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TRJAYEEKLY EDITrION. WINNSBOROq S. C.., AUGUST 20, 819.ETALIHE"11 SUNS E T. I childhood days, long years ago, Far from the busy town, The happiest hour I used to know Was when the sun went down; For then I'd labor's cares dismits And speed with heart elate To win a "Welcome home!" and kiss , From mother at the gate. Now, in the afternoon of life, As evening's shades draw nigh, Again I see the sun go down Without a single sigh; And when at last it sinks to rest I'!l ask no kindlier fate Than a welcome kiss at sunset irom mother at the gate. -Frank S. Pixley. FOR Ill 6 ISTER'S SAKE. "Hush ! Listen ! Didn't you hear the breaking of a twig ?' As the words were whispered the speaker spread out his arms to ar rest the progress of his three com panions. Under a stunted tree they crouched, listening for the faintest sound. They were poaching, Jim Hawel and three others thrown out of work by the closing of the pits, and poach ing on .1. e most dangerous estate that they could possibly have chosen for their operations. For Hopsley Grange belonged to Col. Traite, a sportsman extremely jealous of his preserves and notorious as the very sternest J. P. in the county. But times were bad and for food for themselves and theirs men will dare anytbing. "You're mistaken, Jim. There's ',obody about. It was only a fox or so-nethirg stirring in the under wood." The three men moved out in the open again, and Jim followed them uneasily. Truth to tell he didn't half like the job, although it had conjured a rab bit into each of his capacious side pockets. It was his first experiment in poaching, and horribly nervous he felt ever since he set out on the expe dition. "Jim, you'll never take. to this night work like the others, will you ?" his sister Bess had pleaded. "True. we're hard up for food, but, though you say I'm weak and ill, I can share with you till the pits open again. It, can't be long, and we'd better starve than you get sent to prison." Of course Jim had promised that he would do nothing of the sort. But when he remembered his sister's 'pale face, and noticed how, day by day, her cheeks got thinner, the sight of .the rabbits and pheasants that played, even in the country roads about which lie and his mates wandered all day long to while away the weary hours, was too much for him; und that night after Bess had gone to bed, Jim stole noiselessly from the cottage and joined the others at the gate of Hopsley's Cop pice: And now the others, well satisfied with the result of their night's work were stealthily making their way back again. A bright moon floated in the clear sky above, but in the woods a silvery mist arose amid the dark shadows or the trees and shrubs, rendering all objects hazy and indistinct. Crossin~g a broad patch of light, Hawvel, still haunted by this stran,e unrest, glanced back at the woods behind; and, as he did so. his heart gave a thump as some half a dozen figures, throwing black shadows on the moonlit ground, dashed from thet cover of the bushes. "'Look out, mates ! The kee pers! The others gave one look round. then broke into a run. On the hard ground the footfalls of their pursuers' sounded plainly in the cars of the start ledl poachers. Trheni came a voice, "Stop, or we'll fire !" And, as the four still lore blindly on, the report of a guin sotn nd ed out, echoing in the woods around, and'with a cry of pain: the rearmno.4 man dropped to the ground with a charge of small shot hoodged in his legs. Ilow it happened Jim could hardly say, but a second after he and the others were fighting hand to handl with the keepers, exchanging mur derous blows with fist, stick and gun. They were but three and a wounded mnan to six, and in a few minutes the tight was over. A blow on the head stretched Jim Hlawel senseless on the ground, his mates were speedily over-* come, and, additional aid having been summoned, the captives were taken away through the woods and lodged in the stone lockup. "And you, James Hawel, what have you to say for yourself?'' Jim Hawel, standing before the magistrate with his three fellows. didn't know what to say. The other Judges, taking into consideration t he fact that the men were out of work, and that great distress prevailed in the district, were eviden tly inclined to Adopt a somewhat lenient view of their case, especially as the men swore that the keepers had fired upon them before being in anyway threat ened; but ('oh. Traite, displayingz hisI usual severity, and easily swaying his less strong minded colleagues, promptly frowned upon the slightest suggestion that any mercy should be shown to the delinquents. ''James Hawel. have you anything to say?" he asked, sternly. Jim shuffled his feet, trving to find words for the thoughts that camne readily enough to his slow brain. The eyes of all present wvere upon him, but he saw only the face of his sister. who, lying ill in the lit t le cottage, he knew was waiting withl feeiheagerness for the result o the trial.I ' 0'' 1l1ro to =a= a lot, Colonel, yem Hontor," stammered Jim, "but I ain't no good at talking. I was there n, right enough on your land1, and the C rabbits was yours. But, Colonel. di p'r'aps you've iever bee n starving an I seen food running about wild, acn h yet you nustn't touch it. 