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p Devdted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Domestic ^ ^^^th^Ciirrent News of the Day. Wf XXI.-NEW SERIES. .~~ r M \RJORIE. r"Ob. door," ?aid Farmer Drown on? day, "I never saw such weather I The rain will ?ik>II my m?adow-hav And all my crojis together." Jlie little daughter climbed bis kneo; "I guess the aun will shine," said she. i "But it tho Bun " sr.i.t l'nrpier Brown, "Should brim a dry Kofitombnr. With viuea and italka ail wilted down. And hi 1<1b acoi choil to an ember"? T "Why. the i It w'll rain,'said Mar.orie, jl The little girl uton his knee. "Ah, me!" sighed Farmer Drown, that fall, "Now, what s tbo uno of living'/ No nla 1 of mine hu 'cools at all ? ^"wliv, next month comos Thanksgiving, I Aril then <>l ceui so," Bald Marjo lo, H "i'fcre ull as hiii pv as can bo. ' what BhO'lld I he thankful fn? 1" R Fanner Brown. "My t.-ouble amor ban grown more and more, ses nave been double, ling lefl"? "Wtfjr, you ve got mol" rlnrte Jipan bit kueo. I(an:JpsFvIVjjWjv Mil 1 111 I Jf ? V "Tin: major." . ^ t CHA5TKR XVI?Continued. The attack wan sudden and unex^^neated; but the stout heart of Randall belmont was not of the stuff to quail before any form of danger. > A blue feathor of ninoko floating oil from behind a tree told him of the place where the would-be nsnassin might be found Without an instant's hesitation, unarmed as ho was, he dashed to ward it. IIo was within three steps of the great oak when Edgar v an Wvck stepped out from behind it and confronted him. The face of (ho youth was white, but \ thore wns a fierce gleam in his eye. He |^rf^>sented (ho still-smoking pistol a* -hill's breast. 'J ho young man ' re'fa another chargo here," Edied, "and it is lor you. Pray, ll Belmont! Tray to God to par* ur sins, for your last moment has words were spokon without the _ st tone of bravado or affectation, and Belmont, taking in tho whole np poarance and demeanor of his assailant at a glance, saw that tho youth was desperately in earnest. Yet, perfectly cool and self-possessed himself, he began to parley with him, so as to gain iiuie io uei/.e some plan of action. "Hold!" be said, putting up h's hand. "You would not shoot an unarmed man ?" "I would shoot !/o?t- and as certain w - ?* God is over us, I will! Pray, 1 say? * \cun have but a minute!" . "Jl'ow have I injured you Belmont ~?"fl, as quietly as though . we-e inWyck shook with powerful emotion as 1 he henrd tho question, and tin keen j eve ol his adversary observed that the j - 1 1 1 'J * 1 1 1.1 ? J pisi<Jin.um WBVfien, mo urni iruiuniuii. "You monster?do yon ask me lhat.'' the yputh screame I. "You havo robbed ! me of my love; you have crept in Ilk'1 i a serpent, and destroyed my happiness. | Life is worth nothing to me, after what i I have jn.-.t seen and heard over yonder, at Bryson's. There is only one thing left me to do, and that is to kill ' yon. I'll do it now." "You daro not!" was the cool taunt ' that answered him. Another sharp report quickly fol- | lowed the defiance. The finger of tlio j yontli was qu ok upon the trigger, but not so quick as the movement of Bel- ' jnont. As the words left his mouth ! his broad shoulders stooped low and ' "~lUe bullet whistled harmlessly over his ' head. As the smoke clearod away Edgar ! saw him standing unhurt, with a compassionate smile upon his face. Tho sight and tlio look drove tho | Jouth to a new frenzy. (irasping tho I eavy pistol by tlio barrels he uttered j <i cry of rage and disappointment, and wringing forward, aimed a blow at elmont's head. Beforo he could >ko he was seized by strong hands mrled to the ground. His head ~ the protruding root of the great U he lay stunned . and senseless, ^^sn he came hack to life and mis^^HLgencrous rival was sitting by ^HPf>rinkling water in his face, which rul brought in his cap from a pool ^Llf me!" moaned Edgar. ^^Lhappj boy!" Itolmont exclaimed. m0|* m,8erv ?' y?ar own mah"y"* pity yon too much to harm yon. ?. Mj> aa foolsh in your pursuit of w a?y8on as the boy who chases the b||^A She is not for you;she never HjfUfibrou.'i was his only answer. H'oor fool! Of ' what use would it P^^He been for you to murder me?. She jPJJJjHld thus be farther than ever held your reach. She could never be fr wife, except in name; with my Sod on your hands she would not bo pn tha'." Suffering from the pain of the con|?ion, and with every object whirling j fore his eyes, unconquerable hatred tlto roan who was by him prevailed. You are a liar as well as a robber," ) faintly said. A spasm of pain agisted liis face. Itandatl Itelmont looked at him, and thero had been a spark of resentent in his breast against this poor eskling, it died ut once, lie bent yer him pityingly. <' You must go home," ho said. "You j o siok and nervous. 1 doubt if you e responsibl * for what you have been oing. Let me help you." H<t rr."."