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v i ? 1 G5S2S fin THE WEEKLY GAZETTE. 2 1H2 WLIKLY G5ZTT I Rates of Aavortlsfns:. t i ! . A WEEKLY NEWgrAPIK PVBXJSaiD BT JAMES H. YOUNG, Editor and Prop. A. J. ROGERS and J. D. PAIR General Traveling Agents. Oneeqnare, one Insertion M 1 1 une square, one mouth......... i w uae aq'i&re, two months... One square, tlree months 00 2 00 6 00 uneeouare. m tnontb. . . ' I. One sauare. one vear 00 0"Llberal contracts mad for ntT adrf rtlssaintn. it VOL. IX, RALEIGH, N. C SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1897 NO. 10. ! IN Let 'mm, A THANKSGIVING SACRIFICE. LEASE God we shall all of us eat our Thanksgiving dinner at home this year." The bleak No vember day might have been blue and glittering with the sunshine of an Italian morn, to judge by Captain Boss' face, as he hurried aft; and the two passengers who leaned over the rail of the Forest Queen, watching the foamy crests of the waves, looked af ter hitn. "A good fellow that," said Mr. Ay mescourt. "Wei!, I, for one, shall be glad to hear the church bell in the old square steeple at home. And you, Mr. Dayrel?" "Home!" repeated the gentleman addressed, a tall, dark, Spanish type of individuality. "It may sound odd, but now you mention it, I have no home!" Mr. Aymescourt looked quickly up at his gleaming eyes. "But I suppose you had one once?" "Homes are not immortal, anymore than people!" answered Dayrel. "Is his a riddle for me to guess?" ".No; it is hardly worth the trouble unless you cared to listen to the eternal self-repeating story of human life." "Human nature is the worthiest study to which I can aspire." Mr. Ay mescourt answered. "And if you deem meworthy of becoming your confidant " "Here it is, then," interrupted Day rel almost impatiently. "I was be trothed to a girl as beautiful as an angel, and, as I believed, true. Well, I had occasion to take such a journey as this one has been. When I returned ehe was engaged io another man." "And" "And she married him. Why do you look surprised? The fickleness of woman is no such new development, I suppose? But then I belong to an un lucky family. The Dayrels seldojm succeed in fortune, and they always die sudden and violent deaths." "It is not possible that you are so superstitious as to-" "Not superstitious, Mr. Aymes court. Call me a fatalist, if youjwill; I only report the unerring record of the past. Since the time I mention, I have been a sort of wanderer to and fro on the face of the earth. I hear other people talk of homes; to me it i3 the merest catchword." j "But -" "Stop a minute," said Dayrel, low ering his voice, and laying his hand lightly on his companion's arm. "Do you see that young man by the cabin door? the tall, handsome man, who ha a smile for everyone ' "Yes "That is he the man who married Mary Armitage." "Does he know " "That I am his defeated rival? No. He has talked to me of his wife at home of the two little children count ing the days till his return of the bright hearthstones where the Thanks giving fires are all ablaze; and I have listened, and answered him 'Yea' and 'Say' with the calm philosophy of a K.ue. After all, there is a certain grim humor iu the game called Life." Aymescourt looked sadly tinto the fcttMn face. ' 'Aud does all this please you?" 'Please me? Yes about as much as it pleases the writhing hospital pa tient to feel tho surgeon's knife. I could Ii?.ve murdered that man more than once and felt it no sin. You Jiced not start; the Caiu-like impulse ihh passed away. I am quite harmless now. Only you cannot expect a man feel kindly tOAvard him who has ruined his whole future." And Dayrel turned away and re sumed the slow, measured walk up an 1 down the upper deck, which his 'a?ua! meeting with Amyescourt had interrupted. And all this time the Forest Queen mure near uome. '.tptain Boss had calculated that brisk lirtlo craft, wonld ride into t'uo rock-bound harbor of the Maine P'rt to which they were consigned fitly on Thanksgiving morning. "It 11 bo a close run." said he; "but vh I don't like the idt f poets sing the lark a-wing. im uou a an very suing, The mocking-bird to rapture' stirred, The robin's rhythmic wooing; Aye! let them. praise in lyric laya The blue-jay pert and perky, But O for me each time, perdie, The plump Thanksgiving turkeyl A' Fair Madge may pet her paroquet As wond'rous wise and wary, And Mistress Maud may loudly laud