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THE KIC EMlttm m tie morMn~, Kicking nil the day; Kicking If ho's busy, Kicking at delay. Thii*the chronic kicker Fill* ?!* lif*> with woes, rrownlwr. griimbllog, wrangling, Everywhere be goes. ' ITothlng ever salts him. Always llmllng fault; Every Wind of pleasure Ho I* euro to halt. t Scowling at the children, ^ Growling at his wife; i Turning peace and comfort In'.o couslaut strife. Kleklng in the r Kicking nil thi Eieklng in the c Kicking ehou Kicking while 1 Kicking while Wonder if he'll Kloking when 2 Master Waller ?|s?i jT* a ~ ' rA TIE proudest somo^t li -k limes uubcnd, and 1 >Vf%f * ,c botanical Gnr ilons were, for one a.tornoon, throw/^yfr-1r-ffc?i?o their usual | reseivo- Ordinary | had only to TV corno across Rer T>n?L- frnm J - 1 I 1 -X....X Jjgilx Chester Gate and pvcscui a curd at tho cnlranco to tho gardens, r.i.t tho bowler-batted old gentleman nl Ilia gate welcomed them as though they were most important members. Miss Llewellyn nud Master Kenneth Waller, her friend, walked 011 the grass ia tho direction of tho inn sic. The r.carlct-coated band, perched011 sei:a nea* tho glass house, with a crowd of smartly dressed folk in front of them, started a cheerful selection from a comic opera. Miss Llewellyn, a composed young .voman iu au ordinary way, as young women nro who work for a < .hug, found herself in quite a dclij.itful mood. Music can do much when it tries. "Are those orchids they are carrying there?" asked Kenneth. "Hasn't that chap got a brown face who's tolling the men where to take them?, Seem to have seen him somowliero before. Shouldn't like io bo a 1 orchid, would yon, Miss Llewellyn? lluilo! jJrowu-fnoedchap's coming this way." Miss Llewellyn looked up and then looked down again quickly, and for 0 w moment her face went rather white. Her hand trembled as she held il |Mr you here." If did nol expect to sao yen a"un W anywhere," ho said. 0 f v.-'. ?. VV11* 1,11'0 'fiend, Kenneth ?f an icr( mio saiu. "Kenneth, this is Mr. Bradley." "What's the matter with your face?" asked the small boy. "Have you been abroad?" Mr. Bradley placed a broad fist on tho roun I iron table anil leane.l down toward Master Waller good-naturedly. Ho seemed as coufused at tbo meeting as Miss Llewellyn, and as unprepared with conversation. "1 have been abroad, young man. I've been hunting orchids." "Are you homo for Good, now?" asked Kenneth. >Fis3 Llewellyn gripped tbo parasol tlia.. rested in her Jap Avitli both Lauds. "I can't do any good at home,"said Mr. Bradley. "I'm off again for fjout'u America in a day or two." "Why don't you stay in London?" , 'Xonoly asks mo to stay." Ma her Waller next invited Mr. j Bra lley to take his chair. "Von don't mind?" asked Bradley 1 of Miss I -I" "Not at all," alio said politely. ".May I siujUo?" "Let; in i f triko the match," intorpos. .l AJV.ster Waller. "I'm awfully itoj.l at that. Ami tell its sumo of your adventures." "Tin y wouldn't interest Miss Llewellyn." "Girls don't count," said Master "Waller. "Tell me. Muko it," said ! M . tar "Waller, appealing!;,', "one! Wii to you nearly lust, your life." Mo ten or iilteeii minutes were thus j o^cupic I, tho small boy seated on lira lley'.. knao and staving at him with open-mouthed astonishment. IWLs Llewellyn, her head bowed, studio 1 tir.) band programme. Bradley t )ld tho story very wcl', without o . thing his own shore in the adveu-...i ?.i 1 ' * " , .. ... >.m il jiu nail iim.shed ! punched the small boy humorously to 1 b: mg him bat?!; from South America to j iiegent's Pari;. " V:i 1 is that story trite?" asked the ( email boy, respectfully. "u has that drawback, youngster." I: Well," said Master Waller, "I'm a h - ian that's awfully fond of adventure, I but 1 shouldn't euro for that. What 11 did you think of when that licrco animal was w.iitnig to spring upon you?" 11 "Guess.11 "Can't," snt 1 Master Waller. "Can js vol, Miss l.'