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''' ~~~ ' ' PntUito Afrtc^n*, BtrtimUw, Ufa***, Mttimm* Ot <\rrmt iW .y tht A??. ~ _ VOL. JXV.-NEW SERIES. 'UNION C.~lf ' vSOUTHcTrOI JNX, I&DAY, FKBRUARY 23~Ts$4.* * "v "'J' NUMBER 8? ' . _ i fi 11 I'M Hartford Journal has noted that when ia its normal condition the heart beata seventy-fire times a minute, But-whoa a fellow meets his giri with a rival it reaches 175. An i.iiglisli iariii r, relates the American Agriculturist, was recently prosecuted for eruclty to nuimnls ami fined ten pounds (#50) su 1 costs, lie was allcgod to lmve kept twenty-six head of stock in a* field without sufficient food. But the farmer's neighbor* believing that he ha I done the beet he could in the prevailing drouth, started u subscription and soon raised enough to make tip to him the amount of lino ftu-l c.oaL That the United States numbers the diamond amongst ita many precious ntones is an undoubted fact, and, although none of any size to compare with those from India, Brazil and South Africa have been found, yet fr/\m 4Ka a*..... 1 * * ..V..U III IUJ evi'icuccs ot nu is of undoubted specimens oT merit, there is reason to hope tlint some gem <>x" ceptioual value may l?o eventually discovered,either accidentally or through systematic search.?Now Orleans Picayune. The New York Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin, which keeps a daily record of tho tires in this country, and is deservedly high authority on all questions of insurance, reports the total looouo i?y tire in the I United States and Canada in the year 1893 at $156,415,875, against $132, 704,700 in 1892. In but one mouth of 1893 did the total of tire losses sink Below $10,000,000, aud that was in February, when the returns of tho Journal of Commerce place the figures ' at ft9 910 OrtO Tlw, ?? ' , ,www. iwuiu I U[;U1 ? .1 235 fires in December of a greater destructive ness than #10,000 eaeli. It ays that the underwriters attribute much of the loss to} careless installation of electric light and power plants. Under these circumstances it ought to bo the occasion of more than insurance interest to learn that the ^-<f? ctric risk is being investigated by experts who are gathering particulars of all the fires traceable to electricity. Electricity is a good servant who will beivr a lot of watching. Among the men who have died during the past year and whose names will figure in history are James CI. Blaine, late Secretary of State; Alexander of Battenberg, once the Prince of Bulgaria; ex-President Hayes, General Beujamin F. Butler, Chief Justices Lamar and Blotchford, Hamilton Fish, Beauregard and Smith, Confederate generals; the F.arl of , Derby, Miribe), chief of the Froneh j i Rcnernl staff; MacMnhou, ex-President 1 of Franco; JuIch Ferry, Senator * Stanford, tho founder of Lei end Stanford University; Sir A. T. C?alt, Sir John Abbot, ex*Premier of Cans la; ^ "Uncle Jerry'' Rusk, Tirard, a former Premier of France, and Admiral Tryon, , of the Victoria, first of Kujlish naval I officers of the day. The church, in its ' various members, has lost Phillips 1 i Brooks, who is claimed by the church universal; Dr. A. P. l'eabody, Dr. I jf*hil ip ScliaiT, Frederick Lvaus, the ] Shaker; Jiisuops Ivip and mssell and Brother Azarias. The ranks of the men of letters show few breaches, but among these are places oiica fillo I by Taine, Francis Parkman, Guy ?le Maupassant, John Aldington Symonds, Mrs. Marin Lamb, founder of the Magazine of History; J>e Mille, Lucy Larcoro, Professor Jewett and Dr. William Smith, the lexicographer. Among the scientists who have been taken away the names of Tyndall, Charcot and Professor Horsford, of Harvard, are the most prominent names. Others of this class arc Craven, the inventor of the submarine cable ; Lichtenthaler, the conchologist and marine botanist; Decandolle, a French hot mist; Captain Anderson, who commanded the Great j Eastern when laying the first Atlantic ! cable; Joseph Francis, the inventor j of the life-boat; Colton, th? map i publisher; Vinor, the meteorologist; Stephenson, builder of the first, street car; Itae, the great Arctic explorer; ! Harvey, the inventor of the armor plate. Few men have died in 18()3 j whofie lows has been more severely felt ami whose name has been more widely ! honored than General Armstrong, j founder of the Hampton Institute and j friend of the freedmnn and the Indian. In this category, among those who did much for their fellow-meu. may be mentioned