Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?L?CH Wf*KL?X4K YORK. N Kt?KOl-'.S HANOI l> TOOKTIIKH IOU KOBBEKY \M> MllRDKlt. The Ilmtal lleutliiK <<> lleatli ol Mille Johuntc (looil Lead* lo Hie l'iieurtliltig of a Se?-roi Society, Wlioev Objecl ?UM to Steal, to Kill Auj ont' llotoftlim Them. int?! lu ( Inn tvctiiii'tl Hciiilier* b> louise TestUuouy. (From the New* uitl Courier, i VoBKvitiiiE, December l?.-About two wooka ago, or on tho night ot November SW), .Joint Leo Good, u little son of Mr. \Y. 1'.. Good, who lives in tho western part of this comity was brutally inur dered, The News and Courier has pub lished sovoral very meagre accounts of the horrible altair, from which il has ap peared that about forty negroes in this county have handed together t? rob ami plunder ami murder all persons who might detect them in their law lessncss. UOUUKltV \M> Mourom. Tin- coroner's investigation of the murder, Of . liltlo .lohn Lee Good has re vealed a most alarming state affairs in that section, showing most conclusively that a stupendous conspiracy had been formed among thc negroes, thc object ticing robbery and murder. An inno cent child ^na thc first victim of the fiendish miscreants, but developments have proved that other murders were freely discussed and planned, and that only recently members of the gang lay in wait one night fora prominent citizen, knowing he would pass a certain point Oil the evening named. The confession of one of the participants in this affair is corroborated hythe gentleman him self so far as to place, action of his horse, .vc, and a day or two after tho occur rence ho mentioned it to a friend, but without thc least suspicion that by a for tuitous circumstance, either lack ol' cour age of thc limn un watch, or because he had fallen asleep, he was saved from six murdcrotl - bullets. Trial Justice .1. i . blair, acting us coroner, summoned a jury of very dis creet men of tito neighborhood, and in ? conducting llic inquest they have dis- ] played considerable tact, und, under thc ditlicnltcircumstanccH surren udiug them, have by practical investigation brought to light the astounding facts which have placed thc Broad river section in a sUilo of terror und spread alana throughout tho county. Circumstances pointed almost conclu sively to Muse Lipscomb, Dan Roberts ami Bailey Dowdle as the perpetrators of tin.? deed, witii perhaps another accom plice; and aftet the close of the lust day's session they were committed to jail. On thc second meeting ul' tho jury, on thc 3d inst., after taking testimony, cir cumstances and statements of some ol' the witnesses pointed to I'rimUy Thomp son as another concerned in thc murder, and'hp wa > also committed. riii: eoxsriitATons IN .? MI.. in tho examination of so ninny wit nesses vaguo utterances by first one and .another of '.tho club," "tho elan," "the society,".tho witnesses' membership and similar expressions gave a chm which was successfully worked up, and tho re sult is that now'Jd negroes, ranging in ago from 1? to 00, are inmates of tho jail, their offence being murder ol''aiding then in. '. Those prisoners arc Mose Lips comb; Dail'Robert?, Bailey Dowdle and Pr in di-Thompson, principals, and the following, nu\ of whom will no doubt lind it diillc?ll to prove innocence as ac cessories, by reason of tho eombinotion or conspiracy they formed, and which by evidence so fur adduced hus been suf liciently sustained: Giles Good, .lohn Good, Los Wood, Dick Thompson, Wm. Craig, George Jamieson, Scott. Thomp son, Wadis Bulkhead, David Wilkes, Masts Roberts, Will McCluuoy, Wallace Reid, Sam Thompson, Owens Moore, Allen Good, Hob Smarr, Squire Thomp son, Brown Hollins, .lack McClunoy, Sam (loud, Wm. Washington. Of this dark cloud of prisoners '?ile Good and Wallace Heid figured prominently in tin murder for which Columbus Crawford was hanged 18'months ago. Wallace turned State's evidence, and Giles, who has always been regarded as the instiga tor of tho dcod, though Columbus ad mitted on the gallows that he fired thc fatal shot. Giles is a mulatto, probably HO years old, crafty and cunning, and bas the power to lead the peoplo of his race, over whom he has exerted strong influence. No attempt to overdraw thc picture, or to add a word to increase the excite ment this artair has produced, is neces sary after a recital of the bare facts. After the coroner's jury obtained the clue as to thc supposed conspiracy, they devoted tho third day of thc investiga lion, last Friday, to thal branch of tho case, and thc following isa specimen of tho sworn testimony: * rm: HTOUY or ONI: OP M UK Tinos. Wm. Roberts: 1 am a member of this clan. T was received by Jack McClunoy in August, I ss?;. 