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SONNETS,
huly missal Shakespeare wrote
da ! o ponder when they grieve alone.
se folleete his great heart would note
id fear, its ecstasy and moan.
;th and weakness each was felt by
ted and shrank, rejoiced and hoped
led,
,ill his sacred song by dim,
iv himself, tho friend of friends, is
ad evenings when you think of me,
the morn seems blithe, yet I not
near,
Open this book and rend, and I shall 1m
The meter murmuring at your bended ear.
Kritc- my lo.'i-wilh Shakespeare's art,
me burden weighs upon my heart,
md Gosse in ''Russet and Silver."
o write down another of my
tber's tales as she related it
to me. It is not betraying her confi
dence in me to do so now after these
long years. Again it is my grandmoth
er who speaks:
Doubtless thou dost wonder why it is
that I so seldom speak of my mothers—
so seldom even mention her in my
talks with thee. The reason is that she
had no part in the life that was led
around her. She was of a modest, re
tiring spirit, quite overshadowed by the
masterful nature of my father. So gen
tle and quiet was she that no one—least .
of all I—properly valued her worth un
til she slipped out of our lives. My fa
ther openly despised her, though he had
married her for love. I think lie blamed
her because she had never borne him a ,
son to take his name.
There is a romance connected with
her marriage to my father such as the j
women of nowadays could scarcely com- i
prehend. I could never learn tho details,
but only hints of the story. It seems
that she, while quite a young girl, be
came enamored of a young man named
Langlcy, who returned her iove, but on
account of his poverty they were not
to be betrothed until he could properly
provide for her, ;iid ho wont away to
seek his fortune. During his absence
my mother's father fell ill, and, not be
ing able to a! fend to his business, his
family were brought face to face with
want. About this time my father—
young, rich, handsome—offered mar
riage. My mother, however, declined
his suit. The time went on, and the
stress of poverty wits felt iv my mother's
home. Her father was slowly dying for
want of proper treatment, and when my
father renewed his offer it was accepted.
For some years my mother was hap
py, I believe. She was allowed to main
tain her parents, and she had her chil
dren, my sister and myself, but by de
grees my father's passion for her grow
cold. Then Mr. Langley returned to tho
neighborhood, not with a fortune, in
deed, but with so-.'.ie little money. My |
father most unjustly became suspicious
of my mother and would no longer al
low her the control of any money, even
forbidding her to visit her father's
house. Nov/ comes the most touching
part of the story. My mother's parents, I
deprived of the support rendered them
by my father, sank into poverty. When
he discovered their condition, Mr. Lang
ley took them into his own home aud
adopted them for his own parents,
maintaining them in comfort until they
I, after which he again left the
hborhood.
y mother accepted her lot with res- I
tion. I used to think, when I was I
ig, that sho showed a lack of prop
ride in thus bowing to ray father's
will, but now I think s!:o was moved
by true piety. She understood my fa
ther's nature better than I did. She
knew the impossibility of making him ]
change his course of action by entreat- j
ies. Sho know that to have reproached
him for his ungenerous action would
not make him repeat of it, but would
have widened the breach between them,
so she bent before the storm and con
soled her heart by unceasing prayer.
The beauty of my mother's nature l
has been revealed to mo by reading her
journal, which she gave to me, wherein |
are set out tho doings of each day, to
gether with her thoughts thereon. It is
a beautiful volume, and thou mayest i
well contrast it with my own poor jour- j
nal, which thou shalt have ere long.
I will read one entry, made about j
three years after my sister's marriage, j
of which I have told thee, which shall
serve for a text for a stray. It runs
thus: "This day a duel was fought be
tween Mr. Spencer aud Mr. Walling
ford. 'Tis said they quarreled over a
play at cards, but I fear that Theodora
was the cause, which God forbid!" |
Then followed some of the details of j
the encounter and my mother's thoughts
upon the subject. I have read this much
to show that, though my mother took no
part in what was going on around her,
she yet observed closely enough to be
able to see below the surface and read
the hidden workings of the hearts of
others.
I will first describe the. principals in
this affair, beginning with him who
proved himself the hero of it. Mr. Spen
cer was a gentleman of the neighbor
hood—a short, slight man, with reddish
hair and somewhat prominent blue
eyes. He was distantly related to the
famous English General Wolfe, whom ;
he a little resembled in appearance, of j
which fact he was very vain and did j
what ho could in the matter of dress to
heighten the likeness. Personally he
was a most agreeable gentleman and
possessed of considerable talent. He
would often entertain the company
with recitations from the poets, but his
favorite piece was a description of the
death of the hero of Quebec, since be
come historic. This piece, ho would de
liver with dramatic effect whenever
called upon to do so, until one occasion,
of Which I will tell thee, after which
he could never be induced to recite it.