?iiim, 0(1 rawed liim lip. Half supporting nd halt' carrying him, he took th> ^.oad toward Mrs. Van Wyok's cottage! As they proceeded, Id gar's strongth partially returned. Ho shook off hir companion's arm, and without n won' of thanks or adieu he quickened hi 4 P*c? ft1: Belmont stood still and watched him 1 His gait was slow, and ho walked with difficulty, hut lie scorned ahlo to rend dhomfl alone. Htill half inclined to overtako Jt'n Tend compel him to be assisted, tin 7young man looked until his movinj 'iijucfewna only a speck, and until h fsjfi:, turn into the highway. ^ JBolmont walked on toward th q i1-**T?'y upon th strange occurrences of the last two hears. Beyond the turning of the lane into the highway Edgar Van Wyck kept on with slow and painful steps. ? It was rememberod aftorward by two acquaintances that they met him, ono walking and ono riding. They said ho looked dazed and walked as though lie were sick. Each accosted him, but ho said nothing nnd made no sign to show that ho recognized them. When there was no living thing in sight he cast himself down under a leafy tree by the roadside, and for an hour he lay there as if dead. The sun was almost at meridian when he awoke. His'temples throbbed, his throat was parched, his eyoballs seemed bursting from his head: but the phys' ical pain was as nothing to the agony < HAPTEU XVII PUT cur THE I.IOHT! Mrs. Van Wyck had observed the direction of her son's steps that morning, and could not help knowing whither , ho was bound. The morning passed; noontime came, but did not sea him returning. Her lonely meal was oaten, and the table was cleared. In the pleasant April sunshino she rat outside the door half the afternoon, with her kuitt ng, anxiously watching the lonir htrntrll nf t.lio iTnoariMut " ' to tho highway. About three o'clock alio saw Edgar approaching. llo moved unsteadily and slow. She hastened down the road to meet him. His oyes were bent on the ground; his knees threatened to sink | under him at every stop. "c'ddie, doar boy, what is tho mat, ler?" she noxiously asked. Ho raised his face. Its ghastly pallor imote her with fright. She wound hor arms obout him, sho railed him endearing names, sho even j Kissed his cold hands as she supported him back to the house. He only said, in a voice raised a little above a whia; per: | "I am not well. 1 must go home." "Ho you shall; and you shall lie down ' and rest, and I'll make you some of my nice cordial to strengthen you. 1 What has happened, sou? Is it anything about that girl?" I "I shall never see her again," ho whispered. "Have you two quarreled ? I feared you would, sooner or later. Don't tako it to heart, Eddie; cheer up; perhaps you'll muke it up next time; if you don't it may bo tho very best thiri^-r ,U'a(k,LW'r fJ iiis hand wnsllbi!;t.yV..i*.a ^ protest against her chatter. Hhe ceased. Supporting him through tho gate, she was leading him to his bed- v . w|mn l?iu uirnnnrfli wlinlltr rvotrr. out.. He sunk listlessly into the rook- J ingchair that she liatl just vacated, and his head dropped to his brcask B Thoroughly frightened by his looks 1 and actions, the mother tlew into the house for a restorative. The strong * rails at his nose revived him a little. The tearful woman had flung herself ! down nt his foot, and now held his hands, imploring him to look at her, ( to speak to her. ? A weary smile lighted his wan fare 1 for an instant only as he saw her. He ' tried to speak, but he could not utter a ' syllable. ' "O, Eddie, my darling boy, don't look bo!?don't act so! You haven't heon well for a long time. I have seon it plainly. That girl never loved you; you wouldn't have been happy with her; don't grieve yourself about her. I must nurse you back to health and ptrongth. We might tako a little journey ns soon as the weather becomes settled; you want change. Shall we go across the lake??or would you rather??" She stopped abruptly. His hands lay limp and cold in hers, his eyes stared in a stony way down upon her. The troubled soul had taken the last journey?the silent voyngo beyond the river! Not tho shock of his rude overthrow in the wood by the stalwart arms ol Randall Belmont had wrought his death. The physical pains of that assault had almost passed; he had slept them ofT beneath the troe. If ever men die of broken hearts, that fate wai his. Tho discovery at the Bryson house; the oonflict of angor, mortification, and despair that had since raged in his breast; the conviction, emphasized by tho language oLqj^ndall Belmont in the wood, that dessica was lost to him |yvMAn.M. tl./i'- A Ka<l 11 nit oil tn anan thr cords of His existence, and his suffering heart stood still. ciiai TKIt xvi:l A OI.KAM OK HOPE Tlie events immediately following the death of Edgar Van Wyck may be At once passed over. Tho uncontrollable grief of the childless widow; the awkward if genuine sympathy of the humble neighbors; tho funeral at the house, and the burial in the rural cemetery; all these, tiio common incidents of suffering humanity, have little to do with our narrative. On tho afternoon of tho day following tliikt of tlm funeral. Mrs. Van Wyck sat in lier lonely house. Kind visitors hail been with her, bat they were all gone now, mul with hor great bible open bcforo her, Alio watt seek ing consolation in the words of the Psalmist. | The tread of a horse ontsido caused i hor to look up, and she saw through the window ltaudall bolmont. Ho had considered correctly, that, i in tlio condition of mind in which I Kdgar had reached homo just befort i his death, ho could not have communicated to his mother what had