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HKe WEEKLYfipOHIOH TIMES J" U Ayrimltuw*, ffertfrottw, Gurrtni Nmtt ?f tto Day. ' ^jfc ?;'^ oortsaipoudeot of tbe ] tow York Suo u authority for the statefc. pleat that the capital inrestcd ia joint B^*|v ftook ootton mill* ia Lancashire has depreciated thirty-tiro per cent, during the paet fifteen years, and that the arera^o pot profits hare dwindled tJ leu than ' One per cent, per anna n. I The United States is fast crowding ^ Switzerland out of the watch market, , and there is no part of the world, boast* ' the San Francisco Bulletin, no mattci ( hojr remote, where the tick ot thr American watch cannot be heard. To- i day American factories turn out 35,(X)< 1 . i watches a week. Almost the only time* 1 piece* .imported ?ro repeater?, stop- \ watches and those having special more- ^ A MilwavjnreeY^HeTf^piper Is responsi- , lb for the item that the broken euds of be bone of Anton Gmeiner's left leg J lave been nailed together with ivory | ) tails driven through holes drilled in the i tones. This peculiar surgical operation 1 proving a success, and the patient con expects to regain full use of his fmbs. His leg was fractured by his be- i tig thrown from a buggy about a year 1 ?g?- 1 Zenas Crane, of D.ilton, Mass., whe ' makes the paper on which the Govern- , meat prints iti bank notes and bonds, says that *4there is too much flirty and .Worn curroncy in circulation in the ^ United States. The Hank of England j ^ bever reissues a note which is paid in by < tiny of its customsrs, an 1 the result is that English money is always crisp,clean , and fresh. The ifniM lOUUlYCi I ' greenbacks an 1 National bank uotes and I I pays thorn out aigain, no mitter how filthy they may be, excopt, of courso, i curroucy that u too bally worn for reissue. The damaged currency become* b loss to the people, an! the Govern- , mont nukes a large profit ou it, which I i hold to be a wrong policy." ? ! , It has been estimated that 25,000 horses nre employed in the carrying trade ( of Loudon, that their value is $0,250,000, i aud the cost is for food alono $4,000,000 B year. A rule prevails of foraging tlio | horses on six cants an inch per week, , that is, a horse costs as many quarters of i " horse drays weigh nineteen hundredth weight. The [Jreat Western Railway 1 Company have 500 horses in one new , stable at Paddington, iu which they have j four floors one above another, the top 1 floor being*U<A.^st as high as the hotel, . with a lookout over the station roof. No railway company buys a horse after he is I uevcu years old. The Midland has 1350 1 horses, the Great Northern 1300, the ] Great Western 1100, the Southwestern 550, the Southeastern 275, and the 1 Brighton 225. The London and North- ' western has only 050 horses, but Pick- , ford *& Co., who do most of the Northwestern business, have 4000 horses. Car- J ter Patterson's, a delivery business, have | 2000, The Railway News says the ma- < \ jority of London railway horses work seventy hours a week. In Carter Pat- J tcrson's. only one parcel i:s 10,000 it is i paid, goes wrong. As a rule the London railway horse is bought at. $300 nn 1 sold v J .... after live years work at -roO or *bd. Herent reports from Gcrmauy indicate s that Kaiser Wilhehn's military forces are ' to ho made the subject of another highly diverting cxpeiiment. They arc to < lie taught to sing. It is not that this accomplishment is expected to Ire used in ( actual contlict, though, facetiously observes the Chicago News-Record, the j singing of some people has often been , known to inspire emotions ol profound terror on the part of tl sir auditor?. No 1 doubt if some of the Kaiser's forces wore J to advance upon their foes lustily singing passages of modern music drama the t enemy would break ami llee. Hut the object of the lessons in sinking is en- I tirely different. It is to give the soldier "wind," and if reports are to bibalievc 1 ( the beneficial results already obtaino I i will inaiirf its nil<?-\lir?ii aa .1 ml i!.n i military drill of Italy and Kussh. The ; theory is that the exercise is "a hi "hly | advantageous functional gymnastic"' and 1 greatly increases the strength and endurance of the lungs. The spectacle of an awkward squad of infantrymen l?MU? put through the diatonic scale will not, of course, he heroic. Hut neither is any ( military drill in the cirly stages. The question arises, however, as to why this valuable physical exercise is restricted to the armies. If, as several eminent savants testify, the simple hahit of singing a few scales every morning is good for the lungs and a measure for the prolongation of life, why not in ike its adoption comraou among the people? i In particular, the tra litionally weaklunged American hoys and girls mi <ht find benefit to the health were vocal practice to become a compulsory pirt of ( he public school curriculum. S 3en- Dr. W. D. Crum (co'.ored) baa be?n * j rhe U. S. Senate Paaeee the Bill Fon^ Majority. Senator McPherson Withdraws ! Objections, and the Vote Is Token With Idttle Debate. Washington, D. C.?