_ THE lffEEKLYiia|^>DllOH ^ TL^^l
At the dinner given the other evening
by the Cleveland (Ohio) Hardware Jobben'
Association the menu card was a
novelty. It was fastened with a
hniniature padlock, and it was necessary
use a key to ascertain what viands had
been prepared for the least.
( In Cape Colony, South Africa, the
native* are coming into citizenship so
fast that the people have raised the
?roperty quail cations for votes from
$125 to $375. and the voter must be
able to write his name and address
clearly. *
' The United States Senate is a great
, place for chums, avers the Chicago News*
. Record. Beck and Allison were such a
pair, as were Don Cameron and Butler.
.Vest and Plumb, Edmunds and Thurman.
'Another notable case of congressional
'Damon and Pythias ia that of Tom Heel
and Bourke Cockran in the House.
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! There is no equal area on the face of
|the globe ao well adapted to sherp husbandry
in all its branches, maintains the
(Farm, Field and Stockman, as the southern
half of the United States, and n >
equal ?\rea where it is less appreciate 1
tand improved. The climate i3 perfect,
t>eing free from the extreme heat and
drought of Australia, which often rots
the wool and kills their sheep by the
) millions.
, Some ambitious Englishman has been
(figuring in the Toronto (Canada) Empire
the additions that have been made to
iBritish territory since 1835. They loot
up as follows* In Asia, 278,700 square
miles and 5,500,000 people (estimated);
|n aoucn Airica, 1,(>1)3,205 square mile*
and 14,329,000 people, iu Australasia,
,97,300 square miles and 158,000 people
?a total in the seven years ol 2,069,201
square miles and 19,987,000 people.
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i New York is the first city in the country
to start an effort to provide artistic
street decorations for a public celebration.
In order to seeure worthy results,
Perry Belmout,Chairnian of the Ait Committee
for the Columbus celebration on
October 12, has called to his aid as advisers
the leading painters, sculptors,
designers aud architects of the city. This
is a distinct and impjrtaut advance in
civilization, declares the Boston Transscript.
The popular taste has been too
'long at the inercy of mere contractors.
John Burns, the emineut English labor
authority, says that uo man's services are
worth more than $2500 a year. The St.
James Gazette notes that an exception
will have to be made in the case of opera
tenors, as Jean do Reszke earns that
much in a week. Recently he contributed
one night's salary to the Erving
Thomas memorial fund in the shape of a
check tor !jS8U0. At three performances
a week that amounts to the neat sum of
$125,000 a year, more than the most
fashionable physician or the most successful
lawyer can hope to clear. For the
last two generations, says the Gazette,
famous singers have been paid the most
enormous rates, yet none of them have
transmitted any amount of inouey to the
next generation. It is easy come, easy
_
It has not been many years, muses the
New Orleans Picayune, siuce the export
grain trade was done chiefly, if not exclusively,
through the port of New
York. The Erie Canal created a waterway
from Lake Erie to Now York, and
so grain shipped in vessels from Western
lake ports was transferred at Butlalo to
canal boats, and so brought to market to
the advantage of New York. But the
day came when Canada built a ship
canal aiound Niagara Falls, and so vessels
were able to carry cargoes of grain
direct from the iakes through the St.
Lawrence Uiver to Europe without touching
at New York at all. Than there
came another day when grain wastloate-1
in great barges down the Mississippi
River for shipment to Europe, and this
was done so much more cheaply than can
bo done by any New York route as that
the American metropolis is becoming
sensible of the disndvaut iges its trade is
suffering and is casting about for a remedy
that will restore itiancient prestige.
But the remedy bids fair to be a most
costly one. It is nothing less than the
4 proposed constriirtio i of locks around
Niagara Falls on the American side, au I
a ship canal from hike Ontario to the
Hudson Kiver. The matter has been
btought before Congress, and engineers
have made surveys and estimates of the
work required, and they place the cost
at $100,000,001), which Congress will be
asked to appropriate. The estimates
call for i waterway for ships, of a depth
of not less than twenty feet. That such
a waterway will he constructed some
day cannot be donate I, because it will
become necessary. In case of a war
with Canada all the through water
routes would he in the hands of the
enemy and out of our reach eithor for
the pui poses of defense or of commerce.
But its consummation is 11 S?'iV
;tnfr?ai>ce soon,
THREE STATES' KRIKKN.
Telegraphic Dispatches From Mauy
Points of Interest.
The Fields of Virginia, North and
South Carolina Oatefully
Cleaned For News.
VIRGINIA.
