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South and West.

T%H1RrY-F1vE State militiamen have been
sent to Coal Greek, renn., to guard the 2Oo
convict miners there.
The Cherokee Indian Senate has elected
T. NJ. BURLINGTON and E. G. Boudiuoe 20 rep
resent the Nation before the present Con
gress in WASHINGTON. 1t was rumored that
ex-Chief Bushyhead, of the Cherokee Ma
ton, was dead.
EDWARD SPoHN aud Lizzie Ssig, who were
ENGAGED to be married, were standing on
the Sidewalk near Miss Seig's home at
South Bend. Ind, when a brick wall fell on
them, crushing both to death.
MOUNT AIRY, N. c., a town OF 1000 popu-
lation, has been destroyed by hre. Inc loss
is roughly estimated at from $3N,ooo 70
$500, 600.
FOUR persons persisted and six others were
badly injured in a fire in a lodging house at
Sanford. Cal. The fire originated In an
explosion of a coal oil stove.
AGAR containing ten non-union operators,
whom the Western Union Telegraph Com.
pany was sending South to take the places OF
strikers was broken into at T~exarkana,
Ark, and three of the men killed.
THE town of Saybrook, in Illinois, was
practically wiped out OF existence BY sloo,-
000 fire.
LINwoop; Ark, has been terrorizsd for
time by q mob Of a dozen colored
men. led by a white man named Puryear,
who wanted the railroad station removed
some distance south Of its present location.
but was strongly opposed by Dr.. Bryan.
In revenge the despsratoes burned the
doctors gin. They then set fire to the
station and proceeded through the streets,
firing their Winchesters in the houses. The
sheriff. aided by a vigilance committee,
lodged Puryear and thres OF the gang In
Jail.
AT Cresweu, Ca. DR.. R. G. Barrett and
Mrs. Barrett were Drained in their room.
The instrument with which they were muir
dered a coupling pin, was lying near them.
The tragedy is wrapped in mystery.
SIX men were killed outright, W fatally
injured, and many others badly hurt, IN a
railroad collision at Aladdin, Mo-.
FOUR men were killed by a railroad train
leaving a trestle at Dyke Ridge, N. G.
In Springfield, the county seat OF Stewart
County. Kan, the Sheriff and his two
deputies vera killed by a mob Of forty men
who were in ambush. The attack Is the
outcome OF q plot to kill Thomas Botkln,
Judge Of the Judicial District.
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THE CEREAL CROP.
The Largest Total for Wheat Ever
Grown in Any Country.


Grown in Any Country.
The estimates, by States and Territories,
OF area, product and value Of the principal
cereals Of the United States for 1891, made
by the statistician of the Department. of Ag-
riculture, have just been made public at
Washington. The crops of corn, wheat
or three per cent. of the cereal
aggregate, are reported. The total for corn
has only been exceeded once. The wheat
product is the largest ever grown in any
country, n the yield per acre in the United
States is the largest ever reported by the
Department of Agriculture. The total for
oats was slightly exceeded IN 1889.
The aggregates are as follows: Corn
area, 1920 :5l5 acres: product, 1000, 154,-
900 rushels; value, 1886. +39, 22s. Wheat
area, 80, 916. 1877 acres: product, Gil, $50. 600
bushels; value, S513, Az, I'll. Oats-area,
%, 5Sl, S61 acres; product, 1875, 1914, 900 bush
els; value, 1922, 312, 267.
The aggregate OF all cereals is the largest
yet produced, and will supply ffty-four to
ffty-aye bushels per unit of population.
The wheat supply is the largest ever re-
ported in proportion to the population,
averaging 9.4 bushels to each person,
against go for the largest previous crop,
in 1884. The average value to the
farmer is 40.6 cents for coru. -. 90 or wheas
and 81 A. cents for oats. Tn value OF wheat
is greater than in any year sincs 1883, that
of the stort crap OF 'lSSS alone excepted.
Tho products are, OF course. in measured
bushels.
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LATER NEWS.