.ew ellyn'.' ' ?' # ' he shook her ce; 1, and again be- I cane inter* i d in 1 lie baud pvo- ' i gramme*. dr *.iky looked at her and i waited tor her to speak, but sho made i i-o sigu. 1 "J* there any chanco of seeing these orchids, -Mr. Bradley?" ask* *1 the youth. "It'll be something t<> bra a out t .? my people if I could just jjco a si III of tlicin. I i " V* ':I :. I go over to the marquee i n i l i. : hi ) .. Miss t.leweliyn, will I Toil , * shall v.: I* avo vo l here? i 'x'lieiVs rather ft crush.. ' 1i "lcttv^Jier^ibnggestcd Master [s ) KER. Ktoklng tf the weather Happens to be dry; Kicking when the rain Is Tumbling from the sky< Kicking In the summer. Heat has then no oharm; Kicking in the winter. Thou he'd have it warm* Kicking every mealtime. Glaring at the meat; Orten he is saying: "Nothing fit to eat." Kicking wbon he's reading, Grumbling nt the light; Now and then denouncing Every tiling lu sight. nornlng, a day; renlug. Id ho pray, le's thinking, in bod; keep on lie's dead. ' ?Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph* &S888S8g88l$88&gggg , Diplomatist, I I MmiS-iBimmmsBtM Waller. "Miss Llowcllyu likes being alone." "I think I will stay here," sbesaid. "Wo shall bo back iu tea minutes," said Bradley. Master Waller had to trot to keep up with tbo long strides of his new friond, but he did not wind this, because ho felt a kind of reflectod glory in boiug accompanied by tho man who had brought homo somo of tho rarest of the amazing specimens iu the crowded tout. "Girls are a nuisance, aren't they?" said Master Waller, looking up confidentially. "Sometimes," said Bradley. "Slio isn't so tiresome, though, as some." "I think I agree with you thcro." "Works awfully hard. Too hard, my mamma says." | "No necessity for that, surely," l-i l D 11,... ol...?lv I o.u .i wi.v ii uj, nunc """i I'V "But Miss Llewellyn lias to live,' urged tlio small boy. "My mammn 1 says tbnt slio was well off for n yeai or two beforo ber father died, bul since that?" "Her father dead?" "Here, I say," said blaster Waller "Don't grip a man's shoulder like i that." "Sorry!" "They como into money, so m; i mamma says, a few years ago?" I "J remember that." | "And theu Miss Llowellyu'a govcr L nor put all into something, and i j never came out again. That's wh; t slio has to m.rnago tho calistheni I "Where does she livo now?" Mr Bradley seemed excited. I "in rooms," replied Master Waller j * oltlbly. "I've been thero to ten alonj I xylh my sisters. (That's a fineorcbii I there. You can't see it now; a girl'; | hat's in the way.) And Miss Llewellyn i j got awfully nice farnit nro ninl nlmfn j graphs, nn?l?" Master Waller slappct lii.s knee suddenly. "I remember nov where I've seen your face before, Mr Bradley. Only without the shorl heard." "C'jmo outside,"said Bradley, "ant tell me." They mado their way through the crowd and reached the exit. Bradley held his breadth, and bent to hear the small boy's reply. "On her dressing table," whispered Master Waller, confidentially, "in the beautifullest framo you over saw, and ? Where are you going?" "Back to Miss BlcwellyD," cried Bradley. "Well, but," said Mastrr Waller, protestingly, "wait for me." Bradley did not obey the young man. He strode across the lawn, past tho band, which was playing a quick march that was not quick enough to keep pace with him. Before Master Waller found tlie two there had been a swift exchange of low sentences that altered their views of tho world, and mado them both think of it as a place wlicro happiness is to he found. "And why did you refuso me before, dear?" "Beeauso all my people pressed mo in 1' ' *" ??u, ?hui aiiss ijiewellyn. "Tho cxcuso of a very obstiuato young woman." "Why did you?why did you not ask mo again?" she deruauded. "Because," said Bradley, "it was just then that your father came into that money." i "The excuse of a very independent 1 man," said Miss Llewellyn, touching with pretty affection the big hand that rested on the round table. "When? ; when is it that you leave for South America?" "Not until you tell mo to go, dear," ho said, promptly. "Here, I say,"cri(d Master Waller, arriving after somo difltcnlty. "You two! Don't loso sight of me, rnind. Miss Llewellyn, havo I been a good boy?" "I've a great mind to hiss you, Kenneth," she said. "llathcr havo somo moro lemonade." ? ..vuuciu tiuciincs your Rug- | ^cstion," said Bradley, signaling to a ivaitcr, "may 1 venture to submit uiy?clf?" ' I "Hush!" said Mis3 Llewellyn.?TV. r*ott Ridge, iu the Womaimt llomc. An lUcntfiil llnor, TIany old houses in Holland have a pevial door, which is never open save >;i two occasions?when there i< a uarriage or a death in the family. 