1 know who he said belonged to the clan Allen ( loud, Wal lace Reid, Prindly Thompson, Hailey Dowdle ami Mose Lipscomb. Jack Haiti he had very good men as members, and he wanted me to j< :. If a man caughht a member stealing the club was t<> make him .sutler. I did not attend their meet ings regularly, but I said to them once: "Hoys, we must KV ear tog< tlier. Though I have never been with you, voil have got ray name, and I will stick to you. We will stick together." I did not t ike tho oath. Mo and Allen Good, llave Wilkes, Wallace Heid and .lack McChl ney met. I knew that they wore mem bers, and the move was made that if any one was caught stealing wo would make the man that caught him sillier. Our purpose was t? ? go two or titree together to a man's house, and if he detect eil us we would mob liim right there. The meetings were to bo all ut Jack McChl ney's, ami on Wednesday nights. They said one Sunday a month ago they wanted to make a raid pretty soon. f do not kuow ol any other club. I would not have told about that meeting if it had md been pulled ont of mo. If I had told they would have mobbed mo, I was afraid. Thc understanding was that they would form cini.s all tiver tho coun try. Ho said they wi rc good things, and , bc wanted to get them up all over thc country. They wero good, ho said, bocauso wo would baie plenty of good thiugfe,' whiskey, .vc. When articles were stolen everything was to go to the head man,'.Tack McClunoy. Meat was to be hid ju gollies and eaves. When wc met after ,thc killing wo bilked only talked about lt, and let other matters go, John Obld testified that ho lu longs to ii club over tho river (in Union county.) lie said: "Tho nature of tho order is called a strike, ami members have told me that wo could toko of steal all the provisions we might need." "TO KIM. winn: .MIA." Adam Thompson, Henry Hailey and Amos Bmarr all gave lengthy testimony, acknowledging thoir membership, ana giving names of members. Adam ?lio.iipson recognized Mles Good ?ia the head man of his club. Ho ?aid: Tho object of the club was to biko whatever wo wanted. If detected wo were to kill the person who detected us. Whatever Qiles Qood said to do was to be done. If not the man who failed to do it was to bo executed. The object was to kill white men. They were going to kill Elias imimn and ('linton Good. They hiive guns and pistols and ammunition, and they were kept by the head mau, Giles Qood, in Iii? cellar. On one occa sion. lie said, he and others waylaid thc road to kill lilias In mun. Henry Hailey said he was made a member of the club about two weeks ago. Thc object of tho club was to make a living by misdemeanor- to take that which don't belong to you. If we were caught by any one wc were to do away with him. (liles (loud was captain and I carried his gun. All that was stolen was to go to the boss man, Giles Good, to be distributed among tide members of the club. Amos Smarr testified as to los mem bership and his knowledge of tho society, .'nu: IUS1N0 STAU IiODOB." With this testimony tho coroner's iu t|iiest was adjourned until to-day, but on Saturday a jury of investigation heard testimony of mein bo rs of II known secret society in tho neighborhood. This is called Rising Star Lodge, No. 24, of the Gland United Order of the National Laborer's Aid Protective Society of North America. Thc printed laws <>f the ( ?riler and the charter of this lodge were produced. The charter emanated from Charlotte, N. G., bears date December. I8S4, and is signed by SS. M. l'harr, supremo scribe. These documents re veal only benevolent and fraternal fea tures ol' the Order, and several witnesses were examined, their testimony bearing out this stale of facts, though the jury, in their verdict, regard tho lodge as a nuisance to their neighborhood. The proceedings of the day were closed with tho testimony of Adam Thompson, a colored youth Ki or 17 years old, ol medium intelligence, who revealed thc following .startling episode in this evwut fill chapter, ho having on a previous ex ion i nat ion confessed to being a mombo] ol' tho clan: AHA? THOMPSON'S HTOHY, I'xamiucil by Trial Justice Blair Prind Thompson made arrangements ti waylay Mr. laius Inman, which was ti take place alter dark-about 8 o'clock on a Friday night. I think it