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"THE EMPTY SLEEVE?! While engaged with a commercial house lu the city of Cleveland, Ohio, my business frequently called me to manv of the important cities atui towns of the State. During one of my regular visits to u town in tlio southern part of the State, which was noted far and wide for the bad character of its saloons, and thoir proprietors, the following incident occurred. The train was late when 1 arrived at L . After a hasty supper I was in- I vited by the hotel proprietor and his ! wife to accompany them to u temper- ! anco meeting. Yrho lecturer, they said, " was stirring up the whole town.'' The meeting had commenced ItAfAVA U?o 1 * " 4 * _?<v ---a oiutcu uuu i noxou irom tno crowded condition of tho church, tlic stirring songs, und the pointed remarks of tho speaker tiiut u deep interest was prevailing in tho temperance move luent in tTiis community. When the speaker concluded his address, an invitation was extended to 1 all of those who desired not only to sign tho pledge, but also a petition to the council to suppress by a local option ordinance, all of the saloons of the place. Quito a number went forward and signed both papers, among whom were a few of tho most intemperate people of the town. Just previous to tho closing of the meeting there aroso in the central aisle, a tall, dignified gentleman, elegant In appearance, with a pleasing cultured face who walked slowly to the speaker's desk and asked permission of the chairman to occupy a few minutes before closing. His request was cheerfully granted. He said, " 1 did not come hero tonight to speak ; only to listen. Hut as 1 always take a deep interest in the temperance work, I could n >t ho quiet until I added a few words to encourage some of those who signed the pledge to-night. My personal experience may help somo one to he linn, and sustain them in their efforts to reform. i whs oorn in the town of W and received a careful college education. My father started mo in business, which proved a success from the start. 1 gathered around me many warm friends. I married a cultured anil refined young lady of a neighboring town, whose parents were highly respected. We had two children, a son and a daughter, i was popular and was called to preside at nearly all of the social and political meetings of the placo, and on my way homo, 1 was frequently induced to partake of a glass of wine or beer. The habit became fixed, and I found that much of my time was taken up at the club and social meetings, and that my hours for going home were late. " Sly wife spoke kindly to me about my drinking. I replied, 'Never fear, I will never become a drunkard.' " Lint us time went on. I became more and more a slave to drink, until my friends kindly admonished me. I noticed that my business was being neglected. It was not long before a receiver was appointed to wind up my business affairs. My store, goods, beautiful home, and all went to liquidate my debt, and I was obliged to move into a very poor house on a side street. Now, nearly all of my former friends deserted me; and 1 could secure no work, fot I could not bo trusted. "At this point 1 lost my pride, and went about the town and through the street half drunk, slovenly and shabby, being a complete slave to the drink habit. Then I sold ull of the few things which we had been uhln t.? keep, to procure whiskey ami food. When my cash was gone I joined a gang of sewer and street workers, and shoveled gravel. Each day my dinnerpail wont to the suloon, and at night we went there in company and often stayed late, going home hungry, tired und cross, until 1 made my home almost a hell. "One night 1 had hcon drinking more that usual, and when 1 arrived at homo I was angry. I saw a light through the window, but the door was locked. I tried to get in but could not. I pounded at the door in rage. Tho only response 1 could get was from m> boy, who appealingly, said, 'Go away, papa : you won't hurt mamma, will you y' I said, 'You will see if this door is not opened soon.' "Groping around tho door, my hand fell upon a hatchet which had been used for cutting kindling wood that day. With this 1 broke in tlie lower panel of the door. From within 1 saw a small arm extended through the opening, and heard a smull voice crying, ' Papa, go away.' "In my anger and desperation I caught that arm, and with one blow of the hatchet 1 cut it oil and throw it on the ground. "The frantic screams of my wife and children soon brought a number of the neighbors, and also a policeman. After a severe struggle, with blocal dripping from my face, 1 was taken to prison. My boy was convoye I to a hospital, and my wife and daughter wcro cured for by loving friends. When morning came I was sober, and then fully realized what 1 had done. Oh, what would i have given to have replaced that arm and re< ailed the horrid de^ds of that night ! "Court was in session, and 1 wais taken before the judge for trial. I asked no lawyer to defend mo. 1 told the judge that I was guilty. My wife was not to blame, and no sentence was too severe to impose upon mo. I was responsible for the crime which whiskey, beer, and tho saloon-keeper as hihicu mo to accomplish. But with tho help of u higher Powor I would never drink another drop again. I was placed in prison and had ample time to reflect. I exclaimed, 'Oh, what a wretch I have made of myself! and I determined to make a man ol myself among my own friends at home. 11 was released in time through the influence of my friends. 