VOL. XV.
GRAHAM, N.C., THURSDAY,; OCTOBER ,10, 1889.
NO. 36.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
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' ' Greensboro, iV. C.
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HKAII AM. N.O. .
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tessutrasted to him
DIS. G. W. WIIITSETT,
Surgeon Dentist, ' '
GREENSBORO, - - ,-N.C.
Will nlso visit Alamance. Calls in
the couu try attended. Address me at
Greensboro. dec 8 tf
JACOB A.. LOIVC,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
GRAHAM, . ' . N. A
May 17. '88.
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MAMMY'S 8TORY.
Ah. well do I raeaO bow, b the happy olden days.
I sat beside the aarsery flre and saw tbe hickory
blase;
While I heard the wind without, sad tbe splash
ing or toe rain.
And the broad njagnoUar (spaing at tbe dripping
window pane,
When mammy, rooking alo ly. with the baby on
" Dermee,
Told many a wondrous story "Jus ea true as
' tmeoouid ber" ,-.-.,:. . r
"WeO, eaee dar was two leetie boys, Jeema and
. Jobaay Wood; - . -
An'Jetiras wua bed es bad could be an' Johnny
be wu good. . - ' f "
Delr ma, she bad a bag o' got' hid in de cubby
An' Jeema he fouo' It out an' all dat heape'
money stolel
An' den be run away, so fas be los'a rubber
shoe,.
An' teT his ma as' br'er so poo", dey dunno what
toooi .
"WeO, Johnny, for Us poo' mamma, be wuoked de
oes' ne could.
Tel onus she sent him to de swamp to chop some
oser wood; T .
An' dar a lot o' 'gators come er free, er fo', er
' Bel '. - ....-.::'
An' de biggest gobbled Johnny up, an' awollowed
bunalirel . - ,j i .
AD dar, inside de critter's maw.'whot did he be
hoi'
But de odder Injy rubber shoe, and' his madder's
bago'goi'l
"Well-den be tuck his leetleaz, an' right away he
.. back : .... - .
Tel he chop a mons'ous hole right frougb the
'gators ugly back I
Den out be pop an' nebber stop tal be reach bis
. . mudder'e doo -
An' be poured de shlnln' money dar, right on de
parlor floo't -Row,
honoy I "member dis, from detale yon Jes
been to!' " . ....(.''.. .., : .-
De bad, dey alius comes to bad an- de good, dey
. gludegol'l" : i-
. Susan ArcharcT Weiss In St. Nlcholsa.
AN ANGEL UNAWARES.
0RAn4Il COLIiEGE.
FOB BOTH SEXES.
Session opens Sept 3. Ternw per
month 2, $3, 14, 4.50, payable quarter
y. Board per montb $8.60, including
turn '.shed room and wood cut ; $6 per
month for those boarding five days per
week. Payable monthly.
I , -Boarding, .department will :be ' in
i Charge of Mrs J. U. Newman. -
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' CAL AND INSTRUMENTAL .
MUSIC.
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jy4tf i Graham, N.O.
ED. R. HARDEN, DRUGGIST
Gralum, N. C.
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'Mother, must I do it." The sweet
voice that spoke these words was very
pathetic, and the lovelv child face was
clouded with an expression of fear.
Her listener sighed sorrowfully.
"Mvdarlinff vouknow'whvl ask
you to be brave. ? - . (,... ..;;
the little tnrl cast an exDressive
glance at a closed door adjoining the
shabbily furnished room in whicli this
conversation took place, and said with
evident effort:
Yes. 1 know whv-and I. will trv
to De goou ana not to mind so much
for father's sake.?. . .' ..i. i".:
Perhaps a few of the rJavfroers who
frequented the pretty little V'Sotbern"
theatre missed the handsome jeujie
premier, wno lor a lew weeks had
been lucky enough to be engaged
mere in a popular cornea v. out nrob-
ably they would have been little af
fected by the news that owincr to an
accident, he was now unable to act by
the irony of fate, just when, after
ears of patient work in the provinces.
e seemed likely to obtain tie share of
rccuinuuun anu success nis unaouDT-
ed talent deserved.
Jack Hesseltine had alwavs had an
irrepressible love for the stage. He
was a gentleman by birth and educa
tion, and when his spendthrift fntW
died, leaving him alone m the world
with very slender means, it was . natu
ral enough that he should follow his
own bent It must be owned that he
was imprudent, for he married very
voung, and married a girl- that -had
lost her heart to him at a country the
atre, and who was disowned by her
family in consequence. She had
neither talent nor inclination for .her'
husband's vocation, which was for
tunate, as he had no desire for his wife
to act, but she wasa charming woman,
able to make their poor- borne a hap
py one, and ho never gave her cause
to regret the union for which she had
sacriticed so much. . t
. Their only child Sybil was . now
6 years old, and of a beauty so rare and
delicate as to cause the sternest land
ladies to melt and the most obdurate
creditors to soften when they saw her.