was Fri day night, because there was but Olli day between thc time and Sunday 'those who waylaid bim Mere Pi hu Thompson, myself, (ides Good, Join Good, Wallace Keid and Hailey Dowdle The reason for waylaying him was be enlise they did not like bim and becntlSi they thought ho had money. I di> no know when Prind first spoke to nu about waylaying Mr. Inman. The las tillie lie spoke to mo about it ho said il did not go with him they would kill mc Giles had ii club or organization forme? ol'men whola he controlled, and wir wc re to go when he gave the word i Wit ness again repeated tho names o the members as given above. \ They di not say what they would do with Ml Inman after killing bim. 1 was poste nearest the road, and tho others wei secreted in tho woods at different plac< about thirty stops from the road. 1 WT i"-t long from the time WO were poste until Mr. Inman came ulong. I wit lying down on tho side of thc road an saw iiim ride by. Thc moon wit shu ing, but I did not sc him until he ha passed by. I was placed near thc ron to watch for him and was to whistle as signal of Iiis approach. W hen Mr. [nmit rode near to where 1 was his horse sui di lily gave a jump and .started off ill tiot. Fie soon carno to a bend in tl road and was out of sight. They were great mind to kill me. for not giving tl signal when Mr. Inman came up. Tin told mo to go along that they did u want to .sec mo any more. I belong to the organization. Trit uotilled mo to go that night. I was tin living at .lohn Moore's. 1 do not kne the month, but it wat. about thr months ago. The object of waylayii Mr. Inman was to get money. Tl place wai. botwecu Mr. Inman s hon and McNeill's store oil the high ro; Icadhig from McNeill's to Inman shouc Tho horse trotted off from where i w< re. Nothing was said about what \ wore going to do with him. Till. CONFESSION ?V OM: or THU SIiAYEI On Monday Prindly Thompson, co lined iu jail, made the following confi sion to John C. Ashe, member of t jury of inquest, and Mr. Good, father tho murdered boy, in tho presence of t sheriff: On being interrogated he at til denied any knowledge of tho affair, ai .said ho did not belong to any club, n know anything about a club. Pina: he said that tho other members of t club bad told iiim in thc jail that if said anything about this murder th were going to kill him. He then cc tinned: 1 went with them (to Mr. Gool field) after the cotton, and left till there. Hailey had the little boy by 1 waist. I had him by tho legs. M< choked him. Dan carried tho ston with which ho was beaten. Wi? then ; away by the pasture Bold. Hailey Iii struck the boy with a rock as soon we got hold oj him. Dan was tho Iii to see the boy, and bo said: "Boj yondor is Leo. Bailey bit him lin and Dan UOXt. Mose jumped on 1 bowels. Tho boys in jail tobi me tl in making a confession I had broken i neck. 1 said: "lioys, I nm going to t Hie truth.' They replied ' Von a Dan have done told everything." Th said to me and Hailey: "Don't tell an thing." If any one belonged to t club and was to reveal anything, ho w t?> be murdered or run out of Hie eon try. When we got caught in ii stead sciape tho balance were to swear li out. Wo were to take the colton to stolen from Mr. Good's field to L< Wood, who was to bale and sell it. a then uer?! to divide the money. Sin in jail they have put me through a pi litninary trial, and told mo that I won never como out except to bo hung, um nineteen years old. He then gu tinnies of members of the club as fi lows: (dies Good, hoad man; Jo Good, Sam Good, Hud Darby, Owe Moore, George Jamieson. ( >ther prisoners wi rc given un opp? (unity to speak, but they would ma no confession. ATTI: MI''IT'D 1/V Ni'll I NO. The confession in jail, of I'riml Thou so' i, oil MOP lay, which was given to t i.mei 's jury yesterday rekindled t slumbering indignation of tho poop and at about 7 o'clock thia morning body of nearly a hundred mounted m approached the jail. About a dozen i hod hythe front door and from t Corridor proceeded to thc third story a commenced battering tho wooden shi tem open to Hie graled door. The noi monsell Sheriff (denn, and he basti proceeded to the third Moor and ask tim meaning of the demonstration. T inply was: "Wo want tho four mindi eis.A The sheriff assured tho nu n Hi they wore not in the jail and opened t doors to givo them an opportunity e amine. t Hoing satisfied that thc m ?wanted were not in tho jail tho would-bo lynchers nil rode away. They were all white und unmasked. They