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not dreaming that his aunt had begged
him to invite her. Entirely ignorant of
his affair with Sue, she claimed him
sweetly and unconsciously, for her
own.
oh, how beautiful" she cried. rs
they climbed the slope, and saw the
great bonfire flaming up on the summit.
DO take me close to it, Mr.. Kellogg!"
and she chattered away to him, with lit
tie shrieks of admiration, as the wide
si1eaks OF flame shot high into the air
and fared upon the summer wind. The
one huge pine tree, stretching its wide
branches upon the summit, was so near
the blazing pile of logs and brush that
one big limb caught Il watt of the flame.
and the needles snapped with cracking
explosions. "oh, will it be quite safe?'
cried Eleanor, and clung for an instant
to her escorts arm. Sue, passing near.
felt swift desire to strangle her on the
spot.
But that was only the beginning. for
Miss Cabel was either appealing to
Tom or ordering him around for the
next two hours. First, she must have a
choice ear OF corn selected for her out
OF the big basket, heaped up to over
flowing with the green, tasseled
sheaths Then, with her own white
hands, he must show her how to i'm.
pale it upon the sharpened end of the
long, 1.-THE sapling, and she would insist
upon fixing one for him, too. Then The
right place must be chosen, where she
could lower the corn, at the end of the
swaying rod, into the heart of the glow.
ing fire, now sunken TO an irregular cir.
Gle of White-hot embers. This necessi
tated getting so near torthe bonfire that
the heat REDEEMED her pretty cheeks
and Toms big handkerchief had to bt
called into play Holding it before hel
face with one hand, and peeping rounc
the edge of it, with many appeals as tC
whether she was holding the corn right
and was it done, and was he sure tht
sapling wouldn't catch fire and burr
her up, Miss Eleanor Cabell was Ger
tainly bewitching spectacle--one Of
those charming, helpless, winsome lit
tie women whom all men enjoy. How
was Sue to know that Tom wasn't en-
joying it? When he managed to eros
10 her side for a moment he found he
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the depths Of her hood, for she had
been afraid of Cousin Reuben, too. And
yet, now that she was safely beside her
lover, her old tormenting spirit rose
within her, and she resolved she would
not make sign, after all.
The colt forged ahead through the
feathery, piled-up snow. On each side
the world stretched glittering and cold
under the frosty stars. The keen air
brought the blood TO the cheeks, and
stirred every pulse of life to the
rhythm of the dancing bells on the har-
ness, Tom sat upright as statue.
looking neither to the right nor the
left. Sue waited two minutes for him
to speak-fiye-ten. They wohld be n
home in half an hour He expected her
to begin, and she never could--and she
must-and ii was very uniind of him
and he was right-and oh, she
couldn't! Having arrived at this point.
two big tears rolled down her cheeks.
and she said, in very trembling voice:
Toni
Tom, who had felt his Fesolu ION slip.
ping away from him momen}ly, and
whose heart was one ache of tender
ness toward the wilful little bundle Of
shawls at his side, turned rapturously,
with a jerk. The colt felt the rein
slacken, seized his opportunity, SHE'D
wildly at a fallen branch whose twisted
blackness stood threateningly out upon
the fresh snow-and, in his swaying
rush, turned the cutter over, and threw
both of the occupants into the nearest
snowdrift. Then he trotted peaceably y
down the road toward home
TO be shot headforemost into snow.
bank is confusing. Exactly what hap
pened, Sue never knew; but the first
thing she found herself doing, wher
she came TO her clear senses, was hold
ing on very tight to Tom, and asking
him, tenderly and incoherently, if ht
was hurt. And Tom was laughing
"Td be willing to have every bone in my
body broken, Sue, to know that yol
care so much!" he whispered, ant
caught her so close in his strong arm
that she was quite reassurcd as to hi
safety
! Above them the last cloud had drifte,
out of the sky, The broad, starlit azur
arched over their heads with friendl
| clparupSS and rnIm Enintlv yat 1ru,v
ing nearer, came the Ginning bells o
another sleigh, far down the road. And
sitting in the snowdrift, the lover
kissed each other, and never even kne,
that it was cold.-Priscilla Leonard, i
n. Y Independent.
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1t was Thanksgiving day. The fam
lly gathering had taken place at the
Wilcox homestead this year, for Mrs.
Deane and Mrs. Wilcox were sisters,
and alternated the festival. Mr.. Deane,
this time, however, was i'll in bed, and
his wife stayed to nurse him. Sue came
over with the Alcotts, who were cousins
and lived mile or so beyond the Deane
farm. The day had been emnently sue
cessful; the dinner was a triumph of
Mrs WilcoX's skill, the pies were nally,
the turkey savory, the cranberry chef
doeuyre of jelied richness, the cake
bcwildering in variety and lightness.
Outside, a whirlng snowstorm had
ragged all day, but with a dozen merry
Grests, and the hearty Wilcoxes to boot,
there had been no lack of gayety and
fun in the old homestead. 1t stood Just
outside the village, and now and then,
during the afternoon, a neighbor went
by in his sleigh, and waved his hand
to the windows. Tom Kellogg passed,
in the cutter, with the colt; he was
only at home for a day or two, and
Sue saw him with great throb of her
heart, and realization, for the hun
dredth time since their quarrel of how
much she loved him and how foolish
she had been. Sue was Just, clear
headed little woman, in spite of her
coquetry; she recognized that Tom was
in the right, and that he was taking the
only dignitied stand possible. He had
gone back to the city without making
any effort to see her. and she knew, as
well as if he had told her, that he would
not change his attitude until she made
some sign Yet she knew, also, that he
loved her as much as ever, and was Nc
more liable to change, in that stead
fast affection, than in the quiet deter
mination that controlled it. Tom hat
turned the tables on her and gained the
mastery. She vowed she would no
yield; but she felt her day of coquetry
was over, whether she chose or not.
Through all Thanksgiving day eacl
had been thinking of the other. A
church, during the long and weight,
discourse, which sent the younge
members to sleep even upon the hare
seats of the high-backed pews, Tom wa
contemplating the side view of hi
swcetheart's pretty head, with a min
ged desire to shake her and kiss her
as one might naughty but bewitchin'
c!ild. When he drove the cutter in TIL
afternoon, it was not chance that too
him by the Wilcox place. He longed t.
be within those hospitablc walls, t
ioin in the games that he knew wer
going on, with the chance, perhaps, fo
4 moment to hold that nymph'lille fig
ure in his arms or get one good loo
into those willful, dancing eyes.
would have been easy enough TO go in
but Tom was Spartan, and crushe
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TRADE WITH CANADA.

