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VII camden, s. c., kkida^'DecicmiU'-h 25, isuo fto FAVOJllTK CIlftlSTMAB TOESL N??i>t Jleior* ChrUtma?. /, til tfce night boforo Ohtlslmas, whoa at! thruntfh In* house ,,'ft#r?Rturo wns9lirrl?g,not oven a mou^o; i? stockings Woro hung by tho chimney 'C-MiWltU care, Jjopoa that Bt, Nicholas soon would bQ * (nojoj > eohtldren wore nostlod all snug In tholr. t'v-.'boJfl| ? ... -v.. tile vlslonsjof sugar-plums danced through their heads; mamma in herkerohlef, and I in myoap, just aoitlp.d ?ur brains for a loug wlu* , ter's nap, li&out on tbo lawn tboro aroso su<jh a ? elattor, Uj? frorn my l>od to boo what wu the mat 'or. .way talho window I flow like a flnsh, *6vt wou the shutters and threw up tho flash' V woon, on Iho breast of tho now fallen ^r-vVgnow,-;- .... ?rv4 x lustor of mid-day to objoots below. . kvwa What to my wondorfng oyos should appear, < jBut'a.wlniuture alolgh and eight tiny rein* L deer, ? :* pvith a ut t to old driver, ao lively andrauiok. BUkuew in a moment it muat bo Bt. Met. ore rapid than cnglos hl9 oouraers they came,. ? -- - whistled, and shouted, and call'd . them by name; '4*Jfow, Pashorl now, Danoor! pow, Prancer! now, Yixon! Oo^X'obotJ QJi, . Qupfdl on. Bonder nnd - Blltzonl? ? ' " " Tothetonot tho poroli, to- tho top of tho r:. . , ? wallli ' -NOWrdBshnwhy, dash owoy, dash awayari" As dry leaves that before tho wild hUrftoahe fly, . they meet with an obslaolo, mount tk thosfo-r ' Bo, Up to the houso-top the cour3ors thoy V ?> . flew, ^tiih the slolgh fall of toys, and St. Nicholas, J. too. -And then In a twinkling I heard on the roof I'heprabolng and pawing of eaoli little hoof. As t drew In my head, und was turning - ? - nrouwt, - . ?? ?DoWtt thp chimney St. Nloholas came with a bound. drees'd all in fur from hi9 head to his And a. . clothes woro all tarnlah'd with ashoa ' and aooti 'Vt bundle of toy* ho had flung on h's baotf, ~Aud ho look'tl) lluo a peddler Just oponiug vi 7 his pnok. -Ills eyes lio-.v they twinkled! his dimplos how merry!:- .. j. ....u '4lls chooks wero liko rosea, his n030 like a r?'"- effbrry, fjHIs'droll little mouth was drawn up like a . bow, <" * ? Andtbe1 board on his chin waa as white as the snow. rTheetumy of a pipe ho .held tight In his ???? teeth, And tho smoke, it onclrolod his head liko a ?"-? . wreath. "Ho had a broad face and a little round holly f^'hat shook, when ho laugh'd, like a bowl full of Jelly. ^ no was chubby and plump? a rlgbt Jolly old elf?^? And X litugh'd whon I saw him, in spite of A Wink o\ V' vVp, and a twlat of his head, 8oou to Know I had nothing to dreifc|jj2F ? He spako not a word, but went straight to ? his work, And filled allthe stocking; then turned with , a Jerk. .Aud laying his flngor nsldo of his nose. ;Aad giving a nod, up the ohimney he rose, He eprnog to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistlo, And away they all flew like the down of a iw. thistle;. \ But I hoard him exclaim, ore he drove out of sight, i =?flappy Christmas to all, and to.AU a good nJghtl" ?y(?lcmeo/)t 0. Moore, MBY BUSItNG-. A.rCmUSTMAS STOftt." ON'T talk to mfc, of . Chris t s 3 o y tmk-i^Jpet yon? pJMftt&Is to cars thai know j what joy is ; carry your wished to ; hearts that may je t epond to thf m, smile your Christ mas hopca__into eyes that shall . smile book at you^to whom Christmas is something more than a mere day, of (he 365, to bo cot through with in one fashion , or another. Christmas in ^ >4 .. i )Panl Dargan tfp&o-with a bit tor new. that was startliagr, even to mo who ?J(?ew lnm, He walked rapidly to and , fro in the^babby room, beating bis bands together now and thai as be walked. 