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~ ~ 'to AfrictM Uwtictdtoiv, jJtowwftg Awn^ = ^ .' VOirXXV.- NEW SERIES. UNION G. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. AUGUST 10,1894. NUMBER 82. 'J? Y. . X u. ,11. ? = TButte* ban not depreciated in price like graiu, notes the American Farmer. It is bigber now than when wheat was $1 ami ryo anil corn sixty ceuts a bushel. At Washington, allegos the Detroit 9 Free Press, tbcro is a list of all the +** known Anureliists in tho world, ami their placo of resilience when last liearil from. The French Government has a similar list. _JR Tho Japanese in Now York have formed a society to promote tho wolM 11 - *_ ?! ' "" iaro ui uujir people iu nun city. Xluj first stop to bo takoQ will bo to estab* lish n frcouigbt school, where lecturos on portincnt subjects will bo given. Tlio Atlanta Constitution observes: An interesting plau is under discus-* sion in tho Legislature of thb colony of Victoria, Australia, for tho roliof ofi farmers who wish to borrow monoy on their land. Tho Savings Banki Commissioners aro to bo authorized to "assist producers" by londing them^ money to tho amount of half tho valuo. of thoir land, uuder a plan by which' borrowers will repay principal and; fivo per cont. interest in extondedj half-yearly installments. Tho Coni-| missioners would bo rocoupod by four! per cont. mortgago bonds, issued! j locally and by lire uovora-, I ??*. - U 5 .. S=X . ? ? Thero is a dearth of good pootry in lucho iimoe, aoooraing 10 ino pooticai editor of a Now York magazine. He says that the domand for it has for a good while boon greater than the supply, and ho bolieres that the producers of it havo been discouraged by the newspapers. For years past a number of papers have often taken occasion to sneor at a great deal of the poetry thrown on the market, and the youngor poets especially havo folt dishoartouod under tho slighting remarks of writers who wcro unablo to appreciate their verso. It is evident that these poets are determined to withhold their products from tho public until such time as they can have a *" reason able asauranoo of better treatment. 'The older poet* j^re hardened against abuse, but they cannot turn out poetry every day. Tho statement that advices have been receivod at Copenhagen, by way of Greenland, that tho two young Hwedish botanists, Bjorling and Kail* stenius, had startod for Labrador in a small open boat will revive interost in thoso hardy oxplorors, thinks tho New York Press. Bjlorling and KallBtenius, with five assistants, sot out two years ago on a voyage of discovery in tho Arctic rogions. Thoir hazardous expedition awakened much attention at that time from the fact that tho young men defrayed tho expenses of tho journey out of thoir own limited rosources and were actuated purely by enthusiasm for scioutiAo rosearoh. Nothing had been hear^ from them for a long time, although repeated efforts had been ma do to Aud tracos of them, and it had begun to bo feared Al. ixl ._l _l (V 1 it. - A. _ - e Hint tuej imti wuiieru'.i uiu iuiu ui ho ninny others who linvo brayed the porils of the polar zone. Many besides relatives ami friends will hope that tho brave Swedish explorers will ycc be restored to their homes. "The Province of Ontario has sot a fine example for onr Statos to follow, by prohibiting tho sale of turkoy, grouse, quail, cock and snipe for s poriod of threo years," romarks Outing. "If every State in tho Union would join in making tho sale of game unlawful for three years, there should be grand sport when the oloso poriod ended. Tho short cut to having plonty of certain birds will bo found in a prohibition of traffic in them. And tho too rapid destruction can bo lessened in another way, and this partial remedy concerns ovory sportsnmn. Too many men complain about the ravages of tho market shooters, yet niako 110 effort to lesson tho annual slaughter by limiting their own bags. Men who would scorn to " soil fur, fin or feather killod by their skill, are fur too frequently a bit hogrviuli in ilinir n<*t.imat.n of what. Attn* (S ? ' ?' ? stitutos a satisfactory bag. Thero in more truo sportsmanshi p in sparing a few birds for 'seotV than in loading n *coat with dead onoa. Tho man who measures tho pleasure of ft day's outing by the number of victims lie secures has no licence tv? howl ?t. tho ? pothunter, for ho is like him in ovorything save tho soiling. Not ono bird j or lish should