'Twasi't for mvself I stole it. I'm a man, and short commons for a bit don't frighten me; but"-and here his voice faltered o -"I've got a sister at home, and dry A bread and little of it don't lengthen ac the lives of folks as is ill." "Hunger does not justify theft," w retorted Colonel Traite, harshly. "And what about the brutal attack hi on my keepers?" al "It was their fault, Colonel. They B fired-" Ji Colonel Traite held up his hand m impatiently. ti "We've heard enough of that," said lie, angrily. "You fellows won't make your case any the better by el pretending you've been ill treated. til You are a set of lawless ruffianz, who u1 take advantage of a temporary clos- m ing of the pits to rob other people, tl and, when caught in the act, would cc not hesitate at murdering the men h( who detect you. While I am on the se bench property shall be protected se and the laws of the country rigorous- cI ly upheld. You como into our sI grounds, and, if you are not stopped, j will soon be entering our houses. I b. shall pass upon all of you the severest ey sentence it is in my power to in- bl flict." si Colonel Traite looked round at the or other magistrates, and no one ven- wj tured to oppose him. But, as the men were being led away, Jim n Hawel stepped back, and, in desper- th ation, played his last card. sa "Colonel," said he, "may I say sp anot.her word?" th 'Well?" siq "Your Honor, my sister is very al ill. When she hears of this the shock may kill her. You yourself oil have a daughter about her age. ic Think-" "Take him away," said the Colonel, wl coldly. Then, as they hustled him from th the court, Jim Ilawel, his face white ra and set., turned his head again, acd pi through the hall the fierce words bt rang: "I'm going, Colonel Traite; but so th sure as I live to get my liberty again, al I'll be even with you!' co And for that speech Jim got an uc extra week. re Jim Hlawel lived to regain his lib- en erty, and, when again ie was free, a thi dark hatred rankled in his heart. se Sister Bess had had a bl time of as it, but buoyed up by the hope of see ing .iim again, she struggled bravely in with her illness, and though she h:il to give up the cottage, managed to he live on somehow on the charity of her lowly neighbors till the happy day sh cane when Jim was " out." The pits were working again, and al: Jin easily found work, and to lies- I ly the trouble seemed t,- be over. The a doctor. too, said that with plenty of it nourishment she might possibly, inh tine, get quite well again. H ad she known the desp~eracte sa scheme that hiad been hcatched' in thec as baincs of her brother and his thIree comrades bier recovery would have mn been even slower. F'or broocding over " their wrongs, those four meni, their h hatrecd of ColI. Traite hburcni ng in ticheir hearts, had vowedl upon revencge . A nd of tce man who had been shot had sug- thI esed a mearms of whiichi all apJprovied. hic llosle'y Grange was to he set cn fiire. icn -'iThe hot'se is an old one,.'' sail at he'2, gleefullI,. " Once fairly siart ed of nc thIing can stop the fthunes . I' mn don:1e odd jobs abouit tice p1lace, andcc t here is a st ablie chcoek fullI of hIy awcl str:iw close to the cnew wing thac~t bI wi , whcen thIe inmd blows fromc thIe wet, burn thce boccse to thie grounda' de withI the st rikicng of a sicngle miatch.' inc For a week or so thie concspi rato(rs ina:de nco moc've, huts wh en t hey 'cld do so with safety one or ancothier 'cf ihc thecm was conictinaly spyincg arcoundc 'The Grange. observing tihe surroundcc ngs of the hioucse, soi tihat. inc the' I drk- fr. ness no mnistaike cmighct be um I.. to Thecn once ev-ening, as tihe crowdl "' 'i thiemc cacme trud~ginlg home fromi the o pit, four of them exchanged mccmnc- de( ig glacices, for a stronig ind wars b~lowing, and t'e weathiercoek oni lihe root of tihe Towni llail showved thcat it c camie fromi the west. A t 1 o e!oek al~ under a tree in a lonely lane the samec four met, acid a surprise was ini store sc for thcecm. "Males,'" said .J iI~nwel, hoarse- inc 'y, you kcnowv that I'm noe coward. thi The white feathecr ain't. mchl inc myc w line, but I tell you, I can't (do ticis job.'' at ' T'hat?"' they gasped, in -.borusc. e "'I cani't do it,"' repeated J1imcc. ''i'l i tell y'ou why. You know cmy sister. Bess? I'v-e got but her in lice womIid er to care for: acnd if I ('cmo to gr'ief A: it'll fjinier. Th'le ponenuincc b'usi- te ness she's only just c'acaged to get over, and I tell you, fcr hcer' sake. I tih can't risk this. Alonce I'd fire ic''e Colonel's place and tell imc as how w: i it was rie as did it: but with hIr T alive it ain't no goodl. 