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VOL. VXXI.?NEW SERIES. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 7.189:5.
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Mortal! t* ! -?-\ 1
j ? gionwr among the Alitv
leans than among any othor citizons ol
the United State*.
rne congress oiuoiotnoiaTu its !nte
session appropriated $150,000 a.year for
the encouragement of foreign immigration.
There aro now well^qulnped caoning
/aetories in almost erery State in the
Union whose products of land and sea
are preserved in air tight cans.
In Canada they eat! this country "The
States." Then why, asks the New York
'*he Courier-Journal leirus that Fro
lessor Wiggins lays tbo blame for tha
cold weather, the chilora and the rest of
the ills with which tho earth has recently
been afflicto l on tho conjunction be*
tween Jupiter and Mars.,
The latest legislatire break in Missouri,
recordod by the Detroit Freo Press, is a
bill req siring all the buttcrine sold in
^ that markot to be colore ! pink, this
mark being eridence to tho purchaser
that he is not buying the genuine articlo.
No special provision seems to hare bee \
- made for the protection of those who are
color blind.
Bays tbe~3ltuneapolis Times:" Defataa* I
tion is altogether too comtnou. A long
established good name and unblemished
character, a lifetime of fair dealing, all
the reputation which business raou would
once hare spent years of salf-deuial to
obtain, begins to loso its commercial
#alue. Wc look askauco nt everybody.
ITe go about asking whom wc can trust.
The St. Louis Star-Sayings is convinced
that a littlo learning is not so dangerous
a thing after all. English insurance
statistics show that fifty per cent,
of the authors and statesmon, forty-two
per cent, of the clergymen, thirty per
frpfifpat. of the lawyers, twenty-sovon per
htent. of the teachers and twenty-four per
^ cent, of the doctors roach tho age of
seventy.
Flying foxes are distressing tho agrl- I
Ml local paper sayslhat at the prosont (
^Kte of increase it is greatly feare i they \
will soon become almost as gro.at a men- i
aoe as the rabbit post. A cinp of the J
foxes, about four miles from Eriua, Now
South Wales, contains fully 100,000 of ,
the pests, "and whon disturbed they rise 1
like a cloud obscuring the sun."
_ I
The Chicago Herald alleges that a
French syndicate is buying up all the ,
worn out ponies on the frontier for export
to Paris, the intention being to con* <
ert them into food for the people of the
gey metropolis. Hippophagy in France
has evidently become a disease, for a
.^immmfcoinach would hardly crave tho
toirs. ^
A mathematician, who evidently has
abundant leisure, has been tiguriug, relates
the New York News, on the size
of the mortgage we should now be
carrying if Columbus had pledged this
oountry for the cost of his outfit.
Starting with the assumption that tho
expenditure cost Isabeilo $10,000, he
adds interest compounded every six
months. At tho present time the
. amount foots up nearly 271 quadrillion
^dollars. Taking tho population of the
Jjh^ted States at 65,000,000, the little
AM)krMU<o**i?*Cf)01' nearly 417 million
dollar* for each inhabitant. It is consequently
a great relief to know that
Columbus never set foot on North
America. It would be very embarrassing
to have a musty mortgage for that
dtasy figure presented, with tho customary
notice of foreclosure.
J The New York Advertiser says: "Beginning
with Grant's sue Mi l inauguration
in 1873, a period of twenty years,
. during which eix Presidents have been
Inaugurated, the 4th of March fell 03
pleasant days only twice. The 4th of
1873, was a bitter cold and bluitering
day. There was neither snow nor rain,
the temperature was ao low that
^BReath raapei a large barreit arang
those who participated iu tlio parade.
The 4th of Maroh, 1877, when Hayes
was inaugurated, was a miserably damp,
pneumonia-breeding day. The 4th of
March, 1881, when Garfield was inaugurated,
and the 4th of March, 1885,
when Cleveland was first inaugurated,
a. .
were both pleasant days. Mr. Harrison'*
jnaugural address was delivered
In the midst of a pouring rain, and Mr.
Cleveland's second oath of oflloe was
taken while the sno* beat upon his
bared bead. There is no sort of justlfi1:
cation for the retention of this date for
this important ceremony. It will always
be mad# a spectacle. Surely it is not
) ijitoflninsrf to slay the people to celebrate
*^be change in the administration of a
Bepubltean Government. Let the date
b# changed in the into*?eUf ( huuuAi^j."
EASTER.
East sr. smile o' the yeart
Britiger of music aud flowers!
Easter, whoso skies are clear
With spring days' lengthened hoars*
What shall we say that is new?
What shall wa sing that Is old?
Sermon or sonnet or chant
Gildingrefinded gold.
Yet, Oh Brightness returned,
"Well may I glorify thee I
Merer the world again
| Sunless and chill shall I see.
