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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, SC ESTABLISHED 1844. THE SONG I NEVER SING. 4As when in dreams we sometimes hear co A melody so faint and fne,m And musical'y sweet and clear, as It flavors all the atmnophere With harmony divine, be So often in my wahing dreams S,< I hear a melody that seems hi Like fairy voices whispering - a To me the song I never sing. p 1 pr Sometimes when brooding o'er the years ye My lavish youth has thrown away. When all the g'owing past appears B$ut as a mirage that my tears Have crumbled to decay, tr I thrill to find te ache and pain Of my remorse is stilled again. As forward bent and listening. I hear the song I never sing.ta A murm'tring of rhythmic words, st( Adrift on tunes whose currents flow cl( Melodious with the thrill of birds And far off lowing of the herjlsm In lands of long agc - th And every sound the tra-ant loves sa: 'Comes to me like the coo of doves, sh When first in blooming fields of spring stl I hear the song I never sing. slE The echoes of old voices, wound pa In limpid streams of laughtgr where of The river Time runs bubb.e crownel, And giddy eidies ripple roun- ha Thelilies growing there; Pe Where roses, ban ling o'er the brink rol Drain their own kisses as they drink, th And ivies climb and twine and cling m About the song I never sin. gU An ocean surge f sound that falls As though a tide of heavenly art hi Nad tempested the gleaming halls And crested o'er the golden walls Ir In showers upon my heart sh Thus, thus, with open arms and eye s ml Uplifted toward the alien skies ar Forgetting every earthly thing, I hear the song I never sing in yames Whitcomb Rile. se4 4 ! co, PI IOTERE PHSTORL. ha By KATE P. SIEGHOLD. an tot Father Gaspard was selected by a the Father Superior at Monterey to carry a message to the Mission San Juan, forty miles away. He was of fered a horse to ride, but refused it, - and started on foot. It was May, the most delightful ch Ithi rnonth in the year, and Father Gas card, free from the restraint of the mission, beguiled the way by singing d and soliloquizing something after this wise: h "Indeed no: I feel far safer on my wn legs than on the back of an Im- co sh bronewthat ant"is faur feet se 11 together in one small spot 'an umps his back like a fiend incar nate. Did not I myself see the Father Superior's face blanch when pr he mounted him to ride down the coast?" s w n Father Gaspard was strong and in d good health, barring a threatened I obesity and a shortness of leg, but with the aid of a stout caken staff he made good progress. A light refec tion at midday and a short siesta so refreshed him that he almost seemed to trot, so fast did the ups and downs th of the mountain trail speed under th his feet. t He passed the night with a herls- P man, who shared with him his simple f fare, and in the morning, after giving s the man his blessing, proceeded ont his way through the mountain pass, e to the edge of the Salinas River. Tucking his gown around his waist s and carrying his sandals in his hand l -he forded the stream in a shallow gr place, mounted the bank, and drew long breaths of delight at the view!d before him. co Thie valley stretched leagues away hi to the .south, where the mountains Pt seemed to meet the sand dunes separ.. oI -g it from the sea on the west. re were no landmarks of any d, not a tree, shrub or rock-only T unbroken prairie of verdure and'It wers, azure sky overhead, and a le ntle breeze moving the grass. jhE The good father hastened on. WVell se e knew that later in the day these p5 reat Salinas plains were the very er ozzle of the bellows through which se he trade winds swept, and toward vening a terror to travelers from the ito og that rolled in from the sea, en- gr eloping, drenching and bewilderingu hem so it was folly to continue their th ourney. They must stop where they th ere until the next morning, when he welcome trade winds once more by arose and drove the fog away in fan- trI tastic clouds over the mountains. dr ~.It was the good priest's intention th to cross the plains and reach the ca ranch of Don Manuel on the Gabila n, de where he would pass the night, sure lh of a kindly welcome and good cheer. fr( But about noon, suffering from heat, co fatigue and the pangs of hunger, he or bethought himself of a shepherd who Ira tended the sheep of Don Manuel, wi .with whom he had stopped once or. twice when overtaken by the fog. an and who had