'L iu aide and bridegroom enter l?y this lour. It is then nailed or barred up intil a death occurs, when it isopened md tho body is removed by this exit.' I I THK YKAR 1807. t ChKrncterlzed by ? Total of Ifrndl C <*rcater Thau Any Year Since 1^02. Bradstreot's commercial revieat, for the past week, says: Holiday quiet b and stock-taking close a year, winch, 61 while not fully lealiziug the most sau- a1 guine expectations, certainly contained c' much that was {.ratifying ord more P that is full of promiso for the year 18118. ? Following a series of years of alternato j] panic, and slow aud oven painful rovi- c val, 1?U7 proscnted a largo volume of n business done ns a wholo at prices, " which, while not altogether satisfacto- , ry, resulted iu a totul of trade larger j tlmu iu any previous year siuce 1&J3. r 'tariff changes restricted domaud but ; 1 oncourairi'd siieciilution and heavy im- i |H>rU in the first put t of 18J7, wbllo the j 11 enlarged foroigu demand for Aiueri- , chu breudstutls mul for some varities ' * of manufactured articles bettered tho coudition of tlie Ainericuu fanner, and, ? therefore, business men, quite inuteri- . nllv in tho lulter part of the year. ' Prico conditions havo not favored the r. Southern producer of cotton nor the ^ Northern manufacturer of cotton goods. The bent reports coiuo from tho n West, Nortlnvo-d und tho Pacific coast. c Prices at the close are as a ivbolo on a higher range than ut the opening, advances being uiost numerous in food products, raw silk and wool, while tie- ^ I creases are to bo reported in raw cot| ton aud cotton goods, nearly nil metals, ! anthracite coal and petroleum, lhiilI roud interests share m the revival of t I prosperity, with gross nud uet earnings f larger than any year siucohS'.l, ami tho } year 18j8 opens with tho business com- , muuity, with the few exceptions noted, < iu a very cheerful triune of mind. i A heavy fading off 111 number and in , liabilities of individuals, firms or cor- i j porutions failing was sliowu in 18J7 j j from 18.10 and the four precedingyears, j ; A partial return to mora or less nor- ( null conditions is fuither indicated by , n drop in tlio percentage of assets to j Iiuijilii.es nmi i?y a reuueuon ?u vuu commercial death into us com pared with every yenr since an?l including 18J8. 'ilie totul number of failure-'- reported to Urudsti eet's for the year just closed was 13,008, a decrcaso of 2,000 J fuiiur s and over 18 per cent, from 1800; i ii fulling oil*of 1) per cent, from 1801. u year of prosperous business but of numerous business embarrassments. Compared with 180."5, there was again1, iu the number of failures shown of . ubout hulf of 1 per cent., while com. pared with 1802 there was an increase of 27 per cent. Liabilities of those failing constituted ouo of the smallest j totals of recent years, aiuounuug to j only ?JbiG, Itili.U iU, a decrease of 07 |ier . > cent, from 1801, but a gam of 47 per i cent, over 18J2. Tho least favorable showing is made by lho Kusteru States, which report increases in number and ^ liabilities over 18jii. In spite of depression in c<?tt<iu prices, Southern failures aud liabilities are smaller than a year ugo, while the greatest falling t off is reported in tho West and the y Northwest. c Tho commercial death-rate, that is u tho percentage of those iu busiucas fiuljLit" i" !?; i. j.r> itr id#, RituaCnn1'6!1! ""I'ces of the business i veil IN?