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IHE SALISBURY TRBTH. PUBLISHED BYERT TIJ.ITRSDAY BY J. STEWART, Editor and Proprietor. SALISBURY,. N. C. PRICE OF SUBSCKIPTION. One Year $1.50 Six Months J.00 Three Months ............ I .50 HT" Advertising Rates by Contract, Reasonable. Entered in the Post-Offica at Salisbury m cond-clMs matter. During the ladt famine in China it re quired fifteen (Jays to transport relief to the people over a distance of 200 miles. Contrast with that the fact tnat at the time of'the big Chicago fire in 1871, a relief train from "New York traveled 3,500 xni'es in 21 hours. . There is a considerable increase in the force of Protestant missionaries in Mex ico. The results thus far are anything Tmt discouraging. Wijh only about-a hundred 'ordained missionaries upward of 350 congregations have been organ ized, with 18,000 church members and 35,000 adherents. The Queen of Madagascar recently at tended the opening services of two Christian churches at Ambokiinanaa. In fourteen years 700 Protestant chapels have been built in Madagascar, making the number now-1,200. There are 8,00:) Protestant communicants and all tho churches are self supporting. A little girl of Metz, Alsace, 14 years old, named Louise Fuchs, has been con demned to eight days' imprisonment foi 'having insulted the Emperor of Ger many. The insult consisted in writing a private letter to one of her little friends, in which there was something disrespect ful to his majesty. Such sentences are ' said to be quite common in Alsace-Lorraine. A . - i i Taking all crops, corn, cotton, wheat, 'oats, rice, sugar, tobacco, etc., and tho .enhanced values into consideration, it 19 very reasonable to estimate that agricul ture yielded to Southern farmers in 188? $7o,0tfb,00a more than in 188G. Need there be any wonder, declares the Jfar.i: facturefi Record, that Southern farmers are in better financial condition .than for some vears. , It has been calculated that the quan tity of beer brewed yearly in the under mentioned countries is about as follows : -jCJreat Britain, 1,050,000,000 gallons; m, Germany, 900,000,000; Austria, 270,000, J'-O00; Belgium, 180,000,000; France, 150,- 000,000; Russia, 50,000,000; Holhnc, '4J3.000.000: Denmark. 30.000.000: Swe- Aicn, 30,000,000; Switzerland, 17,000, 4)00; Norway, 10,500,000. ' A recent lecture given at the National fuscum at Washington, by Fern ow. .undertakes tn protection . and forest culture for the fourfold reason: (1) Forests furn'sh i)ur . material in the industries; (2), they are. regulators af climatic condition?; (3) they are regulators of hydrologic condi tions influencing the waterfow in epiings, brooks and rivers; (4) they are regulators of soil conditions. Frederick Ellison, who wa9 appointed Consul to the Island of St. Helena by President Cleveland, lias Lauded in his resignation of the position, and returned to his home in Indianapolis, Ind . lie says that St. Helena is so dismal that he wonders that Napoleon survived so long as he did his exile on that dreary rock. Mr. Hlison landed on the island at night. Had he reached it in the dayffme he says I13 wouM never have gonp usliore, A Government .agent tiaveling in Alaska says that the American citizens in gome portions f that country still pray for the Enipjror of Russia. In one town only one man was found who knew the name of an American city, and that was San Francisco. The repoit says: "After laboring with them one man was found who had somehow he lrd of Chic-iigo. Boston, New York, Phila delphia and Washington were unknown At the close of the war there were only forty-eight miles of railroad in the State of Arkansas. In 1874 there were only about 700 miles.' Now, there are near 2,000 miles, I and as many more nflcs -projected on th different lines, which will be buil,t ere long, some of which arc in course of construction. Soon our State, 6ays the Arkansas Traveler, will be checkered by these pioneers and indispensable adjuncts of civilisation. The e.Tcieiicy of oil, when dropped upon the water to calm boisterous waves may now be regarded as established. It w - " - I ViU ll IT V W three Quarts an hrmr 1 'forated bags hanging over the sides, of tho ship in positions varying with the wind. The oil, then, by its own out spreading, extending over the waves, forms a film of less than a two and a half millionth part of an inch in thickness; Ithis h to reduce breaking d dangerous "rollers" to. tin adulations that are practically . The oils that have been found -!ve r.re seal, porpoise, and fish ! c l?, su'ehaa are used for I i 'ht; but the lu r, and may be is astonish. ng how small a quantity of oil will answer the purpose. Admiral Clone jrives the-amount, .n fmm tn TERRIBLE CYCLONE SPRTNGS INTO BEING IN THE GULF. OF MEXICO. A AliifalfleeM Electrical Display la Suc ceeded By a Wind, That Deals IlaToe and Death IClbt and Lrfu The recent storm which swept over Georgia was dipped around from, place to place ia a manner at once bewildering and sensational. From the fatal visit to Lumber City to the house-smashing in Cal houn was a long distance, but the coun try between was pretty well spotted with smaller wrecks. The storm seems to have blown up from the Gulf,' that fruitful nest of tornadoes, and, upon striking the western border of Georgia, to have come in collision with something which caused it to part into two columns. One of thase passed