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+?-*?*~~~-**rn*^*~mmimimmmmmm***ii*imiil i t> ? . .<fc ? Lowell, Wbitmao, Pursous, Curtis and IPhittier have all died within a year. Sever before, probably, muses the Chitago Herald, have so many great men of letters passed away la so short a time. They are Hading it hard to decldo 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. t Hand-woveq tapestries are now m produced in such a perfect manner, de? dares the 8t. Louis Republic, as to make a most satisfactory substitute for the real and vastly more expensive fabric, and constituting, in fact, an industrial art of positive importance. i_. Many of the dairy schools ot jungiana 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 something 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 then #500,000,090 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 tne census uureau at Washinaton. D. O.. states that there are 3,240,354 communicants in the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States, represented in 102 confer' ences. It has 22,844 church edifices, with a seating capacity of 6,302,708 valued in the agregate at $96,723,403. The 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 Triibune, "is vividly brought out by the fact that for the year 1890 the amount expended for the public schools in the State of New York was $18,214,687.58." There is a gjod deal of profit in the prophet business in Java. A prophet of that island has boon paid $400 a year for the last fifteen years "for not predicting a tidal wave which will sweep dear over the island." But, after all, he oannot pair 01 a gram coma oe linen id mat manner the experimonter would die ol dyspepsia. The charge was dismissed, but to satisfy tho sanitary officials the Judge agreed to "slate the case," pre-, suiably u s warning to other evildoers. bo very, enterprising, concludes *he Now (York Tribune. With the amount of credulity ready at hand to work upon, he co ild get $1003 a year a? easily as not. An American biologist, who returned recently from a year's study in the German laboratories, declares that the Wood's Hall (Mass.) Laboratory is no.v doing more research work than any other institution of its kind in the world, the Naples Station alone excepted. There is certainly no doubt that the most emi ent of foreign biologists are taking a profound interest in it, as their letters to Dr. Whitman, the specialist in charge, (testify. / A tunnel, the lougest in the world, has been projected and begua, practically, under Simpion, to supersede the famous road over the mountain constructed by Napoleon. The ''Route of the Simpion" is thirty-tight miles in length; the tunuel will be a trifle less than twelve miles and a half. The wagon road is 6592 feet above soa 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 01 an nour. M'ne power to run the drills, light the workings and ventilate the tunnel is to be derived from the River Marsa. The cost is estimated at about $1,240,000 a mile. / Adulteration is bad and sanitatioi is good, admits the New York Sun, but some of the results shown by vigilant Inspectors and clever chemists in their efforts to show the frightful dangers that surround us and run down offenders against sanitary laws are very fanny. A wholesale and highly respected grocer was tried in a London court a few days ago for selling tartaric aoid adulterated with lead. Tho acid was used ia making lemonado, and the lea-l in it got thero from tho vessels in whloh it was manufactured. The prosecution allowed that tho tartaric aoid oontained .00026 per c.*?t. cf lead. The defence showed that iu order to get a twentieth part of a gr*^ of the poison into one's system it would be necessary to dr>nl( lemonade every day (or six months at the rate of 290 bottles per day. The exports added gravely that before a twonttoth THE SOUTH IN GENERAL. The Latest News From All Over This 1 Land. ] "Dull Times" 'Tit True, But Those Items Show Industry and Progress. .Capt, Lewis Jones,of the gallant Sixth South Carolina cavalry, died at his home at Edgefield, 8 C , Tuesday aid was , buried Wednesday with Masonic honors Capt Jones was 77, be:ng Edge- j field's oldest inhabitant. The farmers around Buena Vista, Va , desire to have a broom facto y iu that town bo that they can find a ready murkot for their broom corn. The common council of Norfolk, Va , has authorized