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BIACK KU-KLUX IN YORk. NEI":ROE LANDED) TOOETHER Fi'' ROBBERY AND MURDElt. Time Itrntal ieti,,g to Death of Little ,Jojniunle (oui LeaI to the Vua-arthl, g of a Se'-re-t NOnety, Whose OJect waun tom Steal, to Kill Any ono Doteotiag Theni, anid t, (lear A cettied Memab,ers by False Trestl(mony. (Frumn the News aind Coiuier.) YOEvud, )ecember 15 .-About two weeks ago, or on the night of November 30, John Lee Good, a little son of Mr. V. E. Good, who lives in the western part of this county was brutnlly nur dered. The News and Courier has pub lished several very meagre accounts of the horrible anlair, from which it has ap peared that al out forty negroes in this coiltt) have b1anded together to rob and pdtlunder and 'muttrder il personS who might detect them in their lawlessness. ltoitn:y .N I) Mu>il l:it. The coroner's investigation of the nutrder of little John Leo (ood has re vealed a muost alarming stiteo affairs in that section, shc wing most conclusively that a sttuplndous conspiracy had been formed among the negroes, the object 1icing robbery and intrdt'r. An inno t',ent child was the first victim of the liendish miisceantts, 1imt deyclopments have prosed that uther murders were freely discnssed and planned, and thai only recently mnbers of the gang lay iu wait one night for a prominent citizen. knowing he would pass a certaiu poin (nii the evening named. The confession of one ''f the pirticipalts in this :ffail is corro)orated by the gentleman him self so far as to place, action of his horse k"c., and a day or two after the occur ron1ce ho mentioned it to a friend, bin without the least sspicion that by a for tuitous circumsttnce, either lack of cour age of the man on watch, or 1because h had fallen asleep, he was saved from six murderous bullets. Trial Justico J. P'. Ilhtir, acting as coroner, sim'ned a jury of very dis erect men of the nlig'li ld, and in conducting IhIe inquest they have die played COiSid(rtl)le taet, and, under ih dilicut circutilntcs siiut nding them, have Iby practicna l investigatio b roughtt to light the astodinglIt frits which hiave placed the Jh-onad river section i11 a statc of terror aind ri ad alarm throtghout the couiity. ('irciimstanm'is p1. ite d almost cmclu sively to ,\l~s,, Lipsm Dr,an Roberts :and Jiil'v Dowdle as the petrpletrators of th('e deed, \it iri 1hr,'ulaps another aecom 1h)ec; and iite' the ('lOSe of the firi day's -ssion t hey were eonnu itted to jail. Om the sec nd meet ilg of the jury, o th, 11 inst., fter t:tking testimony, cii ctiistiianes mil stateen),-ts of some o: t he witniessts iniite( tO .'rindly Tiomp soni as anothuer concerned in the murder and he was also coimmitted. I'ii' !'O(\sl'llI 'lt'-i IN ,T,51. ln the examnination of so many wit ne('sses vaiit utte'nlc'es by lirat Onle amll( another of "t he citb," "tlie elan," "th sci(ety," the witness's' uenberl.ip am similar exp re'ssiois gave a ('It ' whiel was steeessfuly worked lip, and the rc stlt is that now '!ii negroes, ritiging i: age froi ti i 10, are inmates of the jail tihir oltenee i eing inrder i'r aidin ther,ii. Ti '. prii:-ouers ar4'I Mose Lip comb1h, Danu .Ihithers, luilev )owdle an P'rit d Thompli son, p rinci'prds, and th follo'in, anyiv f' whnom will no doul lind it dilliult toi prove innlocc1 1as a<( 4essor'is, byi reasn ilof' the comibinetio byi ' evlen(cie o for aiddneed1 hals been xu. licaietly t' 11s1ained:4 ( iies (Good, Joh1 GAood, Les \fo<i, D.i''k Tihompson80f, Wnl Ma . es i itberts, Will McClunmey, Watllac .Ic~11id,l ill 'ThompisonI, Owienls Mioor< Allen iGooid, liub Smlarr, Sciuire T1homi b tam Good, Wml. Washington. Oif th <irlk c loudi (if pirisioner's (Gile (Good( an W lilaec .ieni figuired prominient ly in th murderIt for wichill C'ohlumbus Crawrfor wails hanngedi 18 mon iths ago. Wallat t urnied State's eviidence, anid ( iles, whi hals alwatys beeni re'garded ats thet inistigl Ito' fi (lim deed, though Columibus ia nultted Oin thle gaIllow'is thaIt lhe fired tIl fatal shot. (Giles is a mulat,to, probabi 50t years ol, cralfty and14 clninig, aul has thle ipowier to lead thie peopjle of hi race, osi er whloml he hits exerte stron 411 No attempt to (over'1drawV the pictuni oIr to add a4 wor(d to inea'lse the excit< ment this allitr, hls 11 prdnlii'd, isniece, Itary after