Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PoUtiot and the Current Newt oj the Day. -? ? ' '' SS^S 55fiB~BHBHM^^^^^HI that their low of sugar by thefts i' * ot amounted to 480,000 per nunum. y9j ' The official statistics of France have "jr.. > t*hown that in. 1891 about 72,000 person? gfc . Idied of starvation in that country, and H?.( the number of those who berime insane ST 'from misery amounted to 75,000. y 1 A striking fact about the Chinese use * Of tea, which is told on the authority of *>->- a Chinese officer, is that it is employe 1 k* " ,,f tho des''' > - ?/ - ?u.? ** culture, aud tbeir number will doubtlois be increased when the usefulness of thoir work is ahown. This, however, can not be fully demonstrated until, b) the cheap* ening of telegraph and telephone service, and by the extension of free mail delivery, effective meaus are found for carrying the predictions to the farmer in time for his use. The present work of the 'local observers is of service in perfecting their methods, and their forecasts arc of great usefulness to the fanners who can (be reached; but their full vuluccan never 'be realized until it is possible to put them promptly into the hands of all tho ' farmers who can use them. . ... j ' "While It is true," states Qeorge H, ' Knapp, of New Jersey, in the American Agriculturist, "that nearly all incorporated towns have laws compelling the buildInn n( and rorftil fi rl rr Ihalr width, material, etc., is It not n? evident that the necessity for some sidewalk in the country is sufficiently great to warrant tlje agitation of the subject! I would not, for a moment, advocate any law which would compel the building and maintenance of plank, flag, or even gravel walks in the country, but a well defined path or sidewalk might be had Without injury to any one. It is true ^ that the average p&thraaster would be of little use in carrying out a plan of this nature, but certainly it is possible to so construct a law that the parsimonious man can be made to fall in with his more public spirited follow citizens. I remember well a New York farm I worked some years ago which had a frontage of nearly Ave hundred feet on the road. At an expense of less than ten dollars in labor a path four feet wide was constructed wVif,!? front The work con. stated simply in marking out, bjr means of lines, tbe required width, using an edge cutter to loosen the sod next to the lines, and a horse, with a light plow, to loosen up the earth and sod between the lines; the iron aoraper was then brought into play, and the work of making a path was done, with the exception of the trimming up, which was performed with a hoe. Near New York many of the towns are so close together that thore is pracUoally no division line which is to he seen by the casual observer. In most cases these are msoadsmlsed roads run_'v, ning the whole distance through to the citjr. Certainly there is nothing whioh will prevent the path I apeak of being constructed at the side of such road. In tome places It is done, and the expense ^,1 the lmhreviment so greet that, from ft pecuniary a tend point solely, it Hm been considered A i*ood invest meat. Public spirit is *11 very well ia its piece, but we ell kn ?w that it is possible for three or four oloae flstel men in a town to prevent improvements which are plainly for the gooi ot the whole own uuvty. Some way of converting t'sese s sort-sighted pesp'e is what we want. Qravel piths are used in Ohio, and coarsely sifted coal ashes make an excellent covering for aidcwalks." mjJEiltAU JHItJLEFS. Short hems of Interest Prom. Here, There and Everywhere. Telegraphic Dispatches and Culling* Embracing a Comprehensive News Summary. Senator Colquitt of Geo'giais seriously ill at Washington. There are now live colored lunatics in the city jail at Danville, Va. Fire destroyed Miller's planing mill at Alma,Hobeson county N. C. Loss $10,000. - ? .. The Homestead (Pa.)Milts, of Carnegie Pbipps & Co.,arc again tanning, manned with non-union men. Charles C. Poske, a we'l known Baltimore traveling man died of sun stroke at Richmond. Va., Tuesday. The Third party convention of the tenth district of Georgia has re nominated Tom Watson for Congress. The Normal College building at Graham, Alamance county N. C., was binned with all its contents last Friday night. It is probable that cx Senator Mahouc of Va., will be appointed permanent receiver of the Richmond Terminal at a salary of f!),000 per year. The U. 8. Senate has reported favor ably on the purchase for $70,000 of the Temple Farm at York town, Va., where Lord Coruwallis surrendered. Tuesday whs the hottest day Philadelphia has had, save one, in fifty years. The tcm pcraturc, 100 8,was the highest of the country. Nino deaths resulted from the heat and there were many prostrations. Letters of incorporation are being gotten tin f-ir "the Ocphii V!bi? I - ?? * ?v ?