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VOL. VII.
CLINTON, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1889.
No. 31.
CAS
Til K KDITOIfS CIIA1U.
1-,V THINGS LOOK FIl,;M
OUR STAND POINT.
Tho Opinion of The Caucasian and
the Opinion of others which' we
Can Endorse on the Various
Topics of the Day.
"How People Live in Now York"
h the Hihjeet of.ii very interesting
article in the June number of De
nioresl's .Monthly Magazine. It takes
lli ie;tler- from Hie. lowest hovels
." (( (u:i!l' r up to the palatial
homes oi Fifth Avenue.
TIk i-.' is mi:cii limitation along tlie
I t In- Atlantic A- -North Garoli-
iii Uailroail upon the question of a
rhaeme iii the presidency and ma'.i
nt iiii'iit . The State owns a large
interest in this property, and there
fore the people of the entire State
:n ." eoneerned. There is decided op
position to tin- present administra
tion, and a general don; and for an
able, popular and influential man to
!; put iii charge. The friends of
the lion. F. 31. Siniinons are pro
ng ins name lor me presidency
it strikes us that Gov. Foule
be exceedingly fortunate if lie
and
uil
can secure the position to so able
ililU lllll'l' i I t f
a per
on. Few men
from
t!ie Stiite have ever taken so
a position during their fust
in 'ongress as he did in the
ami especially did la; endear
high
term
l.e-t,
himself to tin; farmers of the South
by his prompt effort to put jute upon
tiie free list and thereby breakdown
the bagging trust. The Alliances
along the line of the road are urging
his name for the place, and we are
quite s ire his appointment would
meet with general approval. In
tact the Alliance in this section
would be delighted to see such a
man in almost any position of honor
or trust within the gift ef the State.
Why not havo a cotton factory at
Clinton? hast Thursday night a part
of the business men of llaleigh held
a meeting with a view of starting a
mammoth cotton - factory, with a
capital stock of not less than 100,
ouo nor more than :?"00,000. Will
the factory be started? Yes! Be
cause over half of tlie necessary stock
was subscribed before the meeting
adjourned. We ask -again, why not
build a factory here in Clinton?
Such an enterprise can be started on
almost any scale from 20,000 up.
It is reasonably certain that a facto
ry hen? would pay a handsome divi
dend to the stockholders, for it is
the ease now with nine out of every
ten factories in the State. On the
other hand it would give a home
market, not only for the cotton, but
also for all kinds of farm produce,
by enhancing the number of citizens,
who would necessarily purchase sup
plies. In addition it would give an
impetus to tho growth and develop
ment of this town and county that
no other one enterprise could. Yes,
give Clinton a cotton facto' y and a
canning establishment, in addition
to the Carolina Veneer Works, and
in less than two years this town
would number between 2,000 and 3,-
ono inhabitants, the volume of trade
would be double, the value of real
eslate would be increased from 7 to
loo p r cent, and the surrounding
country would find here a good mar
ket for its produce. Clinton would
no longer he noted for its loveline.-s,
h-spitality and poverty alone, but
retaining the first two and substitut
ing for the latter condition busy,
hustling population, rjveling in
thrift and prosperity. This is what
. Clinton might be; will it be realized?
Shall we make it so? or will we drag
out a humdrum routine existence
for the next two yeats and then find
ourselves lower in the feale of pro
gress, from the fact that we had not
kept n pact with the workl?
Major Finger came back this morn
ing from Newton. He talks about
the crops, etc., in that fine section
in n cheering way. They are boun
tiful. The wheat is far abova the
average, and the fact is that 1889 is a
year of plenty. They are economiz
ing. That h a great point. To live
within their means i one of the
first things a farmer ought to learn
how to do. If tho Farmery' Alli
ance does nothing save teach the
farmers to live within their means,
its work is a great one, but it docs
more. It t?aches them to pay cash
and to till their laud more thorough
ly. The Major savs, what is a fact,
that the Alltance is a power, and a
grand one, in North Carolina. Hal
eigh cor. Wil. Messenger.
'Bet the time come when the glo
rious deeds of the Northern soldiers
and the equally gh rious deeds of the
Confederate soldiers may be taken
and weaved in ono chaplet with
which we will crown all America,"
said Gov. Fowle at the Southern So
ciety dinner in New York. The sen
timent is one that deserves be
echoed in every American heart.
Such a feeling would mean the end
of sectionalism. News and Obser
ver.
Hark Twaiu'a Rimy. " "
A few years ago the Band of Work
ers, or some other church society,
Grave an enlert-u sunlit in Hartford,
and Mark was requested to toll a
fcUry. He consented ami a largo audf
encc was the result. When he mount
ed the platform he insisted that the
gas bo turned down low. Up on tho
stage stood Mr. Clemens, with a
strong light from a reflector shinm"
full in his face, while all the rest was
darkness. Ho presented a weird siec
tacle. with his hair standing up all
over his head. In a deep, sepulchral
voice ho began and said he would tell
the tale of "Tho Golden Arm." Tin's
tale tells how a young girl had an ar
tificial arm made of gold ; the died and
was buried, and her rather finally
thought lie would cjfhume her body
and take tho arm that he might sell it
Accordingly one dark, stormy night,
ho K t out on his mission, "j All this
while. Mark's voice kept growingdeep
er and more sepulchral, j The father
dug up the body, obtained possession of
the coveted arm, and started back
home.
