North Carolina Newspapers

Published by Roanoke Publishing Go. ' W. FLBTCUJCX AUSBON, XDITOX. PLYMOUTH, N.' C, FRIDAY, JANUARY. 6. 1893. VOL. IV- NO. 33. 3 Directory. IT1TI SOTEKXMEKT.' Oeveraor, The. If. Holt, of Alimance . eeretary of Mtate. Uctavioua UoKe, of TrtrV Ddftild W.: Bain, of Wk. J Aediter, Geo. Tit. Banderlio, of Wayne aperiateaeeni or ruouc instruction 'tA9 If FinrAr.nfOHla.wba. Attorney Geaeral. Tbeo. F. Davidson, of ' aeeaaee. , , , . . , , . . eUTT: OTERKMKT '. ', . herif. Levi Blount. ' ! Depsty UkariffV D. BprnilL . Treasarer, I It. Latham. upcrier Court Olark. '1 boa, J. Uarriner ! Kegister of Daada, J. P. Hillird. . aUaaaaiaaionera. H. J. Starr. W.. 0. Mar rlaer, B, D Latham, Jea. Skittletbarpe ,H, A.Liatcbflald. M t Bears? eft EduoatioB, Thoa. 8. Armiatead, T. LzTarkeaUn j. L. Norman ' " .).. J. - v ll.ilih tin' V. ' I. flm SapriiitBdant;, of-Pablia . Inatruotion, fiat. Luther Ebora. Haver aad Clark: J. W. Bryan. Treasurer, JC, K. Latham. Chief af Polio, Joseph 'lacker. Oa.cilaj.-, J. H Utbtui, Q. E. Bat ... n.f Brinklev. J.F. Norman. J VV, CruV j, H ' ttsaitb,' Sampson Tow , and oavxtoa ssbyiccs. MaUiiaP KaVV W. H. Willie, pastor awua .rv ttnndav at 11 a m.. and ( f m. Trajer meeting every Wednesday If hi at I. Banaey scnooi at v a. m.,n. J. Xormsa, BuperiBtendeut : Baptist War. 3 F. Tattla, pastor, servi aa every lit and 3rd Sundaye at 11 a. m., MA&T.Ma )p, aa,. : Prayer .meeting every Ykini.t IM it 7:30. Sunday school every Baadky' at S0, a .aa., J. W. Bryan, Ipleeip'ai- Rev5: Luther Eborn.; rector. sWvtea tTirt Sd BundaV at 11 a. at., and T;Ii p. m. nUy ichool at 10 a. aa., L. I fafaa, superintendent. V' XB9XCAL SOCIETY. If acts Tuesday afur the first Monday of MB aaaath. Ut. a. r. Murray, uaairman, CVt'Bf- Plfmobta Lodga Ko. 2508 aaaata lit aad td Iburadar tiighta in aach aaaatk, lW. H. Hampioo lioutor X. B. Yeagar Fin. Itaportar. Hh L. af, H. lloanoka Lodge kaats 14 aad itk Taaraday nights ia each month , ' J. F. horman Proteotor, . Ii. B. Yaager bacreiary. ; I O O F. Itperanra Lodga, No. S8 meata varyTaaaday sight at Bauab'a Halt. J. W. ryaa, M. Q , L. T. Hoaatoa, Hecl'y. - v COLORED. . : ': h ti aainiic. aiKTicia s .: ?-'.!' ; v alplar; Eider; A B I .Hicka.'. paator. farriaea avary Huaday at 11 a. mn t p ,ra aad I p aa, Manday cbool at 9 a. m. JC. Miuaall'SaparinUBdeot i Itathadiat - BeT.O. B. Hogan, paator, tarriaaa arary lat and Sd Snndaya at 11 a. M., aad at t and 7 80 p. m. . bnaday school at I a. aa.. . Wiggiu. Buprintnuaat ; J. W Malaaald, eacretary ' f lat BaptUt, Kew Cbapal - SenrfcaaaTery taaday at 11 and 8. ltv S E Kuigat, Mutar aanday aohool arry Sunday ' . Si Baptiat, Zien'a Hill - H U Norman, tatar Praaehiug etary 4th bunday. Kuu day, aakool ayry Bunday, Moaea Wynn, tap ariaUadant ' ' , . LODOxa ' ' If aaeaa, Cartbagian - Ueeti lit Monday if ht ia . aaak month, o lows, w u., a. Xfaratt, aaaratary, T) :r1 W : i' ' U O of O F. Meridian Sua Ledge 1624 Maata avry Sd'abd 4ih Mobday uigbt in ca aaeath at 7i 'clock, T. F. Beuibry, I. Q., J VY McDonald P. 8. Chrietepher A toeka Loda Ko(Ll--Meeta Try lit Monday nigut iu aach aaaatk at a o'olook Baryiag B)otaty raeirts Tarj Sd Monday If at ia each month at 8 o'eioak, J M. Walker ,t.rJ.........I Eoper Directory. It OITIL. Jaittee of tba Peace, Jaa. A. Chaaaaa. Ceattable. v arran Cahoen. CHVBCHBI. - Methodiit, Iter,. J. 1 . Finlayaon, paator. fervieoa arfry Snnday nioraing at 11 'aleak (except the Cut), aad eriry Suuday if ht at 7:30. Prayer meeting every Wed. . eaiay night, 8nday achool tianday mar a-, iaf at t:80, 1 G oper aupartntendeni, ' B. K. Leiyi" aecretlry. . ; Xpiaeepal, Kav Lutber Eborn, reeter Sarfieea aery 2d Sunday at.lt ocloak a. at . aad 7:30 p, aa altiaday aehaol ayery landay meraiag at 10 e'olock, Thoa W . Blaaataaperiateudaat, W. H. Daily aeCre. try. :. ; : . I : laptitt, Bar. Jot. Tiaek, paitar.' San ieaa eTery Sd Sunday at 11 a- m. aad 710 LODOKa. Boper Maaoaie Lodce, A. k A. M. He, 443. aoeeta ia tbair Hall at Roper, N. 0.. at 7:80 f. lat and 8d lueadaya after lat 8aaday. 