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vol. v. ." V . ; dunn,.n c, November 25, 18. no. 48.
THE FARMER'S THANKSOIVINfl.Yr
The earth Is brown, and skies are gray,
And the windy woods are bare,
And the first white flakes of the coming
enow
Are afloat in the frosty air;
Ect 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 i3 furrowed and worn.
And his locks a. a thin and white:
But his hand is steady, his voice Is clear,
And his eye is blue anu bright,
As he turns to look at his sweet old wife,
Who sits in her gown of eray.
With the cobweb 'kerchief, and creamy
mils
She wore on her wedding day. "
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He bows his head to the laden board,
And the guests they are silent all.
, 'Thanksgiving, Lord, for the sua and rain,
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 lover he bends to kiss
Her hand in Its frill of lace,
And the faded rose on her wrinkled cheek,
With a proud and a courtly grace;
And the snowflakes click on the window'
pane,
And the rafters ring above,
And the angels sing at the gates of God '
The words of the farmer's lore.
-le Irving.
HOME AGAIN.
A TLKXSIVIX3 8TOBT.
m rw hiii .
j. if a very sin
gular name, Jane,
A If I J -Ut a yT BlUgU
1 11 tC lar name. Oh, if
V it. t 1 9 t
it suouia. ue 1
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, so, deaiy," she said,
soothingly. "There's many one, the
more's the pity, driven to suicide by
banger ana cold. AV hy should this
one be "
Then, she choked. Her nursling,
her baby, the child she worshiped,
drived by hunger and cola to suicide.
"But, Jane.' tha invalid persisted,
"it is such a strange name. See," and
she pointed to one sentence iu the
paper be for o her; "the only clue to
the identity of the would-be suicide
is a wedding ring marked 'John to
Delphine.' "
"I see," sail tha. nurse, "but
but-" J
And again the wished-for words of
comfort 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 back 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.
Ihe 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 treachery to her parents
remained, her father, a stern, hot-
tempered man, oursed 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 Holljs, 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
Yillain. , .
Such a letter, as he read, grinding
jus teeth with impotent rage, effec
tually prevented a second demand
npon his father-in-law's purse, and
Delphine knew in that hour what
misery lay before her.
But 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,
Boftly, 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 I only knew,"
the mother moaned; "and, oh, Jane!
it is Thanksgiuing Day. How 'can 1
pray thankfully if my darling lies to
day ia a hospital dying by her own
act? Jane, I must see Mr. Bernard."
Jane went willingly tfpon this errand,
but returned slowly.
"Air. Bernard has gone ont, y-v
mm mm m
in b
AIT INTERRUPTED THANKSGIVING: SERVICE.
"Gone out?
till after 10."
Why, he never goes
Down in the cosy library, where
James Bernard enjoyed the leisure
well earned by years of mercantile
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 Itbpd defined
against the mass of print. '
"The only clew to the identity of.
the would-be suicide i ;a wedding
ring, marked 'John to Delphine.' "
Eagerly every line of the tragedy was
read, the sweat standing in great beads
upon James Bernard's face. -
"3habby weeds I" 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 1"
He could read no more. Only that
one pitiful record could he see upon
the whole broad printed sheetrand 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 is not our child, or "
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
expeoted pleasure brings upon faoes
worn with the world's care3.
The butchers' 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 oold pavements.
Nobody noticed the handsomely
dressed old man who stride 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
perate wretch was his child; now he
prayed it might be, that he could
claim her for his own again.
"Here yes, sir," said the physi-
. . - " 111!
cian, in answer 10 nia inquiries ; - liv
ing? oh, yes, she'll get over it; needs
food as much as anything. Gan 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, perfeotly
comfortable, yet sent a chill to James
Bernard's heart.
Her babe, a lovely boy of some six
months, pale, but with large, dark
eves full of intelligence, was seated be
side her, and the mother's eyes rested
npon his face mournfully, but without
any delirious tire.
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 roice was hoarse, choked, but
the woman npon the bed heard it, and
locked up.
Many a cry of anguish, of 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 hoars be
fore. The morning was dragging wearily
along in the room where every luxury
wealth could 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 game report, m
"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.
ou An see if if this is a stranger,
and if not oh, Jane; surely surely
her father will forgive her now."
'Am ilia answer to tha cry James i
THE MORAL WARFARES,
Our fathers to their graves have gone
Their strife is past, their triumph won.
