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Mm rrU<m and M-Un and fthuuArod <ain wi\m\ una Mills id MunhnU and _ . . th# eh*r*?. this ttofywt<^lbg;5io\y York row* th?y Aottv Omolnnatt for mtKht tnko our tho troinanlotu t?L liottc , , tyro " &ow <n this i'MXJ ohuroh c .Agrjgtl ..Jl.OOO.OQO oo&wunlaawts >vu 1 |ty W ?hrtfflft for moro than country jgatlotu h of tbo popu ilril o( rttYjv lUchiHy j?-?m otlut words, vooi? in tor- threo?fourtf?H of tbo i jir^,iaal*>rtoao"h itt,Oth0f tfotdft, wo will have Mufti btiftglugtwo aoul.Vto GoJ ie*t threq ytwrs and our oountry , Who on n not, undo? tbo powor <3bo?t, brtncf two souls to (Jo a In \Xi *a int\ny will bimjjf hdddv&ls Ma to Ctodi rtioSt of you hWA'lO w.dnft 6o\\l to God n ml tho Goip'ol BwtftbU oohtlneut will bo ende<V aot bflng oua soul to God, of two ir?,?80Ul8, in threo yuan, yon nro "i4?d doaottO yoUw<Jlf to he eintt ID}* Th? toUfflowa pessimists of ifcrOnlt thotimo doplotius tho so great (in i one fort; u.vim to half of .tho tlmo tu<)Muat wo |Ubg An imposMbUltyr1' M"0* JfOW prnyetn nu t proaohlnj* j?t>Uv 6tV\fflncr of groans nud put In of aooiamntlon ami triumph, and SfftwalwlH. b'? gospoiixed, and If (Jtatea bo gospel Inod Amarioa will ji>, and> America KO^ptillstod, wo ksift from tbo Pnoitio beaoh and 35n? . tho Atlantic b?aoh, and not fur \<ho lost star wo live on will talcs iimbhg tbo constellations thatnnvor Ittho raOro than 31,000,000 eommUuU 8 thay.lift the snoramimtal cup to ItMo oath that they will uot rest / other 40,000,000 aro savod. Tho op? ..Jlefi pro all Pit Idled and bridlod. korothc men And womci^io guldothomV |j .qeltver thoo 200?H!t>rsas if thou bq ??et fulcra noon thorn." What two do' for goo I or ovil is Imprea-sod by tbo fact that, two 8oo;chmon m. tdroralnd him of Ids native ooun? S-oao took a thistle, tho National .] Jjjo.thtud, Tho othor took a hlvo SVa wont by. and tho work of tchmeh is wluely Tho cur?o Paolflo Slopo is tho tlttlstJu, and tho f?'6t-tho I'aclflo SlopeW tho houoy i^ybtrywhoro in woods and fields. In jiffo . oro you rospon?lblo Tor Inney or and , It ouo ihan can do so inuob ^another so muoh ovil, how muoh f toti .done fov tho ransom of thlaoouu jF^lJOfliOjOOt) puopla all oooaoorato i? ^Cttt'Ofitho way with your dolorous ting and flhuutco your dlrghs for what notdono for tho gmud march of inay.do Rud will ao. Tho woman AHiIq whoso house Napoleon tho Wat UH>g to * mak" tiurr?n<l?r of himself i army, said tb tho ovorthrownFiruoh of; "what can I do for youV" ti Ami ;??palrlug os-monaroh ropiind, 'Woth: ut dtawdowttthobllbdso that I can <e sfarod at," In this Oospal campaign awplonty to draw clown tho blinds. In fbamel I eay, pud up tho blinds and lot owing sun of tho coming viotory shlno .iw< Vi'hai wo wav.t in this cat?. pal,'*" odjs tbojsidf Jibnogatlon and ooura'go men of Hlr Colin Onninboll, who, us Bishop Oowio of Now Zoahiti I, ouco [lain of his army, told mo, auid to tho ,>{!: 4*At?n, no rolreat from this plaoe, rtscht boro," And thoy ehoutod: ?'Vas., OoUn, ^Yo will do it." Aud th^ydidi > >orRry da eats ousrht not to dbhimrt llfttls Uonlcer 111(1 monumenti? Mon? of "di'/out. BiU. from that blootly dutit AchiiHoan in:lop?