The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, September 15, 1893, Image 1
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poppermint ninst be a profitable crop.
It is stated that a Michigan farmer
made $41,000 out of it this year.
' Pocahontas did not savo the lifo of
John Smith. It has been ascertained
that this worthy man was the most
able-bodied provaricator of hiB ccntury.
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Tho progress of invention and die.
covery and applied sciences is constantly
adding now "words to our
language. Tho words and phrases under
tho letter "A" in Worcestor'B dictionary
aro G933, in Webster's 8358, in
tho Century 15,021 and in the Standard,
now in process of publication, 19,730.
:V There are some misleading gcographical
na'moq of Spanish origin in tho
namo in the Far West ami South Wesl
is a true historical indication, but in
.. tho East it usuallv stands fur >>?
thusiasm of the Mexican War period,
B when supporters of the war common**
orated the victories of tho Federal
arms by naming towns in honor of tho
battle Holds.
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Tho growth of tho Christian Endeavor
Societies, according to Secretary
Baer's report, lias been remarkablo.
New York still leads with 2895
societies; Pennsylvania is a good second,
with 2028; Illinois third, with
1822; Ohio fourth, with 1705; and
Iowa fifth, with 1180. Massachusetts
. and Indiana aro not far behind. In
" Canada wo find 1882 societies. Tho
growth in tho South has been encouraging.
England has over 000 societies ;
Australia, 525; India, 71 ; Turkey, 11
* societies; Now Zealand, 24 ; Japan, 81;
Madagascar, 32; Scotland, 3; Mexico,
our neighbor, 22 ; West Indies, 10 ;
Africa, 15; China, 1*1; Ireland, 10;
France, 0 ; Sandwich Islands, 0 ; Bermuda,
3 ; Brazil, 2 ; Persia, 1 ; and
Chile, Colombia. Norway and Spain,
each 1. In all, nearly a thousand societies
in foreign lands, making a
grand total enrollment for the world
of 2211 local societies, with a membership
of 1,577,040.
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Five States?lowil, Vermont, Michigan,
Wisconsin and Illinois?have no
interost-bearing debt, and there* nro
six or seven other States whoso bonded
dobts aro mere bagatellos. Among the
number are New Jcrsov, Nebraska,
Kentucky and California. To u foreigner,
or unyoneolse not familiar with
the factu, remarks the Chicago Herald,
this would convey the improRaion that
the Americans bear an extremely light
burden of debt. Such an idea would
be somewhat modified, however, by tlio
knowledge that the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fo pays interest on $500,000,000
or more, the annual interest
charge oxceoding $'25,000,000?almost
as much as the entiro interest chargo
of the Federal Government. The
Southern States have a bonded indebtedness
of $144,000,000 in round numbers.
The total bonded indebtedness
of all the States iu 1800 was $224,000,000,
on which the annual interest
charge was $10,000,000. The total
bondod debt of the Statos is about onethird
of the National intoreHt-beariug
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lk F'Xporimcnts that are now being
|K made witb the palmetto iu Florida
point to the growth of a new and
profitable industry from the prolific
V scrub growth of tho. Florida forests
I a...i TA I? t '
. "vuio. ib nufi uuou proved unit
I tho loaf of tho sfcw palmetto can bo
D CTOnn'1 'n*'1 ??Jr? wKinh malros nu ox*
f cellout articlo of hollow-waro for O'or
. other twos, and tho present
rfxpSrririents aro ox pec tod to provo tho
adaptability of this material to tho
making of all kinds of paper. For
sotiae time past tho poouliar cabbagelike
substance in tho top of tho cabbage
palmotto has bo<Su usod with the
tender tops as well, as a flbro in tho
manufacture of parclimont. It is now
proposed to obtain choap paper fibro
a from the ordinary scrub plant. 8umo
of this palp has boon suacosHfully
worked up by a manufacturing concern
in Boston into pails, tubs, basins
and other hollow-waro. Tho supply of
saw palmetto is practically inexhaustible
in Florida. Millions of acres aro
oovered with it, and when cut down to
the ground it grows up again two or
three times a year. The Florida
Times-Union, commenting on its projected
use, say* that for a plant that
grows without onltivation, and in such
inexhaustible quantities, tho saw i?al
metto bids fair to have "more inonoy
in it than most of the cultivated crops
of Florida," and adds: "A fibre made
from the loaf can bo usod profitably
I by upholsterers wherever curled hair,
K moss, or 'excelsior' is used; }he r6ot
can be tnrne.l into brushes of nlmost'
* endless forms and innnmorable uses;
and the poplar and other wood pulps
it- , of commoroe aro now likoly to find a
dangerous rival in palmotto puly."
