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UNCLE WILLIAMS PiCTURE. Vcte Wllian, last July Had his picture took, "Have It done, oi course," says I, "Jst the way you look!" (All dressed up. he was, fer the Barbecue and jubilee The Old Settlers helt.) So he Last he had it took. Lide she'd coaxed and begged and pleaa. Sence her mother went; But he'd cough and shake his head At all argyment; Mebby clear his throat and say: - "What's my likeness'mount to, hey, Now, with mother gone away From us, like she went?" But we'd projilck'd round, tell we Got It figgered down How'd we'd git him, Lide and me, *'-Drivin' into town; Bragged how well he looked, and fleshed rPound the face, and freshed With the morning air; and breshed His coat-collar down. All so providential! Why, Now he's dead and gone, Picture'pears so lifelike I Want to start him on Them old tales he ust to tel And old talks, so sociable, And old songs he sung so well 'Fore his voice was gone! Face is *ad to Lide, and they's Sorrow in the eyes Kisses it sometimes, and lays . It away and cries; I smooth down her hair, and 'low He Is happy, anyhow, Be' there with mother now Smile and wipe my eyes. -James W. Riley, In Century. FOR UTUAL BENEFT. &Reading-Room Plan That Was a Great Success. "Oh dear!" exclaimed Mrs. Perkins, dropping down into a chair, after fishing her week's ironing; "I do wish I had a little time to read! Not that I complain, but it do seem as if a 'woman's work was never done."' -L Her cousin Gertrude looked up from the block house which she was building for the amusement of eighteen-months old- baby May, and two sympathetic linds showed themselves between her brows. "Poor Nannie! You do have a busy life-and you are only two years older than I! But if I were you, I should not iron tUose every-day sheets and pillow easei ind towels so conscientiously; a* I khouldn't wear .so many white sk ts,. nor dress the baby in white - '40W. yes you would," sighed Mrs. Nanuie. "I used to think just those thoughts. I knew before we were married that Harry's salary would not be large enough for us to keep a house maid, and I thought our housekeeping 'wouid-be a sort of play affair. I did idiae so many good resolutions about -letting things go, and furnishing our house simply and dressing simply, but oh dear! There is just about so much to do, no matter whether you think you will get along easily or not. Monday is washing day; Tuesday, .ironing; Wednesday, baking; Thursday, sweep ing, Friday, mending and sewing, and - SatMday, baking again!" es, Nannie," hesitated Gertrude, but then she went bravely on. "In the Irst place, your washing is larger than it need be-hush! you must listen &-t is.. Your starched clothes and the baby's. May would be just as sweet if siVedressed in colored ginghams, - and she would have a great deal better time, and be healthier, too. I don't woede-that you do not want her to - my mn ihe sand, the way you dress her ~ so that is reform No. 1." S'Mrs.Nanie ooked as ifshe wanted Sto be convinced of this, but that it ould take too much heroism and in eg ~endence, so long as Mrs. Fuller, op Lamson..next door, al ~ways kept their little ones so daintily Fdressed. But Gertrude kept on: * So, if your washings were smaller, ~ our ironings would be so much easier, - 'o. 'Harry ought to have his linen sept to the laundry. It is enough to Sbreak your backto bend over that table 9 .odlqg. Then comes Wednesday's work. You cook too much-yes you do, Nannie!'-that is, you could set a si table. You have too many pies and cookies and doughnuts. You ;kn'wit takes an awlfully long time to N uta those things; and there are eserts that are more whole some and easier made-cold puddings, 3slies with- cream, custards, and you always have fruit in the summer. Why, my dear gir,.onare just spoiling your c omplexion~by'staying in the. house so asb~ -and standing over that hot s e "But I-have to, really," interrupted MrseNan.. lse.Ihvsad 'dN1o, you must lse.Ihv ae ~ou at least two hours each day, and now comes Thursday. Nannie, you diow that you sweep when it is not necessary. And when you furnished yourhoge youonght to have used more s'tra aing.! But then, I. suppose it s~'d;eem handsome enough; yet if you would only wait for alittle dirt to s how itself! Oh. I have been so eras perated.to see you sweep, sweep, swceep; and now I am going to say all I want -to, havug begun so fluently," she laughed a little, but continued earnest 'ly, "it always gives you a nervous head --aehe after sweeping, for you are not content with stirring up one room, but a~yo go through all the rooms that you "But Aunt Martha looked as if she -tbpught I was a very shiftless house -keeper." S"Oh, Aunt Mafirthsa! yes, she is one of that kind of women tvho polish their stoves until you can see your face in it. I don't believe in the old-fashioned way of -housekeeping, neither do you, but you haven't quite the moral courage to defy gossip. And your sewing, Nanie: Again, you dress the baby as if it were a little princess, and it is not in good taste. Children ought to wear very simple frocks instead of tucks and flounces and insertions. And your own gowns might be-made with fewer stitches; and instead of hemming your sheets and pillow cases by hand, you mightuse your ma chine." "Oh, no!" protested Mrs. Nannie, in .dismay. K"Well, if you keep on this way, by the time you are ten years older. and 'you ought tobe a young, fresh, healthy woman at thirty-five, instead of which you will be thin and tired and sallow, with a chronic head and backache, al ways staying in the house, unable to walk or enjoy any thing out of doors; never reading, but engrossed and wor ried for fear you are not as good a housekeeper as Mrs. Winslow; your horizon bounded by a dishcloth, a broom and a needle! Oh, Nannie! you are too good and sweet and clever to become a mere machine!" - a little silence; then Mrs. ~Nannie spoke, and her voice was a little husky, yet ther as a new rmngin it, as if she would - beyond her world that was growing so rrow. "What would you have me do.