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VOLUME'.' XXII.
WINOllKSTEhV TENNESSEE, 'APRIL' 23,1883.
NUMBER 5.
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GENERAL NEWS.
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Tin females outnuinlx-r the males in
Alabama by 17,217.
There are ever 100 varieties of timber
in Hurray county, Ga..
Tlicro are o0,000 ornngo trcea at Hay
Pi. Liiti'j Mississippi. .'. .'
Them will noon lie three cotten-seed
inillii in itnil around Clicraw, Ala.
From one aero of long Htaple cotton in
fluiiMn county, Misiissippi, Mr. W,
Waddcll realized JAJO.
ThWrm irili rAidcricif n Alliens,
Oil, vhith semo time since mid 'or fO,,
000, ii now lu'U at 112,000.
A young lady near Bainbridge, Ga.,
Im almiit four acres in onions and ex
peels to realise 11, C00 on tlio crop.
The number of bearing orange trees
on TT.'ilifax river, Fin., is estimated at
SOO.fl). Js'.ew groves aro being planted
nil (lie time. '
A bill withdrawing all iu1lio lands
in tTie Mate from Kale or leaee for two
ypars islobe ftitrnducid into Ibe Texas
legislature. -1- -' - '
The k'ey West sponge fleet, nuuilier
ine 70 vessels and about 000 men, is out
xt t cmiw; "A. largo f catch of sponge
brings about $300,000 into tha$ cty.
Tlie entire police force of Iliraiing
hain, A1h., have dcmniidrd higher wages,
and refund ' to work. 1 They are being
paid 100 per month in city script, dis
counted twenty per cent.
AluiiMtithin i-igbt of the Court
bouse at Monlicello, Flu., there are 800
acres of watermelons and 00 acres in
potatoes. . These croj s ure estimated to
bring the producers i 20,000.
The Nrrth Carolina Stalo Toard o
Agriculture have decided to make a full
dinphiy of State products at the fair of
the New England Mechanic's Institute,
at Hostonin September next. An am
ple appropriation will be made to secure
an admirable display.
The Charleston News and Courier
itates that South Carolina phosphates
are In demand in almost every market,
and South Carolina fertili.ors are pro
nounced by progressive farmers to be
the cheapest and at the same time tho
m st valuable commercial manures that
can be usod in the cultivation of our
various crops. More than $3,000,000 are
invested hi tho mantlfai'ture' of fertil
izers in that State, aud a very large cap.
Ital is also employed in tho mining of
phosphate ruck.
The great bulk of the jugware used in
the South is manufactured above Ath
ens, where clay oprecially; adapted to
this purpose is found. It is taken from
the hunks of streams and all the work
done by hand. 'A man can manufacture
ahtiufijllgiUpni a'etay", but. a onc-leged
'jug-ninkerin'Jnckfori county easily put
up 200 gallons. Tho clay is first ground,
every lump carefully weighed, when tho
vessels are formed around a fevolving
wheel turned by the foot. They are
then baked in furnaces and g'azed with
giasi; ''They i-ell for about four cents a
illon at the works.
The story is told that some distance
down the Georgia railroad, not far from
Augusta, a case was before a Justice,
nd an" Augusta lawyer was one of the
attorney employed. Tho lawyer, hay
ing all the fact's" nid the law that he
desired in, tho case, made little or no
a-gunient before the Justice, but to his
utter astonishment the case was decided
against him. After court' was over the
lawyer went to the Justice privately and
asked him how in the name of tommon
sense he .could .decide- thatxase .aa he
did.jjpajsfoi.ply replied t ;" AVell now,
sir, we Jugices knpw great deal more
aLoui thes cases,, than ia ever brought
I before the court. '
Montgomery', Ala!, has the following
manufactories now in operation : Two
oil mills, one flouring mill, ono cotton
mill, two planing mills, four grist mills
to ice manufactories, two cnady man
ufactories, two eoduwater manufactories,
twinarrf lugcr manvrf actories, one ' furnl
tufe,manUjfttctoryj one broom, manufao
Wv'.niia iinwaro manufactory', on
clothing Mftuf aclory , ono wagon man
ufactory one,, cigar manufactory, one
fertilizer; works, one iron works, two
marble works, two railroad machine
shops, orte railroad car worka, one gin
andmachinc works, one cotton compress,
one oil refinery, two iron foundries,
four printing houses, four brick yards,
The above makes a total of 44 establish
ments in operation; which in affair rf-
bibit for a city comparatively unknown
M a manufacturing point. r
There is talk in Georeia of purchasing
Liberty Hall, Alexander Stephen's late
residence ,by woluntary contributions,
nd retain, in it the famous rolling chair
TOPICS OF TUE DAT.
Tmt lurgost vessel in the English navy
eost ,a million aud a quarter to build,
and nearly a thousand dollars a day to
keep thorn at sea afterward.
Esoijbh railroads havo paid, aince
1870, over $5,000,000 in damages for
personal injuries to passengers. Inl876,
81,435,000 wore paid in this way.
The estimated expenses of tho Gov
ernmont for 1884 are placed at $310,280,
1G2. The amount of import duties is
estimated at $235,000,000, aud of iutor
uid revenub at $145,000,000.
. Miss AUhy .A. If. Gay, who was prom
inently instrumental in establishing the
Coufodorato Soldiers' Cemetery at Frank
lin, Tonn., lias now undertaken tlio task
of raising money for a monument to tho
lato Senator Hill, of Georgia.
Tue chargo for third class passengers
per uiilo on the railways of India has
beon reduced to about ouo hulf cent.
Tho result has been a largo increase, in
traffic, the poorer classes uvniling thorn
selves more gonorally of tho railways.