conducted themselves quietly and orderly, but were evidently disappointed in not Unding the men wanted. Tin- sheitV, apprehending danger to the prisoners, had procured au order lust night from Judge witherspoon, transferring Moses Lipscomb, Dan Rob ots, Dailey Dowdle, Prind Thompson, Giles Good and doini Good to Richland jail, and thoy were started tor Columbia via ( .astenia, N. c., thus preventing tho ly inching ot at least four guilty wretches. A. w. I. I'KNKII M. KKW S >\'OTKK. Domestic servants in Cl reen ville, l'a., have formed a union Tor ila pur|H>so ol raising theil' wages. Ocn. William O. Harding, thc venerable proprietor of the noted bello Meado stock farm, near Nashville, Tenn., is dead. The Alabama Conference of thc M K. Church, South, is in session ul Montgom cry. bishop kecuer presiding. hillsia has refused lo iceogni/c I'll nee I'Vnlinarid, of Save Coburg Gotha, as a cauilidato for lire bulgarian throne. Ai Poplar Muff, Mo., Ihe county cou ri house was destroyed hy thc and the county jail ini tially consumed. Loss $01,000. Tho brakemen oil (he Louisville. New Albany and Chicago Railroad h ive joined ile.- freight conductors' strike and demand an increase in their pay also. The Knights of Labor at Amsterdam, N. Y., ure much exercised over the Da ?lu />< tn ucl 'ii publishing all the secrets of th? ir ( >r derillld the mode ol initiation. Annie Belle Cummins, ayoung wife, liv in;; In Louisville, Ky., committed suicide Tuesday becauso her husband left her through jealousy. Jae. R. .Jones and (?come Fieman, thc largest lumber dealers In North Louisiana, were arrested Thursday, charged with Ires passing on government lands. Al San Francisco Thurs lay ?00 Amer! can district messenger hoys went on n strike. They want lixed wages at 7? cents ii day instead of .> cents a trip. A special to the New Orleans I'ica/ftine, from Edwards, Miss., says that the exodus of negroes from that vicinity coutinucs un abated. Porty live IHTSOIIS ure still missing from the burnell steamer John NV. White, which occurred on the Mississippi river Tuesday night. The Trades Pnlon delegates al Colum bus, Ohio, formed anew organization to rival tho Knights .>! Labor, which has laen named the Ledi ration of Labor. it i s stat eil thal Queen \ ictoria has pub Hely forbidden the admission Into Wlndsoi Castle of newspapers containing reports td the notorious Colin Campbell case. '?'rue bills have been found against A. I'uiy. J, T. Boss and A. Hawkins, ne (fines, of Baltimore, Md., who nun dei ci Lmily Brown to sell her body for disseclini purposes. The hoiiy ,.| Al thill W. Palmer, il der I of thc Shapleigh Cantwell Company of st Louis, w:- fontal in Ila- debris of theil burned building. Tin porter is sill miss lng. U'brion was re-elected Mayor ol Bostel bj u plurality of i.iiiis and ii majority ove the Labor and Jtcpuhlican etuiditatcs o I 104. Tia- ma j.?lily in favor of license i ".. l:i? against 11,1)0!). " l in-depot ai Lowhilcsviilc, ?a Aiiilcrsoi county, together willi 100 bales of cotton were destroyed by lire Thursday nlgtit A spaik from an Incoming Irnli? create inuit her cou llagrat ion, which was subsided Thc Kentucky Court of Appeal- hus di ci lcd in favor of thc righi ol bessie H hit lo ilispi use medicine a.^ a pharilioi Isl, nriviledgo that was refused her hy the Still Hoard ot I Muir macy hccnusi he a h. IU.de. Mr. Wm. i arpenter ha- published in facts lo prove that the world is not a glob hut as Oat as a pancake, lb- challenge (he Johns Hopkins professors, to meet lill hi discussion on tliis ihenie. Joseph Blackwell, a negro, wiisconunii led to jail at oxford. N.t., Wednesday chili'ged with criminal assault on Mr? Alice Dement, a highly respected whit woman living ?nar Oxford, Blackwc bt? - cou fessed thc ci line. J olin J. Pugsley, t<ai eslate ?igciil n New York, was yesterday found ?lead upo his hal with a s'.ii lu the hone cxtendiii entirely around his loft arm. Dornest! troubles are supposed lo have resulted i d< -pondi nco and suicide. 'I he knit goods mills, td Amsterdam N. V.. an- all running with hu lensed nun burs of nonunion help. Thc Knights u Labor have declared II boycott against th merchants and newspaper* not fas ?rabi to thom, lt is said' liinl 1,000 Knight have resigned within a short lime. A special from Youngstown, Ohio, t cleveland says ail tho leading coal mine in that locality are idle w ith lillie pr0S|MM I of a settlement. Tin- men came ont hi cause of (ho operators refusing lo coucal loan advance of III cents per (on. Til outlook indicates a loilg Btrlai . A disastrous boiler explosion occurre yesterday at Charles llofl'erbink'i extensiv saw mili in the weston suburbs of Evuni ville, Ind. Three 40 fool boilers exploded wrecking thc mill, killing otu- mun un wounding seven. Forty one men wei working in tin- mill. 