ai ro4cital 'of thle bare faet: After tile coronier's jm-y obtainor,l tI: chmit as to the supposedl conlspiraev, the devoted thei t hird day of the investigi lion, last Firidlay, to thiat brainchi of tI: calse), aund the. following is a speeimen i the sworn testiiony: Wmii. lioer'ts: J aml a1 miembler of thi elan. I wasl re'ciived by Jack McClunle in August, 188u;. I kniow iuli ho ( he11a hieliiiged to tilt clan --Allen (Goiod, Wa lace lieid, IPinidly Th'lomnpson, llail' D)owdlo 1( adIMoso Luiipscimbi. Jack sii lie had very goodi( mein a8 1mmberls, anl hie wanted m ie to jtoinI. II 11 a manl i'aiuh a memeri' steailinig tile c'lub was to miak mngs regulrly, but I said4 to thiemi onec' "'Boys, we imulst 8sweari toget lher. Th'loug I have nleve'r b een witihl you, vou hav gilt miy namlle, ma11 .I 'i ill stick to, you We will stii'k toget her." I did not t ik the oath. Mli and Allen (Good, DIay ney~ met. I knew thant thety wereC mlem bers, and fte moiv' wais ranidu that if an one was caiught stealing wie would miak the manu that cauight himl suWeir. (On puirpoise wvas toi goi two or thlree togethle to a manii' lilhouse, anid if he de'tectedi II we wouild 1mob1 him riight there. l'l meetings wer'e to be' all at Jacek Mc(Chl ney's, andl on Wednesday nights. Tihe stud( on1e Snuiday at month ago the wanted to1 make a i'aidl pretty soon. (10 not know of aniy (ithier' club. I wu not have tohil about that meeting ifi had niot been pulled ouit of mie. [t' I ha told,they w~olubdthave mobbed moe, 1 wa afraid, 'The unlderstandinlg wasl till they would formi c'lubsi all ilver' tihl counll try. Heo said they werle good thlinl: and hie wantedi to, get, them up all ovr tile couintry. Tlhey wiere good, lie said because wvo would .have pl'ent- vif goo thiniga, whiskey, &c. When aii.etes "cer stolen everytlung was to1 go to, the hvan mlan, daick McC lney. Meatt wase to hi hid in gullies and eaves. When we mec after the( killing wo tlked( on~ily talke< atbouit it, atnd let o'ther' iiattors go. John C ole test ified that ho belongs ti a club ov-er fte river (in Union county. .H-e s'tidt: '"The miaturo (if thle orderi caldled a btriko, nad miemibers have tOh( me that we culd tako( of steal all th< provisions we miight nieed." '"To KIin wniITt- 3mN.' Adam Tjhompso, Jenry Bailey anid AmotiSmarruall ave lengthy testimoniy ackowldgig teirmemibership, anld givmng names of medmlbora. Adam Thmpon recognized Oiles Good na~ the head man 'f b< rlttb. "i4 f j1 object of the o ub WM to .te whatver we wanted. Iffetootd we were to kill the person whg deteoted us. Whatever Giles Good siid to do was to be done. If not the man who failed to do it was to be executed. The object was to kill white men. They were going to kill Elias Inuan and Clinton Good. They have guns and pistols and ammunition, and they were kept by the head man, Giles Good, in his cellar. On one occa sion, he said, he and others waylaid the road to kill Elias Inman. henry Bailey said he was made a member of the club about two weeks ago. The object of the club was to make a living by misdemeanor-to take that which don't belong to you. If we were caught by any one we were to do away with him. Giles Good was captain and carried his gun. All that was stolen was to go to the boss man, Giles Good, to be distributed among the members of the club. Amos Smarr testified as to his mem bership and his knowledge of the society. ''Tils 115I50 STAl 1,ofloE.'' With this testimony the coroner's in quest was adjourned until to-day, but on Saturday a jury of investigation heard testimony of members of a known secret society in the neighborhood. This is called Rising Star Lodge, No. 24, of the Grand United Order of the National Laborer's Aid Protective Society of North America. The printed laws of the Order and the charter of this lodge were produced. The charter emanated from Charlotte, N. C., bears date )ccember, I; i, and is signed by S. M. Pharr, suireine se ibe. These documents re veal only benevolent and fraternal fea tar's of the Order, and several witnesses were examined, their testimony bearing out this state of facts, though the jury, in their verdict, regard the lodge as a nuisance to their neighborhood. ''he proceedings of the day were closed witi the testimony of Adam Tlompson, a colored youth IG or 17 years old, of ndiun intelligence, who revealed the following startling episode in this event fal chapter, he having on a previous ex aination confessed to being a member of the clan: A U1AM TiLOMsON's STOaIY. I:'amiucd by Trial Justice Blair: 1'rind Thompson made arrangements to waylay Mr. Elias Inhman, which was to take place after dark-about 8 o'clock ol a Friday night-. I think it was Fri day night, because there was but one day hetwe(n the time and Sunday. 