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Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, D3mostiQ Economy^ MjpPB8(jBB||^ anil tlorCurrent News of the Day. > f~ Xxii-JtEVV rSEKlES. ~~ " ^ '^^RK^anTS< cHSfflCT^BttKR W 1881). " ^UMBER 48, 1'. '"; THA.NKSOJ VINO. j Ravo<| and brought with mp melted away | era. for tho room wno frpr.w;m~ ?~i-j T * ^^Nnf* viA * ' I For the hay and the corn and tho wheat that is reaped, f For the labor wall done, and tho barns that are heaped, ' For the sun and tho dew and tho sweet honeycomb, For tho rose nnd tho song and tho harvest brought, homo? Thanksgiving! thanksgiving! j For the trade and the skill and the wealth in our land, For the cunning and strength of tho workinguaan's hand, For tho good that our artists and poets have taught, f'. For tho friendship that hope nnd affection ' have brought? Thanksgiving! thanksgiving I Forth- homes that, with purest affection are r. - :bl?st. For tho aeasoa of plenty and well-deserved rest, For our country extending from 8ea unto tea. The land that is known aa the "Land of tho Froo*'? A ThankEglving! thanksgiving! r Harper'* Weekly. ' - HOW WE GOT'oUR TURKEY. A THANKSGIVING CTORY. Jij-f, \ HERE wan no doubt. \\/ that the country ?v?s /;.^A prosperous. No rea- , ^^^^n^^^^^^ysonnblo man could vests had been plenteOU8? tbc earth had rfl yielded up her fruits ^ jfl "in abundance, and K( \ .yA there were abundant ? ? (Pjix reasons for thanksgiving. I read the President's Thanksgiving message and agreed with it heartily, as far cs others were concerned; but somehow I couldn't see how it applied to me. Perhaps you will say I was selfish, and I am willing to confess 1 am. The fact is that when the cake is going around I want to get a piece. If I don't get it 1 feel disappointed. While I am glad in the abstract that others come in for a share of the cake, in the concrete I nm mad becauscs it passes me. But, perhaps, after all, I am too sweeping in my conclusions. I don't know but that there is one person in the world who is capable of sclf-snCrifice of n high order, and that is my wife Nellie. Bless her little heart. 1 am almost will in to overlook all the weakness of humanity for ber cake. Why, I've known hui to go without bread and butter when she ^ ^ was faint with hunger />o that the chil M J~-W- i.? I I .If. ,lirr Xbllt-| wit thrco years ago at Thanksgiving ^ time. The memory of her courage and iflbr self denial makes iuy eyes wet. You see, Nellie was always practical and unselfish, whilo I was impracticable and poetic. Why, if I had her executive ability I'd have been a millionaire by this time, a cool millionaire, with a yacht and n country house on the Hudson. F\it she was handicapped by her ; sex and the chrldren and couldn't cxer- , ciae her natural gifts. I must go on, however, and tell my story. The month preceding Thanksgiving Day o? 1885, was the gloomiest ! time I ever witnessed. We had just nr- | rived in the city from Shandaken, N. Y., i in the Catskills. I was a farmer's hoy j and Nellie was a farmer's daughter. Be- j fore we were married a famous singer j spent the summer in our village. One night at a stfawberry festival he heard j me sing, and waa kind enough to say i that I hud an excellent tenor voice, and ; with proper culture I could command a I u good salary nan clioir singer in Now York. " Of course such encouragement tired me with hope. The farm became distasteful to me, and I determined to cultivate ^ my voice instead of cultivating corn. We had an old-fashioned raotodcon in the house, and with the help of a few lessons tho famous singer gave me and what 1 could 'earn from hints in the openiug pages of the choir hooks, I made v lifr^a burden for the rest of the family ) w' ih my do, re, meing every evening. I ??ic fair progress, too, under the circumstances and Nellie fell in love with me on account of my voice. I remember distinctly that her favorite was a little selection front one of Mendelssohn's songs without words set to the following lines: Still, still with thsa when purple morning brenketh. When the bird w.aketfl and tho shadow.! flee; pmil or tneui morning, lovelier tnao tun daylight Comes the swcot cmsdouroeos, I am with thee. Well, we were married, and for a time my music was given up. But the life of a farmer fretted mc, and 1 took ,v ? up my music again, and after two years' hard work at it we moved to the city. I thought in iny ignorance of metropolitan life that I should have no difficulty in procuring a situation, but I soon found out ray mistake. In the first place I found that I was incompetent. I wis deficient in stylo. My voice, while strong and resonant, had not been properly trained. Then, too, thcro was n,v varan ciea. Even if I had been competent there were fifty applicants for every position. Before I had been in the city for two weeks I heartily wished myself back in Shandakcn again. In the meantime the iittie money I had : iikc snow on the roof of a barn. My timo t was mainly taken up in running around to the musical