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VOL. JXV.-NEW SERIES. 'UNION C.~lf ' vSOUTHcTrOI JNX, I&DAY, FKBRUARY 23~Ts$4.* * "v "'J' NUMBER 8? '
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I'M Hartford Journal has noted
that when ia its normal condition the
heart beata seventy-fire times a minute,
But-whoa a fellow meets his giri
with a rival it reaches 175.
An i.iiglisli iariii r, relates the
American Agriculturist, was recently
prosecuted for eruclty to nuimnls ami
fined ten pounds (#50) su 1 costs, lie
was allcgod to lmve kept twenty-six
head of stock in a* field without sufficient
food. But the farmer's neighbor*
believing that he ha I done the
beet he could in the prevailing drouth,
started u subscription and soon raised
enough to make tip to him the amount
of lino ftu-l c.oaL
That the United States numbers the
diamond amongst ita many precious
ntones is an undoubted fact, and, although
none of any size to compare
with those from India, Brazil and
South Africa have been found, yet
fr/\m 4Ka a*..... 1 * *
..V..U III IUJ evi'icuccs ot nu is of
undoubted specimens oT merit, there
is reason to hope tlint some gem <>x"
ceptioual value may l?o eventually discovered,either
accidentally or through
systematic search.?Now Orleans
Picayune.
The New York Journal of Commerce
and Commercial Bulletin, which keeps
a daily record of tho tires in this
country, and is deservedly high authority
on all questions of insurance,
reports the total looouo i?y tire in the I
United States and Canada in the year
1893 at $156,415,875, against $132,
704,700 in 1892. In but one mouth of
1893 did the total of tire losses sink
Below $10,000,000, aud that was in
February, when the returns of tho
Journal of Commerce place the figures '
at ft9 910 OrtO Tlw, ?? '
, ,www. iwuiu I U[;U1 ? .1
235 fires in December of a greater destructive
ness than #10,000 eaeli. It
ays that the underwriters attribute
much of the loss to} careless installation
of electric light and power
plants. Under these circumstances it
ought to bo the occasion of more than
insurance interest to learn that the
^-<f? ctric risk is being investigated by
experts who are gathering particulars
of all the fires traceable to electricity.
Electricity is a good servant who will
beivr a lot of watching.
Among the men who have died during
the past year and whose names
will figure in history are James CI.
Blaine, late Secretary of State; Alexander
of Battenberg, once the Prince
of Bulgaria; ex-President Hayes,
General Beujamin F. Butler, Chief
Justices Lamar and Blotchford, Hamilton
Fish, Beauregard and Smith,
Confederate generals; the F.arl of ,
Derby, Miribe), chief of the Froneh j i
Rcnernl staff; MacMnhou, ex-President 1
of Franco; JuIch Ferry, Senator *
Stanford, tho founder of Lei end Stanford
University; Sir A. T. C?alt, Sir
John Abbot, ex*Premier of Cans la; ^
"Uncle Jerry'' Rusk, Tirard, a former
Premier of France, and Admiral Tryon, ,
of the Victoria, first of Kujlish naval I
officers of the day. The church, in its '
various members, has lost Phillips 1
i
Brooks, who is claimed by the church
universal; Dr. A. P. l'eabody, Dr. I
jf*hil ip ScliaiT, Frederick Lvaus, the ]
Shaker; Jiisuops Ivip and mssell and
Brother Azarias. The ranks of the
men of letters show few breaches, but
among these are places oiica fillo I by
Taine, Francis Parkman, Guy ?le
Maupassant, John Aldington Symonds,
Mrs. Marin Lamb, founder of
the Magazine of History; J>e Mille,
Lucy Larcoro, Professor Jewett and
Dr. William Smith, the lexicographer.
Among the scientists who have been
taken away the names of Tyndall,
Charcot and Professor Horsford, of
Harvard, are the most prominent
names. Others of this class arc
Craven, the inventor of the submarine
cable ; Lichtenthaler, the conchologist
and marine botanist; Decandolle,
a French hot mist; Captain Anderson,
who commanded the Great j
Eastern when laying the first Atlantic !
cable; Joseph Francis, the inventor j
of the life-boat; Colton, th? map i
publisher; Vinor, the meteorologist;
Stephenson, builder of the first, street
car; Itae, the great Arctic explorer; !
Harvey, the inventor of the armor
plate. Few men have died in 18()3 j
whofie lows has been more severely felt
ami whose name has been more widely !
honored than General Armstrong, j
founder of the Hampton Institute and j
friend of the freedmnn and the Indian.
In this category, among those who did
much for their fellow-meu. may be mentioned
also Authouy Drexel, Gaorgo I.
