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god and ouk native land. t >rf -2fc. -pf KBAT 1 1 SCHOOL. ^atonal lesson for '??Lin *A?CH 1^, 1892. -?Sslr 3^8 will I sopnkfc ci?--tu Je $halTM clean; from ail your and fr om a'l your idol.-, w;!l I 8ix lessons in I-aiab. four in and on?- in Kz ki ?! ;r ive u- but the at the !?>'. ehapt- r? of thoso ?ooks, and yet th., te.'.ehin.; of tL.-se j**io perf?*ct aceor 1 with n;i propii--*/. *WJs of this vvr.v refer primarily to fttture cleansing of the nation of I.-> *a? 2^-Zi : Jer. xxxiii.. *? . and y**t in a sense to ewry ihjm l^ti .-wr . c Anew h'-arl also will i Vvii, an I ^^ftrir wilF i pur. within i."ji,'! *mj '? all our difficultiM U ; wv. n u?, *U?u*t be- a 'hange tm re :> for aey tt bright. f? "Anil 1 will j My Spirit within \OM. S?*>e you m walk i? Sly statutes." Th r jSfct who spake and wrooghfc h? ??fand in prophets atvh apostles, <fc> I give to Israel. and jcivcs now to every ? Our part i-> t > welcome Him. and '?t to Him our whole U-ing a. i t Ho the rest. (John xiv M>, 17, xv.f **., 13., "And ye shall dwell in the lan l that I to jour fathers: and y<? si' ail Us My ?id I will -U- your *God." There !S "of applying the Jir.-'. part of this the church or to b-i levers now; it "arly and oulv her l-rael in the The church has nr> special land, h*r JCe is heavenly, the New Jerusalem, irtfch she shall reign with Christ over '^e earth. The last [>art of the ver-e spiritually apniied to tho oiiurch, gpf^vi ., MJ-lM. wHlal-o savo you from all your icsses; and ray r.<? famine upon you."' thing will He withold from them .walk uprightly (Ps., ixxxiv., II), ant ' Jesus, by His great work of atone ?$ves from the wrath to come. He also byH?s {?resent power and by His word 8pur;t in u:-, from daily sins (Math, i., Som, v., 10; Judge xxiv. . K. V.j 1 "An;' r will multiply the fruit of the -Hat ye shall receive no more reproach the heathen. ' 'peculiarly for Israel, t,Bhen a U4 Level- is seen longing for rSwii * - * * t'PP lr-" and all who are fujle sure to them " ''iMifci ?_ ? ? ' ' * ixc" ion^m-4 ror % things of this world that ??2^ 'f0d. ,f Joim 15 Ir>- thcu it is "Jesus cannot satisfy me; [ bave the world too.'' an 1 thus the r.-au iiaimrie in such a soul is a reproach to 1 luui!.*7^'" 1sbaI1 ye* remember, and shall J rrP6 Joup- s 1 ves in your own si^ht (or your ? aP?V?ttes. ' .The I?rd will pour upon the n of graceShnd of suppii. ations, and "?sfealllje true rot ?< ntance when they seo PfJ^jecte.! Kin,, (JSech. xiL, loj. The of the \ing inllis glor>' always caus.?s aee-*K of self _( l<m. v?. 5; Job xin., ty, x.. s5). Pride or self esteem is a j>rcof ?atwe have iv?t soen Jen us. !or y(,ur saJtes do I this, saith tlie MWGod.be it known unta you."' Israel _ the first plaee cfeo??u for any fiavi that was in them, but ail was done for .tb?n because of (iod's premises to Abraham ^Ykl <1>eut- ix" r>. I Xi., ^ V1'-, 2 'ff Jesus of .Vn-/vn-t.l> r?h Boaof David,s,m "V, prornlsed rfl??dj3Cath i., !; C> ao<l 1 - 1 v^ Him have a^. \ lor Hie sake K . , ,.*fsien. 1 f;od j a{3r> ? she cities and the Compare Zich. rirst .and then r^stora r?e ortler. If you have q ?p with God through sin, the ?;in be confined and for given before tho <fommunion can he restored. "And the desolate land shall bo tilled, : Whereas it iay <lesr>late in the sight of alf |}| parpMd by."' Its desolateness w.ls io : .jproach to Ood, and a constant advertLse -i stent of Israel's sin. We, as believers, :?! only when wo bear inuch fruit ;d '4John xv., >?). If our lives are seltish and ^ *lf Indulgent wo are then like Israelii! her *efeeliion an<l sinfulness. ^Hos. x., 1,S- xi.,7.V - 35. "And they shall say, YIvs ladU that V> WW desolate is become like tho grtrlen of That will cause people to j>raise the i- God of Israel, and thus other nations will Ixs li dmwn to < tod, even as the Queen of Sheba to ^t,rusa^etn ^ ?^e ^aaie { . '7 38. "Then the hiithen that are left around ! > .about you shall knbw that I, the Lori, build ttortumxl places. I, the Lord, have spoken yj] . ??? apd I will do if." Multitudes out of tho , ; tattoos shall perish in the judgments pre ? '' ceding Israel's national conversion, or in OJOBection therewith: but some shall be left, jB d these shall go up to Jerusalem from year So year to worship the King, the Lord of Bests (Zoch. xiv., lt>y. Tlx> hand of the : shall be so manifest that all -hall | 37. "Thus* saith the Lord God, I wil! yet for this be inquired of by th ? house of Israel .^'3 \Jp do it for them/' Ho will prepare their P ? f |||iiirt& to pray for the blessin ; He is ab>ut % jio give. This is His way. While He lsever U ' .^efcdy to give every good t ing, lie will ? ijjsaveus feet our ne d and as< Hi*n. Vv iien '' "H0 are speeuiTTy led therefore to pray i< r any or for any one, we may sat el y coa ggg that the spirit is leading us to ask for vttet which He is ready to giva \t<. * i ?;> F 'gg. "As tho flock ot Jeru-Kilem in hef^il ?*1 i^a feasts, so shall the wa>t ? citi<>s> be tili-.tl V jaWi flocks of men. and thvv shall know tlutt film the Ijord.*7 Or, a cording to Z cb. i.. J7, "My cities through prov,?nfy shall yet }je spread abroad; and the Lord shall yet Zion, an I shall yet choose Jeru ^^atero." And Zecb. ii., ''Jerusalem ^hall !' -::sf^i5babitel a?, towns without wal.s for multitu de of m?n ami cattle there ! These da^s are already dawning, and 1 accoruplishment must>be near. Oh, ^ijCewr, make full surrender ~t > and have .^'^^SS&flt trust in the Lord, that He may make S? most of you this little while, and make " ? gimseif known throu ;ii you. One or the Sesnst evidences that Israel will so-oui s>-rr.-' gforod to her ow n lanl is that the restora ^ioflhas already be^un. and eveji n?>w t!i aoouiaSion of Jerusalem has overflown the 'mSSfot tha city, and numerous but! hurt i f Lp being erecte ! on the very ;in?s men -i tooal in Jer. xxx?.. -S- f?. Jesus said that {S^ialeiu slutll b - iro l.Joa down of the Gtfitiles until the tim?