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i_MWr . k HE3p^ m^h^hmhw^t:'' u*^. '7 * fc . - ^. bpt TIE VKEKLTfiVlDIiei TIMES Jp ipp. Devoted, to Agriculture, HortiouUure, DomcHic Economy, ./VKNaw ?m< the Outrmi If*** oj the Day. ^ " - ".^ '' ^ VOL. XXIII.?NEW SERIES. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROIJNi!i?^^AYvNOVEMBER 1892. ' NUMBER 4*. ;.' To illustrato the Inexorablenois oi r?/\* ? - ' "German law, the San Francisco Examin' r cites how a cavalry officer was discharged for reaching from bis saddlo and saving the life of a little girl who was about to be run over. Canning factories are springing up in -various parts of the South. This is, in v' -the estimation of the American Farmer, a hopeful sign. The South, it declares, should supply the world with canned -vegetables. The total number of lunatics in Eng. (land and Wales increases by 1700 a year. Tlftaen hundred people go mad every year, or five out of every 10,000 people live in that country enter an asylum as inmates every year. New Zealand has enacted a suffrage daw which allows women to bo registered iwithout personal attendance at the polls. (Very gallant, confesses the Boston (Transcript; but, it adds, when a woman enters into politics why should she be more favored than the male voter 1 P " Colorado is the banner State for holidays," is theverdict of the St. Louis Star-Sayings. "In that State they ce!e brate watermellon day, peach day, potato day and grape day. These holidays are celebrated by the small boy in all States, but probably in Colorado alone does the entire population join in.'' -? i Invention is still busy with providing transpoi tation over the billows. The svhaleback vessels were new, but the lat4 I est form of steAtnsbip propellor is an. English invention. It is designed so tajV that when in motion there is no weight' of water ou the blades on the rise and | fall of the propellor, due to the pitchingi of the vessel. ? ? i i The San Francisco Examiner observes: Those queerly constituted persons who imagine they have a respectl'or the memory of deceased persons whoso tombi they despoil have already carried away ' every portable object from the burial place of Walt Whitman, at Camden, N. 7., and chipped chunks from the granite 1 ffltltl. Ttie ixmotery officers hnvo had to ineet to devise measures to stop the iletnento gatherers' raids. In England, says the Chicago Timos, farming is considered a business that must be learned, as well as anything else. A man without experience would hnvo difficulty in renting or leasing a good farm there, no matter how much capital he might have, and, again, no matter what his experience, he could not lease unless he could show capital enough to irtock and operate it properly. Here it it sometimes different. i Profesior Virchow is, maintains the Now Orleans Picayuue, the greatest living authority on contagious diseases, and ha says that perfect quarantine is an abaolute protection against cholera, and that one week's quarantine is sufficient. He maintains that the disease can only D6 transmuted oy contact wan mo reiusu of the tick room; that patients, ami not houses, need to be isolated, and that corrosive sublimate and carbolic acid are the best disinfectants. < An event of rare and curious interest was the discovery the other day in a Broadway book store in New York City, states Once-A-Week, of two bookworms that wero feeding on an antique oopy of Senaca. These minute animals, more celebrated in literature than anythiog else of their size, are very infrequently identified. Eugene Field ohronioled the discovery of one in Cbicago about a year ago, and a daily paper treoallt the fact that when Bernard Qoaritoh found ooe among his books in London five years ago, he gave a dinner Via honor of the event. But'for the tnost part the bookworm has been, luce t the griffin, a creature more of fable and ffcney than of fact, and this most recent flleeovety of two is entitled to go on the Iraeords df history. ' A teleLaph company is not excused from usioV care because a message is ua grammatical and a Georgia beef dealer jhae reoove&d a verdict because the West- ( era Union legraph Company did not 'deliver to a &ttle dealer the message, ' How is catm?j Answer at once?" The tender of thAjne.iSU^0 bad about fifteen head of cattle* hslud when he sent th< mswage and wJjted several days for an _ janawsr. j-lt cott him several dollars a and y.hen he prices had declined and be lost thirty or forty dollars more. These amounts and the penalty of $100 he recovered from the telegraph company. The Supra ne Court of Georgia baa also just sustained a verdict against the