[Senate. ]the opening of the proceedings the f itc agreed to adjourn from Friday v Fuesdai next. Mr. McPherson, De crat, of New Jersey, announced tha withdrew nil objection, express or plie 1, inado Thursday to the unanin agreement enter* d into to take a vot ihc silver bill at 2 o'clock Friday and he should offer ro dilatory motion of kiud to prevent a vote being take the time named if the Senators desire* Mr. Stewart briefly stated that he not desire to place any Senator at a di vantage, ana no suggested an extensio ?mw villa o ?vi wtuim^vuv * ww viii ti waa day at 8 o'clock. - After further discussion as to the t the president pro tem announced the question was on the moiion of Senator from Oregon (Mr. Dolph) 1 the bill nud amendment be recommitte the committee on fiuance. Mr. Hill, (Uoui ), of New York: debate in order on that proposition?' The president pro tem: "Under rules of the Senate debate is in order, ohair has calle 1 the attention of the ? ate to the agreement avhieh the cha powerless to enforce '' Mr. Fry. "But under the agrcen debate is not iu order." Mr, Vest, (Deno.), of Missouri, as unanimous consent that the Senator f Now York be allowed to proceed. Consent being given, Mr. Ilill, 1 was listened to in silent nttentiou, si "I desire to speak a single word iu quid to this particular motion?the Lion to recommit, which, I undcrstanr the pending question. 1 am not q prepared to agree that that motion i Dialer at this time. The question, h ever, is uot before the Sena'c. An peal was taken by the S.nator from Ala ma against the ruling of the chair but t appeal has been withdrawn and it is nec ssary that I should express any o ion upon that question. It might . urely a question of parliamentary 1 Hut it seems to me strange if the St: recognizes the right to make an aeri ment of the character that it has no ri to enforce it. I lisc to simply say tin shall vote ngaiust the motion to rcc mit, not on par iameutary grounds because I believe that the motion tc commit is in violation of the uuatiiu consent giveu to take n vote on the and amendments at 2 o'clock." The roll was called on the moti* recommit and resulted: year 28, nays so that th3 motion was lost. Mr. A moved that the Consideration of the pe ing hill b&_i)03tHonert until the flrat.M flay of December next Mr. Stewart ] tested that this motion was in violai af the agreement. The president pro tern. "Under rules of the Senate it is in order." Mr. Stewart: "Under the rules of Senate but not under the agreement, rnk the chair to rulo upon the ag ment " The President pro tern : "The c1 is pineries to enforce the agreeinen Mr. B'ackburn, Democrat, of K In- k1-, moved to tuble Mr. Vest's mo and on that proposition demanded yeas and nays. The motion to table los ? 28 to 28. tic vote. A siraila vote also defeated the motion to post) until December. Mr. Stewart's amen bill then cmhc before the Senate. Mr. H-le, Republican. of Maiue, n , (1 to ndj urn. Lost: yeas 26, nays 2 Mr. Vest moved to strike out of Stewart's smeudment bill the proviso foreign silver coins and bullions fori by melting down silver coins shouh excluded from the provisions of the Mr. Stewart accepted the amendment it was adopted without a division. I lory mo'ions of various kinds were f Lime i(sorted to. M'\ Allison, Republican, of It moved that the act go into effect the of July, 1898. Lost: yeas 19, nays 1'ho amendment of Mr. Warren, Repi can, of Wyoming, excluding from operation of the act all bullion from source whatever, except bullion pureed from mines in the United States, negatived without a division. The hill was tli ii reporte 1 from committee of the whole to theSe with the following amendment atta< to it on the motion of Mr. Mor/ "That the Secretary of the Treasury i proceed to have coined all the silver lion in the Treasury purchased with ver coin certificates." Mr. Morgan explained that as the repealed the act of 1890 there wouh no provision for coinage of silver dol unless this amendment was adopted. The bill was ordered to a third rear mid passed, 29 to 25. The final vote on Hie adoption of bill was in detail as follows: Yei Democrats: Hate, Berry, B ackbi Blodgett, Butler. Cockrel', Faulk George, Harris, Hill, Kennu, K (F. A ), Mills. Morgan, Hansom, Tor and Vesl -17. Republicans: All it, Cameron. Dub Jones (Sfcv), Mitchell, Peffer, (F. Saunders, Shoup, Spiire, Stewart. Tc mid VVolcott?12 Total 29. Nays ? Democa*' Slice, Carlisle, ( man. Gray, Mrl'heison, Palmer \Vhite 7 H publican*. Allison, Carey, Cull Davis, Dawes. Di< l.sen. Dolph, Fel Gallinger, Hule, ll.wley, M antler: Parkins, Proctor. Sawyer, Stockbrir Wairen and Washburn ? 