occurred. Why, then, should lie wound her bleedi ing heart by telling her of what wa* i now only known to himself?her dead boy's attempted crime? Ho decidod i to ssy nothing abont it, and to call or, : the widow merely as a kind and sym: pathi/.ing friend. As such she receiv u e.l him, and he sat for half an houi condoling with her as Only such Jarg< i> and generous natures dan. Ho ended i the interview by delicately offering hei i./LK any assistance in his power, and told her that she might freely call upon for help, at any time. "It isn't want of money that is likely to trouble nie, my dear young sir," she said, while the tears fell fast. "I have more than enough to keep mo the rest of my poor liftfvltut I don't know what to do with myself till I am oalled to join my husband and the children who havo gone before. I'm a poor, Jonely soul now; everything has been torn from mo that 1 cared for. I can't stay in this desolate house, and I don't know where to go." llandall Belmont was possessed of a sudden idea, and he acted upon it in Bumiiy. He told the widow that litis btturuh had at last convinced him that hie father must bo dead; that his mother . had died many years before. Hfi Mid that he was tho joint hoir, with two married sisters, of irameng* wealth; "I am not married," he pursned, "although I hope to become day. I shall nood a housekeeper at once on my return home, and she need not leave mo if 1 should chanro to marry. I have nevor seen a person whom I would prefer to you for such a post. Come with me, then, to tho city, when I roturn, which will not ho long honco; take this place, where you will ho nsoful, and find pleasant occupation. Yo.i will there make hosts of friends who will help to make your loss a sorrowful memory, instead of an ever-present grief." Tho widow was startled by this sudden and unexpected proposition, and refleoted a moment heforo sho an' swored: "You aro very kind to mo Mr. Belmont," she said, "and I feol like accepting your generous offer right away but * U. "Well?" "I don't beliove I'd do. I'm not used to your city ways; you don't know mo well enough yot to risk such an offer." "I'm perfectly willing to take- the tremondous risk of this matter," ho ropliod, with a smile. "But 1'vo anOtlier ltrnnnaifinn fw "v" *f'? ' 1 r.?l'vuivivu vw Iinmu iu > Ull, lUI iS. Van Wyck; and sinco you think I am 1 acting hastily in tho first ono, tho sec- i ond"" may sLow you that I am not. < Ever since I canio to this vicinity I have i stopped at tho inn at Aylesworth. i Acquaintances t liave mndo in the ( village, hut no friendn; tiiere is noth- | ing to biud me to the putuu for a day. My search i8 now practically finished 111 so that I can dispense with all hnV tho 01 mediately. I'd liko to settlo^ore, if te villago to-morrow aw1 otfmo al^or a 1,1 you will t^^the for a hoardoruj^it f* fow.wsJS.^ 1 seo y ou have a shed aj !-Wn, where I can keep my horno. iMk his way- we^can he'onio perfectly ac- Tl ifler I have made to you, I promise oJ hat 1 w 11 frankly tell you so." ^ We need not give tho details of the u) onvernation that followed. Enough ^ hat it ended with the grateful approv- ^ d and consent of the widow, and Belnont shortly too'i his leave. So strango are tho changes that even io little time as three days may bring! u But three days had passod since a E ove-si.k, half-i razed youth had, in d< lis desperation, attempted tho murder cl >f his riva'. Three days only I That a ,-outh was dead and buried, and his pi rival, before pushing his suit with tho i? jbject of tho boy's hopeless passion, UUIIIUU IIM'I) IU limn lilt) UWII JHUUU 111 Jj Lho affairs of his mother. a As Bolinont mounted liis horse, Mrs. Van Wyck ran to the door with a sud- ,. Jen exclamation: "O, Mr. Belmont! I didn't think. How can I ever go so far from where a my dear ones are buried?" ? " Von shall come back here for a w week every spring," ho answered with- " out hesitation. c "You dear, kind soul!'' e Ho rode rapidly away. His thoughts t were busy with plans for the future. b His mind was turning away from the )( mystery of li's father's fate, and con- j ceruing itself with himself. Ho j, thought that he had satisfied filial du- r ty by his long, painful, and fruitless . search. It wus time to think of tho . living. He regarded the arrangement he had just raado with tho widow with " great satisfaction. A brief day-dream camo to him, of .lessici as his brido, 1 and he thought how good it wouKf be J to reliovo her at first of tho ovorsight I ami care of the great city house. I Filled with suoh pleasant thoughts l as those, he gave his horso loose rein, i and the animal galloped swiftly along. , A femalo figure approached as lie | rodo on. With a great bound of his hvart, bo rooognized her of wfiom he j had just been thinking. He drew rein so suddenly that his 1 horse fell back upon liis haunches. When the animal recovered his feet she had hurried past. He turned and called to her. "Jessica! Jess'ca! Miss Bryson!" She neither stopped nor answered. Yet he was cortain that it was she. He could not he mistaken in her figure; and he had a passing glimpse of her face. Yes, it was sure' he. She would not answer him 'ould not stop at his call. He sat in In. .die, motionless, watching tho fin. .etreating figure, tempted to spur after nor, and reluctant to do so. "Wherever shois going," he thought, "she will probably return l>y this road. T?l 1 ii ft i ii wult. Dismounting, holed liif. horso into a clump of treoa l>y the roadside. Allowing hi?t to graze while ho held the reins, he lay down in the grass and waited. He was right in his conjecture. Defore dark .'esidca Pryson passed that way again; and again woe his unavailing suit renewed. |to uk oontinl'kd. | "Happy couple," mrscd Pompour, as Mr. and Mrs. P'resh passed by. "Wh.t trusting love! Why, I have known that man to wear a home-made smokingjacket, and iiuagino that it fitted him!" ? TUl-Mta. > Teacher?John, give me a sentence I containing the word contents. John i The contents of a cow is milk.