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kans than among any other citizens
the United State*.
im uoogres oc Colombia at' tts !n
session appropriated $150,000 a.year f<
the eocourageo?ent of foreign immigt
Uoo.
There are no* weli^quipped cannlo
factories in almost every State in tt
Union whose products of land and *
are preserved in air tight cans.
In Canada they call this country *'Tli
States." Then why, asks the New Yor
Independent, may.not the riddle of i
7>. " ?"i
I1,* 1 -'--J. 1 Km
Oouriei-Joarnol learns thit Pro
fussor Wiggins lays tbo blame for th
j^>ld wsathur, the cholera and the rest o
The ills with which tho earth haarecentl,
been afflicted on tho conjunction be
tween Jupiter and Mars.
The latest legislative break in Missouri
recordod by the Detroit Freo Press, is i
A bill req siring all tho buttcrine sold ii
^ that market to be colore I pink, th'u
mark being evidence to tho purchTser
that he is not buying the genuine articlo.
No special provisiou seems to lure beet
made for the protection of those whoaro
aoloi blind.
Bays the Altnneaputis liines:" Dofalci
tion is altogether too common. A Ion.
established good name and uob!emishc<
character, a lifetime of fair dealing, al
the reputatiou which business men would
once hare spent yours of solf-dcnial tr
obtain. basins tn imn s?- !
|f o ? liO WllllIltTCIU
^^ralue. We look nskanco at everybody
/, e K? ?bout a?king whom wc cm trust.
The St. Louts 8tar-Sayings it convinced
that * little learning is notao dangerous
a thing after all. English insurance
statistics show that fifty per cent,
of tho authors and statesmen, forty-two
por cent, of tho clergymen, thirty per
cont. of tho lawyers, twenty-seven par
cent, of tho teachers aud twoaty-four por
cont. of the doctors reach tho ago of
seventy.
Flying foxes aro distressing tho agrlculturiatadn
soma p??t? ?f. ???*
a local papor says that at the present
rate of increase it is greatly fearo I thoy
will soon become almost as great a menace
as the rabbit post. A c imp of the
foxes, about four miles from Erina, Now
South Wales, contains fully 100,009 of
the pests, 'aud when disturbed they rise
V like a cloud obscuriug the sua."
The Chicago Herat I alleges that a
French syndicate is baying up all tho
worn out ponies on tho frontier for oxnort
to Paris, the intention lifiint to oon.
r v w- " ?
vert them into food for the people of the
gay metropolis. Ilippopliagy iu France
has evidently become a disease, for s
healthy stomach would hardly crave the
toirs. _
A mathainatician, who evidently ha
abundant leisure, has been liguriug, re
lates the New York News, oa the sizi
of the mortgage we should now b
carrying if Columbus had pledged thi
country for the cost of his outfll
Starting with the assumption that th<
expenditure cost IsabelIc $40,000, h
adds interest compounded every si
months. At the present time th
aiH'juut foots up nearly 371 quadrilliot
dollars. Taking the population of th
ojd States at 65,000,000, tho littl
obligation reaches nearly -417 millio
dollara for each inhabitant. It is cor
sequently n great relief to know tin
f!nlninliiii n?>VAr s<?h foot. on Ncirt.
America. It would be very ombarras'
ing to have a musty mortgage for thi
dizzy figuro preseutei, with the cm
ternary notice of foreclosure.
; The New York Advertiser says: "lie
ginning with Graut'a sec m l inaugu.M
tion in 1973, a period of twenty years,
. during which six Presidents have boot
inaugurated, the 4th of March foil o.i
pleasant days ouly twice. The 4th o!
1873, was a bitter cold and blmtcrinj
day. There was neither snow nor rain
^ut the temperature was so low tha
"^wieatn reapo t a large imrvoji mirii
those who participated in the parade
The 4th of March, 1877, when Ilaye
was inaugurated, was a miserably damp
pneumonia-breeding day. The 4th o
March, 1881, when Garfield was ir
augurated, and the 4th of March, 1885
when Cleveland was first inaugurated
were both ploasant days. Mr. ilarr!
son's Inaugural address was dolivere
in the inidst of a pouring rain, and Mr
Cleveland's second oath of office we
taken while the snow boat upon h
bared head. There is no sort of justifl
cation for the retention of this dato ft
this important ceremony. It will alwaj
be made a spectacle. Surely it is n<
/jnecessary to slay the people to colcbrat
nthe change in the administration of
Republican Government. Let the da
he changed in the into'estsf (hvuaapity
a> j .
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Be*- ?
EASTER,
Easter, smile o? the ycari ^
Bringer of musk; and fanpnl
Easter, whose skies sr^flar
With spring days' lengthened hoars
,r What shall we wj that is new?
a- What shall we sing that Is oldf
Sermon or sonnet or chant
Gilding refinded gold.
Yet, Oh Brightness returned,
10 Well may I glorify thee I
5* Never the world again
Bunlens and chill shall I see.
