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Ee.ir n* t when cloud* of darkness come. Nor %\ve i»p to despai-, TkoO';h loudly rolls .he .benderd»etn. And vivid li li.ni" s "lave; For while-v/fie < and peace -dove 'he clouds Is fi h o h lie air. T. ke‘ cart, and < .• i iuluo eyes above— Above he things of c..ri!»— DD *k In.t?»e sweet s.-nl* hi <• f love, An ! bv ’ ■ \yi h m‘ For j >y4 .. v. wW r x u.n, Are viM .m.s of c.a tb Na.e e gomeemc- sce.n dell and colu— and world, *A id snow tl tes fl'l ‘be .ir, Rat when die;; * »ial spring returns, The gulden line- are l.bera. ]>IL Sl*E\(’Eirs CRIME I was sitting alone in my i ifiee, half dozing over an interminahle aiT’ctu on defective nutrition in the last Medical It. vn w. The fire in the grate wag low; tno night was stormy, and the ch ck was on llic stroke of eleven. I was just nboht | to turn .IT the gas ad retire, for being | a bachelor I slept in a room connected j with my office, when there was a pull at my bell. I start, and up suddenly, for this was | something new. Mid.llebury was a do corns sort of a place, and people usually managed to b takeu sick at seasona ble hours. Old Mrs. Jerome bad been threaten ing to die for the past five years, and at every visit I paid her site informed me | solemnly tl at wl en the decisive moment ; did come s'u desired me to he | resent. But as nothing ailed the old lady beyond j now and then an indigestion fr on 100 much high living, I had never "yet been called upon lo be pn sent ut her death. Now, I thought it must le that Mis Jerome is going. 1 tool? up my night lamp and went to the door. A strong gust of and imp, sleety wind nearly extinguished the light, but covering it with my hand I dimly dis- C Tiled the form of a woman. "Come in,’said 1, holding open ti e door, but she declined with a gesture ol impatience. ‘You must ci me out!’ she replied, in ; • sharp decisive tone, ‘and be quick about it.’ I pot on my overcoat without demur, locked the surgery door, and stepped out into the (storm. As I did so, the woman laid a firm hand on my arm, and putting her face close to mine, said : ‘Dr. Lockwood, can you keep a ses cret?’ 'I think so, madam.’ ‘Swear it ’ ‘ls this secret of yours of a profes sional character? That is, is it any thing you w>sh to confide to me, as a inedica. man?' ‘lt is.’ •Very well, then, 1 swear it!’ ‘That is tight. A man respects an oath, though why he sh uIJ is a mys tery, since most men's mouths are run ning over with them.’ ‘Whither are you taking me, and for what put pose?’ To Clifton House, to see the mist ess.’ I starLd. Clifton house was the old mansion recently taken by Dr. Spi nc r. a stranger to every one in Middfcbury. Spencer was a tall, dark, rather distin guished looking man, who had Imug out bis sign in the village only a f w do rs above mine, but as yet he had got no practice. He was uusoc'at in the extreme. Hi avoided bis neighbors persistently, and wbea he did speak, it was in such a j curt, In.lf s va.pt v a , that one was not I apt to attempt to prolong the cuiiversa | lion. | He had a wife, it was said, bnt no j one over saw her. She was an invalid; and a Miss Melrose—a fiiqpd of the j family—presided over the establishment, ! and sat at the head of the table. | Miss Melrose was very beautiful, and now the admiration of all who visited at C ifton lfni.se, by ler grace and, manner and her fascinating Conversation. ‘As we walk along,'said my c.>mpan ign, Met rue cxplaiuio you just what it is - necessary you should know. My misticss is ill • . •1 la g-your patdotfr-is it Mrs. Spen <or, or Miss Melrose?’ She laughed bitterly. ‘Miss Melrose 1 I .would stab her to j the heart sooner than own her; for my mistress is a lady noble, loyal, and el' gentle birth. It is an ht nor to any one to serve my mistress.’ ‘Aud she is ill? How long since?' ‘Ever since site married him—curse! him!’ She muttered, in a fierce under tone; ‘bat I must not get excited. 1 j must tell my story, or tatlicr Iters. Tw i ' years ago, through the desire of her dy ing father, whom she loved passionately, ' Alice Herndon became James Spencer’s wife. U, fore that she was a healthy, blooming girl—immediately after this marriage she began to fail. Do you sc. anything singular in that?’ she asked; keenly. ‘Not ncccssarially.’ ‘Let me enlighten you further. I)r Speiicei at pnjtt time was e igaged ti Miss Lucille Melrose, but he broke the e igagf meot and mat riel my mistress instead. M ;ss Melrose was poor as J b's turkey; Miss Herndon was an heiress, and Dr, Spenc r was deeply in <h bt and bard pleased by bis credit, rs Do y.ut si e anything siugu ur in that? "i’erhitps. Go on.’ 'W ht u my mistress mariied Fpencci ->he was . illy seventeen, and si e had b cn taught to obey her father in cv. iy thing. She was a gentle, affectionate c id, and it would have been easy for Spe. c i to have w-ui her hue. IJut In and and in t cart: f r that. It washer metier lie w. rib and. It paid his debts, it bought him fast hers.-u, it set his tab e will, c .ally dishes, and it put it in his pow< r 1 1 keep Miss Melrose robed like a queen And all this time my mistress has been slowly bnt surely failing. Ami look you, Dr. Lockwood, I believe that sin is not dying of disease, but of—she low ered her voice to a whippet as she spoke ti e wi rd, poison i ‘lmp' ssihle ! Ttiis i. a grave c' arge' ‘Of poison giv. n her by her husband, who at her dt atli will have solo control of all her properly, and be free to marry Miss Melrose ! There is no time to ex pla. li to you in detail Tie thousaoland one circumslnnces which have led me to this belief, for we are almost at tl.edoor It is never the case that both Spencer and Miss Melrose are out of the house at the same time, or I should have called another physician before; hut to-night they are called away by the death of Miss Melrose’s sister, and will not be back until to-morrow. With the con sent of my mistress I came for you, and o' l , Dr. Lockwood, I pray you save my deal mistress ! I nursed her when her mother died and left her a helpless in fant—all through her balyliood aud in nocent youth she was like an < wn child to mo 1 aud now to see her fadi ig hour by licur before my eyes ! Good Heaven! il I knew beyond all doubt that he was guilty his life shou'd pay the forfeit ! I was a'ready beginning to f.el a strong interest in this Mrs. Spencer, although I had never s :eu her, and like her old nurse, I was inclined -to feel u keen animosity lor Dr. Spencer. Mrs. Spcucer received me in her cham ber, It was on the second floor, and was furnished with exquisit elegance. Everything n the room laispoke the taste and delicacy of the occupant, the warm air was fragrant with the faint odor of heliotrope, and glancing around I saw the purple blossoms and green leaves in an alabaster case yu the ledge of llte south window-. She was a woman who, once seen, could never be forgotten. I have met in my life many beautiful women, but never one so lovely. She was tall and slight, with purely j oval lace, large, liquid brown eyes, ad a dash of bectic in her cheeks, which is j never seen in perfect health She received me as I now know she j j ditl every thing, gracefully, and though: there was a slight embarrassment in l er | manner when I spoke ol her illness, ih answered my prolessional inquiries: without hesitation. As for myself, I laid aside all false del cacy, aid questioned her plainly as to tier symptoms. Mrs. Hurd, her nurse, remained in the room and added many i ; little important items of information. When she eyole of her husbanl it •v. s with a sort of hopeless sadness which distressed me greatly. Not a breath of suspicion agaiust him I I in her auswer to my question, and I fe t j HSXE 3HSIS, TH3 Pit3 23 T. 13 PTD.’fiSS SUE"? »f t.TfTA.Ti- tJMAWSD BT PEAS ANO ONBHTSSD BT GAIN. QUITMAN, GIT).. JANUARY 27. 1871. sure that at present she knew nothing of what Mrs. Hurd hud sin It serious ap prehensions. I was glad that was so, Ibr Iter finely strung organiz it in it might have piobuc.i seri ns results. I tna I ■ my ex imT a’ion of the patient tts close as I could, and drew my own conclusions. I could sworn that Mrs. Spencer daily swallowed awn'e [ in small quantities, and the tl.ml!v drug was felling fenrlttlly upon a constitution never very robust. She said in answer to my questions that she had no physician except ft. r i husband. He. had thought himse'f hei | ler acquainted with her case, and there fuc better qualified to treat it- He nev er left medicine with her to take; he al ways brought it fresh ft. m It is office, ami administered it personally. There was little enough that I could do in such a case. Anxious to do every j thing, the very circumstances of the af. fair left me