also Authouy Drexel, Gaorgo I. Seney and Colonel Auchmuty. Last, >ut by ii?? m?'niiK least, in the ghostly ; procession we notice Kdwin Bex tli, i j greatest nt' American actors and a very rare character; Fanny Kemble, j .T. E. Murdock, Gounod, the composer, and Tschaikowskv, the Busman 1 musician. THE NATIONAL FARMERS' ALLIANCE. Politics Were Not Considered at the Annua Meeting. The salary of Marion Butler, ot Goldsboro, N. C., ami editor of the Caucasian, the yew president of the Xutional Alliance, is $3,000. Heretofore the president has been required to live at Washington, D. 0., but under a new rule he can reside whereover he like*. Mr. Butler says the meeting at To peka, Jvnnsas, was largo. The dele- I gates woro e!itcrt?i:i?d at the city's expense and the town loft no atone (inturned to ninko their stay ploaaant. Politics were not discussed. There was no change in the constitution of tho Alliance, and no radical measures of any kind were effected. Mrs. Lease was not present at the meeting, although Topeka is her home. The uext meeting, says President Butler, will he in Raleigh, by which time the Polk monument, for which money is now solicited, will have been completed* The other officers elected were: Vice president, .T. L. Gilbert, of California; secretary and treasurer, I). P. Duncan, of South Carolina. Executive Committee?Mann Page, of Virginia; II. C. Dunning, of Pennsylvania; J. E Dean, of New York, and II. L. Lucks, of South Dakota. The executive committee was author7.ed to appoint a national lecturer and select a place for holding the next convention. Ben Terrell, of Texas, the present national lecturer, will doubtless be chosen for another term. The salary of the president and lecturer war. fixed at $<'1,000 each, and of the vice president at $2,250. The Alliance took exceptions to the ideas advanced by ,T. Sterling Morton, riccrctary ot Agriculture, relative to the classes, ami exposed its disapproval of {Secretary Morton in a resolution. WOMAN SUFTHAGE Wr. Panel, of Colorado, Prn/iosc> a Ci.'l t-i This Effect. Washington, D. G. ?Mr. Ponce, Populist, of Colorado, otTered in the louse a hill proposing woman's sufrage. The lull differs somewhat front there presented on the same subject Heretofore, as it does not propose to intend the constitution, hut simply pves women over the age of '21 the ight to register and vote at all elections or members of the House of Retresentatives, and provides that their igbts shall not he denied or abridged )j the United States or any State:- * A preamble to the resolution says hat the right to choose members of he House of Representatives is vested >y the constitution in the people of the leveral Stat utliont distinction of icx, but for >f proper legislation leretofore, oik .slf has been restrict;d from voting. The bill is for the mrnosc of correcting this error and ogive full effect to the constitution. oonie nays ago air. i-c'l ottered a 'CRolution amending the con-titn41 <>*i 10 hh to give "woman Kiiflrnge." It vrr referred to the judicial v mm hi it t c?> mil reported adversely. The resoldion of Mr. Pence iIimk not > in *n<I tint mnst itutiol), nml was m iiI lo tin* eoninittee on the elections of I'reMdeiit, i'ice President uinl inciiihei.s ol the Jongrese. Says Dana, of the Notv York Sun. ^n Kngiii 11tiinii travelling in the South some years ngo was interested alien n elimiee acipiiiintnuce ?t n hotel mid to him. "I have some of Longfellow's hnir." Then he drew from liis pocket n little lmx and exhibited n piantity of course black hnir. "Oh," >?id the Knglishmnii, with surprise, "I should have thought it would have lieen white." "No," -aid the proud possessor of the relic "It's all light, I was in the stable myself yesterday, Uid got thin where he'd "witched it >(V against the side of hi- stall " It was thus that tho englishman hrst. !? >*r 11 > ? 1 i 1 int a famous hoiso had been iiMimai for tho po? t The Country' % Oefeni/er". Tho annual report of Secretary of War Damon! to Congress, r-hows the total organized militia of the States and Territories as 112.11)0, or 300 loss than in any previous year. Mont of the big militia States lost, while those hav. tJ all organization? increased. New York and Pennsylvania lost and 13 respectively, while Alabama and other Southern States had small gains. South Carolina, with .r>,440, has tho largest militia force in proportion to her population, and is only exceeded in numbers by New York, with 12,810; Massachusetts with f?,t?6t>, and Pennsylvania with \<!14. The strength of Georgia is reported nt 3,535, Florida 4,011, and North Carolina 1,7*2. i Delaware's militia numbers only 330. The Three C's. Gen. .7. T. Wilder spent Friday in Bristol, Vn. Speaking <>f the recent visit of Samuel Hunt, president of the Three C'a road to Johnson City, ho said that it was the plan of M.