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iittSRXJAEY 28. 1892.
tr> pa*- that when the
? Chaki^ i wa- br ken up from
w fear <>f Phar i^h's army.' We
Jjjthe reign of Zfciekiab. son of
of th?- iun4> -/f J u lab. He,
S5*?8 wbo uri^-f ;?-i him would not
^^Worfct </ Jehovah, aitho^b at
inclined t , do differently, as
and even esk^i the prophet to
. * and for the people, v^rs^< 1-3.
S?*asi now ne^r. the ci ty is be
?5 about to giv* "The d?arly
y . ? - soul' into tne hands o? h?r
tcatpter 3ii., 7). Tht?rei?, however,
te, for Pharaoh's arnoy come?
MfK, an 1 the Chaldeans de
f<rQs2Lr>rn (\vr?*s ?">, JO}.
* Jeremiah went forth out of
to go into the land of Benjamin
+? himself then<-e in the midst of
T&e H?-visel Version says,
? portion th^re."' Anathotb,
jjjiJJ? ^ ?f r Benjaznin, was his home
3BjfflFv*s ji- He had been a faithful wit.
^IEr?.?>din the holy city, and his testi
1 been rejected. !t wai, most nat
rQpesfcctilil desire to take advantage
HP ha the siege to retire if possible to
o'Jiis-tun town.
lj*heu he was in the gate of Ben
of the ward took Jeremiah,
paying. Thou tallest away to
That the righteous should
. accused, persecuted and even
the
unrighteous s?ems a strange
[-'to many. Ic troubled David and
?*en Jervmiah himself. See the
ot the first two in Ps. xxxvii
'In Jer. xii., 1, we find the
?in? with Trod after thii fashion,
OLor', that Thou art righteous,
do the wicked prosper and why are
that deal troMcberously'-'" The
to all in similar circumstances
^ -p Heh xii.. 1-3
-'Then aaid Jeremiah. It is false, but
?d not to him; so Irijah took Jere
brought hun to the princes.*' If
saw only iri iah he would natur
*ly provoked, but if he saw the
he Would be quiet. When Job
ly i hii.uroperty through the
-7- Satan be satf. "The Lord gave and
.'U/rd hath taken away, blessed be the
?Ijwofthe Lord" (Job i., 2!'.
*/}&? "Where lore the princes were wroth
-fj*^#WiWPah and smote him, and put hidk
?? prisa*."' 'Jesus forewarned His apostlea
ewtthiS^woatdt hay be treated and worse,
iwrtthat they must not l>e offended (Math.
*1^38; John xvi., I, 2, Aots v., 18, 40; xvi.,
23*. And from tho glory He sent word to
fll the churctes that the devil would cast
*>?e of them into prison, and that they
wwifei have tribulation ten days, but they
WBtba faithful even though slain for Him
IfJfiw. iLlO
HWk "When Jtremiah was entered into the
^fibns^on and had remained there many
day?."
Blesse I is th#? man thatendureth
trial {.hs, i, 12). We <v.nnot endure what
. not continue, and yet :bat is just what
* wt should
renaoyad
?tare apt to wonder ar^th->t^-^H*l should
|i cOBtirue instead of renaovad
4" to prayer / , , ^fc^''.Sff2yer
jjPfrJhiuuy in II re
rU ncli
H*s.
/big, sent and
M asked him se
?was O"^' *s there any
f nis was one of those
^?f^the king had with
J>..<mry willing to do right,
?M i A his own people.
>ver, Jeremiah said unto King
, What have ~1 offended against
In somewhat s.milar form. Paul the
appea'e! to Festus Acts xxv.. U>.
-"miah and Paul had on*y spoken
and don1? the works of Jehovah,
fet was jost what Jtsus did, and for
k"tey crueifi d Him. The way of God
?Mtrary to man's way provokes t he
^.Kttinman and tir^ up his wicked
A- "The earn*! or natural mknd is
jgjPfr against God.*' \
? tt. "Where ai>" now your prophets Miich
=*?' 11 .d unto you. saying, The king of :
shall n 'if come against you, ;nor
thislau.i" Hiere were false |>ro
?ho tauzht the p?ople_that the king of j
,L~ mru;:l not come a_rlrin-t the city,
what he bad already taken he j
mid restore in tvo years (chapter xxviii., |
i-f. but they were lying prophets, jind their
ppfrwire vain wor.is.
v jfL "Therefore, h?-ar now, I pray thae. O
the King, c ius-* me not to turn to :
ij toaeot" Jonathan the scribe, le^t { die ;
While we are not to t'ear death, hut
f^9KBHtodiet ' i m." and "to depart is to
tewith Chrift tl'iii!. i., 21, 2?); yet we are i
ad to throw nwa> ; ? lives unnecessarihr, |
Wtakeaii po^-w le e x re of our mortai bod
* which are temples of the Holy Ghost,
gtaiigonivio glorify God ia lite or death j
jfc "Then Z*lekiar. the king, commanded
|fc?yshould commit Jereuimh into the
of the prison and tha* they should give
,&iiya piece of bread. Thus Jeremiah
to the court of the prison." Al
after thLs he was for a short time in
^jgqgt filthy dungeon, from which he was
fggvertd by Ebed-Mr*lecb, the Ethiopian.
m& ropes and rotten rags, yet the court of
'ffetprisoo was his lodging, and there he was
B :h<? city was taken (chapter xxxviii.,
?&2&. 'i here the captain of the guard
Babylonian army found him, and by
f jflMBMCQd of th? kin? did well by hfm.
xxxix.. tl, 12; x!.. 4, ->. SoCr->i
His promise to Jeremiah (chaptef
19. aaid delivers! him, though
a j time they soucht b'?
So will He keep His word
We may unwaveringly trust Hun
upon Him. See. also. His promise*
~ jjech m chapter xxxix.. 16 lS.and
that the same God makes equally
es to all who put their trust in
la reference t?> Danie! it is written,
iwos taken up out of the den. and
_ of hurt was found upon him. be
believed in his God." Fortha same
his three friend^ walkel in the ratd?6
unhurt ?Dan. vi., 23; iii., 25>. Re.
apen the same God. Paul could say: w
whom I have believed, and am per
? that He is aMe to keep that which I
oxnnutted unto Him against that day."
d^ivered ostof the mouth of the lion;
Jxjfd shall deliver me from every
will preserve me unto th?