Attitude of the Administration Toward
Reciprocity OF the Government
Made Hard by the Sectional Selfishness OF
Representatives In Congress, Who would
Sacrifice the General Welfare to Special
Interests.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1G.-The attitude
of the administration towards the sub
ject of reciprocity with Canada is prob
ably disclosed in the following state
ment of government official:
"The task of the government would
be made easier If the statesmen in con
gress would be controlled by the in
terests OF the country at large. Some
of them, unfortunately, contine their
views to particular concession to be
obtained from foreign country for a
local interest and then desire our com
pensatory concession to be made, not by
their own, but by some other locality.
They make of reciprocity series of
questions to be settled in the interest
of particular districts.
"lVe may be able to secure arrange
ments which will add millions to our
national export trade, and yet it might
be defeated by few minor local inter
ests not amounting to q million. Yet
reciprocity means mutual concession;
without this nothing can be accom-
plished. We must give a market if we
acquire one-not necessarily free
market, but an accessible market.
Take coal, for an illustration. BY Civ
ing access to the New England coast
we might gain access perhaps con
trol)n the coal to market of all cen traI
Canada, with mutual advantages by
reason of geographical and transpor
conditions. Would it be wise for Goa
producers to antagonize these natura
conditions. 1t is the same with othe
articles of commerce, where long wa
ter transportation is balanced agaius
short railway carriage. In some thing
we can acquire an almost eXclusiv
market, greatly increasing our exports
in exchange for a market open only
the competition OF the other party. 5
it is with some phases of the questlo
of logs and cc.Sse lumber agains
manufactures of wood. Whenever W
enlarge the market of manufacture
we inevitably enlarge the demand fc
our raw material from which they al
: made, and this tends to increase til
price paid to the original produce
The advantages of increased trade al
widely distributed.
"In the major portion Of commerce.
exchange this country is in the eXcel
{ tional condition OF producing surplt
both Of raw material and Of the mann
factured products.
"Our policy must take into view thi
situation although it increases ou
difficulty III negotiations which sha
t satisfy every interest All that can |
! hoped for is result which, in the a!
I gregate, shall be clearly adyanta .5eor
T. to the nation as unit. All produces
are also consumers and they often gal
on one side as much as they lose on Il
other"
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THE ARTlC WHALERS.
Government Reindeer to be Used for
Their Succor