Quickened from clay, the reed
ie Springs from the glow above*
. Up from my heart has leipojl
The shining lily of Mrs. L?Vm\
flh ? "? 11 "
* Every change to ba hear 1!
Sing In the chapel, choir!
Trill in your meadow, bir II
Thou who kn?elest in church
e (Thy thought from earth apart)
( My Easter offering, love,?
To the altar of thy heart I
?E. 1 rente us Stevenson
THE OLD WELL SWEEP,
t
\
by helen forrest oiiavrs.
It
1 ff OU ain't goin' to ti
" that well sweep, aw<
.1 o t h a in?t he w
f- . I - .'? sweep that wbs thi
'' when I was' a bal
Don't do it, Jothaui
Jfe-TT&aS^ Squire Sodgit
beckoned to his son
, - Iny down the uplift
i axe.
j Mrs. Sedgiek stood in the doorwn
with n fat, old-fashioned tu.ubler and
glass-towel in her hand.
* Ellen, the d??u jlitcr, paused in the a
I of tying up an obstreperous young bone,
ruckle shoot; and old Grand-fir Sedgic'
leaning on his staff, with his gray hai
blowiug in the fresh spring wind, lool
ing not unlike one of the ancient Druid
"Why, father, we didn't know you
cire,'' said the squire. "It's a rickc
old thing, anyhow?"
"Well, so'in I a rie'kety old thing
quavered tlio octogenariau. "But vo
wouldn't go at mo with nil nxo and
inallct, wruUl you? I u?cd to draw wat
with that well sweep uforc I stood ?
high as the curb."
"Well, well," soothingly uttered th
squire, "if you've auy fecliu' about it,
ehau't be touched! Only, sence the pipe
have been laid from the spring up o
"I dou't keer what Eunice thinks!
said Grandsir Scdgick. "The pipes froi
Savin Spriug ain't nothiu' to me. 1'
ruthcr hev a glass o' clear water from th
old well than all the springs in ere:
lion!"
"So you shall, father?so you shall!
said Mrs. Scdgick, pickiug up th
knotted cane which the old man lia
dropped, and teudcrlv guiding his foot
steps back to the cushioned chair on th
porch, which he had just left.
But Ellen tossed her much bc-crimpc
head.
"It's the only well sweep left in Ken
dul,"muttered she. "Ilorrid old fnshionc
i thing! Everybody calls our home 'tli
place with the well sweep.' It's to
bad 1"
1 "Hush, dear!" said Mrs. Scdgick
"Grandsir's a very old man, aud he
Deaf though he wfl?, tno oiu man
ear caught a word hero nud there, whe
it was loast expected that ho would. 1.
* looked quickly around.
"Dora," he repeated?"littlo Don
3 My son Adam's daughter, with tho blac
Q eyes and the real Sedgick features
There ain't but a few things '.hat I cai
3 for left in this world, and Dora was 01
of 'em. What hr.vo you douo wi
3 Adam's orphen gal?ch, Eunice? T!
c gal that hadn't uo one but mo to lo<
after her?''
x A distressed look crept over Mr
0 Bcdgick's kindly face. diic iicsitut
r visibly.
lt "It wasn't our fault, father," suid sh
"Dora wus always a restless child, ai
she somehow couldn't seem to be co
11 tented -'.n this quiet place."
i- The old mnn shook his leonine whi
it head.
1 "I dunno nothin' about that," 30
he. "All I know is I miss little Doi
J" and I want her. Jotham," turning a
d ruptly to his stalwart sou, "wher
I. Dora?"
"I don't know auy more thau you d
father," 6aid tho squire, leauiug 1
against the porch pillar, and saying
wife in a lower tone:
"What has set hiui of! thiukin'
, Dora just now?"
Thinkin'! Ain't I always think
of her?" piped up the old 111 in. "Adar
1 gal, that was left to us to take care i
: aud Adam was always the bast of t
^ family 1 You nagged her, and you w
ritecl of her, and she was too hi<.
j. aperited to stand it, aud now she's goi
an' you say you don't know notli
? about it. En"?and his voice gr
thriller?"that was what Cain said, mi
s you, when the Lord asked him win
his brother was 1 That's why I set In
' on the porch, where I can see half a m
^ down the road, to get a sight of Adai
i- gal, Dora, coinin' back where she
i, longs!"
The three lookers on L'lanccd i
easily at each other.
Martin Sedgick, the son, flung his
^ emphatically on the ground.
"Grandsir speaks tho truth," said
n "The house ain't itself siueo L)ora w
i* away."
And he stalked gloomily down
bill, to whero his handsome four vc
,r old coll was tied u tho fence rail, aw
'3 iug its daily exercise around the aqur
ot Eunice," said Squire Sedgick to
9 wife that afternoon, "Martin m gytt
restless again, lie wants to go We3t
Mrs. Sedgiek clasped her hands nt
* outly.
