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'^IgPQpWlfiMbnt engineers have cmiraer tod no less than 126 rivers iu the Mississippi Valley, which, in their present natural state, are not available to steam navigation, but which might be made t?o at a very reasonable cost. A two ot three foot navigation for nine months of the year might be secure ! on a total of nearly 15,000 miles, aud with a reasonable expenditure. > House purchasers will be pained to jlearn, thinks tho New York Sun, that |the diminishing supply of white oak is 'leading to the substitution of the cheaper fred oak. Car builders report that it ,bends well, and is valuable for doorjstiles, rails and some other parU^f the | interiors of cars. The beauty of white oak and its adaptability to furrfeure manuiacture have gradually increase I : the demand for it to such an extent that 'has enhanced its cost. < 1 m i A late Blue Book reveals the fact i ,that out of the 230,000 people, more or ! jess, in Washington, about 27,000 are ' ^ Government employes. This means,cx- j ^ plains the Boston Transcript, that there . are 27,000 people who get living sular- 1 'ies that aro paid to them twice a month just as regularly as the day comes 'round. That means a vast sum of ready money disbursed every mouth, and in- J dicates the highest ratioofgeuer.il prosperity in any capital under the sun. \ ? t A very short paragraph, remarks ttio New York Post, will contain the cssen- ] tial points of oue of Lloyd's quarterly re I .turns of marine disasters: hilt few brie! . announcements have more n>el??eholj * ^ significance. From the latest of theso s I reports, it seeim that 35B vessels, of all inationalities, were lost or abaudoned at 3 sea in the last three mouths of 1891. Of ' these, 100 wore owned in the Unite 1 ^ Kingdom and twenty-six by the British colonies. Next in order rooie Norway, 1 with a loss of sixty-six vessels, and tlio United States, with a loss of fifty-four | vessels. <M the British vessels wrecked ^ forty-one were steamers and tif*y-niuo sailing vessels. Of the steamer? two were abandoned, four burnt, five foun- a dered, eight went down after collision, and nineteen were wrecked; while of 1 the sailing vessel*- twelve wei?- nbnn* doned, six fouudcred, four sauk through collision, three are reported missing, and | twenty-eight were wreckc I. 1 Bays the New York .Sun: 'l'he raag- * netic needle has been acting iu a very ' ' erratic manner recently in some parts of France aud Scotland, where its dccli- < nation now is tweuty to twenty-five ? minutes greater thaa it was a few mouths ago, though 110 change has occurred in ) the adjacent regions. Scientific men do f not know how to account for this magnetic anomaly, unless it indicates that ? ractal-bearing rocks in the depths of the I found geological disturbance^ "winerf^'tV -made apparent at the surface by these I sinusal vagaries of tho needle. The ' theory was long ago a Ivaueel that terrestrial magnetism, if we could road it ariglit, wouki explain winl h going on In the bowels of the earth; and t I'uo connection that the geologists arc <lisposed to trace between the recent magnetic disturbances and subterranean geology we have another illustration of the sciences, a great truth to which Wallace called attention so vividly when he based conclusions relating to prehistoric 1 geological changes upon the present dis- 1 tribution of fauna in the Malayan archipelago. The German Emperor has been treated to some pretty plaiu speech by the newspapers, in spite of the many threatened pruiJCijUtluu.i fui (icaogui 'i'lic Vomioolio Zekung, one of the most powerful au 1 respected of the Liberal journals, says. "It would be deplorable if it should go forth that in Qcruiauy people cannot temperately speak out their opinions without risking punishment. Should this belief gain ground, the mere text of newspaper articles would soon cease to have much value, but the public would learn to read between the linos. Great rulers have always been distinguished by a noble regard for the opinions of others, eveu when opposed to their own. Joseph II. once wroto, 'Whosoever conscientiously blames mc or my actions shows a good intention --tin' of teaching me and making mc better. If in doing < so he should for a moment lose sight of ' the respect due to me, I can allord to ' forgive him.' It would be matter for i * congratulation if the Kcichstag should ho requested to make such alterations In the criminal codo as would enable the , Crown to act up to the views of tho liberal-minded Emperor Josopli. Tiion it voalj no longer i?o the duty of the Public Prosecutor to interfere with newspapers every time he thought, with 1 or without reason, that the otleuce of 'Majestats-bcleidi ung' had been com^ matted. This cha igo would bo a