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CAMDEN, S. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1892 W* h "Tb?n ZarJ fcbim out; < By inbwhrr rd from the i ret mjeyid-.v PPath school. ^ATONAL LESSON FOB. iittSRXJAEY 28. 1892. tr> pa*- that when the ? Chaki^ i wa- br ken up from w fear <>f Phar i^h's army.' We Jjjthe reign of Zfciekiab. son of of th?- iun4> -/f J u lab. He, S5*?8 wbo uri^-f ;?-i him would not ^^Worfct </ Jehovah, aitho^b at inclined t , do differently, as and even esk^i the prophet to . * and for the people, v^rs^< 1-3. S?*asi now ne^r. the ci ty is be ?5 about to giv* "The d?arly y . ? - soul' into tne hands o? h?r tcatpter 3ii., 7). Tht?rei?, however, te, for Pharaoh's arnoy come? MfK, an 1 the Chaldeans de f<rQs2Lr>rn (\vr?*s ?">, JO}. * Jeremiah went forth out of to go into the land of Benjamin +? himself then<-e in the midst of T&e H?-visel Version says, ? portion th^re."' Anathotb, jjjiJJ? ^ ?f r Benjaznin, was his home 3BjfflFv*s ji- He had been a faithful wit. ^IEr?.?>din the holy city, and his testi 1 been rejected. !t wai, most nat rQpesfcctilil desire to take advantage HP ha the siege to retire if possible to o'Jiis-tun town. lj*heu he was in the gate of Ben of the ward took Jeremiah, paying. Thou tallest away to That the righteous should . accused, persecuted and even the unrighteous s?ems a strange [-'to many. Ic troubled David and ?*en Jervmiah himself. See the ot the first two in Ps. xxxvii 'In Jer. xii., 1, we find the ?in? with Trod after thii fashion, OLor', that Thou art righteous, do the wicked prosper and why are that deal troMcberously'-'" The to all in similar circumstances ^ -p Heh xii.. 1-3 -'Then aaid Jeremiah. It is false, but ?d not to him; so Irijah took Jere brought hun to the princes.*' If saw only iri iah he would natur *ly provoked, but if he saw the he Would be quiet. When Job ly i hii.uroperty through the -7- Satan be satf. "The Lord gave and .'U/rd hath taken away, blessed be the ?Ijwofthe Lord" (Job i., 2!'. */}&? "Where lore the princes were wroth -fj*^#WiWPah and smote him, and put hidk ?? prisa*."' 'Jesus forewarned His apostlea ewtthiS^woatdt hay be treated and worse, iwrtthat they must not l>e offended (Math. *1^38; John xvi., I, 2, Aots v., 18, 40; xvi., 23*. And from tho glory He sent word to fll the churctes that the devil would cast *>?e of them into prison, and that they wwifei have tribulation ten days, but they WBtba faithful even though slain for Him IfJfiw. iLlO HWk "When Jtremiah was entered into the ^fibns^on and had remained there many day?." Blesse I is th#? man thatendureth trial {.hs, i, 12). We <v.nnot endure what . not continue, and yet :bat is just what * wt should renaoyad ?tare apt to wonder ar^th->t^-^H*l should |i cOBtirue instead of renaovad 4" to prayer / , , ^fc^''.Sff2yer jjPfrJhiuuy in II re rU ncli H*s. /big, sent and M asked him se ?was O"^' *s there any f nis was one of those ^?f^the king had with J>..<mry willing to do right, ?M i A his own people. >ver, Jeremiah said unto King , What have ~1 offended against In somewhat s.milar form. Paul the appea'e! to Festus Acts xxv.. U>. -"miah and Paul had on*y spoken and don1? the works of Jehovah, fet was jost what Jtsus did, and for k"tey crueifi d Him. The way of God ?Mtrary to man's way provokes t he ^.Kttinman and tir^ up his wicked A- "The earn*! or natural mknd is jgjPfr against God.*' \ ? tt. "Where ai>" now your prophets Miich =*?' 11 .d unto you. saying, The king of : shall n 'if come against you, ;nor thislau.i" Hiere were false |>ro ?ho tauzht the p?ople_that the king of j ,L~ mru;:l not come a_rlrin-t the city, what he bad already taken he j mid restore in tvo years (chapter xxviii., | i-f. but they were lying prophets, jind their ppfrwire vain wor.is. v jfL "Therefore, h?-ar now, I pray thae. O the King, c ius-* me not to turn to : ij toaeot" Jonathan the scribe, le^t { die ; While we are not to t'ear death, hut f^9KBHtodiet ' i m." and "to depart is to tewith Chrift tl'iii!. i., 21, 2?); yet we are i ad to throw nwa> ; ? lives unnecessarihr, | Wtakeaii po^-w le e x re of our mortai bod * which are temples of the Holy Ghost, gtaiigonivio glorify God ia lite or death j jfc "Then Z*lekiar. the king, commanded |fc?yshould commit Jereuimh into the of the prison and tha* they should give ,&iiya piece of bread. Thus Jeremiah to the court of the prison." Al after thLs he was for a short time in ^jgqgt filthy dungeon, from which he was fggvertd by Ebed-Mr*lecb, the Ethiopian. m& ropes and rotten rags, yet the court of 'ffetprisoo was his lodging, and there he was B :h<? city was taken (chapter xxxviii., ?&2&. 'i here the captain of the guard Babylonian army found him, and by f jflMBMCQd of th? kin? did well by hfm. xxxix.. tl, 12; x!.. 4, ->. SoCr->i His promise to Jeremiah (chaptef 19. aaid delivers! him, though a j time they soucht b'? So will He keep His word We may unwaveringly trust Hun upon Him. See. also. His promise* ~ jjech m chapter xxxix.. 16 lS.and that the same God makes equally es to all who put their trust in la reference t?> Danie! it is written, iwos taken up out of the den. and _ of hurt was found upon him. be believed in his God." Fortha same his three friend^ walkel in the ratd?6 unhurt ?Dan. vi., 23; iii., 25>. Re. apen the same God. Paul could say: w whom I have believed, and am per ? that He is aMe to keep that which I oxnnutted unto Him against that day." d^ivered ostof the mouth of the lion; Jxjfd shall deliver me from every will preserve me unto th? F kingdom" .it Tim. i.. I2;iv., 17. IS), goi forth in the name of the Lord, a^ d, to do His bidding, may sure these words, "Fhey that war shall be as nothing and as a ht,for I, the Lord thy God, will hand, saying. Fear not, I will xli.. 12, 13) L*ssoa Helptr. tflwtifl? tie Hair in the Middle, i the cumber of men who part their jo tbC mjddle is incrtasiug every Tie fasaion has grown in the mat dre$sin? kair so rapidly toa' it not be ou: or the way ts say that one-halt the :nen who formerly da tfcis oac<? niucii-coaJemaed fashion Utlly ^ettin:? aroaai to it. (begin, " said a weil known bar "by parting the hair a higher up oa the head by de^ees, they finally <get it exactly in the I remember rery weli when it ?