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flB Lowell, Whitman, Parsou*, Curtis and IVhitUer have all died within a year, fever before, probably, muses the Chiago Herald, have so many great men of letters passed away in so short a time. They are hading it hard to decide on t State flower for the State of Washington. The difficulty is, explains the Hew York Sun, that any flower that will (row in one-half of the State won't grow in the other half. , Hand-woven tapestries are now reproduced in such a perfect manner, declares the St. Louis Republic, as to make a most satisfactory substitute for the real and vastly more expensive fab nc, ana constituting, in Tact, an industrial art of positive importance. ^ Many of the dairy schools ot ningiana have artificial udders made of India rubber for the boys and girls to practice on. A facetious exchange of the American Farmer remarks that the cows have cause to be thankful that the children have somethiug as tough as rubber to do their pulling on. ? i It is estimated that in the United States the anuual expenditure for public charitable institutions is fully $125,000,000, and not less than $500,000,000 is invested in buildings and equipments for carrying on the work of these institutions. In this estimate no account is taken of penitentiaries and jails. ' A bulletin issued by tno uensus uureau at Washington, D. O., states that there are 3,240,354 communicants in the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United 8tatcs, represented in 102 conferences. It has 22,844 church edifices, with a seating capacity of 6,302,708 valued in tho agregate at $96,723,403, Tho amount appropriated last year for public schools by the Russian Government was $2,892,000. "How pitfully small this is for a great country like Russia," observes the New York Tritbune, "is vividly brought out by the fact that for the year 1880 the amount expended for the public schools in tho State of New York was $18,214,687.58." There is a good deal of profit in the prophet business iu Java. A prophet of that island has been paid $100 a year for the last tifteeu years "for not predicting a tidal wave which will sweep clear over the iiland." But, ofter all, he cannot be very enterprising, conclude? 4he New York Tribune. With the amount of crodulity ready at hand to work upon, he could get $1000 a year as easily as not. An American biologist, who retorne i recently from a year's study in the German laboratories, declares that the Wood's Hall (Mass.) Laboratory is no.v rl a! n ir nsarnjnnrnli iitapIt fhnn u n it nfVwiv ' " " ""J institution of its kind in the world, the Naples Station alone excepted. There is certainly no doubt that the most eminent of foreign biologists are taking a profound interest in it, as their letters to Dr. Whitman, the specialist in charge, (testify. _____________ A tunnel, the longest in the world, has been projected and begun, practically, under Simpiou, to supersede the famous road over the mountain constructed by Napoleon. The "Route of the Simpion" is thirty-eight miles in length; the tunnel will be a trifle less than twelve miles and a half. The wagon road is 6592 feet above sea level, is twenty-five to thirty feet wide, crosses 611 bridges, and passes through several tunnels. It takes eight or nine hours to cross the mountain by the wagon road; the tunnel can be traversed in three quarters of an hour. The power to run the drills, light the workings and venti iate ttie tunnel is to be derived from the River Marsa. The cost is estimated at about $1,249,000 a mile. / Adulteration is bad and sanitation is good, admits the New York Sun, but some of tho results shown by vigilant inspectors and clever chemists in their efforts to show tho frightful dangers that surround us aud ruu down offenders against sanitary laws are very funny. A wholesale and highly ro.spectei grocer was tried in a London court a few days ago for seliing tartaric acid adulterated with lead. The acid was used in making lemonade, and tho lea I in it got there from the vessels in which it was manufactured. Tho prosecution showed thdS tlin fiirf.irir nniil r.niil.tiirmd .0002fi per < -lit. cf leatl. The defeuco showed that in order to get a twoaticth part of a grain of the poison into one'" system it would be uecessury to drink lomonade cyorv lav for six months at the rate of 220 bottles per day. The experts adde I gravely that before a twentioth par! of a grain could be taken in tha1 manner the experimenter would dio ol dyspepsia. The charge was dismissed, but to satisfy the sanitary officials the