Quickened from clay, the reed
Springs from the glow nbov
Up from my heart has leapoj
The shining lily of 16v?. ..
EfcgLm.sami-r >? ??- ?*
ftoeiy Mttge fo bo hear l!
Sing in the chapel, choir!
Trill in your meadow, bir.ll
Thou who kneelest in church
(Thy thought from earth apart)
My Easter offering, love,?
To the altar of thy heart!
?E. Irenceus Stevenson.
mnn /.? *? -
inii UL<U YVISLL SWEEP.
BT HELEN FORREST GRAVES.
tf ^4 OU ain't goin' lo t?;ke
that well sweep, away,
I j J o t h a in?t h e well
C, - sweep that wes there
Jfjfej when I was' a bahv?
^t Don't do it, Jotbam?
Squire 8odgick
beckoned to his son to I
* ^ ^?wn the uplifted <
axe. i
Mrs. Sedgick stood in the doorway, i
with n fat, old-fashionod tu.ublcr and a <
glass-towel in her baud.
Ellen, the daughter, paused in tho act
of tying up an obstreperous young honey- (
ruckle shoot; and old Qrandiir Sedgick,
leaning on his staff, with his gray hairs
blowiug in the fre3li spring wind, look- i
ing not unliko one of tho ancient Druids. (
'Why, father, we didn't know you'd
care,'' said tho squire. "It's a rickety t
old thing, anyhow?"
"Well, so'iu I a rickety old thing 1"' (
nnavnrorl ! ',r*
^...v.vu >uu uv-iuyuuniiuu. **11UC you j
wouldn't go at mo with an nxo and a j
mallet, wr.uld you? I u?ed to draw water
with that well sweep afore I stood as f
high as the curb." fl
"Well, well," soothingly uttered the
quire, "if you've auy feelin' nbout it, it
ihau't bo touched 1 Only, sence the pipes
have been laid from the spring up on f
SajuaJIUI, E? '
**1 don't kcer what Eunice thinks!" ,
aid Qrandsir Scdgick. "Tho pipes from 1
3aviu Spring ain't nothin' to rae. I'd 0
rutlicr hev a glass o' clear water from the 6
Did well than all the springs in crca- v
lion 1" .
"So you abnll, father?so you shall!"
laid Mrs. Scdgick, pickiug up tho
knotted cane which tho old man had
dropped, and tenderly guiding his foot- r
iteps back to the cushioned cliair on tho ^
porch, which ho had just left. j
But Ellen tossed her much be-crimpcd
bead.
"It's the only well sweep left In Kendal,"muttered
she. "Horrid old fashioned J
thing'.. Everybody calls our homo ?the j
placo w.'Ch the well sweep.' It's toa ,
bad 1" .
"Hush, dearl" said Mrs. Scdgick. .
"Qrandsir's a very old maD, aud he's
Deaf tboush Tie was. tno oiu man s t
ear caught a word hero aud there, when
It was least expected that ho would, lio *
looked quickly around. 1
Dora," he repeated?"littlo Dora! 1
My son Adam's daughter, with the black 1
eyes aud the real Sedgick features!
There nin't but a few things that I caro i
for left in this world, aud Dora was one t
of 'em. What bavo you done with j
Adam's orphen gal?eh, Buuice? Tho j
gal that hadn't uo one but mo to look
after her?" j
A distressed look crept over Mrs. t
Scdgick's kindly face. Sho hesitated I
visibly. I
' It wasn't our fault, lather," said she.
"Dora was always a restless child, and
she somehow couldn't seem to bo contented
'.n this quiet place."
Tho old man shook his Iconino whito
head.
"1 dunno nothin' about that," said
he. "All I know is I miss little Dora,
and I want her. Jothara," turning abruptly
to his stalwart son, "whore's
Dora!"
"I don't know any more than you do,
father," said the squire, leauing up
against the porch pillar, and saying to
wifo in a lower tone:
"What has set him oil thinkin' of
Dora just now?"
Thinkin'1 Ain't I always thinkin'
of her?" piped up the old man. "Adam's
gal, that was left to us to take caro of;
and Adam was always tho best of the
family 1 You nagged her, and you wor?
ritcd of her, and she was too highsperited
to stand it, and now she's goue,
an' you say you don't know nothiu'
about it. Eh"?and his voice grew
thriller?"that was what Cain said, mind
you, when the Lord asked him where
his brother was t That's why I sot here
on the porch, where I can see half a mile
down toe road, to get a eight of Adam's
gal, Dora, coinin' baok where she belongs!"
'
The three lookers-on glanced uneasily
at each other.
Martin Sedgick, the son, flung his axe
emphatically on the ground.
4,Grandsir speaks the truth," said he.
"The house ain't itself suico Dora went
away."
And he stalked gloomily down the
hill, to whero his handsotno four-yearold
colt was tied tj the fence rail, awaiting
its daily exercise around the square.
