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Straight through ray heart thla fact to-S By Trnth'a own band It driven, God never takea one thing away Bnt aomotbing elae ia given. 1 did net know in earlier yenra Tliia law of love and kindneaa ; But without ho|>e Uiinitgli hitter teara . I inourr.eu In aorruw'a hlhidnoaa. H?aj5Tf,?? * .? i. . And ever following eaob regret For eonie departed treaauro, I My end, repining fceirt waa met \Vfth unexpected pleaanre. 1 thought it only tHnuwtod to Bnt time thia truth baa taught me; No leaat thing from my life can go But acmetbing elae ia brought one. It ia the law, complete, anhltme. And now with faith unahakon. In pattenoe I bnt bide nty time, *- when anv Jov ia taken. No matter If Ibo ernshlng Uk>w H&-. M?y for tb? moment do*n mo; Mftfou* . . v. ? Bit 11 <Mck oI It. waits Lore, I know. With sofno n?w gift to crown mo. W^- Me==-:' LITTLE WAIF A Story of Absorbing Intercsll ^ By BERNARD HERBERT. fCHAPTEK VI.?Continued.I Ttin Am! taw >luva nflnr liar nirivnl America were a term of jwaco ami rr never to bo forgotton- by |>oor litt Oracie Garland. To be mire, she wc nowhere, and consequently saw not ingbut the interior of |lie humble lioni in Harlem and its two kindly inmate: bnt then, he* mind was at rest for tl time being, to some extent at lean since she fancied that she had elude her pursuers, if indeed any such the were. Neither mother nor son lu failed to notice, however, that whi asked to go for a walk njion the bonl x vards of the neighborhood during II ^ day, the girl invariably oflered son plausible excuso. She had soroo sewing to do, or nl was going to assist Mrs. Arnim in tl kitchen; even once, when fairly push to the walk, for a pretext, she proj>osi to sit to Rupert for her portrait. In spite of her kindliness of hea' Mrs. Arnim could not help snsi>ectii that such singular conduct was dne an uneasy conscience, while Rupert w troubled within himself, though said nothing. Consequently, upon the second d the sketch of Oracle was placed up the easel and Rupert seated hinis before it to paint. Bitting there befr V i?9 him, her sweet face sad and thought! little Qracie occupied herself with so: light needlework, while Arnim pain! in his great lore for her at every stn of the brush. Naturally the portrait grew rapid becoming a likeness of remark a strength. Once, upon rising and goj to the artist's side to look at tho c vas, Qracie inquired: "How long do you think it will ti to finish the picture?" "Borne weeks, I think, Qracie," ^ the roply; "whv do you ask?" Bhe hesitated a moment, averting face whi'.e she an - wered: "I did not think it would take "Are you i.:rod of sitting alread; he added, s. tremor of slight' repro in his voice. "Oh, no! But " "But?what, Grocio?" K- "I do not feel that I ought to imp upon your hospitality so long." "Qracie I What do yon mean ?" "I mean thut I must go away to e my living," ehe said steadily; "kind you are, you muBt know that I hav? claim upon yon, that my position-h is a dependent one." "You might have a claim upon nr you would!" She turned qnickly and lookec him, attracted uv his altered tone ^ onro lrnrilu Ifohlaid his r?al and Crashes upon the floor, and gazing tip at her with a passionate tenuity that summoned the tell,< . . color promptly to her cheeks. "Graitfe," he mnrmnred, taking hand that hung listlessly at her f "dear Graeie, have yon not seen, - "t not yonr heart told yon, that I love j \ , It is* the first great love of my life, j' it wili.be the only one I" "Hush, hush! she breathed, tr to withdraw her hand from his d * but he held it firmly. "Yon must speak so to mot I am not worth such love as yours!" But be went on fervently, wit hooding her words: "You may l>e too young to thii i . marriage yet, but yon are not too y< p/v to love, to promise ms that in the . ners of time yon will become my w "Oh, no, no, no!" she sobbed; Bra port, you know not what you ask ! me go away at once; forget me 1 J r never be yonr wife 1" He struggled to his feet^ / leaning one hand ufs>n Ji'^^ijTnd ff . .. , back "Oracle I" lie 'blffty^fl.*ynod. "let me knc mj^^H**^'*Trurif At on<5eT If you love all WfKHr Bay ???""'I I will never troubl "No!" she exclaimed, looking " frankly in the eyes, "I love no man as 1 love you; but I warn y |?>L . crush your love for mo ?n the br it can bring nothing bui misei MpTC0 mortification to us both/' "What do you mean?" "Yoij. promised to ask me no tlofls about my past, if I came i ' MffikSri-afc. k-' ktin rotavAnolifnl 1 w BWMV, avwi iVJUVUVIUUin . V "And I have kept my proraic answered proudly; "I would not were yon to tell me; I accept yoi your secret untold, and to the mv death I will never question y< only ask yon now why I should n< "On acoonntof my post." "But I tell you that the past is whatever it may have been, I cat so long m no other man has a ch to clasp l?er in Jheir fond em 'v when she took a backward step *n Uy Iter liwd a i i r i I f ) 3 1 ?? 