F kingdom" .it Tim. i.. I2;iv., 17. IS),
goi forth in the name of the Lord, a^
d, to do His bidding, may sure
these words, "Fhey that war
shall be as nothing and as a
ht,for I, the Lord thy God, will
hand, saying. Fear not, I will
xli.. 12, 13) L*ssoa Helptr.
tflwtifl? tie Hair in the Middle,
i the cumber of men who part their
jo tbC mjddle is incrtasiug every
Tie fasaion has grown in the mat
dre$sin? kair so rapidly toa' it
not be ou: or the way ts say that
one-halt the :nen who formerly da
tfcis oac<? niucii-coaJemaed fashion
Utlly ^ettin:? aroaai to it.
(begin, " said a weil known bar
"by parting the hair a
higher up oa the head by de^ees,
they finally <get it exactly in the
I remember rery weli when it
?*Tery rar thing I'oria nia to part
ftffr directly over his pose, but all of
??tempt ami fuu aaich such a
ia^r evoked arc no$v replaced by
ce as far as the public is coa
Twenty ye^rs a Jo - a poHticiaa
parted bis hair ni the middle
" disaster at the poL?. Now no
ajtatesreen, procaine* or otner
wear tfeeir hair in u/iaaViaed fash
it does not e?retv caR tor a.re
The only thia^ tha. the rank
strenuously and positively object
_ masculine bang. They won't
thai at any price- v ? Natictal Bar
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.Michigan hatchery is incubating
FEBRUARY FANCIES.
Many Important Happenings That Get
People Into Print.
The Latest News Notes and Dis
patches From She Potomac
To the Gulf.
Roanoke is to have a match factory.
The Danville Fire Insurance Company
; has been organized.
Another national back is being organ
ized at Harrisonburg.
Norfolk has a new bank called the City
National, with $200,000 capital stock.
The Book-S Hers* Association met at
i Richmond hist week.
i More attention is now Icing paid to
stock raising iu Louisa.
Twenty-seven marriage licenses were
ssued duriog January in Bedford county.
Senator Daniel delivered a lecture in
Charlottesville for the benefit of the Con
federate veterans of that city.
The Bang Iron Works of Bueaa Vista
made an assignment Thursday, with lia- |
bilities of |80,000.
The Young Men's Christian Associa
tion convention convened at Richmond
Thursday with 145 delegates present
j Eighty years ago there were less than
. 1,000 lambs raised yearly in Pulaski
| county for the northern markets ; now it
will average about 10.0(H). Then the
j lambs averaged not over 60 pouuds; now
from 75 to bO pounds.
The Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Co.
has given a contract to the Richmond I.o
t comotive and Machine W orks for 25 lo
j comotives. which makes 46 ordered by
that road of this company. It was only
' a few years ago when Southern railroals
were compelled to buy all their engines
, in the North.
Farmers' Bulletin No. 6, in press at
the Department of Agriculture, Wash
. ington, D. C' . treat of the cultivation
and curing of tob; :co It is written by
Johu M. Kstes. a p; ictical tobacco raiser,
who has recently made a careful studv vf
the subject in the tobacco- raising States
Any one can procure the pamph'et by
: writing for it.
VIRGINIA.
NOBTH CAROLINA.
The bank of North Wilkesboro wii\
open up March 1st.
__ Salary of the mayor of Winston h-is
been increase 1 to ? 1,000.
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The new Atlantic Coast Line machine
! shops are to l>e built at Rocky Mt.
Salisbury is about making an organ
ized movement again- 1 the saloons.
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The State Sunday School Association
meets in New Berne March 29th.
Average death rate in eleven towns of
Noith Carolina is 16.0 for the whites per
1,000, and 17.4 for the blacks.
Jno. T. Patrick bis been notified by
the Comm ssioners of Agriculture to
"move his plunder" from the Agricultu
ral building at Raleigh.
Governor Holt is at Haw River, where
his aged mother is quite sick.
J. I). Bridges, dry goods merchant ?f
| Shelby, has assigued. Liabilities about
$10,000; assets $5,000.
The First and Second regiments of the
?tatc Guard jre_ to encamp in July at
Wrightsville, the T?Ird and Fourth regi
ments at Asheville.
Dr. Albert B. Hart, professor of Amer
; ican History at Harvard University, is
! deliveriog a series of lectures at Chapel
Hill before the faculty and students of
the State University.
Governor Holt offered a reward of $200
for R. L. Askew, a white man who in
Bertie county murtVred Charles tfardy,
also white. It is believed Askew fled to
i Virginia.
i
In Lewis Fork township, Wiikes coun
i ty, Amos and Matt Hnmby got drunk
and had a row. The latter icceived ten
knife wounds and will die
j Rev W. S. Fluaer Bryan, pastor of
; the Presbyterian church of Asheville, has
1 received a call to Cincinnati with a sal
| ary of $-3, COO. He has it under advjse
| ment.
I Sheriff J. R Smith, of Cumberland,
I completed his settlement of State taxes,
paying to the State Treasurer $9,080.95.
j Ho is the fifty jirst sheriff t j settle in full.
Jaunty C'rankfield, of Wilkes county.
' dropped dead the other day, aged 80
j years. He made a request sometime be
I fore his death that his body be buried ia
i a ' Republican graveyard."
Geo. A. Shuford, of Asheville. the
! newly appointed Ju^ge of the 12th dis
j trict. vice Judge Merrimon. resigned,
j was born in Henderson countv, and is
] about forty years of age. He studied
Uw at Diet *nd Dilliard's law school at
Greenaoonj, i^nd alter obtaining license,
j iocAted in Wr.ynesvi.le, Havwoocl coun
i ty, moving to Asheviile in 1882.
Castor Pop<?; j of Batifeboro,
i went to Ne ?v Ttork tt> bnv '"green
! goods" ..and got scooped for
$590. The scoopers generously gave him
$15 and he got home on it. He is pros
j trated with grieT.
The sale of hickory timber at Rock
i well. Rowan county, has am unted to
nearly nine thousand dollars th's winter
This inuu3try has brought a lot of luonev
to Rowan. The tiinln-r is shipped to
various points iu the State, and is used
in making spokes, bandies, etc.
SOUTH CAR UNA.
