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\ Of the 611 colored men in the employ
ment of the Federal Goverment, 159 an
In the Interior Department.
f There are some sixty-seven banks ti
the New York Clearing House Associa
ilea. The annual clearances of Nei
fY<KfcjHQSO?no 88>000<000,000.
Alexander the Great had a copy of th
4'Iliad" inclosed in a nutshell, and it i
quite certain that it oould not have beer
written without the aid of a microscope
Fiji is commencing the cultivation c
(tobacco, the enterprise being assisted b
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f The Boston Cultivator believes tha
j*'the abundance of cheap and fertil
Band in the West, and its possession b;
farmers of small means and roving ten
dencles. has oDerated to lower ih? ?t?nH
11, admits tad Boston Transcript, if
this atorj of the experience of a young
New York woman ia true: Two years
go her brother, having money invested
in sheep in Utah induced her to put
$1500 into the investment. She has lately
sold her share to her brother for
jiwoa
| A six-year-old t^yln Ottawa, Canada,
having invented tho verb "to omalleu"?
a synonym for decrease or diminish a
writer in the Critic thinks that the word
thould find a place in our new dictiontries.
It is a pretty good word in its
fray, but we fsil to see "that the idea
that it convq^ cannot be otherwise expressed
with^ ft a cumbersome eireumlorution."
What is the matter with "reluce,"
"decrease" or half a dozen other
terbef asks the New York Telegram.
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B. L. Godkin, in the Forum, undertakes
to prove that th^ expedition to re-j
jieve Emin was clearly a piratical under-,
taking, since it had the sanction of no
jGtovernment and its leader was responsible
to no power. In the course of the
Argument Mr. Godkin shows the sympathy
for Emin whioh caused the exnaditlnn
to ha undertaken was a senti
meat born of the Gordon myth, end ho]
' joints out the curious fact that the peoAfrica,
owing to the slave trade,
has always been regarded as fit spoil foi
pirates even by civilised nations who hold
bo such notions even about any othei
Savages. Mr. God kin expresses the high,
/set admiration for Stanley's courage and
isndurance, and approves of his conduct
of the expedition. It is its legal character
only that he criticises.
King Kalakana, in his life "or in hi
(death, stood alone amonj^ monarchs
muses the New York Commercial Adver
pissr. A King without what might h
palled a kingdom, he came to a Republic
So breathe his last. Another Deculiarlti
of hi* majesty was that he was a protege
of a people with whom it is an article o
faith that kings are comberers of the
earth. But then he encumbered so ver;
little of it that we forgave him. W
rather patted him on tho bead with i
certain half-oonsotoes pride that we fcx
jof the western hemisphere had our sped
jmen of royalty to show. And if Jeanne
be said that his passing away has oen
vulsed principalities and powers, it ha
' at least, if wa mistake not, removed i
good fellow from the world. And reall;
good fellows are rare, whether in pake
ev in hovel. That he has left as sno
osssoren his miorosooplo throne the wif
of a Yankee merchant adda pungency t
the situation. That looks like the begin
ning of the end. The Bandwioh Island
will not be long In following in the wak
of Bradl, la adding still anothor name t
ard of American agriculture."
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.. The heary increase in tho'tfoasslai
* nrmy and navy estimates will furnish in
iteresting reading for continental diplomats.
It shows, concludes the San Fran
ioisco Chronicle, that the milleniutn, whei
abitration shall succeod war, is as far of
as erer.
" ! The Boston Jfarold thinks that the fact
}haf only three persons were killed by
tlectrio light plants in New York State
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J , ..v<su? rnn tucir UTW DJ
?-. "blowing out the gap" rather goes to
ihow that it is less dangerous to monkey
pa with electricity than to fool with gas.
| Hie statistics of the trades unions in
Germany show that about 2,000,000
ftorkmen in that country have an annual
Income of less than $155, and that in
the weaving distriots of Saxony and Silesia
there are thousands of men earning
hut $75 per year by their trade. I
The Society of Virginia Antiquities
will probably remove the bones of Capiain
John Smith from London to Richmond,
announces the Atlanta Gtoutttution.
Smith was the first great warrior
of Virginia, and it seems eminently fit>
titur that hU nhonlfl h* in i-hr\ Comc?i.
monweaun wmcn was wsnoM dj Mm.
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Sheep raising may be profitable, after
HANGED BY A MOB.
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i Citizen* of a Florida Town Dispose
of Two Men by Lynchi
ing Methods.
