The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, January 09, 1891, Image 1
THE WEEKLY TIMES.
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Devoted to Agriculture, llortOkdtur^
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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." |
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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. ^
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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
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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
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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."
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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. "
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'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.
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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. '
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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, <,
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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,