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&* DevcUd. to Agrioulturt, HortiouUur*, i^olitict^md tt? Current jfeu$ oj the l)ay. . .*-NKW SERIES, _ U1 NUMBER 28. "oort^'oTden^ 'of' the pWw (N?w York Sua is authority for the statemeat that the capital invested in joint Rf-.. itook oottoa mills in Lancashire has depreciated thirty-fivo per cent, during the past fifteen years, and that the average Hot profits have dwindled ta leu than One per cent, per annu n. The United States is fast crowding Switzerland out of the watch market, And there is uo part of the world, boastt the San Francisco Bulletin, no matte? hojr remote, where the tick of thf American watch cannot be hoard. Today American factories turn out 35,00 .watches a week. Almost the only timepiece* imported ' are repsaters, stopwatches and those having special move* onont, which tiring a high price. A HIiTwauTtee'TWlJ^pi^rTr'rosponsi 1* for the item that the broken ?nda of be bone of Anton Gmeiner's left leg ^ lave been nailed together with ivory P tails driven through holes drilled in the - tones. This peculiar surgical operation I proving a success, and the patient Don expects to regain full use of his imbs. His leg was fractured by his beog thrown from a buggy about a year 'go. ^ Zenas Crane, of Daltou, Mass., whs makes the paper on which the Govern* meat prints iti bank notes and bonds, bays that 44there is too much dirty and .Worn currency in circulation in the gUnited States. The Uaok of England ^ hever reissues a note which is paid in by any of its customers, an 1 the result is that English money is always crisp,clean and fresh. The United States receives greenbacks and National bank notes and pays thom out again, no inttter how filthy they may be, except, of course, currency that is too bxily wore for re> Issue. The damaged currency becomes a loss to tho people, and the Govern* ment mokes a large profit ou it, which I Hold to be a wrong policy." It has been estimated that 25,000 horses are employed in the carrying trade Of London, that their value is $6,250,000, and the cost is for food alone $4,000,000 a year. A rulo prevails of foraging the horses pn sir cents ad inch per week, that is, a horse costs as many quarters of 0 ^ horse drays weigh nineteeu hundredth Weight. The Great Western Railway Company havo 500 horses in one new atablc at Paddington, in which they have four floors one above another, the top floor being almost as high as the hotel, with a lookout over the station roof. No railway company buys a horse after he is even years old. The Midland has 1350 horses, the Great Northern 1300, the Great Western 1100, the Southwestern 550, the Southeastern 275, and the t Brighton 225. The London and Northwestern has only 650 horses, but Pickford A Co., who do most of tho Northwestern business, have 4000 horses. Carter Patterson's, a delivery business, have 3000, The Railway News says the majority of London railway horse3 work seventy hours a week. In Carter Pat terson's, only one parcel in 10,000 it is said, goes wrong. As a rule the London railway horse is bought at $300 and sold t ) After five years' work at $50 or $6J. Recent reports from Germauy indicate that Kaiser Wilhelm's military forces are to be made the subject of another highly diverting cxpeiiment. They are to be taught to sing. It is not that this accomplishment is expected to be used in actual conflict, though, facetiously observes the Chicago News-Record, the singing of some people has often been known to inspire omotions of profound v terror on the part of tl eir auditors. No doubt if some of the Kaiser's forces were to advance upon their foes lustily singing passages of modern music drama the enemy would break and flee. Hut the object of the lessons in sinking is entirely different. It is to givo the soldier wind," and If reports are to b9 balierci the benefloial results already obtained will insure its adoption as a part of the military drill of Italy and Uussia. The theory is that the exorciso is "a hi 'hly advantageous functional gymnastic" and greatly increases the strength and endur knee of the lungs. The spectacle of an awkward squad of infantrymen b:ing put through the diatonio scale will not, of course, be heroic. But neither is any military drill in the early 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 habit of singlog a few scales every morning is good for the lungs and a measure for the prolongation of life, why not. mike its adoptiop common among the people! Ia partioular, the traiitioually weaklunged American boys and girls ini jht And benefit to the health were vocal praetioe to become a compulsory pirt of th? public school curriculum. The U. S. Senate Passes the Bill By Fouf Majority. 