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THE WEEKLY TIMES. ' - * vjfig'. . ?^?= Devoted to Agriculture, llortOkdtur^ ^ -V ' 1 * The New York World declares that 4,thc monopolies in this country have made more millionaires in twenty yean that all Europe has made in 500 years.* xne greatest stamp collector in Eng-( land says he has at last got a used Brattlehoro stamp (American) of 1846. He (kinks it is the only specimen in exist-, ence and is worth $1250. According to the Mail arid Kjtpreu % Brooklyn drcssmakar, not to be outdone by the New York milliner who style* herself a ^-bonnet acrhitcct," has hung 1 'J.l't!, tylHUIl'l1. ?" "Win The army of the Argentine Republio contains 1373 officers,including forty-two generals, to command a rank and file of about 5500 men. The expenditures for gold lace down there must be, opines the New York Telegram, a greater drain on the nation's resources than the outlay for gunpowder. Baron Ilirsch, Austrian millionaire, and friend of the Prince of Wales, recently asked a stylish woman of rank to sell one of her horses, because he happened to have one oxactly like it. She declined rather curtly, whereupon the Baron sent her his horse with the message: 'Although I am disappointed, I am still , desirous that they should go in a pair." | ???? < Thousands of salmon are killed in the Columbia Itiver by the masses of saw- ( dust dumped into it and its tributaries I from mills along the shore. Why, won- 1 dcrs the New York Telejram, does not J K some clever American invent a process i for compressing sawdust into blocks of d twuuuug wooqj mere will be millions of dollars in it. ^ r< T he Cherokee Strip is dow practically deserted, announce the St. Louis Star n Sayings, the Government order to the d cattlemen having boing obeyed very gcuerally. In a few months this beauti- s, ful country wilt bo open to settlement. c< It is best described as possessing the j" fertility and resources m*iu to exist in d< Oklahoma, but which the boomer found, v' ? to his sorrow, existed not. [rnpnr a coMpimm legal system, abreast of tho times. The cl: remaining portions of the Civil Code ^ have been promulgated, and the Criminal Cedes, which went into effect in 1882 j?< have been revised. These latter take ||| effect at once, but tho Civil Code does ot not go into operation till January 1st, at 1893. This appears to be a very simple sc announcement; but the significance of it ^ is tremendous, when wo remember that ^ it is Japan, hardly a generation removed pi from a policy of utter seclusion, shutting out European civilization, which thus comes to the front. ?t - 01 No matter how high tho rank of s Chinese ofliciul ho seldom recovers from his greed for presents. A Canton man- c dariu is now bewailing this fact, for on A-recent visit of the Viceroy Li to his province he presented that dignitary with a pair of lions, cut in jade stone, of great f value. lie imagined the Viceroy would ^ admire the work and then return it, but y what was his amazement when he ro- t ccived a gracious letter accepting his J gift. It seems he borrowed the jade f lions, and now ho is negotiating with the f owner, who demands a small fortune for ( ( ^ the property. It will go hard with the f mandarin's subjects this winter, as it will f take many a "squeeze" of rich and pool ' in the province to recoup his loss. I - ? - i M. Frej-cinet, tne French War Minis- 1 tor, has retired n lot of old Generals, and 1 a number of dashing young Colonels will ' soon tako their places. Tho oldest i General in France, and probably in the world, is General Mauduit, who, on tho 7th of December next, will bo 100 years old. He has never asked to bo retired and he still figures among the officers ol the reserve. He is very proud of his St. Helena medal. Three other old follows also wenr that medal?General Mellinet, born in 1798, who commanded a division of the Imperial Ouard at Magenta; General Richard, born in 179K, and General d'Authouard-Vraincourt, born in 1790. They entered the service in 1813. But Mauduit's military career goes back to 1807. New York Stato owns 30,000 acres in the Catskill region, and a movement has been started at Kingston to c a largo this tract very materially and form a State park like that which has been bag.in in tho Adirondacks. "Many prival parks have within recent yoars been established in theso mountains," says Qardtn nni Forest, "aud dc3trite the fact that they wore formed to accommodate colonies of summer visitors, the preservation of the forests has been helped, not hindered, by them. The amount of forest which is cleared for the building of housos is very small in comparison to that which must bo prcservod to perpetuate the charm ol the neighborhood and outlook upon which the value of the dwelling- uel peuds." L DOLLARS FOR THE NEW