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CAMDEN, S. ?., FRIDAY, JUNE IT, 1892 wSbEpS*-. i ti SCHOOL. *?fc880N FOR 1892. *7 of i arafo Thisi ?11 the (1 reof th?, and: \ ^ ?_ to> lesson 531 tfeat i In ?Bd "the* 'Hit r?r to] ? - Eft of *? not in the i??^K^th m the 10 we seat of the s+P*6 a summary i7*Hbe tbe coarse antjJ the ???> 4 P?r^h world shaii have ***?1 and of His K- is *u wes son in _ r?conciliatio? v J2TAnt r?'t JL*hlle Ph. I., 5 ^egarrcctir^a aQd ^?*odiv. T? ? ? Z'oa" -Jfc Dle^lar^ciil <p, $ i??ti>,ctTUV of tu, 'adi viduals ^?_ Consider the ^oeoaach^rib. the 16 A ?^COm:ni< Anti wtf ** God's 'le* ?f G JS" PurP?** PurPo-e to 0* Zion. ??t?alem and the ^ ?o ? point to the the dead i?ee " ?? time the ?f His body? *pth them when '> Ju,dge the na if *-?. wk?'e earth 2lL1The^ *n exhortation be found. _Worlls and S**?Text "fhe oonverting the s 1 to 6 we hav-e >. y all His wd J3 glorified in * HOgl^ ?? and to please 'Hie three jureetion, Scripture some one has said &9 whole library! L*?.C a 8il^nttesti . u!? ??e; 90 a'80 's We. The Book of wisdom, joy, , ^sness. 25S ^or'l my sh^p . Golden Text, 'The ? shall not want" we have the suf iJ ??. gJ?ry that siiall -{J- ^ fullness of the .?to7 not this shepherd ^ tonei's restoration t in is a. xl., 10, 11^ '6*7 true believer *t anticipate the -? kingdom, and by aw and my of this ?wt enjoy day bi ?? Good Shepherd s ?to I?1 or'i <*< . [renew & Some in are in our ?e $ clean jy c4me by and by the u.>i W e _ Son, bi|t not ?. W ij^n concerted >M1 other?X? theklory "Delight in Bod's r? l-12i. Golden raxt. rjhat dwell In Thy houte" " pealm is divided into r verses each. The first as l*o*fs dwelling of Israel, but it was only because of the ?g God. The second ?jo?rneying to Jeru-sa "I the land, and, making with tn?>ir pon=;^as The third-^fefert _ found in God and Of the g'ace of His "A Song of Praise" Text, "i*?ess the forget not al. lis hen Tbis psaliffr has b-jen ?to*, also a complete all the melodies of ?wakened in ttonor of the 'Sod. .Notice in the first cans** of praises to '"Daniel and His . i;, 8-21). Golden Text, j fcia hear f that he would .with the portion of the with the wine which he This text gives th*=> key irity. W ith purpose of to and his companions ever y appearance of the hohnes< of their ^bolytoo iLov. xi.. H T??. l9aad 17 how th? hm I of i them for g?>l. an t He ? of man and wisdouo "Nebuchadnez/aPs Golden Texts "All opened uato the eyes ? have to do" (Heb. we havrf an outline world from the days of ifchin; of the kingdom 'e see in the confession 10, 1 1> the utter in _ man to see or uuder God: but in the case of jarGoi we see how mra and how Ot\\ t-? pl?>as???i verses 17-23; Fs. xxv., "The Fi?ry Furnace" olden Text. " When thou i fire tbou shalt not be | the flame kindle upon Three apparentiv h~lp 1 before the ruier of the human power at his ititeV v know the King iord3 and Ruler of all to defy the earthly furnace awaits them. "The Den of Lions" BO Text "No manner ,him, became h^^be m- 2ft. This man .*be other three, and |bo of lions rather i to turn away from h 8 r 6( i i?or ? "t r> j'l'ro i i, Jeer, this .j notify {ii'ieen k*t m <li- 1 rlct*j>. Uft tnij i no r.tir? for aDi?vfera;e {ecw in di&atrrer be imple: fr-r A brick lining ?s 3<>il is hani <?? ;iy 1 lining iu?y ;heu sicfe an<i bottom*^; ?j* d ?t the ! Antonio, 4 4 Do yoa manage, officer. General I knew i ' ? Texas who cnn ts a $>oor bicycle rules, ? Truth. POLITICAL PROBLEMS. I Maneuvering^ For Control of Govern ments. Four Partis Actively At Work Furth ? ermg- Their Interests. 1 X ? . The three Republican H's from Illinois ? Hit'', Hopkins and* Henderson? have | been renominated. AH the strongest Republicans on the Pennsylvania delegation will be in the field for reflection to Congress. A Republican Senator is authority for the statement that Mr. B'aine w.l! not f write a political letter of any kind nntil j after the Minneapolis convention. He j says Mr. Blaine told him this. ? Among the Democratic Congressmen renominated are Geary and Camioetti, of California; Springer,'Busey,and YVilliams, of Illinois Ho man, Bertz, Brown. and Cooper, of Indiana; Hayes, of Iowa; Tarsney. of Missouri; Williams, of North Carolina, and Lavton, of Ohio. people's party call. Birmingham, Ala. ?George F. Gaither, State chairman of the People's party, issued a call for a State convention to meet in Birmingham June 23d to put out a full Srate ticket and elect delegates to the Omaha Convention. The official vote of Louisiana at the April election has jost beei announced. The following was the vote for Governor; Foster (Dem.), r'9,388; McEnery (Dem.), 47.037; Leonard (SUb.), 29,459; Breau.x (Rep.), 12,359; People's party ticket. 9, 792. The totaf 178,935, was less by 7,751 tfe%n the vote for Governor in 1888, an astonishing fact io view of the great excitement of the April contest. FUSION IN KANSAS. Kansas City, Mo.? A joint meeting of the Democratic and People's party of J Kansas was held here and they decided that it would be well for' the Democratic ami People s party to form a coalition against the Republicans in the coming elections. The meeting went into secret session at 11 o'clock and did not adjourn until 5 p. m. During the intervening hours the whole matter of fusion was thoroughly discusscd and a resolution was adopted giving the sense of the meeting as in favor of fusion. At the Massachusetts 8tate Prohibi tion convention Tharsday the committee cn permanent organization ieported for chairman the Rev. L. A. Banks, D. D.', of Boston and for secretary George Cook, Bjjtfambqdge. The chairman was given three ro?siUg,T; beers as" the "fighting