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GOD AND ^TII SCHOOL. ftlOVAL LESSON FOE. ^Any 31. 1892. ?h believed '/tir report' And ; srm of the Ls.rd reveaW said that thw section, chapter 12, reads as if written beneath pigotha. It in tho uaraveliag L and rx. ; an^l is the mo*t cen *?d loftier portion of Old Tes Frcra the fir*; intimation ***. ixi., U) onward, He is o'd as a iuflfcnug Saviour ; hut hyre we have the most iption of lib saff-2rin^#"jB the lament. o*forai nor comeliness; and see Him. t.V-rw is no beauty t de-oire Hi ru. " Like the taber wildeTOese, there was no oot to the hurrounding nations, W tell of the holy place, and ?. with vessels of p?ire gold, of God between the cherubim. * Jems u s>t:ll unattractive. . rly follow toe artraotfote-of flesh and the devil "" i;ed an i rejected of men, and acquainted with grief ? fc oth?-r men; He never con ?; did not His own will; own glory; never nought to - of. but was always honoring 8e if -sacrifice consumed Him of const&nt and painful terrtcod, slandered, de ? bow all this will come when they see Him coaling in rv (Zech. xii., 10). > hath borne our griefs and wj?; jet we did esteem Him of God and afflicted. ** He . in our stead, a vicarious we, like Job's friends, thought H; thos will Israel confess in i was wounded for our trans ; bruised tor our iniquities, ? i wa are healed.*' CouM _ sr expressions to denote painful death? The precise more fully described in Ps. ?f pierced My hands and My us verse with "my" instead i Erst three clauses, and read - c3T ""we are" in the fourth ' i all you heart thank Him like sheep, have gone astray; every one to bis own way; fcth laid on Him the iniquity Many readily believe the first , but now few receive the last, -brought as a lamb to the id as a sheep before her shearers "He opsneth not his mouth.'' Dr. good mm life, a to die, see now He was op Uictsi, and still let your heart me2". TS" hen He differed He net, tl*w leaving us an ex i taken :9, that i ments rat the new with the His death, be neither was Jiot only do we t, sufferings, and eye witne?, but burial; and how liter fulfilled we know. The kindncs* ft Joseph of Arimatbea rescued m tn? authorities and from the ed with those of the malefac giv?s it burial in His own new a xix.. >M\.K j"Yetit y leased the fjord to bruise jhaJl proioii; His days, ai?d the nre of the LorJ* shall prosper m Has fin Notedly His ^uffer:n?s, death and Uf-Wt also His resurrection is ber^ ro Wf lor how could out"' days be pro who was dea<i and buried atxc^pt by "laoo, See the same great trutti m 8-11; Acts ii? 25 3L Observe m sentence of this verse from whence ' greatest sufferings. All through t one. He became our sin offering, f sins betiig l??l aa Him. God spared *~-n Sop . Tb-j w rath of God against Hut fchaii -leeoi uh;.- iravaii of His sou'., i J be satb-ti- f ' >'ot only His rt-sur- i ,bttt Sis future ?lory clearly fore- i ishaii in riu-j tuiwi s^e the rull re I His iurT'^n and Ho shall be .?satu? kisaii clear Him. and fie is not | by tilings as tfcSy have been or | r He i< sure oc tinal triumph j , jdv.,21; Rev. xi , l.>. Let us with j Tkowt i;xeti oh Hi:u go caimiy on, "m r.n Hia?, an- 1 like Hina rcjo:c- j Itlicousuraaiit.oii ;ba. xlii., 4: I Pet. i w ?*fiwrefotv wi?l i divide Haai a por ithe yvit, and He sfcaii divide'tStfc. the stros:^ because He hath teat His > jui uato death." Observe He is spo*?h o? iu this lesion as I : to* ii? i- : uitv, CMu^rensaOO aaiim. i (the bx^i; - f Ps. xxxri., 1, i. and ! nu , how. a certain man j Othts vsedn~sal>y the cp^uing i mini - ; ? is very chapter iu Isaiah . If j ?the <jl siits through His i ijwocs (mi ti.ire is ao other ?>?*?, { lisfcaft >!iars w;tu Hiru the glory ot '? vDau. v:i. 21, Kev. v., 9, 10; j But if not hid in Him wuoj Iu our tteai. then there must i V> all ?ucii the everlast?n< iot Math, xxv., 41. IT The^s. L. i ;jar.,dMl: XX.. ir? xxi., 5. The y<,$T- j sped of fae woman, the seed of j i ami of David. the Son of Man and j are th? -car'et hue rooking ; i the whole fcible iroui beginning to ; [ vb cannot pluo-i too much emphasis 1 llact C^-s? suiT 'rinqs were sab He sail .-red in our sW ri v?ith iKy lai-i upon Hun. Otherwise i ? meaning to verses 4, 5, C?of this and to such passages ;i3 II Co", v.. ' Pet. ii., v4. Let no one ! ioi th:s greas truth or try to ex- j ^fiold to the very wocdn of ! in their verV simplest sisjwff- ; [and die for theox if nsed be. R^ifiea: |ese who overcame by the bioo 1 of the I by the word of their testimony not their lives unto the death . 11.) A truth xre are not frilling ? we ?io not think very much of. ? 3 is soul unto death for us. j ("counted a transgressor ani die aec&<ation. If we are fitted fspeat spirit, suffering wiB not ter- j j?onlv we may glorify Hitr. and j part in the fellowship of Hid j UfniJ. L, 2.) 2?, ii?.. j i trivia of tie Phosphat? E. T. Car, fonaeriy Siaij ' of Iad;aaa, re tae roci i of some of the imaiease phoa- ) ts of Florida, a* of mineral animal oriarta. He calls this . variety of phosphorite by the j I ofAFioridite. Taeie renaricibla j tia> traced ia p aces over sa area i tweoty aiiiea in width. Tha ! rests on roc is of Eoceae aje. ji^rlyinz rock nray be carooaate : ? ca: saadst^a?. aa i c^ataias troaa e j three percent. o? phosphoric acid, ?of ^>e^3 J^30 ?aospha:e are feet de?p; aai the rock wili jici-d eighty per ceat. of boa< . Fioriii:e he regards as the ioa of aa aadeat t^uaao. Aj j jia of F. jrida wa? eievated i tfca crria. the iaal bordering the . the we,-: coist b^^aoie the resting- \ jjl iacuniijCAialss. a<|ua^c birds aad ieayns^s. Raics carried away the j |?ia3flUfe?i"ie^'rn5;-tae !es? soluble ? of liaae. He says that on torn? islands of the Pacific Coast ar? 200 feet thic'i ? so that there , :oltv :a the wsv of iookm^ t c a soarce for the ? -i:--.