1 Iievet mcc ' r A b'liev-e cme not, the hate of i ol. Tr'acit 'he stck's as dleep in cce as eve'r it 'hd and, as Iswvore. I'll Ibe e''iv wthc JI him yet: but jucst cowi my hcanc m c ai't free, and I must, waiit.'w TIhec three men, cc mcuttering t br thecsel ves, stared at. him c. 'The mc an who had beeni shot shcoo~k ancgrily a f pcit tini of parralim inta hce carr'cied inc aidrattled a box of mcat ches. e 'A nice bit o' backicng out this is.~ to .Jimc hawvei.'' growled Ice. ch '"P'r'aps it is,'' sail .Jim. "lintc sic my cmicnd's made tip. If anythilincg ike this happens I'll be lie first to sutfer at after haiing thcreateniel imcc an ccc Imi do c't want ico revenge I hat faIls har'd se ocn 1B,-s. Acid thcere's ann~ i' icinig,' . ie continued, bravely. "Thec ('io of ne's daughter is there. 11cr hbedr"oomc ec is right on top of thre bildincg. ron't you give up the whole busi ss and wait till we can go kill the )lonel alone, with no chance of imaging other people? The man who had been injured irned on his heel. "Come along, mate," said he; ain't no good jawing with him. 'e three will arrange a little do on ir own account for another night. nd you, Jim Hawel, you go back id sit by the fire along o' Bess." But. after they had gone a little ay, the three stopped again. "It weren't no good going against in," said the same man, "After 1, lie's right to look after the gal. ,it that don't matter to us, eh? in ain't the man to round on his ates. What do you say to having e little flareup. after all?" The boll in the steeple of the urch had just struck 11, when in e darkness of night a flickering, icertain light sprang up on a hill a ile outside the town. Soon after e electric bell in the fire station nnected by wire with Col. Traite's ause rang out the alarm, and a few conds afterward the quiet that had ttled on the little town was ex anged for a noisy hubbub as the out went around: "Hopsley ange is on fire!" For, undetected dog or man, the three plotters had tered the grounds, gained the sta a, carefully removed a shutter, and ently poured the oil they carried er the straw that was packed thin right up to the very windows. Then the man who carried the atcles struck a wholo handful on e box and hurled them upon the trated straw. Instantly a blaze rang to the roof, and by the time e three had gained the road out le the grounds the stable was hlt from end to end. l'romptly as the engine had turned t, and eagerly as the driver had ged his horses along the country il, the Grange was half consumed ion t.he fire men first arrived: ounted on wheels and on foot, e people were arriving in h undreds, zing awestricken at the blazing le, or forming long lines to hand up ckets of water. 7col. Traite, in bed and asleep when e fire reached the house, had been nost sulTocated before he was dis vered, and being carried out in an conscious condition, was just now aiving. T'le fire escapes, slower than the gine. lai arrived, when turning to L crowd of frightened, half clothed mvats, the chief of the grenen ked: "Are you all here? Is any one left the building?'' Col. Traite, returning to his senses, ard the words. "My daughter!" he gasped. "Is e out?" At that moment a window, high ove the flames, was t.hrown violent pen, and with a scream for help white robed figure leaned far out, aris extended toward the crowd "A my !" screamed the father as he w her, runn i ng toward the building if to catch her if she fell. "I on't, jump1)!"' shouted the fire in above the roaring of the flames. o you see the escap~e comning yet?" asked, Fr down the road, at the bottom the hill, that was illuminated by e light of the fire, the tall red Ider was to 1be observed approach slowly. The fireman glanced up the window where stood the figure te girl. behind which a dull, rky Ilighit hand now began to glow. It will b~e too late,'' said lhe. nd b~y the staircase it is imnpossi e o reach hir. Then Co'l. Tiraite turned in his pair to tihe crowd behinad him, and a lor-i voice ihe cried: "A thundre'td pouinds to the-!' IeI tstpedl suddenly. Some one s''i.'ed his arm, "lo''they' cried. Ad a t rmendlous shout hurst cmn tim excited crowd as. at that 1e:0--. window, thie figure of a man yearl. anid a bhtunket was thrown iandi thme form of the girl whose mni see mmedl sealedx. At nmmnt this man looked down nmxidtatinzg what to (10 and then, teinig the girl in his arms, he dis It's J1imamy Hlawel!'' exclaimed me1 one. Into the hall of the burning build lie firemen crowded, mounting e stairs as far as thme conflagration amId allow. There was a crash, a burst of flame d smioke, anid a whole flight above lapsed. hmurlinmg .im H1awel and s burden onto thle bott om landinzg. 