Judge agree ! to "slate the cue," presuwbljr a* a warning to other evildoers. THE SOUTH IN GENERAL. The Latest News From Ail Over This Land. "Dull Times" 'Tis True, But Those Items Show Industry and Progress. .Capt. Lewis Jones,of the gallant Sixth South Carolina cavahy, died at his home at Edgefield, S C , Tuesday a - d was busied Wedocsdny with Masonic honors Capt Jones was 77, be ng Edgefield's oldest inhabitant. The farmers around Buena Vista, Va , desire to have a broom facto y in that town so that they can find a ready market for their broom corn. The common council of Norfolk, Vn , has authorized au appropriation of $140, 000 for the purchase of 10J acres of land which arc to be made into a city park. The Alabama State fair will be opcucd on November 9, nnd a h\r_e attendance is expected. A fine s t of exhibits has been prepared, and various amusements, horse racing, etc., will take place. Advic^s^ Washington state that it is pr?w * .at the total amount of f /**l/ounty to b# paid this comi 'g 6eason will be no illy ^0,000,000. This wouia inuicaie a yieia neariy one-quirtcr gi calvr than last season. It is estimated that the fruit, watermelon and vegetable crop of Houston county, Ga , brought nb lit $317,000 during the part season ; 100 carloads of peaches and 634 carloads of watermelons were shipped away. Local papers 6tatc that some valuable pearls have been found in the t?outh Licking river, near Lair, in Kentucky. One said to have been found near Livingood, in Pendleton county, is reported as weighing twenty-three gra:ns. The Palatko Kaolin Co. shipped through Gainesville ou the 23 d inst., over the 8., F. & VV. Railroad, thirty tons of kaolia to Golding, 8ons & Co , of Trenton. N. J. This is said to be the finest kaoliu in Florida and more ship uicnts will follow. The deposit is lo cated near Okahumpka, in Lake county. J. W. Moore, of Wilmington, N. C , has invented n machine for taking the long fibre from the inside of bark and weaving with it a coarse and strong cloth suitable for bagging and similar uses. Mr. Moire is now at Port Town send, Wash , where the m chine will be used ou cedar and redwood bark. A special meeting of the East Ten ncsse Land Co. was recently held in Har riman, Tcnn . at which 28,000 shires of stock were represented. It is intend cd to recapitalize the company and fiec it from all debt. ; 1. riAicuaivi; nil jjru vcuiuil l? lire UCll'g made on tho Baltimore (Md.) 6Ugar refinery, and it. is thought the plant will be in operation next year. The newwork will cost from $250,000 to $300,000. Contract for the Jetty works on the Cumberland bar at Brunswick, Gn., has been let to E. II. Gnyuor. The sum of $112,000 has been appropriated for this work. San Angelo, Texas, is one of the largest wool shipr>g towns in that State. During the last season over 6,000.000 pounds of wool were shipped, and this will be largely exceeded this year. The Salem (Va ) Steam Tannery is now working up its stock of hides for sole leather, and will shortly change to belting leather, of which it will make a specialty. The building; are being cn larked and other changes made toward this end. The present main building is 208 feet long by 48 feet wide, with twn wings 49x80 feet. An addition, two stories, 112x48 feet, is being added to the left wing. In addition to this a new buildiug 50x36 feet is being constructed. The two bark sheds will each be made 04 feet longer. Seventy two vats, 7x5 feet, will be putin. At pnseut about forty handsale employed, but * ben in full operation many more will be te quired. At a meeting of the Staunton (Va.) Development Co. held Sep'ember 28 the president read a report showing the condition of the company's finances. Out oi its capital stocK ot $1,200,( 00 only 1354,000 hus been sold. The liabilities are $296,519.80; assets $147,309.89; nel liabilities $149,149 91. In the statement of the resources and liabilities the resources are placed at $710,599.83, with a surplus of $138,901.12. The sale of lots in June, 1891, netted $48,790 96. ft is intended to sell some lands and reduce the liabilities. A number of vessels drawing from twelve tc sixteen feet have recsntly eutered the Brazos river and taken cargo at Velasco, Texas. It is said that the cost of loading there is lesr than nt some other Gulf ports. Arrangements are being made to run an electric car line in the new town of Nantahala, Ga. Charles Boech, ihe engineer in charge, is making surveys from the top of the Nantahala mountains, where it is proposed to run the cars. The town is now laid off and picpnrntions are being