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7 I \ i ' u ^ CAMDEN. S. C.. FRIDAY. ,TTTNE I ft 1892 <r' god and our native land. SCHOOL I '??*OlAlr LESSON FOR ; 12. 1892 jg-C^nnXitnd^ ari 1 thev F** him into the Jen of ! *JJgom pa.s-ed into the i?"? made Daniel the ?*? over I *) provinces. ia??*r pr^ilenti hated Jj***"P'wh his death, as ??fgg.|^s P*rt of thr- chap? K>n v- '*on s d-n. and -b*.. P^febe-J. The kind a bop^ that it mav *Q a.?uran^e that it will ^?*tb^?^ronKht anl !*id ggWtfth* den; and the king f2tl^wn'!inVtV S?th,i5 ,in* XsttKk ^ ? an?' the devj! m s* ra? or ?* n* >n ?j* ?? tfcenj (P;,. ixjfii j.? 2*5-. ?. B?t ?h? chiia ?t titera theae things. and nor ^off-nded ^wtb. X.. ?:?>.; I Pet iv.. ! >. 13; to his Pai^v and ?A5BF-*' Although the fctoWM labor*l hard to deliver eveo f-he king. with !: ajainst the law, ft not na e^'in *^at '^ve cannot fit fi-?n kw save any one. Baot oi' W <S ho'y an'l Jiwt B. 2lRiTe 'fe rpor justify the ?the^L?" ? in.. 20). Ki aro^- very early in **<?nt m haste unto the den <X IwVj victory and <fahv?i! to v/"*-v ??gg<*tiva ol' a for I)an '<??'* people, l??ng nigh. See P,. txx.. !Ti itY\ U; cxxx ? ^ LoL... * ls ?&o seen in the early i ?* Mark vi., 4*>-4g. lwtt? kT people, however, for . ?? o? no morning (Isa. via., ?^w^ant of the living God, >th # tervest continually. ^V?,? m the lions'*' It was a Wb<e cry trom the greatest 1 or the tini*, a ?? ry of hope. , '?c*- I' he known the laniof EHvVl he would not ? W1 af^ tj} deliver. K^aij . g 2L?a-vH ??*" p?ul in I Sam. kJ. ,T /!'' r* and 7et J?'?r - 4 if? pe*>?uirt>ed that ifc-is *?? 12). :Vg**d Daniel unto the king, O .fapever. With what eagerness .have listened for a reply from IJT hoping for yet hardly *dar Pj5'?P*y? But there -is a rer>iy ? Ji j r, anl th* kiQg'* hmrt Is 8jad (vers*? 23). Whatever may we sigjnficince of the words, ?? the believer in Jesus knows aai life (John v., 24: vi., 47.) i|God hath sent Hi$ angels aaA lions" mouth?!, tb^yH^yJb ^r-,~ Blessed be i*-* rt'..^ve angels that ommands, har& ' ' *m 1,22). Consi le-^ f" H,a T , >1 ?k i power of one h?- an<l of i ?5txt'h^;4;>OIf>^i1 6 1())' and ^L-ts evZMZSS**1* are y0ur ^*r" . you, -serving out of the found upon --y? ? -iod.*1 Daniel, 5ef eitrem- penalty of ? forth fr?>m the place of [death and judgment, without 1 hurt upon him. Every true (i? now dead with Christ, land has parsed from death L,l-3; John v.. 24>. There is l to tfiem that are in l^hrist, rate us from His love, and ;o< resurrection it ah all lie 5 a bair of our hea 1 ha? per .v8?? 1. &?*; Luke ii.. 18). king commanded, an i they i which had actnis-^d Daniel, t into the den o( lion:--, them, , and ttieir wives." 'l"he the wicked is short, and the Bcrite is but for a moment This is a sample of th?)se for lao morn m i. or who in the jtory of tbope who trust in the ipunisQe-1 with ever! istm^ de ^BBapresenceill The>^. /were aff'icted bv rh"ir ^in. loato hims^lt'. Wear??always .neither tor good or evil Xing Darius wrote uuto all ii an 1 languages that dwell in L Peace be multiplied unto you." caosetl Darins to make this pjtoail nations wa; the power of [ivaeJ manifeste-1 on behalf of lam* Th?time will come when [ this same (ro 1 shall b?? so mani rotair Israel that ad nations ^nw trod and honor Him as the Ittrtole earth (Ezek. xxxvii.. 2?> te m decree that in every do rktogdom m ;n tremble an I fear of Daniel."' Thus Dar^s (thin? any man every did or ilts G>l, he nloriri >s (i) I be ^nd speaks of His eternal make> u> think of the time s;ia: t fall down b ?;.?r^ Him; I stall serve Him"' i.P.v Ixx-i.. 11; Kl). "The lofty loo'cs r.f man jgtnblel, and th*? ha*i ^htines-i of (ta bowed down, an; I th- Lord in that May" (Isa. ii., iW??th anrl rescti?tb. and Be , and wonders m b-?aven and hath deJiverel Daniel from the Hon-^." Darius h-i.i ,-een of one man from a lion's J could tell of t'n* deliver - ifirom the bon ing-- >>f K;?ypt, xning from !imv mi every day mm, of sea and river div>'le<) for itfcrough on dry land, of waUed mm down as men shoutel, and Rgoderful works of a wonderful .tell of ?lead bodirt? actually ?graves as Laz tru- and oth > when all in their graves and of some who will us magnify th*> name of eth all these thiiu-. ^.initd pros{?er 1 m reign fe the reign of ''yrus- the [all because he wa<i? man of ? wito him. He feare*! ru^r diil h?- fear death; l^jqlytosin aga^st He god God "honors I hin, even (1. Sam. ii., ">0\ . ? Lesson >? iia M op? (-Aide^I Industry. ient of the bans.na tra3e 'aBtration of the marvel' made PBT-2L^~. through m?xleru cairy bf science tii -? ' Only four years aj;o H. purchased thirtj-five^uare in Dines, Cuba, then (w* ? with a denfo forest an } having , jababitints. Alx>ut half the been dcared and LKMK) acres nitb bananas. Brood roa?is have ioo". a railroad ten tuiles lou" a town of ,S5(H) inhal?> been created, and nine steamers jeeofng thrt>nghou? tac Ttsir to fea iana product to N?5w York. (N. J.) American. From Banana?. American Rep ub a nevv use lias been, which will greatly add of that fruit. ' In several America flour is now fro i bananas, which, under anaij is foun.i to contaia than nee, heaos or corn, on a large scale w being Port Limon, L'osta Rica. ? Star. IN ALLIANCE RANKS. The Questions of Discussion Among the Brethren. The Line of Action Being Pursued in Tennessee.-? "Cents Versus Sense." by Dr. Houghton. Washisgtoh, D. O.-It has been as serted that the binding twine trust pro poses to put up the price of that tt t< icle from 9 cents per pound to 15 or 16, while in Canada it now brings 14 cents. If this rumor is substantiated by the investiga tion? now going on, many Republican* will vote for free binding twine. ****** CENTS VERSUS SENSE. BY I)*. A. 3- HOT.'OHTO*. .5'ist aft?r the war tn th" year sixty six. When our currency wa? in a terrible Dili. r tras the custosn whenever a dollar w e got T.