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^ wTvtHuivut cu^iucna ubtc enumerated
no less than 126 rivers in the Mississippi
Valley, which, in their present
natural state, are not available to steam
navigation, but which might be made
iso at a very reasonable cost. A two ot
three foot navigation for nine months of
i the year might be secured on a total of
inearly 15,000 miles, aud with a reasonable
expenditure.
i House purchasers will be pained to
jlearn, thinks the New York 8uo, that
|the diminishing supply of white oak is
'leading to the substitution of the cheaper
jred oak. Car builders report that it
ibeuds well, aud is valuable for doorutiles,
rails and some other parts of the
(interiors of cars. The^beauty of white
ioak and its adaptability to furdlture
'manufacture haye gradually increased,
fthe demand for it to such an extent that
lhas enhanced its cost.
A late Blue Book reveals the fact
ithat out of the 230,000 people, more or
|1om, in Washington, about 27,000 are
'Government employes. This means,ex plains
the Boston Transcript, that thero
are 27,000 people who get living aalar'iee
that are paid to them twice a month
ijust as regularly as the day comes
round. That means a vast sum of ready
money disbursed every month, and indicates
the highest ratio of general prosperity
in any capital under the sun.
A very short paragraph, remarks too
Now York Post, will contain the essential
points of one of Lloyd's quarterly re
v .turns of marine disasters; but few hriet
.announcements have more meUuoholj
m significance. From the latest of theso
^ | reports, it seems that 3fift vessels, of all
^nationalities, were lost or abaudoued at
sea in the last three months of 1891. Of
these, 100 wore owned in the Uuite.l
.Kingdom and twenty-six by the British
colonies. Next in order come Norway,
with a loss of sixty-six vessels, and tho
United States, with a loss of fifty-four
vessels. Ot the British vessels wrecked
Iforty-ono were steamers aud fif-y-nino
sailing ** 'els. Of the stoamers two
were ab..u..oue<l, four burnt, five foundered,
eight went down after collision,
and nineteen were wrecked; while of
the sailing vessels, twelve wcie ubaudoned,
six fouudered, foursnuk through
collision, three arc reported missing, and
I twenty-eight were wrecked.
Bays the New York Hun: The magnetic
needle has been acting in a very '
erratic manner recently in somo parts of
Prance aud Scotland, where its declination
now is tweuty to twenty-five
'minutes greater thaa it was a few months
ago, though 110 change has occurred in
the adjacent regions. Scientific men do
not know how to account for this magnetic
anomaly, unless it indicates that
raetal-bearing rocks in the depths of the
found geological disturbance, wa\cd'rlir s
made apparent at the surfaco by these
unusal vagaries of the needle. The
theory was long ago advanced that terrestrial
magnetism, if we could road it
aright, would explain what is going on
tn the bowels of the earth; and in the
connection that the geologists arc disposed
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 bo vividly when he
based conclusions relating to prehistoricgeological
changes upon the present distribution
of fauna in the Malayan archipelago.
W??
The German Emperor has been treated
to some pretty plaiu speech by the newspapers,
in spite of the many threatened
piMOUUlluun fxrr hwwra. Tho VmvilwLa
Zehung, one of the most powerful and
respected of the Liberal journals, says.
"It would be deplorablo if it should go
forth that in Germany psoplo cannot
temperately speak out their opinions
.without risking punishment. Should
this belief gain ground, the mere text of
newipaper articles would noon cease to
have much value, but the public would
learn to read between the liuos, Great
rulers have always been distinguished
by a noble regard for the opinions of
others, even when opposed to their own.
Joseph n. once wrote, 4 Whosoever conscientiously
blames me or my actions
chows a good intentiou?that of teaching
me and making me better. If in doing
so he should for a, moment lose sight of
Up respect due to me, I can afford to
forgive him/ It would be matter for
congratulation if the Reichstag should
'be requested to nuke such alterations la
the criminal oode as would enable the
Grown to act up to the views of the .
liberal-minded Emperor Joseph. Then
__ it would no longer he the duty of the
Pubtio Prosecutor to interfero with
newapapera every time he thought, with
or without reason, that the offence of
'MajestaU-beleidi ung' had been comV
nutted. This change would bo a bless&rv
-log to the Fatherland. Nothing is more
in jurloos to a throne than the enforced
Uenoa of e es.tlrr-F
THREE STATES' 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 has made a Urge number
of the appointments for the auxiliary
ooard or tho Stale Fair Commission,
which is to consist of two members from
each county and city, a total of 226.