Her cunning young canary; Content am I as days slip by, And skies above grow murky, If it's my luck tohear "cluck! cluck!" The plump Thanksgiving turkey. Then let prevail the love of qr.ail, ' :' v ' Ye skilled men of the cartridge, Give meed profuse to grouse and goose, To woodcock and to partridge! Faith, naught I care how others fare, If sour they look or smirky, "When hot for me is served, perdie, The plump Thanksgiving turkey. Harry Delouze. spending my Thanksgiving on ship board. It isn't orthodox, as Deacon Posey would eay." And the captain laughed. And just at the gray break of dawn, when they could almost hear the church bells ring through tho fog and darkness, there went a thrill and quiver through the Forest Queen from stem to stern a sudden pulse, liko the beating of a heart. Gny Dayrel started up in his berth and tapped at the board partition which separated his sleeping quarters from those of his nearest neighbor. "Aymescourt!" he cried, "wake up! There is something wrong!" Aymescourt started from his dreams. "Wrong! What is it?" "We have run aground somewhere, or struck a rock. Stop don't ask any more questions. Keep your breath and strength; they will both be needed. Dress as quickly as you can. When Aymescourt came on deck, amid the darkness and chill and con fusion, he could learn only oue fact that the ship had struck a rock, and was fast leaking away her life. ;ban Ksq i vi "But you needn't be so alarmed, said the captain, to a palo ma am, young mother, who was kneeling on the floor of the deck, with her arms round both her children. "We can't be far off Wayne's Beach, and our sailors would know the way through these shoals if you were to blindfold 'em. JVe have two good life-boats. It's only leaving the Queen to go down by herself." The captain rubbed his siiaggy sleeve lightly across his eyes as ne spoke, and then turned away to issue the necessary orders. The ruddy shine of sunrise was tipping the waves with crests of car nelian, when the first life-boat rode off, manned by true hands and fear less hearts. "Make haste!" the captain called to the men who were preparing to launch the last. "She's filling fast." "How long do you think she will last?" asked Guy Dayrel calmly. "Half an hour perhaps not longer. The passengers crowded into the boat with the headlong haste of. those who are fleeing from death, and she was full, while two men yet stood on the de.ck of the fatal vessel Captain Boss 'and George Vassar, the man whos? bright eyes had stolen Mary Armitage away from her first lover. An old sailor started up irom ms oar. . .... . ' 'Captain ! Captain ! this musn't be i Take this oar! I'm not such a lubber as to save myself and see you perish!" "Sit down, sir!" roared tne captain. "Do you suppose discipline isn't disci pline now, just as much as ever it was? T am eatitain of this craft, and I mean to stand by her to the last. Only," turning to Mr. Vassar, as the dipcom fitftd old salt dropped down into his seat. "I'm sorry for you, sir! I have ni-nrova vrAft Arl Rome such end as triiR! but vou " Georce Vassar had become deadly rfl.1fihe clasned his hand to his eyes. "May God have mercy on Mary and the little ones," he uttered. With a sudden movement, Guy Day rel swung himself past Aymescourt once more, on to the deck of the fast eettlinor shin. "Mr. Vassar," he said quietly, "take my plac You hay a wue na oaii dren. I have no one to care whfithAr I perish or not. Don't atop to thank me go at once. "And if vonr wif should ask you who it was that recked so little of his life, tell her it was one Guy Dayrel!" There was a crash and splintering of the timbers, as Davxel almost Trashed Vassar into the boat. The Forest Queen settled lower and lower, and went down in the very sight of the horror-stricken survivors. George Vassar sat at his Thanksgiv ing board that afternoon, with red and white chrysanthemums decking the feast, and wreaths of autumn leaves rivalling the coral shine of tho red em bers on the hearth sat with wife and little ones at his side, and warmth and brightness all around. Four or five miles below, washed ashore by the cruel rush of the waves, with his white face turned up toward the dark ening autumn sky, and seaweed in his wet locks, lay the corpse of Guy Day rel. But perhaps there was no night ever to overshadow his Thanksgiving Day! A Jflce Prospect. Gobbler "Oh, you feel very tickled over Thanksgiving