"Eunice," said Squire Sedgick to his
wife that afternoon, "Martin is getting
restless again. Ho wants to go West."
Mrs. Sedgick clasped her hands nervously.
"Martin-?our only eon!" she oried.
"He was just begioQiog to be yeqoq
. i
A* ,
cited to life on the farm, when Dora
went away," said the squire, dejectedly.
"And it was she that reconciled him.
Eunice?if we could get Dora bactc
again? It's as my old fath<& says?she
was the luck of the house."
Mrs. Sedgick burst into tears.
"It wasn't my fault, Jothaoyi' she
said. "I always liked the child^Lough
she wasn't no more like our folks than a
corn flower is like a squash blossom.
But she and Ellen couldn't somehow
agree. Ellen always wanted Martin to
mnrry Miss Brownlee, and she up one
day and accused Dora of settln' her cap
for Mnrtin, and Dora couldu't stand that; ;
and when they appealed to me, I'ts
afraid Ldidn't. talra p?u s?in *g\
AllanM I might h?^onc.." 1
% "1 knowod a woman's tongue was at
the bottom of it all," said the aquirc,
with some bitterness. "Poor Dora!" 1
a'l_* ' ~
iimi nignt tuo whole Sedgick family
were aroused by a light blase in the
dooryard?the old-fashioned well sweeo
ourning up. Uranclslr, In hts flannel
dressing gown and knotted stick, his
leonine head well outlined in the scarlet
glow, looking more Druid-like than
ever.
You done it o' purpose," said he,
feebly shaking the stick at the assemblod
family, who y^ere trembling in list doorway.
You know you did. First Dora,
and then tho old well sweep. The only
things I kcercd for in this world?and
now they're both gone, an1 I may as
well lie down and diel"
"l dido't mean any harml" hysterically
8obbod poor Ellon. 4,I was -lighting
a taper to seal a letter?Marian
Brownleo always uses the new-fashioned
colored wax to seal her letters?and it
burned up too quick, and I flung it oA
of tho window, but I never drevned, it
would fall among the dead learos around
the old well curb and set it on fire i I
iidn't mean any harml"
' Don't frot, father," said the squire.
We'll build it up ag'in?*ni and Mtf-'
:in?jnst exactly like it was before.*-'
The old man shook his head.
It won't bo the same," moanot he ?
i'lf ?PAn*f "vr ** * 1
"?u ?- u? bim aniiic i nniQia i Uio
iamo in this world 1"
Auil bo took to his be I from that
Inr. %
I'oor Ellon hung down her head like a
Irooping lily. In neither case had she
11 tended nuy actual hatni, but in both
nstnnces sho felt acu'cly responsible.
Martin was making preparations to go
>ut West. Grandsir teemed to have lost
til interest in the surrounding world.
ller mother went about with swollen
tyea and a pale face, and Squire So 1;ick
sat by the hour on the front porc'i,
? tn'oVroiot-?<^ntiii""A.prIl ' mUmrami,
lowover, Martin canso home from the
;ity, whither he had been to purchase
ouio nbsoluto necessity for his travels,
ritb a flat parcel under his arm.
"Look, mother 1" he said. "It's somolung
for grandsir. I don't know but
vbat I've been extravagant, but I declare
o goodness I couldn't help it. Tao
ninute I set eyes on it, I thought of the
Icar old man lyin' up stairs iu his bed.
t's a picture," ho addol, as Eiloa came I
lurrying to his side?"an oil painting
vith a fine gilt frame. Exictly like our
>1(1 well swesp that was burml down,
vitli the rod barn in the distance, and
he sun settin' behind the woods, just as
'to seen it go down times without end,
fou don't know how queer I felt when
! saw it in the store window, and 1' went
n and paid twenty dollars for it. I'd
aliMn.nsii\nln' blankets. and. .
They hung it up on the wall opposite
he head of his bead, and when the old
nan waked from a nap, just as the sunet
beans shone over the mute canvas, he
ooked at it with a amtle.
It's our old well," aaid he, not evinong
the least surprise. "Just like I was
i-lnokin' out of the window at it. I've
jot the well sweep back ag'in now, and
l'raps Dora'll come next. Who knowa?"
And for the first time in a week, he
;ot up and dressed himself, and deigned
to give a sort of conditional approval to
Lho repairs going on in the burned district.
"It looks too new now," said he, adjusting
his "far-away" spectacles. "But
p'raps in a year or two it'll be more
weather-beaten sa' nat'ral-llke. I can
allays look at the picter, though, when I
want to. see the old welt sweep."
Ellen pulled her brother's sleeve as he
stood intently regarding the bright little
oil painting on grandsir's wall.
"Martin," said she, "nobody ever
rrtnld have nainted that nlcture bv truesa.