Gainesville, Fla., [Special].?Mike
^ Kelly, white, and a negro named Champion,
member* of n caug of outlaws anil
5 thieves, were hanged here Tuesday night
by citizens. Ever since Sunday nigbt
tho city has been in turmoil. That nigbt
Dr. Phillips was tired on by three uni
known men. The marks of the bullets
were found about the position he occupied
on his front porch, but he escaped
if 'njury.
On Monday night T. B. McPherson,
J living about two miles from town, was
lips viwattemptcd because he was able
to identify some of the members of tlio
t bitnd. The murder of McPherson was
B perpetrated as an act of revenge because
nis testimony had sent, a number of the
f gang to tho penitentiary.
On Tuesday night the Sheriff and a
posse lay in wait for the band near the
house they weic believed to use as their
headquarters. They exchanged shots
with them, nnd the negro, Champion,
t was wounded and captured. Two oth.
ore escaped and dogs were put upon their
track. They arc the same men who
robbed and attempted to burn Bracey's
guiiauup, mr watcncs anrt Rkcletoa keys
^ were found upon Champion.
| Kelly was enptured at Kochellc. He
was tho leader of the gang. When
brought to Gainesville last njght he was
met by an excited crowd and n noose
was thrown over his head, but tho Sheriff
managed to slip it off and got him
safely to jail. Guns were levelled at
him but no shooting occurred.
A Moond colored man was soon arrested
for Kelly, and Champion
( barged that he was the mrn who had
j fired at Mr. Phillips. About 11 o'clock
a party of masked men went to the jail,
overpowered the jailer aud guards, and
locked them up in cells. They then unlocked
the cells where the two men were
confined and led them out to a grove not
far from the jail.
They were allowed twenty minutes in
which to pray, after which they
were then strung up to two oak trees.
The mob was so dense that no one could
Ik: recognized. Two more of tho gang
arc at largo. One is badly wounded.
A NOBLE GIFT.
Stanley Will Give Millions to tho
Cause of Humanity.
Clkvki.and, O. a (Special).?Mr. Hent'uuiecause
ofKumaoitv.
He in teed a to obef divine rommsnHn
to sell all thy goods and givo to the
poor. His manager, Maj. J. M. Pond,
announces that the great explorer has
determined to donate to Gen. Booth, of
the Salvation Aainy, the gifts he. has received
from crowned heads and others
the proceeds to be used in furthering the
cause of the poor in London.
These gifts constitute one of the most
superb collections of the kind in the
world, and arc valued at over $500,000.
Almost every prince and potentate in
Europe and many in Asia and Africa, lwsides
educational and geographical socittiesull
over the world, hnve evinced
their admiration for the deliverer of
J equatorial Africa by costly girfts.
] Queen Victoria has been esncciallv ecu
erous, and many of the most valuable
articles in the collection were given l>y
her. All these testimonials of priueelv
appreciation Mr. Btauley will devote to
the noble cause of hearing light into
that the articles "Will sell for four or five
times their value, thus bringing into Ocn.
Booth's control over *2.000.000.
Canadians Want Our Trade.
A recent dispatch from Chicago says:
Henry Wilbanks, a merchant of Charleston,
8. C., said here to-day that the
commercial interests of Charleston are
just at present actively engaged in organising
some scheme to capture the
commerce between this country and
Jamaica. The commerco, he said, is
now in imminent danger of being captured
by Canadians, who are agitating
the subject of subsidizing a line of steamers
to ply between Canadian ports and
Jamaica, and of making special inducements
to turn the current of trade of
the United States from New York, which
now enjoys the most of it, to the Do|
minion. But Charleston people are
nlivc to the probability of turning the
' tr?de to South Carolina, and if negotia'
going on between them and
the fldCTt men of Minueapolig, whence
[ comes most of the flour now used in
: Jamaica, come to a successful fruition,
f a line of steamers will be put on the
route, and the inuch-desirea trade secured.
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A Song of Progress.
' rirm'niilinrn V C innrin nrnut nrn.
, giess Inst year* 239 dwelling, stores of,
tice and othor buildings were erected and
many others were remodeled and rnlarg8
cd. A sewerage system was established,
* and much pipe was laid. Twelve new
r stores were o|)ened and 21 new indtis!
tries started, including a cotton factory
of 9,000 spindles und a hosiery mill with
* a daily output of 79 dozen pairs. Nine
} corporations were chartered
. with an aggregate capital of
$2,781,000. Real estate has been in active
demand, and unimproved lota have
? been disposed of at private sale for figwrda
I aggregating $200,000. The mertihagta
nave made fair profits, and there has not
*< been a single failure. Population has
' increased nbout 20 per cent. Thin sump
mary tells something of Oremaboitfs
, solid progress.
