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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WLNSBOItO S. C. NOVEMBER ;O 1895. ETBIHD14 OBLIGE. ". j. th._::- p-:~ T:'i :un ) throat a bid to -in-.. S t:nl- 'rLg iN :h;e utt' k : "T ',;v-; '.t ith the. a'sv;'. Sye. d h -:ti mi-I-JY d 1I: . :: a, i y" . nr t .4r>n-:, in-i . t i."1. why. tilen. S.. i:1re: ii: and han:. KATES ESCAPADE; S T E A H E train has been oue four minutes, If you have ever been jolted two or three hours over country roads in a , :" country coach to "connect.- with t riroad train that stops precisely f--rty tive seconds among the lonely 't!t: and then whizzes away like a de I1o1, and if you have over found yotir self too late therefor you can perhaps :.preciate the dismay that oversprea-a the countenances of the little party of travelers as they stood onthe steps of the solitary station. If Frank West lort had been alone he would probab lr have sworn-as it was, uot even the presence of hi sister and wife could rcpress the muttered "Confound it. !" which contained the essence of a half a dozen naughty words. "Ani the next train don't pass un .ier three hours-how provoking!" eja.uilated Mrs. Westport. "How on earih are we to while away the time?" "'There's a middlin' good tavern a piece up the road," said the agent. "A conutry inn !" exclaimied Kate Westport, a preity girl of seventeen. No, iudeed, Frank, we've had enough o that sort of thing. Isn't there any pretty place within walking distance?" she said, turning to the man. "We uight jnst ramble around until the ratiu is due!" The man scratched his head with a puzzled air Tonnt Ladies, jest over that hill-and there's Smar t's grist mill---and there's a pienic ground-" Frank Westport interrupted him with: "Thank you, but I fear none of these places will prove interesting to the ladies. "W%ell, there's Ashley Hall just on the east road-you can see the tops of the chimn*ys from here, It's the rettiest place in the county." "a we not. go in?" asked West "No, sir,' was the empiatie re sp'onse. "They don't never allow no body to go over the grounds; they're dIreadful particul~ar about it, now Mr. Aehley is~in Europe." "Does nobody reside there?'' "Nobody but. the housekeeper and the gardener folks." "Frank," said Kate, mischievously, "I1 feel an irresistible desire to penle trate thoso Bluebeard fastnesses-iet's try." "My. dear, not if it is against the rules." But Kate tossed her head defiantly. "Iset's try, at all events." How temp~ting those gro'inds looked to the three weary travelers a~ 'hey ploadeat along the dusty road that skirted the iron fence inclosing them! The cool glitter of a fountain here and there, seen dimly through feathery boughs; .:the white gleam of marble groups 'of Fauns and Naids ; masses of *flowers -glowing vividly on velvet slopes of .lawn, and the cool windings of a brook overarched by rustic bridges--Kato Westport had an eye for the picturesque and she longed to be within the forbidden domains. Frank had gone on to the porter's lodge, to request permission to .walk over the grounds, but he presently re turned shaking his head. "No use, girls. The man seys he has positive orders. Even a bribe was: in vain." "How churlish," exclaimed Mrs. Westport, panting. "I. don't; see that it's so very unrea sonable after all,' said Frank. "ihe fellow says they would be over whelmed with sight-seers -- why, where's Kate?" Where, indeed ! The little lady had discovered a wicket gate, half hidden among the laurels, with the key tem-f porarily left in the look--but unfor tuuaterv it was inside, and no reach-. ing or twisting of Kate's arm througha the ironwork could get at it. "Where's the harm?" said saucy Kate to herself. "It would be such fnn to climb over that fence. I've dlone .it many a time when I was a: school girl, What hur t can it possi bly do the Grand Mogul of Ashley Hall for us to look at his grounds? He can't shnt~ us up in prison for it." She was one of those impulsive gir>a who never stop long to think---an . she slid;up the iron bars, squirrel-like. balancing herself on top. "Kate: come down this instant cried her dismayed brother. But Kate only flashed a laughing glance at him and sprang lightly from her elevation. Naughty girls never do prosper, fu stories or out of themi, so it righteous Jr- befel that Miss Westport, instea-: i alighting, as she had intended. lpoX. a green border which follow". tie se'rpentine windings of the gra' - elet walk, was abruptly checked i : mid air by the drapery of one slees.