the knack of frying fri ioles most deliciously.F ~Yes, there to the right was the an hut, and a short distance away . the flock. So the priest turned fri from his course, and soon reached Ifu the shepherd's hut. He sat down re4 on a bench by the door until he lai recovered his breath. Then put.. fri ting his hands to his mouth, called th loudly, "Pedro! Oh, Pedro!" TI The sheep were huddled together to in groups, heads to the ground, their of woolly backs resisting the heat of the .sh sun. At his call some lifted their do heads, but the shepherd did not rise I from his sleep on the ground, as dr Father Gaspard expected. Instead, m' the black head of a shepherd dog an lifted itself on the further side of the It flock. Then circling around it. he he came bounding and leaping toward he the priest. On reaching him he ran w4 around and around, barking, jump in and tryino to lik~ his face. Father Ga.pard laughed and said: s it thou, Domingo? This is a edial gresting, but whore is thy tster, Pedro? Is the s!uggaro eep in the grass?" rhe dog showed all his teeth, autt nt himself almost double first one le the other in the violent wags o! tall. He ran a little way, then r down and rested his head on liis ws an instant, then ran up to the test again, emitting sharp, quick Ips. He repeated this again and ain, but as the priest only ighed the dog took hold of his wn with his teeth, and backing oft ed to pull him along. 'Oh. well, then; I come," said the est indulgently, and followed the , who trotted toward a clump of I grass. looking back every few ps to see if Father Gaspard was se behind. "Is it a fox hole thou wouldst show ? Or only a sqnirrel's? 0!, it is lazy shepherd. Awake, Pedro!" d the priest, reaching down to %ke the prostrate form, but he xrted back, for it was not that of a eping man, but a dead one. "How is this?" cried Father Gas rd, in distress. -Pedro dead' and what ailment?" le turned the body over. "Thou st lain here many days, my poor dro. Already the fog and sun hape ted thy garments and disfigured r face. Thou art offensive and ist be buried. And who has arded the flock?" Fie looked at the dog, who wagged tail. 'Thou. Domingo! by thyself? uly, thou art a noble fellow, and ilt have thy reward. The man ist be buried, at least tempor ly.") Facher Gaspard scanned the valley all directions. No one was to be n; no traveler or vaquero that 2d be called to help, ie went back to the hut and ned the door. It was in good ler, showing that the shepherd i not lain "there sick. Looking >und he found a small spade, and >k a blanket, which was folded on >le of dry grass, to wrap the body Then he went back to the dead ,.n. [t was no easy task to dig the tve alone and get the body in it, t he went bravely to work, and ered by an occasional visit from ) dog, by the time the first har iger of the fog-in the form of a cy mist-floated over the eand nes, it was accomplished. Far-her Gaspard went back to the t. worn and weary, ind'eed, and )ked some frijoles, and found ue meal, of which he make a cake baked it ir t e ashes of his fire. offered som--o the dog, who only' Zed at it and would not eat. The est, seated at the door of the hut-, v Domingo round up the sheep I head them toward the corral. ere were many hundreds, and he ve them carefully and without ste safely inside. all b-it one Ing d, a half grown lamb, which came ating and running to join the hers. ?h6 dog stood at the entrance 01 a inclosure, but instead of letting lamb pass he sprang at his coat and bore it to the ground, ]ap~ g eagerly the warm blood that wed from the lacerated woud. As n as it ceased its struggles he tore e fesh from its bones and ate ray ously. Father Gaspard was angry, and outing to the dog tried to drive from the lamb, but Domingo >wled and would not obey. Having finished the meal, he agged the body away from the rai and began to dig a hole. WVhen considered it deep enough he .shed the lamb in, but dragged it t again and dug the hole a little der. In the lamb was flung again out once more and turned around. Len, apparently satisfied, he pushed in and covered it up. shoving the rth over it with his nose. Then went to the gate of the corral, Lected a place to rest, licked his ws, turned around and around sev 1 times, lay down, and rolling himr .f up went to sleep. Father Gaspard wat ched this wan aness on the part of the dog with: at distress ; then, too weary to set longer, he entered the hut, and on she.pherd's bed of grasses slept sleep of fatigue