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ail Li iJJ': V-dT J 1 r . . I . I I . .... I Tl 'A i ,! ,1 . , vol:, xv GRAHAM, N. C; THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1889 NO. 20. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. , ATTORNEY AT LAW, firef.ruihnro. N. C tf ill In at G rfvham on Monday of each week te attend to protessionai dosiuch. iocpjui ATTORNEY AT LAW . liHAII AM. m.v. Practices iu the male Cotirs .... , . ii.. - a- tttiii tn nil UU ittiiniuuy ruu ihwwi'wj -m tvuutrmsted to biui , DR. di VT WHITSETT, v VSurgeon Pentitjt, ' GREENSBORO," . - - ' - N. C will a1 viais Alamance. Calls in the country attended. Address me at nraanuhi.ru. I ; c v l JACOB A. LONW, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CtRAUAM. ... iV. C Mat 17. W. ' ADVERTISEMENTS. DON. T BUT, Sell or exohange any kind of new or second band Machinery, Bueifles, Ac, before db tainin prices from W. R. Burgess, Manager. Oreensboro, N. 0. Largo line fl Engines, Boiler. Mills. Shawns: w Doa-woraius rhlnerv,: (ireshers, XottonGina, Preasea Light Locomotives, Pole Road Lacomotivee, vt.niar.fMrlnra. Lnbiicatora. TobaceJ Ma chinery , Oib, almost any thing yon want at wholesale prices. . , , . Say what you want, mention this paper and fare money. ....... .Sept. 13, "67-1. SUFFOLK Collegiate" Institute. CHARTERED 1872. . , Preparatory, Practical or Finishing in Clasi"8, Mathematicn, Sdencet and the Fine Arte. , ' P. J.ESBNOELE. A. Kr Frinolpal' v Terms reasonable, "not h sexes admitted In distinct departments, v n The next session opens Monday, Bent. 17tn, 1888. Write to the principal for catalogue at Suffolk, y. w. tf. V. G. HUNDLEY, InsuraaceAgeat, GREENSBORO, N. C. Tire, LIFE, Accident. . "Ersnita . fialj . f ixst-Qloi Cosjam; I giOffice opposite the Court House, North Elm Street. . " Oct 13 tf Durham Marble Works, Whitaker & Hulin, Owners, . . aoecewors in B. i. Rogers. i Durham, N C. - IWMsrJiW. Oali at .Burlington, can bow you designs and glvt you prices. Ma 81y DOWN AROUND THE RIVER. hooo time and Jjfie tlma, down iround the bare to fume with "IJaej Ana but lairzyl I fee I (ctveherl Driref mo off Uie place, and says U all 'at she's vwlaliin', band o'Bmcioual tlme'Q come rilglt enough o I . (Uliln'l --.-. Little Dare a-cboppln wood, Dover pears to no boot know where she's bid tils bat, er fceerlo' . where his coat is- ' - Speealatln'. more'n like, h balnt a-goln' to mind me, And gwHln' where say twelve o'clock, a feller'd , likely nod ma Noon time and June time, down around' the . . river! , . dean out o' sight o home, and skulkln' under klvrer . ? Ot the syoamorea, jack oaks and swamp ash, and tdees all so Jumlled up, yon kin hardly tell 'em Tired, yon kr:ov, but lorln' it, and smilin' Just to . think 'at , i, -i - ,,.. , : Any sweeter tiredness you'd fairly want to drink 1L Tired o' flahin' tired o' full line out slock and slacker . AH you want In all the world's a Uttle more to- ,", . ' uockerl ' v .j - Hungry, but a-hldln' it, er Jes' a-not a keerln' Kingilsher glttln' up and skootlnfc out o' hearln'i Snipes on the t'other side, where the "County Ditch Is, Wadln' up and down the aldse like they'd rolled tneir ontcnesi Old turkle on the root klndosorto drappln' Intoo tb' water like he don't know hovr it happen! Worter, shades, and all so mixed, don't know which you'd orter - Say, th' worter In the shudder shadder in the worterl Somebody hollerln' Vny around the bend In Upper Fork where yer eye kin jus' , ketch the endm" Of the shiney wedge of wake some muss rat's a-makhr With that peaky nose o' hlsl Then a sniff o' ba- : con, - . Corn bread and 'dock pfreens and little Dave . . a-shlnnln', . Crast the rocks and mussel shells, a-llmplng and a-ertanine. With yer dinner fee ye, asxl a blessln' from the " elver, .. r , Noon time and June time, down around the rlverl Jaroes Whitcomb Riley. OLD MIL BINNEY. j. -t;-SHAW, JEWELER, SIEBANE, N.C., Dealer In watches, docks, Jewelry, ipee tacles, rre-glaseea, . - . l: n irT!Ta a specialty. Anyf- ' "t watch, clock, or piece rf frwelry 'nrrd at my Leoefe eai Dlly and r a you ran have it done anywher - nk ivnt tbmni(h the mail or ty m i pronii attention. i oujs uuiy, ; Octal "8JIAWV i . - w. T,T,T!TI . a k All their friends had said, when Mrs. Birmey diedt "Now what a good thing it would be if old Mr. Binney would marry Miss Bright I" Miss Bright had not been without her troubles, and very hard ones they had been, too, but she bore them with a brave heart, and carried a smilipg lace, ana naci a tnankiui spirit within her, striving always to remember