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Little Things? * & good-by Mes is a little thing, .With your hand on the door to go, Botit takes the venom out of the sting Of* thoughtless word or a cruel fling That you made an hour ago. kiss o? greeting is sweet and rare After the toil of the day, VAnd it smooths the farrows ploughed by care, The lines on yoor forehead you once called fair, In the years that have flown away 'TIS a little thing to say "You are kind, I love you, my dear," each night, But it sends a thrill through the heart, I find; For love is tender as love is blind, As we climb life's rugged height. We starve each other for love's caress, We take, but we do not give ; It seems so easy some souls to bless, But we dole the love grudiogly, less and less, Till -lis bitter and hard to live. Betrothed by the Dawn, Mr. D'Herble awoke at the very Lour he bad intended. The gray light of dawn fell on the flowers of hie bed room curtains. He opened the wiudow and looked oat on the dim landscape still asleep. The trees and fields of a dull green color melted away into the far and o? is f y horizon without exhibiting a sign of life or motion. In the east glimmered a faint indi cation of pink light. Mr. IVHerble remembered bis love and bis morning appointment. In five min tit e ? he had dressed and descended the stairs into the garden, where his big greyhound greeted him with a .bark of delight, accompanied by fran 'tic leaps of joy and pleasure. ?Be quiet, Tiger!" Then, in vain trying to repress the animal, he added, 4*Come along, then." The greyhound started off quick as an arrow through a half open door, and his master smiled as he watched liim. He saw him bouuding along over the vineyards by a path of which lie knew every inch. It was a path they took together every day and it led to the last cottage of the little hamlet, to the house of Mr. and Mrs. Simons, wealthy New Yorkers, and their daughter, Miss Ethel. "I wonder if she is awake yet," thought Mr. D'Herble. ?Has she ;not made a bet with me? Can it really be true that we are going together to watch the sun rise from the top of the lower of Alaspret ? For the past three months he had been fiirtiug with Miss Ethel i . It began at Paris aud had been con tinued here in the country, where he bad been clever enough to induce the Simonses to come and spend the sum mer. He hoped that he would have fewer ri vaie here. For he already feit the pangs of jealousy, was madly in love with the young American, and with all his beart he wished to make her Iiis wife. He had no fear that he would be a pleasing son-iu-law to the old people. He was rich, of good family, and pos sessed many fine qualities. The question was, will she consent? There was so much coquetry in her playful ways; so much reserve, loo, in her sudden moods of cold silence that he hardly knew what to think. Sometimes with her musical laugh ter, her arcL and soft glances, she made him conscious of a feeling of nearness and familiarity that was as suddenly dispclied by a frigid good by that instantly brought him back again to his position utterly dis concerted. Only yesterday, pointing to the tower of Alaspret which from a lofty ci:ff communes a view over the whole country of Canx for 10 miles round, she had said to him: "Is it true, as the legend says, that the sirle of the village follow the cus torn of climbing alone with the men to whom they arc engaged to see the sun rise from that tower?" Aud he had answered : "It is indeed a superstition that be longs to this part. A betrothed couple never fail to observe it. They believe that if the sun rises behind clouds aud is invisible the marriage will be an unhappy one; but if it rises bright and unclouded it is a sign that their future is to be bright and happy." And with laughter in lier voice she had said: "Oli! but then the sun must have ipoiled many a marriage by not show ing himself!'* ??Such a thing has been known,'' he answered, " though very rarely. In nine cases out of ten the love of the betrothed proceeds unchanged as be fore. If the omen is unfavorable they are incredulous and *ct it at defiance; and I hey only accept it if favorable to their love." Then Miss E'hel had said: 4< It must be a lovely sight to see the sun rise over the country. I should like lo go up the tower some d*jy." . He looked into the depths of her lovely eyes. "It will be splendid, to-morrow, Miss Ethel" "Do you think so, really ? If so, I shall go." "And er?might I be allowed to accompany you?" he stammered She looked him straight in the face with a proud glance that was in describable. ** You may do so. if you wish.*' *****? He was uow on his way to the ap pointed meeting place. A peculiar rendezvous perhaps, but not any j more so than the moments of solitude which they had spent together ou ih? water or on the verandah of the cot tage. The Simonses had nerfect confidence in their daughter. She followed her j o\iii sweet wVW None t!:e le*i the j thoughtparsed through Mr. D'llorbie's . bvaia tbit sta bud fool*? ' *'If by any chance she if* awake and up, perhaps concealed bebind the blinds of her bedroom window, how she will laugh to sec me waiting here patient and disappointed. I shall look ridiculous! Ah! if only she were not quite so lovely." But at this moment a new impulse of hope made his heart beat-. He had just seen Tiger before the railing of the cottage. The dog's lean body was trembling with the joy a dog shows when he hears a friend approaching. Almost at the same minute Miss Ethel made her appearance. Her golden hair fell in waring lengths from under her little straw hat. She wore a pink dress; her tiny feet were ca*cd in yel low leather shoes, her hands in pretty brown gloves. "Good morning,"' she said. This was uttered in a tone so dry and frigid that the gushing thanks Mr. D'Herble had prepared stuck in his throat and rol used to couie out. In silence they both entered the little path that led through the woods to the tower. An odor of damp earth rose from the leaves and grasses. All was wrapped in profound silence. Not a sound stirred the air. There was an im pression of loneliness and solitude. The strangeness of the hour and the place and the unusual earliness of their rising hour, combined with their impressions lo proetnee in the young couple ft certain feeling of melancholy not without its charm. They were