8enator McPherson Withdraws His Objections, and the Vote Is Taken With Iattle Debate. Washington, D. C.?[Senate.]?At the opening of the proceedings the Senate Agreed to adjourn from Friday until Tuesdaj next. Mr. McPherson, Democrat, of New Jersey, aunouueed that he withdrew all objection, express or irnpliei, inndo Thursday to the unanimous agreement enter* d into to take a vote on tho silver bill at 2 o'clock Friday and said he should offer to dilatory motion of any kind to prevent a vote being taken at the time named if the Senators desired. Mr. Stewart briefly stated that he did not desire to place any Senator at a disadvantage, and ho suggested an extension o1 - irhO avs vww vuv v ww vtsr ?r? wwiww day at 3 o'clock. * After further discussion as to the time the president pro tem announced that the question was on the motion of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Dolph) that the bill nud amendment be recommitted to tlin r.nmmiftftp on fitinnrA Mr. Hill, (Ucm ), of New York: "Is debate in order ou that proposition?" The president pro tern: "Under the rules of the Senate debate is iu order. The ohair has calle 1 the attention of the Senate to the agreement which the chair is powerless to enforce " Mr. Fry: "But under the agreement debate is not in order." Mr. Vest, (Dera.), of Missouri, asked unanimous consent that the Senator from New York be allowed to proceed. Consent being given, Mr. Hill, who was listened to in silent attentiou, said: "I desire to speak a single word in regard to this particular motion?the motion to recommit, which, I understand, is the pending question. I am not quite prepared to agree that that motion is in order at this time. The question, however, is not before the Sena'o. An appeal was taken by the 8?nator from Alabama against the ruling of the chair but that appeal has been withdrawn aud it is uunec ssary that I should express any opinion upon that question. It might be i urely a question of parliamentary law. But it seems to me strange if the Senate recognizes the right to make an agree ment of the character that it has no right to enforce it. I lisc to simply say tliut I shall vote against the motion to recommit, not ou par inraeutary grounds but because I believe that the motion to recommit is in violation of the unanimous consent given to take a vote on the bill and amendments at 2 o'clock." The roll was called on the motion to recommit anu resulted: year 28, nays 81, so that th j motion Iras lost. Mr. Vest moved that the consideration of the pending bill be postponed until the first Mon day of December next Mr Stewart protested that this'motion was In violation of the agreement. The president pro tcm. "Under the rules of the Senate it is in order." Mr. Stewart: ''Under the rules of the Senate but not under the agreement. 1 ask the chair te rule upon the agree meut " The President pro tern: "The chaii is p )weri<>8 to enforce the agreement." Mr. B'nckburit, Democrat, of Ken tu<k?, moved to table Mr. Vest's motion and on that proposition demanded th> yeas and nays. The motion to table wa* ios'?28 to 28, tic vote. A similar tic vote also defeated the motion to postpom until December. Mr. Stewart's amended bill then came before the Senate. Mr. H?le, Republican, of Maine, mov < (1 te adj -urn. Lost: yeas 26, nays 28. Mr. Vest moved to strike out of Mi Stewart's siueudment bill the proviso thai foreign silver coins and bullions formed by melting down silver coins should b< excluded from the provisions of the act Mr. Stewart accepted the amendment nu< il. lvnn nrlnnlnH without, a division Ilila tory rao'ions of various kinds were for i time resorted to. Mr. Allison, Republican, of Iowa moved that the act go into effect the Hrsi of July, 1898. Lost: yeas 19, nays 86 Tho amendment of Mr. Warren, Republi can, of Wyoming, excluding from th< operation of the act all bullion from an] source whatever, except bullion purchas ed from mines in the United Ststes, wa, negatived without a division. The hill was thln reportel from tin committee of the vvhole to the Beuati with the following amondrnent attache* to it on the motion of Mr. Morgan "That the Secretary of the Treasury shal proceed to have coined all the silver bul lion in the Treasury purchased with si I WAV OAin /tAvilOoutAA If v v? vviu vvmiuviiiWi Mr. Morgan explained that as the bil repealed the act of 1990 there would b< no prorision for coinage of silver dollar unless this amendment was adopted. The bill was ordered to a third readinj and passed, 20 to 2.1. Tlio finnl vote on the adoption of thi bill was in detail as follows: Yea?Democrats: Bate, Berry, B ackburn, Blodgelt, Butler, Cockrell, Faulkner, George, Harris, Hill, Kepna, Kyle (F. A.), Mills, Morgan, Ransom, Turpie, and Vest -17. Republicans: All n, Cameron, Dubois, Jones (iicv), Mitchell, Pcffer, . (F. A), Saunders, Shoup, Pqulre, Stewart, Teller and Wolcott?12 Total 29. Nays?Detnoc-nts; Hrice, Carlisle, Got wan, Gray, McPhcison, Palmar ant Vfhite-7 Rrpublicans; Allison, Carey, Cullom, Davia, Dawes, Dickson, Dolpb, Felton, Gallinger, Hale, H .wley, Mandersen, Perkins, Proctor, Sawyer, Btockbridge, Wairen and Washburn?18. ToUl 20. At fi p. m. the Senate went intooxecu tive session and adjourned uutil Tuesday next. A Lynching in Tonne?ee. Nashville, Tbnn.?Lateln the nigh a mob took Tom Liliard, a negro t oy ID years old. from the jail at Woodbury, inarched him to the edge of town and hanged him to the bridge ever Stom river. The boy was charged with crflhi nal as*a ilt on Miss McKnight, an inmatr of the poor house and not of very sounc mind, He confessed his guilt, eVERy^p p , Dr. W. D. Crum (colored) has been appointed postmaster at Charleston, 8. C. A young negro who had outraged a negro girl was lynched by negroes in Wynn, Oass cjuuty, Ark., on Wednesday night. A colored man in Wayne county, N. C. was killed by lightning Sunday night while asleep in bed. Congressman Henry G. Turner, of the eleventh Qeorgia district, was re-nominated Wednesday by acclamation. A bill to estabhsh a uniform system of ' bankruptcy has bean reported to the rey bill. A leather trust has been organized whose headquarters will he New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Toledo, Cincinnati, St. Louis and Chicago. A revival of the revolutionary feeling has sprung up among the Mexican refugees and the lower classes on the lower Rio Grande border. Serious trouble is feared. An explosion took place at Herndon, i P? , on Tuesday, while a well was being drilled, and a fragment of rock completely severed Charles Milliken's head from his body. Lord Salisbury has issued an address to i the British electors, iu which he warns them that tho grautiug of home rule to > Ireland would involve a bitter, protracted struggle probably culminating in civil war. John Thornton was hanged in the jail 1 yard at Fort Smith., Ark., on Wedcer. day. The execution was repulsive in the extreme. When the drop fell the rope nearly severed Thornton's head from his body. The first 8tate convention of the People's party in Tennesseo met Tuesday 300 stroug. They indorsed the sub Treasury schuinu, free silver and the St. Louis demauds. Forty eight delegates were selected to Omaha. They deferred the nomination of Governor to August 18 to 6ee if the present Governor, Buchanan, a Democrat, will accept their nomination. Haviug won their suit against New York parties who offered a fotty years old re ( print of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary I as premium for subscribers to a paper, G. & C. Merriam Co. are pushing other , suits of a like nature?a Kansas concern being one of the latest. They will pros ecute in every case where misleading announcements arc uiadu and claiih they AfA fftkinflr aiir>K tn iiuIIaa aIJW* Lv ^ 3BXomocWTjo uVj\ior . RECEPTION AT GRAY GABLES. i Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Shake Hand* With the Buzzard's Bay Countryside. Buzzahd's Bay, Mass.?Mr. Clevclaud and Mrs. Cleveland received the citizens and shore residents of the Buzzard's Bay village'. The guests were largely country peop'c from along the shore, with a . sprinkling here and there of Boston. New York, a-.d Western sojourne s at neighboring resorts I There were few present of more than local importance, nnd it was a simple alTdir soon over. Mr. Cleveland shook each guest by the hand, aud Mrs. Clevchad a pleasant word for all and ft warm t pressure of the hand. Many of the country people made thems Ives at home about the place, in8'cad of quietly departing after presents j t;on. Triey ambled about ihe verandas, peeped into windows t) catch n glimpse of" , the furn shings, and some of the young Eeoplc went down on Mr. Cleveland's o t landing, helped themselves to his j row boat, and paddled about to their heart's delight. Others ran pell moll over the neatly-kept lawns, investigated the stables, and even the chicken house, which is bding remodeled for au oriicc for Mr. Cleveland's private secretary. ^ Mr. Cleveland was jovial and unusually cordial to his Cape Cod neighbors, B who persisted in ob uiuiug something B more than a mere nod and handshake irom ino nominee, c;. r. Uhamticriayno ] introduced the visitor i to Mr. and M s, Cleveland, and made a abort speech of j welcome to Cape Cod to the distinguish* ed couple. Mc. Cleveland responded. Judge Divides a Child. 