WORLD New Coins to be Issued for Eighteen American Republics. A new silver dollar will be created bj the Pan-American Monetary Conference. I which meets in Washington, D. C., in a few days. It will be a dollar circulated not merely in the United States but throughout all the eighteen tepublies of the New World. What it will be like remains to be determined by the confer nee, but there is very little doubt >n his point. In all probability it will resemble somewhat tho United States silver dollar, with a portrait of Columbus to i take Aha ol*c* aL Lihfftl. The eighteen republics in question de ired to establish the coinage of this in tei national dollar when their represents lives met here a year ago, but the dele jates appointed by this country?Mr. ICstee, of California, and Mr. T. Jefferson f'oolidge, of Massachusetts?fought over die question as to whether the coin should be or gold or silver, so that the confer"nce adjourned without reaching a dctci initiation iu the matter. All tne othei 'intions of South and Central America were in accord on the subject, and they said that they would wait until the United States had made up its mind as to what it wanted. Undoubtedly the dollar will be of silver, and the general senlim*>nl to in f..nn- -* ** ?... ... ....vm in oui' mai snail DC ol Ihc value of the Mexican dollar, which is worth 90 cents, whereas ours is on'y worth 78 cents. All the countries con rcrncd in the agreement will coin the new dollar, each one in quantities proportionate to its population, and the cumulation of the new piece will be made \ mompulsory by law throughout the Amer cas. One face, tearing thf likeness of ( Columbus, or whatever other design may >e choseu, will be always the same?for | lie United States, Brazil and the Argeu- | inc Republic, Chili, Peru and the rest? ^ >ut the obverse will have the name and j nsignia of the nation which issues the lollar. The object, of this proposed coin is t< ncilitnte commerce nmong the Americnt j epublics aud to obtain security againsi ' lie great fluctuations in the price of silvei ^ fhich have hitherto caused so much ti ^ aucial trouble. As a remedy for th * ifficulty Secretary Windom suggest en lat the United States treasury might is io certificates of deposit in exchange fo tl .ver bullion deposited, giving to tin vi :rtilicates the market value of tliebullioi ?i i the day of its deposit ami redeeming at the market price on the day of its re w mmption. Taking into consideration the sc trying value of the commodity in ques- u, sn such an enterprise would seem to be rsnl Anieric"" fad.- dollar io 1>? ? ? * blished and it is likely that a monetary f() immiwion will be created for tlicpurise of issuing the coin ^and establishing ^ * CirCUIRU'Hl. 1 ne (MHCttH UilVlllg Iitt'll v' itermined upon, a tifty omit piece and her subsidiary tokens of value will be 9' Ided. It is expected that tli so coins. 'n > distinctively American, will obtain n ;ry gcnoinl recognition and circulation ni iroail also. Silver has been called "the Cl ockot mouoy of the world." and it is exerted to be of the greatest benefit to the al >mmerce which is beginning to develop e: et.ween the United Stales and the South- tl ru republics that there shall be a single andard of value common among 120,- p 30,000 people. q THE DOLL HOUSE. " V 'hristmas Present for Little Frankie a McKinnie. ti f One of the happiest little hearts iu ? Richmond this morning, says the Rich- J noud, Vn., Times, heats in the tiny bo ? orn of blue-eyed and curly-haired FranLie McKinnie, the thrce-year-ohl daugh- * er of Governor McKinnie. Among her tumorous and beautiful Christmas pros nts is a real doll house, made by the * onvicts of the penitentiary, and present < d bv Superintendent Moses. It is large * nough for her to enter and a perfect gem < if architecture. The house is modeled 1 ifter the Gubernatorial mansion?about 1 / - a ? i.:,.u n,DK n < >ia im WjUJiir, iww Munrn m^ii, ??nn ? "onsprvatory on top, on which is a pretty ' weather-vane. The walls arc papered, the loors and stairway handsomely carpeted, ' ?nd the doors and windows made of glass. ' In fact, the whole interior of the minia ture structure is finished in the most exquisite style. The outside is painted with with red trimmings and thechimneys are a perfect imitation of brick. , Mrs. McKinnie has complete suits of furniture for each of the eight rooms. While The Times man was admiring the house yesterday afternoon, the queen of the mansion camp, in from a Christmas tree, and with some difficulty the secret was kept from her. She wore a little white dress with pink bows scattered over it. and she mndc indeed a veritable picture, ller cheeks wer.