coming, don't you?" Boy "Yes, and when it gets here you'll feel very much cut up over it." A Tlianksjrivlnsr Dinner, Hard, Though Pleasantly Earned. Day was certainly behind time. There we sat craning our necks to lo cate the glorious bird, but it was too dark to see them in the foliage of the magnolias. When the sky began to clear up we took standing positions, and made our necks ache by looking upward. I was the first to see the game, and this one was directly ovtr my head; and it was only a few moments more when each, except the boy, was sighting along his gun barrel waiting ior the word pointed out a a fr i a m "j-teaay. ah ct us Bplendid shot to him, but his eyes were stubborn and he no crL 1 WT could not see the turkey we had se lected for him. One moment he would see him, and, when we were all ready, he would say "Wait," in a stage whisper. The turkeys had dis covered that something was wrong, aud were sounding their signals of alarm in shrill "pits" and "puts." W e were especially anxious for the boy to bag a turkey, as he had never killed one. When we did get ready to shoot, my neck was almost broken. As the four reports rang out in concert, two fine turkeys, a gobbler and a hen, fell to the ground, the victims of my brother and nephew, The rest of the flock flew away in the wildest alarm. Everybody has seen a gobbler strut, but the pride of the male turkey was surpassed by my nephew that morn ing, as he shouldered his first turkey. Outing. Holiday Candies. Molasse3 candy may be quickly made by placing in a granite kettle one teacupful of white sugar and 1 cups New Orleans molasses. Let it boil until it makes a moderately hard candy when tested by dropping a bit from the spoon into cold water. Add one tablespoonful butter, three teas poonfuls vinegar, then boil two min utes longer. Take from tne stove and stir in well one-quarter teaspoonful saleratus. pour on well buttered plates, and before it gets too cold check off with a buttered knife. This may be improved by having a teacupful of hickory or walnut meats spread on the buttered plates, before pouring over the hot candy. Popcorn or peanuts also may be used. A foundation for manv fancy candies is made thus: Placo in a erranite kettle two cupfuls granulated sugar, one cupful cold water and a pinch of cream of tartar. Stir until it dissolves but not after it vlj nr it will errain. v Cover the t-oft.lA f.nd boil about ten minutes. TbATfl ure several different stages a which it may be removed from the fire, when it is soft and creamy, or hard or quite brittle. If one wishes 1 creamy, it must be stirred one way ;t ia nnlrl fwmmencinsr when it ILU. LJl XV J vt w is a little more than lukewarm. Cocoa tint, chocolate, almond, fig or nu candy my binad from thii fondant, J till pi If TfllflttSw For what are wa thankful? For this: For tho breath and the sunlight of Hfe; For tho love of the child, and the kiss On the lips of the mother and wife. For ro3es entwining, For birds and for bloom; And hopes that ara shining " Liko stars in the gloom. For what are we thankful? For thfr The strength and the patience of toil; For even the joys that we mis The hope of the seed in the soil. For souls that are whiter From day unto day; . And lives that are brighter From going God's way. ,i For what are we thankful? For all The sunshine the shadow the song; The blossoms may wither and fall, Cut the world moves in music along! For simple, sweet living, ("lis Love that doth teach it.) A heaven forgiving, And faith that can reach it! F. L. Stanton. FIRST THANKSGIVING DINNER. Indian Chiefs AVero Hospitably Enter tained by Filgrlm Fathers. The first Thanksgiving was ap pointed by Governor Bradford, at Ply mouth, Massachusetts, in 1621, the year following tho landing of the Pil grims, in order that the Colonists in a more special way could rejoice together at having all things in good and plen ty, writes Clifford Howard, in the Ladies' Home Journal. In prepara tion for the feast "gunners were sent into the woods for wild turkeys, which abounded there in great numbers; kitchens were made ready for prepar ing the feast especially the large on in Dame Brewster's house, which was under the immediate direction and charge of Priscilla Molines, she who afterward became the wife of John Alden while a messenger was dis patched to invite Massasoit, the chief of the friendly tribe, to attend the cel ebration. "Early on the