'I he Secretary of the Treasury hus d ns ted the payment, without reimte, m th Interest due January 1. IS"-T. on Unite States 4 lier cont, bonds of ihe loan of 11)0" also thc ?nteres) on thc bonds issuod io th P u ?lie railway companies, upon present? lion of coupon and interest cheek at th Tnasury ai Washington or at ii nj of th sub trensurh ?. Wiitin Tit re lu Life Titer? I? Hopi . Many of tho diseases of this BOasoi of the year can bc averted bv a - nial amount ol cure ami at little cost, b; thc timely usc of EWBANK'S TOCA CINCHONA Conni vi.. li ones Dinrrluon, Dysentory, Choi era Morbus and liko complaints. A'< traveler should bo without ti bottle, a it will pro von I any disonso that wonk no doubt .arise from tho chango o water, food und climate, without il USO. TIlO most valuable medicine il thc world, contains ali the best nm most cuiative properties of all otho Tonics, Bittet'S. Otc, Cte., being lin greatest UiOOd Purifier, Liver ItegUlfl tor and Lite and Hcalth-RcUorin: Agent in existence. For Malaria Fever and Ague, Chills and Fever Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Sick Hoad ache, Nervous Headache, Chronii llhonmatlsm, otc., otc, it Is truly ? Herculean Remedy. It gives new lift and vigor to thonged. For Indios ll delicate health, weak and sickly dill di on, nursing mot hors. See circular wrapped with bottle. CtlAlU.RSTOM, S. C., Sept. I, 1880? H. B. EWBANK, ESQ., President o The Topaz Cinchona Cordial Co. Spartanburg, s. c. : Dom- Slr-] liavi used a caso of your Topaz Cordial il my family, and as a Tonic and Appe tizer I can cheerfully recommend i- t< all who aro SU H?ring from Debilitj and lack of appetite. My children especially, have been much bcnolittci by its uso. l.ospectfully, HLTSON LK.F.. Ask your druggist for EWBANK') TOCA/. CINCHONA COUOIAL and take no oilier. Tnt: Toi-AZ CINCHONA COKIMAI. Co., ? Sparlanblirg, S. C., I'. S. A, Min uit n vint M . Murmur not, to get rulief ; For Impatience makes thy euro Heavier much for thee to bear. Happy hu who. < hildlike. will Lot Ood lead him vip the hill. A point any woman can appreciate Point lace. TltO heal cobblers do not talk. "Lenst said, soonest mended." On Christmas day. though thu turkey's louder, the enters stutl. Thc baker is the only loafer entitled to respect. Tho universal Christinas carol is adapted lo the fest loon. Tho fate of tho pretty girl under tho mis tletoe-Kiss-met. Tis thc harbor's apprentice who often tlycs young. Oysters have u language o? their own, und clnms stew. A fog signal reminds the sailor of the tower of bay bell. Wheo n niau fulls down Iiis temper gen erally gets up before he docs. A i|UC8lion for decorators-How can u frieze adorn it "warm interior?" Of a man suddenly struck dtlUlh, il may bc said that bis melancholy daze has come. Coutlshlp, like champagne, soon looses ?ts zest if kept too long after the pop. Hush money is what tho young husband parts with for paregoric, soothing syrups, etc, Christmas is apt to bc followed by blue mass in families w here thc old allopathic practice prevails. C hristinas dinner' at home, no mutter how meagre, is preferable lo Christmas lunch anywhere else. Sania Claus is a dead issue-the rising generation is very smart, and know a thing or lwo when be sees it. Thc man who racks bis brain to get up au original Christmas merni is called thc Un nt Christinas Mcnu-vir. Thc man who never does any harm might crawl into a cave and slay lhere ten years without being missed. They sny 'one swallow does not make it spring." .1 list try boiling eolfee, and see if il won't. Christmas lesson for tlie young: "Chil dren, the liest part of the turkey is tho drum-stick." When n man is nhout lo sneeze he had rather do thal than anything else in the world. "Points" in the stock market nie proba \<l: KO called because speculators generally gi ? stuck on thom. F.nglaud doesn't object lo laking ti drop w lien she feels like it. Last year she drank $01 O.M.I,COO worth of liquor. A fashion writer says all thc fashions ure f<>r lender women. They are certainly not designed for slender purses. "Love is blind.'' True, true. Thc voting lover never sees the dog till il is too late to csrupu III ll