't')aose who waylaid him wero Prid TIhompson, myself, 0iles Good, John (Go~d, Wallace Reid and Bailey )owdle. 'Jih reason for waylaying him was be cause they did not like hun and because they thought he had money. I do not know when Prind first spoke to me about waylaying Mr. Inman. The last ttie l spoke to me about it he said if I did not go with him they would kill me. U iles lal a club or organization formed of men whom he controlled, and who were to go when he gave the word. (Witness again repeated the names of tli' memP'ers as given above. They did -not say what they would do with Mr. I lauan after killing him. I was posted nea:arest the road, and the others were I s'-reted in the woods at diflereit places 1 albouat thirty stops fromu Ilie road. .I was - iat long from the timne we were Posted a until Mr. Innan caine along. I was lying down on the side of the road and - satw It ain ride by. The moon was slaiaa inag, but, I (lid not see him until ao had .1 puased by. I was placed near the road e to watch for hini and was to whistle as a t signal of lhisaliroacl. When 3r. Inmau ro:le near to where 1 waus his horse sud ii denaly gaive a jump and1 stairted oil' in ni Ii tiut. li e on camre to a bend in thac -r(oad aamd was out of sighat. Th'ley were a a great minad to kill me for not givinag the saial wheni Mr. Inaan camae uap. TIhev toht mae to go along thlaat they did nIt i, wmiat to see mei say more. e I belong to the or'ganization. P'rinad , nut i led iaue to go thlat nighat. 1 was thena a- living aat JIolh Moor'e'a. 1 (do not knaow ', thae maontha, butad it was abouat tharee a mnthts ago. ITh object of waylayia1 ~t Mr . .1nana wvas to get amoney. The'l a l1htee was b)etweena Mr . I auman's hiousc ii an:d McNeill's sto re on the high rosad C lembuiag from McNeill's to Inman's house. o 'lIe hoa-se t.rottcd oil' fi'om wheare we i- were. Noathing was said aabouat whaat we -were gaoinig to do with him. -ra:n (oN: :ssroaN oa' ( n : oa' -aa sr,m-~as ()ai .~l nday Prindly Thompson, coii - ial iui jail, maade thc following confes sioan to J1ohna (C. Ashae, mcember of the juray of mlauiest, and Mrla. Giooda, father- of thue noarderecd boy, iaa the presence of the n)a laeing interrogated ho at first demied antyk know ledge of the affair, andl said lae( did liot belong to any club, noa 0kaaow aanytlaing aibout a elul>. Finally he slaid tat theo other muembhers~ of thac e hbhaad told him in the jail that it' he sai anything about this murder thae were' going to kill him. lie then con iaaued: .I went with them (to Ma'. Good'Y field) after thae cotton, and heft thaem 5 there. Baailey haad the little boy by hais v waist. I had him by the legs. 'Mose I chiokedl haim. D an carr'ied thec stones - with whaich lae waas b)eaten. We theaa alt e' away by the piastuae fild. Bailey lir st t strauckt the b)oy with a rock aas soon~ as I we got haold of haim. U aan was the first tto see thae boy, and( lhe said: ''Boys ya yaaler' is Lee. ' Bailey hait him tirst, - and1( D an next. Mose jumnped on hais :lhowelr. '.lhe bory in jail told( me that a mn mam~g a confession f had broken am > iaeck. I saidl: "Boys I amn going to te .the tauth." ''Thley replied : 'You tad I l)ana have doane told everythaing.'' Thecy asaid to me anad Bailey: "Dlon't tell aany -thaing." .1f any oneO belonged to thec -l ahb tad was to reveal anythaing, heo was to lbe muurdeed ori i'unl out of the c-on a t. Whaen we got caughat ini a stealing a scape I thea bhalanice' wea'e to swear haim r out. We were to take the cotton to be Ssi tden fa'om Mr. (Good's field to L evi Wood, whao was to bale aund sell it, and - theni were to diviade the money. Siae y ta la!al thtey biaye put mae through a pre v hinary traial, anud told me that T would Iiaever come out except to lbe hung.I I ama ianeteen yearsa old. H.e theni gave amanames of members of thec claab ias lol 1 lows: ( iles Good, headl mana; John a (Good, Sama (Good, Bud I)arby, O)wensc t Mooraie, Ge~orge Jaiieson. - (Othler' prisoneris wt<re gi Ve(n an (Ioppo tiity t(a speaak, buat t hey wouhal nakei Ai arn:a at aa liNa aa TI he onfessioan iaa jaail, of Prind( Thoma-a stan, on, Moaadaiy, which waas givena to thie e asaer's ajur' ya ysterday aekiind led the a S-ai jun'nnag miaalgaaatiaon (f tache piepl autO. i,tt aboutt 7 o'clock thais morn'Iing U 1b: t y aof naearl'y a haunadred aamunted mena appalachl(led thae jail. Abocut a dozea enI tere b(1ly thae front door anad from tht (; aonrt]'(1 proaceded to thec thairad story aund oia aaaueaaced ba1rigthec wooden'shuat ters uopatn to thec grated door. The noise airoused Shaeriff (hlenna, and lie hastily praoceedcd to thoe third tloor' and aiskel thec maeaning of the demonoistr'ation. Tlhe rep'14 wuas: '"W,o wamnt the fouar urider ers.' Thea shieriff' assdried the mn tlhat laboy we not in the jail and opened tihe doom's to give themn ant o)hportunity to examine, lBeinst ~atisfied that thn mnni wafd * o%DIthei' lynob9ra all ie4e away. b y were all white andr unmaeked. They oonduoted the'nselvee quietly and orderly, but were evidently dlsappoirtod in not finding the men wanted. 'ho shorn, apprehending danger to the prisoners, had prooured an order last night from Judgo W% itherspoon, transferring Moses Lipscomb Dan Rob- t erta, Bailey Dowdle, Prind Thompson Giles Good and John Good to Rioland sa jail, and they wore started for Columbia via Gastonia, N. C., thus preventing the tet lyinching of at least four guilty wretches. A. W. T* re IENIA ll N:1L %O'I'fT lI Itestic servants in G reenville. P'a., have formed a union for the putrposc of tie rai ing their wages. (len. William (l. 1lauuling, lie veueralde d1 pr; *pti etor of the noted lH'lle Jleule stock fat im, near Naslhville, 'etnn., is dead. an The Albiama Confcreuce of I the M. E. Cliirel, Soul h, is in siiot at Mlluntgomt to ery. Bish1op0 Keer presiding. 1hursia has r"efued to recanlnize l'rince er Fe! nlinatnd, of :. e Colug'Got ini, as a caudidate for Ile Bulgarian throne. fr At Poplar lhill, Mo., the county ('Out iotse Wast destroyc(d by fire and the county be jii partially ('onsumed. Loss $0t,0t0. The brakemnen on the Louisville, New It Albany and Chicago ]tailroad have joined the freight conduelors' strike andul demand tin increase in their pay also. Pt ct The Knights of Labor at Amsterdain, N. Y., atre much exercised over tihe D)aih Demn ocral publishing all the secrets of their Or- n der and the mode of initiation. P Annie l3elle Cumtinus, a young wife, liv ing in Louisville, Ky., conmitted suicide 'uesday because her husband left her through jealousy. ,Tuo. Il. Jones aii George Freetnan, the g largest lumber dealers in North ILouislina 0 were arrested Thursday, el:irgcd with tres pamsing on governmelnt lmiis. at At Sain Francisco Thursday 200 Amri cti dlistric't messenger boys weut on a strike. Tihey want fixed wagts at 'iS cents a (lay, I instead of a cents a trip. Y A special to the New Orleans /'W'aeyone, from E(lwards, Miss., says that the exodus at (4f negroes from that vicinity continues utn it Porty-live pe"rtons ate still miI. sing frmi d the burned stcaner .1ohn W. Vite. which d oi(-'urred on the Mlississippi river luesday nit;lt. t" ''he ''radt's U'nion dele;ates at Caun bus, Ohio, formed a new organtizalion to riv:d the Knights of Liaor, which has I been naited the Federatrtion of Labor. It is stated that Queen Victoria las pub liely forbitlddt the admission into Witlsotr ('Cst4' of newspaplers (antt ining ieports of " tihl notorious (olin ('ainut bill case. Tlrue' Ill huiV ' been forund a,,a;it!t A. I 'i rry. .1. T. c{ s:m . \l A. I faw kin. tie urt,(". ,f lhdltitnute, .\hd., wlmi !at-riI'( -'i tily l3rovn to aI ier bl d ttly for di-a cting puriposes. 'T'hte i ((lV of . iilbur \V. 1';alcttr. a rl(rl< of the Slhaijleiglh ('antwei C;.npnny of St. Licuis. was found i ll '' )Iebrcmi, of their i!rn(dl butilding. lit- p'iletr is stil miss im::. <I )'1riei w'aW s r("-el ,el 1\av r of kI)I> utton - l :c a htliliiy of I,ilt0 ii and a intaj'tily met th' Labor antd liepiubliran i'auIitatcs of I.lu-!. The t"tajorit1' inl ftvor of lirtt is ii :tg:c't i ttf"t Tih(' dlpt at l,owutdysvillh,in _\ u'lcr: t c~t!lly, ttgelI r wit Ii I IalI'.S of trti, w'ere de(strtoyedv bt: irtt Thur'sd:!y ni_lit. t A 'starl fromt an inttolmimn t;rain ("r (tatl another conhltr tariatiotnt, lhicth wv-" ,itialt. s ie l\,ntu\cy ( urt of AIptealL: its t ('it t1 in favor of the righ1 t ot le-si' \\ hite t to <hispnse n dt liine !