her Diessings, anti now mwoii tiiey out numbered any evils she was called upon to bear. . . TrwlnAfl in lifiiian tn UTiaa Tlmoplif'fl showing, you would have countet? her as one or tlio luckiest persons ever born. She had had the kindest of friends, the most comfortable of situa tions, and the nrls she had taught were endowed with an ' amiability of disposition . which made it a positive pleasure to bo witn tlicm, The onlv accusation she could : bring agaiust them was that thev were all in such a lerrible hurry to grow up and got mameu, anu men miss tsngnt s occu natiou was cone, and sho liad to sten out into tlio world and And a fresh Held for her labors. As years rolled on, each ono adding to tlio scqro of Miss Bright's ago, these hunting grounds of instruction bo- camo more and more narrowed. Chil dren of 8 began now where girl3 of 18 U8eu to leavo oil, anu history ana ecocranliy. to sav nothing of thenarts of seech and grammar, were ail so altered, that poor little Miss Bright nati to acknowledge tliat at times sac really did feel auito confused. "Very soon I shan't be left with anything to teach, she used to say, pathetically: An1 f l.n Trtnn.r'a MnnliAitr Tu or some other good fellow who heard her. would declare sho should set up a school for wives, for there never were such' wives as the girls whom Miss .Bright had brought up. - KIio ' had taught Joe's wife, Sally, and her sis ter, and thousrh since then she had had other situations, at. holiday time. or whenever she was seeking employ ment, she always returned totho house of Dr. Brendon, their father. .W' When Mr. Biuuey dropped in, as ho frequently did, to inquire after his old friends, the BreiidorM, ho from time to time found Miss -Bright there; and happening in on the occasion of ono of her visits there, to bring the news that Mrs. Binney was ill, with no one whoso business it seemed to be to look after her, nothing was more nature! than that Miss Bright should volun teer; and a great comfort they found her. So the cheer ney herself was influenced in her fa vor, until, with an eye to their mutual comfort, Mr. Binney proposed- that Miss Bright should stay with them altogether. "Why notrhe said. "Wo could well afTord to pay her a salary." - But. this word salary,, acting like magic on Mrs, Binney; seethed to briugherto her acnses'im mediately. She would bo very glad to have Miis Bright as a visitor as long as she liked to stay, but as to living with them altogether no, she would not give her consent to that; she had always ob jected to having iu her house a thin party. It was then that Miss Bright's friends pulled very long faces indued. What would she dot they asked her. "Oh. sofnelhintr is sure to turn up. she would say hopefully. "Whenever 1 have come to my last ehi an open ing has always been made for me; and I am not going to despair now." And she said this ail the more em- cbaticaily. because, in spito of her confidence, she could not help feeling that a vole, which alio could not aull, kept reieating, "What will you do ten you crow older I Teaching will tret harder than ever." That was true enough, bat what else was there for her to dof When ifrs. Finney died, which hap pened quite sudilenly about a year be fore, there h&J ke-u some talk as to iliss lk-i?ht giiZ to II r. Binney a as housekeeper; but this proposition had been maiO without the knowledge or consent cf tUe principal person coo r . ..!, who, as Q kS ti.lt lilut i ; v. -,, ! vf 1 JL- IT. I " f 'r (- ' ! sprightly yet unobtrusive was beery little woman that Airs. Bin' Miss Bright, but ho had lost his thsto for matrimony. He remembered that he had spent forty excellent years with a wife, and, notwithstanding that ho was now a widower, he could not con scientiously say that he felt his state to be so unhappy. , .' : - ' Susan, the cook, respectable' and staid, would, he felt sure, manage his household properly, and if it proved that she should give way to extrava gance, as people seemed to Say'she would. Mr. Binney fancied that he could better put up with that evil than with too much of tlio economy from which he had suffered already. ; ' So all the hopes that, on the death of Mrs. Binney, Joe and Sally and the Brendops, had cherished for , Miss Bright, were ruthlessly dashed to the ground?; Evidently uht'Binucy was uot to have a successor. . "If we could but Lave got her there as housekeeper," .said two of those arch conspirators, , "the rest - would Iimvo been easy." But though they returned to the Ofr tack several times, no good canto of it. Mr.