telegraph company for failure to doliver a mes age from a traveling salesman making an appointment with a customer. The eeleeman had to make a longer trip beeauae the message was not delivered and be obtained $150 for his ox pease) besides the statutory penslty of $100, lUlilTJLUAL VV UttLI). Candidates, Conventions, Nomina tions, Elections. All tho News of Poltical Movements of the Four Psrties. Senator Hill spoke in Lynchburg, Vs., last week. Robt. T. Lincoln, Minister to England, lin9 been addressing Republican audiences iu Indiana and Illinois. Gen. A. E. Stevenson visited F.xPrrsident Cleveland in New York Wed ncs lay. Democrats and Twfefablleans had rival processions in Iudianapolis Monday night. TKo now Apportionment of WUcootto, as adopted by tho Democratic caucus, with the exception of ono district, has passed both Houses. Tho People's party held a big rally in Cooper Union. New York City, last week. Henry A. Hicks, their candidate for Mayor; Dr. McGlynn and T. V. Powdcrly, ef the K. of L., addressed the nudicnce. The Georgia Legislature met and organized At A f Ian** T 1 "* " ? ?- .?<>uui a ucauiiy, *T. X. Atkinson, of Coweta, the chairman of the Democratic State Executive Committee, was elected spctker of the House, all other candidates having withdrawn. The latest political sensation in Kansas i< a story of nn alleged plot to assassinate Congressman Jerry Simpson, and the People's party will furnish him with a body guard. AROUND THE HOUSE. To make awnings waterproof, immerse first in a solution of soap, and repeat tho process in a coppor solution of equal strength; then wash and dry. If tho windows ore washed every two weeks in winter and summer they will always keep bright. Tho best way to see to this is to have a certain day set apart for swoepingand washing windows, and divide up the windows in the rooms oecupicd, washing half of them caeh week alternately. If there arc outside blinds to the houso, these should be kept thoroughly dusted. Where such blinds are closed, as they are in summer, they collect tho dust rapidly and become a fruitful cause of dirty windows. It is a matter of congratulation that tho outside window blind is passing out of use. Whore awnings are used, they serve to shade tho window as well a? tho outside blind did, while they allow the free inrvwwt, HI ?1-3- - b.^oo V?. ?... mu 1UMUC WlllUOW-SllUlter, for that matter, is very littlo used, snd, with its box-case, serves chiefly to rttu rv ?tuov w im>vi < - m > ? uuinhabitcd it is brought into use as a protection to the window; but a stout boarding would serve tho purpose better, would bo of less expenso to the householder, and not ns complicated an arrangement. It should be the object of a modern builder to do away with all nooks and crannies where that known enomy to public health, dust, may lurk. In washing windows, if one objects to tho use of whiting because of the infinitesimal powder it might give off (and in the hands of a careless servant this might bo a serious objection!, a tablcspoonful of turpeutino dissolved in half a gallon of water will give wonderful results in the way of nolishing. It should be applied with a aamp chamois and polished off with a dry one. THE CRUISERS WILL ~BE THERE. And the Bombardment of Fort Sumte Will Be a Big Success. Charleston, 8. C.?News has be. n received here from the navy yards at New York that tho warships Vesuvius and Dolphin have sailed from that place for Chnrloston It is also stated that tho cruiser Chicago, the Concord and the Kearsarge, now at La Quayra, have been ordered to Charleston to tike part in the festivities of the gala week . The Dolphin and Vesuvius will arrivo at this port on Sunday and the three ships froiu|La Guayra ouJMonday or Tuesday. This will make a fleet of five war vessels to take part in tho pyrotechnic bombardment of Fort Sumter besides seven tug bonts and six land bntteries. The new Fort Sumter is being constructed within a stone's throw of the wharves of the city. Every steamer and tug in the harbor has been engaged for the occasion, and tho committee in charge of the work has snent over H3.000 for nvro technic bombs'alone. Advices from nil parts of the (State indicate that the attendance of visitors from all parts of the South will he anoriwon* SHE ADVOCATES DYNAMITE. Miss Oosans Thinks Explosives Might Promote Woman Suffrage. London, England?Miss Cozen*, a well-known advocate of woimtn suffrage, saidnt a meeting of the Woman's Emancipation Union that women could go on talking until the crack of doom without getting redress from the injustice under which they suffer. The time hnd come for them to do something desperate. Women, she declared, hnd dynamito at their disposal. Several present applauded the sentiment. When questionei as to whether the was serious in her reference to the use of dynamite Miss Cozens replied that she was. if through other means women failed to obtain their freedom. Kmparor William's Uhet Kills Himself. Berlin, Germant.?