*Tery rar thing I'oria nia to part ftffr directly over his pose, but all of ??tempt ami fuu aaich such a ia^r evoked arc no$v replaced by ce as far as the public is coa Twenty ye^rs a Jo - a poHticiaa parted bis hair ni the middle " disaster at the poL?. Now no ajtatesreen, procaine* or otner wear tfeeir hair in u/iaaViaed fash it does not e?retv caR tor a.re The only thia^ tha. the rank strenuously and positively object _ masculine bang. They won't thai at any price- v ? Natictal Bar \ . .Michigan hatchery is incubating FEBRUARY FANCIES. Many Important Happenings That Get People Into Print. The Latest News Notes and Dis patches From She Potomac To the Gulf. Roanoke is to have a match factory. The Danville Fire Insurance Company ; has been organized. Another national back is being organ ized at Harrisonburg. Norfolk has a new bank called the City National, with $200,000 capital stock. The Book-S Hers* Association met at i Richmond hist week. i More attention is now Icing paid to stock raising iu Louisa. Twenty-seven marriage licenses were ssued duriog January in Bedford county. Senator Daniel delivered a lecture in Charlottesville for the benefit of the Con federate veterans of that city. The Bang Iron Works of Bueaa Vista made an assignment Thursday, with lia- | bilities of |80,000. The Young Men's Christian Associa tion convention convened at Richmond Thursday with 145 delegates present j Eighty years ago there were less than . 1,000 lambs raised yearly in Pulaski | county for the northern markets ; now it will average about 10.0(H). Then the j lambs averaged not over 60 pouuds; now from 75 to bO pounds. The Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Co. has given a contract to the Richmond I.o t comotive and Machine W orks for 25 lo j comotives. which makes 46 ordered by that road of this company. It was only ' a few years ago when Southern railroals were compelled to buy all their engines , in the North. Farmers' Bulletin No. 6, in press at the Department of Agriculture, Wash . ington, D. C' . treat of the cultivation and curing of tob; :co It is written by Johu M. Kstes. a p; ictical tobacco raiser, who has recently made a careful studv vf the subject in the tobacco- raising States Any one can procure the pamph'et by : writing for it. VIRGINIA. NOBTH CAROLINA. The bank of North Wilkesboro wii\ open up March 1st. __ Salary of the mayor of Winston h-is been increase 1 to ? 1,000. \ ; ' The new Atlantic Coast Line machine ! shops are to l>e built at Rocky Mt. Salisbury is about making an organ ized movement again- 1 the saloons. V ^ The State Sunday School Association meets in New Berne March 29th. Average death rate in eleven towns of Noith Carolina is 16.0 for the whites per 1,000, and 17.4 for the blacks. Jno. T. Patrick bis been notified by the Comm ssioners of Agriculture to "move his plunder" from the Agricultu ral building at Raleigh. Governor Holt is at Haw River, where his aged mother is quite sick. J. I). Bridges, dry goods merchant ?f | Shelby, has assigued. Liabilities about $10,000; assets $5,000. The First and Second regiments of the ?tatc Guard jre_ to encamp in July at Wrightsville, the T?Ird and Fourth regi ments at Asheville. Dr. Albert B. Hart, professor of Amer ; ican History at Harvard University, is ! deliveriog a series of lectures at Chapel Hill before the faculty and students of the State University. Governor Holt offered a reward of $200 for R. L. Askew, a white man who in Bertie county murtVred Charles tfardy, also white. It is believed Askew fled to i Virginia. i In Lewis Fork township, Wiikes coun i ty, Amos and Matt Hnmby got drunk and had a row. The latter icceived ten knife wounds and will die j Rev W. S. Fluaer Bryan, pastor of ; the Presbyterian church of Asheville, has 1 received a call to Cincinnati with a sal | ary of $-3, COO. He has it under advjse | ment. I Sheriff J. R Smith, of Cumberland, I completed his settlement of State taxes, paying to the State Treasurer $9,080.95. j Ho is the fifty jirst sheriff t j settle in full. Jaunty C'rankfield, of Wilkes county. ' dropped dead the other day, aged 80 j years. He made a request sometime be I fore his death that his body be buried ia i a ' Republican graveyard." Geo. A. Shuford, of Asheville. the ! newly appointed Ju^ge of the 12th dis j trict. vice Judge Merrimon. resigned, j was born in Henderson countv, and is ] about forty years of age. He studied Uw at Diet *nd Dilliard's law school at Greenaoonj, i^nd alter obtaining license, j iocAted in Wr.ynesvi.le, Havwoocl coun i ty, moving to Asheviile in 1882. Castor Pop<?; j of Batifeboro, i went to Ne ?v Ttork tt> bnv '"green ! goods" ..and got scooped for $590. The scoopers generously gave him $15 and he got home on it. He is pros j trated with grieT. The sale of hickory timber at Rock i well. Rowan county, has am unted to nearly nine thousand dollars th's winter This inuu3try has brought a lot of luonev to Rowan. The tiinln-r is shipped to various points iu the State, and is used in making spokes, bandies, etc. SOUTH CAR UNA. The y cm book of the City of Charleston for 1890 jas just beeu :ssuul Governor Tillman offered a Fe ward of $50 for -the capture of the person y?ho burned the barn ol J. P. Cook, !n dew berry county. A stage line is to> be established be tween Orangeburg and the nearest sta tion on the South Bonnd railroad, r I There is a movement on foot to form a new county out of portions of Orange burg and Berkeley county wiijy Holly Hill as the county &eat. There was a "scrap" on Washington square. Charleston, between Probate Judge Magrath and Mr B;ssel?, a plum ber, the difficulty arising out of busi ness troubles No weapon? were used and the damages are notserioiw. The Governor pardoned Heiary Robin ion, who was convicted of burglary and larceny and sentenced to five ; ears' im prisonment in the State penitentiary. Raiding Deputy Ensor of the revenue service returned to Greenville from a raid in Oconec and Pickens couctie?. He des troyed four illicit; distilleries and five hundred gallons of beer and mash. \ A scheme is on foot frt--Gieenville and will be carried out to bu:l<l a magnificent new opera house by organizing a branch of a northern building and loan susocia- ? tion. A meeting of