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CUBA AND FREEDOM. SPIRITED PROCLAMATION BY REVOLUTIONISTS. Claims Mad That the Deliverance of the Island from Spanish Domination Is Already Assured Two More Provinces Are In Revolt. Tampa, Fla., June 15. The following proclamation, translated, from the revo lutionary committee of Havana, haB been received from Cuba: "To the Cuban People: Maximo Go mez is in command with 2.0CO men. The larquis of Santa Lucia, with the cry of -Cuba Libre," has joined him with 1.S0;) men. Twenty of the most noted gentlemen of Puerto Principe accom pany the worthy son of Camaguey. Tiiere is no hope for Spain. Kemidos has protected the landing of Iloloff and his 2S0 men. He brings munitions of war and 10,000 pounds of dynamite. The landing of Yero and Seraphin Sanchez Is confirmed. They bring American py rotechnics. Santa Spirite has already seven armed bands. General Maceo, with his 6.000 Macheteros, 13 destroying and burning everything he finds in his way. Liberal Spaniards have nothing t, fear. Lives and property will be re spected while assistance is not rendered tj the government. 'The autonomist party says that in surrection in arms is necessary to f :rce The government to favor autonomy. Shame to these false patriots who live on miserable bread that the despot throws to them! Soldiers from Mahon. a Spanish province, have gone over to the insurgents' ranks. The daily ex panses of Spaniards run up to $173,000. Martinez Campos has lost already 10. men. Soldiers die of fever in the streets of the city of Manzillo. Famine j -reads through the province of Cuba. In Haraeo and Guantanamo there are 1.000 insurgents in arms. "Liberal Spaniards, the sons of Rlngo and Pinto, are here for liberty. To arms anJ down with the metropolitan gov ernment and tyranny! Hurrah for ilaximo Gomez!" Cuban advices received here are to the effect that 11.000 Spanish troops will land at Xeuvitad, in the northern coast of Cuba, today, being the second in stallment of troops dispatched to Cam pos by the home government. Xews by steamer is that the prov inces of Sigua and Gibara Joined the revolution on the 11th and 12th inst.. respectively. The volunteers have been ordered out. under the leadership of vet erans. The volunteers refuse to re spond unless under their own leaders. The majority of Marco Garcia's guer rillas of Santo Spirite have deserted to the insurgents. Reports are that Maceo is in full possession of the seaport near Manzanillo; that he cleared two ships of sugar loading for the United States last week. TALKS FOR SILVER. liimetalllst Address the Conservative Association of Belgian. ErusselB. June 15. M. Alphonse Al lard. who was a delegate from Belgium to the international monetary confer ence of 1892. in an addresso to the con servative association asserted that the protective policy of Belgium is the re sult of th currency difficulty, which he declared has divided the world info hos tile camps and developed changes ab--' .utely opposed to the Interests of the gold countries and in favor of the silver currency nations. M. Allard also said that the fall In the prices of commodi ties is not due to overproduction, but to the scarcity of money caused by the demonetization of silver in 1ST3. TAYLOR'S RETURN. lie Will Arrive In rierre Tuesday Morn ln The Conditions. Pierre. S. D.. June 15. Attorney Gen eral Crawford talks freely In regard to Taylor's case and the flnad result, stat ing that Taylor will leave Chicago Sun day night and arrive In Pierre Tuesday mornint:. The terms on which he comes are forced by the attorney general and are $100,000 cash, all the property of Taylcr in South Dakota, Illinois, New Mexico, and other states, property to be valued by Land Commissioner Lock r?rt. Attorney General Crawford, and Governor Sheldon and bondsmen to nik? good to the state any deficit yt remaining on thf tnt.-l cum. Taylor 13 to pl?a3 gui'-v o-- - - -"tir. BOOM ... .AZIL. 'tton to Re Manufactured Extensively ly Our Southern flhhor. Washington. June 15. There has teen more building in the past twtlve month? in JJahia, I!r3zil, than for the same per iod in any previous year and much more i- pr jjecte for the ensuing year, write? l"n.