Seney and Colonel Auchmuty. Last,
>ut by ii?? m?'niiK least, in the ghostly ;
procession we notice Kdwin Bex tli, i
j
greatest nt' American actors and a
very rare character; Fanny Kemble, j
.T. E. Murdock, Gounod, the composer,
and Tschaikowskv, the Busman 1
musician.
THE NATIONAL FARMERS' ALLIANCE.
Politics Were Not Considered at the Annua
Meeting.
The salary of Marion Butler, ot
Goldsboro, N. C., ami editor of the
Caucasian, the yew president of the
Xutional Alliance, is $3,000. Heretofore
the president has been required
to live at Washington, D. 0., but under
a new rule he can reside whereover
he like*.
Mr. Butler says the meeting at To
peka, Jvnnsas, was largo. The dele- I
gates woro e!itcrt?i:i?d at the city's
expense and the town loft no atone (inturned
to ninko their stay ploaaant.
Politics were not discussed. There
was no change in the constitution of
tho Alliance, and no radical measures
of any kind were effected.
Mrs. Lease was not present at the
meeting, although Topeka is her home.
The uext meeting, says President
Butler, will he in Raleigh, by which
time the Polk monument, for which
money is now solicited, will have been
completed*
The other officers elected were:
Vice president, .T. L. Gilbert, of California;
secretary and treasurer, I). P.
Duncan, of South Carolina.
Executive Committee?Mann Page,
of Virginia; II. C. Dunning, of Pennsylvania;
J. E Dean, of New York,
and II. L. Lucks, of South Dakota.
The executive committee was author7.ed
to appoint a national lecturer and
select a place for holding the next
convention. Ben Terrell, of Texas,
the present national lecturer, will
doubtless be chosen for another term.
The salary of the president and lecturer
war. fixed at $<'1,000 each, and of
the vice president at $2,250.
The Alliance took exceptions to the
ideas advanced by ,T. Sterling Morton,
riccrctary ot Agriculture, relative to
the classes, ami exposed its disapproval
of {Secretary Morton in a resolution.
WOMAN SUFTHAGE
Wr. Panel, of Colorado, Prn/iosc> a Ci.'l t-i
This Effect.
Washington, D. G. ?Mr. Ponce,
Populist, of Colorado, otTered in the
louse a hill proposing woman's sufrage.
The lull differs somewhat front
there presented on the same subject
Heretofore, as it does not propose to
intend the constitution, hut simply
pves women over the age of '21 the
ight to register and vote at all elections
or members of the House of Retresentatives,
and provides that their
igbts shall not he denied or abridged
)j the United States or any State:- *
A preamble to the resolution says
hat the right to choose members of
he House of Representatives is vested
>y the constitution in the people of the
leveral Stat utliont distinction of
icx, but for >f proper legislation
leretofore, oik .slf has been restrict;d
from voting. The bill is for the
mrnosc of correcting this error and
ogive full effect to the constitution.
oonie nays ago air. i-c'l ottered a
'CRolution amending the con-titn41 <>*i
10 hh to give "woman Kiiflrnge." It
vrr referred to the judicial v mm hi it t c?>
mil reported adversely. The resoldion
of Mr. Pence iIimk not > in *n<I tint
mnst itutiol), nml was m iiI lo tin* eoninittee
on the elections of I'reMdeiit,
i'ice President uinl inciiihei.s ol the
Jongrese.
Says Dana, of the Notv York Sun.
^n Kngiii 11tiinii travelling in the
South some years ngo was interested
alien n elimiee acipiiiintnuce ?t n hotel
mid to him. "I have some of Longfellow's
hnir." Then he drew from
liis pocket n little lmx and exhibited n
piantity of course black hnir. "Oh,"
>?id the Knglishmnii, with surprise,
"I should have thought it would have
lieen white." "No," -aid the proud
possessor of the relic "It's all light,
I was in the stable myself yesterday,
Uid got thin where he'd "witched it
>(V against the side of hi- stall " It
was thus that tho englishman hrst.
!? >*r 11 > ? 1 i 1 int a famous hoiso had been
iiMimai for tho po? t
The Country' % Oefeni/er".
Tho annual report of Secretary of
War Damon! to Congress, r-hows the
total organized militia of the States
and Territories as 112.11)0, or 300 loss
than in any previous year. Mont of
the big militia States lost, while those
hav. tJ all organization? increased.
New York and Pennsylvania lost
and 13 respectively, while Alabama
and other Southern States had small
gains. South Carolina, with .r>,440,
has tho largest militia force in proportion
to her population, and is only exceeded
in numbers by New York, with
12,810; Massachusetts with f?,t?6t>, and
Pennsylvania with \<!14. The strength
of Georgia is reported nt 3,535, Florida
4,011, and North Carolina 1,7*2. i
Delaware's militia numbers only 330.
The Three C's.