and innocence. In the morning he was awakened the barks of the dog and the ufp of the sheep as they wvere ven out to graze. After eatingj a remains of the beans and meal ke he sat on the bench and won red what was best to do. Shouldt remain there and guard the floca m the dog, and await someone 3 ming, to send word to Don MIanuel, should he hasten himself to the h and have a shepherd sent blh other dogs. ., lie felt a cold nose on his hand d looking down saw Doming ging a cheerful good morning.' ther Gaspard pushed him aside d said: Away Domingo. thou art no more end of mine. Thou art an unfaith tservant; even now thy jowvls are I with the blood of that innocent nb. No wonder thou disdained the joles I offered thee for thy supper, u hadst something better in store. .ou shalt be dealt with according thy crime. I will tell Don 3Manuel thy treachery and thou shalt ba ot, an ignominious death for a~ g. Or if thou shouldst iscape, sf! ave no rope to tie thee, thou shall ig out a miserable life in the untains, like the thievish coyote, d like hm be hated and hunted is a true saying that once a shop' rd dog tastes the blood of a sheep is never more to be trusted. It 1 >rse than the thirst of men fw aomingo at o.n his haunches b6 fore the priest and listened to this tirade, his head on one side, his eyes Iixed on those of his denunciator, and his tongue lolling out of his mouth, except when the priest paused, then he drew it in and swal lowed. His sharp ears stood up and pointed forward and back from the priest to the sheep. Occasionally his eyes would roll toward the flock, and the little brown spots above them seemed also to move. Ever on the alert, he now dashed away to see if they were safe. -ather Gaspard grasped his staff and arose to go, hoping to reach the ranch and send a shepherd back be fore night. Suddenly a thought struck hin, and he sat down again. "What would have kept the dog fromi starving since the shepherd d-ed, if he had not eaten a lamb now and then. Yes. it had to be, for the 0oo1 of the flock the dog must be fed. He killed the lamb quietly, not alarming the rest." Father Gaspard called him by name, and when he came running up stroked his hetad tenderly. Domingo mio. I was overhasty and have done thee injustice. Dost forgive me for my blindness and harsh words? Yes, I see no malice in thy honest face. Thou needst no words to express thy forgiveness, it is shown in thy clear brown eVes, and the vocabulary of thy tail and ears. I will tell the Don of thy faithfulness and thou shalt be canonized among dogs. Thou art no longer young. I, myself, have known thee a number oL years. Thou shalt be relieved of tie cade and labor of the field, and live at. the ranchhouse, where the Don will give thee a place by the fire, and will stroke thy head like this, as ha t lls the story of thy sagacity." Light of heart, Father Gaspard started once more on his way to ward the Gabilan. At evening he reahcd the edge of the mountain, afnd looking back saw nothing but a sea of fog. Buthad it been clear he might have seen a shower of dirt and g 1rass fung high in the air. caused by :Domingo in the act of resurrecting the remains of the lamb for his sup pa.r. HOW GRANT WHEELER DIED. A Notorious Bandit Chose Suicide Rather Than Captivity, With officers of the law hard upon his trail Grant Wheeler, the train robber, avoided capture recently by sending a reyolver bullet through his brain. Wheeler was a desperate character and the wildest^* ' ruf fiar - hom h ssociated. The r C ch W1l he figured and for - Ie Taiunted to his death Soc I !ursday. January 31, wh e~n , oelamail was opArizona Territory. Tfomasked men, one of whom was Wheeler, forced the brake man to divide the train, afterward taking charge of the section to which the express car was coupled. The mes senger in charge made his escape and gave the alarm to the authorities at Wilcox. The safe was blown open with dynamite and the contents, ag regating a larg~e sum, cridoff in a sack. A. rigid investigation followed, and the ime was fastened with consid table ces-tainty upon Wheeler and a cow'boy named Joe Ge:>rge. Sus pluion also lighted, though not quite so directly, upon two other men, namned Trainor and Davis. The most promising clew obtainable put Spe cial Offeer Breckinridge, of the Southern Pacific Railway, Deputy SheriffiJoe Smith and L. C. Williams hard on the track of Wheeler. They surprised him just as he was cooking breakfatst in a ditch near the little town of