-Louis Qaidan, a ?Al? M.. - J 1-1. -V.-# unvivc vi iiuuw nuu mw uiui iu jumperor William's kitchen, committed suicide in the street on Monday. Qaidsn had travelled everywhere with the Emperor for many years and had amassea a comfortable fortune. From the lose of his money through the failure of the bank In which il was deposited, he is supposed to have become insane. The President** Pardon. Washington, D. c?President Harrison has pardoned Marshall Wheeler, colored, convicted in South Carolina of carrying on business as a retail liquor dealer without having paid the tax. He was sentenced Aug. 18, 1899, to six months' imprisonment in Tork county jail. The jail physician, sheriff and district attorney recommended the pntdon issue. MRS. HARRISON DEAD. The Lady of the White House No More. The Funeral 8ervicea in "Washington and Indianapolis Simple in Character. whs. hevja.hi:* harrikov. Washington, D. C.?Mr3. Caroliut Scott Harrison, wife of the President, expired at 1.40 o'clock Tuesday morning. Her death was not unexpected, for she had been at the point of death for ranny days. The entire Presi .lential family were prescut. During Tuesday morninga constant but almost noiseless stream of carriages passed over the asphalt pave incut, driving in at I he eastern entrance, and aft.r leaving cards of condolence at the main door of the White House drove out by the carriage exit to the west. A great number of telegrams conveying mes8ag s of sympathy and sorrow were received at the White House from all parts of the country. One of the first caine from Mr. aud Mrs. Cleveland. With a great flood of notes and cards came a comforting messtge from exSecretary Maine and Mrs. Blaine, had who relu'ncd to Wushiugton. Queen Victoria, always among the llrst to extend sympathy to the bereaved, scut Irom her Highland custlc the following message: Balmoral, October 25th '03. General Harrison, President of the United Statis, Washington, D. O , I have heard with deepest regret of your sad 'loss and sincerely sympathize with you in your grief. (Signed) Victouia, R, This was succeeded by u message from tho Pojre, who through tho Cardinal quested Cardinal Oibbons to say to Proa- I ident Harrison thnt be "sent his heartfelt I condolence." There were private services in the East Room of the White House Wednesday morning of the simplest character con ducted by Dr. llumlin. Indian atoms, Ind. ?The funeral cortege of Mrs. H irrison nrtived here at 0 o'clock, Friday morning and proceeded without delay to the First Presbyteriau church, oi which the President and Mrs. llarrisou were lor many years active members. The services were in charge of their old pastor, Rev. Matthew L. Haines, 1). D. The services were simple, and the attendance restricted to relatives and intimate friends. Leaving the church, the funeral procession wended its way to the beautiful cemetery of Crown Hill, where rest the remains of Governor Oliver P. Morton, Vice-Prcsideut Thomas A. Hendricks, ex-Seuatov Joseph McDonald, Gen. E. R. 8. Cauby and Governor Whitcomb. In this beautiful spot the body was interred. The honorary pall bearcis were the members of the Cabinet and chief Justice Fuller. The pall-bearers who officiated at here were Dr. II. H. Allen, John B. Elnin, Hugh llanna, E. B. Martindnle, Gen. Lew Wallace, of Crawfordsville; Hon. Wm. E Niblack, of Viucennes; John R. Elder and Tlico. P. Haughey. Mrs. Harrison's casket was of cedar, covered with black cloth with oxidized silver bars along the sides and across the onrlo Cir\ ita tnn umiq a tiilvnr nla'o bearing the inscription, "Carolina Scott Harrison, wife of Benj. Harrison," and the date of Mrs. Hnrrisou's death. Negligence Blots Out 7 Lives. PniLADRi.rniA, Pa.?One of the worst accidents that his hnppeued on the Philadelphia and Heading Railroad for years orcured about 0:20 o'clock on the main line at Flat Rock Dam,three quarters of n tnlfe Berth of tbs West Maeejunk tunnel. It was caused by the agent at Pegcoyd station allowing a train of empty coal cars to leave the siding instead of holding it until express train No. 2, from Shamokin had passed. The trains came toguthcr with fearful force and four passengers, two train hands and a newsboy were killed. The wreck took Are but the flames were extinguished. The injured, about 25, were then taken to the hospital. The tracks were blocked and tho wreckers were soon at work clearing away the debris. Florida uranges tor Jfingland. W. L. Smith, rcj nsentiug E. L. Qoodacll, of New York, has arrived in Jacksonville, Fla., to attend to securing the oranges which wi I be exported to England on November 15. 