Gen. .7. T. Wilder spent Friday in
Bristol, Vn. Speaking <>f the recent
visit of Samuel Hunt, president of the
Three C'a road to Johnson City, ho
said that it was the plan of M.\ Hunt to
have the road completed to the coal
Holds, provided he finda the bmnr.ess
outlook sufficient to justify the venture.
There Is no likelihood. Oca.
Wilder thinks. of the road being built
through the mountains 10 eitJc; s'do
soon, but he rather expects the construction
to be completed to the Virginia
coal fields.
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Beatification of 'nan of 4/v.
Riimh, Itai.v. I'lie Mointciir do
IUiIIH' plll'IIMICK II <|I'C'. ; MIMl?ill||Cirif( |
t)ihi'iitifiratioii of .1 <?ni? of Ai'v Tim
I'opn lias ihriioiI doi'Hiiiciita showing
that tho licntincatiou ih ii: ucronl with
the privnto recut ita of .hicccimvu pontificalia
HEOPFM THE MINTS.
India's Trade Has Beta Sadly Demoralized
by Closing them.
caiicctta, India. ? The India Ourrenee
Association Iias entered u strong
protest, which has been Addressed to
the government in regard to the iliaorganization
of trade in consequence
of the eharges in the silver policy. The
protest says Ilia I the present state oi
affairs shows that the closum "f
minlH did not do any harm, thouch its
advantages; swn temporary and wcri<
suspended t>y the abnormal importa
tioiiK of hi Ivor, of pier** goods ami
though other entities. The government
abandoned the ininiinum prieo for
council bills nt the moment sucei ss with
it hum red aud this resulted in n .panic,
ft is now fmprrnttve lo feslore "eon(idenoe
and the association recommend
the fixing of ti niinimiini price fot
council bills, the prohibition of the
import of silver for private account
and that the snlc of council bills be entrusted
to nu agent appointed by the
India finance minister. A few Urine
dissent from the above recommendation
and advocate the reopening of the
mints.
Temper nt the Brcaktant Table.
"Many persons nffliotod with a
peculiar derangement of the digestive
organs are seized with an almost uneontrollnblo
irritability as soon as they
sit down to eat, more particularly nt
tho breakfast table," remarked an experienced
Arcli street physician. "Tliia
is caused by a premnturo secrotion o(
the gastric juice, due to a too vivid
anticipation of food. To avoid possible
insanity, such persons ron"ir*
crticful muiicni treatment. I once attended
a young lady professionally
whose rather stern father was so often
obliged to wend her away from the j
table for unreasonable bursts of
tomper that ho grew suspicious of her
sanity and caused her to be wotdhcd.
It appeared that as rood as she reached
her room she seized a pair of scissors,
opened a truuk and, drawing forth a
roll of ribbon, proceeded to snip it
into small bits. The trunk was nearly
full of such, snippings, and it was remembered
that she was continually
purchasing ribbon. I curod her of
sueli manifestations of wrath by treating
her for dyspepsia.H?Philadelphia
Record.
/A' APPEAL TAKEN.
Prcm H e C n >..isiioner" s Ref isat to Gram
T.'.'man's Trademark.
Washington, D. 0.?There was another
legal step taken today that will
prolong the fight between Governor
Tillnirn, of South Carolina, und the
commissioner of patents over the
granting of a trademark for the Palmetto
brand of whisky. An appeal
i 4 will iiir * i mii in inniiuit'l li ICIUSltl H)
grant the trademark was taken to the
circuit court on a petition for a writ
of mandamus, which wiih granted l?y
the court. The commissioner carried
this decision to the court of appeala of
the District of Columbia, where it wua
reversed
I Alphetif Johnson, attorney for
Oovcrnor Tillman, entered an appeal
against the decision ?>f the, court of
appeals and the case will now lie carried
to thcSnpreiuecoiiit of the United
Slab s.
Three Bright Washington 8riefs.
Washington, ]>. C?The nomination
of Mesars. T. H. Jernignn, for
conaul general at Shaiigai, and W.
It. Kenan, lor collector of custom at
Wilmington, were both referred to
commerce committee and there reported
favorably.
Secretary Carlisle sent to Congress
n statement of the emoluments of the
eiiHtoins eolleetorn for the last fisonl
year: Itistriet. of Albemarle, NVillinm
S. Bond, total compensation, $385.77,
fees collected, $.r) '20, Kenneth R. Pendleton,
total compensation, $855.:17;
Bonn fort, S. ltobert Smalls, $1,(578.
1(5; (leorgetown, S. C., Slicrmu A.
Johnson, $3,08*2.7 f; Pamlico, Itohert
Hnnooek, $1,181.'28; Wilmington,
John ('. Piiim'v, ?2,58.
The Semite has confirmed the noni
inntion of Win II (hillingwoi til lo he
postmaster at Klchinond, Vu.
