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THE END OF THE DAY, I hear the bells at eventide. Teal slowly one by on?, Jsear and far off they break and glide, Across the stream float faintly beaulj"" The antiphonal belli of Hull; The dav is done, done, don?, The day is done. The dew has gathered in the flower3 Like tears from some unconscious deep; The swallows whirl around the towers, The light runs out beyond ths long cloud bars, And leaves the single stars; 'Tis time for sleep, sleep, sleep, 'Tis time for sleep. The hermit thrush begins again. Timorous eremite, That song of ris3n tears and pain, As if the one he loved was far away: 'Alas! another day " 'And now Good Night," "Good Night." Duncan C. Scott, in Youth's Companion, "THE CACTUS." EY O. n. LEWIS, he Cac tus" was IS the name bestowed upon ber in Cinna bar. Her signature, if she had written it, would probably have been Mollie Pres cott; at least such was the declaration of Rosewood Jim. 1 ! iY, 'V - OUC VL1C fnmnln ci T-fnr orrn in U(! V IS Tombstone.'' ng- tQln, V serted that veracious il1 '$f$yM chronicler, ' where . . ''f,Wl(U she cooks at the stage statioD, an' she gives it out cold, she's called Prescott Mollie Prescott an' most likely she knows her knowed it a year ago." name, aa' As Rosewood was a historian of known petulance, no one cared to challenge either his facts or conclusions; so the real name of "The Cactus" was accepted by the Cinnabar public as Prescott. "The Cactus" was a personable lady, comely and round; and her advent in to Cinnabar society had caused some thing of a flutter. Her mission was to cook, and in the fulfilment of her des tiny she presided over the range at the O. K. Hotel. Being publicly hailed as 'The Cactus" seemed in no wise to de press her, and it is possible she even felt a secret glow over an epithet which was meant by the critical taste that awarded it to illustrate those thorns in her nature which repelled and held in check the male of Cincabar. "Women wear jewelry in Cinnabar, and on her first coming "The Cactus" had many admirers. Every man in camp loved her the moment she stepped from the Tucson stage six months before. From the term "every man," however, a careful writer would except Rosewood Jim. That obdurate scientist, given as he was to the inner workings of faro as a philosophy, had no time for such 11 soft and dulcet affair as love. Another thing, Rosewood had scruples of honor born of his business. "Life behind a deal-box is a mighty sight too fantastic," quoth the thought ful Rosewood, "for a family. It does well enough for single-footers, which it don't make much difference with, when a player pulls his six-shooter an' sends 'em shoutin' home to heaven some abrupt. But there ain't no room for a woman with a man who turns cards as a jur soot." As time went on, the score of lovers who sighed on the daily trail of "The Cactus" dwindled down to two. The re;t gave out dispirited. "I'm clean strain enough," said Bill Tutt, in apolegetic description of his failure to persevere, "but I knows when I've got through. I'll play a game to a finish, but when it's down to the turn an' my last chip's gone over to the dealer, why I shoves my chair back an' quits. An' it's about that a-way of an' concernin' my love for this yere Cactus girl. I jest can't get her none, an' that settles it. I now drors out an' gives my seat to some one else." 4 That's whatever," said a personage known as Texas Joe, who was an inter ested listener to the defeated Mr. Tutt, "an' you can gamble I'm with you on them views. I loves 4The Cactus' my se'f to a frightful degree, an' thar's times I jest goes about whinin' for her; but yere awhile back I come projectin' around her kitchen, an' 'bingl' comes a skillet at my head, an' that let's me out. You bet I don't pursoo thrn explorations round her no more. I don't want to get my rope onto no woman who is that cal lous as to heave kitchen bric-a-brac at a heart that's pantin' for her." Two lovers still knelt at the shrine of "The Cactus." These were hailed by men of Cinnabar respectively as Rice Brown and Riley Brooks. A descrip tion of one would have besn a portrait of the other. They were young, good looking, of the breezy Southwestern type, tanned as to face, and lithe and limber as black snakes as to person. These still held the affections of "The Cactus" in siege and demanded capitula tion. That estimable virgin paid xio heed to their court, nor the comment of onlooking Cinnabar. She pursued her path in life even and unmoved. She compounded her daily bread, compiled her daily tlapjacks, and broiled her daily beefsteak ;y :hat simple and ingenious process, popular in the Southwest, of burning it oa the diddles of her rane, t1 Ml. IA. ' vj