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The girl gave cry OF disgust, and
put out both hands TO keep him Off
started toward him; but lie Fevrc was
too quick for me. The abundant
wrath that he had been storing up for
the last half hour could no longer be
restrained. His powerful arm shot
out straight from the shoulder, and
Conrad Bostock sprawlcd his length
on the carpet. lie rose, confused and
bleeding, caught one glance at tho
angry countennncc Of the ovcrseer,
snatchcd his hat and disappeared.
The planter seemed unconscious Of
what had last happened. He raised
his eyes and looked around him.
as he gomez" he eagerly asked.
Eyes, father. What was it"
"Sh, child, don't ask me anything.
He Is gone; he won't come back. Did
he say anything about you, Corry?'
"lle wanted 10 kiss me-thc odious
beast!-and good MIR. lie Fevre struck
him"
"lm sorry for that; Conrad is re-
vengeful. But he sdd nothing about
you2"
mo, father"
The planter seemed greatly relieved
at the answer
"I'll go TO bed, now, child. lam very
weary with all this"
When Coralic had withdrawn with
him, lie Fevrc sat and stared blankly
at me.
whats all ths?" he blurtcd out.
j felt the shadows descending over
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BRITISH TRADE.
Considerable shrinkage for Mr. bull the
Past Year

Nohsiucrnble Shrtnkage for Mr. bull the
Past Year.
LONDON, Dec. 2S.-The Pail Mall Ga.
Iette publishes Il review of the trade of
the year, compiled from the official re-
turns, during which IL says:
Trade during 1893 was worse even than in
lA4 General gloom now hangs over the coun.
rvs industries Tho imports for eleven mon his
declined flIbOO,OOO as compared with isp1 and
exports declined Rd,5c,OOJ There has been q
shrinkage In every important class of impor 3
ana exports Tobacco with an Increase Of i'm.
ports OF tHOO, and manufactured articles,
made In Germany and else here, Increased i'm.
ports amounting TO R6O ,0Oj, are the only ex.
ceplions As an aid TO this latter competition,
additional machinery for mill works has been
exported
The coal trade and the trade in textiles have
declined enormously and the value OF yarns for
textiles exported has diminished nearly q .75l-
OOl The shipments of coal have sur.
Tered an equal re uction and there In u terrible
depression In all trades, due to the coal strike
prior to which trade was revivng The cotton
trade was not only injured by the coal strike
put o. Increased foreign competition, and the
quantity OF raw cotton imported IL remarkably
small, less than 100 900 cwt having been pur.
chased In all countries, whereas more than this
was obiahe In America alone In issa
Curing the past month the export Of cotton
warns ana twists had declined In bulk but had
p''n compensated Tor by an Increase In price
pho decline In the exports OF cotton piece goods
is serious Last mon h their value d.crea ,ed
u. D. since 1891 there has been an unbro zen
decline in the quantity and value OF these goods
Tor eastern demand.
Ga the other hand. American trade is stead.
lily advancing, but what effect tho chance OF
tarin will cause Is matter OF conjecture.
Brazil and the other South American repub.
is, except Chilli have been large buyers. Mer.
chants generally, however. are looking ". h
confidence for an improving trade in 1891, pro
vided there Ia no ser, Gus strike or lockout
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YELLOW SPECTER.
Fovers Gaunt Form Stalks Into
Rio do Janeiro.
TIE CITY STRICKEN WITH GRIEF.


BCESos AYREs, Dec 90 Very bal
news has reached here from RiI de
Janeiro II is announced that the un-
fortunate city which has for months
past been suffering from the ravagcs Of
war is now victim to the ravagcs of
the worst and most dreaded Of all dis
eases-yellow feycr-and five deaths
from this disease are already reported.
The news that yellow fever has added
its burden and horrors to the suffer
/ ings already endured by the people has
caused widespread attention here and
Inuch sympathy Is expressed for the
plague and war-stricken inhabitants.
/ IL Is added, however that the govern
mcnt has taken every precaution possi-
tie under the circumstances TO prevent
the spread of the disease, but the work
Of the officials at Rio dc Janeiro is
greatly hampcred by the condition
20 which the city has been reduced by
the horrors of war.
IL is added that the scourge Is not the
mild form OF that fever, but Is the
worst form OF blacl, yomit
Following the news that the black
vomit has broken out comes tho addi-
tional information that the lombard
mcnt of the city aud forts continues,
and that the forces Of both parties
the government aud the insurgents
seem determine t. bring matters To II
termination in one way or the other.
The fire Of the rebel wnrships upon
the forts Is said to have been unusually
severe and To have resulted in killing
number of the defenders Of President
PeiNoto's Qualifications IL is also said
TIA It several people have been killed In
the streets Of Rio Janciro, and that the
people Of that city are 50 panic-striclSen
that all stores have been closed and
business is practically at q stanlstill.
The iorts have been replying fiercely
To the heavy FIRE Of the ships and have
so far succeeded in holding their own.
IL is reported that battle NJ sea be-
tween the rebel and government ships
may soon be- expected. and that upon
thi, en- garemcnt will depend the fate
Of the rebellion.
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OKLAHOMA STATEHOOD.
Opposition to the Present BrI Developing
Mt Washington.


