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J &il list Lot this day see all wronprs forgiven, Let peace sit crowned in every heart, Let bitter words bo left unsaid, Let each one take his brother's part ; Let sad lips learn to smile A day is such a little while ! Of all the days, this is the shortest ! Let rich and poor together meet, While words of kindness fill the air. Let love spread roses in the way, Though winter reijneth everywhere. Let us know naught of craft or ffuile, A day Is suc-h a little while ! Of ell days, this is the sliVtest ! Let us help each with 'ovi core, Our brother on the way to heaven. Let's lay aside all selfishness, Let pride from every heart be driven, Let Christmas Day bring many a smile. A day is such a little v iiile ! Of all days, this is the shortest ! SALLY JACKSON'S GRIT. A CHRISTMAS STORY. 7 DOX'T lit a fh looks of the sky this mo'rnin' Mary, observed old Corn Jackson to his wife as he 6tood in the back door of his big log farmhouse gazing upward. " 'Most wish Sally hadn't started to school ; ef I ain't mistaken we're due to hev a first-class blizzard. I'm sorry them Christmas exer cises wan't held a day or two sooner. Joe'll hev a fit ef Sally's missiD' when he gets here. " "Oh. stop your nonsense, Caleb," returned his wife, with some asperity, in which, however, a trace of anxiety was discernible. "Sally's no fool; she's been caught out in bad weather before this and knows enough to make herself and the youngsters comfortable if the worst comes to the worst. One ud think the schoolhouse was fifty miles across the prairie 'stead of on'y five. Do be sensible." Sally Jackson, their nineteen -vear- old daughter, taught a district school in Lyons township, for which the com missioners of Minnehaha county al lowed her the sum of thirty dollar a month. Her father cultivated (U0 acres of Dakota prairie land, and it was his success in raising corn that had earned for him the sobriquet o "Corn" Jackson among his neighbors. Both he and his wife were pioneer set tiers in the county where they were highly respected, the popularity of their home with the young men being greatly enhanced by the presence of their vivacious daughter, whose charms few could resist. But Joe Chalmers, a sturdy young settler living at the farther end of the county, was generally understood to be the most favored of Sally's admir ers, his good looks, abundance of mother wit and genial disposition al ways insuring him a pleasant recep tion. Perhaps the fact that he held n patent from Uncle Sam for half a sec tion of good land, on which a neat frame house had given place to the original log shack, may have added to his popularity with the old folks, whose warm welcome when he called and cordial invitation to "drop in often" when he rode away were never theless quite sincere. There was to be a real old fashioned New England dinner at Corn Jack son's homestead Christmas day, and as Joe's claim lay thirty miles away, across the prairie trail, he had ar ranged with Sal It's parents to drive over Christmas eve and occupy their guest chamber. Joe had been mentally laying great plans for the proper spending of that Christmas eve ever since he received his invitation. He wisely figured that Sally would be kept busy Christmas day, first in helping her mother and later in entertaining the company, of whom there were to be several aunts and uncles, together with sundry nephews and nieces, who were sure to appropriate all Aunt Sally's atten tions. As they would not arrive until Christmas morning Joe had deter mined to do his nhare of monopoliz ing the night previous, and to ask j Sally to be his wife was the central i pivot of his plans. He was fully sat- j isfied that she was the only girl that could make him truly happy for life, J and now that he had thoroughly set- l tied this proposition in his own mind he was feverishly anxious to receive Sally's answer. That he was not in different to her he felt sure, but whether she liked him well enough to be his wife was another matter. Joe was not a self-satisfied young man, and realized that women are complex crea tures, often loving where none sus peci and disliking where the exact re verse might reasonably be counted upon. Hence his perturbed feelings. He was aware that the Christmas ex ercises at Sally's school were to beheld the Friday cu'ternoon preceding Christ -mas, and by btarting early he hoped af IB ar to reach the schoolhouse in time to take Sally home in hia sleigh, a heavy snowfall the day previous hav ing spread a thick white mantle over the frozen ground. Like his prospec tive father-in-law, he, too, had taken observations of the weather after get ting well under way, and had mentally decided that trouble was brewing. But a Dakotian en route to his lady love is not to be balked by the bitter est blizzard that ever blew, and if Joe