The y cm book of the City of Charleston
for 1890 jas just beeu :ssuul
Governor Tillman offered a Fe ward of
$50 for -the capture of the person y?ho
burned the barn ol J. P. Cook, !n dew
berry county.
A stage line is to> be established be
tween Orangeburg and the nearest sta
tion on the South Bonnd railroad,
r I
There is a movement on foot to form a
new county out of portions of Orange
burg and Berkeley county wiijy Holly
Hill as the county &eat.
There was a "scrap" on Washington
square. Charleston, between Probate
Judge Magrath and Mr B;ssel?, a plum
ber, the difficulty arising out of busi
ness troubles No weapon? were used
and the damages are notserioiw.
The Governor pardoned Heiary Robin
ion, who was convicted of burglary and
larceny and sentenced to five ; ears' im
prisonment in the State penitentiary.
Raiding Deputy Ensor of the revenue
service returned to Greenville from a raid
in Oconec and Pickens couctie?. He des
troyed four illicit; distilleries and five
hundred gallons of beer and mash.
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A scheme is on foot frt--Gieenville and
will be carried out to bu:l<l a magnificent
new opera house by organizing a branch
of a northern building and loan susocia- ?
tion.
A meeting of the prominent citizens of ;
Pickens was held aad a company organ
f ized to build a railroad from Pickens to ?
Easier, where a connection will be made
with the Richmond and Danviffe road.
| , I
The East Shore Terminal Co. Las de
! cided to increase its hondc-d indebted- I
i ness by an issue of bonds to the amount
of $300,000, a!so to increase the capital !
stock of the company $300,000.
The Wolfe ?fe Tiger Mining Co.. incor- j
| porated b? the last legislature, is devel- |
opiug gold mines in Greenville and Spar
tmburg counties, ami is having surveys
made fur a canal to be constructed four i
miles in length.
Another fatal accident occurred in the
Northeastern railroad . yard, Charleston,
by ?which C. A. O'Brian, acting yard- ;
master, was crushed to death whiie coup
ling curs. The deceased was 22 years old.
He will be sent to Sineath, on the South
Carolina railway for burial.
OTHER STATES.
Greenville. Miss., special sajs: "Dup. |
Gue Ferguson, son of Geu. S. W. Fergu- !
son, shot and killed James Goodman, !
merchant and largi planter. Goodman's
brother was also wounded. The affray
o curred at Leesburg, Miss., twenty
miles from here."
Among the speakers at the meetiug of
; the Southern Educational Assocation at ,
Atlanta, July 5-3, will be President
; Winston, of the State University; Prcsi- j
dent James Dinwiddie, of Peace Insti- '
tilte, Raleigh, and President C. D. Mc- j
Iver, of the Normal and Industrial School
for White Girls, at Greensboro. These
gentleman will well represent Ncrth Car
| olina.
THE SOOTH'S DEVELOPMENT.
A Good Showing Fo- The Past
Week. 4
The Manufactujers' Record, Balti
more, in its issue of February 13, says:
"While there is no marked increase in
the organization of new industrial enter
prises throughout the South, there is a
steady, solid advance, and also a grow
ing confidence with the leading capital
ists of the country that the South is the
best field in America for investment.
Many plans of great magnitude are being
worked out, and with a return of activi
ty in investment and business interests in
the country at large the South will again
become the center of development, and
future operations will probably be on a
larger scale and by heavier capitalists
than anything which the South iuis. seen
yet. Among the more important under
takings reported during the week are
the very extensive iron and steel making
and town-building operations to be com
menced by Alex. A. Arthur, the founder
of Middlesborc?ugh, in connection with
some of the fort-most iron-makers and
largest capitalists of the Nor'h This
enterprise, or rather these combined en
terprises, will probably draw n.t less
than. $ 10,000,000 into that section within
th<Maext 12 or IS months. At Tuscaloosa,
Ala., $250,000 coal and coke company has i
been organized, in connection ?with con- j
tracts previously made.to secure a railroad
to navigable water on the Warrior river,
thus opening a water route from Alabama
coal fields to the Qulf; a $60,000 coal
company has been organized in Shelby
county, Ala.; a kniiting mill will be re
moved from theXorth to Bridgeport, Ala ?,
at Oca a, Fla , it is reported tbat a syndi
cate with a capital stock of $1, 000, 000
will establish 8 large tobacco factories; a
company is being organized to establish
a bleachery in Georgia; a $1,000,000 com
I pany has been incorporated ia Louisville,
Ky.. to deal in timber lands, and a $1,- I
000,000 compauv in Kentucky to pur- I
[ chase *nd develop oil and mineral lands; j
| in Frankfort, Ky., a $300,000 distillery !
company has been incorporated ;Maiietta,
! G*., is to have a large furniture factory:
a $230,000 kaolin company has been or
ganized in 1 u'rce county, Fla ; a $15,000
furniture factory company in Greenville.
S. C. ; a $60,000 ice factory in Shrevc
port. La. ; a $600,000 company is being
organized to purchaso and develop 50.
000 a~res of Kentucky coal iar.ds, etc.
The Norfolk & Western railroad has just
secured $2 000,000 in New Yoik for
pushing ths work on its Ohio extension
more rapidly. These are signs which
show how the outlook is improving1'
Boulders Moved by Ice.
Under the heai of "A Moving Boul- 1
der,"' in a dispatch from Wins ted, I
Conn., in the New York Sun, scientific j
persons ace invited to explain the phe
nomenon of a large stone apparently
moving itself in West Hill Pond. There
is no question, I think, says a correspond
ent, that this effect is produced by the
ice which forms in winter. As the char
acter of ice is to expand, contrary to the
rule in nature, which is laid down, that
heat causes expansion and cold contrac
tion, the force exercised by a thick mass
of ice is unusually great. Successive
heavy formations of ice in winters have
pressed the stone forward toward the
shore. A similar phenomenon may ba
ob?rved in the T*in Lakes, in Connec
ticut, where several lar^e boulders
which were once near the centre of the
lakes have gradually approached the
shore, until some of them are now almost
on the bank. The advance each year ia
very slight, but old inhabitants in that
section remember well when these rocks
were in deep water. The ice theory is,
I believe, the only true explanation of
the remarkable ohenomenoa
Albert Fink to Be President.