1 Ashsville, N. C.?Judge Shuford B renders his opinion on the habeas corpus g case for thecustody of a child,on trial here since Monday. The court decrees Mrs j Florence J. Harris, the mother, sha'l have charge of the child nine months in each J ear, and Charles J. Harris, tliu father, ave charge of it the remaining thr. c months. Mr. and Mrs. Harris must give > bond in $3,000 each for the carrying out i of the decree. The parents shall always i be kept advhed as to the health and whereabouts of the child mid have full liberty to visit it at all times. Harris* i counsel appealed. The Bride Was Barefooted. [From the Memphis App?nl Avalanche.) Ci.ahkhvillk, Tknn.?Ely Dobbs and Susan Edwards came all the wAy from ' Christiau csunty, Ky. The bride was barefooted, with uncombed hair, and had hardly sufficient clothing of the coin raouest sort to hide her pcraon, while the i groom looked like a Mississippi River > dock hand just off from a long trip. Yet, after being made man and wife, this couple walked out of the principal streets of toe town looking as happy and conf tented as posdble. Blaine's Successor. Washihgtok, D. C.?The President sent to the Senate the nomination John t W Foster, of Indiana, to be Secretary of i State. The nomination was immediately , < onflrmed. The new Secretary of State 1 .vns born in Indiana and is about 55 ycira 9 of age. He is a lawyer by profcaaion and - ; is a diplomatic career probably un? .pialled in America's history having I i ved ss minister to Mexico, Rgssin and Spain with great credit. ( I ? r I Our Weekly Budget of News For |he Order. J Some Great Truths Brought w Light, That "All Who Sun May Bead." 7 J Hon. Jerry 8irnpson, of Kansas, prefaced his remark.\ upon the pltoflice ap propriation bill, with this siccinct sentence: "Mr. Chairman, my 'own opinion is thut if the railroads wjbre to carry the mails of this country /or nothing for fifty years, they would not then have paid back the value they have received in grants of land."' # i TUB AOR OF LIGHT. Or crime, or want. or^MbSlre wore known, Oura Is a bitter task t9tn bright The dawning.lories of to A age of lightThat dawuJa breaklngdm the morning sky. Flames oufltlie wdMsT''"TkKf people's reign Is nigh." While niibue seirviiuta pubrto weal forget, And hsnirOf*public posts the sign, to lei;" Whllo wealth and power, greedy for more gold. Turns a deaf ear when labor's needs are told, fsralles when the eniitfy word "reform" It hears. And damns the public it no longer fears. Brings parchment deeds to bar men from the soil. And scoffs at those who claim the fruits of toll. Cities vested rights, as though investments can Annul or mar the sacred Hants of man. To plutocratic arguments ahti subtle sham. Labor can say. "Before yc were. I am." They arc forewarned whtlMafl "the signal light. The reign of justice Is thefcge of light A mighty force Is growing on tho cartli. In dun obscurity Its lowlf birth. In holy deeds its fruitful iced Is found. In noble lives l he sowtr Buds the ground, In restoration to t||e lira re and free. Of stolen rights the harrest is to lie Gray error, baffled In Its fling v hold. Behold the banner of ouy. cause unrolled. Dreads like the hermit owl the end of night, And fights In valli to hnltJhc age of light. While luuur, burdened voth excessive work, Supports in easeajie miIIHciihIi <> and shirk. Dwells In unsightly donswhere |s>tent need Breeds vice and crime while feur engenders greed. Small wonder. I hen. that drink usurps the place That food should tlII. and furnishes the race. By law despoiled, with warmth and false delight. And turns the home to hell 'he day to nightLift Ii\I?y'.v4' Implant wtt^iln each breast 'rrHi i ? .r'Tfrr """TT* Their rlgn"I'^ueaiul rrt/t'fy the sod, kU \f fjlTheir right to trade, toWcciy thus emp.l 111 [t III Their energies, and then their fruits enjoy! 'V U I joon vice and crime will fully disappear. Before a race uuuscd to want or fear; n nniil l/ili'n mnn ..... I. Those equal right* hrr human needs demand. Then to our shore* we'll welcome every fac?. Without distinction ns to? reed or race, Kor none In whom humanity we rtnd Are foreign to the free of human kind; Our broad domain, a haven and a tight. 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 official to |3,000 per year. He also h?s a bill to abolish the ntlice of Postmaster Gcueral and create that of Secretary of Transportation. The Senate Agricultural Committee has recommended an increase of $37,500 in the. Agricultural appropriation bill over the amount allowed by the House. * * * * m In Austrai'a the government owns the railroads Hero is how it works: A ComnuitanoTTTlTifccaii be had cheaper. For instance a wOTKman can go to and from his work, nt a distance of six miles, for2couts; twelve miles for 4 cents; eighteen miles for 6 cents; twenty-four miles for 8 cents and thirty miles for 10 cents. Yet wo are tohl that, govern ment ownership of railroads means cen trali/.ation. 