^ here is .no library in town--this is ob little New England village-and I don' believe there are women enough here who would take interest enough to forma a magazine club." "Have you ever tried?" asked Ger trude. "No-" Mrs. Nannie hesitated. - "Well, I have a plan. At the end of theweek I will tell it to you, if it sue ceds, and you must agree to the con ditions?" And so the matter was left. - When Saturday night came and the work and all been done. and baby May was sound asleep, Gertrude drew Mrs. :\anni- down on the sofa beside her, took a paper from hcr pocket and said: *'How would you like a reading-room'?" Mrs. Nannie's eyves grew bright. "Well, - ou may have one. I have hirel that room over Mr. Urown's store. It used to be Mrs. .laekson's dress-miaking rooms. Well. I have hired it for a year -that is my share. Oh, never mind, it wasn't much. Well, here are nearly fifty names: they represent twenty families, and each person pledges only one dollar apiece, which makes fifty dollars, for papers and periodicals. You can select what you wish-prob ably a daily or two: the leading maga zines-an art magazine, book review, juveniles for the young, and whatever else you wish, for there will be a few more dollars added yet. I have been to Dr. Moore. and he has kindly offered to have the floor painted. Mrs. Williams has given her old drugget for a large rug: Mr. Barnes has sent over several pictures, and some of the young people are going to put up red Canton flannel draperies at the windows, and others are to donate chairs and tables. The room will be very cozy and attractive. Every thing will be in working order by the first of October." .This is like a fairy story! You are a witch, I believe. No one else could have ever opened these purses." "People seemed very willing, after the first hesitation, of course. It all will not cost-them more than two dol lars apiece for the year-wood and lights, you know, included. Any way, it is a good experiment to try. I should advise you to form a club, and meet at least once a week; then the library can be kept open two or three hours each afternoon and evening. You can all take turns, you know. if it is necessary to have some one there." "It is pericetly lovely:" exclaimed Mrs. Nannie, unable to say more. The next summer Gertrude came to visit her cousin, and though, of course, she had heard about the success of her little literary undertaking, she was glad to see for herself how much good had been done. "We could not get along without it!" said 'Mrs. Nannie. "Why, we have something to think about besides our selves and each other. We know what is going on in the world, and it has given us a new interest in life. Then, too, we grow more social; I think you will see that the people are very much improved. Everybody is so kind. We have had books given us. We found we needed a cyclopedia for reference, and when 'Mr. Simms, the clergyman, bought a new Britannica, he gave us his old set. And he is such a help to us. We have a regular class in Uni versal Literature, and Political Science, too; 'Mr. Simms teaches us. We women are learning a great deal about our country, and I think the voters are growing a little wiser. The boys are better behave'd and more polished, and the girls more cultivated. We married people do what we can; then it is so pleasant to get out together. We have something to talk about besides bon nets, pies and the baby's last tooth," laughed Irs. Nannie. "And you can 'slight' housework a little?" questioned Gertrude mischiev ously, then added: "Why, you look as young as you did when you were first married-handsomer, too!" "So Harry tells me," blushed Mrs. Nannie. "I manage to walk a little every day, too. I agree with you, there is nothing like fresh air and sunlight. Harry has me use dumb-bells and in dian clubs, and .now is going to put up some chest-weights. I used to say that I had all the gymnastics I wanted with a broom and wash-board-but books broaden one so." Gertrude refrained from saying: "I told you so"' "I think the men like it immensely. Instead of getting off by. themselves and smoking in some store, they always find companionship at the club-room, and we are not intellectual enough yet to frighten them. How narrow we were growing, until you came here, like a good Samaritan, and led us in the right direction." "It is deplorable," admitted Gertrude, "to know how provincial villagers often become, and it is so unnecessary., I know that individuals can not always buy books nor subscribe for magazines, but on this niutual benefit plan a great deal can be accomplished with very lit tle expense." "I am going to write about it!" ex claimed Mrs. Nannie. "I presume there are hundreds of villagers just as be nighted as we were. Why, we could not tire without our reading-room; and more than that, we have learned how to work without becoming slaves, or jaded, faded old women."-Mi-s. Merry, in Good Housekeeping. ... Bru tes ia a Biting Match. SHiArOlxIs, Pa, June 22.-In West Coal township~early yesterday morning, Patrick Ryan and James Levitt en gaged in a ten-round biting match, a contest that has rarely been equaled in brutality by ably struggle between hu man beings. F or some time there had been bad t~lood between the men over the latter's wife, and when the prnnci pals met on Saturday night they con cluded to have a "prize" light with bare knuckles. It was midnight when they met, with a couple hundred friends, on a dancing pavilion. After fighting a few rounids the principles agreed to turn the struggle into a biting mateh. Their hands were strapped behind their backs and time was called. Ryan dodged Levitt's rush, and before the latter could recover Ryan's teeth had torn a piece of 11esh from his opponent's cheek. Levitt immediately retaliated by sinking his molars into Ryan's neck. Ryan sprang on his half-fainting op ponent and delhberately tore almost half of the lower jaw out. The specta tors, not being able to stand further brutality, interfered, stopped the fight, and both men were carried home. Indiaus on a Drunk. NEW ORI.EANS, June .22-A special from Paul's Valley, Indian Territory, says sixty Chickasaw militia, who left here Wednesday in charge of Governor Byrd and United States Agent Bennet, to meet the United States troops West of bere and eject six thousand United States citizens who are living in the country without permits. all got drunk twenty-five miles West of this place. An eye witness says they hav'e a barrel in the commissary wagon and-a gallon jug in each saddle. Some of them went into a fairmer's yard and shot down horses. 