11er hair sinagedl, thle blanket~ that foldedi her al ready smnolderinrg, ny3 liraitec scram bled readi ly to her 't.. bu.t. her rescuer (lid not rise. uick ly thley' carried himi out to e fresih air and tore ofl' his buriing thing.. 1Into a wa:gonette t hat is ha ndy hie was trunrdledl, ol on el atiet sci,.du thle reinms, and. withI n). wrapiI pexd in manny coats, si ttiig h id himin racedl back to the town. Itona b'drorom in lhe best. hotel mm waxs carried uam medical ail uni ?xdiat ely summonied. Sister liess i alsoi fe'tcihied to tend her hero N ext morning thie pit ient was so r reoverxe inas to be. abtle, whi ile ly in be I, t' -Ihhl an informial re ptinm, andI whleeled to the wvind.ow bow hris headt' in response to the et'rinrg of thle People atssemledC out \nd whieni all the others had gonie d only' lless remained, a gray haired n eni ''red t lie room and thirow hiiin If on hi- knees by the bedside. 1t as hex pre'ssed to his Ii ps the hiand ie inju tred man lie gasped in his "1 im Iliawel, you have kept : ,,d.a Y .,re even with me now:r PALMETTO PENCILLIN( INTERESTING ITE3IS FROM A OVER THE STATE. Struck by Lightning. A special to the State from Spari burg, S. C. says: Sunday at F mount, four miles from here, I Janie Fowler and her brother Will were struck by lightuing and insta, killed. Two other members of Fowler family were struck and til recovery ishardly possible. TheF ler house, in which were at leas dozen people, was shattered complit and those who were not killed w knocked prostrate on the floor. old negro woman living near GI Springs was struck and killedoutril The residence of Capt. C. C. Chi in this cit, wits badly daiaged b bolt of lightning, and the inmi severely shocked. Several trees vw struck and torn to splinters. FIF IY TIlOITSAN I) DOLLARS For the Privilege of Huying Acid the SlIphur Acid Co. There was a very interesting m( ing of fertilizer inca from Virgi and North Carolina at -Blacksburg I week. Negotiations were begun 1o ing to the formation of a new compt to be known asthe Southern Chem Fertilizer Company and this new c< pany consisting of about eight ot companies, with i capital of about< and a half or two million dollars,. anxious to buy from the Durham I tilizer Company a lease or option t the latter company had on the en1 acid output of the Sulphuric Aed C pany of Blacksburg, for the next fift years. Fifty thousand dollars is amount that the Durham people h asked for this contract with the a company. This, of course, is sim for the contract for the. output a! certain price per ton, and in addit to this fifty thousand dollars they to pay for the acid at the same pric the Durham people. The, Durham Fertilizer Compi has partially erected a fertilizer pl at Blacksburg, and will soon begin eration. It seems thut the South C olina Sulphuric Acid Company sta very high in the estimation of the : tilizer people when they are willin; pay fifty thousand dollars for privilege of buying their acid. KIND OF TICKETS TO BE USE] Nothing But Namties Can Be Prin Upon Thern. Unless the tickets to be voted in coming general election to the Con tutional Convention are carefully I pared in the several counties, a v large percentage of them will not counted. There is a very unusual quirement about the printing of tickets, aud that is that there shall absolutely no mirk upon them but names of the men who are to be ve for as delegates. It is not even missable under the act to write plrint at the to1) "'l)emocrat" or publican," or an other distinguish miark. Nothing but the printed nai of the t-andidates can go on the tic1 The tickets, also, umsiit be prinlted pure white paper, and must be exa< 21 by .5 inches in size. A Fugitive Captured. Sunday night the colored detecti John Green, capturedl Jack Hamilt alias Black Jack, the fellow who at last term of Beatafort coiurt was si tenced to the penitentiary for1 years. Green had been apprised1 weeks ago of the fellow's escape fr the penitentiazry and imnmediately to work to get him. With his us activity, pluck and (determ ination, ter tracing Jack up al lday Satur, and Su nday, ab out mi dnight Suni night lie encountered him and v pistol presented he made hinm throw~ his hands, and put himi in jail subj to the authorities. Labor D~ay. In the State of South Carolina first Monday in September is a 1e holiday, set aside for the obiserva of Labor D~ay. Several years ago ganized labor began the an nujal ec brationi of the (lay at the capitarlof State with proper exercises, aL par etc. The time is now drawing for proper observance of the holiday. WVOmIInd t, At arutla. Mrs. T. C. Rob)lertson, who is ch: mani of the womani's exhibit for So Carolina. issues an app(~'eal to the men (If the State toI have a crediti exhibit. She asks thaut all exhibits this department be sent soon1 to Ce missioner R oche. All1 such spiecim intended for exhibition will be tra ported free by the