0 y a a n n u r IS 1 i S i t f I o c l> " , i^e ras her BO 1 at and ' ette was ;* in- f tale I' < the lide, J has * ron? and * i ring J [asp, ' not f 7*1 ! hont I , S nk of * [>ung fyj}? BJJM- JfiihiJinif iigiiiiwfoiftcff-n??0<V11l, "Ku- l^,e CftmR faco ,BC0 N'cholas h _ ^oauiiriHiKi, wnoBo repeuani visage and I] . | J untidy apjiearance he examined with i \Afjvi intent curiosity until he had vanished - poan into the elevator under eecort of the i call-boy. [ stood Then Mr. Banoker sallied forth upon of his the avenue, but this time he turned his knowing face down town. )w the "Seems to me I've seen thn^ ugly t other, phiz before," he ruminated, as ho ? e you trudged along; "why, to l>e sure! Hom-ever, to make assurance double Bit re, " ? him I'll drop in at Mulberry street and tako t living a look through the rogue's gallery." i 'on to id, for . CHAPTER Vlf. t i ry and a new dim. Contrary to expectation, Mr. Max s Duyaen receiveu nis accomplice in any- c ques- thing btjt cordial fashion. ii here," "How dare yon intrude yourself here y in anch a riff," he demanded, haughtily, n ie,r ' he eying the ill-dressed ruffian from head f listen to foot. 1 i with "It's the bestll've got to appear in," day of gnimbled Garland, peering at the t an. I gentleman from beneath his bushy eyeit lore brows. "I didn't come into so much f money by the old man's death as you did, you know; so'I can't afford to dress ti past; as nice." o not; ?i gave you your price for?for servtim on fog me, did I not?" asked Boyden. s "Oh, yes," was the sullen reply, tl about "You were fair enough, so far as that a brace. >?? '? J- - , _ I KWVPf WU? JVM IMU V ?'"?u wo J cv |U| 111/' u d held inpr th? killing! " \ I My Qoh w*n, wl*l no yon iiiiumug n w miK oi sucn matters in so loud a tone?" Ho had caught Garland by the shoulders, .but the fellow shook him off as he replied, with a leer: "Why, jiou and I know all about it, don't we? There ain't anybody else about to hear, is there?" Bovden scrutinized the man's face closely where he stood t>eneath the uncompromising glare of the chandelier. He had suspected that Garland was not quite himself from the first; he now saw plainly enough that ho had been drinking heavily. "When did you arrive?" he asked. "This morning, by the Alaska." "Why did you not send me word that you were here, and I would have come to you ?" "Well, I didn't hit on a lodging Dln^e__until late this afternoon, don't "Where is'iff"' ' "Oh, it ain't* piece where the like* of yon would care to come." "Tell me, and seo." "Well, I've put up in a longshore shanty np in Harlem." " In Harlem!" . "Yes; down on the East River, not a thousand miles aw?y from the foot of Ninety-second street. ... Bovden drew vcjy close to the man, and in a lionrse vesper remarked: " ex*Hand, I }aVe rfift8?n 10 be?*ve HarlemS-^ is ^bnccaled somewhere in "Yon don't sau-iirr; I "Tim?. Kot n?tiling against /jerf with vot. " It 1 Want trt talk ?^r ?ftL - ' went on, liiirriecliv; she must be got rid of, once von ?nior ?,n^-V WttV' Garlaud! Do WW ? ??>?'? in my way." dop you?' w*nt any moving. you?"01100! N?W' when can 1 800 "You see me now, don't you?" ) iug?"m an t0 morr?w "to-morrow ovonifrahlT UP t0 my div?~if yon aiV ?Sow sl,a,k 1 find it?" / UrolV JT0.^ y?" at tho Ei^Dty-sixtli itreet Stat,on of the F,c-->llU?a Sec. nu avenue anv fir ? "Will eleven-!1,ie1yT T' , ? r ~?o? ..o clock bo too late for "Oh, no; I keep open house all night to my ? friends." "Then say eleven o'clock sharp, tomorrow evening." "All right, my covey. I kind of want i job so as to make enough money to ,ettle down on a small farm and play lonest citizen for a change." And as he ipoke he clanped Boyden jocosely on he back with his grimy hand. Suppressing a shudder of repugnance, Boylen said: "Well, there's money in anything you lay do for me. Be off with you, now; have some important letters to write. Ceep a level head on yon, and I'll engage to give you all you can do." I "That's hearty! Here's my hand!" I But Boyden pretended not to see that utatretched mcrxN'r aM turned to hio esk, while Garland sulked toward the . oor mumbling: I "Too proud to shake an honest hand nee he came into property that don't belong to him, eh? Well, I reckon two an play at that game; we'll see!" With his hand on the knob of the loor, he turned back. "Oh, say!" lie ejaculated; "I forgot o tell you something that may please 'OU 1" "What is that?" demanded Boyden, ooking up with a start. "Of course, you know that I came jver in the steerage of the Aluska?had money enough for better quarters, lint hought I'd be more at home there. Now, who do you suppose came over irst cabin?" "How should I know? Who?" "Old Edgar!" "Edgar, the lawyer?" t "The same old sharper." ;< "What can have brought him over lere ?" "That's for you to find out. You 1 nind, he's the only man, barring ourtelves and the dead, who knew what he missing will contained. Goodivening." 