A party was gathered at tho house of
a Mr. Triver, and Mr. Spencer, being
called upon to entertain the guests,
commenced his favorite piece. He had
nearly reached the end; the heights cf
Abraham were scaled; General Wolfe
, lay dying on the ground; the last words
,were waited for in breathless silence.
Mr. Spencer described the advent of a
messenger: "They run! They run!"
cried the messenger. ' 'Who run?" asked
the dying general. "Three blind
mice!'' interrupted a voice in the com
pany. Tho uproar which followed this
sally prevented the continuance of the
piece. Mr. Spencer took his seat, with a
flush of anger on his cheeks. He was
often made the butt of a joke and usu
ally took it good naturedly, but this in
sult was more than his pride could
Irook. In vain our host entreated him
to proceed. He would not be moved.
It was Mr. Marriott, an inveterate
joker, who caused the interruption, and
it was thought that Mr. Spencer would
demand satisfaction, but, on the con
trary, Mr. Marriott, advancing with a
sincere apology, Mr. Spenoer accepted
| flmuMrt frinnfl.
STAUNTON, VA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24,1896.
Mr. Wallingford, the other party to
the duel, was iv all respects the oppo
site of Mr. Spencer. He was an Eng
lishman—a tall, heavy man, with dark
beetling brows aud loud, arrogant voice,
handsoihe iv the manner that a moun
tain bull is handsome, from the ap-'
pearance of gresc strength and courage.
I describe him to thee as he really was, j
not as my youthful fancy saw him, for
I thought him a god, in my heart, and ,
would have married him, perhaps, ex- j
cepfc for the manner of his wooing. He j
was remarkable in several ways. He i
was the only one of all the men who'
paid court to me to marry before I did,!
for which I owe him a grudge. He was '
also the only man against whom my j
mother warned mo, though her warning j
Was of little avail'to me. There is a j
heavy responsibility, my child, upon a,'
parent in the mutter of choosing a suit- j
able husband for a daughter. A young I
girl cannot knew her own heart—but
why dost thou smile? Is it because I,
who eloped from my father's house with
the son of my father's enemy, have no
right to speak upon that text? Well! I
will spare thee tho rest of the lectures
Miss Prue, seeing that thou hast taken
the man I chose for thee.
Mr. Wallingford had-arrived in this
country after peace was concluded with
England, and, though an Englishman,
he was more enthusiastic about "free
America" than we who had fought for
independence. He wassnot possessed of
any estate, but received or pretended to
receive remittances from England.
Well! Both these gentlemen were, of
course, my lovers. Mr. Spencer was the
first in the field, in point of time, though
I never entertained a serious thought
for him until after the duel, while, as I
said, I came near marrying the other.
Mr. Spencer's wooing was like himself,
a delicate compliment or a few lines of
poetry was all that he ever permitted
himself. I wish I had kept some of the
verses he wrote me now for a memento,
but I foolishly de- troyed them, and can
not remember any, except that he made
my name, Theodora, rhyme with "I
adore her"—a very popular couplet
with my poetic ; dniirers. He was my
devoted slave, wi:ich was the greatest
fault I found in him, for my heart was
seeking a master, not a slave, and so,
when he summoned up courage enough
to lay his heart and hand at my feet, I
had no compunction whatever in telling
him he might not hope.
He bore his disappointment bravely,
and we continued to be gt 06 friends,
for which I was ylad, for he was an in
timate friend of the Saxbys. I pretend
ed to twit him concerning Lis Quaker
friends, and he never failed to respond
to my raillery by telling of some good
action done by one cr other cf iliom. I
listened eagerly to these stories, for I
was deeply interested in tho genial look
ing elderly genii man, and no less in
his handsome silent sou, who was to be
come my husband, but from whom I
could neither entice nor provoke a
glance of admiration.
Mr. Wallingford, on the oilier hand,
usually treated me as a OT._!J, except
whea he and I were apart from the oth
ers, when he would sink his voice into
a rapturous whisper in add; easing sue.
He hovered about me for three months
before declaring himself, bv:t I could
see that his policy was to warn off oth
er admirers, gradually taking the posi
tion of my sole cavalier.
He chose an evening when a few
guests were informally gathered at my
father's house to unmask himself After
supper he and .1 wandered into my
mother's private sitting rcom under
some pretext or another, I being noth
ing loath to give him the opportunity
"How hard it is," said ho when we
were alone, "to have a word with you."
