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llall-Sl.ftnlhh, l'ortntfues*. fUHCh. (K?finut?, Httodl&p) I>a?j?l>; Kotw^'Klui), lioimtoinn, 1 1 it lltiii, French, titc. Tho old etyn* fe lociko i \lj?'U by kilftl.y A? A 1*1(0 ol antiquity, especially ttvu '"qmtoiit jnmil tltiu iilrauimo," wbo#o Joke** aro tho t>Ult ?Man of ibo very papers In whoso columns tlif y itrst uppoamh W?H ,th?io ??? almanacs liUd almanacs, liver fcluoo ))r. Ayiw'a Auonnrto lit** b*en put out Mi ' Iiab Dtivptoyod as a olflfi-i of mathematical find msuo riomii'??l Irtlwtl afc itt iiyuIIkImo In thoeonnUy, Tho M#uli/i8 that It ciAmls on a pur* n? ri^p?ou^<inu r<-llubildw ?t- M# dap* nt.-t tho ,t?<*<:uiHoy of Ita Cft ci/iHtioua with t ho U. y. Nautical Almai no./itto lehtlmouy to this fact is tomxl y ar aftafc^ear hi tho lottom, re ferred to tho a rnanao department of l no Company, from fttudentaand mathonmtlMuuo In various | arts of tho world. Jn lift p--r jnuiiruco and reliability Ayer's Almunno M?nd6 as a 'Very flitb k *yP? *>' tho Avor XUmiodh s- lndUp' t>?ibl? in iho family and rulhjblo ?-vi<ry oay In th? y<ar, Tho 1SV7 ed.tlon of this useful altnauao In now In tvtirsnof dbitrlbution through tho druggists 'bltUS flouu'try.' V ? n ? ? ? Ai? to Obtldron nu^ Poga. tVr.shlngton Irving bua oi'ton been ac cused of aayjng that little dogs a yd children were Influential member^'0' French society. It Is quite true Pitfit In the United Btates I never noticed that close und sentimental intimacy be tween human beings and quadrupeds no. frequently aeon in France. Ameri can life Is ?o uotive, bo desperately crowded, either usefully or socially, that pet:baps it dooa not permit the loss of thuo Inevitably brought ubout by friendly Intercourse wltb a dog. As for children, I believe that their Impor tance ia equally groat in all countries; but it asserts Itaplf in a more noisy imiu . ner in America than any w hero el no. ' Kverythlng 'Is sacrificed to thum; for they represent the future, which Is all *hnt counte in a country whose pant lo Very short, nud whoso present la a pe riod of high-pressure development. Vet 110 ono must suppose that, before pre senting an apology for French children. I intend to malign American ch'ldrcn, us certain travelers bavovtaken thu lib Crly of doing very thoughtlessly, al though they had toot them only on otcnrmshlps. cars, or at hotels, enjoying a holiday wltb that buoyancy which Is the chai??uterlstle mark of the whole raco. I have known some who were ? very well brought up, even from oil) ? point of view, and among those who were not 1 have admired prejoelouA sense, Vlvaoity of mind, quiet determi nation, .and capacity for self-govern nieut, qualities which I should wish for all ours.?Century.* Uonr Adopts n Llttlo Girl. ?"-Ivlttlq 4-year-old MelmA Under wan flcrcd away from her homo near Snow* shoe, Pa., Oct. 22. She was u wallowed t:p by the wH?l?rnpRS of tno Alloghnny Mountains. A large searching party turned out.. Lave Saturday afternoon foiir lumbermen found the child about n mllo and a hidf from her home In the deuso woods playing happily with two bear cubs. The men were taking IUdrtia away when a 300-pound female bear dashed out from the underbrush. After a desperate struggle tlio beast was killed with axca. Frit?! Yanseer's right arm was terribly lacerated and (imputation may be necessary. , 'An American heiress has married n "'foreign* nobleman" who possesses a ped igree ruunlug buck to tho tjilrtoentli century. Men whoso ancestry runs l>aeli so far mny find tliamsHlves In '^the position of Sydney Smith when ?he declared that he kuyo up pedigree (bunting because ho hail Invariably ?found some of his auceators disap pearing about tho timo of tho assizes. VTnitN IiIHoua or iv>st!vo, c*t a On*"nrct, Cftudy outlini'i.e; ruru kuuimiUoo.1; 10o., !!><:. FlTSstn\i)ic(t frcoan?i p?rnu>n??ntlyct?r?f'J. No f I* pft"'.' Jl?t <l'\J 'h use O:' 1)11. Kf.tMK'B CjUKAT f^KltVKUKK?Ot?r.l?. I'VocSC.l lnt hntt Unit I80i Fouil id i M\ ]<"? ??. Wll A roh St., I'lilliu, i'n. t*APC*n"ifi fltfinulnto )Mvr, kMnty* nnd 1:0 ^ til.-. NVvnr <.p, woiiKu t or tff.jK; I0O. Mm. s .->y.-.ip fuf etilUSre* l^dtblnn, BoftiMifi On- nidtiijf* in .1? tumu li on. &11?-vb pttlu, euros wind colic. 2i>o. a hot ? lis Just try ft 10 ?. l><?