\ Hunt to have the road completed to the coal Holds, provided he finda the bmnr.ess outlook sufficient to justify the venture. There Is no likelihood. Oca. Wilder thinks. of the road being built through the mountains 10 eitJc; s'do soon, but he rather expects the construction to be completed to the Virginia coal fields. """ ~'""""""' Beatification of 'nan of 4/v. Riimh, Itai.v. I'lie Mointciir do IUiIIH' plll'IIMICK II <|I'C'. ; MIMl?ill||Cirif( | t)ihi'iitifiratioii of .1 <?ni? of Ai'v Tim I'opn lias ihriioiI doi'Hiiiciita showing that tho licntincatiou ih ii: ucronl with the privnto recut ita of .hicccimvu pontificalia HEOPFM THE MINTS. India's Trade Has Beta Sadly Demoralized by Closing them. caiicctta, India. ? The India Ourrenee Association Iias entered u strong protest, which has been Addressed to the government in regard to the iliaorganization of trade in consequence of the eharges in the silver policy. The protest says Ilia I the present state oi affairs shows that the closum "f minlH did not do any harm, thouch its advantages; swn temporary and wcri< suspended t>y the abnormal importa tioiiK of hi Ivor, of pier** goods ami though other entities. The government abandoned the ininiinum prieo for council bills nt the moment sucei ss with it hum red aud this resulted in n .panic, ft is now fmprrnttve lo feslore "eon(idenoe and the association recommend the fixing of ti niinimiini price fot council bills, the prohibition of the import of silver for private account and that the snlc of council bills be entrusted to nu agent appointed by the India finance minister. A few Urine dissent from the above recommendation and advocate the reopening of the mints. Temper nt the Brcaktant Table. "Many persons nffliotod with a peculiar derangement of the digestive organs are seized with an almost uneontrollnblo irritability as soon as they sit down to eat, more particularly nt tho breakfast table," remarked an experienced Arcli street physician. "Tliia is caused by a premnturo secrotion o( the gastric juice, due to a too vivid anticipation of food. To avoid possible insanity, such persons ron"ir* crticful muiicni treatment. I once attended a young lady professionally whose rather stern father was so often obliged to wend her away from the j table for unreasonable bursts of tomper that ho grew suspicious of her sanity and caused her to be wotdhcd. It appeared that as rood as she reached her room she seized a pair of scissors, opened a truuk and, drawing forth a roll of ribbon, proceeded to snip it into small bits. The trunk was nearly full of such, snippings, and it was remembered that she was continually purchasing ribbon. I curod her of sueli manifestations of wrath by treating her for dyspepsia.H?Philadelphia Record. /A' APPEAL TAKEN. Prcm H e C n >..isiioner" s Ref isat to Gram T.'.'man's Trademark. Washington, D. 0.?There was another legal step taken today that will prolong the fight between Governor Tillnirn, of South Carolina, und the commissioner of patents over the granting of a trademark for the Palmetto brand of whisky. An appeal i 4 will iiir * i mii in inniiuit'l li ICIUSltl H) grant the trademark was taken to the circuit court on a petition for a writ of mandamus, which wiih granted l?y the court. The commissioner carried this decision to the court of appeala of the District of Columbia, where it wua reversed I Alphetif Johnson, attorney for Oovcrnor Tillman, entered an appeal against the decision ?>f the, court of appeals and the case will now lie carried to thcSnpreiuecoiiit of the United Slab s. Three Bright Washington 8riefs. Washington, ]>. C?The nomination of Mesars. T. H. Jernignn, for conaul general at Shaiigai, and W. It. Kenan, lor collector of custom at Wilmington, were both referred to commerce committee and there reported favorably. Secretary Carlisle sent to Congress n statement of the emoluments of the eiiHtoins eolleetorn for the last fisonl year: Itistriet. of Albemarle, NVillinm S. Bond, total compensation, $385.77, fees collected, $.r) '20, Kenneth R. Pendleton, total compensation, $855.:17; Bonn fort, S. ltobert Smalls, $1,(578. 