*sof the Gentiles be #*' : SSllr" (Lake xxi.. -4 . hen a city is bein^ built up an t about to become id center, it well be said tii down any loti^M* We there jajow without a doubt that the times Gentiles are about fuUilletf. Israti's >tion is near (thougu th- tribulation JrsC come . and the elect church must I nigh i*omplete 1 . Let us t>e con witu zeal to bi*ing in the remaining aod hasten the kingdom.? Less v. ?sr Kicgest (ian. i twcivc-inch breech-loading rifto has just been sent overland from ington to Srui "Trsnc'sco, Oa?., to .a part of the armament of the new -clad ccast-de fender Mcratc lev, ajrs the biggest achievement in jking yet undertaken for the I'nite 1 jfavv. The niv/ruo is 50 big that to have a steofr^y tkr ear built sally for it. The ^n weighs a trifle hurl a projectile weighing 5>t>0 , The { ropuisivc power of this lous missile is furnished bv ^ j of -ISO pounds of i-r-v,vn powder;"" fTeJocity is 1041 feet j>er second and t muzzle energy as shown hv tests pig 22,160 foot tons. Equipped two o? these monsters and two tv>n KtiSes like that <j? the Miantonorooh, rjlontcrey will betont^of the nso.^for ?*ble coast defe^s&Ebatcicsbips ever ??cted. The Jro.'i Works . Camecie, i'hinps i^Oa; arc working its shifts of men in order to complete ^ armor plates on \inie.^-ff1s cheer in tr gpinw that ia two moqtiii the Pacific 5-/wiil be proteote4 by V vessel able [light anything thatSoats.? >"esv York mm The "Imperiaf di;l nond," which was Jtly purchased b; the Nizam of Hy cltrom a London (?ng:aau) dewier, lued at $i,500,0UQ? ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT. The St. Loais Convention an En thusiastic One. A Flatfonn, W-th i:ry Strong Fea J tur-iS, and Denouncing Both. Old Parties, Adopted. Sr. Louts, Mo.? The great Alliance and Lal>or Congress pissed oJT with won derful enthusiasm. The second morniDg Hen Tjjreil of Texas, Paul Vandevort of Nebrask a, and Thomas Wadsworth of Indiana, had spoken appeaHngly for non sectiona ism. the old veterans ail over the hail clasped '"bauds and cheered for the restored L'rcion. When the enthusi asm had subsided Delegate Branch, o i ' Georgia, cast a firc-lxrand into the gath ering in the shape of a resolution protest ing against the on?iii! ion of the(Sm- i mon |*ople of this country, and holding | the Itepublican and Democratic ]nrtic3 responsible for 1 the eruditions. There was a spirited debate, but the resolution was adc ptea \>y a vols of 410 to 1?J0. Later it was declared to have beeu irreg ularly proposed and ;v is ordered strick en from the nrnutes until after the report ; of the committee on platform was heard. Then there was a tremendous row over the eligibility of a cob red delegate from Georga. which was quieted only the cn ? trance of the com ? it tee on platform, which reported as foJIows: "Tim, the first great labor confcrence of the United States and of the world, representing all divisi >ns of urban and rural organizations :m< industry, assem bled in national congress, invoking upon ? its action the blessing and proteetion of Almighty God, puts forth to and for the pro iueevs of the nation this declaration of unison and independence. '?Jnc conditions which surround us best justify our co-oporation. We meet in the ! iidvt of a nali<?n brought to the ver"? o" moral, political and material ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot box, the Legislatures, the Congress, and touches evt^i the ermine of the bencTi The people are demoralized. Many of the States are compelled to isolate the voters at the polling : daces, ^^brder to prevent universal intimidation or bribery. The newspapers are subsidized or muz 2 led, public opinion silenced, business prostrated, our homes covered with mort j^a^c?, lal>or impoverished, and the land concentrating in the hands of -capitalists The urban workmen are denied the right of organization for self protection, imported pauperized labor beats down their vmges; a hireling standing army, unrecognized by our laws, is established to shoot them down an 1 they are rapidly degenerating to European conditions. The fruits of the toils of millions are boldy t^ed to build up. colossal fortunes unprecedented in *thc history of the k world, labile their possessors despise the republic' and endanger liberty. From the sanj> prolific of governmental injustice we breed the great closes? pau pcrs airi millionaires. The national power 1 6 create money is appropriated to enrich ifcmd- holders; silver, which has been accepted as coin since the day-dawn of hf&ory h;is been demoralized to en ! largfe ;lie purchasing power of gold by I decreasing the value of all forms of prop erty as well :s human lr>bor, and the sup<" ply of currency is purposely abridged to fatten usurers, baalrra?t enterprise akd ! enslave i dustry. A vast conspiracy against mankind" has been organized on two continents and is taking possession *of , the world. If not met and overthrown' at once, it forebodes terrible social con- . vulsiom. the destruction of civilization or the establishment of absolute des potism. ??In this crisis of human affairs, the in telligent working per- pie and producers of the L'uited S ates. have come together in the name of peace, order and society, 1 1 Vie fend liberty, prosperity and justice. WcSkclare our union and independence. We as!<: t our rturposc to vote with that organiziKiou yfa o represents our prmci pies. 4 We chargc that the controlling infiu cares di>rni^4i^rflio.jo!tl {Political parties Fmve allowed Aw existing. dr^ftdful con ditions to d?velop without serious effort to restrain nr prevent ticm. Neither da tbey now iutend to *n?-co!Ht>lishi reform. They htvc agreed together to ignore, in tHe coming campaign, every issue bu1 one? They propose -to drown the'out cries of :t plundered, people with tfrc up roar of i shnm battle over the tariff; .so that corporations, national banks. rings, trusts, 'watered shocks,' the demonetiza tion of silver and the pp press ions of usary may be lost sight of They propose to sacrifice our home an 'J children upon the altar of mammon, to destroy the hopes of the multitude in paler to secure cor ruption funds f om the grvat lords of plunder. ,4VV"e assert that a political organiza tion, representing the prittcip cs herein staled; :s necessary :;> redress the griev ances of which wtscoTnplni'j. Assembled ca the anniversary of the birth of the il lustrious man who lid the first great re *-?olLon this conliuen against oppr^sion, filled w:th scnt'ment which actuated that grand generation, we seek to rotore the government of the rtqmblic to the hands of the plain people, with \vh m it origi nated. Our door stands open to all points c-f the compass. We ask all hon est men to join with and help v.s k In order to retrain the extortions of aggregated capitals lo < 1 ; i v e the monev ehangers out of the temple, to fo. m a Serfect union and establish justice, in ure OUicstio tranquility, provide f->r the common defeuse, promote the general welfare anu secure t'ue blessings of liber ty for ourselves and our oostentv, we do o.viain Jiad establish the' foUowing j.lat form of principles: i ??First. ? We denoasd a national cur rency, s^afe, sound and flexible, Issned l>y : the general government, oo*y Ml legal j tender for all debts, /public and private, j and thU without tb/use of banking cor- ? porations; a just, c|?itable and efficient | means of distribution, direct to the peo ple, and not to ?Aiceed 20 per cent , to !