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THE ?EEKLlfpiOII0I TIMES, Devotfdto Afrriqulture, Horticulture, ^Owiatvre, Politic* and the Current Newt oj the Day. VOL. XXIII.--NEW SERIES. UNION C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. JANUARY 22,18i>2. NUMBER 4 1 ... ?? ? ~ *? Some yeara ago a rich Glasgow (Sc>t- . rpjjg IN BRIEF. I ?>!<? ? lierd of Jersey cows to the Lunatic , * A NEWSB0Y.anVPPXTOT> . * *.... iad) mjrchaat naui :d B jjhaaii loft tho I | Asvliiin fnr ?? ..???- ? * " Kionftv tii Knllrl ?" > i-' ' j ? nuvi lujiuiiiu d saourjsi *ome for sixteea uufortuaato business won or other deserving citizen) ol Glasgow,tbo only stipulation being that they ihould boar tho na no of Buchanan. Tho place, which i) uudor the trusteeship of Ihe Provosts and magistrate) of Glasgow, to now ready for occupancy. Tnore is a park ot throe aero, a handsome build- | ing, aocommodations for sixteen men in perfect stylo, and un ain't\l revenue of F6000. The only thing lac'ting i) impoverished Buchanans. Tuore are lots ?f that nnuc in tho town, tout none who tceis help, and the Trustees are going d upp'y t) the courts for permission t? to stall bearers with loss fortunate patronymics instead. ' Since 17'JO tho increase in tbo population of American cities is one of tho most significant signs of our growth, observes tho New York Jfeiot. In that year, taking 8000 as a basis, there were aix. In 1880 there were 23G, in 1893 hore wore 411?vi increase during the decade of uearly forty-four per cent. Grouped, the majority of peoplo find their homes on the Atlantic slops. Yet while this shows a tendoncy to mass population and with it active enterprises, lit has not, as in tho case of EuglauJ, .been at the expense so far, of the country population. "Should tho migration tp the cities continue," aids the At<j:cj, 4lit would be a subject of concern, but 2 'the average of growth is fairly distributed, aud the toucmcut houses and slums of the great comnercial centres are not absorbing all the life-making influences of the new people who arc fiudiug homes in our country." , Remarks tl\e Boston Trunieript: "Tne istoryof tho tragedy just euaoted in Hungary is one which, had it been wrought out upon tho theatrical stago, would have been doclarcl impossible. A son ' returns after long absence in America with $3000 in gold. Ho seeks his old home, and as a stranger asks for foo I and lodgiug. The mother is absent, but tho fathor recognized his son. They embrace, and the son tells of his good fortune. The mother returns after tho on has gone to bed. Her husbaa 1 speaks of the stranger, but does not say he is their sou. He will keep that surprise until the morning, when the son shall reveal himself to his happy j mother. Tho mother rises in the night. She overhauls tho stranger's baggage. She sco the gold. Her cupidity is aroused. She grasps a knife, 1 cuts the strauger's throat an l seizes and hides tho gold. When the fathor awakes he discovers his sou dea I and in a pool of blood. His cry of horror arouses tho mother who had expected her husban I would bo a ready acco.uplic; for tho sako of the plgudcr. The fathor gasps tho namo of tho victim. Tin murlercu utters a cry, reels ml falls (toil. C>il 1 anything bo more dramatic? Oould anything be more terrible?" U. I? - J Says tho Sari Francisco Chronicle: 'During the lml six month* thoro hava been many attempts made to introduce the meal of maize, or Indian corn, into Europe ns a food, most.of which, it is understood, hivo been unsuccessful. Tho Europeans insist on considering cornmcal as fo lder for auitnals instead of as food for human beings, and this prejudice must be removed before American cornmcal can tind a market there. A gentleman who has lived in ecvoral countries on tnc uonuuent ot Europe, suggests as one reason for the prejudice that the Europeans know nothing of tho distinction which exists between different kinds of corn. They are familiar with the coarse, rank kind which is fit only for fodder for horses and cows, aud know nothing of American sweet corn, or of the fine meal which is ground from the bost varieties of corn produced in this country. It is very likely that this is one of tho causes which lead to the A- dislike for American cornmeal. Ignoraocc is very hard to overcome, especially whea backed by predjudice. However, if the continental nations will come to Chicago in 1898 thoy will have an opportunity to complete their education in this respect. It is proposed to erect