Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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j Devoted to ^ ^ C*T,. P!TT ^."TV *. SOUTHERN STATE NF.WS I at thirty-six par oral, of its whole aon< CB53599BE9QKS9E555B To Atactica, puns the Boston Transcript, that family which ia becoming more and more widely known ia called bocilli; in Parla, parisltee; in Germany, germs, and in Ireland, microbea. The eztenaion of the uaa of the typewriter ia ahown by the fact that ia one single building in New York Otty there are 100 typewriter operators at work from nine o'clock in the morning till fire in the afternoon. In the office of one inaurance company there are seventy-fire young women employed as typewriters, operators and clerks. ^^^^^^^J^rriter~in the Southern F%nn makes "V "a strong argument in favor of female physicians for women. He savs that certain specialties were Id the hands of women practitioners in all countries and all ages until comparatirely recent times. In support of his position he Quotes from the Old Testament. According to the St. Louis Ii?pullu the Japanese Consul at San Francisoo, 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 that instead of sending their earnings home they spent them with Caucasians. One of the Prino* of Wales's daughter) baring married a Duke, anothei is now likely to marry an Earl, whose income ii j a something like $2,000,000 a year. Tnest w marriages between royalty and peers, muses the St. Louis Rtar-Sayingj, arc steps in the direction of the abolition of both, especially when the fact is remembered that the prospective bridegroom is "in trade," and has made his fortune out of iron and coal. Discourtesy often rankles deeply in a sensitive soul, soliloquize* the New York World. It rankled to the tune of $25,000 worth in a Buffalo millionaire, who revoked a bequest to that amount which he had mado to the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy because it had failed to acm. .Jmggledge a present of statimrr whLhhe cotrtmon art, but academies of are dignified by its practise. According to London Truth the or J against extravagance in the Qerinan Arc has led to the resignation of nearly i the wealthy officers, and the Emper uvn um do regiment At Berlin or Pot dam which can afford to entertain "di tinguished foreigners" in the old fashio: Formerly, a foreign gueet who had vl ited the barracks of a crack regiinci was invariably Invited by the officers dinner; but now there are no entcrtai ments, and the Emperor has tardily di covered that he had better not ha meddled in the matter, for aft the Ru sian, Austrian and Italian visitors lea< Berlin exclaiming at the poverty of Prt nj. sian officers, to the infinite mortiticati of Hla Majesty. '' * ? Says the New Orleans Nex Fklt From all over the section of Louisiai which is devoted to the cultivation cotton comes tho news that the plante are preparing to decrease the acreage that staple and diversify their crops to greater extent than heretofore. Thisd termination is the result of the low pri P for the fleecy staple the preseot seasoi This is a wise move on the part of tl planter*, as nothinsr tends more to w?u the farmer poorer than the one-crop ay tern. If the low price of cotton has bi the effect indicated above, it has at lea taught the planter a wholesomo lesson. The pobject of Irrigation of the ar lands in the far West Is and will contlni to be one of importance. The publici tion of. the first census bulletin evi issued on the subject, therefore, is into esting apart from the valuable inform tion it contains. The present acresj under irrigation approaches the maximui with the present supply of water an method of using it. The irrigators loo to the adoption of systems of storage f< the conservation of flood water, sue large waste supplies of which hare wltl in recent date destroyed some of tl most flourishing towns in the territory 4n announcement by the Peanaylvan Railroad mechanical deportment that i brass work on their looetnotives wi hereafter be painted black Is a sad bio tetbe artistie appearsnos of these mi jsstic iron Worses, muses the Mail end R press. This more has been induoed I the fact that the labor required to keep tl brurht narts lookW wall mekaa ? am4ni is road upw Mm Mom of Arepaen. fs jnn ago odr looomoiiTM wars thiags < beauty, with their red wheels, gUda eerrieges, steam oheete, sand boxes as headlights, but they hare gradually A eloped Into sombre and solemn lookia machine* with a decided air of busine [. about them, V" ^ ** ' ?? * v -v *<- Li J p Southern Men And Measures ei Paragraphed. JJ ot Newiy Chit-Chat and Telegraphic '' Dispatches From Many Points In Our Own and Adjoining States. VIRGINIA. ti The Broomsluw brick works, at Alex- Ul audria, have been damaged to