"I think you s.-.y a good many words
to me," I replied, with a smile.
We were standing, and I permitted
him to lead me to a sofa, upon which
ho sat down also, next to me. He still
retained my hand, and I waited, with
downcast eyes, for the declaration I ex
pected. I sat a few moments iv silence,
to give him time to collect his thoughts,
for I had received many declarations,
and was calm, while this might be his
first attempt I thought
''I am glad to see you now,'' he went
on. "I would iv.ther see you in your
The selfishness of his words struck
me, and I looked up to meet his eyes fix
ed upon me with a burning light in
them. I grow uncomfortable under his
gaze and tried to withdraw my hand,
but he would net Ist it go. Instead, he
clasped me round the waist and tried
to kiss inc. I was now quite agitated.
I had 110 brother to chastise his rude
ness, and I knew that my father would
only laugh at ma if I complained to
him. At- this moment I heard a step in
"Unhand me. sir!" I cried aloud,
struggling to free myself.
A figure apnea? Ed in the doorway. I
was disappointed to see that it was Mr.
Spencer, the last champion I would
have chosen. Mr. Wallingford released
me at once and turned angrily to the
intruder.
" Why this interruption, sir?" he ask
ed, not trying to conceal his passion.
"They are limiting np a party at
cards," replied Mr. Spencer. "Will
you take a hand?"
I had risen, and now slipped out of
the room, but paused at the door to Ha-,
ten. "You came here to dog me I" cried ,
Mr. Wallingford.
"Let us go and play cards," replied
Mr. Spencer. ' 'We can easily find cause
for auarrel in oor play—if you play as
you "played last night, when you won
so heavily from young Sutton."
Tho last words were . uttered clearly
and deliberately. It was the deadliest
insult that conld be offered in those
days, short of calling a man a coward,
to accuse him of cheating at cards. I
waited with bated breath for the an
swer.
"I will break every bone in your body
for this," roared Mr. Wallingford.
There was bullying swagger in his tone,
not the righteous indignation of an in
nocent man wrongfully accused.
"Mr. Marriott will receive any mes
sage you send," replied Mr. Spencer.
"Ho shall haveit," cried Mr. Wal
lingford, '' without delay. I have long
wanted to smash yon!" n
"You are perhaps stronger than I,
returned Mr. Spencer, "yet the battlo
is not always to the stronger, especially
when the weapons are pistols, with ten
paces between. Now let us join the
I other's. Will you precede me?"
Upon hearing these words I fled away
to my own room, and passed the night
lin an agony cf tears and «if reproach, j
: I knew that nothing now could prevent j
' the meeting. I dared not tell any ono
that I knew nbcut it, or else the vholo
story would come out, and, moreover, I
' had discovered that my idol was net
■ gold, nor even brass, bnt clay of the
1 The meeting was arran;;ed for tho
Dccame common gossip. Two seconds
were present on each side, besides a sur
geon, in case of accident. It seemed a
foregone conclusion that Mr. Spencer
would lose his life, for he was not cred
ited with much courage, and he was a
most indifferent marksman. Mr. Spen
cer and his friends were first on the
'ield, followed soon after by the oppo
site party. Mr. Wallingford looked
pale, but walked with his accustomed
swagger, until he happened to meet his
opponent's eye, when he seemed to
c6wer. . J
The preliminary arrangements were
soon made, the men stood opposite each
other, and at tho word both fired to
gether. Mr. Spencer remained standing,
but Mr. Wallingford was seen to stag
ger and fall upon his face. All the spec
tators crowded round tho prostrate man,
and the surgeon turned him over to dis
cover the wound, but could find none.
Presently Mr. Wallingford opened his
eyes, and they asked him where he was
hurt. He looked puzzled for a moment,
then muttering, "I am not hurt, "he
got up, and walked off the field alone.
His coward heart had failed him before
the calm courage of his opponent.
Not many days afterward Mr. Wal
lingford found business to take him
away from the neighborhood. We heard,
some months afterward, that he was
married to a wealthy widow in Boston,
but we never saw him in our part of the
country again.
Mr. Spencer was, of course, the hero
of the hour, lionized and honored by ev
ery one. If he had chosen, he could
have had the pick of the belles of the
country, even myself, if he had asked
me again. Thou wilt not betray my con
fidence? I have told thee things that
even my locked journal docs not know.