New Yojik City has 2,000 rag-pickers,
whose collections are viiluud at $750,0OQ
per year, while the handcartsengagod in
tho same business guthor' $3,000,000
worth. The entire rag tradoof tho coun
try reaches about $30,000,000 annually.
Children born before tho marriage of
their parents can not inhorit property
auloss by will, according to a statute ex
isting in New York. A dillVrent law
prevails in Pennsylvania, where the sub
lequent marriage of their paronts legiti-.
matizos the children,
Ir is estimated that tho wheat crop of
1 tho present year in tho United Htutes
will fall below that of 1832 by at least
30,000,000 bushels. Much of tho wheat
throughout the Northwest and West is
reported to be winter killed by tho ex
ceptionally cold weather.
William V. Allkn ami lloiaco li
Jones, of Caribou, Mo,, havo hom;ht
10,000 acres of land in ArooBtook (.'nun
ty, in that State. This laud will bo set
tled by immigrants from Sweden, and a
now town will bo organized that will
probably be named Stockholm.
The Treiutury Dupurtmeiil linn made
contracts for the establishment of cattle
quarantine stations at Baltimore, Uustou,
Portland, and New York." It Is the pnr-
poBo of the department to put a thorough
system of cattle 'quarantine into opera
tion nt tho earliest practicable day. '
PinLArLPiUATsjoWng In" tho siic
oessful oponing of tho oablo motor rail
way, a substitute for tho horso railway,
&nd regurded as a niueli more agreeable
substitute than tho elevated road. Tlio
cable runs at tho rato of seven milos per
hour. .'
At a wood cutting contest in MoKt-nn
Couuty, Ph., a tow diya ago, two wemen
won the first prizo for crocieut sawing,
the contestants working iu' 'pairs.' It
women really desire to couipoto with
men in industrial pursuits, here is a field
they may oooupy, and no man will molest
them.
Investigation shows that in Utah tho
Mormon Church has 120,000 monibers,
in tho Western States aud Territories
about' 80,000, aud in tho Sandwich
Islands about 7,000. It has about ninety
churches iu Great Britain, and the de
nomination is one of tho largest in the
southern part of AVulos.
Dr. E. R. SiiowwAMF-n, of Mobile,
Ala., baa presented to tho University of
Alabama his collection of fossils and
marine fresh-water shells, embracing
more than one hundred thousand speci
mens, together with a lino library of
scientific works. It is said to be one of
the boat collections in the United States.
jonx G. Witittirb thinks that" the
old Indian policy of rescrratioas' is no
longer available. "Tho Western tide!
immigration,:' lio writes, "is ovotywiiera
weeping over tho lines. What is need
ed," ho adds, "is that not only tlio imnan
schools should bo .moro liberally sup-
Dortcd. but that new ones should bo
ouened without Joky, TU matter does 4-
not admit of proerastinatioivr , 1 1 ;
Itf ocTTinaaway tho knolls alwnt tl8
old fort at Lake George, N. Y., to obtaiu
earth arid gravel for repairing the rail
road embankment, the workmen lately
dug Into what was doubtlcsa at bne timo
tlm military burial erouud. Seven skel-
inn were oxhumed, nearly all of which
bear tho marks of likttW: y-ku hitJf
abuUet-no,e inth0 Kireneou' n'l,t1,lu
the sand was shaken from it outdropped
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ease, and Bays that Meyerbeer, Heine,
and other Jews wrere long bis 'personal
friends. ' Ho alsd speaks ' of various
services that he rendured to meritorious.
Jewish artists, aud of, aid that he gave
numerous Jewwh lenovolunt institutions
in different couutiiu .during his long
publio career,. ;'n.; J rt-.i no 1 1
Tub English rate of telegraphing is to be
lowered to sixpense for an ordinary f mes
sage, any diitaneo. The motion 'r
iiitr tho rtnliiction ndvisablo. wa
against the wishes of tliegovcru(ruut,hut
time will nndoubtedly makemriuifost its
wisdom.1 Cheap tolegrapbiug is a neces
sity. Tho Eagliih Government is com
pelled lo meet this need by arbitrary
reductions. In thisMiatry the demaud
ia likely to bo auswered by ingenious in-'
ventions, which of themsolvcs work a rev
olution iq methods of transmission and
expenses of opornting. Where improve-'
ments aro desired in order to chcapon the
cost of a system an 6nlit8 "of private en
terprise ia worth a ton of government
inertia, i - i
Pn. WiT. James, -of .Harvard Univer
sity, has mado some experiments to tost
the modern theory of the somi cirouhir
canals of tho ear, instead of being con
nected Wit1ttrT(5TJense"of liearinc.' serve'
to convey the feeling of tho rnovemenv
of the held tfirough spar, which, when
intensified, .jwoome diiuhei.' Ho sub
jected doal.'kMitns to rapij whirling.' Of
618, 180 ver, wholly iugapajde of bciug
mado diziy, 184 were mado dizzy in a
very slight dogreo, and 199' were nor
mally, aud in a few cases abnormally,
sensitive. Of 200 students and instruc
tors, but i !figle one proved exempt
from vertigo. These results scorned to
Dr. Jawea to support the theory which
was the objeot othis inquiry.
Wiif.n the now electric lights in the
Dig MountuliTcolliery, near Shenandoah,
were first put In operation a few days
ago, seven glazed, and dazzled mules,
which for jlvo years had seen no brighter
luminary than lanterns, turned tail and
lied into tho depths of tho mini)." The
workmen toll, interesting stories about
the habits of colliery nmles, their tough
ness, their contentment, and their total
depravity, .feveral mouths ' ago the
lower levels in,, the largest colliery at St.