- ' cU'a,'ln-8, to ;.j? }f ,SJ' tt" witnessing the heavies! ' speculative cud com- | r iuuixiui, none since the rsrord yen", I KS 2, just preceding tlie panic. the s total o.curings at. s cities fur the year, ' one week estimated, aggregated at least S i3,$M,U0 a sum larges by 12 per " cent, tlinu tlio total of 18ji5, a year of I silver ugitation and uu eroding presi' dential election; 8 per cent, larger than 18.M, the disappointing year when a t boom in iron and kindred products led to false hopes of business improvement; I 2 > per cent, over the year I8.il, when the depth of depression following the panic may he said to have iicen reached; ' ft per cent over I8'j;j, itio year of wide' spread disaster m tinancial and coin> mercinl circles, and only 7 per cent. suiuller than the total of Isjl' when tlio I boom following the lurger foreign dcniaml for American hreudstnlVs aud other products reached its height. ilusiuess failures for the Dominion of Canada and New i'ouudinnd, for the caleudar year 18.17, amounted to 1,5127, with totai liabilities of $l;j,21!?,Ut0, a falling of lit per cent in number ot l'J per cent, iu liabilities from u ycc ? ? A GREAt' KAIih OK SNOAV. A""~' * ...... -MllllotlV Lights, Street (,'ars or Telephones. 1 Pittsburg and Allegheny, l'a , last week experienced tho most disastrous ' I snow storm in tho dauiago to wires, ! | buildings, traction, lines, etc , in their t j history. The loss to the Pell Telephone 1 Company in tho two cities nlono will ' reach, it is est mated, an aggregate of | $S~?,UUO. Tho prostration of their wires i in Indiana, Jefferson ami West More- 3 land counties, where the business is r I practically at a standstill, will run tho i total up to 3ISo,0(!U. It will bo weeks I i before perfect communication will bo t restored. ! I False From r?cglan'ng to Kncl. A spocial from Asliovillc. N. C., says tho story in the New York Journal, a covering on entiro page and in a most t sensational manner announcing that c George Yonderbilt lias determined to v abandon his palatial resilience at i'ilt- d tnoro is fabo from beginning to end. v 'J lie article is denounced by Charles p McNamee, Vnnderbilt's muuagcr and ii attorney, as a tissno of lies. n Prominent Lawyer Dead. Col. W. Tj. T. Moore. of Winchester. Ya , one of themo<t prominent lawvcis in that section of tho State, dioppio ^ lead. lie was 8J years of ago. m Hi Four IIiindr"<l Goal Miners Strike. V, About 400 emnlAVM in tl>? r?? uiw J 'avion C o it and Iron Mines in Tennessee are out on strike because of a dispute over 10 cents per bushel for mining. Itolh tlio miners and the operntois have so fa. refused all overtures looking to a conference. It is stated that several 01 of the other mines along the Ciuciu* bj niiti Southern will be affected. j? Am .tsloniKlitig stiifcmrnt. A Chicago 1 epoi inn!.en the astound ing statement that tilling 1 *<; ?', tl on j<j worn U'.O'JO murders 111 toy I mtcd fcluto tlL PENSION ATTORNEYS TO GO. i 'ommUsloner Kvkui Blakloc a Move la the flight Direction. Commissioner of Pensions Evans bas con giving scrno attention to a propoition, wberebv the services of pension ttorne.vs engaged in the prosecution of laiui* before tbo qllice may be dis- | ensed with, aud their work done by i (Ticiula under govenMnent supervision, j Informally, he bis been discussing , tie matter with inenbers of the Hou?o onuuittee on iuyalU pensions, bat is ot yet prepared tdoutlfno the detail * f hia plau. Ihe resent systems, lie 1 ays, is wrong anti ahould have beeu one away witb lou ago. Discoutinu ag the sorvices of te uttoruevs would eault iu a great i iviug to Goth peniouers ami tbo g rerumeut, and the lability to frauds a issuing pensions 'ould bo reduced t a minimum. Uuer government si ervrsiou tbe pou- ! ion bureau would iave direct control j f tba persons app nted to look after ? lie cases, wboso 1 isiness it would be i t> see that all litest claims wore ) roniptly and intefrehtiv presented. , ho couiuiisstonei umps ?nv ? \* ty.riOO.OOO ha* beou out during the j , inst is years to pentia attornoys. uy pplicauts for tbo probation of their iluims. WILL FOLLOW SUIT. rho Maine Cot ion Mills to Cut Wage? Tills Month. A dispatch from "Lowiston, Maine, to ho New York Commercial Advertisor, | >nys. It is conceded that the cotton nulls of Mnino will fall iuto lino with >tber Now Engluud mills, oarly this month, and rcduco the wages of tbo opjratives. Wm. D. Pennell, of Ihe Hid Mill, says of tho situation: "I don't eeo bow we are to avoid a cut-down iu the Lewistou mills. Pad Itiver, Lowell and Manchester have reduced wages, and we are certainly uo bettor situated thuu they are." Validity or if. if. tsonas. A Bpccial to tbo Cbarlotto (N. C. Observer, from Aslievillo, says: T1 , couutj' commissioueis havo broup,,^1B i the Superior Court to test tbo v a.