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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-16
wsrRs OF HOMES IN NORTH CAROLINA.

The results OF the investigation OF farm
and nome proprietorship IN the State OF
North Carolina for 1880, just published by
The bureau OF farms. homes and mort
CAGES OF the census. contain some inter-
egfing statistics In regard u farms the
conclusion Is that n.12 per cent. OF the
farm families hire, and 8.S per cent
0~n tn farms cultivated by them; that
ass per cent OF the farm-owning families
own subject TO incumbrance, and s5.l2 per
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-16

The annual meeting of the Alabama
ham, and the annual meet ne of the C'T-
cinuau and New Orleans and Teyas pa
cihc stockholders, are mer " prel minarv
sklrmishes to the real battle for possess
sion OF the Alabama Great Southern nd
tne 1lhclnhau New or cans. ana Texas
Pacific, which will take place when the
majority of stock of the Alabama Graat
Southern railroad is sold at foreclosure
to satisfy the claims Of the holders OF the
cincinnati extension bonds. The new
board Of directors will organize bv eIact,
ing officers later. If the Southern rail
way bids in the property at the fore
closure sale, or the c.. r. and T.. reo-Ie
bid il in, the price obtained will be- such
that the holders of the Cincinnati exten-
sion bonds viii be benefited
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-16

General Malone. II Is said; made
ssaandidates from Virginia, but he might as
we'll related his tale OF woe" TO the
cornar noltceman. The National Commit
tee has not forgotten the assistance" 10
the tune OF sixty thousand dollars trey
gave MIN when he ran for Governor. rne
1result did not seem 20 Justify the eXpen-
diture ON that ocCaso on, but IL taught the
Repub,ican National Committee th't Nir-
ginia was Democratic ~ te, gnd at
hailot-boxes debauched by Wall street
dollars.
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E,ectrlcl,y for WAGONS.

A scheme is broached In Germany of ett..
ployiug electricity to move heavy trucks and
irays This Is merely development OF the
tiectfir c-triage idea. which has been sue
tes,fu in that Country Tor several years.
small storage battery Is placed IN an ordinary
phaeton, T-cart or brousham, tho power Is
carried to the wheels, ard :he speed rcgniat-
cd by the driver. Such a carriage has been
seen a good deal about New York for the last
few months. The scheme is entirely feasible
and practicable, and experiments have been
made toward adopting the system to heavy
trucks. The government is Interested in the
experiment, and health board. -rH enthusl-
nstic over the subject, their claim being TIA
II electricity can be substituted for horses tn c
cleanliness and health OF great cities will be
intellectually improved. Horses will always
be used in driving for pleasure, but the gen
eral scheme OF employing electricity for
trucks and drays, provided the speed is lin :
tied, opens up wonderful aeld.-Nep York
AILII
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den t--nct even the Flynn Dutch
man. though every b iie jacket rs
ever handled sheet knows that that's
ns true rs gospel"
"And he says there's no sich thing
ns ghosts-blow me II he didn't why,
1t stands to reason as there must he,
for n there weren't none how could
they hato beet ecebr' d f..r,t.;
'And I've heard him say myself.
added third man, lowering his voice
TO an nwe-stricken whisper, us moro
appropriate to n terrific announcements,
that II there wns n ship ready TO take
him he'd go to sen OH II Friday! Now,
yyot can yer expect from man arter
,hntp"
Atthis last climax OF daring impiety,
The sturdy senmcn shuddcred, one m"
sWcil, hc amt much OF parsoh,.
that's snrtain," said the eldest Qap OF
the group, summing up the evidences;
"for wot on carth's tho good of his
iellin' us to have faith--as he's always
a-doin'-whcn he amt got none him
self" ana
But In spite Of the fearful li,resics
lah ID lis charge. Rev. Augustine st.
john-who, having been ordered off
Gpon long voyage in the tropical
seas for the good of his health. had
taken passage aboard tho britannia,
stout bark commanded by an old
acquaintance of his own-7grudually
r-on his way into the. good graces Of
he whole cfew. His inexhaustible
kindness and good humor, his never
failing tact and the strength and
courage which he more than once dis.
played ms his former health began to
toturh, carried in his favor the votes
vt the entire forccastle; and all the
Lands unanimously agreed that it was
n Thousand pitics such fine fellow
should be ''us unbeiievin' as any
henthen dnrlscv In Turkey"
The clergyman might have told
Them, had he chosen, that belief and
rrcquality are two widely different
things and that the nigh faith which
is strong enough to soar up to heaven
has nothing in common with the
childish superstition which gfovels
;:pon tho cnrtli. But circumstances
themselves had in reserve for these
honest tars practical sermon of q
more convincing kind than any that
Mr.. st John had ever preached, elo
qucnt and gifted though he was
The britannia had gotten well down
easily along under full pressure OF
sail, NJ n fair thirteen knots an hour
fny and night, when, just after dark
pnc evening. the captains dog who
was great favoritc with the men,
vent forward, us he often did, to have
II run upon the forecastlc.
Ent scarcely had poor Neptune got
there when he was suddenly heard to
set up most fearful howl of terror
md In another moment he came tear
ing aft again, with every hair of his
coat bristling and his whole frame
shaking with fright-ns thoroughly
scared, indeed, ms any dog could be.
This mysterious panic, as may easily
be supposed, sent n thrill of excite
rncYt md dismay through every man
OF the supcrstitious crew. They all
cried out with one voice that the dog
must have seen n ghost. and old Ben
Bobstay gravely remarked, with the
emphasis of u man who knew what he
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husmEts ONIONS fkn ACES
you want fine vegetables Just
" Anys rhcaA VI y0ut tetghbors?
send 81 for Salzer's 50 Psckages
est vegetable novelties tsuficsent
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%, extremely early, enormously
ectlvc. Think Of IL! R. Bey, Cali
!, krew i,s1a, bushels onions rom
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ecret which salzer imparts TO oil
buy his onion seed
Cd, 500 FROM TEN AcRkA
~. Lamb, market gnrdsnsr In
ksylvnnia, cleared $500 on live
Of cabbage and five acres Of
Is. The reason OF this, he says,
because Salzer's seeds are so ex-
|ely early and wondrously pro-
I've. lie offers n cabbage ripening
xty days; n pea in forty; n new
hto, the Ferris Wheel, measuring
feet In circumfcrcncr, nnA many
kr remarkable sorts OF small fruits.
kcr and vegetable seeds, potatoes,
. seeds, etc.
You VIII Cut This Out md Send 1t,
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Crosse, Wis, yon will receive their
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THE MAKING OF a TOUCH.
Evolution Of the Coarse Minded Youth
Into the strnos Rowdy.