also aware of a feeling of awkwardness between them, which their modesty rather made il he m shrink from. Each at his and her own audacity. However, they had gone too far to ' turn back, and feeling the charm of an adventure which brought them thus together, they kept most of their thoughts for the sunrise. Moreover, as the hour approached they felt a presentiment that the oracle really ' was about to decide their engagement. They soon left the pine trees behind tbem and entered groves, first of birch and then of beech trees. Blue heath er flowers grew upon a carpet of moss and t!ie pointed needles of resin glistened in the dim light. Bocks lay about on all sides in crumbling heaps, and the little moun tain path wound iu and out up the steep sides of the slope on whose sum mit, though invisible as yet, the tower stood. Suddenly a turn of the path brought it into sight, rising up straight and strong, its battlements and gray walis outlined against the dull gray of the sky. In the midst of a pile of ruins covered with lichens and bristling with tall wild grasses stood the last ' vestige of the old feudal days of the Chateau d' Alas pr?t. Miss Ethel, slightly out of breath after her climb, stood looking toward the east, where the first lights of the dawn played over a purple sky and the deads seemed like flakes of floating pink. ??Are we in lime?" she asked. Mr. D'Hcrblc bent his head thought fully. "There are a great many clouds," he sighed, "lain afraid the suu will hidden." "Ah. she said, and no one could have told whether she said it in a tone of regret or of hope. A hare started at their feet among the dew. Tiger, who was describing wide circles round them at a gallop, saw the little animal and at once gave chase. This d'vereion amused Miss Ethel, especially when she saw the grey hound return looking sheepish at not catching hie prey, which had speedily been lost in the mists. They advanced together a few steps. Thev found themselves hesitating ai most in front of the central keep, which led into the dark shadows of the winding staircase. She cast a shy glance at her knight. "Do you really want to climb up there? I think we can see quite well enough from here." lie turned upon her a reproachful look that was both anxious and penetrating, "Are you afraid, Miss Ethel? That is not right." His remark stung her pride. She began bravely to climb tho dark stair case. D'Herblc followed her. They climbed up, and for a long time in semi-darkness, only exchang ing the most trivial remarks, and then I suddenly, the full daylight nearly j duz/.'ed them. They passed out on to a little plat forni, aud Miss Ethel, flushed with her I exertion, uttered a cry of delight at the expanse of country before her. A tremendous circle of hills, valleys and woods surrounded them. That triangular mirror of gli itcring melai far below them is the ocean seen through the long vieta of a valle/. The forests of Alasprct, from the foot of the tower to the horizon, spread out a wide expanse of softly rounded hills, which melted in'.o the distance in blue haze. The country reminded one of a carpet that had been pieced together. Those golden spots, here and there, are the corn fields, those gray stones are villages? one cau sec the face of the church tower clocks like so many white points. A stream between willow clad banks flows down there iu the distance?a strip of siiver lace, hemmed with gold. From all sides rises the moisture from the earth in grav masses of vapor. It swathed the j : o wer of the keep in an ever-moving j stream like a continent submerged iu a sea of mist. j The east grew rosier. The clouds ? were abl<i?j with purple color*. They looked as if s hey were lighted with gigantic embers of some glow* j ing forge. The sjlenct tey&cl & iasEftSfi that i feeling or mystery and thoughtful I spirit of religious poetry which comes with the dawn and spreads over the j earth. "Ah?"said the t\Vo voices together. rJ'he sun had just shot his first gleam through a break in the clouds. They dispersed and fled away so rap'diy it looked as if a giant broom was s peep ing space. Then the great disk of the sun in his glory rose in the midst of the rose-colored sky. "Ethel," sighed Mr. D'Herble. He saw her..shining with a beautiful splendor, bathed iti ?he living rays of of the sun. She scemai to hint the central beauty of the landscape vibrating w;tn life and light Her haughty h?veliues wa< softened with a lender grace, and tears were glistening in her pure eyes. "Lo^k," he said, "the sky is clear." And, indeed* not a clou I was to be seen. The air was ablaze with ligh: ; the sun was slowly rUing in ?he sky. The sea of mUt tint surrounded the tower could be seen melting away aud evaporating. And the c?tele in which they two stooc1 *ceni:d to absorb the colors and lights with all the rich splendors of the woods the cornfields and the meadows, A fresh and laughmg you'h was abroad on the earth and iti the soft touch of the wandering bre<zo. Scarcely perceptible mists rose from the roofs of tho cottages beiow. Then I he Angelus sounded out$ others an swered back, faint and ?wce!, like the song of the larks? The birds were beginning to wake* life was ac.ivc on all sides I Then in the warnt glow of light which seem to fold them in a circle of gold, Mies Ethel Simons placed her firm little hand in that of Mr. D'Her ble. Jle drew closer to her, and she made no rc&istaucc while these two, betrothed on the tower by the dawn in face of the sun and the world, ex changed the solemn vows of eternal love and registered it with a first kiss. ?