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THE VTEEKLY GAZET1E. BATZ3 07 ADTEBTIEIHO. One square, on Insertion... ..$ 1 50 00 00 50 00 00 One square, one month......... 1 Ono square, two months 2 One square, three months... .. 2 One square, six months. 6 f)n innira. dm TUT . . . . . B W. S. WITCHELL and A. J. ROGERS, & W Liberal contract made for larger General Trareliitg Agent. ad rerUkemenu. AAAAllll1lAAAAIlAPoo'sn?s . VOL. VIII. RALEIGH. N..C. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1896. NO- 41. TEE WEEKLY GAZETTE. A WZZZLT HEWsrinn rSHUSXXX BY ,jUrf? H. TOUMO. Editor and Prop. JOLild I A IPm JL JL iPio THE FARMER'S THAN KSGI VINO. The earth Is brown, and skies are gray, And the windy woods are bare, And the first white flakes of the coming snow Are afloat in the frosty air; Set the sparks fly up from the hickory log On the homestead's broad stone hearth, And the windows shake, and the rafters ring, To the lads' and the lasses' mirth. The farmer's face is furrowed and worn, And his looks are thin and white; But his hand is steady, his voice is clear, And his eye is blue and bright, As he turns to look at his sw.eet old wile, Who sits in her gown of gray, "With the cobweb 'kerchief, and creamy frills She wore on her wedding day. lie bows his head to the laden board, And the guests they are silent alL 'Thanksgiving, Lord, foe the sun and rain, 1 And the fruit on the orchard wall, ? For the silver wheat, and the golden corn. And the crown of a peaceful life The greatest blessing that Thou canst give A true and a loving wife!" This white-haired lovor he bends to kiss Her hand tn its frill of lace, And the faded rose on her wrinkled oieefc, With a proud and a courtly grace; And the snowflukes click cn the window pane, And the rafters ring above, And the angels sing at the gates of God The words of the farmer's love. j-Uinnie Irving. I1011U AGAIN. A XHASKSGIYIKG STOUT ATHEK a very sin gular name, Jane, it euouiy, DO I The words were a wail, in accents .of such ntter mis ery, that the strong woman who heard them felt her eyes grow misty. She bent over the lounge where the speaker, a silver haired old lady, helpless for years with paralysis, was lifting beseeching eyes to her face. "Don't take on, eo, deaiy'she said, soothingly. "There's many one, the more's the pity, driven to suicide by hanger and cold. Why should this one be " Then she choked. Her nursling, her baby, the child the worthiped, drived by huDger and cold to suicide. "Bat, Jane," the "invalid persisted, "it is such a strange name. See," and she pointed to one sentence in the paper beforo her; "the only clue to the identity ot the would-be suicide is a wedding ring marked 'John to Delphine.'" "I see," sail the nurse, "but but-" And jagain the wished-for words of coiu.1 failed her. The paragraph was no uncommon one, merely the record of a woman's attempt at self destruction. . She had thrown herself off a bridge, clasping a babe close in her arms, and had been rescued and taken, quite unoonscious, to a hospital, Her dress was described and the in scription on the ring given; that was all. But the paralyzed woman reading the newspaper was journeying over memory's plain, back rback twenty five years, when a baby lay upon her breast, the only one God ever gave her. A blue-eyed babe, nursed ten derly, reared in every luxury, petted, indulged for twenty long years, the idol of two loving hearts. Then oh, the bitter rock on the plain one day this child of so much love left her home to follow the fortune of a man who was so unfit for the care of her sweet girlhood, that her father had forbidden him to enter the house where his child dwelt. The lovers if the very name is not a desecration, where on one side was mercenary calculations, on the other blind worship met at the house of friends and planned an elopement When Delphine was gone, when no doubt of her treaohery to her parents remained, her father, a stern, hot tempered man, cursed her, and for bade her name to be mentioned in his house. And her mother, even then helpless, shivered and moaned, and silently prayed for the child whose deceit could not destroy her mother's love. And for five years no line came to tell them of repentance, no prayer for pardon. One letter from John Hollis, the man who had so basely stolen a young, trusting girl from a happy home to follow his evil fortunes, the father answered, crushing