The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 18, 1892, Image 1

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CAMDEN; \.C., FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 181)2 SCHOOL. tXIONAi LESSON FO& gj HA&CH 20, 1892. **WIKW. KXERf'HR. B?t? How bi Christ's ^ming ? Th?>re gfaa'l co-ne forth a rol out *<* Jes.>c, ati I a branch shaii gr.>">' , ? *?*, ^-what b-.- th'- on lition of Hi* ?They *hal! not hurt nor rii-trov in ?mountains; for Lb* J earh shall Wbonledsre of tvn Looi as the |?*e r the ya. ''What will the Lorl do for His people 'Thou wilt ke*-v> hirtt in perfect i mind w stayed on Thee: because . in Th*e. ?What woe does the prophet pro *^poa Ephraim"' Woe to the crown of pride, to tht of Ephraun. Thft crown of pride, of Kphraim. sha^bs trodiet? ?What charge does he bru\j against ?They also hn v-- err*-T~ through UJpi through strong <lri?k are out oi ?What di?i HexeUiah do when he ?threat- -run^ letter fro n the king Hexekiat wr?nt up into t*>e house 3, and spread it before the Lord. , How ?Jid the Lord answer Heze- i ?The ang-1 of the Lord went forth, 'in the camp of the Assyrian* a and fourscore an I five thousand. 'P>r whom did Christ suKer? -He was wounded for our trans \ He was hri*u?.-U for our iniquities, isement of our peace wan upon > with His stripes we are healed. i ?What Is Christ's gracious call? r-Ho, ev^ry one that tbirstetb. j kto the waters. an?l he that hath an ' oome ye, boy, and eat; yea, come, ? "?aad milk without money and with al-. In what form is the same call . fept? ' The Spirit an l the bride say, i fc' And let him that heareth say. J It, -And let hi:n that is nthirst come. | \ whosoever will, let him take the, water | bfreeW. | ipt?Wbat is the new covenant that the I will make with I srael tool? I will put My law in their inward [ V and write it in their hearts; and will Mr God. ami they shall be My people ?tr-^What did Jehoiakimdo when Jere fc prophecies wen- read tQ-Jiim? too ? He cut the r. >11 in pieces, and cast to the lire until ail the roll was con Jl-Wbat sentence did the Lorcf pro- j raapon J^hoiaMtofc lool? He upon ?^^'Ihwaead body shall " m day tt> the heat, and iz> Pfrost. i hat false charge was Jera- t prison' t was charge- 1 with treason in to^je Chaldeans. ?Bjf whom was he taken from the >kiab the king sent and took ?an^'Q secretly, Is Ckere any Lor.l* rhat was Jeremiah's reply? I? Jeremiah said. There is: for thou u**i?i?red into the hand of th3 king M ' 8apt. ? When did Nebuchadnezzar take i'Jirosalem1 m '? 8chooI - In the eleventh year of the reign of Zed '4 g Sopt.? What was done with Sbdekiah and fefe sons' 8d>ooi ?The king of Babylon slew the sons ?'?iSedekiah in Hiblah before his eyes, and ? pet out Zedekiah's eyes, a ad bound hiru with /?h?in* to carry him to Babylon. hat became of the citv and ihsrjfj ?pfey gupt.-wi 33Lm*? >1?' The city was destroyed, and the were carried away captive into f: Uopt. ?Wbat promise of cleansing did fee Lcr.1 make to the ctptives in Babylon? \- f;.' 8ebooI ? Then will I sprinkle clean water .> apon you. and ye shall be c'.ean . from all ! tear dltbiness. and frou all your idols, will ; I cleanse you ? Westminster Question Boolft : If' NEWSY GLEANINGS. 1 m't 1 ' Pec^stlvam a ha-i 10,o<>0 brass ban Is. * TBXSS are 3P4 Misrious sects in England. \'J* Miiixesot <'s winter whea^ tyop is a Store Thjc California orange crop this year will itnalL MaxT people in Hungary have died from jtorr&tioD. TBM world is producing 1 000, WW pounds of \ $|j|k*year. v It alt produce 1 3, fW. 000 boxes of oranges ! lemons last year. Jx has not been a very prosperous season tor the winter resorts. ? 'f |ne endowment of the rbicago Univer- j ^y B?w anna 1 1? to f4. 000, ')Ort. M gt?cTRicrTY last y ear took horses , ygt of street, car service in this country. Tlfim * said to be more poverty and ggghring in Italy now than for many years, j . Colorado has netted about 1200.000 from '? sale of Jots at Crede, the new mining fpwn. t THK faotine-^tneken inhabitants of Arva, i *gBgary. are cvhipelied to wat bark for H^trr AitA mining companies are shutting &jwn their mills, owinjr to the tow price of **ar. $ P0BTC<3 au s finances are m a serious con jMjon. and rumors of impending disasters IpfBvail. OvXB 3W\000 Germans are preparing to ^?e the VoUn provinces of Russia tor the [sited States. ^Haj?pv:k> in the far Northwest report the fur bearing animals are very I thi> winter, particularly the ' ? wigwam to accoram?xiate 1$,000 people & irfbe buiit at a cost of fi4,fi0i) for the - ? foiBin rnt" National Convention, at Chi- / imtn ? ; ^Somersetshire, Englanl.over 90,000 acred af *oorlaad have recently been flooded wring a large number, of fanners in utter SJgtftntior: Alness from Shanghai state that 30,000 x rebels are secure m the Northern ns, ready for a descent when the __ becomes milder. AX!? Fwexch. of Belfast, M-., formerly of mm*n r, a widow aged 90. and worA #100, created a sensation by rrpurying . C. Peavey, of A*nherstage<t thirty* ?a itinerant peddier. ? W*ui.-PRESKRVSI) skeleton of a rrmn t to have been at least ten feet tall, waa ' >ed at Trace Fork. Tenn., the other The skull and other bones are very It is supposed to be the skeleton of a ^ a*ic man. ?k ^ Frkxch officer has submitted to tto &ji|far Ministry a rifle that will project a g. jgyeam of vitriol for a distance of sevsnty - r*. He proposes that this weapon be oaly against savages to prevent their ing "freaned rushes. Gbxat swarms of locusts continne tocooa dtitrastations in the Cape Colony, Frea and Traasvaal, Sooth Africa. At ..iania, on the border of the Cape iT and Xransv4a\ the mass was six i In length . It instated that the aggs iwhi-ch the present swarms ha ve resulted laid in the ground for no less them ten I Virginia and the World's Fair. j?. ? i * Richmond. Va.? The House of Dele tes passed a bill impropriating Jfc&dOO _ the World's Fair, and the S?tSSw & agreed to it % Tstfce lias more lives than a eat. It can an iadeSoiie amottat of killing. GENERAL STATE NEWS. Late