I have lived heart to heart with my
husband for over 50 years, and know
his every thought, but yet there are
some little things with which I have
not thought fit to trouble him. This
was the only duel fought for me. It is
dreadful, even vow, to reflect that two
men took their lives in their hands for
my sake. If either had died, I think I
would have entered a convent, to spend
the rest of my days in prayer.
Mr. Spencer and I remained good
friends until his departure for the
south, which journey he took in the
spring following the duel. His chival
rous soul would not allow him to profit
by the advantage he had gained by his
display of bravery. Instead of renewing
his suit to mo he treated me as a broth
er, nor could I desire a dearer brother
than himself. He perceived that I was
interested in the Saxbys, and usually
led our talk to his friends.
He told me a curious legend about
them, which I will repeat. It seems
that the Saxbys had been Quakers ever
since the ' was first established, al
ways intei.....riying with Quakers. For
a number of generations these had only
been one son in each generation to take
the name. Daughters had been born,
»ily one son. Tho legend, Mr. Spen
td me, was that a witch had put a
upon the family, to the effect that
the male line should never wax greater,
and that the family would die out for
%yant of an heir to take the name if ever
a Saiby married any but a Quaker. Mr.
Spencer says it is a coincidence, and the
coincidence has given rise to the legend,
and my husband says it is the will of
God, but I—these witches have strange
powers, and I have never had a son!
# * w * * *
My grandmother ceased speaking,
then appeared to listen, while a pretty
color mounted to her cheek. "He is
coming!" she murmured. "He must not
see my cap awry!" so saying she stepped
to a mirror to adjust the cap of lace and
ribbons which sho wore, one of the
"vanities" she affected to despise, yet
loved so dearly.
"If I had become a Quaker," she
continued, touching with deft fingers
tho soft white curls upon her forehead,
"I must have given up these gay colors,
and this cherry red ribbon becomes me!''
I now heard my grandfather's step
approach, and BOOH his tall form stood
in the doer. My grandpiu'ents advanced
to meet each other with outstretched
hands, to exchange the kiss without
Hli they never met or parted even
le shortest interval, and so they
, smiling into each other's eyes—
lovers still.—Fred Stamper in New
York Evening Post.
AHCHER'S FAVORITE HORSE.
Pathetic Story of the Famous Jockey and
the Steeplechaser Fatigue.
Archer, the celebrated jockey, was
riding in a steeplechase, his mount being
a horse called Fatigue. The man was
Kf the horse, which returned his
on with liberal interest. At the
nee the horse fell and broke his
leg. Archer, though of course thrown,
fell away from the horse, and was not
badly hurt. The pathetic scene that fol
lowed is described by Vogue:
He started away to deliver news of
the accident and arrange to have the
horse shot, but was stopped by hearing
a whinny. Poor Fatigue could only lift
his head, but he was looking after and
calling the rider he loved so well.
Archer returned to the horse, and sitting
down on the turf, took the poor creat
ure's head in his lap, and sent a boy
with a message for what was necessary.
Meanwhile the horse lay still, except
I occasional spasm of pain,
one wanted to shoot poor Fatigue,
ill bey finally volunteered, if no
so would, but he'd "a heapruther
When the pistol was finally given
is small hands trembled so that
r took the weapon from him, say
ing:
"You're nervous, lad; you'll bungle
it. He sha'n't have his pain added to.
He'll never know what put him out of
his misery.'' Addressing the horse, he
added, "If I wasn't fond of yon I
couldn't bring myself to do it; but you
sha'n't ran risks of being hurt more."
With one hand he caressed the horse's
head, with the other he put the pistol
to the forehead.
"Good by, Fatigue, old chap, good
by,'' and he pulled the trigger.
Fatigue hardly struggled, but settled
down, dead, with his head still on his
favorite rider's lap; and Archer sat
quite still till the last quiver was over,
his head bowed, 'and did not notice that
the red was staining his clothes.
MR. GLIMMERTON'S BESETMENTS.
Troubled Most Just Now Over a Whatnot
In the Parlor.
"In her latest rearrangement of the
parlor," said Mr. Glimmerton, "my
oldest daughter has placed in front of
the whatnot a comfortable rocking chair
iin which I have always liked to sit. The
I whatnot is a flimsy structure on legs so
! slender that they wabble when you look
>at them. Upon its shelves there are
! many delicate bottles and jars and vases
1 and things that arc always ready to fall
1 off.
"If I were not so eternally kept down,
' I should be a man of cheerful spirits.
