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Sending bundles by Wire.

What is. termed tclphcragc, OF the
conveyance of parcels by electricity alohg
known in this country beyond the Stage
Of experiment. We have little real
need Of this device Ia assist commercial
business. In South America, however,
tc!phcragc schcmcs appear to DC
propitioas to the spscula,or, aud II limo
has been constructed 1876 miles long,
which will place Buenos Ayrr1 and
MontcvidcO in communication. Across
the La Plata there il u swing for tine
wires of nineteen miles, anil the initiM
-s5dast prytsais ,iesraGy, is,.aeor.,;l bz tIs
tended to dispatch letter boxes between"
the two cities ut intervals OF two hours
--,yan Fynncisco EromihEr.
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It is likely. states the Omaha Bee, tina

It is likely, states the Omaha Bee, that
the reindeer of the domcsticated Siberian
variety will be introduced into Alaska
before the close Of this year hy the
Government of the United States. The
subject was brought before Congress by
a Federal agent in Alaska, Doctor Shell
don jackson. Agent Jackson says that
the natives 1.-Two along the Arctic coast
of Alaska are in state of starvation on
account of the gradual diminution of
the means of subsistence there, that but
slieht expense would be incurred in
bringing over from Siberia stock of
reindeer, and that by the propagation of
this animal constant supply of food
would be secured for the Alaskans. The
means needed to procure the reindeer
from Siberia will be put at the disposal
of the Interior Department. The large
Siberian variety of the reindeer is ridden
by the Tungusians, who also use it for
endurance, and particular 'antation to
travelling or snow. Reindeer meat i
: delicious, and the milk of the herds Ii
preferred to cows milk. Clothing tha
is almost impervious to the cold is mad
of the skin; and, in fact, there
hardly any part of the animal that i
not available to some useful purpose
The varieties of wild caribou that ar
found in the northern regions of the Ne'
Dominion would be less servccable Il
Alaska than the Siberian domesticate'
breed. Those Of our American adven
turers who are always on the lookout TO
novelties may have the pleasure OF rldin
the reindeer, in Tungusian fashion, O
the soil of our own country.
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OTHER STATES.
4,OOO, O,OOOA Acres Reclaimed in Florida.

A Jacksonville correspondent Of the
Atlanta Constitution furnishes some ir-
tercsting information in regard to the
sugar industry in Florida growing out of
the reclamation by II Philadelphia syndi-
cate of an immense area Of unrcclaimcd
and submerged lands, which have been
converted into some Of the richest allu-
vial soil in the world Thousands of
acres of once submerged lands are now
bearing upon their fertile surface inn
menSc fields of sugar cane and groves Of
tropical fruits, and of all this immense
1000, 900 acre tract but little over
5O0,0 900 acres remain unsOld to-day.
One of the companies formed by the
original buyers, the Okcchoobcc Drain
age Company, has acquired by its work
1900, 600 acres. the proportion the State
aeiccG 10 < i've of u,anci lands, and
when their work is completed they will
have secured 1000, 600 acres. On part
of the land reclaimed hy this company it
has built large sucW mill, known as the
st. Cloud Sugar Mill. and has been cx-
perimcnting in the production of sugar
cane with entire success. Cane, it is
claimed, has been produced on the lands
Of the st Cloud plantation Of size tal
exceeding anything either Louisiana ol
Jamaica can grow. and the company ha
| been encouraged to e" into the business
| still more largely this year. and has pu
| up 900 acres over and beyond thel
acreage Of last year. Another branch q
| the Okcchoohcc Damage Company ha
been experimenting with rice, and wit
| like success
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The railroad statistics of the rrn;te7
States furnish no end of interestir =,
ngures to those who care to investigate
snem. Nearly one hundred and si,tv
s'ee million people in various capacities.
During the last year 81, 900, 600, 900 wa,
spent in railway freights, and, figuring
upon basis of 1900, 900 population,
t would make $40 for every man
woman and child in the country. This
sum would pay, the national debt, o,
supply free education to all the Children
IN the country for long period.
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"Thc finding of go;a - .en,,L,

'tThc finding of poia," remarks III.
Atlanta Constitution, ''is getting to be a
common thing in Georgia. In manv
counties in the State rich mines are be.
ing worked-notably in Lumpkin Coun.
'y' where gold is found in abundance
"hiy recently, at Fork Creek, in Madi-
son county, workmen who were build.
ing a bridge struck a large vein of rock
'''eh IN gold The vein is about ten feet
"'ue' and one of the piers of the lridg
stands upon it as foundation y
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THE ALLIANCE IN TEXAS.

