Th? peace of Europe v, in the
opinion of the New York Herald,
threatened by Italy, which, practically
bankrupt, her people poverty stricken
^ and discontented, might find at least
temporary salvation in war.
, A closed bank in Arizona has issued
the following notice: "This bank has
not busted; it owes the people $36,000;
P people owe it?$55,000; it is the
pie a ho arc buBted ; when they pay
11 pay. **
"Fpr what ie the greatest amount of
. .. Tho railroads, farmers and miscollanootis
purposes take about forty per >
oenk., aad the other tiretttj-flva per
... ~ Cent. goes into bores." . '
- A "massage stone" is ooming Into 1
j". ^muu mm. u made of onglased-china
and provided with 4 sort <
of dorsal lump for holding in the I
h??^^\n<l has the rubbing surface <
\ndnlatod, not to say ridged. *
^ is white and even when nsed *
y s washed akin it jaoon be- "
\ \ ^ed, showing that it '
^ \deal of material from *
I *\ yyV
drew tEa .loniirr
'c.\ in the French n
^\ ^ver Bkod it. but
^ j^JJHpgjjJJ^^^^dor,; with o
A C ^>0'n'>0U t*OB^n ^a*
L ^ockishod iu favor of the kepi, -f
LirtSlflfiiiw iv flat oir^ilar top and a ^
?P0 ^l'-i? .... I]
Now Zealand is the first of English o
colonics to give women equal political d
rights with moil. A hill giving them d
such rights has just become law. It b
gives to all women, married or single, q
the same right to vote as is now pos- i<
sossod by men. The first election un- ?
der the new law will be held in De- R
cember. The only other State in the w
world iu which men and women havt 11
Doctor Baker, Secretary of tlic ci
Michigan Stat- Board of Health, has 01
...Vini-a thorough examination T
been maimo , ,
\ stud consumption and has n
<> the couolnsion that it is n
?? >.cal*, disease. lie accord- B
eor , _
_aglTruc<"Jl"lt'u"ou lu a meeting oune
jj.<rd that it ho placed upon tho list Ci
si communicable discuses and trontod
as such. This tho Board decreed, and 1
hereafter consumption will bo knowi n.'
as a communicablo disease. Bi
report BrigibUerrGea-jhh
t m
M^HHP?rlin, commanding the Depart- ()t
JJ^HToi i'ue Columbia, says that the tj
H^^Kerimout of making the Indian a
PBwldier is a decided failure so far as hie Y|
WF experience goes, ond ho has recommended
tho discharge of the few Indian ^
soldiers now in his department, less ^
than a company. Qenoral Carlin reports
that tliero lias been a decided c;
incroaso in desertions during tho past C(
year, due, in a great, measure, to th*
unpopularity of tho ten year service a
law, and he rocommends tho ropeal of 0
that law. He also recommends that t
the small posts in ms uepm vmuut u? g
abandoned and tho troops concentrated d
at a general post at the principal rail- n
road center.
Says the Now York Tribuno: "Juvenile
blackguardism constitutes the 1
principal theme of discussion in the (
new annual report of the Howard s
Prison Association, which contains a
good deal of interesting information
concerning those organized gangs of f
young delinquents, which arc among
the greatest curses of all great oities.
The 'toughs' of Now York havo Uioir (
counterpart in the 'corner-boys' of
Dublin, tho 'scuttles' of Manchester. (
the 'hoodlums' of San Francisco, tho
?Klr?rwl t.ni in' nf Baltimore, and the
'larrikins' of Australia and New Zea- ^
land, who in certain cities in New j
South Wales and of Victoria oven sue- (
coed in terrorizing tho police. Many
methods liavo been suggested for deal- ,
ing with the problem, the most satis- ,
factory and efficacious of which seems
. to be that adopted by tho Canadians,
which is locally described as the 'curfew
bell' plan. Privon thereto by tho
intolerable behavior of the young rowdies,
the Canadian police now look up
in jail for the night all disorderly or j
loafing Udn found in the streets after ;
the ringing of the bell at nino o'clock, j
The effect of this stringont regulation '
is shown to have beou highly satisfac- J
toi v in Canada, but it is doubtful j
whothor it would bo possible to carry j
out any such drastic measures in so j
large a city as New York, where moreover
the juvenile criminals are far
more wideawake than their 'pals'
across tho border."