(s a pharniii.'uacist, at pi iledge tat was~ Irefied he by th le State i IHoardi of Pharmaciay becus sh'e is a ft-.> ftc sto prove thI I th le w' rl i' il>t a :lobetc bcu' is tlat as a I:un-ake. II-. ch:llcn es a I1 1 Johnit~Ilc'pkins profc~scr ci to nOit i!'. ini .itdsu,in onl ts thiemet. . 'I)'ph t lhu-kwell, a Inegro, wa (cinniit < ti cctcjil t (I tlx. fi, N.i . i:-m , A;:liel ')inciat.i hi h(ly H r cciid '-hi hi confeiS<te e1ccctite. tv e-it-t i d tin be ithe at sit tothC bnee.tedi. Th le kit.t goods inihl-, at A ntislter , N. V.. at-c all runniling withI icreased tnum lhers ot tictn-iticioni hltp. 'lhe l\ ii':ts (of I .:ztccr ltive tie!hiredl a bo(ycott icagainst tiihe tmiri(lmaits ad newspaperst.t- tt fcvctule - to then'ti. I.t~ Oisuai that I .aut Kiibts hIii re isignedt wit hin a short tiinte. ' A speC(ial frctin Vc initgst own, Oh)io, to ( levelaitl .:cvs all 11 the c heuig ('cialii ne it hat lcceality itre idlc withc little pro'tspet-ls of a settle'inecnt. ITe ineni cOaine onti lbe n ('is of 0 thle (cierator refIC ustig toc conccecle' tic anl itdvanite of' 1t cents cc'r ttn. Th'le otocok ind(icaites at lonig str'ikt'. A <hisastro uts bcoiIcr exp llsicon a occ'edt yesterda(y, att Charles 1 ft cein '1 ik's extelisivye sa nv null int thle we'stertn suburb tic of Evans Vible, Intd. IThree -10 ft b iilets exloded, wn-'e~lng thce mnill, k ill ing' one' taiti and wo(uintitig steen. Foty onde ll('n wVer'e workcc lice th nic-i cl tehttii.cc o lTheii( Setctay 'of the:it(' itTci hlcntai re'aiiy the paiinet ithou' t eaIc, of thec i' iniMt ''zSi it-e .l(tr .1 ,o n id 1 Sttw m1 perc eei A b 'i'i of~ t 'c loa oi o* Ml o th int'rs ite boindsc. 1'tisseaston s' ti ' of cpo alie iteet IhIck i te of' the year a eaetdb simaIl w auncit of care and at little cost, by b theu tiiiely use of EWit\NK('s TJI'AZ CiN('iIONA Coiticit,. , It cities D ia rih<ea, I yvenit eriy, (ICcol. ('rat Morhusit and1( like comtpiints. ..A( o Itarc/cr? should be w'it htout ai bot he, ais it wcili prevent anyt disease that wccoiuld no doubt ar.ise fron thle ebancige ot ci water',,tood anid climiate, wvithout its uise. 'Vit heitost vatluale ine'djcic ini m thce world, 'oinitas alli the bcest and it ,most curative prtoper't.ies at' all oIlier greatest Itlood I>uii ter, iv 'er Regui. itt tar and Life aticl J lelt-Rest~oino-, st Agent iniO xisttncc. lcoi Mal aria, th Fevert andic A gne, Ch111i t and Fever' *h I)yspepsia, Indcigeg1icci, Sick I Ittmci awce, Nei'vouis I leadnaehe, Chr'oic l& 'leetliuain itetinedy. ft girc's itc il c andcc vigor to lihe aigoi. lc'e'ur i tcc dtI' elte hetailth, weakL antd 'Ilicii (lien, nuiin-:i ntother'~s. Sic c;i''ia. wrialcTid with boctih'.. ,, I. B. FVL'ncNK, Ei. >'':ilec 'Ihce Topaz'. Cinchioita Cordhitt (c Sp attaitboirg, S. C. : D ear Sir- haveI tcC i tused a case cl Of i ur Topazx Cardiald in tuy family I', and cc as a TIoiiic andi Ap - h1 i tizer' I can chleer'fulIly r'ecommenidi to all w'cho ame sumlerinig from 1 )ebilit y cI anid hack o1f appetite. My children I, bl (:specially, have beeni iuch beitehfted lb by its use. Respcetfully, sht liUTSON Lim Ask your' dru'ggist for EwVlANK'it TOP'Az CINCuIoNA CoRIWIAL and1( tak dIC no other. T,11R T'Pm'z CuNcHoNA C~onr)AT Co., ct Shnuatl.ini . C, U'T u A . 1 j1 bitrmrf uot, to' $ relief For tw$tience zmea athy caro Hieavier 1uch fo.thee to- bear; Happy he who, childlike, 'will Let God lead him up the hill. A >oint tiny woman can appreciate int lace. The best cobblers do not talk. "Least d, soonest mended." On Christmas day, though the turkey's iter, the eaters stuff. The baker is the only loafer entitled to >l)ect. 