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j D?otsd ta tfc (^rrywT J\W< 0/ tAs Day. The la* cmdm 'wood sod apiMt hMi Is Maasi chueetta :at thirty-oi* ptr coot, of its whole ooroTo Aacrfca, pun* the Boetoa Tranteript, that family which ia becoming sore and more widely known ia called bacilli; in Paria, pariaitea; in Germany, germs, and in Ireland, microbea. The extension of the use of the typewriter is ahown by the fact that ia one single building in New York Oity there are 100 typewriter operators at work from nine o'clock in the morning till Ave in the afternoon. In the office of one insurance company there arc seventy-fire young women employed as typewriters, operators and clerk?. X writer ia the Southern Ftirm makes a strong argument in favor of female physicians for women. He says that certain . specialties wero in the hands of women practitioners in all countries and all ages until comparatively recent, time?. fn support of his position he ouotc* from the Old Testament. According to the St. Louis Republic the Japanese Consul at San Francisco, Cal., appeared before the Trades Council to ask that ?o boycott be made on the Japanese houses. He said that Japanese workmen would never affect American labor, and ^Ihat instead of nending their earnings home they spent them with Caucasians. One of thePrinoe of Wales's daughters having married a Duke, arotbci is now \ likely to marry an Earl, whose income ir* something like $2,000,000 a year. Tn -sc ^ marriages between royalty and peers, v muses the St. Louis Star-Snuino.4 i?r^ steps in the direction of the abolition of both, especially when the fact is remembered that the prospective bridegroom is **in trade," and ha ^vlc his fortune out of iron and roal. Discourtesy often rankles deeply in a sensitive soul, soliloquizes the New York World. It rankled io the tune of $25,000 worth in a Buffalo millionaire, who revoked a bequest to that amount which be had made to the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy because it had failed to nc?m in ifwn'ii'"" * rrmf if. r g&'t common art, but academies of tine arts are digniE jd by its practise. According to London Truth the order against extravagance in the German Army has led to the resignation of nearly all the wealthy officers, and the Emperor now has no regiment at Berlin or Potsdam which can afford to entertain "distinguished foreigners" in the old fashion. Formerly, a foreign guest who had vis ited the barracks of a crack rogiincnt was invariably invited by the officers to dinner; but now there are no entertainments, and the Emperor has tardily discovered that he had better not havt , meddled in the matter, for aft the Russian, Austrian and Italian visitors leave Berlin exclaiming at the poverty of Prussian officers, to the infinite mortification of Ills Majetty. Says the New Orleans Nex Delhi: From all over the section of Louisiana which is devoted to the cultivation of ^ cotton comes the news that the planters arc prepariug to decrease the acreage of thnt staple and diversify their crops to a greater extent than heretofore. This determination is the result of the low price for the fleecy staple the present season. This is a wi?c move on the part of the planters, as nothing tends more to keep the farmer poorer than the one-crop system. If the low price of cotton has had the effect indicated above, it has at least taught the planter a wholesome lesson. The subject of irrigation of the arid | lauds in the far West is and will continue to be one of importance. The publication of. the first census bulletin ever issued on the subject, therefore, is intor^ esting apart froin the valuable information it contains. The present acreage uuder irrigation approaches the maximum with the present supply of water and method of using it. The irrigators look to the adoption of systems of storage for ' the conservation of flood water, such large waste supplies of which have within recent date destroyed some of the most flourishing towns in the territory. An announcement by the Pennsylvania Railroad mechanical department that all brass work on their locomotives will < hereafter be painted black is a sad blow to the artistic appearance of theae majestic iron horses, muses the Mail and Exprcst. This move has been induced by the fact that the labor required to keep the bnght parts looking well makes a serious inroad upon the time of firemen. A few years sgo our locomotives were things of beauty, with their red wheels, gilded carriages, steam chests, sand boxes and headlights, but they have gradually developed into sombre and solemn looking machines with a decided air of business about them. i ? - ? - SOUTHERN STATE NEWS. Southern Men And Me&snrts Paragraphed. Waway Chit-Chat and Telegraphic Dispatches From Many Points In Our Own and