agencies looking for a ' situation I had a little job on Sundays singing at a mission 0:1 Avenue A, where > I earned $2,and for three weeks that was nil I earned. We lived in East New > York and my car fare over to the city and back every day cost mo sixteen i cents. I You will readily see that we had to live frugally. In fact, for two weeks we lived upon oatmeal and molassA^, and toward the last there was no molasses, and Thanksgiving coming over the hills. . Every night when I got out at Manhattan | avenue my three little girls were standing | j at the foot of ' the stairway waiting for | . inc. I could see them from the top of j tlic stairs, nil in a row, their little cloaks . fluty ling in the chill Jinvnmho* -J their bps blue aim teeth rattling like , castanets. Wait a minute. It makes me feel faint . to think of it, even after the ISpso of ^ three years. Well, it's nil over now, I i don't know why it a(Iccts me so strongly. . j There was something humorous, ton, in n tho way the little tots jumped around to ^ keep warm. As soon as thev saw the I train swing around the turn they ranged themselves in a row and looked upward so wistfully, oh, so wistfully, to see their papa. For you must know that although not one word of our desperate situation ol had been breathed in their hearing, jet tl their keen intuitions had told them some- n thing was wrong, and they knew as well d as their mother that 1 was looking for work. How eagerly they looked in mj' In face each evening, so that if there was a asray of hope in it the eldest could start on ! tl a run to tell her mother the good news! | w Of courso I cheered them with fairy nl talcs of what a wonderful big turkey we I would have on Thanksgiving. A gob- th bier of tremendous size, who had strutted in when alive like n prince in the story cc books. Then followed a description of cc the cranberry sauce and the huge wedges rc of mincc pie. All this took place while wi 1 was carrying two of the children in my cii arms and the other was hanging on to my en coat at my side. F hope I shall he forgiven for those lies. For they wete lies tu of tlic blackest sort. I knew there wasn't one chance in a thousand that wo ' would hnve a turkey on Thanksgiving j c 1 Dny. But I think under the cirouni- 1 stances that an nnge! of light would have ' departed from the truth to sec those lit- 1 * tie faces light up with anticipation, to ; jn' see the cheeks flush and the white teeth ? bare themselves as though rutting the " tender meat from a turkey leg. But the hardest sight for nie to bear 1 was tho look Nellie gave rue. Just one . ^ quick glance into my face and she knew . all the sorrowful tale. It was not nee essftry to tell her how I had tramped the 0 streets of the big city all day, how faint " I had become from hunger; how I was ' ' raging at heart like a caged lion; how in f 1 my awful rage I cursed tho rich and ' hated humanity. Not for myself, but s for the hungry babies and their mother. . Never a word of complaint from Nellie. Ul Only encouragement and hope. Then caine the oatmeal alone. For 1 the molasses was all gone. I don't eat 111 oatmeal how. The taste of it is insuffer- Y able to me. My palate rises in rebellion against it. I have heard of the man who ate thirty quail in thirty days. I wonder V whether he ever tried oatmoal for thirty 0 , J ! m days- . . tii On the morning before Thinksgiving I was fairly crazy with grief and anticipation. Nellie and 1 had a consultation the night before, and she suggested that I should write a piece of poetry about the Thanksgiving turkey. , The idea pleased me. It was a relief j ^ certainly from the brooding over the . morrow. I got a book of poems from ^ my little, store, which had so far escaped ?l... orwl h..r.to.l nr> a i.w.tr.. 111 . w.*. after which I copied, for ?>f course I knew nothing about metre or poetical feet. Meanwhile Nellie sat there mending the clothing of her babies and the tears fell thick and fast U|>on the garments. i I couldn't stand it so I jumped up and went out into the Rtrecl to. walk olT the effect those childish voices had upon me. When I came hack, thank Heaven, they were asleep, folded in each others arms. ! Then I got to work on my poem. It : took me one hour and a half to write the ] first verse. I became discouraged before I had written two lines snd would have 1 given up but for Nellie's encouragement. I "Now, what's the use, Nell; just listen to this stuff," said I, reading the stanza' The turkey roosteth high to-nightHe's hid in the hemlock tree; In fancy I see nis plumage bright^ But he gobbles not for mo. "Why, I thi^k It's real nice. I didn't know you could write so wc1' as that. It's splendid; write another stanza." r i "lint don't you see, Nell, that It isn't I fc true. The turkey don't gobble at night." j "Oh, well, that don't mako any differ- J j cncc. The poets always have license,you i t Know. KPRiaes, now many |?rsnn? win i i know that he dopsn't gobble at night! j Not one in a hundred." i ? "I'm afraid it't? no good and that it : won't