It is oar old well sweep, and there's the
cry butternut tree and the broken
shingles on the barn roof. Aid don't
you remembor, Martin, how fond she
used to be of paintingI*'
He turned suddenly around with an irradiated
face.
4'Why didn't I think of it beforet" he
cried.
******
Mr. Solomon Feldmao, sitting behind
His desk rail in the darkest corner of the
dark little art store, was startled from an
abstruse financial calculation by the questioning
gleam of a pair of dark eyes close
beside him.
4,Is it soldi" a solt roles timidly asked
?44my 'Old Well Sweep!' I see it is
gone from the window. Oh, U It possible
that I can be so lucky as to have sold
that picture?"
Dora Sedgick was very plainly dressed.
Her shoes snd glores were nnmistably
shabby; there was a certain pallor la her
skin and sharpness in her features which
told of a battlo with the world, in which
she had not as yet gained the advantage.
But at that moment her face seemed
transfigured with exultant joy.
Mr. Feidman referred to his books.
Twenty dollars," said he, with lead
pencil between his teeth. "Not a bad
price for a beginner, and twenty-five per
cent, commission. Price of frame, five
dollars, and?and here is your ten dollars.
You might as well send something
else."
shadow from without made the little
gas lighted cubby hole look a degree
dingier than before at this moment.
"Could you gire me the name and address
of the person who painted the picture
I purchase I yesterday?tho *01*1
Well SwecpF " asked the voice of Mirtin
Sedgick. j
The vcUel and shawl wrapped figure
turned suddenly around, so that the
flickering gaslight shone full on the dark
eyes and rnobilo lips..
"Martial" she criwl out, with an hivoluntary
step forward.
Dora?my Dora I No, you shall not
draw away your band I" be crlei. 4Tvo
got you now, aud I moan to keep you ?
yes, always, Dora?" ,
> * * * *
*'EhPeri, rous- j
I knowcd she would own back boforo 1
the Lord scut out a call tor mo. So uc- !
thin' told rao she would. They've flxod !
up the old well sweep, D >r?, and you'ro '
back n.gaini I hain't lothin' left to
wish for now."
'And she's promised to be my wife," *
declared Martin, with hij arm passed '
carelessly around the girl'Jsliin waist.
"And Martin's given u pi the Western c
plan," ecstatically cried -trs. So Igick,
"and he's going to be cortont to settlj ?
down bore for good nad all?' .
"And oh, I'm so glad!" rasped Ellon, r
while the squire slapped lis son's back
in an encouraging fas lion. ' c
Old Orandsir Sedgick ln>kel from ono ,,
to the other with a serene 4iilc.
"I hain't nothin' left to siish for," he c,
repeated.?Saturday Night g
TT1SS WOtt?& ^ 81
^Prejudice is Jala* ^ $
He who cares no* to r^furn may go ti
anywhere.
The fop finds his beaatifed tlsloo la a ii
looking-glass. ai
The body may be clem but the soul ^
alone can be pure. i
The concensus of the science in a ceu-11
tral and superior whole is philosophy. ?
Inspiration is the supplementation o(
the original act which Created the man.
The apt uso of symbols Is the great j,
art for ruliug the operations of human c
brains. p
Symbolism is tho translation of the b
language of ono kingdom of being into n
that of another. F
In tho recoil of our awn spirit and the
returns of our own deeds, Nemesis is t
perpetually born. Ti
The merely surprising surprises but a 8
erer Inore ittai mono *(Trmifiidf=??^?r *
Be not pliant wax for outward oircum {,
stances to seal. Make your own thought c
the mold, your own will the stamp of h
our life. e
Would you make conquests of a man! u
Win his heart au 1 you will win his t
mind. Would you make a conquest of *
a woman? Take her mind and you will 11
win her heart. n
P Human life is a play, consisting o
many different scenes; and those who
are iu the world as spectators often ?
understand the plot and the characters
better than those who are there ai
nntnm i
Philosophy enriched by history and j
animated by poetry and Applied by hu- '
inanity to the inner li/<*i*jMligious. Tne 1
cold form? of sclent!***^ 'philosophy,
111 n rr-. i i^r> | ^ ^1 j i ^ f jfflMiMf.r T - ?*> - i
"Hero In SouthercfUhia^ or in autay I
other parts of tho country, poor hillsides r
could be utilized for trc3-growth," Israel I
A. Putaam says. "As a rule, few j
farmers who have lived in a timber >
country think about planting auy trees '
except applo, peach, pear, etc. But
many of our nut-bearing trees ought t > '
be grown that are fast disappearing by 1
tho woodman's axe, such as tho bcoch,
which produces a large amount of feed
fcr hogs, sheep and poultry, and is one
of the handsomest of trees on the lawn,
with its denss foliage and spreading
tops where not too thickly planted.