3. L. SaTage1 W. M4 .K, U , WilliamemcretaryH . ; f - . .- IiatpartavMt ta Ladiaa. . , . Sir I made ue or yoar rHiLOTOxax witk nay but ehild, in order te preoure a ' iaf aad eaay trarail. I need it about two 1 neatba before' say expected time. naUl 1 1 wai takes atck, aad I bad a tery quick aad eaiy oonfinement. nothing oecarred te . protract my conTafaacanca. aad X got abaut la laaa time than wh aaaal for me. I think ft . madid ne that ahoald be need by aTerr : m-rnmMmt aaother. for aboold tooy , bat trr , it aa I have, thay wosM satf r agal be whhent.it at auch.timaa.' I am yonra re- j apeetfaUy Mrt. ELIZABETH DIX Any merchaat or druggiat can procure I RiiLKT'l PhiLotoiek lor $1 a bottle. CHARLES F. IDS LEY; Who)eale Drug gitt, C2 CcrtUindt Kt., Wew York, BALLAD. OF HIGH LIFE I If . CIIIOAQO. La it nigbt dear Mn. Baeon-Bhyade, Of Prairie aveaoo, -Got p a fete to eelebrate . Her daughter Mauda'a dayboo. The laTiahaiea of wealth diaplayed ' Would turn aCro3iai pale,,, , ;, And bat ef all waa iUooa-llaynde In hit flrat awaltertail. - ' . ' '-r. ; ' hundred iplendid earriagea ' Drove '.hither through the mod, With the alaet who cama to great Tka latest aocial bod. Ia fact, the city all waa there, : ExeeptHg tha cannail.. 1 i And 'monsst them etro4e Baaoa-Khynda In bia first awaliertail. Hia deeakin yest waa deoollay, ' Al all such Tests should be, And frilU galore bia baton ware, A gorgeoua igbt to see ; Four diamonds that for a king . Aa raasem Would arail,' 1 " Bkoae ia kia shirt wkea Baeen-Rkyod Wor hit first awaltertail. - '';' ' f ' . : . Hia cellar high i's fence apreared . Abaut hi ruddy neck ; . Hia long caffs ihote with perfect tone Aad inaeeaat ef fleck. Hia trousers ! When I apeak of then My powera begin to fail, For they wer white wken Bacen-Ruyade Wore bis first swallertaiL , Fraaoa eeunti ware . there aad ' English lordr "i t J; ! ' 1 ' And real Ey otaliaa doeka, f 3 y : ' Aad Bati?a pets wbm eigarettea ' Had made aa pale at spoeka. Gret men were there whoae baakaeeouati No erisia could assail. But Bacon-Rbynde outdid them all - In hia first swallertail. ' I eaa't frget that awarry keld On Prairie avenao i . ! .. ' ' - Though 'twas by eight his diaghter'a aigkt, 'Twaa Bacon-Kay aaa'a day boo. A Chiaeae junk of faskidA ka. ' . ' ' Full rigged and under sail ' ' Chicago'a great Akbeond of Swat, in his first awaliertail. XewYork8u. WHY? Wby doesa't be write?" . Oried a asaidea fair, : i; '. . As aba toed with her waaltn Of goldea hair Aad gazd iu the mirror VYlib a queealy air.' . " : ' wCaa he ba faithless, : Or t forgotten the aight When be vowed he lerd me Why doeau't he erite?" Why doesa't aba write V Criad a handsome youth, Whoae faee waa an indax Of honor aad truth. "Ska said ahe weuld." , And I, forsooth, Have waitedand waited , Day and night i ,. Biitao Utter comes . "Why doean't aka wriU r Two sarrants sat la separate towns Two thieTiah, kuaTisk Oeuatrr clowas, ; With onkept bair And untidy gowns ; la fact, they looked Liks regular tramps, . . Aad taey tore up-aeme letters , l To seli; the atampa. - - - . - - : . -Belscted. A MIDSUMMER AFl'ER- NOON. BY EDITH ROBINSON. 'B sure And lock the front door," repeated Mamma. "Have jou tha kajs?" v a a a a a "Yes. all 01 tuem in a Duncn, like Bhtebcard'a. I wonder winch un- ocki the chamber of horrors? 