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. Q???tion ? Wbut message did the sisters of*
,i send to Jesu?2
Answer Lord, lehold, he whom.? Thou
;:*>v?st * ;Jt.
. Q- ? How did Jesus tell His disciples of the
<walo0f Lazaru>?
A- ? Our friend l^azarus skepeth; but I go
*??? I may aw-ike him oat of $loep.
? What did Martha say to Jesus when
. He curia to Bethany ?
A- ? Ix>rd, if Thou hadst been here, my
- Wofcher had net died.
Q-~-What did Jesusrop'.y? ~
' o" ? ^ brother shaii risa again.
' ^Q* ? How did Jesus show Hi? sympathy for
s ?? sisters*'
A.? Jesus wept.
f , Q? How did He raise Lazarus from the
dead?
A.-FIe cried with a loud voice. Lazarus,
forth. And he that was dead catnn
**tb.
i ^at ^ perdict concerning
A. ? And I, if I be lifted up from the earth,
draw ali men unto Me.
? ? How did Jesus teach His disciples
humility?
A. ? He poured water ioto a basin and
waah#d the di?cipie?! leer.
Q.? What as?uras-ce did Jesus give His
?sc?pies.
..A.? In My Father's houso fcs many min
ions. 1 go to prepare a place for you.
Q. ? What did Jesutf give a? the test of
-friendship for Him?
A. ?Ye are my friends, if ye do wha.tHo
?ver 1 command you.
Q.? What did He tell them about His de
Jp?raire*
? A.? It is expedient for you that I go away;
^.ior if I go not away, the Comforter will not
*"<conie unto you. but if I depart I will send
Him unto you.
\9 Q. ? How diii Jes-us begin His prayar?
'* A. ? Fattier, the hour is come: glorify Thy
that Thy Son also may glorify Thee.
r Q.? What did He ask for His disciples?
I A.? Holy Fathar, keep througk Thine
own name those whom Thou hast given Me,
that they may be one, as we are.
Q. ? W here did Jesus go after His prayer
for His disciples?
A? He went forth with His disciples over
the brook Cetron, where was a garden, into
which He entered.
Q.?Who guided His entmies to the place?
A.? Judas, having received a band of men
and officers trom the chief priests and Phar
feee>. cometh thither with laaterns and
torches and weapons. ' \
Q? What did the band; do?
A ? They took Jesus, aad bound Him, and
led Him away to Annas.
Q. ? 'JuiJ^Ud Pilate say to th* Jew3 after
be iiad
Q _ ,4bey all cry out when Pi
laic -r& released Hira?
p^#Vith Him. away -wiiSi Him,
Yhal^ did Pilate finally do?
delivered Him unto them to be
rwhatwa, then done? \
AT~They crucified Him. and two otters
with Him, on either side one, and Jesus in
th* midst.
Q. ? What occurred on the third day after
the<leathof Jesus?
A.? He r Jse from the dead.
q .?To whom did the risen Saviour first
appear''
A.? He appeared first to Mary Magdaline.
Mark 16:0.
Q. ? What message did He give her?
A.? Go to My brethren, and say unto than,
I ascend unto My Father, and your Father ;
and to Mv God, and vour God.
Q.? To'whom did Je*us appear at the Saa
of Tiberias?
A.? He showed Himself to seven of His
discipfc*.
W hat direction did He give them?
A.? Va>t the rtst oa the right side of the
ship, and ye shall find.
? \V hat followed when they had done
thi>?
A.? Thoy took a great multitude of fishes.
? IVesiizirTutftH' 1 eaeher.
MRS. CLEVELAND ILL
Indication That the Health of the
Ex President's Wife is Shattered
Lakkwood. Dec. 17 ? It is learned j
that Mrs Cleveland has not, as was hop- i
ed, derived real benefit from her stay j
here. She is, in fact, hardly so well as
when she arrived ten clays ago. A train- '
ed nurse is stiji on duty.
Mrs. Cleveland takes manages daily
and livflfc exclusively on milk and wine.
When she and her distinguished husband
drive out, Mrs. Cleveland is rauifled in
furs, cloth leggings and wraps and her
husband's strong right arm is at h- r back
for support. She looks [like a ghost; col- |
orless, blue- lipped, hollow eyed, and
with sunken cheeks
Not a soul is admitted to the cottm^e.
Mr. Cleveland sits in the window all day
long, except whan he and Mrs. Cleve
land are away for their brief outing. The
baby, wrapped to the chin, and in her
little carriage, is taken out e$ch day by
her nurse She seems very well, fresh
and cheerful.
The temporary and other residents of
th's quiet little hamlet, have come to the
conclusion that Baby Ruth Cleveland is
as secure from prying eyes in the hands
of her nurse as she would be in care of
her accomplished mother. In confirma
tion of this belief this interesting story
is going the rounds of the village.
The other day the nurse was pu-hing
the perambulator about the sunny corn
er of the North W?w>ds drive, near the
Cleveland cottage, when a aealous re
. porter of a New York newspaper, who
lad been lying in wait several days ap
peared with his Kodak charged. He
watf anxioua-ifor just such an opportunity
to get a j i tt|re of the baby. The report
er hastened fyong the drive, carefully
concealing hil camera under bis overcoat.
He took a roundabout way, and. as he
faced the perambulator, snapped the
* Kodak.
Baby Rush's nurse, hwever, was on
the alert, and saw the reporter advancing.
She also detectei the uucatural size of
his coat on one side and was supicious.
Just as the camera was withdrawn from
its hiding place, the pretty fur covenet j
was thrown over the baby's face. The ^
reporter was able to reproduce the cover
let and it is said to be a very iVr pic
ture.