A HEAD end railroad collision occurred a
mile north of Smyrna, N. Y, resulting In
the killing OF Frederick A. Young, engi-
neer, Of Utica; Martin Sheedy, engineer, OF
Oswego; Albert Cady, fireman, OF Norwich.
Both engines exploded soon after they
struck. and were blown into twisted scraps
Of iron. ~
TIE United States revenue cutter Gala
tin went ashore on a ledge OF Manchester
by.the-sea, N. Il. All hands were saved e1-
cent J. jacobson, q carpenter. The, vessel Is
a total loss. The fault seems to have been
with the pilot, who lost his reckoning.
A TORNADO swept throdgh Fayetteville,
Co., killing four persons and seriously in
turing a dozen more. A path 300 yards
wide was cut through the town andfor three
miles east of it the devastation continued
TIE United States Governments suit
against the schooner Robert and Minnie,
for violation Of the neutrality laws in con-
| yeying arms to the CHILEAN steamer Itata,
was dismissed in the Circuit Court OF APP
peals at San Francisco, Cal.
AT the Joint caucus in Columbus Of the
Republican members Of the Ohio Legislature,
John Sherman was nominated for re-elec-
ton to the United States Senate, getting
| hfty-three votes to thirty-eight for j. B.
Foraker.
THE acting Secretary Of the Treasury sent
to Congress a letter from Robert F. Porter,
the Superintendent Of the Census, accom-
panied by a deficiency estimate OF $1,000
600 for continuing the work Of the census,
which appropriation, it is asked, be made In
toe Urgency Deficiency bill.
SECRETARY OF STATE BLAINE was seized
with an acute attack Of indigestion and was
obliged to suspend work for the day. HI
recovered in a few hours.
THE President sent the following nomina'
tions to the Senate: Walter Wyman, oil
Missouri, to be Supervising Su~rgeon-Genera
of the Marine Service of the Unithd States;
John B. Hamilton, of Illinois, to be Surgeon
in the Marine Hospital Service Of the United
States.
The Car refuses to admit that the famine
in Russia is widespread.
INFLUENZA is spreading in Yorkshire,
Dorset, Essex and Kent, in England. Ths
disease is of a severe type. Many death:
are reported.
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Washington.

THE new French Minister, ID: Patsnotre,
was formally presented to the President by
Secretary Blaine.
THE revenues of the Government for the
month of December were Sss, 500, 600, or 81
50O. O0O less thar the expenditures during the
same period. This had the effect OF reduc-
me- the Treasury cash balance to $50, 4O5, 749,
Including Sl4, OOO, 900 in subsidiary silver and
Sl2, CSC, 927 on deposit with National banks.
PRESIDENT and Mrs. Harrison gave the
usual New-Year's reception at the White
House, which was largely attended by the
official and diplomatic circles OF the Capital.
A FEW DAYS ago Brigadier-G General Mont
gomeryC Cunningham Meigs, retired. died OF
pneumonia in Washington. He was born
May IS. 1916, at Augusta, Ga.
THE President issued a proclamation an.
nouucing the signature OF a reciprocity.
agreement between Salvador and the United
States. The agreement Is a provisional one.
THE United States Treasury Departments
statements Of changes in the circulation dur
ing December show a net increase during
the month Of S11, SIG, $50.
PRESIDENT HARRISON sent to Congress a
message touching the relief OF the famine in
Russia.
THE President sent to the Senate the fol-
lowing nominations: Interstate Commerce
Commissioners-James W.. McDill, Of Iowa,
vice Thomas M. Cooley. resigned; William
NJ. Lindsey, of Kentucky, vice W. Bragg,
deceased; William R. Morrison. Of Illinois
Ia reappointment. Fourth Assistant Post,
mastsr-General-E. g. Rathbone, OF Ohio.
William B. Hess, United States Consul
General at Constantinople; William D.
Mccoy, Of Indiana, Minister Resident and
Consul-General to Liberia, Andrew P.
Mccormick, Of Texas, United States Circuit
Judge for the Fifth Judicial Circuit; Abra-
ham J. Seay, Governor Territory of Okla
homs.
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ters are still unmarried, only one OF them,
Miss Minnie Wanamaker, having as YET
made her debut into society.
Mrs. Wanamaker was In Europe when her
husband was appointed Postmaster-Ge General
by President Harrison. She returned az
once and took up the social duties which her
husbands official position required.
Mrs. Wanamaker is her own h~ousekeeper,
and when it is remembered that her duties
include the management Of four homes, some
appreciation Of the systemat1zation which
accomplishes such management may g ex'
perieuced. One of these homes Is In fnlia-
delphia, where the family spend the early
winter. the months Of November and De-
cember.
The rest Of the winter season Is gwen 70
Washington, where they have q SECOND
beautiful home. The summer is divided Do
tween "Liudenhurst," q magnificent house
and estate about fifteen miles from fhla-
delphia, and "Lilenmyn Cottage" q smaller
country house at Cape May Point, wnlcn
gets hts rather peculiar but entirely original
name from the diminutives Of the daughters
of fine house-Lillie and Minnie. The house
In Washington contains q fine art gallery,
which must be taken as an evidence OF l1S
mistress devotion to fine paintings and
statuary. r.
In appearance she is most pleasing. Her
face. though not strictly beautiful, is q most
charming and delightful one, and her e1'
preston. while usually grave and preoccu-
pisd. is constantly broken by smiles which
brighten her gray eyes a~nddisplaya charm.
iue mouth OF beautiful teeth. She IS OF
medium height and weighs perhaps l~
mounds,
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