-? it guano. -~*y? ? THE NEWS IN BRIEF. The Latest Happenings 4n Virginia And The Carolinas. Many Mishaps, Newsy Not??, Tele graphic Ticks. Tcrfrn Talk. Rural Record*. Rapidly Reviewed. VIRGINIA. The Norfolk police made 3,848 arrest3 during the past year, The electric street railway from Fort ress Hon roe to Phoebus ha* been com pleted. Bnena Vista has applied for a city charter, but the people of the counr.v are trying to prevent their securing it. AU the city offices" and public head ings of Norfolk were draped in mourn ing last week iu memory of the late May 01 Morns, who was buried Friday. A county physician say*, "The whole of Gloucester county is one big hospital. In a 40 years' experience I have never known anything like it.:> 'Tis the grip. The Hon. Frank Morris, mayor of Richmond, and president of the Union Savings Bank ,0* thtt city, died \\ edncs day afternoon at 6 o'clock after a lon^ illness of cancer of the throat. ' The Chesapeake <fc West Virginia Rail road ha3 applied to the Legislature for a charter. The road is to extend from some point in Highland, Augusta or Rockingham county to some point on tbfe Potomac or Rappahannock river. The Richmond, Blackstone & Southern Railroad Co. has applied to the Legisla ture for a charter, authorized to build a railroad from a point at Richmond or Manchester through Chesterfield, Amelia 1 and Nottoway counties to Blackstone, and thence to the North Carolina line at ? point near Henderson or Ridgewav. Among the nominations for pentmas | ters sent to the U. S. Senate Thursdav were the following i Morten G. Sang?# Basic City ; George T. McCleolie, Cov ingtflia; George Richardson. Farraville: William H. Mosby, Bedford City ; Thos B Mahone, SfiTiliiamsburg, and Robert A. Fulwilei. Bhchanan. George Rich 1 ardson, who is to succeed Captain Mcr .Kenney, a brother of the Governor, of. Farmville, is a step-brother of ex-Con gressman Hooper. Captain Jlosby is a brother of Colonel John S. Mosby. Colonel Whitehead, Commissioner of |Agpwtoge, and the members of the State Board express themselves much en couraged at increased inquiry from abroad about ^??ginia lands, ami think ' the outlook for valuable immigration to the State is rapidly improving under the efforts of tho department. The Com mission was in receipt Thursday of three ? letters, one each from Canada, England and Ireland. Two of these were exper ienced agriculturists, with capital, who announced their tintoiiioB o# tawing to Virginia,' and asked for detailed tarticu: lars as to different loca ities, wwle-the third wanlted to establish an industry i with machinery. NORTH CAROLINA. The State Geologist is boring for coal at Walnut Cove. Asbestos mines are to be developed in ^Yatauga county. => Corundim mines are being opened Jn Jackson county. Machine shops are to be erected at the Colored State Agricultural and 3?echani cal College at Raleigh. Philadelphia pa-ties are to build a ; $50,000 cotton mill at New Berne, Northern capitalists are negotiating j for the purchase of mineral lands in Gtanvilhr county. Receiver Robinson, who is in charge of the~'wre<-ked First National Babk of ! Wilmington, places the amount of the | shortage at $226,000 I There are over two thousand children attending the several schools in Winston - Stlem. The Ne* EerOo fish, oyster and game fair, in Febn^s*. is being wetl adver tised. The agent has been in 45 coun ties. Dr. A. W. Miller, who his been pastor of tiie 1st Presbyterian <hurch. at Char lotte. for 3? years, is dead. Five thous and people attended the funeral. A prisonecmade good his escape from i Ihe Rockingha-n county jail Thursday. The jailor went into the rels and left the door orv?n. Ashe did this, the prisoner. j who was ?tandiag in the corridor, jumped out the d?>or and fled. North Carolina is going to do well at : Chicago. The 20.00 ? feet of space risked ! for is a larger amount than has yet been applied for by any State. It is proposed that the display shall be ia five depart - : ments C?>1 Thomas B Keogh give? I as urance that the State will have a build- j ing at the Fair, the plans being now ma 1 tured . Before the Grand Lodge of Masons ad- I joorned at Raleigh it elected all its old j officers and also eiected Julian S Carr to ? succced ^rimself ?Q the committee on the ! orphan asylum. It forbade any Mason in North Caioiica from having anything ? to do with the Cerneau rite The re pub- ; lication of the Masonic code, as amend- 1 ed. was ordered. The installation ri'Nfee ? officers was done in the presence of at ' least three hundred members of the or ! der. It was decided to hold the annual > session of 18C*4 anywhere save at Raieigh. it is desired to bold it at Wilmington, i then in honor of the St. John's lodge centennial. SOUTH CAROLINA. Greenville will spead $73,000 for sew erage. * ^ :l J. Elmore Martin is the new Chief of ; Police of Charleston. AbbevHle wFll erect several ward, school bui Mings A shell road ? under constructioa from Port Royal to Beaufort. t Gen. Rudolph Seigling has been elect- j ed President of the Bsnk of Charleston . ; In the chicken fights, at Greenville be fwt cn Augusta and Greenville, ihe cocks , of the latter city won ; prize. $500. A $30,000 resort hotel is to be built on St. fleleca Island, to be known as '*5t. I Helena by the Sea." /] It is <wiid that Governor Tillman ha? ; sohia herd of Jersey cows to the Lunatic j Asynipi for something over $400. and the News \nd Courier wants him to pay a license kax for dealing in live stock. ^PeakM^xington county, is a ''dry" town. andNome of her citizens have formed a club for ??social and fiterary ourposes 77 on the order of the Columbia j ilub. A Uiik air veaf-old giri named Fowler, j ?burned to on Monday morn- j I ing last, near Greenville. She stated i j before her death that her clothing was j ! set on fire by a younger brother. | Th * townships of Jonosvillesnd Pinck- ! ? ney, Union county, v.iii hold an election ! to consid'-r the subscription of $20.