Adjoining States. VIRGINIA. The Broomsluw brick works, at Alexandria, have been damaged to the extent of of $50,000. Secretary of State James G. Blaine and a party of officials visited the Norfolk navy yard Thursday. The farmers of Campbell county report a favorable outlook for crops and fruit. The body of Robert Downs was found tw the Ttappnhnnnock Wver near Fredericksburg. The conference of Evangelical Lutherans adjourned at Alexandria aftsr an interesting session. m The grand jury at Danville brought in forty-live indictments against moonshiners, after which the jury was discharged. NORTH CAROLINA. The n9k! session of the North Carolina Tcili'llPI's .V vki'inlde Mi.ri.lw?n?l f'ltwlis* ' * ??? i.IW.V li< MM ' B,J ,n " gius Juiw |."?tli. :int 1 end* on 1 lie 30th, of llnit month. Secretary lhurcll says that Jl.l.OO persons will attend. Tim I rust cos of thi? Baptist IVmah l"nivorsity plrclctl Hev. .1. it Boone, of Missouri, formerly of North Carolina, financial agent of that institution. Blanks were sent out iroin the Department of Agriculture to 1.000 correspondents. in all parts of the State, to he rebutted with data for the lirst crop bttlleI tin issued this year. These, bullet ins are monthly all through the season. The Railroad Commissioners have been sending applications to all railroads cf the State for copies of their tariff tables and time tables. A terrific thunder storm prevailed at Raleigh Thursday evening for an hour or more, and lightning struck in at least a half dozen places in the city. SOUTH CAROLINA. An Opera house to cost $10,000 is to be built at Beaufort by the Knights of Pythias. Prof. Hardin, chemist of C'lemson college, has completed 15G analyses of fertilizers, only six of which fell below the test. The third and last piece of granite for the Washington Light Infantry monumeut at Charleston has been shipped from the llockton quarry. If there is one thing more than another that Columbians pride themselves on if "M-aeltW nrAWHTftf^-fn TOlUlttHllhw uWiwn for the Coluinbia?soldiery. Another wreck occurred on the Ashevillc and Spartanburg railroad Wednesday night by a collision of a freight train from Aslievillc and a material train near Langdruin. The fireman and a negro on the material train were killed. Both of the engineers and eighteen of the hands were injured, many of them fatally. TENNESSEE. W. S. Smith, of Knoxvillc,grand master of the Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Tennessee, visited King Lodge at Bristol Monday night. The Tennessee legislature, which adjourned a few ?lays ago, passed a law granting pensions to all disabled Confederate soldiers, ranging from 1-11 to $25 per month, according to the degree of the disability. The Bristol postotlice lias been advanced from a third to a second-class, and the salary of the postmaster increased to $2,100 and the free delivery system will l?o established in June. The first regular passengei train on the L. ?fc N. (Big Stone (lap extension) left Cumbeiland Cap at 7:15 o'clock Thursday morning nml reached Big Stone (lap %t noon; returning, reached Cumberland (lap at 8 o'clock, p. M.. in time to connect with the north-bound Louisville and Nashville train from Knoxvillc. This opens a new route between Atlanta, Knoxvillc and the east. GEORGIA. Savannah gets the negro agricultural college. The Pittsburg ami Cleveland base ball teams played exhibition games at Macon, Thursday and Friday. Robert Thomas Summers and Mrs. Mattie J. Huffman, of Thoniasvillc, were married Wednesday. The groom has been blind since his birth, and consequently has never seen the lady who is now his wife. Cardinal Gibbons and the Bishops of the province of Baltimore met at Savannah a few ilavs ago in Conference. \ new see will be created, including N. ('., S. C., Gil. and Fla. A letter from the Fruit Growers" Asso[ elation at Gridin to the agricultural deI partmcnt says there will ben half crop of I peaches, a fair crop of plums and u full crop of apples and grapes. But there will be few pears. The people of southwest Georgia must have very fast horses, or the schedule of the Blakel v extension must be a very slow and convenient one. This will illustrate the point: A citizen of Arlington arrived at the depot only to lind that the train had gone. It was then four miles ahead of him, but, procuring a horse and hnnrtrv lli(> cili'/on imvi./.Imou ,I 1 --oo.' ? "?? . ..millJJ ' the train at Commissary Hill, a distance of nearly five miles, lie then waved it down,got aboard and arr'-sted a man who owed him $1 and was y'ng to make liis escape. FLORIDA. A survey is being made for a radioed from Melrose via Campbell to Miranopy. Jacksonville parties incorporated the Railway Water Supply Co. with a capita! stock of $100,000 to manufacture patented articles. A collector of relics at Tampa, has ic ceived a halberd head which was lately unearthed at. Memphis. There can be no doubt of the < tic in of ibis interesting relit The lorin with tin- battle a <e on one side, the book ?