forever the hope of fortune that had prompted the Villain. Such a letter as he read, grinding his teeth with impotent rage, effec tually prevented a eeoond demand upon his father-in-law's purse, and Delphine knew in that hour what misery lay before her. Bat she made no appeal. The future she had deliberately chosen she accepted as her punish ment, seeing at last how wickedly she had requited the love of years. "Mrs. Bernard, dear," Jane said, softly, caressing the haggard face, at last buried in the pillows of the lounge, don't don't take on so." "If I only knew, if 1 only knew," the mother moaned; "and, oh, Jane I it is Thanksgiuing Day. How oan 1 pray thankfully if my darling lies to day in a hospital dying by her own act? Jane, I must see Mr. Bernard." Jane went willingly upon this errand, but returned slowly. 'Mr, Bernard has cone out. ma'aoul' It All INTERRUPTED THANKSGIVING SERVICE. "done out? Why, he never goes tUl after 10." Down in the cosy library, where James Bernard enjoyed the leisure well earned by years of mereantile toil, the morning's newspaper had been opened deliberately, the money article scanned, the foreign news en joyed, and the reader was idly looking over other columns, when a sentence seemed to spring out of the page be fore him, so clearly it stood defined against the mass of print. "The only clew to the identity of the would-be suioide is a wedding; ring, marked 'John to Delphine.' " Eagerlyevery line of the tragedy ws read, the sweat standing in great beads upon James Bernard's face. "Shabby weeds 1" he muttered, "a widow, starving!" Then in his heart arose a great cry, breaking through the stern repression of years. "Delphine, my girl, my treasure I" He could read no more. Only that one pitiful record could he see tipon the whole broad printed sheet, and the yearning bitterness of his heart would not be stilled. : "I must be sure," he thought, at length. "I hope Delia will not see this. Shall I see? No, my face would betray me. I will not see her until I can tell her it ia not our child, or-r' What? He would consider no fur ther, but put on his overcoat and hat, and hurried out into the bleak November air. It was .Thanksgiv ing Day, and the city wore its holiday air. Stores were closed, and groups were going to and fro with the expression expected pleasure brings upon faces, worn with the world's cares. The batchers' carts rattled about noisily and hurriedly, that turkeys might be delivered in time to secure, longer holiday for the carriers. Children with "going to grandma's" legibly printed on their faces skipped lightly over the cold pavements. Nobody noticed the handsomely dressed old man who strode rapidly in the direction of the city hospital, for getting carriages, horse cars, every thing but the necessity of satisfying that dreadful doubt in his heart. Now he sickened for fear this des- per ate wretch was his child; now he prayed it might be, that he could olaim her for his own again. "Here yes, sir," said the physi cian, in answer to his inquiries ; "lvv ing? oh, yes, she'll get over it; needs food as much as anything. - Can you see her? Certainly Sarah," calling a nurse, "take this gentleman to 39 pauper ward." "39 pauper," lay upon a cot that was scrupulously clean, perfectly comfortable, yet sent a chill: to James Bernard's heart. Her babe, a lovely boy of some six month?, pale, but with large, dark eyes full of intelligence, was seated be side her, and the mother's eyes rested upon his face mournfully, but without any delirious fire. James Bernard staggered baok a little, and the nurse whispered : "She's . quite herself this morning, though she will tell us nothing of her self. Shall I speak to her ?" "No, I I will speak to her." The voice was hoarse, choked, but the woman upon the bed heard it, and looked up. Many a cry of anguish, or dying agony, of piteous appeal had rung through that "pauper , ward," but never one of more passionate entreaty than the one word, "Father 1" that burst from the lips of the woman snatched from death by a policeman's rough grasp not twenty-four hours be fore. The morning was dragging wearily along in the room where every luxury wealth oould command was heaped about Mrs. Bernard's invalid lounge. Trembling with excitement, mingled hope and fear, the mother watched the hands of the clock travel slowly over the face. Again and again Jane had gone to the library, only