bo killod merely to \ . swell tho count. Don't complain I about tho useloasnoss of individual I I effort?hold your hands ft bit, gentloI >^meu sportsmen nllold, and you will B .do some vory useful work in bohalf of m ^ho game." L Mft. CLEVELAND AND THE COACHMAN. Owen McCabe Couldn't Bet the Job Because He Was Worth S50,000. Oneonta, N. Y. ? "Tho Mugwumps np our way," said a CooperBtown Democrat., "still think that tho finest letter Cleveland ever wrote was the one in which he refused to employ Owcu McCabe as his coachman, although MoCabe was recommended to him by one of Cleveland's most.steadfast supporters. "For twenty-five years McCabe had been a eooachman for the late milllionaire, Edward Clark, of New York and Cooperstown, who made the bulk of his great fortune iu the Singer Sewing Machine Company. Clark died in Cooperstown not so vory long after Jlovelnud becamo President in 1885, aud in his will he left $50,000 in cash to McCnbe. "Mo Cnbe had boen n worker nil his life, and the getting of $50,000 in a lump didn't make him a bit lazy. Ho was still willing and even anxious to work, and ho wanted to get a job at coach driving again. Lawyer Walter II. Dunn, of Couperatown, who is now Appraiser of the Port of New fork, was one of Cleveland's warmest friends in the village, and ho knew MoCabe's coach-driving abilities so well that ho thought Mo Cube would just about do to drive President Cleveland's carriage around Washington. "So Lawyer Dunn up and wrote a letter to (trover, and in it he told the President how long McCuhe had been the faithful and trustworthy servant of Millionaire Clark, us will as how careful and competent a coachiunn he was. Ho suggested to Cleveland that it wouldn't be a bad idea. In cttBft the ifesiHcnt needed a coachman, to give McCabe a trial, and then he kicked over the stool and put his foot in the pail by mentioning the well-known local fact that McCabo had recently received a legacy of $50,000 from the Edward Clark estate. "Well, that cooked McCabo's goose, for in his polite reply to Lawyer Dunn's letter, Cleveland said that, whilo he had no doubt of MoCabe's fitness, ho couldn't think for a r^omAnt of giving employment to or riding behind a man on the box who was worth a good deal nuti'A mnnov limn Iia waq ltimuulf Bonn showed the letter to some of the Cooperstowu and Middlofleld Mugwumps, and they thought it was a little slicker than anything that their idol had ever penned. McCabe has never driven any coach horses since, and is at present successfully cultivating a 300-acre farm on South Hill, in the to^u^o.f Maryland. lie has kept k ^ A LIFT FOR i'ET WEST. The Government Will Establish a Coaling Station There, Using Southern Coal. Washington, D. C.?The government has determined to establish a naval coaling station for the North Atlantic and Carribean Sou licet at Key West, Fla. It has been the custom of the Navy Department for many years to order vessels cruising thero to coal generally either at Kingston, Jamaica, Cartliagenia or Colon. It has been demonstrated that the new move will result in great economy in the cost of fuel, but that is not the only consideration that has influenced the action of the government. American coal will be used instead of foreign coal, which is now generally found at Kingston, Carthagenia ami Colon. A market will bo afforded for many thousand tons of Alabama, Tennessee ! or Virginia coal, llecent appropria-' tions will enable the Navy Department to increase the facilities for the storago of coal at Key West, and this will probably be done. It is the Secrefary's purpose to send the Montgomery to Mobile about thelst of October next, where she will receive the testimonial now awaiting her at the hands of the lad' ?s of Montgomery. ; Then she will, unless some public exigency prevents, cruise for a time in the waters of the Gulf and miner* will be invited to send to her while there for trial, specimens of their coal. All Alabamians hope that the result of these trials will be to secure for Alabama coal the market thus opened. Everything will depend, of course, upon the price at which coal can bo laid down at Key West, and its steaming qualities. The Monterey has been or.1 i tl? ..r ~ uuivu iVJ Iiiimu n111111 ii i u nun in luui Ail Puget Sound, in the extreme Northwest. The Navy Department looks upon Key West ns a point of great importance in case of war. Any foreign naval power that could maintain itself at Key West