Miss Zoe Gay toil, the famous pedes liian,
stopped a day in Chnrlott sville,
on her way from New Y??i k to Sau Fran
cisco.
Spott Brown and Tom Dabncy (colored)
have I cen arrested in ( 'hi tcrsrill'c for bin ninn
the tobacco house aud horses of A. T.
Moon. The case was worked up by a
colored detective named Howe from ltich*
moud. f
A debtor in Madison countv turner!
over as his only property 11 gold watch
bearing the name of "Extra Hilly Smith"
ami the dato 1830. Extra Hilly, who
died not long since, was on?e the manager
of a stage line.bctween Washington and
points iu Virginia, but Inter Governor of
tliut !?tate. Congressman, and Major General
in the Confederate army. Extra
Billy's watch, though it has run for at
least sixty two years, still keeps good
time.
Colonel W. P. SmMi, chief clerk of the
Virginia Direct Tax Commission and commissioner
for the City of Hichinond and
Henrico county has issued a circular letter
to the several treasurers and commissioners
distributing the district tax fund, in
formiug them thut the amount to be paid
to a claimant showing himself entitled
uuder the law is only the net tax paid
nud the amount noted as excess when
any excess appears to have been collect- d .
The ainouut noted as interest, penalties
and costs arc not to be paid out, as they
have not yet b en lefundcd to the State
by the Federal Government.
NOBTH CAROLINA.
Aunt Wiuniu Finley ami aunt Nan
Parks, both colored, of Wilkes county,
are respectively 114 and 113 years old.
At the Stats Pharmact utical Associa
Iiou meeting at Italcigh they decided to
meet next year at Winston II. 11.
Chears, of Plymouth, was elected Prcsi
dent.
Auditor Rnndorliti Vi?q nom>i:ilod to
succeed Mr. Uotislicll as Ids < hicf
clerk T. Palmer Jermnn, Jr , now executive
clerk to the Governor. Mr. Jcrman
will he succeeded in the Governor's
office by W. \V. Vass, Jr , of Rdeigb.
The summary of the crop report for
August is completed by the Department
of Agriculture, and the showiug made is
a bad one The per cent age of c&nditiou
of cotton is given as 70, aud the per ccut.
of damage as compared with the report a
month ago Is given a* 24 j>?? <wut. ; o*>rn,
condition 864; percent, of damage, 214;
tobacco, conoition 8IJ; damage 20J.
The condition of the other crops covered
by the returns is as follows: Rice 85,
turnips 92, peanuts 82$, sweet potatoes
90, late cabbage 90, late Irish potatoes
87, grapes 82, peaches 40, apples 52.
Last year at this date the condition of
corn was OH. cotton 79, tobacco 87, rice
16, peanuts 90.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Tax returns from 25 counties show
about the same amount of personal propel
ty as la^t year.
Philip Ilicks, aa escaped convict burgI
r from thepententinry, waseaught near
Charleston Wednesday.
Green Rice, colored, 14 years old, was
accidentally shot and killed in Uniou
county by bis cousin, while they were
playing with a gnu
At Columbia, in thee unity courthouse
Miss Addison, a niece of T. 8 Cavender,
created quite a scene by slapping severely
in the face Lawyer Oausket, who was
trying to get possession of a little colored
boy. The parents of the boy had put
him ik. der the guardianship of Miss Ad
disoo, and then wanted him back.
The railroad commission in issuing its
June report of the earnings of the roads
of the State, ?? it marked the dose of the
railroad year, also gnve a statement showing
that the net decreasciu the total earnings
for the twelve months, ending June
99, 1892, as compared with the loircspouding
months of |8P(| an I 1891 to be
the sum of $067,179 76
New Southern Enterprises.