Cr. A" ins Will S/>rnk at the Medical Collegt
cf Virginia.
I lev. .Iiini'-f; AfUins, l> I)., president
of Ashevil' (N. ('.) Female Co'lege, Ino
mi i i> v itut ion to deliver tin
minimi < riit '>11 be.ore Ihe graduating
I'l.r H lit till* t|C\t COtllllielieCllie it llf till
Medical <'? !!* ;'? i l Virginia. I>r At
Kins is n "iiti profound I'. ni nin<
mi ! il r tin tii'!k-<1 nlnlitirs as n speak
r 'lit tli" f. it v fi\t!i year of tin
Medical i" -1 11 Virginia, and tli
lined sue s : >;i; 1 in its hl'to.y.
More Failures at Winston.
Winston, N. C.?Col. .1, W. Als
paugdi, ex-president of tin- First Nn
tioniii Stank lias assigned. ilis liabilities
an* heavy $fiOtOOO Judge David
Schrnck. of Greensboro. is trustee
Col. Ahpnugh owns a large interest in
thejt * ii i I ford College Milis.of whnhhe is
president.
iSimoii L. Kiger also failed, naming
I. S. (Jrogan truatee. Theassiguinent
involves 14 town lots in North Winston,
tod one-half interest in a tract oi M
ten; of iand in Stokes county.
His Honor's Romantic Warring*
Athens, Oa. --Judge J. W Troe
or a ?\ro m i noo inriot a t 11 a? ?? .\a/1
i\/i , (i |? ??iii i urn v jui iov u i \?ir t ? wun,
Fin , married Mi?s Elizabeth Maddn>
of this city. Neither party tool seeii
the other previous to one houi hefon
the ceremony whs performed. Tlx
engagement nnd nil arrangements
were mnde l>y correspondence am
kept, secret. It was a great surprisi
to the relatives. Both parties an
prominent and highly rcaneeted.
PITHY NEWS ITEMS
R. O. Dabb, n train flagman/ was
killed at Salisbury, N. C., by an overhead
bridge.
Senator Ransom of North Carolina
has on hand 000 bales of last year's
cotton that he ia holding for a high
price.
Judge lYokham was voted down in
the Senate last Friday by a vote of 41
t" ??, f. i A:;:;ovj'ule Justice of the
Supr? me Court.
The Cherokee County Fair Association
lias declared a dividend o? 40 per
cent to stockholders. This ia the
profits of one fair held in October,
18510. near I'm k, Texas.
Hie N<'itli C?>? Car I'o.," hT
Hnlcigli, N*. C., has sixty men now at
*.v< ill. >!. iiu >1.1.1 i t limit 1 I iii'l.ii nun mid
tin* plant in cxjirctt'd to be complete
in ninety days. The foundry is to be
82x172 feet in size, with cupola. The
furnace mid car-erecting shop wij) be
89x120 feit. Axle forge will ce put in
Inter.
The Daily News office, Greenville,
S. ('., war partially burned last Sunday.
Prof. Blnir, Supt. of tho Winiton,
N. C., graded Bcliool, expelled aevcral
pupils for going to the DografT Irnuging.
('apt. John I,. Morris, of Graven,
N. ('., caught 215 ducks and throe loons
in his shad nets on Hancock creek and
bad them on the Newbern market last
Friday.
The T ?dics Association oi
Wilmington, N. C , had invited Col.
Julian S. Carr, of Durham, to deliver
the oration ori the obnervancc of Meinorial
Day at Oakdnle cemetery on the
10th of next May, and lie line accepted
the invitation.
Thoophilua Bland, of Pitt, N. C.,haa
seven noun, and no tun-in the outfit,the
old man counted, weighs less than 200
pounds.
Another bomb was thrown in Paris,
Mou<lnv afternoon, fatally wounding
4
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Tlio MeArtor Farm, adjoining Upperville,
Fauquier county, V?., wan
Hold lit public nnotion Thursdaj, to
John I), llooc, of Alexandria for $4,475.
McKinloy whh cntliuniaBticnlly nominntod
in the convention of Republicans
at ColumhiiR, ()., for I'renident
of the United States.
A sour-wood tfjcp Oeenr, Bri*ton,
of Jone? county,**.*. C , un.l killed
liiin.
Gen. 0. A. Kvnnn and Hon. W. Y.
Atkinson are to canvass Georgia for
the Democratic nomination for Governor.
The Fate of the Driver of a Drove of Motes at
Landsforrl.
liANDHKoni', Cheater Conntv,S. C. While
crossing the Catawba river at
liiindaford, in charge of a drove of
noilea, n man named McNinch, from
('heat -r, was washed into deep water
lielow and drowned. It appears, from
what I can hear, that Mc-Nineb was
riding in the centre of the drove and
turned to the light to head some of the
milieu that were leaving the road, when
through ignorance of the ford lie piling
?'<l 11!i ? H tltM'J) liolc UUd WOS WnBlieil
away. The urn lea which he wnn attempting
to head as. w^ell n? that. oil
which lie was mounted were swept
down tin" river to the ferry, a half a
mile helow, where they reached shore.
