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VOL. XX.
PITTS1J01M), CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1898.
NO, 48.
Illlll'Si
Gen. Gomez Issued Orders to His Troop to Co;,
operate With the Americans, -
The President's Response to the Resolutions Adopted by the Confederate ycfcran$-The
Garcia Letter a Forgery Violent Earthquake Shock Felt in Chil( Why the Cubans
arc Disgruntled With the Americans llanna Addresses Business Men",
LIEUT. CHARLES FRITOT,
of the Cuban array, who was a
'member of the expedition on the
steamer Florida, and who recently re
turned from Cuba, said that the Flor
ida expedition was mot by General
Gome, nnd that ho had a personal talk
with the general, in the course of which
he said, when askod what message he
had for the American people: "1 havo
only to say," said Genorat Gomez,
lhat tho only man that hus anything
to say in the direction of matters is Mr.
MeKinloy, and wo shall do whatevor he
says, i lmve given instructions to all
my forces to co operate with the Amer
icans, to whom wo are much in
debted. " -
Surrendering to Miley.
Tho War Department rocoived tho
following dispatch from General Shat
ter: "Santiago, via Ilayti, July 24,
lS'.W. Adjutant General of tho Army,
Washington. Lieutenant Miley has
returned from San Luis and Pr.lma
Kstriuno, where ho wont four days ago !
to receive tho surrender of tho Spanish the administration of the surreuderod
troops. Tim number nurrendored wan district, published in Santiago, are
larger than General Toral reported - interpreted as a tacit avowal of Aincri
ii.m.H) Spanish troops and :;"0 voluntoer- can intention to annex the island and
cd giieriilui. Tlio voluutoors gnvo up not to grant independence. This is op
tlioir arms nnd gave parole, and have pose. 1 by tho Cubans. Senor Joaquin
gono to work; :i,nio btands of arms Castillo, president of tho San Carlos
were 1 1 ir ue-i in loaded on ox carts mid i Cuban Club, and a brother of General
started to the rsilroa.l. Tlio Spanish ; Castillo, urges an ollioial protect to
troos accompanied him to Sau Luis ( prosident MeKinloy without delay,
' r i r,n,.ifcV
V?
y ,vtV;...'.
f.cr.sv. ov Tin: runro iucax cami'.u'.n isii:ti (li.N'r.r. w. mii.i
and all wero upi nreutiy greatly delight
ed at the prospect of returning home.
They were on tho verge of starvation
and 1 liuvo t scud tliom rations to
morrow. If :'.io numbers keep up as,
thev have hto.i, there will bo about 2-1,- I
U.M to ship away pearly l'.'.O'MI here; I
It.OJJ from r an l.ouis. II, 0 fio.n I
Gunii.i!a i;-.io an I over 2.0.1 1 at Sagua
uud Uav.-ico.k. Shaftor, Majir-( ienorul. " i
The President's Roponsc.
Tho fo'lowing, in part, is tho lutter
sent by the President to Gen. Gordon, I
in response to tho loiolutious adopted !
by tho Confedornto vetoraus iu session !
at Atlanta: ' "The pro'otit war j
has coi taiuly olVl'd ono very useful j
luiriiose, iu completely obliterating the i
sectional linos drawn in the last one. i
The le-ipt'-e to t 'io uatiou's call to
arias hns been equally spontaneous and
patriotic ic. all parts of the country.
Veteinu of the gray, 05 well as of tho
Transports Sail for Porto Rico.
Tho transport! Arlia'tia, Miller,
Whitney, Flotild and Cherokoo, with
(Icn. Schw.tn'a headquarters, has sail- , tion of tho governineut is observed that
od from Port Tntupa for Porto Piieo j Senor Saga-ta, tho Prime Minister;
with two light batteries, Seventh Ar-! Senor Gamao, Minister of Public Iu
tiiieiy, ono troop of tho Second Cnval- struction, and Duko Ahnodovar do Hio,
ry, two compnnio-t of tlio F.levonth Iu- ! Minister of foreign Affairs, have ceased
faiitry, full regiment Nineteenth In- to inform their colleagues of the pro-
fautry and two sections of the geueral j
pack truir.
T.i on ileal I state Men.
Inf a deci -icr. n-.a lo at Washington
recently lh Commissioner of Internal
Revenue liohi i that there is no provi
sion in Lie no.v revenue act, under
which special is cnu be held to bo im
posed on real c .tr.lo agents, or on any
person or firm, for simply buying or
selling real citato on comiuirsiou,
either lor themselves or for others.
i)iiile on i iirop.an Interference.
Rcr-rrve'itutivn Dingloy, who was in
Washington rrcentlv attending the
(.V.ur.diaii-Amcricau Commission, ex
pressed it n-t his opinion that thero
would be no i'.ii:'opoau interference in
the disposition of the Fhiiippiuo Is
lands. The I'uUro Policy.
Tho Civil Ke deration of Chicago has
given out a cs'l for n national confer
ence to be held ut Sarntogo Springs,
'. V., August I:' Hi sud J ith, to dis
cuss ths fiiluro of the e.uornl policy of
th- L'uitcd 'later The call is signed
by utcr I.i i) rcprceiitativo meu from
very Mate in the I'tiion.
Mural liable...! Cmiiaien in?.
The latest inlet!. jrer.ee f'CU Hon
olulu tgar ling M.irr.t Ila'.itssd'n 'fn
oitiou i that tie is cjnvlofc:Bf .
blue, are now fighting side by side.