<c o<" PiiaoaretVfcTn'l j ct\ ilui'.ic, liiiCft iiwr n>wl tiouui rc^rtliuir in tut o. If nrT.trt,*<l with eoro oy?s u-w Dr. I. Thomp son* Kyu wntoi*. Draw l?tS ??U M *k> u bottlo. merit* uro pxpnnaivo. I? in no nxporlrm-nt to takothyir.edsHa ?? vrhith {hn?isnr.j*s ??n?iors<? h* t hi* bum ; whluhcurtvs vvlion others fui!t uumoly Sarsaparilla Jho ticst- -In fact l^o O ,o Tnio lliotxl PurlAor. If nftJ Bill- cine imuseft, (nfllgostion, Hoot! S rlliS b.llOU.MM. ftvOUU. R.IiP.A.N.S Packed Without OUsa. '1 UN FOR FiYBCIiM iS, 'fhle form of mpan?Tnl)Hl''?l*pr<,r?rM from .iirorlRkMl preroriptlon, but il><iie ooorvr.m li'Aily put up for the purpoco of meeting Uio UiilvcrrtAl modern <tom?nd for n io \t price. 1>1 ItliCTIOIN H.?UUo oiio nt riu-.il or br<l time or T?fccnoTcr you feel poorly. Swallow It \7bo!o, with or mtaout a Mouthful of water. They cure nil etom-.ch troubles i bnnish Jfct rln} * t'?r?.wlu rn*i?>e tfVJirtxtions *ro folloe-rd. frwto'NuiiooTM moling1 life. AnlnraJ )'06t f'pr;n? Medicine. No matter wbat'f tho imtter, one will do you jrootl, ?h r*'n l ?lo toukx. Uat'f tho Ono (rlre? rellof? .The flvoccnt parkier* ore not yet to bo bnd of ell doctors, Although It I* probable that almoet ?vny,drui?lrt will obt-vla it supply whrn roquc?lcd * ? torn or (odatoi but In ?ny coo6 a elnglo PontAlnln* *?n fabgtef, jv(l? be een?, no<t , to uw rorftve <~nu in ttitnrm. totbotrvte,r/ront?and pe<l ?!<?}* price reiieh.t!lil ?Jlow i of profit, el*, i 1 down car muUl rente. Mdoe?n<lt* y mall forf ?.W. 6 rrooa (rm "8 trromn (J, 600 oufina) for order In ore 17 Mm, end ??*t tbebuyer'a oort l^Vth tbO x or oprteacAuagaaat 35??ww -MgmYW* HEAT WfTH Pritchard Gots Eighty-Six Votoston * First Ballot. 3 HE'S THE 'DADDY OF FUSION." Democrats Voted for Deiighton and ' the Populists for Oy Thompson.? j Prttelinrd Heceived 17 Pop. Votes. At flaloigh, N. O., Tuesday prompt ly at 12 o'clock Lieutenant (iovornor liey Isolds rapped on hit* do sic And ft a- i nouneed tbo hour had ^rvjv^d (or the t oiootion of n Rouatov. The galleries ; and lobblea wore filled, the exeitomont ? illtiHlfiV; Senator Smftthorrt, of Ifuywortd, aroso : and put iu uoininatlon Senator fVitoU* ftrd. Ho ?aid Pritehfcxl waa tho "dad dy of fusion" and tho^ Populista owed him theiv five CongTOf fJMftP. Ho ad mitted Pritchard w an against froo coin ttjjoa but, mid ho thought Populist* owud him thuir supporf anyway a* a debt of gratitudo. Ho said tbo Popu linta wore profont by P.opublican vote# and they ought U vote for tho Repub lican candidate, Pritchard'e nomination was focondod by tho negro Senator from Kdgeeombo, who said ho wanted u colored man ft>r f-'onator, hut not ton nogroes in North Carolina votod for Populistn to oomo hero except to. voto for Pritohard. Jf tho Populihta voted against Pritohard thoy would nevor nop Haloigh again ex cept on tho map. Maxwoll, of Duplin, for t ho Populists nominated I hompson, a man-aft hopest as God's noonday aun. , Aboil, of Johnson,, on holmlf of tbo Donjooratfi, nominatod 11. A. Dough ton, of Alieghonuy, llo voforrod to bis ability and lu-jislallvo oxpeViofioe and his earnest ana sincere advocacy of fvoo (join ago. Wiikoflold^ of Caldwell, (Populist) statod that Itvo out of six of bin con stituent*.) woro Populjlicann who favor co-opeiation. Ho socomlod th? nomi nation of Pritchard, and raid it was selfishness gone to need for Populists' to expect tbo Senatortdiip in thin con tost. .?.t water, of Chatham, Becondod tho domination of 'I hompson Ho *aid tho Populist party breathed breath into tbo dead car casta of tho i optihlicau party. 'J ho nonunatiouH having been oon cludod tho ballot was proceeded with aa foil own: I'ritchard, 24; Thompson, 17; Dough ton, 7. I'ritchard having failed to re ceive a majority , there was no oloo tion. '? ? Wednesday the two houses met in joint pension to dcclaro the result. 'iho following J opulist-. enatorn vot ed for lritehard: Laker. 0 amoron, l-'nrly, Nowcomo, Odnm and \\ akc liold. The following in the vote in tho Sen ato: Pritchard, (A1; Thompson, 24; Houghton 27. Pritchurd, therefore, received eighty six votes, a majority of ono. In the House, at noon, Pepresenta tivo I.uclc, of Huncrjmbe, placed sena tor Pritchard in nominotion in an eulo gistic speech Ho raid ho never ro ?rcttod having voted for Alaiion Put* or ami that, no who a worthy Sona tor. liopresentativo Schulken nominated Dr Cy 'I hoinpaon. Ho invited all Democrats to come to tho support of f, him. \ Parker, of Poi ipiiuiaiiP, "jvho was hardly ahlo to Bland, becondod tho nomination t.f Pritchard. When ho nominated i litchard and stated\he was tho choice yf tho Populists of l/aatcrn North ( nrelina, the applntisto \\;ns deaf ening and I lis tod several seconds. Par ker it; a bolting Populint. Dr. I ixon, of Cleveland, nominated lft>iou(cuunt Covornor P.uftiB A. Dough I oh on behalf of tho Domoerata in a in ignilicent,: pocch. Hentatod that tho i^omocrala had tried to eHcot a