An old restaurant bill printed in Richmond
in January, 1864, gives the wartime
prices in Confederate money: Soup,
.50; chickens. 3 .50; roast beef, $3;
haiu and eggs. $3; raw oysters, $2; coffee,
$2; bread aud butter, $1.50; a bottle
of champagne, $50; a drink of rye
whiskey, $2; a bottle of ale, $1 2. and a
cigar, $2
NOBTH CAROLINA.
A creamery is beiug built at Charlotte.
A Bummer school auxiliary of Trinity
College will be established at Pilot
Mountain.
The work of giading the Brunswick,
Western and Southern railroad between
Southport and Wilmington has begun.
R. Merrill Shaw, a lad attending the
Horner School at Oxford, was drowned
last week in a small tish pond.
Col. Eugene E. Harrell, quartermaster
general of the Btatc Guard. oTTforth Carolina,
is at Wriglitsville inaugurating the
arrangements for the aunuul encampment.
Durham town taios for the last fiscal
year amounted to $61,379.36, less $3,
063 45 on hand at the beginning. The
expenditures for the year wrerc $59,566.83.
A memorial arch is to be erected over
Independence Square at Ohailottc for the
20tli of May celebration; $300 wus appropriated
by the board ci aldermen lor
its erectiou. A permanent arch to c st
$3,000 is then to be erected.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Edward J. Sawyer has been appointed
an nontma&tpr nt RimnoUdvillo
The South Carolina Cotton Oil com
pany has been completed at Charleston
with #'-110,0(10 cauital stork An lm
mouse oil milt wili bo erected.
The ( harleston cotton mill will in til
probability be moved toLockhart Shoals,
in Union county It is proposed to buy
the Lockhart Shoals site for $50,000,
and, after effecting a complete reorganization
of the company, move the
works to thai point.
The Charleston News and Courier set
on foot an extensive system of enquiries
as to the probable reductiou in cotton
acreage the replies received figures the
percentage at 25. It is learned that the
fanners will devote this 25 per cent, of
acreage to food crops.
OTHER STATES.
The 0. A. R. Department of Georgia
has bought the old Andcrsonville prison
ground, says Dr. Kane, of Atlanta, and
at'fbe ent-aW^tf.eirpqwtx.tfELthe^G. A. R.
September. Cougrees will be "asked to
establish a solders' home on the ground.
VERY PRECIOUS TO CATHOLICS.
A Relic for the Dovout Worshipper
from the Basilica.
A New York special says: In a goldlined
casket on the altar in the quaiut
little French church of St. Jean Baptistc,
No. 159 East 76th street, has lam each
diy since Monday from 6:30 until 10 a.
m., the most sacred relic in Catholic eyes
of the days when Christ walked the
earth, which ever reached America. It
is a largo fragment of the arm of St. Ann,
mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary, mothor
of Jesus. For many centuries it has been
guarded more jealously than 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.
Nor, by special request of His Holiness,
the rope, a portion or it 18 sent to tuctcami
the faith and devotion of all members of
tho church . in the United States and
Canada.
This relic, which will be regarded by
Catholics everywhere with the deepest
feelings of piety and joy, is to l>e kept at
the Church of St. Anne de Bcaupere, on
the St Lawrence river. Another 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 tbe Chinese
Exclusion Act.
Atlanta, Oa.?The Southern Baptist
Convention met iu Trinity Methodist
church. Fifteen buodred delegates are
in attendance, nnd Judge Jonathan Harrison,
of 8ale?p, Ala, was re-electe^l
President. Joshua Lerering, of MaryUrfefrW.
S. Nertlien, *8 Georgia:
P Eagles,, of Arkansas, and L. L..F01h>r
nf Tavib warn aln/tinH nroai^anfa
Heforo the oonvention adjourned a resolution
condemning the Chinese exclusion
act as destructive to Christian missions
in China will be presented. A fight will
probably bo mado on the home and foreign
missions boards Dr. Hawthorne
welcomed the convention to Atlanta, and
Governor Northcn to the State.
Me sure for Measure.
| F.qui the Dawson, Ga., News.]
Two gentlemen in this couotry married
en h other's sister, and now they have
nine children each. * One family has two
,irls and seven hoys, and the other family
.ins two boys and seven girls.
PRESENTED TO BLAINE.
A Virginian Accosted Him On tin
Steps of the White House and
Gave Him a Cane.
Washington, D. C.?At about 3:30 ii
the afternoon as Secretary Blaine was go
ing into the White House, where he hat
some business with the President, he was
accosted by Mr. A. B Ciowell, a Virgin
ian, who said:
"Is this Secictary Blaine?"
