The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, October 21, 1892, Image 1
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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.
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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*.
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NEW . YORK'S JUBILEE.
The Metropolis Honors the Memory
of Colnmbus.
A Grand Gala Time Wound Up By
a Columbus Banquet.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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