morning of the ap pointed Thursday about the first of November Massasoit and ninety of his warriors arrived on the outskirts of the village, and with wild yells an nounced their readiness to enjoy the hospitality of their white brethren. The little settlement, which now con sisted of seven dwellings and four public buildings, was soon astir with men, women aud children, who gave the Indians a hearty welcome as they filed into the large square in front of the Governor's house. Soon the roll of a drum announced the hour of prayer, for no day was begun without this religious service. Then followed a holiday of feasting and recreation, which continued not only that day but during the two succeeding days. The usual routine of duties was suspended; the children romped about in merry play; the young men indulged in ath letic sports and games in friendly rivalry with the Indians; the little American army of twenty men, under the leadership of Miles Standish, went through its drill and manual of arms, to the great delight and astonishment of the natives, while the women busied themselves iu the careful preparation of the excellent meals, wnicn were eaten in the opeu air." Plum Fuddlng as the English Blake it. For English plum pudding clean, wash and dry one pound of currants; stone one pound of raisins. Mix the currants, raisins, one pound of suet, chopped fine, three-quarters of a pound of stale breadcrumbs, a quarter of a pound of brown sugar, the grated rind of one lemon, half a pound of minced, candied orange-peel, a quarter of a pound of flour, half of a grated nut meg. Beat five eggs: add to them half a pint of orange juice, then pour over the dry ingredients and mix thor oughly. Pack into greased small kettles or moulds. This will make about six pounds. Boil for ten hours. Serve with hard sauce. Ladies' Home Journal. The Pnmpkln Pie. Oh, on Thanksgiving Day, when from east and from west, From north and from south come the pil- crim and guest; When the gray-haired New Englander sees 'round his board Tho old broken links of affection restored; When the care-wearied man seeks his mother once more, And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled before What moistens the lips and what brightens tho eye; . What calls back the past like the ncn pumpkin pie? Whittier. A Thankssiving Day. thankful because he cai Ha feels feel. IHE (M OF GiURLOTTL" This Handsome Car is to be Used for Fifteen Years TO ADVERTISE NORTH CAROLINA It Is Now on Exhibition at and Will bo Filled With From the Stato Museum. Raleigh Articles A special from Pialeigh to the Char lotte (X. C.) Observer says: Tho ex ceedingly handsome car;, "The City of Charlotte," attracts much attention at the Union station here. It will bo here until the end of the month. Next week and the following it will be Hilled. Mr. Frank Green and another expert will load the car, taking articles from the Museum. This is permitted under a special act of the Legislature. Your correspondent spent half an hour in the car with Bamseur and Moore. The car 6tands them in $12,000. The paint ing on the exterior cost $1,800. The Seaboard Air Line and Southern each paid $2,000 for advertising panels. Strange to say, the At lantic Coast Line took none. They give the State free, they say, $3,000 worth of advertising on tho ends of the car. They expect to have the car on exhibition four or five days, and to place it at the disposal of the, ladies of this city, for benevolent objects, giving them a percentage of receipts. The admission is to be 10 cents. They want 8,000 to 10,000 people here to see the car before before it starts on its long trip. Tho car weighs 80,000 pounds. They say they expect to use it as an advertiser for 15 years, at least. 91 cK CNN A FOII SUPREME COURT. In That Case Koycl is to Be Urged for the Cabinet. A Washington special says: The ap pointment of Attorney General Mc Kenna to the Supreme Court bench as the successor of Associate Justice Field, retired, is considered a certainty. The appointment will be made soon after Congress convenes next month. A num ber of important cases are now before the court, which demand a full bench. Prominent Southern llepublicans here insist that the South is entitled to cabinet recognition and tho name of Assis tant Attorney General Boyd, of North (u-ol'na, will be presented to the Pres ident as a representative Southern Bo publican for this distinction. The Southern members of the National Be pubheau committee will unite in urging Col. Boyd's appointment, and unless it is the po'icy of tho President to ignore tho South entirely in the make-up of his cabinet, there is a strong probabil ity of his appointment. Senator Pritchard, it is understood, heartily endorses Col. Boyd for Attorney Gen eral aud will come to Washington in a few daj-s, it is said, in his behalf. 