HE IS IN CONTEMPT OF COURT.
Even Gov. Tillman's Constables Cannot
Seize Goods Without
Process of Law.
, Charleston, S. C.?On August 1st
G. B. Swann, ono of Gov. Tillman's
dispensary constables, seized a barrel of
whisky in the custody of the South Carolina
Railway in this city. When the
seizure was made Swann showed no
authority from either the consignee or
consignor of the goods, nor did he pro.
duce any warrent by virtuo of which the
, seizure was made. When questions as
, to his authority were asked, he produced
! his commission as a constable of the
State. Swnnn was taken before Judge
Simonton in the United States Circuit
Court,on a petition to show why ho should
hot be nttachcd for contempt. lie admitted
at the hearing that Vis courso w.as of hit
SB9&SSEE5S3.Ahdt ho seized the goods
' ^^^^^^^TCTormalSty of a warant. In
his decision just filed Judge Simonton
holds that Swanu was guilty of an outrageous
violation of the law and declares
that no search and s izure of property
can be made without due process of law.
lie adjudges Swann guilty of contempt
of court and orders that he be imprisoned
in Charleston county jail until he returns
the seized goods to the custody of the
receiver of the railroad and when the
goods linve been so returned that he suffer
a further imprisoincnt in the jail for
three months and until he pays the cost
of the proceedings.
The South! tho South!
The N. Y. Sun prints a 4 cdumn
article with the following headlines:
TUP. ENI) OF THE LAND. THE.
FINAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE DOMAIN
OF THE NATION. THE BIG
NIFICANCE OF THE OPENING OF
THE CHEROKEE OUTLET. WHITHER
SHALL THE FARMER OF TIIE
FUTURE TURN IIIS FACE?
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1 tiu 1!IU\IG nious U|? I rj o i > 111 IIIUL
"as grouped in tlie table, the Southern
States iucludo Arkausus, Texas, and
nil the States south of the Potomac and
Ohio rivers.
Not until after 1874 did the plantei'3
uuii iuhuivia ?>f the uoutli ..dr.pt thuir
selves fully to new conditions; but from
about that time Southern fields wore
rapidly restored to production* and
material additions were made to the
cultivated area, notably west of the
Mississippi.
"Between 1879 and 1889 the Southern
States east of the Mississippi added but
2,700,000 acres to tho area under cultivation,
although they made additions of
3,200,000 acres to the cottou fields, the
grain-bearing atoa having been reduced
500,000 acrca in order to add to that cmployed
in growing cotton. During the
tame period the cereal area of Arkausas
and Texas increased 1,400,000, and that
under cotton 2,400,000 acres; the additions
to the cultivated niea of the two
States aggregating 3,700,000 acres, and
exceeding those of all the other Southern
States by 1,000,000 acres.
"Only in the trans M'ssissippi portion
of this group is there probability of any
considerable increase in tho number of
farms; and, taken as a whole, the South
will do remarkably well if it A fields expand
as rapidly as tho world's requirements
for American cotton urc augmented."
"Moreover, great is the future of tho
American farmer, and vast will he the
measure of his reward I"
Cannot Be Built.
Washington, 1). C.?Secretary Gresham
has received an opinion from Attorney
General Olncy, in which lie holds that
uudcr the law -tho work of buildiug a
government wharf at Wakefield, Va., tho
birthplace of Washington, cannot be
begun without further legislation. Congress
appropriated $10,000 for the construction
of a wharf there, but inserted
in the act conditions as to lumber to be r
used, plans, etc. Qen. Casey, chief of
engineers of the War Department, reported
that the wharf could not bo con
structed under the conditions iranoicd
for tbo amount of money named in the
appropriation. Under these clrcum
lautce, mu w?... , . vuc '
Attorney General and his opinion has
just been forwarded to the State Department
under whose eontrol tho work commemorating
Washington's birthplace was
to be executed.