'A shabby and forlorg dgture, with wild and unkempt hsir\falling into bis eyes? eyes that bad $o\them th$ light of tempestuous despair. vvB is ?friend looked at him sadly. v ; '*Ah, Paul I yoa did not always tat* -la. This fashion. . There was a time wbsn men spoke of yon, and said that ytm would do great tbiogs*~a time when yonr eyes were bright and eager wi&hope/Whst ha# changed 7/mt" ihf.ra was sueh a time/' rs plWtlbe.*rtbeeslowly, pausing in bis waJV^Ihere is snob a time in every I~*T ctftfld ntffc grasp it. TliaVo drifted over sinco "with tho swift tide that bears men to pordijion. Don't let us talk of it." . H, "I must. I cannot lot you go like thia.V . 4 'Yon trouble yourself needlessly, but you (ire very good. Tho woman I loved was far above fcie-^rloh, and with a position sbo mu&t tako in the world. I was a poor, struggling fob low* with nothing to oflor hep. I was Boorfcoly ever permitted to soo her. J dared not speak. I am but ono of the j many wh<rlose their chance of life. Perhaps, ir. some fairer world, r^shere the domoi. 6f caste is sot aside/"! may havo my ehanco again. If not, what matters it? Ouoe, in tho old days that wore hallowed by the thought of her, I had a dream that I should be a groat man if she did but scilo on me. Why d# you trouble mo to-night? What good do yon do by drogging up memories that haunt me, try to banish them as J will?" _ "i came to yon with the thought of Christmas jn my piind to-r*" yjOKfcp tJP TOT -VIOMS AKD P&ATED, "Curse Christmas t WbatthoughtB of Christmas can X Lave that I shonld cling to Ibo name? All the 'might bare-been' of my life is a thing of (be past-<~a thing done with. Leave me. i am tired of it ail. Like a ohild, I am <weary at my toy?the toy men call life. It ia btoken in my hands, I only lpog for the night and deep. Paul Dargan was left alone at last in the shabby, scantily tarnished room, , illuminated only by the gaB lamp, outside ahining through the un curtained Windows. J*or a lonj} time he stood there, with his nervous hands olutching bis month. Once he poured some spirit into a glass with an fcastoady band and drank it hurriedly. J rtOhri?tmaa Eve J" he muttered, at last* "Christmas Eve ? and poverty, and loneliness, and despair. All men make excuses, but 1 think I am right to night when I aay ttifct if one woman liad smiled on me four years ago I j might Dot have been what I am. Who ?hall say? And to-nigbt ends it. It will b?a fitting irony to dio when all other man make merry and omglad? to go <frnt like the fluttering fltme of a candle when all ptfaer JJghte barn most He laughed jnirthlewlgr, and croaaeU the room a?d took his shabby bat from j it ?t on and presently multerofl. "Why should I not go out of lifo liko a philosopher, and lot tho wino that has holpetl mo on tho downward road bring ft smilo to roy lips and a warmth to my limbs? Tho laat timol" Tho waiter looked at him dubi ously," yet brought all ho ordered. But the man could not eat ; ho thrust tho food asido ftfter a while and drank tho wine eagerly. Then ho paid his roQkooing, and went out again into the darknosS. Ho found his way to Waterloo Bridge, and stood there, looking over tho parapofc into tho light-ficoked water beneath him. How solemnly it ran along there, while all tho oaroless noise and mirth and trafflo rollod on above, lie ehuddored and turned away in the direotion of Lamboth, walking oh listlessly and aimlessly, with a certain dimly firiumphant feoling upon him that was all nothing to him- that Uo had done with it. Almost nucousoioualy, ho noticed tho figure of a child going on slowly before bim-~a email and lonely figure ? rft girl, of pome sevon years of age, clad in an old and worn frock. He