the prominent citizens of ; Pickens was held aad a company organ f ized to build a railroad from Pickens to ? Easier, where a connection will be made with the Richmond and Danviffe road. | , I The East Shore Terminal Co. Las de ! cided to increase its hondc-d indebted- I i ness by an issue of bonds to the amount of $300,000, a!so to increase the capital ! stock of the company $300,000. The Wolfe ?fe Tiger Mining Co.. incor- j | porated b? the last legislature, is devel- | opiug gold mines in Greenville and Spar tmburg counties, ami is having surveys made fur a canal to be constructed four i miles in length. Another fatal accident occurred in the Northeastern railroad . yard, Charleston, by ?which C. A. O'Brian, acting yard- ; master, was crushed to death whiie coup ling curs. The deceased was 22 years old. He will be sent to Sineath, on the South Carolina railway for burial. OTHER STATES. Greenville. Miss., special sajs: "Dup. | Gue Ferguson, son of Geu. S. W. Fergu- ! son, shot and killed James Goodman, ! merchant and largi planter. Goodman's brother was also wounded. The affray o curred at Leesburg, Miss., twenty miles from here." Among the speakers at the meetiug of ; the Southern Educational Assocation at , Atlanta, July 5-3, will be President ; Winston, of the State University; Prcsi- j dent James Dinwiddie, of Peace Insti- ' tilte, Raleigh, and President C. D. Mc- j Iver, of the Normal and Industrial School for White Girls, at Greensboro. These gentleman will well represent Ncrth Car | olina. THE SOOTH'S DEVELOPMENT. A Good Showing Fo- The Past Week. 4 The Manufactujers' Record, Balti more, in its issue of February 13, says: "While there is no marked increase in the organization of new industrial enter prises throughout the South, there is a steady, solid advance, and also a grow ing confidence with the leading capital ists of the country that the South is the best field in America for investment. Many plans of great magnitude are being worked out, and with a return of activi ty in investment and business interests in the country at large the South will again become the center of development, and future operations will probably be on a larger scale and by heavier capitalists than anything which the South iuis. seen yet. Among the more important under takings reported during the week are the very extensive iron and steel making and town-building operations to be com menced by Alex. A. Arthur, the founder of Middlesborc?ugh, in connection with some of the fort-most iron-makers and largest capitalists of the Nor'h This enterprise, or rather these combined en terprises, will probably draw n.t less than. $ 10,000,000 into that section within th<Maext 12 or IS months. At Tuscaloosa, Ala., $250,000 coal and coke company has i been organized, in connection ?with con- j tracts previously made.to secure a railroad to navigable water on the Warrior river, thus opening a water route from Alabama coal fields to the Qulf; a $60,000 coal company has been organized in Shelby county, Ala.; a kniiting mill will be re moved from theXorth to Bridgeport, Ala ?, at Oca a, Fla , it is reported tbat a syndi cate with a capital stock of $1, 000, 000 will establish 8 large tobacco factories; a company is being organized to establish a bleachery in Georgia; a $1,000,000 com I pany has been incorporated ia Louisville, Ky.. to deal in timber lands, and a $1,- I 000,000 compauv in Kentucky to pur- I [ chase *nd develop oil and mineral lands; j | in Frankfort, Ky., a $300,000 distillery ! company has been incorporated ;Maiietta, ! G*., is to have a large furniture factory: a $230,000 kaolin company has been or ganized in 1 u'rce county, Fla ; a $15,000 furniture factory company in Greenville. S. C. ; a $60,000 ice factory in Shrevc port. La. ; a $600,000 company is being organized to purchaso and develop 50. 000 a~res of Kentucky coal iar.ds, etc. The Norfolk & Western railroad has just secured $2 000,000 in New Yoik for pushing ths work on its Ohio extension more rapidly. These are signs which show how the outlook is improving1' Boulders Moved by Ice. Under the heai of "A Moving Boul- 1 der,"' in a dispatch from Wins ted, I Conn., in the New York Sun, scientific j persons ace invited to explain the phe nomenon of a large stone apparently moving itself in West Hill Pond. There is no question, I think, says a correspond ent, that this effect is produced by the ice which forms in winter. As the char acter of ice is to expand, contrary to the rule in nature, which is laid down, that heat causes expansion and cold contrac tion, the force exercised by a thick mass of ice is unusually great. Successive heavy formations of ice in winters have pressed the stone forward toward the shore. A similar phenomenon may ba ob?rved in the T*in Lakes, in Connec ticut, where several lar^e boulders which were once near the centre of the lakes have gradually approached the shore, until some of them are now almost on the bank. The advance each year ia very slight, but old inhabitants in that section remember well when these rocks were in deep water. The ice theory is, I believe, the only true explanation of the remarkable ohenomenoa Albert Fink to Be President. New York ?There is a good authori ty for the statement that when the reor ganization of the Richmond Terminal property is completed, Aibe;t Fiak. the former tinck liae commission er. will be offered the presidency of the new corporation. The Olcott committee has completed its work, and the plan of reorganization prepared by it will proba bly be made public in a day or two. Lynching- at Roanoke. Roaxoke, Va. ?Early Friday morning a mob of 150 persons took Laven der. the negro who was confined in the police station here for an attempt assault on Aiicc Perry, a whir? g rl. and hanged him to a tiee. Lavender confessed be fore he was handed . The use of the bridal veil originated in the custom of performing the .nuptial ceremony under a square piece o! cloth held between the faces of the bride and brieegroom to conceal the. blushgs^f the i fonn?, V FARMERS' ALLIANCE. Much Interesting News of the Im mense Order. Capt. Alexander Has a Bill Which He Thinks Will Regulate the Cotton Acreage. Washington, D. C. ? ' Impossible to control