Silled His Brother.
Rockingham. N. C., ^ Special.] ? Snow
Sifgletary was shot by his brother Lee,
near Old Hundred, in this county on
Sunday night. Snow did not livy but a
few moments, as the ball from his broth
er's 32 cal. pistol pierced his heart. The
murder it seems, was unprovoked and no
cause is assigned for the cold blooded
act." 22 years of
age aodjs'slSHJkt.fcrp They are sons
qf !oe hard working and
?*syecteb?e ^aq.
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'Biahiop Gaiieher Dead
Nsw Orleans. La ?Bishop^ ?alieher
i? dead. He wa? much loved by all wh?->
knew him. During the late war he was
a brave soldier.* His eloquent remarks
at the city hall over the body of Jeffer
-*oai D*vis will loag -be remembarwi
DECEJIBE6 DOINGS. ,
The Latest Newa From a Trio of
States. _
Interesting News Items From Many
Points in Our Own and
Neighboring States.
s VIRGINIA.
v .I.
E. E Meredith is elected Congressman
j io the Eighth District to succeed Gen.
Lee, deceased, with about the same ina
I jority as his predecessor.
A colored woman one hundred years
and one day oid was hurled in Clareraont
last week.
: Robert E. Cocke and Mis3Miry Scarce,
C i Danville, eloped across the Carolina
line TL".ivlay and were married at
! Pelham. \
The Grariri Lodge of Masons, which
I convened \Tuesday in Richmond, is
meeting in tie 113th aunual convocation.
The State if Virginia owns about a
| million and a i half acres of oyster lauds .
; The question of managing these oyster.
beds so ih/t they shall yield a proper
t revenue >0 the State is to be taken up by
the Vis^inia Legislature now in session.
Gen. Scott Shipp, superintendent of
the VirgialpT^liliUrry Institute, is making
arrangements to build a memorial hall
to Stonewall Jackson. The estimated
cost of the building is $40,000, $10,000
of which, it i3 said, has been secured.
The revival of some of John Randolph's
duelling exploits recalls to many Virgin
ians the beauty of his famous plantation,
Roanoke, which was situated near the
confluence of the Roanoke and Staunton
rivers. It contained 7,00J acres and
was divided into quarters, each designa
ted by a name of its own and managed
by its own overseefr On a-tommanding
eminence overlooking these smiling val
ley??and well-timed hills tke mansion
house reared its ample proportions. In
June, 1846. by the provision* of Ran
dolph's remarkable will, all the slaves
were freed. Even in those days there
were will contests, but the slaves at last
got theit liberty and made their way to
Mercer county, Ohio, where homes had
been purchased for them.
NORTH CAROLINA.
The new union passenger depot at
Raleigh is being finished.
The cotton receipts at Raleigh (local)
this^season to date are 15,538 bales
against 26,013 last season.
At Shore's Ferry on the Yadkin rive
Thursday the wire broke, letting the boat
and its cargo float down the river. The
stream was swollen and" the ferryman in
his endeavor to save the men and team
which were crossing over, sustained pain
ful and perhaps fatal injuries Both
arms were broken; besides being <>ther- j
wise bruised. /]
News is received of a heart-stricken
family at Ladford on the Roanoke and ;
Seaboard railroad. Ped Turner, an ea- '
teemed citizen, a son and daughter all
died one morning of pneumonia and an
other child the following day. The wife
and mother dit d a few days ago.
At Elizabethtown James Johnston,
colored, was hanged in the presence of
3,000^-oeople. Johnston committed a
criminal assault on Florence Sutton, a
colored girl ten years old, and then mur
dered her. He confessed the crime
when arrested, but protested his inno
cence on the gallows.
The wood pulp mills at the fails of the
Neuse have begun work. There has been
expended on these mills, and on the new
plant for the paper' mills there, $22,000.
The company owning the property pro
propose to open yerv valuable and exten
sive granite quarries at that place, aud to
secure a branch railway from the Raleigh
& Gaston, some three miles in length.
The water power is very great. The tur
bine at the wood pulp mills is 350-horse
power.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
A survey is being made by Major Lee,
of the Eastern Barnwell and Western
Railroad towards Walterbor^. It is said
that this road will be built*^
A bill was introduced in the Legisla
ture Thursday, to require railroad coin
i panies to furnish separate coaches for
white and colored passengers.
The America. U. S- lighthouse supply |
steamer, touched at Charleston a few
days ago, on her anuual tour of South
Atlantic lighthouses to which it carries
the yearly supplies. The steamer has a
! capacity for 100,000 gallons of oil.
i The total taxes for York county this
year will amount to considerably more
than $100,000, and cot more than
$2^000 has * been collected up j
to this time.
T%e steamship .Yemasse0, which arriv
ed m Charleston from N. Y. last week,
broqght the first Instalment of iron for !
the lew "West End Electric Railway ;
[ Conjpany. Cr ssties have be^a hauled j
to She corner of Spring and Ashley j
j streets, and the work on the new lice !
? Mas begun.
1 U reve
The reeent two days' communication, j
at Charleston, of the Most Worshipful j
Grand Lodge of Ancient Free
: of South G&rolica showed by the very
large attendance that the Masonicsspirat
has a deep root in the entire State. The
?mount of business transacted in the two
days' session was surprising, bu: the e<h
[ cient cfficera had so systematically map
ped out the line of work that there wa>-w-,
necessary delay. The next annual com
munication will be held in Charleston.
As the result of the confession of a ne
gro named Henry Suber, to the effect
that he murdered Thornton Nance some
months ago, ten persons who had oetn
sentenced to hang October 24th last, at
\Greenville, but whose execution was
; s^yed by an appeal to the Supreme Court
winnow be released. Suber confessed
thatTiealone committed the deed and
^that he makes a clean, b-east of it. lie
does not want to see ten innocent men
j Suffer for his crime.