"Martin?our only son I" she cried
"He was just begiuuiug to he rec
ciled to life on the form, when Dora
went away," mid the equine, dejectedly.
"Anil it wae the that reconciled him.
Euoice?if we could get Dora back I
again! It's as my old father says?she
' was the luck of the house."
Mrs. Sedgick burst into tears.
"It wasn t my fault, Jothamtf she
mid. "I always liked the child^Rougb
she wasn't no mors like our folks than a
corn flower is like a squash blossom.
But she and Ellen couldn't somehow
agree. KUen always wanted Martin to
marry Miss Brownlee, and the up one
d*y and accused Dora of settin* her cap
for Martin, and Dora couldn't stand that;
and when they appealed to me, Pn
tTM At
the bottom of it all," said the squire,
with some bitterneM. "Poor Dora!"
That night tho whole Sedgick fam
ily were aroused by a light blaze in the
doorvard?the old-fashioned well sweeo
ouroing up. Urandslr, In hto flanoel
dressing gown and knotted stick, hit
k leonine head well outlined in the scarlet
glow, looking more Druid-like than
ever.
' "You done it o' purpose," said he,
feebly ?hakiagthe stick at the assembled
family, who v^cre trembling in ths doorway.
"You know you did. First Dora,
aud then tho old well sweep. The only
.ke things I kccrcd for in this world?and
*y, now they're both gone, an' I may as
ell well lie down and diet"
ore "I didn't mean any harml" hystcri?y?
cally sobbed poor Ellen. "I was 4ight?
ing a taper to seal a letter?Marian
Brownlce always uses the new-fashioned
3 k colored wax to seal her letters?and it
to burned up too quick, and I flung it a<R
eJ of tho window, but I neror drelaxed. tt _
would fall among the deitneaVos'around
y, the old well curb and set it on fire! I
a didn't uicnn any harm!''
"Don't frot, father," said the squire,
ct "We'll build it up ag'in ? n 5 and Mtf-'
y- tin?just exactly like it was before.'f
The old man shook his lioad.
ra "It won't bo the same," moanet he ?
?- "it won't be the same! Nothin'a the
3* same in this world I"
d Aud ho took to his bel from that
ty dn?\
i'oor Ellen hung down her head like a
drooping lily. In neither caw hud she
1,1 intended any actual hat in, but in both
11 instances she felt acu'ely responsible.
cr Martin was making preparations to go
13 out West. Qrandsir seemed to have lost
nil interest iu the surrounding world.
0 Her mother went about with swollen
>g eyes and a pale face, and Squire So 1n
K'ck sat by the hour on the front porc'i,
loavinn t i'.u- !--*] l1t. '"t. ^
,, One violot-scontoU April aTFeraoou,
however, Martin came home from the
cit}', whither ho had been to purchase
some nbsoluto necessity for his travels,
with a flat parcel under his arm.
1 "Look, mother I" he said. "It's somo?
thing for grandsir. I don't know but
what I've been extravagant, but [declare
j to goodness I couldu't help it. The
minute I set eyes ou it, I thought of the
dear old man lyin' up stairs iu his bod.
1 It's a picture," ho addol, as fiilen catna
j hurrying to his side?"an oil painting
with a flne gilt frame. Exictly like our
old well swesp that was burns 1 down,
' with the red barn in the distanco, and
( the sun settin' behind the woods, just as
10 I've seen it go down times without end.
J You don't kuow how queer I felt when
T omit if its f tin oforA w i luliin/ ami 1 uranf
in and paid twenty dollars for it. I'd
a -thorn ninyiin' liUnlrnla anil
in They hung it up oq the wall opposito
[0 the bend of his bead, and when the old
man waked from a nap, just as the sun^
j set beans shone over the mute canvas, he
k looked at it with a smile,
i! "It's our old well," said he, not evinero
ing the least surprise. "Just like I was
le u-lookin' out of the window at it. I've
Lh got the well sweep back ag'in now, and
ho p'raps Dora'll come next. Who knows!"
)k And for the first time in a weok, he
got up aud dressed himself, and deigned
s. to give a sort of conditional approval to
ed the repairs going on in the burned district.
e. "It looks too new now," said he, adid
justivg his "far-away" spectacles. "But
n- p'raps in a year or two it'll be inoro
weather-beaten op' uat'ral-like. I can
ito allays look at the picter, though, when I
want to see the old well sweep."
fid Ellen pulled her brother's sleeve as he
'a, stood iuteutly regarding the bright little
b- oil painting on grandsir's wall,
o's "Martin," said she, "nobody ever
could have painted that picture by guess,
o, It is our old well sweep, and there's the
up very butternut tree and the broken
to shingles on the barn roof. Aad don't
you remember, Martin, how lond she
of used to be of painting!''