Mancos, in southern Color ado. Williams walked within a few fet of the train robber and ordered him to throw up his hands. He re fused and started to run. Williams pulled the trigger of his Winchester, bt the weapon missed fire. Wheeler tur.ned at bay in a small ravine, whence he sent a revolver bullet whistling past Williams' head. The latter,with his companions, advanced u pon Wheeler, who immediately kill ed himself. Wheeler was 271 years old and of medium stature, but ath oetic in build. His confederates in the train robbery are still at large. though there is an even chance of their capture. After they looted the train theyV separated, each, it is sup posed, taking different routes to avo id capture. When Wheeler's per son w~as s.earched after death but 30 cc its was found in his pockets. A peuliar incident connected with the rob berv wvas the fact that the bandits. whn laying their explosives on the afe, piled over them eighteen sacks. eih containing one thousand Mexi Ican' dollars. The terrific explosion cattered the coin in all directions. Ready for the Cholera. Two y ears ago there was an out beak of cholera in France, and in srctions were forwarded to the e ' re of a certain village to take all necessary precautions, as the epidemic Iwas rapidly spreading. A t irst our worthy magistrate did not know wrhat to do. After a while, o.ever, he reported that he was reayv to receive the dread visitor. Upon inquiry being made, it was dis covered that by his orders a sufficient uunber of graves had been dug in the locl cemetery to bury the entire par ish if required. A Marine Velocipede. Last winter a young Chicago gen ius took out apatent for an ice bicycle and now there is another at work on a marir~e bicycle. A machine of this nature has been patented within the Inst few weeks by a New Orleans mn. He calls it a marine velocipede. PALMETTO POINTERS THE TOBACCO 7NDUSTRY. [low It Is Progressing Around Time monsvile-A New Warehouse. Mr. J. W. Ragsdale, of Timmons. ville, in speaking about the tobacco industry around his home said: "In ourlittle town we have recently had our oves opened to the fact that "cot ton" is no longer "king." Thetobacco industry has grown from a small side issue with our farmers to be of im mense importance, and in many cases absorbs the entire interests of many of our most prosperous farmers. We are located in the very center of the to. bacco district, and in a radious of ten miles we have about one hundred barns. All of the necessary material for building these barns can be easily secured. The Timmonsville Wagon Company has farnished nearly all the flues for the barns in Darlington, Florence, Sumter and Clarendon coun ties, and now has orders for two months ahead. These facts were so forced upon our business men that a companv under the name of the Tim mnonsville Tobacco Warehouse Com pany, has been organized with C. A. Smi'th as president., and D. McKenzi4 secretary and treasurer. Messrs. G. W. Hancock and D. McKenzie have leased the building for one year and have al ready secured a full complement of buyers, who will do everything to make the market a success. ".r. Hancock is a young Virginiax with some experience in the tobacco business, and with the push and ener gy he and Mr. McKenzie will give ths business, we have no doubt as to its SUCceCs3. "The warehouse is to be of the most improved style. Its dimensions are 60 feet by 120 feet, ~ I it is so situatea as to reduce the: at of loading the to bacco on the cars to minimum. "Th e company hashad several pron inent tobacco men here, and, after a careful study of the country, they pro nounce Timmonsville the future tobac co market of South Carolina. 'e 'Pudding Swamp' farmers have prcm ised their tobacco to this market ad it is conceded that as fine tobacco as is raised in the United States is raiselin that section. We calculate on haid liug 500,000 pounds of tobacco tis Live Chicken for Snake Bite. A little girl, near Fair Forest, Ms bitten by a poisonous snake last week, which is called a pilot snake. fe was uder the house hunting egs w. I. -Oj; =ha%itten- on thejg toe. She rfied the aT t-ah once. The blood was running from the wound. Her parents had heard ti~t the applicatiou of a chicken split open would draw the poison out. They proceeded to give the treatment al once. As one chicken won1d become cold another would be killed, ent open and applied, until four were used up in the afternoon. Theremedy seemed effective, for next day she was