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j The N. 0. Delegation in Congress.
Washikotoh, D. C., [Special.]?'The
? Democratic members of the North Carolina
delegation in Congress met Thursday
5 and resolved to urge the election of Repel
resentative MeCIammy of North Carolina
to the clerkship of the next house.
Lord Scully, an Englishman, own#
J 00,000 acres of land in Illinois, and
0 draws thence an annual income of $200,
000. Other foreign landowners rua nj
other sections to a total of $29,000,000.
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SOUTHERN STATE NEWS.
Happenings of Importance For A
Week.
Dwellers in City and Country Get a
Write-Up Here Free of Charge,
and No Questions Asked.
VIRGINIA.
The graud lodge of Knights Pythias,
of Virginia, has completed its annual
session at Roanoke.
By the explosion of an ammonia tank
in an icc factory at Suffolk, one man was
killed andjBCveral injured.
to his family.
The Farmers' Border Alliance had an
important meeting Wcdnosday in Dan*
ville. A proposition to establish a cigar
env iaciory was agreed to.
The Veteran Zouaves of Elizabeth, N. I
J., arrived at Richmond Tuesday from
Charleston. They were met at the station
by two companies of the 1st Virginia regiment
and escorted to their armory,
where breakfast was served, after which
they visited the principal points of interest
in the city. They left for home the
next morning.
John L. Sullivan signalized his stay
in Richmond last week by taking to
drink, swearing in the dining-room of
his hotel, and, on being remonstrated
with for his blackguardism, mnking a
fierce assault on his waiter who called him
to order.
A special from Bedford City announces
a sad tragedy a few mi les from that
town. Robert Leftwitch and his wife
v got into a difficulty, and after a violent
struggle Mrs. Leftwitch drew a pistol
aud snot him through the forehead fatal- .
!yA
syndicate, comprising gentlemen
from Roanoke, Norfolk, Winchester and
Charleston, W. Va., liavo taken tip
their option on the Bcckley marble proparty
at Fiurastle for which Mr Beckley
received $100,000, and deeds were made
to the syndicate on Tuesday. These gentlemen
will at once proceed to develop
the fine grains of the lithographic stone
nod varigated marbles.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Four stores in Wadeslioro went up in
flames Tuesday.
The Grand Central hotel, of Asheviiie, |
has been sold to a syndicate who will
improve it.
The North Carolina Steel and Iron
Com|?ony will erect a 120 ton coke iron
'7iVf''raance Rt Greensboro.
fetsville and$20,000" subicriij&l toward*
the building of a cotton factory.
Walker ?fe Meyers have erected a saw
mill at Plymouth with a capacity of 80,
uuu lect of lumber per day.
A lire occurred at Vincent in the north>
cm part of Alamance county "Wednesday,
by which the afore and stock of general
merchandise of J. W. & W. A. Murray
were entirely consumed.
J. A. D. Stevens, an accomplished mineralogist
of Statcsville, is preparing a
cabinet of North Carolina ibinerals for
exhibition at the Columbian Exposition
in 1892.
The Ashevillc and Bristol railroad will
be finished in twelve months. It will
pass through a great tobacco section.
A portion of the Alexander estate, on
the French Broad river beyond Ashevillc,
has been sold by order of court. General
R. B. Vance purchased the Inn and three
hundred acres ofjand, for which he paid
$18,000. r
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The British steamshib Hibernia, which
cleared Wednesday at Charleston for
Bremen, carried 6,500 bales of cotton.
General Thomas F. Drayton, a classmate
of Jefferson Davis at West Point,
died a Florence Wednesday. He was
the last survivor of the class. The body
was interred at Charlotte, N. C., on Friday.
U. 8. Civil Engiueer Mackay has arrived
at Port Royal to superintend the
construction of the new government dock
at that point.
Frank Frost and Geo. 8. Holmes have
I>ccn appointed by uov. mirann on
the board of county school examiners for
Charleston County.
It was resolved by the Phosphate Commission
last Wednesday that on and after
the 1st of March to grant general right# i
to mine phosphate lock and phosphatio
deposits in Coosaw River.
The contest of Thomas E. Miller
against Congressman Wm, Elliott of the
7th District, seems to have taken new
life. Miller wants to get some testimony
about the election even if he does not
secure his sent.
A fox came galloping down Broad
street, Charleston, on Tuesday, and waa
quickly pursued by a crowd of the youngsters,
but managed to easily escape by
doubling into the new Postoffico site.
Cunning Reynard took solitary refuge behind
a wall, and when they went to look
for liiin he wasn't there. It. is not known
where he came from or where he went.