made to erect lumber, tale and marble mills. The railroad commission of North Carolina has readered the Governor a report showing that the value of steamboats plying on the waters of tint State is $200,0 >0 The steamboat lines have never paid taxes to the State, and it is now proposed to make the n do so. On Oct 20 the corner stone of the Virginia Co'legiate and Industrial Institute was laid at Lynchburg. Vn This ;s a Method st college for training colored ynuGis, and a large attendance to 'he ceremony is expect* d A convenient arrangi niont has hern elTccted between ChatleRton, S. (' , ami Heaufort, Port Royal and Coosaw by whirli British shipmaster* at tl:e three ports Inst named e?n eommnnicate by wire with the British eonsnl in Charleston. This will save the time otherwise taken in going to the latter port to consult with the consul, and, owing to a speci d arrangement with the telegraph comp nj, will be inueh less expensive. A wire is dim direct to the consul's ? dice, where a | ro consul, who is a j raetieal telegrapher, receives and answers the message ' WW? It is stated in a special dispatch t Itichru nd, Vu., from Tas'.cy, Accoma county, that Capt John Marsh, wit two men, sailed in his schooner for Bal timorc to secure a ccw of dredgen When in Chesapeake Bay the schoone w as capsized iu a gale and the thrc were lost. The coastwise shipments of lumb< from the port of Jacksonville, Fla., f< the mouth of September were 4,410,19 superficial feet of lumber and 22,47 bundles of shingles. The foreign expor for the month were 311,833 ftet of lun ber, valued at f3,370.30. The lumber trade of Alexandria, Va since January 1st is unprecedented, an has reached proportions and figures alma fabulous for a city of its size and ooon mc:ce. One firm has sold since the vei set in 1.3 -7,000 cypress and 300,000 whil pine shingles, and others hire sliij pc from forty to fiity vessel loads ef I urn be to points on the Chesapeake tributariei There is not n day tha'. a steamer or vessel is not discharging or receiving ii cargo at the A!exandri i wharfs.?8outf em Lumberman. MEANT TO HAVE THE GIRL. Frank Johnson Responsible for th Death of His Sweetheart's Father and Brother.Br'Stol, Tenn.? Knox county, Kv near Leacher and Floyd, is be ng s:oure by officers of the law who a-e on ih hunt for Frank Johnson and party, wh killid two men on Monday night, love affair was the cause of the crime. Johnson, a reckless young man, fell i love with the daughter of James Wn wick,a well kuowu citizen of this county The latter objected to the joun man's attentions and so informed hiii but Johnson did not s'op his vi?iti Finally the young people became en gaged. On Monday night Johnson wont to th home of liis finance and knocked for ad inittance. He was met by the irate fath er, who shut the door in his face. John son became enraged and went to th homes of some of his companions, wlicr lie rcl-itr-il f hit rii'onmctunooo In time he returned, accompanied by h.l a dozen of them, all well armtd. The approached the house and ordered th father out. He anticipated events an< summoned his son and a laborer to hi aid. A pitched battle ensued, dozer of shots being fired by both sides. Whc the smoke chared away three men, JWa wick and his son Tim and one Jcosie < Johnson's gang, were found to be dead Johnson fled with his comrades nn they have not yet been heard from. It thought they worked their way to We Virginia. THE CONTRACT LIMIT. An Important Question As to Cotto Options. Galveston, Texas.?The Galveato Cotton Exchange adopted rcsolutioi condemning the custom of the New Yor and New Orleans cotton exchanges i pcrmittii g inferior grades of cotton to I tendered in fulfilment of future contract thereby depressing the market. Th Galveston Exchange asks other exchang< to join in the movement and induce tl New York and New Orleans exchang< to adopt low middling grade as the 1 ?v est that c>n be offered in fulfilment < future contracts, urging that as the onl objection to the present system of optio trading. new orleans says no. New Orleans, La.?The board < director of the New Orleans Cotton E: change decided at a meeting held that was injudicious at this time to make change in the form of contracts undi which cottons for future delivery a ' sold in this mniket. Notice to the nboa eflect was promulgated by Presidei Flower. Legate From the Pope. Baltimore, Md ? Monsignor Satolli the Pope's legate to the World's Fa' d die tion, accompanied by Rev. Dt O'Conoell, rector of the American Churc at Koine, and the committee that went < New York to escort them