Mt Washington.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-Serious oppo-
sition has developed among certain rep
resentatives to the bill comforting
statehood upon Oklahoma. Chairman
Wheeler, of the committee on terrific
ries, stated that he was confident that
the bill would pass. lie did not expect
opposition 10 IL. he said and would
make special effort TO have IL called
up as soon as possible.
But Notwithstanding the optimistic
views held by the chairman Of the COM
mittee, number Of representatives of
influence look with disfavor on the
admission Of the territory, and will
fight It, Springer, Of Illinois, is OPP
posed TO admitting Oklahoma at this
time, and thinks the territory Of the
five tribes should come in with IT,
Gov. FishbaclS's recent letter calling
attention 10 the lawlessness in the In
dian territory has given the representa-.
tives, who favor adding the Indian
lands to that OF Oklahoma, another ar
gument II Is contended that the
quickest way TO settle all these diff
culties is TO make one state of the two
territories, and that by admitting Ok
lahoma at this time such action will be
postponed.
The commission appointed to treat
with the five tribes will hold IL first
meeting before anything can be ac-
complished by the friends Of statehood.
II this committee reports sentiment
among the Indians favoring statehood,
1T will, in all probability delay action
until something definite can be &c
complished.
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Gov ReNFRows ESCAPE.

Nn Unwhoirspme Iou;silg 'ran.S Cats for
the 80, Hood Of the Governor OF Ohli-
Lpna
GtruGIr, Ok, Ucc. "a l0ng-haired
err I'l giving his name rs Buckley, from
Terry, caliei at the executive office yes
teriny morning nni asked to see Gov,
Evnfrow. MIR. Iilncoe the school land
comm ssioncr. occupied the room he on.
tered, oIcui0g as an unneN into tie pri-
yate Office of the governor. Mr.. Bincoe
hccane suspicious Of his manner and in
quiged his business lie replied he want
ed to see the governor. as he had leen
promised an uppointmsnt,andn now they
were trying to send him to an insane
asylum Mr.. lilincoe went into an adj
joining room and notified Chief OF Po-
lice krl y b. telephone, who placed the
u. under arrest lie was armed with
siy-shootcr AMI murdcrous dirk and
h1d arsenic enough in small phial TO
kill ten men lie admitted that II the
governor had not appointed him no
would have killed him and taken his
own lie. lie was placed in custody
nTl strict inquiry mas thus far failed
10 disclose his identity.
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FLIGHT OF wa. FISHER.

Run Through His WIFE. Money and Alb
second ii wiz Auoth'r Wnmir.
TorENN, Kan. Dee SIT clmc TO
light here to-day that William c.
Fisher a grocer of this city, who failed
recently, lett town last week with Mrs.
j. Il. D,lv, tn, wife OF a printer Fisher
during the last two years has managed
to get possession Of ALTO; the 81, 900
left to his wife y her father and what
he has not spent in flst living during
that time he took with him Fisher
also &C.. % session OF q farm and two
pieces oi city prlu,rty that were owned
ny his aged parents, under promise Of
supporting them the rest Of their days.
These he converted into cash Mrs.
Fisher ia a confirmed invalid and Fish.
cr's parents, who are also left IN dies.
titutr circumstances, have no means Of
securing likelihood
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LA JUNrA, Col, Dec 30. William f.
Lombard, engineer of the California
express on the Santa Fe road. was
fatal injured this morning while out
ON his run. When the train was APP
preaching Babtown station, ten miles
east OF this place he stepped out on
the running board OF his engine to ex-
anime the machinery, and in the act Of
leaning outward to look down his head
came in contact with the stationary
mail frame, knocking him TO the
ground. His skull was fractured, and
he now lies In the hospital here.
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NEWS NOTES.