> is 6 the rd of the irua She was too frightened to scream, and. after all, it would have done no good. for, iafoe she had time to open her lips, she felt herself litted in a rong arm, her sleeve unfastened, and herself deposited safely upon the walk. "One of the gardeners," thought Kate, as she raised her eyes and saw a tall man, with bronzed complexion and dark hair,- minus his coat. which hung over the drooping bough close by, in companiouship with a spade, onc ur two upturned shrubs al a straw hat. oid vou waut anything?" asked the stranger. "Yes," said Kate, boldly. "I want ! to ci*me and see the' grounds-and I watnt to open that wicket gate for my brother ::ud siste r to come in, too, I know your mastcr has forbidden it, but-but-" The strangr szmile 1. "Who t,id yu it was forbiddeu?" "The mao at the dhpot and the porter at the lodgc. i you wait tifl I ca re;nj'o niy coat and hat I shall be happy to open the gate for you," said the stranger. "And if there iS any part of the grounds you wish to seo I will show you over it." "Oh, that will lbe splendid !" ex claimed Kate, clapping her little handsgleefully. "You are oue of the gardeners, I suppose?" Her new acquaintance was stooping { to unfasten the gate and did not re ply. "Will you walk in?" he said cour teously to Westport, who, with his wife, was anxiously watching the course of events. "Not, unless we are quite certain that we shall not get von into trouble with your master.' said Westport. "Mv sister is too impulsive some times." "There is no danger at all," re turned tho man drily, as he held the gate open. The grounds were exquisite. All that wealth, aided by rsned and culti vated taste, could accomplish, had been done. In reply to Kate's eager-! questions she learned that Mr. Ash ley's own suggestions had been fol lowed out in everything. "But has he no sister-no wife, whose taste has ai.ed him in the adornment of this lovely spot?" she asked. "Neither." "He must be a very disagreeable person," observel Kate, musingly. "Why?" asked their guide. .-- wr a ei-va in -.Eroe.-4.:e a hermit, and refus"e chance travelers the opportunity o,seeing his grounds," said Kate. "Would you like to look at the house and the conservatories?" asked the stranger, pausing at the foot of the flight of marble steps that led up to the door. ."Oh, yes, of all things!" said Kate; and the guide, tirawing a small key from his pocket, entered and admitted the party to a magnificent entrance ball, lighted by a dome of . colored glass and floored with mosaic wood. sate uttered a little shriek of ad miratiou. "Kate!" reproved her sister-in law; but the little lady was in the most buoyant spirits, and bounded from window to window. "I think this was worth climbing over the fence for !" she said, merrily, "even though it was at the risk of hanging? And now, Mr. Gardener, ho. me th conservatories. By the way, what sort of a mian is Mr. Ash le-r-? Is he handsome?" "N-n-o !" returned the person ad .resned, ratther reflectively. "l thoi'ugh I natu:rally admire hua very~ notich,~ I cant call him hiandsomue. "indeed ?" said Kate. "Is he good natured !" "P1assablyV so. "I think."' said 'Kate, "he must be a better sort of I erson than I gave him credit for at first. Mary, do you know I'm very much inclined to fall in love with the man whose taste has devised this place? I do wish I could see him." "Kate !" said Mrs. Westport, with aI warning glance toward their cicerone, who was carelessly balancing the con servatory key upon his finger. Mr. Westport glanced at his watch. "Twenty miutes to three-we have but twenty minutes to reach the station," he said. "We shall have to asten our pace considerably, girls." "I can show you a shorter path through the park," observed their ompanion, "if you are in a hurry to catch the train." The offer was accepted with much relief, and the travelers found them-I selves ?t the depot in good time. "We are very much obliged to you, sir," said