entertained any qualms they were on Sally's account ; certainly not on his own. Sally usually rode to school on a lit tle white pony, but that morning a neighbor had driven over in his bobsled with one of her pupils, promising to call at the school for them on his re turn from town. This arrangement had not disturbed Sally's tranquility in the least, for she had an intuition that Joe would be along before the ex ercises were finished, and if he should ask her to ride home with him she would well, she would offer no ob tions. The schoolhou5e was in the center of a district that was not very thickly set tled. The people were few in number and the nearest farmhouse was two miles away, but Sally's scholars had the true Dakota contempt for dis tances, and a two or even four mile tramp across the prairie twice a day was of little moment to their sturdy physiques. They were sure of a warm room on arrival, for in the back yard was a whole cord of sawed wood, brought from the river bottom, which Sally used in the big stove without stinting. The exercises were partially over in the little schoolroom when the teacher became aware of an atmospheric change that caused her heart to beat like a triphammer, for a ten years' residence in the prairie country had made her an adept in reading weather signs. She had seen that queer haze in the sky before and experienced that same palpitation in the atmosphere which she had once likened to nature trem bling at the fear of impending disaster. The wind shrieked uncannily down the chimney, the windows rattled in their casements and the door shook so vio lently that a chair had to be propped against it to meet the resistance. Still the girl had no thought of cur tailing the exercises, but rather of prolonging them, for, with a wisdom beyond her years, she leaped to the conclusion that the children must not be allowed to venture out in the face of the storm that was almost upon them. Lighting the lamps, a process that was rendered necessary by the leaden skies, she sent one of the boys outside to close the wooden shutters and another to bring in afresh supply of wood. Before the last recitation had been delivered and the dozen scholars had marched round the room with tiny American flags upheld, singing mean time a patriotic air, the storm burst in all its fury. Some of the little girls, alarmed at the violence of the elements, began to whimper, and Sally, to quiet them, told a Christmas story, which was having the desired effect when the chair at the door sud denly gave way and the latter, with a loud bang, flew open, admitting an icy blast, followed by a furious gust of fine snow, causing the more timid ones to shriek with fright. Sally jumped forward to close the door and found it an effort which re quired her entire strength. This time she turned the key in the lock and had two of the boys drag a bench forward as an additional brace. Then she re turned to the task of entertaining her scholars. It was customary for the children to eat their dinners at school, which ordinarily wa-s not dismissed until three o'clock, but on this day the ex ercises 'were to occupy the forenoon only, permitting the pupils to return home in time ror dinner. Consequently none of the youngsters had been pro vided with food, and all the school could muster was a sandwich and two butter biscuits which Sally had placed in her bag expecting to eat on the way home. These edibles she carefully divided among her scholars in equal propor tions, and by pretending she had re served some for herself let them eat without suffering any compunctions on teacher's account. It made a sorry meal for ten or twelve hungry boys and girls, but it was better than noth :'sg. Soma of the older boys at first in sisted upon starting home, but after witnessing the gale that dashed past the door when it blew open, they were glad to join the circle with the rest around the 6tove, near which all huddled for warmth. The cold was intense. A pitcher of water that stood on Sally's desk, twenty feet from the fire, froze solid and had to be thawed out back of the stove wheu one of the children called for a drink. So fierce was the draught that the thick chunks of wood were quickly reduced to ashes in the fire, and by three o'clock the supply was so nearly exhausted that it was evident that more must be obtained or all would freeze to death. Although the woodpile lay within thirty feet of the schoolhouse there was great risk in venturing out to it. In that fearful blizzard, where it was impossible to see five feet in any direc tion, to make a false step meant cer tain death, and this Sally well knew. Often she had heard her father tell of settlers losing their way in going from the house to the barn during the progress of a blizzard and of being found frozen in the sno-w within fifty yards of their home after the storm