1 came to my , own town, and sought my wife ano children and asked their forgiveness. I once more commenced business in a small way, and have succeeded from that day until this. I now have th< happiest, pleasantest home in America. "I desire to introduce my son, 'Fred, will you please come forward." Immediately a fine looking young man arose from his seat, and stopped forward to the platform, and as the in terested eyes of the audience rcstoo upon the youth, they knew the story to bo too true, for, at bis side, hung an empty sleeve. llis father placed his hand on tin boy's shoulder and said, "That is tin best boy living and Fred added. "My mother, sister, and myself an say, that father is the best man on earth." Looking around I could not see a dry eye in the audience. Then there wort hundreds anxious to roach the desk to sign the papers, and lator on every saloon in the place was wiped out. ?Postmaster Generul Bissell hm given his last order for the printing 01 Columbian postage stamps. Thi order was for 105.000,000, and it com no thousand million cOL* THK WHITK CITY IN KUMFil. The Uront HtiiUltiiKi of tho World** Fair l>c?irojed by an tncemliar> FIit?(irn?i anil Awful 8c?'iiPFoiflgners are the Principal Losers. ClUCAOO, Januurj 8. ? Tho world's fair t'ompoii camo to-night. A rushing volcano of llaines?u liugo (lothlc architecture tumbling into chaos- bo* wildcd mobs of people- all were there, under a greut starry sky of Italian clearness, with Lake Michigan's broad expanse a second Mediterranean. Probably no more magnificent yet terrifying spectacle has ever been witnessed this side of the Atlantic. It was long after dark to-night when belated people, returning from work to their homes in tho suburbs along j the elevated railroad ?familiar to hundreds of thousands of world's fair visitors?noticed a constantly enlarging column of fire and smoke ascending skyward in tho east. "The world's fair is on fire!" was tho cry, and few indeed of the fascinated watchers from tho train windows ' alighted until tho famous terminal at ' the exposition grounds was reached. I The htst half mile of the journey was #1 5 ? ??<?' % ' * 4 1 I i ,ioi in niu uur, so uiiti > 11 ! view of tho blazing pie miio horn o of the world was shut otT for a time completely. Directly past tho scene of the frightful fire of Die cold stoiago warehouse. where ..joren of firemen lost their lives during t he fair, hundreds of | spectators hurried from the train into < the celebrated court of honor. Then*, ! suddenly, the conflagration came into j view. Whirlwinds of blazing ember.wore boing* carried from tho end of the court of honor furthest from the administration building, high over the mnmmotl) roof of the liberal arts building, tho largest structure ou earth. The groat golden statue of the republic could he seen lifting her liberty cap defiantly aloft through the clouds ' of smoke and (lame. FALL OF THE PEKISTYEK. The fiie had been burning less than an hour when a thunderous crash of falling timber and a tremendous shout from the crowd announced the collapse ! of the poristylo. A moment later another terrific yell I from the crowd told t hat the liberal i arts building had caught lire and that 1 the whole exposition was threatened. A (1 -utnatie incident marked the destruction of the peristyle. One of the ladders bearing a group of dromon fell with the columns and one of the heroes went down to death, while a number of others sutl'ered injuries more or less severo. The sky was li .'id, brilliant at this I time with fal in; sparks, many ol | which fell iuvuj to the north, shower, ing the roofs of ti e a t palace, woman's I building and the various State struc I tares with lire. 10very train ami street car added momentarily thous| amis to the throngs of people, and but t for the terrifying spectacle and the j danger to life and property it seemed a* if the greatest gala night of all tit the world's fair was on in all its glory. W1IKUK T1IK FIKK STAKTK1). The fire started in the Casino, just east of the agricultural building am south of the peristyle. The Casino ! was quickly devoured, and the ll.uncf j surged north on top of the periwtyh j and dropping made a second line ol i tiro along the base of the columns. The flames then sprang through tin hall, which corresponds at the north end of the peristyle to the Casino at the south. While the fire was burning. there was one of the most singulai and fascinating sights of the night Along the top of the peristyle wen scores of statues. The spectacle foi those pcoplo fortunate enough to he on the moving sidewalk, just east of tho peristyle, was that of a succession of gigantic human beings. The spectators at this time, partly to guard their lives and prevent wholesale robbery of the exhibits, had boon largely driven by the police westward over the bridges from the lake and lined up in a solid mass against tbo electricity building. Here they could see great blazing fragmentdropping down upon tbo exhibit below. Through the glass in the buildings could be Been pieces falling likt boulders in an avaianclie, crushinu and burning the exquisite Fronol section and threatening to destroy tin Russian and Ileitis!) sections. I.I MKK A I. ARTS ltl'll.DINti DKSTROYKl). Tbo fire boats and engines on tin lake side bad by this time subdued tlx II.nnes in the usees of the peristyle and in the lower colonnado of the southeast side of the liberal arts building and hopes were raised that the (in had hoen subdued, hut shortly aftei 11:1 ,*i o'clock ]). in. the (lames got beyond control way up on the top promenade of the liberal arts building, and the main aisle of the building war a mass of Humes, arising from the blazing brands which came from above. Komorsely the fire was hurling itself through the big iron arches. The Humes wound boacoustrictor fashion in and around the mammoth electric light coronas, suspended from the roof. Helow these fearful circles ?f iron, likely to drop at any moment, even the hardiest would not venture within a hundred feet. Frantic horses, with heavily loaded trucks, were plunging through the aisles, encumbered with wreckage or drenched with the fulling cataracts of water, most of which fell far short of the topmost (lames. Clouds of smoke and