The herald., July 27, 1883, Image 3

About The herald. (Big Stone City, Dak. [S.D.]) 1883-1890

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Si IT FAIR OF HIM?
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ifer
K.J
~ry of Autnmn Ijovr
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*Q' *y in September. Tin- rays
tempered by a slight haze
•an the sea, while the air is so
"9 fiat: at the end of the pier
Hionless the whole morning,
K-:-fc of the cliffs, among the
«odinaT.?1: t» ft girl sketching—a girl,
pretty pale *inted dress, re
that
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co
poppies at the neck,
jn the becoming little sailor
1
i fair picture herself.
eaT
nest fare, framed
hair that falls softly on
jrehead, which is just now
Wa'
kered in the earnestness of
*u5side, stretched to the full
u, f'"1- stall, athletic figure, reclines
,0!, ,',r"lir specimen of the opposite
''J!-: 'UglitH apparently far away,
u',0"',
1
he absent look in the hand­
le the wy68
are
looking out to
^J he -aises himself, and push-
,,.,t^ i little further back from his
voc'&'fv brow, turns lazily on one
aeda:
sA'8ftvs.
penitently:
0
I milly sorry. Miss Grey you
eI1
re
«n«"a very dull companion,
,v rot the fact is, that from he
art, much while I was abroad, I
„.,d "!.etl a very awkward hahit of
on'hww" day-dreams without the
•ado4-agard
t0 time or
eircum-
j. please accept my humble
ati^ ],.,'he concludes, looking plead
"lie companion^ face.
l!or., ugh answers his words, and
ther..rjl *ys, gently, without raising
iblisbftii'.
iusti::.Ti^n't apologise, Mr. ill eton.
scalp »j:1 I must plead guilty the
Smith .©f ttbsent-mindei 1 ness my*
•nally. and at the present ino
-'«::ar, la go engrossed in this difii
wwd ::»f sky that I bad almost for
e left it- presence."
rh«-tk-.
ys Frank Carleton, blankly,
breath, while the girl's sweet
'din^ y-»3CS unconscious of the inter-
think that one of the testa
/^'"y^Midship is being able to be
ice
ant
either talk, think, or
ce, as lone as yu choose,
.6 expectation of giving of-
f' true, how much'.'5' asks
j{.rr ily flinging a 8tone seaward.
Ship," repeats Dora, steadily,
gr,)T. color rises a little timidly at
T8'v
o
'r-to the tone of the questioning
ye Fran1* resuming his odd at
Mrs oppose you go in for that sort
qu tei„-jBost young ladles do—for a
tv.
,[]! know what you mean by gu-
W that sort of thing/ but 1 cer
g. }Ve that there are su peo
it tnet with as real, sincere
avery sense of the word."
•ma 'j enough, at your age Miss
pardon me, when you have
le longer you will find people
er rays what they seem, nor are
A I' ns ofiriendship much to be
a1. upon."
thvf ©J old I may live tote," says
ope 1 shall always have as
i in my fellow-creatures as I
and I firmly believe it possi
eet with those who wiii,
ches and poverty, good re-
e
jvil, be steadfast and uuchang
i." and blushing at her own
», Dora resumes the brush
b#"'-'•* had been neglecting the
iT hjutes.
'.^ailes under his mustache at
outburst, but turns and looks
a! i ongh into the charming, shy
ilt,. «ys with a sigh:
j, i ikl, you don't know w hat, you
uv.
about. Just put it to your*
o:
oonient, and tell me, do you
acw could be such a friend it need
r.
it the quiet, earnest answer,
hing in the pure face makes
the little bare uul nearest
iclr- lis, and kiss it reverentally,
sr.'' fig it go, he says, gently:
w
ose, Miss Grey, your theory
allow friendship between two
j*, 'OBite sex?"
jUiljT it- would," replied Dora. "I
id o-'' understand why the regard
uf
(f exist between a* man and a
-ould not be dictated bv a fcel
pU. .K* earnest friendsliip, and, as
-frankly shown before the
nht.or daresay v u think me very
jiv he sweet, girlish voice con
05, littie hastily, "my sisters at
-j© often laughed at what they
5
s
pei-uliar notions.'"
u.) reply fur a inrmient, for
nue joking earnestly over the sea,
id with an air of hnving made
li to do something, and says
).