-? i Teacher, 4 T - ? v,. y, THBHEV^L 1 The fall of snow on the Blrra Mountains is unpeoedented, and six perpos hare been killed by an avalanche. Iplice Justice O 1 11. Freeman, of L<ockport,p~. Y., is under srre^tontho charge of derauding Calvin Thompson, a farmer,out of H.OOQ. A Bel- g timore and Ohio locoiAotivfoxplode l at Benwood Junction, W. Va., an Engineer Cunningham was blown two hfiidred yards, buV1 ' only slightly injured.-*?i freight train on the San Antonio llsllroad went through a r bridge at Holiettsville, 1, xas, and attUral d men were killed and a nfUber injured^?? Four Intorioafrd logg/s were burned to |, death in a Mp onlhe TenoMuo river, fc seventy-five miles Aws ^aduot^fKy. A v German named FnsnK'fa murdered bis wife t and obild ?n^flop j*til ^~^cide in Will- , of La Grippi.?\Jobn McWilliams, of Lew- u iston, Me., whll^rrwa/ from the malady, 1 split bis wife's bead upon w.th an axe. 1 h Charles If. M. Stiver has instituted legal proceedings again I Joseph O. Ditman, the JJ missing bank p^lept, of Philadelphia, c claiming that the j^or his nbscouded. Jonas S. wheel manufac- n turer die4*? 1M.WY. O. K. Hart, % superintendenfc o^aSkvRTashlngtori Public h Works, at Etissbetl HMr., has disappeared. ^ Young, Mrs. abart?,of Williamsporfc, " Pa., was ccoidentalfi slAtVand killed by her b mother striking a ajBt As..standing iD the tl corner of the rooaHn^frkioll, ,they were romping in play. -ftiltiba jb'&emi, manu- ? facturers of gloves inCnmagO, ssade an as- b sigmnenC. Liebilitl?|fc?0,000.??Tho Read- " ing Coal Company hasAioaad Its Lincoln col- ? liery In SohuylkiUooqiir.Pa., Ihrowlngout h seven hundred men a^gTk-fs. m , ? -r A numtpt TST^^flUr^Cnferfeit brand! c y. whiskey'Were discovered in Hryvarehousi B( }f tb3 Olobe Distilling Companyof Cincin" b -all. The Minnesota State XJniveislty ? building at Minn-af olis wasklftmago1 fl.^ a iy fire. A span of the irotS bridge b.tweer ; lloiyoke nnd South lladlej*rjall?. Mass.,w a ^ !>lown down and Mourio.>j)j(jb?co"? a wo1'' v nan, killed. Otnsa Y. OtiH**- ? c.u&* J ^fllcinl, is under arrest in fi :harge of extensive *ntMKKI9 0f \ye8l- s: juarter centennary of D pIHUration of tho ? fru New York, ap?fiflpi8copai Cft_ a estorcd St.J,'5|0j ly^^V^eratcoiebrotedat tt hedrul.yii,ue?? OuiseppO Jf^nntius de ? ii^-a, who killed Edward^s,aingbani, tho d? iilionairo of Milton, MJh., while poaching l the latter'* estate, was sent<mgq?*to fifen years in prison.??John Christ? ths ^ lost prominent member of tho Mason.' ^ fl eternity in New Hampshire's de^^-GL^ J' jo of eigbty-flve Unborn .iiuvjb uuo)|g i ~*r*< 1 chapi P*gne.-^^nW^^j|^^^|i.. ||T Ivanced prices. ^ViVivA|MdC;' ator of of railroad sccurUflp^V^Hflli^^, ticide In a cell in the counwjbnton ofrnnlelphia. Tho Chicago dHioritie* have ft:j ippressed all gambling smj^lthments In tio ist city. A Northern f|Po Railroad ^ ain jumped the track ^^^Hpborn^son's alls, Montana, and the imt^HPttcara went ur iwn an embankment, BMK3tomen and ? ( lildren being slightly InJtw^Hp-?There is deficiency in almost evej^^Hhich of the wl rtsLnl KArvipA jkiirl tta^roforo 9 prevented from procurU^Bprovements. j-, A large convention of vSBfctnen is to be old at Fort Worthy TejjHBlarch 11, to vv' groe upon some plan to d^HKbe combinaon of buyer* in the promMKt markets of is country. Domestic t??bles led Frank 'aron. of Chicago, to att^^R wife murder lie nd suicide The mirstero^if the murder *!1 f Max Manlwcr:,- ?^CK;oihg. is <till un- ^ jived. The dovvii tti/jB. oft l>e E Hja Elocl/ic 1 !| ' * r ir rj lly, was burned, end the cuf*cm>t supplying*V. i Ightoen thousand lights in theImsiuess sec- ^ ion was cut off. British capitalists will g] ave an interest of about three million dol*r? in the proposed rubber trust at Trenton, se i. J. George Kirschbaum was instantly illed and John Beoker seriously hurt by a ^ natural gas explosion in Economy, Fa. m iereral persons were severely shocked in St. ii iOu s by oontact with. electric light wires. B ?The Supreme Court of New York city ias haaia natillnna^ ia astnainf a roaoivt r frti' *^V?? jwwmwuw ?v W|iyvi"? ? ? v? he sugar trust. MUs Haggle Layman, of irandon, O., wbilo dressing for her wedding, A jiokei up a revolver and accidentally shot lerself. Edward Sherman, n machinist of Cincinnati, hearing a sound at bis room door 0 ind thinking it was a burglar, fired and 0 nortolly wounded AVm. H. l'hillipa, an elder- c Iy roan, wbo occupied an adjoining room. ' \ negro gambler named Rigors confessed on t t>L