The Hanging Rock, o., stove foundry
was harmed TO the ground, Loss,
100000.
The FislSe Gold Mining & Milling
Co.'S property, located at Blackhawk.
Col, has been sold TO an English syndi-
cate for $500, 900,
The subcommittee of the senate com
mittee ON foreign relations organized
ut Washington ON the eth for an in
quiry into the Hawaii complications.
In London, Paris and Berlin Italian
bonds have been depressed, owing to
rumors that several large Italian banks
ave unable to carry over their holdings
The Northern Pacific receivers, to
avert an instantaneous strike, have en-
Joined the roads employees, with whom
they have been unable 10 adjust wage
Bgllb,
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not gone when / was placed upon
footing Of charming, cordial friend
ship with the beautiful daughter o
this house. We read together, sh,
often aloud from old French romanccs
In the original. She played and SAM
10 Inc; she told me all about thi,
strange region, with its natural won
ders. / told her Of the White noun
tains and the granite hills, the snow
storms and the cold OF winter All
these things she had read of, but sh,
listened to my stories as though they
were leaves from some fairy chronicle
And most charming Of all, we would
wander by the moonlight through the
oak and magnolia grove; through the
wide fields green with the cane leaves,
TO the edge Of the impenctrablc cy.
press swamps, where the cry Of the
pelican and the splash Of the alligator
could be heard.
Did reflect as 20 whittier all this
was tcnding2 Did IL occur TO me that
the seed was sowing could only come
10 bitter harvest Of impossible.
tics? In fact, took no thought about
it. let the dream go on-tho en-.
,rancing, cnrapturing dream!
But my time was not all passed in
this way. | became well acquainted
with lie Fovrc, and found that he was
much more blunt than brutal: though
the negroes all stood in fear of him.
lie took me over the plantation and
explained the processes Of canc-grow-
ing, cutting and grinding We went
over to New Orleans, put up for three
days Mt the st. Charles, and examined
the wonders of the crescent river
front with its forest Of smollc-pipcs
and the busy scenes Of the lcvec. We
strollcd In the French quarter Of this
unique city, which, within less than a
century has been under Spuni ,h.
French aud American government; We
visited the market; we rode In the sub
urbs ON the hard and shining shell
roads, liucl, again at the La luurchc
plantation, So went over To- the ancient
French town Of Ihibodcauv. and dincl
at an inn, where, except the bread, /
knew not the name Of single dish
that ate.
~ W. 70 W. NV - 'th..''Nl VI EANIllNNIs u
happy time, that | know must enc,
somehow; yet I was treated precisely
as though were ~ remain forever /
wished not 10 break the spell; aud IL
wa. only e. tcst 'l, Eo,tocl,'s feelings
iowa ri me that said to him one dav.
when We were alone:
81 have been with you six weeks; Is
that not a pretty long VISIT"
lie reused himself and looked
troubled.
You don't think Of leaving me.
Durr?'
why, sir You know I've got my
own way tu rahc. somewhere. This
Is all pleasure and vacation"
"Nou like It here. them"
Tndeed do, sir. Everything I,
"Stay, then. II does me good To- have
you here. Stay til November, anyway
can't have you go 30 soon. DO you
want money!"
mo, sir"
TELL me whenever you do. Enjoy
all You can-and don't think
IF going. loved your father; low,
YOU"
His hand was laid afrcctionatcly ON
ny shoulder; u mist shonc in hi
weary eyes.
So that was settled-for n time.
was not to leave him-nor Curalic
But that night In my dreams the warn
ing face of Mr.. Dorion came to me
and | seemed TO hear his words again.
There is fearful mystery hanging
over his past life. | do not know, You
10 not know, how you may become
with II, II you persist IN
going on"
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AllIs Admitted to HniI,

LITTLE Rock, Ark, Dec, FIJI. @.
Allis, eS-Dresident of the krst national
bank, who was recently Sentenced to
five years imprisonment, was admitted
TO bail yesterday in the sum of ego, 900.
The prayer for writ of error, as
signment of error, writ of error and
citation were signed by Judge Cald-
well. The bill of exception was for
warded TO Judge Sanborn, the trial
judge, at st Paul, signed and returned
here, where the appeal is to he lodged
in the supreme court of the United
States within thirty days.
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thlcf Nrthnr l.nInlrra