-vniU?no9 8<arto>l foi* graniioat nc-hlHvemi'nt', and all tho do '^SJpta Of tho couso of Qod.aro Auolplout vie* ?y\Tj r fy* ?" l m, r.Thy ealuta.ln all thig glotlou9 war -J." fjhalloonquor, though they 'lie, Ibuyseuthu triumph . f com .afar . "Aud fielto It Wl! ll thoir oyo, tlldiubV, standing as I do iu this National capital, 1st mo say tiiut what wo wuut iu tlio Senate ana Houao of Representative* unii 'the" BuprbmO Court (a a pentlcostal basing that will shako "tho continent with divine im'rey. Tlviteraaenily caai<> into my hands the rutior dsof two Congressional prayer meet ings, oa tbu foils of. which wont the namea of the" most eminent Benntorn and R-pro Bouativoa who thou controlled .tbu dos trhlvgof this ropubifc? throne Con<?ro3Mon il trayer moating In 1857-rfnd tho other In 16C0. ho record Is <n the handwriting of the pbi. .ntbroptet, William E. Dodge, then a mem ber of Congress.* There are now more Chris tian men. In the National Legislature than over -before. Why will thoy not baud to gether in-n reilgioua movement whloh ba ilors the inauguration of tho noxt President shall enthrone Christ in tho hearts of this | Nation? They havo.tho bralO, they have tho l.idtwitfenoo, 'Iboy have the tatlnence. God grant -thorn the graoe aufllnientl Who iu Coaur^ipnal oIrc!es will ffrtnbiish (he oapT tollno prayer muetiug inl8fl7? Let tho eve i ing of-the-la&t decndo of this century bo IrrHdiatc'tf: with euoh a religious snlendor. I JChoJe arathe 'Opportunities for a National I^wd international charge, all bridled and saddled. . Wftoro- are the ridora to mouut " I? ?. ' : : - ? lie cavalry suggest* speed. When onoo the/reins aro gathutod into the hand? of tho 1 eotuierly hoMoaian, and tho xpurs 'tre struok into tho fl-mks, you hear the rataplan of the hoof?c "Volooltf '* is tho word that describes themovement, acceleration, momentum, an 1 Whit tre want iu fretting into the kingdom of God I# celerity. You aeo tho yoara aro so swift, and the weeks aro so swift, and the rtsva are eo swift, and tho hours aro so swift, Mid the minutes are so swift, we :' rieod to t>:i swift. For laok of this appropriate spee I many do uot gat into heaven at all. yore wo are in tho la?t H:ib bath of theyear. Did you overknow atwijlvo ?tO*Wh qTite*wrto brf ?<>n?V Tho goldun>wV of one autumn apeaks to thegoldonredof tno riert autumn, and tho crocus of one spring ff-tffneto tho crocus of another springtime, and tho snowbanks of adjoining years almost reaeh each other in unbroken curve. We art) in too rorich hurry about most thing*. Busi ness men In top much hurry rush into speo ulntlons that ruin them and rulff others, move from place to plaoe in tpo groat fdThey- wear out their nerves, and _^tho heart's action. But . the only in whlclfthey are ufratd of being too ?IS the. mutter of the /ours salvation. Id any oho ever get damaged by too repentance or too quick,pardon or too ?mancipation? Tho Blblo rocom tanrtinew, deliberation and snail-like Out. in flomo things, as when It enjoins [be slow to ep^ak and siovr to wrath and to do evil.but it tells U9, "The Kiogi reqnlreth haste," and that our days the flight Of a weaver's shuttle and lates: "Escape for thy life. Look not djbse, 4 Neither stay thou in all the " Other eavalry troops may fall back, ?WW7WWMW ieiiOatr-'CTey ?ra gotngahead, not on an easy eanter. Other xsigiaae&Ss near the ten tneir tents w'or tMyevt the eoamaad >?* rlswftfl' M# 4 fltvu UWM.-7^0 / oeatary leads on fti troop of !?? , and. tha year leads oa its troop of 965 " J 4%?v'd?y l?*d? on; its troop of oat wfaieh wa axe A god!" Or in frivolity. as did Demona*. tha infill, philosopher, ftaylpg in bM hwt moment, "You may g o homaj th? ahow U gvrtr," Oi' oonsoieucso atrlokeo, na did Otiarles T.X, Of Franco. saying In hi a last mo mehlj "Nur9?, imrsel What murdorl What blood I" Or shall wo moot it in gladnas* of OhrlMlipi bopo, llttathatof Julius Ohmles Unto. vvho said Irt liU I:t3t moavnt, "(JpWata; uowtriP Or llko that of Hloli ar 1 Baxter. in his la?t moment saying. "Al most well, ' Oi'JIk ? that of Martin of Tour*, siying in his hist moment, "I go to Abra ham's bosom.