He turned suddenly around with an irradiated
face,
n's "Why didn't I think of it before!" he
cried.
ho * + * +
Mr. Solomon Feldman, sitting behind
his de9k rail in the darkest corner of the
l!e', dark little art store, was startled from an
111 abstruse financial calculation by thequescvr.
tionincr eleainof a pair of dark eyes close
U( beside him.
"Is it sold?" a soft voice timidly asked
?"my 'Old Well Sweep?' I see it is
1 ,u gouo from the window. Oh, Is it posai."
's blc that I can be so lucky a? to have sold
that picturo?"
Dora Scdgick was very plainly dressed.
1 * Ilcr shoes and gloves were unmistably
shabby; thero was a certain pallor in her
axtt skin and sknrpness in her features which
told of a battle with the world, in which
he. she had not as yet gained the advantage,
eat But at that moment her face seemed
transfigured with exultant joy.
the Mr. Foidman referred to his books.
;ar- "T'vesty dollars," saiu he, with lead
iiit? pencil between his teeth. "Not a bad
iro. price for a beginner, and tweoty-flve per
his cent, commission. Price of frame, five
ing dollars, and?and here is your ten dollars.
You might as well send something
jrv- else."
A shadow from without made the little
gas lighted cubby hole look a degree
on- dingier than before at this moment.
"Conld joa give rue the MM Md a<
dress of the fimM who peistsd the pic
ture I purihsse) jtOtriw lh? 'Ol
Well Sweep? " asked thttsUof Marti
Sedgick.
The rciled sad shawl wrapped figar
turned suddenly around, ao that tb
| dickering <p?llght shone full on Use dar!
eyes and mobile lips..
'ilartiat" she cried out, with en la
voluntary step forward.
"Dora?my Dora! No, you shall ao
draw away your baadl" he oriel. "Tv
got you now, and 1 moan b keep you yes,
always, Doraf"
? \ e N .
"Eh!" oriel ft$?nd?if SoJgklr, roin
I koowedshe^^^^^^^^^^kbefore
the Lord sent out a call lor me. So uethin'
(old mo she would. They're flxeo
up the old well sweep. O va, and you're
back again 1 I hain't nethin' left to
wish for now.'' *
"And she's promised tojba ray wife,"
declared Martin, with hif arm panel
carelotsly arouurt the girl'dslitn waist.
And Martin's given up* the Western
pUo," ecstatically criod Ars. So lgic'<,
"and lie's going "to be oo:$aat to sottlj
down hero for good and alb"
And ob, I'm so glad !"lasped Ellen,
while the squire slapped Us son's bao'<
in an encouraging fas jiou. I
Old Grandsir Sedgick loi^eI from oao
to the other with a serene fciile.
?I hain't nothin' loft to fish for," he
repeated.?Saturday Night
WISE WORDS.
Prejudice ia blM iadepei>'Ua*t
He who cares not to return may go
anywhere.
The fop finds his bcaotified vision in a
looking-glass.
The body may be cleui but the soul
alone can be pure.
The concensus of the science in a central
and superior whole is philosophy.
Inspiration is the supplementation of
the original act which crested tho man,
The apt uso of symbols is the greal
art for ruling the operations of human
brains.
Symbolism is tho translation of the
language of ouo kingdom of being into
that of another.
In the recoil of our ??wn spirit and the
returns of our own deeds, Nemesis is
perpetually born.
rho merely surprising surprises but *
'?. * jf .
ever inorc nn 1 more aumrrea. ..
Be not pliant wax (or outward oircutu
stauces to seal. Make your own though)
the tnohl, your own will the stamp ol
vour life.
Would you make conquests of a man!
Wiu his heart au i you will win his
mind. Would you make a conquest ol
a woman? Take her iniud and you will
win her heart.
? Human life is a play, consisting o
many dilTcrcut scenes; and those whi
are in the world at spectators often
understand the plot and the character!
better than those who are there a
actors.
Philosophy enriched by history anc
animated by poetry and applied by hu
inanity to the inner li/o^tflllgious. Tnc
cold forms of sctcntr**^. * philosophy
il 1 n ir i ifrii {grl ^1^^'
'Here in Souther*/ Ohio, as, in mabj
other parts of tlio country, poor hillside!
could be utilized for tree-growth," Israel
A. Putnam says. "As a rule, fev
farmers who have lived in a timheu
country think about planting auy tree
except apple, peach, pear, etc. liu
many of our aut-l>earing trcei ought tn
be grown that arc fast disappearing b;
the woodman's axe, such as the bccch
winc.i produces a large .tmouiu 01 m?<
fcr hogs, sheep and poultry, and is on
o( the handsomest of trees on the lawn
with its dens3 foliage anil spreading
tops where not too thickly planted
Then we have the shell-bark hickories,
large aud sin ill; in in; boyhood da;
wc had of the large but fc.v trees thn
bore nuts, but at this time 1 have quiti
a number of young trees, the seed c
which was probably planted by chip
inunks, or otherwise dropped, and when
ever I found one I carol for it by pro
tecting, and now wo havo the pleasure c
gathering almost annually quantities a
nuts. Then we have the black walnut
not only valuable for fruit, but as tin
ber for manufacturing purposes; it is c
quick growth and attains majestic sizo
I could enumerate others."?New Yor
Tribune.