it; useless speculation to consider it,"' emphatically and tersely replied Sydenham B. Alexander, of the tixth district of North Carolina, when asked if # # ' i coucerted reduction in acreage was the , remedy for the prevailing depression in cotton "We can't make cotton in my part of North Carolina under Sc.," Mr. Alexan der said. "What is your remedy for the present condition?1* he was asked. "This," he replied. Mr. Alexander produced a bill which is before the committee on ways and means. The proposition is as concise as the author's speech. The most important provides "that ail vessels built within the United States by citizens thereof, and wholly owned and manned by citizens of the United States, engaging in foreign commerce, shall be allowed to enter and discharge their returning cargoes at any port of the United States, free of all cus tom duties; provided, that said vessels shall have cariied full outgoing cargoes ?! from the United States, three-fourths at least of which cargoes consisted of agri cultural products of the United States." The other sections simply provide regu latious to carry out this idea. The nine third party Alliance member* of Congress ?Simpson, Otis, Baker, Da vis aoil Clover, of Kansas, Kerr and Mc- ( Keighan of Nebraska, Hallowell of Min nesota, and Watson of Georgia? held a conference, and a declaration was drawn up to be issued as a manifesto to theii; constituents and the country. It declares that these gentlemen propose to flock by themselves hereafter and denounces the Livingston faction for going into th? old party, lines. The S mpson- Watson fac tion w/vnt it unders ood that from this time on they arc third party men, and not to be reckoned as suro to support . the party measures of either party. Con gressman Clover of Kansas has in prepar ation a bill, to be introduced in a day or so, which he says will warm the cockles of the Alliance heart. It is a bill provid ing that evety State shall own all rail roads in its borders and operate the same A full programme for the* conduct of these new State enterprises' will be set forth. Four per cent, of all. profits are to l>e laid aside as a repair and mainte nance fund, and the residue is to fatten the public treasury, and in that way to lower taxes. Mr. Clover claims that his scheme will make travel cheaper; that railroad tickets will be sold for 20 per cent, of the present tariff, and that, as a direct result, many more people will trav el and more freight will be f-hippej, and the aggregate of receipts will be larger thau ever. RESOLUTIONS OF MECKLENBURG ALLIANCE. Resolved, That we adopt the Carolina Watchman as the organ of the Mecklen burg C ount v Alliance. 2. That we endorse the principles laid down the in Ocala platform in to to, and tnc sul> 1 reasury especially. 3. That J\-e endorse our National Presi dent and \\rthy North Carolinian L L i oik. ' 4. That we endorse our national edi tor Dr. C. W Macune, and recommend toe taking, and urge the readirg of na Uona organ, the National Economist so ably conducted by him, bv all Alii' anccmen and libertv- lovini; citizen* 5 > That we are in hearty sympathy with our Western A iiiance brethren and | will ^e found solid, side by side with them at the ballot box next Novembe votmgfor reform and pure government.' (>. I hat we recognize co-operation in business esSentiaJ to success, and, as our State Alliance has successfully inaugura- 1 ted a business system, and each Alliance business agent do his trading through our state agency as far a3 practical. I Fraternally, L. 31. McAllister. Sect'y. * * * * * * A WISE MOVE IN GEORGIA. . ^Re ?Nf the best moves that has been made in the South to secure a good class of im migrant larmtrs hss just been inaugura ted iu Putnam county, Ga? bv some en terp rising citizens, who have* organized the Middle Georgia Land Co. with a capital stock of *50,000. Subscriptions to the capital btock are to be in land and money The company will purchase good farming property and divide it into UO acre farms. Ou each farm a com fortable residence will be built aud such improvements made as will enable a ten ant cr purchaser to begin active farm ing operations as soon as he takes poses sion. The Atlanta Constitution, in giv- j ing some details of the plans of opera- | lions of the company, savs: '"The intention is" to sell these farms to desiribie settlers ori iong time and easy payments, thereby securing industrious and thrifty immigrants lint home peo p:e wbl not be shutout fnm the bene fits ol this scheme. Farmers who have hereto f re rented land mav, iu a reason able length of time, own a farm of thei? own. paying for it an annual sum not exceeding the amount of their rent notes. Thus renters w !u> have been living from ! hand to mouth and moving about in the ' hope of bettering their condition will be j enabled to secure homes of their own and pocket the profits of their labor. ''The operations of the company will not be confined to one county, but will e.mbiuce several counties. The result of the movement will add. largely to the number of small farms, and give to the section interested a large increase of the white prpulation. Incidentally it%will i be trie means of setthng the labor, ques tion. In securing emigrants the new Company wlH have tb? ^ ^ Qf \\ I, Glessner. who has scored consid erable succe^ m this direction. He has already brought & lar^e number of home scekers to Georgia from the Northwest j and has been the means of inviting a great deal of capital here for investment. xf 'A?der a11 theN circumstances, the Middle Georgia Land Co. can hardly be called an experiment. I\ purpose is so cley and its plan so sirW and ra tions', that it can hardly fail of success. W e trust that other sections of the State will follow the State will follow this ex ample/' ^ -? . The hope which the Constitution ex presses that other counties in Georgia will follow this example is applicable to the whole ?>*outh. The organizers of this company have presented a good plan, which every pari, of the Bouth may adopt with great profit. MASONS! IN COUNCIL /?