Their Succor.
WASHINGTON, Nov Secretary
Gage has requested the secretary Of the
interior TO instruct the Alaskan otfi-
cials to gather about 600 head of rein
deer from the government herds for
the use of the expedition for the relief
of the ice bound whalers in the Arctic.
1t is expected that the Bear, which
lis now at Seattle, will be ready
to sail in about ten days,
and within 20 days there
after it is expected that she will have
reached some point on Norton's sound,
where large party will be engaged
for the trip overland to Point Barrow.
The herd of reindeer, which will be
killed for food if needed, will be driven
overland, and it is the confident ex-
pectation of Capt Shoemaker, chief
of the revenue cutter service, and Capt
Harper, who is in command of the
Behring sea patrol fleet, that the herd
will reach Point Barrow and the i'm
prisoned whalers before the middle of
February. The river through which
the herd will be driven is said to
abound with moss, upon which the
herd will feed. and both agree that the
scheme for the relief Of the whalers IS
perfectly feasible, and will be attend
ed with but little danger. Capt.
Tuttle, who will command the
Bear, is regarded as one of the most
capable and trustworthy men in the
service, and no apprehension is felt re-
garding the outcome of the enterprise.
The eight vessels now ice-bound have
a combined complement OF 265 men.
The Orea has 45; the Belvidere, 45; the
Freeman, 40; the Fearless, So; the Jean
ME, %; the Rosario, %; the Wanderer,
20, and the Newport, 80.
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over the hills, and the wind ceased,
leaving a balmy clearness in the lar
spaces of the night. 1t was time ior 60
inc home. so the reyelers joined hands,
and ended the corn-roast by dancing in
a ring about the fire, and trampling out
the last embers, keeping time to their
fying feet by an old-fashioned chorus
MS they swung round and round. Miss
Cobell was charmed with this; she
danced like fairy, and laughed like
a child as she tripped in the swaying
circle. Everyone admired her ana
Thought Tom Kellogg in luck. Sue
hoard the comment everywhere; she
was irritated beyond feminine en-
duronce; and when, as the ring broke
and the groups scattered again, 10
wend their way down the hill in the
starlit softness of The night, Tom at
Iost found his opportunity to speak
with her, she was in her most eNasper'
ating mood; ,
~ am going away day after to-mor-
row. Sue. Can see you tomorrow!
"Will Adams is going to drive me over
I, Fair Haven tomorrow. l shall sto[
at Aunt Sylvia's, and ! won't be PACK
again until Monday" she sa'd' s'lil'y.
"sue." said Tom, shortly, all his IN
mite masterfulness coming to the sur
face; "if you don't see me before go
you'll not probably see me again!
This was dangerous. Sue knew ne
was right, and that she ought 10 give
him chance to explain; but sne "aS
not the stuff of which patient uri~el
nre made. And just at this critical mo
ment. A sweet voice said, out OF th'
darkness at his elbow; "a,
"Oh, Mr.. Kellogg, isn't it a pity it'
MI over. and we have to go nome. Mis-
Deane, it has been SO delightful; W.
have enjoyed it so much!
n was Miss Cabell, radiant and un
suspecting. Her 1--WE" was the lih'sh
inp touch. Sues face hardened into ac
termination. A.. ,ho,
"You must get Mr.. Kellogg to snow
vou other things of interest IN ou
country life" She said, sweet'y; "h'
has n little while before he goes PACK
and will be at your service, | am sure sur.
Good-by, Mr.. Kellogg; ! hope you WI
have pleasant winter in the eity, :, +,
&C "cooi.hv. said Tom, holding out hi
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Does Mississippi Injustice.

According to the Dallas News Texas
has $40, 900 worth of sheep and only
one woolen mill. Mississippi produces
about $50, 100000 worth of cotton every
year, and we believe has only one cot
ton mill, that at Wesson. -Nicksburg
Post.
The Post is not half posted as to its
States industries. and does it an injus'
tice, unintentional of course. Wesson
is the home of the largest cotton mill
in the State, but there is prosperous
mill at Stonewall, one at Meridian, one
at Columbus, one at Water Valley and
two or more at Natchez, one being built
at Corinth-and there are others.-T.
NJ. Henry, in Commercial Appeal.
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EXPORTS AND IMPORTS
Report of the Bureau of Statistics for the
Month of October.