vapor that every moment or two shut out the view of the lire in tho roof, were colored in the most fantastic fashion, running from green and violet to vivid scarlet, .lust what caused the extraordinary views none see mod to know. estimating the loss. Opinions seemed to Ihj general tliut the loss by water would bo oven creator tlian that by lire. The federal officials put the maximum lows, if the lire doew not spread beyond the liberal arts building, at $1,000,000. On the other band, the estimates made by people connected with the local directory made the highest figures $1,500,000 in the liberal arts l.ui ding. At lo:45 o'clock a great iron arch /five way directly above the French wares and fulling heavily buried them 1 beneath the burning plloand they were abandoned. < the .lai's were helpless. ' Hack of the French was theJapanoso 1 xlilbit and about it clustered a crowd 1 of scared and frantic Japanese. This, ' like many exhibits, has not been re- ( eased from bond and goods could not 1 Iks taken from the building. Under * the diroetion of some Japanese of- 1 ricials. the wares wove carted to the 1 doors and there they wtood guarded by 1 the natives of tho flowery kingdom, f who sorrowfully awaited tho destruction that seemed inevitable. All of he American exhibits had long ago ? boon removed, but the formalities of c ,?i custom house had detained tho f 'oo is of the foreigners. Superint.n- V dent Graham, of the manufuetun * building, said it would I e weeks before t a schedule of the damages could ho i prepared. r r > vq rofttiiuatod.'' i wmmmmmmmmmrnmrnirmn ' m n 1 snld Mr. Graham. "It Is an awful saorifico of wealth. I have feared this since over since the fair closed and now it is worse than I ever dreamed."' All through the great structure frantic exhibitors rushed, seeking the afety of their goods. " Our hands are tied," said one. " Wo cannot remove our wares from the building. Wo must stand idly by and seo them burn. *Ve can do nothing WORK OF TIIK KlIt^MKN. The lire department fought with energy and skill, hut the conditions were uli against success. A ilerce wind eutno over tl)o lake, Hinging fiery embers everywhere and fanning the Humes into fierce life with every moment. Huge billows of llama rolled northward over the great glass roof, being manfully combated by the men upon the roof, who were handicapped, however, by the lack of water. A heroic effort was made to get streams to the top of tin? giant structure, for the only apparent, salvation of the structure lay in getting men upon the encircling promomudo and pouring the streams Into the furnaneo below. Hut the water suppy was fearfully inadequate. Tune and again the streams were cut off almost entirely. Scattered through the fail' grounds are hydrants from which the supply was to be drawn, hut they were insufficient in the hour of dire need. Finding it impossible to reach the roof, the chief ordered his engines in the building. Three days ago the number of pack a^os awumng shipment id each building was : Manufactures 1.97-1, Midway plaisaneo ,'100, fino arts ~Hd, woman s SI 9, horticultural. 1,000, transportution (>(M). mining 1 ..'lad, electricity 107, agricultural I.StH) and lo.(HX) scattered in other buildings, making a total of about 2-1,000 packages. Loss than 14.0(H) packages had been shipped away prior to December 2<>th la.->t. Most of the goods remaining were foreign exhibits. At midnight tho lire was under control. The origin of the fire is said to bo revengo on the part of a couple of tramps. Tho solitary gourd in the music hall says that just before the Haines broke out ho kicked two vagabonds out of the Music llall and told 1 hem to lind quarters olscwhero. They left in the direction of the Casino and soon aftei Uro broke out everything on the grounds was terror and confusion. Chicago, Ilh. January 9.? Last night's lire in the World's Fair grounds produced greater changes in tho ap (i? uruiuT 01 v nicago s lamnus pleasure park than it was expected would I us nuulo by six months' removal t?f the buildings. The Casino, win ro thousands spoilt delightful hours watching gay scenes upon and about the errand basin, was wholly destroyed. Of the peristyle, once illuminated with thousands of incandescent lights and Creek lire and furnishing endless enjoyment, nothing' remains. Its arches were burned away, and its stately columns, naif burned and charred, lie confused mas.es upon the brick promenudw which surrounds it. The colossal figures which surmounted it toppled to toe ground when their supports burned away and are broken in pieces. Columbus and his heralds with their ware horses and chariots are unrecognizable among the mass of ruins. Music hall likewise is a melancholy heap of ashes. Save here and there a twisted iron girder, not a portion of it was saved from tin; flames. All about 1 the walks are strewn with debris, charred brands which the wind hu w from the burning buildings and little piles of white ashes where some of brands were consumed after falling. The manufactures building both within and without presents a sight not desired by artist or exhibitors, fno lattice work between the top roof and the curved one, covering the centre aisles on theea.