PITHY NEWS ITEMS.
There are now 179 students at the
Agricultural and Mechanical College.
Raleigh, N. C.
A million tax tags for commercial fertilizers
were delivered at the department
of Agriculture. Raleigh N. C.
At Greenville, 8. C., the grand jury
of the county has sd far thrown out every
iodictmont under the new dispensary
law, although some of the cases were
vory strongly supported by evidence.
Secretary lloko Smith has withdrawu
from a t Ga., it*
an uif tficial trial over 'the meis ired
course between Capo Ann and C-po
Porpoise, a distance of a fraction Jtvs
KWw ii Vnnt. iMHiMfl ltl?l...4~ ?*'
- ? w ?'--J ? Ul|>UCI iU Ull
precedenJad apeed of 23.87 knot* an
MIL*> * ' """ V""
-j;> .' >
la Ca'avba county, N. C , last 8udlajJohoWacaster,
a lad of 12 -ye n?v
iNyfuUy r appa lbs pistol at his little*1
sous n, Priscilla Hudson, age 1 I) year^. Jbo
said, "Don'tdo that." "SccI'^saicJ
i% "ll'a n ?t I-aded," aud ho snapped
ig%in. But it?vas, and was discharged,
,nd"the bi'l entered ibo little gill's
train and killed her. ,
Senators J one* Z. X^oVge of ft?si';sfppl,
and A. H. Colquith- of GePrgis, j
nd rx-Benator 8 Bp Maxey of Texns,
II of whom were officers in the Coufed
rate army, arc on the Mexican pent ion
oil. Gen. J. B. Kershaw, of South Cur
linn, was a veteran of the Mexican war
Ladies of the. Pope HuudrttTJ"^ Baltt- ,
loco,O VC*n on W*U?&? ,
!lub?" Tboj-urpoie of its members; ^tlflr
i*dud? neVly AlT ttfo young 1 idles of
he most tris'ocr.ric society of Baltilore,
is to supply tho poor with articles
f woar of canton lluincl. The elder laies
orgaoiz-d the club, and their
nughkrs do tho work. Each member
rings with her to tho meeting place n
unn'iiy of canton flannel, which is fash?ned
into underwear, right garments,
ud other things for children as well cs ;
rluUs. It is found that there is an nl- |
ny: cxisi'."g ucumiia lor canton Uftncl.
and that it is impossible to supply
>g of wool on the free list are being
irculated auti signed by almost every
c in west Texas regardless of party,
wo thousand people are interested in
ool in we:t Texas.
Two centenarians, Mary Page, 104,and
[arry Mordccai, 101, died in the Ralsgh,
N. C., peor house within a day of
ich other last week.
Lumpkin county, Ga., is having an
xciting gold mining boom. The mines
re not new discoveries, but since the
lver trouble bey on attention has been
directed to old diggings and grid debits
known to exist there. Colorado
iniug capitalists ami cspitaubw nom
jji?r regions have been looking over
ie Lumpkin gold fields during the past
to or three months, with a view to in
eatment.
Florida and California fruit is competig
successfu'ly with Mediterranean proucts
in F,uropcau markets this year,
..I..
LI LA llic puijuuvuia niitauj mv j ju
tcess of those of p-cvious years. Suceasful
experiments have a'so been made
nib year with shipments of Californian
d Washington fruits to Japan and
ther couutries of the Orient. From a
weniy acre prune ranch a Washington
rower ob'aincd this year forty tons of
Iricd fruit, which he sold in Portland
t $150 a ton.
A man in America*, Qa., is playing
he bus:neRs of peddler under a free
icons" grantcl by tire Sta'c to wouuded
Confederate soldiers, nnd eking out a
ubsistcnce with a pension he drnws ns
in e\-Ui<ion soldi-.r.
T o M rioa Street Methodist church
it Colum' in, 8. ('., was sust lined by the
Conference last week in expelling Walt r
Klrkland bceau =c he was employed as a
jieik in the co-.mty dispensary. There is
10 nppe 1 for an individual member from
tte decision of the Conference.
T. K. Bruner, who was connected
with the exhibit at Chicago, says that
the North Carolina agricultural exhibit
had received 1)7 awards up to the time
of his leaving Chicago, while that of
South Dakota, which was considered one
of the finest agricultural displays, had
only 18
O. P. Ransom, grocer,' olumbin.S. C.,
was closed out Friday hy the Loan &
Exchange Rank.
