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The O nly Wooklv
PAPER
Published in the
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err it or j
X P V E Ti T I S T NO 31 E D I U 31,
JOHN W, HICKS, Editor and Proprietor.
DEVOTED TO TnE INTEREST OF HERTFORD AND ADJOINING COUNTIES.
SI.50 Per Annum
Lying between the Roanoke and Modern r
rivers, embracing the three counties of
VOL. in;
MURFREESBORO, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1887.
Hertford, Northampton and Bertie.
qj? Rates Reasonable.
NO. 12.
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MURFKEESBORO
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THE PENSIONERS"
tVTen berries arc rip?, what breez?s pa S3
Dy the hilisi le slop? of tangled grass,
mid r t'.i;; warmt!i of shower and san
flavor and fragrance melt in one!
The treasure is hidden, th.9 leaf is spread
To mock the eye with a gleam of red,
An 1 the'ant that dwells by Iho pasture stone
Tastes the sweets of the hour aloae.
.,'
"When cherries are ripe how fair a sky
Arches the hills of hot July,
S hil? over the land a joyful lay
founds ths praise of th3 dawning day!
Th3 reajrers turn f i om the weighted sheaves
To rifle the depth o' dxzzlin leaves,
And'thc farthest' flu sh in the tell-tale East
Calls the robins to share the feast.
When apples are ripe the fields are bare
And the frost dissolves in th? kindling air,
And a murmur of laughter comes and goes
From the r;i itling length of the orchard rows ;
The turf is streaked with a' crimson hue,
And the lovle I cart is ufimb'iag through,
And the dream of a glancing hearth is dear
When app e ; an ripe,, in tha waning year.
Dora Ileal Goo Idle, in. Independent.
A CONSOLIDATION.
I", Y S. II AH S. I'll ATT.
The sanctum of the Bloomville Jntrnal
was occupied by two persons. One of
th an sat on a rickety chair, hU feet on
the tabic, die was smoking and absent
ly scanning the wall. The sanctum, to
his fastidious taste, was not an attractive
jil.'cu, b;it his friendship for the young
editor who was working hard, at a desk",
drew him here every evening. On a table
lay great bound files of the Jjurnal. The
dust on them was only disturbed when
the edit ,r desired to look up sorm edi
torial. The telephone was, convenient
lo the table, and on the wall beside it
were some fresco ornamental ions which
.might be tra ed to the "devil." A h't
1 died brass -Via in p with the corpses of
hundreds of summer insects glued to it
ljy the exuding coal oil, sat on the table.
Kqrn'ebody ha I improvised a shade by
Cuttiiig a hole in a pieccjof paper and
;itsin ;( it "over the himney. The mu
eihige i;o;tle,? inkstand and, shears were
si lo by side an f icady to abet each oth-r
jn any iindcrtaking. A window opened
i:toab.ack room and a begrimed face
pj.f'e.tred at it and called: .
' ' Copy, sir," This "sir" was a eom-
pinnent only bestowed upon the editor,
inc- "iev
il" having uo respect for any
e:-s than that one.
it g-iity let
-o'm Edwards caught up a pile of
lo,-se 'manuscript and handed it in.
"There," he ta'd, "that will run them
for-a while. Fi'dlon, if
you are in a
hurry don't wait
for me. I have some
thing I want to -write up for my literary
department."
lie threw
around, the
his 1 head back and paced
apartment, his tall athletic
lorm s
cming-
tii enjoy the freedom of
IT; looked around at the
using its legs.
dinginess ol the place and laughed.
"Shabby place, isn't it, Fulton?"
"I've ' just been wondering where on
earth you get Jthe inspirati n for those
tine little critieiisms of yours. This place
is enough to kill genius. Ever been
down at Newtown 2 The Critic down
tLere has .a perfect gem of a sanctum.
Clean, neat f-."
' v "And -flowers, Til bet a hat," inter
rupted Edwards.
Fulton" laughed. "iN"ot .only flowers
b t a desk with tiles and brass, and
curved '.wood.. Then there's a carpet,
brus.ls carpet, and chairs, whole chairs,
mind-' you, ahel papered walls and pict
. ures. '' ;
.Joan J (l wards stood still,
enjoying
the (ascription.
V'l don't know that fellow, but I have
great curiosity to, but reading his paper
every week, I've formed an opinion of
him which your description justifies.
He's no force in politics atall but in
everyihing' pertaining to literature and
g o lta to he is unusual."
Just then a boy entered with an arm
f n !-1 of m i i 1. Ed wards wal ked to the
taM glanced over i$t and singled out a
d viper..' ' i
"Fulton, do you believe in twdn souls?"
"i don't, believe in any ci those heathen
idi lads, thcosophy and the like, don't
k low a thing abjut them and care
kss " .
- ' Vou'rc a most un progressive fellow,
Fullon, but look here." He bent over
the table and held up a piece of paper
on which were written the headlines:
"The New Craze Buddhism and IJoston.
The l ight of Asia, ; Reviewed."
"You see what I intend to write," he
resumed. "Weil, there is a '-queer- liter
ary sympathy between this Newtown
Ciytic man and myself. I would almost
bet that in this paper or in next wTcek's
anyhow 'there wilt be a criticism on the
'light of Asia.'"