the ex' tent of of $00,000. i Secretary of State James G. Blaine and .. t a party of officials visited the Norfolk j ' navy yard Thursday. " The farmers of Campbell county report ^ a favorable outlook for crops and fruit. The body of Itobert Downs was found h In the Rappahannock River near Fred- 0 erieksburg. >" a; The conference of Evangelical Luth- fi( crans adjourned at Alexandria after an P interesting session. ?' The grand jury at Danville brought in forty-live indictments against moonshiners, after which the jury was discharged. NORTH CAROLINA. " The next session of the Nortli Carolina ci Teachers* Assembly at Morthead City be- >1 1 gins June loth, and ends on the 30th, of r< I hut month. Secretary llarrell says that nl 51,000 persons will attend. tl The trustees of the Baptist Female University elected Rev. J. It Boone, of Vl Missouri, formerly of Nortli Carolina, li- a| naneial agent of that institution. Blanks were sent out trom the Departincut of Agriculture to 1.000 eorrespon- ^ rlents. in nil parts of the State, to be re- ^ turned with data for the first crop hultctin issued this year. These bulletins are ? i mouthly all through the season. ^ r The Railroad Commissioners have g . been sending applications to alf railroads (j cf the State for copies of their tariff ta- ? bles anil time tables. f] A terrific thunder storm prevailed at Raleigh Thursday evening for an hour or at more, aud lightning struck in at least u p half dozen places in the^itv. SOUTH CA2&LINA. An Opera house to cost $10,000 is to w l>c built at Beaufort by the Knights of Pythias. ni Prof Hardin, chemist of Clemson col- L lege, has completed ISO aualyses of fertilizers, only six of which fell below the o] test. _ The third and last niece of granite for the Washington Light Infantry nionumeut at Charleston has been shipped from the Rockton quarry. ^ If thera is one thins more than another ai cl1"1 ( <)1UInl,ilU 8 ieUi8elVC8 <>n 'l Another wreck occurred on the Asheville and Spartanburg railroad Wedneser day night by a collision of a freight train ny from Asheville and a material train near Langdrum. The fireman and a negro on the material traiu were killed. Both of or the eugincers and eighteen of the hands s- were injured, many of them'fatally. s- TENNESSEE. 3. W. S. Smith, of Kuoxville,grand masIs. ter of the Ancient, Free and Accented Ma. sons of Tennessee, visited King Lodge at Bristol Monday night. 10 The Tennessee legislature, which ad a- journed a few days ago, passed u law s. granting pensions to all disabled Confederate soldiers, ranging from $8.33 1-3 to $25 per month, according to the degree ' of the disability. The Bristol postofiice has been udvauced is- from a third to a second-class, and the 011 salary of the postmaster increased to $2,100 and the free delivery system will ho established in June. The first regular passcngei train on the '* ' L. A N. (Big Stone (lap extension) left aa Cumberland Gap at 7:15 o'clock ThursQf day morning and reached Big Stone (lap at noon; returning, reached Cumbcrland Gap at 8 o'clock, r. m., in time of to connect with the north-l>ound Louisn ville and Nashville train from Knoxvillc. This oi>ens a new route !>etwecn Atlanta, e* Knox ville and tl\e east. cc GEORGIA. ' . Savannah gets the negro agricultural tie college. ?p The Pittsburg and Cleveland base ball g. teams played exhibition games at Macon, l(j Thursday and Friday. . Hobert Thomas Summers and Mrs. Mattie J. Huffman, of Thomasville, were married Wednesday. The groom has been blind since his birth, and conscid quentlv has never seen the lady who is 16 now his wife. |a Cardinal Oiblmns and the Bishops of the province of Baltimore met at Savnuer nah a few days ago in Conference. A new r- ace will be created, including N. C., S. a. C., Oa. and Pla. _e A letter from the Fruit Growers' Asso' elation at Griffin to the agricultural dem part me nt says there will lica half crop of d peaches, a fair crop of plums and a full crop of apples ami grapes. But there will be few pears. ? The people of southwest Georgia must have very fast hones, or the schedule of i* the Blakely extension must l>c a very slow 14 and convenient one. This will illustrate the point: A citizen of Arlington ar'* rived at the depot only to find that the train had gone. It was then four miles i* ahead of him, but, procuring a horse and dl buggy, the citizen gave chase, overtaking II the train at Commissary Hill, a distance of nearly Ave miles. He then waved it . >w down,wot aboard and arrested a man who % owed him $4 and was to make ids eacapo. lfLORIDA* ig n> wj in Mviug iiimiu uii n lamvau M from Melroee via Campbell to Micunopy. Jacksonville parties incorporated the Railway Water Supply Co. with a capita! " stock of $100,000 to manufacture patent* d ed articles. id