Clair wcro- Hooded, work was stopped,
pnd all the mules were hoisted to the
surfiteo.. Moro than a dozen of them
had passed eleven cimtinuoiia years iu
the mine, and had. apparently forgotten
that there was a world of rmss and sun
shine, for whou tlioy were turned out to
pasturo tliey hnddled together in evident
alarm, aiuliur a whole day did nothing
but g.izo on I'urth'and sky. .The prob
ability is, that they wore at first blinded
by tho glare a common experience with
their kindred wider siiuiliir circum
stances. Just' as thoy wore beginning
to enjoy their new lifa, work was resumed
in the mines, and they went J,baek to
their old honiQ in tho darkness.
1 TMUlX-flQlp
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Tlirnmrli every hnpvy llnx I ding
I f'l lli liiilu or llio SrlK.
Tim day U like1 an olil-l'lmo faco . , . '
Tljut kIpaiss across auiSe frrniMip place
A n nlcl-tlioo raep an olil-tlmo chum, ' .
V ho rises t roitj tie yrave to com
Ani) hire me WW alotnr thri w'nys"
Uf Time's ll-golilen yustvnlsyt. . ..
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Sweet Day I to thus remttifl Kot
TIti;UMU)ii;iinetolffiirtmD jOi
ToniNnmiarllkvtrttS o.U '.-fill
axiiiiim iuu uioujum ui nia lips,
And pipe for mo tho ulirnnl known
By noao but be and 1 aluuel
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I net), arrow tlio inhnol-rooin (loos '
Tim nlmduw of Urn vwn (Uu, ,, . t
And ilnnoliiK dun and unHHiu"Wnt,
I-IiiiiUii lliu wtlio, munilng went,
A nd bookonlng my t)iqn-liU itnr' '
'Where reeds and rnnuliyf Wuivrs arc;
Ian
and Destiny, whithersoever 1 am ap
pointed .to 1 : will follow without
wavering: oven tliongh , 1 turu cowanl
and hruk, 1 shall havo to loiiow an
the same." '
Blioiild I marry Mr. Pucre? Was U
a good partiP ns tho world said. Too
pood : for mo, as my lady Hrguiitly
jilirnned It.
I had been born Into tho world amid
tieroo. throes of nieiitnl unguiih. My
mothur'a heart was rent with the great
pMiof IiiV father's sudden death -droin'ed
oil' (hn Cornish coast, fori was
bornatsl-a. She lived until I was ten'
yean old, a llfo ot sorrow, nun povenv,
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niii iciiuiiiiiui mil. j iii'ii piii; niuiit ii;iii
a coiupassioiinli)
Of him 1 have
with closed
W here ninlier-colorrd Ikijoiis
inu nuii-urnwncu weenif nil
i a
d wisps of (trai;
W'tiore dprnwlliiif tnvK, In liivviess Vi'y
rlng on and on Ineeiwsiilljr. "
Aitiilnrt tile dim wond'n green oxpnnso
Tliu.i'itt-uil IUU tts uiru Unao,
While nrt Its ttp-ftno mlxht deolaro
Thu whlto "snuke-Ivedur" lliiHUuuiud thorcl
A Knotty Problem.
It was a severe retort; and yet a mer
ited reproof f'r a pieeo of uncalled-for
asperity and iihliiinlness, if uotof dowii
riulit indi'OetlW. 1- " -
They worn iu tho small cabin of a river
ferryboat" Two young Imlioa sat M
mdl'ier. (ine ei whom bad jiist had an
ambrotypolllieness, or niiiitntu.ru, of
herself taken, which sho was exhibiting
to hor-prttnpniilorcRlm vnirMi ordinary
appearinj,' girlsho ot mo nmiiroiri
ivilh iiuu excention: she had Avert
largo nose nlv.euorniiius nose for such a
face. . . ' "i
tjll the sear Qpyxwiwinnn liiiuiwihsbi, i
fatherly-looking maute.whom an ant
inilijjir. wuJ Homethuig now.-. His garb
and' gunoXHl .ajipearaitoe'jcspoki'tt mrtn
of tho rural di-stiietAs Uuv.otner of
tho piiitirt was about .1') p)tt it fiwAy,
this man put out his hand, and aSKe'Tii
ho miglrt bo permitUid to ok at "that
ernpietur?" . " f kiiiii.'i,
'J'ho girl looked at-' WmMrJiTJgnatitty.
"What is niypieturo to youV" she re
torted, angrily. "Just you mind your
own businoHS 1" . . r , .
For a moment the man was as one
,l..rstruek: then be seemed hurt,
and pained; and, liually bis honcbt faco
u,w liiiiiiiil with distrust.
Afinv ?i tihM lm caucrhttho" cmzo ottltn
diimsel iixed upon him a, tlmugh half
ashamed of herself;' mt slio would not
break tho sUence. , ite, however, on-
hlM.U' 'li'fll I ' -
, "You 11 pardon mo, miss; imt i nan a
pnrtieular-rriason lor wanting tosoo that
ere piettir o yourn.
o'.. i " ftnoiiwi inn mil. niii u ihj
i pOoil to mnintam her assumed
Acuity. ''whiit might Jhniajtjoularl
reason liavo oeen r
"Vt id it might a een a rhoii wmi
thhiRs;aut jwidlyi I wa'odi-;oii tq .