> ftjutvi vwur a ' with the object of hui'ding a fir#t i a.s hotel on the surf side of Bogue Hank's, opposite Morchead City, N. C. The building is to cost f 150,000. A desperate fight occurred at Fiat Rock, - (Somerset, Ky , Wednesday afterbet seen Deputy Shciiff Sellers nud Joffey, iu winch l>oth were killed. .ers attempted to arrest Coffey on a iiarge of adultery, when the trouble began. A Wilmington, Del., lawyer has rccivcd a draft for $80) fr-'H Bcrne-Switze.land, which was the amount of the inklcmnitv paid by the Canton of Berne for llie false imprisonment for five days of five Americans who had been arrested ns pickpockets The campaign was opened in the Valley of Virginia at Luruy Monday. Colonel Alexander, of Winchester, spoke, an nouncing himself a candidate for Congress in opposition to Colonel O'Ferrall. The People's party also organized, and will have a candidate for Congress in that district. Two Roanoke College students from Mexico. Erailio Robert Garza and Ang I Vctcz, arc spending the summer in Sal m Va. Another young man from Tampico. Mexico, is expected to arrive soon to enter college in the fall. It is als > probable that a number of students from Core a will be among the foreigners at Roanoke College next session. The appeal made by merchants of the South to turn the stream of immigration down here is having its effect in Kng land and Scotland, a large number of immigrants arriving at New York on the steamer Gallia. The Gallia started Wednesday for South Carolina and other Southern States. Both tv e pumps at tba Staunton, Va., city water-works are in auch a bad state of repair that they will not work. The reservoir is empty and with the thertnom eter at 1)0 the towu ia without water. The springs in the suburbs are the soie supply. It will be several days probably before the famine will end and the pump's get to work again. Governor Buchanan, of Tennessee, has been defeated iu the Democratic primaries in that State in the canvass for the OllllprntlfAl'inl Ku Intern r. ?? " "J u tcr Turncy, but declares that he wiH not enlcr the Held as an Allianco or independent candidate, and will do all in Ida power to hold Tennessee in line for both the national and State tickets. The board of trustees of the Union Theological Seminary, at Hampdcn-Sidney, Virginia, at a meeting Wednesday elected Rev. I)r. Peyton H. Hego, of Wilmington, North Corolina, to the va cant chair of the English Bible and pastoral theology in the seminary. It has not vet been learned whether or not he will accept. The Dismal Swamp Canal, whic'i cost $1,500,000. nnd which wns sold recently at public auction foi $10,100,was authorized to be constructed hy the General Assembly of Virginia December 1, 1787. The canal is 23 miles long, and conuecta the wateis of Elizabeth river in Virginia with ihc Pasquotank river in North Carolina. It is hclived that the canal is destined to play an important part in suppl ing the city of Norfolk \? ith drinkable water. The President has issued a proclamation requesting the observanceof October II as a general holiday in honor of the four hundredth Anniversary of the diatovery of America. The recent British elections have cost $12,500,000. Every shilling has to be accounted for in sworn statement. Corruption of voters baa boon rendered a) moat impossible by the stringency of the re foamed elections legislation, The contract for the foundation, atom ana ortOK worn, etc., 01 in puouc duiki lag at Trtllahaasae, Fla., ?m awa ?led to a Chicago Arm at $12,798. Wearer Opans His Campaign. Denvrr, Col?Gen. Weaver, th< People's party candidate for President made hi* opening a Idress at a crowder treeting iu Coliseum Hall. An overflow meeting wm also held, which was ad dress d l?y Mrs. M. E. Lease,the women" reformer from Kansas. Gen. We.verre ceived upon ascending the platform i silver pen. B. Clark Wheeler, who pre sented the pen. said that Gen. Weaver