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! i wTvr-~'. " A writer inthe Rm^FS il^w- ^----- ^ ^ ^ ^ nuouc iae western part < Australia, says: "The aborigines sue comb Yery easily to the diseases of tt white man. Lung troubles are partict larly fatal with them. The black ma oomes into a white settlement, wears th clothes of a white man, gets res ties; ^ J goes back to the bush, throws off hi cloths, catches a cold and dies. I be Here Australia is as good a place as eve /for a young man to make mouey." There is one thing that has kept pac iwith the ascending buildings, asserts th ! (New York Tribune. It takes you les :4ime to reach the eleventh story of a nei C , eatruotme nowadays than it took to read ^^^^t^into^m''elevator^ET'a"'^^eri ' building; you feel as if you were flashe '?k^.?v. - ? vu^u djjouu. jluu are 110 sooner 1 the car .than you hear the .monotonou "ninth," or "tenth," or "eleventh" o fthe elevator boy. You find yourself ove % great city hardly realizing how you go . there; so the inconvenience of hiving ai office in mid-air is reduced to a point scarcely worth considering. Buys the Boston Herald: Peoplo wh< believe in the heredity of crime will find some interesting evidence on their side in the history of a Charles Ford who was hanged recently lor murder in Illinois, His father was hanged for the same crime "> before him, and his brother likewise. His mother's brother is now doing time r at Sing Sing (N. Y.) Prison for train ' .^^prrecking, and his sister has run a thieves' (paradise in Hew York for several years. She was chased out of Chicago, and her Second husband is in the Indiana State Penitentiary. There are numerous other Telatives in the same line of business, but perhaps this record will do. The statistics of iloriculturo furnished by the Census Bureau are of a very interesting character. There are, it ap pears, 5000 establishments throughout the country engaged in raising flowers aud plants; $40,000,000 is invested in the industry, and nearly 20,000 persons are employed in it. The products during the census year *Srere valued at $26,000,(I 000, and among the products were 50,and the ajsthetiVsTde," comments the Philadelphia Record, "the extent of this industry is gratifying. The passion for flowers is one of the most delicate sent! meets in human nature, and its subtile and refining influence is a factor in moral growth and elevation." The New York Mail and Erprest is o( the opinion that very few people have any idea of the manner in which the development of tho commerce on oiy great lakes keeps pace .with the extention of trunk line railroads. TheCensiu Bureau have issued a second bulletin on lake transportation, whicjj places the number of vessels engaged on the lakes at 2784, with a gross tonnage of 924,472, a net tonnage of 780,119, and estimated carrycapacity of 1,254,721 tons and a commercial valuation of $48,809,750. This Is a marvelous showing, not only for the lake traffic, but for the development oi the region beyond tho lakes which has stimulated the lake commerce. The Louisville Courier-Journal rays: The proper way in which to considei v the size of a city is to include all the people In a given radios who are directlj dependent upon it for support, whether they may live in a different country or Btate. The application of this test oausei considerable shifting about of places among our cities, and results in some surprises. It gives to New York that great lead in population which her commercial and financial importance and metropolitan character warrant. WhiU on the face of the census returns Near York has 1,613,000 and Chicago 1,099, 000, the difference does not seem great, yet when New York takes all her su burbs and outlying towns, placos in which people can sleep but live in New fcj York, she expands into a mighty volume ^ comparing well with that of London By taking a section of country aroum New York Bay about fifty miles square, on* obtains a population of 3,621,578] all of whom are virtually citizens of the metropolis. By assigning to thorn area11 similar to those given to New York, th< chief centres of population are in orde as fellows: Popuiatio New York 3,631,0 WfbMW P**> 1.433,0 ftcefcawr*...... 1,884.0 Chicago.. 1,884,d Pittsburg 077,d St. Louis 080,0 ^"IHmnra ton A PKiviKnore, * y * ? * net ** ** **?* ** *eProvidence 583,0 Cleveland 498,0 ^ MhS^ils' Si*? Sao Franoiaoo..., 385^0 Detroit ..? 880,0 Milwaukee... 