donth l?ed in Tabled iah, L T., the mar- t iter in 188(1 at ~y r lffTj 11 and Mrs. Wm. Kerr, In the Cherokee Nation, and for which John Stephenson was convicted and hanged, j The window glass manufacturers of the I West have formed a trust, with $800,000cap- 1 Ital. The conductors' and switchmans' j strike on the Evansville and Terre Haute and | the Evansville and Indianapolis Roads of the Mackay system continues. Two paasenger trains on the Central Georgia Railroad collided in a fog near 8av$nnah, and the loootnotivea were wrecked and six passengers were hurt. KILLED HIS WIFE AND CHILD. .?. I,*, . Terrible Double Murder and Hnlelde In Wllilnmabisrg, S. T. In the German quarter of Williamsburg, New York, a terrible double murder and uioide was rsported to tbo police. A man namvd Franklin kjhsd hie wife and ehtld and A jieighborctfiied jWtn? H.xtb ^MHlt Ht it* >nhou*e and sttiHPtjia;. no mem'),!-of 6 ie Franklin family, Y&di veil in the renr of 180 Munger street, hr?Jbn seen sluoe W??lnesday. He tboujh?^Athlng was wro/tg. Two ortic?ra went u/jj^Hloii+e and efTeounl an onirttuoe tnruuf h (MMhiut window. Ad was quiet in tbe huhSdSMjk pasting into the bed-ruom, Franklri silting on tbo edge of tbe bed ffttti^BMiilver grasped In bis hand. k '-rtagB As the offloers Hto enter the man drove tbem oat ?4 at tbe point of the weapon. 'Jgiea^^^^ffl shot rang ou\ Ti e oflloers rtpgi^^B (ound Franklin had sliot blmsSkAH^^^B) teft breast. He was ndt y?t deaft * and 3 year-old obi d were lytna^^^HM' the saint be t. Franklin died sotB^^^^Ubfr. Both vict ins bad been shot tfehnW^wiiMd. From appearances, tbe/- Iftf MHdead two or throe mSnlS rhey Pour Down the Funne of an Ocean Steamer. Iw?rpln|[ Clonr flic Vm?oI ni CnrryliiK Awiiy EvrrylhiiiK ^lovable?Terrific ffnle ou tho Atlantic. Captain Lor<l, ot the British steamer C aa, which arrived at Now York, from M I eboro, reports: "We experienced tho roughest weathei lave ever known. Up to Deoember 17 iida succession of furious gales from sou rest to west. The ship was blown o(T ii be trough of tho sea, although going at f peed, and became unmanageable. We at< tfkl the SnrinManit in?A? ?u>l nocrests of the waves. We, however, sb >ed one fearful sea, which carri d livei hing before it, smasliing one boat amFda ging others, washing away part ot the f! tg bridge, and injuring several of the ere "The engineer nays that part of this t rout down the funnel, the top of which ffy-jix leo above :,ie water. The wal me iunni> g 'hrough iho tube* in such v tries as nen.y to put. tbe fires <>ut,and onus g eat commotion among the men belo u the 18th it b ew a heavy gale, and on t Dtb the wind again attained the force ol urricane. During the night we shipped rcmendous sea over the bows. It bw* J - - w- j v w? TT nj t UII i j IIwia go from the main deck over tlio uj?p I'Ue, about twenty-live feet high, a n*'ljT making its exit over thp stern. This sea washed a fir.'aeon from tbo.foi mst on to tbs main bridge, lifting bimxbo wenty feet and landing him among the c ria under the starboaid boat. When pick p be was insens ble. He received dung< ut in atNoriolk, Vo., for coal, brought t rew and passenger* of tbe four-mast, sbooner M.llie O. Bowne, of Boston, wbii a<t to t e abandoned nt sea. The schoon aik\drom B iston on December 7 for Jtfo evi oVilh a m tcebaneous cargo. Bbe h , ere wol?.even, including Captain Sydn V. E I s, mil two passengers from Boston I. M. Washiern, Jr., ond Geo. W. Coloma V ?t< rm washnoountered on Decouiber ] rhicb cunti? *'i four days, much of tl ina blowing hurricane. Ail attempt w lade to caluiwe water with oil, but t ury of the wiii^ blow tho oil awav. T ails were blown\QWtty. tbo vessel was di lasted and the ca1*'" wus flooled with w ?r. The crow wgi taken olf on D comb 3, in (attitude 3S d?Srecs seconds, lonj ide M decrees. NoVno was injured, exce Freuoh sailor, ant* he not seriously. Tl Jssel was set ou lirel before 8bo was abai WORK ANj^ WORKERS. fhe Archbsbop <J" Dublin helpod th ters to win a strikil 1* Irelandblt^lwtMtn^Si P??" cent 1? |p6 than tbote'oh the Clrde, and 17 pe it. less than the English blacksmiths, rb* libernl press of Germany is earnest! vooating a general and complete organis-j n of tho workinginen for their own pre rtlon. A syndicate with a capital of $10,000,00 s be n formed to buy out the business c ilish carpet tniinufaclurers and work thei tab isbinents on American patents. A party of eighteen practical glass worker 10 wero locked out of the S tlem glass work New J ri?y, Ik cause of the strike, wi nt n on- norutivo lactorv in Hnrincr Citi u The Torontounions will support candidah lio favor city ownership or street railway ley alto demand that contractors on oil ork pay uuiou wages and have a nine hoi 0*. In Minneapolis thi assoclit.d chnrith ive asked the hoard of education, the supo tendentot public insiruciionsand tlio late ganiz itloi s of the city to co operate wil itm in a movement to prevent child labo Wages around Tacomn. AVnshington Te tory, ore: laborers, $3 to $2 50 per da irp-.