par son" ano delivered a stirriug address. Wolcolt Hamlin, of Amherst, was nomi nated for Governor, and Edward Ken kail, of Cambridge, for Lieutenant Gov ernor by acclamation. The platform de nouncGJ the liquor traffic, opposes the free coinage of silver, trusts, monopolies and combinations of capital. ILLINOIS PROHIBITION I8T8. Springfield, III., ?At the Piohibition State convention the report of the com mittee recommending George W. Gere, of Champaign, and James Felter, of Sang amon, as electors for the State- at large was unanimously adopted. R. R. Link, a farmer, was nominated for Governor by acclamation, a?d addressed the convent ion briefly. The ticket was completed as follows, all the nominations being made by acclamation: Lieutenant-Governor ex Hepresentative Jaro^s Laroont; Secretory of ctate, John Killam; Auditor of Public I Accounts, Samuel D. Noe; Treasuier, T. I S. Marshall; Attorney General, A. P. I Wright. The platform adopted bv the convention declared emphatically against the liquor traffic. A resolution was adopted declaring in favor of closiDg the World's Fair on Sunday. AN INDIAN RUNNING *0R CONGRESS. The Republicans of the Fourth district af Kansas have chosen a quarter breed In dian named Charles Curtis as their candi date for congress. He is a native of Kan sas,- having been born in Shawnee county in January, 1860. His father was a ferryman or the Kew river kt Topeka. His mother was a half ..breed Pottawat omie, and her son is proud of her blood . Curtis' parents weie poor and his early* life was a struggle. When a boy he was a successful riiier of race hor-ts, and thus managed to make a living and some thing to spare for his fcjth r and mother. He was ambitious and tv ok, advan>age of the public schools. As he grew older he became a hack driver, and among his patrons in the * v enties were United States Senator Pome rov and his successor. Senator Ingalls. j While he drove a hack he kept up his studies. He ?aved enongh money to go through the Topeka high school, and af terward read law and was admitted to the bar in 18$!. He was chosen county attor ney in 1884 and ag-un in 1*86. He is earnest and resolute, and if he gets to congTess he will not be lost sight of. MITCH F.LL FOR GOVKRNOR. Tampa, Fla.? The Democratic con vention -eras in session till nearly 3 o'clock in tjje morning. At 1 o'clock the two : thirds rule was adopted and then the j Mitchell men forced the presentation of | names of gubernatorial candidates a?ain>t I strangeppositiorii^id amotion to adjourn. After Mitchell's name was presented j county after county fell in lint- for him i and at 2:15 he was nominated by accla- j nation, no other name being presented j against him. TTje convention re assembled at It a. : m. R. Fenwick Taylor, of Alarhua, for Justice of the Supre-ne Court; Dr. John ! L. Crawford, of Wakulla, for Secretary j State, and W. B Lamar, of Jefferson, for Attorney General; W. N. She ts, of Ataclraa, for Supt. Public Instruction, L were all nominated by acclamation. The committee on Chicago delegates was controlled'hy t)| Alliance. Four names j were presented for State Treasurer ; State Senator J. F. Baya. of Columbia county; j State Senator John D. Perrong. of Cal houn; C. B. Collins of Marion, and E. J . Triay erf JUural, the present incwobent. h Collins was nominated on the third bal lot. For Commissioner of Agriculture, L. B. Wambefl, of Jackson, was chosen. | The ticket is genera' ly* acceptable to. the anti Mitchell men. Following are the national electors: For State at-large, TV M. Shackelford, of Hernandon. an<l B. B. Blaokwell, of Suwannee: first con gressional district, A. E. Maxwell, of i Escambia: second. W. N. Thompson, of Nassau. Alternate*^** *te-at -large. A. W. Crifchn^ of Desoto, and S J. Turn bull, of Jefferson ; first district, W. H. Milton, Jr., of Jackson; second, W. Lx McDancy, of Duval, At 3 o'clock the convention took a recess until 4 p. m. A LEGISLATIVE SNAG. Free Rural Mail Delivery Gives Rise to a Debate. WASHEfGTOjr, C.? After a bill was reported to expedite the consi<|e: ation of pernios claims, the hooee went into com mittee of the whole (Mr. Buchanan, Democrat, of Virginia, ia the Cbair) on the postoffice appropriation bill umier the five m:nute rule. The item of |10,45<y)00 for free delivery proved the first snag in the bill. Mr. Caldwell (Rep.), of Pennyslvania, thought that the free delivery should be extended. There were many importent localities entirely cut off from proper postal facilities because the appropria tion was insufficient. Mr. Clark (Dem.), of Alabama, attack ed the operation of the postal laws, un der Postmaster General Wanamaker. Mr. Compton (Dem.), of Maryland, thought that the s )lution of rural deliv ery was in the establishment of more postofficea. He favored free delivery wherever it waa practicable, but this was not the case in rural localities. x" Mr. Henderson (Rep.), ??