"Yes," replied the Secretary, looking
somewhat annoyed.
"You do not remember me, do you?'
coutinued the strauger.
"No, I cau't say that I do," replied tin
Secretary.
"Well," contiuucd the Virginian, "1
met you here in Washington sis yean
ago, and I came here to tind out when
you were living so ttu.t I could give yot
"You are ve y kind," replied the Secr?
tary, looking more comfortable and cv
idently well pleased at the unique work
mauship on the stick.
The Virginiun said that the cane wai
made of Georgia pine from one of th<
joists in Libby prison. The head if
formed of knots of toots from the battle
tield of Scvcu Pines. There are thre<
bullets embedded in the head, which wen
nickrfl lll? nn nf Potr flabe
In making this explanation the donor ol
the cane became rjuite enthusiastic and
tipped the Secretary familiarly on th<
chest several times, either by way oi cm
phusis or to test the Secretary's lungs.
When the cane was handed to him Mr.
Itlainc flourished it around several times,
-aid it was very haudsome, and that lie
greatly appreciated the gift. As he wa<
about to go upstairs, where the Prcsideul
was awaiting him, the. Virginian drew
from his pocket two haudsoraely carved
napkin rings made from an oak icccntly
felled at Fair Oaks.
"Here, Mr. Secretary," raid the Vfrgiuian.
"I did not forget the ladles ol
your family. I trust you will he kind
enough to present these rings to Mrs.
II nine and your siug'.e daughter, and s?y
I made them especially for their use."
The Secretary was profuse in his
thanks, aud assured his friend that that
i he ladies would prize the rings as high'y
^ he did his walking s'ick. Mr. Crowli
thereupon closed his talk by saying
hat lie hud 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 Han a Poor
Representative of His Race.
Wadesboho, N. C. ?Robert, or Bob
?iowcT?, "as nc was aiway.v enrrerr,' "B TOUCH
man about 20 or 3TT years or nge, Mn ol
Atlas Jowcrs, was shot through the head
by Davis Tnlton in the night aud instantly
killed. The circumstances aro as follows:
Mr. Tnlton and .lowers wcr?
neighbors, living 2 J miles from Wadesboro.
About 10 o'clock iu the night Mr.
Talton heard a noise about his fowl
house, which was ouly a short dis'ance
from his dwelling. He grabbed his pis
Inl nnii ran mil nf fhe hnilsp and linun
reaching the yard discovered something
coining out of his fowl house and moving
around it, which he thought perhaps was
a dog, on account of its appearing sc
close to the ground; but to be sure, h<
hailed and no one answered. He ther
tired. Seeing the object move around th
fowl house aud stop, he took the precaution
to hail again, and receiving no re
sponse he fired again. About this timi
sociated with^er* i **
and cried to Mr. Talton, "For God'
sake not to shoot auy more for that vt
Bob .lowers around there, and expectec
Bob was killed." They got a light an<
went to the fowl house aud found Jow
ers dead with a bullet through his head
A tack was found in the fowl house witl
one dead chicken';in it and another witl
its head pulled off lying outside the sack
Jowers was barefooted and Birininghan
had stood off some distance from tin
house, holding Jowers' shoes, while h<
was getting the chickens.
It is said that Birmingham and Jower
luade the plot last Sunday to steal thi
chickens and take them to a ne^ro hous<
where they were frequent visitors am
have them cooked. They were both un
der the influence of liquor.
Significant Imports of Cotton.
Notwithstanding the enormous cr
last year our importations of cotton hav
from Egypt and Peru, the cotton beioi
sold ou samples or tjpes furnished h
exporters. Thev are required for spccin
work in .manufacturing and cannot b<
obtained cUwhere, and nre cot grown ii
this country. The] Egyptian cotton i
somewhat similar to our Sea Island, am
ii of peculiarly ailky and long fibre, wit!
a vellowlsh ting. It is used mainly b
tb '-ad manufactuiers and makers of tin
yni.is for underwear and hosiery.