- Binney shared in their regret at the loss of Miss Bright's pupils, wondered, as Uiey did, . what would become of her, and, his visitors gone, , to make his sympathy apparent, ho sat down and wrote a kind little note, with a check for $50 folded within it : "He's an old stupid 1", said Sally; "and now. she. is going away alto gether, ever so far" for Miss Bright had had another piece of . news to tell. Au old pupil of early days had been 'recently left a widow, f her health was as delicate as her heart was kind, and when she made the proposition that Miss Bright should come and spend the rest of her days with her, it was not entirely of her own comfort that she had been thinking. Miss Bright had readily accepted her Offer, and she had written to tell Sally thai the next week sho should como up and see them. 'She could only stay a few hours with them when she came. The farewell visit was to be paid later. - "But I think," she said, as she was going, "that I will call on my way home, and say good-by to Mr. Binney, in coso I might not have another op portunity." , , ; ' - r . -' ' ".' . "Do," said Sally; and away she went -. : .-. : .v Vv ' Mr. Binney was at home. 'He had not been quite well lutely; nothing more than a cold, but it had kept him a pirisoner. Today he might have gone out, but ho had not felt inclined to, and. he gallantly said ho was glad to be in, as he should havo been sorry indeed to. have missed seeing Miss Bright. , . . "And so you are i-eally going to leavo us?" ho said, and almost regretr fully, too. "Well, you will be Very much missed. I don't know what the Brendons will do." "They will not miss mo more than I shall them," and tho bravo little woman mado tin effort that her yoico should not sound shaky; "but you know; Mr. Binney, I am not growing younger, am I?" - :; "No," ho said, "that i3 troo. I was saying the very same to mysolf of my self only to day." "Xes, only with men u aocs not seem to matter, but with women the thought always comes, with n littlo shudder than when wo get old and want a littlo quiet and rest, and. a comfortable arm chair by tho lire, there is a doubt whether we shall be ablotogetthem."'' Mr. Binney did not answer, and fear ing sho was saying too much about her own feeling3, sho altered her tono, which had been n littlo sad, and went on in her usual cheerful way: "But then I ought to feel so thank ful that this opening has been mado for ma I told them that I knew some thing would come; it has always dono so; Ihavo always been so lucky."' "it s your happy uistKisition maces you say bo. mv dear Alis3 tsnsrbt: a cbecnul spirit shortens the longest day. 1 wish 1 could follow your CX' ample. 1 often feci condemned at my want of contentment of gratitudo, 1 ought to say." . - i But that Miss Bnjrht would net al low. She reminded Mr. Binney of the many Kind actions be had done, and in her own auict way thanked him for tho thoughtful present ho had sent to her. "No.no. no; now you must not sneak of that," 4Ir. Binney hastily interrupt ed her: and tt civo a turn to the 'con versation, ho said tho "must havo somo tea, and, ringing to order it, ho hoped sue could stay. Well. res. sho thought sho could spare timo for -that indeed, to be tilain. sho. was not in such a very great hurry. Tho fact had been that Joe had hod an unexpected holiday, and she saw that, only lor her being there, he had como home to go out some where with Solly. "Sol bono that little fib I told you will bo forgiven me, for when I said that I was wanted at home, although it was quite true, perhaps I need uot bat for that have kftquito so early. But it was so iiico of Joo to come home. I do lovo to see husbands and wives companions to each other. "Ah. indeed, ves: that Ll tlioobiect of matrimony too often. I fear, lost sight of in our duy by tho younj and the old, loo. But Miss Bridget did not agree. "No, she knew so many united couple. There were the Brendons now" But at this moment tho tea was brought in, and iiias Bright asked should sho pour it out. Her otfer was accepted. "Only," aaid Mr. Biune'y,' "you mut tako otf your cloak, or you won't feel the good of it when you go; and your bonnet, loo wouldn't you U more comfortable without tltatT Miss Bright said "No," she rou-'d not take her bonnet off. "Haven't a cap with yon. I sup pose f" said the old gentleman, slyly. "Yes, indeed 1 havo present (mm Sally end very becoming cue, too."" "X'ut iton. lhcn, and let mo pass my opinion." Miss Bright hastened to otxr, and wh- n sho came for his infrrtimi the i cmiie on her face and tho t-ft pink in her cbctk mailo her look leu