when elected^ could sign the Free Coinag bill with it. Gen. Weaver's address wa enthusiastically received. THE KMpp^CIF An Italian War Veaael to Convey the Steamer Which ie to Bring it to This City, Wasbingtoh, D. C.?The Department of State made public a pleasant exchange of courtesies between President Harrison and King Humbert, of Italy. Under date of the 18th inst the Secretary of the Navy addressed a letter to the Secretary of State, advising him that he had learn ed unofficially that tho steamer bearing ! the statue of Columbus, a gift of the Italian Ameucaus of the city of New York, was likely to be accompanied by a vessel of war of the kingdom of Italy, and that the visit would concur with the -OriuinJbua celebration to take place in ! October next under the auspices of the I city of New York. The Secretary of the Navy expressed the cordi.il satisfaction of the Navy Depirtment at this intelligence, and gave assurance that the Ital ian vessel of war would receive a cordial , welcome worthy of such au honored visitor. The letter of the Secretary of the Navy having been sent to the Italian Minister in this citv. on inst, the Minister, Baron Fava, informed the Secretary of State that the royal cruiser Hansan had been designated for this mission, and would be at New York at the beginning of October. In view of this notification, President Harrison sent the following telegram to his Majesty l King Humbert: WASHISOTOS, Jill* 21. IR9J. Hi* M \Jr*ty llumhrrl /.. Klnyf/ 1'iilu, Romr: The offer Id wn<l ?n Italian crulwr lo participate In cer-mnnlrn at New Yora >11 October affords me occasion tofxpre** t ? your Majesty my gratincatl n at this signal tribute to the long ana uteaafasl friend hip of Italy and the Ueltcl States. hkajamis harruon. j To this telegrnm King Humbert responded as follows: Mosza Hoyai, Carti.b, July 23.189X BrnJ *m(n llarriioa. fre*M*nt of the rnitrrl State*: In the solemnization of the glorious rrmembraneea. my will was that by Its participation my Oovemment might attest the sound friendship which hinds Italy lo the great people of the United States I thank you for having so nobly reeclved this, my i eminent Hl'MRBBT. LEE CHARLES WANT.S A DIVORCE. His Wife is the Prettiest Girl in Chinatown, But He Says She is Unfaithful. New York. N. Y. ?Lee Charles, otherwise known as Lee Norn, head of the Sang Chang Tea and Grocery Company, of 28 Mott sheet, has one of tho prettiest girls in Chinatown for a wife. Lawyer Mcl.nughlin has instituted pro cecdings for divorce on behalf of the wealthy merchant uaninst Mrs. Charles. Mrs. Charles4 mo*her was a ncgrcss ami her father a C'hiiiauinu. oho wbb born und brought up in the Chinese quarter, hut has always held herself aloof from the other women in tho neighborhood. 8he speak 4 oxi client Knglish, l?s? a fair education, and a slight knowledge of her father's language When she mar ried Lee ( h liles everybody in the district said l hat she was a lucky girl, and for a time she was very happy. But she quarreled with her husband, and the quarrel was never made up. The quarrel was over the attention paid Mrs Charles hy Ung Toy, who also lives at 28 Mott street The relations between the two became so well known that Charles set his friend Leo Toy to watch them. On Sunday night Lee Toy discovered Mrs. Charles and Ung Toy together. He summoned the husband. Lee Charles called Policeman Corcoran and had his wife and Ung Toy arrested. When they were arraigned at the Tombs Court the room was crowded with Chinamcti, all of whom were intensely interested in the proceedings Mrs. Charles wanted to mnke a charge of attempted assault against Ung Toy, but the Justice refuse t to allow it, and took a charge of disorderly conduct against both. In the afternoon a lengthy elimination was held, at the conclusi in of which Ung Toy was sent to the island for six mouths and the woman was discharged. The Industrial South. Although the usual midsummer dullness is at hand, reports from the South ahow no cessation in the number and diversity in new industrial enterprises organized. In the list of new enterprises for the week ending July 29, the Baltinmn> Mumifnrt urpt-st' lici-itrd nipiilinnn the following H9 some of the in< re important items: A $35,000 silver plating company at Baltimore, Md ; a $125,000 water works and light company at Monroe, La.; a $50,000 oil and fertilizer company at Millcdgcvillc, Ga.; a $45,000 cotton seed refining nod manufacturing company at New Orleans, La.; a $10,000 lumber manufacturing company at Home, Ga.; a $40,000 cotton and woolen mill company at Marble Falls, Texas; u $00,000 ice, water and power company at Yoakum, Texas; a$20,000 ice manufacturing company at Brinkley, Ark.; a $25,000 Jubli8hing company at Baltimore, Md.; a 50,000 grain milling compauy at Whitacre, Va. ; a $200,000 phosphate company at Kichmond, Va.; a $500,000 water works and sewerage company at Natchez, Miss.; a $500,000 construction company at Wheeling. W. Va. ; a $15,000 manufacturing company at Harriman, Tenn.; a $00,000 ico, li.ht and water works company at Orange,Tex <s; a $10,000 cigarette machine company at Phllippi, W. Va. ; a $25,000 construction company at Houtliport, N. ('.; a $800,000 oil and gas dev< lopinent company at Rchmond, Va. ; a $20,0^0 bed spring manufacturing company at Dallas,Texas ;a $80,000flour mill at Decs ur. Texas; a tl5,000development company at Itncky [ount N. C.,ttnd a $20,000 manufactur lag company at .^rrmham, Texas. ? A Whole Wisconsin Town hi Ashes. Ikon Riven, Wis.?The entire business district, with the exception of one or t*o buildings, of the town,te In aehee. Fifteen hundred people are without shelter, a id in many cases without food. R Little is left of whet twenty-four hour* ago was one of the most prosperous mill \ towns The total property leas aggrev gates $20o,000. with very little Insurance. Troop* Zjtkving for Bom*. , Homektead, Pa.?Mow troop* left Horatstcad for horn*. The fourth refiment, four companiee of th? Tenth and >*ttery "C" departed thfa morning while a the Twelfth, Eighth and Ninth left later in the day. Ohoaen By the S.^M^K^^Bivtlce oa Its CoLCMBfA, 8. C.?Alliance ? ? mot jo annual session bttHNKie follow- ^,mi ing gentlemen were plaoviWenrtination 0I, for President. Mr. MH| wndidacy a' being a complete surpk^HT Tntor W. v D. Evans, o'f Majboro; Kt L Don- : aldson, of Greenville; fffifavdeo, of LJY1 the Cotton Plnnt) Co), lunjflftorris, of ? Abbeville, and J. A SlBfcf^Hcwberry. '.n Mr. Donaldson by a a ' handsome majority niif Mmf^Hll ballot. ?. The new president orittte^Hnncr was ,H born in Greenville Mmf^Hrty-elght mo' years ago. He fbugMgjK^B war in Hugh Aiken's fixtU 4ty lrhjf Butler's <] hilg.idr; nrvn li-GflPSfoe Bui- a r livan's company, and mane a gafhflot sol- jutl dier. After the war ho aettlerl in Greenville, w here ho went to farming and has , made n grcnt success of it. He appeared an, in the political nrcua in the f?ll of 1884, a? when he was tent to the Legislature. He cha served two terms and then succeeded P^r Governor Mauldin In the Senate, which ta" position he still holds. In December, Th< 1889, when the State Allinn' e Exchange wit was established, he was placed in charge, Th< and he ran the exchange successfully un- bla; til he tesigncd last year, when the Ex- royi change was moved to this city The bisl general opinion among the Alliancemcu can seems to be that they have got the heat rae, man for president. gpa The following arj the other ofticera mei elected: Eo. Vice President?W. D. Evans, Ben- J ucttsville. ??_. Secretn y?J. W. Rcid, Rcidsville. ^Bl Treasurer - F. P. Taylor, Mt. Cjghlan. j". Chapl* n?Rev. James Douglass, Blackstock. __ ~~ Steward ?E B. Taylor, Aiken. Doorkeeper - J. W. Kenuedy, Sandy P?r Grove. f?u Assistant Doorkeeper?A. R. Walker, and Fair "Bluff. Dai Sergeant at-arms -J. E. Jarnegan, Co Dre lumbiii. Par Lecturer and organiser?John R. Jef- mer fro s, Star farm. cast Kx cutivo committee -T. P. Mitchell, Woodward; S. T. D. Lancaster, Glenn Springs; and E. R. Walters, Orangeburg. i Judiciary committee ? W. N. Elder, am Guthriesville; I). K. Norris, Abbeville; j ( and J. L. Keltt, Newberry. ^ As far as can be ascertained the lecturers in all the districts were all re-elected. 81^ VOT YET OUT OF DANGER. w? wh occ Manager Trie* of the Homestead 'lo1 Works a Suffering Man. _ hoi Pittsburg, Pa.?Chairman H. C OC( Prick, who was shot four times in his wi, office Saturday b$r Alex. Berkman, a Homestead sympathizer, is mentally bright And active, but he has much pain ' from the pistol wounds and the cut from reP Berk man's knifo. cur The ball which pass d around the neck almost, grazed tbfc spinal cord. That which passed out ot the side almost touch- ,ne ed the spine. The upper cut on the right l',e side should have penetrated the lung but Mri for the edge of the ainth rib, and half an dea inch more deep wotld have carried the ?oti large lower cut iuto the abdominal cavity. ? It was regarded as astounding that this chi should be true of somtny wounds. seri ilr t.itrhriom kac rvrAf/Minrl ?