"To have such hearty com
mendation from yourself and your col
leagues of the work of this administra
tion in tho conduct of tho war, and the
plodge of whatever support may bo
needed to help in bringing it to a suc
cessful completion, is indeed most grat
ifying, and J thank ydu especially for
the frank and cordial expression of tho
resolution passed and forwarded to me.
With very kind regards, I am, sincerely
yours, William MvKislev."
The Attitude of the Cubans.
General Gurcia's action in withdraw
ing his troops into tho interior, his
lettor to (ienoral Shaftor and his resig
nation of his command, forwarded to
(tome., ere approved by all classes of
nntivos. General (iarcia refused to ac
cept a subordinate place, insisting that
ho was ou ally. General Shatter's an
swer, saying that this was a war be
tweou tho I'nitod States aud tho King
dom of Spain, irrespective of Cuba's in
dividual interests, and President Me-
Kinlev's instructions with reference to
s.iyiu: "Silence n.nv would indicuta
oar consent to tlio American attitude
which is a plain breach if faith that
tho l.'ubaus cuuuot possibly tolelalo. "
Tw- Il s Drowned.
While plnyiug n:oiig fio rivor bank
at Dayton, ., Havmou Nicklas, aged
s, foil into tho water. His brother
i Louis, nged !-!, jumped in to savo him.
but the drowning boy cliuclsu I hiiu
! with u terrible grasp and both went to
the bottom niul wero drowned.
' More Men for Manilla.
I Tho transport stoamor lii j Janerio,
' bearing two battalions of South Da
kota volunteer recruits for tho I'tah
li'ht artillery aud u detachment of tho
signal corps, sailed for Manilla from
Sau Francisco. Tho expedition will bo
utiiter command of ling. Gen. O. G.
Otis.
The Ministers Vcr Relicent.
A special disputch from Madrid savs
that siuh reticence regarding thu inten-
Kress of negotiations, morelv .duting
that thero is nothing further to report.
Wants the Contract Annulled.
Georgo Osgood Lord has brought
I suit in tho Supremo Court of New York
against the Spanish Trans-Atlantic
I Company for jlti'MW, but the rcul ob
! ject of tho suit it to have tho contract
1 tho quartermaster's department niudo
I with tho enemy's steamship lino an
nulled. T he ground for the suit is thut
I the coutiact is against public policy
! and gives aid and comfort to an ouomy
I of the l'uitcd Status.
I
I Th; Paiunn Arrives at Santia.i.
The quartermaster-general received
' a telegram announcing the safe arrival
at Santiago of tho ronstructiou boat
: Panama. She will proceed at once to
Porto Kico to join tho tlcet there.
llanna Addresses Business M.'it.
' Chairman Hugh II. llanna, of the
! monetary commission, has prepared a
statement addressed to th-j business
' men of tho couu'ry, setting forth tho
I results of the work of the commission
i during tho last session of Congress. He
says: "l'lio presoat status of the un
; deitakiug to secure n comprehensive
i currency law is improving beyond what
we expected. In truth, tho remarkably
! piompt appreciation of the vnbio of or
! taui'e 1 effort and the realization that
j the opportunity is at hand, has resulted
in very ratifying i rogress."
VKTKItAN.s IX ATLANTA.
A Scene of Rcmniknblo Kiilliuslusm.
Mrs. Jacks-,, uu, rp ttVls Aiilve.
'lhe gnfudoruto Veterans reunion
I oncd with -10,1X10 visitors, (iorcrnor
Atkiusou dolivered (be address of wcl
come. A great orutiou wns giveu Gen
ernl (lon'on. Much disappointment
was e'fii'cBscd at the unavoidable ab
sence of Mrs. Jell'orson lnvis. The
interest of the ilny ccutcred in tho fust
meeting of tho voternns t tho nudito
riiim iu Piedmont Park. Tho speeches
of the day wcro rounded with praises
of horoic deeds uud achicveiuouts of
the sons of tho South iu the present
war, and tho uamus of Hobson, liagley,
itthiey and liluo wore cheered to tho
echo. Gen. Chas. I' Hooker, of Mis
sissippi, tho orator of tho day, was
given a cordial recaption aud ins ad
dross was well received.
iiKCDNl) DAY.
General .Tohn It. Gordon, tho lead
ins figure of the Confederacy, was
choseu to coutiuuo as commander-in-chief
of tho veterans, a position he has
filled for ten years. Amid tho cheer3
of tho voternns tho cheers of his ad
mirers and n scone rendered wildly
picturesque by tho waving of handker
chiefs, huts nnd umbrellas, by lO.iMi'J
pcoplo who crowded the Confederate
auditorium at Piedmont Park, the
feneral, bowing right nnd left, no
nowledgod the honor thrust upon nim.
A further endorsement was given tho
eminent Georgian by tho election at
tho saiuotinie of the mon who for yeura
have been near him in the direction of
affairs of the Confederate Vetoiuu's
Association. Tho upinos of tho olliccrs
choseu wero: General commaudii.g,
Gen. Jno. It. Gordon, of Georgia;
commander of tho department of Ten
nessee (ion. Stephen D. Lee, of Mis
sissippi; commander of tho trans-Mississippi
department, Gen. W. L. Cabell,
of Texas; couiinuudcr Army of Vir
ginia, General Wudo Hampton, of
South Carolina.
Tho entertainment at tho auditorium
iu honor of the sponsors aud niuid.i of
honor of tho veterans was decidedly the
most spectacular anil briilindt feature
oi inu reunion up 10 iliu picscui mui-.