-t side, is burned away from a point above the .outhern end of the United States section south to the one above the Russian section. Upon the till and glass arched roof lie .mil inirncd boards which formed part | of tho lattice and which when loosened by the tire slid downward. inside the building appearances are worse than upon the roof. Within the region burned and for some distance on either side the lloor is covered with water. Standing in water, which at some places is two inches in depth, are innumerable boxes, containing precious wares, billed and bound for rcshipmcnt as soon as they couid be released from bond. Upon and about i hem lay tho new destroyed decorations of pavilions. Too French, Belgium and English sections sulTered most, and in tno spaces occupied by them are to be seen the most disastrous results. Tno scene inside the great manufacturers' building was of absorbing interest. Here and there wore seen boxes with ttieir c >ntciits safe, except for the water iiuii- icaKeu into thoin. A few timber* in thereof won; still burning andsmoklue' # TilK ClGAItKTTK VlCK.?Tbo use of cigarettes is not llicroiy tbo liso of tobaooo. it is a vice by itself. In reformatories where tbo euro of the opium, alcohol, and cigarette habits is a business, cigarette patients are not restricted from smoking cigars or pipes, which are regarded us comparatively harmless. The cigarette works a special evil of its own which tobacco in other forms does not effect, i This evil result may be duo to drugs, I or to the paper wrappers, or to toe , fact that the smoke of cigarettes is almost always inhaled into the lungs, while cigar smoke is not. As to tout, let the experts decide ; about the fact of the effect there is no doubt, and no dearth of evidence. No other form uj tobacco iits into tin* will .?i. ??o vvi^ai do. The udult limn can carry otT a good deal of poison of 0110 kind 01 another without disaster, and his duties being fixed and iiis will formed, lie is usually able to make bis minoi vices subservient to bis more important obligation. And so it happens that it is a matter ol constant observation in clubs, and where there are intelligent men who allow themselvesai the creature indulgences that t.n ,\ daro, that these exp? r.eneed pi rsom , are eonstant'y "swearing oil'" ciga- ( rettes for longer or shorter pcr.ods, mid smoking cigars instead. Tin i cigarette fetter b. gins to gall, and Llicy lling it olT. lint young '?? .>h uo lot do tliut. Tney liuvo not diner*, ti n , nough, for one tiling, and, for another, igars cost too inucli for llioiu, and annot bo smoked hurroptitously in a j ipuro moiTieiit. It in the infernal dicapncss of tbo cigarette and its ulaptability for concoulniciit tln.t ?ein|>t this school-boy's callow intelli- ? fence. ? Harper's Weekly. ?Tho Uon. I). M. Key, United t statos Judgo for tho Eastern Distriit i >f Tonnessoo, states that ho will rotne t root tno bench noon after his 70tn v lirtliday, which will occur on .January !7. lie has filled tno olllco with on* Miction for many yours and will now i ? tiro to his private home in Chatin* , i.-Oga. Judge Key was FostiuaaUr ,i journal under President Hayes. ^ tm > mi* . , umiwi w-rmmi rtrfin FOR A MARCH CONVENTION. The Organ of the FurmrrH' A Ilia nee Si i-ongly Opposes Delay In NoiiiIiim* l ioiim. The Cotton Plant, which is the offleinl organ of the State Farmers' Alliance, announces Its opposition to the plan suggested by the Laurens County Alliance for a nominating convention in July, and expresses itself as follows: " With the very beginning of this year wo are confronted with the fact thut this is a campaign year and that we are soon to meet our oppon* nts in a battle for the people's rights and the development of our State in business prosperity and the happiness of its citizens. Such being the raso we at once realize the great importance of at once getting our forces together aud coining to an agreement on the policy [ 10 Do pursued so that there can he no misunderstanding, and the success of our cause assured. " Tho politicians must he made to take a hack scut and let the people themselves set the pace. To do that the people should meet In their neighborhood clubs and send delegates to a State convention, which will adopt a platform and nominate a candidate for Governor to represent our people on that platform. A 1 lieutenant Governor should also ho put up, hut the remainder of the State officers can ho nominated by the delegates to the September convention. " The Stuto convention for this purpose should he held n > later t han t he month of March he tore the farmers w.-i kki 11uMy in i licit* crops to attend to it. ami befuro bad blood rises between tbo friends of tho aspirants for the Governorship on the Keform side. " The Alliance cunnot take part in partisan polities, and therefore has only tho right to point out the. necessity of culling the people together and leaving it to some one else to do the work. We believe that tho last president and executive committee of tho Farmers' Association of this State are t lie proper ones to issue such a call, and we are confident that the pooplo would resound promptly and unanimously to a call issued by them. This is a movement of the people to reform and iiuoroveour government , and not a movement to place any man or set of men in ofllco merely. We must keep on tho high ground of pure patriotism, and seek out the men for service who will he most capable of carrying out our wishes. Measures and not men must he made prominent. "It will ho noticed that wo do not agree with some points in the resolutions passed on last Friday by our Laurens brethren and published elsewhere in this issue ; but after mature consideration we feel satLlicd that our position is the correct one. We hopo that, our readers will use our columns in a discussion of the matter, and in that way reach the most satisfactory conclusion. We have briefly outlined our views, with reasons therefor, and we shall use our best endeavor to maintain the rights and privileges of our people and promote harmony in the work. "The convention should be called in March t i adopt a platform and nominate a candidate for Governor on that platform, and it should be called by men who can bo depended on to carry it with perfect justice and fairness to all concerned.'1 Commenting upon the political situation us revealed by the differences existing between the leaders of the lieform faction, tho Columbia State makes the following observations, which uro given for what they are worth : " When the announcement was made in December