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THE _EOPLE'S JUNL VOL. 6.--- NO. ~~, PICKENS,. S. C., THURSD)AY, NOVEMBER ,i86ON D LARAYA THE ELECT( [he Strength of the Two Cand th ReItUr'S fromi Evei MIc IN lEY. NO. VOT',S. :! Iifornia................ ......... . ) ' lonectiilt,........................ . I) laware................... I IlinoisI ................. ........ 2 low,............................ 3 I 13(13111............................. . Ke.ltuzcky ........................... 3 \1 a in ...........................:.. G . . . .. ........ ... ....... 1:, i ane ..ta.......................... ! \Ir.V hId ................ .......... I % hijv l n~ ............ .............. v lampsiro ......... .. ....... . w'v .lersey....................... 10 N w 7 York ..... .....................:m c llh )lkota.................... i o .. .... . .. . . .. .. ........ . . . . 2: h I.hm.......... ... 3outil Dlcakot... ...................4 l'eim1 ont............................ 4 'est Vir'ginia..................... ' V i.c onsin .......................... 12 T otal ......................... 277 Thn cloctoral voto in Indiana was nc \eltuc,.ky 1)th lptrties atre still claimin >lateo it. in tho IRIepublicanl collumniii. North Carolina and Tenncssec hate iost probable that the Bryan electors h )akota are1- v'ery Cl0s, a1.n1d an ollicial c( )elmocratic column. vbileh, wt oe' selfishine~sst sawv iothing byond his ovn. Shei heard his i'ick, impetiuous stt(e', lovver, and, )CVee)ing through the curtains, saw the ight pop up ill theo window opposite h(r )wnVl, and rielily sho diviled that Kit mad bwnvi tormenting him againl. Veily the ( )rmsbys scemed to exerciso baliful influeneo over the Farrars, od, wvith all her admiration for Kitty's >etter qualities and her remembr-aDnco )f all Jack's goodness in the past, her Icart was harden(ilg again.st them, a1s t was', in jealous disquiot, against idel a1. Daunton. At t hat momnit she secm %d to long fo# the companionship of her 3rother amd wished ho ha(d como ill. 5he hoard her mi other's gentlo words Ililgling With Leal1e's deep baritonio Ind 1elen Daintonl's low, soft voice, ind again the feeling gained ground xit hin her that sh1e, to whom the moth r clung with such love and depend 1co inl the past, was lirself in need Af advico and sympathiy, wvhilo that miotheif.r 'was8 finding othe r helpers now. WVayn hau( gh ne, tho servalits had r0 tii 1, and titill the pleaiant, friendly :!e j, IVn n. It wr. 1 al 'well (n01g so f1r a:, Maleolm Leale vas concerned, but, u L1y -hould hli r mother so ut tely :Onfide il o of whmill she0 klew so lit te and of wh10m1 Ellis w\as begililling to mspect So nmeuch? Why should Hlelen Daunton be a1lowed to accept those i mistakahlo attentions from Captain Lealo eveil wlien1 her act'Ins plainly Smowed that 131ro had 1'eeI some3( m3 ys terious tie betwooni her and Jack Orms by in the pad? Thin, aigiiit, ciimo re(.ollections oif the nic' 1hFlit had scen her slip in Ormsby's b1and1 that iiight, an11d, longing forsome013 body, for something, to distract her tIoughlits fron, her own angry self, she loro( isido the curtnin and pered out on 1t Ilight. Tro-, no6 00 feet awI3y, w.Nas WIm window. There, to her riglht, the Finow\- covered exiane o the parad terminat33ed at1 th3 fa: iout hern side by t he blacek hulk (if the (one story hmrrack~s 3331d thle gldisten1Iing lighits of the3 guard'( 110use tower', whier'e, 033 the loweri flor, thie 5(ergean31t of. the guar'd anid his ('0r porals~b held their sway. Off to t he left laty th30 rolling slopes, 3111 white and3( peace'('ful in tiheir' fle(ey man13t ie and3( gli'stening in the miolight, savo'ewhere h'eamied by'~ pa:1 h3wa3ys lea~din~g to the r'iver and( dhisfigurledl by theo woodecn fences of the bac1(k yar31ds. Farl acro0ss t ho Platto thec red1 lights burn~ed aIt Iiunko Jimn's, and3( somo3 (ln hallowed( revelry wa'3s going on, for oven at the (dist anco tho black shalpes of horses5 ('ould( be seen1 tothered about 1 o premises 505, and( 011e or two m3oro0 dimi dots( of pu( eestrian 313 eemed30( slowly cr'eeping aceress 1130 s:tr3eam1. The13 post of sen'ltry (on No(. 