was over. Experiences such as these crowded thickly on the girl's memory and resulted in anything but pleasant sensations. But Sally never shirked her duty and now bravely prepared to accom plish the dangerous feat. Knotting together some pieces of string used by the boys in playing "horse," she made a rope long enough to reach from the side window to the woodpile. One end of this she tied to the arm of the biggest boy in the room, then unfast ening the shutter she instructed him to raise the window and pass the rope out to her when she tapped on the casement. Wrapping herself in her thick ulster she pulled the hood over her head, cautioned the frightened children not to stir on any account until her return and then, opening the door, plunged forward in the snow, now almost waist deep. Ugh ! How the cruel, icy blast hun grily leaped to inclose her in its deadly embrace. Fine particles of snow dashed into her eyes and in a few seconds formed in a solid lump, completely blinding her. But the brave girl had no intention of turning back. Closely hugging the side of the building she cautiously felt her way until she reached the further window on which she rapped sharply with a stick. Unable to see on account of the frozen snow glued to her eyeballs, Sally shouted to the boy to leau out and place the loop in her hand. Slip ping it over her left arm she then abandoned the shelter afforded by the building and boldly dashed into the open in the direction of the woodpile. An accurate knowledge of its loca tion led her straight to the fuel and, ! quickly gathering an armful of the ; sticks, she jerked at the line until she j felt it tighten, when, guided by it, she j daggered back to the window through ! which she passed her precious load, J piece by piece. Four times Sally made j this hazardous journey before her ; strength gave way. Then, trembling ! and exhausted, she crept along the j building to the front door and stum- ' bling iuside fell an inert mass upuii : the floor. "Teacher's dead! teacher's dead !" screamed one of the little girls, where at there was a general outcry which had the effect of arousing Sally suffi ciently to reassure the children. Two of the biggest boys helped her to a chair near the stove, where, after rest ing a few minutes, the frozen snow be gan to dissolve and for the first time since leaving the building she could open her eyes. Four, 5, 6 o'clock came and passed without any cessation to the raging blizzard. To entertain her charges Sally had recounted every story she knew and had invented all sorts of games for their amusement, but now their hunger asserted itself and they refused to be pacified. To add to hejr distress the supply of oil in tho lamps gave out, plunging I ine room mio urar uarKness save lor at thin gleam of light that forced its way through a crack in the door of tho stove. Prior to this misfortune Sally had made the children spread their outer wraps on the floor around the fire, on which she bade them lie down, then taking the youngest girl in her arms she sat in her swivel chair and, in her sweet contralto voice soothed5 them with simple melodies until the tired, hungry young ones forgot their sorrows in sleep. Brave little woman! A dozen lives depending on her fortitude and good sense, she had managed so far to pre serve her charges from harm, but she dreaded the morning, when, awakened from their slumbers, their rebellious stomachs would crave nourishment. Her only hope lay in the storm abat ing, when help would surely arrive, for she realized how great must be the anxiety of the parents for the safety of their children. Relieved of the necessity of enter taining her scholars, Sally's thoughts , ondered reverted to Joe. and the enrl w if he were safe from the storm After settling this problem satisfactorily in her own mind she began a series of in ward self-questioning something after this fashion Did she like him ? Yes ; she felt sure of that. Better than anybody else? Than Jim Carleton. for instance, or Dick Staples? Yes, better than either of those two. Did he like her? She knew he did. Did he love her? She closed her eyes, let her lips rest uponi the curly locks of the sleeping child in her lap, while a blushing smile stole across her face. Did she love him? Love! What was that? To leave home, father, mother, and give her self entirely and unreservedly to him. Ah ! she did not know ; she could not tell ; the question was too hard to an swer. At that moment Sally heard the whinny of a horse and the next instant came a voice from the storm calling ia unmistakable accents, "Sally! Sally I let me in, let me in!" Did she love him? Like a flash th problem was solved. She knew by tho glad leap of her pulses, the yearning of heart, the outpouring of her whole being to the man whose voice she heard that she would willingly go with him anywhere