power'ess. A charge of such a grave nature, of course, I could not. make against Dr Spencer without ample proof. If 1 I hinted a suspicion ■ veiy one would at I once set i! down as ; rofessiot.al predju- I dice; and if I could not substantiate my statement, the doctor con'd make me pay dciuly for such a slander uttered against him. The only dependence seemed to ho in Mrs. Ilitrd. Ti lief I unbosom and myself freely. I told bet- with, ut reserve, that I b‘dievcd Dr. Spencer was killing his wife by slow poison, and besought her to be constantly on the watch to save the victim, and to discover some proof by which wc could fusion Iris gui.t upon him. h'he smiled grimly, and p o: iscd obe dience. I gave her a p overt il autidofc i for the poison I suspi clod, and Went | ti mo s'r o.gcly pci tin h. dhilitlpibxk lis ill | mind. I did riot sleep that night, and j all next (lay I was in a high fever of ox I citement. A ring at the bell made me | t cm' lea step on the gravel . iitsi fi lmy office stopped my iuealli. I hardly | knew what I expected to hear, and yet 1 1 felt sure that before f slept I should | hear sum tiling. And now I must tell the story us it : was told brine. Mr. Spencer returned homo the tn .ru ing after my visit to Clifton House. He looked wretchedly, the old nurse said, ami appeared unusually gh. my and de pressed. Miss Melrose came with him, ami was decorously and over the death ■J her sist r. Woman of ler slump always m uiru to perfection. Tiny nei ther overdo or underdo the t ing as wo men with feeling arc likely to do. Dr Spencer came at once to his wife's chamber. llu thought she looked ill, and prescribed a cordial at once, saying lie wool I go aud fetch it. Yon are always ordering cord la's for her, said Mrs. Herd, musingiy. Why not take something yourself. Y> u look like n ghost! He eyed her keenly, but n plied com posedly. 1 think I will take some of the Cordial myself; for Ido not feel quite welh A1 iciu shall I bring it here and drink your health? Mrs lipoocer smiled sadly in assent— she never disputed her husband—an 1 he went out. P.esently he returned with two glasses. Doth contained liquid, c. 1 orous, and inodorous. Mrs. Hurd vvus witching him wi tlt her heart in her throat; for, as she, told me, she felt that the decisive moment had Come There was something in the gray pallor on the doctor’s rigid face that told In r of a des perate purpose in the man's until; lie lifted the,glues on the rig-lit of the tray, and gave il to his wife. Drink it, dear, lie said; it is a pnria ! cca for all evils. TANARUS, also, am going to take a glass of it! And l.e pointed to the glass still ou the tray. M r s. Spencer accepted it, and was ; putting it to her lips when Mrs. Hurd ! interposed: If y .u will bring a tumbler of water, doctor; Mrs. Spencer complains that the cordial leaves a bud taste in her mouth, i And r.n old bones are so full of rtlcuma ! I ism that it kills me to go down stairs. The doctor turn and, and beDt on her a | look is if he would rend her through and through. Bnt she kept her face impas sive. If he had any suspicions, her manner quieted them, and putting down the glass he left the room. Then .Mis. Hurd changed the position of the glasses. When he came hack, and he was ah sent only a moment, the nurse stood just wiiere he hud left her, and Mrs. Spencer was lying hack iu her chair with c osed eyes. Again he lifted the glass, this time it was the one he had designed for him self—and placed it at the lips of his j wife, She drank the contents, swallow ed a little of the water he had brought her, aqd thanked him iu iier sal sweet way. Now for my own cm dial, said be, with I affected gayety. 1 indulge myself in | something a little stronger, and, as in spoke, be leased off the unixlute. It made me stone cold to my fingers ends to see him do it, said Mrs Hurd, in relating- the circumstances to me; but Heaven is my witness I felt, not a single twinge of consc'ene n I argued like ibis If it was simple e rdial, as he hud said, it wou’d do him no harm. If it was poison, Ids blood would be on his own * ’ IIJtK-iu to bod a’ha’f hour afterward, complaining of fatigue. In the morning thoyjouud him dead! I was called to the post mortem ex uminati m, and we discovered in the stomach of the d< ceased u sufficient quantity of one of the deadliest poisons known to rin d.m science to kill