The most prominent arrivals of the
day wei j Mrs. Stonewall Jackson and
Miss Winnie Davis. They were met at
the depot by rccci'tinii committees nod
escorted to the homo of those who will
entertain them during the reunion. The
confusion which has existed for tlio
pa.-t two days among tho various
States as to tlio headquarters, is ut an
end, nnd headquarters have been estab
lished iu easily accessible buildiugs iu
the heart of the city.
I'lllIlM I)AV.
Tho next nuuuul re union of tho Uni
ted Confederate Veterans will bo held
iu Charleston, S, C. I!y u vote of 1,1) . t
to STO the convention decided the con
test between tho South Carolina city
and Louisvillo iu the former's favor.
Mr. 'Thomas W. i.'ocot, of ( hai leston,
placed the name of thut city before the
convention, calling attention to the fact
that the South Carolina city by the sea
was the birthplace of secession, and the
most lilting place for tho Confederate
survivors to nssemblo in tho closing
year of this eventful century. Colonel
Gordon, of Tennessee, seconded tho
nomination of Charleston.
The big feature of tho closing hours
- tho parade of tho veterans - w as seri
ously interfered with by n heavy rain,
which broko over the city just as tho
procession moved. Heeding not iho
downpour, the old soldiers moved on,
and, led by their gallant com:n.'iuder,
General Gordon, passed over the
original line of march to tho mil -ie of
many bands and tho cheerj of fully
l'W.O'M people, w ho lined th i streets.
I'ofore half the line of imr.ch had
been travelled every veteran was wet to
the skin. General Gordou, nt the head
of the column, hat iu hand, never
llluchel, aud although wot through,
iiiMstcd u ioi remaining iu tho saddle.
When the reviewing stand wc.s reached
uud General Gordon dismounted, ho was
imi ortuued by every member of his
stall' and muuy friends to omit this part
of the ceieniouy, fears being expressed
for his health. I he gallant Georgian,
however, took his pluco aud bai-iug his
I. cad stood in the ouriug ruin until tho
last man in the parade had parsed and
Hie shouts of tho tliousauils had died
away.
Malarial I'Yvcr.
Dr. Doty has become convinced that
his first diagnosis of the cases of 'over
w l.ieh came into port on ths Souecn was
correct one, nnd that nothing mors
1 in yellow fovor existed
LITERATURE OF CHILDHOOD.
A Mother'H Notc-Itook Coil lie Mmlc n
True Koiiiuncc of lliiiuiiii Nature,
rioreiice Hull Wliitci luirii. writing of
keeping "A Mother's Note P.ook" in the
Wiiuiiin's Home Companion, claims this
In favor of such :i record:
"It is chictly for her own instruct Inn
nnd guidance that ;i mother needs to
keep some kind of nursery note-bonk.
Fur tin1 refreshment of her memory,
when patience Is likely to fail, and for
the renw iikening of dulled sympathy
Willi childish moods, as well ns for tha
enlightenment of others to whom she
may choose lo Impart her xpeiieiiccs,
the results of her labor will more than
repay her for the trouble taken. She
need follow no rules, llor even nttenipt
to make regular entries, unless she has
inclination for the task. Facts lienrlug
upon physical variations arc extremely
aluabli'. and It Is wise to note the
weight aud grow th of a child at regu
lar intervals, lo ascertain whether be is
ilevloping normally. Fveii more Import
ant arc observations upon his gi-m-ia!
health, temperament, disposition nnd
the use tic makes of his faculties. Al
though the mot hot herself may not be
aware of the standard he should attain,
her statement of facts ina.v give the
clue to a physician when pii.;:ling
sj iiil...ims show themselves, often
deafness nnl defects of vision might
be prevented if the early signs of their
coming on had been heeded. A single
Incident In a person's 1 i r- may give the
l.eyiiote of his character."
Painting warships black or lend color
Is with n view to preventing an enemy
' iceo.mili'.iiig thein ns 1-i lllgerciits.
N. C. fltOl UL'LLKI'IN.
Kxccssive Italns in Sonio Sections De
terring Laying by of Crops.
Tho week ending Monday, July 1 stji,
was characterized by cool, geueral
ly cloudy, rainy wonther. The rainfall
occurred iu almost daily showers and
was sufficient to keep soil too wet to
plow in most soctious. Thero were ex
cessive rains in a few scattered coun
ties, cliielly ou the northeast coast and
tho mouutain region, which injured
crops, especially ou bottom lauds, be
sides washing hillsides considerably,
and those heavy ruins brought tho av
erage for tho week, 1. 45 iuches, slight
ly above tho normal, notwithstanding
tho fact that over a largo majority
cf countios the rainfall was light. The
first three days of the woek were very
cool, averaging nearly H degress below
the normal daily, but thero followed n
graduul rise iu tetnporaluro to nbovo
normal, with some records nbovo !K).
Absolute cloudiness was followed dur
ing tho latter part of the week by fre
quent periods of sunshine, and somo
work was done niter Friday. Less
damage to crops was reported than ex
pected. The absouce of sunshiuo caused
rapid growth of vegetation, of grass
ami weeds us well us crops, which need
cleaning. Laying by was interrupted
but will bo completed with a week of
fair weather.
Corn was damaged by too much
water in lowUuds, ami is doing poorly
whero not properly hiliod, but in gen
eral tho crop is iu excellent condition;
it is earing well and promisos a large
yield. Tiieiohas been too much ruin
nnd cool weather for cotton. In some
sections it has been injured and is
making too much weed, but, while
still remaining below the average, it is
now improving. 1 here is not much
shedding; the plants aro full of squares
but without muuy grown bolls. To
bacco has done fairly well. Cutting
nnd curing continue in tho east aud
cutting has begun iu the central
counties. This eiopis poor iu portions
of Person couuty.