An Interesting Has ol I'liot tgraph
A French photographer lately inveutc
a process by which a bit of ordina
paper?the leaf of a book, for cxamp
? can be made sensitive to light witho
affecting the rest of the page. Actir
on this hint the Vreuch War Miuister h
begun to take the portraits of conscrip
and recruits on the paper, which givi
their height, complexion, age, etc., an
the cheapness and swiftness of the o
tration, which is already in use in tl
French army, is something remarkabl
It costs only one cent to get two copi
of a portrait ol JacquesBonbomme?o
for his individual register and the otb
for bis muster roll; add trrwld is t
process that in a few hours a whole rej
ment can be so photographed. T
soldiers file along, one bj one, and ea
sits for three seconds in the photograp]
chair and the thing is done.
They even mark the man's regimen!
number on his breast with chalk, a
thus get a complete identification of h
in case of desertion or death, or whei
discharged soldier presents his claim 1
pay or a Dcnsion. ?Boston Advertiser
BulTnlo, N. V., lias an 'agency
direction," a sort of philanthropic inb
ligeuce office, which make* no cf~?i
for its services.
J; PALMETTO CHIPS.
J Vm dad VotM From Hu?, There d
* Everywhere la Booth Carolina.
Street care will be running at Floronce
* on May 1st.
? Ogmmiaaiooer Kirk land (1 .urea out the
interest <uMhe direct tax refund to be
*5,000.
The Colombia city council refutes- tc
, bid for the State Girls' College. The
^ bids bow stand Spartanburg 043,000,
? Rock Hill 060,000, Uh .- tor, 035,000.
Judge Simont >n disursscd the cross
bill which had been filed by tho Ororgia
Construction Coinpiny against tho bond*
_ One of the signs of increased pro-pcr!
ity of tho Columbii, Notvberry an I Lnu
Mn. D.II..-1 -- -A?- - " ''
>muvw, ia mitt in ? I jlis ou lite
United States mail h ,ve grown fro n
! 1600 le?t year t? nearly ftJ.GOD this jc tr.
Gen. Eliss Baric, a u stive of Groenvillo,
but aaoro recently a resident of
Florida, a veteran of tho Mexican and
last civil wars, died on Tucsd iy.
D. H. Traxlcr, tho Sta'e dispensary
commissioner, is in Columbia preparing
to commence business, and, as the Sla e
expresses it, "the government hat room
is to. I e'located in the agricultural hall
jbuildlng."
On the 12th of May?unless executive
clcm?ucy or natural dcith Interposes ?
Alfred Crosby, Isinc Crosby. Istac
Yongue, Martha Yonguo an.l E'ishi
Yongue, all fouud guilty of tho murder
of Anderson McAllv, togethor witU Joe
Brnnnon, already nitdcr sen'cncc of dcttli,
nd all Colorod, will bi hung at Choite *.
% Tho farmers in the Etta 'jtljn y'-r"
-tMg'jlMtf 'lU.gUbey aaT'ftT
mu ;h of the ol I crop of molassor over,
they expect to keep a yc it's supply ahead
The Italians who have been working
in the South Carolina phosphate mines
arc returning to sunny Italy.
Governor Tillman lias wri ten to 8? nator
Sir.j the authorir.ing tho use for the phoapha
c exhibition at Chicago of such pait
of the Sou'h Carolina exhibit that is now
at the Augusta Exposition.
E. L. Rocha had a eons iltatiou
with the phosphnt; m?n of I h irlcston
ln?t week in tehition t> the phosphntj
1 exhibit to be made at the Columbian Exposition
at Chicago. Great pr.-gross is
I beiog made in collecting specimens mil
i making other final arrangements for tho
prop.sed exhibit,
i The Kershaw Miuufacturing Co.'a new
, $250,000 cm ion factory at Camden is
rapidly ncaiing completion, and the
spindles will soon be in operation.
L AirixSsi Ync clear hundred million mark.
While she fcll off some in tha year 1892.
in common with the trade of the whole
^ coun'ry, due to depressing causes unt
ivcrssliy prevalent, her legitimate rate of
expansion is exemplified in the remarkable
increase of exports and imports from
, $13,807,073 in 1890 to $21,857,470 in
I 1891, or $8,049,797, or tin amazing fig.
I ure of 00 per cent, in c single twelve
months.
THE ATLANTA~SENSATION.
I Some Gate City Bank Directors in
i Very Ugly Position.
