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.*-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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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