Evolution Of the Coarse Minded Youth
Into the Street Rowdy.
l have been watching a boy who is
going to grow up into a thief and
rowdy. and while watching him l
have had chance to see how
gangs" arc born and how rowdy
life Is developed in these big cities
that compose New York. l suppose
tho little boy is IL or ~ years old.
lie Is small for his age; a wien
laced. little eyed, stunted rat OF
child. with lcathery skin and tho
complexion OF a drumhead. He
lives on route along which / often
walk between my house and my
office. and my attention was first
called to him by an extraordinary
act OF violence that he committed
upon his mother. She ran scream
ing out OF her tenement apartment
into the street with her apron up to
her face and . knot of women trail
iog ter her. says the Providence
Journal r." screamed something
about her need of Ter and u great
deal moro about her eyes I'd her
fear that she Nas blinded. Tho
women hustled her into The -surt~
yard behind the barracks where she
lived and began to deluge her faco
with water from Il running hydrunt
Little by little it came out that
her boy, Tommy, had come home and
demanded ten cents that he might
go to a dime museum avid de gang"
She did not have the money or did
no, ~"onose to givo 1T to him. and he
teteiis snr-y. - -. filling both hands
with red pepper pHbA-e 49,, 80 stun
into botli hor. eyes before ,sha
snspes.~a What ho, was about
or could presen5 She oct.
Tommy came down while tho womon
were doc,oring hi mother and lurked
at n distance, looking on.
StispGqtiug That hc might not find
favor in their soycs5, should any OF
them see him, Tom.ay hrrred himself
with an undersized cobbie5t.rF
They did see him, and brandished
their great baro arms at him, and
called him a choice lot OF names. He,
in turf, c:h,bi.cd his bit Of paving
stonc mechanically, and fsnarksd:
"Lemmc alone, or III split you wild
dis. sce'" An Irish cobblcr took the
child, not very roughly. by The
shoulder and told him he was bad
boy and would never bo satisfied till
he found himself in jail. "a A-a-ah,
fRts" said the little street urchin.
.If dc ole woman don't do dc square
ting by mo I'll do her up cofd, end
den dey kin tako me- to Jail if dey
want to-"
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LIGHTS AND SHADES.