> nx tn r&latlons by what tt had bought; An-! to 'lav It seems proper to meet the pretense <>t those who >ar diver's worth seventy cents To -how that a dollar's worth what It will buy Whether popular office or newspaper* He A ad th^ doliar i&at pays for the best tn tne land. That circulate: freely to counter from hand. Is The old stiver dollar, colonial fame. Our old standard dollar, a "daddy" by name, i >ne century old on the second was It. For ?-arly transactions It surely wa? fit. And those who defame It wflt render account H'h?n the people awake and the war horses mount This dollar, by Spaniards first minted and milled.. The wants of the Yankees for money has filled. Ever ?tnce from our shores Biitlsh banners we drov? And the scepter of freedom through tyranny clove 'Twaa the dollar that Washlnjffv' as?u to emp'oy. That Jefferson used In all trades from a boy. Thai Adam* and Madison. Jackson and Clay Had only been happy to get L. ihelr day. v'rorn (kern down to Lincoln no otJier we used. And no thoughtful man thrtr?mployment abused, In all if tint time not one statesman of sense Ew hinted their worth was Tust seventy cents. But today the traditions of grand Bunker HOI, So longer the speeches of orators fiU. And the heroes of Concord and kexmgton. too. Are lost to the modern mugwumplan view. Our very first families never recall The tth of July or observe It at afl Whlle the pompous four hundred as exiles appea? At London or Paris a part of each year. N *> longer the doing of Jefferaon find The verr first place to--* Congressman 'a mind. But the custom* to which they most often allude. Are the doings ami saylnjwof some English dud*. And thus tt has heppene i tt Conaiess this year That i d?x-trtne. to t aakees decidedly qtieer. Hn-> found an acceptance 'mid bankers I'm told. That the only good money Is Johnny Bull's gold. But whit* lirlght silver dollar* say taxes and rent. Let us sttcfc to their use In most any event: And whtle they continue to de/ray my expanse ' ve no use for the statesman M ?oventy sense. * * *. * * * The PittsburgsKansan, (Pittsburg, Pa.) says: The French government is to inaugurates loan scheme that will afford a precedent for the People's party. M. Costans, minister of the interior, will bring forward a measure called "Credit Agricola." He proposes that the Gov ernment shall loan to proprietors of farms money at an interest les3 than 2 per cent Of course the measure has aroused the opposition of 'the monty brokers of Kriwce^ but theiagriculturists of France $j^tnaking identically the same demand as the fanners of the United States, and demand is so emphatic that M. Costans makes haste to heed it and brave the opposition of French plutocracy. * * # * * * The Nonconformist, (Indianapolis, Ind.) ?ay3: The silver dollar is legal |tendei for only $5 or .under. Make silver dol iars legal tender for all debt0, public and private, and issue greenbacks to three times the amount of the free and unlim ited coinage of both gold and silv/r. This will give us |50 per capita and will settle by practical test which kind of money the people prefer. * * * * * a The People (New York) says: The jmiior of all the Vanderbilts is spending four million dollars on a fort ress at Asheville, N. C., which he in - tends to make hi3 home. The basement walls are from twelve to fifteen feet thick and the architect of the structure is quot ed as saying that tbp young plutocrat looks ahead to the tinie when an outbreak may test the strength of those cyclopeao walls. ****?? The Unionist, (Kv.) says: There are 12, ftOO.OOO homes in the United States. Nine million of them are under mortgage. Only 3.600.000 homes in the land of the free escap^theextri tax of mortgage in terest. Why? There is not enough money. THE .UjLIASCE ^0?**ART1SA!?. The Nashville Toiler giyes the follow ing definition of the non-partisan course the Alliance is pursuing in Tennessee: "The members of the Order every where surely understand the non-partisan character of the Alliance. It is for the benefit of those on the outside of the Order that we again present the duties of Alliance lodges toward political par ties. Ti> is is made more necessary be cause of the poa'tion taken by the Toiler on independent action. "So far not a single Alliance lodge has endorsed the People's party, although many People party clubs have been organ ized in the State. We sincerely hope this policy will be continued. The Alli ance is aimed to be a school for the farm ers, where they can discuss the science of government in a "strictly non-partisar way.'' The necessity of continuing the organization non partisan canjae clearly seen when we consider the question of its growth. If to join the Alliance meant to join the People's party, the Demo cratic and Republican farmers who have followed their parties through good or evil, and who have never been taught to doubt the wisdom of bossism, would re main out of the Alliance, and for that reason the scales would never fall from their eyes. "The education acquired in the Alli ance lodges has developed into the most wonderful concensus of opinion ever recorded. The investigation developed a wrong, further investigation developed two wrongs, and still further investigate i ion developed three wrongs, which are covered by the St. Louis platform, un der the heads. "Money. -4>end and Trans portation." It was by agitation and education that we concluded that the rem edy lies only in the fermation of a new party. You know that you would never have joined the Alliance had it meant a slipping of the party collar, because you once loved that dtar old halter. Then when you lookgjat it in that light it ifi best never i??Tdco*v*n Alliance lodge, tc attempt an endorsement of the People's party . Hav"e your clubs to meet the same night ifter the adjournment of the lodge. E?6h lodge should stand firmly by the Ocala and St. Louis demands^ but do not put the party bridle on inside the lodge. Let Democrats, Republican# and People's party men all feel free." Dan Taitaage's Sons have information net which they base the opinion that th? rice crop in the southern states this year will exceed that of any previous year by ??