The Peruvian cotton is of a rougl
texture somewhat like wool and of loir
staple, and is used formixture with wool
It js harsh, with a long strong fibre. I
reduces the tendency of goods to shrink
and at the same time < a uses a shrinkag
in their cost. The total crop of tlii
lough Pciuvian cotton never exceeds 50
000 bales and pur largest imports wer
12,500 bales last year. It is nut up i
bales of about 180 pounds. Tne Egyj
tian cotton is put up in bales of aooi
750 lbs. each, of whiph we importe
reach us b
way of Great Britain, as there is no diret
steam communication with Egypt c
Peru. Though we have applied t
numerous manufacturers and agents c
American cotton, we cannot learn thi
these importations interfere with th
growth of American cottons, but th
Egyptian grade might perhapa bo cut
tivated in the moist districts of the is
lands of the Atlantic. The Peruvia
cotton is a sort of cheap shoddy used t
turn out cheap woolen goods, which ar
no credit cither to the manufacturer o
the dealer. We also imported last yea
over 10,000,000 lbs. of cotton from Turk
ish territory, our total imports of cotto
from all sources in ft)01 amounting t
9)0,908,817 lbs. valued at $3,82*>004.
POLITICAL EVENTS.
' The Campaign Ball Rolling Rapidl^
Along.
Many Mon Studying: the Beet
I teresta of the Dear People.
Hepresentative Watson, of Georgia,
piedicts that the Third party national
j ticket will be Polk and Weaver. /
After having hold St. Paul, Miujl., by
1.400 majority for two years, the pcraorra's
lost it Tucrday, by 1,500. /
3 The Washington Post says th^t Gov.
, Campbell, of OhiQ, is an avowed canili'lnte
for tho Democratic prudential
j nomination. j
[ r.lc^^^^^m^^uesday fn various
Senator Hill declarb that the record
made by the rccentw adjourned New
York Legislature has jeft the Democratic
i party in splendid lighting trim.
5 Rev. 8am Small jailed a sub-Alliance
? in Fulton county, Iteorgia, Thursday,
preparatory to runnging for Congress in
* the Atlanta district.
5 It is said that if Glover Cleveland be
P nominated for the presidency Don. M.
Dickinson, of Michigan will be chosen
chairman of the Democratic national com1
mittcc.
prohibitionists MEET.
Bangor, Me ?The Prohibition Statee
> Convention met here this morning, and
chose delegates to the National Con vent
1 ion, including Neal Dow.
rEOPLE'3 PARTY growth IN FLORIDA.
I Ocala, Fla.?The People's party of
' Florida lias issued a call for a SUtteconvention
in ' The Democratic
State Convention will meet in
f Tampa on the same day. The People's
pari y has of late grown rapidly in Florida,
and it is predicted that it will cast about
6,000 votes next fall. The ceunties are
i.-ipidly organizing for the campaigu.
they will vote for harhlson.
Nasiiville.Tenn.?More than 600 delega'cs
were in attendance upon the Republican
State Convention. The Hon.
John E. McfCall.and the Hon. George W.
Wiustcd were the candidates for the nnminatiou
for Governor.
The latter was nominated ox the first
ballot. He lives in Lexington, and is
only 34 years old. He has been a prac
ticing attorney for several year-?, ana has
been prominent in party affairs. The
election of delegates to the National Convention
resulted in favor of ex-Congrcssmau
Henry C. Evapsof Chattanooga, the
p *'TV'" O-HnnV nf the.
and James C. Napier of ~WKtff)fticr""No
instructions were given, but thoj four
delegates are for Harrison.
8. C. Pyott of ChaU*n6oga was the
s temporary chairman and 11. B. Lindsay
of Knox county the permanent chairman
KENTUCKY Fl'RNIfUIES A CANDIDATE.
Frankfort, Ky.-?fixator John Q.
Carlisle's presidential candidacy was
| formally presented to the Democracy of
this State by a caucus ofl his friends held
' here. The meeting waj a representative
1 gathering of Kcntugw politicians and
' were presided over byfetate Senator Mc5
Cam, one of Mr. Carlille'f friends. Res'
olutiona setting forth in the present
e condition of national j}>#1|tics it was the
deliberate sense of i|ac yfecting that the
party stood in naed of aaeader, and com3
mending John Qritfin CarVsle to the De*
mocracy of Kentucky endjoffifyalJoited
8 test for the Prehideu^^e^^fllfcojyS^^^
! al Democratic conrentioaJpfcTeatHM^
' the party to victory in ' ifoVTOibcr, was
adopted. It is regarded -as practically
settled that the State detegation will go
to Chicago icstiucted for (Anisic.
> CLEVELAND DEMOCRATS.
j Shelby, N. 0.?The Democratic cob
8 "cution wh3 the stormiest ever held
B n Cleveland county. .
