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f Pi itf rur", Mine and Tactory - X.'ouIJ lia 3,000,000 Can ; ' 'fx a In a felngie Train i a., i lVom Hi fourth to i . jii iiio Kiare tlio Railroads j f i tfce liesult The Part Cot La Flayed In t the General i losperlty. 4', '(,' ' y' V' :."ew York,' Feb. 8. The 'final trade a t:stlca for the year IMS confirm the , rurea of tie prelmlnary forecast and i' ow a phenotnlaal degree ef prosper jiy throughout the country. So enor mous was-the--product .of farm mine, and factory' that, had It been moved t on Ume, it iroold hare flUed S3. - 1S4.857 freight arj 4.000,000 more than would have been required In the proa rroas year of 1904.' Thirty-three mil lion freight 'ears,, If made op Into one train of fabulous length; would extend Tor a distance of 234,400 miles, or would frlrdle the earth about nine time at the equator. If this mythical train, - with the 825,000 locomotive that would be required to haul It, had traveled out Into apace on a trip to the moon, the leading monguls would hare been puffing through the valleys of -earth's satellite before the eonauctors nuggy had rambled out of the freight yards at the starting point. ' Merely to store the cars and -engines tn such a train would require the use of nearly all the raUwar,, mileage in,' the United states. k-. i. One of th most strtking exainplesof the vaat tocreasa'in .the volume of business tor the year la to be found In . the Western live stock v Industry. ' During the. summer and tn the fail of i ws the3, tourist on any of the big Western .truck lines caught flying glimpses' of stock pens ' filled ' with long-horned, ferocious-looking steers, flocks of huddled sheep . and . carloads of horses' and mules. AH . these,, nen were filled and emptied .many, times during the year, each contributing Its euotavto the enormous total of live stock that was shipped from the irans-MlasUslppl territory to the mar kets ef Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha e and St Joseph, a total that approxl ' mated tt.000.eo head: This multi tude f animals constituted 678,269 car laads.x JO.000 more than were required la lMfind 10.000 more than in 1808. In- the grain trade .the 'American fanner are atlU increasing their out rnit and adding to the strength of our claim to he called, tha granary of the world. Tha- reports for IMS from twelve primary grain markets show . ..-.i,i,.,5 J...V. hi . ., ... . V. . ." ! XT -TT I,' 1 1 . 1 ' f 1 1 11 r 1 ' 1 ! &&&& JUi Can Coeaalniog ArUdee of Oognmero Ifanufactared In ltOS Would IQDSETOT TARES PLUKGE aAH nrro etropeajj poutios Baswarr Sets Forth Some of the tiwiuas Aspects of the Moroccan ' TUwsaess The Departure From the foJWyof a Hundred Years Is Noted Md Drplomi Hoosevclt on m C rlsssl Haat for Steel Traps, . . ' 1oMi XI Springs With the Naked Carraepundence of The Observer. . Washington, Feb. J. There Is a eoualry In northwest Africa called KoreoB. K It had a civilised poou . Jatlji t wpuld be a. great nation, hut ji g4Hg4 are the degenerate descend ants of the Meors who were driven out f Spain about the time Christopher Ceriambe discovered America. For centuries taeir trade was piracy, and they- were a branch of the Barbarv revere. Drives the sea br ibe na tives of the Christian nation they be came robbers on land, and to this day pillage is an of their chief industries. France owns Algiers, a country Just east at Morocco, and la man lntiaat. d than any other nation In preserving order on the border and maintaining . sxrmetntrg - like a government in Moreoco,' That is what England has donate Egypt to th advantage of ev ery tongue and people on the globe. ' .England was anxious tot France to emdertak the control of Morocco; but the mperor ef Oermany. whose coun try sell to the Arabs there 11,000,000 . te W.000,000 sold by France, played the tmlly last aammer and forced France 4 agree to a conference. It wilt be , remembered that he mumblad and grumbled about Egypt, but the Brltlaa lion, put his paw on the delta of the ii and gave a roar and Germ anv hut up like a jack knife.