1(5; (leorgetown, S. C., Slicrmu A. Johnson, $3,08*2.7 f; Pamlico, Itohert Hnnooek, $1,181.'28; Wilmington, John ('. Piiim'v, ?2,58. The Semite has confirmed the noni inntion of Win II (hillingwoi til lo he postmaster at Klchinond, Vu. Cr. A" ins Will S/>rnk at the Medical Collegt cf Virginia. I lev. .Iiini'-f; AfUins, l> I)., president of Ashevil' (N. ('.) Female Co'lege, Ino mi i i> v itut ion to deliver tin minimi < riit '>11 be.ore Ihe graduating I'l.r H lit till* t|C\t COtllllielieCllie it llf till Medical <'? !!* ;'? i l Virginia. I>r At Kins is n "iiti profound I'. ni nin< mi ! il r tin tii'!k-<1 nlnlitirs as n speak r 'lit tli" f. it v fi\t!i year of tin Medical i" -1 11 Virginia, and tli lined sue s : >;i; 1 in its hl'to.y. More Failures at Winston. Winston, N. C.?Col. .1, W. Als paugdi, ex-president of tin- First Nn tioniii Stank lias assigned. ilis liabilities an* heavy $fiOtOOO Judge David Schrnck. of Greensboro. is trustee Col. Ahpnugh owns a large interest in thejt * ii i I ford College Milis.of whnhhe is president. iSimoii L. Kiger also failed, naming I. S. (Jrogan truatee. Theassiguinent involves 14 town lots in North Winston, tod one-half interest in a tract oi M ten; of iand in Stokes county. His Honor's Romantic Warring* Athens, Oa. --Judge J. W Troe or a ?\ro m i noo inriot a t 11 a? ?? .\a/1 i\/i , (i |? ??iii i urn v jui iov u i \?ir t ? wun, Fin , married Mi?s Elizabeth Maddn> of this city. Neither party tool seeii the other previous to one houi hefon the ceremony whs performed. Tlx engagement nnd nil arrangements were mnde l>y correspondence am kept, secret. It was a great surprisi to the relatives. Both parties an prominent and highly rcaneeted. PITHY NEWS ITEMS R. O. Dabb, n train flagman/ was killed at Salisbury, N. C., by an overhead bridge. Senator Ransom of North Carolina has on hand 000 bales of last year's cotton that he ia holding for a high price. Judge lYokham was voted down in the Senate last Friday by a vote of 41 t" ??, f. i A:;:;ovj'ule Justice of the Supr? me Court. The Cherokee County Fair Association lias declared a dividend o? 40 per cent to stockholders. This ia the profits of one fair held in October, 18510. near I'm k, Texas. Hie N<'itli C?>? Car I'o.," hT Hnlcigli, N*. C., has sixty men now at *.v< ill. >!. iiu >1.1.1 i t limit 1 I iii'l.ii nun mid tin* plant in cxjirctt'd to be complete in ninety days. The foundry is to be 82x172 feet in size, with cupola. The furnace mid car-erecting shop wij) be 89x120 feit. Axle forge will ce put in Inter. The Daily News office, Greenville, S. ('., war partially burned last Sunday. Prof. Blnir, Supt. of tho Winiton, N. C., graded Bcliool, expelled aevcral pupils for going to the DografT Irnuging. ('apt. John I,. Morris, of Graven, N. ('., caught 215 ducks and throe loons in his shad nets on Hancock creek and bad them on the Newbern market last Friday. The T ?dics Association oi Wilmington, N. C , had invited Col. Julian S. Carr, of Durham, to deliver the oration ori the obnervancc of Meinorial Day at Oakdnle cemetery on the 10th of next May, and lie line accepted the invitation. Thoophilua Bland, of Pitt, N. C.,haa seven noun, and no tun-in the outfit,the old man counted, weighs less than 200 pounds. Another bomb was thrown in Paris, Mou<lnv afternoon, fatally wounding 4 - , I . Tlio MeArtor Farm, adjoining Upperville, Fauquier county, V?., wan Hold lit public nnotion Thursdaj, to John I), llooc, of Alexandria for $4,475. McKinloy whh cntliuniaBticnlly nominntod in the convention of Republicans at ColumhiiR, ()., for I'renident of the United States. A sour-wood tfjcp Oeenr, Bri*ton, of Jone? county,**.*. C , un.l killed liiin. Gen. 0. A. Kvnnn and Hon. W. Y. Atkinson are to canvass Georgia for the Democratic nomination for Governor. The Fate of the Driver of a Drove of Motes at Landsforrl. liANDHKoni', Cheater Conntv,S. C. While crossing the Catawba river at liiindaford, in charge of a drove of noilea, n man named McNinch, from ('heat -r, was washed into deep water lielow and drowned. It appears, from what I can hear, that Mc-Nineb was riding in the centre of the drove and turned to the light to head some of the milieu that were leaving the road, when through ignorance of the ford lie piling ?'<l 11!i ? H tltM'J) liolc UUd WOS WnBlieil away. The urn lea which he wnn attempting to head as. w^ell n? that. oil which lie was mounted were swept down tin" river to the ferry, a half a mile helow, where they reached shore. I'lr* miller of Foster's mill w?KcroRHing the river helow lit the time noil atlenij ted to reach tie* drowning man, hut eonld not do so on the river was tlooiled. The body has not been r< covered. Moonshiner Reported.