go with the editor. Anyhow, I'll t try a few lines more." I The little clock ticked monotonously | on the mantel. The flio burned low, i i and Nellie put ? sliuwl over her should- ] I WWffli '&. _ ..v? cuiu. mil the chill air <li?l not nllect me. I ww giving birth to a poem. The second stanza came easier. What bothered me moat was the rhyme. I think, to the best of my recollection, that the second instalment consumed a half hour of intense thought. I was better satisfied than with the first stanza, because I kucw it was truer. Here it is, just a3 I read it to Nellie: His comb is as re 1 as ruddy wine, His breast is a shining sheen: But. his carcass is safe from me and mine-? Wo can't pick his wishbone clean. The muse was rather skittish at the bird stanza. I coaxed her with a pipe >f tobacco, the fumes of which made Nelio cough, and I persuaded her to go to ed. The clock struck 11. The wind at tied the window frame and I began to hink that 1 '' 1 ' *"almost fell asleep over this stanza. Vhilo laboriously constructing it there amo a picture to mc of the old farm ouse in the Catskills, the table groaning dth its weight of good things. It ocurred to mc just here that I was doing lie groaning now. When finished, after latiy interlineations and corrections, it ::?d as follows: There was a time long, long ago. When deprived of his feathery vest. I seized his leg in iny strong right hand, And dissected his meaty or east. Fly this time I had got into the spirit, f my undertaking. The lines ran off its end of my pen as smoothly as water ins off a duck's back. With a coniient smile I finished the last verse. The next morning i had to till up the olc in a ten-cent piece with soap and lies in order to deceive the toll-taker at to elevated railroad station. All tho j ay down town I read and reread the \ leged poem, trying to perfect it. When ! arrived in New York 1 hesitated before 10 big newspaper offices, afraid to go At last I managed to pluck up turagc enough to go tip stairs, where, mtrary to my expectations,I was kindly ceiled and was told that my poem ould be read, and if it possessed sulli- 1 cnt merit it would be printed. 'Tvvas j coaraging, to be sine, but what was I ' >ing to do in the meantime for the rkey ? The day was spent in the usual way, uuing around lookintr for a ioh and ifling none. I managed, however, to ru fifty rents by carrying some coal, hurt my pride to do it, but the faces the children rose before me, and I mid almost have committed murder st then. With a heavy heart I started to walk er the bridge just after suusct. The ml blew cold from the northeast, and 1 ! ttoned mv coat close, to my chin. It I is a starlit night. The great towers jined up above tne like entrances to me gigantic temple. The river rushed awn-led below, nud reflected in silver enr''Si p1tt!>s It strangely drawn toward the river. >r a time 1 forgot the babies and Nellie, shind me was the groat, roaring city, th its thousands of men ami ?racn struggling for existence. I d been trampled under foot in the ush. Why should I return and renew e battle? As I brooded over the river, illed to the marrow by the searching nd, the water seemed to beckon me. > shifting currents whispered "Come;" [ shadowy, gleaming rifts, its miniature destroms seemed to my excited fancy say: "Here's rest for you. We'll ar you away to dreamland, where hunir and pain and sorrow arc drowned in c nepenthe of eternal rest." In tiiis state of partial unconsciousness uegiw io cuinii up me railing 10 reacn e roadway below, when a policeman iichcil ine on the shoulder and told me "move on." I did move on, but in a i7.cd, uncertain way, until I reached c Brooklyn entrance. Here the crowd ou? the cars was pouring out in tho rect like a torrent, and in the crush I us hustled about and at last stumbled to the ar.ns of a stout man muffled in i old army overcoat. He held me away oui him by my arms. Then he shook e and said: 'What's the matter with you, Tom? c ain't drunk, he ye?" There was something familiar in the >ice, and looking up 1 saw the homely ce of Sam .Tones, of Shandakcn, before e. Then came another shake, and this me X came to myself again. ' By George. Sam, I'm glad to sec ' iu,!' 1 stammered. " wen, ict s go an gci somctnin to arm you up. You're near froze, man." Thawed and melted by a steaming cup f coffee, I told Sam all the sorrowful ory. How the. children would he waitig at the station fo me expecting the irkey 1 had foolishly promised them and iy inability to procure it. I was inter ft ? uptcd at intervals by exclamations from tarn such as: * "Well, I'll be blessed! Yon kin bet rer boots them kids is goin' to hav' their urkoy! B'gosh! I nllers did say that ho city's no place fur a farmer!" Under the cheerful influence of Bam'a ivmpathy I softn regained my lost courigc. He insisted that we should go to he nearest grocery, where he picked out he biggcct turkey he cou'd find. Then there were two quarts of cranberries, three big mince pies, a package of candy for tho children, a bunch of crisp celery, i