here, arrive at Cardiual Gibbo .s' residence where recep ion was held. Monsignor delit ered some verbal messages of esteei | sent l>v the Pope an1 other high dign " taries of the Church to His Eminence a particularly pleasing nature. Monsij nor Satolli also stated that he had in h 1 baggage some important messages fro Cardinal Gibbons, presumably from tt Pope. A bunpiet was given by His Eminem to Monsignor Satolli at night, at whic time the Untied Press dispatch fro Koine to the effect that the Vatican In dcci led to elevate Archbishop Vaughn and Monsignor Stoner to the cardinals caused considernVe comment. Jt led I a statement by a clergyman high i Church circles that th > report was n doubt true and would receive offici confirmation in a few days. Interesting Railroad Notes. Cecil Gnbbett, general manager i the Columbus Southern, has been elccte president of the Atlanta A Florida Kai road. He will, it is understood, ei denvor to re rganize and make flnanci in mi c.Mt-iuniig ine roar There is talk of having the Atlanta . Florida, Columbus Southern and Georgi Midland & Gulf combine into a sys'em. ' At the annual stockholders'meeting < the Atlantic A North Carolina Rnilrou Co. W. S. Chad wick, of Beaufort, N. C was re-elected president, and F. C. Hoi erts, of New Berne, secretary. The n port of finance committee shows groi earnings for year t tiding June 30 of f!59 375.57. The operating expenses wer f100,189.84, The dispute regarding the taxation i North Carolina of the Seaboard A Hoar oke and Raleigh it Gaston railways hr been compromised by the roads agreein to pay taxes for three years back, and t surrender the right of exemption froi taxation granted bv their abaters. A Grasshopper Raid. St. Johri'II, Mo. ? Milliousof grasshoy pers have made their appcaranoe in thl and adjoining counties, end the whei crep threatens tc be a totahfailure in coc sequence. 7 0 NEW. YORK'S JUBILEE. h The Metropolis Honors the Memory of Columbus. r A Grand Quia Tim* Wound Up By L a Columbus Banquet. sr 1 a 1^^^ ? columbus mo!* cmknt. U i. Nh.w York, N. Y.?In c9o*??'?"wrm* r tlon of tlie discovery of America on October 12, 1492, by Christopher Colurae bus, the 400th anniversary wns ce'cl br ted here with nil tho pomp nnd disl play the Metropolitan eity is nble to i- command. And that means much, ? when it is known that the dccorac tionsof the buildings hIoiicrepresented an rt outlay of over two millious of dollars. If The city was transformed with gay y colors everywhere from Harlem to the c the Battiry, even the various foreign eld ements, who talk not yet in English, s covering the r tencmeut houses in buiit is ing, U. S. flags intermingling with flags in of their own countries r- Tnc celcbnv iou commcuccd Wednes)f day morning, continuing two days, and the pnrades, pageants, floats aud naval d shair battle were all indescribably grand, is A banquet Thursd iy night closed the Bt jubilee. The auditorium of the Lennox where the feast was held, is an ideal banquet hull. The guests of honor dined on the stage, which was so draped as to resemble an n alcove of the main banqueting linll, &ud - ~ .in thtt cajuiwppiim ntLjv portrait of Columbus, encIrc!Cm$CllK3bagr-~w# lD Spain and the United States, is ^ ^ WASHINGTON ARCH. f* May r Grant presided, supported on the light by Vice President Morton, a Secretary Foster, ex-President Grovcr er Cleveland, Mr Arnold, president of the re Board of Aldcrmeu, Baron Fuva, the e Italian minster, nod Mr. G. F. Wahle, Jr.; on the left by Governor Flower, ex President Hayes, General Horace Porter and Bishop Potter. The boxes were assigned,amongst othi. crs, to the Spanish minister and suite, ir Sec etary Foster ot the Treasury, Secretary Itusk, the French Charge D'Affaires, h Mr. Fairchild, Commodore Eiben, the :o Spanish admiral, lion. Benjamin Wood, d the Italian admiral and Mr. and Mrs. a Cleveland. r. Thn Q(IH nrnnctc iiwlnrlorl tViO OAtuvaoro m of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsyli vaniu and South Carolina, General Behoof field and many others of prominence. 