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. # * * * I , The enormous pile of money comprised iu $1,000,OttO,000 is h .idly realized l>y most people. What a figure a billiouairc would bo may perhaps be best understood by styiug that such a man, if his wealth were all eoucentiatcd iu tlnsc parts, would hold a clear title to the whole city of Boston proper? meaning all its lands and buildings as they stAna. It is by no means certain that John Swiuton's prophecy will not materialize - before the closes'. The interest' on the Vandobilt.wealth at S i cr cent would make it at the end of five years $340,000,000; in ten years, $448,000,000; in twenty-live years, $041,000,000 in fifty years, $3,000,000,000. ****** "Faithful unto death" should be the epitaph of Representative Stackhousc, ot South Carolina. Let the Farmers' Alliance, from Maine to California, honor the memory of the grand old man who, mtni< ufAi'ii fiMin fnfimin and travsil in 4 lw? UTVI ""VIII IIWIU itivi^uv ?UU UDtUI 111 U1C service of a departed frieud, stood at his post of duty in Congress, trying to hold togathcr n quorum for business, although smitten early in the day by his last fatal illness. Ood has heard our prayer; He has given us n en. * * * 6TATK ALLIANCE MEETINGS. Date State. Place. commencing. Virginia, P.iohmond, August 17. Kentucky, Owousboro, No?. 8. Indiana, India apolis, Nov. 17. Texas, Austin, Aug. 16. Tennessee, Nnshville, Aug 16. * * A. * * * OPrOSRD TO fcTCCK f PECULATIONS. Hkune, 8\vnv.K?i.ANn.?The National Council, by n vote of 7 to 5, has ordered that the Svriss Government discover some means to check the evils of Bourse speculations. Home of the speakers in behalf of the measure urged that the 6alc f stocks or other articles not actually Possessed by the seller be declared illegal, he action of the American House of Representatives in passing a bill to prevent dealing* in options w as cited as a justification of such legislation. u - * * * * OlTIt KINGS. I860?C?Uon ens King. 1870?Corn was King. 1880?Politicians were King. 1890?Money is King. 1900?The millionaire* will rule tha world. 1910?The billionaire will he n menace to the millionaire, and the poor will be as dumb, driven cattle. She Beat Him in the Race. Chattanooga. T*h*.?Bam Looney. a laborer, became involved in a scuffle with hie Wifo Tuesday night near this city, and both made for a gun near hy. She beat him to it and killed him-as he ran oqt of the door, * Kuklux Methods Leave Them No Choice but to Go. Special to the N. Y. World. | El Uk.no, Okla. T.--Coniinissioiiei J. M. Bishep, of Cleveland County, where the whites are determined no negroes shall locate, was 8gen by a World eorrespaudcut in regard to tjie race war there. He said that "when Oklahoma was opened to settlement there was a large immigration of negroes to that county that located ou claims, principally iu the timber. They began clearing sma'l places for cotton nud tobacco, and have been quite successful in their efforts to earn a livelihood. The white portion of the county is principally mndc up of citizeus from Pex<s, and the influx of negroes is about to wrest from them politicol control of the county. It has so incensed the whites that they have commenced the old Kuklux orqmtug tnq mbcr BflttlWs out TTomten teflftwu men, umdar carar nf night, wait upon a negro settler and warn him that he is not wanted, and give him uotice to leave, upon pain' of death. It has the desired effect. The negro is in such fear of assassination that he will not volunteer any inhumation that will apprehend Kuktuxcrs. They arc leaving the county by the score, abandoning their claims and the fruit of their labor. North Carolina Crops. Central Office, Naletgii, N. C.? The reports of correspondents of the "Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin, issued by the North Carolina Stnto Weather Service, for the week ending Mond >v, June 27th, 1892, show that the weather conditions have continued generally favorable during the past week. The temperature has been high, ranging from 98 to 62; which has been very favorable for rapid growth. The average raiufall for the past week was 1 76 inches, which is ..67 inch above the normal. The excess I wes'crn district, ? > 'bmiy.ge was caused to lowlaud crops. Harvesting whcai\_is about completed except in the wcsFern' fliWrWd. and threshing commenced Althougff""%lh? crops were thin in places, the grain Wat well filled, and, as before reported, the yield will be excellent. In western districts, owing to excessive rains, some wheat is sprouting in the shocks. Oats also yielding excellent results. Laying by corn continues. The crops arc growing well. Lowland coru has been damaged in western district by excessive raius, but uplaud crops were not injured. Cotton is making good progress everywhere. Tobacco is growing fast; topping com menced