in time of war would command the Gulf. As a naval station, its importance to the United States cannot be over-estim >t> d. BELLE PLUN, IOWA, BUB NED OUT. The Business Part of the Town Destroyed and the Loss Estimated at $450,000. Hkllr Ppain, Iowa. ? A lire which started in the roof of a livery stable leaped across the street into the business part of the city, and was soon beyond control. It was impossible to stop the spread of the flames with the apparatus on hand, and telegrams were sent to Cedar Hapids and Tama, but the entire business portion of the town, with the exception of three buildings; whs in ashes. Iii nil, over sixty buildings and business concerns were burned out, with a loss of ?150,000. The Hurley is the only hotel left standing, and it was saved only by a fortunate change of the wind. 80 far as known no ono was killed only a few injured. H. M. Noill of New Orleans, estimates the cotton acreage at 21,000,000 acres, and ntunbor of bales at 8,000,000 bales. WASHINGTON BRIEM After tho cabinet meeting Friday four members anuotinced, each to a different person, that an agreement had been reached by the Senate and House conferroes on tho tariff bill. Tho basis of agreement was not disclosed,but one of tho most distiuguisb* etl members of the cabinet Said to a United Press representative: ''You can announce that the President will sign n tariff bill within ten dayB." Caesario, the murderer of President Camot ban been sentenced to die, the jury hnving only beou out 13 minutes. THE COST OF THE STRIKE. One Railroad AlonoPresents Chicago with 0 Bill for S450,000. Ciiicaoo.?Bills for damages to rail1 road property by the strike 1'inters nrd now coming into the City Hall. J. T. Brooks, Second Vice-President of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Bonis Railroad, has presented a bill which aggregates 8149,691. The largest item is $101,601 for 720 freight cars destroyed aud forty-two damaged. The Pittsburgh, fort Wayne and Chicago lias presented a bill of $21,* 317. Tho largest item is for fourteen freight ears destroyed and fifty-eight damaged. Lake Erie Sc Western also want $10,* 010; Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee, $220; Chicago Sc Northwestern, $110; Chicago Refrigerating Line, $1,101; New York Central & Hudson River Railway Company, $345;Monon. S'taO; Fort Wnyuo & Pierro Marquette, $75; Chicago & Erio, $100; Swift's Refrigerator Tdrth. ?fK>* Armnii?~TLu "frlgorator Lino ft00; CeaSr'aT" Car' Trust Company, of New York $600; Chicago & Grand Trunk, $12,150; Grand Trunk Railroad, $.7,785; Grand Trunk Company, of Canada, $5,235. Besides these claims/ shippers filed through Mr. Foster claims amounting to at least $500,000. f This was done by the shippers or?yllie express declarations of the railp'Vls that thov will pay no claims wliafSfySer made against them by shippers for height handled during the strikn. The General Managers' Association takes the ground that the city and conot^ in not furnishing adequate protection to the railroads, ore directly rosponsiblo for all damages to freights. f'? Mayor Hopkins smiled w'r*o he saw the bills, and remarkod: "V^ait uutf' we get through with them." v THE TENNESSEE ELECTIONS. The Democrats Barely Hold Their Own in ihe West, While Fusion is ts Develop Strength. Memphis, Tenn.?Oflleial returns of the election for this county show tho Democratic ticket to have gono through complete by majorities ranging from 917 to 4,725. The average falls about 1,200 short of tho majorities secured by tho Democrats in tho presidential election of 1892. In the other counties of west Tennessee, nearly all of which have been heard from, the Democrats have held their own barely. In some couuticB tho furrionists have elected their county ticket while the Democratic nominees for tho Supremo bench have received large majorities. This is the case in O'Brien county, where the Democratic Supreme Court gets a majority of (500. This indicates that the Populists have sacrificed the Republican Supreme Court nominees in order to get in the Populists' candidates for local offices. In Maury county, middle Tt | p. -?e in?hid,'eg city of Columbia, 'the Democrats have a gain of 1,000, which offsets tho loss in Shelby. ? ??? ? POPULIST CONVENTION. The People's Party Meet at Raleigh, the State Capital. Rat.eigii, N. C.?Marion Butler presided at tho opening of the People's Party convention. Prof. John Graham, of Warren, was permanenteliairman, and