_-Iowa, thought the farmer was as much entitled to rapid postal facilities as those living in cities. He favored free box rent to every farmer. Mr. Moses (Dem.), of Georgia, diverted somewhat ftpm the bill for a tariff speech, in which he attacked the McKin ley law and said there was not a law ever passed by Congress which recog nized the rights~or interests of the far mers. The farmers paid for the postage that the cities use. TVTio would deny it? Mr. Bingham (Rep ), of Pennyslvania, interrupting: "I do." Mr. Moses: "No sane man would deny it." [Laughter.] Mr. Dolliver, Republican of Iowa, sym pathized with the movement to extend free delivery to the rural districts. An attempt was made to limit the de bate on thit clause for free delivery, but no understanding could be arrived at. After an hour's debate a vote was takeo. which disclosed the lack of a quorum, Mr. Caldwell, Republican, of Ohio, mik ing this point. Mr. Henderson, Demo crat, of North Carolina, being in charge of the bill, then moved a call for the com mittee. This disclosed a quorum present which vanished, however, on a vote. He then moved that the committee rise, and a resolution passed revoking all leaves of absence except for personal or family illness, and directing the sergeant at arms to telegraph to absent members to return. On motion of Mr. McMillin, Democoat, of Tennessee, the House the a adjourned. * The following day Mr Lanham, (Dem.), of Texas, by request of Mr. Crain, (Dem.), of Texas, offered the following amend ment: That the appropriation of $10,450,000 for fee delivery shall be disbursed in such manner that no additional free de livery offices shall be established in any congressional district created by virtue of the congressional apportionment act rin which there may be established ode or more free delivery offices, nor shall the free delivery facilities be increased in said offices until every congressional dis trict ia which there may be a place p->s sessing the necessary qnalificitions shall have been supplied with at least one free delivery office. It was adopted? 114 to 5& Mr. Livingston, (Dem ), of Georgia, offered an amendmeut providing that $100,000 should be used K>r experimental rural delivery outside of towns and villages. The chairman ruled the. amendment out of order. The bill pa?sed Thursday without anv further material changes. THE OLD LADY OUTWITTED. A Loving Couple of Marboro Wed ded on a Train. Kennettsville, S. C.? Julius Mathe son and Miss Mattie McLeod of Bethle heim.this couuty,have been lovers for some time, and their maniage has been pre vented by tbe unre cntinir opposition of yonng lady's moth r. Wednesday Miss McLeod took the train at this place, bound for some place in North Carolina, to attend a col lege commencement. At Tatum station, six miles north o# here, Mr. Mathesoo; in company with Rev. E. P. Easrerling, also boarded the train, and the two lovers were immediately married while the train was in motiOS, continu ing the trip to Nor. h < 'arolina. The con tracting parties are from the best families *n the county. New Industries in the South The- record of new industries in the South, as given by the Manufacturers' Record in its issue of June 3, shows the following improtant items: A $100,000 and a $25,000 machine works company, an $18,750 machine company and a $25,000 cotton compress company, all at Birmingham, Ala. ; a $100,000 heat and power company at bt. AugusMnc, Fla. ; a $25,000 lumber com pany at Atlanta, Ga. ; a $100,000 hedge tV-nce company at Savannab.Ga. ;a $125, t! >9 plmv-lioe-company atTalbotton, Ga. ; a 550 000 publishing company at Coving ton. Cy ; a $10,000 saddlery company, a $10iV000 reanufacturing company at Louisville, Ky. ; a $25,000 leather dress ing company at Baltimore. Md. ; a $160, 000 e'ectric light and water company at Newborn, N. C. : a $00,000 cotton mill company at Shelby, N. C. ; a $10,000 creamery company at WayMSville, N. C. ; a $25,000 ao*p and reSn^j^ company at Dallas, Texas: a $25,00$ cotton-seed oil mill company at Flatouia,Texas; a $100, 000 wharf and warehouse company at Norfolk, Va. , a $;>0,000 tobacco man ufacturing company at Louisville, Ky. ; a $25,000 -ww mill company at Jasper, Tean., and a $1<? 'HX> mt-iufacturing and a $150,000 roachtue works company at Baltimore. Md. Honoris# Jatfsrson Davis in Florida _ Palatka, Fla.? By grace of the last session of the Legislature Jefferson Davis' birthday anniversary is now legal holiday io Florida, and today is ft* first observ wko. 7$ The Old Dominion Lumber Co., of Norfolk. Va.. has purchased Green's swamp in Brunswick county, near Wil ^>n, N. C , and will endeavor to at-once make arrangements foT erecting saw and' planing mills to develop the timber on 1 -same. I i ALLIANCE COLUMN. How the Order is Standing the Crn cial Test Congressman Jerry Simpson Warms Up at "Warrenton, Va. V "VVaphisgtont. D. C. ? Mr. Bland has introduced "a bill to admit free of duty goods, wares, and merchandise purchas ed in foreign countries with ihe farm products of this country/' ***? + ? DESTRUCTION OF PLUTOCRACY. BY DR. A. S. HOCOHTO* ( AFTSB BYROSL The gold bugs swooped town, like fierce wolves. on the fold. And their cohorts were decked fn bright purple and golf; And the glint of their banners, like waves of the Rose and fell as they charged the brigades of the frep. While the traitors and spies, stalking far In the rear, Were destroyed by vengeance or silenced by fear. Like the minions of satan the enemy crew; Like the circling planet* their ~6rbit? tnev drew; like the combat of wolves was the conflict begun; Like the melting of snow was the carnage when done. For the legions of evil* unspaftered with blood. Had been washed from earth by a popular flood. AJhI there lay the leader* iuibended in grime. With their purple accoutrements covered with /) slime; ?And the wrecks of the engines they built to enslave, Wrre conskm<-d to the palsy and gloom of the grave; And the whRi* dove or peace spread her wings o'er the land. Now dell vefert at last from the plutocrat hand. And loud wafethe weeping in London and Weln, Acd the bottles were broke on tho banks of the Rhin-. For the people, aroused, had in thunder made rilaln They were, done with the falsehoods of gold and c* ampagne; And forever determined to trifle no more With the schemes of a foreign lulmlca' shore, ? Rut as free, -independent, and liberal foes. Of all who sut?j?vtlon to otuers propose; Maintain a republic whese all take a hand. Where the will of the people's the law of the land. * * * ? 