'thus far 4750 boxes have been pledged and each day - 4A <\AA 1._ ? 1- at iinu^s in ihuii;. u,iiuti uuxvs u ilia minimum ipunbur required,but Mr. Smith thinkn tlmt before s-iling time he will have secured over 15,000 boxes The steamer Ethel wold has been secured for the trip mid is cspccitt ly equipped for such work, haviugbeen tilted up for the Mediterranean fruit trade. She has been telegraphed for and will arrive at Fernandimt on November 10 or 11. Great Slaughter of the Dahomeyans. Paris, Pbancb.?Details from Porto Novo of the first engagement with the Dahomeyens show the immense amount of execution done by the Lebei rifle, and account for the extraordinary slaughter of the natives as contrasted with the slight loss to the French. Even the largest trees appear to have affored no pro | tcction to those who sought shelter be* ' hind them. TOM DIXON'S B1RjBfGM& HIGH. Delmonico Would few Furnished Them 0heaper?-31 "Wp*'* at $ 116. New York.?Hev. j^Ronias Dixon, Jr., pastor r>f the Luioj^ton Avenue Baptist Church, and wNmSvery Sunday preaches iu tho YouoiBfflyn'* Christian Association hall at TvflBf|-third street aud Fourth avenua, hasJiaiS no encounter with the law in wtoyi he did not fare as well ns in his i^cnt indictnuenf for alleged libel. ThjSVjthrift* borofijpi of Stntea Island has nw. jbcefcSMicM by till, which 11 >man left behiud much will. Mr. Dixon is foml <4rs?ontihs^gfi 00 Tuesday afternoon lie SBBMB-1 r*^~' to Qrasiucio, 3. v-Ict. a double b:.nt canvas bag. AVhcn tflKpleasant afternoon hours had wao^Bjmo canvas bag contained thirty one rUHs as proof of the reverend geDtioinaMp-^inerring aim. The valet threw-the bft*-.Or'ci his back, and Mr. Dixon, with w gun on his sho Idcr and a feeling of having spent his outing in a thoron&hly proper mnuncr, made his way bacSa to St. George to take a boat for this city. Iu the ^tepot, however, stood an inquisitive game inspector, John E. Lisk t?y name. As he is entitled, under the law, to one half of the floes imposed upon persons breaking the giunelaws, Inspector Lisk decided to loon into the big carried by the clergvm^is valet. There suit wns tbat the clerical huntsman nnd his man were arraigned before Justice Ackers. There the rotins wore dumped out on the floor and counted with great irusto by the inspector} At $5 each Mr. Dixon was fined $115| The clergyman expostulated, but with out avail. The law {teas pointed out to him, and Although ha had broken it unkn wiugly ho was nine the less guilty. As he did not have the amount of tnoney equired with him Juttice Ackers accepted a blank check dra?n on the Colonial Dank of this city. Then the minister, valet, shotgun and bag, miouatbe robins, returned to the city... QUEER LE&L GASES. Conviction of a Colored "Herb Doctor,"?Pardoned Before Sentence. Conway, 8. C.?! the court of General t- essions juat closed was the unique case of the State vs. Gabriel Singleton, for practicing physic? without license. The bearer of this digtinguished name presents a striking figure. The "Dr." is an aged n< gro, li\l'(jSknught pot-black and with a crop of Sh snowy wool on his head. Ho wc^V attached to his waist a greasy loqkuB^bng, containing two bottles contnininjj7aTSnF,*(5otTBy liquid. A spoon for mdaiinistferfng the i 1 j 1? <w. "n- " viuau iiaiigo iinru uy 114U ujitics. ur. Singleton did not put in an appearance when culhd, and the trial proceeded in his nbsence. One of tho wituisses testified that * Dr." Gabriel had "worked on him," that about six years ago he had ? ftered from "a tick bite," and the 4 Dr." tit tended him, with the understanding, no cure, no pay; and that as ho didn't cuie him, he didn't pay him. The 44Dr." was convicted and sentenced to pny a tine of $50. One J. W. B. King wns convictc 1 at the March term of court for rctniliug without license. Before sentence it wns brought to the attention of the judge presiding that King was th n serving out a sentence imposed by tho United Stntcs Court for the same offense. His Honor suspended sentence, and ordered that ho be sentenced at this term of court. King was therefore called up and sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or be confined In (he penitentiary for six months. Immediately upon the pronouncing of the sentence Mr. F. I). Biynnt.