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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