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r THE WEEKLY Jfe uilOfi TIIEI* Ery" " Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Domestic Econom^w^^^teraimJ^^^^^^Jtrn Current News of the Day. :N J / XXI.-NEW SERIES. -i'vi.?v i^i < in ' ' ? :? ? * " ? M VKJORIE. "Ob, dear." (a d Farmer Brown one day. "1 never saw such weather I The rain will e|>oll my meadow-hay | And all my crops together." Ills little daughter climbed bis knee; "I guess the sun will shine." said she. Ik "But if the sun," said Farmer Brown, J "Should brine a dry Hoptombor, t With vines and stalks all wilted down. And ftt Ids scorched lo an ember"? "Whr, the i It will rain, ' said Mar.orie, * The littlo girl u[on bis knoe. n "Ab, me!" sighed Farmer Brown, that fall, ^ "Now, what s the use of livingV No Ida i of mine su'ceels at all"? B "Wliv, n-*xt month comes Thanksgiving, . And thou ol course," said Marjo ie, ,( "We re all as happy as can be." ll "Well, what should I be thankful for?" Aaked Farmer Brown. "My t.-ouble ll Tbls summer has grown more and more, ?] My loeses have been double, . JK&t left"?"Why, you ve got me 1" *> S^T-Vrd Mariorle. upon bis knee. ic England Farmer. Ql Kf" n-i,?r-b/B? fcih^r . BY "THE MAJOR." . re ... I k CHAPTER XVI?rovTisuED. ^, :oa The attack was sudden and unex- | [repeated; but the stout heart of Randall j belmont was not of the stuff to quail j , before any form of danger. | (" A blue feathor of smoke floating oil . w" from behind a tree told him of the place ' n , where the would-be assassin might be j ni. found Without an instant's husita- ' j,1 tion, unarmed ns ho was, ho dashed to . u ward it. i ^ lie was within three steps of the | ^ J vgreat oak when Edgar Nan Wyck , ^ Stepped out from behind it and con- AUJ vonted him. , 1 . The face of the youth was white, but rrm f diore was a fierce gleam in his eye. He " ' 1^8 Rented the still-smoking pistol a* ' luY, k,ho Jail's breast. The young man i jer fe" ,^n?ioV o? JtlPj ml ?)1 Belmont! Pray to (!od to pat j HKe-bur sins, for your last moment has . .Trite words were spoken without the ? j1'" Micrhlnaf. tnnn I'**" ' ft' 1 0 .^..U 1.1 iiintiHIiiur HUCCHlHOn, 1 " " ami Jlelniont, taking in (lio whole ap ',CI pearance and demeanor of his assail- " ant at a glance, saw that tho youth was j desperately in earnest. Yet, perfectly nn(l cool and self-possessed himself, he be- m)~ gan to parley with him, so as to gain 1 ^ J1 time to sei/.e some plan of action. lhiti "Hold !" ho said, putting np h's hand, j " "You would not "hoot an unarmed 1 w^' man ?" "J "I would shoot you and as certain ?.?!1 hJ^Qod is over us, I will! Pray, I say? , truican have but a minute!" ^OM, ml iow have I injured you?" JleLmont ' > not11!, fts ipiie ly as though he were in"\ au ; .)ro^t Yyck shook with powerful emotion as <.eag( >e heard tho question. and ths keen gate, ye of his adversary observed that the )f)on >'istol hand wavered, the arm trembled. ont "You monster?do yon ask mo i jng.f he youth sereamo I. "You have robbed j(js j. ne of my love; you have crept in like i " k serpent, and destroyed my happiness. I . Life is worth nothing to me, after what ,,u r have ju.it seen and heard over yon- "i?! ler, at Brvson's. There is only one !.?j Ihing left me to do, and that is to kill , ,e you I'll do it now." ;,ow "You dare not!" was tho cool taunt | ,mnc that answered him, j ? Another sharp report quickly fo!- | , lowed tho detian- o. Tho fingor of tho ' ??-r 1 youth was qu ok upon tho trigger, but j '.'j' not so quick as tho movement of Bel- ' 1 mont. /s the words left his mouth I ' his broad shoulders stooped low nnd ' '00'' the bullet whistled harmlessly over his | ^ooi head. ! ifc P As tho smoke cleared away Edgar ' j* ,1 saw him standing unhurt, with a com- j Jn passionate smile upon his face. j Tho sight and tho look drovo the j ^ Jouth to a new frenzy. (irasping the i 1 eavy pistol bv tho barrols he uttered j ?rago and disappointment, and P?,. g forward, aimed a blow at 1 t's head. Before ho could , ' o was seized by strong hands led to tho ground. His head 'rj ho protruding root of the great he lay stunned and senseless. 'j llti CaiTIti mien iu UI? mm nun- , ^^^^Lgencrous rival avas Hitting by ^BMPprinklmg water in Iiik face, which jVKwl brought in his cap from a pool ^ 11 me!" moaned Kdgar. "(IB .happy boy!" Jiolmontexclaimed. l! misery is all of your own mak- ., g *. pity you loo much to harm you. | rr fool eh in your pursuit of ( .. gto^B^yson as the boy who chases the ," JCjjjB' She is not for yen j, she never ^ was his only aaswor. 'Fjlorfool! Of what use would it harla been for you to murdor mo? She " would thus be further than ever be- ^ yorfd your reach. She could never be your wife, except in name; with my DloJod on your hands she would not be ovun Ilia'." Suffering from the pain of the con- th tulion, ami with every object whirling at bejfore his eyes, unconquerable hatred la oflthe man who was by him prevailed. a\ rYou are a liar ns well as a robber," hi ho faintly said. A spasm of pain agi- hi to ted his face. ot Itandall Helmont looked at him, and ol if there had been a spark of resent- w ment in his breast against this poor wenkling, it died at once. Me bent ii over him pityingly. V " You must go honie," ho said. "You v are sick and nervous. 1 doubt if von v are responsibl for what you have been I doing. I.et me help you." i mr2*n i-."'.