railroads. In looking over the records of Secretary of Stiate it was found the early as ~1835 a charter was issuedi the Legislature to the Charleston ( ton Seed Oil Manufacturing Compa The capital stock of the company $100,000. Ex-Judge J. H. Hudson, of I nettsville, is being urged for Jus Jackson's seat on the U. S. Supre Court bench. Too 311n(h Crops. Farmners ini I owa ar. natuallyv deplo0 1h sup~IIer-abundance:I of t heir 'rop'. for reas-on that priees will b~e so depressed Jhe~ I remiien,Is suirplus wiche will exist. they will not.1 get azs mieuioney eiut of land ais thv y wul have done. had 1mg crops. been reape.. All Iarowne~d. A tin Wensa at Kiel. nine iv men~~ rimploy.ed iln the. Germania doaek y; fel l til e harbo.r fr.omi a lanii:i sta;ge H1w they al came* to faill overboard has TRUMPET CALLS. Ram' Horn Sounds a Warning Note to the Unredeemed. A N acorn Is bigger than a sawlog. G o d chastene only that he may LLL enrich. T o follow a good man is to walk toward an- 7 God. air- The wounds ls made by a friend iam never heal. Itly Behind the the ' shadow there is ieir always a light ow- The more we love, the more we can t a see to love. :ely A Goliath in brains is sometimes a ere grasshopper in grace. An The nman who has gold for his mas ter wvears iron fetters. Backbone is needed in politics as y a miuch as it is in religion. ttes The devil will keep on calling as long ere as we answer his knock. Faith without works is a sign over the door of an empty shop. The devil has always depended a t Of oodl deal on the hypocrite. By seeing how we treat men, angels ,et- can tell how much we love God. nia The less gospel there is in the sermon last the easier it is to till the church. ok ny God certainly loves sunshine, or he ical wouldn't have made so much of it. Xm- No man was ever stoned for his piety her whose religion was all in his head. ne All other eves are full of beams to are file man who has a mote in his own er- eye. hat All some people want faith for is to tire go into the business of moving moun tains. en the The world has often got rid of God's ave mn.il but it has never got rid of God's Ccd truth. ply It is hard to believe that. sin. well a dressed is the same as sin rolling in the ion gutter. are A miser's idea of heaven Is to firat B as get a barrel of money, and then have famine come. my A happy heart is worth more any ant where than a pedigree running back to 0P- the Mayiower. ar- The preacher who never smiles will fer- some day thid out why his rmons to didn't weigh more. the If fewer fathers were moderate drinkers, fewer sons would become Im moderate drunkards. D. The only reason why we don't see ted the face of truth everywhere is be 4 cause w elve too low down. the If we have nothing of the heavenly sti- In us, when God speaks from heaven )re- we hear nothing but thunder. ery If God had no more mercy on men be than they have upon themselves, an re- gels would do nothing but weep. the 'Many churches have people in them he whose faces wouldn't be any longer if the they were sure that God was dead. tcd If the devil can only -et us to believe orthat God hias given up caring for us, lie Re- wvill be well satisfied wvithi his work. ing If the preachler is never convicted nes by his own preaching, howv does lie et. know that lhe is preaching the gospel? on The man who didn't bqllegve in ex atly citement during a revivall shout hinmself hoarse whener'er tdngs go his way3 in polities. Somec people who claim to have eyes ve, with which they can almost look Into o, heaven a re yet so shortsighltedh that the they cannot see thlat thley are standing en- on the necks of the ir fellow men. two ____________ two An Important Discovery. om1 An Austrian student. Herr Low, who setl has been traveling in Central Amern af- ca. has recently obtained and forwamrd af- ed to the Imperial Museum in Vienna twelve large stone slab)s hearing foot 't~ prints inl the solid rock, taken from the Iiquarry over Lake Managua, in the ter ect ritory of Nicaragua. These footprints had been overlain by eleven different layers of stone, ex tend ing to a depth of four meters, and the indicating an antiquity for our race gal quite transcending all conjectures hith ne erto hazarded. Thley are about three or- quarters of a meter square, and are Ie- sunk into the stone to a depth of from the eight to ten centimeters. The foot .de, prints are said to be very conspicuous, the and seem to be those of three different persons, one of whom was a child. To what race or what age they belonged runo one yet has ventured to guess. 