mm and all as composedly as though Lsander never swam the Hellespont nor Antony sighed or sung in the ear of Egypt's Queen. Still it was possible that "The Cactus" Tras a shade less thorny in her treatment of Rice Brown and Hi ley Brooks than of any of the others. Per haps she wa3 becoming tired out. Be the reason what it may, these two persisted when the others failed, and at last were recognized as rivals. "All I'm afraid of," said old man Armstrong, the head of the local vig ilance committee, "that these yere young bucks '11 take topawin' roun' for trouble with each other. As the upshot of sech doin's would most likely be thestringin' of the survivor by the Cinnabar commit tee on lariats, these yere nuptials,which now looks some feasible, would be clean busted, an' the camp get a set-back jest that much. I wish this yeie maiden would tip her hand in this to some dis creet gent, so a play could be made in advance to get the wrong man outen the way. Whatever do you think you'se'f, Rosewood?" "It's a delicate deal, "said that sapient cardist, "to go taraperin' round a young female for the secrets of her soul, but I shorely deems it a crisis, and public inter est demands somethia' is done. These yere boys is growin' mighty hostile of each other, which I notes last night over in the Gold Mine saloon, where they was j amtin' up for war, an' onless we all in terferes yere it's my jedgment some of this yere love-makin' '11 come olf in the smoke." "Thar oughter to be a nact of Con gress," said Tutt, the pessimist, "agin love-makin' in the Far West, an' the East should be kept for sech purposes speshul, same as reservations for Injuns. The Western climate's too exyooberant for love-makin'." "S'pose me an' you an' Tutt yere goss over to this young female, an' all polite an' congenial like, we ups . an' asks her intentions?" continued Armstrong, in an interrogative way, to Rosewood. "Excuse me, pard," said Tutt, with sad earnestness, "but I don't think I wants cards in this at all. The Cactus' is a mighty spirited lady, an' you all re calls as how I've been pesterin' 'round her in the past myse'f, for which reason, with others, she might take my comin' on sech errants derisive an' bang me over the fore'erd with a dipper, or some sech objectionable play. So I reckon I better keep out of this yere embassy a whole lot. I ain't aimin' to shirk nuthin', but it'll be a heap more shore to win if I do." "Tutt ain' onlikely to be plenty right about this," said Rosewood, "an' I reckon, Armstrong, we all better take this trick ourselves." The mission was not a success. When the worthy pair of peace preservers ap peared in the presence of "The Cactus" and made the inquiries noted, it excited the scorn and i.o of that retiring damsel beyond the power of words to describe. "What be you all doin' in my kitchen?" she asked, her face flushed with rage and noonday cookery. ikWho sent you all canternin' over yere to me with those insultin' questions, anyhow? I demands to know." "And yere," said Rosewood, in relat ing the exploit m the Gold Mine saloon immediately after, "she stamps her foot like a buck antelope an' let's fly a stove griddle at us, an' all with a proud, high air, which reminds me a mighty sight of a goddess. At the time it would seem the duo at tempted an apologetic explanation of their presence, and made effort to point out to "The Cactus" the crying public need of some decision on her part. "You don't want these two young male persons to take to shootiu' of each other all up none, do you?" said Arm strong. UI wants you two sots to get outen my kitchen," replied "The Cactus" vigor ously, "an' I wants you to move some hurried, too. Don't never let me find your moccasin tracks 'round this yere water-hole no more, or I'll turn in an' mark you up a whole lot."' "Yere, you," she continued, as they were about to leave, something cast down by the conference, "you all can tell that Riley Brooks an' Rice Brown if they're blamed fools enough to go mak in' a gun play over me, to make it hard. Tell 'em I can pick my man out when the smoke blows away." "Tutt's way right about 'The Cactus' bein' some sperited," said Armstrong, as the two walked away. "She's shore spirited, an' that's a fact," mused Rosewood, in assent. The result of the talk with "The Cactus" found its way about in Cinna bar and in less than an hour bore its hateful fruit. The peaceful quiet of that Gold Mine saloon, which, as a rule, heard no harsher note than the clatter of a stack of chips, was sullenly broken. "You all who ain't interested yere better take to a lower limb." It was the voice of Riley Brooks. The trained instinct of the Cinnabar public at once fathoned the trouble and proceeded to hide its many heads be