[Translated from Courrier Des Etats Unis. An Old Statue nf Columbus. It is the fashion just now to hunt up siatues of Columbus. One was found in an obscure nook in Baltimore re cently and now another has been brought to the notice of the surprised citizens of Boston. One of the daily papers eent out a reporter to learn whether such a thing existed, and his inquiries were for a long time futile. At last he met a gentleman of some antiquarian learning who informed him that Columbus had been standiug with an air of dejection for m?re than 40 years in Louisburg square. Even in the hum of preparation for the great celebration nobody had noticed him, which was, perhaps, not to be wondered at, as the little recess known as Louisburg square is given up *o a few ancient houses occupied by people of the old school, who have nothiug in common with modern Boston. The reporter thus describes the statue and accounts for its origin: "The figure was life 6ize, and the material was marble blackened by time. The right hand rested on a nautical instrument, and in the left the folds of a cloak were gathered. The face was turned towards the west. Mr. Iasigi, the Italian consul, who once lived at No. 1, and who was so well known in so cial circles of Boston, happened one day while abroad, to see in Leghorn some statues which struck his fancy, one being that o? the daring naviga tor. Thus it came to pass that Colum bus started again on a voyage to America. Servons Prostration, Nervous prostration is one of the new diecases which has come into vogue during the last four or five years. Our grandfathers would have laughed at it, but that it is a genuine com plaint, due to high-pressure living, there is no question, All the doctors have studied it and many have sug gested remedies, but most of the cures are beyond the reach of the sufferers. Here, for instance, is Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, who prescribes perfect rest, the patient to lie iu a clean, sveet smelling bed in a perfectly lighted aud ventilated room, aud to be sur rounded by everything that is pleasant and soothing. Now, this is just what the people who succumb to nervous prostration cannot secure, and the doctor ought to know it. According to Sceptical San Francisco Chronicle, "he might as well prescribe a two year*' ocean voyage ol- something equally visionary. No hospital will supply these conditions, and there are very few private houses in which ono may obtaiu such ideal surroundings. If there were within easy reach we should hear of fewer cases of nervous prostration. " Sheep as Beasts of Burden. Sheep are not commonly regarded as beasts of burden, but in a lanre part of Northwest india, thousands of sheep carry for many miles the commodities purchased by the sale of their own wool. The mountain paths among the foothills of the Himalayas arc so precipitous that the sheep, moro surefooted than larger beasts, arc preferred as burden carriers. The load for each sheep is from six teen to twenty pound*. The sheep are driven from village to village with the wool still growing, and in each town the farmer shears as much wool as he can sell there, aud loads the sheep with the grain which he re ceives iu exchange. After his whole flock has beeu sheared he turns it towards home, each sheep having ou its back a small Dag containing the purchased grain. ? [Djtroi: Free Press. j Pine may be made to look like some beautiful wood by giving repeated ?oafs of hot linseed ?>ll and rubbing liavd allst M? IUNIOR THE SOUTH. Notes o? Her Progress ai Prosjerity Briefly EnitoiM And Important Happenings from Day t? Day Tersely Told. At' Fayetteville, N. C, Wednesday morning, fire broke out in one of the principal business blocks and in five hours entirely burned eight stores, the loss being $40,000; half covered by in surance. Prominent business men of Charleston, S. C, are agitating the question of build ing a grain elevator. Efforts heretofore made to bring western grain to the Charleston^ port for foreign shipment -will be resumed. The Macon and Atlantic railroad was sold at auction at Macon, Ga.? Wednes day. It was bought in by the creditors and bondholders. J. R. Young, of Sa vannah, did th? bidding, and the aggre gate price paid was about $410,000. The road will probably be rebuilt. A syndicate has purchased a large tract of phosphate land in Polk county, Fla., paying $60,000 cash. E T. Wal ton, of Wilmington, Del., is president, Mr. Reynolds, of Atlanta, Ga., is vice president, and G. A. Limastree, of Wil mington Del., secretary and treasurer. A Columbia, S. C, dispatch says: In the house Monday a volumnious prohi bition bill was introduced, prepared by a committee of leading prohibitionists of the state. Its provisions are very strict. If any prohibition bill is passed, it will be this one. A strong fight will be made f.gainst prohibition. A freight was wrecked at Johnson Cityj Tenn., Thursday night; o? the East Tennessee road. Through disobe dience of oriers, freights 21 and 22 col lided. Twenty cars loaded with cattle were demolished: It is thought several tramps in the cars were killed. A great number of cattle were killed. Wednesday night when passeDger train No. 17 on the Savannah, Americua and Montgomery railroad rolled into the union station at Montgomery, Ala., from Americus, Ga., Sheriff Waller attached the train on papers sent from Birming ham, where they were sworn out by C. S. Simmons & Co., wholesale grocerymen, on a claim of ?5,724.16 for supplies; The Southern Express Company held its annual meeting in Savannah; Ga., Monday morning and elected officers as follows: President; H. R. ?*lant; vice president and general manager, M. J. O'Brien; vice president, M. F. Plant; secretary ?nd treasurer, G. H. Tilly ; gen eral auditor, C. L. Loop. The business of the company was reported to be in a flourishing condition. General Lucius E. Polk died at Ash wood, Maury county, Tenn., Thursday morning. General Polk was fifty-nine years of age. He served in the confed erate avmy under General Pat Cleburne until after the latter was killed ?t Frank lin. He commanded a division io a corps at ChickamaUga and served with distinc tion throughout the war. He was sent to the state senate in 1888. A Baleigh ppecid says: Thursday, officers of the Baptist state convention representing white missionary Baptists of North Carolina, made up tbe annual statement. This shows a gain of forty seven new churches and brings the total number up to 1,700. The convention embraces forty-two associations and cov ers all territory east of Blue Ridge, and three counties beyond. Its gain in mem ship during the year approximates 12,000. The Hartwell Railroad Company has been placed in the hands of a receiver. Judge Newman in the United States court at Atlanta, Tuesday, issued an or^ der appointing E. B. Benson to take, charge of the propeities of this line, which is a branch of the Richmond and Danville road, and which runs from Hartwell to Bowersville, Ga. The re ceiver will take charge of the property on Dtamber 1st, and operate it for the court. The monthly report issued by the commissioner of agriculture of Tennessee shows that the corn yield