4- * The Alliance Herald (Montgomery, I Ala.) says: The aggregate deposits in the banks of this country is over two billions. If all the depositors should call for their cash the same day, every bank would su-pend and everybody would loose their money. That is the biggest confidence game ever played in any coun i try. * * Jr. * * * AVERAGE RESPECTABILITY. Ward McAllister's estimate of the an nual living expenses of the family of average respectability, consisting of hus-3 hand, wife and three children, -amounts to $183,925. He itemizts as follows: Rent of city house (7 per cent, upon its value), #14,000; yearly expense of coun try house. $6,000; indoor servant's wages, $8,016 ; household expenses, exclusive of servants' wages, $18,964; his wife's dress ing, $10,000; his own wardrobe, $2,000; children's clothing and pocket money, $4,500; three children's schooling, $4, 500 ; entertaining by giving a ball and dances, $7,000; eniertiining at dinner. $9,000; op?ra box, $4,500; theatre and supper parties after theatre, $1.200; pa pers and magazines, $100; jeweler's run ning account. $1,000; stationery, $3,000; ' wedding presents and holiday gifts, $1, 500; pew in church $300; club dues, $425 ; physician's bill, $800; dentist's; bill, $300; transportation of household!' to country and re u?n, $250; traveling in Europe three months during the spring, $9,000; cost of tables, $17,100.? Ex. ****** A big crowd of members of the Farm ers1 Alliance went to Warrenton, Va., Tuesday to hear Congressman Jerry Simp son speak. He handled Democratic and Republican principles without Ngloves. . and this provoked a Democrat lK the audience, *who continually interrupted the speaker. At last Je.ry called out : "If that gentlemen don't keep quite I'll jwli off my socks and pitch into him." nThe speaker advocated unlimited coin age and other Alliance measures, and said: "You can't reform the tariff any more than you can reform h -11." He was for free trade, not tariff reform. ****** SOUTH CAROLINA. The Progressive Farmer says: The State Democratic convention in South Carolina has now become a matter of history. Tt e friends of the Alliance demands deserve great credit for the victory they gained. They-ccmposed a large majority of the convention rand conducted theins-lves with wisdom and conservatism. Thfv have asserted their supremacy and placed their princples in the Democratic platform. If every State, or even a majority of the State, had done I this, those principles ci uld have been j engrafted in the national platform of one | of the old parties and guaranteed its sue ; cess in the coining national contest. -But j it seems to have been impossible in any ? other State to fully succeed in this ' method ; and, therefore, South^CaroMna | will have the honor of standing aloBe in i the Chicago convention, and putting the ! national Democratic party on record on i the Alliance demands. ****** The Pi'-kens County New-, (Ala.) asks: If there is an ovei production of cotton, j why are cotton goods not cheaDer? Why are so many suffei in<x for the want of suffic I ient clothing? If there is an overproduc tion of wheat, why is not flour cheaper? ; Why ao many hungry people in the land? Is there an overproduction of meat? If I so, why so much want and starvation? Why island so cheap? Why is labor so ! cheap? Don't you suppose scarcity of ' money has more to do with it than any " tiling else? The Independent Press, (Neb) savs: John I). Hockcfel er, of New York, is worth $1*25.< OO.nOO. the average wealth in this rountrv is f 1.000 per capita, -in ordf-r to sustain this nun in nse'ew? wealth 1 25.000 ivi?ons must he deprived M-thfeir list dollnr. ***** * A plan is being operated in the Dakota Each Sub- Alliance ia asked to prepare and seed * cf-rtain number of ; acres of land to v\hr-at. This is to he an r>fFcring for the spre d Af Alliance princi ples. by selling the wheat and expending the proceeds for th;U object. It is sai i that hundreds of acres will he used in that manner, and great good is expected from tho experiment. Such methods i disclose an earnestness that should know | neither opposition nor dis ouragement. and should lead a nation or a people out of the dark shidowsof distress into the bright sunshine of prosperity. * * * * * * A correspondent writing from Min [ nesota. 'snys that Sta'e has over fourteen hundred Alliances and many Citizens' Alliances. The greatest "calamity howler1" has just began tohowl. He is the United States Census. He declares that there are nine million mortgages in existence at thi<* tim^: that'tliirtv-one thousand people own more thin h ?lf of all the wealth io tb?