Washington, D. C.?It is i utlnrita
live'y I urncd at tin department of
| ju*ti o that special counsel Henry W
. Jackron, employed in tho Gate Ci y Na
, tional Baak case of Atlanta, Ga., has not
hc-.n r moved, but any further action en
J his i art in the ease has been suspended
The Gate ell" JLlionftl IMhlf
P far as information reaches here goes, hav
i i 1:^m t?,?
I ilHJUIIICU II YCI y |RXUIIUI |lU(iav. m i*v
I b.ink Thuradty, in the ( pinion of thr
treasury officials, is in a position to open
r its doors nnd pny off every dollar of its
, indebtedness caused by the defalcation of
t Iledwinc. its cashier, but there is said to
( b ?omc d'sagrcemen4. as to who shall
_ constitu'c the board of directors, and for
that r a~on principally the bank has not
j b en reopened.
On the other hind, it intimated tha?
e cvcral i f the old directors are open to
the charge of having wrongfully taken
i money from the bank. This view is
sdd to be held by Special Coun?el Jack
? son, who was formerly attorney for the
9 bank. Q? n. Jackson's son, it will be
t rcea led, committed suicide shortly after
e Itedwine'a defalcation, and in some way
>f not clearly iml:catcd the suicide of young
Jacks n was connected with Itcdwine's
dufalca'in. (Jen. Jackson, special
counsel in this case, was naturally very
f much grieved at the suieido of his son,
,( nnd the intimation unofficially thrown
out here is that G-m. Jackson has become
' overwhelmed with grief and has made
very wild statements and insinuations
against some of the old hoard of directors,
I* so gave in character that, the Government
has been callei upon to slop further action
on his psrt iu the case, until a most
- thorough and searching investigation ol
, tin bar.k's condition can le made,
id ^
rJ Whole Town Destroyed.
ut Wilmington, Dkl ?The chief of th<
tire department of this city received wore
that the town of Galena, with aboul
I.nnilrnil i ntiiilii I mil u iie.tr f!hesfi?r
s town, Md., was oa fire and rc()n stin<.
L'* assistance A lat r dispitc'i was icceivei
l<* saying tin town had been wiped out.
P* About two hundred houses were total
1,0 ly dest toyed and several persous severely
e? burnc 1 while fighting the tire. No live
es were lost. Asuoralroid nor telegrapl
ne ofli e is in the town, it is impossible t<
ler get further details. The houses, whicl
he were frame were neat and substantial
gi- and bui t close together. The town con
rhe taioel several agricultural implcin-ir
ch shops and had n large school house. Tin
Uic 'arf>' 8' rc**'' 8*? c K^nt county wn
lo:?ted at Oele'-n
BlU BLAZE IN"GLOUCESTER.
,m Nearly All the Town Destroyed b
} Fire.
for
Wf.st Potts t, Va.?A hij fire in th
' night destroyed the town of Olouccste
0j Courthouse. Two largo stores, the tele
. ( hone ofiice, the po toili e and all thci
contents were consumed. The buildin
g? were pattiul covered by insurance, Ori
gin of the fire is uukown.
Wtlllai Lmtm, Sllvks, Kte.
InlUUr?,(or?i to nature arc to? woll
I known ?<! hive Wa written on too
often to require anj laoolal notios bore.
Natutal lav, being aim on universal as
far as the. protection of lb? woak
creature la naoeataed, U U not at all
wonderful, perhaps, that ahe Has form') I
inaoots laW ^wttMuarpurto of fl?w- >
i on, leaves, etleVt, etc. Some of tho
i *?walking leaves," thoto wbto'i ara natives
of la lit, C shu a \ I J spin In particular,
ara t*tge? grotesque looking
creatures, their fteiqflMaaee beioj atrikIngly
like a bundle of yellow twig*
aoct ara long, slosder ? ? I Tor/ twiglike, 1
the coloring being euited to that pvtlc i
ular ipecivs of vegetation upon whloh <
the decsptive mnnioker sub lists. *
The "walking stick," like tha walk- '
ing leaf, is also Ter/ deceptive, aa far as
looks go. The maloj hare stnill, slender <
bodies, the legs or ar.ns starting from it I*
jtnt it jinalltr liiulu of a tree or wood ^
start from larger ones.
/ Toe ".valkin ? thorn" of J*vi belongs ii
to this curious order of insects, as do h
also the "devil's hor.e" a*?d t'uo mantis. u
The "walking thorn" looks cxictly like ?
the large compound spine of our common
ojuoy locust tiee, even in oloran I d
general contour.?*t. L mis Kepublic. ?
! U
A Ucmirkabln fa ?. I
The sentiment cxprouel in the linos.