is only 78.2, as compared with 89.6 per cent, of the full crop last year. A large portion of the winter wheat crop is late sown, but the prospects are for a good stand. Tbe yield of the cotton crop in the state is now placed at 47.3 j>er cent, of which nearly three-quarters has been picked. The yield last year was estimated at 72.8 per cent. A Savannah, Ga., special says. The contract of the engineers and firemen employed on the Central railroad system expired at noon Thursday. The men will continue at work until something definite is done. The trouble between the Central and the engineers, firemen and telegraphers does not seem any near er a settlement than a week ago, and a stride or at least the telegraphers, if both si des keep up to what they say, is apparently inevitable. The insurance men of Charleston, S. C, are preparing to oppose the bill be fore the South Carolina legislature, re quiring every insurance company in the state to deposit $25,000 worth of state bonds as a guarantee. Insurance men claim the biii a round about method dis posing of bonds. It is not believed op position will come from the insurance linen's organization but will be made by individuals in the committee room. It is thought the bill will become a law. The United States circuit court grand jury, a: Norfolk, Va., Wednesday, re turned indictments against Robert Tay lor and Joseph H. Hulcer, judges of election for Jackson ward, of Richmond, and Messrs. James Lyons, Jr.,, and Wil liam J. Orange, citizens of Richmond, for violation of the federal election laws. The offense charged against the two judges is that having ordered several deputy marshal-; from the polls and said 'deputies refusing to obey their orders, .were committed to the city jail of Richmond under the state law which confers that authority upon all judges of election. A special of Wednesday from Meridian, Miss., says: The noted Kemper county outlaws, Tom : nd Walter Tolbcrt, for wh* m exciting chssis for a month past have been made, arc captured and at pit sen arc sale y l?dgeu m t!?c Luid- r dale county jail. The facts are still fresh in the public mind how so Nov. 4th Tom To?bert, an escaped convict, and his brother, John Tolbcrt! opened fire ou Tom D maid an i Will Spinks, deputy shcr ff-. The fire was returned and John Tolbert kiihd. possee was next morning attacked by the Tolbrrts and Tom Cole was killed. So enraged did ?lio county become that old man Tolbert was h unir. ra A rmiugham special of Thursday says: Judge Pardee, of the United States circuit court, has issued a decree ordering the sa!- of the E ?st ami \V< st railroad on December 28:h at public auction. The sale is to satisfy the bond holders, who hold a mortgage for $2,274,-' 000. The terms are $3,000,000 cash, b il ance on time. The roid is 117 miles long, between Pell City, Ala , and Cartersville, Ga. It is understood that a syndicate is prepared to bid it iu and consolidate it with a number of other lines, such as the Marietta and North Georgia, and Chst tanoogH Southern, with a view to form ing a system to be called the Tennessee, Alabama and Georgin. The sale takes ulace at Birmiuiiham. ONI of the windows on tha Broadway side of tho New York Posto?tce, wbsre stamps aro sold at retail, is now in ch trze of G?V. JONES INAUGURATED* !fo Opposition Was &!iown???is ?n? augural Address. A Montgomery special of Thursday says : Governor Jones was inaugurated for his f?cond term in the hall of the house of representatives, the entire general assem bly being present. There was no oppo sition. Before taking the oath Governor Jones delivered his inaugural address. Among other things the governor gave an expo sition of the acts of the democratic party from the time it took control of the state affiirs in 1874, up to the present time, and declared that the party wt*s not responsible for the condition of the treasury existing at this time. He recited the charge made that useless offices had been crested, and gave a list of all offices Created since 1874, showing the causes leading to the ' reation of these offices and the necessity. He held that the present condition of the treasury was brought about by un fortunate depressions following a too rapid decrease of the tax rate. He felt that the only plan to save th? credit of the state was the increase of the tax rate. A Jackson, Miss., special says: The vote of Cothoma county only reached the office of the secretary of state Thursday. The entre vote of the state was 52,809, divided as follows; Cleveland, 4'J,237; Weaver, 10,256; Harrison, 1,406; Bid well, 910. Cleveland's plurality over Weaver is 29,981, and his m-tjority over all is 27,665. Coahoma gives Catchings a majority of 220, and makes his majori ty in th'j district 2.750. AFTER THE CENTRAL. Got. tiffin's Message to ??e Sonta Carolina Leiffinre. Wherein He Recommends Some Action Against the Eoad. The South Carolina legislature will shortly be after the Central roid of Geor gia for trying to do in the state, as Gor. ernor Tiiiman says, what the West Point Terminal attempted to do with the Cen tral. This matter involves the control of the Port Royal and Augusta road by the Central "to the detriment of the Port Royal and the public Welfare.n Gov. Tillman sent a message regarding the matter to the legislature Saturday. Com plaints had been made of the matter and the last legislature had directed the at torney general to investigate them. The governor st?tes that in 1857 a charter was granted to build a road to Port Royal for the purpose of developing the hai bor. He gives a very interesting history of this harbor, the finest on the Atlantic coast in 1857 a charter was granted to build a railroad from Augusta to Port Royal for the purpose of develop ing that harbor. In 1886 the road was reor ganized and it entered upon an act ve and prosperous career. Large and Commodious docks and wharves were constructed at Port Royal, one of the largest cotton compresses in the south was built, and an elevator was erected, the workshops of the company were there, and energy and life permeated the entire organiza tion. Lines of steamships called regular ly at the port and large numbers of ves sels used in deep water and improved fa cilities for the purposes of commerce. The business of the company steadily in creased. In fact, everything promised speedy development of this magnificent harbor