-King's attorney, presented to the court a pardon for King. Thus the anomalous proceeding was witnessed of a man pardoned before he wns sentenced. Attacking the Georgia Railroad Commission. The United States Exprss Co. has filed a bill in the United Statci Circuit Court at Atlanta asking for an injunction to prevent the Georgia railroad commission from inteifering with its business. The company charges the commission with acting unconrtituti unity ou numerous grounds. It has a contract with tli< hattanooga, Rome ?fc Columbus Rail road for forwarding its express matter with a guarantee t > the road of at leosl $1 ,000 per month. Thissurr thcexpresi company states has never been earned, - and Its bn joess hasLi&cn carried on at s lo*a. _ cAmmi?inii ' fI'l'iwn I orders reducing the company's rates per cent, which the company holds wil Cause it gre <t loss, and adds that it is th< purpose of the commission to harass il w ith a number <>f suits and prosecution. When the railroad commissions under took to control joint express rates, the United States Express Co. refused to paj nny a'tentiou to the hoard's rules 'lh< commission'thcn brought suit in Floyc county superior court for $5,000 against the company. This suit was reipovcd (< the United States court at Atlanta, ntu is st 11 pending. To prevent it from go iog any further the express company ask for injunction. Fatal Fignt in a Barroom. Richmond, Va.?a difficulty occurrec at night in the barroom of J. M. Ryan at the corner of Cary and Linden streets between James Ryan and John W. Rice Rice struck Ryan with a walking canej when the latter took up the sties from him and inflicted a blow from which Rice died in the morning. ' Ryan wai arrested and lodged in jail. Rice was i blacksmith, and had beeu drinking. Hi leaves a wife and four children. Ryat is 10 years old and unmarried. Young Couple Attempt at Suicide. Asiikville, N. C.?Wm. F. DeVaug han and wifo, of this city, swallower laudanum in the night with suicidal int. Dt. After taking the drug tho coupU retired and wero found later almost dead Physicfuns, after hard work, saved theii lives and both are on the way to recovery No came for tho act can be learned. DeVaughnn is but nineteen years old and his wife a few years older. He cam< to Aslieviile from Washington City am , was married here only n few months ago THE SOUTH IN GENERAL. Late Items of Interest to Every One. "Dull Time*" 'Tia True, But These Items Show Industry and ^Progress. Efforts aniWng made to revive the Soldiers' Home in South Carol ioa. The South Carolina Legislature will Hoaxy'O^^^^^poftcd at Grccn villc, gates being present. The Soutbei n Inter-S^nte Road Congress will convene at Meraphi', Tenn., Nov. 15. The annual meeting of the Association of the Army of Norther i Virginia was held in the hall of the IIousc of Delegates at Kiclimoud Wcdnc.day. Arnclic Rives Chandler is fond of equestrian exercise nnd is quite nt n.r ease in the siddlo. She may be oftcu seen riding into Richmond from her country home. It is reported that bears arc numerous in the upper part of the Dismal Swamp, and are giving farmers considerable t'ouble, ravaging corn fields nud k'lling young stock. Kenansvillo Hotel, K. A. Farrior's residence, H. R. Kornogay's law office and a vacint store were destroyed by fire at Kenansvillo, Duplin county, N. O , Saturday night. A very useful gift to tha Washington and Lve University, located at Lexington, Va , has just been mado by the great New York lawyer, David Du Hey Field, and consists of his enti e ami valuable library, uumbering over 1,000 volumes. Talk of the propose 1 $000/00 cotton duck mill at Columbia, S. C , is ngii i being revived. The ttockholdcis of th : Columbia Water Power Company held a meetiug recently, but nothing definite ccncerning the project was made public The estimates of the l ghthousc board for the next fiscal year have been submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, and the following arc among the sp ci'il estimates for new work : Cape Fear Station, N. C., $1.10.000; Cape Lookout lightship. N. C.. $70,000; Hillboro Inlet Station, Fla,, $00,000; Hog Island Station, Vs., $125,000. Pat Calhoun, pr. sident of the Port i M Ibvyftl (8. CM Land Company, has gono don, both uMhom nip inteVrafetf^ company. Some extensive developments arc to be made, and it is understood that thii visit is for the purpose of determining what shall done and when it will commence. Ford's Hotel, Richmond, Va., cnught fire from the boiler room nt It o'clock Wednesday night and came near being destroyed. The flames were, however, extinguished after damigc had been done to the amount of $10,000 to $15,000. There was tomclhing of a panic among ll. 1 At Ljl A me gursis mm