--.1. r. ;:tr -g arm under him, 1 nod raised liim up. Half supporting and halt carrying him, lie took tlx. 1; road toward Mrs. Van Wyck's cottage. t As they proooeded, I dgar's strongth partially roturned. Ho shook off his i companion's ai m, and without a word. I of thanks or adieu ho quickened hi t 1 l paeo ? k* Belmont stood still and watched him. feAHis gait was slow, and lie walked with i j^diflicuity, hut he seemed ahlo to reach ] home alone. Btill half inclined to overtake h in and compel him to lio assisted. th<: young niun looked until tiis moving iiguro was only a speck, and until he saw him turn into the highway. Then Belmont walked on toward the v Tillage, pondering deeply upon tin J W ?.?ugo otxurrenccs oi the last tw< hours. Ifeyond the turning of the lane int( Hie highway Edgar Van Wvck kept or with slow and painful steps. , It was rememberod afterward by twe icquaintances that they met him, one walking and ono riding. They saiil he ooked dazed and walked as though i , vero sick. Each accosted liiin, but he aid nothing and made no sign to show hat lie recognized them. When there was no living thing in ight he cast himself down under a eafy tree by the roadside, and for an our he lav Hiom :f A?1 ?v .MWAV *?o At uunu. The sun was almost at meridian when e awoke. His'temples throbbed, his iroat was parched, his eyeballs seemed urating froui his head; but the phys:al pain wns as nothing to the agony 1 spirit that racked him. Alone there wayside he lifted for ,e.( CHAPTEIt XVII ri'T rur the uoht! Mrs. Van Wyck had observed the diction of her son's steps that morning, d could not help knowing whither i was bound. The morning passed; noontime came, it did not see him returning. Her uely meal was oaten, and the table us cleared. In the pleasant April sunshino she t outside the door half the afternoon, tli her kuitt ng, anxiously watching 3 long btrotcll of the crossroad down the highway. About three o'clock sho saw Edgar proaching. IIo moved unsteadily I slow. jhe hastened down the road to moet n. His eyes were bent on the >und; his knees threatened to sink rler him at every stop. '.iddie, dear boy, what is the mat?" sho noxiously asked. lo raised his face. Its ghastly pallor c to her with fright. >he wound her arms about him, sho iod him endearing names, sho even sed his cold hands as sho supported I i buck to the house. He only said, 1 i voice raised a little above a whis: i I am not well. I must go home." ! So you shall; and you shall lie down rest, and I'll make you some of ! Dice cordial to strengthen you. at has happened, son? Is it nnv- 1 iK about that girl ?" - i snero'i ,1CVOr auo ,ier ?ga?n," l,o ' Have you two quarreled? I foared 1 would, sooner or later. Don't take * ? heart, J ddie; cheer up; perhaps 5 11 make it up next time; if you 1 t it may be the ve ry best thiMJ-f you that^?Hlijy^Jmmimi, j m*- Ji >ght? ?j never 111 r ^ qt ? liaiiu wnV s_ ?> ? L sst against lier chatter. She 11 >d. Supporting him through tho ? she was leading him lo his bedi, when his strength wholly gave Ho sank listlessly into tho rock hair that bIio had .just vacated, and . lead dropped to his brcasb 111 loroughlv frightened by his looks ra actions, the mother tlew into tho :o for a restorativo. Tho strong B( ; at his nose revived him a little. . tearful woman had Hung herself !( n at his foot, and now held his Is, imploring him to look at her, 0 leak to her. ^ weary smile lighted his wan face 1 in instant only as ho saw her. He ? 1 to speak, but he could not utter a J able. 1 ), Jul die, my darling boy, don't ^ cso!?don't act so! You haven't ^ n well for a long time. I have seen lainly. That girl never loved you; j wouldn't have been happy with r ; don't grieve yourself about her. ust nurse you back to health and ^ ingth. We might tako a littlo jouras soon as the weather becomes led; you want change. Shall we. across the lake??or would you , icr " lie stopped abruptly. His bands Jimp and cold in hers, his eyes j red in a stony way down upon her. :'ho troubled soul had taken the last rney?tho silent voyago beyond the or! sTot tho shock of his rude overthrow the woo<l Dy mo sianrun urun ui ndnll Jielmont hiul wrought his itli. The physical pains of that asilt had almost passed; he had slept 3in off beneath the tree. If ever men die of broken hearts, it fate wai hia. l'ho discovery at the llryson house; a conflict of anger, mortification, and spair that had since raged in his east; the conviction, emphasized by e language of Randall iielmont in e wood, that .Jessica was lost to hiui rover - theso had uniteil to snap the rds of hi* existence, and liis sutler g hca-t stood still. C'llAI TKIt W I I. A OI.KAM OK IIOI'E The events immediately following e death of Edgar Van Wyck may be eince passed over. The uncontrolbio grief of the childless widow; the vkward if genuine sympathy of the nmble neighbors; the funeral at the nuse, and the burial in the rural com ;ery; all theso, the common incidents I' suffering humanity, have little to dc ith our narrative. On the afternoon of tho day follow ig that of the funeral, .Mrs. Van fyck sat in her lonely house. Kind isitors had been with lier, but they ere all gone now, and with her great hblo open beloro her, she was seek ng consolation in the words of the mil mint. The tread of a horso outside caused lor to look up, and she saw thtough ho window Kandnll Holmont. Ho had