he beckoned to the end of the world if necessary. Placing the sleeping child on the floor she felt her way to the door, and the next minute was folded in the arms of her lover. "O, Joe, dear Joe," she sobbed, "I'm so glad you came. I knew vou would." "My darling, my darling," wa3 hi3 response as he drew her to his breast and kissed her upturned lips, "then you do love me?" "Better than life," she whispered as she led his snowy figure toward the stove; "but yoti must be nearly frozen?"' "I was pretty cold, that's a fact," returned Joe, "but not now. I- have forgotten everything else but you." Fortunately for the ;-choolma'am the room was dark, or the children, some of whom had awakened, might have i old a queer story about Miss Sally be ng hugged by a big man in a buffalo overcoat wearing green goggles. But they saw nothing and Sally was too overjoyed to think of repressing her lover's ardor. The first transports over, Joe told his story. The blizzard had caught him just as he reached the nearest farmhouse, two miles from the school. Here he was comrelled to remain all that terrible afternoon and evening, in an agony ot tlouDt ana iear, withm miles two of Sally, yet utterly unable to render her any assistance. At the suspicion of a break in the gale he had thrown a blanket over his horse, placed a basket of provisions in his sleigh, furnished by the farmer's thoughtful wife, and disregarding all warnings started across the prairie to the schoolhouse, which he reached mainly owing to the sagacity of the horse he drove. The storm was still raging, but tho worst was over. By midnight the stars were out, the air was stilled, the temperature had risen and only the deep, billowy snow remained to tell of the battle of tho elements. But long before that hour Sally had aroused all the children and supplied each with a generous portion of tho good things brought, by her lover. There was plenty for everybody, and by the light of Joe's lantern Sally and the young sters had such a feast that shortly made all feel very happy. With the abatement of the storm the parents of the children began to arrive and by 1 o'clock in the morning the last load had driven away, a fer vent "God bless you, Miss Sally, and a very merry Christmas, " coming from the depths of each heart as the grate ful parents realized how much they owed to the brave little schoolteacher. And Sally? Was it not a merry, happy Christmas for her? As Joe lifted her into his sleigh and tucked the big, white wolf-robe around her she leaned forward and whispered: "O, Joe, dear, I am so, so happy!" And the New England dinner was a j success ifter all, despite the anxious j hours passed by old Corn Jackson and I his wife. As for Joe, he was the life j of the party. He let the youngsters j hug and kise Aunt Sally all they pleased ! without suffering one pang of jealousy, j B:it every little while he slipped out ; in the hall when Sally was absent and ; made even by sundry hugs and kisses that brought the girl back into the j parlor with burning cheeks and frowzly : hair. j Keally, 1 believe there never was a iiaiiijitri vmisiuiHs uav man xne one succeeding the big blizzard in Dakota. Chicago Herald. Where to Put It. Small Boy (teasing) "Say, papa, what you going to give me for Christ mas?" Papa "If you don't quit botherinr me I'll give you a whipping." S. B. "All right, pop; put it in my stocking, won't you?" I Paris has become the world's g rea market for the sale of postage stamps to collectors. HAWAII IS DEFIANT. PROVISIONAL PARTY WILL KESIST RESTORATION. itt . ... f Troops fortify ins the Government House at Honolulu anI Makiiis Barricades of Sand Ilatrs Mass Meeting Held-significant Speeches .Made by the Leaders. The Australian steamer Arawa. which brings late Hawaiian new. has arrival nt Victoria, British Columbia. Immediately upon entering the straits sh was boar Je I by a reporter, who was informed that Qntn Liliuok.Hlnnt had not been r -store l au 1 thit there had been no trouble in Honolulu Since the arrival of tho last reports from Honolulu only two tlnns of a significant nature have happened there. The annexa tionists held a miss meeting on November 25 and adopted resolutions aip?a!in to Cop rress over President Cleveland. Sferets-y Sresham and Mr. Blount, and on four .lav treeediii'j;the sailing of the Arnwa the trootx mo i ruviiMonai tovernment were i.n.v Jtifying U i,use. 0 and barricading Government or the Catle. as it was former! v Wi-Iled. The work was beinir done with s.-m.'- Cp principally. As the Arawa sailed frou ttii'vi. luu uwp cuuiu ! setMi iroai tie ck of the steamer busily engied in heup f JT up the breastwork. 7james Walker Butcher, of the Sy.'.nev New South Wales) Evening New-, "was it assenger of the Arawa on his wav to San ALBERT S. WILLIS. MINISTER TO HAWAII. 