I lie convention was called to order by
9 tames L Webb, chairman of the exccuB
ivc committee. A fight arose over the
6 cport oL the credentials committee,
j V Iter a session of two hours and a half
lie committee reported in favor of seat.ng
two regular delegations against contesting
Third party delegations that in
i wo other precincts there was no representation,
the delegations have been sent
by meetings that refused to suppot the
I1 nominees, and that on the canvass of
L votes Holt and Sanderlin received an
? * l'l[iisl m ??!??ii at nil?iwfllnl
8 that the delegation to Raleigh be divided
equally among the friends of each.
B boies wants to be president.
" Waterloo, Iowa,?The name of Iowa's
fs. Democratic Governor will be presented to
I the Democratic national convention for
1 the Hi st place on "the presidential ticket.
^ That decision was reached at the Black
c Hawk county convention here, when rea.
olutions eulogizing Gov. Boies and urging
' the State convention to select Boies dele
trutoa in th<>f nnHnflftl rnnvpiillnn vut<m
, adopted, 'the chairman of the convention
eulogiaed ex President Cleveland,
but said he pvtu out of the race.
VILAS THEIR SHCOWD CHOICE.
!( Milwaukee, Wise.- It is understood
p that the Btiic Democratic Convention,
( which will meet next week, will instruct
,, he delegateuio the National Convention
j o vote solidly, for Cleveland at first, but
if it should be found Ujat his nomination
. Is not delegation
inspected to thfytVftJ, votes to William
? r*. Vilas, cx-8ecrctary If the Interior. It
0 is said, however, that the latter iain no
,f sense a candidate for Rrifesidential honors
t 1 ci.maw's victory.
e Columbia, 8. C. -ftro county convcn
tions were held throughout the State and
-. aa far as heard from (K>v. Tillman made
n a clean sweep with thee& Option of Richo
lands and Spartanburg and the possible
e ebceptionrof Darlington. At thtf Hpartanr
burg meeting a chair wax thrown at the
it chairman and tliefc was almoat a not.
?? * ? i 'i ? >.n
A marked reduction In the productioi
o of copper aa ngaVtat preceding J ear* fc
reported. / :
L
I A LAW SUIT FOR A VILLAGE.
The Titlo to Tryon City in Litigation.---Mrs.
Cureton Sues
for Possassion.
Sii&lby, N. C. ?Tryon City, beautiful
for situation and perched upon a mountain,
is ujw the subject of a big lawsuit.
Mrs. Mary M. Cureton, daughter of Govau
Mills, deceased, the widow of Dr.
Thomas Cureton. formerly of Charlotte,"
has beguu a law suit and .sues for the
possession of ueaily the whole of Tryon
City iu J'olk county, and she is the only
surviving heir of Uovan Mills, claims title
through a State grant for d50 acres of
land giveu io 1700 to .las. Logan.
In a recently decided law suit against
Mr. Garrison for the possession of a
lot inTryon City, the plaintiff. Mrs. M. M.
and Bulgaria. These vis'd- have had
beneficial results, as the same kind of
Method ism prevails in every country
visited. The increased number ot hish
ops has not decreased the work to any
special extent. A century of growth lias
made our book concern the largest in the
world.
BLANCHARD UP "SALT RIVER."
The "Czar", and the "Watch Dog of
?7' the Treasury" Break Dances.
attempts to secure amendments involving
small appropriations for small creeks,
noue of which were carried
Mr. Caruth humorously appealed for
$3,000 forfait river, Kentucky, in the
name of defeated candidates for oftico all
over the country. He urged the chairman
of the committee, Mr. Blanchard, to
grant him this small boon.
Mr. Blanchard replied that so many
gentleman had spckcu to him abont various
rivers that he did not recollect the
gentleman from Kentucky.
Mr. Caruth naively inquired if the gentleman
from Louisiana thought this statement
was a proper one to go publicly into
the Record. (Laughter.) Why was
he not more ingenious iu his remarks?
The ".Salt river" was the one stream in
his district in which he had a special interest.
(Lauuhter. 1
? A. L*A wai encountered when t\ie
clause was.reached to appropriate |13,000
to. complete the embankment on the South
side of the Great Miami river near its
juuetion with the Ohio. Mr. Reed, of
Maine, and aud Mr. Holman, of Indiana,
had quite an acrimonious discussion, and
pending discussion the committee ro e and
the House took a recess until 8 o'clock
this evening for the consideration of private
pension bill?.
THE ALLIANCE AT BIRMINGHAM
Polk Makes a Speech, and Says the
Alliance Will Vote the
Omaha Ticket.