1 And lie swung out of the door, closng it behind him with a resounding JRnPTni? Inst hit of inl/wmiilinr. ?-? ?? ainlv material for a night of thought, J vnd possibly for this reason Mr. Max I Hoyden was slightly more pallid than ' lMial when, about ten o'clock on the ollowing morning, he took an Elevated i rain on the West Side and started up in search of an unknown portrait winter of the name of Arnim, whose , iddress he had snugly tucked away in j lis card-case. It so happened that our little hero- ] ne was .busy with Mrs. Arnim in the citchen on that particular morning i vhen the door-hell rang, and it was \ in pert himself who answered the sum- i nons. i "Mr, Aruim ?" inquired Boyden, in his ; noat suave mann ?r. "That is mv name, sir." "1 came to ftto you upon business." ( "Will you kindly come in?" Once inside the pretty studio with he doors closed, Boydcn begin the 1 kirmish. "In ? ronndal)out way,' he said, , which I have not at present the tune o explain, I havo heard of your remarkable genius as n portrait painter." "Oh, air, you are really too Hatterng," interposed the artist. "Not at all, Mr. Arnitn; yon need not eek to depreciate ono of heaven's hdicdftt gifts. Being a patron of rung artists myself, I hid thought to have on paint my portrait as n snrnviso to ay friends*- and the world at large, in act?that is, of course, if yon have tho eisnre." Incisure! Bu|>ert smiled outright at hio intimation. "I ?linil l?e most happy to und?rtake \ he work at once, sir," lie Mid. "Very -1?oo<l! Shall* wo let the eitinge begin to-morrow?" ' " If you please." \ Boyden, whose eypR had lost no ingle detail of the apartment during lie brief conrerrnMon, hereupon rose nd began to saunter towards the easel ]>on which rested a canvas corns a'.cd 1 y a piceo of maroon o ishmeiv. t "4# U)?t )t* mte' "i *b?ql4 )>;> ] very giiwi u you would call upon m thin evening to arrange all necessary preliminaries in order to avid delay tomorrow. My name is Bovden, and I am staying at the Brevort House in Fifth a+enue. Am I asking too much, pcr'-iai)*?* "Not at all, Mr. Boydcn; I will call with pleasure" " _? "About 9 o'clock, then? I dine out this evening, and If *i^.uuld be delayed a few minxes, you #ill not mind waitipg, will you?" Rupert was about to. assure him that he might take his own time in the matter, when to annoyance he saw his visitor's hand outstretched towards the cashmera that hid his Madonna from view, and ere he oduld offer the least remonstrance, the Jjfotli had fluttered to the floor and tjfce portrait of little Oraeie Garland fjtoed rovealed in nil find caMrtTJns^^RlT"in an audible gasp of surprise. QiJck as lightning, though he could scaryely have explained it, the young lover's suspicions were aroused. '*>0 you recognize the face, Mr. Hidden ?" he asked with bated breath. ^Boyden had recovered his composure, Ifr ho replied with utter mng froid: /"No; I only wish I did. Why do f'ou ask?" "I thought you seemed struck by it." "Bo I am. It is one of the most beautiful faces it has ever been my fortuno to look upon. Is it ideal?" "No; it is the portrait of a friend." "A friend! All, Mr. Arnim, I congratulate you. Undoubtedly you are painting it con a more." Falling headlong into tho trap so cleverly prepared for him, 1111 pert blushed to tbe roots of his fair hair ns he replied: "Not necessarily, sir; the young lady ie -a friend of the "funnily ?in fnot ?ha is one of onr household." "Happy man I", murmured Boyden, | with well-feigned regret, as he stooped and replaced tbe cashmere; "I should grow envious of you if I Iqoked at it long. Well, then, this evening. An revoirl" ? And with the charming nod and smile of whieh he was perfect master, Mr. Max Boyden took his leave. Translated to the seventh heaven of delight, Hnpert Arnim went Imunding like a great schoolboy tbrongh the narrow little hall and burst into the kitchen with a glad ory of: "Mother! Oracie! Congratulate me! I have an order for a portrait!" Both women turned from their work with a start of happy surprise. "An order for a portrait, Rupert!" exclaimed Mra. Arnim. "Of a rich person, I hope," interposed little Gracie.. ,. "Oh, yes; I think sol" replied the artist; "he was dressed in the height m iasmon, imtt a beautiful ring on each hand, and