'They halted a white farmer, atused and threateined to shoot him be cause he was white. This much whis key mind with sixty Indians. wno are clothed with some authority, is liable to cause the loss of' several Jives, as when they are drunk their only de'sire is to shoot and kill. A Death-Deallalg Stornm. LITTLE RoCK, Ark., .June 20--A de. structive storm passed over Eastern Ar kansas this morning. Ihouses were un roofed and blown down, fences carried away and a large area of timber land a laid waste. MIrs. Julia Shadrick was Miued by a falling tree. John Stan ley who "ashauhng ties in the woods, was crushe "eneat h falling timbers. Two boys name llollingsworth are missing and it is fea they have been killed in the woods. Death of Ex-senmator MicDonla. 1. IsNIAA'oLIS, June 21.- Ex-SenaL McDonald died at 11.35 to-night. Hie passed away very peacefully, without a struggle, surrounded by his family, who were a in attendance at his bedside. A FEROCIOUS DESPOT. H.G.--HANDED OUTRAGES PERPE TRkTED BY BAL!ACEDA. iarberous Punixhmueut Inflicted Upon Thoso Who arA Supposed to Sympathise With ths Revolutionists-A Reign of Terror. NEW Yom. June 22.-Many start ling facts in connection with the revolu tion now raging in Chile. which throws light upon the ferocity and despotism of Balmaceda, are now given to the public for the first time throuah the United Press. The three gentlemen. two of whom are prominent Chileans, from whom these facts are obta:ned, are at present in New York, having arrived here last week. They have witnessed the conduet of the revolution from its inception, and speak from actual knowl edge. The conibintd stories of the ~three show that Balmaceda is well termed the "tyrant," in Santiago, where his head qu irters are, no one dares to utter a word against him. He has a cross of red painted on all the houses of neople whom he suspects are not wholly in sympathy with him, and into these marked residences his police and sol diers go at any hour of the day or night. They ransack the rooms, on the ground that they are looking for revolutionists who are supposed to be hidden there. The soldiers demand wine and food, and after having as good a time as they wish, depart, only to repeat the offense in some othr markcd residence. The peo ple in these houses are forbidden to lock their doors. No one is allowed to ride on horse back through the streets after 5 o'clock in the afternoon; no three persons are allowed to walk the streets in company at any time of the day, and no two per sons can stand and converse on the street. It is a veritable reign of terror for all who, either through fear or inter est, have faied to cast their fortunes with Balmaceda. The storekeepers and all who employ laborers have to furnish each one with a tag, showing that they are regularly em ployed by such a merchant at such -t place. If the laborer is caught on the street, going to or from his work, with out this tag he is gobbled up by the sol diers of Balmaceda and impressed into his service. This system exists in Val paraiso also. One of the gentlemen referred to was walking along the street past a jail yard. He heard some terrible shrieks from some one on the other side of the wall. He enquired of a soldier the cause and was told that some of Balmaceda's sol diers were punishing a man who had re fused to work for him by driving tacks and pins into his hands and fingers. The next day lie saw a horrible pun. ishment meted out to a Chilean who had been overheard to say that he was will ing to work his hands off for the revolu tionists.- The poor fellow's hands were placed on a block and his fingers pound d to a jelly by a big mallet in the hands of a soldier. Ile was then told that he could go and work his hands any way he wanted to, and for any one. Ter roriba at Porc-Au-Prinlce. XEW YCRK. June 19.-According to a it-tter received from Port-au-Prince esterday, President Hlippolyte at empted on May 29 to take four political prisoners from the Mexican consulate in the lHavtien capital. When the entire diplomatic corps called on the .Presi dent. May 30, to protest against this vio lation of international law, Hlippolyte attempted to play a high-handed game of bluff, and lhe might have succeeded had not lihe German consul threatened to repoit the mtatter to his government. Minister Fred. Douglass, it is said in the letter, stood trembling with fear and heard the black ruler inault the flag of every civiliz-d nation almost, inclu ding his own, and he did not dare offer any protest. Terrar reigns supreme at Port-au-Prince. Erlppolyte continues to kill his supposed enemies, but they accumalate faster than he can kill them. The real instigators and leaders of the movement against him have escaped his vengeance. Some of them are sec retly at work in Port-au-Prince. Hip polyte, the writer thinks, is undoubtedly crazy. It Is stated that when the consuls called on him he became angry and rushed out of the room, and was soon after beard playing a flute in the next room. The consuls were leaving, when the minister of foreign affairs came in and begiged them to remain, sav ing the President had been summoned away on important matters, but would return immediately. The minister then went out and apparently remonstated with Hlippolyte, as he soon re-entered the room arnd excused himself on the same grounds mentioned by his minis ter. - _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ A Minister and a Mason,. BosToN, June 22.