A collector of relics at Tain pa, has re h calved a halberd head which was lately unearthed at Memphis. There can be no f doubt of the origin of thla interesting a relic. - The form enrith the tattle axe on oue side, the hook oppoahe and the spike termination, niaik v a? a relic of the fifteenth century. otel at l^aru^a. instead of aneTeclR^ r^h button, every room will have ateljhone connected with the office. Guests ill be able not only to communicate ith the office, but with their friends iu iher rooms at will. The creat orchesion, which was one of tno marvels of le 1'aris Exposition, is to be placed in le music room of the hotel. It lias been iiiugi-ii uiiii. nuy piCTi in uis room call, y merely telephoning to tlio office, be innected with the orchestrion and have le music trHnsmitted to him in full volme. OTJ<fiB, STATES. The Farmers' Alliance of Ilindscounty, [iss., lias endorsed the Hon. Ethel arksdale for the United States enate, to succeed Senator Walthall, eveuteen Sub-Alliauccs were represent:l in the Convention, which unanithous' endorsed the Sub-trcnsury bill and tlio 'cala platform. This action fsTcfjAiraiSr ! i placing Mr. Tlurksdale squnrcly in the eld for United States Senator. He was resent and made n spcceli, but did not unnuncc himself n enndidate. Minnesota's Anti-Tights Bills. St. Paui., Minn.?When Senator Heinle's Anti-Tights hill, which was pass.1 by the rousing majority of 87 to 12, ime up, Mr. McHale moved a call of le Seuatc, but made no speech. As the >11 call on the measure proceeded scverI Senators explained their votes, but icre was no general discussion. Scna>r Keller talked about "art" and the Alue of the property iuvested in thcLres in Si. Paul, nnd Senator Mayo laitned to be in doubt as to the meanig of the expression "nether limbs" scd iu the bill. He said that since the ill had created ho m\?h talk he had ikeu occasion to go to see the extravasnza now playing iu the city to see hot there was so bad about the exhiition. "I was so pleaded," continued enator Mayo, "that I went a second me, and don't know but what I shall o again. I am indebted to Senator McInlc for two very pleasant evenings.'' Senator McIInle interrupted him to sk if, ns a b;dd-hcadcd man, he occuicd the traditional front row. "No, I was in the middle of the ouse," replied Dr. Mayo; but he added, that was because all the front seats ere taken before I went in." i As this bill lias excited as much comlent as almost any other bill before the pgislatiirc, it is given herewith in full: A bill for an net to define nnd punish pen and gross lewdness nnd lascivious zlmvior of female persons in certain tscs. e it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Skction 1. Any female person who mil, upon the the stage or platform, in ly theatre, opera house, concert hall, or ly public place whatever, wli.ero other or limbo cd, or dressed in any manner whatever so that the shape nnd form of licr nether limb or limbs aro plainly visible to such uiut-r persons preseur, snail be deemed guilty of un open mul gross lewdness and lascivious behavior and guilty of a misdeincnuor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a tine of not less than $5 nor more than $100, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than live days nor more than ninety days. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. The Patent Centennial. On the 10th of April, A. D., 1791, President (Jeorgc "Washington signed the act of Congress that gave birth to the American patent system. Friday, the one-hundredth anniversary of that event, was celebrated at Mount Vernon bv a largo 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 Dr. J. M. Toner, of the capitol city which was "of historical interest in showing how a mind broad enough to frame a constitution could also apply itself to determining the relativo value of tallow and spermaceti in giving light at least cost," It also showed from Washington's frank entries in liis diary how he liad tried to improve his plows, and how he had constructed a machine to facilitate the sowing of grain, this consisting of a barrel into which utnny holes were drilled. The Alliance in Aiken. Cot.umbia, 8. f\, [Special. 