on through the Chattahoochee valley, and escaped across Calhoun into Tennessee, where it went careening on its way of destruction. The other, after its fatal work in Lumber City, crossed the state into South and North Carolina, and spent Hs force on the Atlantic. Con sidering the extent of the disturbance, the fatalities were very few. The day was the most beautiful one of the Spring. It was perfect Spring day, and when. the sun went down there was no indication of the storm, which was then hanging over the country, and the people with no thought of the dan gers to which they were to be subjected before another day came, sought their homes. The disturbance commenced about half past ten o'clock at night. Then the. lightning began to flash. At firs, the flashes were at irregular inter vals and were followed by loud rumbling far away thunder, but in a 6hort time the lightning became brighter and more rap id, and the thunder louder, more dis tinct and nearer. Finally, the flashes became one continuous flame, and the thunder kept pace with it. So bright and continuous were the flashes that any portion of the country could be plainly seen almost constantly by those who were up. Just a3 the electrical display was most intense, rain began falling. At first it came oteadily in large drops, but in a minute a perfect deluge ensued. Then with the rain came the wind ; it was in tense. It moved along only as a cyclone can move, and with it houses, barns, fences and timber want down. It roared and moaned and went by like a flash. For ten minutes it continued, and then a calm ensued. The wind moved from the west to the east, and went along with a roll and dip, howling, whistling and singing, unil everybody was aroused. It3 velocity was intense, and houses waved and rocked upon their foundations until people, in many cases, fearing tint their dwellings would go over, ran out into the drenching cold rain. Austell felt the effects of the cyclone most severely. The town is built upon two hills one upon the north side of the railroad and the other upon the south side. Between these two hills is a nar row vale in which the business houses is located. The hills are considerably higher than the little vaUcy, and upon them the greatest destruction to property and the loss of life occurred. The most severe part of the storm divided just east of the town and leaving the vale untouched, swept the hills upon either side. On the north side of the road and just upon the top of tbe hill, Rafe How ard, a negro blacksmith, had a house which was struck with full force, -- i - i t upward ana ms wiie were in one room in bed, and their son, a boy of sixteen years, was' la another room. "When the wind hit the house it rose and dropped back. Then it rose a train and ajrain dropped back. Then the timbers began creaking, and in an instant the roof dropped in, the walls tumbled down and the house was flat upon the ground, comoleteTv ruined. Howard was in stantly killed and his bdy was severely hurt; the wife. escaped serious injurv, A barn near the residence of Mayor N. A. Morse was levelled, also a two story house built by Mr. Morse for Dr. Potter of Macon, who was to occupy it in April. Calhoun suffered the most of any place visited by the cyclone. About half a minute before it manifested itself at Cal houn, it struck the residence of Farmer Gaines, about a mile and a- half south west of the town. He and his family were sleeping when the storm laid low their house. They were covered with debris, but were not seriously injured. The first building of any importance that was struck was a saw -mill owned by Z. D. Giay. This was leveled to the ground. The wreck was complete. The colored Bafti&t church, near by, was simultan eously razed to the earth. The walls and ceilincr fell and crushed the benches and the pulpit to the earth. Haynes's hotel, a new and handsome building, was not much damaged, !yt wa.? . fearfully Wrenched and thTuH out of position The Western & Atlantic railroad agent's house, occupied by Mrs. Willingharn as a boarding house for school children, was blown to atoms. Near by was situated a handsome residence, belonging to N. J. Boaz, and rented to a lady. The rool of this housqf' was blown off, the chimneys were broken to pieces, and the window blinds blown away. On the corner of the street was a one story frame Iiouse, occupied by an aged negro woman named Mary Montgomery and her two grandchildren. This was literally lifte 1 off the ground and shiken into fragments, and the colored woman seriously hurt. Mrs. Dyer's residence was vis.tedbythe storm, and demolished. At the time", it was unoccupied. Old TOm, the truck man at the railway depot, was in his bed and was blown out into the darkness, twenty feet or more, lie was severely cut in the head but will re cover. The railway depot felt the fury of the storm. It is a large, substantial brick building. Every particle 'of the tin roofintr was blown orf, and much of the sheathing was unloosed. Heavy boards were sailing through the air, and even the tbick brick walls were broken. The "-eneral meichandise store of Hicks & Enn-ams was destroyed, entailing a loss of nearly $2,000. The Methodist, Baptist and Prcsly erian churches were badly injured, and altogether the injury to property caenot be less than $30,000. The following is a partial list of the suf ferers: M. L. Mathews, Gray & Minis, J. 13. T. Horrcll, Ilimes & King, J. N. Pat rick J. B. Johnson, W. 31 Hughy, Hicks & Pitts, Mrs. Pitts, G. W. Reed, Reens & M alone, J. M. Horlan & Co., County Courthouse, Mrs. Sue Foster, Mrs. E. J. Simmons, E. J. Ricker, M. E. Ellis. Daniel" Ellis, T. 31. Ellis, Samuel Pullain, O. N. Stow, A. W. Reens. I. M. Ballou, J. 31. Neal, Ferguson & Rob ertson, II. F. Ferguson,' 3Irs. Norcissus, Dr. J. U. 3Ialone,N. J. Booz, B. G.Booz. Thre vears ago there was a half-witted colored" girl inthe place who professed to be able to read into the future. She would go up the side of the bill and stay there alone hours at a time. One after noon she came back very much f xcited and told several people that she had seen a strange sight; that something had come to her and told her that Calhoun was to o destroyed by a cyclone, March lie 20th, 18881 " She was o earnest, that tomebody wrote up the incident, and it ras published. She missed it only one lay. The turpentine works of Whidden & Holland, two miles north jof Lumber City, were completely demolished, the jtill, commissary and every house and shanty being blown away, rt . x. rt ibu 3on was Sleeping in a house with his partner, and they rushed out to save themselves, but had ran only a few steps when the house was blown over on them md crushed them so that they seemed to have hardly an unbroken bone left in their bodies," and were killed instantly; ill their clothing was blown from their bodies, except a small fragment of Mr. Whiddon's under vest. Two other .en, sleeping in another house, were also crushed and killed by the house be ing blown down upon them. Several other persons were wounded and injured, more or less seriously. There was a large lot of saw logs iu Sugar creek. The storm, blew the water out of the creek and turned the raft in a perpendicular position. The village consisted of twelve or fifteen buildings and two stores, and there is not the sign of a house left. The goods from the stores are scattered every where. Bolts of calico and shoes and groceries are to be found scattered in all parts of the storm area. On the railroad side-track, before the cyclone came up, there were several cars standing, some of them heavily loaded with lumber, but in a few moments more they were one hun dred and fifty yards away from the track out in an old field. One of the most re markable things that occurred was the switch target. It was twisted off and carried away as if it had been a mere shrub. The turpentine distillery and saw mills were completely destroyed, and the lumber was scattered for one-half mile around; There were about 1,000 barrels of turpentine in the building, and these were sent up like rockets in the air, and some of them were blown a half mile and scattered everywhere. . Iu Lithonia a dozen other buildings were injured, some blown entirely down. The wind track was about one half mile wide and took fences and trees before it. Frank Boxby, his son, and son-in-law were in a house when it was blown down. Ths timbers fell upon them, and they were all hurt. Boxby's injuries are the L severest and it is believed that he will die. His son-in-law's back was broken. Mrs. Siirsin, living near the town, was struck by a piece of falling timber blown from her house, and badly hurt. West Point, LaGrange, Palmetto, Newnan and Griffin, Powder Spring, 3Iarietta, Carters ville, Cave Springs, Rome and Cedar town did not suffer much. E. B. Hal comb's house, at Ackworth, wan blown down as well as the Baptist church, at Tallapoosa. The First Baptist church, (colored,) at Gainesville, was blown down, as well as Hood's brick cotton warehouse at Har mony Grove. Sims' steam mill, at "Wash ington, was unroofed, and a colored church in course of construction at thai; place was destroyed. A freight train from Lula to Athens ran into "a tree, which had been blown across the en trance to a cut. The smokestack' and whistle of the enginejwere knocked off. A negro brakeman by the name of Bob Reese was sitting on the top of a box car," when the tree struck him in the back of the head, killing him instantly. Talladega, Ala., suffered badly. One of the dormitories 'of the State University for the deaf, dumb and blind, had its ga' ble end blown in, and covering the deaf mutes" with the debris, breaking their beds into splinters without seriously injuring . the boys. Two miles from Talladega the beautiful iron bridge of the A. & A. R. R., span ning Talladega creek, was piled by the wind into a mass of ruins into the middle of the stream. The storm seems to have divided lip Into sectional cyclones, tak ing various directions, switching, as It Were, from the main body of tho hurri cane which sweot northwest. The wind which passed over the asylum seems to havebeen about twenty yards in width, and was sweeping above the surface some forty feet, as it carried away the roof of the dormitory and other buildings with out touching the shrubbery. Dispatches state that the hurricane passed over East Tennessee. At and near Lenoir s much damage was done, and several lives los1;. The residence of J. II. Williams, three miles east of Le noir's, was completely swept away, and his wife c. riied off in the wreck and killed. The body of Mrs. Williams was found next day in the Tennessee river, where it had been blown. A few mile's distant, another dwelling was blown down and a young man named Smith was kill ed, and several other members of the family