1 re sponded, oTerflippantljr, for the next moment Mamma was repealing, iu alana-Tj ' :? , -(? , ;.. s :, U'Icannotwt'-yott o Alone r "I am not going alone. Joe ia to meet - me at the west street gate. Tuero i iuj car r and 1 abruptljr took my leave. ' i -a II at it was the 01a story 01 iauen ior- tunes. Jiy mission that aiternoon was to tho .house we had formerlr occupied 'in:the neighboring 'city. Uur late tenant, witu me inconsis tency that affords one ol the most interesting studies iu mankind, after taking every key from every individ ual door in the house to what end man, kuowth;uo-had neglected to turn off the water. -Anything "happen, indeed ! Did anything aver "happen" on that most respectable, conservative of streets, especially on a midsummer afternoon t r : I had recourse presently to my avonte study of character, when in the street car. Supposing I had for gotten my purse-and I was apt to wrgf t jhtngs-to whictj person should I apply for aid t The obvious plan of telling the conduotor ray predic ament 1 ignored lor psychological reasons. 1. decided it should be the dan next me, because ho reminded me of Joe. He was small and dark, and Joe was large and fair, "but re- semblance often lies deeper than7 mere similarity 01 ieature or complexion. At this- point in my reflections the conductor came for my fare, and my psychological researches ended ab ruptly in their practical result. In my haste and forgetfulnass I had done the very thing for which 1 had so often planned the eolation. It spoke well for my power of discrimi nation that my neighbor, perceiving my dilemma, relieved it so promptly; then with evident desire to cover my embarraasment, he kindly offered me the newspaper he had bieu tead 1 epened it at the first page and read a column, beaded with ominous ly black type, before its meaning fil tered to my horrified brain." It was about the murder of a woman named alary Ann whom 1 had onee known. 1 never knew her last name -I did not note it now but in the old days tier pretty, delicate, pale lace had beeu. lamiliar ) in our house, where she was employed as charwoman. There was the ahadow of a tragedy in her downcast eyes, but where had been her home, what her station beyond what was evidenced by her correct speech and refined enuncia tion or what the circumstances that had led to her strange marriage, we never knew.. - Her husband was the biggest, blackest, ugliest looking negro 1 had ever seen. Unce he had come to the house and - 1 had fled, screaming, from the kitchen. He was the reali-1 zation of my "childish idea of a buga boo. To this day,! never hear the word without there rising before' me that huge, shambling figure, with its gleaming teeth and rolling eyes. ' JNow the tragedy was completed : Mary Ann had been murdered. There was nothing unusual in the horrible details.; .The deed was merely the not uncommon expression of martial disapproval. Prominence had beeu given to the affair, chiefly in the dearth or midsummer news. I had - forgotten my appointment with Joe I It was too late to retrace my steps. could do. my errand alone. The closed blinds on either side of the street gave evidence of ' its desertion for mountain or shore. .Not a per son was within sight. : It was a re lief to be out of the glaringsunlight, suffocating as the air was in the hall. With my mind dwelling on Joe's disappointment, and heedful of Ma ma's injunctions, I locked the front door aud supped the key under the drawine-rooni mantel shelf. I went to the cellar and turned off the wa ter. Thcu, carefully and systemati cally 1 would ' replace the keys in the locks, beginning with the lumber room. It was a dear old house, i sighed as I climbed the four long flights. k I should like to have lived and died there. This reflection was followed by another. ; "The gods curse us with our grant ed wisb f : I fitted the key'into the lock : my hand, from; mere automatic action, turned the knob of the door, and my heart stood still within me. Stretched at full length upon the floor was a huge black figure.; I saw every detail ; the swollen features, the shock of woolly hair, the great hands that