Comptroller General Ellerbe has pre{tared
a circular to the county auditors
nstructing them how to proceed in the
assessment of bank stocks.
TENNESSEE.
The ./Etna Coal Company, of Chattanooga,
works at Jasper, Marion county,
has made au assignment for the benefit of
its creditors.
The KnOxville Tribune baa onened I
fight on the gamblers of that city.r The
sporting men are doing a great business
and the courts appear to be sublimely ignorant
of the fact.
The magnificent new iron bridge across
the Tennessee river, connecting Chattanooga
with the north side <1t the river,
was opened Wednesday with impressive
ceremonies. It is the first public bridge |
built across the river since the old war
bridge was deatroyed. It cost $850,000 |
and is 2,870 feet long and 105 feet above
low water mark.
The south-bound limited passenger
' train on the Illinois Central Railroad
jumped the track near Medina about 0 :SQ ,
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|fv y >.
o'clock In the morning. 7 The car: took
fire ahd were consumed. ' The pass ogers
miraculously escaped.
The District Farmers' Alliance t ?t. at
Humbolt and were addressed by lion.
John McDowell, the president c the
State A'liance, upon the importai :c of
thorough organiaHHon.
The local br^ch. of the C holic
Knights of Ainerrca have decided 3 ax|
6iRt Bishop Kademachcr to remove nthcr
Walsh as priest at Chattanooga. Friction
has existed between the prief and
some of his members for some tiw.
A bill discouraging the bringiftj of divorces
by providing that no rang could
bring suitrVithout first execiitiig A bond
for the costs, was passed ]bs/"\ Legist a
turc Tuesday. f
ne commenced vrheifcy the United
States government wijmcquirc possession
of the lands on vqlch the battles of
Chickamnuga and imattanooga were
fought. The whole effthat battle-scarred
territory is to be tranft>rmed into a people's
school and pleanrc ground, to be
called Chickamauga national Park.
GEORGIA.
The Rev. Geo. Tumten, rector of St.
Phillip's Episcopal Chirch, Atlanta, died
Tuesday morning after a brief illness.
The young man, Tkomas J. Wouten,
who accidentally shot himself in the arm
last Friday at Kingston, died from the
effects of the wound Wednesday afternoon.
A State bank, capitalized at $30,000,
TV ill Annn CI.-??* *
^j.?u ??. ouiuinervmc April 1st.. The
stock has all been^uihscrilicd and the
bank will begin operation in a building
to be erected.
Brunswick is to hare n male college.
Prof. "W. VT. Wi?ilU<OHtt^commcnce the
erection of an immense ,three-story building
with accommodations for 100 pupils.
This will give Bnipndck both male and
female colleges.
Macon is to havc"%nothcr railroad, to
be called the Macon Terminal. The road
will be in the nature of a belt liuc. It
will be tlirco miles long and will cost
$45,000.
The South Georgia Melon Growers'
convention met at Albany, and was called
to order by President G. R. McCree,
who slated the object of the meeting to
be the considerationjof the incrcsed acreage
plauted in melon's this year, aud to
devise some plans for the movement of
the crop. Committees were appointed.
John Oliver Daniels, of Brunswick, is
a colored man w1k> is attached to the
hydrographic coasRorvey. In connection
with that busiittV he has a school
numbering over Mr Scholars, which he
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FLO^TDA.
A Gun Club liHii been organized at
Grecu Cove Springs^
Charles Richard I^wige, the expert in
charge of the fiber investigation of the
department'of Agritjultaro at Washing
ton, D. C., is in Florida studying the distribution
and characterization of filler
plants of the State. Y
While accompanying his children home
from school at FostcjN Park, last week II.
Morrison was attacked by two catamounts,
and after (n tcrriftic struggle he
drove them off, but only after they
had badly clawed Wis horse.
Dr. Harris of Fort Myers, offers a reward
of $100 foriafrmation which will
convict tho pexJ^^Hio cut the bud of
one of his finestj^H^Mb-Hrees at Villa
Franca receollyflH^^UL
Jesse McAbc?7jRjBHu?d, comes out
to aate
he has shipped ovtr 00,000 boxes from |
II1C LTUJ?S UC pUO'lia^OU.
The Hamburg, (German) company,
owning about 1,000 acres of phosphate
lands near Thompkinsville, are preparing
to mine their possessions with Gennan
labor. It will be lager Iwer and Dutchmen.
OTHER STATES.
Alabama is enacting a law that will
give the generous sum of $125,000 annually
to Ex-Confederate veterans and their
widows
D. Good and Ford Johnson had a terrible
cutting duel ?t Bluffton, Ala.