union of all the silver legislators, but tho I'opulista had pa me mi the oiler by uu beedod. The votiny in the lroyao waa about as expected. Hrowor votoclft>r Pritchard, but almost, inaudibly. lb \an. of Chat ham, and all Ihoothor boltimr Populists fftve. Pagan voted for Pritchard 'I hoso who did* not > ?dc woro Cox, Docliery, ?Iriiies, of Alleghany, Purgoraon, Poy nohhi and l-mf<tea(f. Prown explained bin voto. He paid thai he rcco^nized the pledge mado two yearn ag<. by tho Populists and thero fore voted for I ritchard. Claude Pookery afikeil to bo excused from voting He stated that undor certain conditions ho could not voto for Pritchard and that thono conditions had developed Tho voto in the Honsowas Pvilohnrd, C3; Houghton, 27; fl homppon, 24. Pritchaul men are jubilant. Con grcssmati Pearson said: "Not a man disappointed uf>. Pvery ono voted aa we expected. " Clicorod tJstbu Lilirr. At Charleston. B. C. . Monday, an au dience ui 2,000 to 2,AOO people tilled tho Acadomy of Mupio to listen to the elo quent f.pcechcs cxj)rer>sing ttjnhpath^ for Cuba and douianding the recoprm tion of tho in.Mtrgoiil:i and to cheer Cuban Libre 'llio audience was a most sympathetic and responaivo one and tho pent-up cnthiiriasui frequently burst forth in cheers which niade the rafters of the picturesque old building vibrate. Collector of Customs. The President Monday sent to the Son ate tho nomination of Thomas P. Pynuiii, of North Carolina, to bo col lector of customs for the Histrietof Al bermarle, N. O. ? ' ? .WiMi- ? - - ? . Croat I'lro mnl ICxplobion. At Mobile, 1\kia , the planing mill of tho Dixie Azilr company was burned During tho progress *?f tho tire sparkt- 1 frojn tne mill ret lire to the city mag a zino, and a tromendoua explosion, which broke ghi^n in many housee in tho northern part of the eity^nd as fa> out tho convent in hummerville, j aUout nine miles from the sceno of tin explosion. At tbo timo of the explo fcion tliere wero e,lHH> pounds of powde; and 3 ?/o i*?nftds of dynamite stovod ii tho magazino. Two wero killed. Making Silver Dollars. The ifcsuo of standard silver dollar* from tho mints and treasury offycAs foi the week ended dan. ltth woe ^t247,74 and for the corresponding period last *2.r>MW he shipment o. tiAOtional silver ctaii from January 30 to loth aggregated #212,000. Preeantlons Taken. The great .epidemic of.the buboxxit plagnlftn '^Bombay lifts impelled tht author ics of Ihe xnarino hospital tarvie at tVashington to take step* to aaeaii tfee Utmost possible vigirtmcC bj- mi ~ tub; cqsmko iwu'obition. 1,6 Oj>ei?odriii Charlotte on May let, ?rn I will \:ontluuoa Month i ... or Ijou^or. YVith no motive other than Affording An op|H>i tun jty for tho instruction and ontortainmoht of thousands of individ uals throughout tho Bouthorn Statos,' And <\n otuiicfct doairo to broaden and oxtoud its luofulnosft to tho community in gonoral and tho interests of tho Y. M. 0. A. of Charlotte especially, tho women of Mooklenbnrg will inaugurate a grand Art Loan, Industrial and Hoi entitle Exposition at Charlootto, N. 0., Vim"1i W '* to Juno l, inclusive* \S hue liberal donations aro oxpgoted toward tbesucoeMi oFttns /Hjposltioft, It Ik intended by tho management that the arrangements will bo no planned fthd exeoutod tliat reciprocal benefit shall bo folt by those who shall contri bute. 'I )iia will bo accomplished by means of a thorough advert isemont of the business and wares of tho do nors. n A committee of representative citi jtans will loud oftlciont aid to tho women olMeek Ion burg in making the affair a sutooss, and an entortaining and in r.trtfejivo progiummo or exoroisos will be nrrkn^cd for oaoh evening. This? not. u monoymalnYg scheme to onricli individual*, but the general aim iH to create a purpose fund for tho local asHooiation^ and a new enthusiasm for the Y. jVI. (J. A. ni Huh city, county and State And] throughout tho longth and breadth ofHho country, no far- as thoy can make tho^influeneo of tho ox* potation folt. The o^uno is tho cauho of young men and of humanity. Thin century with all it* achievements has brought forth no nobler eutorpribe than the l'oung Men's Christian Assooia tionr Ollir.lt NATION8 FOLLOW. Tho Arbitration Treaty WKh England Olnoy'a Victory ? Tho conolufiion of a treaty of arkk? tration botwoen Orent Britain and t.hd United Statos marku an epoch in tho history of diplomacy . It is tho first time that two gloat nations havo over joinod in an agreement to submit their differences, whatover thoy may bo, ant' whenever they may occur, to a court of reason instead of tho arbitrament of war. In theory nearly all the civilized nations of tho oarth concede that ai-bi tration in the proper mode of settle ment. ai.id it is believed by diplomat i' t:i that this is the first stop in a gon e?al adoption of the arbitration prin ciple, and tho troaty which has been concluded bet.woon' Great Britain and tho United State*, or a similar one, will bo siguod by France, Italy, Hpain, Portugal, Holgium. Switzerland, Don mat h> wed en ana Norway and tho Netherlands, unci by Brazil, Uruguay, tho Argent ino Republic, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and the several countries of Control Amer ica In case tho othor European nations join >Jn.