injured. The next residence struck by the storm was that of eo. W. Hardin. The building v-g totally de molished, but the family escaped the stt.rm, tnfn erased a timbered ridge, and tore" ilp every tree by the roots in its track. The home of James Linginfolter was reduced to kiudhnjc wood. In it were James R. Smith, who was killed, and a little daughter of Linginfolter, who had a leg broken. The dwellings of Willi mi King and John Gideon weic blown down. Seven members of: the King family were badly injured, nnd two of the Gideons were so seriously huitthat they eannot recover. The house of La fayette Prater was a total wreck, and Jackson Prater was bl .wn over the gar den f;. nee, but escaped with slight injuries. The cyclone traveled in a northeasterly direction. A bureau in the Williams house was .found half a mile from where the residence stood. At London, Tenn;, the house c-f George 31 oses was completely destroyed, and every member of his family badly hurt. Andrew Wor lev"s house was ;Is carried away, and the members of his family were seriously injured. The bacon from Worley's smoke house was blown two miles away. The storm was very severe along the Tennes see river. HIS SPEECH. When John A. Matthews, a "Bald Krob'- cr," of Ozark, Mo,, whs convicted of tnuder, he addressed the jury thus: 4iGentlcmea of the j ny, I want to cay a few words to you before you leave... You have convicted mo, and I suppos you th nk you have done your dury, but there 's a day ccmincs gentlemen, when you wiil knotv you h;ive cnvic;cd an in nocent man.- Yes thank G d, at the day of judgmmt, when we all appear before the gnat while thrcne, you will find out, you have convicted an honest man. Thank God, no blood will be lequired at my hands." By this t"me3Iatthews was sobbing nloud but, still tiying to spe-.k whenJudueMcGregorordciexl himtnt-top. Such a sc ne was never before witness d in a Christian c omty court, and the crowd surged around tin unhappy pris oner trying to get a view t?f the tragic spectacle. The wretched man was ut terly prostrated by the intensity of hU feelimrs, and continued t- weep and tV to himself. NATIONAL CAPITAL-' INTJERESTIZktr DOTS A HOXJT OUR "UXITED STATES OFFICIALS. Gassfp About I be White IIife Army aid Navy Matter-OaV Relation With Oilier Coantrica aad Nation.. CONGRESSIOXAL. V ' In the Senate, a bill from the House was placed on the calendar to authorize the construction of a bridge aero s. he Tennessee river at Chattanooga. The consideration of bills on the ca endar in their regular order, to which no objec tion was made, was taken up, and parsed a number, principally of a local or pri vate, character. Among the bills so passed are the following: Authorizing the construction of bridges over the Ten nessce river between Bridgeport ai.d Sheffield, in Alabama, and over Caicy Fork river, between Rock I-land and Carthagena, Tenn. To provide for a commission on the subject of the alcoholic liquor traffic. The commission is to be 'non partisan." Its members shall be chosen with regard to personal fitnes--. .In the House, the following bills were passed: To divide the northern judicial district of Georgia into two di visions to be known as the eastern and western districts of the northern district. To provide for holding terms of the United States courts at 3hssissippi City. Amending the statutes so as to provide that the record of a state court may tc certified by the presiding magistrate or any other judge of the court. Author izing the Secretary of the Treasury to re mit all duties collected upon animals heretofore imported for breeding pur poses, whether for the importer's use oi for sale. GOSSIP. The tariff bill prepared by the majority of the ways and means committee will make its advent in the House, and will be placed upon the calendar soon. The House judicftiry committee, after two weeks' work upon it, has perfected the Oates bill, fixing the salaries of United States judges and ordered its re port to the House. The judges in the South only get an increase of $500. I Director-General Joseph, ex-Represen-'tative Smalls and Recorder Trotter, all colored men, appeared before the House committee on appropriations to request an appropriation of $400,000 to aid the national colored exposition to be held in Atlanta, Ga., next Winter. Appearances indicate that the request' will be granted. John Peabody appeared before the House committee on public lands, favor ing 3Ir. Oats's bill providing that the government shall forfeit lands given to the 3Iobile & Girard Railroad under the land grand act when the railroads failed to comply with the regulations of said act. Five hundred and seventy thousand a cres were granted to the Mobile & Gi rard company, provided their road was completed in ten years. Chief Justice Wait e, of the Supreme Court, died at his residence. The Chief Justice was in his usual health, though exhausted by his recent severe labors, when on returning from Senator Hearst's, where, with his daughter, he attended a reception, he complained of a chill. In two days circumscribed pneumonia showed itself and he died suddenly. Both Houses of Congress afljourned at once, and President Cleveland issued a proclamation acquainting the country of the fact of Judge Waites' death. Dr. Caroline B. Winslow (a lady), has been the family physician for 1 3 years. 