considered correctly, that, n the condition of mind in whirl I'hlgar had reached home just befort lis death, he could not have communi< ated to his mother what had occurred VVIiv, then, Hhould ho wound herbloed ing heart by tolling he. of what wai now only known to himself?her deiu hoy's aitein]>ted crime? Ho decidei to say nothing about it, and to call 01 the widow merely as a kind and sym pnthi/iug fr end. As such she rooeiv cd him, and lie sat for half an hou condoling with her as only such larg and generous natures can. lie cndci the interview by delicately offering he < 'i *"? t A > any assistance in his power, $ lol lier that she might freely call J in fc > help, at any time. ? "It isn't want of money thf $ likel to trouble me, my dear yonog sir, > alio said, while, >|ie tears fell fast. " > have more tl|' moygh to keep me th rest of my pooi nier but I don't kno1 ? 'what to do with myself till I am calle i to join my husband and the child re who liavo gone before. I'm a pooi Jouely soul now; everything has beei torn from mo that 1 cared for. I can' stay in this desolate house, and I don' know where to go." ltaudall Belmout was possessed of i sudden idea, nnd he acted upon it in stantly. lie told the widow that Ihii search had at last convinced him thai his father must bo dead; that lib mothei had died many years before. He aaic that he was the joint heir, with twc married sisters, of irameDB) wealth . MA'?.inft' .'fe'WfrS'tt: "I am not married," he pursued, "although I hope to be somo day. I shall need a housekeeper at once on my reA 1 * mrn uome, antl ?he need not leave mo if I should chain o to marry. I liavo nevor seen a person whom I would prefer to you for such a post. Come with mo, then, to tho city, when I return, which will not ho long hence; take this place, wiiero you w;ll ho useful, and find plensnnt occupation. Yo.i will there make hosts of friends who will help to make your Joss a sorrowful memory, instead of an over-prosent grief." Tho widow was startled by this sudden and unexpected proposition, and reflected a moment before sho answered : "You are very kind to mo Mr. Belmont," she said, "and I feel like accepting your generous offer right away but 4 .. "Well?" "I don't believe I'd do. I'm not used to your city ways; you don't know mo well enough yet to risk such an offer." | "I'm per ectly willing to take tlie tremendous risk of this matter," he repliod, with a smile. "But 1'vo another proposition to mako to you, Mrs. Van Wyek; and since you think 1 am acting hastily in tho first ono, tho second 'may sliow you that I am not. Kver since I camo to this vicinity I have stopped at tho inn at Ayleswortb. Acquaintances I have mado in tho tillage, hut no friends; thore is nothng to bind mo to tho place for a day. My search is now practically finished 10 that I can dispense with all haV the ncdialely. I'd liko to setthj^ere, if 1 'illago to-morroy^jjJuI^^^gWor a 1 ou , mo for a hoarder' ?2V?eks. 1 sec y ou have a shod 17* lero, where I can keep ruy horse. li^S lis way we can be-omo perfectly ac- J tainted: 1 can be useful to you, i id \f,I "J. 1)1 >M*r to Tcr I have made to you, I promise ( tat 1 w 11 frankly toll you so. , AVo need not give tho details of the | in vernation that followed. Inough . ,ttt it ended with the grateful ?PP?>y l and consent of the widow, and bet- j iont shortly took his leave. . ! Bo strango are tho changes that oven ) little time as three days may bring, lhil. three davs had passed since ft I >vo-si k, half-t razed youth had, in is desperation, attempted the niurdor f his riva'. Three days only! That outh was dead and buried, and his ival, before pushing his suit with the bject of tho boy's hopeless passion, eemod likely to take his own placo in ho affairs of his mother. Ah Belmont mounted his liorse, Mrs. 1 an Wyck ran to the door with a Snellen exclamation: "O, Mr. Belmont! I didn't think, low can I over go bo I'm- from where nv dear ones are buried?" on shall come back here for a voek every spring," ho answered witli>ut hesitation. "You dear, kind soul!" He rode rapidly away. His thoughts tvero busy with plans for the future. His mind was turning away from tho mystery of li's father's fate, and concerning itself with himself. Ho I thought that ho had satisfied filial du- | ty by his long, painful, and fruitless [ search. It was time to think of tho living. He regarded tho arrangement ho had just made with the widow with groat satisfaction. A brief day-dream came to him, of Jessie i as his brido, and he thought how good it would bo to reliovo her at first of tho oversight and care of the great city houso. Filled with such pleasant thoughts as these, ho gave his liorse loose rein, and tho animal gallopod swiftly along. A femalo liguro approached as he rode on. With a groat bound of his heart, ho recognized her of whom lie hnd just been thinking. IIo drow rein so suddenly that his horse fell back upon bis haunches. When the animal recovered his feet she had hurried past. Ho turned and called to her. "Jessica! Jessica! MissBryson!" Slio neither stopped nor answered. Yet lie was certain that it was tdic. He could not be mistaken in her ligI ure; and he had a passing glimpse of hor I nee. Yob, ii was surely she. She would not answer him; she would not stop at his call. He sat in his saddle, motionless, watching the fast-retreating figure, tempted to spur after