>ppo>t*e and the spike termination, oi.uk u as u i. lit of the til teenth teiitiirv. Thetelefftfone hotel at 1 am pa. Instead of en eucVC9 press button, every room will have a telephone connected with the office. Guest* will l?e able not only to communicate with the office, hut with their frienda iu other rooms at will. The great orchestrion. which was one of the marvels of the Paris Exposition, is to ho placed in the iuu<ic room of the hotel. It has beeu arranged that any guest in his room cau, by merely telephoning to the office, be connected with the orchestrion and have the music transmitted to hiiu in full volume. OTHER STATES. The Farmers Alliance of Hinds county, Miss., lias endorsed the Hon. Ethel Itarksdale for the I'nited States Senate, to succeed Senator Walthall. Seveuteen Sub-Alliances were represented in the Convention, which unanifhoaslv* IHtilirrc/wl * a l*!l' 5 *% -' - "" - ! 11-MSUI Y uiiyyuniJOl Cicala platform. This acttoTrTTTFpTiixiofi as placing Mr. Ilarksdnlc sijuniTly in the Held for I'nited States Senator. He was present ami made u speech, l)\it (lid not announce himself a candidate. Minnesota's Anti-Tights Bills. St. Paui., Minn. ?When Senator McF[ale's Anti-Tights hill, which was pa?sed by the rousing majority of II? to 12, came up, Mr. McIIale moved a call of the Senate, hut made no speech. As the roll call on the measure proceeded several Senators explained their votes, hut there was no genera! discussion. Sena- | tor Keller talked about "art" and the value of the property invested iu the- i aires in St. l'aul, and Senator Mayo i claimed to Le iu doubt as to the mean- < ing of ihe expression "nether limbs" used in the bill, lie said that since the bill had created so much talk lie had taken occasion to go to see the extravaganza now playing iu the city to see what there was so bad about the exhibition. "I wan so pleared," continued J Senator Mayo, "that I went a second time, and don't know but what I shall \ go again. I am indebted to Senator Mc- J Hale for two vciy pleasant evenings.'' Senator McIIale interrupted him to ( ask if. as a bjdd-hcadcd man, he occupied the traditional front row. "No, I was in the middle of the ' house," replied Dr. Mayo; but. lie added, j "that was because all tlie front seats , were taken before I went in." . As this bill lias excited as much comment as almost any other hill before the ( Legislature, it is given herewith in full: A bill for nil act to define and nunisli oj)(>n and gross lewdness and lascivious t behavior of female persons in certain cases. . lie it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: ^ Skction i. Any female person wlio ? shall, upon the the stage or platform, in any theatre, opera house, concert hall, or y cd, or dressed in pny manner whatever t so that the shape aVl form of her nether limb or limbs arc plainly visible to such ( other persons present, shall be deemed (| guilty of au open and gross lewdness and_ f lascivious behavior and guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof t shall be punished by a tine of not less t than (?."> nor more than $100, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less |; than live days nor more than ninety days. Si:<\ 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. The Patent Centennial. 1 On the 10th of Apiil, A. 1)., 1701, f'.esidont IJcorge Washington signed tho act of Congress tli.it gave birth to the f American patent system. Friday, tho v one-hundredth anniversary of that event, was celebrated at Mount Vernon by a largo 3 number of American inventors, who had been in session at Washington for the preceding two days. Au address, made up in large measure of extracts from Washington's diary, was delivered by I)r. J. M. Toner, of the capitol city which j was "of histoiical interest in showing bow a mind broad cnouirli to frame a condilution could also apply itself to deter- . mining the relative value of tallow and spermaceti in giving light at least cost." It also showed from Washington's frank entries in his diary how he hud tried to improve his plows, and how he had con striated a machine to facilitate the sowingof grain, this consisting of a barrel into which many holes were drilled. The Alliance in Aiken. i Coi.rMltlA, S. [Special. |?Slate ' lecturer Talhert takes comfort front the following; extract front a letter received by hint front an officer of the Aiken Alliance yesterday: "Have just got in front a short leeturiitL;" tour and lind everything working finely, ami I have heard much praise of ' yon ami your work as State lecturer. I 1 Imve beard no Alliance man dissent front your view that the St. bonis and Oeala were the only farmers' and laborers' congresses that were ever held in America, and we endorse every act of those bodies. We bid you Hod-speed in your patriotic efforts to redeem the people front the Shylock rule under which they have groaned so long. Conic to our county whenever it is convenient and we will give you a warmer reception than over.