OTHER STATES.
Florida is probably the best timbered j
State in the Union. Out of about 38.
000.000 acres, only some 3.000.000 are
. induced in farms, the rest^ineteen
twentieths, exclusive of the area covered
by lakes an rivers, being covered with
heavy forests.
Judge Ridley,, of the Criminal Court,
of Nashville, T/nn., a few days ago dis- j
I charged the grand jury because they had j
disregarded his instructions in regard to |
indictments. The Judge had instructed j
? them to include in one indictment all '
parties daubed with gambl nif. but they i
r returned. separate indictments sgsi::st
j each, saynrg that the Attorney General j
h ' : : ' i;'> . ?-! i
had instructed them to do so. The :
Courfcrefused to receive tlie indictments, i
discharged the jury and refused to he^r I
the Attorney Generals explanation.
The great bridge in course of construc-- 1
tion over the Mississippi rivei *t Mem- j
phis, Tenn., is to be5*Completed by May j
1 of next year. Already a programme j
for a demonstration upon the formal i
opening of the bridge is being discussed, i
and the occasion will doubtless be made j
one of the most interesting in the history
of the city. ?* ?
An interesting little war story has Gov
ernor Jones, of Alacama, for its
hero. At the time Gordon va s
resisting Sherman's advance, j
Jones, .then a staff captain, was deliver j
ing a message from his chief, when he '
sa\t a little child, clad only in night I
clothes, hiding ia terror behind a frame
house in the direct tracks of the bullets :
from each army. Jones rode forward, I
took the child on his hor.:'e and galloped
back with her to the Confederate line.
When the Union forces saw the act they
ceased firiog, and there was an impromp
tu cessation of hostilities until the child
had been carried to a j^oint of safety.
8TTNBEAM3.
William Jackson, of Ellsworth, Me , h s
lost six wives within the past 55 years,
the last having died a few weeks since.
It is stated that in 1800 the number of
persons killed in India by snakes was
21,412, while the number -of^snakes
slaughtered was 510,65th
The mandolin, banjo, and glee clubs
of Harrard University will give juublic
performances during a Western t<Hir in
the last week of the year.
It appears that Sir Edwin Arnold tick
lei the fancy, raised the pride, and
touched the heart of the Bostonians by
saying that they speak the English speech
better than the people of any other
American city.
At Santa Rosa, in the republic of Uru
guay, 200,000 vine shoots were planted
this year. Next year there will be twice
as many planted. They grow luxuriant
ly and bear abundantly in that pait of
-Uruguay, and are profitable to their own
ers. . -
The Australian city of Melbourne,
which was founded less than 50 ye^rs
ago, has already a population .of nearly
half a million. and stands fifth among [
the cities of the British empire. It is now !
a great shipping port, and its jlum quar- '
ter is small.
? It appears by the report of the treasu- j
rer of Yale College, which has just been j
published, that the gifts received by the j
college during the year covered by the i
report amounted to the large sum of j
$343, 305. The gifts ranged fr<.>m $100
to $50,000.
In Athens, Ga , a system of electric
railway and a system of electric fire alarm
have been established this year^ In the
coming year a new system of street pav
ing ^nd a new system of waterworks are
aatablished. The introduction of
actories of many kinds is to be en
ed there.
Judge Crisp's father and mother wore
members of a Savanuah dramatic com
pany in the days before the war, and the
future Speaker, then a youth, sometimes
appeared on the stage in minor roles.
His brother, Henry Crisp, who died
about ten years ago, was au actor of
promise, and had at one time been <on
nected with Jno. T. Ford's company in
Baltimore. Judge Crisp is said to have
Had a fine stage presence, but however
that may be he is certainly a prominent
figure now on the national stage.
It is not very often that a preacher of
^national reputation is met at a published
appointment by a congregation of one
But that is what happened to the famous j
Pareon Br. wnlow ? the Swift of aprovin .
cial age and place. It was before the j
war, when he was about equally venom
ous against the Baptists and abolition
ists. The fame of h:s controversy with
botti filled several States. Somehow, |
though, when he stepped into the pulpit
of a Methodist church in Clarksville,
Tenn., notoriously a Methodist town, he'
found himself with just one auditor. The
sexton even bad gone away after open
ing the doors and ringing the bell. The
parson looked about him for a minute, I
then lifted his hands and said, ''Let us I
pray." The prayer was long and fervent
?but nobody came. At the close of it the j
minister sang a hymn. Still there were
no more listeners. Drawing a long
breath the preacher said, "Sister, we will j
be dismissed,'' then repeated the bene- j
diction, grabbed his hat and overcoat, I
and took the next train home.
A CALL TO COTTON PLANTERS
To Meet and Consider the Reduction j
Of Cotton Acreage.
Montgomery. Ala., [Special, j ? Coin- i
misdoser Lane, of the Department of ;
Agriculture, of Alabama, has issued a
circular to every State Agricultural Com
missioner in cotton growing States for
the purpose of calling a convention of
farmers of the cotton growing States, for
the purpose of considering the cxpedien- >
cy and practicability of decreasing the
i acreage of cotton in the South.
He says:
"Being/ deeply impressed with the !
conviction' that this demand is most im
perative and action ought not to be de
i laved. I respectfifly ask immediate con
sideration and through you, of coltou
growers, in reference to the subject and
I the urgent necessity ci uu eariv meeting !
I for the purpose of discussing hiw. if pos
! sible, arriving at sorr.e conclusion that
i will accomplish the desired result."
