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^ 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.''
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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.
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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'.
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