John M. Lnngsicn. the cn'tured Virginia
mulatto, and fotmc-rly minister to
llayti, in a recent Ic lure 03 the emancipation
of the negro in tie Latin countries
of America, said that "'the brave
deeds of the slavrs who won Hayiien
independence were a monument, to tbr
ability of the colored man to better bis
own condition. Revolutions were frequent
in Hay);, but in n.*g?o would evt i
el! ?lie independent" cf the country.
The disturbance in the government uevci
went farther than the disposition of iln
iuIcis. The negro in llajti and bni
pom in go had emancipated himself, bu
the Government of the United 8'etee had
irsu'ted colored intelligence bj sending
Virginia white m-n to them to reprrcent
the nation. The regro held the
government of the world in the hollow
of his hand lie multipli d rapidly and
scattered abroad, and was increasing in
education and wealth s> that the time
? ;is cuniog when he would rule."
Judge R chard Parker, died at hi*
residence in Winch -s'-or, Va., last Ftiday
ni^ht. He was 83 ~ years old. H?
was a son of the late Diehard E. Parker
of the Court of A
w^grtduttod in law it tlu Uniuriitv
r^Th It -w A V
pfMiaea at the trials of Joha^Bwrtfa it
('h irlt* town, no*? in WHf;Yfc$tai?
and ficptoucod Brown to b? hanged.
A thr(w?.y??r zCZ, v' 77. MltOA
ell, of Bavifison county, "N. C.,' im.
burnod to death while hie parents wul
flFH from borne.
T. j. Luody, clnrk of tha aupario*
Start of Oraynoli county, Va , becatnr
suddenly iosaffe last Sunday wbilsfeafcv
ing hia Sunday school.
The Biptist General Assembly Jfe V,
giuia... met at Roanoke, Va.
^rancis^Thurber, tha big wholes^grocer^Sf
Naw York City, haa made
an '
WILL STOP THE PIQBT'
The ^ovaray^kaya Oodtett and
__3[AcAaoTTYif i a fftra.
Tallahassee brought the f?UQSiAftj?sfcl
but significant ]$tt*r trSSlS^m^^
the Chief Execu'irc of Florida: * V*
v Talt.ahabsbb, Fla.
To N. B. Broward, Sheriff of Duval
County:
Dar Sir?The Governor directs that
you will tako all pioper precautions to
prevent any "prize fight" or so called
"glovecontears" in Duval county.
[8igned] D. Lano,
Private Secretary.
The sporting men rlaim that tbe
statute does not contemplate a fight like
this one arranged between C>rbett and
Mitchell, duelling being the offence
? ' 1- -Mny
as ever that the fight will come off here.
TKoir niinruRV nrlviooa fkom fn rrn a ?*><wi
Preacher Fined for Cruelty to a
Skunk.
(From the Phil .<1 Iphi i P.ess.)
Okohgbtowk, M\ss.?R. Mc^nr'ney,
a Congregational minister of this town,
who hns made hiins If dee'd dly obnoxious
to the liquor 'de lc s her about by
his efforts iu the iutetesv < f morality,
was fined $15 in the polite court for un
due cruelty in the killing of a skunk.
It app ars that one day last week Mr.
McCartney was attracted to his back
yard bv an evil s nell. In the yard was
an oict dry go mm new
straw. When Mr. M 'Cartncy came on
the tceno he w. s nearly suit. ca^cd by
the fumes, and noticed a little white
and black animal gamboling in the
straw. He tipped the b x oyer and lifting
it touched a in it h to tfie straw,
cremating the sku ?k.
A tender hearted neighbor, Lemuel B
Rurrell,who is an agent for theMasruc' usptta
flnciety for tliC PrtVSutiou of Cruolty
to Animals, made a coinpln:nt to
the authorities, and the Rev. Henry McCartney
was brought up in court. He
acknowledged his guilt and paid the
fine.
Two Big Families.
The following two families make a
showing which is difficult to find excelled,
even in the prolific mountains of
Tennessee and North Carolina.
The Her. A a Houth ia a Baptist
preacher residing nt Piny Flats, Sullivan
county, Tenn. He is a apry old gentleman,
about 70 years old, and still fills
his regular appointments at several
preaching places. He is the father ol
thirty-three children, all of them living.