* rosy from the frosty air, and the heavy dark lashes failed to hide the blue eyes spnrkling with excitement. "(), innmma," she said, "des see what old Santa Claus hasgivemc." In one arm was a big doll and in the other a corn ucopia of candy. She had hardly gotten in the house before she said, ' 1 must dotin fie kitchen and show 'em to Jennie." Jennie was sent for, however, and soon a kinky head and yellow face not much further from the floor than little Frank i n tKo /!<->/>!' utul tlu?n titer. .. .. ... was a mutual admiration of the gifts. FAILURES FOR A YEAR. A Good Showing Considering the Circumstances. Messrs. 11. O. Dunn A Co's. report of the failures throughout the Tinted States for the entire year of 1890, shows they were 10.907 in number, being hut 25 greater than in the year 1889, when the number was 10,982. The liabilities show a very large increase over 1889, being $188,000,000 against $148,000,000, an increase, of $41,000,000. These are the largest liabilities since 1884, when the) amounted to $225,000,000. In Canada the failures for the year aro 1,847 in number, as against 1,177 the .ear previous. The liaoilities are $18. I it to. 000 iu 1890, as against $14,000,000 I ui 1889. j FIRST EVENTS OF 1891. A Careful Compilation of Southern State News. The Year is Very Young, But the Indications are That it Will 'Develop with Lively Occurrences. NORTH CAROLINA. The Winston Electric Light Conanany will commence mining the coal on Town Fork at an early day. The Duke Cigarette Company of Durham arranged a Christmas surprise for Jhclt employes. Every employe wns on amount of hl?*olTu!n?c? I The total pnv roll was $.7000. ' .1. A. D. Stephens, Esq., an accomplished mineralogist of Statesville, is preparing a cabinet of North Carolina minerals for exhibition at the Colombian Exposition at Chicago in 1892. A four-year-old child of David Clapp. living near Raleigh, was burned to death Wednesday from its clothes taking fire while its father was burning brush. The Female Academy of Tarboro. Prof. D. G. Gillespie, priucipal, was destroyed by tire Tuesday. The People's Natioual Bank of Fayette- ( ville elosea its doors Wednesday at noon. , It was organized in 1873 with capital ] stock of a hundred and fifty thousand dol- , lars. ( Dr. Von Buck, of A she ville, reports < favorable progress in the condition of the c young laay patient who was inoculated i with the Koch lymph recently at his san- t itarium for turlierculosis of the throat. c All symptoms as previously outlined were c rpparent. 1 A few mouths ago Joseph Berry, who I lived near Connelly Springs, was induced ly Mormon Missionaries to sell out his rarm and go with them to Utuh. Last week j ie returned to Burke, saying that he had >nough of Mormonism. President Charles E. Taylor, of Wake Virest College, reports progress in his ef ort to raise an additional $."5,000 for the ollege. which amount, if secured by larch 1st, will be sunoIemon???t i M 125,000 by Mr. Host wick, of New York. ,r SOUTH CAROLINA, voi. R. C. Watts has been elected to !* tie House from Laurens county to fill the ,a acancy caused by the res gnat ion of Sen- fo tor-elect Irby. m A large new plat of land in the north estern portion of the city of Sumter will Vl ton be laid off and opened to settleent. , fo "The gamblers roust go," is tlmediet &b)fn^ phib?,rtbftt' ill Koroutter he raided by the police'lr. ^ und doing business. " , ; The Secretary of State has issued n en immission to the Great Fibre Compauy ()f " Charleston. The capital stock is $-50,- jn )0, and it is proposed to manufacture jg ito marketable shape marsh, grass, ishes, Spanish bayonet, bear grass, pal ictto ana tillnndsia renooides, commonly " ' died grey moss. ^ The whole amount of cotton received ^ t Charleston is now over 60,000 bales in ucess of the amount of the same time j)V le previous year. j,j Another new bank to be known as the ni ixebange Bank, with a capital of $60, th 00, is about to be organized in Charles- as ju. It is said that Major George S. Ed- re rards is to be the president of this bank. p| Beuator Irhy will by the youngest tl" inong ft remarkably large number of men ct inder 50 years who will sit in the next lenate. lie is only 36. Delegate Dubois, lected the other day as Senator from p daho, is not yet forty. Othej Senators >0 years old and under are: Wolcott, 42; j ?ray. 50; Iliggins, 50; Sponucr, 47; AlIrich, 49; TYttigrcw, 42; *o, jli en, 45; Paulkner, 43, and Kcnnn, 42. * Two Charleston capitalists have made ^ i big purchase, for big money, of land in {| 7olumbia, near the caua). Besides this lite the capitalists have bought another >xtensive tract, on which it is reported * will be erected a phosphate mill or an oil " mill. This is only one of a great number e ->f investments in Columbia real estate ' made recently. The Columbia Land and ' Improvement Company has invested heavily. On one of the recent purchases il is J supposed to erect a $500,000 