[jggr.Ps will i ou be such a friend to
wealth. &
I's cheek flushes, and site
meet the expected smile ut
e which meets hers is grave
2f!r3 8t, and the clear gray eyes
:r«^ :^.stly into hers.
1 it'^"is a momentary pause then
iat*: "ier pretty white'tinkers gentlv
corr
^r band outstretched to me
,, says, steadily:
Mr. Carleton, as far as it lies
'"If\^er, if you wish it."
fjjish it," says Frank, concisely,
A- closing firmly round the
ea'
.b fingers, ov«r which he bemls
tr«:lS' ome head before releasing, and
rf
r^ ch ha imprints a soft kiss to
contract.
pretty white house, nestling
,e dark firs, whieh are such an
0TUt
I«t0
tbe
beauty of tlie coast, near
h«10' »e, belong to Mr. Harrington,
a- and his pretty wife
•jiii«- more pleased than when they
sta!
e, e as many as possible of their
cfi
i friends to visitthem and tliev
Co: 'ularly happy in the selection of
1:
sts, and are never tired of de
ae pleasant pjan of amusement
'h ^wood House is almost alwavs
jj jively with pleasant lait,hur
.• y chatter.
I#^•%rrington was a Miss Grey, and
iied
r,',3r
pet sistt-r, so she often stays
iwood for months together.
•IIhii'"Carleton has only been down
jjc^ ^don a fortnight. lie is a rising
,/riiter, with a good private in
itti' ,M.i3iuibvLi thw not pre
littie
ito#*
"5
'.A^t
vented lus overw ntmseit a little,
and he lias accept.-i -car Harrington's
pressing invitation to recruit his strength
in the bracing air of Sand. ombe.
There are not so many guests as usual
at Uavenswood House just now, so Dora
and Frank have been thrown together a
good deal and Mr. Carleton is too fond
of the society of pretty girls notto think
it a very charming arrangement alto
gether.
The day following the little talk on
the beach there is a large influx of visi
tors, but Dora finds, to her satisfaction,
that in walks or drives Frank seems
ever at her side, as usual.
Cue day she laughingly remarks the
fact, but he merely says, quietly:
"I prefer friends to acquaintances,
Dora. Ifvouare tired already of our
bargain, say so but it is only natural
that, under the circumstances, I should
choose your society rather than that of
onv one else."
^o the two waiiUci ..jout togethercon
tendedlv, though not unnoticed, for
many are the glances and little inunen
does thev have to enconritev much to
Dora's expressed disgust, as she freely
discusses the matter with Frank
"It is too utterly ridiculous,"she aavs,
angrily, as they were one day walking
through the wood '"as if we were bound
to be talking a lot of nonsense about love
just because we are alone together."
"Uidieulous, indeed,"' calmly asserts
Frank "wait until Mr. ami Miss Right
appear, and we go off with them re
spectively, then these clever people will
see the difference—eh. Dora?"
Dora's heart gave a sudden jump, but
she answers in her usual gentle voice,
though she is rather silent •UiTiia'
remainder of the walk.
am expecting Miss iJruce down
to-morrow, so I warn all those of
gentlemen who still pos.-ess that
useful article, a heart to tiii'ird it well,
for Miss Nelly is a facinating pussy."
So savs Mrs. Harrington at the lunch
eon table one day and to those who
know the young lady spoken of the an
nouncement appears to give nnive^«a!
satisfaction.
"And who is Miss Bruce'.'" asks Frank
of Dora Grey, bv whose side he s .-it
tin tr.
"One of the loveliest girls yon ever
saw in your life," put in Mr. Harrington,
before "Dora can replv •"and just' your
stvle old man 1 should imagine."'