Tho projected canal from Marseilles
to the river Rhone is receiving great
attention in Marseillcs.
AEood tonic for the hair is of salt
water, tcaspoonful of salt to a half
pint of water, applied two or three
times week The good effect at the
end of n month will be surprising.
Robert Wagner and Harvey Allen
were found dead in barn on the out
skirts of Allentown, Pa. The men
are said to have dranle nearly two
legs of beer.
Forty years ago mulatto boy Of
Chuttam county, North Carolina, was
so d into slavery md was taken to
Georgia. a few days ago he returned,
vcncrablc-loo!;ing man and worth
more than s5oo,ooo.
Tho Electric Review eays that
women have great difficulty in MAX
ing themselves understood over the
long distance telephone on account of
tho high notes OF their voices, while
mll right on short lines, do not carry
well for long distances.
At Scranton, Pa, Grant Griffin and
Stephen Doyle were Mt the theater md
saw Western border act The boys
next morning took Fiobert gun and
battled with imaginary Indians Doyle
accidentally firel the gun and Griffin
was shot through the heart.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-02-03
The rate of suieI,., Ii France.

Interesting statistics have beet aumpiled
lliHF Of the rate OF suicide IN France. f'c-.-
ne Hth tie figures for the year 1880, II Is re-
sorted that 80 tower than G,5Tj males and
s8i females ctrfii5iifsI suicide, making
total NJ 40. The report goes back thirty
years and -tews an increasing p'c5aieTcc OF
-nlclle In that country, Thus FROM ST .
1868 the number was -,fi6i. or u per 100000
lnhnb.tant-; from 1896 10 $ gpJ cascs were
reported. proportion OF II 10 tHd 10000,
fom i5;i-T5 there were 5.276 case. or ID f'fo-
p6!ti6h of fifteen; from lS1G-S0 The number
wts Sa59 of n in proportion 10 the lp9,oDn.
From 1881 - there were 1922 cases, n pro-
portion 0f 10; and from 1885 30. s.22G caFcs
occurred ~ proportion Of y to the ln0,0nl
II {, asserted that Tn Increase IN ihs rate Of
sclf-dcSlruction Il the Inevitable result n tht
high pitch Of modern civilization with its
attendant excitement worry, and w!th the
the increased struggle for existence there 3
held % be a greater hopeie.sness OF life to the
t.lur
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Orcliard&.

Plant, encourage your nelghbor to plant.
1t takes to-day n bushel of wheat to buy n
peck OF npplcs-orchards pay. Stark Bros
share or cooperative orchards furnished with
out moncy-an Investment for thg well-to-do
as well MS for men of limited means, and pro
yIding orchards which otherwise they might
never get. A great orchard system on thor
ough, buslncss-likc plans-something never
before attempted. We practice what we
preach, show our faith in our orchards, In
our trecs-two million trees, cooperative 8
per cent. plan, already planted; over two mil
lion-over 10000 acres, share plan and ad-
ding over half million year. Farms with
orchards doubling in value annually; n sure
income. Our helps enable beginners to sue
coed. Write us. See adv. In another col
umn, this paper.
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washing tns s,io.,.