1?State lecturer Tulbert takes comfort from the following extract from a letter received by him from an officer of the Aiken Alliance yesterduy: "Have just got in from a short lecturing tour and find everything working finely, aud I have heard nineli praise of von aud your work as State lecturer. I have beard no Alliance man dissent from your view that the St. Louis and Oeala were the only fanners' and laborers' congresses that were ever held in America, aud we endorse every act of those bodies. Wc bid you God-speed in your patriotic efforts to redeem the people from the Shvloek rule under which th?? have groaned so long. Coiue to our county whenever it is convenient nntl wo will give you a warmer reception than ever." Painted the Statue Red. Kalkioii, N. |Special. |?Hon. Kemp P. Battle, president of the State University, passed here on his way from Gotdsboro, where he appeared in a remarkable case. Two years ago at the centennial commencement at the University, Kirby Smith, of Goldaboro, was arrested, charged with having painted red the monument to Dr. Caldwell, the first president of the University. The matter raised a great stir. Smith Rome months ago brought suit against President Battle and tne trustees for *10,000 for falsa arrest. The jury iu the caso of President Battle were unable to agree upon a verdict and were discha ijed. Vounar Ladv Hurried to TWth. SPAUTANBl'RO, 8.. p., [Rpoclnl.]?A young lady, eighteen years of age, daughter ofColumbus Christopher, of Fairmount in this county, while netting Are to logs piled in n new ground in the afternoon, had her clothing to catch on tire. Itcforo nwuhtiuioe came she wan burned ten ibly, and died from the effects. She was a lovely young girl and highly esteemed. ^imUon AcotpUd . ' yiu Appointed. Washington, D. C.% [Specitl.J?The following/correspondence explains itself: ' i Treasury or tub United States. Washington, D. C. Jo theJ'r'iidsmf; Fih: I would respectfully tender my resignation as Treasurer of the United States, to take effect when it may be convenient to name my successor. Acknowledging "my deep sense of gratitude to you for the kindness received at your bauds, 1 remain'truly yours, J. N. IIu8ton, Treasurer of the United States. Executive Mansion, Uou. J. JVyf/'tM?n: 'Bill: ~vkve defry-^y.-t tun iipun ymrr letter of Feb. ljHb, tendering your resig untion of the cilice of Treasun'r of ilu' United States, for reasons know n to you I now yield to your request to be relieved from the duties of your oflice, and accept your resignation, to take effect upon the appointment and <|iialitiention of your successor. I regret that your persona! affairs compel you to this step, and beg to assure you of my sincere and continued regard and best wishes. Very sincerely yours, Benj. Harrison. The President lins appointed Mr. Nebecker, of Indiana, Treasurer, to succeed ii. 11? ? * kii. iHfiuu. iiir. rxuiH-cKer cnncti on the President, and left for his home iu Covington, Ind. He may not assume charge of the office for some time yet. Southern Wit In War. As we are reminded by the author of "Four Years In Rebel Capitals,"the South, as well as the North, says the Youths' ComImnion, needed to exercise its sense of mmor, whenever that was possible, to carry it through the terrible strain of war. Some of the puus, burlesques and rapartec of that dreadful time have become locally historic. .Colonel Tom August, of the First Virginia, was the Charles Lamb of Confederate war wits, genial and very , ... Early in secession days a bombastic friend approached him with the question, "Well, sir, I presume your voice is still for war?" "Oh yes," replied the wit, "perfectly still!" Always to be remembered is General Zcbulon Vance's apostrophe to the rabbit, flying by him from a heavy rifle fire: "Go it, cotton-tail! If I hadn't a reputation, I'd be with you!" Equally forcible was the protest of the Western recruit, ordered on picket nt Muo8on'8 Hill: "Go yaoder ter keep'em oil! W'y, wc-uns kem hyar ter tight th' Yanks, an' A i ir i'i rJniftrtYr ml" City the landing for transports, with soldic released from Northern prisons on parol One day a most woebegone and cmni ated "Johnny" sat swinging his shock feet from a barrel, awaiting his tur when a pompous Feder^ major remar ed, to no one in parthnnr: "It isn't f to Richmond." "Reck'n ct's near onto three thousi mile," drawled Johnny, weakly. "Nonsense! You must be crazy retorted the officer, staring. "Wal, I ent a-reck'nin' edxact," wi the slow reply. "Jest thought s< kinder." "Oh, you did? And why, pray?" "Cause it's took'n you-uns nigh onl foore year to git thar from Wash'n'ton was the settling retort. Killed More Than a Bushel of Snakei Nonwtcn, Conn., (Special ]?a mont ago workmen killed forty-five blac snakes on the farm of David A. Johnac at Moutvilla Center, six miles southwe of this cityV Ttfifhfpttle* were all In bunch and dormant, and it was easy f the men to despatch them. After tl battle the men gathered a bushel baskc full of dead snakes, some of which we six icet loug. Yesterday, workmen who were oleanic out an old well on the same farm can on auother nest of snakes, and on occoui of the warm weather the men had lively light with them. In fifteen mil utea they killed thirty snnkes, fourtec of which wero milk snakes, which ai rare in Connecticut, The snnkes were i length from two to