>c provided as \pt forth iu the sub Treasury p:an of the Farmers^ Alliance, or some better* s\rtstcn*f a:so by pa;;ment in discharge of its obfigatiou for public j improvements. "Wo demand the free and unlimited ; coinngt; of silver. >??? "Wi demand that the circulating me dium l e increased to not less than $50 j per capita "We demand a crmduated income tax. j We believe that of the conn f try -sboukW>e kept as much as possible in ' the hands of the people, and we demand that al; State and national revenues shall be limited to the necessary expenses of the government, economically and honest - . ly administered, i ; " "We demand that postal savings bauk^ i h -I 1 1, 1 : ! : ? J Ik; es'ablLshed by the government for the s:ifrj deposit of the earnings of the people and to facilitate exchange. "The land, including all the natural sources of wealth, is the heritage cf all I he people and should not be m onopoliz ed for special purposes, while alien own ership of land should. All lands now1 held by railroad and o!her corporations in excess of their -natural needs, and all lands rfbw owned by aliens sboeld be re claimed by the government and held for , actual settlers ouly. '?Transportation l?eing a means of ex change anil a public necessity, the gov ernment shojld own and operate the railroads in the int. rest of the people. The telegraph and telephones, like the postoffice syster , being a necessity for the transmission of news, should be own ed and operated by the government in the interest of the people. 4We demand that the government is *ue legal tender notes and pay the Union solders the difference between the price . :?f t\?e depreciated money in which he was paid in go'd. "Rowlved, That we hail this confer \ tnetnithe consummation of a perfect XL'iojK'of hearts and hands of all the sec tions of our common country. The men who wore the grey and the men who wore the bine are here to extinguish the !;i?t smouldering tires of civil war in the rears of joy of a united and happy peo pic, ami we agree to carry the stars and ?itiipcs forward forever to the highest point of national greatness." The convention then took a recess un til 2 p. m. On the afternoon session be ng: called to order, Miss Fr&uces Wii lard submitted her minority report. The Jr.st plank declared in favor of universal satfr.-jge without distinction of sex; the second/ that the liquor traffic was the en cmy^rf reform, the chief cause of cor. nip! ion iu politics, and that as the States had full authority to legislate r. garding this traffic it was the duty of the govern ment to respect t':e action of those States that had voted the liquor traffic, ami that tin jjovemment should collect no liquor revenue within those States. The majority report was adopted. A NEW ROAD TO BE BUILT. One That Will Give North Carolina Another Outlet, end Forna. a Strong Competing Line. Washington, I). C. ? C. F. Z. Cara cristi, the manager of the Petersburg & Chesterfield Railroad, has been actively engaged in listing capital in ,the com pany's project in this city, iu Philadel phia aud in New York. He reports that a party of capitalists, with the chief en gineetof the road, Francis R. Fava, and , t lie head* of the contracting firm, ''The Wood bridge & Turner Engineering Company," of New York, will go over the route in a few days, and constructing operations will begin as soon as the con tracts arc elosed. Mr. Caracristi states that the proposed roa 1 is to traverse a belt of country very rich in mineral resources, especially gran ite, coal and bog-Tron, and also that the timber is all of the finest iu Virginia. The road will connect the Atlantic and Danville, Norfolk and Western, and Powhatan and Farmvilie roads, with Richmttnd and the North, and if direct connection can be secured with the Rich mond and Chesapeake road a route can \bc established^ between North Carolina, Petersburg, Manchester. Richmond and Baltimore, which will be Considerably shorter than any that now exists. This w 11 als >, if operated in connection with the Richmond and Chesapeake, give an ~otrt4^tr to Richmond and Southern freight at a convenient point on Chesapeake Bay. Mr. Caracristi has appointed Fran cis R. Fava. consulting engineer of the city, to be the consulting engineer of the company, aud directed lum to prepare at once the report: &n*fl plans necessary tor the construction of the road. ' Coal Mining in North Carolina. The Manufacturers' Record reported wme mouths ago tlie organization of thf Greensboro Coal ?fc Mining Co.. fonned to investigate a coal property in Stoke* county, N. C., and to develop it if in vestigations proved the preseuce of goo 1 coal in paying quantities. Experts h ave bcea at work on the property for some time, and their reports are so favorable that the company has decided to put in a complete mining plant at once. The coal is of a semi bituminous character, apparently of a fine quality for coking, though no test has yet been made. One veiu is 36 inches and one 5-1 inches; the third vein, not havit g been opened up, its thickness is not reported. The report of the experts say that tlics coal can be mined and put on the cars for 03 to 70 cents a ton. The company h:is made .such careful investigation that it is reas onable to believe that that their expecta tions as to the quantity of the coal and the etise of mining will be fulfilled. If so, the development of this property will prove of great value to all North Caro lina. It will afford cheap