THE CHARLOTTE MESSENGER.
YOL. IV. NO. 37.
THE
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W.C. SMITH Charlotte NC,
There Lb a great store of gold in Corea,
hut an entire lack of proper mechanical
devices for mining. The production of
gold last year was $5,000,000. The main
object of the Corean Embassy to this
[Government is understood to be to inter
est the citizens of this country in the de
velopment of Corean resources.
The visit of the Sultan of Morocco to
Algiers in order to communicate by cable
with his representative at the Madrid
Conference is an event of some historical
importance, declares the Argonaut. For
years the Sultan opposed the laying of
this cable, as he did not wish to bring
Europe any nearer to his domain. It is
fifty years nearly since a Sultan of
Morocco has deigned to set foot in Tan
giers, a seaport town polluted by the
presence of many Europeans.
As the Bubbles Rose.
Sir Walter Scott, when walking along
the banks of the Yarrow, saw Mungo
Park throwing stones into the water and
anxiously watching the bubbles that
succeeded. In reply to Scott’s inquiry
as to the object of his occupation, the
great traveler said he was thinking how
ofteii he had thus tried to sound the
rivers in Africa by calculating how long
a time had elapsed before the bubbles
rose to the surface. This was a slight
circumstance, but the traveler’s safety
frequently depended upon it.—Cham
hern's
The new Japanese Minister at Wash
ington is a man with a history. Hig
name is Mutsu Munemitsu and he is one
of the greatest statesmen of Japan. A
correspondent of the New York World
had a long talk concerning him with Mr.
Shiro Akabane, and from him got the
following interesting facts: “The new
minister has for years been connected
with Japanese politics. He is noted as a
financier and he was chief of the Bureau
which revised the tariff some years ago,
putting it on the basis of European
money. He has been Governor of Yoko
hama and Chairman of the Senate, which
is a position much like that of the Presi
dent pro tom. of tho United States
Scna'e. He was accused of being con
nected with Gen. Saigo’s rebellion of ten
years ago, which was to overturn the thea
Cabinet. Ido not think that it was
proven that he was one of the rebels, but
he was arrested as a political offender
and imprisoned for five years. During
his imprisonment he had a house for
himself, but there were guard* before
its doors, and he was under military aur
veilance. nc studied English while so
Imprisoned, and is now a good English
} scholar. After he was released from
j pri*ori he made a tour of the world, and
I supplemented the knowledge of English
acquired from books and the Japanese
teachers by a residence of a year in Lon
don, and he also spent some time in
France and Germany. He then went
back to Japan, studying the various gov
ernments as he passed through them, and
he is, all told, one of the brightest
mindad statesmen we have.”
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS
NORTH CAROLINA.
The executive committee of tho North
Carolina Agricultural society met at Ral
eigh and fixed October 16 tol9as date of
next state fair.
The grand jury in Wake Superior
Court found true bills against Sperry W.
Hearn, of Wadesboro, and J. P. Castou,
of Anson county, for criminal libel. The
case has so far attracted widespread at
tention. Hearn is editor of the Wades
boro Intelligencer. Suit is instituted by
J. L, Stone, of Raleigh, who sells what
are known as Zephyr cotton seed.
At Sparta, Allegheny county, Joseph
Lee was informed that George W. Sex
ton had gone before the grand jury as a
witness against him. He walked behind
Lee and tired two balls from a pistol into
him, both of which passed entirely
through has body. Lee fled, but was
captured by the sheriff and a posse and
placed in jail. Sexton is dead. At first
there was apprehension that Lee would
be lynched. This has now passed away.
News has reached Raleigh of the kill
ing, in Union county, of Will Rorie, col
ored, by a young white man, Alvin Mor
gan. It is said that Alvin’s brother Will
was accessory to the killing. The parties
had a dispute about a debt, and a fight
ensued. Alvin Morgan drew a pistol and
fired upon Rorie, killing him. TheMor
fan boys have made their escape into
outh Carolina. Steps are being taken
to secure their arrest.
On the 13th inst., at Copps Hill gold
mine, in Mecklenburg county, William
E. McGinn instantly killed Leroy Elliott,
with whom he was quarreling, by strik
ing him in the forehead with a plow
share. Both were white men, young and
well known. McGinn fled at once, and
it was thought had taken refuge in South
Carolina. Governor Scales offered two
hundred dollars reward for him. Pur
suit was at once made, and he has been
captured in Gaston county by J. C.