5, a1t the 33orth ('ld of thle ga3rri-| 5(on, lI(gan3 l(mekl of 11I ho Olone~l 's quar-1 tersi (3 tl'I he point, of the 1b1uff and( 'Ont inl u3(d (on to t he r'ear1 of the0 oflicer's' (quar1 ter a'iIl Im Ia'(3stern33 fronlt, wh'lere it joinl I'd tha lof (No. th, anid (een as Ellisgazcd from~ her' indow she eoul 1(1 t1 Ihat the two 51n333 s approach'13ejing 03ach olth~er, were apimrent'3' 11y h3avin 3g some3 'onlferenceo abou13t th3e situation301. Thiero was a lowi~ fenco'4 s111311a1ting their yard( from3' that ne(xt do((or3, 3(nd1 ihe sniow~ wa~s ahn33ost un1 trodideni. The're was8 3n0 palthway' a1round3 the( bachei(bO loden nlext doo(r, 1as t hero was.' around11( No. 5. Post ser1van3ts und3( orderlies thlought not31hing of uitilIizinlg the ha3llwa1ys of quarters3 occupiedl sol' ly by sualternis. The11 bac1k gate stoodi open3, a1s sheo could see, 3and( th~e boaird wailk lea3din3g from33 it to thle rear11 door was8 viibl for hlf its len3gth. That had1( been'i (leanly sweIpt dIurin~g tho day, and3( le'adinig fromi the galto dliagona3lly nero3'Os tilh yard'( throu01gh limo 3inowd'rifts was1' I lie tra3eCk of 3a3man3, and3( right at th3e re'ar 3'orne1r (of t ho bachelor's' (juar1 ters, 131ha Ol onceled from t ho front and1, peerinhg (1agely arlound, (vidn 3((y13 stuidy ing the windfowli of the groun33d floor' of the4 house51 occup31ied3 by3 11h0 1ladies of the Farrar113 family 13, wats tho 3)an1 himself, a~ big, hur3ly, hleavily btar'ded fellow, in~ the far' cap and11( roulgh grea'ltcoat of tho I:e as,3 hal (31f alarme31(d, half anno3yed1, yet cert :333 ailyasia1ted(, Ellis hlung a1t th3e Wiln 'w i-he hea'3rdl the par11ty break in3g up (1'.wnI siair ls, heard( Loamld wish. ing 11h(em 3 ('3rdial good n0 Iighit and( cl0os in~g th1( 41003 The3 silent watcher' board1( that)to, for' :I he sound3 of the 813am3, w4ithmout wlhich t''w fron31tier' 131 maodoors wor'o over'3 kn'w 'V 3to shut, thel dar31k flg. uro pL1pped~ back and1( remainecd out of aiaht until Leailo's anitdinrly form3 haA JRAL VOTE. idates for President Shown by y State in the Union. 131VAN. N). VOTES. Alabam1 ,a............. ..... ..... 11 Arkansas ..................... Colorado............................1 l'' o r id a ..... ......................... Geo, mrgia .......................... Idaho............................. Latiiiana..........................M I1 toa ,aia................................ : M %ml i n;'a ............................ 3 NI ississ'ip1p i ......................... N evada .................. .......... :1 North Caroltia..................... H N ehra-ka .......................... N Sou1t.h Carolin .................... 1 T exaii('!sov .......................... 12 Tah............................... ;. iILaIh............................. : \'irg inia. .. ......................... I W ash ingt n......................... . \Vyo in 1g .......................... ;1 T otal................ . ......... It-o t decided until Thursday morning. In g the State, though the latest advices b3en partially in aoubt. but it seems LVO been chosen. Californit aid South iunt may change one or both to the onle .m n awyda row. Thenl (WCO inrsolentiul t camee palrtially intlo vie, wadily a Cutinliz ilg i lle low(-r wincdows. EA was a sold it r's (laughter and no coard. She was conscimiux -f an iim pulse to tbrow openi Ile window aind cliall ngo t lie skullcer, but even then her mt i-r's slowA step was h(ard IIsceiding the stairs and 11clen's sweet voice, as the hat ter cano oi to assist her. "Indleed you need not, Helen," Ellis heard her say. "I have grown bettor and stronger with every hour, every hour. Even tho sadness has been sweot. Even the old scenes have brought now comforts. Even the new sorrow has brought relief aind peaee. " '"You havo not yet told me of that, nor havo you told Ellis. " "Sho shall know, and s0 shall you, scar friend, tomorrow. Tonight I want to kneel; I want to be alone. " The' Ellis heard her hand seeking the knob ' the door. Hastily she turned to meet her mother at the threshold. "You are better, Queen Mother, God bo thanked. You havo looked better every lay. Will you-not como in, Mrs. Daunton?" ''Thank you, no: not just now. I will go and put out the lights and leavo you two together for awhile. I know Mrs. Farrar is pining for a peop at her soldier boy's window." Already Mrs. Farrar was moving thither, and Ellis darted eagerly forward. "One moment, mother, dear," sho cried. "Let me draw the curtain-it it doesn't work well. " And with the words she boldly threw' aside the heavy curtain and noisily, os tenit al iously raised the sash. Just ats sho believ(d would be the Case, the skulker, alarmedtt, sprang back behind tile corner (if t1e adjoining bouse aind d(lep within it: :Shadow. Will's light wias still burn ing 1brigihtly, and in her clear, silvery voi( his sister Ialled his namiiie. "1 Io'Il OiswerIi in a minulte, iiiothier. Don't comife to t)mt window't yet,'' shio aidded. Anud, as~ though answering her call, as5 though watchful, reatdy, eager