And other things appropriate to Thanks 1 giving Day. . I When Sam left mc at the elevate* s station he pressed a ?5 hill into my hand s despite my protests, with the remark : I "Now, yon take it, old man. I gal good prices fur my taf^jk this season 'Sicj^s that- I am ouly lending itr to yc Ye ve got to pay mc every cent back!" j - tvj<v.ub av wyiu vfU? woril: ' * , ' ! "Dod bless T'nn'sgivin', en papa, en mamma, en Barn Joue?. Dood night J . ? rash'n The Turk'* Thaiiksjlvinjt ?eoi - 4 ~22ai?3ttL'- - ^tJT ^ade n aprl Tommy and the Turk. The Turk and Tommy. The Boy's Opinion. j Oh, Valentine Pay is well enough, An<l Fourth of July in jolly. And Christmas time is beautiful, With its gifts and its wreaths of holly. New Year's calling is rather nice. And Hallowe'en spirts aro funny^ And a May-Day party isn't bad. When tho weather is warm and sunny. Oh. all of them aro well enough; But the day that is b s?t worth living, Is when we all go to grandmnmnm's, To a splendid, big Thanksgiving! ?Emma 0. DouyI Tho Little Fiend. "You must feel some satisfaction in eating the turkey that chased you around tho yard n week njjo," said the minister. "Ho was a very saucy bird yvhen alive, wasn't ho?" "Yes," replied littlo Johnuie, "and ma said when you got through there would he nothing left but the cranberry sauce." Thanksgiving Itcvcry. 1 nsver had a sweet gazello To glad me with its softs black eye, But I would love it passing well Baked in a rich and crusty pio. If I could have a bird to lovo And nestle sweetly in my breast, All other nestling birds above, The turkey, stuffed, would be that bird. ?ffffaicn Free Trader, Hardly a Bargain. ' "What a kind, tfooutj-afad hu^Vv ?o\i ' are," said the yohttg wifOidyou o^' hci arms around his neck wt#,. Ja<ir **l"ghi home a turkey, "and bird it is." 1 shoum Bay it-was ??9tr, n< growled. ??I won It at a raffle." Too Honest to Succeed.' "What kind of bread do you Ukobest,' asked a kird-hearted old lndy, wko wa getting Bor rthing for the tramp ?TWki? ^'11* brww) of ^7^^ r\jr With a parting hand shake ho disap-| pcarcd. As the train rattled along over' the shining rails I could see the lights of the big bridge-fading away behind me.j The river rushed below just as it had' done one brief hour before, but itr, turbid' waters had no fascination for me now. I wish every man and woman who reads this story could have seen the faces of those three children ns they stood atthe foot of the elevated station. My iuiTik were tilled with bundles, and when those three pairs of eyes gazed _ugyn the glorious sight what an infantile shout went up! And how they danced with glee! The eldest fnsisted that she could' carry the turkey, hut she couldn't, it was loo heavy. But each ouc had to carry u bundle. And Co, like a conquer-; ing army returning wiUr the spoils, wo; inarched around to the house. And Nellie! Well, bless me, if aim didn't sit right down on a chair and cry like a baby. I can't remember distinctly, because, you see, it's three years ago now, but I have an indistinct recollection that a few salt drops ran down my cheeks. As for Sain Jones, I think he would have' felt fully repaid for his kindness if he could have heard Buclah say her little prayer that night. That simple petition is carven so distinctly on the walls of my. inpmorv thiit I ("?i * 1 f? THE NEWS, j Mark K> nT, n ho Kicked It is wifo to dt < nt llneletmi, IM., was sentenced to six yc iu state pr.son Hen .'arson, Hull & < ^ of Phl'a lelphin, obtalno 1 a verdict of f> ft;a nst tlio Rending Railroad, frr destr tion by lire of tli -ir sisli fact ry, caused, they alleged, |,y sparks front a pissing lo l inotir >. -?A man named E igel shot i I ki led Sophia Ho'h, n w.dtor girl in it he ' nt Elgin, III., becauso slio refused to mat him, ntul thou committal mi eiiie. lv Pnvln, the Russian literati ur, renounced fidelity, and was receive I by baptism ii the Bnp iat Church of Minneapolis.? Katis 8 jn Ige decide 1 that a hotel bar is i a drum shop. Tho Southern Luthei Seminary will i e located at Newberry, C The West Virginia Grand Encir ijieu' I. O. O, F-,.,y*?~* -t tiri.~~" rpjrcrs'?T ho smoking cir on exrjjr*" truln on th? Pennsylvania Rallrc " ""was der ii! -tl nt P.ttsburg and took fire, s eral passengers being badly burned. G< ertior Fleming, of Florid t, has transmit! to Secretary Bliino the complaints of t Key Wist Board of Trade of tho Spin i consul nid.ng and inciting tho striking cigi makers. Tho 11-st nowi in a yoar from I Unite 1 States government surveying ex| ditto:< in Alaska has Icon received at ! Lou's I y tho father of John McGrath, oiio the Icail.Ts ? ' tho expediti in, who repo | the party nuking good progress. Willlo Bucknlew, ngsd twelve years, v killed by a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad oomolive at Keysor, \V. Va. - -Win. J. ii ! tor's canning factory, near Salisbury, M was burned. Ur. Win. Wilson, chief ii clerk of the House of Commons of C.anar was takon sud lonly ill on the street in Ni York city, and d.od in n st ition-house.? Tbn hoc