He tore 'o.'T-' the wrapper, turned to a
certain department and laughed. "Here
it is." lie skimmed over it rapidly. "It
is so good, " he saM, "that I shall copy it
cniirc tmd leave my own" article unwrit
ten. You sec.'" and Edwards walked
around and resumed his chair, "this fel
low, is perpetually scoomnsr me on such
article, lie oases out two' days before j
1 1 to, ana lie luvaiiauiy.Avriie-on sidjccis
..that I have in view. Now, if 1 print my
.siib'cets, my views are so near his own
that he will think I am simply 'adapting'
h:s articles, so I copy them entire, and
my printers have the impudence' to tell
e dliere is more Critic llian Journal
nbout the paper. AVhat's his name. any-.
how?" . ;
"Irving, Washington Irving. He
claims to be a third cousin of the original
I believe. 31iss Irving, the sister, is a
'daisy of a ?ri- sro her often. I'll tell
.0
you, Edwards, how you can get out of
the difficulty," and Fulton lighted a wisp
"of paper, held it to his cigar and made
ready to go. "Propose a consolidation
to Irving."
Eel wards rose to his feet"; his eyes shin-hi-.
"Jove. ! but that's a magnificent idea.
Why did it 'nGvcr strike me? Why
Fulton"
But that gentleman was-lready half
wy down stairs, and Edwards's enthu
siasm took the form of along a ad minute !
letter to Washington Irving, editor of
the Newtown Critic, setting forth the in-
l3ra;D;e benefits that 'would accrue to
that phner frem a nermanent union with !
the Bloomville Juurnal. "From a long j
acquaiitance with vou cdirorialiv." so !
ran the letter,-. - "I am certain that our!
uniied work would resalt in unisual suc
cess.) The wondf rful tact and ,ob;erva
bon manife ted in vour general article.
iombiued with my practical knowledge, 1
would make the Bloomville Journal a
paper of the highest class." Then fol
lowed financial propo-itions, very liberal
ones, for John Edwards was the embodi
ment of liberality both in the ory and
pra'-tiee.
The sixteen hours that elansed before
an answer rnmc ti-ptp
long ones to the
: o
impa; cat younir eriit
Tounir enitor. rma v he
bn.kc the seal. A letter courteous and
liberal in tone as was his own concluded
thus: "lam cs highly p!cased with the
idea of a consolidation as yourself. 3Iy
paper has always lacked the element
which you can supply, viz. : greater prac
tical knowledge .than I possess, having
been educated for an entirely different
professioa and drifting into this merely
by accident. I agree as to terms in every
respect, but I cannot consent to be en
tirely merged into the Bloomville Jour
nal. The name of Critic is far better for
such a paper as ours will be, and while I
sigree that jour, city will be the better
point of publication, I must refuse to
give up the name of my own paper."
-."Here's a how-de-do," muttered Ed
ward. 4
He laid the letter down and proceeded
to think. Just then Fulton came up,
and to him was poured out the dilemma.
Fulton laughed heartily, too much so
to suit tli3 perplexed editor, who-ayas
his
padour until it stocd
straight as a
West Point cadet. I
"Tell you what, John, come go down
there with m2 to-morrow night. I've
told them about you; we will spend the
evening with the family, and you can fix
up the name without - any trouble, I
know. I think myself the Critic is the
better name." j
"But, deuce take it S I've built up
this paper, put my heart's blood into it.
I'm identified with it, and III be
switched if I give it up. But I'll go with
you." j
The evening that followed was to Ed
wards the red-letter -evening of hi3 life.
Never had he met with such charming
entertainment, never such unassuming
anel pleasant hospitality as in the Irving
mansion. j
" Remember, no jbusiness to-night,"
Fulton had said as they pulled the" bell.
Mr. Irving, however was not at home, a
fact that Edwards had no occasion to re
gret after he hail met the ladies of the
homestead. The easy grace of the moth
er and daughters, the humor, the music,
the charming conversation enthralled
him. When Fulton rose to go Edwards
was surprised. Casually he mentioned
his errand. He was glad to. find the
ladies favored the project. "Only," they
said, "you must notjexpeet our Critic to
give up its name."
"We shall see to-morrow," laughed
Edwards, "after a consultation with the
chief cook.' " i
"Well," said Fulton, when they had
walked a square, "what do you think of
them?" j
'Edwards was not smoking. He was
quiet and thoughtful, lie turned to
Fi'dton and said gravely: "Fulton, they
area family of angels. I've known nice
women, but none j that compare with
these. I see now w-here their brother
Two hours later Edwards aid to his
friend, who was half asleep: "Say,
George, have you-' any claim cn either pf
those girls?"
".."No," mu:mured Fulton, sleepily;
"am thinking of pre-empting the young
est, though. Go toj sleep." .
"Well, then, as sure as my name is
Edwards, "'John was half soliloquizing,
"hers tdiall be Edwards, too."
"Whoss?" energetically asked his
friend, turning over in bed, "the young
est?" ' ' .! ; '
"Xo, the other one."
"Oh, go to sleep then, and don't bother
me with 3-our mauuderings." -
If Edwards did go to sleep, it was riot
until, some very decisive plans had been
formed which, for the time being, drove
the newspaper consolidation entirely, into
the background j
It was not nine o'clock when he pre
sented himself at the tanctum the next
morning. An office boy was dusting' it
and had the windows raised. Edwards
smiled as he surveyed it. He wTalked to
th2 .desk, 0:1 which stood a vase of
flowers, ire-h the day before. A pile of
letter-heads with "Newtown Weekly
Critic, M. W. Irving, editor," printed at
the top, lay on the desk. Insikictively
he threw his cigar away. The very air
of the pla- e said " no smoking allowed."
lie was intent on his admiring examin
ation wdien there -was a step on the stair
and a lady entered with a bouquet in her
hand. ;
"Ah, 3Iiss Irving!" and Edwards
stepped forward to greet her as she sank
into a large chair, p." You fill the edi
torial chair very well."
" As to draperies', yes, " she laughed.
" Hut when am Ijto see this very elu
sive 31. W. Irv ing, your brother ? I have
not ' many more hours . in this pleasant
loitcrinn-place." I
3Iiss Irving looked archly at
Him.