Westport. hesitatingly prof fering a coin as their guide bowed an dieu at the platform steps. Tbe stranger flushed and bit his lip as it anoed-the next instant he smiled good humoredly. "I assure you it is quite unneces uy," he said, turning to the ladies, s he waved the money carelessly side. "The next time you visit Ash ey Hall, ladies, I hope to make it r'leasanter to you.' And he disappeared among the ushes. "Well !" ejaculated the agent, who ad surveyed the scene through he round aperture in the ticket office, I1 s'posed he was in Paris. Why idn't you say you knowed the quire ?" "I know none of your squires," said r. Westport, shortly, advancing for his tickets, while Kate, whose eye had followed the tall stranger, asked: "Which of the Hall gardeners is hat man?" "Nary one." said the agent; "it's -r. Ashley !" " Mr. Ashley !" ejaculated Miss 5'estport. "Mr. Ashley !" screamed Mrs.I rank. lesson which will last you a while. Here is the train." And they were half a (tozen miles away ere Kate had fully realized that she had spoken her mind in an ex ceedi gly plain manner respecting Mr. shley to that gentleman himself. She had laughed away other scrapes this she could not laugh away, so she cried quietly. "What must he think of mc?" she asked, when Mary tried to comfort her. And Frank said that h 'hought it "served her right." - What Mr. Ashley did tljin'. of the matter may be conjectur.i by a frag ment of conversation 1ii took placc in Mr. Westport's drawing rooma'about three months subseq-iently between Mr. Ashley himself and Mis3 West port. "I couldn't help it, Kate. After you had all made up your mind that I was the gardener I could not well unde ceive you, and I did not think then how vitally important the matter would oi.e day becom' to i.e. Stty you are not angry ! "Well. im not angry," said Kate; "oulv-. "No oniy, if' you picase. You are vexed to think that you e-pressed yourself so frankly. Love, I havo been sick and weary of artificial society for ve'irs; it was that very innocent open ness that stole my heart awa.y. Now tell me when I may get the Holl ready for a little wife." "I suppose, Kate," said Frank Westport, who couldn't for the life of him resist joking, "that the next time we enter Ashley EnlI it will be in a more conventional manner than the last!*'' '"Hold your tongue, Frank,' said Mary, authoritatively ; "I shall always say it was the luckiest thing in the world that Kate climbed that iron fence !"-New York News. Origin of the .Iapanese. The origin of the Japanese has been debated more often since they have given to the world an exhibition of Each great military skill as was shown in the war with China than ever be fore. The question came up in a con versation with a celebrated Japanese General not long ago, and he is re ported to have said that his people were originally Malays. His assertion appeared to have been made with so much positiveness as to warrant a be hef that the investigations of Japan's learned men had discovered good ground for attributing the National origin to this source." Mr. K. Miyagaws, the Japanese Con sul at this port, says, however, that the problem of origin has not get been definitely settled. It is a question which has aroused great interest among the educated classes of Japar, and for the past twenty years Japanese, as well as foreign investigator , have been striving to throw light upoi: this obscure subject. There are, however, very great dificulties in the way of the investigators. The history of Japan, Mr. Miyagawa says, goes back 255 years, but it was not until about 1400 years ago that the Japanese had a written language. The stories of the previous centuries came down from age to age in the form of legends, which were repeated by one person to another until they at last became part of the National literature which began with the intro duction of Chinese characters. These stories, however, show, it is belicved, that, cycn at the extremely.early day to which they relate, the .Japanese po sessed the islaus which they-now ir habit, and had most, if not all, of the distinguishing characteristics whi::h now mark them. According to Mr. Miyagawa, the general opinion among Japanese scholars is that the iirst inhabitants of the islands