in eastern district. In a few piaces suckers have appeared. Fruit is good excepting peaches and apples. Iiigg punuwir-Vms-bet* splendid, many farmers digging from 100 to 125 barrels per acre. Eastkhn District.?In the vicinity of Edenton excessive rainfall is reported, but gcncinllv the rainfall lias been beneficial throughout the district, though rather uueveuly distributed All crops arc growing rapidly and work is well up except in a few places w here frequent rains have delayed plowing. The outlook is very encouraging for a g..od yield of coru, cotton, potatoes, etc. Peanuts only fair. Ilicc is reported fiuc in the Wilmington section. Many farm ers have made an unusually good crop <? Irish potatoes, the yield being from 10(> to 125 barrels per acre. Rains reported: Lewislon, 0 8S inch: >veiuon, je.ou; coneioc, i.no; wiiunngt-m, 0.72; Soutbport, 0 23; Ncwbern, 2.00; Goldsboro, 0 .13; Luinbcrton, 0 38. Central District.?The rainfall was less than in any other district until Sun day night, when a heavy rain occurred, not doing any damage, however, t crops. The temperature has been high sunshine normal. Harvesting of wheat seems completed and threshing begun. Crops need work in a few places, but are generally clear and growing rapidly. Tobacco growing fast, suckers appearing on plants on . few fnrms Gains reported: Oak Ridge, 1 .Of inch; Saxon, 0.10; Smithfield, 0.83; Lex lUgton, 1 00; Greensboro, 2.17; Raleigh, 2 30. Western District.?The tempera tuic has been very high, reaching a max iinim of 96 degrees on the 25th; the sun shine has been below the normal. Man; stations report too much rain, which has put farmers behind with their work, niu somewhat interrupted harvesting. ITai and wind storms did some damage 01 the 18tb and 22ud. The excessive rail has flooded lowland crops in places Wheat harvest nearly finished; we weather oau ed some damage by mould ing grain in shocks. Rains reported: Salisbury, 2.10; Mt Pleasant, 2.25; Statesville, 1.00; Dal'as 5.41; Kdneyville, 4.10; Charlotte, 1.71 Two Qirls fight a Duel. Special to the N. Y, World.] Chaiu.estow, W. Va. ?Mies Gertrude Hagnr and Lizzie Shears, two attractive young women of this town, run a rival race for the young men's attentions. The rivalry is so bittet that a duel was fougli! lw.4 il.A.M l.inl LI urtnccu iiiciu iu?t juiw m^ni fired five shots at lier adversary, but couldn't hit her. Miss Spears has applied for a warrant to prevent further violence from hoi enemy. 'Moonshine" That is Very Fatal. KN0xv1u.it, T#nn.?The "moonshine' business in East Tennessee is on the in crease. Wednesday officers a^cked > party of distillers at a still in the Chil hows mountain* and a big fight followed Otle of the officers was fatally injured, and a number of mountaineers an thought to have been killed. A Diary Covering Three Centuries, A diary begun more than three centuries ago by the Itotaka family ot Japan has been kept up continuously by the varions heads t?> whose charge it was committed until ths volume* uow fill sight largs chests. It was no Nsw Yeai experiment with either ths original Colonel Itoxaka or hia successors.?,N?w York Press, ... . ? ^- ... ... I . ? ? ? A MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY. FRUITS AND FLOWFR3 AT THE WORLD'S FAIR. The Horticultural l-lxliihlt Will MirHuns All I'rovlous Ones, niul Will lie Brantilul Itcyoml Description PEWILDEHtNG in mo ami marvelous iu beauty will be tbe horticultural display at the World's Fair. The exhibit will j)osses9 great scientific nod educational value,but to the oroinnrv visitor its tu namental features will be the most striking. Indeed, it will play an impnrtaut part in the adornment of the great Exposition. While iu almost every part of the Exposition grounds may be seen gratifying evidences of the very efficient work of the Horticultural Department, the central point of interest will naturally be in tbe exhibit in the Horticultural building. This structure is 998 7TWA long Wv jin^extreme width of 200 feet. Its plan is a central pavilion with two end pavilions, each connected with it by front and rear curtains, forming two interior courts, eacli 88 by 270 feet. Surmounting the central pavilion is a beautifully proportio?ert dome, 1S7 feet in diameter and 113 feet high. In the south pavilion of the building will be installed the viticultural exhibit, embracing all varieties ot wine and everything pertaining to its manufacture. An idea of how complete this part of tho exhibit, will be cau be gained from the fact that applications for space have already been received from thirty-three foreign countries. From abroad tho exhibits of France, Germany, Spain and Italy will be especially notable. California will make a splendid display, nil of the great firms being exhibitors and fcav? iug applied for much more space than cau possibly be allowed them. In the rear curtains of the building will bo shown the fruit exhibit, which will iuclude all varieties grown in auy part of the world. As far as it is possible to do so, probably in a great majority of casei, line specimens of tho natural fruit will bo shown. Otherwise I wax models, so perfect in appearance as Hvdp be indistinguishable from tho rcii frfc'it, will he substituted. For this erhibit*a5oTiF*V^,l'I-,Slluaro foet, or more than an entire acre or ** reserved. The exhibit in the iinporUi#i?