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The news & observer., 1896-12-27

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his faather's face at that moment oifered
sny moral support. for he didn't look at
her: bat, after gazing at the kettle. said
slowly: II didn't steal no gold"
"Then" said Mrs. Medlker triuD-
phantly. ''if ye didn't steal it, you'ld say
right of how We got 1t"
Shild,en are often better loxicians than
their eldera. To John Bunyan the steal
ing OF gold and the mere refusal to say
where he get it wece two distinct aud
separate things: that the negatipp OF the
second proposition meant the affirmation
of the arst Ae could not accept But
then children are also imitative and fear
fuI OF the older intellect. It struck
Johnny that his piother Baight be right.
and that TO her IL really meant the same
thing So, after moments silence, he
replied more confidently: u suppose
stole it,
Bnt he was utterly anprepared for ths
tiarkening change in his mothers face,
and her furious accents. "You stole it?-
ron stole it, you limb! And you sit there
and hrazenly tell me! Who did you steal
II from! Tell me quick, afore I wing
It ont of you!'
Completely astounded and bewildered
st this new turn of affairs, Johnny again
fell back upon the dreadful truth and
gasped, ~ don't know"
"You don't know, you devil! Did you
take it from Frazer'sT
"No"
"From the Simmons Brothers.
''No"
From the Blazing star Company"
No"
From storeT
s'No.''
"Then, in created where
did you get it?'
Johnny raised his brown gooseherry
eyes for q single instant TO his mothers
and said: II found it."
Mrs. Medliker gasped again and stared
hopelessly at the ceiling. Yet she was
conscious of certain relief. After all,
It was possible that he had found it--liar
SIS he undoubtedly was.
Then, why don't you say where, you
awful childT'
Don't want to,''
Johnny would have liked TO add that
he saw no reason why he should .sSSell.
Other people who found gold werAnot
obliged to tell. There was Jim Brody,
who had struck q lead and kept she
iocaiity secret. Nobody forced him TO
tell Nobody called him thief; nobody
had dragged him about by the arnaHantil
he showed 1t. Why was it wrong that a
little boy should find gold? 1t wasn't
agin the Commandments. Mr. Staples
had never got up and said Thou shalt
not find gold!" His mother had never
made him pray not to find it! The school
master had never read him awful stories
Of boys who found gold and never said
anything about it, and so came to a hor-
rid end. All this crowded his small,
boys mind, and, crowding, choked his
small, boys utterance.
You jest wait till your father comes
home" said Mrs. Medhker, ''and he'll see
whether you want to- or not. And now
get yourself off to bed and stay there"
Johnny knew that his father-whose
teams had increased to FIVE wagons, and
whose route extended forty miles further
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was not due for week, and that the
catastrophe was yet remote. His present
punishment he had expected. He went
into the adjoining bedroom, which he
occupied with his sister, and began to
undress. He fingered for some time over
one stocking and finally cautiously re-
moved from it a small piece of fake
gold which he had kept concealed all day
under his big toe to the great discomfort
of that member. But this was only Il
small, ordinary, self-martyrdom OF boy
hood. He scratched boyish hieroglyphic
on the metal. and when his mothers
back was turned scraped a small hole in
the adobe WALL inserted the gold in it,
and covered it up with a plaster made OF
the moistened debris. 1t was safez-so
was his secret for it need not perhaps,
be stated here that Johnny had told the
truth and had honestly found the gold!
But where ?-yes, that was his own secret!
And now, Johnny, with the instinct of all
young animals, dismissed the whole sub
ject from his mind, and reclining comfort
ably upon his arm, fell into an interesting
study Of the habits of the red ant as ex-
emplifed in a crack Of the adobe wall,
and with the aid Of a burnt match sue
ceeGed In dIyertlng for the rest OF the az
ternoon the attention OF q whole labori-
Gus colony.
The next morning, however brought
trouble to him in the curiosity of his
sisters, heightened by their belief that he
could ut any moment be taken off to
prison which was their understanding
Of their rHother's story. I grieye to say
that to them this invested him with
certain romatic heroism, from the gratif-
cation Of which the hero himself was not
exempt. Nevertheless, they successfully
eYaded their questioning, and OH broader
impersonal grounds. AS girls, il was none
of their business! He wasn't a-goin' to
tell them his secrets! and what did ther
know about gold anyway? They couldn't
tell It from brass! The attitude Of his
mother was, however, still perplexing.
She was no longer actively indignant
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rHH NEWS AND oBsERv ER, SUNDAY, DEC 81, 1896.