"Frank Carleton looks at Dora and re
peats, in a low voice, meant for her
alone:
"Just my style. Can mv fate be ap
proaching already?"
"Perhaps," is the only reply, given in
equally low tones. "Do you hpe it may
be so?"
"I don't quite know," said the young
man gently. "I have my friend", you
know, Dora,"
Hut, notwithstanding. Mr. Frank ap
pears to find ihe charming fair-haired
girl, who is told ofi to his care the next
evening at dinner very attractive and
when the gentlemen rejoin the ladies
he makes his wav straight to the otto
man upon which Miss Bruce is sit
.ntr.
"Hitw se'tM I a Hi.'' murmurs Dora to
herself, as she watches Frank's lall
handsome figure crossing the room :n
order to turn over Mi«s Bruce's music
and somehow everything seems a little
duli and uninteresting to thegirt's mind,
and a heartache at c.-mpanied her to
bed that, night.
But it is gon- :he morrow, ami
Dora is her own sm et self and as days
go on she resumes hei rather neglected
sketching, though by degrees she finds
how often she is without her faithful
friend, and she misses his cheerful chat
ter and genial laugh more than she will
acknowledge. For Frank Carleton's
jesting words seem to have come true,
ami he shows no signs of his evident
admiration for pretty Nellie subsiding
for it is at her side he lingers now.
And there is evidently a good under
standing between them, for it necess
itates much low talk and apparent pur
euasive eloquence on Frank's part and
somehow the thought of those two will
persist in obtruding itself on Dora's
mind, no matter what she is doing.
At last matters come to a crisis. A
picnic is arranged to be held in some
words a few miles from inland, and dur
ing a luncheon on the grass Frank ami
Nellie are, as usual, together, and the
girl is in much merry mood that it is ev
ident she feels very happy. Dora feels
more than ever the foolish position into
whieh her girlish ignorance has led her
respecting Frank, for more than one re
mark reaches her referring in no flatter
ing terms to his conduct. But she de
mands him on every occasion, and in
such a sweet, unconscious manner, that
suspicion is a once disarmed respecting
the state of her heat.
But the effort to dissemble Tier disap
pointment in Frank' sudden avoidance
is too great to-day, and she manages af
ter luncheon, to steal away entirely
al me, intendingto sketch a pretty little
e!ade she has often visited.
Hut when she^reaches the spot she
merely seats herself ou the hanks, ami
gives herself up to her own thoughts,
ami tk-rcely argues out iier own unrea
sonableness, as she terms it. But the
pro. ess does not appear to be satisfac
tory, for presently one or two tears force
themselves slowly from between the
closed eyelids, and the girl gives way to
a passionate flood of tears.
By tlegrees the sobs subside, and the
soothing effect of the soft, warm air and
subdued quiet around begin to be felt,
and leaning her uncovered heat! against
the hard trunk of a tree, she falis fast
asleep. So fast, indeed, that the sound
of advancing foots.eps does not make an
eyelid quiver ami when Frank Carleton
reaches her he stands for a moment
looking down at the little figure in its
attitude of careless grace with an ex
pression upon his face thit is not exactly
faithful to the memory of Miss Nellie
Bruce.
Just then Dora stirs a little, and a
weary little sob bursts from the pretty
parted lips. This is more than Frank
can bear, and in a moment he is kneel
ing beside her, and the startled girl is
taken tenderly in his arras, while the
curly head leans for a moment uncon
sciously against his breast.
"What is it? where am I?" 'murmurs
Dora, and looks up so quiek'y that a soft
mustache brushes her cheek. "O
Carleton," she stammers, tiying to dis
cngage herself, and- blushing deeply at
the position in which sne litfds nerseif.
"Dora, darling," says Frank, earnest
ly, "what do these tears mean? Tell
me, dear?" and he holds her so firmly
she can scarcely move.
"Nothing much," falters the girl,blush
ing again as she recollects their true
cause. At least nothing I could tell
voul" she concludes, as Franks's gray
eyes looked into hers, as if to read her
very heart.