Happenings of Importance By 1 Mail and Wire. The Gist of Three States' Doings. Carefully IPrepared- For Our Busy Readers. VIRGINIA. The bank cases wiU lie moved from Warrenton to Loudoun \ounty court for trial. C'ade.t Albert Cyr, of Louisiana, died at Bethel Academy last Thursday. Dr. J. F. Latimer, of the faculty of i Hampden Sydney, was buried from the i College church last week. The crew of thfi Alice Venablc was fined and the vessel held at Saluda for J violation of the oyster law. Liquor licences hive been granted in ! Norton. Tait Hall, in the Lychburg jail for murder, says he has killed only four men. These homicides ocairred when he was a United States officer dealing with desperate men in the mounta-in re gions. The Danville leaf tpbaccc market is glutted. A little child was b arced to death in Pittsjlvania county. A bill has passed the legislature auth orizing Warren county to borrow $i2, 000 for the construction of a bridge over one or each branch of the Shenandoah river at Riverton. " . ^ The lease of *he Roanoke & Southejn raifrvad by ih* Norfolk <fc Western is nn evenC#f very great importance to the railroad and business interests of Virgin ia and the Oirolitas, aud i'.s effect will be very far-reaching in many directions. Peter^ Lewis Pedigo, a deaf mu e and well known eccentric chirac ter of Henry countyf fell from an upper platform in STaPinsvil'e and wis so badly injured that he die<i :n a, short while. He was probably known to every citizen of the. county and kuew every man in all the re gion round about. For thirty or forty | years past he has never failed to attend "the county courts and all public gather ings and by his eccentric ways aud many .comical actions afforded a great deal of amusement. He was kind-hearted, of generous impulses and was never known to wrong a human bsing. A movement is on foot to induce the cityof No folk to purchase the old Taze well residence and grounds on Granby street and convert the same into a park. This is a fine old house with beaut>fui ' grounds, the residence of Governor Taze- j well, and is now o*ncd by his heirs. fc'OBTH CAROLINA. New York parties will build a largc brick hotel with a^ modern improve- j mettts ucur the university at Capel klill. Plans have been prepared for a hand some new 140 room hotel at Statcsville. Asneville streets are being paved with vitrified brick. / Senator Hill is to be invited to Char lotte to participate in their 20th of May celebration. A clock peddler has been doing up Union county, and has registered over a 100 chattel mortgages, for flSclocks that could be bought from Monroe merchants for $3. Gaston county is put down on the list of councies that are entirely out of debt and have money in the treasury. Gaston also has a railroad within ten miles of ev ery doorstep in it, yet has never paid out one cent of taxes to build railroads. Pete- Eastey, a negro who was elected aldernnn from the third ward in Winston will have his election contested on the ground that he cannot hold a government j and city position at the same time, as he j is now a mail carrier. A company was organized in Wilining- j ton last year to cultivate oysters for mar- ! ket. It now owns 345 acres of oyster j planting bottom aud has built a stearu- : boat and several scows for their planting operations. It has already planted over ; 100,000 bushels, and propose to distribute \ 300 bushels each mouth and expect to | put the first oysters on the market next fall. * 4 Tb 2 revenue authorities have lodged in jail at Smithfield. Johnston county. Joe Pulley, a moonshiner, but they have not as yet secured Va ?ti!l. He had i I I sunk this in a marsh, upon hearing that the revenue officers were after him. The Hon Burgess Sidney Gaither died at his home in Morganto&ison Tuesday, aged 85 jears. His fatheV Burge s Gaither, went to Iredell county r^om An napolis, Md., after the close of tnk revo lution, his wife being Amelia Marnn. of Richmond, Va. Burgc?s Sidney Ga\her received a collegiate education and enur ed upon the practice of law in 1829. was a delegate to the Whig National S Convention in 1S40. which nominated Gen. Harrison for President, and in 1S41 President Tyler appointed him sup- i eriiiteudent of the mint at Charlotte, which position he held for two. years. He served in th*i House of Delegates, | and was president of the North Carolina ; Sejate in 1845. [hiring this season he was elected solicitor of the 7th judicial ciicuit fof^fcrtTMreiis. and iu iu 1843 was I re elected for a Mu>nd term of four years j Emn^at Judges ^h^vc said that he was ' .^heju/icst prosecuting attorney who had ever appeared before *hern. Mr Gaither ; represented bis disyict both terms of j the Confederate Congress, and was d is- ! tinguished for"his maniy bearing during i ai l that perilous period. Since then he has laken little f firt in public affairs ex- i cspt to advise thif rounder jzeneration. SOUTH CABOIINA. Another cottoc mill is to be erected at Ft. Mill SparSanbusg's cotton acreage will be reduced 30 per cent. Efforts are b ing made for the estab lishment of a steam laundry at Cht-ravr. j One of the profitable amusemens nt \ tb?s Soath Carolina College is the study of t.