Mr. Houth his been married twice, and
his second wife is still living and help
ing take care of the family. Mr. Routl
is almost deaf, but otherwise, shows nr
signs of old age or decay. His family it
nearly equally divided as to sex, then
being seventeen boys and sixteen girls
The other family is that of Mo<cs Wll
liains, colored, who lives on a farm ncai
Fayelteville, N. C. He is a lively youni
chap of sixty-five, but doesn't look like
it He is also living with his seconc
wife. There have been born to him for
ty-five children?forty of them girls B;
his first wife there were twenty girl
and three boys, and by the aecon<
twenty girls and two boys. Nearly al
of them are living.
TSa amrarnm*nt T1? f? * f ?rl
London, Eno.?The pirish council!
i bill beintj under consideration, th'
Hons* of Comraons divided on Mr. w?!
i trr McLnuren's motion to sllow *omr
to vote in lorai government and pnrltn
siviiinry eiou'ioiis. The motion w?? r*>
ried 147 to 126 ntni 1 gr nt ex itemrn
i md cots 'hit th^ govcrnmen* res'gn.
Sir Ulnrles Jus.in 'fr.Ct" hv ?m
t otht r former Glnditnn it i to! ?>.\ers v t <
i against tl?e government
IN OUTRAQfi^ WT^BAMAH,
Put Off* rr?!n,H? it X
tud Dok? m 8?t^hum.
A-uetillb, N. C^Hn from
Paint Rock reveal a eftfl^KlDjo that g
nay ciuae comipoadf^HM more, (
betwejn Unc'e Sam .liflPftii gov- p
ornment. Several djfl^^Bae Quo, a t|
-.'binapiao, left AQjMHBr ^obndoa w
Cil<-,*Tenn ,via PalBS^e The China- c?
n m had |$30 UtfM^^^H?ock*t At
Paint Rock thq iSHj^^Hare changed
''Corgi.atrainn\"A?^^^^KMa" through p
to Kn^zvUl<vA9j^^^^H*Itfh- Paint
i Ling
aa t,
ys^ud^gMBHWR',' ^dcra'and the u
KM^HP61!1 -attempts to I Tj
1 GyyJ|lnipvtient and ,
** * 1^* ~ ^ wr w*h'z~'c
bjn^i^^to ,ct 00
him. \tt ti a lnt*?od the men I y,
into the *<"9* whore jftvmv nod over t,
flight, day he tflKfcen by i*ople j
living In the neigh>?*W? who s?y hli
tegs and trow vyre mHTtoru bJ' dogs B
white more wounds oouie body were
made by an axe wed jjjB. When seen .<
he seemed to be in eSij&pto I c mditlon
and rfm'tfom thosoJK tried to ap- I j8
proach-htu. Om h-a not t4
been he h
been Bhg*^Ti * tJtniia- *
man and placed fh Rail jail, Jonas 0
Arrowood and W1il?wHhtchcH are to be ^
arrested on the wnicy^gs. Ling Gun's ?,
countrymen hero herrwetainod Messrs.
Qudger & Pritchard JKully inve tigntc
the matter. The fao'4Hn the case will
be laid keforo Sccrctn Or ahara in a
let'er from the at'oroeJind the Chinese
minister will also b^ypued.
CLEMSON CjfjLEGE.
There are 426 Pi eatiM and 900 More
Desiro Adraittftnco.
Coi.i miha, b. c\?T*t> first report of 11
~i>l* jVTffU'jUJ College siare *'
log.- nnd nearly nv& *
fur t xc cds wlmt wo* expected and tbc t
buildings arc, at pres^n', too small to
in ct the demand, GOO being tho limit of
he capui'y by crowding. The manual
labor fffttu e of the collego is a grand
success, the students doing good work
willingly. Theio arc 163 students in the
mechanical department, and nearly 100
:n tho agricultural department. The
merhani- al deportment is too small to
accommodate more workers. Students
do form work and garden work, building
homes nnd other necessary work.
M,JeS.S?tk in- *?. lb^lSB6BlWl4arttf
and the future of the tftdirge is bright
The college is now onewf the best institutions
of its kind in the country and
ilready has passed the experimental
stage, and the wis lom of its founders
has bee i fully justified.
A DEBT OF VIRGINIA.
A Petty Subscription to the Oowpena
Muonxnent Cannot be Collected.