to return to make the same report. "He's not come in yet, ma'am." It was past noon when the long strained patience gave way. "Jane you must go to the hospital. I shall die in this agony of doubt. You en see if if this is a stranger, and if not oh, Jane, surely surely her father will forgive her now." As if in answer to the cry James j WARFARKi Our fathers to their graves have gonei Their strife is past, their triumph won. But sterner triab wait the race Which rises in their honored place: A moral warfare with the crime. And folly of an evil time. So let it be. In God's own might "We gird us for the coming fight; And, strong in Him whose cause is ours. In conflict with unholypowers We grasp the weapons He has given The Light, the Truth, and Love of Heaven. Whittiep. Bernard at this moment entered the room. Upon his face there won a strange solemnity, and not seeming to see the quivering lips, the imploring eyes lifted to his face, he kissed his wife tenderly. "Delia," ha said, gently, "did you read the newspaoer this morning?" "Yes, James I" "You saw, perhaps, a paragraph de scribing the attempted suicide of a woman named" "Delphine I James, you read it? James James you will see if it can be our child. James, you will forgive her now 1" And the poor.holpless figure writhed as if the poor mother would have thrown herself at her husband's feet. "You thought too," he said huskily. 'Yes, yes, Jane was going to go, but now you will go. You will see if our darling, oar Delphine, has been driven to such mad misery as to try and take the life we cherished so ten derly. James, you will go?" "Delia, you must try to be calm," cried her husband, frightened at the terrible agitation, so much more piti ful from her inability to move, except above her waist. It was awful to see the white, thin fingers twisting and working, the pale face so agonized. Literally afraid to tell his tidings, James Bernard took the little figure in his arms. "If you will be quiet, love," he said, "I will tell you good news." She was quiet enough then, lying panting with exhaustion in her hus band's arms. "Then you know I" she gasped. "I have been to the hospital." "And it is not our Delphine?" "Delia, it is our Delpome I" "Oh, James James I" and here the tears broke forth, and the invalid shook with sobs. "Our Delphine, Delia." "Dying?" "Thank Heaven, no ! She has had hours of unconsci&nsness, but is ra tional again, and she knew me. Her illness now is not dangerous, only the elect of" with a choking sob: "Starvation!" "Oh, James James 1" "She can be nursed back to life." ' "There?" "Can you bear it, Delia? She is here!" "And not with me? Oh, how oan you keep her from her mother?" In answer to the cry, James Bernard left the room, motioning Jane to fol low him. Only a few moments later he returned, half supporting, half carrying, a weak, trembling woman, who sank, half fainting, into her mother's arms. There was a long silence, broken only by the voice of Mrs. Bernard, speaking low, caressing words and murmurs in answer, faint and low, but full of tenderness. Then Jane appeared, asking : "Is there no welcome for my bon- nie boy, the darling with grandpa's eyes?", And a glad greeting followed the painful, yet joyful meeting between the parents and the long lost child. It was a sad story Delphine Hollis told, to sympathizing listeners ; but the miseries, the trials of the unloved wife were softened in the widow's re cital, and over the dead was spread a mantle of gentle charity-and forgive ness. "Dinner, Mrs. Bernard," Jane said, at last, "and Thanksgiving." And while she set the invalid's table, James Bernard escorted Delphine to the dining room to preside over the bountiful repast provided there, with a heart full of most sincere and fervent thanksgiving. Their First Thanksgiving at Home. Mr. Nowbryde (attempting to carve the turkey) "Good heavens, Mary I what have you stuffed this turkey with?" - Mrs. - Newbryde (with dignity) "Why, with oysters as'you told me." Mr. Newbryde (again trying to force his knife through) "But it feels like rocks or stones." Mrs. Newbryde "Ob, you mean. horrid, cruel brute I That is the oys ter shells. You always told me the only way you liked oysters was in the shells. Jtiooi hool hoo! ruck. A funny way to make money Write jokes. THE Thanksgiving Decoration. The old question cornea up again and again as to how to "devise some thing novel for