But sterner trials wait the race
Which rises in their honored place:
A moral warfare with the crime
And folly of en evil time.
Bo let it be. In God's own nJght
We gird us for the vrog Sit;
And, strong in Him whose cause is ours.
In conflict with unholy powers
V - s 3 t e venous He has given.
Th : : tiv Tiuto, ard Love of Heaven.
- Vfti.tier.
Bernard at this moment entered the
room. Upon his face there wan a
strange solemnity, and not seeming to
see the quivering lips, the . imploring
eves lifted to his f ace, he kissed his
wife tenderly. -
"Delia," he said, gently, "did you
read the newspaper this morning?" .
Tes, James I "
"You saw, perhaps, a paragraph de
scribing the attempted suicide of a
H uiuBU-uauiou--
'Delphine! James, you read it?
Japes James you will see if it can be
taur ohild. James, you will forgive
llet now!". ' ; .
lAnd the poorolpless 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, our 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 agrtationrsoj inTioarmoTarttt--fnl
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,
1 will tell you good news."
She was quiet enough then, lying
panting with exhaustion in her hus
band's arms.
"Then you know!" she gasped.
"I have been to the hospital."
"And it is not our Delphine?"
"Delia, it is our Delpome !"
"Oh, James James 1" and here the
tears broke forth, and the invalid
shook with sobs.
"Our Delphine, Delia,"
"Dying?"
"Thank Heaven, no ! She. has had
hours of unconsciousness, 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!"
"She can be nursed back to life."
There?"
"Can you bear it, Delia? She is
here !"
'And not with me ? Oh, how can
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 weas, rremoiing woman,
. . . ia . i - . 1
wno ean.:, nau iainung, mtu uvc
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 lowbut
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, yetj joyful1 meeting between
the parents and the long lost child.
It was a sad story Delphine Hollis
told to sympathizing listener; 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 andLf ervent
thanksgiving.
Their First Thanksgiving at Home.
Mr. Nowbryde (attempting to carve
x - -v - Cinf( Yi aa ens. " MarT 1
what have you stuffed, this turkey
with?"
Mrs. Newbryde yn tin aigmiyj--"Why,
with oysters as you told me."
hi knife through) "But it feels like
rocks or stones."
Mrs. Newbryde 'Ob, you mean,
horrid, cruel brute ! That is the oys
ter shells. You always told me the
only way you iuea ojmk
shells. Bool hool hool" Puck.
A funny way
to make money
Writs iokea.
Thanksgiving Decoration.
The old question comes 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 because of the necessities
and every day comforts of life.
Nothing is so appropriate in com
memorating the occasion as the em
bellishments from the harvest fields.
In jJrawing rooms nothing is more ef
fective than Indian oorn and diminu
tive yellow pumpkins, the corn with
its long stalks and golden ears stacked
on either sido of the wide doors or
grouped in corners, the small pump
kins with more ears of corn piled at
the base.
Tines - of crnbe?ry -crowded with
the tiny red glebes can trail acroa
mantel shelves or twine up and down
columns, while garlands of red and
green peppers, all sizes end shapes,
and srreat bunches of - wheat and oata
are rich and beautiful in effect. Fruils 1
of all kinds srraoos. late pears and
peaohes, rosy apples and purple plums,
mine-led with their own folia tra ar
unique and highly typical of the har
vest nome.
IVsr dining table ornamentation a
novel and most attractive mode is to
out from the ordinary garden vegeta
bles shapes simulating flowers from
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-1
ductiona add blossoms to this original
bouquet. One of the ornaments serves
at each plate as a favor, while a huge
group mingled with frnitsorms a fins
centerpiece.
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 bi 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 bouse 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 1" Harper's
Weekly. - .
A Ttwusht for Thanksgiving.
'The only way to regenerate the
world is to do the duty which lies
nearest us, and not to hunt after
grand, far fetched onei 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.
Right up to the market stall strode he,
And bought a bird that was ten pounds three.
Then quickly home to his wife he sped,
And told her all that the man had said
X)I how to pick and stuff aad cooi.
And so with loving hands she took
That tough old bud that was hard and gray,
Aad Into the oven she stowed him away.
A nA th Anf nr their man led life was vounar
With Joyous hearts they sat and sung
until, as arouna ue oiooj- .. -puu,
qk ia i4fH a ami la thar thn hird was donn.
oua satu T.fc - -
.j ,l.ni)iw1 1nnA nd Yia 4v wa trrtuit .