an appropriation of $140, 1 000 for the purchase of 10J acres of land which are to be made into a city park. The Alabama State fair will be opcucd on November 0, and a Iar_e attendance is expected. A fine s t of exhibits has , been prepnred, and various amusements, horse racing, etc., will take place. Advices from Washington state that it is probable that the total amount of 6ugar bounty to b# paid this coming J season will be nonly $9,000,000. This would indicate a yield nearly one-quirter greater than last season. It is estimated that the fruit, watermelon and vegetable crop of Houston county, Ga , brought ab ut $317,000 during the patt sensou; 190 carloads of peaches and 634 carloads of watermelons were shipped away. Local papers state that some valuable Eearls have been found in the South icking river, near Lair, in Kentucky. One said to haw beeu found near Livingood, in Pendleton county, is reported as weighing twenty-threC gra'ns. The Palatko Kaolin Co. shipped through Gainesville on the 23 d inst., over the 8., F. A W. Railroad, thirty tons of kaolia to Golding, Sons & Co , of Trenton, N. J. This is ?nid to be the ! finest kaolin in Florida and moro ship- 1 inents will follow. The deposit is lo 1 cated near Okahumpka, in Lako county. 1 J. W. Moore, of Wilmington, N. C , 1 has invented a machine for taking the 1 long fibre from the inside of bark and 1 weaving with it a coarse and strong 1 cloth suitable for bagging and similsr 1 uses. Mr. Mo >re is now at Fort Town ' send, Wash , where the m chine will ' be used on cedar and redwood bark. A special meeting of the East Ten nesse Land Co. was recently held in | Harriman, Tenn , at which 28,000 shire3 of stock were represented. It is intend cd to recapitalize the company and free it from all debt. Extensive improvemonts are being made on the Baltimore (Md.) sugar refinery, and it is thought the plant will be in operation next year. The new work will cost from $250,000 to $300,000. Contract for tlio Jetty works on the Cumberland bar at Brunswick, Qa., has been let to E. II. Gayuor. The sum of $112,0U0 has been appropriated for this work. San Angelo, Texas, is one of the largest wool snipping towns in that State. During the last season over 6,000,000 pounds of wool were shipped, and this will be lurgely 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 n specialty. The building? are beiDg cn | larked and other changes made to sard this end. The prescut main building is 208 feet long by 48 feet wide, with tw<\ wings 48x80 feet. An addition, two stories, 112x48 feet, is being addid to the left wing. In addition to this a new buildiug 50x86 feet is being constructed. The two bnrk sheds will each be made 64 feet longer. Seventy two vats, 7x9 feet, will be putin. At present about forty hands are employed, but ? hen in full operation many more will be re 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 of its capital stock of $1,200,<00 only $354,000 has been sold. The liabilities re (296,519.80; assets $147,360.89; net liabilities $149,149 91. In the statement of the resources and liabilities the resources are placed at $716,509.93, with a surplus of $138,901.12. The sale of lots in June, 1891, netted $48,796 96. ft is intended to sell some lands and reduce the liabilities. A number of vessels drawing from ! twelve to sixteen feet have rectntly entered the Brazos river and taken cargo at 1 Velasco, Texas. It is said that the cost 1 of loading there is lesi than at some 1 other Gulf ports. 1 Arrangements are being made to run n electric car line in the new town of < Nantaliala, On. Charles Hoech, the engineer in charge, is making surveys from the top of the Nantaliala mountains, where it is proposed to run the cars. The town is n?w laid off and prepara- ' tions are being made to erect lumher I talc and marble mills. ' ? The railroad commission of North ( Carolinn has rendered the Governor a S report showing that (he value of steam- J boata plying on the waters of tint Btate ; is $200,090. The steamboat lines have never paid taxes to the Btate, and it is ' now proposed to make tho n do so. * On Oct. 20 the corner stone of the Virginia Co'legiate and Industrial Institute waslaidstLyncliburcr.Vn. Thiafsalleth- 6 odist college for training colored youths, ' and a largo attendance to the ceremony * is expert! d. ? A convenient srrangrincnt has becu 1 effected between Charleston, 8. C , and Beaufort, Port Royal and Coosaw by 1 which British shipmaster* at Ihe three c ports last named can communicate by b wiro with the British consul in Charles- t ton. This will save the time otherwise s taken in going to the latter port to con- t suit with the consul, and, owing to a specitl arrangement with the telegraph comp ny, will be much less expensive. A wire is run direct to the consul's cftiee, where a pro-consul, who is a practical F telegrapher, receives and answers the message c * It is stated in a special dispatch to Richiu >nd, Va., from Tas'.cy, Accomac county, that Cupt John Marsh, with two luen, sailed in hU schooner for Baltimore to secure a c-ew of dredgers. When in Chesapeake Bay the schooner was capsized in a gale and the three were lost. The coastwise shipments of lumber from the port of Jacksonville, Fla., for the month of September were 4,416,150 superficial feet of lumber and 22,470 bundles of shingles. The foreign exports for the month were 311,833 ftet of lumber, valued at f8,370.36. The lumber trade of Alexandria, Va., since January 1st is unprecedented, and hai reached proportions and figures almost fabulous for a city of its size and commerce. One firm hns sold since the year set in 1.2 -7,000 cypress and 300,000 whitr pine shingles, and others have shipped from forty to filly vessel loads ef lumber to points on the Chesapeake tributaries mere is not n day than a etcaraer or a vessel is not discharging or receiving its cargo at the Alexandra i wharfs.?South trn Lumberman. MEANT TO HAVE THE GIRL. Prank Johnson Responsible for the Death of His Sweetheart's Father and Brother.- | Bristol, Tenn.?Knox county, Kv , rear Leather and Floyd, is be ng scoured >y officers of the law who a-e on the lunt for Frank Johnson and party, who tilled two men on Monday night. A ove affair was the eauso of the crime. Johnson, a reckless young man, fell in ove with the daughter of James Warwick,a well known citizeu of this county. The latter objected to the joung nan's attentions and so informed him, nit Johnson did not s'op his vUits. Finally the young people became en jaged. On Monday night Johnson went to the louie of his finance and knocked for adnittance. He was met by the irate fath jr, who shut the door in his face. Johnion became enraged and went to the homes of some of his companions, where ic related the circumstances. In a^sbort lime he returned, accompanied by h.lf i dozen of them, all well armed. They ippronehed the house and ordered the father out. He anticipated events and summoned his son and a laborer to his lid. A pitched battle ensued, dozens i>f shots being fired by both sides. When the smoke chared nway three men, jWarwick and his son Tim and one Jessie of Johnson's gaug, were found to be dea l. Johnson Ilea with his comrades and they hnve not yet been heard from. It is thought they worked their way to West Virginia. THE CONTRACT LIMIT. An Important Question Aa to Cotton Optiona. Galveston, Texas.?The Galveston Cotton Exchange adopted resolutions condemning the custom of the New York ind New Orleaus cotton exchanges in pei mittii g inferior grades of cotton to bo tendered in fultilment of future contracts, thereby depressing the market. The Galveston Exchange asks other exchanges to join in the movement and induce the New York and N?-w Orleans exchanges to adopt low middling grade ns the lowest that cin be offered in fulfilment of future contracts, urging thnt as the only objection to the present system of option trading. new orleans 6ay8 no. New Orleans, La.?The board ot director of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange decided ?t a meeting held that it was injudicious at this titne to make a change in the form of contracts under which cottons for future delivery are sold in this market. Notice to the above effect was promulgated by President Flower. Legate From the Pop*. Baltimore, Md ? Monsisnor Satolli, the Pope's legate to the World's Fair d dic.tion, accompanied by Rev. Dr. O'Conocll, rector of the American Church it Koine, and the committee that went to New York to escort them here, arrived fit Cnrdiunl Gibbo .s' residence where a recep ion was held. Moosignor delivered some verbal messages of esteem sent by the Pope and other high dignitaries of the Church to His Eminence of a particularly pleasing nature. Monsigrior Satolli also stated that he had in hn baggage some important