New York ?There is a good authori
ty for the statement that when the reor
ganization of the Richmond Terminal
property is completed, Aibe;t
Fiak. the former tinck liae commission
er. will be offered the presidency of the
new corporation. The Olcott committee
has completed its work, and the plan of
reorganization prepared by it will proba
bly be made public in a day or two.
Lynching- at Roanoke.
Roaxoke, Va. ?Early Friday morning
a mob of 150 persons took Laven
der. the negro who was confined in the
police station here for an attempt assault
on Aiicc Perry, a whir? g rl. and hanged
him to a tiee. Lavender confessed be
fore he was handed .
The use of the bridal veil originated
in the custom of performing the .nuptial
ceremony under a square piece o! cloth
held between the faces of the bride and
brieegroom to conceal the. blushgs^f the
i fonn?,
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FARMERS' ALLIANCE.
Much Interesting News of the Im
mense Order.
Capt. Alexander Has a Bill Which
He Thinks Will Regulate the
Cotton Acreage.
Washington, D. C. ? ' Impossible to
control it; useless speculation to consider
it,"' emphatically and tersely replied
Sydenham B. Alexander, of the tixth
district of North Carolina, when asked if
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coucerted reduction in acreage was the ,
remedy for the prevailing depression in
cotton
"We can't make cotton in my part of
North Carolina under Sc.," Mr. Alexan
der said.
"What is your remedy for the present
condition?1* he was asked.
"This," he replied.
Mr. Alexander produced a bill which
is before the committee on ways and
means. The proposition is as concise as
the author's speech. The most important
provides "that ail vessels built within
the United States by citizens thereof, and
wholly owned and manned by citizens of
the United States, engaging in foreign
commerce, shall be allowed to enter and
discharge their returning cargoes at any
port of the United States, free of all cus
tom duties; provided, that said vessels
shall have cariied full outgoing cargoes ?!
from the United States, three-fourths at
least of which cargoes consisted of agri
cultural products of the United States."
The other sections simply provide regu
latious to carry out this idea.
The nine third party Alliance member*
of Congress ?Simpson, Otis, Baker, Da
vis aoil Clover, of Kansas, Kerr and Mc- (
Keighan of Nebraska, Hallowell of Min
nesota, and Watson of Georgia? held a
conference, and a declaration was drawn
up to be issued as a manifesto to theii;
constituents and the country. It declares
that these gentlemen propose to flock by
themselves hereafter and denounces the
Livingston faction for going into th? old
party, lines. The S mpson- Watson fac
tion w/vnt it unders ood that from this
time on they arc third party men, and
not to be reckoned as suro to support . the
party measures of either party. Con
gressman Clover of Kansas has in prepar
ation a bill, to be introduced in a day or
so, which he says will warm the cockles
of the Alliance heart. It is a bill provid
ing that evety State shall own all rail
roads in its borders and operate the same
A full programme for the* conduct of
these new State enterprises' will be set
forth. Four per cent, of all. profits are
to l>e laid aside as a repair and mainte
nance fund, and the residue is to fatten
the public treasury, and in that way to
lower taxes. Mr. Clover claims that his
scheme will make travel cheaper; that
railroad tickets will be sold for 20 per
cent, of the present tariff, and that, as a
direct result, many more people will trav
el and more freight will be f-hippej, and
the aggregate of receipts will be larger
thau ever.
RESOLUTIONS OF MECKLENBURG ALLIANCE.
Resolved, That we adopt the Carolina
Watchman as the organ of the Mecklen
burg C ount v Alliance.
2. That we endorse the principles laid
down the in Ocala platform in to to, and
tnc sul> 1 reasury especially.
3. That J\-e endorse our National Presi
dent and \\rthy North Carolinian L L
i oik. '
4. That we endorse our national edi
tor Dr. C. W Macune, and recommend
toe taking, and urge the readirg of na
Uona organ, the National Economist
so ably conducted by him, bv all Alii'
anccmen and libertv- lovini; citizen*
5 > That we are in hearty sympathy
with our Western A iiiance brethren and |
will ^e found solid, side by side with
them at the ballot box next Novembe
votmgfor reform and pure government.'
(>. I hat we recognize co-operation in
business esSentiaJ to success, and, as our
State Alliance has successfully inaugura- 1
ted a business system, and each Alliance
business agent do his trading through
our state agency as far a3 practical. I
Fraternally,
L. 31. McAllister. Sect'y.
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A WISE MOVE IN GEORGIA.
. ^Re ?Nf the best moves that has been made
in the South to secure a good class of im
migrant larmtrs hss just been inaugura
ted iu Putnam county, Ga? bv some en
terp rising citizens, who have* organized
the Middle Georgia Land Co. with a
capital stock of *50,000. Subscriptions
to the capital btock are to be in land and
money The company will purchase
good farming property and divide it into
UO acre farms. Ou each farm a com
fortable residence will be built aud such
improvements made as will enable a ten
ant cr purchaser to begin active farm
ing operations as soon as he takes poses
sion. The Atlanta Constitution, in giv- j
ing some details of the plans of opera- |
lions of the company, savs:
'"The intention is" to sell these farms to
desiribie settlers ori iong time and easy
payments, thereby securing industrious
and thrifty immigrants lint home peo
p:e wbl not be shutout fnm the bene
fits ol this scheme. Farmers who have
hereto f re rented land mav, iu a reason
able length of time, own a farm of thei?
own. paying for it an annual sum not
exceeding the amount of their rent notes.
Thus renters w !u> have been living from !
hand to mouth and moving about in the '
hope of bettering their condition will be j
enabled to secure homes of their own and
pocket the profits of their labor.
''The operations of the company will
not be confined to one county, but will
e.mbiuce several counties. The result of
the movement will add. largely to the
number of small farms, and give to the
section interested a large increase of the
white prpulation. Incidentally it%will i
be trie means of setthng the labor, ques
tion. In securing emigrants the new
Company wlH have tb? ^ ^ Qf
\\ I, Glessner. who has scored consid
erable succe^ m this direction. He has
already brought & lar^e number of home
scekers to Georgia from the Northwest j
and has been the means of inviting a
great deal of capital here for investment.
xf 'A?der a11 theN circumstances, the
Middle Georgia Land Co. can hardly be
called an experiment. I\ purpose is so
cley and its plan so sirW and ra
tions', that it can hardly fail of success.