CLEVELAND. o., Dec, go --Writs were
served upon Chief Arthur and other
national officers Of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers from the United
states circuit Of the eastern district OF
Wisconsin, enjoining them and the
order from Interfering with the opera.
ton Of the Northern Pacific. Chief
Arthur declared that this action was a
surprise to him, us the brotherhood
had taken no action in the troubles of
the road, AMI he supposed it to be
merely precautionary.
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NEW CASTLE, Pa, Dec ss.-The
hrethusa and Etna mills are again ia
operation here, They have been idle
from before Christmas, The steel and
tin plate mill will start up to-day.
The big plant Of the wire nail works
started ON double time last night. BE.
sides this, the Rosna, Raney & Bergur
and Redjacket furnaces are In full
blast and with all the minor manu-
factories running, the opening of the
new year will find the industrial af-
fairs of New Castle in better shape
than at any time since the summer col
lanAA -
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CHAPTER XII
LIGHTS AND sHADOWa

Down the walk she came from the
house, light OF step and graceful as n
fawn, clothed in pure white, with roses
In her raven hair She was coming
directly TO her father, when she saw
me. She looked from me TO him; his
smile ut once seemed TO arrest her at
tention.
"Why, papa, what has happcned2'
she exclaimed. "You are almost laugh
ingl When did that happen bcfore2'
This is Dorr Jewctt," he said, "thc
son OF my old friend and schoomatc
In the north. Dorr, this is my daugh-
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eAMN GURaLAR sNoT.


y II NTTIIFU T -T7NV NIIH0FN I-HFTy VI TFUUUTFFI
Nolnding one.
GALENA, H. Dec eat o'clock
yesterday morning burglars attempted
to blow open the safe of the Eastman
bank, at Mont Fort, Wis. The doors
refused 70 give and the explosion
awakeuc boardcr In hotel next
'oor, who quickly gave the alarm. An
armed posse attacked the robbers and
chased them - mile beyond the town, II
fus.nde being kept up by both parties
One of the robbers was wounded and
captured lie said he and his com
panions wcr' from Waterloo, Ia. The
uthers. II !, th0ught, will he cnughL
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DENVER, COL, Dec %. After thirty
years of married life Rachel II. Mar
shall yesterday obtained a divorce from
Jared Marshall. She accused him of
insane jealousy and cruelty, and said
that he forced her to move nearly
eighty times, ana thirty Of these mi
grations were back and forth across the
Mississippi river. They were married
in Howard county, Ind
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CHAPTER Kill
IuL NLAN nunnInAI-