A glance at the list of new enterprises
organized or established in the South
during the past week, shows cout nucd
activity. Among those mentioned by
the Manufacturers' Record in its issue of
August 12, the following are the more
important: A $500,000 sugar planting
anil manufacturing company at I'lmpie
mine, La.; a $10,000 lumber company nt
Arkansas C'lfy, Ark.; a $30,000 spoke
manufacturing company at I'ninn City,
Tcnn.; a 300,000 bushel grain elevator at
Southport, La.; a $7,000 canning company
at Memphis, Tcnn. ; a $10,000 cannery
company at Sharon, Term. ; a $10,000
manufacturing company at Henderson,
Ky.; a $10,000 water win ks com
pany at Newnan, On.; a $"?,000 canning
company nt Oanlis, Miss., a $3<0,oo0
barb wire and nail works company at
Kanawha City, W. Va. ; two $tj,000,000
coal companies nt Beat taville, K y ; a $r>o,
000 refining company at Louisville, Ky. ;
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ft tluu,u<ml (uhiiiihi^ i:uiii|i<iuj> in ijiiiiimore,
Md. ; h $30,<'00cottonseed ??iI com
pnny at Rockwall. Tex ; a $30,000 canning
company at Barstow, Texas; a $20,000
steam laundry company at New Oilcans,
La.; a $350,000 paper mill company
at Louisville, Ky., and a $300,000
publishing company at Baltimore, Md
The Democracy of Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga .?The State Demon-it i<
convention was called to order at noon In
W. V. Atkinson, chairman of the State
committee. Pleasant A. Stovnll was un
.i iniously elected temporary chairman
After completion of the temporary organ
i/at'on, \V Y. Atkinson was elected
imminent chairman by virtue of which
lie continues x-oth in chahnnn of tie
State committee for the next two years
The following State tiiket was nomi
u itcd for Governor, W .1 Nor hen
foi See i tniy of Slate, G? n. Phil < ook
for ('omptroller. Gen. \V. A 'Aright; lm
Tn asuier, R. M Ifurdinan; for Coinini-sioner
of Agricultuic It T Nesbitt, ami
for Attorney General, T. M Tir?ell Atelectoral
ticket pledged to Cleveland a <i
Stevcnsou was also placed iu the Held.
QUITE ABLE IN THEIR A6R.
Connecticut Farmers of 60 mid 0
Who Can Still Make the
Hay Fly.
Hartford, Cosh.?A stranger, itro
ling along Bloomfield avenue at Wind?<
recently. saw an exhib tion of old-fasl
ioncd having that surprised and amuse
hint. Two hale and gallant old gentl
men in a smooth open lot bv the roadsid
were swinging the scythe like sixty, bt
they were a good deal older than tha
and the stranger was sure of it.
Accosting a Windsor wayfarer, h
pointed to the haVtield and inquired
"Who are the smmt old men over then
and how old are they?''
"Wall.'' replied the Windsor mar
"thev are the boss liayers about hen
One is Mr. Prentice of Court street, an
he's $1 last March; and the other if hi
neighbor, Mr. Langdon of Maple avehwn<nl
liv nm Ol 'iHlut two muuttia
II.,. it ? ?.? i.-?
iiujl ?v y v i i nan. vuui cmj i ?IT"T IV VIII
hay it as they u-ed let forty years agi
but you kiu bank on it theie niu't p
voting fellows 'too in I here that wauts t
buckle outer a snath and foller 'em al
day now,- look in' just as they do this inio
u e. Yer hear me."
As genuine old-style Connection
"hayers" Messrs. Langdon and Prentio
have quite a rcqutat ion all about Windsor
they have the old-fashioned, easy swing
ing style with the scythe, and tho sw ing
ing, gliding, swift gait that modeti
mowers know is monstrous hard to kee
up with all d ?y. The old men arc no
only neighbors, but life long friends, am
i hey were mowing the Frisbie lot ii
Windsor at the time the stranger saw ther
on account of a mutual resolution to "tr
lie old scythe'' and see whether they hai
forgotten the way to swing it yet.
There's nothing very wonderful, how
ev. r, about rugged old fellows doin;
men's work all day ou Connecticut fann<
I h re arc lots of them in the Land o
Steady llabits. Tliero are many octogeu
aiiuis and a few nonogemuians who Ih
bor all day all the year around, and ther
arc otlleis just to vigorous, whom, how
uu i, oni y me I'AiarutHJi i?i nit' uaviu:
season hi ing tu the front Among Conner
ticut toiler*. There is Ephraiyr Newell
of Ellington, iu lofty Tollnud count\
for instance, who became 85 years olt
one day icccntly, nnd celebrated th
event by taking down the old Newel
cmdle nnd cradling just one acre of stou
rye in the forcuoon of the day. 8 i
one of his neighbors, speaking of the ol
man's vigor: "Why. henotonlvcut th
cleanest elm of all the men who worke
with liiin in tint held, but he cradb
right aroun l men who arc not more tin
ouc half his age. It was a boiliu
hot day, too '*
It is n fact tint the best rye cradler i
New Loudon county is a man over ?
youru oltl, untl b? i? m u u
low, 0 feet 2 inches tall, and with tl
full, plump mu i lcs of a man of 40 1
the same county is Francis Brown, f
Norwich, who is 80 years old, nnd who
week ago cradled an acre of rye on li
farm near that eity. (Iillicit (.'handlit
of Putnam, Windham county, recent I
cclelnuted the eightieth anniversary c
his birthday, and the day before that in
cidcut lie shingled ouc roof of his liou#
alone. Then there is Deacon Benjami
Brown, of Brooklyn village, in the satr
county, who. his neighbors think,
rather too frisky; he is 85 years old, an
his friends say he is a regulnr boy ye!