&...genoral treaty, it is bolieyed^t hjyfc'CJormuny, Austria and Itussia will do tho sjune, although thoy Aio not known as avbitrative countries, and would not take the' initiative in such a movement Secretary Olnoy has won a great, triumph, the greatosjr that has marked tho diplomatic affairs of tho United Statco for many years. -r?? Scared I iltmnn Oil'. lion. O. N. Tillman, of Tennessee, Republican, who rocently filed a notice of contest of the election of Hon. Bob ert L. Taylor, Democrat, ns Govornor, has announced bin withdrawal from the con est. '1 hu Legislature passed a bill a day or t wo ago requiring a contestant for the o 111 co of ( iovornor togivo a ? Ol)() bond for tbo c.oata of tho content and Mr. Tilk.,an, wltilo believing he was olccted' and expressing his boli?:f that hu coy Id prove this fact, says he is unwilling'to arsumo the personal risk of having a partisan majority impose the penalty of a $<}.), 000 lino. To be Again Taken Up. At Wilmington, N. O., Inst, week in tho United States Circuit Court, Judge Simonton presiding, nrgninontof coun sel in the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Bid I road case was concluded. Judge Cross,, ^ounsol for tho Ihdtiinore com mitted road a tender of Si', 000,000 for the entire road. 'I he Court ordered all briefs t<<*be filed in thirty days upon which confederation of the case will bo ngain takon tip. It is not likoly that the final decree of sslo will bo iissuod beiore tl^e latter part of February. Wants to liny Culm. Beprosontative Spencer, of jMisBisr.ip f>i, /ifdrcduced a bill in tho United Htates .1 louse, which i? as follows: "Tho Secretary of St is hereby au thorized to oH'er to tho government of L-paiu a sum of inonoy not to exceed fii00, IHH i,000, for tho purchase of the is land of Cuba, and tho sum of 810,000, jr ro much thereof as may be neces <ary, to defray the ex])onses of pending negotiations is heroby appropriated. " Smashing Bantam*. A courageous Indiana l.tgislator has Introduced a bill to hold bagga^o Biuufihers l'^ponsiblo for tho baggage Ihcy smash. ; Ho propoKes to line thorn every time they throw u pieco of bag gage from the car door to the platform, instead of gently transferring it to a truck, only a few inches lower than tho bottom of the car. Children Hurried to Dentil. Tho boys' wing of Bucknor's Or phans' home, live miles from Dallas, Texas, has been destroyed by lire. Five boys perished in the llnmes and several others were injured, probably fatally. I ho building, with all of its furniture, was entirely aOstroyod. Lynch Law Advised. Tha New Orleans States emphaVTcally and earnestly advipes a resort to "lynch law" in this city, on account of its'law less conditionand tho immunity from punishment -win on criminals enjoy ho ennso of tho dclayn and laxity of tho courts, aud especially tho common mcana of escape on tho plcaof insanity, ?tsavs, alpo. that tho city is so infested by uesporadoos as to make travel in -<oino section* dangorous, and advises . eaceablo citizens to carry arms, at the isk of having to pay heavy finos for so loing. * .. . ^rlef Mention. The Spanish govern mo?t has decided to immediately ofVocfc reforms in Tuba. ^ The guMboat Machias haa been rdefed to Bangkok, 8iam, to protect ?r^^an interests' there by 8ecretar\ Herbert. i he Anderson, 8. C. , aoap factory is . at ? Jf_* _ A - ^SllUIWIUUIIg vrjrr, IllUIISItllll JWOBM Of oth kundy and toilet eoap daily. ;Wra. -brW?Bjrf Uniud Stufe* COMMERCIAL UKVIKW, { A Steady Crowth of Prosperity Apt parent to that of 1870. Weswo. H. <?, Dun <fc Co., nays: "The groaloat growth and prosperity the country had ovejr^on eamo sudden ly in 187), after tsovpfal months pt dis appointment, boeauso speoio resump* tion had not yet fought tho benefits expected. It takoa timo for now confi dence to reach easier money markets, larger orders, resuming mills, e\i>anrt? ing employment and lurgor diatribU' lion t<> tho reaulU whioh make still greater and laating gain poaaiblov Buch grndiw I and steady. iuVprovornont has boon in progress fjfov' more than two roontho. 