- country. MANY KILLED AND MAIMED/ i Furious Sweep of a Cyclone Over Texas Causes Much Damage. ! (jALveston. Tex.? Special from Lott. J Texas, says: The vicinity of Durangc i was visited by a terrible cyclone. W. Y. ' McPherson's place was struck first and I wiped from the face of the earth. Thi places of Phillip .Stevens, John Straw n. Lee Farmer, Torn Farmer, .1. M. Ander son and J. J*. BoSin were utterly demolish' ed, and Stevens Strawn. Mrs. Bolin, hei two children and Lee Parmer hurt. Tom Farmer's child was injured and the place of J. Groce was swept away, but Groct and his family were secure in a store house. The next pla^c in the path of dcstruc j tion was W. T. Weather's. Mr. Weath er's wife and live children and J. Hi eves, wife and baby were all in this bouse Mr. Wether's wife and two children were killed, the other three children being dangerously hurt. ? Mr. Reeves had his leg nnd collar-be^ broken. Mrs. Reeves was severely hurt and is stflj unconscious, while her baby escaped. Mr. Reeves' place was next completely destroyed. Ed . Bull's placc was next in the path and was destroyed and he was crippled. The house of H. Childers was uext'de *t roved and he aud his two children hurt, but not seriously. AlVoJ: these places ^rere completely destroyed, tiaf of Mr. Joe Bolin's children was hurt. desola tion which passes description, *een. ' > CENSUS OFFTCECOTTON BULLETIN. Comparative Production in Four States for the Teat* of 1879- - '80 and 1889-'90. Wasjuxgton, D. C.?The census office issued a bulletin containing the prelimi nary statistics of cotton produced in the States of North Carolina, Georgia and Florida for the vear ending May 31, 1890. In North Carolina the total area de voted ?o the cultivation of cotton in the year 1680-'90 was 1,147,206 acres, and the production of cotton 336,245 bales, as compared with a cultivated area of 893*153 acres, and a production of 369, 589 bales in 1879-'80. In South Carolina the iotal area devot ed to the cultivation of cotton in 1889-'90 was 1,987,651 acres, and the production of cotton 746.798 bales, as compared with a cultivated area of 1,364,249 acres, and a production of 522,548 bales in ljl79-'80. In Georgia the total area devoted to the cultivation of cotton in 1889-'90 was 3,345,526 acres, and the production of cotton 1,196,919 bales, as agaicst 2,617, 138 acres and 814,441 bales in 1879 '80. In Florida the total area devoted to the cultivation of cotton in 1889-*90 was 227, 370 acres, and the production of cotton 5?,92? bales, against 245,295 acres and a production of 54,997 bales in lSTO-'SO PUT OFF THE ROBBERY TOO LONG. Bold Train Robbers Make a Meagre Haul--Ju8t Missed $50,000. Wichita, Kaw. ? The south bound Santa Fe passenger train which leaves Wichita at 5:45 p. m., was held up in the night by masked robbers at the stock yards near the station of Red Rock, in the Cherokee strip. The train was flag ged and the engineer and fireman were taken prisoners. The robbers then en tered the express car, broke open the safe and secured its contents. The passengers were not molested. The robbers secured only about $400 from the express box and $50 and a gold watch belonging to one of the passengers. / They were unlucky in the selection of the night, as only two nigbti prior to last night the same trnin earned $50,000. The robbers /mounted ho/ses and rode awav. Alarge posse loft Guthrie at daylight for the scene, #ut as it is over fifty miles distant the rubbers will get a good start. This Cage Hrs Held Many Birds. Richmond, V ? Richmond is about to lose one of its oki and historic land marks. The Henrico county jail, the work of tearing down which has just begun, is oae of the oldest buildings in the city, having been erected about 1750. During its day the jail has held tnanv no torious prisoners. A new jail is to be built of stone and steel by a Cleveland, Ohio, tirm, au^^ill cost about ? 12,000. Roanoke's Big Boom, r> ' > _ , Roanoke, va.? Great preparations are j betog made for Roauoke's Decennial cel ebration. Nearly all the military com- i papies in the State have accepted invita- J tions to be present and it is expected that ; 1(^000 mcu will he in line on the day of I the parade. Connibutions are coming I ill/liberally. The city council appropriate i ed $2,500 foi c\ t m. A Funeral Instead of a Wedding. Richmond. Va. ? The body of William T. Abbot was found floating in the canal at Seve.it h street, at 0 o'clock. Mr Ab bott had been missing since'Monday^night. I He was engaged to be marriptl^J/* :i vcry ' estimable lady of this city, and it is said I ?he wedding was to have tok^n place j Thnrsdav night. j Killed Whilo Stealing Cabbages. Savannah, Ga.? While btea'ing cnb j bages from the faim of William Meyei?,. !> ar this city, at an early hour, Dennis Small, a crippled nrg10. wa? ?hot by Meyers and his hired man and killed. ! and the coroner's jury considered it justifiable homicide. Association of Nurserymen. Atlanta, Ga ? The National Asso ciation of Nurseryman, in session here for the last two d^ys. passed r< solution denouncing'^the inspection laws <A Cali fornia. and adjourned to meet next year in Chicago. South Carolina Naval Battalion. Columbia, S. C. ? Adjuta.t General Farley has completed the formation ?<f the Naval Battalion of volunteer militia of South Carolina, with the LaFnyette Ar- ; tillery^of Charleston. Beaufort Artillery, of Beatifort, and Chicora Rifles, of Mount Pleasant. . It is said that a party of N'-rthern c#?pi ' talists owning a cottoh null of 1,000 loonjs j and the necessity spinning machinery to j manufacture fine ginghams are seatebing f?r a location in NotJth or South Carolina They want a site-aeata rajifoad aod "water p*Ver' ; vv NATIONAL CONVENTION, * Tire Republican Party Assembles at Minneapolis. ?' 