Tho wind was howling, the road was
dark and gloomy, and tho guilty pa
rent nervous and very much frighten
ed. Suddenly, above the mournful
cry of the soughing wind, fame a low,
dismal wail, saying: "Where's my
golden arm? Where's my golden
armi" and glancing over his shoulder
the terrified father saw the ghost of
jus daughter, her good arm gesticulat
ing wildly, pursuing him. He ran on
home, and all the wnile came the wail
of the child, saying: "Where's my
golden arm ?" Upstairs he went this
cry still ringing in his ears. He un
dressed and timidly crept into bed.
Out on the stairs, nearer, ever nearer,
he heard the wail, and in terror lis
tened to the patter of advancing foot
steps. Suddenly the door was opened
and tho ghostly figure of his daughter
advanced to his bedside, crying,
"Where's my golden arm?" The fa
ther, frightened almost to insensi
bility, covered up his head in the
blankets, and the spook placed her
hand on tho coverlets and cried,
"Where's my golden arm?" Just at
this moment Mark gave a jump,
spread out his arms wildly, and in a
voice that could have been heard in
Massachusetts shrieked, "In hock, by
jingo." At a meeting of tho Baud of
Workers held a short time afterwards
it was unanimously voted not to ask
Mark Twain to tell any more storic3.
Minneapolis Tribune.
Popo Nicholas V.
Popo Nicholas V (Thomas Parcn
ducelli) was born at Pisa in 1398. Edu
cated at Florenco and Bologna, he
fixed his rcsidenco at tho latter city,
of which, he subsequently became
bishop by tho appointment of Pope
Eu genius IV. During tho stormy
period of tho councils of Basel and
Florence, and in tho difficult nego
tiations of the Gorman and other
churches whicji aroso therefrom, he
conducted himself with such ability
and prudence that on tho death of
Eugcnius IV ho was chosen to suc
ceed him on March C, 1447. At this
time tho Anti-Pope Felix V still
maintained himself, although sup
ported by a very small party. But
Nicholas V prevailed upon him to
abdicate, and thus restore the peace
of tho church by terminating the
schism in 1 11'.). In the judgment of
tlio literary world, however, tho great
distinction of the pontificate of Nicho
las V liesin the eminent service which
ho rendered to that revival of letters
that dates from his time.
The comparative repose in which he
found tho world at his accession en
abled him to employ for the discovery
and collection of those masterpieces of
ancient learning measures which were
practically beyond the resources of his
predecessors, lie dispatched agents to
all tho great centers of tho east and
west to purchase or copy every impor
tant Greek and Latin manuscript. The
number collected by Nicholas was
about five thousand. He enlarged and
improved the Pcman university. He
remodeled and may have been said to
havo created the Vatican library.
Eminent scholars from tho east and
west were invited to Rome, and ho en
deavored to check the progress of tho
Turkish arms by arousing the Chris
tian princes of Europe to an effort for
the saving of Constantinople. But
Nicholas did not live to see tho fruit3
of tho levival of letters which ho had
inaugurated, dying March 21, 1435, at
the age of 57. Philadelphia Times.
Tlmi Awful Hoy.
For a time after tho various drop-a-niclccl-in-thc
slot machines wcro in
troduced they mado honest returns for
tho chewing gum and various other
articles winch they supply for cash in
advance. One morning, however, an
inspector upon unlocking a machine
at tho New York end of tho Brooklyn
bridge, was amazed to find that his
stock had disappeared without leaving
the necessary cash to balance ac
counts. For some bom's he was un
able to explain the shortage, but his
final conclusion was, that an alert boy
had attached a string to a coin with a
hole in it, and had fished through tho
slot until tho box ceased to yield fur
ther profits.
For all that, however, these ma
chines pay large amounts monthly to
those who are jnterested in them.
They are, liko the weighing machines,
tho property of a stock company, and
a gentleman who has invested a por
tion of his money in them tells mo
that they yield him a larger interest
than ho can get in any other way.
New York News.
A Norel Toint of View.
In a German military town a party
of friends were seated round a table
drinking beer and giving expression
to tncir admiration lor tho pcorm
ances of Joseph Joachim, the emineut
violinist who had lately visited tu
city professionally. The enthusiasm
waxed greater anu greater till it was
finally interrupted by the trumpeter
of a cavalry regiment, who remarked
"All very fine, no doubt, but just put
him on a horso and then see what he
can do." New York Commercial Ad
vertiser.
It is estimated that tho magnmcent
stalactite cave lately discovered near
Reclere, C anton Berne, is about 6,000
meters long, COO broad, and 4 to 20
high.
Dean Burgon once ended an ani
mated sermon with "and so Jonah
was lodged in tho whale's belly,
where, my dear brethren, wo will
leave him until we meet again next
Sabbath."
CHRISTIANITY'S LEVEN.
IS THE WOULD (iltOWJXG BET
TER on WOH.SE?
THE LESSON OF A PARABLE.
Striking Comparisons and Illustra
tions that give Food for Reflection.
Condn-c(l.
Iii the lresbyterian church last
Sabbath Rev. B. F. Marable, D. D.,
preached a forcible and instructive
sermon from Matthew xiii, 33. "The
kingdom of Heaven Is like unto lev
eiu which a woman took and hid in
three measures of meal, till the
whole was levened."