<> per cent and will hardly fall short of s,? 00.000 bushels under average growing >n<5 itions. This iadicates a disposition I -1 the part of the cotton planters to \ ii versify. . " AN INEXCUSABLE LYNCHING. A Negro Taken from Officers and Hanged for Larceny. Columbia. 8. C. ? Laurens county has apparently broken the lynching record. Governor Tillman received a tele gram saying; "Friday night last a ne | gro, Dave Sbow. under arrest for larceny, ; was taken- from the officers by a mob and j lynched. The body has not been found ! but evidence of lynching were plain ; No investigation has been made by any I officer of the law. We, as law-abiding | citizens, ask you to have the matter in | vestigated at once. Thi9 occurre 1 in ' half a mile of Merna postoffice, Sullivan ; township, Laurens county." The Governor telegraphed to Solicitor Schumpert to investigate. the matter. A dispatch from the town of Laurens states that Shaw was arrested on suspic ion of having stolen $40 and that while constables were carrying him to a trial justice a crowd of fifty men rode out from the sid? of the road and demanded the | prisoner. The constable's party can't say | whether they were white or black men on j account of the darkness The crowd i fired pistols and threatened the life of the i constable if he refused to give up the prisoner, The constable complied and i the crowd carried Shaw off. He has not been heard from since. Some think he :V?lHiung and a place was found in the woods where there were signs of what they supposed to be the execution. Shaw is said to have been a notorious thief. THE FLORIDA OUTLAWS. Two of the Train Robber^Murderers Killed by a Posse. Palatka, Fla ? Two of the gang, Jim Williams and Haynes, who held up the train Saturday, and .murdered San ders. the express messenger, were killed at Buffalo Bluff bridge, four miles south of here, by a posse from this place. At noon two watchmen stop ped a party of three m n who attempted to cross the bridge. On being halted j they drew revotoers and fired at the watch men. After aa\^terchange of shots, they fled inter the tb?v v undergrowth close by. The posse was sc once summoned from here, and went out on 8 special ear. Cros sing the bridge, they were tired on by the concealed outlaws, and a lively fusilads | followed for tea or fifteen minrites. Wil liams and Haynes were killed, and the oth er one fled into the swamp, pursued by i bloodhounds and the posse. Haynes was severely wounded first, and finding he could not e?cape, he penned a farewell to his mother in Arabi, Georgia, and then, putting h s pistol into his mouth, fired. Haynes was the oue who murdered Sanders. The city is wild, and the corpses of the two outlaws at the depot are being viewed by hundreds Condition of the Three Cs. The report of Receiver D. H. Chamber lain of the operations of the Charleston, Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad from March 15, 1891 to March 31, 1892 has been filed with the clerk of the United States Circuit Court at Charleston, S. C. Mr. Lord was appointed temporary receiver Decem ber 10, 1890. at which time the road was in operation to Rutherfordton. N. C., but j during his tenure it was extended to Mar- I ion, N~.C., 171 2-5 miles of main track. The permanent receiver was appointed and took possession March 15. 1891, and since April 17, 1891. has operated the en tire mileage mentioned The total earnings of the road for 1891 ! '92 were $ 170.245. 87. an increase of $20, 058.06 over the preceding year. The ope rating expenses for 1891-'92 are $185,342. 52 against $183,216 49 for 1890-'91. Tlw deficit for 1891-'92 is $15,096.65 against $33,028.68 for 1890- 91. Mr. Ward, the general manager, states that the road throughout its entire length (excepting trestles and bridges) is now safe and can | be operated with economy. The trestles and bridges, of which there are nearly six miles, will require immediate attention, and an expenditure of from $25,000 to $30,000 for labor and materials is deemed necessary. The cost1} of this work, the receiver states. < annot be hoped, to be met by the current earnings. Bessemer City, N. C. This town was planned and laid out by thcBessemer City Mining aod Manufactur ing Co. less than a year ago, with Col. J. S.Carr, of Durham, president. Iron ore veins were opened, and min ing of the finest B ssemer ore has steadily been pursued, until now several hundred tons are shipped daily. Birmingham, Ala , mills at present taking most of the ore. An hour's ride south from Charlotte on the Richmond & Danville railroad brings one to Bessemer City, whcb,. in addition to its fine mineral properties, is calculat ed to become one of the finest health re sorts North or South An immense ho tel. with all the modern conveniences, is being erected on the summit of a beauti ful mountain spur, from which, on a clear day, one can spy out the surrounding hamlets in the different contiguous coun ties, and the cities of Charlotte and Spar tanburg. King's Mount in is the ver dent, silent sentinel that keeps watch close by, while rhgged Crowder's Moun tain frowns steadily, ? tf to the northeast two miles. Already numerous cottages dot the slopes of the mountain where the ho tel is budding, and altogether Bessemer City promises U> become one of the favor ite resorts of Carolina. 'ANCHORS OP HEMP ROPES. ' 8am Jones Advocates the Lynching of Rapists. Chattanooga^ Tenn.? A special re eeived here says Weems, the rapist, wi?b officers, lK>arded an East Tennessee train at Ooltewah, fourteen miles northeast of here, this morning, and Weems is now in jail at Knoxville. A crowd of Chattan oogians will go ever, and probably thi* lynching may occur there before sunset, as Rev. Sam Jones has been preaching frhat ''rapists must be the anchors of hemp rope-;.'7 A Fair Showing. During th-? t welve mouths cndiog-April 30 there were incorporated 176 new na tio a! banks with an aggregate capital ' stock of $1*.. 