could: iay, had crushed the life out of a fellow creature. There was a red handkerchief about his meek. ft Upon the floor were bread crumbs and a partially gnawed bone. I stood, fettered as in a nightmare, as with eyes heavy with sleep, the bugaboo stared at tue. His semen were struggling to him. He opened his month ; I saw his gleaming teeth again. - Where had I cad that, if a negro commits murder, he bites off a J)ieco of his victim's flesh to secure timself against detection ? Poor - Mary Ann 1 Tomorrow next week, they would be saying of me 1 was half way down the first flight of stairs. I could hear him fumbling, still clumsy with sleep, at the door. There was the thud of his huge fiat foot on the stair. I had. reached the bottom of , the sec ond flight. If the front door were unlocked I should be safe, but there was no time to get the key. Another flight ; in the basement was the kitchen . door fastened by bolts and opening into a back yard snrrounded by a fence eight feet" in height; but bnilt with the beams on our side." That way lay my only hope.: ;rf 7ift,w;.; - :. I could lock the basement door after me. My icy fingers selected the long, stender key. I struck ray hand against' the ooor and the key knel'd"it3 way, stair by stair, to the entry below. " I shui; the Uoor behind rno and plunged into the darkness. :' I was at the bottom of the stairs when the door above opened : my pursuer had been gaining on me from the start. The doors below were many and puzzling ; I threw open the laundry door as I passed, hoping thereby to throw him off the track.: ;; r In vain. With the memory of lo cality so often found in the low and brutal, the one visit to our kitchehH had imprinted ; its man upon his brain. . I had reached the outside door. The bolts drew hard. I could hear his panting as in ter fible blind-man's buff he crossed the the kitchen. .. '' , My finger tips just touched the upper bolt. ! "The gods curse . us with our granted wish I" . ' My fran tie leap had succeeded. The bolt was out. Not a fraction of a second was to be lost ; I was in fhe yard. I heard him close behind. Wus 1 caught at last I "'" ;. I should have been, were it not for the childish climbing over the fence, the knowledge of the lagged board here, the crevice there, on which I ceuld rest my foot; a swing into the neighboring, alley, and' then the quiet sunlit street aud Joe 1 " "What's up?" he tried. ; : Something seemed to snap inside my head and that was all I knew. ' , . SH Alt PATRIOTISM. VU. Star. Never aiaee tke pension system by which the people of this eeuntry have been so ontrageeusly plundered was inaugurated was it so freely aad baldly disemsed aa ow, hat the exteat to which .it has been carried haa made it aeessaary to discuss i1 freely aad boldly. Men in public life and the leoding Damocratio papers have touch ei it gingerly baeaaie they fsarod that by attaekidc it they would antagonize the aaldiora of the late war, who had , beea taught by the Republican poli Jciaos that the ceuatrv waa inestimably indebted to them for the aervlee they had tendered iu "saving the Union," aid that they coalda't aak nor reeoive too muck as a , reeogaitioa ef that eerviee. , 1 Thia waa mere politioai trickery, for the man who prefassed bo aaueh lovo fer the aeldier, and te feel se graUfal, didn't eare aeontinantal for the aoldler ualeaa tka soldier yoted the Republican tieket. It waa tke service he rendered to the Repab. icaa party instead of the service he reader. ed during the war whiah inspired the lova and the gratitade they felt,, Xo oae ever knew a Republican admiaistratioa to ap paint Democratic soldiers to positions un der it, aad no one ever knew a Republican adaainistratioa, National or State, to keep Damocratio soldier in position if it ' could get bim out. The tact la that whatever the peasioa