cotton mill. I All this means a hrppy new year for Co- 1 lumhia. GEORGIA. \ Dr. Jefferson Heard will build an in ' flrmary in Athens, which is to cost $5,- 1 000. ' ' The work of opening the Chattahoo- { chee river between West I'oint and rrantc- *. lin progresses, and boats will be running f betweeu those points hv early spring. J Miss Allie Pcnch has come all, the way i froui Knglund to Albany to become the ( wife of W. T. Loyd, a young cm- i ploye of the Albany Electric Light Com- < pany. Love laughs at w inds, waves and 1 distance. ' The Americau Association of educators \ of colored youth convened at Atlanta last Tuesday. A large number of prominent educators from all parts of the country, but especially from the South, being present. Addresses were delivered by Mayor Glenn, I'rof. Kelly Miller, of Washington, and others. Steps were taken for the establishment of a Chautauqua of mental and mora' culture somewhere in the fcouth. Gov. Northcn has vetoed two more new bills passed by the legislature, one of which was n resolution asking the President of the United States to pardon all prisoners confined within the State for violation of the internal revenue laws. New Year's day the State executed to the Suwanee Canal Company a deed for the lands embraced in the Okefenokce swamp and its vicinity, sold to the com nany under authority of an act of the legislature, 240,000 acres of land bought at cents an acre. The gold fever is starting up again in the vicinity of Dahlonega. Senator Isham O. Harris, .ludgc Murray and Inspector Sharp, of Tennessee, have recently purchased property near the town, and are organizing a $2,000,000 stock company lo work it. Representatives of a St. Louis syndicate with a capital of $10, 000,000 are also making investments in that region. The gold fields shout DahlonegA have always been reatfujerative, but just now they seem to bs enjoying a new boom. > FLORIDA. Judge R. F. Taylor, of Oaine^rille, has been appointed associate justife of the State. i Monri c Clark, a negro, was /hanged at Palntka Wednesday for the nxirdcr coinder committed at Interlacheifive years ngo. Death was Instantancom. At Key West, Russell's asction building and nn adjoining bailing burned Wednesday; partially insurm Bronson is to have an Juiance store, to l>e managed by John C<*. ? ii< w i wun .w lui sued jDftjHtyof Tampa for $\000 for l? receive bailUnd his incorcera&n in prison. He had refused to psy a\je assessed against him for neglect of swenger service. The new site for the Camyeral lighthouse has been fixed at a potft one mile west of the present location At Anthony a woman floored her boy in open court in lieu of a $26uc imposed upon for violating the law. Dr. H. W. Wiley, the U. S. Government Chemist to conduct thi cano sugar experiments has arrived in Florida. The experiments will be prosecuted on a 40(icre tract on the shore of Like Tohopekuliga near the St. Cloud sugar mill. In in mtcrview Dr. Wiley said to a reporter, "I am deeply interested in the devel>pment of the sugar industry in Florida nd am confldeut that the people will go i nto the business generally and on an exensivc scale as soon as it can tje practi ally demonstrated, bv the govrament experiments',"" .tuaf careful, intel- 1 igent cane culture in this State THI1 yield 1 arge profits." ?.1 < VIRGINIA. ! The expenditures of Petersburg for | )ecember were $331,446.23. j The banks of Lynchburg have all de- i larcd a semi-annual dividend of five per 1 ent. for the year just closed. ( Captain Camp and Engineer Rhodes. ' f Lynchburg, were reprimanded by the * layor for allowing the heavy snow to rcinin on the street crossings. 1 Ice from three to four inches thick has ^ len gathered in all of Southwest Virtdn by the citizens, so they will not Uck 1 r the article or have to import for sum- ? er use. r The sales of loose leaf tabacco on Dan ^ lie market for the year 1890 amounted " 20,000,000 pounds, the average price u r* )Jtast t'Vce nionths being $12 per y. manufactured a ilure was a great^u^W^ISlB^SSjjB 3 brum had always beeft considered one n the most solid merchants in Peters^ t! irg. llis liabilities are placed at $47,- ? 