1*0.000. In the list Texas stands at the head with twenty-one new banks, with capitil stock amounting to Sl.SlO.'HW. In West Virginia five new banks were organized, ia Kentucky four, North Carolina four. Tennessee four, Ala V bama two. Florida two, Maryland two, Ark&nsa* one, Georgia one asid Virginia j one. Forty-seven ne a banks in the tjoutb is the year i? not so bad a showing. THREE STATES' BRIEFS. A Condensation of the Principal Happenings. The Hews Gleaned From All Sources and Prepared For Our Busy People. VIRGINIA. The 4Drys"' won the victor? in North Danville. The Democrats won in the city election in Roanoke. Hon. Jno. A. Buchanan, Judge - Mann and Ex-Congressman Tucker are b ing actively pushed by their respective friends to fill the vacant Senatorship, caused by the death of Senator Barbour. The Richland* Coal Co. contemplates opening another coal mine and building about fifty coke ovens The Virginia Hard Coal Co , just or ganized at Radford, prop ses to develop coal nnnes in Montgomery county The Pocahontas coal business at Nor folk. gradually increa cs. The exports from Lambert'? Point piers during April amount to 125,000 tons employing 137 vessels. The World's Faircommissionf rs in dis tributing specifications -forbids on the coats of the uniforms for the guards at the exposition, jcquire that the material used shall be either the Charlottesville (Va.) Woolen Mills sky blue doeskin No. 1,179 or of equal quality. NOBTH CAROLINA. A roller flouring mill is to be built at Elkin. Additional machinery is being put in the Wadesboro Silk mill. A force of laborers is now at work cut ting brownstone for the new Park Hotel Raleigh. The stone comes from the San ford quarries and is rich iu color. Asben'lle's new public building was oc cupied for the first time Thursday. The sum of $30,000 has been subset ib- J ed for the erection of a cotton mill at Nich olsonville. The following ordinance is now in force at Washington, N. C. , "An^ boy under 15 years of age found on the streets after ten o'clock at night, without consent of parent or guardian, shall be suoject to a fine of two dollars." SOUTH CAROLINA. The Seaboard Air Line has securcd the railway from Columbia to Clinton, S. C.. and will operate a line from Columbia to Atlanta. Hampton is to have a cotton mill. The Newberry cotton mills will double their capacity. The Rt. Rev Bishop B. W. Arnett, D. D . of Xenia, Ohio, ^ho has been pre- i siding over the colored Methodist Church for the South Carolina district, his been succeeded in this position bytheRt. Rev. Bishop Moses B . Salter, D. D., who has just been elected. Bishop W. B. W. Howe, of the diocese of South Carolina, has been stricken with paralysis and now lies in a critical con - j dition at Saluda, N. C. Bishop Howe left Charleston about a month ago to re cuperate has health. The episcopal func tions are now being performed by the bishop of North Caroliua. OTHER STATES. A cocking main between fowls from Georgia. Tennessee, and Arkansas, which had been going on at West Mem phis, Tenn., for three day3, was conclud ed Wednesday night. Georgia and Ar kansas were tied, each having won fight battles and the last, resulting in a dra*. failed to decide the contest . Five thou sand dollars was up ou the contest. The citiaeus of Memphis will send a steamboat load of supplies to the Arkan sas flood sufferers at the request of the Governor of Arkansas. The crops of 4,000 laborers are destroyed in Arkansas, and Arkansas City is completely und-'r water. MONEY FOR THE FARMERS. Union Store Company Lends $30,000 on. Which to Do a Credit Business. Columbia, S. C. ? Col D. P. Duncan, i he manager of the State Alliance Ex ch inge, who recently went to New York on important business, returned to the city yesterday, and he brings good cheer <> many of the farmers of the State, in the shape of $30,000 borrowed New York money, to be used for the purpose of run ning them through the summer and till October and November, on a credit l?asis. The m^ney was borrowed from the l\ i -n Store Company, and that company made the loan for the purpose of allow ing its five stores in this State, which are b -ing rui under the management ot the exchange, to do a credit business with the farmers Each farmer will be given a check book and will pay his bills with these checks. He will be charged at the end of the season 7 per cent, interest. The company will reap the harvest not only from the interest, bat also from the profits on its goo is Col. Duncan says /that it is the best that could be done for the fanners and is more than he expected to accomplish. Cotton Planting Delayed. The May crop report of the statistician of the Department of Agriculture savs: "The returns show delay in the work of cotton planting from low temperature, drought in manv districts, and in pome an excess of rain. Germination is arrested and the plan firlstart slowly. Some replant ing will be necessary. It is estimated that 86 per cent, of the crop is usually planted by the first of May. This year the esti mates make only 78 3 They areas follows for the several States: Virginia 34. North Carolina 70, South Carolina 83, Georgia *5. Florida 90. Alabama 83. Mississippi 7*. Louisiana 72, Texas 83, Arkansas 64, . Tennessee 45 ? average 78 3. These fig ures represent the proportion of the pro posed area already planted, and show that ] planting is materially later than usual. "Some imlicatio nis giveo of the in te ided area ns compared with that of last year. It is difficult to forecast a result that was partially in the future, and the averages are only given to show what correspondents believed to be the intention to the reduction of area. The decrease of area, as indicated, averages 18.6 per cent. The percentages are : Virginia 72, Ngrth Carolina 7*>, South Carolina 80, Georgia ?!3. Florida SO. Alabama 85, Miss issippi Louisiana 82. Texas 82. Ar kansas 80, Tefln^-f^e? 74, Missouri 74 4 liradstreet's now inclines to the opinion I ? l> ;t the reduction