all right, with no sign of pain or of swelling Mechanics and Labogers Strike. About 125 men who were at work building the cotton factory at Waihalla, went out on a strike Monday morning. They objected to the number of hours they had to work. No agreement has been reacd. Killed by a Train. A white man named William Gregory was run over and killed by the down passanger train on the South ern railway near Carlisle Sunday night. The cotton mill at McCall is pro gresing 1apidly. The brick walls are half up now and soon they will be umming away with double th4 capacity they now have. Several nen houses for operatives are also being erected. Saturday night, a most terrific elec. tric storm passed over Bennettsville Lightning struck a large oak in J. L. Breeden's yard and several persons were shocked by the bolt. A mule be longing to J M1 Jackson was killed the same night by lightning. The farmers of Spartanburg counta report that cotton is growing finely The weed is generally small, but iti condition is healthy. The dry. ho days have not checked its growtl much Corn is also pronrising. They are now whacking down their wheat which will be much needed. The site for the Abbeville Cottoi Mil! has been selected and in the ver: near future work will be begun on th one thing Abbeville lacks to keep he: in touch with the other growing town in this and other States. Soon thi whistle of the mill will call lots of idl bands to work. It will be located ii the southeastern part of the city, or the Georgia, Carolina and Northeri railroad. SAGE'S COSTLY BOMB PROOF. A Verdic t of $10,000 for Mr. L aidlar Was Received with Applause. 12 N~w York City, the Laidlaw-Sage jar found al verdiet of 340.000 for the plaintifl T verdict was received with applause. Mr Tm'art for the defendant. moved for a ncy tr'a. A tay e! judment was granted 1; Jn.2: Ingrahamn until Septamber next. Wi] ha~:~ m R Luine1v brought suit against Runsse] Sa I r $ 50.000 danmages for the injuries re e~edbythe exploof a bomb in Mr taL 31r. Sare eaught boid of him and hel< im~ (Laidiaiw) between Noreross, the bomb :hrower, andl himself. Lsidlaw hais been per manently injured. while Mr. Sage escape< e marati vely unhurt. 1,695,000 Souls in Chicago. The City Directory, just published, give icago a minimum population of 1.695,001 It ontaia. 60,000 more names than the d: CROP CONDITIONS FAVORABLE. Very Encouraging Weekly Bulletn oI the State Service as to The Ci..ps Last Week. Director Bauer has issued a circular letter with referrence to the crop con ditious. After summarizing the week's weather he saVs: Cotton n'ade but little growth daring the week, nevertheless its genersl con dition is greatly improved. Reports of injury from lice continue from Br'owell, Orangeburg, Kershaw, and soei other counties, but the greater nimber of correspondents report the plant healthy, although from two weeks to a month under-sized. Fields where no fertilizers were used are said to look "sorry." The crop is generally well worked and clean,with an average though nueven stand,and in good cou dition to "grow off" if favored bv th weather. 'More rain would be highl beneficial over a large portion of thc SttC. Corn continues to improve in con dition. In Florence county worms and grasshoppers are injuring the stand, but injury from worms seems to be decreasing generally. Early corn is ta.zselling and has been or is being laid t:v. Stuoble fields are being pre pared and planted to corn peas. Warmer nights and rain are the in dicated needs of the crop. lice plantingis about finished along the entire coast and June rice is ger minating well. The whole crop is said to look most promising. Upplaud rice is being planted in Newberry and some other western counties. It is said to be largely in the nature of an experiment with most farmers. - The tobacco crop is doing very well and growing finely; it is spoken of most enthusiastically by a correspond ent from Williamsburg County as the best ever seen in that or any other county. Reports of the yield of oats continue conflicting, but it will average about 75 per cent. of a full crop. Wheat is yielding well generally, but the acre age planted is small. Melons have improved greatly and are putting on fruit. This year's growth of vine is not as rank as it sometimes is, but this, it is said, will not necessarily lessen the size of the crop. A large acreage of peas being sown. Peas are growing slowly. In New berry County a large acreage of Ger man millet is being sown