I'e takes chancer that would appall son
of the modern dudes of 18 or 20. So I
jut iu.i away with the other day, drivm
in his usual reckless style, and got "hoi
out," the Brooklyn folks put it. He fe
on a heap of stones, and was bruise
about his side and shoulders Most me
would have been done up by the acc
dent, but the Deacon wa3 at work nboi
his faun a day or two later.
But old Mr. Lyman Tulles, of Tolh
Station, Terryville, is perhaps the niftier
old boy in the Slate. He is over 5
yenis old and was bavin' it every d?
this wick in the hot open fields of h
farm, where the temperature over-toppe
the number of his years by more than 1
degree-. He is strong and tough as so
leather, and steps about as briskly as
boy. At Plainville is Michael Cullei
who lidos a bicycle hkethc wind, but I
is young, ? ' U'sr. being only 71. I
goes to and from his business daily c
his wheel, an I oidiiiary riders are n<
anxious to tackle him for a inuningbou
In the same town is Mis. William Nei
ton, who rides a horse daily, and h
hardihood and ambition are worth no
rng, because she is 78. At the village
South Killingly is Mi. Schuyler, 83, wl
has got the measles, and the joke of it
he has all there are iu Connection
Therefore he would like to know how 1
got them. He's got 'em mild, howeve
Judge Joseph J- Davis Dead.
Km.kioh, N. C. ? Associate Justi
Joseph J. Davis, of the Supreme Coui
died Monday night at his home at Lou
burg. The flags on the capital wt
half masted. The entrance to the 8
preine Court building, the door to t
court room and the chair in which Jud
Davis sat were diapcd in mourning, fl
death was not unexpected. For two
three years, since his first attack of ji
ralysis, he h ut been very feeble and hi
been able to do very little work. Durii
the two last terms lie was not on t
bench. Six weeks ago he was takeu
Morchead City in the hope that the i
would benefit him, but retmned unit
prove !. He was greatly esteemed, a?
gai' int captain in Gen. Scales' biigad
as the representative live years of tl
coiigiessiuiial distort and as a p.slice
tlie comt since 188(? His funeral w
held Tuesday morning at Lonisbuig, ai
will be ittinded by the inembe s ai
ofliccis af the omit and several Sta
ollit IT"
A Bridegroom'# Grief.
Chattanooga, Tknn. ? (Saturday Oe
McCallie, a young white boy, well co
nected, was married, and inside of t
hours after his marriage he was arrest
for stealing the suit of clothes in whi
he was married. He protests innocent
although he was caught with the suit o
Snake Cooked With Cabbage.
Lrxington, Kv. J. II. Mcfntin
family of four ano the colored c~>ok,
Btiena Vista, ate otbb.v e for dinner ai
died shoitlv aftervards. Upon inves
? grdion, it wa<; l.>u*?d that a poisono
snake had been cooked with the cabbag
ALLIAIIC?_AtGURS.
? The Preaeit, Part and Future of the
F. A. Jr l. U.
I- Sundry Hapyenings, An Alliamoe
w Poem, and Other Mutters
I ?f Interest.
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President Laucks wm celled home in
'c South Dakota Friday from Washington,
II D. C., by a telegram convening the sad
1 news of the death of hi* oldest son. It
Is needless ta say that in this their hour
16 of distress, Brother Loucks and family
I: have the sincere sympathy of the frater'
nity everywhere.
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roLK'e vrojRK juarr BBorm.
U itt.? srMwaas, was* vnanu.
it When sloka tha wind ft? ksavsa
For li tfc* ecS?tn?SSn4*r
* We ll hrnr the K>ng.
I, That right again alkali triumph.
Thatjuntlcf shall ho <lon?\
r> And then will Hound the aeraph.
11 Tl? Polk'a work Jnat begun.
We'll I late a long In silence
F.nraptured. HI led with F,/.
With Itatod breath and allllnaaa.
As stand* a tluild boy;
> We'll catch It to the echo.
p As echo will prolong
Hejrond the mighty aha<low.
; Ne'er stirred by human song;
And angola In the chortu
Will cry aloud, "well <inae?"