! He names the city of Montgomery,
J Ala., as the most available place, and
j Wednesday, the 6th oi January. 1892. as
j the time of the meeting ?,i the conven
i tiou.
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j THOMAS INTEREST HAS CONTROL
| Of the Richmond Terminal and a
' Secret Meeting is Held Without
Final Action.
>'e* York City, [Special.]? A report
was prevalent that the Thomas interest
in Richmond Terminal Company Lad
been steadily absorbing stock for some
time, and that having acquired a con -
| trolling interest thty had notified t he
| parties now in control that they desired
i to call a meeting for a special election
! according to the by-laws of the company
This report was confirmed when it v.-.rs
! learned that secret merting had been ht Id.
I and the meeting adjourned without ac
tion to m^et aua'n t ii?* f< ? j !<>w i d*v.
Alter the jueetuc; Di"><r r,,"v Tifin^,- ,
Wonnser. Jfoor.autl 51 .he?i a eon- I
j fercnce. fhr jresalx oo-.sM ?n.nt'he teamed.
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ALLIANCE COLUMN.
Colonel Poik Interviewed About the
Indianapolis Meeting. *
Something Like the Sub-Treasury
Bill Seems to Work in Russia.
Washington, D. C.? The Post has
the following interview with Col. Polk,
on his return to the city from Indianapo
lis:
Col. L. L. Polk was being con^Tatula
ted.at the National ou his re-election to
the Presidency of the National" Farmers'
Alliance at tl\e late Indianapolis conven
tion. ' "The jkrtisan press, as usual,
misrepresent el our meeting," he said.
"Was the Indianapolis meeting har
monious V i
"Thoroughly so; and it will be pro
ductive of vast benefit. There was no
effort- to carry tile Order into any politi
cal party. TheX)cala demands were in
dorsed unanimiAislv by all of the* thirty
four.jStates rep&fesented. and alco by the
delegat-s from ^he F. M. B. A , which
practically merges it and the- Alliance
into one harmoniotH^organization."
"Is there to be fty political action,
then next year." \
"Well, the meeting of February 22d
will decide about tha|t. It will be a
grand convention, conjposed of twenty
ilvc delegates at large for each order or
organization represented, and one addi
tional delegate for every 10,000 members
of each order. The delegates at large
will be selected by the organizations, but
the others by a direct popular vote. The
convention will probably be held at St.
Loui* or Cincinnati.
"I don't care to anticipate its action,
but something of importance will come
out of it. The old parties seem to be on
the verge of coalescing. Read the edito
rials in the Democratic newspapers fa
voring the returu^of John Sherman to the
Senate. Doesn't that look like coalition ?
I suggest that the Democrats should
nominate next year Cleveland and Har
rison, and the Republicans Harrison and
( leveland. In that way Wall street
w .uld be certain of compassing its eDds.
for both parties are under its domi-""
nation."
SEEMS TO WORK IN RUSSIA.
The Charleston News and Courier has j
the following despatch from Washington, ^
D. C. : Consul General Crawford, of St.
Petersburg, has sent to the department
of S:ate a report on the system now in
use in Russia (resembling certain plans
incorporated in the platform of the Far
mers' Alliance in this country) of making
advances on farmers' grain stored in
ware houses or delivered to officials of
the railways of the country.
Mr. Crawford eays the advances on
grain may be made by any railway com
pany on account of the Imperial Bank of
Russia, authorized by the ministry of
finance. They must not exceed 60 per
cent, of the value of the grain at the
nearest market place, except in cases of
loans of six weeks or less, when an 80 per
cent, advance may be obtained. The
usual interest is 6 per cent.,, payable in
advancc with further small charges on
account of a sinking fund and commis
sions to railroads. The loans range from
six months to one year, and if they are
not repaid at their expiration the grain is
sold at auction by the railroad company.
Grain may also be sold if in danger of
deterioration, or if it is feared that the
value will not cover the loan and expen
ses of storage. The railroad companies
bear the entire responsibility for the loan'
by the bank, and are required to meet
their liabilities within seven days of set
tlement of a loan or auction sale of gnvmt
In calculating the percentage of advance
the cost of transportation to the point ?f
destination is charged as^>?l of the loan.
No distinction is made between farmers
and middlemen in makiug advances, the
loan being made only on the grain.
In conelusion the consul general says:
''This scheme *ent Jnto effect June
14-26, 188S, and at the present day
it is generally adopted throughout the
country, and business is carried on under
it on a" very large scale. I should also
add that the scheme gives great satisfac
tion to the farmer?, very many of whom
declare it has been an csseutial feature of
successful farming in liussia. "
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The Alliance in Louisiana is doing as
well as it can under the circumstances
Its growth has been obstructed somewhat
by unavoidable circumstancis. yet the
brethren are in earnest, and are deter
mined to place the Order on vantage
ground in the near future. It is a dim
cult State to organize, and those who
have stood in the front have had a hard
struggle. Within the pa*t year a State
organ, The Vidette, has been started, and
a most excellent paper it is, which will
dou'-tless aid materially in the prosecution
of the work of reform. The Alliance in
this State are fighting the lottery swindle,
and as a result are meeting with all the
opposition that a moneyed corporation
can bring to bear. It is expected that
the Order will succeed, which will place
it on a high road to permanent pros
perity.
******
That was a-" very good answer given a
gentleman byfcx President EliasCarr, of N.
C .when the man remarked ttat such leg
islation as the A1 ianct proposed would
make him get only ^0 cents for a dollar.
Bro. Cnrr suid that wouldn't be as bad as
the farmer getting only fifty cents on the
dollar for products of the farm.