Birmingham, Ala.?Fiftccu States
were represented at the meeting of Alliance
presidents and executive commitIn/1
rvMftYi M r Xlaminn ruaa iolnrt ill
< >.. 1, " .I"-"before
the meeting convened ?ud was
unahle to leave BIS room. President Polk
called the meeting to order and inade a
long speech, sayiug that he had expected
sucn a meeting as this for two years, lie
dealt in generalities, principally the Alliance
demands, sneaking for more tksn
an hour.
W. F. Gwynne, of Tenucssce, was made
secretary. Tillman, of Tennessee, \vn?
active and outspoken in his efforts to
keep the conference non-partisan and out
of politics.
The prevailing sentiment is in favor of
the Third party action, hut those opposing
it are organizing their forces for a li.lit.
to the finish against such a movement and
a lively time is looked for. President
Polk openly says now that all the AI li ancemen
will vo e for the full P. ople's
party ticket to be n uiiimted at Omaha.
i iL
I Cureton, gained the lo' and in this successful
suit she first discovered that the
| 530 4cre grant ?-T??rrrrt the greater port of
Tryon City. Then the <pic*tinu arises,
I will the statute of I nidations prevent her
rec .very of tlrs tract after ilie lapse of
so many years? Her lawvcis assert that
she is not barrel by the statute of limi
tat ions, for she married Dr. Cureton before
she. was ?1 years of age, and she remained
a feme covert, or a married woman,
until ISTti, w hen Dr. Cureton died,
and she had begun hi* suit before ttye
seven years bad expired, counting from
her husband's death
The defendants in tbi case, involving
mauy thousands of dollars and many
beautiful residences, assert that they are
ready for the issue and that she caunot
recover. So both sides arc confidant of
victory and the lawyers will have fine
pickings and gather many shekels into
their cuipty treasury. 'Phis case will be
tried at the I'olk couuty court.
QUADRENNIAL METHODISTS.
Tidal Wave of Methodism Spreading
to Every Corner of the Globe.
Omaha, Neb. ? Bishop Warren, the
millionaire bishop of Denver, presided at
the opening session of Thursdays Methodist
Conference. Dr. My ley. of New
York, conducted the devotional ever
cises.
After the order of business had been
taken up Bishop Foster began reading
the episcopal address. After congratulating
the assembly upon its auspicious
meeting and passing eulogies upon the
dead officers and laymen, it states that
the past quadrannuni had been a prosEcrous
one in the church and that no
ishops had died The bishops have
made more than fifty thousand assignments
of ministers and families with hut
little dissatisfaction. Work in foreign
fields has been given more than ordinary
care. Bj?hop. WaUlmn visited Mexico
and China, being tin- tirstf-'foshop In visit
COrea. - Bishop Newman visited Japan ;
Bishop Niode visited Mexico, and Bishop
Fowler circled the globe under assignment
?nd held conference in the various
nations of the earth. Bishop Andrews
and Bishop Goodscl visited Asia, and
Bishop Mallalicu looked after Russia
ALLIANCE SAYINGS.
Some Bright News For Our
Alliauremen.
Congressman Livingston of Georgia
Pushing the Sub-Treasury Bill.
SONO?IN THE SWF.ET BYE AND BYE.
I. We've all heard of that beautiful land,
The political haven of bliss,
But when entrance the people demand,
They receive some such answer as this ?
In the Sweet, Bye and Bye, etc.
II When reforms and redresses we seek,
And petitions most humbly present,
Wc are told to be patient aud meek,
That we'll all see the promised event?
In the Sweet, Bye and Bye, etc.
fit. Many promises thus we've received,
That redemption would soon come
about;
No more will this yarn be believed.
For our votes they will fruitlessly
shout?
In the Sweet, Bye and Bye, etc.
IV. There'll be help for the poor bye and
bye,
But not'till the toilers employ
Independence t > do and deny
Part in schemes, to let others enjoy?
In (he Sweet. Bye ami Bye. cte.
V. There's a land (hat is hotter than
this,
Where tlie old party leaders will stew,
And feast on the visions of bliss.
Which no moic they'll hold tip to our
view?
In the Sweet, Bye and Bye,
We will vote as wc ne'er did before,
In the sweet. Ixvo ??* **rr.
ire will sutler in silence no more.
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HON. Li. K. I.IVINCSSTON, (IF UEOKU1A, ON
tub SUn-TREAStTKY.
Washington, 1). C. ? With a view to
ascertaining bottom facts as to what has
or will be done for it this session by reform
brethren, the piescntec of the bill,
Colonel Livingston, of Georgia, was seen
at the Capitol.