15- But there was only oae empty chair at la the table of honor. Chauncy Depew, in who was to have acted as toastmaster, le wasnbsnt. Mayor Grant supplied his place. The mayor proposed the first ;e toust, "The President of the UniUu h States," to which Vice-President Morm ton responded. bs Secretary Foster spoke for the "United tn States," and Governor Flower for the te "State of New York." to m in ,0 Bich Find in C ^gi?. al Savannah, Ga.?Thi^gw.liles from Wright?villc, Liberty comity, Sumter James (colored) while digging on his fnrtn found an ancient urn pot. in which were more than three thousand French r>f and Spanish silver coins, l:jO or more td years old. Their value is placed at $4 I 00). The coins are believed to be part a- of the plunder buried by Black Beard, al the pirate, shortly before his capture in 1. that section of the State The negroes fc have nearly gone crazy over the discovery, in and parties ate diirging everywhere. >f South Carolina Timbor. d Several days since several gentlemen, one of whom was J F. Anderson, of > the Charlotte, N. C\, Oil & Fertilizer is- Works, were at Calhoun Falls in Bou'h Carolina. They were struck with th* 1- Vdliotv of wood to be found there With. e in 100 feet of the spring they counted the following different kinds of wood: n Cedar, Sour wood, Sweetgum, Pass*i fra<. Ash, Pluin, Persimmon, Mulberry, is Whiteonk, Alder Hickory, Block Wulg nut, Maple Poplar Sugarberry, Pine, o 'Hrch, Hcdoke, Buckeye, Dogwood, n Peach, Cherry, Elm, Blackgum, Coinquepio. The Oin's Work in South Carolina. >. Columbia, S. C. ? Capt. G..M. Hodges, ig n proinmcot citizen of Abbcvill**, was j jerked into the saws of his gin and had I both arms and hig face mutilated. His injuries are probably fatal. I J Candidates, Conventions, Nomina hfl tions, Elections. ,u All the News of Political Movements 50 of the For Parties. Of the eleven congressional districts ,j of Kentucky there arc Third party caudi u, dates in the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and ninth, aud Prohibition candi dates iu the first and fifth. The election of 8ilas Adams, Republican, of tin |? elcveuth. is conceded. Several candidates are alrerdy in the field for the United States srnntor*bi|? from. Georgia uow held by Mr. Colquitt. * whoso days of usefulness ate ended. f? Among the names prominently mentioned ?p in this connection is that of Hoke Smith, oe Esq. of Atlanta. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS IN NEW YORK itl New York.?Judge Andrews, ol ,(h Svincuse, the liepublicnu nominee fui ,n Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals to ha . bccu endorsed by the Democrat it Stale commit'ce. The committee pio (ceded to nominate 11 ichurd Croker, (>: WJ New York, e'cctor-at-large In place e 31) Krastus Coming, ot Albany, resigned ,g and ale* electors in tho followiug dis triets: Third, SatnucI Stewart White _ hu st, of Brooklyn; eight, Peter P. Mev ^ er, ol New York; fifteenth, Jos. Keegan, of Uockland; twenty-sixth, P. J. Mc V" Tiglic. Binghamton; twenty eighth. Johu Lnrg, of Wutkins; tweuty-uinth James B. Day; thirty second, Edward U S. Miller, of ButTalo. ih THE Itcono VOTERS IN GEORGIA. tr Washington, D. C.?Bishop II. M. 10 Turner, of Atlanta, was asked hore what incontivc the colored r">"r' BUl' tiie licmocraltc party in the late electiou of that State. He replied that m ' there was no special incentive as far as it the Democratic party was concerned. A ce large number of the colored people did eu vote for the re election of Gorcruot Br K.',,. fh. ..r, !.. frequently mentioned west of the Missis sippi. The caterpillar has wrought some injury in the southern belt. Insect rnv ages will have less influences in red neb g the crop thsn unfavorable weather conditions. Murderers Lynched. Camden, Ala.?Four negro boys, William Jackson, John Thomas, Abe Davis and Dave Masod were arrested ami confessed to the murder of R. H. Johnson and daughter, in Monroe county, f ?r _ the purpose of robbery and assault. A posse of citizens and officers took th:m back to the scene ol their crime, and on arriving there they were met by 500 men, white and black. The murderers were taken from the officers and hanged to the nearest tree, and their bodies were then burned. Killed by a Rattlesnake. Chattanooga, Tenn. ?Near Knueklcsville, Flu., two ch Idrcn of F. II. Ashmore, were kil'cd by a rattlesnake. While at play in the woods they over turned an old log, under which was the snake, which bit the five year-old girl. Her brother, two years older, came to her help, but received two bites. The chil dren were taken home and domestic re i medics applied, hut the little oues died < in horrible agony. -..W ..uv. ....... CJi Democratic ticket, and indeed, manv voted for him alone Governor Northen was the first Southern Governor, said the a Bishop, who had opcuIv spoken out !a against lynching negioes, and had dared It to oiler a reward for that class of inhu- th man brutes who wero making our conn gi try ? hiss and a byword throughout the fc globe, and inasmuch as tho position p] taken by th 5 Governor had been beneficial of