%. i Meeting of tho Grand Royal Arch Chapter at Charleston. Charleston, S C.? The grand Royal Arch chapter of Fpee Masons met in an nual convocation here. Sixteen subor dinatc chapters were represented, Grand II gh Priest \V. H. Witherow presiding. In the address of the graud high priest an account is given of the tri-eunial con \ention of the general graud chapter at Minneapolis. The following grand offi cers were clected: High priest, W. II Witherow, of Wicnsboro; deputy high priest, J. H. Barron, Columbia; scribe, K. H. Casque, Marion; ctaplaia, H. F . Chrietzberg. Columbia; treasurer, C. F. v Jackson, Columbia; secretary, J. E. Burk, Charleston; capttin of the host, F. J. Wilhite, ^Anderson; royal arch captain, H. C. Mows of Sumter; fcentintl, L. F. Meyer, Chftk! lesuon. The grand council of royal and select masters also met. Councils in Charleston, Columbia, Newberry, Anderson, Rock Hill, Spartanburg and Marlboro were present. The following grand officers were elected for the ensuing year: Grand master, S S. Buist, Char'eston; deputy master, F. J. Wilhite, Anderson; con ductor, H. C. Moses, Scmpter; treasurer, C. F. Jackson, Columbia; recorder, Z. Davis, Charleston; chaplain, E. C. Dar gan, Charleston; marshal, Willingham, Rock Hill; captain of the guard, C. F Pauknin, Charleston; conductor of the council, A. S. Thomas, '-Charleston; stew ard. A. E. Gough, Charleston; sentinel* L. F. Meyer^ Charleston. Atlantic Coast Line Violates the Law. Washington, D. C., [Special.] ? The Inter-State Commarce? Commission has made a decision in favor- of the com ulainant, in the case of Charles P. Perry against the Florida Central and .Peninsu lar Company and Q'iier roads forming the Atlantic Coast LiS*l The conditions affecting rates, on str^iberries from Flor ida points to New iork are compared with those counected wi h the transpor tat ion of oranges and other freight car ried in the same trains, and the Com mission ru'es that the rates for forward ing strawberries from Florida to New York city should n. t cxceed 3.33 per hundred pounds from Callahan, Fla , to New York, and from Lawtry, Hammock Ridge, and other stations more distant from New York than Callahan; and through rates should not be in excess of the charge from Callahan, and should be filed with the Commission and publish ed according to law. The Commission also reaffirms its power to determine what rates are reasonable, and in regard to damages it. holds that the measure of reparation is the difference between the rate charged and the retsonable ra'ic which should have been charged. The defendants are or d (fed to bring their freight from Lawtry and all points to Callahau in conformity with the long and s'lort haul provision of the law, and fault is found with the practice of charging a through rate and adding a local rate to or from a local point upon a through shipment intended to be continuous. Fish Planting in North Carolina Streams. Newton, N. C. ? lJr. Josephus Turner, of Sherrill's Ford, lakes much iuterest in tish ativ4 has been corresnoa^fog with Congressman Henderson with regard to stocking the Cjtfawba river. The fol lowing reply of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries to one of Mr. Henderson's communications, which is furnished us by Dr. Turner, will be of interest to many readers, especially those along the Ca tawba and Yadk'n rivers: Hon. John S. IIendersos, Home of Representatives, De\r Sik : -Replying to yours of Jan uary 10ih, I beg to say that in June, 1886, 365,000 shfid fry were deposited iu the Catawba river, 1 ear Morga^on, N. C. In December, 1883, 500 red-eye perch were planted in tne Yadkiu river near Salem; and during the same month 2,455 carp were put iu the sane stream near Salisbury: also, in January, 618 yearling rainbow tout were deposited therein. 1 have directed these streams be placed on our list fot deposit of shad in the distri bution of :he ^pc.-ies next spring. Should you desire that notice iu reference to the planting be given" to any of your co i - ?titi:ent?, fo. wa.d basic and ad dress to this office. Very respectfully. M. McDonald, Commissioner. Foreign Notes of Real Interest. France':* last torpedo boat made twen ty-three kaots and. a half in a bad sea. Gen. Aunenkof! is at work on the plan for a canal between the Black sea and the Caspian. Australian eggs are now shipped to London. 1.hanks to an extraordinary uew process of preservation The Duke and Duchess of Teck, with Princess May, have arrived at Osborne House oa a visit to Queen Victoria. The Russian Government i3 going to | try giving a certain area of land in the departments of Saratow and Samara, to be cultivated in common by all the in habitants of each commune. The Culinary Academy, or Cook's In stitute. of Paris, Ins petitioned the City Council to increase its prestige by nam ing a street Careme, after Autonio Ca reme, the chef of Talleyrand. On Jan. 10 the bells of Brussels rang for the 700th tiroe to celebrate the return from the Holy Land of those citizens of Brussels who had joined the first crusade under Godfrey de Bouillon. A young American woman named Nels n, who has been performing in a I Paris cafe chan'ant for some yeaif. is at > work on a thirty days' fa^t in London to I prove the efficacy of a potent tlixir made of herbi from South met ira ? ? Money "Well Spent. The citizens of Conway (Ark.) propose to further the enhance the attractiveness of their town to the home-seeker by ; making it an educational center, aad ; have made liberal contributions of cash j to attain to this end. The Methodist j EpiscDpal Male College has been lately completed at a cost of from $40,000 to $45,000, and work will commence soon on building* to cost $30,000 for the State Baptis". Female College. In all this en terprising town has during the past two years raised f 112.0Q1) for the furtherance j gf education. > . . I LIFE OP STONEWALL JACKSON. ! \ j , : f - ^ A Sweat, Inspiring Story of the IU v?r#d and Beloved Confed erate Leader. The "Life and Letters of Gen. Thos. J. Jackson by "bis wife, Mary Anna Jack son^has been issued from the press of Harper & Bros ? with an introduction by Rev. Dr. Henry Field. Writing from, the other side Dr. Field says, "The tima has come when we can do justice to those who were once in arms against us." "It is only a few months since Gen. Sherman was borne through our streets, and among those