-.I "SMtes Consul McDaniel. The in : important improvement to com rr.rc. h says, is a coaling station ca pabl of storing 10.000 tons of coal. The s'a'.In is to be equipped with the latest appliances for loading and discharging f-. il and will be completed in August or September. The consul further says the manufacture of cotton is becoming a very important industry in Brazil. A company has just been formed in Bahia v.iih a paid-up capital of 51.600.000. which will soon have a factory, the l.irgest in Brazil, designed to contain 2,000 looms. Of these 1.200 will be used for weaving calicoes, and light domes tics, and 600 for colored cloths, cotton checks, stripes, heavy cottonades. etc. At present 720 looms of the factory are in operation and about 450 hands are employed, the production being about 150. ' ;;;0 yards of cloth per week. The company has also built 300 houses, which it rents to employes at about 50 cents per week. The output of three other factories is given and shows that the Industry i fl-n-"'hng. ROBBED A MAIL CAR. Postal Clerk Ordered to Jump, and Is Rarity Hurt. Galveston, Texas., June' 15. The mall car on train No. 4 International & Great Northern arrived at Palestine last night without a postal clerk. A masked man crawled into the car just after leaving Tucker and at the point of a revolver demanded the safe keys. Upon their surrender he ordered the clerk to Jump out. Clerk Orrln Davis was badly hurt by the jump. Eight registered packages are known to have been taken NO UNCERTAIN SOUND. Silver Convention at Memphis Adopts j Strong Resolutions. I Memphis, Tenn., June 15. When the silver convention was called to order for the afternoon session Thursday Senator Jones of Arkansas, as chairman, pre sented the report of the committee on resolutions, which was unanimously adopted. The resolutions advocate the free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, declare that International co-operation is not neces sary, and attribute the recent hard times entirely to the demonetization of silver. They continue: "Be lieving that It is absolutely neces sary to reverse the present Iniquitous and ruinous financial policy, we there fore resolve "That we fa :he immediate resto ration of silver its former place as a full legal tender, standard money, equal with gold, and the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to 1 and upon terms of exact equality. "That while we should welcome the co-operation of other nations, we believe the United States should not wait upon the co-operation of other governments or the pleasure of creditors, but should themselves proceed to reverse the "grinding process" that Is destroying the prosperity of the people, and should lead by their example the nations of the earth. "That the rights of the American people, that the Interests of American labor, and the prosperity of American industry have a higher claim to the con sideration of the people's law-makers than the greed of foreign creditors, or the avaricious demands by "idle hold ers of idle capital." The right to regu late its own people is right which no free government can barter, sell or sur render. This reserved right is a part of every bond, of every contract, and of every obligation. No creditor or claim ant can set up a right that can take precedence over a nation's obligation to promote the welfare of the masses of Its own people. This is a debt higher and more binding than all other debts and one which It is not only dishonest, but treasonable to ignore. "We therefore appeal to the plain peo ple of the land, with perfect confidence in their patriotism and Intelligence, to arolse themselves to a full sense of the peril that confronts them and defend the citadel of their liberties with a vig ilance which shall neither slumber nor sleep." The following resolution was also presented and adopted: "Resolved, That a committee composed of one member from each state be ap pointed by the delgates thereof in this convention, whose duty It shall be to correspond with the representatives and advocates of bimetallism and bimetal lic societies In the different states of the union, end devise measures to advance the cause of bimetallism throughout the United States. This committee shall have power to call a national conference of btmetallists whenever, in the opin ion of the committee, the cause of bi metallism can be advanced thereby. Said committee shall have power to fill all vacancies." The platform as It was originally In tended It should not, the call being strictly non-partisan, contains no men tion of any party. The convention ad journed after speeches by W. J. Bryan. A. J. Warner and Senator Wolcott of i Indiana. Contesting Fred Douglass 'Will. j Rochester. N. T., June 15. E?Torts' to J settle the Frederick Douglass will con- j test out of court have failed, and Mrs. i Nathan Sprague, a daughter of Mr. Douglass, will commence a Bult to en force her lights. The action will be against Mrs. Douglass, the widow; her brother and Lewis H. Douglass, who are the administrators of the estate. It Is claimed by Mrs. Sprague that by the most recent arrangements Mrs. Doug lass Is to get all of the estate that Is In sight. Against International Conference. Berlin, June 15. The National Zel tung says that replies have now been received by the government from the majority of the federal governments to the former's Inquiry regarding the ex pediency of an International conference for the settlement of the currency ques tion. It is added that while several an