She was literally the idol of both pa
rents, and when the first welcome
gleams of success came, their first
thought was that they would be able
to give their one treasure a trood edu
cation and a permanent home. For a
few months things had looked very
bright, and then, just at the end of the
season. Jack had a fall and dislocated
his knee. It proved to be a. Jong,
troublesome busineasr and it was, of
course, impossible for him to get an en
gagement. As bad luck would have
it, tuo tfolnorn" was changing hands, 1
and the aaaager, to whom he owed ,
much kindness, had gone to America. ',
It had been a hot summer, but the. -
Hesse 1 tines had been obliged to give
up their pretty little house in St.
John's Wood, and to tro into inexnen-
, si ve lodgings. They would have been
Better on in wo country, out Jack
was so sanguine o speedy recovery,
and so fearful of having to return to
the old drudsserv if he once left Lon-
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uou, unit ne insisted upon
tofld felt immediately that here was
my very ideal. ' 1 saw Mr. nesseltine
in 'Fa to,' and feel sure that his daugh
ter is sure to have talent . If she
proves as satisfactory as 1 imagine, 1
. would gladly pay her well, for I am
my own manager at present."
i Amy turned pule.- "JNeiiher my
husband nor I ever intended Sybil for
the stage,' Miss Desnuges. I am not an
actress, but I know quite enough of
the life behind the scenes to wish to
keep my little girl away trom the foot
lights: . If you can spare a lew min
utes I. will go to my husband, but 1
am almost sure tiiat iiia opinion will
coincide with my own strong feeling
in the matter. - I hope be will be able
to come in and see you himself."
- While they sat waiting the 1 young
auiiNtr. wno naa una, marked fea
tures and melancholy eyes, took up a
framed photograph from the table.
Viola Desauges leant 'over his chair
and looked at it intently, with a soft
expression stealing over her beautiful.
weary face. "It is like a dream to mo
to think that my play will soon be
brought out with you as its heroine,"
said Horace Melton, alter - a pause.
;"Like all poets. I have mv aueer fan
cies, and I cannot help thinking that
'such a child as this must bring good
fortune, with ber. She is like one of the
; visions of the old masters of the angels
i watciimg round tne Upiy unilu.
', Miss Uesantres sitrnea. mere was
.something odd ana unworldly about
; this young man. no naa a strange
-way of speaking Ins thoughts aloud
that fascinated her by its simplicity. '
She felt thtit he at least believed her to
be a. good voman, and his faith in
her was more precious than the in
cense poured at her. feet by a host of
i adorers, to all of whom sue was enual-
- . . - . . i . ,
ly cold., tiut deep in her heart there
was one Overniasterino; love burning
like a nerce name, and sue felt that,
bound in honor as she was to a man
whom she' had learned to despise, if
ne who nod inspired this strong pas
sion pleaded ho would not . plead in
vain. All these thoughts flitted th rough
her brain as she sat there. Simple
and poor, as were all her surround
ings, she knew intuitively that sho
sho sat up in ber crib with her golden
curls all ruffled. ;
''Mamma, darling mamma, don't go
away and leave, papa and mo. Oh I
take us with you; we cannot be left
alone,' wo love you so dearly.
. As she said this she clung round tbe
neck of the mother who was going , to
forsake her, and the victory was woiu
The curtain fell as Viola Desanges
threw off her heavy traveling cloak,
and sat down holdiug the tiny hand
inherown.- v , , ..: ,j. ,
"Go to sleep, sny baby j I will' stay i
and take cars of you si way." ".. . ,vi (
. Then me husband, who has been
an unseen witness, comes forward
with his full forgiveness, and all ends
happily. - ; :,
' Wiseacres oxnressed doubts as to
the success of "Passion Flowers,", It
was too simple, too poetical, too som
ber; in fact thero was no end to the
charges brought against it and Ho
wies Melton ' sometimes desponded.
XoIbo Miss Dcsangca, 1 -!f .? ; . r ;
: "1 . tell you I am sffre of the ver
dict," she said to him - again and
again. "I have never had apart 1
like so. well. As to Sybil, sho . is
unique; that utter simplicity and that
face must take the audience 'bjr storm.
I know audieuccs so well."' .
r It was a gray, chilly October' even
ing, and a tall, distinguished looking
man was sitting alone in a luxurious
'room in Piccadilly writing rapidly.
Ho was pnlo and 'agitated, and bis,
hand trembled as ho wrote. ; Hugh
Errington was rich,' f red and ' gifted,
yet ho was most unhappy. The only
son of good parents, lie had been a
good man in spite of all temptations. "
But then he had never known the
real force of temptation until he dis
covered that the pussiou against which
he had silently battled for ycars was'
returned. Ho could scarcely remember
the time when he brad not loved Viola
Desanges, but ho was a man of honor,
and he knew that she was ; marrifd.