'J ho output of pig iron lias gained4l. Opor'twiit. ainoo October1 W Tho output of ooko has inoroaned 88. 7 per cont. slnco Ootobor 1. faalea of wool have again heoojno largo, Money markets fool a, stoady incroaao in de mand for commercial and manufactur ing loans. Additional worka havogone into operation etooh week in January, and tho working force ia largw than at any othor timo for six montnh> The gain may bo aacribod to tho deliberate judgmont of tho ablest and most pru dont men in business, "Textile manufacturers aro not en courftxQ.tl by ... tho demands fur goods. tiioHgh more prin^ olotha wore sold than for many^^ekft. Tower pricos aro oxpectjyHm goods and slow buying la not unyfatural, sinop cotton has fal len I?. y nor cent, ifctffn Heptember It, print olotKa Tu^T'oont., bloaohod goods aijubrown gooda Sty @4 per cent. Though woolen gooda do not im prove, there have boon purchased by la. go mills wldoh cover for two weeks from January 11, HO.floO poundo at three chief markets, against 817,000 last woek. "Tho. money market has been dis turbed by a combination of largo bank ora not to london call below 3 per oont , which invitod all aorta of flnanoial in atitutiona to take the market, can sod payment of bauk loana for Eome mil Iiona and left supplies of fund? ac heavy that timo lonno woro sharply marked down. Moro was dono in com mercial paper, though offerings in dented but nioderatoly. Receipts from tho interior oxceod shipments by 1,6110,000. Txportacontinuo to oxceod thof.o of Iftftt. yoar for tho week by 8 per cent., while imports fell 10 percent. liolow last ye-ar'p. Failures for tho week havo been 45S in tho United fc'tatee againai. yt>f> last year and 71 in Canada against 81 last year. " AUSTRALASIAN WHEAT SHORT She Will Ilavo to Import In&toad of E ^porting Grain. Tho wheat orop of Australasia for tho coming crop is so Bhort, aooording to estimates voportod to tho State Depart ment by C'onaul Boll, at Sydnoy, that it will rochico tbat country from her poeition a? sixtl^ .wheat-exporting Coun try of the glob'o to about tho elovonth Instead of neing an exporter of about iy.00U.UUU hUftholo por yoar Australasia wilV have to import not far from 5,000, OUU buHhele to Biipply tho deficiency for Hbort. oropp. This muifortuno to Australasia will jbo of considerable bonefit to Amorica, for not only will tho Unitou Statco sup ply the chief pnrt of tho doflcii'ncy, but bIio will also mako good a large part of tho world'a dolioienoy caueod bv the loss of Australnsia'H, making a differ ence of 17,000,000 bushels. \\ ith ft failure in India and a Bhort crop througaout Europo thoro will bo no trilling udvnntago to Unitod fttatos ^oat-growers. UKyFOIOIS FOR CUBA, Spoin Has Decided to Introduce I'licin at Once. A dir.patch to tho ContraL, News of London, from Madrid, nays at tho cabi not oonnoil, over which tho Quoon Ko Kent presidos, it waa dccided to imme diately introdueo roforms in Cuba. Tho docrce putting tlio rofovma into effect is to be pnblifthnd on the Kind's fete day. Tho dispatch nlso eayo it in prob able a pardon will bo granted Julio S'anguilly, tho naturalized Amorican citi/.on recently Bonteneed in IFavanna to lifo imprisonment for conspiracy against ll),o Spanish government. Mr. Wlllkowtky'g Now Ifnnk. A opooiat dispatch from Charlotlo, N. C. , to the Ko\v York Iivoning Po&t.says: "3. Wittkow^ky, of Charlotte, and as ?o0iat03 will mako application to the T.o;:ielaturo for a chartcr for a now bank, which, in its operations, will dilYer in nomo matorial rcspccts from any such ip&titiltion now in business in this State. Tho paront oflleo ia to bo located iu Charlotte, but the intention is to ontablish branch os all over the Stato in binaller towns, after the man ner of tho 'Canadian system,' which is reputed to have bcon advantageous to business intercuts and successful gen erally in tho Canadian provinces. In addition to tho regular features of a bank of deposit and savings are to bo thoso of trust and warehouse com panies. JlM-ovltliiiff Atfuinst ,ClioIcrn, Ktc. France nnd Italy oro taking strict precautions ngaiuBt England and India boi'nuno of cholora, and the bubonic plnguo, tho former bocauso tho British steamship "Nubia" arrived at Plymouth i 1 1 1 eholera on board. Franco subjects tho passengers from Plymouth to a flvo day's inspection. Convention of Furmcri, At Iliobmond, Va. , at tboineetlng of tlio Stato Board of Agriculturo, a move ment was started looking to the lidd ing in tho