1- . . .. lancisco. He is of the opinion tnat tho Etwaiian Government is simply lyins back, wfting for the United States Government to gjiVon record. Great dependence is placed firkhe annexationists on the popular feeling he United States. It seemed, its well, to mtfi clearly defined plan of the Provisional Government to force the United States into committing an act of war in au attempt at restoration. The Castle at Honolulu is bar ricaded or fortified and sixteen cannons are mounted in front of it. A correspondent in Honolulu, writing un der date of December 4. says : "At the unanimous and urgent demand of the Ameri can, citizens the Provisional Government ha" decided to resist to the utmost extremity any attempt to overthrow them by the United States forces without authority from Con gress. Leading citizens generally have an nounced their intention to be foremost in the defence. Twelve hundred volunteer riilemen are ready to call with largo Maxim and Gatling batteries. Minister Willis ?s pledged to the Government to take no actiou before the return of the Alameda on De cember 21. His instructions are still con cealed." President Dole stated that tho Govern ment' has received two bona lide offers of armed assistance from the coast. One was for service at Honolulu, in defence of t he Pro visional Government, of one thousand men. and tho other for four thousand men. 'While we do not need this aid." said the President, "the fact that it has been tendered us shows what the feeling is in the United States." The Honolulu Bulletin says : "We are au thorized to contradict statements that the (,'ueen has had any communication with Minister Willis as a private citizen, or that M inister Willis has at any time referred the tueen to the Provisional Government for protection, or that tho Queen has had any communication with tho Provisional Govern ment on any subject." Probably one thousand persons were a t the mass meeting already mentioned, which on the call was stated to be "for citizens fa vorable to annexation.' The royalists suj the meeting was p.ieked by representatives of the Provisional Government, and that all enthusiasm was of a pre-arrange 1 order. T M. Hatch, Vice-President of the Trovis i"tal Government, and President of tho An nexation Club, presided and made the open-in-? speech. He appealed to Congress against the Executive, and held that Secretary Iresham did not know international law H" declared that the Provisional Govrum-nt ha 1 never submitted its right to exist to th United States, and was, therefore, not bound by tho policy of President Cleveland W. R. Castle, one of the Annexation Com missioners to Washington, made an argu iii-nt to prove the authority of mass meetings. He quoted recent American opinion that the devolution of 177G was tho work ol a minority. " Hawaii, ho s-iid, was nurelj trending toward the go:;l ot union with if WPP Lii'aiani. Oufm Emma. Kalakaur. . '"jameha 1. T.tmalilo HAWAIIAN MoNAPl HS. motE.,r ..lit rv across tne watr. "Ca i (Wi-in- Gres-harii stop tb- onward p.-'-reslT . '"'Hawaii':"' -" '"'t'-d Mr. Cast I f admil'-M that President Cleveland und Mr -':'': Wf"r'' trying to execute justie,, and t'- '' what is right, but he said th.s enem ,,r annexation had stuffed their with lies. The speaker de clare' the p-'oole t the United States' wre against the President's HawV': policy. He said that the President of th 1'r'ted States is nowhere authorized to hcr - Mr. Castle attacks Commissioner W- barging him with twice inviting .uu... . n to revolt against .1. . .ir.nal Oovernment. H" ass- rted :L V n-or.'e of the country I estab- :sw ,v i Provision! Govrnm-nt. Mr. Pa"?' .'-.-duded bv moving the following resnl'-tV-,'. which passe 1 without dis-nt . iRcived. Tnat we rea I with surpm-aud th recommendation the Secretary Ifllrl the United States to the Presi dent to rest. :.r-the monarchy lately existing to4S'ed. Thit we condemn the assop llri rTtl-e Secretary that the right of the uon ' , Government to exist was terrnm fe'Xl to resubmit to the Senate tl J "-TV of the union pending b-twem the i tr : ri "and a'sohis assumption that h?f- viSn.'.! Government at that tim- sub ,e .paction ol .ts continued ten.-e to the arbitrament of the Prid-nt or of any other power. .J-K?!?,V0, Th!U Wo ""I-port t the Ns1 of our abilny the ProvUir.r-.nl Government to rwit any attack u,,ou it wbi. rv.av I m.vln contray to the uvt of Nation." A New York Wor'd vrrpoi,.1e;:it at Hon olulu e.