-nieis, $3 t>|3 5'J; briek and stori to *7: | 1 ist-rers, $5 lo $7, ar lo'Jer rSoTSTAiui,Ul"K lumber cos The legislative committee of the New y Federation of Labor aud Labor Unior l a recent meeting resolved to stand by tl ustralian ball it system, and to urge t ass-age of a law providing lor that plan o lag- In case ot op| oslt? ii to the nieasu idignotuu meetings will be held all overt tato. CROP REPORT. tgrlciillnrsinrparlmeiit F.ntlm ate the Production of Cereals. The Pecember report of the D ipartnv f Agriculture shows that the reported a if oorn, 78,310,051 acres, represe nts an rease of 2% p. r cent, over the average 888. The yield per acre of oorn Is vi icarly twenty-seven bushels, or one and o ?ntb bushel less than the product of If ind Is the largest rate of yield since It The product as estimated, is 2,112,802, mabels. * ? ? <J9 l<? ?Q ...a. i no wnvab aui cbkc, MV.? 11-10 per cent greater than the aggreg for 1888. The yield per acre of whoa1 nearly 13.0 bushel* or one-tenth of a bus greater than the November average of y per aero. Tho total product as estimai Is 493,560,000 bushels. The acreage of oats is placed at 27,462 aorei.an increrse of less than 2 per cent. ' product of oats is 751,715,000 bushels at rate of 27.4 bushels per acre. The aggregate of all cereals Is about 3,4 000,000 bushels, or at least flfty-threo capita. MARKETS. Baltimore? Flour?City Mills,extra,I a$4.50. Wheat? (Southern KuILl 8(J Corn?Houthern White, I6i23 era, Ye 80a37c. Oats? Southern and 1'enusylvi 28a31cta.: Rye?Maryland & Pennsylv 57atiOcts.; Hay?Maryland and Rennsylv 13 00a|13 50;8traw- W heat,7.60a$8.50;Bu Eastern Creamery, ,A4a28o., near-toy roci 10a20ct?; Cheese-Eastern KancytCream. -all eta.,?Western, 10a 1(7^ ete; Kggi a21: Tobacco l.eaf?Inferior, laf2.00, ( - "a ?r.?n /gt i Common, a uua?*? w, miiniin^,w ? to Ane red,8a$Vt; Fancy, 10?$13. New York?Flour?Southern Commc fair extra, ?2.60a#'J.&5:Whent-No I Whi ndfy-4; Rye?State. 5H.i5'J; Corn?Sout Yellow,M?:tfrt40#.Oate-White,StateaHj*! eta. Butter?State. I2a22 eta. Cheese?S H.tfatO.14 eta.; Kggs?24a24>? eta. Fhil.ai>klpii(a ? Flour ? Fennsylv fancy, 4.1i5a4.7A; Wheat?Pennsylvania Southern Ked, bhalt'l^; Rye?Fennsylt 5-iohOc; Corn-Southern Yellow,37%a37J Oata?2?a3lkcta.; Butter?State, H*a26 Cheeae?N. Y. Factory, t)ay>j eta. K| State, 24*26 ota. c ... CTATTLK. Bxi.TlMOR?e-Heef, 4 2514 35; Sheep? a.5 60, Hogs?$4 50 <4 75 1mkw York?Beef?#3 66a6 25;Sheepaft 50; Hogs?13 93i?4.25. Kast Librrtv?Beef?f4 25*4 50; Sb I5UUR6 26; Uoge?IS U0a4 00. Bronson Howard, tho play wrlght, Isgoi. g to Europe at once. He maybe absent tvr -> 'Is or three years. Count Thomas A. Edison says that ha still cures more for business orders than for foreign decorations. ! n<l Rev. George C. I?orimer, D. D., of Chicago who has recently been caded to a Ho.ion church, was at one time an actor of no mean ability. Marshall Wildor, the clover dwarf humorro 1st, made his first appearance on the stago id- on th.> back of Mr. Joseph J Hereon in "K<p Van Winkle." . Robert Browning is reported to have said to Mrs. James Brown Potter that ho bolievtxl we, that his poems were more fully appreciated tb. in Chicago than nuy where olse in tnia couuito tr* .1 Rev. Robert Coliyer, who began life ns a blacksmith ani is now one of the most popJP" ular living pMachers, has just entered his tlx 17l.ii mar. "Mwva namr ..u^n,ai>.|r as much ip- Robert Browning is likely to be tbo last ry- of the English men of letters (?avo Tennyson) in- who will find a grave in Wesi.ninstor Al?ly bey. The interment of nuy rioro holies w. there is oddo?H ..- - , . " J KIUUIl IB. wa Dr. Cronin's life insur.iuce was pail to his 18 widow last Saturday. The policies were in t*r beneficial companies which, apparently were ?j* loth to pay the claim ur.til h.s murderers i?d were aciuilly proved to b> guilty. Professor Dillbey Lat undertaken the edl, torship of several important manuscripts . showing K int's struggle witn the royal cen, sor nt Berlin in 1711.J, recentlv discovered in the University Library at Kistock. ,or Lord Randolph Churchill has tired off a ?d manifesto in fuvor Of an oi-ht-hbur law for a laborer's day's work, ltis advocacy Is, re. however, qualified la that if be finds the >ut measure uupjpuler ho will not de.end it.. ^ emp^aoce apostte, Edward Wtrauee, the "brother of Johann, h? the famous walls writer, is corning to this "J1 country with his orchestra. He is said to oa be a magaetio leader. He uses bis bow for or a-baton pr to scratch a note here and there just to show his men bow itougbt to be done. Py Mrs. \Villiam Astor, the unquestioned ? _ loadjr of New York society, recently said ? that wed-bred American women are dressing 13* more and more plainly every year iu public places. ''Jewels," she thinks, 'Should never bo worn before evening and never on the ho "teethe T. Do Witt Talmage Is rich. lie makes 1 la- more than any otiier lecturer and lectures ' a-' oftener. He is up for the highest bidder and 1 er inexperienced managers of lyceums take ;i- great rLks on him, but the Doctor has an ' pt invariable rule. "Settle before the lecture ' be and avoid misunderstanding." I ?