*' Painted tlio Statue Red. ]{Al.Kloli. N'. 1 Special. 1 Hon. ' Kemp I*. Battle, president of the State ' University, passed here on his way from I :I Gohlshoro, where he appeared in u re- ' inarkahle ease. Two years ago at the ' centennial eoinniencetnent at the University, Kirhv Smith, of (Soldshoro, was arrested, charged with having painted red the monument to Dr. Caldwell, the fust president of the University. The matter raised a great stir. Smith some months ago brought suit agaii st President Battle and the trustees for $10,000 for false arrest. The jury in the ease of President Battle were unable to agree upon a verdict and were diseha A Young Lady iiurneU. to Doath. spa 1st a nisi'ins, S. . C., (Special.]?A young lady, eighteen years of age, daughter of Cohnnhns Christopher, of Fairmount in this county, while setting fire to logs piled in a new ground in the afternoon, had her clothing to catch on ' lire. I'eiore : -01 mice came she was ' limned tesiiblv ami dii d Coin tin-1 fleets. i vhe v.'.i^ a l.trcC. v.i 111 g gnl ui.it highly . ' e>lei nu d -jlrijMtluii Aoo?pUd n JE4r ICr. WrtipAf of Indi,'r'tu AppOttUd. Wasw^otom, D. C.% [Special. J?Tl?c A following correspondence explains it elf: t ^ Trkasort or Til Unitbd StatkS. Washikuton, D. C. IV the Vreeident; Sik: I would respectfully tender my resignation as Treasurer of the United fn States, tp take effect when it may bo con- J| venient to name my successor. Acknow- ^ lodging my deep sense of gratitude to you for the kindness received at your hnud*. j"11 1 remaiu "truly yours, J. N. lIlSTON, 0,1 Treasurer of the United States. P'1 Exkcitivk Mansion, *v! Uo<>. J.X*1l'*L>n: ^ ~^yru~ *f? * ?tu?? iijitm tmu letter of Pro. Wta, tendering your resig untion of the i fllcc of Treasurer of tl?e ' , United States, for reasons know n to you |(H I now yield to your request to he relieved (j( from the duties of your office, and accept ,(| your resignation, to lake effect upon the appointment and qualification of your successor. 1 regrd that your )>ersona' jt.f affairs compel you to this step, anil beg to assure you of my sincere ttud continued 4)# regard and best wishes. Very sincerely your*, Uknj. II aiuii&on. 0j Til.. l->" "" > "- . |?|?iiihcu .nr. i\? t?l beckcr, of Indiana, Treasurer, to succeed sin Mr. Huston. Mr. Kcl>ecker called on Sii lhe President, and left for Ins home in j?r Covington, 1ml. He may not assume po charge of the office for some lime yet. rit eff Southern Wit In War. ^1 As we are remiuded by tin' author of ou "Four Years iu Rebel Capitals,''the South, well as the North, says the Youths' Com- W l>anion, needed to exercise its sense of ait' humor, whenever that was possible, to w carry it through the terrible strain of war. do Sonic of the puus, builesqucs ami rnpar- Al lee of that dreadful time have become locally historic. Colonel Tom August, of s" Ihe First Virginia, was the Charles Lamb '*,r hf Confederate war wits, genial ami very ro jay. Uf Early iu secession days a bombastic fi' friend approached him with the question, M "Well, sir, I presume your voice is still ra 'or war?" w "Ohyes," replied the wit, "perfectly Si itill!" * ?? Always to be reuiembcre< is Central Solution Vance's apostrophe to the rabbit, lying by him from a heavy rifle tire: "(Jo t, cottou-taill If I hadn't a reputation, co. M be with you I'* *' Equally forcible was &ho protest of the I,r Vcstcrn recruit, orderccjLriMtaMUhA at ,0 ilunson's Hill: Pl,c "Oo yauder ter keep'cm off! W'y, 081 rc-uns kem hyar ter tight th' Yanks, an' IIU lliuumg lur II<IIIB|1UI1?, Willi titllllll'I'M olcnscd frou? Northern prisons on parole. K1 )nc day a most woebegone and cmnci- to ited "Johnny" sat swinging his shoeless ur cct from a barrel, awaiting his turn, w vhen a pompous Federal major remark:d, to no one in partictftr: "It isn't far Kn o Richmond." H '"Itcck'n et:s near onto three thousiir J" nile," drawled Johnny, weakly. 