six feet. Newe Johnson commanded the snake-killiu squad, and the bodies of the snakes mor than filled n bushel basket. The Frost in Florida. Wabhinotow, D. C.?The signal ofiief furnishes the following special bulleti to the press: The condition of unusually low temj erature mentioned in the special Imlkti .of yesterday as prevailing over Norther Klorlda ami Southern Georgia has move southward and this morning extends ov< the whole of the Florida peninsular, pr< ducing, except in the extreme northei portion, the coldest weather ever know there at this season of the year. The mil imum temperature at Titusville, Tamp: Jupiter ami Key West were JH ami 54 rt spectivfely, lieiug from 7 to 14 lower tha any previously recorded during Apri Killing frosts oreured this morning ? far south as Jupiter Inlet, and it is prol able that early fruits and vegetable throughout thin section have been acvert lv injured. . Lumbermen oodworkera. The North Caroliua Lumbermen an Woodworkers' Association met in Green, boro. Its object is to inaugurate a no ere in the lumber interests of the Stati The membership of the Association no embrace* all tpo principal finishing coi cerns of the Piedmont section of the Stab and it is the object of she Association I extend its roll sll ever theftatc by tal ing in every manufacturer who wi join with them in a belter system of coi ducting the lumber business in Nort -Carolina. A Physician Arrested for Grave Rot bine. WiiKEMxa, V.*., |S|>ecial.) - Dr. .Iol? It. Pipes, one of the lies! known plivsi* inns iu tlie city. ?nnl Tntrlor Fom-nini tuperintemKnt ?if * he county poor farm wm aiTcstvtl fiH jjinvi- robbery. \ i . - >Y - \* .I v -.v/r > Ai temmMBL fako. The Alliance Announces Its Plans and Calls for Funds. A National "Propaganda Committee" And an Army of "Lecturers" Are Ready for tho Fray. Washington, I). 0., [Special.]?The Farmers' Alliance is beginning early its campaign. A "campaign of education" it is called, and the National Campaign Committee goes by the name of the "Propaganda Fund Committee." The first appeal for campaign funds bus just been issued and the work is to be prosecuted vigorously all along thj line. The plan of campaign has been carefully and systematically laid out, and with the organization machinery at command it ..mid undoubtedly make itself felt wlicrever the AlHlttltT lies mviuuVlV. ;nint portion of the plan which is mndc public uovides for the utilization of the great lecture system of the Alliance throughout the country, under control of the Nat oual Committee at Washington. The Alliaucc has regularly appointed National, State, District and County lecturers, whose duty it is to preach Alliance doctrines to the menders. More of these lecturers are to be appoiuted, and they will talk persistently from one end of the country to the other. They will talk to outsiders as well as members, and such missionary t urs as that whieli Jerry Simpson is making will be made by other prominent leaders. The Alliance plnu of political salvation will 1>e preached in the cities as well as in the country, and every effort will be made to popularize the Alliance doctrines. To make sure that ouly the pure doctrine is taught skeleton lectures will be sent out periodically from Washington to all nuthoriz.rd speakers, and a register will l>c kept there of the artny of tulkcrs and the wovk they are doing. Thus the national organ of the Alliance, the Economist, says of it: "Jay Gould, Mr. Brice, Mr. Quay, or auy other capitalist or politician, will find the Propaganda Fund Committee ready to accept donations from Iheiu and use the money where it will do the most good in the cause of reform, and should Mr. Stanford desire to contribute some railroad money to assist the farmers he will have a splendid cliancc to do so. Some of the extremely wealthy may need a depository for conscience money,' and they will find this a good place. "The propaganda fund is not established to collect money to be used for corrupt campaign methods. The money will l>c used to educate the masses in the principles of the Farmers' Alliance and to bring about a better understanding between the good, the true, and the Jioncst citizens of this nation, to the end that all such may lay aside sectionalism and unite in a determined effort to abolish 1 ram tr3 augurate a reign of justice that shal e> guarnntcc equal rights and equal chance >i- to all worthy citizens. Political partic aa accept secretly large donations from mc n> who expect to control the patronage c the party when in power. The prop* ar gamin fund collection is entirely different Those who donate to it may well h n? proud to have the matter known, bernus is shows net necessarily liberality onthci r? part, but it is substantial evidence of thei devotion to the