a corn palace, and iusido it to have corn and cornmeal cooked in every way known to American gastronoiuical science. If vUitnr nil resist corn meal mush and corn meal caku and hominy and hulleucorn aud routing oars wa may at well give up tbo experiment of introducing corn into Europe, and keep it for home consumption. As a matter of fact the corn products, or many of them, which are refused as food it Europe, aro luxurios in this country, and we cannot believe that our taste is so crude and barbaric as to differ very i widely from that of the people of L Europe. What tin y need le to be eduL cated in the possibilities which lie in B the husk of the golden corn, and it should be our proud privilege as well ea A our duty to instruct them." i4 .v . o ,\?V. The Latest Happenings in Virginia And The Carolinas. Many Mishaps, Newsy Notes, Telegraphic Ticks, Town Talk, Rural Records. Rapidly Reviowod. VIRGINIA. The Norfolk police made 3,848 arrests during the past year. The electric street railway from Fortress Monroe to Pha-bus has been com| plcted. llncna Vista has npplied for n city charter, but the people of the county are trying to prevent their securing it. All the city ofliccs and public buildings of Norfolk were draped iu mourning last week in memory of the late May01 Morns, who was buried Friday. A county physician says, "The whole of Gloucester county is one big hospital, lu a 40 years' experience I have never known any thing like it." 'Tis the grip. The Hon. Frank Morris, mayor of Kichmoud, and president of the Union Savings llnnk of that city, died Wednesday aftcrnoou at 0 o'clock after a long illness of cancer of the throat. The Chesapeake West Virginia Kail road has armlied *< > ? '? - t _ .v ?uv loinvuir iur u charter. The road is to cxtcud froin some point iu Highland, Augusta or Rockingham county to some point on the Potomac or Kappahanuock river. The Richmond, Uiackstonc & Southern Railroad Co. has applied to the Legislature for a charter, authorized to build n railroad from a point at Richmond or Manchester through Chesterfield, Amelia and Nottoway counties to Blackstone, aud thence to the North Carolina lino at a poiut near Henderson or Ridgeway. Among the nominations for postmasters sent to the U. S. Senate Thursday were the following: Morten 0. Sanger. Basic City; George T. McClenlic, Cov ington; George Richardson, Farmvi'Ie; William II. Mosby, Bedford City; Thos. B Muhouc, Williamsburg, and Robert A. Fulwilei, Buchanan. George Rich ardsou, who is to succeed Captain Me Kenney, a broth r of the Governor, of Farmville, is a step-brother of ex-Congressman Hooper. Captain Mosby is a brother of Colonel John S. Mosby. Colonel Whitehead. Commissioner of Agriculture, and lite members of the State Board express themselves much encouraged at increased inquiry from ibroad about Virginia lands, and think ihc outlook for valuable immigration to .lie Statu is rapidly improving under the dTortit of the den/nt ? ??> .Mission wtis in receipt rbursdfiy of three otters, one each from Canada, Eugland nul Ireland. Two of these wero exper cnccd agriculturists, with capitul, who tnuounced their intention of moving to Virginia, and a?kcd for detailed particulars as to different loca'itics, while the hird wanted to establish an industry with machinery. NORTH CAROLINA. The State Geologist is boring for coal at Walnut Cove. Asbestos mines are to be developed in Watauga county. Corund. m mines arc being opened in Jackson county. Machine shops arc to be erected at the Colored State Agricultural and Mechanical College at Raleigh. Philadelphia patties are to build a $30,000 cotton mill at New Heme. Northern capitalists arc negotiating for the purchase of mineral lands in Granville county. Receiver Robinson, who is in charge of the wrecked first National Bank of Wilmington, places the amount of the shortage at $220,000. There arc over two thousand children attending the several schools in WinstouSalem. The No v Berne tisli. oyster and game | fair, in February, ii being well adver- I tiscd. The agent b:n been in 45 counties. Dr. A. W. Miller, who bus been pastor of tiic 1st Presbyterian church, at Charlotte. for 37 years, is death Five thousand people attended the funeral. A prisoner made good his escape from the Rockingham county jail Thursday. The jailor went into the cell and left the door open. As he did this, the prisoner, who was standing in the corridor,jumped out the door nnd lied. Nortli Carolina is going lo do well at Chicago. The 20,00 