- Tou see the cimimor un nirr .wia is ao prouu i urn jiv urn put uiicuu 10 mvs a British fleet an opportunity to send it to Davy .; Jones locker, as Togo- sent . flussla'a. '' - But bs got his conference .on Moroc o. It Is a purely European affair." It is n more our-business .than. what the peopl of Asia Minor have" fos breakfast Is our. concern. 'but H seems that under eome sort of . Action of rtlplomacy and' Tsrtleyrand,' an 'excel lent Judge aad expert, said .that diplo macy Is the aft of lying it seems that' ty some fiction of diplomacy, there 1 a commercial question, involved the ' "open door,"i r. Ai . -. ' . Of course, that aroused . Theodore JiooseyelC for i suppose w sett' Mo rocco a much In a year as we sell Canada in a day. perhaps we soil Mo rocco as -much la five years as we seU irngland in a day. But you ant loss loosevelv and he ha plunged this country .lsto European politics up to the elbow, something no other Presl r -it ever dreamed of doing. America 1 have two votes In this Cogres l et she has two representatives. k .s suspected la some auarters that ..any had those votes pledged, end - i consideration, nut that Is denied 1 . Ktat Department, You 'see '-any's commerrlal war against us 1 March L Duppos our repre--lves vote Miifh Germany ' and - - r 'ould cease, or not beam, n. ' 1'. iotllltis? What would 1 -t i-.rlfHe rfin think of'tht? 'i ' ) : nnd to sufpert l.t ..1 oro Amerl- v' f a variable COO ... V., wf r w v-'V .''. : -- .'." rot .r.ar" that as a fact, 'but - ' t d- : 1 of 'tincharlty in .. . r 1 tier-vTatl -ws t v.Lt;i te rtmarkedj This that there has tif n poured into lhern from' their tributary territory'' the enormous quantity of 750,000,000 bush' els of grain,-to be distributed from these primary markets to all corners ngie proauci .Y"u , of the globe. American grain today lactates- th leing industrhU nation of fighting to supplant rice ,amongthe te world. It needed lm toH of Aelatle and has already. partly die- anthracite .to keep nlaced we as tha food stanl of the i American . commerce spinning In 'ISO., peasantrE ln years,' at the rate our crop is Increat'' ' Mttnn lng, and with the extremey low rates the railroads give on grain lot export, American loaves -wllL be. .Indeed,- the staff of life ;iyery,, country jw-.viw,,-,. j-. 4. --. 5- "! i ft , A corat)ftrlon Df the ajnoont of grain received dring -eleven ,,rnonthS -of 1905 distribution of this Staple I was along at & few- of the r primary markets wit h J fixed ,lines, i from the cotton fields . In the,, amount recelvedfonrtb.whoIe"4heSOTth, north to the AtUititlo coast, year , of , 1004. brings out -cjeariy the re-7. Wlthl' comparatively few years, markable, increase ln;graJn men market, received, J30.759.J1S bushels, in 1904. ' During the first. leven .months' bushels. Louisrille s, 'record1 for 1004, sprung, p all ever the Both, espe-: nncer which Inspired them with couyJ ' tp publla lAvtader was a was iS;85S.ew bu8hela;while upv.to' : dally. tnr,the Owollnas. These 8outhern'''V i . i - 1 " t f avorttl 'or.,I1;t,5 ftr! n Mrs, December VlW6r43.M8.M0 bushels' had' ttllUr Jjayebrought . about a decided i,i,n?r WM hardly a household Upon t Mayes bad Just told her how becom ben received. - The receipts at Kan- change in the line of commercial dls-j 77' the shadow of grief, had not , 1" ner own was.. There was cer sas City for 190 were 68.839.000 bush- tributlon and have likewise sttmulat- " the poor