were the Ainos, that hairy race, a few individuals of which still exist in the northernmost p)art of the emire. The Japanese, it is believed, came from the south, but whether fr the Malay peninsula, from the Philippine islands or from Southern hina, has not yet been definitely de termined. -New York -Suu. laini ini I le Tr'IOp:cs.. The intensity 'if genuc -tfropical rainfall is extraoi:dinary. The ra:n ippears to come dowu, not in separato Irops. but in' great sheets. In Dar sin's "Voyage of the Beagle," ;;riting of a heavy shower, amounting to 1.1; inches in six hours, which occurred luring his stay in the neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, the author de scribes the sound produced by the rops falling on the innumerable leaves of the forest as very remarkable ad says the noise was like the rush ing of a great body of water and could be heard at a distance of a quarter of . mile. Dampler gives a lively picture f the rain at Gorgonia, off the coast; o Panama, where, he says, when he and his men were drinking chocolate in the open air, it rained so heavily that some of them declared they could not empty their calabashes, for they ould not drink um, the water as fast as it fell into them. In many pa rts of the tropics rain is a remarkably regu lar phenomenon. At Rio de Janeiro it is said that it used to be the fashion in invitations for the afternoon to state whether the guests were to as semble before or after the thunder - storm which came on regularly every lay at a particular hour. At the Government cinchoua planta bions in Jamaica, on December :31, 885, 11.80 inches of rain fell zu twen by-four hours.. but thin measurement les not indicate the total fall, as a ~auge when read at the usual hour of* 7a. m. was found full and overflow ng. It is probable that unless care .s taken to prevent this occurring nany very heavy falls are not fullyv neasured. On the crest of the Blne Iountains, on the same plantation, Gi.50 inches fell in one week,of which ..ee ays wer tine. ,G(entleman's CONVENTION PROCEEDINGS. THE CLOSING HOl'RS. The Electric Lights Went Out on Then. Thle constitiutional convention at 7:03 Tuesday evening, after a session lasting nearly all day, eompleted its work so iar as the constitution is con eerned, having been in session almost continuously for over two months, and it now only remains for the delegates to return here (,u Tuesday to ratify the new constitution. The con vention b1egan work Tuesday morning with the artieles on declaration of rights, (n judicial department and on legislative department to b.- finally --tcd upon, along with three ordinau ces. and two resolutions. The ;business .as ru.hed through in great shape. The homestead elause was badly cut up. The homestead of 8300 to un married persons allowed on the second reading was stricken out. In the even - iug the convention reversed itself on the divorce questions. striking cut the requirement that this State hiall re coguize divorces granted by other States. on a close vote. The coniven tion finished its work in almost total darlkness, all the incandescent lights in the hall suddenly going out. SOUTH ARO LINKS PRIZES. S'-cFsFUL EXHIBITS AT TiE AT'l.ANTA EXPOSITION. Four Medals of Gold, Five of Silver, Five of Bronze, and Nine "Honor able Mentions." From the Atlanta papers the Colum bia State has made up the following eoipletc list of the prizes won by Son th Carolinians at the Atlanta Ex position. The awards have not all been made, however, and perhaps the ]itt may be enlarged later. Consider ing everything, South Carolina has no reason t-> feel ashamed :f the result of the competition. L A:GRIeTLTUR AL DEPARTMExT. Grand Prizes or Gold Medals Clemson Agricultural college, Clem sun College, S. C.-Dairy products, cieese and butter. State of South Carolina--Cheese, tobacco aud other products of the State. Southt Carolina agricultural expcri neut station, Fort Hill, S. C. -Ched !,ar chcese. Diplomas of .onor or silver Mcd W. ('-. .Hinson, Jamcs lnlaud, 5. C. --Bale sea islaud cotton. Diplomas of (eneral Excellence or .arligton Tobacco Manufacturing eupn,Daringto, S. C.---Show Harris Lithia Water company, Hiar:. ris'Springs, S. C.