W e trust that other sections of the State
will follow the State will follow this ex
ample/' ^ -? .
The hope which the Constitution ex
presses that other counties in Georgia
will follow this example is applicable to
the whole ?>*outh. The organizers of this
company have presented a good plan,
which every pari, of the Bouth may adopt
with great profit.
MASONS! IN COUNCIL
/?%. i
Meeting of tho Grand Royal Arch
Chapter at Charleston.
Charleston, S C.? The grand Royal
Arch chapter of Fpee Masons met in an
nual convocation here. Sixteen subor
dinatc chapters were represented, Grand
II gh Priest \V. H. Witherow presiding.
In the address of the graud high priest
an account is given of the tri-eunial con
\ention of the general graud chapter at
Minneapolis. The following grand offi
cers were clected: High priest, W. II
Witherow, of Wicnsboro; deputy high
priest, J. H. Barron, Columbia; scribe, K.
H. Casque, Marion; ctaplaia, H. F .
Chrietzberg. Columbia; treasurer, C. F. v
Jackson, Columbia; secretary, J. E.
Burk, Charleston; capttin of the host, F.
J. Wilhite, ^Anderson; royal arch captain,
H. C. Mows of Sumter; fcentintl, L. F.
Meyer, Chftk! lesuon.
The grand council of royal and select
masters also met. Councils in Charleston,
Columbia, Newberry, Anderson, Rock
Hill, Spartanburg and Marlboro were
present. The following grand officers
were elected for the ensuing year: Grand
master, S S. Buist, Char'eston; deputy
master, F. J. Wilhite, Anderson; con
ductor, H. C. Moses, Scmpter; treasurer,
C. F. Jackson, Columbia; recorder, Z.
Davis, Charleston; chaplain, E. C. Dar
gan, Charleston; marshal, Willingham,
Rock Hill; captain of the guard, C. F
Pauknin, Charleston; conductor of the
council, A. S. Thomas, '-Charleston; stew
ard. A. E. Gough, Charleston; sentinel*
L. F. Meyer^ Charleston.
Atlantic Coast Line Violates the
Law.
Washington, D. C., [Special.] ? The
Inter-State Commarce? Commission has
made a decision in favor- of the com
ulainant, in the case of Charles P. Perry
against the Florida Central and .Peninsu
lar Company and Q'iier roads forming
the Atlantic Coast LiS*l The conditions
affecting rates, on str^iberries from Flor
ida points to New iork are compared
with those counected wi h the transpor
tat ion of oranges and other freight car
ried in the same trains, and the Com
mission ru'es that the rates for forward
ing strawberries from Florida to New
York city should n. t cxceed 3.33 per
hundred pounds from Callahan, Fla , to
New York, and from Lawtry, Hammock
Ridge, and other stations more distant
from New York than Callahan; and
through rates should not be in excess of
the charge from Callahan, and should be
filed with the Commission and publish
ed according to law. The Commission
also reaffirms its power to determine
what rates are reasonable, and in regard
to damages it. holds that the measure of
reparation is the difference between the
rate charged and the retsonable ra'ic
which should have been charged. The
defendants are or d (fed to bring their
freight from Lawtry and all points to
Callahau in conformity with the long and
s'lort haul provision of the law, and fault
is found with the practice of charging a
through rate and adding a local rate to
or from a local point upon a through
shipment intended to be continuous.
Fish Planting in North Carolina
Streams.
Newton, N. C. ? lJr. Josephus Turner,
of Sherrill's Ford, lakes much iuterest in
tish ativ4 has been corresnoa^fog with
Congressman Henderson with regard to
stocking the Cjtfawba river. The fol
lowing reply of the Commissioner of Fish
and Fisheries to one of Mr. Henderson's
communications, which is furnished us
by Dr. Turner, will be of interest to many
readers, especially those along the Ca
tawba and Yadk'n rivers:
Hon. John S. IIendersos, Home of
Representatives,
De\r Sik : -Replying to yours of Jan
uary 10ih, I beg to say that in June, 1886,
365,000 shfid fry were deposited iu the
Catawba river, 1 ear Morga^on, N. C.
In December, 1883, 500 red-eye perch
were planted in tne Yadkiu river near
Salem; and during the same month 2,455
carp were put iu the sane stream near
Salisbury: also, in January, 618 yearling
rainbow tout were deposited therein. 1
have directed these streams be placed on
our list fot deposit of shad in the distri
bution of :he ^pc.-ies next spring. Should
you desire that notice iu reference to the
planting be given" to any of your co i -
?titi:ent?, fo. wa.d basic and ad
dress to this office.
Very respectfully.
M. McDonald, Commissioner.
Foreign Notes of Real Interest.
France':* last torpedo boat made twen
ty-three kaots and. a half in a bad sea.
Gen. Aunenkof! is at work on the plan
for a canal between the Black sea and
the Caspian.
Australian eggs are now shipped to
London. 1.hanks to an extraordinary uew
process of preservation
The Duke and Duchess of Teck, with
Princess May, have arrived at Osborne
House oa a visit to Queen Victoria.
The Russian Government i3 going to |
try giving a certain area of land in the
departments of Saratow and Samara, to
be cultivated in common by all the in
habitants of each commune.
The Culinary Academy, or Cook's In
stitute. of Paris, Ins petitioned the City
Council to increase its prestige by nam
ing a street Careme, after Autonio Ca
reme, the chef of Talleyrand.
On Jan. 10 the bells of Brussels rang
for the 700th tiroe to celebrate the return
from the Holy Land of those citizens of
Brussels who had joined the first crusade
under Godfrey de Bouillon.
A young American woman named
Nels n, who has been performing in a I
Paris cafe chan'ant for some yeaif. is at >
work on a thirty days' fa^t in London to I
prove the efficacy of a potent tlixir made
of herbi from South met ira
? ?
Money "Well Spent.
The citizens of Conway (Ark.) propose
to further the enhance the attractiveness
of their town to the home-seeker by ;
making it an educational center, aad ;
have made liberal contributions of cash j
to attain to this end. The Methodist j
EpiscDpal Male College has been lately
completed at a cost of from $40,000 to
$45,000, and work will commence soon on
building* to cost $30,000 for the State
Baptis". Female College. In all this en
terprising town has during the past two
years raised f 112.0Q1) for the furtherance j
gf education. > . . I
LIFE OP STONEWALL JACKSON.