^^raphy. A regular tiSegraph com pany has been organized ar.d there are now four s-.ati--.ns being operated by the company . The passengers of the. Clyde steamship "Algonquin," which arrived st Charles ton Last week, had an exciting time. Among the large crowd of passengers were Dr. G. F. Forrest aod his brother, Martin L Forrest, both of Kew York The Brooklyn base ball team was also on board. The Forresu were bound to Jacksonville. During the voyage Martin Forrest was violently sea sirk, accused the ball players of hypnotizing him. On the trrivitl of the vessel at her dock he be came violently in ane and created a panic among the passengers. He was fiually overpowered by the purser, aided by Terry, the pitcher, and Burns, an out fielder of the Brooklyn team and turned over to a policeman who took him to a Charleston hotel. lie was placed in charge of a medical man and left there. Chief Clerk Nort >n, of the Comptrol lar General's office, says thstr much had bee t said about pushing insurance com panies out of the State and doing them great injury. He showed a statement of one of the largest iife insurance com p nies doi g business in the State. The return m?de ji statement of a business of $210,812.05 for last year. Mr. Norton says that so far as he knows this com pany has not paid one, cent's worth of ta\e3 to the State* m has it made any returns of the above amoa?t for tax ation. Undef Section 102 he snid that the com pan its were liable for taxation on the trross amount of tnc business of the company. Whether it is proposed to ins:st upon the payment of th:s tax is an open <|ir st'on. THE COTTON CROP. & Secretary Hester of the Exchange Is sues His Monthly Statement. New Orleans, La , ? Secretary Hester has issued his monthly cotton statement and from it aro taken these facts and figures: Receipts at port to March 1, 1892, 6,094,578^ales; 1801, 5,814,840; 1800, 5,366.9-7H? net shipments over land same time 1S03, 1,000 478 bales, 1891, 872,313; 1*00. 809,745; Southern mill taking fnet) 181*2, :>74, 27 1 bales; 1801, 375,465; 1300. 346,160; interior j stocks in excels of September 1, 1802, 448,627 bales; 1891 397,6'I4; 1890, 222, 232; total 1802, 7,917,934; total 1891, 7,560,283; total 1890, 6,745.080. Port receipts, iucrease over last year, 279,738; port receipis, increase over year before last, 927,626; over' and increase from lust year, 128,165; overland increase from year before Inst, 100,7:33; crop in sight, <*xccs3 over la^t year, 457,671; crop in sight, excess over year before last, 172, 8<J5; movements before and after March 1st, number of bales in sight, March 1, 1892, 7,917,754; 1891, 9,400,283; 1890, 6,745,089; number of bales brought into sight after March 1, 1891, 1,192,114; 1800, 566,233. Total, 1801, 8,652,507; 1890, 7,311,732. Secretary Rusk's Eligibles. e Washington, D. C. ?Secretary Husk is thinking sei ously of establishing a matrimonial bureau in connection with the Agricultural Department. The idea ?was suggested by a letter he recently re man out West, who ex perimented with some of the cucumber seed sent to him by the Department at the instance of his representative in Con gress. The farmer planted the cucum ber seed and his wife afterward died from eating some of the cucumbers. The farmer in his letter to Secretary Rusk said : "Your blamed cucumbers robbed me of my wife, so instead of sending me cucumber seed this spring send me another wife. I hear there are a num ber of likely women in your department." In reply Secretary Husk said he had no appropriation from w hich he could draw money to send. a wife to the widower, but suggested that the latter come toWashing iogton and pick nut one for himself. The Secretary informed his correspond ent that he h-s in his- department k,some beautiful ma:dc;;-. u:uiy sprightly wicU oas, and se.'c 'r.l well seasoned old "' maids.'' Kock Hill Cotton Mills Burned. Rock IIill, S C.? The Cochran cot ton seed oil mill and fertilizer "works were destroyed bv fire Sunday night. The plant was valued at $0 1,000. The Rock Hill Cotton Seed Oil Company, from wh -m the Cochran company leased ihe plant, lose $3>.00G of the above value, brides machinery. The Cochran company lose the stock ?n hand, valued at $23,000. The 1 tter loss includes 150 barrels of oil. 1,000 tons of seed, thirty bales of iiut cottou. 1,000 bale* of fibre, twenty-five tons of cake and ten tons of meal. Insurance $52,000. Twenty thousand of t;.-is is held by the Rock Hill company on the plant, and $32,000 by the Cochran company on the ma chioery at^stock. The CocfcwrFcompany is composed of Philadelphia capitalists, who have Lien operating the m?!l successfully for two years. The tire, qrigiuated in the seetl warehouse and soon sprSid to the main building. Its origf ? is cot i*uown but is supposed to have bten spoutaneous com bfetion. . It is not yet known whether j tm> mill will be j *r I .? Mrs. Davis Sues the Belford Company. New York ?Mrs. Jefferson Davis commenced in the United States Circuit Courc against Robert Belford and the Belford Company. Mrs. Davis alleges j breich of contract on the defendants' ; art. On March 4. 1800, she contracted Robert Belford for the sale of her Me?i>T?*iof her husband. Royalties to the amountNS>f*j|4,00l.l7 were due her in September iast but are not paid yet, notwithstanding the Belford Company con'inued the sale of her book and de- j sired to transfer the rights of publication to the United States Book Company. Mrs. Davis askes for an annulment of ; the contract and adequate compensation for the breach the reo: Dragged From His Pulpit. YoskEks, N. Y. ? The R-v. Mr. Con- j way. while attempting to preach Sunday j night in this city. was dragged from the platform by the police and put out of the building. The police came to the hall 1 at the request of E. O. Carpenter, who j asserted that Conway was about to make ' a sj^eech which would cause trouble. Wnen Carpenter _oruc?;d Conway to ' stop he refused, and Roundsman Wood- j ruff and two officers then caught hold of j Conway, who made a desperate struggle, i 3Iuch excitement prevailed, and benches j and chairs w re overturnei by the spec - i tatora in rushing* for the door When ! the preacher had b?en eject*. d the lights j in the hall were put out. To Mark the Confederate and Union Lines. AsniSGTOS. I>. C.. ? An appropria tion of *30,000 for surveying, locating and preserving the lines of attack and j defense oi the Union and Confederate j land and naval forces in the operations j against Mobile, Ai i . i>i 1S?J4 and 1S6-5, : carried by a b;il introduced bv Senator Morgan. Pnncaton's Oldest Graduate Daad. ? Chaiu.rstox. S C.. March 7. ? .T. Berkeley GvurabalL died here to-day, aged 93 ye*rs. D-Jecased was the oldest living g;au'j;..te oi" Prmc'etou College. I FARMERS' ALLIANCE, I \ i What the 'Leaders are Doing and Saying In