The following is the concluding para.
graph of circular letter sent ont by
Brother s. O. Dawes, Secretary treasurer
Of the State Alliance of Texas, 1891. 1t
shows n remarkably healthy growth of
the Order in that State:
"The growth of the Order is quite en-
-faHragjng; f.9Hra 100 new sub Alliances have
ccmber lat. and 55pp 4bbf Dr. 12st ga, oghavc
been reorganized AIsopcssA q new
county Alliance have W. formed.
Life and enthusiasm arc being developed
in every part of the State. Bros. Jones
and Pcrdue are devoting their whole time
.so;,i;;ng Ii .a.s a2!a. W. i..ay ,ou;;i;-
IDENTIFY look for bright future for our
Order in this State. You should give
these faithful brethren, with others who
are in the field, your undivided support
and encouragement"
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DANA IN GEORGIA.
ne Tells Reporter What Strikes
Him in the South.

| ATLANTA, GA, Especial. l-Chas A
oana, Editor of the New York Sun
spent some time here and talked freely
on all subjects. lie is noted for his fear.
'essnesS in criticising men and measures
anu this interview bristles with pl,;n
oiuut and caustic comment ON current
events. N''"'
FOR man of crudition. Mr. Dana in
'emarkably robust. From his looks no
,ne would suspect him of being bookish
Iie mas the physique and the brusuuc
manner m OF man OF action. Though Of
u'' neight, he does not look tall. His
massive, well-filled frame gives an i'm
P'ess,S2 oi mSscnlar strength. lie has
pae!''y s1s 6lssfs n 1 FSs''lhlss. USIs lis
,poot the eyes is there any outward evi.
aehce OF the scholar. This is the imprcs.
SION until he begins TO talk. Then the
?hysical vlgor is cclipscd by the intel
'c,uai, and You are astonished at the
,aP'ui'y with which he gets over ground
In coming into a now place his rlanccs
seem to dart about inccssantly until h,
.nas sized things up. Then ho is of on
something else.
MIR. Dana was asked:
What strikes you down hcrcY'
Activity, prosperity, absence of suf
,S''"S or distress. There is supposed to
ne great distress among the fmmcrs, bu,
: u"nt see II in Georgia, Alabama OF
elsewhere in the South"
see great improvement in the ne
sroes' They are getting blackcr This
Is very noticeable fact you don't see
one mulatto where you saw four thirty
years ago. sec hardly any cAccp, the
motel walters. This is better, for the
o'acks are the stronger race and are not
Sa. J,,s: ODE can tell how /, ,,.;..,
~ me negroes are valuable labor.
.ls and the country can't ret nIonm
" them. If they were taken m,,
=, Georgia you NRuld suffor for lack Of
S,,"d I !, ihc'r % p would have to be
ratbar i.'',ans or Slavonians, and I had |
mans. VIA" ioo oiaVo-
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Coming to the Worlds Fair.

The Spanish Government has notiiiec
he department OF state at Washington
hat it will participate i'll the World
Columbian Exposition at Chicago. MIN
,ter Lincoln also cablcd a brief announce
nent that the Government Of Great Brit
lin had accepted the invitation to maxi
. display at the Fair.
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Suit for Services in Forming Trust

New YORK, Especial. theodore Al
len has brought action in the Supreme
Court to recover from the Kenncy Tobac
co Company $50, 900 for his services in
connection with the organization of the
American Tobacco Company, otherwise
bnown as the Cigarette Trust" in 1890.
lie claims he had a contract with de-
PENDANTS under which he did the work.
The defendants deny the contract.
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COMPLIMENTS to Parnell.

DUBLIN, IRELAND, [Cablegram. +
Maurice Hcaly, in a speech in Sligo said
he again challenged Parncll to resign.
Recent speeches of Parnell he said, were
mere excuses, and proved him to be
coward and sneak, in addition to a lib
crtiur and liar.
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Weekly Cotton Statistics.