in cotton acreage will in- cearer 15 per cent, than 20 per cent. WILL LEAVE THE CHURCB Dr. BrigfkWill Probably Join the Cht&teh of England; The Presbyterian Assembly Votes Unanimously Against Him. Portland, Ore.? Tbe Presbyterian General Assembly -votes unanimously to sustain the regularity of the proceeding* jf the Committee of Prosecution of Dr. Briggs in bringing their appeal directly to the General Assembly without delay ing to be first heard by the S) no? of the State of New York as the intermediate Court of Appeals This is a great triumph for Col. John J. McCook, the astute counsel of the committee, and for Dr. George W . F. Birch, its chairman. All the noise that the defendant raised below this point proves to have been only for buncombe, as Dr. Briggs himself was present when the vote was taken, as well as all of his sympathizers. BRIGGS WILL LEAVE THE PRESBTTERIAN CHURCH. It is now stated in a select but usually well-informed circle that no matter what miy be the outcome of the trial of Dr. tfrigiS, he will within six months leaye the Presbyterian Church and go into the Church of England. If this is so, it will be because Dr. Briggs must have found in his visit to Oxford, Eng., last vrar, a more congenial atmosphere than he ever exoects in America for the exploitation of nig theories of redemption after death and that he himself may be called .upon in the spiritual world to preach the gos pel to the lost and be enabled to save them if he will endure the torments of Gehenna, as the condition neccessary to his being allowed to preach it there. 4 J Story of a Shattered Mirror. Hanging in Inspector gthaack's room ?t the East Chicago Avemj4 polioe station is a small dressing mirror. Though badly shattered the Inspector would?not j part with it for a large sum of money, I for it tells a story "which, through true, is stranger than fictiofi. The little mirror was once the property of George High, of Bellevue ^jlact; and I Was the means of faring thac gentleman a loss of about $ 25, 000. About 7 o'clock on the evening of October 8, 1886, Mr. High, his family, and several guests were eating dinner. While they were thus engaged two burglars, who bad evidently been "spotting" the house for some time placed a ladder against the rear of the house. By tbat means one of the men reached the second story window and entered the house. Walking straight through the hall he entered Mrs. High's bedroom. Tbat evening Mrs. Higfr and her guests were going to attend a re ception, and their diamonds and jewelry " were spread out on the dresser. As fhe thief entered the room his eyes caught I the gems and he started to possess him self of them. The small mirror hung in the corner of the room opposite the mirror in ths dresser. As he reached out his hand for the diamonds the thief saw what he supposed was a hand stretched out to grasp him. It was the reflection of his ] own hand on the large mirror ^reflected in the smaller one. Believing that he was about to be captured the burglar 1 whipped oat his revolver, turned quickly, and fired. He hit the man in the small mirror and forgot all about the diamonds. Running to the window he jum[ied upon the ladder and slid to the ground. < Alarmed by the shot, the family rushed upstairs and found the room full of smoke and the smell of gunpowder. Looking out of the window, Mr. High j saw two men running dowu the tilley i towards Lake Michigan. In the corner of the mirror was a bullet hole, and broken glass was scattered over the floor. The esse was reported to Inspector Schaack, but the "climbers," as they are called by the police, were nevei captured. ?Chicago Inter- Ocean. The Surplus Energy of Lunatics. Over on Blackwell's Island the most violent patients in the iimme asylum ? those who a few years ago were kept wholly behind bar? ? are now employed in the laundry. There arc tub3 with scalding water at command and rcdhot furnaces encircled with convenient irons. On one occasion at least, an 1 it may be a daily occurrence, there were ninety cf these women washing and ironing, and only one attendant present. It was Bed lam indeed. Imaginary enemies were being rubbed to nothingness on the washboards and the life being pressed j out of them with scorching hot irons. I The talk was blood curdling, but it was j only talk. Noobody threw boiling water nor used the hot irons as missiles. The work went on, and it was th? washing and ironing for the Blackwell's Island colony. The shirt bosoms were immac ulate, the starched clothes ail that could be desired. This work is not so much an economical as a remedial feature. In the vigorous exercise o' washing and ironing the superabun lant vitality of the violent patients is expended. This de crease is so marked that on Monday, after the Sunday's rest, the patient# are much more unmanageable. After a suf ficient time of laundry work it is often possible to remove patients to the less violent wards. The value of regular employment in strengthening the faculties and giving health to the mind has been abundantly demonstrated at the insan* asylum on Blackweli's Island. ? jNew York' Sun. #apane?e Crystal Halls Crystal balls, the most valuable stone which Japan furnishes, are those called rock crystal, or sni-rho (seki-ye) crysta lled water. These, balls, "which are cut out of colorless crystal, reflect beautifully the forms of objects around. Their ?ftlue increases vrith the purity of the stone. They are found in manyrrf the mountains, and are ground and polished j intp. perfection only by the use of (kongo ifaa) diatoM sand, which, conies in the form of little round grains and which ?how more or less distinctly the gurnet structure. 