a halt dozen m. i . My brollftr ph agreed That j the mini was insane, am’ had probably taken the drug in in c of bis unsettled tils of mind. I did not dispute thorn, hut, even before Mrs. fluid told me her story, 1 had my own theory in regard to Ins death. There was no public expo sure, however. Mis. Hurd and I ngrde.l that it would profit no one to inakn the wretched affair public, and we kept our own counsel. Miss Melrose, in spite of all my con viction that stie had been an active par ly to l ho conspiracy against Mrs. Spen cer's life, I could no*ielp pity iT.g Such a miserable, worn and haggard face as hers 1 have never seen, and when they buried Dr. Spencer, she was confined to her chamber with brain fever. la. ten-led her in that ifness, but though she recovered her health, she was never lie self again. She was a harmless maniac, whose delight was in gathering fl wet's and d.-Coratlng the doctor's grave with them. She i« living still, and she still gath ers fi overs and lays th -m on the grave, sing ng to heiself, meanwhile, a soi l of low incantation which no one c»or pro t nds to understand. Not mi ,I Mrs. Spe ceriiad boon many years my wif-, and faithful Mrs. Ilurd sept under violets, did Alicia ever know of the perfidy of her husband. And wl en 1 told her, after the lin 1, shock was over, she crept into my arms and whispered : Hut if it. had not been far .Tamos’ eat. So good serin times does come out of evil. Tin- .11 or kiln; Hi rd. The mocking b rd of Florida is de scribed as rather a dissipated character. He forages about, singing in In's neigh hoi’s vineyard while he fobs him, until the berries -f the Pride—of-China are ripe then he pr. ce- ds to have a regular frolic, acquires a habit of intoxicati n and gets as drunk as a lord. It is cu lions to see a flock of tin so birds at this time. They become p. rfectly tipsy, and fly round in the most comical man ner, hicoughing ami staggering just like m :n, mixing up all sorts of ofo.ugs and interrupting each other in the most impudent manner, without any icgnrd to the politeness and decor uni that usually murk the intercourse of all well bred so ciety, whether of birds or lm-n. They will fly about promiscuously, intrude on domestic relations, forget the way home, and get into each other’s nests and families, just like the lords of creation. After the berries are all gone and the yearly frolic is over, they look very pen itent, make many good rcso'utions, join (ho temperance society, arid never in dulge agu n u til the next season com- s round and the berries are ripe once more. An Ohio hog rats r“advocates the sys tem of'pastm ing on clover diring the summer. He presents, as the advan tage of this plan, the statement that an acre of ground in clove r will pasture five sings fbttr months, and that it will take can from Imf an acre to feed tlx m the same lime. The cultivation of the corn he ct tin's equal to the rest of the other half icro lie fuither c airns that hogs postured on clover are in fur better condition than if fed on corn, as they are batter framed, healthier, and eat bet ter, and also states that the laud is en riched by clover past' ring. To Hem ve Mildew. —D-p in a moder ately' strong solution of nitric acid, eov er with sail am' lay' in the sou. When the spots are out, wash a nil rinse thor oughly 7, or the acid will not rot the fa- Uric; or rn'x Kmjh n-jn»e© wit*. paw. dered starch, a’ and soft soap; app’y with a brush, and lay on the grass till the stains come out; or rub soap on the mi! dewed spots, scrape chalk on them, moisten and lay in the aim. It -peat till the stains c< me out. Lemon Syiup.—Take the juice ol twelve lemons, grate the rind of six in I it, let it stand over night, then take six pounds ol white sugar, and make a thick syrup. When it is quite cool, strain Hie ju ce into it, and squeeze ns much oi! bom tbegiated rind as w ill suit the taste. A tablespoonful in a goblet of wati r, W ill make a d-licious drink on a m l day—far superior to th it | prepared from the stuff commonly sold | as lemon syiup. Tlii'Gui x pec tod Test. ■James, 1 found you and Mr. Cooper together this morning, and as 1 entered l ho office I know my name was upon Mr. Co'iper’s lips. - Was it not so? ‘ The young book keeper tr. mb led and was silent. . Thomas Landr ve C mper wen- partner's and pr. piwWWft' one of the heaviest wholesale manufacturing establishments in the West, and their business increasing day by day. Lan drovc_was a New Yorker by birth, and Coopgf came from New Hampshire. Jam ti. Worcester was a yonlh of nine teen, ♦from VVesterlTMassachusetts, and lijgffi'g gone out into anew country, flßfh is tetter of n comemlutioii to Lund i-evPan old college mate and chum of the latter, he was at once employed, and thus far, during the space of six months had proved himself worthy and well qua) ifi.