The Divine said : Every one of
tho thirty-two parables in the Bible
teaches some important lesson, some
by illustration, some by argument,
some by prophecy and some by two
or all of these methods. The para
ble we have to-day teaches by illus
tration and prophecy. The
kingdom of Heaven lets down into
a dark, wicked and sin-ridden world
the means and plan of redemption
the christian leven, which, by its
ever-growing, ever-widening, ever
spreading and ever-deepening divine
inlluence, is gradually permeating
bettering and reforming every condi
tion of society and will eventually
redeem every foot of God's ter
ritory where humanity dwells. That
such would be the case was illustra
ted and prophesied by the Saviour
over one thousand eighteen hundred
and eighty-eight years ago by the
parable of the meal and the leven.
The woman hid the leven in three
measures of meal till the whole was
levened. Yes, the religion of Jesus
Christ Heaven's leven is put into
this big mealy world till the whole
is levened till sin and crime shall
cease till f.very soul is redeemed
till, hallelujah ! hallelujah! the n il
lennium is come. But say some, the
world is growing worse f,nd worse.
I deny it, deny it! Such a state
ment comes from ignorance of what
the world was and a failure to com
prehend the world as it is. Former
ly, people living in one locality knew
comparatively little of what was be
ing done in other localities that were
near or even contiguous and almost
almost absolutely nothing of what
was going on in the world at a dis
tance. The horizon of information
was narrow limited to the range of
neighborhood gossip, except by
accidental communication at rare in
tervals. But how is it now ? One
day a murder is committed in
New York, a bank president skips
from Chicago wHh the hard-earned
savings of his neighbors, an incendi
ary puts fire to a block jn San Fran
cisco, an atrocious cruelty is commit
ted in London, this and all the other
crimes of the world are scouped up
and presented to us in the next day's
papers. .We are appalled at the ar
ray of crime and wonder if the
world is not going to ruin. Not so !
What we see is a bird's-eye view of i
the dark side of human aliairs. Sup
pose these same papers had also pub
ished the thousands ot aeeds of no
ble charity, christian kindness and
heroic devotion to duty that were
performed during the same twenty-
lour hours throughout the world,
we would on the other hand have
been surprised and gratified at the
goodness of the world. But we are
not forced to rely on this point to
sustain our position. History fur
nished abundant evidence th3t the
world is growing better that the
christian leven is making a silent
but irresistablo transformation of
moral reform with tho increasing
years a reform that can not be
checked or tharwted till the whele
human family is levened is saved.
The learned and eloquent divine
then proceeded to contrast the peo
ple and m orals that were with the peo
ple's and morals that are he pictur
ed the Roman Empiiewith its gran
deur and magnificence, with its
more than Grecian progress in sci
ence, art, pjwer and glory. Yet
this people had a low moral standard
and no sense of christian charity and
rectitude. What did the Roman do
with his five or ten thousand captives
of a single battle ? Made them slaves
or butchered them like cattle accord
ing to his own whims and caprices.
What nation would dare act so by
its prisoners of war to-day? Sush
conduct now would call down upon
its perpetrator the indignation, con
demnation and vengeance of every
other nationality on the earth.
Again, for a thousand years, from
the fifth to the sixteenth century,
hundreds and thousands of people
were persecuted, tortured in fire and
on rack as heretics by their own gov
ernments because they would not
adopt the religious creed and worship
as did the party in power. What
government now would dare question
the right of any and every citizen
to the freedom of his own religious
belief?
Again history tells us that during
the reign of King Henry the VIII
there wee three thousand executions
each year in his domains. Today,
under the good Queen Victoria, there
there are less than one hundredv At
that time, it is also said, that it"was
both popular and fashionable for
gentlemen, to indulge in profane
swearing in the presence of ladies.
Even Queen Elizabeth, one of Eng
land's greatest and wisest rulers,
was, we are told, quite an adept in
cursing by rhythm before her cour
tiers and they in turn vied, as it
were, with her in the same scandel
ous conduct in her presence. What
man today, with the least self-re
spect, would have so little deference
tor the solter half of our race as to
curse in a lady's presence? And the
time will soon come when no respec
table man when no gentleman will
be heard to utter an oath before oth
er men in the everyday walks of
life. -The poet Whittier, now Hear
ly ninety years of age, tells us that
not more than sixty years ago, in re-
fined New England", the ministers of
the gospel were known in several
cafes to be partners In dram shops
and whiskey taverns. If a minister
were to do thi3 tolay in less than 2!
hours his name would be heralded
across the continent from Florida to
Alaska, from ocean to ocean, in
shame. Then tell us that the world
i9 growing worse, that crime is on
the increase, that the standard of
public morals and individual recti
tude in on the decline. We do not
believe it, it is not so! History dis
proves it the today denies it ! Such
is the case only in places whero the
leven has not yet reached. Yes, the
leven is doing Its heavenly work!
and the time is coming when the
whole human family will le
levened elevated, refined; saved,
redeemed !
MEDICAL WOMEN.
The Profession Considered from
Ger-
man Standpoint. j
At the annual meeting of the assem
bly of German naturalists and phy
sicians, Professor Waldeyer delivered
an address upon the "Practice of Medi
cine by Women," reported in La Se
maine Medicale for Sept. 2(1, 1888. He
endeavored to clear himself from
any accusations of unfairness or
prejudice by referring in compli
mentary terms to tho talented
women who taught in .the school
of Saleraum to Louise Bour
geois, Marguerite do la Manche, Marie
Louise Ijachapello and many others
eminent in the practice of midwifery.