I Even a« it is I manage to keep my bead
j above trie slough ol despond, but 1 have
| a pretty hard time of it what with one
thing and another, and just now the
whatnot in the parlor is one of my most
trying besetments. One cannot sit in
the big chair now without danger of
knocking the whatnot over. The first
time I tried it the chair rocked back
■uid brought up against it. All the bot
tles and jars and vases on the shelves
nodded violently, many of them beyond
recovery, and these went down with
that slight but compact crash that thin
china makes when it falls.
"Then I had to keep the whatnot al
ways in mind. If I sat in the rocking
chair at all, I had to sit in it carefully.
Once when I had forgotten about the
great calamity and had jumped up rath
er suddenly the chair rocked back and
touched the whatnot again, this time,
however, not so hard; only a few things
fell. But now I have given np the chair
altogether, for with the whatnot at its
back it is no longer a comfort to me.
''I look at the big chair longingly,
and I fancy it looks with sympathy at
me, and I wait with patient cheerful
ness for the next new arrangement,
when the flimsy whatnot shall be on
one side of the room and the comforta
ble rocker on the other."—New York
Sun.
X Bays In Piracy.
The pitiless pirate scanned the distant
horizon with one of his eagle eyes. '
It was a short word, but there must
have been a motive for it.
"A sail! A sail!"
Turning to his first mate, he com
manded him, with a fearful oath, to
run np the regulation flag.
That person replied that there wasn't
one, as the only flag they ever had was
shot away in the last affair.
Was the pirate chief rattled?
For the bold buccaneer to rush down
into his cabin, bring up his Roentgen
camera, and by means of the X rays to
take an instantaneous photograph of
the mate's skull and of a couplo of cross
bones from his twisted leg was but the
Work of a moment, and in a wink the
sable pennant was flying from the fore
topsail of the saucy Plankwalker.
From that instant, as is usual in such
cases, all was excitement.—Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette.
To Restore Faded Flowers.
Flowers that have been packed and
are fading from exhaustion may be re
stored to freshness if the stalks are
plunged about an inch deep into scald
ing water. By the time the water be
comes cold the flowers will have reviv
ed. Cut off the ends of the stalks which
have been softened by the hot water and
put the flowers in vases with plenty of
cold water. Cut flowers are likely to
keep longer if you cut off with a sharp
penknife a little piece of stalk every
day. Cut in a slanting direction. The
Strong odor of the water in which wall
newel's have remained may be remedied
by adding a little charcoal or disinfect
ing fluid.—Philadelphia Telegraph.
If there be dust, sand or an eyelash
in the eye, it should be removed tender
ly by means of a camel's hair brush or
Ihe rolled point of a fine cambric hand
kerchief. Hold down tho lower lid with
Ihe forefinger of the left hand and turn
10 upper lid with the first finger.
Christian]*.
Ie chief street of Christiania is the
1 Karl Johans Gadc, which leads
■om the eastern station to the pal
ace. Here on opposite sides are two
buildings of importance, where young
men flock to study and old men meet to
legislate. The proximity of politics and
learning recalls the conception of Stein,
who hoped that the presence of a great
university in Berlin would have a good
effect on the government. The chief
Prussian and Norwegian temples of the
thoughtful goddess were founded within
a few years of each other. Both have
displayed a readiness to welcome new
ideas and furthered the cause of free
dom in countless fields of thought.
The life and movement of the city
» practically confined to this street
the harbor. There the dramatist Ib
is in the habit of walking every day,
and his countrymen are said to regulate
their watches by his appearance. It was
my fortune to lunch in a restaurant at a
table not far from where he sat, but his
face did not specially attract me. Those
who feel more sympathy with his works
and relish his portraits of exceptions
would be fascinated by his grim and
crabbed features, unrelieved by any
frank or genial smile, for of such are
the world's reformers.
Inclosed in a shed on the grassy
ground behind the university buildings
are two viking ships, which date from
the middle ages. No relics of the past
are mbre essentially poetic than those
which mark the earliest triumphs of
man in his awful struggle with things.
According to all accounts, tho lot of
Norwegian fishermen and peasants is
still peculiarly hard, for nature is a
cruel stepmother, and life becomes al
most tragic for them by excess of work.
—Westminster Review.
Madras Thunderstorms.