rotary of tho Y oung Men's Christi Association in Jersey City was arrested f distributing trucks ami permitting the inn Ours lo sing on the streets ?f Jeis?y City.The I'yuo Point Woolen Mils, In Ciunib N. J..were burned. L>s $P;.U?K). Twenl eight horses and mules perished in the bur ing of Howe ffc Parker lee Co:np my's st.abl at Naslivilie, Tonn. T. C.. l.eako, J prominent iti various mining nn l hut I coi panies in tho South, and president of t Alabama Land and Improvement Comp in died at Kichmond, Vu, "Ulick H ir Hoi/.bay was convicted of murder and stn robbery at Besrem ?r, Mich., and s-ntencv lo bard labor for li e. Diphtheria is rn ing at Elkhart, Ind., ouo family alone losii four children In two days. A quirrel, regard to a lawsuit forono dollar and a-ha at Opliu, Utah, caused diaries Wayinan Shoot and kill JumosKelly. William Mil ley, a prominent sporting man of 8 in Ant mo, T***!?, wis shot nnil killed in n sab.011 I James Ellis. Tho Tradesmen's Dunk. I Coat-UoliogktMi, l'>\ ,wuicu wasnnariy wrecki by the ?te:a'cutiou of Cathicr C.es ton, will | rwpfflud for business.-,?~UvOrgo l'a uphro W brakeniati on tbe $jew York, Sui?pi?iinni was crusncd todoa V"- f* dcsorted^^ynt-r a<) Truraraur, at Newark, N. J ., whither tin had gone from New Y'ork to spend the hone m^oa. The coul miners' strike in .sprii Valley, 111., has settled. Tho no ninal c:? ital stock of the new steol combine will MS,000,000. Tho Patriotic Or.ler of 8 v of America In Columbus, Ohio, h is sued t Board of E lucitlon to prevont it iro:n i lowing a Catholic priest to occupy rooms one of tho school buildings. Tho bird bionnial session tjf tho U:ii' Bynod of tho Eveitgolical 1j itlnTitu Cliur Bou'h convenod in Wilmington, N. C. One hundred and fifty of the cadets at W Point United Stat-s Military Academy n ill from an i IT ction of the bowels. T next aunu il session of the Worn ill's Christ i Temperance Union will I e held in Atlnn Q?. Tho governors of all tho stab s ha boon invited to a meeting in Washing! next month, to urge upon Congress tho i nronrintion of n sum to secure the cr cti of a suit-able monument in PhiUdelph'a c m -morativo of the Djclnrntion of ludcp dence, an! of the llrst one hundred years the constitutional history of the Uni States. The coal miners of the four pc in the Monongnhela Valley will strike for advance o" one-half cent per l>nsbid in price of mining. Three m ?n were killei : a railroad wrtck no.ir Alier.leon, Mi-s.j The Californi i raisin growers nro export a boom, on account of the shortness of Malaga c-op. John Henry, an el I sold! fell or jumped from a pas eager train n VV'iiliainsport, l*a - i.nnoel J. Lock i aged sixty years, of Wheolin r, W. Va., ' struck by a railroa 1 train and fn'nlly lit iteimund Holzhny, alias "Black Bui o i tnnl at Belleville, 111., fur the muni -i a banker, has confessed iiis several train i stage coach robberies - Mm ty per c -lit thi forgo companies .?/ the United St? have formed a com dnntion for inu u il j tection. By an exp'osiou of giant j owe s x men belonging to a cons.ruction corps the Northern l'aciti Railroad, near Bu Montana, were killed. The Capital li at Dallas, Texas, wu< I n ned. Loss ;. Oil,I Insurance $IJJ,00.>. Miss Berth i (rates thrown from a horse at St. Joh'.isbury, 1 an 1 her foot catching in a stirrup, shj d.ngged through the s roots and killed Giiicf Justice W. N. H. Smith, of the Ni C .rolina Supieaio Court died at Ruloigh Thomas Muruin, n pitsonger on tho ste sh p British ITiucjss, frt in Liverpool, nrredifl in l'lill sHalt ! !?* nil irr?o/i ?. i?K gery in the r. gistry department of the Ji mil postollh-e at Crtstle liallington, Jrel.i The United States a'.o >p-of-war Harntogti I'niladelpbia, wsfor in illy transferred fi ill* service of the government to the onl of the hoard of*manager:* of the Penusyi nia Nautical School.? The late John Cre of Cbioag ?, leaves han leomo (>< q lesti Presbyterian churches of that city, andc l $4,0JJ,UO ) for a pui lic library. . ???????? 5 Gon. Casalus M. Clay, thn lati Col CkX(lloe'<K'^ une'.e, baa a record with > knire which it no.owurthy even for a 1 tuckian. Ho bad three personal enaoun be ore the war, in wb c'.i knives were u and In each be tuicoeed *1 in killing his o nent. A (oili tb v.od'ii h icjt almost to pi ? but the man w.is a.itched up an I recurj A few yea* a ago be kille i a no*ro wiio * insn ted him, uguin us in ( the knire. Go nor Wnrmotli, of I/ou sin-.io, saved b.a in New O. e.m* a few years ago by rivli ing with a knife a man who attempted t ' MMinatebinv FARMERS OF AMERICA, 8 A National Congress in Sessic J,; at Montgomery, Ala. lie, ns S*?*lpRitf??a I'rrxrul Irmii l.irr.v N1i?li . Aililro?