-Mineral waters./ MANUFA' TURl ERfS DEP'ARTM ENT D)iplonmas of H onor or Silver Medal Welker, Evans & Cogswell, CTharles ton, S. C. --Heavy blank l)ooys for eiouniting louses. Honorable Mentiou -- C. Mooney, Darlington, S. i. -Sec retary amul book case. HTIi'"T .TUliAn DEPAR~TMa;NT. Honorable Mention--5 D)r. Charles U. Shepard.-\ collec tion of tea yhtaits. The State of South Caroli a-Pre served fruits. .UECORlATiM ARIT DEP1ARiTMjENT. Bronze 3ledals Mrs. R. H. Kcuny, Florened, S. (;. Embroiderv. MIiss K. C'. Park~er. Charliston, S. ..-Embroidecry in linen and silks. Honorable Mention Urc:dioe (Convent. Chiarlesto n, S. C'. Uecorated chiu t. Mrs. H amuptou U)nkes, (Ira ugeburg. i. C. -- -Embrcidiery and needi owc -k. (G. R. D)evane. Charle.ston. S. C. Wocod and b)one carving. Miss Kate WX. Wynne. :-eenville, S. C. --Pictures made from e otton. Mr-s. -R- Gerdts, Chiarlestoni . S. C. D ecorated china. MlINING AND) I-OREsTRY D iploma of Honor or Silver Medal The South Carolina Mir ing and Mjaufacturing company. K llian, S. C..-- Crude and ground fire -lay, five uncl saud tize cement; differt-ut style~ A.~ tirebrick made. 'The St*tc of South Carolica--Mi u eral resources of the State. Hofnorable Mention. South Carolina State exhil 'it- - Col lectionc of trunk sections and planks.. MiIe-ELLANEoUS AND) GENI:RAL. D)iploman of General Ret "guiition. v.ith Gll Medal Mrs. Andrew Simon and I er ass cttes., city of Chnrlestonu. f ,r an im poertant exhibit of SorithI Car n ina por traits by distinguished artis <. repre - --utng famaous men and v ')menl "f Smt;'h C aroliut from the ear liest col'' uia ds.and for ofther lecorative ntictur '~ the anditorium <f the wo -an' holidigs Dp oroa of-onor or S, l-er Med C. . Lesie. Carleston. S. C.. for a colleeiive' exhibit of stuffTed fishes in eluding all of the iiuportant food spe eis of the Chariestou marke. D)iploa,,~ of General E-xe elIeLce orl irouc'e Medals The . hirlest'n MuseumI c ,t Natural hi.story'. .Carleston. S. C., fI r a cln tion c of~ munrt''d i)irds dt maaUis, ilutring e the fauna oTfL '4 T Staite h ir, 1ili A RVE CAROLINA LAD. His IParenits Never Knew of His Tragic Faite Till Years after. aA Raleigh. N. C., letter to the lichiontd Di);patch sometime in 1887 told the following sad story: "One of the romances of the war has ist de i-eloped here. iii which one Of North Catlina'. Goverurs lig1r. i (1verno'r d It. 'alldwell during the war residi in handsome style in the quict little toWI of Morganton. Of an old and honored family, he was proud and had but ene object of intense - fectio - his 5ou Jch, it handsome lad urt twenty y-ea of age. i. the tin tvr of 18( thir only !")in begged to be allowed to g'+ to' the army. Entrea'ties were if ne avail oud hi, father and mothc at. last con:cuted with tears, that he might join the .rmy o.f North. ern Virginia. J.l ci isted in the Thir tv-third Regiment of North Carolina lufantry, in Lanu's Brigt'de, I'cnder's bivision, A. 1. Hill's Corps. C.onpa hv E. When the campaign ~Lpeid in 186:; no soldier was more daring than young Caldwell, a:d he was son proanot' -1 from the ranks. fu May he was mat 1 secoud lieutenant for his gallant atl meritorious conduct. His rtgaue: Went. iito the 1'cr,syivanuia epuati; "At Gettysburg he was pre.:ent a...d in the hottest of the light. i the afterncon of .iuly :hh 183, his regi ment swept up in a slope within lifty rards of the Federal lines. went eloser yet, and bayonets were crossed. Sud denly the line moved back a little. Young Caldwell was never seen alive after that moment. He; was at the front when the backward movement began. His father used all the intlu enees of money indl position to find the lost soldier, 'hut unavailingly. The authorities refused to allow the graves to be opened. It could not be ascer tained whether he was dead or alive, and the matter became one of the most terrible of uncertainties. Under tlh strain the minds of the father ar.d mother were nearly overcome. The father, grimly nursing his greai. sorrow, forbade any one to mention the son's name, and the terrible story was never I alluded to, even by the mother. In 1871 Mr. Cald'well became Gov ernor of the State. Two years later in 1873, an ex-Con federate soldier named Lucas, from Hyde county, was elected to the Legislature, and came to Ral