that the campaign this year would open early in .lanuary. u great many had doubts about it. Few outside tho 'charmed circle' then knew that tho political pot within the f ranks of the Keform party was boiling over, and that there was a light within the ranks of tbo heretofore solid I phalanxes of Reform, imminent. Rut such was the ease. It has been browing for a long time, and now there is a crisis. "There are to he two factions in tbo Keform party in tho coming campaign. That fact is now no longer denied by tho leaders of the more powerful faction. The indications arc that Senator Irby. the present Stite chairman, vIII lead t he fact ion which represents UK! minority, and that ho will have but littlo to do with tho real manipulation of the coming campaign as far as | tho Reform oloinent is ooneerned. lie ? and several followers some months ago I out loose almost entirely from tho main wing of tho Reformers, and they aro all liltoly to fall hv tho wuysido, lighting as they fall. "Congressman Shell, it is positively announced, was approached while in tho city a few days ago by tho leaders j of the Alliance or farming element of the Reform party, and ho has consented to la; at the head ol tno committee that wi'l manage the campaign for this faction, lie was tho former president of the Farmer's Association in this State. "It will be noticed that the Alliance is to be kept in tho background as far as being a political machine is concerned, but a great deal of good solid j work has been done by the loaders among the Alliancoinon all over the State, and they will be as a unit against tho opposing faction. "A representative of The State had , quite a long talk with one or two of the ieaders of tho Alliance side. They say that tho loaders of the other side will he Irby, Stanyarno Wilson. Larry | Gannt and John Gary Evans. They ( seem to think that a combination was , formed nearly a year ago by troy una .lis followers to run things to suit themselves and make a slate of the J ollices for the coming term, which ( .voqld be presented to tho voters and would bo swallowed by them. They ! -ay t(int the effort to crush out every lead ing Till man man- the attacks up- ' on Tnulal, MeLaurin and others was the direct result of this combination nginecred by Irby. They consider * Irhy dead as far as State politics art onjernrd. In regard to t.mso Alii- * nee resolutions adopted in Laurens a ievv days, one of tne?e men said thai idiey wore gotten up under Irby's iuflu nee, and represented nobody s views tut lii.s own. He was a good inanipu ator and got the County Alliance tidopt them. Ho did not think thut inolhor Alliance in tue State would tave done so. "The leaders say that inasmuch as ' his will not affect Governor Tillman's ight for ttie Senate, he will be hands ' >ff' in the light. They say that Irhy i:i8 been spreading too idea that he ind Tillman have been working together. They know that Governor ruiinau's views in regard to a convcn- n ion aro not those thut were expressed d a the Laurens resolutions. They w lilnk, too, that Governor Tillman d rants a far.nor for Governor." <\ - - ?- - - -Fifty-four Democrats, tnirty five o tepubiicans and four Hopulists have ? sked for time for participation in the a ohuUi on tno tariff' bill, it is not sure u hat all will be g4veu a hoarhig. G GEN. LEE'S CHRISTMAS FARE. Tliorc Wuh Ctibbugc nml Huron. Itui the Huron Wuh Only liorrowvil. As the fortune of war had favored his larder, through some skillful forugiug of Ephruim, u negro, who wus his tuitutut cook, body servant, and waiter ?three gentlemen in one?Gon. Lee invited several officers to dine with him on Christmas day, lHt>4. The lueky recipients of the timely invitation wuu) five in number, all officers of distinction, among them Gens. Longstreet, Gordon and Kershaw. They were on time when dinner was called. It was served on a rough pine table, without u cover, in Gon. Leo's woathorbeatcn tent. It consisted of boiled cabbage and eight or ten boiled sweet potatoes and u dish of rice cooked dry. The piece de resistance, which indeed the knightly guests found it hard to resist, was n small bit of fat bacon, about three inches square, that lay on top of the large cabbage. Now, bacon was as rare in the Confederate camp at tout time as arc roses on the Northern hilltops in December. Even Ignatius Donnelly, with all his genius for unfolding the hidden, could not have discovered a truce of it in the mess stores of that army. You can imagine, therefore, the self-restraint exercised by each guost us they declined in turn a slice ol the delectable meat proffered by their host, who held liio curving Knife and fork readv to cut. mid i?<dr? It was observed that when the Gencrul, alter helping to the cabbage, said to the guest Whose plate Kphraim hold out, "Allow 1110 to help you to a slice of t lie bacon?" the devoted old servitor's hand trembled greatly. In fact, ho seemed to he in a state of decided fright. The high military rank of the guests would not account for his trepidation, for he daily served near a master who out ranked them all. There was no splendor left in the tracery of faded gold lace on their battle stained uniforms to dazzle his eyes and cause them to roll about and stance from bacon to gnest, and from gnest to bacon, as eacn answered the half question with the words: "No, tnank you. General." The discomposure of the serving man was all the more striking from its contrast with the serene self poised dignity of his benign master. Dinner over, the (icneral and his quests retired from the tent, but as they passe.d out Gen. Leo turned anil said in a low tone, " Kphraiin, we have another cabbage, have we not >" The answer was. " Yes, sail, Mass Hob. We'd got aniulder cabbage, BU11." "Then Kphraim," said tho General, "save the piece of bacon to cook with that cabbage." Tho prompt and decisive reply was, " No cuh, Mass Hob, I can't do oat ! I jis borrow dut piece of bacon for seusenin' from a friend obor dar in Kielimon', and 1 done gib no my parole ob lionah dat I'll gib him back dat same bacon wnut I borrow.'