good rcsul s, many colored pco plo felt tlint their votes were due him Cl under the circumstauccs. This great nation is too weak, worthless or rucau to put down these midnight mohs who J; break jails and murder innocent men by " hundreds, and if God has put it in tire w heart of one Christian Democratic Gov- 0 ernor to try to stem the torrcut of blood aud slaughter, he shall have my vote." p Bishop Turner says he still favors Af g ricnu emigration for such of his people ? as have souls aud backbones. lie sets ? no manhood future here for the negro, The colored people will never be re- j, spccted until they found a nation and intelligently run the same. ! GOVERNMENT COTTON REPORT. 1: The Deterioration Least in Texas and ' Heaviest in North Carolina. Washington. D. C.?The statistcinn j, of the Department of Agriculture reports a reduction of 3J points in the g? neral p percentage of the condition of cotton, from 76.8 in September to 711 !$ in th-to- " ber. The deterioration is heaviest in * North Carolina, nod least in Texas of my I of the States of considerable production Georgia has maintained its condition 1 better thau any other Atlantic State, t The percentages arc: Virginia 71, North a Carolina 69, Soutli Carolina 7.1, Georgia 75, Florida 08, Alabama 69, Mississippi t 72, Louisiaoa 71, Texas 77, Arkansas 71, . Tennessee 75. .. . .. . , _ - .... I r i i\um id inn esr.j pari 01 DC|Mtami?cr and cool nights later have caused tlie ' rotting of immature bolls in North Carolina an I South Carolina. The crop is ' matuiing somewhat better in G- ? rgin, ( though exce-s of mois ure in the South ' em counties has been iaju ions. Tlio g low conditon of Florid i cotton in September has been further depressed by heavy and incessant rainfall, which lias delayed p'eking. The low Status of the * Alabama, breadth is the icsnlt of wet ( weather insufficient cul ivation, dispo- ' poitiouutc growth of stalk and fruit, and fotting of young b .lis. Somewhat more favorable influences in Mississippi give \ rise to more cheerful reports. Louisiana cotton is very latj hiid unpromising from excessive moisture thiougli the season to September 15'h, and cool nights since, ' which dis ourages expectations of late Silanteis There is hss romplaint and iscouia'cineat in Texas than in any other State. Areas plan'ed late in Ai ' kansas are very unpromising, though ; recent favorable wca her is rapidly opening the early bolls. Favorable weather has recently succeeded the heavy rains in Tennessee, and bolls are beginning to open A late and favorable 1 autumn can alone dispel the prevailing Th.. I.,.11 Jo ....... ' mmmmmm seiEtmnc aku iwcsS^Ff! Iff* is ft flvo times u bright now as Buj i will be whoa ou the far side of the j n* . . alu Tlio average duration of lifo in the fm Id climate of Norway is said to be Th eater than in any other laud. ck The number of stars visible to average pr< esight on an ordinary night does not ab< uch exceed 4000 for both hemi- on bores. bci After considerable study a Connecticut be ientist calculates that there are 43, ''b >0.000 mosquito larvas to an acre of r!0 ramp land. lK; Ad astronomer has figured it out that tr! would take a cannon-ball 8,000,000 w ?ra, moving at its ordinary rate of rai eed, to roach Alpha Centauri, the P? inrest fixed star. P11 Dr. Koch has espresso! himself tfn rongly against excossive watering of j e streets during a cholera epidemic, tj tho ground that the baclli thrive uu- ' r the influence of moisture. cnj Corrosive sublimate, in tho strength vc, sixty-four grains to the gallon of th, iter, is found by the Uealth Depart* fot ent of Now York City to be the most Icctlveof the germ-destroying agents. wo Tho new sub-treasury building at 8au po ancisco, Cat., has au electric burglar- Sti urin installed between the rows of arc icks so that any interfereuco with tnr ther tho bricks or cemont will cnuso an rcc arm to sound. sic A fender for electric cars is made of mi eet iron attached directly to the coi ucks, the lower plates coming within iu i inch of the rails, springs of great pr< i>" Tho difficulty of making an indelible arking on ivory push buttons has beou, mt is said, overcome by a London con- *1UI rn. The process employed is called "r iM-ittf inr* ami f la o maplrim/fl [UUUbUIV p(IUMU^| QUU WIIW in ?i e claimed to bo iudelible iu any vcl im&tc. '01 The Swedish Goveromeat has adopted <)r new smokeless powder, which is id to havo the following advantages: is easy of inanufacturo, produces no j unos and does not heat the rifle. It 1 ves the ball an initial velocity of 2100 et, with