3Irs. Waite was visiting in California at the time of Mr. Waite's death. The deceased jurist was appointed in 1874. A heavy storm, accompanied by thun der aud lightning, broke over the city, which flooded the streets and interrupted all overhead telegraph and' telephone wires but two, connecting the capitol building with the rest of the city. The lightning either struck the capitol build ing, or was carried into it on the many wires which enter it, because the occu pants of all parts of the building were startled out of their usual serenity and treated to-a rather exciting electrical display. It brought every judge of the Supreme Court, "every lawyer at the bar, and every clerk at his desk to his feet with a sudden. jeik as if they were all moved by some spring. Then they all sat down again and tried to look as if nothing had happened. ANARCHISTS MOVING. Otto Reichelt, book-keeper of the Ar beiter Zeitvvg, in Chicago, III., was placed in jail oh a capias issued under suit brought against him by the Socialistic Publishing Company, the officers of which claim that he filched $500 of their money during 1887. Reichelt denies this and promises to make things lively for the directors. He claims that the real reason for his arrest is that his enemies believe that he was a spy for Capt. Shaack and State's Attorney Grinnell when they were pft)secuting Spies, and the other Anar chists who were hung. He denies that he divulged anj- of the Anarchists' se crets, but avers that he will open his mouth now and tell some things Anar chists will not care to hear. "Why," he said, "the Anarchists meet every week. Several groups meet away out on Blue Island avenue, several on Claybourne avenue, and some meet on 3Iilwaukee avenue. They are getting stronger than ever." WAGE-WORKERS MEET. The Alabvma, State Convention of or ganized, workingmen met in the Hall of Representatives in 3Iontgemery, Ala. There were 'fifty to seventy-five delegates present, representing the following labor organizations: The Knights of Labor, the .Carpenters' Union, the Farmers' Wheel, the Farmers' Alliance, the Land nd Labor Club and the Tailors' Union. A resolution was entered by a member ol the Wheel, that after twenty-five years of unredeemed phdges afld broken prom ises, the convetition thinks that the time has now come for independ; nt political action. Adopted. A coaimittee of five to examine the statutes of the countty, and t. draw up such laws as would be of benefit to every class of labor or trade, was appointed. MADE HIS SPEECH- Editor Willinm frRrien otMcr.,1 liuuisMtu iu: ! Poi sonby tenants at Youghal, Ireland. rvci-uii.s mu aiterwcrd3 attempted, to hold the meeting, which has been pro claimed by the government. He mount ed a car with the intention of addressing the people, but was seized by policemen and dragged to the ground. The police men t-uwgeu upon tne crowd with drawn batons, and a serious melee ensued. O'Brien escaped to the priest's house, and subsequently harangued the crowd in a stable. SOUTHERN GOSSIP. HOIKED DOW X FACTS AND FAN . CIES INTERESTING LY STATED. Acrid cats an Iand and on Sca-w Eater-, priM- saicides UellsioMs, Tewperaaco . and Social .Slattern. The first train over the first section of the Lookout 3Iountaiu, Tenn., Railway passed over the road recently. Several vounir men causjht Balaam Sims at Lansing, Tenn., cut of! his hair and" threatened to kill him, when he be came so alarmed that he died in a few hours. The first Chinaman in the South to ! embrace the Chris ian religion Chung Wuncr was immersed in the Savannah river af Augusta, Ga., and made a full- fledged Baptist. West point, Ga., had quite afire, which started ia R. W. Wood's store, causing a damage of $20,000. The losers are J. J. Crawford, drugs : Courser, tailor; George N. Craft, confectioner; I. 31. Scott, W. G. Shaeffer and 3liller & Harris. . An epidemic of measles is i aging at Buckingham C..IL, Ya. Whole fami ies are down with it. One family consisting of a man, h:s wife and fourteen children are prostrated, and an old couple, aged respectively Dl and 87, are down with the disease. A great many have died. There is excitement at Durham, N. C. growing out of the arrest of a nu'iiber of liquor dealers, on the charge of violating the local option law. A Neir York de tective went there, and soon got evidence against a number of them. Arres's fol lowed, and the defendants were required to give heavy bonds for their appearance at court. ' At Wilmington, N. C, S. B. Dudley and F. F. Aldrich were tried upon a charge of publishing a libel upon Judge O. P. 3Iears, of New Andover superior court, in the Weekly Bulletin, their edi torial charging that Judge 31ears grossly discriminated between white and colored people in court, andjvas very abusive in tone. . At Loveless convict camp, near Bir mingham, Ala , Archie Stokes, a negro convict, was shot and killed and Henry Allen, another convict, severely wounded. When ordered to work Allen refused' to go and would not let the other convicts leave the barracks. They stood in the door armed with picks and defied the guards. The Elyton Land Company at Birmingham,- Ala., closed a contract with the Binghampton Hoe and Tool company, of Binghamton, N. Y. for the removal of the r entire plant to Birmingham. The capital stock of the company will be $100,000, of which the Elyton Land Company takes $40,000. The plant will be in operation by August 1st, and 200 men will be em ployed. , Revenue officers