for a forage crop. Early fruit of first-class quality has me abundant. Peaches are espe ciaJ . Shipments, on a large scale, to * markets were begun during the wee- Darlington county peaches, plums ad grapes are rotting. The giape cI -eray promises to be a large on Sweet potato draws are in the western portion o Those planted-ha"Ie. not but show some improve They are of large growth yield on the coast. Irish potatoes are doing well gener ally, but potato bugs are becoming troublesome in places, but as yet are not a serious menace. Gardens are doing well where there was enough rain, but in places they have been almost burnt out by the hot sun. Grasshoppers and worms are proving destructive in Florence county. Rain would be very beneficial to gar dens over a large portion of the State, and in places is imperatively needed to save them. THlE WORK OF THE RATLROAD3 R eport of the (mten-State Commen~~ce Commission for 1894. The seven th ststistieal repcrt of the Inter Sty~e commerce commission has just been slbmited. It covers the fiseal yea:- 1894 a ad cmpletes the preliminary statisti-s pubd~sh edl las'. year. The first ;art of the report covers tie last four mo'ths of the Columbian Exposition dcring which time there was an increased passenger t.ra ffie. The second part covers a period of widespread business depression. The third, commencing June 30. 1894. when 102 r oads, operating upwards of 42,000 miles of line, and representing about one-fourth of the total railway capitalization, were in the hands of receivers. The effect of these con ditions is apparent in nearly all of the figures presented. The total railway mileage in the United States 178.703, an increase during the year of 2,247 miles. The increase during the pre vious year was 4,897. The State of Pennsylvania shows an in crease of 300.20 miles, Florida 235. North Dak ota 193, Ohio 184, Georgia .162. '1aine 125. Missonri 120, West Virginia 117, and Minnesota 116 miles During the year 1,579 locomotives and 80,386 ears were fitted u p with train brakes, and 1.197 locomotives and 34.186 cars were itted with automatic coupulers. While the gain in the use of both of these safety apphi anees is In excess of equipment. 74 per cent. of the total equipment are still without t train brakes and 72 per cent without auto rmatic co alers. The law requires that all equipma.s shall be supplied with these safety, app.!iances before January. 1893. The tot'al number of railway employees on June 30. 1894, was 779.608. a decrease of 93.994. and less than any year since 1890. Trhe total amount of reported railway cap. Ita! of June 30, 1894, was $10.796.473.813, aIn in rease of $290,238,403. The gross earnings of the railways for the ye."r .show a decrease of $147.390.077 or 1. per ceat. One thousand eight hua'ed and t'utv three railway emplovees were killed and d'uring the year 23.422 wvere inju1red. as compared1 with 2.727 killed n' :l31.2' Wiijured PENSIONER OF THE WAR CF I 8 2 DEAl Mrs. Nan~cy stark Could Remember th -Bombardment of Stonington. -Mrs. Nancy Stark. ninety-six years old, an, the oldest resident of Mystie, Conn.. die, suddenly in that town a few nights ago Sh leaves sixty grandchildren, one of whomi William Stark. Judge Advocate of Nevada. -Mrs. Stark was one of the best knowl -characters in New London County, and wa a pensioner of the War of 1812. She retaine, all her faculties almost up to the day of he death. She remembered well the bombard ment of Stonington and the time when th British fleet lay off the harbor at New Lon don, anid could relate vividly incidents that time. SThere have been s> mainy tourists a L Jerusalem this year tha:t many preferrei Stents outside the walir to the '?rowde antele. RAILROADS I UTIM SOUTH. Short Lines To Be Built Connectina with Main Lines. The Manufacturers' record says- "Th< revival of business throughout toe countr3 and the rapid industrial deve!opment of th south have caused the recent planning of at unusually large number of short railroad Ines In :.hat saction, priacipally for carrying the products of textile, mining and lumber ing regions to market. A summary made ui from reports received since Apri! ist show. that 88 miles of these railroads are projected or under construction in Florida, 15 miles it Georgia, 72 miles in Louisiana. 55 miles it Virginia, 102 miles in Texas, 20 miles it Tennessee. 