830,0 Kaswaa City 808,0 Albaay 880,0 New Orleans 880,0 !?vnMv.u,Of>.r ?TTf0 Jf ' ie Knowing That Variety Is T j. Spice Of Life, n e We Present to Our Readers All t J, Home News, Fresh, Spicy is And Condensed. i r VIRGINIA. Amelia Godsey was burned to death Danville Friday. ^ Tho fifty-second annual cocamenc ment of the Virginia Military Institu 0 began Friday night at Lexington. 8 A new brewery has been completed i n Richmond. 1 The Free Masons, at Tazewell 0. H ^ The gas works at Charlottesville we: struck bv lightning Wednesday nigl n and badly damaged, s Daniel Nash, captain of the Silver Sta j plying between Washington and Occ< quan, was found dead near Alexandria. The remains of William Clements, wh ' was killed in the Chesapeake and Ohi i wreck, were taken to Cellerstown for ii t terment. Buena Vista decided at a recent elc< tion to issue $40,000 of bonds to extcn tlic water works, complete the sewerag > system and make other improvements. I The directors of the Salem Iraprov< L ment Co., of Salem, Va., are preparin to put their furnaces into blast as soo as a sufficient supply of coal, coke, iro ore and other materials can be assemble i to ensure continuous work. NORTH CAROLINA. I Til- ?" W $100,000. It will l>e ready for u?,e t 00 that of November. w At Newmansville. Greene county, 00 Saturday, a cloud-burst did g?eat dai W ago. The place is i etuole from the r.i 0(1 road and telegraph oflices. but infocur 0C tion comes to-day of the calamltv. T 0C fall of water was something terrific, a 0( small creek became n raging river 1 00 yarda wide. 00 Chancellor Summerficld A. Kay dl 00 Sunday at Chattauooga. aged 54. oo was a" brother of United States Jud 0( Key. He served In the Coufedera on during the war as adjutant of the Fort M third Tennessee, was elected chancel about five years ago. A w'fe and tb? 2 children survive him. ? OBOROIA. "Atlanta Society of Civil (pj -a it is saiu lucre are 1300 visitors s Morehcad City. . John M. Sherwood, of Raleigh, wa elected Grand Chancellor of the Knight of Pythias, at the annual session ?f th Grand Lodge, at Charlotte. ' The collector of internal revenue re ceived information of the capture of a illicit distillery at a point 8 miles north west of Hillsboro. It was destroyed with a quantity of beer and liquor. The State Board of Agriculture ad journed Friday morning, after govern days of earnest work. It has re-electei all the officers of the Department of Ag riculture. It meets again October 21st during the Southern Exposition. Before George Vanderbilt made hi large purchases at Biltmore, near Aslio ville, the revenue derived from freight at that depot by the R&D. Railroad SulOuuiC d to $3,300 per j cat * Mr. Vuu derbilt's freights alone now averag $6,000 per month. r ..-Ji > -?* jww. T directors Pf the State penitentiary, sut mltted to the Governor a quarterly re port of the operations of the institutio for the quarter ending May 8, 1801 Earrimgs for March, $65,457.29; April $16,876.56; May, $18,792.44; expenses March, $15,381.65; April, $19,861.54 May, $15,163.83; earningsover expenses $10,197.60. SOUTH CAROLINA. A sheet and lead pipe factory has beei i fully equipped and is now in operation t Charleston. syndicate of German capitalists i > reJEtcd as having purchased and as t develop the Wilson gold mine. The Governor has respited Lewis Wi liams, of Darlingtor' jtitil November 1! Williams was to- nave been hanged c July 13. Ground has been broken at Spartai burg for the dummy line railroad cha tercd under the name of the Sp&itanburj Clifton and Glendale Railroad, i The South Carolina Railway authoi , ties have decided to discontinue the t>n , lor car on the run between Cbarlesu and Augusta. 1 The ladies' Institution for Physic Culture at Charleston, which had been successfully conducted by Prof. F. ] Valdez during the winter months, h been closed until next .November. Secretary of State J. E. Tindal, who also secretary of the Confederate Vet j rans Association, has hud a great numb of blanks printed, which contain all tl information necessary for those who d sire to apply for membership. ? Prof. Benjamin Sloan, who has bet , chosen chairman of the faculty of tt , South Carolina College, is the seni member of the faculty, having asaumi ' his duties at the opening of the Agrici tural College in 1&80. * 1 TENNESSEE. r There lias been a Georgia Club orgs ized at Vanderbilt University, aad t first annual banquet was held Frid , night. ? The Interstate Agricultural and It) t ohanica'. Fair Association M Meuipl r has the dates of tlieir fair fixed Octol: 13 to 17 inclusive. R. G. Craig is pre dent. The flour mills of Nashville now ha i a daily output of 3,000 barrels. Witli a short time this production will ha ' nparly doubled, for two large mil's ha 1 been erected at South Nashville. The Cherokee Land Company 1 i given a contract tc- the Groton 8t< , Bridge Company, of Groton, New Yoi to throw a fine steel bridge across t Teunessee liver from Kuoxville to property on the other side, known * South Knoxville. Thi*-hi ?rl?n will n mw |iciuiaaenity organized last I Tuesday. 