messages from Cardinal Gibbons, presumably from the Pone. A banquet was given by His Eminence to Moosignor Satolli at night, at which time the United Press dispatch from Rome to the effect that the Vatican has dcci led to elevate Archbishop Vaughan and Moosignor Stoner to the cardinalate caused considerab'e comment. It led to t statement by a clergyman high in Church circles that th j report was no doubt true and would receive official cjnfirmation in a few days. Interesting Railroad lfotee. Cecil Gabbett, general manager of he Columbus Southern, has been elected iresident of the Atlanta A Florida Raiload. He will, it is understood, enleavor to re rganize and make financial irrangements for extending the road. There is talk of having the Atlanta A Florida, Columbus Southern and Georgia Midland A Gulf combine into a ays'em. At the annual stockholders' meeting of he Atlantic A North Carolina Railroad *o. W. S. Chad wick, of Beaufort, N. C., vas re-elected president, and F. C. Robrts, of New Berne, secretary. The retort of finance committee shows gross arnings for year tndingJuncSOof $159,175.57. The operating expenses were 1109,189.84. rru - Jit a i iic uiiputo regarding the taxation in forth Carolina of the Seaboard A Roanike and Raleigh A Gaston railway* has teen compromised by the roads agreeing o pay taxes for three j ears back, and to urrender the right of exemption from axation granted by their abaters. A Grasshopper Bald. St. Joseph, Mo. ? Millisns of graaahepers have mad* their appearanoe in this nd adjoining counties, snd the wheal rep threatens tc be a totalYailnre in ccs quenc*. , ,r . ry NEW . YORK'S JUBILEE. The Metropolis Honors the Memory of Colnmbus. A Grand Gala Time Wound Up By a Columbus Banquet. ^ jf j columbus m09umsnt. Nh.w York, N. Y.?In c9d?"?*>??otwiion of the di?covcry of America on October 12, 1492, by Christopher Columbus, the 400th anniversary was ce'ebr ted here with all the potnp and display the Metropolitan city is able to commnnd. And that means much, when it is known that the decorations of the buildings Hloncrepresented an outlny of over two millions of dollars. The city was transformed with gay colors everywhere from Harlem to the the Bnttiry, even the various foreign elements, who talk not yet in English, covering the r tencmeut. houses in buuting, U. 8. flags intermingling with flags of their own countries Tnc colebnviou commenced Wednesday morning, continuing two days, and the parades, pageants, floats and naval shair battle were all indescribably grand. A banquet Thursd iy night closed the Thn nnrlitMviiim ? f T * *.?>?? *- ?? v? "? ???'? where the feast, was held, is an ideal banquet hall. The guc3ts of honor dined on the stage, which was so draped as to resemble an alcove of the main banqueting hall, and iu the <^trewyaoaeaAjyiotilsit of Columbus, rffHfnnT'TrfTlffihiigs nf fluty; ' Spain and the United States. Washington arch. May r Grant presided, supported on the light by Vice President Morton, Secretary Foster, cx-Prcsid?nt Grovcr Clevelaud, Mr Arnold, president of the Board of Aldcrmcu, Baron Fava, the Italian inin stcr, uod Mr. G. F. Wable, Jr.; on the left by Governor Flower, ex-President 'Hayes, General Horace Porter and Bishop Potter. The boxes were assigned,amongst others, to the Spanish minister and suite, Secretary Foster of the Treasury, Secretary Busk, the French Charge D'Affaires, Mr. Fuirchild, Commodore Eibcn, the Spanish admiral, Hon. Benjamin Wood, the Italian admirul and Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland. The 800 guests included the Governors of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and South Carolina, General Schoficld and many others of prominence. d..t ..... 1 -? urn iudic was ouiy uue empty caair At the table of honor. Jhauncy Depew, who was to have acted as toastmaster, was abs nt. Mayor Grant supplied his pise?. The mayor proposed the first toast, "The Preiideat of the United States," to which Vice-President Morton responded. Secretary Foetor spoke for the "United States," nud Governor Flower for the "State of New York." Rich Find in Georgia. Savannah, Ga.?Thee miles from Wright>ville, Liberty county, Sumter James (colored) while digging on his farm found an ancient urn pot. in which were more than three thousand French and Spanish silver coius, 130 or more years old. Their value is placed at $4,001. The coins are believed to bo part