The German Kaiser's favorite horse is a
coal black mare.
The wealth Of Baron Hirsch Is just about
equal to that Of Jay Gould.
WHITTIER wrote his first published poem
when he was seventeen years old.
KING OSCAR, Of Sweden, is q collector OF
books OF poems with autographs Of the
writer's
CONGRESSMAN MCMILLAN, Of Tennessee,
commits a poem to memory every morning
before breakfast.
QUEEN VICTORIA will open the British
Parliament in person instead OF by deputy
in 1892. The date is February 8.
SPEAKER CRISP has the faculty of remem-
bering names and faces, an invaluable ac'
complishment for aman in public life.
PRINCE CHRISTIAN was shot in the facs
by the Duke OF Connaught while hunting in
England, and n eye had to be removed
SIR MoRRELL MACKENZIE is devoting more
and more time to literary work, FOR which
the English magazine publishers pay a big
price.
MICHAEL DAv1rr, the Irish Parliamentary
leader, was only eleven years old when he
lost his right arm in an accident in a Man
chester mill.
MISS HARRIET dOSMHH Will give TSo,UVO
for the ''Queen Isabella Of CASTLE" to be
unveiled at the opening of the Women's
Department Of the Worlds Fair.
Dom PEDRo's daughter, the Countess
d'Eu, might have been a 6rst-class prima
donna had she given attention to the higher
cultivation of her naturally fine voice.
CHARLEsADoLpHUsMURRAY, Earl Of Dun
more, is to be President Of the Union Bank
OF South Carolina and London, shortly to
be established at Columbia, 3. c., with
s., 900, 900 British capital.
JOHN P. RICHARDSON, who died in Louisl.
ana the other day, was the largest planter
in this country. He owned fifteen planta-
lions and eight stores, and his operations
were always conducted on a vast scale.
CAPTAIN JOHN DAVIS, Of Deer Island,
Me-, believes he is the only survivor OF the
crew of ifty-two who sailed in the United
States steamer Jamestown forty-three years
ago to carry -four and grain to Iralan dur
ing the food famine. Every on OF tue
hfty-two men before the mast had previously
been master or first officer Of q ship and all
served without pay.
LII HUNa CHANG, the Viceroy Of China,
has q thoughtful, not q cunnins-looklng
face. eyes straighter than we are acoustic ned
to expect to see in q Chinamau, and an un-
usually long, dropping mustache and I'M
perial or ''eoatee.n His hirsute %adornnlent
alone stamps him as a man OF distinction III
his native land. for au ordinary cooley
wouldn't think OF trying to grow a llp oearo.
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THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States