He also admitted that for many cen
turies the healing art had been in the
hands of women and that they had
made valuable contributions to the
literature of medicine. lie believed
that women should hold a position on
a level with that of men, as their func
tions and attributes were as necessary
to the existence and maintenance of
the human species as those of men,
but that their vocation should 'be the
rearing and fostering of children.
This vocation rendered them every
where and always the equals of men.
Since the number of marriages was
diminishing every year they had nec
essarily been driven into seeking other
dutie. Their entrance into medi
cine, however desirable it might seem
to them, menaced not only their inter
ests but those of humanity :A large.
Although their opportunities bad been
abundant, they bad never advanced
medical science.
Midwifery, for example, which for
many centuries had been alurost ex
clusively in their hands, had mado no
progress until it was taken up by men.
They acquired great manual dexterity
in the art, but little else. Women had
never in any art created a masterpiece;
even in music, which seemed properly
to belong to them, they had done,
nothing that might immortalize a
name. Their presences in colleges de
voted to the instruction of men v as a
hindrance to the teachers and students.
In laboratories they were unwelcome,
as they were awkward and careless,
the smallest difficulty discouraging
them, and the assistants complained
of women students who besieged them
with inquiries upon trivial matters.
Charcot, at whoso clinics and lectures
a large number of women attended,
was quoted as saying that women
thought more of themselves than they
did of humanity; they consented un
willingly to be dressers in the hospitals
and to carry out antiseptic treatment
occupations for which they woxild
appear to be well suited. They were
too ambitious and aspired to the front
rank and to the most prominent po
sitions. .
As nature had barred their way to
roles which they ought to fill, Wal
deyer concluded that women doctors
had no future before them and would
never bo more man tne exception.
Notwithstanding this opinion, he gave
them credit, curiously enough, for
their excellent memories, their close
attention to lectures, and their fre
quent ability "to pass better examina
tions than men. Professor Waldeyer
concluded by stating that if man was
fitted to take the initiative for the pro
duction of new ideas, if ho had more
sequence in his actions and his plans,
woman, on the other hand, was more
clearly endowed with other qualities
not less precious. It was therfore m
the interest of humanity that ho wish
ed that medicine misrht remain in the
hands of men.
Notwithstanding Professor Wald
eyer's attempt to show his freedom
from bias, his address leaves a very
different impression He seems to
have forgotten that midwifery was
taken out of tho hands of women at a
period when they were regarded as be-
msr ot low intellectual capacity, were
allowed no educational advantages,
and were made to occupy a very hum
ble position in affairs. This wo be
lieve was the tme cause for the as
sumption of midwifery by men rather
than any inefficiency upon the part of
women. many win aemur 10 ine
statement that in art and in literature
they have accomplished nothing.
Women have certainly during the
past half century produced work
which will last as long as that of most
if not all of their contemporaries.
No matter how one may feel in this
matter, it is certainly unjust to decide
the question in such an off hand man
ner. The argumentative and senti
mental power of this social problem
has passed, and only time can decide
whether women should enter the
medical profession or be restricted to
tho duties of a housewife. This de
cision can be reached by allowing
them every opportunity to fight the
matter to a successful or unsuccessful
finish, New York Medical Journal
CultiTation of Grapes.
A California paper gives some inter
esting facts relative to the growing ot
grapes. It says: "The total expense
of cultivatmg.au acre of grapes is ?lo
the curing and packing of an acre of
grapes, making 100 boxes of raisins.
855. The average price of raisins for
the last four years has been. about$l.G0
per box. Putting the price at $1.50
per box for the four grades, we have a
total net profit of $95 an acre. Many
vineyards do better than the above,
Vineyards have frequently been known
to produce grapes enough the first year
after planting to pay experftes of cul
tivation. The second year brings from
$30 to $50 per acre gross; third year,
$C0 to $75." JNew xort Telegram.
France is the greatest snuff consum
ing country in the world, using 13, 000,
000 pounds a year, or an average of five
ounces per capita.
TIIE EXILE'S DAUGHTEU.
A
(j ALL A NT COLONEL AND
HIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG
WARD.-
Designing Young ftidow in the
Background.
"Indeed, my dear Toinette, CoL
Graham's restrictions appear to mo
excessively unreasonable. I must
compliment you on your forbearance.
I could not have believed that a young
lady of your seeming spirit would
bear bis dictation so tamely."
The rich rows ii Toinefte St. Eti
enno's cheek deepened iu color.
"You mistake me," she said Jiaught
ily. "I have no mtentiou of submit
ting. My hardship is, I think, at an
end. I was IS Thursday. I shall cer
tainly join you in New York."
liravo! uravo! laughed tho other
peaker, softly clapping her little iew
led hands. "So we are not in love
with our guardian's footprints, as tho
malicious would havo it supposed."
Di any one say anything so pre-
posterous'f" cried Toinette, her brill
iant dark eyes Hashing angrily.
.Never mind 'never mind, said
Mrs. Etyujre, liftinsr her innocent
ookincr blue eves, and nartintr her
babyish lips in a smile. "Le beau
inonde is always isaying something
disagreeable, particularly of the young
and fair." .
That scarcely applies to me."' said
Toinette, elevating her delicately pen
ciled evebrows, and glancing at the
jetito brunette reflection in tho mirror
opposite.
"She waika in beauty liko the night
Of cloudless clinuM oud starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
I"3et3 In her aspect and her eyes,"
quoted the dainty blonde widow, Mi-s.
Etynge.
"Fray, do not bo so llattering. I
never coulu rcceivo a compliment
gracefully," cried Tionctte, looking
excel.