. . .l'.-i ll... ..m- mill, tl.n'
liowilll Uift.HW."u '! '.'".'.
pjotur over contrived to g(;t thatfso on
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At that moment mo una loiu nim mo
landing, and tho oouiitrvman picked up
his bundle, Iwwoil pouwiv
Jug, quivering danism; ana luoyuu ou,
aud
r Tomno. in' hifl worki on "Malaria
its Effects," says:;; "W lien mo
poison of malaria exists in the numau
body lo a Bidden form, it will rtijtfwfl
complicate any uiseaeo i -i,1t
may bo dlppoBed. i 'It becomes
and other rciles!! mnbinw' it a-Dcculiar r,rat dantrer when complicated witli
Vilrrim i iiiirin. . mm1a nf the im! iffactions of the luugs, heart, liver,
State. hi..n 41. Tt U nd kidneys. The liver should pass out
1 -d one-odfWy
of tl,'. VT" " i- ' n DrcUirtiouate ftmbunt otpoiaoai I U
oi the late governor, seated in a rolh?r ipropt"w""' t T (
K titff Ih'ftf I ffiT 10 T Lit. Comroaer.Lasbeen supposed
yZPH anifni. UUU4U rlo entertain tn same onmn j wi'""
Hi, r'iu.. ZCTul-' l iu fiinr. voi evinced by Wuguor, but m,
pnotioallmiinS mmtlif Mart ttlty utter Jhit VublisheJ ia IJUUBM
! The Kind Father.
A mnn went to a doctor and told him
1 ; "Doctor there is something tho mat
ter with my brain. . Alter any Bovero
r'l ion I have headache. What
it 41, iv.meilv fflr it?" f 1
' . " Tho best roiuodv is to get yourself
elected to tlio LogiKlaturo, where you
...ill l.nva 1111 occasion lO think.". 1
, The. patient replied if it wasn't for tb) knows this (o fight despair
sakft-uWikiihiMwifrJiaowM i . Ion. rrn cln.vv
experiment. Ho didn't want them to.
co 4hr.iWihtlfc gm attaobod
jLd their lianiea. : . ; ..i: I
I calijh my lirnalli, as children do
In woodland awii)i;ii, wliuii lib' Ik iicit.
And all the Idood In warm aa wine
And tliiglea Willi a I u lift divine.
My anul limn ni, the atmosphere
And alnira alouil where (lort cun hear,
And all my hcliiv leana Intent
To mark Ida ginllliiR wmnlcrnii nt.
O, irraclnns dream and irrai'lmis thnf.
And Kraeloua tlivinc, and frraotoua rhymo
When biidir rir prlllR tail it to lliow ' '
In lilussuiiia that we uaud lo know
And lure ii l.ai k alniiK thn ways
III Time s all-Kiililen yisi'rdit !
Jtmt Wluttvmb Uily.in Miilanajxiltt Jtw
uui. j
' " MK, JaITk HT0RV.'
"Am (hern no tindcrwrlturs fur human
linpi'Hl' Tor tho must piucloua of Inlerenta la
lliero no inaiirunecr"
1 had beaii templed all day, tempted
by fato niKl tho devil. All Summer lour
I had been living to clasp bands for u
life journey with a man 1 did not love;
a man nolilu of -soul . apd born to the
pniple, who set iip high lineage against
my poor gills ol neauiy Mint son. lie
1 lire w some love into the scales, too, bul f ,
(iodhelp me, had none to'lve In return. 1
I had bartorod erewhilo my whole poi
sessions for a few glances of a dark,
dark eye, and my nolo had gone lo pro
test. Could I, could I? It l;i'pt 'ftijlowmg
mi! about with fateful persistency, for
to-night 1 was lo give my answer to my
high-bom lover.
1 tried to look, tilings in tho face, in
count the oonl.; .
iMoney was a food lliiii''; it lasured
one warmth in vjntcrnudilelicioiiseool
ness In summer, and pivltinoss and
daintiness, and tint entrance Into good
society. Yes, money w as a good Ihing,
and position and power, and houses
and lauds. So far, good; but my soul
hungered and thirsted fur a luvu com
mensurate with niy own, w hich this
man, w ho offered me purple and gold,
had it not in his power to give; or, let
me qualify that, had it not in his nature
logivo.
Tho stars came out golden nml soft,
mid tho fragrant summer dusk .crept
around me whurelsal inhiiliiiglheseent
ot tlio roses. Ambition aud love, toru
my heart by turn, and weariness, loo,
nut in a poor pitiful plea, for l was no
tired, so tired.
It was a brilliant future that Keginnld
Dacro offered me, wherein toil and
weariness could never comu, i llhought
of the purple ami lino iineu; tho lii.v
.urjoiis rest; the eiiuiluiucnt.s! Then my
daily lifo passeil In review heforn me
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mat oi companion n n naiiLrniv, unu
lady, and a singer in a fashionabli
church, among fashionable saints and
sinners. 1 began to croon over the old
sal ire: .
MJu a church which Is gurnlslieil with miilllon
1 wl
nun Ktti'ii1.
With Hlitu: and roredos, with gargoyle and
groin,
be penitents' dresaca are sealskin and tiiblu,
kriieoiUir of sitiii tMy'H eaii ilu eologno. .
ut Kiirerr tl LuciriT Itylng from iiiinoa,
Could gnso at this crowd, with Ita panlers
nml tiuEiits.
Ho would nay, looking round st. the lords and
! tuoiaaius,
O whore Is All pinners, If this is All
Baliita?' "
I had entered upon this lifo from nn
unloved .and unloving home, a home
doled out to me by the tardy justice of
a grand-unoio wimtianrouDcu me ot my
inheritance. 1 though tjljim l might
lind tho sanarrcal somowbero in this
liew country, which seemed so fair, but
nlasl I had not even heard tho swish
of wings. ' ' ' ; ' . . '
1 thought of it all tho fevor and tno
fret; tho petty juror tho ioa.simder.stand
ine's; the puiu of incomprohousioui tho
iiiigucrdiiued toil; tlio lagging hours;
the awful pauses.