--A Freak. W sston, N. C. ? Lum Folk, a noted hnrneter of StokeB county, has reported over 100 hlockndera in that county. U has canned quite 11 stir among many ?f the moonshiners. Several of them have moved out of the at ate on ae onnt of it. There i>'. <|uite n freak of nature near ?ig Creek, Stokes county. It is a whit" negro f>irl who isahout six yearn >11 ami in good health. She wan horn to parents as I (lack as the "nee of spa lea," ho to apeak. While the child :s as white as any Caucasian, ao far aa he cuticle is concerned, ahe haaallthe regular feat urea of a full-hlooded Afri an Hat nose,thick lips andkinky hair. i'Iic latti r ih aa white aa wool. The Flood Substitute Adopted. Richmond, Va. ?The Flood snbstitute for the Wickham resolution, looking to the settlement of West Virginia's portion of the debt of the old State, was adopted by the Senate. It eliminates the suit feature from the original resolutions and provides for a settlement on the basis of aniicabh ai/rccnicnt between commissioners an pointed l?y the two States. Reorganization Bill a Law. Richmond, Va.?Thft' report of the onmiittep of conference on the niii 'or the reorganisation of the Rich noiid Danville Railroad, wee adopt?d by both branches of the General \rs?mblv and having receivori the -ij,"nature of the Governor has become a aw. Death of a Forty Niner. 1'" K K. I > P. !M I' K V RI' R' >, V A. ? Major .1 (iiri iHon Kelly, one of the ("ftliforui? ^ liltrf, nnd for many yeara editor oJ j the Virginia Herald, and a Icadin Democratie politician in this 8tat j dining tho stormy reconstruetioi I eiiod, died here to-day, aged 73. \ < < . > ft* 9t a M*r to rtbern Indiliry. In ib? last inane of the Southern States magdziile, i); A: TditipkttJS, of Charlotte, who hAA iirietl Ho closely identified with the development df thd cottonseed-oil industry of the South, given a very interesting account of the progress that lias been made in fattening cattle on cottonseed hulls and meal. A few years ago when the fattening qualities of this material were demonstrated, it was hardly rooli /,Hl how great would be tne effect upon the live-stock interests of the Mouth. From Carolina | to iexas tlm business ih steadily increasing, and from 300 head fattened ' ten years ago the number has now increased to 175,1)00 fattened for market, while '00,000 are fed for dairy purposil P o t'V^tTTC.fiSfon fori si that* ~Vy?ars ago wan thrown away. ,y oil mill in the South," Mr. Tonijo.i.is nays, 'in now selling larg< quantities <?f In 1 and meal fur cattle feed. The mills will work 1,500,000 tuna of need, from which will come 750,000 tons of hulln. Each ton of hulls, with itn pro rata of meal, will make a fine fat beef of a lean steer. The oil buninenn in j constantly increasing, and it will not be long before there will be 1,000,000 tons of hulls available." Much of this ail! go to make good beef, and much will go for the production of good milk and butter. The growth of this industry and the effect which it will have upon the dairy and beef interests of the South can be appreciated from the fact that even from Greenville, S. C., which is in a section where the majority of Northern people scarcely expect to find crood beef. 500 head of fattened bo?-.?ea worn snipped to Baltimore last year. The South Rcarcely begins to got ono new industry well developed before the possibilities of Homo other are seen, and it becomes difficult to follow the rnpid progress that iH being made in the diverHification of itp industrial life. Everything is fending to open up the wealth - creating possi .tiliticH of the amazing resources of this section, and the world will rood see, rr it. has never aeon before, that thero is no other country on earth which tins ancli n marrelouH combination of advantegea with so few disadvantages. Where nature done so much it only remains for man to utilize, as he is nowdoing. these advantage*, to create greater w?alth than can be found anywheroelae in America. 4 Curious RaHrnsd Combination. The Ohio River <& Charleston, which has Rucceeded the Charl ?Bton, Cincinnati & Chicago line, lias been making t reparations to connect its Tonuetc ce and Carolina divisions by building a road in eastern Tennessee aj.ul western North Carolina, vhich would make a new through line from Ter.uessee and Kentucky to Charleston. 