lives at the Brevoort House in Fifth avenne. Oh, I'm sure I've struck it rich this time, mother!" "What is the gentleman's name, my boy?" "Boyden." Gracie turned pallid to the lips and loaned heavily backward upon a table for support. "Gracie, my child!" exclaimed the good] woman; "you are ill!" "No, no," faltered the girl, quickly passing her hand across her eyes, as ..hough for a moment stricken*. with blindness; "only faint from?from the heat of the room." "It is too warm here," assented Mrs. Arnim. "Rupert, open the window, and do you go into the studio where it is oooler, Gracie; J oan finish the work." "No, Mrs. AiMtta," pleaded Gracie; "please lei. mo remain with Vou; you see I am all right again." And turning to young Arnim with a smile that completely disarmed his passing suspicion, she added: "I congratulate you, Rupert. When do you begin the work ?" "At once?to-morrow. I am to go to the Brevoort House this very evening to settle the preliminaries." "Oh, I'm sorry for that," interposed Mrs. Arnim, qnickW, "for we shall be obliged to leave' Gracie alone in the house. I have promised to go over to the cast side to see a sick friend?Mrs. Arnold, ^ou know." "Gracie can go with you," said Rupert. "No," put in the girl. "I had mnoh rather remain at home. Yon will not l>e gone long, and I have plenty of sewing to do. !*Do as you jplease," said the artist; "if yon ore heTe yon can receive a par oei tu p?njwi wmcn l nave ordered from dov. m "Certainly 1 Yon see it is better the house should nobbe left alone." Perfect oonfidsnoe having been restored, the remaining hours of the day Red by npon glancing wing, and all too soon the shades of evening closed in dark and drearily about the little house in Havlem. By eight o'clock both mother and *on had' departed Upon iLcir respective siTands, and with the curtains drawn close little Grftoie sat alone l>eaide the shaded lamp in the stndio. In her lap her sewing lay neglected, and with her great violet eyes Axed upon vacancy she seemed lost in thought. Suddenly a sharp ring at the doorbell aroused her with a painful start from her reverie, and she rose, laying" her work in the ohair. "The parcel of paints for Rupert," she said, by way of giving herself conr nge; ana gmng one into me hail she turned up the tfae. Another* porn <*f _the bell rang through the silent hotfce." With nn evident effort she advnqged, raised the latch, and threw open jlhc door. The dark figure of a man forced its way into the liall, and closed tjio door with a bang. Recoiling Wtdrta^ha bold intruder, Oracle raised hSr ores to his faco and littered a piercing shriek as she staggered against the wall in horror. The man whig confronted her was Max Boydni! {TO BK cost IN U ED. J "Onions cut in halves, will absorb lie smelt rd ?ikw paint " Yes, and a >ornet will drown out u jjws hftep, Lil9 if lulj o^jueer ibings. THE NEWS. The cruiser Charleston was given a satisfactory trial In 8.*n Francisco B?y. E"gh teen persons were injured in a wreck on the Burlington and At ssouri Kailroad, near Lincoln, Neb. Two Mormon elders were mobbed near Ellenboro, W. Va. Walter Asbury, colored, was lynched near Savannan, Ga., for an assault upon a white girl. Owing to the financial ernhnrratsment, the Vlnonvllle Mills, locatod at Montville, CI, have shut down, and 250 people are thrown out of employment. Now it is reported that the English syndicate hns purchased all the breweries in Chicago. Geo. D. Alnsworth, of 1'ortsmouth, Va., was shot by George M. McDonald. The one hundred and third anniversary of the birth of David Crockett was celebrated at h'a birthplace, In Green county, Tenn. A ntunber of old persons in Cincinnati, Ohio, who tried the Brown-.J?rouaf4 elixir araouHvinsr tor, ' ribly. In several cases blood poisoning lias ensued. One of the sick men has sued the pnysician woo experimental on blm for I $5,000 damage*. Two political factions in I Richmond, Texas, known as the "Jaybirds'* ! and "Woodpackers," had a bloody battle, in which two men were killed nnd several wounded. Simuel Crano, second baseman of tho Metropolitan base ball club,New York was arrested and locked up on the charge of running away with the pretty wife of a Hcranton fruit dealer. Miss Fannie I/os?y, of Lacrosse, Wia, was robbed of *1,000 in Jewelry and money on board tho steamer Werra at New York. Adam Ilentol, a German farmer of Louisville, Ky., in a quarrel with bis wife at the bedside of their dying son shot berand then attempted suicide The. ' United Union of Journeymen Tailors iefciieluded their convention In Columbus Ohio adopting a new constitution which makes women eligible to membership. Lightning started prairies fires In Montana that have (xtandail ovm