-d. The partners, warm'Jicai ted, but quick and impulsive, had fallen into a misuti derstanding. 'J hey had, outlie previous evening, almost come to blows, and wete now as unhappy as it was possible for two well •meaning men to le, who had been ver/ foolish ‘Was it not so?’ repeated Landrove. ‘II was, si. ** ‘And what did Mr. Cooper say of me? You need not bo affiaid to tell me.’ James Worcester became calm and self-posseesed, though a Ir fie paler than usna’. He knew that Mr. Landrove had lined him, that toliimjhe owed his suc cess, and that to him he must look for the retaining of his Munition. And yet lie resolvi dto tie a man. ‘Mr. Lmdrove, you must excuse me.’ 'Alt! Did he place you under the ban of secrecy?’ I N-, sir.' ‘then, what did lie say to you of iiu ?, ‘I cannot toll yon, sir.’ ‘Cannot? You mean you will not.’ ‘As you please, sir.’ While Lmdrove was silent with a ibazcmcnt at this deportment <>n the part of the creature of bis-bounty, the youth proceed, and: ‘Mr Landrove, as find is my Judge, 1 am your Mtmfile friend and ,‘.‘bedicnl for one of my employers than the other, that love is toyoti. Hut, sir, even to please you, I cannot do a mean, unmanly thing. Whatever Mr Cooper may It: ve said to mo it was said in confidence. I know that he would not like that 1 shoo'd repeat his words. I hold them us I would hold money that had been placed in my keeping,’ Mr. Landrove swore a hit oath atnl a giiiu do manded what Mr. Co.-per had said of him. But Worcester was firm The mann r a In at- lhr< atet od discharge ‘I came to you with an honor untar nished, sir,’ said James, ‘and if I must leave you, I wish to take (lie same price 'ess possession away. When once I have betrayed a trust, I cau no mire have confidence even in myself.’ ‘Then y-oi flatly reins V ‘1 refuse to hetiay the private speech and Mr. Cooper, hr I would refuse to tell him were he to ask me, what you have now sa'd to me. 'Very well, you may now close up your ii( Counts and pass your hooks over to Mr N'ckcrson; for,—and hero MrLui di'uve with a fierce oath.swi re tl at the reticent youth should lea'vedn the mor row. ‘I will go, sit ; lint oh! why cannot T see you and yoin partner reconciled be fore 1 go? You love him, and 1 can swear before heaven that no man lives whom he loves better than he loves you.’ Landdruvo would listen no more; Thai veiy night tlu-sa two very irri pu'sive men met, and th.-ir i 11will was blown to rhe win! as quick as it had been engendered.—-Over a bottle of wine Lsndiove told his interview with young Worcester. ‘Ofone thing I can assqrc you,’ said Cooper, ‘he loves you truly ami devoted ly. I know it from the words which he spoke this rooming, and from the warm tears which crept out upon his lashes as lie g ve them utterance. His refusal to repeat my words was from principal.’ ‘AI ■!’ cried Landruve, ‘and front prin cipal very seldom found in this poor world ol ours. 15y my life, Albert, be will be worth his weight in gold to us! We can trust him.’ Air N icker.viii took J unes Worcester's j hooks, as Landrovo had threatened, but it was only that the younger book-keep er rn'ght be transferred into the inner room, or sanctum, where lie was install ed as confidential agent and correspon dent, whence, in time, lie stepped forth into a share of the business. This little sketch lens a deep and J valuable lesson for those who have eyes j to see and hearts to understand. The Pi ‘videuee (It. I.) 'Journal lias j the 'best authority’ for say ing that a co met of large size will suddenly make its j appearance on the night of June 19, 1811, and ‘during the next lour weeks j the fate of the world will he decided.’ | $2. nn nor Annum T-’-e Guiusvillo New AVasays that sev eral of the largest planters in Alaelma county have determined to abandon the idea'of.planting, during this year at h ast. The reasons which have impelled them to tlie adoption of this course are too numerous to be detailed. Tbe prin cipal otic, bowevei, is this, that under the present U nheal administration tho farmers (nor no one else for that matter) can pay the present enormous taxes. H- s d.