Threshing sinnll grains continues.
Somo of the last cut spring oats were
d.uuaged in shock. Tlio peanut crop is
fairly promising. Pica, sweet potatoes
nnd field peas are excellent. Gardens
uud late crops have improved. Melons
aro ripening slowly. Peaches arc rot
ting badly.
Tho following amounts of rainfall for
the week wero reported: Pantego, l.sn
inches; Greenville, ".I"; Ilichlauds,
4.:!.1; Shanuou, O.i'r, Shullotto, t.:j?;
Mt. (dive, l.oO; Wilmington, l.-lii;
Soupstoiie Mi'imt, n. "I, Auburn. 0.7;
Areola, O.M; Saxon, . 7i; llnieigh, l.tui;
Monroe, t). 71; .Marion, ;i. ill; Charlotte.
(L i; liiltmore, 2 ; Settle, :).tr.;
Abshers, 0.oM; Mt Pleasant, 0.7."",.
De.adenec of Mairinge.
Tin-re is mm It talk nowadays enn
ei niiig the decadence of mnrrkige; but
wtrrying and giving iu marriage is go
ing on every day, and there is no good
reason to supooe that the mil of this
s anywhere mar. Courting is just ,is
leiielotis nowadays as it was u hun
dred years ago, carping critics to the
contrary notwithstanding. The pros
pect of a little homo of their own U
Inst as alluring to young m. n as it was
lo our I'oref it he rs. uinl. everything
taken into consideration, it is not :n
much mure dillh ult. to maintain n fam
ily now than it was then. There are
ill ways foes to tight, contingencies to
provide iiMiiinst, always ih.inces of
ilisappoint ments; but in the main the
sweet old story gels told with quite as
much sen! burnt as ever, the gooil-bye.i
tie just im hard to say, and th" wel
ronn just as warm. It seems to in
that people might be a great deal bet
ter employed than in woriying over
the. decadence cf matrimony.
Neverihele.-n there Is one phase of
Hie menu :iiotts question which should
be well considered. Unrly marriages
ire seldom happy ones. The "undying
love" on which a girl nnd buy pri.lo
themselves proves cf a very ephemer
al character, nnd is frightened away at
the least hint of trouble, and just
when life should be ut its brightest
and last for tin m. they are confronted
by the terrible alternative of "making
the best of it," or of I v -ig their lives
apart. .Neither can he held directly re
sponsible for thbi state of thinxs.
There may be no grave failits on either
side. Put they are thoroughly disil
lusionized; when they made the Ir
revocable vi. w they were too
young to uiideitanl the leal nature
of the respou-ibilith'S they were taking
ill on themselves, and to judge correct
ly of their own hearts. They mistook
the very tran-icnt affect inns w hich
woke iu ihem for the love ,vhh h cnnics
to most of us I ut once In a lifetime.
Willi age comes experience, and a bet
ter knowledge i f one's fellow-men, a
knowledge which will prove of the ut.
most use iu the I r c.uhleit sea of inatrt
niony. unci a wider expeilence means,
inn, tact and sympathy Iwn infclliblo
aids towarl a hapi'.v man it'll life.
New York Ledger.
F.e!we,.;i Jan. 1 ami April VJ of the
present year iikuv than In.nisi buna tide
s. tilers, mostly from ihe L'tmipcati in
terior. si::iiilii il 'in ir Inicniii'ii of Inking
up land iu ihe Canadian NnHhwest.
Mnrcover. it N kimwr. front the reports
of the immigration agents that have
reached oiiaw.-! that tens of thousands
more in Austrian Poland are only
.'mailing a favorable oppm I un'ty and
possibly s.'iin- Utile nsrlstaiici- from
those wlin proiide them before they,
ton, set out tn tnnke leu. li s for them
selves on il.e rich plains of Weston:
Canada. The task of Keeping body and
soul ingcilvr bus become too hard in
the old land. v. here ibey and their fore
faihers lived, and they are being driven
forth by stern necessity In s-'ek the
means ,f making a lm-lihonl where
the i iiiiditiniis an- inure propitious. A
movement is nl-n on foot to found a
gri at relhriniis colony of P.iptists in tin
Paint Kivu- diMii.t ,.f Oiilaiin. where
tin re tire two Million acres of land and
a-gimil lnai'u! i lose at hand in the
mining tnwns and camp.i of the Lake
of the Vends and K iiny Lake Alto
gether the mill ink I'm' CutlUd.l is CX
iccdiiicly briclit.
nTWrlrllNFLUENCEl
LJ-4 1
1 I
IIAt"l i:l! XII '-t'lintliiiicil.
She bent her head, pretending to ex
amine the gleaming stones, but. raised
it iiuineiliateiy, tn say rather Hlowiy: :
'"J'ell me what you wi-h nin.-t, mi I you '
shall have it." j
hriou gave a question:!!.; glance nt '
her half-averted face, lie hesitated. 1
but only for a secon I. The i.cxi he hud
caught nor in his arms, and holding her
against his beating heart he pressed a ,
long, passionate kiss upon her us.ir
Iq.s.
Sho made not the slightest resb-t unco, ,
though her face had grown very wlcte.
He laid h:s own interpretation upon
this sign. "You are angry,'' he said,
allowing her to go at last.