Irv-
" Have you not guessed that .31. W
ing is myselt ( jstary ssmngton Irv
ing. They had to get our distinguished
relative's name in f somewhere." She
paused and looked at Edwards. An ex-
on his face. i
- "But," he gasped, "your brother, the
editor." I
"I am the editor," she said, quietly,
disliking to laugh at him in his embar
rassment. "It was your own mistake,
31 r. Edwards, and it was funny that
3Ir. Fulton and all; of us let it go on.
You will pardon us.,'
But 3fr. Edwards had withdrawm with
a hasty bow."'' lie wanted time and air.
He finally concluded to remain until the
evening train, and a boy from the hotel
bore to thesanctu n of the New town Critic
a missive saying, that at of the clorfc
on that bright September afternoon 3Ir.
John Edwards would present himself at
the Irving mausion. f It was sudden, but
l)e often is. After several hours of tete-a-tete,
3Ir. Edwards and 3Iiss Irving
joined the family group, of whom Fulton
made one. ' !
"Gentlemen anel ladies," and Edwards
! led 3!isi Irvinj? to her mother, a " con-
soiidation has been eJlecled on most fa
vorable terms.' f - V
Smiles anel congratulations went
around. It seemed to have been under-
stood from the besrinninrr.
"Which is it to be, Critic ox Journal ?"
ouestioned Fulton. 1
" I bow to her in ! that," answered Eel-
wards. "It is the" Critic, but she has i
promised not to be as tenacious oi ner
own name,
"Irving is too historic a name to give
up, 3Iary," sa'd her sister. ; "3Ir. Ed
wards should take your name."
"Yes, indeed, chimed in Fulton. "Irv
ing should not le changed! except foi
one fully as historic. Fulton for in
stance. Didn't a fellow named Fultoc
invent the steam engine or something
of the kind?"
"Don't worry any more about names,'
said Edwards. "Mary Irving Edwards
will look very well on our magazine."
"Can't you ring.in the Washington? It
seems a pity to elrop your greatest claim
to distinction. Yes," went on Fulton,
"the new paper will be a big living.
They will get soaps and medicine ad
vertisements, get railroad passes and
theater tickets. I tell you, my friends,
it behooves us to ' stand fin ' with the
consolidation." Chicigo Current. "
An Interesting Plant Dncl.
Some time ago my - pupils were much
interested in finding what they not inap
propriately termed a hand-to-hand con
flict between a sumach and a climbing
bitter sweet. Judging from appearance
when found, the sumach was about two
inches in diameter when the bittersweet
first wound its coi'.s about it. As the
growth of each proceeded, the coils be
came tighter and tighter, cutting into
and through the bark and growing layer
of the sumach which seemed to be
threatened with strangulation. It was
not, however, to be so easily vanquished.
It resolutely kept up its manufacture of
new material, which, owing to the tight
embrace of the vine, shad to be dis
tributed along a spiral line immediately
above the coils. Just below the coils the
supply appeared to bq cut oil, as the
trunk was then shriveled and in most
places dead. Although rendered unsightly,
the tree presenteel the curious features of
having two spirals,one of living and grow
ing, the other of dead and decaying ma
terial wound about its heart wood, so
that the whole resembled a huge auger.
To avenge this deformity the sumach pro
ceeded to push its new growth out above
and over the coils of the vine until at
one place it had completely encompassed
it. The vine, "in turn, was now so tightly
squee7.ed as to cutoff from communica
tion with the ground; and below this
point but little life remained. Victory
now seemed within the grasp of the
sumach. The vine, however, in the last
extremity now united itself with the
growing layer of the sumach, and thus
literally drew from the i camp' of the
enemy whatever supplies were needed to
keep its top bright acel thrifty. At this
stage the conflict was cut short by the
axe of the collector, and the combatants,
locked in each other's arms, were laid
away among the curiosities of a museum.
Journal of Education.
Professional Fall-Bearing.
A gloomy-looking individual in Phila
delphia told a News reporter that he was
a professional pall-bearer, and told the
following story of how he started in his
peculiar calling :
"Some years ago there wa a strike in
my trade. I am a carpenter, and during
one of my idle days I passeel a house
where there was a funeral. 1 Stopping to
watch it, I was approached by the under
taker, who asked me if I was going to
the funeral. I said no, that I knew no
one thsre. He then asked me if I had
any objection to being a pall-bearer. I
said I had none, provided 1 was paid for
it, , and we iinal y7 struck a '. bargain. I
made as much that afternoon as I would
had I worked a'l elay iat my trade, and
since then I have adopted pall-bearing as
a means of livelihood. I dress in black,
as you see, and each morning look over
the death notices. I have found that
my services are very seldom required
where the funeral is that of a young man
or woman, or where the deceased has
belonged to any secret societies, and that
my most pro:itable customers are those
who have outlived most of their com
panions. If the dead person happens to
he an unmarried laely, past the meridian
of life, I am nearly alwa3"s certain of the
job. I find that at funerals the propor
tion of female attendants outaumbers
the male about four to one, and that
most of the latter are close relatives. As
it is generally the rale to select the pall
bearers from among those not connected
with the family, you can see that my
services are very frequently in demand.
I generally seekout the undertaker and
make my bargain with him, and I aver
age about two funerals a day. It is a
nice, easy sort of life, and eminently re
spectable. You will have to excuse me
now, as I have a funeral in this street
and must get off here.
A Great Amsterdam Industry.
One of the great industries of Amster
dam (Hollaud) is the cutting and polish
ing of diamonds; and nearly all the finest
diamonds in the work! are taken there to
be cut into shape. We will make a visit
to one of the principal diamond establish
ments, and when we get there I think we
shall be surprised to find a great factory,
four or five stories high, a steam engine
in the basement, anel fly-wheels and
leathern bands and all sorts of whirring
machinery in the different stories. On
the very top floor the diamonels are fin
ished and polished, .and here we see
skillful workmen sitting before rapidly
revolving disks of steel, against which
the diamonds are pressed and polished.