"Now, Dora," he says reproachfully,
"1 thought you and I agreed always to
tell each other our trouble. Do you call
call that looking upon me as yar
friend?"
it I could not possibly tell you," re
peats Dory, succeeding in drawing her
self away, though her heart beat wildly
at the tentfer look, upon the handsome
face looking into hers. "How is it you
are here?" she asks, to change the sub
ject "and where is Nellie?"
"I followed you, child," is the reply,
ignoring her latter question. "1 lnteno
to know the meaning of these pale cheek*
I have noticed them for the last two or
three days, ami I want to find out if
there is any reason for them. Do you
know what I would give half my lile to
know that thev did mean'."' be says pas
sionately while Dora, a little frightened
falters out a timid "No" without looking
at bini.
"Well, 1 won't tell you yet," he says,
more quietly, "but 1 will let you into a
secret that will interest you about Nellie
Bruce. What is it, child? Are you cpld
or faint?" for Dora started and closed
her eves.
"No," she sa, w.thasn: le. "Goon,
Mr. Carleton."
"Well," he continued,
4
it turns out
that Miss Nellie was a few months ago
engaged to one of my most intimate
friends, Harry Sylves'ter, and a rare
good fellow he is too: but they managed
to quarrel over something ami the affair
was broken ofi", though "both were as
desperately in love as could be. i hap
pened to* hear poor old Hal's
woes at the time, and from put!ing
two and two together, and
writing a letter or two to Sylvester, I
think I have managed that all will be
well again without any compromise of
dignity on either side." Mrs. Barrington
has asked Harrv dow n next week, and
so I told Nellie so let us hope when
they meet they will see the error of their
ways once and for ail. Why, Dora, how
pleased vou look you care to hear about
a love affair after all."
"It isn't that—I thought you cared—1
mean. Nellie eared
•'Were vou jealous."'interrupts Frank,
passionately. "Dora, my own darling,
is it possible that you love me after all?"
and he takes the sweet, blushing face
between his hands and looks down into
it rapturously.
"Do you know, my dem one, I have
loved you since the first week I came
here, but you seemed such a sweet, calm
little maiden that 1 despaired of even
making you think of me, go. darling,
mav I confess and tell vou I tell into
your pretty little plan of friendship just
to try and see if 1 could awaken any
deeper feeling in that pure little heart."
•'Oh, Frank!" says Dora, reproachful
ly, lifting her lovely dark eyes to his
face, then dropping them at what she
reads there,
,was
tliat quite lair"'
"Everything is fair in love and war,"
replies Frank, fondly kising the pretty
lips softly, with an air of proud pos
session, "especially when tne strategem
ends in surrender,"
And Dora leans back her dark head
against his shoulder, sighs contentedly,
and says—nothing.
A KII^ F1ETO1*VTNCH ESTKK'
.Jubal A. Early Says Sheridan Should
Have Been Turned Out of the
limy.
The Boston Gi- says that a party of
northern tourists, while traveling re
cently in the Shenandoah Valley, met
Jubal A. Fiarly, who sharply criticised
the tactics of his adversary, General
Sheridan, in that memorable encounter.
Sheridan," said he, "ought to have
been court-martialed and dismissed
from the service by his government for
allowing myself on any part of my
army to have escaped capture on that
day. 1 had an infantry and artillery force
of less than twelve thousand men in
that battle, ami my total cavalry force wag
less than :J,U00 much of the latter poor
ly equipped ami organized, and conse
quently could not be relied upon for serv
ice in a hotlv contested action. Sheridan'f
army numbered from 4"i,0Kt to4S,000 ef
fective men, and against these terrible
odds of over three to one I maintained
for hours the unequal contest, with vary
ing chances of victory. Sheridan's caval
ry was greatly superior to my own, and
constantly out-tlanking me. Had he
thrown his superior force on my right,
cutting off my line of retreat by the pike
to Newtown, it would h«ve been very
disastrous to my army. This I expected
he would do, but was unable to guard
against it, every man of my force was
engaged, it was a relief to me to find this
avenue of retreat open and unmolested
when I was no longer able to continue
the unequal light. Had Sheridan pos
sessed one-half •he military ability with
which he is popularly credited, my com
mand must have been captured."