as the deep water outlet for the great grain and meat trade of the west This coudition of things, however, soon attracted the attention of the Geor gia Central railroad, as a competing road, having its terminus in Savannah. It bought the stock of the Port Royal road until it acquired a majority of the shares when it assumed active control of the property. The result was disastrous to the Port Royal road and the Port Royal harbor. The service that followed occa sioned frequent complaint, the port facil ities were neglected, the cotton compress was pulled down, the grain elevator dis mantled, the wharves allowed to go to ruin, and the m ichine and car shops were removed. "The air of desolation around the port," says the governor, "strikes the most casual observer." The governor declares that the pur poses for which tho c rporaticn was created are not being fulfilled, the har bor is neglected, the tights of the people disregarded, ani all increase in taxable property has been prevented, while the rights of the minority stockholders are Sacrificed. The governor quotes the status to show that the control of ibis property by the Georgia Central road is in a viola tion of law. ORANGE GROWERS HAPPY. They Stand a Good Showing of Getting a Rebate on Freight* In court at Jucksonville, Fla., Wed nesday, Judge Swayne made an ordei sustaining the decisi- of the interstate commerce commission in the farm u? orange rates suits. This order enjoins the Savannah, Florida ar?d Western Kail way Company aud the Ocean Steamship Company from charging a higher freight rate on oranges to eastern points that than that allowed by the commi sion t< be "just and reasonable." Prior to 1S9C the rate had been 30 cents per box tc New York and proportionately to all east em poiuts. In November of thai year all railway men and steam ship lines made a combine, raisin; the rate to 40 cents. An appeal wa: taken to the interstate commission, which some months Inter rendered a de cision estab ishing the rate of 25 cents tc New York and proportionately to othei eastern points. The commission is, how ever, not clothed by law with the powei to enforce its decisions, and the plaintiff, the Florida Fruit exchange, of Jackson ville took the case to the United State; court By the above order of the court i rebate of 5 cents pir box is orderec paid to all eastern shippers of fruii since November 1, 1S90. This will ag grecate $20,000 for the ;wo years to 1* distributed to the grow< r< and shipper. of oranges in the stato, and ntarb $25.000 on fruit shipped so far this sea son. The order goes into effect at once, an<; will stand, unless, upon an appeal oeia< taken to the supreme court, this ruling should be reversed. The transportatioi lines are also ordered to pay the counse f<es of the plaintiff, $.").0<)0 and costs Congressman-elect Cooper, of the secoue Florida district, argued the ca-e for tin plaintiffs, aud Hon. J. E. Hartridge fo the defendants. POLITICS IN CHURCH. A Strange State of Affairs in Countr; Churches in >'orth Carolina. A Raleigh special says: The Nortl Carolina Western Methodist couferene convened Tuesdiy morning at Aliiston in the Centenary Method-itt Episcopa church. Bishop Hendiix presiding. Tbi attendance was large. 1 he third part; and farmers1 alliance movement, uot con tent with disturbing political relation and quiet, is found to have also taken hand in religious matters. Most of th preachers arc ardeut democrats and mem bers of t!;c country congregations, wh are members of Gideon^ hand, or, undo its yoke, have declined in many cas^s t pay church assessments and a number o pastors have received for this reason oui about half their salaries. A number r them have resigned their pastorate o fhie account. TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS. Tie News of tie World CoMensefl Mo Pithy ami Pointed Paragrapis, Interes ting and Instructive to AH Classes of Readers. Alexander H. Wyant, the famous ?American landscape painter, died in New York Tuesday morning, aged thirty-six years. A dispatch of Thursday from Mil Iwaukeesays: The official count of the vote of Wisconsin has been completed. It isas follows: Peck, democrat, for gov ernor, 178,108; Spooner, republican, 170,354; Peck's purality 7,844. The lumber firm of Bills & Koch, To ledo, 0., assigned Monday. Liabilities, $150,000; assets estimated, $88,000. 'tinfortunate wheat speculation on the part of the senior member of the firm is said to be the cause of the failure. At the fire underwriters' meeting in New York, Wednesday, the most inter esting thing was to decide that hereafter there shall be no Universal basis of sate rate, but that th? base rate for each city and town shall depend Upon its own record. The church, St. Michael, one of the finest in Vienna, Austria, was destroyed by fire Wednesday night. The church contained many tombstones from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, which are badly damaged. The loss to the city is irreparable. A Chicgo dispatch of Thursday says : The Calumet Iron and Steel works, on old Calumet river near Cummiogs, has been sold to a syndicate of Cleveland men for about $500j000, and work will be resumed in the plant after having laid idle for the last year. . A New York special says : The story reached Wall street Wednesday that Jay Gould was dead; It was promptly denied, but it was admitted at his office that he was sick. At a late hour Mr? Gould was very weak, and tnere is a great derl of anxiety over his condition among the members of his family. A special of Thursday from Tacoma says: The official returns from all but one countv in Washington give Harrison 36, 461; Cleveland, 28,922; Weaver, 19,264; Bid well, 2,487. For Governor: Mc Graw, republican, 33,103; Snivel, demo crat, 28,779; Young, people's party, 53, 839; Green, prohibitionist, 636. A special of Thursday from Joliet, 111., says: The condition of the collapsed Stone City bank and Enterprise Wire Mill Company lo?ks more serious. Addi tional claims werefiiedThursday morning, bringing the aggregate liabilities of both concerns to nearly a million dollars, with probably one-tbird of that in assets. A New York dispatch siys- Default was made Thursday on the East Tennes see, Virginia and Georgia first extension 5 per cents, amounting to $5,000,000. : At the company's office it was said that rthe default was necessary on account