Local Option in RoAnoke, Va. l
Rosnokk, Va.?Tin: local oplionists i
won in the election l>y 142 majority, in a I
total vote of 3,509, thereby carrying the
city agaiost licensing the sale of intoxicating
liquois. The election war the
most exciting one ever held here, the
contest having been vigorously carried '
on for the past two months. The minis- 1
ters were all on the sido of the local '
optiouists and prominent lawyers and 1
business men opposed the movement. It
is ostimated that tho city will be deprived
of upwards of $20,000 direct revenue by 1
the election.
BROKE THE MONTE CARLO BANK.
A Young Scotch Woman Said to Have 1
Won $800,000 in an Hour. c
Vienna, Austria. Trieste news- c
papers of Saturday last assert that a Mis*
Leal, a young Scotch woman, who has
recently been playing at the Monte Carlo
gaming tables, had rcmarkab'u luck for ^
several days, which culminatou in the 1
DreaKing 01 tnc bank. Bho is said to c
havo won ?00,000 io an hour. (
Heavy Froat in the Mobawk Valley i
Fonda, N. Y.?There wna, a heavy
Jfroat in tho Mohawk Valley Saturday 1
night. C
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TILLMAN TALKS LURIDLY.
The Farmers Will Not Be Pauperized
?Prophecies of What Will Follow
Wall Street Domination.
Columbia, 8. C.?Governor Tillman
gave to a reporter a most sensational interview
concerning the tendenc y of financial
legislation in Congress. Aftct
threatening, if the money panic
gets worso, that he will call the Legislature
in extra session to enact a stay
law, he says:
My judgment is that the repeal of th.?
Sherman law, if done at tho demand o;
Wall street, cannot aud is not going to
restore confidence and produce anythiug
like prosperity. 80 far, tho South has
suffered but little. In the Northwest,
wlicro I have been, they are in throes
of (iuanciul dissolution almost."
After talking at some length, the J
ernor In conclusion said: ' A
''They object to greenback*
money; they object to silver as a 'dishonest'
dollar; they demand gold to be:omo
the standard of the country, ul- l
though it means fifty-cent wheat and six- 1
:cnt cotton, and the loss of the titles of
their homes by millions of Ammican 1
'aimers. I told the ring in this 8tatu in i
1888 it was damming up the water when 1
he demand for reform was refused iu tho 1
itite convention. I now make the pre- 1
fiction that u similar crisis is approach 1
ug in national affairs and the floodgates
>f the people'/} wrath will ba swept from i
lie face of tho earth iu tho next prcsi j
leutial election. The funntrs will no', i
je pauperized to satisfy the greed of the t
Wall street Sbylocks, without exercising j
I10 ballot to redress their wrongs. There 'j
~ l-*Vc driftwood iu.Cp.ngtess. and men 1
,vho have betrayed the peopiu In"nvh
Iglit against silver, will yet learn that :
he people are not such fools as they
liiuk they are." 1
CHARLESTON SHAPES UP. j
)he is All Bight Again and Helping i
-I_r?v. Wuif.hV.nr.
UlgIIWUI?( t
Charleston, S. C.?Charleston wishes j
;o announce to the world that she is ,
cady for business again. A sufficient
lumber of wharves have been repaired to j
iccomraodate all ships in port, and all j
aiiroads are tunning trains on regular ,
ichedulcs. Teleginphic communication 4
las been restored to all parts of" the (
:ountry, the electric lighting and tele- j
iliouic service arc working without a
ireak and the streets have been cleared
)f all the wreckage of the storm. The j
:ity health officers say that the commun- ,
ty is remarkable free from sickness snd (
he streets and czchaugcs have assumed ,
heir usual appearances. - .
Labor day was spent here in hard |
work. A committee was appointed for (
elieving the storm sufferers of' the sea
elands and are pushing the work with
iplcndid results. Dispatches from lkaurort
announce the arrival of the firsttraiu
oad of provisions and say how gratifying
he hungry were for Charleston's geneosity.
The committee have another train ,
oad of provisions ready for shipment
ind a car-load of clothing and bedding
was contributed by the people of Charleson.
,
There will be other carloads in a day
)r two for shipment. Subscriptions of
noney, provisions anil clothing aggregate (
ihout |5,000 anil the canvussiug is still (
joing on. Mayor Fickner received an
>fTer of a car load of clothing from the
nayor of Kansas City. Other oiI:rs of
listant places and from points in this
State have been received and all heen ac:epted,
and j'et what has come aud what
s on the way is only a drop in the bucket,
rhero are from 5,000 to 10,000 people
vithot anything to eat or wear. The
lestitute is absolute and stories from the
ea islands are most pitiful.