dignified manlier. The Puritan la thu niuno of a nev* color in ladies' goods, in course it is warranted to he fast. Thc only circumstances under which a man can pull more than a boise is when lu is pulling ut a bottle. Pur every man killed in war len have been sent over Ute gulf hy Hie aid of thc ? orkscrcw , says a temperance paper. A policeman in St. Louis attacked hy i liolem morbus lost s(, much rest that hu .va- forced m go on duty to recuperate. Washington prides Itself upon the pos ssion of an egg 1,000 yeal8 old, We've scott -one- that seined IO lie older than ihm. A nice, easy exercise for Christmas day is ihiii of counting the change you liuvu left, lt can lu- done generally with one hand. Kate Pichi liss rcceutly said that women bi ur willi their eyes. This particularly lipplli - to thc wamali who Watches her neighbor through thc keyhole. Some one says there is a gn at (h al of chnrticter in eyebrows. Wu do not know ul out ibis, but wc do know that there is a great deni ?d' India ink in them sometimes. A little girl miller live, looking at an Ugly filCC 111 a hook, said: "I think thc features ure good, If he was not matting up a face.'' Speaking of Hie widening of woman's sphere, why do not some of thc 80X take to carpentering? Women arc generally inter ested in joiner work. A Tennessee man can so perfectly Imi tate tin sounds made hy two dogs engaged in lighting that he calls a Memphis congre gilli m out of church in three minutes. A shoe can lu- made ?ii some of thc Ly nn, Muss., shops in M minutes. A pair of foci would ho likely to go through such shoes with almost as much dispatch. "I don't think there is any royal blood in my veins," remarked a sad faced young man as l.e made a bec linc for the dentist's; "hut mj jaw is every inch aching." Pad seasons and shorl crops are the latest solutions of what ails thc farmer. Ought liol sbort crotis to bring good prices? If not, why not? A mau becoming angry because his gun kicked b i Hy. his companion said, .'(Inns arc but human, after nil. They are almost sure lo ki< k when the load is too heavy.'' Whin j o', i visit a fair this season politely mouin- for thc treasurer. When foiuuf. hand him your purse w ith a pleasant smile. lt will save ; OU all further trouble. lt is hard catching either to devise or to afford all nie Christmas gifts that the season l illis for, Hut if you have to scratch remember Hitit your patron saint is Santa ( Tiws. Itailway conductors say that Friday is the lightest day of thc week for travel. It is probably because so many people have a uiperstitious idea of thc day ns being un lucky. A Kentucky man ( hums to he able to . lill his mouth with water and blow it through his eats." Tho remarkable pari ot this statement isthat tin- man is able to l ike the water into bis mouth. Coing security for a relative ls n good deni like licking a red-hot poker willi iii-, longue. There is liol liing to IK: gained, and only about one man in a million can do ii with safety, A b >* was asked il he ever prayed ?ii (hun h, and answered, "O yes; I always soy n prayer like tin- rest do, just before tho sermon begins." "Wbatdo yon say?"was the Inquiry, "Now I lay me down lo sleep." ? Hum and honey is said to he one of thc bcd cough medicines for a family. The wife cnn use ber share of lt-thc honey while the husband, with his usual self SRO rillcing devotion, gets away with thc rum. Lecture* On cooking! ' exclaimed Mrs. I!, "no, lin not going to cm. My hu?, band lectures on looking, ;>nd when lie mentions bis mother he looks around for somebody la applaud." < Un' preacher standing in the pulpit hold-' lng open Hie door of thc kingdom of beaven I M n'l attract marly us much attention us a late arrival holding open the door of the church. We need reform. Four or (ive months ?go old Hen Butler declared that thc Fiftieth Congress Wfyfild in- Republican, no matter what happened. 1 Io is?now hunting fur Wiggins in ordpr to shake hands mid sympathize with blip. Christmas shopping ia n delightful occu pation for the people with long pursu*-, ?nd yet it is by no means sure that tho [people With short ones do not get more pleasure out of their ingenious contrivances tjomnko II lillie go a long wny. THE PLEA OF WOMAN TO TIIIC WOKKINO.MKN OF TUB UMI> TKO STATICS. AdtlroH.t of tho WOUIUII'H CllVlaiian Tem* poranee Union, t<? the Lnhor Organism tiona, Deeeeehlng Them t?? Keep Away from tho Saloons. ?inti Devote Their Kurulitigs to Their Puntillee? following address Una boon issued by tho National Woman's Christian Tcinpcriuiee UlliCIl, ill ac cordance willi a resolution adopted nt thc recent Minneapolis convention, li is addressed to all Knights ol" Labor, trades, unions and other labor organ izations : ll KAHALA UTI", lt S OF lill. NATIONAL WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN THMI'MIAN?K UNION, K31 LASAI.I.I:STKI:KT, ClllCAOO, November 0, issi;.