of the depression in the south. The bonds may refflain in default six months before foreclosing proceedings can be instituted. A Washington speci d of Wednesday says: Fourth Assis'ant Postmaster Gen eral Rathbone, reports the number of new postoffices established during the past fiscal year as 4,105 greater than during any previous year, except 1890. Over one-fourth of these new offices went to Arkansas, Texas, Mississippi, Ala bama and North Carolina. The greatest increase in any state was in Georgia. A news special from Taunton, Mass., says: The grand jury resumed its session Thursday morning and began the exam aminatlon of more witnesses in the Bor den case. Detective HcHenry and wife, who were mixed Up with a sensational publication a few Weeks ago in the court house, were among the witnesses to testify. District AttorneyKnowlton stated square ly Thursday morning that the last insan ity story was all bosh. Dispatches of Monday from Santa Clare, Cal., state that tbe heaviest storm of wind and rain that has occurred there for many years is now prevailing. Ko damage has been reported so far beyond the loss of a couple of fishing boats. Trainmen on electric cars running to a cliff observed rockets being sent up.some distance out to sea. There being no tugs or life saving service here, no re sponse could be made to the signals. A Washington dispatch says: A meeting was held Thursday at the resi dence of Mrs. John A. Logan to further the interests of the American university, to be erected in this city. Mrs. Logan proposes to orgrnize an American uni versity league upon the plan of the Na tional Woman's Temperance Union. The \ object of the league is to enlist the ser vices of the women of the Methodist church throughout the country in tbe ac cumulation of a fund of $1,000,000 to form a part of the university endowment. The New Bedford, (Mass.) Mercury in its issue of Wednesday says: Attorney General Salisbury belivi s Lizzie A. Bur den :s insane. This is the secret of the adjournment of the grand jury in the case from November 2lst to December 1st. The Mercury says the evidence submitted to the grand jury was suffi cient for the indictment and its members were ready to bring in a true bill, but Attorney General Sa'isbury believed so strongly that the prisoner is insane he ordered adjournment so she might be ex amined bv <. perts as to her sanitv. A special of Tuesday from Cheyenne says: The final count of Carbon county vote makes the Wyoming legislature re publican on joint ballot, which will in sure the election of a republican to the senate. It is said, however, that the democrats and jpopulists will have con trol of flie lower house, and will unseat a number of republicans, elected, before conseu'ing to meet in joint session, so as to elect a democrat or a populist senator. There is also a hitch r?\gard'ng Dr. Oz borne's taking his place as governor, for which there is no supervision uuder the constitution. HARRISON'S MESSAGE Will be Delayed Owing to His Present Affliction. A Washington special of Tuesday says: Owing to his present ??ll'ction the presi dent will be unable to complete his an nual message to congress in time for the submission to that body on the opening day of the session. The present indie ; tions arc that he will be precluded from making any progress whatever during the remaining days of the present week. Consequently it i-; more ti.an probable tba* the comple tion of the message will le klayed until the cud of the next wc< k or the be ginning of the following week. Th" president will probab;y send a brief ims * ige t<> c -tigress Monday explaining why the regular me-sagc is delayed. 1: i> learned on good authority that the annual roes*ace wi I be about the sime, length as that of last year and will ino u \\; a c >m p'etc review ci t?ie present administra tion, l? will contain ab ut fifteen th !us and word-. >'o More Politics: A Halcigh ?l-in tei; st\s: The-execu tive committee of tbc North Carolins L?tate ?.lluuce adjourned Friday nw?i? liter a tr.rcc .?;ty>" se?si n. It "made a very searching investigation into the tit- business agency affairs, and m.tde m"order th-t the books of the atenei w< re to be opeo at any time to any sub" ..'Kanee which is a stockholder. The t ite alliance .-rgtr. pledged itself la th< lutare to rfeej no more h\ politics, GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. The Indnstiial Development in the Fast Week, In regard to the industrial situation in the Souih for the past week the advance in cotton cf one and one-balf cenfs sines Nov. JL, adding as it doc-s $22,500,000 (estimating present stocks at tliree million bales) to the material wealth of the South, is having its effect on every branch of industry. The marketing of the crop confirms statements as to the existing shortage and a further advance may be expect ed. The Southern mills have marked up prices about 5 per cent for their product, to meet the increase in the vaine of the raw material Sev eral new cotton m Ils are reported for the week. Preparations are making for the blowing in of several f nniace^ in the iron district to meet the steady demand. Ali but three in the Birming ham district are now in blast. Increased activity i-* reponed in the lumber market, and Texas re* >rts ; hurtage in manufactured cypress. There is a general complaint that the available supply of freipht cars i- not equal to the demand from iron, coal and lumber shippers. The general outlook is very pr< mising. Forty-nine i.cx industries were established or incorporated during the week, together with 4 argements or manufactories, and 14 in por tant new buildings. Among the new industries reported are brick works with $25,000 capital at Atlanta. Ga.. a canning factory at Fort Val ey, Ga., a $300,000 cement factory at Texar kana, Te-xs, a ?525,000 eutton gin company at Dallas, Tcxa^, a grain elevator at Owensboro, ., and a $60,000 development company at Corington, Ky. Flour a?:a grist mills will be built at Epes Station, Ala., Cadiz and Coving ton, Ey., Shelbey, N. C, and Allendale. S. C, a ? 