swers do not imply opposition to the proposal, not one of them manifests a real desire to a conference. The replies, it appears, generally indicate a convic tion that such a meeting will be fruit less. FAVORS HOMESTEADERS. important Derision by Secretary Smith as to Land Payments. Washington, June 15 Secretary Hoke Smith has rendered a decision that will be of Interest to many Western home steaders. The case in cjuestion was that of J. A. Wells of the Alliance land dis trict, Nebraska, who requested an ex tension f time for making payment on his preemption claim. The land omce refused the request on the ground that such extension could be granted only in cases where inability to pay existed by reason of failure of crops. In his de cision Secretary Smith reversed this ruling, and calls attention to a recent act of congress which extends the time of final payment for ten year in cases where the entryman is unable to make payment on account of any cause which he is unable to control. Gail Hamilton Improving. Washington, June 15. Representative Hitt is still confined to his bed. There was no marked change in his condition. Miss Abigail Dodge continues to im prove. She is able to take more nour ishment than formerly. It is thought that if the improvement continues she may be able to be removed to her home In Salem. Mass., within a week or ten days. Indianapolis, Ind., June 14. The In dlana tax law was again upheld In the Federal court yesterday by Judge Baker, who decided against the Western Union Telegraph company in its suit for an injunction against the state au ditor to prevent him collecting the full amount of taxes assessed by the state commissioners. To Succeed tlazleton. Washington, June 15. The president has made the following appointments. Allen Thomas, consul-general, to Le United States minister at Venezuela. Emory Best of the District of Columbia, to be assistant commissioner of the general land offle. SILVER'S SECOND PAT. MEMPHIS CONVENTION CON TINUES ITS LABORS. Senator Stewart Makes the Speech of the Day In Arraignment of Our Pres ent Financial Policy The Attendance Continues Large. Memphis, Tenn., June 14. The sec ond day's session of the silver conven tion opened this morning-with no sign of a diminution in the supply of speech es. The attendance was almost up to the first day. At 10:15 o'clock Rev. Dr. Brooks of Memphis opened the conven tion with prayer, after which the arri val of delegates from Arizona and one from Arkansas was announced. Chair man Turpie then announced that the committee on resolutions was not ready to report, and introduced Senator Will iam M. Stewart of Nevada, who ad dressed the convention In part as fol lows: "The object lessons of the last three years show that the American people are face to face with concentrated cap ital, the enemy which destroyed all pre vious civilizations. A shrinking volume of money as compared with population and business produces falling prices, paralyzes industry and compels the pro ducers of wealth to pawn their property to continue the struggle against Im pending fate. The vast bonded debts of the United States and Europe have parsed through the hands of the Roths child combination for nearly a century, and the Increment retained by them alone Independent of their numerous as sociates, is estimated at J2.000.000.000. This combination robbed the United States cf gold to convert the silver debt of Austria into gold obligations and made J400.000.000 In the transaction. By this means the great combination wrecked the finances of this country and caused the panic in 1893." The senator said the present lull In the financial storm had been purchased by our government with the last Issue of bonds. He declared nine-tenths of the people of the country were in favor of the free coinage of silver. Con tinuing, he said: "The people have at la si taken this matter Into their own hands. The democracy of Illinois has broken the Ice. The advocates of free coinage at 16 to 1 by the United States alone comprise three-fourths of the voters of the United States. The only hope for gold monopoly is to divide and conquer. They have played that game for the last time. Whatever poli ticians and tlmeservers may do. the south and west and all lovers of free institutions everywhere will come tog-ether and rescue this government from the rule of the gold kings. If the people submit to financial bond age and lose their liberty, they will have been warned In time. The gold standard, falling prices, and hard times are as much the policy of the republi cans as of the democrats." TAYLOR WILL RETURN. State of South Dakota May Lose Noth ing iy in Acts. Sioux Falls. S. D.. June 14. There Is no longer any question of the return of W. W. Taylor to this state within ten days. Attorney-General Crawford. State Prosecutor Homer and Stewart of Pierre, attorneys for Taylor and