hor, and reluctant to do so. "Wherever she is going," lie thought "she will probably return bv this road I'll uait." Dismounting, he led his horse into i clump of trees by tho roadside. A1 lowing him to graze while ho held tin reins, he lay clown in tho grass na< waited. Ho was right in his conjecture. He foro dark .'essica hryson passed thn way again; and again was his unavail ing suit renewed. |to jik continc'Kn. | "H ai i y couple," inrsed 1'ompour, f Mr. and Mrs. fresh passed by. "Wh ! trusting love! Why, I have know ' that man to woar n home-made smokirij jacket, and imngino that it fitted him ? Till-Hit*. ? Tfuukk John, give mo a sentem ? containing tho word contonts. John il The contents of a cow is milk.? Teavhci\ U | . THE HEWS, y Jl. y The fall of snow on tbe Slrra Mountain - Is unpeeedented, and tlx peycs have bee 'I killed by an avalanche. C e 11. Freeman, of LockportJt. Y., Is unde w arrest on the charge of derauding Calvii d Thompson, a farmer,out of M,000. A BjI 0 (imore and Ohio locomofcivpxplode lat Ben ' wood Junction, W. Va., no Engineer Cun D ninghain was blown two hfcidred yards, bu | only slightly injured.?? J freight train 01 the Ban Antonio Uallroadwent through f ^ bridge at Hollettsville, T'XM? an<l Mvera men were killed and a nfnber injured. 1 Four intoxioated loggia were burned tc death In a camp oalhe Tennessee river, r , seventy-Ove miles fpoa ^adnosh, Ky. a | German named Fofrlnln murdered bis wife ) and child an.|ltq^raltt|*"V>aolde in Will; iaiWCUffcN. TttflQKr. nft fi3WraWvK^aniao anYwIX of LoOrippJ.?McWilliams, of Levriston, Mo., whllecraay from tho maludy, split bis wife's boot* open w.th an axe. Charles H. M. Stiver has instituted legal proceedings again Joseph O. Ditman, the missing bank pr< dgpt, of Philadelphia, claiming that the ttor bos absconded. Jonas S. Heartt, bo oar wheel manufacturer died at Tr< , IyY. C. K. Hart, superintendent of jo Washington Public Works, at Etizabet , Jft* J., has disappeared. Young, Mrs. labartfr.of Williamsport, P,?., was accidentals shot and killed by her mother str.king a styt gun standing in the corner of tho room^in Vhich they were romping in play. Xaltsou & Aeifli, manufacturers of gloves in Chicago, made an assignment. Liabilities 180,000. The Rending Coal Company has closed its Lincoln colliery in Schuylkill oouaty, Pa., throwing out seven hundred men and m . _ - -? A nuiuLcr of ca: es of ciontorfeit bran i o' whiskey were discoveredtnths wai ehoust of thj Ulobe Distilling Company of cinc,n rati. The Minnesota Slate UniNcisi y Building at Miniv oj olis wa?damago I * . > | by fire. A span of the iron bridge b-tweer, I llolyoke and South lludley^fall*. Masa.w blown down and Maurioj4^riscoll, a wor ^ man, killed. Otuzi Y. cjortft. ? official, is under arrest in ?The charge of extensive embcCdbcxe, of West* quarter cer.tenuaryof B " Vjjration of the ern New York, "J'e CYlJpiscopal Car? stored StJ{(|o, N^e^*^re celebrated at U.T?ri"'<rt.i,Ue- QUi?T^ Wfcuotiu. do I ! *nt who killed Edward Cutm.ngban, tho I TZTu ?>l Mi,,on'Ma88-wh,,e poa<-hi?? the latter'- estate, was sentenced to flf enyears In prison. John Christie, the os prominent member oC the Masom * ?lo I f"11 - h" T' 7 of chau'pugne. The advanced prices. Wiilis o^i lord.amanip- r ulator of of railroad securities, committed suicido in a cell in the county-prison of Philadelphia. Tho Chicago aulfeoritiei bnvo suppressed all gambling establishments in that city. A Northern Paqfdc Railroad train jumped the track MAr.fTboratsou's Kails, Montana, und the imtnq(rkht cars went down an embankmeut, ra?OJ Vomon and children being slightly h>jurfldU[r?There is a deficiency in almost everjflEpmch of tho postal service, and po->tmast?H#>riU thcroforo bo prevented from procurwHbprovements. A largo convention of (ura&tnen i? to be hehl at Fort Worth, Te^MBIarch 11, to agree upon sotne plan to ddWtftbe combination of biiyera In the prominent markets of I ho country. Domestic troubles led Frank 1'uron. of Chicago, to atteid^t wife murder and suicide The mystery of the murdor of Max Mantwvtrr-^ it r?? unsolved. The down-t',, ti,e F lito:i Elccirir Light Co?n}SPS^^^>;?' -J" -u. cily, was burned, and the cui^it supplying eighteen thou6aud lights in the business s-ction was cut off. British ^ jtilists will have an interest of about threi nillion dollars in the proposed rubber trust at Trenton, N.J. George Kirschbautn was instantly killed and John Becker seriously hurt by a natural gas explosion in E-sonomy, l'a. Several persons were severely shocked in St. Eon s by contact with electric light wires. Tho Supreme Court of New \ork city has been petitioned to appoint a receivt r for tho sugar trust. Miss Maggie Layman, of Brandon, O., while dressing for her wedding, picked up a revolver and accidentally shot herself. Edward Sherman, a machinist of Cincinnati, hearing a sound at bis room door and thinking it was a burglar, fired and I mortally wounded Wm. H. l'hilllps, an elderly man, who occupied an adjoining room.? A negro gambler named Rigors confessed on his death bed in Tablrn i?U. I. T.. the murder in lBStl of DrV ,W?.''yle and Mrs. Win. Kerr, in the Cherokee Notion, and for which John Stephenson wax convicted and hanged. The window glass manufacturers of the West have formed a trust, witn $800,000capItal. The conductors' and switchmans' strike on the Evansville and Terre Haute and the Kvnnsvdleand