"No. nn, nut angry; that, was ynor
('hriistiiias gift."
She i-pnko with an effort and once t
more fell to admiring her pin. Hri.au
watched her with a lunging nhe S" -1 f i
rather than saw. To awed his eyes she
dr. w hrr i hair clnser tn the liie and
buried her head ill its cushioned b ick, i
"Il is odd," remarked Hrian, allerau
awiiward pause. "I think tic world
wniiid smile to know lint a hin'hnnd is
only permitted to k ss h!s wife on
Christmas dav."
"Some other time we will talk cf that,
I'rian. Nut l ow. It will only s-'ir ii;i ;
old di sonrd-i." ;
"There is always the shadow of dis- !
cor I between us," was the answer given !
with a s'gli. "Heaven l.nu I should
like tn be a difi'eleiit mail; bill as
I e what J am, why can we not In
together?"
"Are yuu unhappy?''
" ou know I iu. What pious,
you lind iu hearing n.e ,-uy m
'nmv vnnr lute is the on" thin.
I urn -t
hai.py
.' Y..u
I long
I. r. et you will kill y.ts if in tl.e
hit 'rest of others, wh Ic for me "
lb' paused with a pasi-'oii mure elu
liieiil than words. .Margaret cuiitd not
replv iin'neili it -ly. A strange, ncr-.ous
wi-iikiiess benniubed her faculties, and
r.l.e waited for a stioiiger mo. neat in
answer Irs ivpru:w'i' s.
"',,11 speak mi ji:--t !y . " she.-a'd at la-t,
w.th great etfor:. T'du nut l ike a
lire 111 your unhnppinc--. If you knew
how utterly cxhnie-tc i I a in, y u wuuid
spare sueli remarks. Tli-y pain n.e. I
1 can't I our then no ."
She had ris a: I'ri-.iu her chair with tue
hist words, and w.th sudden trembling
swnye I as though she would faint.
". Margaret:" he cried, catching her in
his arms, ' b II ii.e ihe trouble. "
"1 am only tired." was the am-ver,
wit'i a half sob as her bond rested lor a
second on his : hoiiid-r. "unlv tery
tired."
'T have 'iron a brute." ho le'uine,!,
pi niteiilly. "1 should hate seen ton
wgre id. " Let me do sna.ething l'"i',voii,
darling."
"I'll, nn, Livnn; I thank yua. I shall
b better when I have slept. I lncil
only that. I think. I must say good
night now."
With a sigh he let her gu fr un him,
aud she moved away unsteadily; but
coming back under the imp dse of an
after-iliuughl, she said, very s'i,iy:
" lirian, woii'l yuu try tn believe that
want tn see yuu happy and contented,
and that I try very hard t make )"ii so?
If I am not n better woman it i.- not l o
calise J do not strie tn be."
"No core." ciie I I rian, w'th much
warmth. ".Margaret, mi hurt mo. Not
In win your love, but In bo worthy of it.
that should be my ainbilinn. bm are
too gi o I tor me, I lion I night."
n.ti'Ti:i: mv.
A lUTir.u iikvi-.i trie iv.
The old year died amid tin- fo-tiviiio
incident tn lheseasnn. an I I h new year
was already a week old; hut Mill Mar
garet had' lint regainel her nhl-tiuio
spirits.
lirian was at first anxious and ill ai
annoyed. It was ton I ad of Margaret
tn look so pale and thin, v. hen he lii.ed
to see her strong and well. Thus ho ar
gued with man's sublime sellislmes-.
"1 wish veil would tell in" what is the
matter with yon," he said, rather sharply,
at br akfast niie morning. "Yilimy
fi cl strung. Yuu will not nlluvv me tn
prescribe fur yon. n U" w ill t.u see lb".
Philis; uud yet you go aruiiiul Innking
like a ghost. 1 can't understand it. '
"Thero is no necessity f.r trying,
briau. 1 iviii never rosv in my l.-t
days, and people often grow thin fruni
Very simple causes. W iil yuu pass nu
ll roll, please?"
"Yuu need not try to deceive n.e," put
iu 1'iiian, c implying with I er request.
"It iu well en. nigh to talk uf being pale
and growing thin from simple causes. I
know there is a reason for your indb pn
siti.m. The place isdu'l enough, dear
knows. 1 think tun might try in be
ch -orful, if only for my mi .o."
Margaret's lips twitched. Her temper
had been tried by several oirou.nstaiice ,
that morn ng. and now brum's .uiu
plnints capping the climax, put her in a
mon I f a" re'al.nl imi.
"I wish you had thought uf the dull
ness before you married me," !io re
torted with tho bitterness that, li'lcl her
breast
"I suppose ton are angry now. I
know you'll drit" me n a l. I wish 1
could h.ite you."
"1'on't quarrel. p!e iso. I d ,n't like
ii. If you do nut lind sufiicicnt m in
terest you at home, it is nut my tault,
and I will lint bear the blame."
Her eyes Hashed as t hut dotot mine i
will pa-so l her lips.
"Are toll goii g tn the city again?"
"Yes, tu iiiorr.iw. I e.n't stan 1 nn re
than a little of this bfe at a time."
"Nor of my eoinpany. i.ddo I Mar
garet, rather bit erly. "Ymi are c. ni
pliii'.en'iiry, do.-idedl.v."
"As tn standing your . oni any. Mar
gate!, you know in f. e.ii g l erfectiy
well. It is ot Ihe plii-e. ii i it you. 1 e .in
pluin. What under heaven cun a . an-1
man do here'.'"