noticed, too, with tho wondering eye of a musioian, that the littlQ^?mo oar- j rled, tuoked under her /driti, a small* sized violin. V It was a very steady litfclo figuro, with some evidont purpose in its mind, although it ? walked with a strange shrinking timidity, as though unused to the streets, \y,ith a new feeling of curiosity In his mind, he found himself following tho child; he completely forgot that tbero had beon a fixed intention in hie mind to visit the lar^o publio honBO which stands at the cornor of the road at the ondoj tho bridge. The ohild wont on and Paul Dargan fol lowed. Pre>ently she stopped in tho road way outside a public house, and began in a very oluoxsy, ohildish fashion to tane her instrument. A fow people stopped In surpris.o, and Paul, di awing nearer, saw the obild's faoe by tho light of tho street lamp above her. Suoh a faoe, with greatg gravo, in nocent eyes, and a tender little mouth that was juet now quivering and ner voup. The child's bright hair had es caped in clustering profusion over her ; shoulders. '* Homo old memory must have been otirred in the man's breast by tho sight of the ohildish face; ho put his thin hand up for a moment and cov ered his eves. Then he looked again at tho little figure with. eager atten tion, - The crowd that had gathered was a very silent ono. Thoy looked at the ohild half In tvwo and wonder, half in anflpbften admiration. She tuoked the violin under Jjor lit tle, Soft chtto, and drew the bow across the etringr, and began to sing in e, pretty childish treble a quaint little nursery ballad about her dolly. It was the swootest, rarest little song, rising and falling in that quav ering voice. Paul Dargan felt a lump )n his throat and a mist gathering in his eyes aa he listened ; he fell that he was a viler creature even than he had J?iotur?d himself, and-tbat heaven was urther away. Suddenly, without a word of warn ing, the violin oeased, the song died awayj tha ohild bent her curly head and biuret into an agony of weeping; Bhe had kept up bravely enough, but the l?n pi IKw* the terror, the strange ii? of rttnAihir IftThe midst of this erowa trt peopUmm too mtteV for glanced up. A man who stood bcftido thou) (wul h<jt\r*l tbo (\fcti picked up tho littlo violiu and played upon its strings with tho touch ol a master hand, tho while hi* voice rang out in tho words of nu old f am ilia* t on*, iu toiio# as pure and Ituo as thoy had cvc* rnnct out years bcforo in tho houses ol tho rich nnd great, <i?)ion all tho world was begiuning to talk ol him. . . , Tho solitary, hoyoloss man, wreoked nnd forlorn* tang txnd playod for llua baby as ho had nover sung awl played \vbon men flattered him and gavo hwu their gold. Aud thero was n light unovi tho faoo tIjO rainod to tho quiet tturw vhioh it had not worn for years. Tht nous died away at last aud thoy nruMiCi* about him? Tough men aud women hough thoy weru with many nu avk\ ird compliment, aud with tho coins rei ly in their palms. He cob Icoted it all together and tiod jt in tho littlo ouo'a haudkerohiof and handed it to her. ?'Tell mo wboro you corao from, my littlo singer," ho said, "and let mc tako you homo. You aro a brave little lassie, aud you may givo all thin to Sip, and have a merry Qhristmas a.ter Tho chill put hot bauds confidingly in hie and looked up into bin faoo. "YesH-t alto mo homo, please, and lot mo toll Si3 that you enng for iuo, nnd got in all tho. nionoy, and helpod me. Bis will bo glad." "I don't think that I did union, lit tlo one,'* ho replied. "But did you coiuo out all Jilouoj without tolling any ono?" . . "Yos. I don't ibink that Sis would havo let mo como if I batl told bor. 13 nt I havo soon her crying oiton