- i : 000 each to the capital stock of the Jones vi lie ?fc Locklrart Shoals Railroad. The Savings aid F.ve Per Cent. Asso ciation, of Columbia. has decided to in J crease its capital ftock to $'>0,000 and I convcr; its organization into :t back. i * ' ' r? ? The main building cf Converse Col lege. Spartanburg, consisting of halls. ! <hitp*?l, dorm; tori f-s, recitation, art. din ing rooms, etc . burned the other d*y, j will be rebuilt at vr.ee at a cost of $65,0.0. The rccrnt death near Statesburg of ' Mrs Edward C. Rutledgc, the daughter <.f the lion William Lowndes, recalU to memory that great statesman, who, lfen ry Clay ?aid, w ?s the wisest man he ev?r ! knew, vrho tv:is recognized during tLe ! war of IS 12 as the founder of the United j States navy, and who was a prominent candidate for the Presidency of the United States at tire time of his death. OTHER STATE3. Th? county court of Knox county. ! Teen , has voted $20,000 towards the i expense of maki g an exhibit of the re- { sources of East Tennessee at the World's i Fair, A company with a capital stock of $1 jO.OOO has been organized in Galvc* ton t> establish a factory to make lac -, ramie and cotton curtains, mosquito net ting, etc. ? The Ocml??r Oyster Company has j sst settled sixty colonist.* from Wilkinson county. Ga., on Wilmington Island, be low Savannah, where an extensive oys ter packing establishment is in success j fu! operation. I SCIENTIFIC ^ND INDUSTRIAL. L Ore3 are purified by electricity. i An inch of rain means 100 ton* to' the i acre. The process of separating iron ore by electricity 13 working satisfactorily in Michigan . ^ ^ An expert eays that the left main 1 driver of a locomotive flattens more than the right. One or more belts running independ ently on the top of another will add much to the transmission of power. A scientific journal states that a little sugar put on .the hands with soap wi'l greatly increase its lather And cleansing power, and will remove dirt, chemical stains, etc. An engineer of Berne finds that 600, 000 effective horse-power can be ot- j tamed from the streams of SwitzsViao. ? j for electric lighting or electric power j transmission. Belts running over pulleys of email diameter at high speeds ought to be th;:i and as wide as possible. Orange ta:i leather of uniform thickness answers re markably well. A young man who has never had wb? sense of smell has been the subject o' some curious tests* which have shown ! Professor Jastrow that many thing? j which we eat with relish are not tasted, but only smelled.- - - A Frenchman has invented an im > proved method of telegraphing, so that it is practicable to transmit one huudrecJ . and fifty words per minute on a single | wire. The message when delivered from : the machine is type-written. m ! Those engaged ia the production ol quinine, whether from bark or chemical ly, suffer with a peculiar skin atfeotion caused by the inhalation of the vapor from hot solutions of the drug. Fever is an accomnaaiment of this malady. 1 It is said Inventor Edison is engaged j i in a modi5ca':*i of the phonograph to fit it tdd>eco:r^ the successor of the raised letter system in production of books fi>" the blind. The changes are chiedv in the way of increasing the Rapacity of the cylinders. "What is described as the most perfect known specimen of a petrified human body ha~ recently lrt:eu discovered in Arizoni, The figure is evidently that of a fully-developed woman. It is five feet > ten and a half inches tall, and weigh? j 530 pounds. The iargest steel spring xn the world j is 310 feet long, six inches wide an i a j i quarter of an inch thick. The manufac- j ture of this spring is a remarkable ao - i ' complishment in metal wording and wa3 j successfully undertaken by a Pennsyl- j vania firm, although the principal Euro- j pean iron works had previously refused ! the order. In an electric hammer that has been | devised recently t-ie piston is of a mag netic material and the cylinder is com i posed of a series of cpils, through car-h of which a current of electricity may be passed. The passage of a current through i the upper coils raises the piston. By I cutting off the current and tranferring it to the lower coils the piston is released and drawn down. The blow may be shortened or ien^htened, a? desire 3, by ? regulating the distribution of the current ; in the coils. Provision has been made for neutral izing the deteriorating effects of acid spray from a battery of accumulators i where metal fittings and brass or cop.^cr conductors are aiound. The medium , employed for this purpose is an anti-sul- ! phuric ac:d enamel. it is applied like I varnish, in black or other colors. Ic i? found to withstand the a'.tv;' < of ti= strongest sulphuric acid for am is now largely used in England for coit i iag woodwork, iron and copper ia the 1 neighborhood of batteries. . ! Bail "Was R; fused Hiai. I Swithtield. N. C. | Special.]