In New York City during 1891 there were
4G 1895 births. 1851 marriages and $500
deaths, against SO. $50 births, l4,99S mar
riages and 40, 1O3 deaths in 1890. The ar.
rests during the year we're over 9O,OW, OF
which Il, COO were males and 1900 females.
STEPHEN n. BELL, who murdered his wife
in Fairfax on December 25, 1885,, was hanged
in the State Prison at Windsor. Vt.
Roswell P. FLOWER was i~naugurated
! Governor of New York in the Assembly
Chamber at Albany. The cere monies were
very simple. .
NEW York CrrY's ex-Superintendent OF
Police, George w. Walling, died at keyport'
N. j., OF pneumonia, aged sixty EIGHT years.
JOSEPH EARLE, a farmer, about forty
wears OLD, died at his home in Monroe
about ten miles above tuxedo Park. n. u.
OF ~hydrophobia. The Pasteur treatment
failed to save him.
BANK COMMISSIONERS KRUMBHAAR tooK
possession of the Continental Trust ana
Finance Company Of Philadelphia, fesa.'
and closed its doors. The capltai Is Oh
0O0. 900.
MAYOR GRANT sent his fourth annual
message. regarding New York City AFFAIRS TO
the newly organized Board Of Aldermen.
Mayor Body, of Brooklyn, sent his hrst an
nual message to the Common u
The decision OF the Connecticut Supreme
Court of Errors in the quo warranto case OF
Judge Luzon B. Morris against GoVerncr
Bulkeley was render ed at Hartford, ana IL
upholds Buckley as Governor de facto ana
Governor de jure OF tine State. Inc declSion,
which is unanimous, was written by Chief
Justice Andrews.
BY the terms of the will Of Mary Macrae
Stuart. who died a few nights ago in New
York City, upward of "a. 900, 900 Of her estate
is left to various colleges and charities or the
Presbyterian Church. The Lenox Library
receives her magnificent library ana coiiec-
ton of art works in addition to SSU,0Oo.
Both branches of the New York Leglsla.
tnre were ORGANIZED by the Democrats. Wal:
ker, from the Twenty-seventh Senatorial
district, was seated, and Governor Flowers
first message was read. Robert h. Bush was
elected Speaker Of the Assembly. Edwards
Independent, acted with the Democrats.
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WI GIFT OF A THORN.

"And lest I should be exalted above meas
ure through the abundance OF the reyela
tions, there was given to me q thorn In the
"There was given to me - can the thorn
be a gift from God? i am In the habit OF.
seeing Gods gifts in the abundance OF the
things which my life possesses; and ! eau
those things the dangers OF life which di-
minish the sum Of its abundance. Here is .
complete reversal OF my thought; the abun-
dance IS the danger. and that which limin-
ishes It Is q gift. Paul was exait., above
measure; he had been standing Oil the
mountains of prosperity and summering In
the sunshine Of o cloudless day.
The cloudlessness Of the day was his
greatest danger, and there Is sent q mist
over the sun. his life has been redolent
with a breath of flowers, and there is sent q
thorn among the flowers. The thorn Is
Gods best gift to the soul; there is some
thing protective In it. It has neither beauty
nor fragrance, but it yields the sweet uses OF;
adyersity-it reminds the human soul that
It Is, after all, only human.
Dear Lord, I have never thanked Thee for
the thorn in the aesh. l have thanked Thee
q thousand times for the roses. but not once
for the thorn. I have been looking forward
to the world where l shall get compensation
for nv cross, but l have never thought OF
my cross as a present glory. Thou, Divine
Love, whose human path has been perfected
through suffering, teach me the glory Of my
cross. the value of the thorn in the flesh. Show
me that 1 have climbed by the path Of pain.
Show me that my tears have made my rain
bow. Reveal to me how my strength came
as the product of that hour when l wrestled
until the creaking OF the day. Then shall I!
know that my thorn was blessed by Thee. my
cross q fgift from Thee. and I shall raise q
monument to the hour Of my sorrow, and
the words which / shall write shall be these:
1T was good for me to be afflicted" !
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FAILURES OF THE E A
Greater in Number Than in ANY
Previous Twelve Months.