* Toe General, who could not be a party to any man's violation of his paroio of honor, consented at once to tne return of the bacon that had so successfully run the gauntlet of six hungry diners. lie must have rellected too, on the extremity of his lortunes that led to the borrowing of a part of his Christmas dinner, on the hard condition that it should be returned untouched. His New Year's dinner was still more meagre. I judge, from what he indicated to Gen. Grant next day. A Hag of truce had been sent into the Confederate lines witn an inquiry regarding a Union otllcer who had been wounded and taken prisoner, and the otllcer who bore it. after stating its object, said : "Gen. Lee, I am directed by Gen. Grant to give you his compliments, and to say that he is thoroughly informed as to all your movements, and even knows what you had for dinner yesterday." Gen. Leo took the pleasantry in good part, and answered: " 1'iease, Captain, present my compliments to Gen. Grant, and say that 1 must doubt the correctness of his information, for 1 know him to boa humane man, and if he had known wi.-.t I a...i f......... - < iiuu k'i uij mum r ho wouul liuvo sent mo u part of his own." 1IOW K) OKI (jOOi) ItO.kllS. About u ycur ugo wo referred, editorially. to too {food example set by an enterprising young man in Central Missouri. Tins young man undertook to put the roads alongside his own home in good condition by voluntary mbor of sell and teams, lie procured a road grader and contributed several dollars worth of gratuitous work, and not oniy put too nail mile of road in front oi his home in good order, but graded a quarter or a naif mile beyond home in two directions. The part of the road ho graded was inane too best dirt road in the county. Alter doss inn over the road tin; ouitor of this paper wrote the article above referred to, and called the attention of tno farmers of the State to tee laet that if every fanner in toe State would put tno roads along bis own farm in lirst-cluss eondition the good, dirt road problem would be solved. A recent visit was made to the vicinity above referred to, and we found that the young man wlio did so inueb gratuitous ro.id work last year repeated the operation this season, even hiring neighbors to help him grade roads not only along his own home, but for a half mil? on each side, lie now lias a mile and a naif of line gradod road. Nor did tbo work stop here ; iht enterprising tanners along a mile und a half ot parallel road, and other loads intersecting them, imitated his sxamplc and graded the read along their farms as nicely us any street in the towns an i c.ties. He pur is come from several different >urts of the State that a great deal of voluntary work has been or is being lone on tbo roans, and we are led to boleve tout tno Journal's rJconimonda.1011 of tins plan a year ago nas resiuteu n great good. Tnero is no question but that this ilan genorally loiiowed will put the lirt roads in suen a condition that, vitn toe exception of a few days in tho roar, tney will be reasonably good. I'uo farmers who do tins extra work Vlll ./I ? ? .... ivjnviu ill UIO eillianOUU ippearancu and vaiue oi tiioir own toiuurt, to say notion^ of tno benefits mil pleasures ol good roads. Quo tiling lacking in communities vliore tno roads are nicely graded is vide wagon t,res. It does not take oiig Willi tho narrow-tired wagons icavily loaded to greatiy mar and inure too good roans tnat enterprising aen iiavo inado. Wo hops the fanners /ill investigate, agitato and experinent along tnis line.?Journal of AgriUltUI'O. - I'aul Uuinplirey, a prominent young jan of Goldsboro, nad a ligiit Wednetiay in a dining room of tho hotel thoro nth Marion Butler, who was prosiout of tiio North Carolina Farmers' iliiauce last year. Tno trouble was uo t > Butter's oeeupying a seat at tho iio.e wrueu liuinpurey eiuimed for his ito. liutier was siruuk in tno face nd is saiii to nave lost some hair, lie > editor of two populist organs, one at roldstsno and one at Clinton. ' RROWlNE PLEADS GUILTY. T!ip Trial of the Atlanta Hank Cashier Muds Iii a Sensation. Atlanta, Gn., Jan. 11.?Lewi* Itwino's trial for embezzMn; i 03,000 from tho Gate f'!ty National Hank, canto to n sudden unci unexpected end this aftcrncxm. After government announced that Itphud closed its direct evidence the counsel for Hud wine hold a half hour's consultation. Then Col. Nat Hammond, ft r tho defense, asked Judge Pardee to rule on tho demurrer to the Tom Cobb Jackson no draft indictment. " Well, 1 sustain the demurrer in reference to this indictment.1* said .Indue Pardee, giving hi.s reasons. Ho said tho indictment wu: insuftleh nt because it did not charge that H.-dwine was benefited by it. " If your honor please." said Col. Hammond, "there arc three indictj llicnts left. One envneitur t).?. amount of $103,178 and tin others covering' $1T>,00<) and $-10.000each." Ho said that tho evidence had proven a clear rate against the defendant, and although lie ' tis willing to do everything on tuilh for hit) client he would enter a ph a of guilty on the indictment chancing the embezzlement of $103,000. This announcement created a sensation in the court room. Col. Hammond went on to say that having heard the government's evidence he was sat is lied that the defense eouid not rebut it. and therefore entered the plea of guilty. The lawyers were called to the Judge's stand and consulted a few minutes. The Judge instructed the jury to find the defendant " guilty *' on the throe rcmanining indictments. This was done after the consultation. The pleas wore entered and read simply, "We, tin? jury, iitid the defendant guilty." After the reading Judge Pardee stated lie would sentence the