Speaking of his repulse at Fisher's
Hill, he was asked if his reverse was
due to Sheridan's arrival from Winches
ter, fifteen miles away,
"Not necessarily." he answered. "My
exhausted army was more or le*" disor
ganized, and, though elated with suc
cess, was in poor condition to withstand
an attack which I understand General
Wright had prepared to make before he
knew of Sheridan's presence. If 1 could
hrtv bad one fresh division in reserve
at nine o'clock on that morning, or had
Lomax not failed me, I believe we would
have sent the whole Federal army fly
ing down the valley as fast as Sheridan
is said to have come up it. But my
whole infantry force was less than 10,000
men. The odd» were too great against
me, and Sheridan's arrival on the field
made little difference in the result, prob
ably."
Speaking of his raid into Pennsylvania
and Maryland, General Early said:
"When I was in York. Penn., I levied
an assessment of so much corn, sc
much clothing, so many boots and
shoes, so man bacs ol
grain aavi $100,000 in money. They de
livered everything in accordance with
my requisition, except the $100,000. Of
that amount the Mayor bought me f"2,
HX\ and begged for further time to raise
the balance. 1 extended the time, but
left early the next morning, ami York
still ows me $2S.bOO. York afterward
established a loan to meet this levy in
aid ofthe Southern Confederacy, getting
authority from the Pennsylvania Legis
lature to lay a special tax to pav off a
portion of it each year, and I understand
that its citizens are still to contribute to
its liquidation, If I was one of them I
would raise the point that such a tax is
in violation ofarticle 14, section 4, of the
Constitution ofthe United States, which
provides that all debts or obligations
incurred in aid of insurrection or rebel
lion against the United States shall be
held illegal ant! void."
Talk About People.
Harry Hill says oi Beecher: "He's
all out of training forty or fifty pounds
too fat. He'll die of apoplexy, more
than likely. There's too much blood in
him by a gallon or so lives too high and
doesn't exercise enough, skin looks bad
color almost nurple. Properly trained,
he could live till ninety."'
A newspaper correspondent who call
ed on Horatio Seymour the other day
reports the old gentleman as saying: "I
love to ihink of the press and the great
power that it wields. If I were younger
and more vigorous myself 1 think I
would give up farming and edit a news
paper." And Humbert said: "If I were
not a king, I'd be a reporter." It's no
ticeable that they always have some ex
cuse. Post.
The duke of Marlborough, who recent
ly died.was an extortionate landlord, cob
letting enormous rente and keeping Tils
laborers on the verge of want He evi
dently possessed oi)»' of th? *orst char
acteristic
s of his family. The illustrious
founder of the ho ise of Marlborough
was one of the meanest and most grasp*
ing of raisers.
Mrs. Kearney, the widow ien.
Phil Kearney is at Jong Branch. A cor
respondent writing of her says: Al
though upward of 01 years of age, she is
in perfect health and very handsome,
and still preserves her sweet voice which
was highly cultivated in youth, and
which she has kept constantly in prac
tice, much to the enjoyment of her mu
feic-loving friends. She has a perfect
complexion, clear red and white,
which her thick suit of snowy hair
makes her appear the more blooming.
Dr. John Hall, of New York, the fa
mous Presbyterian divine, goes every
day to pray with a lady who lies danger
ously ill, and his ministrations are a
great comfort to her. She said to him:
"Doctor, they say 1 shall last all sum
mer. Now do not allow my sufferings to
spoil your vacation. When you are
ready to go come and say good-bv to
me." "Good-bv!" said he, "iNo, I
shall not leave yon. These visit? to VOU
are my vacation."
Christopher M. Spencer, the million
aire inventor of the repeating rifle, last
year employed a nurse from a hospital
in Providence to attend to his wife, who
wasdying with consumption. The young
lady's name is Georetta Koggers, and
she is the daughter of a r* tired sea cap
tain. She was so attentive tot lie inva
lid as to excite Mr. Spencer's gratitude
and then his love and on Tuesday last
the millionaire and the nurs*- won* mar
ried. He is liftv years of a,»e and she is
twenty-five. They will saw for Europe
next week.