'v J Fassett, of New York, Temporary Chairman, Gov. McKinltey, of Ohio, Permanent Chairman. Minneapolis, Minn.? It whs just 13:30 when Chairman Clarkson,- of the national committee, struck t'ue table a light tap with the gavel. It was not. enough to re store order, but it caused many of the del egates to sit down :ind to cease conver sation. A moment later Mr. Clarkson brought the gavel down again twice sharp ly and the convention and galleries came to order quickly, and there was not a de legate standing when Mr. Clarkson an nounced that the session would be open^J with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Brush, Chan cellor of tbe University of (south Dakota The whole convention slope! asDr.Bru h delivered the invocation/ M. H. DeYouog. of California, (hen stepped forward and read the call for the convention. At 12:39 the reading of the call was concluded and I hairigan Clarkson arose and announced that he wis instructed by the committee to present to the conven tion for its temporary chairman, Hon. J. Sloat Fassett, x>f New York. There was a round of applause ot this announcement and a minuto later Chairman Clarkson was presenting him to the convention. He received the customary vocal welcome, the New York delegation rising and wav ing their hats in his honor. Mr, Fassett occupied half an hour with h s speech, aud then almost immedi&tely there went up cries of \*Keed!" "Reed!." Mr. Reed thf n tyscended the platform, and made a short address which was re ceived Aith enthusiasm. Gov. McKinley was unanimously nslect ed by the committee on permanent organ ization for chairman of the convention. WHEN THE WORLD WILL END. 2 The Rev. Mr. P<i^tell Foretells Dire Happenings Close at Hand. Atlanta, GX.--N$rth Georgia is now in throes of religious excitement produced by the preaching of the Rev. T. K. Pos tell. a Baptist missionary from the Indian Territory, who declares himself to be in formed as to the date fixed for the eud of the world. Post ell was bom in Georgia about 40 years ago. On attaining manhood he entered the ministry and was sent as a missionary to the Indians. For fifteen ye^rs he was engaged in that work. He says that in the last year he had so ri)$ny mysterious revelations made to him tftaL he felt called upon to preach to bis own people- their impending doom. He came back to Georgia and is cow engaged in the county near Dahlonega, giving the residents the bentit of his knowledge. The Jews, he said, will take up their journey to Palestine ou April 3, 189*i On April 3, 1900, the new temple at Je rnsalem will be dedicated with impres sive ccremonies, aud Christ will make his second advent on Mount Olivet on May 15 of tbe same year. Postell th'nks that the mountains should be secured by Christian people in time so as to keep it clear of squatters. in the meautime all the disasters fore told for the last days will have begun. Brethren will be arrayed against each other as nevir before. There will be wars and political revolutions calculated to drive people to a sense of their duty to God. Postells hearers] listen with eargerness to his revelations and talk of nothing but the cud of time. Sixty People Poisoned by Ice Cream. Piedmont, S. C. ? An ice cream festi val giveu here Saturday night under the auspices of the Presbyteri iu church re sulted in a wholesale poisoning of its customers. Iv is said that the cream was made ou Friday aud, remaining iu the cans over night, had developed a taste less but dangerous power. The eveuiug passed off merrily, pleasant to the guests and profitable to the church, but. a short time after their return home about sixty of those who had partaken of the un healthy dish began to exhibit syniptorns of acute poisoning and the physicians of tin; place were ovtrwhelmed with urgent calls. Many of the cases were severe, and but for prompt attention would cer tainly have resulted fatally. This event will doubthss establish the fact in this community that ice cream and tin caus cannot be left together with safety. Tlte Varied L'sc of Sl?1e. Slate is a variety of rock, having & small, compact grain, and a very tine, continuous cleavage or splitting structure, by which it can be separated into thin, evea places of great consistency. It was originally just so much soft mud on the floor an ancient sea, but, in the course of age* it became consolidated, and then metamorphosed, or gradually altered in character by the continued operation of various natural forces, until its present condition was attained. The chief em ployment of slate in commerce is that of a roofiing material, for which purpose it is better adapted than any other sub stance that has yet been tried. School slates are prepared in a very simple man ner from picked specimens of the com mon rooting variety, those of the Welsh quarries, however, beini; generally pre ferred to auy other. The plates which are to be made into writing slate? must nave a homegenous or finely grained and equal text ive, and he without any yellow pyrites or "slate diamonds," as these familiar glittering crystals are often termed. After they h*ve been separated from the other sorts they are carried to workmen, who fashion them into school slates, by first splitting them up evenly if required, and then finely polishing {hem even with specially adapted steel tools. They are next seut to the joiners to be fitted with wooden frames, after which they are quite ready for the edu cational markets at home or abroad. One workman cao polish or tinishsuch a large number of school slates in a day that the profit to the slats master or company is considerable, even if tfeej are retailed at ? prices as low aa a penny or ftaro pence tacb. ? Yaniee Blade, i Person in Ai'thnritj-^iJid how do you tike going to idio^ uoyT** Tb* Coming Han-^-'I tike goin* well 'nuff; it's the stoppin' w'eq I gets there I bol- , Hers at." ? Fuu. SELECT 8IFTIXQS. Laughing gu was discovered la 1876. Big Gimlet it the nam? of a winding strewn jn Missiouri. > The cocoa tree of the MaldivS Island) every month produces a cluster of nuts. Professor A. C. Reese, of Carrollton, Ga., has been teaching school fifty-sii years. To keep ferns alive in a warm room try wetting the leaves each iday with tepid water. Thefraitof an ordinary banana tree averages from thirty-live to forty