Indianapolis Roads of the Mackay system continues. Two passenger trains on thj Central Georgia Railroad collided rn a fog near Savannah, and the loco tnotives were wrecked and six passeugeri were hurt. KILLED HIS WIFE AND CHILD Terrible Double .Murder and Siilrld til Williamsburg, H. Y. In the German quarter ot tVilliamsbur) New York, a terrible double murder nn 1 suicide was reported to the police. A nia named Franklin killed Ids wife and child an A r.eighhor^^medj^MtKv -?.xtli St it< >n-house and sttiflttMhu.. no niem'n?" < I* 110 Franklin faintly, P&dived m the rehr< it 180 M unger street, lirjC^Aii soon since Wo |. no id ay. lie thougbr.?otf)ethlng was ivroti Two olHcrrs went to thaSbouie and elTocu an ontrauce through tue front window. A was quiet in the In.use, but, passing into M bed room, Frunklt'i wsSfound sitting on tl is edge of liio bed vritUja rotol v >r grasped j his luiud. As the olllcers were about to enter the in " drovo thorn out (>f taj^Htn at Mm point ''' the weapon. Then ajMStOl shot rang oi !" Ti e olllcers rushed in And lound Frank had shot himsefi iiiroiljjwth * left breast. J was not ytri deadf. but btt Wife and d yeor-i chid were tyln'ftv On the sum In Franklin died som><tlmoi;fver. Both vict had been shot throiM ffuO luad. From u ? pen ranees, they* Vp dead two or th WES FIFTY FEET HIGH. is , s. They Pour Down the Funnels ? r of an Ocean Steamer. < it , Sweeping Clenr Oyr 111? VcmcI nn?I Carrying A way EirrylhiitK Jlovablc -Tcrrlll? Gal? on tli? f t Aliunde. 1 Captain Lor I, of the British steamer Cro- i 1 roa, which arrived at New York, frout Mid- 1 ' d eboro, reports: "We experienced the roughest weather I t have ever known. Up to December 17 we t > hid a succession of furious gales from south, i west to west. The ship was blown otT into > the trough of tho sea, although going at full ^ speed, and became unmanageable. We stop- ? nsj the StloliiMsrul IK|^ a i.Ul.tjful .-ounJ^ K foeerests of the waves. We, however, shipped one fearful sea, which carri d every- o thing before it, smashing one boat and dam- v aging others. wn?h<i?? * _ , ...R ??aj |,.?i b ui wie ny- u iirg bridge, and injuring several of the crew. tl . "The engineer says that part of this sea went down the funnel, the top of which is w flfty-jix fee", above :he water. The water i> 0 me iiinnii g 'hrough iho lubei in such vol- p unies as lie it .y to put the fires out,anil caused M n g eat commotion among the men below. t u the 18tta it b ew u heavy gale, and on the . 29tb the wind again attained the force of a , hurricane. During th? night we shipped a tremendous sea over the bows. It swept uway everything in its way, carrying wreckage from the main deck over tbo upper bihice, about twenty-live feet high, and m dually making its exit over ilip stern. a "This sea washed a fir man from tho fore- he ninst on to the main bridge, lifting him about 111 twenty feet and landing him among the debris under the starboaid boat. Whon picked re tip he was itisens ble, He received dangerous injuries. Thonco to port I Various kinds""Ml' i .v. i. iiii h 1 I ji mmii rmiih l1lini1 (Br )' .?!?,, .J 1 -^i?^tNoriolk Vo., for coal, brought the th, put in at W Q[ the four-masted co , crew and f Boston, which lHJ SST'.1SndliSl ? ?, Tbj jcK^er ? , ftiiu.l iroo. B ? ?>>??. lh"b.J I 1* acrewoHeVem including Captain ^dnejr j ^ fs I? J. M. ?> osnuu j December 1~, &&rocjxsrp r, s time blowing oil. hut the 6U made to calm ;l>? t, u awnv. Tbo fury of the winV 1vessd whs dis- msails were hl"wn"V noo,otl wlth wa- ofi masted and the ca\J" . otr OIl jj Cemt>er ?ui tor. Tba crow wa.v, jy seconds, long!- gr f n #"0 wus Injured, except in tude 51 degrees. INo<* ,)e not seriously. The an a French sailor, awT- . gi^ was ubuu- | vessel WAS am H?M doaod. ~ ? ? J}t WORK AND*/ WORKERS. | ?Jt? ? ^|heAi ebb shop 03T Dullin h?lP** the &r ^Tn Ireland tjlacksraltha gri 2ft per cent less Sic wages than tbose'oh the Clyde, nnd 17 per , cent, less than the English blacksmiths. The liberal press of Germany is earnestly <*'e' a lvocating a general and completeorgnnix *- wn lion of the workinginen for their own pro- Bui lection. dol A syndicate with a capital of #10,000,000 put has bo n formed to buy out tile business of at I liriiish carpet manufacturers end work their pie e tab ishnients on American patents. slid A pftrty of eighteen practical glacs workers* ls * who were locked out of the 8 ilem glassworks* a.r ' in New J ri-y, btcauseof the strike, will stmt a co- perativo luctory in Spring City. ,c la. The Toronto unions will supportcandidntcs pe who favor city ownership of street railways. na' They also demand that contractors on city fu, work puy union wngts and have a nine hour jp, day. In Minneapolis th> nssociit.d charities, wi have asked the board of education, the super- tw iiiteudsotPM public Inst ructions and tliolntor m< ? rganizifloi s of the city to co oporate with tic tin ni iu a movement to prevent child labor. mi Wages around Taconui, Washington Ter- ou ritory, are: Caoorers. #2 to $2 30 per day; f ~ lrpcntei s, $3 t> {3 S'J; brick and stone#5 to -*7: | list?rers, #.'j lo #7, and S!l | stone cit ers, ?o ..?7 Uuilainc lumber costs tb #10 per 1,000 feet. B 0j The legislative committee of the New Je* le " ' r .Imr nnd I.alinr Unions. I ^ B* y rtxienuiuii vt 9 at a recent meeting resolved to stand liy th > Australian l?a)l >t system, and to urge tho passive of a ltw providing lor that plan of \o lag. In case ot op| osit < n to the measuie .1 iudignnti ju meetings will he held all over tbo State. J." CROP REPORT. u r< Agricultural Department llntlm ?te of (| the l'rotlnciioii ?