-To all Working Men and Women: Brothers and Sis. ters?l a common hope. We come (?? you naturally as our Irlends and allies. With such ol your methods as involve co-operation, arbitration and thc ballot box, we arc in hearty sympathy. Measures which involve the compul sion of labor, desi ruction ol'property, or hann to lile or limb, we profoundly deplore, and wc believe thc thoughtful and responsible among your ranks must equally deplore them, as not only base in themselves, but a great hindrance to your own wollare and success. Wc rejoice in your broad platform of mutual help, which recog nizes neither sex, race nor creed. Es pecially do wc appreciate thc tendency of your great movement to elevate women industrially to their rightlul place, by claiming thal they have equal pay for equal work, recogniz ing them as ofllcci'3 and members ol' yo ur societies, and advocating thc bal lot in their hands as their rightful weapon of self-help in our representa tivo govern mon t. As temperance women, we have been especially glad to note your hostile attitude toward thc saloon, I he w orst foo of woman, and of tho workingman and ol home. We read with joy of the vow made hy the Knights ol' Labor nt Ibo conven tion in Richmond, when, with hands raised to heaven, they pledged them selves to bo total abstainers through out their tenn of ellice. In addressing you at this tillie WC wish to oller our sincere congratula tions upon your achievements a> prac tical workers tn thal grcal temperance reform which engages ever slea ;t;xst work and prayer.-', and which, its we believe, Involves, over all other move ments of this agc, your happiness timi elevation. Porniit ns to ask your caro* fill consideration Of this statement ol' our belief. The cenital question of labor reform is not so much how io gel higher wages a- how lo turu the present Wilges to better account. For w.'tste hanns most those who can least alford it. lt is not over-production so much as iindor-consmnption timi grinds tho fucos of tho workingmen. Fourteen hundred millions annually drawn, chtoiiv from tho pockets ol workingmen, i>y saloon keepers and eignr dealers, means less Hour in tho barrel, less coal in the cellar and less clothing for the laborer's fumily. Wc grieve to see thom give their mom lol' thal which is liol bread and their labor for (lint which salisflctll liol. Life insurance statistics provo (hal w hile tho average life ol' thc modi rab liri liker is bul Wo yea s and a half, th;,; of thc total abstainer is Ol years. Successful explorer- and soldiers, famous athletes, pedestrians, rowci and shots, arc men w ho do not cob web their brains or palsy their nervet? with alcoholic drink. We believe that thc work of OUI' societies, resulting in laws by which neatly one-hall (he children ol thc United Mates tiro be ing (aught in the public school-, tin c\ il effects of intoxicating liquors upon tin- tissues ol thc body and the temper of the tuind, merits your carnes) co operation and will provo one of your strongest reinforcements in Mic elibrl to elevate your la in i lie - to nobler levels of opportunity. We believe that thc study of hygiene. Including a knowl edge of the most healthful loods, ami Hie discovery that these arc ul a che.ip or and iic'-stimulantitig cia-.-, with a careful consid?ration of scientific methods by which, in th'- preparation of foot!, a little can bu made to go a long way in liotue economies, urn well worthy of vour attention. Wo ask you to aid us in our endeavors to have taught ingall departments of our public schools, those beneficent laws of health which relate lu wliolosotlio living in respect to diet, dress, sleep, exercise and ventilation, so that those teachings shall be given lo every child a- otu: ot thc surest means lo ?is highest happi ness. Wc ask your alten'lon lo our White Cross pledge of equal chastity for man and woman: of pine language and june life. Wo ask your help in our cfl'oris to secure ad?quate protection by law for the daughters ol thc poor and rich alike, from thc cruelly of base and brutal men. We ask your help in our endeavors tn preservo 