"Pardon me. I did not mean to of
fend. I am liko Lieut. McCook; in
your presence I am always tempted to
express admiration."
At the mention of tho lieutenants
name Toinette could not reprcssa lurk
ing smile of triumph. "You both try to
turn my head " sho murmured.
luo widows only answer to tins
was an affectionate glance and smile.
Why could you not go to the post
with me now f sho asked after a pause.
"To bo sure tho hotel is not equal to a
villa on tho Hudson, but tho officers
are to nave a hop to-night, and, my
dear, a young lady may not consider
herself a rose in tho garden of girls
until sho has attended a West Point
hop. Besides, your going now would
expedite matters for our New York
trip to-morrow.
ioinette sprang to her feet with an
exclamation of delight ; then paused.
tol. bralwm is not here, sho fal
tered. "He might think"
"lie might think you were getting
out of tlie leading strings, eh? " ques
tioned Mrs. Etynge, mockingly. ."You
cling to old habits, 1 perceive."
ioa are again mistaken. I will
be ready as soon as my maid can
change my costume for something
more suitable, and pack something for
this evening that is, if your carriage
has room for a package as unwieldy as
a party dress?"
Koom ' My dear, there is oceans of
room. Maite nasie.
West Point is tho loveliest spot in
tho world; its musfifis perfection, its
otlicers Adonises; but willful little
Toinette did not consider tho hop a
success. In tho morning she pleaded
indisposition, and refused to make one
of tho gav little party going down to
New" York to hear Marie Bozc. West
Point's favorite cantatrice.
"Don't let mo disturb your plans,"
she insisted. "1 will go over to High
land Falls, and lake tho. boat from
there. I should cuiov a boat ride
homewa
rd
more than a carriago r
de
today."
Mis. Etj-ugo expostulated and
slyly
taunted in vain.
"1 am not afraid of my guardian,"
said Toinette. "My head aches."
"My love." protested Mi-s. Etynge,
I am sure of both statements. Pray,
do not Iookit me so defiantly. I per
ceive that you have declared your in
dependence. I would not be surprised
if ycu even look the management of
your property into your own nanus.
Havo you demanded a .statement troai
Col. Graham vcltf"
"Hardly," laughed Toinette. "I
havo always had whatever I ueaired,
nd asked no questions."
"It is well that wardships do rot
iako men' fortunes, as they did iu
the middle ages." mused Mrs. Etynge.
"You would have to halo Dick Gra
ham speculating with your fortune.
would you noti"
"Do you insan Col. Graham?"
"Yes. The old name escaped mo
unawares. 1 do not mind coulidmg to
you, said tno widow, airectmg con
fusion, ' that he and 1 were lovers bo
fore 1 discovered his truo nature, lie
was always talking of the money he
would like to have, and it disgusted
neso that I broke with him."
Toinette felt a strange sinking about
the heart, but replied, bravely:
"Ao doubt you were to be congratu
lated on your escape. 'Was this this
little affair while ho was in the army ?"
"O, yes; long before he got his
tvound and his discharge. Ho felt
terribly when I explained uy change
&f feeling, but no doubt he is all over
it by this lime."
"Let us hope so. said ioinette.
sweetly, and kissed her good-by.
"Gooa-by, darling. le sure to ass
Lhe colonel if he borrowed from you
when he built the river villa and the
:ity brown stone."
"Indeed, I will not"
Toinette was angry, but tho ugly
suspicion had taken root.
"A retired officer's half pay would
aot keep up such an establishment as
ihis," she reflected. "He had no in
heritance; I have heard him say so.
He certainly has wealth, and spends
't royally. . Can it be mine? How do
I know I have any? 1 know nothing
Df my affairs. The few times I have
questioned him he evaded me. How
dare I suspect him ? Mrs. Etynge knows
nothing. Why should she be so bitter
against the man she rejected?"
The jar of the boat as it touched the
shore interrupted her unpleasant train
3f thought.
"How detestable I No one expects
me. 1 will have to walk home, wa3
ihe exclamation that rose to her lips.
She was thoroughly weary when
the reached utr ucatinon, and ptad j
to escape to her rwun unnoticed. She j
did not u: hfV guardian until dinner,
and, absorbed iu her own reflections, j
sho did not olwerve tlut ho was silent
and distrait.
"Will you como with rce iulo the
library f ho asked, at Uwv wcro leav
ing the dining room. '1 h,ive ncw
of importance to communicate."
Secretly wondering-, tho followed
him, and Kink into a huge chair with
tho apiarent intention of going to
sleep. His first word awakened her
thoroughly.
"I nycived today a letter from votir
father. Ho is in this country, flo u
on his way here. Bepublics, he says,
are not less ungrateful tlian individ
uals. Hi warfare against Napoleon,
his long exile, havo counted as noth
ing. Tho French republic has ignored
his claims as completely as the pre
tensions of Chambord. Ho has quitted
France forever."
"O, my father! When will horaich
here?" cried Toinetto, excitedly.
"Tlie letter was delayed, lie may
arrive to-morrow."
They wero both silent for a few
moments. Then CpL Graham roso
and stood before her. .
"Toinette," ho began huskily, "ho
writes that he will make his homo in
New York ; that ho will take you from
my home to his."