Then we have the shell-bark hickories,
large aud small; in my boyhood days
we had of the large but few trees that
bore nuts, but at this time I havj quite
a number of young trees, the seed of
which was probably planted by chip
munks, or othorwiso droppoJ, and whenever
I found one I carei for it by protecting,
and now wo havo tho pleasure cf
gathering almost annually quantities of
nuts. Then we havo tho black walnut,
not only valuable for fruit, but as ti;n
ber for manufacturing purposes; it ia of
quick growth and attains majestic size.
I could enumerate othors."?Nov York
Tribune.
An Interesting l!.? ol l'liot igrapfcy
A French photographer lately invented
a process by which a bit of ordinary
paper?the leaf of a book, for example
? can be made sensitive to light without
affecting tho rest of the page. Acting
on this hint the French War Minister has
begun to take the portraits of conscripts
and recruits on the paper, which gives
their height,complexion, age, etc., and
the cheapness and swiftness of the operation,
which is already in use in the
French army, is something remarkable.
It costs only one cent to get two copies
of a portrait ol JacqnesBonbomme?one
for his individual register and the otber
for his master roll; and MiMMsiri is the
iftncM* that in a few hour iWt regi- I
merit can be so photo J ^ i. The
soldiers file along, one bjrfne, and each
iti for three seconds in thAhotographic
ohair and the thing is done!
Thej even mark the nun's regimental
number on his breast with chalk, and
thus get a complete identification of him
in oaae of desertion or dekth, or when a
discharged soldier presents his Claim for
paj or a pension. ^-Boston Advertiser.
BufTslo, N. Y., has an "agencj of
direction," a sort of philanthropic intelligence
office, which nuket no ol^rge
for its service*, _
PALMETTO CHIPS.
New* and Notes From Here, There A
Everywhere in South Carolina.
Street cars will be running nt Florence
on May 1st.
Commissioner Kirk land tl -ures out the
interekt on the direct tax refund to be
85,000.
The Columbia city council refuses- to
bid for the State Qirls' College. The
bids now stand Spartanburg $48,000,
Rock Hill $00,000, ChiBtor, $35,000.
T..4 nl .
vuuuv oimouDn uism-ssc.J the cross
bill which had been filed bj the Georgia
Construction Coinpiny against tlio bond- ,
hotderaofthe .Carolina, Knox v die and. I
WS^a AImUoIT Compaby:
One of the signs of increased pro pcrty
of the Columbia, Newberry an 1 Lau
ens Railroad, is that tin t.lls on the
Jnitcd States mail h .ve grown frou
0'iO la?t year t> nearly f(3,00t) this jcir.
Gen. Elias Earlc, a native of Greenille,
but more recently a resident of
Morlda, a veteran of the Mexican and
vst civil wars, died on Tncsd ?y.
D. H. Traxler, the Sta'c dispensary
ommissioncr, is in Columbia preparing
a commence business, and, as the Sta e
xprcsses it, "the government hat mom
> to I ?'located in the agricultural hall
uilding.'*
On the 12th of May?unless executive
Icmency or natural death interposesJfred
Crosby, Isiac Crosby, fsiac
onguc, Martha Yongue and E'ishi
ongue, nil found guilty of tho murder
f Anderson McAlly, together with .Too
rnnnon, already under sen'cncc of death,
ad all colored, will bt hung at Chester.
The farmers in the Etta
SsIVi)8^,,"'l'hbugh tlaey" "say th- y have I
ill;h of the oil crop of molaasoa over,
aey expect to keep a jc it's mi.'ply ahead
The Italians who have been working
i the South Carolina phosphate mines
re returning to sunny Ituly.
Governor Tillman has wri ten to Si uator
ir.jthe authorizing the use for the phoa*.*Vi1?5Hnn
nl O.Utfnnn .if
f the ^ou'h Carolina exhibit tint is now
t tho Augusta Exposition.
E. L. Rochi had a cons iltatiou
ritti the phosphat; men of (. h irlcston
ist week in iclation t> the phosphate
xlibit to be made at the Columbian Exosition
at Chicago. Great pr.-gress is
teioc made in collecting specimens and
inking other flnnl arrangements for the
irop.aed exhibit.
The Kershaw Manufacturing Co.'* new
1250,000 cotton factoiy at Camden is
acidly ncuiiug completion, and tbn
ptadlcs will sooi be in operation.
Iluoarthe clear hundred million mark.
Virile she feUoff some in the year 1892,
i common with the trade of the whole
oun'ry, due to depressing causes unrcrsaliy
prevalent, her legitimate rate of
xpansion is exemplified ia the remarkbio
increase of exports and imports from
13,807,073 in 1890 to $21,857,470 in
891, or $8,049,797, or tin amazing tigre
of 00 per cent, ia t single twelve
lonths.
THE ATLANTA SENSATION.
lome Gate City Bank Directors in
Very Ugly Position.