AUU aug ., 4-j " o- .
For his stomach told that the hour was lata.
And he jnssea nis wiis nau us cnea in gieo
At the fine old bird that was ten pound
three, .
And said, "I will cut him now in twoj"
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
slow;
And then,- with prayer and a moment's rest,
He took off his eoat and then his vest, '
And hacked away till twilight earner
And his arms were sore aad his back was
lame. " .
And the hour, wore on and the weeks sped
. hy, -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 fraaie sank down, she
spoke, . . ,
And said with a smile, that was half a sneea.
"x snouia uuu you wouia learn to carve,
my (Jejir." -
!-ai ti Exrrev
I fBPAIH IS SORELY TRIED;
VVeyler Unsuccessful and Porto Rico
Threatens Revolts
MACEO CHEGKMATES SPANISH.-
Cabaa InaarfenU Closing In Upon ths
Xowm-. A Determ .nel Attack Upon All
Vulnerable Points In Puerto Principe
Province--Philippine Revolt Growing
nd BUlajr in Porto Rico? Fe.red.
. Havaka, Cuba. (By Cable J. The situa
tion in Cuba is about this: Captain-General
weyler was ordered to the field against his
protest This led to a rupture with the
uuuio uuToramBnr, due as 13 now mating a
campaign of action, the first onenade since
Y
CAPTAKr-aiNISAI, WEYLER.
(He has taken the field agaujt Maaeo).
the war began. IWeyler is following Maceo,
and reinforceonnt. are dally sent to him
from Havana. Maceo must mest him in big
battle, and upon this battle depends the sua
coss or defeat of tha insurgent movement j'
It Is believed, from every indication, that
the end of the war is near. General Weyler
since being forced into the field, has shown
good generalship, bat he has been defeated
so far in forcing a fight. He is now making
a trocha of - living men in place of a Une of
forts and guar Jea posts. '
Advices from special correspondents state
that the officials at the palace are still with
out definite information as to the position of:
Captain-General Weyler in Pinar del Blo.j
One report places him at San Cristobal., orl
near that , point, where recent, despatches;
irom Madrid also located Antonio Macao.
The Government is also without news of ai
decisive engagement In the western province.
- - It may be stated, however that many sol-'
dier3, both ill and wounded, are being taken
to central points where they can receive
medioal aid. It ia. in fact, declare.! In Kev
West despatches that several of Captain-3-en-
erai weyiers awes are among those who
.nave oeen wounaea in . engagements, ac
counts of which have either not been sent or
have been suppressed,
! Reports of engagements further east etate
that the Spanish forces have gained import
ant victories in Santa Clara Province, where
General Luque is in command. General
jjopez amor is saia to nave met the enmyi
under Serafln Sanchez aid defeated them.
.Sanchez and Mola are reported to have been'
Kiuea, ana uorruio, the cbiel or the insur
gents in the province, wounded. If Sanchez;
is aeaa me reDei government in the island
has lost its acting Secretary of War. j
AKTOSIO MACEO.
Cuban General
Weyler.)
(The famous
who faee3
" -The late despatches also say that the in
surgents In Puerto Principe are following
up their capture of Guatmaro by a determ
ined movement against all towns between
; Puerto Principe aad Nnevita3, in Puerto
Principe, or Camaqney Province.
The engagements in the last named prov
ince and in Santa Clara or Las Villas, would
seem to show that the master hand of Gomez
is at the helm in those regions. It is cer
tain that he Is marching westward rapidly.
Maceo has not been found. aDoarentlv. bv
i General Weyler, and the palace officials are
Ignorant of his present position.
despatches receives irom Maori! state
'that the lnsurrootion in the Philippine Isl
lands Is spreading to all the provinces, and
the Spanisn capital Is lurtner disturbed by,
the Jaot that much discontent exlstrlln Porto;
BIco.
Advices from Washington say theta is a
possibility of the; Government proposing a
modus vivendi or an armlstl3e between Spain
and Cuba. i
Thirty Miner Klllei by Fire Damp. j
A colUery in Heckllnghaasen, We3tphalia,i
Germany, was the scene of a disaster In
which a large number of person, were killed.'
by an explosion of fire damp. Twenty-savant
oodles were soon removed from tne pit, ana!
three miner, were then still buried in the
Imine. ... - - !
Life Interest for s Do;.