bonds men, and H. M. Benedict, brother-in-law of Taylor, are In the city and authorize this statement. Attorney-General Crawford told friends the state had nothing to offer except Indictment, prosecution, and enforcement of every claim. Statements were made as to how much money Taylor could put up to meet his defalcation and Attorney General Crawford Is satisfied that a schedule of property which Taylor owns or controls will nearly meet the claim of the state. Taylor's repretentatlve was supplied with a warrant uader seal of the state to escort him to South Dakota, the warrant being for the purpose of protecting Taylor from reward sharks who might arrest him while on the way. Taylor went from Florida to Havana, then to Central America. Dutch Gui ana in South America, thence to King ston. Jamaica, thence to Para in BrazlL From there he came north. WHISKY TRUST DEFEATED. Adverse Decision Rendered by Illinois Supreme Court. Springfield, 111.. June 14. The decision handed down by the supreme court this morning In the Whisky trust case, in which the decision of the Cook county court declaring the trust illegal. Is affirmed. Is one of the strongest ar raignments of combinations for the pur pose of cornering or controlling prices In products ever promulgated by any court. The language is of no uncer tain character, and has given Attorney General Moloney and his assistants much satisfaction. The principle of corporation and trusts of this character is hit hard by te court, and the attorney-general teels that the principles underlying the decision are broad enough to Include the Pullman com pany. He feels that the adverse deci sion in the Pullman case will be re versed on reaching the Illinois supreme court. The decision in the Whisky trust case is thought to end the career of that monopoly. Will Demand Indemnity. Washington, June 14. The confirma tion of reports that American mission ary property in China has been de stroyed makes it probable that the United States government will require China to make suitable indemnity when the facts are officially established. The reports of losses to mission property in China vary. It is said the indemnity asked will cover not only the actual damage and loss to the American mis sionaries, but also a punitive sum as recompense for the Indignity suffered. Trouble with Miners Threatened. Boise, ' Idaho, June 14. An alarming state of affairs exists in the Coeur d'Alenes, In North Idaho, owing to trouble between the miners' union and the law and order men. who have or ganized to protect laborers In their rights to work If they can get employ ment. A man who incurred the enmity of the miners' union was killed there re cently, and the coroner's jury returned a verdict of suicide. Gov. McConnell has secured several hundred stands of arms, and over 200 volunteers are drill ing here to prepare for coming conflict, which seems imminent. Idaho has no state militia. BERING SEA TROUBLE. United States Will Have to Patrol Seal lng Grounds Alone. Washington. June 14. Great Britain has failed to renew her adherence to the Joint regulations for the government of the seal fisheries in Bering Sea, and upon the United States has devolved the patrol of this vast area single-handed and under conditions that may at any time give rise to trouble. Beginning early In the year, the state department sought to induce the British govern ment to renew these regulations, but up to Ibis, date the effort has been unsuc cessful, and now that Sir Julian Paunce fote, the British ambassador, has gone home to England on leave of absence it is certain nothing in that direction can be accomplished before next fall. This declination of the British to enter again into the Joint regulations Is ascribed en tirely to Canadian pressure, and it Is felt that if left to follow their own im pulses they would not hesitate to Join the United States in the execution of the recommendations of the Paris arbitra tion in spirit as well as In letter. The situation Is one calculated to breed trou ble and is the cause of some anxiety to the treasury officials. London, June 14. The Bering Sea bill which was Introduced Into the house of commons Monday last by Sir Edward Gray and which passed Its first reading upon that occasion replaces the act of 1S93, which expires In July, and will en able the government to carry out its agreement with Russia. It empowers the government by order in council to prohibit seal catching. The act remains In force until January, 1S9S. In addition to the Bering Sea award In regard to seizure, it empowers the officers of for eign states which are parties to the agreement to seize British ships and equipment when they violate the order. An lmpressian prevails here that Can ada will vigorously oppose the passage of the new act. SHOW A DECREASE. Oar Exports Have a Decided Falling Off O fltlclal Figures. Washington, June 14. The bureau cf statistics in Its bulletin on exports shows that during the month of May the exports of cotton aggregated J9, 837,261, which is about Jl.250,000 in excess of May, 1S94. For the last nine months, however, there has been an aggregate loss of nearly J4.000.000. The exports of breadstuffs during May amounted to $11,809,697. a gain of J1.000, 000 over May last year. For the last eleven months, however, there has been a falling-off of over J52.50O.0O0. There was a decrease In bar ley of over Jl.300.000; In corn over J1.610, 000; In oats over Jl. 800.000: in wheat. $16. 