thousands of *?r?, 1 A score of persons were killed by light nlng in a storm that passe lover the Missouri , Valley. Th* reported gold discoveries in Brown couuty, Ind., hove cau<ed intense excitemeql among the Hoo.?iers. Steamers arriving in New York report unusually heavy and stormy weather at a 3a for this season of the year.? J. H. Throp was shot and seriously wounded by W. Ackernian, bis father- , in law, at Rahway, N. J., In a quarrel over $?,00J. A six-year-old daughter of Jacob Mann, of Hicksvitle, L. 1., died from an overdose of whisk ?y. At a wedding dance In Covington, Ky., a woman struck Harry 1 Terlan over the head with a b*r glass, Ind oting fatal injuries. Antonoi Breino, an Italian, died In New York, from a stab wound iufl ctod with a pap>r file at a row at a christening celebration. Wm. Joues, a trusted employe of E. H. Butler & Co., publishers of Philalelphia, has disappeared, and Is reported to be short $43,0 H). Wm. Westmoreland, colored, was hanged at JacksonT.lle, Flo., for wife uiurdor. Frank Welter, deputy collector of internal revenue in Florida, was shot dead in attempting to arrest John Brosswoll, an illicit distiller in Holmes county. In a groat race across the ocean the st -ainship Cry of New York boat the new steamship Teutonic by thirty-tin ee minutes. theCitv of Now York's lime Mnir I six days and fourteen hours. The labor troubles in the coke regions will soon bo sottied. Henry K. Burbank, of Nebraska, 1 and Miss Sndis King, of Brooklyn, whose paren's wore lost in the Brooklyn Theatre fire, years age, were married Wednesday in ' Greenwood Cemetery, bos do tho monument ' to the victims of the lit wit re Are. Major ' J. W. Roder, United States Fourth Artillery, ' died at Butler's Insane Asylum, Providence, R. I. Miss Oua Sila and Carrie Simons ' wero struck by a freight train at Muscatine, Iowa, hurled sixty feet, and the former se- ' riouslv hurt and the latter killed. A Hager, a deputy United States marshal, 1 was shot from ambush and fatally wounded ] In Wyoming county, W. Va.??Patrick Cal- < houn, general oounsd for the West Point 1 Terminal road, and J. D. Williamson, presi- J dent of the Chattanooga, Rome and Carroll- ( ton road, fought a duel at Hoke's Bluff, on t the Coosa river, Ua., In jvbich Calhoun ' wounded Williamson. Mrs. N. Freman 1 and her twolvo-yeir-old daughter were killed ] by lightning at Pifer City, III., but a seven- ' months-old babe in the mother's arm was 1 unhurt. The night express for Niaghra i Falls, on the Rome, Watertownand Ogdens 1 burg Railroad, ran into a Rochester train, \ near Foreet Lawn, N. Y., telescoping four cars, killing one person and injuring eight others. A dozen old men claim thut they have been rejuvenated and feel young again by the Brown-8 quard life elixir treatment, with which the ludianapolls physicians are experimenting. Judge if. L. Pierce, of 8in Diego, Cel., was shot and seriously wounds 1 by W. 8. Clendiuan. A frightful storm swept the vicinity of Albuquwque, N. M , clou is o' sand blinding unfortunate pedes'rians and lightning striking a number of buildings The forest fires in Oregon are sending showers of hissing fagots floating over th? country for miles. Fire did $60,003 damage to tha property 72 Warren street, New York city, occupied by th> Oil?s L tho grapbio Company and E. P. Bullard. W. 1 >v. naiiMR. a booit-writer in a l^ovtogloi, 1 Ky., pool-room, was shot and fatally iroun 1- 1 ed by Taylor Herbert, the turnkey of a poliee ' station. The Burton building, in Chicago, ( recently gutted by fire, collapsed, burying a , number of workingmen, two of wboin were t taken out dead. Ex-Judge David 8. Terry, 1 who figured so prominently iu the Sharon j dtvoroo oase, was shot and killed by a deputy t United States marshal in San Francisco. Fire destroyed a who's block of buildings i known as the "Lavilla,"at Jacksonville, Fin. , Dr. Bayllts, editor of the Christian Ad- I vocal*, of Cincinnati, died at the age of 45 1 years. A mob broke open the jail at Brax- 1 ton C. H., W. Va., and released Henry Fisher, n murderer, and Lafayette Frunty, an em- * bexzler. ?