J feet of space asked for is a larger amount than has yet been applied for by any State. It is proposed tliat tho display shall be in five depart. a . /i.i rri - n tr -.t ? ineiui. v.01 i IMMHH3 i> rveogn gives aa-uiance that the State will have n building at the Fair, the plans being now matured. Before the Giand I.ocfge of Masons adjourned at Raleigh it elected all its old officers aud also elected Julian S. Cnrr to succeed himself 011 the committee on the oiphun asylum. It forbade auy Mason in North Curoliua from having auything to do with the Cernenu rite. The re publication of the Masonic code, as amended. wafc ordered. The installation of the officers was done in the presence of at least three hundred members of the or .dor. It was decided to hold the annual session of 1894 anywhere save at Raleigh. Jt is desired to hold it at Wilmington, then in honor of the St. John's lodge centennial. SOUTH CAROLINA. Greenville will spend $73,000 for sewerage. J Elmore Martin is the new Chief of Pollco of Charleston. Abbeville will erect several ward school buildings. A shell road is under construction from Port Royal to Beaufort. Gen. Rudolph Seigling has been elected President of the Bank of Charleston. In the chicken tights at Greenvillo between Augusta and Greenville, the cocks of the latter city won; prize. $500. A $80,000 resort hotel is to be built on St. Helena Island, to be known as "St. Helena by the Sea." It is said that Goreruor Tillman hai . ........ iiiui^uvcr ?"<* t,,c News and Courier wants him to pay a , license tax for dealing iu live stock. Peak. Lexington county, is a "dry" town, ami some of her citizcus have formed a club for '-social and literary purposes " on the order of the Columbia Club. A little six year-old giii named Fowler, burned to death on Monday morning last, near Greenville. She stated before her death that her clothing was set on fire by a younger brother. The towushipsof Jonesvillcand Pinckney, Union county, w ill hold an election to consider the subscription of $20,000 each to tho capital stock of the Jonesvllle & Lockhart Shoals Kailroad. The Savings ami Five, Per Cent. Association, of Columbia, has decided to increase its capital stock to $00,000 und convert its organization into a bauk. The main building cf Converse College, Spartanburg, consisting of halls, chapel, dormitories, recitation, art. dining rooms, etc , burned the other day, will he rebuilt at once at a cost of $05,000. The recent death near Statcshurg of Mrs E dward C. Ilutlcdge, the daughter of the Hon. William Lowndes, recalls to memory that great statesman, who. Hen ry Clay raid, was the wisest man lie ever knew, who was recognized during the war of 1812 as the founder of the United States navy, and who was a prominent candidate for the Presidency of the United States at the time of his death. OTHER STATES. The county court of Knox county, Tenn , has voted $20,000 towards tho expense of making an oxhiWt or the resources of EivsU'ew"*"'^0 "* ^ orld's ! Fnir. A company with a capital stock of $150,000 has been organized in Galveston t3 establish a fnotiirv t r> ,....lr? i~~ iftinic and cotton curtains, mosquito netting, etc. The Oemler Oyster Company lias jost settled sixty colonists from Wilkinson county, Ga., on Wilmington Island, below Savannah, where an extensive oyster packing establishment is iu success ful operation. i w ; CARDINAL MAN31X0, Cardinal Gibbons Grieved. Baltimore, Md., [Special.] ?Cardinal Gibbons was profoundly a fleeted when informed of the death of Cardinal Manning, of England "May God have mercy on his .soul," was his simple and earnest prayer upon reading the dispatch conveying the intelligence of the demise of his distinguished co-laborer in the English speaking religious world. Cardinal Gibbons at once imparted the sad, but not unexpected news to the priests of his household, and said he would prefer not t> be disturbed for a short time. But before ho could reach his room, another dispatch was hnnded him. It read: "Cardinal Simcoui died this morning of iutluenzn." This announcement, following so speedily upon the cablegram conveying the intelligence of the passing away of Cardinal Manning, almost completely prostrated Cardinal Gibbons, and ho immediately retired to his room. ( ordinal Gibbons had long known each of his ?l.*ad associates of the church. ANOTHER CARDINAL DEAD." A cablegram from Home says: Cardinal Simeoni, formerly Pnpal Secretary of State and Prefect General of the Propaganda, died Thursday. His death was duo to au attack of influenza, from which ho had been suffering for several days. Failed as a Farmer and Committed Suicide. Bixouamton, N. Y., [Special.]