| id it of 3)8,0U<) bonds subscribed by tli county of Buncombe to tbo Asbovill Hud Snartanlmrg It ail road. 'I fbe com plaint alleges ti.at ue'tber ho charts of 18V", granted to tbo Orel auvillo an French Broad Railroad Company which was afterwards cons- olidnted wit tbo Spartanburg and Ashe'ville Kuilroa Company, nor any amend iments there to, authorized either c'oujnaay to re roive subscriptions of y.tock, nor \va tbo authority granted bjy tbo charter o 18 ?5 or any of it8 amendments to au; county in tbo State to subscribe to th< capital stock. In IBJojan election wa held at which tb?i county voted to sub scribo 3100,000. Destroying Diphtheria Germs. A Webster City, la , disputcb says By order of tbo board of education th< Ulysses district ^molbouse,. south o: ?? liiwo liurn 1 it order ft? destroy diphtheria germs, r our scholars who lmd attended tlx school died from diphtheria. Last yeni I the bunding was thoroughly reoovatod, and the rabbits that bad bnrroweil under it were driven out, but the little animals returned, and pbysiciaus wlic were employed to examine tbo place lecidcd it would be impossible to destroy ail the diphtheria germs by any other plan than burning tbo building. Opposes the Gold Standard. 'I he American Federation of Labor, tvl.i/di - - ? - .. m.v?. .?u? iu uuiiuni session at Nashville, Tonn., n fow weeks ago, passed a ot of resolutions opposing the sold standard nud denouncing Secretary uujto'n iinuucinl bill, and u few days if tor the resolutions were put in circulation Mr. Cage replied in an opeu letter, taking exceptions to them. Now conies a reply from President Compel s, of tlio Federation of Labor, in which ho lays the American wage-earners oppose 'lie gold standard and the sovereign powers of the government must not be iurreudered to the uatiouul banks. Will Curry Supplies l?*rce of Cost. Assistant Secretary Day has just reicivod a response from tho superintenlent of the Ward Line steamers in New Ir'ork, in answer to liis inquiry as to whether lie could announce that his iuc would convey supplies to Cuba for ho relief of the suffering j eople free of ost. The prompt answer was; "Will e pleased to accept supplies for Cuban mfi'erers, free of cost. Presume they vill he consigned to (Jeneral Lee." A Coal Mine Suspends. Tho Blackmail ininoin Pennsylvania pointed by tho Lehigh Valley Coal 'oinpnnv, lias suspended operations udefinately, throwing A00 men and toys out of work. Dullness in tho coal rndu is given as the reason for tho bustension. Arranging a Whiskey Pool. Leading Kentucky distillers have inugurated a movement for a pool of ho big stocks of past years. It is luimed that AOP.'MJO barrels of whiskey /ill ho put into the pool. A common istrihutor will ho employed. 'J he hiskoy firms at Cincinnati, St. Louis, 'eoria, Chicago and other jdaces, aro ileiested in the enterprise, which has ot vet bcou perfectly arranged for opratiou. n 1 A Ilif sl.l... n .r.MV>iv WI UU1UTO. Tlio Black well Durham Tobacco omi any, ut Durham, N. O., recently iado a shipment of 70,000 pounds pf noking tobacco. Two cars were decratod. and wero bound for California, bile the rest was shipped to points in exas. IJIp: Tiank Fa lure. At Philadelphia, Pa., tbo Chestnut treet National Bank closed its doors i Dec. Sold, and was closely followed r tlie Chestnut Street Trust and Savgs I'nnd Company. They had do>si?m of 000,000. Mr. Si'igcrly, csident of tbo companies lost a mil>n dollars in paper mill operations. ,o I'lnladolphia Hecord newspaper is ought to be involved also in the luucud crush. STOLE VOUftTKKN .THOUSAND. J Southern Fxareis Ascot at Brunswick, fla.( Skips Out With It. A special to the Atlanta, (Go.) Journal from Brunswick says: "O. H. Mayber, ogent for tbo Southern Fx. press Company, at that placo, hi a skipped with $14,000 iu currency of that compuDy. The money was shipped by Savaunah bunkers to the bank i iu Brunswick. The mouey is supposed to have beou tukeu ubout d o'clock ou the night of the 2dth, and it is thought Muyber left the city in a tap. Ho stauds very hiirh iu the social life of Brunswick, and is considered one of the most polished gentlemen iu the oity. A Hunk Failure ut Rriiu iwirk. A spociul to tbo Journal from Brunswiok says: The Merchants Sc Traders' Bank, of this city, failed to open its doors on the morning of the MUli 'CU- - SI00.'00<t"Vo'uio mO?7m K or ,Uo bank ?? 