'j hia or marriage; imsor nun i mv.
It seemed written liko a placard on
earth and akv. It seemed bound Ilka
pllylactery upon tho brows of tho peo-
i)I as tncy passeu to ami iro; mm "
tlrf word marriai'o lost all its signiti-
ranco for mo, as woribuln-iiflcr oft re-
iKiatinff. Did It moan misery or nanpi-
ness. bliss or woe? This niarrinjro
that rung its changes through my brain
was it God-apiioiptcd? , Did it niean
(iVP blessing or His cursor
You know 1 did noi lova mis man
who nffered mo rest from mv labors
lie had not power to tevoke.jne thrill Bt
i a call, ltut then lovo is oiuy ouu
roasinn wliv onn ahot'ild marry a man.
Thcrq, might bo love and plenty of
money, and yet ono go hungry an one
iifn I havo known such thincsi '
I had tried to make my mo straight
... l fnir I Im.l tried to keen clean
lunula and a uuro, heart; tried God
who knows the- gerruts oi an neans,
hie im to tho care of
world and my mu le.
uiresuy siiokeii.
"My life dragged. on
wheels. ' I was alws at war with
my surroundings. Though too proud to
express i, I had never realized mv
ideal of womanhood, or in any way
frown up to mv a-pii al ions ami ilieiiins.
f , 1 had in'own at all it had been
throui'h pain and repiV"iou - a fatal
thing always for a waiin-lieariiil,
earnest woman.
My uncle. Edward Earle. had nn-
cured mo the friendship (f) of the lady
In whose house X had passed a twelve,
month Mrs. Lueieii Granger, a distant
cousin of bis own, I was an unsalaried
miverncss or companion, our reunite
consulship being always made available
by my uncle. It wa ilurliii; mv resi
dence with that bulv lliut mv fate came
to nut. A youug nephew ot airs, (iran-
gnrs can iu to tlio hull. He was an nr-
uoU young uml haiulsome, and I res 1 1
from a four years' sojourn iu Home.
I neeu not weary von w ith the pro
logue or tho epilogue of our love, for
worus am bo poor to express the heart s
mifrancn. u gulden days: (Mender,
passional n nightst O princely heart,
conic back to me! -
Alt.ivbuigqton. tvas tbe Just son of a
hlirh-born lainily, and because of tho
blue blood tint unilt'd blood of all tlio
Howards flow iiiif in his veins, Mrs.
Granger interposed her lint agaiust our
love, dreading, douhtlc4s, the plebeian
ailnnture of mine.
It is a pity that blood does no always
tell. It was flit inglorious triumph to
me yet ft ill a inummi-to bain my
white arnia to tho shnulder iluriiK' our
gala nighte to which my voice was :il
ways invited conlrasling 'their saliny
siuuotlinessainl perfect contour Willi th
lean, brown iippenilai'es Mrs. dranirer
folded oyer her aristocratic heart.
Kut a cloud ereiit into the M;v. and
its shadow fell across our path.
Alan was called suddenly bv tclciiraiii
lo England, where his grand old fallier
lay d, lug. We had but a liuiiueiil for
our fan-wells, for Alan s heart win rem
with sorrow, and 1 helped to expedite
his departure.
Hut one letter ever leached me. Hi
father was dead, and he was Sir Alan
Mi-A; ons-lnggod. and onoarnid col
i n wiw, HiionorlS nunsuii Uj
UIUU 4l4t.ni .
a nnrr. ill nif all UlS WOIH. I"
f ouicklv and Uioroiidiiy as any toamster
witn'tnd'fuJU(irmplihia'' of ,11010.; ia
notea oy mp v.aui'iu i." rv.r-'
Pbtt as. one qUro BWW
now.
"MvfnFCinrs I Iki.cn: Mv fntlier, whmn I
Iftveil ami rcsiiiM'ti'il nliovi all men. ll I v
Icrilliy. I Heel net tell ymi how iIcmiIuio we
fc I. ami bow I In-1 iu Ii I hiiiiis in have iIm-'I mil
of every honk ami corner. M v iiar iiiuiIht M
pnwl niti'U Willi Hn' blow niiii b bus luki n
amiv dm lover of her vinilli. ami I hbull in
lie tililo lo reliirn In ynu lur sihih.' urcks. An
liuimce our lictmtbiil, ilea rest, In my tin lit am
lllll'le, whieb, ynu kllnw, was mv llllt'llllcil Hi
very iilirht I was called away, lie li ne In 1111
iiiv ilarilinr Helen, us 1 fIi.iII be li ne In viui
liMNl-nlvlit, ileiir love. I Khali write al b imlh
an mam ns inr nml her and I liuc 11111111111I niir
iiIiiiih inr her lonelv tlllnre. liiinil lliulil. immk
nlirlil. May hii'i K itiilde ymi. ami may Hie
KihmI l iiiber liild alioul. yuii Ills vvcrlasliiig
arms. 1 our 1 1 n un ami inver,
"Ai.an l.eioilToy
Two years had dragged Iheir slow
leiiirth alonir since thai letler came, nml
I hud never heard jroin Alan, inoug
cravim' his prcsciicu as the prisoner
craves the sunshine. 1 had written him
once, and 1 had regretted Unit, "lio
was soon to be wedded to nn Earl's
hanilsotno daughter," Mrs. Granger
read aloud from an open letter in tier
hand; "in fact, it was 11 11 old iillair,
prior to bis isil to. tho hall." cte., etc.
Ilow 1 regretleil I hud written, though
the words had been few, merely asking
If he had been enabled to procure me a
certain book we had mado mention of
together, nml Iho time was more than a
year fliro when I hud tho riirliMlms lo
.iter seemed woollier mn thitherward.