1 lo paused abruptly, and waited, as
if for answer. None came.
lie continued: "It is twelve years
sinco ho gave y5u into my charge. He
thought that he could returu to Franco
whero ho fondly dreamed that free
dom was at last triumphant partici
pate in tho organization of tho repub
lic, and, in a few months, send for
you. How ho has been disappointed
from day to day, and from year to
year, I leave him to tell you. I must
tell you that since you camo into my
home you havo been its sunshine, I
was a weary and disappointed man. I
bad, after the manner of impetuous
youth, tested tho quality of humanity,
and concluded it was all bad. You,
dear, innocent child, restored my
faith. Toinette, I cannot let you go.
Surely I havo the first claim now.
Yon r father is a stranger. His heart
always belonged to France; mine is in
your keeping."
Toinetto was strangely moved. "You
forget," sho faltered; "consanguinity
has rights"-
"I forget nothing," ho said. "Make
my right greater than his. Marry
me, Toinetto. All that I am, all that
I have, i3 yours."
It was an unfortunate speech. Mrs.
Etynge's innuendoes recurred to her
with renewed significance. Sho rose
and turned ajvay from his pleading
eyes, his outstretched arms.
'T thank you," tho said softly, "for
tho honor you would confer," but it
cannot be," and sho passed out of his
sight.
Ihc next day her father came; a
worn and weary and shabby old man,
who responded absently to lier caress
es, and then seemed to forget her
while ho poured out his thanks to Col.
Graham.
.Toinetto listened in amazement,
which soon changed to humiliation and
distress. This broken spirited old man
in threadbare habiliments was tho pa
triot hero of her dreams, who was to
return in triumph and take her away
to some grand chateau of beautiful
France; and what was ho saying?
Graham, how can I ever thank
you (jtod knows l can never hope to
repay you for what you have done
for my child 1 All that I can promise
is that she shall no longer bo a tax on
your generosity. I have obtained work
s a translator; 1 will take her to Jew
York, and there wo will mako a homo
humble enough, but peaceful. O I
m sick of contliet.
"She has not been a tax," said Col.
Graham, earnestly. "I am in her
debt for happiness conferred and
and sho is not accustomed lo poverty.
1 thought 1 was preparing her to share
a brilliant destiny with you. I we
owe it to tier not to let her sutl er from
this mistake and disappointment. St.
Etienne, either leave her with me or
let me settle part of my superabun
dance on her. I have no tics; it would
only bo anticipating. What I have
will bo hers at my death, anyway.
What have you to say, my cnildf
asked the exile of Toinette.
"I think," said Toinette, unsteadily,
"that I bad better tro with vou. father:
o v 1 1
but do not think," she added, turning
toward Col. Graham, with tear suf
fused eyes and quivering hps, that 1
nin iirirri'fifr'fiil Tn tlif lnt. f fTV mew
ments I have seen the past as I never
did before. 1 havo realized that you
arc tho best, the kindest, tho noblest
of men. May heaven bless and reward
you for your generosity and patience
with one so seifish and thoughtless as
Uiave becu. i
In vain were Col. Graham's en
treaties. Toinetto and her father re
solutely refused to bo his guests but a
few days longer; they refused his
proffered aid; and the, though with
an aching Jieart, now "that she knew
the value ot what slfe was putting
away from her, again refused to be
Col. Graham's wife. It was only pity
inat prompted mm, she told herself.
1
York she took up the bur-
ileu of existence for the first ime. She
ssitloni saw Col. Graham, though he
often spent the evenings with her
father. She hid herself in her own
poor little room. She was careful
never to pr,ss her old home, or go
where she would bo likely to meet her
old a--ioeiatcs, Two or three touncl
her out and came to her with words of
love and approbation, but the major
ity, like Mrs. Etynge, barely recog
nized her if brought face to face, and
ignored her when possible. She cared
less than she thought she would; she
even confessed to herself that she
would be happy with her simple ef
forts at housekeeping, her few music
pupils and painstaking copies of her
father's translations.-if her heart had
not ached with the Knowledge that it
had awakened to love too late, and
after sho bad put away what might
have been its treasure.
One day her sorrows seemed almost
too heavy to bear. She was waiting
in a certain patrician music room for
her pupil when an older member or
the family and a friend entered and
continued their conversation without
deigning to notice her.
"Have you heard that Mrs. Etynge
is going lo marry that handsome kai.
Graham ?" asked one of them.
"No. I knew that sho had been
widowed, but I thought he would have
more sense than to take her. 1 ve
heard tliat they were engaged once,
but she threw him over for old Etynge.
How she must have felt when tne gal
taut colonel wsi touna u uave u.mh
a fortuue from western lamVi be
bought when ho was -nt out U t'tht
ue Indians;
"Doubtlessi; but alio' all riirht nw.
Some tliought ho would nurry that
little French fptl. lYoplo used to j.4e
about hia raining a wife to hi Utile."
b! fttua lcr companion.
waruingly. with a meanun "lance at
Tomem:' corner.
The punil came in : ha weut thruusrh
the lexfcou tho never knew how then
tome, to weep over tlie unworthy tu-
picions alio had cherished and the love
that came too late.
I or daTi alio aearcely dared to look
at a paper, fearing to atw tho announc-
mcul of Uoi. Graham engagement
or marriage. Lven her father, who
usually, when hi taks were duuc
sat liko a man blind and deaf to all
tliat was going on about him, noticed
how jiale and haggard aho wa f row
ing. "My child," he Raid, kindly, "tuu
are wearing out, I fear. You are not
lit lor tho life you are leading! Say
but Uio word, and you can ro back to
all you gavo up for ruy ttake. Tho
ast time Col. Graham was hero ho re
newed his offers, and unid ho would
not como hero again Unit ha could
not, it so wrung his heart to soo our
poverty. Shall I send to him!"