defendant tomorrow morning at 1<> o'clock. During the morning session of Court ! the government put up witness after i witness una niuue its ease stronger and stronger. Atlanta, (?n.. .Ian. 12.?Judgo l'nr loo this morning sentenced Louis I Rod wine, the defaulting assistant cashier of the (late City National hunk, for a term of six years in the Columbus, Ohio, penitentiary, he hav. ing pleaded guilty yesterday of embezzlement while assistant, cashier for | $10:1.000. The Iton. N. .1. Hammond. ! j leading attorney for the defence, presented a physician's certificate concerning Kcdwine's health showing I that ho was not physically in strong 1 condition, and hogged tin* judge that j liis sentence he such as to admit some . freedom. Captain Harry Jackson, who is the leading prosecuting attorney. and who is the father of Tom | Cobb Jackson, who eoinmiltoed sui-j | eide. as is generally supposed, on uo' count of complications relating to the ' embezzlement, quickly arose and do-1 mnnded justice, and said : " I want j : tho long arm of the law to reach out 1 and take in whom it may. Tho way to tho ruin of the date City national 1 ' bank is paved with graves." ? ? ? ? ? - ?llHIIAlvING Jill-: UIX'OKl). A Philadelphia ('ashler Siole the liana's Funds fnr'lwcit'y Years. I'll! t.adklphi a, Jan. 10.?After I twenty-years of service Theodore F. Baker, paying teller of tho Girard National Guile, this afternoon stood 1 i before United States Commissioner] j Craig, a prisoner, charged with em- ! ! bezzling $17,000 from the bank and ; ; with falsifying tho bank's books, j Baker attempted no defense and said i his stealings had extended over a period of 20 years. In default of $If>,? 000 hail he was committed to prison to I answer the cha.ges before tho United I States District Court. Baker tirst went to the bank in the capacity of a runner. His attention and apparent faithfulness brought its reward and lie has been gradually promoted until in 1 St)I lie was made paying teller. A short time ago a hookkeeper named Van Buscn discovered that his hooks had been falsified and j he found a shortage of $.'10,000. Tho ' discovery and probable suspicion that' might fall on hnn so worried him that ho foil ill and while sick he confided the matter to his physician and at the same time protested his innocence. The physician called at the bank yesterday and told Van Dusen's story to the otnecrs. President James J. Watson called a mnntimr nf tl>?? K,..?.i <>f a:. > ? ... ?..v^ utmiM ill HUUHUH'S llllll thoy met this morning. B.ikor was callod in and at once confessed he was the guilty mini, lie said ho had been stealing in small amounts for 2d years and that the total of his defalcation was about $47,000. His method of stealing was to alter and erase the amounts in the individu tl ledger while the bookkeeper was at dinner and then abstract cash from the money he had for the day's business, lie had always | linen able to make bis books balance | when the bank examiner came around. Baker said t hat he hud never gambled or speculated, and the money no took all went towards supporting his family. ILis salary us paying teller was $1,800 ay nr, CAKLISLK'S Sdlt K'AL I'oliov. A Western cxcuange snows how Secretary Carlisle has killed his popularity in Kentucky: "The recommendation of Secretary Carlisle for an additional tax upon whiskey, will cause deep mortification to his friends in KontucKy, and in fact to all Kentucky. The people of the State had honored Mr. Carlisle as a thorough-bred ; and although lie gave many of them a severe wrench wnen he went back on his record and united with thogoldbugs in the war on silver, they coutd not believe that he would sink to such depravity as tois ! " This assaiut on the great Kentucky staple will never he forgiven. Oh, Jack ? were there not Hundreds of useless luxurios upon which taxes could he laid or uovunccd, that you must stall your mother to the heurt, by milling to tnu cost of one of the absolute necessities of life ? Are you really bone of the biuo grass and llosh of the thorough-bred, or were you swapped M t.lli, IIWII'I r* t. M ...ma " 1 ... v.uu v> 11'i auuiu puny iiuivimg or v nkiiu 11111U autl weak, pale waterV " Put more tax on whiskey ! when it ' la now so burdened tout toe most lumano saloon keeper cannot sell it ' at less then 15 cents a drink. And PN! some will look you dead in the eye as you pour, and a*k i!' you wish to take r the roof from the house when you try ( to wring in 'two for a quarter.' a " Mr. Carlisle need not return to Kentucky. He is socially and politl- v cally defunct, and former friends will | give him the back of the hand. Could v ho not raise rovenuo by tax on white ii shirts and free niggers ? Good Do- q uocrats can do without both. But to j< ot down and in cold biood recommend .> more tax on whiskey ! Why, he had ii outter be caught throwing a race, or n logging on ace and deuce. A Kentuek- ij an recommending incrousod tax upon ti .vmskey ! How long now till ' crack o' u loom f ' h "^i 11 u II"""" l _~i ANOTHER TRAIN ROBBERY. The IV">(1! v. LmhI ii Torpedo Signal .... . Waved a Rod Humeri). c'l. Joseph, Mo., January 11. ?For the second tune within u few months, this city has bom the scene of un attempted train robbery. t>n the ~.">thof lad September an att nnpt to hold up a train on the Council limits railroad was frustrated by the officer? being informed of the proposed plan. Two of the robbers were killed that evening and another was recently s< nteneed to ten years in the penitentiary. This was thought suilielent to put a stop to the operations of this eiu-?s of people in this city, but to-night another train was held up, this time almost within the city limits. The " Burlington Flyer" was held up ahout t hrei miles east of St. Joseph hy live mashed men about T o'clock yesterday. The train was stopped by torpedoes being placed on the track and a red lantern swung across the road in regulation custom. As soon as the train stopped three men hoarded the engine with drawn revolvers and ordered the engineer and tiivman to accompany them to the express car and ortler the express messenger to open the door. Tins they did and upon being ordered to op n the door the express messenger did when ho was covered with a rille in tin hands of one of the men. Throe others, with revolvers in each hand, had entered the car and the messenger was ordered to open the i safe. Ho did so. Tho robbers then took all there was in the safe, which amount is claimed by tho railroad officials not to exceed *.