*' Or llko that of polished Aldlaon.who S'tld Irt hid last moment, with what eaaa ri Christian can die " Or llko that of Ooovge Whltoflold, who folt I hut ho had mil in'l that hwoould o' Christ, doolar i lagtu hlvlaat momon'."l s?h'\U dlosllent," Or I llko thatotAtrs. yjlumnvdp ?nnloh. woo said ilnhorlast moments ''Do jfo'U ri<Jl htf'rtf tho | Volous? Aad thistihlldrpn's aro tho loiuWt." Or Hka that of Pragonnatil, a:iyliwc la his last m >bv>Mi "ijtanl ml lo! I sea my fath or and my mother coming to kiss Or as did tho dylufi girl who, having a fow ovoalnga bofmd sat oil d bondh in a London mUiMon, Wis *oon to havo toar* of contrition rolUuir down hor oheok, an 1 who, departing (row thu room, had 8081 In Jior hand by a Ohrlstlan woman a lilhle, with tlvo pssaago markod, "Tho blood of Joan* Christ oleiu^otll sla," Though having promised to l)n at tho next niuoiinof, sho did .h^t dime, Tho Christian woman who gave h'oMha Biblo w\4 visiting tho hospital, and thtf nurae aaid ?lo Jfojf'i "I wlah you ha t boon poro a little* while ago. Wo Ha I a young womau who had boon run ovorby a wagon. Foor thing, ?ho wan foarftlily crushed and dlod aim -at at onoe, Sho had a Biblo in hor hand,- with your name in tt, and she fluid whon she was brought lot 'Thank Ood I found Christ aa my 8avloUr last night! Tho.bloo 1 of Jasua OUrlst, His don, oloausoih \ia from all sin. '" Ob, my frionds, tt all right for tho next world, tho years cannot gallop past too rapidly* If it wore posslblo for tha oentnrlea tc> tako.tho speed of tho yours, and tho years tho speed of tha days, -and the daya thd HpeoA.of tho hourp, thoy oould do ua no narni. Tho 8hortor our Hfo tho longor our hoavon. Tho soonov wo got out of the perils of' this llfo, If our work bo done, tho bottor. No man is sate till ho is doad. JJuttor men than wo havo boon wrookoJ, and at all ago*. .Lord and liaily Naplor woro on horseback on a vond In liulln, Lord Napier suddenly aald to Lady Naplop, "Rldo on and fotoh naslst aut'O and do not nslc me why.". 8ho sped on and wa3 soon out of sight. Tho faot was a tiger's 0yo3 gWtrod ou them from tho thlokot, an?l lxo^_dld not daro to tell hor, lost, ntti1 ghTodV'anoMiill In tho dangor and porbaps loa? her life. From all Bide* of uh, on this roftd of llfo, thoro aro ptu-Us glaring on ua, from tlgora of tempta tion, and tlgor* of nooldont, nnd tlgora of 3oath, and thu sooner we got out of tho perils Of this llfo tho belt?r. Let 1897 ta!fo tho plaQO of 1800, aail 1893 tho plao? Of 1807, and our souls will bo landed whero there shall bo ?'nothing lo hurt or destroy in nil Qod'a holy mount,"- "No lion shall bo there, nor any ravenous boiwt phall go up therooa. It shall not bo found ttiQro, but the rodeomod shall walked ihero. Ana 'tho ransomed of fho Lord shall return nnd oomo to JSloo, with H<>nK3 and ovarlnatlng joy itpon th-dr heads. Thoy shall obtain Joy nud gladnoas, and sorrow and sighing snail fleo away " Oh, will tt not bo graud when from 'tho windows and dbora of tho "lionso of many manslous" wo lookout and see passing along tha golder\ bourevai'ds of heaven tho white horso oavoltyv that Ht. John-, desorlbe.s In Uavolatlon? John Wealoy aald he thought horsaH had souls, but tafco the r.tory in .Rsvclallon as figurative or literal, you 'must ado\lt that none but oavalry hor9*? aro meutloned as bolug in heaven, Johu xlx , 14, "Tho urmioa whloh were in h"av?n fol lowed Him upon whlto horses." You see, they are mounted troops. Their loa lor Is tn doop crimson nttlr\ His vesture, wo aro tlld, Is "dipped in blood," not blood of human slaughter, ne mauy other con* quejrorj havo tholr attire, but Hla own blood, blooii of oru-dilxlon asrony, tho b'ood by whloh He redeemed you-' and me. That de?t> red of garment is Jn rltll oon tmst w?th the snowy whlto charger on whloh our Lord Is seated. An l no saved sinner can g 1350 on that red and that white without romemharlng that though his sins woro onco rod llko orhnson thoy havo bucomo whiter than suow. Oh, thos>i celestial oavalua los whom our Oonqueror In eourlot shall lead on ttirough tho stroitaof hoavonl Wldostr<*?t9, hnu'lredn of mounted troops abreast, long stn'.otB, thomands lu sight followeil by torn* lug thousands through tho long day of hoav? on which hath no setting suo.^Ku. I you, only tho oavalry are In that s'Jinlng prooessloo, those wh6 dl?l work out-ido tho forij;, thoa'5 woo darod all things for Ood, thoao who had -In thom tho uplrit of holy da4h. We' who did ?asy work may look at that pro o03->ion, but will not bo a part of It, Thero they pass, tho oquo^trlans i\iyl eqneatrlenna? of heaven, r^glmente or cvangftlistB, of tract (lletrlhutors, of slroet proaohore, ornaWaUon armies, of onoo half starved homo mlsafon nrles of tho frontiers, of those who-dfcL in? conspiouous. service for Christ and liovor bad their namo in tho ibew^paper-t but /onco, nn<t~ that in tho notice ? t^olr own ohaequlei? a notice _ not nccom^ciuloil by tne re<iuest, "Send no Ho were," fbr*-tU^i*o yfto ho danger that thoro would bo a profWVfon of flowers. As from tho windows .and doors of tho "houso of many mansions" wo look on ?ho passing spectacle some of ^ us will wish that on oarth wo h id had leei salary and more hardahlp. less oomfort and more oxposnre, loss caution and more courage, loss shelter and .mora fltor.n. loss smooth sailing and more cyclone, and that wo had dared all at iho front Instead of taking good caro of our selves In tho roar. Forward, mountel troopal Favorites of hoavonl Oavalrymoa au l oavatrywomen of tho J,<)r<l~ Qo 1 Al? mighty. No chargors of heavea too whlto or too nrched of neck ot loo pranolng of gait for thoie seated on thom. If Job's war. horse, whllo tho battle was going on, wild, "Ha. ha!" shall not these chargers, now that tho day Is won, uttor a moro jubilant "H?, ha?" For ward, un lor ar?hos of trlnmnh, by fountains ralobow?4 of etomal Joy anu amid gardons abloom with' unfading efliorescenco, and along palacos whore, ufter they havo dismounted, thoso souls ahalt reign rorover nnd ever, th^y marob, thoy brandish tholr ?WQapons with which they gained bloodless victory, and they rlso in stirrups of gold to gruet all the reet of heavon gaslugupon thom -from tho amothyatlno balconloa. A glorious heaven It will l>e for ^11 of us who nuywhero and anyhow sorvod tho Lord, but an espeslf I heavon,' rt' "mouutod hoaven, a protwssiottftl heavou for thoso Who havo done onMUo work, exposed work, and bolongo lU? Iho Lord's eav.ilry. < "Tho armies which were In hoaven followed Him upon, whlto horses." Then, let the oroalclng door of the closing ynar go shut. When that oloses, better doora Will open. Tho world a brightest and hap piest years ar? yet to come. Toward them wespeedon in the swiftest Stirrup. Cav alry charge at Inkerman was not so rapid. At >ast the oqutttrfans equal the ehargers, At last the riders are as many as the horses. OFF WITH THE OLD AND ON WtTH THE NE.W t, .. V ???' ? ? A ~ , % NINETEEN . NEW GGVEHNORS, Cli6iou on November 3 Xnk? Ofllcft ori Varlou? l>ate?, from Dcfcmbev 10/ 1800, to March d, 1897* / Y ' $ " " - s i r r 1. Andrew E. Lea (Fusion), of South Dakota. T JohV W?