years "V n' esiJ, "now wltat do voa !' : '; tf IT' , "I think if you take my advice you Will never wear an v other." "Really." and she laughed softly; "but it is for high days and holidays, you know I" and she tiptoed to. look in the chimney glass, saying that it cor tainly .was a very pretty cap, and then hhe sat down to pour out tho tea.' "The best tea things I" she said, admir ingly: "1 am sa fond of pretty china I" And then, searching in the sugar basin, the added: "1 havo not forgotten that you like two lumps of sugar, you see" Mr. Binney smiled complurontly ; a feeling of well being and comfort took possession of him. - Of a certainty it was very pleasant to have a congenial romebody to bear one company-rone who could talk well, listen well, and hold her tongue well, if . necessary. " Experience had assured ' him of that, Miss Bright possessed each of these good qualities. -When she had stayed there, when Mrs. Binney was first ill, their evenings had passed very pleas antly, and recalling the things they had done, ho naked "Do you often play chess now?" ; ' "No. nover.V -. . . - "Oribhage, backgammon?", ' "I've no one to play with; That is one thing in my going away," and she swallowed a sigh "my evenings will ,be loss lonely. , --' -u i ; . 1 , "Ah, yes; I find tho timo very long after dinner. '.. 1 don't like to go to bed before half past 10,. although I. often feel inclined to." -j-j, , ; , "And the days draw in so quickly now there is no afternoon it is ail evening, which reminds me that it is getting time for me to go, for it takes me quite an hour to get to the station." . "Not in a carriage?" r - 4 " "No, but I'm going to walk; it is quite nno and dry, and if J feel tired at the Conway road I shall wait at the corner for the omnibus passing," Miss Bright began to put on her bon net Mr. Binney walked to tho win dow; for a minuto he looked out,' then he rang tho bell.. - - - -' "I Bhall go with you as far as the Conway road." . - . ., , . "0, Mr. Binney I . No, pray don't j think pf such a thing; it might give you a cold, and there isn't the slight est occasion I am so accustomed to eo about alone. ' - .,:' But Mr, Binney remained firm; his hat and coat were brought to him; and away the two set oif together. They ' chatted pleasantly as they walked along. , "I shall hope to como and sco them all sometimes," ilisa Uright said. ' I know ns long ns t Brendons have a home they will take mo in. "And remember that eo long as I have a house there will be room for you in it" -; .. "That is very kind of you, ' Mr. Binney, sho said, softly. "1 am sure I do not know why peoplo are so good tome." ''' :f,j-;'i. : . " Mr. Binney apparently was no bet ter ablo to inlorm her, and they walked on silently until the Conway road was reached. , ' "Now, then," snid Miss Bright, "hero wo say farewell," mid sho held out her hand, but-Mr. Binney did uot take it; ho was engaged in hailing a carriage- ho saw: then he drew out his nurse, a! id Miss Bright know that he intended ccttliug with tho man for the faro. Sho shook her head at him re provingly. Mr. Binney gave tho directions to tho driver, and then ho held out his hand, hesitated, oncned tho door, and said, "I don't see why I should not, go with you as far as the station." At tho railway station they hod but rt very short time of waiting. Miss Bright stood near tho carriago which sho hod chosen ; nothing remained but to say good-by and enter. "And vou will let us hear how you get on?" for she hod not said sho was coming up again. "0 1 shall often write to tho Bren dons and Sally. - You will hear of mo wrougu mom. : 1 . . . "And I hope very much that you will be comfortable and happy." Miss Bright tried to smile, but her eyes filled rapidly,' and to hido the tears she half turned away. , , , "I wish you were not obliged to go away. Couldn't anything be man aged for you ?" Sho shook her head sadly. "No " sho said; "I tried everything I coMld" and here a sob would come "but nobody seemed to want me." - "I I want youl" Mr. Binney was stammering out his words excitedly. "Miss Bright can you will you stay for me? Could you consent to become Mrs. Binney?" "Mrs. Binney I F everything seemed to swim around her "but, Mr. Binney, such an idea nover once oc curred to mo." "I am very sure of that, my dear," bo said, earnestly, "and it has taken somo time to como to me, or I should have made the offer long ago; how ever, better late tlian nover that ia, if you will accept me." "O. but I think it is so rood of yon and you feci sure that I can make yon hanpyt What will