Good cut Johnson's left eye out with a
hatchet and cut into liis face several
times. Johnson cut Good's throat. Both
will die. They were drunk and alone.
A party of Pittsburg capitalists, chaperoned
by Judge II. Hudson, are in
Florence, Ala. \
W?il. Gfggrf;"*ft>^v^lt--kwwn negro
Solitician and ctt-aet rotary of the State
onate of Louisiana died on Saturday
at Galveston He was prominent not
only in polities but held official positions
in nearly all the colored lodges and societies
in Galveston. He was secretary
of the Louisiana returning hoard after the
Tildeu-Haycs campaign.
The Mississippi Alliance Manufacturing
Association, Cautou, Miss., is to be
chartered ami conduct a general manufacturing
business. From oil signs, it
will bo a "go" from the start.
Calf . Crocodile.
Forest Park, Fx.a., Feb. 23.-?Miss
Gatlin was engaged in household
duties at her homo near Staunton when
she was alarmed bj hearing a calf on the
grounds bellowing aa if in pain. She
rushed out to see what was the matter
and found that abo<| forty yards from
reitTohgby the
r back of the ncotslowly dragging
it into thtg^Hj^Bhe very courageously
tried tc. d^HHph'ptilo leave go
k. ?k.? i _J i.: u..t
*J uinmni^; (ll> mill, UUb liu
had cvidcntly^^^Eltttentions, and in
spite of the |?rilWTO ?f a human being,
which ift 8uppon3n*to strike horror to the
hearts of such animals, he effected his
purpose and dragged the calf over forty
yards into the lake and both disappeared.
800 Chinese Burned to Death.
San fbancmot), February 17.?Australian
papers just received state that by
the burning of the steamer Ramed, at
, Wuhu, two hundred Chinese perished.
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GOLD BRICK SWINDLER CAUGHT
Two South Carolinians Pay $5,00
for About $1 Worth of Brass.
Atlanta. Ga., [Special].?A shrewd
gold-brick swindler has been caught licr.
and he confesses his crime. Hispanic i
J. S. Hall or "William Harper, and h
played his game upon two citizens c
Williston, S. C. Sonic time ago Hal
went there and became acquainted wit
Messrs. Weatlierby and Kennedy, two we
known resideuts of the place.
He told them fab ilous tales about
rich gold rniue in Arizona which ha
been discovered by an old Indian. Th
Indian, ho cxplaiucd, was almost us sav
age as the primitive red man.
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the wood.
< Hall said the Indian had with hit
specimens of the gold frofti the fnbulou
mine, and if the men would accompan
him to the camp he would show then
these rich nuggets.
The men became so much interested ii
Hall's story that thay went with him t<
where the Hod American was camped
Then Hall produced his samples of ricl
gold brick.
He represented that all he wanted wai
enough money to begin operations. Thei
the mine would be opened, and in a fev
days he wouln be as rich as Crresus.
lie proposed to sell the brick for $r?.
000, so as to get a start. The brick, In
said, was worth twice or three times tha
sum.
Hall insisted on having the brick test
ed to satisfy the men that it was goo.
stuff.
A drill was produced and a larga hoi.
cut in the brick.
The dust was to be placed in a pnpei
and taken back to the city to be tested
One of tbc men jjathcrcd up the dust
himself and put it in a paper. Hall sai.
nc would wwj*p it up and it wiw hnndci
to him.
Just at this moment the "Indian" bo
gan tearing up tha earth, animated by ni
evil spirit.
This attracted the attention of the men,
and gave Ilall an opportunity to substitute
a paper of real gold dust for the dust
bored out of the brick.
The paper of dust was taken t? tlu
city and found to he pure gold.
Messrs. Wcatherby and Kennedy a
oucc bought the brick for 45,000. Tlie\
"had previously weighed it and believci
it to he worth several times $5,000.
They also arranged to take much stock
in the gold mine where the brick was
found.
When Hal.1 got his hands on the $5,
000 he and the Indian skipped out. Whci
Wcatherby and Kennedy unwrnppcj
They had it examined, and wero>"clm
grincd to Sim Mini llioy had paid $5,Out
for $1 worth of brass.
The police were notified and telegram,
were sent in every direction to catch tin
confidence man. One of tbetoc telegram.came
to Atlanta and in less than live
hours Hall was caught. He had $50 i>:
| money and a new pistol.
Hull in his confession says that la
hesitated to go into the scheme, and
flipped up a dollar to decide his fate.
The dollar said "Go," and he went.