LIVERPOOL, E.G.-Total sales for the
week $1,000 bales; American $4,000;
radc taking including forwarded from
Shipside ~, 600; actual export ,OCO: to-
al import 100. 600, American $4,000; to
al stock 1.16S, 900; American sG", GEO /,
total ailoat 1G5, 600; American ljO,OoD
spcculotors took 1900, exporters took
4 200
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Sale of Newspaper at a Sacrifice

WuMINGroN, N. C.-The Wilmington
Daily Messenger including al! the presses.
material and good will, the property o!
the late Julius A. Bonitz, was sold by
auction Wednesday under a $io,oo
mortgage for 81 500. The publication
continues.
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A Hanging at Mauch Chunk.

MARCH CHUNK, PA.-Thc Jail was
c,owdcd Wednesday morning to witness
tho hanging Of Oliver Wlii,am oo,nr!, d,
m IIis neck was broken an he died without
struggling.
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Schooner Wrecked on N. G. Coast

The two masted schoners that wcl;
".i..ro ono and auortcr miles south o!
Chicimicomico life saving station, N e.
Tuesday morning is the "Strathairly o!
Wcarn line, Baltimore. Her crew was
composed OF twcnty-six, OF which nine
teen have perished, among them all 'h'
officers except second mate.
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Wilmington. N. c., has an establish
mcnt at which are made wooden butter
dishes, diamond and berry baskets, fruit
and vegetable crates, candy and orange
boxes and various other articles. IL also
cuts to order venccrs from skeet gum,
poplar, sycamore, oak, ash, birch and
walnut There is no monopoly in this
industry, but there is an unccasiug and
steadily increasing demand for many of
It's products.
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THE NEWS OF A WEEK,
Southern Men And Measures
Photographed.
Newsy Chit-Chat and Teleerapbic
dispatches From Many Points
In Our Own and Adjoin.
ing States.
VIRGINIA.

| In sixteen cities of Virginia the negroe,
own property worth $3.324.542. the
| greater part of which is in real estate.
In Richmond their possessions amount TO
$3.50, i3s.
Considerable excitement is created in
t1aIs Rsnyllle over the effort TO close the bar
William III. Turner, of Glasgow, was
arrested in Lexington Thursday for OBJ
tanning money under false prctenscs.
Billy Young, Virginia prize fighter.
Knocked out Abe Mouehan, kof Bal
tlmore, in a riddle weight MA /, at
Ocean View Thursday.
The visiting Boston Base Ball team
defeated the University of Virginia base
ball team by score of 1s to l.
Eddie w. II. Brown, of New York
State, lectured at Chase City on, the sec
ond coming of Christ
The foundations are being laid broad
and deep for the Virginia Steel Car
Works Company at Glasgow, and for tho
machine factory. and gangs of laborcrs
may be seen busily engaged putting the
streets IN perfect condition.
A meeting of the Danville business
men was held to consider the Farmers
Alliance scheme to establish cigarette
arranged Tor the IornIatIuh tn 'ars,ss =
company.
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Pensions in Arkansas.

LITTLE Rock, ARK, Especial. IA bill
TO pension disabled Confederate soldiers
and their indigcnt widows and appropr-
ate $40, 900 for soldiers home ut Little
Rock has passed both hoascs OF the ar
kansas Legislature.
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Hydrophobia After Twenty Years.

MEXICO, Mo-, Especial. William Gar
sss dsd is la The CITY Of hydIopho6ia lie
Kept with him all the time. During the
night his sufferings were terrible. He
rnashcd his teeth and frothe,i at the
mouth continually. 1t is said that about
twenty years ago he was bitten 10y mad
dog. which the doctor thinks is the
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-04-03
e,s< ness nsv:y1sfs, ;. marvelsi
New York Press, "the naval officials
nave the greatest difficulty in getting
sapabie seamen enough TO man it.

Says .he Philadelphia Record: When
Wit'lsm Penn laid out Philadelphia he
didns lay out that in tue year 1890
Philade'phia manufacturers would furn.
ish locomotives for railway in the Holy
Land to draw trains from Jaffa to .Jeru.
salem.
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of nffyfs
An Argentine Coalition.

BuENos AYREs, [Catlegram. 1T is
announced that the provincial Governors
will signify their adhesion to the Goa
lition of the Mitre and Roca parties. The
Governor of Buenos Ayres, however, OPP
posus the coalition.
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PRESIDENT Palmer Among Us.