I'lr* miller of Foster's mill w?KcroRHing
the river helow lit the time noil atlenij
ted to reach tie* drowning man,
hut eonld not do so on the river was
tlooiled. The body has not been r< covered.
Moonshiner Reported.--A Freak.
W sston, N. C. ? Lum Folk, a noted
hnrneter of StokeB county, has reported
over 100 hlockndera in that county.
U has canned quite 11 stir among many
?f the moonshiners. Several of them
have moved out of the at ate on ae
onnt of it.
There i>'. <|uite n freak of nature near
?ig Creek, Stokes county. It is a
whit" negro f>irl who isahout six yearn
>11 ami in good health. She wan horn
to parents as I (lack as the "nee of
spa lea," ho to apeak. While the child
:s as white as any Caucasian, ao far aa
he cuticle is concerned, ahe haaallthe
regular feat urea of a full-hlooded Afri an
Hat nose,thick lips andkinky hair.
i'Iic latti r ih aa white aa wool.
The Flood Substitute Adopted.
Richmond, Va. ?The Flood snbstitute
for the Wickham resolution, looking
to the settlement of West Virginia's
portion of the debt of the old
State, was adopted by the Senate. It
eliminates the suit feature from the
original resolutions and provides for
a settlement on the basis of aniicabh
ai/rccnicnt between commissioners an
pointed l?y the two States.
Reorganization Bill a Law.
Richmond, Va.?Thft' report of the
onmiittep of conference on the niii
'or the reorganisation of the Rich noiid
Danville Railroad, wee adopt?d
by both branches of the General
\rs?mblv and having receivori the
-ij,"nature of the Governor has become a
aw.
Death of a Forty Niner.
1'" K K. I > P. !M I' K V RI' R' >, V A. ? Major .1
(iiri iHon Kelly, one of the ("ftliforui?
^ liltrf, nnd for many yeara editor oJ
j the Virginia Herald, and a Icadin
Democratie politician in this 8tat
j dining tho stormy reconstruetioi
I eiiod, died here to-day, aged 73.
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ft* 9t a M*r to rtbern Indiliry.
In ib? last inane of the Southern
States magdziile, i); A: TditipkttJS, of
Charlotte, who hAA iirietl Ho closely
identified with the development df thd
cottonseed-oil industry of the South,
given a very interesting account of the
progress that lias been made in fattening
cattle on cottonseed hulls and meal.
A few years ago when the fattening
qualities of this material were demonstrated,
it was hardly rooli /,Hl how great
would be tne effect upon the live-stock
interests of the Mouth. From Carolina |
to iexas tlm business ih steadily increasing,
and from 300 head fattened '
ten years ago the number has now increased
to 175,1)00 fattened for market,
while '00,000 are fed for dairy purposil
P o t'V^tTTC.fiSfon fori si that* ~Vy?ars
ago wan thrown away. ,y
oil mill in the South," Mr. Tonijo.i.is
nays, 'in now selling larg< quantities
<?f In 1 and meal fur cattle feed. The
mills will work 1,500,000 tuna of need,
from which will come 750,000 tons of
hulln. Each ton of hulls, with itn pro
rata of meal, will make a fine fat beef
of a lean steer. The oil buninenn in j
constantly increasing, and it will not
be long before there will be 1,000,000
tons of hulls available." Much of this
ail! go to make good beef, and much
will go for the production of good milk
and butter. The growth of this industry
and the effect which it will have
upon the dairy and beef interests of
the South can be appreciated from the
fact that even from Greenville, S. C.,
which is in a section where the majority
of Northern people scarcely expect
to find crood beef. 500 head of fattened
bo?-.?ea worn snipped to Baltimore last
year.
The South Rcarcely begins to got ono
new industry well developed before the
possibilities of Homo other are seen,
and it becomes difficult to follow the
rnpid progress that iH being made in
the diverHification of itp industrial life.
Everything is fending to open up the
wealth - creating possi .tiliticH of the
amazing resources of this section, and
the world will rood see, rr it. has never
aeon before, that thero is no other
country on earth which tins ancli n marrelouH
combination of advantegea with
so few disadvantages. Where nature
done so much it only remains for man
to utilize, as he is nowdoing. these advantage*,
to create greater w?alth than
can be found anywheroelae in America.