who followed at his bier was his great adversary, Gen Johnston, who, by a sin gular coincidence, survived him but a few weeks. Thus the warriors who ohce .'to battle rode' at the head of hostile armies, now fall into Hue in the great procession to t'lat realm of silence in ? which all entities are buried." In this bearing of our great soldiers towards each other, they who were "first in war" were also "first in peace," and it were well that they should remain "first in the hearts of their countrymen," as the leaders whom we arc to follow in the work of reunion Why. then, rccalLJjfc jitter memories of a war that is enoed? "Lot the dead past bury its dead." But out of the dead psst comes the living present. "It is a poor -reconciliation which is ob tained by only agreeing never to speak of the past." ".'Men who are honest and brave have nothing to be ashamed of, and nothing to conceal." Lessons of heroism, of patriotism, of patient endur rance may be learn- d from illustrious examples on l>oth sides, the blessed fruits of which are to broaden character, to en large sympathy, and to teach respect fof a foe who honestly and courageously dif fers from us. Already "Jkonewall" Jacksor has be come a national hero, and the North (without the tender love laid hero-wor thip for him that inspires every Southern heart,) proudly clai.ns him as the highest type of an American soldier. Dr. Field says: "He was the, most picture* que figure of the war. None of the of&er leaders had personality so unique. In Jackson, there were two men in one that seemed absolutely incompatible? the highest military genius, with a religious fervor that bordered on fanatacism, a union of soldier and saint for which we must go hack to the time of Cromwell. His obara<^|r is one of the most fascina ting studies of American history." The world has heard so much of Jack son through two previous Biographies, that it will hardly be prepared for the revelation that awaits it in the charming book before us. Its purpose is not to re iterate what has already been said by able and loyal pens, nor to portray in fresh columns the matchless Confederate hero, but to disclose to the public, for the first tirns, another phase of his char acter, not Jess attractive because so' dif ferent from the "iron man of war," as many have only regarded him. Another beautiful illustration of the lines that, " The bravest are the tenderest, The loving are the daring." His "inner life known but to few, dis closed fully only to her who was united to him in t.^ closest of human relation ships, is by -her beautifully and delicate ly unveiled, for the wonder and admira tion of thousands who never knew him, and of many who met him in the clash of arms an i on fields of carnage." Mrs Jackson, in her preface, gracefully and touchiagly gives her reasons for the pub lication of these memoirs and letters. The work was undertaken at the earnest solicitation of her now sainted daughter, the lovely Mrs. Julia Jackson Christian, who, especially after she became a moth er, felt such a desire that her children might know more of the domestic life of their illustrious j grandsire i.han they could ever learn oth erwise than through this book. She.too, had known the father only at second hand ; her historian had been * the loval mother, from whose lips she daily lis tened 10 some sweet reminiscence and realized, as years passed on, a closer ac quaintance with, and appreciat'on of. the the matchless father, whom God "called up higher before she had learned to lisp j his name. She\"with gentle footsteps followed him. even as he followed i Christ, in:o the {.pper Sanctuary bcfo.e the work was completed. With heart of lead, aud hands that seemed t > have lost their cunning, Mrs. Jackson resumed hei sad but sacred task, inspired by her la mented daughter s wish. aud the prayerful hope that, the motherless lambs might be spared to read, to admire, ?nd emulate j | bis grand example. Most worthilv and j even touchingly has she completed her j "labor of love." Her style is chaste and ! vivacious, and is peculiarly adapted to ' biography -a species of composition that I is so often heavy, even iir the hands of more experienced cr pretentious writers, j Gen Jackson's life was of eouise full of adventure, aud of incidents. All this ! is most attractively aad pleasantly inter- | woveu Uj the enthusiastic author, and forms ;an unusually attractive book. Two poicts of character stronglv impress the reader One is the deep' tenderness and affection of his nature ? a romantic I love for his wife that never fails or varies ?combined with complete unselfishness j ? in fact, entire self-abnegation to love I or to duty; the other is. his iniedse re ligious character. It was not a profes sion? tras a life permeating his being, and ente-mg into every detail of his daily life. It vv^s often remarked, during the war, thai; it was hard for a man to ?be a Christian in the army, where his tempta tions were so great and so multiform, but here is a marvellous example of the Chris- . tian soldier? never too tired or too hur ried to p: ay? who, in the heat of action, amid storm of shot aud shell, so often ra]sed his eyes in devout supplication to the God of buttles This fatter characteristic is strikingly testified to by his colored servant, Jim. who said he could always tcl> when there ?was going to be a battle. S?id he: *lThe General is a great man for pntjing, morn ing a-id night? all times. B?iVosben I sec him get up several times in the night besides, and go off and pray, then I know there is going to be wmcth'ni'j to p ty. and I g> straight and pack his haversack, because I know he will call for it in the morning " No wonder that success crowned the ell >rts of one who felt that "i'/i the I.- r-i cat his mtrength." "If the Lord be tor uj?, who can be against us?" A lady, .whose husband fell in battle during i:he late war, said she did not in tend to read Mrs. Jackson's book,l*-cftus4 any details of the war were always so bar rowing to h?