Ami bright will be Ibe glories
Of Polk'a work Just la-gun.
Tla Ood thai bldea the Alston
|> From mortal eyea so far.
And laughs at human wisdom
That tnlnka to know a star;
| Rut He la Ood, our Father,
And hears his chtUlren cry.
II In mercy tries to h ad them
,, When for the right the* try;
11 Though be the elrort humble,
\ In Ignorance begun.
Still grand will he the renting
l< Of Polk's work Just begun.
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Reporter (Kansas) sizes conditions tip
!' carefully in this way. Puck once had a
1 picture of a kiug, a bishop, a sold er and
'I a laborer. The kiug with outstretched
' scuptro, said "I rule all;" the priest with
i- his prayer Itook said: 'T pray for all; *
< the soldier with liis rifle said: "I fight for
all," aud the laborer, in the midst of all
I the different kinds of tools and miieh'n
ery, said; "I pay for all."
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Good land Republic (Kansas) lets on
i the light: Manager Frick. of the C r
' negio iron mills, has an income derived
from that institution of $2,000,000 ani'
uuallv. The entire pay roll of 0,800
d workman only amounts to $2,400,000 aud
nually. It would 6cem that this condiii'
tien of affairs would jubtify a cut of
" wages. The avtmgc wages of the work
d men are $52 a mouth, while the manager
o makes $100,006,60| in the same period,
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Knicdits of Labor Journal fP*nn?wl
? vania) says: The 12,304 business failures
'< in the United States last year?an increase
i?< 7f 1 1 tt'Yi?arc pot so much an
it' indication of FXt'CpiiunnT Mriugvacy iu
ii the money market as of the tendency to f
ward cone* nt rat ion in commercial matters,
a The big capitalists are eating up tlic
is smaller ones, and, whether the times arc
r. good or bad, it is becoming increasingly
y difficult for tlie small trader or manuif
facturer to exist. Production and diatri
button ur?j getting into fewer hands, and
e it is for those who suffer by the process
u to say whether they wish their lot and
>e that of their childicn to be the condition
is of wage-slaves to a handful of plutocrats
d or partners in a national system of in
t. (biatrial organization There is no altertc
native.
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,g Olay King's Sentence Commuted.
re Mkmpiiih, Tknn.?Governor Buchanan
" iu Nashville commuted to imprisoipent
d for life the sentence of Colonel II. Clay
:a King, who was to have been hanged
i- Friday for the murder of David II
-if Poston on March 15th last on a public
street iu this city.
?R UnuRunl preesure was brought to bear
Rt upon the Governor during the past few
0 days. Petitions signed by thousands
iy from Tennessee auu Kentucky reached
's the Chief Executive. Delegations from
d military and civic societies besieged him
b and the wife and daughter of the con
le deinned man, and the wives and daugh
? ters of other prominent citizens made
personal appeals. Senator Harris and
>c other lending politicians made several
1? calls upon him, and finally succeeded In
securing the desired commutation,
ot The prisoner heard the news with but
h little interest. He bad been indulging in
stimulants of late and seemed indiffcr
ft ent to what was transpiring. The people
't- of Memphis arc very indignant over the
of action of the Governor. A plan was
io funned to lynch Col. King, but he was
is spirited away to Nashville by the Sheriff
it. Gov. Bin hanan was burned in effigy,
he
T* The Cotton Crop.
Those ol tlie Southern cotton planters
who, a half year ago, were anxious to
' 0 brintr about a ere aural reduction of the
f1' cotton product, in order to raise the price
ls" of the staple in the market, have seen
10 their object gained in an unpleasant way
through the destructive forces of nature.
The extent of the reduction is shown in
the reports of the Department of Agriculture
containing the facts gather* d in
or nil the cotton-growing States. -The pro,H.
duct hn? been reduced by heavy floods in
some parts of the South, by an excessive
ininfull or weather otherwise unfavorable
" in many parts, and by other causes not
V under the control of the planters There
nr were fears last spring that cotton would
111 be an unprofitable crop this year, but
[ * those fears have been dispelled by agen
' cies that have brought grief to many
m, planters.
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i('I Centennial ot Buncombe.
nd Ashrvim.k, N. C.?Buncombe is a
ite hundred ycais old and people have been
celebrating the centennial in great shape.
The Legislature in 1792 established the
county by cutting off from Burke and
n Rutherford the whole western section of
the Htate, comprising what is now Macon,
n Yancey, Henderson, Madison, Jackson,
Clay, Transj Ivauia, Swain and Graham
The celebration was addressed by
^ Attorney General Davidson, a native of
Buncombe, Hon Kemp P. Rattle, Col.