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At a mass-meeting of 20.000 working
men held at Dammen. Norway, resolu
tions v, i re passed, demanding that the
government should buy the land of the
Country, distribute it among the laborers
? and advance than the money necessary
to work it. y '
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There are 12.000.000 workmen in thh
country adding to its wealth at the rate
of ?7 pet-day, but they get less than fl
c!*.ch. Who gets the other $*> ? Knights
| of Labor Journal.
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Four hours1 daily work is sufficient to
support any person if social conditions
are ? Benjamim Franklin.
Virginia, "Mother of Presidents,"' is
mother as well of Speakers
of the National House of Reresentatives,
since she has furnished as many sons for
that honor as have New York, Ohio,
Maine and New Jersey combined. For
'.hirtv-nine oviC of one hundrrd and two
years the Speaker's chair has been hi led
r^y either a Virginian or a Kentucki*^/
FLORIDA'S TRAGEDY.
A Whole Family Was Extermi
nated.
Defenseless Worn en and Children
Brutally Murdered by Ruth
less Hands. Looking
for the fiends.
J acksqs ville, Fla., [Special.] ?The
latest developments in the horrible trag
edy at Ne>v /-Smyrna, in which Mrs. L.
D. Hatch (formerly of Maine), her young
son, Miss Adelaide II. Bruce, of New
York, and Frank Packwood, Jr , sged
four, only make the case more mysterious
than ever.
The scene of the murder is a beautiful
and romantic spot, seven miles below
Smyrna, or half way between Smyrna and
Oak Hill. A grewsome fatality seems to
h ive clung to it, for it was here that the
Shives family? father, son, wife and
baby? were murdered by the Indians iu
the w?r of 185G. The house where this
later day murder was perpetrated is on
the sito of those ruins. It stands on a
shell mound Thirty feet above the Hills
boro river, and commands a magnificent
view of the two graceful sweept Of that
stream.
W'UEUE THE DEED WAS D^E.
On this mound are two bouses; one
hous; of two rooms was used, for a din
ing room and kitchen. hou#e of the
same size twenty steps away i^Where the
deed was committed. These nouses are
shaded and surroutided by ancient ce
dars, fir trees, oaks, palmettos arid palms,
back or west of the house is h dense ham
mock with a fiat pine and beyond.
Saturday at 10 o'clock in the morn
ing, the murder was discovered and a
honible picture it was. On her back by
the window in a pool * of blood, Mrs.
Hatch lay with a pistol ball wound on
the inside , corner of her left eye.
Her face wal blackened with powder.
Th : other tjpdies lay near hen. When
the crash came she had evidently, been
near the window. When thp mnrderer
entered, her little son, frenzied with
fright, had probably fled asachDd would
%pd had sought refuge in the bed clothes
of a lounge at*the end of the room. He
Was torn from these, shot over the left
,feye and his throat cut from ear to ear.
THEIR AWFUL WORK COMPLETE.
On the bed lay the body of Miss Bruce,
\shot. through the faca and her bead terri
bly bruised by blows from a gun stock,
the shattered remains of which showed
*fhe force of the murderous blows. She
had been beaten all over the body.
Nearby lay pretty Frank Packwood with
his throat, cct.
Mr. Packwood had gone to Orlando, :
in South Jlprida, the day before The
murderers probably watched hi*, de
parture. i ^
A posse of one hundred armed men
have Leeu out since. Saturday morning,
but no trace of the murderers has yet
been secured. It -vas lirst thought that
the crime was the work of tramps, but
this delusion was subsequently dispelled
by finding a trail leading around the
yard to the north and then through the
hamarock, south to the rmd, a path that
none could travel unles^B was familiar
with the country. Mr. packwood ha<?
susp:cNin$, and will give them to the
coroner's jury only, when it is expected
that several arrests will be made.
FEDERATION OF LABOR.
i
Annual Meeting 6f The American
Body For The First Time
In The South.
Birmingham, Ala., [Special.] ? The
: annual meeting of the American Federa
tion of Labor ? the first ever held in* the .
South ? was called to order at 10 o'clock
! Hi the in ruiug at Krswell's Hall by
j President Samuel Gompers. Nearly one
i hundred delegates from every part of the
i United States and Canada were inattend
! mice. The meeting will occupy the en
t- , ? V 1 *
! tire week.
A fund has been raised by the local
{ labor men and the merchants of the city
j for the entertainment of the visitors, and
i near th : close of the conventional grand
banquet will be t' nden d to thedeelgates
at the Florence Hotel. The feature of
the meeting will be a number of excur
sions given by ra- 1 roads to mines, fur
naces, and other industries id tbe vi
cin ty. f
The executive committee arrived here
several days ago to audit the accounts
and prepare the annual reports, which
were submitted. Une of the important
matters that will come up will be the
question of recognition of working cards
b.tween the Federati n of La', or and
the Knights of Labor, as suggested by
the latter. While there are no matters
of paramount importance tocorae before
the convection much work will be done.
The morning addresses were made by
Governor 'J homas B. Jones on behalf of
the State of Alabama, City- Attorney J. J.
| Banks on behalf of the city of Birming
j ham and Samuel K. Freeman on behalf of
i local labor organizations. Presi
: dent Gompers responded Organization
was affected and the usual committees
were,ap pointed.