Tin) chimes of our (piainl old church,
playing an old song, cai-.cd u choke in
my throat. I would go uml invoke
grand airs from the organ, and inavliati
should forget the sea's ronr.
H was mv wont lo go there to prac
tice, ami 1 Knew the service would not
beheld for a half hour. The litrhls
were luriied dow n to a scmi-ijarkiie.is,
nod Iho old so.loii, nilh whom I was a
favorite, had left tlie key In the door
for lue. 'i'lic moon slnme nei'o-s I.h
organ kejs mid ik ro,-s my I'iu-e: and the
trmlin;: folds of mv while die-- lo'iked
ibiio-t irhnsilv in Iti li"lit. O oiutiut
old church! ( (piailil old chillies! Too
Kiani 1 would he far away from you,
over Ibe sea to mv suitor' s b r.l! hmue,
arrving willi in" 11 hc.'ivirr heurl than
iny jenrs slmiild u arranl.
Kill it was loo lale In look back; tuni
(he fault was mine. 1 bad ruined mv
own lite, nml 11111-I pay iho price. Jle-
iilso 1 nail been lnrl'iddcu I lie itesiro
of mine eves, had sealed mv late. I
mil hound my hands, nml had Intoned
'lioilie Cory's wailing words:
1 have luriied Trniii ilicnnndKd'Is'riiybi'iuity
hliniilieil Hie.
ilccaiise ol lliu one which Thy whduiii denied
me;
I have Imnilnifed nitn" eves yen, mine own
bntnls buvo bniimi me;
I have lllll'le me it darkness wbon lb;lil waa
amuini mo.
Now I cry by Ibe wayldc. 1 hold. Hint 1 uiljdil
ieccivc liack my siin.
'I'eeeavi," 1 cried, and mv bead sank
upon ttie ni';:'!iii and tears stained Iho
red roses at mv ihroat.
'Helen!'' and my head was lifted
genlly nml Alan Lclghton's tctnli r eyes
met mine. "Aiain was an my asioii-
ishuieiil could utter.
"My girl, Jon have sullered," ho
iaeuhited, in a (one of ciiilsile len
leriiess. " Helen, my first, and only
love, how we have been wnmeil. 1
only learned, an hour before 1 em
barked, thai you were not the false
woman vou had been painted lo inc.
Mrs. (.ii'iiii'TcC wrote me eighteen.
months ago that you had 'tuavneil Mr.
Paere, mill left with him for Cuba.' A
subseipieiil. letler, without date or sig
nature, inclosing the imy pearl pin i
had given your, li ft ine' no room for
iloubl. I left England foreter, and
havo been on Hie. w ing ever since, liud
Ing no rsl for my heart on .sea m-
Flmre. Helen, 1 siill'eii'd as few men
PITH AND POINT.
Worn bare ot graag and sunshine; long culm
I nigiiu
From which the (liken 8lewp9were fretted
I We see through shadows tall our life
lone-. ..Wo oania into; this world with
out our bolnc given a choice as to our
advent.und go out of itlnjljeanio iuau
IB M 4KU . . . I t,T,. .
w nave not noun, ronsturcn a to
ilrth or1 death; ;Mor ftiid mare thfifrayef ,
oEuloWtuitiaui.Mro,""JwtiB49, ieiM
address him. And now!" ( pitiful
Christ! unolhcr Wiiinun was to lie his
wife, and now I must never think of
the old days, or the old dreams, or look
into his din k eyes, or feel his kisses
upon mv tmkissed lips! Never! and I
might live lift Weill's.
And O the pity of It, out of all this
world's million possibilities 1 had only
the chaneu of two cither to wed Hegi
nald Dacro, a mau old enough lo be iny
father, or to be a companion lo wnno
Iniiiir'lilv woman. 1 had decided upon
accent Inn- Mr. Daere. I he tiny note ot
harelv two lines 1 had plaeed ladween
. , , " 1.1. . ..!..!.! I.,
the leaves ol a dook it was ins mj;iiiij
custom to read.
Hill Alan! but Alan! I Had lliougni
him so true, so noble. 1 hud called him
"mv nrince," "mv kin;', alone in tho
iirni dusk miner inn stars.
"I will not soil thy purplo with my
ilnst.." I had whispered in my heart.
Nor breathe mv poison on my v onico
irhum." 1 went down lo tlnl
mia in lisicu to its sullen roar; hear
tell its talc of human misery; of fair
fneea ilend under its waves; of irold am
Wnld lvWon rrroen beds of moss;
' !.... ,1,... m Hmwnilof human
misery their' requiem. "I tried to re-
menilior all tma, so i""'' ihiuiv y-:
seem such a great thing amid a m W of
sobbing and tears. It w as a good Hung
?o thi..L.fthsufferings.of .otl;r.s. nml
try to i'Miore your owu; a good Hung,
ltet. niy mise'ry! the misery of tho g.i'l
called Ilelcn l'restou!
This plrl was somewhat of a genius,
tho pooplo said. Sho possessed tho gift
of sine and she was handsome, too,
men srnd. ., And sho had two chances in
tho world, and if she had had money
enough to havo utilized her gilt of song
she might have had three.
lint She had smirched her soul, for all
her bnnuty and gifts; had been false, to
herself, to GoeT and humanity; false,
too, to Reginald Daere, for sho kept hei
lovo for Alan looked in hex heart.
"I havo sold roy soul for bouse and
lands," sho said, , " and I am wretched.
Mea culpa! Mea culpa!
I have kohl Btvself with open eyes,"
sho said, "knowingly, with mal.ee pro
pen.' I have no one to blame, f Imt
iain forgot W "w d,J not ,ul,k?,lt
iiijui ".v--;,-.,,.. A, za j.
