging to the
Styron Transportation Co., to run be
tween Washington, N. C, and eastern
North Carolina.
A chnrter has been issued to the
Fairfield Granite Co., which will de
velop quarries at Blair's Station, near
Columbia. S. C. The incorporators
are T. W. Woodward, of Roekton;
John C. Haskell, of Columbia; Henry
F. Turner, of Baltimore; James B.
Frazier, of Blair's, and others. Capi
tal stock is placed at $300,000.
For some time the authorities of the
2C's and 3C'b have been on a trade
looking to a consolidation of business
from Shelby to Rutherfordton. It is
proposed to consolidate the agencies
and deports at all Mints where the
roads cross that is nt Shelby, Lnt
timore'e, Mooresboro, Forest City and
Rutherfordton, having union passenger
and freight depots at these points.
Well Doiuj Makes Merry.
Everywhere many women learn the
lesson that work well done and useful
occupations not despised are peace
giving, ennobling and uplifting. Wa
hear it witnessed by the low humming
of Mary iu the laundry as she sings to
the measure of her hands flying up
and down the washboard over which,
she bent before daylight this morn
ing, although tho washboard is a
mile's journey from the place where
Mary slept last night.
One knows instinctively that Mary's
washing will be well done, for never
does a grudging laundress sing over
her work. We see it in the springy
step and bright face with which the
woman with something to do passes
the one of leisure out for a promenade
for health or on her weary round of
selfish pleasure. Health even chooses
its favorites in the world of work and
no time to think of pains or aches is
often worth a whole medical frater
nity for driving away nervous twinges
and imaginary ilia. Buffalo News.
Tfia Water Power of Augusta, Ga
To Editor of the Scientific American:
In the Scientific American dated
February 3, 1894, on page 67, (op of
first column, subject "Niagara Hy
draulic Works in Operation," kindly
allow me to correct an error.
You refer to & per II. P. per rear,
24 hours to the day, as being the cheap
est power ever obtained said to be J.
The city df Augusta, Oa.i has been
for years, and stili i, furnishing
thousands of II. P. to all who waflt it
at the rate of $1.50 per II. P. per year
of 2 hours lo the day, or 25 hours pet
dav if necessary. A magnificent canal
7 miles long, with masonry dam across
the Savannah River, furnishes at pres
ent about 12,000 II. P. to cotton, Hour,
Tarn, and other kinds of mills, elec
tric street railroad, electric power
bianhs, electric liahMng plants, and
other uses, with ii capital iitWed of
about 000,090 or $9,009,000.
Augusta, Ga. W. E. Jackson, J R.
A Victim of the Vinegar Habit.
'I once bad a patient." said Law
rence Newcorab, of Rochester, N. Y.,
who formerly practiced as a physician,
but who is now an angel of commerce,
with temporary headquarters at the
Lindell, "who "poisoned herself with
vinegar. I was never a burning or
Shining light in the medical ptofes'
sionj and hence; it is not surprising
that the case baffled my investigation
for a year, though I have the console
tiou of knowing that four eminent
..Krairinrij whri were called in for con
sultation attributed the lady's evident
breaking-np to four different causes,
none of them remotely connected with
the real one. The chief symptom was
lassitude ant deathly whiteness, and
the lady, who had no other companion
but an ignorant, though faithful, col
ored, attendant, finally died before
reaching her thirtieth year. Subse
quent investigation proved that she
was a vinegar fiend, and that, w hile re
fusing food of all description, she was
drinking largo quantities of vinegar.
As the habit grew upon her she se
cured stronger grades, uutilfiually she
was drinking acetic acid but very
slightly diluted. There are cases on
record of persons who have beeil poi
soned by overdoses of vinegar, taken
to improve the complexion, but this is
the only case I ever heard of any one
acquiring a vinegar habit and pursu
ing it steadily until it caused death."
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Eipbtitiitis tnc Puzzle ul Spiiitiiu?.
A top, while spinning, keeps erect
be ause it is under the influence of and
is balanced between opposing forces.
Its rapid rotation gives to all its parti
cles a tendency to ily front (he ceu(re.
If (he atoms of wood were not held to
gether by (ho attraction of cohesion
they would Hy away in a circle out
ward from it, just as the drops of
water fly o!Y a mop while it is being
twirled. A little sand, salt or dust
thrown on a top while iu motion would
be scattered iu a circle, just ns its own
ntonis would bo if they were free to
separate, but not with (he same force,
because (lie atoms of sal(, etc., are not
in an active state of rotation, and so
would only be influenced by momentary
contact with the rotating body. This
tendency of the particles of a rotating
body to lly outward from the centre is
called the centrifugal force. Theotlier
force influencing the topis the attrac
tion of gravitation, whiclt, were the
top not spinning would draw it toward
the earth. The motions of the earth
and nil the he.tvenlv bodies aro con
trolled by precisely tho same guidauc
nstliat which keeps a spinning top up
riht. Chicago Herald.
A Promising Hem' Fibre Plant.
The Florida Fibre Co., which is cx
perimetding with sisal-hemp culture,
has a tract of 1400 acres nt Fort Lau
derdale, of whiclt fotty are under cul
tivation. The plantation at Fort Lau
derdale, which is on the Middle river
about midway between Luke Worth
and Biscayne bay, has been visited on
several occasions by Charles R.