It requires great skill, time and patience
before one of these valuable gems is got
into that shape in which it will; best
shine, sparkle and show its purity.
Nearly half the diamonds proeluced in
the world, the best of which come from.
Brazil, are sent to this factory to be cut
and polished. Here the great Koh-i-noor
was cut, and we are shown models of
that arid of other famous diamonds that
were cut in these rooms. St. Nicholas.
Beggars on Horsehack.
Buenos Ayres is one of the few cities
in the worlel where the proverbial beggar
oa horseback is actually encountered.
His mount, however, is not necessarily a
sign of affluence; horseflesh is cheap in
the Argentine Republic, and the poorest
mav choose a wreck of a steed from
among those sent to the saladero for the
valueof their skins, and of the oil
extracted from their wornout carcasses.
"Mounted on a skeleton beast, whose own
scanty sustenance is picked up along the
wayside and in the straw-strewn market
place, the mendicant really succeeds
in doubling the show of misery which,
together with certain pretensions in the
way of fortune-telling or medical
sorcery, i3 his stock-in-trade. Franl
Leslie's.
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
Faslern and Middle Stare.
Great mountain tiros on the Blue Moun
tain ranie in Pennsylvania have destroyed
much valuable timber. ?
The New York Court of App3als decided
adveiely to the Henry George 1 abor party's
claim to the fifth election inspector in the
Metropolis. i
Eight State tickets in all were nominated
in New York. -
HsxnT 31. Jacksox, cashier at the United
State Sub-Treasury, is a defaulter for over
f 10,000, and has fled to Canada. ;
Two convicts were killed and three w.nmde'l,
one mortally, while trying to escape from
prison at Yuma, Arizona. Superintendent
Gates w as badly wounded. '
The Reading Railroad Com j any has ad
vanced the price of coal twenty-five cents a
ton.
The fifteenth National Woinea's Congress
has just b33n held ia New York. ! Mrs. J uUa
"Ward Howe was ra -elect xi IVad lent.
Teemer beat Gau laar hilc a mile in .
boat race on Lake Maranacook, Me.
Rear Admiral J. W. A. Nicholson, of
the United States Navy, died at his home in
New York a few mornings ago. He was
sixty-seVen years of age, and liad been for
four years on the retired list.
South and West.
At Billings, Montana, the thermometer a
few days ago registered, rift jea degrees be
low zero. .
There are 500 case3 ef typhoid fever in
Cincinnati.
The counties of Hidalgo and Starr, Texas,
are overrun with Mexican banditti, who aiv
stealing horses and people, th-3 latter held for
ransom. Mayor Latrobe has been re-elected in
Baltimore after an exciting e-anvass by a ma
jority of 4,2 5 over the Bepiiblic.an candidate,
who was supported by Democrats eppose I t
Senator Gorman.
Jefferson Davis reviewed a procession of
5,000 Confederate veterans at Macon, Ga.
Governor McEnery, of Louisiana, or
dered militia to Terrebonne to suppress la
bor riots on sugar plantations in fiat parish.
The corner st rn 3 of an o ju-.tria:i sfcttiu
of General Robert E. Le 3 wa ? laid at Rich
mond, Va,, with e xero ses cKis'siing of a
procession of ex-Confcde. ateM li t by Goner
als Fitshugh Le3 and Wade Hampton, Ma
sonic ceremonies, an oration by Colon 3!
Charles Marsh and thy r3admg of a pojm
by the late James Barron Hops. .
Governor Semple, in his annual report,
estimates the population of Washington Terri
tory at 1 P,G-0. Thre are about lt$. Px) ;
aeries of agricultural land.s iu Iho Territory
yet unsurveyed. The comp'et 3d miles of
railroad number 1,03'J. A leading industry is
the sah 1:011 fisheries. The taxable property
is given at 150,600,000.
A TRAIN which arrived in Chicago from
New York a few days since ccnraine l a
closed carriage that had been shippe I from
the laltjr city. ' In. th 3 . carriage wa? found
the body of a young man who had evid.ntiy
been murdered
J. E. Smith, the express messenger w ho
recently killed two train robbers near Ei
Paso, Texas, was paid 2,)!)0 by order o.
Governor Ross as a reward for his act.
Smith will probably get ',o:0 more from
the express company and ),00 from the
railroad company, making a total of ).
Washington.
Robert H. Hooper, for fourteen years
Vice Consul General at Paris, has cabled his
resignation to Washington,' thereby ending
the long and fierce contest for that position.
The ex-Confederates living in Washington
visited Richmond in a body to attend the un
veiling of the Lea monument. .
The members of Lincoln Post, CI . A. R., ol
Newark, N. J., on a visit to : Washington,
were received by tho President in the Eas:
Room of the White House.
Foreiff a.
A plot to kill Prince Ferdinand of Bul
garia, M. Stambouloff and M. Natchoviteh
has been discovered.
News has been ra-eived of Stanley's ex
pedition in Africa. The expedition had ad
vanced nearly 80) miles, and had rait with a
friendly reception from the natives ia a
hitherto unexplored region.
During a heavy storm off Cap3 Horn th ?
British bark Balaklava had nine men, in
cluding the mate, washed overboard and
drowned.
The Scotch will send another yacht to
America next year to compete for the Ani3r
ica's Cup. "
In Taris five Englishmen have bcoa
arrested charged with forging securities of
the Southwest Railroad Company o Kansu.
A 'Chinese transport was lost -luring ry
typhoon, and 280 Chiuainen and five Euro
peans were drowned.