"What cun ho do iu the city? V. ha'
do y.ci it. i theie'''
Margaret asln'J this true-ton vciy
quietly.
, "What can one do?" repeated lirian,
1 Ignoring the personality, "bather ask:
! What can't he do? New York lite is so
I flexible, my dear, that It I ends to every
caprice. Wonderful and a i ultimo luting
I both. There's pleasure fur everybody.
, A thousand ninusoiueiils to (ill up one's
time. Ask a ( iuthainlte w ho enjoys
i himself uud hear his nuswi r."
" Then from your aeeuunt ! am to as
sume that enjuymnnl is the end and
aim of his existence, I think your
(iot handle's life would nut suit mo."
i ' Nut it yn i hold your present prinei-
pies, certainly. Peally, .Margaret, ymi
are a must se!f-npiniiuiiited vuung
I woman, an I I'd be ileiighiid if ymi
i wo i n urnp one or t,-n ot your ttieorios :
b,:' the w ayside. " '
"I dale say it would be as well," was i
tin' answer; "they could not fall on inure j
. 1 arren soil than your nnappreeiative ;
; mind offers." j
"Say philosophical in'herihun unap-
i preeiatito. Yuu must admit that. I have )
reiisuii on my side. Hi iw me the bene-
lit of working utie'K self In death, when j
there is nn in cossily lur it. You only j
see the surla e, .Margaret, but 1 gn
t lleeja-r. " I
1 "in the contrary," smiled Margaret. I
I "yuu see only the sairfnei., whiie I lm-k !
.deeper. You h ok only al the nei d of:
money, but se a hundred effects iu j
, which money ha- no part. Nei esily is.
a very aeoomiim ial ing term, and has a 1
. ilill'i rent shade ,,! n:c niing for dilt'ereiit i
1 people. As for working one's self 1u
1 death, I'm nlruM that is also nn n in- '
ino.biling term. A hi'' man might con- ,
idol- the slightest exertion a step to- 1
ward that luiaoiitniile nil.
j "1 suppose I am lhat licy man''" !
"i Miouldii'l be at all surprised. And, i
setting joking ii--;d , lirian. 1 do think j
; that im man hus right tn du nothing, i
Lounging abuiit day after day, with no,
. higher ambition : It.ui to mnus-e rno's i
.-elf would, it seems in ine, muko a man !
, or ivoman mere arti.uhirly a man-. I
i tire I of hiui-eir. Now, don t In d.- (il j
1 lue with that expression, please. 1 don':
.want to le a shre.v, or a proa -her, i
either. 1 do',, -t everlasting preuehi rs. I
and I don't intend . I e one. Nore:'
theb'ss, I wi. h to gracious you'd lind,
somelliing tn uo, and have' a bottev!
, reason for i.oiic lo New York l Inn your
present one, which 's- -vi'ell, not part if - 1
ularly ere lit.ible ' j
Margaret's voice broke slighity, but
she tried tn hide the luuineiiiaiy wiak- '
liess by sipping In-r e-.IToe. 1
Pri.ri's taee had Hushed verv visibly
at In-r abu-iun to I In- reason of his visits ,
to the citv and lie, too, wen! on cat in-.: '
in silence.
".Margaret," ln-snid, presently, "i:' yon
Inne any o'd im-ii er v-nmeii who need
duel- ring call t : Iu and I'll show yon
tvh.-r 1 can do. I in i relty lair, not
w it lisb. tiding my want of practice.
"Yeiy well, I'.riaii. Im re) ar-d for all
early call. It is not yer ability 1
ihiiibl. iliuugii."
! As h had said. Titian wont to New
. York tin; next day. ' 1 ,-hal; im; back in
a day or so." he tol l Margaret bid
iblr; In-r good-by. "iiii pniy e .peel
ii e.
.Melgare! did expo. I him, but '1.0
di-appoint-ed.
'i he day s passe,), and Mt hi -H'st
letter she le-ar I no imi e tro u him. Slie
' be.-ame worrieil and ituxi- n-, though
even tn her"elf she Would Mi! iu.'klloW!
, edge her alarm.
i Sin did not dream of bodily har e.
Inloliigeiieo of sm h a pii-diap would
! have leached her quit Uly. v. et ill s ilue
j intangible way sin- ,it that lie w-.n, in
' danger and neeile I her.
Ill cases like lids phib soj-hy is id
little avail. To toll herself thai' ths or
taut was inipo-sililo, t h:it Pr.an wa
in. -rely f rgitful an ! ind ft" rent, m
1 ii, Ii t ! rather than relict ed her ic ir;..
To i elieve lo r mind sin- ro I" ov e tn
; The Cedars to sec and laik wi'h .Vi e:
1 lul upon rea -hing In-r doM inal ion she
was told lhat Alice ha I left tl.o h ,,i-.c
w nil the intention of returning in a s!i r.
t inie.
.s she had the rnooii et her dis
posal, Mnig.nvt iloc'ilcd to wail; n sh"
Ioiiii 1 her way lo the small mum ad.ioiii-
ing the librarv ami sea'od heisdi'in a
i lining iig , hair. 'I lie house w,i-
si cut. and the renin unusually warm.
j and as a consequence Margaret, In n.-
ing ratler drow-y, was soon qui'c nn
ennseiuus of her urrniiiidiugs.
How long she remain, d m i h" did net
know , but presently she vva . arouse I
I y loud voiees ni;si' l in some allerc.'i
lion. t lirst they v.ei-e ratio r iicii--t
net and seemingly put part of a I'lvain.