blessing to the Fat her laud. Nothing is more < in jurious to a throne than the enforced silence of n THREE 8TATE8' BRIEFS. A Condensation of the Principal Happenings. The News Gleaned From All Source* and Prepared For Our Busy People. VIRGINIA. A Y. M. C. A. is being organized at South Boston. Preparation are being made to bore for oil at Stanardsville, Albemarle county. A $50,000 residence is being built at Manaasas. The city of Petersburg has bought for $75,000 the Virginia and Carolina railroad. Gov. McKinney baa made a Urge num. ber of the aDDOintmenta for the auxiliary board of the Staic Fair Commission, which is to consist of two members from each county and city, a total of 226. An old restaurant bill printed in Rich loiStn in January, 1864, gives the warlime prices in Confederate money: Soup, M.50; chickens. $3.50; roast beef, $3; haiu and eggs. $3; raw oysters, $2; coffee, $2; bread and butter, $1.50; a bottle of champagne, $50; a drink of rye whiskey, $2; a bottle of ale, $12. and a :igar, $2 NOBTH CAROLINA. A creamery is being built at C'hailotte. A summer school auxiliary of Trinity College will be established at Pilot fountain. The work of grading the Brunswick, Western and Southern railroad between jnuthport and Wilmington has begun. It. Merrill Shaw, a lad nttendiug the Horner School at Oxford, was drowned 1 ast week in a small flsh pond. Col. Eugeue E. Harrell, quartermaster general of th? fcttnte Guard oTTforth Car- ^ >liua, is at Wrightsville inaugurating the irrangemcnts for the aunual encampment. ' Durham town taxes for the last fiscal | rear amounted to $61,379.33, less $3, >63 45 on hand at the beginning. The , sxpenditures for the year vverc $59,566.- , 13, A memorial nrch is to be erected over ndcpendence Square at Chailotte for the < JOth of May celebration; $300 was ap imprinted by the board of aldermen for ts erectiou. A permanent arch to c st ?3,000 in then to be erected. 80UTH CAROLINA. ! Edward J. Sawyer has been appointed is postmaster at HennettsviUe. The South Carolina Cotton Oil com lany has been completed at Charleston vilL I :11111 'l| Kitick A " ; ncusc oil null wili be erected. The ( harleaton cotton mill will in til irobability be moved toLockharl Shoals, n Union county It is proposed to buy he Lockhart Shoals site for $50,000, uid, after effecting a complete reorganization of the company, move the ivorks to that point. The Charleston News and Courier bet in foot an extensive system of enquiries is to the probable reduction in cotton icrcage the replies received figures the liercentage at 25. It is learned tliat the farmers will devote this 25 per cent, of icreage to food crops. OTHER STATES. The G. A. R. Department of Georgia lias bought the old Andersonville prison ground, sava Dr. Kaue, of Atlanta, and affile PTTt^bl^^lfpqwtX t^theJf A. R. September. Cougress will be asked to establish a solders' home on the ground. VERY PRECIOUS TO CATHOLICS. A Itelic for the Devout Worshipper from tho Basilica. A New York special says: In a goldlined casket on flic aitar in the quaiut I ill lc French church of St. Jean Baptiste, No. loll East 76th street, has lain each d iy since Monday from 6:30 until 10 a. in., the most sacred relic in Catholic eyes of the days when Christ walked the earth, which ever reached America. It is a large fragment of the arm of St. Ann, mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus. For many centuries it has been guarded more jealously thnn were ever guarded royal jewels or kingly crowns by the Benedict monks at Rome, in the great basilica of St Paul's, outside the walls. Nov, by special request of His Holiness, the Pope, a portion of it is sent to Increase the faith and devotion of all members of the church in the United States and t'anada. This relic, which will be regarded by Catholics everywhere with the deepest feelings of piety and joy, is to be kept at the Church of St. Anne de Bcaupcre, on iii" r?t biuMi'iirr river, Auoiucr piece of arm is on its way, and will be enshrined in the church where the fragment above referred to is exposed. 