F. F. Fowler and W. T. Westcottle returned from a raid in Butler county, Ga., raided and captured an illict still -in Butler county. The news is specially interesting because heietofore moonshiners and wild cat dis tilleries have been u:?heard of in that section of the state. The still was out in the lonesome piney woods where the timber depredators are constantly work- rtng, but the moonshiner is a stranger. Two more of the indicted Bald Knob bers, at St. Louis, 3fo., have presented Avrittcn confessions to the sheriff. Amos Jones and William Stanley follow John 3Iathews in the plea for mercy, and man age to weave a story showing their pres ence had a tendency for a peace gather ing. They accuse Charles Graves of beinj; responsible, with Bill Walker, in the atrocious murders, while they used every endeavor to restore order and pre vent bloodshed. East Nashville, Tenn., has suffered by aii epidemic of fires, a dozen stables and several residences having been burned, The stable of W. 3Ioore was fired seven times, and the other night wns destroyed, as was his house. I he police navc.Deen watching, as there have been two or three alarms every day. The thirteen-year-old son of 3Ioo. e was caught start ing a fire which burned two stables. It appeared on investigation that he Avas was Incited to incendiarism by larger negro boys, who rpbbed the neighbor hood houses while the people were out. 3Ioore was passionately fond of seeing the fire engines, and was thus easily in fluenced. AGRICULTURAL FIGURES. The following figures have been com piled and how a remarkable increase of Southern crops. Comparing the yields of 1870 and 1887, it is shown that the cotton crop advanced from 3,011,906 bales to 0,800,000 bales, corn from 249,072,000 bushels to 492,415,000 bushels; wheat from 33,841,000 bushels to 52,384,000 bushels and oats from 31,973,000 bushels to 81,506,000 bushels a total increase of 3,780,000 bales of cotton and 311,000, 000 bushels of grain. The percentage of increase in grain productions in the South was greater thai the p rccntage of gain ii grain in the rest of the country. The number of farm animals in the South in 1870 was 28,754,000, and in 1887 the number had risen to 44.830,000. Com paring the yields of 1879 and 1887 there was an increase of 1,044,000 bales of cot ton and 195,250,000 bushels of grain, the total grain production in the South in 1887 having been 020,305,000 bushels against 431,000,000 bushels in 1879,-an increase of 45 per cent, while in all the rest of the country the increase in grain production was only 16,000,000 bushels, or less than 1 per cent, though live stock in 1887 shows an increase of value over that of 1879 of $182,238,296, and of agri cultural productions of $ 170,963,000. THEY DECLINED. The engineers on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad at Decatur, Ala., re fused to pull a freight train to which a "Q"' car was attached. The car was then taken out and turned over to the 3Iemphis & Char.eston, whose engineers also refused to move it. The Illinois Central engineers at Jackson, Tenn., re fused to pull a train until three Burling ton cars were cut out and side-tracked, which was done. At Fulton, Ky., the company was obliged to refuse several Burlington cars from the Chesapeake & Ohio for the same rea-on. It is generally understood on the line of the Illinois Central South that the engineers will handle no "Q" cars. ALMOST FREE. Jailer Birdsong, of the Macon, Ga., jail hearing a noise in Murderer Woolfolit'g cell, quietly investigated, and found that Woolfolk with a saw, made from a watch spring, had sawed off his double irons. This is the third almost successful at temptthe murderer has made to get away. WORLD AT LARGE. FEN PICTURES PAINTED BY A r CORPS OF ABLE ARTISTS. What U doing en North," Bast nn:l fffrt . nnd Aers the Water The Ceminjr Eu ropean fttora. j A dangerous $5 silver certificate is in extensive circulation in the WesV The Pope is displeased because -f the misrepresentation of his views on tne Irish question. The misstatements lie says that have been circulated hav. great ly increased the difficulty of his work of conciliating England and Ireland. A collision occurred at Cisco, Cal., be tween two freight trains. Two engines were attached td the trains, and all four of the engines and a number of cars were badly wrecked. Engineer John Pickens was killed instantly, ana several others injured. ' Ex-Gov. Horace Fairbanks, of Ver mont, died at the, Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York. He ventured out in the blizzard in a close carriage, but, with his naturally weak lungs, he caught a cold, which rapidly grew worse, and developed into pneumonia, from which he died. The local branch of the National league in Mansion House ward, in Dublin, Ire land, passed a res Jution condemn ing Mayor Hewitt, of New 'York, for refusing to allow the Irish flag to be hoisted on the city hall on St. Patrick's day and declaring that such refusal was Jin insult to the lace throughout the world. . The low lying districts along tho banks of the rivers Elbe and Vistula, in Ger many, are inundated. The village of Dornitz is isolatetl in th3 midst of a great lake. A number of soldiers from the nearest garrison, after arduous effort, succeed in reaching there with a supply of footl for the inhabitants, but ' fifteen of them were drowned in the attempt to reach their