? An ! ! old feud between Bud Parish and Davis j Langley, white farmers in Johnston I county* has caused the perpetration of a i terrible crime. Th# men live near Princeton, and Laagley w^s waylaid by i Parish, seized asd dragged into the lat- j "fet's house. There he w*s set upon and ; beaten until he whs entirely insensble. Both of his eyes were put out. snd Iiis internal injuries are considered fatal/ Parish is in jail here, bail being refused. Ex-President McC:sh. of Princeton College, has undertaken a verv ambitious j literary woti^ He projjrosesjo issj0?>a.iull set of Toiumes- oxt rlhie- depart- s ments of the hitman mind, anjpis at-pnes-*. ent writ rg a ira et&les to tfee ks. * , ~ " .* j ALLIANCE TOPICS. ? r . | Some Wide Awake Work Being Done Here and There. \ ? i r i The Agricultural Commisaionera of Five Stat*ikPledge a Reduction In Acrafge of 20 Per Cent. At Memphis. Tenn , in the parlors of j the Peabody Klcrtel a conference was held , between the commissioners of agriculture j of the various cotton States who attended ( the convention of cotton growers regard- ^ ing the action of the convention, and^ they dgreed to the following memorial?! *:Thc commissioners of agricul , ture representing the States of Alabama, Arkansas North Caro- j lina. Georgia and Tennessee, being impressed with the necessity of the re duction of the acreage of cotton and ths greater diversification of crops for home j consumption, hereby endorse the action of the Cotton Growers' and Merchant*' Convention, held in the city of Memphis, Tenn., on the 8th day of January, 1893.^ do earnestly appeal to all agricultural and^ mercantile "organizations, consisting of< Alliances, Granges, State and county 'ag ricultural societies, boards, .cotton .'ex changes, chambers of commerce, ftc., also individual taraew and merchants, j to a?s'at co-operate with us in secured ing the Toregoitfg .results, and to this end-*? recommend the general and local adop- 1 tion of the action of the Convention pledging themselves to a reduction of not less than 20 per cent, of the cotton acreage of last jear; and further urge and recommcnd the immediate " organization , of States., c unties,"" and districts or -town ships to act either independently or through legally organized societies as , may be deemed best, and as will most readily insure the benefit arising from concei t of action and the decreased pro duction of cotton for the year 181*2 ****** J St i??t ox Pelter, of Kansas, Thursday introduced a bill to loan Indiana farmers $100,0v0,000. The fatmers are to give ? Tfifcif- prom issorv notes for the amounts of their loans and mortgages on their farms to secure them. They are to pay no in terest. but the Governor of Indiana is to levy a tax of 1 per cent, semi-annually and turn over the proceeds to the Secre tary of Stat-.'. If the farmers never pay | they are to stay on their farms if they " will agree to pay a rent equal to a tax of 2 per cent. ****** .1 President Marion Cannon, of the Cali fornia State Alliance, sends invigorating intelligence of the continuous march of the Alliance in that great State. The o: ? der there is at work politically as well socially. The California people arc dis gusted ?t the paid reports which_?re bein*j smos: industriously circulated to The effert that Senator Stanford is posing in favor as an Alliance candidate for the presi dent al nomination, and say they "might as well run Jay Gould as Stanford President Cannon has put in operation a lecture system, by which be hopes to fprend information and political trut;i all th ough his State. He gives his lec turers suggestions and points as to what should hi talked about, and summarizes as follows: 4 Show them how the Union Pacific railroad gang invested $218,000 and pocketed $147,298,770. Show that the Central Pacific railroad gang invested $62,000 and pocketed aboot $136, 0U0, QOO! Tell them these millionaires now owe the people $130,000,000 and refuse to pay a dollar. Show them that we ^ have built, and paid twice the cost, eve v one of the railroads to the Pacific coasr, and we are paying for them in freights and fares every five years; that these monster monopolies have the whole Pacific cojtst by the throat and are chok ing aP our-indus'ries to death by their slimy grip;vihat while they wall in the State on the east and charge all the traf tic will bear, their friends build a tariff w all across the Golden Gate that fines vessels $10,000,000 a year to auter and discharge their cargoes. Demand that Jay Gould, Russell Sage. Sidney Diilon & Co., of the Union Pacific gang, and Stanford. Huntington and Crocker <fc Co , the Cmtral Pacific gang, pay their debt to the government as well hs their taxes to this rtate, or surrender their railroads and retire from business for tie good of the State." Arkansas has arranged for <;evea great Alliance camp and mass meetings to be held in August, and ;s asking for speak ers from everywhere. The ijtate presi dent writes that the people are thirsting for education as never before, and that speakers and lecturers must be sent among t^r.i,-. "You may expect , Arkansas to come to the front, ' is a significant remark in the ."tate presidents "letter. THE FCTL'RB OF THS AI.LIA5CE. [National Economist.] ; The Farmers^AH'ance cannot as an or ganize on consolidation or oiganize a po litical party: 1. Because such cosnolation or coali tion would make such party \ class par ty. or more properly, no party, but a po- | i ticai fnction. i M 2. Because the Farmers* Alliance as j an organization would ceas; to exist; the j moment it yielded sovereignty as a far organization it would become some thing cis-i. 3. 