22 members were enrolled. Augusta, it is claimed, will have ouo he oi the handsomest union passenger stations in country. The plans of ita;e already completed. The cost will be $100,000. The local option session is gtowing warm in Athens. Anti'sand proiii's now occupy considerable space in tho local papers, and a lively fight is in progress. A special from Talbotton, says: The jn bill which will be introduced in the legislature by lion. Simeon Maxwell, requiring the voters of Talbot county to te register, is generally approved by the people. at "Yes," said Judge Gaston, of Gainesville, "General Longstreet is in pretty fair heulth. He has built a cottage on * ' I' f| Mil III 111 ii Hi IBiiiailW?l ^NBfBHWen, and taTlVIBff IReiwTOrKHBH on his book about the war." - 1 re * lt At the recent commencement of Mercer University, at Macon, tho title of LL.D. was conferred on Governor W. J. r' Northen. The Governor is an alumnus and a trustee of the university. Q FLORIDA. io During the season A. Hayes, of Hampi ton, received $1,300 net proceeds from 1$ acres of strawberries. The closing exercises proper of the d Florida State Agricultural College at ;c Lake City for 1891 took place Wednesday evening. Hon. John E. Hartridge, of Jacksonville, delivered the oration, g The contract has been let for building n 220 miles of the Mexican Gulf, Pacific n and Puget Sound Railroad, commencing d at Pensacola. Correspondence now being had with New York gentlemen by Mr. Carnell, of Ormond, will probably result in bringing fifty families to that town and its vicinity to settle permanently, s asu ^ ~ - iub oecreiary ol the Jacksonville Board of Trade has received a telegram 0 from Gov. Fleming that the bill to bond Duval couuty $300,000 for the improve! uientof the St. Johns river has become a n law. Within less than a year the next Gov? ernor of Florida will undoubtedly have been named. There aro at least twenty 1- men in Florida who would give a cool il $1,000 apiece, says tho Times-lJnion, if 1 they knew right now whether or not the lightning is going to strike them. OTHER STATES. J s The peach crop in Louisiana this yeai will be large. s H. M. Stringfellow, of Hitchcock, 1 Tex , writes that ho netted last year over e all expenses about $2,000 from his 200 < Kieffer and 200 Le Conte trees, each , A Uo ^j . tition praying for an injunction againwi a. i ' club comp&sed of fifty-six of the leading \ insurance concern^ in 'operation in tliat? i Stale, who, the Attorney General holds, | ? have formed themselves into a trust and i entered into a conspiracy in-violation, of the laws of Texas. ^ Footprints of n Giant Steed and Rider i d Chawford, Ga., [Special ]?There is a flat ;ock near the old Echois mill that is covers an acre of ground. One of the I 0 strange features of the rock is the track | of some huge beast of burden, also the 1 track of the iidcr of this queer, antcdej luvian monster. It seems that the rider and his steed made a tour across trie rock, lanyiug their tracks impressed in the solkTwanite. B" About nuddleway of the stony surface v* can be sceu a place where the girth of the rider's saddle broke and lie dismounted to fix it, leaving his tracks as plain as if "i* made in a sand bed. The hand of time r- has not erased them, but they are there )n now, showing the form of the animal's feet and the- m-erise imnrtwinn ?r !.?? a1, giant's feet impressed therein, with toes bo aud all as perfect and distinct as a P. schoolboy's bare-foot tiack of to-day. as Women Fight With Revolver*. j3 Leadvili.e, Col., [Special J?Two women, Ellen Cloucarteu and one whose c name could uot be learned, both residents of Striy Horse Qulch, near the eastern limits of the city, while engaged in a wordy war this ofteruoon, suddenly resolved to settle the dispute in the mau!n ner usually resorted to in that locality? 16 that is, with guns. They were in deador Iv earnest, and did not cease firing until sd each had emptied the chambers of her ll- revolver. To the condition of extreme nervous agitation the women were in when they did their shooting may probably be at- _ jj. tiibuted the fact that they did so little he damage. Neither of the participants in av the affray received a scratch. r A Farmer and a Pound of Powder. lens Birmingham, Ala., [Special.]