'These crystal ball* are verj fine and handsome,, add gieatly to | any curio collection. "Diey are haid to distinguish from dromonds, aad *un,'e in price from about four dollars to hun dred dollars. ? New York C'oman rt-i ??! Advertiser. POLITICAL PBOBLEMS. Maneuvering For Control of Govern ments. Four Part 1m Actively At Work Furth ering Their Interests. people's PARTY ORGANIZED IN ALABAMA. Birmingham, Ala., May 30. ? In com pliance with the call issued by 8. M. Adams, State president of the Farmers' Alliance, 48 counties hare delegate* here to attend a labor conference. It was for the purpose of endorsing or re jecting the platform adopted by the la bor conference in St. Louis, February 22 last. Adams was made chairman of the meetiDg, which endorsed the St. Louis platform with only one dissenting rote. After the adjournment of the meeting about half the delegates present formally organized the People's party in Alabama. A State committee composed of two from each congressional di-tiict anlTfdurat large, with George F. Gather as chair man, wai appointed. Speeches were made fare ring the People's party, and the meeting adjourned . The North Ca? olina delegation to Chica go will go in two chartered Pullman cars ifrom Washington, firing in them while attending the contention. AN OCEAN STEAMER IN CHIGAQO, ~ j/ She Conien All the Way Froin Jftr way, *md la Welcomed With Great Joy. Chicago, III.? The Wergenland, the first steamship to make the trip from Nor way to Chicago, arrived in port at aoon. Thousands were gathered along the docks to welconie the foreign . craft, and three steamers loittled with enthusiastic Nor wegians met the Wergerlsnd twelve miles out and accompanied her to the city. The Wer^erlatd left Bergen, Norway, April 13, with a cargo of fob and cod liter oil, and will return loaded with provisiens. The trip is an experiment, and if it proves financially successful will be the bfeginmo^ of direct traffic between Nerway laid Chicago. \ Songs and Their Writers. <(The composition of a really popular song, one that catches the fancy of the classes aid masses, is a feat that is gov erned more by luck than knowledge," recently remarked a well-known music publisher. "From a literary point of view the majority of successes in this line are atrocious, ' while their sentiment ? If they are of the sentimental order? is gener ally inclined to be both insipil and mawkish. well, written piece of verse, con .veying an unconventional sentimental idea, would have about one chance in a thousand to succeed. Tne quality of the entire composition must be moder ately bad, viewed from a high-cla>s stand point, but exactly h--?w bad only "the fates can decide. ? ? "In comic songs that <:atch on original jideas are absolutely necessary, though ;any humorous ballad ii> which the char acters are knocked down and dragged out with great frequency anpeals strongly ,to the popular fancy. 14 'Down JVent McGinty' and 'Throw jHim Down, McCloskey' arc beautiful ex amples of this type. "Some song writers make a great deal ,of money. from their compositions.* The author of 'la the Gloaming' raked in \about #15,000 from, it, but the greater mrmiier do not' realise much from their work. "But it is like gambling in a way, and the knowledge that some day they may stumble, on a song that will bring them fortune if not fame? far nobody eve*, remembers the author of a popular j ? keeps, them at it. And it's almost s certainty that they'll never be able to re peat their first success." ? New York Commercial Advertiser. The Seven Moons of Sonoma. Sonoma Valley, in Sonoma County, California, is, in one repect at leas*, ooe of the most remarkable spots on the con- J tinent. It is the only place in America j where the moon may be seen to rise and j set seven time? in one evening. The j Indians gave the valley the name it bean ! away back in the misty past, and many i have been the explanations offered by | the white man to account for it. Even a slight acquaintance with the language | spoken by the original inhabitants^ the j valley teaches one that when the *ord i Sonoma is attached the whole phrase ' means "Valley of the Moon." But why 1 does this natural sink have Luna's other ' name n ached to it? That was the que*- j tion asked and left unanswered for many years, even though the phenomenon which had caused the observant red mat to give the valley its name was regularly witnessed and ad mred. A year or two : ago the editor of the Sonoma Index -Tri- J bune visited an Indian who was supposed ; to be between 100 and 150 years old. Ia : course of the conversation the old la- I dian stated that the reason the valley j was cal led Sonoma was because it had j "heap muchee moon," meaning many moon?. Then he told how between the town of Sonoma and a certain peak the moon, when in its full, cin be seen to rise seven times in succession in one evening, owing to the peculiar forma tion of the mouutains. This oddity was noticed centuries ago by the Indians, \ who, cn that account, called the depres- j sion "The Valley of Many Moons." ? St. Lodia Republic. "?a4am. She am There are strange chamber-maids at Sheapherd's Hotel in Cairo, "Egypt. A lady declares that the one who waited on her room and attended to all the duties of the calling, even to making the beds, was a French-nan, dressed ai if for a din ner pa .'ty, with white waistcoat and dress coil, sad having the air of a refined and educated gentleman. It was really em barrassing to accept his services in such a capacity. Ooe lady, on arriving at the hotel, rang for the chamber-maid, and this gentleman presented himself. Sup posing; him to be the proprietor, at the very least, she said, "I wish to see the chamber-maid." "Madam," said he po litely, in the very be-t Euglish he could inu^er, "Madam, *be am II" ? Argo naut. G. A. R. MEMORIAL DAY. \ s, ; ^ % An Ex-Confwl*tate Officer at River 8ida Park. Col. llartkalV Payi Tribute to a Fed eral Commander and Bays. ''No Such Peace at Our Peace." I New Yobk Citt, [Special )-Thc grand feature of Decoration I)av in this Ojty was the militaiy parade which took vphce this morning, and in which the regular troops, the militia, the naval re serve and the G. A. R. took part. After breaking ranks, the different pests and associations went to the graves