eigh. Some one told him one night the sad story of the death, or supposed death, and mystery of John Caldwell. The next day IT,v,as called on the Gov- + ernor and told hiit the truth at last. Lucas was in another regiment and had observed young Caldwcll's brave bear ing as they were near- together. In the terrible moment of't?c repulse ho had seen young Caldwel' shot down while separated from hie men and fighting, hand to hatnd, a New .York soldier. After hearing this story and the further details of the burial of Caldwell by Luca ,4h Governorlock ed himselft i., roon tim4 was all day in tears.; l never told his wife of the revelation sy Lucas. and told it only to his p':ivate secretary. "A few days ago Maj. Charles W. Cowte.n. of New York city, wrote your cor-despon dent, saying that he had in h.s possessioni the cominission of an ufieer in a North Carolina regiment, which lie hadl picked n on the battle ield ot Gettysburg. His regiment, the Tenth New Yo'rk, held the line at that point just after a terrible charge by the North Carolinians, in which one fair-haired4 and boiNh ollieer was brave in the. extreme. Maj. Cowlan had ex mined somec of the dead Confederates who so thickly strewed the ground at the works, and near onec found a torn and blcody conmmissioni, on which was legmie only "Johu Ca' of the name:d Maj. Cowinu expressed a desire to r-e-5 turn this comn" -don if any relatives of the dead sy'dier could be found.. The commissiotr'vtas found to be that of the long. lost John Caldwell. Yes terday the comrmssion wan sent to. Mrs. Caldlwell, ami this blood-stained and torn piecte .ot-T~archmen't is, she writes, all there is'enl earth to remind her of the dead son.. F'or.years she e herished the hope that-her son was aldive' and in sanm.prian. i. In fact, all the pr "isn were searcehedl for him: thr,'gh4 the inlec oft (Go.vernor now R"enat''ri Vance. 'ITt has required twenty-four* years to-asadrtain' tihe true tr fr. At t-he' same tiniL' the commivs sion' wa sent her she'wuS tir't nade aetgaanzted with the-~ faicts tAhl overn or( abldwh.l in 187'. .Mere Yout1 h xills Ai,>ther and"Wounds a.TIhird. The ith ho'micd in Green'vil'Ie county in the last .three weeks r"ecur red twelve miles~ above Greenv ill: on Sunday ight. Jesse 1:dwards, ogedi aboumt "lo years. shot Rube Nix. who was abloumt the same age. in ipe sipm ah, and ClareneeNix. aged..1 in ~ the riht arm.. using a revolver Rube Nx lied1 Monday atternoon. The shooting occuirred at 10 o'cjock in a public road, where Claee Nix and Edwards had gonie to fight out a difli eltv. 'Rube was present. to -see fair plae and was holding Edwiards's pistoh Tha tight wams declared off and Nix handed back the pistol to Edwards;~ who immi' diately began to shoot. The men belon:ged to oldecounty families of prosperous nd irtelhigent farmers. and had been brought up within three miles of each other.. A'.strian Ee:,omy in Land. Austria gives anm objeef ieeson~ in dealing withm waste iandn Pr: xes are gven to farmers to encourage theni o recover wiste lands and la: them down as~ pasturtar'. and also to re *shelter's or .tIaes for cows ini i-,h *al tituides. Thme i mportanice of this may be seen frm runthestatnemuent that onequarter oif t-he tota! foddler r'e qireci for Cat tie and horses in the -m reis d.'rived from A ipia t LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF, (JEANIN FROM "MANY POINTS. Importaiit 11cppei1lngs. I3oth tlomie and Foreign, Briefly Tetd. Newsy Sotithern Notes. .fudge F. C. Coombs, a leading jur ist of Dallas, Texas, died Monday fron the result of an operation. Geo. R. Phelan, of Memphis, Tenn. a atudent at the University of Virginia, burst a blood-vessel while playin foot-ball Saturday, and died Sunda, mornings City Editot Yowell. of The Time, Runtington, W. Va.. was sent to ja: dn S,ttirday for ten clays and fined 5t foi contempt of court by the judge o the criminal court. Governor Stone, of Mississippi, ha. offered $250 reward each for the libera tors of the doomed whitccappet Will Purvis, and $500 a head for membere of a lynching bee at Crystal Spring. .Judge Moise, of the Criminal Conrl of New Orleans, Saturday refused t ettertain a motion to nolle pros Hen rv tiet; convicted of perjury in thh Traction