thoBreodoiui and Bally say T : "Say that I am more lucky than I deserve to bo for not asking you be fore. Now 1 understand why I wouldn't consent to your being my housekeeper; I was wanting you for my wife, you know." Miss Bright held up bcr hands in dismay. . "O my I" sho cried, "there's the train otf gone, I declarer "What of tliat, if it is? Another will soon follow, and 'while we are waiting for it we can arrange our plans und fix the day." And if any one wuhes to know how it a!) ended lean satisfy their curiosity by telling them tliat a more happy, cheery couple never were seen than the present Mr. and Mm Binney. Bostou True Flag. 1 tVaatad Hmhi t Rally. An id vrteran relates a peculiar military dialogue he h.icned to in the course of one of the Lat Jr-s of the re bellion, I forget which. The soldier was goiug oil the field too hatil v, and tlio provost guard cri'il, "I (alt!" Vuntr "V ounwn ",Na" "bickr "No." "WLat stiieinattf rr "lam "- 1. 'i 1 mt i.) c ito tLe rear to A DOUBTING THOMAS. The Way a Western Man Sat Down on a ; WlialliisT Captain. ; . ' -; We had been in Now Bedford ten or twelve days, and had selected our par ticular sea captain and listened to half a dozen of .his yarns without betraying the slightest cvidencaof doubt of any statement, when a stranger from the far. west arrived and rather forced his presence upon our coterie. ; We were bn the back veranda of the hotel, Ave or six of us and tho old whaler, and the latter had just started in on a story, when tho westerner came out of the smoking room and drew up a chair... . L,v" " . "Now,! go ahead, " captain;" ho brusquely observed, as ho lighted a fresh cigar. ' ; , "Well, gents," began tho captain, after on uneasy look, around, "1 was going to toll you about a whale as" . "What, species of whale?" inter rupted the stranger.: "There are sev-' erul species, you know, and you had better designate." 7 ' : ;'- ' , "A right whale, sir." 7 '' " "OhlT That's all right; goaliead." "Wo wore lying to and drifting while trying out a fish captured the day before, and the wind was from" "Was this on Lako Erie or tho At lantic ocean? put in tho stranger. 't , "On the Atlantic, of course." . "Then J am with you. I didn't know but you were whaling on the lakes. Better . locate the spot a little closer, however." , '. "It was off the coast of Brazil," re plied the captain in an indignant voice. '.'That will do, but is a long coast 'Go ahead, and nover mind which way the wind .blow." J , - ' "We wcro drifting, as" I said," con tinued the captain, as he swallowed a lump in his throat "when the man at the masthead called"- ' - "Excuse me, captain," Interrupted tho stranger, "but if all hands were trying out why did you have a lookout at tho masthead?"' -s-"Let him goon I" called two or three voices.: . ' "Oh, certainly, but he must bo sure of his' facts. Go on, captain, you had a man ut the masthead, where he didnlt bclosg at the time, but perhaps you managed things tliat Way.' He suddenly sighted a whale, didn't he?" The captain would have retired, but we looked at him so appcalingly that ho decided to make ono more euort. "The lookout hailed the deck and said that a largo whalo was bearing down on our starboard broadside,'' he said, after two or three swallows. , "I at once leaped" ' V "Say. captain," softly inquired tho stranger, "wus the lookout a man of veracity?" , "Of course ho was I" "All right then j but I havo known lookouts who would lio like a trotting hoi'C; shout whales. Oo on. You were going to say that you leaped overboard. What happened then?'' ' "Gentlemen, I can'tstand this," pro tested tho captain, as ho roso up. "What's tho; mutter?" asked ; the stranger. ' ' ' " "You seem to doubt my word, sir." "Lands olive I but how did you get that idea? Oo tho contrary, I havo the most entire faith in what you say. By tho way, captain, , what year, month and day of Jho week was this? What was tho iiumo of your ship? Are any of the crew willing to go before a mag istrate and niako aU'aduvit? I should also like" But the captain had turned his back and walked away, and "our pleasant old liar never returned to us. He had been smothered by tho stranger, and wo had to hunt up and listen to the yarns of a mate, who couldn't tell a yarn without his faco giving him away every time he ' pulled a leg of truth out of joint New York Sun. ' Night Air Better Than Fool Air. An extraordinary fallacy is the dread of night air. What air can we breathe at night but night air? Tlio choico is between pure night air from Without and foul air from within. Most peo plo prefer tho latter, an unaccountable choice What will they say if it is proved to bo true that fully one-half of all tho diseases we. suffer from are occasioned by peoplo sleeping with their windows shut? An open window most nights in the year can never hurt any ono. In great cities night air is often the best and purest to bo had in twenty-four hours. 