Previous Twelve Months.
The mercantile failures for the year 1891,
as reported by the mercantile agency Of r.
G. Dun g. Co., indicate that the number Of
failures in the United States is 10, 27S, as
against 10, 907 in 1890. The failures in 1891
are greater in number than in any previous
year since the record has been kept by this
agency; running back to 1857.
In amount Of liabilities, however, the fig
ures are almost precisely the same as those
of the year previous, amounting to $780,
OO0, 900. The amount lost, therefore, does
not exceed that Of the previous year, while
the average Of the liabilities OF each failure
is SIS, AL in 1891, as against SIT, 406 in 1890.
The distribution Of the loss in geogrephi-
cal sections shows that the liabilities Of fail
ures in the Eastern States in the year just
closed were s19, 600, 600 as against s21, 600, 900
last year. In the Middle States the liabili'
ties were 81, 600, 900 as against SIS, 600, 600 in
1890. In the Southern States a marked in
crease in liabilities Is noticed, as they
amounted last year to $4,000. DOC against
$27. 900, 900 in 1890.
In the Western STATES there is a decline Of
50, 600, 900 in liabilities. which amounted In
the year just closed to $4S, DOG, 0O0, rs against
CSC, DOC, 900 in tho year previous, while on
the Pacific Coast In 1891 the liabilities
amounted to SO, 900, 900 as against 100000
in 1890.
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%FIFTY-sECOND CONGRESS.
In the Senate.

10TH Dayton reassembling after the
Christmas recess, the Vice-Prssident laid BE-
fore the Senate the annual report OF Public
Printer Palmer, and also the fifth annual re-
port of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, signed BY. W. X.
Morrison, Acting Chairman -
Among numerous petitions presented were
memorials from Presbyterian synods and
Others, stated by Mr.. Frye to bs signed by
over 900, 900 communicates, favoring the
ratification of the Bussels Congo treaty for
the suppression Of slavery
was passed authorizing the charter of a ship
to convey corn to Russia.
nth pAY.-The Vice-President took the
chair at noon-Mr. Pasco presented a
memorial from the State OF Florida, asking
that a pension be granted to the survivors
Of the Seminole Indian = Vice
President laid before the Senate three mes
sages from the President, transmitting
agreements made by Commissioners with
the Indians Of Colville Reservation, OF
Washington, with the Wichita and affiliated
bands in Oklahoma and. with the Tonkawa
Indiansin Oklahoma. They were read ana
referred to the Committee on Indian Al
fairs-Mr. Morrill, spoke against free
coinage Of silver; he was answered by MI.
Teller.
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In the House.

It'll DAY.-Promptly at II O'Clock Clerk
Kerr called the House to order and an
nouuced Speaker Crisp's sickness, and that
the election Of a Speaker pro tenn. was IN
order. A resolution by Mr.. Springer pro.
posing the Hon. Benton J. McMillin. Of
Tennessee, for that Office was adopted
by a viva voce vots. and Mr..
McMillin took the Speakers chair
1t was bill day and 372 were introduced,
Mr.. Hincxley, of North Dakota, announced
the death on August l4th last OF John Gam
BILE, who had been elected a member of Con-
gress. The customary resolutions Of regret
were passed, and thu HOUSE at 4P. n. ad-
journed.
SrH-DAY Mr.. McMillln, Speaker pro
tenn, took the chair promptly at noon and
laid before the House the Senate joint reso.
luton authorizing the Secretary OF the Navy
to transport contributions for the relief OF
the suffering poor of Russia: The resolution
was discussed all day and indefinitely post.
pDnei.
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q DO yoU REApi