2eca?;se to merge v. i r h any one i party wo^ld drive th<"-se belonging to j all other parties out of the order, and j that i> contrary t^ the fundamental prin- I cipies of the organization. r Legal Holidays in Virginia, Richmond, Va . [Special, i? A bill wis i jictfoduoed in the Legislature designating j as leg.il holidays the 19th of January i (Lee's birthday < and t'na 3d of June, to be known as Confederate Memorial Day. It is also provided that every general election day shali be a holiday, and it ; further declares that etery Saturday, from 12 o'clock c^a, commencing the 1st of Jane and ^JjujLng the' 3Ptlj_ of Sep ti-mber. shall be designated is half hoii A petnfied "green" pin? limb was fouad recently by a Geo:gi? man near Buiraa Vista. . "The limb is perfee*. showing sphere the straws tiade ideata tions *n4 the grain of the: ?q<*L "-It is somewhat white, and ijestimblgp coral wreath.^ > A Good itfaw Tear's Start. The Macufacturer'3 Record, of Bal timore, January 9, in reviewing the in dustrial progress of the South, says : "It is too early in the new year to ex pect any very great activity in new enter prises, but notwithstanding this the past week shows a healthy growth, with a decided tend e?:y of capital to seek in vestments yfthe South more freely than for many months. Very large sales of Southern municipal securities have lately" been made in the North and the West, and the outlook is promising for in- j creased confidence in Southern securities of all kinds. Active efforts for ths building up of Newport News additional shipping facilities arc to be constructed j at Norfork large piers, a machine shop | and roundhouse arc to be built by thf Norfolk & Western to accommodate itl heavily increasing busioess there, whilfc at Charleston extensive! wharf property has been purchased by Northern capital- j ists. At other porfs the work of dev?|-.| oping their foreign trade goes on steadiljf. In the industrial line there Uaa been a , fair amount of activity, ana among the j new enter pris|| reported for the week are a $250,009 coal mining company in | Alabama with the full capital subscri'recj; a $500,000 co:il mining company in Welt ? "Virginia; a $150 000 car works company in Florida; a $2^000 brick company at Cedarrown, Ga. ; a $1,50^,000 phosphate! company in Florida; a $50,c00 clothiijg ; company at Atlanta, Ga. ; a #200,060) land improvement company at Fqrt f Worth, Texas ; a $'200,000 hotel company j i at Dallas, Texas; a $1,000,000 loan apd immigration company in Soutlr Carolina; a $50,000 kaolin company in Calto- ; lina; a $50, 000. improvement eompany. nt Dallas, Texas; three large tobacco facto ries at Louisville, Ky. ; a $50,000 caaal building* company at New Orleans, Ijj.; | a $100,000 diiitillery company at Dallas, Texas; a $500,000 street car motor bu:fd I ing company ;xt Pensacoia, Fla ; a $lip, ! 000 phosphate company in Florida;; s $100,000 machine company at Baltimore, r Md." ^ ' '| i . - :? Ml * ! Africans Not-to be Molested. ' Washfnotoi7, D. C. ? The ; Senate Monday, in executive session, finally ratified the general Act signed at' Brii3 sels July 2, l?i90, by seventeen Powers, including the United States, for the re pression of the African slave trade, and alsa a convention of commerce and n$vi gation between the United States und the independent 8tate of Congo, *sigced at Brussels July 24. 1891. The slave trea'y was sent to the /Sen ate by the President nearly a year ago, ! and but a few weeks remained of tne , time allowed for the exchange of final ratification, ^ix^teen of the Powers rep resent d at thu Brussels conference had signed the con vention many mofithl ego, . and the failnre of the Senate to act upon the convention until this late .day wes caused by reluctance on the part of a -number of Senators to recognize the tice of the partition of Africa among;, the nations of the world. > This sentiment was urged very strongly by Senator Chan dler when the treaty was under con2k^ eration list year, and again at Ihe bcgin-> ning of this session he introduced a pro posed amendment to th^ pendiag ratifi cation Act, disclaiming on the part of the United States any approval of the wis dom, exptdiency or lawfulness of protec torates in Africa, The e was DO substan tial objection to the treaty Dn other grounds, and so it was ratified, the views: of Senators who sided with Senator Chandler being recognized in the adop tion as part of i;he ratifying, Acl of the language of Chandler's amendment. Failed as a Fanner and Committed Suicide. , Binguamtos, N. Y.t [Special.] ?Last spring Andrew Johnston of Springport cnmc into posesMon of $20,000. He thought he cou'.d make a sue: ess of farm ing on a large Krai*. He did not know much about farming, but he purchased a well- kn o-.