1 could better un derstand shutting tho windows in town during tho day than during tho night, for the sake of the sick. - Tlio absence of smoke, the quiet all tend to make night tho best timo foe airing the pa tient One of our highest medical au thorities on consumption and. climate has told me that the air of London is never so good as after 10 o'clock at night Always air your room, then, from the outside air, if ptMsible. Win dows are made to open, doors are made to shut truth which seems extremely difllcultof apprehension. Every room must be aired from without every pas- sago from within. Sanitary World. w It Wlli Kot Occur Aynln.. There is a certain young lady in Americua, Go., who will never eat much supper if n young man cats with her on an invitation to do so; but when she retires for the night will tako a biscuit or piece of .bread and munch it after lyingdown. One night last week she hail a visitor arid diJn't eat On retiring she took a large number of sweet cakes, nd when she ate enough-fell asleep, liow long alio slept no one knew. She awakened the house srimmingata heart break ing rate, and the people thought she was being murdemL . In ruahod big brother and a married sister, tlte talL.-r with lamp. The young lady was in bed yelling, Oh, don't I" and other articulations ot lerror. Tlie brother ran and imlled off the covering, when out tumrml two r three rata and down fell pieces of the cake. The girl fainted because of tlio mis scampering brer her. Slie was frightened nearly into convulsions Uii'l gave vent to her terror tn tlio ear MUtiiijr screams. I no ays she is alas troiu? to eat her supper nl the ti'oic Ik-ivuI it, if tVr area duzen young nun there. Chi cago IlemlJ. The Thing- That's Cheap. This is most assuredly the atre whori tho children have to look after thd morals of tho parents. ' I suppose sinco "little , Lord Fauntleroy we will have tho kids talking to their fathers and their grandfathers and giving them tho best of advice. .,WelL they need it; it doesn't matter who gives it to them. - I(, does not require any special faculty or education, to give advice. .Anybody can give.lt Atraiitikruli rrSvAS il Kn aw1s-v, 1 r Ann V T VI WU T Lllll Iti UUI lalWllJ take it nobody 'takes it. ' If people took advice what a bore . the world would be. Now if vou have a Bore eye and somebody tells you to rub it wiiu a goiu ring, unu yvu ruu it anu St cures it whut becomes of tho follow who is waiting to advise you to rub it with borax,'' oruse cold water band ages, or apply some patent sal vol Of course tliey.wiij ,aii tell you to try those various remedies even after it is cured, and I know one fellow-who wanted logo over to tho drugstore and buy a box of salvo for me week after tho eve was well. '. But this was a moral point that was raised. He was going away with his mother, and his lather, was saying "Good-by", at tlio station. He was looking' appro priately blue and .his male friends were rallvintr him. . f i u i "That's all right YouH see some pretty woman to-morrow anu begin to flirt with her and you won't miss your wire very much." j ,s ;. - . . ; . : The small boy was emphatic. ; "Say,' he said to the speaker, "if you sco my father gettin' stuck on. anybody . while mamma's away you go right in and cut him ouC'-Hsan, Drancisco Chronicle. ' 1 1 : Save In tb Faring. : , The loss of the war ships at Samoa was a tern bio blow to tho navy. Three gallant men-of-war sunk in a night, and the navy already short of good ships! The situation aroused the pa triotism of the whole country at oe. and the - misfortune was - bewailed throughout the land. .Tho secretary of the navy has, since. tho disaster, been in receipt or numerous letters of condolence, encouragement and sug gestion, referring to ways and means for retrieving the losses. , But none exhibit more touching earnestness of patriotism than the following, sent by a littlo niaiden of Reading, Pa., where war ships are myths, it was written neatly and was straight to the point, OS folIOWS; , til '-.I. -j ,-';.,n "Mr. Tract My cousin was on the war ship, and she said the sailors wasV ed the potatoes, and I thought if they took thinner parings you might build a shin to send , where the others