Month of October.
WASHINGTON, Nov. l6.-The weekly
statement of imports and exports is
sued by the bureau of statistics shows
the exports of domestic merchandise
during October last to have amounted
to 500, 5S3, s42, loss of neafly s. 500,-
900, as compared with October, 1896.
The imports of merchandise during
October is shown to have been Si9,-
900, sl3, of which S24, 1884, S33 was free
of duty
For the last ten months gain of
S79, ,292, ,702 is shown over the corre-
spending period last year, in the eX-
ports of merchandise, and a gain OF
S64, sos ,213 in the imports.
During last October the exports OF
gold amounted to SSl0,6l6, and the inn
ports to S.,,340, 7S6. The silver ex'
ports during October aggregated
5,a2s, ,Si2, and the imports Sl,"'l, 66l'
In October, 1896, the silver exports
amounted to s., 794, 339, and the i'm
ports, S993, 449.
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Apropos of the big cotton picking re-
ports published in the Leader, l.. d..
Scarborough, one of our subscribers in
Beat No. 4, was in town Monday, and
told us that his little daughter, Blanche
Scarborough, aged l3, and who weighs
only 50 pounds herself, picked 3O2
pounds of cotton in one day last month,
during the dry weather, when the cot
ton was light. ht.-Broolihaven Leader.
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LAURlERS VISIT.
The London Papers Discuss the Canadian
Premier's Visit to Washington.

LONDON, Nov. 16.-The afternoon
newspapers devote editorial articles to
the visit of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, pre-
mier of Canada, to Washington.
They are generally in the same tenor
as those of the Pail Mali Gazette,
namely. that the expectation that the
visit will make the relations between
the United States and Canada closer"
The Globe declares: THE statesmen
at Washington have played their cards
badly, and they know it, Canada has
learned the lesson of patriotic inde-
pendence and self-reliance, and the
magnificent discoveries of gold which
promise her in the near future an enor-
nous increase of population have con-
tirmed her in the just confidence that
with the mother country at her back
she needs no American assistance in
the work of carving out for herself an
honorable and prosperous career"
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THE DEMOCRATS WIN.
A Very Important Constitutional Question
S0tlied,


Settled.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. l6.-The Wy
oming supreme court yesterday ren"
dered decision in the Carbon county
election case. sustaining the conten-
ton of the plaintiffs, who were the
candidates for the Offices of county at
torney, treasurer and commissioner
on the democratic ticket at the last
election.
The court decided that foreign-born
citizens must be required to read the
constitution in the English language
in order to vote. There were 1l5
Firms who voted the republican ticket,
but could not read the constitution in
English. Their votes were accepted,
as they could read it in their own Ian
guage.
The decision will put the democratic
candidates in office and settle IA very
important and far-reaching constitu-
tional question.
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ward studied law and practieed his profession
until 1863, during which time he held several
township Offices in Ohio, being the first colored
man elected to Office in the United States By
popular vote.
In 1869 he was given the profesSorship of law
at Howard university, remaining at that insti-
tuition for several years.
From ISL to 1888 he was United States min
lister and conSul-general to Hayti. Upon his
return to this country he became president OF
the Virginia normal and collegiate institute at
Petersburg. Va. ere he remained for three
years. when he was elected to the tifty-tirst
congress and was given his seat on a contest.
Since 1891 Mr. Langston has been prominent in
politics. but did not hold Office,
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IN WEST AFRICA.


An Expedition Sent to Restore Order iu
the ArSu Territory.
LAGOS, West Coast Africa, Nov 10
Acting under instructions from the
British Niger Co., Maj Arnold, in com
mand of 1so men belonging to the Nj
ger constabulary, with field guns and
rapid-are gus. has gone to Arhu 70 r.
store order IN that territory.
The slave raidiag prince OF ldau.
who has been intrencled on plain
four days march from the river Arkn
for month past, has been raiding The
| Akpoto tribes for 90 miles GROUND.
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OhlO'S OFFICIAL VOTE.
Bushnelis Plurality Compared with That
of Mckinley