?John (er Siverly bought a pound of powder, a sj pair of shoes, and a new tin pan at Moulton yesterday. He put the powder and the shoes in the pan, and set it in the back of his wagon, where the sun ,,n shone on it. He then started home. He lVC was not smoking, and there was no fire ve about the wagon, but a mile out of town the powder exploded, knoekiug him out ias o' the wagon, tearing his clothes off and eel burning him terribly. It is thought that k. ih* new tin acted like a mirror, and conhe < filtrated the rays of the sun so as to exits ?lode the powder, as ? he Southern Immigration Bureau. ualkioh, n. [Special J -Tho Southon 3*n Inter-Btate Immigration Bureau hna m- established a department of health, raniJ|. tation and climatology, receiving the ia- co-operation of southern medical organihe zatioos. It will furnish applicants with nd data on the climatology and the sanitary 00 condition of any pa* I of the south. The office will be either at Knoxvillc, Atlanta ied or Aahevillo. * ' >*? He Ige Not a New Thing in the South; IC-V The great sensation New York is now ?\ nuking because the first negro has Irecn ?" allowed to set on a jury there must strike ee Southern people as strange. Here in tho South negroes have been allowed oh juries ever since thoy were made free.?? I gl- Ukhmoad State, ', ^ I COMPRifclS^fi^pALEK. The German Em^rer Ltotnres The And Will Nob' Entertain Hi* Royal Uncle, Yho is Cartooned in the Newspaper*. London, jj?ble^ram.]?'The position of Prince of Talcs is becojblog more and more compdfemed by complications growing out,of tbo famous Tranbv Croft cavd party;,*/ The young Clennan Emperor, Laving taken liberty of lecturing bis uucle on hi^ip^nct is ability not find the Evince (ff vrsWonie him when his fleet sn;ive%off tjlu&erness, and for similar leasees' he Will ndl be accompanied oa his visit by'the Pnnce, whose absence, however, writhe more than made up bv tbo presence of .the Queen. The Frcetnans' Journal publishes a cartoon, in which Parnelf. Ilealv ?nH ~?n? ? ' **"v* viucin arc seated around the bacraiat table playing the celebrated game. Healv is pictureti in the act of surreptitiously adding counters to hia l>et, while Pa ucil whispers to Erin, "thia is too hot." The police authority of Birmiogham a c afraid that the Prince of Wales will meet with hostile demonstrations in the streets wheu he comes there to opcu up new law courts on the 21st of Julv, and will make careful arrangements and stringent ?egu>uHoD9 to prevent them. IVTcKINLEY WIlT A BIG WHOOP. Amid Wild. Enthusiasm Ohio Republican* Nominate Him for Governor. Columbus, Ohio, [Special.]?The second day of the Republican State Convention of Ohio opened bright and clear. The proceedings were opened by prayer, after which the report of the committee on credentials was presented and adopted. The committee on permanent organisation reported amid applause the name of General Asa S. Bushnell, of Clarke jounty, for permanent chairman of the invention, and E. S. Kessinger, or Alliens, for permanent secretary. Nominations were declared in otdfep*. lud Ex-Gomnor Foraker arose to t .& -entthe na^p of McKin/eff for (ftverajh. At the sight of the uii? figure of uw -> -Governor, the eonv^t&ori VfVDj lor nominated Mr Goveinor by iccIaipandaT aud committee was appointed _ to apprise him of his comioaI ion and cscott him fo the hall. Major McKinlev. in accepting the nomination, spoke with unwonted energy. The nomination of Harris for Lieuienant-Governor was a victory for the Shctmau contingent snd was the result of a still hunt. Upon the calling of the roll Hon. Charles P. Griffin, of Toledo, a staunch Foraker man, seemed to have the nomination bya sufficient majority. Ma jor !.?r.I?j?lcy and Senator Bhorman had a lengthy private ctnfffljaneethis afternoon. The campaign will be inaugurated with-_ out loss of time. *..." SLAVIN WINTTHS FIGHT. Referee Dunn, Hew?fjL^E>ttdera a Decision Which Cfreates Adverse Criticism. New York, [Special.]