?Last spring Andrew Johnston of Springport cawc into pose&ion of $20,000. lie thought he could make a success of fariniug on a large scale. lie did not know much about farming, but he purchased a well-known farm of 165 acres in Tompkins county, to try bis luck on. lie paid ,50(1 for the property. The farmhouse ou the premises is one of the finest in the State. It is of atone, and cost its original owner $30,000. When Johnston had purchased this farm he married a prominent Tompkins county young woman and settled down ns a farmer. The experiment was a failure. Ilis crops of last season sold for less than $700. Ho recently sold his farm for $13,000. His fine live stock and expensive farm machinery he disposed of for n song. Last week he figured up that his brie? experience in farming would cost him $10,000 more than it had brought him in. Then hi< went mil in hia lim n unrl kninml liin, self. His young wife discovered him and cut hin? down, hut he was dead. Bail Was Refused Him. 8siiTHriKLP. N. C, [Special.]?An old feud between Bud ParUl) aud Davia Langlcy, white farmers Ju Johnston county, has caused the peipetrntiou of a terrible irimc. The men live near Princeton, nhd I.auglcv was waylaid by 1 Parish, soi/cd nud ?iragged into rho Intter's house. There he was set upon and > beaten until he was entirely insensible. Both of ids eyes were put out, and his internal injuries me* considered fatal, i Parish is in jail here, bail being refused. ? -? V ? juibll \JXIi Nortfi Dakota's Chiof Kxecutivc Originally a New York Waif. OOYEKNOR ANDIIEW IT. Bl'KKIl Andrew IJ. Burke, the present Governor of North Dakota, is one of tlio 7.",000 waifs of New York for whom the Children's Aid Focietyof that city has provided homes in tiio West. Young Andrew Burke was sent West many years ago and was adopted by n gent.'euian named Butler. For two years ho was employed in a wholesale house in Minis ap >1 is and was married theiv. From Minneapolis he went to a small station named New York Mills, on the Northern l'acific ltaiit oad, nud took charge of a general storo end sawmills. Afterward lie removed to | Cassjlton, N. D., and after six mouths' rosi- j den-e became Cashier of the First Nation*' jr.11jfbjmrwi m tt;e position'Tor six years. At tlio Inst election lie was elected Governor on the Kopub licau ticket. A Good New Year's Start. The Manufacturer's Record, of Bnltitiinorc, January 0, in reviewing the industrial progress of the South, says : "It is too early in the new year to expect any very great activity in new enterprises, but notwithstanding this the past week shows a henlthv ornwtb ? decided tendency of capital to seek investments in the South inoro freely than for many mouths. Very large sales of Southern municipal securities have lately been made in the North and the West, and tiie outlook is promising for" increased confidence in Southern securities of all kinds. Active efforts for tho building up of Newport News additional shipping facilities arc to bo constructed; nt Norfolk large piers, a machine shop and round house arc to be built by tho Norfolk A Western to accomutpdate its heavily increasing business th .; ists. At other por's the aping their foreign trade goes on sieflnTTy: In the industrial line there has been a fair amount of activity, and among the new enterprises reported for - the week ire a $250,000 ccnl mining company in Alabama with the full capital subscribed; \ $500,000 coal mining company ill West Virginia; a $150,000 car works company in Florida; a $25,000 brick company nt Ccdnr'.own, On.; a $1,500,000 pliosphnto company in Florida; n $50,000 clothing company at Atlanta, Ga.; a $200,000 land improvement company at Fort Worth, Texas; a $200,000 hotel company at Dallas, Texas; a $1,000,000 loan and immigration company'in South Carolina; a $50,000 kaolin company ia South Carolina; a $50,000 improvement company, at Dallas, Texas; three large tobacco factories at Louisville, Ky.; a $60,000 caual building company at New Oileans, La ; a $100,000 distillery company at Dallas, Texas; a $500,000 street car motor building company nt l'cnsacola, Fla ; a $110, 000 phosphate company in Florida; a $100,000 machine company at Bnitimore, Md." Africans Not to be Molested. WAsnixriTON. D. C.?Tho Benato Monday, in executive session, finally ratitici the general Act signed at Brussels July 2, 1890, by seventeen Powers, including the United States, for the repression of the African slave trade, and alsa a convention of commerce and navigation between the United States and the independent State of Congo, signed at Brussels July 21, 1891. 