' THE TRIALS OF TALMAGE.
Contractor Wills Threatens to Have
the New Tabornacle Sold Out.
The trials of Rev. T. De Witt Talmage
ont account of his inability to raise money
(outside of his personal resources) for
tractor stopped work on the rnnldmg
1 some time ago because bis money was
not forthcoming, in spite of the loan o1
$125,000 try Russell Sage. Contractor
Charles T. Wills agreed to put up the
blinding for *9.1,000, but subscquom
changes were made in the plans which
raised the price to $127,000. lie has received
only $05,000. Instcud of $50.000,
which was due him last August, be
received from t lie trustees of the church
two notes for $5,000 each and four for
$2,500 each, all due in four months
These notes, Contractor Wills says, have
not been paid. He now brings suit
against the church for the balance due
him on his contract, and asks that his
claim be made a first lien on the prop
erty, superseding even Russell Sage's
mortgage. He will seek to have tho unfinished
Tabernacle sold to satisfy bis
claim.
Gov. Nicholls' Jokes.
Gov. Nicholls, of Louisiana, has lost
an arm aud a leg, but so deftly have the
artificial members been fitted to the
stumps that few people are in the secret
of bis loss, says a correspondent of the
New York World. "His colored body
servant was left bchin ' on the occasion
of his last visit to Vicksburg, aud at his
disposal during his stay was put a likely
young lad, who was told to try aud take
the old body servant's place. Thai
night, when Governor Nicliolls was ready
to retire, he stretched out one ol
his legs to Ned and said, 'Ned, unscrew
that leg.' Ned's eyes began to open witt
horror, but be obeyed and took the leg
off. Gov. N. then said, calmly stretch
ing out an arm, 'Ned. unscrew that arm.
The boy rolled up his eyes until nothing
but the whites could be seen, but In
obeyed and unscrewed the arm. Tin
Governor, who now realized his condition
of mind, determined to have a liltli
I fun with him, so, reaching out his ucck
be said, 'Ned, unscrew that head.' Bu
the Ifby never waited to see whether th<
head would come off or Dot, and no 00
succeeded in getting him to go nea
Governor NiehoU's again."
Impetus to Sugar Growing.
The financial success of the sugar fat
tory at Franklin, La., has encouraged oti
er communities in that State to eonsidt
tlio expediency of organizing similar ci
terpriscs. The New Orleans Times-Den
ocratsays: "It has been clearly don
nonstrated that the manufacture of sugi
in Louisiana can be extended and ca
ried on most successfully with these eei
tral factories; and it is to be hopci
' therefore, that the State will secure 11
it needs for this industry,"
r A GREAT CONSOLIDATION.
0 The Plan to Combine All Labor in
Production.
1
^ Proceedings of the Washington, D.
e C., Meeting of the Farmers' Ali(
liance, Knights of Labor and
II Kindred Organizations,
li
|i
In pursuance of a basis for a coufederatiou
between the Farmers' Alliance and
Industrial Union, National Alliance,
!" Knights of Labor and the Farmers' Mu
tual Association, agreed upon at Ocula,
aud approved by the Supreme Council
of the Farmers' Alliance and Industrial
* Union, and the Colored National 3^8
cis' Alliance and an executive committee
from the Farmers' Mutual Benefit Associatiou
and the Knights of Labor, eonstituling
also an executive board to rep
resent each individual organization above
specified of five members each, a call
r was made for each executive board to
t meet in Washington city on the U'M da\
} or January, 1S9I. The following rcprc
sentative.s assembled in tin* parlor of the
1 Keumoie Hotel: L. F. Livingston, of
Georgia, and Ben Terrell, of Texas f<?
the Farmers' Alliance au<l Industrial l it
' ion; T. V. Powdir'v, "John W. JIayc.?
k ami A. W. Wright lor the Knights ot
Labor; 11. >1. Humphrey, of Texas, and
.1. .1. Rogers, of North Caiolinu, for tin
^ Colored National Farmeis' Alliance;
Ralph Deaumont and L. P. Wild, ot
Washington, I). for the Citizens Alii
. anee. A temporary organization \va
had by electing Ben Terrell chairman and
, L. P. Oantt, ??f Georgia, sct:retary.
Messrs. II. C. Brown, of Georgia, C. W.
Macuuc, of Washington; L. P. Gnutt,
r Hons. T. E. Winn and R. M. Everett, < !
" Georgia, were admitted the privilege ol
I the floor.
On motion a confederation was agreed
upon to he known as "The Confederation
of Industrial Organizations," upon the
basis agreed tiprtn at Oealn, to wit;
1. Each organization shall be repre
sented by a committee of live
2. Each committee of tivc shall have
the number of votes corresponding With
the membership in its organization.