of the plunder buried by Black Beard, the pirate, shortly before his capture in that section of the State The negroes have nearly gone crazy over the discovery, and parties ate dinging everywhere. South Carolina Timbor. Several days sinc^ several gentlemen, one of whom was J. F. Anderson, of ,the Charlotte, N. ,C,r Oil A Ferti1U?.r? Works, were at Calhoun Falls in South Carolina. They were struck with th* variety of wood to bo found there. Within 100 feot of the spring they counted me louowing ainercnt kinds of wood : Cedtr, Bour*ood, Swcetguna, Sassafras. Ash, Plum, Persimmon, Mulberry, Wbiteosk, Alder Hickory, Block Wulnut, Btsple Poplar Sugurberry, Pine, Birch, Kedoke, Buckeye, Dogwood, Peach, Cherry, Elm, Blnckgum, Coin The Gin's Work in South Carolina. Colombia, 3. C. ? Capt. Q..M. Hodges, a prominoot citicen of Abbeville, was jerked into the saws of his gin and hsd both arms and his face mutilated. Hi? j Injuries are probably fatal. \ i r*y m POLITICAL WORLD. " Candidates, Conventions, Nomina { tions, Elections. . All the News of Political Movements of the For Parties. Of the cleveu congressional districts , of Kentucky there arc Third party caudi dates in the first, secoud, tlurd, fourth, ( fifth and ninth, aud Prohibition candi dates in the first und fifth. The election of Silas Adams, Republican, of the j eleventh, is conceded. Several candidates arc alrerdy in the ' field for the United States senatorshi)* from. Georgia now held by Mr. Colquitt, < whose days of usefulness arc ended, j Among the names prominently mentioned t in this connection is that of Hoke Smith, t Esq, of Atlanta. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS IN NEW TORN I XT.. X' T , - iir,n iuhk.?juuge Andrews, ol Syracuse, the Republican nominee foi Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals lia> been endorsed by the Democratic Stale commit'ce. The committee pro < ceded to nominate Richard Croker, <>: New York, e'ector-at-large In plncc o. Erastu.i Corning, of Albany, resigned and als* electors in the following dis tricts: Third, Samuel Stewart White hu st, of Brooklyn; eight, Peter F. Meyer, of New York; fifteenth, Jos. Keegan, of Rockland; twenty-sixth, P. J. MeTighc. Binghamton; twenty eighth. John Lang, of Watkins; twcuty-ninih James B. Day; thirty-second, Edward G S. Miller, of BufTalo. Tint ItEOnO votkk8 in georgia. Washington, D. C.?Bishop II. M. Turner, of Atlanta, was asked here what incentive the colored tvr oul' ro ?tw democratic party in the late election of that State. He replied that ' there was no special incentive as far as the Democratic party was concerned. A large number of the colored people did vote for the re-election of Govcruoi Northen, who had no interest in tlu Democratic ticket, and indeed, main voted for him alone. Governor Northen was the first Southern Governor, said the Bishop, who had opcaly spoken out against lynching negiocs, aud had dared to oiler a reward for that clas3 of inhuman brutes who were miikin<r nnr rmm try a hiss and a byword throughout the I globe, and inasmuch as the position taken by th! Governor had been beneficial of good rcsul s, many colored peo plo felt that their votes were due him under the circumstances. This great nation is too weak, worthless or mean to put down these midnight mobs who break jails aud murder innocent men by hundreds, and if God has put it in the heart of one Christian Democratic Governor to try to stem the torreut of blood and slaughter, he shall have my vote." Bishop Turner says he still favors African emigration for such of his people , soul* aud backbones. lie sees no manhood future here for the negro. The colored people will never be respected until they found a nation and intelligently run the same. GOVERNMENT COTTON REPORT. The Deterioration Least in Texas and Heaviest in North Carolina. Washington. D. C.?The statistcian of the Department of Agriculture reports a reduction of 3$ points in the general percentage of the condition of cotton, from 76.8 in September to 73.11 iu Uctober. The deterioration is heaviest iu North Carolina, and least in Texas of > ny of the States of considerable production Georgia hus maintained its condition better than any other Atlantic State. The percentages are: Virginia 71, North Carolina 60, South Carolina 73, Georgia 75, Florida 63, Alabama 60, Mississippi 73, Louisiana 71, Texas 77, Arkansas 7-4, Tennessee 75. Rain