'l'he slave trea'y was sent to the Senate bv the President nearly a year ago, and but a few weeks remained of the time allowed for the exchange of final ratification. Sixteen of the Powers rep rcseiit d at the Brussels conference had signed the convention inuny months ago, and the failure of the Senate to act upou the convention until this late day was caused by reluctauce on the part of a miuiocroi oeuutors 10 recognize rue jug-tiee of the partition of Africa among the nations of the world. This sentiment was urged very strongly by Senator Chandler when the treaty was under consideration last year, and again at the beginning of this session he introduced a proposed amendment to the pcuding ratification Act, disclaiming ou the part of the United States any approval of the \vi?' dom, expediency or lawfulness of protectorates in Africa, There was no substantial objection to tho treaty 011 other grounds, and to it was ratified, the views of Senators who sided with Senator Chandler being recognized in the adoption as part ot the ratifying Act of the language of Chandler's amendment. A Great FAilure. ? Baltixioiik, Mn.?The. old and well known banking house of^I. J. Nichol 011 A Sons made an assignnientJn the afternoon to John M. Carhfc.and lltittbcw K. Aiken. A great crowd gathered about the doors of tho bnuk, many of whom were depositors, hut none dhuld gain admission or information as to the extent of the failure. John II. f'holson was seen in the back office of the hank. Tho assets will not gjo over $250,000, It is absolutely unnosstb'.o to tell whai the liabilities aro \ The firm was orgunjved in 1828. A, T. Nicholson died sulblenly a lew day: ago while talking onVbusincss at tin counter of tho hank.lVhe house hai long enjoyed an cxcelll Jk standing anr for a long time has df V\n cxtensivi business both in the if \ States nn< Europe, having covreajf fits in ncarl; toll the large cities, ? ciiwn nnu iv Nt,UKU LAWYER. A. Young: Man Accuses His Prospective Mother-in-Lnw of Stoaling The License. Richmond, Va., (Special |?Marx Melilits appeared ngains t.Mrs. lici t ha llrcancr charging her with stealing the marriage license from her daughter, to whom Mclitits was engaged. The marriage was to occur early in December, but w s pos poncd until December 20. Menut me the prospective bride a?ked lies l e tio'licd to let her keep the marriage license, so as to show it to some friends. Them some one poisoned the mind of the young woman against Marx. lie discovered that his prospective mother inliw had the license, which she refused to suricnder. (!ilcs Jackson, n colored lawyer appealed for Marx who is white, aud E. A. Randolph, colored, represented Mrs. llrenner. also white. The point was made that the bride expectant owned one-half interest in the license. There could 1 c no theft of it, and Mrs Uicnncr whs discharged. Origin of the Phosphate Roils. Professor E. T. Cox, for.ncrly Slata Geologist of Indiana, vegards tue rook phosphate of some of the immense pho iphate beds of Fiorida, as of miner il and not animil origin. He calls this especial variety of phosphorite by the name of Floridite. These remark d?'?'/ ll.wla tin l.?* ' - | of al)LV?k imlei in wi<lth. The 1 phosphite rest3 on rocV.s of Eocene age. 1 The uu iorlyiug r*>^k tr.uy bj carbonate ' of lime or s auditing, an I contain* from ; one to three percent, ot phosphoric neiii. ' Sosno of the beda of bone phosphate are thirty-seven feet deep; an 1 the rock will ! sometime* yield eighty per cent, of bone , phosphate. Floridito he regard* us tiie , mineralization of an ancient guano. A.* ( the Pcninsulii of Florid i wa. elevate 1 < nbovc t no ocean, the 5 in I l> ir Icring tii3 I sea on the west coast became the restingplace of innumerable aquatic birds and other animals, itains carric I away the '' soluble alkalies, leaving the !e.s* soluble ^ phosphate of lime. Ho says that on som< 1 of the islands of the l'.icilic Coast art J guano beds 200 feet thick- - so that there is no dilliculty in the way of looking t< p this as a source for the mineralization o n' an aucient guano.?.Yeo York ladijiuii- t ent' . ti G^criui Kauri tiuui. 