1500 "southern baptists A Large Convention at Atlanta Condemning the Chinese Exclusion Act. Atlanta, (1a.?The Southern Baptist i (invention met in Trinity Methodist lunch. Fifteen hundred delegates are i i attendance, and .fudge Jonathan Haralson, of Salem, Ala., was re-elected president. Joshua Levering, of Maryland; W. J. Northen, of Georgia; James I' Kagles, of Arkansas, and L. L.. Foster, of Texas, were elected presidents. Before the convention adjourned a rcsaliition condemning the Chinese exclusion net as destructive to Christian missions in China will bn probated. A Piglii- wiii probably be made on the home and forign missions boards f)r. Hawthorne welcomed the convention to Atlanta, and ilovcrnor Northen to the State. Measure for Measure. |F?om the Dawson, Ga., News.J Two gentlemen in this country married en Ii other's sister, and now they have "iuc children each. One family has two .iris and seven boys, and the other family .l is two hoys and seven girls. PRESENTED TO BLAINE. A Virginian Accosted Him On tft* Steps of the White House and Gave Him a Cane. Washington, D. C.?At About 3:30 in the afternoon as Secretary Blaine was going into the White House, where he had some business with the President, he was accosted by Mr. A. B C'lowell, a Virgininn, who said: "16 this Secretary Blaine?" ''Yes." tep'icd the Secretary, looking somewhat annoyed. "You do not remember me, do you?" coutinued the stranger. "No, I cau't say that I do," replied the Secretary. "Well," rontiuued the Virginian, "I met you here in Washington aix years ago, and I came here to tlnd out where you were living so tlict I could give you a cane that I made myself, whirh ??-BIStbnCM 1A in cfinriu teT. "You arc ve y kind," replied the Secr? tary, looking more comfortable and evidently well pleased at the unique workuraushin on the stick. The Viuriniuu said that the cane waa made of Georgia pine from one of the ioists iu Libbv nrison. The head is formed of knots of roots from the battlefield of Scveu Pious. There are three bullets embedded in the head,which were picked up on the battlefield of Fair Oaks in making this explanation the donor of the cane became ?juite enthusiastic and tipped the Secretary familiarly on the chest several times, either by way ol emphasis or to test the Secretary's luugs. When the cane was handed to him Mr. Blaine flourished it around several times, aid it was very haudsome, and that he greatly appreciated the gift. As he was about to go upstairs, where the President was awaiting him. the Virginian drew from his pocket two handsomely carved napkin rings made from au oak iccently felled at Fair Oaks. ' Here, Mr. Secretary," wild the Vir [ lufan. "I did not forget the ladies of rour family. I trust you will he kind nough to present these rings to Mrs. It aina and your siugle daughter, and say I made them especially for their use." The Secretary was profuse in his hanks, and assured his friend that that he ladies would prize the rings as high'y i- he did his walking s'ick. Mr. Crowb thereupon closed his talk by saying hat he had always been a great admirer >f Mr Blaine, and hoped that the he night eventually become President. SHOT WHILE STEALING CHICKENS. An Anson County White Man a Poor Representative of His Race. NVadesboko, N. C. ? Robert, or Bob juweis, an uv <vas ;mwh.s cmiuri', h young man about 2ft or uo years or age, lion oT Atlas .lowers, wnt shot through the head 'jy Davis Talton iu the night and iustanty killed. The circumstances arc as folows: Mr. Talton and .lowers were icighbors, living 2J miles from Wadesjoio. About 10 o'clock in the night Mr. ralton heard a noise about his fowl tiouse, which was only a short dis'ance From his dwelling. He grabbed his pis tol and ran out of the house, and upon reaching the yard discovered something coming out of his fowl house and moving iround it, which he thought perhaps was ? dog, on account of its appearing so close to iiie ground; but to he sure, he hailed and no one answered. He then tired. .Seeing the object move around the fowl house and stop, he took the precaution to hail again, and receiving no response lie tired again. About this time sociated and cried to Mr. Talton. "For God's sake not to shoot nuy more for that was Hob .Towers around there, and expected Bob was killed." Thev got a light and went to the fowl house aud found Jowers dead with a bullet through his head. A tack was found in the fowl house with one dead chicken in it and another with its head pulled off lying outside the sack. Jowers was barefooted and Birmingham had stood olf some distance from the house, holding .lowers' shoes, while he was getting the chickens. It is said that Birmingham and Jowers made the plot last Sunday to steal the chickens and t tke them to a ncj;ro house where they were frequent visitors and have them rooked. They were both under the influence of liquor. Significant Imports of Cotton. Notwithstanding the enormous <r p list year our importations of cotton have licen iooroiuiug. Tlif?ri importations 1110 from Egypt and Peru, the cotton being sold on samples or types furnished exporters. They are required for special work in manufacturing and cannot be obtained clswhere, and are rot grown in litis country. The] Egyptian cotton is somewhat similar to our Sea Island, and i: of peculiarly silky and long fibre, w ith a ellowish ting. It is used mainly by tl: -ad manufactuiers and makers of fine yams for underweai ami hosiery. 