in the early part of September and cool nights later have caused the rotting of immature bolls in North Carolina an I South Carolina. The crop is matuting somewhat better in G>-< rgia, though excels of mois urc in the Southern counties has boon inju ious. Tho low condit:on of Florid i cotton in September has been further depressed by heavy and iucessnnt rainfall, which has delayed p*eking. The low Status of the Alabama, breadth is the lesult of wet weather insufficient cul ivation, dispoportionute growth of stalk and fruit, and jotting of young balls. Somewhat more favorable influences in Mississippi give rise to more cheerful reports. Louisiana cotton is very latj and unpromising from excessive moisture through the season to September 15'h, and cool nights since, which dis.ourages expectations of late Jlanters There is hss complaint and iscouia-gcmeat in Texas than in any other State. Areas plan'ed late in Arkansas are very unpromising, though recent favorable wea'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 autumn can nlonc dispel the prevailing discouragement. The boll worm is most frequently mentioned west of the Missis sippi. The caterpillar has wrought some injury in the southern belt. Insect ravages will have less influences in reducit g the crop than unfavorable weather conditions. Murderers Lynched. Camden, Ala.?Four negro boys, William Jackson, John- Thomas, Abe Davis and Dave Mason were arrested And confessed to the murder of R. H. Johnson and daughter, in Monroe county, fir the purpose of robbery and assault. A posse of citizens and officers took th3m back to the scene of 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 tho nearest tree, and their bodies were then burned. Killed by a Rattlesnake. Chattanooga, Tenn.?Near Knucklesville, Fla., two ch Idren of F. H. Ashmore, were kil'cd by a rattlesnake. While at plav iu the woods they over turned an ola log, uudcr which was the snake, which bit the five-year-old girl. Her brolhor, two years older, came to her help, but received two bites. The chil dren were tukeu home and domestic re mediea applied, but the little ones died in horrible agony. Xffa rs is flvo times as bright now ns le will be when on the far side of the Utl, The average duration of lifo in the iold climate of Norway is said to be ;reater than in any other laud. The number of stars visible to average lyesight on on ordinary night does not nuch exceed 4000 for both hemiphercs. After considerable study a Connecticut dentist calculates that there are 43, >60,000 mosquito larv? to an acre of iwamp land. An astronomer has figured it out that t would take a cannon-ball 3,000,000 fears, moving at its ordinary rate of ipeed, to reach Alpha Centauri, the learest fixed star. Dr. Koch has expressed himself trongly against excessive watcriug of he streets during a cholera epidemic, >n the ground that the bacili thrive uuler the influence of moisture. Corrosive sublimate, in the strength if sixty-four grains to the gallon of vater, is found by the Health Depart ueut 01 in ow xorK uity to be tlie most ffectiveof the germ-destroying agents. The new sub-treasury building at San Francisco, Cal., has an electric burglarlarrn installed between the rows of ricks so that any interference with lither the bricks or cement will cause au >>arm to sound. A fender for electric cars is made of heet iron attached directly to the rucks, the lower plates coming within m inch of the rails, springs of great tiffness enabling J **?" aiae any object before it. The difficulty of making an indelible narking on ivory push buttons has been, t is said, overcome by a London cou:ern. The process employed is called mdolithic printing, and the markings ire claimed to bo indelible in any :limate. The Swedish Government has adopted i new smokeless powder, which is aid to have the following advantages: [t is easy of manufacture, produces no lames and does not heat the rifle. It jives the ball an initial velocity of 21U0 feet, with a pressure of 2200 atmospheres. Jacques Inandi, the French lightning I calculator, eays that it is sound which guides his mind in its process, and not the memory of or imagination howfigures look. Ho was born with a gift for figures; long before he could read or write ho solved the most intricate arithmetical problems. The bones of the head of some large prehistoric animal were taken out of the ground at Ruby