fellows who trav , tamly a, pretty harmony between 'It els: fer the eleven months of 190S they led competition to such an extent that ' their long and weary way through -and her' light half and deep-fringed were 60.121.TOO bushels. . .mj. - on , h Toiifi ,-oiuijft ' whara flftv.i years ago a few gold-mad prospectors, 1 acting as an advance, guart for East,; ern civilisation, carried on a desultory! warfare with Indians, there are to-day the most important factors ln his prospertty to the huge lumber raffle that orUrWutes Jn,the va.t (oruts of northern California,. Oregon and Washington. Annually . for - the : last ' IV. " .7 .fin iirkta! three wars more thtt . billion. lSylmbat of, redwood," Pina andflf1 have beenj1a "Jm, era of nlentv ' The tat S taken from the ataost toexhAu.tiblo rours ttrnber , tracts iand ; shipped to .Call- jvithwhlch the country U -.blessed. xornia. coast poinw.. yurmg "-!ext"aa, a factor la.in4ustrial great Just passed the arrivals at these same neM( come( the business ability t ot points averaged;? more,; than 10,000.000 Americana , In Inventiveness and ap feet a month, record that no formar ; tltude to adjust himself , rapidly . to year can surpass. In-180 lumber changing conditions and ..willingness shipments-from .Washington ta Oregon. ( discard old .and obsolete methods reached a total of 0.000,000 feet, W5,-jfor those. sew, and untried. In lmagr 600,000 feet of which went to foreign . nation to sea Industrial possibilities markets. '.Thseompletd ' figures for and courage td act on hii oonvlctlons, the lumber trade of 1008 from these 1 the American business man is without two State have not been Issued aa japeer. - yet, but as more than 100,000,000 feeti Tho .Amerlcan railroad is another passed', into domestic and foreign 1 factor, and br no means a. small ona trade front facoma alone. It 10 taken, ror graniea urn w w inauiirj, u In all ; th others,, there ; ha been tha same astounding gain.,,. , " ; ' : Not only does the tTnltedtatates contribute more than its .share of food-stuff to- th world,: tout -It .fur-j nishes a large, percentage of th toal Is a d d wicked world we llv In. Sir Oliver" and if thing turn out as 1 have Indicated, It will to the uncharit able be confirmation strong as proof ef holy writ that American diplomacy, like the floater at the Philadelphia election, is a marketable quantity. That Is th box th president has put us In. , " - - ' Of course the President would not sell the national honor; but' no good can come' of his action. Herd is Oer many en one .side and France on the other. It la a quarrel between them. England back Franc and may be said to be as much of a principal as France herself, and' if war' should re suit we ' shall make somebody mad. If we vote with- France, Oevmany wilt feel outraged, and if ws vote witn Oermany, Franc and England will both be offended. It 1 predicted that our representative will vote with Oermany. Of all the reckless things even Theodore Roosevelt was svsr guilty of this Is th most Inexcusable. , mm,,-ffifc?' We have kept out of European poll tics more than one hundred year. The best remembered passags of washing ton farewell ao areas is mat warning us against -entangung alliances.: European politic above all other en tanglement Is the thing we should have least to do with. Now that we are "a world powr,"j1t em w r compelled to run up and ( down the earth doing things we never dreamed of doing at any time from ths bexinn Ing of Washington' first admlnlstra. tlon to th end Cleveland's second administration. ' W bought '1..00 la lands and 10,000,000 peopl ef somebody who had no title to them, and paid 3 a bead for the peopl. i They toad some f obieetlon to being our slaves, and re belled. We put th army and navy, to