President Gompers, in his annual re
i port, reviewed the growth of the organi
j zation. He set forth the history of the
; eight-hour movement which it had been
proposed to put intc effect by the miners
j on the fir; t of last May, and expressed
his chagrin at the failure of the move
; ment. He impressed upon them the im
portance of the movement, ? and cited
: many instances where it had been a local
? success. The president recommended
; the election of a delegate to visit the
Trade Union Congress of Greal Britain
i and the Trade Union Congress of Ger
many, to be held in 1892, and other3, la
? bor organizations. He recommended
; hor'diug an International Labor Congre s
; at Chicago September. 1892, or in May,
j 1893. He recommended the personal
' visitations of the -representative of the
American Federation to all parts of the
world in order to insure representation
at th* Chicago convention. He oppoieft^
political action as a body, and urged
national legislation miking the first Mon
day i^1 September, ' labor day, a legal
: holiday in the territories as it is in most
of the" States. The secretary's report
j showed that during the year 254 charters
were issued to unions in thirty States and
ten national unions.
? '
The Anti Free Pass Law.
I i
Columbia. 3. C.? Tbe House has
passed the anti-free pass bill, which was
previously passed by the Seoate, prohibit
ing public officers; from. xttauniog free
passes. / 'r\ r
THF. KEY OF CHRISTMAS LAND.
Who has the key of the Christmas jLar.i?
Where the bonfire shinier \
And the holly twines, j ?
Carollers sing? a merry band ? j
And stars are bright o'er that fair strand?
Who has the bey of Christmas Ijand*
Light are the hearts in" Christmas Land;
In cach group you meet
There are faces sweet.
Bosoms youag and guileless are thare.
And brows not yet wrinkled witfc cnre?
Who has the key of Christmas Land?
j
Dear baby hcarte in Christmas Land,
W e wont to be near,
' And join in your cheer
When the tree with its strange fniit bends,
And you Twait for what Santa teads?
"Who has thelcey of Christinas Land! ?
Love bat the key of Christmas Laad,
Oh ' come, Cherub Love,
With wings like the donre,
Spread over hearts thy light or peace, ^
Sow for a harvest full of increajfc ?
Open the gates of Christmas Land.
Open the gates of Christinas Laud;
There is much to do ! , , \
And the days are few. *
Bid all men set Charity free; '
By thy gi ace, let us see there be
' Rone of God's poor in Christmas Land.
? William Lute.
A MAD CUMSTMA&
BY E.
PHILLIP^ OPPKNOaiil.
.* ! |
If there it one thing more than another
when a bachelor commences to doubt
whetherhie state of single blessedness is
the most desirable form of existence it is
at Christmas time. The joys of the sea
sou are essentially domestic joys; And
every one is either' looking forward to
convivij# meetings with a circle of rela
tions and friend^ or a happy reunion
with his own family. At such | a time a
middle-aged bachelor with no | relations
feel* rather out of itt I
Now, although I must plead' guilty to
ten >tears of bachelorhood, I sever was
onfc of the misanthropical type., I was
single (observe the past tense) j not from
principle, but merely from forte of cir
cumstance, and I was never addicted to
shutting myself up with my bcioks ancla
cat, and growling cynical remarks at the*
pleasure seeking world, /tin the cpn
trary, I am of a somewhat jovial disposi
tion, and was always fond of society.
Christmas time I liked to spend at a jolly
country house, and could turn ? my mind
to charades, dancing, rompic^ with the ^
villagers ' or children, conjtfring and
many other accomplishments. In fact,
I may say with fine modesty tliat I once
heard myself described by a couatry
hostess as an ' 'extremely useful sort of
man."
"WITH MY SACK TOWARD TUE EJiOIK^.'
. T!ie idea of spending Christmas in any
solitary room?, with only ray landlady
and her domestic to talk to was a con
tingency which I had never contem
plated for a moment; but last year I
was very ncaily brought face to face
with it. I generally had at least two or
three luvitations to select from, and
chose the one where I should be likely
to meet the most interesting set of
people; but on this occasion my usual
invitations did ^irot arrive. j The Har
woods, with /whom I had spent the
Christmas be/or o, had lost a child, and
were iu mourning; the llouldens were
wiutering at Nice (Mrs. Houloen was
delicate) and at Houghton Grange both
the girls were married, and the Christ
mas house parties were things of the
past. These were my stock invitation ;
a^4 Z& I recollected others among ray
cample of acquaintances to whom some
thing or other had happened since la?t
year it slowly dawned upon me that if
j I desired to avoid a Christmas in Lon
i don I had better make arrangements to
: remove myself either to a northern hy
j dropathic establishment which I had
j occasionally honored with my presence, -
! or to a Brighton hotel, where I was sure
' of falling in with some pleasant com
1 pany. Just as I had arrived at this
j melancholy decision, however, a letter
i arrived which afforded mo the greate-t
! satisfaction. It was an invitation to
! spend a week*or two with my old friea i,
| Fred Ilalleton, at his place in Leicaster
i shire; and with the vivid recollection
i before me of a ?pleasant Christmas spent
at Gaulby Ilall some three years ago, 1
lost no time in penalng a cordial a?ent
to the welcome invitation . A few divs
later beheld me, followed by a porter
carrying my various impediments, ou the
1 platform of St. Pancras, prepared to
1 make my journey down to I^it-sier by
! the h&lf-pait three Manchester aiV'l Liv
I erpool express. The Pulimii was
j crowded; wnn a pack noisy achoo'
boys, so 'I eschewed Ji and selected a-i
empty first-class carriage. I took pos
j session of my favorite corner seat, with
i my back to the engine, and wrapping
j my leg round tnv knet-s uiiJ unfolding
a newspaper glided away from the city
! cf smoke in a remarkably good humor,
partly inspired, no doubt, by a capital
vJunch, and partly by pleasurable tntici
pations of my forthcomius visit.
Fred met me at Leicester station, and
I s^w with regret that he was look : ug
pale apd ill aod much thinner. than when
I bad ;?een him last. He seemed pleased
to see me, however, and greeted me
warmly.