iiiruc uuuvs wcru uitrncj out unconscious, but nil the other guests escaped injury. The Georgia experimental station is carrying on nu iutir. sting series of experiments on n new process of curing tobacco by heat. The leaves arc plucked from the plant as they mature and then are cured. Another experiment, and one which is attracting much interest, is the manufacture of cream cheese. This latter work is done under an Oh'o man who is thoroughly familiar with the processes. Fa ruers and others desiring information on the subject can go to the stutinn and both watch and help during tho operation. Destruction of a Town byR-ligious Fanatics, El Paso, Tkxas.? News has icached here of the total destruction of a whole town and his people in Western I hi huahua, Mexico, and of the killing of about three hundred Federal troops, i Dispatches have told the story of religious fanaticism which prevuilcd in the i town of Tomocuic, situatsd in the nioun J tains, about three hundred miles we t ol the city of Chihuahua Federal troopi have been sent out there twice to com t pel 8ul>misdon to the authorities, but s each time Ihe troops linvc been worsted Tho third time a full ieminent wns seni i out uuder wlmt was considered a compc I tent officer and accompanied bv t\v< T TtniMwn gun) Tin result of the battIt 1 which wna loucrTR TBsfr -Waiiirtlye^iyns tin > total annihilation of the rebels nrHT -tw? k killing of more than threj hundred Fed etal soldiers scot to uphold the nuthoii ties i Such is the report that co-.ncs here, but * expcrieucc proves that much news froir i the interior of our sister icpu lie is i grcitly exaggerated. ? liaises Her Own Tea. [From the Florida D spntcli. ] * " Mrs. Increase Sunnier, ofStnrkc, Brad ford couuty, raises her o n tea, nnd ha treated her guests to cups of the home mndc beverage, which was pronounce* y delicious. She says that owing to rani growth sho has to cut of! the bustie ' every three or four years, while in Chin ' this is do c only once in seven years Sho gathers threo crops a year." Th | finest tea costs $19 a pound, but will no stand a soa voyage, nnd never gets fur | ther than Russia, but her bushes furn is! v it to her /or the picking. ft T.afa Tf Hon. H. B. Buist, ono of the mos prominent Tillmanitcs in ?outh Carolina and a member-elect to the Legislature, i critically ill at his hume in Qrcenvi Ic. Waycross, Ga., wants to be "dry," an* proposes to attain that m i by haviui the Legislature pass n high license lav of *30.000. ' AT A DISCOUNT. "Edward," she sighed, "when I rea< your notes my hopes are raised towan happiness." "Yes," ho answered, moodily, " never was able to raise anything on m notiM in th* nif? *onr?f hnn*. " ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT. State Banks Discussed by President Loucks. There axe Three Vital Objections to Such a Monetary f ystem. [By H. L. Loucks, President of F. A. and I. U.] Pushing financial reform to the front lias compelled our Democratic friends, oven in the South, to pay more attention to this important issue. In the several Democratic speeches we have heard, it is true most of the time has been devoted ' to the defunct force biU . and personal . .rebuteQfWeave17et.nl Col. Livingston , J*"" *1 1 finance wit may appear to our friends, this erstwhile gr?.at champion of the subtrcasury forgot all about it and gave us "something b.ttcr" of the Democratic party, viz., State banks of isjue. What arc the advantages claimed for State banks? First,.Immediate relief. Col. Livingston stated that the Georgia railroad was rendv, just as soon as the 10 per cent, tax was abolished, to issuo $1,500,000. This, to us, was a new phrase of the program To the already tremendous power conferred on our railroad corporations, to tax us all the traffic will bear on the excliauge of our products, is to be added the privilege of the eoutrol of our medium of exchange, well kuowing, as thev must, that "whoever controls the money of the nation controls all industry id the natiou." If this is not centralizing power, what is it? Who will doubt but that every railroad company in the nation will gladly issue millions of dollars of money to pay their help, cons'ruct new lines, etc., noue of which, mark yo i, can be made a legal tender, for Congress has wisely reserved that power. Is money issued by a private corporation on its credit better than money issued by tho geneinl Government on the credit, not only of all these private corporations, but all tho other wealth of the nation, as well? Certainly not. The vital objections to this plan is that it would add enormously to the great and alroa Iy dangerous power possessed by