/1 |/ivtvuuu HUlllliaUUU )Q foi the self control and courage of liis |ler patient. He says tlierc was scarcely any W(l( result from what thi medical men call .'u "shock," no sudden fall of temperature or cold sweat. This is what the doctor said to callers duriu? the afternoon: "Mr. Frick is doing well. There is T danger from the 8(?</n(isry effect of the wounds and there Mil he for a week. He nou has so far digested $s food well and is evet doing well and haWttrong hopes 1?? will f^?t recover " -?'e The order, signed by Mr. Frick and posted at the Homer lead works this morn- * lug, to the effect tlit men returning to . . work Wou d ho inarred against removal, 'n and which was giv?i in |the United Press ,0111 dispatches of last night, is regarded as the final peace offering of the firm to the 'J strikers. In this (Connection a repre- . tentative of the fires makes an important . " rtateruent. "Even If Mr. Frick should die," he said, "tha policy of the managemcnt in the present crisis will be strictly . . adhered to. The statement that Mr. . Carnegie is not in full accord with Mr. j Frick, In the course the latter has pur- . jned of late, is absolutely and unqualifledly untrue." r RICHMOND TERMINAL. be" The Pennsylvania Railroad Enh??T- ' oring to Secure Control. V?1 til i Nkw Yonk, N. Y.?The Richmond for Terminal advisory coidluitcc of seven mj( met and nnthoi i/.ed Chnirnmo Strong to \y. appoint committees of tlireo to represent ge(.( the 0 and 5 ) er fcent. bondholders, re- the peclively. These will confer with the cj,e advisory committee as to the action to be ?lfU taken regarding the default which will Ru,| be made on the interest of the bonds. and It is reported that the Pennsylvania 8pt. Railroad is endeavoring to get control of jou the Richmond Terminal system by offer" of a traffic alliance. Re \ THE TORRID WAVE. cot fav |M No Let-Up in the Oppressively Hot flor Weather. is1 Richmond, Vn. - Charba C. Poske, a ( drummer for a Baltimore fancy goods noose, men smincniy wcnnesnay aiternoon from * lie eflct ts of the unprece- ^ dented h it weather Two other cases 0j ( of sunstroke resulted ?John Larus, an ^ acrobat of the Sargent and Kidder cir- his cos, and W. II. Erayscr, a street car (|ff( driver. Both are expected to recover. ger, Since last Saturday the thermometer has mR not been below 114 degrees, and has fre- n quently registered 100 ,ra Nkw Y omk, N. Y.?The weather throughout the New England and Middle States today continued oppressively h-'t. M*ny prostrations were reported. Factor'Ci and mills shut down hai on account of the hot weather. rfit th? Neayly 400 l>Wr* were killed in Mains of during the jagr ndrog in May. a t THE SOUTH BOUND ROAD. Lease to the Florida Central Consummated. Iavannah. Ga.?The leaso of the ith Bound railroad to the Florida itral and Peninsular road w as consumted today. The rental amounts to about 0,000 per annum. The link to unite South Bound, which ruus from Co tbia, 8. C., to Savannah, aud the rida Cnntral and Peninsular, which ninates at Jacksonville, will be built mce. The lease places the securities he 8outh Bound at par. The negoions have been in progress some aths. Expensive Chessmen. The New York Home Journal describes emarkable set of chessmen that have L been finished by a down Fast me,nic. The pieces are made of silver 1 bronze, and the period of costumo I equipment is A. I). 1101, all the racters being historical and content, ary, and strictly accurate in very dcof heraldic blazonry and costume. 5 knights are in chain mail armor, h shield, ax, sword and dagger, sir fur coats have each the individual son of the wearer. The queens wear al robes and carry scepters. Tint tops are in church vestments and ry cross and crozier. The pawns aro lut-aniia iu n aiiceung posturc, wiiu ?r, bilihook and knife. The whito i are tinglish, the black French, Tho lish King and Queen are Richard I. I his Berengaria. The bishops aro rbert Walter, Archbishop of Cantery, and William Longchamps, Bishop Sly; and the knights are the Karl of isbury and the Baron of Worcester. 