During our drive to Gaulby I hazarded
a few remarks, with a view to ascertain
< ing what sort of a pirty there- was col
} lected at the Kali; but I got nothing de
finite out of him. lie wa* quite unlik:.
i his -old self, and I came to theconcluM.or:
| that he must be ill. As we drove <io t;:
i avenue Iiefc-ped out the window Zj sraz
*?!'": *
at the tine old mansion, and :t struck me
at oace hs looking cold and uninviting,
white the "rounds were oertaialy very
much neglected. Something Beetned
wroig ifU round, and I began to feel al
most sorry I had come. We overtook
Mrs. Hailston at the hall door, jiutre
turned from a walk. 81k was as gracious
" P^wut as the had ever been to
me, but I /accied that I could detect in
I r.r?T.-d appearance something
f the ill being which seemed to exist
Around her.
"N e all three entered together, and the
momcat we passed through the door I
? hfn??* that my exPect?"ou? of a
jolly Christmas party were doomed to dis
appointment. . There a ere no decorations
about, oalyoae looking servant
and apparently nothing stirring" I felt
sure something was wrong, but at acj
rate I coaled my*lf with the reflection
hat I had iost little by coming, as it had
^?IC? here and the
hot*. %j,t . ju the win j did
| ?WfrI?.<**er'ul ? I followed the
I flerraQl upstairs, along
8ffainCftnH th*' Passa^3' upstairs
' a ? tfoiwl * long corridor
~ west U i ne reaChe<i mj r0?m ia th?
s west winjj.
wcre correct* When I
scended, after prolonged and careful
toilette, my host was lounging about, in
a shooting jacket tod he and his wife
were the only occupants -of the room. I
was the only guest.
< rie.^m?nffyory: *efious to say to
jou, Neillsan, he laidjslowly (Neillson
? my name). ?Um going to make a
confidant of you. If I may, old nun."
hea<i listened.
" YoU havens noticed anything par/
tocqlar about?r wife, I don't suppL -
Xy ; ^ ^
I admitted j[ bad thought her strangely
silent, and apparently having
anxiety weighing upoa her mind?
He laughed, a phort unpleasant laugh,
and leaned over to me confidentially
"1 rely upon your discretion, you
know, ^eillson. I wouldn't have it
known for the world; but mF wife is
mau. j a
4,Mad ! ' I stared at him incredulously.
"Yes, mad, -^he repeated impatiently.
"It was the sun in India last year that
did the misehief. She would expose
herself to it.. The doctor-whom I have
consulted advised me to send her toa I
; private asylUm. but I haven't the heart
to do it. She's perfectly, harmless, you
know; but, of course, it% au aw.'ul trial
to me."
I stammered out an expression of si m
j P**f; To tte truth,! scarcely knew
what to say. I was bewildered at this
painful explanation of the gloom which
reigned over the house. ' Presently Fred
closed his eyes and left; me to digwt this
strange and unweleome piece of v news
I am naturally somewhat selfish, and be
fore very long my sympathy wa* diverted
m some measure from jrfy host to mV
self. It occurred tg mi tha; it was by^
no means aj pleasant prospect to be a
guest in a house the mistress ot which
was mad. It was not altogether kind of
Fred to invite me, I thought, under the
circumstauces, without some explana
tion of his wife's state. I began to fee!
quite ar injured man. I wai q jitc tired
or ray own company, and Frcl was fast
asleep. So I opened ine floor sofcly and
made my way down to the hill. As 1
passed ao open door >Irs. Ifallttoa ap
peared and beckoned me in. I had no
alternative but to obey her invitation.
t4l'ji GOING TO rill'C K HEIt DOXN."
1 t4Mr. Nci!k}n," she said . in m agi
I tated tone, "as you are going to stop.
; }ierc for a day or two. there is some
: thing connected with this household
I which jou ought to know. lias my
! husband told you anything?"
j, I bowed aud told her gravely that I
! knew all, and that she had mv profound
j Cot sympathy.
| She sighed.
"PerOaps you are surprised that I
i should ask whether Ftx*d hal told you,"
she said, turning a little a way from me.
! ,;It seems ??ran^e, doesn't it. that one
| should be mad and be conscious of it?
It only comes on in tits, and they are
| terrible. ^
She shuddered, au \ so, to tell ^he
truth, did I.
?'Such a phase of madness is probably
not incurable," I vcaturel to suggest
j timidly.
"Incurable! of course it is not iocur
i able," she answered, vehemently.
I edged a little toward the door. ]
had no experience in talking with luna
tics, and felt anything but comfortable
in my present position. Mrs. Hailaton
was beginning to look very excited and
dangerous.
"Of course if you are fr!ghtene3, Mr.
Xeiiifion," -ue said* little contemptuous
!y, "you uas leave us whenever you
please. These CU.d^aotcome oa often,
\ but they are * any thing
i things to witness when
\ on."
J "I should imagine to," I awented, de
! voutly hopiug a tit was not then pend
: in g. Soon I managed to make ray
adieu, and Triihtasjgh of relief found
raystif once morm So t'.i3 h Wt 'I m;i<i
my wrj to Euii room, but he hai
gone to bed, turn seeing it ^viJ? n?ariy 11
o'cloS'-i, I decided t:>:r> to bsi, *a'*?
. . prec^led by a servant (i co tUi never
; have found the w it myself), f mounted
again the wide stairs an I thr>a lei the
numcrrrjs pa^1 whici lei to my
room It WH* at the end of h Wide cor- I
ri dor. ";j < (h-r -i le of which" "Were six
doo:j. ?
"Joe" any oae sieep tmhere?'' I a?'<ed
the man a5 ce bade m? fc ;0d night.