destination. Keely's secret of the manipulations ot his mysterious motor, which he has guarded so securely for many years, in spite of the efforts for disclosure made by dissatisfied qckholders of the Motor Company, is at last to be divulged. Judge Finletter handed down an opinion in Philadelphia, Pa., in the suit brought by Bennett C. Wilson, who claim? to hold; an assignment of Keely's motor in vention, made to him in 1869, which grants an order for the inspection of all the motor machines as made -by Kcely, and compels him to explain the theories of their workings to Wilson and such ex perts as may be named. The Burlington company will shortly begin legal proceedings ill Chicago, 111., to compel the Northwesiern and St. Paul roads to handle "Q," freight. The three companies are the only ones sti'.l refusing an interchange of traffic, all the other com panies having lifted the boycott. The Burlington began legal proceedings re cently against the Wabash & Western at St. Louis. The latter road backed down before the case went into court, and is now handling Burlington cars. There are rumors that the Rock Island, North western and St. Paul companies have en tered into an agreement with the Broth erhood not to touch "Q." freights until compelled to by the courts. 'WEATHER HINTS. For April, Rev. I. R. Hicks makes these predictions: A disturbing astronomical cause k cen tral on April 1st, ;the period will end about the 4th, cool Aveather and frost for several days will follow. From the 11th to 17th of April showers will abound, with a heavy ttorm possible during"dan ger days." The heaviest storms of the month may be certainly expected during the period beginning about the 22d and ending the 28th. Expect the phenomena to vary ia character, according to the general progress of the season, from South -to North. All storms, of whatever char acter, at this time will be hard. Frost will follow. We f ullv tested the predictions of 1887 before usins: those; of 1883, and believe we have done our readers and the gen a! public great service thereby. Wc should state, perhaps,' that the Jovian period to which Rev. "'r. I licks refers is "at the bottom" of our bad we dher foi the past year and will be. responsible for its continuance ciuung the present year. He explains it by stating that the phmct Jupiter is nearly t a el ve of our years in going once around the sun ; that is, twelve years on earth is one year on Ju piter. As there are two equinoxes every year one every six months foi the year, so there are two equinoxes every Jovian year - one in about every six years for Jupiter. These Jupiter equinoxes cause a gradual .and continual excitation of the clcciiical clemen s of our earth, and for the whole planetary sys:cin, 1 sting more jthan two of our j cars for each eqninoxof Jupiter. This is wha' I e callsthc Jovian ierijl. Acor ibg to his thciiy, in which he has th; fulkst confidence, during the Jovian period there is a greater rcadines in the meteorological elements of the earth to express themselves in every kind of phenomen i common to our glob--. The regular storm period caused by th tquinoxes of the smaller planets, and sh'jwn in the storm chart, are not oblit erated or changed by the Jovian per'oi, ouly these regular storm periods are found to be much more acti e and continuous: they are simply reinforced and intensified by the steady pressure of 'the Julian pf- VirA. - , Rev. Irl R. Hicks, of St. Loins, is; the pastor of the Olive Branch Congregation al thurch, he is for.y years old, at.d has from the time he was a boy been singu larly fond of studying and speculating upon weather changes. Years ago h arrived at the conclusion that astronomv held the explanation of all the weather phenomena as seen by the inhabit tnti of the earth. Atlanta, Ga:t Southern Cul tiuator. HIS WEALTH. The late Emperor William's will showi that his total savings do not exceed $12, 500, 000. The larger portion of property is left to increase the crown treasure or the general fund of the crown, etab li hed by his father. The remainder is divided among the Empress Augusta, Emperor Fnderick and the Grand Duch-e-s of Baden. Btbelsburg castle and and Coblentz palace are bequeathed to the Empress Augusta. WOULDN'T TOUCH IT. A. C. B. & Q. freight car came into Atlanta, Ga., over the Eat Tennsce road, and was sidetracked, as no engineer would pull a train to which it as at tached. -. NORTH CAROLINA FAIR. The executive committee of the North Carolina Agricultural Society met at Raf eigh, N. C, aud fixed October 16th tc l&th as date of the next state fair. 4C I stopped to read the Milestone here, 1 I came not far my homs was near- ? Bat bb, how far I longed to go I j Behold a number and a name-. A Anger, Westward, cut in stone; The vision of a city came, Across the dust and distance sho Around me lay the farms asleep I iu nazes or autumnal air, And sounds that quiet loves to keep Were heard, and heard not, everywhere. I real the Milestone, day by day ; I yearned to cross the barren tound, To know the golden Far-away, To walk the new Enchan'.ed Ground! V Don. riatt PITH ANIH'OINT. 