fuel for all manufacturing purposes to the growing city of Winston, which is but a short distance from this mine, and create a still greater prosperity there and help to huild it up as a bi<r manufacturing cen ter. And should it prove to be a good coking coal it would materially aid in the advancement of all the iron interests of the State. Southern Society Presidency. New York City.? The annual election of the Southern Society will take place in a. few days, and it promises to be one of the most spirited contests ever held in the club. Captain Hugh R Garden has been tTie president of the society for two vcars. Last year a numj>er of the friends of Dr. James H. Parker yfoposed to nom inate him, but he was retired after Cap tain Garden's friends, who claimed to speak for him, promised that if Dr. Parker's name was withdrawn ho would get a clear field this year. Dr. Parker was nominated a few weeks ago and Captain Garden was also renominated. It is believed that Captain Garden will adhere to ihe agreement and withdraw his name. Dr. Parker, who will proba bly be elected, is president of the United States National Bank, commander of the Confederate Camp and president of the New York Club. lie was formerly pres ident of tire Cotton Exchange and vice president of the National Park Bank. ELiliad Tour Persons. A special from Sniithville, N. C , says: The jury in the case ng-iiast Waitn.an Thompson for t e murder of one \Y. W Pcarsatt. wife an. I two ( la Id re n and burning their thru house over th: ir dead bodies* on the 2'->d o: Deeemhttr, returned a verdi t of gully. and requested that his sentence be i m prison me ut for life, the judge fuldllicg it. 7 HE LATEST 1 NEWS Death of Col. John T. Bhett. Coh'muia, S. C. ? Ex-Mayor John T. Rhett died Sunday after a lingering ill ness of one month. He was stricken with paralysis on the olst of January. A Boiler Explosion Kills Four. Savannah. Ga.. ? An explosion of a stationary boiler occurred at the S. F. & W. 11. R. round house at 4.45 o'clock killing four men nrul wounding others. The debris was scattered a! I over the city. Suffocated by Gas. Cincinnati, 0.? -M Dugan, of Augus ta, Ga , was found dead in bed at the Cincinnati House, having suffocated by escaping gas. Mr. Dugan had been at the hotel two davs. Collector for Louisiana. Washington, D. C.? W. W. Chis holin was designated to perform the du ties of revenue collector for Louisiana, vicc Wimberly, removed. Mr. Chusholm was the deputy collecter. Cleveland a Candidate. Toledo, O. ? Hon. Frank H. Hurd, who went to Ann Arbor to have a con-^ ference with Mr. Cleveland, announces authoritatively that the latter is a candi-j date foF nomination. Palmer Now a Candidate. Ciiicago, III.,? Senator JoTffl M. Pal mer made a speech at Springfield in which he announced his candidacy be fore the Democratic national convention for the nomination of President. He said he was sure he could carry Illinois. A North Carolinian Pardoned. Washington, D. C.? The President has granted a pardon a till c expiration of IS months" imprisonment to Josiah Stan di, of North Carolina, sentenced Decem ber 3, 1890, to two years' imprisonment for violation of the postal laws. An Ex-Govemor Burned to Death. Little Rock, Ai:k. ? Ex-Gov. Elias N. Conway was accidentally burned to death in his own residence. It is supposed he was asleep at the time. He was very old and feeble, <juitc eccentric and lived alone, not allowing any one else to sleep on the premises. Jay Gould Ofi on a Jaunt. New York City. ? Jay Gould has left the city for an ..extended lour over his railroads in the West and South He in intendrt being i:i St. Louis March 8th, when the annual m clings of the Missou ri Pacific and St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railways aie held. Charleston Memorializes Against Free Silver. i Charleston, S. C. ? The chamber ol commerce adopted a resolution request ing the Senators >nd Congressmen from this Stxtc to use *11 their influence in de- j feating the passage of the bill looking to the free coinage of silver, asserting that the boards of trade of the country caa only be maintained o i a sound currency. Gens. Morgan's and Green's Monu ments, Washington. I). C.? House.? Mr. OTerrall, of Virginia, from the Com mittee on Library, reported the bills for erection of monumeuts to General Daniel Morgan at Winchester, Ya., and Nathan iel Greene at Guilford Courthouse. N. C. Referred to the Committee of the Whole. Strike in Now Orleans. New Orleans, La. ? The strike of the longshoremen is on, and 2,000 are out of work. The demand is an hour's pay for a fractional parts of an hour. The ships agents have taken a decided stand bv employing stevedores, giving them tho time needed to secure new hands for un loading vessels. A number of new la borers have been obtained and it is pro po-ed to put them to work. Trouble with longshoremen is anticipated and the mayor has been asked for protection. Darlington's Big Fire. l)Ain.rsGTOK. S. C ? It is found that the insurance nearly cove's the lots of $117,000 by ii:e Saturday night, in which much of the public Mjuaie.Avas laid in ashes. C The flames commenced on l he north side of public square and destroyed every frame building 0:1 that side. Only one frame building w?*> left facing the west side of the public; opiate, and tin; loss on Orange and I\arl .streets is h avy. About fifty stores and residences were burned. The square pros nts an unusual specta cle, with smoking ruins all around, and tall, solitary chimnevs. Phosphate K?n Gloomy. Macon, Ga ?Freight Agent Dors>.y, of the Geor_r a Southern Railroad, return ed home from S ut'n Carolina, where he had been since the lirsl of the year, look ing after the phosphate business Hja that State for his road. Mr. Uorscy reports great gloom in the pho>j hi'.c industrvof South Carolina, and says that the busi ness/ has been badly erippled this season1. Nothing tike tin- amount of phospha'Q sold last season has b? cn sold this The'' demand in business is not less thin 40 per cent. N<?ne of tin; plants arc now in operation, and S,< 00 men are out of ein ployment. Mr. Porsey thinks the farm ers of south Georgia will put ."50 per cent, less fertilisers in the ground this \car than hns ever been known. Prosecuting the Clergymen Who Baptised Eis Child. A enrious lawsuit has been instituted in Shenandoah, Ya A few Sundays ago the wife of David Jones brought their | infant child to the Episcopal church to be baptized. Before the ce-euaoay began j Jo dcs arose and exclaimed: "Hold on! if you christen thai child; jyou do it j against the wish ana religion of the fath er.' I ^m an English Baptist." The wifesa^rit was her wish to have the "child christened, and the minister pro ceeded wi;h the eetrfSiVrA'. The husband ; then h"(t the cle.