COLUMBUS, O., Nov. 16.-The official
vote in Ohio for the respective can
didates for governor at the state cleo
ton is thus recorded:
Bushnell (rep.), 429, SIC; Chapman
(dem.), 0l,7l5; Holiday (pro.), 1865;
Coxey peoples party, 6,2i4; Dexter
(nat. DEM, 1861; Watkins socialist la
bor), APP; Lewis negro protective),
476; Liberty, 3,107. Bushnell's plurali-
ty, IS, l0l.
The vote in Ohio for President Me.
Kinley and other candidates for presi-
dent was: Mckinley, 525,t9l; Bryan,
474, So; Bryan (people's), 2,Gl5; Lever
ing pro-, 5,63S; Bently (national pro },
27l6; Matchett socialist labor, 1,165
Palmer national dem.), 1,S5S; Mckin-
ley's plurality, 81, ,l09.
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Gov. McLaurin has made the follow
ing appointments: w. B Webb, notary
public at McComb City; Hon. Clay Shar'
key and Thomas McClelland, both OF
Kinds county, delegates to the eighth
annual convention of the Boys and
Girls National Home and Employment
Associations to be held at indianapolis.
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Wheat planting can be safely done
from now until late in January. The
potato crop is almost a failure this year,
and corn will be high next season, and
it behooves every thoughtful farmer to
plant wheat enough to secure himself
as early as possible next season from
the power of the sellers of bread.
Every farmer should prepare to plant
literally of oats also. Every bushel OF
wheat and oats grown in our country
means certain sum of money kept al
home. Columbus Commercial.
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A fatal accident occurred last week at
the home of j. NJ. Anderson. in Pamela
county. which resulted in the death of
his son Henry. lrby Anderson, a
brother of the deceased, was cleaning
a shotgun, when it was accidentally
discharged, the entire contents striking
Henry in tn cad, killing him instantly.
Mr.. Anderson is deputy sheriff of the
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Sick Soldiers Going Hons aLd Fresh Vlc>
Tins Arriving in Cuba.

HAVANA, Nov. 16.-The Spanish
steamer Alicant returned to Spain yes.
terday with 500 sick or invalid SOL
diers. The Spanish steamer Alfonso
XIII. arrived here yesterday, having
on board Sanitary Subinspector-Gen'
eral Mass, Brig. -Gen. Diego Fiuera, %
officers, five chaplaius and 7OO soldiers
Admiral Luis Pastor Landero also ar
rived by the Alfonso XIII. He i'm
mediately relieved Admiral Navarro
the Spanish naval commander, in thes'
waters. The latter will return t.
Spain on Saturday next
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PENNSYLVANIA DAY.
Dedication of Pennsylvania's Monuments
on Orchard Knob, Chattanooga-An In
teresting Programme OF Exercises Maris-
ed the Occasion.

Dedication of Pennsylvania's Monuments
on Orchard Knob, Chattanooga-An In
teresting Programme OF Exercises Mark
ed the Occasion.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Nov. 16.-Per-
feet weather greeted the Pennsyl-
vanians who dedicated monuments to
the soldiers Oh Orchard knob. The
morning was spent by the thousands OF
Pennsylvanians in regimental dedica-
tory exercises. The survivors OF the
Twenty-seventh Twenty eighth, Ninth,
One Hundred and Forty-seventh, Forty
sixth, Twenty-ninth, and One Hundred
and Eleventh held impressive exercises
around the various monuments.
Gov. Hastings and Gen. Goblin, with
their staff officers, entered carriages at
the foot of the mountain at about one
o'clock and arrived at Orchard knob
at two o'clock, where about 10000 peo-
pie were assembled. The exercises be-
gan promptly at two o'clock, aud the
following programme was carried out:
Presiding.
Brevet Brig. Gen. William A. Robinson. Lieut.
WI socftut8 -ntFtubl cI4uSJ fhiiA"
Volunteers.
Prayer.
Rev. Thomas II. Robinson, d. D., OF Pitts
burgh Pa.
Music.
Transfer Of Monuments to the Governor.
Lieut. Col Archibald Bakeley, Seventy eighth
Pennsylvania Volunteers, President
State Commission
Music
| Acceptance on Behalf of the mmonwealth OF
Pennsylvania All Transfer to the Care
OF the National Government.
| Gov. Daniel II. Hastings.
Music.
| Acceptance on Behalf OF National Cove n ment
| Hon John Tweedale, Fifteenth Pennsylvania
Cayaly, Chief Clerk War Depart ment.
! Music
Address.
Gen. Henry " Boynton, President Chicka-
mauga ana Chattanooga National
| Military PARK Commission.
Music,
Remarks by Distinguished Survivors Of the
| War.
Beneiiction.
Rev. Joseph T. Gibson, D. D., formerly OF
Seyenty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers.
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Claims II Was Accidental.

Nathan Johnson, aged 6 years was
shot and seriously wounded with load
of squirrel shot, on Charlie Jones place
near Meridian, last week. The shot
gun was in the hands of Elias Welsch
when discharged. Elias claims that
the firing of the gun was accidental
An eyewitness tells different story.