* Edward Bellammy, author of "Looking . Backward," and founder of th s Nationalist # party, is described as a wiry-looking man, still in his thirties. Th ire are a few strands of silver in bis dark hair, and his fao.) is illumed by a pair of brown eyes. Mr. B.lle amy was born in the little village of Ch oopee Fa'ls, Mass., wnere he still lives. , r and a boy werj killed, two othor people msf! ( die, and several housos and a church were , wrecked. The sl ds commenced at the Sierra , I- Buttes flume, and swept with terrible forco ^ down the valley, carrying everything in its ( 0 path before it. Stout trees wore snapped oir . ( if st the ground like pine sticks. Several pen- j ( r pie has narrow escapes from death, as the ( slide otine wilhrut the slighthst warning. it i Is believed that a Cuinainan and a little girl B' an stiil buried in tho mass of snow and | \\ debris. Fears arc entertained that another , slide may occur at any moment, and the poo- | ( r' pie are in a great state of anxiety. Assorni as possible at ter tho slide, a number of m n I began the work of digging out the unfortu- ; ? I nates who haul be.m caught in it and in a j y few hours had taken out tho bo lies of Mrs. | | Ilich, her two daughters and a son; Mis* Ilyan, of Downieville, and Mis. I. T. Mooney with her daughter, Miss Ethel Lang (on. The ri two last named wore still breathing when re>r inovod from the snow, but efforts at restora!h Hon proved unavailing. It is lo ir, d that r. more tb in now known may have been swept r. outof existence in the a v. 1 niche, jr; Telegraphic reports to thj otllce of the e. Southern Pac flj Coinpiny say the fall of id snow on the Sierra mountains, on tb9 lino of lt8 the O# iorul I'm mi ta Railroad is uup-ocedented. At Summit there is sixteen feet on the n-. level, and twelve feetatBm^-Mttrr^p With is. P"-1*- huvh rotary p ows the roafrlH^- . _ in genrt*. .-iuully kept open lor iruvM y "' this winter. ??? ? Hei.kna, Mont.?Thursday night was the i ' ooldest so far this season 111 Montana, the i '' thermometer going as low as 3> degreoi helow at some points. There is hut little snow reported in Eastern aud Central Montaua, but there is some d >lay to tralll; in the west era part of tlio Stale. Considerable suffering is already rrport.-d on some of tbe ranges, tliou.h confined to limited areas. Seattle. Washington ?The overland ?* trams are all delayed in E is.orn Washington by snow storms. Tbe weaiber is the co dest ?nt known here tor years. reft Deadwojd, S. D.?The tliorraometer registered HtJ degrees below c.'ro here, the co'.d,n* est of thj winter. Business in practlcady ?- suspended, owing to theinteusity of the cold. ne- ? ' IS: FAILURES OF 1889. ouc _ some istnltMiicM ni ine new ?>jh>? 's llii^lnruN nitMlrrw. Ms failures in 18b9 numbered 10.883 in tha ihel United States, or 1 in every 97 firm*, and leld 1,777 in Cauad ?, or 1 in every 45 firms. In 1888 the failures were 1>),679 in tlie United 316 States and 1.677 in Canada. 'i'be The aggregate of liabilities was (148,784.the 887 In the lln'ted State*, against $134,810.973 in 1888,snO $ 4 713.323lnCanada,a;ainBt|l4,150, 081,169. But t o average 1 abilttu b or encn per fli m la ling was lower it Canada 18,379 last J ear, niraimt (3,396 in 18S3, and the inrrense in the United States, if an unfavorable indication, wa? still notenougb to denoto nn unhealthy etate of commercial credits, for the average in 1880 was but (13,672, against (It'4.25 592 in 1888, (17,392 in 1837 aud (20,6:13 in 4884. Li81: The buainean failur a occur lug tbrou. bout svrw HIV WUIIVI J Ulll 11^ Vir ? OV?VII uajn, ? . V ania ported to R. o. Duii Sc Co., the mercantile ania agency, by telegraph, num' *r for the United ania Btate? 2U1, an<l lor Canada 81, oratotalo! 33*3 Iter, t a hurra, ugninH 181 lot ?ck and 3U tha ?ipts wo-k previous to tba last. Kor thecorres10^ bonding wrote of loot year the figures woro I?10 817, representing 358 failures in the United rood tSia os and 2.' i tbe Dominion tf Canada. Jood . .nto FOUR MEN DROWNED. te 85 I28W l'Hlal Accident to a Visiting Parly In tote, Nan I'rnaeiaro. A man wits seen clinging to tbe rooks at "and P?'nt ItoQlto Lighthouse at the northern side rania ot the Golden Gate, California, and was taken Ifcta. o(T several houre by tbe crew of a tugboat eta.; which was sent to his assistance, jgs? lie proved to be a fisherman. He had been on tbe rooks six hour*, and was nearly exhausted when rescued. He said that he and $4 00 four companions were returning home In a HshlngLoit, and whon off Point Bouito, tbe $4 00 boat capsized. His comrsdes were all drowned, but he eep? succeeded in reaching tbe rooks, where ho reUMlood until taken off. TUE TWO DAKOTAS. f All hail! to the fair twin ulster* v "'vti* I Which have entered the Union grand, With the "lorious 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* i God bless I he 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. ~<.W* L "MVine, Kansas, North Dakota and South | Dakota. ?Mrs. Richmond, in National Advocate. WHO STAND* TUE, *A8H? - ?? r?j- * "* ' uv itJVttB MIf drunkard's children* Who provides for the drunkard's broken-hearted wife? Who sup- ' porta the ?*>ggarly tramps, who, having wasted their money in drink, wander about the country? Who repairs the losses caused1 r>v tno failure of intemperate merchants and reckless and half-intoxicated business men.' J ' Who makes good the damages caused by the' / blunders of drunken workmen and the hin- f. drance of business caused by sprees of intemperate employes*' JVho payu for the rail- ,q , f road wrecks caused lyj? drunken conductors- Q j and engineers? Who build* the asylum' . 