'It is underi.i 11' i .a*...* ? ......1.. oluod ii1hi iiil Pliu; (> in mnuu i\i negotiate bonds for the purpose named. Apparently, how ?ver, mother company has taken up a part the Ohio River k Charl?*ton*a right of way in Tennessee. This ia the Powrel's Mountain Mineral .Railway Co. President L. M. .Tarvis actvis'R that it is designed to luiild a roaif from a point, near Knoxville, Teun., through tho Clinch river valley to a c&uneotion with tho Norfolk k Western at St. Paul, Va. T1 te road is to be 10b miles iong, and itatrs that thirtv-threi miles of it is the Ohio River ?Vr Ch iciest on route, whieh has been graded. The general r>ifice? of the Connany are at Chattanooga, Tenn. R. a. jlowie is general manaaer. A Famojs Vine (From tho Tjnndon World.) The Emperor William's present to Prinee Pismnrk consisted of a dozen nf !,.? I'll tlx,111; Uti'l.ilicpi' (!nlii. r?/?VSvu " * - p net of the Great Comet year, which in the ttneat ami rare*' wtne in the imnerial cellnra, and remarkable both or ita fragrance an I strength. TJhe <ift ia worthy of the d^'CRKitm, for all such wine ia abaolutely prieeleHH, an<l t ia probably only to be found ii* the ellnra of the* Emperor 'Mid of the Duke of Luxemburg, except for any dray bottlen which may be hidden way in a few country houaet. The Id Emperor William ?>ent hab a doz n bottlen of the name wind rk a ireaent to the Queen in 1.887. and it vna brought over by the E tnperor Ercderiek, then Crown Prince, nim?elf. Fine Rheniah winea get more scarce every year, for there Una not. been a really firat-elne? vintage ainee 1868. All Abo it Some Manure. The Stntenvillo, N. C., Ijftndemnrk tells n rather unusual suit in Iredell Superior Court: Mesars. Colvert A* Col vert rented the Farmers' Warehouse and the premiuesndjoining from Mr. T. I). Miller. There, whs nothing in thecontrnetabout themftinire which accumulates on the lot, but Mr. Miller thought he was entitled to it nud removed About 40 loads of it. Messrs. Colvert k Colvert considered the manure their property and naked Mr. Miller to credit them with 840 (81 per lond for the manure) on the rent of th > building. He refused, hence the suit. The jury allowed the Messrs. Colvert $80?75 cents per lond for the uauurc. Who Lost Their Bonds? 8omebody is poorer nnd the State of North Carolina is richer 82.100 a year by the accidental loss of 000 of an old 6 ner cent bond issue. The State Treasurer has never heeu able to hear from the mine bonds, and it ia supposed thnt th?o were deatroyed during th?* civil war. They are pretty aafe bonds, too, uh the whole issue ia guaranteed hy a pledge of the State stork in th > North Railroad Company. The dividenda from thia toek are nearly $17,000 in excess of the interest on the bonds. The Mllrci* Dollar's History. The silver dollar is always being discussed in the journals. Some of the facts concerning it are of interest. Ilere is Its chronological history: Authorized to be coined, act of April 2, 1792; weight, 416 grains] fineness, 892.4. Weight changed, act of January 18, 1887, to 4121 grains. Fineness changed, act of January 18. 1887. tc 990. Coinage discontinued, act of February, 1873. Coinago reauthorized, act of February, 1878. Amount coined from March, 1878, to December 31, 1887, #283,295,357. Total amount coined to December 91, 1889, $357,9G9,239. The first silver dollar was pnt into ee-s obverse or face of the coin was imprinted the head of a young lady whoso hair wiib flowing to such an extent that Rhe looked as if overtaken in a fierce gale of wind " In 1796 Congress (3tepped in to the aid of the typical damsel and tied her hair np with a bit of ribbon. The fifteen stars were after this reduced to the original thirteen, in recognition of the number of States. In 1836 the design was again changed, and the silver dollar bore tho figure of a woman in a flowing garment. Tho designer neglected to put on the thirteen stars, and the coin was called in. Anyone now in possession of one of those dollars has a valuable souvenir. The new design had the lady surrounded by the stars. The dollar of 1838 was the first ar-' tistic piece of silver coined by the United States Mint. In April, 18o4,; tho first dollar having the legend, "In God We Trust," was coined, in 1878" the era of what was called the trade dollar, of yvu nneness, began, mat, troublesome coin ran its erratic course! in live years. In 1878 the liberty dol-{ lar made its appearance. Miss Anna] W. Williams, a teacher in a school