trot lost I am only eleven, but I can take thinner parings, s My mother docs not know I am writing this." 4 . - ; The secretary's private secretary, Mr. Raymond, called his attention to this letter, and he directed tliat it be sent to the bureau of provisions and clothing. A reply was sent to the lit tle girl, thanking her for her sugges tion. Tlio letter was Aled in tho ar chives of the department, bearing on its back these words, stamped in red ink; "Referred to the Bureau of Pro visions and Clothing." Washington Star. . . :'- She -Sam pled .". Ono very warm night last summer I happened to be standing in the back yard of a representative rookery in Clabber ' alley, near an old chicken coop. The moon was shining upon the coop, and as I stood in the shadow of tho house I noticed tho head of a gray and grizzled rat thrust from a neighboring rathole, and concluded to watch tho inovemonts of the veteran. After a careful survey of the surround ings, tho old rodent made a cautious .exit from the home retreat and moved cautiously to a pan of water standing near. Presently five half grown young ones rushed out and raced to see which was the, first to tho water. The old rodent seemed much alarmed, and, with a bound, leaped to the edge of thjf pan, raised herself on ber haunefces and bit and scratched at her oflsprihg whenever they attempted to reach ;the pan: Presently I learned the reason of the mother rat's actions. After she bad succeeded in chasing the young ones back into their hola, she; wet tier whiskers in the water, looked rather suspiciously about, and sipped the water very cautiously, as if to learn whether or not it contained poisonous or deleterious matter. Then, after a satisfied glance all round she gave a squeak, and the five young rats came running out and all drank their fill. The noise of the sergeant's club at the corner of the house frightened them off and I had to go. St Louis Globle-Dcmocrat - Boyal Deadhead. When the Prince of Wales and his wife wish to go to the theatre notice is given to the manager, who prepares his largest box or knocks two boxes into one for the royal party, and sets aside another box for their suite. If the boxes have already been sold the persons purchasing are Informed that they sro wanted for royalty and are requested to call and get their money back. Half a dozen programmes are printed on colored satin, a lot of bou quets are purchased for the ladies, and an immense amount of scarlet cloth is ns&l in decorating the bouse. Tho manager receives the part j personally. Tho ruling of the curtain is delayed until the royal party is ser.tcd and the orchestra plays "God Save the yueen." At intervals during the performance refreshments are sent up to the royal box. All this Li ot the expense of. the nianagetncut Chicago Tribune. Pais Leaf Bate. Palm leaf hats are rnatle from palm leaves, mostly shipped from Cubs to this country in bunches of twenty-five each. Asdeliveml the leaves arc from four to five feet long. They are taken to tlio bleaching housn, and, after a process of brintone blcacliiiiir. the leaves are split into strips or a kind of straw; after the straw is ready to bo worked laUi haK ail the work is dono by hand. It is li-t t work, and a nim Lio Cnrt-il firl of 10 or 1".' can ( ; m a-i rt.u. 'i in a c.iv as an '..It wv - . . . : V. . A WOMAN WITH 6RIT. Holding; tier Cabin Acalnst Frontier BaP Sana with ttaa Aid ot Her log ' Talk about women going out to the homestead act at Oklahoma," a Thespian on the Rialto, with a lower" register sneer, "there goes a demure" light of the drama who has beeri through more pioneer perils than half the men who como back east witll 'scalps and fairy tales." Just then th demure- member ""walked placidly by; Large, thoughtful eyes, bearihg ex- . tremcly quiet, regular features and a queenly figure, and all belonged td the. actress May Frances Stetsons And the Thespian rattled ahead witll hisstory. ...v - - " r You would ncver dream that the" heroine of his tales of border perils, hairbreadth escapes and frontier mis-1 eries could be embodied in such a dig. nifled and gentle frame. tTell you how it was.1 She hails' from Maine and went out to Dakota to" capture one of the homestead bargain ' offered there. Tliat was iu 1880, about . the beginning of. summer. She had been through some preliminary train-' ' ing for the stage, but hadn't money enough to keep on with her studies ' and she took a fancy to try the rapid transit road to wealth through - 'claim' in the west Experience? Nov') nothing- but grit a Russian-' blood' hound