The village of Cadiz, Spain, has been de
stroyed by tire.
Mr. Wilfred Blunt, arrested at Wood
ford, Ireland, for speaking at a proclaimed
meeting, bas been found guilty of violating
the Irish Crimes act and sentenced to two
months' imprisonment.
A "dynamite scare" prevails in London,
and public buildings are closely watch 3d.
President Grevy, of France, resigned his
office, but was induced to reconsider Iris re
signation. Attacks upon his son-in-law, M.
Wilson, led to this action on the part of the
French President. .
General Nur-Mahomed, companion of
the Afghan pretender, Ayoub Khan, in his
flight from Teheran, has been captured and
publicly hanged at Herat ;
RUNAWAY AT A BURIAL
The Corpse Uiicoffined and Hurled in
a Ditch, and the Preacher Seriously
Hurt.
At a funeral near Sycamore, Ohio, th
team attached to the hearse ran awey, an
the vehicle was smashed to pieces. The
coSia was dashed to the ground, the lid torn
off and the corpse rolled into a'ditch by the
roadside.
Other teams took fright and a general
panic ensued. Women fainted and men
jumped from the carriages, wagons were
overturned, horses became entanecled in the
generrl wreck and severa persons were in
jured. The Rev. Mr. Ho wells, who was to have
conducted the funeral exercises, was perhaps
fatally injured.
MARKETS.
Baltimore Flour City Mills, extra,$3.0')
RS3.62; Wheat Southern Fultz. 'S0alets;
Corn Southern White, 43a49cts, Yellow, 40a
50 cts. ; Oats Southern and Pen sylvania ,
30a35cis. ; Rye Maryland and Pennsylvania
SOaOOets. ; Hay Maryland arid Pennsylvania
13 50a?1450; Straw Wheat, 7.50a$8; Butter,
Eastern Creamery, 20a27its., near-by receipts
rJa20cts:Chees
se Eastern r ancy Cream, 12
Eggs 21a22;
Cattle $3.00a4.25; Swine i!iaMcts. ;
Sheep and Lamb 2a4cts; Tobacco
Leaf Inferior, la2.50. Good Common, 3 50a.
$4 50, Middling, 5a$.0'J Good to fine red, 7a0
Fancy, 10a-$12. '
New York Flour Southern Common to
fair extra, 3.25a$4.00; Wheat No. 1 Whit ,82
a83ots. ; Rye State, 54a5f; Corn Southern
Yellow, 5 la53cts.; Oats White State, 33a-4
cts. ; Butter State, I7a26 cts. ; Cheese State,
lOalGJcts. ; Eggs ltte20 cts. - y
Philadelphia Flour Pennsylvania,
fancy, 3.50a4; Wheat Pennsylvania and
Southern Red, S2aS3 cts; Rye Pennsylvania
STaoScts. ; Corn Southern Yellow, 51a53 et-?.
Oats 3Ga37 cts.; Butter State, 18ai: ct?.;
Cheese N. Y. Factory, llalS cts.: Eggs -
I State, 17al8 cts.
KNIGHTS IN REVOLT.
Delegates From Thirteen States De
clare War Upon Powderlj.
The dissenters from th3 action taken at tho
recent Minneajw'is Convention have declared,
open war with the Exe uitive Board of the
Knights of Lalor and hap issued their
declaration of independence. On returning
from the convention about thirty dive
delegates, repre--enting thirteen States,
stoppol in Chicago and determined to
bring about a it o'-granization of the
order. They elected a Provisional Committee
of five members, of which Charles F. Seib
was made Secretary. A long communica
tion was drafted at Secretary Se:b's office,
and was forwarded iu circular form to the
Knights of Labor all over the country. The
circular says:
Our duty to th? working men and women
demand that we at once reorgaxilzj th3
order of Kmsrhts of Labor on a bas s which
will 'secure the autonomy of -the trales and
the sovereignty of the districts in all per
taining to their trade and loe-al aiTairj, and to
prevent it from being usad in the future as a
machine to fill U13 coiTers of designing and
unscrupulous men, as it is by those now in
power. 'We affirm the fol'owing to be the
reasons that have compelled this serious ac
tion on our part.
I. The general office has J com3 a luxur
ious haunt for men whos3 chief aim is to
benefit self, jecuuiarily and otherwise, and
is no longer the Jerusalem of the humble and
hohest Knight. -
$!. There has been for more than a yeardoe
gqining prior to the Richmond session-an un
derstanding, which, for lack of a better wordv
we will call a conspiracy, for the purpose of
holding the salaried posUions,elective and appointive,-
and under the General Assem
bly. 3. Tlrs conspiracy has used the secret
channels and ta3 fund; of the order to manu
facture sentiment for certain members and
against others. Certain persons sometimes
called "Genera! Lecturers," "General Or
ganizers,''' "General Instructors," and general
many other things, have been paid extrava
gant sums, both as wages and' expanses, when
their chief work was to t,lix" certain dis
tricts. The lobbyists of railroad corporations
would turn green with envy di 1 they know
the sujerlative excel'ence attained by these
bloodsuckers of tle Knights of Labor.
4. Organisers' commissions h ye been re
fused to members who were known to dis
agree with the inetho is of the ring, though
the applications were indorsed by the dis
trict assembly to which applicants belonged,
and commissions have leeu recalled becausi
of the refusal of the holders to fall down and
worship the powers that be.
5. District and local assemblies have been
suspended or expelled and deprived of a voice
in the General Assembly because they were
known as opponents to the policy of the con
spirators. Conspiracies havo been hatched against
dissenting members "by the aid of corrupt
tools iu the district assemblies or lo3al as
semblies, or both of such members.