them, tost many precious lives, csptur ed the head rebel by practicing a trea son on him and suppressed the rebel lion. The thlnr Ta -beea enormously costly hundreds of millions and th other day the President's son-in-law elect made, a speech tn Congress In which he characterised our subjects as about ss . worthless a population as mankind can show. If we ar to keep the island until th Filipino Is fit to govern himself w will keep thera for ever. And that Is exactly what. Roo volt Intend. ' ; , v f v r' '',' If we keep thenr w will have te fight for them and the light will cost billions. Only one nation can save us from such a war England and that is humiliating. It Is a great pity that we ever found that w are a world power. It has been very oostlyv It is going to becom dngerou.i :.. -"..v.,; This country needs President Ilk R, R. Hayes-but with a better title to the office- man who will not put bis .hand Into a steel trap, be It ever so temptingly bailed. 'Roosevelt Is al ways hunting steel . traps to spring with the naked band. On of these days he may get ecratched. ' . . ... . . - ; SAYOTARP. - i . Grave Trouble ' Fon$eea.': It need but little foresight to ten that when your stomach and .liver 'was a omethlng In hi music which ar' badly affected, grave trouble is defeated all efforts of th Methodist ahead, unless you take th - proper! and Baptist churches o, surjpress medicine for your dtseess, as Mrs. ; dancln. ,t , -.1 ",'. " - John A.' Young, of Clay. N. Y.. did. She says: ft had . neuralgia of the liver and stomach, my heart was? weakened, and I could not . at I : was very had for a long tlm. but In f Electric flatters. X found-ju what I ' needed, for they aulckly relieved and cure me." ; Best medicine for weak women. Sold under guarantee by R, H. Jordan A Co Druggists, at - iOe. a. bottle. to cook it ..with. Amerl i' co 1 re sources, ! anthracite rand , hilunmious, are amour 'her greatet a.s-t., and t have contributed more than any other 7" r"',,. Tf T 1 r":.rl '.j k ZLJ,L "tnds thi welfaie of the 'cotton manufacturers of jsngiana. ana Oarmanv. Formerly the.' ' commercial ,on'eanJ be manufactured ln the South a profitably as it can be grown,, with 3 cotton prices are soaring, to the in - tense satisracuoo -ot tne- eouinern Planar.- The increased activity of the Oulf ports within the- last decade K''Tw'fB0f,,ract;,,Jfon; trlbutlng to tha present prosperity of 'W-JKf '"c.?v!d. !r,?5" .f1 "1 HTJPP iWJSIn4 w kSS LlJnSS?1'?1 ,TL .-J"trada ! P1:..""..".' in the country's abounding prosperity,! Kver since tne flrst steel; rails, - the precursors - of ; - civilisation; .t pushed their way slowly serosa the prairies j0 the Hiddlo West, -climbed v the t Rocky Mountains by tortuous paths, and came to , a stop only when the . waves f the Pacific confronted them. Reach From .the Earth to the Moon. MTJSIO TO-DAY AND THEN. Another KecoIletlon Of Old Frank ', Johnson's Bad-8oniethlng ln Ills Mnslo Whlclt Defeated Effort of oiurches to suppress Dancing Wiittsn for Th Observer. V "My, My, My,; was the xprs ston Mfj Frank , S. : : Woodson used In the article In last Sunday's Observer In comparing modern musio to that which Old Frank Johnson played HO years ago. While I was not old enough to furnish a target 'for ' a Yankee sharp-shooter, Z was old enough to hear and appreoUt Old Frank John-' son's music. " ' " ' Two or three times every winter old man Monk, of Magnolia Duplin coun ty), would give a ball, and all the elite for 20 miles around, would be invited. SalHe (Herring, f Mary fifcavey,. DJck and' Usher Newktrk with their sisters. Callie, Joss and Quessle would alwav be that e. r 1. . t'-v, -' $ ,? Hpw the 'old negro could keep t(m o perfectly, and call the 'most intri cate cotillion figures is lstill a