COTTON WILL MOVE.
Money by Eeptember 10th.
Memphis, Tbnn.?All the banks hav '
oceived notice from their New York
sennections that they could have all the
noney needed to move the cotton crop
>y September 15th, when the movement
vill begin in earnest and if the receipts
ire favorable several million dollars will
io distributed in this section this month.
A Columbia Mill Sold.
Columbia, S. C.?The Congarec Cot;
<n Mill, of this city, was sold to Mr.
\rrott, of Philadelphia, who owns a
najority of the bonds, and bought in the
>roperty in tbo interest of the bcndhold
;ra.
NO PREMIUM ON GASH.
rhe Latest Trace of Aeute Stringency
in the Market Disappeared.
Nkw York, N. Y.?The last trace of
icutc stringency in the money market
iss disappeared, there being no premium
>n ensh. The banks are now paying out
ash freely.
Augusta Extends Aid.
Aooosta, Qa.?The city council of
tugusta contributed $500 to purchase .
trovisions for the sufferers along t>?.
:oaat and on the sea islands of ^
Carolina, devastated by the tty <2 ?
L Prohibition-Repub, ' \
Dan Moincs ^
lepublicnns o* Ad
ioveroor L. % /A
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THE .
New Possibility rf.'DUSTfiY.
Th b h b' Southern c'
fwhltf. city Sug- D
Wot ' |*>lv*r8ifled *
this country is ^
Government Biiildi?^"5 indust,y T
Fair, and docs Krck^W3 #h?W0 in thc
tiers of Chart. * P > ft ot th? Wood's o
Agricultural DopnrtJlre<iit to tho oxer- c
of what raw tlbiou?**0' of tho u- 8 b
United States is givlp1'' Au illuatiation ?
of m,ro from theaaijP1"113 exi#t in tho o
number of n.arHnirSfcptoo. tho
by^ which Mxbtl l!
JMMpiraMg^^r . v i j
and tho cotton 1
demoustrate tint Bftnough is shown to 1
>ible in just ajscivBBr production is pos <
my other couutry, ?tablc c jnditioa as in '
ind manipulations ijwtho simc processes (
some reason thougfVo mado us3 of. For (
work upon a co^^^^Lnot practically at '
Kentucky ehofll^ftnl scale at present. c
iucc in tho KMH^P^pi0 great abund- I I
ilar.t k'rowa tnll < jflfcicy exhibit. The I
villi fibre, butth<S> and h-avily coatetl 1
ho li re from thMProcess:s ?' separating
roduco un evenly-Jiwoody 8talks do not
rhe finest srmiM*0* ficsiblo product. I
lauded t.i u PlcirB thcrc sWn whcu ?
n-mv*? .. . Jfh yisitor received the t
lumbers. It is got spin in fine f
In jute nnd-tf5wie Mississippi and c
houYtana make aivf exhibit in their re- n
ipectivo dcpaitineflits in the Agricultural
milding. showisiflMfcxceedingly promts- 1,
ng s.inples, 'talJnShere is no evidence o
hit tin y ar<?a|flScrcially producsd in a
hi i countbe entitled to tl
name ^M^^^Htfndustry.
In sisal,.as it grows h
Florida, is rep^^^K^ in a growing state g
u 'eultural^jHr The sisal plant, p
tvbic'i for so mnuy years has been a
isurcoof wealth lo Yucatan and is be- s;
timing of coiattifjftal importance to the w
Bihamns, grdptvbi many portions of
Florida, WhflftjeBR^ultivation long ago ft
pastel the t? li>vor?ntal stage. The ni
liter turo of thcYp'dject as it relates to w
Lhc culture of Tth^c plant in our own
country is quite defensive, enough having
b en pui)iishaf\ even as #rr back as ]y
lhc fifties to the adaptability ol
both soil amOHttp of Florida and
other Southern to its culture. In E
sisal, nnuilla an? home other endogenous 11
i>]:ints thn f'Tlilltft nnit (lm
, *~T~ """ "'tonjjoiious v
which have be|n made indicate that in
these aro likely jto become materials of n
Sou hciu manufacture aud c )mmercc hi
BomcA-hat closely allied with the cotton el
ttxtile industry at an early day. fn
In nearly all the articles the question
seems to l)j simply one of careful, exact pi
and systematic attention to the require- c*
meets which it ha* been found arc neces- tl:
Bary for perfect producti on. A careless, nf
haphazard system of cultivation nnd
m:nipula'ioa will not succeed. Old time N
systems of producing the best fliyc pre- S<
vail in Belgium; the routine is simple but ?li
exact. The same is the case with hemy
in Italy. The Eist Indies aro found to tl
produce juto and ratn;e so cheaply from A
their cheap labor that there seems little uj
to wnrrant more expensive methods iu T
America.