1 ? Plan to pnt thl bank^? tlJero Wa* : ? receiver an i over ?{n? ? kau<l? of I has been nmm^ toco tbe deposit*rn such an extent that ihey finally <ieu?> miucd to close atul let thodiquidatiou proceed in the court. A majority of the stockholders are olveut. aud the depositors will be paid in full, if the court expouscs do not consume all tho cash realized. A BAD NKIiltO LYNCHKD. The Killing of Two Monnt (Jlcndorn, Christinas l)ny, and the Itesnlt Joseph Hopkins, the no? murdered two white v ? mas day at Ot* iulaud to' Miss , s* on " I . l> , -ako. j, Du house. 01 negroes, who gtt, I fore8 1 f?Uffht ,iko loie being tnkou iut0 i I when arrested it .? 1 '0 I W? Lad been iLt" ihv u during tlio melee, lie was uot injured, however, nnd was ut once tai y en to the Fcene of his terrible criun 0 Hopkins confessed his crimo, but di e not plead for mercy, uud begged li captors to innke quick work of bin But little time wus lest in carrying 01 his request. A rope was plucod abov ' the negro's neck anil ho was hauge '} to n limb of a tree. '1 he body was the ll riddled with bullets aud left hanging '* Hopkins' record is a very bad out '* mauy recent crimes beiug attributed t " him. 1 V TENNKS EE LEGISLATURE. 9 s Governor Taylor Calls an Extra So: slon--A Senator to He Nominated. Governor Taylor lios issued a call fc the assembling of tuo Tegislnture i : extra session, on the 17th. The mos 3 important matters enumerated relato t f tho assessment aud taxation of rail i ways, telegraph una teiepnuu.- iiu?? and results from tho recent ilecision o 5 United States Judge Clark in grantiu; ' those corporations au injunction re straiuing tho State bourd of equalizer ' from putting in force tho assessment 1 for taxation mado by tho railroad coin > mission. 1 United States Senator will also bi elected. Senator Turney and Congressman .McMillan avo candidates, lndica tions now point to extreme legislatioi against ruilroad, telegraph aud telo phone couipanies, with a jiossiblo clusL with tho Federal Courts. One Mining strike Di rlurrd Of*. Tho miners' striko iu tho coal fields along tho lino of tho Cincinnati Southern ltailway, in Kentucky and Tennessee, which began last May over n reduction of wages of 10 per cent., inaugurated by the operatives of the various mines in the teintorv, has been daolurud ..(V 1 .......vii iuu men. x no strikers havobecu suHeriug greatly uud several tiuios committees from tlio strikers have solicited aid for tlieir starving families. The men take a reduction in wuge< of ft i>er eeut. instead of 10, ft* originally proposed. Twontv five hm dred to 8,000 ai e involved. This settlement does not include the Dayton Cod and iron Coinpuny, where threo hundred miners are out. Itnllroad liiillding In 1H!)7. The figures compiled by tho Ilailroad Gazette, of New York, show that tho new railroads built in tho United Statos in the year 18.17, amounted to about 1,938 miles. These figures uro partly estimated and are subject to small correction. The new ruiiroads built in the year 1890 were 1,997 miles, nud in the year 183ft, 1,928. California built moro miles of railroad than any other Mate in tho Union in tho year just closed, namely, ISM miles, and the largest amount built by any one rail road was 299.ft, by tho lvuusus City, Pittsburg <feGu!f. A VtJOO OOO Bin?.*. At Charleston, W. Ya., the whole sulo grocery house of Noyes, Hubbard ?fc Company lias been totally destroyed I by tiro. '1 ho loss is ?12ft,()oU, with an I insurance of ?70,009. Tho buildiim was valued at $ I ft, 000, and was owned by C. C. Lewis, insnruuce ?o,000. Ilieyelc Company Kails. The Overman Wheel Co., of ChicoI,'?I1. M ? :-t * ..nr., .HUSK , wjin fluencies in nil principal cities of llio country, bus assigned. Liabilities, assets, Sl.yiH.OOO. Several hundred employes nre out of work. Murdered Ills IJrother. Will and John Livingston, brothers of Blue Creek m nes. \!n . quarreled, while drinking, over u ti .riul matter, and n fight was prevented by the interference of friends. \\ ill, who was badly intoxicated, borrowed a shotgun, ano going home, poked the muzzle through a window, and shot John to death. The murderer is is years of u^o, and is now in jail at Birmiughum. Snow shovel lug ? ost $.