-tll.M upon Mr Viiliai h(, A:n..r..,n Minister to H.twaii. at his rei-i d.a M v illis iwiid : I cannot di los the nature of ah in struions I may have received fnm Vah iiivtou. or I may have brought with me. nor an I say whether I havint nnv report a t Noshinifton. Many statement tin- reported here purporting t.. com from me. but they are not tru. This, however. I did : Wh -n I arrived here I found th town in a tt of great excitement, many young men. elrl; u.J Others not aeuatotnM to tt. were utau l lng guard nightly with arm. In order b relieve this tension, I notitl.vl ail parties that during this period of waiting I would allow no rioting or b!oo llie i. If any ,0 Mi nt tempta were made I would land the troops from the United Stat-s war veslt and mii pre. rioting promptly." "I supjos the British Minister could eo oprate -ith you in su m measure"'"' stu--g-sted th eorrespondent. "I have ha 1 no eotiferei-eo with the British Minister on this or any other subject." Mr. Willis denied futvimr in a opeeeti that he would lik-i to see Hawaii under Amerienn prot eetion. The war vessels now in the harlnir of Hono lulu are the Phi'u lelphia and the Adams of the American Navy, and the ltritinh ship Champion, Captaiu Kooke, Hivl the Japanese vessel Naniwa. which arrived December ". The British gunbo-tt Nymph isexj ted daiiv from Victoria to relieve the Champion. Careful discipline is maintained arnoag the regular troops of the Provisional army In Honolulu. The picket detachments are kept at the pnla.'c, under Colonel SojMr's per sonal command. Aero the strict, at the old Governi lent buildings, are sixty-seven more, and the remainder are scattered about thecity. At both the old am! new Govern ment buildtmrs an perfectly ei-uipped bar racks for the troops. The supplies of ammunition and weapons are abundant, and are of the most improved kind. The niform worn by the soldiers is similar to that of the Unitd States Army. In fact, the Provisiotrvl Government imitates the United States as closely as It can in nil things. The maintenance of this army is proving a heavy burden upon the Provisional Govern ment. President Dole told the corresjiou dent that it was their chief expense. The soldiers receive ?t0 a mouth and their keep. There Is some talk at Honolulu to the effect that in ease the United States does not put the Queen on the throne und protect her there the memliers of the Provisional iov ernment will be pi.-ke 1 off by siret marks men. Paul Neumann. Attorney-fienernl under the Queen, and one of h r most faithful a ! herents, says it will be done. "It is a mistake." said he, '-to ussume that the Hawaii ans will not light. They sympa thize very strongly with the Queen, and they will adopt this method ol making war upon her enemien. So long a, the American ma rines are in the harbor, ready to interlrre. ( do not anticipate trouble, but if they arc dr.'.wn off, I think it will cum,.. ' Tiie members of the provisional (biv.-rn-nient S'ly they do n 't fear being shot, i ' -r-tainly their actions do not indicate . fear of bullets. After tiie mass meet ing at the bar racks Mr. Dole walked ipiietly hO'c alone and iu the dark. You can engage the Provisional I resid'-nt of Hawaii in conversation almost any day nt the comer drug store o- walk down the :-ireet with him when he is on his wav to tie butcher's to buy bis steak - and chops. OFFICIAL CROP REPORT. The Average Plantation Price of Cotton and Cereals. The statistical returns of the D-nnrtment of Agriculture for the montti of ireccmber are principally devoted to the indication of the average of the price of the various products of the farm at the points of production, or the nearest lo cal markets. As thus indicated the value ot corn is 37 cents per bushel, which is 2.4 cent lower than the corresponding price of last year, which was '.i'J.i cents per bushel, tt fig ure which corresponds nearly with the aver age farm price of corn for the decade Jsho to IK!), inclusive, which was tt'.l.:t, ami C. 1 cents lower than the average for the thrc" v-ars 18'jOtO 18!r2. The average price of wheat is "2. 1 cents per bushel. The next lowest price in the twenty-three years from 1S70 to lH'.t.'J, Inclu sive, was 04.5 cents in P:s4. The average for the ten years 1HS0 to 1H9 was H2.7. while Tor the three years lH'.H) to 1h'.2 it was 76.C. The decline from the average of the last three preceding years, in two of which, is;!l and 18:12, occurred the largest yields In the his tory of the country was 24.5 cents, or 'M per cent. The returns make the general price per bushel of rye 51.8 cents, which i three eenis lower th;n that of last year, and 5.2 cents lower than the average during the past de cade. The average farm priceof oats, as returned for December, IW-i is 2-j.x cent p-r bushel, which is 'I.'.) cents lower ! ban iast year an I 1.4 cents less than the average price during the pii.st decade. The average farm price of barley is the lowest on record, the price being reported at 40. C cents, against 47.2 a year ago, 51 cenin in 1891, i4.8 in lH'.K), and 42.7 cents lu iss'.t. Unlike the other cereals, the )ar:n pri of buckwheat p'T bushel is th highest Mn. c ISMS ; the average juice of Mi.-kwheat p r bushel is the highest since li. The average plantation price of cotton, as shown by the depart ment report", was. De -eiulier 1. 