Washington, D. C.?It is < uthorita
ive'y 1 urncd at tin department of
u?ti c that special counsel Henry W
'nekton, employed in tho Gato Ci y Na
ional Bank case of Atlanta, Ga., has not
?c*.n r moved, but any further action on
us i art in the ense has been suspended
The <JaTc"Zntt? National IMrtf 1*WjLtt?V
ar a? imWmntioD reaches here goes, bav
isjmiicd a very peculiar phase. The
link Thursdiy, in the opinion of thTcaaury
officials, is in a position to open
ts doors and pay off every dollar of its
ndebtrdness caused by the defalcation of
Red wine. its cashier, but there is said to
l> (umc d'sagrcemen4. ns to who shall
i:on?titu'c the board of directors, and for
that r- a on principally the bank has not
b en reopened.
On the otherlnnd, it intimated tha<
cvcral of the old directors are open to
the charge of having wrongfully taken
money fiom the lmnk. Tliis view is
s <id to be held by Special Coun'el Jack
son, who was formerly attorney for the
bank. G<n. Jackson's son, it will be
recti led, commiited suicide shortly aftei
lied wine's defalcation, and in some way
not clearly ind:c?ted the suicide of young
Jacks n was connected with lted wine's
defalca'in. Gen. Jackson, special
counsel in thi9 case, was naturally very
much grieved at the suicide of his son,
and tl.e intimation unofficially thrown
out here is that G^n. Jackson has become
overwhelmed with grief and has made
very wild statements and insinuations
against some of the old board of directors,
so gave iu character that, the Government
has been callei upon to stop further action
on bis psrt in the case, until a most
thorough and searching investigation of
ths bar.k's coudition can Ic made.
Whole Town Destroyed.
Wilmington, Del ?The chief of thr
fire department of this city received wore
that the town of Galena, with about
eight hundred inhabitants, near Chestertown,
Md., was oa tire and re?ju sting
assistance A 1st. r dispitc'i was lecetve l
saying th<j town had been wiped out.
About two hundred houses were totally
dcstioycd and several persons severely
burne I while fighting the tire. No lives
were lost. As no ra Irotd nor telegraph
ofll e is iu the town, it is impossible to
get further details. Tho houses, which
were frame were neat and substintial,
and Ml t close together. The town contained
several agricultural implement
shops and had a large school-house. The
larg< s* retail sto o in Kent county wai
located at Qetera
| BIG BLAZE IN*"GLOUCESTER.
Nearly All the Town Destroyed b]
Fire.
West Poirt, Va.?A big flro in th>
night destroyed the town of Glouccstc
Courthouse. Two Urge stores, the tele
f>hone office, the po tofli :e and all thti
contents were consumed. The buildin]
were pattiul covered by insurance, Ori
gin of the flro is unl^otfo,
Walking Loaves, Hll'-fca, F.tc.
Imitative form* in nature are to> well
known and have been written on too N
often to require an/ tneclal notice here.
Nature** law, being almost universal as
far aa the. protection of the weak '
creature is concerned, it is not at all 8
wonderful, perhaps, that *ho has forme 1
insects into portdetcluntorpirts of 11 >w- oi
era, leaves,- ticks, etc. Bonne of the *1
* walking leaves," ihoie which are natives
of In lii, C.ilui a.i I Jihi in particular,
are targe, grotesque looking ft
croaturos, their reaemblanco being strik- ol
Ingly liko a bundlti of yellow twigs hi
joined together w Uh.fi 1o I, mieoi.ited
laa'wiS. Thi XniVi'ilCWili iqnxtes of dm
soct are long, sleader'and very twiglike, Pi
the coloring being suited to that pat tic an
uiar specie* of vegetation upon which c?
the deceptive iniuaioker subsists. {?
Tho "walking stiok," like the walk- ?l
lag leaf, is also very deceptivo, as far as
looks go. The males have s-nill, slender &r<
bodies, the logs or arms starting from it
just as smaller liiubs of a trea or wood t?i
start from larger onos.
^ - Toe ".valkiu g thorn" of Javi belongs im
to this curious order of insects, us do hii
also the devil's horse" and the miuti*. us
The walking thorn" looks exactly like
the large compound spine of our coin- 1
nion honey locust tiee, even in c ilorau 1 dci
general contour.?^t. L >uis Uepublic. 8Ct
up
A Kemirkable ( * c. Un
The sentiment cxprosscl in the lines.
"When we begin to liv?.