1it Accidental Poisoning. u- Many articles of food become poison huous under certain conditions. The po intato should not be eaten when it has m. commenced to germinate, or when it is enIs green from having been partly exposed s- to the air while growing. The green parts and the "eyes" contain an un doubted poison, which has a sharp the taste, and is capable of producing par t as alysis or even death. Mushrooms by should always be carefully verifled by ot- a person thoroughly acquainted with nv. their peculiarities. All animal food in was an advanced state of decomposition is more or less poisonous; for this reason en- tinned fish Is never to be trusted, as tice the fish are often stale when tinned. me Mussels, again, are always poisonous, althlough tile seat and nature of the poison has never been discovered. A New Name. rin Hoax--I see they have a new name for thlose high buildings which are be that lng erected. the. .ioax-Indeced. WXhat is it? hter Ihoax--They are called serial build ings. hecauise they are continued stories. nrk- Somebodly. iar is He-If I'd knownm that tunnel was so uelong I'd hlave kissedl you.J not She- Gracious! didn't you? Somebody mad-L~ondonl China. LATEST NES IN BRIEF. GLEANINGS FROM MANY POINTS. Important Happenings, Both lImub and Foreign, Briefly Told Newsy Southern Notes. State Senator W. D. Chipiley, of Florida. has brought suit against the Pen e'ola Daily Times, placing the damages at $25,000. Comptroller Eckels has appointed Jas. R. Branch, of lichmond, Va.. national bank examiner for Virginia, to succeed John 31. Miller, Jr., resigned. The remains of Justice Howell E. Jackson were laid to rest in a private family cemetery at Belle Meade stock farm, six miles west of Nashville. Tenn., on Monday. The Southern Preshyterian e:..-neh now has over 200.000 communieants and 2,776 or ganized congregations. The number of minister.; is 1.337, or one minister for every 152 church mem bers. Charles A. Joseph. general freight and paseenger agent for the Little Rock & Men phis Railroad, has admitted a shortage of $2.000 in his a'ccounts. Drinking is the cause'of his downfall. J. L. Canttrell was killed in the Nashville Railway yards on Sunday. While making a coupling his foot caught in a frog and the freight bearing down on him erushed the life out of the helpless body. Disasters, Accidents. Fatalities. Two negro laborers were killed at Colum bin, S. C., Tuesday by the caving in of an embankment from the base of which tbev were digging dirt. The accident occurred at the works of the Columbia Water rower Company. but the coroner's jury found no one to blame for the accident. The eight-year-old child of Chief of Police Gregory, of Deeatur, Ind.. was burned to deal h Saturday morning. She was pdaying near a fire in the yard when her dress caught. Her INther, in endeavoring to put the fire out, had both his arms so badly burned that they had to be amputeted. At Parkersburg. W. Va.. the intense heat was severe on the Stat e militia during the review )y Governor McCorkle Saturday. the thermometer reaching 103 degrees. There were twenty-eight prostrations in the First Regiment and eight in the Second. and all serious enough to be sent to the hospital. Fires. One of ihe most destruetive fires that have visited Newark. N. J.. in years oe"'iurred Sunday afternoon in the extensive works of the Central Stam ping Company. The total los. is estimated at $500,000. The Central Stamping Company is thie Newark braneh of the Tin Trust, which has offices in New York city and manufacturing plants in St. Louis -and other cities. Labor. The New York tailors' strike was- ofi.-ially declared ofr Satulday nigt. One hundred and fifty laborc:'rs employht. at the New Castle. P.x., Tin Plate 31l ha've gone out on a strike, demandiog an ud:vane I of 10 cents per day in wNva-cs. They n6w receive $1.25 but want $1.35. The At!anta Expos'tion Several car-load04 of foreoin- exhibits for the Cotton Stares Esh;ition were reei'.-ed at the Atlanta custom house Saturday. M iscellaneous. Minister Ra s m denies that he has n ade any "statement reflecting on Mxie * offi -ial ly." Dering the fiseal year just ended 4.130. 440.370 eigars were ianufra-turexd i this coc try, against 4.0G6.917.132 in the 1reviou s year. Every fresh report from China sho)ws the urgent nece'ssity of prompt actio'n for the. proteetion of tue nmissonaries. The Amner; can mission chape! at Ingbiok has been at taeked, and there is said to be evidence of a deliberate and widespread plot against the foreigners. Three Pittsburg steel 'workers claim to have discovered the los- ar. of welding cop per to ir a or stee'. The Carnegie Company is said to have made an offer for lte valuaht!e secret, and will give the men an opportzuni y to demonstrate its practicability. They hope to use it for putting copper face on armor plate. A special from Champotan. M~ex., says that Thos. B. Wh&. an American civil engineer, wats assassinated near there Mlonday: while t passing alongt a traveled highway. The shot I was fired from a.nbr'sh by arn unknown per- I son. It was not tnown ihat the ma:n had enemies in the ser'lon and the citizens are aroesed over thme erir'ne. MIore MIissionaries