7. The records of the General Office have
been fixed and decorated so as to rule out or
admit, as the case might be, General Assem
bly representatives.
8, Men have been admitted as delegates to
the General Assembly who clearly had no
constitutional rights to ssats, while others
have been refused upon technicalities con
trary to precedent - and . established custom.
In all cases the teit v. as for or against the
ring.
0. (A) Many thousands of dollars of the
order's funds havo been illegally expended
frequently against the earnest protests of
"honest and law-abiding members.
(B) .Extravagant hotel bills eontractad by
the families of genez-al officers have been paid
out of the order's funds, as have family
laundry and bar bills.
(C) Funds have been givfn and loaned to
officers and thair friends for their own per
sonal use.
(D) General officers, organizers, and lec
turers have not only been paid liberal salaries
and allowed heavy expenses from the general
treasury, but have charged additional sums
to the locals and districts.
10. Honest men d3voted to the cause of
labor have been made the scapagoats of the
blundering high officials and driven in dis
grace from the movem?iif.
II. Efforts made by Assemblies to better
their condition have bten strangled by tho
ring. It is charit' to sav for no meaner
reason than in response to the clamor of the
common enemy of labor. '
12. The boycott has been used to injure the
labor press, union establishments, and the
products of Knights of Labor and union
labor for the sole purpose of "downing''
workingmen and women who could not be
used by the conspirators.
P4. Persons who were not members of the
order have been provided, for porsoual
reasons, with lucrative positions in the
general office.
14. The constitution has been altered in an
illegal manner; it has b:en tampered with,
and measures inimical to the interests of the
order at large have been railroaded into what
is called "law."
15. War has been waged by the adminis
tration ring against trades unions and tra les
districts. Ths motto of the ring has been,
"Down with trades districts: exterminate
the trades unions." This in spite of our obli
gation to extend a helping hand to a-l
branches of honorable toil."
10. Nearly every important strike or lock
out in which the geueral officers interfered
was lost.
17. As a result of this blundering, wishy
washy, incompetent, and stupidly arbitrary
p diey, the membership of the order has de
creased 217,s-J mr-mliers in one year.
1-3. In spite of the decrease of membership,
they have increased the annual expenditures
of the general officers to $500.0: K).
10. There was no itemized account of re
ceipts and expenditures either issued quar
terly, as had formerly been the custom, or to
the General Assembly.
20. In the General Assembly, arguments
were met by buncombe; gag law was reduced
to a system by the use rf the previous
question; outrageous de r:.ions rendered;
appeals and protest ignorod, all for thepur-
pese of covering up th" locality of those in
power.
A JUDGE USES HIS FISTS.
He Resents the Publication and Black
ens the Publishers lyes.
A personal encounter took place at Louis
ville, Ky., between Judge William B. Flem
ing and Bidderman Dupont. The latter is
propriet r of the Post and the Commercial,
both of which have been making" .editorial
and local assaults upon Judge Fleming. The
climax was reached when the Commercia
published an article stating that Fleming
and a number of other prominent citizens
had raised money to spend during the Guber
natorial campaign for Gov. Buckner. They
did this it stated, by negotiating a one thou
sand dollar note, which is now due, and
which, it is alleged they are trying to induce
the Governor to pay on the ground that the
money was for legitimate campaign expenses.
The article proves to have been a falsehood
and was resented accordingly by J udge Flem
ing. In a conversation some days ago Dupont
had intimated to Fleming that no more as
saults upon the latter should be printed.
They met, and the judge upbraided t e pub
lisher for his want of faith. Dupont made
an evasive reply, and becoming infurated,
Fleming struck him twice over the head
with a cane, after which they clinched and
had a short struggle. When separated Du
pont had two black eyes, but Fleming was
not hurt. .
Both the men are prominent, Judge Flem
ing having recently declined President Cleve
land s appo.ntraent to the Chief Justiceship
of Arizona. Dupont very wealthy and is
largely engaged in manufactures. The story
that Gov. Baekners name was affixed to tho
note and that the latter Lai allowed it to go
to protest is wholly without foundation.
THE NATION'S WARDS.
ANNUAL KEPOUT OF THE SUrERIX
TM)tXT OF INDIAN SCHOOLS.
Facts About the 3Icthods"of Educating'
.Indian Children.
From the annual re ort of John li. Kiley,
Superintendent of-Jndiau Schools, which has
been fil-xl with the Swretary of the In
terior, It appears that the aggregate ex
pan iiture by the Govanmi mt for the educa
tion of Indian children during the year
was $1,005,3:0. The whole uuui!er of Indian
children bet w.wn 'the ages Of :6 an I 16
years is30,S2l, of who u 1 1,032, or alout 37
per eent. attt-n del s. ho ! some ixjrtion of the
year. At several agencies nearly nil the
children of sv'hoo! eg attend, while at others
less than one jer -ent. are at school.
The Superintendent dopiveates the lack of
system in the matter of text books used in
Indian schools, and says that it renders futile
any effort -made by the Indian Bureau to
direct or. control the school-room work. He
recommen Is that a uniform system of text
books and stu ly bo adapted.
Mr. Riley favors the policy of t aching
only English in the Government schools. He
siys that he has tried to impress upon teach
ers the imiortaace of giving" the study of the
language constant attention, and adds that he
has found schools where the pupil-, although
they had been in school for S3Vt ral years,
could not speak English so as to lie under
stood. The report s iys that too much stress can
ncjt be laid upon tha importance of prepar
ing native teachers, and to this end suggests
that a normal school depirtment be estab
lished at so in o? the larger s ''.ioo's.