aud often, becauHO bIio has no mouoy, and because wo aro bo hungry." ?'Poor littlo mitol" ho murmured, and walked on by bor ^sido thought iullyV "Thin is our street," tho said, pres ently, when thoy had walked sonio distance in silence*? .... . , At tho same-moment a figure came hurrying towards them^tho ilgure of a young woman. She caught flight 01 the ohild and tuddenly stooped down and took her in her arms.. "? "Oh ! Baby, dear? ^hero have youbce.'i? I bavo wandered about Jilio a mad woman, scarcely knowing what bad. happened, or what had bo como of you. Wboro hay? you boon? Buby told bor 3tory, aud then tamed towards Paul Dargan, who had stood perfectly still, liko a man turned to stone. .. ? "And this good, kind gontloman, added Baby, "sang to the pcoplo when I brolio down, aud got %suoh a lot 01 money and gavo it all to mo. Won t yon thank him, 8ifi?" "I am sore, sir," began the girl. And then broke off hurriedly and took a step towards Paul an.i looked at him eagerly. "Mr. Dargan?" she ex olaimed. ,, , "X did not think, Miss Mayno, ho replied in a low voice, "that tho little ouo was bringing me to you. I* ?'* havo been? of any eervice? -I am glad. But I'do not understand." "Wo oannot talk in tho stroet, Mr. Dargan. Will yon como in with us for a faw minutes?" She turned ag sho spoko, with one arm aboufiitho ohild, apd walked dpwft tho quiet littlo slroct. Paul having tho violin under his arm, could do nothing bU& 'was a poor room %deed into which thoy wont,, and tho girls scorned distressed that he shoui(t_ffnd them in Buch straits. . . _ "When last you saw ne, Mr. IJftr gan/' Bbc said, slowly, "all things wero different; tho world, smilod upon us. But my lather foiled suddonlv? lost everything ho had- in tho world and died soon after. My mother is doa.l, too. Baby and I havo struggled on as best wo could, I havo been able to seenro a littlo needlework somotUnes. I don't think you saw nauoh of Baby in tho. old days, Mr. Dasgan. She is my only {lister, and was most probably in tho ntfhigjy." ? \ "No, I don't think * caw hor, ho replied. "You, too, havo suffered rovcrfesr alio askod, timidly. "Qf my own making? yes. 1*1* lost its . for mo four years ago. ? I havo been drifting since, xnia night was to havo been my last. Baby stopped me." "Why should life havo lost its sweet ness?" sho asked, softly, turning her shining oyes Upon him. HE TOOK THE Iiinx.a HAND CT HI#. "Because I dreamed ft dream ? ft hopelsea dream, becefoe I a?pired to ft wdmftn rlio was far ft bove me m the ?tar*#*. ? . # ? "Bat no woman io eve* ^bore a go?d mao, Mr. Dttgen. . Onstom bind# tut toogna and aoaU bar lip*. Mr, Par g*?, we are both in the *ama bOfti now, With all the bard world before Mr ?od the current la ?Irons and 1"? ' 'Grace, tweet Qnoe,' wTu/om 1 3X4 m j broken life? wilt you help me te mo aid it to ftoicethm? better?win yoa l?t as pall down tip etreftj8 in till afttne boat together, dear loreP J Hit arm* were ft boat her? the light Of ft rjfefc Ihet aba ha* tiled to enwh ia her ejee- and aa A# lowing day, They wore* shabby poo* i>Jo but they wore happy, and I hoi r lunx.ta \v t'4 o light and their hope* tyA ' ? "And I am to live with you when 'you got married?" Baby nskod. I . "Yep," taid ran!, laughing happily. ?'But upon buo condition only ? that ycu novi r go husUiu^Ajain." "Busking? what's thaFW asked tho ohild, opening lur l/i.