Company railway franchis. purchase. iat id Loonevy of the AtlaLta detec tive force, was discharged Tuesday, charged with accepting bribes foi "protection. This charge againsi other niembers of the city force wil be investigated. The Rev. W. S. Murkland, D. D., one of Baltinore'r leading represents ties ministers, will be the "orator of the day" at the Maryland celebratioi of the Cotton States and Internationa: Exposition at Atlanta on December Gth J. Walker Coleman, one of the bei known railroad men in the South. died at New Orleans after a long illness. Mr. Coleman was for many yearc assistant general passenger agent of thc Illinois Central Rtailroad with head quarters in that city. The Mobile & Girard Railway a. sold at public outcry at Girard, Ala., Monday for $1.000,000. The purchas er was .Tulian T. Davis, of New York who is the attorney of the Centra Trust Company of New York. The Marietta & North Georgia $ail 'd was sold at Marietta, Ga.,'on day for $956,000 to the PhilaTelphi Car Trust Company. It is believed that the Norfolk v Western bond holders are behind the sale. The pur chaser is unknown. Northern News Notes. Fire at Wabash avenue and Randolpi streets, Chicago, Tuesday morning, de stroed $130,000 worth of property. Ex-Senator 3. C. Butler his formed a partocrship for the practice of as in Washington with the well-knowi firm of Shelley & Martin . The firn will be Shelley, Butler & Martin. Thec Bethlehem Iron Company ai Bethlehem. Pa., have been awarded contract for nearly twelve hundret tons of armnorplate for the new Russiar battleship Rostislav. The contract re presents nearly $600,000 and will kei the ordinance works employing -2,0( skilled workmen running through the winter. Edward Tanderwater and Wmn. Cor nelis had an engagement the othea night, at Hlempstead, L. I.. to call 01 Misses JTosephine Beekman and Saral Dugan. The girle, dressed as high waymen, held the boys up on thei: way to pay their visit, and robbed them of their watches, etc. The boy. had often boasted to the girls of thei: bravery. One man lost his life4 another wil die, while eight others were very spa ly scalded by a steampipe expl.osion u~ the cellar of Hammerstein's nev Olympia Theatre at Broadway anm Forydifrst street, New Yor,k-, Tuesday Defetie steampipo fitting is sa.id t be responsible for the explosion an< arrests may be made in consequence -The cause of Cuba's patriots was th topic at a big mass'meeting held in th hal of Cooper Union in New Torl City Tuesday night. *Hon. Chas. A Dana madec the speech of the occasio: and was accorded an o.ation, the andt enc rising and cheering again an< again. His eloquence evoked contin ul applause. -Foreign. The printing- works at Chilworth Surrr, of .Unwin Brcs., the note' pu~blihrs, have, .togethe-r with a' immense amount of literary matte that was awaiting printing, been at stroyed by fire. The loss is 80,00 pounds. - . .Miscellaneous. The report of James E. White,.su erintendent of the Rlail-way Mail Ser ice, shows that during th.c year 49 accidents occurred to . railway post offce, .in which seven clerks were kill d and 178 injured while on duty, a increase over last year of 137taecident nd 27 clerks killed and injured. The Southern Earnings for October. Te Southern Railway reports for netob. ross earaings of $1.978.070. an increase .$143.223: expenses and taxes. $1.17.3.11: rea. 695,813. and net earnings. 799.459. I: . ease17,410: and from July 1 to :t' 3l. gross earnings of -86.34,260: meores 454.463. Expenses and taxes. S4.472.2 ncrease. 8235.391. and net- earnings $2.16: 1:>,7; inease, a219.071. One of the few countries in th wrld where American p)ate its cam ot be protected as.press-nr, is .apa: and the clever people of that islan~ ma take unlimnitedI advantaige Yzke'e genius. AUTUJMN Oii Trrr nJ There's a crispnes~ in the atmoSpiere that sets the blood a-jumpin' The critters all are actin' mighty chipper: The hired man's stopped his growliY 'cause he has to do the pumpin And he grabs the handle like hie's goin' to rio her. The ram nut in the medder he is feelia' fac too frisky IIe's longin' fer to butt sumebudy hard. And the passage o' the pasture i:; a 'matter most to risky, : we'rc heepin' a!! the children i1 the yard. If you listen you can easily hear the cider apples droppin'. Ker-plunk. ker-pluak upo- th" frosty ground. While the chestnut burr. are sw.'llii an' a. puffln an' a-poppin' By the hundreds, an' a rollin' a' around. The woods arc lookin' gorgeous in their coats of redtn' yeller, The squirrcls keep up a constant chatter. chatte:. But their little eyes are watchin au' tii= minute that a feller Lifts h6i gun, there's jc' a scurry an' a scatter. The violets they have slipped Sway to sleqp until the summer. The res. too. bave foliered with a siie Now the erindstone is a-creakit'.