Washington. i A Discussion on Why Cotton and Other Food Products are Down , By a Northern Paper. I A. Washington correspondent writes: "I met Judge Fuller, of North Carolina, the other day and iie told me that the farmers of his State were seeiug hard times owing to the low price of cotton. Tobacco, he also said, would be planted to only two thirds the extent of last year. This condition of affairs in the South is deplorable, but the Agricultural Commission recently created by? the House is investigating the matter and will soon stii^st a bill intended to ren: edy the existing evils. ' Hou E. T. Stackhouse, of South Carolina, is preparing with great cure a graduated income tax bi I which wil' soon be presented to Congress for con sideration. ''Senator Peffer says iu relation to p;o hibition: '"There is no efficient way to deal with ihe business of dram selling but to prohibit it. Any oilier course merely trmporizi'hg." '?Senator Peffer, who has hithdrto op posed any appropriation for the World's Fair, has been won over and *wijll favo' ?early aud libeial Government assistance. The President iu Irs rccent message on this subject intimated that an njipropria vion of as much as $y,00.',00 j w<>uld not be vetoed. ''There arc thousands of persons who wonder why I am called 'Sockless' Simp . son," said that representative of the State of Kansas to au achuaint .ncje. "Bui there are very few who, know the teal reason. I was a young fellow with a considerable fondnesj^tor the society of young ladies, aud,i^ was very proud of my fee'.." \The/ Congressman stretched out his neatiy._cased p.dal extromi ies for the inspection of his friends and glanced at til-.- m with pride. 4 We all used to wear tight boots," In continued, "sometimes so tight; to be very , uncomfortable. There was a fellow whe had a foot just a trilie smaller than mine. He could wear boots a size smaller than I, and a mutual acquaintance, who, by the way, was a young lady, spoke about it to me one evening.-* I was in the habit ol wearing heavy woolien socks, and I knew that if I should take them off 1 could wear smaller boots. Td my grea? ,jo^ I found on trying that I could weai a size smaller than my rival, and I at ouce purchased a pair. I vient to call that evening as usual, and found him there, proud in the possession of feet j which were really smaller than mine. ' The subject came up? I believe I started ! it? about the size of out boots, and ho eagerly accepted the challenge to 1 measurement. Of coursc I von, and he seemed to it el as badl v over it as if he j had lost a h >rse race. ' But the boot- j maker who was in possession of my -secret gave me away and the boys all got j C"* to the story. Do I wear socks now? I should say that I do." * * * H * * The m^n who joins" the. Alliance for the purpose of getting a little cheap sucat or a little office of some kiud, is generally the one who is found kicking. The Alliance Aid Association of Souih Dakota has voted almost lananimousl v t ! transfer i s mi-mbership to the New Na I tional Aid degree. The Kansas Mutua* Aid has determined to do likewise When these transfers are completed, Hit aid degree will st.md square on its feet, and be able to pay los>;cs-iu full at once Applications are comiua in by the hundred fo; agent's coTtfntssions, and j everything points to a genera', success, j Brother Wardali is now making a tour of I the State', and meets with encourage- { ment wherever he goes. + * * * * * r S R PETCAL M OT ION. Daring the discussion of the United States Banking l>ill in Congress some time in 1833 or 1:536, John Randolph, of Roanoke, who was opposed to the passage of the bill wh'ch was intended to establish a Unite i States bank, said lhat he had discovered perpetual motion, ami it was very simple, being that? 'Taper mak<s money. Money msk-s bulks, Banks makt's poverty, Poverty maii^s u;s. Rigs n ane3 paper. Paper makes money, Money mates l>.nk3," and so on for ever and ever. The Manufacturer, of Philadelphia, thf organ of the Manufacturers' Club, d is- ! cussing business and finaucial matters, says: "The Southern newspapers and cotton exchanges are just now urging the planters to reduce their cotton acre age, and to lurri'ihelr attention in large ! measure to the production of food. This counsel is offered upon the theory that the supply of cotton is in excess of the 1 consuming capacity of mankind. For this theory there is no warrant in fact, j There are millions of human beings in thn ! country and in Europe, to say nothing of the rest of the world, who never in their lives had eno ?gh clothing. The trouble with the planter is not that he grows too much cotton, but that lie cannot get a fair price for what he does gow. He is j driven to enlarge his product by a des- ; perate purpose to force uj> the quantity so that with the pi ice fa!!in^ he may still pay his tixed chargcs. It would not | prcSt him to grow Ic^s cotton and mote j food, for food prices a re Mown also. He | jannot join i? an attempt 10 force up prices by diminishing the supply, for the movement would ruin him. The only ' hope of salvation lies in aa advance of prices. Extreme shortage m ght pro duce this result, but the effect could cot ? be permanent, and the planters cannot afford to make the experiment. The ; remedy lies in far other <iir ctions, and it ; is of a nature which will effect not cotton only, but all other commodities. Cotton ( is down be cause gold is up. The meas ure of values "h^s been artificially length ened, and until it s&all be reduced to normal proportions there can be n~. general returns of prospeiitv. We suffer here, and Europe suffer?, from the arbi- I tr&ry and useless rejection of silver by the civilized world. When bimetallism shali be generally restored prices will j advance and the mad scramble for gold j wiilbeover. It was le ported last week, j falsely no doubt, that i*i^e deposits of j gold had i>eea discovered in Colorado. | If such a discovery should be made the ; trouble would dUappear at once, for it would