9IUST HAUL. THE STUFF. 7 Atlanta Judges Render a Decision In The Famous Dispensary Caso Judges Pardeo and Newman, of the United States Court, handed down a decision in the famous dispensary case at Atlanta, enjoining the Southern from refusing to haul liquors into South Car olina in future. iae decision is aa important one in hat the original package law is in volved. The judges decided that li quors and winesiu bottles, packed in boxes and shipped in car load lots were, under the law of South Carolina, clear-i- admissable. and Bhould be handled by anj railroad. The case has attracted cun.siuerable attention throughout the State. Shot acd Brained in a Potato Patch. Tho dead bodies of Henry Turner, wife and sister, were found in a potato patch, in Campbell county, Ga. They had been shot to death and brained. Bloodhounds have been called for. There is no clue whatever as to the per petrators or their purpose. i Xl A Reward of $250. Gov. Ellerbe, of South Carolina, has offered a reward of $250 for Constable Nowbold, the slayer of Mr. Turner, of Spartanburg. The killing has excited unusual interest throughout the State and public sentiment is strong against Newbold, especially in the up country where the deceased was so well known and highly respected. A Bis Electric Plant. The 2,000-horse power electric plant on Yadkin river, thirteen miles from Winston-Salem, X. C, is well under way and will be in operation next Feb ruary. It is the only plant of its kind in the State. It will furnish power for street cars, mills and factories, and electric lighting for not only Winston and Salem, but all towns within its circuit, and this embraces a large and prosperous teriitory. Floods in Spains. Great damage has been done by floods in various parts of Spain. This is nota bly the case in the provinces of Sara gossa, Valencia and Malaga, where railway traffic and telegraphic communi cation have been seriously interfered with. The Number of Colleges. The late report of the Commissioner of Education gives the number of col leges in this country as 494. Of these 188 have no endowment, 54 report en dowments of less than $25,000, while only 4 have endowments exceeding $5,000,000. There are 273 of these in stitutions that have less than 100 under graduate students. The increase in the number-of college students has been for several years more rapid than the increase of population. TOLD IN A PARAGRAPH. The South. Mr. Joseph Wylie, of Chester, S. C, has presented Erskine College with $40,000. Morganton, N. C votes bonds to the amount of $20,000 to the Shelby rail road. The management of the Virginia pen itentiary report that tho institution made a profit this year of $54,184.34. The fine San Marco hotel, at St Augustine, Fla. , has been burned by firebugs. Loss $250,000 Louisville, Ky. , recently suffered a $150,000 fire in the wholesale district. Covered by insurance. The annual conference of the Meth odist Protestant church will be held at High Point, N. C, on the 24th. The "Can't Get Away Club" of Nor folk, Va., has mode a donation of $800 to the vellow fever sufferers at Mobile and Biloxi. A mob broke open the jail at Eutaw, Ala., and lynched Bud Beard for out raging a 7-year-old daughter of Farmer Crocker, at Befprm. At Durham, N. C, nenry Green, col., killed a 10-year-old boy and an officer in turn killed tho slayer in at tempting to arrest him. At the Jacksonville, Fla., bicycle meet Tom Cooper won in the two pro fessional events; Bald was second. Cooper's time was 2:08. The Middlesboro Foundry and Ma chine Works at Middlesboro, Ky., has been burned. Loss, $51! 