Creek, Washington, the other week, at a depth of 250 feet. The srreat mastodon, iuduiner from the deoth at wliicn the bones were found, must have lived in an early period and is at present extinct. The shape of the head re-ciublcs that'of a cow, only it is much larger. The three single eyes of bees have been a puzzle as to their use. Mr. Grirnshaw, of England, starts the theory that they are not eyes at all, but bull's-eye lanterns that emit a very feeble light to guide the bees in their work at uiglit. Such production of light is ?,jlte common among insects, and the source of tin theory gives it some title of respect, foi Mr. Grimshaw is an able observer. Mr. Romanes is experimenting ii breeding rats and rabbits, with referenc to heredity. Those now bred are the results of experiments intended to disprove what Mr. Romanes believes to b? certain errors made by some writers oc heredity. In the particular cases experimented on by him the progeny have certainly taken cither wholly after the father or wholly after the mother. Mr Romanes does show certain cases ol commingling, or rather reversion, which are highly suggestive. ? Strikers and Struck are Alike Indicted. PlTTSBUKG, Pa.?The grand jury came into emit and returned true bills against me Homestead advisory .committee charged with treason. The informations were made before Chief Justice Paxeon on Friday, September 30, by County Detective Beltzhoover, against David H. Shannon, John McLuckie, David Lynch. Thomas Crawford, Hugh O'Donuell, Harry Bayne, Elmer E. Bail, Isaac Byers, Henry Baynard, T. W. Brown, George Champcno, Isaac Critchlow, Miller Colgan, John Coyle, Jack Clifford, Dennis M. Cush, Win. McConegly, Michael Cummings, William Combs,, John Dicken, Patrick Fagau, W II. Gaelics, Matthew Harris, Keid Kennedy, John Mil'er, C, S. Searight, John Murray, M. 11 Thompson, Martin Murray, Ifugh Ross, William T Roberts, George Bylands and George W. Sarver, charging them with treason. Warrants weie issued the same day and so far i bout fifteen of the 33 members of the committee have been found True bills were also returned against II ('. Fiick. John G. A. Lcishman, Lawrence Phipps, F. T. Loyejoy, Superintendent Potter, OtisChilds, Heuy Curry. Nevin McConnell, Cap ain Coop r, Fred Primer, and all others of the Cari c-gic officials and Pinker on detectives, charg d with inurd r and conspiracy. Six Hundred Girl* Invade Richmond. Richmond, Va. ? Six hundred gi>b from the Kinney Works, of New York, which burned recently, have arrived it Richmond, and will work here until thi factory is rebuilt. Somo of them are cheroot markers, and some are cigaretl makers. The Jattcr will work at the Allen & Ginter establishment, the former at the Whitlock Works. Poth the factories r. ferred to are owned ni.d operated by the American Tobacco Company, of which Mr. John Pope, of this city, is vice president. This will not inter fere with the local employees, the new comers working at night, the regular foico in the dny as usuil. Southern Eloquence at Chicago. Oiiicaoo, ?Senator John W. Daniel, of Virginia, delivers the Columbia* oration, October 21 at the dedication ol the exposition building. A noted summarizes the uses of fruits in relic v- ^W^r! iug diseased condition cf the body. It Ehould not be understood that edible fruits exert direct medicinal cllccts. They simply eucour&gc the natural processes by which the several remedial processes which they aid are brought about. Under the category of laxatives, oranges, figs, tamarinds, prunes, mulberries, dates, nectarines aud plums may be included; pomegranates, crauberries, blackberries, sumach berries, dewberries, raspberries, barberries, quinces, pears, wild cherries and medlars are astringent; grapes, peaches, strawberries, whortlcbertics, prickly pears, black currants anil molnn cnorls ni-.i ?1! ! >? - gooseberries, red awd white currants, pumpkins aud melons nro rcfrigcrautj; and lemons, limes sad apples arc refrigerants and stomachic sedatives. Taken in the early morning, an orange acts very decidedly ns a laxative, sometimes amounting to a purgative, and may generally bo relied on. Pomegranates are very astringent, nud relieve relaxed throat. The bark of the root, in the form of a decoction, is a good anthelmintic, especially obnoxious t > tape worm. Figs, split opcu, form excellent poultices for boils and small abscesses. Strawberries and lemons, locally