\ n farm of 165 seres in Totrp kins couuty, to try his luck on. He paid $16,500 for the property. The farmhouse on the premise:; is one of the finest in the State. It is of itone, and cost its origi nal owner $30, )00. When Johnst n had purchased this firm he married a promi nent Tompkins county young woman and settled down as a farmer. The experi ment was a failure. His crops of iasc season sold for less than $700. He re cently sol<Vlii? farm for $13,0'0. Hi* fine livestock jftfcl expensive farm nn chingjarhe disposed of for a song. Last w?ek he %jred up that his brief experi ence in farming would cost him $1<T.000 more than it had brought him in. Then he went out in his barn and hanged him self. His youag wife disc over en him and cut him down, but be was dead. A Great Failure. Baltimore. Md. ? TKe^old and well known banking house of J. J. Nicholson <fc Sons made an assignment in the after noon to John M. Carter and Matthew K. Aiken. A great crowd gathered about the doors of the bank, many of whom were depositors, but none could gain admis sion or information as to the extent of the failure. John H. C'holson was seen in the back office of the Lank. The assets will not go over $250,000, It is absolutely impossible to tell what the liabilities are The firm was organized in 152$. A. ?J. Nicholson died- suddenly a few days ago while talking on business at the counter of the back. The hruse has long enjoyed an excel'eat ftanoircgand for a long time has doae an extensive business !*oth in. the United States and Ei- rope, h iving correspondents in nearly hli the large ci': is. leniiesssc- Miners Giva Up the Fight. A Chattanooga r-petiui says: Miners from the Coal Creek regions are passing through here en route to the Onita Mipes, in Arkaj^a?. owned by Chattanooga pir t:<~. *?ne hundred or more men will ??rcigra'c. tak:.ng their families with them. The latest information from the mice tezi)cs. in the eastern part of the State, is very encouraging, and theie is Tery little "probability ci any further trouble. Prosecuting (Savannah Cotton Firms. a ? Sava55ah. Ga.? Summons of garfish - ee^jent were ?erred on all cotton firms warehouses here by lawyers representing the Philadelphia National Bank, which has a claim oi $2>.00d against I Coats & Co., the Philadelphia CQttocf ! merchants who have fsiledt . ? f" i ' - ? \ . -? EACH UAU A NEGRO LAWYER1 A. Yt uug Han Accuses His Prospec tii > Mother-in. Law of Stealing The License. Richmond, Va., [Specitl.]? Marx Me litits appeared agabft tMra. Bertha Bren ntir charging her with stealing the mar riage license from her daughter, to whom M&kits was engaged. The marriage was occur early in December, but w a pos'poncd until December 20. Mean t me the prospective bride asked hes .be tro'bed to let her kieep the marriage li-j ceuse, so as to show it to sotae friends. Tlticn some one poisoned tt^niod of the young woman sgaiast Marx. He dis covered that his prospective mother-in hw ryad the license, which she refused to su,fjender.' * Giles Jackson, aj colored lawyer ap peared for Marx who is white, and E. A. Kandolph, colored, represented Mrs. Brenner, also white. The point waal made that the bride' expectant owned; one-half interest ini the license. There! could t e no theft qf it, aad Mrs. Brenner was discharged. ; . Carious diiperiiitions. | The people of tl e West Indies are tb? most superstitious n the world. To thra everything out < f the ordinary ' is "sign." / Tn Cttba s person with a sold or wonnd-6f any kit 1 will not look u?m > ! d$d person, fearic % that the spat will bl come incarable an 1 never heal. The run Jjised in washing a dead body is^how ever, regarded: as a sure cure for all dy* troubles. They also believe that if thi light from aWidle or lamp falls oa thi face of the dead ihat death will short!) oo me to him or her who was carrying thft light Rain daring a burial ia consid ered an excellent "sig^n throughout the islands. If one measure! hi! own height with a rod which has been used in meav uring a corpse fod the coffin he himself will die within ^hls year. A stroke with hand of a corbse ia believed by the West Indian to be i_sure cure for all pains and swellin ;s. Vbe lilac or <(hay? brush" is a coi imonYharm agaiast ail evil spirits, and [a on &at account urn ally planted at < oorwaya or under win dows. In Barbadoes the ground dove sitting on a hou* : is a "sign" that some member of the fa niiy there residing will die before the birds nest again. A pro cession of blac'i ants is said to be a presage of a funeral in all but one or two of the West [Iadie3. In St. Croix a small bird locally called "creeper*' is thought to be tfye forerunner ot illness or trouble.? Chipajo Newt, p WISE WORDS. 6 what ia the ? Gulf learn fast er than boys and forget] easier. ; No woman likes to hear her mate] friends ridiculed. A fool is a man who believes all a wo* man says when she is "petting" him. "" Women are silly when men are fools, v'yise men have found womea not silly. A woman's lojre ts better than a man's! love ? she lores another,- he lores him self. If a man thinks of a mean thing to do the first man ho meets knows of a good way to do it. It is generally better and easier to do a thing than to And an excuse for lear-i ing it undone. ; It is not what a man does, but he gets caught at that weighs world's judgment. Most men tell secrets to prove that they have been considered trustworthy of being told tjiem. Courtesy colts less and brings larger returns than aay other inre3tment a youag man can make. When a boy and a dog become friends it is hard to determine which is mo3t ia need of commiseration. Trust to luc'x very much and you will soon and that it is the only thiaj in town that will give you credit. The great jdrawbick to doing one's [ best is that tl*3 world at once demaads lots more of the same quality. The trouble with mo?t perfect people i3 that they spoil their pirfectioa bj knowing ho.r perfect they are. The most diigustiag th about hu manity is the oa->e with which your beat friea IJl(eco.n?s your worst ene ny. wm/m ? Gen. Robert Ransom De&d. New Bei^e, N. C.? Gen. Robt. Ran som died at his home here Thursday morniug. He was seized with conges tive chill and died before the physician gtnt for'arrived. He was a graduate of West Point and served in thje United States army until North Carolina joined the Confederacy wh/m he sided with his State. He rose in the Confederate army to the rack of Br'gadier-General, serving in many nota ble battles. He was ranking officer for this State. ! Last autumn he was *-'<?cted president of the Confederate Veterans' Association. Late years he has been en gineering the government improvement of riven in Eastern North Carolina. 