to servo, event t lieu gh unisunitunonied, aniot her form camelt smlenlltly iinto sight onl the moon liglit wal~ k ill front, and1( a voico she we]ll knew hiai led froma over~ the low picket fenice: "Will has just gonoi up our way, Miss Farrar. I brought him11 a message a miomhenit ago. Can 1 be of any serv ic'?"' And there, of course, wvas Jack Ormisb y. "Thaniiik you, no,'' was the answe'r ini cold1 conustrint. "'I had~ n10 idea ho had gonie and1( that you werel there. Mother meeywished to speak with him a mo1 mi t."iand wit that she mieant to dlis miiss hini bl lit r miother, pained b'y he~r te itoft constriaint amid coldness5 to ward on wlhom iie hierself so5 greatly li kedc, c:iinet to thie w~ icdow herselfC. "Elli, youl art' not eveni ('curt'ouis to that lit nest gien1 thnin,"' slit said in addedcc ini cctiliaciltins, "'arc' you going anyw~hiere? Are' you uy? "Enii irly at. youri $ervic(, Mr's. Far after te cotloniel ft'i his~ nighitrai antd his heave, so I cmn ii o ut ftor a strocll.* The maujr an md Aiit Lout arte trying to remnembelr whlire t hey Ileft. (f tlasi-t niight, anid Kitty, 1 funtey, is bullying thle lieu ten'anit. 01n iniutce? I ha~vte a liftt'e ptat-kt that:~ I waniit Willyu tio tbtl ni his drie'sinig tia bule w hitn hie c'eos in." breathltssly, "1-I'" glad, I knocw." foot ocf It'I e ais. "'FlTihn yt'i so monh." was Nirs. Far is i mlitom ma.l il Vbi roi (i n tilmf e if a o um i l'ic I in yt it thec' m' t iesifi tm' t~ eir. I l r' I t land on li snher rooi.er iwn th n o oudiheo ino~ te parlfor yt nct lid aul to to SOUntI or voices Xirom below, tho cold night air blowing in from the open casoment unnoticed, even the miystori. ons prowler at the back of tiho house for the ioment utterly forgotten. And meantime, turning quickly upon Ormsby, the ionient she had led hin within tho parlor below, Helen Daui ton, in low, trembling, yet determined accents, spoko hurriedly: "I had not hoped for this. At best I thought to see you no sooner th *an tomorrow night. You hiavo read iny note?" Ormsby bowed coldly. "Yes, but no words can tell you lily surpriso at seoing you hero in this household and as the trusted companion of whoni I have heard so much. Do they know you "Timy know notlilig. They have miiado mm weleoio tald 1ido0 lif l sweet to mo again alter it, was wr'led and ruined by their own flesh and blooi. I meaut--God forgive ie-vwl fir st I Caino to them, lonely, destitute., that sU:l timio they sllould know, but. froi t he first I grow t o lovo hr ; froill t le day of my reception under her roof ily heart went out to her as It has don0 to nio other woman since iay own blessed mother lied, long years ago, and then, then I learned of her precarious health and I temporized and now love her as [ love no other being on earth, and, knowing that sho never heard of her son's iarriage-for she has talked of hin occasionally to Iue-I determined never to tell her of that or of the little one murdered by his brutality. I havo 1, Ormsby was just in tine. bid It all-all. I hid from you, for you alone knew me under the name she bears and loves and honlors. Oh. Mr. OrmllSby, YOU we'r" hin1dl1eS, helpful ness itself to ine in those hitter days. Car you not see how impo:sible it is for mc to tell her now? Can you not help me t( keep the hateful truth? See, sho hae been gaining here day after day. Don't let her know-don't niako mo tell hei -perhiaps kill her with tho telling that I am Royle Farrar's wife. " "Hush!" lie whispered, for in her ex citement her voico was rising, mid he, listening nervously fo r a footfall that he knew and loved tA thrili'd at tle Sound of, heard Ellis Ias r.aidly lolng the niarrow hall above, as hIluii ill an swer to her motlir's erl. "lush,!" ho repeated. ''I must think oif this. Tell Im, has Miss Farlrar .t Iiy time, in alyway, Seen that. you layv known ila before?" 'She ha~s, Mr. Ormsby, andl I, with all the deep, dee'p glrat i t ude I feel t o wardl you, I have in eli uniable' to till her the truth and (xplin what Ii cannout but kn-ow has iniado her suspicio us of me, hats hurt you iln h-r est ini:ut ion. Ohi, wh~t shalil I do(1, wvhat shall I 'o?" she cried, winging herv wh'itei hanids ini grief nnunt terable. "Keep myl se1reu'iit, 1 im-* phl Ire yoiu, jutst 2-h hours, uii it h is sa credl anntiversalry so fatal to, i-u dre.Wid by her, ha2s passed atway. Leat nii .slek come to her at CJhristis. Then,~1 if iieed bo" "'llushl!" ho atgin warnied, fur Ellis was almost at thle doorway. "'I mu ist 5t'0 you tomlorrow. Un11titn"-- Aind then, though the sweat was striiolin;r eni his forehead, hoe 'inid, with suilh enmi poisurei as lie could asiimie, wvithi yar-ii ing and1 tenderness~~ he:inig inl his franlk, hiamisomie face, toi mieet the piioud girl whent i h loved anid inl whose' aIvrt cd eyes tie si emied to read his seat nee, shlort at thle doorwayViI, sho gaivereuiic~ik glaincie at thle wornlan whoii, t urinlg heri back ulpon~ themi, tirst seiinigly bunsied herselIf at the cuirtainis am~il the moitIlvedl and1( theni waus lost toi sight. 