hind barrels, tables, counter and any place which promised refuge from the bullets. All but one, and that was Rice Brown. He knew it meant him the moment Riley Brooks uttered the first syllable, and his pistol came to the front with a brevity born of long prac tice. His rival's was already there, and so the shooting began. As a result Mr. Brooks received a serious injury which crippled his good right arm for many a day, while Mr. Brown was picked up with a wound in the side which even the senMment of Cinnabar, inured tc such things and incurs! to optimism at all times, admitted as dan gerous. "Well," said Armstrong, after tbo duelists had been cared for at the O. K. House, "yere we be again an' nuthin settled. Yere we has all this shootin an' all this blood-lettin. an' the camp gets all torn up, an still thar's jest as many of these vere people now as there was before, an' most likely the whole deal to go over again." "I shore abominates things a-SDlitin even this a-way," caid Rosewood, "but Cinnabar mu3t b'ar it's burdens same as other camps. It can't be he'ped none." The next day the two d jclists were still in bed. A new phase v.-5 given the affair when "The Cactus,"' clothed in purple and fine linen, and with two vio lent red roses in her straw hat, took the itage for Tucson. The management of the O. K. House reported, in reference to the excited state of the Cinnabar mind, that "Tae Cactus" -would return in a week. "Goin' for her weddin' troosoe, most likely," said Armstrong, as he gazed after the stage. No one seemed to know the intentions of "The Cactus." The shooting had in nowise disturbed her. That may have been her obdurate heart, or it may have come from a familiarity with the evanes cent tenure of human life born of long years on the border. Be that as it may, she experienced not the least concern touching the condition of her brace of lovers wounded upstairs, and took the stage without even saying good-by to them or anyone else. "An' some fools say women is talkers," said Rosewood, in high disgust. Three days later Old Scotty, the stage driver, came in with startling news. "The Cactus" had married a man in Tuc son, and would bring him to Cinnabar in a week. "When I first hears of it," said Old Scotty, with a groan, "an' when I thinks of them two pore boys a-layin' in Cinna bar, an' their rights bein' trifled with that a-way, I shore think I'll take my Winchester an' go an' stop them rites a whole lot; but, pards, the Tucson Mar shall wouldn't have it. So she nails him, an' I hears in a saloon over thar she's been aimin' to marry him before she ever hops into Cinnabar at all. I sees him afterward, an' he's a little, measly-lookin' prairie dog, and from his looks he couldn't get a job clerkin' in a store." "Tharyou be,"caid Armstrong. "An other case of woman's inhumanity to man. However, if The Cactus' has done gone a-flutterin' from her perch in this yere fashion, jest the same we must prance 'round an' give her a high old time on her return. The honor of the camp bein' concerned, of course we whoops it up in style." And they did. Kansas City Star. A Wonder of Science. One of the most delicate surgical operations ever performed in San Fran cisco was that to which A. Eaehm, a patient at the City and County Hospital, was subjected recently. The operation was remarkable in that an endoscope, or small electric light, was used during the process. This was thrust into the thorac ic cavity, and by its illumination the ac- ! tion of the heart, and lungs was plainly visible. Baehm was afficted with an abscess, which had formed in the pleural cavity and attacked the left lung. The opera tion was an exceedingly dangerous one, and in order not to shock the patient no mention of the intention of the physicians was made to him. The sick man was quickly anajsthet ized and the inflated breast was exposed to view. A discoloration on the left side showed that the trouble lay under the tissue in that direction, and Dr. El linwood began operations at once by making'two deep incisions crosswise, from which the blood spurted in streams. Several of the larger blood vessels were necessarily cut, but these were quickly ligatured with Dr. Stillman's assistance. The flaps of flesh were laid to one side, exposing the third rib to view. This rib was rejected for three inches, and when it was cut away a dark and bloody open ing was revealed, through which the thoracic cavity and the space between the lungs could be seen. Dr. Hirshf elder inserted the endoscope through the open ing in Baehm's breast and the light was turned on, illuminating the interior of the cavity with remarkable distinctness. The heart worked slowly, owing to the effect of ether. The aorta dilated and fell with