*>0,000. Six thousand men were scattered ovei New York on the 2".th, eleaning tin < snow from the stieels. It wilt cost tif i ty thousand dollars to remove the snow , fall.* Thtty-Tve huudicd carts are used. | - MONETARY COMMISSION'S nEPQK VMt by Authority ?f tlic Inill uu;?o!?, Duilneu Men's Conveiitio . The' report of the Monoiary Commission appoint?! antler authority of tho convention of bnsinoss iuou, hab' in Indianapolis last January, has ju^t been made public. The existing gol-l standard on whiol) business has beei done since 1870 is maintained oil the ground the industrial interests domaud certainty as to yrhtf. the standard shall be. To this cud it is urged that the Unitoil States should remove all uncertainty as to the meaning ol "coin" in its obligations, thereby saving the taxpayer by tho ability to borrow at a lower rato of interest. No attempt is mado to roraovo tho exist lug silver dollars, nor to cliaugo their legal tender quality; on the contrary, a place is provided for them in the ciroulatioa by forbidding tho issuo of vuy papoi; money other than silver certificates in denominations below $10. It is regarded by tho Commission os "TK'0ommiMioi,tbcre.O^--,v nrRotho Govorumeut to vr.tUilB^ ^ demand obligations now user otx,c< decline to provide g01**0 ? snd put the burden and exp & main?air-^ a redeemable J V i oirer to kl). 1 o-"* '-1** ^JOS id ^ly take place; if United bnues not is iro caucelled their place .will bo tak ? by tho gold paid out for tlicm, or it the expansion of bank notes. >t The demand obligations of tho Ur ^ ^Ofl Ssflf no StfAM/k tint .? 1 1 .v, . u.u?co Hem uui ii muupy uasoa < u property; they woro only a debt. C ; :l?o other hand, a bank nolo is nev y '.sailed (fraud, of course, excluded) e jept for a consideration in negotiab property of equal or greater vain riio bank not a comes forth as the s quel of a business transaction, and ?* based on the active property of tl iouutry which is passing between pr t lucers and consumers. This proper n is always negotiable and alwr.ys equ it k.o the duly of meeting tho note liabi 0 ty. Bank notes are as sound as tl easiness transactions of the conntr; The onvfanev of the country, rnsri ' aver, should increase as meirm... !r tious of tho country increase; hem 7 tho rigid unchanging issues of tt s Governn:ont make tliein an inclast s part of tho circulation, wliila by tt very process of their issue bank note alone can bo automatically ndjustedf 3 the chauging transactions of tho bus uc33 community. In amending tho present natiom banking system, the Commission wer , actuated l?y a desiro to secure absc lute safely to thenoto holder; to mak tho notes uniform and of equal cui roncy in all parts of the country t i create an elastic system, which, whil expanding iu responso to increasiu transactions, should healthily contrac when transactions diminish, and whic, would help in a better distribution o banking facilities throughout tli Western and Southern States. Whilo providing for the partial usi of bonds for scouring notes (twenty itvj par cont. ot tho capital) the Com mission proposo that notes beyoni this should bo issued ou nil, instea; of n pnvt of tho resources of a bank iinl within ft few years that no specin itoinl security should bo required ihriks may issuo notes up to sixty pel 3ent. of their capital without rc draint; for issuo beyond sixty pei lent, and up to eighty per cent, they my n tax of two per cent.; for those joyond eighty per cent, and up to IOC tier cent, they pay a tax of six pei cut. These notes would bo a prior ie:i upon all tho resources of the )anlf, and, in addition, upon the tockholdcrs' liability. Moreover, all jaoUs issuing notes contribute livo per cont. of their circulation as a per mnbnt guaranty fund. For daily relumjdions, banks aro requited to keep i live per cent, redemption