/.,eody (PopiriiAt nnd D?fe? oorat), of Kanhftp. 8. Jume? A. Mount (Ropublloyfo), of,ln<i|pnfl. 4. Uotjort L. Taylor rJQemoerat), of Tennesson. G. G. VP. Atkinson (Ji<n<ibiloHn)y%f West Virginia. 0. Lon V. 8t?ph?im (Fusion), of Missouri. > 7. W. 11'. Ellorhco (Denuocrat), of South Carolina. 8. Ebn Walter Tunnoll (Democrat). of Delaware. 0. Geor#? A. Il1ros:l?ll (Republican). of Now Hnmpshlro. 10. Frank 0. Black (Republican), of New York. 11. Roger Wolcott (Re publican), of Massachusetts. 13. Alv* Adams (Democrat nnd Free Silver Itepubllcuo),iH Colorado. 13. John It, Tanaer (Republican), of Illinois. IS. Major Edward Bcoflold (lie Subltaan"), ol Wisconsin. 15. Ilnreu 8. Plogree (Republican), of Michigan. 10. Iiorrlu^. ooko (Republican), at Connecticut. 17. Frank Stcunenborg (Dnmoemt), of Idaho. 18. John R. Rogers (Fusion), of Washington. 19. Robort B. Smith (Fusion), of Montana. tllRY I! AYR THX HKJIIT. >\allrou<l Commission <.'an Rcp;iiliit( I?ort I'oyal Kate?. timo ngo a Port Royal phos phate eompnny naked (ho Railroad Commission to compcl (bo Charlestoi 1 and Western Carolina road (tho ol< j Port ltoynl roa<l*) (o inaugurato a rat? j ou fertilizers is dowo by eontinuonr roods. Tho commission did not fee j that they, could do so, M inter- stat i connived "features of {ho situation; woflfd prevorit them there being About 1 tweuty-fivo miles of tho road it Oeor.-i gift. The whole question wae submit ted to iho Attorney 0?lwr a|f and it i? understood (h it bo ha* decided fhu? tho commfssrdli can- enforce- tbo <w>a^ Mnuous rate, aa the Vje)r??coptett 3o cisioqa of tho courts aeet? to bo that w bete a line of railroaid .Vegiti* njggi, ?pds in a State, xtco thongh m por ttuirot ii ia io another Bute, the in t*r-stato commerce la?ra.do. not applj. Tbo opinion of tho Attorney Oca oral Will bo sent to the Commission la * <Uy or - . . , ' A BIff Check PeW. Mrr 8. W. Bora#**, Seoretarr of tho ^mt ||^r4_6f .Quntroty haa paid the J ?i of January. TV pt%Mk thw it ... r. -- -- - : "i ? ??-??? ? ? ..u.- ... / A Card iff clergyfimu hit upon a novel plan of rii\>overlng IHh 1<?h1 umbrella, lie Inserted tlio following note In the parish magazine: ''Owi; a million um brella* are Manufactured iii this coun* "try every year. We are not concerned as to what bpcomea of (IiIr enormous number, bur we should like to know where one of them Is." The lost King ham turned up next day. fntcrnul Iloveuuo Collections. Internal revenue collections n? ithown by SO monthly Ma'.oment Issued by tbo com Utioacr oil bo interna trovon utj bureau foi November havo fallpn o iff. 4227,357 for that, >?xUI^lA.r^J lact VTPfirnfyy XfYt* ?1 2,7.01,3(55. Wbfskoy reoeipto show tb( only notable tomato for thai month. Foi 1 ?ofttU? .tho lncr*Wtf from this Ppurce amounted to 61,401,692, aad.for No r?nbw #285.311: Yor the ft to month* o! tbo prevent II Mat y#*r tho dooroaae in tbo general collection waa ?651,957, ? " ? ifm ? ?? Bryan'a CbrUtmui Oift. . GowrWr W. J. Mono shipped a magnif Mat KPOtacVy thoroughbred *4416 fcorw to Mscoln, Nab., m a cferkt?*# #clU u WnUa? 9. Pryn. ybaaaHaal Ia?k>aX black! ilS^Lx*rJ4rjlPmol Jft! KuSit l? -??