>(??. This statement is not credited, however, as Supenintendent llohl, of tho Burlington road, and \V. M. Moseley, of tho Adams Kxpress Company. have been in consultation with tho sheriff and chief of police and a posse is now being organize d. One of tho robbers was a slim man and wore a light brown suit. The other was a short man and wore a black suit. Tho engine* r and other trainmen were unable to give a description of the other three men. All the trainmen think the rol bors were amateurs, as they were neivousull during tho affair and appeared inuc > excited. I1. H. llouiaban. sup r ntendent of the Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad, has offered a rowan, i i $1uo for tho arroft of ouch of the r> hbors, if caplured before to-morrow c\ening. Tiie Knd ok a Beautiful Dream. Fire seems, after all, tho only fitting end for the great White City. No one would have had the hardihood to tear down the Peristyle, to d< stroy deliberately tho great Court of Honor. Yet to see its beauty slowly decay in neglect and ruin must, have brought an element of sadness into memories that should he altogether joyous. I ..f 4 I 1 > * - ? viivj ?m nit; luirousi 1)1*01)101118 Dcloro tlio World's Fair Commissioners was that of tho liiial disposition of the buildings. Tlio lire lias 001110 to resolve their doubts. Whatever the extent of tho destruction it has boon sullicient to put an end forever to tlio wonderful panorama of symmetry, purity and beauty that still lingers 111 every mind, and all that remains for the Commissioners now is to complete the destruction us rapidly us possible and thus leave no decaying ruins to mar this cherished memory. Tho tiro was a misfortune only in so far that it involved tho destruction of many valuable articles that had not boon removed from the great building, and tliis is tlio more unfortunate because the delay seems not to liuvo been altogether tho fault of the exhibitors or owners of the injured goods. So far as they have boon bumpered by tho customs lobulations, the loss to which the foreigin exhibitors have been subjected is very discreditable to tho United States. Apart from this loss, the extent of which it is dillicult to ascertain, there need be 110 special regret for this dramatic termination of ? I... .... I... : ? 1 . - v..*, ^ii iiK Aiiiituiii, it wus a spectacle of beauty the like of which the world has never aeon, and it is fitting that its end should bo spectacular, leaving no dishonored ruins of glory that has become a part of the intellectual history of America.?Philadelphia Times. Don't Carry Umuuei.i.as.?There are two men in Congress who never carry an umbrella. These are Congressman Kilgore, of Ti xas, and Senator Cue k re 11 of Missouri. Last year there were three anti-umbrella statesman, for1 Tillman, of South Carolina, was there to swell the ranks. No matter what the weather, whether it he snow or rain that is defending from the clouds, these men do not take enough account, of the storm to carry an umbrella. It is not so wonderful that Kilgoro does not possess one of these articles of personal apparel, for he wears asombreroof the wild Texan variety that is so wide that any art' ' lleial covering is entirely unnecessary. Hut Cock roll wears a narrow hat and walks through the pouring rain totally <,M;%,.r -II <'......uuaui un mo menu-ins. Senator Vest hoiuo years ago presented Cockrell with an umbrella as a Christinas remembrance, but that umbrella has never yet, been opened.?Boston Advertiser. ?The Jewish Messenger has boon republishing ji valuable series of articles by ihihbi Adler on Jewish Sanitation. 'I 10 writer shows how the dietetic and social regulations of the Laws of Moses were admirably adapted to the life and climate of Palestine, and fitted tho Jewish race to hold its own under all their trials. Wo have no doubt, says the Southern Presbyterian, that many of these old regulations would suit admirably our own Sout hern eoirmuiiAf ties, who inhabit a elimato a good deal similar to that of the Holy Laud. If loss fat pork w? re eaten by our tailoring el ass. tin re would Vie an absence of much of tho unhealthy sullowness which is often so manifest in tin* people who live on fat bacou from one (rear's end to another. ^ ..kj uuvucitvuH ui tne incoino tax md of the internal revenue fcaturo of die tariff bill suffered an unexpected everseut the mooting on Friday last of ,he Democratic morabers of the ways ind means committee. Instead of enlorsing the bill as drawn by the sub:ommittoo it was voted by <> to to econsidor tho entire matter. Mr. iynum, of Indiana, made the motion o reeonsidor and it was his vote ^ van decisive in securing the change. Parsney followed with a motion to efor the entire subject to too bonus ratio caucus of the house. This was ,lso carried by a vote fi to 5. ?Near Tuskegee, Ala., during a roival meeting at tho church, Will )uko struck John West on tho head . ith a piece of plank, killing him D6tuntly. The young men had uarroled about a girl, each being oalous of the other. Tho fatal fight ceurrod before tho eyes of the bonded congregation, who wore in tho lidstof prayer, exhorfcat'on and singig. Despite the religious spirit of ie revival, Duke came very near being niched before his friends could hurry m off