-gyiuan arrested under a < law which states ill ;c a father has the j spiritual and educat: ninl control of his child until it arriv< > at t'i,* age <?t matur ity. The ease has been sent to court, wbere it will be tcsud. Sunday School Convention. "Raleigh, N. C., ? The program is out for the Eleventh Annual Convention of the North Cafidiria Stale Sunday School Association, to be held in Newlmrn, March .211, 30, and 31 next, fco 1><* pre sided over by Hon. R. P. Dick. Judjgc of ?.the Western District of North Catoliml. \^h:> is President of the Association We notice that this -Convention will be at tended by Mr. Win. Reynolds, of Peoria, Illinois, who was President of the Fifth /international Sunday School Convention, {and who is now Superintendent of Or ganization for the International Sunday Sthool Association. It will also be attended by Prof. II. M. Ilamill. Super intendent Normal Department of the Illinois Sunday School Association. Prof. Ilamill will ton vert the Convention into a Sunday School Institute on Wednesday and '] hursdav afternoon and present the following Conference Topics. ''Sunday School Management-" a. The 'Equipment, b. The Program. '?Sunday "School Scholars." a. Their Attendance, b. Tlieir Home Study. The following Training Lessons will be given : "Sunday School Teachers." a. Thtir Preparation, b. Their Duties, c. Their Mistakes. '?Normal Work.'' a. Its Aim. b. Its Methods, c. Its Needs. a "Next Sunday's Lesson. jjB^Thc Con vention as the class; will IWtanght bv N. B IJ^ightod, of Raleigh.' . We also notice; that the several Pastors of Newbcrne will on Tuesday give the Convention words of welcome, which will be responded to by some of the delegates . Elder Wu)?P, Fife, the well known .evangelist, will attend and conduct the Bible Readings at the opening of several of the sessions of the Convention. A large nutnli r of singers, a combina tion of all the choirs of Newborn, under the direct:on of Joe K. Willis, of New born, will contribute largely to the mu??;.. for the Convention. Reduced rates of fare on nil the rail roads of the state have been secujred. Quantities of periodicals and Lesson Helps from the various Sunday School publishing houses will be displayed for gratuitous distribution. The above clearly indicates thaKthese Sunday School people are going to Jiave a good Convention. We hope thqy will, and that our local workers will secMhat a full delegation -is sent, from thiscountv. Our county work needs the inspiration that this Convention will g've to the at ending delegates. ? A New Southern Railroad Unterpria^. A new Southern railroad enterprise is contemplated in the corporation of the Norfolk, Wilmington and Charleston railroad company, with a capital of $10 000,000, to build a line from Norfolk, Va , to Charleston, S. C , with a branch to Columbia, S. C. It is said that the new road will shorten the railroad dis tance between the -east and south ern points nearly 100 miles. The direc tors are Ex-Governor Thomas J. Jarvis, of "North Carolina; Duncan Harris, of New York; J. C. McNaughton, of Phila delphia; Colonel Henry YouDg and Gcn ertil Thomas A. Ilaquiraio, of Charles ton ; Captain Thomas Pinckne.r, of Rich mond; A. A. Gaddis, of New Jersey; ( hambers II. McKibbin, of Washington, and A. C. Haskell, of Columbia. The otlicers are: John C. McNaughton, pres ident; R. Duncan Harris, treasurer; Car roll Forstev, secretary; C. II. McKibbin, general mauager. State Conventions. The following State Conventions liave been called: . Al .bams, Dem Montgomery, June 8. ? Florida, Dem Tain; a, June 1. Illinois, Dem Springfield , April 27. Illinois. R??p Sprinyliidd, Miy 4. Indian), R-p. Indianapolis, March 10. Indima. D-.mii Indianapolis. April 21. Kentucky, Hep Louisville, Mmvu 10. Massachusetts, Rep Boston, April 2 ?. Maine, Pi oli b Bangor, >lav (J. Maryland, Prohib Biltimore M*fcb S. M nnesota, Dem St. P^u!, M^uch 31. N<bri>k;, nep Kearney, April 27. Noith Dakota, I)?*m (Jiniid Forks, March -4. New York, nnti Kill Svracus*. May Si. New York, Rep Albany, May 4. Rhode Idtind, Dem J vfdence, March 2. S. C., Ilefurm R?p Columbia. Apjii 12. Souih Dakota. Rep Chamb*>cla,iu, March.2o South Dakota. LJeai Chuniterfym, May 2. Tenuesspe, Rt>fj Nash vil e,. May 1. T'-xas Rrp Austin, March s. Wr. t Y.rginia. R-p Maitiueliurg, May.r>. W*.st Virsiaigf. llep 11 mtiijgtou, Au;. 3. Gave Cleveland a. Gourd. FitEDEKtCKsutriu:. Va.-t-CoIoucI Wm. Rodgcrs, a jolly and Landsonio bachelor of Loudoun county, is iu the city. Col. Kodgers presented Mr. Cleveland, during his term of office a;t President, with a loug- handled gourd, grown on his place in L judoun. J Ic di'l this in conformit/ with the old custom to present couples with a gourd who had remained child less for more than two years nftei?inar *jiage Mr. Cleveland still lias the gourd, aiid babvJ&Jth ('clighta to play with it i'i "HLc/*ienc?rio a ur,>!d rattle presented bv ?.u acTTnirinj; 'frii-nd Georgia's Hew Bishop. Atlanta, Ga., [Special.] ? In St. Luke's Cathedral, Wed need ay, Dr. C. Kinloch Nelson, formerly rector of the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, Pa , was consecrated Bishop of Georgia with i iv, prcssi vc ^eremon i cs. The sermon was preachrd by Bishop Rulison, of Pennsylvania, (Bishop Quiu tasd, of Tenneseo, prcsidiug) who took for his text, "Launch out into the deep." At night a brilliant assemblage attended the reception given by Gov. Northcn to Bishop Nelson and the visiting prelates. Bishop Nelson wili mako Atlanta his headquarters. TalrnagVs Tabsrnacle Under the Hsramer. ) Nkw Yokk. ? Chare* T. Willis ob tained a mechanics lien on Dr. Tn Image's tabernacle iu Brooklyn, and then brought an action to foreclose it, and judgment was rendered in fcis favor for $V2,21o' on the 10th of February. The judgment was signed by .liaige Pratt, and it will be enforced by the sale of the property by tire sheriff at public auction in one parcel. \\ ills built thy tab. : :.acle, which cost $400,000. This < j'nl^r.nent "'is. th<. unpaid bnli'Mo. 