As the result of his prolonged study
of those striking phenomena, the thun
derstorms of Madras, Professor Smith
informs the Scottish Meteorological so
ciety that the first remarkable fact ob
served by him was that of certain sea
sous of the year when sheet lightning
appeared almost every night, always in I
a west or southwesterly direction and
invariably near the horizon; it may be, I
therefore, he remarks, that these dis- •
charges occur in the region whera the \
moist and dustless sea wind meets the I
dry and dusty land wind, one being, j
perhaps, positively electrified and the j
other negatively. In these lightning dis- j
plays as many as 800 flashes per minute I
have been counted", this rate being kept j
np for an hour or an hour and a half. |
Another notable peculiarity remarked j
of this region is that the heaviest rains !
are unaccompanied by thunder, while
the displays of lightning are not accom- ]
panied by any rain.
Delaware's Names.
lelaware has been called the Dia
d State, for, though small in size,
rmerly was of great political im- j
ance. It also enjoys the nickname
of the Blue Hen State, this having j
been, bestowed on account of a gentle
man named Caldwell, who made tho j
state famous in sporting annals by the j
quality of his gamecocks, which he al- :
ways bred from the eggs of a blue hen, ;
believing that this was the best color
for tho mother of a gamecock.
Would Make Both Happy.
Mrs. Fret—lf I had money enough to
go abroad and stay a year, I would be
perfectly happy.
THE SOUTH AFKICANS
THE THREE NATIVE RACES THAT IN
HABIT THE COUNTRY.
j The Bushmen, the Hottentots and the
Bantns or Kaffirs—These Last Are Much
Above the Level of the Others Physical,
ly and In All Bespects.
When the Dutch fixed their first post
at Cape Town iv 1652, with no thought
either of colonization or of conquest,
but for the sake of having gardens which
could supply fresh vegetables to the
scurvy stricken crews of their ships sail
ing to the east, they found three native
races inhabiting the country. One of
i these, the Bushmen, though few in
numbers, were widely scattered over
the whole of South Africa. They were
nomads of almost tho lowest kind, with
a marvelous faculty for tracking and
trapping wild animals, but neither
owning cattle nor tilling the soil, with
scarcely even a tribal organization, no
religion and a language consisting of a
succession of clicks. Unable to accus
tom themselves to civilized life, driven
out of some districts by the settlers and
in others no longer able to find support
owing to the extinction of game, they
are now almost extinct, though a few
are still left in the deserts of the Kala
hari and northern Bechuanaland. Be
fore many years tho only trace of their
existence will be in the remarkable
drawings of animals with whioh they
delighted to cover the smooth surfaces
of rocks. These drawings, which are
found all the way from Zambezi to the
Cape and from Maniacland to the At
lantic, are executed in red and yellow
pigments and are often full of spirit
and character.
The second race was that which the
Dutch called Hottentot They were of a
reddish or yellowish black hue, taller
than the Bushmen, but with sqnat and
seldom muscular figures—a thoughtless,
cheerful, easy going people, who roved
hither and thither with their flocks and
herds as they oould find pasture. They
were decidedly superior to the Bush
men, whom they hated, but quite un
able to withstand Europeans, and their
numbers rapidly declined, partly from
the loss of their best grazing grounds,
but largely also through epidemio dis
eases, and especially smallpox, which
' ships, touching on their way from In
dia, brought into the country. They are
now, as a distinct race, almost extinct
in the Colony, though a good deal of
their blood has passed into the mixed
black population of Cape Town and its
neighborhood—a population the other
elements of which are Malays and west
coast negroes, the descendants of slaves
imported in the last century. Farther
north, on the south side of the Orange
river, and beyond it in Namagualand,
small tribes cognate to the Hottentots
still wander over the dreary plains.
Very different from these weak Bush
men and Hottentots was and is the third
native race, those who are called Bantu
(a word meaning "people") by them
selves and Kaffirs by Europeans. The
word Kaffir is Arabic, and means an in
fidel (literally' 'one who denies"). It is
applied by Mussulmans not merely to
these South Africans, but to other heath
en, as, for instance, by the Afghans to
the idolaters of Kafiristan in tho Hindoo-
Kush mountains. The Portuguese prob
ably took the name from the Arabs,
whom they found already settled on the
east coast. These Bantu tribes—if we
may class those as Bantns who speak
languages of what is called the Bantu
type—fill all east Africa from the re
gions of the npper Nile southward.