and a live barreled revolver. That was her stock in trade. She lo cated her 160 acres about twelve miles from Fargo rolling land, surronnded ,by leagues of waving prairie. ; "She began by moving a log cabirf there to live in. Then she contracted -to teach a school, the first in that Ite nighted region. It was six miles from! her cabin, and this distance she walked twice a day, the prairie grass for over" three miles being neck high and the primeval snake acting as her only es cort , , "MeanwhileJ Flo that's the blood houndheld the fort at the cabin, ami i the Cabin never got far away while Flo was in command. One eveningabotit dusk. Miss Stetson heard one of Flo's peculiar and ominous growls. The" dog never growled unless there Wo business on hand. So -her mistress r ' sponded and found three villainous1 looking Sioux Indians trt the rear of the cabin. They were , the worse for fire water and asked for food as a bluff This was her first introduction to the ' copper colored gentry. - "As she started for some meat and! a revolver the Indians drew their knives and entered. The odds were heavy and their purpose was clear.- As the leader advanced with knife raised. , she let him have it in the heart and he dropped. Flo got her cue and fas tened on number two's throat with deadly grip. Number three took to" . the woods. Sho buried tho redskin next day and kept on with her school. Flo saved her lifo several times after that once' when a tramp ' pulled tt -razor in return for a breakfast, taking: ; Miss Stetson entirely off her guardv He , managed to make a nasty cut in her arm before Flo got her lines, but when the did it was all over for ther tramp in one act She had a man all ready" for tho undertaker before she left his throat ! ; . "A third time Miss Stetson had loft Flo in charge of tho cabin and goner . galloping over the prairie, five mile ' away, for some oil. Evening had nearly set in. She had scarcely starV ed on her way back when one of those beastly but brilliant prairie storm came on. Chain lightning spans the , skies, and from its forks drop great balls of electric fire. You think it's the bombardment of Sumter. Then follow rain in torrents and darkness heavy and dense as lead. She lost her' way and entered a gulch. The water rose and rose, and . death seemed eer tain, when Flo's bark was heard like an angel's voice. The dog had made' up , her mind that something wa wrong, and stopped playing sentinel long enough to save her mistress the, third time. Locating the voice of dis" tressshe soon brought relief from s) belated party on tho road. ' "Miss Stetson and the hound went through tlio entire Dakota bill o fare including' Indians, washouts, starvaf . tion and prairie fires. Twice Flo wa' shot and tier mistress nursed ber back to shape again. But Miss Stetson . mado her point She hung to it like grim death till she mado the land payt sold out at a good figure and sUrtedl east again with money enough to ro ahead with her dramatic studies uncos' Hudson and Emerson at Boston. "And Flo? Well, the jfoor hoirndl was left with people in Chicago who didn't fancy tier unconventional way of running the neighborhood, ana they shot her while sho was fast asleep. They knew nothing coal J kill her if sl- were awake. It, trt moat broke Miss Stetson's heart. . Site never forgave those "Chicago cowards- for murdering' her lifo preserver. Ko York World. - Ola Qaestloae aad As A laughable illustration of howsrt per causes a man to make' himself ri diculous is given in the following in cident from a German newnpapcr: Banker Rosenthal rlir-xlctf hi book keeper to address a sharp Mlcr to Baron Y , who had promised sev eral times to pay what bo rwed and had as often neglected to drvsot When tho letter was wTittrn'it did not please Banker Rosenthal, who i very excitable, and ho arrgrily peiMtcd the following: Dua Baoa T : Wbo waa K that promhrt to par up cm hm Ha of Jan-tary? Ym wr iW Benjo. you ar II met&. W bo mtm k iAt pmm. kvd Ihra umrum in M of Harvhr . n f drar ham. Wbo was It Out di-Ju me'" cm t In ot Msrcbf Yea. uij cUnr Uroa W bo- hi tw Uv-a. who baa hmtci l.M word tvtcv aii ..J onssitlmted sraiIrWr Dr. Squire, rlirsi.-i.tii t.y t'o i London HoepiuU f-r V' -giving evklenco Iv-fore t v; :. corriniission, suid that no ymrt.r the total number of deri'l i -.ri - tfii'ors. 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The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.)
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June 20, 1889, edition 1
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