18. Total 25. At 6 p. m. the Senate went into ex tive session and adjourned until Tuei next. A Lynching in TennesaooNashville, Tenn ?Late in the n i mob took Tom Liliard, a negro bo; years old, from the jail at Woodb' inarched him to the edge of town hanged him to the bridgo over 8 river. The hoy was charged with cr anl as-a < It on Ml?s McKnight, an inr of the poor house sud not of very sc mind, He confessed his guilt. inxii appointed postmaster at unuriesioo, d. v. mo- a young negro who had outraged a ne t he gr0 g}r\ was lynched by negroes in Wynn, "n* Oass c.tuuty, Ark., on Wednesday night. A colored man in Wayne county, N. 8 "d C. was killed by lightning Sunday night while asleep in bed. n at Congressman Henry G. Turner, of th< j eleventh Georgia district, was re-nomi did nated Wednesday by acclamation, sad- A bill to estabPsh a uniform system ol n of bankruptcy has been reported to tHj rey bill. ,ime a leather trust has been organized that whose headquarters will he New York the Philadelphia, Baltimore, Toledo, Cincinthat nati( gt. Louis and Chicago. A revival of the revolutionary feeling has sprung up among the Mexican refu, "ttces and the lower classes on the lowe ,. Rio Grande border. Serious trouble ii The ,e*redten An explosion took place at Herndon jr Pa., on Tuesday, while a well was beinj drilled, and a fragment of rock com lent plotely severed Charles Milliken's heat fram his body, ked Lord Salisbury lias issued au address t< roni the British electors, in which lie warn! them that the grautiug of home rule t< who Ireland would involve a bitter, protract ?id: ed struggle probably culminating ill civil rc- war. mo- John Thornton was hanged in the jai 1, is yard at Fort Smith , Ark., on Wedres uite day. The execution was repulsive in th< s in extreme. When the drop fell the rop< ow- nearly severed Thornton's head from hii ap- body. The first State convention of the Peopie's party in Tennessee met Tuesday 30f strong. Tftey indorsed the sub Treasurj P .n" scheme, free silver and the St. Louis c dcmauds. Forty eight delegates were se lected to Omaha. They deferred th< 11,1 0 nomination of Governor to August 18 tt " ' 6ee if the present Governor, Buchanan. . a Democrat, will accept their nouiiua11 1 tion. runjJ(lt Having won their suit against New Yorl ( |e. parties who offered a fotty years old re ions print of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary IjiH as premium for subscribers to a paper G. & C. Mcrriam Co. are pushing othe: q suits of a like nature?a Kansas coucerr yj being one of the latest. They will pros /est ec,|te in every case where inisloading ,lKj. announcements arc n^ade and claidi they, ion are taking such action in justice alike ti, TIT "niiiiiaiul i ii? j tfc a ninilliii tk>n ',, _ ' " V 1 RECEPTION AT GRAY GABLES. the the Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Shake Hands 1 With the Buzzard's Bay ree Countryside. haj, Buzzahd's Bay, Mass.?Mr. Cleveland t?' and Mrs. Cleveland received the citi/.cuf and shore residents of the Buzzard's Baj tion village'. The guests were largely conntin By peop'c from along tha shore, with a was sprinkling here and tiiere of Boston, r tie New York, a-d Western sojourne s at tone neighboring resorts ded There were few present of more thai local importance, and it was a simple lov. affair soon over. Mr. Cleveland shool q each guest by the hand, and Mrs. Cleve ji, had a pleasant word for all and a warn: that pressure of the band, ned Many of the country people made j jjC thvms Ives at home about the place, in ?c j s'cad of quietly departing after presenta nnd f'?n- Tney ainbl.d nhont the verandas, >ila peeped into windows t > catch a glimpse oi Qf a the I'urn shings, and some of the young people went down on Mr. Cleveland'! >wa ho t landing, helped themselves to hi? ^rs{ rowhoat, and paddled about to thcii heart's delight. Others ran pell inel ibli- ove1' tl>c neatly-kept lawns, investigated tju> the stables, and even the chickeu house auv w'1'0'1 is h.?ing remodeled for an ortici has- 'ol ^'r- Cleveland's private secretary, was Mr. Cleveland was jovial and unusual Iv cordial to his Cape Cod neighbors t]w. wl?? persisted in oh aiding something nntc ,nd,c Iban a mere, nod and handshnki from the nominee. C T. Chamlierlayiu ;hed introduced the visitor' to Mr. and M s, rati' Cleveland, and made a short speech o ?hali welcome to Cape Cod to the distinguish bul- e<^ c?u|de. Mi Cleveland responded. M' A Judge Divides a Child. bill Ashkvili.k, N. C.?Judge Shuforc 3 be renders his opinion ou the habeas c.?rpu liars case for the custody of a child,on trial heti KIIIPP MottfLlV Tin. n/Uift rlnc./,n., \(,<I liDg Florence .I. Harris, tin? mother sha'l