Ililttoa lea, witn "u"j.
suffer because of losing vou, ami be
cause of your :iipaienl lal- cness. J Int.
1 could not wate my wlmle life be-cau-e
of a woman's untruth, so I lied
up the broken threads and tried not to
k back. II was by cliauee i niei.
Herman Sloan, and in the inid.-t i
mutual confnUinecs lie asked me wliy
1 had never n t ni'ii 'd lo Anieriea nml
to the beautiful Helen lYe-loii, who
had declined all suitors, ami was still
unwed. Helen. I cnibiirk'nl that after
noon, mid I am here, neM-r lo be part
ed f ii mi my ilalfne;'. When will we bo
married, sweet'.'-'
"Married! Alan,-' and the dreary
present, recill'lin ;' lo pie, 1 willnlrew
tnvsclf from his tirim. and nliiio i tm-
conseioiislv mv lips Irameil llie won
'A Im.l illeil'nii'iliis 1:1-' .11 In l.llntv
Ynu bad Inved me. W'li.i shall lorn nn tale?
1 euro mil ll lev" t'OIlie Ul'g'l
New; ttiniprli ynnr Inve seek mine Inr mat
ll l- Inn lulc."
'Too lale! Helen, my only love.
plain your meaniii'', for Hod's Kike."
Then came a broken, ill-ioinleil tale
of my sorrow and temptation wln ti I
lie: hi of his liiiudsoiue and liir ii-l'orn
bride; of my weariness of the hull: of
Mr, (iraiiger; of invsclf, of Mr. Ca
ere's constant wooing, and at la-t of the
lillle note only this night thrust be
tween the leaves of liis book, making
Alan s coming InreVer loo late lor iny
happiness.
llapid hoof-bents along Iho road, and
in v courtly lover came iu night.
""Saved'! Alan," and my word icaiuo
thick and fast.
'Engage him In eonver-ation. Alan,
regarding the hall, Mr. (!ran;.er. the
weather, stocks, etc.. etc. I will escape
by the vestry door, t!y lo the hall! sc
uuro Iho nole! and then, O, Alan!!-'
"My darling, my brhrht ihirlijig!"
hut 1 broke from his cnisi) nml sped
aiv.ly liko a cJininols lo tlie hail. 1 did
not lieod that tho roses fell from my
throat., that a portion of mv laco
lloiinco graced a thorn-hush, or t Imt my
uur, unloosed Irom its faKtenint's. hiiipr
about mv shoulders. I think if I had
lossessed a piece of paper 1 should have
iield it nlofl, and should havo shouted a
reprieve! a reprieve:
ss inn l ii'v o te (ii now i ncnocu inn
: . .. . . . . . r i
nolo and hul it in my liosoni, ot now i l
ran ip-st airs and peeped tor one mo-
meni into mo iininn, iwisiin; ii my
shining hair, and trying to husli Vlie
loud beating of my heart, of !nw V
rapidly traversed the path leading to
the church, dodging neniuu an usage
hedge to escape mcctim; Mr. Daere,
lnirrv'ui"' on as soon as 1 w as free, to be
folded close to Alan's heart?
"And vou will not laugh at me Alan?"'
'"Lnug'h at you, my darling, and
wherefore?"
"Oh, for my mad Might, for tho red
roncH scattered all ulon tho road; for
mv iiiiliiiiinileiHov at vonr return; for
nronosiiiir lo run and steal the nolo, aud,
andthings."
For answer came lender kisses pressed
upon browr and Hps, and closed eyes,
"ml Mr. Lord Lovel (Mr. Daere) rode
forth from tho castle gales, alone.- Un
acgo U'rilniiic-
A great niodisto lssuod tho follow
ing diiootions for wearing a new styl
of head-gear i ."With this bonnet tin
mouth is worn slightly opon." x
A writer on subjects of scionce.ay' ' '
that as a fertilizer an inoli of Jm m T
worth an Inch of roses. Onoshad'Tifrglil 'Kv
10 produce a mllu of bloom. N. X,
11 raid. .-
A Hartford architect says "ibe hosf,
fire-e.'capo Is a cool head." We'd lika " .
to sco that architect lotting hinnolf " ,
down from a sixth story window on a
cool haui.Doslvn I'od. . . . , .
"Otway, a (Ji'aiuatio poet of tin :
first-class, perHhud with hunger."
What became of tlio third cla-s poets in
Olw.iy's day is .not stited, bnt they ,
were (irobably fired from a liiorlJir '
against a elono wall. yorrutown :
IkraUl. ,.,.4.. . . i. ..
A sovon-yearoldcr, with the pun,
sferN mark on UU brow, at dinner,
askod his mother what w:n in a jar on
tho table. "I'ii'klos, my son,'.' was the
reply, "l'lion, niamini, pleasOi pickle :
little ono out for inn," camo with stun ..
niu'g forco from tho child, and tho
mother full over a ohair and fainted.
Detroit Free l'ress. .
If you want to find a logician, go .
to your tailor. Thj) other day ono of
these fractious of the human family was
overboard lo remark: "I never ask a
geatlonian for money. " ."Hut suppose
ho doesn't pay you then ?" i Well, if lio
doesn't pay inn within a roasonnhlo
time, 1 conclude ho is not a gentleman
ami then I aiU him." The Judge.'-
A man drank sumo l'owery whisky
in New York last week, and, .turned ia
eight lire alarms before ho recovered. ;
lit ono fire-box be loft a note asking tho
tiro department to put out th comet.