tumble the value of gold in spite of demonetHation, and until that value 'shall be brought low by one means or another there will be no improvement of the situation that will last." SENATOR HILLS SALARY. He Only Drew it From the Time When He Took His Seat. W A.8HiNpTo*, I). C cs-Tbere was. quit* an interring little episode in the rooms of the secretary of the Senate this after noon. After-the vote on the Idaho case had been taken. Senator Hill strolled into the room and remarked that if conven ient he jv'ould like to draw a little money. The secretary of the Senate, who is Geo. Anson G. McCook, of New York, is tl>e disbursing officer of flic Senate, fie. draws monthly from the Treasury a suffi cient amount p?v ihe salaries < f Senators and at the beginning of every session draws enough 10 j>:ty their mileage an4 1 stationary allowances Senator Hill's request was promp;)y responded toby Secretary McCook's disbursing clerk, who placed before him vouchers for an amount aggregating about five thousand dollars, and a ked him to sign them. "Oh, no," said the Senator, i4I want a voucher for my salary from the day I was sworn in, the 7th of January, 1892, up to the end of February. This is your usual pay day. is it not? the third of the month?" The clerk said it was, but went on to remark that thev had a certain amount stand fig on their books to the credit of the New Yo k Senator, and to pay out only a portion of that amount would^cause confusion in both their book-keeping and that of the Treasury Department. With some brusqueness of manner Mr. Hill said this Iras nope of his business; they must keep up thei* books to suit themselves. He wished to draw his salary for the actual time h# served in the Senate, and not one cent more. Aft- r some further parleying the clerk made out a voucher for $897 .09, and Mr. llill signed it and took a check for that amount in fall payment of all his claims upon the Scuate and mileage fund up to date. Seven huudred and ? seventy-eight dollars of this amount was j salary from .January 7 to February 29; ' the balance was" for mileage. The dls ! bursing clerk stated afterwards that tlsc balance left undrawn was $4,22T,-vdiich would in due course by operation of la"w be covered back into the Treasury. HEEPHILL AS REFORMER. One of South Carolina's Congress men's Energy at Washington. Washington, D. 0. ? Representative Hemphill is a practical economist, as was show u during the consideration ?I. the District of Columbia appropriation bill. Upon his motion the recorder dt deeds for the District of Columbia was made a salaried official instead of receiving fees. Mi Hemphill proposed to give the re corder 13.000, and his amendment vr* adopted The Republicans antagonized it vigorously, because the present record er is^Ex- Senator 15. ?. Bruce, a colored Republican from Mississippi. In support of pfcr. Hemphill's motion it was shown that the net profits realized by recorder Bruce during the first year i f his ter.u e of oftice, over and above all expenses, amounted to $11, ??589.10. In the second year business improved a lit tle abd his net profits amounted to $12, 413 43, or a total net profit of $2o,802.55 lor two years' work At the instance of Mr. Hemphill tbe ! llouse also gives the register of wills a ; fixed salary instead of fees. Mr . Hemp hill is not a member of the appropriations committee, but as chairman of the com mittee on the District of Columbia he is familiar with this subject. lie believes in living these ofiicials a icasoniblc sal ius, butTinsists that 0ie surplus revenues of the office should ;*>o turned back into the treasury. ? Such economy does not cripple any branch of the public service, but it is a severe blow to the politicians who are constantly fighting to get the recorder ship. For years past the office has been, rriven to colored men, much to the dis gust of the white local politicians. Gar field gave the record ership to Fred Doug lass whe n tbe local real estate boom was greatest, and he is said to have realized over $25,000 ii* one year. Mr Cleve land, to show his friendship for the col ored Kew Englaua Democrats, appoint-, ed a colored fiieud from Albany. T:ic Senate refused to confirm him, so a Bos Ion colored man named I rotter was ap pointed to siKjtced him. When Hariiseu came in there wa> a grstud scramble among local Republicans, but Ex-Sena tor Bruce carried oil the prize. COL. LAM0NT IN THE SOUTH. I His Trip Has the Appearance of a Political Character. Jacksonville. Fl.v ? Col. Dan 8. La- j moat, of New York, ss at the St James ; Hotel in this city, accompanied by Dr. H. ? Hendiioks. an old friend, whose home is in ceuirai New York. Mr. La mont has been lying low ever since he has been heie. ihe icom clerk of the j hotel said : . t "Col. Lament and Or. HendncKS reg istered here on last Friday. They haven't i eaitu a meal in the d ruing room since tbev came. F.ve;\ thing has i een seat to | their r.-oiG. No <*ne lkas seen them about the office, even." 8 . j The imp.ess: n has been given out that Mr. Lamont was dl aud unable to leave , his room, but it became known that he ! and Or Hendricks have been out fre- { queutiv. One dav t:iey weDt to I a.atka, j and came l-ark at night. Another day i thev went to St. Augustine, and this morning Pablo Be.vh waa- their deatina- ; tion.' ? They must have used the tide door in g?ing L'ol Lam on t says that he is getting over an attack of the : erip and taking *.nMi?:igeof an enloiced afcsence from hu,ti<'.,.'SS to sf* a little of Florida and th" 'r' _ Injunction in Favor of t> Railroads. Charleston. S C..? Judge Simonton. ! in the United States Count isjued a:i in junction preventing State officials frtyn j levying on the property of 'be roiljjcSfls 1 in the State 'which hue re.'us d taxes on an incre:-.