the railroad corpora'ions of tlie nation at the present time, which is practically controlled by less than a dozen men. By others the inducement is plausibly held oir that, "under a State bank system any number of farmers could form a joiut stock conipiuy and by is-uing their notes secure a supply of mosey which could pa's current in all business transactions." Wo can rest assured that when such a plan is formula ed it will be surrounded by so many safeguards as to leave the farmer out. They would require, and I.ri.rhtlVi too, uncncumbctcd real estate P ^IrfB puWMll I ulTc ' - -'til Pn-mpty] IP out as a b it to catch gudgeons.' ir could not be made a legal tender and would have hut a limited circulation. We demand a na'ional currency, a full legal tender, wherever presented. President Harrison, In his letter of accep lance, aptly d<ssril>cs the result by rcp ating history under such a system in our own country. "The denomination of a bill then was no judication of its value. Merchants deposited several times during the day lest the hour of bank closing should show a depreciation of the money taken in the moruiog. The traveler could not u c. in a journey to the East, the issues of thu most solveut banks of the West, and in consequence a money changer's office was the familiar neighbor of the ticket office and lunch counter. The farmer nnd laborer found the money received for their products or i their labor depreciated when they came to make their purchases aud the whole business of the country was hindered nnd burdened." We would soon tind that the State banks by farmers, through discrimio ation would, like our warehouse anil other co operative companies, be crowded out. "Further advantages wi uld be found in the ease with which money could be borrowed on the security of real estate, thus remedying one of tho principal grievances of which the farmer complains. M Even though that grievance should be removed, there are still three vital objections. 1. These issues would not be a legal tender. I 2. It would still leave the power of con traction and expansion in the bands ol 9 private corporations. !{ All interest accruing on the use ol this public necessity would go into tin tills of private corporations instead ol the public treasury. "Then, too, the difficulty of obtaining enough money at certain seasons of tin year, when it s or ederl to move the crops, r- -nail disappear." Our subtrcasury plan illin ium I'll iha| j|? n more satis factory manner, K" '""""i' 1 n( mudm to the producers of the wea'th to be exchanged, and not to speculators iuter ( esterl in cheap products. "Instead of accumulating in NewYork, Chicago, or other large cities, thr tendency of State bank notes will hi towards remaining at borne, rcadv id al timet for every commercial purpose " Why the tendency t> remain at home s Simply because of its (picstionnble valui away from home. Do yen want to ex d change your labor, or the product o d your labor, for such a money? We do s mand a national currency, safe, soun< and flexible. In no particular will Stat i, banks fill the bill. c "The rat-s of interest, now ? oftei the chief obs'aclc in the way of the in ves'mcnt, by the farmer, of more capita h in his husiucss in the shspe of bettc stock, improved machinery, new buildings, etc., will be lowered in all section: of tho country." That might be so^bu 1 nnl to tho tnmo rvl<?nl ??v (lirppr Irhu< 1 I to the people. These State hanks wil ' engage in the business for the profits b 8 be mndc out of it,and not for the benefi to the farmer. We demand that nl 1 money shall l>c issued direct to the people < without the intervention of banks c v issue that may lie depended on to charg ns all our nccessitits will compel us t pay for its use We demand money t j cost of issue and redemption. "The farming industry, when relieve from the burden of the war tariff an j stimulated by an abundance of sonn< cheap and convenient currency will a J tain a condition of tincjtainnlcd nro jpency. i o mis we nearuiy say, amen. The greater the relief tho greater/ the prosperity. If a reduction of the war tariff of 6 per cent, would bo a relief, , . then a reduction of 54 per cent, would bo a much greater relief. If a reduction in the rato of interest of 2 or 3 per cent, would be a relief, then a reduction of 8 per cent, would bo ainuch greater relief. * Every objection raised to our land loan and snbtreMnrv nlan can be raited aoainst the State bank plan, whilst all the objections, of which we complain under our present system, will apply to. State ? banks. * ^ SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL h Eire volumes of air contaic^ae