at] Philadelphia, sat for the portrait, her! profile being thou considered the most! perfect obtaipable. Her classic features still decorate the silver dollar.? Pittsburg Dispatch. Creatines Thai Tumble Upward. It is only reasonable to suppose that the ability to sustain this enormous pressure can only be acquired by animals after generations of gradual migrations from shallow waters. Those forms that aro brought up by the dredge from the depths of the ocean arc usually killed and distorted by the enormous and rapid diminution of pressure in thoir journey to +Vy. suviace, aide that shadow water forms would be similarly killed and crushed out of shape were they suddenly plunged into very dec]) water. The fish that live at these enormous depths arc, in consequence of the enormous presmirf liuliln tr? n. nirioiiH form of neei (lent. If, in chasing their prey or for Hiiy other reason, they rise to a considerable distaueo above the floor of the ocean, the gases of their awimming bladder become considerably expanded and their specific gravity very greatly reduced. Up to a certain limit the muscles of their bodies can counteract the tendency to float upward and enable the fish to regain its proper sphere of life at the bottom; but beyond that limit the muscles are not strong enough to drive the body downward, and the *ish, becoming more and more distended as it goes, is gradually killed on its long and involuntary journey to the surface oi the sea. The deep-sea lish, then, are exposed to a danger that no other animals in 1liis world are subject to ? namely, that of tmubliug upward That suca accidents do occasionally occur is evidenced by the fact that some lish, which are now known to In true deep-sea forms, were discovcrei dead and floating on the surface of tin ocean long before our modern invest i gat ions were commenced.--Populai SScieuee Monthly. A Prominent Secession Fig ire Passes Away C'UAHI.HSTON, S. C.? Kobeit N, (ionrdin, one tIn* oldest eiii/.cns o! (' 1?m: leston, died Friday morning, at{c< S'J. He was a nit'inlu'r ??f 111 * Seecssioi i Convention of South Carolina in 1 Kf?0 j ami signed the ordinandi* of secession 11a want to Washington 1 S<>0 at tin urgent solicit ition of Major ltober Anderson, the commander of For Sumter, whose intimate persona friend lie was, to see whet could bi flail'' to settle the unhappy difl'erenci between thy North and South, bn failed in his mission. A BjHet for a Valentin AhievilIjK, N. C. ? A special from Marshall, says Willis Morgan, brothel t\{ I h'ltiit o mmrilV .Toeun <irirnn (il ... -vr..v . Buncombe county, whs shot and in staidly killed at Marshall, Madison county, by <?. R. Snir.s, who is J brother-in-law of M. E. Carter, collee tor of internal revenue for this (lis triot. Willis Morgan was eourtinf Snnis's (laughter and had been (?rdero( oft' the place. He persisted again ii forcing himself on the promises o! Sains with the risult it*ted. Party of Northern Physician $ To /ring Charlotte. N 0. ? A medical erii tonal party, consisting of a dozen edi tors of the leading medical journals o New York and New England, arrivec hero on a tour of inspection to ftnc th* healthiest spots in the. South l'hey are visiting Henderson, Durham Southern Pines, Hamlet, Chsrlotti *1111 Monroe, in North Carolina, Clin I >11. > >. C.; Atlanta and Wilmingtou i . ? , via ui(! rv;o>onr?l Air Ijine am v special t rain. Thome* Cnrljrle ?ai?l that the idee form of government wan to noleot th< bent and fittest man in the community ?ud give him absolute authority. A NEARLY NAKED GLOBE-TROTTER. He Starte to Work Hie Way Around tht World--Not to Beg, Borrow, Steal Nor Accept Alms. Boston, Mass.?Clad in a Mother * ? Hubbard gown constructed of manilla paper, and held together with pins, Paul Jones started out from a room at the Boston Press Club u tour of the world. He is to earn his way around the globe without begging, stealing or accepting alms. The original proposition was to start naked, and he made enough from what he earned last night by charging admission to the room to buy his flimsy costume. He also bought some sola leather u^niwu pair of sandpls..