'I.'J'J cents p'-rpoun I, as against 8.4 cents on the same date last year. showing a decline of -iue and forty-one hundredths of a ceut. Not withstand ing the unfavorable indi cations as to yield, a- reported forth! current year, this price is one and t w -tM:ith" wuli lower than the average plantation price lor tho seven preceding years, during which the range was from 8.6 cents to l.i cnts ; aver age. 8.2 cents. The average price of hay is 9.18 per ton, which is the highest during the past decade, except in 1887, when it rose to 9.97. The average pric? in 1892 was $8.49. The average price rf tobacco for December is returneu at 7.8 cents per pound, which is almost the same as in 1HS5, 18S8 Hu l'rfi. Kentucky, the State of the largest produc tion, reports l.f cents, or two tenths of a cent lower than the general average. Potatoes on the farm De"!rriler l were sell ing at an average price of sixty cents p-r bushel, seven cents and a fraction l-ss th in at the same time Lost year. The lowest price is sufficiently warranted by tiie difference in yield between the two years. The conditions ol winter wlc-it on the first pf Decern Ivr uv mge 1 91.5. against 87.4 Last year. In the Middle and Southern St tt-s it ranges from 75 to 99. Jn the principal w;rt.-r wheat States the condition is as follows: Michigan. 9 ; Ohio. 92 : Indiana, 90 : Illinois, 8-1 : Missouri. 82 : K'uii'ii. s'.l ; California. 100. Winter I'.ye The condition of winter rye, as reported." ia '.H.c. as igainst 89.4 List v-ar. EXECUTION AT RIO. Five of an Insurgent Ship's Company Killed. The liritisii -fm-r Nde. which ftaue 1 from Perna.i! .i o. I5ri7.il. n December 5:h. hasarrrived at Lisbon. Portugal. She w boirdM at on -re by a e-,rrepondri, who o taiuclthc following ri'-ws from the offl -rs an 1 from mail advices. Just be'ore the Nile sailed th- Gov; n rn'-nt had the fifteen in urgent officer- and th erew of the guar iship Parahyoa s' ize-i in the ii irbor. carried ashore an 1 .to., I up to 1 shotbv a part v of soldier-. Tb soldier- fire 1 with great rel'u-tan With the first volley they killed five The r-st of the prison-r shouted "Long live Mci).,:' The goldi.-r, refused to fire again, and the r-st of the ms rines are supposed to b- Mill alive. Admiral da Gma ha gamed possession of Vop.is Island na l Km-anda". at Itlo : mar tial law has l-en declare 1 in pernamhueo. The custom house an 1 naval arsenal are1 continually under fire. Thb Iarg'S r timber or Incendiary fires rv i . ..itA.i th. mcr'hnr.ln of Wheel- CCU . I , un , - ' ' - - ' - - " in, W. Va.. to oTer a reward for the arrs mi conviction of firebuira. LATER NEWS. VkTTtkM Matthews (PemoeraO wm r elected Mayor of Hoston, Mum, lib y. ,ial tty U about 7000. Jtxu B. CArrxrE. of 1'nrt Royal, Penn. has been arrfed, aoeued o! killing hi tdind father with an aie. A jrT to try Pren lergost for the muide; f Carter I!. Harrison wu eure.l in Chi ctfo alter four days' work. DitsrToiiEs revolved at Sn Franco Cl., from Hawaii up to PecemlT 4 md that Minister Willi had not yet rrtomd Liliuokalanl to po wr and that t Annex tlonlta would resist uch a step IS for..e ol arms. The Annex.ttlouUt.t wer collecting arms, drilling men and throwing up l re-( works. Vii'i-PiutiMjcr Sirvrsov deliver au addrees at the Augusta vGa.1 Exposition. The President ho nominated Charles . Pabney, Jr., ot Tennessee, to be Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, vice Edwin Willi" reelgned. AbMlBAt. Meli.C seiis the French v"c Paruhyha and Admiral l Gam formerly assumed command of tho rebel ships In lUo Harbor, Hrar.il. A bot from the troopship Tamar ea.i.d in Plymouth i England) H.irNr. Five of in occupants were drowned. A thaw luvs st in at St. Petersburg, Ibis sia, and with it an increase of cholera. On one day there were thirty-eight oosea an I fifteen deaths. William ftE and Henry IWtdey were killed, with the two henis hitched to their wagon, by going over the islgc of abridge near Ha verst raw, N. Y. The New York state Hoard of ( '.mvaetcr canvassed the vote for Mate officers . the 1 publicans will have majority of forty-oii In the Constitutional Convention. Twelve persons were injured in a wreck on the Pennsylvania Italhoad at Nanllcoki Station. Penn. Incessant rains have- awolleu therlvvr und flooded all the valleys of Washington, endangering much live stock and farm prop, orty. and creatlug groat apprehension. John Coni-VHEw and Abram Williams, mur derers, were hanged ut Winton. Yn., In the presence of JVMW psiple. The contract for furnishing the tirt smoke less powder to be used by the I nited State army has been awarded to the l.cuar I p.,v der t'ompanv and the uli forma 1'oiy.b i Works, each to furnish ,ooii pounds. Tin: widow of Admiral I'ort-r lie. I m Washington. A i the annual meeting the Hoard of Trm ' m-h of the American University In Washing ton a gift of iHl,(H) was announced by the Chancellor, Iilshop Hurst. 