* 1 Cereals. (> The December report of the D *partment k of Agriculture shows that the reported area of corn, 78,3151,651 acres, represo its an in- w crease ot 'J,1 j p. r cent, over tho average o.' s 1888. The yield per acre of corn is very 1 nearly twenty-seven bushels, or one and onetenth bushel less than the product of 1879, and is the largest rate of yield since 1880. Tho product as estimated, is 2,112,802,006 bushels. . I The wheat acreage, 38,120,859 acres, is 2 1-10 per cent greater than the aggregate for 1888. Tho yield per acre of wheat is , nearly 12.9 bushels or one-tenth of a bushel greater than the November average of yield per aero. Tho total product as estimated, I is 499,56'.),000 bushels. 1 The acreage of oats is placed at 27,162.316 acres,an increrse of less than 2 per cent. The product of oats is 751,715,000 bushels at the rate of 27.4 bushels per acre. The aggregate of all cereals Is about 3,450, j 000,000 bushels, or at least fifty-threo per capita. MARKETS. Bai.tihorr? Flour?City Mills,extra,$4.25 n$4.50. Wheat?{Southern FulU, Mlibl; o Corn -Southern White, tilt'JS cCs, Yellow liiia.'lTc. Outs?Southern ami Pennsylvania | V'HnMlets.; Rye?Maryland Pennsylvania f' 5?a00cUi.; llay?Maryland an<l Pennsylvania 1 Id OdaflJ 50;Straw-Wheat,7.50afK50;Hutterl n EasternCreamery, '.'dut'So., near-by receipts 10n20cts; Cheese-Eastern Fnucy(Creain. IOJ4 | all cte.,?Western, 10.ilO|a fts; Eggs ? to J a'-'l Tobncco l eaf Inferior I nf 2.00, Good "t j Common, d 1*IrR 00, Middling, $5a7.00 Good >t j to line red.Hnf'J; Fancy, 10u$ld. ?f i New York?Flour?Southern Common to 1* fair extra, #2.50n$ .5.85: Wheat-No 1 White bo g- n&'j' Rye?State. ftli.i.VJ; Corn?Southern <l Yellow,3?;fn40)?.Oais White,Htate2K^ad8^ 1 I cts. Butter?Slate. 1 'JniXi cts. Choose--State, he h'j'nlO'i cts.; Eggs?24a'J4j; cts. ho I I'll 11, adei.I'll I a ? Flour ? Pennsylvania |R fancy, 4.'J5at.75; Wheat?Pennsy lvania and Southern Red, SbaOdjj; live?Pennsylvania in fiSuiiUi*; Corn-Southern Yellow, d7J/Ja37%cta. of Data?aiiudl}'t eta.; Butter?State, lutu'5 cU?.; 0'. Cheese-N. Y. Factory, 'Ja'.oa eta.- Eggs? in State, cts. He CATTIjK. )iil Baltimore? Beef, 4 2511 3b; Sheep?ft 00 ? ? n5 V). Hogs?f t 5<i .4 75 ins new York?Beef?$3 85a5 25;Sheep $4 00 >li_ a5 50; Hogs?$3 0'Ja4.25. go East Liberty?Beef?14 25?l 5J; Sheep? $5 0ua5 25; Hogs?$3 OOal (XI. Bronson Howard, the playwright, Is going to Europe at once. He may be absent two 3r three year*. Count Thomas A. Edison says that ha still ;ares more for business orders than for foreign decorations. ltev. George C. Gorimer, D. D., of Chicago ffho has recently been ended to a Bodon ihurcb, woe at one time an actor of no meau ibility. Marshall Wildor, the clover dwarf humorit, made hia first appearance on the st-ngo m the back of Mr. Joseph J tTerson in "Kip /an Winkle," Robert Browning is reported to have said o Mrs. James Brown Potter that ho believed hat his poems were more fully appreciated n Chicago than auy wiiere olse in teis couury. Itev. Robert Collyer, who began life ns a ilacksraith anl is now one of the most popil&r living preachers, has just entered his .... . i ruivn nnvAr aii'li ns much ! llobort, Browning is likely to bo the last i i tne English men of letters (?avo Tennyson) i mo will find a gravo in \\ estminster Al>- ] oy. 1 ho interment of auy more bodies i acre is opposed on Sanitary groun Is. t ,^r* t-'ronill's life insurance ivas paid to his ' idnw last Saturday. The poacics were in I eneneiul companies which, apparently were >tb 10 pay the claim until h.s murderers ' ere actually proved to b> guilty. ^ l'rofessor Dilthey Lai undertaken the edi- I >r?hip of severe! important manuscripts lowing lv nit's struggle witn the royal con- ,. >r at Berlin in 17U.J, recontlv discovered iu ?, ie University Library at Rostock. " Lord Randolph Churchdl has flred off a a anifesloin favor of an eight-hour law for pi laborer's day's work, llis advocucy is tr nvover, qualilied iu that if he llnds the ci essure Unpopular ho will not defend it. p l1 raneis Murphy tho temiw?ncu apostle I 111 cont.y exn:rs?>s cmit?iq?tt > r'TTT * ?TJBifi f(' ilill Viffirr wuo art in | L. 9 Legislature.' " ! f0 Edward Strauss, tho brother of Johann, j,,, 9 famous waltz writer, is coming to this gr untry with Ins orchestra. He is said to a magnetic leader. He uses his bow for juton or to scratch a note here and there fn st to show his men how it ought to be done. \V Mrs. William Astor, the unquestioned j y< idirof New York society, recently said I li< at woTbred American women are dressing j bi jro and more plainly every year iu public I *t ic.'S. ' Jewels," she thinks, "should never J at worn bjfore eveuing and never on tho j fleet." <" T. DeWitt Talmage Is rich. Ho makes I j-'' are than any other lecturer and lectures | . loner. He is up for tho highest bidder and j axparieuced inaiittgers of lyceums take eat risks oil him, but the Doctor lias an variable rule. "Settle before the lecture "J id avoid misunderstanding." }-a Edward Bollainmy, uuthor of _"Looking pv ickwaru, ' ami louiuier 01 tna iNntionalisc i> irty, is Uescritied as a wiry-looking man, ill in his