We all be^in to die.''
was almost literally verified in tho casj
of Simon M. Elder, who dio 1 a<^
tr.irf-MrifsvTunrtn xreTTrfiir~TTMr HTncss 1 ^
of only a few months, and yet a surgical 1 tll#
examination showed that death was nB
caused by a kick from a horse sixty years prn
ago, when Mr, Elder was a small boy. crg
The animal's hoof crushed tho skull two | pr<
inches above his right eye, and tho oper- J dir
ntion abovo roferred to dbc'.oscd a large
orifice in tho skull, through which it was
seen Hint tho right frontal lobe of the
brain was entirely gone. llow life and -pi
reason were sustained for years under
such conditions is a subject of interest to
medical scieucc. "That he should hive nj
survived the accident was in itself a
marvel," said his attending physician:
"but that he retained his faculties and ^;
led a lifo of useful iudustry, makes it a
truly wonderful case."?Boston JournalThe
Xoaud City's Name. N
Tho city having boon named in honor Jic
of St. Louis many rupposo that tho pro- '
nnnciation should be "St.^
of the name of tho saiut. Louis is not
an English name, and Hume, in nnglL ( 0
cizing it in his history, always writes it
"Lewis." All the French kings of the *name
"Louis" are "Lewis" in Hume's c;
writings. Those who say "St. Looio"
in speaking of the city may think it is U
more honor to the sainted King of ?
France, for whom it was named, to use V
the French pronunciation. On thcothci ^
hand, our lancuaTO ia Enrrliah nnrl It i?
perfectly natural that there should be n
those who hold that the name of our ^
cities should be as nearly English ?9 v
possible. The "St. Loom" pronuueia- ^
tion will never cause any one to forget v
why the city was na ned St. Louis, and J
if it is the most popular it should be
generally accepted. Doubtless the ear- ''
liest settlers never said "St. Loois," but 8<
it is a long time siuce they were here.? [j
St. Louis Post-Dispatc'-. ^
I * I
bed is now almosLas well known ua if it ^
were dry lend. The chart* represent it
as a huge trough of varying depths, extending
from pole to pole. Here and ' '
there are rocky peaks, like that of Tener- ^
ilTe, or huge mountains of saud, like the
Banks of Newfoundland, which reach up
to or above the surface. Between Ireland
and Newfoundland there is a re- 4
markablc submarine plain. This great
level stretch of ocean bottom is always
referred to as the "telegraph or cable P'
plateau,bccnusc of the fact of the main J1
submarine cables being stretched across
it. This plateau is believed to be a continuation
of the great water shed which, ^
between tbo latitudes of forty and fifty u
degrees north, surrounds the earth, and "
divides the waters which flow south from
those which flow towurd the north.?
New York Dispatch.
o
w
A Wnr Ship's Onus DisabloU by Fro t d
Up to the present wo have not tell
able to advocate the general use of oloo- fl
trie motors in place of hydraulic gear oi tl
auxiliary steam engines on hoard ship; it
but the effect of tho recent frost on Her tl
Majesty's ship Bonbow discloses a weak
point in hydraulic machinery which has G
no parallel in electrical work. Tho gear J
of tho heavy guns has been not only dis- f
nblcd, but has suffered such serious in- c
jury that It has been found necessary tc
take tho greater portion of it to pieces
and to forward it to tho manufacturers
for reconstruction and repair.?London
Electrician.
End of the Nashville Bank Panic. .
Nashvili.r, Tbnn. -The financial situ- <
ation in this city was perfectly <juiet i
Friday. The Banks did lit tie business <
beyond the receipt of deposit*, there <
1 seeming to be no desira t-> check out. <
But little demand from country d&iiks <
' for currency was made, though when
made it was promptly supplied. The
Mechanics' Savings Banks and Trust Company
is receiving depos ts and in a day
1 or two will resume payments. i
1 Hard Times in Atlanta.
The chief drj goods dculers of Atlanta,
Ga , w ill reduce the wages of all cleik?
33 percent. on April 1st, and ths reduction
will continue throughout the
' summer, and longer if trade docs not
imrrovc.
r Tom Watson Given Up His Contest.
Auocnta, Ga. Reports come ts tho
r press from Thomsou, Ga , Thomaa
f? E Watson's home, saying that Wa'son
1 lias abandoned his contest for the teat of
pi?jorJ. C. C, Black in Congress.
JNUM13EK 14.
NORTH CAROLINA SQUIBS.
Feway Oleaningi from Cherokee to
Currituck.
New Hanover's new court house, whict
i said to be by far the handsomest iu the
tide, will soon be ready for occupaucy.
A lodge of Odd Fellows which was
rgnni/.ed in Sta'esville more than a year
go, with a good incmhfr<>hip, has gone
ut of business.
Governor Carr has offered $200 reward
>r the at rest of J. M. Benson, treasurer
r Harnett county, oflicial information
iving been received that Benson hns
ken $2,400 of the county fund aud fled.
It is reported :hat Captain C'barlas
rice, who is attorney for the Richmond
id Danville raiiroid, has succeeded in
mprcmising nearly all the suits brought
ainst the couipauy on account of the
>s inn Bridge wreck.