2 -x >mportaat Amtflltftti iodM^ry.pgrfor ithit the roots of tlio tree*. The Tffefw nl has beon accumuhting Tor ages and ^ s< is usually found iuasenii-fossiliza-l state. * g It is usod in tho manufacture of varnishes '? and tho greater proportion is sent to New 1' York. During the last twonty-tivo years 51 over 150,000 tons of it have bean shippe I ' ' away, about seventy per cant, going to "j New York. The kauri tree grows in the Auckland district only and the vast for- ^ ests of this beautiful tree are largely n owned by a syu licite. B i ne of the tree ( uro tUteeu feet in dianiater. The wood ^ is cross* .1-grained an I toug-i and is used ^ for shmhuildi? to a lar_'o extent. It i: especially valuable baciiisi there arom knots in it, .-til l it i? but ntnisii tl fat-a ninety-rive-foot mast to be wituoat u single knot. ? 2V.M Azo of Trees. The German Forestry Commission assigns to the pine 501) and 700 years a3 a maximum, 425 years to the silver lir, 274 years to the larch, 245 years to the icd beech, 210 years to the aspen, 200 years to the birch, 170 years to the ash, 14(5 years to the alder and 130 years to the elm. The heart of the oak begins to rot at about die age of 300 years. The holly oak alov.c ercapes this law, and there is a specimen of this aged 410 years in existence near Afschaferburg, iu Germany. Hut in England there arc several famous old oaks of gigantic proportions, and with aues variously estimated at from 700 to ifsQO years. The latter age, however, seems incredible.?Atio York World. Gen. Robert Ransom Dead. New Bki:nk, N. C.?Gen. liobt. Ransom died at his home lieic Thursday morning, lie was seized with congeslive chill and died before the physician sent for arrived. lie was a graduate of West 1'oiut and served in the United States nrinv uutil North Carolina joined the Confederacy, when he sided with his .State. He rose in the Confederate army to the rank of Br'gadicr (Jcneial, serving in many notable battles. He was ranking oUicer for this State. I.ast autumn he was choted president of the Confederate Veterans' Association. Lute years he has been engineering the government improvement of rivers in Eastern North Caiolina. Sullivan Takos nTeniperanco Plodge. Tacoma, Was., [Special.] ? John L. Sullivan, after gating beastly drunk Wcnncsaav nigni, signcu niu ii'inpcmncv pledge aud joined Murphy llluc Kihbon Brigade. Murphy met Sullivan nnd, after talking for same time, Duncan Harris and Manager Frank Mo rati agreed to join the Blue Kihbon society if Sullivan would. To their surprise Snliivan consented. Friday night Sullivan talked temperance to a large crowd in a dive. He seems to liavo no craving for liquor, hut whether the reform will he permanent is an open question. Legal Holidays in Virginia, Ricinjonp, Va , (Special.J?A bill was , introduced in the Legislature designating as legal holidays the 19th of January (Leo's birthday) and tb.a 3d of June, to i be known as Confederate Memorial Day. j It is also provided that every general s election rlav shali be a holidav, and it r ^.1. _ i--l a I jurimr ucunrcs unit ntu^ u.xum.j, b from 13 o'clock noon, commencing the i 1st of Juno ninl ending the 30th of Sepv tember, shall be dettignnlcd ?s half holiday. /' ALLIANCE TOPICS. Some Wide Awake Work Bein$ Done Here and There. The Agricultural Commissioners of Five States Pledge a Reduction In Acreage of 20 Per Cent. At Memphis. Tenn , in the parlors ?( the llcilinly HuUI k conference Trie* UCll r>clween the commissioners of agriculture of the various cotton States who attended the convention of cotton growers regarding the action of the convention, and they agreed to the following memorial: "The commissioners of agricul tnro representing the States of Alabama, Arkausa1, North Caro lina, Georgia and Tennessee, being impn-ssed with the necessity of the re du tion of the acreage of cotton nnd the greater diversification of crops for hotuc consumption, hereby endorse the action of the Cotton Growers' nnd Merchants' Convention, held in the city of Memphis, Tenn., on the 8th day of January, 1*S'2, do earnestly appeal to all agricultural and mercantile organizations, consisting of Alliances, Granges, State nnd county agricultural societies, hoards, cotton ex cluing, s, chambers of commerce, etc., also individual fanners ami inerch-<, to nss st nml ro-oncr1' l,s 111 sccur;,vr ?j.. results, mid to this end recommend the general and local adoption of tlie action of the Convention Hedging themselves to a reduction of lot less than 20 per cent, of the cotton lerengc of last year; and further urge and '( commend the immediate