'T he universal Christmas carol is adapted the Fest toon. The fate of the pretty girl under the mis toe--Kiss-met. Tis the barber's apprentice who often es young. Uysters have a language of their own, dl clams stew. A. fog signal reminds the sailor of the wer of bay bell. When a man falls down his temper gen lly gets up before he does. A question for decorators-tiow can a eze adorn a "warm interior?" Of a man suddenly struck dumb, it may said that his melancholy daze has come. Courtship, like champagne, soon looses zest if kept too long after the pop. hush money is what the young husband rts with for paregoric, soothing syrups, C. Christmas is apt to be followed by blue ass in families where the old allopathic actice prevails. Christmas dinner at home, no matter w meagre, is preferable to Christmas nch anywhere else. Santa Claus is a dead issue-the rising mneration is very smart, and know a thing 't wo when he seCes it. The man who racks his brain to get up t original Christmas menu is called the rent Christ nmas Menu-vir. The man who never does any harm right crawl into a cave and stay there ten ears without. being missed. They say "'one swallow does not make spring." Just try boiling coffee, and see it won't. ('hrist mas lesson for the young: ''Chil ren, the best part of the turkey is the ruin-stick." When a mant is about to sneeze lie had .tther do that than anything else in the uorld. "lPoints' in the stock market are proba 1yso called because speculators generally et stuck ot them. E:ngland doesn't object to taking a drop Vben she feels like it. Last year she drank G10, ;1:3,0 worth of liquor. A [ash ion writer says all the fashions are ar slenIder n amen. 'Ihey are certainly at designed for slender purses. "Love is blind.'' True, true. The cog lover never sees the dog till it is too tie to escape in a dignitied manner. 'i'he l'uritbm is the name of a new color Slaidies' goods. Of course it is warranted be fast. 'I'he ontly circumstances under which a man e:n pull more than a horse is when he piulihng at a bottle. For every man killed in war ten have (ei scnt over the gulf by the aid of the orkscrew, says a temperance paper. A police'man in St. I.ouis attacked by holtra nmorbus lost so much rest that lie tas fored to go on (uty to recuperate. W1ashington prides itself upon the pos ssion of an egg 1,000 yeats old. We've s"n saml that se- mcd to be older than hat. A nice. easy exerci c for Christmas day I liat oif counting the change you have eft. 1t c-an be dhone generally with on.e lKa'e IField lhas recently said that. wont .i u with their eyes. This p)articularly plhes to thle woman whoc watches her :Somle o.me says there is a gr-e:t deal of harat:cter mi cyebir <vs. Wec dot not know buut this, int we do knowv that there is a ~rest (acal of Intdia iink in them sometimes. A little ejirl under five, looking at an Lfaict ini a book, saidl: "I1 think the e.tInrs are good, if hle was iiot making up face.' S peaking of the widening of -woman's phere, wvhy do not soine of the sex take to arpent eiin.tg W ~omen are generally inter sttdI in .imier work. A Tennimessee man cau so p)erfectly imi 'it( the sounds made by two dogs en'gaged i l.ighting that lie calls a Memphis congre :iaon out of chuarch in three minutes. A shoe canm be made in some of thle Lynnit hiss., shops1) ini 40t minutes. A p)air of feet iPuti bite likely to go through such shoes aithI almoist as mmuieh dispatch. ''I don't think there is any royal blood in yv veins," remarked a sad-faced young mn as lhe madle a b)ec.nc for the dlentist's. but myv jaw is every inch aching." Und seasonis and shotrt crops arc the latest tilttions of what ails the farmer. Ought (it short crops to briag good prices'? 'If ot, whly not? .A matn becoming angry because his gun icked badly, his coimp anion said, "Guns re lint human, aifter till. T[hey are almost tire to kick wh-len the load Is too heavy." When you visit a fair this season politely tjip it- for the trea(suirer. When found, and hiim your puirse with a pleasant smile. will save you till further trouble. Il is hard scrattching either to devise or a allord all the Chistmas gifts that lhe 20ason talls for. But if you have to scratch mtetmbler thaitt your patron saint is Santa laws. Hlailway cond(uictors say' that Fridaty is ie ghtest dimy of the week for travel. It priobial ily blicauise so many people have a .iperstitlious idea of thle day as belig un n-ky. A l(entucky man '-lalims to be able to till Ii s mou(th t withI water and( blow it riotghi hiis eats.' The retmar-kable part I thas -tatemienit is that the matn is able to ho-e lie water ito his tmoutth. oig s(curiityV Cor a reltivie is a good atl like lickitig a red-hot ptoker with a- itnigui. 