'fhe j-aiv is subject tu a mortgage of Ru.-3e!l rsrge. \ A North Carolina Colored Professor ' : in Connecticut. i j . ? 1 | Midoi.'Etows, Conx. ? A colore"!!" man who represented himself to be Prof. C. I II. McDowell, of the Onslow Literary Institution. h>wann^l>oro, N. C , was iv rpsted on the charge of swindling. He collected *jnill su:us of money from prominent citizens, but a fraudulently headed lifet. >ith Mayor Brigs'* name down fur ?<:?"), led to lii.s di-:c? av-n. lie has co' Tec ted a Ir.rge um of money in t!;o diii'ertut cities ueur by. GENERAL STATE NEWS. Late. Happenings of Importance By Mail and Wire. The Gist of Three States' Doings Carefully Prepared For Qtar Busy Headers. VIRGINIA. A big Masonic Fair is to be held in the Masonic Temple, Richmond, in May. A series of inter- college games have been arranged by the University Athletic AssociAciation. I President Harrison and "bin. McKce and her children are at Virginia Beach. The Do-Drop-In Club is the uamc of a new Democratic organization in Rich mond. A colored man while out hunting near City Point found the skeleton of a whits man. A bill was passed in*" the Legislature to provide for the enumeration of towns claiming 5,000 inhabitants with a view, of becoming cities. Paramorc's Island, near Ohancook, has been recently purchased by a company of Philadelphia capitalists, who will soon erect there a magaiticent club house and cottages. Capital stock, $000,000. , Chester Roach, who was born in the Alleghany county almshouse seventy-five years ago, aud who tramped with his pa rents through the country for years, died in Minnesota last week and left an estate of $400,000. lie made hi j first money as tramp tinker, aud investe 1 his earnings in Minneapolis real estate. NOBTH CAROLINA. Cottonwool is a new postoffice in MefJtJeoburg county, j "tho Governor's Guard has iucrcased in strength to sixty men Recruiting is go ing on all over the State. Ncwbcrne's fish aud oyster fair passed off with great eclat. The Roanoko bottom lauds near Wcl dou will grow rice this year instead of cotton. ? S. L. Yount, ex-sheriff of Catawba county, assigned at Hickory. Liabili ties, $11,000. W.>H. Williams is the assignee. / j j ; A Northern la<*y has made a handsome donation for a school for colored youths near Winston. John Shu'tz, Of Salem, has preseutcil Secretary Rusk with a cane m:de of na tive apple wood. Most of the stock for the new.Weldon bank Jias b en subscribed. Th(??4otal disbursements for Winstou for 1392 were $153,844.20. The Directors of the Piedmont Nation al Bank, of Greensboro, have elccted Col. J. M. Winstead (cashier) president, to succeed the lamented Gen. A. M. Scales. Some Wcldon youngsters sent up ** kite at nteht with a lantern attached t? the tail of it, and many thought it a *ta?' which had lost its way and was seeking the earth. A little nervousness was the result. * Others thought it a sigu from Heaven. The Seaboard Air Line gets tho Oxford Coast Line Railway. Thi3 liue is to ex tend from Oxford to Rocky Mount or Nashville. It was first thought thut the Atlantic Coast Line would operate the road. The owners will grade it and put the rails down and the Seaboard Air Line wilL put on the rolling stock aud run it for ten years. Tho road will run through a tine bit of country. SOUTH CAROLINA. HI The ladies Qf Charleston are giving ?'R'.ssian teas" for the relief oMhe starve ? ing peasants of Russia. ..Adjutant and Inspector General Far ley is ill at Charleston. Truck gardeners of St. John's Island ! arc shipping asparagus North. A Jell Davis monument fund is being raised at Camden.! I ^Kccly Institute, for the cure of drunkenness has-been opened at Colum bia, '1 he lii-chlorWc of Gold treatment | is used. j Senator Irby writes: ''The 'political Situation' in South Carolina is not now | serious, notwithstanding that it might have appeared so a month ago, for ihc : conservative people of the Slate are al ways to be relied upon to do the right thing at the light time." Gen. Juo. C. Anderson, postmaster at Spaitauburg under CU-voluud, died at his liciiLC there last week. Tli? fifteenth annual Convention of the South Carolina Young Men's Christian Association will meet in Spartanburg on April 21, aud coh'inue in session f??r three days. Among the prominent Chr si is a workers who have promised to , t:lke part in the Convention hc: Gov. yd. J. Northen, of Georgia; the Rev. Dr. R. J. McRrydc, oW^exington, Va. ; L. A. Coulter, of North Carolina; International Secretaries II. P. Audersou and F. S. Brockman, and others. The opening address will be delivered by Dr. James II Carlisle. 4 The Brave Pilot Dead. | Captain John Stout, a Mississippi pilot, I died recently in New Orleans. w His lift* ? | was distinguished l>y several acts of j bravery, lie was at the wheel of the | steaincV Robert K. Lee wheiushc S burned at Yucatau plantation in 1^S2 J On that occasion he a score of live s | i by retraining at the wheel and holdin - | his boat to the ba*)k. He remained oa ! ?? the blazing vessel until the very last mo I i "Jnent, and only escaped by sliding down the lop: chain. Captain St<v t was on board the steamboat J. V/. White when slit- was burned ;:bove llaynu Sura i:t j 1 ar.d jumped overboard to escape ! the ilavics. lie was picked up :i1:l j ; Hk Ze"b's Humor. . Washington, D. C. ? While Sen j n'or V.: nee was making a |vj.pceeh 0:1 t ie Idaho election case, at one point in his remarks two prominent Senators who were engaged in earnest conversa'iou reached a point in their dis cussion whhty elicited from one of them ; a most extraordinary sound ?a compound ! between * laugh and a ynwn. I':iu*in? , abruptly and gazing in the direction of i the offender*-.' Mr. Vance said: "Mr. i President. I do not yield." 