President Palmer, of the Worlds Fair
commission, spent Saturday last in At
Rnta; Ga, and then departed for Jack
sonvIilc, Fla. While i'm Atlanta MFR. Pal.
nler called upon Governor Northern, and
had quite an extended conference with
nun IN reference to the Georgia display
at the Fair lie will return to Atlanta in
MAY, when State convention is to be
hcld to devise means for securing an adc-
i"a.a representation of Georgia's pro.
9iGtS aud jpduStrics 1T the Eair So
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State Secretary Elected.

RALEIGH, N. C.-Thc members OF Tia"
executive committee of the State Farm
rs Alliance who are here Is. F Alex
andcr and J. NJ. Mewbornc) elected w.
:. Parncs, of Wilson, State Secretary I"
succeed f.. G. Beddingheld, resigned.
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! According to the New Orleans De1to
Va sixteen-year- old school marin in Wis
consln' in order to subdue an overgrown
poy VINO was attempting to break up her
scnooi' used four-pound school bell on
'ssel 4aSI! 2SS q was ssSd.sd No man xil
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lnc pTcSentc vi nitnSGii uuuSsNfUs0<Qk11S
Virginia officials at the funeral. esti
Gen. Wheeler, from Alabama, tcle-
grnphcd: "Our universal regret that We
no longer have our beloved general"
Senator Walthall tclcgraphcd from
mississippi: "Gcn. Johnston had my
admiration and affection and his family
ms my sympathy"
similar dispatches from Gen. A. r.
Lawton, of Georgia, Representative
breckenridge, Of Kentucky, from tho
OK Confederate association, from many
places in the South and from personal
friends or war associates of the dead
general, avowing admiration for his cx
aultcd character and appreciation of his
brilliant services, pride in his career or
regret ut his death were received ut the
mansion during the day aud night.
+. II. Sherman, on behalf Of the late
Gen. Sherman, sent the following from
New York:
tender to The rcit1cs y rsst tseerka Atsssfe N
assurance Of their profound sorrow and
sympathy"
BALTIMORE, Mn. Gen. .Johnston's re-
mains were inferred at Grccnnuunt Gem
I:.Ty, T,;y&:!;y .:;,,..,,,,, .i;,.r,,,, j., a
vast comco,liSc of people Only the sim
pie burial service at the grave was read,
in accordance with the wishes of the
! relatives.
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wilfadd 800, 900 to its pcuiia3cnt P6pu
lation almost before the Fair Is over. Di-
rector General Davis, who has been in
Jacksonville for several days, is also en-
thusiastic over the prospects of the Fair,
which he predicts will eclipse any expo
sition ever given in this country. 1t will
give, he says, the best opportunity ever
presented for bringing It's immense re
sources prominently before the people.
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The Cosmopolitan's prize Of 5000 for
ia" best article of 4 900 words written hy
4 farmers daughter, describing farm life.
with suggestions as to the best means o'
making farm life attractive and happy
has been awarded to Miss Jennie f.
Hooker, Of McCutchanville, Ind. IL wilt
be printed in tho April number. More
,han 200 writers competed for the prize.
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n most novel suit was begun recently
IN the District Court at Lincoln, Neb. In
1873 David Butler, thcn Governor. Of
Tered, in conjunction with the Lincoln
Land Company, certain Lincoln lot as
present to the first child born in the
settlement, provided it was named for the
city and Governor. The first child was
sss s1a q Ms; asssa; ssa & i asdss1 sfa
Butler Lincoln Breed. After the christen-
ing contract for the lot was made. The
lot was then quoted at $50. To-day it
is worth $40, 900. Time passed., but the
deed was never delivered, and the LOT
Tell into other hands. Young Breed has
just become of age, and knowing the
value of the property, commenced suit
to recover possession.
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MURDER IN ATLANTA.
," engineer Kills His Firom.r fo,
'porting Him for Neglect ofnv,,,

y mrdSr dS':s '... SA' h! !sBoeaesII aesIIdck. una,l
wood, an engineer on tho Western aod
Atlantic Railroad, killed his Fireman.
"rrs. both white, at their boarding houe
on Baker street. It seems that Sircs had
reported Underwood to tho Supcrinicn.
mSnt OF the railroad for neglect OF duty
Ihcy met at their boarding house, when
Underwood asked sires II he had report
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SOUTH CAROLINA.
orenCe is 10 have an ice factory.