V. 8. Lusk, ifon. R B. Vance, Col. J.
D. Cameron and Col. A T. Davidson.
There was a trades display in the after
e's noon, shewing the resources of the
of county.
?d In the tournament J. B. Sevier, who
ti- rode at Charlotte, won first pii/.e. Several
us hundred Confederate votei ans went into
;e. camp for threo days.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Pure butter may contain ten per cent,
of water.
A lead mine whioh yields almost pure
lead has been discovered at Turner, Me.
Morgan County, Missouri, it is said,
furnishes the best Are-brick clay iu the
world.
Professor Calvin, of the State University
has been chosen as Iowa's State
Geologist to conduct a new survey.
Tests recently made at Cornell University,
Ithaca, N. Y., show that aluminium
has no very marked influence upon
the magneto conductivity of cast iron,
but slightly decreases its permeability.
The strawberrgjpl&nt soomi to poshes*
an amount of Intelligence. It will iuvarisblv
run its suoota in the direction
of ground whioh oonUina a maximum
amount of nutriment, aud will never
glOW It* rUUQUIv k?rriiit rvj? .
andj spot.
There are in southwestern Missouri
many opeoiugs in the earth, which are
nailed "blow hole**' and "cold caves,"
from whioh issues a cold blast of aiv. A
local theory is that the temj>erature of
these places is reduced by the enormous
deposit of atnmouia, cause* 1 by the presence
of bats.
Pieces of iron which can bo set up in
the form of a rudimentary steam engine
were recently found, together with a
Latin treatise on steam as a force, in au
iron chest, dug up near Helsingfor*.
This extraordinary archnological llud is
supposed to date from the first half of
the twelfth century.
Shooting-stars aro small bodlos weighing
at most a few pounds and consisting
mainly of irou aud carbon. They traverse
space in swarms aud also revolve
around the sun in long olliptical courses
liko comets. Their brightness is duo to
heat engendered by the energy of their
motion. Their speed is enormous, being
nearly twice as groat as the speed of
the earth on its orbit.
The installation of n 4000-ton hydraulic
press in the 8t. Jacques iron
works at Mootlueon, Franco, serves to
mark the progress of an iuaovatiou in
forging works. The substitution of hydraulic
presses for powerful steain hammers
for the forging of large masses of
steel has for some time been steadily on
the increase. It is found that the work
of tho press is more regular, homogeneous
and rapid, and that the press costs
much less to install than the steam hammer.
It is said that ravens often reach the
ago of a hundred years. Ducks and
cuckoos are likewise very long lived.
I whUI- ?' ~ mmmw *ilv*UCSd
| -Wo at liberty, do not exceed twentyfive
years in the confinement of a cuge.
It is not rare to soo domestic cocks of (iftoon
years; and with care they reach
twenty. The limit of tho existence of
pigeons is ten years; the smallest species
live from eight to eighteen years. Nightingales
will not endure more than tun
years of captivity. Canurios reared in a
cage live twelve or fifteen yoars, but in
their native islands they reach au age of
several dozen years.
Ohio Extension of Norfolk AWestern.
Huntingdon, W. Va.?It is announced
that the great Norfolk & Western
Ohio river extension will be completed
October 1st, when through trainB will be
run from Norfolk Va , to Columbus O.,
..-.J t Tl\.> nvlnnainn rlinu tlii'Aiwrl.
HUUVIIIV-O^". * .......
the wildest part of the State for over 200
miles, and strikes the Ohio river at Kanawha,
W. Va.
This country is richer in natursl
wealth than any other part of West Vir
ginia, coal, iron aud timber being found
in abundance. There are 20 tunnels in
this extension. This road passes through
the homes of the Hatflelds, the notorious
outlaws.
The Five Money Commissioners,
Washington, D. C.?'l'ho names of
the five commissioners who arc to represent
the United States at the coming international
monet try conference are officially
announced. They a/e: Bcnutoi
Wm. B. All > ), of Iowa; Senator John
I'. Jones, of Nevada; Congressman Jits.
B. MeCreary, of Kentucky; Kx Comptroller
H. W. Cannon, of New York,
and Gen. Francis A. Walker, of Massachusetts.
With the exception of Mr.