;}. The policy aud measures of the confederation
shall he based upou the St.
Louis and Ocnla platform.
' 4. Each shall stand pledged to assist
I when possible in all local efforts to better
the condition of our people.
5. National delegates or correspondents
shall never be denied theouc by the other
* so long as the confederation exists.
6. The joint committee on confedera
lion shall have the power by a majority
j vote to admit other organization^
M?i Kv-xntcoitioo, such organization
" ho i.o.ind to support euch plans fully, JSSaf
cheerfully.
8. Expenses accruing on account of
the joint Committee, shall be defrayed by
ri* respective organizations represented.
0. The joint committee on confederation
shall have power to adopt such by- |
laws for the government of the same as (
they shall deem best. ,
A committee to. propose business and ,
demands fW the confederation was ap- ,
pointed, consisting of L. F. Livingston. .
of Georgia, A. W. Wright, of Pcnnsylva- ,
nia, R. M. Humphrey, of Texas, aud L.
I*. Wild, of the Histrictof Columbia.
At the second day's session an election '
was held for peruianetft officers with the
following result:
Bet) Terrell, President; R. M. Humphrey,
vice-president, and J. W. Hayes,
Secretary aud Treasurer. ,r>
The demands as recoiled were uuunt- 11
moud^ adopted. Tjicy cnihraced de- ?
2. For a free and unlimited coinage of t
silver. c
3. Fer a revision of taxation laws. f
4. For au economical government. v
5. For an graduated tax on incomes. t
A v..-.. cU-4- 1 1
?. I', a jusi ouiii: :iuii ouriomii COHtrolof
public transportation.
7. For the election of United State?
Senators by the direct vot.? of the peopie.
|
8. And resolved, that this eoofedera
tiou of industrial organizations demand s
that in each State a system shall be pro- 1
vided and faithfully executed that will 1
insure an honest and accurate registration "
of all voters, a free, fair, secret and otli- '
ciol ballot, and jpi honest public count; I
and we demand that each State h-gisla
turc shall make it a felony for any ini- t
proper interference with the exercise of h
The New S. A. & M. Knilrood. t
The mileage of the Savannah Auiericus i%
afontgoinerv railway in operandi! from !
the Chattahoochee river to Lyons, tltfc '
1 present western terminus of the Eden 1
1 extension of the Central Railroad of (
Georgia, is 190. The road is now being I
extended from Chattahoochee river, the |
present western terminus, to Montgom- {
ci v, Ala., n distance of 8(1 miles. Of |
1 tnis, miles of truck have been laid,
and it is expected that the entire line
! will Ik; completed bv the time the steel
' drawbridge across the Chattahoochee
r river, now under const ruction, is ready,
which will be about .Inly. The mile'
age of the Savannah, Americus and Mont'
gomerv in operation during 1889-90.
' from Louvale to Helena was 13."? miles.
" The mileage in operation during 1890-91,
Lou vale to Lyons, was 175 miles.
r
? the registration, ballot, or count.
0 A resolution was adopted requiring
the president to invite delegates from
8 every industrial organization in the eoun,
try to meet with this body at the next
t regular meeting in 1892.
B February 22, 1892, was fixed as the
e time for the next, meeting, and the place
r left to the executive board, to be published
six months previous to the annual
meeting.
The highest priced autograph in oxistence
is said to be the signature of
)" Christopher Columbus, which is valued
at $800. Next to that is the only letter
' by Corneille that was ever for sale. This
| is worth about the same as Columbus'd
u signature.
r~ Moro than sixty compauies for the
1 manufacture of cotton goods have been
i,'l organised in the South during the last
eight months,
jL
BUILDINGS WILL COST $10,000.
Some Staggering Figures before the
World's Fair Directors.
Chicago, Feb. 2~t.?Attorney Wilson
if the Board of Directors for the World's
Fair, at this afternoon's meeting of tlio
Ivxecutive Committee, presented the contract
to be signed in regard to the employment
of labor on the World's Fair
buildings. It recognizes the eight-hour
lay, but makes no reference whatever ns
to the employment of union or nou-uuion
men except to prohibit the employment
of alien labor. The ijuestion of employment
of union or non-union labor will be
discussed at the next inectiug of the
Hoard. No work is beiug done at Jacksou
l'ark pending lite settlement of the
tftbrr troubles. ? -?"? 1 1
A rough footing of the aggregated
rosts of the construction of grounds,
building, approaches, and installations
to the Fair, places the expense of the local
directory nt not less than $13,000,( 00.