idea may have beea in the State it seen degenerated iate a shameless fraud which haa been growing year by year no. til it baa assumed proportioas that are simply appalling. The pension question did net directly figure as one of the issues in the paat cam paign, for tke Bepublicaa party, the Demo cratic party, and the People'a party, all pledged themaalves to 'liberal peaaiena," bat it did indirectly, for Mr. Cleveland had made a record When ho waa President of drawing the liaa between honeet and dis honest pensions, and tha Republicans made war on him en this account ia 1892 as tkey did ia 18S8. It waa not aa effective In . '93 M in '83, because the rapidity With which the fraud baa grown, . aud the proportioas it haa aaaumod si ace 1888. have put people to thinking and convinced thousands of veiers who differed from Mr. Cleveland 'on thri queatiou tbea, that he waa right. Even tko self -respeeting poasieners became a. ih a mad of the frauda which were perpetra. i led ia their aamc and they, after investi gation, applauded the eourage and devotion to tke people of tka man who unhesitatingly put bia foot apon the frauds which had been so long tolerated aod enoaarsged, tolarated by the peeplo and encouraged by the timidity that feared, t6 confront them. The demand of the peopic. and the poai. tieu of the Domecratio party axe not in spired by antagoaium to penaioaa, but by aatagoaism to the frauds perpetrated under covar of lore for the eetfier , and aadep the mask of patriotism. The Democratic party does net sesk to abolish the peasioa system but simply to oorrect the abuses that have become a part, aad the larger part, of the present system, to separate the aoldier from the impoaitor. to weed out the latter and give the former ail the rseognL, tion to which he ia entitled, and meat every jokt claim he makes in a spirit as liberal as uatieeto the people will sanction. Ii there an honest aoldier, whether he be a pensioner or not, oris there an honest manY whatever bia pelitioal afflliationa may be, who eaa object to aa investigation or the preaeat pension system, and a scrutiny nf tho Denaion rolls to ascertain whether there be ground for the alleged abases . or net, or to see how many art on the rolls j whioh have no business there. It is broadly assorted that at, least aixty per eeat, of the namea oa the rolls have been pat thr by frsadalent methodt, and kept there with the fall knowledge that they are fraudulent through inflaeneo wielded over the pension bureau by pension agents, by melhodi best kacwu te themselves, but aot entirely unknowa te ethers who have been upon their track. It is said that there are in thia country tea thousand mea who derive a considerable part if net ail ef their lBoomec from tke pension bvsiness, and to the cupidity and energy of these rasa more thau to auy other oae cause I to be attrib. utcii las eoioasai proportioaa the pent ion rolls aad pension ezpenditures have attain ed within the paat few years. Where there ia melasiea there will be flies; where there are millions within reach there win be arme stretched eut to make a grab, and the most alert and accomplished thief is apt to get there first and make tho biggest grab. That a the way tke pension boeiaess has paaaed out. Tho ; laaa that 8)25,000 000 twenty vears ago, ' whioh was dcuenaced then as alarmingly stupendous and fraudu lent by such candid and honest Republican atatcsmca as fcen. Garfield, has grewa to $162,000,000, and yet the end has not been reached. Unless the knife be ' applied' it will amount te $250,000,000 within a few years. . ..,,, , ., Isn't it timo for the tax paying peopic of tkis country whejbaar thia burden to call a halt and demand an investigation to see to whom thia yaal amount of money is going aad for what?1 The honest man, whatever hie politic may be, or