Tliis question of fibre dovelop'ng into fn
a profitable industry is of va9t import- w
nncc to the sjith, where flsx, hemp, l>
ramie, ju'c an>\ usal can be grown at u Si
profit to the nqf icultuiist as well &9 the o\
manufacture The agricultural exist- m
vow ?haat
and cotton, aug?cs's that the American la
people, and Of J-ially thus:of the 8>uth, to
carefully itudy the possibilities as shown J<
in the s.vcrul Agricultural exhibits, that, ci
if possible, there be a greater diversity AI
of product aud employment. At tbh C(
time fh-re is the utmost necessity for the
considerati >n of exact methods and A|
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riHRERIKH
1> >l'' *in,i,o aKr' *
? ^yn^^^^^^^Bufacturcrs, especially
; 4, the
v lower
upoi
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BANK SCRIPT IS TAXABLE.
Electors Instructed to Inquire Intc
Same und Report.
Washington, D. C.?The Treasury
cpartment to day issued a circular
hich is here given verbatim:
Office of Commissioner i
ok Internal Revenue, >
Washington, 1). 0., Sept.7,189:1. )
o Collectors of Internal Renenuk
and Revenue Agents:
It has coma to the knowledge of this j
flicc, through published news items, by
orrcspondcuce, aud otherwise, that
auks are issuing certificates of deposit
nyable in the money or currency of the
Inited Btatts, aud that these obligatious
icifoed in the circular is 10 per cent. The
lumber now in circulation is believed to
>e very heavy as they have taken the
)Uco during the financial stringency of
:urrcncy or money. Whether the issues
nclude clearing house certificates is a
pustion the Treasury ofliciala decline to
liscuss, iutiiua'ing that the question is a
egal one that may call for a judicial dc:isiou
iu the courts.
IE COULU PJIAYAND FILE LOCKS
Freachcr's V if Giv.e Him Hrr
Oorsst Steels in Jail and He Saws
His Way Out.
Augusta, CJa.?The Rev. John M.
letry, a noted revival pr.uclurof tlie
noiiutuin region, who Iris been for some
iuic in Gninesvillc jail, uwaitiug tiiul
or cnlihiiiir a 1uuj1u1e~1lvjj.5l.1ue.J-uu.,.j>?
d. His firvor in the pulpit led hie
icighbors to ti us? him.
A few da} a ago lh rry's wife visited
iiu end gave lfin her corset steels, and
ut of these he iniule some very sharp
nd fiue saws, with which he li'cd oP
lie holts of the leeks,
lie then tiled the iron bars, and out
e went with five other jai birds. The
horiff, in ipenkingabout his escaped
risoucr, said:
"He was the mod religious man I ever
tw. lie prayed night and day, and I
rou'd have tru*ted ldin anywhere.'*
The reverend gentleman lias a host of
iends and relatives in' White county,
ad if he once reaches their piotcc ion it
ill be h ?rd to get him again.
pithy" news items.
Costly Concerning Our Southern
Country.
At Rock Hill, S. C , Monday evening,
dgar, the thirteen year old son of W.
t. Giles, an duply" of the Standard
otton Mill, committed suicide by shootig
himself with a pistol, lie had had
difficulty with another hoy and had
jen cli uged by a neighbor w ith mis
lievous destruction of property, and his
ilher had threatened to whip him.
At Athens, Ga , Wednesday, a tele
hone lineman, A. Y. Owings, was shock*
m. n?a wiie and thrown 20 feet to
i? ground, sustaining injuries
terwards proved fatal.
Hmud ton Fish, who was Governor of
ew York, Senator from New York, and
cretary of State under President Grant,
ied Wednesday morning.
A sp cial from Marion, S. C'., rays
int I). R. Smith shut and killed W. A.
tkinson, ncsr Pec Dee, Wednesday
ight. Roth men ere prominent citizens,
lv: killing w as over disputed land1.