Everybody supposed th.«f Congress
man Ben I^e Fevre was a confirmed
bachelor, but his heart has been torn
from him, so to speak, and he is soon to
be married to a Miss Jennie Maturin, of
Boston. There is romance mixed up
with the affair, too. Last summer, on
the porch of one of the Saratoga hotels,
Gen Ben was complaining bitterly be
cause the collar button on the back of
his shirt had pulled off. The little Bos
ton hidy volunteered to sew |it on for
him, and
she did. Thus
won
dergo the operation with
the bache­
lor.
Mrs. Janet Carlisle Hanning, sister of
the late Thomas Carlisle, is a resident of
Hamilton, Ont,, and is described as "a
small, slight lady, with a gentle and
benign expression of countenance and
the keen, bright eyes which betoken
tliat clearsightedness peculiar to the
Scotch people. Honesty and a severe
integrity also characterize her expres
sion, and she haft a gentle brogue, or ac
cent. Mrs. Hanning ha* lived in Cana
da thirty-iive years her huband was a
draper in Manchester, but he eou'd not
make a success of the business and emi
grated to Canada. He has been dead
now for five years. Mrs. Hanning
brought up her four daughters to work.
There is no kind of house-work that
they cannot do. She herself has done
all her own work,even her washing, un
til within the last few years. When
Ralph Waldo Emersm called on her
she wascooking dinner, but
she wouldn't
ask him to stay. "I couldn't," she said,
"ask Mr. Emerson to sit down to a
stew." __
F«ar ot the Dentist.
Ten thousaj.u den list.-., w •.*•(• thriving
business attests the badness of Ameri
can teeth, meet with amusinsradvent
ures when thev encounter those who
are suffering from what Burns calls the
"grim, mischief-making chiel" that
makes "mankin 1 aft dance a reel."' A
Chicago reporter describes some of
these experiences, as thev were report
ed to him by several dentists *f that
eitv:
"We encounter nc re that is ridiculous
in the extraction teeth than in any
other branch of the profession," said a
h'llt
!St.
"Why, I have had great strong men
come into lny ollit e with the intention
of having a tooth extracted, and at the
the sight of the instruments actually
turn and run,—yes, -un, as if the angel
of death had suddenly appeared before
them.
"On the other hand, I have seen frail
looking little women come
without
a
in,
and
word or look that would indi­
cate any timidity, take a seat and un­
scarcely a sign
of fear.
"Men and women of large stature, as
a genera! rule, make more fuss than
smaller men and women, and women
exhibit less fear than men.
"Some very amusing incidents occur
during the practice of a dentist. For
instance, not long since a prominent
lawyer, being greatly annoyed by an
aching tooth,* decided to have it out so
mustering up courage, he went to a
well-known dentist and told him he re
rjuired his services.
"The lawyer took the chair and the
dentist got everything in readiness,
when the lawyer spoke up ami said. *1
am going to faint," ami he did.
"Nevertheless, the tooth was extract
id. and the loss of blood bringing him to
consciousness, the dentist asked him if
it was a common thing'or him to faint,
and receiving affirmative answer,
said that the fact of his tainting had re
moved the necessity of his administer
ing gas."
MJseHIviitcous latter
Selma. Ala., lias over sixty artesian
wells, and the water from no two of
them is exactly alike.
More than half a million pounds stea
ling were spent by twenty-three of the
British railway companies in law and
parliamentary expenses last year. The
Midland spent over w.tHM), the Great
Western. £4\000, the London and
Northwestern i41,000, the Northwestern
£L'.V00 and the Great Eastern jL'V,000.
And this money was mainly spent by
the companies in lighting each other.