Latterly she had been more miserable
tban usual, ana then olio memorable
night each had guessed the secret of
tho other, and the knowledge had'
brought a bitter 'sweet rapture that
was more liko pain than gladness..'!
Was in a honnv home, contrastnia: Viola .was the Btroiicror now. since n
xuy ueeaciuiJUB iuh,iunuuaijr w.lu I llLLltJ uuiuuil uuinju ' U3Ut7IHr IIUU
her own splendid misery. .... . taught lier sweet lessons of patience
jtieanwnne, in pie next room; Amy ana lorgivcness. btio was learning to
was hurriedly explaining to her hus- be bravo in her rcsicnation. Bat
baud what bad' happened. At lirst
his negative was as emplmtio as her
own, but she could see that his father
ly prido was much gratified by tho
visit of the great actves3. "If you will
give me my crutches I will go in and
see Miss Desanges myself, ,r and in
spite of his crutches Jack looked fjo
handsome wbcu , he made his appear
ance that ho inspired both visitors
with very sincere pity. Miss Desangos
plunged - into. business at once, exer
cising all her powers of persuasion,
until at last the parents vieldcd.
It was not any love of art that made
tnem consent poor things. Even
Jack had no wish to see Sybil on the
stage, but there was the liauutiiiL' con
sciousness of debts that were too hon
est not to desire to pay, and the fear
of still more-grinding poverty in the
near future, - Miss Desanges was sim
ply delighted wheu sho had gained her
point; sue was so rich that she could
well afford to be generous, but the
terms she oirerctl were far higher than
alio had at first iiiteudod.
"remaps - mis. tiessciuno, you
would kindly bring her down tr 11100.1
the theatre to-morrow, .at about 12
o'clock, just to try lier. 1 nm not
afraid. Crood-by, Mr. Iie3senino;
get well and we must see if wo cannot
liud ytfu u place in our corn nan v.
They say Mr. Vauficld is to be married
to an lieiross eoou, and if tin's is true
he will retire and leave a vacancy.
You liuve done nio a renl servico; uud
I shall not soon forxfct it
. It took Mrs. liesiioitiiio n long whilo
to explain all this to Sybil, although,
like most only children, she was older
man nor years. Byuij was qutto fa
miliar with theatres, and : had often
seen her father act but she had her
own euaiut idea, upon tho subiccL
and sometimes talked about tho cruel
people wJk clapped and laurlicd at
papa when he was well, and forgot
him when he was ill aud suderitig.
Bite adored hnr father, and when sho
onoe grasped the idea that if she were
a good girl aud did wind, sho wr.s told
she would have monry enough to buy
him ail sorts of nice thing, sho con
sented to try. Her little heart almost
faiJud'hcr when sho was tukcti to tho
theatre, but she was quick end clever,
and learned the for words of her part
so rapidly that M:3 Desanges was
more thun satisfied. '
It gave Amy luelUns a thrill to
hear tiie clear little v ico C3 tho ntood
half hidden in tho wings, but; let her
veil fall over her fare, as eUe silently
prayea for hef daffing' pravers that
aue nugur. pv Kept pure ana spotless
Hugh Errington had grown ' harder
ana mora reckless sinco he knew th
truth, and now, on the first night of
"Passion Flowers" ominous nahio-1-
he was forgetting honor,1 forgetting
uriut-j aim iut .-juiiiii uio rjgiiv patu.
in nis uanu no now ueia the seal
cd letter that implored Viola De
sanges to leave London, to Icavo tho
world with him.. A bouquet lav be
side him, and ho carefully fastened
the iote among the roses which con
cealed it Half nn hour later ho was
With two or three other men in
small high box at tho Parthenon. It
all seemed Uke a confused, ldlodream.
Ho bowed and smiled to his ncouaint-
ancea, and talked abstractedly to those
who wero with him.. This time to
morrow ras place would bo vacy3t
his- story the talk, of the town, ana
honest men woald Havo no part or lot
'i'i,n ..r.i... 1
as Viola De.sunges had foreseen.' it
was received with . crowintr favon
The cnUcs , agreed that she had
surpassed herself, and even Hugh
Errington was. coniscious of an inex
plicable chango in her. . ' ; , ; ; '
Utile Sybils -entrance mused .hua
from A. mmt-in n.iu Iia fallvi,.,! I. a
everv movement with livi-il ntt..i.tlni.
Bhe brought back to his remembrance
a picture that had hung over-, his bed
in 1110 01a halt when ho was a boy,
tho picture of a child angol with a
whit lily in its hand. Ho remoinbnr-
ed how he liked to fiiucy it a cuttrd-
lan spirit when ho foil asleep at night
What hatLsuch tbouchts as theso to
do with the present Ho had chosen;
it wan too late. . No. not vet too lata.