Dodge, a special agent of the Agricul
tural Department at Washington, who
has reported very favorably on the x
perinients being made, and say;; (hat
there is no reason why the sisal plant
should not be succ-ssfu!ly Cultivated
in Florida. The importance of the
sisal-hemp industry in Ynenttn may
be realized from (he fact (!;( th im
portations front there last year were
valued at $1,500,000.
Base Ball.
At Greensboro, N. C, Friday, the
Tale base ball club nnd the club front
the University of North Carolina played
a great game. The hitter were van
quished by a score of 7 to 4.
LEHIGH BEATEN AGAIN IX VIRGINIA.
Richmond, Va. The Lehigh Uni
versity base ball club received another
defeat nt th hands of the Virginia
nine. Their conquerors, to w hom vic
tory came easily, were (he Richmond
College Spiders. The Lehigh men
played a very good game, but were
weak in the box, having to make three
changes in pitchers. The Richmond
College club, on the other hand, had a
valuable ami puzlinginan in Anthony.
The score was It to 7.
The Breckinridges.
The Breckinridges of Kentucky have
been equally distinguish d in the
Church and in politics. They have
usunlly been uncompromising Presby
terian, and they held to the older
branch of (he Church when (he Cum
berland schism s(irred (h" whole Pres
byterian body in Southwest. Kentucky
Presbyteriariisnt has been of a peculi
arly aggressive and energetic type, a ml
these nre several names among the list
of Kentucky ministers that hold (he
highest places of honor in (he Church.
Some Virijimn Land Sales.
Among recent sales of Virginia real
estate was n tract of foity acres in the
suburbs of Ab-xandria, which, it is
stated, has been purchased by Phila
delphia parties who will divide it into
residence hits.
The farm of C. H. C. Fnlkcrson, in
Lee county, Va., has just be n sold
for $30,000, an average of $100 per
acre.
A Law to Cover Such Gases.
Washington, I). C The P.dlaid
Rreckinridge case has developed the
fact that there is no law iuthe District
of Columbia for the punishment of
seduction. Congressman Mors.-, of
Massachusetts, has introduced a bill
which contains the text of the Stringent
Massachusetts law on the subject
A Marvelous Tale.
Mr. CoonrcdStiwinter, our csteme 1
fellow-townsman, caught a snapping
turtle, carried it home, cut ,,if ii head
and threw the bead over into the back
yard and ate the turtle. A day or two
afterward some chickens came near the
turtle's bead, aud one whs caught bv
the jaws of the head and the head held
i(s-grip until it tbuudcivd. Cave
Spring (Ga.) Heral-L
J. Xi- GrOXj-ATST & soitsr,
Jolimont Vineyards, Grape yursrrha,
MANUFACTURERS OF
Pure Native Wines, French Cognac,
Brandies and K urn met.
OjJ Fort, !!, c,
NORTH CARdUNt pOttERf.
The Great Beds in Jackson County to bi
Developed.
Raleigh, N. C.T. K. Bruner, hai
a letter from Koidzumi, the Japanes
who is so greatly interested in kaolir
and who is impatient to get something'
done, rtoldzfiyni guarantees to raise
$150,0001 if a like Mitt is raised in thi?
country to cstablibli ti socfc company
and bring Japanese workmen to 5orth
Carolina to the kaolin deposits, locate
aud equip a plant. The deposits con
sidered best by experts are in Jackson
count v. Mr. Bruner has hoped to ltd
able to iuterest some North Caroliaus
in this important matter but so far has
no encouragement in the way of raising
money. Acting on the advice of Col.
A. B.Andrew,lie writes the New York
owners of 200 acres of the best kaolin
w ith the view of inducing them to take
stock and joining with Koidzumi and
bis colony. Mr. Bruner says ho goes
out of the State for aid with extreme
reluctance. The class of ware which
it is proposed to make is of the high
est quality, dutiable nt 40 to f0 per
cent. By bringing potter and deco
rntois here from Japan, the calcula
tion is made thut (he wares can be
manufactured nearly as cheap as io
Japan, savioir freigbt and duty and
enabling them to be sold cheaper tha.i
foreign production.
Governor Tillman Fainted.
The Charleston News and Courier's
Washington correspondent said:
"Governor Tillman had a fainting
spell in Senator Irby'scommittee room,
and for a few minutes his frienda feared
be was threatened with a strike of
apoplexy. Restoratives were applied
and he soon recovered. It was after
ward ascertained that he was overcome
by the excessive heat, which, was un
seasonably severe at the eapitol, and
especially so iu the basement, where
Senator Irby's room is located. As
several of the Governor's family have
been carried off by the apoplexy the
anxiety of his friends here may be ap
preciuled." Secretaiy Tompkins said Tuesday
morning (hat nothing bad been heard
by him or the Governor's family about
his illness nnd consequently he
presumed that there was nothing ser
ious. Methodists Abroad.
The Wesleyati Methodist executive
committee has expressed great pleasure
at learning that Bishop Andrew und
Mr. Theodore Runyon, United States
ambassador to Germany, have been
appointed to represent America in the
international conference w hich is to be
held in Birmingham next summer. It
is understood here that Bishop John
P. New man w ill preside over a number
of Methodist conferences in the Euro
pean countries next summer.
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