- The United States ordnance building at Saady Hook was destroyed by Mgbtnlng, together with all the fine instruments it eonteined. Dr. A. B. Shaw, of St. Louis, has discovered counties| bacteria , of the kind that cause tuberculosis in a single drop of the Brown-Sequard lira eUsir. A 'oiood-barat occurred at Patterson, N. J., do- ( ins oooaiderable damage. John Linn commuted soickls at Chambjreburg, Pa. , Thb.Standard Oil Company has bought up all the white lead companion in the united 1 States. The estimated amount paid is fdO,000,000. The calculation is based on the fact < that W,000,000 was paid for the Atlantio I yrmimAcmmfrt Broowm, i TRADE ? TBJ REEL Reports Show Encouraging Prospects in All Directions. Increase In the Volume of Trade In Interior Cltleii? Government Crop Reports Snstninnd ? Interior Ittnkx Amply Supplied. Special telegram* to Hradstreet's ricor.l a via ble improvement in the distribution of staples at a majority of cities reporting. At almost all points it is notod that the oull iok for the Fall trado is very goo-.!. While weather conditions West and Northwest remain very favorably, in Louisiana and Tex is too much rain has damaged the crop*, particularly cotton, aud rendered interior roads to heavy as to materially check trading. Mercantile collections West an I North are gene: ally more farorallx. Cattle and bogs are lower. Powder and dynamite mills on Pacific coast have formed a pool. Nearly til.OJu bushels of barley have been shipped from Ban Franc isco to New York. Cotton and woolen dra*s fnhrino or* i Motive in jobbing circles at N w York an i Boston, and an average distribution in all j lines of domestic staple and department goo is is reported. Agents not> larger re-orders of siusonable fabrics an i ino.-einterest isminlfesto.l in Spring goods. Prices, as a whole, are well contro.Ted. Print c.otbs are tgc lower on the we?k, on lighter demand, and lew grade Southern goods are weaker, but not quotably lower. Fort ign goo.ls at New York are in light demand, and the season is unusually late. The domestic woolen goods situation shows little change. Raw wool is unsettled. Sales are only raoder&t>, and tho outlook is uncertain. tjjdes at concessions are reported, but prices are not quotably lower. Manufacturers aro only supplying imraediat) wants. Cotton is active aud speculatively higher on small supplies, late movement of new crop and generally good demand. Liverpool re ports an . dvanoe of ){<1. The depression in tue sugar market noted for three weeks past still continues. Raws tra off nnrtar soma pmuura Co rudkU Izo. The disinclination of jobbers and others to take freely of refined is still noticssble, and prices were marked down another 3^c on Wednesday, with only a menlerate business resulting. The net consumption of sugar in the Uniied Htates for six months ended June 3d last ia estimated at 751,101 ton?, atalnst 710.408 tons in a like portion of 1888, and 80-),702 tons in 18)7. Tne profits of the8u;ar Trust for six months are estiin ited by Messrs. Willott & Mamlin at $8,423,000, and by tho non-trust refiners at #4,415,000. Tranaactiona in coffee, both distributive and speculative, have been heavier than last week, with a gain of * * ' i?uvvu uuiihs uu iug lurmer ana ioouc thirty on the latter. The Government crop report, not being quite as favorable for wheat as expected, tended to stiffen prio s when backed by firmer foreign cables. Restricted export takings and a reduced buying interest let quotations down again. Futures ore up about %o on the week. Corn has been variable on heavy cables and improving sp culative demand, but closes !<,c up. No 2 oats are lc higher, but white oats are lower on me week. Exports of wheat (and flour as wheat) equal 1,1)14,000 bushels this wo-k against 2,056,000 bush ds last week, and 3,5GJ,0UO bu-h ds a year ago. Total foreign shipment! July 1 to date equal 11,250,00J bushels, against 13053,980 bushels for a like periol last year. THE NEW CONGRESS. CoiiirrewntRn Payne docs not; Tnlnk an Kxira Session is Necessary. Congressman Thomas M. Bayne, of Pitts" burg, does not favor an extra session of Congrera "There Is no legislation necorsnry that would giveasuftlcientexcuse for calling Congress together in October," ho said. "In my opinion it would bo bad politics. If the lie" publicans had but one, or even two majority in the House, as seemed probable for some time, it might have been a good move to have called the House together so that an organization would be effected, lest a change ln I he political complexion should be made by tenuis, but the danger* of that are removed !<y a clear majority of three. Moreover, the the chance is that at least four of the five member* to be elected >n the new States in Dctober will be Republicans. Calling the Housotogether a month earlier tbatv usual 'or the mere purpose of organisation would tot curtail the length of the regular session t single day. Congress will sit as long next Summer as usual, and it will add nothing to :he transaction of business to have an extra tession a month in advance.1' Colonel Bayne thinks Congress Reed, of Maine, will be el cted sp -aker. "Reed is tintoubtedly the best equipped man for thepv litlon," he said' "He is ready, a good parliamentarian, and possesses the confidence of t' e membeis to a large degr e. Mr. McKinney N also a goo<i man. Then there is Uncle Joe Cannon, experienced and level-headed. All this talk of geopraphical position Is nonsense. It has no influence in Congress any more.