18; assets not given. li North Danville has a sensation. A au walking along the Midland railroad und a human hand lying near the iron s il, and hundreds of people have been ^ oking at the mysterious limb. It ap- n ars to have been severed from the wrist s] r some blunt instrument. It is also event that it is the hand of a white wo- j an, and was once a pretty hand. How j] ic hand came there no one can imagine, / no tragedy suggestive of it h:.3 occurd in or near North Danville. The only ( ausible theory is that it was dropped j om a passing train, by whom no one ^ tu guess. ] TENNESSEE. The police have received notice that ' etcr Wilson, a well to do^(/1iattarfooga l lerchant, has been missing from his ' oine since last Thursday. When last jen lie had "** and foul lay is expected. . x. i Tlie Knoxville Wholesale Grocers As- ( ociat.ion gave a New Year's banquet to , heir traveling salesmen. After several months controversy as to lie amount of insurance the state should i [ ccivc for the penitentiary shops destroy- | d by fire, an agreement lias been reached lie state being paid $31,000 in cash. The , abiding were insured for $38,000. The Merc hunts' and Traders' bank of oucsboro, with $">0,000 capital, has >een organized under a stage charter. N. lacker was elected president. Chattanooga has every reason to be veil sati-lied with the work of the year ust closed. The Times of thut city, in loticitig the great strides made duriDg he twelve niontlis just coming to aclose, lientioned as a few of the causes of the freat prosperity .'.hat is^inw so apparent: 'Five hnmlrud voted for 'trcets; $350,00uspent on "a bridge, $400,? M>0 on a steel mill; $1,000,000 English noncys invested across the river; the Chattanooga Southern Kail road well under way; the $150,000 hotel o|>eiicd on Lookjut Mountain; $15,000 for the Chicamauga National Park; millions iu various new buildings, new businesses and various new enterprises, and the opening of the Tennessee Itiver." OTHER STATES. Paul Conrad, of New Orleans, was elected president of the Louisiaua Stato Lottery Company, vice M. A. Dauphin, deceased. The trade council of Birmingham, Ala., has appointed a committee to bring about ( a conference between the striking coal miners and coal operators, and if possible, i settle the strike. A special^JjO'n^an Augustine, Texas. burning of the entire businv^^^PM^ptibt-tVMi. loss $100,000. It is ,/ipposed to have been started by somey gamblers in a stable. Al>out half the joss is covered by insurance. The laverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company's loss is considerable. There is talk in Alabama of having a constitutional convention for the purpose of providing some limitation of suffrage and to modernize the present Constitution, which in several important respects is he hind Ihe times. f. S.[ 8. 8. ' An Atlanta aj&cial says: C. T. Pwift one of Atlanta's .unwt wealthy and promtnept citizens, diyd Tuesday. ' fell' 4 AN ELECTION ECHO. An Unbiased Review of the Pennsylvania Upheaval. Henry Charles Tea, of Philadelphia, writing of "The Lesson of the Pennsylvania Election," in the January Atlantic, says: ? The result is one which may well encourage the believer in our institutions, and refute the assumption of accelerating , degredation in our public life. It shows ^ that popular opinion is sound at the eorc, and tnat the popular instinct i? in favor of j honeatvS in politics; that the fanaticism ^ of partisanship may be overcome when an issue can be fairly presented to the peopie; that the independent voter is multiplying and learning..how to use his power; that the crafty scheming of astute c cti'u oxpencncea politicians in but folly, ^ when boldly confronted in n good cause. ( At the same time it would be easy to ex- ( aggerntc the importauee of the victory. Though it may Imve overthrown a boss ( who a few months ago seemed to be the t most powerful loader in the land, overshadowing even the chief magistrate him- s self, it has not put nn end to bossism. w That evil spriug from roots too deeply t| planted in our cureless political habitudes . to be eradicated without long and painful effort. Unremitting watchfulness and | labor is the price whicn wo must pay for ^ our Republic institutions, if we wish o', them to be honestly and wisely adminis- j tered. Spasmodic and sporadic efforts ^ effect little that is permanent. Popular uprisings are inspiring to witness, like a gorgeous display of fireworks, which daz- m zle the eye only to leave the darkness more profound. Twenty years ago we m watched eagerly sueh a spectacle, admirably arranged with impressive sceuic effeet, when the good citizens of New York ( drove Tweed and his gagg to prison or to exile; but in a few years the old horde . was succeeded by a new one, and these >( lame good citizeus have now, in spite of the Australian ballot, riveted upon them- Jn selves the domination of Taminauy more lruiiy than ever. The trained politician t". imilcs at such popular ebullitions, and 1 tails them as an opportunity for filling jH he vacancies which tlicy may occasion. (u There arc no panaceas for public disease. ' 5ven the abrogation of the spoils system, ruitful aa that system is of evil would at J-'" oost be a palliative, unless accompanied >v a far jealous and exacting public |'JI' pinion than at present exists. The only J1.'