-j eyes in per* ploxlty, "You woro bulking hjftt niuht, Baby," said Paul. Ho took tho Hit to hand in hia and r:\isod it to hia H ]>s. "$!Lnd 1 thank tho God of Oh?istmaa? tnlo fov it, Httio one. Homo day you will know and underhand why I nay tjo. God bleaa y'yu, Buby Husking,"? Illustrated Hits. (MlHISr.M AS CINDY. How Many Homo-Mario Sweets Slay Ho (Knally I'rOriueeri. Uncookod "fondant," or eroatu, as it ia popularly tcrmodK forms tlu> foundation for an almost endless va? riety of homo-mado caudy, and it i* easily and quiokly prepare 1. Confec tioners* sugar in tho beet material to use, but vety satisfactory \rosults can bo nohioved with ordiuary\ powdered sugar. Hi f t n quantity of\powderod sugar on n smooth board, miking it us nearly cono shupod as possudo. Into a well in tho oontro ) tit a littlo cold water, work in sugar till tho water ii absorbed, thou add water a littlo at o timo till ti smooth, Btlff paste., is formed. From this foiujaut, using different eolqrs and Havora, a great variety of oaudy oan bo producod. Loiuon Creams? Work tho sifted sugar to a panto with lemon juice, and add ft littlo of tho grated rind. Boll into bulla and flatten, then dry. Orca'u Walnuts an.l Dates? Out ft roll of tho fondant into sections, roll eaoh Into a ball, and press h;tlf a ^al nut meat ou .either 'sido. I'laoe on oilotVpapcr tq hardeu. Halvo datos, rcraovo the stones, roll eaoh half in a pioco of fondant, then, in granulatod sngar. Chocolate Creams? Make tho fon dant of equal parts of tho whites of oggs and milk; roll portions into ?un.all bulls and droj; thorn ono at a timo into melted ohooolnto. Tako them out with a tcrk placed under neath, lot draiu, then drop ou oiled papor. Lozenges ? Flavor portions of tho fondant with essonco of wiuto'rgrocu, peppermint or oinnaraon, dust. a board wit)) sugar, roll tho fond.int thin and cut with tho top of a salt bottle. CrysttvHzed Popcorn ? Boil ,a tea cupful of granulatod su^nr, throe tablespodufula of wotcr and onotablo spoonful of buttor. When a hardball cuu bo formod of a littlo dropped in co^d w$ter, throw in throo quarts of nicely popped corn aud stir briskly till each kernel is well coatcd. Butternut B^lls?Chop butternut meats very line, add a littlo of your favorite spico. JNlako ft frostln^'as "if" for oalto, thickcn it with tho ohoppad nuts till it can bo handled. Itub tho hands with a very littlo butter, roll the paste into littl%balband patthom od buttered tiu3 allowing epaoo for Bprf&ding. Cryatalized Nuts? Lri??v th.o nut meats in tho beateu whrWH of egg?, Btir and drain, boat what is loft in tho dish aud what drains from them, and pour it over tho nut?, Boll cach ono m powderod sugar and dry Hi a cool -oven. Bugar Drops? Moas^ out flvo drop^ of essence of peppermint and cronm' tartar the sizo of a pea. When a tea capful of .granulated sugar apd two tabkepoonsiul of water havd boiled flvo minute?, Ptir in tho peppermint and croam tartar, first Uking tko.kot* tlo from tho fire. ^ Beat bjriskly till tho mixture wl/ileus, then drop on oiled paper. To rnako wintcrgrcen drops, flavor with essonco of winter* green aud color with coohinoal; for ro3o uso eight drops of roeo extract and tint with a littlo coohineal. Whito Candy? Boil togethor two toacupsTnl of firanulited sugar, ono t&acupful of water and ono tablespoon of vinegar until a littlo dropped in ico col4 water becomes brittlo. Pour it into buttered tins and when oool enough to handlo pul', working in a fttiie vanilla. Form into etioks, and before they aro oold out into sections with a sharp knife. Wrap these bonbons separately in different oolors df tissue paper. Lino some pretty boxos with fringed tissue paper and tie about eaoh box a baud of nar;ow ribbon with bow. Arriving at a Conclusion. ^ Willio Sliruadn ? ">far|tTpfl, (l#4n Santa Ciuus got in lijsfilcigli^^CbAht jmr? Evo and drive Around to atf-TOo houftce of tbo littlo boys and girls?" Mrs. Sliroscm? "Yes, dear." Willie ? "And doe* ho etop at each chimney m he goea aloug, and loavo jn&t tho right things?" Mr?. 8lia?