They a.-a fus: been trying ID t,itarisz
ham, England, an exceedingly smoky but NOS
foggy city, an invention fOt rashlDE tA'
smoke and making 1t clean before tu:lihg f.
into the mir. The ilca ia not a new one, bu
in this application Of it there are some nove
features A the smoke proceeds from the
furnace 70 the chimney shaft !. Ia drawn aw as
near the point OF etnucc,ion With ths stack
BY means OF powerful Tau resolylng st :.
great speed. II Is then forced through a
cylinder I1SEirg 2sD revolutions unatc
into n tank filed wl,h '"nicr The water IL
agtated by perforated bcntels ard this proc
css has the effect OF washing the smoks mich
is then allowed to escape perfectly purified
into the atmosphere direct, or Is conducted
9sni,. u the chimney. The carbon is precipi-
lhtcd ID The bottom hf the tank, and Ia brought
out in thick, 5Gbhl'ir black froth, forminR
n deposit the worth OF whi'h n put # abou.
$50 = ton, along with other by-proGuc's n an
extremely valuable character This device
may be applied to factory furnaces, locomo-
ties, steamboat engines, and, in fact to all
large furnaces A company has been formed
10 work It, and there IS loud cgIl for its trial
In London. Bifdl5 ConiDereidt
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was talking about, that them dumb
hrnimnls, dye sec? has more sense in
one way nor what we has, for il there's
ghost anywhere on the oilin0, they're
bound to know it nfore any man alive. "
But nll at once, in tho very midst of
the universal panic-from which even
the captain himself, who had hurried
To the spot on the first alarm, was not
wholly exempt-evcryon was startled
to hear loud, hearty, CHEEKY laugh,
unmistnknbly proceeding from the
lips of the 'unbeiievn' parson.
81 can find your ghost for you, my
men," cried he, still laughing, while
the snilors. one and all, stood ugkast.. ..at
this p-ofnne levity. Layton, will you
come and stand here for n momcnt?"
Tom Layton, one of the lookout
men" ut the bow, stepped forward and
placed himself, in his panoply of wet
o'lskin-for heavy squnll of rain had
just broken over the vcssel-at the
srot indicated, just where the red
terms fell right nthwart the forecastle.
Scarcely had he come within the
circle of light, when his transformed
figure started out against the gloomy
background before this very eyes of
his startled comrades, MS n fiery spec
ire. wrapped from head to foot in n
quivcring sheet of red flame, beneath
the nncarthlv glare of which his dark,
bearded face looked unutterably grim
and CHASTITY.
You sec now, lads" said Mr.. St
John quietly, as he looked round
upou the crestfalleu seamen, that
the ghost was only ono of yourselves,
after all. The dog must have come
past just as Layton crossed that line
OF light, and / daresay it did take
him for something horrible, poor
beast, because 1t knew no better; but
you, who ure not dogs, but reasoning
men. ought to have known better,
think
The snilors appeared to think so
too, for they all looked extremely
foolish. and old ben subsequently de.
clarcd that he had felt at that mo-
ment ''as mean as II he had been steal
in 'baccy"-that worst of all crimes
in sailor's eyes. But he consoled
himself with tho Characteristic re-
flcetion that "'twas no wonder IL Mr..
st. John couldn't see no ghosts, for
feein' rs how he didn't b'lieve in 'em,
II wouldn' be no sort O. use for 'em to
appear to him"
But another and even more striking
lesson upon the subject of apparitions
was still in store for the Britannia's
surcrs itious crew.
The vessel had come within days
sail of tho cape. and despite the COL
lnrsc of their last ghost story, the
su rrtstitious tcrrors OF the seamen
bcsin to revive MS they nenred what
NIL nnval.trwdi,ions nsrecdlin present
ing ps the appointed cruising ground
of the redoub.nb,c Flying Dutch
nan' hiinsrlE And in truth, it really
svried US IL tho same i'll fortune which
Lad so p.'rsistentlv haunted poor Cap
lain Vln.lcrdeclten Mt this unlucky
rla,e were destined tn overt,ke them
iilcw;sc: for now tho weather which
ia | iccn magnificent. up 70 that point,
pndcrwsnt . suddpa and Sormids ble
ehaage, sn4 fes aevesal aays teey hAA
n MlA es!alQQl = = ; eNgtese ~ 49,
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KNOWLEDGE

brines comfort and improvement and
IDS to personal enjoyment when
htly used. The many, who live bet
than others and enjoy life more, with
expenditure, by more promptly
epting the worlds best products to
needn Of physical being, will attest
value TO health of the pure liquid
kAtive principles embraced in the
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ts excellence is due to Its presenting
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TO the taste, the refreshing and trul,
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pelling colds, headaches and fcvcrs
permanently curing constipation.
las given satisfaction to millions and
with the approval of the medical
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ng them and it is perfectly free from
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yrup of Figs is for sale by all drug.
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ctured by tho California Fig Syrup
only, whose name is printed on ever,
ekage, also the name, Syrup of Fig
q being well informed, you will not
|pept any substitute if offered.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-02-03
CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME.
Tie Poor Are Said to Bo Won iroh,ly
Kind to Each Other.