3 alii van Takes a Temperance Pledge. Tacoma, Was., 3 [Special.] ? John L. Sullivan, after getting beastly drunk Wednesday; night, signed the temperance pledge and joined Murphy Blue Ribt>on Brigade. Murphy met Sullivan and. af ter talking for some time, Duncan Har ris and ilanager Frank Moran agreed to join the Blue Ribbon society if Sullivan would. T?> their surprise Sullivan con sented. Friday night Sullivan talked temperance to a large crowd in a dive. ! He seems to have no craving for liquor, ( out whether the reform will be perma nent is au open question. Memphis Shaken. Mesithb* Tes>\? Many citizens of j !:i' city ; were awakene'l from their lumbers early Thursday morning by a Vr k of earthquake. It was a distinct \ ?ae au-i '-vsis noticed a few minutes ifter : o'clock, i The vibrations were irorn torih to ?buih. The Misdic disturbance xas pronwnced enough to geotly saake ?several buildings, especially in the sub urbs. So great has been the de*tnictioa ia n ti. i_E / aL ; _t_ I J The Grand Canon of the Colorado, I have spoken the Grand (Ian on of the Colorado as a gorge ia wh icb all otbel famous^gorges could be la it. gome oi you bare ridden through the * 'Grand Cannon o(the Arkanw," on the Denvei and Rio Grande Railway in Colorado, and many niore have seen the Whit* Mountain Nqtch and tha Francomq ; Notch, in New Hampshire. All tbres are very beanjhful and noble; but if any xone of tbcm tterc duplicated in the wall of the Grand Canon or the Colorado, and you \f ere looking from tbc opposite brink of thpt stupendous chasm, you would have to h*ve your attention called to 4 * those scratches" on 4 lie other side before you Mould notice- them at all. 1( you were to take the tallest mountain east of the Rockiei, dig down around , its base two or three thousand feet: so as to get ip ses-levcl (from! which its height is qp&ured), uproot the whole gVnt mass, and pitch it Jin to the deepest fart of the Grand Canon of the Colorado, its gTanite top would not reach up to the diny crests of the dlifl)? which hem the awful bed of that gre*t. river. Hyot^ were on die stream, anci New York's noble staute of Liberty Enligbteoiftg the World wets upon the: cliff, it would look to you like the tiniest of dolls; and Tr it were across the caoon from you, you would need a strong glass tosoe it . at aii f :;j ; , ? H |! : ! The Grand Canon lies mainly in ! Arizona, though it touches also Utah, Nevada, and California, j With its wind* : jugs it is near!/ seveu hundred miles long; an& in many places it is lover a mile sod a quarter deep. The width of this unparalleled chasm at the top ? from eight to twenty miles and looked down jnpon from abod?*a river larger tban; the Hudson, and fjje times at;long, looks like a silver thread. The Yoaemlte and the Yellowstone, wonderful as they are in their precipices ? and the j world outside of America caaaot match those wondrou* valleyv-are babies beside this peerless gorge. As Charles Dudley Warner has said:; "There is nbthing else On earth to approach it.'' ? St. Sicholat. CURDWAL JUniCTO. Cardinal Gibbons Grieved. Baj.tixokb, 3Id., [Special.]? Cardioal Gibbons was profoundly affected when informed of the death of Cardinal Man ning, of England. *'Ma^ God havenier* cy oo his soul," was his simple and earn est prayer upon reading the dispatch conveying the intell*%ncc of the .demise of hi* distinguished ^laborer in^thc English speaking religious world.; Car dinal Gibbons at once imparted the sad, but not unexpected news to the priesta of his household, and said he would pre fer not t> be disturbed for a shor$ time. But before he could reach his room, an other dispatch wae handed him. It read: "Cardinal Siuieoni died this morning of influenza.*' This announcement, following so 'speedily upon the cablegram conveyicg the intelligence of the pa*suig away of I Cardinal Manning, almost completely prostrated Cardinal Gibbons, and ha immed'ately retired to his room. Cardi nal 'Gibbons had long known each of his .i^ad associates of the church. ANOTHEI1 CARDINAL DEAD. A cablegram from Rome says : Cardi nal Simeoni, formerly Papal Secretary of State and Prefect General of t lie Propa ganda, died Thursday. His death was lue to an attack of influenza, from which se had been suffering for several days. A NEWSBOY-GOVERNOR. North Dakota* Chief Kx~cnt ire Or?g? iually a New York Wait COTERXOR ATDEEW H. BCE .JtT. Anlr*v* H. Burke, tlia pr^s-ut Govern <r y >'o-;h Dikota, is one of th? aif* o; York ftp worm tb' Ail E^iety^r th*l r-Ity ha? j.fvi Irl cvinJ in toe Yo?io2 At '"?* fark- iras aent West raant a;;'- an i n"!* aiopiel l?r a geot > tu 2x1 ta'u-1 ; J - ,i -r . ? <>r t iffo year* h ? v.ji- crap!' -r#l -u i whole-ale hou** in Mm : ?? -> tn l .faa marr.--l ther?. Frocn Min .- i - "ciJtto a nhjU staWu named ?N- 1 i'? rk Mi:*, uo l^?o 2?jrth?m j Pacific Hn.fT' U. auJ tous change of a gratra! *V>r4 end >a*:mlU. Afterwiri be mwfcrel to CatsMom, 5. an I alter ax moiUi* rtt&? u-m* became Cbsakr qf tbp Fir.^t'Satiooal Ban? there. Three tear* later he was r*ct?d Treasurer of tc? c n\t.j ant held the poeitwo tfirfir y?