THE ROANOKE NEWS, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1891.
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KI.KITIIO 1NKA CATION.
J'h, niylic CiiM'iiuitinn, oil, fate iiluulized,
I'm Inn a muss of molwule.t, reversely twlar
izcil! I'm vanquished liy a sorcery no amulet can
cure,
For, iove, youju e the magnet, and I vour arma
ture. The more I cin-lp round you, love's current
similiter crown.
Till leaping forth from heart to heart, love's
an; electric kIuws.
Auainst Hi.. unlnr of that flame iiisurauce
won't insure.
For, lo. , ,,,u ,-,. the magnet, and 1 the arma
ture. And when in your dejir presence, all tremlilint!
I vihrate,
AIoiik love's telegraphic chonls inv vows shall
undulate;
Induction ne'er shall drown them nor make
their souiul obscure.
For, love, you are the miiKnet, and I the anna-
ture.
The messages unnumbered of fond endearment
fly
At on In both direct limn uuadruiilrx they
outvie.
A throbbiiiK liearl Is at the key, it .lot, and
clashes sure,
For, love, you are tbe magnet, and I theunna-
tun.
I dwell within your Held of force In that bleat
ri'Klou w here '
Vour strength is of thedlstunce Inversely us
the square;
No influence external can m from you allure,
tor, love, you are the magnet and 1 the arnui.
ture.
At last, w cling together, apart no more to
roam, ,
With hearts attuned harmonic, we'll sing of
Ohm, Sweet ohm.
One circuit never broken while life and love
endure.
Forever you my magnet, and I your armature.
! I'ark lleniamin.
HE GAIKD HIS POINT.
How Prlr.tr .lohu Allm Presented
Ills Case to President Cleveland.
The great humorist of the last Con
gress was "Private John Allen," of Mis
sissippi, who is ersonally tlie most Mp
lilar man in Washington. There are feu
men in the country more sought after
than "Private Allen," as ho delights in
being called. Every day Mr. Allen's
mail hrings him letter from all (mrtH of
the country, inviting him to banquets
and to address public meetings. Allen's
appearance is of great aid to him in af
fecting his audiences. He has a long,
sad face and he is the last man in the
world a ierson would take for a humor
ist. He looks like the custodian of a
great grief. He never smiles when he
talks and there is a pathos in his voice.
Ex-President Cleveland is fond of tell
ing the story of his i-xerienee with Con
gressman Allen, Allen had imjiortune..
the President time and time again als.ii
the appointment of a constituent to a
federal ollice. President Cleveland wit
overrun with work at the time, and be
sides he had good reasons for not wishiu.
to make the app intmetit then. Allen
constituents were ery impatient over
the delay anil very anxious that the- Re
publican who then held the ollice should
be removed.
They made the life of their Congress
man miserable for several months, and
Allen began to feel that he would lose
his popularity on account of the ollice.
and he decided that something had to b
done to bring the matter toaterminatiou
very quickly, so he resolved to approach
the President in a unique wav.
Calling at the White House one muni-
'ing he was cordially r.reived by the
' President, who supixwed he had called
'upon otlicial business and asked him
what he could do for him.
"Not a thing, Mr. President, " said the
Congressman, "I was out taking my
morning constitutional, and I thought 1
would drop in ami tell you somcthim:
that 1 hapieuedtobc thinking of as I w; t.
passing by, believing ns you are an ulu
lawyer it might interest you."
The President, thinking that tho Con
gressman had some new story that he
wanted to give htm the benefit of, ex
pressed his delight at receiving a call
from him, and eagerly asked him to be
gin hig story.
"It was a case that I was employed
upon," began Mr. Allen, "and through i
1 made the reputation of U-ing a terribl.
liar. The case had hung in the courts fo
several years, and my clients were vcr
anxious to bring the affair to an issue, a
they knew that when it was it would b
to their advautage. Well, as I said, i
had gone ou for several years, and i;
-ach term of court something occunv
that conielled a continuance of the cast-.
I hail been paid a fee in advance, and in
clients grew so impatient that they bega
to lose i-ontidence in me. I would t
my clients that their case would certainl
come up at the next term of court, bti
when the court met the case would agai
lie continued, although I fought liar
always to pn veut it. Finally my client
lost all confidence in inn and though
that the case would never lie disosed oi
A great many of their friends share.
tins opinion, and I was losing my popu- !
(in eij rupmiy. riiiauy, iiiiongi
sheer desperation, I went to the judg.
and made an apin-al to him to help in.
mif, of my embarrassment, but, Mr.
President, he was a htern judge and re
fused to aid me. However, the case was
lumlly disjioxed of and he reenf liih'.i
my Kipularity, but it made my blood run
cold, Mr. President, when I made prom
ises in good faith and then had Ihem
broken by some one else. Now, Mr.
President, as an old lawyer yourself,
could you not feel sorry for me?"
"Allen," says the President. "I wil.
send the name of your man to the Sennit
to-day. You can toll your people thai
you have secured the appointment."
Mamma You naughty girl! You've
oaten every cookie there was on the plate.
1 told you you might have three. Lit
tle Edith Yes, but. you didn't tell me
which three. So 1 had to eat all to lm
sure to get the riht ones. lloston
Transcript
' His Only Course.--Gimlet The old
mil n said last night I was the worst clerk
v, he ever had, and if I came round again
lie ll hnve tllA Iwirtur f'n iti ii A, ......
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XrufcWell, what did you do? Gimlet Do?
iWhat would any gentleman do? I
Landed in my resignation. New York
J ISA-order.