4 Curious RaHrnsd Combination.
The Ohio River <& Charleston, which
has Rucceeded the Charl ?Bton, Cincinnati
& Chicago line, lias been making
t reparations to connect its Tonuetc ce
and Carolina divisions by building a
road in eastern Tennessee aj.ul western
North Carolina, vhich would make a
new through line from Ter.uessee and
Kentucky to Charleston. 'It is underi.i
11' i .a*...* ? ......1..
oluod ii1hi iiil Pliu; (> in mnuu i\i
negotiate bonds for the purpose named.
Apparently, how ?ver, mother company
has taken up a part the Ohio
River k Charl?*ton*a right of way in
Tennessee. This ia the Powrel's Mountain
Mineral .Railway Co. President
L. M. .Tarvis actvis'R that it is designed
to luiild a roaif from a point, near
Knoxville, Teun., through tho Clinch
river valley to a c&uneotion with tho
Norfolk k Western at St. Paul, Va.
T1 te road is to be 10b miles iong, and
itatrs that thirtv-threi miles of it is
the Ohio River ?Vr Ch iciest on route,
whieh has been graded. The general
r>ifice? of the Connany are at Chattanooga,
Tenn. R. a. jlowie is general
manaaer.
A Famojs Vine
(From tho Tjnndon World.)
The Emperor William's present to
Prinee Pismnrk consisted of a dozen
nf !,.? I'll tlx,111; Uti'l.ilicpi' (!nlii.
r?/?VSvu " * - p
net of the Great Comet year, which in
the ttneat ami rare*' wtne in the imnerial
cellnra, and remarkable both
or ita fragrance an I strength. TJhe
<ift ia worthy of the d^'CRKitm, for all
such wine ia abaolutely prieeleHH, an<l
t ia probably only to be found ii* the
ellnra of the* Emperor 'Mid of the
Duke of Luxemburg, except for any
dray bottlen which may be hidden
way in a few country houaet. The
Id Emperor William ?>ent hab a doz n
bottlen of the name wind rk a
ireaent to the Queen in 1.887. and it
vna brought over by the E tnperor
Ercderiek, then Crown Prince, nim?elf.
Fine Rheniah winea get more
scarce every year, for there Una not.
been a really firat-elne? vintage ainee
1868.
All Abo it Some Manure.
The Stntenvillo, N. C., Ijftndemnrk
tells n rather unusual suit in Iredell
Superior Court: Mesars. Colvert A*
Col vert rented the Farmers' Warehouse
and the premiuesndjoining from
Mr. T. I). Miller. There, whs nothing
in thecontrnetabout themftinire which
accumulates on the lot, but Mr. Miller
thought he was entitled to it nud removed
About 40 loads of it. Messrs.
Colvert k Colvert considered the manure
their property and naked Mr. Miller
to credit them with 840 (81 per
lond for the manure) on the rent of
th > building. He refused, hence the
suit. The jury allowed the Messrs.
Colvert $80?75 cents per lond for the
uauurc.
Who Lost Their Bonds?
8omebody is poorer nnd the State
of North Carolina is richer 82.100 a
year by the accidental loss of 000
of an old 6 ner cent bond issue. The
State Treasurer has never heeu able
to hear from the mine bonds, and
it ia supposed thnt th?o were deatroyed
during th?* civil war. They are
pretty aafe bonds, too, uh the whole
issue ia guaranteed hy a pledge of the
State stork in th > North Railroad
Company. The dividenda from thia
toek are nearly $17,000 in excess of
the interest on the bonds.
The Mllrci* Dollar's History.
The silver dollar is always being discussed
in the journals. Some of the
facts concerning it are of interest.
Ilere is Its chronological history: Authorized
to be coined, act of April 2,
1792; weight, 416 grains] fineness,
892.4. Weight changed, act of January
18, 1887, to 4121 grains. Fineness
changed, act of January 18. 1887.
tc 990. Coinage discontinued, act of
February, 1873. Coinago reauthorized,
act of February, 1878. Amount
coined from March, 1878, to December
31, 1887, #283,295,357. Total
amount coined to December 91, 1889,
$357,9G9,239.
The first silver dollar was pnt into
ee-s
obverse or face of the coin was imprinted
the head of a young lady whoso
hair wiib flowing to such an extent that
Rhe looked as if overtaken in a fierce
gale of wind " In 1796 Congress
(3tepped in to the aid of the typical
damsel and tied her hair np with a bit
of ribbon. The fifteen stars were after
this reduced to the original thirteen,
in recognition of the number of
States. In 1836 the design was again
changed, and the silver dollar bore tho
figure of a woman in a flowing garment.
Tho designer neglected to put
on the thirteen stars, and the coin was
called in. Anyone now in possession
of one of those dollars has a valuable
souvenir. The new design had the
lady surrounded by the stars.