It is said that there are four firms in
•Philadelphia which make a business of
collecting eggs that have lost their pris
tine purity are, in ct. bad eggs. They
are opened aud graded. The hopelessly
demoralized arc sent to tanneries for
polishing purposes. Those that are
merely too emphatic in tone for culin
ary purposes, are weparated, tha whites
from the yolks, the latter being 'K-ed by
morrocco manufacturers, and the former
—so says unscrupulous report—by con
fectioners.
When Forepaugh's circus was in Port
land, Me., twelve lumbermen started
from a lodging camp in New Hampshire
to visit the show. They were accom
panied by the wives of two of their num
ber, both with infants in their arms.
They had to walk seven miles to take a
railroad tram that started at twenty min
utes of six in the morning, and rode one
hundred aud two miles to the scone of
action in Portland.
The Arkansaw Traveler: "What's
the value of your personal properly, old
man?" asked a tax assessor of a negro.
"What's yer wanter know da! fur?" "Sc
we'll know how much to make you pay.
"My stuff's done paid fer, sab!" "Yes'
but you'li have to pay taxes on your
household goods." "Da taxed me
•iiiough in de fust nlace. sah. Ain'
sgwine te.r pay no iro!" "All right. If
you doii't you can't vote at the next
election!" "All right. Da don't count
niv vote nohow. Go off some whar fluid
taS a man f"r habin tie rhemati/."
Rob#ri itfrd ("oilier write* from Ox
Y
ford, Englano., concerning that famous
university. Of three thousand students,
twenty-five hundred are the sons ofgeu
tlemeii who are not fitting thcmselve
to earn a living, but only to ornament
society. Then academic work has been
done already at one of the gieat publi.
schools t»r under private tutors. Then
the boating, the. foot-nail, ihe cricket,
the teni is the hunting, the intercourse
wit]t K iC
v'sc]io\ir.-\"
lecturers
and puffc-sois, ti.e iuqvi.iintaii'.e of the
young ir^ racy, and the nameless air
of academic refinement, are the neces
sary and finishing requisites of an Eng
lish gentleman. To be that is the ambi
tion and aim of every well-born and
weil-bred English youth.
Northwester?: Colorado is reported to
be a region of great mineral wealth, but
its occupation, as the reservation of the
White River Utes, has prevented its
exploration and development. No
white man could cross over into the
territory without risking his life at the
hands "of the Utes, er being subject to
arrest by the United States authorities.
Th" countrv remained practical}- unoc
cupied until the legislature in Febiuary
last opened it up by creating it a coun
ty, which was named Garfield. A full
set of officers were appointed soon after,
and now the county government is fully
organized. The territory of which this
new county is composed is over 100
miles l'rom east to west, and about eigh
ty miles from north to south. Miners
are now flocking into the country, and
a mining town has been lo.-aterl on a
mountain almost on a ievei with the top
of Pike's Peak, being about i 1 ,IM)0 feet
above the sen le/el. The shafts sunk,
developed richHlver-hearing ore. The
Denver ami Rio iirand railroad is ex
tending in the direction oj the •.•amp.
Edmund Yates says in the London
World: "Every one km w that many
so-called Americanisms of speech are
not American at all. but survivals of
English words and phras-s which have
gone out of use in the old country. I
have long been losing faith in the origi
nality ot anything American, but 1 con
less that 1 did cling with the feverish
fervor of a dying belief to the Transat
lantic origin of the phrase, a 'bully boy.'
I have been compelled to let it go. Last
week, in turning over the leaves of Mr.
W.J. Linton's delightful volume, 'Rare
Poems of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth
Centuries,' 1 came across a sonjr entitled
'Three Poor Mariners, which waa pub
lished in 1009, and of which the follow
ing are the concluding lines:
'To them we dance the round, the round
And he that s a buily boy
Come pledge me on this ground, around,
around.
It would seem as it there were nothing
gi nm lelv American but the novels of
Mtssrs. iiowellsand James, and Ameri
ca is welcome to them.'
There were 152 appointees to West
Point, of whom 42 were rejected at thi»
recent examination.
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Digging for s mdworms is an industry
in which $2ih/kn)
are invested and which
employe 1,000 men in New York.