There ara few thinps which + am more
anxions about than to have my boys and
pirIs form 4 taste for good books. LIDO NOT
mean stupid sgoody-goodyn books, hut those
which are really good, bright Interesting,
full Of fun some OF fhemsand all such az
willhelp you to grow into good, genuine
men and women, besidessgivtpg you agood.
time while you are growing. You wilfhe
pretty apt to- grow Ike the characters you;
read about and admire. Think OF this wneu
you are askedto read blood and thunder
stories or lives Of bad men and women or
silly, wishyswashy stuff often foundinstory
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SAFETY N the sHrIrEn1se ROCK

49, 6hE 81 l. VtE-A y t454EAg
Jesus Christ Is no security against storms,
but He Is q perfect security in them IIavs
seen a yillage nesting In the bosom OF some
great mountain. Speaking one dayito The
villagers, I Yentured to ask ifthey had any;
storms during the year. 5s
"Oh, yes, was the answer. I there Is
storm anywhere inGthe n~eighbothood ftI
seems to find US lDutan How dosyou &C.
count for it?p tsThose who SCENT know
say It ia due To- the mountain which towers
above our village. III he happens TO see
cloud Anywhere ON the horizon he heck0ns
1t until II settles on bis brow. We vtllagerH
call It putting on, his nightcap.p 2. Have you
had any accidents from BghtningT Not
one.
eve have seen the lightning strike the
mountain 3 hundred times ,End d grand sight
il was, but NOBODY had been killed. =, What
have YOU, then2n trWe have the thunder
which shakes our windows and fr4htenss
our women and children, but IL has not
killed anybody; and ne baye the ~downp0ur.
The fertility Of our Village which y0u so,
much sdmire, is al due TO the thunder
showers
When Jesus Christ became f~ncarnate, He
rose like q very mountain of God, and ak.
the storms Of the ages gathered around His
head. There came ssweeping up, too, htrri.
canes from the dreary wilds OF eternal.
night, which hurled Themselves In al their
fury against. Hin, but He took the lightning
into His own breast, and what have wei
The thunder shower. He shall come down
like rain on the nlown grass, Ike showers
that water the earth: Henry Simon.
N.N4 suHH NnA1 -
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THERE Is a great war on Jne boys
for reading dime novels and blood
and-thunder stories, but the girls are
doing something just as bad. 1tdoes
not hurt a boy half as much to read
a dime novel as it does a girl to cram
her mind with sickly love stories
But the boys are 80 watched that
they have to crawl up in the loft to
read their ~favorite literature, while
the girls sit in the parlor and read
theirs ,
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pleasures Of the Washington season. Mrs:
Crisp was born in Ellaville. near her present
home in Americas, GA. Her father was 3
planter before the war. She was married
10 Mr.. Crisp while quite young, and four
children, two daughters and two sons: blessed
the union. The elder daughter Is married
to a druggist in Americas, while tne Two
younger children are still at scnooi. MLs.
Crisp has always spent the winters IN WASH
ton to Congress. She is thoroughly domss-
tic. and cares most about being in her
Georgia home, where she is accustomed to
dispense real southern hospitality. She Is
about medium height, has dark eyes and
hair slightly tinged with gray.
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Mrs. John Wanamnker.

Mary Erringer Brown-this is Mrs. Wanna.
makers full maiden name-was born in
Philadelphia on November %, 1885, and edu.
Gated at a private seminary in that city.
Shortly after leaving school she became en-
gagged to her brothers intimate friend, John
Wsnamaker, to whom she was married two
years later.
She has had six children, four of whom are
living-Rodman, Thomas, Minnie and Lille.
The two sons are married, the younger, Rod
man, being the father Of the two gra9dcnii'
dren Of the family, the younger Of whom Is
known as John Wanamaker, Jr. The daugh.