havi charge of the child nine months in eael year, aud Charles J. Harris, the father the have * hargc of it the remaining thr. < #fi? mouths. Mr. and Mrs. Harris must giv< urn, boml in ^l.nno each for the carrying on uc,'t of tho decree. The parents shall alway y)*i be kept advised as to the health ant Pie? whereabouts of the child end have ful liberty to visit, it at all times. Harris l0l8? counsel appealed. Al, Uei< Tho Bride Was Barefooted. [From the Memphis App al Avalanche.) Clahksvillb, Tenn. ? Ely Dobbs ant ^or* Susan Edwards came all the way ft on ant^ Christian ctunty, Ky. The biide wa baiefooted, with uncombed hair, and hat oua? hardly sufficient clothing of the com t?n> monest sort to hide hei person, while th **n> groom looked like a Mississippi Hive eck hand just ofT from a long trip. Yet after being made man ami wife, thii csuu'o v?nlkeu out of the principal street 0<.'u of the town looking as hannv and con s(1n.v tented rh pos'ible. Blaine's Successor. Washington, D. C.?The Presiden sent to the Senate the nomination John ight W Foster, of Indiaua. to be Secretary o j 15 -Mate. The nomination was immediately nry. onfirmed. TTio new Secretary of Stati and .va.M born in Indiana and is about 55 ycir tone of age. He is a lawyer by profession nn< fmi- . is diplomatic career probably ui* nate piallcd in America's history having mnd ived as minister to Mex'"". Russia ant Spain with great credit. . Oar Weekly Budget of tfoys For the Order. Some Great Truth* Brought to Light, That "All Who Bun May Bead." 1 Hon. Jerry 8impson,' of Kfcnaas, prefaced his remarks upon the pnotofHce appropriation bill, with this succinct sentence: "Mr. Chairman, myt own opinion is thut if the railroads were to carry the mails of this country /or nothing for fifty years, they would not then have paid hack the value they have received in grants of land.'' ****** I IIE AOS or LIGHT. Or crtm*, *e want. orKnRwere known, Our* to * bitter tMk trfBmftfRiiht ^W"'jTk vAlftwRuS and power, greedy'for Enr gold. Turns a deaf ear whi* labors m-ede are t.>l<a. Smiles when the eni|>?jr word "reform- It bears. And damum the public It no looser fears. Brtnjcs parchment deed* toter men from the aoll. t Ana soon* at t now who clan the rrults or toll, Citt** vested right*. as ttiqHt Investments can 5 Annul or mar the sacred riflmaof man, To plutocratic argument* I wlillr sham, tabor can sav, "Before JIFtic. I ant." They arc forewarned whrjjgpad the signal light, i The reign of justice Is thMgr of light r A mighty force Is growlnjkon the earth. ? In dim obscurity Its iowlitillth, In holy deeds its frult/utwed Is found, i In noble lives l he sourer Buds the ground. In restoration to tbo hrave and fiee. Of etoien rights the harregt Is to be Gray error, baffled In Itsdtngr bold, > Behold the banner of our cause unrolled. Dreads like the hermit owl the end of night, 9 And fights In vain to hnlfcthc age of light. . While luuur, burdened vnth excessive work. Supports In cusetho mllHunalte and shirk. Dwells tn unslgHTly di n? win r. intent need , Hreiyls vice and crime while reurengenders greed. I Small wonder. Ilteu. thatdrlnk usurps the place Thai food should till, and furnishes the raw. By law despoiled, with warmth and false delight, | And turns the home to hell, the day to night. 1 Lift l!\lwf.r4< Implant within each breast ft** I ! Their right To utc and tjlr Hty the sod, , Their right to trade, towueiv thus employ Their energies, and hen their fruits enjoy. 5 Soon vice and crime will fully disappear. Before a race unused to want or fenr; Soon gentlewomen can wltli ease command 1 hose e?|ual rights la r hmuau needs demand. Then to our shores we'll w elcome every fac?, ) Without distinction as to creed or race, For none lu whom humanity wc find r Are foreign to the free of human kind; Our broad domain, a haven and a right, > Will freely stand before the age of light. ****** Washington, D. C.?Mr. Otis of the ' Farmers' Alliance has introduced a bill to reduce the salary of every Government ofllcinl to $5,000 per year. He also h?s a bill to abolish the otlice of Postmaster ueuciai auu create iuuc 01 oecrerary 01 Transportation. The 8enatc Agnellis' turai Committee has recommended an i iucrense of $37,500 in the Agricultural r appropriation hill over the amount allow1 cd by the Mouse. r ***#* ". In Austraba the government owns the L railroads. tic 10 is hoar it works: A r ComnmtanoWraf^yNiu be l?ad cheaper. For iostanco a \vWKTuan can go to and from his work, at a distance of six miles, for 2 cents; twelve miles for 4 cents; 1 eighteen miles for 0 cents; twenty-four miles for 8 cents and thirty miles for 10 cents. Yet we are told that govern I mcnt ownership of railroads means ceu trali/.uliou. It cheap transportation is centralization we think we can staud a little of it. At least we arc patriotic enough to try it.?New Foruiu. **** ^ The enormous pile of money comprised iu $1,000,OtiO,000 is h ?rdly realized by 1 most people. What a figure a billionaire : would bo may perhaps be best understood : by saying that such a man, if his wealth wore all concent 1 ated iu tlusc parts, 1 would hold a clear title to the whole city of Boston proper? meaning all its ! lauds and buildings as they stand. It is by no means certain that John flwiuton's prophecy will not materialize :.. before the closes'. The interest on the Vaudc'ibilt wealth at 5 1 cr cent ' would make it at the end of five years * $340,000,000; in ten years, $448,000,000; I i ? lUin m 4 I fl/tA ArtA 1.. 