-s this, their gin houses and barns are set on fire and destroyed, their stock is ‘‘butler zed” and crops stolen—and the rascals who perpetrate the dec's aro permitted to go at large. This day, we venture the assertion, there aro not legs than (illy penitcntiSry jail birds at liber ty in this c unify, “with npue to molest o.' make them afraid.” .&%, To Make Gown Give milk.—The Agri cultural editor of the Bee-Keepers’ Jour nal vouches for the following, handed him by a friend: If 3-011 desire to get a huge yield of milk, give youi cow, three limes a day, water slightly <vaim, slight ly salted, in which bran lias bcoD stir red, at the rate of one quart to two gal lons of water. You will find that your <'ow wdl gain twenty live per • tm .'ini- <- mediately, under the effects ./ v; Hm) will become so attached to it as to re- * (use to drink clear water, unless very thirst}'; 1 111 this moss she wiil drink al most at any time and asklfor more. 1 lie amount of this drink is an ordinary water pail full at 'each time, morning, noon, and night. Your animal will ilien do her best at discounting the lac teal. A Ury rVR Bin.ai>. The French agri culi urers of the neighborhood of Metz, mined h}- the war, have addressed to the m nti ul powers a heart-rendering ap peal, of which the following are some passages: "Our children ask for breadt Wo have no more!” "Our houses, our granaries, our sta bles are burnt!” "Our fields are devastated!” "What misery: what a future awaits UR I” “ We are already now in wantyif food 1” "Famine and sickness—such is our lu ture lots!" I .V,\i ~U vhiVf ,o, Howuigi “Give us bread for ourselves and farn ilie-1’ “Thanks fur to-day! Thanks for tho future!'’ Tun La.-e Thadku.s Stevens. — A Penn sylvania paper, writing of the great lender of the party of moral ideas, siys ; Mr. Stevens was unmarried, hut has el. veil il'egitimate children, many of them mulaitoes. These, from time to time, lie gave large sums to, which was cn tillable. Mr Slovens was an habit ual gambler, passing a p irti nos every night before a fuio hank. He was an av wed ii (idol, although he accepted, when dying, s ill 'administration ut the hands of the Sisters of Charily. This was queer stuff to make a Radical saint oil Olio-tenth of these taints upon char nclcr would have damned a Democrat forever, and furnished a text fur every political preacher in the Union. Apple Dumpling.—Make a crust of 1 quart of flour, 2 teaspoonfuls of cream of tailer, 1 teaspoonful of soda, 1 tabic sp toilful of buffer or lard, a little salt, and milk enough to make a dough that can ho rolled out. Cut this dough in eight pieces, roll them out thin, put sli ces o( sour apples upon them, fold them up tight and steam or hake. B.kiog will require thirty minutes; steaming, an hour. E llic-r hard or liquid suuco limy he used. Here is one ol the recent conundrums; What reason have we to suppose that beer was made in the aik? Tim kanga roo was scon to go in with hops, and ilie bear was always bruin. Hides are said to be tanned in a few hours by a now process. Our old school master used to do it effectually in two minutes. We of couise speak from ob servation—not from experience; “My dear,” said the sentimental Mr*. Waddles, “home you kuow, is the dear est spot on earth.” “Well, yes,’" said the practical Air. Waddles, "ii does cost me about twice as much as any other spot.” "Sir,” said the ast nislad lai dlady l-tv a traveler, who had sent his cup for ward the seventh time, “you must be very loud of coffee. ” “Y- s. madam, I am,” lie replied, “or I should never have drank so nmc'i water to get a little." A lady propound and to «rs the follow, ii g conundrum "What Kind of potatoes are the most popular among the ladies?” and horrified us wit the answer, “pah* pi-t tors.” Miss L zz'o Van Lew, postmistress of It oh ond, Virginia, has di rided that tlur if auk of a Congressman will m-t carry ai I tt r mailed at that i Sice, when sho | has leas m to In I eve that the Congress ; man is not in the city. Over 100,009 men. e-I lieui, railway , hands, and'btheis, are said. In have been ! deprived of employ omul by the i’emnry }• I vauia coal strike, NO. 4