J. W. Denmark, of tho Progressive Farmer, secretary. W. T. Fuircloth was nominated for Chief Justice, Walter Clark, Associato Justice, to succeed himself, D. M. Furehes to succeed Judge MoRea, H. G. Connor to succeed Judge Burwell, and W. II. Worth for State Treasurer. Prof. Kilgo Elected President of Trinity. Durham, N. O. ? Dev. .Tolin C. Kilgo, of South Carolina, who was hist week ununimouHly elected president of Trinity college, hus been connected with the successful Wofford College, Spartanburg, S. C. Dr. Kilgo wiir tinnnciid ngent of Wofford and leeturcd to some ehisses. He wns also presiding elder of the Spartanburg district of the Methodist church. Attempt to Blow Up a Whole Family With Dynamite. nashvinnk, Tknn. ? An unknown party made a desperate but unsuccessful attempt to murder Louis Penn, jolored.and his whole family, at Gallatin, at an early hour Monday morning liv nlnrmir n Iwiinli in tlw? winilmv nf the sleeping room And exploding it. Ponn and his wife were badly cut About tho face and body by the flying glass, hut tho children, and a woman who was visiting tho family, escaped unhurt. Tho house was badly wrecked. A white lady living across the strete saw a man at the window, but could not recognise him. There is no clue. -?- - ? Poisonei His Baby Brother Mii.t.ville, N. J. ? Andrew Furman Dilks, tho infant son of Andrew Dilks, died from tho effects of an overdose of medicine administered by his two-yearold brother, Willard. The baby had been sick, but was recovering. Mrs. Dilks had fallen into a doze, when Willard got out of bed, and, taking tho medicine bottle, poured tho contents down the infant's throat. , MTHY HEWS ITEMS. A $10,00(}T>ox works has been chartered at Norfolk, Vo. Another tobacco factory will be built at Boauoko, Yn. A company is to bo formed at Lynchburg, Ye., for the purpose of manufacturing agricultural implements, wagon skein, form bells, iron fences, etc. Fire destroyed a quarter of the business portion of Marion, la. The loss fcill exceed $100,000. Orange Paget, the celebrated murderer, was hanged privately by the Wake county sheriff ?t Baieigli, N. C., Friday. \ O. \V. Pi>rd,ni liclufitig a movement to build u cotton mill lit Louisburg) N> C. Franklin county, of Which this is tile county sent, prows some of the finest, cotton In the South nnd generally a bnle to the ncrc. F. IT. Fiics, of Siilom, N. C., has been appointed receiver of the lWdsville (N. C.) Cotton Mills, judgements against which wore obtained for $25,000. It contain*! flOOO spindles. C. Clarke will continue to superintend the mill. The Chester (3. C.) Gingham Mill w ill start up Sept. 1, under the snperintcudeney of Geo. W. Daugherty, who also has under his charge the Catawba Spinning Mill, same place. The latter mill has commeuccij running night aud day. The (Iannoy (S. C.) Cotton Mills have declined an annual dividend .of nt'the co^nipletIoT^7thoir Uflrst yosr of oporatiou. ThcijwotlnjJi^v^ acquired a wide reputntioiy..^.-. The Mountain ^.lano^^l. C.) Cot-] ton Mills will c. i I?.down fbr a. short time this mouth wW b putting,!?)other story, 50 feet squnrf 7 on their pickor building. In thit addition will be placed 2 twisters, 4 balling machines to produce fancy colj Id drug twines, and 6 rope machines, ?..o whole product of which will find a ready s5h?, with the superior finish they know how to put" on tlieir goods. C. It. Makepeace, of Trovidence, R. I., will l?o the designing engineer for the New Bath (S. C.) Cotton Mills mentioned several months ago in the Textile Exoelsioh. These mills are to cost nt least $300 000, and work will be begun this comi ^ ry< * 'H?r. A bleachery uiay ajso be low the property, which i? ou#4bo --"^wiohna railway between thewto^, .-^Jkcn and Augus-' ta, Ga.; there was"developed and used on this p^jpperty by the old Bath paper mills which burned down, GOO horse power from the Horse creek, which flows iuto the Savannah river. A far greater power will be developed here for these new textile enterprises. The dains must alt bo reconstructed as the old ouos washed away. Rich, the Republican governor of Michigan, lias been renominated. Juo. S. Heiubyrson, congressman from the 7th N. 0l'district. was renominated at Salisbury, by the Democratic convention unanimously. Ij. P. Livingston was renominated for congress by t|ie Democratic con volition nt Atlanta!, On., which boldly declared for free e^iyingo, 16 to 1. The Pullman Chi -ks, near