Ricumoni>, Va.? Governor McKiar.cy
has received a letter from Cxpt. William
A. Courtenav, ex-captain of the Washington
L<ght Infant! y, calling his attention
in a rlnim nf *9r,0 which VircriniA is
""" ' o
said to have made for a subsc ription th
Cowpcus, S. t\, monumoDt. This subscription
was nitric, it is alleged, la
1880. The matter was called to the attention
of Governor Cameron, who did
not respond. It was afterwards mentioned
to Governor Lee, but he replied
that Virginia would Iiavo to pay its
debt to England before it would pay its
debt to the victorious monument, but
the claim wi:l not die, and now comes
before Governor McK uney oa the eve
of his retirement. He will refer it to
the Legislature, and if not dispose 1 of
by tlint body it will probably be passed
on ns ?n interesting legacy of office to
Govern' r O'Fcr > li.
??? '
Incomo Tax Assured.
Wabiiinoton, *). C.?That an income
tax shall be a part of this Administra.
t ion's financial plan has been m good
I us agreed up >n by ths Comor.ttee of
Ways and Means This is conceded by
^ men speaking for the committee and the
g Administration.
3 The rate of the tax on incomes and
I what incomes shall be exempted form
the only question. It is understood that
the favorite idea is to exempt incomes
under $<"?,000, and tax^ stiffly all over
t that figure.
. Data to show what sum could reasonably
bo counted on ?t certain different
0 ra'es of taxation arc now getting worked
up in Mr. Carlisle's department.
On the oucstion of am mint ?nH
TC.U, a
t radical difference of opinion is found to
xist among the committee.
1 Ju go Edwin d. Keide, president o(
> the Nations' Birk of Bal.igh, N C,
eel brat <) Ma 82nd Monday.
a
"PAPA IS. DEAD."
ookvha Pretty Organist With Him
to His Living Orave.
Baltimore, Md.?Rev. Uu. M.
ragg, pattor of the Calvary Methodist
piscopil church, South,and Mias Ianthe
help*, organist of the church, have diaipcared,
leaving let'ars saying that the;
ill aot return to Btllemoro The inferice
is that the parton and orgrniat have
ken flight together. The former leave*
wife and five young children.
Mr. Bragg ii about 43 years of age.
or a number of jenra ho had charge of
country newspap r in West Virginia,
la native Sta'e. Te 1 j ears ago ho onre
i the ministry. He cm mo to Calvary
lurch In M-rrh, 1804, from Roucevert,
r Va., auco cdiog Uov. J. W Qrubb
c wis a forv-lb'e preach r and by hid
Igor un stylo and |?eraonal popularity
.r-tj'fl Imri?n rnncrrei/atinna. He urcarh
i wicc list Sunday.
Miss Puelps, the mi-sing organist, is
> ?ut 17 years of ag , of medium height
t ' good figure ltichnrd Phelps, tho
mi g girl's father, who is a well-known
Mumisdnn merchant,declines to discu-s
it subject < f the disappearance of his
Slighter.
' Do yon think alio has gone with M:
ragg?" he was asked.
"I have nothing to Bay," was hia reply,
no atati meat to make."
Mrs Btagg is prostrated with grief It
i stated th>.t she found & letter carefully
>aled and add.cased to her, lying upon
er husband's desk. Its contents have
ot b-.en made public other than it contincd
the statement that the writer "Is
ruined man," adding: "I am going
way and will not return. Tell the chilTtiu
..The _l_0-year-old sou
f tho ab<cot pas'or, when asked wmrro
is f.ther was, promptly responded with
cars in his eves: "Puna is dead."
Made a Cat False Teeth.
The oat that ownod tho falso tooth
ad loet hia own, and had hia jaw broken
eaidea by a drunken wretch who boat
im with a oobble-stono.
Hrtm?thincr must bo done for liim. for
Ife supported on "spoon vittles" was
burden, and a young dentist in the
ieighborhood, who had become greatly
n teres ted iu the unfortunate eat, reolved
to try the experiment of makerrible
piece of work, as'l?aptain oneoted
to it with all his might, but it
ras nothing to what followed when the
eeth were fairly iu. If the animal
tad plunged and scratched while the
date was being fitted, ho acted like a
nal thing whon it wan firmly attached
,o his jaw?although it was well made
?nd fitted perfectly.