18 "Nonsense! You must be crazy!'' p" ctortcd the officer, staring. <1* "Wal, I ent a-reck'nin' edract," was he slow reply. "Jest thought so, Ni linder." '8 "Oh, you did? And why, pray?" 1,,( "Cause it's took'n you-uns nigh onto 1? oore year to git thar from Wash'n'ton," T? vas the settling retort. ^ de Idled More Than a Bushel of Snakes. sir Nonwrcir, Conn., Imperial )?A month 1111 igo workmen killed forty-live black l)n makes on the farm of I)uvid A. Johnson tt Moutville Ceuter, six miles southwest .! >f this eit v. The fCptues were all in a mneh ami dormant, and it was easy for J.' he men to despatch them. After the ,. jaiilc liii- men gathered a bushel basuet- Z\~. full of dead snakes, some of which were '' ii v feet Innif Yesterday, workmen who were denning? ,,, nit nn old well on the same farm came >n another nest of snakes, and on oceount I >f the warm weather the men had a '' ivelv light with them. In fifteen min- 'i1 jtes they killed thirty snakes, fourteen _ ?f which were milk snakes, which are are in Connecticut. The snakes were in M cngth from two to six feet. Newell 'M lohnson ronimaiideil the snake-killing '' upind, and the bodies of the snakes more ( " hun tilled a bushel basket. u< The Frost in Florida. jj" Washington, I). C.?The signal oflieer t li urnishes the following special bulletin r'i o the press:. If The condition of unusually low temp nature mentioned in the special bulletin fit >f yesterday as prevailing over Northern Florida ami Southern Georgia has moved at southward and Ill's morning extends over 11 he whole of the Florida peninsular, pro- G hieing, except in the extreme northern jj, lortion, the coldest weather ever known |? iiere at this season of the year. The mill- Sl. mum temperature at Titusville, Tampa, C{| lupiter and Key West were IlH and 54 respectively, I icing from 7 to 14 lower than j(, uiv previously recorded during April. es Killing frosts occiired tliis morning as ^ ur south as Jupiter Inlet, ami it ih probtble that early fruits and vegetables w hroughout this section have been severe- ]K viniured. n)l Lumbermen m... oodworkers. ?" b< The North Carolina Lumbermen and rc Woodworkers' Association met in (Jreens- Ai boro. Its object is to inaugurate a new th era in the lumlH-r interests of the State. j?e The meinbershij) of the Association now all embraces all the principal finishing con- be cerns of the Piedmont section of the State, and it is the object of she Association to ?u extend its roll all over the State by taking in every manufacturer who will join with them in a better system of eon- sa ducting the lumber business iu North C< Carolina. ? - is A. Physician Arrested for Grave Rob- llc bing. m as Wiikrmno, Va.. | Special. ] - Dr. John an It. I'ipes, inn-ill the bc?t known physic !' ians in the cit\.{,i.d Taylo, I'onimm. ?n illpClilitCinli l.l 1.1 I la < tiir,|y pool buiii, i )i was arrested Im ^.invc lobhui t ie Alliance Announces Its Plans and Calls for Funds. Rational "Propaganda Committee" And an Army of "Lecturer*" Are Rsady for tho Fray. Washington, I). CM |Si?ei iul.)?-The inner*' Alliance is Itcginning early its mpaign. A "campion of education" is called, and the National CnMpaiun nnmittce goes by the name of the 'mpagamlft Finn I Committee." The *t appeal for campaign fuiuls lias just en issued and the work is to he proseted vigorously all along tha line. The in of campaign has been carefully and itematieally laid out, and with the i ;ani/ation niaehinerv at command it i nwnumi. wativ rtion of the plan which is made public ovides for the utilization of the great dure system of the Alliance throughout e eountrv, under control of the Nat oni ... Tin" Alliance has regularly appointed itional, State, District ami County turers. whose duty it is to preach liancc doctrines to the member*. More these lecturers are to he appointed, and ry will talk persistently from one end the country to the other. They will k to outsiders as well as members, and I'll missionary t urs as that which .Jerry ! mpson is making will he made by other muinent lenders. The Alliance plan of litical salvation will lie preached in the ies as well as in the country, and every ort will he made to popularize the lianee doe*lines. To make sure that Iv the pure doctrine is taught skeleton tores will Im; sent out periodically from ashingtmi to all authorized speakers, d a register will Ik* kept there of the ny of talkers and the work they are ing. Thus the nutionnl organ of the lianee, the h'ronomint, says of it: "Jay (Jould, Mr. Rrice, Mr. Quay, or V other capitalist or politician, will ul the Propaganda Fund Committee nily to accept donations from them and v the monu*' where it will do the most >od in the cause of reform, and should r. Stanford ilesiie to contribute some ilroad money to assist the farmers he ill have a splendid chance to do so one of the extremely wealthy may need depository for 'conscience money,' and ev will find this a good place. "The propaganda fund is not est ah lied to collect money to be used for rrupt campaign methods. The money II lie used to educate the masses iu the inriples of the Fanners' Alliance and bring about a better understanding tween the good, the true, and the Jion, citizens of this nation, to the end that such may lay aside sectionalism and itc in a determined effort to