Those who dwell south of the Zambezi
are generally strong and well made
men, sometimes as black as a gulf of
Guinea negro, sometimes verging on a
brown tint; and though they have the
woolly hair and thick lips generally
characteristic of the negro, individuals
are often found among them whose cast
of features suggests an admixture of
Semitic blood. They are more prolific
than the Hottentots, as well as physi
cally stronger and better made, and they
were further advanced in the arts of
life. Some of the tribes dug out and
worked iron and copper; all of them
nsed iron. Their chief wealth lay in
their cattlo; horses they did not possess,
but where the land was fit for tillage
they cultivated it. They had no religion,
except in a sort of magic, and that wor
ship of the ghosts of ancestors which
seems to be the most widely diffused of
all human superstitions. Instead of a
priesthood, there were wizards or medi
cine men, often powerful as the de
nouncers of those whom the chief wished
to put to death. Intellectually they were
(much upon the level of the native
of West Africa—James Bryce, M.
■•Aul;l Robin Gray."
ballad that won instant fame '
ist the expectation and even the
of its author was "Auld Robin
Uray," written by Lady Anno Lindsay
about tho end of the last century mere
ly for her own satisfaction to replace
the coarse verses of an old melody that
pleased her. She sang charmingly, and
the new ballad soon came into favor.
Great was tho curiosity aroused as to
the author cf this pathetic song iv
whose simple verses all the elements of
a heartrending tragedy are contained,
but Lady Anne, modest and retiring by
nature, preserved silence for many
years, smiling no doubt at the contro
versy that raged so hotly. In the course
of it her ballad was attributed by some
disputants to David Rizzio, declared by
others to be a genuine sixteenth century
production and finally made the subject
!of a 20 guinea prize to be bestowed on
j anybody acute enough to bring to light
j tho veritable author. —Coruhill Maga-
Handy For Bait.
The Boston Journal man wants to
know why the horseless carriages on
exhibition in that city are all provided
with whip sockets. Guess The Journal
man never lived iv a prohibition state.
Joy.
Joy is the mainspring in the whole
round of everlasting nature; joy moves
J the wheels of tho great timepiece of the
world; she it is that loosens flowers
from their buds, suns from their firma
ments, rolling spheres in distant space
seen not by tho glass of the astronomer.
Raw Beef.
Raw beef proves of great benefit to
persons of frail constitution. It is chop
ped fine, seasoned with salt and heated
by placing in a dish of hot water. It as
similates rapidly and affords the best
nourishment.
Young doves and pigeons are fed with
a sort of pap secreted by the parent
bird. It is necessary to the existence of
the equate, Tbey die without it.
11taunton SpcrtotoT.
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NO. 21.
( r uy is one wamaa
-active and aa
:r not? It isn't
rely a question
age or features
or intellect. The
most admirable and
attractive thing
about an attractive
I woman is her wo
. manliness. Every
body admires a
womanly woman.
Everybody doesn't
realize just what it
is that makes her
womanly. She mast
have health, of
course, because
without it she would lose the brightness of
her eyes, the fullness of her cheeks and her
vivacity. Health brings all these things
but health means more than most people
think of. Real health must mean that a
woman is really a woman. That she i*
strong and perfect in a sexual way, as well
as in every other. That she is capable of.
performing perfectly the duties of matern
ity. Upon her strength in this way depends
to a large extent her general health, her
good looks and her attractiveness. Some
women are born stronger H*»e Ou.-ia.
Some are born with what is called "con
stitutional weakness." It is easier for some
women to retain health and strength than
it is for others. Some seem able to do any
thing they like, whenever they like, with
out serious results. Still, there is no rea
son why women should not enjoy perfect
health. Thos~ who do not, need only take
the proper precautions and the proper rem
edy to become perfectly well and strong.
Dr. Pierce'sJ?avorite Prescription will cure
any derangement of the distinctly feminine
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Hundreds of things that every woman ought
to know, are contained in Dr. Pierces Med
ical Adviser, which will be sent absolutely
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cover cost of mailing only. World's Dis
pensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
First Prosbyterian Church, on Frederick Si
between New and Market streets, services
II a. m. and Bp. m. Pastor, Rev. A. M. Fraser
Second Presbyterian church corner Freder
ick and Lewis streets. Services at 11 a. m
and 8. Pastor, Rev. Wm. dimming.
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, worship on
West Frederick St. Services at 11 a. m., and
p. m„ Rector, Rev. R. C. Jett.
Trinity Episcopal church. Main street, be
tween Lewis and Church streets. Services at
11 a. m., and Bp. m. Rector, Rev. W. Q. Hul
llhen
United Brethren chtrtj, Lewis street, be
tween Main and Johnson streets. Services at
11a. m and 8 p. m. Pastor, Rev. J. D Don
ovan.
Methodist church, Lewis street, between
Main and Frederick streets. Services at 11 a
m. and Bp. ni. Pastor, Rev. J. H. Boyd, D. D
Christ Evangelical Lutheran church, Lew
is street, between Main and Frederick street*
Services at 11 a. ni. and 8 p. m. Pastor. Rev.