George Barton, of Philadelphia, Penn.,
who died recently, left an estate of f 33,200,
and among other things direeted his execu
tors to fin a a good home for his dog. "Cap.
to pay his board, and at his death to place his
body in a box and nave mm properly Dune..
A Defeated Candidate Kill. Himtalf.
James Hannaford, who was the defeated
Democratio nominee for County Clerk, com
mitted suicide at Peoria, HL.by thooting
himself through the head. He had been de-
gpondent since the elect? 03. , , . :. -. -J
Krs-- v
n
A Column of Both Home and Foreign
Happenings ; . ,
ARRANGED FOR THE FIRESIDE.
Which Will Be of Blore'or lies Inter
est to the General Reader.
General Fitzhugh I Lee, Consul General
of the United States to Cuba has returned
from Virginia, where he has . been visiting
his family.' 2?o time has yet been fixed for
his return to Havana, but it is understood he
has been asked to remain here probably a
t oP18 of weeks longer, in order to hold
himself in readiness to confer with ! the
President and Secretary of State over the
Cuban situation, J"-; 1 j. ; ,v"
General Lee talked of the Spanish Cuban
situation, and while not denying the possi
bility of war with Spain, expressed the
opinion that the reports that' an open rup
ture was imminent and that consequent pre
parations for trouble were being made by
both countries, might be greatly exaggerated.
He said he bad no knowledge of immediate
danger of hostility, though of course there
was great feeling among some Spaniards
against this country who thought that with
out filibustering, aid and comfort trem here
the rebellion might be easily suppressed. He
Jaid he bad no information as to whether
he Spanish were preparing for war, but they
might be making extensive military prepara
tions without aiming them' particularly at
the United States, in view of the trouble they
aie having with Cuba and the Philippine Is
lands. He said: - . 5 t i
"I do not believe that them baa been any
massing of armament in Cuba, with a view to
possible trouble with the United States, nor
that the construction of Spanisn war vessels
is to be attributed to any such contingency.
The Spanish may be Improving their de
fences wherever possible, but it does not ne
cessarily imply expectation of war. The
United 8tates is steadily strengthening its
fortifications and defence works, but ltjsan
old maxim that says, 'in time of peace pre
pare for war. I 1
"About the war sentiment In Cuba? The
Spanish officials said nothing to me that in
dicated an expectation ; of war. The only
thing that could be construed to give that
impression is the mounting of a battery of
heavy seacoast guns along, the coast above
Havana. There are from twelve to flrteen of
these that extend perhaps a mile or a mile
and a half north of the limits of the -city
proper. These pcint to the sea, and pot
toward the insurgents. In case of attack it
is possible these might be made to supple
ment the defense given by Moro Castle, the
Cabanas and Bienna and other forts.
. "The Spanish authorities rather censure
the United States for not strictly enforcing
the neutrality laws, and many think that, as
the sympathy of this country is more with tha
insurgents than with the Spanish, our gov
ernment does not want to take the proper
precautions to prevent expeditions leaving
the United States seaports aid landing in
Cuba. I told the Spanish authorities that ,
they must remember that there was an im
mense extent of seacoast here, with innumer
abie Inlets and places where expeditions could
be concentrated and embarked. From the
trouble with which they themselves had
to prevent the landing of such expedi
tions on the Cuban coast, notwithstanding
tne tact that their gunboats and other vessels
were constant Iv patrolllne the c -ast and on
the lookout for filibusters, some idea could
be formed of the comparative ease with
which the United States authorities could be
evaded. With the comparatively small coast
line, I know of only one big expedition that
01 the Three friends which has been cap
tared by them. Yet this country has certainly
prevented tne starting 01 at least nau a dozen
big expeditioiiS for the island. In view of
this as an object lesson of the difficulty of
putting a stop to filibustering, I contend that
the Spanish ought to be careful about censur
ing US." ' ; -'.J , . - :
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 443.267, two
thirds of whom were males. , Of these 240,
666 were landed and 2,799 were debarred acd
deported at hte expense of various steamship
lines by which they came. ,
Of those deported 776 were found to be
under contract to perform labor In the Uni
ted States made prior to their arrival and
2,023 were returned ai belonging to other
prohibited classes.
In addition 235 who had become public
charges within a year after their arrival
were returned to their countries
The Commissioner-General statra that he
knows of no immigrant landed in this coun
try during the last year who is now a burden
upon any public or private institution. The
amount of money brought into the country
by immigrants was fully f 4.917,818, and
probably largely In excess of that '
The report says statistics do not justify the
conclusion that our alien population is grow
ing In undue proportions. The figures for
the past year compared with the average an
nual immigration for the proceeding ten
fiscal years, discloses a decrease of over 21
percent , r .