-During the regular Monday meeting of the Baptist ministers in Chapel Hall this forenoon the Rev J. B. Stoddard addressed the Conference, at its surazestion, upon the influence _of secret. societies upon the Church, and in the course of his remarks he strongly de nounced Masonry, declaring that when a man swears allegiance to Masonry he swears allegiance to a code antagonistic to God. The Rev Mr. Cleveland, of Melorse, who was in the audience, arose to a point of order, and, with suppressed emotion, said: "'I am a Mason and I cannot listen to this unjust and uncalled for abuse." Chairman Moran put the question to the meeting of sustaining the pomnt of order, and it was defeated--50 to 7. Instantly Mr Cleveland rose and, ad dressing the secretary, said: "I request that you drop my name from the roll of embeiship of this Conference. I do not care to be a member ol any body that refuses to sustain any decent point of order." Then taking his hat he left the hall and Stoddardifinished his address. Lynched the Wrong Man. - RIonLAND CENTRE, Wis., June 23. Irwin Fowler, of Viola, Richiand County, has confessed that he had a hand in the murder of old Reuben Drake. his wife and two grand-children in May, 1888, for which Andrew Grand staff was lynched three days after wards. It is reported that Fowler mm plicates Jeff Bowker and Frankt and Elijah Carey, who were uinder suspi cion at the time of the murder. Great excitement exists in the vicinity where the bold crime was committed and in consequece of Fowler's contession violence may result. A Pliague of Locusts. LONDOx, JTune 18.-The most thrill ing stories come from Algeria of the ravages of the locusts, in many dis tricts not a sprig remains on a farm, 'and the inhabitants are in a famishing condition. Their onliy resort for food is the locusts themselves, of which vast quantities are being consumed. The IFrench colonial authorities are taking steps to stay the plague as much as pos sible b.y the use of scientific means. The Criamber of Deputies has voted 60,000 francs to be used in destroying the locust plague in Algeria. One Hundred Horses Barned. PLADELIEA, June 25.-Fire broke cut in the large three-story brick stable attached to the city gas works at Twety-fourth and Chestnut streets at r 5this morning. The building wvill be a-otal loss. Over 100 horses were in th'miilding arnd these are all be DON'T SERVE COLORED PEOPLE. How the Civil Rights Law is Evaded in President Hlarriiou's Home. INDIANOPOLIS, June 19.-"We don't serve colored people here,"said a waiter of one of the leiding restaurants of the city. 'How do we do it ?' Well. we do not decline to feed them. This is the way we get around tie law. A col ored man comes in and takes a seat at the lunch counter. le cAils for pork chops, say. We say, 'Are you willing to pay our pr-ce?' le invariably answers. ' What am the priev?' And w e mention a rate so high that he depart s without ordering to seek a more reasonable place. "Out in Washington whtre I used to work," said be, "i-he restaurant's have another way of evadiUg the law which isS100 fine for declining to serve a ne gro. There they keep two bills of fare, one for the whites and one for the blacks. If a colored man takes a seat in a restaurant the waitee places before him the 'black' bill of fare, which reads something like this- 'Two boiled eggs, 75 cents; pork chops, $1;ham and eggs, 81.50,' etc. Of course he does not order and he never returns to that restaurant. The corresponding articles in the 'white' bill of fare are: Say 20, 30 and 40 cents. It was through the misuse of these two bills of fare that I lost my job there. Absent-mindedly I gave a -white' bill of ,fare to a smart colored department messenger. Of course he ordered and was allowed to eat. It could not be helped. The next day he returned, but this time he was given the 'black' bill of fare. To our consternation he gave the same order he had the previoue day. But this time I gave him a check for $1.75. He walked up t o the cashier and planked down a half dollar piece, saying he would duplicate his order of the day before and would pay the same rate and no more. He threw the half dollar in the glass case and made a break for the door, but we seized him and locked him up in a room while I went for the police. When I returned with blue coat he was gone, having jumped out -through a window. le had the proprietor arrested. The judge fined nim $100, holding that a public caterer could not charge one price one day and another the next." One strange feature about this evasion of the law is that colored wait ers are the most zealous in excluding colored men rrom the restaurants in which they wor. It will be remember ed that a colored waiter was discharged from service in a Chicago hotel last winter because he refused to wait upon a nobleman from Siani, saying that he would not serve a "nigger."- Sentinel. rhe Weather and tho Crops. The weekly weather and crop bulle tin of the Souih Carolina weather ser vice, in co-operation with the United States Signal Service, for the week end ing Saturday is as follows and is not very encouraging to farmers: The rainfall tor the past week was about the normal, fairly distributed and beneficial to all crops in most sections of the State. The temperature was about the average and beneficial to all crops. Sunshine was about the average amount which was very beneficial to ctops, and. while no excessive rains, destructive winds nor hail was reported, yet. ievertheless, the constant showers and the heavy and continued rains of the previous weeks have kept the lands too wet to perform the usual amount of farm labor, and the result has been that a large portion of the cotton crop is in the grass, and in some instances almost hopelessly ruined. The rains, whilst they have benefited the cotton on clay lands, have to a great extent in jured that on sandy lands, scalding the young plants and thereby causing iuch of it to die out. The stands are generally very imperfect; cotton is small and from present appearances the prospects are very discouraging. The condition of the corn crop con tinues to improve, and the prospect for a full average crop is now almost as sured. The fall i-ats have been harvested and the yield is much larger than antici pated, but the area is smaller than last year. The early rice is later than usual, planting having been retarded by heavy and continued rains. In some sections nut more than half the crops wee planted until the present month. he crop is up and growing finely, and with continued favorable weather it will be increased over that of last year, The Iowa Democracy. OTTowA, Iowa, June 24.