- n?SS3&-*fo ? a mrasA. jess^S A HAIL HAD BEEN REMOVED By WiOCkf rs ami tho Train IMnngetl n J-^urfftvod l-VH l hi ouftH a Troi.Ho. 7k Second Accident. ! Ono of the most disastrous wrecks in tho history of Soi\thorn railroads Imp puuod thirty -six miles south of Bir mingham, Ala.,'' lust Sunday morning, in whioli twonty-oigl.it poisons woro killed outright and ton others injured, two of whom will die. ? Tho ill-fated train was n Louisvilllo I A Nashville accommodation, which ? runs from Birmingham to Bloeton, a ' distance of'forty miles, Tho train loft ; at 5:30 in charge of Engineer Frank | Whito and Conductor A. P. Connoll. Four mi I on north of Blootou. tho ?Ti\ 1 tiro train mndeupof ancngiuo, onggnL'O tmd two passenger coachos, oraehctx through tho brixigo vOO foot long am^ I ldo foot high, into tho Cahaba river. A ; rail had boou removed from tho track j and when tho engine struck this, 800 | foot of the bridge gave way and wont ! down with tho train. Immediately the j wrook took flro, tho water boing only ! about three foot deep, and before sufli ! oiont help could bo socurod, unfortu j nato paiicongoiM and trainmen who I woro pinioned Under tho debris wore j burned to death in night of other un fortunatos. | Homo of tho passengers, not no badly i hurt, mntiagod to crawl out ami do ail : they oouUl in assisting others, but with ? littlo avail. { Tho dead are: Frank whito, engin ; oer, of Birmingham; Goorgo C'arnoy, j flagman, of Birmingham; A. P. Oon noll, couductoi\ of Birmingham; Tom Strootor, colored porter, of Birming ham* Jordan Powell, wifo and eight childron; of Blookton; Mrs. Henry llanborry and two children, of Birnjing ham; Jamos Holing, cxpross messenger, of Guthrie, Iiy. ; JLi. W. Martin, Brook* wood; Bruce Phillips, Blookton; 8. W. Tibbs and wife, Campbell town; Andrew Bryson, Blooton; (Jco. Glondall, He lena; four otliom unidentified. The in jured are: lid. Echols, cliglitlv; 11 envy Banbury, ribs broken; Powell, child, foot badly burned; Mrs) Walker, of Blooton internally, will die; Mrs. "Walker's thrco children, slightly; Miss Booth Blooton, internally, wmdio; Stan Stewart, arm broken. Tho bridge was a ponderous wood structure with an iron npau of 200 feet. In tho conter and just at tho beginning of tho iron work train wreckers had pulled tho spikes and removed ono of tho rails. When the engineer discov ered this, as was ovident from the po sition of his throttlo and rovorso levor, ho immediately attomptod to stop, but was running at surh a rate of speed as to oarry down the bridge. Every ovi deiico showed that train wreckers had been at work. As soon as newe was received, both the Louisvillo and Xashvilleand-Mouth orn railroads pent out.' relief trains loadod with physicians and others, and evory thing poBBiblo was done for those who had tusen fortunate onough to get out of roach of the flumes, which quiokly consumod all of tho coaches and a part of the bridge. * Many of tho killed wero completely charrocf beyond recognition, ^ Tlio exact number who perished will neycr be known,, but it is thought that it will reach 80. To cap the climax, ono of tho roliof trains ran into tho rear. of tho working train, which was stopped about 160 feet from tho bridge, and camo near Ipiock i ing it on top of tho burning trjiifi. In this accident tho following woro injurod: Ham fastis, will dio; William Bast, will dio; Wood Campboll, leg brokon; Charles Elston, logs badly hurt; ?Tno'.< Bittenbcrry, aukle broken. Tho sceiio at tho wrcck presented a heart rending and sickening sjieetaolo. i Tho cars woro smashed to Bphntors on , tho rooks fully 100 feet below tho track frt ji which tho train had been hurled. Tho groans of the injurod and lamenta tions of those who crowded around wcro -pitiable in tho oxtrcmo. David Lott, a hotel proprietor at Douglass, Ga^ was assasinatcd Christ mas ove, and Lonalo McLollan is sus pected. CARE OF THIS WORLD'S WAIFS. Mrs. Lockwood'a Report of tUo inter national Congress. / Mrs. JJelva Lockwood, of Washing