It U stated 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 nations 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
the ship's bull which bas caused so much
concern since her keel was laid. ; The most :
remarkable thing about the recent flooding
of the ship is that tne water tight doors leak
ed and other compartments were flooded in
addition to that in which the accident oc
curred. It is now developed on account of
lack of stiffness in all the bulkheads of the
ship and consequent warping of the frames
and plates, that none of the doors when
closed fitted hermetically, as they should,
and the cellular system of tne vessel is there
fore practically worthless f - ,
- Although the House committee on appro
priations meets November 20th for the com
mencement of work on the appropriation
bills the estimates of the various depart-
cnts have not been completed. The law
requires these estimates- to be submitted to
the Secretary oi the Treasury ty October 1st,
but this law has always been ignored under
all administrations. In partial from the esti
mates will be ready when tho House com
mittee meets but will not be made public.
Secretary Herbert has called for proposals
for a store-house and steel tower and tank to
be erected at the Port Eoyal, 8. C, xiaval
station. . - ; -'' '
A medal cf honor has been awarded to
Tor rest on L. Taylor, late a first lieutenant of
the Twenty-third regiment of New Jrsey
Volunteers, now of Lawyers, Va.. for gallan
try in the buttle of Chancellorsvilie. During
this engagement he saved the lives of two
wounded comrades by conveying them from
the field to a place of safety. ,
: Dr. Burgess, sanitary inspector of the ma
rine hospital service at Havana, report to
Surgeon General Wyman that there was
greater, mortality frem yellow fever at
Havana during the past month of October
V;n any month 9 1 tjr? ar so f a&
THE MARKETS.
1 cotto rtrnraxs. . t -
ew York FHtura. closed weak.
Opening. - Closings
November...... ' .,7 48 7 83
December ,7 63 " 7 42 i
January 7 64- . 752
February. 7 71 7 53
March......;..;, ....... 7 79 7 65
April 7 8. 7 70
May..... .7 89 773
. June.... ............ ,i. 7 89 ; 7 73
July.... 7 81
8eot cotton closed steady; middling op-
lands, 7 11-16; middling gulf.
r UVXnPOOL COTTOIt KASKXT.
Liverpool. Cotton Closing 6pot mod
erate demand. 1-32J lower; American mid
dling fair, 4. "
Futures opened quiet but steady and closed
irregular at the advance. j',
American middling. ( :
November........ ....... ....i.... 4 214 22
November and December.......... 4 18
.December and January. ........... 4 15f?4 IS
Jan arvand February... ...... ...4 144 13
Febraary and March. ....... ......4 1S4 14
March and April.. ...4 1S4 14
April nd May 414
May and June. ............... .....4 144 IS
June and July.... ....k. ....... ....4 15
July and August ........ .4 154 18
- KXW OBLXAK8 COTTOX XAHKIT. - .
New Orleans, La. Cotton futures steady.
November ...a 7 31.
December... 7 13 .
January... ......... .......I... I.. 7 247 23
February. v. . ... . . 7 23
March....;.'. f40&7 41
April. ...J.. 7 457 47
"May I ........... .1 i . . 7 507 51
June. .....;......L.4.;. ......... 7 54783
' . OTBCa MABKXTS. f.
-Norfolk, firm. - -T V- - "
Baltimore, steady, 1, -.
Boston, quiet 1 1
Wilmington, steady, 7,y. . i
Philadelphia, firm. 7 7-16 , . v
Savannah, quiet, 7. f ; ! , ,
- New Orleans, eay,7x. - 1 j
Augusta, steady. 7. i ! ' p
Charleston, steady, 7. - j .
Ne York, steady, 71 M. j .
CUABLOTTE COTTON UABXXT, ;
Strict good middling.. . 'i 7 00
Good middling 6J r
Middling 65f .
Tinges. ..4...... ...... ......... ,.. -
Steins...............;... k. ..6
. Market weak. .- ,: ,:: ; "-'
COLUMBIA COTTOX XABKIT. .
Good middling:. ...... 4l-i. 6 ' i
Strict middling 6"
Middling;.. .;..CM .
Strict low middling. ;. . ............... .6
Lowmtddllng... ...............