$on? "Yo?, dear." Willie-? "He must bo pretty qufok to vieit all tbo little boys and girls in one nighf.** JTfp. BHmfoa? "He i*, dear." y \ViiIio6tthonghtfnlly) ? *'l <Jpo't t?0 iieve he does it th*t way," ... Jto?..SIim*>n--4'How do you .think torfoB It ~ rr_ - r: - - ? Willie? -*'1 think he plfcna ahead and do?e edtne of th? werk WoxehandL.'i^.. Ura. Blimaon ? ^What makes yon 4hink aof '.lillL Wills*- ?'We) I, I notice that heV Ill SWJffl GROWIiS. ? ? ? ? , Tin) I icy of President Cleveland tyitterfy Denounced. mhl INDIGNATION MEETING, Nd tl?\lnjjc Knough to Ac- j j commortutn tho Crowd ? Great I Tovohllylit l'roccpslon. The indignation ottho Cubans of Jackson- ' \llle, l'la., and t heir Amorlean filenda over tho reported cowardly n.ums#i nation of Anto ulo Maoeo undor n flag of true? ha* boon ex pressed hy n great torchlight procession and u ???? meeting In a vAoant lot, ho bulldioi; in (ho city lolhg liii'tfo onough to uooomiuoiUio - tho crowd. Judge II. 11, Archibald, one of the lending ' lawyers o( Vloi Ida, presided and apoeohea I denunciatory oi General Wavier and t)l? Hpauish government were miulo \>y prominent j ciilzcjis, Ex-Mayor I). \f. Fletcher, membor of tho J Florida ieuislntnio, Mild: "Tlio highest au thority in the United mates, President Ciovo- J laud, iclls tin there la no war in Cuba, If not | why is It a craft cannot U'ftvo thin port with- I out being chased by armed cruisers? I twll J you thoro' Is war In . uIm and tlio tlmo haa I ?*on?o when Wo 11$ American people ouu no j longer say that tho Hpauish people aro ox ami lea of chivalry. Their chivalry now con sists In butchering crippled men, weak wo uicn and child ion. \Y0' know wliut freedom nurt liberty means ami wo will stand by Cuba mid see that sh<? getH hor freedom." yOtlier prominent uien nVudo Rpocckcs, bit telly uttaeKiiiy tho policy \>f tho government .11] not recognhting tho insurgents as bel 'iJorent?. ? /Ua| t, J. J, Dit Mason, commander of the < unfodcnito yotcrnnu of Florida, naM be wuo ready to /aUo a regiment of 1.000 mon to go\o Cuyn,rynd drive tho Hpanitui off tho 1b iond, ?A" ]teaolulioi\a calling upon tho United Slates government h> nt-Ymeo declare tho ludepou dcnce of Culm wcto unanimously adopted. An Olilu ?>tnto official says the United Btntos irt a la^ard in justice, and a Cuban meeting has been called in bohalf of tho patriots in their struggle for freedom. A petition has been signed In Now York by tho members of tho hoard of aldermen ask ing that tho t_ uban patriots bo granted bolllg ercnt right*. lleeruits from Uoaton are being orgiuilzed. and already eighty-live strong, intelligent men, well up in military drilling bAto left for Cuba. All) FOR TIUS CUBANS. Colorndo Will Send Down Ouo IIUO ' drctl Volunteers.' It is claimed by leader* in tho movomont to send troops from Colorado to fight for Ou bhn Independence that morethnn 1,000 names Iiavo already been enrolled. John M?An drewft, Mid lle-of- the-lload Populist candi date for Attorney, General at tho rocent oloo lion, 1i*h been chosen eommundor, with tho title of colonel. A special from Poles, Idaho, says: It 1b learned that a company Ik being quietly or* janized here to go to Cuba to assist thu la lurgouto. Morton to Ciovctnnd. Governor Morton, of Now York, according to a statement published In tho Evoniug World, sent a telegram to President Cleve land In rolatlo.'i to Jh? critical condition of Cdban affair?,. nud tlto assassination of Gon> oral Mno.no, in particular. Tho mefango, ''" World adds, contained the niivol Ftiggo~ ftiat President Clovelaud Invito rrosl sloct McKluIcy(to Wufihlngton to dlu< jltualloo. ' " PottiMor Oonernl Wilson has