a pressure of 2200 atuioshere*. Jacques Inandi, the French lightning ,]), llculator, says that it is sound which as| uides his mind in its prooess, and not ?? io memory of or imagination how ti< gurcs look. Ho was born with a gift rtU ir figures; long before he could read or rrile ho solved the inoit intricate iitlimetical problems. The bones of the head of some large ^ rohistoffc animal wore taken out ol the round at Ituby Creek, Washington, tho j,' ther week, at a depth of 250 feet. Tli? w reat mastodon, judging from tho depth (j, t whicn the bones were found, must jn avc lived in an early period and is af n, resent extinct. The slinpo of the head nc j-cuiblca that'of a cow, ouly it is much SI irger. wl The three singlo eyes of bcos have 111 een a puzzle as to their use. Mr. Grim- 1,1 Imw, of England, starts the theory that *' liey are not eyes at all, but bull's-eye interns that emit a very feeble light to piidcthe bees iu their work at night, luck production of light is quite com uon among iusccts, and the source of tin J'J heory gives it sowo title of respect, foi x'j dr. Grimshaw is au able observer. |H Mr. Romanes is experimenting ii U needing rats and rabbits, with reference i>< o heredity. Those now bred are tho rc- ?| mlts of experiments intended to dis- ??' prove wiiat Mr. Romanes believes to bi xy icrtuin errors made by some writers oc " leredity. In the particular r*?e? crperi fleulcd on by him the progeny liave :ertainly taken cither wholly after tht .. ather or wholly after the mother. Mr Romanes does show certain cases ol J' joramingling, or rather reversion, which '* ire highly suggestive. _ ?( Itnkera and Struck are Alike Indicted. ' J Pittsbuko. Pa.?The grand jury came fl nto r. >urt and returned true hills against he Homestead advisoryVoiniuitteecharg ;d with treason. 1 he informations were nadc before Chief Justice Pnxson on h Friduy, September 30, hy County Detec- C :ive Bcltzhoover, against David II. Shan- ii ion, John McLuokie, David Lynch. I rhomas Crawford, Hugh O'Dontiell, H Harry Bayne, Elmer E. Ball, Isaac Flyers. C Henry Baynard, T. VV. Brown, George e Champcoo, Isaac Critchlow, Miller e I'olgao, John Coyle, Jack ClilTord, Dennis M. Cusli, Wm MeDoncgly, Michael 'uiniuings, William Combs,, John Diek n, Patrick Fagan, W II. Gaelics, w Matthew Harris, Keid Kennedy, John B, Mil er, ('. S Scarighf, John .Murray, M. j] II Thompson, Martin Murray, Hugh fi ioss, William T. Roberts, George By jt ands and George W. Sarver, charging them with treason. {, Warrants weie issued I he same day p md so far i bout fifteen of the 33 mem>ers of the committee have been found l ine bills were also returned against H I'. Fiiek John G. A. Leishman. Law- p renee Phipps F. T. Loyejoy, tjuperin- ? endent Potter, Otis f'hilds, He ry Cur fl( iy. Ncvin MeConnell, Cap niu Coop r, ^ Fred Primer, and nil others of the Car- p i ogie omeials and J'jnker ou detectives. ri rrharg (1 with inuitl r and conspiracy. 3ix Hundred OirU Invade Richmond I Richmond, Va. ?Six hundred gi'b 1 roin the Kinney Works, of New York, n vhich burned rcceutly, have arrived ii i itichiuond, and will work here until thi 0 aetory is rebuilt. Some of them art h :hcroot markers, and some are cigaretl c Tinkers. The latter will work at the 11 Vllcn <fc Ointcr establishment, the former it the Whitlock Works, f'olh the facories r ferred to are owned ni d operated by the American Tobacco Company, tl >f which Mr. John Pope, of this city, ? s vice president. This will not inter f ere with the local employees, the new ii oiners working at night, the regular force in the day as usuil. Southern Eloquence at Chicago. i ('iiicaoo, Iix.?Senator John W. Dan- < iel, of Virginia, delivers the Columbian x oration, October 21 at the dedication fll 1 the exposition building. 1 A noted tuthodty3w?det">i umarisee the om of frulte Iti mn?^9)Hp^ : diseased condition of tho body. It >uld not bo undoratood that odlbto its exert direct medicinal oflccts. oy tiiuply cncourago the natural proisos by which the several remedial jcojsos which they aid are brought out. Uudcrtho category of laxatives, ruges, tigs, tamarinds, prunos, inulrries, dates, nectarines aud plums may included; pomegranates, oranberries, ickbcrrtos, sumach berries, dowbers, raspberries, barberries, quincos, sis, wild cherries and medlars are asngent; grapes, peaches, strawberries, lortlobortics, prickly pears, black curnts and melon seeds are diuretics; osebcrries, rod aud white currants, uupkins aud melons ore rofrigcrauta; a lemons, iunos unci apples nro rofrig* mis and stomachic sedatives. Taken tho early morning, an orange nets very cidcdly as a laxative, sometimes minding to n purgative, and may genilly bo relied on. Pomcgrauates nro y nstringont, and relievo relaxed oat. The bark of the root, in tho ui of n decoction, is a good antholutic, especially obnoxious t.? tape irm. Pigs, split open, form excellent ulticcs for boils nud small abscesses, rawberries and lomons, locally applied ) of seine sei vico in tho temoval of tar froui the teeth. Applos are corstives useful in nausea, and ovcu seakness. They immediately roliove tho usen due to sinokiug. Bitter almonds , . k "t utaiu hydrocyanic acid, and aro usofuT simple OOttgP' -f$r notuT u.