FlorenCe is 10 nave All lCc laCtoiS.
Tuesday evening Mary Washingtor
Ball was held in McNcills opera house.
Charleston, to aid the fund for n monu
mcnt 10 the mother of Washington. 1t
was a brilliant society event.
The city council of Spartanburg has
-apprulr1"1os,- -eroe--~------LA--L> . L.. --....t
ed in Columbia for the coming Centennial.
Land Agent Gibbcs is daily receiving
numerous letters from Northern and
Western states in0uiring about good To-
cations and for settlement. Parties hav.
inc farm lands for sale should advertise
them.
The Piedmont Savings and lnvestmcn.
Company, Of Grcenvillc, q new enterprise
chartered by Secretary of State, has been
organized and officers elected. Capita.
stock is 800, 900.
The Butler Guards, at meeting. de
cidcd to buy new uniform and attend the
| Columbia Centennial. The GrccnvillC
Guards will also go. and both companies
will be there in handsome uniforms.
Mrs. En- Governor Pickcns has recent
ly presented to DR.. B. II. league, of Al
ken, to his already interesting collection
of Curiositics and souvenirs, a buttop
from the overcoat of Gen. Andrew Pick
ems, of the Revolutionary war: crescent oil
the State flag that foated over Fort Moul.
tric during the bombardmcnt of Sumter,
and fragment of marble from the Wash.
ton monument on which is painting OF
Mount Vernon. Any one visiting Aiken
would do we'll to visit DIR. leagues lab
IatOry
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panys quarries, which arc situated about
y miles from the city of Charlottesville.
va, contain very large body of cxccn.
h"naiiy line soapstone slate; In fact, il IL
believed to be the finest in the world II
Us called "soapstone" slate on account of
It's slick, soapy feeling when first brought
out OF the quarry, and as it il free of
grit u Is easily worked. It's touyhncss
ais" enhances its value for manufacturing
purposes II can he very highly polish
rd; nnd when madc into mantrls soda
fountains, and other useful and ornamcn.
tai articles can hardly be distinguished
from the finest marble, for which il is
frequently mistaken, tho process of mar
h'"'hntion to which it is subjectcd making
IT beautiful imitation. In this deposit
there are seams or beds of slate highly
valuable for the manufacture of the Gno
Grad" "f pencils which tho Monticello
S"aPstonr Slate Company is placing on
the market. II is found in two colors,
gr"cnish white and purple; the former is
maLc INTO pencils, which are laks2eslo.
nIr ,n, 'hr especial product of this so,s,na, =.
% mnr %pc,ng no others like them Ti,,,
pu'nlr slate makes a beautiful ncnc;, Inc .n
s',,'y free of grit or other scra,c,' a."
substances, quality highly nr;vnI I''''"S
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Mo Local Option in New Hampshire.

CoScoRp, n. H.-The local option
license bilI was killed in the iIou2c
Thursday by vote Of 1866 to l4s.
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Disastrous Bank Failure in Louis
Vile.

Lou,svnLr. Ky. The official state
mont ,f Schwartz g. Co., the failing
bankers. is AS follows Assets, S5',11
liabilities. 1902, SG3,
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Senator PETER, of Kansas, has had
arh of his eight children, three of whom
ur girl, learn trade. Type-scttnG
Gems tn have been most popular witt,
;l,"m, although one daughter has fit,cd
ncr.elf to become an amanuensis, and one
on is a locomotive engineer.
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A SOUTHERN MONOPOLY.
something About Slate Pencils and
Where Made:

comparatively few persons are aware
oi The fact that the only place in America
where slate pencils are now manufar,nrsJ
Is IN the State of Virginia, near the city
ot Charlottesville, Albcrmarlc countx
For number Of years soapstonc sJ,in
pencils of fine quality were mapufactmroJ
about ten or fifteen years aro the slate ~
which these pencils were made beoan tn
doned. f' ""' "oan'
An0thcr slate pencil factory was started
near Siatington, Pa, but the slate sprnveds
70 oe UNFIT for pencila as Il Ma 100 ma. IS
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Gold Coin for Cuba.

New York, Especial At the sub
treasury late Thursday afternoon 500,
600 in gold coin was ordered for ship
mcnt to Cuba.