'I b Peruvian cotton is of a rough texture, somewhat like wool and of long staple, and is used for mixture with wool It js harsh, with a I<mistroug fibre. It reduces the tendency of goods to shiink, and at the. same tiinc < aus.es a shrinkage in their cost. The total crop of tlib lough Pciuvian cotton never exceeds 50. O00 bales and our largest imports weir 12,500 bales la-t year. It is put up in hales of about 180 pounds. The Egyp tinn cotton is put up in bales of about 750 lbs. each, of whir h we imported last year 25,000 bales Most of these shipments reach us by way of Great Britain, as there is no direct steam communication with Egypt oi Peru. Though wo have applied to numerous manufacturers and agents of \merican ><dlon. we cannot learn that these importation-, interfere with the growth of American cottons, hut the Egyptian grade might pciliaps be cul t i vat or 1 in tin- moist districts of the is lands <>! the Atlantic. The Peruvian cotton is a soit of cheap shoddy used to turn out cheap woolen goods, which are no credit citliei to the manufacturer or the dealer. We also imported last year over 10,000,000 lbs. of cotton from Turkish territory, run lot.I imports of cotton from all source* i>? foil amounting to 20,00^,817 lbs. Valued at #2,825,004. POLITICAL EVENTS. The Camp4?a Ball Rollla* Rapidly t Along. Many Men Studying the Beet D? fo tereals of the X>oer People. t? M / VI nepretenUtive Watson, of Geofgia, T1 predicts tbat the Third party national ticket will be Polk end Weaver. p. After having held St. Paul, Mini., by V 1.400 majority for two years, the I>etno- sv era's lost it Tuesday, by 1,500. tl The Washington Post says that Gov. ^ Campbell, of Chip, is an avowed candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. . 4 J? Klectionifoccurred Tuesdayin various M Senator Hill declares that the record rv made by the recently adjourned New 8<1 York Legislature has left the Democratic party io splendid fighting trim. ta 0 Rev. SAin Small joined a sub-Alliance fe in Fulton county," Georgia, Thursday, m preparatory to manning Tor Congress in m the Atlanta district. ai It is taid that if Grover Cleveland be M nominated for the presidency Don. M. Dickinson, of Michigan will be chosen chairman of the Democratic national com- 111 mittcc. PROHIBITIONISTS MEET. Bangor, Mb ? Tho Prohibition Statee vi Convention met here this morning, and pi chose delegates to the National Convent- th ion, including Neal Dow. tr teoplk's party growth in florida. Ocala, Fla.?The People's party of Florida has issued a call for ? ?: vintiim '? *li'* ii ' HtTiTrilf"! The Ucra- Ti ocratic State Convention will meet in Tampa on the 9atne day. Tho People's parl y has of late grown rapidly in Florida, nud it is predicted that it will cast about 6,000 votes next fall. The counties are y? rapidly organizing for the campaign. ^ they WILL VOTR FOR HARRISON. ci Nasiivillb.Tknn.?Mora than 600 delega'cs were in attendance upon the Rcpublican .State Convention. The Hon. John E. Mc,Cull,and the Hon. George W. Wiusfcd" who the candidates for the nom- m' inatiou for Governor. dc The latter was nominated ok the first ^ ballot. He lives in Lexington, and is P? only 34 years old. He has been a prac "i ticing attorney for several years, and has mi been prominent in party affairs. Tho m' election of delegates to the National Conventiou resulted in favor of ox-Congreasman Henry C. Evans of Chattanooga, the 0,1 "HXz the aud James C. Napier of NvBk^fti'or No ^ri instructions were given, but tboj four "n deb gates are for Harrison. 1 8. C. Pyott of Chattsnooga was the j*1 temporary chairman and H. B. Lindsay *<ri of Knox county the permanent chairman m< na KENTUCKY FURNISHES A CANDIDATE. nB Frankfort, Ky.?Senator John G. Carlisle's presidential /candidacy was ftn formally presented to the Democracy of *M> this State by a caucus of) his friends held here. The meeting wii/ a representative v'! gathering of KentnckA politicians and ?l' were presided over byJcrtate Senator Mc- s!' Carn, one of Mr. Carlille's friends. Res- m' olution8 setting forth that in the present w< condition of national politics it was the deliberate sense of the faceting that the party stood in need of a leader, and com- Dl mendiner John Grifiin Carlisle to the De. moeracy of Kentucky and of the United tut tor al Democratic conrention and lead tne the party to victory in November, was Fi adopted. It is regarded as practically at settled that the State delegation will go an to Chicago instructed for Carlisle. no c!,rvela"b i/etigckart. ^g Shklbv, N. C.?The Democratic cob no cut ion was the stormiest ever held ov n ? Teveland county. . mi 1 lie convention was called to order by gr :amcs L Webb, chairman of the cxccuive committee. A fight arose over the go cport of the credentials committee. ri< \ Iter a session of two hours and a half gc lie committee reported in favor of seat iig two regular delegations against con- tl< testing Third party delegations that in mi i wo other precincts there was no repre- to -cntation, the di-lcgitions have been sent he by meetings that refused to suppot the Tl nominees, and that on the canvass of hi votes Holt and Sanderlin received an te njiml ?i| ft, &uJ >4cuwiuM(l.