1. where the crazv drunkards are kept? Who flM. supports the idiotic children of drunken' parents? Who pays the attorneys and juriea I and judges to try drunken criminals? Who Ml pays the expenses of trials'and commit- I meats and executions occasioned by the crimen of drunken men' Who for the Taw^^^of^mnl^nhiiKhajirls and father^? * vidtfltikk I Who pays for the inquests held Pftdrualwhtof fKab found dead by the wayside* WhopAVii 'tWMlM pauper's ooflln and tor digging a drunkard's " W Cve in the pottar's field, when the last glass been drunk? 'V t" Who pays the Mils? The drunkard cannotr' for he has wksted his substance in the cup.- v. Will the rumseUer pay them? The fact is, . yon and 1, the sober, industrious to}ling por~. " tionof tho community must meet all thcsfv bills. The drunken rowdy, wounded in lluif" street light, is eared for in the city hospitiSB?atour expense; the drunken lieggar is fe^Kr. from our taUe; his hungry children come j^9ww> our floors for l>i-ead,^Rtl w? cannot refuse assistance to his suflTerTfig wife; and when at . y last, having wasted his substance in riotous i living, he comes to the almshouse, the asy- A lutn, the hospital or the prison, honest, sober, 9 WnparMl men pay the Dills for supporting I lint there. There is no escaping it. We may I irotest, we may grumble at taxes, and ftnd- 9 an It with beggars, but ultimately and In- 9 vitably we must foot the bills. ? The Exange- 9 VICTIMS t>F TIIRI8T MADNESS. The periodical desire for strong <h^k vhieh sometimes besets individuah^^^B vise moral and exemplary is .a paroxysmal mania boyond-the .-?iiU III I ill! i nd hurries hi\^^ '*? :ess. During t\V*- . V f y jxysms he may\ /,. *y? ' Kormany wocktl * liave steadily re B ('f) *, /n *Y>, liquor;uiay, indeeptjij-^ _ #*4y *e h ? for it, but on the . 4 disgust. An.l yet, 18EW y^ Av /y H>#/ 0te?? o0Z,W on, the raging thirst \0$vV /> / ' ^ *lyzes his conscience a -faC^TV: fr''0*!, A man in this condi<fflw\\J.W' wHO,0/, *>'/?**/* snd should be treated | proper restraint at the \ n/" this furor, the dipsomani. V . Ma. v,,ct//}s ?t/? of ten. might be tided ovtyfli** I* the course of a week, and . 9. 1*? //* the course at the recurrence ,S %>>*-tion would nrobablv ?venttui?!?^^ ? ' It is not easy to persuade the I **?***/ drunkenness is not voluntary. li3^Bu1| 4/, not recognize dipsomania. It treata^^RLwAv; O, v ebriates alike. This seems to he ' */ though it is hard to say where the linl^^^H f ,^r/ l)e drawn between free-will excess ' *? which ^proceeds from an uncontrolable^^H \ DON'T QO DOWN THAT STREET. I was visiting at a good minister's houljMB a few days ago, and made friends with hlsHk -l bright little daughter, only six years old,^^k gg who taught me a lesson, i invited her t<i8K MB take a walk with and we proceed cdB^k ^Hj hi a"vM*y Hlx^et, her hand in mine, chatting she said; "lnaAi jye came to a "Why not?" I asked, in surprise. "Because I am always tempted when 1 go "V lown there." "What is it that tempts you?" M H| "The candy store. I always wants to go go in and buy some candy." Now here is a lesson for children of larger growth. What should you do when you are ^ tempted? Run away, or rather don t go in the way of temptation. Is it the saloon that tempts you to enter? Keep away. Whatever 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 Temperance Banner. THERE WAR NO BIER BILL. A wealthy gentleman of large business experience who was an intei "sted visitor at the national convention of the \v^( he could not understand how ganization was able to do mW H temperance cause with li<| | lncuienuiuy rcmarKou i MX), more than the entirH I passed through the.Nat' X 1 f H II 0* / treasury last year, wot, - , ir.J i rient to buy the beer fort<>Vo,, 'W ' rou > > I "?- - 4g TKMr??ANrB W It has been resolved to ' /-"'/o..,,' ' Union of British Temperauoif^ *?V'?eo. I cieties. / Teni|>erance teaching in the State sonov a of Victoria, Australia, haR been made compulsory. ^t | . The retail liquor t-rafllr is now prohibited in seventv-nine muniripalitieR of the province of Manitoba. The VV. C. T. U. of MissiRHippi haareceived a gift of 98000 by Hubecriptious taken after a sermon in behalf of its work, .ienvered at Meridian by Sam Jones. , The new State headquarters of the Pennsylvania W C. T. U. have been formally dedicates! and opened. The rooms are in A new and handsome building on Arch street. Philadelphia. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union* ** ' J J ? * fl~*A Tamnlmrm inn liKiriiriin'mi vnuoi ? ........ end the Prohibition party of Nehranka nave formed a triple alliance to ivork for the Mtate Prohibition amendment. s Mr*. H. F. flrubh, Huperintendent of W. C. T. U. work among foreigner*. in now puh linhing her trnrta in fourteen a liferent lanKnagee. Hhe ha* begun to iame thone tracta an semi-monthly tem|>eranrw talks, ten thousand at an inmio. tk? rvtmm(?iinnan of the District of (V> i lumhia have an Weft Congraes to paw a Sunday i law for the lMntrict of Columbia, and the President approve? their request. Hon. W C. P. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, will Introduce mi.*h a bill and the American Sabbath I Union will work for its passage. !