* Colo iel Hiyne siys that the coming session will be fruitful of practical business legislation concerning the tariff, shipping and other commercial matters that need altent.on. INDIANS IN ARMS. r 4.1 mtr ~?*-? PalikKen Threaten Death to Anyone Signing to Sf)ll the Itetorratfon Th > first word received from the Indian Jommission at Leech Lake, Minn., reserva* Hon came by a half-breed. He says that Palagera on that reservation are in a deadly ]uarrel over the preeeno^ of tha commission, ind about equally divided as to signingThose opposed to the sale threaten death to [ho first person who signs, and as a oona >pienco no one has vet signed. Tho coromislioners have devoted their whole efforts so Far to preventing a conflict. The opponents are, the runner states, fully irmed with Winchester rifles, and have gone H) far as to threaten all the whites on thereterve. The commissioners are safely lodged it Sim Weaver's ranch, near the old trading post. The objecting Indians are bitter because they have not baen paid for the damage io their rice fields from water from the Washburn dams, so called. Just before the runner left Leech Lake, a mounted messenger was dispatched by the commissioners, who rode swiftly Southward, it is be ieved, with urgent dispatches for the government or for ths governor of the Btate, possibly asking for troops. Another Indian just in laker reports that a foung buck, a relative of Flatiuouth, the chief there, was shot Sunday night for favoring the signing OIL IN WESr VIRGINIA. A Thousand-Barrel Gnthnr Struck? Big Price for Land. Morgantown, W. Va., is ia a favor of excitement over the Smith-Atken oil well. It wan the teat well of the southern extension of the Mount Morris, Pa., oil-Held into West Virginia, and came In a thousand-barrel gusher. This opens up an immensely valuable oil territory. Sixty thousand acres of land have beau leased, in many oasts at extravagant wrlee* t . SOUTHERtTlTEttS. INTERESTING NKWS COMPILED FROM MANY SOURCES* Buckbannon, W. Va., it anticipating a big business boom. Typhoid fever it at ill pr< Talent at Masontown, Monongalia county, W. Va. A ilte hat been Herted at- Buega Viatr, Rockbridge county, Va., on wbich to erecta ^00 ton Iron furnace. 8amuel Rosser. a colored man, died in Campbell county, Va.,at the age of one hundred and flfteeu yearn. Burglar* went through the safe of tbe Kanawha Paper Milla at Char lea town, W. Va., ands.-cured (40. j Lightning atruck a flock of sheep bo| longing to Columbus Hardman, in Roane county, W. Va., and killed fourof tbe finest. Reports from the growing crop of tobacco in DanrilL, Vs., are moatencouraging, j and there is now erery promise of floe bright ; tobacco. , i Efforts are being made for the erection Tj o/ - aii.ouu hotel in Winston, If. C-, Add n H considerable sum haa already own ptedgad to tbe t cheme. At a general meeting of tbe stockholders of tbe Bank of Ronceverte, W. Va., resolutions were passed authorizing its cocrersion into a national bank. W. It. Dennis, a prominent oitiran of Campbell, Va., lost his life wbiie attempting to swim f rom his mill which bad been flooded uy mf Dign wmer. A great revival of religion has leen in progress for several weeks past, at Lumberton, N. C., and, so far, over one hundred persons have been converted. Articles of Incorporation for the Acme Wood Fibre company, with a stock of $150,0U0 in 9100 shares, have been flle<l in the superior court of Dare county, N. C? The State Farmers' Alliance of A'abama lisb consolidated with the Farmers' Wheel. Both orders have united against the jute bogging trust and will fight it to death. B. F. Annentrout, a bricklayer, ws caught between the bumpers of freight cars at Luray, Va., and so badly crushed that death was almost instantaneous. One of th> boilers in the kitche i of the Florentine Hotel at iluutingtou, W. Va., exsjns, one fatally, and doing other damage. A company of Northern men, with $500,1)00 capita), has begun work on the Tinder's Flat sulphur mines in Louisa county, Va. A large force of hands will soon be employed. The passenger traffic on the Norfolk and Western Railroad U larger thau has ever been known before. Eight trains a day are all so crowded that it is difficult to obtain a Mat. A big summer hotel will be built at Three Forks, Upshur couuty, W. Va., and will bo lu operation next season. It will be connected with Iluckbannon by a narrow-^auge railroad, twentj-flve milis long. Work on the Norfolk & Carolina railroad, from Tarboro to Norfolk, is progressing as rapidly as the