Tho tlowers lay beside him; Viola. was
on tho Ktage; they were still apart;
tho barrier was not broken, as it
should be broken before another ditv
dawned. He did not follow tho action
of tho play very closely, but its con
struction was simple. Was it merely a
coincidence that it seemed to have been
written especially for him f "You
say you will givo mo cvervlhing heart
can decire, but, Godfrey, if I gq away
wuu you, you can never give nicback
a woman s greatest treasure, my gtxxl
name." With what tlirij ling expres
sion Viola Desanges spoke these
words, and. what a depth of meaning
lay in her great wistful eyes!
there was not a sound in tho the
atre. The great sctrcss had arisen to
nn uniraagiucd height of power, and
the audiciico was rivcu'd. Anil thn
child I When lbs Cushed face on the.
i' ASSUMING OFFICE IN DEMING.
...;- a- ' . " ...
KocentHoiiles ' 'Connected- with Changing
' rostmlMtent la New Mexlen. "
' 6lrftngor,,this here is a true story.
? l,hapi)Cn!d in Deming, Now Mex--Jco,
at tlib 'thriving town that lies at
the ,uictictlv'of ' the Southern Pacific
and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fal.' Poltlcs" had been red hot for
months' there. The opposition, headed
hj Bill Cofhis; at leader with "a pull,"
wanted to oust the postmaster. The
postniastcr is tho boss of tho town in
Now Mexico. The tJarnis party made
things tjium in their, campaign, and,
with the aid' of 'two 'newspapers tliat
Cornia rnri; the'y' succeeded in their
light' Tho victors called a conference
in tho highest art "gallery -that the
towt) boasted. The great question was
. who would 'take tho ' postmastership.
-The defeated man traveled with a bad
srattfe'. 'Who "Were- mad clear throuirh
about tho defeat, and who had shoot
. ing irons guloro ahd weren't particu'
far fiDotit tno way they lot them off.
t "I guess you'd bettor take it, Car-
: nis, saiu tno "uiroys." .
"Yes, 'i'hevlns, there -ain't no one
' elso as carl' properly represent us."
"Ctitl'vogot-triy riewartapersto edit."
"Let 'erh rtin thcirsolves, and stop
in ana wtioop tne postomce up."
I 'Carbis sutw there was no use declin
ing the honor,' and so he said'in a de
fenairiii"" torro that he'd soo about it
Ho had a band of friends himself who
weren't tiRcd to standing monkey bus-
lnifess with mwekness. --Tliey Wero the
jartrblors of Derbitig. Thby had taken
a slu'ne to ('arnis ever since he had
said 'that the;s1icrif7' of tho adjoining
icounty wnsa borsorthfcf in disguine
;nnir prd it., deffpito the shoritf's
Ithrearto I'low- hls head off if he didn't
'retract tho impolite insinuation. -He
told (lih grfniblorS that he was goifig
'to interview tiio JiiJatmaBtor'.' ' TIjo on
iiioutifcenteiit; tlcklct? tho -' gamblers.
SThi'ieadiht 'garfl bier-' nlI he would
go around .and seo that there wasu't
any nionlrpy bniiiness. - '- '
'Thb'defealcd nojitmastcr was sitting
in a liank, the ollioowf which ho used
as "0ioporital tMftdouaiiers.'V- Caruis
"startotl in right oil's,.
'Tvo nrcn aftpMntod postmnster."
t ; "Heard something ftbout thut story,
but TdiMiV believe It"" - .
'Pm'goiifgto take Oio'oCJce. ', Per
haps that will prove it."' - '.
i ' fYdu can't havo it, 'that's all." -'
Tlio jiead gambler of tho town broke
Into tho interview at this juncture
vwy, won givo you just twolvo
. Jol)n Brown'a Irons.
James N. Wood, of Livermore Cen
tre, hus in his possession the voritablo
"leg irons" worn by John Brown dur
ing his imprisonment previous to be
ing hanged at Harper's Forry. V
II. : Atwood, Jr. (Company 1, First
Maine volunteers), was at the. jail
shortly after John Brown's death.
The officers in charge of the buildings
vouched tor the identity of the irons
at the time, and Mr. Atwood was
thoroughly satisfied with the proof,
He also formed the acquaintance of
tho old negro and his . wife who bad
tho curs of the cell wiierq Brown was
eon 11 nod. ,. , - ,'
On the day of the execution tlx old
man. being afraid that bo should for
get which pair of irons it was, tore a
strip from the quilt of John Brown's
col and tied it -to the keys of. the
shackltrs. but the old ncgress. his wife.
said: "Law) I didn't forgit aulliu', for
it was do only pair of irons in do
whole jail where de , koy turn do
wrong way." (It was a left handed
key.)
Untying the dirty strip of calico
from the key, Mr. Atwood. went to
Brown's cell and found the torn place
in the quilt the figure of the cloth
matching perfectly. .
Mr. Atwood tried to buy the sliackles
from tho authorities, but they good
naturtxlly told him they 'Haa no
right to soil;" then he made this pro
position: "If those irons should dis
appear and a now pair be found hang
ing in their, place would there bo any
investigation!"- Tiiey answered him,
"Probably not." .' .