fund in in hands of tho Comptroller of the ihirrency. Hanks o? 8-0,000 capital ;ay lie established in places of 4000 -(habitants, and branch banks aro i.'so pcrmiticd. Prisoner Creinuteri In Jail. A finopinl r\ 11 ,rT1 ' ? ? - ...? JL/iwus nex.) 2iewt /rem El raso rays that Horry English, n prisoner in Ibo jail at Ysleta, wur humeri to death. Ho attempted t?? huru his way out of jail anri the wooden structure was humeri up before he coulri ho rescued. Ho was placed in jail by tho rangers on the charge o: oiiugiug stolen pro|>erty into tin fctuto. Ho was latoly a resident of E? l'uso. A Holler Explosion. A 100-horso powor boiler oxplodod : t tho Grisvoldville Manufacturing C< in pauy's mill, near (Ireoulield. Mais., demolishing tho building, unci it is believed, killed two inon. "Do yon mean to say," nsked the visitor. in horror, "that the gentlemnn was shot for simply rising and umkinq i motion during u meeting of yonr-dehating societyV" "Suttlnly," said tlu Colonel, "but you must reuiemhah, salt, lliat the motion lie was called down on was made in the direction of his big' j [jtfclict, sah."? Detroit Free Press. I .jam i ii ii Laeafr gCUUMPEKT, UUTU&ll * JtoUOWAft. AlUrnryi tl U*. At 0. C. Gulp's aid Offie* A1UNEC7, Altnoiyi si U?, j IJa. 1 Uw R?n?. g 8. HTOILEd. Alton*; *t L*? and Trial Just lea, Offioa Rear of Court llouaa. DR HARLEY B. LINDSAY, DENT18T, Office over Merciuiuta and Plan lore oauk, Main street. Money to Loan. 4 > krJS5^r!=flr.& ^ ' ? - r?.? cn !W)U ???> t. r< d - j . o o. " 31* e3 Ofllc# Judge Townscnd's old stand, en "" ' ??????? bjr CAIU). ii- sloney to loan on short tiroo on coed ^ security. er W. W. DIXON, v- ATTORNEY AT LAW. )16 Office corner Main and Judgment Sts., fl'. Union, S. C. i OLD CLOTHES MAIFNEW! ty J. Ceaning. Dying and Silks \ 16 renewed at short notice. ^ I E. W. WILLIAMS. ia 1y. * To 'i ljo Put?iloi For putting elastic in your shoes I ' avo a universal feed shoe maciiina* 1 Sei in', P t lung and Half Soleing. 53 Mend nj Lamps call on J. 8. llixsox, ? ,mck of Neott. Bros.?(t. f.) i ?i Buy g >- Smooth irllPfl White ? Skin g h' For Your race! It probnWv r?oo<!* ronow'np, for it!? roujrh. ro<L g freckle*!, hi etched or nlmnJi'd- nr?Mi it *??? repniMto insteud of Attract ivo. bk thy rkm in alwuy? livnti'liul. Tho sun nn?1 wm'l, Lupuro 2 soups uja cosmetics iLjiiro tiio skin. Viola Cream 1 cionrsos, nnartshct .intl restores tho stitln. uinVii'.C ir ftoft, wlii.omill ticnutiful. It l.i n>.t n C Tiui'iiJ ? ?dous not cover up. hut vi'incvin blciiilslies. It I Is li.irnilu-s niul alwiiys ? Just ?~liul wo ilftlin for It. Tim only preparation Unit will putlllvpljr . romovo Fnwltlrs lllurMioii. ?. Ten. Sunburn bid . Hlraplni. Huntlroilsof tcUliiioriiuis from proini. cant ladies. Pries f.o cants a jnr at druggists. ] O. C. niTTM R ro.. toi TOO OHIO. I Wanted-An Idea SSS I frotsct your Mean. th?-? nsy lirlng you wi-slih. . V rllA JOHN WEUf KltBUhN * CO. I'ut.nt Attor mys, Washington. J..' thrlr ?1.?? prls# ofls ? ! ltd of t? o ? -sd antlctu wanLwd ; BHING YOUR lob Printing to The Times It will be neatly executed. si t?RlS WHtKt All tlbTtATsr."Ta Im Ho?t Cougb Sy rur>. Tauten Ciood. Uso Fg [3 in tlmcv Sold t>v (IriikirlMft. gl Who are Dawk ins/mil Thomson? They are the l**st IshImts in town, tr For good work an.I civility No better can t>e found. If you will but give us a trial 1 You will nevei go elsewhere, For those win have 'lone so have nevei Let any othei IkiiIkt cut their hair. Our razors are bi itrlit ami kivn IOur towels are new and clean, Will shave you in short time And '-what, do you think! WUJ shave jou for a dime And give yon a drink V" 1 A Pertinent Question. I "If T had rny life to live over," said , I the n an who adopts a solemn tone, I "there are lots of mistakes that I M wouldn't have made." I "That's Just like a man," his wlfo I rejoined. "Always discontented. Sup- M pose yon didn't make the same uiis- i j9 takes: have you any reason for sup- m posing'those you made Iu place of 'em \yould lie a hit more sltlsfaetory?" Washington Star. ... ? jfl When a man la fond'of his daughter, fl lie always keeps the proper a^e for a 9 girl to luirry lixe'd five years beyond her age. H