was his turn to gasp for breath. Yet in
the same moment, he made an angry dash
at the bow But Mrs. MedIikcr interfcred.
This was an entirely new feature IA the
case. Great il the power OF gold. \
SINGLE glance at the minister's confusion
lad convinced her that Johnnys accuse.
sation was true, aud il WAS Johnny $
money -constructivcly hers, that the MINI
lister was ccnccalng His mere posses.
sion Of that gold had more effect in
strengthening out her loosc logic than any
sense OF his hypocrisy.
"You leave the boy bc, Brother Sta
Pies" said Mrs. Medlikcr, sharply. Il
reckon wot's his 10 hisn, spite of whsr he
got it,
SIR Staples saw his mistake and smiled
painfully ss he f,fmbIed In his waistcoat
pocket II believe I did pick up some
thing" he said. that naay or may not
have been gold, but l have dropped il
again or thrown it sway. snd really 1t 10
OF little concern In our moral Lesson.
For we have only his word that it was
hisl How do we know itr'
Cos it has my marks on II" said Joan
nv quickly 'Tt had eriss-cross |
scratched on IT, ! kin tell it good emf"
Mr.. Staples turned Suddenly pale ami
rose. "Of course" he said to Mrs Med
liker with painful dignity, 'if You set ~
much value upon a worldly trifie / will
endeavor to find it. It may be in my
other pocket" He backed out OF the door
in his usual fashion, bat instantly went
over 70 the postofFice. whore, as he after
wards alleged, he had changed the ore
FOR coin in q moment Of inadycrfence.
But Johnny's heroglyphics were found on
it, and in some mysterious way the story
got about. 1t had two effects that John
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hutftreated him with a mysterious reserve
shat vas the more appalling. The fact
vgas that she no longer believed IN his
theft indeed she had never seriously ac-
ogptlai Ii but Ills strange reticcnce and
aacrc6vcncss piqucd her curiosity, aad
oven made her little afraid OF him. The
capacity fer keeping q secret she. believed
was manIilSe and reminded hef-for no
reason in the worid--of Jim Medliker
her husband. whom she feared. Well
che would let them fight it out between
thep. More than that. she was
finally Obliged 10 sink her reserve
in employing him in the neces-
sary chores" for the house, and
he was sent on an errand to ~ country
store at the crossroads Bat Ne first ex-
serscted his gold fake frorz the wall and
vnt it In his pocket
On arriving at the store, it WIS plain
even TO his boyish perceptions that the
minister had circulated his miserable
STORY. Two or three Of the customers
spoke TO each ether In a whisper, and
looked at him. More than that, when
he began his homeward journey he snw
that two OF the loungers were evidently
following him Half in tirnidity and half
In boyish mischief he once or twice stray
ed from the direct road, and snatched n
fearful joy in observing their equal di-
sergence. As he passed Mr.. Stapless
honse he Saw that reverened gentleman
sneak out of has back gate. and, without
seeing the two others, join 10 the inquisi-
torial procession. But the events of the
past Gay had had their quickesing effect
rpon Tohnuv's intellect A Brilliantly
wicked thought struck him. As he was
passing a perfectly bare spot on the road
he managed. without being noticed, TO
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To Fortify the Argentine Coast.

NEW YORK, april "A dis
patch from Panama, Colon ia,
says: The contract for the pur-
chase of the ironclad st. Bonhan,
has ben signed and it is possible
that the purchase of this powerful
vessel will be followed by the &C.
uuisition of theVerse or Emanuele,
both splendid war engines?
Argentina, besides this, has en-
gagged the services OF Signor luigi,
one Of the best naval engineers In
Europe to fortify the long and per-
fectly open stretch Of coast in con-
junction with Almirante Brown
and others. The Zsrate war ar
senal will serve as basis or founda-
ton for fortifying the Argentine
coast and making it next to i'm
Dregnablp.
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Theological Students Strike.