?Jere Dunn, the referee of the glove fight between Frank Slavin and Jake Kilrain, in Hohokeu, Tuesday night, has made known his official decision. He decided that Slavin had won the bout, and was entitled to 75 per cent, of the $10,000 purse, but that all beta that Kibrain would be knocked out within the ten rounds were off. New York sporting men look upon the decision as inconsistent. They claim that a ten-round contest must be concluded unless one man is knocked out or injured so that he must stop, and that only an event of oither character can end a contest of a limited number of rounds. In this instance the mistake of the timekeeper in not sounding tthe gong before Kilrain was on his feet after a knockdown in the ninth . ronhd, ^caused the -trouble, but tecbnlefitty "rfcgMlwl Kilrain being up and ready to fight when the gong was struck was cot knocked out. The decision has made a considerable stir among the betting men, many ol whom had wagered for and against Kilrain's being knocked out. He Stood Up. Hii.tok, Oa., [Special. J?At a pro traded meeting the other day the minister pi cached a special sermon to thi young men, commenting at some lengtl oh the character of George Washington and requested any one present wh( thought himself Washington's equal t( stand up. One young man arose. Th< pastor asked him upon what did he bas< his claim. "Sir," said the young man, "I an rnilroad agent at Hilton station." The thirsty Boatonese have been unde nc legal necessity for some time past of lei inn their thirst gDttn*laked vcave in ill f fug posture. Tljff. scdytisU and r? formers of that ilowM^owt demon si rated to their o wu7sa$||faction that drink permeating an/ percolating slon the sinuosities of tile Stated figure w? less deleterious (ham on# plunging pr cijiilate.ly along tho^ir ft perper Killed by Lig Whii# in it Fort Smith, Ark.M [Special.]?I Lowell, Ark., the two-if^Nft ^W < | Dr. Wh%, while plsvlfil in lift mother [ inun. wag truck hy ligh%u?? tad killc jtajjgtllm The mother wW tpanJ?re4. STARVING ISLANDERS. , First Decimated by an Epidemic and Now Suffering for Food. Montreal, Canada, f Special.]? Capt. N. T. Jordan, of the schooner Mary, gives additional particulars ?f the epidimic at Magdalen Islands. Two months ago the son of a lighthouse keeper at South Point, Amherst Island, fell ill. His disease was not considered | dangerous until other members of the I family were similarly affected. It was thought to be the grip. The Malady spread rapidly into the neighboring village of Stang du Nord, and in less than a week seven-eighths of the inhabitants . were down. The disease had then as^jWnaaff a most malignant form. Deaths more t-hso 4,000 men, women and children, were afflicted, while the death roll had run into the hundreds. The people' became panicstricken and helpless. ' The outbreak was at the opening of the fishing season, but as nearly every one was affected the fisheries were entirely abandoned. The islanders depend on the catch for food and supplies. Their condition is simply deplorable. Deaths are now so frequent that the dead have to be immediately buried in the merest apology for a cofiin. In the vicinity of Fox Harbor, Capt. Jordan has seep upward of thirty families actually starving, while others arc satisfied if they can get a biscuit each as a day's rations. He vi?itcu one family named Jameson, consisting of eight pe >ple; four are dead, the mother aud two children dying, and the father, who is ill. said that excepting a little Indian meal, they had not had food for two weeks. The same teniblo condition prevails on the other island*, tad Um mwM cine is exhausted. The Captain said unless food was immediately sent those who survived the disease would staive to death. The islands arc under the control of the Quebec Government. They are private property, having been granted by the British Government to Rear Admiral Sir Isaac Cofiin, and are now owned by his nephew. THE NATIONAL CHAUTAUQUA. Formal Opening of the New Educational Institution at Washington. Washington, D. C., [Special.]?The "National Chautauqua" at Glen Echo,seven miles from this citv. was nnpnnd to. day. The main building is an amphitheatre 206 feet in diameter, capable of sealing 6,000 people, aud constructed of I'iflsa.. 'i, I wiHRny tiiMi vt)H ps ucccrnpflDicd Dv ri o* * * Brown, of the Brooklyn Tabernacle, on a big new organ. The Rev. A. H. Gillet, the | Field Secretary of* the original Chautauqua and the Chancellor of the Glen Echo Chautauqua, presided and introduced tho speakers. The latter were local clergymen and the Rev. T. DcVTitt Talmage of Brooklyn. Several thousand people were present. The dedicatory address was by Chancellor Gillet. He unfolded a flag that had presented to him by Bishop Vincent, tire originator of the Chautauqua idea, and which Dr. Gillet said had been unfolded at every Chautauqua event of importance in the history of the movement. The site of the Chautauqua is in the midst of romnutic scenery ou the Poto .mac .River. Already ha' f a million has been expended for buildiogs, for an electric roaa, and"Nfot. other