-ncreasinir Oirctiiauoii The O nly Wooklv PAPER Published in the T 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. - I MURFKEESBORO INDEX 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.