The dollar of 1838 was the first ar-'
tistic piece of silver coined by the
United States Mint. In April, 18o4,;
tho first dollar having the legend, "In
God We Trust," was coined, in 1878"
the era of what was called the trade
dollar, of yvu nneness, began, mat,
troublesome coin ran its erratic course!
in live years. In 1878 the liberty dol-{
lar made its appearance. Miss Anna]
W. Williams, a teacher in a school at]
Philadelphia, sat for the portrait, her!
profile being thou considered the most!
perfect obtaipable. Her classic features
still decorate the silver dollar.?
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Creatines Thai Tumble Upward.
It is only reasonable to suppose
that the ability to sustain this enormous
pressure can only be acquired
by animals after generations of gradual
migrations from shallow waters.
Those forms that aro brought up by
the dredge from the depths of the
ocean arc usually killed and distorted
by the enormous and rapid diminution
of pressure in thoir journey to
+Vy. suviace,
aide that shadow water forms would
be similarly killed and crushed out of
shape were they suddenly plunged
into very dec]) water. The fish that
live at these enormous depths arc, in
consequence of the enormous presmirf
liuliln tr? n. nirioiiH form of neei
(lent. If, in chasing their prey or for
Hiiy other reason, they rise to a considerable
distaueo above the floor of
the ocean, the gases of their awimming
bladder become considerably expanded
and their specific gravity very
greatly reduced. Up to a certain limit
the muscles of their bodies can counteract
the tendency to float upward
and enable the fish to regain its
proper sphere of life at the bottom;
but beyond that limit the muscles are
not strong enough to drive the body
downward, and the *ish, becoming
more and more distended as it goes,
is gradually killed on its long and involuntary
journey to the surface oi
the sea. The deep-sea lish, then, are
exposed to a danger that no other animals
in 1liis world are subject to ?
namely, that of tmubliug upward
That suca accidents do occasionally
occur is evidenced by the fact that
some lish, which are now known to In
true deep-sea forms, were discovcrei
dead and floating on the surface of tin
ocean long before our modern invest i
gat ions were commenced.--Populai
SScieuee Monthly.
A Prominent Secession Fig ire Passes Away
C'UAHI.HSTON, S. C.? Kobeit N,
(ionrdin, one tIn* oldest eiii/.cns o!
(' 1?m: leston, died Friday morning, at{c<
S'J. He was a nit'inlu'r ??f 111 * Seecssioi
i Convention of South Carolina in 1 Kf?0
j ami signed the ordinandi* of secession
11a want to Washington 1 S<>0 at tin
urgent solicit ition of Major ltober
Anderson, the commander of For
Sumter, whose intimate persona
friend lie was, to see whet could bi
flail'' to settle the unhappy difl'erenci
between thy North and South, bn
failed in his mission.
A BjHet for a Valentin
AhievilIjK, N. C. ? A special from
Marshall, says Willis Morgan, brothel
t\{ I h'ltiit o mmrilV .Toeun <irirnn (il
... -vr..v .
Buncombe county, whs shot and in
staidly killed at Marshall, Madison
county, by <?. R. Snir.s, who is J
brother-in-law of M. E. Carter, collee
tor of internal revenue for this (lis
triot. Willis Morgan was eourtinf
Snnis's (laughter and had been (?rdero(
oft' the place. He persisted again ii
forcing himself on the promises o!
Sains with the risult it*ted.
Party of Northern Physician $ To /ring
Charlotte. N 0. ? A medical erii
tonal party, consisting of a dozen edi
tors of the leading medical journals o
New York and New England, arrivec
hero on a tour of inspection to ftnc
th* healthiest spots in the. South
l'hey are visiting Henderson, Durham
Southern Pines, Hamlet, Chsrlotti
*1111 Monroe, in North Carolina, Clin
I >11. > >. C.; Atlanta and Wilmingtou
i . ? , via ui(! rv;o>onr?l Air Ijine am
v special t rain.
Thome* Cnrljrle ?ai?l that the idee
form of government wan to noleot th<
bent and fittest man in the community
?ud give him absolute authority.
A NEARLY NAKED GLOBE-TROTTER.
He Starte to Work Hie Way Around tht
World--Not to Beg, Borrow, Steal
Nor Accept Alms.
Boston, Mass.?Clad in a Mother * ?
Hubbard gown constructed of manilla
paper, and held together with pins,
Paul Jones started out from a room at
the Boston Press Club u tour of the
world. He is to earn his way around
the globe without begging, stealing or
accepting alms.
The original proposition was to start
naked, and he made enough from what
he earned last night by charging admission
to the room to buy his flimsy
costume. He also bought some sola
leather u^niwu pair of sandpls..* * ' * v
HtwUrtl yiwyFiPst JJ n. ftl.