11)0 A ind - ican Sabbath willi its rest ?iud quiet, redeeming ii from being, aa now, I ho hai'VOSt time of the saloon keeper, when he gathers in the hard earnings of thc workingman, and wc promise you our co-operation in your efforts to secure a Saturday half-holiday, which we believe will do so much io change tho Sabbath from a day of rOeroation to one ol rest at home, and for thc worship of dod. Wc call your at to litio . to our de partment of evangelistic tempor?neo work; work for railroad employ?s, lumbermen, millers, soldiers amt toil ers; also to our efforts to organize free kitchens and kindergartens and bauds of hope; to supply free libraries and leading rooms, temperance lodg ing houses and restaurants, and io reach oui a helping hand to laden women as well as lallen men.. Wc have a publishing house al 11)1 LnS.-ilk Street, Chicago, which ?ait out ?l0,000> 000 pages of mission temperance bu-r ature in the lust, year, and which is conducted by Women; its t) po set by women compositors. Wc ask you to do all in yonv power for thc cause ol prohibition, which is pre-eminently your cause, and willi thc dram shoji and ii-, fiendish temptations HMM thrown, what might you not attain of that self-mastery which i- tho tirsl condition of success and happiness in 1 haine homes which aro tho heall's true resting place?. Your ballots hold (In balance of power in this hind ol'the World's hope. We Ask those of yon who arc voters to cast thorn only for inch IUOIIMI'' - and such men ns are solemnly comm ted to tho prohibition of every brew - ery, distillery and dramshop in the nation. And that (he women may come to thc rescue in this great emer gency, alsoas an act of justice toward those who have the most sacred claim on your protection, wo hopo (hat you may seo yum way clear fo cast yow ballots only for such men as are pledg ed lo tho enfranchisement of woman. Tn nil Ulis we, speak lo yen ns those who fervently bellovo that (ho coining 6f Christendom in (hO earl li inenns j brotherliood. We urge you, with sis-, torly earnestness mut affliction, lo 1 moko tho Now Tcstalmoot yeer text book of political oeouomy niel io join us in tho tinily st inly of His blessed words "Who Spitk'o as never IIIBII spuke." Hi* pierced hands lifting up this sorrowful benighted jjworkl into] tho light of Clod. I? carU08l sympathy Ictus yo lb:-, ward lu work eui Iiis ?rolden pro copl8 Into the world's lifo and law hy making, first oi all, His law ami lit?' our own. Yours, lor arooil and homo and every hind, KitAsei s K. Wu.i.Alto, CAIIOI.INK H. Ul I!.t , l'ri s. lilli. Corresponding Si erei.ary. Ilumina: ?I iii?' lleniit, ol Ul? * . : pl. I'?iii Ml? cou i i if I ami Nt;w OUl.r.ANS. L>CC( steamboat J. M. White, for New Orleans, wit . lan last night, nt Blue Klorc, miles tlliovo Halon Hi .mr*. ocr of passengers on bonni, consist ci I of '.M.ouy hales nf 0,noa f ai l. - of seen. Several lives uro re potted to ha vu huon lost, but thu captain, James l\ Muse?, who wus in ominnud, teluurophs thal only one pc ion, tho poiti i of tim boat, is known lo lio lost. Tho boat ami her cargo uro lotta" loss, A Western editor (married) says ho will Ito glad lo publish ibo poetry nnd board any poet who will lind a wold to rhyme I with housc-elenuhig which is not wickedly profunc. lt ls said thal barbed wiro fences conduct lightning. A man who has ever sat down unexpectedly upon mic of tlioso nuisances , will be convinced that the}* keep lightning on draughl all thc lime. I "Congress cannot .?'?in tho Knights of j Labor, because it doi s not wink,'' -ays thc Philadelphia ?'?HH*. A gravel reason coin) s in (bc t u t that it would under no . circumstance strike nial Mop drawing its pay. If tin- "heft" of thu pocketbook was, in , every instance, commensurate willi Ibo promptings of ilia henri, whal n glorious Christmas ii would bo for lite poor, MANY PERSONS tit this aranon .in//'?-?' from -.wi' h >. r litntlarhe, \rn raia?a, tttteiimtttism, Vat n s ?a thu l.lmlix, Itaclt anil Si-hi. I:,I,I Mood, I nttttfci 'imi. tifi!ti>ri>ntn, Malariaft'OHul t nation XKtttney Troubles, ?*-yOUNA CORDIAL CURES RHEUMATISM, l! i.l Itlnl .1 ..ri ! I.|?i< v Troiil.li ?. hy cleansing Um litiKtil of lill Its I .11:..--. kill lit:-u. Bing ?iii parts V9U?? GORDIAL CURFS SICK-HEADACHE, N. umtob I' iii > i thc I Iml ?. Il \ -i '.-..'. i>y -?'-VOUNA ', CURES DYSPEPSIA! Imlie Md >?. nml i < ?.. Hon, ny ni Unit Ibo nsslm? I! i ii I... I ... : I lull? I. 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