improvements. A fine large stone building, kuownnsthe Hall of Philosophy, hosbewi. erected. The present programme includes by specialists, to be delivered every hour in the day for the next three wgeks. LIVELY TIMES IN CHILI. Balmaceda's War Ships Bombarding the Northern Ports. Santiago de Chili, [Special. |?It is officially announced hcie that tbc Presi dential squadion of warships bombarded Pisagua on June 8 for three hours, aud that Iquique met with a similar bombard ment on June 9. In the case of the lnt m uujr, nutuiuiu^ iv iuu uuiiiiu unuouucemeul, (he lluascar and O'Higgius fired upon the city with their long-rauge guns, "but," the announcement adds, _ "these vessels remained at a distance." A detachment of sailors and troops i landed from the Presidential squadron, on June 10, occunied Tocopilla and collccti ed the duty, due President Balmaceda's f Government, on the saltpetre then I eing i landed at that port. From Tocopil'a the Presidential vessels steamed to Anto, fagasta and bombarded that port also, f The Presidential squadron afterwards occupied Chanaral, and, after spiking the guns of the insurgent batteries, released a number of prisoners held in custody by the insurgents on account of no litical offences, and who were found to be in a state of semi-starvation. The foreign and mercantile communi 3 ty is weary of the war and heartily desir1 ous that one side or the other obtain the J upper hand, 5 Bright Outlook for Brazil Predicted. i Rio Db Janeiro, Bhazii,, [8pecial.J ? President da Fonseca, at the opening of 9 Parliament made an optimistic speech, in which he dwelt upon the good relations which exist between Brazil and all r foreign powers. The President also said t- lhat the condition of the country was a peaceful, and that there had been an in <;iu*oc iu iit". rr.Tunuu 111 run* i- 'fusion, President Fonseca said lie hoped a .o lie able to effect an equilibrium of the g. budget without tinding it necessary to is impose fresh taxes upon the people. B- ? '* Killed by Runaway Oars. Ci.ikton Forok, Va., [Special.]?A col lision occurred at Balcony Falls, on the tt Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, this evening, and Engineer Lane and Fireman Clements of tnis placo were killed. The collission was canted by the train separating. The engineer started his engine back and met tho cars coming down on a 4 curve, It was too late to *to]4 ? collis>?u? ALLIANCE DEPAfcTMEN A Nebraska Judge to The Resc Of A Farmer. The Relation of Col. L,. 1,. Pc and the New People's Party Discueied. According to The Huh, a paper pu lishcd nt Kearney, Neb., the distress the fariilers has touched the judic bench, and caused it to exercise a rs degree of discretion in administering t law. It seems that while court was in si sion iu a town appropriately nam Broken Bow, a lawyer applied for a ri to confirm a farm mortgage ^sale. out a precedent in court auuals. Judge Hamer, who was presidii looked thoughtfully at the lawyer a n ment. Then his eyes ranged over 1 sad-faced farmers in the hall of justice, "I will not do it!" said the judj "This docket is covered, page upon paj with confirmation cases. The droug I of last summer has exhausted the farmc resources, and he is unable to pay 1 loans. The act of God, for which t people nre not responsible, has redact one-half of them almost to beggary, ai this calamity shall not be made worse 1 any act of mine. We arc asked to tu 100 farmers over to money lenders ai 500 women and children over to paupt ism. It shall never be done iu this d trict whilo I am judge. The people n notable to pay, and I will not assist robbing them. Let us wait until a cr can he raised and confidence restore and all will come out right. If a man living on his land, or trying to cultivr it, he should have the reward of 1 itwX. T wm never cunnrin n tiraes like these, if the owner 13 trying make a living on the land. When t people arc compelled to ask aid to pi cure seed it would he a cruel mockery deprive them of the land to sow the se upon. I have a right not to contain sale when the properly sold docs n bring two-thirds its actual value, and these cases it has not brought th amount. The sale is not confirmed." ******* The president of the National Fannei Alliance and Industrial Union, Col. L. Polk, was not present at the Cincimci Conference that formed the "Pcoph party," and he was not in favor of tl formation of a new party so soon. Ne\ < thcless, he does not propose to be in tl iv-m w uuu iuu piuucoaiuu lm* biiti iru. ;u lie conics out in his paper, the Prcgn ive Farmer, in what ought to