^- of assc-sraAit j Kver / railroad in the "State is to j the suit. . I Mr. Holden*? Funeral. Raleigh, N. C. -the funeral of the . late ex-Governor Wiilfam W. Holden was { held from Edenton Street Methodist 5 church here Wednesday afternoon. The 1 interment was in Oak wood Cemetery. The Typographical Union attended in a body. When si:eic-: is brok-jt, l,tDe ;ea.3t j 6aid. the soja. est mended." SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. The Terminal System Completely Reorganized. Consolidation of Richmond Torminal With the B. ? D., E. T., V. & G. , and Central of Georgia ? Details of the Organi- - zation. New Yoke, [Special.]? The Rich mond Terminal Comj aoj's stockho ders committee are about ready to submit-their. plan for the financial reorganization of that company and the roads controlled by It As heretofore stated the plan proposes a consolidation of that company and all tbe coinuauies included iu the Richmond and p'anvUle, East Tennessee, Virgiui* and Georgia and Central Hail road of Georgia systems, aggregating 8,800 miles, iuto one corporation and ope management. v , The new company will be called th? '?Southern Railway Compauy." TheJ committee propose the issue ojf $500,000, 000 of-new securities. Thescj new securi ties are to take up and retire all of the securities issued and outstanding on the properties as at present organized, and provide for all the floating! debts, car trusts aud other unfunded; obligations oQbe several companies. j _ CAPITALIZATION, DEBTS? ET6. The present amount of capitalization and unfunded debts of the [various com panies is over $430,0.0,000, instead of $212,500,000 first mortgage 4s, $62,5 0, U00 incomes, $75,000,000 preferred stock, and $150,000,000 common stock as at first proposed. The new securities will consist of $220,000,000 first mortgage 4 per * cent: bonds, $05,000,000 sccond mortgage 4 per cent, incomie bonds, $75, 000,000 5 per ccuC. preferred s'.ock, and $140,000,000 common stock. Of the first mortgage botids it is proposed to is sue $215,000,000 immediately for the re tirement of th i preseut bonded debts and for the paving of floating debt, car trusts, cf ; $5,000 000 are reserved for im provements to the properties. OUTLOOK FOR THE NEW COMPANY. The new company will thus start with interestchargcj of $8,600,000, to which will Ce added Atisting rentals of $1,560, 0^0, making altogether $10,160,000. This is over $3,000,000 less than tbe present fixed changes and annual oar trust payments. The new plan wbi'e saving $3,000,000 of, fix od charges, will relieve the companies of floating debt and secureone management for the whole sys tem By the latter competent experts believe'that from $6,000,000 to $3,0f0, - 000 can be added to the net earnings j during the next yaar. The gross earn ings of the system are now $40,000,000 per annum, with cotton and all the in dustries in the South in the most depress ed condition that has existed for years. As this vast system of railroads reaches all parts of the South, auy favorable change in the conditions there will im mediately improve its earnings, hence it is reasonable to cxpcct that the .gtoss earnings will reach $42,000,00) next jea?\ The ratio of cxpeuses to earnings heretofore has be n about 70 percent., but it is expected that the economies which will be promoted by this consoli dation will reduce this to 66f per ceut. From this it may be seen that $14,000, 000 mav be reasonably expected-, fcfuch a result, which is almost ccrtain, will pay the interest on the first mortgage bonds and the incomes, and show immediately nearly 2 per cent, on the preferred stock. AN E<iMTABL* PLAN. It is said that the plan of distribution of new securities to retire the old securi tiet is most equitable, each of the old ones being considered in all its bearings and treated strictly -on its merits with out prejudice -or partiality. The com mittee propose to raise about $34,000,000 of cash by the salf of a portion of the new securities. The Richmond Terminal stock holders will be offered the privilege of taking the securities at prices which will promise them a profit of at least 3 per cent. This subscription will be under written by a bankers' syndicate, in order to assure the success of the reorganiza tion. To the security holdeis the plan , affords relief from the uncertainty o ? their security and prospective losses which have stared theai in the face for several years. IMMENSE COMMERCIAL VALUE. The consolidation of this great system under one management, and its incorpo ration upon a souud aud stable financial basis caunot fail to be of immense coin niercial value to the South. For the almost unknown >tock ao<l bonds issued upou local roads through out the So^th there will be given an equivalent amount of securities which will have a ready market aud forthcom ing value in the greatest money cent-' s in our country. This of it^e f will add greatly to the* available capital of the Sout.h. CLAIMS AGAINST CHILI. More Than Two Millions Asked By The Injured Men of the Baltimore. Washington. I) C.? Papers were filed I at the State Department asking for repar ation and damages for the crew of the : United States steamship Baltimore, of the Chilian Government for injuries received and false imprisonmeut undergone at the , time of the riots at Valparaiso ia October 1*91. The damages claimed aggregate ?$2,095,000. as follows:*, False Imprisonment and Assault ? John McAdam. $30,000; John Downey. $?}".- j 000: AndyBovle, $v?0,000 ;0. Wellehnd, $3?$00. Very Crave Injuries? Jeremiah Ander son. $150,000: John Hamilton, $150,000; 1 George Pantt-r, $150,000. Serious Injuries? Joseph Quigley, $100- ! oO"; John Mc Bride, $109,000; William | Laov, $100,000; >L Iloulehan. $100,000; William Caulficld, $75,000; P. Mc Wil liams ?*75 .O00; James M. Johnson. $75. 00 J ; John Rooney,$75.000 ; James Gilleu, $00,000; )F. Clifforeto?$00,000 ; F. Freder ick. $60,000; F. II . Smith, $60.000 : War ren Brown. $50.0000; R. J. J. Hpdge, $50,000; John Butler, $50,000; /C. C. Williams, >50,000. False Imprisonment and Light Assault Wobn W. Freese, 140.000 -.ThomaA G il ^agher. $40,000: C. H. Gutb. ; W.- Sullivan $40,000; A D'irf-v Alison. ? 