1U I'WUIII J "II Vi; JIUI n, fl'f IjUWV^'JV IU fifty jears, *:t,0iju,0o0,0(>0. | * * * * ( "Faithful unto death" should be the 3 epitaph of Representative Stackhouse, of South Carolina. Let the Farmers' Alliance, from Maine to California, honor f the memory of the grand old man who, ^ over-worn from fatigue aud travel in the c service of a dep u ted frieud, stood at his 3 post of duty in Congress, trying to hold togather a quorum for business, although f smitten early in the day by his last fatal illness. (Jod has heard our prayer; Ho has given us n en. * * * * * + sta'ik ALMAKCE meetings. 1 Date 8 State. Place. commencing. Virginia, Hiolimoiid, August 17. Kentucky, Owcnsboro, Nov. 8. Indiana, India apolis, Nov. 17. Texas, Austin, Aug. 16. Tennessee, Nashville, Aug 16. r < i f * OPPOSED to VTU'K f peculations. Rk.iinl, Swit/.eiii.and. ?The Natioual Council, by a vote of 7 to 5, hits ordered that the Svtiss Covernmcnt discover some means to cheek the evils of Bourse speculations. Sonr of the speakers in behalf of the measure urged that the sale ef stocks 01 other articles not actually 1 possessed by the sclh-i be deel tied illegal, i The action of the American Houm of Keps rcscntatives in passing a bill to prevent ] dealings in option-. ?as cited a? a jutstiQ. cation of such legislation. 0 , . w. + i + * Ol'lt KINGS. J 1860?Cotton was King s ' 1870?Corn was King. 1880?Politicians were King. 1890 - Money is King. 1900?The millionaires will rule the world. t 1910?The billionaire will be a menace 1 to the millionaire, and the poor will be f as dumb, driven cattle. She Beat Him in the Race. b i Chattanooga. Tenh?Sam Looney. a I laborer, became involved in a scuffle with hi" wife Tuesday night near this city, r and both made for a guu near by. She 1 beat him to it and killed him m he ran out of the door. Kuklux Method* Leave Them No FF Ohoic* tout to Oo. 8pccial to the N. Y. World. | El Hkn", Orla. T.--Commissiouei J. M. Bishop, of CIGvelaud County, where the whites *re determined no negroes shall locate, was a?eu l>y a World -1 corrcspeudcut in regard to t^ie race war j there He said that "when Oklahoma j was opened to settlement there was a s* large immigration of negroes to that * county that located ou claims, principally va in the timber. They began clearing m| stnaM places for cotton nud tobacco, and jn have been quite successful in their efforts ^ to earn a livelihood. ... The white portion of the county is principally made up of citizens from ' P? fex*e, and the influx of negroes is about to wrest from them politicol control of the county. It has ao incensed the whites P? that they have commenced the old Euklux c* 1M??oW<fr urttiuy ttui biiei Mitiiw eat Tt Tiom ten to fifteen mob, usdsr cover of An night, wait upon a negro settler and warn is him that he is not wanted, and give him pa notice to leave, upon pain of death. frc It has the desired effect. in! The negro is in such fear ef assassin a- gu tion that he will not volunteer any infor matiou that will apprehcud Kukluxers. jQ They are leaving the county by the score, abandoning their claims and the fruit of their labor. W1 hi err North Carolina Crops. ev Central Office, Hai.kigh, N. C.? The reports of correspondents of the . Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin, issued by the North Carolina State Weather J? Service, for the week ending Mond >y, ? June 27th, 1802, show that the weather conditions have continued generally fa> orable during the past week. The tern- 11 ' perature has l>eeu high, ranging from 1?8 th to 62; which has been very favorable for iuj rapid growth. The avoragc rainfall for ca: the past week was 1 76 inches, which ?R .67 inch above the normal. The excess wi occurred chiefly'in the western district, wi where some damr.ge was caused to lowlaud crops. Harvesting wheat is about completed :Q1 except iu the western district and j threshing commenced AlthougW*?V crops were thin in places, the grain wa well filled, nud, as before reported, the yield will be excellent. In western dis- Jri tricts, owing to excessive rains, some 111 wheat is sprouting in the shocks. Oats *'1 also