*3r?. A" tie }ast elec ticoj.e ???. elected UoTcraor ou- the Hepa-> licaa fecijpt. - . i > j ? j ?'.! | , * > ~mr" -j '?, i ? f \ Gen. Samuet Thomas, of Xew York, who ouifal t<5 be in a position to kno-v. iaj? thanbe ant:cipatie? that 1^*2 wil! b-i a jear of reeupnatioa it? th' S rh The xinera!. coal and iron inr#st : ? *re ie ?y*ring, and tab f'.'-t vs. i r I "fT**t o ^ measure the depre-sion n hie h ;a the cotton belt. Th* So :th w::J V.?o be benefitted by ti.e act. vi!; ;o the jrasger States. lapmii* Birfc Stale. ; Earth ro*dsr*re taluirtl^r j Ut| la blerey soil they ui alftoet fl lull of njta beudes beta \ U/tf M M raiay weather, WhUe on Mad# Mil are always eoft. ; &tiU a fiat Mflj caa be made by a propel mikttit t and gravel. Ew>u$h i lay Irp ^ the gmrel to bind we p irtfdea to j| the same as mortar ia tu A 0 fcba or atoDOv-aad in about i he eei tt p tioaa. Sometimes thia amn * found la its u&turtl eti ?, bat tfe just as much goodt ? MAM oa: daily. The epring It t m bast ?Uri this, it&en the tar* k jm n*) from the witter upbttn u, tor ttyi particles umte store dtiety i?|i^ good pita to Itf dnlatL ttt treteft oat-half to three iad t M the liot of the roadlet 41 4 f.fic j aod emptying at aotwi' DtijOtlkt will aafre from onte4hlt ?? <**1*1 top dressing UffpHj jk?f T * Don't mke&mli uSiOl gfc up the road after ft 1 1 ?tot h# down. : This * oftee ftont, t*tl up the solid fouadattot whlihto tial for a good I ir^ad Agti*,'^ scrape the material at bt lidos iii road lato the middle. It & Qfj| washings. It may tool i l fiat* for a few dajar butta oo itlht^ifi oes, and irft abort tta i witt fctJt to powder, making, mi arable dM weather tad the entail ttttdlft rates. ftis far better tt j|D p! grirel bank or get In h clean ttf pal it on. Rather boe M the beat roada in the eta , : <tljf hard road. pA rotq ac 1M U CI fill in the rub and ante rtfc < Ift'flN Drainage *ur*d.Y_ : IsMW vm Adttturt * m m Mrs. John Chapman . whet ranch in Wyoming, ha i i M perience lately. Mr. ( hsiayn from home., Hie wlf< MM the ktteheu door with i ptflL ?1 her hand which ahe U lejitdefl f an outhouse. She ht< jtMfc tl door of the kitchen w Mft, lof she %as confconted If fdqrfi upon their hauache^ e id wwl feet of her. She ten mt4 if into the houae tnd ito} I tMt l the cauae of her fdjghl aod m findiogthe cartridge* f< irtrtfiijl | handy aod thetj sank jfco : a | hausted and helpleaa, wfcjle I I man made anetteckoi > ttopti the old one and two o tfct?fif Mr. Chapntn trrired le M | in iui alarming condit oa, Itr4 iog at each tdjiitt fii X be ft would go i$$* hysteric i, Ibt complaindfof fcetriag the Mh iog outaide, and final iy, tt n John got up, olid, tak Wt ;| to the door, whew, i ore jeep; the remaining tear sta idin| oi eold and whining smd screjm dam. Ibe cab 4tlit;o tfc" for it when be heard John o milog, * morning the doga wen > turned the trail end yoaag br in was into complete the fimilyt / were fully half -growi etlteN averaged orer llO p^uada ea ahe beer wte ? big -o *, tt li cow.? iSfete Orkatu P Wl^MA ? * V Fashions la Feathered - J. E. Bradshanr; a ! waukec (Wis.) bird fqocicft tiou with a reporter, Hid; " bright colored bird 4iH soogster. Just nowj tfea quite popular. Tie fiale ; sweet, mild note, tod brae the canary, The fea ale poor cage-bird and is nerer in Canaries are going ou : of jit, " those imported from thejhetf , tains are still the prii ce good many people at s pareils, a bird ottne _ Gulf States. They basis a low'f*etC< Kocking birdi will a way* j U" The beat raricty c<?es fro where they are taken oatoftbt*M<? while young aaJ fed by \ hand. " Tin mocker is the only bi d that 0*4 whllll> a tune successfully ai i it; taii^i ostf a short time tov teach 01 ie su$h a tune aa i<lAuterbnch.*' Ttu red bird is tke hardest known bird 1 o keep', as kf .Will pot his brains out in, 1 t cage if for properly* He is u hearty bW It siirrivcfl the first seas >n, bat jl sary to change the ca ye frequently ffoat a high to a low point tbeajjjfia iodfroce to outdoors. Ait red binhare trapped and then they sing q ily after th#y ara tamed. Toe black bird Is rarely ieea a<? a cagi bird. The American black bird is a poor pet, bat the Europeea variety b highlr prizii. U hat a song peculiarly iu own. Wealthy people are lately importing English sky-larkl in / large cambers, aai this is; the oust ex* f peosire bird on the market.? Siar?JSay in jt, Gathering Kkari 6a a. Ad important Au: haps next.to sheep kauri gum, which trees an^Juraishos ward of nine tho?i for it at tiie root* of has ^Seea a:~uaiui is usually found io a It is used >a the and the greater pro York. During the o7??r 150,000 tons of away, about sereaty New York. ; jTh* " Auckland district i is seat to How i grpw^HlUis thilWBti esta of this beaaUftir tfee are iaqptfj owned by s syr llcatt. So ns the tree* are fifteen. feet in diamater^ liaba wood -grainel aod tonga sod is csed a: lar^ extent. It U rbere ara aj it, and it k tM nn for s ninety -5 re-foot aiaf to be iciiaout a single knoh. Trout ; ** 3 r.r?H - ^ ?<? a?*i tile Hare. r~ A tio- y *i?V :i! tlir v<xatile char^icr of. * k* ?h'.< l/;r;l Lyttpa rep?e-" M;nt* him n<- r>ut froai atnoag hit nYitltnu* iinl of filicer? sod Da tire prince, hi waj Vic*roy o' India, ti> ebn^ < n foot .1 r#i re that b*d darted ' r-ut from th-r Hi ip-bru?!i-in front of him, His t <y I > jk? 1 co h roast at this glare . 'jf 'itiqurTte, frul waea L Jti L? t : .3 rclun ?* 1, paatini *o l br^jtalAj, he f.t.ii-^?: bit n'^hni so aucV fua^ncc />- a bojr a- iscb?!. ? Jfire 7W W-X'Uit