Chicago, about which trouble occasioning the big atrVpsy, resumed York Thursday. ^ T. C. C. Black,/Democrat, and Tom "Watson, Populist, will oppose each other for congrdsa in the Augusta, OA., district. Mr. jjflnck haa just been ronominnted. ( M. E. Crowell, of Goose Creek township, Uniou county, North Carolina, has nix acres of eoYn that bids fair to make sixty bushels hn acre. Ono gentleman who haa seen tho field aaya that it will make nt least seventy-five bushels per aero. ' DECLARED FOR FREE CO/RACE. ' Proceedings of the Oklahoma Democrats in Their Contentions. Guthrie, O. T.?A red-hot time was had at the Democratic electoral convention nt. El Reno. Tlio.report of the resolutions committee precipitated a Ion}? battle between the administration and the anti-administration crowd. Tho resolutions, nsfinally adopted,endorsed the administration, declared for tho free coinage of American nilvorand demanded that Congress at once pnss a' tariff bill baaed on tho Chicago platform. Wants a Location. A printing and book-bindory establishment having about315,000 invested in equipment desires to find a now location in a town of from 10,000 to 15,000 people, preferably in North or South Carolina, Virginia, West Vir-' ginia or Georgia, although any other Southern State would bo considered. The company desires to locate in a town where there is a good local printing business, and preferably .omo financial backing could bo secured in it -J* -x 1_ mo way 01 HIOCK. A Rolling Stone. Lynchburg, V;. ?The Daily Advance made the announcement that th? entire plant of that newspaper had been sold to Deputron Gliddon, who will he both editor and publisher hereafter. Mr. Gliddon is 7 native of the Island of Guernsey and has been engaged in newspaper work on both sides of the Atlantic. vHo has edited papers in four Stab *u tho United States, the last havj *'Cn in Colorado. COTTON IN THE TROPICS. Immense Tracts 0f Land Suitable for Cut' ligation of the Staple With Cheap Labor in India and Oceanica. (From The Niuteenth Century.) Cotton, though largely produced in the tropics, comes in far larger quantity from temperateclimatea. In 1891 the Utiited States exported in quantity 2,907,359,000 poutl<K valued at 8290,713,000, or nearly ?00,000,000, and Egypt, exported a quantity of the value of about ?9,000,000, while the export of tropical India was in quantity only 530,390,512 pounds, valued at ?12,713,079, the contributions of the rest of the world helng comparatively insignificant. Duifing the civil war in North America, which caused a partial failure of the world's cotton supply, mauy attempts Wore made elsewhere to fill the void tliusereated in the market, and severnl tropical countries (within my own experience Fiji and Guiana) shove^l that they Gould grow cotton equal to the finest noa island of Carolina; But en soon as the war was over tho United States quickly regained its former stipremecy in production, with tho result above indicated. As the available lands of the Southern States are still largely cultivated, and the negro population, which supplies the necessary labor, is rapidly increasing, tho advantage thus gained is likely to be maintained,with the result that a largo portion of any increase of tho world's consumption will be tlienco supplied. Failing tho TTn?tcd ,States, there are largo tracts still uncultivated iu India, where labor is cheaper than in any other part of tho world; and Malay Peninsula, Siam, Sumatra, Borneof and the other islands of the Eastern ' Archipelago, to each of which conntries Indian labor ,will either flow natutwliy~Qr bo carliod under tho ' 'o. tract 4ytitem aAOlSnsiderably Itfcfc Tnan 1 ^'wytAlia,-and several of whtop;' nnirGo.^r, have or are likely to have the advantage of Chinese labor hencoforth to ho denied to Australia. dninir further afield. flu-re are still I tincultivnted nil but nn infinitesimal ' l^Hoa of tho tropical South America, and l?y far the larger portion of tbo Went Indioa, Fiji, and the Pacific Ihlauds, which, though tbey are moro distant than Australia from the Eastern labor markets, have all to a greater or less extent the moro than compensating advantage of local labor. In respect of every one of these countries we have heard ut one time or another, probably ^ith truth of their great fer* iility, and capability of growing successfully nil kiuds of tropical produce, and it would thus seem that, all things conRiderod, they between them leave but little