'Precious green" tho emerald. An object of charity to do good, of course. Cupid is always shooting and forever making Mrs. The political speaker is usually plausi bl , even if not applaus able. The man who invests in mining stock is usually, put out over the out-put. JIany Crown Princes are perfect rex before they Come to be crowned. Sift' tTHJX. . ; This cold snap is acounted for. A quicksilver trust has been formed, and of course mercury went up.PittJmrg Chro:iic'e. . If Dakota cannot get into the Union she can en joy the satisfaction of making it decidedly chilly for the States that ire in. Graphic. . A house painter who slipped from a staging the other day, carrying his paint pots with liim,' came off, it is stated, with tiying colors. Life. - A collecting agency in New York is run by women exclusively, which seems to disprove the adage, a woman's work is never dun. Hiftinys. Some of our contempories are remark ing that in Kansas there Is a postoffice--aam d "Zero." Well, what of it? That is nothing.- Lowell Courier. Lady of the house "Jane, who is that girl that just left the kitchen? Jane "Oh, ma'am! that's the lady what works for the woman across the, streei. A dyspeptic traveler re. ently suicided at a country hotel by hang ng himself to his bedpos't with a rope made of twisted doughnuts. Pitragrap'ur. We are informed that Russia will not take the initiative. It is certainly re-r assuring to know that there is somcthingj that Russia doesnot want. Buto i 'Trans criit. An engagement ring on the finger of a young lady is apt to be made conspicu ous by the wearer. It is the same way with a scalp worn by an Indian in his belt. Xew Orleans Picayune. Caligula once spent $100,000 on a re cent supper. So history says. The truth probably is that he spent $100 on 'the supper and handed over the rest as tips to the waiters. Bdtimore Amcric tn. Everybody in the church, except the new pastor himelf, seemed to enjoy it when he lost the place iu his manuscript, and while hunting for it spok of 'Esau,, who sold his message for a birthof pot right. Burliivftonlliwkeyc. Some tobacconists ortca dwelt in town, modesty they'd gained renown ; "We do not puff our pip:, 'tis clear, We do not puff cigars sold here." You see they were a brace of jokers And left tiie "pu3ing' to tha fimokerr. New Yuri: Sun. "There's a great difference between aa egg anu a naing norse, rcmarKcu tno Snake Editor." "1 suppose so," replied the Horse Editor; but what difference do you refer to In particular?" "An egg is of no use -when it s addled.' Pttts lurj Chron'ule. There is nothing that goes further toward breaking the heart "of a post mistress who doesn't understand anything but English than to have the mail contain a postal card written in a feminine hand in German and addressed to a young man whom she knows. Guest at Country Tavern "Have you . - l .11 1 i, f .....II A lllT..i any cneese, lauuiuru: i.auuium a bit in the house, sir.'' Guest "Not -even a little piece?1' Landlord '.'By gum, there is, -come to think! Pete, run down cellar and fetch up that xai Irap.Dctroit Frcer,c. There Are shrewd, cartful meu in this rountry who arc bound to crowd the weak to the wall. One of them bought Horace Greeley's autograph at a sale the other day. and within ha f an hour bull dozed a Chinese laundryman into deliver, ing six shirts and a dozen collars for it. The bell he swung is silent now, .His emery' wheels revolve no more; T.ie s al of I'est is -on that brow Thaklon care s deep -cut furrows wore; 'Henceforth our scissors an I our knives So more in liim a friend we'll rind, I His was on) of those toilsome livps ' Thit pr ved in fact a "horrid grind." Boston liudyp.t. Perkins "And so you're going to tho fancy;dreis ball? What costume are you going to wear.'" Smart Ale. 'I think I'll borrow your summer suit and go as a tramp. What are you going to wear?" Perkins-4I guesi I'll put on your di agonal Prince Albert and go as a looking glass. A Cowboy's Wonderful Nerve. The somewhat tame performance of the bull tights, at Tao Del Norte, Mex ico, were enlivened during the proceed ings recently by the daring exploit of a Texas cowboy who was cheered to the echo by the densely .packet a ;dience who lil'ed every accessible nook in the vast amphitheatre. The performance lagged a little, aud the bulls would not light in spite of all the picadores might do. One or two of the bulls after having been succes fully goaded and worried without working them up to the proper fl itltinff rtAint Hnsl 1 .Ann nnr tntnlAtlltf driven out of the arena and a new one" fuH of fight and fairly bellowing with rae, had just ben turned into the am phitheatre, when a Tea cowboy who wa present announced for the honor and glory of Teas he would ride the bull, nis b-gs tied around the animal's ne k, 1m face to the tail, if they would first throw the "bull so that he could get his !eg- properly around and underneath the heist's neck. He was at once taken at his word, and the mounted Mexican bull lighters soon had the animal l&ssooed and thrown. The to. v boy then had himself fixed in the proper position, and the now furi ous bull wa turned loose..- To the won der and astonishment and intense delight of . the audience, the animal was unable to shake the daring cowboy off. who not only kept hia perilous seat. but after some wild pi mgeft succeeded by some means in so manip ulating the beast's horn that he was thrown. The Mexican perfo:mers rushed; ai once to the struggling ma-ts, an 1 in a. twinkle had the Texan untied and re leased. It was a wonderful piece of dar ing and dare-deviltry, and exceeded any thing done by the Mexicans. BEADING THE MILESTONE.
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