PITTsBURG, Pa, April 1.-THE
senior class at the Allegheny
Theological seminary has gone out
on strike on Rev. John Wilson,
d. D., the professor Of church his
tory, and refuses to recite to him.
So far the revolt seems to be sue
cess. At least the class has had no
church history since the holidays.
Among certain members of the
church there has been much oppO-
sition to DR.. Wilson, it is claimed,
ever since he was elected three
years ago, and the result is, two
factions are developing in the
United Presbyterian church.
Several members of the board were
seen and all say the trouble has
been patched up, but it has leaked
out that one of the members of the
board has threatened to resign.
Allegheny seminary is governed
by the synods of New York, Ohio,
northern Pennsylvania and Pitts
burg. 1t has always been ortho-
dox and has graduated many OF
the most famous ministers of the
United Presbyterian congregation.
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Russian Taught at Harvard.

CAMBRIDGE, April 2.-It has
been announced that chair of the
Russian language will be estab-
lished at Harvard next year, Prof.
Leo Wiener, OF the University of
Minnesota, a native Of Poland and
a well-known scholar of the Sla-
vonic tongue, has been appointed
to the chair for five years. Next
year course in Russian grammar
and reading will be offered and the
following year a course in the
Servian language will be added.
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They Deserve No Mercy.

WINDSOR, Ont, April 2.-Mary
Stuart, a 12-year-old white girl,
who lived with her father and
brother in Colchester, south Of this
city, was invited by young negro
whom she knew slightly, to go for
a walk. On the road near the
woods, five other negroes appeared
on the scene, bound the girl hand
and foot, and gagged her, and car
ried her into the woods, where the
six men abused her. They left her
suffering fearfully and too weak to
move. After several hours she
managed to crawl home. The
negroes are known and officers are
in pursuit of them. There is talk
of lynching.
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Attempt To Wreck a Building.

JACKSON, Miss, April AN at
tempt was made last night to
wreck the capitol. at 10 o'clock
while Secretary Of State Power was
engaged in his Office at the state
capitol, he heard a roise outside and
going to the window he saw several
men digging at the wall between
a door and window. His appear
ance frightened the men away and
an investigation showed two pieces
OF stone about two feet square had
been removed from the wall. Had
the work gone on a little longer
that section of the wall, four by
twenty feet, would have fallen,
thus wrecking the whole building.
Strenuous efforts were made dur
ing the recent session Of the last
legislature to provide for new
building but nothing was done In
the matter and it is thought some
miscreants took this means Of Sc
curing immediate action.
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At Minneapolis the water power
is improving and the disposition
is to hold off little in operations
to get cheaper power.
Superior-Duluth, as the result Of
millers holding firmly to the re-
cent advance, sales have been few
and small.
st. Louis and Southwest-Busi-
ness with local mills and those in
nearby territory was exceedingly
dull last week.
Valley of Ohio-Business was
slow.
Observation-Disclosures more flour
was sold than in the week before.
Michigan-A fair trade ruled
with little change.
Dakota and Northern Minnesota
business was restricted.
Tennessee-Extreme depression
existed.
Buffalo-Stock in the hands of
dealers appeared to be low and
there was some movement Of flour.
New York City-The general job
bling trade not disposed to pay
higher prices. Flour was sold
weak, mainly from stocks on hand.
Philadelphia-Spring wheat mil
lers refused to sell below scheduled
rates and buyers hell off.
Boston-Trade was at a stand
still with prices steady.
Baltimore-Stocks were general
ly low.
Chicago-Bids for flour fell of,
advance in wheat, some sales be-
ING made
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Georgetown Boomlets.

GEORGETOWN, Tex, April a.
Whitworth & Bloomguist, conduct
ing a "racket store" consisting Of
dry goods, clothing, hats, caps,
glassware, etc, made a chattle
mortgage late last night in favor Of
w. Y. Penn, assignee, for the bene-
fit Of preferred creditors. LisbiIi-
ties, $4,000; assets, $4,000. Pre-
ferred creditors are: Steele &
Sparks, bankers, $500 (secured 9th O.
erwise ALSO; d. T. Whitworth,
clerk, 500; Charles Lindell, 500,
and various others for smaller
amounts. This firm sold for cash,
but poor business since the holi.
days caused the failure.
Georgetown is on the eve OF
boom, although she don't invite
one. A $4,000 college OF the Meth
odist Southwestern university has
been contracted for. Tearing the
old building down, on account Of
the halls being too dark, has been
begun with. The building was in
good order, but not modern.
The same architects have SUBJ
mitted plans for new Masonic
hall building and new Odd Fell
lows building to cost about $50, 900
each, with store rooms below.
About twelve private dwellings
have just been finished, some run
ming into the thousands, especially
III. w. Harrell's, insurance agent,
which cost $4,000.
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Pearsall Pointers.