() i lint the delegation to Raleigh be divided cli equally among the friends of each. to sii boies wants to be president. ju Waterloo, Iowa,?The name of Iowa's M Democratic Governor will be preseuted to ha the Democratic natioual convention for pe the first placs on the presidential ticket, th That decision was reached at the Black th llawk county convcution here, when res- va oluiions eulogizing Gov. Boies and urging the State convention to select Boies delegates to the national convention were U adopted. The chairman of the convention eulogized cx President Cleveland, but said he was out of the race. P< vilas ii their second choice. Mii/WarKr.E, Wise. ?It is understood that the State Democratic Convention, which will meet next week, will instruct |j' he delegates to the National Convention . o vote solidly for Cleveland at first, but j ' if it should bo found that bis nomination ur is not pr^slo the Wjty?nsin delegation inspected to throw its votes to William j() t\ Vilas, ex-Secretary of the Interior. It MJ is said, however, that the latter is in no sense * candidate for Presidential honors j-* tillman's victory. 8f Columbia, S. C. ? The county cooven- sc tions were held throughout the State and ac as far as heard from Gov. Tillman niHde k< a clean sweep with the exception of Rich- ol lands and Spartanburg and the possible ebceptiouof Darlington. At thtf Spartan- tli burg meeting a chair was thrown at the it chairman and there was almost a riot, to ? a A marker! ??rlnr?fl?~ 2^ the piuducliot Pi of eopi or as aguinat preceding years ii ai reported. pi '' Ah ' . i c\ > k LAW SUIT FOR A VILLAGE. ho Titlo to Tryon City in Iatiga- S tion.---Mra. Oureton Sue* for Posasaaion. Shalby, N. l\--Tryon City, beautiful C r situation ami perched upon a moonin, is ujw the subject of a big lawsuit, rs. Mary M Curcton, daughter of (lout Mills, deceased, tho widow of I>r. bomas Curetou. formerly of Charlotte,' f ?s begun n law suit and sties for the jsseaaioti of neai ly the whole of Tryou itv in 1'itlk i nnntv iiini sl?i> is tbi> onlv ' irviving heir of Oovau ^lilis, cliiins tie through a State grant for 1150 acrea of nd giveu in iitat to .Ins. l.ognu. I Id a recently decided law suit against t. Garrison for the possession of a ^ t inTryon City, theplaintitT.Mrs. M. M. a re ton, sained the lov and in this suciwful suit she first discovered that the KfJLc.W If-niii ' mini rt tW of f rjon City. Then the question arisen, ill the statute of Imitations prevent her c .very of th's tract alter the lapse of h i many years? Her law vci s assert that ic is not barrel hy the statute of limi tions. for she married l>r, Cureton be>re she was JM years of age, Hud she reained a feme covert, or a married wo- I an, uutil when l)i Cureton died, id she had begun his suit before tlje veil years had expired, counting from ?r husband's death The defendants in this case, involving any thousands of dollars and many iautiful residences, asseil that they arc ady for the issue and that she cauuot cover. So both sides are confident of ictory and the lawyers will have fine ckings and gather many shekels into icii cuipty treasury. 'I'llis ease will be ied at the l'olk couuty "court. V QUADRENNIAL METHODISTS v dal Wava of Methodism Spreading h to Every Corner of the Globe. Omaha, Neb. ? Bishop Wiiircn, the illiontiiro bishop of Denver, presided at a, ie opening session of Thursdays Metho- n] st Conference. Dr. My ley. of New f, ark, couducled fhe devotional rxer ( scs. ,ii After the order of business had been ken up Bishop Foster began reading M e episcopal address. After congrat- w ating the assembly upon its auspieioiis n ccting and passing eulogies upon the ad officers ami laymen, it states that y e past iptadrannum had been a pros- p irons one in the church and that no Bhops had died. The bishops have ,, ade more than fifty thousand nssignsnts of ministers and families with but f, tie dissatisfaction. Work in foreign p Ids has been given more than ordinary p re. Bishop Waldron visited Mexico ^ d South Ainericn in 1?1H> and held convrea~ liifcuujr-ht-tun-if- vlfeirefl .fapan p d China, being the first bishop to visit p ?rea. Bishop Newman visited Japan ; jt shop Ni ode visited Mexico, and Bishop wler circled the globe under assign nt and held conference in the various p tions of the earth. Bishop Andrews ,ti d Bishop tioodsel visited Asia, and y, shop Mallalicu looked after Bnssia "a d Bulgaria. These