Bowman.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The postoffices at Yorkville and Ben
nettsville have been raised to the rank of
Presidential offices.
A burglar forced open the front door
of Mr. Chas. Sessit’s jewelry shop, in
Barnwell, ami carried away a dozen gold
watches, of which four were gold; loss,
SSOO. Two of the gold watches were en
graved with the owners' names, G. Dun
can Bellinger and T. J. Simons. A third
watch was marked D.
The Governor has offered a reward of
$l5O for the apprehension, with proof to
convict, of the person or persons who
murdered John Fenton, at the Broad
River bridge, on March 11th. This
makes $350 which is awaiting the cap
ture of the murderer of Fenton and the
assailants of the bridge-keeper and his
wife.
At Greenville several houses were
blown down, and four children, who
were in one of them, narrowiy escaped
death, being completely covered up by
the falling drbiis Chas. Williams was
also badly crippled. The storm was
going in a northeastern direction, its
track being about one hundred Jarils
wide. It did its work in a moment and
was over. It is feared that great damage
has been done which has not yet been
reported.
NORTH* EAMT AND WENT
The world’s visible supply of cotton is
2,650.590 bales.
The Hope Insurance Company, of New
Grleans, has gone into liquidation.
The International Sugar Conference
will reassemble in London on April 5.
The New York banks now hold in re
serve $9,145,557 in excess of legal re
quirements.
The suspension of S. T. Russell has
been announced on the New York Cot
ton Exchange.
Two white men and a negro were
killed by the explosion of a boiler at the
Lucas mill, in Cookeville, Tenn.
Walter T. Miller & Co., the oldest cot
ton brokerage house in New York, who
recently failed, have announced that they
will settle in full in a few days.
Dr. J. Bessels, the arctic explorer, who
acted as physician on the American ship
Polaris in 1871, has died at Stuttgardt of
apoplexy.
A Pittsburg dispatch says that the
Hon. David N. White, formerly editor
the Pittsburg Gazette, and founder of
the Republic,ill party, died at his home
at Sewickly, Pa., aged 83.
Notes of Progress ia the South.
There are prospects of a knitting fac
tory being started at Charlotte, N. C.
A movement has been started in Iron
dale, Ala., for the erection of a furniture
factory. A stock company is to lie 1 1
once organized.
Charlotte. N. C., is forming a company
to start a candy sefi cracker factory. The
capital stock will be about SIO,OOO.
E. H. West, of Franklin, N. C., is in
vestigating the corundum deposits on his
lands, and will probably begin develop
ing same in a short time.
The Willett Tobacco Company will
build a tobseco factory at Louisville, Ky.
A fruit and vegetable canning factory
is to lie started in Rome, Oa. The fh
dustry will give employment to 100
hands.
The Pionoer Pottery Works will pur
chase land and build large works to man
ufacture plain and decorated white iron
atone china at Birmingham, Ala. Their
j capital stock ia $70,000.
CHARLOTTE, N. C„ SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1888.
GOSSIP FROM UNCLE SAKS’ CAP
ITOL
What sir Bust Law Malm are Delnc.
Ceaareealeaal 111 Other New,.
The Senate has confirmed the nomina
tion of S. M. Stockslager to be Commis
sioner of the General Land Office.
It is estimated that the decrease in the
public debt for the month of March will
amount to nearly $10,000,000.
The Birmingham public building bill!
reported to the Senate appropriates
$300,000, and the Greenville, 8. C., bill ’
SIOO,OOO.
The condition of Chairman Mills, of
the Ways and Means Committee, is not
so favorable. There is nothing alarming
in his condition, but his physician says
he needs absolute rest.
The President has nominated to be'
postmasters John L. Williamson. Colum
bia, Teun.; M. D. L. Martin. Water Val
ley, Miss., and John M. Brown, medical
director, to be chief of the Naval Bureau
of Medicine and Surgery, with the rela
ive rank of Commodore.
The President has sent to the Senate
the following nomination; Ezeiliel E.
Smith, of North Carolina, to be Minister
resident and Consul General of the United
States at Liberia
The Senate passed, with amendmenta
the House bill accepting the invitation
of France to take part in the World's
Exposition of 1889. The Senate also
passed the act providing for a Constitu
tional Centennial iu Washington in the i
spring of 1889.
A conspiracy by eighteen or twenty of
the more desperate prisoners in the Dis
trict jail, who are under sentence to Al
bany penitentiary, to murder the guards,
if necessary, release their fellow-prisoners
and make their escape was discovered
and frustrated.