matter of perplexity to me. I readily recall some of the pieces he played "Money Muss," "MississlppK Sawyer," "Arkan sas TraveWr,'" 'B1U Evans," Forked-ease." "Billy ln the Low Grounds" and "Old Mollis Hare." One of the most popular pieces In that section to day, he composed, and if mr recollec tion Is hot at fault the Lamb bov gave It the name of ''Fictile." : His pieces had no author way back yonder for bis hearers to applaud, and worship, but the fact that this heav enly music proceeded from v Old Frank fiddle, which would loosen up the very bame-strlngs of every hoarer. was enough. . ! The. step of the men were past' de scribing. The ladles would even alight ly draw up their skirts and ths moat elegantly executed back steps, pigeon wings and broad shuffles could be seen at every "Balance All.' ; WaltaesT Not The lady of W year ago would no more tolerate a - waits than she would r fellow smoking in her preseqea Well do X remember that it was oir th plassa of th , Monk House, just After .breakfast that "Old Frank was playing on or his most In vigorating Jigs and Dick Nawklrlc, and X believe Owen Herring, of Sampson county, were knocking off -'steps , that are .unknown to the moderns. Jn th Very midst or this entertainment Rev, Dr.- Closs, of blessed memory, who had beea. dowa at tChinquepUv holding a meeting, stopped hts horse and looked on In rapturous " delight When, the Jlg.waa over the good old Doctor r marked: "If X could use; them fellows feetto a spiritual advantage,, m -. lees than .two. months I'd, b . looklna: for th. inlUnlnviiiH'V?- ' ' I hav heard -Olimore. Thornaa and Sous, and about ths second piece I'd be looking around, and before ths third piece was through I'd walk out ' Why, : I don't know., I hate heard Old Frank Johnson two Hays .and .'nights on a dead stretch, and hts music got better lii tha- rtma i Ttt anv -. iiatsaee thp About ten tears aero I wrote te a ' titerarv nttitleman 6f Wilmington, and ; made Inquiry about the old negro, lie arnrrilouslv unloaded on t me. in Ths Charlotte Observer. I made fio reply for .1 thought he was meditating en a : AH or us win go, dui tne memory 1 of Old Frank Johnson will live forever. , - - h. c iii;,.:jNa tne astuteness 01 vapw jsne 01 a ; grocer, wnicn r. :. jr m ! uuarter of a' century ago.'.' , ? -s-' -W I vertently laid upon the. table. - There ft a ve . By AXDKIT',7 Ill , w il TJie Soldiers' J rinlstcriiur Spirits. ' 'The ladies of the Soldiers Aid Bo-' tMcltul la the bill before hr. it e-i-tm-m k . . ' ceeded two thousand doliut ,! Anv Tel . t "v "f at u qepw.ior me ck and wounded eoldktra cooilnar from Wital of Virgin.-They werq i a, devoted band tween them and the men who were on ' ba heI own Pt. tor .her father paid tbo ; battlefields, there was a tender 1 tne xtravaeftat amount of eight hun bond of sympathy. - Their hands were are1 dollars monthly for her board.' ' full of -vervlce, , making garments' lint ' AUda arose; and, folding ' the , bUl and bandages.' providing h boxes of (placed It on a 'wall shelf. -medicines and delicacies, and doing She was dressed in a lavender silk others - things which hnrm. ' tnt. gown. . very plain, but racefuLi Her 40 '"''r true : and weariless ;. f1,8- Brave men to fight the bat- tler brave wnnn in Vnir. ; vvumington to their Southern homes,' - became heroes ,whn wm- tar m nA I th J 'htcn tt18 women had to attractive. . , v , ; A' - S?! They were soldiers who. bad t 'A BtUe girl crept Into the room, and snared hardship and danger with the 'expressed her Approval "Miss AUda, ones -who .would never return, .mama says you- are tenhave company, "1 rl party at the depot were . un- and I'll stay only a jminute." Then, of the leadership pf Mrs. Outerbridge,: after a little ; pause, she exclaimed, the wife, of an army surgeon.