19 miles in South Carolina, about 140 miles in North Carolina and 58 miles It Alabama. There are at present nearly 50( miles of railway projects of this kind in th south to-day. backedby responsible parties, A number of these short lines in Alabama are to connect mills with railroad systems but there are many projects for sidetracki and short lines to coal and Iron plants. Th( railroads in North Caroliua are to be con. structed principally to give the timbe! workers in that state an opportunity to pul their products on the market, while it Louisiana most of the railroads are beinj constructed to meet the demands caused b3 the rapid settlement of the agricultural dis trict of that state. especially in the Crowley region, where riee growing is becoming z great iidustr. Snme 7,000 or 8,000 westerc people have'located in that section withir the last few years, and most of them ar engaged in rien culture, just as wheat I! growrn in the west. In Florida several shor lines are to open up phosphate lands and t< reach shipping points by shorter lines." THE LABOR WORLD Trrrrty.flve hundred Michigan miners have had their wages increased. Girls employed in crepe manufacture have to sign a contract to do no housework or To help maintain iho laws trados union :nen of C:icago will form a military organi' yation of their own. The Pioneer Mining and Manufacturing Company of Alabama raised the wages of its 100 miners ten per cea!. other labor after workir g hours. This is to prevent their hands fron growing hard and anfit for their delicate job. Bolt an:1 nut nauu7 -itrcers of the United States met at Cleveland. Ohio, and decided to rai.se prices ten per cent. The bi; st-:l iil.; operated by the Car neie Coninuy at Braidock. Penn., are to be converted into tin p!ate m;l.1 A demo r;-tion war ma le in Vienni, Aus tria. by 20.001 workin 'men in faror of uni versal sntrai'. The1 -rcdings wer.e per featly orderly. The commereial teliraph companies are creaLing great disat ishction among their eraployes by a rule wiici com:pels the men to suily their own typewriters. In the Spanst pro-, i. o" C.rliz tands of M.en una.!)e to in I empl.y.nc-nt have been traveling the contt-ry district: and robbing the inhabitants 0f cattle and foo-1. Federal census -etures shoIv that we have ii this coun [Iy i - t y-nir.C w-ment blacksmiths, thirty-two womaen wood cioppars, 129 women batchers and 1%1 women carpenters. It is estntat ed ihat the Ka ir minor in the diamon-. minvs at Kimberley, South Arrica, I s;eal 61,000.000 wocth of di:uot.n-s a year. Their favorite device is to s thn:!. Twelve hundred rostuman struck at Buda pest, Hungary. for an inercase of wages. No letters were deliv r- d on the right side of the Danube. and only a few on the left The girl eio. . sent straN Germany receive sxty cnis a day~-oo cook can earn :is muh as $1.30 a day, vhil trained nursez, r:e . ve nly seventy-!r, cents. The first locrnetve engineer in America old Wood Be-nstmt. is in t he lBlaekwell's Ist and almshouse. Ne w YDrk City. aged eighty eight. He. was for .dsiy years employed b; the New York Centr:a'. B-tween 300 andl j00 persons are employe in making wri'~n ' in the United States aud their yearly wa..;es amount to betweel 300.003 and i1.0 4) . About the same numr ber are e~ni..oyedl m ma~ing pi-inting-inks. In the Dri i-. Hous of Commons th Trale Commn:tti-. har~u the Factory hil under consideraion. reporte-i in favor o substituting fouirican years for sixteen year as the age limit for cratloymient in factories Jnternazl nlevenute CollectIons. Commioner Miller has compiled the oil eial fi te:s svowng the ecetions from I trna! rcvenu ior the 11 months of the il cal year 1S93. Ti'ee tota! receipt- a !r.gated .$131,420,60 an in-rease ove' 81 of $S8I33. Taid pri cipal iteros are: Ftrm spirit.. t574,232.200, de,rease of i.43S8.246: arom obacco) $27 25.052. an in'ce-a ot -.v3.02; from fe ments i quo::- 62$.010.053p. an increase 224.205: tro:n olhomra ranie :l323.3G1, deer:ame of S20(.345. Tfhe total amoutnt caute~ted on account the income~ taxt ;m:re~itts 577.130. TlI will be renaded als~on a-; all the claims a properiy fild. Tim~ agregate r~'cempt5 for May were el 422.337 !sm than fo May 1804. A 3Iissouri Labor Law UnConSt't! tion a!. The Missouri Supreme Court hs dzd day an opinion declaring unconStistioc.al 1. law whieh forbids the discharge of emnploy. of corpoatlion for~ refusal toc. cnnfetio1- wi-th laboat. :a"~r tioS coulrt hohls ibt the law i& a speC vf~ two ve'ars :a.., a!:l provile peratitics of Ii A Starving Preacher Who Stole. The Rev. John P. Smith. a Baptist count: pracher. who had