In a communication transmitted to the
Senate, in answer to a resolution of that
body. General Duane, chief of engineers,
says that there has been no garrison sta
tioned at Fort Moultrie, Charleston har
bor, since the war. He estimates that
$45,000 will be needed for the erection
of quarters and barracks outside the fort
for the accommodation of the garrison of
United States troops. “To place Fort
Moultrie in the highest state of strength
for defensive purposes,” he says, “would
require an expenditure of $300,000." It
is estimated that a propersvstem of mod
ern works to protect Charleston would
cost $323,000.
Treasurer Hyatt has adopted a new
seal for the use of United States notes
and certificates. It is similar in design
to the large one used on the old S2O
note, with the addition of a smaii lari
border with many points in geometric
lattice work. It is light pink in color,
circular in form and nearly two inches in
diameter. Heretofore a separate seal was
used oa notes and gold and silver certifi
cates, varying in size and design accord •
ing to the character and denomination of
the note. Hereafter the new sea! will be
used exclusively on all paper issue. The
change iu size and design is said to be in
the nature of an additional safeguard
against counterfeiting.
She Weds an Indian.
Mr, J. S. Lamar and his bride passed
through Atlanta yesterday.
Their marriage is full of romance. ,
The newspapers through the country
have han a great deal to say about the
marriage of Miss Fellows to a half-breed
Indian, but here is a Georgia girl who
has wedded a Cherokee Indian.
The bride is Miss Emma D. Sims,
daughter of Mr. Thomas Sims, one of
Morgan county’s substantial farmers.
The groom, as stated above, is a Cherokee
Indian, his home being at Vimta, Indian
Territory.
The ceremony was performed yester
day morning at the residence of the
bride’s father, near Madison. Rev. W.
E. Vaughn, of Mississippi, now of Kmory
College, performed the eeremouy, and
Mr. E. M. Landrum, of Yinita. also a
student of Emory, acted as the “best
man” for the groom.
Miss Sims, a handsome young lady,
has visited Oxford quite frequently.
During one of these visits she met Mr.
Lamar, who is a member of the senior
class at Emory, and as their acquaintance
rijiened into friendship, the young man.
one of the most enlightened ol his race,
fell deeply in love with her. sought her
hand, and was accepted; and yesterday
their vows were made sacred before hy
men’s throne.
Mr. and Mrs. Lamar left at onee for
their far off home in Indian Territory,
passing through Atlanta on their way.—
Atlanta Conattfutwm, JfiireA 29.
Crushed by a Cyclone.
A special from Kansas City. Mo., says:
Word has just been received of the al
most utter destruction of the town of
Niunescah. in Kiugman county, Kansas,
on Saturday evening by a tornado. It had
been raining all day, and as evening ap
proached the storm was seen coming
from the southwest. It struck the town
ami destroyed everything in its path,
leaving only three houses standing in the
whole place. Two churches, five stores
and fifteen dwellings were torn to
pieces, and the flying timbers killed
three | lemons and maimed seventeen
others.
The victims are Mrs. J. C. Williams,
with her infant, killed ; George 8. Har
ilerly, killed; Ja*. Williams, both legs
broken and several bruises, will probably
<lie; Charles Qordon, injured In the
back, supposed to lie fatally. The others
injured nave only minor hurt*. The
heavy fall of vain, which has continued
since the tornado, has added to the dis
comfort of the sufferers.
THEY BOTH SKIPPED.
Tho President and Cashier Run Oft
With the Funds.
tlrewt Exritcmeat Is Iks Caellal of Ike Old
Norik Ntoto— People Hit Hard For
ood Noor—Tkr Defaulters Tkonskt
to ko lo Caoodo.
Raleigh is in a state of extreme excite
ment over a great bank defalcation which
has just been made public.
President Charles E. Cross and Cashiei
Samuel E. White have absconded with
$43,000 of the bank's funds, and have
fled to Canada. It is believed that they
have rehypothecated large amounts of
the bank's paper in New York, and that
the total loss will reach $300,000, and
possibly $250,000.
When the news of tho trouble was
known to the bank directors, a special l
meeting was held at a late hour. The |
last quarterly- statement of the bank, |
made in February, showed that there |
were $303,000 of deposits subject to
check. It was shown to the directors
that the sum due depositors was $22,000;
due the Park Bank of New York $63,-
000; due two banks here, $15,000. It
was shown further that the bank ought
to have the following assets: $324,000
in notes and $75,000 in mortgages on
real estate. How many of the notes were
rehypothecated is not known.