*r. A friend prevailed, and she has just finished it. saying how mu< h she enjoyed it, and that she could not see how any one could read v and not j wish t ) be a Christian. Mrs Jackson ha?. happily, given no i minute accounts of battles, and they are j only introduced as forming apart of Gen* Jacksou's life, from "which they could not be dissevered. The , first chapters of the memoir are devoted to ^ brief history of the Jackson ancestors -people of old English and Scotch Irish stuck, a deline ation of v%we sturdy, vigorous nature clearly reveal wheuce the greet .military leader inhered his indotni table will, his enetgy and xranquil courage. "Tho boy was father of the man." In childhood, he exhibits wonderful determination in surmounting obstaclesand accomplishing ?whatever he undertakes. This is very interestingly narrated in. his trying ex perience when attempting to enter West Point, his subsequent trials, and final "over coming" of them all by the end of his four years' career as a cadet. While4n the military academy he com piled for his own use a set of rules and nftxims, relating to morals, manners, dress, choice of friends and aims in life. Perhaps Che most characteristic^ these was: "You may be whatever you re solve to l>e." Another whs: ''Through life let your principal object be the dis charge of duty. Disregard public opin ion when it interferes with duty." Then there comes lives to Action. F.rst, regard for one's own happiness, and for the family; in which you live. Second, stride to attain a very high ele vation of character and a high standard of action." i With such lofty resolves he could do and dare. What an example for young men ! His career in the Mexican war 1846 to 1848, is -pleasantly, but not lengthily told ; his subsequent years of usefulness and hapniness as a professor in the Vir ginia Military V Institute, his ;two mar riages are full of interest and fill his life, till the shadows oi 1861 called him in the spring to the ttormy scenes of war, away from the peaceful nest in the moun tains, to which he was destined never to return. The iuterest never flags through the three years, in which we count his life by deed i, not yean, till the fatal night, wheu at the very climax of his glory a shot from those who would have died for him, palsied the strong arm and put an uutiraely end to his grand career. l)r Field says: "Next to his thought of God and acknowledgement to Him were thoughts of the dear oues at home ?the vouns mother with his child in her arms. All his heart was centered in one spot. Many who read these pages ?will be surprised at the revelation of his passionate love of heme, to which he was eager to return, though he was never to cross its threshold again. While the world saw ouly the soldier with his coat of mail pyarfcis breast, those who knew him bestj&w^jptfesr it a great human heart, her who looked up in his face with^perfect trust and conti dence, that face Was open as the day. To her this man of iron was the gentlest and tenderest of all human beingipw hose first thought was always for her; who would not "that even the winds of sum mer should visit her too roughly." Such devotion cannot be forgotten even aftet the lapse of a quarter of a century The yearning heart turns to the p tst ? the faith ful bosom carries with it a great mem orv and a great affection. "As she sits by hoc desolate fireside, the old days coinc again, and they are once more in the home that was always made bright by the sunshioe of his presence. Filled with suck Memories, it is but the impulse of loyally to the dead, that she should wish others to know him as the ! did, that the world should know him not only as the soldier, but as the man , and should know all the gentleness and tenderness in that lion heart. This is re vealed nowhere so clearly us in bis letteil to her during the war. If any think they are too persona^ I have met the womanly shyness and timidity by saying: "Yes, you can ltave it all out, and sup ply every word of endearment by a blank, , but every time you do this you leave out a touch of Stonewall Jackson, for this fond devotion, this exquisite tenderness air as much a part of the mao as was his military genius." The volume commends itself a1 so in size, binding au i finish? not so vo'umi nons or ponderous as to deter tin mass of readers, nor is it at all prolix The price also ($'2. 00) is such as to make it within the rc ich of many who cannot afford the more extended and expensive biogra phies of other great ietders in the l.tc war. It is a simple and beautiful story "written out of a woman's heart." Free Pass Excitement. Richmond. Ya. ? A bill introduced few days ago making John E. Masssy, s periutendent of public instruction, ex oiticio member of trie board of visitors o! I the deaf and dumb institutions and also of the university, came up. Senator Flood, of Appomattox, opposed the bill on two grounds, the first cf wh:ch was that Massey was the officer tc which the boards made their reports which unfitted him to serve; the second and main ob jection was that, though paid $5j0 per annum for expens s by the State. Massey regularly traveled on free railroad passes, and boat-led uiththe professors of edu tional institutions while he charged the State for railroad fare aud hotel lills. Flood read some of tin itemized bills making these charges against the State and also a letter asking for $76 from from Prof. Lomax to defray his (Massey'u) expensu* ba k from Alabama, where he had just been married. A committee was appointed to investigate the report. "Ex-Go v. McGrath 8tricken With. Appoplexy. Charleston, S. C.? Ex-Governor Mc: Grath had an attack of appoplexy and his recovery is doubtful. Gov. McGrath was born in this city in 1813, and gradu ated at Harvard. He studied law under th? late Judge Btory. At the breaking I out of the war of the rebellion, he was j United States district judge, and on the j ' passage of the ordinance of secession, J ? made a dramatic scene in co irt by dis- I ! robinir himself of the judicial ermine, i He was during the last war Governor of j South Carolina, and nfter the surrender, was imprisoned by toe F<'d?-ra! govern ment i:t F'>rr IV.li^ki fur same. Killed in Trying to Save Her Sister. Wkfkli.w;. W. Y.