"It is neither dead or sleeping," he
said, ".lust as soon as the Nor ~.-Hock well
election ease is finished the committee
on refcrincnt have promised me a hearing
before them, and I have agreed with Mr.
Wa'son of Georgia, to each take an hour
in its advocacy."
"But you dou't expect the committee to
give it favorable report?"
"No adverse. But we shall have a
favorable minority report; it will go ou
the calendar, and
lays it. to sleep, unless h plurality votfc for
it?"
"I am not prophesying, but if work will
get it up, if tight will get it up, you will
hear some of i lie best sub-treasury thunder
and lightning on the floor of the Home
you ever listened to. Tell the Alliance
all over the I'nion that the sub-treasury
lies next u- and its standard bearers will
see it takes no stop backward, but. on the
contrary, onward."
OTI1KR WASHINGTON NEWS.
Represent itive Dates of Alabama has
introduced a bill to provide for refunding
the taxes laid and collected on raw
cotton, in event that the Supreme Court
holds than the laws providing for its collection
arc unconstitutional. The PanAmerican
Bureau repot ts that in sevcial
places iu Central America flour is now
made from bananas, and contains more
nutriment than rice, beans, or corn. I
learn that tbc condition of winter wheat
, is reported to be good in Kentucky, and I
Wisconsin, Iowa. Nebraska. Minnesota
and the Dakota3 During the first quarter
of tiiis year 101,080 bags of American
flour were received at Havana as against
85,874 last year.
A recent circular issued by the Agricultural
Department with respect to the
application of insecticides, gives the following
as a formula 'o he u-ed against
true bugs, plant lice, and scale insects:
Kerosene 3 gal., water 1 gel , common
soap or whale oil roap 4 lb. For the
treatment of the apple scab, it recommends
the following to be applied just
as the flowers a-'e opening, then 13 or I I
days la'cr, and then twice more at similar
I intervals: Dissolve foui pounds of copper
I sulphate in ten or twelve gallons of water
and stir in five pounds of washing or sal
soda; then add ihno pints of strong aqua
ammonia, dilute to 45 gallons. The eii
cular advises that for the curculio on the
plum, chcriy, peach etc., twoor three applications
be made during the latter part
of M :4 V for 1 I\1I1 r\( tltia* ??- 1
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adults before tlicv lay their eggs. Tender
leaved plants, such as melons and
cucumbers, are injured l>v repeated applications
of poison, while plants with
tinner and smoother leaves, such-as the
orange, are little alTectcd. ^Root plants,
such as beets, turnips, radishes, etc . are
but little injured, whereas foliage plnnts
show what injury there is at onoc, and
honey bees are liable to be killed by the
poison if applied while the plants arc in
bloom. The poi on should in all cases
he highly diluted, and follow ing a rain
another application should not be made
for several days. On the whole, the Department
believer from i*s investigations,
that insecticides are not severely injurious
to vegetable, life, nud it rccomenda their
n*e tn moderate quantities and with dia
crctiou.
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'I IIK COTTON OIITI.OOK.
There is no improvement to note in the
position of cotton during the past month,
yet wc nre of the opinion that the prcsj
ent low prices will gradually improve.
The certainly that the last crop will uot
exceed 0,000,000 hales is inore assuring
than the uncertainty of previous reports.
There has been a variety of causes to depress
the market to a point lower than it
has touched during the past 50 years
The ignorance prevailing as to the extent
of the crop, the large forward movement.
of cotton, the decline in silver,
which affect* d European trade, and the
conservative policy of close buying,
which has been adopted by the Man* lies\
ter spinners, nil these circumstances have
had a bearish tendency. Cotton planting
is now over, and. as far as can be learned,
the area will be decreased by 30 per
cent. In Alabama the receipts of fertilize*
a this season have been but 80.000
tons, as compared with 106.000 tons last
year, and in South Carolina 136.000 tons
against 185,000 a year ago. This shows
connlu ivclv either that the area to be
cultivated will be proportionately less, or
that the crop will receive insufficient fertilization,
and must, consequently, he diminished
in yield. The planters, moreover,
owing to the low priees received
for their last crop, are not in a position
to thoroughly ctiltivate and rare for the
next one. Tr.de abroad cannot be worse,
hut must improve Manufai tureis in
Kngland are holding vciy -mall stocks of
cotton, and have been running !;ght, as
their business was unsat sftuloiy. Any
improvement in this direction will at
once stimulate the nuiikct for the taw
material It should also he borne in
mind that, in addition to a redtned etop
area, there is a grave probability that the
next yield w 11 not he so prolific as the
last was. for it is exceptional to have
three excessive yields dining tlnee successive
years. From another source we
find the India crop to he some- lOO.OttO
short, also that India cotton i- being debarred
from European markets, owing to
the habit now in vogue of ndu'lcra'ing
he long staple India cottons by mixture
with short staple cottons. So much has
this been done that tnanufaetniei . in
India are even compelled to impoit longMaple
cotton ftom Egypt The withdrawal
of any quantity of India cotton
from the European mwket* will cause, by
that much, an ad<litional consumption of
American, and the low price.*, which will
result in the more extended use of American
cotton, will also tend to its betouim<?rr
rtrntfy csiantteTw-d in Continent
cTKuropcan markets.?American Agticulturist.