'liithe diiired-iiC me0 to hanid you this, Mr. (Ormsb I y," wa ai5 11 tha it llis said, and1( the li u ltly t iuned away. "'Ellis!'' lhe irie-d ini a low, Cager, sorroiwinig Itone, as hie spranlg tifter her. "'Ellis, Ellis!'' Bu11t inlstanitly3, wit h upidft ed haind, she tuiire, first 1ast touifgth to conifroint and1( warn~ himi back, the as111 thlough enumandilin~ ig Si lenice. "'hilush, listenm!"' sheonu aid. " 'What is t hat '" SomeuithIinlg li ke tan ilna:rt iulate, sti fled], mounning cry camne fromn thle dIiree tioni of thle dininig room, andi, riuiing thit her, swiftly, nsielessly as bie CEuildt, Ormasby wasM just lin thime to i-eu Ielen I )annutiin ri-cling back fromn tho wyindow andil statgger-ing towardl thle soifa. -At thei 'onvenftionf of the I ri--h rai(0 last moniithi in Dubldin, two i- - -, er-', who hadt comio froml the I uoited States, contribituteid the followin'g sen tiInces in the coursen of their spe'eches. One oif them., in !Iiin sEome il-tails U perso~nal hiistory. infoire hiis heiaieis fore, a nased i l~it hoy. wi tiut a di lari ini hin~~pcket." s;aid the eti cr: -- i:ntil lan-t, veekc, I had neve set foot in t' ind iof miy bh.th." Ievery man11 (o the be.-t he knows, and if he is not a reel ho will do about rig/ht. Fort Fraync By Capt. CIA RIMS K ING, U. S. A. CIIAPTERi VI. That night ElIis Farrar was as wake fiul as the sentries oni their t-now bomi Posts. It was after 'midnight when i1loi retu'v ed from progressive whi-t at tho doct r's, and though luck had b(fr iend ed her and kept Ormsby from Io-r side shlo had been able it tilmes to watch himt vhen chance brought; him m-ar Ib Ir-n Daunton. She( noted with j(-alois misi cry the appeal ing 10ook in Heloen 's e'! when once they were for an iitznmt left to themselves. Sli could have worI sh saw a lita tOc Ca) of papIr ho1h Ormsby at that moineit nad quicky Iy stowed in his waisteoat pocket. But I rest of tho evening it was Leale who devoted himself to Ilent and Laen who escorted her honw, and this ftm t Ellis saw was something that seemied to givo Ormsby no conecrn whatever. Htad she not been blinded by her suspicions 110 would havo seen that poor Jack had only one real sourco of troublo tihat Dight, and that was her own determiLd avoidane of him. Wheels within wheels weio whirriiig in tho garrison, and Ellis Farrar wIs perplexed and worriul more thanl rho could say. Eveni pl(, garrliu1s15 AI It Lucretia% was involv(d in ilh reet Complications, ftr withill the 1nIt tilree days Abitjor Wayne had II n on no 11011s than threo creasions in1 Ow(11 kil] I fldential talk with 3r:-. Far-ar, a that on on21 ooension 11,1 b ft thI (t: invalid inl tears and fromli wi\ .-W h;Al gone to her room and was.- found ther oil her knees by Ellis half Im hour lat Cr. Ex:planiilation was denicai . her at the time. "Not nlow, Ellis, deaIr', "Was th10 pleading answer. "I cannot talk to night. Later-after Christmas-I will toll you all about it. " AnI wit h this tle girl had perforeo bc(n coilte.i YI t hero again sho mouirnied becvause while refusing to tell her own daughter thIe reasoni (If her tears imd agitatiln Mr. Farrar had wl comed 1ie-n toi er rOm1 and found solaco and comfort in her sccleI v. This lovely, plaiid, moilit, night, as' they ca1e Iiway froim Dr. G ray's, old Etntuin was phdinly bdi.appoilltd and Lucretia ats plainly d"isturibted whenci Mr.Farrar quiit ly.- anld pse vl took the a1111 1111d ld hii, lt h er than Ioa d upon his tengt, 4Il tihe hoinewardl way. L-iais, ecorlted-41'h .DN rtinl--,nythin~g to gta;y Ormsb'y this ni,,h t-had btrit d hm ward -lmd thn (o (ev I-m an oi.r of sight, yet not Al lhomw lng her itother detained the mre'amy maltjor at thet gate, whilo Lealo and i1 loll Danuton col versed inl tho little parlor. Thert had been a gathoring t. the Amorys that samuo eveing, a little dkinner party, as8 Mrs. Amory expresed it, "ill honor of tloe who are ngtul1d amd tho"o who ought to be, " aind pretty N(l1 Willetts, a captainl's dugliter. ail young Alton of K troop wel the first nn111111d, 1and bewitching Kit ty and \ViHy Farrar, ono c011111, at least, include