The Siierintmdent makes the following
recommendations:
That an industrial boarding-school be es
tablished near the Missouri River, adjacent to
the Sioux reservation; that schools be 'pro
vided for the tribes in Nevada; that Congress
be requested to provide for the e luxation -of
100 India: children to be selected from the
tribes living in the State of New York; that a
Commission he appointed and empowered to
make a thorough examination of the whole
subject of Indian education, with the view
to systematizing the methods and increasing
the facilities as may bj deem?d necessary.
I DIED IN A PULLMAN CAR.
A Young -Ijady, A hile Merrily Cnr
versiujg wiih I'riemls, Suddenly
KxpircN.
A pathetic story was related by the Pull
man conductor of the Pan Handle limited
from Cincinnati. A beautiful aid refined
young lady, travelling alone from Cincinnati
to her home at Xenia, ()., had suddenly died
during the night. A few minutes beforo
the train left Cincinnati she, with a bevy of
3-oung ladies, came to the train. She had
been 011 a visit there for several weeks and
her friends expres ed ivgret "t seeing her
leave. They kissed her farewell and wished
her a safe and pleasant journey home, al'
promising to return her visit, in a short time.
The lady was provided with a seat in one of
the parlor cars. She sat reading a magazine
for an hour and then engaged in a conversa
tion with a number of th 3 lady occupants of
tho car. She was so handsome and so
pleasant and attractive in her manner that
she soo?i drew the attention of almost every
person in the car, and her journey was being
made a very pleasant one.
"It was a jolly "crowd, Everybody seemed
in a good humor,' remarked the conductor,
"and when I last passed through t he car I
noticed that the young lady was having a
gay time. A moment later she threw up
her arms, gave a slight shudder and was
dead. Her body fell from the chair before
her fellow-passengers' could realize what had
happened. The sceme of gavety was sud
denly changed to one of mourning. The
lades cried bitterly, some of them fainted,
and the gentlemen wiped the tears from
their eyes. The train sired on and the body
of the young lady was not cold when we ar
rived at Xenia.
'The young lady's father v as at the station
to meet her. One by one he watched the
passengers stepping from the train, exjrect
ing to see his daughter next. He then
stepped up and asked if his daughter was
aboard, "giving her description.
"I told tho old gentleman that her body
was in the car; that she had-died while cn
route," said the conductor. "The old father
was horror-stricken and so prostrate i by
grief that he had to be assisted, into the sta
tion. The body was removed and our train
pulled out. 1 could not learn the lady's
name."
HOW THEY EVADE THE LAW.
One of the Tricks of Main fdquor
Dealers in Doe! gang- Kcspon.sibility.-
An eminent Augusta, Maine, attorney, who
has made diligent inquiry, says 11 the liquor
dealers in the State have taken out licenses
in fictitious names, thereby practically evad
ing the Sato law making payment of a
liquor-dealer's special tax prima facie evi
dence in prosecutions for violations of the
Prohibition law. -When th'i Collector of
Internal Revenue reside I in the State he
could be summoned into court and made "to
produce the application, and thus the appli
cant could bo identified, but at present the
collector of Maina resides in Portsmouth, N.
H. The Stat.) courts are unable to summon
him to Maine and make hi.ai produce the ap
plication . The names of the 'records being
fictitiou'', the impos.sibi.ity of obtaining
evidence from any source will readily be
seen.
In Decemlrer, 1SS3, a Waterville liquor
.dealer named Morse, was placod upon the
stand, ling on trial for maintaining a
liquor nuisance., lie swore that he did not
pay a retail liquor-dealer's tax. Deputy
Collector Stoddart, took the witness-box,
and it was shown by Morse's application
that he got a license under the name of
Micha 1 Phanoutr. The following April the
dealer was convicted of forgery and sentenc
ed to State prison for two years.
BUSINESS MEN UP IN ARMS.
An Act of Florida's Legislature Makes
a Disturbance in That State.
The business men of Jacksonville, are up
in arms against a creation of the last tegisla
ture, ami will probably combine all over tho
State and fight it. The legislature placed
licenses of from .1 to $A) on business in
every profession or occupation in the State.
Failure to procure licenses was made a
misdemeanor. During the past week the
tax-pa j-ers have been not lied of this tax.
Some paid and others did not. Tho tax
collector furnished the solicitor with a list
of all who had procured licenses, showing a
ltrge number of delinquents who had no
license to carry on business after Oct. 1.
Thursday over 37; warrants were issued
by the Criminal Court, and Friday a numlrer
of those arretel bpjrean-d ia court. But
wteu informed that 7.00 were to be added
to their licenses they declined to pay and
gave notice of contest. Eminent counsel ha3
b3en engaged. The dealers throughout the
State are highly excited over tne unjust 1 iw
and it is very probable it will causj much
disturbance iu business circles before it is
setthd.
C0WHIDED IN HIS OFFICE
A Woman Vigorously Resents an Al
leged Swindle anil Slander.
There was a sensational episode on Third
street. Cincinnati, Ohio. John C. Hanover,
a real -estate agent, but formerly a teacher
of dressmaking by a system of charts, was
horsewhipped in his office in the Mason it
Temple, at Third and Walnut streets, by
Mrs. J. tmnie Moody, also a dressmaker. Mrs.
Moody w:ls accompanied by her brother, C.
W. Carroll, who was also armed with a
horsewhip, and thoy Mipprised Mr. Hanover
in his office alone. When they entered
Hanover sprang to his feet,
"Do you know me?" asked Mrs. M.v.ly.
"My God! I do," replied Hanover. Ib
would have left the office, but his visitors
rained the blows on him before he could es
cape. When they had finished theeowh.tUn
Carroll gave Hanover several blows with the
whip. He fell against his desk j nd cut his
head fearfully. There he lay on the floor in
a pool of blood, his face bloody an 1 his hair
and mustache soaked and clotted.
Then Mrs. Mooly and her brother left.