"% :
He pointei t<j a door eraOtfyo
room,tslr,'
Iwk
mioe.
"That is Ihe ! matter's
replied ; ancl th^ om *t tfee bottom ed
it Mrs. Hallrtoh's. f j No one 6k*
in this part 0* tjhe hcwse. Thsbervonts*
rooms are 4|1 in; ihe iorth wing/*
I am generally able to sleep'at what*
ever hour I retire; ibfct it ww ?^rij, lot
the fire looked temping; no, instead
itftniediately undressing, I ^changed- mj.
coat for a s aoking jacket, and, liglxtl
a pipe, macle myself comfortable in
easy chair. 8oqn I hoard Mrs.<fiaUatortj
light footsteps aacetii the ftairs, and the j
door of her roam opja atufdoee, ?wf!
Uttle while afterward Frt&^^edjqfe
side my door te bid jme a
night, and theaentcted the
cite, j ?, j > -4- - ' f v
How Ion .5 1 tat 1 here I osnnoi
I . fell into afheavt dose, and
woke up with f sudden start iV was
the uneasy co
unusual had
my
The
feet and
fllckerin
burned out,
me that , no qne
but while I
semes I
blood run cole
I am
WL
me,-: j
fearfulljr a
flames ot
m -
coi
to
_ the
tbert rwitfc
a wound which
within
I
wffled
It was the half j
in agooy ,a til if cane from
room. F(i
to move; the
door, and j hi
knocked at.hef
I tried tbe
Listening 'or
die; it
moment, 1
und of a woman gaac
rushed bacjc nlopg t$
Fred's room. j The door
N unlocked, and fthrew it
moment Line poi
"Fred!"
there, nor
had
I; cried; but!
. the "ty
burning
is tho right
was what
tho wall, hot7
candie. was
table, and
the $ooin
hole
'before
secret
co
seo_
ing. it must Head into Mil
room, I caught up the
ing almost Rouble ba
candle Mid :
alf ran, half
reached Its
found myself in
00m. I ttood npru
haif eng^^tott I
The room was empty.
along, it,,
extremity
latonv i
glanced
vround.j:J|HBL. |r f ^ f
window dire&ly opposite to me Will
and at my eye* fell upon it I good,
rifled with a ItJuu sickening horror^
the candle drOjiped with a crash
my 1 nerveless flogew. : There 1
miniature balcony outside the trk
and on this stood Fred Hallaton,
ing in tin embrace, :whlch?rat 0
not oi love,; the tainting form
wife. The tioon wss shining fr'
face, ghostly and demoniacal, 1
raging fire of the madman in his <
and the imbecile grin of tho lotutltD
his thin lips." Ia a moment the '"
dashed upon me, and as I stood
gaping and horror struck
burst into a tit of wild
hesawmea*d
??Ha, ha, ha I 'You N
joke! See what a
grounds!
don't l? afraid,
you dissyfj It's
1 wMtf
Does tlie height make
made her;!^ Andri^i# ?
motioned to! the insensible Agtire of his
wife, whom' he still held ctMped^jsi jflE
arms. uD'i yon know w ha am going
to do with Aer? I'm going ttfTeJj&k hat
down there/' and he pointed tp j&tgqiy
dea b-jlow. j "4. mki woman 1
use to anyone. ICome and leu
hand."
! ?; 1 ? v
Meclpnictlly I ruthed to
and Eiimeto wrench from hie
gtasp the fainting form of his wit
a ifiatb hiaj imbecile gfin vanish!
his e;es filled with a nalignaot (
he let go bis grasp of hsf wife and 1
at nt; like 4 tiger cat. It waO
that I wrestled with hf
armr were around infe and he^d me
I w.;re in !a vice. | 1" tried to^?hov^t
help,* hut my tongue cleaved to tlw 1
of Diy mout'.), and H faint gur^liix 1
all the sound I could command. K?
and nearfer we drew to the p arf
edgv, until at last Iv^ofld see the:
belcw, stuidod with llowerbeda like
pntlern of Some fiw^y Wsiirk^or Uau
Hall win built bigb, and we were on tlfif;1
third story. I kit his hot breath in qtjf^
"WITU JIEH ums H/IHD IK uc
? 1 ' JfT'
faci, and c|<i?ht his diabolical U
triumph as be slowly forced
waird a^iost the outside raltyj
creiked jiad swerved with n?
aod thejn jmy stru^ilnjf feet set ,
part withi the enrtb, as with a wild : j*?U
?oU: i ? Mi;:
* 'Leiccfcter! Leicester !'? I openwRijr .
eyei aud Pat up with a start. 'fltepispef
had slipped from ray fingers, and th#
traia \\as slowly sicmin^ into Lsietiter
station, and thvr*, stodin:? upoa the
platform, smiling and m'.rMtj loordtjg
the v;ry picture of ht-s'.rh, was Fred
11*1 Atoa. * /T*
Tsr.t Chriit.cu p*:ty at Gidby Hall
' tiie most tujimUe I was crer at, .
! and the people (the liftuje vr.w crfimtued ?
j full of v.titora) tli*} most enfVuuuiog and .
agreeable I ever merj There was oM
youn< [tersoa especially ? a Miss Alica
. Prat; sou she was then ? Akh waom Ig?? -
on re. n irkably well. I never enjoyei a
risit >j much in my life as I did that
one, nor a ride so much as one afternoon
! when Miis Pratison and I. after a capital*
i run. rode hom> to^c'her with her Httto
? hand in mine and o.:r hordes very eloac
together. Nexf Christmas if AUctsj
I doesn't of meat* to have ?joH,
| little ho -j*? party of my own.