d il tle : '.i Mis. Amory w ;a charming hteis:.. She was It a ll. (Im, uy family, h:l wealth nd111 ba uty to a1d to 1r r (ham' Is and1( had11 l. en v. wrd( and voen by her when heo was a boy lieu;( lant ding(i1 declaItred W\il wa1 aV1S dark (eyed edit ion of jutst whiw t 1her Frank was in t he earily sceent i:t 2and t hat Kitty Orni:by was ''too like I was 20 yubs~ ago fo' any-~ a Kent uckianl as5 never to forget (eln the sweet, sot dialect of the blue gr'aH country P'ho so fondly loveod. Ell is, to Mr-s. Amiory's relief, had begged off tho dinner, saiyinlg tsho felt. 21h0 oulghtlnot to be away from her mothier's sido just n10w, and1( frankly explaining to Mrs. Amnory the apprehensions they all1 felt on1 thait mother's alccounit, espec'iailly at this tryinlg timue, so nlear thlo anniver sary of theo colonel's death. WVith all t he worldly goodls with wichl sheO had ondowedl her hus15band 20 ye'ars gono by, pretty Mrs. Amnory coul2 dn't add1( to thet government'It 211low'ane of quarters anid her dining room would on1 ly hold tenl; so, as Ellis wasn't especial ly interestedl inl any 1man1 at the post despito t1h ttenltionsH pid heri by~ Mari tinl, JessupI and1( othier aivailble fellows, Mrs. Anmory wisoly decided1 her to be doeply interested in somebody far away and know the man11 the mlomnent Ornmsby camo. So Ormisby and1( Ellis, as. has5 been said, woent to whiist and1( cam1e1 a1way dis satisfied and unlhappy, and1( Will and Kitty wo'nt to dinlner and2( a danco amt Amory's and1( had a1 thrilling tilff, as a result of which she refuseod to ask 111im in1 when he took hecr hlome, (een though Aunt Lucretia, hlopin~g it was Walyueo, beamed upon(42 thlem, thIoughl it wasi aittr mhidnlight, froml tile doorw03y, and( theo colonel and1( Brot her Jack, Iloomlin~g upj through a cloud (If cigar smoke, shouted to tho( suffering subltern to comno Iln. Wrathlful and stung to thle quick bly Kit 'ty's coquetry, Farrar turnled inldignalnt ly awvay and2( souight his ownI qu~ar'ter. - The lights were st-ill burnilng ini the pa . lr, and ho folt suro Lealo aud Mr's. Daunton were thorn 21nd( ho was too "mflifl'od" to carn to sco themn. A dimt light was bur'ning in 111 hiothier's room, and1( ho believed her to havo ret ired car lier anld s0 mad1(O it na~f excu1so not to go for her good nlighlt kiss and blessinu. Tho door1 opmiledI 3u0t a5 11e was hurry in~g by 2and( Waynio 'amlol forth inito the clear mo101n1ighlt, and1( thle boy wondlter'ed that ho slhouh1( be. Ithere', inlsteadof lit F"enton's, as uisual, but ho idin't wish to sco or speak w ith hi I im. Ile shuinmed theO (do0r of his chum121's bachelor den11 as ho boltedl ini, never no4ticinlg the bright lighlt inl Ellis' window or' dr1eam11ing thalt bis sister sab thorc alono in her troublo. A RIS 1 MAY B. EXPEICTIED. iltCeti(c.ig Facts About tIlo Cotton Sit tiation-A Mln Wilo Knows All About the Crop anti the Mlarket. C'oltimlbial State, 4th inist. '1he heavy cotton receipts since the Openi ig of the cirop season h1 ave created an n ion t n icommrei al cirles that, tihe Crop will- approxi mate 9,000, 000 hales, but that this estimato is too large is the OPin1ion of a gentleIan Who has Iorde IL Careful budy of the receipts this year coi) mil Id w i tit pIevious yearI. 11nd W1ho gave a iresentative of 'I h( St te al ill teresting talk con ccrning i the cotton s ittilion yetrday. AL, the ousthe saiid that, prlices4 would iscarculy be atfectud shuitid i-yat: he elected, except, po.ssibly. thiece would he a teliporiary declint' of per haps half a cenit a pound imimedliately fol low i ng his clectioni, after which I t'itere would he a slow and steady rise. IShouhd Mr. McKinley beClected, prices would 0oom at, first and the ilse v.totld be Iiliomly sustained, for the faith tht, is il him iltvav tho StaL.istical position of cotto n ; the seriouts outlook of the India crop, which lits deterioIated very fat, latel3' from drought, lbeing atlect.ed thie Samu Its was tie crop in Our oii country; that, is, by prmlitatuiro open1ing of imm atutiric boll-;s siedding oil blooms and young boils, would also be of effect. In 'lgypt tie crop i a full one and w ill be equial to the last yea'"s crop. In this country it ias practically all hpic "icked and hlrgely out of tche farmirs' hand. Tit ( )etoher movement was smal ler than thei October inovcment i in 185' and Only about I wo-thlirds of the mlove ient. dlrin.r the sailic lonthli in 18111. 