- She "Oh, Miss Allda, I bet .X know exactly was.an Inspiration to the ladles, and What he's going ,t say:,,Yh. 'bow aflood ! of sunshine to the soldiers beautiful' you are.' " - r "Come with me, dearar' she called AUda blushed deeply, and kissed the; te two glrlsas the train drew, op at '-cMlda..toraheadrBrelU,ldon'tvthJnlt the station. , . o." she' answered.. "His otitnlon will "Now girls,". Instructed Mrs, -Out- erbridge. .'Invite the soldiers over to. help the lame young gentleman, and . nd ran tout while the, servant was xn of you do something for that one- ushering' Into the room a talk well armed boy who Is struggling with his 1 dressed young man, with .sharp eyes bvarenkt mnit o k.,r,i. ,'. ... William Tra vers, -..v .- - ,". the young men had heard the uW uou sua maae, ana were stanaing witn ' - ' . i r,, disconcerted looks towards the young ,lw aMi taking Jier seat.'I'aive an ac ladles whoT were ordered to help ".J count ;o, yourself (or th past few - "Oh," exclaimed Mrs. Outerbridge, , W5S5' .'1'' L.V,-.i. with, a start; -."poor man! Now r ' f0hi SSJSmS. .FtX? look alter him'' ' ' .".' ,.,...!.:,,; y; up," .lie answered; rtheres been no th- . Ait old genUeman. nale and tremh-'i?f on Ung, stepped oft the train. There was a hug bandage across his face, which covered onMt his eyes. Xfciain Clinton," h explained In - a' weak. voider "I am suffering from a aabre wound received In a skirmish by the BapWan,", Mrs. - Outerbriflg ' made him lean upon her arm, , and she car- S;T: ta to w There were a dosen soldiers who sat at the table, and It was a meal grate. fully partaken of. "Nice, real, good oia qoneei '. exciaimeu one aner an- nthM-. flrnfri w. . m tt.. ..rh.Ht.,-. fc.it WZIm lAm M1 Wn Ii a! ! ibeans and peanuts.) And white caSf ' mfh tth "0. tnev ' --nVd t0 hT -cake! wath boyish eagerness they - admtrt him n ....... . swept-through th. dishes, to th ex- treme pleasure. bf the ladles. TTn Vam. Trinurh f. .?f?-ti.?Larfi"er?:n. '"i1?.".11' There was a handsome young offl niw; ,iw juMii. iiw yy. rrm8 Did aertance to a world of car mi 1 gained ready favor with Mrs. Outer-; strnggle.At 'first rte ' wm h?J -bridge, hs'was prwented to the other thTOon ef "ov. "and fcS?tS5 .0 Mrs. Roseberough Mrs. General his undemonstrative nature."- After' Rosenborough, ' yeu know:--Mlss' Ber- ' soma month, h- nard.-whose father is a colonrt ta er I now at Fort-Fisher, and whose givings as to their congeniality. Jli brother fell with our great general at . to these she struggled with hereof ChMcellorsvllle; Miss Langrave, Who and thought che bad conqueredTand is an English lassie, and whose father! that an unclouded prospect of seace commands one of the blockade-run- aBd Joy once filled her UfeTsince eom Urs." ' 1 ' ' 'i V - ' - ! Ing to hts new home, bowevw ha Not an English -lasjle" Obd dTubt, sprang afreTh and sh. S Mies Langrave quickly; "but a Sonth rpelied him, not wilfully, but through ern girl. I have the honor to have 5 the subtle Influence. of her chajjg of been reared in England." she added, heart, - ' " cnw w i'but born In the South. I am South - era through and through." She spoke with a good deal of warmth, and the soldiers heartily applauded .her. Miss Langrav was proud of her Southern lineage, and lost no occasion to af firm It. Her mother had been a young woman of great attactlveness In Mobile society; and among 'her many admir er was a young English : naval officer who had resigned bis commission to take charge of the commercial Inter ests "of hi father's. He became her husband, and to them was born In a few years a daughter, . Allda, Soon thereafter they removed to England, where they lived many years, and pros pered, and lost. The mother died; and the father sought