-Thc Dem ocaric State Convention today renomi nated Governor Boies by acclamation. The ticket was completed as follows: Lieutenant Governor, I. L. Bestow; Judge Supreme Court, L. G. Kinne; Superintendent of Schools, J. B. Knoep fier; Railroad Commissioner, Peter A. Day. The platform was adopted by a unani mous vote. It demands the repeal of the prohibitory liquor law and favors the passage of a carefully guarded license tax law; advocates the Australian sys tem of voting, and favors State and na tional control and regulation of railroads. It denounces all trusts, pools and combines, and favors the election of Uited States Senator by a direct vote of the people; demands free comnage of silver and that it be made full legal ten der; favors liberal and eeuitabme pension laws. It denounces the McKinley bill, the motives of its authors and defenders and the theory under which it is submitted for the approval of the American people. Such legislation, it says, increases the cost of the necessaries of life, promotes dishonest manufactures; trusts and combines, creates sectional envy despoils the many for the benfit of the few, threat ens the country with an aristocracy based upon ill-gotten gain, and above all cor rupts the polities of the country so as to seriously endanger the perpetuity of popular government. it denounces the wasteful and lavish appropriations of the last Congress, and concludes by recommending a liberal ap propriation for the display of Iowa's re sourccs at the World's Columbia Expo sition, Richmnond Wants the Honor. RICDIOND, VA., .June 18.-A meet ing of the Chamber of Commerce and the Davis Monument association was held this evening, at which a preamble and resolutions, prepared by Mayor Ellyson and Gen. Peyton Wise were unanimously adopted. The resolutions provide for the appointment of a comn mnittee to secure the permanent inter ment of Mr. Davis' remains in Rich mond, and another to at once formulate and cause to be exected a plan for col lections for the purpose of a monument to Jefferson Davis; and that t'iese col lections be turned over to the JefYerson Davis Monument association, chartered by the State of Virginia, should it be det erined to erect the monumenthere, or to the appropriate parties, should it be decided to erect it elsewhere. Threw his Child Into the Sea. NEW YoRK, June 21.-The steamer La Bretagne, which arrived here to day from Havre, reports that JToseph Feys, aged 41, a steerage passenger, a native of Switzerland, while conversing with his family, consisting of his wvife and five children, suddenly dragged his five-year-old son, Pierre, from his moth er's arms and threw him into the sea. The child was lost, an'i the father, who was insane, was seized by the otlicers of the ship and put in irons. lie had threatened to throw all his children overboari._____ Eartqtake Shock. CALEsToN, S. C., June 23--A slight shock of earthquake occurred here at 11:27 p. m. There was a distinct boom and shock. No damage was done, and the earthquake was so slight that t eapnr the notie of half the popula DAShED INTO A DIICH. FEARFUL FATE OF AN EXCURSION TRAIN NEAR CLEVELAN-D. Eight Cars Leave the Track-Several Coaches Suashed to Splinters-.For.v People lt.jured-Several Fatally-Train Was Running Sixty Miles an Hour. CLEVELAND, Jun- 21.-A frnhtful wreck o:curred on the Nickle Plat railroad thirteen miles% west of Clevv land this afternoon. The West Side Street Railwaycompany gave an excur sion to Oakpoint for the benetit of their employees. There were two trains con sisting of ten cars each. The t'rst see tion left on time at 2 30. The :second section was delayed and did not. leave Cleveland until about 2 o'clock. When three miles west of Dover, the second section jumped the trsck, ditch ing eight of the ten cars. Seven of the cars were overturned and four of them were torn into splinters. Many women and children w ere caught under the debris. About forty were badly hurt. Edwara Rodgers was horribly man gled. His head was crushed into a pulp, one arm partly severed and his breast crushed. Rodgers was a member of the Shamrock baseball club, and at one time was a professional player on I he Toronto team. Ten or twelve were fatally injured but their names could not be learned owing to the reticence of the hospital employees. Every ambulance in the city was called ind met the special train that went out for injured. They were taken to the different hospi:als. A man taken to the University hos pital died this evening. Many women and children had their arms broken and were otherwise injured. The newsboy. John Higgins, was seen by a Press News reporter, but he was so badly hurt he could not give a clear account of the wreck, but says the train was running sixty miles an hour wheD they left the track. His clothes were torn nearly off. His face was cut and he was badly bruised about the body. The engine buried itself in the ditch. The engineer and fireman saved, their lives by jumping. The cars rolled down the embank ment six feet into a ditch wnich was filled with muddy water. The passen gers were covered with mud and as nearly everyone was bleeding from cuts received, it was difficult to tell how badly they were hurt. The car next to the engine was mashed into splinters and all who were in this car were seriously hurt. There were at least twenty that had to be car ried from the special train that brought them to Cleveland to the ambulances which numbered fifteen or more. It is not known what caused the train to leave the track but it is supposed the track spread. A Smashup. AiKEN, S. C., June 19.