'There is niothting to lie gied withI safely. A tioy was asked if lhe ever pirayedl ini un-di anid antswered-, "O yes; I always ya iprayer; like thle test do, just biefore the rttt.tn hieginis." ." Whant (10 youi say?'"wtas e "?fu~Tti. "Now I lay tie dIowna to Humtt indl hioney Is saidi to bie onte of thme -I tt ughi rnedticimies for a fuamtily. Thle Ie ;nn tuse lit-i shate of it -the 'honiev .etehsaiid, with hiis usual selfC-nae fir(ttr ii n ('io-ok ing! exclaimed Mirs. to, I tm not gtimtg to 'etm. My huts. .ii tres iii on( cookmtg, atnd wthn he -utionis h is mthier- lit looks arotnd for mthIoily to applaud." Onc pir-achetr stand ing ini the pulpit hlt 4 o1 eni thle door oif I lie kingdom of heaven (silt at tract ntarly as much attentiont as ate arrivaIliholditig open thme door of the o th. We need reform. Fouitr or live mnonthis ago oli Ben Butlter (-lred tihat the Fiftieth Conigiress would I epubbdean,u .n matter- whait happened. is now hunting for Wiggins In order toi ike hatnds and( styampathiz,e with himni Christmias shmopping is a delightful oceu tiom for the people with long purses; anid It is hy no mieans sure that the pople iih short ones do not gtIoopear t of thu ngenmious enxtrivan~c nmake Itle 20 a lonig way. iPLA OF WOMAN TO TN WORK1NOIEN OF T0E UNI. TED MTATKS. Addre.g of the Wouuan's (11dia Tem pertnoe Union, to the Latbor Organizt t ons, Beseeching Theun to Keep Awny Fron the Saloons, and )evote Their Earnings to Their Families. following address hts been issued by the National Woman's Christian Temperance Uit.,n, iU ae cordance with a resolution adopted at the recent Minneapolis convention. It is addressed to all Kutghts of Labor, trades, unions and othei' labor organ izations: IEADQUAItr.s uF Tin-: NA'rIoNAt WOMAN'S CIIIsTriAN TEI1'1PERANt' UNION, 161 LASALI.h S'r1lu:m't, CUiC.o, November 6, 1886.-To all Working Men and Women: Brothers and Sis ters of a common hope. We conic to you naturally as our friends and allies. With such of your methods as involve co-operation, arbitration and the bal lot box, we are in hearty sympathy. Measures which involve the compul sion of labor, destruction of property, or harm to life or limb, wo profoidly deplore, and wo believe the thoughtful and responsible among your ranks must equally deplore them, as not only base in thenselves, but a great hindrance to your own welfare and success. We rejoice in your broad platform of mutual help, which recog nizes neither sex, race nor creed, Es pecially do we apprcciate the tendenvc of your grcat. mtovemtenct to cievat~e wo:men industrially to their rightful place, by claiming that they have equal pay for equal work, recogmz ing them as officers and members of your societies, and advocating the bal lot in their hands as their rightful weapon of self-help in our representa tive government. As teniperanec women, we have been especially glad to note your hostile attitude toward the saloon, the worst foe of woman, and of the workingman and of home. We read with joy of the vow made by the Knights of Labor at the conven tion in 1ichnond, when, with hands raised to heaven, they pledged themi selves to be total abstainers through out their term of olice. In addressing you at this time we wish to ofler our sincere congratula tions upon your achievements as prac tical workers in that great temperance reform which ei.gages ever st cadfast work and prayers, and which, as we believe, invalves, over all other move ments of this age, your happie imc-and elevation. 1'ermtit us to ask your r:ce ful consideration of this statcmcnt olf our belief. The central question of labor reform is not so much how to get higher wages as how to turn the present wages to better account. Ior' waste harms most those who ctnt least afford it. It is not over-prod uctioi so much as under-consunption that grimds the fies of the workingmten. Fourteen hundrel millions tniiually drawn, chiefly from the pockets of workimgnen, by saloon keepers and cigar dealers, mean3 less flonr in the barrel, less coal in the cellar :au les:: clothing for the laborer's family. We grieve to see them give their iouinev for that which is not bread and thci~r labor for that which satisticth noi. Lifc insurance statistics prove that while the average life of the moderate drinker is but 85 yeas anl a half', that of the total abstainer is 61 years. Succe5sful explorers and .soldier,' famous athletes, p,edestrianrs, rower6 and shots, arc mn wh1o do not