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A Sweat, Inspiring Story of the IU
v?r#d and Beloved Confed
erate Leader.
The "Life and Letters of Gen. Thos.
J. Jackson by "bis wife, Mary Anna Jack
son^has been issued from the press of
Harper & Bros ? with an introduction by
Rev. Dr. Henry Field.
Writing from, the other side Dr. Field
says, "The tima has come when we can
do justice to those who were once in
arms against us." "It is only a few
months since Gen. Sherman was borne
through our streets, and among those
who followed at his bier was his great
adversary, Gen Johnston, who, by a sin
gular coincidence, survived him but a
few weeks. Thus the warriors who ohce
.'to battle rode' at the head of hostile
armies, now fall into Hue in the great
procession to t'lat realm of silence in
? which all entities are buried."
In this bearing of our great soldiers
towards each other, they who were "first
in war" were also "first in peace," and
it were well that they should remain "first
in the hearts of their countrymen," as
the leaders whom we arc to follow in the
work of reunion Why. then, rccalLJjfc
jitter memories of a war that is enoed?
"Lot the dead past bury its dead." But out
of the dead psst comes the living present.
"It is a poor -reconciliation which is ob
tained by only agreeing never to speak of
the past." ".'Men who are honest and
brave have nothing to be ashamed of,
and nothing to conceal." Lessons of
heroism, of patriotism, of patient endur
rance may be learn- d from illustrious
examples on l>oth sides, the blessed fruits
of which are to broaden character, to en
large sympathy, and to teach respect fof
a foe who honestly and courageously dif
fers from us.
Already "Jkonewall" Jacksor has be
come a national hero, and the North
(without the tender love laid hero-wor
thip for him that inspires every Southern
heart,) proudly clai.ns him as the highest
type of an American soldier. Dr. Field
says: "He was the, most picture* que
figure of the war. None of the of&er
leaders had personality so unique. In
Jackson, there were two men in one that
seemed absolutely incompatible? the
highest military genius, with a religious
fervor that bordered on fanatacism, a
union of soldier and saint for which we
must go hack to the time of Cromwell.
His obara<^|r is one of the most fascina
ting studies of American history."
The world has heard so much of Jack
son through two previous Biographies,
that it will hardly be prepared for the
revelation that awaits it in the charming
book before us. Its purpose is not to re
iterate what has already been said by
able and loyal pens, nor to portray in
fresh columns the matchless Confederate
hero, but to disclose to the public, for
the first tirns, another phase of his char
acter, not Jess attractive because so' dif
ferent from the "iron man of war," as
many have only regarded him. Another
beautiful illustration of the lines that,
" The bravest are the tenderest,
The loving are the daring."
His "inner life known but to few, dis
closed fully only to her who was united
to him in t.^ closest of human relation
ships, is by -her beautifully and delicate
ly unveiled, for the wonder and admira
tion of thousands who never knew him,
and of many who met him in the clash
of arms an i on fields of carnage." Mrs
Jackson, in her preface, gracefully and
touchiagly gives her reasons for the pub
lication of these memoirs and letters.
The work was undertaken at the earnest
solicitation of her now sainted daughter,
the lovely Mrs. Julia Jackson Christian,
who, especially after she became a moth
er, felt such a desire that her children
might know more of the
domestic life of their illustrious j
grandsire i.han they could ever learn oth
erwise than through this book. She.too,
had known the father only at second
hand ; her historian had been * the loval
mother, from whose lips she daily lis
tened 10 some sweet reminiscence and
realized, as years passed on, a closer ac
quaintance with, and appreciat'on of. the
the matchless father, whom God "called
up higher before she had learned to lisp j
his name. She\"with gentle footsteps
followed him. even as he followed
i Christ, in:o the {.pper Sanctuary bcfo.e
the work was completed. With heart of
lead, aud hands that seemed t > have lost
their cunning, Mrs. Jackson resumed
hei sad but sacred task, inspired by her la
mented daughter s wish. aud the prayerful
hope that, the motherless lambs might be
spared to read, to admire, ?nd emulate j
| bis grand example. Most worthilv and j
even touchingly has she completed her j
"labor of love." Her style is chaste and !
vivacious, and is peculiarly adapted to '
biography -a species of composition that I
is so often heavy, even iir the hands of
more experienced cr pretentious writers, j
Gen Jackson's life was of eouise full of
adventure, aud of incidents. All this !
is most attractively aad pleasantly inter- |
woveu Uj the enthusiastic author, and
forms ;an unusually attractive book.
Two poicts of character stronglv impress
the reader One is the deep' tenderness
and affection of his nature ? a romantic I
love for his wife that never fails or varies
?combined with complete unselfishness j
? in fact, entire self-abnegation to love I
or to duty; the other is. his iniedse re
ligious character. It was not a profes
sion? tras a life permeating his being,
and ente-mg into every detail of his daily
life. It vv^s often remarked, during the
war, thai; it was hard for a man to ?be a
Christian in the army, where his tempta
tions were so great and so multiform, but
here is a marvellous example of the Chris- .
tian soldier? never too tired or too hur
ried to p: ay? who, in the heat of action,
amid storm of shot aud shell, so often
ra]sed his eyes in devout supplication to
the God of buttles
This fatter characteristic is strikingly
testified to by his colored servant, Jim.
who said he could always tcl> when there
?was going to be a battle. S?id he: *lThe
General is a great man for pntjing, morn
ing a-id night? all times. B?iVosben I
sec him get up several times in the night
besides, and go off and pray, then I
know there is going to be wmcth'ni'j to p ty.
and I g> straight and pack his haversack,
because I know he will call for it in the
morning " No wonder that success
crowned the ell >rts of one who felt that
"i'/i the I.- r-i cat his mtrength." "If the
Lord be tor uj?, who can be against us?"
A lady, .whose husband fell in battle
during i:he late war, said she did not in
tend to read Mrs. Jackson's book,l*-cftus4
any details of the war were always so bar
rowing to h?*r. A friend prevailed, and
she has just finished it. saying how mu< h
she enjoyed it, and that she could not
see how any one could read v and not j
wish t ) be a Christian.