-A general smashup occurred on the South Caroli na road near Aiken at 9 o'clock this morning. A freight train from Augus ta to Charleston, consisting of twenty four boxes of coal, stalled on the hill about a mile from the depot. The con ductor divided the train into two sec tions, leaving the second behind, in tending going on with the first to the shifting yard. When the first section reached the cut that runs through the heart of the city the train parted by the breaking of a coupling pin. The de tached part., owing to the terrible in clination, rolled back toward the sec ond section. Owing to the distance, the detached part had a chance to go with great speed, and wheu it reached the boxes left behind it utterly demol ished them. Four boxes were splin tered to pieces and pitched on top of one another, the coal being scattered every where. A construction train with a large force of hands set to work to clear the debris and repair the track, which was injured. All trains going north and south were delayed until 1:20 p..m., when the train from Charles ton to Augusta passed over in safety. This wreck occurred where the bank is 100 feet high, a slanting position, and it was fortunate that nio brakemen were aboard the wrecked cars. The coal will be saved. A brakeman on a Charleston bound train was killed this morning at Hamburg. lHe was caught between two -ars and mashed to death.-The State. '-The Devil's Sink-Hole." SAN ANTONrO, Tex., June 22.-J. C. Carr, an old Texan, for t wo terms Ser geant-at-Arms of the House of Repre sentatives and at present interested in the presentation of Indian depredation claims at Washington, has returned from the RIo Grande section and re ports a singular discovery in the cen tre of Ed wards County. It is known as the "Devil's Sink-Hole." It is a circu lar opening six feet across and descend ing perpendicularly. Recently it was partially explored. A man was let down by a rope 150 feet and at that point he found a ledge from which ran a passage way seven feet high and wide enough for three men abreast, and running at a steep decline. He followed it 300 feet and came to an immense lake of water, ice cold. H~e had no means of determining its ex Itent, but a stone hurled with all his force splashed in the water fully seven Ity yards away. The bank of the lake wvas covered with pieces of rock looking as though they had been blasted. Some were brought to the surface, and they assay ed about thirty ounces of silver to the ton. All of that region is rich in silver indications, and it is supposed that the mysterious cavern is an abandoned Spanish mine and has other exits and entrancas. It .will be thoroughly ex plored by competent prospectors. A Malicious Mule. SEBEWAING, Mich., June 19.-A terri ble tight between a man and an infuri ated mule occurred in Heymnan's black smith shop on Wednesday. The mule had an aversion to being shod, and had to be thrown. Heyman said he would shoe that mule in the regular way or die. With the help of three men, Hey man finally fixed the shoes and went to the door to cool off. lie had hardly done so when the mule broke away from the man holding him, and with distended jaws made for Heyman. The mule chased Hleyman all around the shop, stretched his snapping jaws to leyman's face and bit oiY the nose and lower right cheek. Hleyman fell to the floor and the mule deliberately pounded his prostrate body. The doctors fear Heyman will die of poison from the foam-lecked lips of the mule. Thomas J. Stack Acquitted. COLUMBIA, S. C., June 19.-The case against Thomas J. Stack, indicted for the murder or John Hammnet, and which has been in progrees since Mon day at Lexington C. II., was given to the jury on Wednesday night, and at 9 o'clock yesterday morning they came into court with a verdict of not gmilty. Mr. Stack returned to the city yester day after being discharged from custo dy, and received numerous congratu lations upon his safe delivery from the clutches of the law.-Register. Singular Ver dict. INDIANAPOIS., June 22.-Harry Carpenter, a wealthy farmer in this county. committed suie~de by shootinog iimelf on F'ridlay. The coroncr 's jury retunedl a verdict Saturday, saying: "The dlece ised killed himselt iin a fit of despondency, caused by brooding over the increase in taxes under tile new Democratic appraisement law of the State." JONEs, the Edgefield family exter minator, has put on his striped garb and for the next twenty-one years he will work for the State as a pen iten tior convict. WILL THERE BE A SPLIT? An Intere-stion Alliance Conference Re cently Held. JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. June 24.-A Jackson, Mis. special to thic Ti -es-Un ion says: Dutring, .he visit here of Polk, Livin-ston. McDowell and Willitts, Al liance lights, sone interestin develop ruents came to the surface in relation to National Alliauce tuatters. The Na tional Alliance leii-lative council met im1 Washmntonm last February and created a ]eCislative comiiiue cu oitu of three menibers, of w. hich U. S. Ilall. presitltt of the Missouri Alliance. was one. The inuictions or thii coujmittee were to formulate measures growiu out of the Oca!'a demands, to be presented to the 52d Congress. IHall, fromi the inception of the sub-treasury measure, has been one of .iLS strougest opponents. When lie was elected a member of the committee it was retardcd as a victory for anti-treasury ites, aid it was so pra claimed and as an indication of the ulti mate abandonment of the scheme. Hall. after his election, commenced to w -rk with increased vigor against the scheme and with his coadjutors had suc ceeded in organizing a movement cover ing the entire Southern States, as is shown by the call for