abolish W* ami usages OI me luiimry,-- mm we ' igurnte a reigti of justice that bIiuII larantec equal rights and equal chances all worthy citizens. Political parties ti-|n mwiiv inrgc donations irom men lio expect to control the patronage of e party when in power. The propaimlti fund collection is entirely different, lose who donate to it may well be oud to hnvc the matter known, because shows net necessarily liberality on their irt, but ;t is substantia! evidence of their ivotion to the cause ?f humanity." J. F. Tillman, the Secretary of the ntional Executive Hoard of the Alliance, to have charge of the propaganda ovemcnt, and sympathizers arc invited sen<l their cheeks to Secretary J. II. irner of the Alliance. It is said that in accordance with the sire to devote a few months to the aping of public sentiment before comitting the farmers to an open third rty movement, the Alliance leaders are -iving strenuously to olfsei the piuus for c Cincinnati conference in May. The ronomitt declares that the Knights of ibor, the Fanners' Alliance, of the i rlhwc.vt, the Colore! Farmers' A I?i?m% nit. uiiii ?i ?! I III am 11 mi 11 If I ti/.ens"' Alliance will not In* tc presented Cincinnati. Discussing I In* cal I it adds "What organizations are behind it'; hut element of reform in ivement does represent, and why is il demanded': :t evciy ineinber of the \. of I... Farm s' Alliance white or eol red, ( iti/.ens' llianee, or anv other line reformer, ask id answer for himself these iptcsiiniis fore he goes into spasms over this oposed meeting. The time foi hurrah inferences is at an end. They have used the people long enough. Il is >t agitation the people want it is editition on i orreet tin-s. What, will be e result of this meeting? Of what will e substance consist when the froth and ithusiasin have Srlo' n olf: Who will there that icpig-ems org.uii/ed labor?" Mississippi is the only State in the mth where the eleetiou this full will be iseil on (listinet Alliance issues. The niggle of the Alliance will lie io elect Legishituic which will iclire Senator eorge, who is outspoken in his nppnsian to the SubTreasury seheiue. The st men the Alliauee can muster will Inlit to Mississippi to take part in the unpaign. Some recent Alliance piopositions for gislalive emit Intent aie niiioiu-'y interling. Thus the district union of the i lit 11 Kentucky ( cngics dish jet m ently solved tliat all notes, mortgages 01 oilier litten evidences of indehlcdiiess should ! pieseuted to the Assessor for nssessL-iit and he annually stiilu|ied I?v hint, id if not so picsented and stamped to iconic invalid; 'hat the Inst certified ports of hanks to he taken hv the iscssor as a hasis of assessment; that e rolling stock of lailronds he made irsoual property subject to execution for I stock killed or injured, and no appeal granted beyond tin- circuit courts for ins of ^','00 or le?s # * 4 * ? . Col. I'olk, at (Vision, Iowa, last week id there are too ninny lawyers sent to jngicss. That the only way to succeed to send farmers there. The Alliance, said, intended to go into politics, hut it into partyism. Sonic hy-stnnder ked him how nhoiit North Carolina, d Senator Vance's remarks that on a nidv day In- could not tell the ililTcri i' lietweeu an A IliatK email and a .'IliOli.il Col folk "lodged t"> Ml}? -ting that the l-.imets v.oul.l have a The speech made by Hen Terrell here Isst Saturday was the Irit speech on living issue* that wr hive !* fened to in .? long time. No ? < ...?torof what ;tiofi?*slott or politi i. eoultl object to the doctrines ! .. 1 Vs for their principles are t' < ; .,,.?iplcs of eternal justice. His speech was common-sense in every way. nn.l he dealt with facts, not J sentiment, ami prim iples, not men. As long as such men as Hen Tt rrell shape public opinion we need not fear any serious harm being dune, and for this reason we wish we hail a thousand Terrells. ? The Charlotte, N. C., Time*. Farmers do not realize what an advantageous Held that lies before them in the direction of rearing Iioims that will match, or if not situated for this through brood mares looking exactly what the tailors call a 'mislit" for an I animal or animals from other farms, thus | getting together a double team whieb all buyers will want on sight. There are, in this direction, great opportunities lost to farmers and great gains made by dealers. ****** The February report of the Agricul Jural bureau shows ttt.it the average value nt milch cows is largest in New York, or $:lt each. This high average is probably iluc to two causes. First, the early I'stahlishmcnt of cheese factories in tliis State, and second, the iin|iroveinent in stock through the introduction of many line herds by enterprising breeders. POLK'S PECULIAR WILL lu Which Ho Attempts to Hoop tho Property in tho Family. Nasii vim.k, Tknn., (Special.)