After getting some sleep, Jones
mine downstairs at the Huston Tavern
at about 11. He was arrayed in a
drab blanket, which cost SI.25. It
had been cut into the resemblance of
a suit of clothes, and had trousers and
a blouse.
vi 7: at- At-1 - - ? ? f -i ?
tTiiu mm, 11 pair 01 socks una a pair
of overshoes, leased from a member of
the Press CluV), lie prcambnlated down
Washington Street to a clothing
house. He had accepted an offer for
his paper suit of the previous night
and bought a "Scotch" suit for 35, a
cheap cheviot shirt fof less than 31,
and some 50 cent underweur and
cheaper shoes and hat.
He secured a place as salesman in a
clothing store, appearing in his blanket
toboggan suit. He waited on table at
the Caie, getting 31 and his
luncheon. The crowd surged and the
tipH came plentifully. Men paid 50
cents each to shake handa with the go- ? ?
ing traveler. He got more than $4
out of the 40 minutes at the restaurant.
Jones will go first to New York, and Vv, ?
from there will work his passage to
i- London.
GENERAL JURAL A. EARLY.
An Accident Which May Result in his Death.
Lynchburo, Va.?General Jubal A.
Early had a fall on the ice at the postoffice
and was painfully bruised. No
bones were broken and the attending
physician stated that no serious result
was apprehended from,, the accident.
This forenoon the physician gave it
out thut the general yhh resting quietly
and would probably be out in a day
x rn. ~ ' 1- A V J T\ r*v
or iwo. xo-uigm, npwever, vr. xerrell
states that he is yery fearful that
the nervous shock nauiltant from the
_ fall will prove seriou#. General Earlv
in (o Sll ^ ... ...
been in such feeblei health trat it. is"
thought that he oau not live much
longer. It may be that this accident
will hasten his death.
Southern Farmers Lending Money.
The condition of some Southern farmers,
and the improvement financially
is indicated by the state of affairs at
La Grange, Ga. The county clerk,
E. T. Winn, says many farmers who
have money ahead,instead of letting it
lie idle in bank, are beginning to lend
it to their neighbors. The amounts
?re, of course, small, ranging irom
i 175.00 to $150, but this only showa u
proper caution on both sides. With
> this money in hand the small farmer
' ?ar. purchase necessary tiiing:s at cash
\ prices, which is a great saving. Ho
nays only legal interest, which, whilo
lot opprcsaivo to him, is a sufficient
f remuneration to the lender.
i
Roanoke is to Have Prohibition.
Roanokk, Va.?Judge Woods, of
the Hustings Court, rendered a do
- flection, declaring the election of Hep1
tembcr last valid. Prohibition will
> now go into effect on April lnt, unions
the decision is reveraod by u higher
r court. The wets will appeal.
A Bloody Englishman.
Frederick, Mr?.?Frederick Leonard,
an Englishman, who shot and
f If i 11 ><1 .Tohho A in Kimf oml n>r
' | lust, was hanged in the jnil .vnrcl. Bo1
fore dying Leonard confennod ilint ho
murdered his third wife nud lier newly
horn twinH.
] FIFTY-THIRD_OONaRESS.
1 The Senate.
!> 38tii Day.?Tho Peokham nomination wast
n reported without recommendation. Mr^
Gray spoke In favor of resolutions opposing;
the annexation of Hawaii.
39th Day.?Mr. Gray finished his speech'
in support of the President's Hawaiian:
policy.
, 40th Day.?A controversy betweon some
small towns in Oklahoma Territory occupied!
the time of the Senate during tho whole of
l tho sessiou.
41st Day.?The Vice-President came to the,
! rescue of the Oklahoma Town Site bill, and
by his vote broke tho tie and passed tb" bill
1 compelling the Rock Island Railroad Company
to stop its trains at the now towns of
Enid and Ronni Pond. PofTor's amondmeut
providing for woman suffrage was dej
feated. A bill was presented by Mr. Hoar,
1 "To prevent lottery practice" through the
i National and foreign mail service,
f 42n Day.?A resolution was adopted calling
on the President for the Dole letter. s
Tho Senate spent the remainder of the day
in executive session, discussing the I'eokham
nomination.
The House.
48th Day.?The House met and after th<v
reading of the journal adjourned in respsct
f to the memory of Representative Houk, of
] Ohio, whose death was announced.
49th Day.?The Urgent Deficiency bill was
paeseu.? Mr. Bland announced that ho
would offer an amendment to Lis seigniorage
, bill that will permit Secretary Carlisle to use
; discretion in issuing certifloates in excess of'
coinage.
50th Day.?Debate was continued on the
, Bland seigniorage bill.
| 51st Day. Messrs. Quigg and Straus,
mombors-eloct from New York City to succeed
Messrs. Fellows and Fitch, were sworn
in. Debate was continued on the Bland
1 seignlorago bill.
62i> Day.?The donate on the Bland soig*
norago bill was continued.
j 68n Day.?The day was devoted to an unsuccessful
effort to secure a quorum to YOtq
for ending debate on the Blana bill.