spring of a big convention of Virginia farmers to discuss tbo needs of agriculture. font TjOftS Thnn Klvo Dollars. Without ostontation or display, and at an cxponse of less than flvo dollars to tho State, rion. Alva Adams, Domocrat, was inaugurated aa Governor of Col orado. The Fitx?lmmon? hii?I C<?rbfett Fiffht. It is reported on excellent taltlioritj that tho fight botweenCorbett'ftndFitz eimmons ii to he pttlled off at Carson City, Neb. Abollihtd tlio Uhargfi. fceoretary Carliulo haa abolWhed the ch?rga of 8 oenta per packngA on dnti kbli tttfilkttdiM transported (in bond from onoportoMh* United States to ftnnlliAr T6 Cel?br*t? the Tr?Aly. On th* dmibtfnl caption tb?t the trgnty; ct?tHB*110g: brtWfl ttU bfrtta try Omt |iitU)wbtntil?db; iMpliMrtiiliua Ut& A17?a?*d for F*brwy W**h [ i *c%9*'*h%hkiT* flWwgBg UL NEWS ITEMS C0NDEfN9ED, ' fioutbom Pencil Poluter*. ? ?? ? ? -..? ? ? --???<- . ? - . ? In a ouarrol over ft woman at Abinff*. ton, Va , John Ilots fdiot and killed Jonas Enow, Ti* ft'raco riot at Byron, CI A., ijireo men wore killed. p Win, J. Bryan lectured in Houston, T OX as, Thujuduy. Tho sixteenth annual, convention of tho American Association of General Baggago Agont#, consisting of mem bers from ydl parts of Canada and tho Pnited SWUos, was held in Richmond, Va. \ (1. H. CWo, n yery wealthy - man of AbbaviUoxioihtty, Jr'outh Carolina, waa found dead very near his homo last we?K. It is thought that his homo ran away and killed him. Dr. Dickinson, of Richmond, Va., eavH tho Florida orange crop this year will bo ISO, 000 boxes. William I, at hnoro, colored, who kill til Pullman Car l'ortcr Oroonlco in Au? gtmt while trying to rob a car, was* hanged at Ocala, I' la. Fat Poison was mysteriously placed in food orepared for tho family of Cir cuit Judge Barton, at Frcdcriekthurg, Va. , bat tho cook diacovored it. Governor Culberson, of Texan, in his message to the Legislature give ljfo insnranco companies a whack, accus ing thorn of all manner of fraud in wringing monoy from tho people. At Adam's Park. Ga.. Mrs. VV. M. Poland was killou in nor homo by a lawless gang. Thoy wcro attempting to rob her husband's store. Admiral Bunco's t-quadron of ovolu tion is to blookado v.harlcfiton, B. C. , curly in February. Tho Loauand Havings Bank, of Char* lotto, N. C. , is to go out of business. In Florida last week three banks oloned their doo^ Ocala fooling tho collapso the heaviest. * ? . Judgo E. T. Morrick, ox-Chief .Tus ticeof tho Louisiana Supromo Court and one of tho best known lawyoro in tho Bouth, in dead. /' ' Tho Georgia State Railroad Commis sion baa adopted an order refusing to change tho recent circular reducing tho railroad rates on fertilizers 520 per cent. r# The Soutliorn Baseball Loaguo mot in Montgomery, Ala , and decided to continue in business. '1 lie pon ant was awarded to tho Now Orleans club. In tho noxt thirty days tlioro will bo ncld in Florida three conventions? Jiarbov Defense, Tobacco Growers' and National Good Roads Congress. Tho CCth Genoral Assombly of Ten nceseo is in sc.ssion, Tho most import ant work to come beforo that body tho first week is tho consideration of tho contest, fllod by G. N. Tillman, Ro pnblican candidate for governor. At Los Angeles, Cnl., some weeks ago tho polico and sheriff received no tieo to look out for J. P. Folk, son of a prominont South Carolina farmer, who is wanted in Abileno Texas, for alleged forgery. Tho polico got truck of tho young follow at North Pomona, follow ed liiiu to India, and lodged liim in jail thoro. Nashville Tenn.. has recently exper ienced a ^(300, 000 lire. Insnranco ubout half. All Atb o ut tli o N or til . Ex-Governor Long, of MasrachuRottR, has been tondored and accoptod the Spcrctary of tho Navy, Tho Oregon Legislature is in a Stato of confusion in trying to efleot. an or ganization.- .No voto for United States iSeuator until .Feb. 1st. Hudd Smith, a ? well-known n own paper man of New York, was found dead in the Putman Hon bo. Two printers, Wm. Ferguson and Jacob MoKonna, of New York, widely known in ? the iihIoj nity, iusi wock were asphyxiated l?y illuminating gas. At Albanj', N. Y. , tho Ropubliean caucus unanimously nominated Tlios. O. Piatt for tho United States Scuuto, to bueee^d Senator Hill. At .Lancaster, JPenn., Abo ITenson, ono of tho membovo of tho gang of -thiovos ? and outlaws who reside ou t-he Welsh Mountains was shot and killed by liia btcp-brother, Jorry Green, who is also a noted criminal and member of tho same gang. Miscellaneous. Tho SouUiorn "[Railway and tho Flor ida Central and Poninnula Bail road inaugurated on tho 16th \ bo Florida Li in it od fVyl807. The roturnn issued by tho lioalth au thorities of lloiubay, Jan. 12th, show that there havo been 3.053(1 casea of tho plaguo and deaths from tho dia caso. Tho through express on tho Tron Mountain and Texas Pacific rotate, ;yms wrockcdv at Forost, Texas, and thkon gincer was killed and two others in jured. Tho epidemic of la grippo throughout tho country ia believed to bo the tail end of tho BuSnian influenza, and "an eminent Bichmoud, Va , doctor says that it does not spring from a germ. Every day the plague (situation at Horn bay, Tnttta, becomes -worse, and it in estimated that nearly half of the population of the city lma fled to escape death. United Stales Minister "Willis to Honolulu, died JanuaiyCth from pnou monia. Ifo was a nativo of Louisville, Ky. TTia funeral In Honolulu was the most olaborate aince that of Kalakua's. ?Tho ftev, Jamos Vila Blalco, of the Third Unitarian Church, Chicago, fur nished a commendable cxatnplo on tho occasion 01 burning of his church of tho value of coolness and good Juris ment In time of dartger. Just befqre tho Korvico* were to begin bo discov ered that the fchurch was on fire. Yn Ktcart nf giving tho ularin In a mannor to Bronse sudden fear, thus increasing the likelihood of a panic, bo stepped qnletly Into hi# pttlplf arid' asked :t|i? congregation to Tea re the church at once by the rear door. He said there was Are In the front end of tbobt^ld Ing, bnt assured his hesrsrs that there j was time for all t? leave la an cfderl^ manner,wl^Jj_ JLjtjej_dld. ^4noiia thought!*## and hysterical Course of sc ttsts -*9 *kr.~V3*WB T>art * tatgb t bar# led to panicky copdiupps, with poa sltyy *?rtou# canseqasoces. Tb# ?#!*? time **t dai Jfutad la *b oj?V ^ -WttSi Jdfe. Hour to *INI? OUT. nil ft bottle or common water *gl4M with arlno eud lot It ?dau 1 twenty-four hourm ft ftedtmoDt or sot WU>g (adlcntt'A a diseased oon ? Ultlon of tlu? klduey*. Whvn urine nalrirt linen it is posltlv* orid+nco of kidney trouble. Too frequout dtudre to uduiMo or pato In the bnckluaUo convincing proof that tho kid? neya and bladdor are out of order. >VI1AT TO DO. TJysrft 1 j comfort in tho kno?rl<vlf:6sO often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer'* bwa<op?Koot, ] thOKreAt kidney romody, fulfills every wiah Ju roll'eviog priln In tho baok, klduoya, livor, bladder uud every part of the urinary paa ?a.ifes. It correct* Inability to ho^Turlno and Maiding pain i? pnasinx It,. or bad^focts following uaoof liquor, wlno or beer, oy.erftojua* that uupjansnijt oecowUv of ho'nV compelled to get up many times during tho uigtit to urinate. The mild and the extraor dinary effect of Swamp-Root lisoou rfalteod. It bundd the highest for Ha wonderfui curoa of tho most distressing oa.va. Bold b^r drug gists, price fifty coats and one dollar!' For ,a uample bottle and pnrophlet, both sent froo by'niall, mention this pap'er and eond your full poatofiko nddresa to Dr. Kilmer Sc Co., Hloghamton, N. Tho proprietors of this paporguftrnntn" m<<* (?onuinonosa of t.hisoff**. Cntnrrh Cannot be Curo?I ? With local applications, they q<mr)ot renel tl?e*c<it oftho disuse. Outturn is a blood 01 count itutlonul -Uiaea-Ho, an i iu order to our* U you inuit lake inltmml remedies. Hull*! (.'iHHi rh Oura it (iikuu internnlly, and ac?/t dl I'oodyou thob.ood i*a?Ljnucouo suifAoo, HaU'< Caturrh CJuro iu not a quack medicine, i t WW prcacrlbod by 0110 of tbt beat physicians In thii ooUntvy for yrbir.i, and In a rouu'nr preacrlptlon It Ih i omiiosed of the best tonic* known, otoi binsd with tho beat bl>od puvlf.ers, acting di rvotly on the mucous burfuces. '.I ho perfeoi comb nation of t .e two ingredients is what piodaces euoh wonderful results In curing t&Utth. Bond for testimonials, fre*. . 1' . J. Cjn knhy & (Jo.. Props., Toledo, 0. fold by Druggists, prloe 7?o. -- - Hall's Family Pllla are the best. 81000. 8AVA*NAft, 0\. "I was rreMly annoyed lost y ar with 11 se vere attack of ecsoraa. an<l after uainu' gcvoiftl other rciu?jdlo< with no bene-fiil u.-ten Ti-ttiu I.\k with purfect 8ucce-e, two hoses hivinpr ma lo iccomirlflto euro. I wotiltl ii'o' take one thou &m1 (UiJarnfor i no hunoAt I've derlvful Iron* lti mo, unl tako plra-uiro In rocom? mending il it> oi her.*." 8ai,0mon Comkk. Prea't BftViinimh Oftrila^o Co 1 box by mall forftflo. In stump*. J. T. Htm j'xniNio, ^ivaunah, Oa, A Ilnudsomo Calendar and Mn)> Issued by T. J. Anderson, Portsmouth, Vn., General ra^si'QKor Awont of tlio SpjI oonrd Alr-Llno. hn9 apf eared. Jiotb tho, .cal endar >tnd map aro works of art and useful as well in nny business offlco. Fonivcaffits in (damps aent to Mr. T. J. Anderti^nlviil clinch a copy. Bond for it. > I ?m ?nUr?Jy cured of her*^rrhfijr? of Inn^s by I'lao'.H Cil.o for Ooimuytpiio"- ? Louisa Undaalan, Jietbany, Mo., J^iuary 8, 1804. No-'lo.Hua for VWflr Csntli Ovrr <00 OK) euro I. \V\iyfiol lot Ni?