300.000; In wheat flour, J17.000.000. Dur ing May of this year the exports of pro visions amounted to Jll.971.410, a loss of over JS.000.000 from May, 1894. For the last eleven months the loss on provisions was over JS.700.000. AGAINST THE CUBANS. Filibustering Expeditions from America to lie Stopped. Washington, June 14. President Cleveland late yesterday afternoon Is sued a proclamation, being the lint step toward a vigorous suppression of Cuban filibustering. Reports to the navy department are to the effect that the Raleigh will sail for Key West to day, and will patrol the waters between Florida and Cuba as carefully as pos sible. The campp'-n against the fili busters Is to be a vigorous one. The Raleigh will be supported by a number of revenue cutters, and In addition to thiR steps will be taken ashore to pre vent the fitting out of exDeditions. Oppose uii1bv Malls. Denver. June 14. The synod of the Reformed Presbyterians adjourned at midnight last night and most of the del egates went on a trip to Pike's Peak. The committee on temperance reported very strong resolutions against the sale or use of liquors and tobacco and the report was adopted unanimously. The government of the United States was condemned for countenancing the liquor traffic and the sale of narcotics. The report of the committee on Sabbath ob servation condemned Sunday malls, transportation, newspapers, street cars and all kinds of work, also the tendency to turn the day into an occasion for merry-making. The appropriations adopted footed up about J60.000. Gov. BIcKlnley in Chicago. Chicago, June 14. Governor William McKlnley of Ohio visited Evanston at the Invitation of the Alumni association of Northwestern university, and was the orator of the day at the meeting of the almunl in the First Methodist church of Evanston. when he delivered an elo quent address on "The Relation of Edu cation to Citizenship." Germin Lutherans. Chicago, June 14. At yesterday's ses sion of the convention of the Augustana synod Dr. Olsson, president of the Au gustana college, led a discussion as to whether the synod should support a Persian mission conducted by Knanl shu Moratkhan In his native land. The clergymen favored supporting the mis sion, and appropriated J300 for the school work. The report of the Ladles' Missionary society showed an Income of J2.89l.16. The convention will close to-day. Hailstorm In Minnesota. Fergus Falls, Minn., June 14. A ter rible hailstorm struck this city and sur rounding country yesterday. Thou sands of panes of glass were broken, causing a loss of J5.000 to J10.000. A thousand panes of glass were broken In the Insane asylum alone. Gardens are completely ruined. The storm covered fifty square miles, and the damage to wheat is very great, and corn and pota toes are ruined. Reports state that a general storm prevailed in northern Minnesota, and crops have no doubt been greatly damaged. Muskegon, Mich., June 14. The Fres Methodist camp-meeting for this dis trict is located near Ravenna In this county. Testerday Mrs. Burleson was struck by lightning and killed.- Mrs. Hilliard, who was in the same tent, was seriously Injured and may die. Will Hilliard, her son, aged 21 years, was struck on the hip. and, though severely Injured, mounted a horse and rode to Ravenna for help. Besides the injured there were In the tent Mr. Hilliard and his daughter Ada, aged 13 years. These were all severely shocked. Those in the adjoining tents were stunned for a mo ment by the explosion, but soon re covered. FOR WOMENI ' One Kind of Protection That Protects. j No traveler, not even a doctor, ever objected to having" his or her life saved by a Westing-house air brake, and no ' one declines to enjoy the blessings of Edison's electric light or Bell's tele phone. All these discoveries are pro tected by law. Civilized governments recognize the fact that public benefac tors are not only worth protecting, but that they require protection for the good of the people. By protecting1 them the public protects itself. Discoveries that increase the comforts of life and lessen its burdens and dangers are the result of brains, study and genius, and there is a premium on brains the world over. Every discoverer is entitled to the fruits of his labor, genius and skill. It