whatever his admire tioa for the Mldiers who fought in the Union armies may be, will say yes. It ia only the tricky politician, or the benafloiary of the fund, who will say no. MURDER AT OARYIBURQ- C. D. XEB SHOT AKD KILLED BY JJTO. F " LIFSKY, HIS BROTHKB-I LAW. Wilmington Star, Dee., SOth, Information was received by the Star last night from Garysburg, N. C, of a cold-blooded murder ' committed at that place yesterday morning by John F. Lifsey, railroad agent, hie victim being hia brother- in-law, 0. D. Kee. Mr. Keo west te the Coast Line depot, atjwhioh .Mr. Lifsey was agent, to pay chargea on soma baggage. After paying the bill hc.remarked to Lifsey that he aad . his darned father-itulaw bad beea trying to defraud kirn, aadkc iaten ded to have revenge or blood. Eee then started to leaver and as he reached the office deer, waa abet by Mr. Lifsey, Mr. Eee waa totally unarmed. Mr. Lifaey waa arrested, and is bow ia jail. Both mea arc abouttijyeara of age, and stood well ia the oommuajty. Mr. Kee was a maebinest employed by the Norfolk aad Western , Railroad Co., at Roanoke, Ve,, aad was oa a visit to kis home at Garvsbarg. Ho married' a daughter of the late Geo Person, of Northampton county. N 0., aod is a near relative of Mr. Chas. Bennett, of the Parcel! House, of Wilmington. Mr. Lifsey is operator and agent fer the Coast Line at Garysburg. He married Miss Annie Kee, a sister of the man he killed. "BLACK DEATH." Kewa aod Obaerrer. While oar Health officers are conocraiag thamselvea about the Cholera whioh com. ing from the East threatens to invade thia country next year, another unwelcome . na tire of the East has also reappeared; The Blaok Dcatk haa broken oat ia Turkestan. Thia fearful disease under the name of tke Plague has many limes spread weat from Alia aud ravaged Europe. In the four, teentb century, it ie estimated that it carri ed ff 23 .000,000 ef peopic ia Europe. While it prevailed in Eagland less than a year, it lingered oa tha coatiaeat many years. Ia six months, however, it depopu lated Eogtaad; reduced the population one half, with the consequent result of making labor so scarce that from that event, dates the relatively high prices of Eaglish labor; aad aa the fields could aot be tilled, the pasture laade were great'y extended and the herds of aheep multiplied ; and thia was the beginning of England's greatnesa aa a wool growing and maaufaeturiag country. V To what extent thie indaetry was recog nized as the basis of x England's prosperity and power, oae may understand when he remembera that ia taken of it, tha Lord Chancellor, even to thia day, sits in Parlia meat en a weolaaek I And thus England's greatest glories arc traeaablc'to that great scourge, which, however, at tke time iater. fared with and put a atop to her military operations against France which then looked most faverably fer the complete anbjagatioa ef France to Eaglish dominion, ' Hew eweepiag was the character Of the destaae may be imagined from the state. meat tbat much property la the course of eH xaoiUbs otsngel kau mere tisu e dosea times. A month was a long time for an heir at law to enjoy an estate derived by inheritance before he was carried off. This fell desease has, it is said, reappear, ed ia itc old birthplace. We trust it will ot woi-k its way westward aa formerly. mmmmHmmmammmtamFmp . TRADE FLOURISHING, TH E MOSTjPRf SPEROTJS TEAR EVER KNOWM IN BUSINESS. DUSK'S KEVIXW FATOBABLB IaDICA TIOJTS FOB THB FUTTBE RAILB9AD XABNIiroe SHOW AN ikcbkash XXCESS OF tXPORTS THBjSIT ' TJATIOX AT THB SOUTH EB OABDXD AC SATIS-' 'FACTORY. Telegrsph t WU Star- ' - ew Yoxk. December SO. The melt prcvpereus year ever hnowa ia besiaeaa oleses to-day with strongly favorable 4adi. aations for the futnrc. .From B early all points eom.s the report that the holiday trade haa been the largest ever known, aad while the wholesale trade is not unusually active at thia season ot etook-takiag. it is bow ramaraaoiy large bettjamenta through Clearing &euaS4ouUide of Now York la December, were apparently the Iarrest ever 'made la aav ruesth. exceadin lat year's by more than tee per eeat. For tha year the vol a ma is also about lea per cent. larger than last year, aad the; largest ever known. ";' - . 