: Ho then paid 68 for a new pair and
rmulo the transfer on huown responsi
bility." i Tho shackles wero sent homo. For
a few years previous to, tho death of
IL Atwood, Jr., the shackles were on
exhibition 111 the museum connection
with tho Boothbay custom house.
' Mr. Atwood, after returning from
his services in tho war;,ontcrcd the
Frcp Will Baptist ministry. He was
a brother to James N. Atwood, Who
bas now theso shackles in his posses
sion. The present proprietor prizes
them very highly, and says they are
sot. for sale, being almost the only
souvenir ho hus of his departed bro
ther. Auburn Gazctto, . ;
AN ASTONISHING MEMORIAL.
hours to step out of o'tiico.
Ab,rcMoV)R'sny o,V
, "Sco here, I don t want any non
Senso., WTd'ro peaceful, but don't got
ourmadup." r --'
' "Suppose I givo up, "Carnis,' wliero
aro you going to lalfo tho postofflcoi"
' "Dickinson's.'''
" v Dickinson's wasi' tho rival bank at
tho other end of tho town. It was a
sweeping movh. In Deming, wher
ever the poBttjfllco was located Was of
lifccessity- tho business center of the
town. iw rcirtovnl would mean tnvat times. wo tako uni
llijtiry tos,tho elisil,r?al , estato clffeircaudals and divorce cases, and we
tered nbout tho 'told -iioatollico head-
qtiartcrs..-' Tiie defenfed postmnstcr's
brows contracted with conytcmuliou.
. "Tliat's a ilnmiiablo notion."
"Just st.: We'll call to-morrow and
get the letters. -Good day."
Tho defeated postmaster's friends
bad been-very fcusy i during tho inter
view giving, .vent to their chagrin.
When Ctit nis cot outside be saw a ran
;fl guro "stuck n a 'pole over a grocery
wre, wuu uiu tin cans uou vo too tail
of tho old coat around the fienre. It
was en elllgy of Caruis, laleJed "The
Kam rJi:.
' The botja amblo boiled over with
mgowhen ho caught sight of it Ho
callod a -greaser over to hunt
' "Wftnl to makoa dollar, Charleyf
."Yes." .
"Go rtnd t that thin;? down."
The bom gambler gave tho grcaiwr a
silver dollrir, and went back toHiis
ruir dcn.llio etligy was still there
thrre hours later when ho strolled
buck. Charley- was there, too.
"Wliatdo VOU fiiean bv takimr mv
dollar and not earning it?" the boas
roarcu. ,
"llicr said they'd kill mo if I touch-
ed it." " ' '
Tho boss gntnbler nulled a big shoot
ing iron -and ttmk vp his pluco in the
roadway directly opiiotlio clllgy.
"Cliiirler, you go over there.1' ho
said, "and tell thoso sneaks that if
they move I'll blow the daylights out
of the Unit man'thnt stirs. " - '
' "Yfs, siV," said tho groawir, meekly.
' 'llieir- you 'coumi out and rip that
down." '
- VYcs.sir.''' ,:..:-.
The gang saw the boas gambler in
the roadwuy with his shootimr iron
Tiilmngo nn Neirsimpers.
"Every newspaper reporter in Now
York is my personal friend. 1 havo
been betrayed by nlwut every class of
inou in the world, but never by 'a
newspaper man, and I believo there is
a spirit of fairness abroad in tho iiews
papci? that ii hardly to bo found any
where else. Thero is no man, however
poor, if he has been done an injustice,
that cannot get himself set right by
tno newspaper, wo nnu a great deal
of fault with tho newspapers. Per
haps by our own indistinctness we are
reported as saying lust what we did
tiot say, and there is a regular riot of
commas ana semicolons ana periods,
nnd wo get used to talking about the
iiuuuDiiii. iriiiiuuu iivw. ur BVIUO-
timcs. we tako up a paper full of social
rnmaiuinir
mere, xxoimng seemed to Hurt Bybit t and learn no evU in this strange, new
who for .all Ler fairness was very T atmosphere, NeiiherSybil norlermo
nealthy. 8ha mada friends avery-, Uicr ever guessed how etmngo an in
where, and attracted a good deal of fluenCa was exercised by the new cliild
family attention. ' f member of the company. Men and
One day. as Mrs. llesaeltina ant saw- I 1:1.. .1. . ..
ton uad thinking sadly of unpaid bills cent presence; tbe very scene shifters
. ,c'ou fu(tu. WM lovetfher, ami Viola JJesangea. who
runted by the entrance of an uutidvi i,,i 1, .1 7,"7.u ...
aervant who announced with mam-1 bahr finni I,M wCn n-iti. b.