high waters will permit. It is exprcted that the road will be open for traffic late in the coming fall. The Baltimore and Ohio Company have concluded to do away with their present electric light machinery at Orafton, W. Va., and put iu a larger and more powerful plant, capab'e of lighting tue entire town. Point Pleasant, W. Va., has been asked to purchase an interest in the electric light plant at that place to help pull it out or a "" ~ bole. The town is liable to go without light unlets this is done. Will Harper, a ten-year-old son of W. H. Harper, merchant at Island Branch, W. Va., whilo examining a pistol, was accidentally shot, the bullet passing through h;s body at' the left e( the wavel. The colortd fire (tend, Csffoe, who destroyed the reeidence and the lives of Rev. F. C. Clarke and four of his family, has been indictod for murder by tbe grand jury of Princess Anne, Va., and sent on to the September term for trial. A barn filled with forage and farming ute. cils, belonging to Mr. Joe Pitman, near Salem Church, Princess Anne county. "Va., was fired bv an incendiary and totally destroyed. No insurance. A doad whale, sixty feet in length, came ashore near Kitty Hawk, Va. The monster was cut up by the people of the neighborhood, and a large quantity of oil extracted from tbe carcass. The bone saved was also valuable. Two negroes were killed by lightning at Blackstone, Va., while sheltering themselves under a cow shed. The shed was struck in five different places, but no marks were found on the victims. Charles Camden, died at Lexington, Va., of a cancer, which in one year literally ate away the lower portions of bis bod v. start i?H "> the legs. The cane resisted the treatment of tbe moat eminent surgeon#. The recent thunder storms have been wonderfully futal in - ITect In North Carolina. At Catawba station, Muss Ada Heed and Mr. Janvs Frollitiger, were killed, and at Lentz. Mr. Kainey had two horses killed and his barn, wagon and farming implements burned. David Bellew and wife, charged with tbe murder of their five-year-old child, at Asheville, N. C., eight years ago, and the secre tlon of its remains?which have Just been d scovered?under the hearth in bis sittingroom, have been delivered to the autl or i ties of this itate br the Tenneasei officials. Fire destroyed C. Ij. Barker's livery stables and some adjoining property at Rome, (la. The stallion Captain Bam Morgan, perished in the flames, tie was valued at $5,000. Total li is, $25,000. Tbe |olice of Greensboro, N. C., arrested a negro man who confessed that he had been Stealing f mm t h*. li irhmnml n?fi?lll*P?ll road company lor the past throe years. About 1*50 pounds of bras* and other articles were found in his possession. Tba number of cotton mills now tn tbe Houth as compared with 18S0 has been doubled, while the spindles and looms has more than trebled, the tendency being to huild *nills of greater capacity than formerly At least thirty-five oil wells are down,or are drilling, in tbe Monongahelu county field, on the West Virginia side of the state line, and some of the wells are big producers, one going MM barrels per doy. Many other boles will shortly be drilled. About 250 meu are employed in drilling. Alex McCutcheon, who lived near Au*ted, Farette county, W. Va., while engaged in sliding logs down a mountain side, was caught between two logs and so badly crushed that he died in less than an hour after the accident. Miss Mary Iteed, residing on Bpring creek, in Wirtcounty, W. Va., was bitten on the anklo by a poisonous snake, supposed to be acopperbead. The limb in. mediately commenced to swell, and before medio tl aid could be summoned the young woman died. Two years ago a valice was stolen from a B. & O. pass >nger car at Grafton, W. Va.? while its owner, Joseph Keller, was eat his supper. The railroad detect ires base pu.* sued the matter erer since, end succeeded ft* recerering the valise and arresting Are men for the theft. Alfred Vaughn, eight rears old, living in Greenbrier county, W. Va., went with his older brother and some companions to the river to batbefThe older boys went in i nthing while the II tie fellow sat on a k> f on the tiank to look on. For some reason the log bgsn to roll and tbe little fellow fell down and tbe log rolled over him, crushing Mm ip d ath. -A Lutheran oh u rob Is established in Madison oonnty, Va.. the pastor or which la paid his stlary front the produots of a farm owned bv the church for that nurtinw {??. it WII ftrat e*t*l>h*he I. Before the ?*er it ftlw owned number o( thvM I ta coram .'nion aervloe wa* presented by the Kins of Sweden more than a oentury a to, and ita Tery tine organ wft* a gift of J/>i?don aufcHrt IboiftmtUiue. "