For China. The steamer China sailed from San Fran cisco. Cal.. for the Orient Tuesday evening. She carries ten Pre'sbyterian missionaries, who are undaunted by the reported mnassa eres of their compatriots in the East. The party is composeud of the 1Rev. Lacy L. Little, of Little Mills. N. C..: the Rev. W. 3M. Bu-. chanan. Rtiehmnond. V'a.: Dr. and Mrs. George C. Worth. Wilminaton. N. C.: 3Miss Annie Dowed. Anderson. Miss4; 3Miss Mary B. Torrence. Charlott". N. (.: Miss Pauline Duhose. Foo-Chow. C'hina: Miss Florence ratton. Me'xi'o. Mo.: Miss Eliz'abetth Tailbot. Versailles. Ky.: and Miss Josie Woods. Tsing Kuing Pu. China To Settlc Florida Lands. The firm. wvhichm is eomposed of Messrs. Clay & Hart. b~oth of Ioewa. have pulr.hasedl about 200.000 acres of land in Flouridla, upen which thiey propeose to loe'nte a hdesirable i class of scttlers. Me'ssrs. Clay & Ha~rt hamve j had a great dleal of experience ini this line,i having re'cently brought from Htohllandc 1.00 emigrants to Wise'onsin. Col. JT. W. Patton. the local agent at Jac'k sonville. Fin., says that the first se'ttle'rs will arrive there abeout the latter peart of Sepltenm her and would e'onsist of a parity of abouit thirty of the reperesentative ;e'ntle'meni who will form the colony ande that they are the - adlvance guard of a much larger numbler who will come in October. -.. Unfited States imidiani Statistiles. t Ace'ording to theo latest statistics of the 247.000 Indians now left alive in this country 30,000 are today engaged in farming and stock raising. During the past year the In dians raised 11.722,653 b~ushels of wheat. 1.373,230 bushels of corn and other grain,and vegetables in like pcroportion. The~y mar keted :30.232.000 feet of lumber. Theyv own a 205.844 head of cattle. 1.283.6;32 sh1Ce'p ande ( goats. The value of prodluets of Indian j labor sold bey them is estimated at .$1.220.517. ( Of the 247.000 Indians 189.000 are self-su p- t porting aned 35.000 pay taxes. live outsido the reservations and are counted in the gen eral population. At the last e'leetion about 22,000 Indians voted. About 30.000 aro church members. t Foreign Populatio of Shanghai. Consul-General JIernigan. at Sheam::hai, hanst sent to thme State D)epartient at Wajshingto~n t extrau.ts fr'm the iNorth (Cinma Ne'ws. giving theI pla tion ofi4 Sheanughai, aeordling to the 'ensums of . ine 24th last. At that time thfe total forei;n poepumlationm wais 4.654 ef whmich I.U:36 were English. 7311 P'ortujguese. 328 Amerie'an. 314 (Germant. 260 Eurasian. 250 Japanese and the remainder divided among other nationalities. SENATOR TILLMAN AT CONCORD. FREE SILVER HIS THEME ON THAT OCCASION. rhere Must Be a Free Silver Prcsi dent, and If He Cannot Get a Dem ocrat a Populist Will Do. Tillman and Marion Butler spote to a !rowd of about 3.000 Populisft at Conco:d, i. C.. on Tucsday. Tillman said he wanted t free silver President, from the Democratie >arty if he could get him, but if not, even rom the rauks of P.>pulism. in spite of its ra-:y leaders and crazy notions. Butlersaid )atriotisi must -be plaved above partisan hip--c-ven .ove Populism-ri placing an ionist free silver man in the White House. After an introdu'ction by Mr. M. H. Cald vell Tillman was greeted with loud cheer ng. The South Carolinian said he was gled o come from the North. reeking with lav -rv and corruption, to be with hispeople n the: Soith. poor but honet.. "We down tere are locally free, but nationally slaves." he Democratie party so long held together u the Sotli by the fear of negro domiga ion. was disintegrating. because there was jo lonlger apprehension from that cause, but inw issues were coming to the front. The neat flght ahead is how to keep down pov !rty and that oppression which consisted in naking money for some other man to enjoy. rhe finaneial conditions were such as to avor the Northeastern section of the coun ry. The Democratic party stood pledged .o right "the crime of 1873." the deioneti :ation of silver, and pledged to free silver, >ut when we had a maj'.rity in both houses ,here was a President's veto in the way, and ;o the erime of 1873 remains unrighted. The 1apubliean party was the tool of the money ower. The Democratic party had always iemn committed to bimetallism, but when it lid not fulfil its pledges the Alliance came long and taught that we would no longer tamd by Democracy unless it did some The speaker blamed the free silver "re ori" element in the other Southern States or not capturing the Democratic machinery i the State. as was done in South Carolina. he Alliance and Polk had the Democratic arty in North Carolina in their breeches oeket. but you went out and lost. But the oid South was broken up in the last elec ion. Jarvis and Ransom went over the ;fate trying to catch the Senatorship, but :his young man (pointing to Butler) cooned ip a tree, got the persimmon and away he vent. (Great anplause.