Thanksgiving decora tion. The day-is one pre-eminently homely and simple in its spirit and traditions a day set apart for return ing thanks bee an 36 of the necessities and every day comforts of life. Nothing is so appropriate in com mmorating the occasion as the em IsBlliahments from the harvest fields. In drawing rooms nothing is more ef fective than Indian corn and diminu tive yellow pumpkins, the corn with its long stalks and golden ears stackod on either side of the "wide doors or grouped in corners, the small pump kins with more ears of corn piled at the. base. Vines of cranberry crowded, with the tiny red globes caa trail across mantel shelves or , twine cp and down columns, whjle garland of red and, green peppers, all sites and hapes . and groat Clinches of "wheat and oats are rich and beautiful in effect. Fruits of all kinds grapes,. late pears and peaches, rosy apples and purple plums, mingled with 'their own foliage are unique and highly typical of the har vest home. For dining table ornamentation a novel and most attractive mode is to out from the ordinary garden vegeta bles shapes simulating flowers froca the beet a deep red rose ; from the yellow turnip, a tiger lily; a white lily or chrysanthemum from the pota to, with lettuce leaves for foliage, while cabbage, celery, cauliflower and the dozen other kitchen garden pro ductions add blossoms to this origical bouquet. One of the ornaments serves at each plate as a favor, while a huge group mingled with fruits forms a fine centerpiece, j . . - It is a very simple matter to shape these mock flowers, a sharp knife and a little skill is all that is required. They may be prepared the day before Thanksgiving and kept fresh in a bowl of water. .Revenge. ."What are you doing that for?" asked the old Gobbler of the young Tom, as he observed that fine looking bird standing in a cOrner of the barn yard on his left leg, and drawing in and shooting out the right with monotonous persistence. "Hardening my muscles," replied the young Tom, shifting to the right leg and keeping up the performance with his left. "Are you entered for the Thanksgiv ing games?" inquired the old Gobbler.: "No," responded the young Tom; "I am entered for the Thanksgiving dinner, and that boy who lives in the big house has been coming out here every day for a month to see how I am coming on. Well, if I must be eaten, I must, but that boy isn't going to give many thanks when he tackles my drumsticks, that's all!" Harper's Weekly. A Tlwuiht for Thanksgiving:. "Tke only way to regenerate the world is to do the duty which lies nearest us, and not to hunt after grand, far fetched onen for ourselves. If each drop of rain chose where it should fall, God's showers would not fall as they do now." Tale of a Tough Turkey. Bight up to the market stall strode he, And bought a bird that was ten pounas tares. Then quickly home to his wife he sped, And told her ail that the man had said Ot how to pick and stuff and ooox. And so with loving hands she took That tough old bird that was hard and gray, And into the oven she stowed him away. And then for their man led life was young Wiih Joyous hearts they sat and sung Until, as around the olook hands span, She said with a smile that the bird was done. And he laughed aloud, and his Joy was great. For his stomach told that the hour was lata. And he kissed his wife and he cried In glee At the fine old bird that was ten pound three. And said, "I will cut him now in two;" And took his knife that was bright and new And hacked away for an hour or so, Till his blade got dull and his movements slowj xy And then, with prayer and a moment's rest, He took off his ooat and then his vest, And hacked away till twilight name, And his arms were core and his baok was lame. And the hoars wore on and the weeks sped by, And still, with a sunken cheek and eye. He worked away, and his wife sat there, With patient face, in the same old chair; Until one day, as his knife blade broke, And his withered frame sank down, she spoke, And said with a smile, that was half a snee; "I should think you would learn to carve, my dear."