MeCreary, thoso names have all been
among those discussed for the appointment
The See Oiw<>? Up lie jjend.
cli xhi.rston, S. C.?The hotly of Nft
polcon Lndson, one of the eiyht negroes
who were drowned, w?h washed iishore
oil Sullivan's Island. The inoiith and
cars were potially Jestrojed by fishc*,
otheiwisc the hotly was in a cr?ro?J state ?>1
preservation. This is the tilth ho.ly ic
covered. Parties were out drawing the
bottom of the harbor, hut to no clfoct; all
they obtained was a pair of pants with
90 cents in the pocket.
A Committee With "Barls'* of Money.
Nrw Yohk, N. Y.?The adviaoty
committee of the Republican national
committee is said to have been practical
ly decided upon. Amoog those selected,
it is said, nie IJ F. Joins, of Pittsburg;
Hamilton Dis'.on, of Philadelphia; Nilson
W. Aldrich. "Rhode Island; Phile
tus Sawyer, o( Wisconsin, and (leo. M.
Pullman, of Illionis. All rive men sic
immensely wealthy
People's Party in Georgia.
Havannah, Ga. ?W. It. Kemp. of
Kmanual county. was nominate ! f,M v' m>
gross l?y the People's party of the liiM
eongicssional district. The ItipohlKniiare
tiying to form a coali<ini iviih the
Third party. There whs one negio delegate
in flic convention.
The ti a?ury Department tins decided
that a loieigner who makes a contract in
this country to work here and then return
'o his own country lannot come
.. , u
The summer exodus has left only oi>?
cabinet officer at Washington to repreaent
the power and dignity of this great gov
erorueut.
THE MECCA PILGRI >TE
IMPOSING ANNUAL OBBB
OP THI MOHAMMBDAN WO
HokIm of Pil(rlm?nn Their GtK
the "Holy City" ?Soenee o^jy dftV
(niton nnd l>e?th.
THE pilgrimage to Mecca 1
iicruni erory year in tto l)e\t
month which the 1%.
rnedaur call Kamadam la,Olli
rehgioua as well as a anuitarj (
view,one of the problems with wh .
civilized world will eventually KOlUCro<
deal. Every year it adda new fuel wlfanaticism
t|iat seeks by the conq> 9
*i.A :..i?: t A A_i av -A
tuv iiiuuiur *ii uiu rvinc-nn conun]S CIC.
maintain the slave trade, and
menus of infection by which is df QUOt1
nated that most deadly of epipLJ? <
scourges, the cholora. The failt*
all parts of the Miilij?iifind>a wgrjfUXJ.
tain it,and the two pTTTinipaT^uirt) .
rulers?tho Khedive of Egypt ni-*^* ? ,
Sultan of Turkey?lend it counbyf^^J
in order to lunintnin tbcir nuthorit
their subjects and their moral supilOc. lit
among the followers of the prop- ?
general. Tho Khedive sends am" Gill V
with im|k>sing ceremony, a coiihoQ>| ~ ^
carpet, and the Sultan a cpian ' 7
valuable presents, accompauiod 111 f)0 t
mngniticont cortege. 1
Access to the holy city is oasioi
In former times. Mecca is six*,
miles from Joddah on the Itcd No ,
is most easily approached by this IGI' ?
'Hie Mohauimcdnus of Morocco, Mrd's i
I unisin, I rtpoli nud the north of
go to Jeddah by steamer when th>
alford it, or find their way to tl M ,
Nea by caravan. Tlioso from tho* "
of the Sahara, from tho Soudau,
interior of Africa follow generab
caravan routes to Suakint, Massow-^
other ports on tho western shore o~^ i~\
Hod Nea, whence they cross to J*
in dhows. The Mohammedans 15
India come by the French, Engli
German steamers that connect with
the far East, bringing the gerl L'
tho cholera in tlioir filthy gnrnL JL.J J
Tlieraaro four other principal routi
sides that of Jeddah, which am en
overland. These lead from Yam
Southwestern Arabia, Iroui Ncjd i
Persian Gulf, from Persia and Iror
uorth of Syria. The Persiau route at
to tho north of Nejd. The gifts ohyoyy.j
Sultan start from Damascus and
south through Palestine into Ai
wncro mo caravan nas tue proteciH'"^"?>
several subsidized tribes. To this cai straw
are generally joiuod the Kurds, Tnecd
Albanians and Syrians. The V
caravan set9 out from the city of S
The pilgrims of means travel f f I
I > * ?" ml art wall IUSIl I
for the journey, but the,j are aV J
[ with the caravans a great number of
sons in such a stair of destitution
they are obliged 10 live entirely bv i?ir:i(i
giveu by their fellow travelers with Lj j^.. (
or less willingness while their own s ^
lust. Theso poor wretches are the
fanatic boliovcra. vou under the *
favorable circumstances their bones s I
the desert for the entire length ol
route. An unbeliever who had
audacity to unite himself to acarj|..j s
would be detected and assassinated *
before reaching Mecca, unless like
ton, he weie thoroughly acquainted tXT
the language of some Mohaiuin*"
country and with Mohammedan cusr
and religious rites. When the multitt?