The fi.st shipment <>f near ev. r iimmi
ictur. d in Staunton, V i , w s made last
nk Tac .shipment c-n isted <-f live
rrels of l?c t sugir nrinufiieturcd by tho
Inuuton Sugir Wo-ks, and wui sent |
rcr Mi; Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad to
arket.
Secretary Hoke Smith was in Atlanta
8t \veek,"nis uim..Wkv...B,'. ctntcj
unload hit interest in the Atlanta
Mirual, because of tho constant critism
he receives on account of the utterices
of that paper, iu which he owns a
mtrolling interest.
Jane Cakcbre&d has made her 261st
opearance beforo a London magistrate
>r her single offence, intoxioation and
id language.
For Governor of Virginia.
Richmond, Va.?The Prohibition
m'c Convention met at the Young
n's Christian Association llall. About
xty delegates wtre present, including
ic colored man.
Mayor D. Humphreys, of Norfolk,
uned Col J. R. Miller, of Pulaski
aunty. for Governor, and he was unma'ed
by ncclumation. The nominee
iftn ndtlrpttQOtl thrt Hniit/nnHAn
The Prohibition ticket was completed
tlio evening by the nomination of
)hn S Tyler, of Accotnac County, for
ietonnnt Governor and W. B. Kagley,
Wytheville, for Attorney General
ithout opposition. Adjourned sine
le. *
Father and 8on Murder n Negro
Jki.mco, Tknn.? Luke S nith, n whiti
irlicr, a-sisted by his 15 year-old ion.
ordered Win. Chancellor, a colored
loemaker. Smith escipod across thr
entucky line and has not been captured
banecllor the victim, was a barmleti
illow.
CURIOUS FACTS.
rnper-mnking ranks fifth among oui
industries.
Tlio Roman supper was in threo (
courses?soups, meats nud fruits. I
The King of Biam wears a golden (
hat which weighs twenty-seven pounds, j
The use of cotton cloth was brought '
to Enropo by the Saracens, A. 1). 800.
A one-armed resident of Youcalla,
Oregon, built, during the past month,
a house twenty-four feet square without
assistance.
Tho State of Massachusetts at one
time previous, to the lkvoj^ition'
! Ill Heligoland Sabbath begins at 0
| p. in. on Saturday, when tho church
bell is tolled, and ends on Sunday at
' tho samo hour. Formerly no vessel
! could leave port hctwoon thoso liouVs.
Vinegar will not split rooks, so Hannibal
could not thus have ma le his
, way through tho Alps. Nor will it
| dissolve pearls, so that tho story of
I Oloopntra drinking pearls moiled in
vinegar must have boon a fiction.
Tho inhabitants of Thibet ere tho
dirtiest pooplo on earth. Not. only do
I they never wash, but when oneo full
I growth has boon attained they never
; tako their clothes olT. When the garments
they wear become old others aro
M. W. Thomas, of Richmond) Ya.~7
waved his arm to his wife out of tho
open window of a moving railroad car
! ono dav rccentlv and lmd if im.u.. !
| broken. It was hard to account for |
( the accident, Imt liin arm is supposed
j to liavo struck tho mail-bag catcher.
] Tho discovery of tho process of tinting
white paper was tho result of sheer
careloRHiioHH. Tho wife of an English j
paper-maker nunid East accidentally '
dropped tho "blue bag" into a \%t of i
pulp, where it lay long enough to give
tho entiro mass a bluish tint before sho
could recover it.
Tho ibis, tho sacred bird of Egypt,
is occasionally met with in the 8011th,
particularly in Florida. In St. Augustino
and other coast towns tho birds
I are frequently seen perched on tho
ridgo of tho roof of houso 01* stable.
They aro easily tamed, and seem fond
of human company.
The age of tho 1st) dragon troo of
Orotava was variously estimated at
from 0000 to 10,000 years. On tho
lowest estimate it surpassed not only
Domesday oaks and Soma cypresses,
but the Hedsor yew, with its 0200
years, and Alplionso Ivarr's baobabs of
Senegal. Balfour gives tho ages, as
ascertained by Do Candolic, of tho cvoross
as 050 years, the oak 1500, tho
vew 2820 ana iu? , , ,
v.-UiOhlv
the same as the yew.
Hardships of Life in fho Polar Renion.
Tho whole region is one of severe
cold, and the sea is frozen for fho
greater part of tho year, land ami
water becoming almost indistinguishable,
but for tho incessant movement
and drift of the sea ice, says McClue'rl
Magazine. In summer the sea ie i
breaks up into floes which may drift
away by tho wind against tho shores
! of continents or islands, leaving lanes
of open water which a shift of wind
may change and close in an hour.