1 - Railroad earnings in December skew aw increaec?of about three ncr rnL. over Uct year, and for the year aa increase of about 5 05 per eeat. Foreign trade baa been smaller than laaa year in volume of exports ; at New 'York, $7,800,000 ia valuo for tke pact four weeks, and at cotton porta a boot $l0,000,00oriee. But importa at New York have been $V 000,000 larger, and thia month still chew great excess of exports i For the vaar. r- cesc ef aaerohaadise exports has been not far from S7O.000.000, with lareeet lmoorta and largest total of exports and imports ever knowa in aav year: " . la Iron, the trade ie weaker, the demand fer finished products beinr at vrcaent iirht. but steel rails have beea reduced to $23 per ton and aalea of 78,000 tens have followed. Thia great induatry has beeu much affected by the market for securities, which haa been depressed for some months by foreign selling and monetary uneertaintiea, ea that the compauies have been restricted ia pur. chases of railroad supplies. Dracstreet says Southern merchants ra port the wholesale trade seasonably qif, with the prospect for dietributio ia 18S3 regarded favorably at New Orleans, Birm. iagnam, Gelteston, Mespbiaand Riekmoad Atlanta dealers say .retailers have small ' stocks. Some excitement existf among Charleston dealers owing to the new liquor law, The total vela me of general trade at the South ia believe! to be ia exocaa of that for 1891. v y: Southern iroa furnace stocks arc tha lowest for thirteea months, aad are retarded aa normal two week's sapply. - . . FOR THE LADIES. Wool taffeta is used for under aad eater petticoats. , . Tarn e'Shaater kata are made of surah for small boys. White blaok velvet ribbons Is suitable fershirj borders. ..' Bretty ruchings of doable chiffca are appropriate for a ruffle. Very large bucklee with Rkines tones are worn oa house skces. The comb, part'of whioh is a handle, is a great improvemeat on the old kind. Fern baskets of silver for the tabic arc wadetto imitate jatraw baskets, includisg handle, v , White; hats and bcaneta arc'said to be among the regular fhneiea for the coming veesoa. Friacee are largely imported la jet, geld lined crystal, iridescent, garnet aad brouia heads. ; ' Pins, buokles and other millinery crna. meuta act. with bnliiaat Rkiaesteae are ths fashion. Among jewelry novelties may be acted collara that arc adopted for see as bacda aronnd the hair. Uletcrs, very long, very loose, double breasted aad with fall capes arc the fad ef the momeat. The acweat drese skirts arc of the aauch gored umbrella shape, aad some ef ikm have aa astonishing '-flare" arcane! tho lower portion. New pasasraentries and gal Jonas ara made up of the heavy silk cords, e; ta meshes aad netting, pcadanta aad Ilia gariau drape, arranged to give aa op t h and lattice effect. ' Some druggiste are prepatlej ? -A eream of vary aort eoneiateney. in wiich tinetaro of benxoin, xiao and rot wtsr are used. It ia very agreeable and n si. iaely beneficial to tha skia.. . Jbkirt-trimmlage are everywhere ;',! but tkey are seldom wide. rcSBji, j ' St ings, rnchee, tiny frills, fur cad i;j batids abeund; aad sometimes, vjr elegant coetu mas the slender far borir headed by a rich bead aad mttal pa,. - -terie, . During the isaica satins w!l V verm extiaaivaly ; aUo ahct and k! ' :v and terry veiveta. Very few It i gH3 willbseen. ,Ttv - l and all varicth of U ' thtzilUfk ilbs f.crcss tha fabric :'l L " -nr.