is enough that he places his discovery within the reach of the people. He need not make a partner of the public or a confidant of the profession. The case in point is a discovery which is annually brightening the lives of THOUSANDS OF WOMEX, a discovery which, according1 to their own written statements, has rescued over 90.00 women from conditions of hopeless despondency and despair and brought them to happiness and health. This discovery is legally protected as Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It is not a patent medicine, but its name and individuality are, for the benefit of all, protected against pirates and hum bugs. It is the discovery of Dr. IL V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. ., Chief Con sulting Physician to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute. Why shouldn't women use it? Its discoverer is a regularly qualified phy sician who has made the treatment of ailments peculiar to women a life study and a life specialty. ilis thirty years practice in this special field, during" which he with his staff of specialists have successfully treated hundreds of thousands of cases, has afforded him opportunities enjoyed by no one else for discovering the right methods and the right remedies. That he should, for his own protec tion and the protection of his patients who are scattered all over the globe, take advantage of that law of which every inventor in other fields avails himself, is neither unprofessional ncr unbusiness-like. It's good, sound com mon sense. One reason that women suffer in silence agonies that would make A COWARD OF MAX is because her inborn modesty causes her to shrink from the ordeal of sub mitting to medical examination and the stereotyped "local treatment." When, finally, torture drives her to seek ad vice, she, unfortunately, only too often falls into hands that lack the rare abil ity upon which her peace of mind, her happines. and her life depend. In stead of the treatment that makes thousands of cures a certainty and fail ure almost unheard-of accident, she re ceives that which makes failure a cer tainty and the cure a mere aecident. No woman, who is tired of suffering, tired of doctoring, or tired of life, should fail to write Dr. Pierce, or to the World's Dispensary Medical Asso ciation, of Buffalo, N. 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As this number of copies has al ready been sold, he is now distributing-, absolutely free, 500,000 copies of this most com- plete, inter esting and coupon valuable common no. 161. sense med ical work ever pub lished the recipient only being re quired to mail to him, or the World's Dispensary Medical Association, of Buffalo, N. Y , of which he is presi dent, this little coupon number with twenty-one (21) cents in one cent stamps to pay for postage and packing only, and the book will be sent by maiL It is a veritable medical library, complete in one volume. It contains over 1,000 pages and more than 300 illustrations. Several finely illustratsd chapters are devoted to the careful consideration in plain language, of diseases peculiar to women and their successful home-treatment without the aid of a physician and without having to submit to dreaded -'examinations' and the stereotyped "local applica tions." so repulsive to the modest and justly sensitive woman. The Free Edi tion is precisely the same as that sold at 51.50 except only that the books are bound in strong- manilla paper covers instead of cloth. Send now before all are g-iven away. They are g-oing- off rapidly, therefore, do not delay sending- immediately if in want of one. The June Atlantic contains install ments of the two leading- serials by Mrs. Ward and Gilbert Parker, also a short story of frontier garrison life, by Ellen Mackubin, entitled Kosita. An other bit of fiction of unusual charac ter and interest is. Through the Win dows; Two Glimpses of a Man's Life. The two chapters bearing- the signifi cant titles Detachment and Disen chantment. Lafcadio Ilearn contrib utes a delightful paper entitled In the Twilight of the Gods, which, with Mary Stockton Hunter's poem, A Jap anese Sword-Sonv,', gives this issue a distinct flavor of the Orient. The Features of a Rogue A practical detective can frequently discern at a glance that a man is a rogue. The stamp of dishonesty on his features, or his anxiety on being observed, tells the story. A remarkable illustration of this fact was narrated by the Boston correspondent of the Hingham Journal a year or two ago. The detective was Constable Derastus Clapp, the succes sor of "Old Reed," a famous rogue catcher of Boston half a century ago, who was for forty years the terror of evil-doers in and about the New En lard metropolis. Clapp was a shrewd man and a most excellent judge of human nature. He could tell a rogue as far off as he could a black man. and he never