PEARsALL, Tex, April 2.-Hon.
r. w. Stabon arrived here from
Pleasantop yesterday evening, and
spoke in behalf OF Hon. Kleberg at
the court house last night. Mr..
Stabon attributes the present
financial striDgency to the cattle
and land investment crazes that
have swept over the land during
late years. This he said, coupled
with the uncertain protection has
caused the scarcity of money" He
also said, "the producer OF raw
material should be the first en-
titled to protection, that he has to
stand the risks OF loss, and has no
protection against the weather and
huctuating market while the
man ufacturer has his wealth under
roof well protected and insured
Sheepmen and stockmen , here
know too well what fought to be
done" but the question they are
asking themselves, is "will the
democratic party do it?" A great
majority have expressed them
selves as going to vote a republic
can ticket and make sure of get
ting the needed protection, II pos
sible.
Capt. B. l.. Crench, when asked
IL he was going to speak here in
behalf OF Hon. Brewster, said no,
but that he had promised to make
several speeches in the eastern
counties, in the interest OF the re-
publican nominee.
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The Mystery Dispelled.

TUCSON, Ariz,, April 2.-The
Star, Ex-Gov Hughes paper, says:
Whatever mytery has been at
tached to Governor Hughes re-
moval has been dispelled by in
formation received yesterday. AS
charges preferred a year ago and
Investigated by special agents bad
been dismissed, the supposed
cause of the removal was the cir
cumstances that Governor Hughes
favored the Arizona land bill
vetoed by the president and passed
over his veto. 1t is now learned
that several kilograms bearing
forged signatures Of the governor
were sent from the territory to
memb ers OF congress urging the
passage of a land and lease bill
over the veto. These kilograms were
obtained by the opponent of Gov.
Hughes and were shown to Presi-
dent Cleveland.
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Liliputian 'Rhody's Election.

PROVIDENCE, r. l., April q
Nearly complete election returns
show that out of a total vote of 3d.
592 rs against A, 110 in 1895 Cover
nor Lippitt received plurality OF
ll,27S, an increase OF 467 over his
plurality of year ago. Secretary
OF State Benefits plurality Is H.
ga. Attorney General Duboise
fell behind his associates, but re-
ceived a plurality Of 1O,364. In
Cranston, West and North Provi-
dence, the three towns in which
there were boiling candidates, the
regular republican caucus nomi-
nees for the general assembly won.
Last years democratic minority
of nine in the state legislature is
reduced to six this year. The no
license people won at North Kings
ton and lost in other towns in
which the question was submitted.
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SPANS Naval Possibilities.

CHICAGO, April "A dispatch
to the Herald says: The Spanish
Transatlantic Steamship COM
pany have two out OF the three
ships they are announcing as
cruisers nearly ready to put to sea.
Each are armed with six twelve
inch breech loading guns and
several rapid fire guns will also be
TO their armament. Their speed
is from 19 to 20 knots per hour. A
careful study OF other resources
shows that IN the event of a war
with he United States, Spain
could muster every available
steamer she controls. Turned into
wsrships they would furnish about
thirty fairly formidable cruisers.
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Price $500 a Year.
THE IRON TRADE,
Pool Organizing and Price Making More
Active Than Production.

AS"NS AhoA L AOluOblOu'
CLEVELAND, o., April 2.-The
Iron Trade Review this week will
say: Though buyers have not been
entirely passive, the past week has
been noteworthy in the main for
acti witty among sellers in the COM
pletion of arrangements to advance
prices. Following closely on the
announcement OF the ore basis,
three other movements OF pro.
ducers have been brought
to working stage. The
steel billet pool SO strenuously
worked for last summer but with
out success, has been so far con-
summated in the past week as to
have established a $40 Pittsburg
price for April. Four improve
ment producers OF southern iron
have come together in a selling
agreement and as an earnest of
their purpose have announced a
Birmingham price OF about
twenty-five cents above the low
figures Of the past two weeks.
Lastly, the Lake Superior char
coal furnaces have perfected
an organization and fixed deliver
ed prices on their product. Mean
time, makers OF the various forms
of finished material are having
some difficulty in deciding
just where they fit into
the increasing and complex price
making mechanism. For the
present they seem more concerned
about the volume and sources Of
demand than about the cost Of
their raw materials. There are
some signs, however, Of response
to the general movement from
some lines OF mill products,
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Railroad War in Michigan.