^ cmedy for our ailments, in fact, lies ..V rith the individual voter. Until the V" lilleniutn arrives we cannot expect every '\? itizen to vote as we may think he ought; ut at least every one can strive to free .IU imself from tho bondage of partisanship. 1111 nd train himself to-regard the exercise J\, f the 'franchise as a sacred duty, not to ' . c or carelessly performed at the r'', jercy^tacomp^TlfPty ilW iYVJl he voters, when that portion is ready to m; ink all partisanship in devotion to the gcj lublicweal. c,ij Another Southern Poetess. pi' There is another literary girl down 'J1' outh, says Allen Forman in the Now ,( 'ork Journnlixt who just now is not fa ions, but judging from bcr work so fni ' ,l lie will be liefore long. This budding young genius is Miss laggie Ellen O'Brien, who was I Kirn ii. P?( lie dreamy old town of Montgomery, lla., just twenty years ago. 8hc is the third daughter of Frank P. )'Bricn, editor of the Birmingham AgeIearld nnd|granddaughter of Michael An- s<'f Irew O'Brien, who was editor of tin Dublin Nation. ,,n Miss O'Brien, during childhood, was .' n ight, precocious, individual and inde- r'r leiidcnt, but not until her last years at he Convent at Loretto, Ky., did she de- ". 'dope any unusual literary ability. VNhen she returned to her home in Birningham, Ala., her first poem published ~ '* " '"? ? ;?? ?J?out K1 wo years ago. Since then a few of her * longs published in various parts of the country which have excited remarks arc f(l "Where the Water-Cresses Grew," "Upo.. J'1 ihc Sands," "Consolation," and a nuni bcr of effusions in blank verse, among which may be mentioned, "The Judgincot," " Temptation," "A Legend Arn- , bic," "Medea," "Planet of Margerie," !" and "The".Iudgment," all of whicn have been extensively copied. Miss O'Brien is a graceful writer nnd tells her readers her mind, not in that lanting, passionate rhyme which some of 1' the so-called great women writers of the f age has drawn checks from the pu dish- " ers, but in a manner which nppca * to the heart in a philosopic manner an 1 at the ' same time starts the imagination off on a * romantic tour. ' ? c Much Good Will Result. 11 At the recent annual convention of , county superintendents of public instrue- , tiou of North Carolina a resolution was . unanimously adopted requesting the State , Legislature to establish regular training schools for male and female.teachers. A * resolution was also adopted urging in the strongest terms the enactment of a law 1 requiring compulsory attendance upon ' 'he public schools. The resolution sets 1 forth the fact that people eannot be edu- 1 . . . i ,.t ,i... ( caicu aim mi! reqiiiri-iucm.-i <> <u?- v-wu stiiution in this narticular carried into effect unless children are compelled to at 1 tend school for some period during the 1 school age. It is the first movement in j North Carolina in the direction of com- . pulsory education, and, originating a* it : docs, will have particular strength. These 1 is a determined effort to increase the at teudancc at the public schools, and also be length of school terms. The Legis, latum will be asked to double the State school tax, and also to acquire the conn i tics to set apart first of nil the school fund ^ in making their annual appropriations. j Baltimore's Masonic Temple Burned. A supeial from Baltimore, Md., says: The Masonic Temple was ruined by fire Thursday. Luckily the burning took place just lwfore Forcpaugh's Theatre, which is in the Temple, was to l?c opened for the day's performance. Receipts of Egyptian cotton to date amount to 2,700.000 canter*, against 2,20 '.009 canters the corresponding date last year, <, { ALLIANCE DEPARTMEN1 ' The Farmers and the Coming Re* olution," Discussed From the Baptist Pulpit bj Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr., of New York City. Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr., according t? his usual custom, lrcfore the deli*cry o his sermon, discoursed to liis large eon gregntiou in New York city. Bunda; morning, on the following review of our lent events: The farmers have always been the fore most tepresentatives of conservatism Thev have overwhelmed the voice of tin jf the i"estIcas, dreaming city again am tgoin. On this rural content or stupidi v, men who bclievo in the divinity ol hat which is have long reckoned witli e.taintv. At last the farmer has broken the sue!! hat has Ikmiml him Me has Hinashed he traditions of centuries, lie bashrnkn tin* dash-lxNird, kicked oilt of the hafts and is running away. The men ho have driven him with tight rein from heir tinditionnl scats are being hurled tto the ditch and ground beneath the heels. It has been so sudden tin v Imnl. r know what has struck them. Some iv it is a cyclone, ami will soon hjow rer. They th'uk it is too sovcie to st. Old man Tradition rubs his hands trees a smile through his chattering ctli, says he knows it is a cold day now, at