^^^e'persimmon, 01 diospyrosis, palatablo when rlpo; but the green lit is highly astringent, containing ich tannin. Tho oil of tho cocoauut ( i been recommended as a substitute r cod liver oil, nnd is much used iu rtnany for phthisis. Burberries nro -y agreeable to fever pnticnts in tho iu of u drink. Dutch luodlurs am ringent nnd not very palatable, apes and raisins mo nutritive uud do* ilccut, and very grAteful ia tho sick umber. A so-called "grope euro" has ju much lauded for the treataieut of jgestions of tho liver and stomach, largcd splocu, scrofula, tuberculosis, :. Nothing is allowed but water nud i'ad aud several pounds of grapes per sm. t^uiuco seeds are doinulccut uud tringont; boiled in water thoy makp excellent soothing and sedative loin in inflammatory diseases of tho eyes d eyelids.?Boston Transcript. Raco Trouble iu Texas. I'aiiis, Tkx. ? The race troubles which ive been going on in this country an: Heading, and it seems there will yet lie ore loss of life, i'eop'e are greatly [ought np in the southwestern put of e county, and the feeling has crossed to Bed Itiver and lie ta counties, otiecs have been posted warning the groes to leave He I It ver county, lerill Hanks has arresle I live pi rsons, 110 arc charge I with being implicated the recent outrages at Detroit. Tlio utter has become serious uud is a'tribu d to poiitieal ugrit utors. Senator Hill as a Lawyer; Ai.iunv, N. Y. ? Senator David B. 111 made his tiist public uppearanco as a acticing lawyer in the Court of Ap als. 'I he case was that of James A. at Dougall ami S M. mown us admin Uu'ors against the president aiul Life isurancc Society of New York, ap[Jlants. collator Ilill appeared for tlio tpcllanls us represacnting Stanley, (iatrk id Smith, of New York, llisjarguincut as forcible and was listened to attcn veJy L?y the judge. A British Steamer Ashore. Kky West, Fi.a ?The British steamship Icctricinn, from New Orleans for Liverool, loaded with cotton and grain, is ?hor? on the South Key at Dry Tortuns The master is jettisoning the cargo onsidetable of which is being saved by ;ro lighthouse kcopeis and the pcoplo ntinned at Tortugas. The wrecking eet leftjhcre forih"scene in thenfter..oon. A Student from Over the Wuvei. A young Jap, from Yokohoma, Japan as just entered Oak ltidgo Ins itutc, iuilford county, for the purpose of takug full literary and business courses. Ic left Yokohomu on the 6th day of eptcinber and arrived at Oak luugo ictober 1st. Tois is perhapr the great st distance ever traveled by any one to liter a North Carolina institution. North Carolina Tobacco Grope. Winston, N. C.?Statist'cs show there rere 67,000,000 pounds of leaf tobucco old on North Carolina markes during be year ended September Id. These imrrn dct not include North Carolina :af sold on Virginia markets. Winston's ?les aggregated ',10,884,345 pounds, an icreasc of 707,972 pounds over the revious year. Substantial Sympathy. Chicago, Ir.l. ? At a trades union to ting in the intere t of the locked out ten at Homestead, resolutions wero riopicd denouncing Frick and '.Carnegie i traitors, and acommittce of twenty-ono rominent labor men was appointed to rise funds for the support of the strikers. A Case for Judge Lynch. <ittlb Hock, Ahk.?This city was brown into excitement by an assault nado by Mari >n W 1 i! S(?!uO| colored, upon liss liosa Henderson - The man in his Ho t to overpower the woman threw leron a red-hot stove, burning her sevroly. Williams was arrested and is ow in jail. ^ Detroit, Mich .?After a warm debate he bojrd of education has passed a re olution which practically excludes all loman Catholics from acting as teachers n the public schools of that ci ty. rhe Italian Deputi-s to be Dissolved. A cablegram Jrom Home says a decree s about to be issued dissolving the prcs:nt House of Deputies. The elections %ill take place on Nov. 6 nud the second rallot on Nov. 13. The new House will neet on Nov. 23.