thirties. Thire are e. low strands silver in bis dark hair, and bis face is utned by a pair of browu eyes. Mr. H_llny was boru in tbe little village ol Ch oose Fa'Is, Mass., where be still lives. I a boy were killed, two otbor people may* , and several houses and a church were | ox . eked. The si de comme.ic.'d at the Sieria ' Kn ttes Hume, and Rwept with terrible force j"1 ?n the valley, carrying everything in its j h before it. Stout trees were snapped oil" j the ground like pine sticks. Several pen- ! ()l) has narrow escapes from death, as the i le ctme wilh>ut the slighthst warning. It j >elievcd that a Cuinaman and a little girl , An ? stid buried in the mass of snow nnd j >ris. Fears ?.re entertained that another ( le inty occur at any moment, and thepoo- | )(j. are in a great state of anxiety. As so in , ^ possible atter tbe slide, a number of m n I ?<tn the work of digging out the unfortu- j tj( tes who hod be.'n caught in it, and in a i (>l] v hours had taken out tbe bo lies of Mrs. | ch, her t.vo daughters and n son; Miss | (j( 'an, of Downievillo, nnd .Mis. I. T. Mooney I J)( tli her daughter. Miss Ethel Langlon. The o hut named were s'.ill breathing when re- 1 t| >vod from the snow, but efforts at restora- 1 a proved unavailing. It is lo ir, d tbat , w J'O IU III liuw HIIUtTII IHJIjr II1TU VCOI1 onv|>? , ^ t of existence iu itioav. 1 niche. Telegraphic reports to thi office of the lutliern Pac (lj Company say tho tall of ow oii tho fiiorrn mountains, on tbs lino of u o? >?r?i 1'iuiitia Ruilroa 1 is uutvocedenl- w . At Summit there is sixteen t?et on tho I' vol, and twelvo teotat /'.jp With w Hugh rotary p ows the roaa iw- . _ i genera> ?~.?.;fully kept open lor travel \ lis winter. 1 11 Helena, Mont.?Thursday night **?? tho c ddest so far this season in Montana, tho 8 i -riuometer going us low as d> degreoi beiw at some points. Tbore is but little enow ported in Eastern and Contral Alontaun, j ' ut there is some (1 day to trail!; in tho west rn part of tin Stale. Considerable sufiring is already report d on some of tbo f snges, tliou .h confined to limited areas. Seattle. Washington ?Tho overland f rains are all delayed ia H is orn Washington y snow storms. Tho weather is the co desl . J nown here lor years. | Pkadwujd, 8. I).?The thermometer reg- ' itered t!S degrees below z-ro here, the co'.d- : 1 st of the winter. Business in practicably 1 uspendod, owing to theintousity of theeold. ' FAILURES OF 1889. Some NfiitlntirM ol I lie Xrw Worlil's ItnsiiirsN lllsnslrrN. The fniluns in 1*K1 numbered 10 8811 in lh3 j United Htales, or 1 in every 07 firms, and j 1,777 in Cumuli, or 1 in every 4."> linns. In ' 1888 tho failures were l-'.Gl'J in the United Htntos ami 1 t??7 in Canada. The aggregate of liabilities was $148,784.837 in the I'" ted State", against $ I28,8ID '.'73 in IS**, !!!,' $ 4 718 323in Cnnnd ',a ;ninst $M," ('81,10'.'. liui t o average 1 abilitM s or encn tit in la ling was lower i Canada $8,87'.'Inst year, m w a lie t 43,8'.Hi in ISKh, mid the increase in the United States, if an unfavorable indication, win still not enough to denote an unhealthy state of commercial credits, for tho average in I8M> was but $13,073, against $1 t VJ2in 1838, 17,3'XJ in 183? and $20,082 in 188-1. Tho biismes* failur snecuilug throu.hout the country during t'ie l?sfc seven days, us roported to K G. Dun A: Co., the mercantile agoncy, by telegraph, nam' ?r for the United States 201, and lor Canada 81, or a total o' 382 failures, ugoinit *82 Isst we-knnd3l3 tlie j we-k previous to the last. For the corresponding week of last year the figures wore 387, repiesenting 3-39 failures in the United fcha es and i i tho Dominion if Canada. FOUR MEN DROWNED. t'alnl Accident to a 4'IsIiIiik I'arty lit Nun fr'riinrlNco. ! A man was seen clinging to tlio rocks at [ I'oint Ilonito Lighthouse at the northern side i of tho Uolden Gate, California, and was taken I olT several horns by the crow of n tugboat I which was sent to Ids assistance. He proved to bo a fisherman. lie had boon | on the rocks six hours, and was nearly ex; linusted when rescued. He said that ho and | four companions were returning homo in a ' flshlngho it, and when otr Point Ilonito, the boat capsized, j His comrades were all drowned, hut ho succeeded in reaching thorooUs, whoro he re| uiuiuod until taken oil'. THE TWO DAKOTA!* ( K v '.' All hail' to the fair twin sister* Which have entered the Union grand. With the glorious motto regnant, 'God, Home, and Native Land." So rugged, and so beauteous. So young and yet so free; If the morning is so glorious. What will the noontide be* God bless the two young sisters, And the quartette* grand and brave; May they lead the way victorious And our own loved country save From the slavish rule of Bacchus, From the chains its servants wear. Let the Stars and the Stripes float o'er us, A nation free and fair. *MYftne, Kansas, North Dakota and South Dakota. ?Mr.*. Richmond, in National Advocate. J WHO STANDS THE CASH * " ?- - ** sw axvgnm titnf irunkard's children? Who provides for thotrunkard's broken-hearted wife? Who sup-! ports the l*ggarly tramps, who, having1 n'nsted heir monev in drink - ? .r>,in,.l"y v who repairs the losses ?um|I I moss and half-in toxica ted business men*. h<> makes good the damages caused bv the' S"Srvf>irrl'e" "'nrkn' iranee of business caused bv snrees nt r??kT?l?Tes/, WV? ,;aVHfor thp , wrpcks caused by drunken conductor*' nd engineers* Who buikto m S' V here the craav drunkards are kept* "Who Wh di?tic4l.rhn',,on ?