-' : Hail and Express. SPAIN IS SORELY TBIBDi Weyler Unsuccessful and Porto Rico Threatens Revolt. MACEO CHECKMATES SPANISH, Cuban Insurgents Cloilng in Upon tha. Towns A Determine 1 Attack Vp9z All Vulnerable Points in Faerto Frlhclpe Province Philippine Revolt Growing and Bluing In Porto Kico Feared. Havasa, Cuba. (By Cable;. The situa tion in Cuba is about thist Captain-General Weyler was or ierei to the field against his protest. This led to a rupture with the home Government, but h"3 is now making a campaign of action the first one made since cu riix-at5x&AL wsttt. . -(He ha3 taken the field ag&ht Macao). the war began. iWeyler is following Maceo, and relnforcemants are dally 89nt to him from Havana. Haoso mU3t meet him in big battle, and upon thu battle dapsnls the sue coss or defeat of ths insurgent movement It is balieveJ, from every indication, that the end of the waf is near. General Weyler J since Deing forced into the field, ha) shown good generalship, but he has been defeated so lar in forcing a fight. He is now making a trocha ot living men in p!a?e ot a line of ions and fcuardea post3. Advices from speoial oorrespandents state that the officials at the palace are still with out definite information as to the position of Captain-General Weyler in Pinar del Bio. One report places him at San Cristobal, or. near that DOinr, where recent despatches, from Madrid also located Antonio MaceoJ The Governm?nt is also without news of ai decisive engagement lathe western province.! It may be stated, however, that many sol diers, both ill and wounded, are being taken to central points where they caa receive medical aid. It is, in fact, declared in Ky We3t despatches that several of Captain-General Weyler's aides ara among those who have been wounded in engagements, ac counts ot which have either not bson teat or have been suppressed. Reports of engagements farther enst state that the Spanish forces have trained import ant victories in Santa Clara Province, where General Luque is in command. General Lopez Amor is said to have met the tn?my under serann Sanchez aid defeated them. Sanchez and Mola are reported to have been killed, and Corrlllo, the chief of the lnsur-j gents in the province, woun Jed. If Sanchez1 Is dead the rebel government in the island has lost its acting Secretary of War. ) r AHIOSIO 1IA.CIO. (The famous Cuban General Weyler.) who faces The late despatches alss say that the In surgents in Pderto Principe are following ! up their Capture of Guatmaro by a determ ined movement against all towns between Puerto Prlnclpo and Nuevitas, in Puerto Principe, or Camaqney Province. The engagements in the last named prov ince and in Santa Clara-or L:is Vil as, would seem to show that the master hand of Gomes is at the helm in those regions. It is cer tain that he is marching westward rapidly. Maceo has not been found, apparently, by General Weyler, and the palace officials are ignorant ol his present position. I Despatches received from Madrid state that the insurrection in the Philippine Isl !ands is spreading to all the provinces, and Uha fln.nioh rtnnilal fa fnrthAi 1aiivKa 1 h the faot that much discontent cxistsltn Porto Blco. ! Advices from Washington say there is a Dossibilitv of the Government Droooslnz a' modus vivenii or aaarm'stl:ebai.wc?nSpainj ana uuoa. AU.l.J ..'V AUJ. I A colliery In Ileckllnzhausen. We3tnhalia. OTt.l. III.... T.'lll. "I 71 Tl... t - , r jGormany, was the scene of a disaster ln which a large number of persons were killed; jby an explosion ot fire damp. Twentv-saven 'bodies were soon removed from the pir, And three miners were then still buried In the imine. ... ' Life Interett for a Do.:. ! George Barton, of Philadelphia, Prnn , who died resently, left an estate of 130,200, 1 ,and among other things directed his execu ' Jtors to flna a jrood home for his dog, "Cap," ito pay nts ooara, ana at nts a earn to piace nis body in a box and have him properly buried. A Defeated Candidate Kills Illrate'.r. James Hannaford, who was the defeated Democratic nominee for County Clerk, cqm Vilted suicide at Peoria, Id, by t-booting jbimsalt through the head. He had been de ' 'epondent flnce the election, . JL j IMPROVEMENT IN TRADE. Bradstrcet and 11. O. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade. It. G. Dan. St Co. ear: "The gain In vol ume of business continues entirely without precedent. More than 890 establishments have Bta ted woik since the election which were idle and at least 300 have increased working force, making 6W concerns which are known to Lave added largely to the num ber at work, and theso are only part ol the whole number. Every day thus adds thou sands to the number of those who are able to buy a week'j supplies, and to make up gradually for many months of enforced economy. Already this brines grca; in crease in the volume ot business aud the clearing house exchanges for the first timo in several years, not only exceed tLose of last year by 10 per cent, but also exceed those of the same week In 1892 by 9 per cent. Business men are all anxious to prevent any thing like the fictitious excitement of last summer, and in nearly all branches an ex cessive rise in prious is prevented. But with more bands at work there is Inevitably a greater demand for supplies, materials and products. The speculative - markets have been reacting, which is alo natural. Wheat had risen with wonderful rapidity, so that exports had been checked by the higher price, and realizing started a break which made the close 3 7 -8c lower for the week. Cotton has declined from 8 to 7.62 cents, in spite of the starting of many cotton mills, and the controlling fact for the mo mement is that reports of a yield smaller than 8,000,000 bales are now entirely discredited. The quantity comlnjrinto sight has exceeded last year's oy 820,000 bales, and it is not ex pected that the docrease in the remaining months of the year will bring the aggregate below 8,600,000. The export demand does not abate, although temporarily checked while prices were aoove 8 cents, and the in crease of 9, 400,000 in value of cotton ex ported in October contributed more than any other single item to make the aggregate ex ceed that of the same month in any previous year. In spite of heavy payments on loans abroad, the movemeut of gold this way would unaouoteaiy De resumed lr foreign buying ol American securities should set in. Failures ( for tho week have been 344 Id the Uolted States, against 320 last year, and 4C in Canada, agalntt 42 last year." Bradstrectsays: "Jobbers and other whole sale dealers iq general merchandise do not report the anticipated increase in the volume f goods distributed this week. The mild yfc&therhAd an-unfavorable Influence, but the sharp drop in tho temperature inclines to stimulate the demand for seasonable fab rics. There are increased purchases of holi day goods and the tone of the market for staples is one ot e jcouragement. Relatively the heaviest demand has beea for dry goods, shoes and groceries, but even in these lines, particularly dry goods, the volume has been smaller than expected and disappointment is a result. There has been no decrease in the Jobbing traie. In fact.lt Is slightly larger than a week ago, in most lines tending to in crease. "In addition to changes in the price noted, the week is marked by reactions tor wheat, corn, oats, sugar, turpentine, pork, lard, coffee, petroleum. Wheat Hour advances, as do several varieties of lumber, iron fcheets and tobacco. Combinations among iron and steel makers are expected to advance or maintain recent advances for nails, bar iron, steel beams, rails and billets and other forms of steel" WASHINGTON HAPPENINGS. The Commissioner General of Immigra tion in bis annual report shows that during the last fiscal year the arrivals of immigrants in this country aggregated 413.267, two thirds of whom were males. Of theso 240, 6Cfl were landed and 2,799 were debarred and deported at hte expense ot varloussteamshlp lines by which they came. Of those deported 778 were found to be under contract to perform labor in the Uni ted States made prior to their arrival and 2,023 were returned a belonging to other prohibited classes. In addition 233 who bad become public charges within a year after their arrival were returned to their countries The Commissioner-General states that he knows of no immigrant landed in this conn try during the last year who is now a buden upon any public or private institution. The amount ot money brought ioto the country by immigrants was fully (4.917,318, and rfobablv lareelv in excess of that. The report says statistics do not justify the A conclusion that our oiien population is grow ing in undue proportions. The figures for the past year compared with the average an nual immigration for the proceeding tn fiscal years, discloses a decrease of over 21 per cent. -I- Although the House committee on appro priations meets November 20th for the com mencement of work on the appropriation bills the estimates of tho various depart ments have not been completed. The law requires theso