be unini taknblc fashion, as follows: The question what will the Allien TOST?f? fell,1 It WgBt not "TO TSKOTmr wisdom to answer that question. T new party has adopted the Alliance i inands aud its platform. Does any < suppose that intelligent Alliance men v vole against a party that adopts tin demands and in favor of a party that i only fails to adopt, but resists those < inands? The Western Alliance Sta have already gone into the new pail Will not the necessity for Alliance tin force the other Alliance States to go :i the new party also? We sec uo way prevent the new party from sweeping t couutry, except the simple one of rhe< fully conceding to the people every o of their just demands. ******* i According to a Topeka dispatch, t Executive Committee of the Farnu Alliance of Kansas is discussing a pi for a private sub-treasury. The plan is to establish in each conn a bank, and storehouse or elevator. '1' I stock is to be taken by subscription, ai each county sub-treasury is to be mans "TjHTf-fJit: "officer!"Alihrti The fanners may deposit their grain other products in the storehouse aud ceive in checks of the bank 80 per ce of the value of the deposit, minus t charges for insurance. The deposit c be kept until the owner is ready to si Meanwhile his check for advances is circulate as money. The amount of 1 produce deposited is limited to t amount of the bank stock subscrili Such are the outlines of the plan. An anti-trust bill has been passed the Illinois Legislature which forb with severe penalties any corporate partnership, individual or association enter into an agreement with any otl corporation, partnership or individual regulate production or fix prices. It to be noted, however, that combinatli in production are now inore cotumo taking the form of large corporate legally organized into which have bi merged many smaller ones. This 1 would not apparently outlaw the 8u Trust as at present organized, any in than it would any other corporation. ******* A grand Alliance mass-meeting hch Goldsboro on the 27th. A number prominent men made speeches, am< them being President L. L. Polk, or National Alliance and Industrial Uni and Senator Peltcr, of Kansas. Anot similar meeting will be held in Cuarh on August 26th. A meeting of the farmers and worki men of Chesterfield county, Va., was 1 at the county court-house on Frid June 19th, and an address made Robert Suavely, State lecturer of Farmers' Alliance, who cxplaiued objects and priuciplcs of the Alliance. ******* It was Byron who said that a drop ink may make a million people thi So it can, and like the shot that was ti by the embattled farmers and he round the world, so a word may sr times stir the heart of a nation or to the most important results. Blonde and Negro Wedded. Jacksonville, III., |Special.|?M eili/.ens arc indignant over a niarr wt'ieh look place early in the cvenin i the residence af the Rev. Mr. I)c\ p stor of Mount Emory Baptist Chu i folin H. Wright, a Chicago negro, i married to Miss Valctta Gott, w home, accordipg to her own story, i Burlington, Iowa. Miss Gott is a bri i good looking young ladv, fair and ' pretty blonde tresses, while Wright black the ace of spades, T CLEVELAND CONGKATULATBfc Iff His Friends Tendering1 Him Their Cheer bnd Sympathy. New Yoiik, [Special.] ? Iu the beat ,jp social circles here there has l?eeu whispered for a few days a Ittle hint which lias absorbed all interest in other topics. Never has the channs and popularity of the fair bride whom Orover Olcve[I). land won been apparent, of This hint is oue that women tell ial among themselves with that quiet and ue delicious joy that the symptom of combe ing maternity always creates; and it is a far higher honor and a richer crown of bs- happiness than ever his great office cd brought him that the most cordial svmllc pat I iv aud tender, thoutrh vet tacit, con- , ? unji'i1 nre oxtcftnedTo (nis 'wooer rtr-"i and winner of-one of the most gracious of women. The llreathlng of a Locomotire. Ihe 7'tie "breathing" of a locomotive? that is to say, the number of puffs given ?e. by a railway engine during its journey ;e, ?depeuds upou tbe circumference of its n'v driving wheels and their speed. No mattcr what the rate of speed may be, for us every one rouud of the driving wheels a . locomotive will give four puffs?two out of each cylinder, the cylinders being double. The sizes of driving wheels vary, some betug eighteen, uineteeu, tweuty aud even twenty-two feet in circumference, although they are generally made of about twenty feet. Tbe express speed i,? varies from fifty-foui