ton, D. 0., who was ouo of tho ^le gates from Iho United Slates to the second International Congress, which was hold at Geneva. Switzerland! in September la8t,to cjnsidor the admin* iatration of public charities and the protection of children, has made an in structive report to the Department of State. Ton nationalities were repre sented and about 05 delegates were in attendance. The congress was in session for six days, dnring which tiino many interesting and valuable papers were presented and ably discussed. Among the important topics con sidered were the education of abau- < donod childr<5*r-"aud tho children of vicious parents, and tho best method of rol loving tho poor so aw to mako the relief pormanent and to diminish iii at?ad of increasing pauporiBnv-dnd j rWime. ? ; ? , ? IMtii.-EliZAb^th, Brown, wife > of the late ex-Governor arid'te-Scnfttor Tforarlr E. Brown, died at her oomo in Atlanta, Ga. She was 70 years old. The. inauguration Parafle. Gen. Horace Poster, the chlfef mar ffcal of the inauguration p*r<4dc, has perfected the outlines of tn^- arrange^ jnaata for the big parade' and has de eidad that when oaoa atarted it Trill WEEKLY NEWS BUDGET, Southern Pencil Pointers. 1)\\v1au? a Ckdatmiw Ony v*>\v in n ' loon At hhino, Un , "Jim ' \Y liitoliond I And Andrew IIooyor, oolovod, wero , killed and "Torn" J)owdv was fAtully cut. Governor Atkinson, of Georgia, recently , pardoned two notorious forger^-H^nry II Ul j and Sidney T.asoollor, bettor known aa '"I.ord i lleraford, >, i Miami, Fin., tine boen nuarly wiped onA by lire. One maq\yas killed by i h?> exploMow . of a ptii\ fountain. Tho low will amount to about $00, 000; jnsvuanooalioul 612,000. ! Foil Monroe, Va., has bad a * '20, 000 lire It l? Ma tod t hftt Hov. I r. 'l' ;lmnj;e, tb?> ' Washington dlt!n? , tn to mnke a h'etinv tour* commencing Itla llr.st tectum in North Ouro? j Una in February, and (bat W. F. Uogart, o( ? Greensboro, N. O., lit to bo bit) mamujer. Congressman, Dayton, of West Virginia, Ima closed negotiation:} with Philadelphia ! partlea whereby two largo plant# are to bo ' established in tho timber Held of Itundoph I county, that Hlate, (t in nai l that tho mllbi : will have ft capacity ol 0,000,000 feet of tli?> , ber por year, and will employ at leant ?5<H> ? men. Governor Charles T. O'Ferrall.of Virginia, ! hn* hat n expelled from membership in tho j Old Dominion Pivmoorntlo Club at. JUclunond j btvnuso of bin stand In the reeont campaign, Other Domocratle club# In thn? cily talk of dropping the Governor from their honorary 1 1st, \fho comptroller of tho ourrenoy baa do dared a alxth dirMond of ft per eont. to the eredltora of tho Commercial National Hunk ; of Nashville Ten n, Goo, If. Holler, enshtor of the flr.it National Bank of Lebanon, Ky., is a poll centered oiubu-zaler to tho extent of ^110,000. lie haj I beou at it for ?lx yuara. All About the North. Engono Delia will go to Colorado to aid tlio Londvillo atrikora. At Lancaster, Ponti.,.AI>o Honaon, ono of tho mom bora of tho gang of Ihiovoa and outlaws who rosidn on tho Welsh Mountains wiiit shot and killed l>3f his Btop<br<Hhev, Jovry Groon, who is also a nolod criminal and mombor of tho samo gang. Banker Goorgo Nixon, of Carson. Nov , han ontorod tho race for United States Senator, against Senator John 1\ Jones. Tho Supremo Court of N?ivv York has de cided '.hat t lio ncqtmMs for 4tl00,0ft0 fur free llbruiies ia tho will of Samuel J. Tllden are invalid (Did tho money If* to 1?? apportioned among tho boll's. j, Tin) county jail ot Hnrfvtllo, Wright county, Mo., was detitrdyod by Hro Christinas