Icebergs launched from the gla ! >r3
of tho land also drift with the tile,
current and wind through tlie more i>r
o* rvss open water. Possibly at some
times the pack may open and a clear
waterway run through to the pole, and
old whalers tell of many a year, when
tliev believed that a few dues' steam -
ing would carry them to the end of
tho world, if tliey could have (seized
the opportunity.
At other timed routes traversed in
safoty time after time may he effectively
closed for years, and all advance
barred.
Food in tho form of seals or walrus
in tho open water, reindeer, mush ox,
polar hears or birds 011 the land, may
ofton be procured, hut these sources
cannot he relied upon. Advauco
northward may he made by water in a
ship, or by doir-sledcre, or 011 foot, over
tho frozen snow or ice.
Each method has great drawbacks.
Advance by sea is stopped when the
young ico forms in autumn, and land
advance is hampered by the long
Arctic night which enforces months
of inaction, more trying to health and
spirits than the severest exertion.
Augusta Has Cotton Money.
Augusta, Ua.?The Augusta . hanks
havo made all necessary arrangements to
piyeoton drafts. There will he no
1 rouble i 1 mtrkcting the crop. Cotton
is coming in slowly. Receipts of new
cotton to date aro about one fifth those
of last year,
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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. .
The Senate. V
20rn Day.?m tho request of Mr. Voorbeee
Iud.) tho House Silver Repeal bill wa? temporarily
laid aside lo pormtt Mr. Dolph (Of.)
;o tulilrrss tho Senate ta advocacy or his bill
ipproprlntlng $000,000 to enable tho Secretary
of tho Treasury to enforce tbo Chinee?
Kxoluslou law. After a delmto on tho attl- ;
lude of 1 ho United States toward tho Chinese
Iho Dolph bill was referred to tho Committee
on Foreign Uolatlons. ? F.xocutlvo session.
21?t Day.?After tho possago of tho two
House Joint resolutions for tho obsorvanoeof
tho 100th anniversary of laying the corner
stone of tho Capitol, an amendment to tbeBU- ?
vor Repeal act was offered by Mr. Butler (B.C.J 1
and referredtotho FlnanoeCommlttoe,r?poal- 1
lug tho 10 per eout. tax on Stato banhn.j^?
Mr. Gulliuger spoko in favor of bt# bill atfhr
plomeutal to the ponslpn not ef JoMtfth*
Id'.ti. provides, among other
except in ensoa of oet^lsh^fraM^KyHgr r
slon shall be 8uspeaApjPBWMBjMiMPt^wRrriaa2?^e'
a not lee ot ninety
a waJMMM
Waleor municipal Alloh (WeKV^^fr^
offered a resolution to adjourn out of roepect
to Labor Day. Defeated by forty-ono nays
to eight yens. Mr. Kyle (8. D.) offered a
free silver eoiuago amendment to tho repeal
bill, and it was referred to tho Finance
Committee. Mr. Cullom (III.) spoko in'
favor of tho bill to repeal tho purchasing
clauses of tho Sherman act, aud Messrs.
Coke (Miss.) aud 1'efTer (Kan.) mado
free silver spuoches.
-'2i> Dav.-- Mr. Morgan Introduced a joint
resolution for tho appointment of a joint
committee of the two Houses seven Senators
ami seven Representatives to constitute
u select committee on llnance for tho purpose
of examining into the financial and
monetary condition of tlio Government and
people of tho Unitod States. Mr. l'effer
(Kan.) Iluished the speech which he hud bogun
on the previous day lu support of his
amendment for the free uud unlimited coinage
of gold and silver at the ratio of 115 to 1.
Mr. Stewart t Nov.) addressed the Seuato
in opposition to the Silver llcpcnl bill.??
Executive session. ,
2:h? Dav. ?A bill was introduced by Mr.