The defaulters left $15,000 in cash to
deceive the teller. Both White and
Cross had lately been in Canada ostensi
bly on the business of the bank. Both
had also been in New York. On Thurs
day they asked a bank at Richmond and
a bank at Baltimore to send them SIO,OOO
each, saying they would give drafts on
the Park Bank to cover this amount. On
Friday night they got $20,000 from these
banks by express. White got it and
never put it in bank at all. On Saturday
afternoon both men last. At Greensboro
they were seen on Sunday morning, and
a conductor who knew both well re
marked: “You two look like you were
bound for Canada.” That was the last
seen of them.
The hank was dosed with a notice that
it was dosed by order of the directors.
The State had $14,000 on deposit of its
general fund, and $3,500 of a fund for
the deaf and dumb and blind institu
tion. Recently SB,OOO of money from
the Hatch bill for the State Agricultural
and Mechanical College had been de-
Sosited there by W. S. Primrose, presi
ent of the trustees of that college.
People far and near have been bitten
hard by the failure, Itstruck all classes
here. People have great confidence in
the other banks in the city, and there
was no run on them. Both Cross and
White were connected with the church,
the latter very prominently. Cross was
young, and was for years a clerk in the
State Auditor’s office. He had been
president of the bank two years. White
had been cashier ever since" the bank was
established, nearly twenty years ago.
The bank's capital was $200,000.
I.VTKH.
A special from Toronto, Ont., says:
Two men. one apparently in middle life
and the other quite young, who have
been stopping in magnificent style at the
Albion hotel, with a colored lackey in
attendance, were suspected of being the
defaulting cashier and president of the
State National Bank, of Raleigh, N. C.,
and on the strength of a telegram from
the chief of police at Raleigh, charging
them with forgery, were arrested in their
rooms and taken "to the Central Station.
When they were questioned they de
clared they came from New Orleans and
were not the men wanted. On being
examined, $15,235 was found in the coat
of Samuel C. White, the cashier, and
$9,359 in that of Charles E. Cross, the
president, secreted inside the lining,
milking in all a sum of $24,714, S6OO of
which was unsigned currency bills.
Bills of indictment for forgery have
1 been found against them, and it is prob
sble that, the gentlemen will be escorted
back to their native city shortly.
BURNED TO DEATH.
liaashsl »l Knife Waaade Found la the
Rodr of ike Dead Mao.
I At Harrison, Oa., smoking and smol
dering amid the ashes and coals, lay the
charred remains of a dead man. The
dead man was lying flat on his back.
His feet and legs were entirely consumed
and his arms were burnt to the shoulders.
A drawing-knife lying beside the body
i indicated foul play, and immediately it
was whispered about that the deceased
j had been foully murdered and then the
• house had been set on fire to cover the
crime.
Meantime the coroner a-rived, and im
mediately summoning a jury began the
autopsy. A physician was called in to
make an examination of the corpse to as
certain if there were any traces of vio
lence on the body He Siam came across
a large buckshot just back of the neck.
Then examining from the oppisitc side,
he found an opening under the sight
collar-bone, and following it up he soon
found a heavy charge of “BB” and
buckshot lying against the vertebral
column.
This told the awful tale of murder and
arson subsequently to hide the crime. A
number of witnesses were examined, and
all testitii-d that Robert Jenkins, colored,
lived in the house now burnt down; that
he was alone in the house the night of
the murder; that two gunshots were
heard in quirk succession in the direr
lion of his house between 10 and 11
o'clock, and that subsequently they saw
a lire in the direction of the bouse of de
ceased.
Thus nothing was brought out by the
inquest throwing anv light upon this
terrible murder, and the jury returned a
verdict that the deceased was killed by a
gunshot wound from unknown hands,
and then burnt in his own house, and the
same was murder, etc.
TOLEDO IN MOURNING.
The Late Chief Justice Burled wllli Ap
propriate Ceremonies at His
Home la Ohio.
All business was suspended and the
city was crowded with strangers, and
buildings, public and private, were cov
ered with mourning emblems, when the
special train bearing the remains of Chief
Justice Waite arrived. The casket con
taining the boiv was removed at once
from the special car and placed in a
hearse, and the funeral cortege moved up
Summit street in the following order:
Squad of police, Toledo Bar Association,
board of trade, city council, mayor and
other city officials, the hearse with a
guard of honor, composed of the Toledo
cadets, Justices of the Supreme Court in
carriages. Senate and House committees,
citizens on foot and in carriages.