vis't> have had |j nefieial results, as the same kind of M ;thod ism prevails :n every country c sited. The increased number of bish s has not decreased the work to any | eeial cxteut. A century of growth hits tdo our book concern the largest in the )' arid. 11 c h jANCHARD UP "SALT RIVER." l? } V l? ''Czar" and the "Watch Dog- of u tho Treasury" Break Laneee v. ^ "Uiv-rrnM. L). C.?In the House -' uiay over two hours were ? t Lh 1 tempts to secureamcudincnts involving tall appropriations for .small creeks, ^ tie of which were carried Mr. Caruth humorously appealed for ( ,000 forfait river, Kentucky, in the j, me of defeated candidates for olli? e all ^ er the country. !Ie urged the chair in of the eoiuiuittee, Mr. Blanchard, to ( ant him this small boon. f Mr. Blanchard replied that so many mtlcnian hud spokeu tohim abont va- t >us rivers that be ?li?l not recollect the j ntlcinan froui Kentucky. Mr. C'aruth naively inquired if the gen- . sinan from Louisiana thought this state- ( eut was a proper one to go publicly inthe Record, j Laughter. | Why was ! not more ingenious in his remarks? ie "Salt river" was the one stream in 1 s district in which he had a special in- f rest. | Laughter. | A had sung was encountered when the ause was reached fo appropriate f 13,000 ' complete the embankment on the South 1 1c of the Great Miami river near its 1 action with the Ohio. Mr. Reed, of ' nine, and ami Mr Holman, of Indiana, d quite an acrimonious discussion, and f ndiog discussion the committee ro e and ' e House took a recess until 8 o'clock c is evening foi the consideration of pri- 1 iv |>ianpiuii mil'. i _ ( HE ALLIANCE AT BIRMINGHAM i I ?* ~~ h alk Makes a Speech, and Says the j | Alliance Will Vote the Omaha Ticket. i Bikmimiham, Ai.a. Fifteen Stales | ere represented at tlie meeting of Al- | inre presidents and executive commit- i einen. Mr. Maeune was taken ill just \ sfore the meeting convened nod was , lable to leave his room. President Polk ( lied the meeting to order and made a ng speech, sayiug that he had expected eli a meeting as this for two Tears. He ;aii in generalities, principally the Almcc demands, susaking for more than i hour. W. F. G wynne, of Tennessee, was m idn cretary. Tillman, of Tennessee, was dive and outspoken in his efforts to 1 ;cp (lie conference non-partisan and out ! 'politics. The prevailing sentiment is in favor of le Third party notion, hut those opposing | lire organizing t licit forces for a fi. lit! i the finish against such a movement and iivelv time I* '"eked f.~,i. ^resident oik openly says now that all the A11 i icemen will vo e for tlie full People's irty ticket to I?c n uiiuated at Omaha. ALLIANCE SAYINGS. nine Bright News For Oni AUianremen. Congressman Livingston of Qeorgil Pushing the Sub-Treasury Bill. SONO?IN THR SWKRT BYE AND BY*. . We're .ill hoard of that beautiful land The political haven of bliss, tut when entrance the people demand, They receive some such answer as thiaIn the Sweet, Bye and Bvc, etc. I When reforms and redresses we seek And petitions most humbly present. Ve are told to be patient nud meek, That we'll all see the promised eventIn the Sweet, Bye and Bye, ete. rt Many promises thus we've received That redemption would aoon com About; lo more will this yarn be believed, For our votes they will fruitlessl; shout? In tin' Sweet, Bye and Bye, etc. V. There'll be help for th?* poor bye am bye, But not'till the toilers employ [(dependence t ? do ami deny I'art in schemes, to let others enjoy? In the Sweet. Bye ami Bye, etc. \ There's a Inml that is hotter tha this, Where the old party leaders will stew iml feast on the visions of bliss, Which no more they'll hold up to ou view ? Iii the Sweet, Bye and Bye, Vv will vote as we ne'er did before, Iii the sweet. Kvo ???' '?y?\ re will suiter in silence no more. ON. I,. K. 1.IVINUSTON, OF OKOHOIA, Ol TIIK SCn-THEASttRY. Washington, I). (J. ? With a view t< icertuining bottom facts as to what bn r will be done for it this session by ri mn brethren, the piesenteo of the bill 'olonel Livingston, of Georgia. was sec t the Capitol. "It is neither dead or sleeping," li lid. ".lust as soon as the Noyes-Rock ell election case istinished the committc n rcfcrmcnt have promised me a iiciriuj el'otr tliem, and I have agreed with Mi i'uison of Georgia, to each take an lion a its advocacy." "But you don't expect the committee t five it lavorablo report?" "No - adverse. But we shall have ivorable minority report; it will go 01 lie calendar, and no effort will be sparer > get it before the House for cousidera 'filbll v* J " T-vJ ' "fnat would take unanimous or mil liis be effected when a single 'I object lys it to sleep, unless a plurality vote fo l?" "I am not prophesying, hut if work wil i t it up, if fight will got it up, you wil