every heart beat. The lung was also plainly visible. During tte one hour and a half consumed in making the operation the action o.e the heart was dis tinctly visible, and the unusual sight was the subject of much comment upon the part of the operators and spectators. When the process was completed and every vestige of pus removed, the endo scope was withdrawn, and the opening in Baehm's breast closed. The operation J was a highly successful one in every par- - ticular, and Baehm s condition shows 1 that he is gaining strength. Electricity. The New England States use FormosaD teas, the Middle States all kinds oJ Oolong teas, green teas and a lew Con gos; the South principally green teas, and the Northwest and Canada, Japar teas, which latter constitute over one half of the entire consumption. Possibly one reason why men who talk lnndlv seem so cenerallv successful i? that thev can't be easily disturbed it tlieir occupation. -Washington Star. FIFTY-SECOND CONGjiSSS. In the Senatp. S-Sth Dat. Mr. Chandler reportel an amendment to the Naval Appropriation bill, appropriating $1'000 toward the construc tion of u dry dock at Portsmouth, N. H. Th-j limit of cost is placed at ?o .," O Mr. MePherson reported an amendment to the Naval Appropriation Mil, which pur poses to increase the number of harbor defence vessels Iro.n one to three; torpedo boats from six to ten, and also provides for torpedoe. marine uni otherwise, for which l.tX),UX is appro priated After the routine morning busi ness the Senate took up the Calendar, and the following bills were' disooe I of auion others: Appropriating $100,t for a pub lic building at McKeeport, Penn. Passed. Senate bill to convey to the Stat- of Kansas a portion of the Fort Hayes Military Reservation (about 320) acres) for homes for old soldiers and their families, and to open the r;t of tha reser vation to homestead settlement. Passe i. Senate bill for the disposal of the remaining public lands in Alabama for the promotion of technical education. Passed, after some discussion. Senate bill appropriating $5), 000 for a public building at Caarlottasvilie, Va. Passed . yTH Day. In presenting a remonstrance from East Hard wick, Vt., against legislation to close the World's Fair on Sundays, Mr. Morrill remarked that if it were so closed it would deprive the working classes of any reasonable opportunity to visit the exhibi tion The House bill appropriating $100,- COJ to establish a military post at Helena, Jilontana, was passed The House bill appropriating $150,000 to defray the expenses of the Bering Sea arbitration at Paris was passed without discussion The Choctaw and Chickasaw award was discussed. 90th Day. The Choctaw and Chickasaw award was discussed Eulogies on the late Senator iVilson, of. Maryland, were pro nounced. 91st Day. The House bill to admit cer tain foreign-built ships to American registry was passed without change by a vote of forty to ten. 92d Day. The Senate passed the bill en larging the Yellowstone National Park by about one-third its present area. In the House. 101st Day. The House, by a vote of yeas. 135; nays, twenty-three, adopted the con ference report on the Geary Chinese bill Mr. Bland introduced a bill repealing all laws imposing a tax on the currency of cir culating notes issued by authority of any State or banking association organized by the authority of a State A dozen or two private pension bills coming over from Friday night's session were passed Messrs. Outhwaite, Mitchell and Belknap were appointed conferrees on the Army Ap propriation bill. 102d Day. After unimportant routine business the House went into Committee of the Whole (Mr. Hatch in the Chair) on the River and Harbor Appropriation bill, gen eral debate to be limited to two hours. The bill was then taken up by sections under the five minute rule. Mr. Holman moved to strike out the provision allowing the Secretary of War to enter into con tracts for material and work to continue the construction of the Harbor of Refuge, at Point Judith, R. I. Lost, twenty -seven to 117. The appropriation for the harbor at Manitowoc, Wis., was increased from ?18, 000 to $28,000. On motion of Mr. Reed the appropriation for Harasackett River, Maine, was increased from $10,000 to $16,000. Pending further action the committee rosa and the House adjourned. 103d Day. The River and Harbor Ap propriation bill was considered A bill, designed to prevent the employment on public works of prison or convict labor, or the products of such labor, was reported. 