brought by all these caravans have fc* 1
verged at Mccca.acity badly provisioi.
whose water, naturally bad, is
by the presence of such fllty hordes r
jectod to no sanitary regulations, wl
the heat during tho It rnndam inout I
always intolerable, the misery is it*
scribable and the mortality excos|-| ti
cvjn in seasons considero I hcaltli II
When the cholera prevails Mecca is h[ j J
ply a charue! house, sad what passe *
only known to the Christian world[jp
tho chance reports of more intellig^
pilgrims which find their way into 'COti
European papers. .LIN
When all tho ntos and ceremonies
aotod of every faithful pilgrim h piCl
been conscientiously performed at i ,
holy city those who have not s \
cumbed to boat, fatigue or disease t>- d. *
their faces homeward, carrying w
them usually the gcrinsof somoslisagn .
able or dangerous disorder, and fSl-H
variably i.i their hearts a more ferocionm
hatred of the iathlcl. la Persia th
fanaticism finds vent in revolts dircctt,^
against the Shah, who is accused ?
i>ria% roo favorable to the Christians,
Turkey in a ^cueral opposition to foreiy
influence, in Algeria in threatened iP
surrccfion against the authority of tl) ]j
French, in the Soudan in the insij- _
ten ?nco of tlie slave trade. It is on thl I
traliic that Christianity and Mohar*--"m
danism will fin illy have to join issutj.jj
It is only Mohammedanism that inaii
tains slavery. Its strongholds are Pt
Morocco and Arabic, to supply wbo^tlt
haicms Tippu Til) and other traders o
Arab descent, or natives converted b
the Mohammedan invasion, make thoi
rar/.tas and decimate the African triboa
Tlliu .....wllnii .O iol..rnu) r /.rwO.-a Vi
problems arising from the relations og Christianity
to the followers of
liamm* I much mere ?lilticultof solutionis
The .Mecca pilgrimage bids fair to pla
its part this year as usual in sprcadin,
the cholera, which has ap[>eare<) in violen
epidemic form in several localities ii""""
India **id Central Asia.?Han FrancisoChronicle.
^
I low to Store Table Stiver.
Silversmiths no w counsel their patron* I
to keep fine table silver in Canton flan-"*
nel rather than in wool. The explanation
is that the woolen flannels hithertof
commonly employed for this purposedare
treated, in the course of their production,
with sulphur, and enough of the
latter clings to the flannel to tarnish
the metal when it is kept in flannel bags.
?Boston Transcript.
"I felt so choap during the ceremony,"*
confessed the bride to her dearest friend.
"Why, my dear?" "Because pa gave rae
swav."~~Dfttrait Free Press.
R SALE. H
><ls to be closed out in
-s, anil we have marked
them. Cannot afford
season. In some lines
e-half. Summer ClothGloods,
such as Figured
d Robes, Rlack Plaid
te Plaid and Striped
, all to go at a price,
e prices on muclu but
)f what we have done.
** 1 "^plux-iuiumL . ut
yard. ^
Go. a yard.
1.00 to $5.00, tor $1.50.
lor 50c.
o 08c. for 25c.
?st and best assorted
ice men's Sunday shoo
$1.25 to $1.50, A lot
vnd Slippers must be
trouble to show goods.
Sl'ECTFULLY,
Y & BELK.
1 .
R SALE.
a great reduction, including
y, Bedford Cords, Silk FoulScersuckers
etc. T.ndies Oxllats
at your own prices,
the money to lay in our
JOCK. ~4
"o diat good goods for short
>ur patrons,
N E "It Y
and prices.
McLURE, Ag't.
>y
UYKRW ,
OF
xOODS.
ER BEFORE.
AND Ki: CONVINCEDIs
and Trimmings, also
IERY.
to in all lines.
(I) SHOES.
di as Ginghams, Prints,
cs, we are headquarters.
/ house in South Caro
show von one of the
stocks ever brought to 1;s,
and we have bought V '
aid pan.
JJNERY!
Minings arc lull in all
up to any pocket book
it received.
Sparks.
if
>1 <*u.
ry Goods
iats, and
jail on ns I
bo change
URCELL. J
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