4 0.000; S W. Cook, $.50,000; H. f'sri ? inghatn. $-50, 00'* . Peter O'Neill. I'u<> ; Prter John^o. $oO.O?jO; Altrvd Pfeiffer. v >".0!>?); Adolph >wansou, $i>0,00u , I I Tli ere are in the world 14? edaei* . t;ou:il institutions ca'led universities. The largest is in Paris, the next ia Vi enna and the third ia Beriin. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Glass coato l brieve ? %re anaouucal Al>out 1500 years ago we entered the epoch of a more genial winter tempera ture. Common wheat bran, or any kind of mill feed is recommended for extinguish ing oil fires. i /A. reverse of season* is supposed to take place upon this earth once in every 10, $00 years. Ib his own laboratory Mr. Aitken cal culated 30,000,000 of dust particles in a cubic inch of air. Experiments wjith two straight e Iges, separated at wkTcu! by a^tiect of paper, show that light can be'seen through a clean-cut opening of oot nioro than 1-40,000 of an inch. In some German telephone offices an electrically driven clock is attached to | each telephone, which will work as long ! as the telephone is off the hook, and stops directly it is replace i. Recent experiments have shown that in the dog and the cat, as weU as in tho rabbit, the removal of nKyfc than three fourths of the liver is not followed by serious consequences, and that ^he or gan regains its weight witkin thfcrty-six dajs. Vaccine virus has been wiltivatei by a "Russian physician, who ffnds that the artificially cultivated is as eff -ctlvc as the genuine -product, while having the ad vantage of absolute free ion frona germs of scrofula, tuberculosis or other dis eases. ' Mr. Haly, Curator of the Colombo Museum, has discovered that carbolizsd ml is one of the most perfect prcserva? trees ot the colors of fistt and other ani mal specimens. The most delicto frogs, dnakes and geckoes retain their evaues cent tints when kept in it. The first whito enamel factory in the United States will brj located at Dabu^ue, Iowa, aud the plans for it have ju^t been received from Germany. T tie process of manufacturing these goods is a secret, and that it may not be discovered the building will lie constructed without doors and windows cxcept those opening in an inner court. A French physiologist reports an in teresting experiment in preventive inocu lation for consumption. About eight months ago he Inoculate^ two monkeys with the tubercular bacilli of the fo.vl, aud after six months they showed no signs of the disease. These animals and a third were then inoculatcd with human tubcrele, with the $p?ult that those lirst inoculated still continue well, while the third died after a few weeks. It has been decided to work the Liver* pool (England) Elevated Railway by electricity, using nn tor cars, instead of separate locomotives. The line is six miles long, and the generating station is being erected near the middle of tho railway. There are several opening bridges, aud the structure is composed eutircly of iron and steel, spanning for the most the existing dock railway, which will thus be left free for thegood9 ( traffic of the docks. Forest vegetation is much richer in North America than in Europe, and com prises 112 spccios, of which 170 are na tive to the Atlantic region, 10G to the Pacific, ten are coalman to both, forty six to the,, Rocky Mountain region, and seventy-four are tropical species near tho coasts of Florida, as agaiust 15S species in Europe. Six Norih A nertcan species of forest tree3?the Judas tree, persim mon, hackbcrry, plane treo, hop horn beam and ehestnulXare also indigenous in Europe, all now growing there natur ally south of the Alps. Life History ofthu Ituttlesnake. Without attempting to enumerate th* traits of character popularly ascribed to the rattlesnako, says a Florida corre spondent, I may heic sketch the promi nent features in bis life history so far ai they arc accurately^ no wn. The ago of a rattler cannot be determined by the number of bis rattles. Individuals in conlinement hayc been kno.vn to acquire from one to four rattle? iu a year, and at any time they may accidentally Iosj one or more of these? appendages. Kattles are a modification of the epidermis (a step in this direction is shown by soma snakes which have the t3il develojied into a horny tip), and their number is added to fi#:n the anterior end of the "string.1' The lougest "string" ever seen by the writer was compose 1 of twenty-two rattles and the customary button, but there are well authenticated records of twenty-eight Tattles. The sound produced by the vibration of the rattle has been variously described by ditlurent authors; the aptness of their cT??criptions and comj.nrisous depends much on the ear of the listener. To the writer it resembles the rattling whir of a mowing marhine, heard in the di*tuic?,??< and one is also strongly rerniuded of tht ''soas'' of the common "locu?t" or ci cada. The rattle, however, lacks the musical quality noticeable in the note of the cicada. As a rule a tattler docs not sound his alarm until he considers him self threatened and indiozcr; it is thea truly a note of warning, and fottu'.iate i? the man who appreciate its 6i:;okicaoce in time to profit by it. The distance which a rattler can striko depends upon the position he strike* from. When stretched out at full length and with the muscles extended to th? utrno'f, he could not strike one inch for ward, but it i3 said that from this posi tion the bead can, in or.? tnofeuient, reach the tail. The typical position from which to strike, and the one assumed before the rat tfe is souuded, is the coil. This is not - necessarily a symmetrica] spiral, but the body is massed iu more or ' less rep u'ar foi l*, the muscles are con- ^ traded, and the reptile may then be ; likened to a set spring. From this posi tion a rattler can spring about t wo-thirds ?of his iengtb. Tr.e blow is delivered with a iapidi*.v which defies escape, and :s much more likely to be received below the knee than abov? it. This is due not alone to tl.e an^Ie at whiclf the scakf -trikt-. but a'so to the proxuncty of tLa pt! son f-:ruc< at. Tne force of a ra'tle inake's blow as compare! with that of i moccasin is retnardable. aj^ s'lpph--'* tha chief reason why the former i? n n u<h more dcadfy thah the iat:cr. ? New Vor?s Post. Women are more faithful to i n::-n "} than men. All of them '.'iing as ttcsci ously an j ??.