car some ??f the best sub-treasury thuudc ml lightning on the floor of the llom >?i ever listened to. Tell the Allium* II over the Union that the sub-treasur; cs next ?n and its standard bearers wil e it takes no step backward, but on tin ontrarv, onward." OTI1KR WASHINGTON NEWS. Represent itive Dates of Alabama ha n trod need a bill to provide for refund ng the taxcH laid and collected on rat otton, in event that the Supreme Com olds than the laws providing for its col action are uncoustitutional. The Pan hineiican Bureau reports that in seven duces in Central America flour is mo rade front bananas, and contains mot utrirn^iit than rice, beans, or corn, earn that the condition of wittier when s reported to be good in Kentucky, an Visconsin, Iowa, Nebraska. Minnesot ltd the Pakotus Pining the first <ptar er of this year 101,080 hags of America lour were received at Havana as again* 15,874 last year. A recent circular issued by the Agr ultural Departinent with respect to tli ipplication of insecticides, gives the fo owing as a formula to be u-cd again; rue bugs, plant lice, and scale inseeli kerosene 2 gal., water I gal , cotnnin loap or whale oil foap 4 lb. For tl rent men t of the apple seal), it rccoit nends the following to be applied jo if- tlic floweis n-*?: opening, then 13 01 I Jays ln'i r, ami tlien twice more at simili ntervals: Dissolve font pounds of coppi sulphate in ten or twelve gallons of wat< ind .stir in five pounds of washing or si jodu; then add ihno pints of strong atji iminonia, tlilnte to 40 gallons. The ci Hilar advises that for the turctilio on tl ilum, eheriy, peach etc., I wo or three aj ilications he made during the latter |>ai rf May for the purpose of destroying tli idults before they lay their eggs. Tor Icr leaved plants, such as melons an incumbers, are injured bv repeated aj ilications of poison, while plants wit inner and smoother leaves, such as tli >rangc, are little affected. ^Hoot planti luch as beets, turnips, radishes, etc . ai >ut little injured, whereas foliage plant ihow what injury there is at once, an lioney bees .are liable to be killed by th poison if applied while the plants are i bloom. The poi on should in all cas< be highly diluted, arid follow ing a rai mother applieation should not be mac for several days. On the whole, the D< part merit believes from i?s investigation ilial inscetieidca are not severely injuriot lo vegetable life, tuid it rceomends the use in moderate quantities and with di: cretiou. * ? * * + T?K <OTTo? OUTI.OOK. There is no improvement to note in tV position of cotton durincr the nast montl yet we nre of the opinion that the pre cut low price* will gradually improv The certainly that the last crop will ti< exceed O.Ooo.ooo hales is more assurir than the uncertainty of previous report There has heen a variety of causes to d press the market to a point lower than has touched during the past 50 yeai The ignorance prevailing as to the e tent of the cpoi?i the h-.igc forward inov mcnt of cotton, the decline in silvi which affect* d European trade, and tl Conservative policy of close htiyin which has been adopted by the Mam hi I ter spinners, nil these circumstances been bed a bearish teudeocy. Cotton planting is now over, and, as far as can be learn* * r ed, the area will be decreased by 30 per cent. In Alabama the receipts of fertilizers this season have been but 80,000 tons, as compared with 100.000 tons laat i year, and in South Carolina 186.000 tons against 188,000 a year ago. This showa eonelu ively either that the area to be cultivated will be proportionately less, or that the crop will receive insufficient fertilization, and must, consequently, be di? minished in yield. The planters, moreover, owing to the low prices received for their last crop, are not in a position to thoroughly cultivate and care for the next one. Tr.de abroad cannot lie worse, but must improve Manufactured! in Koglaud are holding veiy small stocks of cotton, and have been running I'ght, as their business was unsat sfactoi v. Any improvement in this direction will nt once stimulate the nniikct for the raw material It should also he home in e mind that, in addition to a rcdmcd eiop rtii, there is a grave probability that the next yield w.ll not he so nrolitic as the y last was, for it i? except tonal to have three excessive yields dining tlitce sueeessive years. From anothei source >ve find the India crop to he some 100,000 I short, also that India cotton is being debarred from Knropean markets, owing to the hahit now iu vogue of ndti'terating the long-staple India cottons by mixture with short staple cottons. Ho much has this been done that mannfaetnieia in India are even compelled to import longn staple cotton from Kgypt The withdrawal of any quantity of India cotton ' from the Knropean markets w ill cause, hy that much, an additional consumption of American, and the low prices, which will icsult iu the more extended use of American cotton, will also tend to Its hecotU,'iitf worr rtrmly i?un?iuu*d tn fonttnent rt Kttropean markets. ?American Agriculturist. N Tobacco Growing. At a recent meeting of the Connecticut. ,, Bosrd of Agricultu e I>r. W. ('. Hturgis s gave a history of the fungus diseases of tobacco. He started with the stutoment I that a man who has grown tobaceo one II year knows it all, while the man who has grown it a lifetime comes to believe that c he knows nothing about it. Fungus, the speaker said, grew on almost every,, thing, and that pole sweat on tobacco is ,, caused by fungi. For live mouths he ? has bwu at work experimenting on polesweat tobacco. He found upon somo leaves little pimples, which under the 0 microscope showed little and like plants which on development rapidly grew and spread. In a glass tube he showed, growU iog on a piece of potato, .some of the j fungus plant* which cause jiploawoat. He found that heat Mgd moisture were roquired to detrlflflF fclx lTutiffl, and that wwnu W<nrIflQ dofitefcs waB thd.l'eei ternsweat, he decided, was a bacterial diseaso >r growing on tobacco, caused by heat and moisture. The remedy lies in keeping 1 out heat and moisture from the tobacco I barns, lie claimed that perpendicular ventilation was wrong; that sheds should ? he built with horizontal ventilators, and w these to be placed so that the air would y. not strike the leaves, but come between 1 the tiers. He also gave the result of 9 quick curing, and stated that such tobacco would not sweat in the case. Tobacco must be cured slowly, however, to secure the best, results. Tobacco cures s better with leaf and stalk cured together. ' Stripping the green leaves from the stalk ,v in the field is by far the most expensive, * and leaves thus cured separate from the stalk will produce a for lc6s weight He spoke of the bacteria causing sweat ' In cases, and said that he intends to try 'v the experiment of changing the bacteria 0 of Havana and other tobaccos, similar to 1 the experiments given recently in the d Hartford Times as the result of some Ger(| man tosearches. Artificial heat will stop fl pole-sweat. His method of using tlrf ? dig trenches for'WifWB "PjK&d" " side nud center of the shed, only to he 11 used, however, in unfavorable weather. 1 Another disease of tabacco is stem-rot. This is caused by a fungi, and may be remedied by cleanliness. Hake up all ie refuse from your sheds and burn it "Another prevention is burning sulphur " and thoroughly fumigating the sheds before housing a new crop. He was asked n if white veins were caused by a fungi, 10 and replied that he thought not. Dr. E. If. Jenkins spoke on the subjeet of fertilizing and curing tobacco. The flavor of tobacco is largely what ;,r gives it a commercial value. Volatile or er essential oils will give a flavor to tobacco, er Cigarettes he classed as an abomination, si The hurning quality of tobacco depends a largely on potash. A crop or 1,800 1 pounds will take about 150 pounds of*" >c potash from the soil on which it is grown, >- and this amount must he added annual y to the soil, and more than this amount 10 should be used, as the plant will take up ' an excess more rapidly, ami with better d results, and there is no appreciable loss >. of potash either by evaporation or by >1 leaching. Every acre of tobacco takes ,e out 100 pounds of nitrogen. Nitrate of * soda will not ho held by the soil. Am* r-e omnia, while remaining as such, will not ts waste, but is soon dissolved. The soil is d full of bacteria. Chloroform and other ie antiseptics will prevent nitrogen from n leaching through the soil. Nitrogen will [*g escape from the soil by evaporation. in How to prevent this is a question. Howie i"y rye after the tobacco is harvested is a c- good preventative for this loss. Lime is Sj also taken to the exteDt of 100 pounds is per acre from the soii. To replace this ir loss 'oystershell lime is the beat. Lime s- a ill neutralize a too large accumulation of ileitis in the soil, and will aid io pre venting the loss of nitrogen. The amount ol water carted into tobacco sheds is about seven tons per acre. Several tons IC of this cvapoiates in the barn during curing; hcuec the need of thorough ven9* lilation. c. r>t ? ?^ 'k A Merchant Shoots Himself. c- Shslijy, N. C.--.J. \V. Dellingei. ? it young merchant of this place,1 hot himself '? accidentally in the left side. Mr. Pi Itx iuuersavs thn'in changing Siia pisioi from e- his brenst pocket, to his hip pocket the sr, hammer caught and the weapon was dislie charged, wounding him severely but not g. mortally, lie was carried home aud the !*" ball was extracted.