extended 'itio hq^p^to-bouso coilection and dell very sj-8len*3 as to proviso for the solo of ago niS ppecial delivery atrttnrV by lettoir ^arriejflFby means of tho houso ooliection nod lellviw boxes, and an official stamp selling )nvelo? has bocn provided to carry thfi projeotglnto effect. This is substantially the plan wlich one of tho iAto nsslstnnt posfmaa ter gonlrals beertmo intwested in, and In.or 1er to cu frco to promote it, resigned bis uncial -jfcpltlon. Tiio new ordor will be U>etod In NVanhlngton at once nud exteoicd s i soon aa practlqublo to tho following fJonfh nrn cities: Atlanta, New Orlean^, Richmond f.nd Yicksbiirg. Innpcetcd Timber lit Alabama. ' A j)arty of about thirty bftho largest lum j bcrmen and capitalists of 'Wisconsin, Mis sourl, Iowa and Minnesota havo been in 8outh Alabama i? their special car, inspect- i ing tho timber and milling Intcroxts. It la reported that a mammoth deal is on foot by which some of tho visitors will eomo into possession of a number of tho larROftuillla In (lint section. I'. WryenhAiisor, of Wisconsin: PreMdejit Gorman, of tho Bt. Paul National Hunk; President Laird, of tho Norjon Lum ber company, of Minnesota, and O. If, In? grahaui, prcwldent of tho Kmplro Lumber company, of Wisconsin, wcro in tho party. rcriiiouent Census Scrvico. Id Accordanco with tlio provisions o! a joint resolution, tho (."ommlaaionor of Labor bas submitted to Congress a plun for ft por manont census service. A permanent fore* of from 200 to 300 persons would b? accessa ry, which would bo augmented temporarily ench ten yonrp. Tho cost of such no offlco, ho thinks should bo 1cm i ban that of the ol?y. cnth consus, nbout 90,000,000, A proportion of tho eppenso, Jiowovur, would bo boroo by other departments. Tho Australian Crop. J, 0# LArko, tho Canadian trado oorarnU ?t^ncr Jn Australia, has furnished the Van* coMvcr, D. O., Board of Trado mftta state meat as to tho condition of the Australian crops. 'Ho state? (hat tho country will have to Import over 5,000,00) busbols of whcAt this year, owing t<> tho failure of the Aus tralian harvest Ho rny* that tho bulk will como fror\ America, floV f to Fight for Cuba. CbnrTea F. Oretl and Adalbert H, W?*t, membftrt of the National Guard of . Colorado hare obtalaed leave of abseacoand lnte*4. to start for Cntft belt Sunday, with 200 vol uat ee?, alLof whora bava had military train ing, to en If ?.t In the lA?ur#?at army. arett ?ays that 200 mcn tuve also been enrolled it "wiwr . 11 Tb?r#?reiwo atUealn Kansas which elect cfcoaea at ua - wart stooU a lviaty wm? I' OK (THAN |\ t' ; Ke.-i u Tho Sonata Coiuml " * lit Ityvor ?f KeoH publlo. i ? ' Tho .wonato Com nlttoo < IT>tH a) t>*cl\>0k Kiiday All tho mojuUcrfe wero pjesu Olnoy Appeared boforo tho co? proumlinga woro conducted wit ivd pogtdhio secrecy, ? guard ling bUIo tlto door ami all tho window V.. Ing eldM>ly drawn. Olnoy was boforo tho eommltteo for two hours ami wivu very eloaoly erowt iptostionod. i Alter his depivrtnro tho committee w/hout roll oft 1 1 unanimously decided to re/ ott H resohlllt a (telartng tho indupondemy'of Oll ba. A? reported thin will bo ft reaolu* tlon which action by tli<vVr? aldont nootwsnry. Although tho mKd^fion will ha reported tho Beunto no ntUWfn is likely to bo tftkoa until rt(ter tho hoMfiayn. Tho oo.n? mlttee changed tho writing of tho rcriolutlon to road, "Tho iinltwUffiatf!) will uan its good otlloea for (.'uhat'^Mnlond i>f ".should uso?" etc., and also Inrtulrtod tlto word "Hopubll^" wltlt reference to ?)ihn. Beoretary Oln/f told tho committee tha* tho m>|KW)fdblllu/mmit bo with congress, not with tho ndmlnfafrntlon. Tlje acknowledge mont of Cuban Iftdopondonee, ho Bat* ;? tin Itullroot