104th Day. The House completed con sideration of the River and Harbor bill, but did not pass it. The only amendments of importance were: Increasing from $70,000 to $100,000 for improving the Missouri River at Great Falls, in Montana, and Sioux City; $10,000 for dam ming the Gila River near Yuma, Arizona, and a section providing that in cases where the Secretary of War was not satisfied with the bid, or where the contractors failed to finish the work in the specified time, he could complete it otherwise than by con tract . 105th Day. The River and Harbor bill was passed. It carries an appropriation of about $21,000,000. 100th Day. The House began the con sideration of the Sundry Civil Appropria tion bill. Mr. Fithian introduced a reso lution to set apart three days in June for discussion and voting on the bill introduced by him to admit to American registry f or-eign-Luilt ships. WORLD'S FAIR NOTES. The Administration building will hav2 a mosaic floor costing $5000. A collection' of finely mounted birds and animals will be shown iu the Pennsylvania buiMings. A telephone exchange having, itisno'.v thought, about 000 instruments, will be es tablished in the Exposition grounds. It is the intention, if possible, to arrange for a grand international regatta for both salt and fresh water yachts during the Ex position . The model of the Victory, Nelson's cel brated fla-ship, will be brought to the Ex position by Manager Abud, of the Prince of Wales's Theatre, London. Invitations are being sent to distin guished guests to attend the dedication cere monies of the Exposition next October. Some 20,000 or 25,000 invitations are being sent out. It is announced that the Pope has directed that specimens of the beautif ul mosaic pic tures, made at the mosaic works in the Vati can, shall be exhibited at the Exposition, and that at least one picture shall be made ex pressly for the Fair. f It is announced that the Virginia Expo sitiou Beard intends to reproduce at the Fair Mount Vernon, the famous home and last resting place of George Washington. If this is done a large and interesting collection of Washington relics will be exhibited in the structure. Dr. Henry J. Reynolds and Samuel B. Foster, Chicago tourist?, recently climbe i to the summit of South Dome, one of the highest points of the Yosemite range, and painted in enormous letters on one of the most conspicuous cliffy the words: "Visit the World's Fair in Chicago, in 13." A company has been granted the privilege of carrying visitors by lake to and trom the Exposition grounds. It is planning to run at least fourteen steamers. Between the "lake front ' in Chicago and the ground., four large boat?, two of them wba'.ebacks, and all having a capacity of 5000 each, will make trips every half hour. A New Jersey pottery firm is making a large numbor of specimens of fine work for exhibition at the Fair. One piece aiready compieted is an elegant vase, forty inches high and fifty-two inches in circumference, valued at $1000. It is thought to be one or the most perfect and beautiful specimens of the potter' art ever produced in this country. W. Il. BOND, Attorney at Law EDENTON, N. C. OJTiaC OH KINO FTRF.ET, TWO DOORS WEST OP MAIN. Practice ta lk 8per!er Court of Chow&a m4 4otatof eovntka, aa4 ta u aprcn Co art M K7Co!tl0&i prompt! a. W. D. PKUDKN. C.8. TUTS. PRUDEN & VANN9 ATTORNEYS AT LAW, EDEKTON, X. C. :tcta PiMBoUBk, Perqnlmama, Chowin, Refmoees CtUf Jotic Smith. TUIeiga, N. C; G.W. Grand A Soct, Exchange Nation it Bank, ftorfolk, Va: Whedfc A Picklufoo, Klileu Brot, Kairtimor, Mi, and Wm. tlswf, Boton, Mui. DR. C. P. B0GERT, Burgeon & Mechanical EDENTON, IV. C. WOODARD HOUSE, EDENTON, N. C. J. L. ROGERS ON, Prop. Ttds eld amd established hotel itlU offers lm ! accemmodAtif ni to tho trarellBf public TERMS REASONABLE. Sample room for trtrelise s&letmen, and eoi Toraneee fnraUhd whea desired. HrFre Bsok at all trsios sad stesmers. First-dMB Bar attached. The Best Imported cad Domestic liquors always ea hand. a. LXKDEB G. 6. UNDER & BRO., Commission 3Iorc5linlM and Wholesale Dealers In FRESH FIS1 Game and Terrapin 30, 31, 40 & 41 Dock St Wharf, Consignments Solicited. No Agents. SARfl'LT.SKSDIVlORE "WHOLESALE COMMISSION FISH DEALER, 143 fc 144, Beokman St., Opposite Fulton Market NEW YORK CITY. THE ALBEMARLE Steam Navigation Co. Exists, Despite of Prophesy and Opposition. It will continue to serve the people according to the following schedule. Read It: STEAMER LOTA. Capt. Geo. H. Withky leave. Franklin, Va., on arrival of mail train from Portsmouth Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, toucb ing all landing on Chowan River, and ar riving at Edentor. at 9 p. m. Returning, will arrive at Franklin in tlm to connect with Raleigh Express, at 4 p. ta, for Norfolk. J. H. BOGART, Supt. K- R. Pen-dlkton-. Local Agt., Eden ten, N. C. NEATLY AND PROMPTLY is- Fisherman and Farmer Publishing Company. S)
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