30,009 ic ? factory at Fort Valley, Ga., and one ai Charleston, \v. Va., a foundry and ma chine snop ai Camden, Ark., coal minin? com panies organized at Covington, ., a $50.000 qnarrying comp ny c'iartered at Newport, Ky., and one at Flovill *. Ga. A $10,000 gas fitti?g company at Houston, Texas, a chemical manufactory ?t Columbia, S. c, a $.00,000 manufacturing company at Cov :n;ton, Ey.. and a paper mill at ?lemphis, Tt-nn. Cot i on mills are to be built at Opelika, Ala., Flovilla, Gi., and Chick Springs, S. c, and a knitting miil at Knoxville, Tenn. A shoe factory is reported at Ausmsta, Ky., a sro?:e sawing mill at Sanford. N. C., a tannery it Casa, Ark., a tobacco factory at Slemphis, Tenn.,.and a $25,000 water gas company at Richmond, Va. A barrel factory will be built at Norfolk, Va., a carriage factory at Bruns wi k. Ga.. a furniture factory at Jhaisston, W. 1 V.l., and saw and planing mills at Bridgeport, j Hamp'onville, Huntsville and Pollard, Ala., Cari??lton Ky., Statesboro, Ga., Huntington, Tenu., Waco," xas, and Cowan's Depot, Tenn. The enlargements for the week include an electrical plant at Greeneville, Tenn., a pack ing house at Wheeling, W. Va., and a tobacco factory at Sta'esville, N. C. Among the new buildings as reported i.o The Trade-man, are armory at Bichmond, Va., factories at Tampa, Florida and Pittsburg, Va., a church at Bowling Green, ., a court house at De Witt, Arti., hotel, at Ashland, Ky., and Bich mond. Va.j a tannery at N^wyort, Tenn., and a warehouse at Houston, Texas.?Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.) GEORGIA AT CHICAGO. Legislators Gaze Upon the Architectu ral Panorama of the World's Fair. A special of Friday from Chicago says: The Georgia legislature saw the world's fair in a snow storm. They would not have been deterred by a blizzard. There has never been anything on the earth to approach this exposition even in its pres ent stage, and it is not probable that it will be repeated for a century to come. The magnificent architectural panoramas spread out on the shore of Lake Michi gan were such that only the most exalted imagination alone could conceive, but find no parallel for. The party reached the Windy City in time for breakfast at the Aurit?rium. At 11 o'clock the Georgians went out on a private train to the fair grounds. Judge Bryan, a special commissioner of the ex position, accompanied them. Busses met them at the gates and they were driven everywhere in the grounds. Sev eral buildings were entered and viewed from end to end. GBAND BEYOND IMAGINATION. The scope of the exposition is grand beyond imagination. That septem of wonders so boasted of by the ancient world would he almost commonplace even in a combination beside the vast modern marvel. There is one building in which a dozen structures like Georgia's state cap?tol could be stored away. The cost of the fair buildings when finished will be eight millions, and they are all nearing completion with the ex ception of a few state and foreign struct ures. Fifty nations and thirty-seven colonies will be represented and' every one of these fifty foreign nationalities has its owa home. Thirty-one states and two territories have their individual buildings. But Georgia's name nowhere appears. Her noble motto, " Wisdom, justice, mod eration," nowhere greets the eye and thrills the patriotic hearts of her repre sentatives. They would have been deeply mortified had it not been for the convic tion that the state will avail itself of the rare opportunity. During the drive around "the grounds a snow storm came in from the lake, but the southerners muffled up well and took it gleefully. All were deeply impressed oy what they saw, and every member of the party realizes that Georgia will be making a mistake if she does not send an exhibit here. The only question is the method of proceeding. Returning from the grounds, Governor Northen, Speaker Atkinson, Colonel Bill Smith, of Gwinnett, Camp, of Douglas, Colonel Wrenn, Judge Bryan and others made brief speeches iu the special car. Governor Northen strongly urged the legislature to do ail in their power to get an appropriation for a state exhibit. Colonel Atkinson sud that Georgia ought to have a fitting display of her resources here. EXPENSES OF OUR NAVY. Commodore Folger says He will Need $2,459,324 for Next Year. Commodore Folger, chief of the bu reau of ordnance of tbe navy department, in his annual report, says an appropria* tion of $2,459,324 will be required by his bureau for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894. Two million dollars of thh amount will go towards the armament ol vessels authorized, $280,000 for fuel, tools, n ate-rial and lab r expenses of tar get practice, the maintenance of nevi nroving ground, and proof of naval arma ments, $50,000 for arming and equipping the naval militia and $00.000 for th< general expenses of torpedo stations. JAY GOULD DYING. The Great Financio.' of Wall Stree Slowly Passing Away. A New Yoxk special of Friday morn ii g says: Jay Gould is -dying. He lie at bis home in ?bis city, unconscious, an< the latest bulletins frou> his bedside ar< to ??i2 effect that he may die at any mo mei r. AH day Th?rs lay there were anxiou wa'chors bv the bedside of tbe famou millionaire: ami, naturally, the greates interest has been manifested in busines cire!' s over the condition of the patient w hose ev< ry move? almost, whose ever; breath means so much to the financia uotl??_ Official Tote of Tennessee. A Nashville dispatch of Wednesda says : The official returns of the recer election are now complete. Judge Tui nev received 126,244; George Winsteac republican, 100,509; John P. Buchai an, populite, 31,518; E. H. East, proh bitionist. 