Mrs Jackson ha?. happily, given no i
minute accounts of battles, and they are j
only introduced as forming apart of Gen*
Jacksou's life, from "which they could
not be dissevered. The , first chapters of
the memoir are devoted to ^ brief history
of the Jackson ancestors -people of old
English and Scotch Irish stuck, a deline
ation of v%we sturdy, vigorous nature
clearly reveal wheuce the greet .military
leader inhered his indotni table will, his
enetgy and xranquil courage. "Tho boy
was father of the man." In childhood,
he exhibits wonderful determination in
surmounting obstaclesand accomplishing
?whatever he undertakes. This is very
interestingly narrated in. his trying ex
perience when attempting to enter West
Point, his subsequent trials, and final
"over coming" of them all by the end of
his four years' career as a cadet.
While4n the military academy he com
piled for his own use a set of rules and
nftxims, relating to morals, manners,
dress, choice of friends and aims in life.
Perhaps Che most characteristic^ these
was: "You may be whatever you re
solve to l>e." Another whs: ''Through
life let your principal object be the dis
charge of duty. Disregard public opin
ion when it interferes with duty."
Then there comes lives to Action.
F.rst, regard for one's own happiness,
and for the family; in which you live.
Second, stride to attain a very high ele
vation of character and a high standard
of action." i
With such lofty resolves he could do
and dare. What an example for young
men !
His career in the Mexican war 1846 to
1848, is -pleasantly, but not lengthily
told ; his subsequent years of usefulness
and hapniness as a professor in the Vir
ginia Military V Institute, his ;two mar
riages are full of interest and fill his life,
till the shadows oi 1861 called him in
the spring to the ttormy scenes of war,
away from the peaceful nest in the moun
tains, to which he was destined never to
return. The iuterest never flags through
the three years, in which we count his
life by deed i, not yean, till the fatal
night, wheu at the very climax of his
glory a shot from those who would have
died for him, palsied the strong arm and
put an uutiraely end to his grand career.
l)r Field says: "Next to his thought
of God and acknowledgement to Him
were thoughts of the dear oues at home
?the vouns mother with his child in
her arms. All his heart was centered in
one spot. Many who read these pages
?will be surprised at the revelation of his
passionate love of heme, to which he was
eager to return, though he was never to
cross its threshold again. While the
world saw ouly the soldier with his coat
of mail pyarfcis breast, those who knew
him bestj&w^jptfesr it a great human
heart, her who looked up
in his face with^perfect trust and conti
dence, that face Was open as the day.
To her this man of iron was the gentlest
and tenderest of all human beingipw hose
first thought was always for her; who
would not "that even the winds of sum
mer should visit her too roughly." Such
devotion cannot be forgotten even aftet
the lapse of a quarter of a century The
yearning heart turns to the p tst ? the faith
ful bosom carries with it a great mem
orv and a great affection.
"As she sits by hoc desolate fireside, the
old days coinc again, and they are once
more in the home that was always made
bright by the sunshioe of his presence.
Filled with suck Memories, it is but the
impulse of loyally to the dead, that she
should wish others to know him as the
! did, that the world should know him
not only as the soldier, but as the man ,
and should know all the gentleness and
tenderness in that lion heart. This is re
vealed nowhere so clearly us in bis letteil
to her during the war. If any think
they are too persona^ I have met the
womanly shyness and timidity by saying:
"Yes, you can ltave it all out, and sup
ply every word of endearment by a blank,
, but every time you do this you leave out
a touch of Stonewall Jackson, for this
fond devotion, this exquisite tenderness
air as much a part of the mao as was his
military genius."
The volume commends itself a1 so in
size, binding au i finish? not so vo'umi
nons or ponderous as to deter tin mass of
readers, nor is it at all prolix The price
also ($'2. 00) is such as to make it within
the rc ich of many who cannot afford the
more extended and expensive biogra
phies of other great ietders in the l.tc
war. It is a simple and beautiful story
"written out of a woman's heart."
Free Pass Excitement.
Richmond. Ya. ? A bill introduced
few days ago making John E. Masssy,
s periutendent of public instruction, ex
oiticio member of trie board of visitors o! I
the deaf and dumb institutions and also
of the university, came up. Senator
Flood, of Appomattox, opposed the bill
on two grounds, the first cf wh:ch was
that Massey was the officer tc which the
boards made their reports which unfitted
him to serve; the second and main ob
jection was that, though paid $5j0 per
annum for expens s by the State. Massey
regularly traveled on free railroad passes,
and boat-led uiththe professors of edu
tional institutions while he charged the
State for railroad fare aud hotel lills.
Flood read some of tin itemized bills
making these charges against the State
and also a letter asking for $76 from
from Prof. Lomax to defray his (Massey'u)
expensu* ba k from Alabama, where he
had just been married. A committee was
appointed to investigate the report.
"Ex-Go v. McGrath 8tricken With.
Appoplexy.
Charleston, S. C.? Ex-Governor Mc:
Grath had an attack of appoplexy and
his recovery is doubtful. Gov. McGrath
was born in this city in 1813, and gradu
ated at Harvard. He studied law under
th? late Judge Btory. At the breaking I
out of the war of the rebellion, he was j
United States district judge, and on the j
' passage of the ordinance of secession, J
? made a dramatic scene in co irt by dis- I
! robinir himself of the judicial ermine, i
He was during the last war Governor of j
South Carolina, and nfter the surrender,
was imprisoned by toe F<'d?-ra! govern
ment i:t F'>rr IV.li^ki fur same.
Killed in Trying to Save Her Sister.
Wkfkli.w;. W. Y.\ . [Special.] -A
! terrible accident occurred at Cameron,
! near this city, m which two beautiful
| young girls, daughters of William Cris
well, lost their lives. cue of them while
beroicall v .'uN-mpting to save the other, j
Essie Georgian* Criswcll, aged re- I
spc tlullv fourt'ca ami t-i \tcet?, were ?
walking r?. I . > : ? t:ie Baltimore an'i Ohio !
tni< k. an'i whtlr attempting lo cross in !
of .i westbouud train Essie fell
when the engine was ulmo&t upon her.
! ^ Georgiana, seeing ii^r eis'.er's danger
aad ignoring ;he fact that the attempt
was almost certain death, 'u?hed ".a- her
rescue. She, too. stumbled, ?ud was
j kilted. Essie was cut in two by the
wheels.