Just as she went out she turned and said:
"Every time.you slander me I will come and
repeat the dtwe." All around the building
men were standing rubbing their hands with
plee. No one-seemed to care what lecame of
Hanover, and there was a general fceiint;
1 hat well -merited punishment had leen meted
out to him.
Hanover is an old man, who has, it is said.
I teen slandering Mrs. Moody in the AV: t.
Mrs. Moody found that she could get no legal
redress, s sty? took th-3 law into her own
hands. --She has had many trials of late
3rears,and most of thein.vhe says, were caused
by Hanover. Mr. ( "arroll tried to ohtain
leral redress, but it was impossible.
Hanover and Mrs. Moody are proprietor s
of rival dressmaking establishments, and
this is the culmination of a long ser ies of
grievances on Mrs. Moody's part. A few
years ago Hanover's wife gave him a dress
ing down that won 1 1 quiet almost any man.
The origin of the trouble seems to U that
Hanover, some ears ago, sold some property
in Chicago to Mrs. Moody's husband for
10,000, which was supKsed to be "K) by l.Vi
feet in extent but on inspection turned out
lo be oO by l.V) inches only. This allege-1
fraud, Mrs. Moody says, cost .;!,( of tier
money Irefore it was righted, ami ever .since,
she says, Hanover has Ireen abusing her.
Hanover, it is sa d, has complained to the
police of Mrs. Moody's action.
ANARCHISTS INTERVIEWED.
"Capitalists and Their Courts Demand
Rlood.and They May Have It."
"Oh. I have grown almost indifferent to
tho result,'' remark?-1 Anarchist A. R.
Parsons to ex-Justice Barker, who talked
with the eondi'mned men at Chicago. "Hojm
and fear have almost worn thcms-lvcs out
and I have bn-om callous.
"So have I,"' mannered Mrs. Parsons, w h-i
was by his si Je. "The capitalists ami their
courts demanded hi.!, ami thfy will no
doubthavoitonNov.il.''
"Tho workingmen and their friends will
demand bloo I for b'ood, and they will, no
doubt havo it after vards," continued
Parsons.
"Biood for blood," whispered Mrs. Parsons.
"What hope is there from a United States
Supremo Court that sends for State olficers
and consults with them as to tho question of
jurisdiction ? ! That is what oar Supremo
Court has done iu this case. Did it ever do
so in any other case The judges, with their
solemn mummery, are put there to decido
questions for themselves. But,' bah!"
and, with a wave of his hand, Parsons signi
fied that the interview was at an end.
"Do you think the Supreme Court will
interfere in the Anarchists' case'" a World
reporter inquired of one of tho most promi
nent attorneys in the city this morning.
"I do not. I Everything indicates that the
judges have found nothing to warrant them
in sending thb cas back. Had it been at all
clear or probable that tho court would find
cause to interfere, Justice Harlan would
have heard the application for the writ of
error without hesitation. It has never hap
pened but once Itefore that the full Bench
has heard an application of this kind.
A book by Nina Van Zandtou t ie Ribject
of anarchy was put -upon the market some
time ago. I"hrsons today announces that bo
has just finished a book on the same subject.
UNCLE
SAM $10,000 SHORT.
A Paying
Teller of N'-w York's Sub-
Treasury Gone to Canada.
The sub-treasury at New York has now
its representative in Canada, in the jrson of
Henry Jackjsoh, its paying teller. He has
gone with t xactly 10,0o0 of Uncle Sam's
money, but there is this satisfaction for the
Treasury officials, that Jackson might have
taken morej He did not, however, have nc-
cess to the
s vaults, as more stringent nn-'t
admission to th? vaults wero
the t -resent assistant treasurer.
concerning
mrde under
Jackson took the money, as Assistant Treas-
urervCanda, said on rsaturuay, mo u,iy m
his departure. His cash was carefully exam
ined on the day previous, ami foun 1 to lo
correct. On Monday morning tho discovery
was made and measures taken to intercept
him, his default meanwhile being kept a se
cret. Mr. Can-la said: "I know no way
that has b-en devised to prevent the paying
tellers in banks or other institutio s from
taking part of the money necessarily c m
mitted to their charge if they are dishonest.
Jackson was apointed in February,
and was recommended by several of, the
most influential men in the city, lie was
previously in the National currency Lank
and other financial institutions occupying
a smaller salaried position. When he was
first apitointed he. was promoted successively
until he reached the position of paying U dh-r
at 3,000 per annum under the pre-ent assis
tant treasurer. He was tself-iosses.sed and a
capable man." '
Jackson was not under bonds,so Mr.l andn
will have to bear the loss. Mr. Canda sr-oko
of the default of .? 185,000 under tho Assistant
Treasurer Mill house of several years ago.
show ing that this is not tho first loss of tho
kind to the treasurer.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
A Train in Florida Goes Over an Km-baiikmcnt-Several
Injured.
The east-bound train of tho FE-rida Rail
way, and Navigation Company was ditched,
five miles east of Tallahassee on Thursday.
The engine remained on tho track, but tho
passenger coaches fed off the embankment
and turned upside down. The follow ing is
the list tf casualties: E. S. Crill, Stato
treasurer, severe injuries to the back, bruises
on limbs a d bad uts ononis head. Ho was
taken back to Tallahasse, his home. ( has.
T. Hopkins, of Jacksonville, internal inju
ries" front teeth were knocked out and lace
lseve'rely cut. Felix H. Hamin, Warren,
Polk county, East Tennessee, left leg crushed
somewhat and injury to spine; cuts on bead,
also Robert Fell, newsboy, shoulder-blade
fractured and severely bruised. Ten other
passengers were Ladfy shaken up and cut,
some by broken glaiis. AU ihe injured will
probably recover.