'I be umu:>c m>*rtt w hi eh this diversion created seem ed t > l>rrak up the interest in the debate and at 4:35 a motion to adjourn was car lied. A Curious Barfce of Honor. S od after the Canadian Pacific Rail tray bad reduced the jouruey betweeu the far northwestern provinces of the Dominion and the capital from half a year or so to a w?vk, a Blackfoot Iudian Chief, who had nueu converted by mis sionaries, taught to speak English and civilized cue or two decrees, was easily induced to make a tour of the older pro vinces of the country about the time the annual missionary collection was being taken up in the churches. It was justly calculated that his appearance at mis sionary meetings iu various churchcs of the denomination which secured him iw^uld stimulate interest in the work. ^ The chicf entered into the idea with enthusiasm. He set out from his far-of! reservation iu his native costume, but bcfoiehehad been in the towns many days he acquired an ambitiofc to wear the white man's clothes. Tho pCoplo who had him iu charge coaxed him to retain his Indian garb, fearing that tlis picturesqucness of their cjrongo would^ be destroyed by the change. Hut the chief was stubborn and had his way. Oa the night chosen for his appcarauce bc ferc an Ottawa audience he came on tho platform dressed in a Prince Albert coat, broadcloth t rouse r?, prunella gaiters, flowered waistcont, white shirt, a gaudy liand kerchief around his neck and a bat tered brass warming jwn in his hand, which be carried with Considerable pomp. The audience eujoyed him and his kettle immensely. At first nobody un derstood why he carried it. Then it was explained in an interval during which the chief was got out of the ball into u dressing room. A lludson Bay Com pany agent who had got into a tight placo up in Rupert's Land, as the region was called then, and had been rescued by this chicf looked about his poet for some thing with which to reward the Indian. He had ttaded all his stuff for skins and could Cud nothing left which he could spare, except his brass venting pan which had been sent out to hiin. by an atlectionato but deluded maiden aunt in England. Arguing that it would please tho heathen anyway, he polished it up and presented it with great formality, telling him that it was a niafck of high distinction among white men to own such an article, and that few amOug them had attained that honor. The chief was delighted, lie carricd it with h>m on all special occasious aud any effort to explain the true circum stances to him was repulsed as lies, for the Indian could not be persuaded that they were anything else but covetous at tempts to get his badge of distinction iroin him. ? New York Tribune. Growing Peanuts. c ; Peanuts grow best oa rathor light, sandy loams, especially when they con tain a good percentage of lime. The presence of this last substance seems to Inessential to the full development of peanut, and when not naturally promt in tho soil must bo supplied. This may be done by broadcast applica tions of lime ? ten to twenty bushels of slacked lima to the aero ? or by composts into which land plaster enters, or acid phospates, as tht^c last contaiu a largo percentage of lime. Ashe* ulso con stitute a good fertilizer for pe^uts, as these contain a good deal of lime, also |K>tash. Titc yield is very variable. Wo have no data before U4 to say what the average is, probably not exccediug thirty bushels per acre. Land is pre pared as for other crop3 and thrown into low, flat beds, three to four feet wide, according to variety grown. What is termed the Spanish peanut docs not grow as largo as 3o:r.c others and may be planted ou throe foot beds, hills two feet apart. The crop i* planted about tho same time that corn is, usually in March. The whole *ut may be planted, but plants do not come up as quickly a3 when they arc shelled. planting is delayed from any cause, it is bettcj^to plant the shelled peas, two seeds fa cicTls hill. When the plants appear they are plowed and hoed at lirst like any other crop. As branches fonn an 1 spread out dirt should bo sifted uuder their ends with a plow every vcek or two, but the branches should not be disturbed by the plow. The pcanut^blossoms abovo ground, but when tlun^loom drops the embryo nut deceit ds into the ground by a lengthening of its stem. If it docs not get into the soil it aborts and comes to nothing. It is important, therefore, to have fresh loose eirth in which th? nuts may bury themselves, also that the vines be not moved, because when disturbed the nuts will be pulled out of the grouud. Sonic persons place dirt on the vines to press them into t'^e ground and. cover the nuts. This is uot necessary if dirt is properly sifted undcr> the ends of tho advancing limbs, and is objectionable because it smothers more or less of the leaves. ? Southern Farmer. Is Siiotv ft Fertilizer? The query is ?tio\v a fertilizer? is often $sked. Tficrc cunuot be a bt'Uer reply, j perhaps, thau this one by the Country Gentleman: It was common nmy ! years ago to give much credit to enow as the "farmer'.* fertiliz/.T," but later in- ! vestigatioa proves it as of very slight j value at best. The amouut of nitrogen I which is absorbs I and br ought down in ; rain and snow i n o:io whole year is only ! ajjuut one s i \ t ! ? put of the amount re- i quired for the u'ro t'.i of crops, and it | is t'r?*re:or" quite iusttfilcient te> feci a growing cr;>p, even if it remained i<>:; ^ ! enough iu the soil to prove in any ? ? o : j elle-ctive. Hut the snow cri secure only a sinali portion of the veary supply, and j therefore it is Ktfe to no account j of the snow a- i ? r ; ? ? r< . 'Jo -O a little "em: into detail, the; rc?u:!-of i. 1 1 examinations by emi - m ,t y. :,f i:.r. liicn siiow that the total :i*j>?>unt of ammonia brought down in a whole year in the rain, dew and snow is If about eight pounds to an acre of surface, varying somewhat with seasons and lo calities ; while in a crop of twenty-eight bushels of wheat th-r- were forty-five pounds of nirro^en; in two and one-hall tons of inrexlow hay there were 4i fty-six pounds, and in. two and one-half tou^of clover hay there were 108. pounds. ? 