" i rv w ell. sir, g" to ; he ib v il to: all
I care. '
j "The Coionel's tuii." Margaret lu
cid d, still unable tn sheke of ihe jm-
pn s
on of dreaming
"What's th
n of voiir . ducat
I'd like to know-';" the voice c -iii i..in I.
" Tn ymi iiniig no I gav e v . e ih- n; p i -1
unity o'.' r. a. ling law for you to give i
n;i when you e-,,vv t.r d? Nn. sir! Till ;
id.ni uf writ ng that's tin in . I y. ur In-ad
is only auuther name fur doing inching,
i i itiifiiutnl n.e! 1 believe ymi want io be
like that d sciuindiel. Leigh "
Margaret started. Wa .-. this dream
ing' I "Yuu are inistaki-n." came the answer
in Herlie's tunc. "1 have no desire to
emulate lirian in any respect. Please
credit nio with some coiisid. ration for
Alice."
"If you didn't show more for her than
h does for his wife. I'd shoot you w.th
t my own hands, lie ought io be lu.ng.
t In-s -omiilr. I! I., av ing his wife as In
has been doing, allowing his domestic
affairs to bo the tail, uf the neighbor
hood and her name In 1 me the sub
ject uf discussion with every vulgar
1 s.'s-ip in t ho place, iiiid he galivant mg
around the city lik" a loafer, luungirg in
clubs mornings, nouns, and nights, and
drunk at that. I'eale saw hbn the other
day lying on the club h.'U se steps, too
drunk to move. And Margaret has
thrown herself away on such a creature.
I'oli't got so excite I, yuu say? Iu y-m
think I am made uf stone? ln you
think I can tatk .piietly ami calmly
when 1 lenii.'ii.lei" h -r? Why in Hie
name id heaven do such men have
wives? Why in the name of u .iiist
heaven should sin. have such a husband'
And why ii: tho con.o of the devi! don't
some cue shoi.: or haug him
Margaret hud heard ail - every word,
the t oloii.q'n big'i pi'il.o.l denuncia
tions. Hertle'r, lower but not less cm-
Initio ones, ni'; lnu she i .xild hear tho
Colonel cngrily na-'ing th" library, hi
regular rap!'! seoes i coining to keep
time with her quick heart boats.
Nn, this was Tint dr. .lining. Sho win
fully awake. And rr u-lii'.g 'in.vn iu
her chair t he p.u ' -c I h"r 1 unde over
her eyes us though the would fctmt from
lior sight the 'slinmc nnd disgrn"0 that
wan a -luully Io n hing her life. Why
had it n.'u-r occur. el to her before?
Why had Mm nut guessed that, while
sin: pass.il her thoughtless, unthinking
days in the safety of her own home, ho
was following a path of ruin amid Iho
gil b'd temptations of Ni w York? How
mil h ot the blame would lie at her door,
! an I what would be the en I? Ah! those,
i bill r questions, with the r more bitter
j possibilities;
Jiefore h r mind ruse the mem ry of
n siilemn moment and tin; nevcr-forgot-;
ten words:
"Don't forget i'rian. lie gon 1 lo IiMn
j for my sake."
1 I 'id she need such in-mories to muko
. her realize that now as never before;
I his future, his ib-.-tiny rested in her
I hands? She could not sit here and wait,
quietly for Alii e nor could sic be found
here 'by either Perth' or tin' Colonel.
I She must h ave the house unobserved if
i ussihl
Alas! it was not inssible. Scarcely
had she iv.uchc I Ihe hall than Heltie,
leaving the library al the same mnim nt,
came suddenly iq on In r.
".Margarei, " lie said, starting at sight
of her. " Y . i hero? 1 did n it know.
Yn i are in t.o :bio. You are ill. "fell me'
"Heart sick. lb-Hie, only heart -sick, "
she return -d, with a hall'-snbb:i,g
breath, whil
I'm- supi ufi.
sin- call :h! at Ihe door
I came u see Alice. She
' wail li.nge-."
I o.'ii wailing tli-n." ho
is out; I cannot
"You have I
ljlletil lied, qu
-".'rouge mat. in
ed. with sudden
i ew ildeied by Ir r
".Margaret," he udd-vatii-n,
"yu heard."
: n
e ; p-.-.v I. low nn her
his p,i vieg e'," "I vvas
I h.-a:.l a'l. 1 di I not know
he for
" j 'o l" il
g. nib re:-,.
J'oll li-.-.V
es-, 'in.it
V.-ill le s'l
,.,.,-e. H,.
garet "
Maia-e-ratle-r
he."
"No, li'-rtio
impossible.
inpnl hv v
iio-.v. Jo;i'
l.-d so I,-:,,
V, ...V ha i
'!."
sai l, wild iinusii il
an oinild only see
, o d h ive t"ld ymi
vva - e:-.ie. Father
Lot i. o bring him
i mntort.
Mar-
1:11 I leaneil
e stairway.
tha'. It is
liiiuk' his
.aid to boar
.is., me. I
i m il - long?
this this
. meet thlil
voi't"-,'' ho
a'sU me if I
i.ii l I must,
s'i 'x I'.riaii
i. "
I .-il. H
co i.oW."
,nq .
i :ld
tn. .hie;
it wa.s
h.;"d
a! ,d-
: i q 1 1 1 r; ' cat
"evii lol" II. IV felt I
: - ill, rath -r hu-ki'y. " i ic
trive kuo.v.i b ii--. I'm i.
say yes. 'I h I.rt liiii
not himself I am hu: t
"Nn. lin on. please. 'i ,
l ill; lliuhe vol V liltle .i.il'e;.