- and a ch2;: jes' has to hum her. Edgin' ans. fer the winter ehoppin's nigh. The corn has all been gathered, an' it's in the barn a-waitio The huskin' Ifke..which I don't want rv I miss. Fer sweet Nellie will be prescat au' a plau - I've been creatin'. So she'll gettlhe reddish ear'an' I-a kisr. -T. L..Sappington. in Detroit Free Prest. . PITH AND POINT. She-".1 hear Miss Bloomer is in love with her wheel." He-"Yes; and now the wheel is all .roken un.". Watts-"It is not safe to trust to appearances." Potts-"Especially to farewell appearances. "-Indianapohs Journal. Impatient Patron-"Hey !" Inde peudent Waiter -"If you want to eat hay go to a livery stable."--Idi anapolis Journal. Kate (spitefuily)-'.The men are all -t alike." Laura (demurely) "Bat some have more money than others.' -Boston Transcript. "Don't yo'. think you would bette_. -make him wait a -rear?" _"De~ar. me,-. no! Why, at the end of the year I might not want tomarry him."-Life. "You ought to be very proud of your wife. She is a brilliant talker. "You're right there." "Why, I could listen to her all night." "I often do." -Texas Siftings. Wife-"If I had known before we were married that you swore so, I never would have married you." The Husband (sadly)-"That's what comes of being a hypocrite."-LIfe. "Some people," remarked the waiter with side whiskers, "are very suspi cions. A party just asked me if we could assure him the buttermilk was not really oleo-milk. "-Detroit News. Hoax-"I'd ask you home to dinner with me, old chap, but for one rea son." Joax-"What's that !" Hoax "My wife is taking a course of im srctions at a cooking school. -- Piladelphia Record. Old Jealousboy (furiously) -"Now, madam, I demand of you--who is that young man ? I saw him just slmin out of the back door." Wife-"Ha! ha! ha! Why,. that's the new cook in her bicycle costume. "-Sloper's. Muttered the dead ' at. Handing out thie old pamss again -. *"Sie ti-ansiet' Said the conductor.' Atnd heu fired him off the tr.ain. .. --Cincinnati Tribune. "Look me in the face, sir." He raised his eyes timorously until thfey were directed to her countenance. "Now sir, deny, if you- dare, that y.on married me for my money," "It must have been your money," he fal tered.-Tor'onto Telegram. 31-vqueen ot H awaii's Fad. Liliuokalani, the deposed Queen of Hawaii, had a good many curious characteristics, one of the most pro Snounced of which was .a perfect pas :ionl for the collection o'f rope knots Imade by sailors of .different Nation alities who visited her domain. The result is what is said to' be the largest and finest collection of the kitid in th world.h . very cnceivable device twisted and turned by tii d esterous ingers of so;ilor.-inenutrom all'orf'flie world is represen d, in her -caomet. and if the o.pportunity is ever^offered, o them there is little doubt that.th6 bi museumsi of the worJl will' beome active bidders for the ugique collec tion.-New-York Tribune. , A W~id6w'f Strange Menmetti. - Mme. Thalberg, widow of.. the pia'n I st and daughter of the- great basio, blahe, died recently in Thalberg's villa at Posilipo, in. Naples, Itally, at the age of- eihty-four. When her --z husband 'died she had the body em- - bale- with a petrifying preparation ~ tht reserved it iaith some mblance of life,and kept it seated in th.e room whre Thaberg useg to worn ewe Last ot th st Tortoises. The last of th egint to"toise h ust been transported from. .the Eg mont Island to Mauritius 1t is the largest known specimen,. ether ot living or extinct species, weighing 500) 0pounds and measuring nie'feet from. head to tail, the circumference'of the. shell being 13-. feet. 'There were '.o of them last year, when the f4ma.le