?The home of cx-Prcaidcnt Jauus lv. Folk, in *thlch his ftgsd 'widow now mldeii, is ncivertlaed to bo sold for city taxes, amounting to $1,000. Mrs. Folk is amply able to pny tho taxes, having a pension of $5,000, and receiving nearly $2,000 interest on her State bonds, aud, perhaps, docs not know that she is in nrrcars. lu his will, President Folk attempted to keep tkc mansion in the family forever, by bequeathing it, upon liis deatii, to the Statu of Tennessee, to be held in trust by the (lovernor, or, if he should decline to assume the trust, then such a person as the Legislature may select, wno shall permit tho house to be occupied and used by such of his blood relations as have the name of Folk, preferring the nearest of kin, but if there lie none named Folk then the house is to be used by such other blood relations as may lie designated, it is provided that whoever occupies the house shall keep it ii* 1e pair nun ]>:iy mc taxes. i no relatives with whom Mrs. l'olk is now living are, not blood relatives. It is contended outside party lorTaTos, nnn n mrrn - nrv made,, this would defeat tin* I runs of the will, and the State could not curry out the trust iin|ioscd on it. The property is very valuable, lining two acres in extent, and being in the heart of the city, on the corner of Vim; and Union streets. INGALLS A. A FARMER. H That by tho Plough Would Thrive, Must Either Hold or Drivo." Atchison, Kan.- Since his retirement froui ollice .Mr. Ingalls has developer1, into a full-Hedged farmei. lie own* a thirty-acre tract sootli of his resilience, which he is transforming into a pastnio and truck farm, and he is at present engaged in planting potatoes. Of course he does not shovel dirt or carry weeds, or do the other disagreeable things that must he done about a truck patch. He just supervises the job. two stout colored men doing the work. Mr. Ingnlls spends several hours each day on his tiuck farm, and seems to be greatly interested with b He t?.!k?. about b greatII? whikh around x lie larm at 11 in i m a light suit of clothes, and wears that long gray overcoat which lie has worn from a time whereof the memory of man lunncih not to the <ontiary. lie also wears a blood* red necktie and eariiesa eane. Mr. In* galls will not talk politics. '"The burning question of the day," he says, "i? potatoes.'' If lie < ii's anything about tlie clfor'r; of the ling Iteputilirami in trying to re-id him out. of the party, ho dues not show it. The Blue and Gray Dino Together. N. V. ClTV.? On .Monday the 21st, the thirtieth anniversary of the formation of the Ninth New York Volunteers, Hawkins Zouaves, was celebrated by a banquet at the Ihiinswick Hotel. Their guests were survivors of the third Georgia Jtcgimcnt, who arrived by the steamer City of Augusta from Savannah. Three limes ?M<\ these two rrglmeiita come together in the war. At Fredericksburg and Aiitietam the grays were1 ttic victors, hut at Koiiuokc Ishtnd the Zouaves won a decided victory. Attained a Ripe Old Age. 1 .incoi.nton, N. <*.- Mrs. Sully Weaver, who was horn in this county 1780, died four miles west of Lineolnton last Saturday at the age of 105 years. She was u remarkably stout woman arid was possessed of a good mind and memory until the last. She was kindly attended during In r last, illness by her oldest daughter, Eva, the wife of Numa Alexander. who is a vigorous woman at the ripe old age of 71) years. The Condition of English Agriculture. London Cablegram:?The Standard publishes nn exhaustive review of the agricultural outlook in the course of which it says the steady rise in wheat revives the hopes of the English farmer. It adds wheat will secure the best price obtained in many years the principal cause of the rise being the failure of foreign crops. Gen. Spinoln Doad. Washington, I). ('., | Special. [ Gen. Spinola died at I : ?.? o'clock Monday morning. Influenza is raging in epidemic form in lull, Eiit'land. The death r.te, which j - usually j-ivttou per 1,001), has readied .orty -six per 1,000. ' Phf and SenatOr^HJI Muor Tho Exciting: TopicFo^^^i Discussion. -J, Tai.i.aii vsskk, Fla., (special.]