then he looks for warmer weather to iottow and things will move, on as usuI. Bays ho has Been "granger moveicnta" before, you know, and nothing /or came of it. And yet while he retails > you these stale observations, you will )te that from the restless uncertain man >r in which he glanecs at the darken ig sky, he is not sure of his own proph '.v. The trouble is, the people have begun *.hink?the masses of the people- the d farmer, the patient beast of burden rought the years of plenty and pros 'rity for others who have reaped what i has sowed. When masses of people giu to think, it shakes the world. It is this mighty movement of the isscb that is shaking, to-day the vci\ uidatious of the civilization of the ictccnth ccutury, and even now drawC in dim nutiino the new civilization ol 5 nineteenth coutury. Tlio time was icn all eyes were tixud on the great and werful. Kings and nobles aud mighty ryioi-s only could make history. Poets >g only of them and for them. I/bciue fawned in tho dirt at tliyir feet. The et spoke thankfully of the crumbs that 1 from their table, and was proud to Inled a slave of the great. To-day all of this is changed. The eyes llions into new life. They are them ves at hut becoming conscious of their uicitic? and needs, aud with their ca niti?r? ns the lever and their needs ns 1 fulcrum, they are tugging awav at > very foundations of social, economic 1 politiral life. Our civilization, to y, ijuivers from foundation to Hag fl' beneath these assaults, rite nations of earth all feel this new wer. rhc Czar of Russia shivers in his pal >, puts a new lock on the do r, adds other regiment to his body guard, and milling awaits the next explosion t< wlrother he is dead or alive. The Kmjicror of Germany, seeing the udwritiug on the wall, hastens to nake friends of the mammon of un'hteousness.'" The drum beat of the Salvation Army hoes around the world, railing man nd to the rescue of the submerged mil ins of England all the earth. The Knrmprs1 Alliance of America is a gantic wave of this world' wide move/ tJ<e race. It holds in its hands it only the posftloiuitea ?n n v tlris generation?it holds the hopes of inumbcred generations yet tinhorn. heir organization is supetb. It is the mug est social and political machine lilt in America in the last twenty v?ais |?c\* arc determined to lilt up the toil in host? and rnakn their life worth the ving. Tlicv are teaching ami will teach iovp emphatically than ever, that it is isl .is honorable to hew wood and thaw ater and plow a mule, as to make laws, raetiee medicine, run a hank or a rail ml They have doubtless many crude tens att yet alrout law and linance. Hut diosc fault is it that they arc ignotant? "Iicy will learu as they go along. Aburd demands will take reasonable shape a the led hot foige of public debate and duration. Demagogues will mislead for i time; but they will kill two demagogue# vJiere they nourish one. Their onlv langer lies in Ihc possibility of selfish in ligues in politics, in which their lofty rrin'iples will be forgotten in a mad .tniggle for immediate power. Holding fast to their principles, they will sweep Jiis nation ultimately in triumph. Thej epiprent thegtandest moral issues of tIn of StnndiuL' tirmlv on those issues, *n" * -?o ? - f . :liev are assure to win as that (iod is, ind that good shall ultimately triuinpl jver evil. Let the demagogues, dcadl.rnt'- and Miinmors, who arc tiving ever ro lean which way the wind blows that they mat trim their sails to meet it, take warning The cyclone has only l>ogun. They ha? bettor 6cck shelter. CHOICE PHRASES EXCHANOEI A Typical Kan From the Wet Throws Epithets Around. The topic of talk in North Corolir newspaper circle* has lx-cn the editorii attack of the State Chronicle upon Edit< Foirbrothcr, of the Durham (ilobe. 1 reply to a savage attack by the latter U| on Rev. Bavlus Cade, editor of the Pr gressive Fanner, the Ololie said that E< itor Cade lied like a horse thief, and T1 Raleigh Chronicle says this is blackguai journalism, sod that Editor Fairbroth is a liar and scoundrel. It all goes to mnl the leading newspaper sensation of tl season. Editor Fatrbrother'is from Col vado. and took charge of The Clol?e tht months ago. He is a typical weste journalist. i i Hi i i^. \ TWENTY-FIVE SOLDIERS ULUST f. And Biff Foot's Band lUpulatd With the Los* of 160 Indians. Bpscisl Indian agent Cooper of tbe f Pino Ridge agency, telegraphs as follows: "Big Foot's band attacked the military about 8 o'clock in the morning on the w 1-J it? ????- ** IV?