of the falloo heroes. There were special ser vices aMhe tomb of General Grant at Rivertid^Park. Genet^l Horace Porter, chairman bf the Grant flNj'uuient com mittee, delivered an eulogy on the char acter of the biro. Member* of the Loy \Jj ^fioa Kere also present at the tomb; ajso a number of ex*< oofederates. Among theuowas Col. Marshall, who delivered an address, and in part ?aid : 1 It is not eaaj to express the thoughts that Ihe scene before me inspires io my mind apd in the mind of every man who understands the full meaoing'of this oc casion. Men who once were ar rayed against each other in deadly strife are now met together to do honor to the memory of one who led one part of this audience to a complete and abso lute rictory over the other part, and yet in the hearts of the victors there is no feehng of triumph, and in the hearts of the vanquished there is no bitterness, no humiliation. l'No such peace as our peace ever fol lowed immediately upon such a war as our war. The exhausted South was completely at the mercy of the victorious North, and yet the sound of the last guo had scarcely died away, when not only peace, but peace and good will wire re established. I am here today with some of my late companions in arms, and with the belief thfct I express the feelings of every Confederate soldier, to bear witness that the American people are indebted for this great blessing, for all the good that followed it, and for exemption from the countless evils that were averted by it, to the illustrious man whose grave we strew with ilowers of gratitude aud af fectionate ?enerat:on, more than to any other, and to none is the duty of recog nition of his great services m>re grateful than to the soldiers of the Confederacy. At Appomattox, during the meeting of General Grant and General Lee, the con versation turned on the subject of a Gen eral peace, as to which Geueral Grant had already declared want of power to treat ; but ia speaking of the uieaus by which a general pacification might be af fected General Grant said to Geueral Lee wjth great emphasis, and strong feeling:* " J-ee, I want this war to end without the shedding of another drop of American blood.' Not Northern blood not Southern blood, hut 'American blood, for ir. his eyes all the men around him and all those who might Imj confront in* each other on their^ fields over the wide area of war, were 'Americans * These words made a great impression upon all who heard them, as tbey did on General Lee, who told us with no little emotion that he took occasion to express to General Grant his appreciation of the noble and generous sent ments utt> rrd by him. It is in the light of this noble thought of General Grant that I have al .ways considered the course pursued bv him. At the moment of his supreme triumph, at Appomattox, and Z?-nin njthmg could be grander, nobler or more magnanimous nor more patriotic than his conduct on that occasion. Hat so si m p'e, so patriotic was th? mind <f General Grant that the fhought of self seems never to have affected bis conduit. I doubt if the self abnegation of Washing ton at Annapolis whs greater than that of Grant at Appomattox, and it is the glory of America that her institutions breed men who are equal to the greatest strain that can be put upon their courage and their patriotism." Col. Marshall, in concluding his ad dress said: "Atx the entrance of the great harbor of our, commercial metropo lis standi the representation of 'Liberty enlightening the world.' In her hand the figure holds the torch toward which the artist desired to draw the eyes ?( all nations to the hope of the oppressed and helpless of mankind. Here upon this sacred spot, ray brethren, raise a noble ! and grand temple, the hope and assur ance of the defenders of our national ' faith, and upon this altar inscribe for the i teachiDg of the coming generations of ' Americans, the illustrious nam* (irant of Appomattox, Grant the Maciuni mous. ' - At the conclusion of the ceremonies a number of the ?. A R. p?sls strewed .ac tomb with floral offerings. Another National Park. The Alpine Club of Portland, Oregon, wants the Government to reserve Mount Hood as a National Park. The only value that the land possess is the magnificent timbers that covers them, as they ?rc too mountainous tor settlement, ami the ob ject of the Alpine CMub is the preserva tion ot these timbers and the wat??r that has its sources in them. The denudation of the land would probably hav a disas trous effect on Hood Kiv?>r and injure the agricultural conditions of Hood River Valley, which at present is on*1 of the Biost delightful and productive spots :a the State. ? New Orleans Pica\une. The Cause of Trichin\>ls. The Secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Health aa>d the other day, in response to an inquiry as to what that Board had to state regarding the | trichina cases, that if people wr.uH eat raw pork they would be sick, and that < since the middle of February there had been upward of fifty cases of trichinosis in Boston, with five deaths, a larger number than had ever before been re ported to the Board 'in the past fifty j years. One tenth of ull the pork aro md Boston, he said, was affected. The only safety in the use of pork was in iU thorough cooking. ?New York Tinw*. V N \ The Record Broken. Knoxville. Tenn , ? Signal's Lily Flagg, a Jeisey cow owned l>y General Sam Moore, <>f Huntsville, Ala.,^ias just broken the record as a butter producer She has gone through a year's test and i> now ahead of the record, with four d:i\> to spare Her production for t yeat will be approximate to 1,040 pounds. This makes her th'- finest .I*-i -?