"Wnon we be^iu to llv\
Wo all begin to die."
was almost literally verified iu the cans ?
of Simon M. Elder, who dioi L'J
tr.fty foWdsi Hl!?ttrW!TTrTlflrm!MilTDflM|^
of only a few months, and yet a surgical
examination showed that death was ^
caused by a kick from a horse sixty years R]
ago, when Mr. Elder was a small boy. e,
The animal's hoof crushed the skull two {r
inchos above his right eye, and theoper- d
ation sbovo roferred to dhc'.oscd a large
orifice in the skull, through which it was
seen that the right frontal lobe of the
brain was entirely gone. llow life and 3
reason were sustained for years under
such conditions is a subject of interest to
medical science. "That he should have c
survived the accident was in itself a ?
marvel," said his attending physician:
but that he retained his faculties and (
led a life of useful industry, makes it a (
truly wonderful case."?Boston Journal.
The Mound City's Name. ;
The city having boon named in honor ]
of St. Louis many rupposo that the pro*
nnnciatiou should be JstftiB,." frfft
of the namo of tho saint. Louis is not <
an English name, tnd Hume, in angli* (
cizing it in his history, always writos it
Lewis." All tho French kings of the '
name Louis" are Lowis" in Ilumo's (
writings. Those who say "St. Looio"
in speaking of the city may think it is 1
more honor to the sainted King ol \
Franco, for whom it wa9 named, to use '
the French pronunciation. On thoothci *
hand, our languago is English, and it if
perfectly natural that there should be r
thoso who hold that tho name of our '
cities should be as nearly English as )
possible. The 4,St. Looio" pronunciation
will never cause any ono to forget '
why the city was na ncd St. Louis, and '
if it is the most popular it should bo
genorully accepted. Doubtless tho earliest
settlers never said "St. Loois," but '
it is a long time siuco they were hero.? j
St. Louis Post-Dispatc'1.
bed is now"almostft^vcUTuTown iislf 11
were dry land. The chaita rcpre.-ent it
as a huge trough of varying depths, extending
from pole to pole. Here and ^
there are rocky peaks, like ihat of Tcuer- f
ilTe, or hlige mountains of fand, like tho
Banks of Newfoundland, which rcntu uj?
io or above the surface. Between Ire- '
1 1 1 t VinrA 18 tL TC\
J Him mm iU-nmuumnuu ?mv.v - _
mnrkablc submarine plain. This treat '
ievei stretch of ocean bottom is always
referred to as the "telegraph or cable 1
plateau,'1 because of the fact of the main
submarine cables being stretched across
it. This plateau is believed to be a continuation
of the great water shed which,
between the latitudes of forty and fifty
degrees north, surrounds the earth, and
divides the waters which flow south from
those which flow toward the north.?
New York Dispatch.
A Wnr Ship's Duns Disabled by Fro t
Up to the present wo have not felt
able to advocate the general use of elootrie
motors in plnce of hydraulic gear Ol
auxiliary steam engines on board ship;
but the effect of the recent frost on tier
Majosty's ship Hen bow discloses a weak
point in hydraulic machinery which has
no parallel in electrical work. The gear
' of the heavy guns has boen not only disabled,
but has suffered >uch serious Injury
that it has been found necessary tc
take tho greater portion of it to piece*
and to forward it to tho manufacturers
for reconstruction and repair.?London
t Electrician.
t w.i?<s of the Nashville Bank Panic.
Nasiivili.b, Tbnj*. -The financial situation
in this city wns perfectly rjuiet
Friday. The Banks did little business
beyond the receipt of deposit', there
8 seeming to ba no desira ti check out.
1 But little demand from country bank*
J for currency was made, though when
1 made it was promptly supplied. The
? Mechanics' Savings Banks and Trust Company
is receiving depos ts and in a day
s or two will resume payments.
* Hard Times in Atlanta.
The chief dry goods dealers of Atlanta,
Ga , v ill reduce the wages of all cletk*
per cent, on April 1st. and th s reduction
will continue throughout the
^ summer, and longer if trade docs not
imrrove.
r Tom Watson Given Up His Contest.
AuoujT.s, Ga. Reports come ta the
r press from Thomson, Ga , Thomas
K E Watson's home, saying that Wa'son
1 has abandoned his contest for the teat of
M?jor J. C. 0, Black in Congress.
NORTH CAROLINA SQUIBS. jfl
M?wiy OltMlti* from Oheroken to |
Currituck. 1
New Hanover's new court bourn, whicl
la uid to be by (or the handsomest in the I
BUts, will sooo be ready (or occupancy. "?
lodge of Odd. Follows which was
organised in 8ta*eevllle mors than a year
ago, with a good asomhgnhip, has gono
out of buil teas.
Governor Carr has offered $900 reward
for the arrest of J. M. Benson, trraaurcr
of Harnett county, official information
having been received that Benson ha?
taken #9,400 of the county fond and fled. ....... 1\
it ?? miijtw<r^wrfat>wfa chart., wmm
Price, a ho it sttornay for the RichtSMld ~
ind Dauviiie raiiroid, has succeeded in _*SSg5E^5
routpi cruising nearly alt the suits brought
igalnat the company on account of the Jpj,*
Jos isn Bridge wreck.