yielding excellent results. Laying by corn continues. The crops arc growing well. Lowland corn has sb been damaged in western district by ex- sh cessive rains, but upland crops were not nc injured. an Cotton is making good progress every Tl where. m Tobacco is growing fast; topping com menced iu eastern district. In a few ro places sucKei'H nave appeared. (jr Fruit is good excepting pcaclies and IW puintmii tma \nx* , splendid, many farmers digging from c 100 to 135 barrels per acre. cu Eastern District.?In the vicinity of Kr Edenton excessive rainfall is reported, but gcucially the ruinfall lias been bene ficial throughout the district, though d" rather unevenly distributed c<) All crops are growing rapidly and work h1< is well up except in a few places where ex 1 rc(jueut rains have delayed plowing CI The outlook is very eucouraging for a pli good yield of corn, cotton, potatoes, etc. en Peanuts only fair. Rice is reported tine u? in the Wilmington section. Many farm tr, ers have made an unusually good crop oi j? Irish potatoes, the yield being from 1U<? jjv to 125 barrels per acre. j0 Rains reported: Lewiston, 0 km inch . j Weldon, 2.00; Conctoe, 1.05; Wilming- . ton, 0.72; Bouthport, 0 23; Newbein, u 2.1)0; Goldshoro, 0 13; Lumbcrton, 0 lib. r' Central District.?The rainfall was w. less than in any other district until Sun- 1, day night, wheu a heavy rain occurred. not doing any damage, however, t > P" crops. The temperature lias been high, it sunshine uorniui. tsi Harvesting of xvhent seems completed, and threshing begun. Crops need work bu ill a few places, bul are generally clcnn fn ami growing rapidly. Tobacco growing ti\ fast, suckers appearing on plants on a Hi few farms r>. Itains reported: Oak Ridge, 1.00 ta inch; Saxon, 0.10; Hmitbfield, 0.85; Lex lUgton, 1 00, ftreensboro, 15.17; Raleigh, ac 2 30. es Western District.?The tempera ac tu'c has been very high, reaching a max- j . iinim of 90 degrees on the 25th; the sun shine has been below the normal. Many cr stations report too much rain, which has th put farmers behind with their work, and vt, somewhat interrupted harvesting. ITail al and wind stonus did some damage on In the 18th and 22ud. The excessive rain has flooded lowland crops in places j,r Wheat harvest nearly finished; wet j^i weather cnu ed some damage by mould- nn log grain in shocks. It Rains reported : Salisbury, 2.10; Mt. Pleasant, 2.25; Statesville, 1.00; D.il'as, 5 41; Edneyville, 4.10; Charlotte, 1.71 J" Two Qi'ls Fight a Duel. in Special to the N. Y, World.] !,r Chahi.estok, W. Va. ?Miss Gertrude 1,1 ITftgar and Lizzie Spears, two attractive young women of this town, run a rival w race for the young men's attentions. The th rivalry is so hitter that a duel was fought th between them last week. Miss Hngnr ?> Ar&sl 1, .1 l.A. ,./i........... -? * ?/?? mtc ^u"i3 nb uti ii'nvii.ny, vuv uij couldn't hit her. re Miss Spears has applied for a warrant 0f to prevent further violence from her (j( enemy. V1 "Moonshine" That I? V?iy Fttiiii. Knoxviu-r , T?nn. ?The "moonshine" 1" business in East Tennessee is on the increase. Weducsday officers attacked a , narty of distill* ? r. st;!! in Ihe Chi! e'< howe mountains aod a big tight followed. ro Otie of tho officers was fatally injured, and a number of mountaineers nre 1,1 thought to have been killed. tu A Diary Covering Three Centuries j1' A diary begun more than three cen> turiea ago by tho IfozakA family of Japan has been kept up continuously by ! re the various heads to whose charge it was j committed until tho volumes now fill <r eight large chest*. It was 110 New Year R experiment with either the original Colonel Hozaka or his successor*.?'' York Press, 1 1 w dc ifllHNIFJCKNT PfSPWHT. * CM IUIT8 AND PLOWPRS AT TH1 pal WORLDS FAIR. ] . He ie Horticultural Kihlhlt Will Mir- Nil jm?s All l,rcrlon? Ones, nntt Will bo Beaut It ul llcyotul l>e?rrtRtlan Bewildering in sine a&d JJj marvelous in beauty will be the horticultural display at tho World's Fair. The e.xhlbit will ?* sues* great rcientitlc and educational l01 lue.but to tho oruinary visitor ita orna- .C ntal features will be the most striking. 