cause uf humanity." ns J. F. Tillman, the Secretary of th i> National Executive Board of the Allianci is to have charge of the propagund movement, and svmpathizcrs are invitei to to send their checks to Secretary J. II ? Turner of the Alliance. It is said that in accordance with th desire to devote a few months to th l. shaping of public sentiment before coin k mitting the farmers to an open thin ^ party movement, the Alliance lenders nr (U striving strenuously to offset the plans fo the Cincinnati conference in May. Th Economist declares that the Knights c Q'r Labor, tho Formers' Alliance, of th l0 Northwest, the Colore i Farmers' Al t i tun I'd, ?n? me nntniial branch of th re Citizens' Alliance will not Ik* tcprcscntci at Cincinnati. Discussing (he cai 1 it adds A "What organizations are Iwhind it ^ What element of reform movement doe . it represent, and why is it demanded Let every inemlier of the i. ofL.. Kami ers' Alliance white or col veil. Citizens 3~ Alliance, or any other true reformer, as! and auswer for himself these ipiestion liefore lie goes into spasms over thi |i proposed meeting. The time for hurrnl r conferences is at an end. They havi ^ CUlX'd the people long enough. It i not agitation the people wani it is edu catiou on correct lines. What will hi the result of this meeting? Of what wil i- the substance consist when the froth aiu n enthusiasm have nlov-n off? Who wil be there that icnresenis organized labor?' i. Mississippi is the only State in tin n South where the election this fall will hi n bnscd on distinct Alliance issues. Th d struggle of the Alliance will he to dec ?r a Legislature which will retire Scnato r>- George, who is outspoken in his opposi 'n tlon to the Sub-Treasury scheme. Tlr 11 best men the Alliance can muster will b ' sent to Mississippi to take part in tin b campaign. Some recent Alliance piopositions foi in legislative enactment arc uniuuely inter ' csting. Thus the district union of tin w Ninth Kentucky Congress distiict recenth * resolved that all notes, mortgages or othei written evidences of indebtedness should !* be presented to the Assessor for assess meat and be annually stamped by him, and if not so presented and stamped t<; bocoine invalid; '.hat the last certified d roports of banks to l>e takeu by the s- Assessor as a basis of assessment; that w the rolling stock of lailroads l>c made B. personal properly subject to execution for w all stock killed or injured, and noap|>enl *- be granted bej*ond the circuit courts fo: e to sums of $200 or less [. * ? * * v II Col. Polk, at Crist on, lown, last week l- said there arc too many lawyers sent to h Congress. That the otdy way to succeed is to send farmers there. The Alliance K he said, intended to go into politics, l>ut not into partyism. Some by-stander asked him how al>out North Carolina, n and Senator Vance's remarks that on a ; cloudy day lie could not tell the dilTcri, ont'c between an Allianrenuui and n i, Democrat. Col. Polk dodged by euggcMing that the fanners would have n . . . The speech made l?y Ilea Terrell here last Saturday was the hot speech oil living issues that we hive <! tencd to in a long lime. No h i- . ...iter of what profesaiou or politi i: . could object to the doctrines he I *os for their principles are t!.c iples of ctctnal justice. His speech was eominon-sensc in every way, nn.l he dealt with facts, not sentiment, and principles, not men. As long as such men as lien Terrell shape public opinion wc need not fear any serious harm being done, and for tbis reason we wish we had a thousand Terrells. ? The Charlotte, N. Time*. Farmers do not realize what an advantageous field that lies before them in the direction of rearing horses that will mutch, or if not situated for tbis through not haying brood mares looking exactly what the tailors call a 'niistit" for an animal or animals from other farms, thus getting together n double team which all buyers will want on sight. There nrc, in tbis direction, great opportunities lost to farmers and great gains made by dealers. * * + + * * The February report of the Agricultural Bureau shows that the average value of milch cows is largest in New York, or $:14 each. This high average is probably due to two causes. First, the early establishment of cheese factories in this State, and second, the improvement in stock through the introduction of many tine herds by enterprising breeders. POLK'S PECULIAR WILL In Which He Attempts to Keep the Property in the Family. NAsnvir.r.e, Tern., [Special. ]?The home of cx-Prcsident Janus K. Polk, in w.hich his aged widow now reside*, is advertised to be sold for city taxes, amounting to $1,000. Mrs. Polk is amply able to pay the taxes, having a pension of $5,000, and receiving nearly $'2,000 intercs jn her State