A. bank, an opera-heute, and a railroad r: V ^ re
three things that will probably be w ' r<
dded to the improvements of Lumberon
during the year 1803.
Mayor rishbiatc, of Wilmingtoo, haft
astructcd the chief of police t*> notify
iia officer* to arrest all peraona thoy hear
taing profaue and vulgar language on m
heatreeta.
Tliere are twelve North Carolina slu- II
ente at Harvard University, Maisachu- ^
:tts, ami several of them' "atand way
p." Of theae eight are graduatea of the
'nl versify of North Carolina.
The North Carolina committee on colo*
ial exhibits for tho Columbian Kxposion
ha* called upon all citixena in that
tata to lend their aid in furnishing por- "
Ten student* of tho medical claai in
te Le -nard medical school of Shaw
oivers'ty, colored, at llalt-igh, have
raduatrd. Boinc of them are foreign*
a, one or two being from tho Congo
ree State, and having boon sent at the
Ircction of the King of the Bclg nns.
VIRGINIA HAPPENINGS. V
?he Latent Ntwi Item* in the 016
Dominion.
Tho growing wheat crop in tho Valley
>f Virginia doei not present a promising
A new town, to bo named Dawson ?
3ity, is being laid oft on the Baltimore Jfc*
?nd Ohio railroad, near Cherry Bun..'
A new bank hns been organ!red at
Norfolk wi it f?50,0Q0 capital. >Ifc will '# v
t>e call d tho Norfolk Bank for Saving ?
Trust.
Tiyn phr?nnaiffi
3'iyandbtte rfver iu order to retch slffttc
onl dep sits
Robert Stevens, a venerable citizen of
Louisa county, wits killed by being
:aught under a f tiling tree.
A millionaire Colorado miner and a
Ilc'gi in repr sent live of a company are
>a their way to Virginia with a view to
nvesting iu gold properties in Fluvanna,
Goochland and Fauquier counties.*
The fruit trees and slrawbcrry patches ^
irouud Nor "oik arc blooming on the true*
arm', and tho green stuff, under tho
A-jrm rains, is looking very promising.
The season will be late owing to the severe
freezes of January, but tho truckers
ill believe tho outlook is very favorable
for a large yi< Id of e?. rything and a
jirofltab'c season ahead unless the cholera
icnrccu's off tho markets. The green
iiens never looked prettier at this time of
;bc year and only a heavy breeze will
poil a lino crop.
and Prh^tT "Here? ~
Joe Bond, colored, was convi ted Frfat
Appling, Gn., of the murder of
Louis ?h ink, also colored, last December.
l?r. !!. C. Iloiinni'.y, a weii-known
baptist pnachcr of Atlanta, died at Montezuma,
G?.f Thursday. IJc had been ill
i lomr time.
Th> Campboll |Glns* and Paint Company's
estub ishmcnt, in Kansas City,
Mo , was completely destroyed by tire.
I.oss $120,000; i suranco $100,000.
Miko Chambers, in jail at Bicrnmcnto,
Cnl., baa coufctscd that be is the man
who murdered Fred Fctterman some
mouths ago at llun'sville, Tenn.
The Pennsylvania board of pardons
has recommended pardons for "Abo1'
Buzzard, the notorious Welch Mountain
outlaw, and James 8. Dungnn, the
wrecker of the Bank of Ainorici, I'hiladelpliia.
Tue Philadelphia, Admiral Ohcnrrdi'j
flagship, the Baltimore, the Yorktowu,
the Visuvius and the torpedo boat Cushiug
sailed from New York Frirday for
the naval rendezvous at Hampton Hoads.
The Chattanooga Bar have sent to
Governor Turncy their endorsement of
Judge W. K. McAllister, of Nashville, .
for appointment as Judge Lorton's successor
on the State Supreme Bench.
General Smith Buried.
Fewanek, Tbnn ?The funeral o!
General Kdinund Kirby Smith took place
Friday morning nt 12o'clock. A special
train of six cars ariived from Nashville
with marly 500 veterans and two companies
of State troops. The funeral was
of a inilitiry character. A beautiful
floral tribute was presented by the studcuts
of the University, of which the lata
General was a professor. Telegrams of
condolence hare poured in from all parte
of the United mutes, snowing toe esteem
in which lie ws* held .
Chicago Xata Texas Strawberries.
Chicaoo, Ii.i?.?Four hundred cases of
strawberries picked ripo in Texas and
shipped in a new refrigerator arrived
here Wednesday in quite good condition.
This shipment was an experiment, and
consignees are so will satisfied that they
w.ll continue to receive small fruits from
Texas throughout the season. ,
Fate of Six Fishermen.
Pkovincktown, Mass.?The fishing
schooner Ada K. Damon lost six men on
Tuesday. They were setting trawls from
dories when a snow storm shut them
from view, and they were not seen again.
Three dories and one dead body ulew
ashore between If anact and Wclflcct.
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