The procession marched to the resi
dence of the Hon. Richard Waite, brother
of the deceased, where the remains were
deposited in order that Mrs. Waite and
other members of the family might ob
tain a private view. After the private
view by the family the remains were car-1
ried to the Guild room of Trinity church, |
where they were viewed by thousands,
when the coffin was closed and removed
to the chancel of the church adjoining.
On either side of the main aisle were
the Justices of the Supreme Court of the
United States and their marshal, the
committees from the United States Sen
ate and House of Representatives, Judges
of the United States Courts, Governor
Foraker and staff, the Supreme Court of
Ohio, National and State officers from a
distance, Lieutenant Governor Lyons and
a committee from the State Senate, the
Speaker of the House and the House
committee, members of the Ohio Legis
lature, the bar of Lucas county and visit
ing judges and lawyers, officers of the
city government and the board of trade.
Representatives of the press from a dis
tance, accompanied by the local press,
occupied seats at the front and extreme
left of the church.
The services in the church consisted of
the regular funeral services of the Pro
testant Episcopal church. At the con
olusion of the regular services the Rev.
Dr. H. B. Walbridge, former rector of
Trinity church, and now of New York
city, delivered a fitting and tender ad
dress that was very impressive. After
the services at the church the remains
were placed in the hearse, and the pro
cession formed and wended its way to
Forest Cemetery.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTH.
Thirty New Cotton aud Woolen Fnetorie*
Since January lot, and Eighty Six
Wood-Working Mill*.
The Tradesman, of Chattanooga,
Tenn., reports new industries actually
organized and erected in the South since
January 1, 1888, indicate no abatement
in its industrial growth. The reports
show areat activity in cotton aud woolen
factories. Withiu the past month thirty
new companies have been formed, and :
in most cases all the necessary stock has ;
been subscribed. There is also much
activity in mining operations, the total
number of mining and quarryiug com
panies formed in the South since January
l being fifty-six. In wood-working
! branches, however, the development has
been greatest, the whole number of new
! plants in three months being eighty-six.
, Reports also show that Southern timber
lands are in demand, chiefly by lumber
| men from the Northwest. Over 500,000
j acres have been sold since January 1.
I Northwestern manufacturers are erecting
mills in various Southern States.
WHAT THK MANUFACTURERS’ RECORD
SAYS.
The Baltimore Manufacturers’ Record
will publish this week its quarterly re
port of the South’s industrial progress,
giving name, location and character of
business of every maaufacturiag enter
prise organized in that section since
January I. The report shows that while
there were somewhat fewer large rnauu
| factoring and mining companies organ
j ized during the last three months than
for the same time of 1887, there was a
large increase in the number and diversity
of small industries.
The Record reports that all over the
South small industries are springing up
to supplement the great iron works which
are now under construction. During the
second half of the year about fifteen or
twenty of the immense iron furnaces,
which were commenced in the early part
of 1887, will go into blast. The uuml>er
of new enterprises reported during the
first quarter of 1888, compared with the
same time in 1887, was 1,075 for the
former and 923 for the, latter. The
amount of capital and capital stock rep
resented by these new enterprises are:
Alabama, $4,093,000; Arkansas, $1,950,-
000; Florida, $1.313,000; Georgia, $3, -
793,000; Kentucky. $5,460,000; Louisi
ana, $1,233,000; Maryland, $2,009,000;
miscellaneous, $491,000; North Carolina,
$3,006,000; South Carolina, $1,844,000 ;
Tennessee, $3,519,000; Texas, $0,424,-
000; Virginia, $2,990,000; West Virginia,
$1,477,000. Total, $38,668,000.
He Captured the Pin.
A street merchant who believes in the
old paving of ‘ See a pin an 1 pick it up
aud all the day you’ll have good luck,”
saw a pin in front of the postoffice the
other •lay. and while stooping to capture
it his hat fell off and rolled out into
the street, two suspender buttons gave
I way, his collar split open, and his store
teeth, which cost sl3 when new, fell
out and broke on tho walk. He picked
up the pin, however.
A phyaiclaa suggests that MB burned
potatoes cause (faknag, .. ,
Term $1.50 per Annum Single Copy 5 cents.