* * ' * v HtwUrtl yiwyFiPst JJ n. ftl. After getting some sleep, Jones mine downstairs at the Huston Tavern at about 11. He was arrayed in a drab blanket, which cost SI.25. It had been cut into the resemblance of a suit of clothes, and had trousers and a blouse. vi 7: at- At-1 - - ? ? f -i ? tTiiu mm, 11 pair 01 socks una a pair of overshoes, leased from a member of the Press CluV), lie prcambnlated down Washington Street to a clothing house. He had accepted an offer for his paper suit of the previous night and bought a "Scotch" suit for 35, a cheap cheviot shirt fof less than 31, and some 50 cent underweur and cheaper shoes and hat. He secured a place as salesman in a clothing store, appearing in his blanket toboggan suit. He waited on table at the Caie, getting 31 and his luncheon. The crowd surged and the tipH came plentifully. Men paid 50 cents each to shake handa with the go- ? ? ing traveler. He got more than $4 out of the 40 minutes at the restaurant. Jones will go first to New York, and Vv, ? from there will work his passage to i- London. GENERAL JURAL A. EARLY. An Accident Which May Result in his Death. Lynchburo, Va.?General Jubal A. Early had a fall on the ice at the postoffice and was painfully bruised. No bones were broken and the attending physician stated that no serious result was apprehended from,, the accident. This forenoon the physician gave it out thut the general yhh resting quietly and would probably be out in a day x rn. ~ ' 1- A V J T\ r*v or iwo. xo-uigm, npwever, vr. xerrell states that he is yery fearful that the nervous shock nauiltant from the _ fall will prove seriou#. General Earlv in (o Sll ^ ... ... been in such feeblei health trat it. is" thought that he oau not live much longer. It may be that this accident will hasten his death. Southern Farmers Lending Money. The condition of some Southern farmers, and the improvement financially is indicated by the state of affairs at La Grange, Ga. The county clerk, E. T. Winn, says many farmers who have money ahead,instead of letting it lie idle in bank, are beginning to lend it to their neighbors. The amounts ?re, of course, small, ranging irom i 175.00 to $150, but this only showa u proper caution on both sides. With > this money in hand the small farmer ' ?ar. purchase necessary tiiing:s at cash \ prices, which is a great saving. Ho nays only legal interest, which, whilo lot opprcsaivo to him, is a sufficient f remuneration to the lender. i Roanoke is to Have Prohibition. Roanokk, Va.?Judge Woods, of the Hustings Court, rendered a do - flection, declaring the election of Hep1 tembcr last valid. Prohibition will > now go into effect on April lnt, unions the decision is reveraod by u higher r court. The wets will appeal. A Bloody Englishman. Frederick, Mr?.?Frederick Leonard, an Englishman, who shot and f If i 11 ><1 .Tohho A in Kimf oml n>r ' | lust, was hanged in the jnil .vnrcl. Bo1 fore dying Leonard confennod ilint ho murdered his third wife nud lier newly horn twinH. ] FIFTY-THIRD_OONaRESS. 1 The Senate. !> 38tii Day.?Tho Peokham nomination wast n reported without recommendation. Mr^ Gray spoke In favor of resolutions opposing; the annexation of Hawaii. 39th Day.?Mr. Gray finished his speech' in support of the President's Hawaiian: policy. , 40th Day.?A controversy betweon some small towns in Oklahoma Territory occupied! the time of the Senate during tho whole of l tho sessiou. 41st Day.?The Vice-President came to the, ! rescue of the Oklahoma Town Site bill, and by his vote broke tho tie and passed tb" bill 1 compelling the Rock Island Railroad Company to stop its trains at the now towns of Enid and Ronni Pond. PofTor's amondmeut providing for woman suffrage was dej feated. A bill was presented by Mr. Hoar, 1 "To prevent lottery practice" through the i National and foreign mail service, f 42n Day.?A resolution was adopted calling on the President for the Dole letter. s Tho Senate spent the remainder of the day in executive session, discussing the I'eokham nomination. The House. 48th Day.?The House met and after th<v reading of the journal adjourned in respsct f to the memory of Representative Houk, of ] Ohio, whose death was announced. 49th Day.?The Urgent Deficiency bill was paeseu.? Mr. Bland announced that ho would offer an amendment to Lis seigniorage , bill that will permit Secretary Carlisle to use ; discretion in issuing certifloates in excess of' coinage. 50th Day.?Debate was continued on the , Bland seigniorage bill. | 51st Day. Messrs. Quigg and Straus, mombors-eloct from New York City to succeed Messrs. Fellows and Fitch, were sworn in. Debate was continued on the Bland 1 seignlorago bill. 62i> Day.?The donate on the Bland soig* norago bill was continued. j 68n Day.?The day was devoted to an unsuccessful effort to secure a quorum to YOtq for ending debate on the Blana bill.