bonds, and, perhaps, does not know that she is in arrears. In his will, President Polk attempted to keep tkc mansion in the family forever, by bequeathing it, upon his death, to the State of Tennessee, to be held in trust by the Governor, or, if he should decline to assume the trust, then such a person as the Legislature may select, wno shall permit the house to be occupied and used by 6uch of his blood relations as have the name of Polk, preferring the nearest of kin, but if there be none named Polk then the house is to be used by such ether bleed relations as may be designated. It is provided that whoever occupies the house shall keep it iit repair and pay the taxes. The relatives with whom Mrs. Polk is now living I arc not blood relatives. It is contended mmmmmmmm made,.this would defeat the terms of t s will, aud the State could not carry c 19 the trust imposed on it. The propel ^ is very valuable, being two acres in ( * tent, and being in the heart of the cil l" on the corner of Vine and Union strec c INGALLS AS A FARMER. e [J. "He That by the Plough Wou Thrive, Must Either Hold e or Drive." Atchison, Kan.--Since his reiironu from office Mr. Ingalls has develop into a full-fledged farmer, lie ow a thirty-acre tract south of his resident which he is transforming into a pastu and truck farm, and he is at present e ' gaged iu planting potatoes. Of com j he does not shovel dirt or carry weed or do the other disagreeable things th '' must bo done about a truck patch. 1 1 just supervises the job. two stout color* 1 men doing the work. Mr. IngnUs apen ^ several hours eacli day on bis truck fan aud seems to be greatly interested wi It. Ha fn 1L-o nluMif '? ?? * 'l ? * 1 ... uin/uc it (I Ut'UI. 1 walks around the farm attired iu a lig suit of clothes, and wears that long gr, overcoat which he has worn from a t'r whereof the memory of man lunncth 11 to the contrary. He also wears a bloo red necktie and carries a cane. Mr. I galls will not talk politics. ''The bur ing question of the day," lie says, " ' potatoes."' If he cares anything aboi s the efforts of the ling Hepubhcans s trying to read him out of the party, 1 1 does not show it. ? The Blue and Gray Sine Togetlio N. Y. City.?On Monday the 21st, tl U thirtieth anniversary of the formation 1 the Ninth New York Volunteers, Hn\ 1 kins Zouaves, was celebrated by a ba I quet at the Brunswick Hotel. The " guests were survivors of the third Geo gia Regiment, who arrived by the stean l? er City of Augusta from Savanna! c Three times dirt these two regimen t come together in the war. At Fredc r icksbtirg and Antietam the grays wc . the victors, but at Roanoke* Islai ( the Zouaves won a decided victory. 0 t. Attained a Ripe Old Age. Lincoi.nton, N. C. ?Mrs. Sally Wcai r er, who was horn in this county ITS - died four miles west of Lincolnton la ' Saturday at the age of 105 years. SI ' was a remarkably stout woman and wi r possessed of a good mind and mcmoi ' until the last. She was kindly attende during her last illness by her oldci daughter, Eva, the wife of Numa Alei ? ander, who is a vigorous woman at tl, ' ripe old uge of 79 years. 1 The Condition of English Agriculture London Cablegram:?The Htnndnr publishes an exhaustive review of the ap riculturnl outlook in the course of whic it says the steady vise in wheat revive the hopes of the English farmer. It add wheat will secure the best price obtaine in nmuy yenrs the principal cause of th rise being the failure of foreign crops. Oen. Spinola Dead. Washington, I). (\, (Special. 1?Gei Spinola died at I lOo o'clock Mondn morning. Influenza is raging in epidemic form : lull, England. The death r^te, whic s usually sixteen per 1,000, has reachc iorty-six per 1,000. Phosphates and Senator^ClMRPF^^g9C3 cessor The Exciting Topic of ^<*^1 Discussion. Tai.i.aii vssi-.k, Fi,am [Special.]?The Senate and llousc organized at noon by the election of the officers nominated in the Democratic caucus. Governor Fleming's biennial message was submitted flie next morning. It is an exhaustive document. He recommends radical changes in the jury laws, so as to make convictions for murder more speedy and sure, a liberal appropriation for the World's Fair, the assignment of property at its full market value, a liberal appropriation for inducing immigration, continued support of the State's policy for the prevention of in- feetious diseases and the creation of a State board of phosphate comnusaionera and of the new office of phosphate in- i in the phosphate deposits in the beds of uuvigaine streams wiui me view oi the collection of u royalty on all phosphate mines. A Democratic caucus will probably be called in a few days on the Senatorial question. If the caucus is called the rules will require a two-third vote in making nominations. Senator