\ . [Special.] -A ! terrible accident occurred at Cameron, ! near this city, m which two beautiful | young girls, daughters of William Cris well, lost their lives. cue of them while beroicall v .'uN-mpting to save the other, j Essie Georgian* Criswcll, aged re- I spc tlullv fourt'ca ami t-i \tcet?, were ? walking r?. I . > : ? t:ie Baltimore an'i Ohio ! tni< k. an'i whtlr attempting lo cross in ! of .i westbouud train Essie fell when the engine was ulmo&t upon her. ! ^ Georgiana, seeing ii^r eis'.er's danger aad ignoring ;he fact that the attempt was almost certain death, 'u?hed ".a- her rescue. She, too. stumbled, ?ud was j kilted. Essie was cut in two by the wheels. 500.000 BALES SHORT. The Cotton Crop Is Not As Big Ai Ha^Been Estimated. That Is What the ^Agricultural De. partment in Washington Says of the Cotton Crop of 18Wb-?o as Compared, With \ That of 1890. i : j ' W A8niNQTONt D. C.-j-The fdx cotton report of the statistician of department or agriculture i relates to proportions marketed, quality, yie) lint, close of the picking; season, 1< insects and price of seed; f Tlyr proportions tent from plantations, as estimated by reporter*; ^nd accurately consolidated, is fts follows: | Virginia 80, North Carolina 82, South Carolina 90, Georgia ))2. Florida S)3, Alabama ft, Mississippi $8, Louisiana |87, Texas 80, Arkansas 88, Tennessee 89, Missouri 87; general nverage 88.8 per cent. The returns of comparisons with the crop of last year are: Virginia 78, North Carolina 79, Sou'h Catplina 82, Georgia 85, Florida 91. Alaban a 92, Mississippi 96. Louisiana 99. Tex is 107, Arkansas 96, Teuntssee 91, Missouri, 90; general average 94.3 per cent. < The returns era remarkably consistent, as their ^pdi results vary by less than 1 per cent^ii dicating a crop about hklf a million bates short of that of 1890. j The October ?? ports of the two years; make almost the identical difference. (These results are submitted without comment. The esti mated average time of j the dot# of ]?ick' iug is by States: Virginia, December 11; North Carolina, December 10;/* Carolina, December 8 ;; Georgia, ber 4 ; Florida, November 20; Alabsl December 2; Mississippi, December 10; Louisiana, December lj2; Texas, Decern-, ber 4 ; Arkau$fe, December 12; Teases see, December 12; Mtssonri, December .13. I # 1 . -j The quality is the' highest for ms#y years. The staple is ? medium or aotfe what short, color excellent and unufualj j ly free from tra*h. The low price of cot* ; ton and disappointment in money retu?? j have led to large sale of seed to oil mUls at prices somewhat reduced, as folloffi: j Virginia 14 cents per bushel, North Csit^ Una 14, South Carolina 14.5, Georgia 14.5, Florida 14, Alabama 13, llissimp* pi 12, Louisiana 11. Texas 11, Arkansas^ 11, Tennessee 13, Missouri, etc., 11, On the Atlantic coast the larger use of the seed for fertilization makes areA^t cively higher price. Losses from iQM?ti were not very serious and were maifcly confined to the Gulf ; coast States. The boll worm was nearly as destructire as the caterpillars. ? f S'hlnc-Mtdc Music. ng by machinery ia~ one ot the latest novelties.' The liarp it t?j tanged so that the plane of its strings is horizontal, the instrument lying on the table, after the fashion, of a zither. Then, as regards the written music, the notation of the traditional stare has 1 been abandoned, and sheets upo* which j are imprinted mysterious groups of Jium- 1 bers arc usod in its stead. When one of; these sheets is slid into a frame made for the pur[x>?e the meaning of the figures is interpreted. Each of them falli under a string of the instrument, and by picking at them in numerical order with a bevelled pen- . cil of ivory the operator produces a tune. Time and phrasing are indicated by the spacing and alignment of the numbers, nor are the requiremeqts of harmony torgotten. When the melcdy of the air is ad judgcd-insulficient one of the figures is ? accompanied by a letter, ! indicating thai a button attached to the instrument, an4 bearing the same symbol, should be at this juncture pressed. This action, by^? bringing a small saw of ivory points into ^ play, produces a cord suitable to the OO-v ? casion. ? Pall Mall Gazette. To Rival Blowing Bock. Winston, N. C. ? The Roaring Gap Summer Resort Company is the name of# a new organization which was perfected in this city by the clecti <n of the follow ing officers: A. Chatham, of Elkin, president: A. II. Kller. of Winston, sec ret nry; W. W. Wopd, W. C. Fields, J. L Patterson. V. 0 Thompson and F. M Silmons, directors. The object of the organization and thj plans in view are the purchase of lands on the Blue Kidge uear the W ilkes, Alleghaily and Sum* county lines, and the establishment or'vixi^rt for the pleasure and ton Mo- \ ieuce of the cities; in Piedmont No^lh Caiolina as well as the country generally. The new company is composed of thirty kUickhoKer*, all of whom are progressive) 1 busings men. Tfeis company proposes to build a tine summer hotel, cottngcs. school bouses, etc , for the benefit of summer tourists. ; Captain and Crew Drowned. Rai.ei?h, N. C\? A special from Beau* fort brings the rtews of a sad drowning in Paraiico sound. The schooner, Wave, loaded and bound for Norfolk, was swamped in the sound and sank, drown ing her captain and crew. The master of the vessel. Captain New comb, was a native of New Jersey, and only came to North Carolina last year. He lived in Beaufort. He leaves a wife aud one child. x I To Pension Soldiers of the Florid? | War. Washington. IX C. ? Mr. Houk. of Tennessee. iutr< d ied a bill providing for the amend met. t . f the general pension ^ laws so .is to iac-i'i soldiers who served iu ^ic Florida war. A Young North Carolinian Skips. Raleigh. N. C. ? Charles Seagle, a young man prominent in society at Madi soiu N C., who represented the Cap* Fear & Yadkin Vailey Railroad and Southern Express C'mpaji*-, skipped tow n in the night. He is said to b? in ar rears ?with both companies. Killed Two in Self-Defense. \ Birmingham. Ai.a.? -Near Monterey, ^ Butler county, Tom Trawecka, 16 years old, a white boy, killed Bill Tcomas aad "N - .Tim Jackson, two uegro men, in stlf-de* fensc. One of the men had knocked Trawcek's brother down with. a shovel. ? ? rv. ! ?&. The "Barley; Syndicate," of Chicago, Til., l as purchased 25^000 acres of land i'r North Dakota ou whifch 0 settle Ger mans to gro-.T barley fox' mait pur posts. ! lU cl.