5 castle is Anglo-Norman, and is a fectly accurate representation of lal architecture. The Freuch Kiug Queen are Philip and lngeborg, his lish spouse, tho bishops being Do ux and Do Sully, of Bcauvv.s and is. The knights are also well-known i of the twelfth century, and the le is Franco-Norman. 'Hie sot has ?u upwards of six years to make. Animal Wisdom. kVe are all familiar enough with oxpies of iutelllgcuec in cats and dogs, t of these stories we do not easily tiro, re are some facts from a corrcmdent: [u moving to a new place of residence found on the premises a large cat ich had been left there by a former iupnnt. She was not of tho real mcstic kind, but lived principally in sbarn, occasionally venturing into the use to obtain her food. Oj ono asiou, much to the surprise of my fe, *h? came, up to her and mewed eial times, turning each time toward s door leading to the barn. Thii alio eated until Mrs. N. was induced by iosity to follow her, when she led too y to n barrel half full of straw, up the p? ot which she climbed, all the lima wing and looking at my wife, rud re were five kittens, cold and dead. J. N. remarked : "They are cold aud d, pussy," nud the cat went away shed. >he would sometimes scratch tho Idren, and we were fearful she would iously injure them, and one day Isnid her presence that "I would shoot. A' .She was missing for abinti sijpJ? 3K9^ and of course I had then^**-" otiou."?Forest andtf^*e?rtmV ^<J?Kger." I ho t*fror of "blackberry pickers in the th is the cheagra, popularly prone. d "jigger." Probably no Qno has seen a chetuzie a*vo under a microh>, and certainly be n?uajdyjfrMai<? to his victims, but he can iorHiKSoTe omfort than the mosquito, or than one of a dozen noxious insects twice size. The cheagre ccrtnes like a thief he night. No one is conscious of his ing, and oftaa bis presence is not. cted for hours after his arrival, but ue time he makes hlms.'lf known. The im is seized with an intolerable itehin a dozen spots at once, and scratchaffordsonly temporary relief. Pimples over the itching spots, and are soon ned raw by the cheagrc'B tortured tm. Mean while the invisible enemy |)s on burrowing, and the itching conies often for days together. When ;ases, the victim has tho unpleasant iciousness that all is over probably uise the chcagro has died somewhere eath the pimple. Democratic Candidate. 'AnKBRSBUHO, W. Va.,?The State nocratic convention wm in session tinin early hour in the morning balloting a gubernatorial candidate.Shortly after Inight there was a stampede for Col. A.McCorkle,of Charleston,and on the ind ballot the counties bpgan to change ir votes for him. In t lie midst of much ering and enthusisam a motion was :lc to make the nomination unanimous, I it was done. McCorkle was sent for I accepted the nomination in a brief ech, after which the convcution adi ned until 9 a. m. lief for Southern Flood Sufferers. Vabhinotopt, D. C ?The House nmittee on appropriations ordered a orable report on a bill appropriating 1,000 for the relief of the Southern >d sufferers. The money appropriated 0 be expended under the direction of 1 Secretirf of War and tho governors Ihc State in whicli it may be expended. A. Bishop's Bemi-Oentennhtf. r - VT *1 Mf.V am Wff? ivinrton, is. sj. ? msnop ifoiunnnler, the Southern province, and pastor of Moraviiia church of Hulem, celebrated fiftieth anniversary Sunday. In the srnoon a congregational love feast was red in the church when the bishop was dc the recipient of presents amount; in cost to over f400. It was a memble occasion Tha Agricultural School Fund. Washington, D. C. ?The President i approved the bill to direct the Sec ary of the Treasury to pay over certain ney to the State of South Carolina for ? support of the college for the ben. til agriculture; also, the act Io construct nidge across the Savannah river. OUR ALLIANCE COLUMN. ?ary Interesting Notee; Articles, an* Clippings From all Sources. The essence of slavery unrequited toil, and it is of no consequence whethtr the force which fobs him of the fruits of his toil be applied directly or indirectly, the man who labors iuthe produc tion of wealth of which others are the principal beneficiaries, ia slave Exchange. Seguin Enterprise (Tex ) bco*ns an in eom? tax as f Hows: A tnx upon large incomes is needed to relieve tiic necessaries of 1 fe, so the taxes that now cxis not only enchance cost of living, but give ?,i|> ntuuity for monopo'v and oppre sion It is the fairest of all tax's and the one best tending to relieve pressure when pr. ssute is least easily lorne. Kcveuut should be drawn from wealth, not want Representative Baker (People's party), of Kansas, ha* intioduced a lull into tbr iuiihc pioposing h reduction in tlie sal aries of government official* receiving more than I ,00j per year. By the lull I the president's salary is fixed at $25,000. the Vice-President's at $5,000; thccahinel officers at $0,000; chief justice of the Su prome Court $7,000 ;the associate justices, $t?..