'hat portion (if the crop which wi. picked and marikceted iuring Atigust has alroady beenl counlted withl thle rv Uiipt of IP 9Ii, aid Shoutltd he dedti ed from the estimites for the year I111i 1, bised on acreage and condition in I S!i. The niin beri of such bales is about 200,000. Taking the aereago and cond it ion on October Ist. as a ba sis, the crop would amiount to 7,"!96,011hls deducting 200,0i)) inariketed tuiring A gislitkoes the probable crop 7,6961,. (h0 hales. Since Otlober b t, it is claiied, there has been an improve imlen t. it condition, 1ased on toperop estimates. Making Ihcral allowance for such hle terient, the crop may i'each1t.0 8,000.000 bIales. Now as to consumi Iption. Mr. lilison estimiuates the Consumption of AmImtl' icani cottoni for the y ear 18910 7 at 8. 5(000t hales. This estitmate presttlnes a colti nuance of Cxistinog tride cotnd i-I tion throughiout the world. Inl Indiat, owin it tht-e thLreatentd faminte, it was I louit. that there would he a dcided .alIin of in the demlitanld for cotton -(ithtl, bit if titc sales unt Luck hee IDay art ' an i indication, there will h hiut lit tlt clng'e, if any, inl tihe dmLliand. The Sales this yeatr -n Lucxikh1o lay we -.':ii0 pi"3.01 ; hat'Iyauhey were Ihit0i pi eces. The stick Of ilnLlti facture(d cotton abic and( yarns in] tt. l1:nited King-doml is sl1ightly le S than oIt the sane date last yeatr, anid pricecs realized on recenit sales are somtwhtL belowII last year's. In ti is country the emlt,land lis been very s!ack during thi entire uuntr yet withal, stocks, except of print cloths, are smaller thani they have lieen fo' Ia )um r C'f yes. Thell recenit rise inl vereals will have effect o f vreatiniig a lar'ger dmild a soon as 1.be mloney realized from th11 rieu i'telces tile hands of tlhie farn-r. Fu-bthermore, at pre-seri i' cls lr cottonl and for Inautfact . d p.1 .21' itnnufactuirie's have Ia bUai'dn1 prolit, in) nmaufactilure. Colid they Sell their oodil t.hey could all1 run full time and miLke plenty of money. ''The ol.-etiof at revival of trade wotill hiotpeti l.iv ruti-h fori cot-Loin bectweeni icin woutldl ro'vutl, a Iraill, permaiInenit Ihain for' iianiy ycars; if tcli' erop esti iiIatedo, given hiereini, is ablouit ciirriect,, i.h ie will lie ito surpl us.or' ILL imosl.. less thlani .000 bai5 IleCs Oin SepIternbe letIs, Mill ineni canttll aLlordLi to takC :shouhl thbe croIi. of I -t.S lie at mod)(er at ior p'oor orni, sil so wvill attemptlt to stock up again tt(u'h It contingency. Te wh' iole s itiationt poii nts to att least a1 t''it a poundiit risc in cottoni befoiie .lanual~ry 1st, 18!)7. IT. l.O(t0t48 isli!iC A WAil. Guin hat I--Wey ler' Is Not I 'leasecd With IIis I' 'gent l)eiunaniis. A New Ytork lliraid special fr'omt .Ja:cksonvi lie, lFla., says t-hat Cubaniti leader~is it thait ci t3y and~ in Key Wecst dec claic that they haive irelibe inf(ormia tilt lthaLL the r'elIatioins of Lbhe 1 Uited S'taItes andit Spini hav rLOueached IL cirisis 'l that developments of grecat inter Iina imp ~ICC(ortanc i in gr to nuba nma bi exettd hhn h.nx A di'ies r'eceived firom Ilaivana are' to th-- elTect tha~t .thie dleparLJturo of Con..ul Gieneral Laee for WVashiington Ias O'aused'( by this cr'isis antd thaut hiis ire port to l 'reR idcen t ClIevelan Ithwill lie of suchel chiarneteri Lbhatl it will Ialmost ceor tatinldy i'esutlt it action beinog taken by th ie Uiii tea State(s. ItLis u nderistood hihiat the case of the Comnpetit' r pr1isonlers wats the immniiediatte cau~sel ol the de pari Lii re of Gener'al I ec. wayIL~ in regai'd to thiese pi'soners and ito'it re(gardo Lo Ltreaity r'ights. Generai'&l I et hIad rot. bmeen Iadvised bys C'aptaiin Gciteral Wivier thatt the pi oner is iwiIohl be re.i'i<'d, butt ats s0oon a' thle consul l eai'ned , itnohliocial ly, w hiat wasL goIng on, atnd that the caso0 hadl been called foi' militlary atnd niot for civil coinsideraition, hte sentt an en er'getic note to Capitaini Genteral \Vey ' 1-, pote5ting atgainist any retiL inot ii act'oi'da withie W Lireaty stipulti ~ons andt enitering exceptions to the pro ceedini is as inautt)gurtedI. CJaptain G e Weh-r t.r ade~d na':inrg any Iirie i'esponii', plea~d ing laok of auI arti: <o9':io'-ing if nral Lee's right to ti icai-:- iitor' woeb ci t hwi bceii the itment by3 thei .