estimates to be submitted to the Secretary oi the Treasury I y October 1st, but this law has always been ignore i under all administrations. In partial from the esti mates will be ready when the House com mittee meets but will net be made public. - I- Dr. Bargees, sanitary inspector of the ma rine hospital service at Havana, reports to Surgeon General Wyman that there was greater mortality from yellow fever at Havana during the past month of October than any month of this year so far. -I- Owing to the satisfactory condition of the gold reserve, the Treasury Department has decided to abandon the reports by telegram from the sub-Treasury In New York. The condition of the sub-Treasury will hereafter be reported to. the Department by mall as lSual. Two new postmasters for North Carolina has been appointed. M. O. Miller, vice C. O. Miller, resigned, at Buxton, Dareoouty. N. C, and J. t. Council, vice 11. F.Stone, resigned, at Rlalto, Chatham county, N. G. It i at the Navy Department, In ex tenuation of the fact that the court of inquiry in the battleship Texas Is held behind closed doors, that it is not thought advisable to give publicity to the probable weakness in the ship Just at the present juncture when the eyes of other cations are directed to our na val and military affairs. It is learned that the Investigation Is developing some start ling facts about the structural strength of tho ship's hull which has caused ro much concern since her keel was laid. The most remarkable thing about the recent flooding of the ship is that the water tight doors leak ed aud othT compartments were flooded in addition to that in which the accident oc curred. It is now developed Tin account of lack of stiffness in all the bulkheads of the Bhlp and consequent warping of the frames and plates, thut none of the doors when closed fitted hermetically, as they should, and the cellular system of the vessel is there fore practically worthless This year's raw sugar supply of the world surpasses that of '95 notwithstanding tho enormous Cu'jan deficit, according to offi cial statistics received at the Department of S' ate from Consul General Karel at St. Pe tersburg. The Supreme Court of the United State has b en called upon to determine the consti tutionality of the blil - passed by the Utah Legislature, limiting to eight hours a day's work in an underground mine in that State. The statue provides that except property is nt stake, no one shall work more than eight hours a day in an underground mine and that no one shall employ a man to do so. WEEKLY NEWS BUDGET. Southern Pencil Pointers. AtSylvania', Ga tho Jury brought in" a' verdict of not guilty in th case of tiolomoa Zelgler, charged with killing Sheriff Broker. St. Augustine. FJa., is seen to have an ex cellent system of wr.tcr works. Lumpkin, Little. Cobb and Pish have re cently been elected to tb Supreme Court bench in Georgia by tho Staio Legislature. They are all able lawyers. Thomas 8. Jones, of Augusta. Ga., baa been arretted In Birmingham, Ala., charged With ombezzling funds to the amount ot 1 19.000 whllo serving in Augusta as city eueriu nuu lax Assessor. The Kentucky Court of Appeals did not hand down the expected opinion In the Jack- . Ron and WAllInff murder cases. It is 'not- tbought it will come before the middle or last ot next week. At New Amyrna. Fia., f. A. Roberts hear log that a A. Bowne was Intimate with bis wire, lay invv"altfor Bowne with a double barrelled shot gun and killed blm In his tracks. A special to the Loulsvillo Times from Danville, Ky., says: An attempt to burn the town ot Danville has been made and property to the ex'.ent of f 15,000 wa destroyed. An unknown negro who was drivea from a liv ery stable is suspected, A special from Versailles, Ky .iays all toll gates in Woodford couDty has been out down and destroyed by a mob. Similar depreda tions have been committed recently In Frank lin, Owen, Anderson and Washington ooun ties. The mobs are composed of men who demand free lurapikes in Kentucky. The seventeenth session of the congress of the rrotestant Episcopal Church of the United States met in Norfolk, V. Bishop D..ucnee preeiaoa. At Fernandia. Florida, the Spanth flog, stiff and all, was stolen from tho Spanish vl M-consulate. Hog cholera prevails In some sections of Obio, Kentucky and Indiana so that tho Union stock yards Ic Clnnclnnati bave estab lished a strict quarantine. It