*?<!0; Speaker of the House, $5,000, ami United States Senators and Representatives, $8,000. v ? ? # ? Washington, D. C ?There is just 28 farmer statesmen in this Congress. Of these, Ilohnan is running a farm of three or four-hundred acres in Indiana; Morrell has a little Vermont "garden" of <35 acres; Casey of Nor. h Da kota has control of 800,000 acres in hi.ytate, and owns pretty much all of ii himself; Vance owns several thousands of acres of timber land in the old North State; and George of M ississippi is a heavy cotton planter. M st of the Kansas men are agriculturally inclined. Jerry Simpson owns 1,000 acres, and works R, too, when at home; Baker, Davis, and Otis arc all in sympathy and dose touch with the farmer; and Funston is au avowed hayseed. %?? poi.k T.nt?S?TAl. fund. The ladies assembled at Oinsb:'. Juiu.^ ihe national People's party convention, orgaui/.ed a ladies' auxiliary foi the put pose of assisting the Polk Memorial As -ociat ion. Mrs. Bon Terrell, of Seguin, Texas, i? president, and has appointed one vice president in each S'ate, as follows; Alabama -Mrs. Gaither. Louisiana?Mrs. ( lay ton. Floiida?Mrs. A. P. Buskins. North Carolina - Mrs. W. W. Worth. ri.-on.to r .<1133 uiu'i' I'i'aKe. Missouri?Mrs Dr. Neff. Tennessee ?Mrs. .1. H. McDowall. Iowa?Mrs. Goodrich. Nebraska?Mrs Gen Van Wyck. Minnesota ?Mrs. Dr. Fish. Mississippi ?Mrs. Eva M Valash. California?Mrs. Nye. Connecticut ?Mrs. Crum6by. District Columbia?Mrs. Crandall, Kansas?Mv?. Fannie Vickery^^^ North Carolina Georgia {ft. 170 Wwt Virginia 12.000 Ohio 48,288 diMltina 40,050 ftfinois 80,244 Michigan J V41 I Iowa T-~-. 77' Missouri 58.862 Nebraska 11,40) Kentucky 44,02". Kan-ns 22,051 reonesseo 57.206 Mississippi 41,558 Arkansas 26,130 i'exas 55,465 Total 808,075 lieu* am 21 of our lending S atcs witl more te ant farmers tlia i hngland, Ire land, Scotland ami Malts. * * * r t There is something awe inspiringlj prophetic in the beau iful words of Col. L a. Polk, July 4. 1800: "I am stand uig now just belli'.d i tie cut tain, and in full glow of the coming sunset. Hchinri me are the shadows on the track, before me lies thedaik valley and the river When I mingle with the daik waters ! country whose government is of {ho pooule, for the p-op'.c, ami hy the people " Senator Marnier on has intr duced h hill in Congress to create a national high way commission, to consist of two Sena tors, five ' epresentat ivcs, the Secretaries of war, agriculture,ami interior.the postmaster genetal, the attorney-general, and an associate member front each State nnc Territory. Mc* tings are to he lteitl ir Washington during the session of Con gress, in Chicago during the tVorld'i fair, and at such other places ? <! timer as the majority may select. 'I hp enmmission is to investigate the needs of the country in regard to tho highway.* end re ?rt to Congress. * ? * a * STATE AM.1ANCF. MRKTIKfta A s fast as State secretaries report the time and tt'nce of the next regit ar annual me imij< in iiic mmr rtiiiMiii'i*, u will ne added to i his lint: Tennessee. Nashville. August 1ft Texas, Austin. Auuu?t 1ft Indiana. Indianapolis, Vovimhri 17. Kentucky, Owensboro, November S Columbia, 8 C., July 17. Virginia, Richmond, August 17. Louisiana, Monroe, August 2 California Sacramento, October ft Georgia, Gainesville, August 17. T.lrtle Rock Ark.. Aueust 1ft c'inrKviiie, Augustus Mouroe, La., August 10. North Carolina, Greensboro, August 9. West Virginia, Clarksburg, August 10. Williamsport. Pa.. October 25. Arizona Oiijx. Arizona onyx is fast gaining a reputation in the East, and the day is not far distant when most ot tlie nipx used in tlie United States will co ne from this Territory. The great bed of this precious stor.c in Yavapai aud Maricopa Counties alone, when sufficiently developed, will supply a greater part of the demand. Even now from two to five car loads are shipped from the Yavapai beds, and