FUN.
Did you ever notice that a man goe#
to a lawyer and to a physician for pre
cisely ths same purpose—to recover. — St.
AUjann Messenger.
We stop the press to announce the
startling news that “tan-colored kid
slippers go with gowns of any color.—
fniianapolii News.
Vo’apuk appears to be the last de
spairing effort of Europeans to prevent
English from becoming the universal
language.— Omaha World.
Old Mother Peter, she went to the
meter to see how much gas she had
burned; she danced a cotillion when she
read seven million, and her mind waa
forever o’erturned.
Landlord—“ Mrs. O’Hoolihan, I’m
thinking of raising your rent.” Mrs.
O’Hoolihan—“Begorrah, I’m glad of
that, for I can’t raise it myself, at all,
at alL”— Nelrraska Journal.
At a Musicale. He—“ Shall I bring
you an icc while Miss Yellfort is singing?
Pray take something.” She.(a rival of
Miss Y.) —“Thanks, no. If I took any
thing it would be ether. —Life.
“Oh, pa! pa!” exclaimed Lucy, as her
father returned to the parlor after throw
ing the young man out, ‘ ‘how could you?
That was my Bill.” “Well,” returned l
the irate parent, “I’ve settled it,”— Nem\
York Sun.
He was talking to an Arkansas audi
ence on the subject of the tariff. Said
he: “Take whisky, for instance,” when
every man in the audience arose with the
remark: “Thank you; don’t care if I
do,” and the lecturer had to stand treat
or die. ,
Bagley (after the ball) —“Did you find
Miss Recherche of Boston as cold aa
usual to-Right?” Bailey—“ Cold? Well,'
if that young woman were to go West
and accept the position ot thermometer
iu a blizzard she’d be just in her element.
— Judge.
“Well,” said a well-known member of
Congress, as he turned round and*
reached out of the bedclothes for a gin
cocktail. “They say two heads are
better than one, but I wouldn’t have two
like mine this morning for a pension.— 1
N-u> York Mercury. _.|
Life's Brightest Hour.
Not long since I met a gentleman who
is assessed for more than a million.
Silver was in his hair, care upon hi*
brow, and he stooped beneath his burdea
ot wealth. We were speaking of that
period of life when we had realized tb*
most perfect enjoyment, or, rather, whea
we had found the happiness nearest tc
being unalloyed. “I’ll tell you,” said
the millionaire, “whpn was the happiest
hour of my life. At the age of one-and
twenty I had saved up SBOO. I wat
j earning SSOO a year, and my father did
not take it from me, only requiring that
I should pay for my board. At the ag*
I of twenty-two I had secured a prettj
cottage just outside of the ci*y. I wai
| able to pay two-thirds of the value dowi
j and also to furnish it respectably. I wai
! married on Sunday—a Sunday in June—
at my father’s house. My wife had com*
to me poor in purse, but rich in thi
wealth of her womanhood. The Sabbat!
and tho Sabbath night we passed bencatk
my father’s roof, and on Monday morn
ing I went to my work, leaving rnj
mother and sister to help in preparing
my home. Qn Monday evening when
the labors of the day were done, I went
not to the paternal shelter,as in the past,
but to my own house—my own home.
The holy atmosphere of that hour scemf
to surround me evea now iuthe memory.
I opened the door of my cottage and
entered, I laid my hat upon the littl*
stand in the hall, and passed on to tho
kitchen—our kitchen and dining-ioon
were all one then. I pushed open tho
I kitchen door and was—in heaven! Tin
table waa set against the wall --the even
ing meal was ready—prepared by thi
hands of her who had come to be mj
helpmeet in deed as well as in nainc .auc
by the table, with a throbbing,expectant
look upon her lovely and loving face;
stood my wife. I tried to speak, and
I could not. 1 could only clasp the wait
j ing angel to my bosom, thus showing t«
I her the ecstatic burden of my heart
The years have passed —long, long yean
—and worldly wealth has flowed in upoi
me, and lam honored and envied; bu»
—as true as heaven—l would give it all
—every dollar—for the joy of the heui
of that June evening in the long, lon|
ago!” —Neto York Commercial Advertiser.
Tho furnishing ot gold and silver bars
for manufacturing purposes is a growing
business at the Government assay oflh-e
in New York. During tho past year
these bars, to the value of $10,000,1)00,
have been sold for use in arts and manu
factures, an increase of $2,000, CO J over
any previous year.