-) But With the reaking of the solid South came the break ng of the solid North. I'll stand by the Democracy if it purifies itself, but I'll never ollow thieves and rascals. - It is the duty of the people to consider arrefully the financiail issue and to follow where their interests lead -them. The old Puritans and their descendants. acting on :he principle that the worli was created for the saints, and we are the saints,'had gov rned this country long enough. Mr. Tillman then went into a long discus on of what money is. Carlisle says that, aw einnot affect the value of a metal. That ttatenent is absurd. Talk about flat mohey. old is as much flat money asany other, tnd because the law makes it so. and silver milion can't be carried to the miittand !ined as gold. simply because the law for )ils it. The old arguments of the silver men were 'on over. that prices fell because of striking lown silver. that silver was demonetized. by ' sneaking legislation in 1873, that the panic )f '73 was the result. The national bank l-'stion was discussed. The speaker asked f Government bonds were so good, why was ot a little flat paper good too? The bonds lemselves were flat, he said, nothing but a iromise to pay. Paper is not a desirable in .stment. say the gold bugs. Ah. that is vh're tihe shoe pinches. - Clevela~nd and Carlisle came in for abuse or azrranging the last bond issue and letting Eiglamnd dictate the terms of it. There is at eniomiih money in the country. Metallic noney hans been stricken down and until we tt it bacek we will suck the hind teat that is got ne milk in it. (Laughter and ap sIus.) Democratic politicians howled for buog time about the tariff iniquity. Did ; sve land "all Congressi together to reea he high tariff or to repeal the Sherman w? What is to be (lone? Can the Democrats >f the South and the Populists of the West :t togesther? WVill they let bygones be by :res :mnd fight together against Wall street? V.' have' only eighteen months to work, and idesirable men of all parties don't come ogthe'r in that time we will hare our hands mst-ad in shackles. We will have gold onds forced ont us. and be tied hand and oot for a generattion. He would work .to inte his State pumt out an election ticket ;bi-h would east its v-ote for a dyed-in-the ro silver man. A man east of the Missis ipi would dI.. Western Republicans hate ie name of Democrats. Southern Demo .r~ats liat the name of Republican. Wecan't in the Populist party because you have too manay eranks at your head. W'. are here to consider how to get to ether. If we in South Carolina can't get a iver man for President in the Democratic aty. w.: may have to take one from the opubilst party. I would rather have Popu sin witl its eranky leaders than to follow hi laise h-alers in the old party, who have rved traitors. North Carolna is over vlminigly for silver as South Carolina is. h.y mnst stand together. Their interests i'm identi--ni. Tllmxan sposke about two hours and was ,'llowed bsy Senator Butler. of North Car fina who made a free silver speech of the ames length. For WVomena and Children. The Connecticut Legislature, which re ently adjourned, passed several bills in the rterest of women and children. The age mit for the employment of children is raised rom 13 to 14 years. and compulsory educa ion to the age of 14 is prescribed. Children nder 16 must not be admitted to dance ouses, concert saloons, roller-anting rinks r variety halls unless accompanied by arnts or guardians. Th'lo interest of a sur iving husband or wife in the 'state of the them (there being no children) is made 52. D absolutely and one-half the remainder. tis made unlawful for imbeeiles or insane r feeble-minded persons to assume or main tin martial relations, but this does not ap ly to persons already married. An effort a extend woman suffrage to all local elee ions failed, as did the scheme to deprive romen of the right to vote in school dis rict meetings. Mrs. Nobles Respited. Governor Atkinson,ofGeorgiahaisgranted respite for sixty days to Mrs. Nobles and us Fambles, who were sentenced to be anged on Friday atfJeffersonville. Twiggs ounty', Ga. ~Judge Smith. who was asked Sgrant a new trial, declined - fv do so for ik of jurisdiction. The.attorneys for Mrs. obles. Messrs. Harris and W..C.Glenn, thea sked the Govornor for a respite for the old roman. They want-time to'earry: the. ease >the Supreme Court. The attorneys had a etition signed by agreat many ladies urg ag the Governor to commute thbe womnan's entence or respite her. ' Thie negroes asked le Governor to trsdat Fambles just as he reated Mrs. Nobles, as the. negro was merely er tool. Governor Atkinson granted a espite to, both persons for sixty dAys. lFell Frmonm am Window-. E' .Mavosr Vman Iforn. of Denver'ci. Col.. fel roma a windlow of the Grandl Central Hotel here wWeeda morning and was killed.