Cullom aud referred to tho Finance Committee
for the repeal of all ucts for tho creation
or maintenance of tho sinking fund.-?Mr.
r-V.W-.X U.UIM witlllln Ok* - JiI*. JWWOlixk?,I
1 gau's resolution for a joint select Cominitteo
on Finance, was taken up.'
ami Mr. Voorlioos having suggested'
its reference to tlio Finance Ccmmliliw, w
Morgan argued against tlio suggestion, stating
that tho purpose of tho resolution was to
supersede the Finance Committee in each'
house aud substitute a joint select eommltteo
tor them. When Mr. Morgau ha?l closed
Mr. Voorhoos moved to take tip the Hllver Repel
hill. Messrs. Morgau. Harris and otherjf
objected, but tho motion was carried by 37
yeas to 21 nays. Mr. Stewart contlnuod
To. r;,0.v>b against the Silver Repeal b!U.
lvxeoutivc session.
24tii Day.?Mr. Walthall and Mr. Stewart
spoke In favor of free silver, tho lattor ending
bis throe days' speech, after which the
Senato went into executive session. J
25111 Day. - Mr. Wolcott's resolution, calling
for information as to tho bounty paid on
maple sugar, was amended to coverall kinds
of sugar, and agrood to. Mr. Faulkner
(W. Va.)sald that while ho honestly differed
with tho President ho would
vote for tho repeal of tho Sherman
Silver law. Mr. Turplo (Ind.) was
in favor of free coinago of silver.'
Mr. Jones (Ark.) said ho would voto agninst
the pending bill, and w?uld resist its enactment
into law as lqpg as possible, unless
it were coupled with some ineasuro
re.-agnizing sflvcr and providing for
un expansion of the volume of the
country's money.? Executive session. ,
The House.
23o Day.?Debate on tbo rules of tho
Ifouso was continued without practical results.
The House agreed to tho Senato
amendments to the Urgent Deficiency Appropriation
bill. >
21ru Day. Mr. Talbont (8. C.) asked
leave to introduce a bill for the enlargement
of the volume of currency. Mr. llroslus
(Penn.)objcctod. 'The House resumed tho
consideration of the new code of rules, nnd
agreed, by 118 yens to CI nays, totho amendment,
striking from the rules tho
clause making 100 members a quorum
in Commlttoo of tho Whole.
The consideration of tho oodo having been
{'tlbi willed. Mr. Burrows (Mich.*) offered as a
i oii^roHH, wmi a moutu.'niicm wnviifY'Vavurwt
tiifit when a ?-ftll of tlio llouso Is ordered tho
yi-iis ;iuil nnys shnll ulso l>o considered as ordered.
This, ho thought, would put nu ond
to lllil>iistorliiK. Tlio Riilmtltuto whs dofontod
by 118 nnys lo fl"? yoas, and the code of ruloe
Mas adopted without ill vision.
Gon. R. It. Vnnce Assigns.
Amirviixu, N. 0.?Gen. H. B Vance
and his son, J. N. Vance, who c induct
ed (lie hotel at Alexander have assign'd.
The liahtlites am ?unt *o about $20,000
and the assets rre about $28,000, and in clude
the Morrison tract, 02 acres; tho
bote' tract, 122 acres; the Riverside tract,
2-10 acres, and tho stock of goods st
Alexander. A. II. Ilaird, of Ashevillc, is
assignee i nd G wiper ?& Msrtin,attorneys.
'me JUrtaa.y TjrrXJSin
A spcc'nl from Newberne, N. C., says:
Sadie. 0 year-old daughter of Mrs. HenC.
Wood, of Itiverdolc, in this county,
attempted to revive the flrei in a room of
the hou-c with coal oil poured from a
can. An explosion took place and set
the little girl's apparel in flames,burning
her so badly that at 1 o'clock she died.
The mother was in another room at the
time of the explosion, nursing an infant,
and rushed to the rescue. She was badly
I 1
OMI II .'U.
Valuation of Augusta Cotton Mills.
Tho tax returns of Richmond county, ? >
Ga., in which the city of Augusta is situated,
gives the followiug valuations cI
the large cotton-inuuufacturing establishments
in that couuty:
Augusta Factory, $15,000
Dartmouth Spiuuing Mill. 100,00,*
Enterprise Muuufacturiug Co., 055,000
John P. KingMf'gCo., 1,000,000
Riverside Mills, 105,701
Bibley Manufacturing Co., 1,068,750
Fire in Old Williamsburg.
A spicial from Williamsburg, Vs.,
says that a disastrous tire destroyed six
bu Mings in Main street, near the college.
The Virginia Fire and Marine Insurance
Company wiil suffer heavy loss.
The Home Rule Bill Defeated.
Londin, England.?The IIouso of
, Lords has rejected the home rule bill by a
I vote of 428 to 42. j
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