service on the sea. When the war between th State be Kan. and English shipowners saw., the 'magnificent opportunity for; profit in running the Southern: blockade. Cap tain Largrave became commander . of a blockade-runner, which bailed from the port' of Nassau. Bahama Islands, and made successful ' oaenes " into Southern blockaded porta. : Miss Lan grave , joined.' her father - at. Nassau, and accompanied him on a - trip ; to Wilmington, where er cvtslt was pro longed, untU the year had passed, and She had Imbibed a full measure of the spirit of Southern womanhood. , She then determined to oast ber tot with them. Her father was a frequent vis itor to ' the port, and was pleased at her contentment' . The captain of artillery was a'naJ rive , of - Alabama. 1 He ' had lived for tSome time ln Mobile; had visited Eng land; and bad even been- to Nassau. To hi advances tn conversation, -Miss Langrav responded reaauy, ana ae lighted th oompany with ner uveiy, clever; observation pn the foreign o clety with which she was xamuiar. Sh seemed to be entirely , unconscious of th entertainment she gave; having that rare chalrm, whl(h 1 always cap tivating with men, of appearing as In nocent as- a child, .and yet showing keen Insight into the Interesting aide of life Into the moures ana customs Of people. cirA --.i t.j&ii"v v Th soldiers hung upon her convea saUon: and. as, they resumed their southbound Journey, the. artillery offl . . a u.j.'..m mmA nr. Cor ' preaiwu- nwr , iwihi w. soldiers are someUmes conquered . by slighter things than cannon ball. Lam coming to Wilmington again. I hope." There wa a queetlon In hi eye as te her approval.' Sh saw. It nd an swered, ."Captain, , wo will all b clad to aee you." t . ' , She walked to the end 'Of, th pas senger shed with a timid, sun-browned young" fellow, who - told her how anx tou h waa to get back to hto com pany to assist In opposing th great campaign .which the new Xiederal com toander hed surted" - ,1 M it1,- XV.' 8 .-- A rerpiexina; . vevciopmeBt.;. , Allda Langrav sat In th drawing room of her hostess, . Mrs. Mayea Night had Just fallen, and she had itshtad on or two Nassau candle in 5 the candelabra on,, the table. These j cast va fitful light about ths room, and brought out the floss en the mo ihalr furniture, and emphacleed the brhrht colors tn th oil painting on ths wall. Beside her on the table there '"were a few book, fhe opened one and read for a few minutes, but the HlgUt was poor, and she stopned. Iler 1 eyes fell upon an amount from the grocer, which Mrs. Mayes naa inaa-; was sometning in tnai, ana ana iooa cd over th figure, the 1 1 remem ibcrcd ber mother hou. ...o.J chroni- J. IIO..: IX, Jr. j cles, and the ex' -"".'r-'r enmnm ' - place ta. x or verity i .t r m ' i accounts: tout there -i su -rj there was no great quantity of the commonest necessities. Flour one dol lar and a halt per pound, butter tv twelve It was KS j Fourl," a Uke .a wild dream; . in which she j cuetomary habit was of some ordU nary cotton stuffs which the women srcnerallv wore: aha aorjered In noth blue eyes; so., that tne picture sue nresen ted t was altogether' pretty and be very .different from yours.". ? , - "Z'U t be will." persisted th child; j Allda received him e-raclouslv.' tut , wl3 K ntniBtakable reserve of man- 1?? LJi-vfS i1 ' 'itte ffiT? .'irSj. VJE1 that lamiprcedt lead." , ' spoas m ne oiunx,' almost im - tP.?. "WW; that had becoma dir - ZTZLT ZZ . , ' ffi 2i Si! f I?iI2Ul,nl-rrom ? 'S& MaTwiJ?.np75tea anytWe?" S2-fiSaTffii S?nksf f, "Ji2K' Srrletohln0ttha ASTJf bowvi nvh niuh am Ji CZZL f,?wevr reason there may have .sM!btSL!.i!,.!? ! .umptlon. ",lu n" eni approval of their Pents they had seen much of each ether, and tv vMe.inM v. i aggresslvenesiTln enli. .nT"w" 1 business , life." and had anrown tn iMk 1 UDon btm Tlth the happy trustfulness. 