<i^V! floriculture will bo exceptionally sive. More than 500,000 transplanted'^ shrubs and plauts, of many species, are now growing iu tho exposition grounds, I and the number is vapidly increasing. Thousands of plants?oxcelleut spccimcus, too?havo been forwnrJcl. Among theiu aro more thau 50,000 rare rose plants, which have been donated by firms all the way from California to Hungary The fioricultural exhibit .will ^.bo coucotHiatea fh bu<?"f||ac3a lHrfT^tRTift" curtains of the buitdyng will apjAjl^'Ttto ~ greenhouse and hothouse plants?a very large variety and many rare and baautiful specimens. There, too, will be tho fiuest display of orchids ever seen iu this country, if not in the world. One firm alone will spend 5*10,000 on its orchid exhibit. At the opening of the Fair, Chief Samuels says, there will he a display of 2000 different varieties of orchids, embracing fully 15,000 specimens. lijuentb the great dome will be the largest tropical plauts obtainable, lurludiug Japanese and Chinese bamboos seventylive to eighty feet high, palms thirty to forty feet high, and tree ferns fifteen feet or more in height. There will also be a miniature mountain covered with tropic il plants, and in a cave within will be tried the experiments of growing plauts by electric light and of growing them by the aid of electric currents, , passed through the soil, both of which. it is claimed, lnve been accomplished with remarkable results. , The two courts of the liorticultutul building will be tilled with or.luge groves i from California and Florida, respec\ tivoly. In each there will be 110 less than > 1(50 trees, each hcariug about 200 bright, r.pe oranges. Tne courts will also con* tain growing specimens of lemons, limes, bananas, etc. California will occupy an acre on Midway Ihaisatice wit? a <j:'rus exhibit. On the 1'iaisance, too, live, acres will he devoted to a nursery exhibit. an 1 Wisconsin will show there a cranberry marsh. Six acres m front of f 5 the Horticultural b lilding will be cte? I voted to the iloric iltur.il exhibit, as vill I also space about niauy of the larger t buildings. 1 The "wooded island," or as moro properly named, periiaps, tho flowery island, will be one of the most beautiful ' and attractive spots at the Exposition. It embraces between fifteen and sixteen acres, and has been turned over almost I onf i rol n a f Kii IfApliAiilhif.il I^onai?lmor\* for its exhibits. There, literally speaking, will be acres and acres of flowers ol brightest and most varied hues and pleas, iug perfume. Little groves of trees, < clumps of shrubbery and sinuous walks will relieve the gorgeous monotony ol this floral display. On the north en I of t the island Japan will build its strati je, v antique temple, and surround it with the ! choicest plants and flowers of the island realm of the Mikado. At various turns k of the winding walks which threads this r delightful ?io.nam of the flowers the visitor will euc ninter artistic little structures of the suai uerhouse descrip, tion, within which one may seat himself and enjoy rest and beauty and perfume. t Many of these retreats?sixteen 01 eighteen in number ? will have thatched roofs and be covered with growinj vine*, and otherwise ornamented In keep? ing with their beautiful surrouudings. i lu the north pavilion of the Horticultural building will be a very extensive display of vegetables, canned goods, horticultural appliancos, etc. In the | second story of each pavilion will be a ; restaurant capable of seating about 200, ' and profusely adorned with ferns, flowI ers, and exotic plants. Outside will be ! a number of greenhouses, where visitors | mav see an exceptionally complete col| j lection of tropical vegetation. Thers i will also be large auxiliary greenhouses, not open to the general public, where pint* -will be brought to perfect MWim condition, and wheic plants will tx _, "2, cared for after their boiut^ acajou passed. ' It may be rightly inferred that the Horticultural exhibit at the Exposition will be the most complete and extensive ever made or attempted. It is cejtaiu to attract a great deal of attention aud prove to be of great scientific aud cdu. cational interest. It will have