feat awes "Mias Desamrea and Mr. k;i :. .1 k .1 " ' I.TT T,!.. ' J
i 1 . m tc . . - ---- ' 1 w nm muv utm iicvvr m4.u inziorix
. - , 1 f '1 .... : t , a rauuiui, iuajiuuuvs woman, njtu
''u1T . mj , -nlmirrred huaband sha fancies
Amy HaraelUne bad often admired indifferent has in a weak a.oment
ber upon the stage, and row to receive - coi.entl to Lave her how with a
her magnificently arrayed riaitor, a ch srtiht. . His spwou arguments
little conscious of her own ooor dress ; k. j J, 1..., '1 ,,
Jthahhj v . 1 br wn 1,ou- Le t'-- "er promise.
uT Vf8,?MWto,a!?0mnith'f I 6bgor upstairs to put on a cloak
she had to deal with a Ldy, and said . Vn, cannot tv,lt ring to U.e
r- - n - - - 1 roomsneroucrciiiWU ivniff a.s lit-
neas oi manner: "1 hope yon will for-
gia what aeema lake an intrusioq
when I explain its cause. Bui befor
I do thia, mar 1 introduce to rmi 11 r.
Melton, the author of Tasnoa Flow
er,' th forthcoming new play at the
'Parthenon f It was to have been
broogbt out in three weeks, but a very
serious obstacle, has occurred, likely
todelay its production. A most im
portant port was to bars beeo taken
by a ronatl niece of mine, who is weil
known for her cleverness, but unfor
tanaUly she has caught scarlet fever.'
was really in despair until qaiUs by
eu."uice 1 asur jirir lovely littlo bybiU
All is dark save for tbe lump held in
the hand of the mother, who -kneels
by the cot wet-otug uuoruiteIy and
balf regretting berrabii impulse. lh
child alee pa cuimly, aa she pours out a
pitiful prayer for forgivenesi, but
wakes wbcu the hot teats full cpqn
bet cheeks.
."Wby are von crying o, dcrhng
mamma 1 Ami are ju tT'-iii;; away
thatyou havo rourc.oak oaf"
"nuili, Labr it j atill cijht but I
cavs got to go 0 way on a lcrj
nt-T."
NothLii? rrcttier than r-rbil
runly ever even cu any sUiu rbcn
pillow was revealed by the lamp tliero drawn, and received the iwrwage with
wm a raoisitire in tne eyes of many, tlio defert-nco due an official edict
but little used to fet-l cmutious such as i Then they stood clutw together and
these, and real tears Ml on Sybil's L with crcfufulltiii fact watcborl Uie do
cii' eks as vioja IXsangcs Ictml over j spiswl gn-aacr hhiti up a ladder and
her, forrdung the artful in tho wimiaii. tear Ibe etligy down.
And Hugh Errinf-tml . Surely the 'Guutlcmeii, I am of few words,"
guardian spirit of his boyieh dreams j tho bowl gambler shouted in through
stood be'oi-e him iu4hcgujo of liulej tbe groctry diKjr at the cowed traug.
Sybil l:ileiitiy, eamotiv. the great . "TU next man who attcropU to
buttle betwe.-n jnxl and evil v.na 1 long tiiat thing up dita Willi la booU
nig wng-rd. Hj friends bad left him,' I on. ;. l'uu't unybtxly foigut it"
and l;e Lad noiu.twi ,whtn ho UkjUI That scaled the grtat ix.litical battlo
tUH LMillfllll.t f il-i ti, fit. "r, 1 .1 lli... In li.n.ii.n Vt .1.. ' . .
note that lied lain like a st-rin.nt the pofciotiico in Dickiufcou's bank, and
aniotig the blcwsouis. j U wayvd llitro until " Vvmnw.Uv Cur-
He would leave L'nt'land, but he aiscutiiotaj.t New Yoiktiuu.
would havo it alone. Ho woull not j -
tempt a loving woman to sin for his i twhemia.
Auo i-uruiii it-u iitia I ran Lie ..r i .
there iain Jx'rlia. But t!.t n a real so-.!
CK-ly cij not exist in Muuh h. hrcry
bodi'i is, more or a Boliemiait.
I'rintta.of li,6 VsA visit it hotca
in tlio n;e bappy go-Iuckyfashioii as
tho tnu!.m?n. One of tiio bu-t known
of tho L1 Lolieiiiiitia, and really one
-f Uie Biosi ninoikuble womto bi
Juiikti, i-s li:o Ikxnuwa von J'uuaing
tr. wifoof liie -s-iiiii:iMUr f tinant-e
for litvaria. IA.0 i,t.-j t;;H liotiao
tor iuiUin, jxc-Ls, ito.ier, actors,
jiiurnsltsti, - auj toihifri utrjbKly
I;U c.'.ilLiVc d-jc. nil to;! div.
rr; c--biv In 1...ik I'u.-iiurr'a
huuv: you u.ry l.t r t;,- va.U.1 t.ahiu
U.tot aiv gviiig it. il:.r.:c!:. A itwit or
w l v.'v.'n a pXiU '.or ia a rvat
p. . - r-.i..-,.v".Vii."-ii-i'!.
talk about that filthy, seurrilous press.
but I could preach a whole scrmon-ou
tho cvorlastiug blossings of a good
ncwspniicr. yA good newspaper is the
grandest temporal blessing that God
has given tlie people of this century.