*cN <il U'rlroiiio l>,v 4*.l,v mil Nlnfo Oilieitls tc'iru'.liiml 'l'1 >.cl Farmers'Nn" ioi.a! Congresics ?:nbl rr^ in the hall of tho llouso of 11 -presoiitutiv ran at Montgomery, All. Too congre-s w ln* well attended l?y delegates from every St.i 1, 0 und Territory. Ad.ross-sof w? Icunie we delivered Oy Mayor (Jr.ih tin for the etfy, 1Qt' J. Cirlislo for thoStnto Agricultural See o n|* an I Commissioner K.old on behalf of fl State. aP" K-sponses were male ty A. 11. Smith, 1 rill ^p.iiroi'j"?r ltfiuois. (''!iii:;;>s.oii-r J\o! president of the congvo-.s, de.iv nod h;s ai ' iinal address. It wan 1111 elaborate pap ev_ cover.ng the purposes aud spu n of t.io 01 oy- gaii z it ion. ,_fi | A coinuiittoe of on < from eneh del I was appointed on resolut ions. The congr-: | thou udj !!rne t to nl?. en 1 t tie So 1'. hern xp< Uh ' 8)tiou now bring hel I h re. t,r. I Th evening session was larpely attend? I j and uhle nd<lro-.sei were mad . I'l e hue j Ii 1 ipr ol the o Jttou crop wasdiscUssed by 11 l>!" j H J S edge, of Tex is, uti ! 11 l> 11 !' t, < -tt. Aialiiiiii. "l'hey advocated r d eul r.iiiii-.;i : in t .e p. i sent method of hut <1 in.-; cut to. j advising packing 111 solid Imlesuiid selling o s I tho < ? op r.itive plan. lion. I.. It. Norm: I of Wisconsin, discu-s d agr.culture, in-in, rns j fuctuiv nu t c >111111 roo, also aiv? eating 1I1 ! milis.diz iijj ol sic .nisiiip. ply in, beiwe ntii 0 ! United Slates und South Vmeric.iu pom:"1* Hon 1. S. Collin,of I inn, made mi >-li >pi-ii < 1., ! pleu in tielinlt 1 t railroad briikemen to. Hi ?v unproved coupler. , An interchange of fraternal greetings will the N .lionai lirange, 111 sesoo.i in .i icr. *w men to, Cul., was one of ttie features of th ? evening. ,,n Met- 111O Dny. ol| The si e .ml day's session of tho Farm"" ,nl BJnttri'&a ??. 1"?. ? At the morning sess 0.1, ?Iu I go Uuvrenet of Ohio, pivsi lent of ttie Wool-fj rowers' A' sooutioii, lroin a nmj mty of ttie coiiimdie 1 0:1 11..1iitions, rej oi le 1 11 rc oltlil.11 ui ib n- i attitii.lv or the furincr with regard to pre taction, It IVI denial.dtllg ttl.lt, III I- IV 111 a i- i.l r tuiuanco (if tlio proticuve p .| cy, ail turn ' products shall tiu us iti.ly prolciiei in uiij ,n" article ot ni ?nuf.id an*. ho Mr. Wilhite, of Missouri, offered a initio: y, ity report, pledg i:g h - l inn'I'S 'ii > h ( in w>. tn | tit lies to ? r< <1 ictioii of tiio liir.tr, a.id to i \ clia ge of duties, from the n> coin ir.os to t:i 8e j iuxui ie* of life, us fur us p issibte. itl i If ith reports wore itii.l uv>-r, and will coin up for act ion iat -r. ?_ ! Ju.lgo I .a st relic j offered rcsolui ons to tli J" j effect that the government do. * not ived ?li III revenue rais.il hy the I in on spirits, an 11 li , If, the question l>? relegate.! to tno stales; iiimi to luvoruig ti e rep, hi ot the tax on tuhnece I Itolb rcao utiotis were r- porlo t auvers -ly In Ir" i tli coinni.lUc. ,o- |' Hon. L. ts. Colli.i,of Iowa, ileliv r ! an ml ,v i lr> ss on.railroads unl their i o at io s to ih farmer. 1 he speaker was sim ply critic./ < hy a number o. delegates as hciug too nine: L>1> in sympathy with railroads and corpora .ons bo Judge Lawrenco rtud a p.p*r on w o. growing and inuttou producing, p luting on ' ' the glial i. bandit Wtocll w ollll arise to tli m whole pe<-plo from i c.ens.d sl.o.-p raising th &nd urgin; protection for tins inier, bt. Judg >n Lawrence's address was followed hy bom , adverse dUcmslou. At the af ternoon Bastion a PhP-'r was pee uL1 Jtnon. e*utlfc_L 'j. Possibilities of A ;r.cultural 111 Alalia m , *y |>y J. y>. Men man, professor of ngi icult-no i y toe Alabuma Tfcgnculiure and Mecbuuicc ig | College. I Many speech s were delivered by deieg te ** fro.n the North and West, ail advoc.iliti| hJ I wool prot.it on. Th re is a pr< spect of us j regular tariff itebato on the minority an l,o | majority report ot tbo Coiiiiii.lt;e on U sv tious. ' lion. Jnmes A. McKen/ e, of K.ntueUy in ill probably reply to Judge Liwience. Tli vo'ing is by congressional represent itioi an 1 the delegations froiu Ohio, I dims, 1 iwi .a 1 Mch'ginand Indiana a;e p.ucticil y soli I J tor Juage Lawrence's rep >rt. j Third l>:?y. est i The Nation il Farm sr.-.' C ingress befoi I adjourning to-dny adopted resol'Ui >ns r . l.ktinrr trt tlia trtnlF inlimtinH l?v I ?.? rcc "V * *' - 1 'O * ' ' llc Tliey il muuto I tliut th'i tluties 0:1 muttoi an ' sh op an 1 wool of all kinds shall b> so ii tn | cruised as to cq i iliy prohibit too iinporb ' lion of mutton, sh -op and wool o! evor lVO i kind wbi ca , under protection, besui! ion | c.ently produceii at fairly reinuner>lit i 1 prie s in tl?o Unite I Mtato.s to supply a * ! American wants, inclu I:ng the b-tier ci i 01 1 oi carp.-t wools, especia l, since carpets i ,n i luxuries, are entitled to less furor than iar en- and ranch pro lucts. 0( lie solved. That the tariff on wool import to makj carpets should at least bo us high t''" that importeii t> make couts. io'.s "If protection to this extent ha denied ftn continue ttie resolutions, "we will cdl upi .. the farmers of the United States to nss, >0 their power at the bahot-box, nn 1 otlu '1,1 wiso right the wrong and iujus'ice of d criminat on ngainst thorn." I,,, It, F. Kolb, o.' Alabama was re-elect ' president, and a vice-president from en "lo State was ulso chosen. It. F. Clayton, 1 r, Illinois, was elected secretary, ail I Mr. ha ear rence of Ohio, treasurer. Too in xt in ioti . ; will bo held in Iowa and tho secretary \\ ' ' i authorized to determine between Sioux C tvn" j and D.s .Moines. rt-" ! WANTONLY MURDERED. r of j and Tne Mi'l'njs SIkmiI lion ii iim \u ?f ! Couple in 1,1 lie ?in ( oil a 1.1 , t . Vu. Itcs , Two more victims Imvo been -nonIn 1 to- | the notorious II at field-McCoy war. Tii I . ? I i._?