5,422. Turney's plurality 25 642; Turco over Buchanan 94,7& Judge T?rney "lacked 11,295 of a major ty over all. New York City's Vote. A New York special says: The boar of couotv canvassers completed the] work Mo?dav afternoon. The number < votes cast for the he-id of the democrat! electoral ticket was 175.267, and for th first republican elector 98,974. Th give Cleveland a plurality of 76,294 i ih? dw g? New Toik. PINKERTON INVESTIGATION ?le Senate Committee Gets Down to fort Testimony of Robert A. Pinkerton, the Chief of the Army. The committee of the United States senate appointed to investigate the work ings of the Pinkerton detective agency, with special reference to the Homestead troubles, met in New York city Saturday morning. Robert A. Pinkerton and Cap tain Hind were on hand to give testi mony. Mr. Pinkerton was called first. He said they sent 306 men to Homstead last July, and all those sent from New York were American citizens and of good character, and he thought those sent from Chicago were also. He had insisted, the witness said, that his men should be sworn in as deputy sher iffs and that agreement was made. Counsel advised him that they had the right to have their men sworn in as peace officers, whether they were citizens of the state or not. Pinkerton said that Captain Hind, who had charge of his men at Homestead, told him that the Pinkertons were fired on before the barges, in which they were, reached the works, and afterward when the steamer's gang plank was run out to the bank. It was during the latter volley that the cap tain was shot and not until then was a shot fired from the barges. The witness did not know who gave the order to fire, and thought that no order was given. In answer to a question, Pinkerton said that he thought that labor organizations were good in many respects and a benefit to workingmen. They had a right to strike, he thought, but no right to pre vent other men from taking their places. When asked what profit the Pinkerton agency made on sending the men to Homestead, he replied "We are out $15, 000." He explained that his loss was caused by the seizure of 225 rifles and other property and the care or the men hurt in the battle. Chairman Gallinger suggested that Mr. Carnegie would recompense the agency, but Pinkerton thought this was very doubtful. The witness admitted that it was sometimes customary for the Pinker tons to pass themselves as workingmen and mingle with the strikers. Pinker ton said that he firmly believed that his men were needed on many occasions be cause of the insufficiency of local protec tion. He thought that the supiness of local authority in strike times was large ly due to political considerations. "Do you think that the violence com mitted at Homestead was due to the strikers or to the rabble that was attrac ted there?" was asked. "I think it was committed by the strikers, their leaders, and the advisory committe," was the reply. . Pinkerton took occasion to deny that Charles Waupenstein, Pinkerton superin tendent, was an ex-convict, as charged by Mr. Bruce, in evidence given in Chi cago. He had been at one time chief of police at Cincinnati. UNLUCKY BANK ROBBERS. They Made a Big Hani but Were Quickly Captured. A most daring bank firobbery occurred Tuesday afternoon in Allentown, N. J. TwoyouDg men entered the Fanners? National bank and, with drawn revol vers, demanded all the cash on hand. Cashier Hutchison and an assistant were the only employes present. The weapon was held at the head of each and one of the robbers backed up this forcible demand with the words: "We'll blow your heads off if you don't turn all your stuff over at once." Cash ier Hutchison quickly complied with this request and handed over about $2,000 which lay on the counter before him. then one of the robbers compelled the cashier and clerk to go to the wall and turn their beads while the other rob ber walked out of the door and into the street His accomplice quickly followed. In a moment the cashier and clerk rushed out into the street after the robbers. The cashier had grabbed a pistol in the bank and immediately, on gaining the street, began firing at the fleeing thieves. The robbers returned the fire and the exchange of shots and the cries of Hutchinson and his clerk soon aroused the village and almost immediately" a score of persons were in pursuit. About two squares from the bank the robbers were captured. Threats of lynching were made. They gave their names as J. B. Morris snd Frederick Smith, and were at once removed to Freehold jail. The money given to them by Cashier Hutchinson was recovered. HOT TRULY CONVERTED. "I doubt the genuineness of Smith's conversion." "You do? Why?" "He never says anything about what a worthless character and miserable sinner he used to be " ATLANTA MARKETS. COBRECTED WEEKLY. (Groceries. Coffee? Roasted?Arbuckle's 24.10 ? 100 1&. ?ases,Lion 24.10e: Levering's 24.10c Green-Ex tra choice 21c; choice good 20c; fair I9c; com mon i7>*c- Sugar-Granulated 5%c;oa granu lated ?c; nowdereU 6c ; cut loaf 6; white extra C 4c; New Orleans yellow clarified 4^c- vello w extra C 4c Syrup?New Orleans choice 4S@50; prime 35@40c: commua 30?fc35c Molasses?Genuine Cuba 3 @33cimi tation 22@25. Teas?Black 35@55c; green ?O06OC. Nutmegs 65@70c Cloves 25@30e. Cinnamon 10@12%c. Allspice I0@llc Jamai ca ginger 13c Singapore pepper 14c; Mace $108. Ri#> fair 1%C; good 6%c; common S^i&?c- imported Japan 6<g*c Salt?Hawley's dairy $1.50; Virginia 72&c. Cheese? Full cream, Cheddars ll)$c; nats 12?C- White fish, half bble.$4 00; pails 60c Soapsl-Tallow, 100 bars, 75 lbs J&OfeSTOs turpentine, 60 bars, 60 lbs, $225 a 250 ; Candles-Parafine 11^; star lO&c. Matchea 400s $4 00; 300? S3 OOaS 75; 200s $2 0Oa2 75; 60s, 5 gross ?3 75. Soda-Kegs, bulk 3c; do l lb pkgs 5%c;cases, 1 lb 5J&C dol aud ^lbsSo do}/lb l$c Ciackers-XXX soda 6tfc; XXX butter e?c- XXX pearl ovsters 6c; shell and excelsior 7c; lemon cream 9c ; XXXginger snaps 9c; corn hills 9c. Cand -Assorted stiCK 6|,{c; t rench mixed 12^c Canned ?^oas-Cond^ mdi 36 00T.SOO; imitation mack-tel *3 9oaiW: sai m?n $6 00*7 50: F. W. oysters $1 7oa-; L.W. $125* corn $2 50 a 3 50; tomatoes $160. Ball potash $3 20. Starch-Pearl 4^c; lump Be- nickel packages $3 00; celluloid $500 KckM piador mixed, pinta $1 OOal 40; quarto M 50al 80. Powder-Rifle, kegs $3-7o; h **3? $215; l? kegs $1 20. Shot $160 per sack. Flour. ??rain and Meal. Flour-First patent $5 00; se^nd patent ?4 50 extra fancy $3.80 ; fancy $3 60; family ?;too@$8 50. (Sm-Na l white 56* mixed 5? Oats, Mixed 42c; white 44c; Kansas rust nrooi ile Hav-Choice timothy, large bales. Sfc a 1 timothv, large bales, 80c; choice utothyem.U bales^No. 1 ?mo hy small Sr? T? small bales, 75c. S-Pto 50c; bolted 55c. Wheat bran LSe ?Sta 86c, small sacks 8Sc Cotton eeed meal-$l 10 per cwt, Steam feed-Sl.oo per cwt. Grits?Pearl $3.39. Countrr Produce. Ezes 20a22^c Butter-Western creamery SsKice 4e*^*^i?$S?? arge ?^Oc; siali spring W^?* * cSmtry-^kevs 13al5c;ducta l2^al^;chic? eTloWy,. Irish potatoes, 2.50@S.OO per boL ?i%? rotato? new-40a50 per bo. Honey iSe?Sri?thewmb^/.c Onions $8.00aS.50perbbL Provisions. Clear rib sides, boxed 8&c; ies-eared bellies l?c Sugar-cured hams 12al3c, according to ?ran? and average; California break fast bacon 12al2/.c Laxd-Pore leaf U? Cotton. Mtrtat Stetdy,-^kloliDj 9#e,