important features not specified above, as, foi example, a very complete collection ol f, both the injurious and the beneanes, whose operations a'.Tccc tiic md other products of the horti- /y sts. it is the intention to liavs/^ I ifaco au exhibit of all of the cies ot plants mentioned in the lit and in others collections of almost historical interest. v "s STATISTICS OP OURJ?OPULATT ' htha Increase for a Decado in t Carolina*, Georgia and Florida. Washington, D C?The censusoffioo has issued a bulletin giviug til* com dc-to statistics of population of North C irolinnn, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida by color and general nativity in 1890. The combined population of the State1 incntinnc 1 is given i:s 4,097,871, of which 2,493,338 arc males and 2,504 513 females. z Of die t >tal nnnuiation 4.952 830 are native and 45,'>41 foreign born. The aggregate white population of thes States is given as 2,720.(190, of which 2,927,438 arc of nnt vc parents and 53,008 of forc gn parents. The total rolircl population is placed at 2,227,175. North Carolina's population of 1.017,947 is composed of 799,149 males, 818,798 female ; the a.gregatj white bring 1,055,382 and the total colored 502.505. South Carolina's population of 1,151,149 is c 'inpjsed of 572,337 males and 578,812 females; the aggregate white being 402 008, and the totof colored 089,141. . J Georgia has a population of 1.837.353, / of which 919.925 are males and 917.428 fern?les. The white population is 978 * 357 and the colored 838 990. / The total populttion of Florida, is 391,422, of which 201,947 are males and 189,475 females; the white being 22ttiP4'9 nnd colored 160.473. The population of t' c States of North Carolina, South Curoliua. Georgia ami Florida in 1880 was 4,207,009; in k$00*~ the total population for these States was "jK^yG,87l, an increase of 790.871,or 18,80 n'cr eJfci' ^or ^1CSC states, considered ' the number of males has increaseT^^'iSr1 or 2U tier rent The ceuous returns show that in the . State of Virginia the surplus of women is only Sit). | would better adopt. The judge had once been in the same predicament, and had undergone many hardships wluie fitting himself for the eminent position, ho occupied, consequently he was speak- \ ing from experience when replying to his young friend's inquiries. "Would you advise mo to go into debt to get an education?'' the young ma? asked. . "Well, that depends on the line of conduct you arc disposed to puisne. Would you honestly pay back every cent of money you borrowed to pay for your education?"' "Certainly! I would do that even if I had to work as a hod carrier to earn the money." "Thcu 1 would advise you to borrow." "What course would you recommend me to take in college?" "Oh, that is a matter of indilTor- ^ nice." "I beg your pardon." "It really doesn't matter what, course fou take in college. If you go into debt :oget an education you will get the chief >art of it while struggling to get cut of lebt f.gain."?New York Herald. Feats of Pedostrianism. Probably the greatest pedestrian feat of the century performed in the United Kingdom was that of Hob Carlisle, who completed in 1883 the unprecedented feat of walking 6100 miles in 100 days. The task was performed to test tho capabilities of a moderate drinker as compared with the endurance of a total abstainer. Tho distance was coverod by repeated journeys betweou Beaton, Norris, Blackpool, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Bury and Brougliton. Weston, the abstaiuer, only comFileted 6000 miles in tho same period, n January, 1870, Weston walked 1077^ miles in 1000 consecutive hour,, a marvelous feat of endurance, Por a single day's walking \V. llowes stands first, having covered 127 miles 200 yards in t.ivonfv-fonr honri nt flin A Hall, Islington. Tlie greatest distance ^ walked in one hour was eight miles 172 yards, V?y W. Griffin in 1881, nnd in (our hours was "11miles, by NV. Fra*ks in 1*82. The greatest disin tee ran in one hour wis eleven inilos 9r?) yards by Louis Bennett in 18(13.?Sure Mo- ! < meats. , ; Slifep-Slienrlngs In Early Tlv'"a. About 18"?, with C.e idvent oft: an* ish merino*, probably to ani r.i toe'. in | (reduction And as An advertisement, sliecp shearing festivals were in miiofa favor with farmers. Prominent am^ng these shearing festivals, and continued for a Cozen years, was one at "Arling- } ton," opposite Washington, the ostat? of George Washington Parke C'ustis. i The hospitalities of General Custis al the** annual gatherings was enjoyed bj I large collections of ptominent men \ Georgetown papers of thoso times gav? programmes and premiums that indicate the Inrge enterprise felt in sheep-raising, ss a pint nt American which (general Custis hai"^HHI^f?, I pride.?American Fannec^fl