\> vr* ff UUUV1UU ivuev t/ITtJR wun ino ^ following results: 26 soldiers killed, 99 j wounded; about 160 Indians killed, and 80 wouuded and captured. Father Uroft wounded. "Two Strike's band opened Are on the agency from the hill tops on the north sido, wounding two soldiers and killing no ono. The Indiana also attacked the 0th Cavalry wagon train two miles north I of the agency, killing one soldier of the advance guard." r CATHOLIC MISSION BORNKD. i A press correspondent of Pino Ridge telegraphs: General Rrookc has just received news from theseeue of the fight, at the Catholic Mission on Clay Creek, that six men of the Heventh Cavalry were killed aud many wounded. Further particulars are not yet received. The that intimation of troublo at the Mission was brought late by a courier, who rushed in with the startling news that the Mission building, where there are a number of Catholic priests and sisters, and hundreds of children, were surrounded by hostiles, and had been set on fire. The Cavalry men who had scarcely any rest for four days were instantly in tho saddle, and with a couple of Hotchkiss guns started on a gallop for the Mission. As this diapAtch is being written, the roar of the gnus could be heurd indicating that a hot fight was in progress. Two Striae Little Wound Short Ball *"*"* and other chiefs ran away from the agency Monday night, after hearing of tho Wounded Knee fight, taking with them hundreds of warriors. They also compelled old Chief Red Cloud to Hecoiupany them under threat of death. It is these Indians who attacked the supply train and raided the Catholic Mission BURNED TO DEATH. The Cremation of Five Children in Pamlico County. A Raleigh, N. C., special sny?; News is received here of a horrible affair in I amlico coui^ Sunday night. Scott I hoinpson, colored, who lives near Bavboro in company with his wife and oldest child, wont to church, leaving seven children, live of his own aud two of his | grnudcliildreo. at home, their ages ran-i ing from infancy to about fifteen yean of age. Before the services ended, Thompson's house was discovered to bo on fire and the ^in^rofflUmn made a rush for it. t v'*? 1 pen e flamesT eiiunrcn lieing sound asleep,* *3kT not wake until the flames had cut off all egress. DEATH OF "GENERAL SPINNER. A Short Sketch of the Life of the Ex-Treasurer. A press dispatch from Jacksonville, Fla., says: General Francis K. Spinner, x Treasurer, of the United States, died >t the residence of his daughter, Mrs .1 nines M. Schumacher, in Brooklynshurg, in the west hank of St. John's river. When he resigned his ollicc the money mi the treasury was counted, and when the result showed a very small discrepan v, many days were spent in recounting .n<l exnniiiiingthc hooks of accounts, tin iI finally the mistake was discovered. On retiring from oftiee he came south or the benefit of his health, and for some ears lived in camp at l'ahlo Beach, Fin Want Pay for $4,000,000 Worth of Bond*. f'o., of AmsliTiliini, Ifoltnn?^ 4}jnlt2P?..~ Hoard of Liquidation of the Publio Debt of Louisiana, asking that the Ik/.rd fund ilia $4,018,620.48 worth of Louisiana bonds held by them. These bonds which are known as Citizen's Hank bonds were issued half a century ago to aid the bank. The Stale endorsed them and guaranteed their payment. The war so depreciated the lands in Louisiana that they became insufficient in vjtluc to jiay these bonds, and the State was called upon to pay. The Hoard of Liquidation paid no attention o this, and hence the suit. 8,000,000 Bales. It is estimated that this year's cotton crop in the United States will closely np, proximate eight million bales?the larg, est crop that has ever been raised. The New York Star says that the im t portance of such a factor in directing for| eign money to this country and thereby , aiding'he restoration of normal business activity cannot be overestimated. In fi' imm-inI trade ciicles it is regarded as the ' principal ground for confidence in tho IlllUIO. filled tho Pcstinftstor in Self Defense. 1 ('ahuoi.ton, Miss., [Special.)?The .rlimiiiary trial of Me Brine for killing 1 I. I'. Matthews, postmaster of this place, 1 Tirist mn.H day, was held liefore Mayor \ Carpenter. Twenty-five or thirty wit. ie>ses were examined, and after exhaus five arguments on the legal points involved, the court decided McBride acted in self defense, and discharged him. Youthful and HopefuL Homk, Qa., Jan. V [SpM marringe occurred Miss Kndossa Pitts and Andrew Jackson, |ft lw>th of Etowah county, Alabama, were ' ftj ihe participants. Tho parties were ex^ tremelv youthful in appearance, and were n married l>efore a "cry large crowd in the _ _ ordinary's office. After the ceremony ihey returned to their home in Alabama. Fatal Doses of Koch's Lymph. .'fj A cablegram from St. Petersburg says: e;. Two patients, who were being treated by iC the Koch system, died in tho St. Peters,)t. i?urg Hospital after receiving the third injection. The first two injections was ,.p one millogramme dose. The last was rM three millogrammes. Both patients suftered intensely l?efore death,