II was an evening Of early Scptcm
Ter that the first shadow fell upon my
pleasant existence at this home. Mr..
Hostock's habit was to retire early.
This night he Ind chosen To remain
mp and was sitting in his easy chair
upon the vcranda. Coralic was at the
piano; sat ON the upper step, listen
ing to the laughter and banjo-strum.
ming from the negro quarters, lie
Fevre sat lower down, smoking, en-.
gagged in his own thoughts. There wa.
no moon that night, and the tall fig
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ter, Coralie. He will be with MS some
time, child. Everything must be made
agreeable TO him"
Indeed, since he has made you
smile, papa, hope he will stay long.
You are very welco me, Mr.. Jewett."
With bewitchlng grace she extended
her hand. took II, and new hopes
came to me. The world seemed bright.
ening
We walked up 20 the house together.
We sat In the cool rooms with their
antique furniture. Mr. BostoclS had
become passive and silent, from the
fatigue, | thought, of unusual emo
lions. But l was rcjoiccd TO see that
he looked often at me, and that my
presence seemed to have good effect
on him.
found Coralio charming, frank, un-
affected. She wished to be told about
the far northern states, their people
and their ways. All that had TO tell
Interested her. Then she sang and
played for me cxquisitcly. 1t was the
m"sic of nature. The mocking birds
song that | heard that night In the
mngnolias was not swcctcr.
At dinner Mr. lie Fcvrc, the uvcrsccr,
came in. and we were made acquainted.
lie seemed blunt man, but not rude
and his reserve soon gave way to con
vcrsation. saw from the looks of
the housc-scrvnnts that lie was no
more favoritc indoors than ont.
The quadroon girl who stood behind
MIR. Bostocl's chair and pulled the
cord that moved above the table fan.
keeping u current of mir circulating In
the room-this girl I once observed
making face" AZ the overseer, when
he was looking elsewhere
81 hope You did not whip jerry" said
Mr. BostoclS
mo, sir, since you desired me not TO-
But thrashing would do the boy lots
of good"
"You are such cruel man." the lady
remarked.
"Ah, Miss Coral, you'll never under
stand how lazy these niggers are,
when they're not followed close. II II
wasn't for me, your father wouldn't
have half crop, any year. That
Jeremiah, for instance; he'd fish In the
bayou and play the banjo all day, II |
didn't look after him"
I'VE do have better crops under Mr..
lie Fevre's management" said Mr..
Bostock. "Still, don't see why he
has to drive up the field hands so.
They get along better on other planta-
tons"
I'll show You the difference when
the cane Is cut" said the overseer,
with his mouth full
II think Mr.. lie Fcvre would get on
easier with our people II he had al
ways been at the south" said the lady.
May be so, Miss Coral I'm Penn
sylvanian, and came down here fresh,
to learn about the niggers. l know
'em They want bossing, and a good
deal Of It,"
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Weeks passed swiftly by, and | re-
manned at this delightful home. Re-
Wondering my promise, wrote to Mr.
Dorion, giving him full account OF
affairs here, and Of the condition OF his
old friend. will say here, that the
subject need not be again referred To-,
that, while my presence and the recol-
lections II recalled had Temporary
effect In withdrawing Mr.. Bostocls
from the clouds that enveloped him,
that unfortunate condition soon re-
turned. He was sunk In melancholy,
morose and peevish. There was never
time when the sight Of his child or
the sound Of her voice would not cause
him to brighten for moment, and 1
could see that he sometimes tried TO
shake off his shadows and converse
freely with me. But the effort was
vain The decline of his physical
health was bad enough; but II was not
to be compared TO the changed condi-
tion OF his mind. l watched him mar
rowly, and began TO think that Mr..
Dorion was right, The mans mental
faculties were impaired; but there was
some mysterious terror, some haunting
dread back of that condition. He
would sit for an hour sunk In moody
abstraction, and when suddenly adj
dressed would start, look wildly at his
daughter, and recover his sense OF his
surroundings slowly and with effort.
Could all this be the result. of remorse,
the punishment Of conscience for the
staying Of Castexp MOI for recalled
Mr.. Dorion's shuddering description OF
the ferocity with which his friend had
avowed that he meant To kill his adver-
sary. My watchings, and my reflec-
tions by day and night, gave me no
clew to the mystery of the mans de-
meanor, TO the appalling change that
had come over him.
IA tina waalsA naAAAd -Qna Maek had
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MEXICO, Mo, Dec. 2s,-Col. j. f. Hut
ton, ex-congressman from this, the old
seventh, district, is thought to be in Il
critical condition with some trouble
produced 10y the grip, which has laid
him up for several days. DR. French,
of St Louis, assisted by Drs HALEY
and Toalson, of this city, performed an
operation ON him Yesterday afternoon
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sEDAIlA, Mo, Dec, 9s,-A panic was
created at a Christmas entertainment
& ven by the Calvary Episcopal church
Sunday school A cedar tree loaded
with presents and dressed in tlnsei
caught fire and in an instant a STAN
pede for the exits was started Chill
dren and women screamed and a stove
was upset For moment II looked as
II many little children would be
crushed in the jam. Quiet was restored
in few minutes, not a single person
being seriously injured, although many
were badly bruised.
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ANOTHER POLICE CIRCULAR.
cay. Lcweiiing Desire, Favor, to lie shown
Men wiIh sumiio,

Men wan Fannie
TorEKA, Kan, Dee 2s.-Gov. Level
ling has issued the following circular
To the police commissioners Of the six
metropolitan elite, Of the state:
To tho police commission In Wow Of
the present financial srIu 'sncy and posi-.
BILE suffering OF orr p'Iula, | Wuul re-.
spectfuliy suggest that YOU give emp yment
70 tho heads of flmllir. In preference -
single men, az far us prlc lctble do not
urge the Immediate dlst ARG Of single men
without rcglrl 10 circumstance, but when
changes are male | lhinN it advisable that you
should keep mi, end IN view. II Is possible
there may be- instances where II would be wise
~ make removals In order 10 provide for dc.
serving heads OF families Yours yer. truly
l. d LEwrLLISG. Governor
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Chlnnnen ADVISED 10 comply.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec ~. - The
Chinese Six Companies, acting upon the
advice of their local and eastern
lawyers, are preparing at their head
quarters in this city a circular ud-
dressed to all Chinese residents OF the
United States, counseling an imme-
diate compliance with the residence
regulations imposed under the Nc
Creary amendment to the Geary cXelu-
sion law
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec 2s,-The
jury in the Anna Wagner poisoning
case retired at o'clock. At 10 o'clock
no agreement had been reached and
Judge Cos ordered the jury locked up
for the night