- .1 : _ . .... ....... I... . ' ? i ; warn siioir ounn 111 iuv u wv i on i McCoys. tie, | While Mr. and Mrs. 1'i.ris IJIinniijld, otel aged couple, were ntsupper someone kno !? j0?|. I '1 >??- a* they had never in* mi c ' . neetnl with the ten I in any way old J was Hhuiill-Id opened it without hesita'i<>n. I'n., ! In an instant lie was pierced Willi live I. was lets. Mis wi'o, who stood tieside li ni, w fatally wounded, lait. live I lonx en-oi ;li t-dl the story of the murder to her i?'ig dm >rtli B >th of the victims were over 7 >> ?. s o The murder has stirred u;? t-iu M nlie! and Id uiiifi Id', and apirty s'artolout l,m" avenge the death of the white haired e u vvns At a mooting o'citizens of Irincodi otini for- held at Hamlin, lb con .ty-scat, a c mini j_|? tee was npp nnteii to wait upon the gov-i r and upi>eui for troops, ind. ___ _____ WRECK ON THE RAIL trol Tarn IVpIp lit Trnlns Cnlllllr Oil f tie V V" (liila Nlillnnd One Man lilllci). fftr? Two freight trams on the Virginia Mid In to Ilatlrond collided near Rushy nranelt ,vcr small creek passed by tho railroad jintsoi of Clinton, Vo. Fireman Murphy, of south bound train, was instantly killed, ? several others were seriously injured, ,1 onel collision o curred about 4.3J o'ylo-k in the morning, ami is so id to have ta en duet Con- misunderstanding of ord"r*. Train No. ters left Alexander going south, and met tr iaid. No. SI, a north-bound freieht, in charge ,?po- Conductor Ho lii.s, n'ar C ifion, < ti ling t> >ce*, engines und their trains over ih# cttiai re 1. mrnt. Tliere wero eight cars lull of ca h id on iho south Lound train, and nine cars I ver- of catt eon the northdmund train. All il lifo were thrown over tho onibankiuont in lie iect- less Confusion, Ik-sides James Murphy, 0 as- fireman who was killo I, them wore *ev? other injured. CABLE SPARKS. I The Irridentist* have cat ried the elections in Tricitn. ''1 j 'i h-- quottinn of fed ration I* being considi < red l?y ibo Australian colonies. Tho report of the murder <-f Missionary K ivage in New Guinea is d-'olnrt-d to bo utiti u . ' It is ollloinlly denied at Rome that fho Buirnrinn <pi--.sti'>n will bo submitted to tbo Pope's at bitrntioo. ed Tin news of the inns-were <>f Dr. t'eters OS : nod bis party i-y natives nour Korkorn, ivist ,,g j Africa, is couiii mod. j Aii explosion occurred in a dvnnmitn fa''. I tory in.in* itilbo.i, Sp tin. Font p -rsons werj 10 killed and ninny were ioj ired. ' The condition of tbo Grand Duke N.elio'y ins, ii icle of tin- ('/, ir, is becoming worse. l,,j Tb cancerous format ion i:i Ids ear is sprea e i >"X* r)j Minister Robert Lincoln's son Abraham!* . pirsemihg,'! mi lesuft of n7i nccal rit >1 cut on ' the linger. i- Crete is returning to its normal p.-noful c stale. Trade is tic: ire nl C irea and other J places, and Christian faini.i s are arriving m j by every steamer. ' i lit King Milan will arrive at Belgrade > next week to reach a delinito sett lenient 1 touching the position of ex <,>-ieen Natalie with the governm -lit and the logouts. The conservative committee of Birmingham di etisso I the attitude of the consorva11 tivcs towards lb-< liberal imiuii sts an I do* si : (.-nu n m insist ii,)!).! I ir ;er represent ilion. ' Iiord llrnssey, in ;i letter to l!o mus'cr i( i lighti rm n. i>! |.oudoii, (Miicur< in (li.i n-t, v cc ii C ii iliiiul At.inning iiml i li i,>.r I M <y.>r ,* that the musters mm n-uder tn i ho employes. 5 The 1-ft cattish 11 tjuo -niii! re, fi i>iii I', ill inoro for l.iverpo >1, ivi ' cl?i il oft m- cn.i>t of lie t laii'l after being on lire, h is bro.icn nuud e skips and .an enormous .pianlity ol wreoi;a;o lisi- Mante l usnore. '' r Charles Uill.o has <l?-c'iii d the urgent l" Hint unnnitiioiis request of the Kulham Jab" 01*111 As.MICIUiioll t il II III l'?V<IIIK< It l-.llllllll llll for 1'nrli anient for i lint district at li e uex. election in tho ground that Ii s heavy liturury work t iki's uji hju> iviiulo Uui^? *' i . i? irmiTiTiry niinoiini- at Koine that d.-rv nth sr. Ci-iitly attacked Goad.it-, the eipit-l ' i t Abyssinia, and burned the city. Siihso: i|ii -utly a fori-y of A by* inins attacked I ho ? ; dervehes and . o rated ilu ni, killing three of (? the chiefs. i_ | Sir Ifeiirv James, "peaking in l.t-hnlfof I ho i, | Ij iiul hi '/iwM-s before th - I'.n nelt i-uniiii sioii, i|U'ited spi ecbes ly Parm-ll and oi la-is advocating boycotting, aii-l coMb-nded thai, the speakers Were rcspolisibl lor til.- crimes I in Ireland following tho d.-liviry ol tt.o , speeches. 0 The St. Petersburg Sv* I says that China is m ining her troops on tin- Hus.-n.aii trontter e w ith repeal tug rti .