Two Subjects T ,- Present In-
terettlitg Points.
" What do girls talk alsuit." I asked
one of them, "at their luncheons and
during calls upon each other?"
"Well," she replied, "there are usually
two subject)) of conversation at gather
ings of girls, and they are about eipially
prolific. One of them is the men and
the other is girls who don't happen to be
present. We discuss the men of our ac
quaintance from every possible point of
of view, exchange confidences that have
been made to us, criticise them with un
restricted freedom, and wonder which of
them want to marry and what styles of
girls they prefer. Sometimes we are
rather sharp in our criticisms, but on tho
whole the men get out rather easily.
But when it comes to other girls my!"
" What do you mean by that?"
"I mean that no mercy is shown. For
example, we take up some poor unfor
tunate who isn't with us and go through
the pleasant oH-ration known us picking
her to pieces. We discuss her costumes,
her complexion, her manners, her say
ings, her tastes, and by the time we have
p'l through with her the Creator
wouldn't recognize His work. Then wo
Mart in on some oilier girl."
"Hut hnve you many enemies of this
sort"
"Enemies? Hless your innocent soul,
I havcu't an enemy in the world. 1 lovo
my neighbor as myself."
" You surely don't intend to convey tho
impression to my mind that these girls
whose characters you discuss in this can
nibalistic way are friends of yours?"
"Why, certainly. For instance, ou
the South Side the other day we were all
taking 5 o'clock tea and having a simply
beautiful time picking Maria Jones to
pieces. Just in the middle of it all Ma
ria came in. Was she greeted coldly?
Well, hardly. We all embraced her,
gave her a seat near the fire, and changed
the subject of conversation to Annie
Smith. And how Maria did go for her,
to be sure!" Chicago Post.
How They Reimbursed Illm.
A few years ago an old and trusted
cashier of one of the Hothschilds' estab
lishments went to his employers and
told them that during the 30 years of his
service with them he had managed to
save the sum of 250.000 francs, and de
sired to go into business for himself.
While the firm regretted to lose so faith
ful a man, they bade him good luck.
The cashier began to speculate, and in a
very short time returned to his old em
ployers asking for reinstatement, and
telling them he had lieen "wiped out."
He was given his old isisition and was
advanced one year's salary. One day
one of the Hothschilds took their old
servant aside and told him to invest what
he hail in certain securities. Tho old
man did so, and the stocks went boom
ing upward. The banker had instructed
the brokers to send prices skyward.
Finally the old cashier was told to sell.
He sold, and his profits wore exactly tha
250,000 frances he had lost. P rices set
tled down to their old ooinr and rhn
Rothschilds charged up a loss of that
amount to themselves. They knew their
employee w as too proud to accept n gift,
and they took this means to reimburso
him. GIoIhi Democrat.
Had "tut" the Jlemengcr.
John (lillM-rt is a character. In his
peculiar line he is very funny, and he is
full of quaint mannerisms and stories.
In the language of ihe profession, John
"originates all of his own stuff." mid ho
has had experience in almost every lino
of the business. In the old days he played
in one of the many queer stock cum-pani.-s
which supported the "stars" who
cam- along, and he was liable to lie cast
for anything from a "my lord the carriage
waits" part to a leading heavy. Very
often, too, he. was obliged, like the rest of
the comimny, to go on with a strango
star without a rehearsal. On one oc
casion a tragedienne was to open an en
gagement at the theater in "Macbeth."
One of the comimny ;u sick, and John
was cast for Duncan. There was no re
hearsal, the star having arrived in town
at a late hour, and John never saw her
until he faced heron the stage as Lady
Maclieth. A messenger was to come on,
and Lady Macbeth says: "What are
your tidings?" to which the messenger
replies . "The king comes here to-night. "
Well, John went on and was staggered
to hearherask. "Whatareyonrtidings?"
Hut he, quickly recovering himself,
hoarsely whirred : We're short handed
and we've cut out the messenger. I'm
Dancan; go on. Play ball!" The play
proceeded, but John never forgave tho
star for mistaking him for a messenger.
Chicago Herald.
Booth Adhered to Prrredent.
Thus spoke the old "Referee" this
morning while taking a lat breakfast
with a numlM-r of Bohemian friends at a
moderate priced chop house.
"I will tell you a good story about Ben
Dcliar and Edwin Booth, uproHis of
management now and when the elder
Booth lived. He and Ben were great
friend.'!, and often acted together. Iu
later years, when DeBar owned his own
theater in St. Ixmis, he wanted Edwin
Booth to play w ith him as a matter of
sentiment. Edwin agreed, and fresh
from his famous run of 101) nights of
'Hamlet' in New York city, went to St.
Louis to open with his father's old friend.
During the morning's rehearsal, Mr.
Booth said to the stage carpenter:
"In the grave digger's scene I shall
want a calcium light.'
"Oh! you will have to see Mr. DeBar
about that,' was the mechanic's meek
reply.
"Mr. DeBur was at once sent for, and
very soon apHared upun the stage with
the cheerful inquiry :
"'What is it, Edwin?
"'I want a calcium light to illiiminnto
the grave digging scene," he answered.
"'Oh, Iiiird" exclaimed Deftar; 'whv,
Edwin, your father never neeib-d a cal
cium light when he played Hamlet.'
"'Never mind the light.' said tho
younger Booth, as he walked away from
his old time friend and went on with the
rehearsal. "Philadelphia Times.
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