The report of the Building nud Grounds
v <'111111 Hire ugures inc cost ol the buildings
alone at $10,000,000.
The Secretary of the World's Fair
Committee on Ceremonies to-day mailed
letter to the Adjutant-General of every
State. apprising him that the formal dedie.it
ion of the Exposition building will
take place in October. 1892, aud that
imoiig the attractions will be a military
parade, Oct. II, composed of the flower
of the regular army and of the National
Guard of the United States. Every Stato
is expected to take early action, with a
view to beiug represented in the ceremonies
* J.
Crlminnls to Hang Themselves.
Under the new Colorado system the _ ^
victim unconsciously hangs himself. The
appara.u- for self-execution is simple
enough.. Given a ranu at one end of a <
ropo and u 500-pound weight at the
other, the problem is to make this man
put in motion the machinery by which,
at the cud of two minutes, the weight
will fall and the man will bob up into
the air. This problem the machine has
solved by means of a water gauge. This
gaugo consists of two buckets, ono set
above the other. When the cork is pulled
out of the upper bucket it pours its contents
into the lower bucket aud raises a
float, which regulates a dial iu tho execution
chamber. At the same time the
water, foaiuiug out of the upper bucket,
at the eud of a specified timo releases a
ball weighing twenty-nine pounds, which
falls and pulls the trigger that lets tho
weight fall and jerks the victim into tho
air. Tho whole machine is set in opcrato
step upon the sistfora. As J?
so tbo platform sinks a little and sets the
machine, in the closet behind him, at
work. His feet are strapped and the
uooso adjusted. The priest proceeds
with his services. The dial is at the
hack of the condemned inau. Slowly it
approaches the red line which is the
lcutli mark. When Joyce entered all
;yes were ujiou the dial, but the victim
>vas all unconscious. The priest pro:ecded
with the services. Suddenly?
map, crash?the weight fell and tho vie*
mi dangled in the air wfth three feet - ' -1p
ind a half of vacancy beneath his foot.
? (Ihicugo Herald.
How to Wear Shoes.
"Do you know there isn't ono man ia
00 who knows how to wear shoes?" remarked
a Clark street shoe dealer the
ither day. "The averuge rnau buys a ,.v v
hem uway andlniyiTahiMIiCP w.iiwra ?
>ught to havo at least two pairs of shoes ^
or everyday wear, and no pair should be
,orn two days in succession. At first j
bought this may strike you as a scheme
o benefit the shoo dealer, but it is nothrng
of the kind. Intact, sucli a plan
rould injure tho s'.Fd business. Two
>airs of shoes worn alternately will last
hree times as long as a siDgle pair. Tho
aving, of course, is mude in the wearing
if the leather. A pair of shoes worn
ivery day goes to pieces more than twice
is fast as a pair worn every secoud day.
know that proposition is a 6taggcrer,
mt it is true, nevertheless. A man does
lot wear out two pair of shoes in exactly
he same manner. Do you remember hcj^
iu old pair feel when you first put them
in again ufter they have been discarded
or awnuef iney man t lift you liko
pour new shoe:), and tho contrast is very
nnrkcd. But the same thing holds true
n the case of new shoes. No two pair
it your feet in exactly the same way. Ia
me pair the strain and wear of the
catlier fall heaviest upon oue particular
part of the shoe, nud in another the
greatest wear and tear fall upon another
part altogether."?Chicago Mail.
Antidote* For Poison*.
I have read 6oracwhero a request for
simple rules to antidote poisons, and the ,
following seem to me safe in the hand* of
home-folks":
For alkaline poisons, givo to drink
freely of vinegar and water, lemon juice,
or acetic acid and water. . ,
For opium, strong black coffee.
For acids, lime-water, chalk and
water, even soap and water may do. j#
For burns aud scalds: Cover the part ' '
with flour, or put on a lotion made of
i a. i: 1,1 ~;i ..J " - - * -
ctjuin jmiwt ui nu?ec(i-UM ituu uiue-nnivi.
In fact, I would advise every mother to
\1 >,\i o, 111 agj
and place it between the upper lip and '*> &"
the gum, producing sufficient pressure to.A
stop the flow.
Finally?In any emergency put aside
sentiment, suppress ail external evidences
of emotion, encourage your child by
words of cheer, and do as well m you
can, being assured that few accidents
prove fatal in too short a time to summon
a doctor, if so be his help could hava
been of any service.?The Ledger. g
It was estimated at the beginning of jfl
1890 about $600,000,000 were invested j
in the electrical industry in the United
butes