No villain eonhl .' have anceeful1y
played It on our liivmen. Not becausu j
our police aro too vigilant lo allow it,
but simply bcoauso Laramie hag no lire
alarm uoes. lAiramic poqincraiifi--
"How can I leave you, my darlingP"
murmured a Toledo lover ia tonus of
distressing tomlernoss, as ho observed
isitn nanus ot llio ciock apjiroacn a per
pendioiilar on tho dial." "Well, John,"
responded tho girl with wicked inno
cence, "you can like your choice. If
you go through tho hall yon will bo
liablu to wake up father, and if ymi
leave by way of tho back shed you'li ho
likely to wake up tho dog." Kxchnnje.
A Chicago paper says that a printer
In that city has been cured by prayer,
ll does not say what the printer wm
cured of. If lio was cured of oxtracling
tho word in a paragraph on which a
joke hinges, nii'l subslilul, a word of
his own "to mako sense,'' as ho puH it.
wa will Indorse the prayer cure, ami
give it a live-inch electro ad. freo, ona
year, top column, next to reading mat
ter. All omissions and wrong insertions
to lm made good nt end of contract.
Texita !j'(iiuj;i. ' .
The only way to deal with a liar is
to beat him at "his own game. What
started this item was rending about an
American who hud been to Kuropu, and
who was tellinfra friend whoknow ho was
a liar, about his trip across the Atlantic,
and how, on tho U'dli of tho month,
"lliev encountered a swarm of locusts,
and iho locusli carried cvoit sliteli of
canvas off the ship." 'iTio listener
looked thoughtfully a moment, and then
ho said hesitatingly: "Vos; 1 guoss we
lrmt tho samn swarm of locusts the next
day, tho 2fith. Kvery locust had on a
pair of canvas pants." Tho first liar
votit around the comer and kicked him,
tM.1'cck'a .Skis.
t I
Soldiers L'udcr l ire.
Wienever you can find a soldier who,
under lire, aims low ana snooi ..
every bullet wound or kill, you will find
fifty who are nervously tl'"'"'?
.r. :ii ..miiiinrr to reason that tho
muskets will check or
lie I.aiurhs llest Who I.ainrhs I :isl.
The train bud tlatted ell-. : A yor.il;.; '
man lushed lil'f atlib'siilv in. " Out hill, ,
did you?" " Well, niu't I hire? " h"'
re: .ponded. Then one said he cotild ;!0
iicioss the bridge and cati'li ii, ami nn-
oilier told him when the lieu train wonl'l
go, and made various suggest ion-t.' The '
chap looked at the iliHiippeariiiu; tr.iiil n i
few seconds, when Komdli(ji4,v-,.iiski'i!.
"Whero were you g' ii";; ?" Then the i
wicked fellow wiid, '" t I wasn't gofn'f" '
iu it, but there was a fellow in t hn li-.iiu '
to whom I iioiniM.'.no pay lUiill,"
"Please." ' .. : ;
"lluiunii nature," says a writer for
young women, "resents the imperative
mood." Do think of Ibis, girls. If you
ask a child lo wait on you, say " Please."
Ho polite lo (servants and inferiors. le
courteous even to the cut. Why push
her roughly uside, or iuvite her daws?
If kind good-nature and r;enteness tided
m every home, -what Hunliaht would
homo enjoy I A great deul deicnds
upon the girls tho sisters, the daugh
ters. "
In ono of iho courts of 'Saratoga
County, tho oilier day, the counsel for a
pri?oner, charged wiih robbery, tried to
prove mi alibi. Tho prosecuting utter
ney road to tho jury the' interview in
'fiekwiek Papers" botweon Sam Well-,
or aud his father, in whicUAl(ld man
informs his son Unit "There i nothini?, ,
Jiko a allybf." Dfckons'akotoh had mom
effect on the fury than doron chap- "
tor, of t q ln' J would.i.ave id.
Mdtho prilonor was promptly found
(fUllty. AT. Jlv' --Evidently
color blind was t hat young
..mn of New York State wno lniawon
the cerulean hued contents ot a bluing
bottlo for cidor. After a conous draught
he camo to a painful reali.ation of hn .
mistake,' and alter writing a good by
noto to .Ins parents, no sianm piu.
haste for tho nearest doclor.'4,ofiice,
several miles away, lie may recovm, ;
though it. is feared that his hoauh will
be so impaired that ho will foreVerhcro- 1
after bo "tinged with .the bluos,'1 as it
were. CVn'cuys Journal. .
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e.'-f
-i. ,.f llinir
,..L 4i. ,..iiv. And yet this nervous
uess need not bo wondered at -Inr they
..louinir n mime of lifo anil aVutlt.
i! TituKnrii Hill. Rcventeen soldiers
belonging te an Ohio regiment took
cover in a dry ditch, which niiBwcrcd
admirably for. a rillc-pit. A OoorgU
legiuiont chargod tins nuie nana unco
ilimm nnd wero three times driven buck.
Tho firo was low and rapid, aud tlio loss
in front, of their cruiis was morotiiati iuu
killed In ten minutes.' Rocimonts have
been engaged for an hour without losing
over halt' that miuiber. Tho tire ' of
tlieso sevontcen was so couuiiuun- mi. .-"lv,rdj jn ft fow ut)Ui"
HoOlellan forward a Irigado to the ar pareutly t1 m vU
.upport, Wioving tM ou cuU .oon w-t into jftjUj
wattt M b out ofii 1- !..
-A liostonian was knookod down, in a i
friendly boxiug bout, and , bis Jiead
struck the floor with a fatal 'resulti , A
Texan's brain snttered such ooifcus .
bion from a haid blow iu a wnWffir;,
hibitlon mat nc uh y ZJTwitr. '
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soft gloves' t0.uy' ""ci, m ap,.l l -: '
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