"In tho first placo all the people
read tho newspapers, and tho news
papers furnish tho greater proportion
of tho reading to tho peoplo. They
don't read books. Tbe old people look
for the deaths, tbe voung look for tho
marriages, tbe business men road tbe
business and financial columns, and
those who are unemployed read the
want 'ads.' Great libraries make few
intelligent men and women, but news-
papors lift tho nation into sunlight
"My Idea of a good newspaper is a
mirror of life itself. Somo peoplo
complain because tho evil of the world
' is reported as well as the good. The
evil must be reported as well as tho
good, or how will wo know whut to
fuard sgainst, or what to reform f
here is a chance for discrimination
as to how much space shall bs given
to reports of such things as prize
fights, but tbo newspaper that merely
presents tho fair and tbe beautiful side
of lifo is a misrepresentation. That
family is best qualified for tho duties
of lifo who have told to them not only
what good there is in the world, but
what evil there Is in the world, and is
told to select the good and reject the.
eviL" Minneapolis Tribune.
seaeesea astJoasseesias . . . .
Judge Holt's Witchcraft,
A singular story is told of Chief Jus
lico Holt, a celebrated Engliab jururt
of tho last century.
When a lad ho was wild and fond
of adventure, and on one occasion he
found
The Deaena Died from Beting Too Staefa
anil His Widow fat the Meal In Waa. ,
The story of the queerest tribute to
the dead on record comes from Lam
bertville in Hunterdon county. . Near
that town lives Mrs. Elisha Pratt wid.
ow of deacon Pratt who was famous
as a farmer, a genial soul and an ar
dent Methodist He was particularly
fond of tickling; bis appetite, and was
deemed considerable of an epicurei
His wife -was an excellent coos, and
her dinners were; rare exhibitions of
culinary skill for a rural neighborhood;
The deacon enjoyed nothing- batter
than a house full of clergymen around
a table laden with tempting rituals.
And Mrs. Pratt who dotad on tbe
deacon, was in ber element when pre
paring such a feast and helping en
tertain the goodly guests. - ' U
About a year ago a number of ml Pi
isters wore on . their way to the camp
meeting at Ocean Grove. There were
just a dozen of them. Deacon Pratt
had them all stopover night at his
farm house, and gave thero a rousing
dinner erlv iu theeveninir. It was a
dinner modeled on the New England,
plan, as iTatt came from Vermont
and so did his wife, . There was every
thing conceivable to eat and plenty
of reasonably, hard cider, .td. drink,
The deacon was in the best of humor
and partook even more heartily than
usual. of tbe food.; His wife, accuse
tomod as she was to her husband's
largo appetite, was astonished at the.
amount he consumed, and made a
mental Inventory of the various am
tides and tba amount of each that be
swallowed. " - v ,
: The next afternoon Deacon Pratt
died of cholera morbus. Tbe physician:
said .the dinner knocked him out The
funeral, was the largest the neighbor
hood over knew. Eight of the twelve
cltAmon present at the dinner acted
as pal I bearers and the other four offi
ciated at tho church and grave. i
Tho widow was inconsolable for ft
while and talked , about tbe tribute,
she proposed having prepared in mem
ory of Ler husband. Everybody sup
po&eu that sho was going to erect A
handsome monument and tbe makers
of tombstones sent in bids. But thovi
Were all mistaken. . Mrs. Pratt had in
view the most remarkable and yet sua
.gcstive of memorials. - She had the,
work done' quietly in Philadelphia,'
and it required some weeks to finish iti
When it arrived at the farm and
somo of the widow's friends were US'
vited to call and see tbe tribute, thejr,
were at first astounded and then,
shocked, and finally they felt a dispcn
sition to laugh that was controlled
with dilliculty. . On the table in Uie,
parlor stood a large glass case. On top
of tbe case was a small arch, made of,
solid silver. Surmounting tbe arch
'was the figure in silver, of an angel
blowing a trumpet Iuside the arch,
and suspended from its center wart a
tablet of white marble, on which were,
inscribed tbe following words in deep,
black letters
' "TTiliu What the Deacon Died Of." '- .
But It was underneath the glass ease,
that the great su rprise a waited the spee-i
tators. Thero, on plates arranged in
the order they were served, were exact
duplicates in wax, and some in glace
shape, of the various articles of food
the deacon had eaten at the dinner tbe
evening' before be died, and also exi'
act: duplicates in quantity and size of,
the amounts be consumed. There was
a large plate of soup, a big slice oi
meat, heaping side dishes full of vege-,
tables, three cucumbers, large slice
of pie, a quarter of a watermelon, two
plates of ice cream, a small cup of
coffee aud three goblets of cider. Theyi
were perfect pieces of work hi wax. aa
well as jierfect represerjtationsof what,
bad passed dowu the deacon's throat
at dinner. The whole thine had coat
several hundred dollars. ' ' ',
Tbe neighbors naturally ridiculed
the tribute, at first but thev all tat-.
spected the widow, and when they
found she was really in earnest In ber
griof and in ber regard for tbe wax
memorial, they restrained their anirth
and said little about it outside. Many,
of tliero thought that tbe sudden loas.
bad unhinged Mrs. Pratt's mind some
what This is why it is only after the
lapse of a year that the report -of -ti-aslouisliing
tribute has leaked out.