opening for cotton cultivation to tropical Australia. STATEMENT BY SENATOR WALSH. Showing the Percentage of Redactions Made By the Senate. Washington, IX C.?Senator Walsh has had prepared by the treasury department a statement showing the average ndvnlorem rates of duty of the Mills bill, the McKinley law and the senate bill, and the percentage of reduction mndo by tho senate. The most prominent reductions of duty ... .1 i.it. \.;n r *1 prujKJSfU ity tut' uui nri: ii? milows, figures showing percentage of reduction: Borax, refined, 60; cnstoKoil, 56.28; peppermint, 40.89; bury t:i . nmnjiiocturcd, 5u36; whiting, 50; paiuts, ground in oil, 50; yt\c paint, 42.80; lead, red, 40?99j^ d? white, And all other not specif $ provided for, 50; soi'dn, in all form;?, apongesand cement, 50; lune, 16.67; clocks, china, 68.33; irtM^ ores, 46.67; fuel, bars, blooms, qto., 45.46; slabs,,blooms or loops, 70?31; sheets or plates, iron or steel? 45.73; tin Y>iates,46.05; wire rope made of steel wire ndt .smaller than No 5 wire gauge, 58.40; sheets, 60.09; chains, 61.50; pen knives and pocket knives, 42.50; knives andt forks, 52.09; firearms," pistole, 53.15; shotguns, 55.88; nails, wire,,46.16; spikes, 76.67; bronze metal, ^O.^S; silver leaf, 61; lead 'and zinc, 50; sugar candy, 71; mules, 79; cnttle/OS; beans, 51; castor besns or seeds, 50; raisins, 40; peanuts, 73'; npplea, 53; lard, 50; 1 1 A rT . _ li. .. -1 lb ITA. il muswiru, * (; couim. ciuin, uu; coiion plushes, 50; flax, 50; cables, hemp, nntarrcd, 55; cables tarred, 08; gill- netting, .72; shoddy, 71; woolen yarns, 89; woolen shawls, 77; knit fabrics, 74; blankets, 72; hats of wool, 72; flannels for underwear, 71; woolen dress goods, 54; woolen plushes, 52; carpets, 04: silk, 67; silk velvets, 09; indin rubber wearing apparel, 89; paper sheathing 50; playing cards, 08; brooms, 50; buttons 41; shoe buttons, 02; firecrackers, 00; coal, bituminous, 47; matches, 41; gunwads, 71; gloves, 50; cocoa matting ami muts, 72; clay pipes, 80. Tea Crowing in Dixie. The New Orleans Picayune reports flint "the tea growing industry is likely to assume large proportions and to be a valuable addition to the sources of revenue in South Carolina. The Summerville plantation, under the oil n rrvo g\f o Aft* .1 aol/umi on nvnnrl ton ......ft. ... .. ..... vm nm.M, .... v.. jr. . . grower from Asiam, in going into the business on it commercial scale. Mr. Jackson says he can raise tea in South Carolina with negro labor cheaper than it can be raised in Assam with coolie labor, as the negroes are much more reliable. The Picayune has on a previous occasions called attention to this crop as one that eouhl he raised with profit on the Gulf const. Any doubter can haw his doubts set at rest by going to Ocean Springs and inspect in the luxurious plants growing on the place of Cnpt. June Peitevent." In 1950 the foreign born population of this country jorniea cent, of the whole; now it is 14.77. PIGTAILS AT WAR. CHINA UNOJUPAN FIGHTING IN EARNEST. Both Countries Officially Declared War Upon Each Other. Tho Japanese minister to England Informed tho Earl of Kinborly, Seeretary of Foreign Affnira at London that a state of Avar existed between Japan and China. The Japanese minister also expressed tho rogret of his government that it was not until after tho engagement between the Japanese cruiser and the Chinese troop ship Kow Sluing that it was ascertained that the latter was a British vessel. Tho Japanese ministor tendered a formal apology ou behalf of his government nnd promised full reparation for tho affair. japan j.ost the 2d hatti.e. Shanghai, China.?Tho day after the attack on the Chinese transports which resulted in tho sinking of the Kow Shung, the Japanese warships Tukacliihi and Ifiyci made an attack upon (he Chinese iron-clad Chen Yuen. After a long and desperate fight tho Jupnneso vessels were beaten off, tho lliyei being disabled nnd rendered helpless. The Chien Yuen, though badly damaged, succeeded in reaching port in safety, in company with two gunhonts, which sibo took part in tho engagement, nnd immediately went into dry dock for repairs. IMPORTMHT XfULRGAu ntWS. South Carolina roads foj: June show increases in earnings. Tlfo Columbia, \lk \ i\ LuurcLib nil IIIlinilroad, 15.44'per cent.; l\>rt Royid jfc Western Carolina, 48.66 per cent. Fran? D. Joneef chief* enginoeY t?f the Gftenuoti k Gnlf Kailroad, has been appointed superintendent of that road, . j in