0,000; insurance, held in London, $100,000. At public auction, in Atlanta, Ga., a few days ago, a lot fronting sixty feet on Decatur street was sold for $60,000, being $1,000 a front foot. The firm of J. R. Beid&Co., of Macon, Ga., has been placed in the hands of a receiver. The liabilities are about $50,000; assets not known. Hon. Henry Watterson spoke to a large audience at tho State Normal College, at Greensboro, N. O., last week. His matchless eloquence held the audience spell-bound. One hundred and forty-eight bales of cotton were set on fire at Fort Mill, S. C., it is supposed by a small boy and a cigarette. About forty were damaged; seventy-five were insured. Govetnor Atkinson, of West Virginia, has announced his candidacy for the United States Senatorship. This, however, is conditional on the with drawal of Judge Goff from the race. AtGoldsboro, N. C, Sam Wright, whose real name was Wiley Vaughn, the necro who murdered 5lr. W. A. Carr, was hanged privately in the jail. He confessed to three murders in all. The postoffice at Mocksville, N. C. , has been blown open by thieves and robbed of $300 half that amount in money, and the other half in stamps. 1 he thieves rode off on a hand car and cut the telegraph wires. Wilmington, N. C, has just organ ized a paid fire department modeled after that of Atlanta, which is one of the best in the South. An Atlanta fire man will go to Wilmington to tiain the members of the new department. At the session of the Knights of Labor in Louisville, Ky., Grand Mas ter Soverign was unexpectedly dis placed as general master workman and Mr. I. D. Chamberlain, a newspaper man, succeeding him. -1- v - - The North. At not Springs Ark., three people were were burned to death. Denver Col., has imposed a $1,000 tax on dealers in cigarettes. On the 10th Plymouth church, Brook lyn, celebrated tho semi-centenary of Henry Ward Beecher's ordination as its pastor. John G. Koerner has been caught after stealing 103 horses and bug gies from the streets of Indianapo lis, Ind. Organized labor of Chicago, 111., de mands that $1,250,000 worth of stone cutting for Chicago's postoffice be done in that city. At Philadelphia, Pa., Charles Ger bach, a mad cigar-maker, shot his father-in-law and tho latter's son, and then killed himself. Judge Grosscup, of Chicago, has held the World's Columbian Exposition Co. responsible, for tho $75,000 losses to the French exhibitors by reason of fire. The beet sugar manufacturers of Ne braska have asked Assistant Secretary Howell for a hearing Tbefore he gives his decision on the countervailing dut3' on Dutch sugar. Beports received at Boston, Mass., state that heavy snow continues to fall in parts of Connecticut, Vermont and Massachusetts. Several inches cover the ground. At Carson City, Nev., in revenue for an alleged wrong to his sister, Julian Guinan, aged 16 vears shot and killed Charles Jones, United States district attorney. Guinan surrendered himself at the sheriff's office. At Cleveland, Ohio, J. J. Shipherd has been arrested on a charge of em bezzling nearly $200,000 from F. D. Bobinson and a receiver has been asked for his firm, which is alleged to be in solvent and owing $2,000,UOO. A court of inquiry has been ordered to convene at tho New York Navy Yard to ascertain tho causes of thegrounding of the United States tugboat Nina, oft the Southern coast. 9Ilsccllaneous. Twenty-peven steamers are under charter at Philadelphia to load grain for Europe. When Jndgo Van Wyck becomes mavor of Greater New York he will re move from office all the present city officials. The Inspector General of tho Army recommends that a fund bo created for the benefit of widows and orphans of military men. The United Mine workers will appeal to Governor Tanner to prevent the im portation of Chinamen to Illinois to take the places of striking coal miners. Washington. Ex-United States Senator Nathan Fellows is dead. The name of G rover Cleveland's son is to bo Richard Folsom Cleveland, ia honor of Mrs. Cleveland's father. IHE CROP COIINI Government Report on Corn, To bacco, Potatoes and Hay. ALL SHORT EXCEPT HAY. Favorable Conditions for the Sotvlne of th Fall Crops From Mott Parts of Europe. The November report of the statisti cian of the Department of Agriculture gives 23.7 bushels as the average yield per acre of corn, according to the pre liminary returns of the department' correspondents. Tho corresponding preliminary estimate last year was 27. J) bushels, and thatoflSU5 was 2t!.C bush els. The average yield in the principal oorn States is as follows: New York 82.5, Pennsylvania Cfl.0, Ohio 82.5, In diana 23.0, Illinois 81.5; Jowa 2D.0; Missouri 25.0, Kansas 19.0, Nebracka 29.0. The average per cent, of quality is 86.3, as compared with 117 in No vember of laet year. The average yield per acre of