to fifty-eight miles i,, an hour. Taking the average circutnfercp ence of the driving wheel to be tweuty feet, and the speed per hour fifty miles, bi< a locomotive will give, going at express lie speed, 880 puffs per minute, or 52,800 lis puffs per hour, the wheel revolving .. ZOO times In flmyTSthutes, -#v>?g t" puffs per mile. Therefore, an express" 'ie going from London to Liverpool, a disro' tauce of 201J miles, will throw out 213,018 puffs before arriving at its destM tination. During the tourist seasou of ^ '' 1888 the journey from London to Edinburgh was accomplished in less than eiirlit hours, the distnnee Heinrr ant miin. giving a speed throughout of lift}* iniles au hour. A locomotive of au express rs* train from London to Edinburgh, subI, ject to the above conditions, will give li 423,456 puffs.? Iron. " Little Jeff" Davis Hayes Indignant. ,, Jackson, Miss.?When thePresiden|( 'ial paitv icached Colorado Springs, s Col., the citizens were prepared to give jv tiiin a royal welcome. This being the iioiuo of Mrs. Margaret Davis Hayes, the rt daughter of Jefferson Davis, the citizens i President in embryo. I, Like other ladies of the town, Mrs. ' Hayes put on her children their best ap'(1i paiel and sent them out to see the Presi)M dent. Jeff, whom the enterprising citi/ens of the little city had given a coni . spicious place in the reception of the j) ? President, was recognized and saluted by | x Mrs. McKee, Mr. Wauauiaker, and other jjv members of the distinguished party, but t|i irceivcd no murk of recognition from the 'j'] President. At this neglect upon the part .of the nutiou's executive, he was highly u incensed, aud on returning home he ex1 pressed his indignation to his mother. .le-d inhaling with his hands, he said: Mother, Mr. Harrison didn't even jit take bis liat off to me.'' vs Nature's Freaks in Oeorgia. an Baxley. Ga., [Special. J?J. J Clark, Iv living but a few miles from Baxlcy, has l,"e a monstrosity in the shape of a sheep. It vl has two perfectly formed heads attached ~ vo oue body and neck. When chewing ye i a food it ytfhs, withn^? or ~feCt*^t?f:Hii^, aud is a natural \ re- ccpt the twin heads. ,,t Mosticello, Ga., [Special. |?Mr, .lie Will T homasou, near Winford, lias a iU1 hen's egg that is somewhat of a curiostty. nil. Besides being Ibe usual shape, it has to from the small cud a growth about one ;.,,.1> U.rik nn.l tl?. r-;-... .. l?.wl ...... Illl' "" " ' l iuv. v/l .? icnn |)CUtlic oil, which is folded back toward the largi*d. ct end, jesembling the asm and hand of an infant. Danielsvii.i k. Ga., [Special.]?A b\ large horned snake was killed by Lewis id, Candler, a few days ago. J.t measured 5 >u( feet and it inches in length. This makes to the second homed snake killed hero |,cr within a week, '/he bite of this snake to is fatal. is "" "? mis Women Fleeing From the Flames. nly Oitawa, Ont., [Special.]?The villus lage of Cusclman, about thirty miles from pen Ottawa, on the line of the Canada bill Atlantic Railway, was almost engar tivelv destroyed by five to-day. Passenore gcrs by the Canada Atlantic train from Montreal s ty the village, when the passed through it last night, was a mass of tire. 1 at Piles of lumber, measuring millions of of feet, hugh stacks of tan bark, and nearly ong every house and store in the village were the on tire. Men. women and children were ion, rushing toward the woods in the most her frantic manner. The population is die about 1,000. A New ami Pecnliar Insect. ng- The currant bushes in the vicinit of icld Bloomiugton, III., are infected by a new lay, an 1 peculiar insect, which covers almost i?y i completely the green fruit, and whose poisonous qualities have occasioned much AYPitflmAnfc A o.Hilrl nf Efl MaII of Illoomington died,the doctors declara^. ol from eating the parasite-infected greOT*J\ nj, currants. Tho child died in the nioAH^i (t,(| intense agony, suffering as if anj with rabies. T.vo other chiltffl^^HHBp^*?^ >nu'- 'ow ffom the same cause. Many people lead ftro ridding their gardens of all currant bushes.? Wish i nitonSlar. Large Sale of Phosphate Laad. Jacksonville, Fla., [Special |. ? A [any <>cala special to The Times-Union, says: iagc huncs A. Harris and Albertua Vogt have gat s(.|d to a syndicate 4,900 acres of phosvitt. pliatc land in Marion, Levy, Citrus, Herirch. nando nnd Polk counties for $570,000 was cash, they retaining in the same fifty-one hose one hundredths interest in order to conis in trol it. ffht. Pofosf Peru,> loaded with precious with ... . . ... is as fetal, 's "the richest region on thjs hemisphere." /