cob wVeb their brains or palsy their niervcs with alcoholic drink. We believc tha the work of our societies, r'euIt inhg ini Jaws by w hiceb nearlyv one-hal f' 'lthe clhildrenCi of thle Uiitedi Sta:t es are be - ing" taugh t inl lie pulblic i'chiools t he cvi cil'ects of' in toxictiing l iqutors rq po i the tissues of the body an td the temiperI of' the tuinid, merits youri ca rnerc operationi aii will prov'e one of' yom ' strlongest riniiforce ment s ini t he c'11ert to elevate your- faatailies to nobler lk vels of opportuniity. We believe that thle study13 of hiygienei, i ncludinzg a I:ho w 1 edge 01' the most, healthfu i l oodI., andi the dhiscoveryV that these are of a cap, er' and non-stimulianrting class, withI a caireful consitter'ation of scient.ilic meithods by which, ini the priepar'ationc of food, a little can he mulae to go, a long way ini home ecnmc,aewl worty ofyouratteiition. We nok you to1 altd us5 ini onit endteav'ors to have taught iur5all depar'tmemis of' our- publie: schools, those beneticiit law s of' health which r'elatc to wholesome living iin r'esp)ect to diet, dress, sleep, excreise anti( veintihatioin, so that thlese teaichiings shall be given to every clild as one of lie surest imeanis to its highlestI happi We ask youri attentlion to our White Cross p,ledge of' equal chuasti t v fo'ri ma and woman ; of' pure language aiid puire lif'e. We ask your- help in ouri efT'oirts to secur'c ade(quate pr'ot~ct ion by Jaw for the dauighter's of the poor and( rich alike, froim the cruelty of' base cnd br'utal men. We ask your help .1 01u1 endeavois to preserve~the Amer' ican Sabbath with its rest and quiet, red(ecmning it from beiing, as inow, thle harv~est time of' the saloon keeper, when lie gathers in the har'd earniings of' the woi'kingman, and( we promiise youl 0our co-oper'ationi ini your- elrs to secure- a Saturiday liaIf-holidav' which we believe will (10 sc) much to> change the Sabbath from a day of reeireation to one of rest at home, 'and for- the wvorship of God. We call yoiur attention to our1 (de paitiment of' evangelist ic tempjeranice woirk ; wvork for railroad empldoy2s, ers ; also to our effor'ts to or'gainize fr'ee kitchens and kiinder'gartenis aiidI bands of' hope ; to supply f'ree li braies and r'eadling looms, tempiheranlce lodg ing houses iandi restaurhants,,'and to ieach out a hieling hand1( to la:len women as wvell as failleni mii. . We have a pulblishiing house at I91D I aal I Street, Chicago, whiich seni oulit 810y). 000 pages o1 f missioin ternler'anice liter' atiure mi the last year, and( whtich is condulmcted by womien ; its th pe set by womneni complositors. We ask y'ou to (to all in your i powerl fot' the ca use of' pr1ohiiion01, whIichI is pr'e-einiien tIy your cause, and1( with th le driaii shozp andI its lieindish temp lt ationis over-. thrown, wvhat muightf you not attain oft thlat self-moaster'y whIichi is thle iir1st cond(it ion of' success and huappi ness ini those homes which are tile hetat's trite i'estiing laic. Youri ballots hold the balaiice of' iower' iin tis land1 of thei wor'ld's hope. We ask those of' you who aric vol ers to Calst theml oinly for' suhl measiirzes and( such muen as are solemn ily comiijt tled to thie pr'ohibitioin of' every brew ery, (distill er'y and( driamshuop ini lie niation. And that thle wvomeni mary come to thue rescue in this great emei' g'ency, also as ain act of'justice toward those who have then most sacred claim on your prIotectlion, we hope) that you may see yonr way cleair to cast your ballots only for' such mein as are pledg 0(d to the cnf'ranchIsnmonn of wonnmnh all tie we apak t9 yu boRe who ferventl ' believe tht t te comling of Vbrietenomn in the earth neanse brotherhootd. tWe urgo you, with sis. tonly earnostnesw atnd nlctlon to make the New Testatintlt vonr text I book of political economy and to join us In the dttiiV study of Ills blesset<d words "Wio spako as nove; lnan spake." Ills plerced hands lifting up this sorrowful bonighted jworld into the light o' (od. In earnest syinpathy let us go lo_ ward to vork out Itis golden pre copts into the worll's life ani law by making, first of all, his law and life Your1, fotot nd 1(lOIne ttnd1(very' lanl, Fl't.Nc:t:s E. w1'.L,ace, C.1oL.mN IF B. 1u :.i,, l'rcsi<lvl t. 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