Tobacco Growing.
At a recent meeting of the Connecticut
Board of Agricultu e Dr. \V. t'. Sturgis
gave a liistory of the fungus diseases of
tobacco. He started with the statement
that a man who has grown tobacco one
year knows it all, while the man who has
grown it a lifetime comes to believe that
he knows nothing about it. Fungus,
the speaker said, grew on almost everything,
ami that pole sweat on tobacco is
caused by fungi. Foi live months he
has been at work experimenting on polesweat
tobacco. He found upon some
leaves little pimples, which under tlie
microscope showed little sod-like plants
which on development rapidly grew and
spread. In a glass tube he showed, growpotato,
sonic of the
moistui'c. Tbr^ n.ji'i'j iivM in keeping
out heat and moiiluro tiein the *obt?c:.?
barns. He t oi nvl 'tat p?' pendicuUur
ventilation was wrong; that sheds should
be built with horizontal ventilators, and
these to be placed so that the air would
not strike the leaves, but come between
the tiers. He also gave the result of
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
better with leaf and stalk cured together.
Stripping the green leaves from the stalk
in the field is by far the most expensive,
aiid leaves thus cured separate from the
etalk will produce a far less weight
He spoke of the baeteiia causing sweat
in cases, aud said that he intends to try
the experiment of changing the bacteria
of Havana and other tobaccos, similar to
the experiments given reeoully in the
Hartford Times as the result of some German
researches. Artificial heal will stop
siJe aud center of the shed. o," * lo be^^^p^BB
used, however, in unfavorable . * ther.
Another disease of tabacco is >'
This is caused by a fungi, and may
remedied by cleanliness. Rake up ail
refuse from your sheds and burn it.
"Another prevention is burning sulphur
aud thoroughly fumigating the shed'' be
fore housing a new crop. He was asked
if white veins were caused by a fungi,
aud replied that he thought not.
Dr. E. H. Jenkins spoke on the sub
jcet of fertilizing and curing tobacco
The flavor of tobacco is largely what
{jives it a commercial value. Volatile 01
essential oils will give a flavor to tobacco.
Cigarettes be classed as an abomination.
The burning quality of tobacco depends
largely on potash. A crop or 1,800
pounds will take about 150 pounds of
potash from the soil on which it is grown,
and this amount must be added annual y
to the soil, and more than this amount
should be used, as the plant will take up
an excess more rapidly, ami with better
result8, and there is no appreciable loss
of potash either by evaporation or by
leaching. Every acre of tobacco takes
out 100 pounds of nitrogen. Nitrate of
soda will not be held by the soil. Aim
inonia, while remaining as such, will not
waste, but is soon dissolved. The soil is
full of bacteria. Chloroform ami other
antiseptics will prevent nitrogen from
leaching through the soil. Nitiogcn will
escape from the soil by evaporation.
How to prevent this is a question. Sowing
rye after the tobacco is harvested is a
good preventative for this loss. Lime is
also taken to the extent of 100 pounds
per acre from the soil. To replace this
loss Soysterahell lime is the best. Lime
<* ill neutralize a too large accumulation
of acids in the soil, and will aid in preventing
the loss of nitrogen. The amount
| of water carted into tobacco sheds is
about seven tons per acre. Several tons
of this cvapoiates in the barn during
curing; hence the need of thorough ventilation.
Merchant Shoots Himself.
Shki.uy, N. C.--.F. W. De1liii{jer,
voqiig merchant of this plate," hot himself
accidentally in the left side. 1\Ti . Ddtingorsays
that in changing Ills pistol fioiu
his breast pocket to his hip pocket the
hammer caught and the weapon was discharged,
wounding him severely but not
mortally, lie was earned home ?ud theball
was cxtnu ttd.
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