H. F. Sliealy.
Baptist church, coniei .vlaln and W shing
ton streets. Services at 11 a. m. and Jp. m
Pastor, Rev. M. L. Wood.
St. Francis Roman Catholic, North Augustt
street, Mass at 7 and 10.30 a. va. Vespers and
benediction of Most Blessed Sacrament v
p. m. Pastor, Rev. Father McVerry.
Young Men's Christian Association, corner
Main and Water streets. Services at 4 p. m.
Sunday.
I —' ——. 1
DIRECTORY OF LODCES.
M/ SONIC LODGE.
Staunton Lodge No. 13, A. F. and A. M., m pot j
every second and last Friday night In oacl
month. In Masonic Temple, Main street. Jas.
M. Lickliter.W. M; B. A. Eskrldge, Secy.
■NIC" ROYAL ARCn CHAPTER.
i meet third Friday in every month, Jo
Masonic lemple, on Main street. W. W. Mo
Guffln, High Priest A. A. Eskrldge, Secy.
ODD FELLOWS' LODGE.;
Staunton Lodge, No. 45,1. O. O. F. meets
cry Thursday night In Odd Fellows' Hall, ove
Wayt's drug store, on Main street. John V
Fretwell Noble Grand: C. A. Crafton, Sec'
KNIGHTS OF HONOB LODGE.
Staunton Lodge No. 756, Kr.ghts of Honor
meets every first aad third Tuesday In each
month. In Pythian Hall, Main street. W. L.
Olivier, Dictator; W. A. Burnett, Recorder.
MOUNTAIN CITY LODGE.
No. 110,1. O. G. T., meets every Friday night
in their lodge room over Wayt's drug store on
Main street. A. S. Woodhouse, Chief Templar
F. B. Kennedy, Secy.
DISTRICT LODGE.
No. 22,1.0. G. T., meets every three montht
G. C. Shlpplett, D. C. T.; S. H. Bauserman
District Secretary
ROYAL ARCAH UM.
Augusta Council, No. 490, Royal Arcanum
meets every second and fourth Tuesday In the
month, at Pythian HaU, Mam street. W. W
Robertson, Regent; Jos. B. Woodward, Sco-
SONS OF TEMPERANCE
Charity Division, M. A., Sons of Temperance
meets every Monday night at Odd Fellows
all. W. A. Rapp, Worthy Patriarch; John
B. Coffelt Secy.
UNIFORMED RANK, KNiGHTS OF
PYTHIAS.
E. B. Stuart Division, No. 10, meets second
and fourth Mondays each montn at Pythian
I Hall. Sir Knight Captain, F. B. Berkley; B
Knight Recorder, S. H. Rosenbaum.
j
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Valley Lodge, No. 18, K. of P., meets every
Monday night at Castle Hall, on West Main
street, over Dr. Wayt's drug store. C. T. Ham
mond, Chancellor Commander; Albes
Keeper of Records and Seal.
KNIGHT TEMPLARS.
Staunton Coniniandery, No. 8, Knights Tem
plar, meets first Friday night in every month
in Masonic Temple, on Main street. W. B.
McChesney, Eminent Commander; A. A. E k
ridge, Recorder.
ONEIDA TRIBE, NO. 88,1. O. R. M.,
Meets in their wigwam, in Valz Building
every Wednesday at Sth run 30th breath
setting of tho sun. J. D. Anthony, sachep-
James W. Biaekburn, chief of records, ill
visiting brothers welcome.
AMERICAN LEGION OF HONOR.
Valley Council No. 736 meets on the first and
third Mondays In each month. Commands"
A. S. Woodhouse; secretary, Dr. J. M. Han ge
collector, Isaac C. Morton. Jr.
CATHOLIC HIBERNIAN BENIFICAX
SOCIETY.
I JMeots first Sunday In every month In their
hall on the church lot. M. T. B presi
dent; J. J. Kllgalen, first vice-president; J. i
Murphy, second vice-president; D.J. O'Connel 1
recording secretary.
WTONEWALL" BRIGADE BAND,
meots every Monday and Thursday
orchestra, every Wednesday, at 8 p. m„ in City
HaU. Mr. J. M. Brereton, director
J. A. Armentront, president, and C. Harry
Haines secretary.
CHAMBBB OT COMMERCE.
Monthly meetings. Fourth Tuesday in the
month at7:3oo'cloek. Boom n City Hal bulla