a meeting of the Anti-Sub treasury Leag.ue at Dallas, Texas, on July 10 next. This meeting promises to be largely attended and or ganized opposition to the sub-treasury measure and Macuneism will be defi nitely inaugurated, and on this circum stance hangs an interesting tale. Within the last mooth remonstrances have been sent to Hall by members of the leuislative council, and members have also urged upon President Polk the necessity of taking action against Hall. Polk has had considerable correspon dence with Hall, advising him to desist, and very recently submitted to him one of two alternatives, either to cease his opposition to the sub-treasury bill, or to tender his resignation as a member of the legislative committee. In the event of his non-compliance he was given plainly to understand that he would be suspended. and was given until July 25 to make his answer. It is believed that this is a decisive troke of policy to frustrate the objects of the Anti-Su'-treasury League at Dal. las, Tex., and to iutlue'ce less intrepid opponents to the measure than Hall to steer clear of the Dallas council. Those who know President Irall as sert positively that he will decline to be coerced and to give up his convictions, but, on the contrary, he wili resign and fight the sub-treasury scheme harder than ever. It is believed by many that this will split the National Alliance. and that an independent organization will row out of the Dallas meeting as the re sult, with a more liberal policy in many respects, and especially as to member ship. Usastrous Cloud-barst. CNCINNxTI, June 17.-A Knoxville Tenn.. special says: At New Manville, Green county, Saturday, a cloud-burst did great damage. The place is remote from railroad and telegraph communi cation, but information comes today of the calamity. The fall of water was something terrific, and a small creek be came a raging river, 100 yards wide. The storehouse, residence and outbuild ings of T. N. King were swept away, the flood coming so quickly he did not even have time to close his store doors. The postoflice was kept in his store, and everything was lost. An iron safe weighing 1500 poundls was carried one furth of a mile by the force of the water. A number of other houses were carried a way, and all the crops along the creek bottoam lands were destroyed. The water came down so fast that the people barely had time to flee to the ridge, and if this had not been near, there would have been serious loss of life. Ccnsiderable stock was drowned, but no life was lost so far as reported. The property dlamage will amount toa lrge sum. If Au Were.Like Him. GREENVILLE, PA., has a liquor dealer who publishes the following "card" in the last issue of the Progress: "To alt whom it may concern: Know e that byv the payment of $350) I am permitted to retail intoxicating liquors at my hotel in this city. "a' the wife who has a. drunkard foi tely dissipated, I say emphatically, give me notice in person of such case or cases in which you are interested and all such shall be excluded from my place, 'Let mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers do likewise and thEir request will be regarded. I pay a heavy tax for the purpose of selling liquors and I want it distinctly understood that I have no desire to sell to drunkards or minors or to the poor or destitute. "I1 much prefer that they save their money and put it where it wvill do the most good to their families. There are gentlemen of honor and men of money who can afford it, and it is wvith these that I desire to trade." Died a Hero's Death. O1AHlA, NEB., June 20.-A twelve year-old school boy inamed Miles dieda hero's death dturing the recent storn near Norfolk. The school house is sit uated in a ravine.. The water begat pouring in through the windows before the teacher and the pupils realized theH danger. Young Miles conducted the ,teacher and seven pupils safely through the torrent, but several others clrifted away, an:1 in his effort to save these he was drowned. Cora Iamlin and Anna Cox also perished. Senator George's Flop. CANTON, Miss., June 24.-The Mis sissippian, the State Democratic organ, publishes a seven column letter thi morning from Senator George, in which he declears in favor of the Ocala pl-at form, excepting as to the sub-treasury and land loan features and government ownership of railroad and telegraph lines. Col. Livingstone, the leading Southern Allianceman, says the letter is a wonderful oxposition of the Ocala demand, and will place Senator George in a strong light before the Alliance. Drowned In Icy Bay. VICTORIA. B. C., June 19.-The steam er Queen, which has arri;'ed from Sitka, reports that the revenue critter Blear has reache-d Alaska from Icy Bay, bring ing the news of the drowning of Lieut. Robinson aind four of the crew of the Bear, and A. C. Moore,.of Russell's party. The drowraiug occured while the piarty were tryfing to make a land ing in Icy Bay with Russell's Mount St. Elias party. The U.-ar le-t Sitka on the morning of the 14th for Behring Sea.__ _ A. Hundred Horses P'erish. PmLADnLPIIIA, .June 23.-Fire broke out in the large three-story brick stable attached to the city gas works at Tent-forthr and Chestnut streets at 1:15 o'clock tis morning. Oven l0t horses were in the building, and those are all believed to have been burned t( death. The Baltimore and Ohio rail road station, opposite, was threatened. at one titue. At 2 o'clock the liremnen gained control of the flaires and con ined them to the stables. Crops Monaced by Insects. I:ADING, Pa., June 17.-T he whieat fields in many parts ofBerks. Montgom ery and Cheste-r Counties are suffering severely from th-e~ ravages of -wheat lice," which have made their appear ence by the millions. Potato farmer: herebouts are very much frightened by an uusual visitation of potato bugs Ix five Maine counties, wvhere the population is nearly all "native Ameri cans," the Maine' Bible Society ha: found 10,413 families who confess thal they never go to church and 982 fami lie's who do not own a Bible. A sad WETHERHORN & FISHER, SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, ETC. 7. 