escaped from jail at Sti water, Oklahoma. ten days before, was foui ying dead along the roadside in an adjoi iag county. He had been in poor health I long time. and stole meat to keep his wi and little children from starving, was arrei d and convicted of theft, and sentenced five years in the penitentiary. Feeling I unishment too great, he broke jail and n eath from exposure and starvation. Bad Year for Sealing. The sealing catch off the coast of Briti Columbia Is far below that of last year. thirty-two vessels which cleared from Viei ra only one will pay expenses. The toi n umber of skins taken in the coast catch 5308. as against 11,703 for the same pern Lst year. Twenty-three Canadian vess Sare hunting in Japanese waters, and ha sbeen unlucky, bad weather having serious ampered their operations. Adjourned at Last. r jge or-:raordiuary sesstion of the for -nintfl gee' y .;tiomy of Teo'geaee came an end on Mvuday ai fa-.-. conL n: ho-st unufl -Incident. The reverr~. pniXenenay Sregitration blis we-- cii ..guied by Gover Turney, an:d a.s soon ar thte fornali'es 1 been com rnted the er.el.ar ad.ioureed. Cattlemen in Argentina are contractirg .~Jdeliver dressed oxen in Liverpool at 60 COLON!AL HEROES HONORED. monument Commemorating the Captue of Louisburg Dedicated. The unveiling of the Louisburg (Cape Breton) memorial by.the Society of Colonial Wars was a successful event. The day was fine, the an ient harbor of Louisburg was peaceful in its beauty. and over 2000 people from a!! parts of the surrounding country were present to witness the unveiling cere monies. The houses and ships in the harborwere be decked with flags. The monument. which commemorates the capture of the fortress from the French by the colonists. 150 years ago. was dedicated in the afternoon. The exercises were arranged by the Society of Colonial Wars. Chairman Pell formally delivered the monument to the citizens of Lousburg, and Governor Daly. of Nova Scotia, aeept ed it in behalf of the people and of the Earl of Aberdeen, Governor-General of Canada. LoUIsBOUEG MEMonIAL cOLUN (It celebrates the Colonilal victory of 1745.) The monument is a granite shaft twenty six feet in height, and stands nearte ruins of the Old Kings Bastion and,(lt adel. On the front is engrae, To Comnmemorate the Capture ofLui burg, A. D. 1745. Erected by theSoiy of the Colonial Wars." On the left.sid is the inscription. "French forei,~ 2500 egulars, militia and seamen, under Guy. Duchambon." On the right .side, "Provin cial forces. MassachusettsBa,(ontCt, * New Hampshire, 4000 men. uerLieuten antGeneral Pepperl-. British feet,.ten sails,.500 guns. uner Commodore Waren, Ilk 4% -a al fleet sixteen. .amed'vees, AAMO - . Baldwini Ta' ( The Rumford Historical ----.-._Of__7_51 Del., will erect a monument where one hun S dred years ago was discovered the kind of - apples now kno n as Baldwins. Y Samuel Thompson, of Woburn, Mass., while surv ei a route for the Middlesex o Canal, disovered this apple. HIS atnio S t HIS PI.A r t. CTED IN 895 ! r n-oea stoeeel.'rth edU A A LMO 3 peekr wirch atherenaot he O tson account ~ ~ ~ ~ .% of% thApls r.To huh ws firs caldWI thePpekr appleZ. eh "rBauttenrs"appne fomb the onmer of hooad whcer whather a out The treteso accountsoofwthe aonsesntMin their efthotsht l scalled ithea attnt ioe nd fo isehos arond, ithe eopl sud brahesofastnd tograte their trene tesonteiw.ette.I "Ternig" a nd frend oof the ln hee th tree shwasth fouiTh ohes n toThgues, wrcae fomdstant threfort the cunterytfa and ide nd much mie sread iso the eolesured.bricho it an grafyedr ae o Clnwnoas thBaldwin."eemnn The granite shaft which is to be erected bthe Bumford Historical Associatie of oburn is seven feet high, and is surmount. ed by a representation of a Baldwin apple. THE TEMPERANCE WOMAEN. Many of Them Coducted 3leetings in og London Pulpits. els The World's Women's Christian Temper ance Convention opened in the City Temple, London, England. Lady Henry Somerset, Pcesident of the British Women's Temper ance Association, presided. The :neeting t-was conducted entirely bywomen. The 'T'rmrie was crowded with white ribboned >1 ereates from all parts of the world. Ld H:1 nry Somerset made the opening address, edand she was followed by Miss Frances Wil lar.. Mothr Stewart, of Ohio, and Antoinette ISterling. who sang. In nearly 200 places of worship in London during the afternoon and eveninc addresses t were delivered by women on subjects closely *r i-lentfied with temperance and the temper