"o, no, father." cried the unhappy
girL "1 will not go. My place is at
your Bide. e will not tart"
"You are a good child' said tho old
man, stooping to kiss her. "A good
child," ho related, softly. "It would
nave ucen ueiier nau l given more oi
my time and thoughts to you that
were wasted on my ungrateful coun
try. You havo dono your duty lo mo
better than I did niino to you. l'o
niember that I acknowledged this,
after I am gouo."
"Are you going away again? asked
Toinette, anxiously.
"Only on that journey from which
no traveler ever cornea back. Who
knows when the summons may como
for an v one of us?. Do not Imil.-
quieted, dear; I am not ill; memory
reminds mo that I am an old man,
that is all. Now go to your rest, aud
to-morrow wo must devise some plan
to bring back your roses."
When tho morrow came, with its
chill and sleet, tho old exilo had re
newed his youth, and tho roses he
found .were in Paradise. When
Toinetto went to call him ho was
sitting as sho liad left him. with a
smilo on his faco such as sho had
never seen him wear. It was hard to
believe tliat his spirit liad gono on
tliat journey of which ho spoke. The
realization did not como to her till.
after tho funeral, she went back to
the awful desolation of tho little home.
Then sho wondered dimly how heaven
cohld bo so cruel ; sho did not dream
that another blow was in store for her.
Her guardian had again besought
her to return, and again sho had re
fused. Hi3 hurt, reproachful glance
pierced her heart, but sho was firm.
How could bIio go ! Sho could not livo
under tlie same roor with mm and Ins
bride.
Over and over sho thought of it. and
tried to bo reconciled, but it always
ended by her desperately wishing tho
were not so young auu strong. It
would bo so sweet to 6hn out of ' life
and its crown of thorns.
A knock at her door ono afternoon
disturbed ' theso morbid reflections.
When she admitted her visitor, it
proved to bo Col. Graham's footman.
"Miss Ioinette, ho said abruptly,
we'vo brought the carriago for you.
Tho colonel is dying and wants to see
yi ... . ...
llow long tho time seemed until she
was at his bedside I
"little Toinette," ho whispered.
feebly, "how happy I am to havo yon
hero onco more.
"How glad I am to bo here!" paid
Toinette, looking up through her taun.
"Are you? Well, don t cry, my
little love. Don't let mo mako you
unhappy, even for a moment."
isobs choked her; she could maiio no
reply.
"Toinette," ho continued, after a
pause to gain strength, "if I die and
the doctor says the chances are eyemy
balanced I want you to promiso to
como hero to live All that I have is
to bo yours, as 1 told your father long
ago."
"And Mrs. Etynge?"
A flush for an instant dyed the pal
lor of the sick man's face. "What
havo 1 do with her?" ho demanded ex
citedly. "I had a boyish fancy for
her till I found of what common clay
sho was made, but I never really loved
any woman but you. little Toinette.
It was not your fault that you could
not return my love. Do not weep so
bitterly."
"But I did, Idol" cried Toinette. "1
think I loved vou always, but Mm
r-iynge poisoned my mind and arou itd
mv pride against you; aud then
thought I was not worthy, end that
vou only asked mo to marry you out
of nit v.
"Out of pity!" cried Col. Graham,
starting tip and then sinking back ex
hausted. "My love! My" -A
nurse appeared from tome mys
terious depths of curtains, and ordered-
Toinette from the room, but sho would
not go. "This is'my place," she said
quietly. 1 will not resign lL
Contrary to every one's exi)cctal:on.
the colonel did wot die. In Ihvee
months' time he was well, "saved by
love." he averred, and Mrs. Graham
did not contradict him. True Flag.
Lead rei:cl!n.
Until the year 15C4. when there was
i r .i i t
discovered in tne county oi uniuer-
land, in the northwestern part of lung
land, a mine of the best and purest
graphite, the lead pencil was un
known to the world. This mine at
Borrowdale at once became very cele
brated, and of course very valuable.
Pencils made of Cumberland graphite
were sold all over Europe, and were
highly pnzod everywhere, ibe man
iifaflnrtt of rtencils became a verv
important business, and the British
government, in order to protect the
new industry, passed laws prohibiting
the export of graphite to foreign lands.
Only a certam quantity, enough to
supply the requirements of the penci
makers, was doled out on tbe first
Monday of every mouth, and a mili
tary force liad to be kept it the mines
to protect them from bands of marau
ders.
For nearly 300 years England sup
plied the world with lead pencils, and
then the great Cumberland mine.
which had added so much to the coffers
of Great Britain, became exhausted.
The metallic part of this little imple-
?ient is universally called black lead,
ut there is not a particle of lead in it.
This bUck and ghxT suoatance a
properly called tdumUit of Idea
there are aeveral vartcUc. ed U a
compound of carbon and trvu. Ote
of thw vu-tri i fi.no irrsined, soft
nearly free from rnt aud well edapted
for wriUnff puqe. and tbis Us re
ceived tho name of frrnpbite.