'I bis Is In add. tb'li to the fiife, now vulies, nf ."nO,(H0, ,,nd Hie plislges of ?H(M).(fMI for MilldlllgS an I endowments previously secured. Japanese steamship Matsu vcmareo struck on the rocks while bound for Sin n cnar.i. and foundered. Thirty passeiig'-is were drowned. Pakt of Major Forbe s command was at tacked by King I.o llcugula warriors in Matabeland. Africa, and force. I to retreat. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. The Semite, -1 r ii Iav. Mr. Hill gave notice that te would move to take up for consideration the bill to repeal the Federal Flection Laws re ported from the Committee on the Jul: clarv. Mr. Hoar gave, notice that when the Subject was before the Senate he should move to refer the bill reported bv Mr 1 1 ill to the Committee i ,n I ' r i v ib-ics and Fie.- lions. Mr. Jom-H offered it resolution nil ing upon the Secretary of the 'I'reaniry for a "tatcmcnf of the amount of money pail from any source mn-e January I. 17.1. to the United States iricf Attorney lor tiie Southern DlMtri.'t of New York other than payments on account of salary i a compensation for examining the title- to lands and its compensation In prize cause,., ai d 'he authority for su h payment". 5tii Da v. In t he absence of the i - pr. "I dent Mr. Harris. President pro p-m.. pr- sided. Mr. Hoar introduced a resolution of inquiry as to the authority under whe h .lames II. liiount wan appointed to a di plo'i.atc office without t he advl'-e and consent of the Semite n discussing it he made an attack on t he President who Was defended by Mr. Gray. The Seuntc tlc n proceeded 1 ,' e- ute LusineKi, and at 2.10 adjourn-!. ''lit I a v. - Mr. Cullorn spoke again1-! the proposed repeal of the Federal Kle.-tloli laws. His st ri.'t urs on Ju Ige M.imur I. of S'-w York, were answer 1 by Mr Hill. Mr. Stewart then addn-ss.-l the Senate It, f.ior of the repeal of th- I er.il ... (). ,, law". 7 1 it Day. Mr. Hoar's resolution o in pilry into the President's power to appoint lr. Hlount Commissioner to lla",.iii wv- r ferred to the Fo reign I'elat ion- Committee a ft'-r a lively debate in which M'-ssr-. Fr . Vest and others took part. Mr. Morrill iiddresseii t he Senate on the tri'f ipi'-stiou. and then, after a short executive -hsIoii. tb Senate adjourned. The Mouse. 4 r if Da y --Oem-rnl ! -bat on l.e ruptcy bilt was concluded , M r. pall ruing up iii opposition and Mr. Oat ing for t lie measure. A ri-solnt ion P.an , S'l'l -pi-o gr.tn' ing the ue .,f the Monument and public rervaf Ions to flu live. Committee of the Kn.L'.'.l of forth'" annual en-.-tmprncnt of that be held next Augu"t. was adopted, solution was adopted nut hor.;n;' gr' .un i EM--.. F I M.r r b r t . re I i :. r" and j.loymerit of several addition.-! aUin rs ate! as-ista uf doorkeeper--. Pi 'T b t to bring the Capitol for. up to it -f .i n - ' I of proper efJlci ic-s. .'Tli Pay. In the morning hour a motion by Mr. Kilgor' to take up for eonsj. ;. -r.it ion the bill admitting Utah ' rntory as a M.tfe pro. lu'-ed t wo roll cab" foi the purpose .f s. curing a quorum, wm n the motion f-11 by rf.-on of the hour expiring The I tank I upfy bill was defeat "d bv a -ot- of 112 t 111. "fir Pay. - Mr. Cuibi r- i. reported th .' ' andoned Property bill faorab!'. but owing to obj-' tion it was n- considered A bill to abolish pot.il not'st was introduced. Mr. JJaliey int rod uc f a bill t provide for a uniform system of bankrupt -y 't provides only for a sy-tern of voluntary bankruptcy, and is drawn to me. t flu- obj. lions made to the O ! bill. Un l -r the rules, the floor was then ac ordi-d to t Committee oC th'- District ColuutM Mr. Kich-.rdson report-1 a b:ii .r.,w ' ing for the ejr,efJion of Nrh 'apit, ! i-treet, and the House w.t o:f .. vj-r.notfee of he Whole for its c-.i,i p-r.if i. n. 'Ar. l -,-ir rnond offered an amendment u ! tie- pj tri-t I required to bear a1 1 t expense of the extension. The a.1;-fldm'-n Win agree to, and when th Comniitfi-o ros - t'c bill, as amend-sl. was passed. 7th Py. After the routine mor.'.iiig bu-i-n-s Mr. Meyer called up the r-soiition providing for a joint eorrirni!ion to investi gate the rank, pay. and other matt r r--l.itirr to the personn"! of the navy. It w n over without action. A t ill to admit Uta i to Statehood was dlvued. without action. Sth Pat. Mr. Hut's resolution 'a'.Uuj tor information in regard to Hawaii was uusni mouily adopted. The bill to adn.it Utah .ism State waa i,at.s-d. - Mr. Holmau In-trodm-M a resolution for an inquiry Into th charges of collusion in the matter of war shir, premiums. Five acre of apphs be;o-,fing ' Jy ! W. Ti. Feltorj, ne.tr l.-mui City. cl. th' . on yielde I l-'Ad b irr U '! ,'' ' 4..-ttei t7:o from the- l,t a f -.
Fisherman & Farmer (Edenton, N.C.)
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