< rtrunkSn ' . . j ho pays the attorneys and Junes ^JIIthTS? tTy dninken criminals* Who 5mta P*n^i of tria,s nnd commitlents and executions occasioned bv the imes of drunken men* Wh.. /L *u. "^S. roperty destroyed -H ' iiril.si hiw'due iilTKa recklessness and sanity of drunken hushands and fathers? "ho pays for the inquests held on drunkards and dead by the wayside* Who |>ays for a luper's coffin and for digging a drunkard's ave in the potter's field, when the last glass is l?een drunk* Who |>ays the bills* The drunkard cannot, r he has wasted his substance in the cup. 'ill the rumseller pay them? The fact is, ni end 1, the sober, industrious toiling poriii (if tho community must, meet all these lis. The drunken rowdy, wounded in tho reet fight, is earn! for in the city hospital .our expense; the drunken lieggar is fed om our t-aUle; his hungry children come to ir doors for bread, and we cannot refuse asdanre t?> his suflTering wife; and when at st, having wasted his substance in riotous .'ing, he comes to the almshouse, the aayin, the hospital or the nrtson, honeet. sober, m|>erate men pay the nills for supporting in there. There is no escaping it. We may otcst, we may grumble at taxes, and flud ult. with begg&rs, but ultimately and initably wo must foot the bills. ? The Evangeit. VICTIM* OF THRI8T MADNESS. The jieriixlical desire for strong drink hieh sometimes besets individuals other- h ^^ 1? moral and l^jlpl'odtral ? Tcl^l^riv^HTTn^W^B^JoVreiJ?f VJ into (lie most terrible ia| w. During the Interval between the ysins he may be a perfectly sober man. r mnny weeks, or even months, he may ve steadily refused to taste a drop of nor;uiay, indeed, have felt no inclination p it, but on the contrary regarded it with -gust. Ami yet, when the lit time comes , the raging thirst for alcohol utterly parE7.es his conscience and his will. A man in this condition is a monomaniac, id should lie treated as one. If put under oper restraint at the commencement of is furor, the dipsomaniac, in nine cases out ten, might be tided over his difficulty in e course of a week, and a perseverance in e course at the recurrence of the hallueinaw would probably eventuate In a complete IIC. It. is not easy to persuade the world that all unkenness is not voluntary. The law does it recognize dipsomania. It troats all iniriates alike. This seems to he unjust, altough it is hard to say where the line should >drawn between free-will excess and that tarich proceeds from an uncontrolable maia.? Toledo Blade. don't go down that street. I was visiting at a good minister's house few days ago, and made friends with his right little daughter, only six years old, 'ho taught me a lesson. 1 invited her to ike a walk with ine, and we proceeded 11 a"\fcl'j? street, her hand in mine, chatting rossing, she said: ^ye came to a treet!" "Why not?" I asked, in surprise. "Because I am always tempted when 1 go fown there." "What is it that tempts you?" - ' - uiuntc t/1 cro "The candy store. j mv??jo ......... ? ;o in and buy some candy." Now here is a lesson for children of larger growth. What should yon do when you are empted? Run away, or rather don t go in !he way of temptation. Is it the saloon that letnpts you to enter? Keep away. Whatavev it is that makes you spend your money needlessly, keep away. Keep on the sate side. We give you the advice in the words of the Bible: "Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it and pass away.'?Youth's Temperanec Banner. there war no beer bill. A wealthy gentleman of large business experience who was an inte? ^sted visitor at the national convention of the W f "h it I p ' he could not understand hoi^ gaui/.ation was nble to do so / temperance cause with so li" / incidentally remarked that rjrn n ' .. non. more than the entir \IA\ II II iiassed through the. NaU^-WIIII ^ year. to the temper a VCF news AND NOTER. It has Iteeu resolved to form a National I'nion of British Teni|>erance Choral Societies. Temperance teaching in the State schools of Victoria, Australia, has l>een made compulsory. The retail liquor trattle is now prohibited in seventy-nine municipalities of the province of Sianitoha. The VV. T. U. of Mississippi has received * ? 1 (olan jifl/ir n a Kin. of s*oop i?y MiimnpuvHo ....... sermon in behalf of its work, delivered at Meridian by Sam Jones. The new State headquarters of the Penn sylvnnia W C. T. IT. have been formally dedicated and opened. The rooms are in A new and handsome huildinK on Arch street, Philadelphia. The Woman's Christian Temperance Unionthe Indejiendent Order of (food Templars and the Prohibition party of Nebraska nave formed a triple alliance to work for the State Prohibit ion amendment. Mrs. S. K. (iriilih, Superintendent of W. ('. T. U. work anioiiK foreigners, is now pub lishing her tracts in fourteen different languages. She has begun to issue these tracts as semi-monthly tein|K>rance talks, ten thousand at an issue. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia have asked Congress to pass a Sunday law for the District of Columbia, and the President approves t heir request. Hon. W C. P. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, will introduce such a hill and the American Sabbath Union wjl] work for its |?assage.