arrangements are being made (o increase the output. The Yavapai onyx beds, owned by IV. (). O'Neil and partners, are probably the most extensive mines of the kind known, being almost a solid body one mile by one mile aud a ball in extent. At present about forty , men nroengii^ttl IB I air lug out the stone that is being shipped lo Chicago, N?tr ' York, Cincinnati and other Eastern cit^ 'r-jffljb ics, where it is worked iuto table tops, etc. Probably the largest slab of onyx ever taken out in one piece was dug out, of the O'Neil ledge, it being 23x10 feet and twenty-six inches thick. The. stone Irom this claim is very fine grain and takes n much higher polish than the celebrated onyx of Mexico, and it contains colors that were exhausted many years ago in the Mexican mines. Then, too, the mines of that country never turned out pieces larger than five or six feet square. Fo far as developed the Cave Creek onyx beds do not seem to be as large as tlie Yavapai beds, though the stone is as fine, but even as they are, they will produce large amounts and in blocks of very satisfactory size. J. B. Dougherty, of New York, is doing a great deal of development work, ana as soon as the road is completed, which will be in a few flays, he will put teams to hauling and loading in onto the cars at Phenix for shipment to New Y'ork.?Pheuix GazetteWonder* or CI 1 in ate Changes. The changes of terrestrial climato have been many and various. Myrtles and tree ferns cnco flourished in Greeuland; coral insects built on the shores of Melville Island; nautiluses sailed over what must then have been the tepid seas about Spitzhergen. But with the lanse of noma w C "S"" the scene changed au?i worse than arctic rigors spread into regions now enjoying temperate climate, possibly not for the first time. The Permian was certainly an inclement age, according to the Edinburgh lteview, and its inclemency seems even to have reached the point of glaciation in the west of England and Ireland, yet it was preceded and succeeded by a long prevalence of tropical conditions. These assuredly reigned without inter- . J$. I apt . >11 1! ,1 t i 111 P" ! .1 U '! I p l) i: 11 swVnp cypresses aud walnuts, cedars, lime, planes and poplars grew freely, water lilies covered over standing pools and irises lifted their tall heads by the. margins of streams and rivers. ' ?.^ Tea CliCPt Lead. One of the industries in connection null the tea trade is the collection ot the lead with which tea-chests are lined. China has been noted for many centuries lor purity o( its lead, and this tea-chest lead, as it is called, is regarded as the linest in existence. There are many uses for it; it is found very valuable in making the best kind of solder. No machinery is employed in the production of this sheet lead . every sheet is made by hand in the most primitive fashion. A large brick is provided, the size of the sheet of lead to be made, and is covered with two or three sheets of paper. On these the molten lead is poured, and another brick is placed on tne top, which flattens the loud out the required size and thickness. The sheets are then soldered together to the size of the interior of the tea chest; the tau is packed in, and the top sheet is .'astened in place. The workmen are very expert, and they turn out an immense number of sheets In the course of i day, and, where labor is so cheap, at a price much less than if the articles were produced byanichincry.?Boston Transcript, Birtlsojo View of l'nragu.ty. Paraguay has 400,000 people on her 01,07c square miles of territory. Large numbers of uncolonizcd Indians are net counted. The country is rich in vegetation, hut only 160,000 acres a- i under cultivation. Amo:i0 ilte uotab! > products aie algaroba and quebracho for tanning, and algorahella, indigo and annotto for dveiDg. There is an abundance of resins, copal, gum elastic, drug ulant*. hilMmi. MatiH*, AAitn? o > ?~ guay product* textile and fibrous plants like ramie, jute and palm. The foreign trade i* about $5,000,?H)0 a year, hut the I'nited States gels very little of it. Tho principal exports are tobacco, hides, lumber and oranges. Paraguay haa no seaport. Her products go out by the Para j guar and Panama Rivers.?St. Louis I Gjobe-Dcmocrat. V ' ' ' TrtmyrC There i* nothing in the fforl i more ?jj j aggravating to a man with a aeora'. than ( ' , to meet people who have no oiriQaitj.? ' Atchieou Globe.