?tha Senate and House organized at noon by the election of tlie otneers nominated in the Democratic caucus. (lovernor Fleming's biennial messngo was submitte<l file next morning. It is | an exhaustive document. He recommends radieal changes in tho jury laws, so as to make convictions for murder more speedy and sure, n liberal appropriation for the World's Fair, tho assignment of property at its full market value, a liberal appropriation for inducing immigration, continued support of tho Slate's policy for the prevention of infectious diseases and the creation of a State board of phosphutc rouunisslorieni and of tho new ortlco of phosphate inin the phosphate deposits in tho beds of navigable streams with tho view of the eolleetion of a royalty on all phosphato mines. A Democratic caucus \vill probably be called in a few days on I ho Senatorial question. II the eaueus is railed the rules will require a two-third vote in making nominations. Senator Call's supporters are in a large majority, but the opposition rlaim that, he eaunot secure twothirds vote i i joint caucus. Some of Call's supporters prefer that no caucus bo railed, thus throwing the election into the Legislature direct, where a majority of both houses would elect. Senator K. I-'. Kodgcrx, president of the State Farmers' Alliance, is working hard to get an Alliance caucua called for the purpose of passing an Anti-Cull resolution. The Call men in tho Alliance 4 are opposing lhulgci* vigorously. A Keinaihnlile Induction. Shortly uftor twelve o'clock on SalUT",. ^.Aj day night a party of goutloman wore taking lunch at a resort oil Wabash street, when their attention was attracted to a peculiar clicking of the carbons in onoof the electric light globe- overhead. The sound wasexnetly akin to that of a telegraph instrument and was kept up incossautly for fttily fifteen miuutcn. Comments were passed on tho uuttfual phenomena, but at last the novelty wore oir and the party proceeded to tho discussiou of chicken sandwiches. A few moments later a new customer eutered; he was nil operator from tho Western Union otllee, and us ho rat waiting for his order to he filled tho clicking of tho carbons was .renewed. The tehcr.iiiher nliirl<<.l lnnlrnrl nil around him uml then at the electric lights above. After listening intently for a moment to the sounds lie drew a tab of paper and a pencil from his pocket and I began to write. The others were watch* rnnwmwy tnwntiwiwiwig iipwm i i? "Well," lie said, drawing a long breath, "that beats all thu induction I over heard of in my life." "What is it?" asked every one in chorus. "What is it? Why, it's a message of the Associated Press, hook here," and ) the operator exhibited the paper ou which lie had hecn writing. It read: "Were traced to the train on the North Pennsylvania branch and tin* thofts located as taking pi so in Hocks County from trains bet ween New York and Phila- * dojphia. On Monday evening Lewis Hansel I, William Coyle and Abraham Kulp, brakemen, were arrested aud taken to Doyleston, given a preliminary hear* ing and bound over for u further hearing. Tho value of the goods taken will amount to many thousands of dollars." Tim only explanation that eun be offered of the phenomena is that there wns a contact ai soma point bctm*ou a telegraph and electric light wire.?tit. Paul Pioneer-J'rtm. ?i I Tho Avenging Mule. Pig-sticking is a great sport in British Indin, where tiio hold Briton is never happy unless ho is killing something. Mounted on lino horses or mules, u party of gentlemen will sally forth, armed with spears and accompanied by native servants to chase the wild boar. A little beating of thv bush soon starts up one or two line specimens of the bristly animal with the tusks, and away goes the party in hot pursuit. When the boars havo been caught and impaled, luncheon is spread iu a convenient jungle where there aro no tigers or suukes, and the Britishers return home happy at the elose of a day of British "sport," divided in the usual way?violent exercise, n heavy innl, a long rest. On one occasion rcceutly u British officer, who "w.it mounted on a fleet mule, 1 was close to the wild lioar When the ant- " inal bolted in to the mule's leg, bit her iifl v ftntl fliftiv fln/1 orroln The mule screamoJ. In n minute aho had deposited the ihitish otliccr on the dirt; then kicking out vigorously Ave or .six times us if to see that sho was '-all there," she lit out after the untortunato pig ut lightning speed, fury in her eyo and vengeance in the crook of her car. The race was not long. The unhappy wild boar felt that he had exasperated a relentless enemy. He was soon winded, and the mule, coming up to him, caught him by the backbone with her teeth, crunched him, threw him over her head and kicked viciously at him ?s he fell dead behind her. East Indian boars after this will probably light shy of the mule.?Am York Journal. i Strength of Ice. The following figures are taken front Spoil's Engineers'2'nbles: "A thickncsa. ot two inches will allow the passage of men in single file on a liu<y>f planks placed on lliu ice. No uiuCt iv \ ol phiuks should he placed nearer thai six feet. A thickness of four inches will allow tho passage of cavalry, carts or light guns, with a inodcrato interval between each. A thickness of six inches will allow the passage of wagons drawn by horses, etc. A thickness of ten to twelve inches will riipport the heaviest loads ever likely to pass over he." i