pounds weight in a season. ' 0?er a doren American families are named as having taken houses in Lo&doil for the coming season. In South Africa the seller of any horse or ox is bpund by law to provide two sureties that it was not stolen. A neW universal language is on the principle of numbering. Every word is numbered. For eiastyle: 44I write to know," would be 10, 72, 35676. A watchmaker In Nuremberg, Bavaria, has invented a device. which displays on a face of a clock, one %our before it is about to run down, the warning word, "Wind." The principal wheat exporting coun tries of the world are in the order named: the United States, British India, Austria Hungary, Russia, Australasia and the Argentine. j S There is a tract of land in Levy County, Florida, in which three holes have been dug thirty feet apart and each excavation has laid bare parts of the skeleton of~e~ huge animal. - One of fashion's devotees su^gerti thst the Government ought to print an assortment of postage stamps with a black border, for the use of the people in mourning, t' I'M Lumbermen returning from the head waters pf the Machias River in Maine re port that the weather was so warm in . that region during January that hornets left their hives. The grestest flshway in the world is I? the course of construction on the Potomac at the Great Falls. When it is completed it will carry fish over a vert ical fall of seventy-two feet. The first train to run in Great Britain was between Stockton and Darlington on September 27, 1825. George Stephenson was the ixifpt and the speed was not more than five miles an hour. A foi pursued by hounds ran into a door-yara in the town of Waldo, La., the other day, and just as he was going over a wall a man caught and killed the ani mal by choking him to death. A law is to be passed in Co9ta Rica, "Central America, making the sale to for eigners of Indian antiquities collected in the republic a crime punishable with severe penalties. A similar law is to be . passed in Ecuador, The earliest known leas is one of rock crystal unearthed by Bayard at Nine veh. This lens, the age of which is measured by thousands of years now lies in the British Museum, as bright and as clear as it was tho day it left the maker's hands. A nineteen year old girl of Cincinnati, Ohio, placed a chair over a hole in the . sidewalk ^opposite her father's liouso where Western Union workmen were about to put a telegraph pole. She sat on tho chair until her father obtained an injunction. The National Library in Washington contains 700,000, bound volumes and 200,000 pamphlets. The yearly increase is from 15,000 to 20,000 volumej, and the new building, which will be com pleted in four years, is to be capable of holding 4,000,000 books. The AstoT estate has, upon competent authority, twenty-five acres in New York City, all built up below Eighty-sixth street, and that is less than half of it. When the Astor House, now valued at $2,000,000, was built in 1S35, John Jacob Astor sold it to his sou, Williaa B., for 11. ^ The credit of inaugurating Arbor Day belongs to the Nebraska State Board of Agricultuie, which, in 1874, recom mended the second Wednesday of April in each year as a day dedicated to tho work of planting trees, with a vie v of encouraging tho love of tree* and the preservation or American woods. Much of civilized history coul 1 be written in lace. More thau almost any other luxury it has been the burden of statecraft, the concerns of kin^f. The Moors brought it into Spain aton< will other arts. It is Colbert's glory to have planted it securely in France, whe ice the Huguenots took it to E-igland, Bel uium and Flanders. O Wctt Groomed Animals Work Best. Let two men of equal strength start at any bard outdoor work. Letthem have the same food and shelter. Oue man washes and change: hisclothes frequent ly; if he gets his feet frit he changes his stockings and dries his feet at night; he j keeps his skin clean and his clothes well } ?aired. The other simply 'eats to work/ j paying little or no attention to keeping cleau and dry. Doe? anybody doubt which man will do the more *nd better work during the season? We often hear men say they fee-i their horses well but still they can't get them fat. Of ' ; course they can't. It needs something ! besides dumping hay h n < i grain into the ? j manner and lee 1 ho.x an<l then leaving the horse to enjoy his food. Rubbing j j nni drying pay with a hor-?> just as thty t do with a -nao. A clean, open skin ! means more horse power. Even a steel machine need* t> he rubbe I and pol ished. The hors'i that d >cs more work t*?a?> any ? ?t h^r we know of is kept by a man who says* "When I havo nothing else to do I go out and rub down that horse-'' There ought to be some better ' way of spending a portion of one's spare time, but there be can no doubt about tho^ profit in a good currycomb and brush, j ? Chicago Times. Bachelor ? "Say, Uenpecque, as yoiir L wife is away let's go to a lecture to '"night." Benedict (shuddering) ? "No, thanks; I prefer a change from my usual I j^dofpcslfc routine. Let's go to a deaf rind dumb asylum."