9, 11, and 13 Smith Street. CHARLESTON, S. C. Write for prices and estimates. CHARLESTON Mattress M gf' Co., MANUFACTURERS OF High Grade Moss, Hair, & Wool Mattresses. Office & salesroom, 552 and 554 King st., CHARLESTON, S.C. Redneed price list, for fall trade, 1890. Mattresses,-assorted stripe ticking: No. 1, Straw and Cotton, $2; No. 2, $2.50; No. 3, S2.75. No. 1, Excelsior and Cotton, $3.50; No. 2, S3: N'. 3, 83.50. No. 1, Husk and Cotton, $3; No. 2, $3.50: No. 3, S4. No. 1. Cotton MIattress, 40 lbs., $5; No. 2, $7; No. 3. $8. Prices quoted on Wool Mattresses if desired. No. 3, Moss Mattresses, $5; No. 2, S6; No. 3, $7. No. 1, Hair Mattress, S10;No. 2, $15; No. 3, $20. Bed Spreads, $1.50 to $3. Comforts, 95c. to $4.50. Blankets, 90 cents to $5. Feathers in best ticking at 75 cents pound, plain or fancy stripe made up. Lounges in fimitation wvalnut, oak, and ma hogany. In raw silk, S4: carpet, S5:moquett plusb, S6.50. Upholstered cots, $2 to $3. Spring beds, $1.50 to $3. Buy direct from the factory. Send cash by express or postal note to T. H. McCALL, Gen'l Sup't. The Bailey-Lebby COMPANY. 213 Meeting St., Opposite Charleston Hotel, CHARLESTON, S. C. Ma nnfacturers' Agents. Machinery, Supplies, Oils. Attention mill men! We are now offer ing the best and latest improved -AND Iron, Steel, Pipe, Nails, Fitting, Belt Lacing, and a full line of' Phosphate and Mill Supplies. State agents for THE SCIENTiFiC GRINDING MILLS. .7'Send for our new illustrated catalogue and lowest prices. Agents ,wanted in every county. FERTILIZERS! PIEDMONT GUANO CO., CHARlLESTON, S. C. IMPoflT ERs, MANUFAcTURIEns, & DEALECS IN Safest, High Grade, and Guaranteed Kainit, Blood Acids, Dissolved Eone, Solubles, and Ammoni Hade ated Manipulated. Hnldby Mr. M. Levi, Manning, S. C. Get prices before buying. WM. BURMESTER & CO1. Hay and Grain, AE MANUFACUERl Of ERI~ L XEAL Opp. Kerr's Wharf, and 23 Queen St., CHARLESTON, S. C. BOLLMANN BROTHERS, Wholesale Grocers, 157 and 169, East Bay, C'HARLESTON, S. C. Jo a . WENER. L. H. QUIRnoLO. JOHN F. WERNER & CO., Wholesale Grocers ---AND Provision Dealers, 164 & 166 East Bay and 29 & .31 Vendue Range, CHIARLESTON, S. C. -ESTABLISHED) 1830. Carrington, Thomas & Co., -DEALERS IN WATCTT-BM JEWELRY, SILVERWARE AND FANCY GOODS, aNo. 251 King Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. S. THOMAS, Ja. J. M. THOMAS. Stephen Thomas, Jr. & Bro. JEWELRY, SILVER & PL.ATED WARE, Spiectacles, Eye Glasses &~ Fancy Goods, .eWatchecs and Jewelry repaired bay competent workmen. 257 KING STRE ET, H. An HOYT, [Succe.;ar to C. I. Hoyt & Bro.] .argest and Oldest JewaIry Store in SUMTER, S. C. 25O6 0 A very large stock of Britannia wale, the very best silver plated goods made. 550 ;ofd Rings on band. Fine line of Clocks. Wedding Presents, Gold Pens, and Specta Aes. A big lot of solid coin silver just re eeived, at lowest prices. My repairing de partment has no superior in the State. Try round first and get prices, then come to me. You will certainly buy from me. L. N. FOLSOM, Successor to F. 11. Folsom & Bro. SUMTERI, S. C. DEALER IN WATCHES, CLOCKS JEWELRY. Th e e Sei ;.. 00 0 00 The ,elebrated Royal St. John Sewing Machine, and Finest Razors in America, al ways on band. Repairing promptly and neatly exeduted by skilled workmen. Orders by mail will receive careful atten tion. SILVERWARE, &c, L 1, Leh i's lewoky Nre I have in stock some of-the most artistic pieces in this line ever brought to Sumter. Those looking for Tasty Wedding Presents will do well to inspect my stock. Also on hand a maanificent line of Clocks, Watches, Chains, Rings, Pins, But tons, Studs, Bracelets, in solid gold, silver, and rolled plate. Repairiig of all kinds will receive prompt and careful attention. L. E. LEGRAND, SUMTER, S. C. NOTICE OF REGISTRATION. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF CLARENDON. I N ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVIS ions of an act of the General Assembly, ratifed on the 9th day of February, 1882, I will be in the court house in Manning. in the office of the clerk of the court, the first Monday of each month, for the purpose of allowing persons coming of age since the last general election to register, and to at tend to any other business pertaining to my official duties. S. P. HOLLADAY, Supervisor Registration Clarendon Co. P.0O. Address: Panola, S. C. THE OF NEW YORK. R. A. cCURDY, Prest Assets, $147,154,961.20. Surplus, $9,981,233.38. The oldest, strongest, largest, best company in the world. It "makes as surance doubly sure." E. B. Canley, Agentifor Kershaw anid Clarendon, Camden, S. C. ED. L. GERNAND, GF.N~RLAGENT, Columbia, S. C. James F. Walsh, WHOLESALE LUQUOR DEALER. IGHH GRADE LIQUORS. 199 Meeting st., CHARLESTON, S. C. EAT AND DRINK! I have opened a first-class liquor saloon in the city of Sumter, in the Solomons building on Liberty street, where I will keep the choicest brands of LIUORS, TOBACCO, CIGARS, and all kinds of smokers' articles. My sa loon will be managed by a first-class bar tender, who will prepare all the latest in fan cy drinks at the shortest notice. I have also gone to conuiderable expense in preparing a First-class Restaurant in the rear of my saloon. My tables will be illed with the very best the market affords, and this branch of my business will be un der the supervision of one who has served as chief cook in several fine restaurants. The traide of myv Clarendon Friends is respectfully solicited. Come to see me, take a drink of something good, and then sit down to a meal that will serve as an invi tation to call again. WOLKOVISKIE & CO., Sumter, S. C. Manning Shaving Parior-s HAIR CUTTING ARTISTICALLY EX ecuted, and shaving done with best razors. Special attention paid to shampoo ing ladies' heads. I have had considerable experience in several large cities, and guar antee satisfaction to my customers. Parlor n~x door to Manning Times.