is reported on good authority that Gov ernor Brauly has fully decided that tho x trasesMon of the Kentucky legislature shall begin between Jan. 1 and Jun. 15. Governor Bradley expects to be elected Unittd Slates Senator at this session. At St. Lous, Mo., the nnt!?nal convention of the W. C. T. U. aJjourmTi aloe die Wed nesday. To tho executive committee ialeft the duty of selecting the place for the twenty-fourth annual convention. A number of cities have urged their claims. It is believed that the choice lies between BuSalo, N. Y., and Detroit, Mich., but the choice may not be made forsome time. Judge J;0. McDuffl died at Ilaynesvlile. Ala. He was a member of the Fifty-third Congress nnd a prominent Republican In the State. He was a captain la th Second Iowa Cavalry and a member ol the Mont gomery G. A U. The Georgia General Assembly has form ally elected A. S. Clay for United States Sen ator. There were 193 votes cast, of which 1C1 were for Clay. At Bardstown. Ky.. the National Fox Hunters Association's third annual meetlofl for fox hound trials brought together a larg assemblage of fox hunters from all parts ot the country. A party of twenty-flvo distinguished Ne Jerslans Saturday dedicated the monument erected by their State at the Chlckamauei National Fark at Chattanooga, lean, dot eral distinguished gentlemen made ad' dresses. if rHs.h.i sin4 fa -Tnrlrrn Rlmnnton dla- mloenH tha rt.1 It Inti tnr flnnther receiver Ol the Cape Fear A Yadkin Valley Railroad, and (Jen. John Ulil win remain bqio lutnici of said road. Teople from Eastern, Northern and West ern States have bought 1.000 acirs ot lan from A. 8. Dozlor, on the Macon and Coluo bus railroad, twelve miles from Columbus, Ga., and wilt establish a colony. All About the North. At St. Taul, Minn,, Rev. J. C. Hall, thi preacher on trial cbargwd with attempting tc poison his wife, pleaded guilty nud was sen tenced to 6tate prison for tlx year. The announcement is made that the IIolj Father has appointed Rev. Dr. Thomas. S Conaty rector of tb Church of the Kaered Heart, Worcester, Mass., to succeed Blnhoi John J. Keaneos rector of tbo Cathollo Unt verity at Washington, D. C. The third annual convention of theNatlona Hardware Association met In rhiladelphia John R. Gentry, the famous harness hors of the world, was sold at auction in Madlaoi Square Garden, New York, to LiwU O Tewsksbury. of that city, for 19.900. Th buyer also owns Robert J. and Mascot. Fitzslmmons declines to accept the termi of the New York tthletic club to light Corboti a limited number of rounds. He wants I finish fight. Judge I. C. Tarker, the famous Arkansai Jurist, Is dead. He presided over court foi twenty-one years without missing a day. The town of Mercer, Pa . fifty miles eoutl ot Erie, is reported destroyed by fire, and thi loss estimated at 5200,000 lion. R. P. Giles. Congressman-elect trou the First Missouri District Is dead. Foreign Chlt-Cliat. Our Imports from Cuba have fallen frort an average of I6.S65.5C0 a month, to t2,625, 141, and exports bave decreased la propor tlon. Ring 0carII ot Sweden and Norway Lhi given further evidence of bis kindly leelfni to Americans by erecting a granite monu ment oq the spot where Mr. and Mrs. Danie W. Toumans, of Now York City, met theli death by accident on July 4 last. When Iiioudln walked n ropo otm Nicgara, thousands went to co him who would hardly have walked a blocli to sec LIm walk the same rope stretched twenty feet above terra flrma. Why! Manifestly because in the one cae a J foil would hove been a trifling affair, end in the other he would have goua down to sure death. Now a searcher after glory and ulnjoleons announces flat he will ride ncroy3 Niagara on a bicycle over a charged wire. Of courea thousands will go to see the wonderful and Idiotic feat, and If bo goes down to the whirlpool aud rocks below thcro will be the usual emotional effects, in cluding sobbing men and fainting wo men, who went then half expecting Just such a tragedy. A Mince Pie. The mince pie of to-day Is round. Four centuries ago to eat a round mince pie would be to stigmatize yourself aa a Jew or a heretic. The orthodox shapo Is a long oval. It wss doubtless meant to represent the cradle lu Hethlehera, and tradition further asserts that the strange mixture which makes the mince represents the fruits nnd eplco with which the three klns . In tho leceud filled the cradle. ..... ..