-> <*?w ilie world Her pedigree is r!l ^ l?er recoid tiue. EMPHATIC * fflLVEBTIES. | ? They Score and Prod AS the Parly Br4 Leaden. lumping on Wall Street With Both - Feet. ? No Faith in Xfetemattoa~ al Monetary Conference. Washisgton, D. C.?The silver con ference met in its second (1 a? V section, with Chairman Warner presiding. B. K. Thomas, Of Pennsylvania,- a farmer, made an interesting tad original speech in which he said that rather than vote for Grover Cleveland (as it seemed ? that he would be the logical candidate for the Democratic party), with his Brit ish free trade and single gold standard ideas, he would vote for Queen Victoria or some other old lady. Ha paid blare* * spects to the Republican party by saying that rather than vote the ticket of that weak kneed, hypocritical party he Would vote far Cleveland; but, thank God, he added, he was not compelled to vote for , either. Captain Nichols^ of Boulder, Colorado, L. made a vigorous ppfetch in favor of the r free and unlimited coinage of aihrer. He j said that since the aqtion of the bandits who passed the act of 18T8, he had voted against every man, from the office of i President of the United States down to the dog-pelter, who was in favor of free coinage and would continue < t >:do so as long as he lived. Restricted coinage was the direct result of the enormoub wealth that is constantly beting amassed by the rulers of Wall street it the ex^enseof the I farmer and working clalsee ^whb ire be Ac*e commg poorer, F. u. Clark, of Ohio, assistant tary of the convention, said that the movement on the part of an administra-' tion for an international monetary confer* ence was simply a subterfuge to. deceive and appease the Silver people! until after the election,' when it would openly fight the unlimited cpinageof silver.- The result of any conference in which Eng land was a party could only be dettimea* tal to the United States and ailvar, and favorable to John Sherman and Job*. Knox and the other gold bugsi Chairman Warner; introduced Morton . , Frewen, representative of the Bi- metallic , League in England . Mr. Frewea said j that we nevei should have had a silver j question in thit world but fof the die* j covery of America, and but for the act of 1873 there would be no silver question to-day. W Gteo. Svmes, of Denver,^ closed the speech making and ?u adjournment was taken until evening* Judge Joseph Sheldon, of Connecticut, ? opened the evening session with an ad dress on tl^e effects! of the demonett9* tion of silver and the benefits which would result from its free coinage. The proposed bi-me'alliq conference, he eaiiil,1 was only a mode of ^elping the gold men \ for four more years.! B. Clark Williams,, , of Colorado, presented the following re port from the committee on refolnttott?*:L Whereas, With the single gold stand*' aid, relief from the evils o! ^vtttinued^ falling prices is impossible; and whereas the restoration of the bi- metallic (tandird with the coinage of both metals on equal terms, lies at the foundation of ; all econ* ? oinic reform: therefore "ftEsoLYEg, That the free and unlim ited coinsge of silver on equ^tl terms with that of gold,\and on the ratio now established by la\v< is the paramount is sue before the American people te day. and shall not bo suppressed. "Resolved That we, in answer to the demand for honest money, declare that the debtor will have discharged hie fall duty to his creditor by )*jing to him such money as was a full large tender at time the debt was contracted^ j "RJLsolved, That we will not a ipport for a legislative er executive office any candidate who i3 not thoroughly commit* ed by. platform and declaration to the full restoration of the monetary syitem vio* lenMy disturbed by the legi^ation de* > monetizing silver in 1873. "Rbsolved, That while we would haii with joy the co-operation of other nationa in the restoration of silver to ita proper v monetary position , yet we demand that the Hnitea States right the wrong it baa perpetrated upon the producing and industrial classes without regard to the action of other na^ons." % Ths report and resolutions were unani mously aueptsd. 1 / W. H . Slater, of Colorado, presented the report of the committee ou the or ganization of the Bi-metallic League. The report lecotnmends the formation of such a league, the object of which, it says, shall be to unitedly resist the purpose to fasten forever on the couutrv the single gold standard and to labor for the resolution of Iree bimetal lic coinage t? tlie people of the United States. The report was adopted. SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIANS. A Separate and Independent Oolorad Synod to be Organized. Hot Springs, Ake .Vt the meeting of th ? Presbyterian Assembly majority and minority reports were Mibmittcl by th* cojnmi'tec on bills and overtures on the subject ->i the scriptural element tobe u-? d in the. Lord's sopper. The majority advoeatcd the use of fcrmco'-ed grapo juice and the miuority fa voted the unfer mentciU j. The report of the comm ttee on eolofetf synod ^vas submitted and ado pted. : It providde that the churrh approve the idea of organV.ing a separate and independent j colored synod and appoint a committee] to act in the premises. The commitU was authorized to call a convention bf Presbyterian colored minister*, ^ to held at Birmingham. Ala., al j time t4jbi j.f designated by the Hev. A. L. PhiiHKKij: commissioner. ' dT/'Els. :? A SO, 000, 000 The choir of our new cathedral iis toon to be begun, *nd, it is hoprii^ MwW4 ready for dedication and the conduct of services by St. John'* Day, December 27th, 1895. It will be 150 feet in heijsrht and 150 in length. whij^ the completed cathedral will l?e 250 feet long ? a* long as the longest Ku^lish cathedral*, which are the longest in the world, :? I plough being very narrow, they do not j&ver as much sr round :ts f-ome threat q/^tiaental churches. Two contribution^?!1 $20,000 rarh have recently been received for the building fund. Bui they/do not sound v? rv hopeful when one is lold that the choir will cost *?<jm,000 aid the whole church some ??*>, <?')0, 000. 1 Ju&t where the money is to come from^ or even to be expected from, is not generally diviael, and the site itself has not. yet been en tirely paid lor. ? St. Lou;* Tost Dit pat&ft 4