CHICAGO, April 2-According
to local paper a passenger war is
in prospect among the late lines
that carry passengers to the north
ern shore of Michigan. The warm
season induces many travellers to
make the short trip across the lake
on their way to Boston and New
York rather than spend a night in
a sleeper passing through Indiana.
A difference in lake rates Of ST. or
50, despite that the rail travel on
the east shore OF Lake Michigan
may be increased in distance, at
tracts many to the boats. The
Holland line has the advantage at
present in rates. To overcome them
the Goodrich line it is asserted
must either cut to meet the Hol-
land lines rates or have its rail
connections at Muskogee or Grand
Haven reduce rates so as to make
1t an inducement to take the lake
line.
Representatives Of the Goodrich
line and the Graham and Morton
company says that owing to the
evident determination OF the Hol-
land line to maintain it's cut rates,
q general passenger war will conse-
quently be precipitated in Michi-
gan among the railroads compel
Ing for through traffic from Chi
capO
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HIGH WATER IN THE RIVER.
Railroad Bridges Unsafe and Town Inun-
dated,

dated.
ROCHESTER,, N. ", April 1.-The
Genessee river is higher than it
has been in 80 years. 1t is over its
banks In the southern part OF the
city, and has washed away a part
of the Erie tracks. The houses are
surrounded by water and the occu-
pants have had to desert their
homes. Exchange street from
Clarissa to court, nearly mile in
length, is several feet in water.
All stores along Front street and
adjacent to the river banks are
flooded. The people are much ex-
cited over the situation for 1t is
feared that should the banks give
way there would be great rush
ing of water all over large part Of
the city.
A passenger train on the Central
railroad going east over the bridge
over Brook Creek between here
and Churchill, was so badly
shaken up, that several OF the pas.
sengers were thrown from their
seats.
The iron trestle work Of the
bridge had gone down nearly eight
inches, the stonework on the west
side bridge having been under
mined by the high water.
The discovery was made just in
time to stop fast freight that was
coming from the west. The bridge
is gradually sinking and in spite
OF all efforts made to save 1t the
belief is that it will soon give way.
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Supposed to be Kidnapped.

DENVER, April 2. - Miss Chic
Reuhlin, wealthy orphan, aged
% years, of Belle Fountain, Ohio,
who arrived at Denver a week ago.
left her lodgings to take a street
car ride Sunday and has not since
been seen by her acquaintance.
She left all her effects in her room.
The landlady fears she was kid
manned.
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Arms Going Forward For Cuba.

NEW YORK, April 2.-News has
been received at the Cuban head
quarters in this city that a large
expedition is being formed in the
vicinity OF Key West for the aid Of
the insurgents. 1t is said that
large quantities OF guns aud NUM-
ton of war have been smuggled
out OF Key West on schooners Dole
and Pearl. The schooner Martha,
owned by j. F. Orr, ex.collector of
customs, has left Biscayane with a
full cargo Of arms to be transferred
to some schooner.
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Gomez Has Swamp Fever,

LAWRENCE, Mass, April "A
letter received in this city from a
young man in the insurgent army
whose parents reside here says that
Gen. Gomez is suffering from
swamp fever contracted some time
ago, but his condition is not con-
sidered dangerous.
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Rhndes 10 the Rescue.

SALISBURY, Matabelaland, April
2.-Mr Cecil Rhodes, with $50 vol
unteers, is proceeding to Gwelo
and Buluwayo. Mr.. Rhodes has
expressed the opinion that he is
capable of coping with the revolt
of the Matabeles.
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Accident on Chile Monitor Kills Eight.

Accident on Chile Monitor Kills Eight.
New YORK, April "A dispatch
to the Herald from Valparaiso,
Chilli, says: The monitor Hauscar,
fresh from the new dry dock in
Talcuahano, has arrived here.
Scarcely had she cast anchor when
a dreadful disaster occurred on
board. Without warning, the main
steam pipe Of the vessel burst kill
ing eight firemen and probably
fatally injuring four others. No
further details can be obtained as
no one is permitted to 60 on board.