Market steady. : j V, .,,:,' A ' -
BALElOa COTTOS MARKET. K f
Cotton selling at 77J. "
Market firm. 1 ; I t . 1
CHICAGO OBAIN AHD FBODBCE. !
Opening. ; Closing.
Wheat. '
November... 76
78K,
: 82x
-. . t- - i
23J.
24
18
v 22
6 lH
8 52
7 90,
ZMXr
.3 99
4 10
8 67
8 73
5 95
December. ... . . . . . .i . . .1 16H
May...;.... bOtf .
' Corn. -. L"' ' - I ' 1
November..... ......i..1 2li .
December 24
May.....'..,............ 27?6
- Oats. ' - r M , ;
November. ...... . . . -18 X
December. ..J. . . ". . - 18
May ...-r 22Jf '
Mess Port, per DDL .
December.. , f 6 42X
January., .. .i...... .,. x 1 52$
May I.. ....F.. j 7 85
Lard, per 100 lbs. u -k 1 ;
December ........ ..I., j 362
January. t3 87f
May. t4 05
Short Bibs, per 100 lbs ;
December..... ........ I f3 70 -
January..............:. - $3 72$
May......... ' $3 93 .
Cash quotations are as follows: 1 -,
Flour steady. Wheat, No. 2 spring, 1H.
No. S spring, 7577; No i 2 red 85tf86)i. .
Corn, No. 2, 2324. Oats, No. 2. 18; No.
2 white, fob 214&21; No. 3 white, fob
17K21'. Bye, No. 2. 37. Barley, nom
inal, No. 8, r.o. b.2737;No. 4, 2327. Flax
seed, No. 1, 77. Prime timothy seed, $2.60.
Mess pork, per bbl., f6.50T6.55. Lard, per
100 . lbs.. j:3.703.75. s Short rib sides
(loosed, f3.553 85; dry. baited shoulders
(boxed), 4iMi short clear sides (boxed)
SJ4. Whiskey, distiller's finished goods,
per gallon, 1.18. i ;! -
KAVAL STOBXS. ,.'''') :
Charleston. Rosin firm : at 11.40(31.15,
Turpentine firm at 25K' ;; ' " 1
Wilmington. Rosin firm; strained 01.55
good $1.60; spirits steady 24Ji25. Tar firm
at tl.50. Turpentine arm; hard tl.50;soft
f2.00; virgin $1.90. !
Savannah. -Spirits firm at 25 Sales 1,969,
Rosin firm; water white f 2.60; window glass
C2.30; N, C2.10; M, 831.90; K, tl.70; I, tl.70;
H, tl.65; O, tl.60 F, 11.55; E, $1.60; D, C,
Band A, $1.50. j ... - .: r:r-. , :.i :
i ;corrE. j" 'V--'- ' : '
i Coffee Spot illo. dull; No. 7, Jobbing .
invoice, 10. Mild, quiet, ; Cordova, ISQVii
: .'KICX. ;L.!:'.- 1 .. v.:"
The rice market was firm at Charleston.
The quotationa are: Prime, 5(ZS; good.
4.4; fair, 44Xi Common, 3&3.
( , BUXXIOH TOBACCO BtABKBT. '
Smokers, Common............ 8 : .
1 " Good................ 5
i " Fine................. 1013'
Cutters, Common............ 1015
- " Good..'.. 18&2Q
Fine..l.......J. 20g28
Fillers, Common........ ............. 2& 8.
;' Good...; . ..... 4S 6"
1 Fine................. 610
Wrappers, Common, green . .1013
- Good.. ......20(330
" Fwe.... ........ 85-
Market strong with good demani for alt
grades."--' i ', -.
We mae to-morrow harder hj as
mmin; useless obligatlOQS to-day that
nust be met to-morrow.!
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we or onn DEAtmis ea cu
you maeblnea cbeaper than yon can
getelMWhere. TXie KEVT 11QZZZ1 lu
our beet, bat tto inae cfleaper klnc,
neb a the CLXTIAS-, IDEA ana
other XII-U Ana FnU Klc&el Platea
Sew-os nac-lnea for $15.00 ana up.
Gall on oar sent or writ ua o
want your trade. lZsrlce t5n
a mi oro aemins will win, we win
Itave It. XYo eallens t2 wori to
produce ia CirrTEiri $5C.CO SoTrtn
riaeliln for $50.00, or a better $0,
SewlnsEIacblnefor Ct-O.CO tlica you
can bar from us, or our Agents.
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