Kind to Each Other.
We wonder whether selfishness in.
c-eases Or decreases among the poor.
We rather think the former is the
case, and is due first. to an increas-
ing consciousness which aggravates
self-pity into disease; and, secondly.
to the perfectly marvellous develop
fment of pity for poverty as the most
hopeless OF all misfortunes, says the
Spectator
Formerly. the lame, the MANNED
and the blind were, as in biblical
times, and in the East still. tho
grand objects of charity; but now it
is always the very poor. so that q
hospital may appeal in vain where u
paper describing streetful of pecu-
mary want will instantly elicit q re-
sponse. The poor are still wondrously
kind to one another. but we fancy
they take aid with less gratitude
and more of sense of right than
they did. Certainly their advocates
demand It for them with much more
OF that tone, and with much more
forgetfulness that involuntary char
ity is not q virtue at all, but only u
"God loveth a cheerful giver''--not
the man who has been slanged by
the evening papers into an unwilling
gift, paid, in fact, as kind OF ram
som from obloquy or Importantly.
1t is certain that the bittcr dislike
for foreign poverty increases; that
the starving. II they arc foreigners
driven here by stress of poverty, are
regarded with angry antipathy. and
that there is more of demand that
charity should begin and enl at
home. The new feeling is partic-
ularly marked in America, where the
asylum of-the-universe" idea, so
long cherished is now subject not
only OF rebuke but ridicule, and it is
developing itself strongly. also.
among ourselves.
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USED COINS AZ SHOT.
How . Hunter In Csyio. Bavsd Hinssif
From = nu6AIo.

From = nu6tIo.
Tho buffalo In Ceylon carries his
hend In u peculiar manner, his horns
thrown back and his nose projectin
on level with his forehead, thus
securing him from fatal front shot.
This renders him dangerous
enemy. as hc will receive any num-
ber OF balls from small gun In the
throat and Ghost without showing
the least distress In 1.-The Rifle and
Hound In Ceylon," an account OF q
dangerous encounter with this ami
NAL is given. Tho writer had fred
without killing the buffalo and had
not single ball left With stealthy
ten and a short grunt the bull ad-
s.a.a. ~on tho man, seemingly
aware sf his belpis.-'o 'oss' .
"Suddeniy i briehs .housn.
dashed through my mind Wjtho..
taking MY eyes off the animal, I bus
double chirps Of powder down the
right hand barrel. and. tesring off n
piece of my shirt, l took all tho
money from my pouch. six shillings
in six-penny pieces, and two anna
pieces.
"Qpickly making them into roll
with the piece ot /. rag. ! rammed
them down tho barrel. they were
hardly we'll home before the bull
spran- forward. had no time even
to replace tho ::,,mmrod, and l threw
it in the water bringing m, gun on
full cock at the sdme instant.
II now had d charge In MY gun
which, II reserved till he was within
:, few feet OF tie tt!nzzlc, would Ger;
tainly floor him. IL: horns wef5
lowered. their points were on either
side of me, and the muzzlc OF the gun
barely touched his forehead when |
pulled The trigger, hrd three shillings
worth of small change ratified into
his hard head.
"Down he went, and rolled over
with the suddenly-checked momen-
tum OF his charge. Away went b
and | as fast as our heels would carry
us through the water md over. tho
plain, knowing that he was not dead,
only stunned.
There was large fallen tree
about a half mile from us, whose
whitened branches, rising high above
the ground. offered q tempting asylum.
To this we directed our steps, and
after a run Of 100 yards we turned
and looked behind us Tho buffalo
had reg aimed his feet and was follow
ing us slowly. We now experienced
the difference OF feeling between
hunting and being hunted.
by degrees the bulls pace slack
cnod and he fell We were only TOD
glad to be able to reduce our speed, /,
but we had no sooner stopped to
breathe than he was up again and af-
ter us. At length. however, we gained
the treo anl beheld him stretched
powerlcss upon the ground within
2)) yards Of zig.
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suMMER SNOW for 70 years, tht


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IIIrl, Tiu,..

Spcnccr-I hear that the manag-
ing board OF tho Collidcm, smashem
and Burnup railroad is going to make
determined effort to prevent future
accidents.
Ferguson is the cause of it?
Spencer-J understand that two
directors and u superintendent wcro
hurt in the last smashup
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Man. 1nhumnn,tx to nlm.elr.

The most inhnman outrages, Cutrages which
would disgrace the savage, man perpctrates upon
his own system by swallowing drastic purGatiyes
which convuse his stomach, agonizo MS ih'-s'
tines and weaken his system. Many people con
stAntly do This under the impression that mcdica
ments only which violent in their action, and
particularly cathartics, are OF any avail. lrrep
arabic Injury to health i- wrought under this
mistaken idea The laxative which most nearly
approaches the beneiicicnt action of nature is
Hostet,crs Stomach Bttors, which is painless
but thorough, and iuvigorates the Intestinal canal
Instead OF weakening and Irritating II, The liver
and stomach share in the benign discipline insti
tuted by this comprehensive medicine, whose
heathful influence is felt throughout the system.
Maarious, rheumatic, kidney and nervous com
plants succnmb to it