-To-Iir\o rowulnto or removo your^isiro for tob>H C' ? 8 ivt's money, m-iko* Uj?n1th aim! ^mmbool. Uuro guumuUCd. .Wceuti and $1.10, ut all drut'y.sl^ ^ _ _ Spring VlnntlitK* It la none too early to (dunning for tir^t (iprlng's vi<ho ab o garden and (lower. Ik'CH^ 'I Iib iii'Bt 1 1. iiik lodo Is to Kot a >oll;il)lft one nlojnio of need < and pht?ts. Vic t'a Iflor it On do, put lisiu'd hi Roclit ater, N, Y., bo we t kn wn for neatly liftv you?, in thuoio o 8et.d for. Thooo?t for CHtuloyud nnd a prfe ? ?Xf o M'otl-t is o) Jy ir> cents. ?* ee iulveiU..o liieut, which lius : tnny utir.iCtlve oftors. Reliable Charlotte Merchants Call on them vrhnn you go tofchailotto N. C. Wr to thriii If yo:J (lo not k<^ aiidTiavo your colors iMiod l?y ninll. In auawvnjitf aiiVcrtUonirnto Klmily n.on (Ion this paper. fifJfWMMfl "KST WORK. Hcasona1 le Prlco? i Wr to Nuvva & Times Pt'g. Homo. pfffi Mff MB BE. M. A NDH ISWB, lft-18 W. Trado i UurUl U tvCf A. Ikc> 1'iRnos, O Blcycloi nuslnesa courso to ono pprs''tVj In <ivory <vuutjri I'lcana upp'.jT promptly lo Gdbrtfla Buil noss uolloae, Maeou, Oa MACHINERY : ft" ? ? r:' x ? I. and SUPPLIES. KX01NK#, : bA W MIMA, 60 UN MIX**, I W1IKAT BHL!,a, JM-ANKHH, , I ftmworACinNtfs, MOl/M) J' US, <? AN'Ci tCDGKUH. And all klbds o( Wood Working1 MaohUwy, | No onu lo tUe Jtonitk <**?? ofltor yoo btftW ; fcrado goods, or at lower prices Telbot*; Lkldoil a oil Watortown Uoglnes. We ??>_<?. only a fow hours rldo. from you. Writ* id* prices. ' j Lifi'it, Variable Feed IM.auUtioo Saw -VHSTBAOHAfcs OiWICIlAIi A(IKVTf Cdttsnibldy * $f 0. NOT MISLEADING, 1 Nq Sanger. In Curing On 9 . > J Habit* of Forming Attofhtr* flBlHU (Morplilno Laudanum),. etc., Cure? l|i(UW In fioni (oiu1 to *1* ^ , ' 7\vin.>KKV HABIT -Cured In jfonr / 'I ho oure ondoraod by Nat. Gov't. InSolditr# Momea, In the Hog 'Jar Army, by MU> \Ul? Turd, tho W. (\ 'J. U.. by Noal I)ow. Franoft M urphy, by L Q..Q. 'IV find l>y WX\oO0 OufM patlantn, SO,(KX> of tlie?i> holncr Phyeiolahi, For Toriu* oto., Add re** Tlllfi KKWfjHSY INbTITUrjC. Or Drmvcr 27. Columbia. M. *0: Potash ? *' . f: J..: : ; v 't"\ h a necessary and important ? ingredient of complete ^fer tilizers. Crops of ^all kinds ?equire a properly" balanced manure. The best Fertilizers 1 contain a high percentage of Potash. Al) about Potash? the result! of In US? liy Actual e*? ptriment on the bear' farms in ihc United Siatc*-?ti-. ; told in ft little book which \v<i jmbPtih uiul will gladly mail ftee to Any farmer in America who will write fori*1 GCKMAN KALI WORKS, OS N'aisau St.. New Vork, * REVOLVER FREE. WATOH FREE 1 3d olhcr ari.clcs. Ooslnoliiinjj. UcacourcjueT free KM-rV.I'OiMm who cull tlillHJUl wujl What liV t r ?* ? tiHiiilii J* ox jirtni w 111 l>0 Ci??U tlrti lu \ ??IH? OiMihtO XdlMI. ? A JJ . fiii i t*) fj ur ** in). |I llcvolvor. I . Wlhl cl lu'l I i ficnt Mini i.U nt uHlCn, itoiiXHi: 1 1 olfcil Lt)\tf 1 1 Veil CliLliK C triple Hln*. IrtRli-gnfilO IjMiI'I ?lli'll*. 1 JLrmt IVlH'll ShHrjwWi > I'Ot'k et Hiitl I rfcr^!* FREE uni ituMnn nolo roii(^*v All ive utU, In ordor In In. ln"Jiiv? <mf ?iij!*Fi,'T? mat yini ?ilmv ut to tcn?l in l?nn!? imcKsp* M ?>f Our flnenl luv. IMkavn vhIiiwI Hi ?? ??:. KllllUXIill)lnHU<Kt COMPLETE Col'oi; ."STififfiU MILL OUTFITS J-AT,SO? rre*B. C'aho Mill mid Klilngte OntOtf. {37*"Cnst every day ; work ISO hands Lombard iron Works ? and Supply Co.. AUGUSTS GEORGIA^,: S. N.- U.? 3 ?07* (ANDY CATflAHTIC CU RE COHSTIPATSOii SO 4 25* SO* AU DRUGGISTS 1 00 AT TTTPf V rTfADIKTUDn t? ttr? anretteof constipation. Ccswinti nro the Me*l AD JUL J I lib I UUAnAnluuU tire. *M??r crip or frrlpe.hnt rautc caejr natural results. $am* ?i*o ami booklet (YftO. Art. RTF RM NO KKJIKDT ?).. Chlrnrro, WontrcAiyjir?. , or IVc** Torfc. til. REASONS FOR USING Walter Baker & Co.'s Breakfast Cocoa. * 1. Because it ft absolutely pure. 2. Because it Is not made by the so-called Dutch Process.in which chemicals arc ysed. 3. Becausc beans of the finest quaiiiy arc used. 4. Because it is made by a method which preserves unimpaired the exquisite natural flavor and odor of the beans. ? 5. Bccause it is the most economical, cosUnc less t Iran one cent a cup. Be gure that you e?t the genuine article made by WALTER UAKER & CO. Ltd.. Dorchester, Mass. Ii?tet>llshcd 1780. ' (PURE \fesEEftBLE JPCTRAOT.r NOT iNTOXlfcATINO.)