He could not understand that it
vould enable him to continue the
uxurious feasts to which he had been
accustomed, and for several days he
ind impossible scheme was tried to got
he uncomfortable thing out of his
nonth; he tore at it with his claws,
!ie shook his head violently to make it
Irop out, ho butted against heavy
pieces of furniture, ami if any one
came near him ho growled and scratched
at them.
There seemed to be danger of l?i? go
ing mad, and his friends were sorely
puzzled to know what to do with him,
when, greatly to their relief, ho ealmet
dov;n and appeared to have como t<
the conclusion that liis new possessioi
was after all a bh ?i**k >n disguise. hi
was once rnoro gentle and affectionate
as he ha<l been previous to his mil
fortune ; and the plate wan now oftei
taken out between meals and put bac
again. In this way it was worn con
fortably for over a ydtl.?San Frai
cisco Chronicle.
A Corpse in tho River.
Richmond, Va.?The body of n ma
supposed to be that of W. II. Simpson <
Harris, was found ia ihc river her
There were no marts of violence npn
his person. The man has been missin
from his bosrding house since the thii
of the month. He bail ort'y heen in tl
city about a month r.nd it is believed thi
he came from York, I'a.
A Prer?.ch&r Kil n a Man.
Ashevii.lr, N. C. ? N' Ws uacht
here that Rev. Jack N< rt>n, of Rico
Creek, Union county, Toou., killel
man named Mahaffey 01 Sheltmi Laure
vfl .*1 to ? aaiir.i \!ai" rlftv a t 1 jiii f in
count* Sheriff Wt.il ? n?l x >lu to uric
Norton.
A Bishop's Wife Dead.
RlcnMOKn Va.? Mrs. Vio'et Pa
Jackson, wife of Bishop H. Mcllvi
Jack-on, of Alabama, died here Thui
daj at the residence of her father, Jam
B Pace.
Herat, in Afghanistan, is tho c
which h?? been moat often
Fifty six iimes riuvo as walls been 1
in ruins, and the same number
limes have they been sru'tud a^ain
Tho Gridiion Club of Wa hino;toD,
C., visited Asheville, N. C., last Frid
where they were wiped and dined.
AUGUSTA EXPOSITION,
Governor Northen Delivers an Ad ?
dress.
The Georgia Stat* Fair Combined
With the Expoeition. be
Aooi'm, Ga.?For the third time ?u
grand txposition has been hold. On thi? ha
occasion, however, there la joined wit) tic
this enterprise tho Georgia State Fai th
under the management of (he Georgi* en
State Agricultural Society, the two com th
bincd forming an exposition %tha* lh
equals in its scope and magnitude an>
similar enterprise ever attempted in th* no
history of the South. an
In the building is tho finest agrhul- br
tural display of Southern products evoi nv
si on, fifteen counties of Georgia and ha
South Carolina and the collective ex di
hlbit of the State of South Carolina, par ac
tiriiintinir In t~?S???trt?' Uir,juni in
cal nnd electrical departments nearly nl Is
the States nnd eight nations aro repre- d<
tented, while among the attiaction* sii
are many of the best features from the b
Midway Plaisaoce at the World Fair. cr
Gov. Northon in his speech said: "This ca
'is an auspicious day, not for Augusts th
only, but for Georgia and the South. til
' Willi cheap material, cheap lubor tc
nnd no strikes, the South can claim the w
entire contract of the manufacture ol ms
cotton goods at no distant day. Noth di
ing but ouiselves can hinder the growth
of our section and the wealth of out m
people. We do not need to cultivate tc
our farms less but more, while we invitt fc
capital to develop our mines, utilize out ol
forests, manufacture our cotton, broaden ol
our agriculture, and open our ports to 01
the commsne of the world. h
"Tho South, under the diversification p
??f ere; s ,in,i diversification of industries, w
is thrilling with T1PW lite. As this now \\
pr? sperity comes to us it will bring no f<
sweeter thought than that it adds noi o
only to the comfort ant happinosi of II
inrtSnn Imf flint it. mnk ? hrnmlm a
(he glory and decp-r the majfH'y and *.<
inoro unduring the strength of tho union
of States. In t'lis lb-pub io of ours it
'odgod tlio hope of fnc govnrnmeat on
the enrtb. Here God hna tested the ark ^
<f the covenant with tin sons of men. ()
I.ct us s< nr ah no all provincial pride ()
and fi'.d our deeper aspirations in g.lh <ciing
the fullest sheaves into the hnrvest
snd s'unding the stnunchest and
which a'l the peo}do of tlifs,*e,!n?h'csdA\T
c .me in Qod's appoin'cd into." ^
TO COIN $4,000,000 A MONTH.