% long to t :e:r youth as t :vj caa, a id ye: w.t t :nmy 01 t.ien ;t a mtre n?m?:7 ? "uil-idi^hia Ti nes. il Field Growiiijr Interesting. 7 j Straws From a Boxen Btatea ing News of Impor tance. The North Carolina Convention. Ralbiob, N. C.? It was decided bf the State Executive Committee, which met here to hold the Staty Conventional Raleigh on Hay 18. Tlfc date decided apof was the data suggested by the president of the State Alliance, who, though not a member of the committee and therefore not in tha meeting, was in the city and oxprastad himself on the subject in advance of the meeting. There was found a disposition to make every reasonable concession to the Farm ers' Alliance and there Was a good da^l of outspoken sentiinertt favor of a\ State ticket headed by Capi.-8, B. Alex* andcr aud ?1 as Carr. In "LittlTRhody^ j V Providence, R.I.? 4tthe Democratic State Convention held hero Wednesday, Gov. W. T. C. ytodwetl, of Btis >1, was nominated far Governor, and has. ?. Gorman, of ; Providence, for Lieutenant Governor, j legates to the National Coaveatioo were instructed for Cleveland. i " Election at Eltatra, N. Y. . ^ N. Y. Citv. ? Special dispatches to the World say that t;ihe city and town ? elections in different; portions of tha j State show general % Democratic reverses; j The Republicans elected Mayors in Uti cs, Oswego, Auburn, fCormng. Hofnellt* ville and Amsterdam, and in; Blrafra tha regular Democratic cajididatej champion* i cd by Senator Hill, carried but one ward of the city. Large sum* of money irer* spent on both sides for votes, it is said,! md the independent Democratic candi date, for whom Cleveland Democrats and! Republicans voted, was chosen. i "In Utioa, too, lliil and Cleveland Democrats were arfajed against eadi r.thcr, while in Oswego a split l?t' the Democratic factions paved tha w? for a Republican victory. In Troy tl Democrats Elected their Mayor hy ov< 5.000 majority. 0 4 The Republicans also made gains (it supervisors, and io Duchess county, where last year the board stoo? tight Democrats 'to eight Republicans, it is lieved that the Republicans have elec tifteeo members and| the DsmocraUt! en." I j . Prohibitionists Beaten. Romb, Ga. ? The city election hinged >n the whiskey issue, and the Prohibi* tiouists were badly beaten. w?aK-. many fights at the jpolls. Chicago's Big Vftffwam. oc ratio- ? scepled Chicago, III.? The locall Dem< Convention Committee have accej plans for a wigwam to hold 18,000 per sons! Ths Western men think Hill pas the National Committee, and that isihy such a stubborn fight was made byjthe committee for a majority of the acp'a. The plans are now chaoged and 3,000 more seats added, which the committee will capture, thus giTing this city 0,000 seats and the National Committee 12,()00. The wigwam i*Nto cost $24,000 and r of Madison street. will be built on the lake frdot at the^fc^. ? ' L Florida Republicans. The Florida Republican State Cotfrek tion will be held at Tallahassee Aprtl 15; There is come talk of the Republicans joining forces wUh the third partem the . State ticket. Tbc eigjit delegate* to Minneapolis will undoabtedjy be pltdg* ed for Harrison. - - in Alleged Mummy Wheat. M^ny of us have read many timet about the allied mummv wheat taken from the pyramids of Egypt, and how ' this wheat groV* whan sown aad pro duces a strange rariety ^'toer its burial for 4000 years.4 And so/no deladefl per- . sons are lei to remark* upon the; great vitality possessed by the seed. "The old story is constantly repeated, and, lately by an alleged civil engineer of Na* York City, who has some of the wheat grow-, ing. And the American Miller remarks of it that ikis gratifying to knofv that the romantic story of the mummf whea^ is not a fiction after all, and that tlherc if { nothing impossible in tlie growing fit wheat 4000 yea** old ! * Such statements have been made be fore, but have been followed generally by efforts to sell the grain grown fnim this ? old wheat as an excellent variety nt lirg# prices. The whole story Ua fraud. Th? real mummy wheat is found in vej-y small ? quantities? perhaps half n yba$hel would J)Q too large an estimitc of all that ha4 been found? while thousands of bushels haTe been sold to gullible travelers by the wily Arab? who act %s guides. At an instance of the methods of these Arabs, it might he mentioned that with the wheat they offer for sale & ball go<l? of various kinds raide of mdUtl, and frhese arc Wade by thousands for this special tratiir; at t h - city of Birmingham, in England, and are s-.at to Kjypt for this purpose. 1 is| . Seeds of t?'a ats vary in their Ubility to j resist decay. Tne oily sve Js arc the m'iii du-able in tins reipect, while the ?tart-!jy kin i^, u tvim , will kc2$> al*re , f yoiy a 'c v ye iri. ? N ? a* Vorli Tinivs. ? | ? ? 315 : 92 :: 3.4x : 1. Dj: K *Lp. Mo. ? Wc hav.? a man within one mile oi lie Hal';. William I ones, who is 24 years, of age. 0 f< ct higbj 52 inches aroon'd the waist, wrais a 0?Mn' h cost (chest ni' i-uu ). wears a No. 12 shoe, a hat and w. i-'is 31 ? H* Caffflold <):it at r.ru. i'.*nj;*.h fc'ith ease a ta5nlwcig|iing 160 pounds, ltc i-a farmer apdjban <f as m-.icl. M??t k ss t?o common f.;?;i met! Mr. I s. A i- married to a lady rliat on! v weighs *J2 pounds. Dc-fc.h of a Kentucky Ccngrctsmsn. W.\Mm <?ton. D. r. - Hon. John W. K'-: all, pr'-c-ot :tfvo in Congress of tu" * ??.*> iv -t tr.-.ky <i L, iiet. eicd nt his vn the city ??t 0:25 pdpek from ? t. ? iTvf ' - tt-rxo strokes "-of y apoplexy. Mr. Keud.iil was 58 years of >\ge. A powerful example of moving r!v^" que nee If. when the old zcntlehun put h s head into th4; p?.rlorat 2 o\i:4?< and ray* it is ti-r>e for c.tilcrs ; ? ?r >? - -Uingaatn'oa Het)ubl:t-?c. " T.