-s.imd that, lh-i sablters | uro being dial ed by lh rinan olliceis, Tho e : Jvti hi oi Kliwu intends to max a tour of >i , J.urop,-, beginning with Ku^sin. 1 IJisli .;i O'liwyer, of lamerick, lias issu-d a '? p istorat letter forbidding tlie e'ergv of tho ' Uloec-o to grant ubso uiion to ii11e person f , guilt y of boycalting or pursuing the plan of ! cunp.iign. 1'no liisliop r. t ains to himself i -alone tho right to absolve such persons. I IN ABUKNINli CAR. 1 i Horrible \rt-hl' < In a I'eniim.v vaiila t i:.vpress Traiii. ? I An accident to tho Kasleru express ou the ! Pennsylvania road at Pittsburg, I'a., nearly vi resulted in a torriblo holocaust. Tj A* ?< was, a large number of .persons were 'Jr lujurod, Ofte <*? yxo Lh e r? * "fri/o Hi?? i | l'lio express vvlucli lett for New~Y5rK At il ! 7.15 1'. M. was proceeding through the yards ! tit the rale ot about eight miles an hour. 'S ! W hen near S?-vent.Tilth street the third car, j? ) or siuoker, lett the rails, and after being a pulicd a distance of aLout 101) feet turned d | com pi 'tely over. > | A.most simultaneously with the upsetting ; of the oo-Cli lire broke out at t.otli cuds and r, i in I ho centre of the car. Hetweeu 11 and 5J e i second class passengers, inc.u ling a number i, ot women, were in ttiecar, ami the so -ne foli, lowing was of the wildest kind, d Men tr .nipled over women uud fought their I unfortunate brothers in their eagerness to esc.ipi cremation. The crash oi breaking windows and (lieshrieks ot these imprisoned ro ! in ill > burning car could be hoard a ?oug dtse i t ancc. s. | Fortunately, the trainmen and the crews a, from other trains were clo.-e at hand, and i- : the Haines were extinguished before iheytind i- | j;a nod much headway. The passeng rs \\ ho y had not alrca ly escaped through the windows i- | wore tin n removed. It was lound that whi e ,*o nearly everyone in the eir had been cut or . I bruised, only one, Jo-cpli lii'co .cr, of Chictss go was i ataiiy injured. as When the car was upset be w.issoated near in the stove, and it was tin own on top of him. i lie was so tightly piano I down that it wa sd i some tint l.efoie ho could b extr.catod. ns Meanwhile ho was being slowly burned to , death, and when taken out liaally one side I," | was burned to a crisp. rm The pliys clans say he will die. Six other irt | were badly but not dangerously hurt. ;r- i The c luse of the accidentia not yet known, is- | but it is thought lha rails spread. All the i passengers but lirucker ana the six others cl were hk.o to proceed on their iournev n f?u oli ! hours Inter. .? DISASTROUS FREIGHT WRECK. 'Oil*' >1 mi H lloil. Tw <? I ii|ii i oil. mill I li?? Money I.iihh Vitj Uri'iW. I lae of lite most ilisnsi runs I reiglil wrecks ! in the history of th Northern Centrnl Rii.' way occurred at Middlotown l''erry, I'enii., between t! nnd.'lo'elock in the moruing. Two mo ions of fust freight, la Ion with perisliu l>le goo Is cons:g.ied to parties in N w York State, were running at a rapid speed, when my I the machinery of the locomotive of the first ho * * Hon was l?rok 11. The engineer snipped I to lis it mid the II igmnn was sent hack lo j warn t he second section. The engineer of the i'1 , second section, however, did not heed tho l"' I warning. It is alleged ho w.is asleep nrul ran ,:l j t y the II iginan, dashing into the rear of the * ' : li, st section w ilh an awful crash. l'a plain Haines, couducter ol the li st fee" 1 tion, saw tho other train hearing down on ' x* j him and jmnp<Kl from tho calne 8?, at the ' ' I same tune calling to Kind Kashey, the rear p< i i * 1-: ??' ? - ? - i im .kvoiiiuii, n? s;?vu iiuiiMXi. Jj:i. u**y was loj !" ; into and was caught in t he crash /in.I instant* "ls | )y killed. llabics escaped. (Engineer Ap; polio, of l.io roar tram, was bmliy Injured, '| noil the (irein.in, whose naino ooul.l not tio ' V. ; learned, was slightly hurt. " Over thirty cars were crushed to pieces ami the perishable freight on both of tho trains will be losh Four cars wero burned and one locomotive wrecked, tin loss can not be istimated. BLACK BART A HYPNOTIC, trite Claim* he committed If In Crimea nJ | While Under ? Npcll. ' * j lU'imund Hoi* iay, "Bluo'x Bart," 011 trial I at Bessemer, Mich., for th? murder of linn' ker Kleishbhin, of Belleville, III., and tho l,n robbery cf tho Gogebic stag", took the stand ' '*' in his own defense and made a confession. "lo llol/.hny told tho story of tits life from the 0 * day of his lirth in Germany to that of his V* nrrcar at Iv'piihltc, Mich, ilendm ttod that ' ho robbed tho Milwaukeo and Northern train 1 hi* months ago; that ho held uu the Wiaoon1 ''l h 11 Central train at C.idolt, Wis., a month later, ai d that he waylaid th > U >gobio stage and shot Banker riemcnut in. full ] yliolzhay claimed that he ajver.il yoara ago hurt by a lull trom a horse, and since ' ~M noJj ?t time had l??*en subj-oted to "spell.," ?1??Ti.ur.ng which ho did not know what he whs :ral I doing. He aaid he was under thia "apeli" wbt-u the various crimes were committed. N*Wr--- "> **.