? New York Jour ! Waiter? "Will you have salt on your i eires?" Guest ? "No, thank vr?u. j Tnev're not at all fresh." ? Pick Me Up. A POWERFUL TRIBUNAL \ -1, North Carolina Railway Commission Lays Down the Lawi. They Order Oar Steps to Be lowered; and Better Passenger Attorn* modationeat Stations. ! t ;r Rai^ioh, N. 0.? The' railway com mission has issued orders to the iVilming ton & Weld oo Railway to provide suita ble passangei accomodations at Tarboro, Bethel, Everett's and Wilson. jThe rail- ? way sCtes to the comfcnissionj that it ie j endeavoring to secure a- suit for the depot > ? at Wilsou. These cases are hetolopen to ' see that the railway complies fully with ; | : the commission's requirement*. i The officials of the Western North Caro lina Railroad having been noticed by the commission of the serious complaints j made regarding the condition df the Mur phy branch, report that immediate steps will be taken to put the road in safsaad proper ahape. For many year# work has goue on on this Murphy bratch, snd s slow and tedious job it has teen/ Two or three Legislatures have talkeda^eut-#. The Richmond. & Danville Railroad is obliged by the' terms of theffcobtraict with the tftate to finish it, but nfenjr a time the railroad people would likeio have thrown up the contract. k The railway commission issued an or ..der to all railways in tho State to either lew^rthe ateps of their passenger cars or else build platforms to that pas- ' ? sengero can enter the car more reaaily. There are many complaints that the steps arc sa high that they cannot be reached ; with any^egree^of convenience. Cloth From Ramie. The first experiment in the tnanufac* , - ture of cloth from ramie m 'the United* J States was made recently at thecal Jose : M i (Cal.) woolen mill. Mr. Murray, of tho . department of ramie culture,' had been is San Jose for several days working up f the interest in the new textile fibre, and in the course of his work cameuTcon-; j' tact with Superintentyit purr of the | ^ woolen mills. The latter ' became 'in* fected with some of Mr. Hupmy's en thusiasm, and it was not long before arrangements were madevfor a practical test of the new weed. s That test made, and the result is omipentlf satis factory. The fibre was put through tho same presses at the mills 4s soy other -J ' material used for making cloth. It went ? through the machines, was itwisted into thread, and then a thread qf wool and a thread of ramie were twisfed' together. Being put on the loom the machine was started, and in a few minutes the cloth began slowly to unroU. ! ? ^ ? < :'v. The fabric resultant from the process was a strong, closely woiren piece of cloth, strong and durable! folding it up to the light one could n6t eee thltugh it. The color of the clothi was. a hluj||i^ gray , the wool ?sup^in^the dyk arttT tho^^i ramie fibre the light portion. Ramie is ^ much stronger than woolj, is forty -on^ times stronger than cotton and mors^. nearly approaches silk ifl this respect than any other material used in .the man ufacture of cloth. Thus it is evidsst that a fabric made of a mixture of wpol snd rainie is far superior to a cotton S%<1 wool mixture.* The fiber, when for the mills, is in bunches about $ feet long, of a creamy white >wlor an has a luster like silk. It can 1m jiyed any color and still retain its lusteW and hence can be used in the manufacture of silk-mixed weaves, making a fabViVjust as good in every way but far cheaper than if silk were used. J It will have the effect when it comes into general use of chcajpening all textiles of this character, while .giving a fabrio better in looks and wearing qualities. One of the big points claimed for ramie is the ease with which jt can be pro duced and the consequent big profit to the producer. Ramie is. nothing more nor less than a weed,* and grows and increases with the prolificness for which weeds are noted. The plant does, not ^ need a rich soil; in faet, it seems to thrive best in a soil in which nothing else will grow, and is especially va'.uabre- _ on this account. It is claimed that three H crops -a year can be secured, and at the least calculation a profit of $200 an. acre will pour into the pockets of the ramie, cultivator. The field will not have to be replanted for twenty years, for the plants will grow and produce good fiber for that length of time. + -Sen Francisco Chronicle. ? Tlie Tower of the Hirers* The possibility of utilising the current of our rirer3 to furnish power on shore has often been a subject of i peculation.^ There are few minds wlich hare not rtc. ognized the immense benefits that woald, accrue from stteh an fcchievernent if it wore possible; but the majority,. both lay and expert, hare been accit^omed to accept the difficulties presented by the unreliability of the flatfc j /fce?varietion of the height of the rivett and the slight fall as practically insuperabte from the engineering point of view. . . An expert who refuses to' be tied up by precedent, however, declares his be? lief that these difficulties can be over come. It says that it will be done half a century hence, and the operation of fifty years from now wiH^mnd amazed at the wastefulness of this day. ; The meth'vfs by which he would harnesi. thej. river ? air tight drumi on water wheels"' communicating their power to dynamos which generate electricity to be disUib* lite! for powsr and li^'ht all over the vicinity ? do not appear to be as inber ently improbable as those by which 'My of th<? inventions o! the past were made BM?v.>sful -ii'l before their sucoeit wis (i? -n in?;r:ite'l by actual practice. Without waiting for the grand chU? ? Ire 1 1 of tne generation to acMei tins a i vance, it is safe that ! giricer Who can make, jit wofk. . wl great mtSyof* , _ j institution*. It is \ 'limit |to the c'inegei that \ ItUe place?when this power \ Is toefeeeifuUy utilized. But wc fear that aey inrention of thle sort will have to depend for its succetv on adventitious aid to prevent the shrii^k*, N ige of streams in summer to a beggarly4' eighteen inches or .two. feet in depth with no current worth spealring of.*-* Pittsburgh Dispatch; > ?? ' j j > i f > "li -