night. Two prisoners, CIiup. Harper,/; colored, and Loin Lankluster, whlto, wero cremated. Harry It. Duraut. of Watorbury, t'onn., manager of tho football cluycn composed of players from several oollcges, Willi Captain Banter 1, la lnnkiug a tour of the Mouth. Tho tea it) played Its II rat game Chri&tinas day nt Nashville; ou J)oo 28 at Chattanooga; on Poo. 131 at Birmingham, and will play In Now Or leans New "Year's day. At Boston, Mnsji;, Johu I.. Sullivan; tho . pugilist, sat In tho poor debtor'^ session of tho municipal oourt to oxplaln why ho had failed to settlo a florist's bill. The case will bo further bourd Juu. 11. Tho will of tho Into Henry L. Pierce, ex Mayor ot Bcwton, has b? on filed la probate. Upwards ol ?2,01)0,000 In public bequests are distributed by tho document. Tho oldeft bank of St. Paul, Minn., has olosoa Its door/*. Tho oraclt pigeon-shot of America Was killed In a bar- room brawl at Odltaloolu, Iowa. A largo number of families living In Union ftounty, Arkansas, aro in a destitute condi tion, and many of them nro. absolutely starv ing. Their unfortunato condition is duo to the falturo of Crops in that vicinity last sea-_ son, caused l>y a scvoro dronght. A mafti meeting at Jildorado bus biuui called to ofIc tho Stato Legislature, tho Governor and CQngreps for rolluf. As a result of a mail vote ot the members of the American Bunkers' Association, tho Ion h annual convention of tho association will bo hold at Detroit, The convention will bo hold soino tlino in August. .. . ?? Tho MaBonlo Hall, tho largeAt building in Now Brunswick. N. J., has been destroyed by llro. Th?- edlllce cost *800,000, and (bo lostf is / about #400, 000. , ? Jafiob Murer, postmaster at Onrnaville. Iowa, committed suicide by swallowing car bollo acid. Ho was abort In hJitunds to the amount of ?260. ' , At flan Francisco, Col.-, tho strike nt tho Pacific Boiling Milts Is at an end. 'lbo mon have agreed to a 10 per cont. reduction of ^ their wages. Ncnr Delaware, O., a daughter of Mrs. ?. CIoopo, wL'ifo building n llro In a kitchen stove no rrbwly escaped death, it is suspect - cd that somo c/eo placed a stick of dynumitOi and cop in sonio wood used to burn in the stove. Tho building was shattered. A hundred bushels of grata havo been burood nt Bt, Paul, Mtno? IiOB3, ?100,000; insurance, $30,000. ? ; Miscellaneous. Boatswain S. W. Gardiner linn bcon dctachod from tho Norfolk navy yard and ordered to the Puritan; Boatawnm James jjwyor, from tho Boston navy yard to tho Newark, / In Now York. trunk XVSlavin, of Australia, and Boo Armstrong, of Chicago, fought. In tho fourth round Blavln after two minutoa and flfty-filx scconda of fighting, throw up his bonds and qiilt. Officials* in confidential relwUons to tho Bcorotory of 8tat?vand President appear to attach no importonco^ifr the story published by tho London Timcrf/as originating in PorlK, to tho effect that Qerfiiany bad informed tho United Statos that itftvas prepared to side with Spain. \y A dispatch from Constantlnoploto tho I.on- __ don ? ontral News says that tho sujtan hair* Issued adoerco granting am.nes?y bi'J.000 Ar monjaos who have been eonticcfl ettfriir ot crimes against the governmetilffr ?g*inst persons of property, or w ho w&r<r?waitlng trial oa iucb chargM. y ^ ? 1~* -? - Con&tmfa gambling^, aftcor'difig to th? recent di^on ot tU^ CourU of Appeal at Pert?z-??*N?B4-M aufflcient. grpun^ for dh - vorecT l?-yMt^ ? - 1 ? ' - Tbeeww^btoatLD! ?<?h? - treasury b\? bwi trau?mT\WJ rtr mngrew* ? Mr. Carlisle ?ammarlrea the eoadiUoa of tbe treasuiy antf WTtew* the foniHrr r?eo?- - DOVt*.