Colonel Oates Says that M?\ Carl ole *
Intimated to Him His Po'icy. \
Montgomkiiy, Ai.a ? Congr s man
Oates has ar.ivcd in this eity diivot from u
Washington. In ao into.view he add f
he hud rccmtly cilhd on Mr. Carl'sle ^
and the Beet of my gave him to uiuhr- ^
stand it would b tho policy of the ad- ,
lu'inu TTrmnTy; nr nuuui (OUT mt'lions
monthly. At this rate, wlrch is the ^
capacity of the mints, it would require
four years lo coin nil tl c bullion on h nd .
That would bo at the cad of Mr. ( levelaud
terra. The succeeding admin at a
tiou would piovide for ndd tionul cur
' rency and relief 11 the po pi for incrcns *
irig the circulating nndi'.m. lie say- 1
he thinks the lull r- paling the tope B
f cent, tax on Statu hinks will i p.ssel. 1
, give a sufficient do lies':c curr ncy and *
1 relief to the people, bu . ho it not sur ^
j tho Ihoiicnt fuv rs it The I'rc-idrn* ?
i ia r.ou committal. *
> A Crew Rescued.
i- Nom-oi.k, Va ?Tuo berk 8. S.
u Hoii.k rlaud, Otpl.iu Brined, ftoui
k Char o.-doa or Bremen, width put in h re
i* f. r coal, Lr.,u ,l?t to this city Copta't
i- McDonal 1 a,d cre.vo'idx men belonging
to the ecLoout-r Piter II. Crewel',
of Dennis, M?>?. The Cruwoll sailed
from No: folk on November 3d, for Fa1'
river with a cargo of coal. She encountered
b.i i weather from the first and cj
)r
November 5ih there wna five feet of
water in bhold, and it steadi'y in
creased notwithstanding all effoit* to
^ e'ear her. When sighted by the Sonde*
crlnnii 8V urdny morning sbo was 1ft
mil h o!T B >(lv Isliid. 11 r decks had
at
*?:??! heen swejit ashore, sails lost and n'l
tier bo rs cur.iod away. Tb3 men wc.e
in an < xh imle I conditio ? aod had to br
.<] hauled on board with Hues.
'fi ?~^rnarnmm?
a Nine Feet of Water in her Hold.
I, Wilmington, N. C.?The sch jono;*
c- Douglas Gregory, Captain L. S. Stillit
well, hailing from Pert Dennesville, N.
-I . from Savin mdi to Baltimore, with
cargo of lumber, wan towed into South- '
port in distress. The captain repoits
ce that she wan struck by a northeast storm
lie on the 10th, in latitude 33 deg. 85 min.
g. north, and longitude 78 deg. west, dur
>es ing which the vessel lost her rudder and
sustained s?rcral leaks. At preseut
there is n?ne feet of water in her hold,
ily
Vi\\z th3 Sheriff.
Murray, Kv ?J. M. Urccdflfec,sheriff
ul of Henry county, Tenn., was shot and
instantly killed by a negro named Cole()
man. The nigro was in ambush and
ueed a shot gun, blowing the top of th<
sheriff's bead oil.
A
n CAW TOO LAT2. ^ *
>e Death of Diroot Tax OlolMWp^
Before his Claim wu Tali*
Beavpomt, 8. C.?Ai a time liko thl?r ' *
len loft-budtd charity U pouring ita
efactiona upon the distressed aid
>rm stricken sections with bounteous
nd, it is a base and additional rcflee?n
upon a common sense of justice thai
is latter should be withheld from thoso
titled to its rewards and that, tso, 5?j
great QoTernment under which
re.
Edwin 0. McTureoue, respectably COO*
ctod and said to hare been a faithful . ,3
d gallant Confederate of Kershaw*s
igado, an heir to a moderato sum of
- ? ? ? at Ji a A # J la _*dH
oney irum mo direct tax iuuu ?u i? . ^
>uda of the United States GovernmenVjfi^
cd hero last night in extreme provtifjp*
id destitution, while th* lun*
om hia paternal cstato on 9t.
lnnd confiscated by the TTntl??fl$tdlW '
uring thd war, and from which he tea^^t"*"1
nco ahould have recolvod his quote, htef^j
en withheld in accordanco with the, |
uol and inexorable rulo of dolay in thest u <
ses for longjmonths of poatponemenl 0$ ti .