1 w,:s sin prise, i a'
thoiighi of v,m i n I I 1
I .-In
i. r
l:-.i tn lirh'e.
I Ii. ", e ho
he trad, but
i.nd easily
: Ihe day 'I
r ni re'iiiirkeil
v.ii:- Ih" dav
la-t visit, t
and I ib l.-r-iet
v our pi r
it. .Margaret,
iieuvt lailcl
lb
mi i d t i
a 1", an
sollll oi-
. In, v.
hi in He
O bel ..
I t li.nl:
blole
III I
III. ill
ma I
I ig la-'
bei'oie i;r:..n !e
dreade I lie re.
milled to ted y
siia-:oii - inline!
wln n I saw y '
me, and 1 a i
she. Yet y.ci
re-t I was in I
.ult ft
no
him. Ice
lo-e lev" i
I the opi
i reii.emi
.r unity to
or how ear-
o use four
cue. il.ro
e l" (lower
senoe must
L". though,
.! citv life.
in j
million' i! in keep Id
the i"inp;nli'.n e i
iv-cf b in. I think
i... the i a:i I nl
he lo- s ,1, - -iliu..
.Mi' I you are no I the
" Nn, -ill I shall i
garel . iiltui : her g;
"Thank von for sh .
n:
uc," returned
Mar-
i fui ey.
iv ,i.g me t!
,' al ii e:
Ins.
' it is so in:
f. r," hr.
I wi-h 1 . o :l,i .In a
e ;o yo . If ltrillll
iv v ih viin at I'lm
t iing i- tor von tn
Vi lli. Il V ill be 11
lent in ,' y our homo
i-iilee lei" vol. II.)
to make it?"
Iho
id III
.- nest I .
i iiii in Ni
h
K.l
' V ;
w.il
i In
cl ..).,:
i Le. IU
Hi
In r
but ho
1 no h.
hi ii r
lt.lti.i'1 lllel
d t i ' i s. if j
" i ha I let i
ss.-iry," she
in i uint of that.
!, ..f il yd. W ill
; my liov-.o? And
and' v.. r laiher,
a' t.' he said, a
a te-.v II I 'till 'lit Si
' !:' it toll need
i unlit von In V r
tvsi:. and I ci
y. ii si o : ii ". t
reii.en.Le r nn
p'e.l-e.
"Keen rp .1
help, d her oi
la:.
, "and d.
II I, '.11".
I a 1.
ma v.'
MaiV.-nt
sp.-ak. i u I i
plllheti- Will"
ri o ii -.vi v . a.
. I. She n.'.i'd not
- her l-ii'id with sym-Ji.-riie
watched her
,. w cut in tn recount,
ii had pas-.,-! liclvvccu
his
the
This
the
oi.i g.'iitle
l:o called
it :.
ii il.e
ci-i i. a-..
lellie t
:. run;. Iv
1 .v. , I"!.
W uile
ronni, a 1
whom h
deu.nin g
had hi en
C. io of I
respo t :
p ice I tint
Milig ret.
pirils-
a I.i it oi . and cin-
iu I I" e-l i i il' ion,
si prui-
.l:e he
r and
; in 1 1 a ' i nn Mm
.!;;st I . -.v. ,.t i!t 1
logical Movey. tl,.v :
building ituit.it inn tuoi
pttrp se ot st-d .i ; ih
the clcitia', bills v.ot,
of th" Gco
ci. gaged ill
iiii-.. lor t Ini
mt
way mi v Inch
I i tin- ! by t Ins
co'it :, n-t imi uf
niil basins ami
.! di i"-its in
' S'.:it''S have.
i"Uini!iiig i'.U" in ! b
the ciith's cn:-t. Tlio ;
other valuable mnicta
tiiany parts of t i. i 'n'!
iitidergi'iic just aieh
Unit it bail : -cm' '
tile iirittl" t .i'!-s lie;;,' I
1 Uc curt li .." t h ! I..- I i
are in tho' c eclil to;i I
i-l
licv
a. r
v. hiell
d' tlio
ell ;il
irs. as
gi-
'at
it ess.
of . ri
c-;t-1
1 1l'-c
ptl
t he cis"
in btvci
lllel I in-r
truii.iit.
hen
i-i take i
. 'I
fi-
t ll'Ck lies
t in ;t wii'
bV
leu
it is linrdeni'd it
IITilbel" of liivcrs
i-l.l I -d Oil" II -
s is ni' jelly c.ikc,
i'ttl struct. Tho
ii'-c t i:c layers in
thu
le
oil tin' in !:. ; like I i;,i
represent in r gculn-i
i'.et process is to p';
tiiaciiin '. piling s;
tu rci.ros nl Hi" I
itl'ter v. Iii. b pfi ssiirv
oil l ipof Ihelil
"f gtuvtty,
np'i'i' I fruni
the ends
Vci v ;
iv by ;i pist n ;id-
vaticed v:t
tile 111 t'. "
.irtiflci.i.i c,
to take j r.
: : sofctv. ! ids .-ails,. s
tlup!n up. ;:n."l iite'e: I lie
:it r.'i'tinn t hey arc fuitnd
: 'v t lie f'ifl:i s of tii'e.m-
taiti r::iircs lib
t be A'lcgiianics.
'"-..' iu
I he-Ire. I.
'111' r;:l Iniiiai iii ilm City of
Mexico (he l-ugest in Auietic;!, itlli
cost nearly t'.Pdd.