\niilii11rica iistci' andtt GenerailI I m'e then sent Captatin Gon oral W elr aL second~ note. more nn. ergetic than the IIIt, in which he re iterated his prev eus oIj-etions, an. in additioln stronlgly h in ted that the irregulitr proceeditr, if iot rncedi would rieVent thie United Stites fron recognizing in any way the validity of the new trial. Captain General Wey. ler (id not answer this note, but short iy aftertwartds the court martial pro cuodings which had been instituted in the Cahana fortiess wero suspended. Again anld lgain CaptainllI General Weyler requested Gener'al LeO to fui' llish prool thalt thle prisoners wer, A rit c izmstiiiZ.Intd as often the Con sul 1t plied that they were all Ca-iptired umb-e~l the protectCioti of thaLt i.r Captin (nlieral Wcylcr, thben pro pIsed to alltow tile v'CorrepoA'denlt, Met ion, to go free, till, to pulnisl the tothetrs. (w0en-eral L'e aigailn replied that0, he Coulid malike no distintion0, 01.aS Owht A merican lag was over theim all. Ill the meanwhile Geneirai Iwo aid ' retary In ) niby were in a b r n , -mh IinattrH , antld t-lhe conlsul genierail was finllly ordt1 red to Wlash inigtoni. F'or diplolmtic reasonls ConsuIl (;I.[ eal Le wonhd probalbily deny11 i.,, lit it is a falct, nevethlIe less, tiart lit sitidl to ain in tiitate friend before leiavin for t-he Uited states, : "I t, would not sui rprise ine if I should returin to IHavana iii a watiship." Inl enn~iIAetin~g onl thle abhove ds pittehl The i traild says : "The loregoing d11ispatch1 w;!s I.< - cIved fromeil at e'it.'spioIlnt, in .1ack .'( I lle I, P .'la. It waLS ir p s i l 1o verify it., aid und1(ert these e:reu 2-tance s it is puiblished for wlat it ;v worth." ICli A - t i N NIEWS AN) NOTIFS. l'tis 1 inte1rest In Connlection i Wil t he E'leet ionl of,3 Mcin )ley. The resuilt Lshows th, most of tihe Deitcrats who des;e'rted 1IrIyan voted for leI in ley dir 'et. ''lh IHolto of lIep restitatives will c'Ontinuelt to he ItpuliCan b~y imhtmt, the Faelt. pir iailit.y as at preseilt, with ia somliewlut sr'.Ionl'thieed silver seiti iment from ihe \\et. TIht latest advices from the States who0w 11.isatuesar to Choo00e Unlit etl States Senriators itdietie lih at, aft'er l-areb l s lver's re doinance in thatt body will he 11in intainled. The vote. (or P'resident is the heavi c. ever east. It shows grteat inrens over tat, f l.81. Chatiriati Ilanna clat"nls 01hat AlKiley will hauve a, mlil lion plural:0'y overl lIc;ya. Mr. Iry-iu Ihs extelded colgriatu IationP, to the suectessful candidite, and s:ys to Mr . McKinley : We have Itbi it teii till i.sues to the American 1411pU ettd their will is law." Ile is i'tpar'I i t'lIen t to the bimuet aLt ' ists (th COUntr'y. %-er( 1,a1y Carlinicl hao r.(emov1ed from i'n Thoma-t F. Br1antle14'y (.f Smith ( arolinai, chi'omtoeratic patrt~y wats rO coive'd itst week. Mr. \,V. NM. hit0yt, of CObiientgo, wvho heads the fi rm oif W. MI. and whottlesale' g r. cern., gave t~hrough the (cou1nty ciommiiit tee di Iroct to Mr:. I Irit io ILl~ttPIIIwo titpaig fnd Mr.~l1 hei .soldJ, iandi peor in casht that Is so hard to gel , I"r .in's reason I donate thatt (If wieC1 itl am verspp'ihliedi. I have conv'.ey i thle propeIrty to Mr. 1ryn's't~ namefl, th in k ing~ that unider the circumn start ct.s he coild raise mor'e cash for thte party Llban If miade to the commit tee oin i nitnee. T1ho abstract heroi'vth shows good title to me. Theii property will no doubht be worth more than it is If Mn v.liyan is elected, andi we are to agini ha~tve prIospoeity. Otherwise, itS nov.' it, will r'min uitnsatlle&." Mr I. I riyan, on hieing noiti-:~d (If tile novel camnipaign contribtton. (ix p~ressedl his applreciation of tile spirit shown by Mr. I hoyt, atrd then turned the deed andtt ablStr'act (If titleI over to Chairman ..ones who will sell it and put tile pr'oceCds in the D)net'catic campaign fund. The pr'oportsj is worth about $k i R O. WAYSIDE GATJIU NGS. hits of' utor 1111 Nuggets of Tru 'jr the iMiu tltude. -The,, man who expects his dali bread will never got it by loafing. -There is a policenan in Chicago who is an active itmiber of the Salva tioni Army. - a5):in has already sent more than 200-(A) toldiers to put down the Cuban lt inburrction. -People ea, 20 per cent. miore bread when Itho weather is cold thun wh n the weather i.