11 deed, it will play an important part iu cu e adornment of the grout Exposition, in bile in almost every part of tho Ex* cl< aition grounds may be seen gratifying *> ideqcee of the very efficient work of U e Horticultural Department, the central int of interest will naturally be In tbe ST hiblt .In the Hortirultural building. extreme width of UBl) feet. Its plsii^T f), central pavilion witn two en>! vlliont, each connected with it bj >nt and rear curtains, forming two ' :erior courts, each 88 by 270 feet. rmounting the central pavilion is a autlfully proportioned dome, 187 feet .?' diameter and 113 feet high. x ^ In the south pavilion of tho building mp 11 bo installed the viticultural exhibit, 2 4 ibracing all varieties ot wine and n|? erything pertaining to its manufacture. < i idea of how complete thii part of the nni hibit will be can be gained from tha gr< ct that applications for space havo a'- is j ady been received fro-.n thirty-three arc reign countries. From abroad the ex- pa bits of France, Germany, Spain and pli sly will be especially notable. Califora will make a splendid display, nil of 04 o great firms being exhibitors and bav? ? applied for much nioro space than I > ^ u possibly be allowed them. I In tbo rear curtains of tlio building J II i>o shown the fruit exhibit, which 11 include all varieties grown in any rt of the world. As far as it is poi- ( do to do so, probably in a great mv Qf ity of case?, lino specimens of tho fcn tural fruit will bo shown. Otherwise 3,y; >x models, so perfect In appearance as r ' stinguishablo from tho re 41 Ml ibstltutod. For this ex- 181 bit about -it, are foot, or more nm an an ontiro acre of reserved. Tho exhibit in tho ifnportaiM?o?.~ vpf f'n iriculturo will bo exceptionally oxt* re. More tlian 500,000 transplanted rubs and pluuts, of many species, are >\v growing iu tho exposition grounds, l)C id tho number Is rapidly increasing. housauds of plants?excel lout specious, too?havo boon forwards 1. . luong them are more thau 60,000 rare g(( so plants, which havo been douated by OI, ins all the way from California to lluuThe floricultural eifiiblt .jvlll to i?M hceidiatod HY f tHb|VBttt' -js rtains of the building will apjiMTW pJr eeuiioiise and hothouse plants ?1 very th< go variety and many rare and bsiuti- wo I .specimens. There, too, will l>e tho oni est display of orchids over seen in this h?< untry, if not In tho world. O.10 firm fltt mo will spoud $10,000 011 its orchid ho liibit. At tho opening of the Fair, ing lief Samuels says, there will he a dis- his ay of 2000 different varieties of orchids, ' ibraciiig fully 15,000 specimens, li s- to j utli tHo great dome will lie the largest ask >pical plants obtainable, lupluding * panose and Ciiinoso bamboos seventy- cor 'e to eighty feet high, palms thirty to W< rty feet high, and tree ferns iifteen of et or more in ueigm. mere will also eai s it miuinturo mouaUin covered with ' opicd plants, nml in a cave within 111 ill lie tried the experiments of growing the ants by electric light and of growing ' cut by the ain of electric currents, rov ssed through the soil, both of which, 1 is claimed, have been accomplished 5i0 ith remarkable results. ' 'I'lie two courts of the liorticultuial tnc lilding tvill be tilled with or.tu.ge groves ' nu California and Florida, re spec- ' rely. In each there will lie no less than fou 10 trees, each hearing about 200 bright, log :ie oranges. Trie courts will also con- >'U'l in growing specimens of lemons, litnes, l*b manas, etc. California will occupy an re on Midway 1'iaisatiee wit i a ci'rus hihit. Oil the 1'iaisanoe, too, rive res will bo devoted to a nursery ex* J bit. and Wisconsin will show there a anhcriy marsh. Six a ires m front of Kii e Horticultural b hiding will bo do- ^ol ?te 1 to the iloric litural exhibit, as viII so space about many of the larger ..~ hidings. b" 'J'he "wooded island," or as more 'mt operly named, perhaps, the flowery and. will be one of the most beautiful reP <1 attractive spots at the Exposition. embraces between fifteen and sixteen ' res. and has been turned over almost tircly to the Horticultural Department P r its exhibits. There, literally speak- ' will be acres and acres of flowers ol mi ightest and most varied hues and pleas- * % perfume. Little proves of trees, J umps of shrubbery and sinuous walks ,4V ill relieve the ^or^eous monotony of |xcj is floral display. <>n the north cn 1 of a e ; ' vtid Japan will build its strange, wa itique ujpie, a id surround it with the -xar mieest pm>"- and flowers of the island i._ r .... a. in ' <ttm ui iiic miivii'i'i. ill* variuus iuiuh the winding walks which threads this V I II digbt.'nl uo.nam of the flowers the J sitoi will euou'itcr artistic little mtl rucLitres of the sum uerhousc dcscnp?n, within which one may seat himself id enjoy rest an I beauty ani perfume, any of thtse retreats?sixteen 01 ( J ^h'.ecs in nuruhvi?will have thatched ofs and he covered with growinj trtM ne?, and otherwise ornamented in keep- R'ie' g with their beautiful surrouudings. ? *aVl In the north pavilion of the Horticul. ral building will bo a very extensive *or splay of vegetables, canoed goods, 'on irticultural appliances, etc. In the i cond story of each pavilion will be a ^ daurant capable of seating about 200, i '*ie id profusely adorned witn ferns, flow- ! 