clisrgo of the operating and truffle departments, with headquarters at Glendon, N. C. TheofUcoof chief engineer has been abolished, and the duties of that oflice will lie attended to by the superintendent. This road ia completed about twenty miles. It is projected to extend from Glendon hi Charlotte, N. C., a distance of eighty-six miles, opening up large deposits of coal, iron ore, brownstone, otc., and some of the finest long-leaf pine regions of North Carolina. The earnings of the Southern Railway Co. as now reported, and which showed for the third week of July an increase of nearly $6000, are on 2011 miles of road, extending from Washington and Richmond to Atlanta, and including the Western North Carolina and some other small branches. On August 1, 1894, there was added to the system the Columbus & Greenville, 164 miles; Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta, 191 miles, and the East Tennessee Rystem of 1305 miles. On September 1, 1894, will be added the Georgia Pacific, 566J miles, and the Louisville Southern. 1301 miles: tbo Knoxville & Ohio, 69 miles, will shortly be added to the system. Wants to Move So ith. Col. Frank Corcoran, of Mexico, Oswego county, N. Y., has recently been in Washington on his way South. He is reported to be the largest manufacturer of butter [dates, berry boxes and that class of ware in the Eastern States. In an interview he said: "I am on my way for a Virginia prospecting tour. ?Jt is my. intwrtiuu4i> remove any ph^t luto Virgiuia some Time tUi?'Thil,i and* my Visit down in that country-witt. determine just where I shall Joceto it. My preference just now is get in tho neighborhood of Norfolk or Petersburg, the conditions being favorable.' In that region they havo plenty of the wliite-gum ttfriber,vwbich is just right material froip which to make' our class of ware." A Tragedy at San ford. Sanford, N. C.?-A white boy arid a .negro got into a fight. ' The whiteboy's name was Hart,' the negro's Mclver. Another negro gavo Mclver a knife and told him to cut Hart, which he did, threo times, tho last time sev ering tho jugular vein. Little Hart died in 15 minutes. They were nil under 13 years. Both negroes are in jail. vick versa. Bookinuiiam, N. C.?Two white boyn named Whitley, nged respectively II and 13, and two colored hoys named Powell, aged respectivly 9 and 11, at Powellton in this county, had hcen at "outs" all the summer and had several clashes. Monday morning the Whitney boys started out hunting and eame across the Powell hoys grazing some cattle. Tho Aid quarrel was there renewed, when the largest of the Whitley boys shot and killed the oldor Powell boy and wounded tho other. Feeding Wheat to Hogs and Selling Corn. InoianapoIjIS, Tnd.?The fnrmers of Indiana for the first time in tho history of the Stnte are feeding their wheat to their liogs and selling their 'corn. Wheat brings 43 cents per bushel when delivered at tho country stations and corn sells readily at from 45 to 47 cents. Tho farmers say thntono bushel o? wheat rontaius us much nutriment I as two bushels of corn, and as hocrs nro bringing good prices arid corn is higher tlmn wheat, it is economy to feed tlio latter and sell their corn. Trouble in Aiken. In Aiken, S. C., at the reopening of the State dispensary, simultaneously with the dispensaries all over the State*, the dispenser and his clerk were summoned to appear boforo the municipal court to answer a charge of violating the own ordinan"e whi<**? ? ... ? nijiniLi'i ?1n license to sell beer and wines. 1 BAST FIBERS. ^ THE UNCUL TIVA TED ONES OF THE UNI TED WM STATES. The U. S. Department of Agriculture Issue Something Very Interesting on Fiber Culture. * . TUB ROZELLE IIKMP PLANT. This in the "Jamaica Iudian Sorrel" (Hibiscus sabdnrijj'n), the plant which furnishes the "roZello" (or oiselle) hemp of the Mudras territories. In j Iiulia it is a small bush, cultivated iu many portions of that country, its j stems yielding a strong silky liber by J retting the twigs -when in flower. Its I fleshy calyxes, of a pleasant acid taste, JM are much employed for making tarts as well as jelly, and in the West Indies ' V the fruit is much esteemed for making j cooling drinks. Another culinary usu | J or the plant 111 India ih tlic preparation I m of its JeaveH in salads. The species grows in southern Florida, where it ia planted in March and comes to mat a- r-j^H litv in Docomlior. 