made mis takes. His "come along with me' was imperative and admitted of no argu ment. An instance of his readiness in read ing character occurred one morning in the upper criminal court. A case of considerable interest was being tried, and the gallery was crowded with spec tators. Two or three reporters were sitting near the door, when Clapp, stooping over, whispered, "Dout all look at once, but please observe that nice-looking man with the white cravat, in the front middle seat of the gallery." We looked. "Now," says Clapp, "I'll bet thatl can set that man traveling out of the court-house on the double-quick in less than five minutes, nor will I leave the room or send him any message. " "While we were wondering how the feat was to be accomplished, the vet eran quietly beckoned to officer Tallaot, and taking a pair of handcuffs from his pocket, directed that officer's attention to the party in the gallery, and appar ently gave him same directions. Tall&nt opened the door and stepped into the entry, and at the same instant the man with the white cravat bolted like lightning through the crowd to th6 door and disappeared. "Gentleman," remarked Clapp, I never Baw that man before in my life. It illustrates the scriptural saying, 'The wicked flee when no man pursueth. " irorth Carolina minerals. A North Carolina farmer of Cabarrus county suddenly found himself rich the other day, when he was offered $50 a bushel for 2,000 bushels of a sand and gravel mound on his farm. The dirt was more profitable at that price than any farm product he could raise or: his land, but he was as sharp as old Farm er Rogers, the North Carolin a farmer of "Esmeralda," and didn't take it. The gravel mound is as full of wealth as the dirt pile of Dickens' golden dustman, and the latest improved machinery is to be put in to work a gold mine. The discovery came about in this way : The farmer knew the mound, and knew of in old hole near it which had been fill ed up by the drift of years. He wished to make a dry, gravelly front yard for his house, and hauled some cart-loads of the mound and spread it before his door. The rains washed it, and he found, among the gravel a nugget of gold that weighed an ounce. This opened his .-yes. Then he scraped up the gravel and it "panned out" $325 in ro:iea pick ings. Then he took a bushel of the mound, ground it to powdei m a mortar and it yielded $125, which showed his good sense in not taking $50 a bushel for it. Then the oldest inhabitant of Carbarrus, nigh on to a hundred, sud denly recolected a story told him, jrhen he was a boy, by his grandfather, about an Englishman who lived in Raleigh be fore the Revolutionary times, digging a pit, finding a pile of gold and going home to coin it. The pit was on this very Cabarrus farm and the mound was made from the diggings. The lucky Englishman worked the mine in the rough, took out the biggest yellow chunks and left the smaller nuggets and rich dirt for the farmer, and the name of this sudden millionnaire is Bob Paul. He will work the mine for all it is worth, and would not take for the Eng lishman's leavings as many ten-dollar gold pieces as would pave every inch of his farm. EXaiden Effort of a Texas Orator. "In my deestrict, Mr. President and eller members, where a few moons ago the Indian lover wooed his dusky mate, and the wild fox dug Lis hole unskear ed, peace and smiling plenty reign su preme, and the honest sweat of the toil er, wrung from the brow of labor by the horny hand of thrift, irrigates the soil, about all the hrigation we get in the course of the Almighty's twelve months. In that deestrict, Mr. Presi dent, the champing iron horse of mo nopoly rushes red-eyed through the fairest fields and daily climbs fences and piles of last years' mesquite roots to kill the only long horn the farmer ha3 left, the kindly beast, Mr. Presi dent, which has been the daily com panion of his wife and daughters, the mighty bed-fellow of the blue sow in the front yard, and which he gathered by bis thrift and diligence from the passing herd of the Kansas drover. And when he sues the company for $500 and gets $1 and cests, who is to blame him if at the next election he votes frequent ly for the man who, in these halls have resounded to the eloquence of the Sev enteenth legislature, will protect him in his rights and secure him a large slice o other people's. Forty years ago would the pampered minion of a northern tyrant thus have spurned the just rights of our citizens ? Not much. The ready rifle would have rung out and he would have felt the absurdity of fooling with the soldiers of the blood stained field of San Jacinto and the he roes of the Alamo." Rapturous ap plause. Texas Siftings. A couple who had been "keeping company" continuously for twenty-eight years were married at Trenton. N. J. recently. Senator Camden of West Virginia is worth $2,000,000.