dcelifratlon of war aga' ATLANTA 'I DKMONSTKA Speeches foiYCubn Ivlbro, ijml Ito. lions Addressed to Congress. At Atlanta, Un., two lUgyband ontliuslt Hi io citizens mot In thoeojtuity court h? tor tho pnrposo of > ro#?H\ i? t hoi r ?ya' for tho Cuban eau^tv. Tho action or Bonato bm) fhtcnsltlcd tho fooling of thti crowd, and from Ktarl to llnl<>h tho meetlc# was onq of otdUuslanm . Kx-Oovernor W< S. Northern presided, ami inado a liflglng speech in favor of Immediate recognition of Cuba by thy United HtatOH. Hpceehe* woro also made by lloij. livan 1'. Howell, Hamil ton Douglaas, H. M. lHnokburn. T. II. l'ol io\vs, JoKonh Johnuoiv and others. Honor P, > ftHttovuruu, of alio looal Cuban junta, at tein|>led to rwpoml in behalf o(< aha, but was overooino at tlto demon.stratloii. and could not continue parcel approving thj|iJ t patting tho Cnmoroi If, for tho linuiedlatoroitli# At tho clofloof I ho n. put oi| foot for tho club.. Already govern0 " " boon enrolled aamou\V.,?' ' It Is FitfttCd tllftt ns ft result ot t company will ho organlr.od l>y more enthusiasMo men, whioh wh ... month for CutTa. WKICKIjY CO5IMJ0UCIAL. RKI?OHT. Cuban Itoporis Have Not iilly AlFootctl tho Situation, 7 ' Ji. Dun A Co 's woe^jyrovlo^of tr&do, nny?i "Cuban roportu, vuiusnftl Ughtncajl of monoy In Qormatiy, and tbo report tbat Uloro will bo no aotlon on the ta.iff at this aAeolon lmvo not really changed tita ?ttuftt|pn, but havobccn talked nbout A# if tho/ might ohaogolt, Tho holldny trade/ is jfoaorally large, though at somo po!nt?4nor/ooDflnod to oheap fjoodft than ^nd thflindtiencn of an lnc.roaso In U' V"f boreal# felt in othor ways But j J Vwow XearfP roatorial chatigojr^f ,<jwd are ftucito ? naro for a large/ host year. '??? Iron nud Blcol ute f thoso appp- ' most Important. ?'V* & ,/y "Kxports of cotton aronntur " ' ; by lower prices, and with lc of Important speculative hnfl declined 7.12 f. if?. mm , T 'M fOKo bnc July 16 tho prl^c fy nbout , ??at bloAobtfda hlfon Ih iprool x_ 'Of A sole of tbro? in reported at I is lucroaslng, ?160- . , "Failure* fpr tbe wMk fiAT** United a* against 877 It in Canada against 82 )Mt, N - Shot About a Sov At CUarlottO, N. O.-'} probabty 1r.~ Janitor, probabtjr H Lake. bookkeeper of '6? V P' tf> .f/( . chine company. Tbo troi th /a -g t ^ a sewing machine which ? fnny ove ved for from the company ovor Kirk didn't come to ft in? took out a writ- of clal_ name, and tho above Is Kirk didn't intend to t jlangum, who U acting company. m From Washing The Navy Department do one was to blame fojr'^Tbo < tleehip Texas In NowTotkl ciiry Iiorbert has glmsn outj citing 11)0 crltioisnp that bi iblp and onswei^sg tbom Members oljTbe ways andj ?ay that tbcre have boon olthor In the various copfoA- * geatODB from loaders of the Hooka that thero la any desire or inteutloo.to pus a Urlff bill through tbo present Congress. An eatlmoto of tho coming Italian oraugo crop Is supplied to I bo 0tato Department by Unltod Htntua Cou.merclal Agont Iluntlngtcn at t nstellamure. Ho says the outlook for (bo now crop of Sorronto oranges promt*** well as to Upi p'ng quality, elzo and color. The quantity will bo abdut two-thirds of an average orop. United Stale# Senator Wnrron, of Wyom ing, in seilouely ill at tho Auditorium Hot*), Chicago, 111. Sbot a Dhpen^ry Coustablo. Sjk spoclal to tho Stat* froifc Groonvlllo, 0. 0., say 8: "IMspenaary Constables Orawford; May and Uuice made a raid ffcto- tho dark - corner. seven and ono-half- miles, abovo; Greer's, and attempted to sea rob ihshOUM of John Him*. 81ms attacked thecoa?tshU with arl tajand lo tho . ~ four wmtttd?Wiwaali l*> an cacapod convict - jSJiilF IRHnratr Xbo ^atlonalT^"' w=s at n? meeting In