Troutoo Letter to Philadelphia Times.
IMrdU
At Ilartford, a big, fierce rat, which,
bad been caught iu a wire trap, waa.
thrown into a barrel, and then a cat
was dropped in. Instead of killing,
the rat tho. cat Jay down and went to
sleep, arid the -rat curled up by ber
side and slept too, ,
At Winsted a thunderbolt struck a'
himself without money at a noow i ''-? W. Ka ton's pas.
country inn. Whilo in doubt how to 1 luro "i k,VeU rty-""M M"ck
pay hia bill, be noticed a child lying 5IImk?i who 'on'0r- in tbe cavity,
sick in tho room. ' The biggwit snake was six feet and
Learning that it bad tho ague, and ! f'eTen ,nc" ,inir' na, lue wnalles
at tbe doctors could not curoiL hoi fw. J1. ,,J four inshes. Aao.tksr
old.
- f -!
opp.aiiMO. Ana actors -acre coming,
and for a moment Viola iH-sjwif
atood before them with t-ybil bestide
ber. The smiie of triumph npon her
face . made it more beautiful than
tver, but to the man who a atcbed her
for tbe last lime U liad an- added
sweetiir-aa, &a lie looked at her sod
Uuhg the bouquet of rosea, at the feet'
of tliechiid who had saved him anJ
come to them both like en antrfl una-'
wares. Itoland Grey in The SLage.
that tbo doctors could not cure it bo
wrote some wows at random on a
piece of parchment and told the mo
ther to tie it round the child's wrist,
and thus cure the ague.
Tbo woman obeyed, and tlie delight
ed parents asked Holt to accept his
board in payment for bis medical ser
vices, Years after, when Holt bad become
lord chief justice, a woman waa tried
before him for witchcraft
Part of the evidence against her
waa I ho poeaetaion of tbe very amulet
which the judge many years previous
ly iiuu uiut:ii prrjKirru asajOKe.
bolt fell in the vard of 11 rata Oman ,
in the sumo town, and killed eight
chickens, which were huddled togelh?
er. Tbe nocks and legs of the chick
ens were broken, i r '(
A pigrou waa seen .flying through
Water street in thiscitv, a Ipng cord
dangling from its leg. Then fite cord
was caught about a telegraph wire
near the roof of a tall building, and
the bird bung bead downward over
the street letter Carrier Case sea led
tlie building and released tbe pigoon.
Tb Dan bury alters fired a ciiarre
"i viru biiui ui m uawg wno was carrr-
Tl.e woman turned out to be Holfai meoff a clnckon, and killed ibecliick-.
honU-ss, and the judge told ber from 1 iu. "awf tTot away. Norwich
the bench bow she had been deceived. (-oun- bpcciaL
For.yeara she
with immense
JoumaL
had used the charm
succeas. New York
"I ulj like t-jaftk roc a q-iekion."'
id a gmti. man to a f -Uo-. n hr. v.-t
;oui j Fjirvsifling binif.j!f over fo-rr ai.-a'e H u
crowded rii-ray cur. "What in ilf
.nat r,runtf ol tiv-rva fixd tin ni
csei" .Fpocb. ' -.
,! Veager.-
Wlfe of Arkunsawyrr Tlie doctor
says you inuslu t work none for
montlu ,
Arkanfawyer Does bef V.'al, that's
a bit unhandy, comin' in the crnp
sa-son; but 1 recou ha knows whit's
best.
"And h har you must not hunt or
f.jLi. f-itliT."
'What! Tbe d-rnod oI f A I Wby.
Iib don't know bean hnh! Think it's
fun' U-r burl a filler ler bunt au'
t-ii T Drake's Ilagaziuc.
Testieg th. Aras frtphta. .
Tlie Arabs have a very certain meth
od of. ascertaining whether one of
their propria is a true oue or a false.
They ortraniza an arrn v r.lur. I.in, . t
a ' too noail of it and make an assault on
rrypt If he is a true prophet he con
quer, but if ho is a f..Ieone hs fails. ,
Ihus far the number of those wlio
bare failed uli.ea to a man with,
those who have embarked in the.
Crophet busines. ail of wb.ob would
e very d:sor.um zing to cuybody bu
a bow linsr dcrvis.i a ho ia not a.-u-.
totned to making a bow ling auocwa oT,
rr.uch of cnythiog. Waabat :..(
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