volume of oxygen* fffe?' Onyx has been found in nookinghanrf Pnnnf ?r Virrrinio f Ji ^ An artesian well in Petal.uraay' Cal., spouts 30,003 gallons of water every hour. Life is shorter in the valleys and lowlands than among the hills and mountains. On a clear night a rod light can bo seen at a groater distanco than a white light; but on a dark night the reverse ia the case. A medical authority states that the voices of singers and actors can be much better preserved if used in theatres lighted with electricity rather than gas. At the head of the Gulf of Bothnia there is a mountain on the summit of which the sun shines perpetually during thai five days of June?19, 20, 21, 22 and 23. The trolley boars such an important relation to the general operation of the overhead railroad system that attempts are constantly being made to increase its efficiency. A Frenchman has discovered by means of a recently improved pyrometer that tho temperature of the average incandescent electric lamp is about 3300 degrees Fahrenheit. Banana juice makes a first-class indelible ink. A spot ou a white shirt from a dead ripe banana is marked forever, and tho juice from bananas thoroughly decayed is a bright, clear carmine. The results of experiments on hastening the germination of seed show.that camphor aud oxygenated water appear to be the most energetic excitants, not only as regards the acceleration of germiuations, but as affecting the vigor of the plants. Volcanic ashes often travel a long distance. A remarkable shower of volcanic ashes has occurred recently id several u ~f ti?a -* --"'II V" f lUHIIIU. 1UU glWUUU 1U OUIUO attributed to volcanic erdptloai in llul ? a A teaspoonful of boiled water three of four times a day should bo giveu to babies, says an exoericuced and successful doctor. Milk is a food and does not quench thirst, and a great deal of an iufaut's uneasiness is due to it. The water should be boiled fifteen minutes aud prepared fresh daily. It has always been generally believed, by the way, that snow keeps the ground warm, but no very accurate data oa the subject has hitherto been forthcoming. Accordingly, it is interesting to learn, from observations recently made at Katherinburg, that at a depth of fourteen inches the soil, when covered with two feet of snow, was ten degrees warmer than at the surface. The no a* system of electric street lighting which is to bo introduced on ! Fifth Avenue, New York City, will employ two instead of one arc lamp on I each post. In this way more effective light aud better diffusion are expected, so that shadows will not be as noticeable. The wires are to bo concealed from view and connecte I underground to the low voltage mains of the Edison Company. Eich lamp will take about fifty volts nnd the pairs will be connee'ed up in eorics and the system is multiple, to that no wire will carryover I 110 volts electric pressure. Vai'1 l!n A 1 At.Tr n " - f The nature of the whole Ian i can bi roughly divided into three conditions Snow and ice fields bury the coast rang" 3 and choke up every hollow; to the im f mediate north the valleys are rocky an? (barren, but the vast interior beyond it { richly clothed in luxuriant vegetation The scientific authorities theoretical!! / mapped out giant ice fields as spreading i over the entire land from the Fan ^ weather and Mount St. Elia9 range > nortn almost to the railey of the Yukon Colossal heights mantled in nevei melting snows tower thousands of fee in the air, but within the shadow o {vj these mighty uplandr, in the shelters : hollows abeneath, lie immense valley carpeted in richest grasses, and graco 1 fully tinted with wild flowers. Here ii the summer a genial clime it founds ? where strawberries and other wild fruib c ripen to luxuriance, where there are foix " and a half mouths of summer aud sovei and a half of winter. In Juue and Jul* " tlie sun is lost below the horizon only fa a few hours, and the temperature ' though chilly at uight, has an average a j sixtj-fivo degrees in tho daytime.? ? Century. 1 TUB EDITOR'8 DIL1MMA. r Once imon a time an editor fell Into s " . j g j>!t and one of his would-be contributory t i nine along and offered to help him out. "I will accept your assistance," said C . the editor. "Thank heaven," said the contributor, *. jlj ? " f have at last found something you are . Vm : willing to accept/jS J "Hold on ?" shrieked tlio editor. "Will UP yon try^o sell mo that joke when I ? "Yes," said tho contributor. , ow jj' HM ^ "Then leave me to my WE!,I, AGAIN. ' 1 ,| Mother?"la Johnny Judson well T? ^ 1 lt I-ittie Dick?"I guosa so. 1 hearo & t mamma scold in' him this moinln'. . ?*, J