tobacco is C4tl pounds againht CT'J pounds per acre last year, and 743 pounds in 1M'5. The estimated averago yield per aero of potatoes is C4.6butbels, as compared with bO. 8 bushels last year, n:id 100.7 bushels in November, 18 )5. The aver ago per cent, of quality is bl.IJ, ugainst 8'J.2 in November last, and iu November in 18U5. The average yield of hay is 1.42 tons per acre, againat an averago of 1.21 tuns per acre for the last fifteen years. In point of quality tho average is 1)2. N per cent, as oompared with l'2.'J per cent, in November, ltf'JtJ, and 'J1.3 per cent, in 1895. Favorable conditions for the sowing of the fall orops are roported from most parts of Europe, and the condition of the crops so far as Fown is likewise fa vorable. Theopinion is freely expressed that an increased area has been sown in wheat. The crop reports from Jndia continue favorable, and on the whole this 1b true as to those from Argentine and Australia, ,but in all tbi-pe countries the harvest is too remote to permit any very confident prediction as to the final outcome. In tho cuho of Ar gentine, it may prove that more dam age has been done by the Iocuh'.h u.i I the Bpring frosts than is j et nppiuent. There is nothing to indicate that the wheat shortage iu Europu is any less than has been supposed, whilo tho crop of Manitoba is now reported to bo much below the official eMiiuaiu itsucd iu August DECIDED IN CALdWKLI.S FAVOR Judge Coble Decide the Knllroad Commission Act Constitutional. A special to tho Charlotte (N. C.) Observer from Statcsville, Days: After the exceedingly able arguments of tho distinguished counsel employed in the case of Caldwell vs. Wilson, Judgo Coble rendered his decision in favor of the plaintiff, L. C. Caldwell. The judgment of the court wus embraced under three head?, viz: h-i. ' hat tho act of the Legislature creatin;. '. he rail way commission and giving 1 1 tiov ernor power to remove, etc., .as con stitutional; 2d. The court refused to submit the issues presented to a jury f r triul; d. Tho court llndi on tuo issue presented in favor of tho plaintiff, L. C. Caldwell, as above stated. Maj. Wilson's couns;l made a motion for a new trial, which being overruled, they appealed to the Supreme Court. Mr. Caldwell naturally feelH grutilied at his firut victory in thin cause. The opin ion is that the whole matter re'd on the constitutionality of the railroad com mission. NEWBOLD KILLS A niKACIIKH. Bloody Deed of a South Carolina Con stableFled to Knciipe Lynching. A special from Columbia, S. C. , says: Detective W. IT. Nowbold, of the State force, looking after violators of tho whiskey law, shot and killed Ucv. J. M. Turner, a Pnptist preacher. Tumor was in a buggj', driving to this city, aud was commauded by thedctcctivo to halt, lie did not stop promptly, and was shot. The detectivo kin lied to escape being lynched. Industrial Mhoo) JJuriird. Information from Charleston, S. C, says fire destroyed tho Frederick Dom ing Industrial School at Maryville, S. C. The echool was established by a Northern philanthropist for tho ad vancement cf the colored race. William White, a negro, who wai assisting in the efforts to get the f.ro und.sr control, was probably fatally injured by falling timbers. The schoof was insured for about $2,000. It will be rebuilt. Perished In the Flumes. At Charlotte, N. C, Mr. S. M. Da vidson, agod about 50 years, wan burned to death at his home on North Pine street. He was alone in tho ho'i-. when the fearful accident occurred. Tho cause of the fire is unknown, but it is thought that ho in some way upset the lamp and it exploded; or that bo had fallen asleep on tho bo 1 with a lighted cigar'in his mouth and that it hud fallen ou the bed,- setting St on fire. 11 is aged father was painfully burned also, and ho doesn't know his son is dead. Mr. Davidson was a school toachor by profession. THE KNIGHT. OF LAHOIl Will Cut a Flztire in tho Next .National Ca in pa 1 n. Chairman of tho Press Committee Chamberlain of the Kuighla of Iabor says that the Knights of Labor will cut abigfifuroin the next National lec tio. "We are growing all tho time," said he, "and we intond to vot against politicians who are iu politic Jot o:iicu. We want men in ofiico Mho will better the condition of the laboring man aud who are right on the economic emotions." 1 4 I 4 , i i " ( ' r i ;; - . 1 : k 1 Hi 3 M 3 i 4 i j : t I' 1 5 id . 5 i 1 t TV 1 i I