Call's supporters are in a large majority, but the opposition claim that he cannot secure twothirds vote i i joint caucus. Some of Call's supporters prefer that no caucus bo called, thus throwing the election into the Legislature direct, where a majority of both houses would elect. Senator K. F. Dodgers, president. of the State Farmers' Alliance, is working hard to get nit Alliance caucus called for the purpose of passing an Anti Call jiM resolution. The Call men in the Alliance vflH are opposing Ilodgers vigorously. dJH A I^ctii art able Induction. Shortly after twelve o'clock on Batur| day night a party of gentlemen were tak- ' ing lunch at a resort on Wabash street, - f when their attention was attracted to a peculiar clicking of the carbons in one of the electric light globe- overhead. Tho sound was exactly akin to that o? a telegraph instrument aud was kept up incessantly for fuily fifteen minutes. Comments were passed on the unusual phenomena, but at last the novelty wore off and the party proceeded to tho discussion of chicken sandwiches. A few moments later a new customer entered; he was an operator from the Western Union office, aud as he sat waiting for his order to be filled tho clicking of the carbons was.renewed. The telegrapher started, looked all around him ami then at the electric lights above. After listening intently for a moment to the sounds ho drew a tab of paper and a pencil from his pocket and began to write. The othera were watch- J lie Well," he said, drawing a long ut breath, "that beats all the induction I Jy ever heard of in my life." !X- "What is it?" asked every one in 'y. chorus. "What is it? Why, it's a message of the Associated Pit9s. Look here," and the operator exhibited the paper on which he had been writing. It read: ( "Were traced to the train on the North Pennsylvania branch and the thefts located as taking place in Ducks County r.nn.i...? x-? v-- 1 r.i . .tll iiumiKiiuo iidnn ii im'w lur.uiuu raua crt delphia. On Monday evening Lewis un Hansel!, William Coyle ami Abraham c, Kulp, brakemen, were arrested aud taken re to Doyleston, given a preliminary hear? ing and bound over for a further hearing, se The value of the goods taken will amount to many thousands of dollars." al The only explanation that can be ofI? fercd of the phenomena is that there was a contact at some point betw.cn a teleu? graph and electric light wire.?(it. Paul TV Piouctr-Prem. tb | Io / lit The Avenglug Mulo. ue Pig-sticking is a great sport in British i India, where the bold Briton is never happy unless he is killing something. n> Mounted on lino horses or mules, a party of gentlemen will sally forth, armed with spears and accompanied by native serlll vants to chase the wild hoar. A little in beating of th? bush soon starts up one or 10 two line specimens of the bristly animal with tho tusks, and aw.iv rrni'? Hia n?rlir , J 0 I'*" "J in hot pursuit. *" When the boars liavo been caught and 1C impaled, luncheon is spread in a con- j of venient jungle where there are 110 tigers v- or suakes, and the Britishers return home n- happy at the close of a (lay of British ir "snort," divided in the usual way?viol- , 1 r- cut exercise, n heavy meal, a long rest, a- On one occasion recently a British ofh. ficcr, who was mounted on a fleet mulo, Is was close to the wild boar when the an\ir_ mal bolted in to the mule's leg, bit her r6' savagely and theuflcd again. K' The mule screamc J. In a minute sho had deposited the British ofliccr on the ] dirt; then kicking out vigorously five or .six times as if to see that sho was "all /- there," she lit out after the unfortunate 6, pig at lightning speed, fury in her eye 8t and vengeance in the crook of her car. , ,e The race was not long. The unhappy * 18 wild boar felt that he had exasperated y relentless euemy. lie was soon winded, 1 '* and the mule, coming up to him, caught 1 him by the backbono with her teeth, 'c crunched him, threw him over her head < and kicked viciously at him as he fell J dead behind her. Bast Indian boars af- 4 j tcr this will probably tight shy of the jd * mule.?Keio York Journal. , h i Streugth of Ice. 9 8 The fowowing figures are taken front flfl 'H Spoil g Engineer*' 2'ablet: "A thickocse ol H two igchcs wilt allow the passage of men , IB ie i? i? ? - 1:..- -1?> lUKiuffli: me uu n liui/'l |liUUK? pillCCQ OQ the ice. No other ro k of plank* should Sjj be placed nearer thai ?ix feet. A. thick- H ncsa of four inches will allow the passage M ( of cavalry, carts or light guns, with a 9 (' moderato interval between each. A ' j3! thickness of six inches will allow the fij passage of wagons drawn by horses, etc. rffl in A thickness of ten to twelve inches will jfl support the hoaviot loads ever likely to paas over ice." 9 "-4- , jj <5 V '*?