500.000 BALES SHORT.
The Cotton Crop Is Not As Big Ai
Ha^Been Estimated.
That Is What the ^Agricultural De.
partment in Washington Says
of the Cotton Crop of 18Wb-?o
as Compared, With \
That of 1890.
i : j '
W A8niNQTONt D. C.-j-The fdx
cotton report of the statistician of
department or agriculture i relates to
proportions marketed, quality, yie)
lint, close of the picking; season, 1<
insects and price of seed; f
Tlyr proportions tent from plantations,
as estimated by reporter*; ^nd accurately
consolidated, is fts follows: | Virginia 80,
North Carolina 82, South Carolina 90,
Georgia ))2. Florida S)3, Alabama ft,
Mississippi $8, Louisiana |87, Texas 80,
Arkansas 88, Tennessee 89, Missouri 87;
general nverage 88.8 per cent.
The returns of comparisons with the
crop of last year are: Virginia 78, North
Carolina 79, Sou'h Catplina 82, Georgia
85, Florida 91. Alaban a 92, Mississippi
96. Louisiana 99. Tex is 107, Arkansas
96, Teuntssee 91, Missouri, 90; general
average 94.3 per cent. < The returns era
remarkably consistent, as their ^pdi
results vary by less than 1 per cent^ii
dicating a crop about hklf a million bates
short of that of 1890. j The October ??
ports of the two years; make almost the
identical difference. (These results are
submitted without comment. The esti
mated average time of j the dot# of ]?ick'
iug is by States: Virginia, December
11; North Carolina, December 10;/*
Carolina, December 8 ;; Georgia,
ber 4 ; Florida, November 20; Alabsl
December 2; Mississippi, December 10;
Louisiana, December lj2; Texas, Decern-,
ber 4 ; Arkau$fe, December 12; Teases
see, December 12; Mtssonri, December
.13. I # 1 . -j
The quality is the' highest for ms#y
years. The staple is ? medium or aotfe
what short, color excellent and unufualj j
ly free from tra*h. The low price of cot* ;
ton and disappointment in money retu?? j
have led to large sale of seed to oil mUls
at prices somewhat reduced, as folloffi: j
Virginia 14 cents per bushel, North Csit^
Una 14, South Carolina 14.5, Georgia
14.5, Florida 14, Alabama 13, llissimp*
pi 12, Louisiana 11. Texas 11, Arkansas^
11, Tennessee 13, Missouri, etc., 11,
On the Atlantic coast the larger use of
the seed for fertilization makes areA^t
cively higher price. Losses from iQM?ti
were not very serious and were maifcly
confined to the Gulf ; coast States. The
boll worm was nearly as destructire as
the caterpillars. ? f
S'hlnc-Mtdc Music.
ng by machinery ia~ one ot
the latest novelties.' The liarp it t?j
tanged so that the plane of its strings is
horizontal, the instrument lying on the
table, after the fashion, of a zither.
Then, as regards the written music, the
notation of the traditional stare has 1
been abandoned, and sheets upo* which j
are imprinted mysterious groups of Jium- 1
bers arc usod in its stead. When one of;
these sheets is slid into a frame made for
the pur[x>?e the meaning of the figures is
interpreted.
Each of them falli under a string of
the instrument, and by picking at them
in numerical order with a bevelled pen- .
cil of ivory the operator produces a tune.
Time and phrasing are indicated by the
spacing and alignment of the numbers,
nor are the requiremeqts of harmony
torgotten.
When the melcdy of the air is ad
judgcd-insulficient one of the figures is ?
accompanied by a letter, ! indicating thai
a button attached to the instrument, an4
bearing the same symbol, should be at
this juncture pressed. This action, by^?
bringing a small saw of ivory points into ^
play, produces a cord suitable to the OO-v ?
casion. ? Pall Mall Gazette.
To Rival Blowing Bock.
Winston, N. C. ? The Roaring Gap
Summer Resort Company is the name of#
a new organization which was perfected
in this city by the clecti <n of the follow
ing officers: A. Chatham, of Elkin,
president: A. II. Kller. of Winston, sec
ret nry; W. W. Wopd, W. C. Fields, J.
L Patterson. V. 0 Thompson and F.
M Silmons, directors. The object of
the organization and thj plans in view
are the purchase of lands on the Blue
Kidge uear the W ilkes, Alleghaily and
Sum* county lines, and the establishment
or'vixi^rt for the pleasure and ton Mo- \
ieuce of the cities; in Piedmont No^lh
Caiolina as well as the country generally.
The new company is composed of thirty
kUickhoKer*, all of whom are progressive) 1
busings men. Tfeis company proposes
to build a tine summer hotel, cottngcs.
school bouses, etc , for the benefit of
summer tourists. ;
Captain and Crew Drowned.
Rai.ei?h, N. C\? A special from Beau*
fort brings the rtews of a sad drowning
in Paraiico sound. The schooner, Wave,
loaded and bound for Norfolk, was
swamped in the sound and sank, drown
ing her captain and crew. The master
of the vessel. Captain New comb, was a
native of New Jersey, and only came to
North Carolina last year. He lived in
Beaufort. He leaves a wife aud one
child. x I
To Pension Soldiers of the Florid?
| War.
Washington. IX C. ? Mr. Houk. of
Tennessee. iutr< d ied a bill providing for
the amend met. t . f the general pension ^
laws so .is to iac-i'i soldiers who served
iu ^ic Florida war.
A Young North Carolinian Skips.
Raleigh. N. C. ? Charles Seagle, a
young man prominent in society at Madi
soiu N C., who represented the Cap*
Fear & Yadkin Vailey Railroad and
Southern Express C'mpaji*-, skipped
tow n in the night. He is said to b? in ar
rears ?with both companies.
Killed Two in Self-Defense.
\
Birmingham. Ai.a.? -Near Monterey, ^
Butler county, Tom Trawecka, 16 years
old, a white boy, killed Bill Tcomas aad "N -
.Tim Jackson, two uegro men, in stlf-de*
fensc. One of the men had knocked
Trawcek's brother down with. a shovel.
? ? rv. ! ?&.
The "Barley; Syndicate," of Chicago,
Til., l as purchased 25^000 acres of land
i'r North Dakota ou whifch 0 settle Ger
mans to gro-.T barley fox' mait pur
posts.
! lU cl.