- mild. ---10 witho rilgns within hitnelf and a IuleskI his Pla ons, de, iryes, and fears, iore than ait kinig. --D,, ntot, wait for cxtraordinary op portiun it les for good actLions, but make ofe al ommon10 -,ituationso. -If poli1 were a ts anxious to lIVe righit es th ey are to die right, this woul be a imtuih better world. -.No chiurclies are too handsome, if they aro only mid for and mado ac esibivle to worshippers with luoderato incatils. -1l is theory . "D)avic, what, Inakes th rati fall W " iy, it has V, that's all. I f i t, d id n't fall It would go up and t, Olit, the sun." -The t ale-beairer and the tale-hearer shouh both be iting up together back to back, oniu by the tonguo and the oJIr by tlO cars. - It1 is estimilted that 'the amtount of gold in the world is about 613 ctblc .ards, aind it would lit in a room 24 feet acih way, if in a solid cubo. -The. precopts of the haw'.' may be cot prehended under th ese, three !loin ts : to livo honestly, to hurt no mtian will fully, and to rilder every man h is duev. -)ton't, give the children indiges tile kiick-knacks and then quarrel with LI'rovidenlee lecatutset you have to be tip with their celies or restlessness at nig lit. I 'ireser ve order, pleaso !" shouted a man 1n thte plat formt to a restless au dii itee. " T'''.re's no chance for pre erves here !" i man yelled back. "lThere too iiucht jaimi." -A had ware (lealer in a western city closes an alvertisemieint as follows: " Carpeiteirs in thtu country wishing to liurchitse it ii' of tools will pilenso send (or onW of ou t er-alogues." --I ao tlwtyb frank and true ; spurn every kintd f afletationt it l diisgliS. II ave the courage to con fess your ig 101Ma nce nd awk wardnletES, aind contido your faIts t antd follies to but few. --'Thet, old miaid : laud-Are you ii. '.er gonjitg to nmry ? lIss Prim Never, my dear ! I'm going to be an old imaid all my life, and anm. going to bring tit my children tit stme way. -L.t your religion be seen. Lamps do not. walk, but, they do shine. A hthuSeitunds no irum, It boats no ,i I and yet far ove' the watOrs its i 1 ly park i b.'n by the mariner. iTe small., known species of hog is the pigim; sw inc of Australia. They a'j eX actl0y like their larger brethren in every partietilar except size, being not liti'er Ihan It good sized houso rat. -On0 Of .osh Bllintgs's maxims * 4' Rise early, work hard and lato ; IV on what you kan't soll ; givo nothing awity ; and if 3oi do'b die rich and go to 1.h0 devil, you may sue m for damitages. --Said Ia layVrCi' to his young clerk, Why w oren't, you at the offico oarlier this norn i ng '''" log parlon, Bir-, but, I amII a reformer1'. I believe that the olho should seek the mnan, not the mian the I llif' ' -"A roil why3,'' the teachier continu , "sIi ubI we hold thbe agedl in re spect r''i Guse it's miostly the old me tt has all the itoniey,"' Tommy Itiinvere, atnd thet teaerl wa~sn't able to ohl ier aniy betteLr r'asons. -ITtere i- at burden of care in get tinig iielhes 'fear it keeping them; tempilttion in usIng themt; guilt in ainSItg tlibemn ; sorr'ow in losing tlit'mm and14 a butrtln of account, to be given tip concerning thtem. -An accurateo remnembrance of names and faces hais beeni called a gift of pr'i Inees ; another' gift, showing theono bitiy of bo0th heart, and breeding, is thtat oif JitntetiIiouts courtesy towar'd the hu i nblIe as wellI as toward the gr'eat. -Sound1( traivels att thte rate of 142 feet pci' second ; about 13 miles in a minuftie. So that, if we hear .t clap of thu ndie r halttf a mn iu te after' the 11 bshI, we itiy catlcutlt thtat the disharge of electiciity is six and a half milos - lo honest with yourself, whatever the teum Otaltion ; say nothinig to othters that, you tie not think, and play no tricks with your' own irtnd. Of all the (v il spiriits abjroadl at, this hour in the worl inmsi ncerity is the most, dan gerous. - L3'rt~y is at dIisOasO, satys Dri. G lynii, aind to this delfinitionf the New Y'ork Tibuine aptly repiies : '" Per hiaps, but, if Ihli patient, trealts it wIth hy'podleri':I inj.ctions '(of honesty and steadyl3 appilication of indutstry, iL can -A n electrician has Invented a wont de'fiul watlh that will toll a muan when his note is comning duon. Ilis watch would be a great, deal more remark able, as wvellI as useful, If it would tell theo man where to get the money to paty the niot'e. -T'ho following is the entire liet of -"Id inig an n i ver'sarlos. First anniver sitr',, Iron : Ii fth,, wooden ; tenth, tin; ifteeonthi, cry~.tal; twenticth, chinat twen ay -hiifth, si iver' ; tirt th, cotton; thir ty-ifLth, 1 li n n ; II lieth, golden; seventy-fifthb, diamond. -On one of our steamers, during the war, was a regular Irishman from (Jerk. On one occasion, ho was placed on the lookout. Socing land he orted out, "1.Land( away !" The usual' re splonso, "~ Whire away !" brou ghlt out the original Irish answer, "All along tihe shore, sir." --''Tre is no other such enemy to noble livIng and her01c iachievemnent as worrying. But I( we meet the hindrances and discouragemnents with undIsmayed courage, w I~lh persistent resolvo and with unconquerable energy we shall master them, and in master ing them, carve royalty of character and worth for ourselves.