When the mine at Borrowdate cr
out it became adrmtle to discover
souio way of making & Impure
graphite available for the needs of the
world. Afler many experiments had
been trit t the ingenuity of a French
man solr.J the luvhlem, and we have
pencils now of a better quality than
ever were made of the beat Cumber
land graphite by the old method. I
understand tliat the present mode of
tr xitmg the plimihagn, after it is pow
dered and purified, i to mis wiU it,
in certain proportions, powdered elar,
and then the inas is tnowtenod, dried,
pressed and b&irjd, the treatment vary
ing accordirur u tho different grade
of peneik renurxxL New York
World.
Cot. IcraU'a Story.
"111
tell you a atory. bora."
aid
Col. IncersolL
"During the gold day In Califor
nia, continued Hie colonel, "It vu
tho law that tho holder of a claim
should bo liablo to loao it if be let it
remain iJ'o ten days in succssKon.
WclL there was ono fellow who bail
been working faithfully, when bo fell
nick and had to take to his ten! An
other fellow camo along and tutnpod
his claim. Tho tlnt man pleaded and
argued, but tho other was not to be
moved, bo when tho find cum re
covered ho sued tho interloper.
I he case came up before the jus
tice. Ho was very sorry, he told the
plaintiff, but tho law was absolute on
tho question, and tho defendant could
not bo ousted. No sooner had ho finish-
cdlhnn the plaintiff jumped up and hit
tlie defendant a Kinging blow belaud
tho ear. Tho defendant fell oyer, aud
tho plaintiff jumied on him aud be
gan to pummel him Roundly. Tho
constablo run up mid was trying to
part tho fighters when tho judge arose,
and, pounding on tho desk, yelled to
tho constable:
" ' you. air. lcavo them
alone! Tho law is tho law, but if tho
gentlemen want to compromiao they
musnt't bo interfered with.' "
Tho colonel's way of telling it was
as good as tho story. Now York Sun.
Gallant.
Iii Europe men dialiko to bear wo
men talk politics, and do not regard it
s tho ptrt of politeness to diwuas poli
tical questions with them. Tho story
is told of a young French countess of
great beauty, who, at a recent recep
tion, gave with much vebemonco her
views of Gen. isoulangcr.
Ono of tho company was a learned
Academician, prominent in literature,
who, while tho ictty counteas was
talking, appeared to tako littlo notice
of what sho was saying.
ims aiHteneo oi minu vexcu me
lady. Presently aho turned to . the
Academician, ami aaid, abruptly:
"Gome, monsieur, am 1 no ngliir
"Pardon me, madame;" said the
Academician, binding, "but I do not
know how to look and listen at tho
same time." Youth's Companion.
A 'Swift" Harbcr.
There's a black haired, boy faced
barber in the Astor houso who be
lieves bo can work faster than any of
his trado in tho country. A man who
sat in his chair on ednewlay asked
to bo shaved in a hurry. Tho abavo
was finished in less than three minutes.
"You'll havo timo for a shampoo
now," said tho littlo barber. "Utiiy
threo minutes more."
It was a good shampoo, worked in
with tho fingers and a stiff brush. The
head was washed aud dried -with a
pongc. Seven minutes after ho sat
own in Ida chair tho man nut on his
overcoat and asked for his bat.
"My razor was a littlo off today.
said tho barber, apologetically. "I
shaved and shampooed a man the other
day and trimmed bis hair all in seven
and a half minutes." New York Sun.
OLD FASHIONED ROSES.
They alnt do sty la about 'era
Ami they're sort o' paw and faded.
Yet the doorway here without em
Would be loriunomor, and (haded
With a Rood 'eal blacker ahaddar
Than the mornln' glories make.
And tbe sunshine would look aadder
For their good old faahloo' aoka
J
I like 'cm, 'cause they kiad o
Uort o' make a feller like 'am;
Anil I tell you, when I flod a
Bunch out whar the sun kla strike era
It alliu acta me thlokln'
O' tbe one 'at uned to grow
, And pacY. la through the cb!uln
O' tbe cabin, doot you know.
And then I thluk o' mother.
And bow she tued to lore 'era
When they wuznt any other
Leaa abe fund 'em up above 'cm.
And her eye, afore ebe abut 'em.
Whispered with a ainUe and aaid.
We must pick a bunch and put 'era
la her band wbon ahe la deed.
But, as I ui a-eayln
They ain't no atyle about Vn
Very paudy or dtoplayln'.
But l wouldn't be without em,
"CCuae I'm heppier In these poaies
Ana tlie hollyhaa-k sod aicb.
Than the Lturunlu' bird 'at txace
la tho roses of tlie rich.
-James Wfcltcomb IUle.
ODDS AND ENDS.
A million pound banknote is kept at
the bank of England.'
Street sweepers run by motors are
being constructed for surface roads
run by electricity.
It is estimated that there are 3C3 col
leges in tho United States, 4,85d insti
tutions of learning and C5.718 students
in them.
Protracted experiments In France,
have been made with the potato with
a view toward a mora abundant yield
of starch producing roots.
Ijci yens oe abandoned ; tney are
injurious to the eyes, especially tboso
of crape and thoso whicti are spotted
or figured. A veil should never bo
worn, except to protect the eyes from
dust or sleet, and then for as short a
time as possible. -
M. Zola is now engaged in studying
railway life, for the purposo of writ
ing about it what, co doubt, he sup
poses will bo a 'great'' DoveL In pur-
suanco of this object be rides on loco
motives. As affording some idea of the
amount of light gold now in circula
tion in London, it is stated that re
cently a financier accepted 1,000,
largely mado up of half sovereigns,
and, on tho amount being weighed at
the banker's it rras found to be short
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