0 check,and he hai died just about tho"'/j
mo that it ahould have arrived,and now ?j
10 late for hitn to onjoy its benefits, >
hich might have smoothed the rough ''
.purities for his lifo or lightened up hh Jm j
?rk pathway to tho gravo. <^v W
llo sought not the general charity that **?3
ight havo been obtainod, but preferred M j
1 abide the sickening pang of hope do- * '
rred, and so groaned and diodl We had ? 1
trained for him a judgment in the Court *
f Claims for his portion of piojter,which
ur paternal Government had^atlCTrud
m to expcc', but the usual formaltty of
rocrastiunttng payment for ninety daya
as required by tho Government, and <
hen it comes it will como too late to af?
ird hiin the little comfort and pleasure
f its receipt. It is a aad irony of fate.
10 ma never melons aomo mna menus
ho shw that ho wax not entirely neglset11
and saw him decently interred.
Age of Trees.
klm, 300 yearn; ivy, 886yoars; ma<
le, 810 yearn; larch, 676 years;
range, 630 yearn; cypress, 800 years ;
live, 800 yearn; walnut, 000 years;
iriental plane, 1000 yearn ; lime, 11001
earn; npruce, 1200 yearn; oak, 15001
earn; cedar, 2000 years; yew, 82CKM
io doubt of ri8~cofr^fi^n^ArftcKfci9flniMH
ew canes the data ban boon furnished
y hintorical reoordnaudby traditions,
>ut the botanical archoologists have a
eaource independent of either, and,I fl|
ill en carefully uned, infallible.
Of all tho forms of nature, tree* |B
lone disoloso their agon oandidly and B
rcely. In tho stems of trees which' E
lavo brunchen and loaves with netted!' g
cinn?in all exogons, as the botanist
irnill/1 wuv Hia 1 > . \
prcad in an even layer upon the supkJjP
aco of tho proceding one.
In tho earlier periods of life tlree# i
noroano much faster than when adult! J
-tho oak, for instanoe, grows more '
apidly between tho twentieth and
hirtieth yoarn?and when old the ah^H
tual doponitn considerably diminish, <^IB
io that iiio strata arc thinner ana the w
'iugH proportionality closer. Some
ret'H alack eu iu rate of growth at ai sfc
,cry early period of life, and layors ot J
>ak become thinnor after forty, thoeei
>f the olm after fifty, those of the yewi L
ifter sixty. ?New York Times.
Cleveland Appoints Ha. riaon'e Dem*Mal
ocratic Brother. m
Washington, D. C.?Tho Preslden^Hj
appointed a number of collectors of cue* 7
toms of internal revenue and other oUft* '
cers und r the Treasury Department, all 7!
far Northwestern and Southwestern oeo?
tions. Among them was J. Scott Har?
rison, to be surveyor of customs for the
port of Kansas City. He Is the Demo'
cratic brother of ex-President Harrison, '
and an active Democratic politician.
Picking Cotton by Xaohinery.
New York.?The United States Cob ^
ton Picking Company, which was re?
ccntly formed in New York with Jacob Jj
Schwed en president, has been told out ^
.o the Weller Cotton Picking Oompyy,
with a capital of $1,000,000, of wmcl|j|H
Mr. Schwed is also president. The ms^'V
I chine acquired by the Weller Company fl
from the United States' Company ha* K
been in operation in the cotton fieldaBj
near Anniston, Ala. |||
Two Lawyers Fight. A
Cot.umbia, S. C.?Burrell Miles,
n.an GO pears of age, working in
jUte dispensary, fell down the eleyalo<fl|
opening, and he was rendered uncea-fl^
scions, and is thoug'ut to be eeriouslt^E
injured. He was sent to the hoas*tt?!
treatment.
John Bausket and J. 3. Verner, twjB
prominent iawjers of this .city, hiiBJJ
personal encounter on the str6*t,
wero separated without being
t *.i L
The Americana are generally ^ I
to have surpassed all o|her KstJ I
the invention and use of
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