organization ?f States, counties, and districts or towniliips to net either independently or hrough legally organized societies as nav he deemed host, and as will most" eadilv insure the benefits arising from oncert of action and the decreased pro luction of cottou for the year ISH2 " * * * * Senator roller, of Kansas, Thursd iv litrodueed a hill to loan Indiana farmers I00,0l'0,000. The farmers are to give heir promissory notes for the amounts of heir loans and mortgages on their farms o secure them. They tire to pay no in [ rest, hut the Governor of Indiana is to avy a tax of 1 per cent, semi-annually ml turn over the proceeds to the Secrc-. ary of State. If the farmers never pnjhey are to stay on their f*|nus of - tlicy rill agree to pay ^ a tax of ?, \ . :-.v * * * ?ra9s9n f cf there is at work pohticnlly nfl wcn wfl ic'ially* The California people aredis^-y usted" nt the paid reports which arc being j Il>r? lUMIIbll I III MI IIIV.U 1 %J I IIU Vlll'tl lat SeI'ntor Stanford is posing in favor s an Alliance candidate for the presicnt nl nomination, and say (hoy "might s well run Jay Gould ns Stanford " 'resident Cannon has put in operation a a tore system, l?y whic h he hopes to plead inform ition and political truth 11 th ough his State. He gives his lee urers suggestions and points ns to what houhl 111 talked about, and summari/es is follows: ' Show them how the Union Pacific abroad gang invested $218,000 and loeketed $147,208,770. Show that the .'cutra! Pacific railroad gang invested K.2,000 and pocketed about $10(5.000,)00. Tell them these millionaires now >we the people $1:50,000,000 and refuse ;o pay a dollar. Show them that we liavo built, and paid twice the cost, L-vc y one of the railroads to the Pacific coast, and we arc paying for them in freights and fares every five years; that these monster monopolies have the whole Pacific coast by the throat and arc cliok 111ill our iuiiii9> i IU9 in uunui uv uirn dimv grip; that while they wall in the State on the east and c harge all the traffle will hear, their friends build a tariff w all across the Golden Gate that fines vessels $10,000,000 a year to enter and discharge their cargoes. Demand that lay Gould, Kussell Sage, Sidney Dillon A Co., of the Union Pacific gang, and Stanford, Huntington and Crocker A Co . the C.ntral Pacific gang, pay theii debts to the govoininen', as well us their taxes to this Mate, or surrender their railroads rut I rgtire fro:u business for the good of the Statu." Arkansas has arranged for seven great Alliance camp and mass meetings to he held in August, ami is asking for spenk ers from everywhere. The State presi dent writes that the people arc thiisting for education as never before, ami that speakers and lecturers must he sent aiuoug them. "You may expect Aikausas to come to the front,"is a significant remark in the r tide president's ietter. TUB FUTl'RR OK TIIK AI.UAME. [National Economist, j The Farmers' Alhance cannot as an or gnni/.at on consolidation or organize a political party: 1. Jtccausc such cosnolation or coali lion would make such party a class party. or more properly, no party, hut a pol.tieal fxctiou. 2. llccausc the Farmers' Alliance ns an organization would cease to exist; the moment it yielded sovereignty ns n farmer's organization it would become something else. 1 Ihw niten trt mr?rrr?? willi flliv Diif parly would drive those belonging t< ail other parties out of the order, am that is contrary to the fundamental pun ciplcs of the organization. fennossao Miners Give Up tho Fight. A Chattanooga special says: Miner from the Coal Creek regions ate passing through here en route totheOnita Mines in Arkansas, owned by Chattanooga p?r ties. One hundred or more men wil emigru'e. taking their families wit! them. The latest information from th< mine legi >ns, in the oa tern part of th State, is very encouraging, -and there i very little probability of any fuithe trouble. SCIENTIFIC ANP INDUSTRIAL. Ores arc purified by electricity. An Inch uf raiu means 100 tons to toe acre. The process of separating iron ore by electricity is working satisfactorily in Michigan. An expert says that tho left main driver oi a locomotive ilattcus more thau the right. O?o or moro belts rmmiuv ? * *" ^ 1 cutlw -rtin t'jp of another will add much to the transmission of power. A scientific journal states that a littlo sugar put on the hands with soap will greatly increase its lather and cleansing power, and will remove dirt, chemical stains, etc. An engineer