applied arc of some service iu the removal of tartar from the teeth. Apples are correctives useful in nausea, and even seasickness. They immediately relieve tho nausea due to smoking. Bitter almonds u ' contaiu hydrocyanic acid, aud arc useful in simple cough; but_tU^ Vi-cltfc i,?u.uc^'Se persimmon, or diospyrosis, is palatable when ripe; but the green fruit is highly astringent, containing much tannin. The oil of tho cocoauut has been recommended as a substitute for cod liver oil, and is much used in Germany for phthisis. Barberries are very agreeable to fever patients in tho form of a drink. Dutch medlars are astriugeut and not very palatable. Grapes and raisins ate nutritive aud demulcent, and vciy grateful in the sick chamber. A so-called "grape cure" has adopted denouncing Frit k nnd ^Carnegie as traitors, and acominittee of twenty-ono prominent labor men was appointed to raise funds for the support of the strikers. A Case for Judge Lynch. Little Rock, Akk.?This city was thrown into excitement by an assault made by Marion Williams, colored upon Miss Ro?a Henderson. The man in his efTo.t to overpower the woman threw her on a red hot stove, burning her severely. Williams was arrested aud is now in jail. ________ Catholics Excluded as Teachers. Detroit, Mich .?After a warm debato the board of education has passed a re solution which practically excludes all Rnmon PuIKaIi/.a f?? A- 1??? . Viwnu VUWIVIIVO II Will ilV lllI^ (IS ii'acurrs in the public si-hooU of that city. The Italian Deputi- s to be Dissolved. A cablegram from Home says a decree is about to be issued dissolving the present House of Deputies. The elections will take place on Nov. 6 nud the second I ballot on Nov. 13. The new House will meet on Nov. 23. * oeeu mucu lauaca lor vuc treatment or congestions of the liver and stomach, enlarged splceu, scrofula, tuberculosis, etc. Nothing is allowed but water nud bread aud several pounds of grapes per diem. Quiuce seeds are demulcent and astringent; boiled iu water they mako an excellent soothing and sedative lotion in inflammatory diseases of the eyes and eyelids.?Boston Transcript. Race Trouble in Texas. Paris, Tkx.?The race troubles which have been going on in this country air spreading, and it seems there will yet lie more lo.>s of life. Peop'o are greatly wionght up iu the southwestern put of the county, and the feeling h is crossed into Bed Liver and l)e ta counties. Notices have been posted warning the negroes to h ave Be I 11 ver county. Sherill Banks lias arresle 1 live persons, who are charge 1 with being implicated iu the recent outrages at De'roit. The matter has become serious aud is a'tribtited to political agrit-itors. Senator Hill as a Lawyer; Ai.nrsv. N. Y.?Senator David B. Mill made bis first public appearance as a practicing lawyer in the Court of Appeals. 'Ihe case was that of James A. MacDougall and S II. Brown asadministra'ors against the president and Life Insurance Society of New York, apDel'ants. Senator Hill appeared for the appellants as representing Staulcy.Cleark and Smith, of New York. Hisjargumcnt was forcible and was listened to atten lively by the judge. A British Steamer Ashore. Kky West, Fla ?The British steamship Electrician, from New Orleans for Liverpool, loaded with cotton and grain, is .... II.. I! ...I?- 1 ' .. . n.-nvju. wu iut o.Miiii lvt-y ai i/ry tortugas The master is jettisoning the cargo considerable of which is being saved by the lighthouse kccpcis and the people stationed at Tortugas. The wrecking fleet leftlhcre for'th- scene in the afternoon A Student from Over the Waves. A young Jap, from Yokohoma, Japan has just entered Oak Ridge Ins itutp, Guilford county, for the purpose of taking full literary and business courses. He left Yokohoma on the 6th day of September and arrived at Oak Ridge October 1st. Tuis is perhaps the great est distance ever traveled by any one to - enter a North Carolina institution. North Carolina Tobacco Crops. Winston, N. C.?Statist'cs show there were 67,000,000 pounds of leaf tobacco sold on North Carolina raarke s during the year ended September 13. These figures d<? not include North Carolina leaf sold on Virginia markets. Winston's sale9 aggregated ',16,884,345 pounds, an increase of 797,972 pouuds over the previous year. Substantial Sympathy. Chicaoo, Iix.?At a trades union me ting in the intere t of the locked out men at Homestead, resolutions were