2icw Yoik World. Mr-Oetup (ot the tir.n o: c: v Howell) ? "Where ia thunder i.s t'nt worthless offic* boy? H ive you ?? r t him anywhere Mr. !lo<v*ii ? confound him I I've just sent hisu oul to find another iuK" ? Chicago Tribuue. CONVENTION IN JULY. ( : ? | j ?; Ttey Will Nominate a People1! Ticket \ W That W<u tbb Outcome of the St Looii Conference of Alliattce and Labor Leaders. St. L&uis, Mo, ? Tho delegates to the industrial conference have : icft, moat o I them expressing themselves /as satisfied with the ou*coj?e of the gathering, el* though the delegates, from Georgia, Louisiana, and [other Southern States freely confessed that If the platform of the Democratic ; National Convention covered the financial planks of the* plat form adopted, the new movement w.oald not cut much of * figure in their respec tive localities. The Kansas and Minne sota delegates, too, were inclined to be disgruntled over the decision to hold tort presidential nominating convention on xTuly 4, and tbo old politicians thai ma nipulated the conferenco were soundly berated for their part for making the gathering follow those of the two old parties. >. The special committee art considering ? a place for the natioual convention, the claims of St. Louis, Indianapolis, Omaha, Kansas City, Ijirmingham. Ala., and Mobile, being pm-scuted. The principal contest was between the first three: The committee wanted a guarantee of 000 for the expenses of ths affair, but it was not offered. St Louis offered a dec orated hall free of chargc, and later agreed to throw in a band. Omaha could not offer money, but its represent" atives promised to.^throw the electoral vote of Nebraska to the People's ticket a* a reward for die convention. U wee claimed that Indianapolis win ready to guarantee necessary $50,000 but nor body wa9 prepared to put in black and white. When the comAitteo adjourned for dinner no decision had lbeen reached. The committee oh an addgp to the -peo- . pic, under the cbairmauship of Ignatius Donnelly, agreedto call upon the lode- . pendent voters of the country to mtH within a month in their retp&tive con gressional districts nod organize. The call incld(ka4he platform adopted by the convention. ! I i} 'v Representative Tsubcneok, of niippili, says Omaha il the favorite in the face. Kansas City ftis (withdrawn in its fetor. "the National Committee of thetPco ple'a^party of thq .United States^ acting in conjunction with the following^ C, II. Van Wyck ofjNebrasty,C. W. Maeune of Texas, M. J. Branch of Georgia^. H> II. Powers of Nqbnrka, R. U. Humphrey of Texas, L. D.J Laurent of Louisiana^' Marion Cannon of California, T. H *?? guire of New \ork, J. H. Williaeae of Kansas, L. L. Palk of North* Carolina, Pierce Hachett ojf Missopru M. M.' Gar rett of lllinpis, John 6eit'z of Ohio, feftry* E. L^ase of Kansas, Anna L. Digga Dis trict of ColumbU, Anna Debbs of ijezas,' A. P. Parkscn of Florida and Benjamin Terrill of Texafc finally decided fupen Omaha as the pljice for the 4th of Jolj Convention. i _ u - How Witches Were Gouvlete^. V ?'One of the theories of the age was|% that tho devil set his mark upon eaoh of < his savants that witches wero a&> marked," says Win field S. Nevins in the New England Magazine. t4A jury of the sex of the accused was appointed to examino the body for sach marks, itj ^ ofben happeuod that so:np excresence of j flesh common toaold people, or ono plainable by natural causes, was fou&TJ One such was: found on the bodjrof Goody Nurse, aod reported to the court,, all but one of the jury agreeing to the report. lie b coca Preston and Tar bell kue.v that the mark was from natural causes. The prisoner stated tfr the court that the dissenting woman of: 4 the jury of examination was one of the most ancient, skilful and prudentj and* further declared, lI thero rendered a sufficient known reason of the moving ^cause thereof.' ; She asked int the ap pointment of another jut y to idqnirf into ^ the case and examiuo the marks found / on her person., The jury of triala re turned a verdict of not guijty. There-: upon all the accusers. in court (cnci out'j with renewed vigor and were taken in; the most violent fits, rolling and tutn-1 bling about,crcating a scene of the wild-' est confusion. The judges told; the! , jurymen that they had not careful lyj con-' sidered one expression of tho prisoner, 1 - namely, that when one llobbs, a con- \ fessing witch, was, brought ia a? evidence against} her she said : * What/ do you bring her? She is one ol us.* The jury retired for further consultation. Even thon thev., could not agreo upon a verdict of guiltw: They returned to the court room aud desired that the accused explain the remark. She male no re sponse, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty." NEW CURE FOR DEAFNESS. i i A Baltimore I*rofci*?tor Demonstrate! Another for the l'honograpH. At the Southern Homoeopathic MedicarVj? College, Baltimore, Md., a public detooastrfr tioo was given of the useol the phonograph for the cure ol deofucss, a discovery made bj Dr. II. F. Gary, a proieMor in the college. SeatCiLAt-U pIsojo^VM^!), with rubber tube* in their ears, were a .wralxj^ of persons of both ^?x^.wrc'l.arLf *i> ion of the principle of the treatment was gj vt:?. It is tlue'in^a^e of tli<>s ? part* of the car which Ira ism 11 sound into the brtin. The phonograph pro-- * ?J ?ic* m this r?-ku t by giving continuous and succ<s?ive vibrations at regular int rvnU I iiis it docs ith certain degrees ol inteutit? *nd Irequency, according to the exi?cucica of tn^case under treatment. In bad cases a series of intensified shock*, at t tic ra to of one to the second, is producd a_'ain6t the inembntneons tympanum, or drum, i/i cases of not over tb:in live yeir?' KtatrJing the vibrations are given with mor-* Ircpirney and less intensity. The noises or ihonim so made are given by mans of depressions ruad? with featyius at regular ii.t-rv:its in tiie wax surface ofthe photographic eylinJers. i Every depression e ms s the little trnnt mitter ntfcdle in the instrument to strike the diaphragm connected with the p'.i< r.i j ht and to pro<luee tlr; s.nnu di*t.-e^*i:ig i.r?;-e? which a deal person eoutiuu il.'y hears within his brain, The intensity ol the noisii is re^u ntrd by the wwy tint the d"prcssi?>;.k nro made in the cylinder and their rro?ptef!?*V by the ntrni.er ol rcvo utious per minute ;;ivca the latter. .Ml patients who are under treatment |or tfnesaatth ! $:?: reported that U?e/ ttrt greslly beucLHed. IVlerMVer* arc cr.uid people. A "cnt'.crt.iiu c.ilif 1 ;t? .iti est tblishuicutjiaxt week : 1 1 i - 1 or'itrttl ati outfit for :t funeral. 4-l)r. Wank icr.t me here," he '?Oh, V1." sa*<l the undertaker, 4,I)r. Blank us all his work.'' ? LouUop " , 're j o;?. : ' li ; " 1