A bank, an opera-house, and a railroad
b three things that will probably he
ded to the improvements of Lumber- '
it during the year 1893.
Mayor Fishblatc, of Wilmington, hns
itruclpri iho
- ?. jiuiicc l> notify
1 officers to arrest all persons thev hear
iug profane and xulgar language on
e street*.
rhere are twelve North Carolina stunts
at Hnivnrd University, Mussachuts,
and several of them "itnnd way
" Of these eight are graduates of the
iversity of North Carolina.
Hie North Carolina committee on colo1
exhibits for the Columbian Exposin
has exiled upon nil citizens in that
ite to lend their aid in furoisliing por[t^iTrio,r^i
y1 im iitfar-?
rcn students of the medical clnsi in
Le -nard medical school of Shaw
ivers'ty, colored, at Haleigh, bavo
dusted. Some of them are foreign,
one or two being from the Congo
re State, and having been sent at the
cction of the King of the Bclg'ans.
VIRGINIA HAPPENINGS.
tie Latest News Items in the Old
Dominion.
The growing wheat crop in the Valley
' Virginia doei not present a promising
ipenrancc.
A new town, to be named Dawson
ity, is being laid ofT on the Baltimore
id Ohio railroad, near Cherry Run.
A new bank has been organized at
orfolk wi h f 250,000 capital. It will
i call d the Norfolk Bank for Saving*
rust.
Xhfl?-Clui?JLnrako and Ohio .?
-f'-yt "ir% ^ * 1.'^"?~~ r, .- x M
ivannntfo. river in order to rcich sonir
>al dcp sita
Robert Stevens, a venerable citizen of
ouisa county, was killed by being
'.ught under a f dling tree.
A millionaire Colorado miner and e.
e'gim repr sent live of a company arc
a their way to Virginia with a view to
I vesting iu gold properties in Fluvanna,
ioochland and Fauquier counties.*
The fruit trees and strawberry patches
round Nor "oik arc blooming on the true*
srin-, and the green stuff, under tho
rarm rains, is looking very promising,
"he season will be late owing to the se
ore freezes of January, but the truckers
II believe the outlook is very favorable
or a large vi< Id of ev. rything and a
rofltab'c season ahead unless the cholera
?nre cu'fl off tho markets. The green
ens never looked prettier at this time of
jc year and only a heavy breezo wilt
soil a fine crop.
iiu JJiuiuu Miip^issni BiaMitaaMBasac^:
and Printed Hers.
Joe Bond, colored, wna eonvi ted Fri*y
nt Appling, On., of the murder of
ci. ..I. -1 I J 1 ? . n.?
"ilia cu iiiiv, ui.Mi tui'MtUj iu*i>
:r.
Dr. II. C. Hornnd.y, n well-known
aptist preacher of Atlanta, died at Slimzumn,
G v., Thursday, lie hud been ill
long time.
Thi Campbell (Glass and Paint Commy'8
cstub ishmcnt, in Kansas City,
[o , was completely destroyed by tire,
osa |120,000; i surance $ 100,000.
Mike Chambers, in jail at Sacramento,
nl., has coufevsed that he is the man
ho murdered Fred Fetterman some
louths ago at Hun'sville, Tenn.
1 lie Pennsylvania hoard of pardons
as recommended pardons for "Abo1'
luzzard, the notorious Welch Mountain
utlaw, and James 8. Dungaii, the
rcckcr of the Bank of Ameiici, Philaelphia.
Tue Philadelphia, Admiral Ghenrrdi'?
agship, the Baltimore, the Yorktowo,
le Visuv'.us and the torpedo boat Cushig
sailed from New York Frirday for
le naval reqdezvous at Hampton Bonds.
The Chattanooga Bar have seut to
lovcrnor Turney their endorsement of
udge W. K. McAllister, of Nashville,
or appointment as Judge Lorton's sue
essor on the State Supreme Bench.
General Smith Buried.
Pewanrr, Trnn ?The funeiAl o!
Seneral Kdmund Ivirliy jsmitli took place
Friday morning at 12 o'clock. A special
train of six cari arrived from Nashville
with marly 500 veterans and two companies
of State troops. The funcrAl was
jf a sui I it try character. A beautiful
ioral tribute was presented by the studjuts
of the University, of which the late
Qencral was a professor. Telegrams of
condolence have poured in from all parts
[>f the United States, showing the esteem
in which he wss held.
Chicago Eats Texas Strawberries.
Chicago, Ii.i,.?Four hundred cases of
strawberries picked ripe in Texas nnd
ihipped in a new refrigerator arrived
here Wednesday in quite good condition.
This shipment was an experiment, and
consignees arc so will satistied that they
w.U continue to receive small fruits from
Texas throughout the season.
xnvu ui oiJL imoruieu.
Pkovincetown, 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 olew
ashore between Xaqsot and Welfleet.