of Berne finds that 000, 000 effective horse-power can be obtained from the streams of Switzerland for electric lighting or electric power transmission. Belts running over pulleys of small diameter at high speeds ought to be thin and as wide as possible. Orange tan leather of uniform thickness answers remarkably well. A young man who has never had tho sense of smell has been the subject of some curious tests, which have I I IWHS-II1- iu<? Ulrtiij tilings .. (ncii we cat with relish arc not tasted, but only smcllcd. V Frenchman lias invented an improved method of telegraphing, so that it is practicable to transmit one hundred ' and lifty words per minute on a single wire. The message when delivered lroiu the tnac'.iine is type-written. Tiiose engaged iu the production of quinine, whether from bark or chemically, suiter with a peculiar skin atlcclioti caused by the inhalation of the vapor from hot solutions of the drug. Fever is an accompaniment of this malady. It is said Inventor lvlison is engaged in a nioJiticuMoii of the phonograph to lit it to become the successor of the raised letter system in production of hooks for the blind. The changes arc cllictly in the way of increasing the capacity of tho cylinders. What is described as the most perfect jLv** known spegirnen of a petrified iiutuau body hns recently been discovered ut .* Arizona. The figure is evidently that of*.' ' a fully-developed woman. Ttis flye ,, ^1 and a half inches .ial The large^jteel prttrriin ine ;a SI" fut. loug, six itwhus wide imujy quarter of an mcb-ttrhSic. Tho^mariuf^ <^7 kfthouglr'tha principal Hiirop7m Urad previously refused tho order. In an electric hammer that lias been devise I recently the piston is of a mignetic material and the cylinder is composed of a scries of coils, through each of which a current of electricity may bj passed. The passage of a current through the upper coils raises the piston. By cutting oil the current and tranfcrring it to the lower coils the piston is release I and drawn down. The blow may be shortened or icnghtsncd, as desire i, by regulating the distribution of the current iu the coils. Provision has been made for neutralizing the deteriorating; elfects of acid spray from a battery of accumulators wlierc metal fittings aud brass or copper conductors are mound. The medium employed for this purpose is an anti-sulphuric acid euamel. It is applied like varnish, in black or other colors. It is found to withstand the attacks of the j strongest sulphuric acid for weeks, ami is now largely used iu Knglan i for coiling woodwork, iron and cipper iu tho neighborhood of batteries. Memphis Shaken. Mkmimiis, Tknx.?Many citizens of hi- city were awakened from their iumbers onily Thursday morning by a :io? k of carthipiakc. It was a distinct me and was noticed a few minutes after : oh dm k. The vibrations were from i''Ii to smith. The seismic disturbance v i pronounced enough lo gently shake .vend buildings, especially in the sub u hs. Gen. Samuel. Thomas, of New York, who oufijut lo be in a position to know, sajs that he anticipates that 1802 will ho a year of recupciation in the South. The | mineral, coal ami iron iiitcirsts are tei viving, ami this fact will olTset in a | measure the depression which exists iu | the cotton holt. The South will also bo benefitted by the great activity in the I granger States. A Village Wiped Out by Fire. Jackson. Miss.-The little town of I Bolton. 20 miles west of here, was almost entiiely destroyed bv tiie Thursday night. Seventeen homes were hunted ami oulv threw stores are left standing. This is the third village wiped out by lire in the county within the past two months. Prosecuting Savannah Cotton Firms. Savanna if, O.t. ?Summons of garnisheeuient were served on all cottou firms w alehouses here by lawyers representing the Philadelphia National Bank, Avhieli has a claim of $25,000 against J. II. Coats & Co.. the Philadelphia cottou merchants who have failed. > A petrified "green" pine lhnb was i found recently bv a Georgia man near | Buetm Visjn. ' The limb is perfect showing where the straws made identa lions and the grain of the wood. ' It is somewhat white, and resembles coral wreath." 5 Kx President MrfYsh, of Princeton * College, has undertaken a very ambitions I literary work . He proposes to issue a full I se' of volumes on the various depart( ments of the human mind, and is at present writ rg a little book on ethics to begut the set ies. Plowiug is done by electricdy in Spain. . "12