9 iO. N. Knap]), of Tarpon Springs; Flu., states that the plant thrives in cultivation, but that it will not etanil J I much frost. It will grow on quita poor land, though it doCB bent on.good. land, where it reaches a height of 8 to 10 feet. It can bo produced from outtings as well art from peed. Even in Florida it is much esteemed for ^ its fruit, which is used soon after the biossonis fall. It is said to make un o*A* Ioul jelly, and is used'as a saueo much, as the eranberry is used in the Northf^^^^H ern States. I A superb sample of this fiber * shown in thq,jafiubit..of Kritiah Uuiu>-".^^BBP strnigbt and clean as jute stalks. The fiber is produced only ex per i mentally in that country, but it might bo UB?d commercially If tii^t shown was an average sample.' ? a Vlohipa srsciRs. Another -^malvacoous plant which groweVvIld all over India, and which is commou in Florida, is Urcna Inbatu. ! It also abounds in South America, its Brazilian uamo Vicing Guaxiina, or > uaixyma,* while it is known in Venezuela as Cadillo. Its Indian name is I bun-ocbra, the natives of India considering its liber UReful for manufacture into sacking and twine. It is called & "tolerable substitute for hemp." I)r. Ernst, director of the national museum, Caracas, Venezuela, describes the fiber as very fine, white in color,^^ p/ and a meter in length. It is very fknra and takes dvAis readily. - r Jf Fiber of Urtiia loiinia vrna received VI fron Brazil (exhibition 187(5), whore it vf is extracted readily and makes very V strong cordage. "It takes color well, A and the dyes are lasting." In the East ^ Indies it 1ms been need for the manufucture of paper. Spon states that slips of sized paper weighing 39 grains, made from this liber sustained 75 pounds against bank of England note pulp 47 pounds. Urcna einuata is another Indian species. I have found Urcna lobata growing m in many portions of Florida, both ou V the east and west coasts, though I have | never seen its slender stalks over 3 feet J in height. It wus several times pointed out to no as "ramie" by people who had never seen the true ramie growing. i lteceutly tho plant 1ms been sent to 1 J tho Department from several localities I I in Florida and ono in Indiana with inquirios as to its value commercially. H A common name which attaches to tho plant in Floridj^ia "Cfoqar.\woa*?" IhflJ&Sde ofTWn" Chlc*i<> ExpoMtlilC ^B (To bo continued.) " , THE SOUTH CRM RAILWAY. A 4 Big Change In Their System Now Imminent ^B It is practically settled that the ter-m^BH mirins of the Western North Carolina^^^H vnilcnnd trill k/> cliaturivl frnnv Halistanrv. N. C., to Charlotte. ? The Atlantic, Tennesseo Sc Ohio ?ail- J road, which has boen running between I Charlotte and TaylortfVfllo, N. C., oroas- , ? ing the Wostorn North Carolina ah- . i Btntesvillo, N. C., will bo used in, new arrangement, and work if mW% 1 progress equipping it with new ties. The local passenger trains new operated between Charlotte and Taylors- ^B9 ville, via Statesville, will in future bo operated between Salisbury and Taylorsvillo, vis jmT I - flj It is stated Ttttt?/?? intended . . MtgB ernte the present fast mails and Pullman sleeper trains now running through H|H from Charlotte, N. C., to Jacksonville, Flo., over the C. C. A A. and F. C. P., also over the Western North CaroUna railroad, making a through trunk line from Jacksonville to Aslieville.N. C. Big Jail Deli very. Eighteen of the 20 prisoners in tho Lnmherton, N. C., jail escaped. Two were were held for robbing tho poBtofftce at ltcnncrt; one for burning tho depot and robbing tho postoffico at Bule's; another?Graham?for block ading whiskey, and the others for various offences. They mnnaged to cut ^ through the grate, thence through tho partitions between tho cells, cut tho bolt of tho lock and then pickod a small hole through tho brick wall, and 18 of them eaeaped. This ia perhaps the biggest jail delivery ever known m the Stuto. Jim Hobcrtson, v.hc h.?l turned tttato's evidcnco against Stono nnd Hritt, escaped. His life had been threatened for testifying against them, Some think he has been murdered. A Charleston Forger Caught Up With. Hai.tiuokf, Md.?J. M. Lewis, is well-dressed man of 40 years, was ar* rested here. He is wanted in Charles* ton, B. 0., for having committed a large forgery. The mau was accompanied hy his wifo and child. Tha i prisoner refused to talk beyond saying. J that he had had some trouble in Charf fl lesion. He will be V??d<l for I Carolina reqbL . ^HD|