1 n Pon whom she might lean and ton.. Even before U. departure" iSe 1 "There Is nothing you can aavr tt lndalred a little more gently; '-eC' After hi former remark she had giv en him one-quick, distressed look, and dropped her eyes to bar lap. she looked up when he spok again; ' and answered confusedly. "X don't know I feel that X don't know my own roJnd.1 Her air of graceful self-repose had vanished., ,-. ' .,. "William,".'-Sh continued with n pealing eyes, don't "lets tate,f anv thing serloua Perhaps we may again soma, day;, that Is I may be dlfferent--more Ilk myself, Aad then, you. may not care. for me after a while as you one did;, and '! rf f t 4, " She broke off suddenly; and mm, hi. steady xaxe. He drew hts hand heav- i try across his forehead.- and heaved a deep , sigh. "Yeu ar"a -pusal to i m,", he said "slowly; ft can't under- , sianu you. ts mere any one who has usurped my place; any on sis whom you car for .particularly?" n'. ,-, . "No on," sh , answrd.-vV . , 1 Now, X will be frank," he continued. with a aearching, look; "do. yon thlnk ngui, wnsn ' a nave orsams or liv ing a happy, useful life with you, 'and would reallss thoss dreams, that. you. without -any - apparent k reason, . - er through - gome ' empty f ancy shatter them and - dash .my hopes to the around?" 5 ,i,(r , t si ' She paled, and nervously- twisted her handkerchief. v "I. would not do . you the inlustIo she answered,' with a .slight quaver in ber voice, "to hav you marry m un-1 less I felt certain that X, loved von enough." , ',' i 5 1 f "AUda, 'what la th trouble?" be asked in th depth bf perplexity. .' - " "I teU you frankly, I don't know." . "Suppose X was a soldier?". "K poke a If he were uncertain of the venture, "x ,A . v - - - J "I confess that I Ilk soldiera" she answered simply, with a half-smile.,? ?"l knew there 'was some foolish no tlon,"f h ''exclaimed, with a heartv langh.. Sh flushed under th . eense of being twitted by him, and said. "I. don't know mat tnat is the case." "AUda, ' come." . he - coaxed; ''don't yon -remember th old day in Liver. pool? Why can we not b th ian. here r HI vole had a not of ten-. derness which sh could not under - Und. - , V ' , x , "William.'-sh answered resolutely, "t prefer that th conversation be up on another subject. You surely, will ', respect my wishes.". .- . He knit - his brow, ana once more fitf&SXttS do my bet to atone for th cauee of thcoolne. which has grown betw.cn US.-; u mat . cause , ir ut oi. a was,', honest and manly, and yet you trifle with me. There t no otner sudjccu ) Boms day soon I will know the reason ! for. all thta T1U then, I shall say good-bye. Let me ask you to be reas onable and considerate of ma ,' He pressed her hand, and left the house. She was weak and tremulous, : and slipped away to her. room, it was an ordeal which she had - dreaded; and now that it had passed there was no thought of regret; for sh rested In th sincerity of her heart t. .Poison ta rood. ' Psrhans you don't - realize that many pain poisons originate-In your food, but come day you may feel a twinge of ; dyspepsia that will con vine you. Dr. King's New Llfs puis are guarantees to cure en etcK- nee due to pomona or una; '"etea food or money bank. S5c. at it. II. Jordaa them. A Co.'s drag store. Try ; o I ' - , 1 ,-- ' , " f ' f 1 T 1 m "t " t "' . , Kx, ,j i i . .. , ... t 1. .. , . j i J . ( ttsi s "i u "1 ' ( tc::xbf"Ic: - ' .'rr:Yi. , :: .- :: C;:.vicf Co I: - dI ivol- t r.tcut, crr.o; r-Mr-rro rsic'.'r.. j LT; . City L?'htir.j Flint, , nrN.a A7rc--tt Hill Trrm ::::cn -Fhrit ALcr.2rb II. C YicizT Vcr! j Iterlrr riant.' -r. Chr.rlctt3 27. 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