'or' s, and exotic plants. Outside will be number of greenhouses, where visitors j P av see an exceptionally complete col- '')e ction of tropical vegetation. There "s ill also be large auxiliary greenhouses, >t open to the general public, where ^r" mlrwtil be brought to portect wwm j. adition, and wheie plants wilt M ed for after thoir boAutvxe?*puhlW~ ??d. ^Trmriil It may bo rightly inferred that the irticultural exhibit at the Exposition 11 be the moat oompleto and extensive sr made or attempted. It is ccjtain to raet a great deal of attention and gs ive to be of great scientific aud odu. ' iional interest. It will have itnpor* it features not specified above, as, foi ample, a very complete collection ol >ects, both the injurious and the bono- , ial ones, whose operations affecc the lit* and other products of the horti- /f\ Iturists. It is the intention to havs>^_ ,M out ^Rtcs an exhibit of all of the sop' nulidnul In (tin 11iV. TBfi C9 ^ Umi, Georgia ?nd Florid*. Yasiiinotow, D C?The consus office > issued a bulletin giving the com dc-te tistlcs of population of North C iromi, South Cn roll da, Georgia an?l Flor\ by color and general nativity in 1800. j e combined population of tho fltato' ntlone I I* given r.t 4,097,871, of which 08,038 nrc males and 2,504 518 fe? +' ilea. 3f iho t-dnl population 4,052 880 are tive and 45,041 foreign born. Tht<5gfg ite white, population of the* States cjivcn as 2,720,000, of which 2,017,4fltB i of nnt vc parents and 53,808 of foro'gii rents. Tho lotnl col irod population it iced nt 2.227,175. North Carolina's populntion of 1,017,- 1 7 ii com p ined of 700,140 males, 818,? V i female ; tho a.-gregnlj white being \ '55,382 nnd the totnl colored 502,505. tooth Carolina'? populntion of 1,151,Hsc'inpjsed of 572,887 males nnd 1,812 females; the aggregate white Itt' 402 008 nnd tlie tntol cnhu-nil 080. ' / leorgia has a population of 1.88<.88?, which 919.923 are male* ami 1)17,428 / idea. The white population ib 978,^ / ' and the colored 838 096. f ^ I'he total populitlon of Florid*.i? 1,422, of which 201,947 are males ??d ),475 females; the wliKe being MM*? I colored 166.470. The population of C c Htates of Norlb rolina. South Carolina. Georgia nnc*i . nrida iu 1880 was 4,2t)7,ooo; in ^90 total population for these States was Soon, no increase of 790,871,or 18,80 r courts ul??r theso States, cbpsldered a who.-?0?c;:?nuber of males hy> in-. ,/f ased (hiring tne , 'st dj^dcTTTTTftU^ 20 per cent. The ceusus returns show that iu tho . ?te of Virginia the surplus of women is ly 80. cobocn in the samo predicament, and 1 undergone many hardshipa ulule ing himself for tlio eminent position., occupied, consequently ho wasspeak; from experience when replying to young friend's Inquiries. 4 Would you ndviso mo to go into debt get an education?" tho young nm> cd. 4 Well, that depends on the lino of iduct you arc disposed to puisne. )uld you honestly pay hack every cent money you borrowed to pay for your ication?" Certainly I I would do that even if ad to work as a hod carrier to earn . , money." 4Thcu I would advise you to bor- \ V 4 What courso would you recommend to iake in college?" 4Oh, that is a matter of inditler* ?^ ^ ? 'I be# your pardon." 'It really doosu't matter what, course take in college, ir you go into debt ot an education you will get the chiof t of it while struggling to get cut of t r.gain."?New York Herald. Feats or Peilestrianism. Probably the grcatost pedestrian feAt the century performed in tho United ngdom was that of Hob Carlisle, who npletcd in 1883 the unprecedented t of walking 5100 miles in 100 days, e task was performed to test tho capaitics of a moderate drinkor as com ed with the enduranoo of a total ab? iner. Tho distance was covered by cAtod journeys betwoon Ilcaton, NorBlackpool, Manchester, Oldham, shdale, Bury and Broughtou. Yestou, the abstainer, only coasted 5000 miles in the same period, January, 1879, Weston walked 1977$ es in 1000 consecutive hourr, a marjus feat of endurance. For a single 's walking \V. Howes stands first, ing covored 127 tnilcs 200 yar ls in nty-four hours at tho Agricultural J II, Islington. The greatest distance ked ill one hour was eight miles 172 ? d?. V>v W. Griffin in 1881. nnil iri r hours was 2*1 mile*, by W. Fra*ks ISH2. Tiie greatest dista ice r?*u in hour w is eleven miles 970 yards by us Bennett in lSrlj.?Sure Mo-' nts. ~m Sheep-Shearings In Enrly Tlif"?. Lbout 18"?, with t> \dvent ol ? in . . | , , -ol tucnuo^ proon^ly to aiu 1.1 tac i inluction and as an advertisement, cp shearing festivals wero m mtvob or with farmers. Prominent nmyng se shearing festivals, and continued a Cozen years, was one at "Arling- f ' ," opposite Washington, the ostaU George Washington Parke Oustis. 9 hospitalities of General Custis al annual gatherings was enjoyed by je collections of piomintnt mea rgetewn papers of tho?o times gav? grammes and premiums tiiat indicat< large enterprise felt in sheep-raising. General (lustis ^